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The BCGS features a knowledgeable all-volunteer staff, who like yourself, is interested in the family history of our hometown residents. Berks County, erected in 1752, features a rich history and diverse culture. It is the ancestral home of Abraham Lincoln and the birthplace of Daniel Boone, the famous Kentucky pioneer. The county seat, Reading, was founded in 1748 by sons of William Penn, Richard and Thomas, along with Conrad Weiser.
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Many people express a natural curiosity about their ancestors. They listen to stories told by parents, grandparents, or other older folks. The stories may be about the good old days, serving our country, or arriving as immigrants.
The science of genealogy allows researchers to act as detectives as they piece together bits of information about their ancestors. They may want to find out when their ancestors first arrived in the United States, if any fought in the Revolutionary War or Civil War, or if anyone famous is a member of their tree. The pathway to the past however, is not paved with gold, though some may be discovered along the way. It's often a rough and rocky journey through twists and turns and sometimes road blocks.
Regardless of the initial purpose for the research, discovering one's family history yields many enlightening and enriching rewards.
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A wealth of documentation exists about Berks County families including census records (1790-1930), back issues of the local daily newspaper, church records, cemetery records, naturalization records, minister journals, family indexes, deeds, wills, warrantee maps, and more.
The BCGS Library, open 7 days a week, offers a multitude of organized material to assist researchers in piecing together family histories.
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Friday, January 10, 2014, at 8:30 A.M.
CONFERENCE CALL The Council convened at the date, time and place indicated above.
Members Participating: Crowe, Danny, Chair Gallivan, H. Mills Kinon, Hon. Lisa A. Sowell, Thornwell F., III
Bar Staff: Brown, Joan Call to Order, Roll Call and Welcome Section Chair Mr. Crowe called the meeting to order, declared a quorum and welcomed those participating. He announced that this meeting would be his last as Chair.
Approval of Prior Minutes For a first item of business, the Minutes of the December 13, 2013, meeting were approved by acclamation.
Old Business Nominations of Council Members: For the second item of business, Mr. Crowe reported the following individuals as the new Council members:
Executive Council: Chairperson Thornwell F. Sowell III Chairperson-Elect Sean F. Keefer Vice Chairperson H. Mills Gallivan Secretary M. Dawes Cooke Jr.
Council Members: Henry W. Brown Richard L. Hinson
C. C. "Cotton" Harness, III, Peace Award: For the third item of business, Mr. Crowe reported that he had spoken with Chief Justice David W. Harwell, Retired, who said he would be pleased to accept the Peace Award at the commencement of the CLE on January 23, 2014.
Convention CLE: For the fourth item of business, Mr. Crowe thanked Mr. Sowell for all the hard work he had done to get the Section seminar ready for the Convention on January 23, 2014.
Next Meeting For the fifth item of business, Mr. Sowell scheduled the next conference call meeting for February 28, 2014, at 9:00 a.m.
There being no further business, the Chair declared the meeting adjourned.

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Adele & Phil Collins Join Forces On New Album
Collins revealed the startling fact that he didn't even know who she was: "I've just started to work with Adele. She contacted me to write together. I wasn't actually too aware (of her). I live in a cave." Hate to say it Phil, but that might actually be true. With the singer's second album, 21, named as the best-selling album in the world it almost defies logic that there is anyone on the planet who hasn't heard Adele's mellifluous vocals.
But, the Genesis singer redeemed himself by waxing lyrical about the singer's obvious talents: "She's achieved an incredible amount and I really love her voice and I love some of that stuff she's done. So, to me, it's always an eye-opener. Educational." Educational indeed. And, there is much Adele can learn from Collins' own award-winning career. What the two will actually produce together remains unknown — a sequel to "Sussudio" perhaps? (MSN)


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UNION PARK - comprised of Merriam Park, Snelling Hamline and Lexington-Hamline neighborhoods, is one of 17 neighborhood districts in Saint Paul. In 2007, the Merriam Park, Snelling Hamline, and Lexington-Hamline Community Councils merged into one organization to represent all residents of Union Park, hence the name, Union Park District Council (UPDC). (Information from UPDC website)
For detailed demographic information, see the neighborhood profile from Minnesota Compass.
St. Paul High School for the Recording Arts students receive grant from State Farm Insurance tosupport urban youth cycling projects and healthy youth development. (Photos by Debra Stone)
"Sore, painful, pretty country farms, small towns, things looked different, I learned a lot."
Photos by Jeff Rutherford
Nashville's Leagues played to an intimate crowd on Wednesday, October 9th at the Turf Club in St. Paul.
