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Hohner may be best known for its legendary harmonicas but the company also has a long history of offering very playable, affordable guitars, too. So how do its brand new vintage-inspired Essential Roots models stand up in a fiercely competitive acoustic market? Lewis Turner finds out.
Since 1857 Hohner has been crafting high quality instruments, from harmonicas, accordions, melodicas, recorders and ukuleles to guitars. With its new Essential Roots series guitars, the German company is looking to connect to its historical role in American roots and Blues music, in which it played a significant part. Remember all those campfire scenes in the Westerns, with a harmonica being played? The chances are it was a Hohner. The company says it teamed up with guitarists and session musicians to develop this series of vintage inspired guitars, which initially consisted of five solid top models reminiscent of the smaller bodied guitars that characterised the music of the 1920s and '30s.They are Hohner's interpretation of legendary acoustics equipped with modern features. Hohner have now extended the Essential Roots line with two all solid OM (Orchestra Model) guitars. The one being reviewed today is the ER3-COM. Hohner states: "The appointments are simple, but elegant. Inner values are more important than frills and ornaments." Let's see if we agree.
The ER3-COM is a mid-priced acoustic guitar and this places it slap bang in the middle of a very competitive market. There are some great acoustics out there at the moment for around this price range, including electro-acoustics, which this is not. First impressions are that it looks great. The deep red cedar finish, small understated pearloid dots and lovely finish all round add up to a classy looking instrument.
Starting at the high gloss headstock, it has a traditional three a side tuning peg configuration, using vintage open geared tuning pegs, that I'm happy to report can be tightened up if they start to get a little loose over time. It has a real bone nut which appears to be cut out perfectly. The fingerboard is rosewood with a full 650mm scale. The neck is very comfortable and the action was just perfect, making barre chords possible anywhere on the fretboard. The finish on the frets and side of the fretboard was smooth and a pleasure to play, with no buzzing or tuning issues rearing their ugly heads.
The bridge is rosewood with a real bone saddle. Solid mahogany back and sides which are satin as is the back of the neck. A simple but elegant abalone rosette finishes it all off. So far, so very good!
The body binding and end graft are made from maple. This model comes with a solid top of western red cedar and there is an alternative version, if you feel that solid spruce is more to your taste. Most players find that cedar tops have less volume and warmer mids, whereas spruce tops sound crisper and louder, with more overtones and I would say that was true for this guitar. It's very much a matter of taste and it seems to be that manufacturers are starting to move away from the 'spruce or nothing' approach just now, with more and more cedar topped, and recently all-mahogany, acoustics appearing on the market.
Overall, I found the tone to be quite warm, not up there with really high-end acoustics but still very pleasing. If you dig in when strumming then it is capable of producing a good volume and really suits that open chord voicing 'round the campfire' kind of playing. Playing lead was not a problem, either, although not having a cutaway makes the higher frets more for show rather than function. That, of course, is a function of this traditional style of guitar.
As I mentioned above there are many good acoustic guitars in this price range at the moment including a lot of electro acoustics for similar money. Hohner could have added electrics to this but it's clear they have chosen instead to opt for good quality components and materials, quality manufacturing and a plain and simple appearance. Importantly (as our Editor pointed out), this guitar is all-solid, as opposed to the common solid-top, laminate back and sides option which is more common. It's true that the back and sides of a guitar don't have as great an impact on the tone as does the top but it is also true that solid instruments age better, tonally, than laminates, so you can certainly expect this Hohner to get better as it ages and becomes played-in. In fact already if you put a good mic in front of it, you have a great recording guitar.
If you're in the market for a new acoustic or an upgrade but can't quite justify a couple of grand, then this classically understated Hohner is definitely worth a look. It has to be said that its price pitches it against some of the best known names in the acoustic guitar business, but it can stand its ground. They may not be available everywhere yet, having been recently introduced - in fact at the time of writing they hadn't even appeared on Hohner's own website, yet - but do try one if you get the chance.
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Greetings and welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly guide to the weekend's new movies. Tune in every Tuesday for the latest look at the upcoming weekend, and then check back on Thursday night for final projections based on actual theatre counts.
It's hard to believe that the first month of summer is over, but this week's column goes out to the ladies, who'll probably be out en masse this weekend to see Sex and the City (New Line), one of the most anticipated TV-to-big-screen movies since last year's The Simpsons Movie. Sarah Jessica Parker has reunited with Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, writer/director Michael Patrick King and the rest of the cast to continue some stories, end others and basically give the show's fans more of the women they love. The creators of the film have done a good job keeping the main plot points a secret, creating even more of a buzz among the show's diehard female fanbase and among women in general that hasn't been seen in some time. Expect the movie to win Friday with ease, although last week's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull could pick up enough family audience over the weekend to make up the difference and wind up winning, unless Carrie and the girls surpass even our lofty expectations.
It's not often that a horror movie is offered as counter-programming to a chick flick, but that is the case with Bryan Bertino's long-delayed The Strangers (Rogue/Universal) starring Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler, a home invasion horror flick which will try to overcome the current backlash to R-Rated stalker and slasher films, as well as the fact it's been sitting on the shelf for over a year before being released by a studio that doesn't have as much invested in it, it having not produced it.
UPDATE: We're not ones to stick by our guns while the world passes us by, and it's impossible to ignore the amount of sell-out shows and ticket sales both in New York and across the country being reported by Fandango for Sex and the City's opening night including many sold-out midnight showings on Thursday. Some thought our prediction of $40 million was high earlier in the week, but there's a good chance we're seeing a phenomenon on the scale of Passion of the Christ or The Simpsons Movie, and with all those sell-outs, one can expect a huge opening day of $18 to 20 million or even more and then a quick tail-off over the weekend. Who knows? Maybe women will embrace the movie enough for it to stick around for a while and get repeat business, but this will be a big weekend, one that shouldn't have a problem besting Indiana Jones to take the top spot. Likewise, Universal's The Strangers probably won't tank nearly as bad as we predicted earlier in the week, if only because it will offer a viable for most guys who wouldn't be caught dead in the film. (And yes, that pun was intended.)
This week's Chosen One is Bigger, Stronger, Faster*, Christopher Bell's amazing doc about steroids which you can read about here.
1. Sex and the City (New Line) – $46.4 million N/A (Up $6 Million!!! and one place)
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paramount) – $42.8 million -57% (down 1.4 million and one spot)
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Disney) – $11.6 million – 49% (Down .4 million)
4. Iron Man (Marvel Studios/Paramount) $11.2 million – 45% (up .2 million)
5. The Strangers (Rogue Pictures/Universal) – $8.4 million N/A (up 1 million)
6. What Happens in Vegas (20th Century Fox) $4.8 million – 47% (up .1 million)
7. Speed Racer (Warner Bros.) $1.9 million – 52% (down .2 million)
8. Baby Mama (Universal) – $1.7 million -50% (same)
9. Made of Honor (Sony) $1.6 million -52% (same)
10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal) – $900 thousand -49% (same)
Last year, the weekend after Memorial Day saw the release of Judd Apatow's second movie, the romantic comedy Knocked Up (Universal) and though it opened with over $30 million, it had to settle for second place behind Disney's 3-quel Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End which dropped 62% in its second weekend to add $44 million to its $217 million total after 10 days. The Kevin Costner thriller Mr. Brooks took a healthy fourth place with $10 million well behind DreamWorks' Shrek the Third in its third weekend, while the soccer drama Gracie (Picturehouse) ended up with just $1.4 million in 1,100 theaters. Last year, the top 10 grossed $127 million and this weekend could come close to matching that if Sex and the City surpasses expectations or Indiana Jones holds its ground better than expected.
