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Mayor's Office
A portion of the Rock Island Trail in the area of South 27 Street and Highway 2 will close Friday April 27 and remain closed for four to six weeks for refinishing work on the trail bridges. The half-mile section of the trail will close from its intersection with the Boosalis Trail (just north of Highway 2 bridge) to its intersection with Essex Road.
The bridge over South 27th Street will be sandblasted and brushed to remove old paint before receiving new coats of primer and paint. The contracter, Linder Painting, Inc., also will do some touch-up painting on the bridges over Highway 2 and the Star City Shores access road.
The Parks and Recreation Department intends to keep the Highway 2 bridge open while work is being done on the other two trail bridges, allowing trail users access to the connector trail between the Highway 2 and Star City Shores bridges. The Highway 2 trail bridge will have to be closed at a later date for the touch-up work, but that closure is expected to last less than two weeks.
The project is expected to cost about $246,000 and is being paid for through the Parks and Recreation Capital Improvement Program fund using a combination of general revenue and Keno funds.
For more information on the City's trail system, visit parks.lincoln.ne.gov.


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NWSB Insider and Seattle Supersonics' blogger Steve Lee talks about Gary Payton, his career in Seattle and the NBA, and his recent enshrinement into the NBA Hall of Fame. With roots in Oakland, Payton dazzled the northwest at Oregon State and eventually found himself as being the No. 2 Draft Pick by the Supersonics in the 1990 NBA Draft. The rest, as they like to say, is history.
Gary Payton walked the talk all the way to Springfield
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This is the link to the page with everything for Planning and Preparation: this is 20% of your mark, ie two whole grades.
Make sure everything is ticked off. There are also lists on the wall in the media room.
On Monday you should have shotlists, storyboard (for your video), survey completed, six annotated pages completed.


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A Vintage Chic Holiday Party
An event with retro style to spare! Holiday party inspiration abounds in a feature all about a soiree pulled together by ad execs Tereasa Surratt and David Hernandez in their West Town home. From a request to the guests to wear a little something from the 50s or 60s to the typical for back then, but kitcshy fun for now food and drink selections, it's got all the makings for a smashing success.
Just a few of the "vintage chic" details that went into this party plan:
• It was a great "excuse" to use the host's collection of vintage tabletop wares, thrifted over the years
• Old school holiday tunes (Sinatra and Elvis) was the music of choice (photo 1)
• Vintage style holiday wrapping paper was used instead of a tablecloth
• Retro treats such as coffee with a mix-in bar and white chocolate fondue were served (photo 2)
• A flashdrive of music from the evening was a gift to the guests (photo 3)
Check out the plentiful photos and read all about the party planning at: Chicago Home + Garden
• Tereasa's Modest Cottage House Tour
Images: Bob Coscarelli/Chicago Home + Garden


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The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago this week, has often been criticized by blacks, by radicals and also by mainstream historians who doubt its significance as a turning point in the Civil War and in American history.
The skeptics range from conservatives in Lincoln's time, to Howard Zinn and Gore Vidal more recently, and include Richard Hofstadter, who wrote in his classic 1948 book "The American Political Tradition" that the Emancipation Proclamation "had all the moral grandeur of a bill of lading." The critics argue that the Emancipation Proclamation didn't actually free any slaves. Lincoln "freed" the slaves, the argument goes, only where he had no power — inside the Confederacy.
As the proclamation put it, "slaves are, and henceforward shall be free," but only "in the States and parts of States wherein the people … are this day in rebellion against the United States." In the slave states where he did have power — the border states that remained in the Union — Lincoln's Proclamation left slavery intact.
The skeptics have a point, but they miss the larger context and historical significance of Lincoln's actions. It's true that the proclamation applied only to the Confederacy, where of course slavery remained protected by the Confederate government and army. It specifically exempted from emancipation slaves in states that remained loyal to the Union, as well as several areas of the slave South occupied by the Union Army, which meant that nearly 4 million remained in slavery even after Jan. 1, 1863.


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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY In what may be the most definitive statement from a Texas A&M official regarding Aggie football star Johnny Manziel, System Chancellor John Sharp said he is certain the Heisman winner is innocent of the charges of taking money for autographs.
Following an event Thursday at Kyle Field's Zone Club announcing an agreement for local use of A&M facilities in exchange for money to renovate Kyle, Sharp said he had seen enough evidence to conclude Manziel did not violate NCAA regulations.
"I know he's innocent," Sharp said. "I know that he didn't do what they accused him of doing."
ESPN originally reported that Manziel was under investigation by the NCAA. The network has gone on to quote anonymous sources who believe the redshirt sophomore accepted money from autograph brokers in exchange for his signatures on memorabilia. If that were to be proven, Manziel would face penalties including loss of eligibility.
In an e-mail newsletter Wednesday, Sharp criticized ESPN and people who "have chosen to declare # 2 guilty with no evidence whatsoever."
Head Coach Kevin Sumlin has stopped addressing Manziel's off-field issues, deferring to athletics department representatives, who have similarly stayed quiet. Lawyers have been hired by the university and Manziel's family to look into the allegations.
Manziel was the first freshman and second Aggie to win the Heisman Memorial Trophy.
Texas A&M opens its 2013 season against Rice at Kyle Field on August 31. They have earned top ten rankings in numerous pre-season polls and publications.
Transcript of the conversation between Chancellor Sharp and News 3:
Steve Fullhart: "The letter that came out yesterday and your comments concerning Manziel have gotten a little bit of play. Any regrets at all on making the comments?"
John Sharp: "Not at all, not at all. I know he's innocent. I know that he didn't do what they accused him of doing, and I think that it's time that we, once we knew what the facts are and we know the facts...and I've seen what everybody else has seen now, and the rest of the country is going to get to see that before it's over with. It was a bunch of hype journalism.
Fullhart: "How do you know he didn't do it?"
Sharp: "I just know. I've seen things that other folks can't see. And it didn't happen. It did not happen."
Fullhart: "Have you heard from him as well, straight from his mouth?"
Sharp: "Don't have to. I don't have to hear from him. I don't have to hear from him. I can hear from his original accusers and what they're saying now. Didn't happen, and I hate it that he would go through it, and I think we all ought to look at it from a point of view of, what if that were our son that was going through that? So take your time look at everything that happened and I don't have any doubt that Johnny Manziel is innocent of stuff that they were throwing at him."
Fullhart: "And if that is the case, should there be repercussions at some level? Can you even foresee that? Obviously there is a free press in this country. They may make a mistake…"
Sharp: "No, I believe in the free press. I think you ought to be able to call anybody anything you want to, and that's what happens. It happens in politics, and it happens in everything else. Fortunately for us, 99.9 percent of the press is great and responsible, especially you. We shouldn't have any gripes about it, but when we see something that, in our mind, is egregious, we shouldn't just sit back and say we're going to take that slap in the face at Texas A&M or we're going to allow one of ours to take that slap in that face. We're going to speak out, and in my opinion, that's what I did."


