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2011 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting
November 28, 2011
December 02, 2011
Boston, MA
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Each year, MRS holds two international meetings, one in Boston in the fall and the other in San Francisco in the spring. The NISE Net participates in these meetings in a variety of ways, holding workshops, professional development sessions, outreach activities, and bringing new scientists into the network.
This year the MRS 2011 Fall Meeting will feature a variety of materials science topics. For general information regarding the MRS 2011 Fall Meeting: http://www.mrs.org/fall2011/
Some events of particular interest include:
Public Outreach Events
Public Outreach Center
Monday, November 28 - Thursday, December 1
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Hynes Convention Center, Level 2, Registration Corridor
The Materials Research Society is playing a major role in bringing the education and research communities together at the Fall Meeting. Join us for exciting hands-on activities, demonstrations, information areas, and seminars to engage future materials scientists and engineers. Join us at the Public Outreach Center at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston and learn what roles MRS is playing in the following education outreach communities. Find out how you can participate and be part of the action as we bring the science of materials to the general public. The following activities will be represented at the Public Outreach Center: DBIS, Hands-On Nano Hours, Materials Voice, NISE Network/Nanodays, NOVA, Science on the Square, Strange Matter
Hands-On Nano Coffee Hours in Public Outreach Center area
Monday-Wednesday, November 28-30, 9:30-10:30 am
Monday, November 28, 2:30-3:30 pm
Hynes Convention Center, Level 2, Boylston Corridor
Join us throughout the week during the coffee breaks as national science centers and science museums, in partnership with the NISE Network, present "stimulating" educational, outreach hands-on activities in materials science and nanotechnology
NISE Network/Nanodays 2012 in Public Outreach Center area
Monday, November 28 - Thursday, December 1
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Hynes Convention Center, Level 2, Registration Corridor
Register at the MRS/NISE Network booth to participate in the NISE Network as a science collaborator. Learn how you can apply your much needed expertise to help foster public awareness, engagement, and understanding of nanotechnology.
Learn about NanoDays 2012
Find out if your community is planning to participate in NanoDays 2012 and how you can get in on the action
Find out how your institution can become a partner in the NISE Network.
For more information about NanoDays 2012 and the NISE Network go to http://www.nisenet.org.
Science on the Square
Karine Thate - Museum of Science Boston
Stage Presentation - Cleaning Our Water With Nanotechnology
Wednesday, November 30
2:30-3:30 pm
Hynes Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, materials²
Created for general public audiences at the Museum of Science Boston, Cleaning Our Water with Nanotechnology is a presentation about our drinking water and how we can make contaminated water safe to drink by using a variety of technologies, including three new nanotechnologies for water purification. During the presentation, audiences consider the following questions:
Which contaminants do we have in our water that makes it unsafe to drink?
How do we typically purify our water – and what are the shortcomings/limitations of those technologies?
How can new nanotechnologies purify our drinking water in new ways to help us in situations where large-scale water treatment isn't appropriate?
This activity is sponsored by NISE Network, the National Science Foundation and the Museum of Science Boston.
Making Stuff
Monday, November 28 - Thursday, December 1
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Hynes Convention Center, Level 2, Registration Corridor
RS and NOVA, the flagship PBS science documentary series, teamed to produce a four-part PBS primetime series on materials science entitled Making STUFF. The four-part series premiered on January 19, 2011 and focused on the themes of Stronger, Smarter, Smaller, and Cleaner. It introduced the fundamental concepts of materials science in a fun and exciting way while teaching the public how scientists can tailor materials to meet new challenges. Stop by the NOVA Making STUFF information booth and see video clips of the series.
Ice Cream Social and Hands-on Science Activities
Tuesday, November 29, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Hynes Convention Center, Level 2, Exhibit Hall
Wine & Cheese Happy Hour Reception and Hands-on Science Activities
Wednesday, November 30, 5:00 - 6:00 pm
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Student Chapter Events
Student Mixer
Monday, November 28 | 7:30 pmMonday, November 28
7:30-8:30 pm
Sheraton Boston Hotel, Commonwealth, 3rd Floor
Mingle with colleagues, enjoy good food and drink and have fun exploring science! Are you ready to be amused while challenging your science expertise? Do you want an opportunity to relax with your old friends and make some new ones? Join us at the Student Mixer for good food and drink, while exploring interactive science activities. Professional public educators from museum science centers are teaming to provide a collection of hands-on activities and demos in materials science and nanotechnology.
Presenters: Museum of Science, Boston, Museum of Life and Science, Sciencenter, Spoken Science
Sponsored by ACS Publications (Booth 125), The NISE Network and the National Science Foundation
Professional Development Events
Mastering Science Presentations Instructional Seminar
Sunday, November 27 | 4 pm - 6 pm
Monday, November 28 | 5 pm - 6 pm
Tuesday, November 29 | 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Sheraton Boston Hotel, 3rd Floor, Beacon G
The scientific process is not just about generating ideas; it is about freely sharing those ideas with the broader world. Now, more than ever, the ability to recruit students, attract colleagues, garner attention, and secure funding is tied to your ability to successfully communicate the results of your work, both to peers and to the general public. Communications expert Tim Miller has spent his career helping scientists and students bring their work out of the laboratory and share it with a wider audience. For a variety of reasons, communicating your research with nonexperts is an important skill. In this session, you will learn the fundamentals of sharing science as Miller explains how to choose the very best tools to do the job of communication, and reveals some of the tips and tricks that can help you take your scientific presentations to the next level.
This session is sponsored by the NISE Network and the National Science Foundation.
Making the Most of Broadcast Media
Sunday, November 27 | 1 pm - 3 pmSunday, November 27
1:00-3:00 pm
Sheraton Boston, 2nd Floor, Back Bay D
There is no better way for your research to reach a broad audience than through broadcast media. Films, television, radio, and the Internet provide a huge pipeline though which society can discover scientific research. Yet news departments worldwide continue to devote less reporting to topics in science, and the onus now falls on scientists to craft and deliver messages about their work that is suited for dissemination through these media channels.
This session is sponsored by the NISE Network and the National Science Foundation.
Technical Poster Design Seminar
Monday, November 28, 7:30-8:30 am
Tuesday, November 29, 4:00-5:00 pm
Sheraton Boston, 3rd Floor, Beacon G
One of the mainstays of technical communication, the scientific poster offers a compact and powerful format for sharing your work with your peers. Yet, sometimes, even the most brilliant results can be obscured by poor layout or design. Communications expert Tim Miller will share the basic rules of good poster design and show you some of the most effective tools and techniques for creating technical posters with quality and clarity. Numerous examples of good and bad poster design will be critically reviewed. You will leave this session armed with the skills to guarantee that your next scientific poster will stand out in a crowd.
Presentations conducted by Tim Miller of Spoken ScienceThis session is sponsored by the NISE Network and the National Science Foundation.
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You may not be able to attend Xavier's School for Gifted School for Gifted Youngsters, but this proposed LEGO playset would let you act out your mutant school fantasies, from Storm's attic garden to Cerebro and the Danger Room.
User DarthKy submitted this X-Mansion set to LEGO CUUSOO, where folks can submit and vote on their favorite LEGO ideas. The proposed set is massive, featuring several rooms from the mansion's interior as well as three staircases. Naturally, Charles Xavier, Beast, Kitty Pryde, and a number of other X-Men characters would show up in minifig form—although perhaps not nearly as many as DarthKy has included in the mockup. It would certainly be an expensive set if Marvel and LEGO decided to make it, but the result would be a pretty sweet stage for all your imagined X-Men adventures.
You can see more mockup images on the campaign page, and if you dig the project, vote for it at LEGO CUUSOO.
X-Men: X-Mansion [LEGO CUUSOO via Super Punch]

