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Time: 2-3 hours Effort: Easy - no sewing required - Rainbow wig - Oversized glasses - Face paint - Silver or gold pipe cleaners - Your child should wear green slippers and fluorescent-green leotard and tights. Instructions: Wrap the headband in foil and attach two or more pipe cleaners to the top for the antenna. Have fun painting your child's face in a variety of psychedelic colors and outer space designs. Tips: Girl Martians can add a sheer fluorescent-green ballet skirt. If you can't find a wig, try dyeing your child's hair with washable hair tints. If you can't find oversized glasses, try making your own out of cardboard. Cover the cut-out cardboard with foil or decorate with fluorescent markers. Let your imagination go wild and add your own touches to this visitor from another planet. Can be easily modified. If weather is cold, have your child wear thermals under the costume, or have her wear a green sweatsuit.
Before signing up with the Missouri National Guard, Traxel’s family says he enlisted with the Marines right out of Oakville High School in south St. Louis County. After that, he worked as a police officer in Florissant and other departments before enlisting with the Army, serving a tour in both Iraq and Afghanistan. It was in the Army where his family says he started reporting, filing stories from the front lines. His family thought his latest mission would be safer – a medical readiness mission with the Missouri National Guard in Guatemala. Except Guatemala is full of Guatemalans. Florissant is kinda hangin’ on and remaining majority white, so you can’t say that being a Florissant cop was the most dangerous job of his short lifetime.
by Soeren Kern: In March, the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service announced that a growing number of jihadists are being recruited in Switzerland. The number of robberies and assaults on Swiss trains has skyrocketed to such an extent that the Swiss government recently opted to equip transport police with firearms, and at least 1,400 women in Switzerland have been victims of forced marriages. A controversial new report by the Swiss government claims that Muslim immigrants are so well integrated into Swiss society that no further federal policies or programs are needed to promote Muslim integration or to counter Islamic extremism. Published by the Swiss Federal Council [Bundesrat] on May 8, the 102-page study — known by the short title, “The Situation of Muslims in Switzerland” — so completely downplays the countless problems associated with Muslim immigration in Switzerland that the report has been ridiculed as being worthy of a “case study in political correctness.” The study has left many Swiss voters scratching their heads in disbelief because it is common knowledge that the twin issues of multiculturalism and Muslim immigration are far more problematic than the rosy assessment proffered by Swiss cabinet. According to a recent survey of popular perceptions of Islam produced by the Bertelsmann Foundation, fully half of all Swiss voters view Islam as a threat to their country, and 58% believe it does not belong in the Western world. Two-thirds of Swiss voters view Islam as a source of conflict. Considering that hardly a day goes by without news of some Islam-related problem in Switzerland, those survey results are not surprising. In May 2013, for example, it emerged that more than two-thirds of the pupils attending 80 schools in Zürich do not speak any German. At one school in the Sihlfeld district of Zürich, only one pupil is a native German speaker. In Basel, the lack of German language skills among Muslim immigrants is so acute that politicians are seeking to establish quotas at the so-called ghetto schools, requiring that at least 30% of the students at any given school be native German speakers. Also in May, the Supreme Court of Switzerland ruled that a 14-year-old Muslim girl could not be excused from swimming lessons just because the teacher was male. Her parents had sought permission, but school officials had rejected the request. In its ruling, the Supreme Court referred to a 2008 ruling that established the principle that obligatory swimming lessons take precedence over religious duties. In April, it emerged that since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the crime rate in Switzerland has doubled, and some politicians are now demanding that all male asylum seekers from North Africa and the Middle East provide DNA samples that would be stored in a data bank to help Swiss police investigate crimes. In March, the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) warned that a growing number of jihadists [holy warriors] are being recruited in Switzerland. In an interview with the Swiss newspaper Berner Oberländer on March 11, the head of Swiss intelligence, Markus Seiler, said, “What worries us, is that there are more and more people in our country who are recruiting Swiss people for jihad.” More than two dozen Swiss Muslims are thought to have travelled to Syria to join the fighting there. In February, the Vimentis polling platform, in its annual survey for 2013, found that immigration is by far the top issue of concern for Swiss voters. It also found that nearly 70% of Swiss voters favor increasing the number of police officers in the country due to rising levels of insecurity. In January, Swiss authorities said they are bracing for a massive increase in asylum seekers in 2013. The government had budgeted for 23,000 asylum applications for 2013, but that figure is forecast to hit 30,000. Costs to deal with political refugees are expected to explode to 1.43 billion francs ($1.5 billion). In November 2012, the chief of police for the Swiss canton of Zug, Beat Villiger, said Switzerland needs at least1,500 more police officers to fight a crime wave perpetrated by foreign gangs. Villiger said: “The professionalization of criminals in the areas of pickpocketing, tricks and skimming [from ATM machines using duplicate credit card readers and wireless cameras] is rising.” He also called for special prisons for failed asylum seekers and increased video surveillance in trains. The number of robberies and assaults on Swiss trains has skyrocketed to such an extent that the Swiss government recently opted to equip transport police with firearms. Also in November, Swiss police arrested several members of a Muslim gang called Jamahat who forced adolescents from disadvantaged families in the cities of Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds to convert to Islam and then to sell drugs. The Jamahat gang is made up of young Muslim men originally from Afghanistan, Chechnya and the former Yugoslavia. According to police, the group “is attempting to radicalize its activities by seeking to impose — by physical and psychological violence — a monopoly on the sale of marijuana in our region.” In nearby Lausanne, the imam of a local mosque was accused of polygamy after he married a Swiss woman who converted to Islam. Both the imam and the woman were already legally married to other spouses. The polygamous marriage was performed in a religious ceremony; however, in Switzerland only civil marriages are officially recognized by the state. In October, Muslims complained about “offensive” advertising by Swiss Airlines. The campaign included large-format posters depicting an airplane with the red and white cross of the Swiss flag painted on the tail fin, accompanied by the slogan “Cross is Trump” [Kreuz ist Trumpf, a play on words referring to card games]. Muslims were outraged by what they said was a “Christian slogan used as a provocation and attack against Islam.” Swiss Airlines said its advertising campaign carries no religious or political message. Also in October, a sixth grade boy at a school in Winterthur was forced to change schools after Muslim children repeatedly pressured him to convert to Islam. The problems began after one of the boys, whose father is an imam, tried to force the boy to pray to Allah. After the boy refused, the Muslim child began ridiculing his Christian faith. Soon thereafter, other Muslim classmates (14 of the 19 boys in the sixth grade class are Muslim) began harassing the boy, even calling for him to be killed for refusing to bow the knee to Allah. Muslim children at the same school have also sought to enforce Islamic dress codes. That same month, a gym teacher at the André-Chavanne school in Geneva prevented female students from using a track field on Fridays because of complaints from a nearby mosque. When outraged parents confronted the teacher, she justified her action by saying she was concerned for the girls’ safety because Muslims had previously shouted insults at them. In September, the Swiss House of Representatives voted against banning Muslim women from wearing burkas in public spaces. Parliamentarians who voted against the burka ban argued it would “encourage negative opinions of Switzerland” and “hurt tourism from Muslim countries.” In August, a study conducted by a pair of academics from the University of Neuchâtel found that at least 1,400 Muslim women in Switzerland have been the victims of forced marriages. Most forced marriages involve Muslim immigrants from the Balkans, Turkey and Sri Lanka. In June, Swiss police warned that radical Muslim groups are using Switzerland as a base from which to promote jihad in Europe and beyond. Islamists in Switzerland are providing jihadists with logistical support, and also stepping up their use of Internet websites there to spread Islamic propaganda as well as to incite their supporters to commit acts of terrorism and violence. In response to the rising threat from radical Islam, Swiss police launched a new specialist IT research department to intensify efforts to monitor jihadist websites and their operators. In February, leading Islamic groups in Switzerland announced plans to establish their own parliament that will enable all of the country’s Muslims to “speak with one voice,” and that their new “parliament” will be based on the principles of Islamic Sharia law. Swiss analysts, according to an exposé published by the newspaper Basler Zeitung, say the initiative is an effort to establish a “parallel” legislative body in Switzerland that will be a mouthpiece for Islamic fundamentalists who are seeking to impose Sharia law in the country. In January, the extremist Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (IZRS) announced that it was trying to raise money from countries in the Persian Gulf to build a 20-million Swiss franc ($21 million) mega-mosque in Bern. With three floors, the planned mosque would be the biggest in Switzerland. In addition to a prayer room for more than 500 worshippers, the building would have conference and training rooms, shops, underground parking and a garden. In September 2011, an immigrant group based in Bern called for the emblematic white cross to be removed from the Swiss national flag because as a Christian symbol it “no longer corresponds to today’s multicultural Switzerland.” In an interview with the Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung, a Muslim activist said the cross has a Christian background, and while the Christian roots of Switzerland should be respected, “it is necessary to separate church and state” because “Switzerland today has a great religious and cultural diversity. One has to ask if the State wants to continue building up a symbol in which many people no longer believe.” Read more at Gatestone Institute
Class members met at 5:30 p.m. and finished up some class business, read their senior wills aloud and the entire time, most eyes were on the time capsule that was situated at the front of the room. When the time came to open the capsule, though, there was hesitation. Who was going to open the pressurized stainless steel canister? Jerry Don Woods had a friend on stand-by with a sawzall, just in case muscle power wasn’t enough. Ernest Goins stepped up to the canister and after some manipulation, the vessel opened. After a few gasps and cheers, the room was quiet as the class members and spouses waited to see what was in it. “It’s wet,” Goins told the group. It looked as though the gasket on the time capsule had slipped and allowed weather elements in over time. The articles were placed inside a heavy-duty black trash bag that aided some in the defense against the elements. Goins braved the dampened canister and pulled out all, and in some cases, its gooey contents one piece of memorabilia at a time. “It was kid of a bummer,” Woods said. “We were all so excited about this. To come this far and have the contents be damaged is a letdown for sure, but I think we’re all just as excited that we had the opportunity to get together as a group again. Some of us haven’t seen each other in ages. This entire weekend has been a blast.” Kim Graves, a former cheerleader, was the first to have contents that were legible. She wrote what appeared to be an essay that included a segment on women’s right and explained cheerleading to future generations. The contents ranged from essays on such topics as cheerleading, impending nuclear war, women athletes and fun on a Friday night to collages of pictures cut out from magazines showcasing hair styles, homes, cars and industry. The time capsule was a U.S. History project, so each student either chose or was assigned a current subject to memorialize for future generations. As Goin continued to remove the contents, others placed the soggy items on the floor to sort, decipher and when possible match the item to the owner. One person in attendance, Marilyn Jane Dukes, was excited to just be a part of the group, time capsule or no time capsule. The class of 1977 was her first teaching job when the students were in the fourth grade. Dukes arrived in the Arkansas River Valley in 1969 by bus to apply for a teaching job in Russellville. The bus ride from Trenton, N.J., was lengthy and by the time she arrived, the teaching position was filled. The school called Dardanelle and sent Dukes there to apply for a position in Dardanelle school district and she was hired. She taught three years at Dardanelle — fourth, then fifth and then third grades. She taught the class of 1977 two years in a row and said they are still one of her favorite memories of teaching. Her husband, Randy, said his wife had literally been on “cloud nine,” looking forward to the reunion for three months. “When Jerry Don called me about the reunion and time capsule, I was so excited,” Dukes said. “It has been a joy to look forward to for three months. I’m very fond of my time here and this class in particular. This is my last year teaching, so it seems fitting that I started my career here and I’m visiting here during my last year.” Woods said tracking Dukes down in Florida after all these years was a miracle in itself. Woods and the others in attendance agreed that while opening the time capsule to find its content not in pristine condition was a let down, the event itself was priceless and well worth the anticipation.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 The ad was put out by DuPont to advertise their trademarked Dacron polyester fiber. I've shown you ads before of clothing made from DuPont fabrics by Paris couturiers. The Dior suit shown above was made from wool blended with Dacron to add a wrinkle free quality to the fabric. OK, enough about the suit. I want the car!
The economy is showing hints of life, but economists have not ruled out another recession. Dec 15, 2011 \| Categories: In The News \| Tags: consumer, economy, fed, gdp, housing, labor, obama, recession, S&P 500, unemployment Produced at The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Sponsored by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Unless otherwise noted this site and its contents are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unsupported license. All content © by Covering Business Site design by Tahiat Mahboob
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Each restaurant is designed around our customers’ comfort and enjoyment. Our fun, upbeat casual dining atmosphere makes Crabby Joe’s an excellent venue for everyday dining, events, celebrations, office groups and team gatherings. The Crabby Joe’s look is “casual relaxed”. From our distinctive natural brick to our rich hardwoods, classic art reproductions, soothing earth tone colours, and appropriate mix of booths and tables, Crabby Joe’s oozes comfort. Add to this our signature cartoon chalkboards and murals, sports memorabilia, TVs and lively upbeat music throughout the restaurant. Whether it’s in our dining room area where families and friends enjoy their meals or in the bar/refreshment area where customers of all ages drop in for a brief social visit or to join regularly with friends, you will find fun and fellowship combined with good food and pleasant surroundings. Crabby Joe’s is a dynamic restaurant design, as right for today as it is for the millennium. Obsidian Group Inc. places its highest priority on identifying appropriate locations for Crabby Joe’s Tap & Grills. Our real estate professionals together with us conduct a thorough investigation of all proposed sites. This site screening process includes surveys of surrounding businesses, traffic patterns and demographic data review. Once a site has been qualified, Obsidian Group Inc. negotiates long term leases with the best possible terms and conditions. When building a new location, funds for leaseholds, furniture and fixtures, equipment and signage have to be arranged. We never skimp on our locations. We use new equipment, fixtures and materials... which add up to beautiful decor, ease of maintenance and durability. Yet industry insiders are amazed by how inexpensive Crabby Joe’s start-ups are in comparison to other restaurant franchises. What is a “typical” Crabby Joe’s location? The approximate size is 4,000 sq Ft, with a layout that consists of a full service kitchen with 70% dining room area and 30% bar and eating area. The building is sometimes a freestanding building, however, occasionally an inline location in a strip mall is functional. We look at many criteria when determining a location. - Population within a 10 km radius - Competition within a 10 km radius - Businesses in surrounding area - Shopping Centers in the area - Schools and Family Centers - Entertainment facilities (Theatres, Arenas etc...) - Proximity to Main Highways and other Main Traffic Routes - Healthcare Facilities (Hospitals, Clinics, etc.) Generally, we estimate a budget of between $700,000 – $850,000 for your new location. We’ll work to assist you in obtaining bank support for part of your investment. Actuals are finalized once tenders are received. These costs do not include the soft costs of opening such as the franchise fee, food and beverage inventories, utility and leased equipment deposits, first and last months rent, training costs, etc. Many of our new Franchisees have been surprised by how quickly they achieve a positive cash flow and start to recoup their cash investments!
The following information was used to help my wife restore computer files after a recent virus attack delivered by a respected website. There are about 100,000 hostile threats for Windows and about 100 for Macintosh. Anti-Virus software provides all the protection you need. - Anti-Virus Company Hacked - BBC News - Symantec Hack: Company Admits Hackers Stole Source Code - Huffington Post Anti-virus products have been exploited and anti-virus products now represent a growing threat in the coming months. Despite this fact, you need to run an anti-virus product if you use Windows, but that is not good enough. My wife's Windows-based computer was attacked despite having anti-virus software. Even if the anti-virus product is safe to use, viruses can travel across the Internet for months before you can download a fix that can only be obtained if you pay the rental fee for the anti-virus product. Such products are no guarantee you are safe. It helps to know how hostile software works. - Viruses - adds itself to an existing program file - Worms - independent program file - Trojans - hostile software installed by the user - Rootkits - allows other users to control your system remotely - Spyware - tracks and reports your activity - Hacking - unauthorized access by compromising password Virus and worm programs use defects to install themselves on your computer without your permission to replicate. Trojans and spyware are normally installed by the user because of a phishing attack. - Phishing - official looking website or email that pranks the user into installing software or sending bank information Spyware gathers personal information without your permission. There is no protection for single threats directed against high-profile users, such as celebrities, elected officials, large companies, and government agencies. That is because the virus must first activate and be reported somewhere before it is picked up by anti-virus manufacturers. There is zero protection for the first individual or organization that is attacked. What protection do you have? There are, as far as we know, no Mac OS X viruses in the wild. To prove that assertion wrong, you only have to name one. No Mac or Linux viruses exist in the wild. As it turns out, the primary threat to Mac and Linux is the user, and this challenge still stands. These are phishing attacks that deliver a trojan horse payload that is installed by untrained users. These work by pranking Apple users into installing fake anti-virus software by exploiting fear created by actual virus threats that exist only for Windows computers. There is no such thing as anti-virus software for Mac because there are no viruses. There are always users that fail to research software before installing. A trojan attack works because the attack relies on lazy users. Users can only be protected from trojans and phishing with training. Software can provide no such protection. The only anti-virus products for Mac and Linux are email scanners to thwart virus and worm attacks directed against Windows clients. Trojans are always downloaded and installed by the user. No software can protect for that kind of threat. There are no widespread Mac and Linux virus threats because of the following. - Defect correction cycle shorter than the time required to develop a virus threat - Modern security features that isolate user accounts from the main operating system You protect yourself from trojan threats by investigating software producers on a non-administrator account before installing the actual product from a site that has a good reputation. No software can provide this kind of protection. These sites have a good reputation with regard to researching threats and weaknesses before posting a product for download. Microsoft recently joined this list, but some products remain vulnerable. Trained users typically deal with infections as follows (requires a modern operating system). - Create at least one account with administration privilege just for maintenance (as soon as you get the computer) - Create separate accounts for each user and block administrator access (as soon as you get the computer) - Log into the administrator account regularly to install updates (weekly or monthly) - Web and email are only accessed through the user account - The user must backup their files regularly - Delete any user account that becomes infected These techniques were used on my wife's computer to restore normal operation. This works well with Apple OS X, Windows Vista or Windows 7, and Linux. The reason is that when malicious software takes over a user account, the hostile software is not supposed to be able to access areas belonging to the administrator and other users. That is true if the operating system uses competent security features and timely updates. Deleting the affected account will remove the virus or trojan if the manufacturer has built a product with competent security. The maintenance account is not used for routine browsing and email because an infection in an administrator account requires the hard disk to be partitioned and reformatted to remove the virus. Why are Windows computers 1000 times more vulnerable? There are different vulnerabilities, but the classic virus that best helps to understand the issue is the image threat for Windows XP, Windows Professional, Windows 98, and Windows 95. From 1995 to 2005, Internet Explorer (and Outlook) would open files, such as images, without verifying the files contains an actual image file, move file, or sound file (media). Windows would open any computer program renamed with the wrong suffix using the registry to determine whether or not to open the file, such as jpg for a computer program masquerading as an image file. The renamed computer program file runs as a program. The classic threat consists of a web site or email where a picture has been replaced with the virus program. The primary lure is people seeking appealing images, sounds, and videos. Unlike Trojans, Virus threats take advantage of weaknesses in browser and email software to gain unwanted access to your computer resources without your cooperation. Weaknesses like this are found by thoroughly testing the product, so product maturity is the primary way to control this risk. Visual Basic is one of the common attack vehicles, which relies on interconnection between these packages to accomplish the infection (macro virus). A macro virus is actually a trojan because the user must open the file to activate the payload, so there is no protection. The best overall combination for Intenet security are the following. - Firefox with NoScript - for web browsing - Thunderbird - for email communication - Open Office - productivity software Software updates for operating systems, web browsers, and email clients reduce threats. More mature systems reduce virus threats, and this brief history illustrates the underlying nature of the problem. - 1969 - Internet created (ArpaNet) - 1971 - UNIX released - 1976 - Apple 1 released - 1982 - Microsoft DOS released - 1986 - AppleTalk on all MacIntosh computers - adopted by schools and universities for network access - 1988 - Morris Worm - developed at Cornell University; launched from MIT - network security development begins - 1991 - Linux released - based on UNIX - 1992 - MacPPP (Merit Network) and Winsock (Sun) - support for commercial Internet access - 1993 - Mosaic - first modern web browser developed for Mac and UNIX - 1995 - Microsoft networking capabilities begin with Windows 95 - 1999 - Mac migrated to UNIX with OS X release - enhances network security; virus threats eliminated - 2006 - Microsoft begins to catch up on Internet security with Windows Vista The actual market for anti-virus products was created by Microsoft vulnerabilities left uncorrected by between 1988 and 2006. Security features required to eliminate virus threats were not demanded by customers. Anti-virus software deals only with damage created by programmers that exploit this weakness by delivering virus software. Apple and UNIX networking existed for approximately 10 years before mainstream Microsoft networking products emerged. Microsoft focuses most of its resources on development and marketing, so the company averages 7 years behind Apple and Linux for sophisticated infrastructure features like competent security. You can find more information about computer security at the following comedy website. Disclaimer: I do not advocate any particular operating system product. Each individual product has different strengths and weaknesses. For this reason, I own products that run Windows Vista, Windows 98, Apple OS 7, Apple OS X, UNIX, and Linux.
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Just putting out a call for our Sept themed gallery feature as I have two spots remaining! If you'd like to see your work in Craft Stamper then here is your chance! THEME: OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO (cityscapes - think Paris, London, NY, Venice etc). COLOURS: Warm cream with black and white. The call closes 13th June so get your skates on! Please email submissions to email@example.com (NB: actual artwork will be required if you are selected). You can send images of existing creations which have been blogged (we'll ask you to temporarily take them down for publication) but please not anything you have done for a DT position. Look forward to seeing your creations!
GEOMALIA Geomalia heinrichi - 1 species in Sulawesi - DR personal total: 1 species (100%), 1 photo'd is an enigmatic, ground-dwelling bird of montane Sulawesi, Indonesia. There are, as yet, no molecular studies to place this bird within any family. It has some features similar to thrushes and others similar to babblers. Most recent world checklists — Clements (2011), IOC (2011), HBW (2005), Howard & Moore (2003), Sibley & Monroe (1990) —put it, tentatively, with the thrushes (Turdidae). Geomalia (left and below) does superficially look like a large thrush. Yet some features not thrush-like: it has no known song; its locomotion include running and hopping; there is extensive bare skin around the eye (giving almost a 'ground-cuckoo' feeling); and has an atypical tail for a thrush, which is long, graduated, and round-tipped. The latter gives Geomalia an un-thrush-like shape, recalling something more ancient, like Rail-babbler Eupetes macrocerus. (2005) summarizes the argument for considering this species a thrush as having "certain turdine features, including lightly spotted underparts in juvenile plumage, rather confident terrestrial foraging behavior and thrush-like posture" but, alternatively, "other features (very short, rounded wing, pale wingpanel, fully elongate feathers on side of rump and round thighs, and long rounded tail) all tend to suggest affinities with the timalid genus Garrulax (among the laughing-thrushes). Collar also notes that the status of Sulawesi Thrush Cataponera turdoides is likewise uncertain, and has not been the subject of molecular research, and concludes that "there is deep uncertainty about these extraordinary animals, which exhibit both turdine and timaliine characters, giving rise to the notion that they may be a primitive relations of both families. Both Sulawesi Thrush (below left) and Geomalia (below right) occur in Lore Lindu NP, Sulawesi, and we saw several Sulawesi Thrushes and three Geomalia during a September 2011 visit [the Geomalia below right is a different individual than the one above]. Sulawesi Thrush was very "thrush-like" in my view, in size, stance, and behavior. They fed around mud puddles on a dirt road at dawn but spent much of the day high in the canopy, working along large limbs (as shown below left). The bright yellow-orange bill looked very "thrush-like." In contrast, Geomalia was only on the ground or on fallen logs, and did not seem closely related to Sulawesi Thrush in size, posture, or some of its behaviors (like running along logs). Further, Sulawesi Thrush has a known song; there is no known song for Geomalia. Clement (2000) considered Sulawesi Thrush to be very like Turdus thrushes, and not remotely related to Geomalia (and I agree). Clement (2000) discussed the taxonomic history of Geomalia in some detail. Stresemann (1931), who first described Geomalia (in German literature), thought it a babbler, but placed it in its own genus, since it appeared to have no close babbler relatives. The name "Geomalia" referenced another Sulawesi endemic, the apparently unrelated Malia Malia grata, a mysterious arboreal species in the same montane forests, and means "ground malia." It was Ripley (1952) who moved the genus to thrushes. White & Bruce (1986), followed by Coates & Bishop (1997), disagreed. They were not comfortable in calling Geomalia a thrush, but proposed that further study was needed to determine its taxonomic position. It may be an ancient relict with no modern relations. There the matter stands today. According to White & Bruce (1986), Heinrich, who discovered Geomalia, never heard any song for it. Heinrich collected young birds but Streseman made no mention of a thrush-like juvenal plumage (as he had done for Cataponera, the Sulawesi Thrush). Coates & Bishop (1997) described a thin, high-pitched, dry whistle of up to a second in length. This description of the Geomalia vocalization has been republished by Clement (2000) and Collar (2005). However, Rob Hutchinson, who regularly visits Lore Lindu leading tours for a number of years, and for whom Geomalia is a major target of the trip, has never heard Geomalia give any vocalization (pers. comm). Vocalizations thus also remain mysterious, and Geomalia's song is unknown. seems apparent from the mud on its bill (left) that Geomalia spends much time foraging with on the damp forest floor. Collar (2000) wrote: "Extremely shy and secretive, frequently overlooked; usually alone, even during the breeding season, rarely seen in pairs. Inhabits the forest floor where it walks, or hops with wings held low and horzontal with the back, over vegetation, often flicking or twitching its tail in an agitated fashion. Has very short rounded wings and flies weakly, generally over very short distances. Forages on the ground amonst rotting and decayiing vegetation for beetles and their larvae, probably takes other insects." Collar (2005) describes published stomach contents as being beetles and their larvae, and a small snail. weakly defined races are reported from montane Sulawesi, where it occurs in the mountains of the southeast and south-central portions of the island. Its usual range is given as between 1700–2800m. On our 2011 visit, we saw a pair at 1645m (~5400 ft), in the forest right near Lake Tambing (i.e., the one shown to the left and the same bird top of the page was one of this pair), which is a very low elevation for Geomalia. Our other bird, foraging on the Anaso track, was at about 2200m (~7200 ft), which is considered to be a more typical elevation for this It seems quite odd to me that the substantial amount of bare skin around the eye, apparent on both sides of the head of the Geomalia photographed at close range, does not seemed to be mentioned in the literature. Obviously it will take genetic evidence to determine whether Geomalia should be placed in the thrushes, or the babblers, or elsewhere, or even, perhaps, in its own Photos: The Geomalia Geomalia heinrichi and Sulawesi Thrush Cataponera turdoides were in Lore Lindu NP, Sulawesi, Indonesia, in Sep 2011. Photos © Don Roberson; all rights reserved. Clement, P. 2000. Thrushes. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, N.J. Coates, B.J., and K.D. Bishop. 1997. A Guide to the Birds of Wallacea. Dove Publ., Alderley, Australia. Collar, N.J. 2005. Family Turdidae (Thrushes), Geomalia at p. 633 in Handbook of the Birds of the World (del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott & D.A. Christie, eds). Vol. 10. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. Ripley, S.D. 1952. The Thrushes: a Taxonomic Study. Postilla 13. C.G., and J.E. Ahlquist. 1990. Phylogeny and Classification of Birds: a Study of Molecular Evolution. Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, CT. Stresemann, E. 1931. Zur ornithologie des Latimodjong-Gebirges in südlichen Central-Celebes. Orn. Monatsb. 39: 7-14. White, C.M.N., and M.D. Bruce. 1986. The Birds of Wallacea. B.O.U. Check-list No. 7. B.O.U., London.
