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Charlottesville Podcasting Network: Charlottesville—Right Now! with Coy Barefoot: Suzanne Kogut

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:56:17 -0500

Suzanne Kogut, Executive Director of the Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss the SPCA.

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bookofjoe: Periodic Table of Cupcakes

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:01:00 -0500

From the November 27, 2009 installment of Foodie Friday:

"I helped my little sister bake these periodic table cupcakes for her birthday party tomorrow. She’s a chemistry nerd, so everything had to be exactly correct. Astute chem majors will notice the color-coded icing" [...]

cVillain: Vandals Go ‘A Christmas Story’ On Charlottesville Police Station

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:52:34 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Charlottesville police are looking for leads regarding vandalism to the downtown police station over the weekend. A window at the front of the building was apparently shot out around 9:30PM Saturday night with a BB gun, and there are also two reports of individuals being shot at, one [...]

bookofjoe: Is this the Apple tablet?

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:01:00 -0500

You tell me.

[via TheRegister]

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CHARLOTTESVILLE: The roads are icy and you are running late…. please do not try to make up time on the road…

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:48:52 -0500

This morning I was driving through Crozet to a closing. I make it a habit of being 15 mins early to appointments and today I saw why… Here is what I saw on the side of the road across from Western Ridge on 240.

The roads are [...]

cVillain: Weekend Preview: Improvising Our Way Through

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:38:47 -0500

Friday:

The Southern - Continues it’s trend of two full performances per night, kicking things off with The Waymores, a trio of alt-Nashville performers whose works have been performed by the greats of the genre (Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Patti Page, Keith Urban, John Michael Montgomery, etc.) @ [...]

cVillain: The Bridge Goes Lo-Fi

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:57:32 -0500

The Bridge in Charlottesville presents New York-based artists Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan, joined by local artist Chris Peck. Perich’s duet “Dual Synthesis” (for harpsichord and 1-bit electronics) and Flanigan’s “Amplifications” (for voice and speaker electronics) explore the viscerality of electronic music. Mixing primitive sounds from their [...]

cVillain: Planned Murder = 9.5 Years, Drug Distribution = 16 Years

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:54:51 -0500

Number of comments: 7

Two sentences were handed down today, one for Charlottesville’s latest would be wife killer, Patrick Shemorry (28) and one for an apparent drug kingpin, Warren “Pop” Rucker II (19).

Shemorry has made the the rounds of all the local news outlets for his attempted hiring of Michael Terry with [...]

cVillain: Businesses Ask For Salvation, Just Not Here

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:20:19 -0500

Number of comments: 5

The holiday season brings out many things in local businesses, from preemptive decorations (only days after Halloween nationally, and our city got in early too), to the piped music forced on consumers across town, and finally the familiar ring of Salvation Army bells out front. [...]

cVillain: Charlottesville Wins Another Top Ten – Zoom Zoom

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:41 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Charlottesville has managed to ace another nationwide comparison, this time Car And Driver has ranked us among the top 10 ‘Best Cities For Drivers’. Our win is predicated upon the total days of sunshine per year (218), our limited number of traffic cops (16 in the city), [...]

cVillain: DARPA Proves Geeks Pay Attention

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:26:24 -0500

Number of comments: 3

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) pulled their own nationwide stunt this past weekend, all in celebration of the 40th anniversary of ARPANet, a precursor to todays interwebz. The challenge was designed to track how social networks can be used to disseminate and retrieve viral information, all in the hopes [...]

cVillain: DT Mall Rap – We Love It Too, But You’re On You Own

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:20:18 -0500

Number of comments: 10

[Thanks Emily Bolecek & Arin Noble]

Real Central VA: Crozet Tweetup – 10 December

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:26:40 -0500

We’ve had Charlottesville Tweetups before. As Crozet continues its growth towards self-sufficiency – coffee shops, grocery stores, restaurants, hardware stores, Christmas trees – there are fewer and fewer reasons to come to Charlottesville (other than work … and even in that category Crozet has made progress over the [...]

cVillain: Weekend Preview: It’s All About The After Party

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:09:47 -0500

Number of comments: 4

Friday:

The Southern - Is PACKED this weekend. Kicking off with the Holiday Craft Fair, starting @ 3:00PM, and running until 10:00PM – $Free [Info]. Alternative minded shoppers will be joined by Alex Caton with Old Calf (Matty Metcalfe and Ned Oldham), a group which promises to [...]

cVillain: Wise Energy For Virginia Shines The Spotlight On True Coal Costs

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:15:16 -0500

Number of comments: 10

A local conservation group is hosting the Charlottesville premiere next week of Coal Country, an award-winning documentary about the true cost of America’s “cheap” electricity. The film focuses on mountaintop removal coal mining, where the tops of ancient mountains are blown off to expose coal seams, and [...]

bookofjoe: One of my Podunk town's movie theaters — the Regal Cinema 4 — has no heat

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:01:00 -0500

"The heating in the building's theaters [above] has gone out, and the theater's management is tight-lipped about when it might be fixed," wrote Rachana Dixit in a December 12, 2009 Charlottesville Daily Progress front page story.

Lack of heat in winter wasn't one of the many [...]

Perpetual Folly: VCCA Report, Day 3

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:35:00 -0500

On Sunday morning we woke up to ice everywhere. Breakfast was limited--the kitchen regulars couldn't get in--and it was even tricky making the short walk out to the studios. After the sleet stopped, it rained. And rained. And rained. Which should have been conducive to work, but it just made' [...]

bookofjoe: What is it?

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:01:00 -0500

Answer here this time tomorrow. [...]

EBDblog: Self- and other-referents in Autism

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:55:05 -0500

I’m going a little afield here, as this is not about children or youth. Still, I thought it might be interesting to a reader or two. Using images of the brains of adults with Autism and other adults without Autism, Michael Lombardo and colleagues examined activity in two parts of [...]

Real Central VA: Prepping to Buy a House in Charlottesville

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:43:39 -0500

Transcription:

Hey, Jim Duncan with RealCentralVA.com and Nest Realty Group here in Charlottesville, Virgina.

It is the first week of December, 2009 and that means one thing to me at least. It means that people are starting to think about buying and/or selling homes in the Spring. Now is [...]

Charlottesville Words: links for 2009-12-14

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:03:48 -0500

The Nabokov Collection: Observatory: Design Observer "Every so often, a dream project lands on your desk. Here's one: redesign Vladimir Nabokov's book covers. All twenty-one of them. Let me rephrase. Every so often the most daunting project of your entire life arrives on your desk…." Check out the slide show. [...]

bookofjoe: Above, a full-page ...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:01:00 -0500

Above, a full-page ad in today's Financial Times placed by Avaaz.org, "A global campaign network of 3.6 million citizens who take action for a more just and peaceful world. 'Avaaz' means 'voice' in many languages."

It paid to advertise.

Wait a minute, joe, that's not right — it [...]

Xaprb: MySQL Enterprise/Community split could be renewed under Oracle

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:59:25 -0500

One of MySQL’s notable projects was splitting the product into two editions: Enterprise Edition and Community Edition. This move alienated many in the community, and failed to create meaningful differentiation on either side, even with a team of people beating the community bushes for “contributions.” The net differentiation was [...]

Charlottesville Podcasting Network: UVA Today Radio| Dec. 9, 2009

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:27:12 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Check out the new episode of the UVA Today Radio Show, a weekly five minute segment on WTJU radio. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. Afterward, all of the segments will be posted [...]

bookofjoe: Kevin Mitnick's Business Card

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:01:00 -0500

$5.

[via m'appeal and ranh]

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Life In Sugar Hollow: Gardener Gift Ideas

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500

I'm blogging over at Virginia Living about the things I want for Christmas. (And maybe you do, too!)

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stylos: Mounce, NIV 2011, and Modern Translation Musings

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:35:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Zondervan announced in September that they would be offering a revision of the NIV in 2011 (the 400th anniversary of the KJV). In October they also announced that Greek grammarian Bill Mounce was being added to the revised NIV translation team. The irony here is that Mounce also served as [...]

bookofjoe: Chunky Move's 'Mortal Engine'

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:01:00 -0500

The Melbourne-based dance company is currently performing in the U.S.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE: Closing in Crozet Virginia this morning

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:00:35 -0500

NOTE: Brief message sent from my BlackBerry®

regards, Charles McDonald, (cell) 434-981-1585
Associate BROKER, Licensed to sell Real Estate in Virginia

Posted via email from Charlottesville Real Estate

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CHARLOTTESVILLE: Closing in Crozet Virginia this morning

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:47:25 -0500

NOTE: Brief message sent from my BlackBerry®

regards, Charles McDonald, (cell) 434-981-1585
Associate BROKER, Licensed to sell Real Estate in Virginia

Posted via email from Charlottesville Real Estate

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bookofjoe: Nail Cocktail Picks

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:01:00 -0500

Reusable.

