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FQFT and cohomology
-Dimensional manifolds (possibly and usually equipped with certain structure, notably for instance with orientation) should naturally form an (∞,n)-category of extended cobordisms whose
objects are 0-dimensional (oriented) manifolds (disjoint unions of (oriented) points);
1-morphisms are (oriented) cobordisms between disjoint unions of (oriented) points;
2-morphisms are cobordisms between 1-dimensional cobordisms
(n+1)-morphisms are diffeomorphisms between -dimensional cobordisms;
(n+2)-morphisms are smooth homotopies of these;
The -category of cobordisms is the subject of the cobordism hypothesis.
Here is an outline of the idea of the definition of as given in
where the main point, apart from the (∞,n)-category machinery in the background, is definition 2.2.9.
The idea is to start with thinking of -dimensional cobordisms as forming something like an n-fold category by simply saying that the collection of composites of cobordisms is given by big cobordisms with markings on them, indicating where we think of them as being composed.
Let's first do this for composition in one direction, as in an ordinary 1-category of -dimensional cobordisms.
consider a manifold embedded in a vector space of the form . We can think of this as a manifold canonically equipped with a coordinate function that measures the "height" or maybe better the "length" of the embedded manifold.
We can pick a bunch of numbers and think of these as marking a bunch of slices of , the preimages . We can think of these slices as being the -dimensional boundary manifolds at which a sequence of manifolds have been glued together to produce .
(there is an obvious picture to be drawn and uploaded here, maybe somebody finds the time and energy)
In this way an embedded manifold and a set of -numbers may represent an element in the space of sequences of composable cobordisms. To make this work as expected, the markings on may not be too irregular, so we should impose some conditions on what qualifies as a marked manifold. The precise statement is given further below.
The collection of these tuples, consisting of an embedded manifold and a collection of numbers naturally form a simplicial set, which is like the nerve of the 1-category of -dimensional cobordisms under composition in one direction.
To generalize this from just a 1-categorical structure to an -categorical structure, we simply take a manifold as before, but now draw markings on it in transversal directions, thereby putting a kind of grid on it that subdivides the manifold into cubical slices. A manifold with such subdivision on it may then be regarded as giving an element in the space of -dimensional pasting diagrams in an -fold category.
To formalize this more general case, we embed not just into a , but a . This then provides us with different coordinate functions on , each running along one of the directions in which we may think of as having been glued from smaller manifolds.
A collection of markings indicating such gluing is now a collection of numbers , one for each of these directions.
For each direction this yields a simplicial set of such structures, to be thought of as the nerve of the category of cobordisms under composition in one of these directions. Taken together this is an -fold simplicial set
which is like the nerve of an -fold category of cobordisms.
When suitable regularity conditions are imposed on this data, there is naturally a topology on each of these sets of embedded marked cobordisms, that makes this into an -fold simplicial topological space
To get rid of the dependence of this construction on , we can let "grow arbitrarily large" by taking the colimit of the above -fold cosimplicial spaces as ranges over the finite dimensional subspaces of .
The resulting -fold simplicial topological space obtained by this colimit then is essentially the (∞,n)-category that we are after. It turns out that it actually is an -fold Segal space. We just formally complete it to an n-fold complete Segal space
This, then, is a model for the (∞,n)-category of extended -dimensional cobordisms.
There is a definition of a blob n-category of -cobordisms. See there for more details.
is an (∞,n)-category with all adjoints.
For we have that is the symmetric monoidal ∞-groupoid ( infinite loop space) that underlies the Thom spectrum.
Its homotopy groups are the cobordism rings
Therefore a symmetric monoidal -functor
to some symmetric monoidal -groupoid is a genus.
(∞,n)-category of cobordisms
A specific realization of this idea in terms of (∞,n)-category modeled as n-fold complete Segal space is in (definition 2.2.9, page 36)
In that article a proof of the cobordism hypothesis is indicated. A review is in
A detailed construction of the (2,2)-category of 2-dimensional cobordisms is
For a discussion of the relation of to the Thom spectrum and the cobordism ring see also
Other discussions of higher categories of cobordisms are
Eugenia Cheng and Nick Gurski, Toward an -category of cobordisms , Theory and Applications of Categories 18 (2007), 274-302. (tac)


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Yes! The hiatus is coming to an end.
Drummer Taylor Hawkins confirmed that Dave Grohl is busy coming up with ideas for the next Foo Fighters album, which may even be a concept album. He told Billboard, "We're getting our ideas together. Dave has his brain working overtime, like usual, and he's got a lot of great ideas, both musically and conceptually, none that I can speak of at this moment, but it's gonna be great. It's gonna be cool."
Hawkins also said he doesn't believe the band has released the record that will ultimately define their career. "You always want every one of them to be the best one you've ever done, and you always think you haven't done your best one. Although some people may feel we have, I still think we haven't written our 'Hotel California' or our 'Bohemian Rhapsody' or whatever. Every time you start a record, you have to be, like, ready to f*ckin' kill yourself or it's not gonna be any good."

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PORTLAND, Oregon – Two teens were arrested Monday for allegedly throwing pieces of bricks at passing bicyclists in Northeast Portland Sunday, injuring two people.
The attacks occurred in the area of Northeast 7th Avenue and Tillamook Street just after 1 a.m.
Adrian Richardson, 26, of Northeast Portland, was struck in the face and had to be hospitalized, police said. Another victim, Jonathan Garris, 52, of Northeast Portland, was hit on his leg.
A third victim, Peter Buri, 27, of North Portland, had a brick thrown at him but was not hurt, police said.
After getting a description of the attackers, police arrested Marquise Murphy and Robert Hudgens, both 15, along Northeast Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
"This is one of those cases that really resonates with the cyclist community," said Sgt. Pete Simpson with the Portland Police Bureau. "People are just riding their bikes home and this happens. It's pretty scary."
The teens were charged with assault and police released their names because they face Measure 11 crimes. Both were lodged at the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Home. Anyone with additional information that could help investigators was urged to contact detective Jeff Sharp at (503) 823-9773 or send him an email.
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Journey to the Centre : Images of Wilderness and the Origins of the Southern African Association of Jungian Analysts. Graham Saayman (South Africa)
Journey to the Centre :
Images of Wilderness and the Origins of
the Southern African Association of Jungian Analysts (SAAJA)
by Graham S. Saayman
The Cape of Good Hope Centre for Jungian Studies, inaugurated in 1987, was the prototype of SAAJA, which was granted training group status by the IAAP in 1995. The Centre was founded on (1) A Jungian Study Group for senior practitioners led by M. Vera Buhrmann, the only practicing Jungian analyst in South Africa at that time (2) A program of Jungian psychological theory, research and clinical practice, developed at the University of Cape Town by Graham Saayman and Renos Papadopoulos and (3) The Wilderness Leadership School, pioneered by Ian Player and Magqubu Ntombela, supported by Laurens van der Post.
