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CHICAGO -- The panel session "Fitness Business at a Crossroad: How to Hold on in Today's Economy and Prosper for the Future" at Club Industry 2008 brought out some of the heavy hitters in the industry.
Moderated by former Lifetime Achievement Award winner Rick Caro, the session addressed issues affecting club owners today in a weak economy. The panel consisted of Carl Liebert, CEO of 24 Hour Fitness; Jeff Klinger, CEO of Anytime Fitness; Gale Landers, CEO of Fitness Formula; and Scott Chovanec, president of Scott Chovanec and Associates.
Caro began the session by asking the panel to describe how their clubs were affected by the weakening economy and what they were doing to counteract it. Liebert began by saying that it was actually refreshing to hear people admit that the country was in a recession.
"It's going to be a pretty tough road to hoe for a while," Liebert said.
Liebert also said that his more than 400 24 Hour Fitness locations were hoping to take advantage of the current economic situation by focusing on member needs.
"Get out and talk to the people who are paying your bills," Liebert advised the crowd. "Talk to your members."
Chovanec said that he was focused on retention as well, noting that it's five to seven times more expensive to attract new members than it is to keep current ones. Klinger said that because Anytime Fitness has smaller franchise clubs that it hadn't felt the economy slowing dramatically, but that he was focused on all Anytime Fitness locations improving their club culture.
"We might be the last apple to fall from the tree, but it is a scary time," Klinger said.
Klinger also said that he hoped the federal government's bailout on Wall Street would help shore up the ability to expand business. Landers said that attrition at Fitness Formula was up slightly but that the club company created a new member program to help increase retention.
Focusing on retention and maintaining good, quality service was a theme heard repeatedly during the session, the majority of which was open to questions from the audience.
"Eighty percent of people who do business at the front desk are not delivering service at the front desk," Chovanec said.
The panelists also discussed the importance of having quality staff and programming, particularly for new members who are deconditioned and may be intimidated by the club. In addition, group exercise was said to be a solid retention tool that creates invaluable member-to-member relationships. Liebert said 24 Hour will launch a group training program for non-members beginning in January.
"We're the only industry where you sign up and you don't get instant gratification," Liebert said. "You sign up, and then you have to work."
Landers added: "You can't give them instant gratification, but you can give them an instant experience. As an industry, we have failed sometimes in giving a high-quality experience. We must use our current members to grow our current business through word of mouth."


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Location: Winnipeg
Posted: May 04, 2009 7:10 pm
Post subject: Churchill - the Adventure - NOW BIGGER AND BETTER!
Dates: July 1 - July 5th.
Cutoff date for booking is May 15, 2009.
Train leaves Thompson on July 1 at 19:00 hours.
Approx driving time to Thompson 8 hours.
Train Journey is 16 1/2 hours (approx) to Churchill.
Cost per person return is $113.
Train arrives in Churchill on July 2nd about (trust me, it is never on time) 11:30 am. This day is devoted to wandering Churchill town itself, the Parks Museum and a couple of locations in town. This day will help you reorient yourself to walking and living after the 16 1/2 hour traintrip. You will need it!
Stay at hotel for two nights. $210 for a couple $190 for a single.
July 3rd, Geocaching day. Board our special Yellow bus and meet our new friend the busdriver and bear guard! He will be here to guide us to the general locations of the cache and to protect us from the large white muggles that inhabit the area.... We will also get a chance to tour the Churchill Northern Studies Centre (CNSC), the old Rocket launching range, tundra hopefully full of early blooming flowers, and Miss Piggy! Lunch will be taken at the CNSC and is included in the price. We will have a chance to have a special lecture from one of the local scientists on the Northern environment, subject is to be disclosed at a later date.
ALSO NEWLY EXPANDED ARE TWO NORTHERN EVENT CACHES Miss Piggy's party and Nunavut - Our Land. This last cache will allow you to legally add Nunavut to your caching map!!!
Cost for this day is $65 each based on 20 people coming.
July 4th. two available tours for you.
1st is a 4 hour walking tour of the Fort and Sea Horse gully, very spectacular from all accounts.... Cost $55 each
2nd is a trip into Hudson's Bay River mouth where the Belugas should be coming in. Cost is $90 and is about 3 hours, includes a tour of the fort.
3rd is open to what you want, wander Churchill town or just relax out and enjoy the scenery - Cost - Free.
July 4th We get back on the train at 8:30 pm for the 16 1/2 hour trip back to Thompson where we arrive at 1:00 pm on the 5th.
So the bare bones cost for 2 people to experience this exciting trip is:
$283 each
or 1 is $368
Food (except for the lunch at CNSC and continental breakfast 2 mornings) is NOT included.
Travel to/from Thompson is NOT included (I will be driving and I will take two passengers as well) There are two great places to leave your vehicle in Thompson will cost about $40 to do so and they are protected.
The train trip to Churchill is akin to riding on the inside of a cement mixer for 16 1/2 hours, it is NOT a luxury trip and we will be riding daycoach, there are bedrooms and sleepers available if you want to waste some money and end up on the floor every 1/2 hour...
These prices are based on getting about 20 people to commit. The other tours may be reduced in price if we get some commitments to them. There are lots of other tours available (kayaking etc) if you want to go for something not on the list, but it must be on the Saturday, Friday is Geocaching day and you will be going!
List below if you are willing to commit to this adventure. Limit 20 people at the present time, so go for it!
Z'tirnats aka Stan
if you have questions.
PS 27 spots are already booked:
3 for Z'tirnats and Z'ad
4 for Burchil
1 for ertyu
1 for Turdleggs
1 for MHz
1 for Junglehair
1 for Tromelin
2 for Peter and Gloria
2 for Trove Chasers
4 for swordsandarrows
2 for Honeybee77
2 for GG&J
1 for Search & Enjoy
2 for Honeybunch and Old Billy Goat
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Posted: May 04, 2009 8:12 pm
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Are the hotel rooms limited to 2 people, or can they accommodate up to 4? That way the cost of the hotel is less.
I use multi-billion dollar military satellite systems to find Tupperware in the forest.
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Posted: May 04, 2009 8:22 pm
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I will commit now - if I can put my children in the same room even better. I don't have two nickles to rub together but my family has been bugging me to get to Churchill for several years and this seems like a good opportunity.
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Posted: May 04, 2009 9:26 pm
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I'm in for 1.
Will have to figure out sleeping and driving options.
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Location: Winnipeg
Posted: May 04, 2009 10:51 pm
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dani_carriere wrote:
Are the hotel rooms limited to 2 people, or can they accommodate up to 4? That way the cost of the hotel is less.
The rooms have exactly one bed in them either a queen or a double, however they will provide cots if any are left, book early!
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Location: Manitoba
Posted: May 05, 2009 12:19 am
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Sadly, I must bow out of this great Northern Adventure.
I have work which requires me to attend to, and then coupled with a sad aniversary of my wifes parents passing last year means I cannot attend. I will however be thinking of you all.
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Posted: May 05, 2009 1:51 am
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What a great opportunity! It also fits in nicely with our summer holiday plans.
Two Turdles will make the trip to Churchill
I came for the caches, but I stayed for the people!
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Posted: May 05, 2009 1:59 pm
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I'm in but farmer Gord is out.
July is just not a good time for him to be away for that many days.
I'd be interested in car pooling/caching to Thompson and back and the Beluga tour option.
Now the harder part....getting time off work for myself!
MHz, a cacher who no more knows her destiny than a tea leaf knows the history of the East Indian Company
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Posted: May 05, 2009 2:44 pm
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D'ho!, d'ho! and re-d'ho!
I'll be caching near beluga whales as well at that time but it will be on the North shore of the St.Lawrence river in the Mingan archipelago.
Have fun and take lots of pics...
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Posted: May 05, 2009 7:34 pm
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I am definitely interested in this and the Beluga tour. Thanks for all your efforts coordinating this. Tromelin is interested as well.
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Posted: May 06, 2009 1:13 am
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Sounds great. We are both definitely in.
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Posted: May 06, 2009 2:09 am
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Trove chasers has confirmed they are going, but they are unable to log into the forums
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We're interested. But there are 4 of us. Is that a problem going over the 20 limit?
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Posted: May 06, 2009 2:59 am
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I should add that we want the beluga tour and we'll be driving so we can take 2 passengers.
