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Trying to make the warehouse robot drive around
adding maps for warehouse and fixing strtok issue in wh_robot that massed up curr_task
Small changes to wireless, and starting turning with line following.
some fixes to whrobot and scheduler
fixed scheduler array access, no more segfaulting, but hangs
ROS scheduler/whrobot behavior needs to be debugged
Changing scheduler and WH robot to ROS messages
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The Education Committee of RIT's Board of Trustees selected Joseph Hornak from the College of Science, Marc Marschark from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and Jamie Winebrake from the College of Liberal Arts, as the 2010 recipients of the Trustee Scholarship Award. The award, established in 2005, is the premier RIT recognition for faculty contributions to scholarship, research and creative work.
Joseph Hornak received his doctorate from the University of Notre Dame and is a professor of chemistry, imaging science, and materials science and engineering. He is the director of RIT's Magnetic Resonance Laboratory and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Imaging Science and Technology. He is also an adjunct associate professor of radiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. His area of specialization is magnetic resonance, specifically imaging, spectroscopy, spin relaxation and diffusion.
He holds two patents in the area of magnetic resonance imaging and has contributed to books, research publications and educational software. He is also a member of Phi Kappa Phi national honor society, the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the Rochester chapter of Sigma Xi, the Groupement Atomes et Molécules Par Études Radio-Électriques, and the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society.
Marc Marschark, a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf, directs the Center for Education Research Partnerships. He also is a professor in the Moray House School of Education at the University of Edinburgh and the School of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Active in research concerning deaf individuals since the 1980s, his primary interest lies in relations among language, learning and development. His current research focuses on language comprehension and learning by deaf children and adults in formal and informal educational settings. Marschark serves in an advisory capacity to several schools for the deaf. He has written and edited 19 books about learning, education and deaf children's development and published more than 100 articles and chapters. He founded and edits the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education and co-edits two book series, Perspectives on Deafness and Professional Perspectives on Deafness: Evidence and Applications, all three published by Oxford University Press.
Jamie Winebrake, professor and chair of the Department of Science, Technology and Society/Public Policy, is a national expert in transportation and energy policy and conducts research to determine the environmental impacts of transportation and energy use in society. He has served on numerous national and international advisory committees, including the International Maritime Organization's Expert Work Group on Emissions from Global Shipping and the National Research Council's Committee on an Assessment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Medium- and Heavy-duty Vehicles.
Winebrake is also co-director of the Lab for Environmental Computing and Decision Making at RIT and director of the University-National Park Energy Partnership Program, a National Parks Service initiative designed to enhance the use of alternative energy technologies at parks throughout the United States. He is the author of two books, Alternative Energy Reference Book and Dynamic Modeling of Environmental Systems and numerous articles on transportation, energy and the environment.
He is currently researching emissions from marine transportation, global climate change reduction policy, alternative fuel vehicles and sustainable transportation and has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the Great Lake Maritimes Research Institute and the California Air Resources Board. Winebrake earned his doctorate in energy management and policy from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Clarkson is constantly working with our affiliated two-year colleges to update the 2+2 and 3+2 articulation agreements. While we continuously work to update agreements, we encourage you to contact the Office of Transfer Admission at Clarkson and the 2+2 or 3+2 liaison at your college in order to ensure proper course selection and the most updated list of agreements.
Without proper course selection, we cannot guarantee that 2+2 and 3+2 arrangements can be completed successfully within the 2+2 and 3+2 framework.
If a 2+2 transfer agreement does not exist with your college, Clarkson will work with you to maximize the possibilities of your transfer credit into your major of interest at Clarkson. Many of Clarkson's transfer students do not enter under an articulation agreement.
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The University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science offers programs leading to the degree of Master of Science and Master of Engineering, as well as Master degrees in several areas of applied science, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree. The Schools 11 curricula are: applied mathematics; applied mechanics; biomedical engineering; chemical engineering; civil engineering; computer science; electrical engineering; engineering physics; materials science and engineering; mechanical and aerospace engineering; and systems engineering.
The range of studies available within the school is designed to satisfy a variety of objectives. Specific courses leading to a degree are not prescribed; instead, each student prepares an individual program, with the help of a faculty advisor, tailored to particular needs and goals and then submits it for faculty approval.
Two types of masters degrees are available. Strong emphasis is placed on research for the Master of Science degree. The focal point of the M.S. is a thesis describing research accomplished in close cooperation with the students faculty advisor. The degrees of Master of Engineering and Master of Applied Science do not require a thesis and are professionally oriented.
The Doctor of Philosophy degree is regarded by many as a symbol that its bearer has achieved an in-depth understanding of a segment of human knowledge and has contributed significantly to that knowledge. The Ph.D. requires a program of advanced study in courses and research, satisfactory completion of comprehensive examinations, and submission of a dissertation based on independent, original research.


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CQ 5.6 Out Of The Box Workflow Processes, and what they do/can be used for.
I will try and cover what are all the OOTB workflow processes available in CQ 5.6. The processes in red below are the ones where I will add some explanations to as and when I find time.
- Collaboration Worklow
- Approve Comment – This process is to approve a comment posted on the site automatically. It will only approve the comment if you have the "Approve" box checked on the Arguments tab of the wf process dialog.The script used by the process is located under
- /etc/workflow/scripts/social/set_approved.ecma.
- Approve Comment Step – This process is to send a notification to a user or group to approve a comment. You have the option to choose the User/Group on the dialog and also an option to send an email.
- Blog Search Ping – This process submits a blog post to various blog search engines. It uses the BlogSearchPingService for the post. Look at the "Day CQ Social Collaboration Blog Search Engine Ping" class' configuration in the Felix Console. There are no arguments available for this process.
- Calendar Subscription – This process can be used to either subscribe or unsubscribe to a calendar. It will either subscribe or unsubscribe the calendar component given as the "target" property in the workflow metadata to the event or calendar (payload). You can choose whether you want the process to do a subscription or an un-subscription from the process arguments.
- Check Blog Spam – This process checks a comment for spam. OOTB you can either use Akismet service, you need to enter a valid key and registered URL for the spam service in the configurations for Day CQ Antispam.
- Check Journal Spam – Same as the Check Blog Process above, uses the the Akismet service.
- Flush (Replicate) Page – A process to flush(replicate) a page for a given replication agent, the argument should be like "agent:flush" for the dispatcher flush agent. It uses the script "/etc/workflow/scripts/social/flush_page.ecma".
- Forum Subscription – Process to subscribe and unsubscribe from a forum. Subscribes or unsubscribes the given user in the metadata to the payload forum topic. This process is used in conjunction with the User State Toggle Button feature. You can choose the "Subscribe" or "Unsubscribe" argument. Subscribe is the default.
- Journal Search Ping – Same as the Blog Search Ping process above.
- QnA Subscription – Same as the Forum/Calendar Subscription process above.
- Send Email – Sends an email based on an email template. You can either point to a template or put the template in a text area of the Arguments tab of the process. The Day CQ Mail Service must be configured for this to work.
- Approve Comment – This process is to approve a comment posted on the site automatically. It will only approve the comment if you have the "Approve" box checked on the Arguments tab of the wf process dialog.The script used by the process is located under
- DAM Workflow
- Command Line – A process to execute multiple command line programs (imagemagick for example). Mime type, Commands and Thumbnails are the arguments that can be passed to the process. This is documented pretty well on the process dialog itself.
- Create Sub Asset – This process will fragment an asset in its subassets. Sub assets are assets stored under another asset, as a result of splitting up the asset in fragments during its import, e.g. the single pages of a multi-page PDF file.
- Create Thumbnail – This process will create one or more thumbnails for the asset to be processed. This is pretty self explanatory.
- Create Video Storyboard – A process to create a video storyboard. Workflow process that calls FFMPEG on the command line to create a storyboard of a video. A storyboard consists of several key frames extracted from the video. The key frames will be stored as subassets of the video asset. Also, a merged film strip of the key frames will be stored as a storyboard rendition of the video asset. Frame Count, Start, Maximum Width, Maximum Height , Upscale and Frames are the arguments. Examples: Create 10 frames, starting with the first at 12 seconds into the movie frames:10,start:12 Create 10 frames, each 100 x 80 px, upscaled: frames:10,maxWidth:100,maxHeight:80,upScale:true Create 5 frames, each at a defined position, each 100 x 80 px, upscaled: maxWidth:100,maxHeight:80,[00:05:00],[00:10:00],[00:15:00],[00:20:00],[00:25:00]. Will create thumbnails of size 140×100 and 48×48 with a black letterbox/pillarbox only for assets of the video based mime types.
- Create Video Thumbnails – Workflow process that calls FFMPEG on the command line to create thumbnails of the image. You can specify the dimension of the thumbnails to be created. For example, using the following workflow step arguments:count:3,index:1,start:10,[140×100],[48×48]. Will create thumbnails of size 140×100 and 48×48 with a black letterbox/pillarbox only for assets having a video-based mime-type.
