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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A majority of U.S. voters said the Occupy protesters are a public nuisance, not a valid protest movement, a Rasmussen Report poll released Thursday indicated.
Fifty-one percent of likely U.S. voters said they've had enough of the protesters while 39 percent said they thought the movement was a valid representation of the frustrations of most Americas, results showed.
The national telephone survey also indicated 24 percent of voters said they think the Occupy Wall Street protesters who first began their demonstrations in October got their message through to the American people. Fifty-three percent said they haven't gotten their message out and 24 percent said they weren't sure.
Results are based on a national telephone survey of 1,000 likely voters conducted Monday and Tuesday. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.


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Longtime Lorton resident and Fairfax County school teacher, Barbara Rizer, was recognized by the Lorton Community Action Center (LCAC) for her dedication to helping individuals and families in southeast Fairfax County through her volunteer efforts with LCAC. On March 10 at LCAC's annual fundraising gala, the LCAC Board of Directors presented Rizer with the organization's inaugural Founder's Award for her commitment and passion for fulfilling LCAC's mission of enhancing the quality of life in the community through individual and family services, community programs, and partnerships with other organizations.
For over seventeen years, Rizer has worked as an LCAC volunteer to ensure that people have access to basic needs such as food, emergency financial assistance for rent or utilities and clothes, as well as championed the need for tutoring and after-school programs for local children.
She has been involved in a myriad of roles with the organization over the years. She played an instrumental role in moving Lorton's Attic, LCAC's thrift store, to a more visible location on Route 1 and has worked hard to make the store a success. Rizer served on the Board of Directors, including six years as Treasurer, and it was during this time that she advocated and convinced the Board of Directors that the organization should pursue outside grant funding. Rizer worked on numerous fundraising galas and grew the event into a fun and festive evening with live music and dancing. Given Rizer's work as a teacher it is not surprising that she also launched LCAC's tutoring program. She advocates for LCAC's mission in all aspects of her life, including her work as a math teacher at South County Secondary School.
To find out more about LCAC, visit their website at www.lortonaction.org or call 703-339-5161.

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ISS036-E-016999 (9 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, seven-minute spacewalk, Cassidy and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano (out of frame), flight engineer, prepared the space station for a new Russian module and performed additional installations on the station's backbone.
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Due to my traveling out of the country, I will be on hiatus from June 12-24 and then a vacation right after will have me on hiatus from until July 1.
Thank you and enjoy the end of June.
In the meantime, be sure to read Tom Dorsey's article from June 12th.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Sunday, June 10, 2007
All the news fit to blog
Okay, well, save for maybe tomorrow morning or afternoon, this will likely be the last one until July 2, 2007 unless I decide to blog sometime on the 25th or 26th.
This is completely embarrassing and I feel sorry for the staff, friends, and family of the late Senator Craig Thomas.
Good move on Charlie Crist's part. I commend him.
Eric Crawford's article from last week dealing with coaches leaving schools and the effects that it has on recruits is spot-on.
Any plans that I would have had to go study abroad in England are definitely not in the cards anymore. Currently, Jews are divided over the British academia boycott threat. The ADL has some great flyers.
Billy Gillispie's summer camp for the elite high school basketball prospects started this past weekend.
This is completely embarrassing and I feel sorry for the staff, friends, and family of the late Senator Craig Thomas.
Maybe Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt and his staff are just in denial. Or maybe they don't read the papers, thus missing the sad news that Sen. Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.) died Monday, seven months after he was diagnosed with leukemia.Billy Donovan left Florida and then decided he made a mistake and came back to the SEC school. As a part of voiding his contract with the Orlando Magic, Donovan is unable to coach in the NBA for five seasons.
Whatever the case, Leavitt's office called Thomas's office late Thursday afternoon to request a meeting with the late senator.
Good move on Charlie Crist's part. I commend him.
"During the recently concluded Florida legislative session, the Florida Senate and House of Representatives passed legislation to divest the Florida pension fund of financial sectors and businesses that deal with the governments of Iran and the Sudan," Gov. Charlie Crist (R.) said in his letter from Israel, wher he is leading a trade mission.No matter which side you are on, this is a good read following the discovery of King Herod's tomb.
"The legislation, unanimously passed in both chambers, is a statement to the Iranian and Sudanese governments that Florida will not idly stand by and allow businesses that operate in Iran and the Sudan to foster terror. I look forward to signing this legislation upon my return to Florida. I respectfully encourage you to join me by introducing similar legislation to divest your state's financial resources of companies or sectors doing business with the governments of Iran and the Sudan. I look forward to discussing this matter with you during the National Governors Association summer meeting in Traverse City, Michigan."
Eric Crawford's article from last week dealing with coaches leaving schools and the effects that it has on recruits is spot-on.
Paragraph 19 of that document: "I understand I have signed this NLI with the institution and not for a particular sport or individual. If the coach leaves the institution or the sports program, I remain bound by the provisions of this NLI. I understand it is not uncommon for a coach to leave his or her coaching position."Josh Pastner will not be an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky.
It sounds good. "Sign with the school and not the coach." We are talking about education here.
Except Gillispie and everybody else in the profession will tell you that "recruiting is about relationships." And they're not talking about that special bond between a player and his English professor.
Sign with the school and not the coach? Why, then, do coaches get contract bonuses for signing highly rated recruiting classes? In fact, why are coaches doing the recruiting at all? If this is truly about picking a school and a program and not the coach, why don't the admissions staffers take over the recruiting?
Any plans that I would have had to go study abroad in England are definitely not in the cards anymore. Currently, Jews are divided over the British academia boycott threat. The ADL has some great flyers.
On the more combative side are figures like Harvard University Professor Alan Dershowitz, who reportedly is advocating for legislation that would "devastate and bankrupt" British universities that refuse to do business with their Israeli counterparts.Dakotah Euton has UK very high up on his list.
On the other side are groups such as the Anti-Defamation League, which for now prefers to keep the controversy in the rhetorical realm by publishing a number of ads in major international newspapers branding the proposed boycott an act of anti-Semitism.[...]
In Israel, the UCU decision was greeted harshly. Knesset member Otniel Schneller introduced a bill Monday that would slap British imports with a label reading, "This country is involved in an anti-Israel boycott."
Israel's airport union reportedly was considering refusing to unload British exports. And there were reports of canceling the Tel Aviv premiere of the British musical "Mamma Mia!"
Elizabeth Goldhirsh, a director of her family's foundation supporting cancer research, said the board of directors of the Connecticut-based Goldhirsh Foundation decided not to open its grant process to British researchers, a move that had been under consideration. Instead, Goldhirsh said they would open their grants to Israeli researchers.
"I think there needs to be a message sent that there are consequences to singling out and demonizing Israel, and doing so above all other countries in the world," Goldhirsh told JTA.
Others contemplated softer responses. The Jewish Funders Network, of which the Goldhirsh Foundation is a member, already has collected $200,000 to support exchanges with Israeli academics in the United States and Canada.
Peter Willner, executive vice president of the American Friends of Hebrew University, the American fund-raising arm of the Jerusalem institution, told JTA his organization opposes boycotts in principle and would confine its response to issuing a news release and raising awareness in the academic community.
"The only way to stop all of this is to have the right people stand up and say we're not going to stand for this," Willner said. "I think boycotts are an illegitimate tool, and especially when used against the State of Israel."
Similar efforts to isolate Israel have taken root among trade unions in Canada, South Africa and Ireland. In the United States, sporadic efforts to have universities divest from Israel have been unsuccessful.
Only in Britain has the boycott effort been endorsed by unions of university teachers and journalists -- both groups, critics are quick to point out, that profess fidelity to ideals of impartiality and dispassion.
"It really does puzzle me," said Professor Malcolm Grant, president of University College London and head of the Russell Group, a coalition of Britain's 20 largest research universities.
Billy Gillispie's summer camp for the elite high school basketball prospects started this past weekend.
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UPDATE: The plot just gets better and better (And I promise you, I'm not making this up). Here's a shot of a later scene in which...and listen very carefully...Dodgy Daryl uses two fools to try and extract the signatures from an unwitting victim in order to get his hands on the person's property.
Life imitates art, or art imitates life, or something.