It’s one thing to talk about tools. It’s quite another to put them into action, to make them withstand the rigors of creative process and idiosyncracy, let alone the torture test of touring. Laura Escudé is as deep in the trenches, on a day-to-day basis, as just about anyone on the planet. The music tech guru has worked with some of the world’s best-known artists, bending technology to their imaginative desires and world-trotting live shows. (Think Herbie Hancock, Bon Iver, and Cirque du Soleil, among others.) But she’s still found time to develop her own, unique sonic voice and live performance style, working with a violin on one arm and laptop on the other, now under the name Alluxe. And she’s not shy about what she’s discovering. We’re pleased to get Laura visiting us in Berlin – and here on CDM – from her Los Angeles home base, as she crosses Europe, partly with Kanye West and Jay-Z. Tomorrow at FEED Soundspace, we’ll be talking about live performance with her, Gareth Williams (of Liine), and others, and playing live ourselves. (Facebook event, if you’re in town and want to join us; Laura also leads a workshop in the afternoon.) For CDM, we get a chance to talk to Laura about her approach to music and technology alike, and where she sees the direction of live performance heading – her own, but also the rest of us, across the spectrum from big-festival “push play” to experimental soloists. She name-drops a whole array of tools – I’m taking notes, you? – but there are some philosophical messages, too. And what’s unique about Laura is, she doesn’t just bring the perspective of a single soloist or act. She’s worked with artists from very different backgrounds. That gives a reality check to questions of live performance. I look forward to continuing that conversation tomorrow. So you’ve worked with some pretty disparate artists – Bon Iver and Jay-Z are, to me, at least, a bit different in spectrum. How do you change your approach with these different artists, artistically, technically, personally? Is there a common thread in terms of how the technology brings this together? When I go into working with an artist or any sort of live act, I usually have an initial idea of how they might want to build a live show, based on listening to their music and perhaps watching clips of previous live shows. Then, after our first meeting I’ll start to tailor my approach to their current needs. Most of the time they need backing tracks to be arranged in a way that either I or someone else can trigger during the live show. I arrange and edit the tracks, sometimes with ways to loop certain sections for function (Cirque du Soleil) or for improvisation (Niyaz) or add effects to certain parts. Sometimes these sequences change on a daily basis on tour, so it’s important to know the music top to bottom. Backing tracks are the basis for almost every show I’ve worked on, so it’s the first thing I usually design, because without this aspect the songs won’t sound like they do on the record—which is very important to most artists because the fans expect it to be true to the original sound. With the backing tracks, there will usually be a click for the band and time code for video. At this point, most shows are done. Where it starts to get interesting and more creative for me is when extra things are added. For example, in Kanye’s show, I trigger different vocal effects in real time and improvise a bit. This led to working with Bon Iver, which was a lot of fun because I got to attend rehearsals and experiment with different vocal effects for different songs and help them create the desired vocal sound. Then they were having some trouble with their keyboard preset modules, so I converted all of it into Ableton Live and utilized Kapture by Liine so that they could trigger a different song and the tempo, vocal effect presets, and keyboard presets would change. Since I wasn’t going out on the road with them, Kapture made it easy for them to tweak if needed and simply “capture” the state of all of the parameters. In Garbage’s show, I added patch changes for the keyboard and guitar rigs and this information was sent out to these respective worlds for every song, which makes things a bit easier on stage. In Silversun Pickups’ show, I added a bunch of drum samples that change automatically per song, as well as some painstakingly sampled keyboard sounds that became one monstrous Ableton Live Sampler instrument that changed every song. They have the ability to add effects on any of this stuff during the show, as they can be improvisational as a full band. Probably the most interesting show for me to design was Herbie Hancock’s show. This guy continues to blow my mind. I helped him edit “Rockit” and was amazed to find out that the drum beats were programmed by hand—it sounds like a sequencer. Herbie’s show has evolved a lot over the past year; whenever I’m in town, I help to bring it up another level. The initial idea was for him to be able to improvise with various synths and tracks in a way that he hadn’t done before. I got him a Livid OHM RGB and had a custom script made for him that allows the colors on the controller to change depending on what state he is in. He has the ability to loop all different kinds of synths, both hardware (various) and software (Omnisphere) and choose on a foot controller (SoftStep, Pok) which ones he wants to combine at any given time. He can easily change the key of a song when he improvises and this sounds great because we actually put every permutation of the song in the Live set. There is also a second station set up so that he can walk over with his keytar and control the same set from a different location. There is so much to touch on here, but working on his show really gave me the ability to “think outside the box” and go beyond the more “safe” ways to run a show, because of the more improvisational aspect and the use of custom and more obscure controllers. This is definitely one show that never sounds the same night to night. The common thread is using Ableton Live for all of these shows, other than that the controllers and ideas are suited for each individual act. Some people are surprised to find out that I run vocal effects and keyboard and drum stuff through Live, but it’s gotten to a point where the computers are fast enough that this can be achieved and it sounds really good. In some cases, what once took racks of hardware now happens with a few rack spaces or none at all. You’re working on everything from scoring to studio production. How has working with these artists allowed you to create musically? What is your toolset, currently? What kinds of tools are you called upon in these collaborative ventures? Working with these various artists has definitely led to work in the musical realm, which is my first passion. For example, I recorded violin and made string arrangements for the H.A.M. Intro of Kanye’s show from 2011-2012. I played violin on the “Watch The Throne” album on the song “Made in America” with Frank Ocean. I played violin on three songs for Hit Boy’s (producer on “Watch the Throne”) upcoming album. I am producing the music for Yemi A.D.’s first album (Kanye West “Runaway” + show choreographer). Through Bon Iver, I met the up-and-coming band Polica and just completed a remix for “Lay Your Cards Out” that will be released on a comp soon. Through working with M83, I got the opportunity to remix their song “Steve McQueen,” which will be released later this year. Through working with Garbage, I got the opportunity to open for their Los Angeles shows in April. I also recently scored two short films for Visa and have been working in the studio programming and producing for artists. I really thrive with helping others to realize their musical dreams and at the same time, their influence helps me to realize mine. In the past I used many different programs—Pro Tools, Logic, Reason, etc. But given that I specialize in Ableton Live and I happen to love it as both a live performance and production tool, everything I am creating these days happens within Live. Inside Live, I am using all of the latest Native Instruments stuff, I’m really into the newer Reaktor ensembles like Lazerbass [included ensemble in Reaktor 5.7] and Razor [add-on] — I’m really into the Twisted Tools ensembles. I’m using Maschine quite a bit to make beats. I use Omnisphere quite a bit now, I was lucky enough to work with Eric Persing from Spectrasonics on Herbie’s show and picked up a few tips. Rob Papen’s stuff has always been my go-to synths and I have worked with him quite a bit in the past as well. I really like FXpansion’s new DCAM synths and have been using those. I have a million controllers that I use with this stuff that I’ll touch on in a bit! Now, a lot of the time, the tools I use are different people’s expertise. As I get more experienced, I realize that I don’t need to be the best in everything, and I can’t so I should stop trying. I reach out to my trusty network of professionals that also happen to be friends and we collaborate to deliver the most pro project and elevate the project to a cutting-edge level. I have also realized the true meaning of the word “producer” and I have started to bring in different instrumentalists, programmers etc. and guide them through my artistic vision to create something much more interesting than I could have alone. Plus, it’s fun working with other people. Tell us a bit about yourself as a solo artist. How has your live performance evolved? I’ve been gradually refining my live show over the years, and feel like the performance aspect of it has gotten pretty engaging. I definitely feel that if I’m going to perform my own music live, I need to do it in a way that entertains the audience and shows them that I am being improvisational and willing to take some risks. I feel that while the music alone can be very powerful, I am most inspired by bands and artists that grab your attention by their performance techniques and aren’t afraid to look silly, fail or have crazy displays of showmanship. I’ve been inspired by a lot of people around me that have been experimenting with controllerism. In the past year or so, I’ve really tried to upgrade my skills and I think I’ve landed at a pretty unique combination of things. In the past, I played violin through effects, but now I am actually controlling synths using just an electric acoustic violin due to a new program called MIDI Merlin [built in Max/MSP, but available standalone], created by my friend Randy George. I’m actually controlling Native Instruments Razor with it during the show, it’s so cool and it works quite well! I’ve changed up my main controller in the last year as well, now I’m using a customized Livid OHM RGB controller. The design and build was done by Mike Russek and the concept by Henry Strange, who I collaborate with quite a bit and who has many next level projects. The controller has addressable LEDs along the sides of the instrument, and I can control the patterns and colors using MIDI clips in Live. I’m definitely really into the visual aesthetic of live shows, so I like having a bunch of blinky lights on stage. I am using the OHM for pretty much everything—playing back clips, effects, volumes, looping violin, changing tempo. I use the crossfader to blend the sound of my violin with the synths I am playing with the violin. I had a custom script made by James Westfall, who helped make different buttons change colors to reflect different Looper states (he also did Herbie’s script) and allow me to navigate in the way that I want to. I also use foot controllers like the SoftStep for turning on different violin effects while playing. Most recently, I’ve been getting into finger drumming using Native Instruments Maschine. I’ve been inspired by guys like Araabmuzik and Jeremy Ellis and DiViNCi from Sollillaquists of Sound and found an amazing teacher while in Berlin, Boris aka Comfort Fit. I took a few lessons with him and learned so much that I want to practice and incorporate into my upcoming shows. This aspect of performing can truly fail, yet it is very exciting to be playing beats live and perhaps not on a grid at all and even not on top of other sounds! A whole song can be played entirely from a drum controller, and that is something that I never even considered before for myself. The last main piece of gear that I use is the Wii controller, which is great because it’s small, something people are familiar with and a very visual piece. I use it to control [iZotope] Stutter Edit, and it’s great for transitions during a live set. I also use it as something to connect to the audience with. I’ll pass out a few Wii’s and have people mangle sounds or play drums and it’s so entertaining for me to watch people have fun being a part of my show. Sometimes I have to crack down on how often they press buttons because then I can’t hear any of my original music and it messes me up! Where would you say your musical voice comes from in the album and the new work? How have your traveling adventures influenced your music? Recently, I have started using a new moniker for a new style of music that I am producing and performing, called Alluxe. The music that I released in the past under my own name was more downtempo and cinematic. I’ve decided that I’d like to try making people move a little bit more and have been crafting some tracks that draw influence from hip hop, trap, bass music, and juke, with a taste of my cinematic flavor. I have released one tune called Shades so far and two mixes, Alluxe Future Forward Mix 1 +2. It’s my intention to expose people to the freshest beats around, and I have spent a lot of time curating these sounds. In addition, I am cultivating my new live performance, as detailed before. I’ve started experimenting with vocal textures and collaborating with some vocalists on this project. I feel that the voice is a key element to any song and it really connects with people on a conscious and subconscious level. I personally have been influenced quite a bit by all of the adventures I’ve had over the past couple of years. I’ve been to more countries than I can remember and have had a chance to connect with other musicians and artists that are doing similar and drastically different things. It is really these connections with other people that keep my music moving forward. I draw from these experiences and feelings to create my sound. It’s been great because wherever I go I always seem to find people that are making music, performing, doing innovative things. We share techniques and collaborate, and I bring these experiences into my own music. In the past month, I’ve been traveling around Europe to different cities and writing music and performing. After Watch the Throne ended, I stayed in London, did a presentation at the Apple Store and performed a show for Soundcrash. In Paris, I played a show and did an online show. In Prague, I worked on writing Yemi A.D.’s album in a beautiful countryside chateau. In Berlin, I have been meeting with various technology developers, refining my live performance, and working on tracks. The world seems to be getting smaller. Every place that I travel to I end up meeting people that are friends of friends, or running into people that I know from different continents and the constant synchronicity of these events is the fuel for my music and source of daily inspiration. We’re talking this weekend about live performance. I suppose it’s risky, in that we can only really answer this for ourselves one performance at a time. But looking to the larger scene, where do you see potential in live performance? Obviously, it’s easy to criticize press-play sets – or, alternatively, defend them for their reliability. But what sort of live performances excite you? Obviously, in working with large shows with thousands of people attending, it can be a pretty scary scenario if something doesn’t work properly. This is the reason why we have redundant systems, to switch over in case something fails. I get the reason why some artists like keeping things safe; a lot is riding on the performance being flawless, and in many of these cases, it’s more about the party than about what the performer is doing. A lot of times, you can’t even see the performer on stage, and it’s more important to dance and express yourself. Plus, a lot of the lighting and video is synced to key points in the music, and although it can be done in a way that respects both needs, it’s difficult to be improvisational. Recently, I went to an album release party for an artist that I was really excited about seeing live. I thought that because she had just produced an album I would get to see these songs performed live, and since she performed vocals on the album maybe she would even sing live. I was very disappointed to find a standard DJ set, with no real interaction with the audience. I might have been the only one disappointed, as the music played was entertaining and provided for a great danceable party—though I couldn’t help but wish she had actually performed her own songs and really connected with the crowd. I think what I’m saying is that there is a time and a place for more improvised performances as there is for more straightforward performances. If I’m checking out Moldover, I would expect some improvisation and variances in music and controllerism. If I’m at Ultra, I am probably going there to dance and party and not be concerned with the DJ’s playing style. The visual aspect of shows is becoming more and more prominent, and I think this is great, because rather than trying to fixate on a person, you get this great entertaining video and lighting that enhances the music and envelopes you in audiovisual pleasure. I’m such a nerd, though; when I see IMAG screens, I want to see close-ups of what the DJ’s or band members’ hands are doing onstage. In the future, I’m really keen on incorporating my own live performance techniques as part of a large-scale live performance—using controllerism in a way that a band member might play a keyboard or a guitar. Plus, these same controllers can control lights and lasers, so it can make it even more fun. I think that although mistakes can be scary for a big show, showmanship through controllerism can also be an incredible way to elevate the sound and visual aspect of any performance and provides an engaging atmosphere in which artists can express their art.
A comprehensive online research report about Copyright has just been released by Dr Susan Ballard and Pam McKinlay of Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytechnic. Titled Art at Risk: Copyright, Fair Dealings and Art in a digital age, the report is a collection of research materials about Copyright, Fair Dealings and Art in a Digital Age. It has a New Zealand perspective, offers information for classroom situations, and has been freely released undera Creative Commons license. Co-author Pam McKinlay writes: From Flickr to Facebook to YouTube students engage both still and moving digital images and negotiate different permissions and database resources every day. In this research project we sought to develop guidelines around how to approach the use of digital images – and answered some of the questions that students ask everyday: What can you download from YouTube? Is everything on Flickr available to use? Can I cut this image up and call it my own? What happens if I upload my project to Facebook? Hot on the heels of ACTA, the Trans Pacific Partnership is the next cause for concern in an ongoing line of potential threats to our creative freedom. Like ACTA, the negotiations are again happening in secret, and leaked reports show that extreme copyright laws are once again on the agenda, although it seems that the NZ Government has an admirable stance going into the negotiations. TechLiberty reports: “The fourth round of negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) starts in Auckland today. Nine countries are meeting to develop a free trade agreement covering a wide range of goods, but it looks as though the copyright maximalists are using it as an excuse to push their extremist position yet again…Just like with ACTA, information is escaping and NZ’s position paper on intellectual property has been leaked. It shows that the New Zealand government opposes a further extension of intellectual property rights saying that the economic arguments to do so are weak.” Part of the document from the New Zealand Government reads: “The expert analyses show that capitulating to US demands in the vain hope of some concessions on dairy access will carry a high price, jeopardising the affordability of medicines under Pharmac and fettering our ability to strengthen our own innovative capacity.” On Stuff.co.nz today RIANZ made another ridiculous exaggeration saying that “if you’re delaying it for two years you might as well delay it for three lifetimes” and that those who said ‘copyright infringement over mobile networks was low were incorrect’. RIANZ have offered no statistics to back their claims, and yet again they have not shown how they were even capable of reaching this opinion. They’d simply prefer if you took their word for it, and that this view would affect how laws were made in New Zealand. On Wednesday we published a lot of information about s122MA, a return of Guilt Upon Accusation in the new copyright law. Rick Shera has just written an article about it, “Back in 2008, after the Parliamentary Select Committee had removed section 92A from the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Bill, it was reintroduced unannounced on April Fools Day in an SOP just a week before the Bill was passed into law. The problem with section 92A was an ISP was almost certain to treat an internet account holder as guilty as soon as the ISP received an accusation from a rights owner. [...] Well, despite the many improvements proposed in the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill (section 92A’s replacement), at almost the last gasp the Select Committee has reported back with a completely new provision – a provision that creates a presumption heavily favouring the rights owner. Section 122MA – without any warning, no public consultation and out of kilter with the balanced approach that has gradually developed. Groundhog day – the scales are being unfairly tipped again. For reasons that are not immediately apparent.” Update: CW Magazine also have an article on s122MA, saying that “the three points … establish very narrow criteria for a challenge. They do not, for example, leave room for a challenge on the grounds that the work was not copyright or that the way it was handled constitutes legal “fair dealing”.” David Farrar at Kiwiblog has reviewed the new report saying that there are many improvements, but that he hopes they can make further enhancements, “they have recommended that an allegation from a rights holder will constitute burden of proof which must be rebutted. This is dangerous. Google has given evidence that around 30% of the notices they have received in the US are false or incorrect. I think the Copyright Tribunal should be left to its own devices to decide if an infringement notice from a rights holder meet burden of proof. Different rights holders may establish different levels of reliability. I hope the Government will consider amendments to this” Download as PDF The Creative Freedom congratulate the Commerce Select Committee on releasing their report on the draft Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill earlier today CFF Director Bronwyn Holloway-Smith says “It’s great to see further progress on this Bill, however, we’re disappointed to see that Internet Termination is still making an appearance, and there is an alarming return to the Guilt Upon Accusation.” Prime Minister John Key described the former Guilt Upon Accusation law as “draconian”. After the earlier hearings the Commerce Select Committee have now reported back on the draft Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill [PDF]. We’ll be analyzing this report throughout the day but from an initial reading they have recommended that Internet Termination be temporarily disabled until it’s deemed necessary. This isn’t a solution, and infact it’s a massive problem because there are no government statistics about infringing internet downloading in New Zealand so it would have to be based on lobbying, and Internet Termination could be enabled in cabinet, without a vote in parliament. TechLiberty aptly say that “Account suspension is still included but suspended until rightsholders complain that notices/fines haven’t eliminated all sharing” CFF Director, Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, will be giving a reading at 12.30pm tomorrow, 3 November 2010 at Enjoy Public Art Gallery, L1/147 Cuba St, Wellington. The reading is from the Casco Issues: Past Imperfect, as part of the current exhibition Charming the Snake of Reason, curated by Marnie Slater. The piece is a witty investigation of Bill Gates and his hypocrisy in relation to open content, Microsoft, and Gates’ subsequent corporation – Corbis – a large digital rights-holding company. Calling all remix and mash-up proponents – NZ digital content and data wants YOU! This November New Zealand will see the biggest push ever to get people using NZ digital content and data, with the launch of Mix and Mash: The Great NZ Remix and Mashup Competition. www.mixandmash.org.nz
Augusta State DQ’d at Gifford Collegiate SAN MARTIN, Calif. – Augusta State’s poor week at the Gifford Collegiate finished on an even worse note when the Jaguars were disqualified from the event. The Jaguars were in last place after the Gifford’s first round. The team was going to finish a disappointing ninth in the 12-team field after Wednesday’s final round, but was disqualified when two players failed to return scorecards. The disqualification dropped Augusta State from No. 6 to No. 19 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings. Patrick Reed withdrew early in the final round with a wrist injury, and Carter Newman was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. The Jaguars will be credited with a last-place finish. The 11 head-to-head losses hurt Augusta State’s ranking, but will have little impact on the defending NCAA champion’s postseason chances. Augusta State does not play in a conference, so it must receive an at-large bid to play in the postseason. A team needs at least a .500 record to earn an at-large bid. Augusta State entered the Gifford with a 35-5-2 head-to-head record. There was one bright spot for the Jaguars, though. Henrik Norlander, who won the 2007 Gifford, tied for second individually. The disqualification did not have any effect on the Jaguars' individual ranks in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.
\|Home\|\|Viruses\|\|Computers\|\|The Internet\|\|Ethics Pt.1\|\|Ethics Pt.2\|\|How Computers Work 7th grade\|\|Computer Generations 7th\|\|History Part II 8th grade\| First Generation: 1946-1958 (The Vacuum Tube Years) The first generation computers were huge, slow, expensive, and often undependable. In 1946two Americans, Presper Eckert, and John Mauchly built the ENIAC electronic computer which used vacuum tubes instead of the mechanical switches of the Mark I. The ENIAC used thousands of vacuum tubes, which took up a lot of space and gave off a great deal of heat just like light bulbs do. The ENIAC led to other vacuum tube type computers like the EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) and the UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer). The vacuum tube was an extremely important step in the advancement of computers. Vacuum tubes were invented the same time the light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison and worked very similar to light bulbs. It's purpose was to act like an amplifier and a switch. Without any moving parts, vacuum tubes could take very weak signals and make the signal stronger (amplify it). Vacuum tubes could also stop and start the flow of electricity instantly (switch). These two properties made the ENIAC computer possible. The ENIAC gave off so much that they had to be cooled by gigantic air conditioners. However even with these huge coolers, vacuum tubes still overheated regularly. It was time for something new. The Second Generation: 1959-1964 (The Era of the Transistor) The transistor computer did not last as long as the vacuum tube computer lasted, but it was no less important in the advancement of computer technology. In 1947 three scientists, John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain working at AT&T's Bell Labs invented what would replace the vacuum tube forever. This invention was the transistor which functions like a vacuum tube in that it can be used to relay and switch electronic signals. were obvious differences between the transisitor and the vacuum tube. The transistor was faster, more reliable, smaller, and much cheaper to build than a vacuum tube. One transistor replaced the equivalent of 40 vacuum tubes. These transistors were made of solid material, some of which is silicon, an abundant element (second only to oxygen) found in beach sand and glass. Therefore they were very cheap to produce. Transistors were found to conduct electricity faster and better than vacuum tubes. They were also much smaller and gave off virtually no heat compared to vacuum tubes. Their use marked a new beginning for the computer. Without this invention, space travel in the 1960's would not have been possible. However, a new invention would even further advance our ability to use computers. The Third Generation: 1965-1970 (Integrated Circuits - Miniaturizing the Computer) Transistors were a tremendous breakthrough in advancing the computer. However no one could predict that thousands even now millions of transistors (circuits) could be compacted in such a small space. The integrated circuit, or as it is sometimes referred to as semiconductor chip, packs a huge number of transistors onto a single wafer of silicon. Robert Noyce of Fairchild Corporation and Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments independently discovered the amazing attributes of integrated circuits. Placing such large numbers of transistors on a single chip vastly increased the power of a single computer and lowered its cost considerably. the invention of integrated circuits, the number of transistors that can be placed on a single chip has doubled every two years, shrinking both the size and cost of computers even further and further enhancing its power. Most electronic devices today use some form of integrated circuits placed on printed circuit boards-- thin pieces of bakelite or fiberglass that have electrical connections etched onto them -- sometimes called a mother board. These third generation computers could carry out instructions in billionths of a second. The size of these machines dropped to the size of small file cabinets. Yet, the single biggest advancement in the computer era was yet to be discovered. The Fourth Generation: 1971-Today (The Microprocessor) This generation can be characterized by both the jump to monolithic integrated circuits(millions of transistors put onto one integrated circuit chip) and the invention of the microprocessor (a single chip that could do all the processing of a full-scale computer). By putting millions of transistors onto one single chip more calculation and faster speeds could be reached by computers. Because electricity travels about a foot in a billionth of a second, the smaller the distance the greater the speed of computers. However what really triggered the tremendous growth of computers and its significant impact on our lives is the invention of the microprocessor. Ted Hoff, employed by Intel (Robert Noyce's new company) invented a chip the size of a pencil eraser that could do all the computing and logic work of a computer. The microprocessor was made to be used in calculators, not computers. It led, however, to the invention of personal computers, or microcomputers. It wasn't until the 1970's that people began buying computer for personal use. One of the earliest personal computers was the Altair 8800 computer kit. In 1975 you could purchase this kit and put it together to make your own personal computer. In 1977 the Apple II was sold to the public and in 1981 IBM entered the PC (personal computer) market. Today we have all heard of Intel and its Pentium® Processors and now we know how it all got started. The computers of the next generation will have millions upon millions of transistors on one chip and will perform over a billion calculations in a single second. There is no end in sight for the computer movement. \|One of the first ICs\|\|386 Processor\|\|Pentium Processor\|\|The New Processors\| Directions: Answer each of the questions after reading the article above. Write in complete sentences. You must think and be creative with your answers. Use Brainpop to watch a video on computers or technology and take the quiz at the end. Enrichment: Create a word find for any 20 computer terms using the following website: http://www.thewordfinder.com/games/wordsearch/fs.wordfinder.php
What can you learn from John the Baptist? No 3 What can you learn from John the Baptist? Four simple lessons from John the Baptist God works though individuals Be quiet before the Lord Position and prestige are unimportant in the kingdom of God Use money properly & scripturally [KJV] [Matthew 11:11] Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. NON GREATER BUT THE LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN GREATER THAN HE [KJV] John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. It’s like double entry bookkeeping – for increase there must be a decrease or else the trail balance will show an error – the debits & the credits must balance. What were his strengths and how will we be greater? There is much we can learn from John and apply to our lives and ministries. - Be quiet before the Lord. John spent time with the Lord isolated from distraction. It is no coincidence that Moses, David, Paul, John the Baptist, and Jesus all spent time alone with the Lord God in the desert. The desert is a quiet place. Today, television, the Internet, music, movies, handheld entertainment all compete for our time and can even become addictive. I need to get aside somewhere to pray. I used to like to walk as I prayed. I used to hop in my car & drive to a lonely spot, often with a great view of the countryside, and pray sometimes while sitting in car & sometimes getting out. [KJV] [Mark 1:35] And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. [KJV] [Mark 1:36] And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. [KJV] [Mark 1:37] And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee. There is a deep significance in this fact that Jesus so often during His Ministry turned aside for periods of prayer. He has just spent His energies in healing the crowds of sick; and now this expenditure of power is followed quite naturally by the restoration of power. This is the top-up experience that refreshes and restores him. If the healer himself found this necessary, how much the more should the patient — myself! For I too have spent my energies time and time again — spent them in rather a different way — in enduring my particular cross, in facing up to pain and distress, in trying to sustain the will to live. Furthermore, unless I do renew my energy in prayer, there seems to be little alternative to cracking up completely. Prayer is not an optional extra; it is the very power of my life. Going Aside to Pray. [KJV] Luke 9:10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. I let Jesus take me aside. When he calls then I drop what I’m doing and go with him. [KJV] Luke 9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. Do I follow Jesus when he hides himself? Do I hide myself sometimes? MAR 6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. So busy I have no time to eat let alone pray. I get pushed and engaged with the business of living & ministering. I do not need days or weekends off, I just need a quiet place for an hour or two. I always make certain that I get these times of short respite. The stillness of my heart & the voice of prayer and thanksgiving refresh and restore me. 32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. Sometimes I need a private space for a short time – that is all it takes to centre myself in the rest that is God and the centre of his great heart of love. Mat_14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. I am not heard for my “much” praying. I just know that I must not run on empty. Mar_6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. Sometimes I have to make a departure to just go aside to pray. I like random rather set daily at a set time to pray. My need for pray changes with the demands and challenges of the day. Luk_6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. Sometimes I separate myself for a night. Luk_9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. Jesus sometimes takes me aside. Sometimes I go aside to find him. Act_10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: Peter learnt from the master. Let’s hope that I can! crosslife fellowship Lessons from John the Baptist_3.mp4 Your video will be live at: http://youtu.be/szOo5fVW8BQ
1. The staff will all be involved in the development of green initiatives that will benefit our school along with our thoughts for the future. 2. Encourage all staff and students of the importance of recycling for the future of the planet. 3. The students will be encouraged to use the proper bins for recyclables. 4. Students will continue to collect all newspapers and cardboard boxes to be taken to the Abitibi container at CRHS-North. 5. Staff as well as students will continue to be aware of the electricity used in school, turn off all lights in rooms and areas not in use. Every few weeks, students from the A group of students also participated in the Council Rock Earth Day celebration. The group went to the Chancellor Administration building and planted a tree near the parking lot of Chancellor. As part of the Art Curriculum, Art Teacher Josie Helmuth-Rowe had her students create posters that promote recycling.
Family of Daniel Shipman (20356) & Keziah Haughton 34697. Lavinia Shipman. Born on 20 Nov 1760 in Hebron, CT.300 Lavinia died aft 1802. Lavinia married Richard Baxter, son of Richard Baxter & Dorcas Tillotson (24 Apr 1731-). Born on 18 Dec 1751 in Hebron, CT.300 Richard died ca 1823 in Augusta, Greenville, Ontario. 34698. Ezekiel Shipman. Born on 17 Oct 1762 in Hebron, CT.300 Ezekiel died in Johnstown Dist., Leeds Co., Ontario, on 25 Jun 1843; he was 80. Buried in Read Cem., Brockville. ca 1784 Ezekiel married Abigail [Shipman]. Born on 11 Sep 1768. Abigail died in Elizabethtown, Leeds Co., Ontario, on 22 Dec 1845; she was 77. 34699. Samuel Shipman. Born on 18 Jan 1764 in Hebron, CT.300 Samuel died in Yonge Twp., Leeds, Ontario, on 8 Dec 1831; he was 67. Buried in Lyn Cemetery, Yonge Twp. In 1786 Samuel first married Catherine Elliott. Born on 2 Feb 1768. Catherine died in Yonge Twp., Leeds, Ontario, on 18 Jun 1811; she was 43. Buried in Lyn Cemetery, Yonge Twp. Samuel second married Margaret Henderson. 34700. Keziah Shipman. Born on 5 Apr 1767 in Hebron, CT.300 34701. Daniel Shipman. Born on 24 Jul 1769 in Hebron, CT.300 Daniel died in Oxford, Grenville, Ontario, on 8 Apr 1832; he was 62. Daniel married Margaret Boyd, daughter of Daniel Boyd & Barbara Marriott. Born ca 1776. Margaret died aft 1852. 34702. Desire Shipman. Born ca 1770 in Hebron, CT. Desire married William Lampson. 34703. David Shipman. Born on 9 Apr 1772 in Hebron, CT.300 David died in Leeds, Ontario, Canada, on 25 Jun 1827; he was 55. In Sep 1795 David married Elizabeth Seaman, daughter of Caleb Seaman (ca 1740-1820) & Martha Jackson. Born ca 1776 in Amenia, Dutchess Co., NY. 34704. Sarah Shipman. Born ca 1775. Sarah married Philemon Pennock. Born ca 1776 in Stratford, VT. Philemon died on 14 Aug 1828 in Elisabethtown, Leeds, Ontario. 34705. Lydia Shipman. Born ca 1776. Lydia married Michel Row. Previous · Next Contents · Index · Surnames · Contact Created Apr 2013 with the reluctant help of Reunion, from Leister Productions, Inc.