- Create Web Enabled Image – This one is pretty well explained on the process dialog itself.
- Delete Asset – Self Explanatory.
- Delete DAM Asset – The process will delete the file in the /var/dam when the asset in the /content/dam location got deleted. Deletes an Item for the Payload under the following condition: The Payloads relative path to a given source root exists in a given destination branch. If the Payload points to /content/dam/geometrixx/buildings, the Process checks if an Item exists at /var/dam/geometrixx/buildings. If there is an Item and this Item is not involved in a Workflowm, it will be deleted. Assuming the source and destination arguments were set to match the example.
- Extract Meta Data – Self Explanatory.
- Gate Keeper – This process prevents the workflow from being fired if an asset is restored, a version restore for example.
- IDS Job Process – Workflow process for InDesign assets.
- Light Box Update Asset – This process sets the entry in the lightbox as new originial to the asset it references. It looks at the "assetRefs" property for the original asset.
- Media Extraction – InDesign Media Extraction. This process creates a SOAP packet with an embedded EmbeddedScript to be executed on InDesign server. The process arguments lets you choose the ExtendScript library, Extend Scripts and the Links Folder Path.
- Page Extraction – InDesign Page Extraction. This process step creates a CQ page from an InDesign document.The actual extraction is carried out by a configurable PageExtractionHandler. This step works on asset renditions only. The renditions to use are determined by the PageExtractionHandler as well and are expected to be created in a previous step. Arguments available are
extractionHandler: The actual extraction handler class to use for creating the page
pageName: The name int for the extracted page
pageRoot: The root path for the extracted page
pageTemplate: The template to use for the extracted page
pageDesign: The page design to use for the extracted page
pageTitle: The page title to use for the extracted page
- Resize Image – The process dialog for this is pretty self explanatory.
- Resize Image to Area – Same as above, except that you can enter the area of the image (width x height).
- Set Last Modified – Self Explanatory
- Synchronize /var/dam – The SyncContentProcess syncs the content below /var/dam with /content/dam in two different modes (cleanup and sync). Process is only executed if started with a mode argument, the payload exists and is currently not involved in a Workflow.
- Synchronize Asset – Self Explanatory from the process dialog.
- Synchronize Content – The SyncContentProcess syncs the content below /content/dam in two selectable modes (cleanup and sync). Expects its Payload to point to a nt:folder. The cleanup mode removes the nodes in /content/dam structure that have no counterpart in the /var structure. The sync mode starts for any nt:file in the branch a Workflow with the Workflow Model Id provided in the arguments and the files path as the payload. The workflow model id argument is the Identifier of a WorkflowModel. This Workflow will be started on Assets added by this Process in mode sync. It is ignored in cleanup mode. Example :/etc/wokflow/models/syncmodell
- Transcode Video – Self Explanatory.
- Unarchiver – The process dialog does a very good job of explaining what this process does.
- XMP Writeback – Writes metadata back to the binary.
- WCM Workflow – All the OOTB processes in this group are pretty self explanatory.
- Activate Page/Asset
- Create Version
- Deactivate Page/Asset
- Reverse Replicate Content
- Workflow
- AND Split – Puts an AND split in your workflow model. You can choose between 2 and 5 branches.
- Absolute Time Auto Advancer – Workflow Auto Advance Process.
- Auto Advancer – Same as above.
- Call Url – Process to call a URL. Script is located at /etc/workflow/scripts/urlcaller.ecma. Arguments are URL, username and password. Pretty self explanatory once you look at the ECMA script.
- Container Step – Process to contain a workflow within a workflow. The process dialog lets you choose the workflow model you want to include.
- Create Task – Process to create a task in the new CQ 5.6 Task Manager. The process dialog does a pretty good job of defining arguments and what they are used for.
- Delete Node – Self Explanatory.
- Dialog Participant Step – This process lets you define your custom dialog that will be presented to the user when they want to complete the workflow task from the CQ inbox. This is a good way to have users enter custom data when completing a workflow task.
- Dynamic Participant Step – This process lets you choose a participant dynamically within the workflow rather than setting it up in the model on creation.
- Extract Export Data
- Form Participant Step – Same as the dialog participant step. Reference here on how to use it.
- Goto Step – Lets you go back to a particular step in the workflow. At the time of writing this blog, there was a UI bug where if you had the goto step inside a split, the drop down wont show the steps outside the branch of the split. The workaround for this is to manually update the property in CRXDE for the goto step process.
- Lock Payload Step – Self Explanatory.
- No Operation – Self Explanatory.
- OR Split – Self Explanatory.
- Participant Step – Self Explanatory.
- Process Assembler
- Process Step – Self Explanatory.
- Random Participant Chooser – Self Explanatory.
- Scene7
- Sentiments Analyzer
- Test & Target Offer
- Unlock Payload Process – Self Explanatory.
- Watchwords Analyzer
- Workflow Initiator Participant Chooser – Sample that chooses the workflow initiator as the participant.
As always, please leave comments with questions/concerns and I will try to answer as soon as I can.


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Gunfire rang out at 1:45 p.m. local time as the second line of the parade passed the 1400 block of Frenchman Street in the city, New Orleans Police Department spokesman Gary Flot said. Nine people were struck by bullets, including a girl aged about 10, who was grazed on her side, Flot said. The condition of the other shooting victims was not immediately clear.
Emergency medical responders took nine people to University Hospital, eight of whom had gunshot wounds, while another person was injured in a fall while escaping the shooting, WWLTV reported on its website.
Three of the gunshot victims were in critical condition, and police believe three suspects were involved, the report said.


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Show me how you live and I will tell you who you are. This aphorism by Christian Morgenstern applies in particular to individuals with a high net worth. This is because they have the financial resources to fully indulge in their personal preferences. So what can you expect when you look at the way the so-called super-rich live? We have compiled some observations for you.
Where Wealthy Individuals Prefer to Live
First of all, one needs to ask where wealthy clients prefer to live. Is it even possible to provide a universally applicable answer to this question? Yes, it is. Because the so-called ultra high net worth individuals are often attracted to the same places. According to Christian Völkers, CEO of Engel & Völkers AG, this includes in particular the cities of London and New York, which many choose as their primary residence. In London, it is the exclusive districts of Belgravia, Chelsea, Kensington or Mayfair which are in high demand, in New York it is the apartments on the Upper East Side. This is also confirmed by statistics: New York has the highest concentration of billionaires worldwide, currently 103, while London has at least 72. In Germany, Hamburg is the city of choice. 18 billionaires call the "gateway to the world" their home. This is not surprising when you consider the advantages these cities have to offer: the world of big business, renowned educational facilities for the children, and superb shopping facilities and cultural activities. It is this which make cities like London or New York so attractive.
The Cosmopolitan Lifestyle of the Super-Rich
People who are affluent often travel a lot. And because an own house is usually preferred to a hotel, this also means that many influential clients have several abodes. These thus represent a combination of practical concerns and capital investment, because in view of the limited supply of luxury real estate, continuously rising property prices can be expected. The list of popular domiciles can thus be expanded to also include the favourite holiday destinations of the international jet-set. This includes, among others, Aspen, St. Moritz, Palm Beach and the Balearic Islands.
Highest Demands on Residential Domicile
As far as design and furnishings are concerned, preferences differ widely, Christian Völkers reveals. There are, however, certain essential similarities between the properties of wealthy individuals: they should be representative, befitting the social status, and safe. For some time, there has also been a growing demand for green homes, i.e. homes that are energy-efficient, and for state-of-the-art smart home technology. Apart from this, the emphasis is generally on spaciousness. As Völkers stresses, wealthy clients attach great value to having sufficient space for accommodating a larger number of guests, as well as to amenities that make life more enjoyable, such as a swimming pool, a tennis court or a small private cinema.
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May 19, 1941 - March 14, 2013
Aynor, SC
Gerald Chack, age 71, husband of Mrs. Josephine Chack passed away March 14, 2013 at his residence surrounded by loving family.
Mr. Chack was born May 19, 1941 in Bronx, NY, a son of the late Ben and the Anna Foley Chack.
He was a member of Wawarsing Gun Club, Local Painters Union 155 of New York. Mr. Chack had a fond love for music and enjoyed playing the drums with many different bands.
In addition to his wife of the home Mr. Chack is survived by eight sons: Jeff Chack of New York, Matthew Ascolese, Trevor Talmadge both of Stevensville, MI, Corey Talmadge of Surfside, SC, Tom Ascolese, Nicky Ascolese both of Clermont, FL, Vinny Ascolese of Sanford, FL, Shawn Talmadge of Tampa, FL; four daughters: Bonnie Gonsalas, Long Island, NY, Chrissy Talmadge, Aynor, SC, Colleen Ascolese, Kellie Makaski, both of Orlando, FL; one sister, Suzanne Buell of Boston, MA; 25 grandchildren; two great grandchildren; special friends: Jay Hoffman, Bill Wenntz, and Sal Ineza.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Friday, March 22nd at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jane Pierce officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral from 1 to 2 p.m.