Sex and the City (New Line)
Last week, we had a movie that was intended to appeal to every single guy on the face of the planetmaybe it did and maybe it didn't–so this week, we have a movie for the ladies and that's the long-awaited return of Darren Star's Sex and the City, promising all the same laughs and tears from the popular show that ran on HBO for six seasons, redefining the cable channel as a viable producer of original television, as well as paving the groundwork for how television catered to women.
Ten years ago, Darren Star created a comedy vehicle for Sarah Jessica Parker, the former child star who appeared in a number of acclaimed movies over her 30-year career, and much to the surprise of the male-dominated entertainment biz, it became an instant hit among women who were happy to finally see a show where women talked openly about men, relationships and sex, while creating an idealized version of New York City centered around the world of fashion and art. The show was a huge hit for the network, and over its six-year run, it was nominated for (you might want to sit down for this number) FIFTY-SEVEN Emmies, winning once for comedy series, once for the direction by Michael Patrick King, and acting awards for Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon. It also won 6 Golden Globes, 4 of those for Parker. Along with "The Sopranos," the show helped launch a new era for HBO, and in the four years since the show went off the air, female-driven shows like "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy" and other knock-offs have tried to appeal to the same demographic. (In fact, most of those popular women's shows have absconded the Sunday nighttime slot vacated by "Sex and the City.") Meanwhile, the show continued to run on basic cable and in syndication in a heavily toned-down version without the nudity, swearing or some of the racier sex references, which has only helped to build the show's female audience.
The show turned Sarah Jessica Parker into a huge star, and since the end of the show, she's starred in a number of high profile movies including the holiday comedy The Family Stone and the hit romantic comedy Failure to Launch with Matthew McConaughey, which grossed $89 million after an impressive $24 million opening. Most recently, she co-starred with Dennis Quaid in Smart People, but it hasn't fared as well, grossing $9.4 million last month after favorable reviews from the Sundance Film Festival. Even before the start of the show, Parker already had built up a strong female audience from movies like The First Wives' Club, which grossed over $100 million presumably most of that number coming from women.
Before playing the sex-crazed Samantha on "Sex and the City," Kim Cattrall had a fairly extensive career as a character actress, but didn't have a lot of leading roles; she did have a few memorable roles though like in the '80s raunch comedy Porky's but she didn't do very much right before or after co-starring on the show. Like Parker, Cynthia Nixon started out as a teen actress in movies like Little Darlings with child actors Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol, and appeared in a number of other prominent films, though like Cattrall, her career wasn't exactly booming when she was cast as tough-minded Miranda on the HBO show, nor has she done very much since the end of the show, except for a couple indies. The role got Nixon nominated for four Golden Globes and four Emmies, finally winning the latter in 2004. Kristin Davis, who looks the youngest but is actually older than two of her co-stars, already had a lot of television experience from her time on "General Hospital" and "Melrose Place" and in recent years, she's mainly been doing mainstream comedies like Disney's The Shaggy Dog with Tim Allen and Deck the Halls with Parker's hubby Matthew Broderick.
The big new addition to the cast is former "American Idol" Jennifer Hudson playing Carrie's new personal assistant, becoming the first woman of color in the cast and continuing Hudson's amazing success story since winning the Oscar for her show-stopping role in the movie musical Dreamgirls last year. Her presence could help bring in some of the African-American women who have been sorely neglected by the show's Wonder bread cast. While most women won't be seeing this movie for the guys, Chris Noth certainly earned a solid reputation for himself as the dreamy Mr. Big, a role that helped him create a name for himself after a run on "Law and Order." (He recently returned to the show's spin-off "Law and Order: Criminal Intent.") There's also Samantha's flamboyantly gay friends Anthony and Stanford, played by Mario Cantone and Willie Garson, and the boyfriends/husband of the three ladies, all returning for the movie, although they play a much smaller role.
Reviews will probably mixed, though they probably won't matter much to true fans of the show who'll generally ignore the reviews to avoid spoilers and to make up their own minds when they see it for themselves. There's such a craze over the show that one shouldn't be too surprised if groups of female friends make plans to go see the movie as a group, something that should drive up business on Thursday at midnight and Friday night, making the weekend more frontloaded. While one could easily compare this to other romantic comedies, there's probably more of a connection to last year's The Simpsons Movie, a popular Sunday night comedy show with a diehard fanbase that finally had a movie in theaters. The audience for that cartoon probably leans more towards guys, which helped it bring in over $70 million its opening weekend.
The question is whether the demand for more "Sex" could create a similar box office phenomenon, especially when you consider that not a single women-targeted movie has opened over $40 million. A few have come close like Reese Witherspoon's Sweet Home Alabama and The Break-Up with Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, which both opened over $35 million. Still, you have to think that there is far more of a fanbase for this proven commodity, so that the $30 million made in the same weekend last year by Judd Apatow's female-friendly Knocked Up should be a simple mark to pass, and it will be vying for the numbers of those other movies as New Line distributor Warner Bros. gets the movie onto as many screens and theaters as possible.
Despite the censored version of the show that helped it find an even larger female audience, King et al decided to maintain the sex and nudity from the original show for the movie, getting an R-rating, which might make it harder for the teen girls who might have gotten into the show to go see the movie on their own. Still, one has to figure there's enough women 18 and up who have been dying for the return of the gals and who'll rush out to see the movie, if not at midnight on Thursday, then on Friday and Saturday, and advance sales have been very strong over the past few weeks, as has the tracking. There's also a pretty surprising audience of gay men in bigger cities who'll probably go to see it as well, although that's an audience that isn't particularly trackable.
Either way, expect many people, especially men, to be surprised by how many women want to go out and see this movie, much like they've rushed out to the movies of Tyler Perry, although opening in over 3,000 theaters and having appeal for a wider demographic of woman should allow the movie to fare even better than Perry's biggest openers. The question is more how well the movie might do after opening weekend, and with very little strong female-driven fare in the coming weeks, one can expect a lot of repeat business and decent legs, especially since women don't generally rush out to see movies, even if this movie might be the exception to that rule.
Why I Should See It: Darren Star's popular show comes to the big screen with all of the bells and whistles that made the show so popular.