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We have now expanded to a group of 36 Max!!!!
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I am curious what would happen if an agent charged $5000 or more for a reading fee. Would anyone pay that?
I wouldn't pay a five-cent reading fee to any agent. And people should follow suit, because the fee-charging agent would soon become a thing of the past. The few people that would pay to be read, would submit garbage that wouldn't stand a chance anyway, and the fee-charging agent couldn't sell it, would have to survive on the fees, and eventually would starve to death.
I'm sure writers have paid five big ones, or more. Perhaps not for reading fees, but for publishing with a vanity press, sure, I'll bet people have paid a bomb for that sort of thing.
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I don't think anyone who posts here would pay a $5,000 reading fee. Or $500.
If an author paid $5,000 to a vanity press, that would be at least understandable, in that he would then have a lot of books (in his garage). Not a good idea, but understandable. But a reading fee???
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Unwind with your favorite drinks and appetizers as you kickoff the weekend at Coton & Rye. Enjoy live entertainment from 8:30 - 10:30 pm every Friday and Saturday playing your favorite pop and rock cover songs of all time!
It took us 40 minutes after we arrived on time for our reservation to be seated. Some of us didn't ever get the food we ordered. It was not an enjoyable experience.
The restaurant was more geared to hotel guests and business people. A large group was there while we had dinner and the noise level was high. Once they left it was much quieter. The burger was delicious but the steak tips came with potatoes (tater tots). The steak was a small amount but cooked nicely.
The food is very good. I had heard about the restaurant opening and waited a while to visit... and expected that it would have less of a hotel vibe and more of a tavern/pub feeling. The (off-menu) cocktails we ordered were very watered down, If I were staying in the resort, I would love to eat here, but don't think I'll make a special trip again.
Incredibly blah, from everything to food and ambiance and decor. Only value is the location.
Name makes it seem cooler than what it is - a low quality sports bar with bad food.
We were looking for a casual atmosphere. It was definitely very casual. There was shuffleboard in the dining area next to our table. Not ideal. The pool tables were in a separate area and so should have been the shuffleboard table. It was more like a clubhouse, but bare bones when it comes to ambience & interior design. It was almost as if they ran out of money to finish the space well.
I was very excited to try this place but was extremely disappointed within minutes. The service was poor and they weren't even busy. We were sat immediately but then had to wait at least 5 minutes to be greeted. Several wines and drinks were out. The food took forever and when it came out I was not impressed at all, there was no kale to be found in the kale salad and my medium rare steak was WELL done. After discussing my issues with the waiter, he never returned but was replaced with a very nice young woman but there was no communication. I had to ask the host for our check. It was an awful experience and the only thing that was good was the dessert.
I wouldn't recommend this restaurant unless you were staying at the hotel for the convenience. Too expensive and not worth the dollars.
Some of the items were excellent....the steak, crab cakes & flatbreads. Some items were not good...the chicken pot pie, and the corn chowder. The service was slow and disorganized. One of our orders was cooked incorrectly and the held it to correct the problem but didn't inform us so we sat there for 30 minutes with our meals minus the one that was being corrected....it took forever for drink refills and to request the check.
Amazing service, local cuisine and atmosphere located in an incredible Resort. You must try the pot pie, flat breads, yohanan local chicken, ribs, and finish off with the 12 layer cake and doughnuts. Brilliant! -cheers
The food was delicious and properly portioned for a good appetite. The staff were very friendly and attentive. It was our anniversary and they congratulated us, plus provided a delicious complimentary chocolate cake slice.
Excellent food and service in a bery appealing, calm, friendly, classy and relaxed atmosphere at very acceptable prices
The very Recently introduced new menu looks very good Try and all dishes tried - Please call Moll crab cakes, steak bread and corn chowder -tasted great.
Great food and service. A bit pricey, but is located within a resort. Convenient for those staying at the resort.
Slow service and appetizer, crab dip, was good. Otherwise food just ok. Had issues with getting separate checks for 5 or 6 couples.
Casual and cozy place if you're staying at the hotel. The food was okay, though 2/6 of our meals were not cooked correctly (they were overcooked burgers) and the service was horrible. It ended up being a 2 hour dinner because of the bad service and long delays and they didn't seem to even care the burgers were overcooked.
Food was delicious. Service was ok at beginning but as bar got busier, the table service declined significantly. Server brought bill before asking if we wanted dessert. Another server took the candle off our table as we were still eating. Clearly, they are interested more in racking up bar revenue.
Service was not great, it too a long time to even get drink order not to mention food even though the restaurant was not busy.
Great food and Service
For the cost, the experience was not as great as expected. We didn't find a hostess when we walked in and were given mixed answers on how the seating works. I had also requested a vegetarian menu for the pre-fixe a few weeks in advance and the best they could do was pasta with boiled vegetables. For an upscale place, I expect a little more creativity that, especially since they had ample notice *and* this area has plenty of vegetarians!
Defiiitely not a place to have a Thanksgiving meal. Thanks De use for the recommendation 😕
Service was extremely slow. Food was just ok and very overpriced
We assumed we would be in the resort dining room. Instead we found ourselves in a bar with a number of TV screens. When we started dinner it was quiet. By the time we finished it was so noisy we could not hear each other talk.
The food was largely a disappointment. More bar fare that dining.
The ambiance is just so so compared to other venues but the food is OUTSTANDING!! I have had two of the best meals in recent memory at Coton and Rye. Each time I ordered the pork chop and each time I wasn't disappointed. To my memory the description was the same but the preparation was completely different. First time much more mustard, last night much more like sweet and tangy barbecue. Both amazing.
But it is the Jane Hamilton Hand Pie dessert that will keep me coming back. Eyes roll back good. Buttery, tangy, salty yet sweet. Warm and gooey with just enough crisp crust. Paired with vanilla ice cream. Perfect!
The hostess was very welcoming and attentive. Much appreciated.
Slow service. Overpriced food. I won't be going back.
I find that hotel restaurants often have poor service because they can survive without good service since they have a captive audience. When I looked at the website it looked like this restaurant was on the property but not in the hotel so I made a reservation. It is just off the hotel lobby. It took more than hour to get our dinner. Our server gave us very little attention throughout. My husband wanted another glass of wine but were ignored. Typical hotel restaurant.
Our server was very attentive. I have a food allergy, which sometimes makes eating out difficult. Our server spoke with the chef and provided me several options. The deviled egg appetizer and fish were delicious. Very good experience overall.
This was delicious. My expectations were low for a hotel restaurant but it was very tasty and the service was wonderful.
The service was good, the drinks were great, the food well not so great. Bland crab dip, bland sliders, chicken skewers were okay once you added blue cheese and hot sauce. We were staying at the resort which is why we ate there, next time we will drive to leesburg.
When we arrived at 7pm we were seating at a bar table, despite having a reservation for several weeks. The hostess was begrudgingly willing to move us but asked us if we thought we'd be done by 8:30, which was when the table was reserved for apparently... Overall the service was VERY SLOW - simply not enough staff to keep up with the crowd (which was worse bc the hotel had several events and all of the other dining options were closed so this was the only place you could go in the resort). My husband's side order veggie never came, so we had to have that taken off the check. I had a cracked water glass (large crack all the way across the glass). The dessert we order was ice cream, which came as a "kiddie" cup - tiny serving of ice cream served in an espresso cup along with a large soup spoon. Dig in! Also, because of the aforementioned closings, the crowd was large but was also forced to drink and eat outside in the lobby of the restaurant, which was also the lobby of the hotel. As a large echo-y area, it made the noise level deafening. Add on the guitar player and sports playing, the noise was just crazy.
Every bite of food was delicious! I had the porkchop. Yummy! Mustard was tangy, sweet and sharp. Perfect. Dinner companions loved their meals as well (crab cake, grouper). The hand pie dessert was outstanding!!!
Only knock is that decor is nothing much.
Treated us VERY well for our special occasion (60th birthday celebration).
The service here was very good but the food was just ok. The menu is pricey for an establishment that presents as an average hotel bar/restaurant. It is a small locale with a fireplace which a band was setting up to play at 8:30 p.m. I think this would have been way to loud for such a small place. We dined early.
Great - service was very friendly, attentive and efficient. Special touches for my son's birthday were very much appreciated.
Basically, a really nice bar with tables. Nine flat screen tv's, etc. Good if you want to eat in that atmosphere, but don't go out of the way for the food, although it is good.