Memorials can be made in Mr. Chack's memory to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave., North Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.


text: Vancouver Whitecaps tame the Atlanta Silverbacks, 2-0 - The Vancouver Sun August 28, 200812:00AM PDT Previous Next John Atkinson, Special to The Sun A moment of magic from Lyle Martin set the Whitecaps up for a win which took them top of the USL First Division Wednesday night. The midfielder sparked euphoric celebration from the Swangard faithful in the 35th minute when he cut inside an Atlanta defender and unleashed an unstoppable shot from just inside the penalty area. It was Martin's first goal for the Whitecaps in his 47th game and the relief was obvious as he sprinted away in delight before engaging in a spell of Usain Bolt-like dancing - later described by the player as the 'B-town shake'. Top scorer Eduardo Sebrango sealed the victory with his 11th goal of the season after the break, but the night belonged to Martin. "Finally," he joked afterwards. "Two seasons, 18 shots and I finally get a goal!" "I guess it was an alright kind of strike," Martin added modestly, "and the celebration was for everybody back in Bakersfield [his home-town in California]. It's called the B-town shake." Vancouver's win takes them above title rivals Puerto Rico - and sets them up nicely for their road trip, which sees them fly out today to tackle the Islanders twice in the space of six days, starting Sunday. Buoyed by the news they will soon be joined by a trio of roster-freeze-day signings - forward Marlon James, defender Cornelius Huggins and goalkeeper Tyler Baldock - the Whitecaps made a lively start, forcing a flurry of corners inside the opening 15 minutes. Twice the flag-kicks almost reaped reward, Nick Addlery blasting over after Sebrango had flicked on an Alfredo Valente delivery and Omar Jarun heading inches wide from another Valente inswinger. Vancouver continued to dominate, but Addlery's smart control and lay-off in the 23rd minute, followed by a weak, intercepted return from Sebrango, summed up the home side's lack of sharpness in the final third. However, it all changed 10 minutes before the break, when Martin's moment of magic shook the game from a temporary slumber. Defender Wes Charles intercepted a stray Atlanta pass and then launched a ball towards the head of Sebrango. The Cuban forward's flick-on fell nicely into the path of Martin who controlled, cut inside a defender and planted a purring shot into the top corner. Right on half-time Sebrango muscled his way into a promising position, but could only shoot into the side-netting from an acute angle. The home side maintained their momentum after the break, Sebrango screwing a shot wide from a good position, before former Whitecap Jason McLaughlin was inches too high for Atlanta with an audacious 40-yard effort. Vancouver had a setback when defender Charles was stretchered off in the 53rd minute, but Jeff Clarke - who'd replaced Mason Trafford at half-time - seamlessly moved back from midfield and the addition of Steve Kindel brought some added zip. Sebrango finally put the result beyond any real doubt when he latched onto substitute Vicente Arze's cross and hit a shot-on-the-turn, which bounced over the line via Atlanta 'keeper Felipe Quintero's glove and the crossbar. After that, Martin Nash grazed a post and substitutes Justin Moose and Randy Edwini-Bonsu both went close to making the victory more clear-cut, but Whitecaps fans still poured out of Swangard with a collective spring in their step. © Vancouver Sun Previous Next


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National Youth Athletics Minutes
Executive Board Meeting
Phoenix, AZ
March 20, 2004
The Meeting was called to order at 9:15am by Chairman Bob Flint. In
attendance were Larry Seifert, Linda Phelps, Mary Aude, Dorothy Dawson, Kim
Haines, Rita Ramsey, Lionel Leach, Harold "Lefty" Martin, Bob Kreutz,
Erika Baxter, Bob Flint, Norine Richardson, Nancy Seifert.
Bob thanked everyone for attending the meeting
Minutes and agenda: Nancy passed out the previous minutes and they were
approved. The agenda was then handed out to the committee for approval and
several items were added for discussion under new business.
Bob Flint passed out an agenda that we will utilize with the LOC when we go
to on-sites.
At the Annual Meeting, Bill Roe appointed Alan Roth chair over the committees
consisting of Youth, Masters and Associations. Alan wants to start a site access
sub committee for all athletes to practice. Lionel volunteered to be part of the
committee. Bob will advise Alan.
World Youth Staff Selection: Bob presented an outline for picking the staff
for the World Youth Team. The Board agreed to the outline. Some names will be
submitted by the Ex. Board. Bob Kreutz would like to see the people from last
year's youth trip get together with the new committee and discuss problems, etc.
The board felt this was a good idea. We have concerns about the location and the
cost. Kim suggested we cut down on the number of athletes. This will be
considered. A close watch on what is going on in that part of the country is
being done.
Zonal Meets: Linda reported the Zonal meet in New York went very well. There
were about 500 athletes. We entered into this as an already established meet.
Lefty reported that the meet in Illinois had a little over 150 entries and went
well. He felt it was a great location and would recommend we go there next year.
Information will need to get out earlier next year. It will be given out at the
Annual Meeting, with dates established before the Youth and JO Meets. We are
recommending that the date be set for the President's day weekend.
New Sponsors: Rita informed us that we now have Sunny-D and Ben Gay as new
sponsors. Sunny D has given monies for the "Pursuit of Excellence"
travel grants. She will discuss with Mark Springer what the budget will be. That
will determine how many clubs will be considered for funds.
Regional Coordinator Report: Larry showed us the new JO entry form and showed
the new additions. He suggested we let all the Youth Chairs know that they need
to have their club numbers for the new form. This will make it easier for the
Hy-Tek entries to be done.
Cross Country rule & Vendors: Bob Flint feels that the rule regarding the
width of the starting line and elevation is ambiguous. This is going to be
discussed with the present Cross Country chair Ron Boemker and the past chair
Bob Kreutz as to how we can clarify this in our rule book. There were some
problems with vendors at the Cross Country Meet. Kim suggested that we talk to
the LOC about these problems at the onsite visit.
Cross Country Nike/New division in USATF Cross Country: They are not
replacing Foot Locker, which goes head to head with their program. Nike is
calling it a "Team Championship". They will be going with eight
regions, and taking the top 25 teams ranked by high school groups. Nike is
funding the entire program. All athletes and clubs would have to be USATF
members. The date is the first week in December (2-3-4). The eight region
division is still being worked on. Information on our new High School division
for cross country Nationals will be put in our Youth and JO Passport. Bob Kreutz
and Larry will discuss how we can get the teams.
Term of Office (by-law change): Lefty would like to see the Youth Committee
follow the same procedure as the National Officers and go with election every
four years rather then every two years. This will be discussed at the Annual
Emergency Weather Plan: Lefty feels that we need some kind of a plan for the
final day of the meet. The Youth committee will work on some ideas to implement
this plan.
Background Check: Lionel reported that the Associations not involved in the
pilot program can do background checks. It is not mandatory. An individual at
this time can call the National Office if you want someone checked. This would
be at your own cost. At this time we have 10-12 Associations involved in the
pilot program.
Religious Service and Meets: Linda had an inquiry about having a religious
service at a track meet. Norine stated that they can pass out flyers but it
can't be tied into the track meet. It can be held before or after. It can be
held during, as long as it involves a small group that does not interfere with
the meet.
Youth Web Site: Lefty would like to develop a better manner of getting
information out to the membership. Lionel suggested USATF Youth.org to link to
the information you need. Lionel will be our web master and it will be up and
running by April 1, 2004.
National Qualifiers to JO: Larry quoted the rule as to how entries are to be
handled. Lionel stated that someone will be delegated at Buffalo for the Junior
Nationals. They will send the entry forms to the Regional Coordinators. Rita
said she and Mark will make sure the World Youth Team entries are sent in.
Credibility of Coaches: Dorothy feels that we need to implement a punishment
for coaches that are caught cheating at a National level. Norine said we do not
have anything in our rule book that addresses this issue. Lionel is going to
propose a grievance procedure to the Board for their approval.
Hammer sub-committee: Bob Kreutz feels that we need to make sure that the
athletes have some kind of knowledge of what they are doing before they are
allowed to throw the hammer.
Meeting adjourned at 5:30pm
Respectfully submitted by,
Nancy Seifert,
Youth National Secretary


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Best Poufs on Parade: Comfortable Extra Seating
When we need extra seating, our go-to move consists of footstools and chairs from the kitchen. But we're really starting to admire the poof--and its design quality. Squishy and comfy, they can be easily moved around at a moments notice. Ten ways to use them after the jump!