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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
No, You Can't Get The Flu From Us
We've slept most of the past two days, and have invoked the OMW Medical Staff to help figure this out for us.
We know that the usual instructions involve plenty of rest, and plenty of liquids, but don't usually outline plenty of updates to a blog...so, we've been tending to Offline Life(tm) most of the time.
As far as we know, we do NOT have the H1N1 or "swine" flu - that has even shown up in some local media operations. And as far as we know, you can't pick up the flu just by reading a blog written by someone who has it...so, at least you're safe, even if we did.
This will be a generally short update on items we haven't touched upon yet. Details will come between coughs later...
TWC NEW CHANNELS: Yes, Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio system has rolled out its latest HDTV channels, which were scheduled to "go live" on November 4th (/or after). Here's the list:
Planet Green HD – 455
Weather Channel HD – 489
BBC America HD – 490
TV One HD – 492
Team HD (part of NBA League Pass) – 760
Generally speaking, if you get the non-HD version of a channel, the HD version follows along.
When we aren't trying to fit OMW updates between doctor visits, we'll try to get an update on the conversion process in the former Comcast areas, and when they can expect SDV-driven new HDTV channels that have already appeared in the rest of Time Warner's massive Northeast Ohio footprint...
CAMINO GETS NOD: It didn't take long for Clear Channel talk WTAM/1100 to replace now-former Indians beat reporter/talk host/sports reporter Mark Schwab, now doing weekend sports anchoring for Raycom Media's WOIO/19-WUAB/43 and its "19 Action News".
Pulling the Goodyear AZ duty, and large chunks of the rest of Schwab's WTAM workload, is young station staffer Nick Camino.
From his existing WTAM bio:
Over the past year I have been experiencing more on air time at WTAM 1100. My main job as a board op/producer keeps me running the dials and switches for talk shows and sporting events however I have filled in doing 20-20 Sports Updates. I have come out of the bullpen numerous times already to do Sports Updates during Wills & Snyder from 5:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. around the holidays and even some Saturday mornings on the Bob Becker Show from 6:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. This past year I also did on air reports for Cleveland State men's basketball games.
Did we say "young"?
Why, yes...Mr. Camino is, by his own admission on Mike Trivisonno's Monday show, 25 years old...and will have to "learn baseball". Yipes.
Then again, we don't remember Mark Schwab's age or other experience when he was hired as WTAM's Indians beat reporter, and he turned out pretty well...so we'll reserve judgment, and wish Nick Camino the best....
NEOTROPWHAT?: We never provided more details for the half-hour weekly local business program that bumped Western Reserve PBS' news roundtable "NewsNight Akron" a half hour later on Friday nights...so here's more about "NEOtropolis", now airing Fridays at 9 PM on WNEO/45 Alliance-WEAO/49 Akron:
Western Reserve Public Media introduces its new half-hour weekly program that will build northeast Ohio viewers' knowledge of regional economic issues, strengthen their confidence in the economy of northeast Ohio and provide them with helpful information and resources to endure challenging economic times.
NEOtropolis focuses exclusively on the business and economy of northeast Ohio. The show will tell the full story of the regional economy, sharing both the challenges and opportunities unfolding in northeast Ohio.
The program is hosted by Thomas Mulready, publisher of CoolCleveland.com. Content partners are Crain's Cleveland Business and The Business Journal of Youngstown. "NEOtropolis will offer timely information about the region's business and economy in a fast-paced yet in-depth format," said Duilio Mariola, Western Reserve Public Media executive producer. "We want to be a vehicle for dialogue about regionalism for the four major cities in our broadcast area — Akron, Canton, Cleveland and Youngstown."
NEOtropolis also repeats at 5:30 AM Saturdays - after NewsNight Akron's 5 AM repeat - and both shows occasionally repeat on Western Reserve's "Fusion" subchannel (45.2-49.2)...
ETHNIC BROADCASTING GIANT DIES: If you get your radio and TV locally only in English, you might not know the name Miklos Kossanyi. But if your background includes Hungary, you certainly do.
The Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com obituary section reports:
Miklos Kossanyi led a TV and radio group with the slogan, "Bring Your Heritage Home."
The Hungarian refugee and Bay Village resident died Oct. 27 after a long struggle with cancer. He was 70.
Pertinent to this report, Kossanyi had two media operations - the Lakewood-based Nationality Broadcast Network, which produced Hungarian-language news and programming seen on cable's SCOLA public affairs network, and WKTX/830 Cortland, a Youngstown-market daytimer that at times seemed to believe it was actually audible in Lakewood and Bay Village.
We are familiar with WKTX's early days as a local oldies station serving Cortland, Warren and nearby areas - and the station has played nostalgic music with a local host in times that are not sold to time block buyers, even in recent years.
WKTX has to pull itself from the air each sunset, to make way for the powerful 50,000 watt signal of WCCO/830 Minneapolis MN...
AND YES, WE'RE AWARE: ...yes, we're aware of highly publicized media news elsewhere, including the Christmas music flip at Clear Channel AC WLZT/93.3 in the Columbus market.
(Judging from its website, CBS Radio AC WDOK/102.1 Cleveland will wait until Thanksgiving week to do the Ho Ho Flip, and we expect the usual suspects - like Salem Cleveland CCM WFHM/95.5 "The Fish" and Clear Channel Akron/Canton AC WHOF/101.7 "My 101.7" to flip sometime before that...but that's just a guess.)
If we missed anything that will hold over, we'll get to it between doctor's appointments. And thanks for hanging in there with us!
8 comments:
- J. Moses(Tri-State Media Watch Editor) said...
Go get better soon, OMW.
BTW another 93.3 station that flipped, way back on 10/25, was WAKW 93.3/Cincy.
- Chuck Matthews Blog said...
I interned at WKTX at the Lakewood facility in '91-92, when it aired oldies in PM drive. Man, such a long time ago. They wanted to make me Operations Manager...and I was still in broadcast school, lol!
- Jeffrey said...
Get well, get well soon...
Anyway, with the list of new HD channels on Time Warner, I seem to recall the NHL Network and, I think, IFC were supposed to be a part of the November 4th bundle. Now, no sign of them, and no sign of them on the latest programming notice. I know northeast Ohio isn't a hotbed for hockey, but it's just messed up to tease us hockey fans like that! Any idea if it is actually still in the works?
- Steve said...
I just saw some new HD channels on Time Warner today. They are in the 1600-1620 range, then some up into the 1800s. Not even on the channel guide yet. They include HD ESPNews, National Geographic, CNBC, NHL Network (only if you subscribe to the sports pack), and some others.
- Jeffrey said...
The 1600s and 1800s? Those don't exist on my Time Warner! Also kind of disturbing to think of the number of cable channels reading quadruple digits.
- Chuck Matthews Blog said...
I have Buckeye Cable out of Toledo. HD channel selection is severely lacking!
- Mike said...
Elyria doesn't have any of these new HD channels, yet.
Any reasons why FSN isnt HD 24/7? Just for the Cavs and BlueJackets games. Whats up with that?