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Good morning,
I have a very newb question that I hope someone can answer for me.
I'm very new to exterior cleaning and in the process of learning the industry by going through a lot of trial and error at a bunch of family members houses/properties. I'm now at the point that I would like to start learning how to clean fences/decks. I've done a decent amount of research about wood restoration, and I've come to the conclusion that I would like to start out with OxiClean. That being said, I've been looking for 1-2 weeks(probably not the right spots), on what kind of OxiClean that I should use. I went to Walmart and saw like 3 or 4 different kinds. I saw a laundry detergent looking bottle, a dish soap looking bottle, and a tub that contained powdered OxiClean. Unfortunately, I do not remember exactly what each one of these bottles said that they were, but I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction, or tell me their formula/type of OxiClean that you use.
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No. 8 Westhill girls upset No. 1 seed Danbury 55-54, advance to CIAC semifinals
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DANBURY -- An hour before the Class LL quarterfinal matchup in Danbury, the Westhill girls basketball team looked like they were warming up for a mid week practice.
Players were getting prepared to play but were as loose as can be, smiling, laughing and talking.
They were so loose that coach Mike King was a little worried about their mindset facing No. 1 Danbury.
The attitude proved to be just what No. 8 Westhill needed, holding off a fourth quarter rally by the Hatters, winning 55-54.
The Vikings (19-4) advance to the semifinals Friday where they will meet No. 4 South Windsor at a neutral site.
"I was thrilled with our demeanor before the game and that worried me a little bit, to be honest," King said. "I think the girls were very confident coming in here and it showed. I think we have won the last five here, so, we weren't intimidated but we understood how good they were and how big of a challenge it was."
The Vikings used a variety of defenses to throw the Hatters out of rhythm, switching from man-to-man to a 2-3 with a little diamond press thrown in for good measure.
"I thought we played very good defense," King said. "I just think the twins (Rebecca and Rachel Garnter) were phenomenal in the second half. They hit so many tough shots in the second half. I thought we defended them well and they still scored."
Rachel Gartner finished with a game-high 20 points with 15 coming in the final quarter as the Hatters attempted to rally. Shannon Geary scored 17 for the Hatters.
Westhill's biggest lead came with 5:00 left to play when they took a 48-39 advantage after back-to-back 3-pointers.
Then the Hatters (20-2) began to chip away, eventually tying the score 49-49 with 1:22 left but could never retake the lead as Westhill knocked down key free throws down the stretch.
"I'm looking at it, they had 17 field goals and we had 18 and one thing we prided ourselves on this year was at the foul line and they made their free throws and we didn't," Danbury coach Jackie Dinardo said. "It was a great game. Both teams wanted it, both teams were hungry for it and we fought back and it came down to the wire. We were just one point away but you want good games and that was a good game."
Tyler Evans led Westhill with 18 points with Edona Thaqi adding 14.
Evans said she knew it would take the Vikings' bets effort to knock off No. 1.
"It feels great," Evans said. "We had a lot of expectations coming out here and we knew we had to go out there and play our hardest. We had to get our minds right. We didn't want to go out there not ready for the game. We know they are a great team and have players who can score, so, we just got our minds right and beat them."
Leading by 3 with: 15 left, Crystal Dixon hit one of two free throws, extending the lead to 55-51, making Rachel Gartner's 3 at the buzzer a moot point and moving the Vikings one game closer to a spot in the state finals at Mohegan Sun.
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Class LL quarterfinals
Westhill 55, Danbury 54
Westhill (19-4) Crystal Dixon 2 1-2 5; Stephanie Roones 3 2-6 8; Liz Grasso 0 1-2 1; Tyler Evans 6 6-8 18; Sam Carsello 1 2-2 4; Edona Thaqi 4 3-4 14; Olivia Wise 2 0-0 6. Totals 18 16-24 55
Danbury (20-2) Rachel Gartner 6 5-9 20; Rebecca Gartner 1 3-4 5; Shannon Geary 7 1-2 17; Allie Smith 4 3-4 11; Kalila Handberry 0 1-2 1. Totals 18 13-22 54
3-point field goals: D -- Rachel Gartner 3, Geary 2; W -- Thaqi 2, Wise 2
Fouled out: W - Evans


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Consejos para el desarrollo Web, estrategias de marketing y novedades de A2 Hosting enviadas a su email.
This article discusses how to troubleshoot problems with Apple (Mac) Mail, the default e-mail client application for computers running Mac OS X.
Before you review the Apple Mail-specific troubleshooting steps below, you should review the general e-mail troubleshooting steps described in this article.
If the general e-mail troubleshooting steps do not resolve the problem, you may be experiencing an issue specific to Apple Mail. Review the following problem descriptions and resolutions to see if any apply to your situation:
Apple Mail may occasionally stop displaying new e-mail messages, even though there are new messages in your account. You can verify this by seeing new messages in webmail or another e-mail client application, but not Apple Mail.
To try to resolve this problem, follow these steps:
If Apple Mail seems to be "stuck" and you are unable to send or receive messages, Apple Mail may be having problems synchronizing with the mail server. This problem seems to occur more frequently with IMAP connections.
To try to resolve this problem, follow these steps:
Here are some other common Apple Mail issues and information about how to troubleshoot them:
For additional Apple Mail troubleshooting suggestions, please visit Apple's official site at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204075.


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Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels fired water cannons at the Taiwanese ships after the vessels refused to heed warnings not to enter Japanese waters in the morning. Eight surveillance ships dispatched by Taipei to accompany the fishing boats retaliated with water cannons against the Japanese ships.
When ordered to leave Japanese waters, the captain of one of the Taiwanese patrol vessels replied that the ships were operating in Taiwan's waters and engaged in legitimate activities. He also demanded that the Japanese Coast Guard withdraw.
Many of the Taiwanese ships were flying banners demanding that Japan hand over the territory to Taiwan, which knows the chain as the Tiaoyutai. Further clouding the issue, China lays claims to the isolated islands and calls them the Diaoyu.
Coast Guard officials in Okinawa, which administers the islands, said there were no reports of any injuries in the clashes.
All the vessels had left Japanese territorial waters before midday, although monitoring aircraft have since identified a further six Chinese patrol ships sailing just outside the area around the islands.
China's top military leaders attended the commissioning ceremony for the aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, at a naval base in Dalian, according to the Chinese Defence Ministry.
The ministry added that the vessel will help "effectively safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests."
The 67,000-ton carrier – started by the Soviet Union before the incomplete hulk was sold to China in 1998 – is capable of carrying as many as 30 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
While it may be relatively rudimentary in aircraft carrier technology, the commissioning of the Liaoning makes China the only nation in East Asia with the capability to project its naval and air power and sends a clear message to its neighbours.
In yet another territorial dispute involving Japan, South Korea refused permission for a Japanese warship taking part in a joint naval exercise with Korea, Australia and the US to dock at one of its ports.
Tokyo has lodged an official protest with Seoul and a Japanese diplomat quoted by the Sankei newspaper in Tokyo described the decision as "extremely rude."
South Korea and Japan are disputing the sovereignty of two small islands that lay halfway between the two nations and are known as Dok-do in South Korea, which has stationed a unit of armed police on the islets.


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The grain and oilseed markets were strong Wednesday on rumors of Chinese soy purchasing and stronger outside markets. March corn closed 5 ¾ cents higher at $7.57 ¾, March soybeans 23 ½ higher at $14.73 ¾, and March wheat 3 ½ cents higher at $8.60.
In addition to the rumors of Chinese soybean purchasing overnight we also had a technical breakout above the 200 day moving average in January soybeans which may have caused more short covering.
January Soybeans
STATS Canada released their production estimates this morning. To the market's surprise they reduced canola and oat production when the average analyst guess was calling for an increase. On the flip side they increased wheat production more than expected and may have been the weak factor for wheat futures today.
Analyst Guesses for Weekly Export Sales (million bushels)
Corn: 300,000 – 500,000 MTs
Soybeans: 400,000 – 700,000 MTs
Wheat: 300,000 – 500,000 MTs
Source: Dow Jones Poll
Actual results will be released on Thursday at 7:30 am CST
Wet conditions in Argentina persist and more flooding is expected this week. A drier pattern is in the works for this weekend. HRW Country has rains forecasted for this weekend but amounts are not expected to be great enough to positively affect wheat. US dryness has even helped support new crop prices as December '13 corn tied its October high today.
Wheat and corn are both suspended in the same situation… they can't overextend pricewise as they still need to compete in the world market. The market has already priced in the Argentine weather problems and the poor US winter wheat crop conditions, now it is up to demand to keep the rally going. It is important to note that soybean demand remains very strong with exports running ahead of schedule and no significant signs of crush demand rationing.
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An inherent genealogist trait is to help others. Consequently we find ourselves pulled from our own research to assist a friend or others with finding their ancestors. One such search includes tracing Cora Stanley Cardwell.
We know that Cora's first husband Jerome W. Stanley died April 1910. By December 31 of that same year, Cora married Harry D. Cardwell in Auburn, NY. That may have been an unwise decision, as not two months later the police arrived at their home because of an alleged domestic dispute. As the Auburn Citizen reported, when the police arrived Mr. Cardwell "was inclined to resent their presence." Further, "he shoved Officer Green over a chair knocking him over a jardinière that was smashed and a piece of the broken porcelain cut the bluecoat's head." Consequently, Mr. Cardwell was arrested and because he couldn't make the $25 fine, he was sent to the County Jail for 60 days.
We cannot find Cora Stanley Cardwell after this unfortunate incident. Her children were: Lena Stanley Cornett, Bernice Stanley Carscadden, and Fordyce Stanley. Any help or suggestions on finding Cora would be appreciated.