Expectations for the seventh annual Fresh Traditions fashion show were high on October 5 at the DS Event Center in St. Paul. Sold-out tickets showed in advance the great interest in this unique show. Once again, emerging Hmong designers were given an opportunity to present their collections to an audience.
Amidst shelves of books at Rondo Community Outreach Library in St. Paul, a group of patrons has its eyes fastened to glowing computer screens. It is a scene set in neutrals, with white tables and beige pillars, but the surroundings are not the focus. The snapping of keys and clicking of mice fills the open space as people work and play in this oasis of technology, absorbed in the pixels on their screens.
The year was 2005 and the first signs of the economic downturn, coupled with funding cuts to a Minnesota Film Board program that had brought movie jobs to Minnesota, were making it hard for Bob Medcraft to find a job. So, after a successful career making movies, music videos and commercials, Medcraft turned to his first love – trains. He opened Choo Choo Bob's store on St. Paul's Marshall Avenue, painting a colorful sign above the entrance and filling the front windows with train related models, toys and games. "It was a labor of love. Or, it was complete insanity," he said.
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One Thing Didn't Change: Money Talks in Elections
ROSS PEROT wasn't the only candidate who did relatively well by outspending the competition. With a few exceptions - such as Sen. Robert Kasten's (R) defeat in Wisconsin and Rep. Thomas McMillen's (D) loss in Maryland - the biggest spenders won congressional elections.
Nowhere did the spend-and-win rule hold more true than in California, where Democrats Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein became the state's first female senators with two of the nation's most costly campaigns. Ms. Boxer spent $8.5 million to beat Republican Bruce Herschensohn and his $5.7 million, while Ms. Feinstein outdueled Sen. John Seymour (R), $6.9 million to $6.1 million. And Michael Huffington, a Republican upstart who bankrolled the most expensive of all House bids with more than $4 million of h is money, also won in the Golden State.
Senate candidates who outspent the opposition and won the election included Alfonse D'Amato (D) of New York, Christopher Bond (R) of Missouri, and Carol Moseley Braun (D) of Illinois. Big-spending House winners included Richard Gephardt (D) of Missourri, Newt Gingrich (R) of Georgia, Steny Hoyer (D) of Maryland, and Mike Synar (D) of Oklahoma. Adding insult to injury
As if losing the White House weren't enough, voters in his adopted home state of Texas did not exactly treat President Bush as a favored son.
He carried the state with 41 percent of the vote, but most voters who were asked told pollsters they don't think he's really much of a Texan. Voters leaving their polling places in Texas were asked if they believed "George Bush is a real Texan." Sixty percent said "no," 36 percent "yes."
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Big Book Publisher to Reduce Its Offices
Random House Inc., the world's largest consumer book publisher, is seeking to sublease as many as nine of the 24 floors it now occupies at 1745 Broadway, in a sign that the city's office market is still facing choppy waters.
Random House, a unit of Bertelsmann AG, held a cocktail reception Wednesday for real-estate brokers to discuss its plans to unload as much as 250,000 of 645,000 square feet it occupies in its headquarters building. The publisher, which used to own the building, has a long-term lease.
"The potential savings is in the millions of dollars," says Stuart Applebaum, a spokesman for Random House. "We're in the book business, not the real-estate business. We'll reinvest our savings into our publishing."
Random House has selected the brokerage firm Cassidy Turley to market the space. The asking rent is $55 a square foot.
Mr. Applebaum says that Random House currently has a 30% vacancy rate on its floors. Many publishers, including Random House, have had to lay off staffers in the past few years because of the poor economy and its impact on book sales. Mr. Applebaum notes that Random House now has too much non-productive space for the publisher to ignore.
He emphasizes that Random House's decision to reduce its floor count isn't an indicator that it is planning further major staff reductions.
"We have well over 1,000 people employed here," he says. "This is about redesigning our work space for our staff, not for reducing it."
Bertelsmann in 2003 sold 1745 Broadway to a real-estate fund managed by Jamestown. In 2007, the property was sold to a venture of SL Green Realty Corp., the Witkoff Group and a subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
Mr. Applebaum said the company intends to keep its cafeteria on the second floor. He said that it is likely that Random House will sublease from the top on down, beginning with the senior corporate executive floor on 25.