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Message for New Teachers
If you are new to the teaching field--or if you work alongside someone who is--then this book was written for you.
In it are the reflections of award-winning first-year teachers who talk candidly about their successes and setbacks, with a particular emphasis on the relationships they formed with their colleagues, university professors, and their students' parents.
These relationships played a crucial role in influencing their success on the job, according to the first-year teachers we interviewed. Veteran teachers, especially, are a powerful factor in a new teacher's experience, which explains why so many of the 53 teachers involved in this book spoke of the need for hands-on assistance from mentor teachers.
As award-winning first-year teacher Katy Goldman (Pine, Arizona) writes, supportive veteran colleagues are "your lifeline to information and sanity." Not surprisingly, lack of support from veteran teachers proved highly discouraging, according to the teachers we talked to.
Relationships with principals, professors, and parents also took prominence in our discussions, which yielded practical tips both for teachers and for the people who work alongside them. Suggestions focused on how new teachers can foster supportive professional relationships and what they stand to gain from them. First-year teachers also discussed what principals, veteran teachers, university professors, and parents can do to make first-year teaching a success.
The Importance of Support
Why is it so important to foster support and success for first-year teachers? Because dissatisfied first-year teachers are exiting the profession in record numbers, costing taxpayers money for retraining and leaving a significant portion of the teaching force with little professional experience. The exodus takes perhaps its greatest toll on students, whose productivity is affected by the high turnover and unstable educational programs that are often the result.
According to a recently reported statistic, more than half the new teachers in Los Angeles, California, give up their profession within 3 years, at a cost of $15 million a year. A 1996 study in North Carolina found that 17 percent of the state's teachers leave the profession after the first year in the classroom, 30 percent by the end of 3 years and 36 percent by 5 years.
Nationally, 22 percent of all new teachers leave the profession in the first 3 years because of lack of support and a "sink or swim" approach to induction.
What Does "Sink or Swim" Mean?
To start with, first-year teachers are still liable to be assigned the most challenging courses--the ones with a heavy developmental emphasis and students who need additional expertise to teach. Moreover, many new teachers receive little more than a quick orientation on school policies and procedures before they start their jobs. And there is often no time in the day--or week, for that matter--allotted for sitting down with colleagues to discuss pedagogical methods, daily dilemmas like time and classroom management, and coping strategies.
"I never sat in anyone else's classroom even once," laments first-year teacher Gail A. Saborio (Wakefield, Rhode Island). "Mine is the only teaching style I know. I felt that sometimes I was reinventing the wheel."
Given the pressures on today's first-year teachers, it's no surprise that drop-out teachers look for jobs in more lucrative, less emotionally stressful fields.
"Some of the state's top business leaders in banking and pharmaceuticals tell us that their leading job candidates are young teachers leaving the profession," says University of North Carolina Chancellor Michael Hooker.
The problem looms larger in light of the projected shortage of teachers and shrinking percentage of minority teachers in the next decade.
New Initiatives
Fortunately, some promising new initiatives are already underway. For example, 100 percent of the graduates of a program for first-year teachers from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas have stayed on the job after 5 years of teaching. Meanwhile, the statewide retention rate is about 50 percent after 5 years, according to the university.
Texas's Induction Year Program is designed to provide support and instruction to first-year teachers while getting them started toward master's level professional development. The program focuses on practical issues such as classroom management, communication skills, and discipline. Also, faculty members regularly visit the classes of participants to evaluate the teacher's performance.
At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, professors from the university's education department provide problem-solving support to graduates during their first years on the job. This program, called the Lighthouse Project, fosters online discussions that assist young teachers while keeping education professors up to date on the realities of today's classrooms.
In addition to university teacher-preparation programs, school districts are doing more to make first-year teaching a success. Districts from Delaware to Columbus, Ohio to Omaha, Nebraska have instituted induction programs for new teachers that include mentoring, peer assistance, and other forms of guidance and support.
But even as 21 states have established teacher-induction programs and some 5 more are piloting or planning initiatives, nearly 50 percent of beginning teachers still do not participate in anything more substantive than brief school orientations. In some cases, the resources are not available to provide good orientation programs, and in other cases beginning teachers do not participate in the available programs.
A National Issue
The U.S. Department of Education has a keen interest in the issues of teacher induction, quality, and retention and is taking steps to improve the American teaching force: supporting legislation to improve teacher education; connecting with teachers through a National Teacher Forum and listserv; and working with college presidents to call attention to teacher education.
One additional way to support efforts to improve the quality of teaching is through our interviews with the winners of the Sallie Mae First Class Teacher Award, which recognizes the nation's most outstanding elementary and secondary educators during their first year of teaching.
Sallie Mae, which provides funding and servicing support for education loans, annually selects one teacher from each state, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands to be honored in the nation's capital and to share their experiences and insights.
When the Sallie Mae winners came to Washington, DC, in September, 1997 they talked at length about the struggles that first-year teachers face, and what might be done to improve their experiences. This booklet pulls together their thoughts on how best to work with veteran teachers, parents, and others to give beginning teachers the support they need to develop their skills and enjoy their work--even in districts lacking the resources to provide extensive orientation programs. The Sallie Mae winners responded to a series of questions:
- What type of support was the most helpful to you in your first year of teaching? Who provided the support?
- What kinds of support should principals and other administrators provide to beginning teachers to ensure quality teaching?
- What kinds of support should teacher educators provide to beginning teachers to ensure quality teaching?
- What kinds of support should veteran teachers provide to beginning teachers to ensure quality teaching?
- What kinds of support should parents and the community provide to beginning teachers to ensure quality teaching?
This book is based on the discussions sparked by the questions above, along with the 53 teachers' contest essays. It deals honestly with the highs and lows of first-year teaching. For example, teachers talked frankly about the negativism of some veteran teachers; they also generously credited supportive colleagues and principals for getting them through their first year with flying colors.
And teachers also talked about their role in making the crucial first-year partnerships happen. In many cases, for example, new teachers who were not getting enough help from their assigned mentor took the initiative to cultivate an informal mentor relationship with a more inspiring colleague. New teachers also described the lengths they went to in drawing parents into their classroom and into the educational process. Weekly newsletters, phone calls home, and "contracts" asking parents to ensure a child completes his homework were some of the ways that new teachers pursued parental involvement in education.
We hope readers will take to heart the recommendations made by the 53 teachers we interviewed. Their thoughts could prove vital in making the first year of teaching--and all the years that follow--fruitful, satisfying, and productive.
The Age of Knowledge Meets the Little Red Schoolhouse
As the industrial age gives way to the information age, knowledge assumes a more pivotal role in daily life than ever before.
In offices and factories, for example, employees work in teams, pooling their knowledge for gains in productivity. Network technologies make vast quantities of data available from a desktop. People around the world with a shared interest exchange information on the Internet.
But in America's schoolhouses, places that exist to disseminate knowledge, a teacher in one classroom often has no idea what the teacher in the next classroom is doing (although some schools have developed effective "team approaches" to teaching). In many schools with isolated teachers, however, the principal may seldom if ever set foot inside a class to observe and give constructive feedback.
This isolation not only denies a new teacher the chance to improve performance by learning from experience, it fosters a debilitating isolation that leads to stress and burn-out.
And educators are facing new pressures that make it more crucial than ever for new teachers to quickly learn the strategies and methods that make for higher quality instruction. Nearly all 50 states have mandates that schools raise student academic performance to higher standards, as well as drug education, violence, sexual harassment policies, and the increased demands that result from dwindling public confidence and tax resources. In some states, teachers will face sanctions if students do not show improvement on statewide assessments.
This book is one attempt to make the exchange of knowledge and support for new teachers an institutional practice--for the benefit of students and the communities they represent.