The Strangers (Rogue/Universal)
Mini-Review: This debut from Bryan Bertino, a filmmaker whose ability to instill every frame of his first movie with genuine fear and terror makes him one to watch for sure, even if his debut runs into troubles by the end. After the obligatory "inspired by a true story" preamble, the film introduces the young couple played by Tyler and Speedman, whose relationship is already on the rocks as he invites her to his old family home for a failed proposal. A knock on the door at 4 in the morning starts what's going to be a terrifying night for the couple, and when she's left alone in the house, the terror escalates as two or more people in masks will not let up, even when her boyfriend returns to try to talk some more. The rest of the movie has the two of them being chased or tormented by the three masked invaders, essentially turning into more of a typical slasher film, only focusing on the one couple as they try to outwit their tormentors, who always seems fully in control of the situation even if we never learn much about why they're doing what they do. If you're a fan of the horror genre, it's fairly clear that Bertino does far better with the themes introduced in John Carpenter's "Halloween" than Rob Zombie's schlocky '07 remake, creating a far more real and visceral experience than last year's "Vacancy" as well. Like with the latter, he wisely spends enough time with the couple beforehand that you really care about them by the time they get put through their paces, and much of that credit goes to the two actors, more than to the script, which is fairly minimal after a certain point. The film only really dies (no pun intended) towards the end as things come to a climactic conclusion and we get more of the gore we've come to expect from these movies, but after what we've seen, it doesn't feel nearly as satisfying to those hoping to find out why this trio is doing what they do. The very last scene of the movie seems very tacked on and completely unnecessary, because it only makes you want to see what happens next, and instead, it leaves you disappointed when you're hit with the credits after less than 90 minutes. Up until that point, Bertino has created a seriously harrowing cautionary tale that's sure to be remembered the next time you're left in a house by yourself. Rating: 7/10
It's not often that horror movies are released over the summer months against the big summer blockbusters, and certainly one must wonder what Universal is thinking by doing so with this long-delayed stalker/slasher film that's been sitting on the shelf for over a year since being produced by Rogue Pictures. This is the first movie from newcomer Bryan Bertino, who won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Nicholl Fellowship for his early script for the movie, before selling it to Universal in 2004 and being asked to direct the movie two years later.
On the surface, The Strangers may look like another "torture porn" flick, a horror genre that became popular a few years back due to the "Saw" franchise but then died down as the market became inundated. In fact, it's a serious thriller based around the true story about a random home invasion that terrorizes a young couple.
Bertino has gotten two fairly well-known B-level stars on board for his movie both with some genre cred, headlined by Liv Tyler, whose biggest role to date was playing Arwen the Elf in Peter Jackson's acclaimed "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, having mainly done smaller films since starring in Michael Bay's Armageddon opposite Ben Affleck (who she reteamed with for Kevin Smith's Jersey Girl a few years back). Tyler hasn't really popped as an actor otherwise, and is still best known for her father being Aerosmith frontman Stephen Tyler. Canada's own Scott Speedman is best known for his role in Len Wiseman's two "Underworld" movies and he had a role in the dog xXx: State of the Union, but otherwise, he hasn't really made too much of a mark either.
In the last couple years, summer horror movies haven't fared particularly well, and last summer, the sequel to Eli Roth's Hostel bombed so badly that it was thought to signify the death of the horror renaissance that had bloomed in recent years, corroborated by the subsequent bombing of the independently-released Captivity and Slasher. Earlier that year, a similar horror-thriller about a couple being terrorized in a hotel by men in masks called Vacancy starring Speedman's Underworld co-star Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson opened with less than $8 million and that was despite a decent-sized push from Screen Gems. Obviously, the horror genre is not as strong as it was back in 2003 and 2004 when remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Dawn of the Dead both opened over $25 million, and one wonders if even the Saw franchise can sustain itself for one, let alone, two more movies.
Original studio Rogue Pictures plugged The Strangers to theater owners at ShoWest back in early 2007 and again at Comic-Con in San Diego later that year, but that free promotion by Rogue was squandered as the movie was delayed after originally planned for a Fall 2007 release, before finally ending up at Universal when they took over Rogue Pictures' line-up. Universal hasn't given the movie much of a push, although horror fans probably know about it from years of it being hyped on various horror sites, not to mention trailers that have appeared in front of other movies going back to August last year.
There's definitely a ceiling to where R-rated horror movies have been able to open. Even though Screen Gems hit a home run last month with the slasher flick Prom Night, it was rated PG-13, so The Stranger's rating might keep it from doing a ton of business, if only because older audiences gotten burnt out on the number of horror movies. Even so, The Strangers has a strong premise, a great title and visceral and horrifying images that make the trailers and commercials memorable to diehard horror fans, who haven't had a decent horror movie in months, so it shouldn't bomb too badly, though one shouldn't expect it to breakout either.
Why I Should See It: If you're looking for a very scary movie, this one will scare the pants off you.
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (Magnolia)
Interview with Christopher Bell and Alex Buono
Review (Coming Soon, hopefully)
I was hoping to rewatch this amazing documentary about steroids one more time before writing this week's column but that wasn't meant to be, so hopefully, I'll have time later in the week to write a fuller review after rewatching it, because this is an excellent doc about a subject matter many readers should be interested in. Since I'm not really a sports fan myself, I came into this movie as someone who hadn't really been paying much attention to the many news stories about baseball players on steroids and other performance-enhancement drugs, and yet, Christopher Bell, a former power-lifter, has found an amazing jumping-on point for his first doc that makes it interesting even to the likes of me. Essentially, Bell did much of the research for those who don't know very much about steroids, but he also brings a personal take to the use of the drugs to the table because both of his brothers are taking steroids. Bell ends up revealing a lot of his own personal family history to help the viewer understand that he's coming from a place where steroid use is something he needs to get his head around for his own personal reasons as well as to inform the viewer. In doing so, Bell does an extremely thorough job with his look at the drug, not only dealing with the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, wrestling and in his own field of power-lifting, he also gets Olympic runners Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson to talk about the controversial 1988 Seoul Olympics decision where Johnson's gold medal was taken away after drug-testing proved positive with his medal being given to Lewis, who was also presumably using drugs. This isn't just a lot of talking heads and scientific data though, as Bell finds a way to make this a thoroughly entertaining film from beginning to end. Even those who might feel Bell is taking a pro-steroid stance by defending them as being as "American as apple pie," should be able to appreciate the tactic he takes of proving how Americans' desire to be the "biggest, strongest, fastest" has pushed so many to take steroids and other drugs to achieve that goal.
Like a cross between "Super Size Me" and "Capturing the Friedmans"–and those are two lofty documentaries to live up to–this is easily one of the best documentaries of the year, up there with some of Michael Moore's best in terms of investigative filmmaking. Anyone interested in sports or the recent debate about steroids will want to check out this documentary, which follows successful runs at this year's Sundance and Tribeca and other film festivals with a roll-out in select cities on Friday. Hopefully, this will do well enough to get a wide release eventually.
Also in Limited Release:
The Foot Fist Way (Paramount Vantage) – Jody Hill's directorial debut stars Danny R. McBride As Tae Kwon Do instructor Fred Simmons whose life falls apart when he discovers his wife cheating on him, which spurs him to take on his hero, an 8-time undefeated fighting champ. Produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, this 2007 Sundance Film Festival crowd-pleasing cult hit opens in New York and L.A. on Friday.