There's has been some work in Computational Linguistics on 'regular approximations' of context-free grammars -- converting CFGs into roughly equivalent regular grammars. A lot of this revolves the notion of a 'strongly-regular-grammar', this is a CFG that doesn't have self-embedding rules, such as A --> alpha A beta (like your rules), where alpha and beta are non-empty. Grammars with self-embedding are not regular languages, the problem being that further expansions of A by the same rule creates unbounded communication between the left and right, i.e. alpha^n A beta^N. In the other direction, Chomsky proved (the original paper is hard to find, see Harrison's book for the proof) that CFGs without self-embedding rules are regular (see this paper for a constructive proof). The basic idea for dealing with self-embedding CFG grammars, like the ones you mention, is to convert them to strongly regular (i.e. non self-embedding) grammars -- there are efficient algorithms for doing this e.g. here, see this for review, and citations to original work) . The resulting 'strongly regular' grammar can then be converted into a finite-state automata, or perhaps some other type of regular grammar you're interested in.
We all need a image of you before your surgery. Just been thinking about you and would love to see a picture of you and family. Like to connect a face with a name. Thinking about you and upcoming surgery. Another way to look at it.....some of us choose not to post a picture to maintain some anonimity. For me, this gives me more freedom to share. Although that could hold for all of us, it may be more so for those whose 'other lives' are particularly public. I know it is a secure site, but.... At any rate, pic or no pic, we are all rooting for Steve!
BIO 1104 - Life Science Survey course covering a broad range of topics in the life sciences from cell structure and function to ecology. 3 class hours, 2-hour lab. This course is not counted toward the biology major, but may be counted for the minor. EDU 1505 - Introductory Field Experience Includes classroom visits and tutoring in a local school. Details of time and location will be shared in EDU 1540. A $50 background check is required before students are allowed to enroll in this course. This field experience portion of the introductory course is taken concurrently with EDU 1540. EDU 1540 - Introduction to Teaching Introduction to schooling, teaching and the foundations of education. The major purpose is to help students clarify their thoughts and feelings about becoming a teacher. Topics include teachers, students, schools, teaching, curriculum, instruction, school governance, school finance, history of U.S. education, philosophy of education. Must be taken concurrently with EDU 1505. EDU 2210 - Educational Psychology Examines childrenâ€™s cognitive, social, moral, and emotional development as a function of their social and cultural context: the school. The course introduces theories of intelligence, learning, memory, motivation, and behavior. Application of theory to practice is emphasized, with a focus on critical thinking, metacognition, models of instruction, and classroom management approaches. EDU 2215 - Edu Psyc Field Experience This field experience involves observing and helping in local schools. The student will connect learning from EDU course(s) to the field experience and produce documentation of said learning. Note: Completing and passing the SOE background study is required prior to starting this field experience. EDU 2240 - Elm Phy Ed/Hlth/Drug Edu This course stresses understanding, knowledge, attitudes and habits necessary for healthful living. It explores elementary school physical and health education content and pedagogy and prepares the K-6 educator for meaningful strategies that promote physical and health education in the classroom and beyond. Alcohol, drugs, and mood altering chemicals and their effects on the individual, the family and society are also addressed. School as well as community resources dealing with prevention, intervention, treatment and follow up are explored. EDU 2260 - Vis/Performing Arts Teach Meth Examines the arts as a basic and essential form of human communication. Explores and analyzes integration of the arts as a way to increase student achievement. Students learn to integrate literature, art, drama, dance, and music throughout the curriculum by gaining a basic knowledge of the arts, reasons for integration, and integration strategies and principles. Students examine research and current school programs that integrate the arts across the curriculum. EDU 2270 - Science/Tech Methods K-6 This is a pre-practicum course for individuals planning to teach science in grades K - 6. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the Nature of Science, teaching science as inquiry, and addressing student misconceptions. Methods for using technology effectively, managing materials and students safely and using state and district learner outcomes in planning will be addressed. EDU 2271 - Social Studies/Techno Methods While students will gain knowledge in the content of the social sciences, the primary goal of this course is to guide students in developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for effective teaching of elementary social studies. In addition to an emphasis on integrating technology into the Social Studies curriculum, students will experience the kinds of instructional methods and strategies that are recommended as current best practices. Students will engage in activities and assignments that will foster reflection and discussion addressing the components of geography, history, government, economics, and sociology. EDU 2275 - Methods Field Experience I Students apply skills and knowledge examined in EDU 2270 and EDU 2271 in an elementary classroom setting. Students will focus on classroom culture and teacher professionalism, social studies and science methods, technology, and reflection. The field experience portion of the communications block must be taken concurrently with EDU 2270 and 2271. EDU 2300 - Human Relations Provides students with an understanding of the importance of using multicultural approaches and diversity sensitive behaviors in the classroom. Students explore their own monocultural/multicultural socialization and examine their own assumptions and beliefs as they study the complex dynamics of the teaching/learning relationship. Topics include: the social construction of difference - race, class, gender, and sexual orientation; power, privilege, and the dehumanization process; the relationship between education and social justice. EDU 3610 - Math Teaching Methods K-6 Focuses on best practices and current research trends that enable learners to be successful teachers of mathematics in the K-6 classroom. Learners analyze and evaluate current research, teaching strategies and philosophies related to teaching K-6 mathematics. Helps future teachers build a basic foundation concerning pedagogy, standards based instruction, technology use, and equity issues. Special attention is given to teaching practices that can help ALL K-6 students be successful in mathematics. Field experience activities and application from EDU 3250 may be required in this course dependent on the studentsâ€™ course sequence. EDU 3615 - Methods Field Experience II The student will also be asked to reflect on her/his experience in the field placement classroom. Students apply skills and knowledge examined in EDU 3615 in an elementary classroom setting. The focus is on observation of classroom culture and teacher professionalism, math methods, technology, and reflection. The field experience portion of the communications block must be taken concurrently with EDU 3615. Field experience activities and application from EDU 3250 may be required in this course dependent on the studentsâ€™ course sequence. EDU 3620 - Classroom Assessment An inquiry into the essence of the assessment process. The purpose and process of assessment will be investigated from a theoretical, phenomenological, personal, and experiential perspective. Topics include a brief history of assessment in education, underlying assumptions driving our assessment practices, the forms, purposes and effects of assessment used in classrooms today and new directions for assessment being advocated. This course is also listed as a benchmark course for the teaching portfolio. Students will share their whole portfolio with the education faculty to receive feedback. EDU 3710 - Reading/Lang Arts/Child Lit In EDU 3710 students will examine the characteristics of a well-balanced developmental reading/language arts program. The primary purpose of the course is to prepare elementary school education majors to be successful teachers of reading and its related language arts components. Students examine how theory and practice come together in developing effective instructional strategies for elementary school students. Students become familiar with a variety of teaching methods. They learn how to effectively implement instruction in the reading areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension as well as spelling, oral and written language, and childrenâ€™s literature. Assessment, analysis, and resultant remediation plans will be conducted with elementary students as well as through classroom activities. Current research trends that emphasize a balanced approach to literacy instruction is the framework for the course. To gain skills in accessing and evaluating research, students will examine current research supporting effective reading/language arts instruction best practices. EDU 3715 - Methods Field Experience III Students apply skills and knowledge examined in EDU 3710 in an elementary classroom setting. The focus is on observation of classroom culture and teacher professionalism, emphasizing literacy, reflection, and discussion while providing an opportunity to work with groups of children. The field experience portion of the communications block must be taken concurrently with EDU 3710. Field experience activities and application from EDU 3250 may be required in this course dependent on the studentsâ€™ course sequence. EDU 4500 - K-8 Student Teaching Provides students with a practical teaching experience in a local elementary or middle school under the supervision of a licensed teacher. This placement includes maintaining an environment conducive to learning; planning and teaching learning units (using both long-term and daily planning tools); developing assessments to evaluate students' learning; working with students with diverse learning needs; communicating effectively with students, parents/guardians, colleagues, and school support personnel; and participating in school activities. EDU 4510 - K-8 Student Teaching Seminar Helps students reflect on and deal with situations encountered in their student teaching experience. Attendance is required. Class discussions and reflections come from the daily challenges of being with students in a classroom setting. Time is also spent on discussing the job application, portfolio development, and licensure processes. Must be taken concurrently with EDU 4500. MTH 1113 - Mathematical Ideas I Topics selected to give a broad view of mathematics needed for a liberal education. Investigations emphasize mathematics needed by prospective teachers of elementary grades to address the strands: patterns and functions; number sense from whole numbers to real numbers. Prerequisite: three years of high school mathematics or instructor's permission. MTH 1114 - Mathematics Ideas II Continuation of MTH 1113 for students intending to teach math in elementary grades and for liberal arts education. Topics include basic statistics and probability, measurement, space and shape in geometry. Prerequisite: three years of high school math or instructor's permission. MTH 1116 - Math for Elementary Teachers A mathematics course for elementary school teachers. Topics include patterns and functions; number sense; geometric shape and measurement; basic statistics and probability. Prerequisite: permission from the Education Department. PSC 1201 - Concepts of Physics A discovery course in which student groups design experiments, collect and analyze data which will help them to understand the processes of science and the basic concepts and laws of Newtonian mechanics, properties of matter, electricity and magnetism and energy, and waves. Conceptual understanding is stressed; some simple algebra is used. Mainly for elementary and middle school teacher education students. PSC 1202 - Cosmic Systems A study of the universe as a set of interacting, evolving systems: galaxies, stars, the solar system and the Earth with its rocks, oceans and atmosphere. Study includes investigations of the matter-energy cycles in these systems and the effects of natural and human interventions upon them. In-class investigations and discovery activities and field trips are part of this course. Mainly for elementary and middle school teacher education students.
The below entry I wrote in the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds blog per request by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and I feel it is important for everyone to read here as well. Let's see if we can help them out! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking re-sightings of color-banded juvenile Roseate Terns. Please watch for these yellow bands on any birds you see as you should be able to read them well with a scope up to 50 yards away. The bands have a letter and number combination - for example, those from Faulker Island have an H followed by two numbers. You can see an example in this really cool photo below by V. Koos. If you sight one of these birds please send us a report of the observation at firstname.lastname@example.org. Include as much information as possible with the location, bird's health, behavior, status, the time of day and date, and as much of the band you are able to read, along with any other pertinent information. We will pass this on to USFWS and report back to you with any information on your bird's life history. Roseate Terns are exciting finds at any time, and discovering one of these banded individuals would be fantastic! Thank you all in advance for any finds. Photo © V. Koos and not to be reproduced without explicit permission
Proud flesh and pizza? Hmmm... that actually sounds pretty disgusting, if we were really referring to that overgrowth of granular tissue that can be an undesirable consequence of wound healing. But we're not. The Proud Flesh is a CT band that plays a tasty brand of roots/Americana, very much in the vein of some of the other area bands we've been mentioning lately, like Elison Jackson and Sidewalk Dave. And yes, it turns out these guys are all personally (or personnel-ly) connected. The opening track of The Proud Flesh's Tiny Picture Frames, "Lord don't let me," gives a full-on hoedown first impression, but the next several tracks are much more stripped down, melancholic and haunting (just the way we like it), bringing to mind national acts we enjoy, like Murder by Death and Bright Eyes, or The Snake The Cross The Crown, who most of you have never heard of, but should have. Check out Tiny Picture Frames at bandcamp... and if you don't dig the busy first song, skip ahead to the glorious gloom and doom of "Gold Leaf and Bone" or "Three Sheets," because wallowing in it is more your thing (it's totally our thing). This Friday - date night? - you have an opportunity to check out this great band AND eat some of the fanciest, most delicious pizza (and salads, and beers, etc.) in all of CT at Litchfield's Bohemian Pizza, which we've blogged about previously. Revisit our memorable meal, complete with food porn pictures.
I have a lot of new items that have been photographed; I just haven't gotten around to editing and listing them. Perhaps the idea of editing a lot of photos overwhelms me, so I purposely sidetrack myself. Or move on to an easier assignment. I can see that happening. But from now on I promise to be better about not keeping things from you, okay? New items now available: I'll keep you updated.
5 posts tagged cannabis Citizens of the World, There is a disease of which you are all aware, that has plagued humankind throughout the ages. It is a terrible affliction, called Cancer. As far back as we have been able to look into the past, we have found evidence of its existence. In recent history, this disease has become more prevalent and more notorious a killer. You may have heard someone say, “These days, everything causes Cancer”. In 2008, 7.6 Million deaths across the globe were directly due to the disease, and that number has been and is expected to continue to rise every year. This is a huge burden upon our healthcare systems that also weighs heavily on our hearts. The loss of any human life is a shame, but 1 out of every 8 deaths coming from a single cause is nothing less than a tragedy. For decades people have donated what they’ve been able to, to the effort of finding a cure. As the death toll increases though, it’s apparent that these undertakings have done little to stop this trend. Michael Jolson has filed The California Cannabis Hemp and Health Initiative 2012, very similar to Jack’s initiative. Here is the link: The California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative 2012 website is: The following is the last wording of the initiative Jack tried to get on the ballot before he passed away in 2010. He had been working on this since the 1970′s. If you are an activist in a state that allows the initiative process, please consider using this as an example for YOUR state. Thanks! AN ACT TO AMEND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE OF CALIFORNIA: I. Add Section ________ to the Health and Safety Code of California, any laws or policies to the contrary notwithstanding: 1. No person, individual, or corporate entity shall be arrested or prosecuted, be denied any right or privilege, nor be subject to any criminal or civil penalties for the possession, cultivation, transportation, distribution, or consumption of cannabis hemp marijuana, including: (a) Cannabis hemp industrial products. (b) Cannabis hemp medicinal preparations. (c) Cannabis hemp nutritional products. (d) Cannabis hemp religious and spiritual products. (e) Cannabis hemp recreational and euphoric use and products. 2. Definition of terms: (a) The terms “cannabis hemp” and “cannabis hemp marijuana” mean the natural, non-genetically modified plant hemp, cannabis, marihuana, marijuana, cannabis sativa L, cannabis Americana, cannabis chinensis, cannabis indica, cannabis ruderalis, cannabis sativa, or any variety of cannabis, including any derivative, concentrate, extract, flower, leaf, particle, preparation, resin, root, salt, seed, stalk, stem, or any product thereof. (b) The term “cannabis hemp industrial products” means all products made from cannabis hemp that are not designed or intended for human consumption, including, but not limited to: clothing, building materials, paper, fiber, fuel, lubricants, plastics, paint, seed for cultivation, animal feed, veterinary medicine, oil, or any other product that is not designed for internal human consumption; as well as cannabis hemp plants used for crop rotation, erosion control, pest control, weed control, or any other horticultural or environmental purposes, for example, the reversal of the Greenhouse Effect and toxic soil reclamation. (c) The term “cannabis hemp medicinal preparations” means all products made from cannabis hemp that are designed, intended, or used for human consumption for the treatment of any human disease or condition, for pain relief, or for any healing purpose, including but not limited to the treatment or relief of: Alzheimer’s and pre-Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, arthritis, asthma, cramps, epilepsy, glaucoma, migraine, multiple sclerosis, nausea, premenstrual syndrome, side effects of cancer chemotherapy, fibromyalgia, sickle cell anemia, spasticity, spinal injury, stress, easement of post-traumatic stress disorder, Tourette syndrome, attention deficit disorder, immunodeficiency, wasting syndrome from AIDS or anorexia; use as an antibiotic, antibacterial, anti-viral, or anti-emetic; as a healing agent, or as an adjunct to any medical or herbal treatment. Mental conditions not limited to bipolar, depression, attention deficit disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, shall be conditions considered for medical use. (d) The term “cannabis hemp nutritional products” means cannabis hemp for consumption by humans and animals as food, including but not limited to: seed, seed protein, seed oil, essential fatty acids, seed cake, dietary fiber, or any preparation or extract thereof. (e) The term “cannabis hemp euphoric products” means cannabis hemp intended for personal recreational or religious use, other than cannabis hemp industrial products, cannabis hemp medicinal preparations, or cannabis hemp nutritional products. (f) The term “personal use” means the internal consumption of cannabis hemp by people 21 years of age or older for any relaxational, meditative, religious, spiritual, recreational, or other purpose other than sale. (g) The term “commercial production” means the production of cannabis hemp products for sale or profit under the conditions of these provisions. 3. Industrial cannabis hemp farmers, manufacturers, processors, and distributors shall not be subject to any special zoning requirement, licensing fee, or tax that is excessive, discriminatory, or prohibitive. 4. Cannabis hemp medicinal preparations are hereby restored to the list of available medicines in California. Licensed physicians shall not be penalized for, nor restricted from, prescribing or recommending cannabis hemp for medical purposes to any patient, regardless of age. No tax shall be applied to prescribed cannabis hemp medicinal preparations. Medical research shall be encouraged. No recommending physician shall be subject to any professional licensing review or hearing as a result of recommending or approving medical use of cannabis hemp marijuana. 5. Personal use of cannabis hemp euphoric products. (a) No permit, license, or tax shall be required for the non-commercial cultivation, transportation, distribution, or consumption of cannabis hemp. (b) Testing for inactive and/or inert residual cannabis metabolites shall not be required for employment or insurance, nor be considered in determining employment, other impairment, or intoxication. (c) When a person falls within the conditions of these exceptions, the offense laws do not apply and only the exception laws apply. 6. Use of cannabis hemp products for religious or spiritual purposes shall be considered an inalienable right; and shall be protected by the full force of the State and Federal Constitutions. 7. Commerce in cannabis hemp euphoric products shall be limited to adults, 21 years of age and older, and shall be regulated in a manner analogous to California’s wine industry model. For the purpose of distinguishing personal from commercial production, 99 flowering female plants and 12 pounds of dried, cured cannabis hemp flowers, bud, not leaf, produced per adult, 21 years of age and older, per year shall be considered as being for personal use. 8. The manufacture, marketing, distribution, or sales between adults of equipment or accessories designed to assist in the planting, cultivation, harvesting, curing, processing, packaging, storage, analysis, consumption, or transportation of cannabis hemp plants, industrial cannabis hemp products, cannabis hemp medicinal preparations, cannabis hemp nutritional products, cannabis hemp euphoric products, or any cannabis hemp product shall not be prohibited. 9. No California law enforcement personnel or funds shall be used to assist or aid and abet in the enforcement of Federal cannabis hemp marijuana laws involving acts which are hereby no longer illegal in the State of California. 10. Any person who threatens the enjoyment of these provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor. The maximum penalties and fines of a misdemeanor may be imposed. II. Repeal, delete, and expunge any and all existing statutory laws that conflict with the provisions of this initiative. 1. Enactment of this initiative shall include: amnesty, immediate release from prison, jail, parole, and probation, and clearing, expungement, and deletion of all criminal records for all persons currently charged with, or convicted of any non-violent cannabis hemp marijuana offenses included in this initiative which are hereby no longer illegal in the State of California. People who fall within this category that triggered an original sentence are included within this provision. 2. Within 60 days of the passage of this Act, the Attorney General shall develop and distribute a one-page application, providing for the destruction of all cannabis hemp marijuana criminal records in California for any such offense covered by this Act. Such forms shall be distributed to district and city attorneys and made available at all police departments in the State to persons hereby affected. Upon filing such form with any Superior Court and a payment of a fee of $10.00, the Court shall liberally construe these provisions to benefit the defendant in furtherance of the amnesty and dismissal provision of this section. Upon the Court’s ruling under this provision the arrest record shall be set aside and be destroyed. Such persons may then truthfully state that they have never been arrested or convicted of any cannabis hemp marijuana related offense which is hereby no longer illegal in the State of California. This shall be deemed to be a finding of factual innocence under California Penal Code Section 851.8 et seq. III. The legislature is authorized upon thorough investigation, to enact legislation using reasonable standards to: 1. License concessionary establishments to distribute cannabis hemp euphoric products in a manner analogous to California’s wine industry model. Sufficient community outlets shall be licensed to provide reasonable commercial access to persons of legal age, so as to discourage and prevent the misuse of, and illicit traffic in, such products. Any license or permit fee required by the State for commercial production, distribution or use shall not exceed $1,000.00. 2. Place an excise tax on commercial sale of cannabis hemp euphoric products, analogous to California’s wine industry model, so long as no excise tax or combination of excise taxes shall exceed $10.00 per ounce. 3. Determine an acceptable and uniform standard of impairment based on performance testing, to restrict persons impaired by cannabis hemp euphoric products from operating a motor vehicle or heavy machinery, or otherwise engaging in conduct that may affect public safety. 4. Regulate the personal use of cannabis hemp euphoric products in enclosed and/or restricted public places. IV. Pursuant to the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, the people of California hereby repudiate and challenge Federal cannabis hemp marijuana prohibitions that conflict with this Act. V. Severability: If any provision of this Act, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid by any court, the remainder of this Act, to the extent it can be given effect, or the application of such provisions to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable. VI. Construction: If any rival or conflicting initiative regulating any matter addressed by this act receives the higher affirmative vote, then all non-conflicting parts shall become operative. VII. Purpose of Act: This Act is an exercise of the police powers of the State for the protection of the safety, welfare, health, and peace of the people and the environment of the State, to protect the industrial and medicinal uses of cannabis hemp, to eliminate the unlicensed and unlawful cultivation, selling, and dispensing of cannabis hemp; and to encourage temperance in the consumption of cannabis hemp euphoric products. It is hereby declared that the subject matter of this Act involves, in the highest degree, the ecological, economic, social, and moral well-being and safety of the State and of all its people. All provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes: to respect human rights, to promote tolerance, and to end cannabis hemp prohibition. A new poll shows approval for legalizing marijuana at an all-time high. But, the federal government still says pot is as dangerous as Heroin. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’ Donnell has more in the Rewrite. Documentary: The Union - The Business Behind Getting High Marijuana Users Are Safer Drivers Than Non-Marijuana Users, New Study Shows 5 Pro-Marijuana Arguments That Aren’t Helping, #5.Taxing it Will Save the Economy!; #4.We Need it for Cancer Patients! And to Make Paper!; #3.It’s Good for You!; #2.Alcohol and Tobacco are Worse, and They’re Legal!; #1.It’s not Addictive!, John Cheese, July 07, 2011 Casual Marijuana Smoking Not Harmful to Lungs, Before you start lighting up, do remember you have other body parts. The long-term effects of main active chemical in marijuana, THC, are uncertain, Scientific American, By Christopher Wanjek and LiveScience Bad Science Columnist, January 10, 2012 Science Says: Lungs Love Weed, Twenty-year study suggests smoking marijuana is healthier than tobacco, By Oliver Lee, January 11, 2012 Prop. 19 Goes up in Smoke, Given the powerful forces opposing Prop. 19 — along with their lies and trickery — the forces of liberty and prosperity should not be disheartened by this initial defeat. We now have a copy of their playbook — politicians, pot growers, and medical-marijuana dealers oppose legalization, while Christian organizations, beer distributors, and drug lawyers spread lies to protect their self-interests, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Mises Daily, November 16, 2010 by Mark Thornton Anonymous Launches Operation Cannabis in Support of Legalising Marijuana, ibtimes, By Gianluca Mezzofiore, April 11, 2012 12:39 PM GMT Click image to go to awesome gallery with posters: Please amend the Controlled Substances Act and also amend the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to exclude MARIJUANA and TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLS. You know that this is a very strong subject in America, why can’t you be the first president to approach it rather than ignore it? Everyone keeps side stepping this even though marijuana has none of the side-effects close to alcohol or the tar in cigarettes. I understand that it is also up to the states to decide this, but it is not the federal governments job to tell us what we can and cannot put into our own bodies. I, myself, am not a user of marijuana, but this is about the freedom of the people. Why is there so much federal control over our own judgement and our own bodies?
created over 2 years ago \| Tagged: When average American shoppers go down the meat aisle, they take a look at the packages of chicken and almost always reach for the white meat. That means a whole lot of leftover legs for U.S. chicken producers to walk off. Why do we like chicken breasts so much — and how can we cross over to the dark side? That first question is pretty easy. "People don't like to be reminded that when they eat meat, it's actually part of an animal," food writer Nadia Arumugam tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer. "When you have a chicken leg in front of you, there's no denying that's an animal limb." Shoppers may also perceive dark meat as fattier and less healthy. There is a little more fat in legs, Arumugam says, but only a few calories worth. On the plus side, dark meat is rich in nutrients like iron and vitamin B, Arumugam says, "so you're really getting a good nutritional boost with dark meat." "There's a whole rest of the world that loves dark meat," she says. That includes Russia, where, until recently, America's unloved chicken legs were being sent. "I think of this as a sort of yin-yang of cultural predilections," Arumugam says. Now Russia wants to wean itself off imported American chicken and boost its own poultry market, which leaves American chicken producers with a dilemma: how to make dark meat more appealing to finicky consumers.
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Martin Smith and John Becker: bestselling authors with ordinary names and extraordinary minds. Rivals since childhood, they live in the same town and are famous for their uncanny similarity in physical manner and literary voice. When one of them ends up dead at the other’s home, an investigation is launched into their dark past, revealing a series of troubling stories from their childhood, adolescence and careers, throughout which lurks the presence of an authorial entity with roots beyond our time or dimension – a sinister entity with far-reaching designs. Mike Robinson has been writing since age 7, when his story Aliens In My Backyard! became a runaway bestseller, topping international charts (or maybe that was also just a product of his imagination). He has since published fiction in a dozen magazines, literary anthologies and podcasts. His debut novel, Skunk Ape Semester, released by Solstice Publishing, was a Finalist in the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Currently he’s the managing editor of Literary Landscapes, the official magazine of the Greater Los Angeles Writers Society (glaws.org).
A trolling title, because “the death of x” has become an overused trope. And of course N.E.R.D. My blog isn’t dead but it is less frequently updated – going from around twice-weekly to fortnightly to now around bi-monthly. I’m not alone, with many of the blogs I bookmark or subscribe to having become far less active. If I’d retained the same energy in blogging as I had several years ago I’d refresh my blogroll. But… Is Clay Shirky’s utopian vision of cognitive surplus channelled not into consumption but in creation less likely to come true? It depends on definitions – creation is easier than ever. We can automate actions or post photos from our phone. Why expend more effort, when there is much media to be consumed. It is almost perverse not to want to consume media, given the surfeit of options available. I didn’t blog at all in August, because I felt my personal time was better spent catching up with box sets, reading epic fantasy novels, listening to re-formed bands, playing computer games and getting caught up in the craze of sporting events, among many other media choices. My interests are unique to me, but I found more than enough things to occupy my attention. Some of the reasons for my blogging less frequently are particular to me – such as an internal-facing job restricting the amount of interesting work-related things I can talk about. But there also seems to be broader trends that has reduced the prominence of blogging: - Alternatives: Online participation is getting simpler and quicker – why construct a detailed blog when you can quickly update via Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest - Aggregators: RSS never really took off (though I still use Google Reader) and Twitter links can get swallowed by the stream. In short, it is difficult for individual blogs to surface – instead it is far easier to write a column on a widely read website, whether it be Buzzfeed, Huffington Post or a more niche site. - Tighter corporate policies: Corporations are now savvier to social media. They will have policies, and encourage employees to channel their energies into official destinations rather than personal ones. I don’t think it is coincidental that most of the blogs I read that remain vibrant are those written by either consultants or business owners. - No more novelty: A blog is initially filled with things people have been waiting to say for ages. Eventually, we run out of things to say. And once the novelty wears off, we try less hard to think of something to say. - The hive mind: We gravitate towards people who have similar interests or opinions to ourselves. In blogging, that means certain topics can become a flavour of the month, and it can become difficult to add to existing noise regarding a certain topic. I referenced Cognitive Surplus earlier. I’ve never read it. Nor have I read Predictably Irrational, Groundswell, How We Decide, Thinking Fast & Slow etc. I’ve never needed to – I’ve absorbed all of the key points multiple times over from blogs on the subjects. Blogging won’t die, and this blog won’t die. As this post proves, occasionally there is the need to write something more considered or more verbose than a tweet. But the gaps between these needs arising are becoming longer. A few years ago I purchased a URL and some storage, with the intention of self-hosting a personal website. I never got around to transferring this blog. Sadly, it appears like I never will… Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/helico/1568566210
Part 2 of the link update for December, and my final post of 2008 (barring unforeseen events). Scott Karp at publishing 2.0 channels Seth Godin with his call to arms for the print industry. The market and the internet don’t care if you make money, and the industry needs to adapt if it is to survive. Futurescape have shared three of their excellent reports on web series, while the Observer looks at the successes of several of them. Check out my twelve shows to check out here Grant McCracken wonders why TV revenues are holding while viewing declines. I haven’t seen the data he is quoting, but in the UK overall viewing is actually pretty robust (it is just fragmenting). I would also argue that TV is better suited to adapt to the new media landscape than radio or press, though I’m sure people from those respective industries would vehemently disagree. The New York Times’ 8th annual Year in Ideas (some better than others) A 25 point manifesto for the music industry Music Ally has a load of predictions for digital music in 2009 Marketing and business Apathy Sketchbook has accumulated a magnificently comprehensive list of all the terrible PR formulae masked as science. Harks back to my Bad Research post. With ROI discussions threatening to jump the shark (if they haven’t already), everyone should read Lewis Green’s reminder of what ROI actually is, and how it differs from value. Seth Godin asks when you create a new product or brand, are you making a new market or taking from an old one? I’ve already linked to Gareth Kay’s excellent slideshare presentation, but this summary contains some great comments on the problems of planning. Tom Peters has 27 practical ideas to transform your organisation The Ad Freak awards for 2008. Le’Nise Brothers has some great advice on digital media planning The Advertising Lab has published 19 tips for in-game advertising Brand Strategy has 9 tips for businesses in 2009 A MetaFilter thread on products where it is better to spend more on quality – can this advice still be adhered to in the current climate? In a nice piece of bricks and mortar experiential marketing, P&G opened a store for its coupons on Black Friday. The Big Picture is one of THE great web innovations by traditional media, and their year in pictures is a must Foreign Policy again publish the ten stories you would have probably missed over the past year – which is shocking, given the importance of them Malcolm Gladwell uses quarterbacks and teachers to ask why we hire people when we don’t know if they will succeed 12 fascinating and mysterious criminal cases does exactly what it says on the tin – includes Abe Lincoln and Lizzie Borden among others The life of Carl Ponzi – after whom Ponzi Schemes (a form of pyramid selling) take their name Hitotoki brings together literary tales of visits to specific parts of London. Particular commendation goes to The market and the internet don’t care if you make money, Year in Ideas, terrible PR formulae masked as science, what ROI actually is, The Big Picture and ten stories you would have probably missed over the past year That is me well and truly spent for the year. It’s been a blast. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas, and I’ll be back in 2009. Filed under: links \| Tagged: adfreak, apathy sketchbook, bad science, foreign policy, futurescape, gareth kay, grant mccracken, le'nise brothers, lewis green, malcolm gladwell, ponzi scheme, scott karp, seth godin, the big picture, tom peters \| 3 Comments »
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In my previous post, I indicated that I am preparing for an upcoming quilting retreat. I am actually prepping a couple of projects to bring along. Do you remember this blog post? All those fabulous batiks are now cut and ready to sew. The paper foundation units. All are ready to go! Then I had to cut the corner units for each block and... rectangles for the border units. Everything is neatly tucked into their bags. A great organizational tool so things don't get mistaken for a different block. The binder and paper clips, keep everything in order and prevents the fabric from straying. I can't wait to get started on this project! I must say that organization is one thing that I love about Judy Niemeyer patterns. Don't forget that later this week the next Blogger's BOM will be ready. Make sure to check back. Until Next Time...