Shown above, top row, left to right:
- Drape an afghan over your pouf for color and texture
- Have one close by to use as a footstool
- We'd use ours for extra seating when there are a surplus of guests
- Display a pair in front of a non-working fireplace to create a vignette
- If you're afraid of painting, use a pouf in the living room for a pop of color
Shown above, bottom row, left to right:
- A group of poufs are great for creating seating when dining around a coffee table
- Add a tray on top of a larger pouf to make a coffee table or workspace
- Since poufs are squishy and are without hard edges, they're safe for kids
- A large pouf can stand on its own to act as extra seating or a place for items to land
- You can always make your own pouf if you're crafty and can knit
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Review Group Week 169 - Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! #1
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by thefourthman » Wed May 06, 2009 6:16 pm
post make fourthman sad
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed May 06, 2009 6:19 pm
Did you pick the book?
by thefourthman » Wed May 06, 2009 6:40 pm
No, I would have picked something awesome like Atomic Robo!!!
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed May 06, 2009 6:45 pm
I don't think I've seen that in the shop but it looks good. Did you recommend Bad Dog? I found the 2 issues of that, it's pretty good.
by thefourthman » Wed May 06, 2009 6:46 pm
Why yes, yes I do... it is awesome, very fun...
by Chubbles » Wed May 06, 2009 8:57 pmRun Review
I'll start by saying I thought Final Crisis sucked and outside of Green Lantern anything in the main DCU right now does not interest me in the slightest bit. This weeks review book thus had me questioning whether I would participate and I figured it would definitely suck. I was pleasantly surprised with how little this book actually sucked. It was actually a pretty solid read and the art (although not a style I normally like) was very fitting. I like reading books from the bad guys perspective and this human flame guy was pretty funny. I think I'll be sticking this mini out although I really don't care much about what the outcome will be but it does seem like it could be a fun ride.
Story 8
Art 7
Overall 7.5
by MrBlack » Thu May 07, 2009 9:18 amAlright, I've been neglecting the review group for two weeks, despite having bought the last two comics that were reviewed. So here are pellet reviews on the books from the last two sessions. I'll have a review for FC: Run #1 after I pick it up tonight (too busy yesterday to get it).
Ghost Rider #34: I have never really been a fan of Ghost Rider, and I only have a passing knowledge of what's going on in the current volume. This done-in-one, however, doesn't require any real knowledge of the character, outside of knowing that the guy on the bike is Ghost Rider and he kills demons. Not a lot of substance to the story, but the setup for the demon-of-the-month was well done, and the fight was nicely choreographed. I was not initially a fan of the art style, but Moore did a great job capturing the gruesomeness of the Highwayman and his rig, and the fight sequence looked great. While this issue wasn't anything spectacular, it was a fun, solid read, and was enough to make me think about adding Ghost Rider to my pull list.
Story: 7
Art: 8
Overall: 7.5
Phonogram: The Singles Club #2: Despite having absolutely no idea of the backstory of this comic, I really enjoyed it. It was character driven, so despite not fully understanding the "phonomancer" plot device, I could relate to the emotional trauma that the main character was going through. This is the type of story that bears repeated reading, and I'd like to sit with it for a while again when I have time. The art was very, although I was not a fan of the coloring; it looked a little too slick and digital.
Story: 10
Art: 8
Overall: 9
by Daringd » Thu May 07, 2009 3:16 pmFCA: RUN! #1: Sturges/Williams II DC $2.99
This was either going to be ____ or something great. Thank god it was the latter. This was fun if not unnecessary I mean who cares about Human Flame? But Sturges makes it interesting makes me look forward to the next 5 issues. Williams II does a great job on art about half way into reading this I realized he did the latter half of the Mister Miracle S7 book. The book actually got me interested in the Human Flame and that surprised me. Check this book out lots of great stuff here.
by thefourthman » Thu May 07, 2009 5:43 pmWow that was awesome!!! Holy shit, who would of thunk Final Crisis could be such a turd but it's aftermath would be so cool. Now I am really excited about these books whereas before I was kind of just getting them because I am crazy DC Fanboy guy.
Turning in review now, will link when live...
Story 8
Art 8
Overall 8
by Garofani Spruzzo » Thu May 07, 2009 5:44 pmThis is a trick to make me run out and buy this book and it won't work.
by Chubbles » Thu May 07, 2009 11:19 pm
it's a pretty good read and trust me I hate almost everything about DC so for me to say that it must be pretty good.
It's on par with some lower level marvel titles.
by thefourthman » Fri May 08, 2009 6:40 amreview is live...
http://brokenfrontier.com/reviews/p/det ... math-run-1
an excerpt...
by McKegan » Fri May 08, 2009 2:19 pmAny suggestions for next week?
by thefourthman » Fri May 08, 2009 2:19 pmWhat the hell, we don't have a pick yet and the DC event tie-in book is generating less interest than the crazy british music magic comic???
The intrawebz are weird.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Fri May 08, 2009 2:23 pmYou guys should just bite the bullet and do Escape, the preview looked tempting.
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Modern Fabrics: Remnant Designer Textiles Online
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- Website: modern-fabrics.com
Store History
- Founded: 2011
- Founded by: James and Ewa Powell
- Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina
Discovered via Elle Decor, this online resource is doing for designer fabrics what Overstock has done for home furnishings. When designers cancel orders or a line is discontinued, fabric is often tossed out or lost forever in warehouse boxes. James and Ewa Powell thought that seemed like a waste, so they started collecting remnants from high-end manufacturers like Knoll, Schumacher, Kravet, and Maharam.
They sell the remnants (many of which would previously be available only to the trade) directly to customers. Their website, Modern Fabrics, has a rotating inventory of discounted remnants priced between $20 and $50 a yard — not dirt cheap, but much less than what these fabrics cost new.
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• Sina Pearson Fabrics, various prices
• Sina Pearson Bounce Fabric, $32 per yard
• Designers Guild Sevilla Fabric, $42 per yard
• Maharam Contrary Fabric, $30 per yard
• Maharam Umbra Fabric, $28 per yard
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The long-awaited H.L. Bourgeois freshman center is set to open in June, allowing the high school to finally house ninth-graders who attend Evergreen Jr. High.
The long-awaited H.L. Bourgeois freshman center is set to open in June, allowing the high school to finally house ninth-graders who attend Evergreen Jr. High.
The building features some of the latest and greatest technology in terms of educational facilities, school officials said. For instance, you won't find any wooden-framed chalkboards in any of its 18 900-square-foot classrooms. All the rooms are wired for Promethean white boards, which are essentially giant computer tablets with color and sound capabilities that use software designed to boost lesson interaction among students.
The facility also boasts energy-efficient insulation and lights, and low-maintenance polished concrete floors.
The new 47,000 square-foot building cost $10 million and was paid for with previously approved Qualified School Construction Bonds and money from the 1-cent sales tax the school system levies.
It was built by Thompson Construction Co. of Thibodaux and is located adjacent to the existing school building at 1 Reservation Court in Gray.
Merlin Lirette, the project's architect, said the new building is made of pre-cast concrete with metal roofing. In addition to classrooms, there are also two computer labs, two science labs, administrative offices and a student mall area.
"For me, the building has everything you need for an education facility these days," said Lirette, who's also a certified educational facility planner.
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The building will have a sloped roof instead of a flat one and is designed to allow natural light into the building wherever possible.
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i don't see what's so controversial about trollik's definition of affirmative action. nor do i see why it should be terribly problematic.
so why's J busy calling him a racist?
Quote from: beast on February 25, 2007, 08:18:32 AMso why's J busy calling him a racist?Pattern and practice, most likely. Or because of his assumptions about the superior "unmeasured qualifications" of the non-URM students in the bottom quarter of the class? (Limiting his control group to legacies.)
so is the question being answered here whether there is a boost to relatively smart kids given a leg up? or is the question whether or not AA ends up increasing or decreasing the number of minorities who become lawyers?
they say what I agreed with a while ago:Sanders doesn't know statistics, so his methodology and analysis is wrong.But, from the looks of it there simply isn't enough data to actually come up with anything approaching an answer one can be confident in. Whether the conclusion is incorrect has not been proven.


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CHRISTMAS follows the Grammy Award winning artist's previous CD "Crazy Love" which sold over seven million copies worldwide and was certified multi-platinum in the US, UK, Australia and Canada.
Commented Bublé, "Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year for me and my family so naturally it's been a dream of mine to make the 'ultimate' Christmas record. Even though it was summer and 95 degrees in LA we totally got into the spirit of the holiday. Of course we decorated the studio with Christmas lights in the middle of July and that was a big help. One more thing, my mother told me it's the best record I ever made."
CHRISTMAS, produced by David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica, was recorded primarily at Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood and The Warehouse Studios in Vancouver. The CD includes guest performances by Shania Twain on "White Christmas" and The Puppini Sisters on "Jingle Bells." Bublé also put his unique take on such classics as "Silent Night," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town." In addition, a Bublé original "Cold December Night" will be included on CHRISTMAS.
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To be clear, at least for this next blog train, we will let each designer decide their own TOU, but please mark it clearly on the preview.
