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With the demise of Borders bookstore, an anchor of downtown Palo Alto, retailers lamented the loss of a gathering spot and real estate brokers speculated on who might fill the void.
Surviving local booksellers refused to admit much satisfaction in the failure of their outsized competition.
"We're all very sad when we see the demise of booksellers anywhere," Kepler's General Manager and Children's Buyer Antonia Squire said.
"It really is indicative of the state of consumerism right now. It's not that people aren't reading, but it's where they're choosing to put their dollars -- outside the community.
"When a bookstore goes away, is there anything that replaces it? That's the question, and we're not sure of the answer yet."
While downtown Palo Alto retail has struggled with high turnover and falling rents in recent years, the market for office space is white hot, landlords and brokers said.
"The vacancy in office space is almost nil right now," said Fred Thoits, president of Thoits Bros., Inc. and a major downtown landlord.
"There's been a lot of money flowing into venture capital. Startups are scrambling, and they want to be downtown because they're attracting a workforce that wants to be downtown.
Thoits said office rents have spiked up to 25 percent since the first of the year and that there's "real competition for anything that comes up."
But with vacant storefronts up and down University Avenue, where will all the office workers shop?
Palo Alto is unique among suburban downtowns in having a large employee base, creating opportunities for retail, said Palo Alto developer and landlord Jim Baer.
"Very few downtowns have office tenants with spendable income the way Palo Alto does," Baer said.
"Facebook and Google started here, so you've got a lot of energetic guys that want to visit, have lunch, stay late for coffee. If they need flowers, they're going to get them here.
"That kind of stimulative characteristic is very rare in other suburban retail downtowns, so we're better off than most, and our sales per square foot reflect that," Baer said.
Dining and entertainment traditionally have done well here, but other retail categories have struggled recently. Responding to pleas from landlords, the City Council in 2009 amended the downtown zoning ordinance to reduce the size of the ground-floor retail zone.
The move to electronic distribution not just of books and magazines but of film and sound is a "for-real change in retailing" that is national -- and has extra impact here because local residents tend to be early adopters, Baer said.
That change accounts for the demise of such national brands as Blockbuster, Virgin Records and Borders, he said.
"Those are really all under pressure from an appropriate and predictable technological shift," he said.
The recession also made things difficult for "lifestyle retailers" such as Z Gallerie, which vacated its large University Avenue space in early 2009.
The good news is that Apple is readying plans to move into the Z Gallerie space, and at least one local broker sees a pickup in downtown retail.
Menlo Park Realtor Sam Arsan said he recently leased the former site of A.G. Ferrari at the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Emerson Street, as well as the former Fashion Passion site at 425 University.
Arsan said he's also had three offers on the former Rococo kitchen showroom next door, at 435 University, which has been vacant for several years.
"Nobody has a crystal ball," Arsan said. "The retail market has kind of dragged a little bit behind the office market, but it's coming back."
Borders landlord Chop Keenan said he's considering various options for the looming vacancy, including building a glass atrium over the courtyard space.
"We'll see what the market tells us to do," Keenan said. "Retail is a tough business these days.
"If I can find a two-story retail user for 23,000 square feet, that's a good thing," he said.
It also would be possible to subdivide the space, with one tenant taking front-to-back in the portion facing University Avenue, and another tenant taking the interior ground-floor space, with access facing the rear parking lot.
"What we don't want to happen is for the thing to sit there empty.
"I hate to lose the book category, but time marches on," Keenan said.
Books Inc. CEO Michael Tucker said business at his nine Bay Area stores is up 5 percent over last year as the shops make extra efforts to focus on customer service and become community gathering spots.
Tucker, who has a shop at Town & Country Village, cited a recent non-book event that drew 120 people to his Opera Plaza venue in San Francisco -- a discussion of composer Richard Wagner following a San Francisco Opera performance of a segment of the Ring Cycle.
"A group wanted a place to meet after the opera, so we set up chairs and ended up selling $2,000 in other stuff," Tucker said.
"A successful bookstore can be that kind of thing in the community."
Tucker called the Borders liquidation a loss to the industry.
"The unfortunate thing, from my personal perspective, is that 11,000 booksellers nationally are going to be out of work," he said.
"We've hired a number of people from Borders, and they are great booksellers."


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US Mountaineers Missing on Peruvian Peak
Lima – The apparent tracks of two 29-year old American climbers have been found near the base camp of a 20,000-foot glacier (6,100-meter) capped peak in the Cordillera Blanca range of northern Peru, 16 days after they made their summit attempt.
Gil Weiss and Ben Horne, both experienced climbers from Boulder, Colorado, were attempting the west summit of Palcajaru from the south, said Ted Alexander, a guide based in the nearby town of Huaraz coordinating an initial search team sent out Tuesday.
The three-person team found the climbers' bright yellow tent at 16,700 feet (5,100 meters) on Thursday and tracks coming off the summit as well as evidence of an avalanche, said Alexander.
He said it would attempt an ascent on Saturday, though he was not optimistic about Horne and Weiss' chances for survival given the length time they have been missing.
The two mountaineers had planned an excursion of between 7-10 days and their families contacted Alexander after 13 days passed with no word from the two, he said.
These guys are top-shelf climbers...This is not the first time they were on something of this caliber.
Weiss's sister, Galit, told The Associated Press by phone from New Jersey that the two men were not carrying a satellite phone.
They had previously done a five-day trip that included summiting the north face of 6,162-meter Ranrapalca, according to an entry by Horne in a blog to which both climbers contributed.
Horne said it was his first time in the Cordillera Blanca, while Weiss was a repeat visitor.
"He spent a lot of time here, did a lot of hard routes" said Alexander.
The chief of Peru's high-mountain rescue team, Marco Carrera, sent a separate team of rescuers to search for Weiss and Horne.
He said Palcaraju is "one of the most dangerous (peaks) to climb and it's not typical for people to climb it because the weather is difficult year-round, a combination of strong winds, avalanches and enormous crevasses."
Even though it is in the tropics, nights are frigid in the Cordillera Blanca, a range popular with climbers but also among the world's dangerous due to the instability of snow and ice caused by wide temperatures fluctuations.
Alexander said Weiss and Horne were aware of the risks.
"These guys are top-shelf climbers," he added. "This is not the first time they were on something of this caliber."
The Cordillera Blanca climbing season runs from June to September and so far this year six mountaineers have lost their lives in the range and at least 40 have been evacuated due to medical problems, mostly altitude sickness and hypothermia, said Carrera.
On the pullharder.org blog to which various mountaineering friends contribute, Weiss posted the following rumination on July 10 on the death of his friend and fellow climber Michael Ybarra while climbing solo in the high Sierra Nevada range.
"I sit here in a coffee shop in Huaraz, Peru, planning another foray into the Cordillera Blanca, where the sense that one's life is in the hands of the mountains can be as blinding as the endless white glaciers, and a thirst for glory can darken our better judgment more than the blackness of night."
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Save for Cal Ripken's emotional farewell tour, the recently completedOrioles season was definitely a year to forget for hometown fans. But 35 yearsago, it was truly a festive time in Baltimore.
The youthful 1966 Orioles had just breezed to their first American Leaguepennant by a nine-game margin, but were World Series underdogs to a veteranLos Angeles Dodgers team that boasted baseball's finest 1-2 pitching punch inSandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.