Went with friends after a Savannah Music Festival Concert. All had a good time. Three of us tried three different cocktails and thoroughly enjoyed them. Everyone was enthusiastic about the french fries (huge portions, two orders satisfied 8 of us). Even though we were at a large table we could hear each other -- noise level festive but not overwhelming.
We were really disappointed with our experience here, we expected better given the resort and quality. The food was Bleh at best this night. There was a conference at the resort so the place got slammed and they were understaffed, maybe this was the issue. Our waitress worked very hard but had too much ground to cover, so service was lacking but it was not her fault she was running around crazy. My husband got the porkchop which was excellent, but that was the only good food at our table and the only reason I gave 2 stars vs 1. My friend got their house special turkey pot pie which we were really excited about but it had a spice in it that made it awful, very pungent. We couldn't pin point it but wow, I nearly spit it out when I tasted it. I got the honey lavender fried chicken which was nicely crisped but really blah, it needed a lot of salt and pepper at a minimum and was over cooked a bit. Too her credit the server recognized this and didn't charge us for this one.
We all got bacon, onion salads with ranch dressing which was ok, but weirdly not cut up (not a wedge salad but not cut up either). Ranch dressing was very tasty. The bacon was battered and fried pieces of Virginia ham. We ordered a side of potato hash that we didn't receive until we received our dessert and it was undercooked, the server apologized profusely. We felt bad because she truly was working so hard. We got the toffee bread pudding for dessert and it was just ok at best. We all left feeling unsatisfued, but just wanting to leave, except my husband who had the yummy pork chop. It was also so loud in there that you couldn't hear each other (we are in our 30s so we are used to loud in bars but this was really loud even by our standards). We really wanted to like this place because we are local and frequent the resort often, so was sad that we didn't. Hoping this was just an off night?
We had a great night at Cotin and Rye. The service was great, the drinks fantastic and the crab appetizer was awesome!
Went to see a musician perform on NYE. Very nice place and staff was friendly. A little pricey so we had dinner before hand and only ordered drinks and a bread basket. Wine and beer had decent prices, alcohol price was a surprise on my bill. While the restaurant is nice and accessible within the resort, the handicap parking for the resort was not friendly. Parking was not close and had I been in a wheelchair, I would have had to use the street to access the building. Maybe they should have offered free valet or parking on the circle.
Great food and service! This is a great place to take guests or out of town visitors. Landsdowne resort is beautiful and the restaurant is fun and everything we ate was delicious!
Ok food. Service was really slow. Drinks weren't good either. Wouldn't go back.


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Lady Samson competed in four tournaments playing 10 rounds during her junior season ... after three seasons, ranks 10th in career scoring at Cal State Northridge with a 80.33 stroke average (2,892 strokes over 36 rounds) ... after playing just one fall tournament, played in the final three tournaments during the spring season ... finished the season with a 79.2 stroke average which ranked sixth on the team ... had one top-20 finish at the Folino Invitational (Mar. 21-22) where she placed 15th at (+14) 158 competing as an individual ... low 18-hole round was a second round 76 at the Big West Championship and low tournament score was a 236 also at the conference championship as well as the Anteater Invitational (Mar. 28-29).
Samson competed in three tournaments and played seven rounds during her sophomore season ... finished with a 80.1 stroke average after taking 561 strokes ... best finish of the season was a 21st place finish at the CSU Bakersfield Spring Invitational (Mar. 22-23) where she posted a two-round 169 ... best 54-hole total of the season was 235 when she finished tied for 29th at the season-opening Bulldog and Eagle Invitational in Spokane, Wash. (Sept 14-15) ... her score tied for the ninth-best 54-hole round for a Matador golfer this season.
Competed in eight tournaments and 19 rounds as a freshman ... took a total of 1,539 strokes over 19 rounds ... finished third on the Matadors with an 81.0 stroke average .. carded a career-low round of 76 in the second round of the Kent Youel Invitational at Kapolei GC (Oct. 28-29) ... low 36-hole round was 156 and low 54-hole total was 235 ... posted a pair of top-20 finishes including a 16th-place finish at the Coast BMW College Challenge in Nipomo, Calif. (Oct. 6-7) ... finished tied for 23rd at the Big West Championship (Apr. 20-21).
Competed in golf at Valencia High School in Valencia, Calif. ... the Vikings won league championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... finished second at the Porter Valley Championship this past August and also qualified for the Westfield Championship at the PGA of Southern California golf course ... was named Daily News First Team All-Area in 2006 while playing for Valencia High School in Valencia, Calif. ... she was also named a First Team All-Foothill League golfer in 2006 ... graduated in 2008 with a 3.83 grade point average.
Born October 28, 1990 in Los Angeles, Calif. ... parents are Jocelyn Hatfield and Edgar Samson ... her father attended UCLA ... favorites include the New England Patriots, Tiger Woods, macaroni and cheese and the movie "The Lion King" ... says the best thing about being an athlete is "staying healthy and fit" ... her greatest moment in sports was "making a hole-in-one at De Bell Golf Course ... major is Anthropology.


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History preserved in Van Buren, MO
Wanda Newton is the owner of the Hidden Log Cabin Museum in Van Buren, MO. She was born and raised in Van Buren, but she lived in Chicago for a while as a young adult. When she came back to Van Buren, she was surprised how times had changed. The old ways of Ozark life were being abandoned.
Miss Wanda noticed that antique dealers from distant cities often attended estate auctions and farm sales in Carter County. She watched the dealers leave with their loot, and she worried that Carter County was losing its history, one auction at a time. She decided to start a collection of items that would be representative of life as it had been.
It was a good thing that her husband supported her, Miss Wanda says, because the auctions took all the money she made at her courthouse job. She dreamed of having a place to put her collection on display.
The hidden log cabin
Finally, an opportunity opened. The house next door to her home was put up for sale, and Miss Wanda bought it. Despite its mundane exterior, it was no ordinary house. Under the siding, it was a log house with several frame rooms built onto it.
And it was an exceptionally historic log cabin. The little village of Van Buren, on the west side of the river, was burned during the Civil War. When the war ended, the residents decided to rebuild on the east side of the river. The first building that went up was a new Carter County courthouse.
When the lots for the new town were surveyed, it turned out that the courthouse had been built in the middle of the street. It was moved back a few yards, onto the corner lot of John and Ash, and there it still sits.
When Miss Wanda became the owner, she undertook a massive restoration. She stripped the log room down to its whitewashed walls of hand-hewn native pine. The large yawning fireplace had been closed off and partially torn down, so she hired a stonemason to rebuild it. She didn't have enough money for the project, so she borrowed from her husband. It took her a couple of years to pay him back.
In the other rooms, she removed modern wall coverings to reveal the walls as they had been when the addition to the house was built. She did most of the work herself, and it took her several years.
Tour of the museum
When I visited the Hidden Log House Museum, Miss Wanda walked me through the first room and told me about it. "Don't you want to take any pictures?" she asked. I told her that I would take pictures on my way back through the house, but first, I wanted to give my full attention to what she was telling me. Every item in the house has its history, of course, and Miss Wanda is a good storyteller.
So, these photos are in reverse order, starting from the back of the house in the kitchen and summer kitchen and ending in the log room which is at the front of the house.
On the back wall of the kitchen, there's a large, antique sink. Miss Wanda's sister, now in her early 90s, washed dishes in that very sink as part of her room and board when she attended high school. (It was in another house at the time.) I should have taken its picture, but I didn't. I also regret that I didn't take a picture of Miss Wanda.
The center room of the house was probably a dining room or parlor, and it has a bedroom on the side of it. Miss Wanda left the first layer of wallpaper-- a bold burgundy and white pattern -- on the dining room walls.
The big memory jug is old; the small memory jug in front was made in recent years. Just in front of the chair, a small bowl holds some bits of jewelry and small mementos. There's also a jar of buttons. These are the sorts of things that people used when they made memory jugs and jars. Miss Wanda is not sure what sort of adhesive was used in the old memory jug, but the newer one was made with window putty.
The photos that follow are in the log room that was the Carter County Courthouse for a number of years. I'm amazed that Miss Wanda was able to find and buy all the items displayed here. She says she collected all these things in Carter County and the surrounding counties. The antique furniture you see in this room is handmade, and many of the other items are also.