Savage Grace (IFC First Take) – Julianne Moore stars in Tom ("Swoon") Kalin's adaptation of Natalie Robins & Steven Aronsons award-winning novel based on the true story about the dysfunctional relationship between socialite Barbara Daly and her gay son Tony (Eddie Redmayne) after her divorce from a wealthy plastics magnate. After playing at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, it opens in New York and L.A. on Friday.
Stuck (THINKFilm) – Stuart Gordon, creator of the "Reanimator" series tells a horrifying story based on a true incident about a young woman (Mena Suvari) who hits a man with her car (Stephen Rea) during a night of partying. With the man's body stuck in her windshield, she keeps him trapped in her garage rather than potentially being arrested. It opens in New York and L.A. on Friday.
Mini-Review: On the surface, there's some merit to Stuart Gordon's attempt to create a socially-conscious thriller about how people would rather protect their own interests than help someone in need, but aside from the gory hit-and-run accident, this isn't exactly his return to horror as much as a drama that eventually devolves into a revenge thriller. The problem isn't the film's high concept premise as much as it is the writing that isn't very good, exacerbated by the gross miscasting of Mena Suvari as the partying nurse who decides to hide her wrongdoing, only to have it turn against her. Suvari and her character are both so awful in every respect that it's hard to feel any sort of empathy for her situation. Because of this, the movie never works as the two-hander it was intended to be, and she's far out-acted by Rea, as he spends much of the film clawing his way out of the car and garage, while screaming at the top of his vocal range, a generally grueling display of watching a really good actor working with bad material. The film's dark humor only works at times, most memorably in a scene where Suvari must deal with her cheating boyfriend's naked paramour, and as she and the same boyfriend try to figure out what to do with the dying man in their garage, but otherwise, this is a ridiculous effort that fails to raise the blood pressure, because everything is so predictable once you know the general premise. Sadly, the poor quality of the film makes it a late night Cinemax guilty pleasure at best. Rating: 4/10
The Unknown Woman (Outsider Pictures) – Giuseppe Tornatore's thriller, the Italian submission for this year's Oscar Foreign Language category, is the story of a Russian woman who gets a job as the maid to an Italian family and starts to intrude into every aspect of their lives.
Next week, June begins with two very different new movies, pitting DreamWorks against Sandler as the animated Kung Fu Panda, featuring the voice of Jack Black, takes on Sandler's latest action-comedy, You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Sony).


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The University of Illinois, California State University at Long Beach, Georgia Tech, University of Toronto and the Rochester Institute of Technology are some of the universities who are already working with IBM to build a repository of repeatable learning materials to incorporate into everyday computer programming classes.
The purpose of the Accessibility Common Courseware Exchange for Software Studies (ACCESS) repository will be for professors around the world to collect, store and share information around accessibility technologies. Accessibility software, courseware, teaching, training tools and books will be available to the academic community at no-charge. Universities around the world will have an opportunity to contribute turnkey lessons, tools and courseware to this open repository. The ACCESS repository will be hosted and supported by the IBM Academic Initiative and can be found on the Web at: http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/us/en/university/scholars/skills/accessibility/index.html
The University of Illinois recently added an online course about universal Web site design to the repository. The lessons educate web developers and adminstrators about the disability access issues faced by people with disabilities and instruct how to design Web resources to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
Jon Gunderson, Director of Information Technology Accessibility at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign added that "This repository will be an invaluable aid to professors in any institution of higher education teaching technology accessibility. And success of this worldwide repository is dependent on collaboration and participation of professors around the world."
Between 750 million and 1 billion of the world's 6 billion people have a speech, vision, mobility, hearing or cognitive disability, according to the World Health Organization. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, one-quarter of the U.S. population will reach 55 by 2008, and about half will experience a disability after age 65.
A recent survey commissioned by IBM of more than 200 two- and four-year U.S. universities found that the majority of faculty respondents do not teach accessibility in the classroom, due to a lack of familiarity with the topic and a shortage of learning materials to incorporate into existing classes. IBM wants to improve the skills for making software more accessible
"To create a truly inclusive society, all forms of information technology need to be more accessible," said Dr. Bonnie Jones of the U.S. Department of Education. "If we can't do this, people with disabilities land on the wrong side of the 'digital divide.' We have to capture the intelligence and imagination of our next generation of IT developers now. The work IBM is doing with universities is an innovative way to reach out to student developers early, and to equip them with the necessary accessibility skills."
As a precursor to this initiative, IBM posted material for computer science classes this past fall, and launched a contest where students competed to provide software code that would make documents more accessible. IBM and the U.S. Department of Education are today congratulating the winners of that contest, in which nearly 400 students from 111 universities in Canada, China, Japan and the U.S. participated.
At the 2007 Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference at the California State University at Northridge, the largest forum of its kind, IBM and the U.S. Department of Education congratulated Daniel Millington, who attends Capitol College, Chase Pritchett, who attends the University of Oklahoma, and Yang Liu, who attends Tsinghua University in China. The students wrote computer code that checks word processing documents that adhere to the OpenDocument Format (ODF), to determine whether they are accessible. To propagate the technology, the students contributed their code to the open source community (sourceforge.org).
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All You Ever Wanted to Know about Bird Migration
April 26, 2017
You're probably hearing the birds chirp much more now that it's spring – the birds are returning from their annual journeys south. But how do they do it?
Migration is a mass movement from one area to another, and many bird species migrate annually. The distances that different bird species migrate vary greatly. Some birds move as little as several meters (down a mountain, for instance) to change elevation while others fly thousands of miles across an ocean.
Birds migrate to chase resources for survival. They follow vegetation for food and locations for nesting, which means that birds usually travel towards warm weather.
However, not all birds migrate. Birds relying on food sources that remain available in the winter do not need to migrate. Insects, a food source for some birds, can often be found on trees in the colder months.
Some birds that used to migrate no longer need to because of changes in winter resources. Cardinals migrated south in the 1920s, but now they brave the Northeastern winter. Some suspect that the rise in popularity of bird feeders caused the change in their migration patterns.
Storks in Portugal used to migrate to Africa for the winter, but landfills now provide them with enough food for the winter.
However, the storks may soon need to begin migrating again. In 2018 Portugal will start switching from landfills to composting facilities.
Migration routes are chosen carefully. Instead of flying the shortest route from their northern home to their southern home, birds stop at points where they know there will be food.
The New York Times wrote of University of Copenhagen bird migration expert Kasper Thorup's research, "The journey was exquisitely well timed to coincide with high levels of vegetation at each site, he and his colleagues found."
Migration routes are also chosen based on wind patterns. To choose a direction in which to fly, a species often utilizes a wind pattern to the birds' advantage.
Long before food becomes scarce, birds know it's time to prepare for migration. How is this possible? Changes in temperature and daylight hours are thought to inform the birds. There is also evidence that birds' genes help them know when to leave.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology writes, "For centuries, people who have kept caged birds have noticed that the migratory species go through a period of restlessness each spring and fall, repeatedly fluttering toward one side of their cage."
In recent years, improved bird-tracking technology has helped scientists learn more about bird migration. Small GPS trackers can be attached to birds to track their flight, and the Internet lets bird watchers share their sightings with experts.
As technology advances, our understanding of this annual natural feat will grow.