The program in the University Department of Psychology between 1974 and 1989 grappled with the challenge of developing a practice of psychotherapy relevant to the South African context and appropriate to a world beset by much doubt, alienation, conflict, anxiety and trauma. A primary objective of the research-practitioner model was to equip students with general principles and basic skills in cost-effective, preventive and benign approaches integrated synergistically with a Jungian psychotherapeutic model.
Motifs of Nature, instinct, image and spirit informed the work. A foundational undergraduate course on psychobiology linked the psychology of dreaming to the survival value of primordial images in orchestrating instinctual patterns of behaviour. The material also focused on hormonal and socioecological factors associated with the social structures of large-brained, long-lived mammals with long periods of dependency of the offspring upon the protective social system. Field studies of dolphins and baboons sought to illuminate the evolution of the social organisation of hominid bands during the hunter-gatherer era, facilitating a Jungian understanding of the adaptive functions as well as the shadow of the modern family system.
A research group at honours, masters and doctoral levels tested hypotheses derived from Jungian theory. The premise that all members of the human family have evolved universal, species-typical, biological, emotional, cognitive and spiritual systems provided a theoretical framework. Laboratory studies focused on the psychophysiology of the "fight-flight-freeze" responses to threat. Whilst these autonomic reactions likely had survival value during the hunter-gatherer era, the difficulty many people have in living out these instinctual dynamics underpin many of the anxiety, depressive and stress-related disorders of modern times. A conceptual integration of Patanjali's astanga yoga and Jungian theory generated a series of studies of the relationship between sleep, dreaming, relaxation and meditational techniques for processing feelings, desensitising anxiety and managing stress.
Supervision of family therapy from a Jungian perspective was offered in the postgraduate program in clinical psychology. Jung's understanding that a "phylogenetic substratum" orchestrates human ontogeny was extended to include a series of mutually adapted biopsychosocial patterns of relationship (birth, infancy, childhood, adolescence, maturity, middle-age, old-age and death) in the lifecycle of the family system. Collective patterns of behaviour and associated primordial images imply a relational system with the family as the primary vessel that anticipates individual family members interfacing with relevant others in a typically human mode. This conceptual extension of Jungian theory enabled an expanded spectrum of analytical psychology to inform therapeutic interventions, now not only with individuals but also with subsystems of family networks.
Appreciating the innovative work of the Wilderness Leadership School, a Jungian framework for the role of wilderness excursions in the psychotherapeutic endeavour was developed, using a participant-observer methodology. When training analysts for work in a world beset by material and spiritual imbalance, where the head has taken so much from the heart, it seemed vital to offer candidates the opportunity to live briefly in the way the human race began, appreciating how the plants and animals are interwoven in the tapestry of our origins and passages.
In evaluating this project some thirty years after its inception, two broad measures of outcome emerge: Whilst some critics dismiss C. G. Jung as an unscientific, animistic thinker, present evidence suggests that in grappling with the nature of human nature he grasped the decisive problems of our times. The human species evolved over millions of years with genetically programmed patterns of behaviour and sensitive biological needs and limits. Modern civilization, obsessed with the scientific paradigm and the conquest of nature, has, somewhat paradoxically, arrived at terracide as a likely outcome of tinkering with technology. Ecological impacts are likely to shape earth's foreseeable future. Distinguished earth scientists predicted long ago that manmade global warming would produce effects as devastating as full-scale nuclear war. The countdown to catastrophe is under way. Increasing temperatures over the last two decades are reducing the ice packs of Hudson's Bay, on the edge of the Arctic tundra in Northern Canada. The habitat of the polar bear, the largest predatory animal in the world, freezes later and thaws earlier in the year. Hunting seals on thinning ice, bears fall through into the sea so far from land they drown. The great totem animal of the north hunts through garbage bins for human offal. The vanishing polar bear will haunt the human family's dreams.
And after that, what dreams of hope may come? Analytical Psychology suggests that enantiodromia, a natural law of opposition, regulates human nature. When the energy driving events has swung too far in one direction, the opposite may constellate. When hope is at its lowest ebb, the shadow may emerge as a valuable ally, since it compels reflection and initiates the journey of self-discovery. Modern South Africa is a work in process in living out this theory. As the world slips ever more deeply into the politics of confrontation and competition for declining planetary resources, South Africa, located between the affluent, technological countries and the impoverished "developing worlds," has the potential to offer alternative solutions and outcomes. The country has begun a unique yet painful and risky journey in discovering how the human spirit may contain the terrible wounding that racial fear inflicted on the people and forgive a transgressor with a sorrowful heart. There can be no greater power in human life than that.
Biographical Details
Trained as a psychologist at the University of Natal, McMaster University and the University of London and as a family therapist at Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Graham Saayman has a long-standing interest in human development, including the evolutionary origins of humans. His research as an ethologist at the Maudsley and Bethlem Royal Hospitals in the 1960's revealed that pheromones influence primate behaviour. He investigated hormonal and ecological determinants of baboon social systems in the Limpopo Valley and Kruger National Park and made the first systematic study of dolphin social behaviour off the south-east coast of South Africa in the 1970's. Between 1976 and 1980 he was the representative for Africa on the International Ethological Committee.
As Professor of Psychology at the University of Cape Town (1974 - 1989), he was one of the first behavioural scientists to introduce Jungian thought to university-based research and to connect ethology to analytical psychology. He was a founding member of the Cape of Good Hope Centre for Jungian Studies and is an Honorary Member of SAAJA. He was elected an Honorary Member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology in 2001.


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Saban to Texas? Unlikely, but possible
- by Jon Mark Beilue
It is ugly in Austin, and will only get worse as the football season clicks down for embattled Texas coach Mack Brown.
Even three weeks into the season, it seems like a foregone conclusion that Brown's 16th season at UT will be his last. The Longhorns are in their fourth season of mediocrity — by Texas standards — and the patience from a 128-27 record from 1998 to 2009 seems all but exhausted.
Texas, 23-18 since playing Alabama for the 2009 national title, is 1-2 and in disarray. After giving up a school-record 550 yards rushing in a 40-21 loss to Brigham Young on Sept. 7, a desperate Brown fired defensive coordinator Manny Diaz. Most wondered why Brown hired the young coordinator from Mississippi State before the 2011 season anyway.


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People living in two homes in near downtown Logan are being asked to leave their homes as a precaution while an engineer assesses the cause of a hill slide.
The engineer will also be trying to determine any future danger at the property.
Jenny Messer and Virginia Stiltner were asleep in their home early Monday morning when they heard what they say sounded like a train crash. They also heard glass breaking.
The light of day revealed the magnitude of what happened. The hill behind their home had fell down onto their patio and pushed rocks and mud against the back of their house. Also above them, a house is dangling over the hill because the ground fell out from under part of the structure.
Logan City Code Officer Ray Perry said the families are being asked to stay somewhere else for now as a precaution. Especially since wet, cold weather is heading to the area.