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Optimisation of photopolymers for holographic applications using the Non-local Photo-polymerization Driven Diffusion model |
Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 23, pp. 22423-22436 (2011)
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An understanding of the photochemical and photo-physical processes, which occur during photopolymerization is of extreme importance when attempting to improve a photopolymer material's performance for a given application. Recent work carried out on the modelling of the mechanisms which occur in photopolymers during- and post-exposure, has led to the development of a tool, which can be used to predict the behaviour of these materials under a wide range of conditions. In this paper, we explore this Non-local Photo-polymerisation Driven Diffusion model, illustrating some of the useful trends, which the model predicts and we analyse their implications on the improvement of photopolymer material performance.
OCIS Codes
(050.1950) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction gratings
(050.7330) Diffraction and gratings : Volume gratings
(090.2890) Holography : Holographic optical elements
(090.2900) Holography : Optical storage materials
(160.5470) Materials : Polymers
(160.5335) Materials : Photosensitive materials
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Original Manuscript: June 20, 2011
Revised Manuscript: July 15, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: July 17, 2011
Published: October 24, 2011
Michael R. Gleeson, Jinxin Guo, and John T. Sheridan, "Optimisation of photopolymers for holographic applications using the Non-local Photo-polymerization Driven Diffusion model," Opt. Express 19, 22423-22436 (2011)
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Thomas and Emily's wedding
It was a beautiful evening on the island of sodor. Thomas and Emily had been going out for a while. But tonight, Thomas wanted this date to be very special. Tonight was the night he was going to ask Emily to marry him. Thomas was at the washdown when Percy came up.
Percy: Hey Thomas! Wanna head to the arcade? They got new games.
Thomas: I can't Percy. I have a date tonight.
Percy: What do you have planned for that?
Thomas: I'm going to ask Emily to marry me.
Percy: Thomas you dog.
Thomas: Wish me luck.
Soon, Thomas took Emily on a date to Black Loch. Emily liked going there. She liked to watch the seals play and dance in the water. But she is happier when Thomas is with her.
Thomas: Emily. I have to tell you something.
Emily: What is it Thomas?
Thomas: Emily, ever since that fateful day we met, I was stunned by your beauty. And since then, I have fallen in love with you.
Emily: (blushes)
Thomas: I've decided that I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Emily. Will you marry me?
Thomas showed her an Emerald ring. Emily was very happy.
Emily: Yes! Of course I'll marry you! Nothing would make me happier than to be your wife.
Then Emily gave Thomas a big kiss. Duck and Oliver arrived. They were dropping off passengers.
Duck: What are you 2 doing?
Thomas/Emily: We're getting married!
Oliver: That's great! Hope you 2 have a nice wedding.
The news soon spread about Thomas and Emily's engagment. Even Sir Topham Hatt had heard. And he went to see Thomas and Emily right away.
Fatty: Thomas, I'm very proud of you!
Thomas: For what?
Fatty: You are the second engine to pop the question on sodor.
Thomas: Who was the first?
Fatty: Your father.
Thomas: My DAD?!?
Fatty: Yes. He proposed to your mom.
Thomas: I always thought I was special.
Fatty: Also. If you get married, you'll take over the railway once I die. It's even in my will.
Just then, Billy arrived picking his nose.
Emily: (grossed out) EEEEWW!
Billy: What's all the jibberish and jabberish about?
Thmas: I'm getting married!
Billy: Married? Well butter my buffers and call me a biscuit. I never knew you had it in you Thomas.
Thomas: Me neither. Now shoo!
Billy: Can I be the best man?
Thomas/Emily: NO!
Billy: Why not?
Thomas: Cause we saw you picking your nose.
Billy: Aw crap. Well there goes my weekend.
Thomas: Who will be my best man?
Thomas had to choose between his closet friends Percy and Toby. Meanwhile, Emily was getting some bride's maids. So she went to see Molly, Mavis and Daisy.
Emily: Hey girls! You all wanna be my bride's maids?
Molly: Sure.
Mavis: I have nothing better to do.
Daisy: Will Percy be there?
Emily: Yes.
Many people knew Daisy had a crush on Percy since season 2.
Emily: Maybe you can ask him out.
Daisy: But what if he doesn't like me?
Emily: At least you try.
Mavis: I can be with my Toby-muffin.
Molly: Say that again and I'll puke.
Emily: Mavis, why can't you give up on Toby?
Mavis: Never. He's my Toby-Muffin.
Soon, the wedding was planned for Thursday. Thomas finally chose Percy to be his best man. But Toby got to arrange the bacholor party. But Rosie wanted to ruin the wedding. First, she tried to ruin Emily's wedding gown. But she couldn't get past the gaurds. Then, she tried to ruin the cake. But got covered in bird crap and fell down. Then she decided to object at it. Soon, the big day came. As Emily was getting ready, Lady appeared.