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(CNN/Gray News) – When you think about donating blood, it's probably a reaction to something.
Maybe someone in your life has been in an accident or there's been a natural disaster or a mass shooting.
"The irony is the patients who suffer from those tragedies, actually they're alive because people days before had given blood to make sure that it's readily available," according to Cliff Numark with the American Red Cross.
There's extraordinary demand for blood in the United States. Every two seconds in the U.S., a patient needs it.
But there's a problem.
The Red Cross says only 3 percent of people in this country who can give blood do so and tens of thousands of donors are needed every day.
That's where Facebook thinks it can help.
"We're going to put a notice right at the top of news feed asking people to register if they want to," Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said.
"And if you register with our partners, like the American Red Cross, if there's a need for blood in your city, they're going to be able to notify you."
People also can sign up to be a blood donor on Facebook by going to "blood donations" in the About section of their profile.
It's something Facebook has already done in four other countries, signing up more than 35 million people as blood donors.
But of course, that's no guarantee people will actually donate.
Or that they'll trust Facebook to facilitate that happening.
"With blood donations we're not using or giving out any personal information. We show you a notice. You choose to go to a partner site like the American Red Cross and register," Sandberg said.
"They'll send you a notification and then you can choose to give them your information. We're not passing any individual information at all."
The Facebook push comes just ahead of World Blood Donor Day on Friday.
To find Red Cross blood drives near you, click here.
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[UPDATE II: Wiggy tells us that Bill Kramer has a Democratic opponent.]
[UPDATE: To show that capper wrote about Wall and not Newcomer.] Well, things are hopping and we're still several months away from the primary in September.
Newcomer drops out of race for 33rd Assembly district. This was not a surprise and capper heard the first rumors I heard [Ed. note-Not Newcomer, but Wall]. Mr. Newcomer has had more than his share of controversy since being elected to replace Waukesha county executive Paul Vrakas. He had several challengers. The Journal Sentinel link has a list of 22 legislators who are not seeking re-election. Before I even finished this post the MJS had Pedro Colon also not seeking re-election so make that 23.
Ron Johnson stopped by Brian Dorow's fundraiser at Crites Field in Waukesha Wednesday. Dorow is one of the candidates in the 33rd Assembly district (link via The Spring City Chronicle).
Yes, folks that's how fast things are changing!
Don Pridemore is getting plenty of challenges for the Republican nomination in the 93rd. (h/t The Spring City Chronicle).
Terrance Wall has dropped out of the Republican race for the right to face Russ Feingold in November. [Capper was the first I saw with the news.] He's the second within the last ten days, Dick Leinenkugel having dropped out earlier and endorsing Ron Johnson about whom George Will wrote.


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Asthma is a long-term disease of the lungs where the airways become inflamed. The airways may be sensitive to:
Allergens. These are things that cause allergic reactions, like dust or pet dander.
Irritants. These are things in the air, like tobacco smoke or pollution.
Other. These are things like weather changes or respiratory infections.
These things trigger changes in the airways. In asthma, airway changes include:
Swelling of the lining
Tightening of the muscles surrounding them
Increased production of sticky mucous
All of these factors cause the airways to narrow. This makes it difficult for air to go in and out of your lungs.
These changes in the airways cause asthma symptoms. Common symptoms of asthma are:
Trouble breathing
Chest tightness
Wheezing or whistling sound when breathing
Asthma varies from person to person. It can also change over time in one person. The differences are:
Triggers are those things that cause asthma to get worse.
Some people may have only 1 or may have many.
Some triggers may be allergens or irritants, or a combination.
In some people asthma may get worse with exercise, extreme emotions, season changes, or other illnesses.
May have all of the common symptoms
May only have 1 symptom, like coughing
Severity of symptoms
May be mild. They don't interfere with daily activities.
May be moderate. They interfere with some activities.
May be severe. They interfere with work or school and make it difficult to sleep. May require frequent emergency room visits or stays in the hospital.
Frequency of flare-ups
Flare-ups are when symptoms get worse.
Some people may never have flare-ups.
Some people may have them once in a while.
Some people may have them very often.
Control of symptoms
Some people have few symptoms if they stay away from triggers.
Some people need to take medications.
Some people have trouble, even if they stay away from triggers and take medications.
Here are some interesting facts about asthma:
Asthma has no cure. But most of the time, symptoms can be controlled.
An Asthma Action Plan is central to good asthma control. It is an individualized worksheet developed by you and your healthcare provider that shows what to do if you have asthma symptoms. It also tells you when to call your healthcare provider or go to the emergency room
It affects all ages, from babies to older adults.
It can start at any age. Some people have asthma as children, but outgrow it. Some people develop asthma as adults.
No one is sure what causes asthma. It is believed to be a combination of factors, some inherited and some environmental.
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Not long ago, a friend of mine asked me to fish in a bass tournament that the local bass club was hosting. Having never done that, I jumped at the chance.
After accepting the invitation, I let my friend know I would be using my fly rod. I was assured no one would laugh at me; I just needed to fish a bass tournament-legal fly rod. A tournament-legal fly rod is a rod no longer than 8 feet. That was no problem. Being a well-equipped fly-fishermen, I thought I had more equipment than anyone in the area. Was I ever wrong.
I started to remember how bass fishing was when I was a kid. That was a really long time ago. Back then, you went fishing with a casting rod and maybe a spinning rod, a tackle box made out of something other than plastic and holding maybe a dozen lures. You got into an 18-foot aluminum boat powered with an 18-horsepower motor. You caught bass, put them on a stringer, cleaned them, then cooked and ate them.
My, how times have changed.
I was told a day before we were to fish, so I wouldnt back out that we would meet at 4:45 a.m., then drive an hour to the lake to meet all the other fishermen and one dog. We met the others at sunup, and thats when I began to notice things had really changed since I was a kid.
All the boats were 20 feet long, would hold only two people, and looked like rocket ships. They all were powered with motors having at least 200 horsepower and had trolling motors big enough to pull a water skier. All of this was towed by a three-quarter-ton diesel pickup.
To get everyone out of the marina in an orderly fashion, numbers were drawn for a starting position. You would have thought it was an Indycar race. When the go signal was given, everyone blasted off in an orderly fashion. Then it was a race to get to your favorite spot before someone else. The boat I was in was going so fast that my jowls, once cute baby fat, now were flapping in the wind.
Once at our first spot, the boat captain manned his platform, grabbed one of the six rods lashed to the deck and started fishing. I took my one fly rod, tied on a fly and began to make my picture-perfect casts.
My first cast came after my boatmate had made 50 casts and changed rods twice. Not only did he have six prerigged rods on the deck, he had six more stowed in the rod locker and a dozen plastic boxes full of lures in the tackle-box locker. I had one rod and two fly boxes containing 50 flies; that was the sum total of my equipment.
Even with such a paltry array of equipment, I caught a fair number of bass. I used three flies: a popper, a clouser and something that looked like a small guppy. Now, I didnt win, but I didnt finish last. Best of all, I had a great time.
If you want to start bass fishing, in tournaments or just for yourself, I suggest you take the following items: a bass-legal rod plus an 8- or 9-weight rod and a floating line with a 15-pound leader attached to it. Bass are not particularly leader sensitive, so a 7-foot leader will be just fine. For flies, use streamers, hoppers, poppers or anything that a bass would eat. Bass will eat anything.
Also, if you can get a rocket ship that doubles as a boat, bass fishing will take on a whole new dimension.
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Zowie Bowie Late Night Review - Brings the Old Vibe Back To Vegas at Bally's Windows Room
"The maverick spirit of Las Vegas" is a phrase you'll hear often from Chris Phillips aka Zowie Bowie. The blond haired import from Arizona is living his dream of headlining in Las Vegas. His gigs have varied from tuxedo clad showman doing old standards at Mandalay Bay to ripped jeans, open shirted performer at Red Rock.
For the moment, Zowie Bowie has found a home for what is said to be a limited four week engagement in the Windows Room at Bally's. His opening show last Thursday, July 25 featured his steady squeeze, the very talented violinist Lydia Ansel from Bella Strings, the controversial Motley Crue frontman Vince Neal, the smooth crooner Travis Cloer from Jersey Boys, The Scott Brothers from VEGAS! The Show and his frequent singing partner Nieve Malandra, among others.
Cast members from Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, and Tony and Tina's Wedding turned out in strong numbers to support Zowie Bowie. In the audience and walking the red carpet were luminaries including Coco, currently staring in Peepshow, Golden Nugget headliner Gordie Brown, Celebrity magician Murry Sawchuck who is currently appearing at the Tropicana, Jeff Civillico of Comedy in Action at The Quad, Multi impersonator Peter Pavone as the Most Interesting Man in the World, Carrie St. Louis and Mark Shunuck of Rock of Ages and Chris Allen of Defending the Caveman.
Beginning with "For Once in My Life" Chris sang, chatted, and hailed his show business buddies as he displayed his casual style, huge smile, and practiced swagger through an assortment of songs solo and with the ladies who often sing with Zowie Bowie.
The backing of Lon Bronson and his horn section enhanced the evening. This is Vegas the way it used to be. Women in dresses, men with jackets and even ties. Elegance, sophistication, and real talent.
Mark Shunock, one of the stand out performers in Rock of Ages is preparing a number for the August 1 show. Las Vegas headliner Murray Sawchuck will show us a little magic too. Jeff Leibow of Jersey Boys is scheduled for the following week. I for one can't wait for the next show on Thursday evening, August 1 at 10:30 p.m. in The Windows Showroom at Bally's.
Be there early for the chance to mix and meet some of the celebrities who show up to support this "maverick" Chris Phillips aka Zowie Bowie and his vintage Vegas style.
See you there!
Tickets are $38.49 and can be purchased at the Bally's box office at (702) 739-4111.


