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This will be a simple overview of my ATC experience. I am running on 3 hours of sleep so I am a bit foggy on details, but still coherent enough to give an account of how the true kin fared at the ATC.
First off, here is a breakdown of the armies that attended:
Space Marines - 22
Necrons - 22
Eldar - 21
Daemons - 16
Grey Knights - 16
Tau - 15
Imperial Guard - 11
Imperial Knights - 11
Blood Angels - 7
Chaos Marines - 6
Orks - 6
Tyranids - 5
Dark Eldar - 5
Dark Angels - 4
Sisters of Battle - 1
Space Wolves - 1
Black Templars - 1
So, as you can see, the Dark Eldar are way way down on the list of what people think are "competitive" lists- and believe me, there were 9 scythe necrons, 5 Knight and demon bomb lists a plenty. But only 5 braved the Dark Eldar.
I was one of them, and headed into game 1:
As we read the lists, i informed my team captain "any list is fine, but not the 4 wyvern, pask, dual earthshaker list please.
So, Imperial guard turn 1 it was!
Evil or Very Mad
My list:
20 dogs
4 wych venoms
3 ravagers (1 triple dissie)
2 waveserpents w/ 5 dire avengers)
This game was pretty straight forward. He hung back as far as he could, I deployed as close as i could. He had pask in a gatling tank, a plasma tank, 2 units of 2 wyverns, 2 earthshakers and a bunch of chimeras.
I had to remove those wyverns, and going first let me pop the serpent shields, destroying 1 tank, stunning the other and the ravagers removed 1 weapon from a third. Dogs moved and ran, the dissie ravager managed side shots on a chimera, dropping the people inside which the venoms wiped.
First blood
He went, and pask dropped a venom (wyches were fine), executioner shot at a ravager (jink!) but no damage. Basalisks dropped the other ravager despite nightfight and jink.
turn 2 had dogs charge pask( only baron and jetseer could hurt him) and glanced him once. It was more to move closer to his units than anything else.
Waveserpents wiped the squad of 1 wyvern, and snap shooting ravager dropped the wounded wyvern. Wyches moved up, tossed some grenades, etc...
He was panicked now as my dogs were in his face. He shot EVERYTHING at them, but they had fortune up, so no real damage.
My turn saw the dogs multicharge the wyvern, a chimera, and 2 earthshakers. They ate them all. 2 wych units charged pask after tossing grenades, (2 glances) and in HTH did 4 more removing all the tanks.
After that it was just mop up.
30 points.
Game 2- Versus Imperial Knights with some marine allies.
3 knights (2 melta, 1 cannon)
2 landraiders w/tac squads (sormbolter raiders)
bikes with banner that lets bolters salvo, apoth, etc...
We set up, and it was game on.
He went first, and for some unknown reason, moved his landraiders 12" forward. He snapshot, but jinks saved em all but 1 venom which was glanced out. (first blood)
His knights took potshots, and stunned the dissie ravager. (jink!)
My turn, the dogs went after all 3 knights, the wyches went up 6, deployed 6, threw grenades, then charged and removed both landraiders. Venoms and ravagers (even got three hits with stunned ravager) wiped his bike squad.
(slay the warlord. )
He then asked what in the dogpack could even hurt him. I informed him my baron could glance on a charge, and the farseer could pen with a hit, a and another 5-6 with rending at str 5.
He then ignored them and took out two ravagers.
That was game over pretty much.
Dogs charged all 3 and tied them up until i got wyches where I wanted them, then took out all 3 knights.
28 out of 30.
Game 3-
Guard from hell.
This game I lost. He had 2 units of 50 man blob squads. It was hammer and anvil and he deployed WAY WAY back except blobs. I got the infiltrate warlord trait and did so to get there quicker.
Long story short... Prescience on both squads, first rank, second rank on both and 240 rerollable shots later, the dogs were pretty much gone.
i did manage to wipe the blobs, and tie him on objectives until his flyers went into hover and contested. I also failed a rerollable 3" run to tie on capture/control.
So 4 points (first blood/ slay the warlord)
Game 4- Versus Knights with eldar allies.
This game was funny. My opponent literally told me my tactics sucked when i turboed 4 venoms right in his knights faces. He then ignored said venoms to take out the "real" threat of my ravagers.
My turn 2- wyches ate his warlord and then continued to mow down his army. Dogs ate the waveserpents and pretty much kept the knights corralled. Board control for the win on this one.
30 points
Game 5- Demon bomb.
In this game, the waveserpents were the hero, not the dogs! Nurgle in cover is nasty, but shields were nastier! Dogs did eat his warlord,3 nurgle units and tied up 3 soulgrinders until wyches were in position to haywire em, so it is not like they were a non factor or anything.
Demons have a hard time with Dark Eldar....
Not sure of points... 28-30 or so. I think he may have gotten first blood.
Game 6- versus tau and eldar.
He had 2 riptides, 3 kroot squads, a bastion filled with a buffcommander, fireblade, and broadsides, a wraithknight, some jetbikes and a waveserpent with firedragons and an autarch.
I went first, venomed up his knight doing 2 wounds, and ravagered up 1 riptide killing it for first blood.
He went and shot some stuff, dropping a venom that turboed up at his bastion, and i jink saved the rest of the shots. he then charged my dogs with his knight.
I overwatched, doing another wound, then hit and run, and surrounded his bastion.
Long story short.. dogs surrounded bastion, except for one little spot where wyches charged in, haywired it to death and killed every model inside because they could not disembark!
Game ended turn 5 where he turboed to claim an objective, used his serpent on another and shot 5 gone to ground guardians off another to claim objectives, taking 8 points.
If the game continued, he was tabled. If is bike failed a test, ditto, and if even one save was made by my avengers, I would have had 30 points.
Instead I ended up with 22.
So, out of 170 people, i ended up 17th with dark eldar.
Not too shabby!
The best general overall? Dark Eldar as well!
Perhaps until we get boned with a new dex, more people will start looking at Dark Eldar as a viable tournament army!


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Vivint using social media to recruit sales talent
Everyone likes to gab about their workplace, whether it's to colleagues at happy hour after work, or by posting on Facebook or your social media channel of choice. But your workplace paying you to talk about it? That's what Vivint is doing for its employees.
According to a news release this week, the Utah-based summer-model home automation and security company is utilizing redKonnect, "a word-of-mouth marketing web application," to help it reward employees who pass the word to friends that Vivint has job openings and is a good place to work. The company says data show the retention rates for friend-referred employees are much higher than those of employees recruited through other means.
Here's more from the July 17 release:
With the help of redKonnect, a word-of-mouth marketing web application, Vivint is rewarding its employees with cash for simply posting about Vivint job openings on social media. That is, Vivint is incentivizing its most loyal employees to tell their friends that Vivint is hiring inside salespeople.
In fact, every time their Vivint employees post and tweet about Vivint using redKonnect, they get paid, and every time their friends click on their post tweets they get paid more. Posts, tweets and clicks generate points and redKonnect, which their employees can convert to cash on PayPal with the click of a button. Talk about giving back.
As for some hard stats, since launching their campaign with redKonnect, Vivint fans and employees have generated, on average, 9 clicks with every endorsement. And dozens of these endorsements were generated within just a few days of the campaign launching.
Given the premium sales-centered companies place on recruiting, Vivint's redKonnect campaign seems to represent an innovative and exemplary move toward better utilization of social media for recruiting of talented salespeople.
Vivint seems confident employees will give the company a strong endorsement. Vivint says it has "some of the highest rates of employee satisfaction and productivity."
Benefits the company says it offers workers include health and dental coverage, paid vacation days, and a generous 401K package, as well as free lunch, casual dress and exercise facilities.
The release quotes company CEO Todd Pederson as saying, "My father always told me that if you treat the people who work for you like gold, everything else will fall into place."

