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APD takes to social media for repeat offender information
One of Albuquerque's most prolific reoffenders was behind bars for the 42nd time Thursday.
Police said Christopher Falcon doesn't care if he is arrested, and it's costing taxpayers a lot of money.
Authorities have locked up Falcon for assault, breaking and entering, robbery and more.
"It's very frustrating for officers to see individuals that don't appear to learn their lesson," said Albuquerque Police Officer Tasia Martinez.
Falcon's most recent arrest was at a Smith's store, where police said he tried to steal a bottle of alcohol. Police said when the manager confronted Falcon, he pulled out a screwdriver and threatened him.
Falcon, 39, isn't alone on the reoffender list. APD officials said a handful of criminals are soaking up thousands of taxpayer dollars each time they are arrested.
"It's not as simple as a call for service that's finished in one shift. Quite often, these arrests are the result of extensive investigation into the individual," Martinez said.
Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz is taking to Twitter to stop notorious criminals, plastering their names and number of arrests across social media for the whole community to see.
"One of the things that we can do is showcase the worst of the worst offenders," Schultz said. "It's another way to put them in the public light so everyone knows, 'Hey, these are the people who are actively victimizing us.'"
Falcon's most recent arrest was a felony charge of aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon. He has a total of five felony and a dozen misdemeanor charges.


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Alice 3: Visualize Concurrent Code in Action
Carnegie Mellon University announced the beta release of Alice 3 in 2009. Almost two years later, this educational development environment is still in beta. However, the latest version 184.108.40.206.10 is pretty stable and provides visual tools to teach students to think parallel.
It is easy to conceptualize that you need code running in parallel in order to show many actors performing actions concurrently. Think about two hares running a race. Which is the most natural way of coding the desired behavior for each hare? Figure 1 shows two instances of the Hare class on a grassy background as shown by the Alice 3 scene editor and its starting camera view.
Each hare might have different energy and speed values. Each hare has to run using its own speed value while considering its remaining energy. In addition, each hare wants to win the race, and therefore, it will consider its rival's position to determine its necessary effort in each stage of the race. If you think in object-oriented code, each hare will use its own properties to animate its body and to advance positions in the 3D space.
The main code has to run some sort of loop in order to update the position for each hare. If each hare has a method that encapsulates the algorithm that updates its position, you might want to call the method for each hare in parallel. Think about real life: Each real hare would execute actions in parallel because the real world doesn't have a sequential execution. Thus, if you want to create animations that represent situations of the real world in virtual environments, the easiest way to code them is by creating blocks of code that run in parallel.
Alice 3 provides three blocks that allow you to organize statements to run in parallel (see Figure 2):
- Do together: Run many statements or blocks of statements in parallel.
- Each in _ together : For each object in the specified array of objects, run many statements or blocks of statements in parallel.
- Do in thread: Run many statements in an independent thread that will execute concurrently with the main thread and other threads.
Alice 3 allows you to combine the aforementioned three blocks with other blocks that organize the sequential execution of statements. Thus, you can use a do together block to run two do in order blocks in parallel. Figure 3 shows a simple example of two do in order blocks that create sequential code that will run in parallel because they are included in a do together block. With just a few clicks, you can make two hares move toward the camera and orient to the sunlight in parallel.
You can run code in different threads and you can teach students to think parallel with Alice 3. Alice 3 doesn't include synchronization mechanisms and The Sims module still has a few significant bugs. However, once students learn the difference between sequential and parallel executions with actors moving on the rendered scenes, it is easier to understand more complex threads.
My wife has been using Alice 3 during the last year in the classroom, and she has been working with colleagues on the design of simple programs that run code in parallel by using different threads. (and yes, of course, she helped me in writing this post). I've been amazed with the results. Students learn to create and organize concurrent code because Alice 3 makes it easy to mix parallel code with sequential code. Students understand the complexities of parallelized code, visualize the problems, and can switch to more complex programming languages. If you want to create virtual worlds with actors performing actions in parallel, you will love Alice 3.
There are dozens of excellent books about Alice, and a couple bear mentioning here. Learning to Program with Alice, by Wanda P. Dann, Stephen Cooper, and the late Randy Pausch (Prentice Hall, 3rd Edition, 2011), is a must read if you want to understand the Alice programming language; and the book includes a sneak peek at Alice 3. The Alice 3 Cookbook, by Vanesa S. Olsen (Packt Publishing, 2011) includes dozens of exercises that combine sequential execution with parallel execution for Alice 3. As a disclaimer, I must note that Vanesa is my wife.


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Philadelphia-based Abby Ryan Design came up with this fun infographic of the most popular toys from 50 years of holiday shopping. If you were a child during any of that time, you'll doubtless recognize something. Then you'll scratch your head in bafflement at how damned expensive today's most-requested gifts are.
This is a complaint that parents will never not make, because popular toys are always expensive and kids never want the cheap crap instead because so-and-so's way cooler parents would never buy knockoff junk. Still, 1975's pet rock looks a damn sight more reasonable than 2010's iPad, and with the exception of 2009's Zhu Zhu Pets, spendy electronics have been the theme for the past nine years.
We're not certain if Abby Ryan Design based each year's toy on sales data, or if they just chose based on cultural relevance. Still, it's fun to look back and see how toy tastes have changed — as long as you don't have a kid at home expecting to find 2013's most popular (and expensive) doodad wrapped up with a bow this year. [Abby Ryan Design via visual.ly]


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WAKEFIELD, MA - Aris Valeris is a piano player and composer trained in both the jazz and classical idioms. He started at the early age of 3 and worked with several classical teachers on his piano skills. However, throughout his childhood he always felt the need to create improvised music. As the son of two directors, he fulfilled this passion by composing or improvising live for more than 40 theatrical plays. In his teenage years, after having earned several musical awards for his work on classical piano, his attention was caught by the improvisational element of jazz.
Originally from Greece, Valeris moved to Boston in September 2009 after winning several scholarships to study at Berklee, where he studied piano performance and film scoring. His teachers included Ray Santisi, Stavros Lantsias, Nando Michelin, and Steve Heck.
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Friday, August 30, 2013
Blueberries Are in Season! - Family Recipe Friday
In the recipe below I noted changes I make in brackets after each ingredient. (Abbreviations: c./cup; tsp./teaspoon)
Banana Blueberry Muffins
1 c. butter, softened [shortening works better]
3/4 c. sugar
2 large eggs
1 c. mashed, ripe bananas [or frozen, slightly thawed and mashed]
1/2 c. sour cream [we use low-fat or fat-free or sometimes drain yogurt to use]
Beat in just till smooth:
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Fold in:
1 c. fresh blueberries [or frozen if you don't have fresh]
1/2 c. coarsely chopped pecans [optional; we never use]
Bake in greased and floured loaf pan in 350-degree oven for about 60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely in pan.
We bake them in 12 paper-lined muffin tins for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove immediately from pans, let cool a few minutes, eat when they're cool enough.