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New Wave
This Waikane home's dramatic roofline mirrors the Koolau mountains behind it.
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Photo: by Olivier Koning
When designing this Waikane home, though, architect Phillip Camp had the advantage of having grown up in the very house that he was replacing. "There are a lot of memories tied into this place," he says. He would end up moving up the road to Waiahole Valley in high school, and then to Southern California for a degree and a career in architecture. But after returning to Hawaii five years ago and starting up his own firm, Hawaii Architecture LLP, Camp gravitated once again to the old family property overlooking Kaneohe Bay. This is where he would build the perfect home for his own new family. And when it was time to break ground, he was more than ready.
Flo chocolate leather sectional couch ($4,896) and RIO area rug ($1,299), both from the Honolulu Design Center.
Photo: by Olivier Koning
In fact, Camp says that the inspiration for the most distinctive feature of the house, its wavy barrel roof, came from hours spent out in Kaneohe Bay, looking back at his old house set against the Koolau Mountains. "I remember thinking how great it would be to have a house that fit in perfectly with the ridges behind it," he says. "When you've got an amazing landscape like this, you don't want your house to stick out like a sore thumb."
The rolling wave of a roof also allowed him to indulge his avant-garde tendencies without coming across in willful opposition with the surrounding houses. "I really respond to modern, minimalist design, but I wanted to make sure it looked like it made sense here," says Camp.
A bit of a challenge, of course, in an older, rural community such as Waikane, where the built environment mostly comprises ad hoc houses originally built for economy, and offers little in the way of inspirational architectural design cues. "There's nothing wrong with the old Hicks homes," says Camp. "but they're not going to serve as an architectural vernacular by any stretch."
But Camp's old connection with the place and its people did have a substantial impact on his design. He even shifted the massing of the entire structure out of a very kamaaina sense of respect for nearby residents. "I didn't want to kill the makai view of our neighbors up the road, so I moved the bulk of the house's volume off to one side of the site."
The rec room upstairs offers an open, airy place to entertain guests.
Photo: by Olivier Koning
The resulting house is one of a kind: swoopy, asymmetrical, spare—and yet somehow perfectly suited to its environment.
Inside, Camp made the most of the unconventional, lopsided space. The heart of the house is the living room, which features a ceiling height that swings dramatically from normal on one side to hugely tall on the other, and offers a perfectly framed view of Kaneohe Bay and Chinaman's Hat in between.
It's overlooked by an equally dramatic second-story rec room, which takes up the uppermost area created by the swelling roofline.
The four bedrooms of the house, in contrast, are relatively small, and tucked away, all in a line on the far end of the first floor. The master bedroom suite does look out onto the ocean, but its vista is nothing compared with the one on display in the living room.
Camp says he intentionally favored the living room and rec room when apportioning out the layout. "It was primarily a product of how we like to live," he explains. "Where do you want to spend most of your time? Do you really need a huge bedroom with a sitting area? Some people do, but it comes at the expense of other areas of the house. We wanted to give the best views, the biggest spaces to the public areas, so when you're up and at 'em, having fun with your family and friends during the day, you can appreciate it better."


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How to Make Homemade Soda With Your Kids
Do you tell your kids "no" when they ask for conventional sodas?
Want a fun project that yields tasty results?
Make your own soda with your family. It's the perfect project to cool off your kids.
Once you learn how, you'll be able to make fresh, preservative-free, all-natural soda whenever you want.
In this article I'll show you how to make and nurture your family's very own ginger bug. This is the base from which you'll create all of your homemade soft drinks.
Then I'll share recipes for watermelon and lemon soda. Once you learn the basics, tap into your creative juices to make virtually any flavor you can imagine.
Why Make Your Own Soda?
First of all, homemade soda is healthier than the kind you buy in the store. It's also a lot more fun to make your own soda and create your own custom flavors.
For added creativity, name your sodas, make labels and share with friends and neighbors. Why have a lemonade stand when you can create a soda stand?
Making soda takes time: three to eight days to create the ginger bug (don't worry, it's not a real bug—a ginger bug is a bit of ginger you ferment to create natural carbonation) and another 12-24 hours to ferment the soda and refrigerate it. But it's worth the wait.
Work together with your kids to nourish the bug and create the soda. Then enjoy fizzy glasses of it, totally guilt-free and with little worry about the negative side effects of regular sodas.


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WOLFEBORO — Warrant articles discussed at this weekend's past deliberative session in Wolfeboro for school-related issues in the Governor Wentworth Regional School District were approved by voters without amendment.
Assistant Superintendent Kathy Cuddy-Egbert said while some discussion was sparked when voters asked why $150,000 was requested for a reserve fund set aside for ongoing maintenance, she said the money is set aside for "one-time, big ticket items."
"The question was asked, 'Why wasn't that put into the regular budget? Why was that broken out separately?'" she explained. "And the answer to that was in the capital reserve budget, there are one time items versus ongoing maintenance that you do as things come up. These are just one time items like if a burner goes or if doors need to be installed, or something of that nature."
She said there aren't any major maintenance projects on the horizon and pointed out the cost of maintaining the buildings is fairly low.
"Given our square footage, which is 648,000 square feet, it's the equivalent of $414 for an 1,800 square-foot home — so it's a reasonable amount," she said.
Voting on school warrant articles and the election of officers will take place in the districts towns on Tuesday, March 12. For New Durham voters, at the New Durham School on from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. For Wolfeboro voters, polling will be held in the undercroft of the All Saints Episcopal Church from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Elections will also be held this year at Town Meeting for a School Board member from New Durham for a two-year term, from Effingham for a three-year term, from Ossipee for a three-year term and for a "school board member at large" also for a three-year term. A school district moderator will also be elected, to serve for one year.


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The first pillar of Fair Trade Alliance Kerala's Fair Trade + 3 is biodiviersity. The aim: that every FTAK's farm should be like a tropical rainforest boasting a rich, dense, diversity of crops. The Western Ghats area, where many of FTAK's farmers work, has recently been declared a world heritage sight. This was in recognition of the sites biophysical and ecological processes, which also help to regulate India's monsoon rains. It is the 8th most biodiverse place on the planet, in fact there are 325 globally threatened species of flora, fauna, birds, amphibians and reptiles and it's one of the few places left in the world where new species are still being discovered!
A rare frog found only in Eravikulam National Park, Kerala
Despite the world wide recognition that comes with the World Heritage Site award, there was local opposition from the Kerala local government and in particular Karnataka local government who voted unanimously to oppose the status. The local authorities were not alone in their opposition and were joined by the church and the vast majority of farmer organisations (FTAK being the exception to the rule)! The reason? There is a perception that the rules and regulations which come along with status would hinder the development opportunities of the area.
Madhav Gadhil, with input from an expert panel, put together a controversial report outlining about how to conserve the Western Ghats in line with its new status. The recommendations included to cancel damaging hydroelectric projects and move towards organic agriculture. The report was met with lots of opposition, but not to from FTAK and if you read it you will see why as there are many echoes of FTAK's philosophy. Here are some snippets of common ground from the report:
In support of organic agriculture "The need for curtailing the use of chemical pesticides and fungicides is of greater priority in the Western Ghats than elsewhere, as application of these poisons in the higher hills gets carried downstream polluting the entire wetland systems."
"Use of chemical manure has not only killed the soil biota but also has even changed the soil structure affecting soil fertility in the Western Ghats. This leads to application of an increasing quantum of chemical fertilizers without any scientific basis."
In support of mixed crops "The large extent of monoculture plantations such as tea, coffee, and cardamom needs to integrate more indigenous crops, especially food crops and edible fruiting trees best suited to the locality, to help reduce soil erosion, improve water holding capacity of the soil, enhance productivity and, improve economic returns from unit area. "
However some do see the opportunity for farming and for the planet that this status brings, V. Oommen the chairman of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board said the status could be used as a leverage to access funds from the United Nation to revive traditional farming methods and promote organic farming. For FTAK the report justifies many of their existing policies and practices and could open up new opportunities.
A trip to look at the biodiversity of the area


