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BRADENTON, Fla. – Barry University's No. 1-ranked men's tennis team beat No. 2 Armstrong Atlantic, 6-3, Sunday at the IMG Academy. It improved the Buccaneers' record to 7-0 this season.
"Everybody was really looking forward to play them," Bucs coach George Samuel said. "We never take Armstrong Atlantic lightly. Even though we were on our third day of playing, everybody was ready to go."
In the same manner the Buccaneers beat Armstrong (2-1) last year in the national title match, got out to a 3-0 lead as Barry swept the doubles. Barry's 14-ranked duo of Fabian Groetsch and Ahmed Triki beat Pablo Gor and Jaan Kononov, 8-1, at the No. 1 spot.
"Fabian and Ahmed played very, very well at No. 1," Samuel said.
Romain Costamagna and Leo Vivas bounced back from a No. 2 doubles loss a day earlier to defeat Pedro Scocuglia and Damian Okrutny, 8-5.
"Romain and Leo, they really turned it up when it got down to the nitty gritty," Samuel said.
At No. 3 doubles, Ollie Lemaitre and Renato Lombardi were 8-5 winners over Ignacio Hernandez and Luca Cerin.
"We were staying with them, and then when it mattered most to close them out, we were looking for the opportunity to raise the level of our play and try to capture the match," Samuel said. "That was huge for us. It kind of gets us motivated going into singles."
Triki continued his brilliant play in singles, defeating the 10th-ranked Gor, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 1.
"Ahmed played flawless at No. 1 against Pablo," Samuel said. "He just took total control of the match."
Ranked ninth in the nation, Scocuglia beat 12th-ranked Groetsch, 6-4, 6-4, in a competitive match. It was only Groetsch's second singles match of the season.
"It was good to get him going again," Samuel said.
At No. 3 singles, Costamagna fell to Kononov, the 39th-ranked player in the country, 7-5, 6-3. But Barry freshman Nico Dreer delivered a big win over the 20th-ranked Hernandez, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 4.
"Nico's singles is really starting to kick in, and he's getting a lot of confidence," Samuel said. "He's beaten some good players. Playing in the top three or four positions, he's really holding his own."
Vivas, ranked 37th in singles, defeated Okrutny, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 5 singles.
"Leo had a tough match yesterday, but a good match," Samuel said. "Today, Leo just raised his game. Ahmed, Nico and Leo, those three guys really stepped it up. They made the difference."
Cerin beat Barry's Kevin Sielmann, 2-6, 6-4, 10-5, at No. 6 singles.
"We have very good chemistry with this team," Barry assistant coach Fred Bonal said. "They were down, and then they changed their mindset. That was the case in so many matches. We helped them to find out the way. They got the solution, and they kept responding well.
"Everybody wanted to fight, and they answered well. Even when they were winning, they didn't get complacent. They wanted to win. It was good spirit throughout the weekend."
The win extended the Bucs' winning streak to 36 in a row, dating back to the start of last year.
"It's a good feeling. I was hoping we would be able to do this this weekend to come back unbeaten," Samuel said. "We pushed the guys quite a bit. This is the building part of our season."


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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
REDBOOK in Kyoorius!
14 comments:
- whizkid said...
Congrats! :)
- September 8, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- pRiyA said...
Thank you Whizkid ;)
- September 8, 2011 at 12:00 PM
- Sophie Munns said...
This looks fabulous Priya... I'd be blowing that trumpet too... this is cool and so newsworthy to boot! '
I have to go look... good on you!
- September 8, 2011 at 3:03 PM
- Sophie Munns said...
M=OMG... the whole book really is these Priya... its brilliant!
- September 8, 2011 at 3:09 PM
- pRiyA said...
Thank you Sophie :)
- September 8, 2011 at 3:26 PM
- ArtPropelled said...
Great that you and your Redbook have recognition. Trumpet away!
- September 8, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- Perfect Witch said...
Toot! Toot!
- September 9, 2011 at 3:34 AM
- Perfect Witch said...
BTW, technical query: how do you make the collages, say for example pic 27 in the Picasa album?
- September 9, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- pRiyA said...
Answer to you technical query: Photo 27 was from a torn paper cover which i stuck, then I covered it in red and yellow pastel so that the tamil lettering could still be seen through. There were some strips of cut up chocolate wrappers lying around from Photo 65 so I just stuck those strips there.
All the pages are a mixture of paint, pastel and whatever bits and pieces are lying around. I don't think too much about trying to make it neat of nice. The principle behind doing these pages is: Let's see what happens!
- September 9, 2011 at 10:11 AM
- Julie Lapointe - La Datcha said...
Congratulations pRiyA!
And thank you for the comment on my blog, it led me to yours... Your red book looks amazing!
- September 9, 2011 at 11:25 PM
- Tororoshiru said...
Congratulations! Your Redbook looks fantastic.
- September 12, 2011 at 11:25 AM
- Sound Horn Please said...
Congrats Priya! Your redbook is lovely!
- September 15, 2011 at 2:57 AM
- Sheela said...
cute blog! love
- September 18, 2011 at 1:58 AM
- Shilo Shiv Suleman said...
oo! and right next to my mum's name on the cover too. :) I don't think she even knows she was in kyoorious. Think you could scan it in and mail it to us? :D Thankoo!
and Loved getting lost in your blog today. :)
- April 15, 2012 at 10:25 AM

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Sol 39 through 41 (Sept. 14 - 17) were driving days for the Curiosity rover. On Sol 39, Curiosity logged 72 feet (22 meters) driven. On Sol 40, the rover drove another 121 feet (37 meters). On Sol 41, Curiosity logged 89 feet (27 meters), across the surface of Gale Crater. During this sol, for the first time, the DAN instrument (the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons investigation) was incorporated into the rover's drive sequence. In its active mode, DAN can detect minerals associated with water below the surface. Along Curiosity's path, DAN shoots neutrons into the ground and measures how they scatter. The instrument has a high sensitivity for finding any hydrogen to a depth of about 20 inches (50 centimeters) directly beneath the rover. After driving 33 feet (10 meters), the rover stops and the DAN instrument operates for two minutes. Then another 10 meters, then another DAN measurement.
Surface of Gale Crater, taken on Sol 41
This image was taken by Navcam: Left A (NAV_LEFT_A) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 41 (2012-09-17 07:15:30 UTC) .
Total distance racked up by Curiosity since landing on Mars on Aug. 5 is 745 feet (227 meters).
An image of the surface of Gale Crater, taken on Sol 41 by the rover's left navigation camera, is available at: http://1.usa.gov/OAG8Rv .
Curiosity continues to be in good health. Sol 41, in Mars local mean solar time at Gale Crater, ended at 10:33 a.m. Sept. 17, PDT.


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Mr. Crackerz wrote:Captain_Jack wrote:Mr. Crackerz wrote:Captain_Jack wrote:Mr. Crackerz wrote:Captain_Jack wrote:Don't know if any of ya'll watched Comic Con, but here's the Lost Panel
And here are the preview clips from next season
Kate - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQXuiCge-wI
Hurley - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8pwC5Sea7o
Oceanic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IdAb24SnRk
awesome... but the kate preview clip... WTF, kate killed someone else... watching the other two previews, which are commercials, this one is weird.
Also, the producers were saying that season 6 will have a new way of showing "flashbacks"... like supposidly it is a big and cool deal. I dont know what it is (i dont wanna know, cuz im not a fan of spoilers) but i am excited....Is it January yet?
You didn't figure it out? Those commercials etc. imply an alternate reality, as in blowing up the Swan station altered the future. So different things happened, like Kate killing someone else instead of her stepfather, Hurley having GOOD luck after winning the lottery and becoming CEO, and Oceanic having a perfect safety record.
I'm sure they wouldn't have showed that to people if that were it though, I'm SURE there are plenty of twists etc. that go along with it.
ahhhhhhhhhhhh... makes sense.
I am not that smart CJ. thanks for going all "duh, u idiot" on my asss. ... but yeah, i am so not on lost mode right now... i see LOST like a sports season... it has to be starting soon, or during it, to be all knowledable
Ha ha, no stress. I wasn't calling you an idiot
I love Lost it's 365 for me!
haha i am not 365, but maybe 180.
yeah, i want to re-watch season 5 again, as i only watched that once, with commercials... but imma wait until i do my annual marathon in the winter, where i watch all the episodes leading to the start of the new season. this usually starts around thanksgiving until the premiere. that's nerdiness to its extreme
They just took all the seasons off the abc website, but I'm not sure why. It seems like it's a mistake, hopefully they'll be back up 'cause I want to re-watch them all too.