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"I like to stay at home making cinema in my head" the famous footballer Eric Cantona once famously told the media. Although the rest of us can't all have the king's imagination, we can indulge in a home movie theatre and bring magic and excitement to all our video entertainment.
Not only does a personal cinema offer a superb space for entertaining, it also increases a property's appeal for prospective buyers or tenants. But not all home movie theatres are alike. Our tips will help you install the perfect picture-house setup.
1. Black out the windows
The darker the room, the better the picture. Light can easily seep in and ruin the image quality, especially during the day. Blackout curtains can be effective, but it's worth blocking out light from the windows entirely if you're creating a dedicated cinema space.
2. Pick the perfect projector
Choose a premium projector for your setup. A dark room won't require anything above 1,000 lumens, which leaves the question of resolution. With films now being shot in such a high resolution, no less than 720p is acceptable in a home cinema.
Real cinema enthusiasts and sports fans, however, will be seeking to improve on that figure. Investing in a 4K projector will not only ensure excellent image quality, it will also continue to serve you well in the future. 1080p may be the standard today, but technology develops at a fast pace in the AV world.
3. Go wireless with surround sound
Surround sound is an absolute must when it comes to home cinemas. The question is not whether to do it, but how. The quality of surround sound systems today is so high that you can afford to put an emphasis on aesthetics when shopping around.
The key is to ensure any wiring is invisible. If you're building a dedicated space from scratch, you can hide the wires in the walls. Otherwise, it's worth choosing a wireless system to ensure the room stays neat.
4. Install suitable seating
The ultimate finishing touch on a home cinema is the seating. Ordinary lounge chairs and sofas may be multipurpose, built as much for socialising as they are for relaxing, but cinema seating should be more specialised.
Measure the room before making any purchases to ensure your seating fits comfortably within your space and offers visitors an unrestricted view.
5. Provide refreshments
No film-watching experience is complete without a healthy helping of drinks and snacks. Rather than carrying treats through from the kitchen, keep as much as you can nearby. Depending on the amount of available space, that could mean anything from purchasing a humble mini fridge to installing a fully stocked bar.
Engel & Völkers is an industry leader in the world of luxury property and is well versed in how to transform a living room into an extraordinary space. Browse our E&V site for additional advice on turning your home into a special place.


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Pathfinder: The Carrion Crown
Welcome to the Carrion Crown campaign!
From the whispering shadows of haunted Ustalav an ancient evil rises to grip the world in a new age of horror! Amid the mists of this land of dark superstition and dread secrets stand both those who would defy the return of evil and those who would seek its terrible favor. Can the heroes discern their allies from their enemies in time to save a tortured realm from a tyrant's return? Pathfinder's darkest and most frightening campaign ever sets the heroes against the agents of Golarion's most notorious villain, the Whispering Tyrant, in a terrifying trek across a land of lurking horror and ancient mysteries!


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Orleans/Niagara BOCES is getting ready to start the fall driver and traffic education course on Wednesday, Sept. 19.
The program is being offered at the Orleans/Niagara BOCES Conference Center in Sanborn and Medina High School and is being offered to all students who are 16 years of age as of Sept. 19, and who possess a valid state permit and a 48-hour course to learn how to drive responsibly. Students who successfully complete the course receive a MV285 certificate which enables students 17 years of age to secure a senior operator license and are eligible for insurance reduction depending on the company. All instructors are certified New York secondary teachers and driver and traffic safety education instructors.
The cost of the program is $400 per student. Download the registration form at www.onboces.org. Go to the Quick Links section of the first page and click on Driving School. For questions, call 1-800-836-7510, ext. 3763. School guidance counselors also will have forms.


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Imaginarium 2012: Behind The Scenes With Team Body Glove
Last year Body Glove won the Imaginarium by bringing the "8-Bit" video game theme to life—literally building a Mario Brothers set on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. This time around, they set out to execute a darker concept, something along the lines of the Creature From The Black Lagoon meets The Blair Witch Project. During the course of the shoot, the dark concept turned into dark reality when they almost lost the life of one of their own. We gave Body Glove's Greg Browning a ring to get the inside scoop…
TransWorld SURF: Where did this year's Imaginarium concept stem from?
Greg Browning: After last year, doing the fun 8-bit video game thing, we sat down and pulled a bunch of pictures from magazines, trying to come up with a new concept to advance the art of surf photography. In the process, we stumbled across a Creature From The Black Lagoon image and we were all like, "That's what we're doing. We're doing something with a sea creature." From there, it was a lot of questions and planning, like: How are we going to get this thing made? How can we make it functional? Where will we shoot? We felt last year our biggest flaw was a lack of waves, so we chose Indonesia and went to work making a suit and putting together a crew.
How was swimming in that creature suit?
Swimming was really tough. The sea creature was Scott Smith—one of our videographers here at Body Glove—who also happened to be a collegiate water polo player. We worked with a place in Hollywood for over a month designing and developing the suit, which is a lycra latex combination, but we didn't get to test the thing until we got to Indo. The biggest issue with the design was Scott couldn't move his hands. So when he got in trouble, which happened quite a few times because the surf was solid and he was getting caught inside, the mask would fill up with water and he couldn't get it off. It was intense. He had two legitimate near-death experiences wearing that suit. And not to mention, getting it on and off was a nightmare. It took three giant bottles of Astroglide!
Sounds crazy. Did you guys run into any other unexpected roadblocks that could have ruined the concept—besides almost losing one of your employees?
We're really stoked that everything came out, but overall it was really tough to pull off. Coordinating a camera crew into the right spot to get a good water shot with a surfer—and to get the sea creature in the middle of it all was one of the hardest things ever. A lot of times it wasn't possible. We were shooting in Indonesia, and that meant dealing with rogue sets and 20-minute lulls—and Scott just couldn't get under some waves because you can't swim proper in that suit. So like I was saying, Scott had two near-death experiences. I did all the water video and Brent [Bielmann] shot all the still photos, but we were also Scott's rescue unit and yet the entire time we were getting smoked ourselves. So yeah, it was super interesting.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A furious rally that saw UC Santa Barbara score seven unanswered runs was not enough on Friday afternoon as No. 8 Cal State Fullerton jumped out to a huge lead and held on, 9-7.
The Gauchos battered around CSUF starter Dylan Floro for seven runs (six earned), the most he has allowed in any of his 14 appearances this season. Floro, who entered the game with a 2.25 ERA, had previously faced No. 1 Florida and No. 6 Texas A&M, not to mention UC Irvine, Cal Poly and Long Beach State this season.
Yet, it was the Gauchos who did the most damage against the right-hander.
UCSB scored four times in the sixth inning, two on Brandon Trinkwon's single and two on Marc Venning's double, and then added three in the seventh.
Joey Wallace scored on Peter Maris' base hit and Greg Mahle came in on Lance Roenicke's sacrifice fly. A pair of balks – in a span of three pitches – by reliever Koby Gauna, plated another run. But, Gauna struck out Trinkwon to end the threat and then he and closer Michael Lorenzen retired the next six in a row to close out the taut game.
Unfortunately the tremendous rally was overshadowed by Fullerton's five-run first inning in which the Titans nearly hit for the cycle.
Carlos Lopez's double scored a run and then he and Matt Chapman came in on Anthony Hutting's triple. The next batter, J.D. Davis, hit a two-run home run.
Fullerton (31-14 overall, 13-3 Big West) stretched the lead to 7-0 on Lorenzen's two-run home run in the fourth and then added an unearned run and a solo home run against reliever Dalton Douty.
UCSB starter Kevin Gelinas was roughed up in 3.2 innings as he threw 100 pitches and allowed seven runs – all earned. Douty pitched well in his 3.0 innings of work in relief.
Right-hander Jared Wilson helped keep the Gauchos close with 2.1 scoreless innings of relief.
UCSB continues its series against CSUF with 1 p.m. games on both Saturday and Sunday. The finale of the series will be senior day as the Gauchos say goodbye to seniors Zak Edgington, Kevin Gelinas, Jeremy Peterson, Ryan Palermo, Lance Roenicke, Bryce Tafelski, Matt Vedo and Joey Wallace.
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GILBERT, Ariz., Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center on the Banner Gateway campus will break ground in January 2013 on an expansion of its outpatient cancer facility, offering a new service and additional equipment and treatment areas to meet the needs of its rapidly growing patient population.
The 111,000-square-foot expansion will take place to the south of the existing 130,000-square-foot building and will add:
"We're proud to be living our vision of providing premier cancer services in the Valley," said Todd Werner, CEO of Banner MD Anderson. "Our patients deserve nothing less than the best care and treatment options available."
Banner MD Anderson will break ground on the $62.6 million expansion project on Jan. 22. The newly added area will open in spring 2014.
"We're excited that we can expand our facilities and in turn, serve more people," said Maggie Row, vice president of clinical operations for MD Anderson Cancer Network. "We look forward to enhancing our services in partnership with Banner Health and continuing to elevate the quality of care available in Arizona."
Since opening in 2011, the cancer center has experienced rapid growth in outpatient volume. The center's model of multi-disciplinary care, coupled with its relationship with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, has attracted more than 5,000 patients and resulted in 50,000 patient visits since opening. In addition, more than 50 subspecialty physicians are now providing cancer care to patients in need.
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11.07.12: The CCRI Knights had a good season with a 5-8-2 overall record and 5-2-1 record in Region XXI play. The Knights narrowly missed the Region XXI tournament after a hard-fought 2-1 loss to the region rival Bulldogs of Dean College on October 20th. Though the Knights did not make it to the post season they did have four players earn post season awards: Co-Captain midfielder Manny Alves (Pawtucket, RI), sophomore midfielder Servi Barrientos (Providence, RI), and freshman defender Preston Kar (Providence, RI) earned Frist Team All-Region honors while freshman defender Ian Duncan (Barrington, RI) earned Honorable Mention All-Region honors.
Manny Alves, a sophomore midfielder, served as a two-year captain for the Knights' soccer team earned his second All-Region XXI honor in as many years. Alves was responsible for taking many free kicks and provided tremendous leadership for the Knights squad during his two years of service. In his freshman year alves participated in 12 games scoring three goals with two assists for eight total points. In his sophomore campaign he added an assists to give him nine career points in 14 games played. His leadership will definitely be missed on the 2013 Knights' squad.
Servi Barrientos is earned his first All-Region XXI honor, during his sophomore campaign he led the Knights in scoring with four goals and one assist for nine total points. As a freshman Barrientos was tied for the lead in scoring with four goals with four assist for 12 total points giving him eight goals and five assists for 21 total career points. Servi was always a primary scoring threat for the Knights and his offensive output will be missed next year.
The last two All-Region XXI members were freshmen Preston Kar who made first team All-Region XXI and Ian Duncan who made Honorable Mention. Both Kar and Duncan burst upon the seen to bolster the Knights defense which was definitely their strong suit. The Knights will look to lean on their experience build upon the success of their two talented defenders in 2013.
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$6.6 Million Ruling Against Lyrics Site, Once Again, Shows How Short Sighted Music Industry Is
from the makes-no-sense dept
Unfortunately, colorful and extreme CEOs aren't necessarily what you want in a lawsuit that involves a number of important issues. From the look of it, Greenspan did a lot more harm to himself in this lawsuit with his actions, so it's little surprise that he lost and was told to pay $6.6 million a few weeks ago:
Greenspan went through three law firms. One withdrew, citing a "personality conflict." Another withdrew, citing nearly $85,000 in owed fees and a "breakdown in the attorney-client relationship." At times, he showed up in court, representing himself and failing to obey proper procedures in submitting motions. At other times, depositions were ignored upon "medical emergencies."Later on, after the court ordered an injunction, Greenspan ignored it -- a big no-no. As a result, it's almost surprising that the final ruling was only $6.6 million. The judge, thankfully, more or less realized on his own that the $100,000 per song that the publishers were asking for was crazy talk. He specifically asked about what actual licensing rates would have been, "to avoid a ridiculously disproportionate damage award" -- even though statutory damages don't require any indication of "actual" damages. Of course, they still ended up with $12,500 per song for 528 songs, leading to the $6.6 million verdict embedded below.
The whole case, however, reminds us once again how shortsighted the legacy players in the industry are. They seek to get cash out of every single use, even if those uses make the overall work more valuable. The end result is fewer people engaging with lyrics. It's just too expensive, and that serves to generate less interest in the music as a whole. But, it gets some publishers a short term big check, and that seems to be the extent of strategic thinking in parts of the legacy industry these days: "how can we get them to pay us right now?" rather than "what actually makes the most sense?"
That may sound like an exaggeration, but it's not. Remember, when now-Sony Music (then Universal Music) boss Doug Morris basically made exactly that statement? When asked about increasing value to benefit down the road, Morris responded by telling a reporter that this just meant that:
"someone, somewhere is taking advantage of you."The legacy music industry needs long term strategic thinking. And instead it just looks for who it can sue.


