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15 Shots of Nostalgia
It has been a while since I changed column formats from my old shot style to my new formulaic prose. And while I have had way more fun and a better response with the new format, I still reminisce fondly about the old style. It's like your ex that way. Sure, you're way happier without them, but every once in a while you wonder what life would be like if you had one more shot. Or 15 more.
I've been doing a lot of traveling recently. In the last month and a half, I've been in over twenty states. And the prevailing lesson I've learned is that no matter where you are, no matter who you are, at no matter what time, there will always be a Denny's.
Cigarettes are $7.50 per pack in New York City, but I can buy a carton of ten packs for $18 in some of the places I've been. I could make a fortune buying a few cartons each trip and reselling them, but I don't because I don't like it when my friends smoke. Which is odd, since I seem to be okay with racketeering.
Did you know that Indiana has three time zones? A slice is on Eastern, a slice is on Central, and the rest of the state is on Eastern half the year and Central the other half. Which is convenient, because while the Pacers game is starting in one part of the state, they're already down by 12 in the rest.
State College is very proud that during a football game, the stadium is the third largest city in Pennsylvania - even bigger than Harrisburg. So if an ambitious politician wanted to be elected mayor of the state capital, he could just invite Ohio State to his campaign rally.
While at Ohio State, we went downtown to see all the city had to offer. Ten minutes later, we were back in the car.
Speaking of Ohio, the NBC affiliate in Youngstown did a story on me. I was excited, and I called a friend from home. But nothing killed my enthusiasm like my friend saying, "Cool. What's Youngstown?"
The St. Louis arch has got to be the shortest tunnel in the world.
Here's my impression of the Texas panhandle. Flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, church. There could be no one for miles and there will still be a church. Actually, there will be four.
While we were in Oklahoma, we went to the University of Tulsa's football field and played catch. At first we were afraid we'd get kicked out, so we dropped a couple of passes and fit right in.
When I woke up in Colorado, there was a mountain outside my window, and that was pretty cool. But not as cool as living across the street from a huge apartment building. Sure, I appreciate the feats of modern engineering, but there's no chance of seeing a neighbor changing through the window of a mountain.
Iowa is so flat that the tallest thing in the state is a Texaco sign. The second tallest thing in the state plays center for the Hawkeyes.
Parts of Philadelphia can be scary. I was in West Philly, and I couldn't tell which side of the tracks is the wrong side of the tracks. I gave up and decided I'd be safer on the tracks. A train can only hit you once.
California residents elected Arnold governor, proving that they are big movie buffs. So maybe they've seen Superman I, in which Lex Luthor tries to hit the San Andreas fault line with a missile, sending most of California into the Pacific. And freakin Superman had to go and stop him.
One of the stories in New Mexico while I was down there was the rise in reported STD cases. How are any reported at all? If I wake up itching, I don't alert the census bureau. "Hey, Jimmy, it burns when I pee! Just thought you should know."
Driving through Nebraska on a Friday night, there were three high school football games on the radio. I listened to an entire half, just hoping to hear James Van Der Beek say, "I don't want your life."
Writing this was a bit like seeing my ex again. It was fun to reminisce, and things looked pretty good for a little, but by the end of the day I remembered why we broke up. It took WAY too long for this column to come.
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"SwapFest: This was perhaps the single biggest surprise for me. The Dutch Auction model worked great and was a lot of fun. The SwapFest on Friday yielded more than $100,000 in sales across more than 200 auction lots."
~~ Rob Monster recapping in Epik blog
Some bloggers don't go to events but seem to know everything that happened at them blabbing misstatements and spreading uninformed gossip all over the web. Fortunately, there are cameras all around. So let's tell the DevCon story like it really is.
In this brief video taken during a break a DevCon, Seattle, three directory developers exchange ideas, investigate synergies and share the latest strategies for closing ad sales. One, Jay Lohmann owns an ad agency and the largest directory of lead generation domains for advertising, the other, Colin Pape, owns the largest portfolio of developed GEO domains in the world and the guy in the center, Chad Fisher, owns Pyramid SEO as well as his own domain portfolio.
Groups like this were plentiful. I learned the most at the bar.
I hung with the "secret sauce" to largest domain portfolio owner in the world, with over $100 million in PPC revenue over 10 years, and over $10 million in recent domain sales. I spent time with a early employee who played a key, hands-on role in shaping Oversee into what it is today. I met and chatted with representatives of eNom, GoDaddy and EvoLanding.
I met the brawn behind the brains at iReit. I met with Braden Pollock, a young guy I've followed on Facebook who owns LegalBrandMarketing.com which includes the largest portfolio of lead legal lead generation domains in the world. He enlightened me to the legal issues surrounding marketing to lawyers or for lawyers. Braden is bright guy who has a large staff and was buying up domains outside this space at the auction because they were "great deals." Bradon's story is told by Mike Berkens and he will tell us more as upcoming guest on DomainSuccess.com
I spent time talking to Andrew Allemann, one of the best domain news bloggers around- one of the few professional journalists who do this industry proud. Writing on DomainNameWire.com, Andrew pointed out: "Some people will call what Epik does "mass development". In the history of the web there has never been a mass development effort that hasn't flailed out after a few years. Google killed them all. But I don't look at Epik as a mass web site developer. Instead, I look at it as a platform. A platform that gives users the ability to create meaningful, user-friendly web sites that add value. Epik can deliver part of the puzzle, but clients need to run with it. Hopefully both pieces of the puzzle will click."
I spent time with the owners of Earth.com, web design and seo company owner, the Human Ingenuity Group who holds one of the most impressive portfolios in the world and sets the record for most money spent at a live domain auction. I met Steve Moriarty, a monetization partner of mine from DDC that I never never met previously. Great guy and full of good tips and techniques as were all the smart people who opened up and shared their secrets wanting nothing in return.
Of course I spent a lot of time with various executives from Epik,. including a two hour one-on-one session with John Lawler, VP Products who took a domain of mine and build a video portal around it right before my eyes! This new product can make dotTV profitable. I see the potential.
I also spent time with the Epik "Power Developers" including Sevan Derderian, Morgan Schwartz, Gerardo Aristizabal, Vishal Vithlani and Kenny Hartog. Interesting approach that these guys start fresh buying drop catched domains that have the metrics to best exploit the full value of the Epik platform. A lot smarter buying domains with sites and revenue, then chasing good money after bad on new extensions and domains without traffic.
My most cherished meeting was with a brand new developer who is a prominent Wall Street banker by day read the article about Kevin Ham and found himself listening to Rob Montser on DomainSuccess and decided to take the plunge. We spent over an hour talking about Internet Marketing and by giving him the benefit of my knowledge and experience, he was able to see the play from a different angle and I was very heartened that here is this financial genius so grateful to be learning from me.
Of course dozens of readers of this blog approached me to let me know the liked what we are doing and to keep it up. I now assure you that TFF is required reading in the executive suites of juts about every domain company (evening, Mr. Parsons).
In conclusion, only 88 people attended and some would call that a flop. I call it a rare opportunity to have a 1/88 chance to meet EVERYBODY. Consider round tables of ten at the Brewery, two lunches and two dinners and that's 50 people you are assured of networking with. Owing to the quality of these people (may of whom I never heard of but who are out there making money an staying away from all the forums and sideshows).. I learned a lot of new stuff.
The quality of the people here were tops. No bs. They were here to do business and improve business. They do their homework and they are well-informed.
When Brian Gilbert, Jay Lohmann, Colin Pape, Frank Schilling's better half and Braden Pollock show up as just 5 of 88 people, one has to wonder not how much of a flop it was, but what they know that you don't know. I would agree with Andrew Allemann "I can say that the attendees at last week's conference are some of the most open-minded and energetic in the industry. They aren't looking at the past; they're looking at the future." And did I mention that 200 domains changed hands there in less than two hours!
(btw, sorry again, my camera was lost on the last day and it had a ton of photos with all the people and activities mentioned)

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EEK. Gothic outfit alert! Sorry to those who prefer me in colour! All Topshop too, which is a pretty poor effort from me as I do make a conscious effort to not wear all Topshop. Even my lipstick is Topshop! I do apologise in advance if Im wearing these tunics in a lot of upcoming outfit posts, I do really love the fit and the cut and I did buy it in practically every colour! I haven't worn my leather look leggings in a while and they are a bit too big for me since I went back to the gym, but they still look pretty cool! Even if I have baggy knees! Im so in love with AA Nails polishes at the moment, Neon Green has to be my all time favourite colour even though it has to be one of the worst polishes I've ever used. I shall review it on ETCLLYMLRS as soon as I've worn it a bit more to get a feel for the polish! I doodled a bit on my pinkie on my left hand with some ebay nail art pens (I reviewed them here), I might do all of them if I feel up to the challenge! I wore my "game of thrones" coat in honour of the last episode of the second series. I can hardly believe Im wearing a fur coat in June! Was our summer those few hot days we had last week?
Today I've been doing the mega boring task of sorting out all my receipts to hand over to my accountant. I don't think he'd appreciate me shoving a box of crumpled receipts into hands! I've been craving Japanese food all day so I've just ordered some and I can barely wait for it to get into my tummy! People across the road from me are having some sort of party, I presume its sports related as I've heard whoops and hollers for most of the day. A bunch of grown men screaming like little girls? Very annoying! I've also started watching Workaholics because my friend Greg has been pestering me to watch it for months. Bit of a random one today as I seem to be typing whatever seems to pop into my head! Least its better than yesterdays post, Sorry about that!
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It's not too late to get the influenza vaccine. It's free for those in high-risk categories, and a good investment for others.
Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: I'm sorry I didn't give my son a flu shot
Just about everyone I know has been sick over the past few weeks, and chances are, the worst is yet to come. Waiting rooms, clinics and doctor's offices have been full to the brim. Every other day I see a report indicating how ridiculously over capacity our emergency rooms are, and everywhere you go, people are sick. This year's flu season is gearing up to be a particularly bad one, particularly for younger people, with the resurgence of H1N1, a vicious beast of a strain that terrorized us in 2009.
Watching your child suffer from a bad case of the flu is just awful. My son got hit like a ton of bricks. He went to bed on New Year's Eve with runny eyes and the sniffles and woke up the next morning with a full-blown case of influenza with all the bells and whistles. I knew it was particularly bad when his fever spiked, his body ached and he was a diminished version of his usual rambunctious, active self.
I couldn't help but think of how dangerous the flu could be to those with reduced immunity, the elderly, babies and anyone considered high risk. As I watched my son suffer for a solid five days and filled him up with every variation of chicken soup I could think of, I felt badly that I had not had the foresight to take him for a flu shot.
Before those against vaccines and those with conspiracy theories write in with tons of statistics, let me say that not only is the science in favour of flu vaccines clear, there is absolutely no arguing with a parent who had to sit and watch their child suffer. None.
The flu shot is available free of charge to those who are at higher risk of complications; it is worth checking out to see whether you or your family members qualify. Children from 6 months to 17 years old who have certain chronic diseases, pregnant women in the second and third trimesters of their pregnancies, adults who have certain chronic conditions and people ages 75 and over still qualify. For those who don't, it is honestly worth the $10-$20 and relatively short amount of time it would take to get vaccinated. It's a bargain compared to getting sick.
While it's normal for parents to try to tough out flu-like symptoms for the first couple of days, if a child is still very sick on Day 4, 5 or 6, many parents think to take them to see a doctor. It is important to note, however, that the flu cannot be treated with antibiotics in most cases. Better not to make the mistake I did of taking your child in for medical attention too quickly; that didn't help us. But do go and see a doctor if you or your loved one is not taking in fluids or is very lethargic. The flu can morph into bronchitis or pneumonia.
For those who have managed to keep the flu at bay up to now, it is important to note that it is not too late to get the influenza vaccine. It will take a couple of weeks for the flu shot to work — and of course it may not be 100-per-cent effective — but it's still a sensible step.
Disinfectant sprays and wipes are our best friends. Trying to encourage kids to not cough on one another, wash their hands well before they eat or when they get in and practice good hygiene is sometimes akin to trying to catch a wet eel, but with any luck we can all survive this flu season.
Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed is the founder and editor in chief of CanadianMomEh.com, a lifestyle blog, and a former member of a school governing board.


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Marinated Veggies and Tofu
1 eggplant
5-8 cloves garlic
1 block tofu, pressed (if desired) and cubed
1 1/4 c water
1/2 c olive oil
1/4 c tamari
3 TB red wine vinegar
2 TB balsamic vinegar
2 tsp salt
2 tsp rosemary
2 tsp oregano
2 tsp marjoram
2 tsp dried basil
2 tsp red pepper flakes
5 garlic-stuffed green olives, coarsely chopped
8 oz button mushrooms, quartered
1. Preheat oven to 425*F. Peel the eggplant and cut it in half lengthwise. Oil a baking sheet and place eggplant on in, flat sides down. Toss garlic cloves with oil and also place them on baking sheet. Roast for fifteen minutes.
2. While eggplant and garlic are roasting, combine marinade ingredients. Put cubed tofu in an oven-safe dish and pour about 1/3 of the marinade over it.
3. After the first fifteen minutes in the oven are up, take out the eggplant and garlic. Remove garlic, which should be golden brown, but put eggplant back in. Also put in the tofu at this point.
4. After fifteen more minutes are up, stir the tofu and put it back in the oven, but remove the eggplant. It should be cooked but still firm enough to cut into pieces. Cook the tofu for 30 more minutes, stirring at every 15-min interval (1 hour total--or until the marinade is all evaporated).
5. When the eggplant and garlic are cool enough to handle, chop the eggplant into large cubes (about 1-in). Place the eggplant, garlic, and mushrooms in a large container, and pour the rest of the marinade over them--it should be enough to cover them. Let sit over night. When the tofu is done, you can either keep it separate, or throw it in with the marinating veggies, depending on the texture you want. Makes more than enough for 2 pizzas!
Roasted Veggie and Tofu Pizza
1 item of pizza dough (I used Trader Joe's whole wheat pizza dough)
olive oil (I used an extra virgin olive oil infused with rosemary, chilies, and bay leaves)
a fuckload of fresh basil, chopped chiffonade-like
6 sundried tomatoes in oil, coarsely chopped
1/2 batch roasted marinated veggies and tofu (recipe above)
InstructionsPreheat oven according to instructions. Roll out pizza dough. Top with olive oil, basil, sundried tomatoes, and veggies and tofu. Bake according to instructions. Enjoy!


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Former first lady Barbara Bush underwent successful open heart surgery to replace her aortic valve, and was awake and talking hours after the procedure, officials said.
Family spokesman Jim McGrath said Mrs. Bush was already up and talking Wednesday night in intensive care only hours after undergoing the 2 1/2-hour heart surgery at The Methodist Hospital.
Former President George H.W. Bush was at the hospital with his wife, McGrath said. The hospital said the former first lady was expected to be released in seven to 10 days.
"I am very impressed with and grateful to the wonderful team of doctors and nurses at The Methodist Hospital who have helped Barbara," the former president said. "We have every confidence she is in the best hands."
The surgery was scheduled last week after Mrs. Bush, 83, experienced a shortness of breath, McGrath said. He said doctors determined the aortic valve had started to harden.
Dr. Gerald Lawrie, a heart surgeon at the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, replaced the valve with a biologic valve, which is made of natural living tissue, the hospital said in a statement. Lawrie said the surgery went "extremely well."
"I expect her to recover fully and soon resume her normal activities," Lawrie said.
When left untreated, a hardened aortic valve can result in heart failure or sudden cardiac death, the hospital said. The valve, on the left side of the heart, can harden with age and become less effective. Symptoms of aortic valve disease include shortness of breath, chest pains and dizziness.
Houston television station KRTK reported that Mrs. Bush almost didn't want her children to know about the surgery because she didn't think it was a big deal. She is the mother of former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. The other Bush children are sons Neil and Marvin and daughter Dorothy.
Barbara Bush underwent surgery in November for a perforated ulcer. The hospital said the two were unrelated.
The former Barbara Pierce, daughter of the publisher of McCall's magazine, married George H.W. Bush in 1945 when he returned a hero from World War II.
They had their first child, George, while still at Yale in 1946. A daughter, Robin, died in 1953 of leukemia a few weeks before her 4th birthday.
Barbara Bush disclosed she was suffering from an overactive thyroid ailment known as Graves' disease when she lived at the White House. The disease causes teary eyes and double vision, according to her doctors.
Barbara Bush Recovering from Heart Surgery
Former first lady Barbara Bush underwent successful open heart surgery to replace her aortic valve, and was awake and talking hours after the procedure, officials said.


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Some ultra-religious Jews may not be permitted to google, but they can koogle all they want.
The new search engine (which plays on the Jewish noodle dish, kugel) places restrictions on what sites can be accessed and what activities the user can engage in -- standards that seem to please Orthodox rabbis.
"This is a kosher alternative for ultra-Orthodox Jews," site manager Yossi Altman told Reuters by telephone, "So that they may surf the Internet."
U.S. & World
The day's top national and international news.
Unlike more traditional search engines, koogle weeds out religiously objectionable material, like immodest photos of women.
Also, it blocks users from shopping online or posting content during the Jewish Sabbath, when such behavior is considered a no-no.
Other blocked sites include stores that sell items that are prohibited from the homes of the ultra-religious, including TVs.
But, if you're hoping to give koogle a taste, you'd better brush up on your Hebrew. The site is not accessible in English.


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Ed Weinberger, the creator of the 1980s sitcom "Amen" starring Sherman Hemsley, has sued his former business managers claiming they failed to account for what he was owed after he sued the show's producer, Carson Productions, in 2011.
Weinberger sued his former business managers Freedman Broder & Company Accountancy Corp.; William Broder; Myers & Associates; and Ronald Myers, in Superior Court, reports Opposing Views.
Weinberger claims he's been a writer and executive producer of "legendary network series," including "The Tonight Show," "The Cosby Show," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and "Taxi." Weinberger claims he struck a deal with Carson Productions in 1989, for fixed and contingent payments for his work on "Amen," which ran for five seasons, from 1986 to 1991.
William Broder, Weinberger's business manager from 1991-2004, was "aware that Weinberger had received advances against his right to receive contingent compensation and, as time went on, those advances were being recouped by money earned from the exploitation of 'Amen,'" the complaint states.
Weinberger claims that by 1998 the accountant knew he was owed $1.4 million for "Amen." But Broder stopped accounting for the money Weinberger was owed, then told him it could no longer manage his finances because he wasn't earning enough, according to the complaint.
Weinberger's next manager, Myers & Associates, also failed to keep tabs on "Amen," the complaint states.
Weinberger says that before he sued Carson Productions in 2011, he was unaware that he had recouped his advances and was entitled to contingent compensation. "Weinberger discovered through the course of the litigation that his advances were recouped sometime in the years 2000-2001," the lawsuit states.
It adds that Carson Productions refused to pay the writer for roughly six years worth of contingent compensation, on the grounds that his claims were barred by the statute of limitations. Those six years were from 2000-2006, Weinberger says, when he was represented by Broder and then by Myers.
Weinberger seeks damages and punitive damages for professional negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, professional negligence, and breach of fiduciary duty.


