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Cache Description: Fort Mountain State Park is a beautiful area of history located in Murray County in North Georgia just east of Dalton and west of Ellijay. It offers a variety of activities for adventuresome folks including camping, swimming, mountain-biking and hiking. The cache is a short distance off the lake trail. Please remember to "leave no trace."
To find the cache you will need to park near the beach area, a very busy place on summer weekends! In the additional waypoints section that's marked "Beach Front" you'll find a good starting point. There are several other access points to choose from but we will recommend this one!
The lake trail starts to your left as you are facing the lake (to the east) the trail is very easy as you walk around the point of the lake. Be sure to enjoy the interpretive signs along the way! There are three red blazed trails off of the lake trail as you proceed in this direction. You will be looking for the (additional waypoint), "trail split".
From here you will ascend 100 ft. in the last tenth of a mile! This is the reason for the 2 star terrain rating. You will find the cache among some fallen trees.
Please re-hide the cache like or better than you found it. Please remember to "Leave no Trace" as you approach and CITO ("Cache in, Trash out) as you leave! There are two other caches near the Historic Fort area near the top of the mountain and one of the oldest and least found virtuals here in the park.
1. Obtain a Georgia State Park GeoTour PassPort from any park or historic site or download a PDF from GaParksGeocaching.com
2. Go to Geocaching.com create a log-in and find the GPS coordinates and more information for the Georgia State Parks GeoTour locations.
3. Start your search and locate one or all caches using a hand-held GPS unit. The cache containers are sealed ammo boxes labeled as a Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites geocache. Caches are located in 42 Georgia state parks and state historic parks.
4. When you find a GeoTour cache, log your name and any comments on the logbook inside the cache and stamp your PassPort grid sheet with the unique stamp for that specific park.
5. Be sure to follow the Leave No Trace guidelines –GeorgiaStateParks.org/LeaveNoTrace
6. Follow the Traveling Gophers. There are 58 Georgia State Park & Historic Sites TravelBugs® moving around the country. Click here to see where the travel gopher for this park is now. Be on the lookout for them and help them get to a new destination.
8. Find one of the "endangered" gopher stuffed toys in 10 of the caches and it's yours to keep and protect.
9. Complete specific numbers of caches to get a custom Geo-Coin. Bring your stamped PassPort into the park's Visitor Center and receive a voucher for your coin.
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How to Avoid the Malls, or Our Local Art Markets ROCK!
CS and I headed out early to hit the Arts Market of New Orleans. We got there about 30 minutes after it started and were at it for well over an hour. We bagged gifts for four friends in that time. Now that's my kind of shopping! It had more artists featured than I can ever remember it having. It was awesome. Continuing on my trek of buying only handmade gifts for everyone for Christmas this year, I was all eyes. I found these magnets for two friends:
The top one is by Hanna Cohen of Red Beans and Nice, and the bottom two are made by Heather Newell of Le Jardin. All three together cost under $20. Sqwee!!
Then we came to the Bayou Salvage tent. Love this stuff! They find items that others throw out and salvage them into art. Very crafty, they are. So we bought two of Heather Mattingly's NOLA cottages:
Friends had previously given us one of these little treasures, and I am tempted to buy several for me to make my own neighborhood! I showed restraint and bought only for others and checked two more friends off our list.
With all that shopping energy exerted, I then relaxed and found this sweet Madonna made from clay by Joy Gauss of Story Pottery. The hubs and I took a liking to her and bought her for ourselves:
Though the goal was to buy for others and not us, the way I see it, this is our vacation. And we always buy art for ourselves when we vacation. So why should we not do it even if we are just vacationing in our own hometown?
Now to find space on our cramped walls for the two additions we've recently purchased. . . .


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All the great radical clerics have gone, bar one. Theres Omar Bakri Muhammad, the "Tottenham Ayatollah" who raged against the Spice Girls and other manifestations of decadent Britain (Im sort of with him on that), now somewhere in Lebanon. And Abu Hamza, whos finally stateside after years of making a valuable contribution to British life. What about Jamaican-born Abdullah el-Faisal nothing like the zeal of a convert whos back in the West Indies after a long spell in London ranting and raving.
All of these characters became public faces in Britain in 2000s: like all extremists, amusing until they or their followers succeed. Abu Hamza radicalised the 7/7 bombers and el-Faisel one of the 9/11 plotters, as well as Richard Reid, who would not be such a figure of fun had he succeeded.
Now Abu Qatada is the last one left, the OToole to their Reed, Burton and Harris. Ive written before about the philosophical arguments against allowing him to stay and the immigration problems he personifies; all that can be added is that its a shame that its taken so long for us to take these people seriously. (continue reading...)(...more)


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Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Country: USA
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- Glottal characteristics of female speakers: acoustic correlatesH M Hanson
Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 101:466-81. 1997..It may also have applications in clinical settings...
- A quasiarticulatory approach to controlling acoustic source parameters in a Klatt-type formant synthesizer using HLsynHelen M Hanson
Sensimetrics Corporation, Somerville, Massachusetts 02144 2500, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 112:1158-82. 2002..Several examples illustrating the generation of source parameters for obstruents (voiced and voiceless) and sonorants are provided. Future papers will describe the filtering components of HLsyn...
- Glottal characteristics of male speakers: acoustic correlates and comparison with female dataH M Hanson
Sensimetrics Corporation, Somerville, Massachusetts 02144 2500, USA
J Acoust Soc Am 106:1064-77. 1999..Possible causes and acoustic consequences of these second excitations are discussed...
- On the structure of phoneme categories in listeners with cochlear implantsHarlan Lane
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02139, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 50:2-14. 2007..To describe cochlear implant users' phoneme labeling, discrimination, and prototypes for a vowel and a sibilant contrast, and to assess the effects of 1 year's experience with prosthetic hearing...
- Development and testing of a portable vocal accumulatorHarold A Cheyne
Voice and Speech Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston 02114, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 46:1457-67. 2003..The current prototype PVA is pocket-sized (12 x 8.5 x 2 cm), lightweight (200 g), and capable of sampling 11 hr of voice-use data, including estimates of fundamental frequency, sound pressure level, and phonation duration...
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- PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS IN THE MODELING OF PROSODYHelen Hanson; Fiscal Year: 2002..The synthesizer will also have the capability of demonstrating to clinicians or students the consequences of deviant control of respiration and of laryngeal state. ..


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Poet Christiansë (Castaway ), born in apartheid-era South Africa and now living in New York City, channels the torturous history of South African slavery in her debut novel. Sila van den Kaap, whom Christiansë discovered in an early 19th century document, is a slave serving hard labor at the Robben Island prison colony after murdering her own son, Baro. As Sila breaks and hauls stones, evades the attentions of the prison guards and cares for her small children, she casts her mind back to the daily indignities, fleeting pleasures and larger injustices that have defined her life since, as a young girl, she was brought to South Africa from Mozambique. Addressed primarily to the spirit of her deceased son, Sila's absorbing, lyrical narrative is circular: she alternates between exhausted lament, seething rage and scripture-tinged poetic soliloquy ("their sins are like unto a plague of locusts that eat not fields but bodies and hearts"), and returns repeatedly to the broken promise of her freedom, granted in the will of one of her mistresses, Oumiesies ("old Missus"), and disregarded by Oumiesies 's cruel son, Theron. After many passionate digressions, Sila alights, finally, on the death of Baro. In the final pages, she movingly addresses "the daughters and sons of my generations"—those now living with slavery's legacy. (Nov.)
Release date: 11/01/2006


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The Iftar was organised at the Sulabh International headquarters here with an aim to bring the widows into the mainstream of Indian culture.
BJP MP from Mathura Hema Malini had said widows of Vrindavan should be sent to their respective states.
Hema had said that the responsibility of looking after widows should be of states from where they hail.
Team of 50 widows arrive in Kolkata to celebrate Durga Puja
State sending a fact-finding team to Mathura.
Sulabh is looking after 1,000 Vrindavan widows as part of a SC directive to remove the stigma attached to their lives.
Hundreds of widows from Varanasi plan to send 1,000 'rakhis' along with sweets to PM Narendra Modi.
Founder of Sulabh International, Bindeshwar Pathak drafted a widow protection Bill for the welfare of widows.
Political parties have promised to clean Yamuna or beautify Brij Bhoomi in their manifestos but remained silent on the plight of these widows.
Sulabh Foundation has appointed teachers to teach English and Hindi to widows.
After the celebration of Holi,Diwali and Durga Puja,the widows of Vrindavan have delved into Christmas celebration,courtesy Sulabh International.
Earthen pots have been arranged and are being painted by widows themselves for celebrations.
After celebrating Holi and Durga Puja this year,Vrindavan widows have another reason to cheer.
50-odd widows from Vrindavan are in Bengal the place that ostracised them decades ago
Further the Company will release a book 'New Life' compiled especially on them.