"That is what they are worried about," explained resident Jenny Messer, "They are concerned about the rain loosening the rocks and weighing them down and bringing them on down."
The county and the local Department of Health and Human Resources is planning to help the family find a place to stay for a few days.


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SXSW Music Diary: Day One
For those who haven't been to SXSW it must be frustrating to watch people who talk about it get an other-worldly look in their eyes.
Rescued from VHS: Aerosmith hanging backstage with Jimmy Page
On Jan. 6, 1975 Boston Mayor Kevin White canceled a Led Zeppelin show at the Boston Garden. That's why we're posting Jimmy Page jamming with Aerosmith.
Boston Music Awards announce this year's nominees
The nominees for this year's Boston Music Awards are in! Check out the full list and get voting.
PHOTOS: Boston Strong benefit concert
Some of the biggest names in music and comedy took the stage for the Boston Strong Concert at TD Garden […]
Boston rocks for marathon bombing victims
Bands from Aerosmith to Jimmy Buffet rocked a packed TD Garden Thursday night in a fundraising concert for the victims of last month's marathon bombing.
TD Garden will stream One Fund benefit concert
Can't make it to tonight's show? The TD Garden said it will live stream the benefit concert online.
Boston Strong concert tickets on sale
"Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration" tickets go on sale Monday.
Aerosmith's Tyler and Perry honored for songwriting
After 40 years with one of the biggest rock bands in the United States, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry are finally being honored for their songwriting.
Banned in Boston: Urban Improv offers comedy for a cause
Banned in Boston, now in its 21st year, puts local celebrities and politicians in the comedy spotlight, performing unrehearsed skits, skewering pop culture.
'Roadrunner' going faster miles an hour to becoming the new state song of Massachusetts
Jonathan Richman's driving song is on its way, thanks to Joyce Linehan.


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British boxer Amir Khan takes part in a training session at The English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, northern England, on April 24, 2013 ahead of his12 round 143 pound catch-weight fight against Julio Diaz. Former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan of Britain will fight in his homeland for the first time in two years when he faces Mexico's Julio Diaz on April 27. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)


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PROVIDENCE — There were some dramatic changes in the bid picture as the parties vying to buy Landmark Medical Center began making their sales pitches in Superior Court yesterday.
The original pool of contenders for both Landmark and its sister facility, the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island, was pared down from four to three, as Capella Health Care of Tennessee withdrew.
RegionalCare Hospital Partners, also of Tennessee, still appeared to have the most aggressive bid on the table, offering a total investment of up $69.8 million in the two hospitals over five years. But two contestants whose offers seemed a distant second to RegionalCare when the packages were unveiled last week have since upped the ante significantly.
Transition Healthcare — yet anther Tennesee-based contender — initially submitted a $14 million package, but that figure suddenly morphed into $45.7 million. And Prime Health Care of Ontario, California, originally offering $31.9 million, is now willing to go as high as $53.5 million.
Landmark is entering the final stages of a process that began nearly three years ago, when the hospital petitioned the Superior Court for protection from creditors, saying it was on the brink of insolvency. Judge Michael Silverstein appointed Pawtucket lawyer Jonathan Savage as special master to find a buyer to save the Woonsocket hospital, a linchpin of health care services in northern Rhode Island.
It will be up to Silverstein to decide who may purchase the hospital, but it's still unclear how soon after the close of hearing that decision will come. A second day of hearings was scheduled for today.
With some two dozen lawyers and a passel of hospital executives amassed before him, Silverstein made it clear from the outset that dollars and cents is not his only concern. "This is an equitable hearing" that is "tinged with the public interest," he said.
"Please stress in your presentations for my benefit not only the the dollars involved, but the benefit for the hospital, its constituency and the northern part of Rhode Island," Silverstein said.
Under questioning by Preston Halperin, a lawyer who represents the special master, acquisitions consultant Joshua Nemzoff summarized the bids, including the last-minute changes.
In addition to the three remaining contenders for the two hospitals, HealthSouth of Birmingham, Ala., is making a bid for RHRI only, Nemzoff said.
Even from Nemzoff's hasty summary, it was clear that it's impossible to evaluate the bids on the basis of total investment projections only. All of the bids contain unique contingencies which do not boil down to the same dollar value.
"Over the last week information has been coming in at a rather fast and furious pace to our office," Halperin told the judge at one point. "We understand there's not a clear apples-to-apples comparison but we're doing the best we can."
To make matters even more complex, the bidders can modify their offers until the judge formally concludes the hearing, according to Bill Fischer, a spokesman for Landmark.
"It's an evolving process," he said.
One of the most obvious differences in the bids has already become the most controversial — the bidders' relationship with the United Nurses and Allied Professionals — the union that represents health care workers at Landmark and RHRI. Transition and Prime HealthCare have already concluded a successor collective bargaining agreement with the membership. RegionalCare hasn't merely failed to reach such an agreement, it appears to have already alienated the membership of the union.
As lawyers for RegionalCare strode to the steps of the Licht Judicial Complex yesterday morning, they were greeted by a slogan-chanting, picket-carrying phalanx of angry union members, telling them to go home. "RegionalCare Wrong 4 Rhode Island," one sign read. "RegionalCare Bad 4 Community," said another.
A barrage of press releases from the union in the days leading up to the hearing said salaries would erode so much under RegionalCare that it would be impossible to retain skilled health care professionals at Landmark for very long.
No matter how much money RegionalCare pledges for the hospital its business model "is dead on arrival," UNAP's general counsel, Chris Callaci said during a break in the hearing.
"It doesn't work," Callaci said. "They can't do it without the support of the employees and they don't have that."
While the bidders are throwing out some big numbers, there is plenty of documentation that most — but not all — have sufficient access to capital to follow through on their offers, Nemzoff told the court. He said he was unable, so far, to vouch for Transition, which supplied no material to demonstrate the strength of its financial backers, Falcon Investors of New York.
By mid-day Thursday, principals of Prime HealthCare were called to the witness stand to begin elaborating on the details of their proposals and their plans for Landmark.
Dr. Prem Reddy, the chairman of Prime HealthCare, said his company is basically a family-owned operation that includes a dozen acute care hospitals in southern California. Generally, he said, they were salvaged from the ruins of bankruptcy and some have become award-winning models of "compassionate, quality health care" delivered in a cost-effective fashion.
"That's our forte — turning around financially distressed hospitals and turning them into community assets," said Reddy.
At one point, Silverstein asked Reddy why Prime Healthcare was suddenly looking to grow outside of California. Though his for-profit hospital chain is largely family-owned, Reddy said he may be interested in seeking some private backing in the future and financial advisors suggest the company would be regarded as a better investment risk if it diversified geographically.
Lex Reddy, the president and chief executive officer of Prime Healthcare, said the company would begin pouring resources into Landmark as soon as the merger is approved under the complex Hospital Conversions Act, a regulatory law requiring approval by the attorney general and the state health director. He said the company envisions releasing up to 250 full-time equivalents, but many of them would be per-diem workers and outside contractors.