And they were pointedly reminded of this supposed mismatch on their ride toDodger Stadium for the opening game. The bus route carried them past a bankthat flashed the message: "Would you believe four straight by the Dodgers?"
Five days later, a Baltimore Sun headline blared: "Would You Believe It?Four Straight!" Incredibly, the Orioles, who boasted only three players withprevious Series experience - shortstop Luis Aparicio, reliever Stu Miller andMVP Frank Robinson - had not only completed a four-game sweep, but also heldthe Dodgers scoreless for 33 consecutive innings and to a microscopic .142team batting average.
The first shock waves hit Los Angeles in the first inning of the openinggame, when Frank and Brooks Robinson torched Drysdale for consecutive homeruns and a quick 3-0 lead. Dave McNally struggled with a high mound andallowed five walks in less than three innings. Moe Drabowsky then set the tonefor the rest of the Series by setting a record with 11 strikeouts, includingsix straight, to preserve a 5-2 victory.
But the Dodgers remained supremely confident. After all, they wereentrusting the pivotal second game to Koufax, the game's most dominant pitcherover the previous decade. After joining Drysdale in a spring holdout alliancethat included threats to tour Japan and appear together in a movie, he wasrewarded with the then-unmatched salary of $135,000.
The 30-year-old left-hander might have sensed this would be his final year.Frustrated by persistent tendinitis, he had made a private pact with Dodgersteam physician Robert Kerlan, asking the doctor to advise him if he ran therisk of permanent damage by continuing to pitch.
Kerlan tried pressuring Koufax into quitting before the start of the 1966season, but Koufax persevered. He won his third Cy Young Award by finishing27-9 and recording 317 strikeouts, 27 complete games and a 1.73 ERA. Pitchingon only two days' rest, he beat Philadelphia to clinch the National Leaguepennant.
"No question, he was the best pitcher I ever saw," said Orioles centerfielder Paul Blair, now the baseball coach at Coppin State. Growing up in LosAngeles, Blair had often watched in awe when Koufax took the mound. "He couldthrow close to 100 mph and still pinpoint the fastball. Plus, he had the bestcurveball in baseball."
As Koufax's opponent, manager Hank Bauer chose lanky right-hander Jim Palmer, who was still nine days shy of his 21st birthday, neither old enoughto vote nor hold the mortgage on the three-bedroom house he had purchased inBaltimore for his bride, Susie.
Palmer, who had led the Orioles' staff with 15 victories in his secondmajor-league season while battling arm problems, faced an awesome assignment.On the eve of his Series debut, he said: "It may take a shutout to win. Koufaxgives up a run, occasionally. He's human. When he first broke in with theDodgers, he'd either strike out or walk 18. I'd say he's progressed a bitsince then."
Brooks Robinson remembers the two pitchers posing for the cameras: "Ithought Palmer would be a little nervous. Here's Koufax, a legend, standingnext to some fuzzy-cheeked kid. But Palmer was also blessed with a great arm.He came close to Koufax in throwing hard."
Despite his youth, Palmer always carried an air of confidence - not cocky,but keenly aware of his natural talent. He had been tutored by some of thebest teachers in the business.
George Bamberger, who would later serve as the Orioles' pitching coach,helped Palmer develop control in his only minor-league season in Single-A.
Recalled Palmer: "Bambi would have me stand on the mound practicing mywindup without a ball until I got it right."
His rookie year in 1965, Palmer had the good fortune of rooming with formerPhiladelphia Phillies great Robin Roberts, then finishing his Hall of Famecareer in Baltimore.
"I must have driven Robin crazy picking his brain that year," Palmer said."I was 19, half his age. He'd tell me, `Kid, you've got the arm. Just rockback and let it go. Now, let me get some sleep.' "
Palmer himself slept soundly in Los Angeles before facing Koufax, eatinghis customary breakfast of pancakes. He had gained confidence by watching theway Drabowsky had stymied the likes of Tommy Davis, Wes Parker, Lou Johnson,Jim Lefebvre and Junior Gilliam in the opener on a steady diet of fastballs.
"That was my game plan," he said. "I was going to rely on my best pitchuntil they proved otherwise. Late in the regular season, because of all theinnings I pitched [208 1/3 ], I was experiencing some soreness and takingcortisone shots. Basically, against the Dodgers, I wanted to get the ball overand not embarrass myself."
Palmer hardly embarrassed himself in limiting the National League championsto four hits and becoming the youngest in World Series history to pitch a shutout.
Oddly, his biggest ally proved to be Dodgers center fielder Willie Davis,who dropped two fly balls battling the sun at Chavez Ravine, and alsooverthrew a base, leading to three unearned Orioles runs. In fact, only one oftheir six runs off Koufax was earned, as his team committed six errors behind him.
Blair had little sympathy for his outfield counterpart.
"I always tried to prepare for anything I might face in the outfield," hesaid. "Every inning, I checked the sun to make sure I could follow a ball hit my way.
"You know, later in his career, Palmer had a habit of moving hisoutfielders around to compensate for the way he was pitching a hitter. He wasvery headstrong. But I never moved, and I guess it worked out OK consideringhe wound up winning 268 games."
Palmer may have stunned Dodgers supporters by out-pitching Koufax, but BoogPowell, the Orioles' mountainous first baseman, was not surprised.
"Jim always had tremendous poise," said Powell, between signing autographsat his Camden Yards barbecue stand. "He was a great self-believer from thetime he first stepped on the mound. And he was a quick learner. He'd watch how Dave McNally changed speeds on his fastball, and, pretty soon, he was doingthe same thing.
"But, you know, Palmer got too much credit for beating Koufax," Powell saidwith a laugh. "Hey, I got two hits off Sandy on curveballs. I listened to thescouting report that said if Koufax throws a fastball that starts around yourknees, don't swing, 'cause it will wind up around your ears."
The Orioles would return home to complete the improbable sweep as WallyBunker and McNally followed Palmer's example in shutting out the Dodgers andsetting off a wild celebration.
"We partied all winter," Powell said.
"It was the most exciting thing that ever happened to me," said BrooksRobinson, now an executive with Crown Petroleum. "I'd come to Baltimore in themid-'50s, when the team was real bad. When you finally win your first Series,you wonder if you'll ever do it again."
As things developed, Koufax would never have another chance. Shortly afterthe '66 Series, he hired a hall in Beverly Hills to make an announcement andsaid soberly: "I've had it. I don't want to wind up with an arm I won't beable to use for the rest of my life."
Though Palmer would spend the next two years battling arm problems of hisown before re-establishing himself in the majors in 1969, besting Koufax wasthe seminal event in his brilliant career.
When a writer recently kidded him about forcing Koufax's prematureretirement, Palmer smiled and said: "I know I had nothing to do with it. Hewas just going through too much pain to continue.
"Truthfully, we never even discuss it when we happen to meet at Hall ofFame events. All we do is talk about our golf games. But sweeping the Dodgersin 1966 was almost surreal. I guess I was just too young to appreciate theenormity of it."


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Make that three straight upsets for Louisville, who used the latest thriller to head back to the women's national championship game for the first time since 2009.
Antonita Slaughter scored 18 points on six 3-pointers and Louisville clawed back from a 10-point halftime deficit to defeat California 64-57 in the national semifinals Sunday. Bria Smith scored 17 on 6 of 7 shooting for the Cardinals (29-8), who were a No. 5 seed and became the first team seeded worse than fourth to win a Final Four game.
