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Thirty-year-old Celebrity journalist Ann Roth has one last chance to prove herself. She is different from the other reporters at Famous, the L.A. magazine, where she has her dream job interviewing stars like Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie. She values her ethics--she doesn't pick through people's garbage, doesn't print rumor and gossip, doesn't try to pervert the truth. But when her editor tells her she's too nice, that what he needs is a killer journalist who'll do whatever it takes to get a story, she realizes that she must do something drastic. Of course, her plan backfires. Not only does she fail to score an interview with the notoriously media-averse actor Malcolm Goddard (he'll only do the interview while piloting his Cessna and she has a terrible fear of flying), she gets fired. Her disappointment turns to rage when she learns that Malcolm knew about her phobia all along. He insisted on doing the interview on his plane just to get her off his back.
Hurt, disappointed, not to mention unemployed, she trudges to her tiny hometown in Missouri to try to regroup, vowing to cure herself of her fears and reclaim her career. And suddenly her life takes a surprising twist: Ann hears that the great Malcolm himself is in Middletown as a patient at the local hospital--under an alias. Opportunity knocks. Ann sees a chance for payback and her ticket out of Missouri. She volunteers at the hospital with the sole intention of pretending to befriend Malcolm in order to worm the story of a lifetime out of him without his knowledge. If she writes it, she'll have her job back and prove she's the killer journalist her editor had wanted her to be. But after facing her fear of falling in love, how much is she willing to risk for her career?
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Sunday Afternoon at the Opera
March and April 2010
SUNDAY March 7th: Charpentier, David et Jonathas. The influence of the Italian immigrant composer Jean Baptiste Lully was so overwhelming upon the Royal French court that no native born French composer in the reign of Louis XIV could get an opera of his own performed before the king. Only after Lully died in 1687 did the field become open once again to French opera composers of merit. One of the best of them, Mark Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704), wrote a Lullian-style opera on a Biblical subject for performance at the Jesuit college in Paris, where he was musical director. This was David et Jonathas (1688), which was intended as a special Lenten entertainment for his churchly patrons. It is the only surviving example of "sacred lyric tragedy" from the era of the Sun King. The one existing copy of the score for David et Jonathas is corrupt, with a lot of transcribing mistakes and actual gaps running into many bars of music. Michel Corboz, a pioneer in the authentic recreation of baroque music, painstakingly reconstructed David et Jonathas for a staged revival of the work by Opera de Lyon in 1981. Corboz conducts the English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra and a cast of French singers, as recorded for the French Erato label. Erato made this recording available again in CD format on two silver discs in its "Libretto" series. I last broadcast David et Jonathas on Sunday, March 14, 1993.
Sunday, March 14TH: Mendelssohn, Paulus. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy completed two oratorios, Elias or Elijah (1846) and Paulus or St. Paul (1836). Elijah is much better known, with a considerable discography. At Easter of 1996 I broadcast the Telarc CD recording of it, with Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. The earlier work, Paulus, is Mendelssohn's successful experiment in combining the eighteenth century oratorio traditions of Bach and Handel with the new romantic style of the nineteenth century. It was Mendelssohn who revived the Bach St. Matthew Passion at Berlin in 1829 and in so doing began the general revival of J.S. Bach's music in modern times. Mendelssohn was consciously trying to follow in the master's footsteps. Paulus/St. Paul has lately received more attention on disc. On Easter Sunday, March 31, 2002 I presented the Chandos recording of Paulus with Richard Hichox conducting the BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales. (A Musical Heritage Society release in the US.) The German label Hännssler/Profil came out with a period instrument recording of Paulus in 2008. Doris Hagel directs the players of the Capella Weilburgensis and the singers of the Weilburg Schlosskirche Kantorei; sung in the original German.
Sunday, march 21st: Haydn, Die Sieben Letzte Worte, Stabat Mater. Lenten programming continues on this fifth and last Sunday before Holy Week with two rarely heard recorded choral works of Franz Josef Haydn. Die Sieben Letzte Worte, ("The Seven Last Words of Christ," 1786) is better known in a purely instrumental version for string quartet. The oratorio version that came before it Haydn wrote on commission from the Cathedral of Cadiz in Spain. Every year the Cathedral called for a new oratorio to be performed, not in the church proper, but in the Santa Cuero grotto, where it would be part of Good Friday rites. The composition posed a challenge to Haydn. It had to be written in the form of seven separate adagio movements. How to make so much slow music interesting to listen to? Haydn decided to end the sequence with a brief but dramatic and descriptive "earthquake" movement when Jesus dies upon the cross. (Wagner, by the way, knew this music and much admired it.) We'll hear the "Seven Words" oratorio as recorded in 2002 with Nicol Matt leading the Palitinate Chamber Orchestra of Mannheim and the Chamber Choir of Europe, with four vocal soloists.
Haydn's setting of the Latin devotional poem Stabat Mater is a very early work in his ouevre, dating from 1767 shortly after he was appointed Kapellmeister to the Hungarian Prince Esterhazy. Many composers before and after Haydn set the Stabat Mater. He had to compete with Pergolesi's setting from 1736, still very popular all over Europe. Haydn's Stabat is composed in similar Neapolitan style: a string of various numbers, solo arias alternating with choruses. The distinguished Haydn scholar H.C. Robbins Landon says of this work, "There are moments when we feel that the composer has completely penetrated the sense of the text... establishing its composer as a first rate writer of vocal music." (Haydn's Chronicle and Works, Vol. II p.245.) This Stabat was Haydn's first large-scale vocal composition to appear in print. We hear it, also relatively recently recorded with Frieder Bernius conducting the Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra and Stuttgart Chamber Chorus, with four solo singers. The two recordings, "The Seven Last Words" and the Stabat Mater were taken up in 2008 into a massive 150 CD compendium Haydn Edition release from Brilliant Classics.