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Southern hairy-nosed wombats at Brookfield Zoo Some guests to Brookfield Zoo may not know what a southern hairy-nosed wombat is since there are only 10 in four North American zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). But if they visit Brookfield Zoo’s Australia House, they will get to see several of these marsupials, including a female joey that was born February 18, 2012. The not-yet-named joey is the fourth offspring of 12-year-old Kambora, who was born at San Diego Zoo, and the second for Wilbur, 20, who was wild-born in Australia. Although the joey was born more than eight months ago, it wasn’t until mid-September that zookeepers were able to get a good look at the youngster because, like all marsupials, wombat joeys develop in a pouch. Immediately after birth, the tiny joeywhich was about the size of a bumblebee—crawled into Kambora’s pouch, where she has been sleeping and nursing to get all the necessary nutrients she needs to fully develop. Now predominantly out of her mom’s pouch, the inquisitive joey has been exploring her new surroundings Last month, the Chicago Zoological Society (CZS), which manages Brookfield Zoo, held the first North American international symposium on southern hairy-nosed wombats. During the three-day meeting, representatives for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and from Australia shared information on care, husbandry, conservation, and management of the species. Participants discussed local and regional wombat conservation issues in Australia, as well as the importation process that has been established with the Australian government. This past summer marked a significant milestone for the southern hairy-nosed wombat program in the United States in that it was the first importation of this species in several decades. In 1969, Brookfield Zoo received three southern hairy-nosed wombats and, in 1974, became the first zoo outside of Australia to successfully breed the species in professional care. Since then, there have been 16 successful wombat births at Brookfield Zoo. The southern hairy-nosed wombat management program is supported of AZA’s Taxon Advisory Group, which develops recommendations for population management and conservation. CZS staff members worked closely with Zoos South Australia to develop the program and form an agreement with the Australian government. With Brookfield Zoo, other participating zoos are ABQ BioPark, Albuquerque, N.M.; Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens; Memphis Zoo; San Diego Zoo; Toledo Zoo; and Toronto Zoo. Southern hairy-nosed wombats are thick, heavy-bodied animals found in arid to semiarid savannah woodlands, grasslands, and low shrub plains in central southern Australia. They are about the size of a medium-size dog but are much more rounded and solidly built. Wombats have long claws, a stubby tail, a flattened head that looks too big for their body, and short, powerful legs. They use their long claws when digging warrens—complex, underground tunnel systems—that are the center of wombat life. Each warren is made up of several separate burrows. Wombats never wander too far from their warrens. Several wombats may have their warrens near each other, forming a cluster. However, they rarely interact with each other. Currently, the wombat population in Australia is being threatened by habitat loss, drought, and agricultural practices.
In June 2009, shortly after Kim Jong Il had come to inspect a hospital in Chongjin, the road in front of the same hospital was covered with leaflets saying, “The Party Center which lives off the blood and sweat of the people has to go.” “Party Center” was referring to Kim Jong Il. The leaflets, scattered at night some 20-30m from the hospital, were everywhere, blown around by the wind. About the size of a school notebook, they also contained criticism of the Party, “Those Party men should all be killed,” people, “Don’t just sit there, we must move,” and leader, “We are being deceived by Kim Jong Il.” The contents made the blood of the authorities run cold. Chongjin was all a-flutter after they found the leaflets. People desperate not to get involved left the scene of the crime in a hurry, trying to act as if they hadn’t read it. Security agents were mobilized to collect the leaflets from the streets and alleyways. Chongjin NSA was put in charge of the case. They eventually withdrew from the scene having arrested ten or so people who had read the leaflets at around 8AM that day. These people were released having been made to vow not to disclose the information therein. The NSA, recognizing that the handwriting was by a single person with a grudge, began a focused investigation. North Hamkyung Province NSA held a meeting. HQ decreed that the agent who resolved the case be invested with the title ‘Hero’, but that if it was not resolved within a month the director of the investigation must lose his position. The provincial NSA embarked on an investigation of the handwriting and identities of the entire population of Chongjin. Informants were injected into locations of even the slightest suspicion. They started with paper merchants and, after finding out that the statement was written with a left hand, they also ordered the people of Chongjin to give writing samples with both their left and right hands. The NSA eventually narrowed the investigation down to a 50-70 year old with accumulated complaints against the regime. In addition, they decided that the 200 handwritten leaflets gave the impression of having been produced in revenge by someone with no job and a lot of time on their hands. Every day new people were reported as possible suspects. Informants were reporting on literally anyone who responded to the leaflet with a “these things can happen” attitude, so the number of suspects increased exponentially. Each NSA agent was looking after fifty more informants, while agents looking to get the title ‘hero’ even came in from other regions. Anyone who so much as mentioned the leaflets was assumed to be an informant, so people avoided them. Eventually, the investigation grew so confused that all informants and secret agents were withdrawn. Nevertheless, twenty days later a suspect was arrested in the Songpyeong district of Chongjin, and this appeared to resolve the problem. The suspect had been taken in after telling an informant that he “intended to scatter leaflets too” and eventually gave a forced confession under torture. The interrogation took six months. However, during the final screening process the confession was rejected. The suspect had said, “I could have” in response to the question, “Would you scatter leaflets if you resented the regime for some reason”, but on the next day under torture just confessed that “I did it all.” HQ acquitted him. And that was that. The head of Songpyeong District NSA was dismissed for taking 26 days to arrest the suspect then interrogating him for six months. The local NSA head of anti-espionage who had been in charge of the investigation was sent to a labor-training camp. The two security agents who had been so desperate for the title ‘hero’ that they had subjected an innocent man to arrest and torture for half a year were merely dismissed. The case was closed, and the National Security Agency quietly ordered its Songpyeong branch to take care of the man they had arrested for life.
A funny kitten dance…with a strange choreography. After 7 long months of separation, this dog is very happy to welcome home his favorite human… A fawn mothering a kitten… Meet Waffles the Corgi puppy. He’s a cutey! Aww, give Chico what ever he wants, he is so cute! I’ve seen two monkeys hugging, but I’ve never seen a monkey spontaneously giving another monkey a single hug like this… Jake, an 11 year old Black Lab lost his way from his home in Fargo, North Dakota, and got stuck in the icy Red River on Tuesday afternoon. The Fargo firefighters came to the rescue and retrieved the dog from the water. Adorable twin polar bear cubs were unveiled at the Dalian Laohutan Pole Aquarium in northeast China, with visitors given the chance to see them play together and be bottle-fed. Riley the dog may seem like he is only mimicking Quark and his tricks, but I think he is actually showing the true meaning of friendship, by being a friend and reaching out to you, you silly human. Kevin is a baby sulcata tortoise and he loves tomatoes. The problem is – he has terrible depth perception.
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 Photo by Dave Heirholzer St. Marys' Derek Roop, 17, and Mitch Fowler, 10, chase Sidney's Aaron Burns, 8, during their season-opening game on Friday night at Skip Baughman Stadium. The Roughriders won the game, 13-7. Online story associated with this photograph ST. MARYS - The St. Marys Roughriders overcame a sluggish three quarters of football and an injury to top running back Kyle Puschel to open the season with a win. St. Marys got a great game on the ground by Puschel's replacemen . . . Additional pictures for this date
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South Paulding Band Advances in Radio Contest The “Spirit of South Paulding” is the only Paulding high school band remaining in the “Battle of the High School Marching Bands," and your votes can move the band closer to the contest’s $5,000 grand prize. One local high school remains in an Atlanta-based radio show’s contest that will give one school’s marching band $5,000. The band of South Paulding High School has advanced in The Bert Show’s "Battle of the High School Marching Bands." It was one of 28 high school bands to begin the contest; the first round of online voting ended Sunday night, and South Paulding earned more votes than Woodland High to move on to the second round of 16 schools. The “Spirit of South Paulding” is now competing against the band of Southwest DeKalb High School of Decatur, and Bert Show listeners and band supporters who visit the contest website can view videos of the two bands performing and then vote on their favorite in that matchup and seven others. Voting in the second round of the contest ends Sunday, Nov. 4. Subsequent rounds in the coming weeks will lead to the crowning of a winner after the contest ends Dec. 8. The winning band will receive $5,000, according to the radio show’s Facebook page. Return to Dallas-Hiram Patch for updates. You can keep up with all the news in Dallas and Hiram by subscribing to our free daily newsletter and breaking news alerts, liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter. We also have apps for your Android or iPhone that can bring you news, our business listings, weather forecasts and more.
Domestic Short Hair - Gray and white - Sydney - Medium - Adult Hi there! I was rescued from Collin County Animal Shelter with my 4 kittens. I was just recently spayed, and now I'm ready to go to my forever home. Please be patient with me while I come out of my shell when I'm at the adoption center. I'm still getting used to it, but I'm doing much better there. Once adjusted in my new home I am very sweet. I enjoy being brushed and having my head scratched. Though I was a mom, I still play like I'm a kitten. I love to chase the laser pen and balls or mice. I like boxes too, I can entertain myself all day in one. I also like to partake in the nip. ;) Since I was an outside kitty, I like to spend part of my day by the window watching the world go by. My foster mom put a bird feeder outside my bedroom window, and I love to sit in my tree and stalk them. I'd do best in a home as an only kitty or with another animal who wouldn't want to interact much with me. I currently live with some other kitties and two dogs. Please consider me for your new bestie! I'd love to hang out with you! Breed: Domestic Short Hair - gray and white Petfinder ID: 24284496 Pet has been spayed/neutered North Texas Cat Rescue \| McKinney, TX \| 214-454-9395 For additional information, reply to this ad or see: http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=24284496 Important Safety Tips: Please take care when buying and selling animals. To avoid buying a sick pet or dealing with unscrupulous pet dealers, be sure to meet any animal and owner in person. Do not buy unless you can ensure that the animals are kept in sanitary and humane conditions. Learn more about responsible pet acquisition, ownership and adoption. eBay Classifieds does not offer any transaction or payment services. Stay safe - read our safety tips.
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Posted by Webmiss with No Comments This week’s Featured Video was made by Mariam. Enjoy! This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 at 4:11 am and is filed under Fan Video of the Week, Vampire Diaries, Videos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Only reblogging because I’m a greedy bitch who wants money. Hey doesn’t hurt to reblog ya knoww and if money is involved…. My mom’s paycheck arrives in 4d days, THIS SHIT WORKKSS chinese feng shui knows about tumblr ? OMG I didnt notice until today.I reblogged this and got 10 dollars :D got to pay for stuff somehow so why not. haha I got money today!!! Show me the moneyyyy! MONEY MONEY MONEYYYYYY! In the end: Awhh I love yongguk too HOLY DEAR SHISUS CHRIST I CANNOT Onew: thumbs up for success Random guy: ….uh. nods content Pyo and Himchan's reaction to pre-debut pictures of themselves P.O.: Maybe I can laugh the pain away Himchan: NOOOOO THE HORRORRRRRR Block B were impressed by B.A.P’s dance and decided to try it out (´∀｀)
at Shakespeare’s Globe, Friday 4th May 2012 For Titus Andronicus, Tang Shu-Wing Theatre Studio’s contribution to the Globe to Globe festival, this production is surprisingly free of blood. In the monochromatic colour scheme, simple red gloves are used to show decapitated hands, reminiscent of the girl in the dress in Schindler’s List. But whilst Tang Shu-Wing’s production, performed in Cantonese, has some wonderful imagery, it doesn’t quite manage to find out exactly what it’s saying about the play. The evening opens with a fascinating semi-expressionistic ‘prologue’, with actors poising on and around chairs using simple gestures as conversations occur about what’s to become of Rome. It’s mesmerizing, but doesn’t seem to have much of a point and, disappointingly, isn’t drawn on again. The simple black-grey-white aesthetic allows for sharp, clear images, and make the story clearer, as does the perfect two-and-a-half hour running time, which seems to be standard for this season and which, in all seriousness, we would do well to start taking note of home-grown productions. Unfortunately, Shu-Wing attempts to include both tragedy and comedy without really succeeding in either. Naturally, the slaughter Shakespeare includes in the latter scenes is laughable, but by using broad cartoony brush-strokes, some of the pathos is lost. It’s not an easy play to get right, but the company would do well to play down the humour a little. As seems to be a trend with this season (this is only my third production but speaking to others it seems to be the case), the acting on display is wonderful, surpassing that of many English companies. The cast is universally brilliant, but three performances stand out. As Lavinia, Lai Yuk-Ching manages to impart whole speeches post-maiming using only her eyes and quiet squeals. Ivy Pang Ngan-Ling’s Tamora is her exact opposite, plotting throughout with a menacing tone in her voice with a steely, dead glint in her eye. Andy Ng Wai-Shek soars as a drop-dead brilliant Titus, never crumbling to a wreck and maintaining a human stoicism in the face of extreme loss. Intriguingly, he is presented as devoid of a genuine tragic flaw; the only reason he lowers to filicide is due to uncontrollable events around him. The tragedy is that he could not see this coming, and the haunting, somewhat ugly live music played by Chan Wai-Yee only adds to this feeling. It’s quickly become a cliché of this festival to say that the focus is on the story, but this is once again the case with Titus Andronicus. There are echoes of brutal, genocidal regimes but, especially since we see no blood, we are constantly drawn to the narrative rather than its implications. It’s a shame that Shu-Wing’s production doesn’t take the risk of playing it more seriously, but some beautiful pictures redeem them somewhat; in any case, with a play as complex as this, the mere fact they’ve made it easy to follow is impressive enough without attempts at grandeur.
Danieal Manning (born August 9, 1982) in Corsicana, Texas is a professional football player for the Houston Texans. He was drafted with the 42nd pick in the COLLEGE: Three-year starter at Abilene-Christian (2003-05) became second-highest drafted player in school history when selected with the 42nd overall pick by Chicago. Started all 30 games he appeared in for the Wildcats tallying 159 tackles, 2 sacks, 12 TFLs, 11 INTs, 13 PBUs, 6 forced fumbles, 4 fumble recoveries and blocked 4 kicks. Registered 10 career TDs: 3 kickoff returns, 3 punt returns, 2 receiving, 1 fumble return and 1 INT return. Set school record with 6 career special teams returns for TDs. PERSONAL: Three-year starter at Corsicana H.S. (Texas) earning second-team all-state honors as a senior by the Associated Press and Texas Sports Writers Association. Originally signed with Nebraska after being recruited by Texas, Oklahoma, Penn State, Purdue, Arkansas and Alabama. Track standout finished 2nd in state in 100 meters and triple jump and 4th in the 200 meters. Notched 4th-fastest 100-meter in the nation as a senior (10.34). \|©2010 Danieal Manning, Chicago Bears. All rights reserved. Site sponsored by Flying Colors Sports\|
I’m kind of a ladies’ man. Apparently, this is what I look like when I study. Just hanging out. GPOYW - Best Brief(s) Edition We won Best Brief in our tournament this weekend… but I misinterpreted that. No comment necessary. GPOY(Th) - Still Hitting the Bar Reviews Edition GPOY - First Bar Review Edition Hey everybody! Come see how good we look!
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step.” The famous Chinese proverb above perfectly describes my voyage as reader for I can’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for that one book, that one small step, which got me on sundry adventures in turn resulting into a life-long love affair with the written word. This one small step is the focus of book blogger Atty. Monique’s (of Bookish Little Me) monthly feature The Spark Project where I was chosen as the guest blogger/reader to speak about that key incident that initiated me into the (dark chest of) wonders of books and reading. So if you’re curious enough Gentle Readers as to what’s the very first book that I read and the culprit of my (mad) present endeavor, then head over to her blog by clicking on the image below and find out for yourself. Dark nights and creepy wonders!
Today is the third and final installment from guest blogger and UK filmmaker Lewis McGegor. Part 1 introduced us to his IndieGoGo film campaign (successfully funded) “Grim”: a fantasy film web series that’s a little bit JRR Tolkien and a little bit GRR Martin. Part 2 was about being a “no-budget” filmmaker and took an in-depth look into their pre-production process. There are certain aspects of my production that I adore but at times can also be really stressful. My location, project size and ambition, plus a host of other circumstances have left the project with an unusual stance; not one person on the production is a professional. Just average, working class citizens from Barry, my home town. Most possess an interest in filmmaking but have never been given an opportunity to do something like this before, mostly because they don’t have expansive show reels and stacks-upon-stacks of qualifications, or for the majority, time has passed them by and they have had to drop their filmmaking dream somewhere along the way for one reason or another. Professionals; what exactly makes someone a professional? The answer… I’m not too sure, there’s a whole list of criteria to be met; quality of work, educational background, experience, number of clientèle and so on and even then you might not be classed as professional. There isn’t one definition, but the one thing that does come with hiring a ‘professional’ is money out of your pocket. If you have hired a professional and are receiving professional assistance then you can be sure to cough up some of your cash for their service. But remember, you’re a no-budget filmmaker and you don’t have any. Assembling a local cast and crew Before you throw away that 20 man fight sequence you had planned you might want to take another, although lengthy, route. Look out of your window and hopefully for the purpose of this paragraph there’s an old man cutting the grass. Boom, that’s your onset electrician, the teen riding past on the scooter, he can be your runner. You turn to your community for help. That’s what I have done with Grim: A Tale of Death. Bar myself and James, everyone on board were complete strangers to us two years ago. In this post I will talk about some of the positives and negatives I’ve come across from this experience. As mentioned in my previous post, I was lucky that the majority of my friends are actors (some with noteworthy credentials now) and I had not far to look before finding a cast. But that was at the very start of the production. Where, as a no-budget film maker you tend to take what you can, despite all my friends being amazing actors, they were not what I had envisioned for the characters. Grim started to age and with every day that passed the project matured and attracted attention from the local people. When we were first filming the 10 minute version James and I walked through our local town in hope of acquiring bodies for a big scene. But we had nothing to show people, no stills, no teasers, no sizzle reels, just and idea and a dream. We were looking for friends, family or even people we were in school with who we never ever talked to, just someone who we could approach without sounding crazy. We managed to get one person… After some last-minute ringing around we managed to get 4 people for the scene. Still we tried our hardest and at the end of the week we put together a little teaser of what the project was about with the footage we had so far. Interest in the series started flying in and when re-shot that scene a year later we had just under 200 people turn up for the event. But as time came and went the project grew and more doors opened. More local actors wanted to get involved. They could work at their normal job but on the side line be engrossed in this challenging project. It was at this point I set up the Grim: A Tale of Death Facebook page. It became the central hub for anything related to the project and also a gateway for actors to get in touch. Facebook is a great medium for content sharing and if you have a project in the worlds I suggest you get a page up and running. However you can’t just walk on up to your neighbour and expect him to help you with your film. It’s more than likely he would jump at the chance to be in the background and maybe deliver one line. But to actually take time away from their life and in some cases their work you’ll need a different approach. You have to ask yourself how much time you want to devote to your project. You won’t be able to conjure up 100 of the community’s finest within a week. A good majority of them have probably never heard of you and even more so your project you have just created. What are you going to offer? Schools can play a fantastic part in your production, media students and drama students are only too keen to obtain some experience, it’s likely they are going to have a somewhat understanding of how a set works and the fact you are a low-key film maker will be less daunting for the high school students. When I had some experience on a set it was not fun nor did I learn anything, in fact it nearly turned me off film making. But I doubt the DP wanted a spotty school pupil with no experience handling a $100,000 camera. I’m sure you’ll be much more lenient letting them have a go at a $2000 camera. Even if your father happens to be a popular man in town and has put out the word of this project and you get a decent handful of volunteers you’re going to have to train them. Adam who plays for the local football team isn’t going to know how to sound mix and if you are going to take the time to train him you’re going to want to make sure he’s very committed to that role. As the previous posts mention it’s likely you’re going to be doing a lot of the work and now you’re going to have to put training a group of individuals Yet this brings up the notion of getting those who know what they’re doing to do the job and are willing to do it voluntary. There are actually good people out there who are willing to jump on to your project with no contracted payment but doing it solely for the fun of their craft. If you can get this person, then amazing. But this always comes with one back setting problem which has happened to me on many occasions. If this person gets paid work then they’re going to have to leave your project and go bring the food on the table. It’s completely unproductive for yourself, but people have to pay bills and you’re not in the position to pay them. This unfortunately is just something that can’t be helped. Hopefully my experience with working with the community has helped you in some way. While a daunting task it can be very fun and of course igniting a bit community spirit in a digitalized world is never a bad thing. Lewis McGregor is a young, ambitious filmmaker who has taken a break from studies at the International Film School of Wales to produce his magnum opus. Learn more about the project byclicking here.