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Howard Dean was in Lawrence, Kansas, yesterday, taking his message to the party faithful. It doesn't sound as though his new status as DNC Chairman will tone down Dean's rhetoric any; here are a few quotes from the Lawrence fundraiser:
"The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do.
"Moderate Republicans can't stand these people [conservatives], because they're intolerant. They don't think tolerance is a virtue. I'm not going to have these right-wingers throw away our right to be tolerant.
"This is a struggle of good and evil. And we're the good."
Well, it's good to see that Dean is standing up for his right to be tolerant.
In my opinion, Dean's main problem in the 2004 campaign was not that he was too extreme; his problem was that he had a tin ear. Too often, he failed to understand how he was perceived not by hard-line Democrats, but by the general public. My guess is that Dean's tin ear will dog him as DNC Chair, too.
There's also this: How many times over the last four years have we seen Democrats ridicule President Bush as simple-minded and naive because he views the world in terms of good vs. evil? Too many to count. One wonders whether the same liberal pundits will criticize Dean's "struggle of good and evil" talk. Or whether they'll note that, however manichean Bush ostensibly is, he's never said anything remotely approaching Dean's "I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for."


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Alabama coach Nick Saban finds plenty to like about competing in a league where the champion has a near-automatic reservation to the BCS national title game.
Alabama coach Nick Saban finds plenty to like about competing in a league where the champion has a near-automatic reservation to the BCS national title game.
That's the case again for Saturday's Southeastern Conference championship game between the second-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 3 Georgia. The winner advances to meet No. 1 Notre Dame with a chance to keep the national championship in the SEC for a seventh straight year.
And the loser? Well, that team might be shut out of the BCS picture because No. 5 Florida is in line to grab that spot. Saban is less thrilled about that prospect — another side effect of playing in the SEC.
"For either one of these teams, it's not really a great scenario," Saban said on a conference call Sunday. "You play your way into the championship game, which means you're the best team in your division. They're the best team in their division. They played their way into the game by a total body of work for the whole season. It doesn't seem quite right, but it is what it is.
"I don't really know what me commenting about it is going to do to change it, but I don't feel good about it for our football team or their football team."
Then again, he wasn't complaining when the Tide (11-1, 7-1) landed in the BCS title game against LSU last season without winning the West.
The Bulldogs (11-1, 7-1) rebounded from a 35-7 loss at South Carolina on Oct. 6 to win the East for the second straight season.
Georgia coach Mark Richt said he doesn't want his team getting caught up in the stakes and magnitude of the game.
"All you can do is get your staff and your team as prepared as possible to go play a game," Richt said. "That's what we're going to do. If you think about what the game means, this that and the other, it doesn't really help you win the game. The only thing that helps you win the game is preparation and getting your mind ready to go to battle. That's what you've got to do.
"Physically, mentally, be ready to handle your business when the ball kicks off. That's my only focus. I don't worry about all that stuff."
Coincidentally, Georgia beat Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl for its only AP title to end the 1980 season.
Richt isn't drawing too much from that history.
"That's the first time anybody's brought that up to me," he said. "I can't worry about all that stuff. We're just working like mad trying to get a game plan ready to go this week. That's all I can say."
Georgia earned the trip down the road to Atlanta with a win over Florida to claim the tiebreaker. The Gators were ranked third at the time, but Richt can still draw from that win when asked how his team will handle a big game even if his memory is a touch off.
"We've already played the No. 2 team in the country once this year and had a good day against Florida," he said.
The game will feature the nation's two most efficient passers, Georgia's Aaron Murray and Alabama's AJ McCarron. Alabama comes in leading the nation in scoring and total defense.
Both teams are coming off blowout wins over in-state rivals.
The Tide produced its fourth shutout of the season with a 49-0 win over Auburn. Georgia dispatched Georgia Tech 42-10.
This is Alabama's eighth time in an SEC championship game but the first time the team has played someone other than the Gators.
The Tide is aiming for its second straight national title and third in four years. Saban still talks like a guy gunning for his first.
"Regardless of what you've accomplished in the past, this is the most important game we're going to play this entire year for our team," he said. "I'm always looking forward to the next challenge. When I can't do that, I probably shouldn't do this anymore. "


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Hello unschooling and autodidact friends!
(and anyone who is interested in unschooling)
A friend and I are starting an online social network designed to facilitate self-education—you could think of it as a social network for unschoolers of all stripes and ages. It would help us a lot if you shared with me some of your experiences with unschooling/homeschooling. We need as broad of an understanding as possible about what autodidacts have to deal with on a daily basis, so that we can design the most useful and valuable platform possible.
1. What obstacles to self-education do you face on a DAILY basis?
2. What do you think is the GREATEST obstacle to self-education becoming more widespread?
3. What would help YOU get more out of your self-education experience, help you learn better, help you retain the information better, help you get recognition for your achievements, etc. Think big. There are no limitations.
4. Any other experiences you want to share? Anything could be helpful.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. They will help us design a better platform, and perhaps we'll come up with a great solution to at least some of the obstacles you face (that's the hope, anyway!). I'll let you know when we have a prototype you can test.
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Since surveys keep getting posted, here is a place to put them.
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General Electric sees huge growth in clean energy business
Source: PlantServices.com
Jul 20, 2005
GE Energy, a business unit of the General Electric Company (GE), announced on May 16th that it expects its 2005 revenues for wind energy to exceed $2 billion, a 300 percent increase over 2002, its first year of wind energy operations. GE Energy has received order and commitments for 2,400 megawatts of new wind power capacity worldwide, including 1,650 megawatts in the United States. That represents two-thirds of the new wind capacity to be installed this year, according to the latest projection by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). See the GE press release.
The success of its wind energy business may be one of the driving forces for "ecomagination," a GE initiative announced on May 9th that includes a doubling of the company's investments in research and development for clean energy. By 2010, GE intends to invest $1.5 billion annually in cleaner technologies, up from $700 million in 2004. GE also intends to double its revenues from environmentally preferable products, including (but not limited to) wind and solar energy, technologies and materials that make energy production and consumption more efficient, and cleaner and more efficient transportation technologies. GE also intends to increase its energy efficiency and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 1 percent by 2012. At currently projected growth rates, the company's greenhouse gas emissions would increase 40 percent by 2012 without energy efficiency improvements. See the GE press release.
Although wind power is booming this year, the industry saw slow growth in the United States in 2004, with only 389 megawatts of new wind capacity installed. That in turn caused little change in AWEA's annual ranking of the top states for wind power capacity as well as the largest wind facilities, the leading wind power owners, the top manufacturers, and the utilities that buy the most wind power. California and Texas continued to lead the states in wind power capacity in 2004.


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Here we want to show you some curious, strange or funny things from the world of Stick and Leaf-Insects. Just as in our world, failures, misunderstandings and confusion happen in their world as well...
Below is a photo which gives a view into an over-crowded breeding cage. How many phasmids can you spot on the photo? You will find the answer by placing your mouse above the picture.
If different phasmid species are kept together in one cage it may happen that different species or even representatives of distinct genera will mate with another! These "copulations" however are not successful and do not produce hyrids. In the wild such "foreign matings" are very rarely encountered.
"Kopula" of a male Brasidas samarensis Rehn & Rehn, 1939 (Subfamily Obriminae) from the Philippines with a female Oxyartes lamellatus (Kirby, 1904, Unterfamilie Necrosciinae) from Vietnam.
"Kopula" of a male Brasidas samarensis Rehn & Rehn, 1939 (Subfamily Obriminae) from the Philippines with a female Oxyartes lamellatus (Kirby, 1904, Unterfamilie Necrosciinae) from Vietnam. A male Proscopid makes a closer inspection...
A male of Haaniella grayii (WEstwood, 1859) from Borneo mates with a female Heteropteryx dilatata (Parkinson, 1798). At least these two ""turtle-doves" belong into closely related genera of the subfamily Heteropteryginae!
Just as in human kind, some women appear to be more desired than others... On the picture below three males of Spinohirasea bengalensis (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907) from Vietnam try to mate with a single female at the same time!