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Mexico Men's Retro Soccer Jersey, World Cup 1994, "Replica"
Mexico Men's Retro Soccer Jersey, World Cup 1994, "Replica"
The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, held in nine cities across the United States from 17 June to 17 July 1994. Mexico had their first successful qualifying campaign since 1978, as they did not qualify for the 1982 World Cup, in 1986 they were automatically qualified as hosts and in 1990 they were disqualified during the qualification process for the Cachirules scandal.
Mexico won the group E on goals scored, with three in the group. With Ireland and Italy also progressing having finished with identical records, Ireland finished ahead of Italy because of Ireland's victory over Italy.
On the field, Bulgaria was one of the biggest surprises of the tournament. Bulgaria won two of their three group games to qualify for the second round, where they advanced with a 3–1 penalty shoot-out win over Mexico.
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A 7:05 first pitch? Come on trash birds, as if I don't have trouble enough getting a Game Threat up each day.
Also, Joey Rickard? Mike Wright? 8-3?
Something isn't adding up here with these trash birds. I'm sure that'll get fixed right quick.
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Next Game(s): Tomorrow, @ Orioles, 7:05 PM ET
And now, the lineups…
Toronto Blue Jays
Michael Saunders(L) LF
Josh Donaldson(R) 3B
Jose Bautista(R) RF
Edwin Encarnacion(R) DH
Troy Tulowitzki(R) SS
Justin Smoak(S) 1B
Russell Martin(R) C
Ryan Goins(L) 2B
Kevin Pillar(R) CF
RHP Marcus Stroman
Baltimore Orioles
Joey Rickard(R) LF
Manny Machado(R) 3B
Adam Jones(R) CF
Chris Davis(L) 1B
Mark Trumbo(R) RF
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Mitel, Polycom Deal Is Latest Move in a Dynamic, Crowded UC Space
Mitel, Polycom Deal Is Latest Move in a Dynamic, Crowded UC Space
Mitel's purchase of Polycom is the latest move in a rapidly changing collaboration space as vendors look to gain ground in a market dominated by Cisco and Microsoft.
Mitel Finally Gets Polycom
The acquisition had been pushed by activist investor Elliott Management as a way of strengthening the positions of both companies. It combines Mitel's UC capabilities with Polycom's broad video conferencing portfolio, and will create a $2.5 billion company with about 7,700 employees.
Polycom the Latest in Mitel's Buying Spree
Since taking over as Mitel CEO in 2011, Rich McBee (pictured) has been pushing the company's migration toward the cloud and mobile spaces. In 2013, Mitel bought UC vendor Aastra Technologies for $392 million and last year grabbed Mavenir Systems—which sold cellular network software to telecommunications companies—for $560 million. In 2014, Mitel failed in a $574 million bid for ShoreTel when the rival UC company refused to negotiate.
Polycom and Microsoft Have a History
Polycom has a long-term relationship with Microsoft, with more than 40 products that support such Microsoft products as Skype for Business and Office 365. However, Microsoft might now see a stronger Mitel as a competitor, a probable reason Mitel is keeping the Polycom name. IP telephony companies like RingCentral, 8x8, Sprint and Vonage also might see the new company as more of a competitor in the cloud communications space.
ShoreTel Links Cloud, On-Premises With Connect
A key reason Mitel wanted to buy ShoreTel two years ago was that ShoreTel was in the process of building a common platform that offers a common code for its on-premises and cloud-based UC offerings. ShoreTel has since released Connect OnSite, Connect Cloud and Connect Hybrid, enabling customers to mix and match the UC services and applications across multiple sites.
Nokia Builds a Bigger Company With Alcatel-Lucent
Nokia earlier this year completed its $16.6 billion acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent, a deal that created a significantly larger networking and communications vendor that can challenge the likes of Cisco, Ericsson and Huawei Technologies.
Unify Gets a New Name, Product, Owner, CEO
In 2013, Siemens Enterprise Communications changed its name to Unify and a year later rolled out Circuit, its new UC platform that at one time had been known as "Project Ansible." Earlier this year, IT vendor Atos bought Unify from the Gores Group and Siemens for $371 million and in February named Jon Pritchard the new CEO.
Lifesize and Logitech Split
Logitech, which bought video conferencing vendor Lifesize in 2009, spun out the company earlier this year. The move came after Lifesize CEO Craig Malloy led an aggressive push by the company into the cloud, including the launch of Lifesize Cloud, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering designed to deliver business-class video collaboration to organizations that is scalable, easy to use and affordable.
Logitech Grows Its Own Collaboration Portfolio
The spin-out of Lifesize didn't dampen Logitech's collaboration ambitions. The company already had been building out its lineup of video conferencing systems, and a month after letting go of Lifesize, it rolled out Logitech Group, a system that combines a high-definition video camera with a full duplex speakerphone. It's aimed at groups of up to 20 people with additional expansion microphones and can run software from other vendors, such as Microsoft and Cisco.
Avaya Isn't Standing Still
The company has been rapidly building out its communications capabilities in such areas as the cloud and services. Avaya in 2015 bought Ensa Technologies, which built real-time collaboration and communications software and helped bolster the vendor's ambition in mobile- and cloud-based solutions. This year, Avaya unveiled a new cloud-based platform called Zang for enabling customers to more easily collaborate and a development platform called Breeze.
Cisco's Spark and Acquisitions
Cisco in 2015 launched its Spark communications platform and earlier this year expanded Spark's capabilities by enabling it to deliver UC services via the cloud. Cisco also created a developer community around the platform—Spark Spark for Developers—and a $150 million fund to help developers build apps for the platform. At the same time, Cisco continues to build out its communications capabilities through such acquisitions as Tropo and Acano.
Microsoft Builds Out Its Enterprise Communications Platform
The software giant a year ago launched Skype for Business, which blends Lync's enterprise-grade capabilities and Skype's ease of use.
ThinkingPhones Buys Fuze, Then Becomes Fuze
ThinkingPhones, a UC-as-a-service (UCaaS) vendor, last year bought Fuze, a cloud-based video conferencing company. It was the third acquisition by ThinkingPhones in two years, and came the same year Fuze bought LiveMinutes and its cloud-based collaboration offerings. Earlier this year, ThinkingPhones closed a $112 million round of funding and changed its name to Fuze.
Vonage Grabs iCore
The company last year spent $92 million to buy iCore in an effort to build out its cloud communications portfolio and enable Vonage—best known for its SMB and consumer offerings—to expand its UCaaS offerings to the higher end of the market.
Genband Offers Kandy
Genband has been bolstering its communications platform since buying Nortel's carrier voice-over-IP (VoIP) business in 2009. The company in 2014 bought uReach and its UC solutions, and later that year unveiled Kandy, a real-time communications software development platform.


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How These Companies Are Using AI To Boost Productivity
by Daniel
Despite concerns that artificial intelligence and robots will one day replace workers—a Pew survey found that 65% of Americans expect most jobs will be automated by 2065—several companies are using AI like Amy to increase productivity. Digital agents assist with information gathering and automated tasks such as scheduling meetings or answering customer questions and requests. While these sound like small tasks, the companies that use them are reporting greater employee productivity.
