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Take notes, FSU administration: Seattle won the Super Bowl on Sunday and has a celebration on Wednesday — of the same week.
Gee, so glad we have gone to a playoff system in college football so the teams can be evenly matched. Thanks, NFL.
It will be a great day when the front page of the newspaper applauds the academics of FSU's incoming class rather than merely the caliber of its football recruits.
Seems like Rick Scott should have spent less time and state resources on drug-testing welfare recipients and more on drug-testing FDLE employees.
My dog walks in small circles for a long time before doing his job. Suppose he should be a politician.
There was a large, negative correlation between the size of Tuesday's headline about our new lieutenant governor and the duties of his office.
If our terrorist enemies need more recruits, all they need to do is run the Super Bowl halftime clip featuring the Red Hot Chili Peppers and let them understand this is the culture that awaits them should the U.S be victorious.
Today, I had to play a Bruno Mars CD to remind myself that he's actually GOOD.
Do FSU and FAMU have a secret recruiting effort going that justifies the building of a gazillion apartment buildings and new dorms?
Faulkner favored ya'll. Guess he needed spell check.
Won't you please give the sports nuts their own sports Zing! column on the Sport Page so the rest of can have some relief from their incessant sports banter? Gawd it's boring!
Guess all the robins shown up did not catch the Groundhog prediction.
Anyone who believes that seeing a robin in Tallahassee is a sign of the approach of spring should move back to New Jersey.
Could you imagine Ken Armstrong passing out that payroll deduction form to a room full of truckers?
You would think Congress would do something useful out of sheer frustration.
Ok Bill you want fair? I will pay for my insurance when every career service employee becomes at will like me.
Zing! needs to establish a GPS rating on all submissions; 0 to 10 on Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling.
To the person trying to get ink off his computer screen – everyone knows you use a pencil when working a crossword puzzle.
Smart carts are now "easier to recycle carts"
I have a no flush toliet for free. Do you want the outhouse in the front or back yard? Just get me your address.
What is a "pole number"?
With every Freedom, there is also a responsibility. The "Free Press" was charged with investigating and telling the truth to keep American citizens informed. Regarding the current Presidential administration, they have failed miserably in their responsibility.
Citizen-led effort Imagine Tallahassee aims at guiding area leaders (, a sense that Tallahassee is on the cusp of greatness,") Is Political Speak for let Us Spend $55 Million of your Tax Dollars to build that Performing Arts Center !
Car parked in No Parking zone at front door of grocery store on Thomasville Rd at flyover without anyone sitting in the car. Police car drives right by and pays no attention. New chief, same policies?
I was thinking the same thing about the Super bowl, while reminiscing about the 1996 Sugar Bowl, 52-20?
If I see Ken Armstrong cruising down Capital Circle in an 18-Wheeler, I'll go absolutely nuts!
Was Tinsley poking fun at Atheists? Christians? Both? All of them? Kudos.
Why do liberal letter writers consider "rants" erudite?
Why don't socialist remember their greatest experiment? The Soviet Union. (Poverty and millions of people murdered.)
Lopez-Cantera sews up the Latino vote for Scott, now who can he hire for the rest of us?
Florida Tax Watch, like the James Madison Institute, is a mouthpiece for the Republican Party.
Aren't there any great male teachers in Leon County?
A crime lab analyst SUPERVISOR with years of education and experience is paid less than $60K per year. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for.
The "inner workings" of the Legislature is no secret. Pay big money to get your guys elected to vote for things that make you richer.
Oh, now I get it! With five vice presidents you can really foul up a simple victory celebration.
Did you know that the toilet seat was invented in Poland? The German's invented the hole!
If I was Coach Ham, I would have the team watch the Duke-Syracuse game. Now that is what you call Basketball.
Obama's mantra: Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
Taxable limit on social security benefits will go up this year due to "the national increase in average wages." That is, since wages are stagnant but the workforce is smaller, the "average" increased. What a crock.
Over paid / out played..Denver never showed up…the goofiness started with botched coin toss by pimp impersonator !! Seattle played well while the greatest offense stuck to their 'short game' plan to the bitter end…
Sorry Mr. Pitts, crime is at an all time low because of privately owned firearms not in spite of them.
I'd bet that T.K. and Bobby would have known how to throw a proper victory bash.
Got stocks? Sell now before the reality of the Obama economy is fully realized.
FSU Alumni: When FSU asks for money, mail them your nonrefundable, useless plane tickets and motel reservations due to the date change.
In Texas, Barron and his bowl bash bunglers would be wearing nice new coats by now — of tar and feathers.
Guess the Democrat lacked the fortitude for the deserved "Barron Bungles Bowl Bash Big-Time" headline.
Why does my GPS refer to A-Pal-A-Chee Parkway and Cat Piddle Circle?
Southern grammar lesson time. The contraction for "you all" is y'all and "you will" is ya'll.
If FSU replaced the seating at Bobby Bowden field it would only seat 35,000 two bun fans instead of 83,000 one bun fans. Understand.
After listening to Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Gov. Scott's choice is a stroke of genius.
Need to remove the ink from your PC screen? Ask the blonde to borrow her bottle of white out.
How much would Bobby Bowden charge the boosters to make up with an ungrateful university and their leaders for just finaly doing their jobs?
Note to Governor Scott : The FAMU board is ready to be flushed now.
The FAMU board is a living example of Einstein's definition of insanity.
No education, no job skills, no experience, no $10.00 per hour minimum wage.
Blanton's bags its bottle in a nice brown sack similar to that of Crown. Except its made in America
Obama: "If you let me hold onto your retirement savings I promise I won't spend it. Really, I promise. Honest…"
Never before has there been Super Bowls scores of: 2-0, 5-0, 8-0, 15-0, 22-0, 29-0
If the FSU football gurus had wanted a couple of hundred fans at the celebration, they wouldn't have cancelled it the first time!
I don't want to be a Bronco, Bronco, Bronco…..sung to the tune of Royals
Who would have thought it. Tebow had a better Superbowl than Manning.
Thank goodness for Crown Royal? Thank goodness for Royal Crown, one of the last remaining hair pomades from my childhood!
A National Championship, a Heisman Trophy and TWO FSU alums inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame at the same time? Has any other university come close to that?
Two dozens students per a single facility with several showers and toilets? That's a luxury to the rest of the world!
Wouldn't it be nice if the media investigated Obama as vigorously because of his scandals as they are going after Chris Cristie.
Noticed that both Walmart and Sams have recently added self service checkouts. Could this be a step in reducing minimum wage employes because of proposed increases in the minimum wage?
Ahh, the blame game is still alive and at the White House.
Gee, I wonder if Elway and Fox wished they had Tebow back.
Sales at Garnet & Gold were so hot on Saturday, they were nearly on fire!
That game wasn't really as close as the final score would suggest.
Ice is nice but it's over. Bring back the puppies!


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"If half the employed population spent $50 each month in locally owned independent businesses, it would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue," according to The 3/50 Project website. "Imagine the positive impact if 3/4 of the employed population did that! For every $100 spent in locally owned independent stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll and other expenditures. If you spend that in a national chain, only $43 stays here. Spend it online, and nothing comes home." One reason why East Siders choose (and love) to live here is for the abundance of small, independently owned boutiques and restaurants that characterize our main streets. Without these establishments, the East Side loses its unique character and we become any other main street in the country defined by chain establishments and malls. This local ecosystem is a fragile one, and how you spend your money directly effects the storefront landscape. Online shopping pulls money out of the local economy and ultimately threatens the very nature of what makes this community special.
