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At Parkway our mission begins with LOVING GOD. We follow what Christ called "The Greatest Commandment".
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. Matthew 22:37-38
At Parkway we want to be known as people who love God. Loving God is the most important thing we do. Everything else flows out of this love. We want to be known as people who are living out our love for God in obedience. We want to be people of worship who are different from the world. We want to show the love of Christ in such a way that people will be drawn to His will and power.
At Parkway our mission continues with NURTURING PEOPLE. We want to be known as people who love people and show that love through investing our time and lives in others.. Jesus also said:
And the second [greatest commandment] is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Matthew 22:39
At Parkway nurturing means investing in, loving, caring for and encouraging people. We strive to positively affect the lives of the people with whom God as entrusted us. We want people to feel the love of Christ through we His people, whenever they have contact with Parkway. We believe this takes time and effort. We strive to give both to those around us as we represent Christ.
Our mission also includes SHARING CHRIST GLOBALLY. Sharing Christ is deeply embedded in the DNA of Parkway Baptist Church. We take seriously Christ's charge in Acts 1:8 which says:
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8
At Parkway we want to be known as people who love to share Christ. We believe with our whole hearts that every Christ follower is a missionary. Whether it is in our Jerusalem (West St. Louis County), our Judea (Missouri and Illinois) our Samaria (North America) or the Ends of the Earth (all nations) Parkway is committed to share the Good News of Christ with those who are hurting. We are committed to share His love with all those with whom God brings into our paths.


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From the Desktop: Good Vibrations
Nudging Your Linux System to Support Sound
Sound. A five-letter English word that describes the vibration of gas molecules caused by an energy release. That's all there is to it, really. And yet sound is one of the most compelling sensations we humans seek out. We crave sound, desire it at every moment of our waking lives.
The sounds of nature fulfill a primitive part of our being. The sound of music answers a deep longing in our very souls. Sound is like one big security blanket--take it away and we get pretty insecure, pretty quickly.
On a day-to-day level, sound constantly washes over us, from the deluge of the city noises that you can feel on your skin to the rippling of the brook in a forest that just tickles your ears.
And the sound we most desire to hear is ourselves. The sound of a human voice tells us that we are not alone, which a vast majority of us do not want to be. We want to hear someone speaking so much, we get our machines to talk to us as much as we can. Cars tell us the lights are on, home alarms inform us when they're armed, and our PCs talk to us a lot.
My personal theory about PCs is that when we work with a machine so much, we tend to anthropomorphize it to pretty high degree. A classic example is sailors and their ships; sailing vessels are mostly called "she," sometimes "he," but never "it."
Computers are starting to get treated that way, too. In our quest to get computers to act more like human beings, we want them to make a lot of noise so we can respond to them on a more visceral level. They may not be talking on a large scale yet, but it is only a matter of time, I think.
In the meantime, if you are a new Linux user, you may need some help getting sound to work on your computer. I know I did. I have "plain" old SoundBlaster cards in my Linux PCs and, to date, no distribution has picked them up right from the get go. They have always needed a little nudging--and sometimes a big shove.
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Last year, EPRI and its affiliate, the Electricity Innovation Institute (E2I), organized the Consortium for Electric Infrastructure to Support a Digital Society (CEIDS). The consortium's main goal is to improve the existing electricity infrastructure and create a new infrastructure that can meet the growing demands of a digital society. To achieve this goal, CEIDS members will work to develop the necessary technologies with financial contributions from public and private entities. Since its inception, CEIDS has initiated several projects, and it has conducted extensive research to help outline additional goals and identify specific challenges as well as up-and-coming solutions.
A host of challenges and opportunities face electrical power suppliers in the digital age. Fully realized distributed generation and self-healing transmission and distribution systems are just a few of the new technologies driving the market.
Such efforts have equally impressive objectives, ranging from strengthening the power delivery infrastructure to managing global sustainability (see Fig. 1). In order to improve the existing grid and create a new infrastructure to meet the highest power quality demands, CEIDS has developed the following goals:
- Develop technologies that increase the control, capacity, and reliability of power delivery systems. There are two underlying goals here: The first is to supply consumers with the quantity and quality of energy they need at competitive prices, and the second is to provide the necessary "hardening" that will allow systems to survive conceivable threats from natural and man-made disasters.
- Develop technologies that provide greater tolerance to power disturbances. Consumers can best meet their energy needs if they can choose from a variety of power options. These options may include power-system integration, distributed resources, and power conditioning equipment.
- Develop technologies that provide options for consumers to manage and use energy more efficiently. One such option would be the application of solid-state electronics for the control and utilization of electric power and load management programs.
- Develop and implement technologies that will enable consumers to access a variety of electricity-related business opportunities.
Quality Levels
There are several ways to define power quality and reliability. Under a recent CEIDS project, a new approach has been developed that extends the traditional utility measures of reliability to include short-term power quality events. The result is a straightforward quality-level plan that helps characterize the security, quality, reliability, and availability (SQRA) of electric power supply systems.
Defining quality levels helps distinguish the caliber of the electrical supply and, conversely, it helps define the quality levels needed from a particular power system (i.e., the correct combination of utility and local-support equipment). Based on the recent CEIDS report titled, "Analysis of Extremely Reliable Power Delivery Systems," the following quality levels have been proposed:
- Quality Level 1: Moderate voltage sags, ITI (CBEMA) curve
- Quality Level 2: Severe voltage sags
- Quality Level 3: Momentary power interruptions
- Quality Level 4: Long-duration power interruptions
Quality levels provide more than just a way to characterize events. If the industry standardizes quality levels, much more is possible. Vendors can claim a certain test-level quality for equipment. Users can specify requirements, such as a device with a specific ride-through (e.g., semiconductor manufacturers' SEMI F47). Additionally, utilities can advertise or guarantee levels of quality that are more meaningful than SAIDI or SAIFI. Together, these effects lead to less downtime for end-use equipment.
Industry Challenges
Over the past seven months, extensive industry research has been conducted under CEIDS, resulting in the identification of some major concerns facing the electrical industry. They are:
Infrastructure limitations
The existing electromechanically controlled transmission grid was not designed to meet the demands of competitive markets in terms of scale, transactional complexity, and power quality.
Because of rapidly increasing wholesale transactions, the North American grid system is experiencing unexpected power flows and bottlenecks. So far, the needed improvements in both capacity and reliability have not been made.
During the last decade, for example, total electricity demand in the U.S. rose by nearly 30%, but the nation's transmission network grew by only 15% [1]. During the same period, expenditures by investor-owned utilities for distribution system construction fell by about 10% in real terms. The outlook for the next decade is even worse: Demand is expected to grow by 20%, but planned transmission growth is expected to reach only 3.5% [2]. The result is constrained transmission capacity that contributes to price increases and serious reliability issues.
Given the current difficulty in obtaining permission to construct new high-voltage lines, the most promising strategy for quickly increasing transmission capacity is to upgrade existing systems using advanced technology. In order to support a competitive wholesale market and provide a high level of reliability and security, the grid should evolve into an electronically controlled, self-healing electricity network that integrates real-time monitoring, communications, self-diagnostics, and control strategies.
In basic PQ and reliability terms, utility supply is limited to 99.9% or 99.99% percent reliability — with varying levels of power quality. Currently, achieving ultrahigh reliability at a lower cost means installing extensive redundant onsite (customer-side) generation, static switches, and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) equipment, coupled with various enhancements to the grid.