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As I prepared for a trip to China, I realized the camera I depended on for several years, could no longer be relied on, especially for the demanding trip ahead. Luckily, I was able to arrange to get a Pentax camera that "fit the bill" just in time for the trip. This Pentax WG-3 is Adventure Proof (Waterproof, shockproof, crushproof, coldproof, dustproof), has SR Shake Reduction (PENTAX Sensor-Shift Shake Reduction system), has 16 megapixels (Backlit 16 megapixel CMOS sensor + new-generation Imaging Engine, Six LED macro lights) and these features were very helpful during my trip.
From the Pentax website, I learned:
"Over the past 90 years, PENTAX has introduced numerous technological advances, making our cameras, lenses, scopes, and binoculars the most sought-after in the world. Browse our timeline to see our most significant product releases and company milestones.
From 1919: Asahi Optical Joint Stock Co. is founded at a shop in the Toshima suburb of Tokyo, Japan. It quickly becomes one of the leading lens suppliers to Japanese camera and optical instrument manufacturers, thanks to its superb lens- polishing skills.
To - 2013: Leveraging its long-standing and comprehensive expertise in the waterproof category, PENTAX RICOH IMAGING AMERICAS CORPORATION (PENTAX) has introduced the 15th generation in its adventureproof line-up of point and shoot cameras, the WG-3."
When I travel, I need to take photos that are personal but are also important for articles that I write. Having this camera was helpful in many ways. The strap made it easy to clip onto slacks. It's size and shape was perfect for slipping into my purse at times. It is so sturdy that a case is not necessary so I could grab and use quickly if necessary. I did not know I would be climbing in rocky settings but when I found myself climbing up and down in a cave, I felt secure carrying the camera, knowing it could withstand my dropping it. Additionally, when I was unexpectedly rowing a boat, I didn't worry that the camera would get wet.
I did not have occasion to use the camera under water but I did use it in the rain and was really pleased that I did not have to worry about ruining it.
Climbing uneven steps was challenging and my trusty camera was right there.
I took a short video clip to see what would happen. It worked and I will try to use this more often.
I have gotten the "feel" of this camera, which is a little different than previous cameras I have used because it is designed for under water use. Now I enjoy handling the camera and I think the photos are very clear. There are many features I have yet to explore including the modes that focus on food, nighttime, landscape, flowers and yes, way underwater. wide angle, and more. For the price of about $300.00 the options are endless.
There is a trip to Italy in my future. With my handy Pentax WG-3 will be at my side and I will feel secure in all what ever adventures come my way.
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Happy Tuesday!
Nothing beauty related or fashion related today.
I just wanted to make a quick post to wish this blog a Happy 6th Birthday!
I can't believe I have been blogging for 6 years now! I have a hard time sticking with things so for me to be consistent with this blog for 6 years really means something.
I've met some pretty amazing people throughout the years and I am still meeting some amazing people. I think that's one the reasons I love blogging.
I truly wouldn't be blogging so much if it wasn't for my readers.
I want to thank each and everyone of you for taking the time to read my blog. It truly means the world to me.
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Young and bristling with untapped potential, the 15 finalists of Sueño MLS 2010 - built by the Home Depot, arrived in Los Angeles this week. They came from disparate starting points like Jackson, Tenn., and Crowley, Tex., and Fairfield, Calif., but they all have the same destination: a career as a professional soccer player.
After all, Sueño MLS worked for Jorge Flores, who now features for Chivas USA, and for Gabriel Funes, now a regular starter for Argentine powerhouse River Plate. Why not for them?
The young hopefuls were put through their paces by former MLS coach and current MLS technical director Alfonso Mondelo in training sessions on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.
"They are all pretty equal at this point," Mondelo told MLSsoccer.com on Thursday. "I haven't seen anyone stand out yet. But they are young. They all have good feet. And the talent level is pretty good."
The squad played a scrimmage against the LA Galaxy Youth Academy Under-16 on Thursday evening and will face the Chivas USA Under 16 team on Saturday morning, as well as attend Saturday's Chivas USA-Houston Dynamo match at the Home Depot Center.
Mondelo, who is receiving assistance from Peruvian World Cup legend Teofilio "Nene" Cubillas and American World Cup veteran Marcelo Balboa, realizes the difficulty some of these kids—the youngest is 14 years old—face performing in Sueño MLS' competitive environment, sometimes for the first time. Plus, gelling 15 players in two or three days is near impossible. But that's the deal.
"We take into consideration that this is not a team," Mondelo said. "They are meeting each other for the first time. Plus, most of them are not playing at a top level or a top club. Some of them are not used to hard training sessions. So this is all new.
"But they have talent. Now they must try to make the right decisions. Do they anticipate? Do they read the game well? Will they improve? That's what we're looking for."
The 15 national finalists in Sueño MLS 2010 - built by the Home Depot
Nelson Castro, defender, 14 – Houston, TX
Juan Contreras, midfielder, 16 – Dickinson, TX
Eric Martinez, forward, 15 – Houston, TX
Marco Ortiz, midfielder, 15 – Crowley, TX
Lorenzo Salazar, midfielder, 15 – Houston, TX
Oscar Barraza, midfielder, 16 – Elgin, IL
Juan Celleri, forward, 15 – Chicago, IL
Vicente Jaramillo, forward, 16 – Detroit, MI
Erick Jimenez, defender, 15 – Chicago, IL
Miguel Moncada, forward, 18 – Jackson, TN
Denis Alvarado, midfielder, 16 – Fairfield, CA
Javier Castro, forward, 18 – Pomona, CA
Victor Jimenez, forward, 16 – Anaheim, CA
Jonathan Navas, midfielder, 18 – Los Angeles, CA
Oscar Velazquez, defender, 14 – Las Vegas, NV


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Quotw This was the week when some of the titans of tech hung out at Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet conference talking about their problems. First up was Tim Cook, who was pooh-poohing a lawsuit filed by Greenlight Capital hedge-fund honcho David Einhorn. The suit is attempting to stop Apple from amending its charter to eliminate preferred stock and thus restrict the Board's ability to unlock the value on Apple's balance sheet.
Einhorn has what Cook calls a "creative" idea - he wants the fruity firm to give that preferred stock to existing shareholders instead, giving them a bigger bite of the company's ginormous cash pile (which one can only assume has to stay locked up at Cupertino in its big swimming-pool-sized vault solely so that Cook can don a top hat and dive right in). But anyway, the whole thing is a distraction according to Apple's biggest bigwig, who said:
I find it bizarre we find ourselves being sued for doing something that's good for shareholders. It's a silly sideshow, honestly.
And no, Einhorn, Apple doesn't have a "depression-era mentality" either:
Apple doesn't have a depression-era mentality. Apple makes bold and ambitious bets on product and we're conservative financially. ... We're investing in retail around the world, in product innovation, in new product, in supply chain. We're acquiring some companies. ... To add to that fact, we're returning $45 billion to shareholders through a combination of dividends and buybacks. I don't know how a mentality with a depression-era mindset would have done all those things.
Naturally, Cook also had the time to have a sly dig at Samsung:
Some people use displays, the color saturation is awful. The Retina display is twice as bright as an OLED display.
And claimed that whenever he was feeling a little under the weather, just, you know, a little blue, he goes to an Apple Store and he feels soooo much better!