I was surprised how much room the spinning wheel took. Miss Wanda told me that she used to have a loom, too, but it took up twice as much room as the spinning wheel. She finally sold it to a lady who weaves.
The coverlet on the bed was woven on a loom over a century ago, with handspun wool yarn. I believe Miss Wanda said that she made the rag rug in the bottom photo herself.
Miss Wanda receives no funds for the museum beyond what she charges in admission. She has decided not to have the house declared a historic site because she's afraid of the restrictions and obligations it might bring. She closes the museum over the coldest months of winter so she won't have to heat it.
Sometimes, classes of school children spend an afternoon at the museum and Miss Wanda enjoys telling them about the simple lives of the people who lived in the Ozarks a few generations ago. But what she likes best, she says, is when someone stops who is really interested -- someone who asks questions and wants to take pictures. It absolutely makes her day.
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A description of the Hidden Log Cabin Museum in Patti DeLano's Missouri Off the Beaten Path.
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Get to Know Florida Georgia Line's Hot Country Duo Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard
I brought my mom to a sit-down interview with country duo Florida Georgia Line (Georgia native Tyler Hubbard and Florida native Brian Kelley) an hour before they took the stage at the sold-out Club Nokia in downtown L.A. Luckily for me, the guys couldn't get enough of her (even when she tried to play matchmaker). In return, she had the time of her life singing along (in the pit no less!) to songs like "Round Here" and "Stay."
(from left) Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley.
So I couldn't blame my mom for her reaction when I told her the news after that Brian Kelley got married: "WHAT?!?!" "We were with him the weekend before last! He didn't talk about a wedding!" she huffed. [For the record, they never do.] And then, "Well, he should have at least invited us. He seemed like he really enjoyed our company."
The duo is no stranger to charming fans, as evidenced by only a few of these mind-boggling statistics:
*FGL is the only artist in history to join Brooks and Dunn to have their first three singles hit No. 1 for multiple weeks each.>
*"Cruise" broke the record for longest No. 1 on > Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart. >
*They've sold more than 10 million tracks worldwide from their debut album, > Here's to the Good Times, which has been certified platinum in the U.S. and gold in Canada.
So, with a visiting mom in tow, Brian, Tyler, and I chatted about life in the spotlight, girlfriends, and the surprising song they're still not sick of singing.
Glamour: This past year has been truly amazing for you both. What moment in particular made you look at each other like, "What on earth is happening? Do you believe this?!"
Tyler: Just about every week was like that. We would get emails on a daily basis where we'd think, Did that really just happen? Between working with Alabama, working with Nelly, and going on tour with Luke [Bryan], what we've gotten to do this year has been a dream come true for us. It's really hard to give you a defining moment.
Glamour:The right answer would have been, "This interview."
Tyler: Oh right, yes, this interview! THIS interview has been the highlight. Your mom is with us and everything. If we're going to be honest, this really is it. And we're also sitting in the catering room surrounded by food. Couldn't be better. Makes it extra special.
Brian: For me, the most surreal moment was the Nelly remix and the relationship we have with his crew and being involved with the Alabama & Friends album. Obviously all the awards have been unreal. The whole year has been crazy, and to think what has changed from last January to now. It's real cool.
Glamour: "Cruise" has been your most popular single among fans, but what song is your favorite to perform live?
Tyler: It's probably "Cruise" right now. The crowd just goes crazy for it and is so intense, and you can just tell the anticipation has been building for us to sing it throughout the night, so it's always fun every single night. I don't think it will ever get old.
Brian: "Cruise" or "People Back Home," which we just added. That's one of my new favorites.
Glamour: What song lyrics mean the most to you personally?
Brian: "People Back Home."
Tyler: It's a special song to us, really close to our hearts. I love it. It's kind of our tribute song to the fans.
Glamour: What part of fame were you not prepared for?
Tyler: The interviews. Nah, I'm just kidding! No, I think the amount of time we have to spend away from our family and friends back home sometimes—it was expected, but sometimes we'll think, "Wow, it has been six weeks since we've been home." It can wear you out a little bit. And to be honest, in the beginning, I didn't even know media was such a thing or involved in music. I thought as an artist you just get to go play songs every night, so it's cool and part of it, but it's something I learned that is part of this job and personally never even thought of it.
Brian: You know, it's just been so cool to see our fans rally behind us and support our music. It's amazing to see such passionate fans that stand outside and wait in line to buy tickets, or, wait, what did that person do for three hours? Oh, yeah, they waited outside and sang Christmas songs to win tickets to our show. Nobody told us how cool and passionate our fans would be.
Glamour: You both met in college. What was your first impression of one another?
Tyler: Total loser. [Laughs] Actually, we had a special connection right from when we met. During our very first song we knew there was something special there and just continued to write. We both had the same dreams and goals and wanted to do it together. It was a pretty instant connection, really a God thing, that's for sure. EHarmony really worked for us. [Laughs]
Glamour: Describe each other in three words.
Brian: Tyler is passionate, hardworking, and a friend.
Tyler: Aww, that's good man. That's very heartfelt. Brian is a go-getter, amazing hair, and definitely a hard worker for sure.
Glamour: I have to ask: serious girlfriends?
My mom: Oh, my daughter is available!
Tyler: Mom!
My mom: Haha, sorry about that!
Tyler: Well, in that case, no, we're both single!
Glamour:And that's the last time Mom comes on an interview.
Tyler: Haha, no, we both have girlfriends, so it's pretty awesome.
Glamour:How do you keep the relationship strong when you're constantly on the road? Do they come with you?
Tyler: Yeah, they come on the road quite a bit with us, travel on the bus with us—it's pretty neat. Their schedule is flexible enough that it allows them to hang out with us. They're just laid-back and easygoing, and that's exactly what it takes, especially when you're on a tour like this. It's working out great.
Glamour:Did you meet them before things really took off in your career? Because I'd imagine as you guys continue to explode, it's hard to know people's true intentions.
Tyler: Yeah, we met them before, if you want to say, [we] "exploded."
Brian and his new bride, Brittney. (credit: Justin Mrusek)
Glamour: You both have the most incredible houses ever. (Brian lives in a treehouse, while Tyler has a sprawling estate.) Brian, I'm convinced I need to move in because you essentially live in a high-tech treehouse.
Brian: Haha, yes, it's two bedrooms, about 1,500 square feet. 32 acres.
Glamour:Do you guys hang out at each other's houses?
Tyler: We bought our homes around October 1 and have been home I think a total of seven nights. I'm actually excited about hanging out at the treehouse next month.
Glamour: When you have a night off, what do you like to do?
Tyler: Go to the house and sit down. [Laughs]
Brian: Just lay low. Seriously right now, just hang out at the house and eat pizza naked.
Glamour:Seriously, you have to say that to me after you just crushed my dreams and said you have a girlfriend?
Tyler: Yeah, Brian, what the heck? Really? "Naked on the couch eating a pizza?"
Brian: It's Jet's Pizza. It's so good. Turbo crust.
My mom: Jets?! Oh my gosh, we just got one in St. Louis!
Brian: Oh, it's so good! It's nothing fancy, but it's great!
Tyler: She is adorable! I love Mom.
Glamour: OK, let's play rapid-fire questions! Must-see TV show?
Tyler: Dallas.
Glamour:Is that how you got Josh Henderson to be in your music video for "Stay?"__
No, it's not Channing Tatum, but we think Luke Bryan is quite the suitable replacement. ;)
Glamour: Favorite childhood cartoon?
Brian: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Tyler: Scooby-Doo!
Glamour: What do you hope to have accomplished a year from now?
Tyler: I don't know, I think if we could have another year like this year we'll be pretty happy. A lot of sold-out shows, and hopefully at the end of the year we'll have a new album out and keep doing what we're doing.
Brian: I'm going to agree with that.
__How awesome are the guys? What song of theirs is your absolute fave?


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Lipscomb director of athletics Philip Hutcheson announced an agreement with 102.5 The Game to serve as the Official Sports Station of Lipscomb Athletics and broadcast over 20 regular season men's basketball games during the 2011-12 season.
"We are excited to enter into a radio partnership with 102.5 The Game to broadcast our games throughout Middle Tennessee," Hutcheson said. "I'm glad that we can partner with the area's newest sports station in returning Bisons basketball to the airwaves for the first time in several years."