It would be prudent to develop opportunities to enhance the grid without the need for extensive customer-side equipment. Of course, these enhancements only make sense if utilities can recover the costs for the added value of enhanced reliability.
The ideal solution would involve a combination of options ranging from advances in end-use equipment to improvements in high-voltage transmission networks.
By developing options that will improve the reliability of the entire power system, from generation fence-lines to end-use devices, digital quality power can be supplied at the lowest possible cost. Advances are needed that will enable the supply of a premium grade of power from the transmission or distribution system. These advances can also serve the purpose of "hardening" the power delivery systems against the threat of natural or manmade disasters.
Security threats
The complexity of the electric power system, combined with its large geographic extent, makes it vulnerable to natural events, human error, and intentional attack. The industry has a great deal of experience in dealing with the first two, and it has recently begun considering the urgency of protecting the physical assets of the power system against attack by terrorists or saboteurs.
Perhaps even more difficult to protect against would be cyber attacks on the computers and software used to handle the growing number of power transactions and operate the grid. Trends toward standardization of computer and software systems may inadvertently increase vulnerability to cyber attacks.
Maintaining the security of electric power supplies to these systems will become increasingly important in years to come. An EPRI survey of electric utilities revealed real concerns about grid and communications security. The most likely threats were bypassing controls, integrity violations, and authorization violations, with four in ten rating each as either a 5, or 4 out of 5. Concern about the potential threats generally grew as the size of the utility (peak load) grew.
Utility-side improvements
Generally, there are two main utility-side approaches that increase overall power quality and reliability to customers.
The first involves the use of medium-voltage devices that improve voltage sags and, possibly, momentary interruptions. These devices are generally configured to supply improved quality to a fixed location — either one customer or a power quality park. Typically, utilities employ medium-voltage devices in these configurations:
- Static series compensators provide ride-through for sags by injecting a signal to offset the voltage lost during a sag.
- Stored energy backup provides ride-through for sags and momentary interruptions by using stored energy, including batteries, superconducting coils, and ultra-capacitors.
- Static transfer switches provide ride-through for momentary interruptions and most voltage sags by quickly switching between two different utility feeders.
The second utility-side approach for addressing voltage sags and momentary interruptions requires the development of more reliable distribution configurations, such as spot networks. Fig. 1 shows a "sag-resistant spot network" configuration. Although currently in the conceptual stage, this configuration could be implemented with existing technologies.
Investment balance
Significant investments in the grid system and customer-side equipment will be needed to determine optimal solutions for digital end users' SQRA requirements. At this stage, however, it's not clear what balance of investment in the supply side versus the customer side is required to most cost effectively meet the needs of the growing digital power market. The ideal approach will be based upon the characteristics of the existing power system and nature of the load at each specific site.
Locations with more reliable utility supply systems (such as urban areas where networks could be used) will need to rely less on customer-side equipment to reach high performance levels. Locations with poorer reliability (such as rural areas where radial distribution is used) will need to place more dependence on customer-side solutions and invest in such equipment as distributed generation (DG) and UPSs.
In some cases, it may be desirable to have an off-grid solution that is totally dependent on DG and customer-side solutions.
Some key factors that determine the optimal solution on the utility system side are the number of customers that demand high reliability, the amount they are willing to pay for it, the size of these loads, and the spatial distribution of such loads within the service territory. These and other factors will determine the optimal balance of investment between supply-side and customer-side solutions.
Looking Ahead
Despite the significant challenges facing the electrical industry, engineers are working on a variety of advanced power electronics solutions to ensure power quality and reliability.
Based on new materials and processing concepts, advanced power electronics devices will enable precise control and tuning of all power circuits for maximum performance, cost-effectiveness, and reliability. Within the electrical industry, they hold the potential to increase asset utilization and power throughput; reduce capital, operating, and maintenance costs; and create value-added services and other business opportunities. Defense, industrial, transportation, and other sectors will also benefit from the precise control and tuning capabilities of advanced high-power devices.
In addition, introducing integrated circuit-like control capabilities to the power grid will protect and enhance reliability in the deregulated energy market as the volume and magnitude of bulk power transactions grow. Advanced power electronics will enable more complete use of the existing energy infrastructure while ensuring adequate safety margins. This will free up society's resources for uses other than the capital-intensive upgrade or construction of transmission facilities. Some of these advanced power electronics solutions include:
Dual-sided control for gate turnoff thyristors (GTOs)
GTO thyristors with control circuits on both sides of the wafer will require smaller control signals, leading to power controllers that are less costly and more reliable.
Silicon carbide for power components
Silicon carbide can operate at much higher temperatures than silicon, which means that more power can be pumped through a single device. These devices will lead to lower-cost, more reliable solid-state power controllers.
A large flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) that uses silicon carbide GTOs will be approximately 50% less expensive than silicon-based devices. For example, a STATCOM currently costs $50/kVA. A silicon carbide-based device would cost $25/kVA. This substantial cost reduction will result in more installed devices. It is projected that, beginning in 2010, 2000 MVA in FACTS devices will be installed annually.
The primary benefit of a FACTS device is to increase the capacity of an existing line, thus avoiding or deferring the construction of a new line and/or substation. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has documented that it saved $14 million by installing a 100 MVA STATCOM and avoiding the expansion of a substation [3].
Similarly, distribution FACTS devices, such as the DSTATCOM, allow utilities to avoid or defer new additions to their distribution system. For example, American Electric Power (AEP) projects the savings of installing a DSTATCOM to be $600,000 [4]. They anticipate that 100 of these devices will be installed annually starting in 2010.
A technological revolution is sweeping modern society, creating a new era of economic and social change driven by microprocessors and the digitally based technologies they enable. Programs such as CEIDS strive to ensure that electricity will continue to be the engine that drives economic progress. To do so, however, requires the active participation of representatives from all of the key stakeholder communities including utilities, energy providers, manufacturers, end users, and governmental and quasi-governmental organizations. If you would like to learn more about CEIDS or join the consortium, visit http://ceids.epri.com or call 800-313-3774 (option 4).
Marek Samotyj is the program director for CEIDS. He works at EPRI's affiliate, the Electricity Innovation Institute (E2I), in Palo Alto, Calif. You can reach him at [email protected].
Karen Forsten is a business development manager at EPRI PEAC's Greenville, Miss., office. She can be reached at [email protected].
Edison Electric Institute. EEI Statistical Yearbook, 1998 and 1999.
North American Electric Reliability Council, NERC Reliability Assessment (1999-2008). Princeton, N.J., 1999.
Innovator In-107577. "Statcom Provides Cost-Effective Voltage Support for TVA's Growing Load." June, 1997.
Innovator In-111241. "AEP Applies DSTATCOM to Help Industrial Customer Expand Operations." Oct., 1998.


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In the spirit of Halloween, let's give some stuff away! It's about treats after all - isn't it? And what better treat is there than free gadgets?
Since this is a Halloween giveaway, let's talk about the undead for a moment, shall we? In fact, let's get specific - let's talk about killing the undead with an assault vehicle made for mowing 'em down. Sound familiar? It should, because I'm talking about the newly released Tegra-exclusive title Zombie Driver.
It's like Twisted Metal with zombies. If that doesn't get your motor running, then you aren't human. In which case you're probably undead, and we'll have to slaughter you. Sorry.