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Harvard Law School Votes for Open Access to Scholarship
Hot on the heels of their colleagues in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, professors at Harvard Law School voted unanimously last week to provide free access to their articles.
The Law School announced its move today in a news release. It will now make its scholarly articles available in a free online database.
Harvard Law School followed a similar decision in February by the university's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which became the first academic institution in the United States to make open access the default position, requiring authors to opt out rather than opt in. —Lila Guterman


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By Jeff Gallatin
For one of the few times in his career as a North Olmsted Police Department officer, Detective Chuck Fioritto didn't have a clue Friday.
Fioritto, who joined the force in 1999, was honored Aug. 3 by his department and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with a special plaque noting his key role in the several-month investigation, arrest and conviction in federal court of former North Olmsted businessman David Katrenick on weapons charges. Members of Fioritto's family, as well as department and federal officers, were gathered in the police station's squad room to surprise him with the award and a reception in his honor.
Walking into the squad room with a fellow detective, Fioritto's face registered his initial disbelief and surprise at the event.
"I had no clue about this," he said. "All I got from the chief was that he, the captain and I had to meet with a federal official today. He had even told me that I should probably dress up a little for it, so I did."
Fioritto even noted his wife Mary Ann, who was aware of the upcoming event, went along with the surprise nature of the event and asked him Friday morning why he was dressing up in a suit and tie.
"Nobody told me anything or even hinted at it," he said, while noting fellow North Olmsted officers, federal officers, family and even some members of the media were aware of the event.
After the presentation, Fioritto had a steady stream of well-wishes, including handshakes and congratulations from many fellow officers and hugs and accolades from family – including his brother Steve, a 17-year veteran of the Lakewood Police Department.
"He (Chuck) did a lot of fine work on this case," Steve said. "He put a lot of time in on this one."
Fioritto said he was pleased with the end results in the case.
"John (ATF agent John Kilnapp, who worked with Fioritto on the case and presented him with the plaque) did a lot of work, too, and we got help and information from a lot of other officers," Fioritto said. "We had to do a lot of work and make sure we got it right. But we go it right, and a bad man is off the streets."
Katrenick was sentenced in June to 110 months, or more than nine years, in prison by U.S. District Judge Christopher Boyko. The charges stemmed from an investigation of Katrenick's buying and selling of weapons and ammunition on Craigslist. Because he was a convicted felon for several sex offenses, including rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault and theft in Georgia, Katrenick was prohibited from having any firearms. When he is done with the federal sentence, officials said he likely will face additional time for parole violation on the Georgia charges.
Officials said Katrenick, the former owner of Lazy Dave's Tattoo Shop in North Olmsted, also was trading tattoos for some of the weapons. He was arrested in his vehicle in late 2011 by city and federal officers, a short distance away from his North Olmsted home. Officers confiscated six rifles and shotguns, and ammunition, from the home.
Fioritto said he never expected anything like the award, either when he became a police officer or even during the investigation.
"No, I expected to come to work, then do my job and go home at the end of the day," he said.
In describing the investigation, Kilnapp noted federal and local officers put a lot of time in.
"You follow up leads and check on different parts of cases and you want someone good to work with, and I got one in Chuck," Kilnapp said. "He stayed busy on this case the whole time and never let up on it."
Kilnapp noted that the investigation took officers to several counties in the northern Ohio area.
"It's the type of case where you had to get everything just right," Kilnapp said.
The federal officer noted Fioritto was prepared for unexpected developments right up to the day of the arrest.
"We had planned to go in and get him at his house after his daughter got on the school bus and was off to school that day," he said. "But he got up three or four hours early and apparently was going hunting. But Chuck had set up patrol cars to watch the house and they alerted us he was leaving, so we ended up arresting him a short distance away where he wasn't a problem for anybody else in the area."
North Olmsted safety officials were pleased by the award and the investigation.
"Chuck is very deserving of this honor," Safety/Service Director Scott Thomas said. "As a former detective, I know detective work is usually not very glamorous but is very detailed, exacting and time-consuming to get it right. He did a fine job on this."
North Olmsted police Chief Jamie Gallagher lauded Fioritto and Kilnapp's work.
"There was a lot of great followup in this," Gallagher said. "We had other officers getting tips and getting them to the right people, officers checking on the suspect and making sure the investigation was proceeding. John is an outstanding federal officer and works well with local law enforcement, and Chuck made sure everything was taken care of and the investigation, arrest and court case were all set and ready to go as each part of the case moved forward throughout the process."


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A FEW weeks I and many others were invited by Wiltshire Council to a meeting at Dinton Village Hall to discuss public rights of improvement.
Nothing was said about closing any public rights of ways and I hope Wiltshire Council and the Government will not be as stupid as to try to close Byway 12.
This byway has already been diverted once from its original place and to close it just to satisfy English Heritage will be the last straw.
These ancient byways are part of Wiltshire's heritage and should be kept open and maintained.
Sir Cecil Chubb gave Stonehenge to the nation in good faith; he must be turning in his grave.
People of Wiltshire - stand up for your rights!
PR Matthews, Wilton


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The American Canyon baseball team is playoff bound after defeating Vallejo 19-0 in five innings on Thursday.
The Wolves (13-5, 9-3 in the Solano County Athletic Conference) are in the playoffs for the first time as at least the No. 3 seed out of the SCAC thanks to a win coupled with a loss by Bethel to Vanden on Thursday.
The Wolves only won 14 games combined the last two years but have turned things around in 2014.
"I think those years we were just building a program," American Canyon head coach Matt Brown said. "It seems like all sports here, except for football, have gone through some growing pains. This year we seemed to find our identity and hopefully we found it for a long time."
The Wolves offense on Thursday was led by Brandon Lew, who went 4-for-5 with two triples and a double and three RBI's. Joey Dodson was 3-for-4 with a double, four runs scored and three RBI's, while Jordan Asano was 2-for-4. Adriel Jose was 1-for-3 with a double and three RBI's, while J.J. Barnett was 1-for-4 with a triple. Tylor Ledesma was 1-for-2.


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Decades ago, the Heavenly Father began to awaken his people (so called Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans Indians) to the blessing of their true heritage for the purpose of restoring them as the great congregation mentioned in prophecies. Jeremiah 30:20 "Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them." As we received the calling we put forth our effort and our desire is indicated in the web address RiseIsrael.com. Our goal with 12T.co is to provide a new short easy to remember web address that represents the name of the congregation. See, Genesis 49:28, Matthew 19:28 and Revelations 21:10-12. Removing the barriers of language, religions, and false nationalities with truth and expressing our belief in the history and prophecies found in the Holy Scriptures. By building with God an offline and online 12 Tribes Network (www.12tribes.net) or congregation that belongs to him. We seek to reach those oppressed; providing them the opportunity to learn the Gospel (good news) and the holy doctrine of salvation. For more information enter our home page.
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Spiritual Workout 1.0 it's class on September 7th, 2016 at the YMCA after the summer break. The workout is held each Wednesday from 12pm noon to 1:00 pm in the Y conference room. All folks from the community are invited to attend this unique workout designed to help strengthen your faith and improve biblical knowledge. YMCA membership is not required to attend. For more information, call or text Pastor Bill Jacobsen at 815.228.6717