Hutcheson also announced that Jackson will be the presenting sponsor of the Lipscomb Sports Network for the 2011-12 season. Jackson recently moved its headquarters to Franklin creating over 750 jobs.
The Game switched from a music format to sports format on Aug. 29 and began an affiliation with ESPN Radio Wednesday. It will also carry the Nashville Predators and Alabama football.
Fans will be able to listen to games throughout Middle Tennessee and parts of southern Kentucky including Murray and Bowling Green. Over two-thirds of Lipscomb's alumni live within the footprint of "The Game."
Jonathan Seamon returns as the "Voice of the Bisons" for all men's basketball broadcasts. A complete schedule of games will be announced in the coming weeks.
Local radio host Brent Dougherty will serve as the play-by-play broadcaster for Lady Bisons basketball home games. All Lipscomb basketball home games will also be carried live on ASun.TV.


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A concert film that captured Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion concert in London is coming back to Hampton for one showing. If you missed the movie "Celebration Day" when it played here last month, here's your second chance.
The movie will play 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at AMC Hampton Towne Centre 24.
The film, originally screened nationwide Oct. 17, posted respectable numbers. According to the news release below, it earned $2 million in a single night.
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A settlement agreement has been reached in a long-running lawsuit over structural problems with buildings at a lake area condominium complex.
A settlement agreement has been reached in a long-running lawsuit over structural problems with buildings at a lake area condominium complex.
Mid County Fire Protection District condemned the lakeside decks and balconies of two buildings at Plaza Gardens on the Lake near Sunrise Beach in 2009. Two months and a day later, the Plaza Gardens on the Lake Condominium Association filed suit against its developers in Camden County Circuit Court.
The agreement in Plaza Gardens on the Lake Condominium Association vs. Plaza Gardens on the Lake Inc. has been read into the record of the court but details of the agreement were not yet available from the circuit clerk's office.
The condo association board of directors is under a gag order after signing a confidentiality agreement in the settlement, but residents not on the board speaking individually reported that the association is receiving $11 million.
With the settlement agreement, the homeowners association is now in the process of deciding what to do next, according to residents.
The association is getting bids to repair the structures as well as to demolish them and rebuild. A third option is to sell the buildings as is and walk away, splitting the settlement among the 39 current unit owners.
Michael G. Schlup of Leawood, Kan., Mark Kelly of Camdenton, Plaza Gardens LLC, Schlup Investment Inc. of Kansas City, John D. Lynch of Bloomfield, Iowa and Royale Palms Development LLC were all listed initially as respondents in the suit.
Schlup was Mid County's developer of record for Plaza Gardens.
The settlement was reached Oct. 4, 2013 after the case was finally set for trial.
On Aug. 21, Judge Ralph Jaynes had issued a judgement in which he allowed the following counts to remain as to the following defendants:
1. Plaza Gardens LLC - Count 1 Assessments, Count IV Misrepresentation, Count V Breach of fiduciary duty, Count VII Breach of warranty, County VIII Missouri Merchandising Act, Count IX Breach of K, Count XII Missouri Uniform Condo Act;
2. Plaza Gardens on the Lake LLC and Michael Schlup - Count II Negligence, Count IV Misrepresentation, Count V Breach of fiduciary duty, County VI Negligent breach of K, Count XII Missouri Uniform Condo Act;
3. Schlup Investment Inc. - Count II Negligence, Count IV, Misrepresentation, County V Breach of fiduciary duty, Count VI Negligent supervision, Count VII Breach of warrant, Count VIII Missouri Merchandising Act, Count XII Missouri breach of fiduciary duty, Count VIII Missouri Merchandising practices, Count XII Missouri Uniform Condo Act.
The condo association filed its case against the developers of Plaza Gardens on Oct. 13, 2009. Mid County Fire Protection District had posted notice of unsafe conditions at the decks and balconies of two of the buildings at the condo complex on Aug. 12.
The notice was posted by the fire marshal after the district was notified of concerns about the buildings two days prior and a subsequent inspection revealed structural issues with the lakeside decks and front walkway or balconies of Building 1 at 248 Plaza Gardens Court and Building 2 at 230 Plaza Gardens Court.
The buildings combined for a total of 47 dwelling units.
The structural issues did not include a third condominium building at the complex, 184 Plaza Gardens Court.
The original call to Mid-County Fire Protection District regarding the issues at Plaza Gardens was about stone falling off of the lake side exterior.
That damage was cosmetic, but ultimately a symptom of a larger problem. The decks were found to be shifting downward, compressing the lower units and causing the decorative stone to pop off the building. District officials found stress cracks as well.
After access to the decks was blocked by Mid County, a follow-up inspection by an engineer confirmed the potential danger for collapse of the decks.
Temporary shoring and structural supports were put in on the front side so owners could continue to occupy their units. Security measures to block use of the deck and balcony areas included temporary boarding and padlocking at entrances.
Mid County continued to monitor the situation over time to ensure security measures were not breached. An engineering firm was hired to monitor the structural integrity of the buildings, and residents' assessment fees shot up as the association took on the costs to continue to stabilize and shore up the buildings and to pay legal fees.
According to Fire Marshal Chris Bachman, Mid County did not issue a construction permit for Building 1. Its construction occurred in 2003 prior to the district's adoption of building codes.
Building 2 was constructed in 2004 during the district's implementation phase of adopting building and fire codes. At that time, Schlup presented resistance in complying with the building permit process, Bachman has said. A permit for Building 2 was ultimately issued about two months after construction had started.
As a developer in the lake area, Schlup has had other issues as well.
In December 2007, Schlup was sentenced on state tax charges after pleading guilty to 12 felony counts of failure to deduct Missouri employer withholding tax, one felony count of failure to file a Missouri employer withholding tax return and one felony count of failure to pay Missouri employer withholding tax.
He was ordered to pay nearly $1 million in fines, penalties and back taxes and was also barred from conducting business in the state of Missouri.
The investigation of Schlup by the Missouri Attorney General's Office began after several workers were injured and one died from injuries sustained in a fall from a deck at Plaza Gardens. State officials said there was reason to believe as many as 30 undocumented workers may have been working construction at Plaza Gardens.
The charges alleged Schlup paid his workers in cash and deducted no withholdings from the wages. Employees at the site worked 70 hours a week and the undocumented workers were paid approximately $8 an hour, according to the Attorney General's Office.


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March 4, 2006
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. _ Calling it the "Battle of State of Franklin Road" just doesn't sound right.
After 20 conference games both the Bisons and Bruins finished with 15-5 records. After sorting through the tiebreakers the Bisons were awarded the No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament and the Bruins were given the No. 2 seed.
Saturday at 1 p.m. CST the two teams meet for the conference title with the victor heading to the NCAA Tournament. The trip would be the first for both teams.
Regardless of the location, when the Bisons and Bruins meet it is always known as the "Battle of the Boulevard". The two teams split in the regular season with the Bisons winning 97-85 in overtime at Allen Arena Jan. 20 and the Bruins winning 81-65 at Belmont Jan. 31. This time around the game may be at a neutral site at East Tennessee State's Memorial Center, but expect this to be the most intense meeting in the history of the rivalry.
"It will be exciting," said Lipscomb coach Scott Sanderson. "I think we need to get in the car, drive home and play it in Allen Arena."
The Bisons advanced to the championship game for the first time with a 70-51 victory over Gardner-Webb Friday night. The Bruins beat Stetson 72-59 in the nightcap.
"We respect Belmont," said Sanderson. "We are two programs on the rise. They try to do it the right way like we do. I think it will be an absolute classic."
In the old NAIA days Lipscomb and Belmont often found themselves battling each other for conference championships, but this time around the stakes are higher.
"In the late 80s, early 90s and mid-90s we played for a lot of conference championships," said Belmont coach Rick Byrd. "One of these schools is going to go to the NCAA Tournament and that is going to be a special moment.
"I'm so impressed with the job Scott has done. I was scared watching those guys play against Gardner-Webb. They were very, very good. We are going to have to play much better than we have the last two games to even be in this game."


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Emily Garrant '12
Hired by...Lockheed Martin
According to mechanical engineering major Emily Garrant '12, having a well-rounded experience and taking advantage of the opportunities available to you in college is what really counts when trying to secure your dream job.
And she would know, since she recently accepted a highly coveted position at Lockheed Martin in the Engineering Leadership Development Program.