Either way, you should check this game out. It's seven bones (get it? Because Halloween!) in the Store.
Congratulations - you will be contacted for your information in the near future!
Everyone else - keep participating and stay tuned to Android Police so that you don't miss our upcoming giveaway announcements. You can follow AP on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and RSS.
And now for the treats. Here's how it's going to work: hit the Rafflecopter widget below and follow the one single instruction (leave a picture in the comments of yourself wearing your Halloween costume). After that, you're in the running!
We'll keep this one short - it ends on Saturday, November 3 at 12:01 AM ET. After that, we'll randomly pick the winners.


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My Five Favorite Not-Usual Linux Distros
Red Hat, Arch LinuxYes, "my bestest distros!" is a overworked topic, but it's fun and Ubuntu is not on this list. So perhaps this will introduce you to something new and interesting.
Red HatI like Red Hat both as a company and as a Linux distribution. They're a real Free/open source company, not a fake one trying to cash in because "open source" is cool, or wrapping a smidgen of FOSS code 'round with proprietary guff. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is rock-solid, with options for virtualization and a good middleware stack. Red Hat downplays it, but they also have a desktop Linux designed for the enterprise. The Linux desktop has always been a natural for the enterprise because of its built-in central management features, customizability, and stability.
Red Hat charges a stiff price for support, but unlike a proprietary software vendor you have options. For example you can pay the RH price tag for important servers, and deploy one of its no-cost clones (CentOS, ClearOS, Scientific Linux, etc.) on other machines. These are also great for learning and testing RHEL before taking the money-spending plunge.
Arch LinuxArch is my new favorite no-frills Linux. Arch is well-maintained, and the one big feature that sets it apart from all other Linuxes is the Arch Linux Wiki. This is the best-documented Linux distro of all. Rather than wasting energy continually re-inventing poorly-designed GUI interfaces in place of good howtos, Arch relies on sensible design and good documentation. It is sleek, clean, and efficient, and thanks to good design and documentation it is easy to learn. It fits any role well-- desktop, server, router, and I like it as an audio production platform. It makes the most out of modest hardware, and supports a full range of audio applications.
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Faculty and Staff Reference
This document is designed to help campus administrators classify the various student payments into broad categories and provide information on the resulting financial aid and tax implications of the various types. It also clarifies the appropriate forms to be completed for each award type.
All scholarship payment disbursement will be accomplished via the student system beginning Fall 2011 enabling improved automation including automatic payment of University charges, disbursement of funds directly into student bank accounts, and the availability of CSLink reports on scholarship recipients for departments.
Required form for all Scholarships and Educationally related student awards. The information is used to insure adherence to University guidelines and to establish the award in the student system. The form must be submitted to Office of Financial Aid before payments can be released to students.
Once a Scholarship/Educational Award Profile has been accepted by the Office of Financial Aid follow the Procedure for Annual Review of Scholarship Profile Information to submit changes to information on file.
Form used to request student payment(s) for Scholarships/Educationally related awards for the entire academic year. Submit to the Office of Financial Aid.
Send Scholarship/Educational Award Profile and Payment forms via interoffice mail or deliver directly to:
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Watch Kobayashi Eat Record 337 Wings, Then Feeds Thousands
Restaurant owners must have nightmares about Takeru Kobayashi showing up at their all-you-can-eat buffets.
The world-famous competitive eater set a new Wing Bowl record by eating 337 chicken wings at the annual chicken-wing eating contest, whose 20th installment was held in front of nearly 20,000 cheering fans at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Friday.
Not cheering: the proctologists who get to examine the competitors at their next annual check-up.
Despite it being his first year of competition, Kobayashi gobbled up more hot wings than three-time returning champ Jonathan "Super" Squibb, who finished in second.
For the win, Kobayashi received $20,000 and a ring. The eating champ teamed with a local car dealer to present Philabundance, a regional food bank, a check for $3,370.00, or $10 for each wing he ate. The donation will fund 7740 meals for the Delaware Valley's needy.
Watch highlights of his big day by clicking the video below:
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Paul Burke, the New Orleans-born actor best known for his roles in the "Naked City," "12 O'Clock High" and "Dynasty" television series, died early Sunday in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 83.
Mr. Burke was born in 1926, the son of boxer Martin Burke. The family owned the nightclub and restaurant Marty Burke's in the French Quarter during World War II, and Mr. Burke spent much of his childhood around the family business.
He made his way to Hollywood at the age of 19, where he studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse school of theatre arts.
At first, Mr. Burke was cast in small roles in films and became protege to Warner Bros. director Lloyd Bacon. He travelled back and forth between Hollywood and New York, playing guest roles in television series. In 1957, Mr. Burke landed his first leading role as Dr. Noah McCann in NBC's live television series "Noah's Ark."
He also did numerous guest roles in TV series and starred in several other series including ABC's "Harbourmaster" and NBC's "Five Fingers."
Mr. Burke was nominated for an Emmy twice for his role as Det. Adam Flint in the Emmy Award winning series "Naked City," which he joined in its second season when the format changed from half-hour to hour long drama. With storylines inspired by real life crime and its gritty, semi-documentary shooting style on location in New York City, the series attracted the brightest up and coming talents of the New York stage to guest roles -- Dustin Hoffman, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight among them.
Mr. Burke later went on to a starring role in ABC's popular series, "12 O'Clock High" as Col. Joseph Anson Gallagher.
Throughout his career he was a staple in television series, utilized most frequently by friend and colleague Aaron Spelling. In the 1980s Mr. Burke found himself in one of the most widely watched series of the time, "Dynasty," as the infamous Congressman Neal McVane who framed Alexis for murder.
Though Mr. Burke spent much of his career in television, he also had success in feature films. In 1967 the best-selling Jacqueline Susann novel "Valley of the Dolls" was made into a movie and Mr. Burke was cast as Lyon Burke, starring alongside Sharon Tate, Patty Duke and Barbara Parkins.
His other roles in film include leading roles in "The Thomas Crown Affair" with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, and "Daddy's Gone A-Hunting."
In 1979 Burke married television actress Lyn Peters whom he'd worked with on "12 O'Clock High." In the past several years the couple had retired permanently to their Palm Springs home.
In 1989, Mr. Burke was indicted with then-New Orleans District Attorney Harry Connick, developer Wilson Abraham, attorney Pat Fanning and a convicted bookmaker, Walton Aucoin. They were accused on charges of racketeering and aiding a gambling operation.
The highly publicized five-week trial brought Burke back to his native city to face federal charges that he was aiding an illegal gambling operation by calling Connick, a lifelong friend, on behalf of Aucoin. Burke, Connick, Abraham and Fanning were acquitted in 1990, but Aucoin and two-others were convicted.
Burke is survived by his wife, Lyn, and his three children from his first marriage, Paula Burke-Lopez, Paul Brian Burke and Dina Burke-Shawkat.


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Getbig IV
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Time to get Buck wild!
Re: Have you met any bodybuilding pros?
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December 21, 2007, 07:35:42 AM »
Quote from: BigJ on December 20, 2007, 02:57:26 PM
I see Dorian Yates nearly every day - he came into the gym for a brief moment when I was training yesterday with loads of christmas shopping and wrapping paper for his little girl - it was kinda surreal when you consider he used to weigh 300lbs and was formerly the best bodybuilder on the planet.