Food-safe foam caddy with weighted base.

18 for $8.33 (hammer not included; use your fingers, booboo).

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Visiopoetics: Flannery - A View from Without

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:26:52 -0500

Artwork is oils on 16″ x 20″ stretched canvas, currently on display at Barnes & Noble in the Barracks Road Shopping Center.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE: Absolutely Outstanding Country Setting in Western Albemarle

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:47:41 -0500

Absolutely Outstanding Country Setting in Western Albemarle
(Meriwether Lewis, Henley, Western Albemarle Schools) Virtual Tour

Posted via email from Charlottesville Real Estate

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realcrozetva: Crozet Business Networking Group – 15 December 2009

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:44:29 -0500

At Trailside Coffee at 0830.

Search the MLS for homes for sale in Crozet, also known as the 22932 zip code. :) Copyright RealCentralVA.com, LLC. If you are not reading this at RealCrozetVA.com the site you see is likely stealing content.

Crozet Business Networking Group – 15 [...]

Real Central VA: Changes coming to FHA loans

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:42:33 -0500

Ah, Uncertainty. Perhaps the government’s forté, always in close competition with pandering and self-preservation. What will the impact be on homebuyers and sellers in the Charlottesville area real estate market? The answer is uncertain, and likely won’t be known until we are able to look back at 2010 from 2015.

FHA [...]

EBDblog: Jaylen is ticked at bullies

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:56:18 -0500

Jaylen Arnold is not happy about bullying, and he’s telling anyone who will listen to stop bullying now. According to the Web site for Jaylen’s Challenge, Jaylen Arnold, the third grader who is the central figure in the anti-bullying campaign that uses his name and has been featured frequently in [...]

Rick Sincere News and Thoughts: You'd Better Watch Out ...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:05:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
You'd better watch out for the 2009 Christmas Carnival, that is.

As the name implies, this is an opportunity for bloggers to showcase their blogposts about Christmas -- stories, poems, recipes, nostalgia, videos, podcasts, humor, spirituality, graphic art, photographs, songs, and more. Christmas lends' [...]

black and white: Providence Plantation

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:05:00 -0500

Roger Williams, Prospect Terrace Park, Providence, Rhode Island

Within a few months of Williams' arrival in Boston during 1631, he was learning the Algonquian language. He would master the dialects of the Showatuck, Nipmuck, Narragansett, and others. Williams' oratorical flourish and compassion won him [...]

SchoolMatters Weblog: Bell's budget amendment and city-county relations

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:21:30 -0500

Number of comments: 0
The Albemarle County School Board took action at its meeting Thursday and authorized Delegate Rob Bell (R-58th) to submit a budget amendment in the 2010 General Assembly session that would modify the state funding formula for education. The amendment would... [...]

Shy Ramblings: San Diego

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:29:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

I fell in love with San Diego and California and Los Angeles all over again and again and again while on a business trip out to San Diego. First I fell in love with San Diego driving up the 163 towards Escondido from downtown, where I was staying in admittedly [...]

Xaprb: A review of Pentaho Solutions by Roland Bouman and Jos van Dongen

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:11:07 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Pentaho Solutions

Pentaho Solutions, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing with Pentaho and MySQL. By Roland Bouman and Jos van Dongen, Wiley 2009. Page count: about 570 pages. (Here’s a link to the publisher’s site.)

The book is big in part because it’s about a GUI [...]

Xaprb: Version 1.1.5 of improved Cacti templates released

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:28:04 -0500

I’ve released version 1.1.5 of my improved Cacti templates for MySQL and other components of a LAMP application. This is a pure bug-fix release. One of the bug fixes prevents spikes in graphs, but requires you to rebuild your RRD files. There are upgrade instructions on the project [...]