Jiro has been a master tailor for more than 38 years and when he selects his clothing, he's considering fabric quality, style and individuality. People kowtow to brand labels, but know that even at the outlet stores where people think they're getting great deals, those clothes are inferior to what's offered at the main retail locations. When you spend money at local independent businesses, like Milan Fine Clothiers, you'll receive a curated selection, high quality fabrics, custom fitting and knowledgeable customer service. Stop in today to order your holiday clothes or pick up items for gifts. We vote with our dollars. Be sure to cast your vote by purchasing from independently owned, local businesses that help make the East Side the East Side.
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Jezebel reports that a woman shot her husband because he didn't shoot enough sperm when he came. This makes me think of a job I had a few years ago where I was writing ads for herbal pills promising a "bigger ejaculate load."
At the time I went with "She'll be impressed by how much you come!'
Little did I know that the more persuasive ad would have been "She won't kill you like a praying mantis after sex!"


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Visual Studio ‒ It Just Keeps Getting Better
With Visual Studio Update 2 the IDE of choice for many developers just keeps getting better and better. I'm already a big fan of Visual Studio, it's pretty much the best IDE for a number of platforms and with these recent updates it's just that much more awesome. As someone who's worked on the MS stack for quite some time as well as having first joined Microsoft back in 2006 I cannot tell you just how exciting it is to see these frequent releases. I'm a big fan of agile and iterative development and seeing a large organization such as Microsoft's Developer Division embrace this model is very exciting stuff! Speaking of agile, it's at the forefront of this update.
Kanban support
Within this update Team Foundation Server (TFS) has been extended with a number of improvements for the agile folks. A big request has been for Kanban support which I'm happy to see has been added. I'm also happy to see that this new Kanban board can be customized to fit your team's needs.
Read more about Kanban boards.
Custom tagging
Another small but in my opinion significant addition is the ability to tag work items in TFS. This makes it a whole lot easier to not only segment items & find them quicker, but opens up the possibility for more flexible reporting and analysis. Why is this interesting? Because you can use tagging to see the types of work items that affect burn down rates but also which types of items result in the most bugs, or when you are sizing a work item, you can find similar ones to see how long they took. All this from simply adding some meta-data to a work item!
Read more on custom tagging work items.
Browser Based Test Cases
TFS got a lot of love in this update including the ability to access test cases from the browser. Why is this important? Well not only can manage your test cases via the browser, but you can also run them and see the list of steps for a given test. As you proceed through the test you can check each step off and indicate which step failed and record your observations right there without having to switch tools. When you indicate a step has failed a bug is created and the information is automatically populated, which having worked with various QA teams, I can tell you is going to make a lot of people very happy.
Read more on browser bases test management & execution.
Windows Phone Unit Testing
I know many of you Windows Phone developers have been asking for this feature so here it is. You can now write Unit Tests for Windows Phone in C# by creating a new "Windows Phone Unit Test App" project under Visual C#/Windows Phone. Tests are executed on the target device by installing the Unit Test app on the phone. What about automated testing and what if you don't want to launch the tests manually from Visual Studio? No worries, they thought about that too. Since Phone UT is designed as an adapter to unit testing platform, you can use vstest.console.exe to execute unit tests from command line.
Read more on unit testing your Windows Phone project.
But wait, there's more!
There's so much goodness in this update that the above only scratches the surface. So if you'd like to learn more check out this great Channel 9 Video that discusses this update, or check out Soma's blog post on the topic. Or for the truly hardcore check out the entire list of changes right here.
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BANGOR — City councilors passed an order Monday night to publicly admonish one of their own for recently tape-recording a conversation between himself and three high-ranking municipal employees without their knowledge or consent.
The censure of Hal Wheeler, believed to be the first in more than 20 years, was pushed by City Council Chairman Richard Stone and supported by his colleagues.
"Councilor Wheeler lost focus on what was right," Stone said at Monday's regular council meeting.
"Oftentimes when we get anxious and critical of others, the window through which we view life becomes foggy. This lack of clarity has hurt our relationship with the city staff and the citizens of Bangor."
According to Stone, Wheeler met last week with interim City Manager Bob Farrar, Finance Director Debbie Cyr and Solicitor Norman Heitmann to discuss the city's tenuous relationship with the American Folk Festival. During that meeting, Wheeler concealed an audio recorder on his person to secretly record the conversation, which was not a violation of any state or local law but violated his ethical obligations as a councilor, according to Stone.
"To his credit, [Councilor Wheeler] has recognized that he made a serious mistake," Stone said.
Wheeler, who has long been a fixture in municipal government, addressed the council and the community on Monday.
"I accept the judgment of the council on my method of obtaining information," he said. "I can assure you that it was for my own use only, to help make an objective decision about the relationship between the city and the American Folk Festival.
"There was never any intention on my part to implicate anyone in any wrongdoing or to embarrass anyone. I allowed my frustration over the lack of full communication between the parties to override my better judgment and I must accept full responsibility for that."
Councilors recently have discussed the city's role in financing the American Folk Festival. Wheeler has been critical of that partnership largely because the festival has built up nearly $300,000 in debt to the city over a five-year period. He also has questioned the city's commitment of tens of thousands of dollars worth of in-kind services.
The three city staff members involved in last week's incident all declined to comment and no one Monday divulged how they found out that Wheeler had tape-recorded the conversation.
Stone said his comments spoke for the rest of the council.
"As elected officials, we carry the public's trust," Stone said. "We have an obligation to keep our house in order."
A censure is rare in Bangor politics. Heitmann said he has not seen a censure during his 14-year tenure. Farrar could not recall a censure during the 20-plus years that he has been a municipal employee.
Perhaps the closest call to a censure came in 1993, when Stone, during his first run as city councilor, was threatened with censure after he inexplicably missed several council meetings. That issue blew over without any action.
In early 2008, then Councilor Richard Greene was arrested and charged with forging then City Manager Ed Barrett's signature on an invoice. While out on bail, Greene was caught stealing more than $130 worth of merchandise from the Hannaford Supermarket on Broadway. Before he could be censured, though, Greene stepped down from the council.
And late last year, some councilors suggested a censure of Councilor Geoff Gratwick after he went public with his disgust over the way the council handled the dismissal of Barrett. Again, that didn't result in a vote.
Wheeler, who previously served on the City Council from 1983 to 1986 and on the city's planning board from 2000 to 2006, admitted Monday that he seriously considered resigning from the council because of his actions.
"But the issues and tasks that are ahead have convinced me that to leave the council shorthanded would be a disservice to the process of city government," he said. "I hope that this council and the citizens who have given me the privilege to serve them will forgive my lapse in judgment."


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Metro Boy '162grey' from benny on Vimeo
This is something I'm working on at the moment.. still works in progress to be honest so I'm going to leave it a few days and have a fresh look at it to see where to take it next.
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What do GPs think of seven day access?
Pulse takes a look at what GPs think of the seven-day GP access scheme
It is safe to say that the Government's seven-day access scheme has met with considerable opposition from GPs.
A Pulse survey from 2014 found that more than half of GPs believe that the Government's move towards seven-day GP access will negatively affect the safety of patient care. The survey of 431 GPs found that 58% believed that seven-day GP access will impact the safety of patient care 'negatively or very negatively', as opposed to 17% who said it affected care 'positively or very positively'. Some 68% also said they would not support a move towards seven-day GP access even if it was properly resourced.
It is a waste of NHS resources
The RCGP has attacked the access policy from the outset saying it could actually 'harm patient safety' and the investment is a waste of valuable resources. Chair of the College, Dr Maureen Baker, lambasted proposals championed by the Government after last year's election, saying the pledge is merely a 'good sound bite that may have won votes, but at a time when general practice is creaking at the seams, it is a waste of NHS resources to be offering ear syringing on a Sunday teatime.'
The GPC has a similar position, arguing that GPs already provide seven-day services and that the investment being plunged into the access scheme should be spent more wisely. Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the GPC, called on the Prime Minister to 'jettison the political pipe dreams of tomorrow and get real' at the 2015 LMCs Conference.