I would still love to meet the man
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Getbig III
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Re: Have you met any bodybuilding pros?
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December 25, 2007, 09:35:08 PM »
I went to the states for a holiday a few years back. I trained in golds a few times and saw Gunter training with Glass, saw Chic too and I think I saw Cormier but not 100% sure.
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Getbig V
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Re: Have you met any bodybuilding pros?
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December 26, 2007, 12:15:53 PM »
The first show I ever attended was the 91 North American in Redondo Bch.....I met Shawn Ray and Diana Dennis ...they were the first i ever met and I have been a big fan of both ever since. Shawn was a bit ego-istic back then but hey he was the No.3 best pro in the world.....Lady Di was such a true pro back then....since I live in LA I had a good frienship with Denise Rutkowski until the drama life hit her...I 've met a number of pros since i also compete...many have offered me help with dieting others just gave loads of encouragement like Matterazzo and Shan cheering for me at the 93 Orange County and 2005 Orange respectively...talk about a dram come true!!!
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Getbig III
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Re: Have you met any bodybuilding pros?
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December 27, 2007, 04:09:33 PM »
i have met Dorian, Ronnie, Kevin Levrone, Chris Cormier, Flex, Dennis James, Lee, Milos, Markus,Titus, Shawn, DJ Dowadoo or however it's spelled, Melvin, Art Atwood, and numerous others. The only guy i have ever met that was a downright dick was Lou Ferrigno. What an ass. I need $20 bucks if you want a picture with me. I live close to vegas and have gone down to the O every year since 2000. If anyone goes down for the O you need to go to the meet the olympians on the thursday before the show.
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Getbig V
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Re: Have you met any bodybuilding pros?
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December 29, 2007, 06:35:22 AM »
Met a ton of pros from Arnold and Franco to Coleman and Cutler and tons of others in between.
Just a few off the top of my head.......too many to remeber all of them in one sitting.
Bob Chick
Kevin Levrone
Lou Ferrigno
Paul Dillett
James Roberts
Jeff Poulin
Johnny Jackson
Jeff King
Darrem Charles
George Farrah
Jeremy Freeman
Mat Duval
Dave Marinelli
Mike Katz
Jose` Raymond
King Kamali
Greg Kovacs
Chris Cormeir
Shawn Ray
Boyer Coe
Chris Dickerson
Orville Burke
Carla Salotti
Shelly Beattie
Valentina Chepiga
Collette Nelson
Danny Padilla
Milos Sarcev
Kris Dim
Craig Richardson
Dexter Jackson
Steve Nesbit
Denise Rutkowski
Mike Mattarazzo
Drawing a blank,but there`s lots more.
I`ve done a lot of contests and this is where I have met most of the pros I`ve listed.
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Getbig IV
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December 29, 2007, 04:00:34 PM »
gustavo badell in argentina.. he was my heroe, but reallised he is just a dick
cristian lobarede in paraguay.... i have never seen someone with such a big gut, he seemed pregnant,i thought he was in the ofseason, but he lifted his shirt up while working out and he was ripped...
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Getbig II
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January 07, 2008, 12:15:28 PM »
I've met 8 so far...
Trained with 6 of the 8..
Helped one prep for his pro debut.
Trained one the pro-qualifiers that brought her the IFBB pro-card. (Figure)
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Getbig II
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Bigger Stronger Faster
Re: Have you met any bodybuilding pros?
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January 08, 2008, 08:48:28 AM »
Went to the Olympia last year. meet the Olympians the night before was great. Got to meet and say a few words to all of the competitors except Jay and Ronnie. they had a 1-2 hour line which is too much of my time to just say hi and take a pic. i was going to see them on stage the next day anyway. Most of the pro's were quite relaxed. They were mostly freindly and had plenty of time too answer questions and joke around. Vince Taylor told me all about his prep and injury problems. Gustavo told me he was really tired and wanted to get out of there soon. he looked like he was going to fall asleep but kept smiling and mugging around with people for photos.
I spoke to some retired and non-qualified pros at the competiton and at the expo. Some of the guys really do look just "out of there" up close. Wolfe's arms loooked incredible, bigger and harder than anyone else in the competition.Quincy taylor looks like a real life giant. ed van Amsredam was funny. he asked me if I was in the IRA when i told him I was Irish.
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Re: Have you met any bodybuilding pros?
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January 09, 2008, 09:21:07 AM »
Oh yes, Ernie Taylor (forgot about him!)
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Getbig V
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January 10, 2008, 06:37:03 AM »
I was at the 2007 new york pro and met several pros
branch warren- very standoffish. maybe he was in the "zone" and getting mentally prepared for the show :::shrugs:::
Craig richardson- nice guy
melvin anthony- nice guy. we talked about our hernia operations
..i had an inguinal
paco bautista- just took a picture with him, not much said.
phil heath- talked with him for a little and he was dissapointed that branch won the show
victor martinez- nice guy, talked with him for a minute or so about the 2006 mr olympia
desmond miller- took a picture with him and that was all.
dennis james- after prejudging, he was quick to get out of there. just shook his hand
flex wheeler- eh, who cares
dennis wolf- nicest one out of all of them!
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Now, as an adult, I work with a lot of these guys doing web work, publicity, etc. . . . But I think that it's really the people that you meet when you're young and just starting to train that leave the biggest impression on you.
In 1981 I met my first two pro bodybuilders. Before that I had only seen these guys in the magazines. I was so young and naive that I didn't realize that they wouldn't be six feet tall and as wide as a house in person . . . I also didn't know that there was such a thing as an "off season". I thought that the athletes looked like they did at contest time all year round.
I met Mike Mentzer and Chris Dickerson that year. Mike was pretty bitter and out of shape (post 1980 Olympia debacle). Chris was in the lobby of the Beacon theater in New York just about to win the Night of Champions. I could go on and on about the impact it had on me to meet these guys and get both positive and negative "reality checks" about my innocent conceptions of the sport . . . But I'll just say that meeting other pro athletes now (at age 42) is nothing like meeting them when I was a wide eyed 16-year-old. I actually work with Chris now and it's just a whole different thing. I admire his achievements in the sport. He's a good friend. But now we're both adults and my days of "heroes" are long behind me.
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JD Dawudo - top guy who is very laid back even when some dumbass almost dropped a 180lb dumbell on his head while spotting him. He had no problem spotting those around him in the gym.
Art Atwood - another nice guy with a good heart.
Branch Warren - was brief but polite. He was 2 days out from a comp and was very tired so no complaints about being brief.
Chris Cook - very polite and a fun guy just to hang out with
Palumbo - PAAAAAAAAAR--TY!!!!
Titus - unrealiable and ungrateful
Kovacs - my overall impression was that of shyness
Lou Ferrigno - money hungry asshole. Seems to hate life.
Dina - Sweet heart and not shy!
Shawn Ray - Professional and helped me when I needed it. I like him.
Lee Priest - A very dry sense of humour - I got the impression that his 'care-free' attitude had an element of anger/bitterness in there.
Charles Glass - sat beside him on a plane and he was happy to answer my training questions. Lots of smiling.
Ronnie - spoke to him in a strip club and he was distracted so hard to tell!
Jay - total gentleman and happy to help. No ego.
Cathy Priest (or whatever her name is now) - even more beautiful in person. Sweet girl.