Gynandromorphism is the presence in one sex of characteristics belonging to the other sex. The portions belonging to either sex are variable, but are distributed along the length-axis of the insect usually with the left and right side dimorphic. Such abnormal insects are most spectacular in species in which males and females look very different (= sexual dimorphism), e.g. having a different colour of wings only present in one sex. In such cases a wing may only be present on one side of the insect, whereas it is strongly reduced or lacking on the opposite side!! Gynandromorphism is known to occur in e.g.: Heteropteryx dilatata (Parkinson, 1798), Diapherodes gigantea (Gmélin, 1789), Oreophoetes peruana (Saussure, 1868), Clonopsis gallica (Charpentier, 1845), Carausius morosus (Sinéty, 1899) und Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859), Extatosoma tiaratum (Mac Leay, 1826) and Phyllium bioculatum (Gray, 1832)
The following three pictures show a gynandromorph specimen of Diapherodes gigantea aus Grenada, raised in captivity by Mieke Duytschaever (Belgium) in 2008. This insect shows mostly male characteristics on the left, while there are obvious female characteristics on the right, e.g. the green colouration on the right and presence of a fully developed hind wing on the left only.
Some years ago two phasmid species have developed pest-like in the greenhouses of the well-known Botanical Gardens in Munich (Germany) and have caused considerable damage on the old and unique plants housed there. The two species concerned were Sipyloidea sipylus (Westwood, 1849) and Ramulus artemis (Westwood, 1859), both of which are known to be extremely productive in European cultures. It is presumed that the insects were either released by a someone or were introduced accidentially. Due to the defoliation of rare plants pesticides had to be applicated to control the pest.


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Video games are my chosen pastime and avocation, and I'm not in any way embarrased by it (clearly, since I write about it in the newspaper next to my name and photo). Unfortunately, gaming culture has been under fire for so long, and from so many directions, that it has developed an inferiority complex.
I'm a gamer.
Video games are my chosen pastime and avocation, and I'm not in any way embarrased by it (clearly, since I write about it in the newspaper next to my name and photo).
Unfortunately, gaming culture has been under fire for so long, and from so many directions, that it has developed an inferiority complex.
I was reminded of this at 11:55 p.m. Monday as I stood in line outside GameStop waiting for the midnight launch of "Fable 2" for the Xbox 360. It's a game I've been looking forward to for a long time, and I make no apologies for waiting in line in the middle of the night to get it.
Some of the people waiting with me, however, were not so self-assured.
One group in particular was very vocal about just how "gay" it was that they were waiting in line for a game, particularly this one. They went on, at length, about the underlying, deeply ironic reasons they were "really" buying the game, and in general tried to look too cool to be there.
My question: Who were they showing off for?
Everyone else was there for the same reason they were. Were they trying to make the rest of us feel inferior by being more effective poseurs?
That group wasn't by any means the only one engaging in this kind of talk, just the most vocal. Others were on laptops looking for unsecured WiFi connections (because that's not at all geeky) or sitting in their cars playing their stereos at volumes unsafe for passers-by, let alone those in the vehicle. They tried to give the impression that being in line to buy a video game didn't define them.
This in spite of the lengths they had already gone to just to be there: reading about the game months in advance, preordering it in order to qualify for the midnight release and, of course, showing up at midnight at GameStop.
This attitude is now dominant in the culture of games. It's been helped along by a burgeoning gaming media desperate to cash in on the culture while avoiding the dork stigma that goes with it, and the mantra goes something like this: "I play games, but I'm not one of those gamers."
You can read it between the lines at Web sites like gamespot.com and IGN, as they replace their smart but aging editorial staff with twentysomethings who never owned an NES or played games in an arcade, but look better in a video review.
It screams beneath the surface on G4TV (a cable channel focusing on games), where shows are hosted by women I'd be too nervous to ask directions from, and whom I've certainly never seen at late-night LAN parties or waiting in line for "Fable 2" at midnight.
Apparently, gaming is for the beautiful people now.
It creates an environment in which – even within the bounds of "geek" culture – we have to be self conscious, worried that we're not the "cool geeks." Let's not even get into what this may do to the minds of female gamers who don't look like Morgan Webb or Jade Raymond [I, at least, like you anyway].
Somehow, while we weren't looking, popular culture made gaming cool by marginalizing gamers.
As a result, some of us feel the need to stand in line outside GameStop at midnight, waiting to buy a game, while trying to avoid looking like gamers. It's a tough balancing act, and it's one we shouldn't allow others to impose on us.
James Post is copy desk chief at The (Corning, N.Y.) Leader in addition to writing a regular column on gaming. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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More than 270 Hope College students be spending their spring break serving others.
Some 18 service and mission trips have been planned for the college's spring break, which runs Friday, March 14, through Sunday, March 23. The trips span the U.S. and also include sites abroad in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
Some 235 of the students will be participating in multiple mission trips organized by the college's Campus Ministries Office. In addition, 13 students involved in the college's chapter of Habitat for Humanity will participate in a work project in Georgia, and another 24 students will travel with professor of kinesiology Dr. Steven Smith to Jamaica.
In East Palo Alto, Calif., students will be working with BayshoreChristianMinistries, a year-round ministries program, to help at-risk children. In the Chicago, Ill., area, students will participate in building projects and other activities of Circle Urban Ministries in Austin. Students working with Christ Community Church in Pompano Beach, Fla., will practice evangelism on the beach.
A trip to Annville, Ky., has been designed for students interested in the health professions, and will present opportunities to work with local family practice doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses and physical therapists. In Stinking Creek, Ky., students will take on chores at the Lend-A-Hand farm, interact with children and help area residents with a variety of projects. Students traveling to Gulfport, Miss., will be assisting in hurricane relief, following the efforts of Hope student groups that have made three other trips to the area since the fall of 2005. In Jackson, Miss., students will participate in building projects and other activities of Voice of Calvary Ministries.
Students heading to Newark, N.J., will work with World Impact, an inner-city ministry, to tutor children and offer some retail training to residents. In Dulce, N.M., students interested in the health professions will work with local health care providers in addressing the needs of local Native Americans. New Life Fellowship and Street Life Ministries in Queens, N.Y., offer students a chance to participate in urban ministry in a diverse setting.
Apache, Okla., and the Apache Reformed Church will host students as they work with Native Americans of all ages. With Service Over Self in Memphis, Tenn., students will provide improvement assistance to homeowners in the inner-city community.
A total of four groups of Hope students will travel abroad through the Campus Ministries program this year.
Young Life leaders from Hope will go to the Dominican Republic, to lend a hand with work projects at a Young Life camp, play with children, and lead activities and worship with young adults involved in Young Life. Students headed to Tijuana, Mexico, will team up with La Rocca, a program designed to help the city's poor and disadvantaged. A trip to Nicaragua will allow pre-medical and nursing students a chance to help by making visits to remote villages and public schools to help meet a variety of hygiene and medical needs. Students going to Montego Bay, Jamaica will work on construction projects in the village of the Caribbean Christian Center for the Deaf.
The students involved in Habitat for Humanity will engage in a work project in Albany, Ga. They will be working with Flint River Habitat for Humanity in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity's International Collegiate Challenge program.
The group of students with Smith will be working on the school campus of the Caribbean Christian Center for the Deaf in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Smith has led a group of students to the site during spring break for several years.


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Noodles with Flank Steak, Bok Choy, and Black Bean Sauce Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
Note: Black bean sauce and Shaoxing wine can be found in most Asian grocers.
Read more: Dinner Tonight: Noodles with Flank Steak, Bok Choy, and Black Bean Sauce
- Yield:Serves 4
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time:20 minutes
- 3 tablespoons canola oil, divided
- 1 garlic clove, minced (about 1 teaspoon)
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
- 2 scallions, ends trimmed, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons Chinese fermented black bean sauce
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
- 1/2 cup homemade or store-bought low sodium chicken broth
- 1 pound flank steak or skirt steak
- 1 pound bok choy, ends trimmed
- 1/2 pound cremini mushrooms, stems removed
- 12 ounces Chinese egg noodles
- Chili oil (optional)
Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. While the water warms up, season flank steak with salt on both sides. Heat a large cast-iron grill pan over medium-high heat. When hot, brush with a tablespoon of canola oil and add the steak. Cook until nicely browned on the bottom, 4 to 5 minutes. Flip and cook until steak registers 125°F on an instant read thermometer, 4 to 5 minutes longer. Transfer to a large plate and set aside to rest.
Add mushroom caps and cook until lightly browned on both sides and tender, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Season with salt and set aside. Brush pan with another tablespoon of canola oil if necessary. Add bok choy leaves and cook until leaves wilt and stems brown and become tender, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Turn off heat an set aside. Season bok choy with salt
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic, ginger, and scallions and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add black bean sauce, rice wine, and chicken broth and stir until combined. Bring to a simmer and cook until thickened, about 2 minutes.