Dr Nagpaul says that instead the funding should be used instead to improve out-of-hours and urgent care services because those are 'the services that patients need.' He says that it is 'politics that interferes', insisting there is not enough GPs or resources for five day a week working, let alone for OOH and urgent care.
But some GPs feel that seven-day access should be embraced and indeed be fully implemented across general practice by 2020. NHS England head of primary care commissioning, Dr David Geddes, has been a long time advocate for seven-day working and believes that the NHS is now in a position to provide seven-day access and is a chance to give 'patients a range of appointment times and spread workload differently.'
Seven-day access can be a success
Meanwhile, some areas that have been piloting the service also think the scheme has been positive. Dr Peter Thomas from Bury GP Federation, an area hailed by the Government as evidence of the access scheme's success, thinks that seven-day access 'can be a success if implemented carefully'.
However, those representing grassroots GPs – the LMC leaders – think that the principle of seven-day GP access is floored and unachievable. Only recently at the LMCs Conference 2016, a motion was passed unanimously, which stated that the 'current emphasis on seven-day working' was 'a political push for the unachievable'.


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I'm continuing with the "Mint Manis" today and I've played with a new-to-me technique. The mint polish I chose this time around is one that I would classify as a true mint polish. Green and creamy... just how I like 'em :P
Colors Used: Sally Hansen - Golden-I, Essie - Mint Candy Apple
From what I can gather, the Ruffian mani was created a couple of years ago by the creative team of CND. They made this mani for the New York Fashion Week Ruffian Fashion Show. I've noticed it popping up again recently and gaining in popularity, so I thought I'de give it a shot.
Love the mani, hate the photos lol. I started with 2 coats of Golden-I. I then applied Mint Candy Apple with the bottle brush, being sure yo leave a decent amount of gold exposed by my cuticles. I went back with a nail art brush and swiped the gold polish around the curve so that I would have a clean line.
This is definitely a manicure that I want to do again, it was pretty quick to do. I found an excellent tutorial by Lacquerized if you would like some visuals :)
Sooooo yea! Happy Friday hehe.
Until next time!
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Halloween is right around the corner so I thought it would be cute to decorate a pillow box to fill with spooky treats.
- Stamps: None!
- DSP: Howlstooth and Scaringbone, Rich Razzleberry stripes, Sahara Sand stripes
- Card Stock: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry
- Ink: None!
- Accessories: Pillow Box Die, 1-1/4" Square Punch, Striped Satin Ribbon, Oval Punch, Pennant Punch, Owl Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen, Sticky Strip, Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals
I punched the Owl from Basic Gray card stock, the large eyes from Whisper White, the medium eyes from Lucky Limeade, and the small eyes from Basic Black. The belly was punched from Rich Razzleberry striped DSP. I used the Large Oval punch and the Petite Pennants Builder punch for the witch's hat. I adhered all the owl pieces and hat pieces together with 2-Way Glue Pen. I cut a scrap of Rich Razzleberry card stock down to 1/8" wide and adhered it onto the pointy part of the witch hat for a hat band and used Paper Snips to trim the card stock strip even with the edges of the hat.
Now for the broom. I cut a piece of Soft Suede card stock 1/2" x 3". I used the 1-1/4" Square Punch on a piece of Sahara Sand striped DSP. Next I used Paper Snips and cut the Sahara Sand DSP about 3/4" the way up all along the length to make fringe. I adhered the solid end of the DSP onto the end of the Soft Suede strip and wrapped it around the strip until I got to the end of the Sahara Sand square. Then just adhered the end in place. I used a scrap of Lucky Limeade card stock and cut off a 1/8" wide strip and adhered it around the top of the broom bristles for a band. Now just fluff out the fringe and adhere the broom under the owl. I adhered the owl onto the pillow box by putting 1/2 a Stampin' Dimensional behind the band on the broom and one dimensional on the owl's bottom. Remove the Stampin' Dimensionals liner and stick your witchy owl on the box. You're done!
So stinkin' cute! Although this one took a little longer it was definitely a hit at the Make and Take! What do you think?


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How do I hide a multi row marker?
I have a grid that needs to show up in two modes. On one, I set it as single select, on the other the multi-row-marker. The problem is that when I try to go back to single select mode, the checkboxes don't disappear.
var MODE1 = 1;
var MODE2 = 2;
var mode = MODE1;
function setGridMode() {
if (mode==MODE1) {
} else {
Sam H
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Looks like you need to refresh the grid to see the changes.
Alex (ActiveWidgets)
Monday, May 7, 2012
Hi Alex,
Grid refresh didn't work. I tried. I went with the selector column instead, setting it visible or invisible based on the mode, with grid refresh. That did the trick.
I'm finally getting the hang of this a little bit. But trying to fit our existing custom functions with the new AW api's while learning javascript on the fly has been interesting, to say the least.
Thanks :-)
Sam H
Monday, May 7, 2012
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Jay Street
Jay Street Through the Archives
// December 2011 //
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// September 14, 2011 //
Today we find Jay Street as a short cobbled block, wedged between Greenwich Street and Hudson Street. Located in what is known as the "Tribeca West Historic District," and it's history can be traced back to around 1790. Back then, though, the street stretched out to the Hudson River and onto a pier. Now, P.S. 150 stands between Jay Street and the water.
Named after John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States as well as governor of New York, the 13 buildings on the block were constructed by 1931. The businesses we can trace back to the street are a tobacco processing factory, then a fruit market, a nut-roasting factory, and most recently, even a butter factory. Associations of the street as a Designation Report by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission lists, include "the egg, cheese, and nut industries" and services such as hospital, shipping, and banking were also present. Today, the street is home to a few people, as these commercial spaces became lofts and residential homes.
Beautiful ones at that. Some link following deep into the Internet led me to believe that this recently renovated loft is located at 16 Jay Street and was sold a few years ago for just under $5,000,000 ($1,300 per square foot). 16 Jay Street used to be home to Hotel Butter Bar (a butter manufacturer), but has evidently gone through some changes.
// September 20, 2011 //
On the corner of Jay St. and Greenwich St. stands an attractive block of a building. At the bottom is a cafe/bar/restaurant, shaded by a permanent, metal awning (is there an official word for one of those?). The building seems to be very officially labeled as the "Bazzini Building," the letters arching around the top-most window, and "1886" underneath.
Curious as to who the Bazzini's were, and how much influence they must have on this street, I decided to look into this sign. While I doubted the building was still owned by a certain Bazzini, the fact that the name still marked the building intrigued me.
Erected in 1887, (though the Bazzini business was started in 1886, hence the date on the building), it was built for a certain John H. Mohlmann, designed by C. Wilson Atkins. Mohlmann's history has been somewhat erased or at least rarely mentioned, but his family owned a wholesale grocery business. Yet, in 1943, the Bazzini family purchased the building. As MNS mentions in its neighbor hood guide, "the Bazzini Brothers Company's plan was to move to this location to provide an array of fine foods and gourmet offerings through its first floor retail store."
In 1983, the store was bought by Rocco Damato and Jim Strong. They continued to produce food for the store just like had been done for decades before, but production later had to shift to North Carolina. Quoted in a 1997 NYTimes article, "Candy, Nuts and a Bite of History Moves On," Damato said that, he was "the last food manufacturer in TriBeCa" but real estate taxes were just too high. The store on the first floor, though, survived for a bit longer. Bazzini's was "perhaps the nicest country general store in Manhattan" but, as of January 2010, it was closed down. Perhaps this is due to the fact that a Whole Foods opened just seven blocks away in 2008, which is a sad ending to a long history. Today, in it's place, we find Sarabeth's, a restaurant which opened just about one month ago.