It's like Prozac.
Next to take the stage at the conference was Marissa Mayer, who said that Yahoo! still had one basic, big problem: getting people to use its products so that it could it grow - so, basically the problem of all businesses then? Anyway, she also said that Microsoft was not the search partner the ailing web firm was hoping for. She moaned:
One of the points of the alliance is that we collectively want to grow share, rather than just trading share with each other. We need to see monetisation working better because we know that it can and we've seen other competitors in the space illustrate how well it can work. We've seen some gains [in monetisation] but we need to see more.
In the meantime, she wants to cut Yahoo!'s 75 apps (eh?!) down to 12 to 15 as part of its mobile strategising:
Each user will hopefully have the two to four apps that matter most to them. We want to make sure we have enough applications to fulfill that single-purpose need. We don't want to overload people by making them download too many apps.
Meanwhile, Oracle wants to have another go at Google over its use of Java in Android software, and just in case anyone's confused about why exactly the Chocolate Factory should get a good spanking, Oracle has broken it down in its court filing using popular references, metaphor and storytelling. The company said:
Ann Droid wants to publish a bestseller. So she sits down with an advance copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – the fifth book – and proceeds to transcribe. She verbatim copies all the chapter titles – from Chapter 1 ("Dudley Demented") to Chapter 38 ("The Second War Begins"). She copies verbatim the topic sentences of each paragraph, starting from the first (highly descriptive) one and continuing, in order, to the last, simple one ("Harry nodded."). She then paraphrases the rest of each paragraph. She rushes the competing version to press before the original under the title: Ann Droid's Harry Potter 5.0. The knockoff flies off the shelves.
J.K. Rowling sues for copyright infringement. Ann's defenses: "But I wrote most of the words from scratch. Besides, this was fair use, because I copied only the portions necessary to tap into the Harry Potter fan base."
Obviously, the defenses would fail.
Defendant Google Inc. has copied a blockbuster literary work just as surely, and as improperly, as Ann Droid – and has offered the same defenses.
Google could also be in trouble over its Play app store, which Australian software developer Dan Nolan claims is violating users' privacy. According to the man notorious for developing "The Paul Keating Insult Generator", the app bazaar is passing private users' details to developers.
He said:
Let me make this crystal clear, every App purchase you make on Google Play gives the developer your name, suburb and email address with no indication that this information is actually being transferred.
With the information I have available to me through the checkout portal I could track down and harass users who left negative reviews or refunded the app purchase.
And finally, pranksters hacked into a TV emergency alert system in Montana this week and broadcast an audio warning about the start of a zombie apocalypse. Viewers in Great Falls had their regular programming interrupted to bring them the news that "bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living", with a graphic at the top of the screen showing which counties had been affected.
The TV affiliate of CBS immediately issued statements disavowing the emergency warnings, but even the police had to wonder if the end was nigh. Lt Shane Sorensen of the Great Falls Police Department said:
We had four calls checking to see if it was true. And then I thought, 'Wait. What if?'
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Samsung U600 Gold Unlocked GSM Phone
Phone Summary
The Samsung U600 is a slim & stylish slider opening mobile phone which is a member of the Samsung Ultra Edition II range. The handset is known as the Samsung U600 Ultra Edition 10.9 which is due to its casing being only 10.9mm in thickness. The handset comes in a modern designed casing which has a smooth slide opening mechanism which reveals the metal etched keypad. The handset comes with a large 2.2 Inch colour screen which can be viewed in the phones open or closed position. The phone looks incredibly stylish in either its open or closed position & the user can use the navigation tool & selection keys when the handsets is closed. The Samsung U600 Ultra Edition 10.9 comes in a shiny casing which is available in either a sapphire blue, garnet red, platinum metal & in a copper gold colour. The handset feels good in the users hand as it is a lightweight handset which is easy to use with a single hand. The phone is elegant & slim will get much attention for its looks alone. The phone comes with a built in camera feature which allows the user to take still photos & video recordings at any time. The user can use the high resolution 3.2 megapixel camera feature to capture their memories as a photograph or as a video recording. The camera feature comes with an auto focus feature & all the useful camera features that are present on a stand alone digital camera but this camera is built into a stylish & desirable mobile handset. The user can capture, store & share their memories on their Samsung U600 handset. The large high resolution screen works as a view finder for the camera & video feature which provides up to 262,000 colours on a 2.2 inch LCD colour screen. The user can capture the perfect shot or recording with assistance from the camera & video setting which are available on the handset which will ensure the perfect finish is gain each time the capture button is pressed by the user.
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Main display Color TFT
Color display 262.144 colors
Resolution 240x320 pixels
Internal memory 60MB
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Battery Lithium Ion
Standby time 250 hours
Talk time 3.5 hours
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17 February 2014 - Warsaw (Poland) and Lucca (Italy)
Tagetik Expands Business in Poland
Performance Management software vendor extends international reach with exclusive distribution partnership in Poland
Tagetik, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for Performance Management, Disclosure Management, Financial Governance and Business Intelligence, today announced it has signed a distributor agreement with ITMAGINATION, a leader in providing dedicated IT and Business Intelligence solutions based on a Microsoft Application Platform. Under this new agreement ITMAGINATION becomes Tagetik's exclusive distributor in Poland.
"Over the years we have observed the implementation of the tools offered by Tagetik in foreign organizations," says Daniel Arak, Business Development Director at ITMAGINATION. "We want to be able to provide so highly advanced solutions with superior standards to Polish capital companies, which is why we decided to introduce Tagetik's software in Poland. This agreement confirms the commitment of ITMAGINATION in seeking the most innovative solutions on the market for our clients."
The Tagetik 4 Performance Management software is an automated, unified solution, which incorporates budgeting, planning and forecasting, consolidation, financial close, profitability analysis and disclosure reporting into a single application to give CFOs better operational insights into their business and support strategic decision-making — while still meeting complex financial and regulatory demands.Under the agreement, Tagetik and ITMAGINATION will primarily support large capital groups that require a solution to manage complex financial consolidations as well as financial institutions to ensure compliance with growing regulations like Solvency II, FinRep, CoRep and Basel III.
"We are very excited to partner with ITMAGINATION," adds Bani Brandolini – President International at Tagetik. "Tagetik puts a great emphasis on co-operation with the best professionals on the market. Through this partnership we will be able to better understand the needs of Polish organizations and offer solutions that best meet their needs. Moreover, ITMAGINATION is a very strong and highly recommended Microsoft Partner which perfectly aligns within the Tagetik's strategy to take full advantage of Microsoft technology and work closely with Microsoft as a strategic ISV Partner."
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Monday, November 30, 2009
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Winter Frost
Two new paintings.
A bellyful of turkey and pie.
So much to be thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Memory Fades
Remembering Mrs. W.
She always carried her cutting shears.
She loved her garden.
She was such a lady, always kind.
I don't think she knew my name.
I will forever remember hers,
though memories fade.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Float Away
Strange looking pods on the side of the road.
Each seed has its own little silk parachute.
Ready to catch the wind and float away.
Do you see the little bug? He's hiding.
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Cowbirds. Forever. Eternity.