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February Blog Train Discussion
Yey thank you Marisa Better get started then I'm gonna make mine CU this time Atleast try.. Then maybe a PU addon ore something like that But i'll be sure to mark it well on the preview What did you think of my last preview? Was it clear enought??
Oh and thank you Shelly
Btw forgot the answer you befor, i loved your glittery snowflakes
Wow, Shelly, I love those pictures! These colors and pictures really make me want to join in this time. I've tried my hand at a few papers and elements for the christmas blogtrain, but lack of time and not having a blog prevented me from joining. I have started collecting 'inspiration' and want to try my hand at the first papers this week. Now all I need is a blog (*rolls her eyes*). Expect a new thread on 'please help: how to start a blog' soon
Marisa, would there be a way for you to give us the PS color swatch code for the palette so that we have the "exact" colors rather than having to figure them out ourself? Maybe there is an easy way to figure them out but that is one thing I have not learned as yet. Thank you.
Janet are you using photoshop? Cause if you are you just open the picture in photoshop and use the eyedropper tool to get the exact same color
Here it comes
@Jessica: AWESOMENESS as usual!!! I love that it will be more consistent for everyone no matter what program or monitor settings they are using now.
Can't wait to see what everyone makes!
@Melouise: If you don't want to set up a blog, you can link directly to the file in the final list (instead of having an intermediate blog stop). It's up to you!
Can't wait to see what everyone makes!
@Melouise: If you don't want to set up a blog, you can link directly to the file in the final list (instead of having an intermediate blog stop). It's up to you!
I've started a Pinterest board for the theme. So far it only has a few things that have caught my eye, particularly for color and fonts, but it also has 3 retro kitchen kits which I've found inspirational in thinking about what I might want to make. Looking around at stuff online (patterns of fabric and wallpaper, old ads, etc.), I think the Sahlin Studio kit, which is lovely and was brought up here before, is more what seems to be called "vintage" than "retro." 40s rather than 50s, I guess, is the difference in my mind at least.
I can't recall who originally requested the retro kitchen theme, but I'd love to hear from any of you about what "retro" actually means to you in this context!
ok ladies, ive got some of my train pieces done and i have to say im really excited about them. i think everyone is gonna really like them. eek! LOL, no it doesnt take much to excite me
I would like to join this bt. Can anyone join?
oh yes please do 'cause if you are who i think you are, you have some amazing kitchen templates But i think you'll have to live up to Pixelscrappers rules about profilepicture, name and that stuff I can see if i'll find the link
here it is: rules
Yes, I am from Sugarbutt Designs (and thank you so much hun for your sweet compliment, you've made my day!)
I will look at the rules right now and take care of the profile pic.
@Jessica, I do now about the eyedropper but did not realize there was a tool in the tool bar (have only been doing PSE since June) and I will try it on my own. I appreciate that you went ahead and labeled all the colors - want to see if I come up with the same codes - then I will know that I have the hang of it! I am a perfectionist so I always want to understand and do things right! Thanks again!
OMG... fan girl moment... *jumps up and down* I LOOOOOVE YOUR DESIGNS!!!!!!!! *wipes forehead and sits back down* phew ok fan girl moment over... sorry for shouting...lol... but Sugarbutt Designs is one of my favorite designers.... I download all your freebies religiously... I'm so excited! YAY! ok I'm better now... I promise... lol.
@Marisa: I'm assuming we can use any of the templates we get here if we wanted to try our hand at making something? I am soooo not a "designer" but I do have some of Miss Tiina's templates and CU stuff between yours and hers maybe I could make a few papers by Feb.
@Sarah: I love her designs too... thanks for gushing on her for us.
Of course you may use any templates from Pixel Scrapper to make something for the train, that's what they are here for!
Thanks for changing the licensing! I love the colors and the theme. After Christmas I will get to work!
As for the CU discussion, the main problems I have with CU licensing are:
1. Most, if not all, of the brushes and overlays that I buy to make my kits are not CU for CU, meaning I can use them to make PU freebies, but not CU freebies.
2. When I see CU, I think "free reign/do whatever you want" whether the actual TOU says that or not. Most of my papers and elements are hand drawn by me and I don't want someone taking them and putting them in their own kit or selling them and claiming it as their own (I understand people will do that anyways, but most people won't when they see "PU only"). I wrote my own TOU as all PU because I figured most people would use my freebies as PU anyways. Anyone who wants to use them under a different license (the minority of downloaders) can contact me for permission. This seems simple to me.
What is your reasoning for wanting to move towards making all blog train parts under the Pixelscrapper CU license instead of the Pixelscrapper PU license? Just curious.
rachel!!!! thats EXACTLY why i want my stuff to be personal use. like you most if not all of my stuff is MY STUFF. but i cannot seem to wrap my head around someone taking my art and using it to make money when i am not making any. it just doesnt seem fair to me. i love sharing my art with others but i dont want to fund someone elses life when i cant fund my own
Oh you both are SOOOOOOO SWWWEEETT!!! THANK YOU!!!!! You have made my entire day. I'm home so sick today and feeling down because I hate being closed in and I see this. You have seriously made my whole day! THANK YOU!!!!
I also have finished my portion (unless I get more excited and add to it, which I've done in the past) lol!
I just wanted to post it but I wasn't sure if I should post the preview here or if there's another place to post it!
Thank you again for making me happy today! I need it and you're so wonderful!
@Jenn (SuggarButt) can I call you that? I just love that name! I would wait at least a tad to post your preview as on the last one... Marisa started a specific thread to post the previews in. But she may have changes for this time around since last time was our very first blog train and I believe there were a few changes she wanted to implement. I actually remember seeing a thread somewhere about it... maybe posts in several threads, lol. I think that's why this thread was created for us to finalize any changes to implement? I'm sure she'll let us know soon enough when and where we can start posting the previews.
Oh yes, please call me Sugarbutt (everyone does, even coworkers) lol!
Ok I will wait to post it I will keep an eye out for it.
Thank you hun!
@Jenn Johnson ~ Love your nickname. We used to have a dog we called Princess Sugarbutt because she was such a beautiful prissy thing. Can't wait to see your kit!
I never knew there was so much behind all of this! I'm gonna try to design something for the train! I've never made anything...so this will be an interesting new adventure for 2013!
@Emily: Good for you... for stepping out into a new adventure.
May I participate?
@Sharon: Anyone is free to participate in the blog train.
Yes, please hold off on posting your preview until I post the final thread (at the end of January).
After the holidays I'll sum up all the directions for the blog train so you know where to look.


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Photos: Scenes from Newtown
President Obama spoke Sunday night in Newtown, Conn.
Attendees at a memorial service Sunday evening in Newtown waited for the event to begin.
A family embraced at a memorial in Newtown to the victims.
Kat Donohue of Newtown helped to decorate donated Christmas trees.
A woman left flowers at 27 wooden angels near the Sandy Hook School.
Candles displayed the names of victims.
Mourners embraced at a memorial in Newtown.
A man stood at a memorial near the school.
A woman visited a memorial at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church.
A teddy bear and flowers were in a Newtown police car.
A young girl holding a teddy bear looked at a memorial.
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Some times I feel that numbers are encouraging.
My mother-in-law told me last weekend that I look like I've lost a lot of weight. Truth is: I haven't. I feel like I've changed my eating and I've been going to the gym and working up a sweat, but I haven't lost maybe four pounds.
That being said, my cousin is a blogger. She writes a weightloss blog as well and it's really been inspring for me. The thing that she did right off the bat was let her readers know exactly how much she weighed and then gave updates as she went. This has been a huge debate for me. Why would I want to let people know how much I weigh. I'm not proud of my weight and it's just one more thing for people to talk about.
However, recently I've become more comfortable with talking about my weight, because I've been talking about diets making the necessary life style changes. So I've made the decision to go ahead and share it with you: 291.6. There, I did it. From now on out I'll share it with you when I see a change that lasts for a while and that I can keep off.
Tomorrow....or Saturday depending on "Blizzard Gandolf," I'll let you know about the New Years Resolutioners at the gym.


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Troopers are investigating a robbery of the Exxon station at 5301 Concord Pike that occurred Sat., Feb. 23.
The incident occurred around 7:20 p.m. Saturday evening when a black male suspect entered the store and began questioning the female employee about making a fuel purchase. The suspect then reached across the counter and grabbed an undisclosed amount of money out of the clerk's hand that was to be entered into the cash register from a previous transaction. The suspect quickly exited the store and entered a maroon SUV before fleeing the parking lot northbound on Concord Pike towards Pennsylvania. The female employee was not injured in this incident.