// September 27, 2011 //
The walk of a New Yorker in New York more distinct than any other walker in any other city. So when asking a New Yorker to spend time on a city street (imagine, looking up at buildings! taking photos! watching others hurry), there's really no other word than awkward. Even if they aren't particularly rushed, New Yorkers must act that way – for appearances' sake (you don't want to seem the sole New Yorker without a place to be) and for the sake of others rushing around them. And yet, here I was, meandering from one side of street to the other, spending a generous time on the cobblestone road itself, taking photos of this, that, & the other thing. Exhibit A:
On the bright side, not too many people visit Jay Street. It's short and residential, so most people don't have much business there. That is, until the end of the school day. Because at the other end of the street, the building we see is PS 150. And my meandering took long enough that kids and parents began to spill out onto my empty haven. It was evident that all of sudden, people on Jay Street had somewhere to be. Dinners had to be made, homework to be done, afternoon shows to be watched. Some kids walked home together, others recounted their day to mothers (or were they babysitters?) who absentmindedly pushed strollers.
I wondered if my behavior bothered them. I imagine it made them feel slight unease, but they probably just thought of me as a tourist admiring the architecture (because New Yorkers evidently can't admire architecture if they aren't turning pages in a glossy book). And Brian Morris in his piece, "What We Talk About When We Talk About 'Walking in the City,'" reinforces Michel de Certeau's idea of the "users" versus the "others." The others, here though refers to the institution who has it's own idea of how the street should be utilized (back when it was mapped and cobbled, it was to be used for mercantile purposes). But in this case, I like to think of myself as such an "other," who cannot even begin to piece together the "users" of Jay Street. I visited around four PM, thinking that just like at most other hours, I wouldn't bump into anyone: I, the other, had believed that only residents utilized this street, and these residents would be still be at work so that they could pay for their million dollar lofts. Until the street was flooded by a demographic of "users" even younger than myself.
1. Morris, Brian: "What We Talk About When We Talk About Walking in the City"
The Times Have Changed
// October 4, 2011 //
Jay Street is an ambiguous term to search in the New York Times Historical Database (primarily because the Jay Street in Brooklyn is much more popular, due mostly to the fact that a subway stop is so named). But one character continues to pop up (in a whopping heap of 3 articles). Here is a somewhat incomplete account of the life of Frederick Akers based solely on those 3 articles.
1836 Frederick Akers is born in England.
18?? Mr. Akers moves to America and becomes a "butcher's apprentice on Staten Island."
18?? Mr. Akers develops a passion for horses.
18?? Mr. Akers establishes a soap factory in Brooklyn.
1870 Mr. Akers establishes a coffee roasting business, Atlas Coffee, at 16 Jay Street.
1888 Frederick Akers "is accused by the Board of Health of maintaing a nuisance. . . The indictement . . . alleges that the smell of burning coffee is offensive and disagreeable. . . Ex-Judge Busteed argued that the smell of roasting coffee was a very good sort of smell indeed, and he read from scientific books to show that it was a health smell. . . Assistant District Attorney Davis conceded that the smell of coffee when roasting was healthful, but asserted that under circumstances it might become obnoxious."
1892 Frederick Akers writes a will.
April 1901 Frederick Akers states that he has a will in "the vaults of a safe deposit company." An hour later, he dies.
May 1901 Mr. Akers' will is still causing trouble: "the lawyer who drew the document" is dead, one of the executors of the will is also dead, and the other executor "knows nothing about the will." "No will was found at" 16 Jay Street. But then they searched a box at a safe deposit company and indeed found a will. The will was then moved to a safe at 16 Jay Street.
Except this will did not settle anything: someone mentioned that "Mr. Akers told a number of people that he had made a new will, and some of his friends believe that this will will be found." If the issue was resolved, then the New York Times did not report any updates.
Mr. Akers' favorite horse, Idle Gift, was the "horse which was led directly behind the hearse at his funeral."
Suffice to say, times have changed, and the drama we read about in the New York Times is now of a slightly different caliber.
And while no photos were provided by the New York Times database, a little internet searching can give our coffee-roasting-friend Fred Akers a face.
The photo is evidently staged, as most photos from this time undoubtedly were, though I could not trace this photograph to any specific photographer. Surprisingly, one interesting thing to notice is the fact that these men barely look like when we envision New York City, even one hundred years ago. Sitting on what seems to be a porch on wooden chairs, all dressed in clothes reminiscent of English aristocracy, sporting wonderful beards, moustaches and hats, perhaps New York City is the last place I'd put them.
1. "Aroma of Roasting Coffee." New York Times (1857-1922): 8. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2007) with Index (1851-1993). Dec 08 1888. Web. 4 Oct. 2011 <https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/94638963?accountid=12768>.
2. "Mr. Akers's Lost Will." New York Times (1857-1922): 1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2007) with Index (1851-1993). May 15 1901. Web. 4 Oct. 2011 <https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/96121237?accountid=12768>.
3. "An Alleged Akers Will." New York Times (1857-1922): 6. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2007) with Index (1851-1993). May 17 1901. Web. 4 Oct. 2011 <https://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/96117025?accountid=12768>.
4. Ukers, William H. "Development of the Green and Roasted Coffee Business in the United States." Web-Books. Web. 04 Oct. 2011. <http://www.web-books.com/Classics/ON/B0/B701/35MB701.html>.
Archival Memory
// October 16, 2011 //
The word itself musters up feelings of dark and dusty files, fragile and yellowed paper, a place only the truly determined venture into. So I thought that going into the New York Public Library's Digital Archives would be a relatively painless way to get the job done. While my fingertips may remain clean and my allergies did not start acting up as I browsed through dated photos from a hundred years ago, it was barely a gratifying experience. I say this to explain the mediocre character of the photos that follow, which only just help me delve deeper into Jay Street. The interface of the Digital Archives is miserable and could only ween out the following snapshots of a greater whole.
The above photo was taken in 1928, and shows Hudson Street from left to right, but the cross-street going into the back of the photo is actually Jay Street. Beyond the buildings is the Hudson River, and we see that below the photographer was an area of construction/an empty lot. A search on the NYCityMap (http://gis.nyc.gov/) shows that the records do indeed match (though why wouldn't they?) the photograph: the construction site sits on the address 56 Hudson St., and is now home to a building that cuts off Jay Street. This building was finished in 1938 (ten years after this photo was taken).
This is a photo from 1930 of the intersection between Washington Street and Jay Street. If you were to try to visit it today, you'd find yourself in the middle of P.S. 150., which today cuts Jay Street off from the Hudson River. The map below was drawn up in 1897, showing that over 100 years ago, Jay Street did in fact cross Washington and West Streets before hitting the river.
Today, of course, West Street is also known as 9A, a major highway running along the Hudson River. A photo of West Street in 1930 is unrecognizable.
As a comparison, below a screenshot taken from Google Maps Street View at the very same spot on West St. as above.
One final detail rests in the next two photos (they are intersections with Jay Street, the first with Greenwich Street and the second with Washington Street), both taken in 1937.
True to the times, the photos are linked by the standing billboards. Need a closer look?
Taken two years after the enactment of the WPA in 1935 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, we clearly see evidence of government propaganda (I don't mean this word with its negative connotations, but more in terms of promotion and advertising) as the United States tried to get back up on it's feet. These are vestiges of a moment that was as real as, say, the Great Recession or even the Occupy Wall Street protests are today. Commonplace at the time, today we are only familiar with the moment through history books until at some point, we come across the residue in archives when we were looking for something quite else.
Archive photos were taken from the NYPL Digital Gallery.