Love this song by Adele:
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
After many wet days
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Silent Sky
Silent Sky
An elegy of sorts.
Who doesn't love Emily Dickinson?
The imagery in her poetry...
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul.
Posted by holly aka golly 5 messages
Friday, November 13, 2009
Be Still
Be still my heart.
I do love watching hawks soar in the sky.
I suppose they like watching me too.
Have I told you my story about the cruelty of nature?
Outside my kitchen window.
The most high pitched, piercing cries.
A hawk had attacked a downy woodpecker.
and suddenly flew away with it caged in its talons.
Screaming into the distance.
My heart was racing.
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Ferns. Feathery. Fronds.
The flora and fauna seem to blend together.
I am diverted by a different kind of plumage.
New birds soon.
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Monday, November 9, 2009
New birds. Cardinals.
Two words come to mind: wondrous and majestic.
As I was painting my mind wandered, as it often does...
Cardinals, Rome, the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo.
Years ago, as an art student studying in Italy,
we had a special art history lecture in the Vatican.
It was after hours and we had a private tour of the Sistine Chapel.
Can you imagine? Two hours. No tourists, no crowds, just us.
We laid down on our backs and looked up at the frescoes.
It was wondrous and majestic.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Feathers Ruffled
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Feed Your Soul
with the free art project!
Available on Indie Fixx.
Take a peek.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Wish I could drift off to sleep.
Miles to go...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tally Ho
While hunters and hounds were scampering about the countryside,
guess who poked his head out of the woods?
As if to say in silent mockery,
"Catch me if you can."
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Midnight Dreary
My latest bird specimen painting.
Ravens. A male and female.
Dark, dreary, ghastly and grim.
A little nod to Edgar Allan Poe.
Evermore. Nevermore.
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40 years after its original release, a playable version of Pac-Man has been recreated by Artificial Intelligence
It might be rudimentary, but AI can recreate a game just from watching a game now. Skynet can't be far off, right?
Research headlines
Xbox controller modded with biometric sensors by Stanford team
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a prototype control pad that monitors the autonomic nervous system via peripheral signals detectable in a player's hands, such as heart rate, movement, perspiration and respiration rate.
Neuroracer keeps elderly people's brains sharp, trains them to multitask again
Scientists and game designers have worked together at UC San Francisco to develop Neuroracer, a multitasking based racing game designer to help elderly people maintain mental elasticity.
FPS titles linked with better short-term memory
Dr. Lorenza Colzato of Leiden University in The Netherlands has produced research that suggests first-person shooter players are likely to have better memories than their non-gun-wielding counterparts.
Study: female gamers receive three times as much trash talking
An Ohio University study has found that female gamers are likely to cop way more flack than their male counterparts. In a report published on Gamasutra and other sites, researchers said they observed female-identified Halo 3 players receive up to three times as many negative reactions than male or unidentified players to general, friendly comments. […]
Studies reiterare improved cognition effects of shooters
A new feature in Scientific American Mind details a number of studies which demonstrate links between playing shooter games and improvement in various mental faculties such as eyesight, spatial reasoning, spatial focus, visual acuity and decision-making. None of the studies are especially new but taken together paint an interesting picture; Polygon has a full report […]
Communities double a game's lifespan - study
Research conducted by Raptr suggests gamers tend to hang around twice as long for developers who actively engage with their player base.
Study - co-op play linked to less aggressive real world behaviour
An Ohio State study suggests playing co-operative games and game modes may be linked to friendlier behaviour later on – but competitive play won't.
Report - Couples benefit from shared MMORPG play
If partners game together, their relationship is strengthened, a new study claims.
Report - Intense gaming linked to improved mental performance
Rsearchers have noted a correlation between playing violent action games and being a smart cookie.
Study finds excessive gamers more depressed
Early results from an Australian study show those who game to excess report greater levels of depression and anxiety.
Research - Cheating in games is infectious and unpopular
A new University of Tampa paper examines the results of a study into the Steam community and found that those who cheat in games tend to pass the habit along to others. Researchers checked out the 700,000 cheaters among Steam's 12 million members, as well detailed activity of 10,000 volunteer accounts, and found cheaters rapidly […]
Crowdsourced gamers identify two potential new planets
Gamers have once more come through for science, helping to spot what may be two previously unidentified planets outside the solar system.
Research firm finds "plenty of life" in consoles
Fears that consoles will bow before the onslaught of smartphone gaming are pre-emptive, researchers have said.
Study: US Parents want more consistent media ratings
Research suggests US parents want a universal media rating system, across games, TV, film, websites and music.
Report: Videogames make you eat more
Canada's National Post newspaper has reported the findings of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The Post carried the headline "Videogames make you eat more", further on in the article it added that watching TV and working at a computer have the same effect.
Nielsen: Wiis make up 59% of consoles in US living rooms
A new survey by Nielsen suggests the Wii dominates US living rooms, as well as providing the opportunity to ask people where they keep their Wii. Hurh hurh.
Kinect may diagnose childhood mental disorders
Researchers have saved up to $100,000 by using Kinect to help diagnose mental disorders in very young children.
Nielsen: Gaming budgets shifted to mobile, leisure activities in 2010
Nielsen research firm has published it's latest finding on videogames, and it finds that consumers are spending less money on games and more on leisure activities and mobile phone entertainment, despite gaming buying households making up 26 percent of US homes in 2010.
NPD: Only 6% of US console users have downloaded DLC
NPD has issued a report stating only 6 percent of US console users downloaded extra content for their games, proving there's a "large and untapped" market for digital content along with connected devices.
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40 years after its original release, a playable version of Pac-Man has been recreated by Artificial Intelligence
Xbox controller modded with biometric sensors by Stanford team
Neuroracer keeps elderly people's brains sharp, trains them to multitask again
Study: female gamers receive three times as much trash talking
Study – co-op play linked to less aggressive real world behaviour
Report – Intense gaming linked to improved mental performance
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So many of the Instagram-filtered photos wind up on Facebook that it just makes sense for Facebook to just buy the app -- for a billion dollars.
Facebook's stated 2.0 strategy is to be a platform for best-of-breed services and functions. And being able to take a snapshot with your phone, add a filter or two to make it nostalgic / hipster / anomalous / saturated and it's rocketed Instagrmas distribution and grown its audience; hence, today's big deal with FB.
Writing on its blog, Instagram co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom said:
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It's important to be clear Instagram isn't going away. We'll be working with Facebook to evolve Instagram and build the network. We'll continue to add new features to the product and find new ways to create a better mobile photos experience.
He went on to add that his company is "psyched" to be joining the platform and to build a better Instagram. He should be psyched. And amped and stoked.
He runs an app that makes the mundane prettier.
It's not a portal or a platform or a chain of restaurants. Of course, other companies have passed up the chance to be gought early on -- Friendster and Yahoo -- and those shareholders will neve see, in the latter's example, the $35/share they once did.
Flickr actually did sell to Yahoo, but Yahoo hasn't exactly caught fire with its plans for the photo-upload service.
Passing the chance to be bought has backfired before, but this isn't a Google situation. This is an app: some software that makes mundane pictures prettier -- or at least more distinct.
