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Shawnee News-Star Garden Article August 29 2018 Becky Emerson Carlberg A week ago, on an evening after it had rained that morning, I looked up to see the most amazing sight. � The sky was full of dragonflies. � However they knew, the masses of airplane insects had timed their aerial hunting between the insect-eating birds that […]
Shawnee News-Star Garden Article August 29 2018
Becky Emerson Carlberg
A week ago, on an evening after it had rained that morning, I looked up to see the most amazing sight. � The sky was full of dragonflies. � However they knew, the masses of airplane insects had timed their aerial hunting between the insect-eating birds that had retired for the night and the insect-eating bats which were soon to emerge. � Hundreds of the small carnivores zigged and zagged over my head. � A few came close to investigate, then darted away.
Nature is all around us. � We just need to open our eyes and see what is here and what can we do to help. � Monday morning, the 20th of August, teams of Oklahoma Baptist University students arrived at sites across Shawnee, ready to help. � This was Welcome Week at OBU and the week started, after breakfast, with community service projects to 'Serve Shawnee.' � Over 500 students participated. � Groups composed mainly of freshman with seniors to assist spent the morning working with Master Gardeners and Garden Club members at Santa Fe Depot, Oklahoma Native Park, 9th and Union Parking lot, City Auditorium Plaza, Rose Garden Park, Early Childhood Center and the Japanese Peace Garden (JPG).
Sixty students, eighteen Master Gardeners, four Garden Club members and even volunteers 'off the street' put in several hours cleaning, raking, weeding, creating new garden beds, mulching and power washing. � It was a big success.
My area was the Japanese Garden. � Our city coordinator, Jim Van Antwerp, delivered sacks of mulch and several stones before the fifteen students arrived after 8 am. � How they all managed to get into the OBU van was a mystery in itself. � Under the guidance of five master gardeners and four strong volunteers, the students were separated into crews and directed to various places.
The Murrah Memorial plot swallowed up several people, but they soon re-discovered the five Rose of Sharon bushes, perennials and sunflowers. � � �The Yucca Flats project involved ripping out Bermuda, Johnson and Dallis grass from around the large dark gray rocks and native Yuccas, retrenching the boundary, altering the rock border and edging with mulch. � One sturdy student collected trash around the huge expanse of the JPG. Other students weeded the small dinosaur bed and raked the gravel 'water' around the boulder 'mountains' in the Kidney and Zen Gardens.
Two small beds of cannas were dug, separated and replanted. � Determined students pushed wheelbarrows full of mulch to small trees where they prepared the soil then covered with wood chips. Power washing? � The teahouse at the Japanese Garden was in dire need of a good bath. � The upper rafters had been fenced off from birds for years, but not from dust and dirt. � The picnic table seats, benches and floor tiles were blasted as well, leaving the teahouse clean and fresh. � It sparkled. After three people tackled the Teahouse beds, the entire picnic area could qualify for a picture in 'The Oklahoma Gardener' or 'Southern Living' magazines.
No one would have guessed this was August in Oklahoma at 8:20 in the morning and a balmy 72 degrees with a cool breeze from the northwest. The temperature only reached 80 degrees by noon. � Beautiful day.
Lots of compliments and thank yous came from the general public walking the airport track. � Except this one man. � Oblivious to the weeded beds and all the great work done around him, he stared at tall grass and stated it needed to be mowed. � Dallis grass. �If I took time to explain to him how fast Dallis grass grew, the seedheads would be waving in our faces by the time I was finished. � The bunch grass thrives in the warm, moist conditions of the south and ruthlessly invades turf. � The perennial 'Paspalum dilatatum' arrived from South America in the late 1800's and took root in New Orleans and parts of Texas. � It spread its way to the JPG by deep rhizomes (underground stems) and seeds from seedheads that look like skinny fingers at the ends of three to five foot tall stems. � Dallis grass abounds in certain areas of the JPG. � �Dallis, 19th century farmer, loved this grass and grew large tracts of the stuff in LaGrange, Georgia. He was either adored or despised because the grass was nicknamed after him in 1900. Why couldn't he have become infatuated with Buffalo grass?
Hey man, don't blame the city. � They maintain 610 acres of green space. � Now, open your eyes wide and appreciate what good things were done all around you in nature.
Good work OBU.
Only one week to the Pottawatomie County Free Fair. � Be part of green movement. Look on-line at the Pottawatomie County Free Fair Book for the few rules in the Horticulture part of Plant Science. Bring your flowers and green goodies to the Heart of OK Expo Center. �Wednesday afternoon before 6 pm. September 5 2018. � Good luck!