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Friday, April 29, 2005
Pierre Herme: Emotion Ludic & Inca
Emotion Ludic
The first item that caught my eye was Emotion Ludic. It must be a new spring release item as this was the first time I have seen it. Like everything in the Emotion range, Ludic is a study of layered flavors. While I still remember, here are the layers from top to bottom: strawberry marshmallows, strawberry mousse with mascarpone cheese and poppy syrup, strawberry and beets cooked in strawberry juice, and finally, strawberry compote. Did you notice the beets? Yes, beets with strawberries. Besides the color, I never would've thought these two could go together, but went they did. It broke the monotony of a pure strawberry dessert, which would've been perfectly fine, but the beets brought it to a whole different level. Playful? Definitely!
The next item I chose was quite unusual. I was trying to decide whether or not to get the millefeuille, but you know how millefeuilles are: a pleasure to behold, but a pain to eat. (What is the best way to eat one anyway, without completely butchering the delicate layers that someone so tenderly positioned and aligned into perfection?) At that moment, I noticed a little dome pale yellow in color, encircled in a thin wall of white chocolate, with a curl of dark chocolate perched crookedly on top.
Its name is Inca. Why Inca, I wonder. Did PH conceptualize the shape based on an Incan fortress? It takes some leaps of imagination, but what other reasons to name a dessert after an ancient civilization? Certainly the ingredients don't seem to have any relationship to the Incans. To provide you with a better idea, here is a cross section: hazelnut pastry and a thin layer of chocolate ganache provides the base for this dome of avocado and banana cream topped with grapefruit confit.
The shop girl assured me that the taste is very "grown-up" when I asked her to confirm the presence of avocado. Hmmm, my taste buds must be lagging behind in aging then, as I didn't quite enjoy this combo. Jason said he tasted something metallic, but I was more bothered by the slightly bitter after taste. But look at how cute it is!
Urrrgh, I wasn't going to say anything, I really wasn't. I know this entry is about food, pastry to be exact, but would you look at the pictures? Look at how dull they seem, and believe you me, the Inca is not this shade of unhealthy grayish jaundiced yellow. Did you think I would have picked it out of the line-up over PH's famous millefeuilles if this was the real color? And Emotion Ludic! Can you even tell the strawberries and beets apart? I wish I had my Nikon D70 to take these pictures. Now that I am used to the depth and range of colors the D70 produces, I can never look back on my Olympus 3040 or Sony T1. Here's an analogy: the images produced by the D70 are like Hermes screened silk scarves, and the ones that came out of the T1 are like Salvatore Ferragamo scarves. If you'd never seen an Hermes scarf, you might think the Ferragamo ones are pretty good. Once you've laid eyes on a square of silk that underwent Hermes' painstaking process of weaving, engraving (as many as 36 screens for one scarf), printing, cutting, and hand-stitching, however, you will never want to look at another Ferragamo scarf, ever. There aren't enough colors to start with, and whatever there is, all seem so dull when compared to Hermes. The camera is the same. I won't bore you with the technical details of why D70 produces much more vibrant colors, lest I be taken as a geek, but suffice it to say that I do have scientific evidence.
Sorry, now that I got that off my chest, back to Pierre Herme. As I said, we didn't like the Inca too much, but Emotion Ludic we loved. Jason was wowed for the first time by "those over-priced cakes that even you could make" (his words). After we almost licked the glass of the Emotion Ludic, I asked how my strawberry mousse cake measures up. "Oh, there's no comparison. This is sooo much better, not in the same league," he said without hesitation. For once I am not the least bit insulted.
Other Pierre Herme entries:
Emotion Ispahan
8 comments:
- Hsin said...
You are indeed a dedicated PH fan. My tastebuds aren't so refined - I thought their desserts were good, but not anything that special. Anyway, your photos really make them look fantastic. I was somewhat disappointed when I walked into the PH shop and looked at the Emotion Ispahan - it looked so... ordinary! If you decide that food will not be your next career, perhaps photography should be it.
- Santos said...
hi lynn--i was once told that the proper way to eat a millefeuille is to turn it on its side and use and fork and knife to cut through all the layers, to get the proper cream+pastry ratio, with less of a mess. not that i've ever tried that. also, i have no idea if a pierre herme millefeuille is shaped in a way that it can be turned on its side.
i finally tried your mame daifuku recipe this weekend, the shiratama mochi flour makes such a difference, it was wonderful. thanks!
- keiko said...
Hi Lynn, I hope you're having a great time with your D70 (I'm jealous) and thanks for not abandon me :) They look very him, although I have to agree that the combo of Inca doesn't sound very tempting...
- Lynn said...
Hsin, I do find that sometimes things look better singled out. When you look at too many things, nothing seems special.
Santos, I'm glad you were able to find shiratamako. And thanks for the tip. Yes, his definitely can be turned onto its side. I will try it with your method.
Keiko, I think from now on I will stay away from anything that claims to have "otona no aji." ;oP Have you decided which camera to get yet?
Hi Lynn, I am a big big fan of Pierre Herme and I've been looking foward every week for your latest post in the site. I think I agree with you that the combination of Inca is a bit weird and I also read some other reviews regarding this cake saying that the candied grapefruit indeed overpowered the other components.
I have to agree with hsin that your photos looked like the ones used in cookbooks they look so wonderful.Anyway I haven't tried any of PH creation but I think if Iam given the chance I will try the Le Cerise Sur Le Gateau, have you tried it? thanks
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Hi Anonymous, glad I could be of your service =o) I haven't tried the Le Cerise Sur Le Gateau yet, but I will do that and let you know.
I just got back to Tokyo a couple of days ago but I saw some really nice looking new Emotion (lemony in color) when I biked past the PH store yesterday. I will have to try it as soon as I get my act together =o)
Hi Lynn, thank you for replying to me and I am really happy to join you in this site. Actually I am a pure chinese and my name is Cathy. I am sorry that I didn't get to post my name the last time coz I don't have an account on this site yet, but as soon as possible I will try to have one. I think you are right that there are indeed new cakes of Pierre Herme out now, I saw it on the chezpim website and they look really really cute. One of the latest product is the Sensation Ispahan and the Pistachio Arabique Macaron as well as the cake on stick. I also tried a plaisir sucre similar to the ones of PH in Singapore, it is a shop owned by one of his student named bakerzin. The cake is really really good so I think the original Le Cerise Sur Le Gateau will be mind blowing. Thank you for sharing your PH experience with us and hope to see your post soon.
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Amifostine in Treating Peripheral Neuropathy Caused by Paclitaxel in Patients With Solid Tumors
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00078845
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 9, 2004
Last Update Posted : October 17, 2012
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RATIONALE: Amifostine may be effective in reducing pain, numbness, tingling, and other symptoms of peripheral neuropathy.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well amifostine works in reducing pain, numbness, tingling, and other symptoms of peripheral neuropathy in patients who have received paclitaxel for solid tumors.
|Condition or disease
|Breast Cancer Lung Cancer Neurotoxicity Ovarian Cancer Prostate Cancer Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
|Drug: Amifostine
|Phase 2
- Determine the percentage of patients with solid tumors who have persistent paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy who benefit, defined as a decrease of at least 20% on their FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY/ GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY GROUP NEUROTOXICITY (FACT/GOG-Ntx) FACT-GOG-NTX score, from treatment with subcutaneous amifostine.
- Determine whether there is sufficient evidence of reversal activity of this drug in these patients to justify a phase III study.
- Compare the acute toxic effects of this drug administered subcutaneously in these patients vs IV administrations of this drug historically and/or during the GOG-0192 study.
- Determine the capability of the Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test to provide objective, quantitative evidence for improvement in patients who have subjective improvement as self-reported on the FACT-GOG-NTX scale.
- Determine whether any benefit in patients treated with this drug is transient or lasts at least 8 weeks.
OUTLINE: This is an open-label, multicenter study.
Patients receive amifostine subcutaneously three times weekly for 4 weeks in the absence of symptom progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving a complete or partial response receive an additional 4 weeks of therapy.
Neuropathy symptoms are assessed using the FACT-GOG-NTX questionnaire administered at baseline, weekly during therapy, and at 12 weeks and the Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test administered at baseline and at 4, 8, and 12 weeks.
Patients are followed at 12 weeks.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 20-40 patients will be accrued for this study within 10-20 months.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|24 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Phase II Trial Of Subcutaneous Amifostine For Reversal Of Persistent Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
|Study Start Date :
|May 2004
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2007
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2007
Experimental: Amifostine
500 mg subcutaneous three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for 4 weeks.
Drug: Amifostine
500 mg three times a week.
Other Name: amifostine trihydrate
- Neurotoxicity secondary to cancer therapy as measured by FACT-GOG-NTX scale [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]11-item FACT/GOG-NTX questionnaire completed weekly following chemotherapy treatment.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Diagnosis of a solid tumor, including, but not limited to the following:
- Ovarian cancer
- Lung cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Breast cancer
- Previously treated with paclitaxel
Peripheral neuropathy (e.g., numbness, tingling, and/or pain in distal extremities) believed to be caused by paclitaxel only or the combination of paclitaxel and carboplatin
- At least 18 out of 44 on the FACT-GOG-NTX scale
- Persistent neuropathy for at least 2, but no more than 12 months after chemotherapy
- Not improving
- No other possible cause of neuropathy (e.g., alcoholism, diabetes, or peripheral vascular disease)
Hormone receptor status:
- Not specified
- 18 and over
- Not specified
Menopausal status
- Not specified
Performance status
- Karnofsky 50-100%
Life expectancy
- More than 2 months
- Not specified
- Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
- Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
- Calcium ≥ lower limit of normal
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior cerebrovascular accident
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No other significant comorbid medical condition that would preclude study participation
- No known sensitivity to aminothiol compounds
Biologic therapy
- Not specified
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior cisplatin
- No chemotherapy during and for at least 3 months after study participation
Endocrine therapy
- Not specified
- Not specified
- Not specified
- No concurrent monoamine oxidase inhibitors
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00078845
|United States, Illinois
|CCOP - Central Illinois
|Decatur, Illinois, United States, 62526
|CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
|Urbana, Illinois, United States, 61801
|United States, Kansas
|CCOP - Wichita
|Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214-3882
|United States, Louisiana
|Christus St. Frances Cabrini Center for Cancer Care
|Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, 71301
|United States, Michigan
|CCOP - Grand Rapids
|Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
|CCOP - Kalamazoo
|Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, 49007-3731
|United States, Missouri
|CCOP - Kansas City
|Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64131
|Cancer Research for the Ozarks
|Springfield, Missouri, United States, 65807
|United States, Ohio
|CCOP - Columbus
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43215
|United States, South Carolina
|CCOP - Upstate Carolina
|Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, 29303
|United States, Texas
|University of Texas M.D. Anderson CCOP Research Base
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4009
|CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
|Temple, Texas, United States, 76508
|United States, Washington
|CCOP - Northwest
|Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98405-0986
|United States, Wisconsin
|CCOP - Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
|Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States, 54449
|All Saints Cancer Center at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare
|Racine, Wisconsin, United States, 53405
|Study Chair:
|Arthur Forman, MD
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00078845 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|March 9, 2004 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|October 17, 2012
|Last Verified:
|October 2012
Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific
recurrent prostate cancer
stage I prostate cancer
stage IIB prostate cancer
stage IIA prostate cancer
stage III prostate cancer
stage IV prostate cancer
recurrent non-small cell lung cancer
stage I non-small cell lung cancer
stage II non-small cell lung cancer
stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer
stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer
stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
limited stage small cell lung cancer
extensive stage small cell lung cancer
recurrent small cell lung cancer
recurrent breast cancer
stage I breast cancer
stage II breast cancer
stage IIIA breast cancer
stage IIIB breast cancer
stage IIIC breast cancer
stage IV breast cancer
recurrent ovarian epithelial cancer
stage I ovarian epithelial cancer
stage II ovarian epithelial cancer
stage III ovarian epithelial cancer
stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Lung Neoplasms
Prostatic Neoplasms
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neurotoxicity Syndromes
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Antineoplastic Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Radiation-Protective Agents


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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to recognize the recent athletic achievements of Sudbury native Devon Kershaw who continues to do Canada proud by shining brightly on the world stage.
After proudly representing Canada at both the 2006 and 2010 Olympics, Devon has continued to demonstrate athletic excellence in his chosen sport of cross-country skiing by winning gold in two World Cup events as well as placing fourth in the demanding multi-stage Tour de Ski and twice finishing third, all this in just the past seven weeks.
Devon now sits third in the overall cross-country point standings, a truly remarkable and historic achievement for a Canadian Nordic skier.
As we begin to build toward the 2014 Olympics in Russia, Canadians from coast to coast to coast salute Devon's remarkable achievements and stand behind him 100% in his continued pursuit of excellence as he keeps doing Sudbury and Canada proud.