But once everyone slaps a Sutro filter on a shot of their cat, will it still be worth a billion dollars worth of "Awwww." Nope.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Timeline, "We think Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is an important part of the experience. We plan on keeping features like the ability to post on other social networks... ."
This was a genius exit strategy for Instagram.
(Disclosure: NBC-owned sites have an agreement with Instagram, so as to more easily accept users' pictures via hashtag. Click here to see an example.)


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Texarkana College will implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in an effort to slash costs, efficiently manage student information, and streamline business operations.
For the project, Texarkana selected Jenzabar EX, a fully scalable Microsoft SQL Server platform designed specifically for higher education operations.
The new platform will allow students and administrative and academic staff to access, update, store, and report on essential data through a common database and a complete suite of end-to-end, fully integrated modules. Because authorized users will be able to share real-time information across departments, the platform will streamline the workflow and optimize business processes. The Web-based portal will also allow students to communicate with staff and teachers, as well as manage their curriculum and academic progress.
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"Jenzabar EX provides an intuitive user interface that makes learning and using the software much easier than other systems we evaluated. The student body will find the system easier to navigate," said Michael Dumdei, director of IT at Texarkana College, in a prepared statement. "Texarkana College will save a significant amount of time and money, and we will have a user-friendly system that can be easily managed and maintained."
Texarkana College is a publicly supported, two-year, community college that offers educational opportunities in traditional academic studies, occupational and technical programs, and workforce development and community services. Located about half way between the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and Little Rock, AK, Texarkana College sits on a 90-acre campus and includes a two-acre nature reserve and outdoor classroom. The college's operating budget for fiscal year 2014 is approximately $28 million.
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Apparently, stirring up racial tensions in the name of "saving taxpayers' money" is a noble cause these days. A cause worthy of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal.
Gary McHale, loud, obnoxious, anti-Native Gary McHale has just been told he'll be awarded the honour in the coming weeks.
To win one of these awards, the Governor General's website says that one has to "[h]ave made a significant contribution to a particular province, territory, region or community within Canada…"
In fairness, a "significant contribution" doesn't necessarily mean a positive one.
Yes, McHale has made a significant contribution to racial relations in Caledonia. He's made being racist nearly okay. He's battled "political correctness" (as he says) and tried to restore the White man's proper place in Canada: wherever he wants it to be.
He's also targeted the OPP's policing tactics during the process, the reason why his nominators named him.
He was nominated by the prestigious Canadian Taxpayers' "Federation," a right-wing organization that claims to speak on behalf of, well, me, despite not clearly advertising the mechanisms for me to vote out the current lot of republicans, libertarians and racist sympathizers.
Their claim is that he exposed that the OPP was spending more than a hundred million dollars policing the events that surrounded reclamation of the Douglas Creek Estates at Caledonia. No word if money was actually saved, of course. No mention of how much the OPP had to pay every time McHale himself organized a rally of obnoxious, anti-Native protesters.
Of course, I wouldn't expect anything less from this so-called Federation. I would choke on my communist gruel if I heard they nominated someone who actually exposed wasted tax dollars, like whoever it was who exposed the ORNGE scandal (the Toronto Star?), E-Health (I can't remember), the Mississauga gas plant scandal (both opposition parties?) or the F-35 fighter jet embarrassment (Kevin Page).
The nomination is as fitting as the "Federation" is a front group for anything but a voice for Canadian "taxpayers" (which, by the way, is everyone who's ever bought something, anywhere in Canada).
Yes, it's fitting that the day after the Idle No More global day of action, a man who is only famous for his anti-Native protests, is awarded an honour of the Queen. Indeed, she holds a position that is the most anti-Native of all.
The centuries of genocide that have happened in Canada were enabled by the colonial project of England (and France, Spain, Holland, Portugal…) and the Queen wears the blood of the murder carried out as a result of her Empire. Of course McHale's award makes sense.
But aside from the historical appropriateness, there's another angle. More than 60,000 Diamond Jubilee awards have been given out this year. If you throw 60,000 Diamond Jubilee Awards into a crowd of 60,000 people, you're bound to hit an asshole or two (or more). And just as likely is that others who deserve the award have been honoured, too (like my aunt who has volunteered for the Timmins General Hospital for 60 years, who, though, has never organized a race-based protest that I'm aware of).
There's also been some people who have rejected the award. Before this, many activists turned in their awards to stand in solidarity with Idle No More. After news that McHale was award circulated, Bill Montour, Chief at Six Nations (the community that has been most targeted by McHale in the past few years) turned in his medal. "I don't want to have a medal, carrying the same medal (as McHale)" he told the Hamilton Spectator.
The confluence of the emergence of Idle No More and McHale's medal honour is really interesting. It's a reminder of how far Canada still has to go to undo the normalcy of white supremacy.
Although, I'll give McHale some credit. His brand of racism is a lot easier for average (read: White) people to spot. Maybe if racism in Canada was more of his overt brand, there would be a critical mass of those of us who benefit from this system to say: enough.
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A Look Inside the Ivory Tower Spiral
With the Obama Administration promising to ramp up all sorts of college‐affordability (read: government expenditure) efforts in the coming months, now is a crucial time for Americans to understand why our colleges and universities ingest money as bottomlessly as their students guzzle beer. With that in mind, the release of a new report from the John William Pope Center is perfectly timed. The Revenue‐to‐Cost Spiral in Higher Education explains how colleges' internal arrangements render them almost destined to spend every dime they bring in, no matter how wastefully. The basic problem, argues author and economist Robert E. Martin, is that very few colleges and universities are intended to make a profit — which would give "owners" a powerful incentive to maximize efficiency — and no one really seems to be in charge at most schools.
Of course, this is a serious over‐simplification of Martin's argument, so you'll have to read the report. But don't just stop there: A few weeks ago the Pope Center held a colloquium right here at Cato to discuss the report, and Pope Senior Writer Jay Schalin just posted an excellent summary of the back‐and‐forth between participants. I think you'll find the points about the third‐party‐payer problem especially powerful, but there are lots of other good arguments highlighted as well.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 10, 2011) – There are two teams with U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team players left playing in the CEV cup tournaments.
Zenit Kazan, the Russian Super League team of U.S. setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), has advanced to the six-team round of the CEV Champions League.
Kazan advanced with a 25-17, 25-22, 25-18 victory over visiting Slovenia's ACH Volley Bled on Feb. 9. It was Kazan's second sweep of Bled.
Priddy started all three sets and scored six points on four kills (0.21 hitting percentage), one block and one ace. He was also credited with 21 receptions, 57 percent positive and 24 percent excellent.
Ball started all three sets and scored two points on two kills. He also set Kazan to a 0.48 hitting percentage. Kazan will face Poland's PGE Skra Bełchatów in the next round, which begins the first week of March.
To view photos from the match, click here.
To view a video of the match, click here.
U.S. middle blocker Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah) and his Polish league team Asseco Resovia Rzeszów have advanced to the semifinals of the CEV Cup after a second victory over Spain's CAI Teruel on Feb. 8.