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An amateur's view: Surrey's record-breaking Vitality Blast T20 win over Middlesex
With the battle to qualify for the Vitality Blast T20 semi-finals hotting up, MAYA PATEL went to The Oval on Friday night to watch Surrey beat Middlesex in what turned out to be a record-breaking night.
Sitting in the same area as the players as they awaited their turn to bat, with just a tape separating us, I was able to catch glimpses of conversation.
Most of the cricketers seemed relaxed about the game, sharing a casual joke as they cheered on their teammates.
I was also close enough to see hear Surrey's Jason Roy come to the fence and swear a couple of times before kicking the board in frustration as Middlesex started to rack up the runs.
Being an amateur, I was amused to learn the unusual names used for cricket positions. Where football has defenders, attackers and goalkeepers, cricket has silly points, short fine legs and leg slips.
I was also surprised by the strength generated by the bowler, demonstrated by the sharp thud of it landing in the wicketkeeper's hands.
Middlesex's first six was hit by Paul Sterling on his way to getting 50 runs by the eighth over and 109 altogether by the 15th before he was bowled by Rikki Clarke.
Throughout the match, three sixes were caught by three different guys in the crowd who all won £1000 each.
A six even landed in the row in front of me, but a group of men all missed the ball and instantly turned to blame each other in confused excitement.
It was clear the excitement ran like electricity through the crowd, resulting in two people bursting out on to the pitch and one evading the security guards well enough to get to the other side.
Middlesex topped 200 with another sixth in the 18th over and ended their innings with an impressive 221-5, equalling their best ever T20 score.
Before Surrey had the chance to reply, I interviewed Hitesh Patel, 56, a university manager from Middlesex, for his prediction.
HIGH SCORING: Hitesh Patel predicted an exciting finish
He said: "It seems like a very high-scoring match, so it could be an exciting finish.
"We just have to wait and see how Surrey play. The runs seem to be coming thick and fast in the last overs."
I also got the chance to speak to Kate Newton, a 32-year-old actuary from south London, who had come to support Surrey on her sister's birthday.
"Anything over 200 is solid, but Surrey have Aaron Finch who is a record holder so I hope they win, because they definitely have the ability," she said.
FORTUNE TELLER: Kate Newton correctly predicted Aaron Finch would have a big say in the result
Kate's prediction proved true as Finch scored 50 runs in just 16 balls – scoring three sixes and one four in one over.
He kept up that impressive scoring rate and passed 100 in 45 balls as he and Roy put on 194 – a record partnership for Surrey in the Vitality Blast – before Roy fell on 84.
It didn't take long after that for Finch and Nic Maddinson to reach Surrey's target as Finch ended on 117 not out from 52 balls, with the harmonious melody of Sweet Caroline sung around the ground in celebration.
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Recently, Bethesda announced Rage 2 alongside other titles. The publisher provided extended gameplay footage of the exploration and shooting mechanics. It was a glorious time for everyone involved because we got to see a forested area for the first time.
Rage 2 looks like an insane amount of fun which also leaves a lot of room for experimentation. You can use a variety of weapons and special abilities when taking on dozens of enemies at once. The boss battles have also been dialed up a notch because now they feature massive beasts which would make anyone quiver in fear. Today, the game got another trailer from The Game Awards 2018. It's even better than the last one and showcases just how fluid the combat is.
Rage 2 is a first-person shooter which takes place in a post-apocalyptic future. Following a catastrophic asteroid impact, Earth is in ruin and numerous individuals are put into underground hibernation. Unfortunately, events don't go according to plan and the surface is overrun by mutants and an oppressive organization known as "The Authority." It's up to you to liberate everyone and dismantle the oppressive regime once and for all.
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Happy Anniversary!
It's the one-year anniversary of Sweets Blog! Wow, this is a big accomplishment for me, because I never do things for this long. I'm the type of person who would do a puzzle half way and then leave it to gather dust in a corner. Let's do a little statistics.
I've published 110 posts (if you include this one), reviewed 90 products – starting with Strawberry Milk Candy from Daiso and ending the year with the most recent Jyanjyaka Soda Candy. According to WordPress, I've had 6,672 views, with 157 views on my busiest day(August 21, 2010) and 115 comments. The month I did the most posts in was July 2010. I've reviewed 50 candies, 9 drinks, 3 gums and 29 snacks and 14 of these reviews have earned "A+". Now take a moment, and stare at this number for at least 15 seconds, because I spent a long time to come up with it. So far, I've spent approximately $117.88 on sweets for this blog (that includes posts that I haven't published yet). Of course, that number does not include gifted snacks and ones that my parents bought for me/the whole family. It's kind of expensive, but not that surprising/shocking. It's actually a lot less than I thought. I was just guessing in my head and I rounded, approximately $3X70 or so, and I got like $200 for the total. So that scared me. But seeing this number makes me feel better…I guess. LOL, I don't know.
Thanks so much to everyone! I've met some really cool people over the year, and I'm so glad to have started and kept with this blog.
To be honest, I don't really remember why I started this blog. I think my I was inspired by people like Japanese Snack Reviews and Tasty Japan. But for now, I think my reasons for continuing with this blog are to log it for myself and to inform others of what's "good" and what's "bad".
I hope I'll be able to continue this blog for years to come (with more commenters/readers maybe!). And perhaps, when I hopefully move to Japan one day, I'll be able to review even more
obscure snacks.
I want to do a special give away, but I don't have anything to give away at the moment. (Plus, I don't have many active readers, so maybe next time) Anyways, let's move on to today's topic.
So from now on, I'm going to have a new layout for the reviews. The packaging won't be rated anymore, for obvious reasons. I mean, if it isn't a good packaging, why would I even buy the product (unless it was gifted or on sale). I will mention about the packaging, if it's worth mentioning, but otherwise, nothing.
Therefore, the bulk of the review will just be based on the taste (with nutritional facts). The review is no longer going to be a grade-based system. But a simple "banner". (Or something I tried to make..a sticker I guess)
Here are the five in descending order of greatness.
OMG Delicious – Well, it means exactly what it means in terms of the rating. Since it's OMG Delicious, I obviously recommend it and therefore would hypothetically buy it again.
Nummy – It's great, but not drop dead delicious. I would recommend this too. There's a possibility that this would be "hypothetically buy again" and "not". So that would be stated.
Ehh – It's not bad, it's not that great. It's okay, nothing special. The recommendation and possibility of a repurchase would be stated.
Bad – Self explanatory. Obviously, I wouldn't recommend this (unless it's only bad because I don't like it, I.E. nuts/bananas/etc). And definitely no hypothetical repurchase.
Barf – Self explanatory. Definitely not recommended or a hypothetical repurchase.
Thanks for a great year!
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Happy Anniversary! The $ all add up but somehow we don't notice.. :) Glad to see you're still blogging away and here's to another year of snacks! :) I should really get back on the bandwagon too…was just thinking about it the other day. :)


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This morning we went to Pinelawn Memorial Park for their annual Memorial Day program. It's a great way to take time out during this holiday and really appreciate what they day is all about. A local girl scout troop was part of the ceremony, along with a children's brass quintet, Capt. Daniel Peterson who is a WI Nat'l Guard Member and Iraq Veteran, and The Radio Rosies -- a great addition to the day. It was also the first time H has seen my parents since Christmas, and he absolutely could not wait. Afterwards, we went to Cafe Bavaria with my parents, Justin, Amy and the girls. It was a really nice day.


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|2011 GSA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis (9–12 October 2011)
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INTRODUCING NodakPaleo, AN ONLINE SPECIMEN AND LOCALITY DATABASE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
BURTON-KELLY, Matthew E.1, HARTMAN, Joseph H.1, and POLTENOVAGE, Michael2, (1) Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Street Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, firstname.lastname@example.com, (2) University Of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building, 15th and Broadway, Boulder, CO 80309
The paleontological collections (PC) housed in Leonard Hall, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota (UND), are vastly underutilized. Studies over the past 60-plus years have filled the building to the "breaking" point with an estimated one million specimens, not counting microfossils. Approximately half of these specimens comprise Hartman's continental mollusk collection. Although primary types are reposited in the UND-PC, the strength of these collections lies in well-documented population-sized samples from marine middle Paleozoic subsurface cores, marine, marginal marine, and continental Upper Cretaceous–Paleogene strata, and Pleistocene deposits of the Williston Basin, North Dakota–Montana. Unfortunately, without use recognition and upgrading of UND's resources, past efforts to collect, curate, and organize supporting information for these specimens will remain unappreciated.
An online database, NodakPaleo is one attempt to energize interest in this valuable resource and is designed to open up the current collections to study by researchers around the world. Different access permissions permit full specimen metadata to be utilized along with specimen photography. The database will also serve as a backend for a public-friendly Web site nicknamed "What Can I Find In My Backyard?" that will allow North Dakota residents to search by general geographic location (e.g., township or county) to discover the identification, ecology, life history, and geological setting of fossils in their area. The database will be linked with GeoDIL (Geoscience Digital Image Library, now available) and PaleoDIL (Paleontology Digital Image Library, a work in progress) to provide high-quality photographs and 3D models of important specimens in the collection. As well as providing online support for researchers and the public, the online interface is designed to assist in-house and visiting researchers in locating specimens for study or loan.
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Death Panel for the Arts: NEA v. Finley Part I
Long before the National Endowment for the Arts was even a glimmer in the eyes of the nation, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was already establishing the great debate that would define its modern history. In 1903, Justice Holmes stated, "It would be a dangerous undertaking for persons trained only to the law to constitute themselves final judges of the worth of pictorial illustrations, outside of the narrowest and most obvious limits." (Bezanson, p45) The definition of these limits was to be ardently debated in legal, political, and public forums between 1989 and 1998 in regards to the case NEA v. Finley.
In 1988, the NEA funded Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano. The only problem was that the funding went to an exhibition of homoerotic photographs and a work entitled Piss Christ, completely offending the puritanical sensibilities of many members of Congress. The most incensed of those was North Carolina Republican – and segregation proponent – Jesse Holmes, whose reactionary step was to impose an amendment upon the NEA's appropriations. His 1989 proposed amendment prohibited the NEA from funding "any art project judged to be indecent or obscene or to denigrate a particular group." (Helms Amendment, p784)
Luckily, cooler heads prevailed but could not stop the siege on American Art, ending up with a compromise amendment stating the NEA had to consider "general standards of decency and respect for the diverse beliefs and values of the American public." (Bezanson, p10) Karen Finley, a performance artist based in New York was caught in the backlash from Mapplethorpe's and Serrano's controversial works and subsequent legislation. By nature, Finley's work was controversial, with her release of Tales of Taboo and Lick it! which featured her seething incendiary monologues over a disco accompaniment. These recordings were republished with the help of Madonna in 1988. In 1990, Finley applied for the grant that started the whole legal debate for an exhibition entitled We Keep our Victims Ready. This exhibition was to feature her nude body covered chocolate in response to the Tawana Brawley case. The 16 year-old African-American girl was found nude in a Hefty bag covered in her own feces; to which the public reaction and consensus was that she had done this to herself to avoid punishment.
Finley created her exhibition to highlight the racism, sexism, and age-ism of the case, reminding the audience that had it been a white girl in the same circumstances a veritable witch-hunt would have been issued. Instead, Finley too was subject to the misinterpretation with politicians eroticizing her political art. She attempted time and again to set the record straight, but was encountered with deaf ears.
Because I try to tell them it's about rape, it's about abuse of people, but they just wanted to constantly eroticize it as me being the pervert–which I think represents a misunderstanding of what is sexuality. (CJ, Finley Interview)
The interpretation of the case Finley chose to expose – quite literally – was the real part that the politicians and public to issue with. The decision to graphically recreate a devastating event that garnered a brutal scrutiny from the public was in itself taboo. Finley felt "even though for the First Amendment, it doesn't matter if it's amateur speech or if it is credible, I don't think it matters. That's very important. Or it can be pornography." (CJ, Finley Interview) Her art was difficult to stomach, it was political, racial, sexual, and above all, artistic. For what is art if not offensive?