The result ensures an all-Big East Conference final in the league's last season in its current form, with Louisville meeting the winner of the other semifinal between Notre Dame and Connecticut on Tuesday night — one night after the Louisville men's team plays Michigan for the championship.
"Right now anything can happen," Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. "Why not us?"
Layshia Clarendon scored 17 for Cal (32-4), which had won the Spokane Region as a second seed. Gennifer Brandon added 12 for the Golden Bears and Brittany Boyd added 10 points.
It was the third straight upset for Louisville, which had to beat defending national champion Baylor and Southeastern Conference power Tennessee just to get to New Orleans.
"No one expects us to be here," Slaughter said. "No one expects us to be in the championship game. Just come together as a team and win as a team."
Shoni Schimmel, who had been one of the stars of the tournament, struggled early for Louisville, but finished with 10 points, including a clutch transition pull-up that gave Louisville a 57-54 lead with 2:06 left.
Clarendon responded with a left win 3 of her own to tie it, but Sara Hammond, playing with four fouls for the last 7:20, gave the Cardinals the lead for good with a string move inside as she was fouled. On Saturday night, Louisville's men's team had to erase a 12-point second-half deficit against Wichita State, so the women didn't need much inspiration when they went into halftime trailing 37-27.
Louisville re-emerged composed and quickly narrowed its deficit with a 7-0 run that began with Schimmel's 3. Smith added a mid-range jumper and Hammond scored inside to make it 37-34.
Cal was back up 47-39 when Clarendon spun into the lane for a pull-up jumper, but the Cardinals then scored the next seven points, starting with Slaughter's deep 3 and ending with Jude Schimmel's free throws that made it as close as 47-46.
The Cardinals finally pulled back into the lead when Hammond's free throws made it 53-52 with 3:40 left.
Before tip-off, Walz had the relaxed look of a coach who had been there before, which of course he had, when Louisville fell to Connecticut in the 2009 national title game.
Walz walked over to the Cal bench for a friendly chat with Golden Bears coach Lindsay Gottlieb, giving her a hug before he walked back toward his bench, and then across the court to welcome some fans in the front row.
Walz's team also appeared more composed in the first few minutes, racing to an 8-2 lead with the help of Slaughter's first 3 and a pair of layups by Smith. Smith's third basket inside the first five minutes give Louisville a 10-6 lead, then Cal started to look more comfortable.
Talia Caldwell's putback marked the beginning of a 12-1 run, capped by Clarendon's transition jumper that gave the Golden Bears an 18-11 lead.
Jude Schimmel's 3 got Louisville as close as 25-22 midway through the half, but the Cardinals had trouble keeping pace while Shoni Schimmel, their leading scorer, missed six of her first seven shots.
Cal, which has won with strong rebounding all season, also controlled the game in that department, 23-11 overall and 8-3 in offensive rebounds. Complicating matters for Louisville was that Hammond, their leading rebounder (6.5 per game), sat out most of the first half with two fouls.
The Bears converted several putbacks, and had a 10-1 advantage in second chance points through the opening 20 minutes.


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RSS is an alien concept to many marketers, so RSS strategy is pretty much off the radar for the vast majority. The trouble is, there are mixed messages being sent out by the experts, so it is hard to know where to start.
It is just like usability. Jakob Nielsen believes in a rules-based approach. Jared Spool does not. So who do you trust?
There is no single rule of thumb for RSS. What works for your company might not work for mine, and vice versa… it depends on your aims and your audience.
Firstly, you need to figure out what kind of company you are. A publisher, for example, has different goals to a travel company. But even then, there are differences between publishers and publishers.
One of the big issues with RSS is deciding whether to provide subscribers with a full-text feed, or limiting feeds to partial-text (and thus 'forcing' subscribers to click through to the website to read more). Full-text… partial-text… which is it to be?
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The Spectre of Civil War
On 24 July, all hell broke out in Khorog in the Tajik province of Gorno-Badakhshan. In the centre of the mountain town not far from the Afghan border, more than 2,000 soldiers carried out dawn raids on the homesteads of five gang leaders who unofficially control regional ruby and opium smuggling in the mountain province.
The heavy clashes that ensued lasted for more than a day, and even the government conceded a high death toll. In addition to 30 fighters, 17 members of the Tajik security forces and one civilian were killed, although independent sources claim that the true number of victims was much higher. Afghan fighters were also among those detained by government forces after the clashes.
Calm has since been restored; the government controls the town and most of the inaccessible province and is conducting ceasefire negotiations with the leaders, who fled into the mountains. In these talks, the godfathers of the Pamir Mountains have indicated their readiness to agree to full disarmament. Officials say 500 individual firearms have been handed in so far. Telephone and Internet connections in the region have also been re-established.
The Pamir Mountains are known as the "roof of the world". The Tajik part of the mountain range has three peaks over 7,000 metres, and their glacier-covered summits serve as the water reservoir for the Central Asian plateau. For a short time, the July clashes in the region drew international attention to the complex tinderbox situation involving religions, gang leaders and the desperate attempts by the Tajik state to maintain control of this mountain corridor between China, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. A subsidiary of NATO's north supply route to the war in Afghanistan runs through Tajikistan, and the US and Europe are watching developments with concern. Troop withdrawal operations will also be partially conducted along this route in 2013.
Ghosts of the past
Above all, the government raid raised the spectre of the civil war that raged in Tajikistan from the dissolution of the Soviet Union until the ceasefire in 1997, the aftershocks of which are still being felt in the form of clashes such as those in Khorog. Tajik opposition forces, most of them in exile, are adamant that this now marks the beginning of a new ethnic conflict in the Pamir Mountains.
Tajikistan's Pamir province is primarily populated by Ismailis, adherents of a branch of Shia Islam that venerates the Aga Khan as a direct descendant of the Prophet.
During the Soviet era, the mountain province – which has just under 200,000 inhabitants, whose language differs from valley to valley and who make a point of saying they don't feel like Tajiks – was an outpost for Soviet border troops on the Afghan border and received privileged treatment from Moscow. Further back in history, during the Tsarist era, a Russian army reconnaissance unit from Osh in Kyrgyzstan forged its way into the Pamir region. The museum in Khorog still exhibits the piano transported over the mountains by the unit's Russian commander.
The Tajik civil war began after the collapse of the Soviet Union and saw highland Tajiks from the Pamir Mountains and Garm Valley locked in a power struggle with clans of lowland Tajiks from Kulyab.
At the outset in particular, the war was marked with instances of inter-ethnic brutality. When the victorious Kulyabi Popular Front stormed the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, fighters began what can only be described as a hunt for descendants of the Pamiri and other mountain communities. Those giving themselves away with a guttural Pamiri accent or those perhaps not familiar with a particular lullaby were dragged out of buses at checkpoints and shot.
Saved by the Aga Khan
The opposition, formed of highland Tajiks, waged their war against the central government from Afghanistan, while the Kulyabis enjoyed the support of Russia and Uzbekistan. One of the Kulyabis, Emomali Rahmon, was appointed president in 1994 and still rules to this day. The Pamiri, who as Ismailis eschew all forms of religious fanaticism, nonetheless entered into an alliance with the opposition, which is dominated by Islamist Sunnis. When Moscow's implementation of the peace accords in 1997 meant that the only legal Islamic party in Central Asia was able to begin its work, many Pamiri also joined despite the fact that the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP) is dominated by Sunnis. Although the party has a decidedly progressive chairman in the form of Muhiddin Kabiri, its senior ranks are controlled by more radical elements. In a potentially inflammatory development, the Ismaili chairman of the IRP was also killed during the unrest in Pamir, and the party's city leader has disappeared.