Add noodles to the boiling water and cook according directions on the packaging. Drain in a colander and then divide the noodles between four large bowls. Spoon over a couple tablespoons of the sauce. Cut the flank steak against the grain into 1/2-inch thick slices. Divide the steak slices, mushrooms, and bok choy between the four bowls. Drizzle on more of the sauce and some chili oil (optional). Serve immediately.
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Shopping for a good cause… yes please! That's what myself and a fellow blogger will be doing tomorrow night when we attend the Swap&Shop Fashion Charity Event held by Alpha Car Hire and Variety, the children's charity. We will take along five of our pre-loved fashion items (anything from clothing, jewellery and accessories) to then be added into one huge wardrobe SWAP stemming from hundreds of Brisbane's most fashionable, to then pick out (or SHOP) five new items to update our existing wardrobe, all for only $25 (with proceeds going to charity), and all whilst sipping on champagne, eating canapés and chatting with fellow fashionistas.
Brisbane family business Alpha Car Hire is drawing on Brisbane's most style savvy shoppers to attend its first ever Swap&Shop charity fundraiser as it aims to raise $10,000 for the Variety Children's Charity before the annual XXXX Gold Variety Bash in August.
The event is being hosted by revered Image Boutique stylist Sara-Hatten Masterson and is being held at The Princess Theatre in Woolloongabba on July 17.
According to Alpha Car Hire Sales and Marketing Director Jacqui Miller, the event provides a unique way for women to refresh their wardrobe while helping a great cause.
"We wanted to marry the Swap&Shop concept with our own charity initiatives to create an event that really is the best of both worlds," said Mrs Miller. "Our guests can come along, have some fun and update their wardrobe all while helping a fantastic charity make a difference.
"With so many different fashion styles expected to be on offer, there will no doubt be some great pieces to be discovered and we have some great prizes and goody bags to give away too."
Alpha Car Hire has already raised over $25,000 for Variety this year alone, with its inaugural Swap&Shop event is a major part of its strategy to raise $100,000 by the end of the year, with all funds to be donated to helping disadvantaged kids through this highly respected charity organisation.
To register for the event and buy tickets, please visit: http://www.alphacarhire.com.au/swapandshop/


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A Rainbow of Laptop Sleeves & Cases
For those of you getting tired of your current laptop sleeve who want to switch it out for something a bit more colorful, I've rounded up some of our favorite sleeves and cases in some interesting colors. Some of my favorites include sea green, coral and denim blue. I've been using a classic black neoprene sleeve for years and am now exploring both carriers, totes and sleeves to brighten things up. See below for the full roundup.
Top Row
1. Tan: Kate Spade
2. Yellow: Etsy seller simbiosisbyjulia
3. Lobster Red: Marc Jacobs
4. Denim Blue: InCase
5. Sea Green: Baggu
Bottom Row
6. Dark Brown: J. Crew
7. Coral: Baggu
8. Gold: Zappos
9. Charcoal: Pocketo
10. Pantone Black : Nordstrom
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Tom Ross: Ecologist tells Steamboat audience wild horses play a vital role in the West
Steamboat Springs — Ecologist Craig Downer came to Bud Werner Memorial Library in Steamboat Springs on Thursday to make the scientific and archaeological case for one of the most romantic figures in the American West: the wild horse.
Wild horses and burros, Downer told his audience, mistakenly have been cast as an invasive species to North America when in fact they roamed here for tens of millions of years, evolving along with other flora and fauna until they formed mutually beneficial relationships and became an integral part of the ecosystem.
Today, in Downer's opinion, an unwise effort by the Bureau of Land Management to round up thousands of wild mustangs and reduce them on their ranges until their populations are genetically untenable is opening the door to damaging the grasslands of the intermountain West and even promoting the spread of forest fires.
Downer is the author of the 2012 book "The Wildhorse Conspiracy," available locally at Off the Beaten Path Bookstore.
One of the places where wild horse herds still can be observed is Moffat County's nearby Sand Wash Basin, Downer pointed out.
Ultimately, the horses and burros, or equids as he refers to them, migrated out of North America, not the opposite, as commonly is thought.
"The horse family is one of the most native of any group in North America," Downer said. "They were here continuously since the end of the dinosaurs."
Horses and burros complement ruminant species like cows, deer, sheep and pronghorns, which have multiple chambers in their stomachs and chew their cuds, Downer said. Instead of directly competing with those animals for forage, they graze on coarser material. Their wallows serve to collect water in arid regions where many smaller species benefit. And their waste contains viable grass seeds that can germinate in what amount to small packets of compost the horses leave behind.
In winter, their heavier hooves can break through icy snow crust on the landscape, benefiting the survival of deer.
"Horses and burros represent a giant missing piece in the ecological puzzle," Downer said.
Most of all, Downer said, he objects to the BLM's wild horse roundups, which he describes as being in direct conflict with the Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, which calls for the wild horses and burros to be "protected from capture, branding, harassment or death."
I'm not prepared to make a judgment about the science Downer references when he calls on our society to accept the moral challenge to "share the land with such magnificent creatures," but his passion for and knowledge of the animals is inspiring.
And I do know that anyone can read the Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act on the BLM website.
To reach Tom Ross, call 970-871-4205 or email email@example.com


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Sing it to your hospital, doctor, employer and store! Sing it at the mall, they'll ask for more! Sing it far and sing it loud, sing it to the squeamish crowd. Sing it at your breastfeeding meeting, sing it as a friendly greeting. Sing it to help moms succeed, and fulfill every breastfeeding need! Maybe the grinch who stole breastfeeding will stop and hear, instead of preying on a new mom's fear. Okay, okay, enough with the Dr. Seuss . . . here once again is our very own Best for Babes' Breastfeeding Days of Christmas (click link for printable version). We wrote it last year and edited it only slightly. Below is an explanation of each gift.
How 12 Gifts Would Rebuild Our Shattered Breastfeeding Infrastructure
A mother wanting to breastfeed: 86% of mothers want to breastfeed, 74% are trying to breastfeed, but only 40% are achieving their personal goals, and only 12% are making it to the American Academy of Pediatric's minimum recommendation of six months exclusive breastfeeding. Even worse, most moms are not even getting through the first few days or weeks of exclusive breastfeeding, and it is not their fault. Moms are being pressured to breastfeed but set up to fail by insidious "booby traps"–cultural and institutional barriers. It is as bad as telling someone to run a race and handing them flip-flops. For more about awful mixed messages we are giving moms, see this excellent article by babygooroo.com.
Two doula/midwives: Having a labor doula or midwife can lower the risk of a c-section, reduce labor time, perception of pain, and generally provide superior birth outcomes, which lead to better breastfeeding initiation. Many ob/gyns and hospitals welcome the participation of a labor doula as it makes their job easier, think of it as an experienced coach who can help you way more than your husband/partner, who in all likelihood, has never delivered a baby. Check out My Best Birth.
Three support groups: Breastfeeding USA and La Leche League are the largest in-person, mother-to-mother support group providers with chapters nationwide! There are also a bounty of groups on Facebook in addition to Best for Babes — e.g., The Leaky Booby, Kelly Mom Dot Com ; there are also support groups springing up through IBCLCs, maternity and breastfeeding boutiques, and hospitals. Shop around, not all support groups are created equal and word of mouth will lead you to the best ones. Support groups that are judgmental or perpetuate myths and misinformation are a hidden "booby trap."
Four (FABM) MDs: FABM stands for a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and means that this physician has demonstrated advanced knowledge and skills in breastfeeding and lactation management (read between the lines: this doctor is not just giving "breast is best" lip service while handing out formula samples and undermining moms). Similar to FAAP (Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics) it follows the physician's credentials, e.g. Caroline Chantry, MD, FABM . We dream of a day when not just Ob/Gyns and pediatricians are FABMs, but allergy, diabetes, heart disease and other specialities that are impacted by increased breastfeeding rates. When an expecting mother sees her allergist, he/she should be encouraging her to breastfeed, and discussing it in a supportive, evidence-based framework! For more on choosing a breastfeeding-friendly physician, click here.