Lady: Hello Emily.
Emily: Lady? Why are you here?
Lady: For your wedding. And I brought a friend. Oh Proteus.
Just then, a yellow engine that resembled Sir Handel arrived.
Proteus: Proteus the magical engine at your service. Let us gaze into my magic lamp to see what Thomas is up to.
So They saw Thomas prepare for the wedding.
Thomas: (joyful) Today is the day. I'm finally getting married. This is a dream come true. (sadly) I wish my parents were here to see this though.
Emily: Is there anything that lamp can't do?
Proteus: It can't make a proper Ice-cream sundae.
Lady: Here is a wedding present to Thomas.
Lady gave her a necklace with a shiny stone on it.
Emily: What's this?
Lady: A special stone. It contains my powers in case he's in danger. And here's your present.
Lady gave her a the same necklace.
Soon, the wedding began. The bride's maids partnered with Toby, James and Percy. Thomas wished his parents were here. He had already met Emily's parents. And they were very nice. Fatty was the preist.
Fatty: Deary beloved, we are gathered here today to join together Thomas and Emily in holy wedlock. If there are those who object to this wedding, speak now.
Rosie: I OBJECT!
Thomas: Not again!
Rosie: Thomas please don't marry Emily. Marry me! I'll treat you right.
Fatty: Security! Thomas. Do you take Emily to be your wife?
Thomas: I do!
Fatty: Emily. Do you take Thomas to be you husband?
Emily: I do!
Fatty: By the power invested in me, I now pronounce you husband and ...
Thomas' Parents: Sorry we're late.
Thomas couldn't believe it. It was his parents.
Thomas: MOM! DAD!
Thomas was happy his parents were here.
Thomas: I thought I'd never see you guys again!
Thomas' Mom: We're so proud of you Thomas.
Thomas' Dad: Son, you have done something your old man has been too afraid to do. You stepped up to your enemies. Carry on fatty.
Fatty: I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.
Thomas and Emily had a deep long kiss. Rosie was taken away. The wedding went off with a bang, and The cake was tasty. Thomas and Emily went on their honeymoon. But it wasn't the end. Daisy finally told Percy she liked him. James popped the question to Molly and Murdoch finally left them alone. Toby ran away from Mavis while Diesel chased him with a sledge hammer. And Lady and Proteus knew this wasn't over.
Lady: Thomas has done well.
Proteus: Yes. But he has an even bigger test ahead.
Lady: That was nice of you to find his parents.
Proteus: Well he DID say "I wish."
Then they vanished. As for Diesel 10. He thought he was too cool for this movie. So he stayed home and watched Adam Sandler movies with Splodge. Thomas and Emily were happy. Now they could always be together. And soon they would have children. But that's another story.


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Posted By Mark Sisson On December 31, 2007 @ 1:40 pm In Carbs,Diet,Health,Nutrition | 32 Comments
Take a look at photos of your average poor American from the 1930s and now. What's different?
The size of people. Throughout time, obesity has not been the problem it is today. And no clearer example of that can be seen than when looking at what it has historically meant to be poor. Until the advent of corn syrup and fast food and vending machines, being poor and being too skinny were synonymous. No longer.
For the first time in human history, poor people are fat. No Rubenesque beauties grace the cover of Vogue. Our supermodels and actresses are startlingly thin (The stunning Marilyn Monroe would be "full figured" by today's standards). Thin is in. Gym memberships, chic yoga mats with designer totes, personal trainers, and expensive gourmet diets rich in brie and red wine are all glossy symbols of prestige and wealth. A voluptuous wife is no longer a status symbol for a well-to-do man; indeed, extra heft immediately implies poverty and lower class standing. Thin is rich. (It's almost humorous, except the health implications quickly dampen that comedic irony.)
Thin is generally healthier than obese, but not necessarily. A person who is "skinny fat [7]" – looking slender but suffering internally from inflammation, heart disease, or too much body fat – is worse off than a person who follows a healthy diet [8] and gets regular exercise but happens to naturally be built a bit thicker. Still, authorities are concerned about the burgeoning rates of obese poor Americans. There are a few theories, some politically incorrect and some rather distasteful, in my opinion (guess which):
- The poor people are stupid argument: poor people are busy working or doing poor people things and don't have access to the internet, health care, or other means of education regarding health and nutrition.