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Sharks win 6-5 thriller over Kings in shootout
Los Angeles -- With about two minutes left in regulation time of what was already the wackiest game of the season for the Sharks and Kings, Ryane Clowe stood up at the San Jose bench and reached his stick over the boards and onto the ice.
Clowe deftly poked the puck away from Los Angeles' onrushing Jarret Stoll, who understandably didn't anticipate this development, then pulled his stick back. Stoll screamed, the Staples Center crowd erupted - but no officials noticed this graceful moment of apparently blatant cheating.
"I don't remember that play," Clowe said, smiling coyly.
Both teams will remember the Sharks' 6-5 shootout win over the Kings on Thursday night for much more than this astonishing bit of gamesmanship. Less than a week after San Jose seemed out of the Western Conference playoff picture, the Sharks are back in the middle of a three-team race for the Pacific Division title that will go down to the final day of the regular season.
San Jose and Los Angeles clinched playoff berths during the game when Dallas and Colorado lost elsewhere, but the Sharks rallied from a late two-goal deficit and then hung on, with Antti Niemi stopping all three Los Angeles shootout tries.
Joe Pavelski scored the only shootout goal after the teams combined for five goals in the wild third period, and the Sharks pulled even with Los Angeles atop the division with 94 points.
Although Phoenix now has a path to the Pacific crown and the No. 3 seed in the West, San Jose still has a shot at its fifth consecutive division title when the Sharks and Kings finish the regular season Saturday night at the Shark Tank.
Phoenix has 93 points, one behind Los Angeles and San Jose, but has two games left - at St. Louis and Minnesota.
"It was definitely the weirdest game of the year," Stoll said. "It was disappointing."
Sharks clinch
The Sharks, Kings and Coyotes all clinched playoff spots Thursday. All that's left is to determine their seedings:
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Sorry you're fighting one of those mean colds :) When we have RA they're all mean! I have resulted in telling everyone I know, especially the people living in my basement that if you're sick, stay away. I don't want it! lol The last time I was sick was after a single dose of MTX and it lasted for nearly 3 months- off a stinking little sniffly thing. Sheesh- it's no exaggeration, not for those of us who understands. I hope you feel better Kerrie! ;)ReplyDelete
Oh how you are not exaggerating! In Sept. I battled a Lymph Gland infection in my neck. They thought that I was going to have to be admitted because they couldn't get it under control. Finally after 2 weeks it was gone.....only for it to sneak back a week later....then another 2 weeks of antibodies and it was finally destroyed. In the mean time I could not take any of my Enbrel due to the antibodies, so my RA got to party for a month. Everything is getting back to what my body considers normal.ReplyDelete
Keep up with the knitting (I crochet), it so helps with the boredom of long days and sometimes even longer nights! But in the end, you have something beautiful that you created. So far for Christmas this year I have made 2 hat and scarf sets for my Great nieces, a mobuis scarf for my Mother and I need to start on 3 small afghans for a friends children. They make beautiful gifts and keepsakes.


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Fordyce Creek Trail Ride - 4x4 AdventurePosted in Events on November 23, 2006
Trail Fun is fun. The best part about it is that you don't have to sign up for anything to attend, and all you need is a local or favorite trail, a 4x4, and a few buddies to get it done. Considering the sort of job I have, I get ample opportunities to observe Trail Fun in many parts of the world, but since I usually have a camera in my hand instead of a steering wheel my weekends are primarily observation more than participation. My pal Jason Scherer is keenly aware of this fact and always does his best to include me in any and all Trail Fun events he attends. His most recent suggestion, however, really got my attention. A multiday camping trip through the Rubicon was slated and a weekend was set. As the trip approached, I shaved a day off the front of it because the work was piling up; then we shaved another day for this reason or that, and before we knew it we were preparing for a one-day trail ride through Fordyce Creek Trail. It wasn't multiple days, it wasn't camping, and it wasn't the Rubicon, but it was Trail Fun wheeling, and that's just about all you need when you really get down to it.
After a mad scramble at the office, I left Long Beach, California, in a borrowed truck at 10 p.m. on Thursday night, having already driven more than two hours in traffic with a trailer in tow that afternoon. I was scheduled to meet Jason and the Trail Fun crew at 8:15 Friday morning to hit the trail, so I had roughly 10 hours to complete a 10-hour drive. Did I mention I was driving a borrowed truck?
All went well until about 200 miles into the trip when the speedometer spiked multiple times then thunked on 0. The check engine light came on after that, then the ABS warning light, and then the speedo suddenly sprang to life again, but only for a second before it fell back to 0 again. This speedo activity and dashboard light show continued for the remainder of the trip and was likely a large factor in my staying awake for the overnight haul: Possessing the insufferable notion in your head that you may be stranded alongside the road at any second is an excellent stimulus. I used a similar stimulus to get me through the next morning on the trail, which involved forgetting to gas up the TJ so I could stare at the gas light the entire time in hopes that I wouldn't run out.
Once I'd made my timely arrival near the Fordyce Creek trailhead, I met up with Jason and a slew of other rockcrawling competitors, including Jason's spotter Lance Clifford, Cody Waggoner, Jeff Mello and spotter Kevin Yoder, and Jason Berger. Also along for the ride were a few Fordyce Trail locals, including Greg Hussey, Eric Linker, Tom Wayes, and Eric Woodworth. We didn't really have much of an agenda for the day: Our goal was simply to go wheeling.
Fordyce Creek Trail extends a distance of 9.5 miles and climbs nearly 2,000 feet. Since we only had the one day and were uncertain of the water level at each of the four water crossings (and what it would entail to cross) we didn't necessarily expect to complete the whole trail, rather we elected to take our time, enjoy the obstacles at hand, and see how far it took us. After a few miles through the thick pine-tree-laced trail, we ascended the mountain to be greeted by spectacular views in almost every direction. This was par for the day as the vistas became increasingly more spectacular. After a few photo stops to take in the view and the trail action, as well as to deal with a few minor mechanical problems, we lunched at the first water crossing and took a refreshing dip to clear off the road dust. Soaking in the Fordyce Creek, we ended up staying planted in the shade for a good spell before turning back the way we came.
By day's end, we'd traveled less than the 9.5 miles but had spent close to 8 hours enjoying an activity that we all love. It wasn't hard-core wheeling, and it wasn't necessarily a great achievement in how much trail you can fit into a day. Instead, it was more about getting out there and enjoying it than it was about where we were going and what it would take to get there. Like I said, Trail Fun is fun. I highly recommend experiencing some in your own rig.