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In Fiction
// October 18, 2011 //
I combed over for mentions of Jay Street, not really expecting to find one: Jay Street is barely mentioned in historical documents, it's a small hidden street that not many (except for the students at P.S. 150 facing the street) are familiar with. I didn't find anything, but expanded my search to include the surrounding area. It turns out that if you're looking for literary references in, say, the Tribeca area, the only course of action would be to read any and all books that take place in New York City and wait for a brief mention to pop up. The problem with Tribeca specifically is that a lot of fiction does happen in that neighborhood, but in the form of film screenings and less so in the written word (or at least, the film culture dominates any web searches, concealing any and all literary references).
I was therefore excited to find the New York Times "Literary Map of Manhattan" and anxiously scrolled down to Tribeca. My excitement flooded away instantly when I noticed the sparse documentation in the area I was concerned with. The only posted reference was from Philip Roth's novel, Portnoy's Complaint (which I haven't read, but have added to my reading list because of this), which includes the quote, "Doesn't he know that what I do for a living is I'm good? 'Civil Service,' I answered, pointing across to 30 Worth. Mister Modesty."
30 Worth is located a block away from Jay Street, and I considered this to be a victory, until I realized that this did nothing for me. But after last week's investigation into archival resources, I thought maybe taking a look at the NYC.gov's City Map again to inspect 30 Worth a little closer. No avail (I seem to be hitting a lot of dead ends in this assignment). Maybe Google could point me in the right direction? A search for 30 Worth Street in Manhattan produced no viable results. It seems as though 30 Worth Street is an adress that does not really exist: there is no building there as Portnoy's Complaint might lead us to believe.
Though I haven't read the book, I cannot say what this might mean to the novel. Did Philip Roth do this on purpose? Did he know that 30 Worth Street was not a real address, therefore giving him the freedom to invent a space that was not bound by history? Or was he unaware, pulling a number and a street name from the top of his head? The latter, though, is highly unlikely, in the case of great writers who put great scrutiny into details such as these.
Here, then, we see a perfect example of spaces in New York City portrayed in fiction. For an average reader (one that most likely is not as familiar as a local would be with the city), 30 Worth Street means nothing. It doesn't sound like the average numerical New York address. And even to New Yorkers, the address is simply reminiscent mainly of an area near City Hall, and perhaps brings to mind the Financial District to some. And yet, only residents of the area, maybe only ones that live on that stretch of Worth Street between West Broadway and Church Street would be aware that 30 Worth is imagined (a very small number of people, indeed). And perhaps that's the point: for as little people as possible to know the truth about 30 Worth, giving Roth endless possibility of imagination and construction of a place in New York City (which usually only the luckiest and most talented of architects in the world are allowed to do).
In Film
// October 25, 2011 //
Films today love destruction, especially after the advent of CGI. While fifty years ago, crumbling, burning, or drowning cities was hard to make look real, today, such images look truly authentic. This gives movie-makers the freedom to play with big ideas, such as, very commonly, what would happen to the world if New York City was leveled to the ground (usually, though not always, by natural disaster). One can almost call it an emotional fetish: imagining nature swiftly destroying everything that humans have so long strived to create, usually ending, though, with the optimistic idea of a fresh slate that humanity could start from.
So it's really no surprise that the filming location closest to Jay Street was featured in a movie about two comets headed towards Earth (one that would cause a tsunami across the planet, the second that, being "the size of Manhattan," would obliterate the Earth's surface and everyone on it). In short, the 1998 film Deep Impact, starring Robert Duvall and Elijah Wood, can even get emotional at times, seeing as the U.S. government announces that there will be a lottery for 800,000 to be given shelter in a tunnel system built to keep a million people alive for two years so that they could repopulate the Earth post-comet. But there are some reservations, for example the fact that people over age 50 are automatically eliminated from the lottery, or one of the main characters marries his girlfriend (they are in high school) for eligibility reasons (well, he does it to save her, so for love reasons as well).
Towards the very end of the movie are scenes of a drowning New York City. These buildings, which are familiar to most everyone who would see the movie, seem to serve as a representation of the fate of every city. Yet there is something more profoundly impacting to see the greatest city in the world, hundreds of years in the making, representative of art, fashion, architecture, finance, and everything really, become obliterated.
The specific moment in question here though, is the 2 seconds featuring the corner of West Broadway and Thomas Street (a block from Jay Street), "footage" moments after the tsunami hits Lower Manhattan. The reason this was the location for this shot was because West Broadway faces South towards where the World Trade Center stood, therefore making the transition from the water crashing into the buildings and then onto the street possible.
For the most part, it's unrecognizable. The architecture is indeed that of Tribeca, most evident by the buildings closest to the viewer on the right, residential lofts converted from their industrial purposes of the 1800s. But this moment, before the water crashes and drowns the buildings is so brief, that to most, the historic neighborhood would be unrecognizable.
Yet, this speaks to the integrity of the film. While many movies today may do their filming in a studio, especially for a scene that barely lasts 2 seconds (and in those two seconds, the street is destroyed), the filmmaker here opted to catch a shot of the street before turning it over to the CGI team. Indeed, perhaps the scene was longer, but got cut? Furthermore, the tsunami follows a logical path through the city. First we see the Twin Towers becoming submerged, then this moment in Tribeca, then Washington Square, then Times Square. Such integrity is something New Yorkers can appreciate (because we know if the Times Square preceded the Washington Square shot, all New Yorkers in the movie theaters would nudge their friends and say angrily, "The director couldn't even go out and buy a map of the city?").
And perhaps even New Yorkers didn't notice the problem in the moment above: the fact that the wave was coming from the North when the wave is actually moving towards the North. Oops. But the moment is so fleeting, that it's almost unnoticeable (especially since most viewers are probably more focused on the drama of the scene).
// November 1, 2011 //
Bright. After dark, Jay Street is surprisingly bright, two lampposts in the middle of the block being the offenders (not to mention the car parked in the middle of the street). Of course, perhaps most notable though is the idea of the internal versus external and the fact that residents of Jay Street do not bother with curtains, as evident by the photo below of the Bazzini Building. Not a single curtain. Therefore, I was given the opportunity to ogle the beautiful lofts with their minimalist decor.
A boutique on the street was closing up, and it seemed to bustle more than it ever does during the day: a guy sweeping and a girl organizing and arranging before heading home. Actually, Jay Street was busier than I expected: a man walked his two dogs, an older woman leaving her apartment, a younger guy with a backpack eying me curiously as to why I was standing on the corner seemingly not doing anything.
And I was most surprised when, innocently standing on a corner holding my phone and looking up, a woman in her early thirties perhaps asked me if I needed directions somewhere. Trying not to be too offended, I laughed and said that I was just getting to know the street. But I quickly also asked, "Wait, but do you live here? On this block?"
"Yeah, I live in the area. Is there anything I can help you with?" She walked up closer to me.
"Oh, well I've been researching this street -"
She walked past me a bit and pointed up to a crosswalk suspended between two buildings. This crosswalk, I must mention, is not located on Jay Street but on more of an alleyway (though it's called Staple Street), but connects two buildings on Jay Street itself. And while I've noticed it, I've never really given it much thought since it's a little off from my subject area.
"So I don't know much about the history of this street, but I had a friend who was doing a photoshoot from down that street. And that up there," she points again to the old and unused crosswalk, "I think she said that they used it to move horses from one building to the other. I'm not sure whether they still use it today, but there used to be stables here. Which is why this street is called Staple Street."
A crosswalk for horses, well that was certainly interesting. Instead of walking the horses on the ground, they walked them through this tunnel suspended in the air?
This information, though, that she was telling me, really had nothing to do with Jay Street at night. But what was interesting is how eager she was to talk to a stranger on the street. She was pretty and dressed up, not too fancy, but probably to meet up with a friend. We chitchatted for a bit, and I thanked her, but before she left, the woman apologized for thinking that I needed directions.