"It's a very abstract number," he said.
In an ominous preamble to the testimony, Theodore Orson, a lawyer for the state Department of Health, admonished the bidders to be mindful of the possibility, however remote, that the regulators might reject the merger, even after the suitor is accepted by the court.
"We must prepare for any eventuality," Orson said.
For that reason, Orson said, the successful bidder should offer "a closure plan" setting forth provisions for the shutdown of Landmark and RHRI. The purpose of the plan is "to make sure the hospitals could be closed in a manner that would not compromise patient care."
Just a few years ago, the RI Dept of Health okayed a plan for Landmark to open a cardiac are unit - based on community need.
Northern RI has a very large population of elderly residents - many of whom need care for chronic health conditions associated with old age: heart disease is one of them. In the case of a "cardiac event" (aka heart attack) or stroke, receiving care within the first 30 minutes is CRITICAL to surviving or being able to recover to a functional level. I do not know but would expect that the vast majority of such patients have Medicare coverage - so, they are not illegals or on welfare. They may however, be on social security after having worked for many years.
In addition, Landmark is the second largest employer in Woonsocket, and as a health care provider, offers pretty good-paying jobs overall. These employees then can use their earnings to support other local businesses (lunch, gas, supermarket, Walnut Hill Plaza stores, etc).
Why anyone would want Landmark to close is beyond me. I can only imagine that the first poster is unable to fully grasp the effect that closing Landmark would have.
Land Fill Hospital should be closed. There are better facilities within a 10-15 minute drive in Milford and Pawtucket. This place caters to welfare recipients and illegals who never pay their bills. It's a drain on taxpayers!


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Arctic Blog's Animal of the Day: The Leopard Seal
The leopard seal, known as 'the leopards of the sea' are the second largest species of seal in Antarctica. During the summer months, it hunts around the pack ice spending most of it's time in the water. They are powerful and curious animals, they have been known to play with their food before eating it.
They have forearms and fiver-finger like bones similar to that of humans and birds. However these 'fingers' are webbed, helping them to propel through the water.
Have an interesting fact taken from my Frozen Planet course for you followers!
That age old question, why is the sea blue?
Or the more accurate question is, why does the sea APPEAR blue?
This is due to light. Natural night is made up of several different colours, like you see in a rainbow. When the light hits the sea surface, the light at the end of red part of the spectrum is absorbed more than the blue. As a result, the deeper down you go into the sea, the more absence of red light. Blue light is not absorbed so much by the sea. This is why the sea appears blue!
Simple as that! :)
Arctic Blog's Animal of the Day: 'The Elephant Seal'
You'd think that these flabby animals wouldn't even go near water, but they can actually reach depths of 400 to 1,500 metres. They spend about 80% of their lives in the ocean, and they can even sleep underwater!
There are two species, the Southern elephant seal, and the Northern. By the end of the 19th century they both were nearly hunted to the brink of extinction but numbers have recovered since then.
Their 'proboscis' (elongated head lump thing basically) allows them to produce extremely loud roars during the mating season and also has lots of cavities, which reabsorb moisture from their inhalations. This is important as it helps them conserve body moisture at times when they are away from water.
Arctic Blog's Animal of the Day: 'The Beluga Whale'
These bizarre and amazing animals are known as 'sea canaries' for their high pitched twitter.
It has an unmistakable white colouring and a very bulbous head. They are highly sociable animals and travel in groups.
They inhabit a 'circumpolar' area in the sub-Arctic and Arctic seas, also being found along the coasts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia.
The world population of Belugas currently stands at 100,000. This sounds high but is quite low compared to pre-hunting days.


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These are the best shoes i have ever owned, i cannot fault them. I own three pairs of these now, after finding the first pair were so good i went out and bought a second pair so i could keep one pair for best, as these are a very good looking shoe and can be worn on nights out to the pub. The reason i bought a third pair is because i think Teva might be stopping making these soon as they are very very hard to find in shops or online, even Teva's own website only has limited sizes in stock, so i thought i best buy a third pair whilst i still can.
They are so comfortable on me its as if they had been designed around my own feet, they fit so well i hardly have to tighten the laces up. They are very grippy as well, i have walked all over the lake district and snowdonia in them and they have been prefect, i can even go running in them. I have owned decent brands in the past like Merrell and North Face, but Teva are a lot better, they are made out of much higher quality materials.
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Television was one of them. Isaacson says there were two others: textbooks and photography.
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In her second such email to nearly 32,000 physicians and physician's assistants across the state of Georgia, Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) Commissioner Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D., emphasized the importance of disease reporting for the health of our state.
"I'm familiar with the provisions outlined in OCGA 31-12-2, which require reporting of patients with certain conditions to the Department of Public Health," Fitzgerald wrote. "Like you, my compliance was rooted in the desire to protect against disease."
Georgia law provides that both lab-confirmed and clinical diagnoses are reportable within specified time frames, depending on condition. Disease reporting enables appropriate public health follow-up for patients, helps identify outbreaks, and provides a better understanding of disease trends in Georgia.
Since July 1, 2011, DPH detected, investigated and mitigated more than 50 reported disease outbreaks, including a rare outbreak of Cyclospora infections associated with several catered events, a large outbreak of Salmonella serotype Infantis infections associated with "Thanksgiving dinners" served at a restaurant, and an outbreak of severe invasive Group A Streptococcus infections among residents of a nursing home facility. This would not have been possible without routine disease reports from physicians.
Dr. Fitzgerald thanked the physicians and physician's assistants for their help with Public Health's variety of supplementary and adjunct surveillance systems, particularly for conditions of importance like influenza. Data from influenza surveillance systems are used to determine how well this season's flu vaccine matches circulating strains of influenza, to inform programs and policies (such as targeted influenza vaccination campaigns), and are the backbone of surveillance for novel or potential pandemic strains of influenza
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An Open Letter to My Dog (Who I Now Ignore Because I Have a Baby)
'Seething'Dear Onion,
Hey buddy. How you doin'? I like your haircut. I know I used to be against bandanas after a trip to the groomer, but I'll make an exception this time. One, because it's cute with the little doggies on it (very meta). And two, because -- well, I just don't care about your personal style as much as I once did.
You can say it; it's true. After having a (real) baby, I've become a deadbeat dog mom.
They tried to warn me, but I didn't listen. I even swore to you during the very last weeks of my pregnancy that it wouldn't happen. And I didn't think it would! I thought I'd be different. I thought we were different. Remember when I was decorating your sister's nursery and I put you in the crib and took pictures and texted them them to people? That seems like another life. I never take photos of you anymore. It's all baby, all the time. (But to be totally forthcoming, this bandana's upped the ante a bit.)