Five Baby-Friendly Hospitals: This is a biggie, which is why it goes in the "5 golden rings line." Only 3% of the 3,000 maternity and birth centers in the U.S. are designated "Baby-Friendly" under the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. The Centers for Disease Control found that 70% of hospitals perform poorly on breastfeeding support; no wonder moms are not making it through the first few days! If all maternity & birth centers followed the ten steps to Baby-Friendly, such as rooming-in, latching the baby in the first hour, avoiding pacifiers and bottles, providing donated, screened, pasteurized human milk from a milk bank if supplementation is needed, and not handing out gift bags filled with formula samples (shown to reduce breastfeeding duration), we'd see a meteoric rise in breastfeeding rates (and population health improvement, and employee morale, and reduction in carbon emissions, etc.–we could go on and on). Moms are being "booby-trapped" by the hospitals they trust, and it has got to stop. Should we move the nurse-ins to the hospital lobbies, and start writing respectful, but firm letters to hospital CEOs and copying them to the media?
Six great IBCLCs: An IBCLC is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. To find the best ones, click here, and be aware that like in every other field, there are some imposters. If your "lactation specialist" in the hospital is judgmental or dismissive, grabs your boob without permission, hands out nipple shields like candy, or otherwises raises your finely-tuned mom's instinct antennae, call your La Leche League group, friendly doula/midwife, or local breastfeeding boutique for the name of a good one that can visit you in the hospital. We urge you to complain to the CEO of your hospital if you have a negative experience, and write a letter of commendation if you were helped, or if the lactation specialist was great but was too overwhelmed with patients to give you any time (ask for increased staffing).
Seven partners protecting: The role of your partner or spouse in protecting the breastfeeding relationship when a mother is at her most fragile and vulnerable is invaluable. Forget sending him or her to labor classes (get a doula instead); make sure your husband or partner is educated about the hospital booby traps and is ready to deflect and strike down all the insidious attempts to derail your breastfeeding efforts. This is where he/she can really be your hero. Single mom? Bring a supportive, assertive but polite friend or relative!
Eight friends a-helping: Not only should your friends cheer you on for your decision to breastfeed, they should line themselves up to cook, clean, babysit your toddler, grocery shop and run errands for you. Your job is to rest and to get the hang of breastfeeding, you are an athelete in training with a single focus. Entertaining guests is for later! We've created a resource for new moms to enlist their friends, and there's also www.carecalendar.org that allows you to manage all the offers of help online.
Nine celebs a-nursing: Celebrities are hugely influential in our celeb-obsessed culture, and can have a positive influence on the many women who have few or no breastfeeding role models. After Angelina Jolie's breastfeeding cover on W magazine, many women wrote that if she could nurse twins, they felt empowered to do it too. We also need more celebrities to talk about more benefits of breastfeeding than just losing weight, and share their intimate breastfeeding stories in our context of helping moms (see our interviews with Jenna Elfman, Alysia Reiner, Kelly Rutherford and Gabrielle Reece). We need celebrities to nurse in public to show solidarity with moms who face huge social disapproval for nursing discreetly, or are outright discriminated against. We need celebrities to lobby for the Breastfeeding Promotion Act, and increased funding for breastfeeding infrastructure . . . in short, breastfeeding needs a Bono, Fox, Gere or Gore!
Ten nursing nooks: Boy are we tired of hearing about moms who are thrown out of stores, restaurants and even airplanes for breastfeeding. It's really getting old. And just for the record, most moms prefer to be discreet, but some babies yank those blankets right off. Wouldn't it be great if every mall, every shopping plaza, and every airport had a cozy nursing lounge (i.e. NOT the bathroom)? And every store and restaurant had a quick and easy supportive breastfeeding policy? We're working on it, and have an exciting platform, but we need your help to raise the funds to make it a reality. We'd love it if big breastfeeding-friendly retailers like Nordstrom would sponsor it; and it would help the image and PR of Target, Applebees, Victoria's Secret and Starbucks if they would jump on board too. Did we mention that 74% of moms try to breastfeed? That's at least 3 million moms per year, and billions that have ever breastfed!
Eleven strangers cheering: Best for Babes is working to change the breastfeeding culture in the United States so that the public not only accepts breastfeeding, but thinks it's cool, hip and fabulous. This takes giving breastfeeding a makeover and branding and "marketing it to be as mainstream as motherhood itself". This does not mean the overbearing lecture to moms on all the benefits of breastfeeding, it means setting a positive example and attracting women to breastfeeding so they are psyched and pumped up to breastfeed, much like working out or making any other lifestyle change! Face it, we all need a little motivation (benefits are great, but a cute workout suit can help too) to get to the gym, and breastfeeding is no different: some helpful information, powerful role models and a few stellar breastfeeding products that make it more fun and a little easier can go a long way. Most of all, it takes removing the booby traps–a serious commitment to improving hospital performance, employment policies, prenatal care, and more, and creating a culture that adopts the Best for Babes credo of cheering on, coaching and celebrating ALL moms to make informed breastfeeding decisions, and achieve their personal breastfeeding goals whether it is two weeks, two months or two years or not at all. We need to gently lower the defensiveness of women who didn't breastfeed or couldn't breastfeed by ending the horrible cycle of pressure, judgment and guilt. Like seatbelts and sunscreen, our mothers didn't know better. Many of our peers were "booby-trapped" by the barriers, and feel awful about it, and are blaming themselves not realizing they were set up to fail. Some moms truly can't breastfeed–how do you argue with a double mastectomy, or medication contraindicated by breastfeeding, or clinical low milk supply having tried everything to no avail? If 95% of women are capable of breastfeeding successfully, there are still 5% that are not, no matter how many IBCLCs they see. Another reason we need more milk banks and options for safe milk sharing! Most importantly, ALL moms deserve compassion and respect. With a little TLC for all, we'll find the "breast vs. bottle" debate and the mommy and boob wars will lose steam and that even the moms who decided not to breastfeed or couldn't breastfeed because of barriers will start cheering moms on. Case in point: My co-founder's mother, who didn't breastfeed her daughter, is one of our staunchest supporters. My special request, please read these two articles if you are a breastfeeding advocate (hint: become a mom advocate first): "Shame and the Mom: A Boob Story" by herbadmother.com, and "When Boobs Collide" by Hisboyscanswim.com.
Twelve supportive employers: This is last on the list because the reality is that most new moms are not making it past the first few days and weeks of exclusive breastfeeding, long before their maternity leave ends and they go back to work. (Oh yeah, and we have some of the worst maternity leave policies of any industrialized nation, so let's assume that not all mothers even get maternity leave, unlike most European countries with high breastfeeding rates that provide a year or more. Some companies provide 3 months but that is not enough.) Just the looming specter of having to fight for the right and the breaks to pump on the job, be sneered at and harassed, and have no place to pump besides the bathroom or a dirty closet with an outlet, can discourage many working moms from trying to breastfeed in the first place. And the ironic kicker? Breastfeeding benefits a company's bottom line; less sick days used, lower employee turnover, higher morale, lower benefits expenses, better attraction of qualified employees, the list goes on. Go figure.
Will you hold this vision with us of 12 gifts? Do you have any "breastfeeding holiday songs" that you'd like to share with us?


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We've been living under the "fact check" era at newspapers for three or four years now. I tend to agree with the Wall Street Journal's James Taranto when he writes:
The "fact check" is opinion journalism or criticism, masquerading as straight news. The object is not merely to report facts but to pass a judgment. The Washington Post's Fact Checker blog ends each assessment with between one and four "Pinocchios," just like movie reviewers giving out stars.
Like movie reviewing, the "fact check" is a highly subjective process. If a politician makes a statement that is flatly false, it does not need to be "fact checked." The facts themselves are sufficient. "Fact checks" end up dealing in murkier areas of context and emphasis, making it very easy for the journalist to make up standards as he goes along ...
And yet they persist. I think many news reporters enjoy the freedom to just opine or offer analysis under the guise of "fact-checking."
Still, I thought this one from the Washington Post was particularly interesting. It deals with some statements presidential contender Herman Cain made about Planned Parenthood and race. Now, you will never find me defending anything that any politician says on account of how I believe that somewhere close to 100% of all politicians lie somewhere around 100% of the time. I'm all for checking out what they say and providing news consumers with information to combat their tendency to lie. In any case, it looks like Herman Cain made the "fact checker" at the Washington Post a bit upset by talking about Margaret Sanger's eugenicism.
You can read the relevant exchange (or what I assume is the relevant exchange) from "Face the Nation" at the top of the "fact check." Host Bob Schieffer asks why Herman Cain said that Planned Parenthood was more like "planned genocide" and why he said that Planned Parenthood put centers in black communities and targeted black babies.