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Raytheon Co. has won a $33.7 million contract to support the Air Force's hypertemporal imaging space experiment payload.
Hypertemporal imaging is crucial to understanding the dynamic nature of the systems and processes of the Earth.
The primary objective of the hypertemporal imaging space experiment payload effort is to design, fabricate, test, and deliver a space-flight ready instrument capable of conducting hypertemporal imaging from a geosynchronous earth orbit, according to the Defense Department.
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So I took pictures anywhere I could. What I mean is that I used my moderately popular novelty blog to peddle myself as a "photographer" for $75 a session. I worked my ass off. My sessions were, on average 3 hours long with wardrobe changes and multiple locations. I'm laughing just writing this. I gave people so many images. I ran like the beheaded trying to get a grip on how to be what I thought should be so I could eventually be what I wanted to be. I read and subscribed to blogs, I bought magazines and read technical stuff, I gear lusted.
So here I am. Four years later. I want to document (some of) what I've learned along with some favorite early-years photos from 3-4 years ago.
That is a power-packed little two letter pair. BAM! No.
I am not afraid of saying no. I was. I was afraid of the potential lost. The potential money, the potential lost opportunity, the potential recognition. Learning to say no has been one of my most important lessons as an artist, a business owner and human being. It's not so much a word I use with clients but more a word I use with myself. A mantra. Sure, its negatively reinforcing but I respond better to that and it works for me.
"No, I am worth more than that." "No, that kind of work is not interesting to me." "No, I don't like that." Within the no is the yes and in this dime a dozen industry "no" can differentiate the professionals from the eager, and less experienced, beginners.
Want the Best
I want the best for clients (and potential clients) and for myself. If we can't give clients what they want then we should decline the work. Clients do not have the tools to explain what they want so we need to educate and help illuminate that for them. Most clients are not artists and not all clients want artists for photographers. Or maybe they do. By talking to clients via email and on the phone we get a sense for their intention and vision as we share ours. If there is a misalignment proceed with great caution.
Slow Down and Do What it Takes
Haste haste makes waste. I've lost energy and opportunity over this. We don't need to add locations and wardrobe and more and more images to give our sessions dimension. We need focus. I've started brainstorming my sessions the night before. Before I move my client or change my footing I slow down and think. I'm cool with my clients thinking I'm nuts if it means I kick ass on their shoot.
Learning to distinguish the two takes time. The happy result of time is experience. These experiences are not all happy- they are often heavy and hard. I used to really hate growing pains as an artist/business owner/photographer, but about a year ago I realized that every mistake meant progress. Every discomfort was a chance to develop. Maybe I did it backwards, in fact I'm sure I did. I shot and worked and booked and emailed until I dropped in bed at night but I didn't know what I liked or what I was doing. I didn't know what my vision was. Perhaps it wasn't there. Wherever and whatever it was, I know what it is now-my experiences unearthed it. It glistens now. It is carefully crafted and fingerprint unique. I know what I like and what I don't. I am not attracted by potentials, trends or lucrative possibilites as they simply do not pay off for me if that's why I'm doing it.
Personal Work
I don't do enough of it. It can be hard as a mom. Paying for and arranging childcare is difficult enough when you have income as a result, but personal work is like high-interest savings. This much I know to be true for myself, personal work propels and fulfills more than client projects usually do. It is time and cost ineffective, but it is also essential and one of the best investments I've ever made in myself, in my interests and in my confidence.
This is a principal that could have saved me from a lot of hard and unproductive work in the beginning. Find your clients and work for free in the beginning. Don't wait for people to come to you before you know what and who you want to be as a photographer. You don't have the experience to charge yet and you owe it to yourself, and your clients to admit that. Go to them. Pay strict attention to the things you like and you will find unexpected interests in the medium.
Personal projects allow you to explore relationships with other people both in and out of your industry. They stretch you without the heavy, heavy hangover of an invoice to send. They also help to define your own like and dislikes giving more evidence to reveal it.
Have one and be one. In fact, have more than one if you can and be one whenever possible. It is a hard thing being freelance. It is hard being visited by creativity- you must have someone to show you the way. Everyone need mentors like my Shawna and Justin. Period.
You need them. Industry friends. I am lucky enough to be a member of a great group of clicking friends. We meet, talk, encourage, lift and congratulate one another. Your spouse doesn't "get it"- don't expect them to. Your girlfriends aren't going to care about aperture- get over it.
Our group ranges in age, industry experience and style and we are all the stronger for that diversity. I'm not close to (either in location or long friendship) everyone in the group but I learn something from each of them. Those I am close to are essential in keeping my focused and sharp. We took a turn for the better this year as our collective vulnerability and sharing has deepened and challenged each of us to betterment.
I do hope this helps you all in some way. It was a great back-looking to write it.