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"A man walking alone on a deserted beach, brandishing a lantern in his outstretched hand, might be a fool. But, for a ship that went astray on a stormy night, he might be the savior."
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Sile - The Face Lift
It all started when the television set exploded into a thousand pieces. I was tired after a day of give and take and was looking forward to having a beer in the comfort of my private hole in the ground. I took the elevator down to the basement where what I call my small barroom is located. I went around the bar to open the fridge and get a cold one when, splattered all over the floor, I saw the carcass of the TV set. After 6 years of hanging on a metal bracket, gravity got the upper hand and ripped the screws and bolt off the wall.
I had my beer anyway but was disgusted with myself. No, it wasn't because I had to buy a new piece of electronics at all. As a matter of fact I was looking forward to hanging a flat screen instead of the bulky box. It was just this feeling that my favorite room, the only one that I can claim as truly mine, because none of the others in the household like it, was in dire need of a face-lift. You see when I bought the flat (apartment) on the bones, as we say in Syria, I spent every penny I had saved on making it a cozy family home for 3 kids to grow up comfortably in. At long last when I wanted to dress up and furnish my 5X3 meter room I was virtually broke. So I made do on as limited a budget as possible and despite its spartan appearance Sile was by far my favorite place and sanctuary. Sile is a river in northern Italy and because of my affection for the city of Treviso where Sile flows I bestowed its name on the one piece of real estate that is truly mine and mine alone.
Over the years I wrongfully allowed Sile to become a dump for discarded pieces of equipment like a treadmill, or tidbits of furniture like a desk the kids no longer wanted. Even the Foosball table I was so excited to have at first became a burden and a piece of junk. I hardly played Foosball, exercised on the treadmill or used the stupid desk that nobody wanted. I only sat on my favorite stool and had my most creative moments in the bliss of my solitude and a drink.
Then my muse, oh I have a muse too, ran her slender hand on my cheek. You deserve better, she said.
Oh, I know, I told her, but what should I do? Where should I start?
What do you like best?
You, when you talk in my head, I replied.
Beside me silly old fool. Beside drinking. Think about it!
Uhhh, I like to read, I guess. With the country being in the palm of an Afreet as it is now and with very limited outdoor activities, I'm left with my reading.
And where do you read habibi? Yup after a couple of drinks she starts calling me habibi.
In bed, where else can I read? You know how it is upstairs.
Then bring your books and come read down here.
But... look at this place... it needs... it's awful and...
Shhhhh, leave that to me, she whispered, get a piece of paper and a pencil and let me show you what to do.
That was last month. Now Sile is done. I'm so happy with it. I mean h.a.p.p.y. as in really happy I want the whole world, well not all of it just those who read this blog and actually reach this point without hurting themselves, to see what a great place Sile turned out to be. This is a private club and only accessible through a personal invitation. Oh well, you are all invited.
PS Tequila Talking by Lonestar is a song that I've been stuck with during most of the remodeling process. So it's only appropriate to use it as background music for the attached video.
|What do you think?
16 comments:
- Joseph said...
Mabrouk, Abufares. Looks like a miniature Gentleman's Club. Well done. Please save a seat for moi! :-)
- Gabriela said...
I think everybody deserves to have a special place to hang out at home. In Spanish we call that special place a rincón (I can't find an English equivalent).
Good for you! And so nice you have a muse who talks you directly on the ear.
- Isobel said...
Very nice, Abufares!! What a transformation! Joseph is right, it does have that "men's club" ambiance. How lucky you are to have such a comfortable room of your own. Alf mabrook! Enjoy!
- Sonja said...
Very very nice!! My man says you just need a good humidor in there! lol
Wonderful space and well deserved!
- Abufares said...
Thank you my friend. You're right! A photo of an Irish Pub (more like a Gentleman's Club) was an early inspiration in the process, at least with the colors chosen. Tell me when you'll be around. Your seat is already reserved :-)
- Abufares said...
Although it sounds naughty to my Spanish sense of morality but yo quiero mi rincón, lolll.
Yes and yo quiero mi musa tambien :-)
- Hebe said...
You know, my husband complains that not one of the rooms in our house is entirely his! Maybe I should surprise him an convert one of the rooms in another nice Gentleman"s Club Version...
I did convert the girls playroom onto his Gym, which he does uses. But, what was supposed to be half his office - half my studio is mostly my studio!!!! Agh.
In any case, your "Rincón" is lovely! May you have many more days with your muse as company and a beer or whisky at hand to enjoy it : )
- Abufares said...
I am the luckiest man in the world to have what I have, I must admit :-)
Throughout the face-lift process I had no doubt that something good will come out of it. But when it was finally done, I stood there and looked at my Sile and saw how much more perfect (to me) it was than any bar I've seen or been to. I was speechless with delight!
I rarely change my Johnny Walker Black but the Grand Opening was well worth the bottle of Glenfiddich.
I raised my glass: Kassek!
- Abufares said...
Well your man is absolutely right. Ask him to look at the right corner on top of the bookcase. There's my small humidor, filled with Cuban delights.
Thank you for coming here. Missed your presence :-)
- Abufares said...
Your husband, like most good men in the world, is a victim of his own altruism :-)
Oh the things we have to go through to get what we want.
Give him my best and tell him that if he's anywhere around by any chance to drop by for a drink or two.
- Mariyah said...
My dear Abufares, what a handsome room! So nicely done and only your presence could make it perfect. Congratulations!
I'm back in Damascus and trying desperately to catch up in the blogging world. I see I've missed many of your wonderful posts and I'm truly sorry. I also discovered, to my dismay,that someone has been using my name under which they have been publishing posts. What a crazy world we live in. You're lucky to have such a wonderful room to escape from it all. :)
- Abufares said...
I woke up to rain, wind and your comment. A morning couldn't get any better than this.
It's about time you return (to us).
Like you I've been short on words because of what's going on here in Syria. It's true that I write sparingly whenever I overcome the impulse to remain silent or to freely speak my mind. But as you've probably noticed I am avoiding the big and only significant issue of our time cause I only have 2 options.
1) Be a hypocrite
2) Get myself in real trouble
As for these assholes who stole your name I hope they give it up before I get a chance to write them a personal letter and give them a piece of my mind.
I'm so happy you're back :-) Would you stay and write this time?
- Dubai Jazz said...
Tethana Abu Fares.
- Abufares said...
So glad to hear from you. Be well :-)
- Antonio Tahhan said...
Abu Fares, b3d zaman... mabrook on this beautiful transformation. I love the new room!
- Abufares said...
So glad to see you here. I hope we can enjoy each other's company in Sile and/or in Aleppo :-)