After securing victory on the plateau, the Kulyabi Popular Front moved to conquer Pamir province too. As they did so, guerrillas from the mountains blocked the narrow access routes and saved – the inhabitants of Pamir are convinced of this – the people from the wrath of the lowland Tajiks.
But the roadblocks meant that supplies could no longer get through, and although Russian border units continued to patrol the border with Afghanistan and the Pamir highlands until 2004, support from Moscow had ceased with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Trapped in the valleys, supplies began to dwindle, threatening the people with starvation. During the Soviet era, only a few Ismaili Pamiri concealed their portraits of the Aga Khan. The prince did not forget his supporters in their hour of need. The Aga Khan Foundation organised a lifeline via the weather-beaten Pamir highway from Osh and ensured the Pamiri received what they needed to survive. When the Aga Khan himself visited the Pamir region in 1995, the people came from their villages and gathered on the banks of the Pamir River to see the descendant of the Prophet with their own eyes.
Return of the resistant spirit
Following the peace accord, the Tajik central government tried to reassert its authority in Pamir, in particular after Russian border units withdrew from the mountain region in 2004, but the civil war commanders were really the ones in control.
These self-assured field commanders from the opposition and Popular Front were a thorn in the side of central government. Many of them were employed in official positions as part of the peace accord, but remained autarkic and reluctant to subordinate themselves to the authority of the president. For his part, Rahmon gradually eliminated them; they were either killed or disappeared in prison. But the commanders in the mountains to the east of the capital were able to hold their ground. Since 2010, the central government has been waging a costly war – in terms of human life – against the recalcitrant commanders in the Tajik mountains.
On 21 July 2012, the head of the state security service was stabbed to death in Pamir province. Central government saw an opportunity to settle some outstanding scores with rebellious leaders and hit back. In doing so, it roused the spirits of the civil war from their slumber.
An echo with dangerous overtones for Tajikistan's central power structure. Opposition groups say the ethnic conflict has flared up again. The Tajik central government is reacting sensitively to reports in the Russian media that Gorno-Badakhshan province could secede from the rest of the nation and gain independence. The primary outcome of the attack has been that many Pamiri are again siding with the heroes of the civil war. At present, the fact that the situation has not escalated further is primarily due to the Aga Khan, who has a direct line to the Tajik president. His call for calm is also respected by Pamiri leaders.
Russia is adopting a conspicuously laid-back stance in the Pamir conflict. Before this latest escalation, the Tajik foreign minister made it clear to the Russians that the extension of an agreement for a Russian military base in Tajikistan has not yet been agreed. The clashes in Khorog are now showing the world that the government there is finding it difficult to control the highland border region with Afghanistan.
Marcus Bensmann
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Replacing Keys Costs Too Much! I've been Fobbed!
Have you lost your keys lately? How much did it cost to replace your fob? $100? $250? Did you have any luck going to a locksmith instead of the dealer?
Your keys may be fabulous but I bet they aren't cheap to replace.
Next time you buy a new car, you may want to make a 3rd key part of the deal and stash it somewhere.
Your keys may be fabulous but I bet they aren't cheap to replace.
Next time you buy a new car, you may want to make a 3rd key part of the deal and stash it somewhere.
Kirstie_H Posts: 11,077Third key? I've read enough stories about people having trouble getting a SECOND key, much less a third, when purchasing used.
My daughter lost her one & only key to her Cobalt a couple of weeks ago. New key was $80, but the kicker was that the dealership required the vehicle to be physically there, which required a tow. Needless to say, we had 2 made and her dad kept one.
I've seen some stores - Ace Hardware comes to mind - that say they can make a duplicate for most vehicles for closer to $50.
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I ran my spare MB key through the wash once - replacement is about $200 (MB has used that same basic design for 13 years now, IIRC).0
Ouch. I spilled Coke on my garage door opener last year and ruined that fob. Not looking forward to a new car with an expensive fob since I know I'll "run it through the wash" too. Guess that means I can't put a spare under the bumper anymore either, unless it comes with a simple valet key that will open the door.0
Funny thing...the key would still start the car, but not unlock the door. I could unlock the door with the fail-safe metal blade hidden in the fob, but that set off the alarm. I just took it as a lesson learned and bought a new one.0
iluvmysephia1 Alamogordo, NMPosts: 7,615don't even think of losing your fob keys.
2011 Kia Soul Sport 5-speed0
kyfdx Posts: 119,999The two keys we had were looking pretty bad... so, went to the dealer's parts department...
$12 for two new Acura keys.. Had to have the title to prove the car was ours..
Oh yeah.... it's weird.. to open the door, you stick the key in this hole by the handle... :surprise:
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Washing the fob is sure something that I'd do since I never think to check the pockets when I run a load of clothes.
What else have people done to kill or lose their fobs?0
berri Posts: 9,866I've been Fobbed
Is that F supposed to be a "R" or is the obb wrong???
Don't forget the big service labor charge to program it - around an hours labor for what - 3 minutes of actual effort?0
fobbed... oh, wait! I get it! :P
Years ago I was in my SIL's swimming pool and realized the fob for our 00 Accord was in my pocket. I quickly got it out of there and dried it with a towel. It still works! 209K later....2013 Mazda 5 Grand Touring, 2010 Toyota Prius IV. 2007 Toyota Camry XLE, 2004 Toyota Camry LE, 1999 Mazda Miata0
lemko Philadelphia, PAPosts: 15,306...if I ruin the fob for my Mercury Grand Marquis, I still have that keypad on the driver's door!0
qbrozen Posts: 25,716can you start the car with that, too? :P
I've been lucky enough not to lose or damage any yet.
'18 BMW 330xi; '67 Coronet R/T; '14 Town&Country Limited; '18 BMW X2. 47-car history and counting!0
cccompson Posts: 2,388Good advice about getting a 3rd key. The case on my wife's '05 Honda Pilot key failed and was replaced at the dealer last week. The cost was $106. $62 for the key and $44 to program it.0
belaircarguy Posts: 107You can buy replacement key FOBS on line, such as at https://www.ikeyless.com/ or others. Some cars you can program yourself (Ford), and others you must go to the dealer or locksmith. I lost the FOB to my Ford Explorer and got a $25 FOB replacement online, vs twice as much at the dealer. Also wanted an extra ignition key (as Fords have the key pad on the drivers door, so you can unlock the car without a key or FOB). Went to the hardware store and they cut a key for $5.00. Guess what - the original key had a chip inside, which the hardware store replacement did not. Fit the ignition lock perfectly, but car did not recognize it, so would not work. Got the replacement key on line also and it was easy to program myself. This may just be a Ford thing, whereby the owners manual has instructions on programming a new key.
Check on line before you shell out big bucks at the dealer!