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Fort Collins Postpones, Not Cancels, City Park Fireworks Display
A slew of Colorado cities have cancelled their Fourth of July fireworks displays due to extreme fire danger, and now Fort Collins has added their name to that list…sort of.
According to The Coloradoan, a Poudre Fire Authority spokesman said that the annual fireworks display at City Park will not happen on Independence Day, but they plan on doing it sometime later this summer.
'It has been postponed, not cancelled,' said Poudre Fire Authority spokesman Patrick Love. He cited the dry, fire-prone conditions and said the fire authority has its eye on an unknown date in the future to hold the fireworks show.
Apparently Poudre Fire Authority also put the kibosh on the fireworks display that was scheduled for members of the Fort Collins Country Club.
This year marks the 100th Anniversary of City Park and the Fourth of July Parade will still go on as planned, just no Fort Collins fireworks for the 4th of July.
The display in Loveland is still scheduled to happen as planned, as is the one in Windsor , and the displays at the Greeley Stampede.
Also, remember that all personal fireworks are banned this year.
If you need your firework-fix, check out this video of Fort Collins' 2011 fireworks display finale.


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arthritis, Banerjee, Carla Kienast, Humira, Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, Shoulder Surgery, surgery, Williarm Tucker
Much like my hip surgery, I tend to gauge my recovery by how well I can do things by myself. Now that I've started back to work, I'm driving and wearing "big girl" clothes, so I have a whole new list of things I'm [supposed] to be doing by myself.
Getting dressed [and undressed] has still got to be my biggest issue. I occasionally "get stuck" pulling a top on or off. Other types of clothes that need to be pulled on or adjusted with both hands are a problem since I don't have any "pulling power" in my left arm yet.
Blow drying my hair is a daily adventure. My ultra-short haircut has now grown out to a little over an inch on top. On the weekends I can just towel-dry and go. However, during the week I actually have to dry it because if I don't it's still wet when I get to the office. I had this really neat hair dryer stand that was basically a long goose-neck stand with a clamp on the end that held the hair dryer. That worked great for exactly three days until my cleaning lady picked it up by the hairdryer and broke off the clamp. The process is three parts. The first is me waving the hairdryer around with my right hand, stopping and styling the hair, repeating as necessary. The second is me propping my left arm up on the sink and holding the hair dryer while waving my head wildly around trying to style with my right hand. The third is my husband doing his G.I. Joe imitation with his Kung Fu grip holding the hairdryer, which allows me to style with my right hand. None of this works very successfully, but as short as my hair is, it's styled straight back, so there's not a lot of damage that can be done. In another couple of weeks, though, my hair will be long enough that I'm going to have to do something with it.
Driving is the other exciting part of my day. Driving in Dallas is an adventure in living even if you have both arms available. Driving with 1.5 hands is really exciting. I'm to the point that I can hold the steering wheel with the left hand, although I do all the hard steering (turns, etc.) with my right arm. I also have to use my right hand to use the turn signal. Normally I'm driving alone, but this weekend I was test driving new cars and I think the car dealer thought I was a bit weird the way I was driving. Can't say that I blame him.
So, I'm getting there. It's a slow progress and I occasionally forget that I can't do things — like open doors with my left arm and I am quickly reminded. I cooked dinner last week and getting things in and out of the oven was pretty scary. I also cracked open an acorn squash one handed with a large chef's knife and it's a wonder I didn't chop more than the gourd.
Tomorrow I see Dr. Tucker (the ortho guy who did my hip) and my rheumatologist. My hip has been bothering me since my fall and my knee is making me miserable, so we'll see what he says. This is my check up with my rheumatologist. The Humira hasn't kicked in completely since the surgery and I am still having some problems, but not as much as when I was off because of surgery.
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Hi I'm Nate! I'm going on 13 years married to the best girl in the world. Her name is Kat… yes, Kat Bird! I have four awesome kids. Titus is 12, Kylee is 10, Chad is 8 and Sophi is 7! I LOVE the outdoors! Wake boarding, camping, hiking, picnics, and sports. My favorite sports are soccer, racquetball, bowling, volleyball, bocce ball…even though my body only lets me do some of those sports anymore. I also waste a lot of time playing video games like Mario Kart on the Wii and Golden Eye on the N64 and I will never turn down a challenge to play! I am an avid non-vegetable eater, unless it is in the form of pizza sauce, spaghetti sauce, or ketchup for my hamburgers. I have even been known to pick the little green things out of Raman noodles! On the other hand, the way to my heart is candy… just so you know.
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This Is What Happens to an Adult When You Leave Him in a Hot Car [VIDEO]
There have been far too many stories in the news this summer about parents leaving their kids in the car while they go in and shop. This is not okay! We all know that a quick trip in the store can end up being much more than that.


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The problem with the Y-Combinator is, that it cannot be typed. We have Y = \s.(\x.s(x x))(\x.s(x x)), such that Ys reduces to (\x.s(x x))(\x.s (x x)) which reduces to s((\x.s(x x))(\x.s(x x))) = s Ys, thus, having Ys reducing to all sssss...sYs, which means, Ys is not strongly normalizing - and since all typed lambda terms are strongly normalizing, it cannot be typed (actually, in the same way, no fixpoint combinator can be typed).
Anyway, even strongly typed programming languages like Haskell have recursion, even though mostly through calling the function by its name. In the theory of typed lambda terms, you therefore mostly axiomatically define recursion operators, like R:(a->a)->(a->bool)->a, which applies the first argument to a until (a->bool) gets true (there are a lot of other possibilities, though). Anyway, these cannot be expressed as terms, they must be defined axiomatically.


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On Sat., 19 May 2007, I browsed the vendor hall at the National Genealogical Society's Convention being held in Richmond, VA. Pictured here is Mr. Wolf of Wolfshead Books. He led a workshop on how to date postcards and how postcards can be used to illustrate family history. He also had boxes of postcads for sale. Fortunately, the cards were arranged by state. I bought three cards which I will eventually use to help illustrate my family history. I will scan them into my scrapbook.
On my Father's genealogical web site, I used vintage postcards to show the former TB sanitarium at Cresson, PA. To see it, click here and scroll to bottom of page under "Landmarks". My grandfather, Otto Strike (Streich), was the ice machine operator at the institution until his death in 1946. In the 1950s the sanitarium was converted to a state prison. No photos are allowed of buildings inside the security fences as I discovered on a trip there a few years ago. So, the vintage postcards are the only views I have of my grandfather's former place of employment.