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History and military buffs shouldn't miss Malaysia's National Monument during a visit to Kuala Lumpur. Tugu Negara is easy to access (and hard to miss) in the Lake Gardens on Jalan Tugu.
There are two main monuments to take note of. The first, a cenotaph — an empty tomb or monument erected to honour the dead — was originally placed in the middle of a roundabout but later moved to its present site. As such, Jalan Tugu was first known as Cenotaph Road. The inscription at the bottom, "To Our Glorious Dead (1914–1918), (1939–1945) and the Emergency (1948–1960)", testifies to Malaysia's involvement in a number of wars, which tourists may be unaware of.
The 10 metre-high cenotaph at the upper entrance of Tugu Negara commemorates not only the war effort during both World Wars, but also the Malayan Emergency, a guerilla war fought between the Commonwealth armed forces against the military arm of the Malayan Communist Party. The Malayan Emergency was the term given by the colonial government (Britain) while the communist party coined it the Anti-British National Liberation War. Despite their defeat in 1960 and the withdrawal of Australian and British troops, the war continued sporadically until 1989.
The second monument, the current National Monument, is made up of tall, bronze soldiers supporting their fallen comrades. The seven statues represent leadership, unity, vigilance, strength, courage, sacrifice and suffering. Overall, the figures depict the victory of democracy, peace and freedom over communism and evil. Dedicated to the 11,000 people who died during the Malayan Emergency, the monument is thought to be the largest freestanding bronze grouping in the world.
Tugu Negara has suffered its own difficulties, undergoing extensive damage after an explosion was detonated by a communist rebel in 1975. The communists blamed the explosion on the Malaysian government, alleging that they needed a reason to rebuild the faces of the statues, which were perceived to have Caucasian features. The restoration took two years and now there's a fence set up between dusk and dawn to protect the area from any further attempts at destruction.
The Central Pavilion, with its three gold domes, may not spark your interest at first, but is worth a look. The floor of the crescent-shaped pavilion is made from marble from the island of Langkawi, and below the centre dome is a vault. You'll see it beyond the black metal grill, and inside are the names of the fallen warriors, recorded on microfilm and kept for posterity. Look up at the ceiling of the pavilion, and you'll see the emblems of the regiments who served during World War II and the Emergency.
Until 2010, a wreath-laying ceremony took place here every July 31 on Warriors Day, when the king, heads of the military and the prime minister would pay their respects. But Malaysia's National Fatwa Council declared the statues "un-Islamic" after that, meaning they are potentially idolatrous. A new Warriors Square is apparently set to be built in the administrative capital of Putrajaya, where the commemoration service will eventually be held instead. In the meantime, Malaysia's history still stands remembered at Tugu Negara.
Admission is free, and the monument can be accessed daily, 07:-00-18:00. If you simply want to snap a couple of pictures, you won't need to spend much time here, but if you enjoy war history, Tugu Negara is worth an hour or two. It's also close to the ASEAN Gardens and Parliament House, while the Petronas Twin Towers are a short 10 minutes away by cab.
To get to Tugu Negara, hop on the KTM train and stop at Bank Negara Station. Follow the signage to Jalan Parlimen or Perdana Laka Gardens. It'll take about 15 minutes by foot or 5 minutes by cab.
By Sarah Hishan .
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Despite what I'm about to tell you, I'm really a pretty nice person. I'm not vengeful or bitter, I don't go around wishing ill on others. So when I read the lovely Sabrina Garibian's post about her newborn baby boy sleeping through the night, I should have been happy for her. I should have thought, "That's great!" But I didn't. Instead, just the title – "My LO's successful bedtime routine" – made tiny bubbles of rage boil and pop inside of me.
It's not Sabrina's fault – her post wasn't irritatingly boastful or full of ridiculous advice ("My baby sleeps best in a really dark room," a well-meaning mom once told me. As if she'd cracked it, as if in all these months it just never occurred to me to turn off the freaking lights in the nursery… Sorry. See? There's that rage again.)
It's just that as the mom of a not-so-great sleeper, I don't like hearing stories about other babies sleeping through the night. Because when someone says, "I tried [insert solution: white noise, lullabies, lavender bubble bath, sleep sac, fresh air, bedtime routine, early bedtime, late bedtime, etc etc etc] and now my baby is a great sleeper," it makes me feel like there must be some reason as to why my toddler is still up and down throughout the night, some answer, some missing piece of this frustrating puzzle… but I'm just too dense to find it.
So maybe the anger is some kind of defense mechanism. Maybe that's why, when people tell me about their soundly sleeping babies, I find myself sniping, "Enjoy it while it lasts" or "Just wait until you have your second" or "Yeah, mine used to sleep, too." Even as the words are coming out of my mouth, I know that they're terrible. I regret them. The last thing I want is to be that mom, that negative, know-it-all, world-weary, been-there-done-that mom.
The funny thing is, I used to be the well-meaning mom telling stories about my fabulous sleeper. That was me. My 5-year-old started STTN (oh, I've grown to hate that acronym) when she was just a babe and basically never looked back. And I'd tell people about the dream feed and the sound machine and the lovey and how, even though it's hard, letting them cry it out really works. Only to discover with my second that it doesn't work. Nothing works.
So now I've decided to try the only thing left: Acceptance.
My name is Carolyn and my daughter is a not-so-great sleeper. And I'm okay with that. At least, I'm trying to be.
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Last week, yet another article outlined how damaging the impact of bad data is. The article lists monetary loss, dissatisfied staff, and impatient customers among the many problems caused by poor data quality. "Once you've spotted a potential data quality problem, it's time to act," author Martin Doyle claims. "The longer you leave it, the more those existing flaws will be compounded."
One way to act is to create a single, consistent view of key business entities, particularly customers. Doyle says that "the Single Customer View is the utopian state for your data, where every customer has one record and that record is kept clean and tidy. This allows every member of staff to work from the same data."
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A Study Comparing Two Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Contrast Agents in MRI of the Brain (ENHANCE)
This study has been completed.
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Last updated: January 18, 2008
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Come out and play!! Enjoy the beach, get some sand between your toes (and maybe in your ears if you like to dive..)
This group is social volleyball. We all like to play and we like games to be reasonably competitive (please, no complete beginners) but we're not serious hardcore (check out the 2s and 3s beach volleyball group if that sounds like you).
We play about one mile away from the Hotel Del Coronado (the buildings with the red roofs), in an area where there are no permanent nets set up. It is near the (northwest) end of Ocean Blvd. Park around the entrance to the beach, then walk past the restrooms and look for some combination of blue, orange and yellow nets. We may have a banner that says "Meetup" on it.
If it's hot out, consider bringing sand socks (or just regular socks). Otherwise, just bring yourself. Oh yeah, and sunscreen & water..
If it's raining, the game is likely to be canceled.
We collect an optional "fun buck" (or more, if you're so moved) from each player each day. You can pay online beforehand or bring cash. If you want to play regularly, you can pay for a month or more at a time. This is not a for profit group; the fun bucks enable us to buy (and maintain!) all our equipment. You can pay at the game or online ahead of time (suggested: $4/month or $50/year: http://tinyurl.com/46xzn3m ) -- Thanks!
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text: #936: Add Haddock-Options field to Cabal package description ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.16 Component: Cabal specification | Version: 22.214.171.124 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Comment(by guest): I want to set the qualification style with the '--qual' option. This is new in Haddock-2.10. Since the qualification style depends on the used identifier convention, it is something that the package author should choose. If you think that general Haddock options do not fit into a Cabal file, maybe we can look for a subset of Haddock options and handle them in a special way. This could be similar to Extensions, where using the Extensions field is prefered to writing GHC-Options: -XExtension. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/936#comment:2> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects


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At the beginning of 2013, I splurged a little and bought a year long pass to the Atlanta High Museum of Art. So far it's been worth every penny! I've enjoyed their take on the emergence of modern art and on Valentine's Day they opened their latest temporary exhibit: Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics, and Painting.
While I might not be the biggest fan of Frida Kahlo's work, it's always nice to spend a weekend afternoon wandering around the different sections of the museum. Of course, one of the highlights of my museum wandering involves picking up a small something at the souvenir shop as I wonder what Pinnacle supplied products I would add if I was running the shop. Museum gift shops usually run the spectrum of kid-centric products to expensive exclusives from visiting artists, truly presenting the age old saying "something for everyone"
I think this is a great practice to bring over in how we look at promotional products. Like many museum patrons, they won't look at your products for themselves, and instead think of whatever might amuse their children like theKidz Bandage Dispenser™ With Character Bandages. Highbrow it is not, but show it to any kid and there is a good chance they will happily snatch it up and use up all the bandages without actually needing them (true story).
You'll have you middle of the road browsers, like the museum attendees who have saved up to catch a specific exhibit on it's opening day, who aren't kids but don't have the money to splurge on your costlier items (think of the native hipster). They'll look for items that funny but useful and always spend a few extra dollars if it's a brand name they recognize like Fred Flare. So the Fred & Friends iStrike, Mixed Messages Mug, or iPlunge all carry the same winning combo of brand recognition and function that you middle of the line customers would love.
Then there are your high end customers, the ones who make contributions for exhibits to happen. I like to imagine this level, for I am naught but a poor hipster, in my head as people who prefer understand, classic quality.The Waterford® Glendalough Rollerball Pen would be an item that would look great laser engraved with the Museum's logo and perhaps the patron's name. It's design would surely catch the well-trained eye of an upper-level patron.
It's a great lesson to learn from the museum gift shops: have a little something for everyone and put it right by the exit so people will just have to take a peek before going home.
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by Linda McCartney, Guest Writer
"Auld Lang Syne" is usually sung each year at
midnight on New Year's Eve in the United States, United Kingdom,
Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong,
Singapore and other English-speaking areas. It signifies the start of a
new year.
"Auld Lang Syne" is a Scottish poem written by
Robert Burns in 1788:
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
and old times since?
For auld lang syne,
my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely you'll buy
your pint cup!
And surely I'll buy mine!
And we'll take a cup o'
kindness yet,
As we close the year 2008 and begin the year 2009,
let us not forget our old acquaintances, the lessons we have learned and
that we have hope for the future.
Let us use our "cup of kindness" as the song says,
to offer a drink to those who bless our lives.
Day Fifty-Five, December 29, 2008.
22 days, 15 hours and 15 minutes left until
inauguration day.
For the White House and all its offices and
departments to be free from immorality of any kind.
"But among you there must not be even a hint of
sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because
these are improper for God's holy people."
--Ephesians 5:3.
Holy, holy Lord God, You are perfect and pure and
all Your ways are without flaw or error. This is perfection that I
cannot comprehend because of my sinful nature, but I thank You for it,
all the same. Thank You for resisting all temptation to sin when You
walked this earth, Lord Jesus Christ.
Holy God, as we look to a new administration taking
up residence in the White House, the Eisenhower Executive Office
Building and all the administrative departments in and around our
nation's Capital, I ask You to establish leadership at every level that
honors and acknowledges You. Protect all who serve from pride and
arrogance and from rationalizing behavior. Let hearts be attuned to You,
so our leaders and our nation may receive Your rich and bountiful
blessing. In Your powerful name, amen.


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Man jailed for cooking cat
A 19-year-old man who microwaved his pet kitten on full power for five minutes has been jailed for three months for an act of "monstrous cruelty".
Scott Taylor roasted the cat in his oven before hanging it by its front legs from a ceiling smoke alarm and laughing as it dropped to the floor, Nottingham magistrates heard on Monday.
He later boasted to friends: "You should have heard it scream. It was sweating a bit."
Tilly, a four-month old tortoiseshell, survived the attack despite suffering horrific injuries.
But vets were forced to amputate a rear leg and its tail.
Taylor, convicted in his absence at an earlier hearing, was also banned for life from keeping any animal.
But after the hearing his lawyer Stephen Burdon confirmed Taylor was going to appeal against the conviction for cruelty and of failing to provide veterinary care to an injured animal.
Mr Burdon said: "Because he was convicted in his absence the court has not heard any evidence of defence and there has been no cross examination of the prosecution case."
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He also applied for a bail application, but chairwoman of the magistrates, Mrs Liz Cardwell, said that could be dealt with by the crown court judge who would hear the appeal.
Mrs Cardwell told Taylor: "The facts of the case are quite appalling and you have been found guilty of an act of monstrous cruelty.
"What you did caused prolonged suffering and you failed to seek any help until someone else intervened."
Speaking after Monday's hearing Taylor's girlfriend, Naomi Stirland, 18, said: "They have not listened to our side of the story.
"At the end of the day he says he did not do it and I know he didn't."
She added that herself and Taylor had been subjected to a hate campaign since his conviction.
Miss Stirland said: "We have had people shouting and swearing at us in the street, there has been hate mail and people have left horrible answerphone messages."
A spokeswoman for the RSPCA said the organisation was delighted with the sentence.
But she added: "We are, however, disappointed that Taylor has decided to appeal. This case has already cost the RSPCA thousands of pounds."
No date has yet been set for Taylor's appeal to be heard.
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Van Nuys, CA, United States, 2013/10/18 - Boomopolis, a social media marketing company, has launched a new division which will align brands and startups with top influencers on Vine. A mobile app which allows users to upload 6 second videos, Vine has acquired 40,000,000 users in 9 months.
Vine is a mobile app for sharing videos that are no more than six-seconds long. Since its debut, the social network has reached over 40,000, 000 users and is growing more every day. Because of this, many of the top influencers of Vine have become celebrities. One of these influencers, Jessi Smiles, went from 3,000 to 1 million followers in just 30 days. She and many of her influencer colleagues now do public appearances and Vines for top brands. Some of the brands who have already participated include Lyft, Spotify, Hulu, GE, Wendy's, Trident, Virgin Mobile, Yoplait, Aquafina and even Disney.
Theyre all aiming to reach the 13 to 25 year old demographic, says Evan Aaronson, founder of Boomopolis, a marketing agency which is now matching brands and startups with top Vine influencers.
Vine distinguishes itself from You Tube and other web video services because its all through ones phone. Because your phone is associated with your personal contacts, you feel like you really get to know these top Viner personalities, like theyre your real friends, says Aaronson. And these Vines are immediate so youre looking at video that may have just happened 5 minutes ago which is the next best thing to talking live to a celebrity. When you slip in a subtle brand display/mention into that mix, you get serious traction.
Aaronson recently did a deal for the startup, Locket, with top Vine influencers. The engagement with these followers is off the hook, he says. Many of these branded campaigns like GE are getting more than 100,000 likes off of just one Vine through an influencer. And the best part, there is ZERO production cost to make these videos. To me, its a no brainer for a brand to get involved.
Aaronson serves as the liason between the brand and the talent. He advises on the best type of exposure (either sponsored vines, a contest, or an event), determines the number of influencers (they usually range from 1 to 5), and hand picks the best ones for the job.
The Locket campaign, which went live today at 3pm PST, involves a contest whereby 2 influencers, Cody Johns and Lizzza (each having over 1 million followers), challenge their fans to make the best Vine for the brand. The one with the most likes as well as the judges choice winner each get $500. This makes perfect sense for Locket, a company whos quickly gaining traction, says Aaronson. Theyre a phone app which allows users to earn money by simply unlocking their phone and viewing an ad. Every Vine user is a smart phone user, so its very targeted.
The public appearances and events can also draw hundreds, even thousands of the followers fans. The brand can then give away something to the attendee (i.e. $5 credit) in exchange for them Instagramming the photo of them with Viner in front of the brands logo. This helps the brand get attention both at the event and outside of it.
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EAGAN, MN – September 4, 2003 – WAM!NET, a new division of SAVVIS Communications (NASDAQ: SVVS), announced today that Time Inc., a division of AOL Time Warner, has renewed its contract with WAM!NET. Time uses WAM!NET's fully managed networking and data storage services to seamlessly connect its magazine production workflows within a single collaborative, digital environment.
The world's leading magazine company, Time Inc. publishes about 140 regular-frequency titles with 298 million readers, as well as numerous special issues. Its publications include leading titles such as Time, Sports Illustrated, People, Fortune and Money. Time Inc.'s complex publishing workflow involves rigorous production schedules and collaboration among numerous editorial, creative, advertising and production teams worldwide.
Time Inc. has been a WAM!NET customer since 1997, when the company started using WAM!NET services to connect their New York headquarters with ten U.S.-based printers to provide secure, remote access to nearly one terabyte of digital content used in their creative and production processes. Time Inc. has expanded its reach to include its offices in London, Hong Kong and Australia, and it uses WAM!NET's remote storage services for the management of its production advertising.
"The WAM!NET and SAVVIS executive teams have been in close communication with us as the acquisition of the WAM!NET commercial business has been finalized. Based on our discussions, we are impressed with the global reach and capacity of the SAVVIS network and believe this acquisition strengthens the WAM!NET services," said Guy Gleysteen, director of printing, Time Inc. "We are pleased that SAVVIS CEO Rob McCormick has confirmed a strong commitment to the media production industry, and we are confident that WAM!NET will continue to develop and grow their services to meet our content management and delivery needs."
"WAM!NET continues to provide services that meet and often exceed our performance criteria for production. We look forward to exploring new service offerings and to building new workflow solutions on SAVVIS' secure and robust network infrastructure," said Kin Wah Lam, director of digital development, Time Inc.
"We are delighted that Time Inc. will continue to work with WAM!NET services as we begin our association with SAVVIS Communications. The news about the acquisition of WAM!NET's commercial business has brought overwhelming support from our other customers as well," said Richard Metcalf, managing director of the WAM!NET division of SAVVIS. "Our customers see the advantage of a network with greater capacity, a larger staff with greater expertise, and an expanded range of managed networking services."
About WAM!NET, A Division of SAVVIS Communications
WAM!NET is a leading global provider of shared services for content management, archiving and delivery and enterprise networking. The company's services enable its customers to access the combination of IT solutions they need on an outsourced, subscription basis enabling them to share, collaborate, store and manage content with their partners and clients. With WAM!NET, customers gain considerable productivity, time-to-market, and cost-saving benefits, and they eliminate time-intensive and costly analog steps in their workflows.
Prior to the acquisition of the commercial business, WAM!NET Inc. was awarded the 2003 Market Engineering Leadership Award for the Digital Delivery Market by Frost & Sullivan, who acknowledged that WAM!NET Inc. had established itself as the leader in its industry with a 34 percent market share sustained by significant market growth. EContent magazine named WAM!NET, Inc. to its annual EContent 100 list for 2002, noting WAM!NET Inc. as one of the companies "that matter most in the digital content industry." WAM!NET Inc. was also named among the top 50 private growth companies by The Business Journal in 2001 and 2002.
For information about WAM!NET visit: www.wamnet.com.
About SAVVIS
SAVVIS Communications (NASDAQ: SVVS) is a leading managed services provider that delivers IP VPNs (virtual private networks), hosting, and application services to businesses. SAVVIS solutions are designed for industries with demanding information technology requirements including legal, media, retail, professional services, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services.
Known as The Network that Powers Wall StreetSM, SAVVIS was ranked #3 in IP VPN market share by IDC in its 2003 report, trailing only AT&T and WorldCom, and its network reliability was declared "perfect" in Network World magazine's groundbreaking study of backbone performance. SAVVIS recently won the first ever American Business Awards "Stevie"TM in the category of "Best Customer Service Organization." SAVVIS' managed hosting services were awarded the Service Provider Excellence Award by Boardwatch magazine for its virtualized approach to managed hosting, and the Market Engineering Award from Frost & Sullivan for product differentiation and innovation.
For more information about SAVVIS' Intelligent IP NetworkSM and managed hosting solutions, visit: www.savvis.net.
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Wildfires leave horses, owners displaced
San Diego - 10/25/07 - Wind-whipped wildfires have swallowed Southern California, leaving roughly half a million acres blackened, almost 1,600 homes destroyed, more than 500,000 residents evacuated and thousands of animals abandoned .
As the blazes continue burning into their fifth day, dozens of veterinarians have been forced from their practices, with at least two practitioners among those whose homes have burned up, says Pauline White, San Diego County Veterinary Medical Association .
Evacuated horse owners in the proclaimed "horse-loving" county have turned to volunteers to care for the thousands of animals they were forced to abandon. Multiple facilities across the state - Del Mar Race Track, Oaks Blenheim/Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park, Orange County Fairgrounds, Los Alamitos and Industry Hills Equestrian Center, among others, including private homeowners - have opened their doors to offer shelter to the displaced horses, says Julie Ryan Johnson, DVM, rescue volunteer and practice owner in Dana Point.
Others are working to collect supplies to help the volunteers properly care for and feed the animals. "We need to make sure we coordinate efforts and ensure as the smoke clears, we have all resources for these horses, because their owners are displaced," says Robert Harman, DVM, leading the supply-gathering effort.
For more on the wildfires, efforts to care for impacted horses and the story of Harman's Ramona-based ranch, home to 14 horses, going up in flames, see DVM Newsmagazine's November issue.