Sunday, MarcH 28TH: Palm Sunday Telemann, Brockes' Passion. One of the single most prolific composers in the history of Western art music, George Phillip Telemann composed 1700 (!) church cantatas, at least 27 settings of the Passion and six other oratorios, a recording of one of them, Der Tag des Gerichts ("The Day of Judgement," 1762), I broadcast on Sunday, January 11, 1987. Like many other composers of the baroque era Telemann wrote music for the popular German language Passion text by Barthold Heinrich Brockes. Handel famously set Brockes' Passion twice, employing both times the same Hungaroton LPs (Sundays March 17, 1991 and April 5, 2009). Now you get to hear Telemann's take on the Brockes text in a brand new recording from French Harmonia Mundi. Rene Jacobs has given us so many fine historically-informed recorded interpretations of opera and oratorio of the eighteenth century. He leads the period instrument players of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the RIAS Radio Berlin Chamber Chorus with the six solo singers. Telemann's Brockes Passion was released in 2009 onto HM compact discs.
Sunday, april 4th: I have broadcast Sir Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius (1900) five times before over three decades at Easter. It has become one of my lyric theater broadcasting traditions; and with good reason. With its libretto taken from English Catholic Cardinal Newman's mystical poem about death and transfiguration, it's the obvious programming choice for the highest of all Christian holy days. All the significant British conductors of the latter twentieth century have given us recordings of Gerontius. Elgar himself conducted portions of his oratorio for very early electric recordings made in 1927. I've broadcast those historic recordings, as well as the first complete recording of the work made in 1945 with Sir Malcolm Sargeant in charge. This time around we listen to Alexander Gibson's take on Gerontius. He leads the Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus with tenor Robert Tear as Gerontius, also baritone Benjamin Luxon and contralto Alfredo Hodgson. CRD Records issued this interpretation on two LPs in 1976.
Sunday, april 11TH: Verdi, Nabucco. Giuseppe Verdi's third Opera, Nabucco (1842), is truly a milestone in his nascent career as a composer. Oberto (1839) was an encouraging success on the boards at La Scala, but his second Opera, Un Giorno di Regno (1840), was a disaster. Verdi vowed never again to write for the lyric theater. The impresario Merelli prevailed upon the young Verdi to try one more time. The result was a work of genius not to be equaled for the rest of the decade, until perhaps Lusia Miller (1849) or certainly Rigoletto (1851). Nabucco is actually a contraction of the name Nebuchadnezzar. The libretto of the opera is drawn from episodes in the Old Testament dealing with the Babylonian captivity of the Hebrew nation. Tito Gobbi sings in the title role as the ill-fated King of Assyria. He's been called the greatest Italian baritone of all time, and his dramatic interpretations of Verdi's male characters have never been surpassed. In 1966, when he was at the height of his powers, he recorded Nabucco for Decca/London. Lamberto Gardelli led the Vienna Opera Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera. I last broadcast these three London stereo LPs on Sunday, September 11, 1988.
Sunday, april 18TH: Adams, Nixon in China. There will be an awful lot of operas - certainly American operas - of the second half of the twentieth century that will soon be forgotten. But one particular American opera may well stand the test of time and that is John Adams' is Nixon in China (1987). It continues to be performed all over the place. It was revived yet again in 2008 in special presentation during the National Performing Arts Convention in Denver, Colorado. The performance was given in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver by Opera Colorado in celebration of its twenty fifth anniversary as an arts organization. Marin Alsop directs the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Opera Colorado Chorus. Heard in the title role is baritone Robert Orth. This American operatic star has portrayed several famous historical figures on the lyric stage. I remember him especially for portraying Harvey Milk, the gay rights pioneer and martyred San Francisco city supervisor, in Stewart Wallace's 1994 operatic treatment. The world premiere Teldec recording of Harvey Milk went over the air on my program on Sunday, June 20, 1999. Then Orth was cast in the leading role as the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Daron Hagen's Shining Brow (1993), as recorded for the Naxos label in 2006. Shining Brow I broadcast earlier this year on Sunday, January 17. I have also broadcast Nixon in China once before in a different recording for Elektra/Nonesuch (Sunday, September 4, 1988).
Sunday, april 25th: Pelleas et Melisande (1902) was Claude Debussy's only excursion into full-fledged operatic form. (He made a mass of sketches for another opera to be called Cid which never amounted to anything.) Pelleas is a product of Debussy's youth going back as early as 1889, when he saw, and was much impressed, by a production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at Beyreuth. After a fairly successful premiere Debussy continued revising his Opera until 1907, by which time it was becoming known throughout Europe. Pelleas is not at all in Wagner's vein of music drama. Like Tristan, however, it portrays in lyric form a page out of the literature of medieval courtly love. Pelleas has a not-so-courtly extramarital affair with the wife of his own, much older, half brother. Maurice Maeterlinck's tragic drama is set forth in the haunting melodic phrases and pastel tonal colorations so characteristic of Debussy's impressionistic style. He took great care to fit the music to the accents of the French language. It has been almost an entire quarter of a century since I last broadcast this work. Back on Sunday, October 13, 1985 I used an LP recording made with the musical resources of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Pierre Boulez conducting. That was a vintage studio recording from the 1960s. Today you hear Pelleas and Melisande taped live in performance at the Glyndebourne opera house in the summer of 1963. Vittorio Cui is in the pit directing the Royal Philharmonia Orchestra and the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus. Pelleas is tenor Hans Wilbring, Melisande soprano Denise Deval. Historic recorded performances from Glyndebourne are now being issued on silver disc under the opera house's own record label.
In this two-month period of programming I drew upon only one recording from my personal record collection: the Erato CD set of Charpentier's David et Jonathas. All the other featured selections are taken from our station's ever-growing library of classical music on disc. Thanks again this go-round to Vickie Hadge of Virtually Done by Vickie for the preparation of these notes for publication.


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Posted: Sun 27 May 2012, 19:55
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I've come to appreciate the fact that Puppy Linux, and in particular Saluki, is a very usable, easy to set up distro (due to the frugal install/Grub/Grub4Dos), and that it is perfectly suited, and imminently useful, for every day tasks in a GUI driven environment. That said, there are some limitations that I find irritating. More on that later. However, compared with other full-blow GUI driven Linux distros, Puppy as it currently stands is on the whole a far better alternative - very small, easy to install/maintain, and very flexible. Not to mention the fact that it is capable of being run from so many different kinds of medium.