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Goodbye, wool. Hello, cat yarn.
January 18, 2009
Say farewell to feline furballs! Professional cat groomer-turned-handbag entrepreneur Danelle German of Simpsonville, South Carolina, has harnessed the power of the Persian to create a line of bespoke knitted and felted satchels — made of leftover cat hair. Watch:
German, who calls her company Catty Shack Creations and who named the schmancy yarn "chatangora," has made a tidy profit (and a clowder of cat-lady friends) by turning grooming chaff into something both useful and commemorative. Strikes me as Small, sure. But also a bit … eccentric. Though yarn drawn from my sweetie Domino could be so lush:
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Helping secure the vote in Afghanistan
By Sara Riddle ('10)
Moyer graduated from JMU in May 2008 and three months later reported to Fort Sill, Okla., for the Officer Basic Course, a mandatory seven-week course for all officers. Following OBC, he attended Field Artillery School at Fort Sill and graduated from the math intensive course on Feb. 9, 2009. He then received orders for a 12-month deployment in Afghanistan with Baker Company, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He came home in February 2010."Army 1st Lt. Tyler Moyer ('08) grew up in Washington state with a family full of business professionals. He never dreamed he would one day join the Army. After completing his high-school education at Fishburne Military School, an all-male military school in Waynesboro, Va., Moyer needed to find a way to pay for college. After succeeding in a military setting, he found it fitting to join the Virginia National Guard. And that is where he found his passion. During his five years at JMU, Moyer served in the Virginia National Guard and was later commissioned as an active duty officer in the Army.
In Afghanistan I was tasked with many small jobs other than what I was trained for, but they turned into big contributions," says Moyer. He worked closely with all nine interpreters assigned at his base and handled all humanitarian aid supplies. As platoon leader, Moyer was tasked with tons of paperwork but, more importantly, he served as the company's fire support officer.
In this role, Moyer represented his company for all indirect support including aircraft, attack helicopters, mortar fire, artillery fire and Navy gunfire. "Prior to missions, it was my job to evaluate the route and ensure our indirect support (mortar and artillery) was laid in our direction so we could get responsive fire," says Moyer. "If our element were to get ambushed or attacked, my forward observer or I would radio for a fire mission, which would include sending our current location, enemy location and other essential information."
Moyer has found that there is a "huge difference between the Army training and real combat rules." The first time he was in a firefight — about two months into his deployment — a rocket-propelled grenade was shot at his vehicle. Fortunately, it missed by a couple of meters. Machine gun fire was being fired from both directions, and Moyer had to jump out of the vehicle and find cover. He and the noncommissioned officer guide returned 19 shots of high explosive rounds into the hilltops from where they were taking fire. "I was able to do the job I was trained for," says Moyer.
One of his proudest achievements was helping provide safety for the 2009 Afghanistan presidential election. In an e-mail to his family, Moyer described his mission: "It feels good to be able to take a shower after our 10-day mission to Gayan to secure the presidential election. It has been crazy here with many attacks by the Taliban because they wanted to disrupt the elections and keep the people from gaining any rights or government aid. Two helicopters flew my platoon (about 35 guys) to our small outpost in Gayan. We started out planning for the nine polling sites that we needed to recon and secure. With two platoons of infantry, we had one platoon go 5,000 meters to the south to secure the southern polling sites, while another platoon stayed at Munoz, in the city of Gayan. The leadership at Munoz, myself included, had to speak with the sub-governor and the district field coordinator to make sure we had all we needed from polling equipment to security. Before the elections kicked off, we got rocketed and attacked multiple times and shot at from the nearby mountains. ... Our mission was successful, and the elections were able to take place with no serious injuries."
Currently stationed at Ft. Richardson, Ala., Moyer hopes to be transferred to Korea in the future. His reasoning, surprisingly, has nothing to do with the military. "I was adopted. During my 15-day block leave from Afghanistan, I traveled to Korea to meet my birth father and the Korean family that I never knew about," he says. "I hope to stay in the military and learn about my past at the same time. Family should be, and is, my No. 1 priority."
Read Tyler Moyer's first-hand account of the 2009 Afghanistan presidential election at http://www.jmu.edu/bethechange/stories/OPP/moyer-tyler-gayan.shtml.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Robbed While We Sleep
Every government manipulates the levers of power to self promote, so the Harper government isn't unique in terms of intent. However, when we move to SCALE, simply no peer, comparisons embarrassing, this is a new animal, the likes of which Canada has never seen. Through disclosure, we already know that past advertising for the EAP has been in the order of 3 to 4 times that of previous spending by the former government. Little evidence of repercussion, the government was able to pull it off, taxpayer on hook, but nobody seemed to notice, or worse CARE.
That was then, but now we see another round, more intense than before, the timing insulting, the frequency metaphorically criminal, the tone more partisan than anything we've seen. Rather than thinly disguised partisan ads, these ads are like triumphant exclamations, making sure Canadians know what the plan has done, how it's positioned us for the future, basically a "we are in good hands with Stephen Harper" feel, any other interpretation a stretch.
What is the government spending on these ads? Anyone bother to ask the question? It is clear, this government has opened the pre-writ flood gates, knowing full well, the expenditure won't come to light until AFTER an election, and even then past history suggests little real recourse. This is our money, and the government has become so obnoxious they've dropped any pretense, these are partisan ads, pure and simple.
What is going on right at the moment is ridiculous, but it is going on. Sort of like being robbed while you sleep, except you never wake up I guess.
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- Omar said...
"..these ads come as our Finance Minister speaks of "winding down" the EAP"..
The PMO strikes again. I sometimes think a mutiny among the ranks is what is going to have to happen in order to put a stop to this jihadi surrounded, absolute ruler.
- 8:59 AM, February 25, 2011
- Jesse said...
I think it would be a good idea to flip this around. We should pay for ads mocking them for using taxpayer funding. Sort of an "I'm Michael Ignatieff, and my party didn't waste your money on this ad" thing.
- 9:35 AM, February 25, 2011
- Tof KW said...
I sometimes think a mutiny among the ranks is what is going to have to happen
They won't Omar. The obvious reason being that it is difficult to take down a sitting prime minister. I know the UK Tories managed to get rid of Maggie before a trip to the polls, (which they won thanks to that move) but they had plenty of high-profile competent ministers in her government, and rules within the Conservative Party constitution that allowed for leadership reviews even when in power. Neither of these exist for the CPC.
The only high profile figures I can think of that would lead the CPC to a majority are outside of politics currently. This is actually a good position for them to be in should they decide to run.
Also, those I have in mind were not part of the Reform movement, which presents another obstacle for their leadership ambitions. Though that absence and lack of political baggage is precisely why they could win a majority for the CPC.
However if they do make that decision I believe they are biding their time for now, until the CPC is so badly damaged by Harper's tight grip that the revolt becomes visible to everyone.
But I don't think that will happen anytime soone, as the Harperbots main ambition is the elimination of the Liberals as a political player, leaving just a choice between the hard right and the hard left in Canadian politics. And he is doing a decent job of this, as well as reshaping our nation's institutions to reflect his partisan leanings.
So long as he is accomplishing this, the automatons within his party are quite happy with his leadership. Trivialities like ethics, accountability, or principles have long been dispensed by this gang.
- 9:44 AM, February 25, 2011
- Kirk said...
The National will do 20 minutes on the movie "The King's Speech" but they won't look at this and the Conservatives know it. And unless TV news makes an issue of it, it has no chance of being an issue.
The fact that the EAP is ending should really be the entry point that would lead a responsible media to legitimately question this massive ad spending by the government to promote itself and, undoubtedly, the Conservative Party.
This is truly the government campaigning on the taxpayers dime but will the average undecided voter or "soft" conservative voter see it that way without it being questioned by others first?
- 11:01 AM, February 25, 2011
- Jesse said...
Well, we haven't done anything to try to make it an issue.
- 11:56 AM, February 25, 2011
- Kirk said...
Because the media will follow the Liberals lead and report what they say?
Oda is only a story because the media finds it juicy. What the Liberals or NDP has to say about it is only of interest when it adds to that "juiciness". Lisa Raitt was right, what's important is what's "sexy".
If the Liberals bring up an issue that the media doesn't want to cover then the only thing you'll hear about that issue is that it was a bad idea for the Liberals to raise it as doing so diluted their "message" and distracted the public from whatever the media wanted to talk about. You will hear that type of criticism all the time from pundits.
- 12:07 PM, February 25, 2011
- Jesse said...
I think if there had been Liberal ads it would have been reported on, especially if they were interesting. Could have at least created them and put them online, then decided whether to run them or not.
- 12:08 PM, February 25, 2011
- rockfish said...
It's going to be tough to get MSM to pay attention to this -- because it's helping them pay their light bill. This is just one more reason why the owners of MSM in Canada are playing toss with Harper -- he's giving them a life line with a catch.
Now, if everyone who agreed with us were to sit down and write a scathing letter to the local community paper (sure, some of them are owned by the big corps, but their overseers don't pay much attention to them other than balance books) and email/call the radio phone-in shows and calling Harper on this misuse of taxpayers money, you'd hear some reverberation. Start small, grow big...
- 12:57 PM, February 25, 2011
- Dylan said...
These latest EAP commercials are entirely promotional pieces for the government and the governing party. Is there any information to the Canadian public as to how the EAP could help them today? Naw. Rather the commercials focus on singing the praises of our Harper Party overlords and how much better we are with them at the helm. Trying to discern what is a CPC partisan ad and what is a "non-partisan" EAP ad is pretty difficult these days.
At least the Harper Party dropped the "Canada's New Government" BS.
- 2:33 PM, February 25, 2011
- Jerry Prager said...
Cons mutiny, they would have to have principles other than their own divine right to rule, and they don't. There is no such thing as ethical conservativism, such is nature of corporatism, fascism makes its own rules.
- 3:37 PM, February 25, 2011
- Marpman said...
Within the ads I have seen I found the familiar lines 'stay the course' used. But the new one I found most partisan was the business owner who said he was going to use any tax breaks to help grow his business. I found that to be a most partisan plug for the corporate tax breaks.
- 11:06 AM, February 26, 2011