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I wanted some feedback on the PCC offered on the newer volvos. Its a tech savy feature but is it worth the price ($550) ? I know that it cost a few hundred to replace if lost, can be hacked w/ antennas and might be easy to leave your car running and get out. With that said, does anyone have any positive or negative experiences to share?0
Having posted how Honda has made the key fobs pretty much idiot proof so that you couldn't possibly lock yourself out of one I have this to report - my daughter locked herself out of the Accord she was driving today. I had to go 22 miles each way to rescue her. Her AA card was locked in the car, too....2013 Mazda 5 Grand Touring, 2010 Toyota Prius IV. 2007 Toyota Camry XLE, 2004 Toyota Camry LE, 1999 Mazda Miata0
How did she lock herself out of the car? Did she leave the fob in the car? was it running? Thats not good... did you mean AAA card? I think Charlie Sheen leaves his AA card at home all the time..Thanks for sharing0
normkol Posts: 135If you mean the plastic case, you can get a shell of that key at many locksmiths. You just have the key cut, then they transfer the electronics of the bad key to the new one.
No programming, and far cheaper than a full key.
Also, for the others here, cloning of many keys is possible. Check with a locksmith before dropping big bucks for new, programmed keys.0
Yes, taht would be AAA. :blush:
She had her key in her purse and slammed the door shut. She was mad about something that had happened and in the moment forgot her keys were in there.2013 Mazda 5 Grand Touring, 2010 Toyota Prius IV. 2007 Toyota Camry XLE, 2004 Toyota Camry LE, 1999 Mazda Miata0
shaisami Posts: 1I did a quick research and There Is Only 3 Companies that will cut the key for you only for $40 Bucks
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andre1969 Posts: 23,490Next time you buy a new car, you may want to make a 3rd key part of the deal and stash it somewhere.
Funny you'd mention that, because that's exactly what I did when I bought my 2012 Ram. I wasn't getting to where i wanted to be on price, although to be fair, it was my fault as I didn't read the fine print. I just saw an internet price of $17,499, but didn't read the part where it said "plus freight" and "not all customers will qualify for all rebates". And, I didn't realize that the state of Maryland taxes rebates.
So, I was about ready to walk, but my uncle, who was with me, pulled me aside and essentially said don't be stupid, you're still getting a good deal. And he suggested I try to get a few things thrown in rather than negotiate on price. So I asked them if they'd throw in a third key, and a sliding rear window. I think they said the key/fob was normally something like $250, forget how much the sliding window would have been.
Going on six months now, and neither me nor my uncle has lost any of those fobs. At least, not yet! Give me time though...I lost my house keys this morning. Thankfully, found 'em after about 20 minutes. :blush:0
hpmctorque Posts: 4,600I'd say you misplaced your house keys if you found them within 20 minutes.0
"A car key that costs more than the basic new iPad Air? Yes, it's cool that you don't have to fuss with locks and ignition slots. It's reassuring that the technology makes it tough on car thieves and hard to lock yourself out. But these so-called smart keys are little more than glorified remote controls sold at astonishing markups by opportunistic auto companies."
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Is it possible to move a Windows hibernation file to a different drive?
For instance, if I have Windows installed on
C:, I want its hibernate file be on
I wanted to about hibernation file (
hiberfil.sys), not the page file.
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Is it possible to move a Windows hibernation file to a different drive?
For instance, if I have Windows installed on
C:, I want its hibernate file be on
I wanted to about hibernation file (
hiberfil.sys), not the page file.
Edit: Now I know how you got those pagefile-related answers! >smile<
Sorry, but you can't relocate the HIBERFIL.SYS file to any partition other than the boot partition. This is because it's needed very early in to boot process to resume from hiberation and the boot loader (NTLDR) code, needing to be compact and optimized, doesn't have the ability to load the HIBERFIL.SYS from an arbitrary location. (Think about how much code it would take to do that... accounting for reparse points, software RAID sets, the potential that another installable filesystem driver might be needed besides NTFS. Somebody had to draw the line somewhere... smile)
It would be nice if you could move it, but no such luck.
Here's what people consider the "definitive" Microsoft statement on this issue: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.11.windowsconfidential.aspx
No it's not possible to move the hibernation file (hiberfil.sys). It must be on the system partition.
No, hiberfil.sys cannot be moved. This file is accessed by ntldr which does not have this capability. But the problem is deeper than that. On the NT platform drive letter assignments are stored in the registry, which is not be available until much later in the boot process. When ntldr is about to read hiberfil.sys it doesn't even know the drive letter of the system partition, much less any others.
The pagefile can be moved. It is not needed until much later in the boot process when the registry and an almost complete file system is available.
If you are running Vista or later, the bcdedit can edit the hibernation file's location. I have moved it to another partition successfully.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2002 News Releases > January 2002 > New scholarship to send student to Paris for summer
New scholarship to send student to Paris for summer
Wayland Baptist University has received a donation that will enable a journalism or art student to travel to Paris, France.
The Paris American Academy Scholarship was established by a donation from Fran Redinger of Ruidoso, formerly of Plainview, that covers half of the tuition and room for the Academy's 4-week seminar held in July. The Academy donated the remaining half of the tuition.
The scholarship will be awarded to a junior-level student majoring in art or journalism with a grade point average of at least 3.0. An essay application process will be used to narrow the candidates, with faculty from the Division of Fine Arts serving on the selection committee.
The seminar deals with fine arts, interior design, French language and civilization and fashion. A workshop on creative writing, initiated in 1985 by Plainviewan Bettye Givens, will also be featured, offering students the chance to participate in readings, critiques and exercises to fine-tune their writing skills.
According to Martha Cross, Director of Development at Wayland, the scholarship will provide a great avenue for cultural enrichment as well as learning.
"The students are exposed to the French language and lifestyle, and teachers come from all over the world to teach," she said. "There will also be sightseeing opportunities, like a trip to Versailles, so this is great exposure for our students."
The selected student will be responsible for travel and meal expenses for the trip, though Cross said a Plainview area group called Friends of the Academy have offered to help raise those funds. The scholarship will be awarded annually.
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The Department of Education (DOE) discovered soil contamination at the school's 57th Avenue and 74th Street site while conducting an environmental assessment of the property.
Reportedly, that information was sent to Community Board 5 and the City Council, though it was not made public until right now.
DOE spokesman Will Havemann said the occurrence was unremarkable: soil contamination is found on most city properties and will be removed with by the DOE before the new school is built.
"The Department of Education observes rigorous and very conservative standards in determining whether a site is suitable for school construction," Havemann said in a statement. "We proposed the Maspeth high school site only after establishing that it will be completely safe for the building's students and staff."
In a statement Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley agreed the contamination was routine and pledged to work with the city to ensure its removal before construction begins on the 1,100-seat school, which the City Council approved earlier this month despite her opposition.
"Toxins in soil on industrial sites is a given," Crowley said. She said by law the DOE, Department of Conservation and Department of Environmental Protection are obligated to identify and remove the contaminated soil if they wish to proceed with the building of a school.
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HOLLAND – An internationally respected leader in science education is returning to Hope College to lead the division of natural and applied sciences.
Dr. James Gentile, who was the division's dean from 1988 until becoming president of Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) in 2005, will begin a two-year appointment as dean and professor of biology in July, following his retirement from RCSA. He will succeed Dr. Moses Lee, dean for the last eight years, who is leaving the college to become program director for the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Research Corporation for Science Advancement is the nation's oldest foundation devoted wholly to science and celebrated its centennial—100 years of advancing science—in 2012.
"I'm very pleased to have Jim conclude his career here at Hope College, picking up where he left off when he went to lead Research Corporation for Science Advancement," said Dr. Richard Ray, provost at Hope. "Even before he left for RCSA, Jim was a significant scientific leader, and the time that he has spent at RCSA has not only solidified but actually grown his reputation as someone who has influenced and shaped the direction of science in our country. Jim has a very well-grounded and well-articulated sense of Hope College's educational mission, and understands the transformative impact that student-faculty collaborative research can have on developing the kind of scientific thinking needed for the next generation."