Following our OxTALENT award in June, the 23 Things Team were invited to take part in a vodcast about the project. Filming took place in August when some people were away, but Penny and I were able to take part and here is the result: The Moomin images in the poster were used with the kind permission of the trademark holders, Bulls Press. Here is the full text of the poster: The 23 Things model – from social media exploration to other forms of information literacy training 1. The original 23 Things idea In 2006, the original 23 Things programme, Learning 2.0, was designed by Helene Blowers in the USA. Aim: to introduce library staff to emerging technologies through the completion of 23 things, or tasks. Participants record their progress by blogging about their experience each week, during which there was a focus on a different set of tools and two or three Things to complete. Content was delivered through the Learning 2.0 blog, allowing the programme timing to be self-directed by participants. 2. 23 Things Oxford From my previous experience as a teacher, I could see that students learned most effectively when they were actively engaged in the learning process. 23 Things is user-centred, accessible to both full-time and part-time staff, and allows participants to choose a level of challenge by offering the basic and advanced routes through the activities. In late 2009 I came up with the idea of modifying the Creative Commons licensed Learning 2.0 programme for Oxford’s librarians. I assembled a team of web 2.0 enthusiasts to help me with the planning and delivery of the programme. We only met twice; the rest of the work was done online via Google Docs, in the spirit of the programme. We created a list of weekly themes and then the 23 Things activities themselves. We extended the programme from 9 to 12 weeks and added newer tools, such as Twitter. 4. Modifying the programme We were aware that some participants might be reluctant to sign up to some of the social networking sites and for these tasks we avoided compulsory sign-up. We attempted to keep the number of different accounts to a minimum; where possible we used Google and Yahoo! services in order to achieve this. We also decided to run a series of drop-in sessions to provide 1:1 support and additional hardware or computer functionality to which not all participants may have had access e.g. cameras, and sound enabled PCs so they could listen to podcasts. 5. Go live! 23 Things Oxford began on 18th January 2010 and finished 12 weeks later on 9th April. A new year, a resolution to commit to learning, and a springtime flowering of possibilities and potential for the tools experienced to be used in libraries. 23 Things Oxford was delivered via the Ox23 blog. Each week, 3 or 4 posts were published including an introduction to the week’s theme, step-by-step instructions on how to complete the Things and ideas for exploring the topic further. 6. Themes for each week - Introduction and personalised homepages - RSS feeds - Online photos and images - Social bookmarking - Podcasting / YouTube - Social networking - Office 2.0 - Summary of experiences 138 members of library staff registered to take part in the programme and set up blogs to record their progress. 82 participants successfully completed the programme. We decided that a small incentive was a good way to encourage participants to complete the programme. CrossRef kindly agreed to sponsor the programme in order to fund the prizes. Each participant who completed all 23 Things by 9th April was given the choice of either a £10 Amazon or iTunes voucher and their names were entered into a draw for an iPod Nano. 9. End-of-programme survey At the end of the programme, all participants (whether they completed successfully or not) were invited to take part in a survey. The response rate for this survey was 72%. Many respondents reported increased confidence in tackling something new and improved skill level in using the tools explored during the programme. They enjoyed the range of tasks and the online community that built up as participants began to read and comment on each others’ blogs. 10. Survey summary The majority of respondents said they found the frequency, duration and level of the tasks just right. An overwhelming 93% said they would recommend the programme to their colleagues. 23% of respondents to the survey said that they did not complete the programme. The main reason given for this was lack of time. Other responses were that the tasks were too difficult and concerns over privacy and the number of accounts created. 11. Feedback from participants In addition to the survey responses, we received feedback from the emails and blog posts from of the participants. An area that was often cited as a success was the community, both online and in our libraries, which the programme created. In the next frame is a selection of comments from the participant’s final blog posts where they were asked to summarise their experiences with web 2.0 during the course of the programme. 12. Quotes from participants “I’m delighted to have mastered so much & to have explored Web 2.0. I feel much more confident technically & am delighted that, at last, I know what this stuff actually is.” “I felt it was an excellent and timely opportunity for me to expand my knowledge of Web2.0 tools and somehow determine the extent to which they could be effectively used in a University library setting.” “23 things was definitely a worthwhile program, and I learnt lots, and it’s inspired me to the possibilities of Web 2.0.” 13. The organisers’ perspective There is no doubt that being involved in the running of the 23 Things programme at Oxford was an enjoyable and rewarding experience. It was also a great challenge. No matter how well prepared we thought we were, we still encountered some issues as the weeks went by; none however were insurmountable. 14. Lessons learned One thing we were not prepared for was the unease with which some participants greeted the public nature of web 2.0. We had anticipated that signing up to Facebook would be controversial for some and therefore did not require it for completion of the task that week; however we met similar concerns with LinkedIn and modified the task to reflect this. Some participants chose to remain anonymous, and created accounts and blogs under a pseudonym. 15. A different type of training One of the most interesting aspects of the programme was its success as a training programme which staff completed at their desks. A number of participants commented on this on their blogs and expressed a desire to have more training delivered in this way. This was of particular interest as most of the training for library staff at Oxford has previously taken place in face-to-face workshops. Releasing staff to attend such workshops can be problematic, especially in libraries with a lot of part time staff. 16. What next? Since 23 Things Oxford, similar programmes have been run at the universities of Cambridge and Warwick. At Oxford, with so many library staff now more familiar with social media, the next step was to use these skills to create or improve the social media presence of Oxford libraries. As a follow-up, the 23 Things Team ran an event called 23 Things Summer Camp to help library staff with the Strategy, Setup and Synchronisation of their social media tools. 17. Further applications of the 23 Things model There is great potential for the 23 Things model to be broadened to deliver not just social media exploration, but other aspects of staff development and training. The structure of the scheme allows individuals to participate at their own pace without being tied to a venue or time of day. The programme can also be differentiated to allow people with varying levels of prior knowledge to take part at a level that suits them. 18. Main benefits of an online learning programme Timing is flexible – participants can follow the programme at any point in the week, and are not obliged to attend a session at a particular time Timing is inclusive – everyone can participate on an equal basis, whether they work full- or part-time Not tied to a specific location – staff can take part from their usual workplace, without having to travel to a particular training location 19. Examples of other applications of the 23 Things model Many staff development courses could be adapted for delivery within this model such as: - Introduction to the organisation and its history and staffing structure - Information about personnel services, pensions, benefits, policies - Basic health and safety e.g. fire awareness, manual handling - Management development - Information literacy - Using the OPAC or other web interfaces to library resources 20. Key ingredients of a successful online learning programme (1) Have clear instructions for each week’s tasks, and keep them concise. Have specific outcomes for each task, so that participants know what they have to blog about in order to have completed each Thing. Reflective weeks and open-ended topics are OK but use them sparingly. 21. Key ingredients of a successful online learning programme (2) Differentiation – participants can choose the task most suited to their experience and ability. For example, set tasks at novice, intermediate and advanced level for the same topic, so that all participants increase their knowledge, but the outcomes are slightly different. This helps to engage all staff, rather than aiming a training session at an ability/experience level. Encourage people to comment on each other’s blogs, to develop conversations and build a sense of community. Having the organisers take the lead on this helped other people to get involved too. 22. Key ingredients of a successful online learning programme (3) Support the online learning with face-to-face sessions, so people who are stuck can get help. This is especially important for those who are less confident with technology in general, as they are least able to ask for help via email and may become frustrated and give up earlier than more experienced users. Focus on student-centred learning: what have the participants gained from their involvement, and can they demonstrate their new knowledge and skills? This is the antidote to traditional training in which the presenter tells the audience what they should know, but does not engage with their audience or test their learning. Thank you to the other members of the 23 Things Oxford Team: Emma Cragg, Jane Rawson, Angela Carritt and Penny Schenk; to CrossRef who sponsored the prizes and to all those who participated in 23 Things Oxford and 23 Things Summer Camp. Laura J. Wilkinson St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford Oxford University Computing Services’ OxTALENT [Teaching and Learning Enhanced by New Technology] annual awards recognise members of the University who have made use of ICT to foster learning and academic practice. The Open Educational Resource Projects category recognises projects engaging groups of staff in ongoing activities which produce work explicitly licensed as ‘open for sharing’ using creative commons licensing. In 2010 I led a team of librarians from a range of libraries at the University to run 23 Things Oxford, a self-directed learning programme to introduce library staff to Web 2.0 technologies – and the 23 Things Team were the joint winners in this category! As part of the 23 Things course, library staff engage with a series of social media tools, share ideas, reflect on practice and write blog posts to contribute to a community resource for others. The original 23 Things concept was developed by a librarian in the USA and has been adopted by libraries across the world, with each group adding their own local spin on the tasks. 138 members of library staff at Oxford registered to take part in the programme and set up blogs to record their progress. Of these, 82 participants successfully completed the programme. Since the programme at Oxford, 23 Things has been run by other universities in the UK including Cambridge and Warwick, and at the moment 23 Things for Continuing Professional Development is underway. In August, I will be presenting a paper about the wider application of the 23 Things model in staff development at the International Federation of Library Associations’ conference on information literacy in Tampere, Finland. Thank you OUCS for this award, and to the mystery person who nominated us! As part of today’s Bodleian Libraries’ Personal Development and Career Planning Day, Kerry Webb [Deputy Librarian at the English Faculty Library] and I co-presented a session entitled “How I became a librarian and found job satisfaction”. This is a summary of my section of the presentation. I began with a brief outline of my career path so far: *OULS = Oxford University Library Services, now Bodleian Libraries Job satisfaction in my current role - Getting things well-organised - Being creative in use of space, ideas for new collections - Using technology to make things better: RFID, combined copier/scanner/printer with card swipe - Project management: combining short, medium and long-term projects so that essentials get done and non-urgent tasks are still progressing, and crises are avoided - Learning to be a good manager - Classification geek Making the most of your current role - Do your job well! Add value to the tasks you already do - Especially if you are aiming for a grade increase at your next job, expect to work above your current job description - Volunteer to take part in committees and special projects (for example, I organised 23 Things Oxford and the All Libraries Pub Quiz outside of work) Think about future jobs - What are you interested in? What are you good at? NB: these may not be the same! - Keep an eye out for job adverts and see how your skills match up. Identify any areas you need to improve on - Approach skills gaps in a variety of ways – use experience from your personal life (sports captain, choir treasurer, managing a family, secretary for a CILIP group. Use the appraisal system to ask for training (some may benefit you in your existing job, such as IT skills) - Be open-minded about jobs you would consider. Not all jobs are sexy, but you can learn a lot from any job you do Some all-round good ideas - Be prepared to move around to develop your career. There’s a big world outside beyond Oxford - Consider Chartership – not much recognised at Oxford, may well be an advantage elsewhere - Take responsibility for your own professional development: reading, meeting people, reflecting on your current role. Tools I use include RSS feeds and Twitter. Meeting people outside your department/sector is invaluable And a final thought (attributed to Thomas Edison) “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work”
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In State facilities this class is accountable for the assessment, planning and administration of occupational therapy services for persons with physical, mental and/or developmental disablilities Works under the general supervision of an Occupational Therapy Supervisor, Rehabilitation Therapy Supervisor 2 or other employee of higher grade. May supervise/lead occupational therapy staff of lower grade or other staff as assigned; provides training and consultation to direct care staff on activities related to the specialty. EXAMPLES OF DUTIES: Selects, plans, administers and implements occupational therapy programs for training of persons with mental, physical and/or developmental disablities; administers individual and group instructions to clients in various occupational therapies including but not limited to activities of daily living, independent living skills, sensorimotor skills and performance components, psychosocial skill and performance components, therapeutic adaptations and specialized assessments; determines and carries out treatment and activities for individual clients consistent with physician prescription; assesses clients educational needs; organizes new projects and methods; consults with supervisor, physicians and other professionals regarding client reactions, progress and treatment plans; recommends changes in individual client treatment; participates in training programs for professional and paraprofessional staff; attends and participates in workshops and conferences; instructs and demonstrates to clients and parents treatments to be carried on in a treatment center and at home; maintains records and prepares reports on client care and administrative matters; orders supplies; coordinates efforts of volunteers; may escort clients on trips into community; may perform duties in clients home or community settings; may act as supervisor in his/her absence; may act as a consultant, advisor or resource person to other staff, programs or units; may attend conferences, client study meetings and clinics; may maintain inventory; may serve as a Qualified Mental Retardation Professional; coordinates occupational therapy services with other disciplines such as physical, speech and rehabilitative therapies; performs related duties as required. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY: Knowledge of principles and practices of occupational therapy; knowledge of anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, neuroanatomy and individual and group dynamics as applied to occupational therapy; considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills; skill in application of occupational therapy techniques; ability to gain interest, cooperation and confidence of clients. EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: One (1) year of experience as an Occupational Therapist. Incumbents in this class must be registered as a licensed Occupational Therapist in the State of Connecticut or possess a temporary permit to practice Occupational Therapy at the time of appointment. Incumbents in this class may be required to be fluent in a foreign language or proficient in the use of American Sign Language in certain designated positions. Incumbents in this class may be required to travel. Incumbents in this class may be exposed to danger of injury and to moderately disagreeable conditions while providing treatment to clients/patients. Non-Examined refers to Section 5-219 of the Connecticut General Statutes which permits appointment of candidates to competitive positions without formal examination when a professional license, professional degree, accreditation or certificate is a mandatory requirement for appointment to a class This replaces the existing specification for the same class in the same Salary Group HC 23 approved effective September 1, 1999. (Revised to modify Purpose of Class)
Macy’s Mother’s Day Sale 2012 Offers Up to 50% Discount It’s time to shop for the various gifts to be given to our mothers this Mother’s Day and one of the retailers offering sales and discounts for today’s occasion is Macy’s along with other major retails stores such as Sears, Walmart and Best Buy. A Mother’s Day gift guide, provided by Macy’s, offers a wide range of selection for online and in-store shoppers. Macy’s gift guide list include handbags, jewelry, pajamas and robes, for the home, beauty and fragrance, watches and clothing. The Macy’s Mother’s Day Sale ads published on its official website indicates up to 20 percent discount plus free shipping on purchases of at least $99. Savings from 30 to 50 percent is offered on Macy’s fine jewelry. To avail of extra savings at Macy’s Mother’s Day Sale, shoppers must use the promo code: MOM. Below are some of Macy’s Mother’s Day Sale 2012 top gifts suggestions. - Diamond Heart Pendant, 14k Gold and Sterling Silver American Heart Association Diamond Pendant – $199.00 - Giani Bernini 24k Gold over Sterling Silver and Sterling Silver Necklace, Heart Pendant – $35.10 - Coach Boyfriend bracelet watch – $348.00 - Victoria Townsend Diamond Heart Pendant, 18k Gold over Sterling Silver Diamond Heart Pendant – $32.00 - Treasured Hearts Diamond Necklace, 14k Gold, 14k Rose Gold, and Sterling Silver Triple Heart Diamond Pendant – $299.00 - Prestige Unity Diamond Ring, 14k White Gold Diamond Engagement Ring – $999.00 - Coach Carlisle bracelet watch – $358.00 - Blue Topaz Jewelry Set, Sterling Silver Blue Topaz and White Topaz Accent Jewelry Set – $99.00 All prices listed above are subject to change without prior notice from Macy’s. For the complete list of items available on Macy’s Mother’s Day Sale 2012, check out its official website at www1.macys.com.
What does it mean to parent? Can part of you exist when you no longer do? These things rolled around in my head after a brief conversation I had with someone attending a presentation. We were just chatting after I'd signed a copy of my new book. She said, 'It's a pity that you were gay, you should have been a parent, it's sad that you have no children, nothing, to send into the future.' Believe me, I've worked very hard to get that statement absolutely right. It echoed in my mind and 'ping-ed' around in my heart for a while afterwards. She left, my book in hand, shaking her head sadly. I guess I don't think of children in the way that she does. I don't think of 'my blood' or 'my genes' being sent into the future. It makes, of children, a commodity, things that exist for your purpose, not theirs. I don't see kids as a kind of odd photocopy of parents. But I do wonder about the idea of leaving a mark. Leaving something behind. I hope I do. I hope that I am carried into the future in the hearts of those who love me. I hope I spend time with my friends, still, when they have tea, smell vanilla or hear that Wendy Matthews song. I hope I exist in moments when my hand is needed to hold, my voice is needed to comfort, my perspective is need in crisis. I hope, then, that I can call from the past into the present and be heard, and felt and known. The other day I sat in a presentation by someone and listened to them present an idea that I had originated, that I had taught ... I knew this idea was now theirs, I knew that it informed their ideas ... and I knew that the idea had had it's birth in my mind, in my teaching, in my writing. The other day I read someone who generously and precisely quoted my work and my words. They took what I had done and gave it a spin, made it fresh, made it new. It was exciting to see a glimmer of an idea become something bright in the eyes of another. It was gratifying. The other day I saw someone reading one of my books during a lunch break. He was sitting by himself quietly eating a sandwich and turning pages. He didn't see me watch him, he didn't see me smile when I saw him nod his head, agreeing with something in the book. He didn't know what that slight nod meant to me. The other day I heard Ruby say something that I had said, she said it with confidence as if she knew that she could trust the source, that she could trust me in the past with what she said in the present and what she will know in the future. The other day I saw a child with a disability leave her school, get on her bus, and travel home. A little thing. I knew, really knew, then that there was once a little girl who was the first, who walked into the first hallway and integrated the first school. I know that she took steps that others now follow. She may not have had a child, I don't know, but certainly I know she parented. Didn't she? I think so. I don't have children. My blood will not course in the veins of another. But my ideas may. And, I guess, that's got to be good enough for me.
Efficacy of SMR-Beta Neurofeedback for Attentional Processes David A. Kaiser, PhD and Siegfried Othmer EEG Spectrum, Inc. The effect of sensorimotor or beta neurofeedback on attentional processes was investigated using the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) for 530 children and adults with attentional problems. EEG neurofeedback training produced significant improvement in measures of inattention, impulsivity, and response variability. The greatest improvements occurred for subjects who exhibited severe deficits prior to training. Three-quarters of all subjects exhibited significant clinical improvement (i.e., half a standard deviation increase in one or more measures). Three models which directly or indirectly address the efficacy of EEG neurofeedback were discussed. In recent years EEG biofeedback training has been applied to an increasing number of psychological, neurological, and psychosomatic conditions (e.g., Fleischman, 1997; James & Folen, 1996; Byers, 1995; Tansey, 1993). Sensorimotor (SMR; typically 12-15 Hz) and beta (15-18 Hz) neurofeedback, a form of training designed to enhance intermediate frequency EEG instantaneous amplitudes, has been reported to improve epilepsy (Lantz & Sterman, 1988; Tozzo, Elfner, & May, 1988; Sterman & MacDonald, 1978), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (Lubar, Swartwood, Swartwood, & O’Donnell, 1995; Rossiter & LaVaque, 1995; Lubar & Shouse, 1976), specific learning disabilities (Tansey, 1985; Linden, Habib, & Radojevic, 1996), and some conditions associated with ADHD such as bruxism, tics, and mood swings (Alhambra, Fowler, & Alhambra, 1995; Tansey, 1986). Minor closed head injury, multiple sclerosis, autism, chronic fatigue syndrome, and pre-menstrual syndrome, head a growing list of conditions reported by clinicians to be partly or fully remediated by SMR-beta neurofeedback training (cf. Othmer, in prep). The apparent diversity of disorders impacted by SMR-beta neurofeedback training suggests a commonality of mechanisms for these conditions, a fact that should be addressed by any theory that attempts to identify the therapeutic mechanism of SMR-beta neurofeedback. Sterman (1982) proposed that SMR neurofeedback may restore regulated function of thalamocortical mechanisms associated with arousal. In particular, abnormal sensorimotor arousal or excitability may interfere with higher cognitive functions in a resource-limited competive model (Sterman, 1996). Abarbanel (1995) formulated a similar model of self-regulation in which attentional processing were modulated by thalamocortical and limbic circuitry. In his model long-term potentiation was responsible for any functional permanence associated with training. Both models presume SMR-beta neurofeedback impacts functions that modulate arousal (Sterman, 1982; Abarbanel, 1995). Both models readily address the symptomatology and possible mechanisms of ADHD and epilepsy. The primary symptoms of ADHD, inattention, impulsivity, or hyperactivity, are associated with decreased arousal in frontal cortex and subcortical regions (Zametkin et al., 1990; Mann, Lubar, Zimmerman, Miller, & Muenchen, 1991). The cortical hyperexcitability associated with epilepsy may reflect an arousal dyfunction, possibly due to a loss of integrity in the thalamic gating mechanism (Sterman, 1982). In addition to motor or vocal tics, sufferers of Tourette’s Syndrome often exhibit somnambulism, night terrors, and other disorders of arousal (Barabas, Matthews, & Ferrari, 1984). Attentional processes in particular appear to be uniquely sensitive to problems of arousal, and thus they serve to be a good measure of effectiveness in restoring such functions. The Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) is a continuous performance task that assesses attentional processes relative to a normative database. The TOVA provides a quantifiable measure of effectiveness of SMR and beta biofeedback training for improving specific attentional properties such as impulse control and response consistency. The lack of test-retest practice effects, the use of language-independent nonverbal stimuli, and an extended test length (22.5 min), all make the TOVA especially useful in evaluating treatment effects in an ADHD, learning disabled, or like population (Greenberg, 1987). The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the efficacy of SMR-beta neurofeedback for children and adults suffering from attentional problems as measured by the TOVA. David A. Kaiser, Phd and Siegfried Othmer EEG Spectrum, Inc. Encino, CA Four hundred and eight children and adolescents (age 6 to 16 years, mean 10.7) and 122 adults (17 to 67 years, mean 37.2) participated in this study. Females comprised less than one-quarter of the child and adolescents group and nearly one-half of the adults (92 and 58, respectively). Subjects were obtained in nine clinical settings affiliated with EEG Spectrum, Inc. and were selected based on the availability of pre- and post-training data for the TOVA. None of these subjects were on any stimulant or antidepressant medications during the test. Although a plurality of subjects suffered from ADHD, many also exhibited comorbid conditions of more severe behavioral disorders (ODD and Conduct Disorder), Tourette’s Syndrome, minor traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, anxiety disorders, and depression. The subjects also included some who were referred for ADHD but may not have met the classical diagnostic criteria for the condition. Adults varied on diagnosis with the majority exhibiting some form of ADD. Passages EEG biofeedback training was performed on Neurocybernetics 2-Channel EEG systems. All subjects were evaluated with the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) (Greenberg, 1987), a continuous performance task (CPT) that presents to a subject a geometric target or non-target. The use of a single non-target allows this test to be conceptualized as a Go/No-Go task, a form of test which is associated with frontal lobe function (e.g., Levin et al., 1991). Results from the TOVA include measures of omission errors (inattention), commission errors (impulsivity), response time (speed of information processing), and response time variability (consistency of response). Scores are presented in standard scores with every standard deviation presented as 15 points above or below the mean. This test was administered on a PC computer and used a single switch for response. This test consists of only two non-verbal stimuli which requires a subject to pay attention for 22.5 min without prolonged rest. Presentation probabilities for targets and non-targets are mixed between test halves in order to evaluate high-likelihood and low- likelihood response conditions (i.e., 20% targets first half of test, 80% targets second half), and thereby provide measures of impulsivity and inattention, respectively. Normative age-based data is available for each gender; for children, in single-year age groups, and for adults in 10-year age groups (Greenberg & Waldman, 1993). The training protocol consisted of rewarding enhanced EEG amplitudes in the 12-18 Hz frequency regime, while simultaneously inhibiting excessive amplitudes in the low frequency (4-7 Hz) and high-frequency (22-30 Hz) regimes. Electrode placement always included one electrode site on the sensorimotor strip (at either C3 or C4 in the standard 10-20 system) and less commonly one electrode with either frontal or parietal placement. If training was done solely at C3 and C4, then the montage was referential to the proximate ear. If training involved frontal or parietal placement, the montage was bipolar with either C3-Fpz or C4-Pz. Left-side (C3) and right-side (C4) training involved rewarding activity in the 15-18 Hz and 12-15 Hz, respectively. Occasionally, these two protocols were used in succession during a single training session with the respective duration (e.g., 10 min SMR, 20 min Beta) of the two protocols titrated on the basis of changing symptomatology and TOVA results (Greenberg, 1987). Left-hemisphere training (e.g., C3) involved Beta reward only whereas right-hemisphere training involved SMR reward only. Training consisted of 30 min of visual and auditory feedback on the instrument, within a 45-min contact hour. Visual feedback was provided by a variety of means which map the EEG amplitude in the reward and inhibit bands into the brightness, size, and/or velocity of objects on a computer monitor. Most commonly, information about the amplitude of signals in each of the bands was given independently. Alternatively, the subject was simply be notified that an inhibit threshold was exceeded by the withholding of the conventional reward. When all reward conditions were satisfied for a minimum of 0.5 s, an auditory beep and visual incentive (e.g., highway stripe, star in sky) was provided as reinforcement. The visual feedback signal was occasionally complemented with direct tactile and auditory feedback of EEG amplitude in the reward band. Subjects were evaluated prior to training and after approximately 20 sessions. Those subjects who were further treated were retested after approximately 40 training sessions. Most subjects completed or discontinued training after 20 sessions (mean 24.1, range 18 to 61 sessions). A Huynh-Feldt correction for degrees of freedom was applied to all interactions to counter potential nonsphericity of the four dependent measures. When an interaction of condition (treatment by dependent measures) was significant at the .01 level, planned comparison t-tests were used to evaluate differences for each dependent measure. The Bonferroni correction for multiple tests was consequently applied to planned comparisons. Repeated measures analyses of variance (ANOVA) were used to evaluate the effect of group membership for three factors: medication, gender, and age. Medication refers to whether subjects took condition-specific medication at any time during their EEG biofeedback training. Medication information was only present for 324 subjects and only the data from these individuals were analyzed. No effect of medication, F (2,551)=1.884, ns ; gender, F (2,417)=0.949, ns ; nor age F (2,447)=3.754, p >.01; was found on the TOVA measures. As no significant differences were found between groups, all groups were combined into a single group. Repeated measures ANOVAs were then used to evaluate the effect of EEG biofeedback training on four dependent measures of the TOVA: Inattention (percent omission), Impulsivity (percent commission), Response Time, and Response Variability. Low scores were truncated at four standard deviations below normal (i.e., 40 points). Mean pre- and post-training TOVA scores are presented in Table 1.Table 1. Mean standard scores for TOVA measures before and after approximately 20 EEG biofeedback sessions for 324 subjects with attentional deficits . EEG biofeedback training produced significant improvement in inattention scores; F (1,323)= 38.678, p <.001; impulsivity scores, F (1,323)= 191.266, p <.001; and variability of response time, F (1,323)= 32.175, p <.001. Results are even more dramatic when individual data are observed. As can be seen in Figure 1, only a handful of subjects demonstrated declines in impulsivity scores while the majority improved greatly and in proportion to pre-treatment values. Improvement extended above and beyond the normal range for many individuals. According to David Kaiser many treatment centers in Malibu have implemented bio-feedback to modify the brain’s passages.
It seems like every year I write a post about how Bermuda and/or The Reefs was awarded "Best" this or "Favorite" that. Just dig into the archives at right. You'll see how Bermuda was picked as the top island in the Caribbean/Atlantic in October 2009 and The Reefs, the best resort by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler. The same thing happened the following year, when the magazine's readers again picked our fair island and the popular southampton resort for top honors. And sure enough it's that time of year again. The votes have been cast and the readers have spoken: Bermuda is indeed the top island in the Atlantic/Caribbean in front of St. John, Nevis and the British Virgin Islands and The Reefs is the number one resort in the Atlantic, ahead of Parrot Cay in Turks & Caicos, One&Only Ocean Club in the Bahamas and Amanyara also in Turks & Caicos. To read the entire story, check out Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards 2011. But if I were you? Skip the article and book one of the brand new Club Condos at The Reefs to see what true paradise is all about (yes that's the resort's beach and yes, it's that beautiful in person). With endless ocean views, huge spa-like bathrooms, handsome island-inspired furniture and fully equipped gourmet kitchens, they are indeed the most fabulous rooms in all of Bermuda. is a Bermuda-based travel writer and television correspondent. To read his work visit DavidLaHuta.com or to follow him on Twitter visit Twitter.com/DavidLaHuta. Visiting Bermuda? Read his story, 36 Hours in Bermuda, which appeared in the New York Times travel section in September 2009 (http://bit.ly/36HoursBermuda) and Jetsetter's The Many Faces of Bermuda, which ran in January 2011 (http://bit.ly/FacesOfBDA).
The Beatles cover band Revolver will bring some of the biggest hits of rock and roll to Bountiful City Park on July 27 at 7 p.m. Though the group is careful not to call themselves a tribute band – they don’t dress in costume – they work hard to keep the spirit of the Fab Four alive. “We’re just Beatles nerds and love playing the music,” said Dave Busk, a member of the group. “We’ve always dreamed of being able to play Beatles music all night.” The group is more familiar to Davis County audiences as Get Back, the name it used for previous performances in both Bountiful and Layton. After some copyright claims from a Tennessee man, however, they changed the band name. “If we kept using the name, he threatened to sue us for all the money we’d made under that name,” said Busk. No matter what they call themselves, however, the music hasn’t changed. “There was a pretty good-sized crowd last time they played, and everyone asked if they’d be back,” said Richard Watson, who organizes the concerts. “Besides, you can’t go wrong with Beatles music.”
Bossie Cow Cow is one of the cheers used mainly by the Aggie Band. Also, a little dance goes with it, but it can't be described with common words, so to witness it, just keep an eye on the Band-uh at football games. The cow referenced in the cheer developed into a full-fledged character (AKA Hamburger Patty), and in the 1990s, many students wanted Bossy to replace the mustang as the official UCD mascot, much to the chagrin of older alumni. Bossy Cow Cow Bossy Cow-Cow Honey Bee-Bee Oleo Margarine Oleo Butterine Alfalfa Hay!! "Oski Wow-Wow! / Whiskey Wee-Wee! / Olee! Muckie-eye! / Olee! Berkeley-eye! / California! Wow!" Each year at the Picnic Day Admin Luncheon, the university and city's top leaders recite and dance to this song.
Senate election in Balochistan challenged QUETTA: Two separate petitions have been filed in the Balochistan High Court and one in the Supreme Court’s Lahore registry against the recent held Senate elections. Speaker Balochistan Assembly Aslam Bhotani and general secretary of National Party Tahir Bazinjo had approached the court. Bhotani had raised a matter of allocation of funds of Rs650 million to a provincial lawmaker. The court while accepting the application ordered the Provincial chief secretary to submit a complete report on the development funds issued to lawmakers. It also directed the provincial government to halt funds issued to Abdul Qadir Gilani. Similarly, Bazinjo in his plea asked the court to look into the allegations that the funds were actually meant to garner support of the provincial legislators. He requested the court to issue an order of holding fresh Senate elections. The hearing of the applications would be held on March 12. Moreover, Barrister Zafarullah Jamali has also submitted a petition in the Supreme Court’s Lahore registry for Senate re-elections.
LAHORE: Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday directed the Ministry for Religious Affairs to ensure fair distribution of Haj quota to private tour operators, DawnNews reported. Justice Bandial has been hearing a contempt of court petition against the ministry authorities for ignoring court orders about awarding Haj quota to new tour operators. During the hearing, Advocate Azhar Siddique, the counsel of the petitioners (new Haj tour operators) told the court that no action had been taken against established tour operators who had violated laws in the past and that only small fines had been imposed upon some tour operators. Upon which, Justice Bandial said that it was not enough to impose nominal fines on tour operators violating laws. The court moreover reissued a notice to the Competition Commission of Pakistan for October 1 and directed it to file a reply on the matter. Earlier in May, the petitioners through Advocate Siddique had submitted before the court that owing to unjust distribution of Haj quota to private tour operators, it had become impossible for a common man to bear Haj expenses. They had said that the Haj policy 2012 had been announced and a plan had been made to dish out quota on personal liking and disliking. The petitioners had also prayed to the court to cancel the allocation of the quota allegedly based on favouritism and direct the government to associate real stakeholders and non-government associations for bringing transparency in the Haj policies.