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Bobby Kotick earned $15 million last year
Forbes has revealed the details of Bobby Kotick's personal financial package. As you'd expect, it's not exactly small.The Activision Blizzard super-boss earned almost $15 million in salary, options and bonuses last year. Nice work if you can get it.Full details in the image below. Thanks, GoNintendo.
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Australia: DS hits 1.5 million, Wii on 750,000
According to this Gamespot story, DS has now cleared 1.5 million sales in Australia, while Wii is now beyond the 750,000 mark.DS reached its milestone in 194 weeks, while the Wii took 102 weeks, breaking both records for the landmarks. PS2 was the previous holder, taking "over 200 weeks to break 1.5 million units sold […]
New Steam client available
So says this. A new beta Steam client is available to test an updated interface and other improvements to Valve's online delivery system. Want to fiddle with a new version of Valve's online delivery system? You've come to the right place.
Steam hits 15 millon accounts
Gabe's laughing all the way to the bank. Valve's announced that Steam now has more than 15 milion user accounts and "realized year-over-year sales growth of 158% through the holiday season.""We are accelerating our release of new functionality in the next year as well as finding new ways to work with our partners such as […]


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When gangsters flourished in the Middle America during the Great Depression, none was more cold-blooded than Alvin "Creepy" Karpis. Public Enemy No. 1, Karpis is briefly profiled in the movie of the same name, starring Johnny Depp, as John Dillinger.*
Born in Montreal on Aug. 10, 1907, Karpis grew up in Topeka, Kansas — America's Heartland.
After he joined up with Fred and Doc Barker of the Ma Barker gang, Karpis became a notorious killer and kidnapper — on top of being a bank robber.
In all, Karpis was believed responsible for 10 killings and a half dozen kidnappings between 1931 and 1936.
In 1936, Creepy was sentenced to life for kidnapping William Hamm, of Hamm's Brewery.
The FBI's own head, J. Edgar Hoover took credit for arresting Karpis, although in his biography, Karpis said he was surrounded by a team of agents who alerted Hoover when the scene was secure.
Karpis ended up in Alcatraz for 25 years. When the Rock finally was shut down, Karpis spent time in a state of Washington federal prison. There ol' "Creepy" met someone even creepier — Charlie Manson. Karpis takes credit for teaching Manson how to play guitar.
There's some interesting Web pages about Karpis and more photos.
Here's some links:
FBI summary of the Barker-Karpis gang's activities
True Crime Library — story of Alvin Karpis
Google timeline search — pretty interesting way to look at Karpis biography.
AP article on Karpis 1979 death from the Toledo Blade
Photos of Karpis in Spain in late 1970s
(FYI: between now and Friday I'll run profiles of 1930s gangsters including Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, "Machine Gun" Kelly and others. I think there are some interesting parallels between that era and our own)


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Rams Tie Brockport in Scoreless Game
Farmingdale State - 0, Brockport State - 0 (2OT)
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's soccer team posted a double overtime 0-0 tie today against visiting Brockport State Golden Eagles (2-1-2). Rams sophomore goalkeeper Ricky Meschkow (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview) and Brockport sophomore goalkeeper Rob Ryan (Centereach, N.Y./Centereach) made three saves and four saves, respectively, as they allowed no scoring in 110 minutes played.
Brockport outshot Farmingdale 7-3 in the first half, as Meschkow made one save and the Rams had a team save by freshman midfielder Joe Brantmeyer (Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches).
In the second, Farmingdale led the shot total over Brockport 9-8, while goalkeeper Ryan made four saves in the second half to force overtime, including a diving save on a Rams breakaway with 12 minutes to go. The Rams Meschkow made three saves in the second, while sophomore defender Mike Curatolo (East Meadow, N.Y./W.T. Clarke) had a game-saving team save on the line.
Farmingdale outshot Brockport 3-2 during the two ten-minute overtime periods, but the game would end in a tie and the Rams now stand at 2-3-1 for the season.
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Industrial age publisher and philanthropist Frederick Bonfils said there is no hope for the satisfied man. If that's the case, Karl Frank is full of hope.
"I'm never satisfied," Frank says matter-of-factly when asked about his advisory firm.
It's apparent from his background. The president of Denver-based A&I Financial Services, a Geneos Wealth Management-affiliated firm, holds three masters degrees. He earned an MBA and Master of Finance from the University of Denver, and a Master of English from the University of Colorado.
He sits on the Board of Directors for the Financial Planning Association of Colorado and leads the organization's public relations efforts. He started out in his career with Lehman Brothers before moving to AIG.
"If I ever leave Geneos, short the stock," he jokes, before emphasizing he's never been happier with a broker-dealer partner.
As Frank is first to admit, he "married well." His wife's family had an advisory firm, one that he calls a "a really nice, comfortable lifestyle and no exit plan."
"Although I certainly didn't start out as an exit plan, I turned into an exit plan and bought my in-laws' practice two years ago," he says. This allowed them to sail into retirement—literally. "They're floating around on a yacht in San Diego Bay right now."
The firm ("A" and "I" stand for assets and income) has a laser-like focus on helping business owners with their planning and succession needs, something Frank considers a passion, one born of tragedy.
"The reason why I'm here is that my dad had a business and died suddenly 13 years ago," he says. "That was a life-changing experience for me. I thought, 'I need to find a way to do something meaningful. Here's a guy who spent his whole life building up this wonderful firm and had plans of retiring very wealthy, and he couldn't do it.'"
Frank notes the dual experiences of his father's passing and being his in-laws' succession plan means he's "seen it from both ends; the right way to plan for the transfer of a business and the wrong way. With my in-laws and the time they are now enjoying, I'm looking at my own future."
The firm's strong performance on behalf of Colorado-area business owners means it's in the process of moving into new office space that's twice the size of the previous space, a significant achievement in the current market environment.
"We've got 15 people working with us and we continue to grow," he says. "We've got the luxury to specialize. We successfully went through the dot-com crash of the early 2000s, and this most recent economic crisis was one of the best growth opportunities we've ever had because we had already been through the previous downturn. We were able to bring additional value to our clients beyond investments and alpha, beta and all the other Greek letters."
Frank says he's formalized "every step of the client experience from the beginning to the end."
"Our motto is 'We help you grow and protect your investments and let you choose how you are going to be taxed.' Three of the probably five things our clients want are investment protection, growth and tax help. But there are others. Investment consultation is a part of it, and everybody out there does it. Protection is taking on increased significance. You just can't, in today's world, sit there and do nothing. Our clients are coming to us and saying 'My gosh, what in the world can we do to protect what we've got? We've got so much volatility with our business income and revenue and so many threats from regulation that are increasing our costs. We've got higher unemployment costs than we've ever had before. We're really, really worried about health care costs in the next two years.'"
Whether his clients are Democrats or Republicans (Frank says they're half and half), nobody is happy with the situation in Washington, he says. Not that it's necessarily impeding them.
"Every single one of our clients is growing. Every single one of their firms is finding ways to pull themselves up by the bootstraps and work harder, maybe harder than they ever have. Nobody's making this look easy right now. But we've got to protect it. And we can't, as advisors, add investment volatility into it."
On the tax planning front, Frank says he isn't "tearing apart a tax return and pretending we know what we're talking about. Rather, it's planning at a level that clients feel like they have a sustainable business going forward. We know what's coming at us from a tax point of view, and I'm reducing that risk."
Part of Frank's success stems from the network of professionals he's developed, particularly with attorneys in the area who help him properly structure exit planning deals. He also has an in-house CPA and an in-house tax preparer, something that isn't necessarily a revenue driver for the firm, but "it really helps to have that available expertise."
"Too often our business owner clients feel like they've paid a CPA to come out on the battlefield, count the corpses, bayonet the survivors and tell them what the damage is after it's done," he says. "The CPA hasn't sat in on other planning sessions with the financial advisors and attorneys, so they feel they haven't got the complete picture. What we're able to provide is an avenue for a handful of fantastic professionals to sit around the table and do the planning that they love to do and prove their worth, whether it's with an attorney, a business evaluation expert or a property and casualty insurance guy. We're brainstorming how to protect this guy's assets, help him choose how he wants to be taxed and leave a legacy."
It's this last part, wealth transfer and leaving a legacy, that (for obvious reasons) has special significance with Frank.
"Some folks have kids, some folks don't," he notes. "Everyone wants to have a dollar that outlives them. We help them achieve that goal."