Schieffer asked for proof that this was Planned Parenthood's objective. Cain says:
Cain: If people go back and look at the history and look at Margaret Sanger's own words, that's exactly where that came from. Look up the history. So if you go back and look up the history -- secondly, look at where most of them were built; 75 percent of those facilities were built in the black community -- and Margaret Sanger's own words, she didn't use the word "genocide," but she did talk about preventing the increasing number of poor blacks in this country by preventing black babies from being born.
Cain also says something about Planned Parenthood not counseling women against abortions.
So what followed?
Did we get a list of the many Sanger quotes on eugenicism? Cain says to look at her words. Maybe he meant her piece for the New York Times where she led with a call for "racial hygiene" and said:
Birth control is not contraception indiscriminately and thoughtlessly practiced. It means the release and cultivation of the better racial elements in our society, and the gradual suppression, elimination and eventual extirpation of defective stocks -- those human weeds which threaten the blooming of the finest flowers of American civilization.
Or maybe he was referring to her piece from the Birth Control Review where she wrote:
Eugenics is suggested by the most diverse minds as ... the most adequate and thorough avenue to the solution of racial, political and social problems. The example of the inferior classes, the fertility of the feebleminded, the mentally defective, the poverty-stricken classes, should not be held up for emulation. The most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective.
Or maybe he was just referring to her line:
"Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its ... practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race."
Did we get stats on how Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in the country, and data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that black women get almost 40 percent of the country's abortions, even though they comprise only 13 percent of the population? Did the "fact check" include information on how nearly 40 percent of black pregnancies end in induced abortion, a rate far higher than for white or Hispanic women? Did we learn that 60% of black pregnancies in New York City end in abortion?
Did we learn that 97.6 percent of pregnant women going to Planned Parenthood in a recent year got abortions while fewer than 2.4 percent of pregnant women received non-abortion services including adoption and prenatal care?
No, no, we did not learn any of these things. Instead we were told that Margaret Sanger was a "racial pioneer." At worst, she may have exhibited an ever-so-slightly "paternalistic attitude toward African Americans." Dear God, I hope that the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler isn't asked to fact check something about American slave owners.
We get, in fact, many many paragraphs of contextualization to tell us that Sanger's racial eugenics weren't even unpopular at the time. I mean, heck, you can't really argue with that. I think -- there's a museum about this on the National Mall -- that even the leader of Nazi Germany was enthusiastic in his support of eugenics. You can look it up.
Of course, Cain wasn't talking about whether Sanger's racism was problematic for the time but, rather, just morally problematic. But in a "fact check" the "fact checker" sets the terms of debate. Got it?
You won't be surprised, then, that Cain got four Pinocchios, apparently mostly for accidentally revealing Margaret Sanger's eugenicism. And that's a subject that Planned Parenthood itself assures us -- assures us -- is in no way problematic.
No, really, the "fact checker" didn't manage to speak to anyone troubled by racial eugenics or abortion or any black pro-lifers working to highlight Sanger's (totally understood and contextualized by the Washington Post) views on eugenics. Perhaps pro-lifers are in short supply over at the Washington Post, I don't know. But he did get some really great sources at Planned Parenthood and they assure us that Sanger's comments are totally fine and nothing to be worried about and all those black fetuses are being very nicely taken care of at Planned Parenthood, OK?
So just remember next time you read a story about someone talking about "cultivation of better racial elements," "a cleaner race" and "the solution for racial ... problems," the Washington Post will be the first to tell you that you're probably reading about a "racial pioneer."
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Privacy concerns as US government rolls out domestic drone rules
Unmanned drones could soon be buzzing in the skies above many U.S. cities, as the federal government green-lights the technology for local law enforcement amid widespread privacy concerns.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday began to explain the rules of the sky for these newly licensed drones at potentially dozens of sites across the country. The agency, on its website, said that government "entities" will have to obtain a special certificate in order to fly the aircraft, adding that the FAA is "streamlining the process for public agencies to safely fly (drones) in the nation's airspace."
In doing so, the government is taking a tool that has become synonymous with U.S. counterterror warfare in countries like Pakistan and Yemen -- and putting it in the hands of U.S. law enforcement.
Unlike some of the drones used overseas, these will not be equipped with missiles. They are to be used purely for surveillance. But that alone has raised serious privacy concerns on Capitol Hill and beyond.
"Our Founding Fathers had no idea that there would be remote-control drones with television monitors that can feed back live data instantaneously -- but if they had, they would have made darn sure ... that these things were subject to the Fourth Amendment (protecting individual privacy)," Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, told Fox News.
Drones have already been employed domestically. In what was described as the first case where an unmanned drone was used to arrest an American citizen on U.S. soil, a North Dakota SWAT team reportedly borrowed a Department of Homeland Security drone to monitor Rodney Brossart -- who was involved in a 16-hour standoff at his North Dakota farm over six cattle that had wandered onto his property and which he claimed as his own. The SWAT team apparently used the drone to make sure it was safe to arrest him, though his lawyer has since claimed Brossart was subjected to guerrilla-like police tactics and had his constitutional rights violated.
Advocates, though, say the drones are a force-multiplier for local cops.
"They're not going to be used for constant surveillance -- typically they can stay in the air for about 30 minutes, so they're only going to be used for specific missions," said Gretchen West, executive vice president of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
She said the drones would help law enforcement have "more eyes in the sky to help ... assist them when they're going into potentially volatile situations."
Lawmakers like Barton say there are "legitimate uses" for drones on U.S. soil, but that strict privacy standards will be needed.
"It would be okay for a drone to be used in order to make sure that all the cattle on a ranch are identified on an ongoing basis. It's okay ... to survey a forest to make sure there are no forest fires. But it would not be okay if that individual who purchased the drone then decided 'I think I'll go and check and see what's going on over in my neighbor's backyard'," Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said. "That would be wrong and that has to be protected against."
Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union, agreed.
"We don't want a situation where every time we walk out of our front door we have to look up and wonder whether some invisible eye in the sky is monitoring us, you know, constantly," he said. "There are good uses for drones that everybody agrees with, but what we don't' want to see are drones used for constant, persistent, suspicion-less surveillance where we are all being watched for no particular reason."


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I've put a few pointers up to let people know that we've moved.
Do you think I need to make things a bit more obvious ?
Incidentally, because of the way search engines work, we'll probably pick up more ranking points if everybody goes to the Bunker first, and then clicks on one of the links to bring them here !
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No, not "Greenbat you useless bastard" comments. Instead, any helpful suggestions, bugs, ideas etc. I have very little (i.e, none) experience with forum running, so help is very much appreciated
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Scotty McCreery Brings 'See You Tonight' to 'A Capitol 4th'
Scotty McCreery is as American as apple pie and cheeseburgers. He did, after all, win Season 10 of 'American Idol.'
The singer decided to celebrate America's 237th birthday with thousands of fans, as he brought his new single 'See You Tonight' to the PBS special, 'A Capitol 4th,' which aired on the Fourth of July. McCreery glided across the stage, performing with the Capitol building looming large in background.
While the singer was decked out in jeans, an orange shirt and white button-down (as opposed to any sort of over-the-top patriotic attire), the crowd certainly made up for it, as the camera panned to plenty of Americans celebrating mightily and heartily in their stars and stripes. Judging from the crowd's reaction and participation, they were enjoying every note that McCreery sang.
In a way, it was beyond fitting for McCreery to perform at this event, because he is an American country music treasure and he is living the American dream. He is a country hitmaker as well as a college student, and is living proof that if you work hard and pursue your dreams to the fullest, you can obtain them.
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Brussels/Copenhagen 5 June 2012 - Italian designer Mr. Daniele Gaspari has been declared the winner of the UN European Ad Competition on Water; Drop by Drop - the Future We Want.
The competition called on professionals and non-professionals to create a newspaper ad that inspires others to preserve water, now and for future generations. Mr. Gaspari won the competition for his ad "Wasting water will kill the future" which shows a water gun held to the head of an infant. A jury of experts led by France's advertising guru, Mr. Jacques Séguéla chose the ad from more than 3,500 ads submitted to the competition from 45 European countries.
The first prize, the Nordic Council of Ministers Award and a 5,000 euro cash prize, was handed over to Mr. Gaspari at a ceremony in Copenhagen on 5 June, World Environment Day, by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Denmark.
The Drop by Drop competition was organized by UNRIC, the United Nations Regional Information Centre in Brussels in cooperation with UNEP, the UN Environment Programme and the Nordic Council of Ministers. It is part of the UN Secretary-General's campaign, The Future We Want in the run-up to Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil, 20-22 June, where increasing scarcity of water is among the main themes under discussion.
