| Briefly in Tompkins
The Ithaca Substitutes' Association, the union representing substitute teachers in the Ithaca City School District, plans to hold a meeting for all members today from 4:30-6 p.m. today in the Beverly Livesay Room, Tompkins County Human Services Building, 320 W. State St. Substitute teachers are encouraged to attend for a discussion of recent union achievements and to learn more about upcoming negotiations with the Ithaca City School District. Refreshments will be served. Calvary Baptist to hold forum on equity issues at ICSD .
Geeks in Toyland
But there hadn't been a Mindstorms update in nearly four years, and rumor had it Lego might abandon the product altogether. Intrigued, Hassenplug signed the NDA, received a username and password, and was ushered to a secure online forum. Even there, he found no official information - just an email thread between a few peers: John Barnes, David Schilling, and Ralph Hempel. Hassenplug knew them well from Brickfest, the annual conference where Lego zealots show off their most elegant creations, from massive starships and richly detailed cathedrals to giant bipedal robots. The four Mindstorms experts speculated as to why they'd been tapped and sworn to secrecy. Lego probably needed beta testers for a Mindstorms update. After lurking for a few days, Søren Lund, the director of Mindstorms, dropped in on the conversation.
Bits of Pearl
The cartoon originally ran Jan. 11, 1969. Yes, were aware of the event in town, the syndicate forwarded the strip to be reprinted and Charles Schulz died in early 2000. Senior editor for design and presentation Geoff Pinnock and his tireless team covering the U.S. Figure Skating Championships are creating a souvenir special section. 10,000 copies will be available Sunday. More details to come. .
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