And I've come to realize that one of the biggest complaints from reviewers concerning Puppy - the fact that Puppy runs exclusively in root mode - isn't really an issue at all if you've used Puppy for any length of time. You have a personal save file, and to run as anything other than root would be ridiculous. After all, who are you protecting yourself from? Yourself? Certainly it's possible that some rogue code could destroy data due to the lack of 'sand-boxing', but because of the frugal install (and hopefully you're backing up your save file frequently) any such event can easily be rectified in a very timely fashion. If you want a system that protects you from yourself you might want to check out Windows (and may I suggest
Vista if you enjoy being irritated by nags). Because of the save file, Puppy isn't really set up for a multi-user environment (although arguably you could do a multi-user model by creating encrypted save files for each user). It's a very personal distro in that regards - and therefore running as root actually makes sense. To do otherwise would be cumbersome. So, as a regular Puppy user, I've come to the conclusion that reviews tagging Puppy in regards to the issue of running as 'root' are misinformed.
As far as irritations, there are a few. As with any distro, nothing is going to be perfect. But here are some things I find cumbersome. Please keep in mind that these opinions are my own. I'm not an authority on the matter; these are just observations I've made from having used various Puppies and multiple Linux distros (and also Windows, even pre-GUI). Please keep this in mind while reading the following...
1) There are too many Puppies (official Puppies, that is). There should only be one, whether it be based on T2, Ubuntu, Slax, or whatever - pick one and stick with it. Focus all development efforts (official) on that one distro. This would allow for a rich, more consistent repository. Anything in the repository would work with Puppy - period. No more "it might work with upup, but it might not; although it should work with racy, but then again... Anything else should be a fork; independent and unsupported. Puppy needs to get back to the Unix/Linux model - do one thing, and do it well. Puppy in recent years has become a hodgepodge; it's trying to be too much without doing anything really well, at least in terms of the new user experience. I can't count the times I've read posts on the murga forum about people trying to install Pets from one Puppy distro on to another and for the life of them not getting why it (sometimes) doesn't work. These users expect Pets to work on Puppy, and if they're using Puppy(A), then why won't it work with Puppy(B)? They don't get it, and really, it's not their fault. To them Puppy is Puppy, but in reality it's not. It's almost become more of a concept than a reality, and that's why I feel efforts should be concentrated on one lineage (and my personal opinion is to throw my hat in with the Saluki model - not because of Xfce, which is incredibly user-friendly considering its size, but because of jemimah's adrive concept - who cares about which windows manager; read on to see my opinion(s) on that - I feel it to be revolutionary in terms of overall user experience/customization. And to me, being able to customize my distro is the ultimate measure of usability. If I can figure out something in 20 minutes, it's infinitely more valuable to me then something that takes two weeks to figure out, let alone something that I'm not allowed the ability to customize at all without resorting to hacking).
2) Package Management: The current system of package management is certainly lacking. Again, users try to install Pet packages from one Puppy distro onto another. It's confusing for them. Obviously, if there were only one official Puppy that would go a long way towards sorting this issue out. Also, there needs to be a way of including dependencies in a SFS download, so that a SFS will download any needed dependencies even if it happens to be temporary in the sense that it is only installed while the SFS is loaded, and un-installed upon unloading. And perhaps a script system for SFS/ Pets, that would be nice, so that a developer can add any necessary paths (or whatever) without burdening the user to do so.
3) Forcing JWM on people. A huge issue, as least with me. Yes, JWM is lightweight, but I prefer the Arch philosophy - make no assumptions as to what the user wants. Don't embed a WM and make it cumbersome for me to remove. Again, the Saluki/adrive model rectifies this situation if used properly; Install a base and let them choose which packages they wish to install/remove. At least with the Saluki/adrive model, it would be easier for the end-user to remove things than it currently is with other Puppies. Remaster can be cumbersome. Remove packages is almost unusable. Pick a package, and when the screen refreshes, start at the top and search through it's entirety again. It'd be nice if it resumed where you left off. It's really akin to the Android app store. Click on something and you're doomed to start at the beginning. Check-boxes would have been a better vehicle. Or perhaps the answer would be to offer multiple ISOs, each with a different window manager, and ultimately an ISO that consists of only a console mode setup, so that an experienced user can add what they choose to add from scratch. A base package with nano and wi-fi tools via the console would be an awesome thing for some of us. It would allow us to eliminate even more bloat (not that Puppy has much, but again, customization is paramount to greatness in terms of distros). Obviously a package manager that would be able to be accessed via the console would be needed (again, an Arch strength), but this could also be used via the GUI ISOs with an added front-end. Even separate ISOs with different kernels could be a possibility. Or perhaps a downloading option. I for one am dead against things that are hard-coded into a distro. The user should have a much easier option to include/remove things other than using the remastering Pet. If anything, it should be offered during the install.
Puppy has some really talented developers (barry, tuxx, jemimah, etc). If they were to collaborate Puppy could be a serious (more serious) force to be reckoned with. Puppy is very good as is, but with collaboration it could be great. And with that, I rest my case...
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Posted: Sun 27 May 2012, 20:55
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After all, who are you protecting yourself from? Yourself?
You gets it!
I would suggest collaboration is much better than it used to be.
Puppy package manager contains many more programs than it used to. In fact we never used to have any package manager.
Improvements are gradual and come from a diversity of directions.
Woof2 builds of Puppy are very similar. Saluki uses radically different programs and a complete set of additions.
At the moment there is only one recommended Puppy . . .
Slacko 5.3.3
I am using it now. Doesn't suit everyone, all situations.
For example older computers, Long term support
some video cards. Running on an ARM motherboard,
For that we have diversity
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Posted: Sun 27 May 2012, 23:15
Post subject: Re: Puppy Observations/Wish List
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elroy wrote:
Puppy has some really talented developers (barry, tuxx, jemimah, etc). If they were to collaborate Puppy could be a serious (more serious) force to be reckoned with. Puppy is very good as is, but with collaboration it could be great. And with that, I rest my case...
I've tried working with jemimah she is really great as a developer and well jemimah just does what she wants when she's in control and so I walked away from Saluki, There was no group effort feeling, I on the other hand like working in a group where we all are treated equals. Barry has always been a one man show, Its a shame with his genius visions and ideas that he's never really joined forces with other developers and went off the main beating track. Most developers have a vision and stick with it, its usually very difficult to make them do something they don't want to do. Hence the reason why we have so many different versions of puppy. As for puppy being great, My personal opinion isthat puppy is the Greatest Operating system of all time, my wife's pc uses windows 7 and out of the box 2.14x looks better, has better apps and functionality, its 1/20 the size and doesn't get viruses. Hands down for bang for a buck, puppy wins hands down.