"The combination of loveable and playful objects placed in hostile poses creates an interesting imagery," according to jury member, Swedish photographer Mr. Jens Assur, on the winning ad. "We are drawn in by the contrasts, wanting to learn more."
The 31 year old designer from Verona said he was delighted to have won the competition: "The intention behind this ad is surely to shock people and make them aware that every action they make has consequences,"Mr. Gaspari says. "I hope this message comes across."
A selection of thirty of the top ads entered into the competition from a total of seventeen countries will be displayed on the competition website and published in newspapers which have joined a media partnership with UNRIC.
Already twenty-two exhibitions, many in cooperation with the Nordic Council of Ministers, have been planned in thirteen countries.
In addition to an alliance of European newspapers, the competition has been supported by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and other UN Information Centres in Europe.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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lol I don't mind let me get my Mic
Thanks for letting me know! I'm not sure what photo you're talking about?
Lol nice one! Maybe one day well actually get the chance to play each other I'm a 4.0 player though with a one-hand backhand but I can hold my own in a rally
Yeaaaaah..... I'll put some thought into that one. Haha you got jokes!
Coach V:
I'll have to check my schedule to see what day(s) I may be there.
Please let me know about your plans for the video.
I look forward to hearing more.
Basically the way the advanced search works is that if they wrote the word "Bronx" on their page, they will come up in the results. the ones that list Bronx as their city I think come up first, then the others. M
Slice is for suckas! Please post that awesome commentary on the video and I will respond there, sucka!
V, check out this vid. would love to get your opinion on it:
Hey, I just moved to Bronx close to Pelham Bay park. I can play weekends early morning. I can even play som evenings after 6, but depends.
Hey Coach, I cant find the scholarship thing. Can you send me it?
haha when was the picture you sent me
Hey Coach, what do you think about that USTA survey that they sent out yesterday proposing a change to league match points? Here's the discussion: http://tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/how-do-you-feel-about-usta-leagues-having-variable-points-per-pos
Would love to get your feedback there.
Let's hit sometime V.
V, you got to get in on this:
@bgtennisnation It is not the Mona Lisa, but I think you will get a kick out of your likeness here: http://t.co/VhJ2KKF4WD— Tennisopolis.com (@tennisopolis) September 4, 2013
V, you should do this in your man cave:
Love the new profile pic!
Try Pro's Pro Hexaspin Twist, Cyber Power, Nano Cyber Power. Those are the ones that I know are good. Do not use Vendetta. sucks.
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Are you overwhelmed by the number and variety of saving and investment vehicles available? You're not alone. Many of us believe there is more to learn about saving and investing than our busy schedules will allow. As a result, some of us stick to familiar savings vehicles (like a bank account) that may be appropriate for our short-term financial goals but make reaching our long-term goals more difficult. Others become poor financial consumers -- buying inappropriate financial products they know very little about.
Fortunately, there is no need to feel overwhelmed. We'll let you in on a little secret -- some of the most successful investment strategies are also simple and easy to understand. In fact, you will probably be surprised at how little time and effort it takes to master the fundamentals of saving and investing.
Now that you've decided to plan for retirement, you'll want to take advantage of resources that teach the basics of saving and investing. These resources can be found at your local public library, on TV, or online from your home computer. If you need further assistance, a stockbroker, insurance agent, or financial planner can serve as your resource. Mastering the basics will help you work more effectively with your financial professional to create and maintain your saving and investing plan.
The sooner you begin saving and investing, the greater the power of compounding investment earnings over time. For example, if you saved $50 a month and earned 8% a year after 10 years your savings would grow to $9,147.30 ($6,000 of that amount is what you saved and $3,147.30 is the amount earned through compounding). After 30 years your savings qould grow to $74,517.97 ($18,000 of that amount is what you saved and $56,517.97 is the amount earned through compounding)
Many of us may still look for assistance even after hearing the basics. There is plenty of help available. Selecting the right assistance, however, can be confusing. It helps to know who does what, how each is paid, and what questions to ask. You'll find helpful hints on the following pages.
In "A Guide for Do-lt-Yourselfers," we list sources of information on saving and investing. Every investor, even those getting assistance, should have a basic understanding of the investing process. For beginners we've listed material that will get you started in the right direction. Once you've gotten beyond the basics, you may want more sophisticated sources of information -- so we've also listed materials for the intermediate and advanced investor.
Once you understand the basics of investing you may still want guidance from a professional. Stockbrokers, insurance agents, and financial planners can assist you in developing an investment plan. But finding a qualified professional with whom you are comfortable is not easy. You must be prepared to identify several good candidates and interview each before making your selection.
You may begin by asking family and friends for recommendations. You can call or visit a local financial services firm to request information. Attend a free investment seminar given by a stockbroker, insurance agent, or a financial planner. If one of the speakers looks like a good candidate, call him or her for an interview.
Once you complete your investigation, narrow your list of potential candidates to those you wish to interview. Some of the questions you should ask are listed below. Don't be shy! A good professional understands the selection process and will answer your questions fully and honestly. You may want to ask the candidates to respond to these questions in writing before your personal interview. Always conduct a personal interview to make sure you are comfortable with your final selection (in other words: you feel you will work well together -- remember, this will be a long-term relationship).
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Now that you're ready to start planning for your retirement, it is helpful to know what resources are available to help you make important decisions. Listed below are a few suggestions.
Your local newsstand and even the public library can be great sources of information on investing. There is a wide array of newspapers, magazines, and books written specifically for the individual investor. Some of these publications include:
The Wall Street Journal
Investor's Business Daily
Mutual Funds
Individual Investor
Smart Money
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Eric Tyson, "Personal Finance for Dummies"
David Chilton, "The Wealthy Barber: The Commonsense Guide to Successful Financial Planning"
Beth Kobliner, "Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties"
Terry Savage, "The Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?"
Lois Vitt, "You and Your Money: A No-Stress Guide to Becoming Financially Fit"
Although the tools cited above contain a wealth of valuable information, you may be interested in a more detailed analysis of a specific investment, an individual stock, or a mutual fund. The following resources provide an in-depth look at a vast number of stocks and mutual funds, including past performance, long-term projections, and general comments on the value of the investment.
Reference guides
Morningstar Mutual Funds Center
Value Line Investment Survey
New York Stock Exchange
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
More advanced individual investors can take advantage of a number of useful television programs. These programs typically cover events on Wall Street on a daily or weekly basis and are formatted to address issues confronting the individual investor.
Television programs
Wall Street Week (PBS)
The Money Wheel (CNBC)
Nightly Business Report (PBS)
Serious do-it-yourselfers may be interested in the wide range of budgeting and financial planning software available. These products help you with simple functions such as balancing a checkbook, and more advanced tasks like tracking your investment portfolio.
Software products
Money (Microsoft)
Quicken & Quicken Financial Planner (Intuit)
Managing Your Money (Meca)
Online services are an excellent resource for any level of investor. Services such as America OnLine, CompuServe, and Prodigy offer "chat rooms" on personal finance as well as detailed information on investment companies, daily stock and mutual fund information, and access to the Internet, which offers a wealth of information. Here are a few suggested starting points:
Online services
Free Stock Quotes and Charts:
Financial and Business News:
SEC Information:
www.sec.gov (Select Edgar Database)
If you prefer the classroom environment, there are virtually hundreds of classes, workshops, and seminars designed for all levels of investors from the novice to the expert. Local universities and community colleges offer many of these resources. Additionally, similar programs are often sponsored by stockbrokers, insurance agents, and financial planners.
Many of these courses can be located by looking through the business or finance section of your local newspaper, in a community college course catalog or simply by contacting a local financial services provider.
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One of a series of shots I took at the Tetrasoon, a piazza with four porticos and an altar at the centre. One supposes it was used as a market and shopping street and was built in the fourth century AD when the older agora was permanently flooded because of the rising level of groundwater.
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According to rumor there is an old french fort until about 1830 near Winnsboro.I am told it is on or near the old Billy Jack Attaway land. Near where the spring branch meets the Sabine. Fort La Dout but I'm not sure of the spelling. How do I find more on the fort and do you know anyone I can contact.
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IMPOSSIBLE TRIVIA: After Texting, What's The Second Most Annoying Thing Drivers Do?
In 1974, Blondie pushed punk onto the new wave dance floor and helped introduce hip-hop to the world.
Now, after 40 years, the band is celebrating a proud legacy by bringing their 40th Anniversary Tour to Atlantic City this Saturday night at the Tropicana.
To celebrate its 40th years together, Blondie is not merely looking back but continuing to move forward, with a new two-disc package of music.