You secretly hate me a little bit lately. I know it. Your eyes that were once limpid pools have recently taken on a resemblance to Macaulay Culkin's in The Good Son. And what's more unsettling is, on occasion, your displeasure with me appears to be turning into apathy -- and I don't like that. Everybody knows the opposite of love is apathy, not hate. I don't like it when you bark (and bark and bark and bark and bark) at me when I'm on the floor playing with your sister, or when you disobey me and sit on those nice, clean Aden + Anais swaddling blankets we're laying on, but there's something slightly (slightly) comforting about you doing those things. Like, I know you're okay.
I pretty much step over you when I come home now, too. Sorry about that. You don't know this, but I used to text the dogwalker when I was at work sometimes to see how you were doing. Now I don't even think of you when I'm out of the house! (I probably shouldn't be telling you this, but I'm on a roll here -- this is cathartic, don't you think?) When I walk in the door, I just want to (pee and then) get to your sister. She needs me more than you do right now. You had three blissful years of undivided attention with your father and me. It's her turn now. I know you don't like this reality, but can you at least understand it?
Your walks are abbreviated too now. I apologize. Unless of course we're walking with your sister, in which case they're longer and more leisurely than ever before. So ... there's that?
Look, buddy. I still love you. I know I don't show it much these days, but you've gotta trust me: I do. And while we're getting everything out in the open, I just want to say -- please don't get mad at your sister for this. It's not her fault everyone's obsessed with her. It's mine and your father's. For creating something so cute. Oh, and I know I've never said anything to you before, but I really do appreciate your remaining docile when she "pets" you via pulling your fur. Way to be a team player.
I don't say it often, but you're a good boy, Onion. I could do without the blood-curdling yapping every time the doorbell rings, but nonetheless, you're a good boy. And no matter what, you'll always be my first "baby."
Love, Mom (if you'll still call me that)
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Shandi80November 19, 2012 at 9:44 AM
I know this was intended to be humourous or maybe even therapuetic for you, but it actually made me a little sad. Poor pup. Take him for a walk or something. Get him a bone. Pet him. I feel bad for your doggy. :(
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crystalmpNovember 19, 2012 at 9:49 AMI'm not even a dog person and this still makes me sad. Poor doggy :(
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GoobievilleNovember 19, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I agree with Shandi80
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fave82November 19, 2012 at 10:11 AMIm with the author on this. My dog and cat totally take a backseat nowadays.
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MsRkgNovember 19, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Aww your poor doggy. He is in some need of extra spoiling. My two dogs are my fur-babies, I could never neglect them or push them aside.
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hellokd87November 19, 2012 at 10:40 AM
I completely agree with Shandi. It's kind of funny though, at work every time a co-worker takes their newborn to work all the ladies swoon and the men are crowded around as well to "marvel" at the new creature. I'm not one of those people, but I've never been. Yet if someone were to bring a puppy I'd probably sound just a ridiculous with the baby talk. Animals (dogs in particular) hold a special place in my heart because they're usually the last ones people think of. And to me, that's wrong. They are just as deserving if not more of our love & attention. No matter how many times I've yelled at my adorable husky/wolf for nearly knocking me over, he always welcomes me with a wagging tail and endless kisses (which has led to less yelling and more reprimanding rather). I realized that he gets hyper just because he's so excited to see me. And I"m sure Onion's blood-curdling yapping is just because he feels he's protecting his family. Animals (domestic pets rather) are loyal creatures. They're with you until the end.
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venus.and.marsNovember 19, 2012 at 10:57 AM
I know this full well... My dog was the love of our lives and we never did anything without her. Now our baby is four months and Venus doesnt come everywhere like she use to just places where i know i can handle both the dog and the baby (FIFO mum) but we still go for walks a few times a week including the dog beach at least once.
But unfortunatly the dog will never be a human child and need much more care and devotion.
We still love her very much, curl up on the couch together and treat her and walk her but things are never going to be as they were.
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MaevelynNovember 19, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Poor baby! he'll get you back when he starts favoring his sister over you . Oh you'll have time for him when she's older but who's bed will he be sleeping on? On who's lap will he watch whatever dribble has caught her attention? Baby sisters and it will hurt but you can't be mad at him, not really. It's your fault and his father's for making something so cute. But seriously let him lay on the blankets if the worst thing that ever happens is a dirty blanket it's worth a strong doggy/baby bond.
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CPN322November 19, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Guys, she just had her baby recently. Give her a break. The dog will be fine. I thought this was a cute letter. I'm sure there will be more time for everyone soon. (and this is coming from a crazy cat lady who is obsessed with her fury children)
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blhNovember 19, 2012 at 1:06 PMLol all you people are ate up. Its a dog, it'll be fine. A person should care about their children more than their pets and obviously a baby needs more care than a dog. She's not neglecting the dog or being mean to it, sheesh.


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I think this is a nice way to get some striking effects with large light fixtures while still keeping an "eat-in kitchen nook" feeling with a small table and only 4 chairs.
I love quite a bit about this room:
- The balance of the original wood floors and the brassiness of the large globe pendant light.
- The mix of school room/industrial dining room chairs
- The rectangular painting opposite the almost-complete circle of (if I recall correctly) souvenir pennies
- The blanked out light explosion from the all-white windows with no window treatments
While I understand that the light bulbs would be a pain in the ass to clean, I feel like it'd be worth it. This is as close to "steampunk" as I can get without vomiting everywhere, btw. Rivets and naked bulbs: cool. Cephalopods and brass everywhere for no reason: not cool.
To wrap up bathroom week, I leave you with this: a black bathroom. It strikes me as badass. Also, I may or may not have a very vocal inner 14-year-old.
The part of me that really, really likes almost everything in the Anthropologie catalog also really, really likes that backsplash. I don't know if I'd ever actually do it, and I certainly wouldn't hang so much stuff around it, but I I don't know. It's very warm and cozy and my inner young Molly Weasley enjoys it.
…sometimes I hate architects and designers.
Grey is my favorite color, and so I love this bathroom on principle, even though it's not at all my style and the giant glass jar in the woven basket confuses the hell out of me.
BEHOLD THE POWER OF GROUT. The reason why you see white subway tile in tons of renovation before/afters, especially DIY ones, is because that stuff is the cheapest tile you can get (I believe). I just love that the people who did this one mixed it up a little and went for it with the grey grout. Totally different than every other bathroom using white subway tile. Also, I like the ruffles on the shower curtain to balance out all the cold grey lines.
Still confused as hell by the wood floor in a bathroom. [tells herself it's engineered hardwood just to stay sane]
Can you imagine how many times a week you've had to dust that stupid light fixture to keep the glass smudge-free? Ditto with the clear walls in the shower. Also that cuckoo clock is making me angry.
Geez do I hate twee design. It's bad enough when it's a baby's room, but expanding it to the rest of the house so that the only adjective for your bathroom is "precious"? Look at your life, look at your choices.


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TimMc wrote:What do you think is the solution?