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In November of 2011 — after a suggestion from my colleague, editor Rick Ouston — I wrote an item suggesting that a park be named after Art Phillips, Vancouver's mayor in the early 1970s.
Phillips was the city's first modern mayor, an early proponent of the livable cities concept, who among other things, I wrote at the time, succeeded in "bringing in social housing and parks, ending plans for a downtown expressway, establishing the Property Endowment Fund, expanding the planting of trees, beginning the redevelopment of Gastown and establishing a system to save heritage buildings." He was the template for the mayors that followed him, including Gordon Campbell, who, before he himself became mayor, was Phillips' executive assistant.
Asked about the park idea, Campbell wrote me from his new high commissioner's office in London: "Art Phillips was the best mayor Vancouver ever had.
"He helped us see the city differently and for that we should all say thanks."
One of Phillips' friends thought so, too. Michael Francis, former chairman of the Simon Fraser University board of governors, and chair of B.C. Film and Music, took up the cause and suggested it to Mayor Gregor Robertson, who thought naming a park in Phillips' honour was a worthy idea.
Robertson passed the idea along to the park board, and from there it went to board vice-chair Aaron Jasper. Jasper introduced a motion on March 26, 2012 to change the name of Discovery Square on Burrard to Art Phillips Park.
I had originally suggested Robson Square be renamed in Art Phillips' honour, but the idea to rename Discovery Square came from Carole Taylor, Phillips' wife, who soon after my column ran, emailed me that Phillips was really attached to Discovery Square.
Wrote Taylor:
"I won't have the story exactly right, but apparently BowMac was one of three owners of that triangle space when Art was mayor and they decided to move up to Broadway. So the land was for sale, presumably to put a building there. Art thought it was the perfect place for some open space, but also to reserve for a transit stop. He went to the surrounding owners, including Bentall and said, 'You would benefit from open space and possibly a transit stop here, so how about you guys putting up half the money? The city will put up the other half and we will preserve this open space for the public.' Voila, open space, flowering trees and transit."
It didn't hurt that Phillips also happened to walk his dog, Daisy, there every day.
So, Jasper introduced his motion, and the motion passed unanimously, and then ... nothing.
There it languished. It seems that the park board had no formal policy in place to rename parks. Dedicate new parks? No problem. But change the name of a park? That task meant the existing policy had to be changed. By year's end, it still had not been.
Whether this was a case of inertia or of a procedural problem so difficult that it blew the fuses in the staff's thinking caps I cannot say. But Jasper, in the meantime, had become concerned.
He been talking to friends of Phillips', including Francis, and he felt that the situation was such that policy or no policy, the renaming should go ahead as soon as possible. Phillips' health may have had something to do with this: He is 82, and in her email to me last year, Taylor described his health as "frail."
Jasper ran the situation by park board chair Sarah Blyth and park board general manager Malcolm Bromley. Even though the new renaming policy will not be ready until April, they agreed the issue needed to be expedited, and in this case, they would make an exception.
(Emails to Taylor asking for comment on this most recent development went unanswered.)
So, on Jan. 28, at Jasper's urging, park board staff will put forward a recommendation to immediately rename Discovery Square to Art Phillips Park. Jasper expects the board will pass the recommendation unanimously.
Francis, meanwhile, will wait for the renaming. Parks honouring a city's favourite son are marked usually by a simple plaque, but Francis said he would like to see something more ambitious — a bust of Phillips, perhaps, or a testimonial explaining his influence on the modern cityscape.
"It might require some fundraising," Francis said, "but I don't think that would be a problem. Art has a lot of friends."


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Operators of the San Onofre nuclear plant may decide to retire one or both reactors by year-end if regulators deny or delay a request to partially restart the plant, as outage costs surpass $700 million and uncertainties mount.
Edison International executives made the announcement Tuesday in regulatory filings and on a conference call with analysts.
"Without a restart of Unit 2, a decision to retire one or both units would likely be made before year-end 2013," said Ted Craver, CEO of the parent company to Southern California Edison, majority owner and operator at San Onofre.
Fifteen months into the outage, the utility's wager that the plant can be restarted safely still awaits a series of approvals by federal nuclear safety regulators. Hashing out what costs can reasonably be passed on to utility customers -- or investors -- will take additional time.
And a lengthy list of politicians and activist groups say approvals should wait until the conclusion of an investigation into whether Edison supplied complete and accurate information to safety regulators.
"Effectively, we're underwriting the costs here until we have certainty around the rate-making treatment," Craver told analysts. "There is a general limit as to how much we can continue to rack up these costs."
Edison has sought permission from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to restart Unit 2 at reduced capacity to avoid shaking damaged pipes. Costs for repairs and inspections at San Onofre climbed to $109 million and replacement power expenses rose to $444 million through March 31, Edison said in an investor slide presentation.
Those figure does not include 20 percent of costs borne by partial plant owner San Diego Gas & Electric, meaning total outage costs likely exceed $700 million. Edison owns 78.2 percent of the plant, and the City of Riverside has a small interest.
SDG&E customers in San Diego and southern Orange counties once relied on the plant for up to one-fifth of electricity needs.
On Tuesday, Edison also pushed back its goal of restarting Unit 2 by June 1, declining to say when it might be cleared.
The plant, once capable of powering more than a million homes, has experienced rapid deterioration of steam generator tubes carrying radioactive water. It has been shut down since a tube leak developed on Jan. 31, 2012.
Edison wants to restart the Unit 2 reactor at 70 percent power, intent on dampening damaging vibrations among some of the nearly 10,000 tubes in each generator. After five months, the tubes would be reinspected as engineers work toward a long-term solution to the problems.
In filings with securities regulators, Edison maintains costs related to the replacement steam generators and outage were prudent. It also is attempting to recover costs from generator manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in excess of a $138 million warranty, while pursuing property damage and outage insurance claims with the Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited.
Company executives described a sequence of pending reviews, starting with a preliminary declaration of no significant hazard for operating the plant at 70 percent power. Vetting that declaration comes with a 60 day window for challenges to be filed, or until mid-June.
Nuclear commission spokesman Victor Dricks said that period will not be cut short and that the review of the plant is entirely safety based.
"The staff will take however much time is needed to perform and thorough and comprehensive review," he said.


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- Dating coach Tracey Steinberg takes hopeful singles out on the town to learn how to flirt
- For people who overthink the process, flirting can be an exercise in paralyzing failure
- Steinberg advises clients to keep things light and breezy but maintain good eye contact
- Clients say they've gained tools to talk to strangers regardless of the circumstances
My name is Shanon and I'm a flirtaholic. As you're reading this, I'm probably flirting with some poor unsuspecting male -- a doorman, my doctor, a rock star.
My come-hither-ness was first called out when I was 22. It was a gloriously sunny day in Sydney and the male friend I was having coffee with leaned across the table and said, "You know, you're an insatiable flirt."
"That's ridiculous!" I scoffed while batting my eyelids at him.
Flirting is a skill that might come quite naturally (perhaps cringe-inducingly) to some, yet a woman I recently met at a friend's party introduced me to the idea that many people find flirting as terrifying as swimming with sharks. Her name was Tracey Steinberg; she smiled an awful lot, and she told me she was a dating coach who hosts "flirting parties" in Manhattan.
"Go on," I said with a raised eyebrow.
Many of her clients don't know the first thing about breaking the ice with strangers they're attracted to, she explained. They freeze, go mute, look at the floor or blurt out a depressing fact about hurricane devastation.
Steinberg arranges outings for groups of five or so adults with the desire to boost their courting potential, takes them to a busy bar, gives them a pep talk, then forces them to approach attractive strangers and, well, get cutesy.
This sounded like something I had to witness firsthand. And it made me wonder, if people are willing to pay experts to teach them to flirt ($95 for one of Steinberg's two-hour flirting parties), what does that say about the role flirting plays in our lives? Is it just a bonus skill that's nice to have, like being able to roll sushi or pole dance? Or is it a necessary function of bringing soul mates together?
According to Fran Greene, a dating and flirting coach and author of "The Flirting Bible," it's a bit of both.
"Flirting allows you to meet someone you would ordinarily be too timid or terrified to approach," she says. "No matter what the outcome, there is a sense of magic that occurs when you flirt. The more you flirt, the better you get and the more people you will bring into your life."
Sadly, when I rocked up to Steinberg's flirting party in my flirtiest maternity dress, bitterly cold New York temperatures had kept all but one of her clients away. But this was good news for the single lady, Becky, because with Steinberg all to herself, she'd get more bang for her buck (so to speak.)
Over drinks at an upscale pool hall, Steinberg prepped Becky with a recap of the do's and don'ts: "It's about having a natural smile, soft eyes"... "make yourself available and approachable"... "be complimentary' ... "maintaining eye contact is key"... "don't be too quick to dismiss him if he says something weird"..."keep the conversation light and breezy."
Becky, an artist in her 30s, nodded slowly, hanging on every word as though she was learning of a secret plot to end the world. Becky's main obstacle to being a pro flirter, Steinberg told me later, is her brain.
"The people I work with tend to be very accomplished in their career, very intellectual," she said. "But it really gets in the way of flirting because flirting is with your body, it's not with your mind."
Perhaps to emphasize that last point, Steinberg put Becky through one final exercise before we got to the practical portion of the evening:
"Who is your ideal hot guy?" she asked.
"Hmmm. Daniel Craig," Becky said.
"And what would you say to him if he was standing right over there?"
After a couple of dud suggestions from Becky, Steinberg chimed in and threw out a bunch of icebreakers that might snag the attention of our current James Bond.
"OK, let's go meet some guys!" Steinberg said, all gung-ho.