- The poor people are being kept in their place by The Man argument: junk food companies and lobbyists and the government are happy to fatten those poor people up to keep them in their place. Addicted, unhealthy, overweight people are easier to control.
- The poor people are fat because it takes lots of empty calories to get adequate nutrients argument. By far the most reasonable, in my opinion. Poor neighborhoods are notorious for being replete with junk food convenience stores and fast food joints instead of grocery stores selling fresh produce [9] or farmer's markets proffering affordable fresh fare. Hunger is complicated, as this article [10] discusses. It's a fascinating survey, so please be sure to read it. In short, it's not just about getting enough calories to feel "full". It's also about getting enough nutrients. A jumbo candy bar with a huge soda and a bag of chips may be "filling", but you'll need to eat ramen noodles or a burger afterwards to get a decent amount of protein, vitamins, and minerals.
Cheap food is what poor people can afford, but unfortunately it takes a lot more cheap food to meet minimum bodily requirements. Of course, one can eat cheaply and healthily – for example, fresh veggies and beans are quite inexpensive – which brings us back to the distasteful Poor People Are Ignorant argument.
Why are the poor so fat? And what is the solution?
Further Reading:
88 Deadly Fast Foods [11]
Fried Oreos, anyone? [12]
How did Americans not come up with this first? [13]
The New Face of Poverty is Fat [10]
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MicroFly is a quadcopter packed with WiFi, 6 sensors, and 3 processors for ultimate stability -- and fits in the palm of your hand. Read more
MicroFly is a quadcopter packed with WiFi, 6 sensors, and 3 processors for ultimate stability -- and fits in the palm of your hand.
About this project
Hello there!
Have you ever seen a quadcopter? Its a wonderful piece of engineering that requires an extreme sense of balance to pull off. All four rotors have to work in unity to keep the machine from tipping over. With the power of modern technology, hobbyists around the world can build their own quadcopter using different components from different manufacturers. Most hobby quadcopters are large and requires lots of power to operate.
I would like to do something different.
Instead of designing a quadcopter that you piece together, why not make a quadcopter from scratch? While at it, why not make it as tiny as possible?
I've been inspired by the crew at bitcraze.se, where they are building a simple quadcopter at a tiny scale; every component is carefully selected to be mounted on the circuit board. The circuit board itself acts as a chassis for the quadcopter, and custom 3D printed components are used to mount the motors. The reason? To make it as small as possible, without redefining the quadcopter. I would like to do the same, but with some important differences.
So what makes my design different than other open source quadcopters?
In my design, I plan on using embedded WiFi, so the quadcopter can be controlled from a computer on a standard wireless network you might have at home. As a result, the quadcopter can go as far as your wifi signal stretches. This quadcopter is small, which inherently makes it excellent for indoor use.
The quadcopter will have redundant IMUs (Inertial Measurement Unit) to ensure a stable flight for the entire battery life. The Microfly will also run on a small lithium-ion battery that can be recharged from the USB port on your computer.
My design is not meant to be simple, its meant to challenge the minds of everyone, including long-term engineers. I want to go all out and see how much I can fit on a 4 inch circuit board. This is no "arduino"; it's meant to teach how the circuit works as opposed to providing a toy without explanation.
Why I need funds to continue
I have been working on the MicroFly in my free time for the last couple weeks, but my project has hit a serious financial bind. Due to the circuit's complexity, I simply cannot afford to build the quadcopter prototypes without the help of others. I need tools (a hot-air gun, oscilloscope, and a bench-top power supply) to test the design; I need funds to purchase the initial set of prototype boards, and possibly a second round of prototype boards.
My current status
I have most of the schematic for the first prototype completed, and now moving on the the component placement stage, which can take some time. Above is a 3D rendering of the circuit board shape that will be used in the first prototype. Remember, this thing is LESS than 4 inches wide. I'm only a few days work left on the initial schematic, and below is a preview of the IMU circuitry.
UPDATE 1: I have placed most of the components on the board! There is some tweaking to do still before I start routing the traces, but this is a good start! Here is the preview of both the front and back of the board.
Future plans for the project
Every component of the MicroFly will be completely open-sourced. This includes the schematic, the PCB layout files, the drill files, the PCB shape, the software, and the bill of materials. I plan on selling the MicroFly in the future as well to hobbyists who don't have the tools to build a MicroFly themselves.
Thank you for all your kind support, and I look forward to seeing this project reach its true potential.
The first prototype run will be using the Atmel AT32UC3B range of microcontrollers for the main "processor" and the Atmel ATMEGA range for each IMU to help offload the sensor processing from the main microcontroller.