Jenise wrote: But we usually end up ordering a bottle out of fiscal self defense because the markups on wines by the glass are too high--or the wines by the glass on offer are just too pedestrian. [/list]
TimMc wrote:Do you think it is inappropriate to call ahead and inquire about the price of wine by the glass or is it bad form?
Victorwine wrote:Restaurants in by neck of the woods on certain nights have wine dinners, and depending upon the size of your party the prices are very reasonable. Different glass of wine of your choice with every course.
Victorwine wrote: Tim you are on your way to become a "Uber Geek". I think it has something to do with the number of posts you submit.
TimMc wrote:I still like corked wine....not a popular notion in these parts, apparently.
But, oh well.
Victorwine wrote:But being a home winemaker I do miss the winemaker's folder.
Victorwine wrote: But being a home winemaker I do miss the winemaker's folder.
Robin Garr wrote:But if enough folks think it's a good idea to sort the discussions on home (and even commercial) winemaking into a separate folder, I'm good with that, and would probably enjoy reading the discussions even if I don't make wine.
What do you think? Let's hear how everyone feels about this, and if there's a consensus - or even a noisy minority we can certainly do it - it only takes a minute or two to create another forum.
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Dir: Fei Mu
Scr: Li Tianji
Cinematographer: Li Shengwei
Cast: Wei Wei, Shi Yu, Li Wei, Zhang Hongmei, Cui Chaoming
1948 / B&W / DCP / Mandarin / Chi & Eng Subtitles / 99min
In a small town devastated by the war, Zhou Yuwen and her sickly husband Dai Liyan struggle to maintain their quiet marriage. One day, Zhang Zhichen – Liyan's old friend and Yuwen's first love – arrives at their home for an unannounced visit. Like a rock landing on a quiet pond, Zhichen's arrival causes ripples in the lives of these three tormented individuals. Narrated by Yuwen, the story depicts the silent inner turmoil of a woman whose feelings and logic are clearly at a clash. Told with measured pacing and effectively simple dialogue, Fei used this quiet melodrama as a way of reflecting the troubling uncertainty that faced China at one of the most tumultuous times in its history. This screening features the digital restored print of the film.Screening Courtesy of the China Film Archive
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Amanda Bynes' crazy antics continue. Before she allegedly set fire to a California woman's driveway, Bynes reportedly drenched her pet Pomeranian with gasoline, TMZ reported on Wednesday.
The troubled actress raced to a nearby liquor store to clean the pooch.
The surveillance video -- taken inside the liquor store -- began minutes after Bynes allegedly used a canister of gasoline to fuel a fire outside a random elderly woman's home in Thousand Oaks, CA around 8:38 PM on Monday night.
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In the video, Bynes walks around the store before busting into an employees only area. The cashier is seen rushing out from behind the register to see what she was doing.
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As EnStars previously reported on Monday, Bynes was hospitalized on a 5150 hold -- a 72-hour involuntary hospitalization during which the individual in question undergoes a mental health evaluation.
"Amanda Bynes was involved in a disturbance in a residential neighborhood last night in Thousand Oaks in the 200-block of Avenida De Los Arboles," Captain Don Aguilar of Ventura County Sheriff's Office told EnStars in a statement. "Deputies investigated the incident and determined that she met the criteria of 5150 W&I (California Welfare & Institutions Code). She was detained and taken for a mental health evaluation. Ventura County Fire Dept. also responded to this incident in reference to a report of a gas can on fire in a driveway."
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As 20,000 Californians who live and work in the communities we serve, the men and women of PG&E are passionate about giving back to the neighborhoods we share with our customers. Together, PG&E employees volunteered more than 48,000 hours last year in a range of charitable efforts across Northern and Central California.
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WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - One of the changes announced by Wausau School District officials last Friday was the cancelling of the district's elementary school winter programs.
That's not a popular decision with one school board member. Matthew Young has children that were supposed to be in one of those programs. "Both of our children are students at Rib Mountain Elementary, and I was looking forward to seeing their winter concert, and found out last week that that's not happening. Obviously, none of the parents I know of were contacted. This was something that was done outside of the school board and without consulting the parents & the community."
As far as altering the music selections for the Wausau West Master Singers, Young believes the district should have worked together with music instructor Phil Buch. "He's been around and dedicated his life to serving this community and teaching this community. I think we could have done a lot more to work with him and make sure that we got music that both he and the board could agree to, or the school district."
Young is critical of Wausau dropping elementary music concerts so teachers can gain the time for other lessons, and he said the proof is next door. "D.C. Everest has not changed theirs. They're are still having winter programs for their grade school kids. In standardized tests that have been published by the state, they do slightly better than us, so I don't agree with it. I don't think that you have to limit the children's music to provide a quality education."
Some say there are plenty of classical choral music selections to choose from that do not have a religious theme. Young says there are reasons to play certain songs, with or without religious themes. "I don't see a problem with it as long as the music follows guidelines and is chosen on the merits of the music and not the religious aspects of it."


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The 2014 Newport Concert Series at the Newport Yachting Center is featuring a line-up in July that promises to satisfy a variety of musical tastes. Set to appear are: KC and the Sunshine Band on Wednesday, July 9th; John Hiatt & The Combo and The Robert Cray Band on Saturday, July 12th;An Evening with YES on Sunday, July 13th; Barenaked Ladies on Friday, July 18th; The Machine performs Pink Floyd With the Interstellar Laser Show on Friday, July 25th. Tickets are still available for all the shows by visiting www.newportwaterfrontevents.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000. The gates for all of the concerts will open at 5:30 p.m. followed by a local musician on The Point Stage. Music on the Main Stage will follow at 7:00 p.m. for all the concerts except for the YES show when music on the Main Stage will start at 6:30 p.m. The Newport Concert Series is currently underway and will continue through October at its unique waterfront venue in downtown Newport.
Known for helping to change the sound of modern pop music, KC and the Sunshine Band was one of the most progressive bands of the 1970s. The band's leader, Harry Wayne Casey – KC for short – developed a unique fusion of R&B and funk along with a Latin percussion groove which resulted in an impressive string of #1 hits, including "Get Down Tonight", "That's The Way (I Like It)" and "Shake Your Booty". In fact, in 1975 KC and the Sunshine Band became the first act since the Beatles in 1964 to score four #1 pop singles in one 12-month period. Three of the singles also crossed over to become #1 R&B hits as well. Since its formation, the band has sold over 100 million records, earned nine Grammy nominations and won three Grammy Awards and an American Music Award for Best R&B Artist. KC and the Sunshine Band's opening act has yet to be announced but local pop-rock singer-songwriter, Heather Rose will grace The Point Stage.