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The last post I remember reading from ttuuxxx was someone casually asking about a games version of something . . . and Ttuuxxx agreeing to spend some days creating . . . Bravo!
Despite having up to date hardware, Jeff has consistently championed those with limited hardware.
His wikki page is sorely bare
I hope Darkcity, Coolpup or a 2.14x user reads this and develops the page . . .
. . . and no logo?
The 2.14x Puplet has continuous improvements and always responds to users needs and requests.
I must admit to not needing it so not advocating
2.14x could be similar to antiX for all I know
Saluki works radically different
(I found it too unfamiliar to continue using)
I could remix with familiar programs using the base but so far have not . . .
ttuuxx we desperately need your compiling optimisation skills on new hardware . . .
At the moment our team of Raspberrians desperately need a lead developer. Barry has promised some woof2 support.
I am really hoping for rapid progress once our real developers get their raspberries.
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Ubuntu proves - one size do not fit all.
New hardware
Old hardware
Window managers
File managers
Web browsers
One Puppy Linux can't please them all.
1) There are too many Puppies
Would we settle on just one breed of dog?
One Brand of anything?
One flavor?
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Peace and Justice are two sides of the same coin.
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I think it's time for our Publicity Agent to have some refresher training!
Lobster says:
At the moment there is only one recommended Puppy . . .
Slacko 5.3.3
I think you will find, if you look at
that there are TWO recommended Puppies:
Wary 5.3 and Slacko 5.3.3
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Elroy -Even if you find Aladin's lamp your wish will not be granted!
You are not the first and probably will not be the last to recognise that Puppy is truly wonderful but a bit rough at the edges and with a little bit of formality (you call it cooperation) could be truly great. I agree with you but it will not happen.
The Puppy development model is chaotic and the prime directive is to have fun. As soon as you introduce some formalism then the fun goes.
If we look at the many Puplets and the many Linux distros I am amazed that Linus have managed to have only 1 Linux kernel! There again there is BSD I suppose, so there is plurality there!
One thing we have to recgonise is that there are different types of user out there. No one Puppy could suit them all. Saluki is the nearest we have got to a modular Puppy but there are many who wouldn't have a clue how to put modules together and i don't mean technically. All those choices - how would we choose? This is where a preselected choice of apps / WM / etc. is useful. Then again there are home users / professional users. There are Intel based users - ARM based users. There are consumers - producers.
Even Windows has had multiple SKUs with each version. The only one that seems to get away with one version per device type is Apple but then they control EVERYTHING - the hardware - the OS - the infrastructure - your brain.
There's your solution - if you want a one size fits all get an Apple!
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1) Focusing on one version seems similar to having a
long term development version
, which has been suggested before. the trouble is without a puppy foundation to back it up it is a pipe dream. (although BarryK is committed to supporting Wary)
How about an LTS (Long Term Support) stable Puppy version?
see following topic
The State of Package Management
3) it is easier for a beginner to have a bungled wm included. it may to be possible to make JWM remove easier/ cleaner - have all its components in a PET or SFS maybe ?
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Thank you for your replies/ideas. They are most welcome. My goal was not to necessarily get an education (g-bless slacko, but personally I can't stand it; I've tried it, I hate it - I'd take wary any day), but my agenda was more in the vein of starting a discussion of areas that I find lacking in Puppy. To show that 'joe' average user really thinks about these kinds things. That these things (flexibility/customization/minimization) are actually important to some; and that these types of things are what can set a distro apart from others. And also that these 'things' need to be taken into consideration when moving on down the road. I've been using Arch as of late, set up in root-mode, and I have to say that I'm impressed with pacman. But I'm more impressed with the Puppy frugal ability in terms of system recovery. That to me is what makes Puppy the superior distro of any distro - the frugal install, and the ease of wifi setup (which excludes tiny-core and slitaz because of wifi setup difficulties). However, if Puppy had a common repository, I can't think of another distro that could even compete - maybe 'buntu flavors for newbies/ease-of-use, but I've used those, and frankly, Saluki isn't a bad alternitive for newbies. But off topic...
Thanks for the input. Much appreciated. Hope it gives some fodder to future projects.
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This activity guides students through sampling, identification and counting of macroinvertebrates sampled in a GLOBE hydrology study site, and understand how the taxa composition found in the sample can be an indicator of water quality and ecosystem... (View More) health. The resource includes 8 field and laboratory protocols. This resource is a protocol within the Hydrology chapter of the GLOBE Teacher's Guide. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide, hands-on, K-12 school-based science education program. (View Less)
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Anyone tired of Facebook?
Never had one. I keep in touch with basically everyone that's worth keeping in touch with, and I don't have to deal with people I don't want to keep in touch with "finding" me. Life's pretty good.
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Facebook itself isnt bad, its the people that use it that I hate. I getting tired of seeing picture upon picture of people holding cardboard signs that say "I'm _____ and _____. lets get 10000 likes to support ______"
i see this everyday. i block them all. now its minimal. still pops around nw in then. its like. like this if give this mother respect. or scroll down your a low life son of of a bitch. those are so stupid.
It has its uses. Being selective about who you add to your friends list helps it suck less.
I'm tired about people bitching about FB. Either stop using it or shut the fuck up, The shit is ubiquitous now....
and I walk around like I got a 36" chain.
Quit it a few years ago, after i saw my sister in law post pics from her trip to the dentist and writing almost a full essay on it..
Never really liked it, only used it at one point because of my girlfriend at that time lived so far away from me, and couldnt be on MSN in school.
I just use skype now, people have my phone number, if they dont, its their own fault really because i have the people that i wanna talk to's number, so phone and skype is all thats needed for me, i even have free texts so its not llike i'd save anything not using it
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(It was probably mentioned) Facebook is going to end up like Myspace.
Free Bacon~!
Facebook was great 7 years ago. It was all about hooking up with your college aged peers.
Now it's all family members, baby pictures, and an ever-worsening site layout. I still have my account but I hid status updates from 95% of my friends. So I only check it every once in a while to see if I've been invited to an event and to have something to gripe about.