Not satisfied there were enough men at the pool hall, she led us across the street to another bar to find Daniel Craig.
To be clear, these parties are not about hooking up. Nor are they about finding your future husband or wife. They're all about getting practice.
Nick is a journalist in his late 40s living in New York who found the hands-on approach useful when he attended a flirting party just for dudes a couple of weeks ago.
"Basically, I'm a successful guy," he said. "But the notion of walking up to a woman I've never met and striking up a conversation is paralyzing. Imagine the terror you might feel if you had to give a speech to 10,000 people while wearing only your underwear. That terrifies me less than approaching a woman in public."
Gosh. What helps, Nick has learned, is to get that large pesky brain out of the way.
"Don't think too much," he says. "I can be paralyzed by, say, the fact that I don't have the perfect opening line. ... Tracey preaches not thinking at that moment. You've just got to plunge in and say something."
To be honest, I wasn't sure Becky had the mustard to talk to a single guy in the bar, and I was starting to feel nervous for her. But when she emerged from the restroom, she'd taken her long dark hair out of her ponytail, a definite step in the sexy direction. And with Steinberg at her side goading her, she suddenly picked a target and just went for it. (This was actually Becky's second flirting party, so she knew the drill.)
"Are you all here for a group function?" she asked a man in his 40s who took an instant liking to her. They chatted for a while until Becky noticed he was wearing a wedding ring and gently extracted herself from the situation.
Later, as Becky made her way to the bar, flashing a warm smile was all it took for a tall, handsome guy sipping a glass of red wine to ask her which sport she was watching (we were in a sports bar, because that's where you go when you're looking for bountiful testosterone).
The conversation that followed was promising. The handsome dude was from Nigeria, and Becky came up with all sorts of questions to keep things flowing. Unfortunately, one of those questions was "Do you have a green card?" which as Steinberg pointed out later, didn't exactly fall under the "light and breezy" category.
But it didn't matter. Nor did it matter that she'd be going home without a phone number or a date planned. Becky had achieved her goal; she'd put aside fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of being boring, fear of being too short, tall, old, young, whatever, and had broken the ice with complete strangers.
"I'm really proud of you," Steinberg said sincerely after a quick debrief. "You did really well tonight."
Becky looked exhausted but somewhat triumphant as she waved goodbye and headed for the subway.
Sure, flirting experts will tell you it's possible to go from having no flirting skills whatsoever to becoming a flirting genius. Greene says she's transformed people in 30 days. Steinberg contends that everyone has the ability to flirt; it's just a matter of accessing that ability and putting some muscle behind it.
Dora, a busy finance executive in her mid-40s, rated her flirting skills as one out of 10 before she started flexing her flirtimus to the maximus.
"It was not something that I thought was important in meeting single men in my age range," she said. "My thinking was if someone is interested they will speak to you. Not the case, as I have learned. Men need to know you are open, friendly and approachable.
"For me it was a six-month process of learning this new skill and putting it to work in my life. But once you learn, you realize how easy and fun it really is. You have nothing to lose and all to gain. I can walk into a restaurant, a bar, a dry cleaners, a coffee shop and easily strike up a conversation with a potential adorable single guy."
Scoff all you like at the idea of a dating coaches and the like. But at the end of the day, what they're offering -- for a fee, granted -- is getting you one, two or three steps closer to life's most potent and enduring resource: love.


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As I was surfing the net looking for information on gluten-free flours, I just came across this awesome website by Conagra Mills and their new product Ancient Grains. Ancient Grains is a new gluten-free flour blend that will soon be available to commercial bakeries & manufacturers! How exciting is that? Sadly Ancient Grains won't be available to buy at your local grocery store, but hopefully in some of the products on those very shelves soon!
The other day I mentioned Champagne Grapes in my post. I have been enjoying these numerous ways, but I think my fav, by far, is on my salad. Here is a picture of the most awesome salad I had the other night:
If that doesn't just look like Summer, I don't know what does. In that salad was:
- Spring Mix
- chickpeas
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- cucumber
- zucchini
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- pine nuts
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- champagne grapes, the star!
- Light Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing finished this off perfectly & helped bring together all the amazing flavors.
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Am I the only person concern with all these low scores ?
Am I the only person concern with all these low scores ?
Low scores?
Be VERY AFRIDI!!
Remember this isn't IPL. Its the WC and the level of cricket higher then IPL. So, you wouldn't be seeing a run fest like IPL here.
Higher quality bowlers but also higher quality batsmen. The larger issue is the quality of the pitches.
To answer the OP, I have no issue. As long as the pitches are consistant for the duration of the match and plays the same for both sides I have no problem whatsoever. Nobody wants to see 200 play 88 allout but a match that goes down to the last ball where a team is chasing 110 will be just as tense as one where a side is chasing 190 really.
There's no problem with low scoring games - my concern is pitches where joke bowlers can win games. The recent Windies-Zimbabwe series had dreadful pitches.
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What concerns me more is our ability to play spin well, which has been shown up at times in ODI cricket. Maybe the T20 format will ensure that players aren't caught in two minds.
Don't worry me at all, good to see the bowlers fighting back.
I actually disagree with the idea that low scores are ok as long as the games are competitive. At the end of the day t20 cricket is about hitting sixes and if we dont see that here crowds are going to be hugely disappointed and games are going to be boring. I am not saying we need 200+ scores but teams scoring 120 and winning is not really what anyone wants to see.
Tendulkar = the most overated player EVER!!
Beckham = the most overated footballer EVER!!
Vassell = the biggest disgrace since rikki clarke!!
I think looking at the games in Delhi during the CL showed how the pitch can really take away from the spectacle. If you get ordinary pitches, it turns a 20 over game into a very close cousin to the middle overs of one day cricket, which T20 was supposed to avoid. Pushing your way up to 120 or so isn't a spectacle.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball may try to suspend Alex Rodriguez under its collective bargaining agreement instead of its drug rules, The Associated Press has learned.
Why does that matter? Because if MLB goes ahead with the suspension under the labor deal, it means the Yankees slugger would lose virtually any chance of delaying the penalty while he appeals the case.
Rodriguez has never been disciplined for a drug offense, and a first offender under baseball's Joint Drug Agreement is entitled to an automatic stay if the players' union files a grievance. That means the penalty is put on hold until after an arbitrator rules.
But a person familiar with management's deliberations told the AP that MLB could skirt that problem by punishing Rodriguez for other alleged violations. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because no statements were authorized.


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Hey, who here is looking forward to the potential and forth coming awesomeness of the debut album from Dark Sarah?
(Dark Sarah is the new band led by Amberian Dawn ex-singer Heidi Parviainen. She founded the band.)
I am looking forward to it.
I plan on buying the new album when it comes out in May.
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9 glamorous movie-star hotels
By Michael Luongo, Special to CNN • Updated 25th February 2013
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Hotels love to push the aura of movie-star glamor as part of their mystique, listing on their websites Hollywood royalty that have stayed in -- and sometimes trashed -- their rooms.
At times, though, the hotels play a leading role, providing memorable settings that are characters unto themselves.
Oscar's tour of the world
Naturally, California has many such hotels, but movie star hotels are scattered all over the world. In honor of Oscar season, here are a handful of hotels that make for award winning, star-kissed vacations.
"Some Like It Hot"
Hotel del Coronado
, San Diego
One of America's most beloved comedies, 1959's zany "Some Like It Hot," starring Marilyn Monroe and drag-bedecked Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, used the Hotel del Coronado as a main location. Set in 1929, the comedy's plot centers around two musicians escaping from the mob by dressing up as women to join an all-female band. The film was nominated for several Oscars, but didn't get a nomination for best picture.
The hotel turns 125 this year, and completed an $8 million renovation in 2012. Over its long history, the Victorian hotel, noted for its wraparound porches (highlighted in the film where rows of men wait to watch for Monroe's character, Sugar, to return to the hotel), has been the site of many films, including 1915's "Pearl of the Pacific" and 1924's "My Husband's Wives."
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"The Shining"
Timberline Lodge
, Oregon
Stanley Hotel
, Estes Park, Colorado
The Timberline Lodge was used as the exterior of the Overlook Hotel for the 1980 Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick movie "The Shining," starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. The plot centers on a couple and their son, the hotel's winter caretakers. It turns out the hotel is haunted, driving the father (Nicholson's character, Jack Torrance) insane.
Many of the outdoor scenes were shot at the Timberline, a ski resort in the shadows of Mount Hood. Creepy indoor scenes, including endless hallways, along with the hedge maze scene, were sets created in the United Kingdom at Elstree Studios.
The movie is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, inspired by King's stay at Colorado's Stanley Hotel. The hotel, just outside Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, is considered haunted and is routinely surveyed for paranormal activity. The hotel was used in 1994's "Dumb and Dumber" and called Hotel Danbury.
"Lawrence of Arabia"
Hotel Alfonso XIII
, Seville, Spain
Several scenes from "Lawrence of Arabia," the 1962 British film about T.E. Lawrence's World War I exploits, starring Peter O'Toole, were filmed at this 1929 Moorish style Seville property. 2012 marked the 50th anniversary of the film, which was released in a digitally remastered version.
The hotel went through a similar renewal, with a $25 million renovation completed in 2012 that included a new restaurant, bar and guest rooms. The decor in the hotel's rooms captures different eras of Spain's past with Andalusian, Castilian and Moorish elements.
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The Beverly Hilton
, Beverly Hills, California
This midcentury Beverly Hills classic was opened in 1955 by Conrad Hilton, great grandfather to blond socialite Paris Hilton. The Aqua Star Pool, the largest heated pool in Beverly Hills, is surrounded by cabana guest rooms for easy access to the Southern California sunshine.