OUR VIEW: AI will be as much about the experience that developers can create with it and thus how it makes us feel as it will be about the efficiencies it offers.
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As he rushes away from his two wicked daughters, Goneril and Regan, King Lear was a fool not to consult a weather app to discover that it was a dark and stormy night on the heath. Not a great time to make a get-away. Nevertheless, the tormented king, tempest-tossed and rain-soaked, inches his way across the heath, raging against the raging storm: "Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! / You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout / Till you have drench'd our steeples, drown'd the cocks!" Although the old boy has lost his mind, he certainly has not lost his pluck!
Shakespeare introduces the thunderstorm to create a dramatic mood for the scene, but just as important, to function as a metaphor to represent Lear's psychological state — madness. On another level, the storm mirrors the chaos of Lear's fractured kingdom. Throughout the centuries, writers have been calling on storms to create mood as well as serving as a metaphor for the key characters and central themes of their stories. Here is how storms function as metaphors in several famous literary works:
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte: Emotional turmoil
The Segull by Anton Chekhov: Change
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad: Disorder
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: Evil World
Lord of the Flies by William Golding: Violence
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: Death
The Odyssey by Homer: Turmoil
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: Defeat
King Lear by William Shakespeare: Madness
The Aenid by Virgil: Rage
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If you love horses, nature and history, choose us for a walk on horseback along the spectacular Appian Way and surrounding Park.
Will be an experience you will never forget!
With our expert guides and horsemen Sandro and Andrea, you will see archeological treasures, some of which would be difficult to reach except on horseback.
With twenty years of experience in equestrian tourism, we have created itineraries for all tastes and levels of riding experience (including none!)
There is something for everyone on this thrilling excursion back in time!
Sandro Bernardini keeps his horses on the property bordering the Appian Way, where his family had lived for over a century and is founder of Antica Torre, an agricultural cooperative that produces organic vegetables for our Ride&Eat tours.
From hour long rides to daylong outings and moonlight rides (on every full moon) there are numerous itineraries to choose from.


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Security certifications aren't mandatory for all industry experts, but they can make a difference in applying for new roles. (ISC)² CEO David Shearer says they're a "must-have" when looking at candidates on paper.
"Statistically, someone who goes through the formal [certification] process tends to be a candidate with more educational experience," he says, and certifications give professionals the "deep dive" expertise they need to drive their careers.
There are definitely people who learn from experience and fall outside the rule, however. "There are always exceptions; people who don't have certifications who are fantastic at what they do," Shearer notes.
But a certification gives you broader knowledge, he says. "You need to think broad and you need to think deep," he says of building security expertise.
This depth is what separates security certificates from certifications, which "have a different bar you have to go through compared with a certificate," he says, citing a report from the Institute for Credentialing Excellence. Certificates typically don't evaluate experiential performance. "There's a lot more rigor that goes into a credential as opposed to a certificate."
While the distinction doesn't necessarily mean certificates are bad, it's simply something to bear in mind because they are designed to evaluate different things and therefore have a different structure.
It's important for businesses to recognize the difference between certificates and certification programs, says Shearer. People commonly use "certificate" and "certification" as synonymous terms.
Businesses who want professionals to demonstrate established knowledge or skills should focus on certification programs, which aim to validate competency through a structured assessment system. Certificate programs provide instruction so participants acquire skills in a specific area. While certification content is typically broad in scope; certificate content is much narrower.
Here's a look at some of the key certifications for security experts today. Do you have any of these certifications? Thinking about them? Feel free to share your thoughts and keep the conversation going in the comments.
Kelly Sheridan is the Staff Editor at Dark Reading, where she focuses on cybersecurity news and analysis. She is a business technology journalist who previously reported for InformationWeek, where she covered Microsoft, and Insurance & Technology, where she covered financial ... View Full Bio
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America's Charities recently released Snapshot 2015 – The New Corporate DNA: Where Employee Engagement and Social Impact Converge. The third in a series, this year's report includes insights, trends and best practices for workplace philanthropy and employee engagement.
Findings were collected from an online survey of executives from 120 companies in the third quarter of 2015. Their responses represent more than 600,000 employees and 17 unique industry groups, geographically dispersed, and equally distributed between large companies (more than 5,000 employees) and small to midsize companies (5,000 and fewer employees).
Snapshot 2015 makes the case: It's not enough to say giving of time, money and skills is important. Leaders must be involved in employee engagement, authentically, and it must be embedded in a company's DNA—part of its culture, values and actions.
One of the most prominent trends, according to Steve Delfin, President and CEO of America's Charities, is the changing expectations around social impact:
- Companies want more evidence their charity resources help with strategic social responsibility goals.
- Employees want more transparency, accountability and proof their donations are helping make a social impact.
Millennials care about social impact—and companies are expected to do more to engage their employees and support causes they care about. Their CSR efforts create a valuable competitive business edge for recruiting and retaining talent. And 92% of Snapshot 2015 respondents (from small to large companies) believe customers expect them to be good corporate citizens too. So companies need to step up with more sophisticated and responsive engagement programs.
What a difference two years makes
When it comes to workplace giving, for many years, a payroll deduction program was the most common way to engage employees. Those programs have grown steadily. But now they're only part of the picture.
According to Snapshot 2015, giving programs have changed quite a bit in the past two years. Today, almost two thirds of small, medium and large companies offer employees year-round giving opportunities; this is becoming the standard. Compare that with 2013, when just over one third of companies were moving beyond fall campaigns to year-round giving. Differences by size of company:
- 85% of large companies offer year-round giving, and 70% have matching campaigns.
- 44% of small to midsize companies offer year-round giving, and 28% have matching campaigns.
Survey respondent and Director of Corporate Responsibility for PwC US, Heather Lofkin Wright commented, "Giving at the office is about the change we can affect when we work together. . . meaningful ways to be a part of that collective impact."
Year-round volunteering has emerged as a core part of employee engagement programs. Something that was just coming into the picture in Snapshot 2013, volunteer opportunities are now offered by 92% of large companies and 60% of small to midsize ones.
For all the best practices in workplace giving and to read the latest findings, download the complete Snapshot 2015. And take a look at other reports in the Snapshot series.
Contact us if you're ready to improve your company giving program or looking for ways to better engage your employees.
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So I found this awesome very old primitive dry sink…from the SECOND I saw it, I began to imagine all the possibilities!
It was primitive style which really appealed to me.
It was certainly unique and I really liked all the imperfections and character she wore thanks for years of use…she was pretty fantastic!
I was hoping to choose a color that suited her…one that complemented her highly.
I decided to go with Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint in Boxwood…a gorgeous green that is a favorite of mine.
I used some Bonding Agent when I mixed the paint as I didn't want the chippy look.
I painted on three coats of milk paint and allowed it to dry for about a day between coats.
I took my time on this one and I really enjoyed this project.
Once painted up, I distressed and sanded it so that it had a smooth to the touch finish.
I used Miss Mustard Seed's Hemp Oil to seal it up.
I also used the Hemp Oil to clean up the inside of the drawer as well as the inside of the bottom cabinet and doors.