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Diary of A WombatBook - 2003
In his diary, a wombat describes his life of eating, sleeping, and getting to know some new human neighbors.
Publisher: New York : Clarion Books, 2003
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Characteristics: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 29 cm
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If you have a pet Wombat, or any pet at all, this book will have you howling with laughter!
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Diary of a Wombat is one of my favorite picture books! I could not stop laughing when I first read it. I still, to this day, laugh like crazy at each page.
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Adorable book, adorable wombat. This is a classic
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TalkSeriesJHB volume 2
TalkSeries JHB held its second event this past wednesday (June 1st) at Roasted Coriander.
The second volume focussed on feminism, specifically questioning how we define and own feminism as women of colour.
Two things became very clear to me during the discussion:
a) although one can 'objectively' define what feminism is....on a personal level, that is to say based on the lived experience, it means different things to different people.
b) we're are moving (or rather should be moving) towards a more intersectional feminism, one that contexualises intersecting social identities, systems of oppression and discrimination.
What I appreciated most about this volume of talk series is the varying opinions & views. On the one hand we had 'talkers' question the need for labelling & having movements and groupings such as feminist/womanists - do these labels exaggerate ingroups & outgroups thereby resulting in more division than unity? "......feminism should be a natural state...why is the person pushing for exclusion & inequality not the one to receive the label such as sexist, misogynistic and the shaming that often comes with those labels....." this is a paraphrase from one of the attendees.
On the other hand you also had 'talkers' of the view that a collective, forceful movement is definitely necessary in fighting the structures of patriarchy & misogyny.
The different feminist waves have had their success (& failures) in the past, but what we are interested in, is the relevance and inclusivity as we stand today. We're interested in understanding what the specific goals of feminism are today, what they should be tomorrow and how any of this affects lives.
One part of the conversation that resonated with me was the question of how women treat, relate and engage with other women. Often we're so busy fighting our own struggles in our respective lives that we forget the impact we have on other women. I don't often stop to consider how my 'feminism' can impact on other women from different backgrounds to my own. My personal view on the matter is that quotes such as " no one can make you feel inferior without your permission" are meant to oppress and play into victim blaming. Statements like these completely ignore the reactionary but very real aspect of emotions. It would be easy to say we're not responsible for how our power ( & use of that power ) makes other women feel but the reality is that we are responsible for what we put out into the world. I hope that this realization makes me more intentional about questioning my views about & reaction towards those who are different from me.
Nature vs nurture: Questioning where gendered behaviors and views on femininity and masculinity stem from.
The fact that from the moment they can form opinions and world views, boys and girls receive social cues of what is and isn't allowable. Boys play with legos and trucks and build things and get their hands dirty. They also don't cry, act like a girl or show emotions. Girls play with dolls and cook and nurture. They don't raise their voices, get their hands dirty and they aspire to be good mothers and wives. When the going gets tough girls are told to 'man up', 'take it like a man' or 'wear the pants'..... but of course only in instances where this suits society.
There are instances where aspects of culture are patriarchal & oppressive but there are also instances where feminism, the very thing that is meant to liberate women, oppresses women of different cultural backgrounds by prescribing what in those cultures is and isn't oppressive....the problem here is that often the 'informed voice' is driven by the western gaze and western standards.
Black men:
Black women really have it tough in this world. When they stand up to fight for their dignity and human rights as black women, it is often suggested that their struggle for gender equality detracts from the more important debate on race. "Let's first tackle the evils of racism.....because this struggle is more real, more painful, more pervasive.....and then we can start to think about gender issues". But then of course they'll keep waiting, won't they? And these arguments aren't only used to deter black women, they are also used against other groups of marginalized human beings.
As with the previous volume, the intention of the talk series is never to "get to the bottom of issues" and provide solutions, but rather to get a group of engaged minds in one room and tackle issues with the hopes of inspiring action and change....however small.


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Expensify unveiled a quintet of new partners for its automation-first ReceiptBurner platform this week. The new integrations will make it easy for qualified business expenses such as corporate travel bookings, on-demand parking payments, "and even private jet airfare" to be tracked and recorded into Expensify.
Calling his company's technology a "full-time travel companion," David Barrett highlighted the importance of removing the hassle from business travel. "We aim to make business travel smoother every step of the way," Barnett said in a statement. "That means easing the burden of expense management for everyone involved, from the admin coordinating the travel to the employee out in the field."
The five new partners are: The Parking Spot, ParkWhiz, Pana, TRAVO, and Jettly. The Parking Spot and ParkWhiz are on-demand parking reservation platforms; The Parking Spot is actually the largest owner/operator of airport parking properties near airports. Pana and TRAVO are trip booking and planning resources. Jettly is a private jet chartering marketplace.
Users of Expensify's ReceiptBurner no longer have to smartscan or email their receipts to the company for tracking. Instead, when a transaction with one of the company's growing number of partners occurs, ReceiptBurner automatically creates a receipt and sends it directly to Expensify where it is added to the user's expense report. "ReceiptBurner eliminates one more step in the expense reporting process," Expensify Marketing Generalist Gabi Horowitz announced on the company blog a year ago this month when the new solution was introduced. "(ReceiptBurner brings) us even closer to a utopian world in which business travelers can focus on business rather than the logistics of travel."
Headquartered in San Francisco, Expensify demonstrated its Invoices solution at FinovateSpring 2013. Earlier this month, the company announced a new partnership with Lyft that will make it easier for business travelers using the ride-sharing service to manage their Lyft-related expenses using Expensify. And last month, Expensify reported exceeding the 35,000 customer milestone, reached in part by 15,000 new U.S. customers this year alone. In May, the company teamed up with fellow Finovate and FinDEVr alum, Xero, to power in-house expense management for the New Zealand-based cloud accounting innovator's 21 offices around the world.


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Today in Labor History: October 16
Abolitionist John Brown leads 18 men, including five free blacks, in an attack on the Harper's Ferry ammunition depot, the beginning of guerrilla warfare against slavery – 1859
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Labor Video: Pink Glove Dance
Workers at the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon put together this video to generate breast cancer awareness throughout their hospital system, hoping to inspire others to join the cause. Click here to watch the video.