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BABSON PARK, Mass. – Eastern Connecticut State University men's soccer team defeated MIT, 2-1, in game two of the Third Annual Babson Soccer Classic hosted by Babson College. Matt Furman led the way for the Warriors scoring one goal and chipping in an assist in the win. With the win, the Warriors start the season off 1-0 while MIT dips to 1-1.
Eastern Connecticut State struck first when Furman dribbled the ball into the right corner and fired a shot that glanced off an MIT defender and trickled past diving keeper Dylan Rankin at 13:32.
The Warriors' 1-0 lead would last until the 42nd minute, when MIT's Christian Therkelsen stole the ball from a defender and sent a perfect cross into the box from the left side. Zachary Kabelac then headed a shot over goalie Carl Appel and just under the crossbar to even the contest at 1-1 at 41:46.
Eastern Connecticut snapped the tie in the 56th minute when Furman crossed the ball from the left side to Cory Tobler who one-timed the ball inside the right post past Rankin.
Appel finished with seven saves on the day for the Warriors while Rankin tallied four. The Engineers had a 19-10 advantage in shots and a 10-5 edge in corner kicks.
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Like most progressives, Robert Kuttner had great hopes following President Obama's election in 2008. However, Kuttner also has been around long enough to realize the risk that President Obama might not live up to his potential in bringing about progressive change. His new book, A Presidency in Peril, documents how the Obama administration has been falling short.
The basic story is both straightforward and depressing. President
Obama surrounded himself with advisers that were close to Wall Street
and business in general. This undoubtedly reflected his disposition; he
had always been a political moderate. However, it was also partly
determined by his political backers. Wall Street's generosity with
campaign contributions was an essential part of his rise to the top of
the Democratic field in the presidential primaries. This guaranteed
that Obama would pursue a cautious business-friendly path.
Much of the book focuses on the response to the economic crisis, in particular the bank bailouts and the stimulus. In both cases Obama took a centrist path that that largely protected the interests of the wealthy. This is most clear in the case of the bank bailout. In the closing weeks of the presidential campaign Obama took time out to push for the TARP, a huge wad of money for the banks that came largely without strings. After TARP, the bailouts continued, with Citigroup and Bank of America nursed back to life thanks to the generosity of the taxpayers.
By contrast, the government could have taken a hard line, temporarily taking over insolvent banks, including these giants. This would have wiped out shareholders. It also would have meant giving bondholders a haircut, and sending the top executives packing. While this route was derisively termed "nationalization," including by some top Obama officials, the point was not to have the government own the banks. Rather the point was to do a quick clean-up operation that would involve selling the banks, possibly in smaller pieces, back to the private sector as soon as possible.
The Obama administration has boasted that its path prevented a second Great Depression and has allowed for most of the bailout money to be repaid. Of course, avoiding a second Great Depression is a rather low bar (this spectre was an invention of the Wall Street crew - it was never a serious possibility) and repaying the bailout money is essentially meaningless.
By telling private markets that it would support Citigroup and Bank of America in spite of their insolvent state, the government was giving these corporations a gift of enormous value. (Imagine that the federal government announced that it would guarantee all the debts of a corner lemonade stand. The lemonade stand could make billions from this guarantee.) Their profits are really just a portion of the dividend they received from this fairly explicit government guarantee. In other words, we gave them the money they used to repay us.
Kuttner points out that the stimulus was woefully unambitious and inadequate. The amount that they requested from Congress was only a bit more than half as large as Obama's top economists felt was necessary. Of course, they ended up with even less as Congress pared back the request. The result is that the unemployment rate is still close to 10 percent and is not projected to return to near full employment until 2016.
Kuttner also attacks the administration's strategy on health care. He argues that there were major failings of both timing and approach. On timing he argued that Obama would have been better off waiting until he established a record of accomplishment to give him the standing to press his case. On approach, he criticizes Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel for taking an approach that involved cutting deals with the major business interests at the onset. This limited the opportunity for cost savings and therefore meant that the resulting health care plans would still be expensive for middle-income families.
In the wake of the bill's passage (after the book went into print), a bit more generosity might be appropriate here. The bill will extend coverage to 30 million people who did not have it. And it will give the rest of us real insurance, since we will still be able to get coverage if a serious illness causes us to lose our jobs and our insurance. But, Kuttner is absolutely right that the bill does not come close to fixing the health care system. We will have to go back and discipline the drug industry, the insurance industry, the hospital lobby and the other bad guys in the medical-industrial complex or we will end up with a health care bill that bankrupts the government and the country.
Kuttner's book does not give much cause for optimism. We are sitting in the middle of the worst downturn since the Great Depression listening to Robert Rubin lecture us about the need to cut Medicare and Social Security. Given that Rubin earned more than $100 million from the mortgage games that sank Citigroup, and set the economy on a glide path to disaster as Treasury Secretary, there is something seriously wrong with this picture.
However, we have real populist anger that will not go away as long as the economy is being run for the benefit of Wall Street. We also have the benefit of the Internet, which makes it impossible for the elites to shut out populist arguments in the way they did twenty years ago. This is not much to go up against the near infinite money commanded by the Wall Street crew and their lackeys, but it's a start. It also sometimes helps to be right.


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Google looks set to beat Apple to market in a new category of mobile devices — smartwatches.
LG Electronics and Motorola Tuesday said they would begin selling smartwatches that run on a new version of Google's Android operating system for wearable devices, dubbed Android Wear.
Google executive Sundar Pichai revealed the new operating system in a blog post. In addition to LG and Motorola, Google said it also is working with electronics manufacturers Asus, HTC, and Samsung; chip makers Broadcom, Imagination, Intel, Mediatek and Qualcomm; and fashion brands like the Fossil Group to release watches powered by Android Wear later this year.


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Why is there no usb 2.0? this would be a huge advantage, allowing fast disk i/o, even a vga dongle. User:baseline0x0 13:45, 9 Augest 2007 (CEST)
The CPU/SoC does not have USB2, hence no USB2.--Speedevil 21:22, 16 August 2007 (CEST)
Why no EDGE? See FAQ --Speedevil 21:23, 16 August 2007 (CEST) The speaker will be mono in the gta02 but the headphone jack will still have the potential for stereo out, correct? yes. The only change in the audio is to delete one speaker to make room for wifi.--Speedevil 21:23, 16 August 2007 (CEST)
GTA02 availability
This wiki says December, whereas Wikipedia says October. I'm guessing this one is updated more often, but a source (which the Wiki has) would be nice. --Lixy 22:17, 5 September 2007 (CEST)
Indeed a source would be nice. Basically, there is little information coming out of FIC. The information that has indicates that October is not going to be hit. (IRC, mailing list) December is a random date I picked that may be corrected by someone with a clue. --Speedevil 13:01, 6 September 2007 (CEST)
- Well, openmoko.com still puts the GTA02's date at October. http://www.openmoko.com/products-neo-base-00-stdkit.html Lixy 17:32, 8 September 2007 (CEST)
Yes, it does. Statements made by those in the know seem to contradict this. For example, the final version of GTA02 has not been nailed down (as of 05 Sep). If it was decided tomorrow - 10 Sep, phase 0 might, given sufficient rush - be produced in volume by 20th Sep. 25th Sep to get it to developers (much faster than was done last time), a couple of weeks to evaluate (again, a much shorter testing cycle) takes it to the beginning of October. Then production of a volume takes it to around the middle of Oct, leaving little time to ship the batch to the states, and thence onward.
It could concievably barely be done by October, if absoloutely nothing slips. With significantly lower testing. As to it being consumer-ready by October... Well, that's being damn optimistic. In most builds, significant parts of the software is basically broken or unfinished. --Speedevil 18:31, 9 September 2007 (CEST)
"Phase 2" (GTA02, "Mass Market")
With other words, there will be a silent gap between now and december? Or will there be an nightly release of the software? Or can the community help with the discussing the design ideas? Dolfje 16:52, 6 September 2007 (CEST)
I've updated the page somewhat with best understanding of current dates.
The software of course stays available on SVN, and changes. --Speedevil 18:21, 6 September 2007 (CEST)


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Nov. 3, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - With an 18-30, 30-28, 30-28, 30-24 victory over top-seed MIT, No. 2 Wellesley College earned its sixth New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Volleyball Championship title and an automatic berth to the upcoming NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.
The Engineers (34-2) opened the match with seven unanswered points. Following its own timeout, the Blue (27-6) got on the scoreboard by converting an MIT hitting miscue. The Cardinal and Gray maintained its momentum, quickly extending its lead to double-digits and cruising to the win.
In the second stanza, the Blue generated a four-point spurt that resulted in a 7-4 advantage. Each side traded points until the Engineers scored three in a row to even the game at 11. Wellesley broke up the run on the ensuing serve, but MIT tallied four of the next five points to establish at 16-13 edge. A pair of hitting errors and an ace by Jessica Duff gave the game its fourth tie. Both squads posted two points apiece before the Engineers tallied four straight for their largest lead (24-19). The Blue countered with an 11-4 run to even the match at one game each.
A trio of three-point spurts helped power MIT to a 10-5 advantage in the third game. Trailing 14-9, strong serving by Lauren Rasmussen put Wellesley ahead, 16-14. The game became a back-and-forth affair, featuring 10 ties and nine lead changes. A tip by Jenny Li gave the Engineers a 28-27 edge, but Tracy Waldman's strike sparked the Blue to victory.
In the final frame, Wellesley established a 7-3 lead, which was countered by a 7-2 run from MIT. The Blue then scored 10 out of the next 14 points to reclaim the advantage (19-15). The Engineers stayed within striking distance, closing the gap to one (20-19). A 4-1 rally gave Wellesley enough breathing room to hold on for the win.
With 21 digs, Carrie Buchanan became MIT's all-time leader in career digs, surpassing the previous mark of 1,949 set by Arlis Reynolds `05. Amanda Morris tallied 42 assists, 16 digs, and four blocks while Li chipped in 10 kills, five blocks, and two aces. Katie Rowe and Barden Cleeland both posted six blocks as Rowe totaled 11 kills and Cleeland added 10. Rose Zhong amassed 19 digs and nine kills while Katrina Ellison collected 10 digs.
Murielle Dawdy, Alice Cummings, and Billie Briones each registered double-doubles for the Blue. Dawdy notched 18 digs and 13 kills as Cummings posted 25 digs and 12 kills. Briones finished with 29 assists and 19 digs while Victoria Peng distributed 17 assists. Duff paced Wellesley's attack with 16 kills as Rasmussen and Waldman each registered five blocks.