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I coded up a simple 2D Camera for my HTML5 Canvas-Based Game Engine but I noticed the performance wasn't very good. So a lot of people suggested only rendering things that are shown by the camera but I haven't found anything that helps how to implement this.
I'm thinking about iterating over through all my game entities then checking their rendering positions, etc. But is this efficient?
if(renderCoords[i].x >= 0 &&
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The ATmega328 processor runs at 8MHz with the internal oscillator, a better choice (than the 16MHz of Arduino 2009) for the LiPo voltage of approx 3.7V. The display I used is compatible with the monochrome 128x64 OLED display from Adafruit.
It is powered at 3V3, requiring a voltage regulator (78L33, TO-92), placed where the the trim-pot (for adjusting LCD contract) was supposed to be (top-right corner of the board).
The sketch uses Adafruit_SSD1306 library, with the wiring to the display as defined below:
#define OLED_DC 8
#define OLED_CS 7
#define OLED_CLK 4
#define OLED_MOSI 3
#define OLED_RESET 5
Note that the same D3-D8 are used for connecting to the LCD 1602 display in the "regular" DIYGeigerKit.
Also note that I did not install the "click" LED nor the buzzer, relying instead on the OLED display to indicate the radiation level.
If I were to improve on it, I would replace the right-angle toggle switch with a straight-up one (easier to operate), then add a button or two for user inputs (configuration parameters, menu navigation etc). The "click" buzzer and the LED could be made "digital", wired to controller's outputs. Adding a Bluetooth module would be also useful (if it works at all from inside the closed box, I need to try it). Ideally, I would also add RTC, GPS and SD card, for logging purposes. And then it would become a smaller and cheaper version of Safecast bGeigieNano :)


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From Mike Krieger of Libertyblitzkrieg.com
Where Food Stamps Go to Die
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
Common sense is not so common.
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.
All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
- All Quotes by Voltaire
Where Food Stamps Go to Die
We all know the economy sucks. We all know we are headed in the wrong direction. We all know our leaders are corrupt, immoral, greedy and violent. You don't need me to tell you that. One thing that I have noticed recently while watching the financial markets is that despite the fact most stocks charts I pull up look awful, the major indices continue to hang in or grind higher. While it is not new news that a few large cap stocks are holding the major averages up, I want to focus on one in particular. Wal-Mart. Yes we all know Wal-Mart. Everyone has an opinion; whether you love it or hate it. In this instance, I'm not so much interested in the company itself, the stores or disturbing images of some of the people seen shopping there. No, in this case I want to take a look at the stock and ponder what it tells us about the state of affairs in both the U.S. and the global economy as a whole.
Wal-Mart's stock is up 14% YTD, which is triple the return of the S&P 500. The stock also packs a dividend yield of 2.3%, so the total return is even better. In the last month or so the stock has become a real powerhouse as you can see in the chart below. Crushing any and all shorts under the weight of its rapid appreciation.
I think the above chart, in particular the move in the past month or so, speaks volumes to what is happening on a macro level. First, from a purely flow of capital perspective, the U.S. economy was the last one to hit recession (most money managers still have no idea). With Europe in a situation where monetary and political chaos appears likely here and now (and inevitable ultimately) and the BRICs in total free-fall, we have seen a rush into perceived safe havens. We all know about treasuries and bunds, but at some point people don't want to continue to funnel money to instruments yielding negative real returns. So what has apparently happened is global money managers have been allocating more dollars to very large cap U.S. shares as an alternative to treasuries and bunds.
There's more to it of course. Nothing exemplifies the ghetto status of the U.S. economy more than the success of Wal-Mart in the face of the ongoing destruction of what was once a vibrant and strong middle class. In case you missed it, Marion Nestle, Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at NYU, came out with some interesting tidbits regarding the food stamp program. One of them is extraordinarily disturbing. She shows that Wal-Mart's gets as much as 25% to 40% of revenue at some stores from food stamp dollars. This says it all folks. Food stamps are or course the perfect business for Wal-Mart and JP Morgan, which as I pointed out previously makes a lot of money running the program and keeping the populace in perpetual serfdom. Meanwhile, guess what another of the best performing stocks this year is? Corrections Corp of America, ticker CXW, up 41% YTD! Guess what they do? Yep, you guessed it. They lock up the serfs that get out of line. This is the Bloomberg description of CXW.
Corrections Corporation of America provides detention and corrections services to governmental agencies. The Company owns correctional and detention facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom. Services include design, construction, ownership, renovation, and management of new or existing jails and prisons, as well as long distance inmate transportation services.
There you have it folks. What sectors are leading the American economy in the "recovery": Food stamps and Prisons. They are actually perfectly complimentary. If the food stamps don't work the prisons will.
Meanwhile, in the real economy we have the latest earnings blowup. Ryder System, a company involved in the leasing, rental and logistical business of trucking lowered its forecast and the shares were smashed. Too bad you can't lease a truck with an EBT card, although who knows, that might be in the next stimulus package.
Ryder Three Year Chart. Thanks for Playing!
The global economy is currently staring into a cyclical recession in the midst of the biggest structural debt and derivatives ponzi scheme that mankind has ever witnessed. The desperation to keep things looking decent into the election continues at a frantic pace and now there are only four more months left. As I have said before, if they do not allow pressure to be released until after the elections the comeuppance is going to be way more awful than I care to think about. Prepare accordingly.
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Today I was on the way to Maine and couldn't help but look for photo stores in Albany NY area. After calling around a bit and getting nowhere (folks on the phone were not even aware of ANY stores that deal with used cameras or film) I finally found a place just a little out of the way in Schenectady, it's just about 10 miles west of Albany, and decided to drop by to see what they represent.
The Place is called Photo Lab and is located at 273 State St Ste 2, Schenectady, NY.
Here is their little historic display case that greets the customers as they walk in. I have never seen an old Kodak processing box in such mint condition.... Unfortunately none of the items in the case are for sale...
They have been in business since 1914 and still have some old equipment. There is a cute little Durst 35mm enlarger, various easels and other darkroom stuff, some paper (they do have some old Kodak RC paper, but it was way overpriced... their prices on current Ilford Fiber are competitive), and an assortment of used cameras with a Rollei 35 among them. I didn't ask how much they want for that one as I knew that I couldn't afford it at this moment even if it was a great deal. Upon their shelves I did find a Polaroid Close Up Kit #581! I was happy to find it as I forgot mine in San Diego - I just couldn't find it among the boxes when I was packing. This fits the Polaroid 440 that I have with me on the trip and allows it to focus down to 19in - so look out for some close-up images on here coming soon. For $5 it was a great deal.
They do have a Polaroid light meter for those of you who are lucky enough to have a model 180, 190 or 195 and I was tempted to buy it because it was only $5 also and was actually working and accurate. Then I thought that that $5 would be better spent on film so I bought a roll of Ilford FP4 125 in 120.
Upon leaving I headed further east on highway 7 toward Vermont. The road is beautiful and is rightly marked 'scenic route' on my map. As the sun was setting I came upon a beautiful big old building that warranted a stop for pictures. It looks like it was an old hotel probably from mid 1800s. Three stories with attic spaces, all wood and overgrown with vines. Most of it looks unoccupied and condemned, but some of the lower rooms in a separate wing of it had light in them. I used both Rolleiflex 2.8F and my trusty little Robot camera to capture that structures charm and hope that the negatives turn out well (the light was really going by then...).
Vermont is a beautiful state and if I ever figure out a way to make a living as an artist from here I am not opposed to settling down in its hills. They have a lot of wildlife and I saw a bear and a fox hurriedly crossing the road in front of Gilli. I'm still looking for that moose - there are signs warning of them crossing the road everywhere and the last time was here in 1998 I was lucky enough to see one. This time I am not traveling in a tiny little hatch-back car though so we will be on the same level and I won't be as afraid of it crushing my vehicle - though a collision with one of those beasts would probably be a very bad one anyway.
Got some coffee in me now and am pressing on toward Maine.