Economic activity in Fata PESHAWAR, Oct 25: Governor Barrister Masood Kausar has urged the business community to help generate economic activities in Fata to create employment opportunities for youth. This he said while talking to a delegation of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry led by its president Dr Mohammad Yousaf Sarwar at the Governor House on Thursday. Malik Iftikhar Ahmad Awan, senior vice-president and Mohammad Haneef, vice-president of the chamber were also present. The governor highlighted the importance of the chamber towards generating economic activities and social uplift of the people and appreciated its services in fulfilling its responsibilities despite difficulties. He said the process for widening and improvement of Peshawar-Torkham Road would be launched shortly. — Bureau Report Two hurt in cylinder blast SWABI, Oct 25: Two employees of Bacha Khan Medical Complex Shahmansoor were critically injured in a gas cylinder blast inside the children ward of the hospital here on Thursday. Hospital sources said the injured were ward attendants. They were busy in work inside the children ward when the cylinder exploded. Both were critically injured. They were identified as Faqir Mohammad and Asfandyar Khan. They were admitted to the hospital but doctors said due to their serious condition they might be referred to Peshawar. Eyewitnesses said the blast created panic among the patients and their attendants and many patients left the wards and moved out into the open. — Correspondent NGO to distribute meat PESHAWAR, Oct 25: Ummah Welfare Trust will distribute meat of over 3,000 animals among the calamity-hit people, orphans, internally displaced persons, widows and other needy people in parts of Pakistan. According to a spokesman of the trust Sher Ali Khan, the animals would be slaughtered at the central slaughter house at Nowshera and every family would get five kilogram pack in different districts, including Mansehra, Swat, Dir, Charsadda and other areas. The distribution process in far flung areas would be started after freezing the meat in the freezing plant at Nowshera. — Bureau Report Strengthening political culture PESHAWAR, Oct 25: Governor Barrister Masood Kausar has said the support of political parties for consolidating political culture in Fata is of great importance. “I have contacts with all the political forces for ensuring smooth continuity of political activities in Fata, which are also accruing positive results,” he said. Talking to a delegation comprising office-bearers and workers of PML-Q, which called on him at Governor House on Thursday, the governor said the input being given by the political forces was of great help and he would always welcome their positive suggestions. The delegation was led by provincial secretary general of the party Intikhab Khan Chamkani. — Bureau Report Working for women welfare PESHAWAR, Oct 25: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry and provincial Minister for Social Welfare and Women Development Sitara Ayaz have agreed to work jointly for welfare of women in KP and Fata. The decision was taken at a meeting held here on Thursday with the chamber president Dr Mohammad Yousuf in the chair. Dr Yousuf stressed the need that the social welfare department should play its effective role for development of the socio-economic conditions of the women. He said before adaptation of any policy regarding women development the women chamber of commerce and industry should be taken into confidence. He suggested that a committee should be formed to help guide the women in taking loans from different banks on easy installments. — Bureau Report Court orders hailed MARDAN, Oct 25: People have expressed satisfaction and relief over the Peshawar High Court’s verdict regarding stoppage of illegal export and smuggling of poultry and cattle to Afghanistan. They said the verdict had greatly helped in reducing prices of animals and chicken. Abdullah Khan, a poultry seller, told Dawn, “The court has proved to be a blessing for the poor as its order has given relief to the poor. Bashir Adil, a university student, told this scribe the price of chicken ranged between Rs250 to Rs350 per kg before the PHC verdict, but now the same was available Rs150 to Rs210 per kg. Likewise, after the court directive, the price of per animal has decreased by Rs8,000 to Rs10,000. — Correspondent Tribes asked to help polio teams KHAR, Oct 25: Assistant political agent Bajaur Agency Jahangir Azam has urged the tribesmen to continue supporting the health teams during the anti-polio campaigns to help eradicate the crippling disease from the region. This he said while addressing a ceremony held in connection with the World Polio Day on Thursday. Tribal elders, social workers, officials of health department and representatives of WHO and Unicef attended the ceremony. Jahangir Azam said eradicating polio from Pakistan was a national goal. He asked the elders and ulema to extend support to the health teams to wipe out the disease from the agency. Later, a walk was organised to raise awareness about polio. — Correspondent Police ‘framing’ innocent people PESHAWAR, Oct 25: Former MNA and leader of Jamaat-i-Islami from Chitral Maulana Abdul Akbar has accused the district administration of arresting the people for raising voice against the illegal cutting of forests in the district.Speaking at a press conference at Peshawar Press Club on Thursday, he said the people holding protest demonstrations against the timber mafia had been declared criminals. He alleged the local administration had used force against peaceful demonstrators, who had done nothing wrong but raised voice against the growing deforestation. He said the police had sprung into action just before Eidul Azha to fleece the poor villagers, demanding of chief minister and high court chief justice to take notice of the matter. — Bureau Report
Posted by dawso \| Posted in Uncategorized \| Posted on May 23, 2012 I wrote this for an essay competition. Here is it… Imagine, you are walking through a rainforest, your feet crunching down on the fresh foliage, your eyes can’t be taken off this one amazing creature that you have never seen before in your life, the air as fresh and crisp as can be and as you get to the clearing, you think What has man done? According to Rainforest Action Network, every second we loose two football fields worth of Rainforest. This is disgraceful! Rainforests are incredibly important to humans! There is not a doubt that they should be preserved. More than half of the world’s plant and animal species live in rainforests and some animals can only be found in rainforests. This means that if they are destroyed, these incredible animals will lose their homes. In every single environment in the world, plants and animals depend on each other for food, shelter, protection and reproduction. The health and survival of individual species depends on the health and survival of other species and the environment as a whole. The complicated ecosystem can be thrown out of balance when one of the parts is threatened or one of the species becomes extinct. These plants and animals are such a vital part of the wildlife in our world and if we loose the rainforest we will lose these animals. At the rate that the rainforests are being destroyed, so are these animals and plants. Scientists say that we are losing 137 plant and animal species due to deforestation, everyday. If we preserve our rainforests these numbers will surely drop! The plants and animals are such an advantage of the rainforests! The fact that we can see animals in rainforests and nowhere else is amazing! Rainforests provide us with so much too. Some of these resources can be grown elsewhere, but if we loose the rainforest we would loose a big supply of these things. There are so many different resources that rainforests provide. The main things that they provide us with are food, medical supplies and fibers for furniture. Some of the fruit that rainforests provide us with are avocado, bananas and papaya. Rainforests provide us with cocoa beans for coffee and chocolate! They provide us with many other foods such as vanilla, cinnamon and nuts come from rainforests as well. Rainforests also provide us with extremely important medicines, such as Curare, which is a muscle relaxant for when you go into surgery, Diogenes which is a medication for asthma treatments and arthritis, they also provide us with steroids. The rainforest sadly provides us with wood such as teak, rosewood and Mahogany. The rainforest also provides us with many different fibers, which we use to make furniture items such as rope. If we preserved the rainforest, we would have a promising supply of resources. One of the most important resources of the rainforest is the oxygen it produces. Did you know that 20% of the worlds oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest. Roughly 40% of the world’s oxygen is produced in Rainforests. This is certainly one of the most important purposes of a rainforest, as it keeps us alive! Imagine if suddenly 40% of the world’s oxygen suddenly vanished. If we preserved our rainforests, the effect that it would have on some people is astonishing. There are six main reasons of why rainforests are being destroyed. The biggest reason is cattle farming. This applies especially in South East Asian rainforests. Many people cut down rainforests to build cattle farms. This is pointless as the soil isn’t very good. They find themselves having to move every 4-5 years. The second reason is for wood and timber for making fires. Many people cut down trees just to make fires. They also cut down wood and timber to make furniture, or to sell. The third reason is that the pulp is used to create paper. Paper is needed in many cases but not in all. There is so much paper wasted today! Paper is wasted on many things such as the newspaper. The newspaper contains over 100 big pieces of paper. The newspaper is read and then thrown out. People then get a new one the next day! Paper is such a big waste and we really shouldn’t be murdering the rainforests for it. The fourth reason is for road construction. There are many roads being built throughout rainforests for tourists and suppliers. A few extra hours driving around wouldn’t hurt, considering rainforests are being cut down, just for roads. Another reason that rainforests are cut down is for animals. People hunt the animals to eat, sell, take to a zoo or country, which don’t have the animal, or to use the parts such as skin or teeth. This is horrible and cruel! The final reason is for the extraction of minerals and energy. This is very sad. Although minerals and energy are incredibly important, so are the rainforests. We waste so much electricity! Every time you leave that light on, just think of the potential danger that you have caused to the rainforests! How would we preserve the rainforest? The first two things that we could do are incredibly simple. We could all cut down on our paper and electricity use! Think of every time you have left the electric socket on, or that light on, or thrown out a piece of paper because it had a little mark on it. We could cut down on our use of many things, so easily and protect the rainforests whilst we are at it. Another thing that we could do is ban cattle ranching in the rainforest. Cattle ranching as I have said, is one of the biggest reasons rainforests are being cut down. There is certainly no need to cut down and waste all of the valuables that rainforests offer for cattle! There are so many resources and amazing things that rainforests provide us! There is no doubt that we should preserve these amazing rainforests! Rainforests provide us with oxygen, food, medical supplies, thousands of species that can’t be seen anywhere else and the beautiful sceneries. Mankind should try every single thing in there power to keep these amazing rainforests!
Little Lagoon at West View L C Little Lagoon at West View Leisure Centre Multi tiered adventure soft play with age separated sections and plenty of classic features. Part of the leisure centre, so sporting opportunities next door for the older ones. If you've had fun on your family day out to Little Lagoon at West View L C, tell us about it your visit, so other people will know it's a great place to go as well. Telephone: 01772 796788 Contact directly for play and sport prices. Opening Times: 2011 Opening Details: Centre opening times Monday to Friday 6.30am to 10.00pm Saturday and Sunday 8.00am to 9.00pm Contact directly for play zone opening times. Click DAYoutWITHtheKIDS logo at the top of this page, to take you back to the homepage for thousands of family days out all over the country, or click this link to find Lancashire kids days out. Finally. if you fancy a day out in the capital, click this link to find great things to do in london Also you can find all your local things to do in Preston for kids Indoor Play Areas in Lancashire \| Indoor Play Areas near Preston Family holidays in Merseyside \| Places to go in Greater Manchester \| Things to do in Cumbria Places to visit in North Yorkshire \| Things to do in Blackpool \| Family things to do in West Yorkshire
\|Viewing Single Post From: Thursday, January 3rd Daily Discussion\| \|camera shy\|\|Jan 3 2013, 03:20 PM\| Yes, where is the EJ who told Sami how sorry he was about John being arrested at the HS opening and then laughed about it behind her back and wanted to capture all the drama.....which he was responsible for........on his phone? Bring back this old EJ. He should have been high fiving Kristen for her antics and faking concern to Sami. \|Thursday, January 3rd Daily Discussion · DAYS: News, Spoilers & Discussion\|
The Daytona International Speedway and Florida Blood Centers will join forces once again for the seventh annual 9-11 Blood & Marrow Drive on Saturday, Sept. 8 Daytona International Speedway. The 9-11 Blood and Marrow Drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. inside the Daytona 500 Club, located in the infield and just outside Gatorade Victory Lane. Donors can enter the Speedway through the Turn 4 or Turn 1 tunnels. Every guest who comes to donate will receive: • A ticket to the 2013 Subway Jalapeno 250 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Nationwide Series race • Free commemorative T-shirt • An opportunity to win two Daytona 500 Club ticket packages for the 2013 Daytona 500 if a minimum of 500 units of blood are collected at the event • A chance to win two Daytona 500 Club ticket packages for the 2013 Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola if a minimum of 900 units of blood are collected at the event. Donors who schedule an appointment in advance will be entered to win one of five sets of All-Access track tour tickets, the 90-minute guided tour of Daytona International Speedway. To make an appointment and find out more about the 9-11 Blood and Marrow Drive, visit www.DriveToDonate.com or call 1-888-936-6283.
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With a name like Out of This World: Transcending the Terrestrial in Contemporary Art, the current show at the Albany International Airport Gallery would seem to be about taking people to new places without even getting them onto an airplane, and in that it succeeds handily. Featuring seven artists, about half of whom have Airport Gallery history, the show is such a riot of color that one could easily overlook its organizing theme of transformation. Starting with the neon yellow that covers the gallery walls, this is an almost psychedelic experience, optically stimulating and very entertaining – ideal to perk up the weary traveler or distract those waiting to pick up same – but not to be taken all that seriously. Devorah Sperber, for example, offers three pieces that depict Leonard Nimoy as Star Trek’s Mr. Spock, one made with 1,102 cleverly aligned spools of thread, the other two with chenille stems (for the uninitiated, those are pipe cleaners) that have been placed with digital accuracy to build an image out of color-coordinated dots. Also working with blobs and dots, but more abstractly, is Betsy Brandt, whose agglomerations of artificial flower parts, hot glue, plastic beads, and other craft store paraphernalia tickle the imagination as they conjure microscopic or undersea worlds and the creatures that inhabit them (a detail of one, titled Akin, is shown at right). Her sister, Susie Brandt, works in fabric. Visitors to the exhibition who take the stairs are welcomed by a Susie Brandt installation that evokes geology with folded and stacked strips of colorful fabric that cling to a narrow ledge and work their way up the wall all the way to the ceiling, like a sedimentary intrusion. Susie Brandt’s other works in the show consist of fanciful (and, again, brightly hued) hooked rugs that are based on tracings of round city water drains and amoeba-like tree trunks – the latter are displayed on a rectangle of Astroturf, which makes a nice, bright green contrast but is a bit campy. Speaking of green, it’s the dominant color of one of Chris Harvey’s marvelous stacks of objects, this one featuring the heads of many plastic toys (including Shrek, of course), and amusingly titled Totem for the New Green Inititiative. Harvey made quite a splash last year with a large installation at the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy titled The Mandala of Perfect Happiness. A video on view here presents the creation of that piece, very speeded up, with Harvey clowning throughout. His other new works in this show include a row of columns (shown at the bottom of this post) in the rainbow colors of our plastic Wal-Mart culture. Its title, Seven Pillars of Commerce and Pleasure, pretty much sums up the piece’s intentions and results – viewing it is indeed very pleasurable. The show’s painter is David Miller, recently retired from Skidmore College and, amazingly, showing here for the first time. Two very large pieces of his from 2007 are included: one a highly textural and aptly titled Symphony in Yellow, the other smoother, darker, and more evocative of the show’s theme with its inky black depths and floating figures (it is titled Midnight in the Garden of the Sea and is shown at the top of this post). These are strong paintings, but I was more moved by Miller’s series of seven much smaller panels made this year that have delicate markings and luscious color variations, and resemble views of Earth from a satellite. Also included in the show are three ravishing sculptures by Ginger Ertz (plus one, a chandelier, that has been hanging above the stairwell for a year or more), all made from those suddenly ubiquitous chenille stems. Ertz emphasizes sculptural form and texture, rather than color, in these sexy and humorous pieces, such as one titled Docking that may depict two odd creatures about to mate, and another titled Odalisque. Ertz, of Schenectady, just received a coveted NYFA fellowship for this work, and it’s easy to see why. Finally, the show includes another sculptor who uses familiar material in an innovative way – and, unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably seen Jennifer Maestre’s amazing pencil-stub critters on the Internet. Here’s your chance to see them in 3-D and marvel at the technical and formal achievement they represent. Overall, this is the sort of show we’ve grown accustomed to seeing at the Airport Gallery – hip, innovative, high-quality, and entertaining. It is also refreshing to see so much sculpture in a curated exhibition, which is no doubt due to the fact that Gallery Director Sharon Bates is herself a sculptor – but it is no less appreciated for that. The show runs through Nov. 29, and the gallery’s hours are an unbeatable 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Whether you’re flying or not, it’s well worth the trip.
Public Employee Press New VP Ensley joins executive Service Employees Union Local 371 President Charles Ensley was elected to the DC 37 Executive Board April 24 as a vice president. Local 371 delegates chose Ensley to represent the local on the board in a special election at the April meeting of the DC 37 Delegates Council; he was nominated without opposition and declared elected. Local 371 Vice President Faye Moore previously held the locals board seat. Ensley started as a Caseworker and has been president of SSEU Local 371 since 1982. He has chaired the DC 37 Civil Service Committee and served as a vice president of AFSCME, DC 37s parent union. Under his stewardship, the local has doubled to over 18,000, and Ensley has aggressively defended the civil service merit system and fought for equal opportunity for all Born in Alabama, Ensley credits his deep commitment to labor to his father, who led a struggle of black workers at the Birmingham News to fight for pay parity with white workers. While studying at Howard University, he participated in the civil rights movement.
It’s clear from minute one of Astro Boy and the God of Comics that writer and director Natsu Onoda Power is in very familiar (and very beloved) territory. Ms. Power – whose 2009 book, “God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post World War II Manga,” was the first full-length study of Tezuka and his work in English – has delivered a play that practically bursts with reverence for the Astro Boy character (who made his debut in a 1951 Japanese manga) and his creator (the titular “God of Comics”). Astro Boy and the God of Comics is an ambitious project, distilling more than 60 years of “Astro Boy” comics, movies, and TV episodes into a 70-minute stage play. Ms. Power is far less concerned with a literal adaptation than an adaptation which captures the essence of the character – who he was, what he represented, and why he remains an iconic cultural touchstone today. On top of that, she’s delving into the psyche of “Astro Boy” creator Osamu Tezuka, an eccentric figure whose particular habits included an addictive obsession with movies and mismatched outfits that included, without exception, his trademark omnipresent beret. Tezuka is a compelling figure by any measure, but as told here, it’s hard to imagine that anyone in the theatre has more reverence or respect for his work than Ms. Power (Tezuka’s biography is, rather tellingly, listed before hers in the play’s program). There’s a lot that works here (and very little that doesn’t) but in the end, Ms. Power’s evident passion is what carries the project through. Astro Boy features a clever structure of 10 “episodes,” which begin in 2014 and end in 1928. The play’s reverse chronology isn’t just a narrative gimmick – it’s a nod to Astro Boy’s initial appearances in Japanese manga, which are read from right to left (or to Western cultures, “backward”). It also lets us fall in love with the Astro Boy character before we’re introduced to his prickly creator. Alternately played by a projected image, a doll on a stick, a combination of assembled metallic parts, and actress Karen O’Connell, all four versions of Astro Boy are immediately, inconically compelling. The same goes for the rest of Astro Boy’s talented cast, who continuously alternate between their larger parts and ensemble roles without a hitch. After “Astro Boy” dominates the largely-cheery first episodes, it’s surprising – and effectively surprising – when the play begins to parse the darker aspects of the “Astro Boy” narrative, which includes the death of his creator’s son and his subsequent rejection of Astro Boy as an imperfect copy. Perhaps improbably, Astro Boy veers wildly from one emotion to another in a way that actually works. Even the play’s latter half, which takes place during the mid-20th century and focuses on Tezuka’s creation of the character, manages to provide moments of cartoonish slapstick and moments of genuine emotional pathos – and sometimes within the same minute. Much of the credit must be given to its unimpeachable production, helmed by a staff whose creative offerings include a dazzling array of lights, projections, and sounds – all enclosed within a set ingeniously designed to resemble a massive TV set. I’d love to expound on some of the Astro Boy’s niftier effects, but part of the fun is being surprised by the talented cast and crew. Consequently, I’ll refrain from going into detail here, but it’s safe to say that the confluence of the play’s many multimedia elements make a successful, well-executed homage to Astro Boy’s roots in comics and on the screen. As the plays goes on, there are times when watching it feels a little like babysitting a kid who’s had too much sugar. Its pacing is frenetic, and its plot is all over the place, with three or four things it’s eager to show you generally happening onstage simultaneously. This is not necessarily a complaint. The same qualities that occasionally make Astro Boy and the God of Comics seem manic or overstuffed also provide a buoyant energy that carries the play, even at its darkest moments (and it does get dark, including several tragic deaths and a nuclear explosion) through its relatively trim running time. Perhaps the best praise I can offer for Astro Boy is that I went into the play only vaguely aware of the Astro Boy character, and walked away with a new and genuine appreciation for Tezuka and his work. And after seeing Astro Boy and the God of Comics, first-time patrons of The Studio Theatre’s 2nd Stage – myself included – will likely be feeling the same way about Natsu Onoda Power. Astro Boy and the God of Comics Written and directed by Natsu Onoda Power Produced by The Studio Theatre Reviewed by Scott Meslow Running Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes with no intermission
\|\|We study isolated singularities of binary differential equations of degree n which are totally real. This means that at any regular point, the associated algebraic equation of degree n has exactly n different real roots (this generalizes the so called positive quadratic differential forms when n = 2). We introduce the concept of index for isolated singularities and generalize Poincar´e-Hopf theorem and Bendixson formula. Moreover, we give a classification of phase portraits of the n-web around a generic singular point. We show that there are only three types, which generalize the Darbouxian umbilics D1, D2 and D3. \|\|Tots els drets reservats \|\|article ; publishedVersion Totally real differential form ; Principal lines ; Darbouxian umbilics ; \|\|Publicacions matemàtiques, Vol. 56, Núm. 1 ( 2012) , p. 65-89, ISSN 0214-1493
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We thought quiet little Buffalo would be good for the troubled Lynch. We thought wrong, as the RB couldn't avoid the criminal breeding grounds of the T.G.I. Friday's at the mall, where he's accused of stealing $20 from a woman. A policeman's wife and her friend were out to dinner at the Friday's in the McKinley Mall last month, when the friend was chatted up by an unidentified member of the Bills. Lynch then came over to join them for dinner. When the check comes, you'd expect the one making $3 million a year to say "don't worry about money." And in a sense that's what happened. When the woman's girlfriend stepped away from the table, Crawford said his wife pulled out a $20 bill to pay their check in preparation for leaving. Lynch, 23, of Hamburg, then grabbed the money from her hand. "He takes the $20 out of her hand, and my wife says "What are you doing?' and Lynch says "Don't worry.' When my wife's girlfriend came back to the table, she told her about it. The girlfriend approached Lynch and said, "Give my friend her money back,' and Lynch threatened her saying "Do you know who I am? There's going to be consequences.' The woman filed a complaint the next day, but waited until the offseason when Lynch was out of town to pursue charges. Lynch, for his part, reportedly told Bills security the woman was a friend in an attempt to downplay the incident. Oh, Marshawn. To paraphrase the great Arrested Development, "Twenty dollars means means a Jack Daniels Chicken & Shrimp to me/But it means a good deal to you." Marshawn Lynch accused of stealing $20 [Buffalo News]
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Backyard pro wrestling in rural China - absolutely awesome." Tonight's commentator: TNF's Beijing Correspondent Anthony Tao. Michael Cole: The longest-running weekly episodic show in television history is coming to you tonight from Rural China, China for a historic first time. Joining me here at ringside as always is Jerry the King Lawler, as Asian No. 1 readies to square off against Asian No. 2 LIVE on Monday Night Raw. Lawler: Oh boy, I can't wait to see this, Michael. Cole: Of course you're excited, King, you've been talking about that stupid lobster joke all pre-show. Lawler: Lobster joke? Cole: "Crushed Asian." Nonetheless, it should be a great matchup as Asian Two runs away from One to start – an interesting strategy there, King. Lawler: "If the enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him." Cole: And now a thundering Clothesline from Hell! That literally knocked his head off, I think. Lawler: Confucius say: He who don't duck clothesline, gets hurt. Cole: But Asian One is back up, and there's a beautiful suplex. I thought he was going for the cover, but he must have felt he needed to inflict more punishment, thunderous blows to the head. Lawler: You cannot prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. Cole: Choke slam! Choke slam! And he him up again, uh-oh, if he connects with this it'll be over… F5! Lawler: On a lighter note, does anyone remember when Jimmy Wang Yang was an employee in this company? Cole: Asian Two wobbles to his feet, and… did you see that kick? No. 1 looked like he got shot out of a howitzer. Lawler: Power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Cole: A flying dropkick! This action is fast-paced, exciting, edge-of-your-seat stuff. Lawler: All under heaven is great chaos, the situation is excellent. Cole: Pedigree by One. RKO by Two. AA! AA! One has him on a… a spinning face-plant! Two with a massive powerbomb, and now… don't do it! … the Tombstone Piledriver! How many knockout blows can each man withstand? Lawler: As I like to say, băizébùráo – be indomitable. Lawler: Cole, are you gonna set me up for a Sum Ting Wong joke, or do we need to get a Japanese man to do the job? And now, the rest of the Tuesday Night Fights: • Let's ease into this slowly this week, shall we? (Start of Violence, none) • Tammy and Andy take to the street to settle their differences in a rollicking affair that ends when both resort to the street-fight taboo of hair grabbing. This is a disappointment. But they fought valiantly, bringing pride unto their kin. (SoV, 0:11) • "That's what happens when you fuck with people, you get kicked in the face. I'll kick any of y'all in the face," says brave guy who watched two other people before picking on a barefoot ginger in a corn field. (SoV, 0:36) • The "Tougher Than The NFL's Bills" Cheap-Shot Segue: • Скажи дяде! (нн, немедленно) • When street fights turn into attempted manslaughters. (SoV, instantly) • Oh, just a bunch of ladies fighting in traffic. (SoV, instantly) • WORLDSTAR! (SoV, 0:26) • From the Zero Dark Thirty Outtake Reel: • Per the American hero who uploaded this D.C. HS street fight, "This is wut happen wen people hear Allready Gang." Don't want to get into the middle of something from afar, but I suspect these issues were boiling over well be4 the Allready Gang got on tha aural sceen. (SoV, instantly) • Klitschko! (SoV, eh, watch it all) • Scrappin' of tha Strip till the law shows up on the Bally's side of the Caesars/Bellagio overpass. (SoV, 0:04) • The Fanta Fight/Russian Bro-ciological Study Mashup: • From the 215, where we shoot first, check out the Sixers standings later: "Watch Steve From North Philly Attempt To Kill His Street-Fight Foe." No, seriously. This might actually be a snuff film (SoV, instantly). Bonus Coverage: Poorly shot "unfair fight black vs puertorican philly." Bonus Coverage II: "North Philly fight." Bonus Coverage III: Oh yeah, Miley Cyrus' boyfriend got in a fight in the city's Douche Quadrant last weekend. Bonus Coverage IV: "There Was A Lady Fight In The Lower Level Seats At Last Night's Eagles Game." • In this week's Russian/Eastern European/Whateverian gang brawl, matching tops are sported to differentiate between friend and foe. (SoV, instantly) • The dude with a popped collar really never had a chance on Sutton high street, my chaps. (SoV, 0:38) • Your Shut-A-Drunk-Asshole-Up Instruction Manual: • This here footage chronicles the time a jorted bully was felled. The anti-jort community won't soon forget it. (SoV, 0:19) • They brawl. They bleed. They hug. Bros 4 Lyfe. (SoV, 0:03) • Others: "Sexy Girls Big Fight on Street." "Epic fight in the subway" (Start at the 2:40 mark). "Idiot takes out woman in McDonalds." "Girl mass brawl in the school Cafeteria." "All girl brawl in front of a mall!!!" "Shocking CCTV shows VIOLENT Fight between rival gangs terrifies partygoers." "fight after school in germany." • The "Now We Know Why Women Take So Long In The Bathroom, Amirite" Coda:
Our good friend Jasper went to the Calshot Velodrome yesterday with the boys from Southsea Fixed Gear Fight Club. Naturally, he took some great photographs. For those who don’t know, Calshot is believed to be the oldest indoor cycling venue and has slightly steeper bankings over a shorter distance. For example, the Manchester Velodrome is 250 metres long and has bankings that reach 42 degrees. When Calshot is 142.85 metres long with bankings of 45˚. I can’t wait to go and ride there some day. Head on over to Jasper’s blog to read more and see more.
Two initial public offerings that had been expected to start trading on Thursday were delayed as world financial markets continued to decline on concerns about the pace of the global economic recovery — yet another sign of trouble for companies looking to sell shares to the public. Patriot Risk Management and FriendFinder Networks, the publisher of Penthouse magazine publisher, failed to begin trading on Thursday, The Associated Press reports. They join a growing list of companies that have delayed their offerings or accepted a lower price for their shares, to get the deals done. Earlier this week, the investment bank Imperial Capital Group postponed its offering, a person familiar with the offering told The A.P. In January, the real estate investment trust Terreno Realty and Daqo New Energy, a Chinese solar energy company, shelved their offerings. ”It’s looking more and more like it might be a bad sign,” Nick Einhorn of Renaissance Capital told The A.P. Some of the companies have had no operating history, heavy debt or slow sales growth — sore points that sliding stock markets are exacerbating. ”This is the kind of market where one or two important issues are enough to turn away a lot of investors,” Mr. Einhorn said. In a healthier market, many investors are willing to look past a few trouble spots. Companies that make it to market have not fared well. Of the eight initial public offerings that have debuted this year, five are trading below their offering price, according to The A.P. Only three have gained: Symetra Financial is up about 6 percent, China Electric Motor is up about 3.5 percent and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, which came out on Wednesday, is up about 2 percent. Investors are worried that possible defaults by debt-ridden European countries, high unemployment in the United States and efforts to tighten credit in China could hold back the global economic recovery. ”Retail investors, they’re probably still very cautious in the aftermath of what happened in 2008, despite last year’s rally,” Richard Peterson, a credit analyst at Standard & Poor’s, told The A.P. ”When investor sentiment is poor, there’s not much incentive to offer these shares.” Patriot, which hoped to raise about $187 million in its initial public offering, could price by next week, according to analysts. The company’s underwriters, FBR Capital Markets and Macquarie Securities, either refused to comment or did not respond to inquiries from The A.P. The company did not return messages. Meanwhile, FriendFinder, which was supposed to come to market in late January, managed to raise $105 million on Wednesday night, but the start of trading has been delayed, according to John Fitzgibbon of IPOScoop.com, and Sal Morreale, who tracks initial offerings for Cantor Fitzgerald in Los Angeles. FriendFinder sold 15 million shares for $7 apiece, the trackers said, citing bank sources. The company, which carries a heavy debt load, had initially wanted to sell 20 million shares for $10 to $12 each. FriendFinder did not return messages left by The A.P. Its underwriters, the Russian investment bank Renaissance Securities (Cyprus) and Ledgemont Capital Markets, declined to comment. If FriendFinder and Patriot do not start trading until next week, that will crowd the schedule — five other companies are scheduled to go public — and create more competition. That could lead more companies to trim or delay their offerings. ”If you have more deals trying to get out, it will create a problem,” Mr. Morreale said. Mata Amritanandamayi, known as Amma, is a globe-trotting guru who embraces the masses — and a get-it-done management style for her charities. It’s that time of year when shareholders speak their minds at annual meetings. But that doesn’t mean the companies’ boards are always listening. Despite all the hoopla about an “open data” society, many consumers are being kept in the dark. While the leak was small, it received intensive coverage in Japan’s news media, a reflection of the country’s anxiety over nuclear safety. Environmentalists are worried that a wind-energy project near the Mojave Desert could affect the fragile condor population. An energy company’s plan to drill an exploratory oil well in a bucolic area of southern England has galvanized residents. Mr. Johnson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, television commentator and author who spent most of his career at The Washington Post and won wide acclaim for his coverage of the capital. The measure also bans the sale of alcoholic drinks between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., except in tourist zones, and prohibits alcohol sales near mosques and schools. Mike Darnell, who has supervised reality programming for Fox since before the term reality show entered the lexicon, oversaw “American Idol,” once the most popular show on American TV. A federal judge’s ruling could halt the resale of digital music as well as other digital good like e-books. A world-renowned physicist meets a gorgeous model online. They plan their perfect life together. But first, she asks, would he be so kind as to deliver a special package to her? The Winklevoss brothers have moved on from their battle with Mark Zuckerberg and are more active than ever. 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Happiness is ... starting off today's awesome giveaways with Snoopy and the Gang!! This one will be sure to put a smile on the face any Snoopy or Peanuts fan ... or anyone who has fond memories of the saying, "Good Grief Charlie Brown"! The Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz that began in 1950 and lasted for 50 years, went way beyond the newspaper. Snoopy has become one of the most beloved comic strip characters, along with Charlie Brown and the whole gang of Peanuts characters. Holiday TV Specials such as A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown have become timeless classics, and must-see shows during holiday time, and they continue to delight each year. Also- be sure to check out Peanuts.com ... a wonderful collection of everything from Vintage Snoopy to current Peanuts Gang happenings. This comic strip that has warmed the hearts of so many children and grown ups alike, continues to do so today. What more can you say about The Peanuts? I grew up watching the Charlie Brown holiday specials every year growing up, and it's a tradition that I now get to share with my own kids. I love that they look forward to them as much as I do! We watched the new Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown DVD last night as a family, and it was absolutely adorable. And the coffee table book is absolutely amazing. There are so many little surprised tucked in it -- my kids have spent hours paging through it. Peanuts Worldwide is giving, one lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a prize package that includes The Peanuts Collection Coffee Table Book, a Hallmark Happiness is Hanging Out Together Figurine, a Hallmark Happiness is a Full Tummy Lunch Bag, Snoopy t-shirt and a Blue-Ray/DVD called Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown. Entry is simple! You just need to answer the question below by leaving a comment on this site! You can even gain up to 3 bonus entries for doing each additional item listed (just make sure that you leave one entry for each one — up to a total of 4 comments.) As a reminder, comments left on Facebook, Twitter or other posts will not be included. 1. Share your Peanuts favorite memory; be it a comic strip, character or even a scene from one of the classic holiday cartoons. 3. Go to the FAQ page on Peanuts and then come back and leave a comment sharing something new that you learned about the Peanuts Gang Comic Strip. This giveaway will remain open until 11:59 p.m. EST, Friday, April 29th. Any comments left after this cut-off will not be counted. The winner will be selected randomly and will be notified via email within 48 hours after the close of the contest. This giveaway is part of the Grateful Giveaways Event being hosted by myself and 11 other bloggers. You can increase your chances of winning this prize (as well as all of the others on this site), by visiting each of them and entering the same way as you did here. You have plenty of time to get to all of them, since the contest will be open for five full days. EACH of the 12 participating blogs has their own prizes to give away so make sure to enter on each blog for the best chances to win! Use this spreadsheet to keep track of your entries! As one final reminder, you will want to check out the terms of the giveaway by visiting the Grateful Giveaways: Celebrating a Season of Giving Facebook page. Just click on the TERMS tab at the top of the page. (Note that by entering this contest, you agree that you have read the terms and are eligible to enter this contest). Disclosure: I received the same gift package that the winner will be receiving to facilitate my review. I did not receive any compensation to write this post. The opinions are all mine!