Emily says, "My experiences at Clarkson have really helped me prepare myself for the corporate world. Aside from getting a well-rounded introduction to many aspects of engineering, being a part of the women's soccer and Nordic ski teams, as well as being a resident director, have greatly improved my leadership skills over the last four years. It's all very marketable to companies."
Along with being involved on campus, Emily also looked to the Career Center for assistance with her resume and interviewing skills. "I put in a lot of time searching for jobs and felt really prepared for interviews, thanks to their help," she adds.
In Lockheed Martin's Engineering Leadership Development Program, a three-year rotational program, Emily will try three or four different positions within the company while also getting a technical master's degree.
"I'm really looking forward to this opportunity because I will be able to learn so much at a very fast pace. There are also many networking opportunities as well, as I am required to attend several leadership conferences each year," she says.
Emily Garrant '12


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Mechanical Behavior at the Nanoscale III
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Mechanistic Coupling of Dislocation and Shear Transformation Zone Plasticity in Crystalline-Amorphous Nanolaminates
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Metallic nanolaminates composed of periodically alternating nanocrystalline and amorphous layers represent new hierarchically structured materials that simultaneously exhibit exceptional strength and ductility. In this study, molecular dynamics simulations of nanolaminates containing columnar nanograins were conducted to quantify the plastic strain distribution among competing mechanisms using continuum deformation metrics. Initially, plastic strain was accommodated within the amorphous layers with shear transformation zone activity favoring atoms near the amorphous-crystalline interfaces (ACIs). Relative to nanolaminates free of grain boundaries, this enhanced slip was further biased to amorphous atoms near the intersection of ACIs with grain boundary planes. Lattice dislocations were emitted from these regions of locally high shear strain, and the grain boundaries significantly reduced the stresses required for global yielding via dislocation plasticity. Absorption of dislocations at the ACIs suppressed strain accommodation at the grain boundaries, which eliminated the formation of deleterious stress concentrations that ultimately lead to grain boundary microcracking.
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A Direct Comparison of Length Scale Strengthening from Different Dimensions
A Fast Fourier Transform Based-approach for the Modeling and Simulation of Grain Boundary Defects
A High Temperature In-situ Nanoindentation Study of Nanotwinned Silver Films
Ab Initio Modeling of Dislocation Core Properties in BCC and HCP Metals
Accurate Characterization of Interstitial Sites and Prediction of Adsorption Energetics of Hydrogen Trapping at Grain Boundaries in FCC Transition Metals: Space Tessellation Algorithm and Mechanics Model
Anisotropy in Nanolamellar Pearlitic Steels Investigated at the Micron Scale
Anisotropy, Size, and Aspect Ratio Effects in Micropillar Compression of Al-SiC Nanolaminate Composites
Atomic-scale Investigation on the Nucleation of Twinning-like Lattice Reorientation in Hexagonal Close-packed Metals
Capturing the Collaborative Strengthening Effects of Dislocations and Nanoscale Obstacles
Correlating In and Ex Situ Nanomechanical Measurements
Deformation Mechanisms and Instabilities in Metallic Multilayer on the Nanoscale
Ductile Crack Growth in Face-Centered Cubic Metal Nanosheets
Dynamic Behavior of a Nanocrystalline Cu-Ta Alloy
Dynamic Investigations of Dislocation-Self Point Defect Interactions in BCC Metals
Effect of Annealing on Grain Boundary Character and Attendant Tensile Behavior of Nanocrystalline Nickel Thin Films
Effect of Solutes on Dislocation Nucleation from Grain Boundaries in fcc Metals
Enhancing Ductility of Metal-Metal (BCC-HCP) and Metal-Ceramic Multilayered Nanocomposites
Fatigue-induced Abnormal Grain Growth and Notch Effects in Nanocrystalline Metals
Growth and Stress-induced Transformation of Zinc Blende AlN Layers in Al-AlN-TiN Multilayers
How Microstructure and Temperature Influence the Small Scale Deformation Behavior of Au
In Situ Atomic-scale Observation of Twinning Dominated Deformation in Nanoscale BCC Bi-crystals
In Situ Nanomechanics
In Situ Study of Oxygen's Influence on Deformation Twinning in Alpha-Titanium
In Situ TEM Characterization on Deformation of FeCoNiMnCr High Entropy Alloy
Investigation of Creep in Nanocrystalline CuTa
Is the Anomalous Slip in BCC Transition Metals a Consequence of the Transformations of the Core of Screw Dislocations by Applied Stresses?
Measurement of Plasticity in Confined Metal Thin Films
Measuring the Adhesion Energy of Carbon Nanotube Films to Substrates via Microscratch Testing
Mechanical Behavior of Nanoporous Gold and Silicon
Mechanical Behaviors of Cu-based Metallic Multilayers with Crystalline/Amorphous Layer Interfaces
Mechanical Scaling Behavior of Nanopopous Gold Based on 3D Structural Analysis and Indentation-based Testing
Mechanistic Coupling of Dislocation and Shear Transformation Zone Plasticity in Crystalline-Amorphous Nanolaminates
Microstructural Changes in Cu-based Multilayers under Cyclic Sliding Contact
Microstructural Evolution of Nanocrystalline Copper-tantalum Alloy
Microstructural Stability under Wear of Binary Nanocrystalline Alloys with Improved Thermal Stability
Microstructure and Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Porous Nano-Crystalline Silver Layers
Multi Scale Modeling of Strain Softening and Failure of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT) Aerogels
Nanodomains in Nickel Enable Simultaneous High Strength and Ductility: "Self-Precipitation Hardening" without Second-Phase Precipitates
Nanolamellar Tantalum Carbides: Structure and Properties
Nucleation and Evolution of Dynamic Damage at Bimetal Interfaces Using Molecular Dynamics
On the Relationship among Lattice Misorientation Field, Strain Gradient Effects, and Indentation Size Effects
Plastic Deformation in Metal/Ceramic Multilayer Nanolaminates: NbC/Nb and TiN/Ti Case Studies
ReaxFF Molecular Dynamic Research on Tribochemistry of Si/SiO2 Surface and Role of Water Molecules to Surface Wear Damage
Residual Stress in Thin Films: Effect of Growth Rate and Grain Size
Review: Fracture Strength of Micro- and Nano-scale Silicon Components
Simulations of Orientation Dependence of Strain-Hardening Characteristics and Dislocation Microstructure Evolution in 20, 6 micron Size Ni Microcrystals
Spall of Tantalum Bicrystals and Nanocrystals
Spalling Microscale, Single-crystal Films of High-quality, High-value Semiconductors
Stress and Strain Controlled Fatigue Properties of Cu with Highly Oriented Nanoscale Twins
Stress Statistics and Universal Scaling Exponent Determining Strength-size Scaling at Small Scales
Structure-mechanical Property-deformation Mechanism Relationship in Nanotwinned FCC Metallic Nanowires
The Effect of Pre-existing Defects on the Strength and Deformation Behavior of α-Fe Nanopillars
The Origins of High Hardening and Low Ductility in Magnesium
Transition of Deformation Modes in Hollow Cu-Zr Metallic Glass Nanolattices
Ultimate Solution for Ultra-thin Film Systems (2nm or below)
W-10: Dislocation Core Reconstruction Induced by Solute Atom Segregation in BCC Metals
W-11: Effect of Texture and Plastic Anisotropy on Stress-strain Response of Nanoscale Aluminum Films
W-12: Influence of Grain Refinement by Severe Plastic Deformation on Corrosion Behavior of Al5083
W-13: Investigating Structural, Physical and Mechanical Properties of Graphene/Polymer Hybrid Nanocomposites
W-14: Localized Hardness and Modulus Distribution within SiC Grain of a Reaction Bonded SiC/Si Ceramic Matrix Composite
W-15: Mechanical Behavior of a Two Phase Oxide on a Commercial Aluminum Alloy
W-16: Micromechanisms Governing Plastic Instability in Al-Li based Alloys
W-17: Microstructure and Strengthening Mechanisms of Ag/Fe Multilayers
W-18: Modelling and Calibration of a MEMS Tensile Stage for Elevated Temperature Experiments on Freestanding Metallic Thin Films
W-19: Nonlocal Crystal Plasticity Simulations of the Size-dependent Mechanical Response of fcc/bcc Multilayers
W-1: A Tale of Two Mechanisms: Strain-softening Versus Strain-hardening in Single Crystals under Small Stressed Volumes
W-20: Phase Transformation of Sub-Micrometer Shape Memory Alloys Thin Films Synthesized by Biased Target Ion Beam Deposition
W-21: Spherical Indentation Response of Ti64, Ni49.9Ti50.1 and Ni50.3Ti29.7Hf20 Shape Memory Alloys at Elevated Temperature
W-22: Stress Generation and Localization during Thin Film Coalescence Processes
W-23: Structure and Mechanical Properties of Nickel Nanoparticles And Their Epoxy Composites
W-24: The Effect of a Strut Size on the Strength of Nanoporous Cu Foams
W-25: The Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Nanometer Al
/Cu Composite Fabricated by Internal Oxidation