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Hemlock Hill
Hemlock Hill (22 acres/10 hectares) collections inform research and feature prominently in ecosystem studies for Boston Public School fifth grade students. Over its history, Hemlock Hill has been impacted by human, insect, and environmental events. Benchmarks include:
- 1600s-early 1800s – Extensive removal and/or culling of trees leave the hill in a constant regenerative state.
- ~1810 – Benjamin Bussey aquires much of what is named "Hemlock Woods."
- 1840s – Margaret Fuller and other members of the Trancendentalist circle frequently visit the landscape.
- 1842 – Benjamin Bussey wills his estate to Harvard College.
- 1872 – Harvard College accepts the James Arnold bequest, executes the indenture of the Arnold Arboretum, and agrees to locate the Arboretum on part of its Bussey estate, "Woodland Hill" in West Roxbury.
- 1883 – Arboretum land is taken into the Boston Park System and leased ($1.00/yr.) back to Harvard College for one thousand years.
- 1907 – The first accession of Chinese hemlock (Tsuga chinensis 6851, E.H. Wilson #952) is planted and survives until 1921.
- 1932 – Fire, fanned by a stiff wind, runs up the southwestern face of the hill, scarring the landscape and destroying a grove of Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata).
- 1930s – "Indian camp relics" (e.g. projectile points) are found in the area.
- 1938 – The Great New England Hurricane topples a significant number of eastern hemlocks, leaving a pit and mound topography along its northern slope; a combined total of 400 trees (oak, hemlock, etc.) are lost.
- 1940 – Approximately 200 additional hemlocks, having been grown in Arboretum nurseries, are planted on Hemlock Hill in the fall.
- 1946 – An Asa Gray collection (ca. 1843, Tennessee) of Buckleya distichophylla (piratebush) is transplanted from the Harvard Botanic Garden to Hemlock Hill and becomes the the oldest cultivated plant in the Arboretum's collections.
- 1997 – Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae; HWA), an exotic pest native to Asia, is found on numerous native eastern hemlocks on Hemlock Hill.
- 1998 – Approximately 99% (1,904 plants) of the eastern hemlock population are accessioned for long-term monitoring.
- 2004 – Collaboration begins with Harvard Forest to examine the long-term ecological impacts of eastern hemlock loss. Three of the six research plots (15x15m) established on Hemlock Hill are logged (136 hemlocks removed).
- 2008 – Betula lenta (black birch) are found to be heavily represented in the seed bank and thickly populate the Arboretum's logged plots (circa 2004). Since the discovery of HWA in 1997, 30% of the eastern hemlock population have died.
- 2013 – Elongate Hemlock Scale (Fiorinia externa; EHS), an invasive scale from Japan and China, are observed for the first time on both Tsuga canadensis and T. chinensis.
Historic views of Hemlock Hill are made available by the Arnold Arboretum Horticultural Library.
Read more about the impact of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid by clicking on the Arnoldia and More » tabs above.
- Tsuga chinensis (Chinese hemlock), a close relative of our native species (Tsuga canadensis), are fully resistant to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA). Find these young, approximately 9-foot-tall specimens growing along the wide path that leads to the summit of the hill. [pdf]
- Buckleya distichophylla (piratebush) is oldest cultivated plant in the Arboretum and is one of many accessions with rich documented stories. Find it thriving where the wide path from Hemlock Hill Road flattens out after a moderately pitched rise; near a semi-circle of arranged white pine (Pinus strobus) logs. [pdf]
- Planted along the lower northern contours, Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) flower profusely between late May and early June. [pdf]
- Frequently associated with Hemlock Hill, Rhododendron Dell features many species and cultivars of Rhododenron that typically flower between early May and early June.
Search our inventory for additional accessions information or access our collections using your mobile device via Arboretum Explorer!
Hemlock Hill is bounded on the south by Bussey Street and on the east by South Street. To explore the northern portion of Hemlock Hill, enter the Arboretum through the South Street Gate and approach Hemlock Hill on the left side of Hemlock Hill Road. The western side of Hemlock Hill is located less than five minutes from the Bussey Street Gate or the Walter Street Gate. If driving, park along Bussey Street or in front of the South Street Gate.
Hemlock Hill has the third highest elevation at the Arboretum. It is not wheelchair accessible. Use caution; the terrain is rugged and may be muddy. From Rhododendron Path, a small wooden bridge crosses Bussey Brook and leads to a dirt path that circles the base of Hemlock Hill parallel to South Street. A wide gravel path leads from Hemlock Hill Road about halfway to the top, and numerous unmaintained dirt paths traverse the hillside.
An information kiosk at the Bussey Street Gate provides seasonal updates. Map tables at the Bussey Street Gate, the South Street Gate, and the intersection of Valley Road and Hemlock Hill Road provide Arboretum wayfinding information.
How long should I explore?
Allow approximately fifteen minutes to hike from the wooden bridge around the base of Hemlock Hill. Walking the wide gravel path to the top of the hill may take approximately twenty minutes. Plan to spend up to one hour if exploring the hill's many small paths.
Plan your visit to the Arboretum.
- Del Tredici, Peter. 2010. Chinese Hemlock Tsuga chinensis. Arnoldia 68(2): 65-68. [pdf]
- Havil, H.P., M.E. Montgomery. 2008. The Role of Arboreta in Studying the Evolution of Host Resistance to the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. Arnoldia 65(3): 2-9. [pdf]
- Schulhof , Richard. 2008. Ecosystems in Flux: The lessons of Hemlock Hill. Arnoldia 66(1): 22-28. [pdf]
- Del Tredici, P. 2004. Finding a Replacement for the Eastern Hemlock: Research at the Arnold Arboretum. Arnoldia 63(2): 33-39. [pdf]
- Fordham, Alfred J. 1963. Tsuga Canadensis and its Multitude of Variants. Arnoldia 23: 100-102. [pdf]
Search for related articles in Arnoldia, the magazine of the Arnold Arboretum.
- Learn more about research on Hemlock Hill and the Arboretum's response to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA; Adelges tsugae).
- Find answers to frequently asked questions about HWA courtesy of the UMASS Extension Service.
- Read Harvard Forest publications related to invasive plants, pathogens, and pests (including HWA).
- The HWA Forest Heath Protection Program, managed by the USDA, aims to protect the long-term health and sustainability of northeastern forests.
- Tsuga (hemlock) is one of six conservation genera held by the Arnold Arboretum for the Plant Collections Network.
- The Gymnosperm Database offers descriptions of conifers including the genus Tsuga.


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Jorge's Fatherhood Success Story
When Jorge was growing up, he believed that a father's job was solely to provide financially for his family. His father had left the family when Jorge was 3 years old. It wasn't until his own daughter began attending a Davis County School District Early Head Start program in Kaysville, UT that he realized the importance of his role as a father and the impact he could have in his children's lives.
At his very first Head Start fatherhood workshop, Jorge had a realization about what it means to be a committed, involved father. He began to reprioritize his life so that he could spend more time with his kids. Because of that class, Jorge said, "I got more interested in the day-to-day activities of my daughter."
Now, even after a long day at work, he makes sure to spend quality one-on-one time with both of his children. Their favorite activities include reading together, dress-up, and tea parties with dad. When Jorge works at night, he calls at bedtime to wish his children sweet dreams and sing favorite songs he remembers from his childhood.
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A second ocean-going vessel has run into trouble on B.C.'s north coast in two days, creating further fodder for critics seeking to block the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project.
The deepsea cargo ship, Tern Arrow, lost engine power in heavy seas and 40-knot winds near Laredo Sound south of Kitimat on Thursday afternoon, said Dan Bate, spokesman for the Canadian Coast Guard.
The Bahamas-registered 188-metre ship drifted for almost three hours before establishing emergency power at 5 p.m. and heading to open water, Bate said Friday.
Two days earlier, a loaded container ship changed course to avoid a small fishing boat and hit a sandbar about six nautical miles from Prince Rupert.
The ship was pulled free of the sandbar by a tugboat at high tide Wednesday morning. There was no leak of oil and no injuries.
Pacific Wild's Ian McAllister, who lives on Denny Island on the central coast, said the two events bring a strong dose of reality to an Enbridge advertising campaign designed to allay public concerns about the pipeline project.
"As that campaign is rolling out, (we have) two near shipping disasters on the same part of the coast where these oil tankers are proposed to transit," he said. "Enbridge's analysis of shipping-disaster potential really needs to be revisited."
Enbridge spokesman Ivan Giesbrecht said Northern Gateway's marine plan includes a "number of safety provisions that heighten safety not only for tankers but all marine traffic in the channels."
A laden tanker would have two tugs — one tethered and one escort — compared with one escort tug for unladen tankers.
"Our plan also includes additional navigational aids and heightened emergency first response capabilities at various points along the channel routes." he added.
The ship that ran aground Tuesday night was piloted by a B.C. coastal pilot, an experienced mariner whose job is navigating large vessels into harbours and through coastal waters.
The ship that lost engine power on Thursday afternoon was carrying bulk goods and was bound for Portland, Bate said. Two pilots would have joined the ship at Kitimat and disembarked at Pine Island Pilot Station, he added.