Thats all I can remember now.
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travelled to the US a couple of times during the 90's & meet alot.
Cormier - trained with him at Golds, ( Farkin strong ) very cool & relaxed
Jim Quinn - very cool & talktive, incredible vascurality (just competed)
Porter Cottrell - couldnt meet a nicer bloke, talkative.....talk under water
Mike Matarazzo - good bloke, the kinda fella that would be good have a drink with
Larra Creavalle - absoulute sweetie, hung out for a while,very gratefull to her fans!
Rich Gaspari - idiolized this bloke as a kid but not after meeting him. Could of caught him at a bad time??
Gary Strydom - cant say enough good bout him. Went to his Crazee wear store and bought some things. Put our stuff in the car and went to another place. When we got back to the car it had been broken into and everything stolen. Anyway saw Garry at Golds later that night and approached him and it got onto our shit experience earlier that day. Garry just goes come back to the shop tomorrow and ask for me. So we did and he then proceeded to just GIVE me & my mate some clothes straight of the rack. BLOODY LEGEND!!
Ernie Taylor - cool fella, i asked him when he was competeing again (this was 97) and he just said he'll have to save some money before he can think bout competing again....
Tom Platz - gave out alot of advice, total professional, i walked away impressed
Francis Benfatto - another really good fella!! hung out for a bit. He's another that loves a chat.
Kevin Levrone & Flex - my thoughts?.... probabley the owners of the 2 best bods that ive metioned here BUT.....nah
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Quote from: powerpack on December 21, 2007, 07:34:40 AM
My wife and I sat behind Francis Befatto and his woman at a show last year and I introduced my self.
He is very easy to approch and seems to like the attention of the fans a lot.
What show was that>?
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I've met a few here and there . . .
On stage.
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Quote from: Ed Corney on January 22, 2008, 04:44:46 PM
I've met a few here and there . . .
On stage.
Ha! Touche'. Like asking Eisenhower if he knows any military men.
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yup i have met ONE professional bodybuilder. and he was a really cool dude... he is actually supposed to start training legs and back with me and my trainer starting this week or next.......my trainer is a good friend of his and a bodybuilder also and is going to help him bring up those two body parts for an upcoming show.
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Quote from: Ed Corney on January 22, 2008, 04:44:46 PM
I've met a few here and there . . .
On stage.
I didn't realize you were on getbig! Very cool to have you here!
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I met Ronnie and he was a total dick. There were about 150 people waiting to see him and he stopped the line so he could clip his nails!!!
I met Jay at the the Chicago Ironman, which i competed in and he was real cool about pics.
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when i said i have only met one pro bb'er, i met one that currently competes. i have met ed corney.. he comes in and trains at my gym(my old gym now..i recently switched) sometimes. really inspiring to see him still in the gym pumping iron.
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not a pro BB but i met HHH in 2002 at his peak and he looked unbelievable.
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The first guy I ever met was Shaun Davis. I also met Quincy Taylor. Both very big guys.
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Quote from: Ed Corney on January 22, 2008, 04:44:46 PM
I've met a few here and there . . .
On stage.
Mr. Corney:
It is a pleasure to have a legend here. I have been friends with and promotiuons partner with Mike Katz for many years here in CT. He always speaks fondly of you. He was reminicing at dinner a few months ago about your search for junk food after the show in Iraq (1972 or 1973)...and all there was was boiling sheep's heads in barrels in the streets!
Hope you didn't eat any of that and waited for some good old American pizza!
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February 17, 2008, 04:18:46 PM »
Mike Mattarazzo (best guy...supportive of all competitors)
Mike Katz (legend and truly nice guy)
Dennis Tinnerino (Charismatic)
Boyer Coe (very proper, respectful, thoughtful of answers to all questions)
Kal Szkalak (told it like it was)
Frank Zane (Cerebral, brilliant, very detailed)
Lance Dreher (just remeber huge arms)
Robby Robinson (Not much I'd rather say)
Aaron Baker (did a few sets with him...was hurried and barely let me get a photo with him)
Gary Strydom (Giant and biggest eater I ever saw...rivalring Waller)
Johnny Morant (huge back...jokester)
Tony Pearson (cool guy...looks smallins in clothers...but just expands onstage)
Danny Padilla (as short as they say...very strong leg presser)
Troy Zuccolatto-( saw him posing with those fake, silver weights for WBF)
Rich Gaspari-tenacious, smart, successful business man...if you are using his products he will really only respond to you if you make marked increases in size)
Franco Santoriello-Sat with him at a booth years ago...kept me laughing...didn't really do his "job" as he was scoping out all the honies)
Mike Christian (not very nice...)
Gunther Schlierkamp (Very Nice...took time to let us work in and joked with us)
Jeff King (stood on stage next to him as teen and looked like a tattoo on his pec)
Bill Pearl-(shook his hand outside the PDI show)
Ron Coleman (NOT Ronnie Coleman!)-very eloquest...stuck at Twinlab booth and would engage in lengthy discourse with anyone would care to.
Sonny Schmidt-(man of few words)
Gary Strydom(he told me he had to eat a whole box of PR bars while doing bike/cardio or his body would just 'eat itself')
David Dearth
Phil Hill (not very nice...)
Greg Rando (I think he does have partial site...I may be wrong on this)
Kent Kuehn (popped me on the head when I was 15 in 1978 training at original Gold's...scared me shitless but then I saw he was only joking...even at fiteen, I knew who he was...!)
Ed Giulianni...Let me train for free for one week at Gold's or World's (I think he was Gold's at this point...since I was friends with Miuke Katz. I was nervouse around these guys...but not too nervous to mentions Katz's name
Joe Gold (only saw him at counter)
Bob Jodkiewicz
Andreas Cahling
Chris Dickerson-I swear he looked at me in a lascivious way -thought-correctly...this one must be gay-just before he won O.
Greg Deferro (shoulders upon which you could land a jet fighter
Evan Centopani (about as thankful nd gracious as a pro could be)
The Barbarian Brothers...(On my 1978 trip to cali as a 15 year old...they were their benching tons...slapping each other...with a guy snapping shots and some flowery, granola gal flapping around them as if high or otherwise.
1998...training with Robby...ran into Art Zeller...I was in shape so it bugs me to this day I did not ask art to take some shots of Robby and me....those would have been classics...he seemed definitely willing to do so...and he died several months later.
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Just a few add-ons!
Tom Platz...when he was running WBF for McMahon in CT...would talkk to anyone after he was done training...came off as very astute in business
Bob Chick...approached him when he won the Pro Master's NY and reminded
him that I took 9th and he 4th in the 1981 teen natural America in Utica, NY. A good laugh was had by both of us. I was surprised at how much he time talking to me just about things in general, with a smile, and he had to go back on stage soon to win the show. Much of you all say on here about him is bunk, if you ask me.
Kevin Levrone...I approached him at one of his two guest posings at the Montanari brother's and Mike Katz's Junior Nats help in Hartford CT around 2000 and 2001 (may be off on years...but right aroiund there)
I had berought a friend who was interested in bb but was more of a muscian. He was the real deal...played with Grand Funk Railroad 20 years earlier and was getting back in.
Knowing Levrone had something of musical talent himslef with a band, I was certain he'd be interested to speak to someone of Ike's standing.
Well, not only was Levrone about 300 pounds of cut-devoid floppy flesh (the worst of the amateurs could have beated him that night) he pretty much blew Ike and me off.