Resovia Rzeszów defeated visiting CAI Teruel, 3-2 (25-11, 23-25, 25-15, 19-25, 15-10). It will play Italy's Sisley Treviso in the semifinals. The first match will be Feb. 23 in Poland and the second will be Feb. 26 in Italy.
To view photos of the match, click here.
U.S. setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) and his team Fakel Novy Urengoi have been eliminated from the CEV Challenge Cup after losing a quarterfinal match and a golden set to Turkey's Arkas Izmir on Feb. 9.
Visiting Novy Urengoi lost the match 3-2 (23-25, 23-25, 25-22, 27-25, 15-6) and lost the golden set (which serves as a match tiebreaker) 15-13.
What should have been a matchup between two Russian Super League teams with U.S. players was not as Zenit Kazan did not have Ball or Priddy on its roster in a 3-1 (25-18, 25-19, 19-25, 25-21) loss to Hansen and Fakel Novy Urengoi on Feb. 5.
Hansen started all four sets and scored two points on one block and one ace. He also set the team to a 0.41 hitting percentage.
To view photos from the match, click here.
U.S. opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii) and his team Ural Ufa fell to Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, 3-2 (25-21, 25-19, 24-26, 22-25, 15-12) on Feb. 5. Stanley started the first, fourth and fifth sets and substituted in the third, finishing with eight points on seven kills (0.33 hitting percentage) and one block.
To view photos from the match, click here.
To view a post-match interview with Stanley (in Russian), click here.
U.S. middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) and his team Kuzbass Kemerovo suffered a 3-2 (25-18, 16-25, 19-25, 25-17, 15-12) loss to Iskra Odintsovo on Feb. 5. Lee started all five sets and scored 13 points on nine kills (0.47 hitting percentage), three blocks and one ace.
To view photos from the match, click here.
Marmi Lanza Verona, Serie A league team of U.S. middle blocker Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.) and outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), defeated RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino, 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-167, 25-11) on Feb. 6.
Lotman scored 13 points on 11 kills (0.41 hitting percentage), one block and one ace. Lotman was also credited with 22 receptions, 77 percent positive and 50 percent excellent. Brunner scored five points on three kills and two blocks.
U.S. outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) helped Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza to a 3-1 (25-23, 25-22, 16-25, 25-20) victory over M. Roma Volley in an Italian Serie A league match on Feb. 6. Rooney scored eight points on eight kills.
U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia lost to Casa Modena, 25-23, 25-19, 28-26 on Feb.6. Anderson scored 14 points on 13 kills and one ace. He was credited with 17 receptions, 59 percent positive and 29 percent excellent.
U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and his team Copra Morpho Piacenza fell to Sisley Treviso, 25-23, 27-25, 25-18 on Feb. 5. Holt scored three points on two kills and one block.
U.S. opposite Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.) made his debut with Sir Safety Perugia in Italy's Serie A2 league on Feb. 6. Starting the second and third sets, Gardner led his team with 12 points on 12 kills (0.43 hitting percentage) as it fell to Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello, 25-19, 25-19, 25-18.
Two Hellenic league teams with U.S. players squared off on Feb. 7 with U.S. outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Olympiacos defeating Iraklis, including U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and outside hitter Ryan Owens (Evanston, Ill.), 25-18, 25-20, 27-25,
Jablonsky started all three sets and scored six points on six kills (0.56 hitting percentage). He was credited with 28 receptions, 39 percent positive and 29 percent excellent.
Owens led Iraklis with 12 points on 10 kills (0.42 hitting percentage) and two aces. Billings added eight points on seven kills and one ace.
Iraklis continues to lead the league while Olympiacos is third.
U.S. setter Jonathan Winder and PAOK defeated EA Patron, 3-1 (15-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-20) on Feb. 6. Winder started the first set and did not score.
U.S. opposite Will Price (Gaithersburg, Md.) helped his Hellenic league team GS Lamia to a 3-2 (22-25, 25-22, 30-32, 25-23, 15-9) victory over AO Kifisias on Feb. 5.
Price scored 25 points on 19 kills (0.39 hitting percentage), one block and five aces.
To view photos from the Greek league, click here.
U.S. opposite Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) and his Korean league team Korean Air defeated KEPCO45, 3-2 (25-22, 23-25, 25-16, 22-25, 15-11) on Feb. 9.
Patak led his team with 19 points on 15 kills, three blocks and one ace. KAL continues to lead the league and Patak leads the league in aces where he is averaging 0.51 aces per set.
U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and his Brazilian league team Vivo/Minas have gone 1-1 in their last two Superleague matches.
On Feb. 2, Vivo/Minas fell to SESI-SP, 3-1 (20-25, 25-16, 28-26, 25-21). Holmes started all four sets and scored 10 points on four kills, three blocks and three aces.
On Feb. 8, Vivo/Minas came back to defeat Londrina/Sercomtel, 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-19). Holmes started all four sets and scored eight points on five kills and three aces.
Holmes is the fourth leading blocker in the league with 38 blocks on 171 attempts.
In the second round of playoffs for Poland's Plusliga, Millar and Asseco Resovia Rzeszów fell to PGE Skra Bełchatów, 25-20, 25-21, 25-21 on Feb. 5.
Millar had eight points on five kills, two blocks and one ace.
U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.). outside hitter Riley Salmon (League City, Texas) and Unicaja Almeria defeated CMA de Soria – Numancia, 3-1 (25-10, 21-25, 25-22, 26-24) in a Spanish Superleague match on Feb. 5.
Smith started all four sets and scored 12 points on eight kills (0.89 hitting percentage), three blocks and one ace. Salmon played as a substitute but did not score.
Almeria continues to lead the Superleague.
U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) and his German league team SCC Berlin swept Zurich Team VCO Berlin, 25-20, 25-14, 25-21 on Feb. 5.
Touzinsky started all three sets and scored seven points on five kills (0.40 hitting percentage) and two aces. SCC Berlin continues to lead the league.
U.S. setter Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.) and his French B league team Chaumont defeated Lyon, 3-1 (21-25, 25-15, 25-18, 25-19) on Feb. 5. Thornton did not score in the match, but set Chaumont to a 0.59 kill percentage.
U.S. outside hitter Eric Vance (Camarillo, Calif.) has also joined Chaumont. In his debut with the team on Feb. 5, he entered the first set as a substitute and started the next three, scoring 17 points on a match-high 17 kills (0.63 kill percentage).


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CARING within the company generates strong human and social ties, bringing an uplift team spirit and efficient interactions between divisions. It also helps our culturally-rich staff of 43 different nationalities bring out their best, to the benefit of the company and its customers.
CARING aboard a Luxair Luxembourg Airlines flight, is when a smiling flight attendant brings you a second cup of coffee, because it's an early morning business flight, and you are not quite awake yet.
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RESPONSIBILITY at Luxair Luxembourg Airlines is when a Pilot training in a simulator reruns the flight yet another time, to be absolutely sure he knows the new procedure by heart.
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RESPONSIBILITY at LuxairCARGO is when you have a planefull arriving of fragile tropical flowers, ensuring this plane is unloaded first so the blooms stay fresh becomes your top priority.