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by Clark Groome
This review's easy. It's "The Music Man," for heaven's sake. Great show. Great score. And through Jan. 6 it's getting a great production at the Walnut Street Theatre.
"Music Man" is one of the three American musicals that could claim perfection (the other two are "Guys and Dolls" and "Gypsy"). The story is a delight from start to finish. The characters are interesting and entertaining. Each song in the uniformly terrific score moves the story ahead.
When Harold Hill lands in River City to sell a band to the kids in the town, the con-man extraordinaire falls immediately, and for once genuinely, in love, this time with Marian Paroo, the local librarian and piano teacher.
As the story unfolds, Marian tries to avoid the inevitable. She finally gives in. In the end, of course, the band, which he has no idea how to lead, appears. He does lead it, to the great pleasure of all in town, except perhaps for Mayor Shinn.
The whole affair is blessed with Meredith Willson's magnificent score, one of the best ever written for a Broadway musical. There's not a loser in the lot, among them "Ya Got Trouble," "Goodnight, My Someone," "Goodnight Ladies," "My White Knight," "Lida Rose," "Till There Was You" and, of course, "Seventy Six Trombones."
The familiar show is being given a vibrant and fresh interpretation in the Walnut Street's production. Director Marc Robin has staged it with an energy that is contagious from the opening "Rock Island" through the final curtain calls.
Local favorite Jeffrey Coon leads the very strong company. While a bit less conniving than Hill original Robert Preston, Coon creates his con and with just the right combination of wink and warmth. You know he's out to swindle, but there's never any doubt he's really a good guy at heart.
As Marian, Jennifer Hope Wills is tough and savvy. She's got a terrific voice and is so attractive that it's easy to understand why Hill falls for her in a big way.
The supporting cast — note especially Fran Prisco's Marcellus Washburn, Mary Martello's Mrs. Paroo, Alene Robertson's Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn and Kevin Munhall's Tommy Djilas — is terrific.
As Winthrop Paroo, Marian's eight-year old shy and lisping younger brother, Vincent Crocilla (who shares the role with Jared Brito) justifiably brought down the house in his "Gary, Indiana" number on opening night.
While Bill Van Horn was very funny as Mayor Shinn, his performance was often overdone.
The ensemble's singing and dancing is as good I've seen locally in a very long time. Director Robin is also the show's choreographer. His choreography is athletic and entertaining and extremely well danced.
Oh! There's a real, very well behaved horse leading the Wells Fargo wagon at the end of Act I.
Robert Andrew Kovach (the impressive sets), Paul Black (the bright lighting), Colleen Grady (the colorful and witty costumes) and Robert Kaplowitz (the sharp sound) designed the Walnut's fine physical production.
As I said, this one's easy. It's "The Music Man," for heaven's sake, and a very, very good one at that.
For tickets to the Walnut Street Theatre's production of "The Music Man," which plays through Jan. 6, call 215-574-3550 or 800-982-2787 or visit www.walnutstreettheatre.org


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Like the MGSI Results this post is a bit long. Read with caution.
Sorry for the long delay. The past few weeks have been very busy for myself and Windbreaker. But fear no longer because the results are finally in! Part of the delay was because I misplaced my notes, and just got back to rewriting them. Oops! Congratulations to Cryos and ukimalefu for creating 6 beautiful songs.
Overall Scores:
Cryos -- 202/210
ukimalefu -- 196/210
Again, my comments will be followed by scores in light blue and Windbreaker's comments will be followed by scores in green.
Cryos -- 202/210
The sounds effects are nice and the upbeat intro correlates well with this level beginning a new chapter. It also fits with the constant threat of pfhor fighters and cyborgs in this level. Dang, there's a lot. Overall, it's nice to listen to, but the music could be a bit softer.
Interpretation: 18/20 Musicality: 20/20 Creativity: 10/10 Sound Quality: 9/10 Originality: 5/5 Length: 5/5 Total: 67/70
I thought something more rock-ish would fit with the first lava-based level, but this surprised me when I began playing, as it fit nicely with What About Bob?. It also sounds quite different from CryoS's previous songs from the last competition, so that earned originality points. Overall, a nice fit with the level.
Interpretation: 19/20 Musicality: 20/20 Creativity: 9/10 Sound Quality: 10/10 Originality: 5/5 Length: 5/5 Total: 68/70
Very nice. Again, the choice of sound effects here is just right. It definitely fits a water-based level. The music is a bit too loud, but that's overshadowed by the pure awesomeness of the tune. The up-beat style may be a bit overboard, as I've always viewed this level as a more laid-back one if you explore the entire map. Good work though.
Interpretation: 18/20 Musicality: 20/20 Creativity: 10/10 Sound Quality: 9/10 Originality: 5/5 Length: 5/5 Total: 67/70
This song's tempo goes well with the fast-paced action of the level. The shortness of the song also fits with how short the level is, if you do it right. Temptation is also a techno song and sounds a lot like CryoS's previous song, which loses some creativity points. We need variety! Not a bad song, though.
Interpretation: 20/20 Musicality: 20/20 Creativity: 8/10 Sound Quality: 10/10 Originality: 3/5 Length: 5/5 Total: 66/70
For the third time, the sounds effects amaze me. At the beginning of this song, the slushing sound reminds me of someone wading through sewage which is what the player does to start of the map. The overall tone struck me as explorish, which fit in with the level's large and annoying structure. Well done. Still to loud though. At maximum listening pleasure volume, I could barely hear my pistol shots.
Interpretation: 19/20 Musicality: 20/20 Creativity: 10/10 Sound Quality: 9/10 Originality: 5/5 Length: 5/5 Total: 68/70
My favorite CryoS song in this set. It has a lot of variety, and I like how it starts out with some cymbals, and some accents here and there before getting into the steady beat, which I think complements the large opening to this level. The only issue I saw was after the intro, the vibe of the song would fit better in a nighttime setting (which actually ends up fine when the player gets to the darker parts of the level), but when in daylight it doesn't quite fit together.
Interpretation: 18/20 Musicality: 20/20 Creativity: 10/10 Sound Quality: 10/10 Originality: 5/5 Length: 5/5 Total: 68/70
Overall Total:
Total: 202/210 Total: 202/210 Score: 202/210
ukimalefu -- 196/210
Run Bob run:
This song has a nice groove to it. The instruments used fit the lava setting, but the song is a bit repetitive. I can feel the build up with the addition of instruments, but the song seems to go nowhere. That's ok though, because level seemed to go in a circle the first time I played it. Well done.
Interpretation: 18/20 Musicality: 18/20 Creativity: 10/10 Sound Quality: 10/10 Originality: 5/5 Length: 5/5 Total: 66/70
This song seemed a little too soft to go with the lava-ness of What About Bob?, which as I said earlier I think should have a rougher-sounding song to go with it, and I think this song could have been a bit longer, with more to it. But, it is a great song as a stand-alone.
Interpretation: 16/20 Musicality: 20/20 Creativity: 10/10 Sound Quality: 10/10 Originality: 4/5 Length: 4/5 Total: 64/70
Codeine Cocktail:
Not too shabby. Come and take your medicine? Heh, I'd rather not. Compared to the other songs in this contest, this one was the most laid-back. Maybe even a little too lax. It's cool though, because I was grooving. Until I got naded in the face by a trooper. Nice work though.
Interpretation: 17/20 Musicality: 20/20 Creativity: 10/10 Sound Quality: 10/10 Originality: 5/5 Length: 5/5 Total: 67/70
Ukimalefu does better job of making Codeine Cocktail fit well with it's level than Run Bob run. I like the atmosphere the song creates, and the influence it has on the level itself, even if I can get past the level in 20 seconds. However, as with CryoS's Dice, this song would be great if the level were only set at night! And, if Come And Take Your Medicine had a loon. That would be awesome.
Interpretation: 17/20 Musicality: 20/20 Creativity: 10/10 Sound Quality: 10/10 Originality: 5/5 Length: 5/5 Total: 67/70
Gotta love those hunters and S'pht. Oh yeah. This song had a groovy feeling. As with the first song, it was a bit repetitive. It was also a tad bit soft. The tone definitely fit a sewage map though. Noice.
Interpretation: 18/20 Musicality: 19/20 Creativity: 9/10 Sound Quality: 9/10 Originality: 5/5 Length: 5/5 Total: 65/70
This song stayed basically the same throughout, in terms of dynamics, and was quiet! I had trouble hearing it while playing, even though I could hear the other songs fine at the same volume level. I didn't really even notice the song while playing the level, which is not a good thing. I think for a spacious level like this, the music should sound big as well (i.e., more bass, a distant sound, etc...), and this song had too much treble, in my opinion. Other than that, I liked the fade out.
Interpretation: 16/20 Musicality: 18/20 Creativity: 10/10 Sound Quality: 9/10 Originality: 5/5 Length: 5/5 Total: 63/70
Overall Total:
Total: 198/210 Total: 194/210 Score: 196/210
In conclusion:
As I said last time, it is very hard to critique songs, since we have such a large array of differing opinions concerning music, so I basically critiqued each piece off my personal taste, and what I thought fit best with the textures of the level (textures as in atmosphere, sounds, wall textures, etc...). I liked each song as a stand alone, and I think each of the many, many participants that contributed did an excellent job creating music. One thing that would be cool to see if we have another competition: some actual recordings of real instruments! That would be a challenge.
Again, with some of the reviews Windbreaker and myself had different opinions, but between the two of us, I think we scored them pretty accurately. Thanks to Cryos and ukimalefu for producing this high quality album! The participation wasn't as great as I expected, but no problem. Hopefully more people will participate in the next MGS. You can download the Volunteers Album on Fileball or on Simplici7y.
The 3 songs that will be included in the Marathon 2 Soundtrack are:
Cataklyst -- 67.5/70 -- by Cryos
Codeine Cocktail -- 67/70 -- by ukimalefu
Dice -- 68/70 -- by Cryos
If you have any problems please let me know. I will post the criteria for MGSIII in a few weeks. Stay tuned.