That Hemp Oil did wonders!
The wood looked so refreshed and new.
I am so pleased with this piece!
How beautiful is this antique dry sink now?
No doubt about it…character marks and all…I'm in LOVE.
She is beautiful.
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This is normally the case but not today. We had another Snow Day. Now that I am all caught up with my work, this snow day was not as exciting. A snow day every once in a while is great but back to back starts to become annoying. Especially when there wasn't really any snow…
The good news is, I was able to get my pre paleo challenge benchmark WOD done at 7am rather than 5:30pm when the box is packed. I am already excited to do it again in 6 weeks after the challenge is complete to see some growth…hopefully!
Another benefit to this snow day was a morning full of baking paleo creations! The key to eating healthy and clean without feeling deprived or insane is creating meals and snacks that are just as tasty and delicious without all the unnecessary crap. It may take some extra time and money to get the ingredients but the way your body reacts when it is fueled with quality food is well worth it. I give myself a cheat meal every week to reward myself but sometimes it just reminds me why I don't eat like that on a regular basis. After eating out, I always feel bloated, and sometimes shakey and hot from the sugar and carbs.
Lets get back to these paleo creations I was talking about because they are way too great to not show. But first, let me just address some business I had to take care of last night before the paleo challenge began…
Yup, it was necessary to get rid of all non-paleo temptations. So after I polished off the Ezekiel bread with a chicken sandwich with sautéed onion and mushroom, I had to move on to finishing off the last of my arctic zero.
Now onto the things that replace these processed foods. After this morning's WOD, I had to get some food in me before I started the baking marathon. I opted for a nice little stack of banana pancakes with some pure maple syrup. (Blended 1 banana, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp coconut flour, cinnamon and a pinch of baking soda)
Next was some homemade Paleo Ketchup because if you know me, you KNOW that I can't go without ketchup. I found a pretty simple recipe that just called for tomato paste, water, apple cider vinegar, mustard powder, pepper, Himalayan pink salt, cinnamon, ground cloves and a splash of maple syrup.
Now let's get to the fun stuff… Paleo Chocolate Chip Coconut Cookies made with almond flour, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla bean extract, paleo chocolate chips, cacao nibs, and unsweetened coconut flakes. Can't wait to try one after dinner, the smell is killer!
Speaking of dinner…
Yup. No words necessary.
And the best part of all…it took about 5 minutes to prep. 2/3 cup of low sodium chicken broth, a layer of chopped sweet onion, 3 chicken breasts, chopped apple, a variety of spices and a drizzle of honey.
It is safe to say that the paled challenge is off to a great start! I am excited to take part in this challenge for a couple of reasons.
First of all, I don't know how to turn down a challege..ha ha.
Second, I still have some thoughts lingering from my "want to be super lean" stage where I obsessed about food and the amount of sugar and carbs. I used to think an apple was a bad snack because it had sugar and carbs. I was obsessed with eating every 2-3 hours because I thought that was what I HAD to do to gain muscle. I have come a long way from that part of my life and that mindset. Thankfully. First and foremost, I don't obsess. Food is not something that should be a stressor. Second, I eat when I am hungry, not based on a time and I feed that hunger with foods that are wholesome and nutrient dense. However, every once in a while I have those little moments where I over think about the carbs or suagr content in something as healthy as a banana or oatmeal. This paleo challenge is helping me rid all those thoughts. With many foods now eliminated, I can't opt for those low-calorie choices simply because they are low-calorie. I HAVE to opt for fruit, nuts, avocados, meats, honey..I can't over analyze the carbs, fats, and sugar. That being said, it is certainly important to be aware and mindful…MODERATION IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT.
Well I apologize if all the food pictures and the little personal rant was not very exciting. Maybe this will help you crack a smile!
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It's ADVENTURE TIME! Join Finn the Human, Jake the Dog, and Princess Bubblegum for all-new adventures through The Land of Ooo.
The totally algebraic adventures of Finn and Jake have come to the comic book page! The Lich, a super-lame, SUPER-SCARY skeleton dude, has returned to the the Land of Ooo, and he's bent on total destruction! Luckily, Finn and Jake are on the case…but can they succeed against their most destructive foe yet? Featuring fan-favorite characters Marceline the Vampire Queen, Princess Bubblegum, Lumpy Space Princess and the Ice King!


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In Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06, you'll attempt to prove that you're the "#1 Golfer of All Time", playing against legends like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Ben Hogan in their specific eras, complete with equipment and clothing of the time. However, Tiger is also there and chasing the same goal. It's your job to find him, stop him, and topple him as the top golfer of each era.
Just like the real PGA TOUR, the key to a good shot is execution and precision. In Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06, both analog sticks are used to give more control than ever over each shot. The left analog stick controls the backswing and downswing, while the right analog stick, or "Shape stick", controls ball trajectory and spin. This increased strategy also extends to putting, where you'll have to move the analog stick only as far as necessary to make the putt.
Maintaining confidence is also key, as good or bad shots will increase or decrease a Gamebreaker meter. Top it up, and you'll be able unleash longer shots with added precision.
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EnPro Industries reported continued strength in its financial results as its performance during the second quarter of 2008 set new quarterly records for sales, segment profits, segment profit margins and income.
VMA associate member Garlock Sealing Technologies showed increased demand from power generation, hydrocarbon production and processing, and metals and mining markets, both in the United States and the rest of the world, which benefited sales.
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Expressions of my life - An evolution of art.
The throws of these arms open wide
To embrace the demons that hold your soul.
Give them to me for I've seen them before and know their names.
Such denizens of the mind come quick and sharp like a razor to the throat as they spill chaos across our mindsets.
I fear not these things created in our minds but the reality shed in this world. I watch as you dream away your past nightmares…..
Slowly you realize I'm here to stay, no illusions just a man the world has made bittersweet trying his best to find happiness in the randomness of lives events.
Such torturous thoughts these demons have placed that they have chased the love from our hearts and given to change that bares only teeth and blood. Sinue ripped from the heart strings as the last of your love faded away in a bottle of Prozac…
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Danielle Lloyd is a Liverpudlian former beauty queen, famous for her turbulent former marriage to a certain footie star.
And now she's caused controversy by saying she will select the gender of her next child after having four sons in a row.
The 34-year-old was once named Miss Great Britain, and during her last pregnancy she revealed the sex of her baby live on Loose Women.
Here's what we know about the former WAG…
Danielle Lloyd was born in December 1983 in Liverpool.
During her youth she worked as a nail artist and then, after finishing school, decided on training as a beautician while entering the world of modelling.
An adult Danielle has spoken about being in an abusive relationship when she was a teenager, involving violence which left one of her cheekbones broken.
In 2004, when she was 21, Danielle was crowned Miss England, then in 2006 she was named Miss Great Britain.
Months later, she was stripped of her title after posing nude for Playboy, just one of the many lads' mags she'd started working for.
In 2007, Danielle entered the Celebrity Big Brother house alongside Jade Goody, S Club 7's Jo O'Meara and Bollywood superstar Shilpa Shetty.
Along with Goody and O'Meara, her behaviour towards Shetty garnered her very negative publicity around the world. The scandal lost her two major modelling contracts.