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Gone are the days when "eco" and "green" characterized off-beat brands and style! On-beat bands and style-loving celebs populated Debbie Durkin's Eco Emmys Celebrity Chateau, which has become a one-stop event locale for stylish and sustainable living.
In its 6th Year, film and television producer Debbie Durkin's Eco Emmys Celebrity Chateau is a go-to destination for A-listers and brand-makers alike, promoting green values and giving back.
Guests made donations to charity partners Guard A Heart and Yes Beat Liver Tumors and were pampered and gifted at the breathtaking historic Pickford Mansion in Hancock Park. Guard A Heart, presented by AVIIR Laboratories, provided an artist showcase featuring live acoustic performances by Ryan Boone, Jenni Alpert, Zach Callison, Zhavea, Ralph Dudley, The Almighty Grind, With Our Words, Inc. (WOW) youth poetry collective, Sarah Agajanian, Natalie Gelman, CEEJ, John Fullwood and Of Verona.
Tito's Handmade Vodka - http://www.titosvodka.com
Guests were treated to Tito's Handmade Vodka signature cocktails, a refreshing treat in the Southern California sun.
URBAN FRESH of Beverly Hills - http://www.theurbanfresh.com
Guests enjoyed a sumptuous array of organic sandwiches & salads by URBAN FRESH of Beverly Hills.
BARKCODE Celebrity Pet Lounge - http://www.barkcode.com
Barkcode is an innovative new way to make sure your pet never gets lost, and a portion of the proceeds goes to the American Red Cross. Barkcode…helping your pets home.
Hypnotist John Cerbone - http://www.trance-master.com
Trance Master Productions (TMP) presented World Famous Hypnotist John Cerbone and his Hypnosis Programs.
Odina Swimwear - http://www.odinasurf.com
A favorite feature at the chateau was the men's and women's environmentally friendly swimwear collection from Odina Surfwear. Hot and cool!
Tintura Salon Hair Styling - http://tinturasalon.com
HAI ELITE Styling Tools - http://www.hai-elite.com
Celebs were pampered with Tintura Salon Hair Styling, feather extensions and HAI ELITE Styling Tools.
KC Kids Corner - http://kckidscorner.storenvy.com
KC Kids Corner features adorable, quality girls dresses…onscreen or off, she'll be a star.
AER Premium Electronic Cigarettes - http://www.aercigs.com
AER are the tasty way to satisfy nicotine cravings and beat the odds on cancer.
Michael Foster Designs - http://maf.thinkcreatix.com/scarves/
Men are certainly deserving of equal time for glamour, and Michael Foster delivers color, texture and style with his luxury scarves.
Marsatta Fancy Chocolates - http://www.marsatta.com
Delicious chocolates by Marsatta Handcrafted Organic & Vegan Truffles were onhand, including some interesting information on the process of how their very fine chocolate is made.
KOVART COLLECTIVE - http://www.myspace.com/kovart
Artists from Kovart Collective cover huge canvases while you watch, and some celebs joined in the fun!
The Neckwork Expert Yvonne Larson - http://www.oasishealingcenter.com/content/?p=194
Yvonne's massage table was constantly booked, and it's easy to why the Neckwork Expert is so in demand.
Guard A Heart - www.guardaheart.org/
Charity Partners include Guard A Heart, which is dedicated to bringing heart disease prevention and awareness to the forefront of our lives and offered their TruRisk 5 year heart assessment tests. 100% of the money that they raise goes to the cause, not their operations.
Beat Liver Tumors - www.beatlivertumors
Beat Liver Tumors raises awareness about cancers of the liver and "deLIVERs lots of Hope!"
Celebrity guests included Emmy winner Stacey Tookey ("So You Think You Can Dance"), Raphael Sbarge ("Once Upon a Time), GG and Omid ("Shahs of Sunet"), Carolyn Hennesy ("True Blood"), Jamar Rogers ("The Voice" finalist), Kearran Giovanni ("Major Crimes"), Tiffany Hines ("Bones"), Kelly Hyland ("Dance Moms"), Matthew Fahey and Nikki DeLoach ("Awkward"), Richard Portnow ("Hitchcock"), Jake Busey, Keith David ("Cloud Atlas"), David Rodriquez (heavyweight boxer), Erin Murphy ("Bewitched"), Gramma Funk (Grammy nominated singer), Alice Amter ("The Big Bang Theory"), Chase Masterson ("Star Trek"), and Frank Stallone among others.
Other sponsors included LifeSource Water Whole House Water Systems and water bottles (http://www.lifesourcewater.com); Alex Fioroni, The Nutrition Chef (http://www.healthypowertv.com/shows/the-nutrition-chef) served gluten-free vegetable pizza, and launched his Organic Ketchup and Sabor sauces. Delicious!
The event was also sponsored by Eco-Friendly Printer Kijani Banners and featured delicious, healthy LUNA Fiber Bars (http://www.lunabar.com) and Reed's Ginger Chews (http://www.reedsinc.com)
Contact Producer Debbie Durkin at [email protected] for her next events: "ECO HIDEAWAY" at the Sundance Film Festival Jan.19-21 and "ECO OSCARS" in February 2013.
About Durkin Entertainment: Durkin Entertainment is an indie TV/Film production and Entertainment Marketing company specializing in TV/Film/Celebrity product placement. Credits: K-11,The Expendables, ECO Hollywood TV Special (KCBS-LA), EXTRA! CW Network, The A-List, NBC TODAY Show, Daytime Fox News, Chelsea Lately, Two Jacks, Bonnie Hunt TV Show, Blades of Glory, Rocky Balboa, National Lampoon's Cattle Call, LAPD Hollenback Happy Planet documentary, Walk A Mile in My Pradas, Living With Ed-HGTV-Planet Green, LA Ink, Celebuzz, The Sexiest Women of Reality TV & Calendar, Los Angeles Confidential Magazine, 944 Magazine, Kevin Sorbo's Celebrity Golf Tournament, IFQ Magazine, and Sundance Celebrity Swag Hunt. LA's leading sustainable producer, Debbie Durkin, produces a series of Main Event Red Carpet Lounges & Green Suites each year during Sundance, Green Grammys, Eco Oscars, Eco Hollywood Earth Day, MTV Movie Awards ECO Lounge, and Eco Emmys, each lounge benefiting charities. For additional information stay tuned for the launch of our new website in summer 2012: www.durkinentertainmentgroup.com


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John Terry's Chelsea future was confirmed as a priority on Tuesday, but the fates of Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole are still to be clarified.
Jose Mourinho insisted Chelsea would take time to consider their squad options this summer, but a one-year extension for captain Terry is a statement of intent for business to be concluded early.
Any lingering uncertainty over Terry's future was ended when the 33-year-old defender agreed a new deal until the end of the 2014/15 season after being rejuvenated by Mourinho's return.
Terry, who joined Chelsea as a 14-year-old schoolboy and has now made 621 appearances, said on chelseafc.com: "I'm delighted to have signed an extension to my contract with Chelsea taking me into my 20th year with the club.
"I'd like to thank the fans and club for their continued support, and the manager who was instrumental for me the last season."
Terry's form this season meant keeping him was imperative.
Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay said: "It is important the matter has been concluded so soon after the end of the season, allowing us to look forward to and plan for 2014/15."
The futures of record goalscorer Lampard and England centurion Cole are less certain, with both out of contract on June 30.
Lampard, who is 36 in June, has been ponderous at times this season, while Cole has been a peripheral figure and is understood to be considering his options elsewhere.
The recruitment of a prolific goalscorer is a priority, while any other incomings could be determined by departures, with Chelsea attempting to abide by UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations.
Reports continue to circulate that a transfer has been agreed with Atletico Madrid for striker Diego Costa, with David Luiz's rumoured exit close in a potential move to Barcelona which would match the Blues' outlay on Costa.
Costa reportedly has a £32million release clause and shares an agent with Mourinho, Jorge Mendes.
Confirmation of the move may have to wait until after the May 24 Champions League final, when Atletico take on Mourinho's former club Real Madrid.
Mourinho, who presented his end-of-season report to the Chelsea hierarchy on Monday, insists his squad does not require major surgery.
And if, as he expects, the additions he wants happen this summer, the Premier League title will be next season's objective.
"Next season we can start day one and we can say without any kind of fears that we are there not to fight for the title, to win it," Mourinho said on Monday night.