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Stella Gotz Her Groove Back But It Is Kinda' Funky by Jared C. Balogh
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My name is Jared C. Balogh and I am from Bethlehem, PA U.S.A. I consider myself a multi-media artist (musician, composer, artists, and video maker). This album is called "Detaching Realities Vol. 2″. Volume 1 was released on the net label Surrism-Phonoethics (surrism.phonoethics.com) on January 25th, 2011 and it is also featured on the Free Music Archive.
"Detaching Realities" is a series of compositional jazz interpretation of when life has a intense surreal/abstract feel of being detached from reality during and post panic attacks, anxiety attacks, obsessive/compulsive, Bi-polar and depression disorders. The opposite end of emotional spectrums of being not being balanced: happy/sad, nervous/calm, hyperactive/lethargic, angry/calm, weird, quirky, non-sense etc.
Cover-Artwork by Alexander Morgenstern
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Fitness has found a new home in cyberspace, with the new year promising even more Web sites dedicated to exercise.
By the time the new millennium dawns, literally dozens of web sites will be providing consumers with unprecedented levels of health and fitness information and customized training programs. This is mostly good news for commercial health and fitness facilities, which may find that the information these web sites are providing is compelling more people to exercise.
On the other hand, many of these web sites may very well be able to compel consumers to join their "virtual clubs," rather than a commercial facility. If some of these web sites do indeed deliver the high-quality fitness information and interactive support they are promising, some consumers may elect to exercise at home, or at the growing number of unsupervised and often free exercise centers such as those at apartment complexes, places of employment, and even churches to name a few.
At this point, the web sites that are making the biggest pushes for consumer interest, and those that are being developed by companies better known to commercial health club owners and operators, are emphasizing that their primary objective is not to compete with fitness centers. Instead, most maintain that the information they provide will help fitness facilities better meet the instructional and training needs of their members. Further, some web sites are already beginning to partner with commercial health clubs to help the fitness centers promote their facilities and provide more training support for the members.
"We're not positioning eFit.com as an alternative to membership at a health club," says Charles Platkin, president and chief executive officer of the online health and fitness network. "We're there to supplement what fitness facilities are already doing, make more people aware of the benefits of exercise, and provide information on how they can achieve them." At press time, the web site was scheduled for launch before this month.
At FitForAll, also scheduled for a pre-millennium launch, and GetFit, which is expected to be online soon after the new year, supporting the growth of the commercial health and fitness facilities is part of the program.
"One of the things that we'll be doing is facilitating communication between trainers and their clients," says Steven Striker, vice president of sales at GetFit. Like many of the web sites that have or will be launched, GetFit will allow fitness enthusiasts to upload exercise information into its system to be reviewed and commented on by trainers. "With our web site, trainers at health clubs will be better able to track what their clients are doing, and provide them the instruction and motivation to get even more out of their fitness programs," says Striker.
But an equally if not more important role the web sites see themselves as playing is the developer of pre-packaged and/or personalized training programs and the monitoring of them by their computers, staff personnel or remote trainers. GetFit will offer hundreds of programs including sport-specific regimens or those designed for people with special needs. FitForAll, according to Sharon Barbano, editor-in-chief and vice president of content development, will give consumers live access to certified coaches and trainers. One of the services that eFit plans to offer is personalized training programs with top athletes.
Recognizing that members of these "virtual clubs" will still need to exercise at commercial-quality fitness facilities, web sites are seeking partnerships with club owners and operators. For instance, some of the web sites hope to put interactive kiosks in commercial fitness centers. The kiosks will provide members with access to the web sites' library of information. They will supplement the member's own computer as a workout data entry point. And the kiosks will help clubs co-brand themselves with what the web sites report will be their highly visible brands.
The technology that is making it easier for these new web site companies to bring compelling and supporting fitness information to millions of people has not gone unnoticed by traditional suppliers to the commercial fitness industry. In particular, the companies that pioneered interactive fitness products and networks are, or will be, enhancing their services with Internet capabilities.
FitLinxx is in the process of developing a major web site that will provide health club members with round-the-clock access to its interactive system. In addition, the Internet link will make it easier for users of the system to enter information about their fitness activities outside of the club.
"Instead of having access to their workout information only when they're at the club, members will be able to review their workout progress 24/7," says Keith Camhi, FitLinxx president. Likewise, trainers will have better access to their clients, too. "With an Internet link, now the trainers can have much more contact with their clients, especially those who may not have come into the club for awhile."
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Camhi agrees that his and other web sites should be instrumental in driving more people to health clubs. And while an Internet application does provide the company with the capability of dealing directly with consumers, Camhi assures that Fit-Linxx's web site will always encourage consumers "to get to the club."
"Exercise is the one thing you can't do with a web browser," says Camhi. "We see our web site as part of an integrated play that fully embraces health clubs as the place where exercise gets done."
Like most of the major web sites that have or will debut soon, FitLinxx.com will provide a wide assortment of information for both club members and consumers in general. The site will also offer a variety of prepackaged programs and programs that can be personalized for individuals.
Schwinn Cycling & Fitness will launch an interactive web site next year. According to product development manager Tom Schmidt, interconnectivity with the company's Fitness Advisor System will provide club members with better access to their training data: "This will make it much easier for members to enter and retrieve data when they're home or on the road. Now when they get to the club, they'll have more time to exercise."
Technogym USA has not announced plans to link its interactive system via the Internet. But vice president Steve Robertson acknowledges that web applications are going to be critically important components of packages that fitness products suppliers offer to health and fitness facilities.
What Robertson does caution, though, is that technology alone is not the solution to the challenge of helping people to be fit: "Club operators have to understand that the wonderful technology available to them will dramatically help them build their business only when they truly commit themselves to supporting it. If a club really decides to get behind the technology that it installs, the return on that investment can be huge."
The ability of the FitLinxx, Schwinn and Technogym interactive fitness networks to monitor and record a member's workout information automatically gives these systems an advantage over the newer web sites. And to extend the tracking capability of these products even further, they are incorporating other technology into their systems. FitLinxx is exploring the use of handheld computers such as the Palm Pilot to collect exercise information. Schwinn is partnering with Physical Genius to help members collect data on exercising with free weights.
Web site developers are looking at ways to make it easier for members to collect their fitness information. In addition to handheld computers, other monitoring devices, such as heart rate monitors, are expected to be incorporated into the Internet mix. All of which ensures that fitness has a growing place in cyberspace.


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If you are a parent who has toddlers, you can't help but be concerned about news reports describing the increase in preschoolers' tooth decay.
Nationwide, dentists are seeing a surge in this medical problem, which doesn't appear to be linked to any specific income level. And although the CDC reported in 2007 that preventive measures, such as sealants, had helped reduce decay in children six and older, there were warning signs even then for children ages two to five years.
One contributor to this trend appears to be linked to the sugar found in juices and snacks. In December, The Environmental Working Group (EWG) announced the results of a study in which two-thirds of the 84 brands of children's breakfast cereals reviewed contained more added sugar by weight than government recommended. In fact, the EWG discovered that only one out of every four cereals for children met their recommendations.
Fruit juices, a favorite of many young children, contribute to the level of sugar passing through the mouths of these babes as well. Add to the equation carbohydrate-rich foods, filled with sugars and starches, which are fed to little ones in the form of ready-to-go-processed snacks, and the toddlers are likely collecting a mouthful of future cavities.
Even gummy vitamins, while supplying important vitamins and minerals, can be problematic due to the soft and sticky residue left on baby teeth.
With toddler tooth decay becoming so common, there is even an increase in the use of general anesthesia for this age group, as toddlers aren't likely to sit still through the lengthy procedures necessary to correct these dental problems.
One may argue these tikes will lose their baby teeth, so none of this really matters. But if these sugary snacks, cereals and juices are impacting the dental health of these preschoolers, one can argue that eating habits and sugar cravings also are being established, which can manifest later in the form of obesity and juvenile diabetes.
Armed with such knowledge, manufacturers have an opportunity: Examine ways to reduce sugar levels in the foods and juices frequently enjoyed to young children.