Quit Facebook almost half a year ago because I was tired of the cult-like status that the website has achieved.
Everyone act as if you don't exist if you delete your facebook, I got questions like "where are you at?, I never hear from you anymore or what's going on" Even questions like "it's hard to get in touch with you" and this is coming from people with my phone number, I'm even down with the latest shit, iPhone 5 and all, but apparently, facebook is the place where it's at.
People can't socially function as they used to without it
They shamelessly promote them selfs, both with important life decisions, and just pure self-indulgence
Facebook invites has become more essential than actual spoken invitiations, because people want their event page to look as massive and active as possible.
Just thinking about my days on facebook pisses me off.
Oh yeah, and the bullshit campaign that is Kony 2012 would never had recieved as big an impact if it weren't because of facebook. Spreading mindless fraud campaigns and propaganda is also a very common feature on facebook.
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I honestly liked when Facebook was just limited to college students, ever since they let everyone & their mom join, it's gone down hill FAST! I can't stand facebook and I hardly ever update mine. The only thing preventing me from deleting my page is my family overseas and across the US
quit it a long time agooo . for me crunchyroll is waaay much better xD
learning the art of waiting
I am planing to kill mark zukerberg tonight
When things are too much to handle, I look outside the window..
I have it tabbed now and again just to talk to about 6 people.
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It's all about Twitter now me and most of my mates stopped using FB and now use Whatsapp, Instagram and twitter
El Psy Congroo
I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, not really tired of it. Don't make statuses often I just use it as another means to contact people.
I have 3 guest passes message me for one.
I always feel bored with facebook but facebooks keep me connected with my old friend so.. i won't stop using it!
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Roads Being Fixed After Rainy Weather
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Pothole Patrols Fix Road Ravages After Wet March
Following week after week of soggy weather, Caltrans and other area road crews this week are out combating a traditional seasonal menace to drivers -- potholes.
Taking advantage of a brief break in the rainfall, teams of city, county and state road workers canvassed Sacramento Thursday, providing temporary patch-up fixes to several potholes that have developed thanks to recent rainy weather.
"The rain tends to work its way down through the cracks in the asphalt and the concrete and with the heavy traffic, the truck traffic, it breaks it down to the sub-base and makes potholes develop," said CalTrans' Ben Ramirez.
March rainfall is being blamed for more than $70 million in damages to California roads, according to Caltrans.
Auto repair experts said the roadway divots have been wreaking more havoc than usual on unsuspecting motorists. "We see bent wheels," said Sacramento Les Schwab Tire store owner Tom Lopiccolo. "I've got two vehicles here today, both with cracked wheels."
The worst stretch of weather-damaged road locally continues to be Foresthill Road in Placer County. Crews have been working since last weekend to shore up part of the main traffic artery to Auburn after heavy rains washed away a nearly 40-foot section of dirt-fill directly under one lane of the road near Drivers Flat Road.
Caltrans is currently paving a new temporary lane around the slide to allow the damaged portion to remain closed until permanent repairs can begin next summer.
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A lot more goes on at the fish hatchery than meets the eye.
A lot more goes on at the fish hatchery than meets the eye. Last Friday, Don and Sue Thompson from Lamar were visiting to reminisce and see what their parents had seen here on Dec. 2, 1939. Parents Roy Thompson and Marjorie Fry were from rural Barton County. They told everyone they had gone to see the Neosho fish hatchery alone and brought back the photos to prove it. What they didn't say was that they had also eloped, going all the way to Cassville to a justice of the peace to avoid being seen by anyone who knew them. Roy was home on furlough from the Marines and as a private, he was not allowed to marry, thus the secrecy. Roy served in World War II and was at Pearl Harbor during the attack. They never told their children about the elopement and it was only found out two years ago when they read old letters that Marjorie had saved. Roy passed away in 2011 and Marjorie in 2012. They were married for 72 years and lived and raised a family in the Lamar area. Don and Sue shared this sweet story and photos.
The Natural State Ford Model A Restorer's Club from Rogers, Ark., toured last week as well as Crowder's Energy class. Alliance lunched here Monday.
Next Monday, assistant manager Roderick May and lead biologist Jaime Pacheco will be aiding Blind Pony State Hatchery with their pallid sturgeon tagging of yearlings.
Roaring River State Park Manager Paul Spurgeon and staffer Dusty dropped by last week to explore our most popular exhibits. Roaring River is revamping their visitor center and looking for ideas.
Friends of the Neosho National Fish Hatchery will be meeting here Thursday, Sept. 19, at 6:30 p.m. Local visitors of the week are Kenzie and Mia Robbins of Neosho. Long distance visitors of the week are Boonchong and Suwama from Thailand.
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text: Washington County's Historical Society is launching a website. Board member Terry Oneill says they decided to put some of their content online so tourists can plan a trip through Washington County's historical landmarks. Oneill says there's no real centralized archive of historical information about Washington County. He's hoping this website will change that. The site can be visited at www.washingtoncountyhistoricalsociety-iowa.org


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Safety Advisory: NHTSA Encourages Motorists to be Prepared Before Heading Out on Summer Road Trips
WASHINGTON – As the busy summer driving season begins, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) urges motorists to take simple, yet necessary, precautions to ensure vehicles are in optimal driving condition and appropriately equipped prior to taking to the road. Additionally, NHTSA advises drivers to avoid risky behaviors that could potentially place road users inside and outside of the vehicle in danger.
NHTSA offers the following safety recommendations:
Vehicle Preparation
- Regular maintenance – Tune-ups, oil changes, battery checks, and tire rotations go a long way toward preventing breakdowns before they happen. If your vehicle has been serviced according to the manufacturer's recommendations, it should be in good shape and ready to travel. If not, or you don't know the service history of the vehicle you plan to drive, schedule a preventive maintenance check-up with your mechanic.
- Tires – The best way to avoid a flat tire or a blowout is to use a tire pressure gauge – keep one handy in your vehicle – to check your vehicle's tire pressure, including the spare, at least once a month. All tires naturally lose some air over time and under-inflation is the leading cause of tire failure. To get an accurate reading, check pressure when tires are cold, meaning they haven't been driven on for at least three hours. Find the correct tire pressure on the label inside the driver's doorframe or in the vehicle owner's manual as the correct pressure is not the number listed on the tire. In addition to the safety implications, properly inflated tires can improve gas mileage, thereby saving fuel and energy.