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Blood and Bone
This is an interactive sensory installation of inflatable sculptures specifically for family audiences, from Spacecadets Air Design. Spacecadets have taken inspiration from human biology and the artworks are inspired by cells and organisms inside our bodies. You are invited to explore, listen to and touch a series of giant breathing tunnels and caves suggestive of […]Find out more »
Vanessa Stone: A Slice of North Hertfordshire
Vanessa Stone lived for many years in Letchworth Garden City. Her work is formed from meticulously detailed cut-outs that show scenes from the towns and villages of North Hertfordshire. She uses a scalpel, scissors and paper to make her collages. Vanessa has been commissioned by the English Winemaker to design wine labels and has produced […]Find out more »
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Take Home Thursday (summer holiday activities): optical toys
Every Thursday throughout the summer holidays the kids can take part in activities where they can create and learn something different each week. Most importantly whatever they make they can take home with them. This week, you have the chance to make an optical toy. Learn about the different types of optical toys. Make a […]Find out more »
Inkscape: Letterpress and Linocuts by Kimprints7 August @ 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
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While visiting the Charlie Brown Museum, Signal McGillicutty had to stop by & ask Lucy for some advice.
He plunked down his Buffalo nickel & let the Phobia Aficionado take a crack at his dilemma.
Lucy: Are you afraid of long words? If you are, then you have Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.
Signal: That's Supercalifragilisticexpialiridiculous! So no.
Lucy: How about cats? If you're afraid of cats, you have Ailurophasia.
Signal: Only if "they" see me!
Lucy: Are you afraid of crossing the street, if so you have Agyrophobia.
Signal: My cousin Frogger had that, but I'm much quicker than him!
Lucy: OK, Blennophobia? The fear of slime.
Signal: Hey, what are you trying to say?
Lucy: What about Ophidiophobia, that's a fear of snakes?
Signal: Me AND Mrs McGillicutty for sure! Go on...
Lucy: Fear of insects, Entomophobia? Fear of spiders, Arachnophobia? Fear of worms, Scoleciphobia? Fear of ants, Myrmecophobia?
Signal: Nope, nope, nope & nope. That's breakfast, lunch, dinner & a late night snack!
Lucy: How about a fear of chickens? That's Alektorophobia.
Signal: Yes absolutely, those birds are the DEVIL! But keep going.
Lucy: Are you afraid of chopsticks? If you are, then you have Consecotaleophobia. Maybe you have Aichmophobia.
That is fear of forks, knives, and other pointy things. Or Mageirocophobia, which is the fear of cooking.
Signal: Only in Arkansas or Chinatown! Ba dum ching!
Lucy: Or maybe you have Ranidaphobia. Do you think you have Ranidaphobia?
Signal: What's Ranidaphobia?
Lucy: The fear of frogs...
Signal: THAT'S IT! Thanks Lucy, I have GOT to stay away from those crazy fools!
Thanks Peanuts gang & Alamogul for the fun smiley! Next time we'll bring back the whole McGillicutty crew & check out the inside of the museum!


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Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
Presented by the University of San Diego School of Law and Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, the USD-PITI conference addresses international tax trending topics that affect cross-border business operations and tax and financial decisions.
The premier educational and networking event for the latest developments in the international tax laws of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, this intensive educational and networking event at the University of San Diego attracts internationally recognized leaders and experts in government and private practice to present, explore, learn and discuss current developments in law and innovations affecting the field of international tax and related transactions.
Visit the tenth annual conference website for conference topics, information and registration.
USD School of Law is a State Bar of California-approved provider of MCLE and Legal Specialization in Taxation Law credits. Credit hours are currently being evaluated for this program.
About the Procopio International Tax Institute
Founded in 2004, the Procopio International Tax Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law was developed to educate and inform foreign individuals and international companies seeking to do business in the United States. With the goal of increasing access to international tax knowledge and promoting cross-border education and cooperation between tax attorneys, accountants, financial experts and other interested business and tax groups, the institute presents an annual conference focusing on various tax related topics relevant to its international audience.


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Today was what we call a "bloody day" in the grain markets with the board lit up with Red. July corn ended Limit-down today finishing at 729 3/4, July wheat ended down 34 1/2 cents finishing at 775 1/4 and July Soybeans ending down 31 cents finishing at 1351 3/4. Throughout the day I have been hearing folks in the media giving out their different opinions on why the market broke so hard. I want to share with you what I wrote in my opening comments in this morning's report. If you are still scratching your head over today's session, I think this will make some sense to you.
With the Fed and their All-Star Mr. Bernanke on the mound yesterday, the crowd was expecting a real barn-burner. Carefully articulated words and crafted thoughts have however left fans leaving the park scratching their heads. In a nutshell, the Feds elected to let QE2 expire as planned, in addition the Fed left rates unchanged and have suggested that extremely low rates will more than likely be maintained for an "extended" period. There was some verbiage and a little more talk than normal about "inflation" and the continued thoughts that inflation is "NOT" an issue. The Fed, and in particular, Bernanke believe the current level of "inflation" is right were it needs to be, and in a sense, I get the feeling this is exactly where they wanted it. Additional comments confirmed that QE2 is still right on schedule to end in June, and that not only rates, but the US Dollar and inflation are not really a major concern into the foreseeable future. In essence, I believe they feel the problems will eventually take cafe of themselves.
What does all of this mean? I am of the opinion that Mr. Bernanke has a plan and that his plan is going according to schedule. Yes, he would like to see more improvements in jobs, and he would like to see US Housing data improve, but it seems that he is starting to get the ship turned in the right direction. I have learned through the years to listen intently to those who have more experience, education and training. Rather than simply sitting back and arm-chair quarterbacking their every move, and critiquing each mistake, I prefer to try and understand their thoughts and predict their "next" move. Any idiot can talk about what "has" happened, and what they "would" have done, but when given the wheel most would fold in a heart beat. Bernanke has certainly been around the block a time or two, and I am fairly certain he has "forgotten" more about these markets than I know about them. Therefore I am choosing to listen intently rather than criticize.
Let me give you a brief little rundown on Mr. Bernanke before you jump on the bandwagon and play into the rhetoric that the man doesn't know what he is talking about. Bernanke was in Dillon, South Carolina. From what I am told, his father was a pharmacist, and his mother was an elementary schoolteacher. He has a brother and a sister, and grew up very much just like you and I. During his youth he worked on construction crews, and waited tables. He graduated valedictorian and played saxophone in the marching band. I have read that since his high school did not offer calculus, he learned it on his own. Bernanke achieved an SAT score of 1590 out of 1600, and went on to attend Harvard University were he graduated with a B.A. in economics summa cum laude in 1975. From there he jumped over to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were he received his Ph.D. in economics in 1979. Bernanke went on to teach at the Stanford Graduate School of Business from 1979 until 1985, and was a visiting professor at New York University. From There he went on to become a tenured professor at Princeton University in the Department of Economics. He resigned his position at Princeton in order to serve as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2002 to 2005. In June 2005, Bernanke was named Chairman of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, and resigned as Fed Governor. The appointment was widely viewed as a test run to ascertain if Bernanke could be Bush's pick to succeed Greenspan as Fed chairman the next year. On February 1, 2006, President Bush appointed Bernanke to a fourteen-year term as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and to a four-year term as Chairman of the Fed. On August 25, 2009, President Obama announced he would nominate Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, bringing us to where we are today.