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Human beings share their spaces with lizards - they live in our gardens, garages, and many other hidden corners in our homes. A new study now reveals that even dinosaurs had to share their world with these creatures.
Paleontologists from the University of Washington and the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture have gotten hold of a fossil skeleton of an ancient lizard from a dinosaur nesting site at the Egg Mountain in Montana. This lizard, which has been named Magnuviator ovimonsensis, lived around 75 million years ago.
The lead author of the study detailing the lizard's characteristics, David DeMar, noted that it's a little unusual to unearth a completely fossilized skeleton of such a small creature.
The study aids in comprehending and determining the evolution of lizards and how they increased in the age of dinosaurs.
Findings Of The Study
Various facets of the study have reshaped the view of scientists regarding lizard biodiversity and the animal's activity in the complex ecosystem during the Cretaceous period.
After running a complete analysis of the Magnuviator skeleton, experts determined that the creature was an ancient offshoot of iguanian lizards. It also happens to be the oldest and most complete iguanian fossil from both North and South America.
In the modern world, iguanians imply chameleons, iguanas, anoles, and basilisks.
The Magnuviator ovimonsensis happens to be more of a distant relative of modern lizards, which came into existence after the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs along with other lizards and creatures 66 million years ago. The conclusion has been drawn after a rigorous study of the specimens unearthed from Egg Mountain.
The study also involved two rounds of CT scans. One was done at the Seattle Children's Hospital while the other conducted at the American Museum of Natural History.
While the first scan was aimed at narrowing down the fossil location within the larger sections of the rock, the second one looked to determine the digital reconstruction of the skull's anatomy.
New Ancient Lizard Species
The study concluded that the Magnuviator ovimonsensis is a completely new species bearing a striking resemblance to the iguanians from the Cretaceous period of Mongolia, and not the fossil lizards from the Americas.
"These ancient lineages are not the iguanian lizards which dominate parts of the Americas today, such as anoles and horned lizards. So discoveries like Magnuviator give us a rare glimpse into the types of 'stem' lizards that were present before the extinction of the dinosaurs," said DeMar.
He added that Magnuviator ovimonsensis were not plant eaters since it did not possess the significant metabolism required to digest any plant material.
Regardless of the lizard's diet, researchers have hypothesized that the species may have gone extinct almost during the same time as the avian dinosaurs.
The study has been published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.


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Welcome to the NHK (Novel)
In his mostly autobiographical comic Disappearance Diary, Azuma Hideo notes that in order to maintain an optimistic outlook on life, he'd removed as much realism as possible from his book. Azuma's dry humour and cartoony art style make what should be a depressing story about a man running away from his responsibilities and living homeless seem rather light-hearted and funny.
Author Takimoto Tatsuhiko, in the afterword to his novel Welcome to the NHK, notes that his book also has a fair amount of autobiography. NHK also has a depressing subject, a twenty-two year old college drop out living as a shut-in (Japanese: hikikimori). Like Disappearance Diary, there's a dry sense of humour, but here it serves to sharpen, rather than dull, the story's edge, and though well-written, that edge makes it a sometimes difficult book to read.…Read More Welcome to the NHK (Novel)


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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We hope you had a restful and productive summer and we wish you the very best for the fall term.
To give a bright start to the new academic year, why not join EPCAF on Academia?
Over the past years, many of you have told me that you would like to know who else is in Epcaf, on what they are working, and be able to access their writings. Instead of creating a directory that we would have to maintain and update regularly, we decided to use Academia and created a "European Postwar and Contemporary Art" research interest: https://www.academia.edu/People/European_Postwar_and_Contemporary_Art
We realize that not every EPCAF member is on Academia and that Academia has its problems, but for those of us who are already using Academia, we will just need to follow that research interest and use it as a keyword when we post papers. It is a simple but efficient way to connect with other scholars who share our interests.
And remember you can use EPCAF new Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/EPCAF-European-Postwar-Contemporary-Art-Forum-1123779561006526/?fref=photo to share relevant news and information, and do not hesitate to send me any cfp or announcement you would like to see included in our monthly Circulaire.
Below you will find our usual list of announcements.
Catherine Dossin
The Legacy of Cobra
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Friday September 16, 2016
A Symposium convened by Karen Kurczynski in connection with the exhibition "Human Animals: The Art of Cobra and Its Legacy" at the University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst
Memories and Politics of Exile Symposium
George C. Marshall Center, Parsons Paris, and Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris
October 6th – October 7th, 2016
Jointly organized by Parsons Paris, the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and The New School for Social Research, the symposium will focus on the intellectual history of artistic and scholarly migrations during the Second World War and the potential for design and the humanities to address today's refugee crisis.
Calls for Paper
New Scholarship in British Art History Conference
Friday, January 27 & Saturday, January 28, 2017, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deadline: September 15, 2016
Le Sens et les sens / Sense and the Senses: International Colloquium for 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies
April 6-8, 2017, Indiana University – Bloomington
Deadline: September 15, 2016
Interartive, Issue #87: Street Art and its Languages
Deadline: Sep 20, 2016
Artist Films and Video in Tuscany 1960-1990
Florence, Auditorium di Sant'Apollonia, November 22 – 23, 2016
Deadline: September 26, 2016
Trajectories of Antifascism
3-4 March 2017, Rutgers University – New Brunwick
Deadline: September, 30 2016
The Society for French Historical Studies: Sixty-Third Annual Meeting
Thursday, April 20 through Sunday, April 23, 2017, Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Deadline: October 1, 2016
III International Congress Picasso: Picasso and Identity
Barcelona and Caldes d'Estrac, April 27 – 29, 2017
Deadline: October 15, 2016
Dia.gnosis: Carolina Conference for Romance Studies
March 30 – April 1, 2017, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deadline: November 30, 2016
Revue exPosition, N° 3: Le peintre, le tableau et son accrochage
Editor : Hélène Trespeuch
Deadline: January 2, 2017
Esse magazine #90: Feminisms/Feminismes
Deadline: January 10, 2017
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State robotics championships this weekend
There's a statewide competition this weekend for robotics in just about all 50 states. National competition to follow.
There's a statewide competition this weekend for robotics in just about all 50 states. National competition to follow.
Artificial intelligence is making quite a name for itself, both taking away and creating jobs, by making our big-data lives more efficient.
A computer program from Belgium may help scientists understand why the 30 trillion cells in a human body have so many different types.
We publish today a web app for monitoring the progress of all bands competing in the Illinois marching band or Bands of America circuits.
Our editorial policies are designed to safeguard student identity. Our privacy policies (esp. on other systems we've built) protect everyone.
Girls Who Code promotes equity in high-tech fields. A summer immersion camp, where 1 team programmed robots, is part of it.
Attraction in dating relationships is hard to predict and definitely hard to program on a computer. It's about the unpredictable intangibles.
Can you code an app? Win a contest, with prizes, and even get your app displayed in the halls of Congress if you're one of the winners from your district.
A contest asks elementary students (ages 6–11) to program a robot for a space mission. Grand prize: a STEM field trip to Calif.


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Associate Dentist Jobs in Kent. £11 per UDA. Zest Dental Recruitment working in partnership with an established dental practice is seeking to recruit an Associate Dentist in Folkestone, Kent.
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Advantages Of Synthetic Turf For Commercial Purposes
Advantages Of Synthetic Turf For Commercial Purposes
Do you love to sip your coffee in your garden but are tired of maintaining it? Well dont worry, with advancing technology and developing trends every sorrow of yours can be turned into happiness. Synthetic turf or artificial grass is today used for a variety of purposes for both home and commercial purposes.
Some of the commercial locations where natural grass can be replaced with synthetic turf are government buildings, airports, office buildings, police departments, fire departments, and big city owned grass covered areas.
Office locations, building and public areas are often visited by a large amount of people throughout the day. Maintenance of natural grass in such areas becomes difficult and tricky. Therefore switching to synthetic turf not only cuts out the labour but also the maintenance cost. Another major advantage of using synthetic turf is that it does not fade or shed with changing seasons. Synthetic turf looks exactly like natural grass but the main advantage is that the former does not consume as much energy and labor as the latter & it stays the same throughout the year.
It does not leave a place for weeds to grow and your garden looks extremely neat and clean. It stays green and fresh throughout the year and looks exactly like natural grass. You will get the same feel of natural grass; the only difference is that it will stay as it is forever.
Some other advantages of using synthetic turfs are that it prevents the dust from being tracked inside. Synthetic turf drains much easier than the natural grass and you enjoy paying low water bills. Although for commercial sectors, initial investments may be significant but in the long run, installing synthetic grass proves very cost effective. Many business owners have switched to synthetic turf in the past and have seen reduction in their water bill up to 50%. With many people living in drought affected areas, installing synthetic turf can act as a wonderful boon for reducing the strain on communities where eye catching landscape is a need.
There are many dealers in the market that sell synthetic turf. You can even search online and contact a company in your area. Installation of synthetic turf is easy and does not take much time. Most of the companies selling synthetic turf often provide installation services as well. Synthetic turf certainly proves beneficial in the long run.
Amy Jones writes mostly on sports related topics including fake grass. Her latest article is on artificial grass, Synthetic Turf.