Some of the hotel's pool level area, where restaurants Circa 55 and Trader Vic's Lounge are located, have retained the original 1950s "Mad Men"-style color schemes.
The hotel's eighth-floor Stardust Room was featured in "Argo," the Iran hostage drama that won this year's Oscar for best picture. Ben Affleck's character, Tony Mendez (based on a real CIA operative), heads to the hotel to mingle with Hollywood's elite as part of a farfetched rescue scheme for American hostages.
The hotel has hosted the Golden Globe Awards for 35 consecutive years
"Pretty Woman"
Beverly Wilshire
, Beverly Hills, California
Another Beverly Hills hotel featured in movies is the Beverly Wilshire, just around the corner from Rodeo Drive.
The 1928 Italian Renaissance style hotel, now part of the Four Seasons, has a big role in 1990's "Pretty Woman," starring Richard Gere as a ruthless businessman and Julia Roberts as a prostitute who softens his heart. Roberts' scantily clad character is frowned upon by hotel staff, but eventually wins them over with her personality and wardrobe transformation. The hotel is so associated with the film that many Los Angelenos simply point it out as the "Pretty Woman" hotel.
The nearly 400-room hotel includes 137 luxury suites and a Mediterranean-style pool with cabana packages starting at $180.
"Lost in Translation"
Park Hyatt Tokyo
, Tokyo
"Lost in Translation," a 2003 movie starring Bill Murray as a fading actor and Scarlett Johansson as a lonely young American newlywed whose husband is busy working, uses the Park Hyatt Tokyo to tremendous effect. Occupying the top 14 floors of the Shinjuku Park Tower, the sleek Park Hyatt Tokyo boasts commanding views and was a hotel of choice for director Sofia Coppola before the film. The vast, chaotic neon-lit view from the serene hotel emphasizes the loneliness of both main characters.
"Ten years have passed since the film's release, yet it continues to be a catalyst for people to discover both Park Hyatt Tokyo and the city of Tokyo," said Philippe Roux-Dessarps, Park Hyatt Tokyo's general manager.
"How Stella Got Her Groove Back"
Round Hill Hotel and Villas
, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Get your groove back at the Round Hill Hotel and Villas, set on a lush 100-acre peninsula in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The hotel was the setting for 1998's "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," starring Angela Bassett as workaholic divorcee Stella Payne, Taye Diggs as much-younger love interest Winston Shakespeare and Whoopi Goldberg as sidekick Delilah Abraham.
The movie uses the hotel's rooms and views beautifully, with vistas of the verdant landscape and beach.
The resort has 36 Ralph Lauren-designed rooms in its main building, called the Pineapple House, along with 27 private villas, the type of room Stella stayed in. Other highlights are an open-air dining terrace, a double infinity pool, five all-weather tennis courts and a spa housed in a restored 18th century plantation house.
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
Hotel Palacio
, Estoril, Portugal
Plenty of hotels have been used as James Bond locations, yet few are said to have helped inspire the character. The 1930 Hotel Palacio reportedly did just that for author Ian Fleming. As a neutral country during World War II, Portugal played host to spies, deposed royalty, black marketers and many others who came to stay at the hotel and play in the casino on the Estoril Coast outside Lisbon. As a British Naval Intelligence officer, young Fleming rubbed elbows with some of those colorful characters at the hotel.
While many remember dramatic Swiss Alps ski scenes with machine guns setting off avalanches, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" opens on the beaches of Portugal, with James Bond staying at the Hotel Palacio overlooking the Bay of Cascais. To this day, the hotel's bar is renowned for its very strong martinis, which you can order shaken, stirred or however you like.
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Customer Engagement
Achieve Pinpoint Accuracy with Modernised Address Management
By Kevin Ricks, Director of Product Management, Communications Delivery Solutions, Pitney Bowes
Think about some of your most common numerical identifiers. Your date of birth. Your credit card numbers. Your mobile phone number. Your home address.
For the most part, these numbers are constant – they either don't change at all, or only very rarely. That is, with the exception of your home address.
People move around a lot. Whether it's a university student leaving their childhood home, a first-time homeowner relocating, or a retiree headed for a warmer climate, over 30% of all Australians have moved within the last five years.
For those organisations trying to reach these nomads through the mail, it can feel like trying to hit a moving target – never mind the fact that they might not even know the target is in motion!
What's more, the organisations often do themselves no favours with how they manage their address databases internally. Most companies operate multiple, disconnected engines and data sources – mail operations, CRM, ERP and more – that contain customer address data.
For these reasons, it becomes nearly impossible to achieve 100 percent address accuracy, and the result is a broken connection between the customer and the business. Sometimes, it's one that is never repaired.
How to Hit the Moving Target
To keep up with their contacts, organisations need a modernised way to update, verify and standardise addresses. It starts with address verification software, which captures address information wherever it's hiding within the organisation, allowing organisations to achieve real-time accuracy.
By modernising and enhancing the way you manage customer addresses across their enterprise in different departments and systems, and even regions of the world, you'll be able to improve address accuracy and precision, for more efficiency and reliability of operations.
Think about some of the benefits of deploying address verification software. When you're on the phone with a customer and need to look up their address, you'd have it right at your fingertips. When you send a mailer, you'd be confident it will arrive at the right address, and that it's personalised to align with the preferences of the people living wherever you send it.
Your business will be able to deliver customers more tailored, localised offers, accelerate sales and adoption, lower costs of customer service, and improve customer satisfaction.
Why try to hit a moving target when you don't have to?


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On New Year's Eve 1913, Chicago Federals owner Charles Weeghman agreed to a 99-year lease on a small parcel of land located at the corner of Clark and Addison Streets on Chicago's North Side.
At a construction cost of $250,000, a ballpark with a seating capacity of only 14,000 was constructed in just two months and named Weeghman Park, later to become Wrigley Field. It consisted of a single-story grandstand that stretched from the left-field foul pole around home plate to the right-field foul pole, with a small bleacher section in right field.
On April 23, 1914, the Chicago Federals played their first Major League game at the ballpark, defeating the Kansas City Packers, 9-1. Chi-Feds catcher Art Wilson hit two home runs in the victory.
Four days after Opening Day, the first renovations were made. With a flurry of home runs hit in the first three games at the ballpark, the Chi-Feds decided to push the outfield walls back as much as 50 feet in some places. This also necessitated moving the scoreboard from left field to its now-iconic location in center field.
The Chicago Federals finished the season in second place under manager and eventual Hall of Famer Joe Tinker, with an overall record of 87-67 and a 43-34 record at Weeghman Park.
The Chicago Federals were renamed the Chicago Whales in a fans pick-the-name contest. The rationale for the name is unclear, but the winning artist's entry included a note saying, "The best commercial whales (used for meals and oils) are found in the frozen north, which means that the North Side should have the best team."
The Chicago Whales clinched the Federal League pennant on the last day of the season, splitting a doubleheader with Pittsburgh to win by a single percentage point in one of the closest races in professional baseball history.
The right-field bleachers were removed and replaced with new brick and wooden bleachers, twice as large, built in left field. The project was completed at a cost of $17,000, which included the cost of removing a home at the north end of the park.
On select nights in June and July, Weeghman Park was home to first-class "hippodrome acts" at night after the Whales' games. A separate admission fee, 10 to 20 cents for grandstand and 30 cents for boxes, was charged to view circus-style performers like "The Five Juggling Normans," "The Clown King of the Sawdust Ring" and "the great baseball pantomime comedian George Slivers."
In 1916, the assets of the Cubs and Whales were combined under the Cubs organization as part of the peace agreement to settle some anti-trust lawsuits filed by the Federal League against organized baseball.
With the Federal League gone, the center-field scoreboard underwent renovations, including the addition of advertising, as the Doublemint Twins were placed atop the scoreboard.
The ballclub played its first game as the Cubs at Weeghman Park on April 20, beating the Reds, 7-6, in 11 innings before 20,000 fans on Opening Day.
The Cubs hired Pat Pieper as the field announcer at Weeghman Park, replacing Admiral Kingston, the announcer for the Whales. Pieper served as the field announcer until his death in October 1974. He claimed to have missed only 18 Cubs home games after he was hired, which includes 14 in 1918 to attend his father's funeral in Denver.
Joa, a live bear cub who would serve as the team's mascot, greeted patrons at the first National League game played at Clark and Addison. Lincoln Park zookeeper Cy Devry led Joa around the park, including to home plate for photographers.
On Aug. 29, the Cubs completed a sweep of the Cincinnati Reds to advance to their first World Series since 1910. Because of capacity concerns, the Cubs played their World Series home games on the South Side at the much-larger Comiskey Park. They would go on to lose the Series in six games to the Boston Red Sox, who wouldn't win another World Series for 86 years.
With Charles Weeghman having resigned as club president, Weeghman Park was renamed Cubs Park before the 1919 home opener.
On Sept. 21, the Cubs played the fastest nine-inning game in franchise history against the Boston Braves. Cubs great Grover Cleveland Alexander pitched a complete game, defeating the Braves, 3-0, in a 58-minute contest.
On Oct. 10, the Chicago Tigers and Racine Cardinals faced off in front of a crowd of 8,000 in the first professional football game ever played at Cubs Park. The Cardinals were led by Paddy Driscoll, a former Cub, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw.
On Dec. 12, Cubs Park hosted the American Professional Football League Championship Game, a game billed as "The Game to Decide the Pro Football Championship of the World." The Decatur Staleys (later known as the Chicago Bears) tied the Akron Steel, and Akron's star halfback, Fritz Pollard, became the first African-American to play in a pro sporting event at Cubs Park.
The Chicago Staleys/Bears officially made Cubs Park their new home. They played most of their home games at Clark and Addison for the next 50 years, 39 of which were winning seasons.