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Texas Crab Festival
Gulf Coast style food, fun and entertainment have long been associated with the Texas Crab Festival, and in its 29th year, the festival continues to offer a myriad of exciting attractions including wiener dog races, a two-step dance contest, a crab gumbo cook off, washers tournament, crab races, carnival rides and midway games, arts and crafts booths, and much more.
Tickets for the festival, set for May 9-11 at Gregory Park in Crystal Beach, are $10 each on Friday and Saturday with free admission on Sunday, Mother's Day.
The wiener dog races have become a popular annual attraction at the festival, said Tom Osten, Texas Crab Festival chairman.
"There is a local dog named Harvey who seems to win every year, but everybody tries to beat him. It's kind of a fun little event that has been going on every year."
Osten said registration for the wiener dog races is preferred through the Texas Crab Festival website, but festivalgoers are invited to bring their wiener dogs, register on race day and attempt to defeat the defending champ dachshund.
The festival's two-step dance contest is another popular attraction, with music provided by Nashville's own Donnie Vondra. There is no entry fee and the best dancers win cash prizes.
In addition to Donnie Vondra, the Texas Crab Festival will offer a talented musical lineup including Grammy-award winner Wayne Toups,Ezra Charles, BJ Thibodeaux, StillCrusin', Kelly Brown & The Bad Monkeys, Three Way Switch, House of Disciples Band, Jerry Diaz & Hanna's Reef, The Ken Marvel Band, and other local talent.
"People come to festivals for the music," Osten said. "You can have all the food booths, crafts, and carnival rides you want, but people still like to come for the music. That's a very important part of our festival."
Like most festivals, food is a major attraction at the Texas Crab Festival as well.
"We've got about 20 food vendors that serve a wide range of foods, but we try to offer as many crab dishes as possible," Osten said. "We even have a crab dish contest among the food vendors. There will also be your typical festival food — pork kabobs, funnel cakes, hamburgers, corndogs — and a lot of unique seafood dishes."
There are plenty of fun activities for the kids too, Osten said, including a crab legs contest.
"This is a children's talent show … where they will compete for ribbons and medals," he said.
The kid's stage will feature an entertainer, balloon art and various kids' games, and the crab arcade will offer a variety of crab-themed games.
"These are operated by local church, school and other charitable organizations," Osten said. "We offer them free space to conduct … games, so they can have an opportunity to earn a little money and get their kids involved in the Crab Festival. Whether it's the beanbag toss or basketball throw, it's all crab-related."
The crab races are another tradition both the children and adults will love, Osten said.
"These are live crabs from Galveston Bay that are kept in a tank," he said. "Everyone that wants to enter the crab races will select a crab out of the tank and put it in the starting gate. The gate is opened and the crabs will tend to run downhill because it's sloped. Everyone is issued a battery-powered squirt gun so you can kind of urge the crab along. It's a cute, little event. Everyone loves it."
Saturday morning kicks off with the Texas Crab Festival 5K Run and 1K Family Walk at 8 a.m. and prior to the festival opening at 10 a.m., Osten said.
"This year it is a certified run," he said. "We've got a certified course and hope to attract the more serious runners."
There will also be a Crab Gumbo Cook Off — all proceeds go to charity and winners are announced later on Saturday.
The Texas Crab Festival is a nonprofit corporation whose mission, according to its website, is "to increase educational and career opportunities for Bolivar Peninsula residents of all ages, and to support local organizations that further the goal of improving the lives of the residents of Bolivar Peninsula." According to the website, "to date, over $30,000 of the festival proceeds have been distributed to local schools, charities, and organizations."
"The Crab Festival has always given back to the community," Osten said. "Last year we were able to give a significant amount of money back to the community in the form of scholarships, summer camps for kids, and to various nonprofit organizations on the peninsula like the Lions Club."
It is perhaps for this reason that the festival has persisted for nearly thirty years and even after Hurricane Ike devastated the Bolivar Peninsula in 2008.
"The Crab Festival was not interrupted even after Hurricane Ike," Osten said. "We lost a lot of booths, we lost a lot of our equipment, but it continued on, showing a lot of resolve in the community. We weren't going to let a devastating hurricane like that change our way of life."
Surviving the costliest hurricane in Texas history affords Texans even more reason to celebrate their resolve at the Crab Festival, continuing a tradition that started in 1985 with a few local business folks looking for a way to promote business and tourism in Crystal Beach.
What began with a few hundred people currently boasts thousands annually, and as the festival continues to grow, so too will the Bolivar Peninsula economy.
For more information on the Texas Crab Festival, visit www.texascrabfestival.org
Gregory Park is at 2292 State Highway 87 in Crystal Beach, Texas.