Ray noted that thanks to Lee's leadership, Gentile returns to a division that is even stronger than when he left it.
"Jim's job will be made easier because of the terrific work that Moses Lee has done over the last eight years in taking the division of the natural and applied sciences to new levels of excellence," Ray said.
Gentile previously served at Hope from 1976 to 2005. He joined the Hope biology faculty in 1976, was promoted to associate professor in 1982 and was appointed the Kenneth G. Herrick Professor of Biology in 1984. Among other service to Hope, he chaired the department of biology from 1986 until being appointed dean in 1988, and presented the address during the college's Opening Convocation in 1995.
He has held, or currently holds, numerous national/international leadership positions. In Arizona he is a member of several Boards including the University of Arizona College of Science, the Biosphere2, the University of Arizona Cancer Center, the Loft Cinema, and the Southern Arizona Leadership Council. Nationally he is a member of the Board for the State of Maine Biomedical Research Initiative and is a past Co-Chairperson of the National Academies Summer Institutes for Education in Biology. He is also a former member of both the State of Michigan Hazardous Waste Site Review Board and US EPA Science Advisory Board as well advisory boards for NIOSH, NSF and NIH. He served on both the NRC Committee on Undergraduate Science Education and NAS Life Science Board, where he had a leadership role in the preparation of the highly praised publication "Biology 2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists." More recently he was appointed to the National Science Board Commission on science education and the American Association of Colleges & Universities Leadership Council for Liberal Education.
He is a past-president of the North American Environmental Mutagen Society and of the International Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies, as well as the past editor-in-chief for the international journal "Mutation Research." He is a former governor for the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, a past council member for the Council on Undergraduate Research, and a founding member of the Executive Committee for Project Kaleidoscope. He has been, or continues as, a consultant to numerous national and international public and private colleges, universities, and foundations and corporations.
Among his many awards he has received the Alexander Hollaender Research Excellence Award from the Environmental Mutagen Society, the Cancer Medallion of the Japanese National Cancer Institute, and the Science Medal of Distinction of Pisa, Italy. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a National Associate of the National Academies of Sciences, and a National Academies education mentor. He was also honored by Illinois State University with an Alumni Achievement Award and election to the university Hall of Fame, and was given a Special Achievement Award by the Council on Undergraduate Research.
His research programs have focused on plant-activation of environmental carcinogens and on the connection between inflammation and cancer. He has been program director for numerous grants from the public and private sectors to support his own research as well as institutional education and research.
Gentile has had the opportunity to work with over 125 undergraduate students in collaborative research in his laboratory and has authored and co-authored more 150 research articles, book chapters, book reviews, Huffington Post blogs and special reports in areas of scientific research and higher education.
The division of natural and applied sciences at Hope includes the departments of biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geological and environmental sciences, mathematics, nursing and physics, and has more than 50 faculty members. Teaching through collaborative faculty-student research is a priority in the division, through which more than 160 students conduct research with faculty full-time during the summer with about 120 continuing their research studies throughout the school year. Through the years, the college has been recognized nationally multiple times for the approach. Among other recent honors, the "America's Best Colleges" guide published by "U.S. News and World Report" has named the college to its listing of institutions that are exceptional for their emphasis on undergraduate research and creative projects every year since debuting the category in 2003, and the Washington, D.C.-based Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) chose Hope to present the national webinar "Transformational Learning through Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance" in April 2011.


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VERGENNES — That 10-month-old Haley has never had a home to call her own is a burden her mother, Crystal Kendall, carries with her everyday.
"I just hate putting her through it," said Kendall, 27, as Haley — sleepy-eyed and happy after a long afternoon nap — squirmed in her lap. "People say that she's too young to know where she is — but I kind of want to think she does. One minute you're camping in a tent, the next minute you're at somebody's house, now she's here."
"Here" is the John W. Graham Emergency Shelter in Vergennes, where Kendall, Haley and Haley's father, Jack Walters, 22, all temporarily live.
The family has been homeless since before Haley was born, staying in the shelter for the first time last October. They moved back in earlier this month after friends they had been staying with kicked them out of their house.
And while Kendall and Walters considered themselves lucky to find beds in the crowded shelter, it's no substitute for a place of their own.
"This is a place to stay but nothing you could really call home," said Kendall.
According to a report published last month by the Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA), families like Kendall's make up a growing portion of Vermont's homeless population. The number of homeless families in Vermont increased by 20 percent over the last seven years, from 429 families in 2000 to 516 families in 2007.
For Vermont — which last year had the highest per capita rate of homelessness in New England — family homelessness poses unique problems for state government and for the families struggling to find housing.
The trouble, according to shelter director Elizabeth Ready, is that many Vermont families are teetering increasingly close to the edge of homelessness — and a single event can sometimes be enough to tip the scales against them.
CORNWALL — A recent college graduate from Cornwall is hoping his senior thesis serves as a learning tool for politicians to change federal immigration laws and working conditions for the state's migrant Mexican farm workers.
Bjorn Jackson, an aspiring filmmaker who recently graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., spent seven months — spanning September 2007 through April 2008 — making his documentary, titled "Under The Cloak of Darkness: Vermont's Migrant Mexican Farm Workers."
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The Saenger Theatre in New Orleans was the flagship of several Saenger theatres throughout the South, and the New Orleans theatre was the largest of them all, seating 3,400. Designed in an Atmospheric style by architect Emile Weil, the Saenger Theatre cost over $2.5 million to construct, and its opening in 1927 celebrated with a parade attended by thousands along Canal Street.
Its cavernous auditorium's ceiling, like other Atmospheric style theaters, was painted dark blue, and sprinkled with constellations over which clouds drifted before a show began. Its side walls were designed to look like a Renaissance Italian villa's courtyard, with plaster archways, doorways and statuary decorated with greenery.
The enormous proscenium arch was heavily decorated by plasterwork, coated with gilding, and in a cartouche in the arch's center, a shield with the letter "S" in it, surrounded by a plaster wreath.
A large crystal chandelier hangs in the marble and gold filled main lobby, one of a dozen that once hung throughout the Saenger Theatre. However, to finance its upkeep and renovation over the years, the other eleven have since been sold off.
A Robert Morton Wonder Organ, of 4 manual, 23 ranks, built specifically for the theatre, was opened by organist John Hammond and associate organist Ray McNamara. It is still in its original position. It was damaged during a concert by Red Hot Chili Peppers on December 15, 1989. Restoration began in 1996 and was completed in 1999.
Originally opened for motion pictures and live stage shows, the Saenger Theatre was sold just two years after it opened to the Paramount-Publix chain for just over $10 million. In 1964, its vast balcony was walled off and transformed into a second auditorium, known as the Saenger Orleans.
The theatre was added to the New Orleans landmarks list in 1977, and later in the same year, was listed to the National Register of Historic Places. In 1978, the Saenger Theatre was closed and sold to E.B. Breazeale, who spent over $3 million (on top of the $1 million he paid for the theatre) to transform the great movie palace into a performing arts venue. After nearly two years of meticulous restoration, the Saenger Theatre reopened, its seating capacity lowered to 2,736, appearing just as spectacular as it did when the Saenger brothers opened it nearly half a century earlier.