Hikers, bikers... they're all the same My parents came up from Houston last Monday and we've been busy driving them all over creation. On Thursday, we drove them up to a friend's cabin near Jasper in the Ozarks. We've stayed there before and we LOVE this place. It's on the Buffalo River and it's gorgeous up there this time of year. We planned to do some hiking, and my mom was determined to get my dad a walking stick. (Not the insect... an actual stick you walk with.) None of the usual country bumpkin-type places in our town (like Cracker Barrel) had any, so we decided to stop on the way up to the cabin. We passed a sign that we thought said "HIKERS OUTLET" so we stopped. Surely the Hikers Outlet would have a walking stick! It wasn't until we were all out of the car that we noticed the sign actually said "BIKERS OUTLET." The Confederate flags should have tipped us off. However, we did manage to secure a walking stick at a business adjacent to the Bikers Outlet, so mission accomplished. After a couple hours of windy, hilly driving (in the backseat with a 9-year-old who is as prone to motion sickness as I am), we finally got there. The cabin comes complete with a resident elk (named "Elkie" by Jenna) who came to see us both mornings we were there. Why, there she is now! Julia and Jenna got to do lots of exploring on the land around the cabin. Here are my sweet girls actually being sweet to each other down by the creek. We hiked Lost Valley trail and poked around in Beechwoods Cemetery, where graves go back to before the Civil War. In fact, if you know anyone whose last name is Villines and they live in Arkansas, just about everyone they're related to who's dead is buried in this cemetery. Here's Jenna in the original Villines house, which was built in 1850. While we were in there, we looked up and noticed the whole place is being held up by a couple of thin cables. So we left. Rather quickly. Then back to the cabin, where we walked down to the Buffalo River. My dad loved looking for arrowheads there... ...while my mom pretended to not be related to any of us. This is the perfect place to find some lovely fall colors, which I tried to capture in this rather artsy photo I took: We drove back to our house Saturday and my parents flew home today. My next much-anticipated outing: the Twilight movie on Nov. 21! Edward + Bella = love forever! (And I do mean FOREVER.)
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Chelsea is all 'abloom this week with the opening of the annual Chelsea Flower Show, a gardening show held every year in the month of May on the grounds of the Royal Chelsea Hospital, located around the corner from our house. It is considered by many to be the most famous gardening event in the world, and each year, it kicks off the London summer social season. We were fortunate enough to be invited to the Gala Preview and Dinner on Monday night, the eve of the opening of the show. After the queen and her husband and others in the royal family were shown the grounds, we were escorted in for the night. As you might imagine, 100 pictures later--all discreetly taken with my point and shoot camera, we enjoyed a lovely dinner with our host group and called it a night. Unfortunately, it's hard to act "posh" and lug a big Nikon around your neck. Choosing the pictures to share was quite a task, but here we go. Hang on... One of the highlights of the event would be the show gardens that are put together by different organizations. Gold, silver and bronze awards are announced for the winners. I loved the L'Occitane Garden based on the landscape of Provence in France. Water elements were often featured in the gardens. Unique this year was The Places of Change Garden, a part of the Eden Project, and this year 400 homeless people and 100 prisoners from across England were involved in growing, planting and building of the garden. Inside the Pavilion was an explosion of color, as every color and species of flower were on display. It was almost more than you could take in. Robed in color. Also on the grounds were an assortment of garden furnishings, equipment, accessories and this petite "conservatory" which every good English country house should have. I'm thinking about taking one of these back to the States--that would just about take up my whole back yard and lawn mowing wouldn't be an issue anymore. How can Mike say no to that? Stay tuned--more to come tomorrow....
What's a good blog without a few family photos thrown in from time to time for good measure? Indulge me, please, it's been awhile. Late fall, my son and his family spent a day at the park where a friend accompanied them to shoot some photos. Jordan gave Jackson some good tips about best angles and winning smiles. They got some great family shots that will go down in time as family keepsakes. The day started off in grand style, and even though there were a few melt-downs along the way, the kids had a great time and posing for the camera. And since half of our family is still living in London, I'll include a Christmas family photo (yes, no need for coats at Christmas time in Houston, folks) including my other son and his wife. Their big news is that they'll be moving back to Houston this summer, after 3 years of adventures in London. Jordan and Jackson are over the moon at the thought of them being here full time to join in the fun. Thankful every day for the joy we share....
ALK Mutation Testing for NSCLC on the Rise among Oncologists, BioTrends Survey Finds By Turna Ray A recent survey tracking the adoption of ALK mutation testing among oncologists suggests that doctors are becoming increasingly comfortable personalizing treatment strategies for non-small cell lung cancer patients based on clinical factors and genomic data. Six months after the launch of Pfizer's NSCLC drug Xalkori (crizotinib) with a companion ALK mutation test to gauge best responders, BioTrends Research Group surveyed 80 oncologists and found that 82 percent were offering genetic testing in this setting. Meanwhile, 5 percent of respondents indicated it would take them six months or longer to offer such testing; 11 percent said they weren't sure when they would begin conducting such analysis; and 2 percent said they would never offer such testing. Last August, the US Food and Drug Administration simultaneously approved Xalkori and Abbott's Vysis ALK Break Apart FISH Probe Kit, which determines whether a NSCLC patient has an ALK rearrangement and therefore will respond to treatment. For its "LaunchTrends Xalkori" report, BioTrends surveyed oncologists to gauge ALK mutation testing rates and also conducted in-depth interviews with 15 doctors to investigate their reasons for and against providing testing in this setting. The firm, which analyzes biopharmaceutical industry data, plans to survey and interview doctors again in October to track adoption one year after the launch of Xalkori. Physicians on average said they currently provide ALK mutation testing for 54 percent of NSCLC patients, but expect to test 67 percent of such patients within a year (see chart, below). Among doctors who are not yet offering testing, reasons included difficulty obtaining tissue, concern about the cost of testing, and test accessibility issues. Xalkori costs more than $115,000 per year. The average Medicare reimbursement for the ALK mutation test is $440, according to Abbott. "The one doctor that I talked to who hadn't adopted the test … was a rural physician," Dan Winkelman, therapeutics class director with BioTrends Research Group, told PGx Reporter. "I asked him about the barriers to testing … and what was holding him back was that a lot of his patients have to travel quite a bit just to get to him, and if he then has to send them to a hospital to get tested, he was daunted by the distances." This doctor did indicate that he would "eventually adopt testing," Winkelman added. For the report, BioTrends surveyed oncologists in a variety of settings: 11 percent from community hospitals; 29 percent from the academic setting; 13 percent from hospital-affiliated outpatient clinics; and 47 percent from private practices. The physician survey cohort was too small to break out genetic testing adoption trends by practice setting, Winkelman said. Those oncologists who have already begun offering ALK mutation testing cited as one driving factor the robust clinical data for Xalkori showing its effectiveness in patients with ALK-mutated tumors. The FDA approved Xalkori based on data from two single-arm studies. In one trial involving 136 patients, 50 percent experienced an objective response, with a median response duration of 42 weeks. In a second study with 255 patients, 61 percent saw an objective response and the median response duration was 48 weeks. One percent of patients experienced a complete response when treated with Xalkori (PGx Reporter 9/7/2011). Since FDA granted accelerated approval for Xalkori, Pfizer must conduct more extensive studies to garner full approval of the drug. In this regard, the drug developer is conducting several Phase III studies comparing the new drug against standard chemotherapy regimens in ALK-positive NSCLC patients. Additionally, the fact that the National Comprehensive Cancer Network has recommended ALK testing as viable tool for guiding treatment strategies in NSCLC patients appears to have encouraged adoption among oncologists surveyed by BioTrends. Following approval of Xalkori, NCCN updated its NSCLC treatment guidelines to note that while ALK inhibitors represent "a very effective therapeutic strategy" in NSCLC patients with ALK mutations, most patients who harbor EGFR or KRAS mutations don't usually have ALK mutations. As such, NCCN recommends first establishing the histology of NSCLC patients — whether they have adenocarcinomas, large cell carcinomas, or an unspecified type of NSCLC — and then testing these patients for EGFR mutations or KRAS mutations. If they are negative for these markers, then NCCN suggests testing for ALK rearrangements. NCCN doesn't recommend EGFR or ALK testing in patients with squamous cell carcinomas. In the BioTrends survey, 50 percent of doctors said they were testing all advanced NSCLC patients for ALK mutations. The others said they administered testing based on certain patient characteristics, such as whether they had adenocarcinomas, EGFR-negative mutations, were low or non-smokers, or had failed first-line therapy. Such enrichment strategies for administering ALK testing were recently the subject of a controversial cost-effectiveness analysis published in the British Journal of Cancer by University of Colorado researchers Adam Atherly and Ross Camidge (PGx Reporter 3/28/2012). In their analysis, the researchers found that broadly testing all advanced NSCLC patients in order to identify the small subset of ALK-positive individuals who should be treated with Xalkori did not meet a cost-effectiveness bar of less than $100,000 per quality-adjusted life year gained. However, by applying an enrichments strategy, the researchers found that oncologists could decrease the cost per QALY gained to around $4,756, even though such a paradigm would miss some ALK-positive patients who would benefit from treatment. Abbott has challenged the BJC analysis, asserting that Atherly and Camidge used incorrect cost assumptions for ALK testing and as a result arrived at the wrong cost-effectiveness conclusions. Furthermore, Stafford O'Kelly, president of Abbott Molecular, told PGx Reporter that enrichment strategies to limit the genetic testing population, such as the one proposed in the BJC paper, have not been validated. BioTrends noted that several physicians surveyed advocated for testing all advanced NSCLC patients so as not to miss the 5 percent who harbor ALK mutations. Meanwhile, those doctors who do employ enrichment strategies cited cost and test turnaround times as factors, according to Winkelman. "[I]f they had a patient who has been diagnosed with lung cancer, often oncologists wanted to treat them right away with chemotherapy and not have to wait for genetic test results," Winkelman told PGx Reporter. Doctors indicated experiencing a one- to two-week turnaround time for ALK mutation testing results. Additionally, some doctors BioTrends interviewed said they wanted to test patients for EGFR mutations first before considering ALK testing. "So they're using this incremental approach, which generally slows everything down," Winkelman said. Another difficulty oncologists face when trying to personalize treatments for lung cancer patients based on their molecular profiles is the lack of available tumor tissue. As such, several doctors said that they wanted technological improvements that would allow them to run tests on smaller tissue samples and receive results faster. In the end, patients' experience on Xalkori was the strongest impetus for the ramp-up in ALK testing among physicians surveyed by BioTrends. During interviews with oncologists, "a few doctors talked about miracle patients," Winkelman said. One oncologist, for example, recounted that one of his patients was so debilitated by lung cancer that the patient required a respirator to breath. However, after treatment with Xalkori the patient was walking around. "The clinical studies show the average number of responses, and that's impressive," Winkelman reflected. "But what's more impressive to the oncologists is when they can see it work on a patient." 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Home Tour: Sara Hicks Malone Today I had a nice chat with the talented Sara Hicks Malone from Hicks Paper Goods where she is a designer who works with owner Whitney English and who also authors the blog Sara’s Party Perfect. Sara lives and works in Nashville and has such a fantastic home that I simply had to share a tour of it with you here today. Her home was built in 1967 and she completely renovated it three years ago into a gorgeous gem… I asked Sara some questions that I thought decor8 readers would be interested in learning about her personal style and home so sit back, sip a cup of hot tea, and read along as Sara tells us about her lovely abode. How would you describe your personal style, Sara? Evolving. I think I’m often trying to discover ‘who I am’ through home decor. I haven’t figured it out yet. My first house was very beige and matchy. Pretty but didn’t have much personality. My second home was full of really bold color, but ultimately it didn’t feel like me. This house, to be honest, doesn’t quite feel quite right either… I think I’m much more gray and muted with subtle pattern and hints of color instead of the knock-’em-down pink and yellow in parts of the house. But this color palette felt appropriate for the house because of all the white (white walls, white exterior) — it needed some major hits of color to keep it from being bland. I love the house itself, but if given the budget and the go-ahead of my husband, I would probably redecorate in a heartbeat. What are some favorite pieces in your home? The Saarinen table was the first big investment piece we purchased that I truly feel like we will have forever (I’ve bought ‘forever’ pieces before but quickly realized that they were not FP’s). The peony painting was a $40 bargain on eBay 5 years ago, I still love it. The gateleg table has been in my family forever. I’ve struggled to find a space for it in this home because it is in stark contrast with the contemporary architecture, but I did not want to keep it locked away in storage. Our white dining table was designed and built by a friend. The dining chairs were a gift from a friend (she found them at a flea market). I love anything with meaning or connection to people I love. How did you decide on the Cow Parsley wallpaper and why yellow? I had a really hard time making design decisions for the house while in the renovation process, but the yellow wallpaper was the one thing I knew I wanted. It gives our home personality, it’s a very pretty shade of yellow, and just about everyone who comes in the house loves it. That wallpaper has taught me to trust my gut and really only get things that I have a visceral ‘I must have that’ reaction to. I really wouldn’t describe myself as a yellow sort of person, but this wasn’t a scary yellow decision. I think because it is yellow wallpaper, and not yellow paint (notice there is no yellow paint in our house other than the front door!), it was much easier to digest. When people visit your home, what are some common opinions about the decor? Well… I can definitely tell right off the bat whether or not someone likes our house. People tend to have strong reactions to it one way or the other. The house is in direct contrast to the typical traditional homes in this area. But people who ‘get it’, whether or not they like the style, tend to be complimentary. I think there is an edited feel to the house, and oftentimes people ask ‘where is all your stuff?’. And then they tell me they want to go home and take some of the ‘junk’ out of their own homes. You mentioned earlier that this home doesn’t exactly fit your personal style and I’d love to learn more… I feel like I’m constantly experimenting with my personal style. Sometimes I have imaginary critics in my head telling me what’s right or what’s wrong. The older I get, the more I am starting to feel comfortable listening to myself, listening to what I want, and not so much decorating for an imaginary audience. I think some of the decisions I’ve made in the past (and some in this home, initially) were made because I was designing what I thought people expected from me, not necessarily what I wanted/needed. Don’t know if that makes any sense. So I guess to answer the question, parts of the house feel like they reflect my personal style, and other parts are evolving. When approaching the redesign or even “spruce up” of a room, what advice can you give decor8 readers? My husband will laugh at this and probably disagree (that I do this), but I’d say spend as little as possible! I find the more money I spend on something the more stressful and less enjoyable the purchase becomes, because I tell myself I have to like it. Small splurges at thrift shops, consignment stores, and on Etsy tend to give me much more pleasure than buying big ticket items. I also once read that you should never purchase anything for your home when you’re in a bad state of mind (you + your husband just got in a fight, someone close to you died, etc.) because every time you see that piece it will bring back a negative connotation, whether or not you like the thing itself…which I think is so true. So I try to not do any shopping when I’m feeling down! What are 5 things that you love to do at home? Our home is my haven, i love to relax here. Our home is also my office, so I have tried to carve out a creative space as well. Our home is where I prefer to entertain (smaller parties are much more my style), so I love to have dinners here. Our home is a play space for our two kids (almost 1 and almost 3), so I’ve tried to make a home that is completely accessible to them. Our home is in a beautiful setting, so I feel connected to nature and ‘spirit’ here. We feel very fortunate to call this our home! Thank you so much Sara, this is a gorgeous space and I can’t wait to see what decor8 readers have to say about it. Lovely, lovely! Does anyone else ever feel like Sara – unsure whether or not your home reflects your personal space or you love your home but aren’t sure it’s really YOU? It’s an interesting topic to ponder, isn’t it??? (images: sara hicks malone)
Livermore (formerly Livermores, Livermore Ranch, and Nottingham) is a city in Alameda County. The estimated population as of 2011 was 82,039. Livermore is located on the eastern edge of California's San Francisco Bay Area. Livermore was founded by William Mendenhall and named after Robert Livermore, his friend and a local rancher who settled in the area in the 1840s. Livermore is the home of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, for which the chemical element livermorium is named (and thus, placing the city's name in the periodic table). Its south side, home to local vineyards, has developed several executive subdivisions near Ruby Hill. The city has also redeveloped its downtown district. The city is considered part of the Tri-Valley area, including Amador, Livermore and San Ramon Valleys. GreatSchools Performance Ratings provide an overview of a school's test performance. Based on a scale of 1-10. GreatSchools Review Ratings are the overall ratings that are provided by either a Parent/Guardian, Teacher, Staff, Administrator, Student or Former Student. Based on a scale of 1-5. Population, household and median age statistics are based primarily on the 2010 US Census data projected forward to the present day.
By Daan de Wit Translated by Ben Kearney Despite the urgent advice of the government and reassuring words from the minister responsible, there remains much doubt. To be or not to be vaccinated against the Swine Flu? While there are long lines to get the shot, many others are choosing not to be vaccinated. 'Almost half of all nurses already know that they aren't going to be vaccinated against the Swine Flu', writes the NOS. Part of the controversy surrounding the vaccine are the additives, such as squalene and the mercury compound Thiomersal. How dangerous are these substances in reality? The program Full Focus produced by KPBS points out that the Autism Society of America, with the help of data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), has concluded that 'children are 27 times more likely to develop autism with exposure to mercury containing vaccines'. The national average is now 1 in every 150 children who exhibit autistic behavior. How does that compare to an Amish community, where vaccinations are not allowed? UPI journalist Dan Olmsted sorted through the numbers in 2005 and calculated that there should have been around 130 autism sufferers in the Amish community he visited, based on the national average. But there are only four. And all four have a high level of mercury in their blood, either as a result of a vaccination the child received before being adopted or because the child lived near a power plant that emitted mercury. In June of 2007 Olmsted wrote about a large study that showed that vaccinated children in the U.S. run a 'significantly greater risk' of neurological disorders. Not everyone agrees with Olmsted. One of the most vocal opponents, someone who appears in the mainstream media quite often, is Paul Offit. It's his opinion that vaccines are so safe that a healthy baby could withstand 100,000 vaccinations. He gets annoyed by criticism of Swine Flu vaccinations, and writes in The New York Times that vaccinating is impeded by 'various myths, spread on TV talk shows and Web sites'. That same newspaper supports him by offering the content of a group lesson for schoolchildren on its website under the title of 'Debunking Myths About Swine Flu Vaccine'. Who is Offit? Newsweek reports that he 'has served as both a paid and unpaid member of a scientific advisory board at Merck, which makes [vaccine] RotaTeq'. 'To hear his enemies talk, you might think Paul Offit is the most hated man in America', writes Wired in an article that cautions against not getting vaccinated. A panel of the Council on Foreign Relations was presented with the question as to what the best strategy is in the battle against 'crazy people' who are against vaccinations. The answer according to Jon Cohen, who is also a reporter for the magazine Science, is that arguments work the best. Dutch health minister Klink says: 'We still have some progress to make in the competition with the internet'. 'Whoever digs into the website www.grieppandemie.nl will notice that the Institute for Public Health and the Environment is beating around the bush', writes the 5 and a half months pregnant science reporter Nienke Beintema in NRC Handelsblad. In part two of this DeepJournal series we saw how the Institute for Public Health and the Environment could not be compelled to make their information publicly available, even through legal action. Beintema is refusing the vaccine. Her argument sounds logical: 'Seventeen deaths in The Netherlands? I mean, every year a few hundred people die in The Netherlands of the regular seasonal flu'. And there is still a question as to whether or not those seventeen really did die from H1N1. An investigation done by American CBS showed that most Americans who were thought to have the Swine Flu didn't have it at all. And the same pattern seen in The Netherlands can be seen in the United States - the Center for Disease Control is also refusing to make it's data public. Only after continual urging and a Freedom of Information request by CBS did the CDC come through with the numbers on the actual cases of H1N1. The CDC won't need to be so obstructive in supplying this data in the future because in July it hastily decided to stop testing and counting H1N1 cases. Why they did this is unknown. The result is that information about the spreading of the disease in America since July isn't based on any facts. The CDC is now advising anyone who has 'probable' or 'presumed' H1N1 to get vaccinated. The lack of factuality in and of itself is evident in this headline: 'Swine flu infects over 250 Georgetown students'. The number doesn't actually come from laboratory results but from estimates of the numbers of students that had gone to the doctor with flu symptoms. In his 2005 series of reports, the above-mentioned journalist Dan Olmsted cites an NBC interview with Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the CDC. She says: 'Right now the scientific evidence doesn't provide any framework for concluding that Thimerosal or immunizations in any way affect autism. [...] But we have to have an open mind about that'. That mixed reaction could be the product of a meeting that took place five years earlier. At the meeting were representatives of the CDC, the FDA, and vaccine manufacturers. They discussed a study that demonstrated a potential link between autism and Thiomersal/Thimerosal. The minutes of the meeting at which this study was discussed were kept secret, but were released after a Freedom of Information request was filed. From the minutes it's clear that the people present at the meeting repeatedly expressed alarm over the results of the study. It's also clear that, for example, the younger the patient is, the more dangerous the mercury is for the child. 'This association leads me to favor a recommendation that infants up to two years old not be immunized with Thimerosal containing vaccines if suitable alternative preparations are available', said Dr. Johnson, Michigan state public health officer and a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Johnson, who also chaired the meeting, added a personal note: 'My gut feeling? It worries me enough. Forgive this personal comment, but I got called out at eight o'clock for an emergency call and my daughter-in-law delivered a son by C-section. Our first male in the line of the next generation, and I do not want that grandson to get a Thimerosal containing vaccine until we know better what is going on'. In contrast to The Netherlands, vaccines in America today only in some cases contains Thimerosal. The Dutch government is advising that children ages between 6 months and 4 years get vaccinated, and the same for women who are more than 13 weeks pregnant.
Scientists have devised a new, experimental vaccine that seems to be effective at shrinking cancerous tumors in mice by up to 80 percent. The vaccine worked at shrinking similar mouse versions of breast and pancreatic tumors, but researchers from the University of Georgia and the Mayo Clinic said that it could be applied to other cancers, too, including colorectal and ovarian cancers and multiple myeloma. Scientists have been working for decades to find a way to mobilize the immune system to be able to identify cancerous cells. The problem has always been that the immune system doesn’t recognize the cancerous cells as dangerous because they originated from the body in the first place, and therefore doesn’t attack them, researchers said. But the new vaccine works by targeting the sugar coating of a protein called MUC1 located on the surfaces of the cancerous cells. The sugar coating differentiates the cancerous cells from normal, healthy cells. The mice were engineered so that their cancer cells overexpressed MUC1, just like human cancer cells do. “This is the first time that a vaccine has been developed that trains the immune system to distinguish and kill cancer cells based on their different sugar structures on proteins such as MUC1,” study researcher Sandra Gendler, a professor at the Mayo Clinic, said in a statement. “We are especially excited about the fact that MUC1 was recently recognized by the National Cancer Institute as one of the three most important tumor proteins for vaccine development.” The study will appear in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The vaccine has potential to be used on a wide variety of cancers because more than 70 percent of deadly cancers have the MUC1 protein, researchers said. AOL Lifestyle reported that researchers hope to try the vaccine in humans in the next couple of years. And because MUC1 is overexpressed in 90 percent of people who were unresponsive to other therapies like Tamoxifen or Herceptin, the vaccine might in the future be a viable option for people whose cancers are difficult to treat, researchers added. The Daily Beast explains: By “cancer vaccine,” scientists mean something that will stimulate the immune system to attack malignant cells. Recently, researchers at the National Cancer Institute developed a promising vaccine that seems to stop the spread of metastatic breast and ovarian cancers in humans. The poxviral vaccine even seemed to be effective at completely ridding one person involved in the study of cancer, WebMD reported. However, the vaccine wasn’t as overwhelmingly successful in the other 25 patients — for some of those people, the vaccine seemed to extend the amount of time before the cancer progressed by a few months, WebMD noted. And earlier this year, University of Pennsylvania researchers announced a leukemia treatment that seems effective at obliterating leukemia cells, and was shown to completely rid patients of the cancer or at least significantly decrease their number of cancerous cells.
View a Sample Film Director, BRENT GUDGEL Producer, DAVID MAHANES Executive Producer, DAN CIMINO Director of Photography, JACOB LEWIS Second Unit DP, JEFFERSON HENSON Editor, JORDAN INNIS Colorist, JEREMIAH BELT Sound Designer, JORDAN INNES Sound Mix, JOSH MYERS Composer, JOSH MYERS Legal, JOHN J. SELBAK Corporate Counsel Partners Production Assistant, JUSTIN DIAL THE ROSSI FAMILY THE CITY OF SIMI VALLEY, CA CORNERSTONE SIMI VALLEY THE HIGHLANDS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP A blind teenager shows us what it means to live by faith. Search our production blog - @DLiTweets I'm glad you captured how enthusiastic Dave was about what you are doing now! Thanks for including us. 3 days ago - Our good Deidox friends, Officer Deon, is up for an award. Please take a moment to vote for him: http://t.co/rfbcUTv7GK 5 days ago - Ivey Story just screened at #TGC13. If you missed it, view the film here: http://t.co/vjBoobaz1Y 1 month ago Error: Twitter did not respond. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page. TagsAlan Hirsch alyssa brent gudgel china Chris Sinclair christian christian documentaries christian examples Christian Film Christian Media Chronicle Project church church media Dave Mahanes Dawn Deidox deon Documentary documentary film faith faith movies faith stories Francis Chan God high calling hugh halter Idea Camp john harrison justice kimberly li yang mother's day pastor resource pastors Pii Chui Por robert sermon ideas sermon illustration sermon illustrations sermon topics short films thailand the high calling video illustration New Deidox Film – Murat Our newest Deidox film is out today! Filmed on location in central Asia, Deidox \| Murat is a personal story of a local shepherd who is demonstrating God’s love to his community. “Murat” was the third Deidox film produced through the Deidox Development Lab in partnership with Tim Chew & Gratis 7 Media Group. You can view and download the new film here. Tim Chew is a versatile filmmaker who is passionate about cinematic storytelling through a variety of formats. He holds a degree in film production from the University of Texas and currently works in Austin as a cinematographer and director. Tim thrives in the meticulous process behind a camera while maintaining a firm focus on crafting poignant stories. As a student, Tim directed his first documentary in Central Asia and since graduating in early 2012 has moved on to direct, produce, or shoot documentaries, commercials, short narratives, and music videos throughout the United States and in Brazil, Morocco, Kenya, and India. Gratis 7 Media Group is a small non-profit (501c3) organization that produces media based on hope and purpose. We help organizations create movies and media that matter. We exist to tell compelling, entertainment stories that inspire people to help where there is need. Whether it’s feature films, documentary or short film series, Gratis 7 believes stories can penetrate our hearts and create enormous change. NOTE: If you have a LIFETIME SUBCRIPTION to the Deidox films, just log into your account at deidox.com and the film will be waiting there for you to view, download, and use within your ministry.