text: Today a lady responded to my craigslist add for downed or dead trees on windrows or wooded areas of farmland. They are 30 minutes away and have an enormous amount of ash that I can cut whenever I want to go out. She was very nice and helpful which I greatly appreciate. This is closer than most places I can go cut which are 45 to 1.5 hours away too ! The only downside is that once it snows my little S10 cant get in there so I got to get it while I can but thats ok cuz the ground is hard so I have a few weeks to get it out hopefully. What a great Day ! Pete


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The inspiration for the Beau collection comes from the alluring coastlines and glistening skies of the Mediterranean. Some of the symbols that influenced its design include the enchanting castles of Catalonia and quant seaside villages of the Cote D'Azur.
- Leather Gift Box
- Nylon Navy & Red Strap
- Lens - Hardened Mineral Crystal Lens
- Movement - Japanese
- Water Resistance - 1ATM
- Face Diameter - 40mm
- Case Thickness - 6mm
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Special to the Times
As many women have experienced at some point in their driving lives, it is a pretty vulnerable feeling when you have to take your car in for repairs. Not knowing if the vehicle really needs what the mechanic is recommending, it leads one to wonder if she is seen as an easy target, going to be overcharged, or if the repair is even necessary at all. "For the most part, it can be a daunting task for a woman to go by herself to take a car in for repairs," explains Barbara Terry, author of the new book How Athletes Roll (Comfort Publishing, 2010), which showcases athletes and the cars they drive. "It is probably one of the least appealing things for women to do because they fear they are going to be taken advantage of." • There are some things that you can do in order to help minimize being ripped off at the repair shop, including:
Educate yourself. The more you know about your car and the repairs, the better off you will be. Knowledge is power. Get to know your vehicle, so that you are familiar with it and the owner's manual, which will come in handy in understanding basic maintenance needs. You can also Google questions about car repairs and maintenance, so you are well-prepared before walking into the shop.
Follow reputations. Ask around, so you can find a mechanic that has a good reputation. Getting recommendations may help you keep from setting foot in a shady establishment to begin with.
Another opinion. If you are told you need costly repairs, seek a second opinion. Ask for a written estimate and use the information to get several other repair estimates either by phone or in person. If possible, have a male friend call around and ask what each place would charge for such a repair.
Keep maintained. Keep current on your vehicle maintenance, as per your owner's manual; this will help to minimize the repairs that may be necessary.
Verify service. Ask the mechanic to show you the part that needs replacing. Also, ask to see it, and the new part, once the work has been completed.
Speak up. If you feel you have been mistreated, overcharged or otherwise not treated fairly, put in a complaint. You can ask to speak to the manager, write the company headquarters in many cases, and file a complaint with the local Better Business Bureau.
Barbara Terry, who also is an off-road race-car driver, is an expert in a variety of auto-related issues and topics. For more information, check out her website at www.barbaraterry.com.