This probably interested me most of all: she was essentially apologizing to me for assuming that I didn't know my way around, or perhaps for assuming I was a tourist or foreigner. To me, this proves two things: 1. that New Yorkers are friendly and very eager to help yet 2. a New Yorker would never ever want to be labeled as a tourist. So much so, that if the mistake is made, one might even apologize for assuming the worst.
On Set
// November 8, 2011 //
Jay Street has managed to escape from public view once again. As I've mentioned before, a much more renowned Jay Street in Brooklyn seems to have been filmed hundreds of times (from Boardwalk Empire to Prime Suspect to Rubicon just to name a few), and overshadows any excitement that the Manhattan Jay Street could hope to find. And if Jay Street itself wasn't showing up in any filmings, well then, next best thing, I figured, might be to look into Staple Street. Becoming intrigued by my conversation with the woman on Jay Street last week (who knew nothing about Jay Street, but had quite a few stories about Staple Street), I found that Staple Street, though smaller and more of an alleyway that doesn't even appear on Google streetview, gets more press.
That's not to say that Jay Street has never been filmed – that's an impossible allegation in New York City, but simply that records seem to slip through more often because projects are smaller and more sparse.
I wish I had thought to look into movie shootings two weeks ago, because amidst my research, I learned that it's actually in that dark alley that John C. Reilly is killed by Ed Harris in the film State of Grace. And then I came across the mention that the Vampire Weekend video, Cousins, was shot on Staple Street. Amidst my excitement and calculations that if this was true, then the crew (although Jay Street wouldn't have made an appearance in the video) must have set up camp on Jay Street. And I even typed half a post about it until more research proved that my original source was incorrect and the alleyway the video was filmed in was actually Cortlandt Alley near Chinatown. So for now, the search continues…
// November 15, 2011 //
Listen: an evening walk down Jay Street.
I'm not even surprised that Jay Street was noisier than I expected it to be. This particular evening, someone was moving out of their apartment (you can hear the movers talking as I approach them, and the screech of packing tape as they secure items in the moving truck). There are cars driving and braking in the background (coming from Greenwich Street), a bicycle bell ringing incessantly, a young child calling out to a parent in the distance, and once I started moving away from the bustle, my footsteps. Simply listening to the recording seems somewhat ominous though, because in any other recording, say a movie or even a radio show, we would expect for a moment of drama to arise. Whenever I replay this clip and forget what I'm listening to, I catch myself waiting for a voice to yell out and engage with the walker (me) or maybe expect the footsteps to begin to go faster, maybe even break into a run: these imagined scenarios of action or plot speak to our normal perceptions of audio and how different these perceptions are compared to how we really walk down streets when usually, nothing happens.
Contrasting to the Harlem neighborhood Corbould describes, Jay Street doesn't seem too… neighborly. Or at least the neighbors keep to themselves in their own buildings and don't spill onto the street. Again, most of the people on the street were ones that don't actually live there – passersby, diners at Sarabeth's restaurant on the corner, the movers, me – not even the people actually leaving Jay Street were outside.
Then again, I don't spend much time outside on the block that I live on in Brooklyn (though my building does have it's share of stoop people).
One thing that is a giveaway on the street though, is the sound of the cobblestone: every time a car drives slowly past, the gentle wobbling resonance of the tires on the uneven street certainly give it a more homely and old-time feel (contrasted to a smooth road, on which a car does not need to slow down as much). In essence, Jay Street, as you can hear from the recording, undoubtedly sounds like a city street with a gentle hubbub of people doing their own thing and going their own places.
Digitizing Jay
// November 21, 2011 //


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India has successfully tested its most earnest desire weapon system a long range submarine launched ballistic missile, codenamed K-4, capable of can strike targets upto 3,500 kilometres away according to India Today. Missile test is being seen as a huge step forward for country's nuclear weapons programme and strategic deterrent. The missile system was tested twice in March from India's home-built Arihant ballistic missile submarine, a platform that's currently undergoing sea trials before a possible entry into service next year. The K-4, a derivative of the more well known Agni ballistic nuclear missiles already in service, will be the most potent part of India's nuclear deterrent.
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Agriculture in America. Who are the farmers? How are they working to feed a growing population? Good questions and ones that a recent publication insert into USA Today showcased some answers to. I hope you've seen it. Have you wondered how and why it was produced? Well wonder no more. In this week's program I visit with Hailey Pierson, Senior Publisher, MediaPlanet, Inc. MediaPlanet is the company that put this publication together. I also spoke with Bob Stallman, Chairman of the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance and President of the American Farm Bureau Federation, about the project since it featured a letter from him and USFRA worked with MediaPlanet. MORE
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Research shows that mixed-age groups benefit children at every level: socially, intellectually and emotionally. By removing the stress of adjusting to multiple transitions throughout their early education, mixed-age classrooms allow children to focus all of their attention on the job of learning. This continuity is key to the success of the collaborative, community-based learning that is central to Reggio-inspired programs.
In step with the "real world," a mixed-age group environment is a very normal and natural setting. It allows children to interact with peers who are at various ages, learning levels and skill sets. It provides them the opportunity to interact with a myriad of behaviors and continuously practice cooperative work and play skills, including sharing, taking turns, expressing feelings, and being helpful to others. It also lets projects develop more meaning over time and enriches the classroom environment through valuing the different perspectives of the children.
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As the first wave of acts for Africa Oyé 2017 is announced, Getintothis' David Hall brings you the full details on what to expect this year.
An always bustling and exciting proposition, Africa Oyé festival opens its gates once again this year for a 25th outing.
The 2017 edition of Oyé celebrates the festival's quarter-century birthday, taking place in its long-term Sefton Park home on June 17 and 18.
Organisers are billing this year's event as a 'festival of headliners', with an impressive array of acts who have previously graced the festival making a return to the main stage in Sefton Park. The first wave of acts set to feature comprise Mokoomba, Jupiter & Okwess International and Odemba.
From modest beginnings on a small scale fringe event comprising a series of intimate city centre gigs in 1992, Africa Oyé has gone from strength to strength ever since, and now stands as a dependable highlight of Liverpool's cultural calendar.
Getintothis' take on what went down at Africa Oyé's 2016 run-out
After moving to its present Sefton Park home in 2002 to match with demand, Africa Oyé is now the UK's biggest free festival of music and culture of African heritage.
Six piece world music outfit hailing from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Mokoomba play afro-fusion infused, dancefloor-ready jams and have appeared on national TV in the UK. Meanwhile, Jupiter & Okwess International made their last Oyé appearance in 2014, having featured at Glastonbury festival the previous year. Main man Jupiter Bokondji has worked with the likes of Damon Albarn, before delivering Okwess International's full-length debut came in 2013.
The ever-revolving lineup of Congolese jazz all-stars Odemba made their last appearance in Liverpool's Capital of Culture year of 2008, and return to Oyé to round out the 'festival of headliners' lineup.
Africa Oyé takes place in Sefton Park, Liverpool on Saturday, June 17 and Sunday, June 18. Admission to the event is free.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- All-Pro center Kevin Mawae won't play in the Tennessee Titans' AFC divisional playoff game with the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday.
Mawae has not practiced since hurting his right elbow Dec. 21.
The team issued its final injury report Friday and listed Mawae as out. That means second-year lineman Leroy Harris will start his second straight game and his first playoff game.
Reserve defensive end Dave Ball (back) also will be out for Saturday's game.
Cornerback Nick Harper (groin), defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth (knee), linebacker David Thornton (hip), defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch (groin) and tight end Bo Scaife (illness) were listed as probable.