The Kickstarter set of production grade board will be hand-built, not in a production line, but the funds raised along with personal funds into the project will go into getting fees covered for the eventual production line. The beta software is defined as complete when the copter flys stabily. Production grade software will continue to be updated, but the Kickstarter boards will be complete when battery management, power management, and better stability code is complete.
$5000 is the minimum needed to get the project going. I will be matching up to $2000 additional out of pocket some of the expenditures. Since this Kickstarter is more for ramping my idea to production grade, everything is going to be hand-built, hence the limit on the total quadcopters that can be purchased. Each board will cost about $225 in parts (including PCB, components, and 3D printing material, stencils). The rest of the costs factor in tools needed for the build such as a hot-air gun.
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The last section of our recent demographics survey (click here and here for data from the previous sections) was an optional, open section where we simply stated, "If you have any comments you'd like to add about this survey or Scarleteen as a whole, please feel free to add them here."
Of the 419 participants who left comments in this section, most were about Scarleteen as a whole, rather than the survey. The few on the survey itself included a couple concerns about the previous section discussed here, a couple nods of appreciation for the inclusion in the education section of no schooling or alternative education, and two concerns (from people identifying as cisgender) that when we asked about gender, and provided fields for men, women and also trans gender, separately, we were suggesting trans people are neither men nor women. To clear that one up, the opposite was our intent. Our intention was to recognize and validate the many ways people who are not cisgender may and do identify
Read more...Starting in 2006, for NOW's Love Your Body Day, our volunteers, staff and users have been creating haiku about body love and acceptance on our message boards.
It's resulted in some fantastically cool pieces over the years, so we figured we'd share a few of them today as it's that fine day yet again!
dry mouth crooked teeth
smiling never stops despite
himself, filling doubt
- foraday
Fuller or thinner
My luxurious body
Rejoices to live
- Juniata
"Ew, don't wear tight stuff."
Said to me some years ago
Finally past it
- Hyancithe
Chopsticks might seem nice
But I walk on prized columns
So show some respect
- Insecure-Poetry
my eyes, almond-shaped
brown like the good earth, birthright.
china's descendant.
- winsome
my feet are too big?
mom, look at how I stand here
stable on this earth
- bluejumprope
Big tits, big round bum
but comes with a little tum,
it's proportional.
- Lady
skin hangs loose, with marks
from my belly, he emerged
tiny baby feet
- Alice
Dark as chocolate,
Warm and kin
I want to focus this entry on the second of the optional questions in the demographics survey. Of the 2,000 participants who completed the survey, this question was answered by 1,530. The question was this: Since using Scarleteen, which of any of the following has changed for you, and by how much?
We saw a couple comments at the end of the survey, from statistics-focused folks, concerned that our aim was to state that whatever improvements users reported were solely because of Scarleteen. That was never the intent.
The intent in asking this questions was primarily to get a picture of what, if any, improvements relevant to what we address here our users were experiencing which may have been due to using our services or may not have been. What we most wanted to see was not the areas where we may have done a good job or where our users already felt things were going very well for them, but areas where it would seem sound to say we currently are not having the impact we'd like to with po
Read more...Every day, around 20,000 to 30,000 people come to Scarleteen online. We already know some basics about who our users are via backend site logs, Alexa, Google Analytics, the direct ways we engage with users daily and some demographics from years ago. This summer, we created a new demographics survey as part of a potential partnership with a fellow organization, and to get an additional, fresh source of information for ourselves.
Many of users mentioned they'd be curious about the survey results, one reason why we're sharing them with you here. Our supporters and potential supporters also often ask us about who our users are. In addition, we wanted to see these results too, to help us keep doing the best job we can. I'd like to share, then talk about some of the results with that aim.
We decided to limit our survey to 2,000 participants who completed it, a number that was manageable but also statistically significant. So, we cut the survey off once we had that number. We recruited for
Read more...Early this year, after a lot of struggling with the tech and funding, we rolled out Find-a-Doc, our database system to help young people find quality, in-person services like sexual and reproductive healthcare, counseling, and LGBT, youth and domestic violence crisis shelters and services. The database includes a rating system so that those who have used the services can add recommendations or comments to help other users choose services, or know things about services from a first-person perspective. As you probably know yourself, we all tend to feel a lot better about using a service someone else has personally recommended or vetted: that's why we set up Find-a-Doc, and did so the way that we did.
We also use the database as staff and volunteers when working one-on-one with a user to help them find in-person services they need. But since it's been slow-going to get the database packed, we still have to spend a good deal of time searching in other ways, which is far less efficient and
Read more...Just a quick update about a change starting at Scarleteen, for those who use our direct services.