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The Original Purpose of Canals in Ancient China
There exists a legend about great flooding along the Yellow River, which geographical area corresponds to the ancient Cradle of Chinese Civilization [中華文化發祥地], during the Xia (BCE 2000-1500) Dynasty. These accounts, by their very nature, belong to legend, or myth, since writing, in any meaningful sense of the word, did not exist during the Xia Dynasty except for very primitive "oracle bone" script, which was more of a religious, 'reading the tea leaves' event, using what is believed to be pictographic representations, than an attempt at constructing a language for recording important events for posterity, i.e., a history, or even for recording something as banal as the record-keeping of one's stores (everything from grain to cattle to pottery to beer, the latter of which stores seem to have been one of the first commodities recorded in ancient Mesopotamian history).
The Shang (BCE 1700-1027) Dynasty would make the pictographic characters of the Xia Dynasty into a system of written language. It was the first written language in Asia, and was borrowed by all Asian cultures, making it possible to communicate in Chinese from Korea in the north to Vietnam in the south. Still, we know little of Shang history even though language was systematized during this dynasty. Most of what we know of the Shang Dynasty we have from its successor dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty (which comprises the Western Zhou (BCE 1027-771) Dynasty and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the latter itself subdivided, as we have seen in the above, into a Western and an Eastern period), which overthrew the Shang Dynasty. In fact, the story about the Shang Dynasty having overthrown the Xia Dynasty is, for all we know, a piece of fiction fabricated by the Zhou Dynasty and whose ulterior purpose was to justify the Zhou Dynasty's own overthrow of the Shang Dynasty (i.e., the Zhou Dynasty would thus be following a precedent). The following account, while it may contain many elements of truth in its "facts", quite likely belong more to the world of fiction (myth) than to fact.
The frequent seasonal flooding of the Yellow River
It was something that was greatly feared by the people, the Xia people (often referred to by other tribes as the Hua xia [華夏], or 'magnificently clad Xia people', to which also follows a supporting level of civilization, suggesting that already at this early stage in their history, the Chinese people distinguished themselves from the other, more primitive tribes of the area) who lived along its banks. The river was thus both a life-giver and a life-taker. Naturally, the Xia wished to maximize the former and minimize the latter. Therefore a leader who could offer to minimize the terror of a overflowing river – which was a parameter beyond the control of the individual, while there were many parameters involved in a successful harvest that were indeed within the control of the individual – would instantly have a following.
Not surprisingly, leaders came and went, because it was not easy to tame such violent forces of nature. What had been tried, time and again but with little success, was damming the river, for no matter how high the protective walls and no matter how sturdy they appeared to be built during their construction, when the floodwaters came, and in Biblical proportions, it must be said, the dikes and dams were swept away as were they made of matchsticks and mud. A new leader promising a better mousetrap (you can see what 'violent forces of nature' plagued the early Americans! :) ) hired a minister to find a better solution to the problem of flooding; the previous Minister for Waterworks, a certain Minister Gun, had in fact been held responsible for the violent floods during his tenure, and ended up paying the ultimate price for his 9 seasons of failure: he was executed!
The new Minister for Waterworks, Minister Yu (alternatively spelled Yü – and I'll give the secret away immediately, this is the semi-mythical, if not entirely mythical, 'larger than life' figure later known as Yu the Great, the Founding Father of the Chinese people), decided to try something else: out were dams; in were diversionary canals, i.e., canals that could divert the overflow elsewhere, as well as serve as reservoirs in their own right. The new flood control strategy worked so well that Minister Yu became a national hero, and, as so often happens – from Roman times down to the present – the famous general who wins the war becomes such a hero that he ends up scoring his boss' job, which is precisely what happened in the case of Minister Yu, who became Emperor Yu, or Yu the Great.
A real-world example of Minister Yu
It was Sun Shu-Ao (BCE ca.630-ca.593), a minister serving in the government of Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Sun eventually became Prime Minister and was commissioned to create various waterworks: irrigation canals, dams and reservoirs. Most, if not all, of the waterworks of PM Sun were focused on improving existing and/or extending agricultural land use to new areas.
For example, a dam might be designed to lightly flood a valley (with numerous reservoirs and sluices to regulate the water level) so that rice could be grown there. Reservoirs could hold water to be used to get through shorter drought periods, while canals could divert water to specific locales instead of having to flood entire areas. PM Sun made use of all of these tools to address the agricultural problems he faced. Much later, Sun Shu-Ao was recognized as China's first hydraulic engineer.
As the Spring and Autumn Period map below (Figure 4) indicates, Chu State sat in the heart of ancient China's "bread basket" that lay between the Yellow and the Yangtze Rivers – and, additionally, the Huai River ran through it. (An interesting observation, not related to the discussion at hand, but of interest to the armchair historian – of which there are surely a few among you? – is that the last two of the remaining Zhou Dynasty states by the end of the Warring States period, the Qin and Chu States, were not only large states (they had each absorbed lesser states), but were each situated on the perimeter, compared to the other states, as both the map immediately below (Figure 6) and the next map (Figure 7) shows, surely thus decreasing their vulnerability to attack. And speaking of vulnerability, given the importance of rivers in warfare during the period, and given the fact that all of China's major rivers in this part of the country flowed (flow!) from west to east (in particular, the Huai River), it was almost inevitable, caeteris paribus, that Qin State would be victorious over Chu State, it being a lot easier to slip downstream than upstream.)
Fig 6: The Various States of the Spring and Autumn Period
One of the huge waterworks created by PM Sun is the reservoir known alternatively as Si-Si Pei, Shao Pei (Peony Dam) and Que pi hu (Que pi hu lake [芍陂湖]. This ancient reservoir exists still, though it known today as Anfeng Tang (Anfeng Reservoir), after extensive restoration (the reservoir was clogged with silt, mainly mud) by the government of the People's Republic of China.
Fig 7: The Remaining States of the Warring States Period, anno BCE 260
The ingenious practice of diverting the overflow of the Yellow River via flood canals continued down through the Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties (CE 907-960) period. During these two historical periods, when there was much warring even if there was a certain degree of centralization of power during the Tang Dynasty (the warring was the result of wave after wave of Turkic nomadic invaders arriving from the north, the oldest waves becoming more and more Sinicized over time, therefore the relative peace that ensued during the Tang Dynasty in particular).
The overflows from the Yellow River seemed to increase, not decrease, requiring the extensive dredging and repairing of the canals (their banks required fortifying with tree trunks of saplings (young trees) lashed to stones with ropes, the whole lashed together with more ropes, creating a fortifying wall of wood that helped to reduce the incidence of erosion). Due to the warring, the canals also served as connective waterways for the transport of much needed grain to the capital, Kaifeng, from the the grain-rich valley of the Yangtze River northward via the Shanyang Canal (later to be known as the Yangzhou Canal) to Huai'an, via the Si River from Huai'an to Pengcheng (present-day Xuzhou) and finally via the Bian Canal (note that both the Shanyang Canal and the Bian Canal were originally referred to as rivers, due to their meandering nature).
After the somewhat troubled Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the warring between the Han Chinese and the nomadic Turkic tribes broke out even more, in fact, soon after the emergence of the otherwise unifying Song (CE 960-1279) Dynasty, though the unity quickly broke down, such that the Northern Song capital, Kaifeng, was eventually overrun by the invaders, with the Han Chinese remnants of the Song Dynasty regrouping farther south, under the flag, as it were, of the Southern Song (CE 1127-1279) Dynasty, whose capital became the city of Lin'an, or present-day Hangzhou.
This move did not end the need for flood control, for the Yangtze River was at times almost as prone to flooding, if not more so, than had been the Yellow River. Thus the Han Chinese tradition of flood control via the construction of diversionary canals continued, though on the Yangtze River instead. These flood control measures would naturally continue on both drainage systems during most of the remainder of China's dynastic period, with greater zeal during periods of peace, i.e., during periods of unification, which was largely the case after the emergence of the Yuan (CE 1279-1368) Dynasty.
Of course, parallel with the notion of flood canals, China continued to build dams on rivers as a way to contain them, or so it was hoped. At least the dams could contain smaller rises in river levels. Unfortunately attempts at building very large dams proved a fiasco (alas, this lesson may be repeating itself today on the prestigious Three Gorges Dam, admit PRC officials), for when the large dams were eventually washed away, the amassed volume of water released created devastation on a Biblical scale, almost as devastating as a tsunami.
Ancient Chinese Waterworks
Two famous, ancient – but still functioning – Chinese waterworks, one a dam and the other a canal system, are:
Dujiang Dam [都江堰] – a diversionary canal (irrigation canal) system, originally built in BCE 256 during the Warring States period on the Min River in Sichuan Province, near the capital, Chengdu (Figure 8 immediately below)
Fig 8: The Dujiang Irrigation System on the Min River
Mulan Dam (Reservoir [木蘭陂]) – originally built in CE 1064 as a dam across the Mulan River in Fujian Province near the city of Putian, and financed by two private citizens of the city of Putian, Lady Qian Siniang and Mr. Lin Chongshi who were inspired by the famous Luoyang Stone Bridge built in CE 1059 in the port city of Quanzhou, another famous Maritime Silk Road port (see the link to the Maritime Silk Road section of the Silk Road article in the "100% Canal" section farther below). (Curiously enough, Putian is the natal city of numerous other famous Chinese women, including Lin Moniang, aka Mazu or Matsu [媽祖], believed to be an incarnation of Guanyin, the sea goddess, or the patron saint of seafarers, as it were).
The dam was soon washed away, though in CE 1075 a new Mulan Dam, this time built during the Xining reign (CE 1068-77) of Emperor Shenzong – and financed by the emperor – was built nearby (the problem with the first dam was judged to be the site itself). Its clever system of sluices permitted water to escape long before a dangerous buildup could occur (Figure 9 immediately below).
Fig 9: Mulan Dam with its Footbridge Across the Dam's 32 Sluices