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Cheers rang out when Mount Pleasant Country Club in Boylston won the Silver Ladle Award at the Central Mass Business Expo held this month at the DCU Center in Worcester.
It was the first time the club competed, and participants were ecstatic.
Good reason to celebrate.
The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, expo sponsor, annually hosts a food tasting at the end of the show. Local restaurants compete in a friendly culinary competition, while guests schmooze and munch on their food.
Judges are asked to score food based on taste and presentation. Points also are awarded for booth setup.
I judged the competition with Jane Thibeault, former head of the culinary department at Worcester Technical High School, and we commented that it was good to have several new restaurants included in the tastings.
Richard Kunsch, executive chef at Mount Pleasant Country Club, presented a �12 Hour Braised Pork Shank Over Sweet Potato Polenta� and �Pumpkin Cheesecake Chocolate Coronets.�
The pork shank was served in stemmed cordial glasses and finished with a grilled plantain chip. The coronets were mini chocolate ice cream cones filled with pumpkin cheesecake and finished with chocolate ganache.
Kunsch, originally from Pennsylvania, is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University. He began working in New Orleans at The Windsor Court Hotel and later worked as chef at the 15th Street Bookbinders in Philadelphia. He assisted the Bookbinder family in opening their restaurant in Margate, N.J. His career also has taken him to chef positions in Delaware and North Carolina and university clubs in Florida and Texas. Kunsch moved to Massachusetts in 2000, working at The International Golf Club & Resort in Bolton and Ledgemont Country Club in Seekonk.
Mount Pleasant Country Club is on the rebound under new ownership as of January 2012. Club owner/president Regan Remillard is reported to be committed to �investing in all of the club�s properties, making it one of the great country clubs in Massachusetts.�
Brian Lynch is general manager of the club; Brian Dugan, director of food and beverage.
Many diners probably remember when Dugan and Steven Greene, both of Shrewsbury, owned and operated the former TriBeCa restaurant on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester. The building remains in their ownership, and the location now houses a chef-owned and operated restaurant, Nuovo.
After selling TriBeCa, Dugan worked at Legal Sea Foods in Framingham and the Prudential Center in Boston. He was manager at Legal C Bar at Legacy Place in Dedham.
Mount Pleasant Country Club is private, but it is open to weddings, special functions, corporate meetings and golf outings, according to Dugan.
A social membership that includes swimming, tennis and dining is available, he said.
The club, which closes from January to March, is expected to undergo major renovations, beginning next year. Renovations will not interfere with any of the club�s functions, said Dugan. �Everything is being carefully planned out.�
Congrats to the Silver Ladle winner.
Friendly Discount Liquors, 1167 Providence Road, Whitinsville, will have its Thanksgiving Grand Tasting from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 18.
Sample more than 80 wines, seasoning beers and liqueurs that are perfect for holiday entertaining, according to owners Bill and Patty Giannopoulos.
Free to the public. RSVP: (508) 234-7951, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
�Holly Days: Food, Glorious Food!� is scheduled Nov. 23-Dec. 30 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston.
Note: Tower Hill will be closed Dec. 24, 25, 31 and Jan. 1.
Holly Days is Tower Hill�s winter celebration, and it�s going to be quite the party.
A sneak peak:
�All the ornaments are created to reflect food items, or things related to food and food preparations � like utensils,� said Michael Arnum, Tower Hill�s marketing director.
There also will be cooking demonstrations on Wednesday evenings. The cooking demos are included with general admission, free to members, limited to first 50 guests.
The lineup of chefs:
Nov. 28, 5:30 p.m.: Chef/owner John Lawrence of Pepper�s Fine Foods Catering in Northboro will demonstrate a favorite holiday dish and provide insights about �catering for a crowd.�
Dec. 5, 5:30 p.m.: William Nemeroff, executive chef at the Beechwood Hotel in Worcester, will prepare a roasted butternut squash risotto with baby spinach, cranberry fig ricotta and pumpkin seed.
Dec. 12, 5:30 p.m. Chef/co-owner Christiana Ernst of Via Alto 27 in Clinton will make a traditional holiday dish � pasta rolls au gratin with leeks, pumpkin and salmon, which Ernst said is perfect for the Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes.
Dec. 19, 5:30 p.m.: Michael Arnum of Tower Hill and �cookie baker extraordinaire� will demonstrate Scandinavian holiday cookies, including krumkake, spritz, sandkaker, smultringer and more.
Information about the Dec. 26 event will be announced next month.
Watch for the update.
Great demos!
The Vin Bin, 91 Main St., Marlboro, will host a book signing of �A Murder in Wellesley: The Inside Story of an Ivy-League Doctor�s Double Life, His Slain Wife and the Trial That Gripped the Nation� by Tom Farmer and Marty Foley from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 30.
The authors (Foley is a Marlboro resident) will sign copies of the book, which will be available for purchase.
The Vin Bin will have a wine tasting during the event.
More info: (508) 480-9463, or visit www.thevinbin.com.
Wormtown Brewery in Worcester took home gold, silver and bronze medals at the annual Great International Beer & Cider Competition held earlier this month at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence.
The competition included 470 beers and ciders from across the United States and around the world. Eighty-three professional brewers, beer industry professionals and beer journalists judged beers and ciders in a blind tasting format. First, second and third place awards were presented in 44 categories of ales, lagers and ciders.
Ben Roesch, Wormtown�s master brewer, won the gold medal in the Robust Porter category with Pro-Am Porter.
Wormtown�s Mass Whole Hefeweizen won silver in the German Wheat Beer category. The brewery won bronze medals for its B&T Ale in the Strong Beer-Old Ale category and its Worcester�s Bravest in the Belgian & French Ale category.
Wormtown Brewery is at 455 Park Ave., the location of Peppercorn�s Grille and Tavern. The Tom Oliveri family owns the restaurant and the brewery.
Congratulations to Ed and Sue Reed of Reed�s Country Store, 753 Barre Road, New Braintree, who this month are celebrating 35 years in business.
The owners will host a coffee and dessert event from 3 to 5 p.m. Nov. 18.
The Reeds said, �Running a business and working side by side everyday has been challenging, and we have seen many changes in our business. Over the years we have gone from a �country store� to a full-service restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. We are so grateful to our customers and hope each one will stop by on Sunday afternoon as we talk about the good time we�ve shared.�
Enjoy the celebration!
Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurants will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day with dine-in and to-go menus.
Starting at $45 for up to three guests, and $90, six guests, the restaurant chain�s holiday feast will include white meat turkey served with gravy, a side of spicy Italian sausage stuffing flavored with garlic, sage and Parmesan cheese, whole berry cranberry sauce, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans and mini chocolate chip cannolis.
The full Buca Thanksgiving meal is also available as takeout. Menu favorites can be ordered as party trays to add finishing touches to the holiday meal. Pricing begins at $135 for a �feast� for 10. Orders must be placed by 9 p.m. Nov. 19.
For more information, Thanksgiving reservations, or to place an order to go, visit http://www.bucadibeppo.com/celebrate-thanksgiving.
Lynch�s Riverview Wine & Spirits, 16 Mendon St., Uxbridge, will have a free in-store tasting from 3 to 6 p.m. Nov. 17 that will focus on pairing wine with a traditional Thanksgiving feast.
Great gift ideas for holiday hosts.
Call (508) 278-5100 for more info.
The Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts have rescheduled the Girl Scout Fork It Over fundraising event for Feb. 5, 2013, at Coral Seafood Restaurant in Worcester.
Local chefs will create appetizers and desserts using Girl Scout cookies.
More information about the participants closer to the event.
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources is encouraging consumers to buy ingredients raised, produced and processed in Massachusetts for their holiday meals.
�Thanksgiving is the perfect time when families can celebrate the bounty of Massachusetts-grown and produced products,� said MDAR Commissioner Greg Watson. �Buying locally all season long promotes Massachusetts businesses and connects families to our state�s wonderfully diverse local food sources.�
Holiday farmers markets and harvest festival have been scheduled throughout the state.
The �10th Annual Thanksgiving Harvest Festival� at Red Apple Farm in Phillipston will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 17 and Nov. 18.
Admission is $2 per person; half off admission with non-perishable food donation.
Visit www.redapplefarm.com for a list of the festival participants. There are lots of them.
The event will feature tastings, live music and games.
For other holiday markets and harvest festivals, visit www.mass.gov/agr/massgrown/calendar.htm.
Thanksgiving dinner in the ballroom at the Beechwood Hotel in Worcester is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thanksgiving Day.
A five-course prix fixe menu: $39.95 per person, excluding tax and tip; $17.25 per person for children, excluding tax and tip.
Entr�e choices include roasted turkey with stuffing, sliced roasted leg of lamb, grilled North Atlantic salmon or roasted prime rib with au ju.
For parties of eight or more, a �Family Style� dinner featuring roasted turkey (carved tableside) with all the fixings will be available.
Ceres Bistro at the Beechwood Hotel will be open, serving a standard dinner menu from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. as well as a three-course prix fixe dinner featuring Roasted Clover Hill Farms Turkey and Sliced Fresh Mint & Oregano Marinated Lamb Top Round. Cost: $30.95 per person.
If you need a little help with cooking at home, the restaurant will offer turkeys for take-out.
For reservations, or to order a turkey �to go,� call (508) 754-2000. Call the same number to book holiday functions at the Beechwood Hotel.
Sutton Wines & Liquors, 160 Worcester Providence Turnpike, Sutton, will have its in-store Thanksgiving Grand Tasting Event from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Nov. 17.
Wine and beer specials will be available.
�Beaujolais in all its splendor� will be featured at a wine tasting beginning at 3 p.m. Nov. 18 at The Castle Restaurant, 1230 Main St., Leicester.
Cost: $33 per person. Call (508) 892-9090 for reservations and more information.
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The three part story of Howard C. Benham, who was arrested for murdering his young, wealthy wife, sentenced to die, was about to be electrocuted, then had a second trial, subsequently acquitted, was one of my more popular posts. This case was discovered when I began researching a distant relative of mine, Delight Adams Benham. Recently, I received a very interesting comment about the sheriff responsible for transporting Howard, and felt it should be shared. I was absolutely thrilled with the comment, and you will see why.
"My 3rd great grandfather was the Sheriff of Genesee county who had Howard in his care at the Genesee County jail during his trial, was in charge of transporting him to Auburn State prison, and was one of only a handful of people allowed to visit him while in State prison. Sheriff William H. Heal seemed to believe Howard was innocent treated him fairly and was noted in his obituary in 1932 for having conducted the trail with calm and order. I was very curious as to what happened to Howard after he was acquitted, and I am so glad to read your story. I am very sorry to hear how it so negatively impacted the whole family. I have seen headlines as far away as
. This story was nation-wide sensationalism; imagine trying to move on after being released. San Francisco
Sheriff Heal was called out to Martin's (Howard's father) house several times as he was mentally declining. I read a newspaper story where he had chased everyone out of the house at night threatening them and Sheriff Heal posted a deputy there overnight to make sure he didn't hurt himself. Please feel free to contact me if you would like copies of newspaper clippings I have if you need them.
By Candi Summers"
(Comment left at The Rest of the Story Part 3. I have been unable to contact Candi, so I really hope she Googles her name.)*
See Part 1 Delight Adams Benham and Is there a Story?
See Part 2 Delight Adams Benham and There is a Story
See Part 3 Delight Adams Benham: The Rest of the Story
*Like all of you, we love getting clues from readers, and I was delighted to hear from Candi. Immediately, I went to work to try and locate information about William H. Heal. It wasn't hard.
"Heal, William H., was born in
Stafford, July 5, 1852. His father, Matthew W. Heal, was a native of England and came to the in 1836 with his parents, John and Mary Heal, who settled in Oakfield. M. W. Heal married Harriet, daughter of John March, and was a farmer and hotel keeper. William H. Heal was educated in the common schools and was engaged in farming for twenty years. In 1881 he began the produce and coal business in Le Roy, remaining there until 1896 when he was elected sheriff of Genesee county and removed to Batavia in 1897. The famous trial of Howard C. Benham for murder occurred during the first year of Mr. Heal's term as sheriff. The excellent order and perfect freedom from confusion which he maintained in the court room received the well merited commendation of court and counsel. In 1870 Mr. Heal married Emma D., daughter of Salma and Betsey White: they had three children: Homer S., Florence and Ethel." United States
From: Biography of William H. Heal
Source: Our County and it's people
A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose and Co., Publishers,
, N. Y. 1890 Syracuse
A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose and Co., Publishers,
The Obituary below was located on RootsWeb:
"Death of Stafford Native Occurred in
William H. Heal 78, a native of Stafford and former
Genesee County Sheriff, who was in office at the time of the Howard C. Benham murder trial, died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Edward Sullivan in today. He suffered a stroke of apoplexy this morning and died soon afterward. Mr. Heal was born at Stafford July 5, 1852, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Heal, who came to this county from North Tonawanda in 1836. He was educated in the public schools and was later engaged in farming for twenty years. In 1881 he started a produce and coal business in Le Roy, remaining in that village until 1896, when he was elected sheriff. He moved to this city in 1897 when he took office and continued his residence for three years. Following the death of his wife who was Miss Emma D. White a daughter of Salma and Betsey White of Stafford, Mr. Heal moved to England , where he had since resided. He is survived by two daughters. Mrs Ethel McIntosh of No North Tonawanda 11 Vine street and Mrs Sullivan.
I also have a clipping where my GGGrandmother Betsey White sued her son in law William Heal over a land deed and won the case. If anyone is interested in this. Let me know....Sharon"
Candi (see * above) sent me the following information on Henry Sidney Benham, the two-year old son, of the murdered wife and mother. "I just wanted to let you know I'd done some more research on Henry C. Benham, most notably his son Henry Sidney Benham, who was 2 when his mother was murdered. It turns out he lived with his maternal grandparents, Peter and Mary Farrant, later taking their last name and going by his middle name
I did a social security death index search on Sidney Farrant and found that he died September 1977 and his last benefit was sent to