That same year she released a workout DVD called Keep Fit, Look Fit, and she began appearing on numerous game shows, including a glamour models edition of The Weakest Link, which she won. She always gives her prizes to various charities.
Around the time her TV career took off, she also attracted the attention of footballer Jamie O'Hara of Tottenham Hotspur, who she went on to marry in 2012.
The couple have three sons – Archie, 7, Harry, 6, and George, 5 – but divorced in 2014 and are not on good terms, mainly because Jamie has expressed resentment over not being able to see his sons more.
Responding to Jamie's online posts about her, Danielle then accused him of abusing her 'in front of the kids' during a tweet spree in 2017.
Meanwhile Jamie has spoken about their divorce and the damage to his own mental health after taking part on Celebrity Big Brother 2017.
Danielle, who riled many of her online followers with a pro-Trump baby outfit, has since moved on with electrician Michael O'Neilland and they had a son called Ronnie together in late 2017.
The sex of the baby was revealed on Loose Women and Danielle could not help but hide her disappointment as she wanted a daughter.
Now her decision to choose a daughter using gender selection with her next pregnancy has caused uproar.
She also revealed in April 2018 that she had £2,000 vagina surgery in an effort to stop wetting herself.
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What type of species is Crimora papillata? Below, you will find the taxonomic groups the Crimora papillata species belongs to.
How to identify Crimora papillata marine species? Below, you will find the list of main identification criteria and physical characteristics of marine species Crimora papillata. For each identification criteria, the corresponding physical characteristics of marine species Crimora papillata are marked in green.
Where is Crimora papillata found in the world? Below, you will find the list and a world map of the geographic distribution where the marine species Crimora papillata can be found.
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Hello, first of all i'd like to thank you guys for all this work and the great oportunities this developments brings. I am a math teacher, from Chile, and since January i have been teaching gifted to code images with context free and structure synth, in a program called Penta UC. Anyway, right now i'm interested in lines of research, specially in math education, and i'm wandering what kind of literature i can use for this. If you could point me in the right direction, to find literature of generative art and its teaching it would help a lot. In august i will start the 2nd version of this generative art course.
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February Recipes
Seasonal recipes for the month February. February still has plenty of seasonal food. Go for long storage vegetables, like carrots, onions and potatoes. Now is also the time to start tucking into your preserved or fermented foods.
Baked Potatoes with Creamy Chives filling
Enjoy this baked potato with a seasonal salad of grated carrots with sultanas and a simple dressing of olive oil and lemon juice.
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 20-25 minutes • Cooking Time: 35-40 minutes
Bean and Seaweed Soup
According to a recent study, regular bean eaters are 22 percent less likely to be overweight and have smaller waistlines than those who pass on legumes. Beans release energy slowly into the body, making them a great weight loss food. 'They are also high in protein and fibre, which satiates the appet...
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 10-20 minutes • Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Beans and Kale
Another simple, warming, winter recipe. Probably the easiest recipe I've ever written!
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 15 minutes • Cooking Time: 20-30 minutes
Beetroot with fishcakes
You can either buy pre-cooked beetroot or uncooked beetroot. Allow roughly 3 beetroots per person.
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 30-60 minutes • Cooking Time: 25-40 minutes
Cabbage and Noodles
A simple recipe with seasonal cabbage and noodles. Serve with fried banana for a sweet twist.
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 15-20 minutes • Cooking Time: 25-30 minutes
Curried Parsnip Soup
parsnips are a great winter vegetables and very versatile. this recipe is vegetarian, but you can make it vegan by substituting the yogurt for a soya version.
• Serves: 3-4 • Preparation Time: 10-20 minutes • Cooking Time: 20-30 minutes
Dutch sauerkraut and potato dish (Zuurkoolstamppot)
Another one of my favourite Dutch recipes. I make my own sauerkraut, but back in the Netherlands you could buy fresh sauerkraut from a fermentation bin. I doubt if you still can though... If you don't use all the sauerkraut, just keep it in the fridge and it will last for ages.
• Serves: 2-3 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 20-30 minutes
Lentil and Sheese Burgers
A vegetarian recipe, serve with potatoes and pickled vegetables or sauerkraut for a seasonal dish.
• Serves: 3-4 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 40-50 minutes
Lentils with Piccalilli
This recipe is suitable for vegetarians and vegans. Sadly most shop bought piccalilli contains gluten, but you can make your own! Recipe soon to follow...
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 300 minutes • Cooking Time: 60-80 minutes
Mung Bean and Kale Soup
Nutritional fact: Mung beans are a healthy alternative to meat. They are relatively high in protein, iron, magnesium and especially vitamin B6, which is needed for proper absorption of vitamin B12.
• Serves: 6-8 • Preparation Time: 5-10 minutes • Cooking Time: 30-45 minutes
Neep Brownies
This recipe was given to us by Ingrid, the recipe uses the winter vegetable turnips, or neeps as they are known in Scotland, or swedes as they are known in England. It is also gluten free!
• Serves: 16 • Preparation Time: 15 minutes • Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Omelette with kale
A vegetarian omelette made with curly kale (kale) which is in season all winter! Remember, if you grow your own, kale is also in season in Summer.
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 20-30 minutes • Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Potatoes with sesame seeds
You can make it as spicy as you want by adding more or less chilli pepper to it. Serve this potato dish with pickled cucumber and (homemade) chutney. You can also add some (vegan) steaks or burgers.
• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 20 - 25 minutes
Salad with sauerkraut
Another tasty way of eating sauerkraut. Sauerkraut is lacto-fermented so shouldn't contain vinegar! Our sauerkraut is raw and real!
• Serves: 3-4 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 0 minutes
Sauerkraut with goat's cheese
Another dish which uses sauerkraut. Sauerkraut can be eaten year round, but is more of a winter vegetable as it is preserved white cabbage.
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 20-30 minutes • Cooking Time: 60 minutes
Sauerkraut with lentils and potatoes
You can add meat to this dish, but the lentils are sufficient as a meat replacer. They are high in protein, fibre and iron and a range of different vitamins and minerals. Low in cholesterol and low in calories, lentils are a indeed a very healthy replacement for meat.
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 15 minutes • Cooking Time: 30-40 minutes
Sea Vegetable & Tofu Salad
This delicious Japanese salad makes a nice change to the usual lettuce salad and the dressing is something special!
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 0 minutes
Spelt Sourdough Vegan Pancakes
It takes a few days to get a sourdough starter going but once it's active you can mix up your vegan pancake batter in the evening, let the magic happen overnight and cook these chunky pancakes for breakfast.
• Serves: 4-8 • Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes
Vegan Avocado Cheese cake
This cheese cake has a twist! It's made with coconut and not with actual cheese, so it is suitable for vegans and those with a lactose intolerance. Avocado's are in season in Spain in February.
• Serves: 8 • Preparation Time: 20 minutes • Cooking Time: >2 hours minutes
Wakame White Miso Soup
The golden colour and light, sweet flavour of this nutritious soup makes it a good choice during the winter months.
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 10-20 minutes • Cooking Time: 5 minutes


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