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Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Censuses - Often-Overlooked
Basics," OnBoard 4 (January 1998): 8.
"I checked the 1850 census of Jones County and
did not find Peleg Pettipool."
As genealogists, we have probably seen or heard such a
statement at least 4,327 times. It comes to us from relatives
working the same family lines. We hear it from fellow members
of genealogical societies. If we are professionals, we get
it from clients. We read it in reports written by people
who have been paid to do research for others. BCG even sees
it in applications.
Such a barebones account of census work raises several
crucial questions:
A generation ago, available resources were much more limited.
American genealogists who spoke of "using the census"
almost invariably referred to the National Archives (NARA)
microfilm of the population schedule of the federal copy
of the U.S. census.
Today's genealogists have far more options available.
Thorough researchers use them all—and take care to
identify exactly the record they consulted.
Proficient use of today's supply of census records
is a complex process requiring a broad knowledge of research
methodology and human nature. The following are just the
"absolute basics":
Simple search:
Censuses and indexes vary widely between areas and
across time. Learn the strengths and weaknesses of those
relevant to your place of interest.
Primarily, these treat population schedules. Whether
you use the Census Bureau's miracode or soundex,
or the various commercially prepared indexes, the principle
is the same. The index is not the record. It
is only a finding aid to the actual record—and
invariably it is a flawed one. Any data found in
an index is used only to locate the actual entry.
Extract all data. This includes all information on
the page heading, all page numbers penned or stamped
on the sheet, all details for the entire household in
which the relevant person lived, and identification
of neighbors. Judiciously consider all other individuals
of the same surname in the same district—if not
the same county. Their identities may be meaningless
to us now, but they often hold the clue to our ancestor's
birth family and origins.
The detail provided by the population schedule normally
suggests whether the ancestor should be found on another
schedule as a slaveowner; a farmer; a craftsman; or
the owner of a business, mine, or fishery. If so, additional
information should be available on the related schedule.
In all cases, the mortality schedule (when available)
should be checked—as should any extant state and
local copies of the population schedule.
If the ancestor does not seem to be in indexes, then we
have several additional steps to perform.
Basic trouble-shooting:
Above all, we keep a full log of the efforts we have made—the
exact schedules we checked, the exact variants we searched
for, the exact materials we tried to find but could not
locate. We owe this "track record" to ourselves
and anyone else to whom we report, "I checked the
1850 census but could not find Peleg."
Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
This article was originally published in OnBoard,
BCG's educational newsletter and is protected by copyright.
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study. Educators are granted permission to provide copies
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Somewhere around pound 270, Curtis Kelly lost his food-ordering privileges. From that weight forward, when K-State players went hunting for grub, his teammates acted as his date, surveying the menu for him before coming to a decision about what the forward would be dining on that day. It wasn't particularly empowering, nor was it much of an ego boost, but when Kelly was a redshirt sophomore in his first season at K-State, desperate measures were necessary.
Taco Bell, Burger King, the campus dining center, you name it, the 6-foot-8 Bronx, N.Y. native didn't both glancing at the specials. For a while, it was reactionary; when meal time came, he involuntarily deferred to the rest of his party, which used the opportunity to not only help mold him, but as fodder for a string of jokes.
The smiles rush back when they recall it today.
"When he got to our campus and he was like 270, I'm looking at him like, what?" Jamar Samuels said. "Why did we get this guy?"
"Fat boy." It was a name the University of Connecticut transfer didn't take long to start answering to in Manhattan, as his new peers tossed it around with the same reckless abandon Kelly once put on display at the Sizzler.
"We'd go to Wendy's, and he'd try to get a burger with us, but we'd order him grilled chicken and just hand it to him," Samuels said, thinking back a year. "(Jacob Pullen) and I would have Baconators up in the front and laugh at him while we ate them. He was mad about that for a while, but we'd always go to the drive-thru. If we went inside, we knew he'd get something he wanted."
It wasn't just about the Wendy's window, however, as the scene is merely part of an illustration depicting what the Wildcats' third-leading scorer now calls "The Old Curtis Kelly," a 270-pound, undisciplined figure lacking in self-control and stamina. It's a far cry from the man that helped will his team into the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight with 10 overtime points in an exhausting double-overtime victory.
"I was tired of sitting on the bench," said Kelly, who now sits just one win away from being a starter on a Final Four team. While perched on a media-surrounded podium on Friday afternoon at EnrgySolutions Arena, he added: "Eventually, you get tired of doing things the wrong way and you want to do it the right way. Frank Martin getting me here helped me a lot. I've got great teammates that push me here. I never really had that at UConn."
Still, his Connecticut experience and his decision to cut it short wasn't all about quarter-pounders and milkshakes. With a discouraged future Hall of Fame coach peering over his shoulder and a mountain of a depth chart that included the names Hasheem Thabeet and Jeff Adrien fixed in front of him, Kelly simply lacked the desire to make it.
These days, he admits it freely. Lazy? Well, if the wide-sized shoe fits …
"He needed to change some of his actions and some of the commitments he wasn't making," K-State head coach Frank Martin said of his junior transfer. The Wildcat head coach's impression of the old Kelly isn't a rare one.
"He was a package of mixed talents, the sum of which was never a Big East caliber player," Hartford Courant UConn beat writer Mike Anthony wrote of the New Yorker upon his release. The popular take isn't one the new, slimmer and more-driven Kelly disagrees with. Looking back, he can pinpoint every root cause for the modest 2.4 points and 2.2 rebounds he averaged in his two seasons under Jim Calhoun and does so almost as if he was reciting a script.
"Back then, I was a stubborn little kid," he said. "I wanted to feed off my talent instead of working."
So what changed? Well, the most obvious answer is the combination of Martin and Wildcat strength coach Scott Greenawalt, the Jason Voorhees to a lackadaisical player's 20-something college coed. But while the hard-nosed duo certainly played a part, according to everyone present in K-State's Salt Lake City locker room, at its core, the transformation from old to new was one of the internal variety.
"Insecurity set in," Kelly said. "I started to be a little unsure about my work ethic and my body. When I ordered three cheeseburgers, guys would look at me like, 'Come on, Curt. What are you doing?' After a while, I'd be like, 'Ok, give me one.' That happened to me a lot. I had to slow down my eating, stick to a stricter diet and just work harder."
An effective Curtis Kelly showing up down the stretch of a double-overtime NCAA Tournament win? Until this year, the thought was laughable, but few, especially members of the Xavier team whose season Kelly and the Wildcats ended late Thursday night, are chuckling now.
For a player whose lethargic reputation arrived in Manhattan in his back pocket, it's a fact as unlikely as it is true. As K-State's single-season blocks leader and a legitimate scoring threat, averaging better than 11 points in more than 25 minutes per contest, Kelly has become a certifiable game-changer.
"I'll tell you the reason I took Curtis Kelly," Martin said. "I offered him a scholarship because not once during the recruiting process did he blame UConn for everything that happened. He took all the responsibility. He realized that the reason he didn't have success at UConn was because of his actions.
"You can't change your life unless you accept responsibility, and Curt definitely accepted it."
Today, he calls it a "career-changing" decision, and when asked what sparked the choice to abandon the East Coast and travel to Manhattan, Kelly, a smooth and jovial personality, recalls even more laughter. It's not that a transfer halfway across the country was some kind of joke, at least not to him, as the giggles he remembers came from those around him.
"People said I was crazy to leave for here because Calhoun and UConn is such a great tradition," said Kelly, who says he still watches and roots for his old team. "People had certain things to say about it. They said, 'Oh, you do one great year at UConn and you're an NBA pro.' I didn't want that, though, I wanted to take the harder route."
That harder route, as it turns out, boasts Martin as the gatekeeper. Demanding as it may have been, however, it has now led the once-touted high school player to Utah and the cusp of college basketball's largest stage.