The Saenger Theatre is one of New Orleans' premiere venues for the performing arts, including Broadway shows, concerts and classic motion picture screenings.
The Saenger Theatre was closed by the Hurricane Katrina flooding of 2005, and needed extensive repairs. In January, 2008, a deal was announced for a $38 million renovation of the theatre. However, restoration/renovation didn't begin until January 2012. It reopened on September 27, 2013. The owner donated the theatre to the city but will operate the theatre.
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The tax credits have been extended and signed into law by the Govenor. The developers are finalizing their financing. Work should begin in the fall
Saenger grand opening ad from July 23rd, 1964 has been uploaded to the photo page.
Work began on restorig the Saenger in January. Since the renovation was announced, the budget has increased to over $50 million. The 1950's marquee and other exteriotr signs have been removed. The stagehouse is currently being dismantled to make way for a new, state of the art, enlarged stage.
Here is an article about the progress being made on the restoration efforts, with pictures. Original chandeliers have been found, and there are hopes of eventually restoring the theater's organ.
The Saenger opens tonight. I have been following the renovation closely. From the photographs on the internet and the site visits that I have made, I believe that the finished product is spectacular and far beyond my expectations.
I attended the Jerry Seinfeld performance at the Saenger Saturday night. The theatre is very beautiful. I have been going there since the mid 1960's and it is more spectacular than it has been in the last 50 years. The exterior is restored and the marquees replicate the 1927 originals nicely. The reinstallation of the lights and trellis on the rampart street side building is also very nice. The vertical sign on Canal Street has not yet been installed but renderings of the sign indicate that it will be a faithful replication of the 1927 original. The most outstanding part of the restoration is the new paint scheme by Evergreen Architectural Arts. The painting, leafing (Dutch metal), glazing and faux finishes are beautifully executed. I seriously doubt that all of the color selections are based on the 1927 originals, but the overall effect is totally in keeping with what one would expect to see in a movie palace. Details that had long been buried under decades of paint are now vividly delineated. The ceiling of the arcade has had its stenciling restored, and three replicated chandeliers illuminate this room. In the auditorium, there are more stars than ever before in the Saenger sky. The original house draperies, seating, and decorative lighting have all been lovingly restored. Awnings once again adorn the windows of this Florentine courtyard, trees and vines drape the upper parts of the courtyard walls as clouds drift overhead. The only issues that I have with the restoration is that it is not finished. In the arcade, portions of the upper walls that originally had wall covering were blank white panels. The finishes on the lounge walls were not complete. Several light fixtures in the auditorium were not working. The soloist stage house left was not completely painted and the beveled mirror appeared to be missing. At the entrance to the second balcony, house right, a large plaster urn that had once graced the top of the wall was missing. Several pieces of plaster trellis that line the upper wall of the auditorium appear to have been cut off an not replaced. In fact, if you look closely you can see the inside of the end of the false trellis work where no attempt was even made to disguise the damage. Finally the profusion of oversized refreshment counters in the orchestra and mezzanine lobbies restricts pedestrian flow and generally diminishes the beautifully of the restored spaces.
With all of this to see, Jerry Seinfeld was a little superfluous.
A lot of nice photos, virtual tours and videos at the Saenger's new official website (http://www.saengernola.com/).
The unofficial website (http://www.saengeramusements.com/theatres/nawlins/saenger/newosaeng.htm) has a lot of good historical photos and architectural renderings. Also links to pages about other Saenger-owned theatres.
Circa 1927 photo added courtesy of Henry F. Beck. Sign promoting the Saenger's building costs mounted over the entryway.
Here is a page about the renovationof the Saenger Theatre, on the web site of Martinez & Johnson Architecture. The firm has handled or collaborated on the renovations of several historic theaters.
10/21/53 photo added via Jerrytt Mon.
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Book is a Primer for Visiting Ancestral Villages
Review by James M. Beidler
Beidler, James M. "Book is a Primer for Visiting Ancestral Villages." Geman Life Magazine, April/May 2011.
Schott, Carolyn. Visiting Our Ancestral Town. Columbia-Capstone, Redmond, Washington, 2010.
Last issue's column talked about my thrill in finding and then visiting my "surname hometown"-the village oforigin for my Beidler line's immigrant ancestor, Johannes Beydeler.
Since the desire for such an experience is shared by many a family historian, it was a pleasure when Carolyn Schott, a "genealogy conference acquaintance" of mine, told me about a book she has had published titled Visiting Your Ancestral Town (ColumbiaCapstone, Redmond, WA, 94 pages, $6.49, available from Internet booksellers).
Her book is the first of a series of books called "Yes You! Yes Now!" and are not intended to be in-depth studies of their topics; instead, they are designed tor "the action-oriented person who wants to try something new and wants to find out about it now."
Schott's No.1 research interest is ethnic Germans east of modern (or even historical) Germany's boundaries, but her book is a primer for anyone who has made the decision to visit an ancestral village-whether that place is "across the pond" or merely in another part of the United States.
The author has been a board member of the Germans from Russia Heritage Soci 'ty, but she has also traced various lines back to Germany proper and has made Heimat visits in both Germany and today's Ukraine.
Schott ticks off the various reasons people give for such searches: trying to connect with family stories and memories; the awe of walking in more distant ancestors' footsteps; and the opportunity to take the road less traveled.
In some cases, travelers have all or some combinations of these reasons. Since all of my ancestors immigrated to America by 1840, there are no close relatives of mine in Europe, though the relationships I have developed through genealogy and traveling to Germany have left me with several close friends. And because my ancestors stayed in one place in America, I have never had a distant town or state to which to return on this side of the water.
"Walking in ancestors' footsteps," however, resonates especially well with me since I have had several outstanding experiences with German hospitality that resulted merely from announcing that I had ancestors who came from a particular village (Acknowledgement of my 1737 immigrant ancestor in one small town even got me a free lunch!).
And "taking the road less traveled" is advice that I frequently give to potential travelers. Where others may go for the "touristy" spots such at Rothenburg ob der Tauber, I will take the small towns with pleasant outdoor cafes, friendly folks, regional cuisine (even if it is escargot from an area snail farm!), and local beer and wine favorites.
Schott is adept at putting together her instructive "words of wisdom" with some great stories from her own travels. Schott's genealogy background allows her to give just enough tips on how to go about looking for immigrant's home villages for a non-genealogist to get started.
And she is not just a cheerleader-the book has one chapter about when things go righf ... and another about when things go wrong!
Schott also tells her readers that a crucial decision is whether to travel as part ofa standard package tour, a small specialty tour, or as an independent traveler (it shou Id be noted that The German-American Connection that this column profiled two issues ago is an example of a "small specialty tour" in Schott's methodology).
This particular decision has no right answer-each way of traveling has pros and cons, and it is really up to the individual and his or her comfort zone as far as what to do. What Schott does is layout the template for the reader to "fill in" with his or her own priorities. The book also contains a handy chart to compare the alternatives.
The author also gives a short rundown of basic genealogical methodology, repositories and documentation for beginners, since they are the primary target market for this and other books still to come in the "Yes You, Yes Now!" series.
Reprinted with permission of German Life magazine.


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This will be the Main Hall (aka headquarters) of Table Tennis Tournament run by 12 organisers. Each of them will run a different league (12 overall) and the winners of the leagues will end up playing against each other in Table Tennis Super League. Main Court is made so keeping an eye on the sub-tournaments and their progress could be done easily. More can be found in the leagues that are listed below along with who organises which league. If you wish to sign up to this tournament then look up proper league for your rank and sign up there as a reserve.