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So, you took the leap and updated your environment to Stat 5.6? Congratulations! That was a smart move. Along with all of the normal things accomplished in a new release, such as enhancements, bug fixes, speed and performance improvements, one of the Really Super Additions to Stat 5.6 is the addition of iReports – A Custom Report Writer.
This Blog is the first in a series of Blogs on the New Stat 5.6 reports functionality; today's subject will quickly look at obtaining and installing iReports. However, before getting to that, allow me this tangent…
Its Two weeks before the External Auditors are to arrive. The Team Leads are scrambling to find "volunteers" to work with the Auditors and provide the data on the department's changes that have happened over the last year. With a team of five or so, there's one bald guy – He was last year's "volunteer". I can still hear the HR people at lunch complain about his counseling bills they receive weekly. He was once a pretty nice guy.
There's another guy, whose hairline is receding faster than the "Just a Quick Fix" documentation the Developer promised he would write up by the end of two months ago. He couldn't write it today if he wanted to.
Fortunately, we've just implemented Stat last year… and Hope Springs Eternal.
Based on last year's calamity, Mr. "Receding Hairline" Hart has "volunteered" for the position. As the Stat Admin, he's got a pretty good idea of what this will take. It seems that same Auditor is coming around again this year. In an effort to prepare for the worst, I immediately call "Hair Club for Men", upgrade my Stat environment to Stat 5.6, and then, I get to work downloading and installing iReports.
What is iReports?
iReport is a 3rd party reporting tool. It allows you to create your own customized reports to suite your Business processes and reporting requirements – regardless of your business area or field. To quote the Jasperforge iReports description: "iReports is the world's most popular open source Java reporting library, and iReport is a visual report designer for JasperReports."
"The library is a report engine that can be integrated in your open or commercial application to generate the reports designed with iReport, display them on screen or export them in a final format like PDF, OpenOffice, DOCX and many others.
Alternatively, you can stream the result through a web application or send the final document directly to a printer. JasperReports is in some way the core of iReport."
JRXML Report Files: Jrxml flat files are where iReports stores its reports. There's a link in the last section for more information on these file types, but they are closely related to XML files. The quick information is the ability to format the .jrxml files used by the application to create any of the new Stat 5.6 reports. To begin, the initial step that needs to be accomplished in order to get going with iReports is to download and install the application into your current Stat environment.
- Download & Install iReport.
- Seek Additional Information and Links.
So, let's continues by first obtaining and installing iReports as our First Blog gets fully under way.
Step I: Download and Install Jasper Reports:
You can download iReports from the Jasperforge website. And, while you are there - It is advisable that you take the time to create a user account on the Jasperforge web site. With an account setup, you can access additional areas on the site such as support, product enhancement requests, post messages to the user forums and the like. In addition, just to be clear, iReports is available at No Charge. So, let's download and install the application and we'll see where that takes us.
You can download Jasper/IReports here: http://community.jaspersoft.com/ (~ 80 Megabyte download)
Once iReports is downloaded, the current release file is called "iReport-4.0.2-windows-installer.exe". Simply double-click on the file, or launch it through your download manager, and install the application as you would normally install any other application.
When installed you will see a new icon on the desktop:
Step II: Stat & iReports:
As of Stat 5.6, all Stat Reports are created with the iReports Toolkit. The Report Objects are created, and or modified, using a straight forward Graphical User Interface (GUI). This allows you to format any of your existing and new reports you'll want to create in a single front-end interface from the initial layout to report completion and testing. All of the iReport files are stored in .jrxml files. Although some knowledge of XML would be nice, IReport does a great job at formatting the majority or layout and field work for you.
Let's Take A Look At What You Are Going To Be an Office Guru In Very Soon:
Double-Click on the iReport Icon to load iReports.
One of the First things you'll want to do is connect your iReport Data Source to your Stat Repository. Here's a potential "Gotcha" that caught me: Getting iReports to Connect/Speak to Stat:
If you were able to figure this one out on your own, then go buy yourself a nice Coffee or Tea.
If, like me, you looked at the supporting instructions and thought: Huh? Well, you've gotten this far, right? So, why not reward yourself and get yourself that Coffee – You'll want it.
In Addition, you'll want to see the Next Installation of this Blog Series entitled: "Configuring Stat and iReport the easy way!"
For simplicity in this example, let's say that is completed and we are moving forward.
Loading a Report in iReport:
Within iReport choose File > Open > Navigate to your Stat Central Agent File System > Select the Report you want to display from the list:
Additional Information Resources and Web References:
iReport Links:
Quest/Stat Web Links:
Thank You!
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This game is really cool! I really like the art style.
One suggestion I have though, is to add the ability to snap the camera to 90 (or 45) degree angles, because it's a blocky game, and the movement is based on the camera angle. Sometimes I'd end up walking in a direction just slightly different from the angle of the ledge I was on, and would slowly end up off course.
Other than that though, it's really fun, and I look forward to seeing the full game!