Of course, Ike just said fuck it...I was a bit more fleutered. Since, Ike plays backup to some of the bands of a few of the late-nite shows (although they are sporadic gigs) and does studio work for Janet Jacket among others. He told me he made $80,000 for six months of work doing shity that he loves...and that he gets royalties.
So, remember, Mr. Levrone...you NEVER know who you are talking to.
Whener I bring up Kevin's name to Ike (I like to break his balls)...he says...fuck that lard-ass...Mike...please do not ever waste my time like that again.
Fopr the record, and to the dismay olf the promoters...Levrone showed, sulking and all...t o the next year's edition even more of a butterball. I mean...it didn 't even look like him. Katz was so pissed he wondered allow if he could get the 5,000$ guest pose fee back (note: he could not-as a Weider contracted athlete...guest pose fees go to the IFBB.)
Janet Tech...80's female bb...sexy, too skinny.
Donna Oliviera.." " " " " " " " ..handed out trophies to m y class
Fred Jarrett
Eliott Gilchrist
Len Bosland
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This week, I had the opportunity to discuss the rise of citizen participation in Morocco with Tarik Nesh-Nash. If the name means nothing to you, it's time to discover the man behind it!
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There is a CocoaHeads group in every major city of the world.
The existing (and known) world wide logo for CocoaHeads is visible at: http://cocoaheads.org/cocoaheads.png and http://cocoaheads.org/cocoahead_sm2.png
The name of the language developers use to create Mac OS X applications is called Cocoa. That's probably why it's a mug with cocoa inside.
This contest is organized to make a custom version of the logo for the french group.
The people coming to this meetings are developers, so you might think they don't have any artistic taste.
But remember they are using a Mac, so they at least care a bit about good design.
(Participating in this contest is also a nice introduction to a lot of Mac developers. They very often need to hire someone to make their applications look good: logos, icons, user interface...)
This contest is NOT to redo a CocoaHeads logo. What's expected is a variation of the logo for the french group.
The logo needs to be similar to the already existing CocoaHeads logo (same style and elements). People looking at the final logo needs to recognize that it's part of the CocoaHeads group.
However, some elements should show or hint that this is the logo of the french (Paris) group.
You have the same constraints that the existing logo has: mono-color, looks good even at small size...
We will expect the vector format file.
Some ideas:
- Add a croissant or a baguette near the mug.
- Add a beret to the mug (based on the stereotype on how french dress)
- ...
Try to surprise us with yours!
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Autism redefined: Yale researchers study impact of proposed diagnostic criteria
Getting an autism diagnosis could be more difficult in 2013 when a revised diagnostic definition goes into effect. The proposed changes may affect the proportion of individuals who qualify for a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, according to preliminary data presented by Yale School of Medicine researchers at a meeting of the Icelandic Medical Association.
The proposed changes to the diagnostic definition would be published in the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)."
"Given the potential implications of these findings for service eligibility, our findings offer important information for consideration by the task force finalizing DSM-5 diagnostic criteria," said Yale Child Study Center (CSC) director Fred Volkmar, M.D., who conducted the study with CSC colleagues Brian Reichow and James McPartland.
Volkmar and his team found that in a group of individuals without intellectual disabilities who were evaluated during the 1994 DSM-IV field trial, it was estimated that approximately half might not qualify for a diagnosis of autism under the proposed new definition.
Volkmar stressed that these preliminary findings relate only to the most cognitively able and may have less impact on diagnosis of more cognitively disabled people. "Use of such labels, particularly in the United States, can have important implications for service," he said. "Major changes in diagnosis also pose issues for comparing results across research studies."
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Do any of you really think it would be "fair" for the Democratic Party to allow delegates from Michigan and Florida to be seated and vote at the convention after kicking them out for changing their primaries? First of all, those two states knew from the start what the result of their actions would be. Now they're complaining that their citizens are being disenfranchised.
I say, bunk! It's not really any different than if they had moved their general election from the first Tuesday in November to the second Saturday in September or something similar. Those votes wouldn't count.
And, of course, Hillary wants their delegates to count because she's the only one to campaign in either state and now she's behind in the delegate total. And she, too, knew the rules and agreed with them when she thought she was going to easily win.
If I belonged to any party that pulled a stunt like changing the rules in mid-stream, I'd be joining another party the next day.
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The haunted Beijing walking tour
In 1937, Beijing was a city on the verge of imploding.
With nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek (蒋介石) ensconced in Nanjing and a Japanese military ring tightening around the city, foreigners were fleeing for their once-privileged lives.
On the frigid morning of January 7, 1937, the mutilated corpse of an English teenager was discovered on the fringes of Beijing's disreputable quarter.
Her skull had been bashed in, her chest cut open and her heart and internal organs ripped out. Her ribs had been cracked from the inside. Was she an innocent victim, or had the Sinologist's pretty daughter been lured into an evil sex cult? The subsequent murder hunt was to transfix China, even though the entire country was embroiled by war.
In "Midnight in Peking," British author Paul French probes the murder of 19-year-old Pamela Werner shining a light on Beijing's then sordid underbelly.
Together with French, publishers Penguin have devised an audio walk (download here) of Pamela's Beijing as it was in 1937.
See where and how Pamela lived and died in what French chillingly calls the last days of old Beijing.
Read the book before the walk; if you go at night, the stroll is particularly spooky.
Editor's note: The following map highlights the route of the walking tour. Click the blue pinpoints to learn more about the stops. Use the gray bar at the bottom to roll left or right. The tour starts at the right-hand side of the map.
Where to buy 'Midnight in Peking'
Beijing: RMB 200 at The Bookworm, No. 4, Nan Sanlitun Lu, near Gongti Bei Lu 南三里屯路4号, 近工体北路, +86 010 6586 9507, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. (bookstore); 9 a.m.-2 a.m. (restaurant),beijingbookworm.com
Shanghai: RMB 255 at Garden Books, 325 Changle Lu, near Shaanxi Nan Lu, 长乐路325号, 近陕西南路, +86 21 5404 8728, 10 a.m.-10 p.m., www.bookzines.com
Online: Taobao or Penguin AU
Stop 1
Then: Armour Factory Alley, Pamela's home
Now: Kuijiachang Hutong, Dongcheng District (东城区盔甲厂胡同)
Directions: The hour-long tour kicks off from Beijing Railway Station (北京火车站).
If you're facing the front entrance to the station, walk 50 meters east, then left toward a building with a golden dome.
Look for the Tian Tang Yang Guang Hotel (北京天堂阳光大酒店); right before it is the entrance to Kuijiachang Hutong, 盔甲厂胡同, the street where Pamela used to live.
Traditional Beijing courtyard
Beijing's hutongs are disappearing by the day, but the lane in which Pamela lived remains intact.
Though many foreigners chose to reside in the Legation Quarter in the 193os (使馆区) -- a gated, guarded Europe in miniature -- Pamela's father, who was a Sinologist and former British consul, raised her in a traditional courtyard home at No. 1 Armour Factory Alley, a hutong that dates back to the Ming Dynasty.
The Werner's lane is so named because it was once the site of a munitions factory.
Today, their former home has been chopped up into several flats and also houses Chang Chang Printing Machinery Co. Ltd. (昌昌印刷机械有限公司).