W-26: Strain Rate Dependent Failure of Interfaces in Glass/Epoxy and Energetic Materials at Nano-Microscale via Dynamic Indentation
W-27: Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Fe-Gd Alloys by Dynamic-Nano Indentation Method
W-28: Beam Induced Artifacts during in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Deformation of Nanocrystalline and Ultrafine-grained Metals
W-29: Understanding the Relationship between Interface and Mechanical Properties of Cu/Nb Nanoscale Multilayers through In-situ Electromechanical Measurements
W-2: Analysis of Plastic Anisotropy in Nanotwinned Copper by a Statistical Dislocation Source Model
W-30: In Situ Nanoindentation of Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene Copolymers as Polyethylene Tetrafluoride Alternative
W-31: Determination of Unknown Single-crystal Orientation Using Transient Grating Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
W-32: Deformation Behavior and Shear Band Evolution of Phase Separating Metallic Glass
W-33: Plastic Deformation in Nanocrystalline TiN at Ultra-low Stress: An In Situ Nanoindentation Study
W-3: Characterization of Grain Boundary Strain Transfer in High Purity Tantalum
W-4: Characterization of Interface Dislocations at the Ferrite/Cementite Interface
W-5: Competing Twinning Mechanisms during Mechanical Deformation of BCC Metals at Nanoscale
W-6: Computational Evaluation of Adhesion and Mechanical Properties of Nanolayered Diffusion Barrier Coating for Nuclear Applications
W-7: Coupled Atomistic-Continuum Framework of Developing Constitutive Relations of Crack Propagation
W-8: Crystal Size Effect on Twinning of Magnesium Microcrystals
W-9: Cyclic Response of Candidate Engineering Alloy Micro-beams
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In real life, Hillary Clinton is a Secretary of State stepping down after a successful term. But in Hollywood, "Hillary Rodham" may be a character in an upcoming movie about Madam Secretary's younger years called Rodham. No, there's no green light yet, but there is a buzz-worthy screenplay making the rounds. The script follows the exploits of a 20-something Hillary Rodham as she balances the pressures of her job (working to impeach Richard Nixon as the youngest attorney at the Justice Department) with her budding romance with an ambitious guy from Arkansas (a would-be politician named Bill Clinton). Sounds juicy!
Granted, it may be too soon to start thinking in these terms, but with the hype already surrounding the script -- it is #4 on the "Black List," a much-watched poll, in which film execs name the best unproduced scripts they've seen -- why shouldn't we start speculating on what it could look like and, most importantly, who would play Hill?
While I could see someone like Seth Rogen (with his hair grown out) or Jason Segel (also, with his hair grown out) taking a more dramatic turn to portray hippie-era Bill Clinton, the actress best suited to take on young professional Hillary is a bit tougher to guess.
Then again, this photo of her from back in the day looks so much like Scarlett Johansson, it's a bit freaky! And I could totally see ScarJo doing Hill justice. Who else ... hmm ... There's something about Mary-Kate and Ashley's kid sis, Elizabeth Olsen, that looks vaguely young Hillary. She may be able to pull it off. Lena Dunham is always thrown around these days as a possibility for any major female role, but with lighter hair and obviously her tats covered up, I could see it. (Regardless of who could be ultimately cast, please gaaawd no publicity stunts, like casting a trainwreck -- cough LiLo -- or reality star!)
As for how it'll turn out, I'd venture to guess this screenplay is perfect fodder for HBO or Showtime to pick up as a made-for-TV movie ... Usually I can't stand when anyone tries to make a biopic of a famous person while they're still alive and making history, but hey, if cast right, who knows? This could be a must-watch award winner.
If this flick gets made, would you check it out? Who would you cast as a young Hillary Clinton?
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So here's a very minimal Debian Jessie image for the ODROID XU3/XU4 series.
It was a fun little evening project, and really quickly finished since I already had all the software needed to create such an image from my previous work with ODROIDs
It's just a headless server image only with user root at the moment. But it has all my repositories included, which allows for easy installation and updates of packages such as Kernel and Headers, or Kodi, or Chromium Browser, or whatever.
The image has my usual setup: means on first boot it's resizing the rootfs partition and configures SSH. It will automatically reboot after the initial setup after which this image is ready to use.
Kernel and headers are already installed if you need to build your own drivers.
A few basic tools such as ntp, htop, mc, vim and bash-completion are already installed for your convenience.
Download: https://oph.mdrjr.net/meveric/images/Je ... XU4.img.xz -- md5 -- sha512 -- signature
Size compressed: 86MB
Size uncompressed: 472 MB
Default Login: root
Default Password: odroid
It's ready to be used as a server image.
First things first:
Since there's constantly new development for this image and ODROIDs in general the First thing you should do after the image is up and running is to install all updates:
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apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade
How to convert the image into a Desktop image:
The image can easily converted into a full Desktop image looking similar to this:
You can use the preinstalled tool "setup-odroid" to install a Desktop and setup a user for it, or if you want to do it manually you can use the following steps:
update the package lists (if you haven't done yet)
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apt-get update
run tasksel to choose your preferred Desktop environment
please note: not all Desktop Environments are working perfectly on the ODROID, best choises probably are LXDE, and MATE, but XFCE and KDE should works as well.
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tasksel will take quite some time to download and install all the packages needed for a Desktop image and needs at least 1GB of extra disk space (better 2GB)
afterwards we need to install X11 framebuffer drivers:
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apt-get install xf86-video-armsoc-odroid
and for 3D acceleration the Mali GPU drivers
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apt-get install malit628-odroid
you also need a fitting xorg.conf for the framebuffer drivers:
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cd /etc/X11
wget http://oph.mdrjr.net/meveric/other/xorg.conf
If you are a more experienced user instead of tasksel you can always install the packages you want manually and therefore keep the image as slim as you want.
It's also recommended to create a new user account for the Desktop environment and NOT to logon as root.
For example:
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adduser odroid
After a reboot you should see a graphical login for your Debian Jessie image.
Once you have a Desktop running you can easily install all the packages available in my repository such as XBMC or Kodi
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apt-get install xbmc-odroid
# or
apt-get install kodi-odroid
# install firmware required for hardware decoding in XBMC/Kodi
apt-get install firmware-samsung
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apt-get install chromium-browser-odroid
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apt-get install tvheadend
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apt-get install arduino
I also advice you to install ffmpeg from Debian repository, it's a very good tool to watch and convert videos and well maintained from experienced Debian developers.
Checkout the HOWTO link in my signature to find more packages available in my repository
Please note:
Most of the packages available in my repository are X11 based, for example the malit628-odroid package are X11 GPU drivers, or Kodi, is only available for X11, so you need a Desktop environment to use them.
Also, I haven't installed all drivers and firmwares available. If you want to use Wifi Model 4 you might have to install the firmware-ralink package first available on standard Debian repository.
If you find any bugs please let me know, and if anyone else wants to, I can easily convert this image for ODROID X,X2,U2/U3 and C1.
Have fun
Changing language:
If you install a Desktop environment you should already have keybord-configuration installed, it will ask upon the first installation what keyboard layout it should use.
This configuration is for your X11 Desktop so you have your desired keyboard layout.
For console you need to install console-setup to do the same, so just in case:
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apt-get install console-setup keyboard-configuration
dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
should be all that is needed to change your keyboard layout.