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5e Lesson Plan Model
Many of my science lessons are based upon and taught using the 5E lesson plan model: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. This lesson plan model allows me to incorporate a variety of learning opportunities and strategies for students. With multiple learning experiences, students can gain new ideas, demonstrate thinking, draw conclusions, develop critical thinking skills, and interact with peers through discussions and hands-on activities. With each stage in this lesson model, I select strategies that will serve students best for the concepts and content being delivered to them. These strategies were selected for this lesson to facilitate peer discussions, participation in a group activity, reflective learning practices, and accountability for learning.
Unit Focus
The Earth's Changing Surface unit focuses on some processes that change Earth's surface slowly, over a long period of time, or abruptly. In order for students to develop an understanding that the surface is constantly changing, they take part in a variety of guided inquiries geared towards scaffolding this understanding. In the first part of the unit, students explore the structure of the Earth and processes that cause changes to it. These lessons include earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, physical and chemical weathering, erosion and deposition. They need to develop an understanding of these processes and how they change the Earth's surface for the second part of the unit which focuses primarily on minerals, rocks, and the rock cycle. Students apply their understanding of these processes as they investigate the formation of rocks and the cycle of changes they go through in a lifetime.
Lesson Synopsis
In part 1- How Does Chemical Weathering Impact Earth's Surface lesson, students develop an understanding of how chemical weathering breaks down the materials on Earth's surface. They explore the weathering of rocks by conducting a simulation using chalk to represent a rock and vinegar to illustrate the effects of acid rain over time. After their simulation, students use the think-pair-share strategy with a set of predetermined questions I provide them to reflect upon the purpose of activity. This strategy allows them to do their own thinking, prepare a response to engage in a discussion with their peers, and get them ready apply scientific thinking to an extension activity in part 2 tomorrow.
Next Generation Science Standards
This lesson will address the following NGSS Standard(s):
ESS2 Earth's Systems
Earth's major systems are the geosphere (solid and molten rock, soil, and sediments), the hydrosphere (water and ice), the atmosphere (air), and the biosphere (living things, including humans). These systems interact in multiple ways to affect Earth's surface materials and processes. The ocean supports a variety of ecosystems and organisms, shapes land forms, and influences climate. Winds and clouds in the atmosphere interact with the land forms to determine patterns of weather.
I address this standard in fifth grade because the elementary school's within my district do not formally teach science; therefore my students enter middle school (fifth grade) with a limited science background. By engaging students with activities to support this NGSS standard, I am providing with them experiences that will provide them a foundation to for later lessons involving minerals, rocks, soil, and plants.
Why do I teach with this lesson?
I teach the part 1-How Does Chemical Weathering Change Earth's Surface lesson to help students develop a understanding that the Earth's surface, the crust, is shaped by different processes like chemical weathering. Students examine the effects of vinegar on chalk after applying it to the chalk for a period of time. The vinegar simulates acid rain upon rocks which is represented by the chalk. They respond to reflection questions that help process their experience and connection to the changes on Earth's surface as well as developing reasoning for these changes. Their observations and reflection are used in a guided discussion tomorrow on other physical forces that change the Earth's surface. I find it important to provide guided inquiries that build their vocabulary and understanding of concepts in order to facilitate scientific thinking for future inquiry lessons related to Earth's Changing Surface. These experiences provide them a foundation that will support their learning in later lessons involving processes that change the Earth slowly and rapidly.
Scientific & Engineering Practices
Students are engaged in the following scientific and engineering Practices.
2.) Developing and Using Models: Students use chalk as a rock to test the cause and effect relationship of chemicals by adding vinegar to it. Students evaluate the outcome of the procedure to describe the effect of chemical weathering on rocks or land.
3.) Planning and Carrying Out Investigations: Students carry out an investigation to observe the effects of chemical weathering on rocks. Through this investigation they analyze the outcome, make observations to generate a claim and produce evidence to support this claim.
8.) Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information: Students record observations and write claim statements about the effects of chemical weathering on land. They use their observations as evidence to draw conclusions while writing these statements
Part 1 of How Does Chemical Weathering Impact Earth's Surface lesson will correlate to other interdisciplinary areas. These Crosscutting Concepts include
2.) Cause and Effect: Students make observations of a chemically weathered chalk (vinegar on it) determine how acid rain causes rocks and land to be changed by a natural phenomena.
4.) Systems and Models: Student understand systems may react with different systems. In this case, air, water, and land interact and impact the Earth's surface. They create a model illustrating the effects of chemical weathering using air, vinegar, and chalk to represent air, water, and land interacting.
Disciplinary Core Ideas within this lesson include:
ESS2.A Earth Materials and Systems
Classroom Management Ideas
Importance of Modeling to Develop
Student Responsibility, Accountability, and Independence
Depending upon the time of year, this lesson is taught, teachers should consider modeling how groups should work together; establish group norms for activities, class discussions, and partner talks. In addition, it is important to model think aloud strategies. This will set up students to be more expressive and develop thinking skills during the activity. The first half of the year, I model what group work and/or talks "look like and sound like." I intervene the moment students are off task with reminders and redirecting. By the second and last half of the year, I am able to ask students, "Who can give of three reminders for group activities to be successful?" Who can tell us two reminders for partner talks?" Students take responsibility for becoming successful learners. Again before teaching this lesson, consider the time of year, it may be necessary to do a lot of front loading to get students to eventually become more independent and transition through the lessons in a timely manner.
EXPLORE TEAMS (Pre-Set)
For time management purposes, I use "lab rats" where each student has a number on the back of his or her chair, 1,2,3,4 (students sit in groups of 4)and displayed on the board. For each explore activity, I switch up the roles randomly so students are experiencing different task responsibilities which include: Director, Materials Manager, Reporter, and Technician. It makes for smooth transitions and efficiency for set up, work, and clean-up.
I begin by saying to the students, "in our last lesson we explored physical weathering and discovered factors that contribute to rocks breaking down mechanically." I call on student volunteers to share out those factors.
After recalling physical weathering, I say, "today we are exploring another type of weathering." (I do not tell them what kind yet as I want them to discover it during a simulation) I continue stating they are examining and analyzing images carefully looking for similarities and differences between them. Then, using the Odd One Out strategy, they need to decide which image does not belong and why. I selected this strategy to use because it provides students the chance to analyze the relationship of the images on display in order to promote student discussion.
I tell students they are doing a classroom mingle to find a discussion partner. They walk around the room silently. When the beeper goes off, they pair up with the person closest to them, discuss their thoughts about the images displayed, and get ready to share with the class, the "odd one out and why." After the first round of class mingle I have the students do four more rounds with two more images and a new partner each time.
I randomly call upon a pair to share the image they believe is "Odd One out" and ask them to justify. I ask the rest of the class, "If you agree, give me a thumbs up. If you disagree, give me two hands in the air and be prepared to use our our disagree statements with, I respectfully disagree with _____ because..." With that said, I remind them they need to provide relevant evidence from our investigation in the previous lesson. After three rounds, I say, "Let's investigate why the features have changed the way they did."
Frontloading to Scaffold
I begin by asking students to recall the effects of physically weathered rocks from our previous lesson. I want to activate their prior knowledge about physically weathered rocks from wind, water, and temperature. After hearing from a couple of students, I add: "besides changing physically, rocks can change chemically too." I continue explaining to students that many of images they examined in the Odd One Out activity were caused by another kind of process called, chemical weathering. Chemical weathering causes changes to the Earth's surface differently than physical weathering. Chemical weathering still breaks down the rocks and other materials, but causes them to decompose and/or dissolve away rather than in smaller pieces. I share that rain can have chemicals in it because as it falls through the atmosphere it absorbs carbon dioxide from the air and overtime, changes the appearance of a rock.
To further develop their understanding, I play a podcast that highlights key points of chemical weathering. I use this to further scaffold the information since they have not formally learned about composition of rocks and minerals. I provide them with this information to prepare them for their lab activity.
Guided Inquiry Set-Up
I call on a student to read the standards board to the class: "today we will examine how chemical weathering slowly changes Earth's surface by conducting a simulation and making observations." I add on by saying "Our goal is to determine conditions and factors that create the changes similar to the images we saw in odd one out." I tell them they are simulating the effects of rainwater on rocks by using vinegar for rain on chalk to represent a rock. I ask students to set up their interactive notebook with their pre-cut task card and output card.
I move on and review the procedure on the task card with the class and identify the lab rats roles for each part. Then explain, "we are using a chalk to represent a piece of the Earth, a rock, and you are using vinegar to simulate the effects of acid rain on it to observe the effects of chemical weathering." I selected a chalk to represent a rock because the vinegar (acid rain) causes it to breakdown and dissolves parts of it which is what happens to some rocks as they are chemically weathered. The chemical makeup of the chalk changes as it is exposed to the acids in the vinegar. This illustrates how over time acid rain breaks down the certain minerals and dissolves rocks that make up the Earth's surface. It provides a visual model of how chemical weathering causes changes to the Earth's surface.
Guided Inquiry Investigation
I continue with directions "First, you are writing an observation about the chalk before you do anything to it. Be sure to examine its size, shape, texture etc. and record them on your output page table. Then, you are writing a prediction about what you think is going to happen to the chalk as vinegar is applied to it." I continue explaining, "Once your prediction is written, the lab rats' director initiates the procedure, reminds the lab rats' technician to be ready for monitoring and timing of the drops of vinegar, and group members to observe the effects of vinegar on the chalk." I remind them that the vinegar is acting like acid rain on Earth. After each person adds vinegar to the chalk, students are observing and noting the changes on the output page data table." I ask for a thumbs up to check in for understanding of the task.
While students are following through the procedure and activity, I circulate the room, monitor groups, and check in to see if the lab rats technician is completing the timing task and monitoring the amount of drops placed on the chalk.
I am looking to see if students are observing and noting changes the vinegar made to the chalk's size, shape, and appearance. I want them to make the connection to how some materials on Earth's surface like rocks change and/or dissolve as they react with chemicals in the air or water.
After completing the procedure, I project the images from the Odd One Out strategy at the start of the lesson. I want the students to visually make the connections from the chemical weathering simulation and the chemical weathering effects seen on each picture.
Connecting the Investigation to the Real World
I ask students to reflect on what they have learned during the simulation of chemical weathering on the chalk by answering the output card questions. Through these questions, I want the students to make the connection to how minerals and other elements in rocks react to chemicals in acid rain and that these rocks shape, size, and texture become changed.
â How does what you observed with vinegar on the chalk compare to what happens to chemically weathered rocks?
â Using evidence from the activity in connection to land, make a claim about the effects of chemical weathering on the land. Start your statement with the sentence starters: I claim....followed by The evidence I have to support my claim
I want them to use a sentence starter so they practice using good sentence structure and develop well-defined explanations.
I share with my students that they are using the strategy think-pair-share to respond in writing to output questions before pairing for their group discussion. Giving them time to think encourages students to participate with their peers in small groups more confidently by having time to think and write their ideas before engaging in a discussion. They are more willing to participate as they they have something prepared to contribute to the group. In addition, it helps students further develop their conceptual understanding about chemical weathering as they build upon their thinking from listening to other students share their thinking.
While students are working on their thinking part of think pair share, I am walking around and checking in with students. Once finished, I ask the students to share their thinking with group members. I tell the students, "it is ok to disagree with a group member as long as it is done in a respectful manner. As we have in the past, we begin our disagree statements with, I respectfully disagree with _____ because..." With that said, I remind them they need to provide relevant evidence from our investigation or previous lesson. In addition, I tell them to ask questions about the parts they disagree with because it might help them and their peer find clarity.
Once groups have finished discussions, I inform my students our investigation continues tomorrow with reporters from each group presenting to the class. I ask them to be prepared for that by taking the last few minutes of class to wrap up discussions. By informing them of what's ahead tomorrow, I am setting them up to be ready an active participant tomorrow as a reporter or listener.