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Games Room
What is this?
On this page you are able to find all Neopian games (not including sponsor games). This page lists a short description of the game, a SunnyNeo rating, the trophies and a link to the game and game types. If available you can also see the game codes, a link to the game guide and avatar.
How to Use?
On default this page shows all games from A-Z. You can also use the navigation below to select the games by either type or world by clicking on the appropriate button. You can also choose to view only games that have an avatar or game guide.
|Brucey B is back! Brucey B Slots is a game of chance where you bet your neopoints and spin the slot machine. There are plenty of chances to win with the lucky coins and wild cards.
|You play a Wocky who is trapped inside a tomb in the Lost Desert. You must play a dice game in order to open the doors and escape. Play with one or two dice to clear the numbered levers in each round.
|Spinning the wheel on the fruit machine is free! You can win nice things from it too; paintbrushes, thousands of neopoints,
battle muffins and etc. You can only play this game once a day. It is worth your time to play the fruit machine daily.
|Geos is a multiplayer game, meaning you will play against another player. The goal is to build a few premade shapes before your opponent does. You can also bomb your opponents pieces in order to gain an advantage. However, this is only possible before a shape is completed.
|In Graft Theft Ummagine, you will be playing as Stan the thieving Kyri. Stan must try to steal all of the food
around Sakhmet. This isn't an easy task because the Elephante guards are watching your every move, trying to catch you!
|This is where you go to redeem scratchcards that come from the Lost Desert. You can also buy scratchcards for 500 neopoints. This is pure luck; winning isn't guaranteed.
|Help the JubJub piper to guide the Cobralls around the carpet from basket to basket, but don't let them hit the edge or else they'll wriggle into the desert sands and be lost forever!. If you've cleared all the baskets, you will move on to the next level. If a Cobrall performs well, the appreciative crowd will throw the JubJub and his trusty Petpet jewels and gold coins.
|The object of this game is to clear all of the cards in the pyramid. The game is over when you have run out of cards to draw and you have no more moves left, or you clear the pyramid! It costs 50 neopoints to play.
You can obtain 2 different kinds of trophies. One for cumlative high score, which you can see in the high score tables, and another for bonus. The bonus trophy is awarded at 2 wins for bronze, 5 wins for silver, and 2 wins in a row for gold.
|Quasala has been overrun with scarabs! It is your job to rid the city of them. In this pegboard-type game, you will release a scarab and hope for the best. You can win neopoints, items, or cash to spend in the NC Mall. Your pet can also catch a disease from this game. So play at your own risk. You can only play once daily.
|You will be guiding either Zina or Horace, through the maze of ruins to find the Golden Scorchstone. You must be careful to avoid all obstacles.
|This is just like classic solitaire that you play with cards. The object of the game is to have four stacks of each suit in the Ace pile at the top. If you are not familiar with this, please read the instructions. You can win neopoints, items, and trophies. It costs 50 neopoints to play.
You can obtain 2 different kinds of trophies. One for cumlative high score, which you can see in the high score tables, and another for bonus. The bonus trophy is awarded at 2 wins for bronze, 5 wins for silver, and 2 wins in a row for gold.
|You bet 25 neopoints on which door that the red scamander will choose. Each time that you guess correctly, you advance to the next round. If you guess correctly, you double your neopoints! If you are incorrect, you lose your winnings.
|Play the cards in any of the five columns to get the column's total to be 21. It cost 50 neopoints to play. Read the instructions, for a complete explanation.
|When playing Sutek's Tomb, you must try to score points by switching two adjacent tiles to make a row of three or more of the same tiles. The lucky coin servers as a wild card, while the bomb will destroy all of the tiles in the row if it is dropped more than two tiles. You will be timed, so watch the hourglass.
|The bugs are striking and it is your job to destroy them. Some of the bugs will drop special powerups for you to collect. Destroy the bugs before they destroy you!
|You will be playing as one of the four characters to compete in the Desert Race. Pick up items to help you while avoiding the obstacles. The first one to make it from Quasala to Sakhmet is the winner.
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SPF World Language News & EventsSCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IMPLEMENTS SEAL OF BILITERACYCurrent juniors and seniors have an opportunity to achieve a Seal of Biliteracy from the New Jersey Department Of Education if they can demonstrate a designated level of proficiency in English and in one or more other languages. If they can demonstrate this level of proficiency, they will receive an official 'Seal of Biliteracy' certificate issued by the NJ Commissioner of Education and this achievement will also be noted on their high school transcript. This opportunity is open to any junior or senior who speaks another language (not just those enrolled in a world language class.) Please see the attached informational brochure and student application form. Interested students must complete and return the application to the high school Guidance office or to their world language teacher by Monday, January 21, 2018. Participating students must pay for the STAMP world language assessment at a cost of $17.50 The STAMP assessment will be administered in at the end of January into the beginning of February. Attaining the Seal of Biliteracy would be wonderful for future career opportunities!!Applications are available here.Additional brochures and applications are available in the high school Guidance Office.Updates regarding exchange programs for the 17-18 school year are coming soon!FRENCH EXCHANGE 2016On Sunday, March 20th, several Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School students and two teacher chaperones left for Vannes, France to participate in our high school's first French cultural exchange program. Upon their arrival in Paris, the group took the high speed train, le TGV, to Vannes, where students stayed with host families, experiencing daily life immersed in the French language and culture. Follow the students experiences and adventures on the French Exchange Facebook page:BARCELONA EXCHANGE 2016Eighteen students from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School traveled to Spain on February 10, 2016 to participate in a student exchange program with students from Col.legi Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Our students stayed in the homes of their penpals in Barcelona during the 10-day exchange, where they were challenged to use their Spanish to communicate while experiencing aspects of daily life. Numerous exciting activities were packed into their whirlwind travel experience. Students spent a couple days in Madrid, Spain's capital, where they visited places of interest such as the famous Prado museum, the Reina Sofía Art Museum, and the Palacio Real, attended (and participated in!) a Flamenco performance, and enjoyed a traditional Tapas dinner. From there, students traveled by train to Barcelona where they met up with their penpals, stayed with their host families, attended school and facilitated presentations for classes in Barcelona about life at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, and experienced daily life as a typical Spanish teenager. Upon their return to the United States, our student travelers will anxiously await the arrival of their Barcelona penpals, who will visit Scotch Plains and Fanwood beginning on March 9, 2016. Our families will then host the Barcelona students during their 10 stay here.Here are some pictures of our students enjoying their travel experience in Spain!FEBRUARY 2016PAIGE CRANDALL AND MAX MAZURSKYWIN COVETED AATSP NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AND TRAVEL AWARD!!Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School students Paige Crandall and Max Mazursky are recipients of national awards sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), the national organization that oversees local chapters of the Spanish Honor Society throughout the United States. Each year, the AATSP offers two awards to current junior and senior members of Spanish Honor Societies across the nation, who have demonstrated exemplary achievement in their study of the Spanish language and culture. The Joseph Adams Award is a senior scholarship and the Bertie Green Junior Travel Award involves a 10-day, all expenses paid trip to a Spanish speaking country.Paige, a senior enrolled in the AP Spanish Language class with Sra. Marie Concepción, was awarded a $1000 senior scholarship. Max is a junior enrolled in Spanish IV Accelerated with teacher and Spanish Honor Society Advisor, Sra. Daniela Davidzon. As recipient of the Junior Travel Award, Max will embark on an all expenses paid trip to Ecuador this summer along with 23 other national winners. Their 10 day adventure will begin in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, where the group will visit several landmarks. The next stop on their journey is the Upper Amazon Basin region where they will visit an Indigenous Kichwa community and a school there. The travelers will then cross the Andes mountains to descend to Tena, where they will visit the cloud forest town of Baños, attend a balsa wood workshop and handicrafts demonstration, enjoy an excursion to El Pailon del Diablo waterfall, and explore the Río Pastaza Canyon. As the students make their way back to Quito, they will explore nature and the outdoors during a Tungurahua Volcano hike and visits to Cotopaxi National Park, Cotopaxi Volcano, and Limpiopungo Lake.The application process for both awards is extremely rigorous, and the selection process, highly competitive. To apply, students must submit transcripts that confirm high academic achievement, participation in extracurricular activities that demonstrate commitment to community service, and showcase leadership qualities. Additionally, applicants must videotape an interview with their teacher, in which they, as the predominant speaker, demonstrate a high level of speaking proficiency in Spanish. Finally, they must submit a two-page essay in Spanish on an identified cultural topic to demonstrate their advanced writing proficiency as well as their passion for the Hispanic culture.We extend our congratulations to both Paige and Max for their tremendous achievement!NOVEMBER 201548 STUDENTS INDUCTED INTO WORLD LANGUAGE HONOR SOCIETIESSEPTEMBER 2014WORLD LANGUAGE HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION CEREMONYDATE SETThe induction ceremony for the World Language Honor Societies for this school year will be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. The ceremony will take place in the high school auditorium, beginning at 6:30 pm. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony.Students will be notified of their acceptance into a World Language Honor Society by a formal letter given to them by the advisor of their specific language honor society. Students are typically notified 3-4 weeks in advance of the scheduled induction ceremony. Below is a link to information about the World Language Honor Societies, including the specific criteria that students must meet to be considered for eligibility.APRIL 2014APRIL 4TH "INTERNATIONAL DAY" AT SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD HIGH SCHOOLOn Friday, April 4, 2014, groups of students visiting from three different countries all converged upon Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School at the same time, presenting our students and school community with a very unique and exciting cultural and 'global' experience! One group of visiting students was from Quebec, Canada, another from Barcelona, Spain, and the third group was from Vibo Valentia, a town in the Calabria region in southern Italy.Visiting students from Quebec, Canada, pose with SPFHS students in lobby.MARCH 2014ITALIAN STUDENTS ARRIVE AT SPFHS FOR FIRST ITALIAN EXCHANGE PROGRAMSeventeen students and two chaperones from the school, Liceo Scientificio "G." Berto, in Vibo Valentia, Italy, arrived on March 21st, to spend two weeks visiting our towns of Scotch Plains and Fanwood. The students will be hosted by the families of 17 of our students who are studying Italian at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. In addition to spending time at SPFHS, the Italian students will also travel to New York City to visit numerous sites.Left: Students from Italy showing some 'Raider' spirit! Right: Dr. Heisey, Principal, poses with Italian teachers Antonio Gaetano and Giuseppina Della Pietra, two chaperones from Italy (center) and World Language supervisor, Linda Materna.MARCH 2014SPFHS SENIOR RECEIVES AATSP NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPAmanda Mach, a senior at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, is the recipient of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Joseph Adams $1000 senior scholarship. The following criteria were considered: Amanda's ability and performance in Spanish, her special contribution to and for the Spanish Honor Society and the community, specific teacher recommendations, and general academic standing and performance. To apply for this award, Amanda wrote a persuasive essay in Spanish addressing the following topic: Should a person learn a language for personal interest or because of social or economic demand? Additionally, Amanda submitted a 5-minute video clip in which she discussed in Spanish why she deserved the scholarship, and described her personal perspectives and how they interconnect with the community and with the act of being a global citizen.NOVEMBER 2013World Language Honor Society Induction CeremonyNovember 13, 20136:30 pmScotch Plains-Fanwood High School AuditoriumPlease join us as we recognize excellencein the study of world languages and culturesMARCH 2013SPFHS JUNIOR WINS BERTIE GREEN TRAVEL AWARD TO COSTA RICA!Katherine DeMarco, a junior at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, has won the coveted AATSP Bertie Green Junior Travel Award. This summer, Katherine will be among 24 students nationwide who embark on an all-expenses paid trip to Costa Rica in July. Included in the exciting itinerary are visits to the Poás Volcano, Arenal, the Hot Springs, Monteverde, the Santa Elena Biological Reserve, where she will plant her own tree, Coastal Puntarenas, Manuel Antonio National Park, San José and the craft village of Sarchí, the Gold Museum, the National Theatre, and the Basilica in Cartago. Other adventures Katherine will enjoy include horseback riding and a kayaking tour. Katherine won this travel award, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) through a rigorous application process.January 2013
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School senior Marc Rosario and friend, Arielle Jefferson, stand in front of the finished mural that now marks the entrance to the World Language wing of the high school. Marc originally designed the logo last year for the World Language Department to use on its website. This year, upon the suggestion of Spanish teacher Marie Concepción, Marc found a more prominent and permanent way to display his work. Supported by the Barcelona exchange program, Marc and Arielle drew and then painted his 'work of art' on the wall at the end of the breezeway leading into the world language wing. The logo incorporates our new language, Chinese (Mandarin), which joins French, German, Italian and Spanish as the languages offered at the high school. Marc and Arielle devoted countless hours after school and during lunch to create their finished work of art.Mandarin now open to Freshmen!Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, Mandarin Chinese will be open to all high school students. Check the 2013-14 high school Program of Studies for information about Mandarin I.November 2012
World Language Honor Society Induction Ceremony
November 20, 2012
6:30 pm
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Auditorium
Please join us as we recognize excellence
in the study of world languages and cultures
March 2012
SPFHS SPANISH CLASS WINS ACTFL PHOTO CONTESTDaniela Davidzon's Spanish IV Accelerated class won the 2012 ACTFL 'Around the Globe' Photo Contest celebrating Discover Languages Month! The winning photo is pictured below. Bronna Lipton's 3rd grade Spanish class at Evergreen also submitted a photo. While their photo did not win, it was pictured in the April edition of ACTFL's Language Educator Magazine, along with the winning photo. Both photos appear below, with the descriptions provided in the Language Educator:
"An entry from Scotch Plains Fanwood High School in New Jersey won the overall Discover Languages Around the Globe Photo Contest with the optical illusion of a seeming black-and-white image of hands reaching together toward the red-and-black logo with flags of different countries painted in bright colors on the palms."
Language Educator, April 2012
The ACTFL "Around the Globe" Photo Contest included ..."images as creative as young language learners from Evergreen School in Scotch Plains, NJ, spelling out "HOLA" with their bodies..."
Language Educator, April 2012
March 2012
SPFHS JUNIOR WINS AATSP JUNIOR TRAVEL AWARDSavvas Petridis will travel to Mexico
For the fourth time in five years, a junior from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School has won the coveted AATSP Bertie Green Junior Travel Award. After completing a rigorous application process that included writing an essay in Spanish, videotaping an interview in Spanish with his Spanish teacher, and submitting documents that included transcripts and letters of recommendation, Savvas Petridis was notified that he, along with 23 other students nationwide, will embark on an all-expenses paid trip to Mexico this summer.
For more information, click on the link below to read the article about Savvas' tremendous accomplishment, which was posted in the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Patch.
March 2011
Another SPFHS Junior Wins AATSP Junior Travel Award
Varshini Narayanan will travel to Argentina
Varshini Narayanan, a Scotch Plains-Fanwood junior enrolled in Sra. Davidzon's accelerated Spanish IV class, has won the coveted Bertie Green Junior Travel Award from the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). Varshini will embark on an all-expenses paid trip to Argentina this summer, along with 23 other students nationwide, to experience first-hand the Hispanic language and culture.
To apply for this award, Varshini had to complete an application process that included submitting a DVD of an interview in which she discusses at length in Spanish how this trip would impact her life. Additionally, Varshini had to submit an essay in Spanish, as well as her high school transcript, a list of extra-curricular activities, and two letters of recommendation. High school juniors from across the United States, who are active members of their school's Spanish National Honor Society, compete for this award, but only 24 students are chosen after the very rigorous selection process.
We congratulate Varshini on this wonderful accomplishment and recognition!
March 2011
STARTALK Chinese Summer Immersion Program Coming to SPF
2011STARTALK Chinese Summer Immersion programs will be held in only two locations in New Jersey - one of which is our own Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District! Click on the link below to read more.
STARTALK 2011 - Chinese Programs in NJ
Students currently in grades 1 through 11 will have an exciting opportunity this summer to learn about the Chinese language and culture through a four-week language immersion program called STARTALK. Participating students will receive instruction in the Chinese language and will learn about the Chinese culture through organized cultural activities. Detailed information about STARTALK and the registration process can be found by clicking on the "STARTALK" link on the World Language Website.
Mandarin Elective added to SPFHS World Language ProgramIn September 2011, Mandarin will be offered as an elective course to juniors and seniors, as the Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District moves forward with its Strategic Plan goal to add a non-western language to its world language curriculum.
College Board reinstates AP Italian Program
The College Board will once again offer an Advanced Placement Italian program. AP Italian was discontinued by the College Board in June 2009, due to the low number of students nation-wide who took the AP Italian exam. However, after receiving the necessary funding through outside sources, the AP Italian program will be reinstated beginning in September 2011. As a result, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School will offer AP Italian to students meeting the eligibility requirements. Additional information about the AP Italian course may be found in the SPFHS 2011-12 Program of Studies.
Click on link below to read press release