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By Jerry Hagstom
Forum News Service
WASHINGTON - Three Upper Midwest senators have been named conferees on the farm bill. But the House Republican leadership's refusal to appoint conferees and a plan for the House to vote on a big cut to the food stamp program means prospects for the bill passing this year have dimmed.
Democratic Sens. Max Baucus of Montana, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Republican John Hoeven of North Dakota were all named to the conference committee on the farm bill on Aug. 1, the day the Senate left Washington for a five-week recess.
But House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, refused to name conferees until the House comes back into session in September, and that probably won't take place until a final decision is made on whether to bring up a nutrition bill that would cut the food stamp program - now officially called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - by $40 billion over 10 years.
That bill would probably remove 4 million to 5 million people from the food stamp rolls. House Democrats have called the vote cruel and pointless and all Democrats are expected to vote against it. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said on Aug. 1 that he is not certain the leadership will find 218 Republican votes for it, but he still hopes Congress can finish the farm bill this year.
The Senate farm bill cuts food stamps by $4 billion over 10 years and the bill passed by the House Agriculture Committee would cut the program by $20.5 billion. About 47 million people are now on food stamps at a cost of about $75 billion to $80 billion per year. Republicans say it is too easy to get on food stamps, but Democrats point out that the recession has left many Americans in need of food. Reauthorization of food stamps was made part of the farm bill to give urban legislators a reason to vote for the bill.
The Senate has passed a full farm bill, but the House left out the nutrition title. The two bills have some different provisions that need to be reconciled into a conference report, but the lack of House conferees limits the amount of work the staff of the House and Senate Agriculture committees can do to reconcile the Senate and House-passed bills.
'Political messaging'
House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, both expressed fury at the proposal to make such a deep cut in food stamps.
Peterson said the House leadership's proposed nutrition bill would kill any chance of passing a farm bill this year.
"There they go again," Peterson said in a statement on Aug. 1. "Apparently, the Republican leadership plans to bring up yet another political messaging bill to nowhere in an effort to try and placate the extreme right wing of their party. Clearly, they have no interest in compromise or actual legislating."
"Adding an additional $20 billion in nutrition cuts, on top of the poison-pill nutrition amendments that brought down the Agriculture Committee's bipartisan farm bill in June, effectively kills any hopes of passing a five-year farm bill this year," he said.
"I've repeatedly told these guys, we don't have to do this. If the House would just name conferees, members can conference the House 'farm-only' bill with the Senate's farm bill during August and produce a compromise for both Houses to pass," Peterson said.
"Through today's action, the House majority has clearly shown they have no interest in getting a farm bill done. The American people should be outraged."
Stabenow said, "Now we are in a position we cannot negotiate. We do not know what the parameters of the bill will be."
Although she said she did not know the details the nutrition proposal from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., Stabenow said she considers the riders such as work requirements that were attached when the bill came up on the House floor to be "really appalling."
"I know the majority floor leader in the House does not want a farm bill," Stabenow said. "I know that the speaker would like to get it done," she added.
"With what is actually happening in the House, I am very concerned," Stabenow said. "The clock is running and running out on us in terms of a five-year comprehensive farm bill."
Stabenow also noted that there is opposition to passing another extension of the 2008 farm bill with a continuation of the direct payments that crop farmers get whether prices are high or low.
"Enough is enough," Stabenow concluded. "Farmers and ranchers do not deserve to be treated this way," she said, adding that neither do people who need temporary food assistance.


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Ryan Reynolds is set to lead Atom Egoyan's psychological thriller Queen of the Night. According to Deadline, "Reynolds plays a father who discovers a series of disturbing clues eight years after his daughter is abducted, he becomes determined to find her when the trail leads him to believe the now 17-year old girl is alive." Egoyan recently wrapped on the West Memphis Three drama Devil's Knot, and filming on Queen of the Night is slated to begin shooting in February in Ontario.
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While I haven't been crazy about Reynolds' most recent movies (namely Green Lantern and Safe House), I've found him to be good in everything he does, and his dramatic prowess tends to get overlooked due to his comic charisma. He's also not afraid of taking on challenging films like The Nines and Buried. Egoyan isn't known for making safe movies, and I'm eager to see what results from their collaboration.
However, Reynolds will next be seen in more mainstream fare. In addition to providing a voice in DreamWorks Animation's The Croods, Reynolds' upcoming film, R.I.P.D., opens June 28, 2013., and has the actor playing a newly deceased cop working alongside a seasoned veteran (Jeff Bridges) in the "Rest in Peace Department", which is tasked with taking down mischief-making ghosts. Reynolds is also Summit Entertainment's top choice to star in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's reboot of the Highlander franchise. As for the long-in-development Deadpool spinoff, movement sadly remains nil. Fox currently has its hands full with other mutant movies, namely The Wolverine and the X-Men: First Class sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past.


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On January 29, 1886, a bank of headlines on the front page of the Portland Daily Press noted:
Terrible Condition of Affairs Throughout the Country.
Boston's Street Crossings Covered with Six Inches of Water.
Great Damage Caused to Timber and Orchards in York County.
"A cold rain storm has been in progress here the past thirty hours. Tonight trees and boughs are falling all over the city. The damage to timber and orchards throughout York county is estimated at thousands of dollars. The telegraph and telephone wires are prostrated."
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The second-worst-kept Silicon Valley secret (this week) has come to pass in Cupertino, Cal. Apple has secured online rights to The Beatles canon. Sales started at 6:30 a.m. Pacific time on Tuesday.
No small feat, this. The companies have been trading lawsuits since 1978, starting with the Apple name and logo. For context, all four Beatles were still alive then.
Pricing for the songs is $1.29 per song and $149 for the 'Beatles Box Set' -- which includes all 13 albums.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the rumor on Monday, and this morning Apple confirmed it with the announcement. By adding The Beatles, only six major acts are not listed on iTunes: Kid Rock, AC/DC, Bob Seger, Garth Brooks and Tool.
Recorded music sales have been falling hard since the days of Napster, but The Beatles have maintained their market oomph. In 2009 they sold the third-highest number of albums of any act in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, with 3.3 million copies sold.


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Here we are another year gone by and another in front of us! Well, Lord knows I need to resolve to keep up this blog better, I am the WORST at it lately!
We actually sat down as a family, or well, I sat down and forced my hubby and two kiddos to sit down and wrote out our resolutions!
I love doing this every year, there is just something about it, maybe just the hope of a better self, new adventures, etc. I'm not sure, but I love it, and that is that!
So, without further ado, I'll share some of mine with you...
1. I want to read through this book. It is the Bible written out as a chronological story. I just want to know the stories of the bible better, I want them to sink in and make sense and I think this book will help me to picture it all on a timeline and make it make sense! I'm excited! We've already started reading this with our kiddos, so I just plan to continue until we are done!
2. I plan to continue on my Weight Watchers journey. It's going ok, I've been plateauing for quite awhile now, but I joined a Biggest Loser club at school so now its time to kick it up a notch:)
3. I want to get more organized as a teacher. I want to truly KNOW my data on each kiddo and I resolve to help them as much as I possibly can to catch up to where they are supposed to be before they leave me. If I cannot catch them up then I resolve to get them the interventions or help they need!!! I need this book:
4. I want to love on my family more. Be intentional about playing with my kids - take them on surprise trips. Go on dates with my husband more often and surprise him with little love tokens like I did when we were dating:)
and 5. I plan to write real letters to friends - remember??? Like the good old fashioned kind - I love stationery but I hardly ever use mine:( I also LOVE getting letters in the mail - but rarely do anymore:( I want to be more intentional about this, and be a better friend - gosh, I'm embarrassed how awful a friend I am sometimes - not that I'm mean, I just don't take the time for friends...but not this year...I want to have them over for tea, set dates to hang out, make dinner plans, send a text, or better yet make a phone call and reach out to those I want to make more meaningful relationships with. Friends are such a blessing and I feel like I'm missing out on some blessings God has for me sometimes - life just gets so busy, ya know??
In 2013 I WILL learn how to eat cleaner, get better at pilates/health, and patience with my own kids and those I teach.
I will try to make my house a home - add cozy touches, and happy memories throughout.
I will make a difference by being a loving teacher, wife, mom, and friend.
I promise to read my Bible (or The Story) more.
And I will help others by cooking and cleaning more:)
My #1 goal for 2013 is to do LESS WORK and LIVE MORE LIFE!!!!
Here are some words that I want to describe ME in 2013: happy, loving, joyful, kind, life-giving, peaceful, thoughtful, a bucket filler, and self-sacrificing!:)
All these pictures were taken from google - they are not my own, I simply searched for pics and these were some of the first I found:)