On July 12, Cubs Park hosted the first of many concerts to come. Lights were brought in to illuminate the field, and a platform and sounding board were built over the infield for the orchestra.
In a $300,000 renovation project, the Park was reconfigured to increase capacity. Portions of the grandstands were placed on rollers and moved back into their current positions, and the first steel-framed bleachers were assembled in left field. Today, the Wrigley Field pitcher's mound stands over the original batter's box.
Elevated brick bleachers replaced the old, ground-level bleachers and a new scoreboard was built and placed above them.
On Aug. 11, William Wrigley Jr. purchased the lease to the Cubs Park property and the remaining 88-year commitment from Edmund Archambault and the Cantillons brothers for a reported $295,000.
On Oct. 1, WGN broadcast its first baseball game, the first Chicago professional game ever broadcast on radio with A.W. Kaney at the microphone. The Cubs hosted the White Sox, winning the contest, 10-7.
In autumn, construction began on adding a second deck to Cubs Park. Though the project was scheduled for completion by Opening Day 1927, only the left-field deck was finished in time. The right-field deck would not be completed until 1928.
On Dec. 3, the board of directors voted to officially rename the park Wrigley Field in honor of William Wrigley Jr. It would become the second ballpark to go by that name, as Mr. Wrigley's Los Angeles Minor League team also played at a Wrigley Field.
On April 12, the Cubs beat the Cardinals, 10-1, in front of a crowd of 42,000 in the very first game at the newly renamed Wrigley Field.
On May 31, Wrigley Field hosted the junior welterweight boxing championship as Mushy Callahan of Los Angeles defeated Spug Myers of Idaho for the title.
On Thanksgiving Day, three live turkeys were released during a game between the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Cardinals, and whoever caught the turkeys got to take them home as a prize. It was also the last professional football game played by Olympian Jim Thorpe.
In a September doubleheader that set a single-day record with 81,000 in attendance, fans littered the field with straw hats every time the Cubs hit a home run. Rogers Hornsby hit his 31st and 32nd homers of the season, and Hack Wilson hit his 35th as the Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in both contests.
On Oct. 8, Wrigley Field hosted its first World Series contest as the Chicago Cubs squared off against the Philadelphia Athletics. Temporary bleachers were erected over Waveland and Sheffield to accommodate the nearly 51,000 fans in attendance.
On June 27, the Cubs drew a record 51,556 fans for their game against Brooklyn, including 30,476 guests of the house on Ladies Day. Reportedly, fans almost broke down the front gate to get into the park.
On Sept. 28, Hall of Famer Hack Wilson set a Major League record by driving in his 190th and 191st runs of the season, helping the Cubs rally from a 9-0 deficit to beat the Reds, 13-11. His RBI record still stands.
On June 21, Glasgow Celtic, one of Europe's most celebrated soccer teams, beat the Bricklayers, a Chicago-area squad, 6-3, at Wrigley Field in front of a crowd of 11,000.
In a surprise move, the Chicago Cardinals moved their football games from Comiskey Park to Wrigley Field in the fall of 1931. The Cardinals and Bears would share Wrigley Field through the 1939 season.
During the 1931 season, as many as seven Chicago radio stations, including WGN, carried Cubs games from Wrigley Field on a given day, as the team did not charge a broadcast fee.
The Cubs installed the first public address system in the park. Until then, PA announcer Pat Pieper would walk from bullpen to bullpen with a megaphone, announcing starting lineups and changes.
On Sept. 20, the Cubs clinched the NL pennant with a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Kiki Cuyler's three-run triple in the seventh inning propelled the Cubs to victory.
On Oct. 1, in Game 3 of the World Series, Babe Ruth hit his highly debated and much-celebrated called shot off Charlie Root. Moments before the home run, Ruth made a series of gestures -- but was he calling his shot or responding to the bench-jockeying from the Cubs dugout?
On Dec. 17, the Bears beat the New York Giants, 23-21, to win the NFL championship before 26,000 spectators. Jack Manders kicked three field goals for the Bears, and Bronko Nagurski passed for two touchdowns.
The first marquee was added to the park at the corner of Clark and Addison. Officially listed as fern green, the sign was more of a bluish color and welcomed fans to the "Home of the Cubs."
On Sept. 20, the world heavyweight wrestling title bout was decided at Wrigley Field in a ring built over home plate. Jim Landos pinned Ed "Strangler" Lewis to claim the title. The show also included a wrestling exhibition between "Gorgeous" George and Jim McMillen.
Following the 1934 season, the Cubs introduced the first major marketing campaign in Major League history, running ads in local newspapers mid-winter with Opening Day still several months away.
The Friendly Confines' famous ivy was planted with 350 Japanese Bittersweet plants and 200 Boston Ivy plants taking root at the base of the new brick outfield walls.
On Dec. 12, the Washington Redskins beat the Bears, 28-21, to win the NFL championship before 15,878 at Wrigley Field. Sammy Baugh tossed two fourth-quarter touchdowns.
Pennants representing league standings were hung below the yardarm of the main scoreboard, marking the beginning of a cherished Wrigley Field tradition.
A scoreboard was added outside the park so that fans passing by could be kept advised of the game's progress. This is believed to be the first time a ballclub had done this.
On Sept. 28, moments after umpires declared the game would end at the completion of the ninth inning due to darkness, Gabby Hartnett hit his famous "Homer in the Gloamin'" to give the Cubs a two-out, walk-off win and vault them into first place. They would clinch the NL pennant three days later.
More than a ton of steel was used to build a 10-foot white clock atop the center-field scoreboard. It wouldn't be painted green until the 1944 season.
On April 26, the Cubs became the first team to have an organ playing inside their ballpark. Oddly enough, it was removed during their road trip a few days later.
On Dec. 8, a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, owner P.K. Wrigley donated 165 tons of steel, intended for Wrigley Field's lights, to the U.S. war effort.
For two consecutive weekends in January, Clark and Addison was home to the Norge Ski Club's 38th annual invitational ski jump tournament. A jump was assembled from scaffolding and covered in snow and ice. Skiers started their descent near today's broadcast booth and landed behind second base.
The iconic center-field scoreboard at Wrigley Field was painted its now-famous dark green color. The scoreboard was originally a reddish-brown and the clock was white.
For five summer afternoons and evenings in June, Wrigley Field became home to a rodeo and thrill circus that featured some of the best riders in the world. More than 900 cowboys, cowgirls, Hollywood daredevils and Sioux Indians rode bulls and broncos and performed rope tricks and stunts.
On July 13, WBKB broadcast the first televised baseball game from Wrigley Field, a mid-afternoon matchup between the Cubs and Dodgers. WGN began its television coverage of the Cubs two years later.
On May 18, the largest regular-season crowd in Wrigley Field history (46,572) gathered to watch Jackie Robinson make his Chicago debut for the visiting Dodgers.
On July 8, Wrigley Field hosted its first All-Star Game with Andy Pafko and Phil Cavarretta representing the Cubs.
This marked the first year WBKB broadcast every Cubs home game from Wrigley Field.
On April 17, professional golfer Sam Snead did what no Major Leaguer has ever done: He hit a ball over the center-field scoreboard. He didn't even tee it up; all he needed was his trusty 2-iron.
During the Korean War, Wrigley Field instituted a voluntary policy in which fans who caught a foul ball could return those balls so they could be shipped to servicemen overseas. Fans were asked to write their name and address on the ball so the servicemen would know who sent it.
On Aug. 21, Wrigley Field installed a basketball court and portable lights for games that featured the Harlem Globetrotters against George Mikan's U.S. Stars, and the House of David traveling team against the Boston Whirlwinds.
On May 12, Sam Jones threw a no-hitter against the Pirates. He walked the bases loaded in the ninth inning before striking out the next three Pirates, including Roberto Clemente, to complete the no-no and 4-0 victory.
In an exchange of TV programming, the U.S. beamed 20 minutes of live clips of various cultural icons to 18 European countries. The broadcast included a news conference with President John F. Kennedy, shots of the Statue of Liberty, bison roaming the Western Plains and part of the Cubs-Phillies game on July 23.
On July 30, Wrigley Field hosted its second All-Star Game. The American League won, 9-4, with three home runs. Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and George Altman represented the Cubs on the NL squad.
After being called up by the Cubs in 1961, second baseman Ken Hubbs became the first rookie to win a Gold Glove Award in 1962. He would go on to win the NL Rookie of the Year Award, but his career was tragically cut short after he died in a plane crash in 1964.
On June 6, with the game tied in the ninth inning, Lindy McDaniel came into the game with one out and the bases loaded. He struck out a batter and picked off the great Willie Mays to get the Cubs out of a jam. He then hit a walk-off home run to move the Cubs into a three-way tie for first place.
On a frigid, 7-degree day in December, the Bears beat the New York Giants, 14-10, at Wrigley Field to take the NFL title.
In his first game after being acquired by the Cubs, Fergie Jenkins threw five scoreless innings in relief and belted a home run in a 2-0 victory over the visiting Dodgers.
In February, the Cubs announced they would feature music and play the national anthem before every home game. Before this, the national anthem was only played on holidays and special occasions at Wrigley Field.
On July 2, the Cubs beat the Reds, 4-1, to move into first place. It was the first time since 1945 that the Cubs had been in first place this late in the season, and many fans refused to leave the park until the grounds crew updated the league standings and moved the Cubs flag to the top of the board.
After completing a doubleheader sweep of the Cardinals on June 29, Billy Williams officially broke the NL record for consecutive games played with 896. His streak would eventually extend to 1,117 games.