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In remarks at DOD's first Human Capital Symposium in Southbridge, Mass., this week, Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisitions and sustainment, discussed the three lines of effort in the National Defense Strategy — lethality, strengthening alliances and partnerships, and business reform. Reform is a priority as "Secretary Mattis is well aware that the Pentagon is not a paradigm of efficiency," Lord said. "We've done it to ourselves, and it's up to us to undo it. Leadership staff changes in the past year have offered fresh sets of eyes to look at how to streamline systems," she said. Lord is striving to clarify all of the department's acquisition authorities and contract vehicles, reported DOD News. The acquisitions and sustainment effort is "focused on how we buy things more simply, more quickly and how we get capability downrange," Lord said.
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Honda To Host Webinar On Bike Racing
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The webinar will be held on September 16 and will detail all you need to know about bike racing in India
Honda has been promoting bike racing in India for a long time now with its Honda One make championship race series and the Ten10 racing school, run in collaboration with Honda. Taking the tradition forward, the company will now be hosting a web seminar on September 16. It will be an hour long session from 11am to 12pm and will be hosted by Ramji Govindarajan, owner of Ten10 racing academy. Ramji is a veteran racer who has mentored some of India's top racers and is proficient with the know -how of Indian two-wheeled motorsport.
The webinar aims to educate youngsters wishing to make a career in motorsports and will be interactive, letting you ask questions to the host. The webinar will cover topics such as different levels of racing, how to get into racing and the costs involved, the basic requirements, safety procedures and risks involved. It will also delve into the nuances of motorsport as a career choice and how you can avail of sponsorships or look into finance options. The session will be rounded off with a Q&A session.
Honda runs two separate classes in its One Make series: the novice class which uses the CBR150R race bikes and the expert class which has the CBR250R race bikes. Most riders racing in these One Make series are trained by Ten10 racing academy, where most of them come as novice riders.
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The Anderson County Treasurer's Office renews regular driver's licenses and performs out-of-state changes to Kansas driver's licenses, ID card issuance, duplicates, and address changes. Our office provides these services from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
When you apply for a driver's license, you will be asked if you want to be an organ donor and if you want to register to vote.
If you have a CDL (Commercial Drivers License) you will need the services of a full service station. Some of the area full service stations and their locations, phone numbers and office hours can be found below:
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Description of Problem:
I have two IDE CD drives in my system, the first (secondary master - hdc)
is a Mitsumi FX-240 CD reader, and the second (secondary slave - hdd/sr0)
is a Ricoh MP-7083A CD writer.
Mounting, unmounting, and reading using the Mitsumi reader works fine,
but trying to mount a disk on the Ricoh writer causes the system to hang.
I first noticed this when inserting a CD in KDE 2, where the system
attempted to automount the CD, but issuing "mount /mnt/cdrom1" also hangs
(as does "mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdram").
The CD writer is an IDE drive using SCSI emulation, as configured by Red
Hat (kudzu?).
Note that in trying to diagnose this problem, I renamed /dev/cdrom1 to
/dev/cdram (which makes more sense to me), and removed the "kudzu"
parameter to the CD-ROM drives from /etc/fstab. The hang occurred before
(and after) making these changes.
/etc/fstab contains:
LABEL=/ / ext2 defaults 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext2 defaults 1
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0
LABEL=/var /var ext2 defaults 1
LABEL=/home /home ext2 defaults 1
none /proc proc defaults 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0
/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0
/dev/cdram /mnt/cdram auto noauto,owner,ro 0
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf previously contained something like:
class: IDE
desc: Mitsumi FX-240
device: hdc
class: SCSI
desc: Ricoh MP-7083A CD-R/CD-RW
However I deleted hwconf, and kudzu has not recreated entries for either
CD drive.
/etc/lilo.conf contains the line:
lsmod shows:
ppp_async 6768 0 (autoclean)
ppp_generic 18032 0 (autoclean) [ppp_async]
sb 7824 1 (autoclean)
sb_lib 35760 0 (autoclean) [sb]
uart401 6608 0 (autoclean) [sb_lib]
sound 62112 1 (autoclean) [sb_lib uart401]
soundcore 4432 5 (autoclean) [sb_lib sound]
tdfx 57840 1
autofs 11136 1 (autoclean)
ne2k-pci 4864 1 (autoclean)
8390 6752 0 (autoclean) [ne2k-pci]
ipchains 38944 0 (unused)
ide-scsi 8352 0
scsi_mod 94336 1 [ide-scsi]
ide-cd 27104 1
cdrom 27392 0 [ide-cd]
usb-uhci 20848 0 (unused)
usbcore 49632 1 [usb-uhci]
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How Reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. issue "mount /mnt/cdrom1"
Actual Results:
the system hangs (does not respond to local mouse or keyboard events)
Expected Results:
the filesystem is mounted
Additional Information:
this bug may lie in
* kudzu
* ide-scsi
* mount
* other
running "cdrecord -scanbus" shows:
Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jvrg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.17
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
0,0,0 0) 'RICOH ' 'CD-R/RW MP7083A ' '1.20' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
i would like to try using the CD writer as an IDE drive, but am not sure
how to (kudzu seems to always set the drive as a SCSI-IDE drive).
i will try to add more information as i find it, but it's annoying since
reproducing the bug hangs the system :-)
I just tried to issue mount with no CD in the drive (trying to avoid crashing
the system), and noticed this in the syslog:
Aug 19 10:37:16 air kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id
0, lun 0
Aug 19 10:37:16 air kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw
xa/form2 cdda tray
Aug 19 10:37:19 air kernel: cdrom: open failed.
"mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdram" gives:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd,
or too many mounted file systems
(could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)
/dev/cdram (previously /dev/cdrom1) is a symlink to /dev/scd0
SCSI devices:
IDE devices:
primary master - Quantum UDMA 33 hard disk
secondary master - Mitsumi FX240 CD reader
secondary slave - Ricoh MP7083A CD reader/writer
mount itself can't lock up the system - this must be happening in the mount
system call, assigning to kernel
As a test, could you boot the system with "ide=nodma" and see if it still hangs?
I added "ide=nodma" to the kernel parameters, and rebooted.
After the reboot, I logged in as root and did "mount /mnt/cdrom1", and the
filesystem was successfully mounted, so it looks very much like this worked.
Is this known to only affect certain drives or configurations, so that this
condition might be automatically detected and worked-around (by kudzu)?
The 2.4 kernel will automatically enable (U)DMA on devices that claim to support
it. Several CDROM drives seem to advertise to support this but don't actually
do so. The kernel has a list of "known bad" devices and, surprise surprise,
the RICOH MP7083A was added to that list only a few weeks ago due to someone
else also seeing this. This means that the next kernel Red Hat will release will
just work without this parameter.
Also, "ide=nodma" will also disable DMA for your harddisks, this will cost
significant performance. You can achieve the same effect by adding a
"hdparm -d0 /dev/hdd" in one of the startupscripts
which is specific to your cdrw device, without also affecting the harddisks.
I'll close this bug as "fixed in rawhide" as the kernel in the rawhide (eg
experimental) version has this device already blacklisted. If you object to
that, or that kernel somehow doesn't fix it, please reopen this bug.