With both our message boards and text service, we have told our users for many years now that they can expect a reply from a staff member or volunteer within 24 hours, though most have usually received replies more quickly than that, often even within minutes at certain times of day.
We need to make an adjustment to that timetable. Starting today, users of our direct services should be prepared for a window of waiting as long as potentially 48 hours (but more realistically, a few hours rather than within minutes).
Over the last year, we've been more short-handed with volunteers than usual. Some of our core volunteers have been winding up working more hours than volunteers should be expected to work. Per usual, our very modest budget also does not allow us to hire additional staff. Being shorthanded here is often especially typical during the summer months. Alas, that also happens to be th
Read more...I'm writing today to make a modest funding ask of our allies and our readers capable of financial contributions on behalf of our volunteers.
What we're looking to do is to raise enough funds for all of our volunteers, who are able, to fly to San Francisco this April and attend the sex::tech conference together.
Doing so would allow them to appear on a panel we're giving composed of young adult peer online educators, in which they can talk about being educators and engage in a discussion with attendees which will, I expect, influence both attendees and the volunteers positively. I feel it's very important for them to be able to experience some outside, in-person recognition for the fantastic work they've done over the years and want that for them very much. This will also allow as many of us as possible to meet in person and do some important brainstorming about Scarleteen as a website and an organization. Many of them have never met in person, despite sometimes talking online for
Read more...Anyone who knows me or who knows anything about me usually knows that my pre-teen and teen years were incredibly difficult. I dealt with neglect and abuse in my family, starting from about the time I was 10. I was sexually assaulted twice before I even became a teenager. I was queer. I was suicidal and was a self-injurer. I struggled to find safe shelter sometimes. Few people seemed to notice, even though after I gave up trying to use my words, I still used my eyes to try and tell them constantly. The one adult I could count on over time to be unilaterally supportive of me had (still has) serious mental illness. I had to take more adult responsibility at the end of my teen years than anyone else I knew. Like many adolescents, I constantly heard directly or got indirect messages from adults who talked about how awful teenagers were, how awful I was, how difficult, how impossible, how loathesome. Four days after my sixteenth birthday, the first real-deal big-love-me-lover I had, who tre
Read more...This is a guest entry from The Gaytheist Gospel Hour as part of the blog carnival to support Scarleteen.
Preface: I was recently asked to participate in a blogathon to support Scarleteen, an online sex education forum for teens. I was flattered. I was humbled. I was a little queasy and had to breathe in a bag for a minute or 12. I decided to contribute the story of how I survived homophobic bullying thanks a single library book. I'm living proof that progressive sex education (no matter how small-scale) makes an enormous difference in the lives of the very young. It's my hope that all who read my sarcastic, satirically-tinged autobiographical account will consider making an enormous difference by supporting Scarleteen.
"In this life, things are much harder than in the afterworld/ In this life, you're on your own!" —Prince
High school is a laugh riot. It's a jolly funhouse where the unpopular and the unusual are punished for their crimes against conformity with a topsy-turvy
Read more...We're just getting caught up with the myriad of fantastic blog entries that are part of the blog carnival that's been going on over the last three weeks as an effort to help cultivate support for Scarleteen. We've been reprinting some entries here at our blog, and will keep up with that, but here are a handful we can link right to for you to take a look at:
From Cory Silverberg at About.Com:
Read more...Scarleteen does sex education from a social justice model. Whether it's an article on the site, a response in the forums, or a request for more information in order to refer a youth out, they acknowledge the multiple ways that youth are systemically denied basic rights and access to sex education and sexual health. It's not unusual for a question about, say contraception or sexual pleasure, to elicit an answer that accessibly and seamlessness weaves information about race, class, and gender, in with information about how to go about choosing and accessing contraception, or negotiating with a part
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They argue since people need to be able to buy health insurance we
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are some of the major criticisms of the definition of the poverty line used in
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pollution? What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of alternative
approaches compared to the subsidies?
the city you work for is considering building a community youth center. The initial cost of the building and land is
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This is my first post here, so I'd like to salute you all
I'm trying to install a TM template on my new magento store (which is great btw) but I'm having a little bit of trouble. The theme is http://www.templatemonster.com/magento-themes/23389.html
What would be the steps for properly installing magento for TM template (I've read it's only compatible with 1.2.x and needs no sample data installed) ? If it's only compatible with 1.2.x where can I download a full release?