One of America's finest singer-songwriter musicians, John Hiatt's songs have been covered by hundreds of artists, including Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan and Jewel. Most notably, Rosanne Cash took his tune, "The Way We Make A Broken Heart" all the way to #1 on the United States country charts in 1987 and Bonnie Raitt brought "Thing Called Love" to #11 on the charts in 1989. Hiatt's twenty-two studio album releases include the Grammy nominated Walk On in 1995 andCrossing Muddy Waters in 2000. In 2008 he received Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting. His most recent album release is entitled Here to Stay. Elected to the 2011 Blues Hall of Fame by The Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee, bluesman Robert Cray and his band are back by popular demand thanks to memorable performances at the 2007, 2009 and 2011 Newport Concert Series. After winning the distinguished W.C. Handy Blues Award in 1985, Cray's fourth release, Strong Persuader, earned the first of his five Grammy Awards a year later while the crossover single, "Smokin' Gun," gave him wider appeal and name recognition. By the early 1990s, Cray's name was immediately associated with his soothing, soulful voice, crisp guitar work and modern blues sound. Cray's latest release is In My Soul. There will be no opening act due to the double bill and local blues and roots singer-songwriter and guitarist, Ed McGuirl, will get the music started on The Point Stage.
The band YES, the original pioneer of progressive rock, will perform two of its classic albums in their entirety during the show: Fragile and Close to the Edge plus an encore of their greatest hits. The band has achieved worldwide success with a history spanning 45 years and 20 studio albums. The current YES line-up consists of singer Jon Davison, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, and keyboardist Geoff Downes. Best known for its chart-topping hits, including "Roundabout," "Long Distance Runaround" and "Starship Trooper", the group is distinctly popular for its expansive songs, esoteric lyrics, elaborate album art and live stage sets. Syd Arthur, the British psych-rock quartet, will be the opener and local singer-songwriter and guitarist, Steve Allain, will be featured on The Point Stage.
The multi-Grammy Award nominee and seven-time Juno Award winning Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, right outside of Toronto. The band's first album,Gordon, was released in 1992 and was met with much success with tracks including "Enid" and "Be My Yoko Ono." Following the release, the band began to see success within the United States and worldwide. Over the years, BNL has released a number of chart-topping hits including "If I Had $1,000,000," "Pinch Me," "The Old Apartment," and many more. In addition, they also are the musical masterminds behind the theme song for the hit show "The Big Bang Theory." The band has sold over 15 million records and continues to actively tour worldwide. BNL's latest CD release is entitled Grinning Streak. Elliot Brood, a highly acclaimed Canadian alt-country band, will open for Barenaked Ladies and local singer-songwriter and guitarist, Bob Kendall,will get things started on The Point Stage.
The Machine, America's top Pink Floyd show, has forged a 25-year reputation of excellence, extending the legacy of Pink Floyd. Known for performing a diverse mix of Floyd's extensive 16-album repertoire, the New York-based band focuses on making every show an authentic experience for their fans with stellar musicianship, dramatic lighting and video and passionate delivery. The band's most recent album release is entitledSymphonic Side of the Moon. There will be no opening act as The Machine will start at 7:00 p.m. with one intermission. Joe Auger, a local pop and rock singer-songwriter, will begin the night on The Point Stage.
The Newport Concert Series at the Newport Yachting Center has 13 remaining concerts to-date: KC and the Sunshine Band on Wednesday, July 9th; John Hiatt & The Combo and The Robert Cray Band on Saturday, July 12th; An Evening with YES on Sunday, July 13th; Barenaked Ladies on Friday, July 18th; The Machine performs Pink Floyd With the Interstellar Laser Show on Friday, July 25th; 3 Doors Down Acoustic – Songs From The Basement on Friday, August 1st;Boz Scaggs – The Memphis Tour on Wednesday, August 6th;Gregg Allman with Special Guest Jaimoe's Jasssz Band on Sunday, August 10th; Josh Turner's Roughstock and Rambler Tour (presented by Ariat) on Thursday, August 14th;The Beach Boys on Saturday, August 16th; Alanis Morissette Live – Intimate & Acoustic on Thursday, August 21st; Blues Jam With Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band on Sunday, August 31st; and Chris Young With Special Guest Courtney Cole on Saturday, September 20th. In addition to the Newport Concert Series, the Newport Yachting Center will host the Newport Waterfront Reggae Festival on Saturday, August 9th and theNewport Celtic Rock Festival to take place Saturday, August 23rd.
The Newport Yachting Center is located on the waterfront in the heart of historic downtown Newport on America's Cup Avenue. The venue features a covered concert tent and ample open air space with stunning views of Newport Harbor. Guests can enjoy "The Point", a dockside waterfront bar and lounge with a full line of cocktails, wines, imported beers and micro brews, before, during and after the shows. Julian's Omnibus will offer concert-goers a fun, eclectic dining experience along with rooftop seating to fully appreciate the panoramic Newport views.
For more information on the Newport Concert Series at the Newport Yachting Center, please visit www.newportwaterfrontevents.com or contact Michele Maker Palmieri, General Manager at the Newport Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf on America's Cup Avenue in Newport, at (401) 846-1600, Ext. 222 or via email: email@example.com. To receive future 2014 Newport Concert Series announcements, sign up at newportwaterfrontevents.com, become a fan on Facebook at facebook.com/waterfrontevents or follow Newport Waterfront Events on Twitter at twitter.com/newportevents. Also, share photos on Instagram at instagram.com/newportevents.com.


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I made and decorated a tree for Easter with hand made birds, so I thought for Halloween I would do the same. Initially I used the same pattern to make a bird but it looked too sweet. As I could not find a pattern for a crow or raven I decided to make my own.
I used a black fabric with subtle black lurex running through it to give them a sparkly touch. I used pink wire and beads to make the feet and black diamantes for the eyes.
Halloween Fabric Crows
You will need:
Black fabric
Black thread
Crow pattern (below)
Pink wire
Pink beads
Silver rings
5mm Ribbon
White pencil or pen
Black diamante
Fabric Glue
Toy filling
- Print and cut out the crow pattern below.
- Fold your fabric into two, with the right side of the fabric facing inwards, to give the two sides of your crow.
- Draw around the pattern using a white pencil or pen if using dark fabric (don't forget to mark the opening points).
- Pin the two pieces of fabric together and cut around the lines leaving a 5mm border round the edge.
- Hand stitch along the lines, leaving the opening unstitched.
- Turn crow inside out (I use a chopstick to to fully open the beak, tail and legs).
- Hand press the seams open.
- Insert pink wire up through one leg hole and down the other.
- Stuff with toy filling (again I use a chopstick to get the stuffing into the beak, tail and legs)
- Hand stitch the opening closed, pushing the needle and thread up through the top of the neck to create hanging loop.
- Sew small silver loop onto base of neck, thread ribbon through ring and tie in bow.
- To create the feet, thread 6 pink beads onto the leg wire. Then for each 'toe' bend the wire back on itself and thread 3 more beads. Repeat for each toe. Tie round base of feet to finish.
- Glue diamantes in place for the eyes.
I will blog about the Halloween tree as soon as I finish it!
Have a sweet day!