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Wild Kratts "Walk on the Wetside" When Chris and Martin locate an amazing water-walking Basilisk lizard in Costa Rica, they try to replicate its actions in order to learn how this rare lizard is able to walk on water. They discover that by using its wide feet, churning its legs to create water pockets and keeping up a certain speed, the Basilisk is able to run on water in order to escape from predators. And when Donita Donata begins capturing basilisks, Martin and Chris us their new water walking powers to rescue these rare lizards. D
7:30 am
Peep and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo "Spring Thing/ Spring Thingy/Pocoyo - Vamoosh on the Loose" It's winter, it's blah, and everything looks dead. Can Peep, Quack, and Chirp survive until spring? Peep discovers his inner bounce when he encounters a frog, a mattress, and a jack-in-the-box. Then, Pocoyo promises to teach Baby Bird to drive the Vamoosh but keeps putting it off. D
8:00 am
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Digging The Deep/Puddle Puzzle" Digging The Deep - Nick and Sally are exploring how deep they can dig in the sandbox. The Cat arrives to whisk them away to the deepest place he knows - the bottom of the Swirly Whirly Ocean! They meet up with Aurilia the Angler fish who guides them to the very bottom of the ocean floor. Now that they've gone as deep as deep can be, it's off to find the next adventure! Puddle Puzzle - Nick and Sally are excited to jump in the giant puddle in their backyard - but it's gone! Where did it go? With the help of Cat's Seussian camera, they see that the puddle has turned into water vapour. D
8:30 am
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps "Angelina and Polly's Big Day/Angelina and the Smelly Cheese" Angelina and Polly's Big Day - When Alice baby-sits Polly, Angelina begins to think that her baby sister likes Alice more. Angelina exhausts herself trying to prove that she's the better baby-sitter, but in the end, Angelina learns she will always be #1 for her little sister! Angelina and the Smelly Cheese - When Mrs. Thimble makes a special dish for the Fete Francaise, she uses an incredibly smelly cheese! Angelina and her friends fear that the cheese will drive everyone away. After several comical tries to persuade Mrs. Thimble to serve a different French delicacy, the mouselings finally decide that honesty is always the best policy!. D
9:00 am
Bob the Builder "Staying Cool" Wendy's Birthday Surprise - Bob and the team have to make the town well safe. But it's also Wendy's birthday - and Bob wants to arrange a surprise party for her. Scoop asks Bob to let him help with both things. D
9:30 am
Franny's Feet "Swamp Thing /Franny's Manners" A) Franny lands in the swamp, where she meets Graham, a friendly snake, and his buddy, a frog named Lester. When Graham can't bear Lester's constant pranks any longer, Franny helps Lester see that sometimes jokes can go too far. In Franny's Treasures, the viewers learn about reptiles. D
10:00 am
Thomas & Friends "Slow Down!" Wonky Whistle - Thomas is getting his whistle fixed at the Steam Works before he delivers animals to the Sodor Country Fair. He rushes out of the Steam Works before his whistle is fixed properly and it starts to make a strange sound. Thomas collects ducks, Katy the sheep dog and Farmer McColl's prize cow to take them to the fair. D
10:30 am
Dialogue "Reporters' Roundup 2/23/12" Host Marcia Franklin is joined by reporters and editors from around the state for a roundup of the month's news in Idaho.G
11:00 am
Idaho Reports 2012 Idaho Public Television's weekly coverage of the Idaho Legislature with host Greg Hahn begins. The one-hour show continues through adjournment.G
12:00 pm
To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Contraception Fight Continues: The contraception debate rages on as Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill hold their own hearing this week allowing testimony from Georgetown University student, Sandra Fluke who was banned from the Republican hearing. Adieu to Mademoiselle: The term mademoiselle is no longer an official term for French women and is being removed from all official documents. The change comes after lobbying by women's groups who called the term sexist. D
12:30 pm
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1:00 pm
Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer "Teepee" Roger and Sarah ride in the engine of a train through the Royal Gorge Canyon in Canon City, Colorado. Roger paints a Teepee near Steamboat Springs. D
1:30 pm
Sewing with Nancy "Jackets for Real People, Part 2" Construct a lined jacket with ease-21st century style. Pati Palmer, designer and celebrated sewing instructor, joins Nancy to share her tips on a no-fail welt pocket, "bagging a lining technique," easy mitered vents, and much more. Streamline the process of making a fashionable jacket with these innovative ideas. D
2:00 pm
Quilting Arts "Gone to the Dogs" This episode features unique pet projects that will enable you to dress your pooch in style! First, Pokey demonstrates a reversible doggy jacket, complete with fusible applique and machine stitching. Then, Susan Brubaker Knapp makes a quilted dog bed, a comfortable sleeping spot that fits into your decor and reflects your pet's personality. Last but not least, use software to create a unique digital portrait of your pet with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, who also discusses how to turn the resulting fabric into a one-of-a-kind bag. D
2:30 pm
Hometime "Microscapes 2" The HOMETIME crew pitches in to help neighbors finish two smaller, coordinated landscapes. D
3:00 pm
Woodsmith Shop "Easy Cabinet Construction" Looks can be deceiving. Editors from Woodsmith magazine show you how to put together a beautiful cabinet that's quick and easy to build. Plus, you'll see how to turn economically priced materials into rich-looking projects. D
3:30 pm
This Old House "Barrington Project, Part 5 of 10" Landscape restoration specialist Kate Venturini arrives from the University of Rhode Island to create a sustainable coastal landscape with the help of local landscape contractor Henry Pereira. Builder Andy Tiplady finishes up the shingles and trim at the master bedroom porch just in time for local metalsmiths to install the custom copper gutter and scupper that will keep rain out of the space. Members of the URI Master Gardener's association lend a hand installing coastal tolerant and native plants on the site, while local sod grower Pat Hogan delivers a freshly harvested fescue/bluegrass blend that will require less water, less fertilizer and less maintenance overall. D
4:00 pm
Ask This Old House "Planting a Garden Using Native Species; Replacing a Door with a Window" Landscape contractor Roger Cook travels to Dallas to help a homeowner plant a garden using native species that are drought-tolerant. Then, general contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner remove a door and replace it with a window. D
4:30 pm
Growing a Greener World "The Gift of Trees (Atlanta, GA, Mt. Airy, NC & Seattle, WA)" Unless you're in the dessert, you don't have to look far to see trees. But have we really taken the time to appreciate all they have to offer? From sequestering carbon and releasing oxygen, conserving energy and reducing runoff, they also provide mulch and compost and offer a visual spectacle all throughout the year. You'll never look at a tree the same way again. D
5:00 pm
Moyers & Company "Where Do Movies End and Politics Begin?" How does pop culture not only reflect, but influence political culture? On this weekend's Moyers & Company (check local listings), historian and culture critic Neal Gabler joins Bill to discuss how representations of heroism in movies shape our expectations of a U.S. President, and how our real-world candidates are packaged into superficial, two-dimensional personas designed to appeal to both the electorate and the media. Also on the show, Bill talks with acclaimed poet and Poetry Magazine editor Chris Wiman about how finding true love and being diagnosed with a rare and incurable blood cancer reignited his religious passion as well as his creative expression. D
6:00 pm
William and Mary William puts his family in danger when he buries a convicted murderer.G
7:00 pm
Outdoor Idaho "Boat Builders" Idaho's boat builders draw on old craft techniques as well as new technology to rebuild wooden boats or design new ones. Whether working on a 1939 speedster or creating new drift boats, they turn out stylish products for Idaho's waters.G
7:30 pm
Oregon Field Guide "Newberry Crater Geothermal" A geothermal experiment outside Newberry Crater aims to get hot water out of a dry well with the hope of creating massive reservoirs two miles underground. The earth would heat the cold water injected into fissures in the rocks and pumps would bring the hot water back above ground for energy production.G
8:00 pm
Lonesome George and the Battle for the Galapagos Known as the loneliest animal on the planet, Lonesome George is the last remaining male of the Pinta Island Galapagos giant tortoise. Scientists have tried to match him to a mate but none have been acceptable. His story is told against the backdrop of the bigger conservation issues faced by the islands.G
9:00 pm
Masterpiece Classic "The Old Curiosity Shop" Sir Derek Jacobi stars as the shop-owner grandfather, who falls into the clutches of a maniacal moneylender, Daniel Quilp (Toby Jones). Grandfather's orphaned granddaughter, Nell (Sophie Vavasseur), leads him across rural England to escape Quilp, in a desperate odyssey that blends strange characters and haunting images.G
10:30 pm
New Tricks "Objects of Desire" An old flame, DCI James Larson, comes to ask Sandra Pullman to put her UCOS team on the trail of the murder of an antiques dealer, originally believed to have been bludgeoned to death during a bungled burglary. There is reason to believe the dealer was a police informant in return for the police turning a blind eye to his dodgier dealings.G
11:30 pm
Buffalo Bill's American West This exploration of Buffalo Bill Cody's legacy is told through iconic images and artifacts of the American West from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody. High-definition footage of artistic masterworks and narration by singer/songwriter Ed Bruce help paint a portrait of the man who embodied the spirit of the West, while telling the story of western expansion.G


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Beyonce: 'Giving birth allowed me to be more sensual'
The Crazy In Love hitmaker and her music mogul husband, real name Shawn Carter, welcomed their baby girl last January (12), but the singer confesses she didn't feel confident in herself until giving birth.
Despite carving out a career as one of the most successful female stars of all time, Beyonce admits that her daughter is her greatest achievement and has allowed her to open up to her husband.
She tells America's GQ magazine, "When I gave birth, that was the first time I truly let go and surrendered. And it taught me how amazing that feels. Giving birth made me realise the power of being a woman.
"I have so much more substance in my life. And expressing that excitement and that sensuality and the connection I have with my husband - I'm a lot more comfortable with that now. I actually feel like my child introduced me to myself."


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I'd be stupid not to take part in this month's Mixology Monday hosted by Cocktail Virgin:
This month the chosen theme will be beer cocktails.
While beer being used as an ingredient in modern cocktails has gotten a lot of press as of late, this is not a new trend. Beer has played a historical role in mixed drinks for centuries. For example, it can be found in Colonial drinks like the Rumfustian, Porter Sangaree, and Ale Flip. While many of these drinks are not seen in modern bars save for craft cocktail establishments, other beer drinks are though, including the Boilermaker, Black Velvet, and Michelada. And present day mixologists are utilizing beer with great success including Kelly Slagle's Port of Funchal, Jacob Grier's Averna Stout Flip, and Emma Hollander's Word to Your Mom. Bartenders are drawn to beer for a variety of reasons including the glorious malt and roast notes from the grain, the bitter and sometimes floral elements from the hops, the interesting sour or fruity notes from the yeast, and the crispness and bubbles from the carbonation. Beer is not just for pint glasses, so let us honor beer of all styles as a drink ingredient.
Coincidentally, July is Oregon Craft Beer Month and we're coming up on the one year anniversary of the first Brewing Up Cocktails event put on by me, Yetta Vorobik, and Ezra Johnson-Greenough. In the time since we've been experimenting with themed beer cocktail events, whether that be creating a menu around a specific brewery (Ninkasi, Oakshire, and Hopworks) or a type of drink (nothing but flips!). For our anniversary party we'll be serving beer cocktails with a loosely interpreted tiki theme. Details are coming soon, but in the meantime here's a preview of one of the new (and thus far unnamed) drinks:
2 oz Maui Brewing Coconut Porter
1 1/2 oz English Harbour rum
1 1/2 oz coconut milk
1/2 oz Galliano Ristretto
1/2 oz allspice or pimento dram
Angostura bitters mist, for garnish
Shake the first five ingredients, strain into a rocks or wine glass, and garnish with the Angostura mist.
This is a weird drink. The idea of mixing coconut porter and coconut milk was Ezra's, and I was skeptical at first. However this comes together really nicely and has a rich flip-like consistency. The pimento dram adds big spice flavors, the Galliano Ristretto espresso liqueur adds depth and sweetness, and the coconut milk puts this in the running for the most unhealthy cocktail we've come up with yet.
Stay tuned for more info about the Brewing Up Cocktails anniversary event on Saturday, July 30, at The Hop and Vine.