The Delaware State Police is asking anyone who may have any information in reference to this incident to contact the Robbery Unit at Troop 2 at 834-2630 extension 6 or Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333. Information may also be provided via the internet at www.tipsubmit.com
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2013-14: Recorded career-best times in both the 100- (56.74) and 200-yd. breaststroke events (2:01.61) while competing as an exhibition swimmer at the CCSA Championships in Tennessee… His 200 time ranks sixth in the UMBC record book while the 100-yd. time sits eighth all-time in program history… Also posted a career-best 200 IM time at the conference meet, touching the wall with a time of 1:58.61… Achieved his top dual meet finish of second twice during the year, finishing runner-up in the two breaststroke events on Senior Day on Jan. 11 as UMBC entertained Howard at the UMBC Aquatic Complex.
2012-13: Earned his first collegiate medal by winning the bronze medal in the 200-yd. breaststroke (2:06.12) at the America East Championships… Also took sixth in the 100 breast (57.91) and eighth in the 400 IM (4:32.07) as UMBC reclaimed it conference title… Recorded his top time in each event at the conference championships at Maine… Achieved his best dual meet finish, second-place, in the 100 breast against Loyola… Selected to the America East All-Academic Team.
2011-12: Swam a personal-best 57.46 in the 100-yd. and a 2:03.26 in the 200-yd. breastroke at the America East Championships which rank eighth and fifth, respectively, in UMBC history... Earned a silver medal at the Patriot Invitational in the 200 breast... Best dual meet finish was second in the 200 breast which he achieved against both Rider and Howard... Named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2010-11: Placed 12th in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke at the Patriot Invitational... Best dual meet finish was second in the 200 breast against Maryland and Towson and against in the 100 breast against Marist... Swam season-best times in 100 breast (58.06) and 200 breast (2:03.27) at the Terrapin Invitational... Named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Background: Qualified for the US Olympic Trials for the 2012 Summer Games in London in the 200-meter breaststroke... Named Second Team All-Prince George's County by the Gazette… Finished seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Washington, D.C. Metro Championships… Helped lead DeMatha High School to a second place finish at Metros in 2010... Garnered multiple academic accolades, including being named a Maryland Distinguished Scholar, a College Board AP Scholar with Distinction and a National Merit Commended Scholar… A member of the National Honor Society and the Principal's List all four years at DeMatha.
Personal: Son of Timothy and Barbara Husson… Timothy swam at Manhattan College… Has an older sister, Elizabeth…Majoring in computer engineering and wants to become an electrical engineer… Born Dec. 7, 1991.


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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Will Grimmer will not soon forget his golfing summer of 2013, which included an incredibly rare 59.
The 16-year-old Ohio native's incredible run began on June 24, when he won a U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier at Western Hills Country Club in Cincinnati.
Two days later he won the Ohio Junior Championship at Oasis Golf Club in Loveland.
He followed that victory with an impressive win the next day in the one-day 36-hole Southern Ohio Junior PGA Section Championship. His rounds of 68 and 66 at Weatherwax Golf Course in Middletown were good enough for a 10-under-par total, a nine-stroke overall victory, and qualified him for the 38th Junior PGA Championship presented by Under Armour and Hotel Fitness.
"It's been an amazing experience for me these past few weeks," said Grimmer. "I have been playing really well and my putting has been strong."
That putting prowess on the greens is due in large part, Grimmer says, to the new putter he received just prior to the U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier in June.
"The new putter, a Scotty Cameron, has really helped me in the 10-15 foot range and that's been huge for my game," said Grimmer. "I have been hitting the ball well for a while now, but I haven't been able to score. Now it's really started happening and I've caught fire."
The extraordinary 59 came on July 10, during the second round of the North & South Junior Amateur at Pinehurst Resort. Grimmer made an eagle, 10 birdies and a bogey.
Grimmer opened the 54-hole Championship with a 74 and closed with a 71 to finish fourth.
"I didn't really start thinking about the 59 until my 16th hole when I made a 20-footer and knew I only needed to birdie one of the last two holes for 59," said Grimmer. "And on my last hole, the 9th hole on the golf course, I hit a 9-iron to 20 feet and sank the putt. It was crazy."
The rising high school junior is looking forward to continuing his hot play when he makes the trip to Martis Camp Club in Truckee, Calif., for the U.S. Junior Amateur next week, and the 38th Junior PGA Championship, July 30–Aug. 2, at Trump National Golf Club – Washington, D.C., in Potomac Falls, Va.
"The summer is going by so fast, but it's been a lot of fun," said Grimmer. "I am pumped about playing in both events coming up. I have heard great things about Trump National ."
And whatever happens the rest of the summer, Grimmer will have some incredible stories to tell his friends at school in the fall.
About the Junior PGA Championship
One of golf's major championships for juniors, the Junior PGA Championship is where the best in the world get their start. Begun in 1976, the Championship has been a popular stop on the national junior circuit for many of today's PGA and LPGA touring professionals.
The 72-hole Championship will feature a 54-hole cut to the low 30 boys and 30 girls, including ties.
Each year the field includes past winners of the Championship, PGA Junior Series event champions, PGA Section winners, many of Polo Golf and Golfweek's top-ranked players, and selected national junior tournament winners.
In 2012, Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand became the first girls' division champion since Inbee Park to claim back-to-back titles, while Robby Shelton of Wilmer, Ala., claimed the boys' title at Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Golf Channel will present a one-hour highlight show of the Championship, with the initial airing on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. ET.
About The PGA of America
Since its founding in 1916, The PGA of America has maintained a twofold mission: to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interest and participation in the game of golf. By establishing and elevating the standards of the golf profession through world-class education, career services, marketing and research programs, The PGA enables its professionals to maximize their performance in their respective career paths and showcases them as experts in the game and in the multi-billion dollar golf industry. By creating and delivering world-class championships and innovative programs, The PGA of America elevates the public's interest in the game, the desire to play more golf, and ensures accessibility to the game for everyone, everywhere. As The PGA nears its centennial, the PGA brand represents the very best in golf.


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iPad 3 incompatible with Euro 4G
Apple's newly released iPad 3 is available with a LTE 4G option but the radio frequencies supported are incompatible with those expected to be offered in the European market.
The European WiFi/4G iPad 3 is essentially the same as the US AT&T version which means that it supports 4G LTE on the 700MHz and 2100MHz bands versus the 800, 1800 and 2600MHz bands planned in European territories.
That said, given that LTE hasn't yet launched in several countries including the UK, the 4G iPad 3 still supports the older 3G standards including the nippy HSPA+ standard on virtually every band where those technologies are used 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz.
Meanwhile in the US, Apple's iOS 5.1 update has apparently fallen into line with the marketing departments of the local mobile carriers and has switched out the 3G icon for a 4G icon when connected to AT&T's HSPA+ network.
In fact LTE being called 4G itself is already a corruption of the original ITU standards body's definition of 4G but now it seems changing a digit is easier than rolling out a new fancy network so they've taken to calling HSPA+ 4G in the US as well. Those crazy Americans.
So far that hasn't quite caught on in the UK, most likely because European press traditionally has somewhat sharper teeth and wouldn't let operators get away with it.
British operator Three already moved to clarify some misleading reports about a 4G network arriving this year, pointing out it was '3.5G' HSPA+.
The bottom line is that if you want mobile connectivity on your 'new iPad' then the 4G version will go as fast as any British mobile network (42Mbps) until the arrival of actual 4G LTE - and it'll nicely show you a 4G icon anyway, and that's all that matters right?


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- 100% Faux leather
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Closet Envy (But Not the Kind You're Thinking...)
If we've learned anything from our readers, especially the Small, Cool participants (and we've learned many things), it's that every millimeter counts. From mudrooms to reading nooks, spaces for one (or two!) to sleep, these once-upon-a-time closets will have even the most obsessively compulsive amongst us marvel at their spatial expediency.
I kind of wish my children's room was even smaller now.
• Sleeping in the Closet
• My Room: Aleena
• Closet Turned Reading Nook
• A Room of One's Own
• Creating a Nursery Out of a Closet
• Make a Closet Into a Mudroom
• Smaller Cooler 2009: Jonas' Walk-in Closet Nursery
• My Room: Colin
• Simon, Levi, and Josie's Shared Bedroom
• Eloise's Novel Nook
• Turn a Closet Into an Itty Bitty Nook
• Eliot's "Dutch Cupboard" Crib
• How To Fit Two Kids In a Closet and Make It Look Cool
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Hydraulic Fracturing
A look at the future of natural gas extraction.
THERE IS AN ongoing debate regarding the preferred sources of fuel needed to meet America's future electricity needs. The United States has been dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of coal" due to its extensive coal reserves, and approximately 60 percent of the electricity generated in Michigan comes from coal-fired power plants. Coal has increasingly come under attack from environmental groups, however, because they believe emissions from coal-fired power plants contribute to global warming. If less coal is used in the future to provide electricity, that energy must be replaced in order to provide reliable sources of electricity necessary to power America's economy.