If you’re on the quest for successful fat loss, one of the best things that you could do right now, contrary to what most people believe, is chuck your scale. “But how will you know if you’re progressing?” you might think. The truth of the matter is that there is really no reason to have a body weight scale in your house. Let’s go over why this is and present you with some smarter strategies for faster success. The Problem With The Scale The big issue that occurs with the scale is the fact that the scale will not account for fat or muscle mass lost, or will it take into account you gaining water. If you eat a high salt meal the night before, it’s highly likely and probably that you could be two to three pounds heavier the next day. Did you gain body fat? Your body is just retaining water from the extra sodium you took in. Most people don’t realize this, thus it instantly causes disappointment and frustration to set in, which then may lead them to pack their diet in entirely. Additionally, if you’ve been working out hard and gain lean muscle tissue, this could make your scale weight go up, which you would then view as a negative thing. But really, it’s a very positive thing. More lean muscle mass means a firmer, fitter body, plus a higher metabolic rate. It’s really a win-win, yet few people would celebrate the scale going up. The Better Approaches So what’s the better approach? How can you measure your progress if you aren’t using a body weight scale? The first great strategy is to simply use the mirror. Let the mirror be your guide. Do you look leaner? Look more defined? Can you see your waist size decreasing? If so, these are all great indications of progress. Chances are, you will be moving in the right direction. In addition to this, you might also consider getting your body fat test taken. This is the true way to measure your progress as your body fat will represent how much actual body fat you have on your body – which is what you want to decrease. It gives the complete picture of what’s going on so that you know that your body fat is in fact changing. Finally, the last method to use is the clothes trick. If you’re losing body fat, chances are your clothes will fit looser, even if you are gaining muscle mass since muscle tissue is such dense tissue altogether. If you are now fitting into jeans you never used to, this is a very good sign and you should keep on doing what you’re doing because you’re on path to success. So there you have the main things to consider about the scale. It really doesn’t work in your favor in any way, so choose otherwise. Use a different measurement and you’ll likely have more success because of it.
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\|Mon. Feb. 4 sports briefs\| \|Written by Staff Reports\| \|Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:53 AM\| NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The cause of a 34-minute blackout at the Super Bowl remained under investigation, but public records showed that Superdome officials were worried about a power outage several months before the big game Sunday night. An Oct. 15 memo released Monday by the Louisiana Stadium & Exposition District, which oversees the Superdome, said tests on the dome’s electrical feeders showed they had “some decay and a chance of failure.” The memo also said 2011 blackouts that struck Candlestick Park, where the San Francisco 49ers were playing a nationally televised Monday night football game, was one reason for ordering the tests. The state board later authorized spending nearly $1 million on Superdome improvements, including more than $600,000 for upgrading the dome’s electrical feeder cable system. To read the rest of this article please subscribe or sign in \|Last Updated on Tuesday, February 05, 2013 10:37 AM\|
The .50 BMG cartridge is most well-known for its use in the M2 Browning Machine Gun, which has seen combat for almost 90 years. My first-hand experience with the .50 BMG came at the 2004 Rocky Mountain Fifty Caliber Shooting Association's (RMFCSA) annual machine gun and .50 caliber shoot held in Cheyenne Wells Colorado as a fund-raiser for the local volunteer fire department. At the time, several of my shooting buddies had fifties. Once I saw the arc from a tracer launched at a target vehicle at 2000 yards, I was hooked. There's nothing like shooting a .50 BMG. Getting right to the numbers, standard .50 BMG bullets range from about 640 grains up to about 800 grains, and a thirty-inch barrel will produce velocities between 2500 and 2850 fps depending on bullet and load. Standard FMJ "ball" ammunition is usually between 640 and 665 grains, while Barrett's M33 ball smoked through these two tie plates with ease; the .50 BMG round is a formidable anti-materiel caliber. Long-range .50 BMG shooters use specialized bullets like the 750-grain Hornady A-Max or the solid monolithic bullets from Barnes and AAA-Ammo, with stratospheric bc values. Use of these bullets stretches the supersonic flight regime to 2200 to 2600 yards. Wind drift values at 1000 yards are just about a third of the amount required for .308 shooting M118LR; every 10 mph cross drifts the bullet about three inches instead of almost ten. Here are three big .50 BMG rifles, from top to bottom: Watsons Weapons "The Boss"; Safety Harbor SHF/R50; Ligamec Ultralite 50. The appeal of the .50 BMG goes beyond just military and bench rest shooters. Many shoot a big 50 "just once" to try it. It's a common misconception that .50 BMG has terrible recoil. Modern fifties usually weigh between 25 and 40 pounds and have very efficient and effective muzzle brakes. These two factors together reduce the recoil to something more akin to the push from a 12 gauge shotgun than the hard recoil you might expect from a .300 Winchester Magnum in a light hunting rifle. The big muzzle brakes work well, but they produce an extremely loud muzzle report and an area of overpressure blast. Once a shooter has had a visceral taste of what it's like to send a While many shooters fear the recoil of .50 BMG, these big muzzle brakes tame the recoil to about the push of a 12 gauge shotgun; however, they enhance the muzzle blast. It used to be that the price of admission to the .50 BMG club was a rifle starting at about $5000. In the last ten years, there has been an explosion in the numbers of .50 BMG options under $3500. Many of these rifles have simplified frame construction or are built like "tube guns", and many are single-shot bolt actions. In addition, many are designed as an AR-15 "upper", meaning that they use the serial-numbered AR-15 lower receiver, fire control group, grip, and stock, and provide a .50 BMG top end, usually in single-shot format. These have the advantage that they are not considered firearms themselves - the lower is - and thus they are easier to obtain. Regardless of the rifle cost, ammunition is a major expense. Reloads made of all surplus pull-down components will run just under a dollar per shot, assuming your brass doesn't wear out. Match-grade reloads using new components and commercial powder are closer to $3.50, while factory match Watsons Weapons "The Boss" uses a high-rise AR-15 receiver and mates with any AR-15 lower; however, the action must be broken open to reload. Of course, a rifle capable of hitting targets at 1000 or even 2000 yards needs a serious scope. The most important factors are repeatability and total elevation travel available. Using a 100-yard zero, common .50 BMG loads need over 50 moa elevation at 1500 yards, and between 70 and 80 at 1800 yards. Even scopes that come with a lot of internal elevation should be mounted on an inclined scope base to take advantage of the erector's full range of movement. For a full discussion of long-range scope wants and needs, see "Don't Skimp on the Scope!", Shotgun News 6 August 2007. Scopes in use on .50 BMG rifles generally fall into three categories: entry, mid-range, and high end. The most common entry level scope is the Bushnell Elite 3200, which comes with some Barrett rifle kits; another is the Tasco Super Sniper. These entry level scopes sell for under about $350. To load Watson's "The Boss", insert a cartridge into the bolt head and screw the bolt into the receiver. I got a chance to wring out three different entry-level .50 BMG rifles: "The Boss" AR-15 upper assembly from Watsons Weapons Inc; the Ligamec Ultralite 50; and the SHF/R50 from Safety Harbor Firearms. These range in price from $1349 to $2450 and present a variety of choices in features. The Burris XTR 3-12x50 mm scope has about 90 total moa of elevation, 15 moa per turn in one-fourth moa clicks. Larry Watson was one of the first to offer a .50 BMG AR-15 "upper" which dropped right onto any lower. His design uses an actual AR-15 upper receiver to contain the bolt, which screws into position. To load the rifle, you must break it open, unscrew the bolt, place a new round in the bolt head, and screw the bolt back into battery. Finally, the action is closed, the rear take-down pin pushed back into position, and the rifle is ready to fire. This is somewhat cumbersome, but The Ligamec Ultralite 50 is a single-shot bolt-action upper which fits on a dedicated AR-15 lower receiver. The Watsons Weapons upper came with a 32-inch barrel, of a thick 1.75-inch profile which weighed 33 pounds with the lower and scope mounted. Because of its length, I had to cut a hole in the end of one of my hard cases so it would fit inside. I added the extra-power hammer spring and extended rear take-down pin to a spare lower I had in the safe and fitted it with a Magpul UBR stock and MIAD grip. The trigger was a Rock River 2-stage, with the additional spring added. For a scope, I used the Burris XTR 3-12x50 mm which provides about 90 moa of total elevation in 0.25 moa clicks. Because the high-rise receiver rail does not reach any further forward than the receiver itself, I used the UBR stock because it can be extended longer than an A2 stock; this was required due to the rearward scope position. It's definitely important to make sure you have enough eye relief shooting the fifties. The Watsons Lothar-Walther barrel is free-floated and a swivel bipod is attached to its front end. Shooting the Watsons upper was a pleasure due to the heavy mass of the barrel and the large, effective muzzle brake. The long barrel length also reduced the muzzle pressure and moved the blast further away from the shooter's head, which means less concussive blast. Accuracy was two to three moa with the Barrett M33 ammunition. I expect that match-grade ammunition using bullets such as the 750-grain Hornady A-Max would group well in this heavy barrel. I give Larry credit for using a swivel bipod- it's a must when shooting from anything other than a level concrete pad. Watsons' I used a Leupold 3.5-10x40 mm Mark 4 M3 scope on the Ligamec; the M3 provides about 58 moa of elevation from the zero-stop in one moa clicks. While "The Boss" is an older design with an inconvenient bolt arrangement, Watsons Weapons also sells custom and "Tactical" model single-shot .50 BMG rifles using the same high-quality barrels but mated to a more modern action and stock design. Their Tactical model with a 30-inch bull barrel starts at $2250. Next up is the Ultralite 50 from Ligamec Corporation. Ligamec was established in 1998 in Clearwater Florida to produce machine parts, and started .50 BMG upper production in 2004. The Ultralite is a single-shot bolt-action which fits on AR-15 lowers. The bolt retracts into the receiver extension tube (buffer tube), and rounds can be single-loaded straight into the action's port. The barrel on the Ultralite 50 is approximately 1.25 inches in diameter at the muzzle; it is fitted with an effective muzzle brake. The barrel length on the test rifle was 18 inches. The Ultralite 50 does not have a free-floated barrel; a retaining nut in front of the hand-guard snugs it back against the upper receiver using threads cut on the barrel. The fixed-height non-swivel bipod was attached to The Ultralite 50 was the only rifle of the three which could be shot off-hand; for fun, this shooter engages a target at about 30 yards. I fitted the 18-inch Ultralite 50 with a Leupold 3.5-10x40 mm Mark 4 M3 scope, in Leupold rings. The M3 model provides about 58 moa elevation from the zero stop in one turn using 1 moa clicks. Living up to its name, the Ultralite weighed in at 16.3 pounds including the bipod and Leupold scope. This is lighter than many .308 precision rifles and really light enough to carry. Although the recoil was mild with the highly-effective brake and recoil pad, the concussive blast from the short 18-inch barrel can only be described as punishing. Accuracy of the Ultralite test rifle was disappointing, with 100-yard groups larger than four moa. However, Ligamec owner Marcos Ruiz told me that this particular rifle was one of his older demonstration units and had many rounds through the barrel already. The Ultralite 50 upper alone is priced at $1450. Last but not least, the SHF/R50 from Safety Harbor Firearms. Initially a type 1 FFL, Safety Harbor got involved with production of the UltraMag 50 (UM50) .50 BMG upper conversion in 2003. The SHF/R50 started production in 2005 and has many of the same characteristics of the UM50; however, the SHF/R50 has its own dedicated fire control group and includes the serial-numbered receiver. The poor accuracy of the sample Ultralite 50 made making hits on even large steel targets at 870 yards difficult. yards I mounted a Nightforce 5.5-22x56 mm NXS scope to the R50. The Nightforce is a favorite for long-range and .50 BMG shooters because of the elevation travel and stout construction. It provides 100 moa of total elevation in 0.25 moa clicks. Shooting and operating the R50 was more similar to other .50 BMG rifles than the other two rifles under test. Accuracy with the Barrett M33 was just over two moa. Recoil was mild and the blast was not terrible due to the 22-inch barrel. The magazine fed reliably, and trigger pull was similar to a military AR-15 trigger. Tagging an BOOM! I used the Ultralite 50 as a "pick up gun" at a local three-gun match; here a shooter gets pummelled by its extreme muzzle blast. The future of the .50 BMG rests in our hands. Anti-gun politicians have been trying to get it banned for years. Be sure to support the various .50 BMG clubs around the country and stay politically active so future ban proposals are defeated. The big fifty has a special place in American shooters' hearts and needs to always have a place on our firing lines. SIDEBAR - BIG SCOPES FOR BIG RIFLES "Go Large" might as well be America's motto, and the .50 BMG fits right in with this crowd. If you've picked up one of the big rifles, it feels kind of wrong to mount a dinky scope. Here are a couple choices for "big scopes," built with larger than normal diameter tubes to extend the elevation travel range and increase strength due to mechanics, and - let's face it - they look manly. The IOR Valdada 4-14x50 mm Ultra Long Range Rifle scope is built in Romania using Schott glass from Germany. The scope body has a 40 mm main tube and has about 125 moa total elevation. The elevation knob is a big "many click" elevation turret with 25 moa per turn in one-fourth moa clicks for 100 clicks per turn. The entire travel range is realized in about five turns of the knob; however from The SHF/R50 held consistent two to three moa at long range shooting the Barrett M33 ball ammunition, and did slightly better with my reloads. The reticle in the scope I received had a second focal-plane MP-8 reticle, which has a floating center dot and mil hash marks, with enough for up to 10 mils of elevation holdover. Due to the second focal-plane setup, the reticle only subtends accurately at 10x magnification. The reticle center is illuminated by a rheostat for adjustable brightness, much like the Leupold design. The scope is 15.25 inches long and weighs 36 ounces. The Nightforce 5.5-22x56 mm NXS scope is a favorite of .50 BMG shooters; it provides about 100 moa of total elevation, 10 moa per turn in one-fourth moa clics. Sometimes you have to "go big." The US Optics SN3 (left) and IOR Valdada Ultra Long Range (right) use 35 mm or larger main tubes for durability and elevation travel, and both provide a large, many-click, elevation knob for ease of dialing dope. The big elevation knob on the IOR Ultra Long Range scope has about 125 moa total elevation in 25 moa per turn in one-fourth MOA clicks. I have shot several SN3 scopes for a few years and have concluded the following. First, the USO SN3 is currently the cream of the crop for US-made high-end long-range rifle scopes. Second, they are built like tanks, and you can request exactly what knob units, reticle, objective lens diameter, and even what scope tube size you want. Third, their optical clarity is excellent, neck and neck with the German Schmidt & Bender. The most common complaint about the SN3 on large caliber long-range rifles is that the eye relief is a little shorter and the exit pupil a little smaller than some of its competitors. Each shot with the big fifty costs a few dollars. For the shooter who wants to make hits at long-range, spending money on a scope worthy of the task is a smart investment. Take a look at these big beefy scopes for a good match to your big rifle. Watson's Weapons http://www.watsonsweapons.com/ 555 Apple Garden Rd. Mound, MN 55364 Safety Harbor Firearms http://www.safetyharborfirearms.com/ P.O. Box 563 Safety Harbor, FL 34695 Ligamec Corp. http://www.ultralite50.com/ 11419 Challenger Ave. Odessa, FL 33556 Barrett Firearms http://www.barrettrifles.com/ 8211 Manchester Hwy Murfreesboro, TN 37133 IOR Valdada http://www.valdada.com/ P.O. BOX 270095 Littleton, CO 80127 Nightforce http://www.nightforceoptics.com/ 1040 Hazen Lane Orofino, ID 83544 Burris Optics http://www.burrisoptics.com/ 331 East 8th Street Greeley, CO 80631 US Optics http://www.usoptics.com/ 150 Arovista Circle Brea, CA 92821
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1267: byrd amendments no. sp1267, sp1268, sp1269 en bloc; To prohibit alcoholic beverage advertisements on billboards, signs, posters, and other forms of advertising in certain publicly visible locations in the District of Columbia where children are likely to walk to school or play. Result: Agreed to (69-27-1, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]
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Key legislation related to FASD include the following: Alcohol Beverage Labeling Act (1988) Alcohol Beverage Labeling Act warns of danger of alcohol use during pregnancy. In order to address the problem of fetal alcohol syndrome, the FDA Commissioner wrote to the BATF Director on November 15, 1977 requesting that the BATF “initiate immediately whatever procedures are necessary to require the placement on the labeling of alcoholic beverages of a warning against consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol by pregnant women. I hope that BATF, which now has exclusive responsibility for such labeling, will move promptly to address this serious health risk. On January 13, 1978, in response to this request, BATF requested comments on this proposal, by issuing an advanced notice of proposed rule making in the Federal Register. However, over one year later, the BATF issued a progress report on January 25, 1978, which rejected warning labels for a public awareness campaign to alert consumers of the possible dangers. In 1979, the Senate passed a bill requiring warning labels on all alcoholic beverages, but the House of Representatives failed to pass this bill. In 1986, a similar bill introduced into Congress failed to pass. This initial request by the FDA was finally executed when Title VIII of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, amended the FAA Act by designating the existing sections of the FAA Act as “Title I,” and by adding at the end a new title, “Title II—Alcoholic Beverage Labeling.” This title, cited as the “Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988” required that a specific health warning statement appear on the labels of all containers of alcoholic beverages and authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to implement them and enforce them. The original bill began with both the United States House and the Senate having bills which would have required five separate warning labels to be rotated regularly on the containers of each brand of alcoholic beverage made by a manufacturer.] Under the proposed House bill, the FDA would have had the power to enforce these requirements and issue necessary regulations. However, the proposed Senate bill, which was the bill which ultimately became the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 gave the BATF the power to enforce these requirements. Accordingly, as part of its statutory mandate, on February 14, 1990 the BATF issued a final rule. The regulations require that the following health warning statement appear on the labels of all containers of alcoholic beverages sold or distributed in the United States: GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) ACCORDING TO THE SURGEON GENERAL, WOMEN SHOULD NOT DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DURING PREGNANCY BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF BIRTH DEFECTS. (2) CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IMPAIRS OUR ABILITY TO DRIVE A CAR OR OPERATE HEAVY MACHINERY, AND MAY CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS. For purposes of title II, the term “alcoholic beverage” included any beverage which contained no less than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of alcohol by volume. Thus, the term included not only distilled spirits products, malt beverages, wines, but wine coolers as well. The rule’s stated purpose was to promote the public health and safety and it became effective and mandatory on November 14, 1990. Fetal Alcohol Exposure Prevention (1995): Substitute Senate Bill 5688. In 1995 the Washington State Legislature unanimously passed Substitute Senate Bill 5688. This legislation directed the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), the Department of Health (DOH), and the Department of Corrections (DOC) to execute an agreement to ensure the coordination of programs for individuals who have had fetal alcohol exposure and for women at high risk of having children with fetal alcohol exposure. This legislation also included the first provision in Washington State history for family advocacy groups to participate in the planning, development, delivery, and review of services that are administered or contracted by the agencies executing the agreement. The Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA) has voluntarily served as program chair of the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Interagency Workgroup (FASIAWG) since it's inception in 1995, to ensure continued development and implementation of services. Other members of the FASIAWG include: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Family Resource Institute (FAS*FRI) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Information Service (FASIS) Birth Defects from Alcohol-Warning Required (1993): RCW 66.16.110 Washington State Point-of-Purchase Alcohol Warning Signs. The board shall cause to be posted in conspicuous places, in a number determined by the board, within each state liquor store, notices in print not less than one inch high warning persons that consumption of alcohol shortly before conception or during pregnancy may cause birth defects, including fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects. (RCW refers to the Revised Code of Washington. The RCW is a compilation of all permanent laws now in force). Drug-Affected and Alcohol-Affected Infants - Comprehensive Plan (1998): RCW 13.34.805. The Department of Health and the Department of Social and Health Services shall develop a comprehensive plan for providing services to mother who (a) have delivered a drug or alcohol exposed or affected infant, and (b) meet the definition of at-risk eligible persons in RCW 74.09.790 and who have a child up to three years of age. The services to be provided by the plan will include those defined in RCW 74.09.790. The plan shall provide for the coordination of services through community-based programs and among: (i) The department; (ii) the departments' divisions; and (iii) other state agencies. The plan shall include recommendations to the legislature for implementing the plan and any alternative methods for addressing the needs of these mothers and their children. FAS Awareness Day: (2004). Governor Gary Locke proclaims September 9th as "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day" to encourage Washington residents to help develop prevention and education programs to eradicate this completely preventable cause of birth defects.
The mission of the Foreign Ministry is: To broaden and deepen Mexico’s political, economic, cultural and cooperative relationships with all regions for the benefit of integral development of all Mexicans. To safeguard and strengthen Mexico’s sovereignty and independence and to guarantee its national interests and security based on the Constitutional principles of foreign policy. To assure that all international programs undertaken by federal, state and local government and by all branches of government that have an impact of Mexico’s relationships with other countries are carried out in a coordinated fashion. \|Events and Programs “Jewel Film Series” Mexican Literary Classics on Screen Mexican Cultural Center, Mexican Consulate, and Drexel University together present this series of Mexican literary classics made into incredible films. All films will be screened at Drexel University, 113 Campbell Auditorium, Stratton Building, 32nd and Chestnut St. The series kicks off with Doña Bárbara, a famous Mexican film from 1943. Art After 5 The Philadelphia Museum of Art along with co-sponsors Mexican Cultural Center and the Mexican Consulate of Philadelphia, are proud to present Crisol, at a special Art After 5 Cinco de Mayo performance. Spanish for “melting pot,” Crisol has been performing in the Philadelphia area since 1997. This Latin ensemble is dedicated to the interpretation of folk and traditional music from Latin America. Dance the night away to Puerto Rican boleros, Cuban sones, Mexican mariachi music, Colombian cumbias, and Dominican merengues. The event is free with museum admission. Sponsored by the Mexican Consulate of Philadelphia and the Mexican Cultural Center (MCC), Fleisher Art Memorial will be holding a free hands-on art workshop for families. Join artists Cesar Viveros and Ana Guissel Palma for a Mayan workshop as well as an eggshell workshop with Marta Sanchez. For more information, visit www.sre.gob.mx.
One of the most important design tasks involved in the creation of an Apple iOS app is coming up with a creative and unique icon for it. The app’s icon is the visual cue we need in order to locate an app on our mobile devices, so it has to be memorable and visually-striking. For inspiration, view these 10 sites that feature great iOS app icon designs. With over 600 iOS app icon designs (displayed in an easy-to-browse grid layout) this niche design gallery site is a must-see if you’re looking for iOS app icon design inspiration. Graphic/web designer Jim Nielsen is the man behind iOS Icon Gallery. Iconsfeed is a gallery site that allows its users to submit iOS app icon designs. What’s great about this website is that it conveniently organizes the app icons into categories such as Productivity and Lifestyle for easier browsing. IICNS is a single-page site that displays some of the best iOS app icons, organized by design theme (e.g. Minimalistic) and type (e.g. Utilities). You can view the icons in various sizes according to your preference. IICNS a collaboration between designer Jackie Tran and developer Jan Šedivý. 4. Icons (Apple Inspires Me) Apple Inspires Me, a gallery site for Apple-related designs, has an Icons category that shows a few iOS app icon designs. Though there aren’t a lot of icons listed in this category yet compared to some other sites in this post, with your help they can grow their collection. 5. iOS App Icon Designs (iOSpirations) iOSpirations, an online gallery for iPhone and iPad app design inspiration, has an iOS App Icon Designs section with a little over 80 featured items. 6. iOS Icon (Dribbble) Dribbble, a site where top designers from all over the world showcase their work, has tons of beautiful iOS app icon designs for us to view. You’ll find over 4,500 items related to the term "iOS Icon" on the site. 7. iOS Icon (Pinterest) Pinterest has plenty of iOS app icon designs that you can find through a simple search for the term "iOS Icon." If you’re looking for Pinterest boards to follow, here are two of them: iOS Icon Design and Icons \| Apps mobile. 8. iOS Icon (Forrst) Forrst, an invite-only community site for developers and designers, has user-submitted iOS app icon designs that you can discover via their site search (for instance, check out the results of the "iOS Icon" search term). 9. iOS App Icons (Flickr) Flickr also has some iOS app icon designs that you can check out simply by doing a search for "iOS App Icons." There’s also a Flickr group pool called "iOS App Icons" with over 100 members and 50+ images of iOS app icons. 10. App Icon Gallery (Mobile Tuxedo) Mobile Tuxedo, which is a website that features resources for Android and iOS app developers, has a gallery with a few great iOS app icons (displayed alongside some Android app icons). iOS App Icon Showcases on Design Blogs Would you like to see even more iOS app icon designs? Here is a list of relevant showcases published by a few design blogs: - Showcase of 40 Insanely Detailed iOS Icon Designs (Line25 Web Design Blog) - 38 Beautiful iOS App Icon Designs For Your Inspiration (Hongkiat.com) - Showcase of Amazing iOS Icon Designs (webexpedition18) - 46 Fabulous iOS Icon Designs (DesignM.ag) - 50 Excellent Inspiring iOS Icons (PsdBlast) - Showcase of Amazing iOS App. Icon Sketches and Final Versions (Design You Trust) - 20 Examples of Detailed iOS Application Icon Designs (inspirationfeed.com) - 45+ Fantastic iOS App Icon Designs for Inspiration (Bloom Web Design Blog) - New Icon Designs Inspired by iOS App Style (Awwwards) - 45 Awesome iOS Icon Design For Inspiration (AcrisDesign) Do you know of other places where you can find iOS app icon design inspiration? Please share them in the comments.
Landscape photographs are created in the pursuit of a unsullied, pure depiction of nature that is devoid of human influence. Strong defined landforms, ambient light and weather conditions are the main components of an amazing landscape picture. The boundaries of landscape photography are blurred and now it includes industrial areas, urban settings along with classic nature photography. Most photographers are inspired by traditional landscape paintings. Seascapes, waterfalls, mountains and coastlines are especially popular in classic landscape photography. From the very beginning to the present time celebrated landscape photographers have been motivated by beauty of nature and by desire to save its pristine purity. Today’s collection of cool articles on landscape photography is created in order to improve your skills and to fill up your knowledge. I hope after learning it your landscape pictures will be more than perfect. 1. Surefire Tips for Photographing Landscapes This article is about how to make your landscape photographs look like the ones in the magazines. If you feel like your pictures lack something, this article will provide you with a few basic tips. It will be useful for both pro photographers and amateurs. 2. Landscape Photography Tips Part 1: Time of Day, Light, Lure The author of this article went to the trip in order to understand what he did wrong. Here he shares his own experience. You’ll find some tips on time of day, feeling the lure, storm light and benefits of the photography tour. 3. 7 Reasons to Get my New eBook “Beginner’s Guide to Landscape Photography” If you are a beginner on landscape photography you have to download this eBook. It’s free and useful. It will teach you to choose right equipment, minimize camera shake, and take advantage of the time of day and will give some hints on using photo filters.. 4. 10 Tips for Landscape Photographers Sometimes you point a camera at a landscape because it’s just beautiful and you want to keep this moment. But it’s a big trap. Simply taking a picture is not worthwhile itself. This article will help you to find a way to engage with a landscape. The tips are based on the personal philosophy of the pro photographer, therefore it’s worth to be learned. 5. How To: Capture the Beauty of Early-Morning Light If you think that sunrises are prettier than sunsets, this article was written for you. An early morning has its own magic and atmosphere, you just need to see it and to take a right shot. This article will help you with it. 6. Photography Tips for Rain, Mist and Fog This article is slightly more unique than the rest. If you are ready to push the boundaries of your photography then this post is for you. Here you’ll find a few tips and tricks on how to take pictures in unconventional weather conditions such as rain, fog, hail and mist. 7. The Ideal Aperture for Landscape Photography Besides techniques and tips you need to have the right aperture in order to take awesome landscape pictures. This issue is not as simple as it seems. So, go ahead and learn how to choose ideal equipment. 8. Photography Tips – How to Shoot Amazing Landscapes Having a right lens or the proper setup is not enough to get amazing landscape pictures. A picture can have remarkable clarity, but will fail due to lack of composition and content. A few more basic tips on taking a great landscape shot. 9. 10 Tips for Stunning Landscape Photography This post is about the basic equipment, rules, location, timing, camera settings and processing. But all the dull rules would never replace a passion about landscape photography. 10. Taking Photos in Fog, Mist or Haze This subject has its specification. Getting a picture in non-standard weather conditions is more difficult, but it gives you a wonderful moody and atmospheric feel. Therefore it’s worth to give it a try. As I’ve mentioned above, the thing is in great love to landscape photography. If you have some thoughts or just want to say “hello”, don’t hesitate to use the comment field below.

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