- Belts and hoses – Look under the hood and inspect all belts and hoses to make sure they are in good shape with no signs of blisters, cracks, or cuts in the rubber. High summer temperatures accelerate the rate at which rubber belts and hoses degrade. Replace them if they show signs of obvious wear.
- Wiper blades – Like rubber belts and hoses, wiper blades are susceptible to the summer heat. Clear vision of the road ahead is vital for safe driving. Examine blades for signs of wear and tear. If they aren't in tip-top condition, install new ones before you go.
- Cooling system – When the engine is cold, check your engine coolant level to make sure it's adequate. In addition, if it's time to have your cooling system flushed and refilled, do it now. You'll want your cooling system functioning at peak performance to avoid the possibility of your engine overheating.
- Fluid levels – Periodically check your vehicle's oil level and, if necessary, get an oil change. Also check the following fluid levels: brake, automatic transmission, power steering, and windshield washer. Make sure each reservoir is full and if you see any sign of fluid leakage, take your vehicle in to be serviced.
- Lights – Make sure headlights, brake lights, turn signals, emergency flashers, and interior lights are in working order. If you are towing a boat, RV or other item, be sure to check your trailer lights, including brake lights and turn signals, too. Failure of trailer light connections is a common problem and a serious safety hazard.
- Air conditioning – Check your air conditioning system to ensure it is properly functioning and if the air is not blowing cold, have the system repaired before traveling. Lack of air conditioning on a hot summer day affects people who are in poor health or are sensitive to heat, such as children and seniors.
- Emergency roadside kit – Even a well-maintained vehicle can break down, and having an emergency roadside kit is important to prepare for the unexpected. Suggested items include: a fully charged cell phone, first aid kit, flashlight, flares and a white flag, jumper cables, nonperishable food, drinking water, and medicines.
For Drivers and Passengers
- Buckle seat belts, don't drink and drive, and avoid distractions – All drivers and passengers should wear seat belts every time when traveling in a vehicle. Wearing a seat belt is one of the best defenses to prevent injury and death in a crash. Every 45 minutes someone in the United States dies in an alcohol-impaired-driving crash. Be responsible and don't drink and drive. If you plan to drink, choose a designated driver before going out. Drivers should always focus on keeping their eyes and attention on the road. According to NHTSA data from 2011, 10 percent of fatal crashes and 17 percent of injury crashes were distracted-affected. Distracted driving can be anything that pulls your attention away from driving, including cell phone use, texting while driving, eating, drinking, talking with passengers, and using in-vehicle technologies and portable electronic devices.
- Protect child passengers – If you're traveling with children, remember the best way to protect them in the car is to put them in the right seat, at the right time, and use it the right way. All children 13 and younger should ride in the back seat. Also, to prevent injuries and deaths due to child heatstroke in hot vehicles, never leave a child unattended in a vehicle, even if the windows are partially open or the engine and air conditioning is running. Make a habit of looking in the front and back of the vehicle before locking the door and walking away.
- Watch for motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians – Warmer weather typically attracts a greater number of motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. These roadway users are more vulnerable since they lack the protection of a car or truck, and collisions almost always result in injury.
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There's a great new website which tells you roughly how long it would take
to brute force crack your passwords, giving you a good indication of how
good your passwords are. Of course you should not input any of your real
passwords for security reasons, but you can just replace any small
character with any other and any special character with any other to get a
good idea of how long it would take. It's just a rough calculation.


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Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) have announced the publication of a newly revised 2013 edition of the "Map of the Wissahickon Valley Park."
This new edition of FOW's popular map contains updated trail information for new and re-routed trails, clarified trail use designations, and updated information for bike lanes and public transportation. It is also printed on waterproof and tear-resistant paper.
The "Map of the Wissahickon Valley Park" is available for purchase at FOW's office, 8708 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill, as well as online at fow.org/about-park/maps. Suggested retail price is $10.
All FOW members receive a free map when they join (in addition to other benefits). Current FOW members will receive one free map when they renew this year.
The new maps are also available for purchase at Franklin Maps, 333 South Henderson Rd., King of Prussia, PA 19406; Joseph Fox Bookshop,1724 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA 19103; Weavers Way Co-op, 559 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19119, and Valley Green Inn, Forbidden Drive, Wissahickon Valley Park, Philadelphia, PA 19128.


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The iPad Air is remarkably thin and weighs less than half a kilo, feeling unbelievably light in your hand. Equipped with a 9.7-inch Retina display, this innovative device incorporates the A7 chip with 64-bit architecture, ultra-fast wireless, powerful apps and has up to 10 hours of battery life.
With over 475,000 apps in the App Store, the possibilities are endless.
Apple update their software regularly. Check 'Settings' on your device for the latest available version.
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Wanted: Volunteers Keen to Die on Mars
Dutch nonprofit Mars One accepts applications for a lifelong trip to Mars. MarketWatch's Laura Mandaro explains what you need to qualify. (Photo: NASA/Pat Rawlings, SAIC)
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel today prodded aldermen to pick from an approved list of construction projects when spending $1.3 million a year in discretionary funds within their wards.
Aldermen this year will still be able to spend so-called menu money as they see fit, but there's debate in the Emanuel administration about requiring aldermen to choose from projects on an approved list next year, said Ald. Joe Moore, 49th.
"I welcome the mayor's input as to what they believe will be high-priority projects," Moore said, making it clear that's as far as he wants the mayor to go. "Ultimately, they should leave it to the discretion of the local alderman and, in my case, to the discretion of the community through an informed process."
Emanuel told aldermen in a letter sent out Monday his goal was to help them determine which projects are the most needed and how best to coordinate construction work being done by the city and its sister agencies to save money. Such coordination could help avoid repaving a street, only to tear it up again to install water mains or sewers, he said.
Emanuel budget spokeswoman Kathleen Strand said "there have been no discussions" about requiring aldermen to choose from the new lists.
Moore holds public meetings on potential projects and then lets his constituents vote on them.