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The fans of the popular video game Championship Manager are been offered a deal by the developer Eidos they can hardly resist. The game is on sale for only "a penny" with a £2.50 transaction fee until 10 September.
It is the first time that a pay-what- you-want model has been tried with videogames, said the developer.
UK rock band Radiohead used a similar sales strategy in 2007 with its album In Rainbows.
A survey found that nearly two-thirds of downloaders paid nothing for the album.
The new game will be available to download until 10 September, when the price will rise to £29.99.
Additional content for the game will be sold throughout the year, costing £5 for six updates.
"This is the first time an initiative like this has ever been tried in the videogames market," said Roy Meredith of Eidos.


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More than a year after San Jose upped its minimum wage to $10 an hour and as the conversation around pay increases for low-paid workers ramps up on a national scale, Santa Clara County is starting to look at enacting a similar measure for unincorporated parts of the region. Supervisor Dave Cortese, who's also running for mayor of San Jose, will lead the discussion when the Board of Supervisors meets on Tuesday. A county ordinance comes with many more challenges than a citywide measure, Cortese notes.Read More 0
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Brutal Women: The Short Stuff
War, death, genderbending, and the end of the world. A short story collection of organic weaponry, sex-morphing artists, violent bodies, blood pacts on distant worlds, and, of course, brutal women. From the fist clunking story I published when I was 17 to the bizarre women-and-war story that got me into Year's Best SF 12, Brutal Women: The Short Stuff collects ten years of my short fiction, including three stories that you can't find anyplace else, one of them the story that inspired the God's War Trilogy.