Nuclear power is another primary source of energy used to power base-load power plants. But such endeavors bring high capital cost, which can run into billions of dollars; in addition, the extensive time delays — often exceeding a decade or more — to acquire the necessary building permits are significant obstacles to replacing coal-fired power plants with nuclear ones.
Alternative energy advocates point to non-traditional sources of energy such as wind, solar and biomass as the wave of the future in supplying America's growing energy needs. Such methods, however, currently only supply a tiny fraction of the electricity demanded, and although these sources will likely increase in the future, they will not replace the loss of coal as the primary energy source to produce electricity.
For the foreseeable future, natural gas is the source of fuel most likely to replace lost base-load electric generating capacity from retired coal-fired power plants. North America has abundant reserves of natural gas — recent estimates indicate there are sufficient reserves of natural gas to supply all of America's energy needs for the remainder of the century. Natural gas fields are scattered throughout the country, but formations that are the ripest for hydraulic fracturing are the Marcellus Shale, which covers parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York; the Antrim Shale in Michigan; and the Barnett Shale in Texas.[3]
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, America imported about 12 percent of the natural gas it consumed in 2009 — the lowest percentage since the 1990s. In 2009, natural gas supplied about 23 percent of the total electric power generated in the United States while coal supplied 44 percent and nuclear about 20 percent.[3]
The price of natural gas to heat homes and fuel power plants has been decreasing due to increased supply and the mounting price of oil. Like coal, natural gas has a significant advantage from a national security standpoint as reserves are located here in North America and do not have to be imported from countries that may not be friendly to the United States. Natural gas used as a fuel to generate electricity also has an environmental benefit, as it emits approximately one-third less CO2 emissions than coal.
The key to developing natural gas fields in Michigan and around the nation is the utilization of hydraulic fracturing technology. Shale gas development has been rapidly expanding in North America in recent years. Unconventional natural gas extraction methods, including hydraulic fracturing, made up 42 percent of domestic gas production in 2007 and are expected to increase to 64 percent by 2020. Hydraulic fracturing has been utilized for more than 60 years. Horizontal drilling has been used commercially since the 1980s, but until recently has not been used widely for extracting natural gas from shale rock formations. The combination of these two technologies has greatly expanded the availability of commercially developable natural gas fields in Michigan and elsewhere.[3]
What Is Hydraulic Fracturing?
The process of hydraulic fracturing creates fissures, or fractures, in shale formations which allow natural gas to flow horizontally to drilled bores and ultimately to a vertically drilled bore and wellhead. The fractures are created by pumping water at high pressure into the rock reservoir. Silica sand is added to the water to hold the fractures open. Several chemicals are typically added to reduce friction (which allows higher pumping rates with less pressure) and increase the viscosity of the water. In addition, chemicals are added to prevent microorganism growth, to prevent corrosion of metal pipes and to remove drilling mud damage near the wellbore.
Once the pumping pressure has been released after the hydraulic fracturing process, water-based fracturing fluid flows back through the well casing to the wellhead and may be mixed with water from the rock formation.[1], [4]
Environmental Concerns
- Water Use — Hydraulic fracturing wells require the use of considerably higher volumes of water than do traditional gas wells. In the Antrim Shale formation in Michigan, a traditional gas well requires a one-time use of 50,000 gallons of water. It is estimated that a horizontally drilled, hydraulically fractured well requires a one-time use of 5 million gallons of water, or approximately the amount of water that a 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant uses in 12 hours.[1], [4]
- Contaminated Water Management — Flowback water typically contains small concentrations of chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process as well as naturally occurring salts (brines) and in some cases very small quantities of naturally occurring radioactive material such as radium. The contaminated flowback water must be properly treated and handled in order to prevent adverse public health or environmental concerns.[1]
- Migration of Gas or Fracture Fluids — A major concern is that gas or chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process could migrate and contaminate aquifers used for drinking water. At depths of about 2,000 feet or less, fractures are horizontal due to the natural stress of the rock which serves to confine gas and fluids to the gas reservoir. At greater depth, fractures may occur vertically but are confined by the overlying gas reservoir. In cases where groundwater contamination has occurred due to migration of hydraulic fracturing fluids, it is almost always due to improper well construction rather than hydraulic fracturing itself.[1]
- Surface Spills — Spills of chemicals or flowback water can adversely impact public health and the environment.
- Identification of Chemical Additives — Concerns have been raised that the public is not aware of what chemicals are being used in the hydraulic fracturing process. Companies generally consider this information proprietary.
- Earthquakes — Concerns have been raised that hydraulic fracturing could potentially trigger earthquakes in some localities. The Dallas-Fort Worth region in Texas experienced 11 mini quakes during November and December 2008. Seismologist Brian Slump of Southern Methodist University analyzed data from the 11 earthquakes and determined the origin was located on a geologic fault located about 15,000 feet below the surface. Since 2002, about one dozen hydraulic fractured wells have been drilled in that vicinity. Slump commented that it is possible that stresses on this old fault could trigger earthquakes. Shaopeng Huang from the University of Michigan, however, urges caution saying, "A causal link between a given earthquake with a particular borehole is debatable." The subject of hydraulic fracturing causing mini earthquakes remains controversial.[2]
Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing in Michigan
The Geologic Survey section of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is responsible for regulating oil and gas drilling and production, including hydraulic fracturing, in the state. The state of Michigan has a history of enacting and enforcing strict regulations on oil and gas development. State oil and gas regulatory officials have had considerable experience regulating the oil and gas industry due to extensive development over the years of the Antrim geologic formation in the northern region of the state.
The contamination of aquifers used for drinking water is the major concern regarding the use of hydraulic fracturing technology to extract natural gas. Regulations to prevent contamination of drinking water from oil and gas extraction in Michigan include the following requirements:
- Each oil and gas well must have a casing and cementing plan that will effectively contain gas and other fluids within the wellbore.
- Surface casing is required to be set at least 100 feet into the bedrock and 100 feet below any fresh water zones and cemented from the base of the casing to the ground surface.
- Prior to hydraulic fracturing, an additional string of production casing must be set to the depth of the reservoir and cemented in place.
- Hydraulic fracturing is prohibited within 50 feet of the base of the surface casing for wells located in shallow reservoirs.
- Flowback water is treated as an oil and gas waste and must be contained in steel tanks and transported to disposal wells where they are injected into deep rock layers that are isolated from fresh water supplies.
- Disposal wells are licensed by both DEQ and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and periodic testing is required to ensure well integrity.
- Secondary containment is required under tanks, wellheads and other areas where spills are most likely to occur.
- Any spill must be immediately reported and cleaned up according to DEQ requirements.
- Material Safety Data Sheets must be posted wherever chemical additives are stored, transported or used. These MSDS contain information on the chemical class and potential health and environmental effects of the chemical additives. In the event of a significant spill or health hazard, the DEQ has the legal authority to obtain the necessary details on chemical composition and concentrations.[1]
Energy production and use will continue to play an important role in Michigan's future. Michigan is blessed with abundant natural resources, including considerable oil and gas deposits, and the state has a history of both successful regulation and development of renewable and non-renewable natural resources including oil and gas. The oil and gas industry is a significant contributor to the state's economy, especially in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula. Many northern Michigan communities have benefited from relatively high-paying jobs associated with development and support of oil and gas wells.
To date, only one gas well has been developed in the state utilizing hydraulic fracturing technology. The potential for future development of hydraulically fractured gas wells in Michigan is currently unknown, but there is considerable potential for extracting large quantities of natural gas from the Antrim Shale utilizing the new technology. Michigan also has an advantage in the development of hydraulically fractured gas wells because of an abundant water supply that is not available in the more arid states.[1]
The development of gas wells using hydraulic fracturing technology poses some environmental risk. The primary environmental and public health goal should be to ensure that drinking water sources are protected from contamination. Michigan officials have the task of protecting the state's natural resources and public health, as well as promoting the development of energy sources that have the benefit of creating Michigan jobs. In reaching the balance of protecting the environment while providing economic opportunity, state officials should resist the temptation to over-regulate the process, which could result in the loss of valuable jobs and an additional source of energy to heat Michigan's homes and power its factories.
[1] Briefing paper on Hydraulic Fracturing – 9/23/10; written by Paul Jankowski, Office of Geologic Survey, Department of Environmental Quality.
[2] Natural Gas: Does Hydraulic Fracturing Really Cause Earthquakes -9/27/10; written by Professor Chris Rhodes and published on OILPRICE.COM.
[3] The Hard Facts About Fracking – by Elizabeth Svoboda, Popular Mechanics.com.
[4] Hydraulic Fracturing fact sheet – Chesapeake Energy – March 2010.


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Architecture Council/Minutes September 11 2008
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|Meeting Title:
|Architecture Council Monthly Meeting
|Date & Time:
| Thursday September 11, 2008 at 1500 UTC / 0800 SFO / 1100 Ottawa / 1600 London / 1700 Berlin
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- Sign up here if you want to get mentioned, since it's hard to catch all names during the call.