Just as it was when the Werners lived there, the hutong is "a hive of activity with … knife grinders, repairmen, snack food vendors."
Year-round, people sit outside and play cards and gossip, much as they did in 1937.
More on CNNGo: Beijing's secret subterranean city
Stop 2
Then: Fox Tower
Now: Dongbianmen Watchtower (东便门角楼)
Directions: The next stop is Fox Tower.
Walk to the eastern end of Kuijiachang Hutong and go right until you see a set of steps leading to the Er Huang Lu (二环路).
Turn right and walk under the bridge, and you'll see the tower at the intersection of Chongwenmen Dong Da Jie (Chongwenmen East Avenue, 崇文门东大街) and the Dong Er Huan (East Second Ring Road, 东二环).
The haunted Fox Tower
At the base of the former Fox Tower, what was once wasteland is now a little garden.
This is the exact spot in which an elderly Beijinger, taking his songbirds for a walk on that icy morning, spotted Pamela's mutilated body.
Fox Tower was built in 1439, and right away the locals decided that the building -- filled with thousands of bats and surrounded by wild dogs -- was haunted.
It now costs RMB 10 to enter; you can visit Red Gate Gallery (红门画廊) or go up to the top for a sweeping view of eastern Beijing.
Look down now and you'll see a railway line, but in 1937, the space was a pungent, trash-strewn canal.
French says that if you visit Fox Tower in the early morning, you may see modern-day Beijingers out walking their songbirds.
More on CNNGo: Video: Around, inside and underneath Beijing
Stop 3
Then: The Tartar Wall
Now: Er Huan Lu and Beijing Metro Line 2 (二环路, 北京地铁2号线)
Directions: Continue to the Tartar Wall by walking west for a few hundred meters until you reach a Western-style building with a red roof. This is a former railway station.
From here, the tour takes you along what remains of the old Beijing City Wall.
Beijing city wall
Though much of the city's wall is now gone, it once towered 15 meters high, with grand gated entryways. It was built in the early 1400s and pulled down in the 1950s.
The Tartar Wall marked the southern boundary of Pamela's Beijing and, at 12 meters wide, she would pass it to get from her home in Armour Factory Alley to the Legation Quarter, where many of her friends lived.
It was the quickest way to go while avoiding the sinful Badlands, the next stop on this tour and the seediest, most scandalous neighborhood in old Beijing. The Badlands is also one of the central focus points in the investigation into Pamela's gruesome murder.
More on CNNGo: 8 ways to experience communism in Beijing
Stop 4
Then: The Badlands
Now: Chuanban Hutong, Dongcheng District (东城区船板胡同)
Directions: To get to the Badlands, follow the wall until the corner of Chongwenmen Dong Dajie (Chongwenmen East Avenue, 崇文门东大街) and Beijing Zhan Xi Da Jie (Beijing Station West Street, 北京站西大街).
Follow the pavement, bearing right, until you see a zebra crossing.
Cross Beijing Zhan Xi Da Jie, look for a building that houses the State Grid, then turn right. Walk east past the entrance to Hougou Hutong (后沟胡同), and keep walking until you see Chuanban Hutong (船板胡同).
Beijing's dark side
French refers to Chuanpan Hutong, now Chuanban Hutong, as "the baddest and most depraved street in old Peking."
The most riveting parts of "Midnight in Peking" take place in the Badlands, where the suspects and witnesses in Pamela's murder spent their nights.
The bars and brothels are long gone, replaced by local families and delivery boys flying by on tricycles. But French encourages you to imagine "the days when the street teemed with touts, pimps and working girls, when you'd get heroin, opium, pornography and prostitutes here."
More on CNNGo: 4 iconic Beijing hot spots
Stop 5
Then: Soochow Hutong
Now: Suzhou Hutong, Dongcheng District (东城区苏州胡同)
Directions: Onward to Suzhou Hutong.
If you're standing at the end of Chuanban Hutong (船板胡同) facing Chongwenmen Nei Da Jie (Chongwenmen Inner Street, 崇文门内大街), turn right and walk past the entrance to Xiaobafang Hutong (小巴坊胡同) to the next one over, which is Suzhou Hutong (苏州胡同).
Turn in and take the first right.
Food street
This was the northern border of the Badlands and also where Pamela ate her last meal. It was and remains a food street.
The one-story wooden buildings still house restaurants, and chestnuts continue to be roasted in braziers on the street.
French suggests trying a cheap and filling bowl of noodles while you're here. Pamela loved snacking in Soochow Hutong, and because she spoke fluent Chinese, she was able to easily navigate her way amongst the stalls.
Though nearly 75 years have passed, Suzhou Hutong has retained its special Chinese charm. The lane is always busy and is a wonderfully preserved example of what French calls "the old hutong life -- crowded, busy, [and] centered around the three most important things in Chinese life: business, gossip and food."
More on CNNGo: Beijing's 10 weirdest restaurants
Stop 6
Then: The French Legation, French Club Skating Rink and Prentice's Apartment
Now: Dongjiaominxiang Alley, Dongcheng District (东城区东郊民巷)
Directions: To get to the former French Legation, walk to the western end of Suzhou Hutong, turn onto Chongwenmen Nei Da Jie (Chongwenmen Innter Street, 崇文门内大街) and then cross over it.
Walk south on Chongwenmen (崇文门) until you see Dongjiaominxiang Alley (东交民巷), then turn right and you're standing on what was once "the main East-West thoroughfare of the Legation Quarter" -- known then as Legation Street.
Former Legation Quarter
The former Legation Quarter is just a short walk from Suzhou Hutong but seems a world away. In 1937, armed soldiers guarded all entrances to the Quarter and would check the identity of anyone entering.
Today, anyone can stroll the tree-lined European-style streets complete with accompanying architecture, but many of the buildings now house government offices, so you will not be able to enter.
The "world-within-a-world," as French calls it, has completely vanished.
But when Pamela was alive, this was a tiny replica of Europe, complete with "a profusion of clubs, hotels and bars that could just as easily have been in London, Paris or Washington," plus banks, department stores and a cinema.
The skating rink was the last place Pamela was "officially" seen alive.
This section of the Quarter was also home to American W.B. Prentice, a prominent dentist who was also known to have a strong interest in nudism. Though he claimed not to know Pamela at all when questioned by the police, French says, "Prentice was a man with secrets."
More on CNNGo: Gulou: The heart of old Beijing still beats
Stop 7
Then: The British Legation
Now: Zhengyi Lu, Dongcheng District (东城区正义路)
Directions: You're already in the Legation Quarter, so keep walking along Dongjiaominxiang Alley, past the Dongjiaominxiang Hotel (东交民巷大酒店) on your right to where the alley meets Zhengyi Lu (正义路).
Turn right at the intersection and walk north until you reach the Ministry of Public Security, the former British Legation.
E.T.C. Werner
When Pamela's father E.T.C. Werner first came to China as a student interpreter in the 1880s, this is where he started off.
More than 50 years later, he was back in the British Legation for the official inquest into Pamela's death.
These inquests were mentally and emotionally taxing; Werner correctly believed the police were not doing enough to bring the murderer or murderers to justice, and journalists shouting questions at Werner swarmed the Quarter's gates.
The authorities were not able to solve the case in the end. Pamela's father used his own resources to solve it unofficially, but no one ever believed him. (We are not going to spoil whodunnit.)