The process has resulted in some unusual use of his ward's menu fund. He spends about $80,000 a year to let residents park free overnight at meters in a lot near the lakefront at Loyola Park, which is allowed because the money goes into the district's fund for major projects.
Former Mayor Richard Daley started giving each of the city's 50 aldermen so-called menu money in 1994, allowing aldermen to be more responsive to the people who elected them and also grateful to the administration.
Emanuel this year cut tens of millions of dollars in spending, but left intact the $66 million discretionary funding.
Some budget experts save questioned the wisdom of allowing aldermen to choose projects.
Construction work should be done based on the overall needs of the city, schools, parks and public transportation system, "not based on political boundaries," said Laurence Msall, president of the non-partisan Civic Federation, a budget watchdog group.


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New Catholic Dictionary – Saint Christina
Virgin, martyr (c.250), died Bolsena, Tuscany. The daughter of a pagan nobleman, she embraced Christianity, and in her zeal destroyed the gold and silver idols of her father, distributing them as alms among the poor. She suffered torments and a cruel death under Diocletian, and has been venerated since the 4th century. Patroness of millers, archers, and mariners. Emblems: a knife, arrow, serpent. Relics at Palermo and Torcelli, head in Cathedral at Milan. Feast, Roman Calendar, 24 July.
- "Saint Christina". . CatholicSaints.Info. 15 September 2012. Web. 16 January 2019. <http://catholicsaints.info/new-catholic-dictionary-saint-christina/>


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Ali must travel!
Iraqi LGBT is being blocked from advocating for the group by the UK government — find out how you can help.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Iraqi gays condemn Obama/Clinton inaction on pogrom
Embassy statement 'offensive and insulting'
Iraqi lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people (LGBT) has spoken of their deep anger and offence at a statement by the Baghdad US Embassy concerning the violence and murder campaign against gays.
In a response to US Rep. Jared Polis, following a meeting with Iraqi government officials, chargé d'affaires Patricia Butenis said "We have no evidence that [the Iraq government's] security forces are in any way involved with these militias.
"Iraqi LGBT has been reporting for four years on police involvement with the terror campaign.
Group members speaking from Iraq said that they are "fed up with such 'political' words" and that the Americans are doing nothing to stop the terror campaign against them. They believe that the priority for Hillary Clinton's State Department and Obama's administration is to not upset the Iraqi government as they have no other allies within the country.
They believe that no-one is trying to help them and feel that the current timid diplomacy "will not do much good".
"These words from the American embassy officials are insulting to us, and to those many friends of ours who have murdered. This statement is evidence that the Iraqi government is doing nothing to protect its citizens.
''They are responsible for these crimes through bringing no one to justice, refusing to acknowledge their police's involvement and providing no rights for Iraqi LGBT in law."
"People should not forget that what's happening in Iraq right now is a direct result of the unlawful US invasion.
"Scott Long, director of Human Rights Watch's LGBT Rights Program, has also criticism the State Department. In an interview with EdgeBoston, responding to State spokesperson John T. Fleming's pointed statement that 'homosexuality is not a crime in Iraq', Long responded that the fact that homosexuality is not a crime punishable by death "would be an interesting fact if the law, or the rule of law, mattered in Iraq.
"Long has just returned from a fact-finding mission to Iraq where he spoke to 25 survivors from Baghdad and other cities, including Najaf, Basra and Samarra.
As a consequence of what they found, Human Rights Watch has been organizing ways for as many LGBT Iraqis as possible to get out of the country.
Colorado U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who has spoken about Iraqi government involvement with the violence, has written with Reps. Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank to U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill.
"As LGBT Americans and cochairs of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, we are disturbed and shocked at allegations that Ministry of the Interior Security Forces may be involved in the mass persecution and execution of LGBT Iraqis ... The persecution of Iraqis based on sexual orientation or gender identity is escalating and is unacceptable regardless of whether these policies are extrajudicial or state-sanctioned.
"The letter called on the U.S. embassy in Iraq to "prioritize the investigation" of the allegations and work with the Iraqi government to end the executions of LGBT Iraqis. Polis is drafting another letter that would be signed by more members of Congress and sent to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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I am going to be working on a super quick build coming up in 2 weeks. The house will be built in 106 hours from start to move in - Extreme Makeover Show - and spray foam is going to be used as an insulator. We are performing air sealing around headers, doubled-up studs/sisters, plates, etc...well before insulation (at least 12 hours or so), but my question to the IR gang is this:
Do you think if there was enough Delta T between the inside of the house which may have sporadic heaters, but will have like 200+ people working in it, and the outside to use IR while the foam is being installed? I have heard you are supposed to give it 24 hours, but have not imaged it myself when freshly installed. I am thinking like 10 minutes after it is sprayed, if there are one of those bypasses that are hard to see and normally in spray foam (regardless of what your spraying is telling you), do you think it would show up? Or do you think the heat from the chemical will be radiating for too long to use IR? and destroy the image opportunity? The build is happening so quick that I will not be able to pressurize the house until completion, so any misses/air leaks will become tougher to remedy - and some never will be fixed.
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Congratulations, Jamie!
Ten minutes doesn't sound like very long. No conditions are perfect, right? Hope you get some lens time and it ends up in the final cut! Let us know how it goes.
I'm assuming the is spray-allied foam rather than injected and also assuming the outside is cooler than the inside. If so, you should be able to depressurize the building (assuming you can with 200 people going in and out!) to about 20-30P, pulling cooler air into the building. The foam is both exothermic and heated during installation. Though I've not imaged spray-allied immediately after installation, the thermal contrast should be there to do it. Typically even a 5F delta temperature from inside to outside is sufficient to locate air leakage issues, especially on the inside while depressurizing.
My only concerns would be (1) damaging it before it sets up (a very small risk) or (2) causing cool temperatures that would affect the set time (check with installer or manufacturer, again, probably a low risk).
I certainly agree that imaging with depressurization is essential to ensuring the work performs as intended. I've all too often found small, but "deadly," holes in an otherwise seemingly impenetrable layer of foam. The attached shows problems along the top plate and T-walls; the work was done by a highly qualified contractor. Once we located the many small problems, it was simple for them to be corrected—before the sheetrock was hung!
Given your situation, I'd urge you to try a test run BEFORE "D-day!"
Thinking Thermally!
John Snell
Thanks John.