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On Aug. 1, monetary penalties issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for regulation infractions are slated to rise by up to 150% depending on the type of violation. OSHA intends to provide guidance on the implementation of the new penalties by Aug. 1. Additionally, to address the impact they may have on small businesses, the agency plans to continue providing penalty reductions based on employer size and other factors. Read more
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Hidden behind the famous Farinet, Baroque is a stones throw from Place Centrale and a short walk from Medran ski lift.
Baroque Penthouse (Sleeps 8) is a fantastic new addition to our portfolio of catered chalets.
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The master double sits at the front of the top floor, with large windows looking out over Verbier. The bathroom that serves the master also has a steam room.
The other double room has its own en-suite bathroom.
There are a further two twin bedrooms, one split over two floors, which share a shower room.
The generously proportioned living and dining area has large windows and glass doors that stretch across the room, affording the spectacular views of the mountainous panorama you would expect from a penthouse.
•A chef and a host in your chalet
•Gourmet four course dinner on six nights with homemade petit fours
•Three pairs of selected wines with dinner
•Champagne served with a selection of canapés on six evenings
•Breakfast seven days a week (on staff day off, guests help themselves)
•Afternoon tea seven days a week
•Morning tea in bed
•Vast interlinked 4 Valleys area •Vibrant and varied après ski •Chocolate box Swiss chalets •Incredible scenery
The Côte d'Azur of winter resorts with some of the best off piste in the Alps. As the favourite ski destination of royals and celebs as well as top skiers and boarders from around the world, Verbier is the place to combine world class skiing with a posh party atmosphere back in town.
Great for •Families •Groups •Non skiers
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14th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Powers') (Confederate)
Brief History[edit | edit source]
14th (Mitchell's-Powers') Infantry Regiment was organized during the fall of 1861 recruited in the northwestern region of the state. It was captured at Port Hudson on July 9. After being exchanged, the 14th was not reorganized.[1]
The 14th Arkansas Infantry, the first of two regiments to bear that designation (the other being McCarver's short-lived regiment), was organized at Yellville about August 22, 1861, composed of ten companies from the counties of Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Newton and Searcy. Edward Gerdes and Bryan Howerton, researchers, [2]
© 2002 by EDWARD G. GERDES all rights reserved. This information may be used by libraries and genealogical societies, however, commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited without prior permission. If copied, this copyright notice must appear with the information.
Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin[edit | edit source]
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,159 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.
Other Sources[edit | edit source]
- Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Arkansas in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).
- National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
- Arkansas in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Tennessee, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
- United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans' censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
Referenes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 4 January 2011).
- ↑ Arkansas Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Muster Rolls, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/14powers_f&s.html, 11/8/2010.


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January 4, 2012
Zoro and Sanji show up to late to stop Buggy but a bolt of lightning shows up just in time to cancel the execution. Then Smoker catches Buggy and Alvida and gets on a Dune Buggy to follow Luffy. Meanwhile Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji run into Tashigi. Who Zoro fights and beats quickly. Then Smoker catches up and tells Luffy that if he beats him he can go to the Grand Line. And just when Smoker is about to finish Luffy a mysterious man named Dragon saves him. And a green gust of wind lets Buggy and Alvida escape! Then Luffy and company get away and head to the Grand Line! Smoker, Tashigi, Alvida, and Buggy also decide to go to the Grand Line!


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Week 50 Challenge Word: Assurance
What is assurance? Webster's says "the state of being confident; certainty; guarantee." Do you have the assurance that you are a child of God? Do you know it and feel it in your heart? This word always makes me think of the old hymn "Blessed Assurance." The first line of that beautiful hymn is "Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!" Do you know Jesus is yours?
Max Lucado says "Have you ever felt that you were out of favor with God? Did you try to ask Jesus into your heart again, and again? Jesus comes the first time! He stays! Be confident that He will never leave you for you are His child."
I was one of those that asked Him into my heart again and again because I didn't have the "agh ha" moment that you hear people speak about. When I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior back in 1998, I didn't know that I was His, and I questioned if I was really His. Well, ten years later, I now know that I am His! I truly have that assurance; I know it in my heart. Our Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) leader said something on Nov. 25, 2008, that made total sense to me and it truly helped me understand why I never had that "agh ha" moment when I accepted Him as my Lord and Savior. She said "God moves things out of our lives little by little, and over time it is huge! Fully appropriating God's promises is a process that is done little by little over a lifetime." That is why I was so different 10 years ago. He is slowly working on me making me more like Him each day/year. I am SO glad I finally understand that. I pray it is helpful to some of you too. Now that was an "agh ha" moment for me!
For my card this week, I used the December kit from Create My Keepsake. The papers are from Pink Paislee and Basic Grey. The journaling sticker is from Making Memories along with the "what I think" label. It was perfect for my card this week. I also used the Jesus stamp again from Unity Stamp Co. from the Little Labels 2 set, and on the back I used one of the journaling stamps from the Unity Our Life Our Stories set. For my scripture this week, I chose:
Hebrews 10:22 "Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water."
I hope you take this week to thank God for the assurance you have in Him. He has promised salvation to those that have accepted Him as their Lord and Savior. Have you accepted Him? Do you have that assurance? I pray that you will take this week and know that you are His! Blessings to all you,
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Scripture Challenge {Week 50}
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"ouch!!" reading that hit me big time, it felt like walking into a big tree! i think need to pray though this.
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This is a call/packet router for Homebrew Repeater Protocol and is based on hblink.py. This is a very, very powerful program, but contains a complex rule file. It can provide end-to-end activation of routing rules, and as such, is very different from the "reflector" style of call "bridging" that most hams are used to. Please see the rules file "hb_routing_rules-SAMPLE.py" for a more complete explanation of how rules work.
This program currently only works with group voice calls.
Introduction to the Partner Applications
HBlink DMR Master Server Tutorial
Example: Bridge DMR to YSF Narrow
Analog_Bridge and MMDVM_Bridge remote control commands
DVSwitch Server (Hotspot in the Cloud)
Asking for Help
How to report an error in the program(s)
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text: I spent a fair few hours this weekend perusing Shutterstock for images for an idea that a friend and I are looking into. Since we were setting up an LLP I figured I could go grab something suitable to use as a logo for a few quid and use it to set up the website, among other things. The search was going well until it came to purchasing the image I'd settled on. Unsure as to which license I'd need I delved into the small print. What I discovered was rather upsetting: you can't use Shutterstock images for logos or trademarks. In fact there are a number of restrictions on how the images can be used, some of which had me checking I wasn't breaching the terms of the license on other images I'd previously purchased. In the end I resorted to spending a little more than I had initially hoped and got a professional to do a logo for me. I'm working on the premiss that they'll do a much better job and we're not leaving ourselves open for legal issues later down the line. On the plus side I did at least have a collection of images to use as a "mood board" for the new logo. Just goes to show that its always worth reading any licenses you're signing up to.


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The programmer's influenza conundrum
There comes a time in all developers' life when he gets taken down by life's most annoying disease the flu. I'm actually going through this right now, and I noticed every time I come down with the runny nose I'm always faced with the same question.
Should I go to work?
If you're working on a project were you have poured endless hours of blood sweat and tears you will usually be faced with this question at about day 3 when the worst is over and your starting to feel like the living again. This question is also usually posed within the morning when you just woke up and have had little time to assess your condition. So you have to make a snap decision…
I better get ready quickly if I'm going to work… I can breathe so I think I'm ok.
It's usually at this point when the programmer makes the incorrect decision he has breakfast, packs his bag and heads of to work… let's not forget some emergency tissues!
During your arduous commute at peak time in which getting a seat on the uber busy underground is as rare as a 'do while loop', you will notice your body getting tired and your nose getting blocked up. It's at this point you will find you have to clear your nose and most likely infect the next 4 people who touched the same portion of hand rail your holding on to.