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Go Behind the Scenes of Taylor Swift's 'Mean' Video [VIDEO]
You've got to give Taylor Swift credit — even with a bajillion records sold and a steady stream of radio hits, she's refused to take the easy way out with her videos, preferring to tell a visual story instead of filming performance clips.
That's definitely the case for her new 'Mean' video, which uses Swift's latest hit as the backdrop for an old-time miniature movie about, well, what happens when people are mean. And Swift gave fans a peek behind the scenes of the clip with a half-hour documentary that recently aired on GAC.
Filmed at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, the 'Mean' video stars Swift and her band stuck in the past — literally — as they play on a dusty prairie, complete with worn-looking clothes and old-fashioned instruments. Interspersed with their performances are a series of narrative sequences that follow mean behavior over the course of an ordinary life: playground bullying, cliquish high school teasing, and the agony of peer pressure.
"There are so many moments over a course of a day where I look at something or see something, and I just can't believe I get to be around people who do stuff like this," Swift told fans in the documentary. "Visually, it just goes with everything I've been obsessed with lately … theaters and productions. It really tells stories that to me really matter. It's also just really fun. I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out."
Watch a clip from the show here, and look for repeat showings on GAC!


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When you've installed Pro Video Formats, you can import, edit, and export MXF (Material eXchange Format) files using Final Cut Pro X, Motion, and Compressor.
What are MXF files and why are they important?
MXF is an industry standard file format for video and audio. Similar to QuickTime files, MXF files contain information about the media contained in the MXF file. This information, also called metadata, can include frame rate, frame size, creation date, and custom data created by a camera operator, assistant, or archivist.
MXF files come from a wide range of sources. They can be created by cameras like Sony (OP1a) and Panasonic (OP-Atom, OP1b), editing systems like Avid Media Composer, or other video recording devices.
With Pro Video Formats installed, Final Cut Pro can read MXF metadata and preserve it during editing. You can also include MXF metadata when exporting a video file in the OP1a format. In addition, Compressor can take an existing video or audio file and transform it into an MXF file for digital delivery.
Install Pro Video Formats
Pro Video Formats will appear as a software update in the App Store if you downloaded your version of Final Cut Pro, Motion, or Compressor. When you download the update it will automatically install the following items:
- MXF Reader for importing
- AES3 Audio Codec
- MXF Export including AVC-Intra
- Compressor settings for exporting MXF files
After installing, you can create more custom Share settings for MXF export using Compressor.
Export XML files with custom MXF metadata
Exporting an XML file from Final Cut Pro is the best way to exchange metadata from your clips and projects with third-party applications for finishing, broadcasting, or archiving into a media database. In order to export custom MXF metadata in an XML file, you'll need to first create a custom metadata view.
Sharing clips
- Select a clip in the Browser.
- Choose Window > Show in Workspace > Inspector (or press Command-4) to open the Info inspector.
- Select the Metadata Views menu at the bottom of the Inspector window and choose Edit Metadata View.
- Check all the fields that you'd like to add to the custom MXF metadata view, including the MXF metadata fields. Click OK.
- Choose Save Metadata View As and give it a descriptive name.
This custom metadata view will be added to the Metadata View menu in the Inspector and will be available when exporting XML files.
To export an XML file with the custom MXF metadata, select the item you're exporting in the Browser and choose File > Export XML. Select your custom MXF metadata view from the Metadata View drop-down menu.
How do I use Pro Video Formats with a version of Compressor prior to Compressor 4.1?
To use Pro Video Formats with an earlier version of Compressor, install Pro Video Formats from the App Store. You'll then need to create a custom Compressor setting in the Settings tab. Click the "Create a New Setting" pop-up menu and choose the MXF output format. For more information on creating settings from scratch, see the following depending on your version of Compressor:


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My wife comes home tonight after 3+ days away on business. Needless to say there hasn't been much time to attend to much of anything, much less write. For the last three days I've followed the same basic loop:
- Awake at 6:30 to Robert's clarion call: "TwoBert wants out!"
- Spend 14 hours chasing down Robert's line drives and deciphering TwoBert's sentences (which, though darling, remain rife with crippled syntax).
- Crack a Beer of Achievement when the boys are finally squirreled away to bed.
- Pass out on the couch after two swigs.
Tuesday was the first real effing hot day of the summer, and none of us wanted any part of being outside. We just weren't emotionally ready. We were lucky, then, to find the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs marathon; I hadn't seen the show before, but now I'm hooked on its ability to pull me into the grossness. There was this one episode with a guy who crawls inside clogged septic tanks and grease traps and I swear I almost horked on the floor right there. It's an awesome show, but with a caveat.
TwoBert is deep in learning the Ways of the Potty. He is also a reincarnated Greek Olympian, because he loves to hang out around the house wearing nothing but a smile and a pair of sandals. Right as one of the episodes was ending, TwoBert dropped a turd on the rug, stepped in it, and walked over to tell me about it. So I spent the next half hour MacGyvering all that poop out of my life with rug cleaner and a toothbrush.
So yeah, Mike, your show is a fun hour. But until you give a few stay-at-home parents a call, you're just shoveling grease.


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Equalizer (Unlocked) 2.2.9 Apk
Equalizer (Unlocked) 2.2.9 Apk | 1.1 MB | Mediafire Download
Requires Android:2.3 and up
Equalizer app and widget to control your sound effect levels on your phone. Improve your phone/tablet's sound quality with the first true Equalizer app and home-screen widget!
- Fixed music picker for test audio file
- Fixed Android 4.0 bug with Action Bar (Menu bar at the top)
- Force close bug on some devices
Equalizer lets you adjust sound effect levels so that you get the best out of your Music or Audio coming out of your phone. Apply Equalizer Presets based on Music Genre, or quickly create your own custom preset with the 5 band Equalizer controller. Additional Audio Effects supported include: Bass Booster, Virtualizer and Reverb Presets.
* Requires Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Custom ROMs may not work due to issues with the ROM. Keep in mind custom gingerbread ROMs are infant, and give the ROM developers some time to integrate in the new APIs. If your ROM works please post so that others know. If you have issues, please contact us and let us know what ROM you are using.
★ 11 Stock Presets
★ Preset auto-detection (See list of supported players below)
★ 5 Band-level Equalizer Controller
★ Audio sampler to test your Equalizer settings
★ Bass Booster
★ Virtualizer
★ Reverb Presets
★ Integrates with stock Android Music player
★ Works with streaming music like Pandora, Spotify, etc.
★ Power Mode options to enable/disable effects
★ Beautiful 4×1 and 2×1 Equalizer widgets for your home-screen
★ Notification shortcut available for quick access
★ Fully optimized for Tablets and Google TV
★ No root required
Full features include: (Requires purchasing Unlock key)
★ Save Custom Presets
★ Delete, Edit, Rename Presets
★ Create Home-screen shortcut for Presets
★ Backup and Restore Presets from SD card
Stock presets include:
★ Normal
★ Classical
★ Dance
★ Flat
★ Folk
★ Heavy Metal
★ Hip Hop
★ Jazz
★ Pop
★ Rock
★ Latin (New)
The preset auto-detection feature does not work with all third-party music players; however, we will keep adding support to new players based on popular demand. The list of known supported Music players includes:
* Android Music Player
* Winamp
* UberMusic
* PlayerPro
* RealPlayer
* myTouch 4G Music Player
* Meridian Player
* RockOn
* doubleTwist Player
* MIUI Music Player
* ³ (cubed)
* PowerAMP
* Zimly
* bTunes
* Vanilla Music Player
* Rhapsody Player
* MixZing
* Just Playlists
* Archos Music Player
* More to come…
Note: Please make sure to read the "Helpful tips" when you first install the application.
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AgriOcean DSpace (AOD) is a joint initiative of the United Nations agencies of FAO and UNESCO-IOC/IODE to provide a customized version of DSpace 1.7.1 (JSPUI version), an open source, digital repository software.
Its main objective is to make scientific literature in the field of oceanography, agriculture and related sciences available in digital form. AgriOcean DSpace is set-up for the digital repository communities of AGRIS (FAO) and Odin (UNESCO-IOC), but can be downloaded and used by any research institution interested.
To explore the AOD functionalities, take a look at the demo installation:
login: agri@ocean
password: agri2012