Blondie 4(0) Ever, which includes a greatest hits album and a brand new album was just released.
The Greatest Hits disc sees the band saluting its storied past by reprising eleven of its biggest songs in a set of new studio recordings that sound just as impeccable, fresh and fun as the first time we heard them.
On Ghosts Of Download, the group also brings their journey right up to date with 12 brand-new tracks.
Blondie will perform a 40th anniversary concert in the Tropicana Showroom, Saturday, May 24th.
Singer Debbie Harry says to expect music, fashion and an experience that moves you. "Today, people really like to be exposing themselves constantly. It's almost like everybody's some kind of an intellectual flasher."
So, how does Blondie sound 40 years later, in 2014? Harry explains. "Even though technologically, and technically as musicians, we've changed and improved, you know, there is definitely a continuity. And that's kind of perfect, really.
Tickets are available though Ticketmaster or via phone at 1-800-736-1420 or at the Tropicana Box Office.
We're giving you the chance to win tickets to see Blondie this Saturday at the Trop by playing Lite Rock Impossible Trivia, weekdays at 7:20am on the Lite Rock Morning Show with Eddie Davis.
This morning's question:A survey says the thing other drivers do that annoys you most is texting while driving. What's #2?
The answer? (Tailgating)
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American Metalcraft HCTP18 18" Hard Coat Anodized Aluminum Wide Rim Pizza Pan
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Newport Beach city officials waded into another pool of public tidelands rent increases Tuesday at an afternoon study session, where they floated a proposal to increase residential pier fees from a flat $100 annually to 52.5 cents per square foot.
A dock's square footage, however, would not be based on the extension of property lines, as appraisals had suggested. Instead, under the proposed rent calculation method, harborfront homeowners would pay based on the area of their docks and floats, internal slip areas, plus up to 10 feet around the float. In a presentation, City Manager Dave Kiff showed examples of several residential docks, and how the proposed increases would affect them. Yearly rent totals ranged from $400 to $2,000.
The increases would be phased in over three periods from 2013 to 2015. The changes would also allow residential pier owners to rent out dock space — a practice that officials say already takes place but isn't legal.
The proposal, which likely will be tweaked before it's voted on at a later City Council meeting, is the next step in an ongoing effort to update rents that the city charges harbor stakeholders to use state-owned tidelands. Kiff has emphasized throughout discussions that the state requires the city to charge "fair market" rents for the use of public tidelands.
In 2010, the city tripled mooring fees and at its last meeting, approved a round of significant rent increases for commercial harbor users such as marina operators, yacht clubs and fuel docks.
Dozens of unhappy harbor stakeholders turned out for Tuesday's meeting, arguing that rent increases are veiled money grabs by the city and that the increases are too much to stomach on top of property taxes. Audience members scoffed and jeered each time a city official stressed anew that the rent increases are not, in fact, taxes.
Some questioned the reasoning behind imposing the same rent on all residential dock owners, no matter where they live on the harbor.
"I think location is extremely essential," said Lawrence Leifer, who said access to his dock is restricted, compared with other harbor homeowners. "I don't think my dock ought to be appraised the same as someone on Lido [Isle]."
Leifer said that the appraisals the city used as jumping-off points for the proposal were derived from commercial harbor uses, while residential dock owners theoretically don't have that opportunity to recoup costs.
"It's a private facility and I don't think it ought to be related," he said. "[The proposed rates are] much too high."
Other audience members voiced concern that those who've invested in the harbor by building and maintaining their own infrastructure shouldn't shoulder such a large portion of the city's tidelands improvement costs, from which Newport visitors and beachgoers also benefit.
The city has a public tidelands fund, which, in addition to paying for some physical harbor improvement, also pays for some lifeguarding services or beach-related emergency calls.
The city plans to sequester funds from the rent increases for physical harbor improvement projects — not public safety, Councilman Mike Henn said.
Henn and Kiff said that the increases would pay for only a portion of work that's already been done to improve the harbor, like various dredging projects, and that much of the work that's been done in recent years will be paid for through the city's general fund.
"We spend much more on the tidelands than we take in," Kiff said. He also stressed throughout the meeting that the rent increases would only apply to residential pier owners whose land sits along public tidelands, and that city staffers likely will talk with each individual pier owner about their how their rent is calculated.
Mayor Nancy Gardner reiterated that the entire spate of increases should have been tackled in the past at a slower rate that may have taken the edge off fee hikes.
"No other council wanted to do it," she said of raising rents.
Added Kiff: "It's horribly unpleasant."
Henn and Gardner encouraged residents to email them to voice their concerns. The issue could come up for a vote as early as Nov. 28, but the city may take more time to flesh out or adjust aspects of the proposal before bringing it before the full council.
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Leave your suggestions for palettes and themes for the February blog train.
February 2014: Palette/Theme Ideas
I'd like to see something other than the traditional red hearts and flowers! Will be back with suggestions.
What about Puppy Love
Break Ups to Make Ups
Spice It Up
Family is Everything
My last one: Let's Get Cozy!! I think I love this one the most. Lol
1-Sweet Valentines!
2-Sweet Love!
3-A Happy Valentines!
4-Valentine's Day!
love love love Samantha's sweet valentines palette!
"My Valentine"
"Be Mine"
Beautiful V-Day themed palettes too. I think I'm more apt to go non traditional colors, that's why I chose the ones I did. I Like the Sweets one Jiovanna chose though.
I love love love the "my valentine" color palette of Jiovanna!
What do you all think about the theme "Love is in the air"?
For this theme I was thinking about the following color palettes:
They're all on the sweet side, but once again I couldn't pick just one of them. So maybe a combination should be made between a couple of them to select the prettiest colors.
Oh wow, so many to choose from
Isn´t Valentines a day only for US and Japan? I´m not sure... But well, it´s another day we don´t celebrate here. Our equivalent is in June, close to St. Antony´s day, which is considered the saint of marriage.
I´d like to see a very urban kit. I´m not sure of the palette, but what about this?
The Metropolis
I really like the cake (birthday hues) one. and I like the idea of an urban one too. So many great choices, as usual!
Oh I really like Lóriens palette but I guess for February Valentines makes more sense.
I'd prefer a theme other than Valentine's day, as there is certain to be a plethora of pink/red kits offered in February. Lorien, your urban theme is intriguing.
Oh Lórien! I completely get you! LOL! And I love your color palette and theme, but I think it is hard to change ( And you see girls, here in Brazil february is all about carnival!!!!) What a BIG difference right?! Anyway, what about some more generic towards love theme like love yourself, love your brother (sister), love the world; this kind of theme? It could be read as Valentines... or not...
Cintia, I LOVE your palette. I would also like the palette to be non-Valentine/heart theme since EVERYBODY does red hearts in February. And, as was pointed out, not everybody celebrates Valentine's day. There are many lovely non-traditional palettes suggested - we have so many it will be hard to choose!
all the palettes are beautiful, but I love Cintia and Lorien's idea and the color palettes, as we too dont celebrate valentine.
I like the idea of creating a kit all about family...since we have so many that do celebrate Valentines and so many that do not...we all love family right? So you get a little bit of both, love and family. I don't have any colors chosen...there are already so many great ones to pick from!
Love the color palette with strawberries that Sharon-Dewi Stolp posted and the one Lórien Rezende posted.
Lórien Rezende-Norway has adopted the day as well.
Cintia Dhariana-I like the ide of love yourself, love your brother (sister), love the world.
Tina Campanale- I'm all in for family/love
I would like to se a happy kit. Proposals for theme: I love your smile
Thank you girls! I really like the Love your family idea! And I love your smile would be great too!
What if we did a kit like 'I love your...' and then load it with prompts/ideas? It would be interesting to see what everyone prompted. Could be fun. ??? I love Cintia's colors, well all of them, but I lean toward Cintia's.
edit: smile, craziness, cooking, chubby cheeks, ...
Lorien - I love your color palette! I think it could be a fun "date night" or "night on the town" theme and challenge us all a little bit to think outside the box of Valentine's day.
I agree with Patricia - I'd like to see something away from the traditional Valentine Day related theme and colors. Not everyone has a "Valentine" in their lives for whatever reason and that theme has been done to death. I love Kiana's Spice it Up - the colors and the theme! Family is Everything works too, especially for those of us who are doing family history pages. And I love Cintia's palette!!
Here are some other colors. The more I look at them, the more I'm loving the 3rd one!
WOW! we have so many great suggestions! I pretty much want to use ALL of them!