Once you do get in to work and sit at your desk and take 5 minutes to be relieved by the respite its then that all the symptoms you had yesterday come back like some underdog who just got powered up. Since your now at work you begin to rationalise the situation...
I'm here now I might as well stay and get some work done.
You will then find that since you're at work after a three day recovery period people have a lot of questions for you so they unleash a torrent of backlog upon you. Whilst taking regular breaks to clear your nasal passages you then find you have to do a little dev work on someone else's machine. Condemning them to the same hell you went through in roughly 48 hours.. nice present.
Towards the end of the day after infecting some co-workers you will begin to realise that coming to work was a bad idea. Also having lost a day's recovery your symptoms will last for another 2 days... nice.
After having rambled on for some time I think the moral of the story is just stay at home. I made this mistake and I hope it's going to be my last time.


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text: Chinese Dreamland: Inside China's Property Market A tale charting the rise and fall of the Chinese property market through the experiences of Yana, a young entrepreneur. 16 Sep 2015 15:35 GMT Business & Economy, China, Arts & Culture, Asia Pacific She can turn a sleepy ghost town into a booming, world-class city for the afternoon. Yana and an assortment of colourful foreigners organise elaborate schemes with Chinese property developers and local government officials. At real estate openings they stage dazzling spectacles where their foreign employees are presented as famous entertainers, important businessmen, top-20 models, diplomats, architects, and more. The performances are timed right for when speculators from cities arrive. During the height of the housing boom, Yana continuously travels to remote development projects, staging spectacles that turn them into "cities of the future" - as defined by the surreal imaginations of provincial Chinese politicians and developers. For a while, she makes good money doing this work. But soon the speculation becomes a deflating housing bubble. Facing increasing financial pressure, Yana is thrown into desperation and must fight to save her business and aspirations. Ultimately she comes to have second thoughts on their industry - and the "Chinese dream" in general. [Lars Skree/Al Jazeera] FILMMAKER'S VIEW By David Borenstein It was the height of the 2008 global financial crisis and China faced the threat of a painful economic slowdown. The country's already-weakening manufacturing sector collided with a sharp decline in Western consumer demand. Legions of workers faced sudden unemployment. But China's technocrats had a plan. They were to dodge the crisis by means of the greatest housing boom in human history. China was to use more concrete in two years than the United States did during the entire 20th century. The flurry of construction safeguarded jobs and GDP growth. But speculation and overbuilding created ghost towns and, quite possibly, the seeds of China's own economic unraveling. This common narrative of China's housing bubble seems accurate. Yet it also deflects attention from some of the most interesting aspects of the boom. Accompanying the building frenzy was an equally herculean effort to control what the economist Maynard Keynes called the "animal spirits" of an economy. These spirits are the immeasurable ideas held by members of a society that create confidence in markets. They are the grandiose dreams of the future; the erotic fantasies fueling speculative frenzy. And they are also the most basic component of any economic boom. The importance of the animal spirits was not lost on Chinese officials. At the beginning of the post-2008 building boom, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao proclaimed, "confidence is more important than gold or capital." Provincial officials did everything they could to cultivate this precious commodity. Banners proclaiming glorious futures and new booming cities became ubiquitous. Words like "utopia," "paradise," and "heaven" became common in the names of new developments. Even as building moved out to increasingly remote regions, local governments promised flourishing metropolises, filled with global commerce and investment. The term "internationalisation" became a particularly potent force, playing on romantic visions of the West held by middle-class Chinese. When many of these new cities failed to reach their development goals, local officials and developers continued fighting to maintain confidence. Negative financial reports were discouraged. And when all other options fell through, "development" finally became a performance. Chinese Dreamland is about the practice of Chinese provincial leaders hiring out actors to perform fantasies of "development." It is a story of China's collective dreams during this tumultuous period of history. It is about the global romance with never-ending growth, increasingly divorced from real human needs. Most of all it is about the dreams of one incredible person who gets caught up in it all. [Lars Skree/Al Jazeera] Source: Al Jazeera Tell us what you think


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In Don Peek's last post, he spoke about the variability of summer services for kids all over the country, especially for special needs kids. We congratulate Don on his retirement, he tells us he's going fishing! He's earned the rights.
I come to you as a new blogger: my name is Neva Fenno and I have been an educator and school administrator for 30 years. I began my career in Buffalo as a special education teacher. My years in the classroom were rewarding and I'm full of stories about them. When I came to New England in the mid-90's, I was finishing a master's program in library and information science. I confess I bring to all my blogs a library bias that is impossible to shake. Technology has revolutionized libraries but there is no substitute for a good librarian and a good book!
For all your summer needs, start with your school librarian. She or he will no doubt have access to schedules, brochures and local phone numbers to help you begin searching for an appropriate summer activities list for all of your children, not just special needs kids. The library may have even bookmarked some Internet sites on the public access computer terminals. They will link you to community resources that may be helpful. Your local public library will take your search to a new dimension and hopefully fill in any gaps you may still have in the schedule you are creating for the kids. I'll provide some links below for national organizations, all of whom have chapters in communities close to you. Somewhere in that mix, you'll be able to find wholesome activities, some for the whole family.
Now that you're well-stocked with ideas you may wonder still about rainy days. Check around the house for old board games, puzzles and books you've put away that you can dust off for those occasions. If you don't have a computer at home, in some ways you're better off. I'm a big proponent of technology in schools and especially for special needs students. I became interested in library work when I noticed that special kids seem to love computers – they are non-judgmental and private. A student can read and not be reminded that he is a little slower than the student in the seat next to him. At the same time, he's strengthening those vital skills. I do think, though, as a society we are all way too plugged in. Turn the thing off and sit down to have some quality time with each other. Achievement Products® has some great games and puzzles so you might want to stock up. Just type in "puzzle" in the search box or click here. Also at Achievement Products®, and at your library, you can select great books, here's a list.
Below are some national organizations you will recognize, they may have local chapters with summer programs in your community. If your child has a physical disability, go to Google and type: "summer programs for children with physical disabilities".
- Camps for Kids with Special Needs
- Boys and Girls Clubs of America
- Link to your library
- Community Newspapers (a huge resource)
- U.S. Museums by State
- Good Will Youth Services
- Police Athletic League
- Special Olympics
- Boy Scouts
- Girl Scouts
- Camp Fire
- Camps in the US
- Outward Bound Custom Programs for Special Needs Kids
- National Council of Churches
- Jewish Community Centers
- American Muslim Community Centers
- Catholic Youth Organizations
The challenge with this list is to not leave anyone out. But don't tell me there isn't something for your child to do this summer, any child!
Last but certainly not least, your child's teacher, the Principal of your school, the gym teacher and of course your school library media specialist will all have ideas and be so happy you asked.
Do you have exciting summer plans or ideas you'd like to share? I love to hear about them in the comments section below.
National Education Association Grants For Educators (SPED too)
Awards: $2,000 or $5,000
Deadlines for applications are due February 1, June 1, and October 15.
Special Grants to Educators
The NEA Foundation frequently partners with other organizations to offer grants for projects in specific subject, grade, and geographic areas. Find out if any of our special grants align with the work you're doing, and apply for these grants through the normal Student Achievement or Learning & Leadership Grant application.
The grants target these five concerns as areas of great promise in helping develop a sense of global awareness in 21st century students that will encourage and enable them to make a difference in their world. Both the NEA Foundation and Nickelodeon are strongly committed to supporting the development of these skills and attributes for America's students.
The NEA Foundation – Nickelodeon Big Help Grants are in the form of Student Achievement Grants to K-8 public school educators. The Big Help Grants program is dedicated to the development and implementation of ideas, techniques, and approaches for addressing five key concerns — health and wellness, education, service, environmental awareness, and bullying.
The NEA Foundation
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