After tossing seven hitless innings against the Braves on Aug. 19, Ken Holtzman's no-hitter looked lost as Hank Aaron connected on a deep fly ball. Luckily, a gust of wind knocked it down at the last second and Billy Williams caught it on the warning track to preserve Holtzman's career performance.
In a May 12 matchup against the Braves, Ernie Banks connected for his 500th home run off Pat Jarvis to help beat the Braves, 4-3. He would go on to end his career with a franchise-record 512 home runs.
On Dec. 13, Jack Concannon passed for four touchdowns and ran for another in a 35-17 victory over the rival Green Bay Packers. It would be the Bears' last game at Wrigley Field.
On a frigid day in April, rookie Burt Hooton threw a no-hitter in his fourth career start to beat the Phillies, 4-0. He was the first National League rookie in 60 years to throw a no-hitter.
On Sept. 2, Milt Pappas nearly threw a perfect game as he retired the first 26 Padres batters. He ended up walking Larry Stahl with two outs in the ninth on a questionable ball-four call, but he retired the next batter to complete the impressive no-hitter and beat San Diego, 8-0.
On May 14, Dave Kingman of the New York Mets hit the longest home run in Wrigley Field history, driving the ball more than 500 feet. The ball traveled down Kenmore Avenue.
On July 28, the Cubs and Reds combined to tie the NL record for most home runs in a single game with 11. The Cubs ended up beating the Reds, 16-15, in a 13-inning classic.
On June 16, the Tribune Company announced the purchase of the team from William Wrigley and 800 stockholders for $20.5 million. Three months after the sale, the Tribune also purchased Wrigley Field for a reported $600,000, bringing the final purchase price to $21.1 million.
On June 28, the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League beat the Cosmos, 6-5, before 30,501 at Wrigley Field. With the Cubs having an "off" season and a mid-summer baseball strike, this was the second largest crowd at Wrigley that year, topped only by the home opener.
The longest game in Cubs history (by time) was played in a contest that started on Aug. 17 and resumed the next day, with the Dodgers beating the Cubs, 2-1, in 21 innings. The game lasted six hours and 10 minutes.
On Aug. 22, fans packed Wrigley Field as uniform No. 14 was retired in honor of "Mr. Cub," and Hall of Famer Ernie Banks.
Three major renovation projects were kicked off, including the new Stadium Club, the expansion of park concession stands and the expansion of washrooms -- although the infamous "troughs" in the men's restrooms were retained and remain to this day.
A Cubs Hall of Fame was added, doubling as a gift shop, and included Hall of Fame plaques and memorabilia from HOF players.
On April 29, following a 4-3 loss to the Dodgers, Cubs manager Lee Elia delivered one of the most infamous postgame meltdowns in sports history with a profanity-laced tirade against Cubs fans. An apologetic Elia was able to save his job, but only temporarily; the Cubs skipper was dismissed later that August.
A new 6,000-square-foot Cubs clubhouse was built under the third-base stands, replacing the old clubhouse located at the base of the left-field foul line.
On June 23, Ryne Sandberg burst onto the national spotlight by blasting dramatic, game-tying home runs in both the ninth and 10th innings against Bruce Sutter, one of the premier closers in the NL, in a thrilling 12-11 win over the Cardinals in 11 innings. Sandberg crushed two homers, hit three singles and had seven RBIs on the day, prompting Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog to refer to him as "Baby Ruth."
In August, MLB announced that the Cubs would lose home-field advantage in the World Series if they got that far, due to Wrigley Field's lack of lights. Network TV commitments, citing higher TV ratings for night games, would have forced Game 1 from Wrigley Field to the AL park.
On Aug. 7, with the Cubs en route to a four-game sweep of the Mets amid an intense playoff race, Cub Keith Moreland rushed the mound and roll-blocked Mets pitcher Ed Lynch, setting off a memorable bench-clearing brawl.
In their first playoff game since 1945, the Cubs pounded the Padres, 13-0, to win the opening game of the NLCS. The Cubs hit five home runs, including one by pitcher Rick Sutcliffe, who also hurled seven scoreless innings and allowed just two hits.
On July 7, in one of the scariest moments in Wrigley Field history, Padres pitcher Eric Show hit Cubs slugger Andre Dawson in the face with a pitch. Dawson remained motionless on the ground for a few seconds, then jumped to his feet to charge the mound as both benches emptied.
On Aug. 1, Andre Dawson hit three home runs to help the Cubs beat the Phillies. Dawson drove in all five runs in the 5-3 victory. During his MVP season, Dawson hit 15 home runs in August to win NL Player of the Month honors.
On Aug. 13, uniform No. 26 was retired in honor of Cubs great and Hall of Famer "Sweet Swinging" Billy Williams.
Lights were added at Wrigley Field at a cost of $5 million, ushering in an exciting new era but disappointing some Cubs fans, many of whom had organized and fought to keep lights out of the Friendly Confines.
On June 28, more than 1.5 million phone calls were recorded during a 3 1/2-hour ticket lottery to award the final 13,000 seats for the first scheduled night game on Aug. 8, 1988.
On Aug. 8, Wrigley Field became the last MLB ballpark to add lights as the Cubs hosted the Phillies. With media coverage resembling that of the World Series, the Cubs jumped to a 3-1 lead only to have the game rained out. The first complete night game was played the following evening on Aug.9.
The Cubs completed a $14 million renovation project that included building 67 private mezzanine-level skyboxes, new, enlarged media facilities, upper-deck concession stands and 400 additional upper-deck seats.
After Greg Maddux had gone 13 starts without a win, manager Don Zimmer promised to swim across Lake Michigan if Maddux won his next game at Wrigley Field. Maddux delivered with a 4-2 victory over the Padres. Though Zimmer showed up to the postgame news conference in a life jacket and sunglasses, he declined to make the 60-mile swim, claiming that he "swims like a rock."
On July 7, Cincinnati's Tom Browning was spotted by two cameras and his own team's bullpen as he watched part of the game from the roof of a Sheffield apartment building across the street.
On Opening Day, Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes hit home runs in three consecutive at-bats off the Mets' Doc Gooden to become just the second player in Major League history to hit three home runs on Opening Day.
On April 7, Michael Jordan made his Chicago baseball debut, playing for the White Sox and going 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the Windy City Classic. The exhibition game ended in a 4-4 tie after 10 innings.
In 1997, Juniper bushes were added to the center-field batter's eye, replacing several rows of empty, deteriorating bleachers.
On May 6, in what was arguably the most dominant pitching performance in Major League history, 20-year-old Kerry Wood struck out 20 batters to tie a record and beat the Astros, 2-0. Wood allowed just one hit -- an infield single. It was his fifth start.
On June 5, the Cubs and White Sox played their first Interleague game at Wrigley Field. The Cubs ended up winning on a Brant Brown home run in extra innings and completed a sweep of the Sox two days later.
On June 30, Sammy Sosa hit his 20th home run of June against the Arizona Diamondbacks, earning Player of the Month honors and setting a Major League record for home runs in a month.
After arriving late at the park from the golf course, Mike Ditka rushed through "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" in what was possibly the worst rendition of the song in Wrigley Field history.
On Sept. 28, Steve Trachsel took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and the Cubs beat the Giants, 5-3, to claim the NL Wild Card spot on a Gary Gaetti home run.
On April 12, the Cubs unveiled a statue of Harry Caray at the corner of Clark and Addison and added Jack Brickhouse's iconic "Hey, Hey" to the Wrigley Field foul poles.
On Sept 25, the Cubs honored their All-Century team before a matchup against the Pirates. Twenty players and one manager were elected by fan balloting.
On Sept. 27, in their first game since the attacks of 9/11, police officers, Red Cross volunteers, firefighters and victims of the attacks were honored at Wrigley Field. Sammy Sosa homered in his first at-bat and carried an American flag around the bases.
On Sept. 27, the Cubs swept the Pirates in a doubleheader to clinch the NL Central. They retired the No. 10 jersey in honor of Ron Santo the next day.
On Sept. 4, Wrigley Field hosted the first of two Jimmy Buffett concerts, each of which drew nearly 40,000 fans.
Sept. 12 marked the first time a sitting United States Supreme Court justice threw out the first pitch at a Major League Baseball game. Long-time Cubs fan Justice John Paul Stevens threw the first pitch before the Cubs took on the Cincinnati Reds.
On March 31, the Cubs unveiled a statue of Hall of Fame infielder Ernie Banks outside the park at Clark and Addison.
For the first time since 1906-08, the Cubs reached the postseason in back-to-back seasons, clinching a playoff spot by defeating the rival Cardinals, 5-4. Wrigley Field established a park record in 2008, as 3,300,200 fans attended 81 home games.
On New Year's Day, for the first time in park history, professional hockey came to Wrigley Field as the Chicago Blackhawks hosted the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL Winter Classic.
On May 3, the Cubs retired No. 31 in honor of Greg Maddux and Fergie Jenkins.
On Oct 28, the Ricketts family completed its purchase of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field from the Tribune Company.
The back side of the famous scoreboard was refurbished for the first time since 1937, and an all-inclusive executive club (the PNC Club) was added. A fan viewing area was placed under the right-field bleachers so spectators could watch players take batting practice in the cage.
The Harry Caray statue was moved from near the entrance to the center field, where it could greet bleacher-loving fans at every game.
On Sept. 7, a statue honoring Cubs legend and Hall of Famer "Sweet Swinging" Billy Williams was unveiled near the corner of Addison Street and Sheffield Avenue.
On Nov. 15, the ballpark's famous red marquee was painted Valspar's Wildcat Purple in preparation for the Northwestern-Illinois football game. Football would return to Wrigley Field for the first time since 1970 five days later, as U of I topped the Wildcats, 48-27, in the Big Ten contest.