The store looks like this now : http://www.tonere-cartuse.ro and I'd like it to look exactly like the live demo here http://cms.template-help.com/magento_23389/ - - How can I do that?
Waiting for some prompt replies, as this is quite urgent
Thank you.
P.S. Tell me how the store is loading, it seems a little bit slow to me...might need to change the hosting :(
Got the same template and had exactly the same problems as you.
To make it look similar (without any of the product images), just import and run the "dump.sql' file in your phpmyadmin. (this is in the sample data folder)
If you want your site looking exactly the same, you will have to To install the media folder in the sources/sample data folder. Problem is whenever i FTP'd this folder it would always crash my server and timeout. (im running media temple DV)
Eventually i kust skipped the image folder when instaling and it worked fine...bit slow though!
hope that helps, i was pulling my hair out all week.
Thanks bretta. I didn't have trouble with the FTP transfer.
I've did the following and it worked like a charm!
1. Download and copy Magento Commerce 220.127.116.11 to your server. 2. Copy "media" folder from "sample data" directory into root magento directory. 3. Create database and user for magento. 4. Import dump.sql from "sample data" directory into your database. 5. Copy directories "app" and "skin" from your "sample data" directory into root magento directory. 6. Run installer. 7. Login to your magento control panel and change the template to the TM one (e.g. templateXXX). 8. Go to frontend
NOTE: I'm talking about the "sample data" directory that comes with your TemplateMonster template in your "sources" archive.
I am laughing out loud! Why oh WHY is the description of the installation of a 3rd party template REPEATEDLY glossed over with a simple "Uh, go into Admin and Change the Template".
Yes, I'd love to CHANGE THE TEMPLATE!!… WHERE? HOW? Pretty please!! (i.e. Go here, Do this, then this, then this...)
I must be blind or ignorant but I can't for the life of me find one simple, step-by-step description of Changing a Template in this forum, in the Users Manual I purchased (which also reminds "Developers" to see Chapter 12 of the 9 Chapter book...) or anywhere in the Google Support Desk.
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What kinda Shanaban is warranted?
Posted 14 December 2011 - 06:54 AM
Posted 14 December 2011 - 07:05 AM
5 games. Deliberate charge, leaving the feet, plus he picked up a broken stick which is an automatic penalty...
Great hit though, it makes a change to seeing officials get run against the boards as they try to get out the way
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Posted 14 December 2011 - 10:33 AM
That's how it is with those types. You hate them when they're on the ice, but off the ice, they're just big teddy bears who visit sick children and animals. Their fellows love them and they are fan favourites. It's a tough and dirty job that they do, and they live in fear of being demoted for a more well-rounded referee, but it's at moments like this that they shine and provide us with the entertainment we all come to see.Shame Walkom didn't get knocked down himself. Hate that guy.
Posted 14 December 2011 - 12:15 PM
I'd love to hear what Timmonen said to him as he was skating away.
i bet we'll know next week on the second episode of 24/7. should be funny.
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Analog Devices Announces Design Conference 2013 (Graphic: Business Wire)
Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), in collaboration with Xilinx® Inc. and MathWorks Inc., is launching a series of design conferences for analog, mixed-signal and embedded systems engineers. Based on the theme "Discuss. Design. Deliver.," the conferences will bring together experts in high-performance analog, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) and modeling tools to present complete signal chain and system-ready solutions for complex design challenges. Engineers attending Design Conference 2013 will leave with practical knowledge and understanding of new products and solutions they can use in their designs. Experts from multiple engineering disciplines will lead the conferences and instruct engineers on advanced techniques of high-performance signal processing, reference designs and systems applications. Design Conference 2013 will take place in the United States, Germany and China. Avnet, Digilent and 4DSP, sponsors of the U.S. conferences, will showcase their industry-leading solutions based on ADI's analog and mixed-signal technologies.
- Watch a video, view technical session descriptions and register for a U.S. design conference: www.analog.com/DC13.
US Conference Dates/Locations |
April 25: Greater Boston, MA |
April 30: Santa Clara, CA |
"More than ever, analog and digital engineers are required to design across the entire signal chain in order to meet today's intense time-to-market pressures," said Raj Seelam, director of Solutions Marketing at Xilinx. "Xilinx and Analog Devices have worked together to co-develop kits and reference designs that combine FPGAs, data converters and high-speed serial interconnects for easier system integration and faster time to market. Educational conferences such as these, extend our collaboration and help designers better meet the demands of multi-channel, data-intensive applications in industrial, healthcare, communications and other markets."
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