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THE WANDERING TAX PRO Up-to-the-minute advice, information, resources, and, on occasion, commentary on federal and New Jersey state income taxes, and the various New Jersey property tax rebate programs, and insights and observations on tax policy and professional tax practice, by 45+-year veteran tax professional Robert D Flach.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
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The most bothersome item to this reader is the Alternative Minimum Income Tax for tax year 2012 and the AMT exemption patch that has not been passed. Even if Congress would simply use the same one from 2011, millions of families would be spared the dreaded tax. (I'm aware there is a Bill out there with an inflation adjusted new amount for 2012 but I'll be satisfied with just keeping the one from 2011.)
Simply put -- the difference between the $45,000 exemption amount (now current law) for MFJ and the $74,450 amount for the tax year 2011 leaves a difference of $29,450 multiplied by 26% (for AMTI income up to $175K) or a maximum additional amount of tax of $7,657 as the effect of not passing a patch at least equal to the one for tax year 2011. Any MFJ family's additional tax would obviously be dependent on the amount of itemized deductions. In my family's case, high New York property taxes plus high New York income taxes would not be allowed and our additional tax bill would be several thousand dollars more if no patch is passed. (Also dependent upon size of income, some families MFJ who take the standard deduction might be affected as well.)
I have done my citizen's best by writing and calling my 2 Senators' offices and also Congressional Representative's office numerous times over the past 6 months. On December 26, I called Harry Reid's office to complain as well. I sent an E-mail to the White House also. I left messages stating I blamed both sides as well as President Obama for the mess we are in. Perhaps more of us should pick up the phone, call and let the politicians hear our disgust!!!!!!
P.S. --- I have also been sitting at my computer running different scenarios --- pay the property taxes in 2012 (now) or postpone to January 2013 (with no knowledge of what the tax rates will be) but using assorted guestimate rates.
Will Congress retroactively patch the AMT in 2013 or 2012? If I as an individual am stymied by Congress' inaction, how will businesses figure out what the best course of action for their companies will be for 2013?
- December 28, 2012 at 11:46:00 AM EST
- Hortense Salinas said...
This is still a good way on how to divert the losses of the company so that in whatever sense, they can be profitable and they can still cope up from the losses.
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After "months and months" of negotiations about that dilemma, failure to reach a resolution prompted Viacom "reluctantly" to file a $1 billion lawsuit against Google's video-sharing site earlier this week, said Don Verrilli, one of a team of Washington-based lawyers representing the media conglomerate.
Google and YouTube attorneys have argued that a provision of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) shields the company from infringement liability if it removes disputed clips promptly.
"We're confident and always have been that Congress intended with the DMCA to enable this type of service," Glenn Brown, product counsel for YouTube and Google, said in an interview earlier this week.
But that interpretation leaves Viacom with an unfair burden, argued Verrilli, who also argued Hollywood's U.S. Supreme Court case against file-swapping service Grokster and is a partner at the Jenner & Block law firm.
"What that means is we've got to employ an army of people around the clock who do nothing but monitor YouTube, catalog those works, (send takedown requests)...and find out the next day that the works go back up," he said at a panel discussion here hosted by the Progress and Freedom Foundation, a free-market think tank.
Verrilli said work has also grown increasingly handicapped by a YouTube feature that allows users to create private groups to share videos, which cannot readily be monitored by outsiders.
YouTube must know it is committing infringement because it already agrees to pull disputed videos when served with takedown notices, and it appears to have no problem filtering out videos whose content belongs to companies with whom it has already signed licensing deals, Verrilli said.
Furthermore it's hard to make a case that YouTube is an "innocent service provider" in the eyes of the law, he added. Under Section 512 of the DMCA, service providers may only benefit from the liability "safe harbor" if they meet a number of conditions, including not being aware of infringing activity and not making direct financial gain from it. In Viacom's view, Google does not meet those standards.
YouTube has done "a lot of social good that comes with a very significant problem," Verilli said. "And the significant problem that comes along with the good is that there is an enormous, enormous amount of copyrighted video works uploaded onto YouTube and viewed on a staggeringly high level by YouTube users."
Google has defended its practices throughout the week, going so far as to say YouTube's popularity has grown since the company recently agreed to remove clips at Viacom's request.
Existing partnerships with content owners like Warner Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music, the BBC and the National Basketball Association "offer the YouTube community access to some of the best content in the world, ranging from entertainment and sports to politics and news," Google general counsel Kent Walker said in a statement the day the suit was announced. "And we're only getting started."
An executive speaking at a conference here on Thursday emphasized that Google believes it has strong legal backing under the DMCA and consequently hasn't started
CNET News.com's Elinor Mills contributed to this report.


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The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart.
He helps me, and my heart is full of joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. -Psalm 28:7
1. Biggest piece of news from this week came during my 11-hour Vanderbilt day - scan showed a 15% decrease, which is the biggest decrease I have ever experienced over the past 6.5 years of off and on treatment. So that was pretty awesome! I'll try to ignore the dark little voice inside my head that reminds me it took a solid 9 months to make it this far. Ultimately, it does not change our treatment plan and 15% isn't even enough to be considered an official response to the chemo, but we will take it! Mom kept me company. Unfortunately, the timing of the appointments did not allow for fun food, but we did walk for a quick latte.
2. Both kids decided to participate in the cross country track team this year. I had no intention of adding to our schedule for this part of the semester, but it's certainly an easy sport. Because 5th and 8th grade are both considered middle school, they practice together, have the same track meets, and the same requirements. There's no equipment involved; this is just lots of running. Camden has jumped in head first and is running even when it's not required. His long legs are being put to good use. ;) In typical Rory fashion, she is participating mostly because she has 2 friends on the team, which is just fine.
3. The first week and a half of school have gone smoothly for the most part. The freezer is full of bugs - Rory has the annual 5th-grade bug project due soon. The kids have gone and switched morning personalities on me. Camden is cheerful, up early, and ready to head out the door. Rory is getting up late, cranky, and never ready. I have no idea what is happening! I do imagine that this switch to middle school is mentally draining, and she is feeling the effects of the extra effort her school days are taking. She's also never participated in school sports before so the practices and extra running requirements outside of practice are quite a bit to take on. I'm writing this as a reminder to maybe offer a little extra compassion and grace.
4. We picked up new glasses for Camden this afternoon. It's a new look for him (and he'll still be wearing his contacts for the most part), but I like it!
5. Weekend plans include a youth group water event for Camden and a date for me and Brian. Trying to get back into our bi-weekly dates because squeezing in a few minutes to talk is proving difficult with everyone back in school and running in different directions!


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Cisco, which wants to expand its clout into the industrial networks used by power-generation utilities to support the electric grid, today announced an expansion of its "smart grid" portfolio with ruggedized and low-latency switches and other equipment intended for use in electric-power distribution systems.
"Utilities often have systems unique to them," said Jenny Gomez, marketing manager in Cisco's Connected Energy Business Unit that oversees the architecting of a wide range of equipment for networking and physical security to modernize utility networks while supporting their legacy systems that in some cases aren't being swapped out. As part of this effort, Cisco today introduced a number of products, including the CGS-1000 switch in a small form factor for use in a location such as an electric substation that's part of a complex, critical power-distribution system.
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"The CGS-1000 is built to withstand harsh environments," pointed out Joe Ammirato, senior director of product management at Cisco's Connected Energy Business Unit. The ruggedized low-latency switch is intended to be able to work with utility sensors that often have serial interfaces, not Ethernet ones, Ammirato noted.
With experience gained over a few years in working with some utilities in North America and Europe, Cisco has been designing specialized switching, network access and security products for both data center and substation equipment under its so-called GridBlocks architecture. The push is part of Cisco's much-ballyhooed "Internet of Everything" initiative that's taking the company further into areas outside of traditional business IT networking.
The GridBlocks architecture supposes that Cisco will be able to provide equipment aimed not only at the substation tier, but also the system-control level where wide-area networks connect substations with each other and with control systems as well as SCADA and other event messaging.
The architecture also addresses utility data centers and control centers, plus devices and systems associated with residences and third-party elements. The Cisco GridBlocks architecture lists several other tiers for interchange and trans-national grid monitoring and tie-ins as well. In many cases, Cisco isn't coming up with entirely new products for the utilities but adapting its network segmentation, switching, security and management platforms to try and suit specialized needs utilities have.
Cisco is recommending MPLS as a core technology for utility use, especially in substations, says Ammirato, who points out that utility networks associated with the grid may not necessarily be IP-based at all today or they connect in a style not seen in modern IT business networks. For utilities intending to modernize, the challenge is in swapping out what can reasonably be changed while bridging older legacy systems that for one reason or another will remain related to the transmission grid.
Ellen Messmer is senior editor at Network World, an IDG publication and website, where she covers news and technology trends related to information security. Twitter: @MessmerE. Email: email@example.com.
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Cabrera lifts Blue Jays to 2-0 win over Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Toronto right-hander Drew Hutchison knows how to hang tough and make in-game adjustments. Friday night he reaped the benefits in a matchup with Texas' Yu Darvish.
Hutchison, back in the majors this spring after having Tommy John surgery late in his rookie season in 2012, outdueled the Rangers' ace Friday night, throwing a three-hit shutout for his first career complete game in the Blue Jays' 2-0 victory.
"I was grinding a little bit," said Hutchison, 23, who made 11 starts as a rookie and 10 appearances late last season in the minors. "I had good command, but my secondary stuff took me a little bit to get to. I was able to make that adjustment and make better pitches with the changeup and slider."
Melky Cabrera broke up a scoreless game with a two-run double in the eighth inning to give Hutchison (2-3) all the support that he needed. He struck out six in earning his first victory since April 1.
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons wasn't surprised by Hutchison's performance.
"I've been watching him pitch from the first day of spring training," Gibbons said. "When he's on, he can be as tough as anybody."
Cabrera's liner sailed just beyond the outstretched glove of Texas first baseman Mitch Moreland, scoring Erik Kratz and Anthony Gose.
Kratz and Gose each reached against Darvish (3-2) on infield bunts. The right-handed hitting Kratz bunted to third and beat an off-balance throw by Adrian Beltre. Gose, a left-handed hitter, drag bunted up the first-base line. Moreland's throw to second baseman Rougned Odor covering first base wasn't in time.
Kratz and Gose were in the lineup replacing Dioner Navarro and Colby Rasmus. Navarro is on the bereavement/family medical emergency list and Rasmus is on the disabled list.
Kratz said it was his decision to open the inning with a bunt.
"We'd been talking the whole game about getting something going," Kratz said. "It was just an idea that worked."
Darvish said through an interpreter that he was surprised by the first bunt but not by the second. He went eight innings, allowing two runs on five hits.
Darvish struck out 11 and walked three in his first start since throwing a one-hitter against Boston last Friday that Major League Baseball on Wednesday ruled was a two-hitter.
Neither team got a runner beyond first base until the sixth inning — thanks in part to a successful Toronto challenge in the third inning that reversed a safe call on a steal of second base by Leonys Martin. In the bottom of the sixth, Martin walked, was bunted to second, advanced to third on a sacrifice fly. He was stranded when Elvis Andrus grounded to shortstop.
Darvish was working on six days' rest because of a shuffling of the Rangers' starting rotation when Martin Perez experienced elbow pain in his start Saturday.
The first hit off Darvish came in the fifth inning, a leadoff single pulled to right field by Adam Lind.
The Rangers have lost three straight and five out of six to fall six games behind first-place Oakland in the AL West. Texas' typically potent attack went into the game ranked 10th in the league in slugging percentage and 11th in runs. And, in the past week, the Rangers have lost left-handed starters Perez and Matt Harrison to what appear to be season-ending injuries.
"It's in the back of our heads; it's sad to see what's happening to our pitching staff," Rangers right fielder Alex Rios said. "This is an offense capable of doing a lot of damage. We haven't quite gotten there yet."
NOTES: Left-hander Robbie Ross, Texas' Saturday starter, has allowed 23 earned runs in 26 2-3 innings over his last five starts. ... Blue Jays left-hander Mark Buehrle will bring the AL's most wins (7) and the league's second-best ERA (2.04) into Saturday's start. ... Andrus' hitting streak ended at 11 games.