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In addition to core criminal justice courses, this program also delves into criminal psychology and investigation, narcotics and financial crimes. In their homeland security coursework, students explore such critical areas as fire science, terrorism, emergency management, industrial security, and incident stress management. Today, this knowledge of homeland security and public safety strategies is very valuable to any criminal justice-related career. Download Program Course Sheet
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Foreclosure blamed for West Nile case
An LA woman's suspicion that she got West Nile from an untended home pool is just one of many complaints about trouble from vacant foreclosures.
This post comes from Marilyn Lewis of MSN Money.
A Los Angeles woman is blaming a fetid swimming pool at the foreclosed home next door for her case of West Nile virus. Debbie Davis, who lives in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Studio City, says she's spent months trying to get bank representatives and Los Angeles code enforcement and public health officials to clean up the "sludge pit" next door.
The five-bedroom home is "registered to U.S. Bank Trust, care of Bank of America in New York, according to the Los Angeles County tax assessor," the Los Angeles Daily News reports. Davis says she made 30 calls to the Bank of America field service office alone, using a phone number for complaints printed on a bank notice affixed to the home. She told the Daily News:
"The problem is, I've reported the pool to everybody. They're completely unresponsive."
Davis found out she had contracted West Nile virus when she tried donating blood. The newspaper makes no definitive link between her illness and the pool. Unknown to Davis, city workers were treating the pool with chemicals to kill mosquitoes, which transmit the disease, the article says.
The disease is on the rise this summer. "There were 26 human cases of West Nile virus across California this year, including four confirmed in Los Angeles County, according to public health officials," the Daily News says.
Adds MSN Healthy Living, "As of the third week of August, there have been a total of 1,118 cases of West Nile virus in people in 38 states, including 41 deaths." (Post continues below.)
Communities have been trying to get banks to take responsibility for vacant foreclosures since at least 2007, but the problem seems largely intractable. Banks often blame mortgage servicers, the companies that are hired to manage bank-owned properties, collect loan payments and foreclose when necessary.
The Toledo Free Press in Ohio describes issues in one neighborhood:
… grass and trash have claimed both houses, which are empty shells of siding and mortar with jagged holes where glass once covered window frames. At 551 Colburn St., a tiny window in the attic reveals a charred interior where a fire took hold just a few weeks ago.
(Jasmine) Ponce has witnessed these homes sink into disrepair. She's been kept awake at night by thieves who break into the house next door to rip out pipes and metal wiring. She's smelled the smoke billowing out from a fire two houses down.
The neglect invites problems, from crime and destruction by vandals, thieves and squatters to ugly lawns and decaying structures. This tale from a Cleveland suburb shows how dangerous an abandoned home can become:
… the basement has been underwater since a pipe burst. The house is so dangerous -- the interior is black with mold and the supporting timbers are rotten -- that "not even police officers will go inside," (law professor Kermit J.) Lind says. The potential liability is huge for those who, often unwittingly, own such homes. In Cleveland and other cities, fires in abandoned, foreclosed houses have spread, destroying both vacant properties and neighboring inhabited homes.
The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel reported on a wrongful-death lawsuit in Miami against U.S. Bank and other "corporate entities":
While his family was busy unpacking boxes and moving into the house next door, a toddler wandered into the backyard of an unoccupied, bank-owned house and drowned in the pool.
The boy's mother, Margarette Francis, told investigators the water was so dark and thick with "garbage" it was unrecognizable as a place to swim.
A U.S. Bank representative declined to comment.
Some banks do better at maintaining vacant foreclosures in white neighborhoods than in minority neighborhoods, the National Fair Housing Alliance has charged. Wells Fargo denied the accusation, saying it "conducts all lending-related activities in a fair and consistent manner without regard to race; this includes maintenance and marketing standards for all foreclosed properties for which we are responsible."
Cities push back
Cities have tried a host of tactics. Many hoped that keeping an inventory of foreclosed properties would help them hold banks responsible. But, as the LA swimming pool case shows, there's more to it. In a separate article, the Los Angeles Daily News reports that LA's foreclosure registry has nearly 18,000 homes -- an incomplete list -- yet problems remain unattended. One reason: The city has just 88 inspectors handling roughly 23,000 complaints a year.
This spring, the Sun Sentinel found "more than 10,300 property code violations lodged against banks in 10 South Florida cities since 2007." On "street after street . . . vacant properties sit decaying and forlorn," the newspaper says.
The city of Los Angeles filed suit against U.S. Bank this summer. The Daily News writes, "Of its 1,500 foreclosed properties, according to the suit, 170 are blighted, including 37 in the San Fernando Valley" (north of LA). The city has also sued Deutsche Bank.
In some cities, angry residents have dumped trash at the banks they hold responsible for property neglect. Trash protests took place in Chicago, San Diego, Boston and Oakland. In San Jose, Calif., last year, trash activists targeted the wrong bank.
"We take our responsibility to neighborhoods very seriously," Bank of America spokeswoman Jumana Bauwens told The Boston Globe. She invited residents of any town to report rundown Bank of America properties at fieldservices.bankofamerica.com, and said, "We take immediate action."
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Uselessd: A Stripped Down Version Of Systemd
The boycotting of systemd has led to the creation of uselessd, a new init daemon based off systemd that tries to strip out the "unnecessary" features. Uselessd in its early stages of development is systemd reduced to being a basic init daemon process with "the superfluous stuff cut out". Among the items removed are removing of journald, libudev, udevd, and superfluous unit types.
Android One: Let us fill you in on Google's big game
India is now the world's third largest Internet market and "on a bullet train to become the second". But even when we become the second with around 300 million Internet users, India would still have over 75 per cent of the population that has no access to this so-called information superhighway. It is this chunk of population that will form the "next billion" which companies like Nokia, and now Google, has been talking about. And it is this next billion that Google thinks will line up to buy and good smartphone that is also affordable.
Mesa Gets Closer To Having OpenGL 4.0 Tessellation Support
A significant patch-set was published on Saturday night that implements the driver-independent bits of OpenGL 4's ARB_tessellation_shader extension inside Mesa. The tessellation support has been one of the big pieces missing from Mesa's OpenGL 4 implementation and fortunately it's getting close to mainline. Chris Forbes of Intel published fifty-six patches this weekend that implement the driver-independent portions of the extension inside Mesa. Of course, the driver portions still need to follow for it to be useful.
Small Console Menu Utilities
One of the great strengths of Linux is the whole raft of weird and wonderful open source utilities. That strength does not simply derive from the functionality they offer, but from the synergy generated by using them together, sometimes in conjunction with applications. The Unix philosophy spawned a "software tools" movement which focused on developing concise, basic, clear, modular and extensible code that can be used for other projects. This philosophy remains an important element for many Linux projects. Good open source developers writing utilities seek to make sure the utility does its job as well as possible, and work well with other utilities. The goal is that users have a handful of tools, each of which seeks to excel at one thing. Some utilities work well on their own. This article looks at four tiny utilities that offer menu facilities. They get virtually zero coverage in the Linux press, so you may not have heard of them before, but they are well crafted and might just fit the bill.
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