* My friend and subscriber Dean Ohrt over at Heartland Cooperative made a simple but great statement last night. Dean said, "It is important to take some time and have a plan...If you don't have a price on paper, more than likely your price will never be reached and you will be selling on the way down." Remember my friends; greed, fear and panic. They are always with us.
* In today's trade I would expect poor export sales numbers in corn and beans, and improved weather forecasts for many areas could lean on todays ag markets, despite weakness in the US Dollar and help from the outsides.
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The U.S. Senate is set to vote on the ratification of a deeply controversial United Nations treaty on disabled people, dubbed the UN "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" (UN CRPD), which critics say represents a serious threat to American sovereignty and certain unalienable rights. After voting to consider the agreement in late November during the lame-duck session despite furious protests, a vote on whether or not to formally ratify the planetary disability scheme has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 4.
The Obama administration, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), and an array of UN-supporting Democrat senators have expressed strong backing for the widely criticized treaty, which claims the definition of disability is "evolving." So far, however, Republicans have largely refused to support the controversial agreement, with some 36 GOP Senators signing a letter in September blasting the consideration of any treaties at all during the post-election session.
Those Republican opponents have immense support from a broad and diverse coalition of liberty-minded organizations. More than a dozen heavyweight non-profit groups have blasted the latest UN treaty, expressing concerns about everything from the continued erosion of national sovereignty and the ongoing usurpation of illegitimate power by the scandal-plagued UN, to the implications of the global agreement for home education, the right to life, and more.
Analysts point out that the United States already has among the most robust protections for handicapped citizens anywhere in the world. They say the idea that Americans need orders from the UN on this issue or any other matter is preposterous, to say the least. Instead, more than a few critics have complained, the UN CRPD, like other global treaties, is simply another power grab by planetary bureaucrats hoping to gradually increase their control over domestic law and policy in as many fields and nations as possible.
"As can be seen in the UN's official documents and in the conduct of the UN since 1945, the world body is constantly accumulating power," noted President John F. McManus with The John Birch Society, a conservative organization that has firmly opposed the UN and its scheming for five decades. "It has already gained much and CRPD is another step toward total power."
The agreement, for instance, purports to grant governments broad and dangerously vague powers to intrude on family life, supposedly to ensure that parents of disabled children are being cared for according to the UN's dictates. Of course, the U.S. Constitution does not grant the federal government any such authorities, so the treaty would appear to be unconstitutional on its face, according to experts. Still, with Washington, D.C.'s reputation for brazenly ignoring constitutional limitations, activists say it is crucial to oppose the UN CRPD.
The UN treaty also demands that national authorities submit reports to an international so-called "committee of experts." American analysts and critics have warned that ratification of the agreement would result in the U.S. government deferring to an unaccountable international body in Geneva. And like virtually all UN entities, like the global organization itself, the committee would almost certainly be composed largely of mass-murdering regimes and brutal dictatorships, many of which despise freedom, America, and the West in general.
In the Senate, Republican opponents slammed the UN's continued efforts to seize control over policy, saying the United States is already the gold standard when it comes to protecting the rights of the disabled. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), a popular and respected conservative who has been a leader on protecting the rights of Americans, played a key role in killing the UN CRPD in September, when Democrats tried to sneak it through by abusing Senate rules on unanimous consent. Now he plans to help sink it again.
"It undermines U.S. sovereignty, and it tries to internationalize domestic policy. I'm uncomfortable with that," Sen. Lee said about the treaty, highlighting troubling language that would seek to make government and politicians the arbiter of what is in the supposed "best interest" of children. "The problem with that is that it takes away rights that belong to parents, and it threatens to potentially put the government in charge of decisions that ought to be made by the family and not by the government."
That is one of the reasons homeschooling families and advocates have been helping to lead the charge to defeat the controversial UN treaty. The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and other influential groups, for example, have warned that the agreement could be a serious threat to homeschoolers — especially if the children have some sort of disability.
HSLDA Chairman Michael Farris, who testified against the treaty before the Senate, pointed out that the Swedish and German governments have both ratified UN agreements, yet they still viciously persecute homeschoolers. He warned that ratification of the disabilities treaty could eventually lead to serious problems for American parents, too.
"I urge you to call all of the other senators yet again and urge them to change their minds and support the principle that Americans should make the law for America," said Farris, who also serves as president of the pro-family rights group ParentalRights.org. "We absolutely have to keep the pressure on the Senate. The other side needs to change three votes to win. We need to keep up our defense of freedom because no one else will."
Another one of the most contentious issues surrounding the treaty is a section dealing with abortion. Pro-life groups are up in arms about the purported treaty requirement that governments guarantee "reproductive health" access, long understood and even admitted to be just a more politically palatable term covering everything from tax-funded contraception and sterilization to abortion.
Family Research Council chief Tony Perkins, for example, cited Article 25 of the agreement purporting to mandate "free or affordable" access to "sexual and reproductive health," as well as so-called "population-based" programs. "Translation: the global community could force America to sanction sterilization or abortion for the disabled–at taxpayer expense," Perkins warned, pointing to a failed effort by GOP senators to prevent the imposition of pro-abortion policies on treaty signatories.
Proponents of the global agreement have been busy explaining that ratification would not mandate many changes to U.S. federal statutes because the treaty is supposedly based largely on the 1990 "Americans with Disabilities Act" (ADA). If that were truly the case, however, critics say it would be a bizarre decision by the Obama administration and Democrats in the Senate to squander so much political capital on a treaty that would essentially do nothing.
The UN CRPD was adopted by the global organization, known to opponents as the "dictators club," in 2006. Since then, almost 120 other governments and dictatorships have ratified the scheme, including some of the most oppressive regimes on Earth — communist Cuba, Islamist Iran, communist China, Islamist Saudi Arabia, and more.
The Obama administration, meanwhile, ordered disgraced U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice to sign the federal government up for the effort in 2009. Now, the president and UN-loving federal officials, like with a wide range of other controversial global agreements, have been frantically lobbying the Senate to ratify it for reasons that are not entirely clear. They see the lame-duck session as a prime opportunity to ram the deals through, analysts say.
According to dubious claims made by Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee and is one of the chief advocates for the agreement, the treaty might be able to help disabled veterans in other countries, for instance. Dismissing the serious concerns of opponents that ratification would be another blow to American sovereignty, Kerry noted that if the U.S. government were to join the disability regime, the effect "will echo around the world."
A two-thirds Senate majority vote is needed to ratify the agreement, and analysts say the vote will almost certainly be decided by a razor-thin margin. As such, liberty-minded activists, advocates of national sovereignty, the sanctity of life, parental rights, and more, are urging concerned Americans to urgently contact their senators and demand that they stand up for the United States and refuse to ratify the UN CRPD — or any other treaty purporting to cede any more authority to the scandalous global organization. Instead, critics say it is time for the U.S. government to withdraw from the UN altogether.
Update (December 4): Senate GOP Kills Controversial UN Disability Treaty
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