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Ask Noel: Using super to reduce capital gains
I read your article on using super contribution to reduce capital gains and I'm not sure I know what to do in my situation. My husband and I bought a property two years ago and intend to sell it soon. The profit should be $100,000 after all deductions – $100,000 in the bank after settlement.
We have a self-managed super fund. Would it be better to transfer the funds into the SMSF prior to 1 July 2019 and would the contribution be classed as concessional or a non-concessional contribution?
Would we still pay capital gains on the amounts that were put into super or only pay CGT on the amounts that are not put into super, or do we pay CGT on the whole $100,000 and 15 per cent tax on amounts we put into super?
Be aware that net proceeds need not be the same as the taxable profit. There could have been capital expenditure and purchase costs, which would increase the base cost and, accordingly, reduce the taxable profit.
The most that can be contributed by each of you as a concessional contribution is $25,000, and this includes any contributions that may have been made for you by an employer. The balance would be non-concessional contributions.
Capital gains tax is calculated by adding the taxable profit to your taxable income in the year the sales contract was signed – so simply contributing money to superannuation would not, of itself, affect the amount of capital gains tax you would pay. Capital gains tax may be reduced because deductible concessional contributions reduce overall taxable income and possibly keep you in a lower tax bracket.
We are looking to sell an investment property by this time next year. We stand to make about $150,000 profit. I want to know if this capital gain could be rolled over into our super thus avoiding capital gains tax? Or would it be wiser to sell our family home and go live in the rental property and avoid CGT altogether?
See the answer to the previous question – you cannot avoid capital gains tax by rolling a profit into superannuation. What you can do, in some circumstances, is minimise the effect of capital gains tax by reducing your taxable income through deductible superannuation contributions. It may be possible to minimise capital gains tax on the investment property if you move into it, but you would need to be there for a long period because the capital gain would be apportioned on a pro rata basis according to the time it was occupied.
If a person has more than $1.6m in superannuation will they be allowed to contribute say $300,000 under the downsizing provisions?
As long as they comply with all the downsizing regulations, a person with more than $1.6 million in superannuation would be allowed to contribute up to $300,000.
Anybody considering doing this should note the downsizing contributions will still count towards their $1.6m transfer balance, so if their fund is in pension mode now the additional contribution will have to remain in accumulation mode.
This means funds in super in accumulation mode will be paying tax on their income at a flat 15 per cent from the first dollar earned. In view of the fact the first $18,200 a year income per person is tax-free, you may decide the money is better invested in your own name. It's a matter of doing the sums with your accountant.
- Noel Whittaker is the author of Making Money Made Simple and numerous other books on personal finance.


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