Later, when the Japanese finally invaded Beijing, Werner was forced to leave Armor Factory Alley and take shelter at the Legation.
There's a small park set in the middle of Zhengyi Lu should you wish to take a break.
More on CNNGo: 48 hours in Beijing
Final stop
Then: Peking Railway Station and Chienmen
Now: Beijing Railway Museum and Qianmen, Dongcheng District (东城区北京铁道博物馆和前门)
Directions: To get to your final stop on the tour, turn around and walk south down Zhengyi Lu to where it meets Dongjiaminxiang Alley, then turn right and walk west.
Near the end of the street you'll enter the former American Legation. Look on the left-hand side of the street for the entrance, which is marked by a sign that says Qianmen.
Outside Qianmen 23 is Qianmen Dong Dajie (Qianmen East Street, 前门东大街). Take the underpass and exit next to the Beijing Railway Museum.
Beijing Railway Museum
This is the last stop on the tour, although not the spot where Pamela's father solved the mystery of his daughter's murder.
The original Peking Railway Station is now the Beijing Railway Museum, which houses some of the trains that ran during Pamela's time.
In 1937, all Beijing's trains arrived and departed from this station, including that of Detective Chief Inspector Dennis, the British detective from Tientsin (present day Tianjin) who was involved in the murder investigation.
Tian'anmen Square
You're now standing at the southeast corner of present-day Tian'anmen Square, but in 1937, it didn't exist.
The area was known as Chienmen, now Qianmen, and Qianmen Gate (aka Zhengyangmen, 正阳门) stands at the southern end of Tian'anmen.
This is a gate Pamela knew well. Dating back to 1415, it has survived "fires, battles, the Boxer rebellion and, so far, the ongoing redevelopment of modern Beijing." The same cannot be said for so many other structures integral to Pamela's life in Beijing.


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Panthers General Manager Dave Gettleman created a local stir in Charlotte when asked in the preseason about the future of Cam Newton, pausing before saying "But now it's time to win."
Asked after a 12-4 regular season, Gettleman made sure there was no hesitation.
"Yes, no seven-second pauses," Gettleman told reporters Tuesday. "Do I feel Cam is a franchise quarterback? He proved that this year."
Of course, Gettleman's not going to talk about contracts, or when he's going to start negotiating an extension. The Panthers can decide in May to guarantee the fifth-year option on Newton's rookie deal, locking him up through 2015.
Likewise, Gettleman wasn't touching questions about coach Ron Rivera, who is entering the final year of his rookie contract.
Gettleman avoided any suggestion he was going to address Rivera's status, but said he had "ultimate faith" in Rivera, who was very much on the hot seat entering the season with a 13-19 record.


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If it feels like apartments across Boston are shrinking, it is not your imagination.
Mayor Thomas M. Menino's administration has begun authorizing construction of smaller rental and ownership units across the city, hoping to increase the supply of densely packed housing around public transportation stops.
The new policy, articulated in a recent planning memo, allows construction of units as small as 450 square feet within 1 square mile of rapid transit and commuter rail stops. Previously, the city only allowed construction of units that small in the downtown core, keeping a 500-square-foot minimum in outlying neighborhoods.
"The development market is increasingly open to these smaller units, and we are supportive of that," said Kairos Shen, chief planner for the Boston Redevelopment Authority. "We want to create a consistent policy to add density near transit connections where people don't need cars to get to their jobs or other destinations."
Last month, Shen drafted a memo to the Zoning Board of Appeals stating that the BRA supports smaller sizes for all unit types near transit stops. In addition to 450-square-foot studios, it is also allowing one bedrooms to drop to 625 square feet from 750; and two bedrooms to 850 feet from 900 feet.
The change is a compromise with critics who have pressed the Menino administration to allow units as small as 350 square feet — known as microapartments — to help cut housing costs. So far, the administration is only allowing those units to be built in the South Boston Innovation District, where it is still testing whether they are viable and being priced at affordable levels.
"So far we're seeing those apartments rent for $2,100, $2,200, and $2,300 a month," Shen said. "That's beyond what everyone expected, so we have to have a better mechanism in place to ensure that the pricing is fair."
Boston is one of many high-cost cities immersed in a nationwide debate over minimum housing sizes. San Francisco is now allowing units as small as 220 square feet, and cities from Des Moines to Chicago to Portland, Ore., are experimenting with smaller units. In Seattle, developers are building apartments as small as 140 square feet.
Supporters say the development of compact housing cuts costs, and helps to reduce pollution and automobile use. But critics argue such units can erode housing standards and skew public policy in favor of young professionals over families.
Developers in Boston say small units are popular among the fast-growing 22-to-35-year-old population, and they are seeking approval to build them across the city.
"This generation is a big part of what's driving growth in a lot of big cities right now," said Kelly Saito, president of Gerding Edlen, a Portland, Ore.-based firm that recently began building hundreds of compact units in Boston.
Earlier this year, the firm opened Factory 63 in the Innovation District, a complex with studio units between 375 and 530 square feet. The building, located on Melcher Street, was fully leased within weeks, and Gerding Edlen is now finishing a 202-unit complex across the street. The firm is also planning to start construction this fall on a 378-unit apartment complex at Albany and Traveler streets in the South End.
Saito said the projects are designed to accommodate people who care more about living in the city than having a chef's kitchen and a large living room. "The market is saying, 'If you give me an apartment that's well-designed and functional, then I don't need the extra space,'" he said.
Boston officials said encouraging dense housing around transit stops will help the city reach Menino's goal of building another 30,000 housing units by 2020.
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Her firm, ADD Inc., has designed dozens of the microsized apartments in the Innovation District, and she is among those urging officials to allow 350-square-foot units to be constructed across the city. "When you spread it out to other areas, it will help the prices become more reasonable," she said. Her firm has generated a map of possible micro apartment locations near transit stops from East Boston to Allston to Roxbury and Dorchester. "It's a way to help a large group of people who are looking for affordable solutions to living in the city."Casey Ross can be reached at email@example.com.


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I had the longest Mass transit experience of my entire life today. It started this morning with the bus ride from Visitacion Valley to Bernal Heights. After that I had to go from Bernal Heights to North Beach.
There are several different routes that I could've taken however I wanted the smoothest most comfortable ride route… So I went with the KT third Street railcar.
Oh my gosh what a mistake that was! I should've known it when the driver of the 24 which took me to the third Street light rail wouldn't allow me to get on because my transfer had expired.
When we got to Evans,this is what stopped us dead in our tracks. We were all forced to get off the train. We ended up walking most of the way to n. beach, Because it kept any trains going beyond the point of the accident.
All in all my one-way trip from Bernal Heights to North Beach took me over two hours and 15 minutes!
I did however make a friend named Larry who walked with me the entire way we had a good time & I think it was all worth it. However that doesn't mean I ever want to do it again!
Now in regards to this accident this is a triple offense, take a look at the pictures below… First… Notice how far the trucks right tire has crossed over the crosswalk. Then, look at how close the truck cut that turn next to the muni. And finally the final insulating blow…
There is a no left turn sign in the intersection! Triple fail that sent people to the hospital. That truck needs to have his commercial license revoked I think!
And finally I snuck a secret smoke break shot of my new friend Larry. It was so much more fun with him and I making our slow way across town! Thanks Larry!!
Now I am exhausted and need a joint & some rest for my poor feet!