- Signed-up:
- John Graham
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Agenda / Notes
- Feel free to edit, but not during the call!
Review of Action Items
- Last meeting Architecture Council/Minutes August 14 2008#Action Items
- Boris to start Architecture Council/Top Ten Recommendations
- Martin to draft an E-Mail to eclipse.org-committers for review, inviting to put EAC on CC of bugs
- Martin to send E-Mail to EAC list as a reminder for "Architectural Walkthrough". Will propose this to the public only when we get one more project so sign up (in addition to mylyn) to make the review by putting together material (slideware, ...)
- MichaelS to draft an E-Mail about the "plugin granularity" idea, searching for people to lead the effort
- Bjorn or Anne to add a "year of appointment" to members on the councils page
- Martin to propose alternate meeting scheme on the mailing list
- Everyone to think about time commitments that can be made for "architectural things" at Eclipse (3 hours == 1 hr meeting + 2 hrs E-Mail and mentoring)
- Everyone to propose new members on the mailing list
- Martin to create bugzilla bugs for the ISchedulingRule and LGPL discussions
- Meeting Dates - any additional comments? The vote was to keep 2nd thursday of each month (and I propose moving to tuesday as first choice in case there is a public holiday or other conflict on thursday).
- Architecture Council/Members and Mentors - is it accurate?
- What projects should have a mentor? (Every / Incubation / Those who ask / ...?)
- Who's mentoring Apogee?
- What to do with the COSMOS and Aperi projects, which seem mentorless after Harm Sluiman quit
- Can we (auto)generate a list of mentor-less projects?
- Other wishes for re-assigning mentorship?
- Dormant Status Proposal:
- Do the 3 month / 1 year times make sense?
- Mike needs to sign off changes in membership
- New Member Proposals:
- Are we too big a crowd already? New Member Proposals?
- Some ideas (from E4 mostly): Dave Carver, Tom Schindl, Scott Lewis, Konstantin Kommissarchik, Kevin McGuire, David Orme, Paul Webster, Paul Coltron
- Google Calendar Bugs and Requests -- does anybody know how to report them?
- Changing an event, "Dont send" does send notifications
- Response from to mailing list invitation should track attendance of each member separately
News from the Board (EMO)
- We have board reps and EMO reps on the council (Mike, Bjorn, Jeff, Ed, zx, Mik and Doug Gaff; Wayne)
- Would like to have a standing "news from the board" topic, since as mentors we should be top informed
- Other channels (PlanetEclipse, Blog, Committers / Project-leads mailing list, ...) should work but 1st-hand is better
- Do information channels work well?
Top Ten Recommendations
- Architecture Council/Top Ten Recommendations
- More recommendations?
- Add links into some code which exposes a recommendation as example?
- Could easily convert a Recommendation into an article / blog post / ... ("The EAC Series")
Deadlocks, Jobs and Scheduling
- Examples: bug 245573 comment 12 (Dali JPA Tools Deadlock, John CC'd to EAC); bug 246840 discussion about ISchedulingRule (saving project preferences)
- What is causing issues?
- work performed during class loading (Activator.start()) - unknown context
- work performed in callbacks - unknown context
- Job / SchedulingRule intermixed with Resources - cannot extend rules after the fact, need to know who locks what internally
- What can we do to make the Platform safer for Concurrency?
- Come up with some items in our Architecture Council/Top Ten Recommendations (e.g. avoid synchronous callbacks, avoid in Activator.start(), static initializers or Singleton getters) - a general recommendation could be to avoid performing work at unpredictable times, but that would recommend against lazy initialization in general
- Does anybody have a well-working, consistent model on top of the current infrastructure?
- Totally new concurrency mechanism as part of E4 ?
- David Orme mentions DataBinding Realms and the Threads Considered Harmful blog which references Erlang message-based concurrence
- Would it help to become more asynchronous under the hood, even if old APIs need to remain for compatibility?
- Are there any other good known models for concurrency?
- Better Javadoc ?
- Example: ISchedulingRule.isConflicting() vs. ISchedulingRule.contains(), and how does it relate to RuleFactory and MultiRule?
- Articles ? - John referenced the resouce-deltas article
LGPL Works-with vs. Requires
Other Ideas for Discussion
- Mentoring New Projects
- Experiences? What could be improved?
- Nick & Denis Build Workshop 2: Build Harder -- to be continued under Dash when Nick is back from honeymoon & vacation. Adding a representative of Dash to the EAC?
- Webpage improvements: more pre-canned content for new projects (like Sourceforge)?
- Mentoring Galileo: What could be improved?
- Running each project's unittests with full Galileo installed; especially interesting for Performance tests
- Don't duplicate work done by the Planning Council
- Integrated bug reporting: Mylyn is providing a bug/error/enhancement reporting facility that will provide a flexible and product-configurable mapping between features, bundles and bug trackers bug 212209 (Example: http://wiki.eclipse.org/images/8/86/Mylyn-Bug-Reporting-Example.jpg ). Do we want this for Galileo?
- E4 now has bi-weekly calls -- won't discuss E4 on the EAC unless asked / invited
- Eclipse Pain Points
- Performance & Memory Footprint, Bloat
- Restrictions on Resource model (Maven)
- IP due diligence and the processes around it
- Lots of these issues are already worked on by E4, and/or Committer Representatives at the Board, and/or the Planning Council
- But the EAC's charter includes identifying and naming pain pionts... anything not yet being addressed?
- Re-activate Top Ten Architectural Problems in all of Eclipse ?
- Re-activate Architecture Council Discovery and Reuse Activity ?


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Mini-review: Ahjoomah's Apron
218 W. Cermak Road 312-326-2800
Rating: !!! (out of 4) Off to a good start
I live a few blocks from much-adored Korean barbecue joint Cho Sun Ok, so if I'm going to take the 40-minute Red Line ride to Chinatown for Korean food, it's got to have a certain level of "wow." Luckily, Ahjoomah's Apron's "well-being Korean" didn't disappoint.
Background: In a small storefront that used to house Emerald City just a couple of blocks from the Cermak "L" stop, Ahjoomah's claims to be "the first authentic Korean restaurant in Chicago's Chinatown." And, really, it's the lone Korean-only restaurant in Chinatown, although the 'hood is home to some pan-Asian spots.
Owner Mickie Lee lives nearby in Bridgeport. She found herself driving to the suburbs frequently for authentic Korean eats, so when the opportunity to bring the food closer to home presented itself, she couldn't pass it up. Ahjoomah is an endearing Korean word for a middle-aged mom. Lee said it reminds her of the women in her life who always cooked for her, including her own mom, who recently passed away.
The scene: Don't expect grill-top tables and a smoke-filled dining room like the city's Korean barbecue spots. Ahjoomah's is airier and conversation-friendly. Long tables with wooden benches, perfect for groups of six or so, take up the middle of the room. On the night I went, customers ranged from a family with toddlers to six laughing teenagers to couples on date night. Even those unfamiliar with the cuisine will feel welcome and not the least bit intimidated. Artwork describing typical dishes and cooking philosophies line the gray walls, giving novices a chance to read up before ordering.
The food: To start, my group of six ordered five of the eight appetizers--and we definitely had a favorite. The kimchee pancake ($6.95) was less eggy and more golden than others I've had, and I like this version better. It was slightly crisp and really showcased the aggressive kimchee flavors. We weren't fans of the chicken wings ($6.95), which were overwhelmingly sweet and so sticky that bits of our paper napkins tore off and stuck to our fingertips when we tried to wipe our hands.
Ahjoomah's banchan (typical cold Korean side dishes) weren't as over-the-top as other places, such as the dozen dishes you'll find at Cho Sun Ok, but the five plates we did get all tasted fresh. On the entree side, the dolsot bibimbap ($9.95), which comes in a sizzling stone bowl, wasn't the best I've had and was slightly skimpy on the beef, but it was entirely satisfying. After filling up on the addictive chunks of caramelized rice, I kept pushing the bowl away and then pulling it back towards me. Still, the other chef's specials—particularly the tender stir-fried squid and strips of pork ($12.95), dripping in a sweet-meets-spicy sauce—really stole the show. The portions are enormous, at least enough for two (if not three) meals, so I recommend ordering a variety to share. Ahjoomah's also offers "dinner for two" entrees ($21.95-24.95), which I can only imagine serve four.
Service: The friendly staff was immensely accommodating, bringing more gochujang (the ubiquitous Korean hot sauce that makes everything taste better) and a fork for my friend who was struggling with the metal chopsticks.
Bottom line: With most entrees clocking in at less than $13 and a BYOB policy (no corkage), we spent less than $20 per person and ended up with several boxes of leftovers. That much value, plus a welcoming atmosphere and straightforward but well-executed dishes definitely makes Ahjoomah's Apron a worthy stop for near South Siders. But even those from outside the neighborhood might be surprised to find themselves traveling to Chinatown for Korean food.
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