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The Education Department at the Allen Memorial Art Museum offers guided and self-guided tours for student and adult groups.
We also offer numerous online resources that can help you prepare for your group's visit. Tour information for Oberlin College classes can be found through this link, and for other college and university groups here.
Guided Tours for K-12 Student Groups:
Interactive tours are led by the museum's student docents and Education Department staff. All Educational tours utilize VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) which build critical thinking and visual literacy skills through close examination and discussion of original works of art. This technique focuses on students' own discoveries and interpretations of works of art, rather than the simple dissemination of dates and facts. Docents will help your students to explore, discover and enjoy art in the AMAM's extensive collection. Working with small groups in the galleries, the docents encourage discussion about the art, artists and cultures represented in the collections and special exhibitions. In addition, each tour can be designed to complement your current unit or curriculum.
Guided tours meet and work within the Visual Art Academic Content Standards established by the State Board of Education of Ohio ("Historical, Cultural, and Social Contexts," "Creative Expression and Communication," "Analyzing and Responding," "Valuing the Arts/Aesthetic Expression," and "Connections, Relationships, and Applications.")
Guided Tours for Adult Groups:
Guided tours of collection highlights and special exhibitions for adult groups are led by docents and Education Department staff. Tours can focus on a special exhibition, a single collection area of your choice, or can incorporate highlights from the whole museum. We do ask that a minimum of 10 people be included in your tour group.
Self-Guided Groups:
Self-guided groups are welcome to visit and explore the museum at their own pace. Reservations are required, as we can accommodate a limited number of groups in the museum at one time. Self-guided school groups must bring at least one chaperone per eight students. Failure to bring enough adult chaperones or to follow the Museum Manners may result in your group being asked to leave the museum.
How to Schedule a Tour:
A minimum of two weeks advance notice is required to schedule a tour.
Due to staffing limitations, guided tours are offered only for groups of 10 or more. Groups with under 10 people can schedule a self-guided tour by contacting the Curator of Education.
Tours are usually 45 minutes to 1 hour long, depending on the age group.
There is no charge for tours.
Please note that tours that do not arrive within fifteen minutes of the scheduled start time may be subject to cancellation.
Schedule your visit by emailing the Education Department at the
Allen Memorial Art Museum.
Before calling, please have the following information at hand:
- Date and time you wish to visit
- Name of your school or group
- Age or grade level of your class or group
- Number of adult chaperones who will attend— for adequate supervision, we require one adult be assigned to every ten children.
- Name of contact person
- Mailing address and phone number
- Email address
- Size of your group
This will help us plan for the number of docents needed to work with your group.
Large groups will be broken down into smaller groups of 12-15, with one docent each.
Unfortunately, at this time, no indoor facilities are available for meals.
Prior to your visit, please review the Museum Manners with your class or group. Thank you! We look forward to your visit!


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ESA Navigation Development Facilities supports new projects
ESA, through its Radio Navigation Laboratory based at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands, offers a number of tools and facilities to external projects to support the development of applications for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) and Galileo.
The Radio Navigation Laboratory is a general test and simulation facility. It supports the main ESA navigation projects; namely Galileo and EGNOS. It routinely monitors Signal-in-Space health and performance for satellite navigation systems such as GPS, Glonass and EGNOS. It hosts a wide variety of hardware and software assets; most of them developed under ESA contracts. The use of those assets, i.e. allows for the support of a detailed characterization of receivers to be used in actual applications.
Costs for using the facilities are limited to the manpower required to support the use of the tools.


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Andy Warhol Photos Featured in Gallery Exhibit
SIOUX FALLS - Last spring, the Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana College received 154 original Polaroid photographs and gelatin silver prints created by renowned artist Andy Warhol.
Approximately 60 of the photographs will be exhibited for the first time as a part of the "Highlights from the Carl Grupp Permanent Art Collection" exhibition, March 6 through April 19, 2009.
The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery cares for a permanent collection of almost 3,500 works of art that are periodically exhibited. The upcoming exhibition will also include artwork by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Kathe Kollwitz and others.
The gift of Warhol's photographs was made through the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program in honor of the Warhol Foundation's 20th anniversary. The aim of the Photographic Legacy Program is to provide greater access to Warhol's artwork and process, and to enable a wide range of people from communities across the country to view and study this important yet relatively unknown body of Warhol's work.
The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery is one of 183 college and university art museums across the United States selected to participate in this program and is the only institution from South Dakota and the surrounding region to be chosen.
For more information, contact Lindsay Twa.
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The editor Vim supports Unicode natively. If your X or console keymap is set up to enter unicode characters via the keymap, it will work fine in Vim. Alternatively, there are two other ways of entering these characters.Tip of the Trade: The editor Vim supports unicode natively. There are three ways to take advantage of unicode's capabilities via Vim. The one that's best for you will depend on your setup and needs.
The slow way is just to use their hex code. Hit Ctrl+V, then u, then type the hex code. For example, hex code 00BF will give you an inverted question mark, ¿. This is useful if you only very occasionally want to type one of these characters. Lists of UTF-8 character codes are available online.
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In the business of pro wrestling there are stars and star makers. Most of the time when we sit down with the stars pro wrestling they have very little to say because everything has come easy to them. In our experience sometimes the people on the short end of the wrestling stick have more to say. Well, we found 3 individuals who are not short on opinions.
George South is a 30 year veteran and has worked for everyone, WWF, WCW, Jim Crockett Promotions, and UWF Mid-South just to name a few. But at no time or place was he ever treated like a star. Despite having a considerable amount of talent he never got that big push his career needed. His talent is very visible in his 20 plus minute match with Ric Flair on TBS.
Barry Horowitz is view has the "King of the Jobbers" which is a completely incorrect title. Horowitz was a champion in several territories and has always been regarded as a very skilled wrestler in the ring. Due to politics and circumstances beyond his control he found his shoulders on the mat more times than he would like to mention.
Salvatore Bellomo was brought in to the WWF in the early 80's to be the next Bruno Sammartino. Needless to say that wasn't the case. Bellomo never was upset by this fact because even though his role considerable smaller than the next Bruno he still made 150,000 dollars working for the WWF in one year in the early 80's. And that was a lot of money back then.
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