On Aug. 10, the team honored beloved Cub and Hall of Famer Ron Santo by unveiling a statue near the statue of his close teammate, Billy Williams, at the corner of Addison and Sheffield.
On Oct. 1, the Cubs celebrated the 25th anniversary of the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" by hosting a movie night at the park. Three 30-foot screens lined the lip of the outfield grass to show the movie that included a scene filmed at the park.
The right-field bleachers underwent a makeover to include a patio area and a 75-foot LED board. The board would provide in-game player stats, pictures and pitch counts.
On May 18, a day after announcing that he would retire after his next appearance, Kerry Wood fanned White Sox outfielder Dayan Viciedo on three pitches and headed to the dugout to an emotional standing ovation. He was met outside the dugout by his young son, Justin, who jumped into his dad's arms.
Rolling Stone magazine named Wrigley Field the second-best rock concert venue in the United States. During the Wrigley Field Pearl Jam concert, Eddie Vedder, the band's lead vocalist and noted Cubs fan, brought Hall of Famer Ernie Banks onto the stage to join him in singing a chorus of the song "All the Way".


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John W. Rowe spotlights key role of low-carbon energy in supporting nation's economy, environment and energy security at opening keynote of National Governors Association meeting
Read: Exelon CEO John W. Rowe's written remarks to the National Governors Association.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 23, 2009) - In a keynote address at Saturday's opening of the 101st annual National Governors Association (NGA) winter meeting, Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe called on the nation's governors to invest in and support low-carbon energy infrastructure and initiatives to address the issues of climate change, the nation's energy security and the current economy.
Drawing on his 25 years as an electric utility CEO, Rowe urged the nation's leaders to take a comprehensive approach to energy policy, while warning that piecemeal efforts are tempting in a recession environment.
"We've got to have renewable energy sources, we must address energy independence, we must address the climate issue - and in this economy we must do all of these as efficiently as possible," Rowe said.
Rowe called upon the governors to support a market-driven system that places a price on carbon emissions, creating incentives for industry to build the new energy infrastructure that will allow the country to transition to a low-carbon future.
"We must have a system - like cap-and-trade or a carbon tax - that rationalizes the economics of each alternative so that the entire engine of the economy is looking for the most cost-effective solutions to our energy needs," Rowe said.
Rowe addressed the governors during the NGA's opening plenary session, "Energy Infrastructure for the 21st Century." Following his remarks, NGA Chairman and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell facilitated a question-and-answer session with the governors in attendance.
In addition to market-driven innovation and investment, and placing a price on carbon, Rowe's five-point plan for addressing the nation's energy needs calls for investment in transmission infrastructure, appropriate governmental climate change policies and regulations, and energy industry leadership.
Rowe has frequently called on the entire energy industry to do more to lower its own carbon footprint and help customers do the same. Exelon is leading by example with its own plan (Exelon 2020) for addressing climate change, by reducing, offsetting or displacing more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. This is more than the company's current annual carbon footprint and the equivalent to taking nearly 3 million cars off the roads.
Rowe has an experienced perspective on how to meet future energy needs in a low-carbon manner. In addition to being the longest-serving chief executive in the energy industry, he was among the first CEOs in the utility industry to focus on the issue of climate change and first testified before Congress on the subject in 1992. Rowe currently serves as chair of the Nuclear Energy Institute and co-chair of the bipartisan National Commission on Energy Policy and has previously chaired the Edison Electric Institute. Exelon is also a member of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership.


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From 03/27/2011 to 04/25/2011
- 06:51 PM Revision 1986: Rough Sketch of Poster for MoM for Traffic Navigation
- 06:37 PM Revision 1985: Fixed barcodes first read problem.
- Barcodes used to always read gray for the first bit, but this problem is now fixed by better initializiation in lineF...
- 06:15 PM Revision 1984: Created some mapping code that compiles!
- Lower level mapping functions finalized!
Higher level random mapping still needs some work.
It is probably buggy.
- 06:06 PM Revision 1983: Modified barcodes again - after reading the first barcode, should work like normal.
- 05:39 PM Revision 1982: Update intersectData.{c,h} to reflect new demo map. Renumbered intersections.
- Created macro UNUSED_INTER, an intersection number that signifies that a node is
not in use. Use it to initialize the...
- 04:35 PM Revision 1981: Added new barcode reading to linefollowing project - first barcode is still wrong,...
- 07:45 PM Revision 1980: Fixed all compilation errors and warnings in traffic_navigation. If you committed ...
- abominations, I hope you're sorry. I only made things compile. If I fixed your code, it
might no longer do what you i...
- 06:40 PM Revision 1979: Added old files that used to compile,
- new main in sendGraph that sends a graph packet - temporary
- 04:39 PM Revision 1978: Added the map generation script
- 06:36 PM Revision 1977: Fixed small bug in new main where if barcode was invalid, forgot to restart
- motors for line following.
- 06:24 PM Revision 1976: Added function that creates the edges used for mapping in mapping.c. Note: code do...
- 06:03 PM Revision 1975: Fixed location of pound define to enable wireless watcher
- 06:02 PM Revision 1974: Back to most recent version of barcode reading.
- 05:56 PM Revision 1973
- 05:54 PM Revision 1972: Traffic Navigation:
- Fixed some various issues with the new main (bad calls & added barcode error
It compiles by default now.
- 05:18 PM Revision 1971: Turned on orbs for linefollowing
- 03:33 AM Revision 1970: Linefollowing:
- added #defines around orb statements to keep them from interfering with other
orb control statements.
- 03:32 AM Revision 1969: Traffic Navigation:
- Started integration of the new intersection queue code.
(main-intersectionDebug.c, main-new.c, & traffic_navigation.h...
- 02:32 AM Revision 1968: Added an alternate main that merely outputs the wireless
- packets that are being thrown across the air to usb.
It translates Traffic Navigation packet id's into names.
- 07:28 PM Revision 1966: Added test map data encoding to intersectData.c. Fixe a whole bunch of stuff so
- that at least this traffic_navigation compiles without warnings. Symlinked to
needed files in linefollow. Changed fun...
- 05:42 PM Revision 1965: Added readSerail.sh which reads from a robot on USB and prints to a file named gra...
- 05:40 PM Revision 1964: Removed the 'x bytes:' from each line for easier parsing by the mapping programs.
- 05:24 PM Revision 1963: Redoing grapher script...
- 05:17 PM Revision 1962: added grapher script
- 04:40 PM Revision 1961: Added new linefollowing code for barcodes.
- Debug statements are still included, but this is the latest version of the code.
Bot14 at least reads all barcodes c...
- 05:07 PM Revision 1960: Fixed lineFollow.h compile issues.
- 04:58 PM Revision 1959: Added new linefollow function with bucketing.
- 06:25 PM Revision 1958: Added more functionality to database for mapping things.
- 06:23 PM Revision 1957: Reverted revisions 1949 and 1950 due to broken code (main.c contained some sort
- of wierd unresolved merge?)
- 06:06 PM Revision 1956: Added a unit test for the new (mux-ed) line following sensors
- (test_linefollow.c)
Deprecated the old line following test (test_ir.t)
- 05:30 PM Revision 1955: Status bot works!! The main function will listen and print to USB all wireless pac...
- 05:10 PM Revision 1954: changed black_value
- 05:08 PM Revision 1953
- 06:01 PM Revision 1952: Small edits to the barcode reader
- With proper setup of the barcodes (printed on rather than taped), this barcode reader is working.
- 05:45 PM Revision 1951: changed constant in linefollowing
- 05:09 PM Revision 1950: Added mapping capabilites
- 05:08 PM Revision 1949: Added mapping capabilites
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EVENT: Race on the Base 2017
GOAL $5000. Please help us reach this goal.
Our Mission: Is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives and well-being of Veterans, at-risk youth and other groups through music instruction, education, and mentoring. Overview The Rock Club and Rock for Vets mission is to create a music education program for At-Risk Youth, Veterans and individuals struggling with social adjustment, and mental health issues by offering music instruction classes to all. Music is a catalyst for healing, rebuilding self confidence and indeed reduces the daily stresses of everyday life. By developing coping skills, compassion, self esteem and communication skills these At-Risk youth and Veterans are able to slowly reenter life. At-Risk Youth: The overall goal of The Rock Club's Music Programs for youth is to assist students who are identified at high risk for failure to succeed in the academic setting. This includes supporting them to achieve success in the school setting and to assist in "on time" graduation. Whether they can already play an instrument or not, can sing or if they just have the desire to learn, all students are offered a chance to build their social skills, self esteem, and develop personal accountability in a supportive and educational environment.
Veterans: Rock For Vets is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives and well being of disabled military Veterans in the greater Long Beach area through music instruction and rehabilitation, one on one mentoring and life skill coaching. Through music instruction Veterans from the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, Iraq, and Afghanistan who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Spinal Cord and Brain Injury and other emotional and physical traumas find that involvement in the Rock For Vets program reduces stress, improves their quality of life and begins the healing process by engaging with other vets and reaping the rewards of the small successes they experience while learning to perform as part of the band. Twenty-three Vets commit suicide each DAY: nearly one per hour. (ABC News) This staggering statistic speaks loudly to the need for multiple therapeutic disciplines. Jerry Salas, Rock For Vets Head Coach is also a Vietnam Army War Veteran. who returned to civilian life with an inability to maintain healthy relationships and adjust to civilian life without being paralyzed from the horrific memories of his war experiences. After significant therapeutic attempts which met with little success - music rehabilitation; in particular, drum instruction was suggested. Rock for Vets is about giving back to those who once faithfully served this country and are now in need our support in putting the pieces of their lives back together. Please support today and send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com . Show Less Tax ID: 46-0601534 • http://www.musicistheremedy.org/
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