I have been working with spray foam contractors in the area doing that exact test - usually only 25p giving me a longer inspection time.
This house will not allow me to depressurize, so I was hoping that the people and constant movement would help create a Delta T that would allow me to find those holes without pressure.
I completely agree with you about spray foam must be tested!!! My pitch to all of those spray foam contractors that are not using me yet is "Give me your best house and if I don't find six problems, then I will do all of your work for free!!" The one that took me up so far is my best client and is now becoming the leader in the area by ensuring his product is installed properly.
I don't think it is fair, on anyone, for code officials to be verifying the insulation if it is spray foam. I don't think it will be too much longer before all of these companies have litigation against them or begin using this testing method to provide the complete air seal!! Spray foam companies need to stop hiring painters and begin hiring building science trained applicators - at least Envelope Pros!!
Thanks for the help!
"This house will not allow me to depressurize" I'm not sure what the issues are, and I respect that sometimes people think there may be issues (mainly related to pollutants) with depressurizing, but if you are going to pressurize, you'll need exterior conditions that are very challenging: little or no wind, no sun or bright overcast, and temperatures around 50-55F or less (assuming 70F inside). Even then, the signatures are often less distinct on the exterior. I might opt for smoke (inside) as the primary and thermal (outside) as the secondary at that point. Or talk them into depressurizing based on dramatically improved results—I'm sure you'll find your six problems and then some!
With very little cure time you are sure to get a lot of deltaT. I would also recommend covering the lens/camera with a thin plastic bag to avoid the isocynate aerosols. Use a smoke pencil to confirm that areas of cold contrast are infiltration.
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Stage 6 has just finished and we've packed up our bikes for the plane tomorrow. The stage was a 1hr crit (+3 laps) in Wellington. It was incredibly windy and the pace was on from the gun- or, to be specific, from the 'neutral lap'- which wasn't very neutral. Within the first couple of laps there was a selection of 20 or so riders and everyone else eventually got pulled from the course. I made the selection but my team mates got caught by the wind and weren't so lucky. The race was so hard, it was a mission just to hold wheels, try to hold position and not crash. There were also 5 sprints, each 10 mins, which added a bit of extra pace.
I finished around 10th-15th, which was enough to retain 5th on GC. Stoked. This was a major objective of the team and it's really been a team effort. Thanks guys, it's been a privilege to be your leader.
Thanks also to team manager Ben Cook of SASI fame (who has a career beckoning in motivational speaking if he ever gets sick of coaching), and uber-mechanic Paul Larkin. This has been without question the best team support I have ever had, in any sport, on any trip. Thanks also to Tammie Ebert, Donna Rae-Szalinski, DC at Fitzroy Revolution and John Hill at Fastgear (High 5). One day soon i'll do another entry about race nutrition, it was pretty interesting.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Stage 6- Ride your f*ing legs off
Posted by Lisa Jacobs at 4:25 PM
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Awesome effort and congratulations on the result.
It has been fun reading your blogs and getting a feel for the difficulty of riding a tour event.
Once again, well done on a outstanding GC position.
Hi Lisa,ReplyDelete
Amazing effort. Well done!
(Liam pointed me in the direction of your blog).
You're quite the race reporter as well!
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Organic Consumers Assoc 7-day Organic Farming Tour
The Organic Consumers Association invites you to join other organic activists at the beautiful organic farm and eco-center of our sister organization, Via Organica, in the central highlands of Mexico.
OCA has the good fortune to be caretaking this idyllic farm and conference center. Proceeds from these tours will help fund our ongoing work.
Help build solidarity between the US & Mexican Organic Movements at Via Organica
Seven-Day Tours Include:
- Organic Farming & Green Building Workshops with OCA/Via Organica Staff & Mexican Organic Activists
- Fresh Organic Meals, Beautiful Accommodations, Thermal Swimming Pool
- Biking, Hiking, and Horse-Back Riding on Nearby Trails
- Visits to Organic Farms, Stores, Restaurants, Green Buildings, and Community Organizing Projects
- Visits to the World Heritage sites and other attractions in nearby San Miguel de Allende and Atotonilco
Situated on twenty acres of organic farmland with natural thermal springs, dotted with palm trees, fruit trees, agave, and mesquite, overlooking the beautiful Rio Laja River, just north of the world heritage Spanish colonial city of San Miguel de Allende, the Via Organica Farm was built in the early 1990s. A resort by design, Via Organica's buildings are made out of adobe and stone, with a number of the buildings featuring extra-thick, Huasteca-style palapa thatched roofs.
2009 Via Organica Seven-Day Tour Dates
- October 4-11
- November 15-22
Visit the OCA/Vía Orgánica website for more information.
Sunday, 11 October, 2009
Cost:$950 USD
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Entrepreneurs & VCs Tell The White House To Focus On Innovation, Rather Than IP Enforcement
from the a-much-more-useful-plan dept
The key to our filing is to point out that if the White House really wants to deal with infringement, the absolute best way to do so is to encourage and enable greater innovation. Innovation to provide new ways to create, to promote, to distribute and to monetize content has time and time again been shown to be the only consistently successful path to reducing infringement. Legal enforcement has never been shown to be a successful long-term strategy. And that's because infringement is, almost always, a situation where the business models and the services have not yet caught up to what the technology allows, and what the public would like to be able to do. Encouraging new tools and services to close this gap takes away the incentives for infringement.
Unfortunately, most of the focus to date, instead, has been on increasing the power of law enforcement, which actually is counterproductive in that it tends to have massive collateral damage in terms of both potential attacks on free speech, but more importantly by creating chilling effects on the very innovation that is needed to respond to widespread infringement. Similarly, we are equally worried about the nature of attempts at regulatory change (SOPA/PIPA, ACTA, TPP) developed in backrooms with little to no input from the innovation community, which will again lead to stifling of innovation.
If you have not yet filed your own comments with the White House, please do so today before they close comments (either 5pm ET or midnight ET depending on which page you believe -- so I'd assume 5pm to be safe). You just need to go to this form, where you can file a short (2,000 character) comment directly, or you can upload a longer filing if you have more to say. If you want another example beyond what we filed, also check out this detailed filing from CDT. Once all the filings are in, we'll look at highlighting a few of the more interesting ones if we get the chance next week.