Super League can be found here.
Organiser: amazzony
Winner: wolfmaster
Runner-up: DBandit70
Bronze: Gilligan
Bracket of Super League in the next post.
12 Qualifying Leagues
- TO; League of Cooks [organiser: amazzony] [winner: schnitzella] [runner-up: RickyJamesy]
- TO; League of Cadets [organisers: gameplayer & amazzony] [winner: Revlisd] [runner-up: golfstud]
- TO; League of Privates [organiser: Serbia] [winner: opsmgr] [runner-up: mcdeath87]
- TO; League of Privates 1st Class [organiser: barterer2002] [winner: Bigus_Dogus] [runner-up: Vexorg]
- TO; League of Corporals [organiser: Forza AZ] [winner: jrhulk950] [runner-up: Streaker]
- TO; League of Corporals 1st Class [organiser: Lufsen75] [winner: Karl_R_Kroenen] [runner-up: italianjobs]
- TO; League of Sergeants [organiser: samuelc812] [winner: dfp2dep] [runner-up: MarVal]
- TO; League of Sergeants 1st Class [organiser: MarVal] [winner: Gilligan] [runner-up: jpcloet]
- TO; League of Lieutenants [organiser: dittoeevee8888] [winner: vexx] [runner-up: gordito]
- TO; League of Captains [organiser: Gilligan] [winner: wolfmaster] [runner-up: Godd]
- TO; League of Majors [organisers: Natewolfman & amazzony] [winner: endar1077] [runner-up: Bigragooch]
- TO; League of Colonels+ [organiser: killmanic] [winner: DBandit70] [runner-up: White Moose]


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Prosecutors Seek to Reinstate Maricela Diaz Murder Confession
MITCHELL - State prosecutors in South Dakota say a teenager's alleged murder confession should be reinstated because she freely gave it to police.
The state Supreme Court is considering an appeal of a judge's decision last August to toss out the alleged confession because he said Maricela Diaz didn't waive her Miranda rights.
The Daily Republic reports prosecutors say in their written brief to the Supreme Court that Diaz was advised of her right to remain silent twice in English and once in Spanish, and that Diaz wasn't confused when she was questioned in the November 2009 death of Jasmine Guevara of Mitchell.
Defense attorneys have until mid-March to file their brief.
Diaz was 15 years old at the time of the killing but is being tried in adult court.
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Activism 2.0: Tried and True + New
To save the California ADAP, Project Inform worked with local and state HIV advocacy partners to place pressure on Governor Schwarzenegger and the Legislature to avoid a crisis that could lead to thousands of people losing access to lifesaving drugs. Using Project Inform's Facebook presence, we organized a large attendance and big media presence at our Save California's ADAP press conference on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco at the end of November.
In the weeks after the press conference, using the internet activism platform of www.change.org, we secured many signatures on a petition demanding full funding of ADAP. And for Californians signing onto the petition, the website generated emails to the Governor's office, increasing the pressure even more!
Using re-ignited activism from successful earlier campaigns with reinvigorated Web 2.0 activism, Project Inform's constituents were successful! We pressured Governor Schwarzenegger to provide a $97 million increase for ADAP. The pay off: people living with HIV in California will continue to receive their lifesaving medicines.
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My maternal grandmother Mary Overpeck would often say to my mother in my presence, �Marion, you should lick your arms up to your elbows for raising such fine boys in Michael and Joey.�
My maternal grandmother Mary Overpeck would often say to my mother in my presence, �Marion, you should lick your arms up to your elbows for raising such fine boys in Michael and Joey.�
While my brother and I were proverbial angels in the eyes of my grandma, we were far from perfect.
Despite our participation in Little League baseball and scholastic swimming teams, like most boys growing up in Allentown, Pa., in the �60s and �70s, we could find trouble.
Our youthful indiscretions, however, never caused lasting embarrassment to our family.
As we matured and graduated from college, we quickly proceeded to become honest and productive members of society. Today, my brother is vice-president of Amtrak with an office inside Union Station in Washington, D.C., and I work for a daily newspaper in Eastern North Carolina.
To this day, I know my mother is proud of our achievements; and if my father were still alive, he�d be telling anyone within earshot � as he was wont to do � that his one son is �vice-president of Amtrak and my other boy writes for The Daily News.�
My father would never be accused of burying the lead or missing an opportunity, as my mother would say, �to blow his horn.� So be it � he was proud of his sons.
Over Memorial Day weekend, I witnessed a teachable moment that hopefully speaks volumes to the direction in which our society is heading. It�s hard to pick up a paper and not read something negative occurring inside our public schools � from acts of random violence to bullying in the hallways, to overcrowded conditions and anemic test scores. My father was a high school principal and he believed in promoting the good deeds that his pupils and faculty accomplished. I know he would have been front and center � just as Swansboro High School Principal Chris Andre was last weekend awaiting the arrival of her school�s state champion girls� soccer team.
On Saturday, the town of Swansboro was abuzz with the excitement of its high school girls� soccer team playing for the state 2A championship against South Iredell. The Lady Pirates emerged victorious with a commanding 3-0 win.
They returned to Swansboro in their activities bus escorted by a phalanx of city police cruisers and welcomed by hundreds of family, friends and team supporters, including Onslow County Commissioner Chairman Paul Buchanan, Swansboro Mayor Scott Chadwick and Town Commissioner Junior Freeman.
As the bus carrying the champions made its way to the waiting throng of admirers, a player shouted from an open window, �We won, we won.�
The enthusiasm of that athlete as she exclaimed the obvious brought tears of pride. This young lady � like all her teammates � had practiced months on end to reach this moment where she could announce in no uncertain terms that she and her fellow players had won it all.
I remarked to Commissioner Freeman�s wife, Linda, that the experience of the night and the feeling of accomplishment every member of the soccer team experienced would never be forgotten. Long after they graduate, they will return for class reunions to reminiscence with team members and classmates.
As the team posed for the cameras wearing their championship T-shirts accented with their gold medals, I couldn�t help but feel the same community pride that was enveloping the town of Swansboro. Here was a team of young girls whose dedication reaffirmed Onslow County as the soccer capital of North Carolina.
As The Daily News reported, �Swansboro�s 3-0 victory over South Iredell in the NCHSAA 2-A final brought the number of girls� state soccer championships in Onslow County to 15. The Pirates now have four titles while White Oak has six. Richlands and Southwest each have two and Dixon one.�
The young women who comprise the Swansboro High School state-championship team are high achievers, but they are just beginning on the road to success. I�ll bet that many of these young ladies will go on to higher education when they graduate from high school.
A recent study by the Pew Research Center released Wednesday found that �women began graduating from college in greater numbers than men in 1985 and now earn more advanced degrees in many fields.�
For those who defer college and begin a career, I�m certain their experience in organized sports will guide them into becoming responsible and productive adults. The same study noted that �the number of married mothers who out-earn their husbands has nearly quadrupled, from 4 percent in 1960 to 15 percent in 2011. Single mothers, who are sole providers for their families, have tripled in number, from 7 to 25 percent in the same period.�
Hopefully the commitment to hard work and team play on the soccer field they exhibited in their high school years will remain with them as they mature and become wives, mothers and leaders in their own communities.
Swansboro resident Mike McHugh is an advertising account executive with The Daily News. Readers can email him at: email@example.com.