You probably want to set timezone as well
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dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
CEC support:
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apt-get install libcec
# if needed you can also install the cec tools
apt-get install cec-utils
After that you need to add a new udev rule so you can access the CEC device:
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echo 'KERNEL=="CEC",SUBSYSTEM=="misc",MODE="0666"' > /etc/udev/rules.d/20-hkl_cec.rules
Hardware Acceleration for Chromium:
Make sure you add these in your Chromium configuration under /etc/chromium.d/ or /etc/chromium-browser/default
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export CHROMIUM_FLAGS="$CHROMIUM_FLAGS --use-gl=egl --ignore-gpu-blacklist --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --num-raster-threads=4 --audio-buffer-size=4096"


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'Sesame Street' to teach ABCs of self-restraint
Even Cookie Monster has to learn how to be a tough cookie.
NEW YORK — For 43 years, Cookie Monster has lived by one sweet, simple rule: When he wants a cookie, he gets a cookie.
Not this year.
For its new season, debuting Monday, Sesame Street aims to help its young 3- and 4-year-old viewers succeed in school — and in life — by learning a little self-restraint. The bad news: When Cookie Monster wants a cookie, he doesn't always get one. The good news? If he waits, sometimes he gets two.
Explored nearly a half-century ago in the Stanford University "marshmallow test," the research underlying the idea says that kids who develop strong "executive function" skills such as self-control, patience, grit and long-term, flexible thinking succeed in school and life.
For the experiments, Stanford psychologist Walter Mischel and his colleagues sat preschoolers at a desk with a marshmallow and a bell and told them they could eat the marshmallow anytime they wished. But if they waited 15 minutes until an adult returned, they'd get two marshmallows.
Mischel originally intended the experiment as a look into how children resist temptation. The first findings, published in 1970, also detailed the kids' coping strategies. But when researchers began tracking down the marshmallow kids in the early 1980s, they found that those who'd waited for two marshmallows at age 4 had much higher SAT scores and better academic records as teenagers.
Sesame Street starts its 44th season this month. The show is aiming to help children succeed with a valuable skill: Self-regulation. (Video by Eileen Blass, USA TODAY)
The results, popularized recently in journalist Paul Tough's 2012 book How Children Succeed, have helped spawn a broad effort to rethink what helps children do well in school, with so-called "non-cognitive skills" taking on as big a role as kids' ability to read, write and do math.
Mischel himself consulted with Sesame Street researchers on the new season. The new approach isn't much of a departure from what the legendary show has focused on since its 1969 premiere.
"We always have been given great credit, and rightly so, for teaching the academic skills," says lead researcher Rosemarie Truglio. "But we have always focused on the social and emotional well-being of children, and sometimes we don't get credit for that because it's not as overt."
When she and her colleagues talk to teachers, Truglio notes, they say preschoolers "really need to have stronger skills in how to regulate their emotions and how they interact with others." That helps them arrive at school with the ability to focus on academics.
When she approached the show's writing staff with the idea of focusing on executive function, "I had no idea what it was," says head writer Joey Mazzarino. "But when we heard what it was, first of all, I said, 'I could use some help with that.' "
It didn't take long for Mazzarino, a father of two, to see that "delaying gratification is a big deal — it's a huge deal." Then he realized: Cookie Monster "is the poster boy for someone who needs to control himself. We thought, 'This is actually perfect for us.' "
In the new season, "Cookie," as his friends call him, struggles repeatedly to resist temptation, usually with a measure of success. "He's just going through this terrible conflict inside and how to overcome it," Mazzarino says. In one skit, a spoof of Star Wars called "Star S'mores," Cookie plays Flan Solo. His challenge: Not to eat his partner, a cookie named Chewy. after original Star Wars character Chewbacca, nicknamed "Chewy."
In another skit, Cookie actually undergoes a cookie-based version of the marshmallow test, appearing as a contestant on a TV game show dubbed The Waiting Game. The show's Guy Smiley Singers sing Good Things Come to Those Who Wait. Tony-award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown wrote the music. Mazzarino wrote the lyrics. He won't say how the skit ends.
To anyone who worries that delayed gratification will take the fun out of Cookie, Mazzarino says relax.
"It actually amps him up because you're just making him wait and wait," Mazzarino says. "The more he waits, the more tension he gets. He's always had that struggle, but he mostly doesn't struggle — he just eats. Nobody's ever made him wait that long."


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Pisgah Legal Services, a nonprofit that assists domestic violence victims, has seen violence increase and the death toll rise.
ASHEVILLE — Pisgah Legal Services, a nonprofit that assists domestic violence victims, has seen violence increase and the death toll rise. The organization now faces another challenge — the loss of 55 percent of its budget and only being able to help half as many victims.
Pisgah Legal Services will lose $330,000 of its $600,000 budget as federal grants end next fiscal year. Last year, the nonprofit helped more than 4,300 people, primarily women and children, escape domestic violence through free legal aid.
Now, advocates fear they will only be able to help half as many in the six counties Pisgah serves. Those counties (Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Polk, Rutherford and Transylvania) claimed 11 of the 122 domestic violence-related deaths in the state last year.
Four people died from domestic violence in Henderson County in 2012.
"There is such a big demand for (our) services in Henderson County," said Judi Bertrand, Pisgah's managing attorney.
That demand for services has been on the rise, she added.
Mainstay Executive Director Tanya Blackford said her organiztion has seen a rise as well, not just in the number of clients but also in the intensity of violence in the domestic cases they work with. She points to diminished services for mental health clients and substance abusers as factors in the rise.
Mental health and substance abuse agencies across the state lost about $40 million in funding last year in state budget cuts and from a draining pool of federal grant funds. The cuts came a year after lawmakers took another $45 million from mental health providers, according to North Carolina Health News.
Advocates say domestic abusers often need help with other issues, including mental health and substance abuse.
"These funding cuts will dramatically reduce our ability to provide legal services for people who are quite literally in life-or-death situations," Pisgah's Executive Director Jim Barrett said in a news release.
A majority of the nonprofit's caseload (85-90 percent) for domestic violence victims involves helping them obtain protective orders to escape their abusers, but now their safety net is fraying.
The largest cut to Pisgah's budget came from the Governor's Crime Commission in a letter dated April 9, in which the group's application for continued funding at $210,000 per year was denied, according to the release.
"The Crime Commission allocates federal funds that pass through the state. Pisgah also learned recently that it will receive at least $120,000 less from the U.S. Department of Justice for domestic violence services in 2014, due to a change in DOJ grant guidelines," the release says. "Pisgah expects to receive $66,000 from the Crime Commission this year toward its domestic violence work as a result of last year's grants."
Pisgah officials say that if they are unable to bridge the funding gap, "it could result in the elimination of up to seven legal staff positions dedicated to helping victims desperately trying to escape abuse. That sum is approximately half of the existing revenues for Pisgah's effective domestic violence prevention services. Without replacement funding, as many as 2,200 victims of domestic violence per year might not be served."
Victims of domestic violence often don't have the resources to leave, Barrett said. They "need legal aid to secure protective orders from the courts and to obtain other remedies provided under the law," according to the release.
"A victim of crime has considerable difficulty in obtaining these remedies without an attorney. Without legal assistance to secure child custody, rights to the family home and vehicle, and other financial resources, victims often feel forced to return to their abusers for economic reasons or to protect their children," the release says. "In these cases, given the opportunity and funding, Pisgah attorneys and court advocates stand beside these victims – literally and figuratively – in the courtroom."
Pisgah Legal Services has provided free civil legal assistance to thousands of low-income victims of domestic violence in Western North Carolina for more than 30 years.
The nonprofit sought additional funding from the Crime Commission this year to try to make up for $120,000 per year that Pisgah will no longer receive from the U.S. Department of Justice in 2014.
"In order to avoid reducing services to domestic violence victims, Pisgah must secure at least $330,000 in replacement funding. Pisgah is seeking program support from the N.C. General Assembly, the affected counties, and from local individuals, faith groups and businesses who want to help thousands of local women and children escape the ravages of domestic violence," the release says.
To learn more about Pisgah Legal Services, visit www.pisghalegal.org. To make a gift to support the work of Pisgah, visit the website or mail to: PLS, P.O. Box 2276, Asheville, NC 28802. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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"Earlier this year, people in many places wrote about the 40th anniversary of the moment Ken Thompson sat down and started to work on UNIX (which is actually in August). In fact, UNIX celebrates another birthday this year, even though on a slightly smaller scale. In July 1974, exactly 35 years ago, Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson published the first version of their seminal paper The UNIX Time-Sharing System in the Communications of the ACM."