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Platform Invoke Sample
This sample demonstrates how to call platform invokes (exported DLL functions) from C#. See Interoperability (C# Programming Guide) for more information.
|Security Note
This sample code is provided to illustrate a concept and should not be used in applications or Web sites, as it may not illustrate the safest coding practices. Microsoft assumes no liability for incidental or consequential damages should the sample code be used for purposes other than as intended.
To open the sample file in Solution Explorer
Click Download Sample.
The File Download message box appears.
Click Open, and on the left column of the zip folder window, click Extract all files.
The Extraction Wizard opens.
Click Next. You can change the directory that the files will be extracted to, and then click Next again.
Make sure that the Show extracted files check box is selected, and click Finish.
Double-click the sample's .sln file.
The sample solution is displayed in Solution Explorer. You might get a security warning that says the solution location is not trusted. Click OK to continue.
To build and run the Platform Invoke samples within Visual Studio
In Solution Explorer, right-click the PinvokeTest project and click Set as StartUp Project.
On the Debug menu, click Start Without Debugging.
Repeat the preceding steps for Marshal and Pinvoke.
To build and run the Platform Invoke samples from the Command Line
Use the Change Directory command to change to the PinvokeTest directory.
Type the following:
csc PinvokeTest.cs PinvokeTest
Use the Change Directory command to change to the Marshal directory.
Type the following:
csc Marshal.cs Marshal
Use the Change Directory command to change to the Pinvoke directory.
Type the following:
csc logfont.cs pinvoke.cs pinvoke


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Cyclades Studios & Apartments
in Ornos, Mykonos, Greek Islands
Cyclades Studios & Apartments details
With their whitewashed walls and blue window shutters, the Cyclades Studios and Apartments are every inch the traditional Mykonos accommodation.
The Cyclades Studios and Apartments have a best-of-both-worlds location. They're in a quiet area on the southwest side of the island. But they're just a couple of minutes' walk from Ornos Beach and a 10-minute walk from Mykonos Town.
Looks-wise, the apartments are true-blue Mykonos. The exteriors are whitewashed, the windows have blue shutters, and bougainvillea climbs the walls. Inside, the airy rooms have tiled floors and wooden furniture. Each one has a balcony, too, from which you can see the sea.
Each apartment has self-catering facilities and there's a cluster of shops and a bakery right next to the beach, where you can get supplies for breakfasts and light lunches.
Location• 80m from the beach • 2.5 km from the town • 3km from the port & airport
Transfer time
20 minutes
Swimming pool
• Use of the swimming pool at the Anemos next door
Studio facilities
All studios sleep 2 or 3 with 2 or 3 beds, kitchenette with 2 electric rings and fridge, air-conditioning, satellite TV, shower, and terrace. Daily maid service with towels changed daily and linen changed every 3 days.
Official rating:
2 Star
Extra Local Charges
Some facilities may incur extra local charges, please see the A-Z Guide


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Book: Aging Beyond Belief by Don ArdellIf you plan to age, prepare yourself — it's later than you think. The challenge of aging well should be taken seriously, but not grimly! Whatever your age, it's never too soon, or too late, to learn and apply the fine art of aging well, really well. Discover what aspects of aging can't be changed and improve the rest that can. Mold your own realities with REAL wellness, Ardell-style.
The 69 tips — one for each year of the author's life — are thought-provoking, challenging, eye-opening, manageable and fun to read. And all provide practical guidance for intelligently designing your own life-style evolution.
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Wellness in the Headlines
(Don's Report to the World)
I was delighted to learn that an Ingersoll Oratory Contest, sponsored by the Washington Area Secular Humanists (WASH), will be staged in the nation's capital on October 24, 2010. This is the second year for the event, and once again the venue is Dupont Circle. (In case of rain, the contest will held nearby James Hoban's Irish Restaurant & Bar.) Speeches get underway at noon. If you live in the region, consider attending—it's free and will be great fun, not to mention inspirational given that the words to be spoken were conceived and first delivered by the great "Royal Bob." I don't live in the area, but I plan to attend, anyway. In fact, I've applied as a contestant. If selected, I'll perform, in costume, the after dinner talk the eminent 19th century orator put forward on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Lotos Club in New York City on March 22, 1890.
Robert G. Ingersoll, known then as "The Great Agnostic" and to a small band of REAL wellness promoters today as a REAL wellness pioneer, was a tireless advocate for reason, exuberant living, happiness, justice, and separation of church and state. Among his special causes were racial equality, birth control, women's rights, Darwin's theory of evolution, Shakespeare, free speech, voting rights for Washington, DC. and relief from the customs and constraints of Christian orthodoxy. Details of his life can be read at the WASH website http://ingersollcontest.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/announcement-of-2010-contest/
With eloquence and exceptional logic, all sweetened with profound imagery and wit, Ingersoll delivered over 1,200 speeches, most to standing-room-only crowds. The great man lived in Washington, D.C. for seven years; WASH's website contains photo images of notable sites of his homes, offices and major lecture venues as they looked then and as they are now. The organization also offers an Ingersoll a do-it-yourself walking tour guide to these historic locations.
One key purpose of the Ingersoll oratory contest is to rectify an unfortunate situation, namely, that Ingersoll, despite his extraordinary fame in his time and his body of incomparable work, has been neglected and largely forgotten by history.
WASH is doing its part to change that.
The contest will feature up to 15 speakers who will deliver brief excerpts from Robert G. Ingersoll's works. A panel of judges will evaluate and award prizes for the best performances. Talks must be no less than three and not longer than six minutes.
In a New York Times interview last week focused on his latest film ("Woody Allen on Faith, Fortune Tellers and New York," September 14, 2010), Dave Itzkoff asked:
"What seems more plausible to you, that we've existed in past lives, or that there is a God? And "How do you feel about the aging process?" To the first question, Allen replied: "Neither seems plausible to me. I have a grim, scientific assessment of it. I just feel, what you see is what you get." As to his feeling about aging, Allen replied: "Well, I'm against it. [laughs] I think it has nothing to recommend it. You don't gain any wisdom as the years go by. You fall apart, is what happens. People try and put a nice varnish on it, and say, well, you mellow. You come to understand life and accept things. But you'd trade all of that for being 35 again. I've experienced that thing where you wake up in the middle of the night and you start to think about your own mortality and envision it, and it gives you a little shiver."
If I'm selected, I will offer the after-dinner speech that Robert Green Ingersoll delivered at the 20th anniversary gathering of the Lotos Club in New York City on March 22, 1890. On that occasion, Ingersoll gave a brilliant talk, comparing the situation of all living persons to passengers fated to ride on a railroad wherein everyone was to be killed, for which there was no escape. All the concerns expressed by Woody Allen are addressed in Ingersoll's Lotos speech. It is poignant, yet uplifting. It addresses our own fate, yet contains much wisdom for living well nonetheless. In the event you don't want to take the chance that I might not be there to give this address or you can't make it to Washington even if I do get picked to speak, you can find the address here - http://englishatheist.org/zing/Lotos-Dinner.htm
I highly recommend it. I think I'll tell Woody Allen about it.
For information on how to register for the Ingersoll Oratory Contest, see the contest Web site - http://ingersollcontest.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/announcement-of-2010-contest/
I'll let you know if I am invited to be a contestant and, if I am, how things go. Wish me random good fortune.
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Boston – Wayfair is launching program integration on HGTV shows including "Brother vs. Brother" and "Flipping The Block." This integration is part of a broader partnership, which through program integration and daily sales events on Wayfair.com, lets consumers shop directly from HGTV shows.
Show integration launched in June with the season premiere of HGTV's competition series, "Brother vs. Brother," and will continue in July with the debut of "Flipping the Block" featuring integrated content from Joss & Main, Wayfair's members-only home goods brand. In its comprehensive brand integration, HGTV features Wayfair.com products in a pop-up shop and on a design truck as part of Brother vs. Brother's Design Town, where contestants shop for products.
Wayfair has seen its advertising response rate increase more than two-fold with the Brother vs. Brother integration as compared to other primetime airings and the show ranks within the top five performing programs for Wayfair in terms of driving traffic to the website.


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Melbourne s the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia.
An international centre for performing and visual arts, Melbourne is often referred to as Australia's cultural capital.
Founded in June 2006, BalconyTV is a leading daily online viral music show that features bands, musicians and other variety acts on balconies around the world.


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I'm Not A "Grooming" Kind Of Guy
It happened again last night. My wife got back from getting a facial and said, "You'd love this! Why don't you try it?" Come on, now.
I may have my quirks, but I'm certainly not a facial kind of guy. I'm not even 100% sure what a facial is, but I think it involves a face massage with creams that smell pretty. Now, why in the world would I want a pretty smelling face? Besides, my face is last on the list of places I'd want a massage (because it's not sore…why what were YOU thinking???)
Before we went on our cruise in June, she tried to talk me into getting a pedicure. "You'll be wearing flip flops," she said. "You want your feet to look good, right?" Actually, I don't care one bit if my feet look good. In fact, I'm a little suspicious of guys who DO have good looking feet. Their priorities are clearly questionable.
My wife has even suggested I get a manicure. "You meet a lot of people and shake a lot of hands," she reasoned. She reminded me that she was the one who kept telling me to get a massage so I could relax. I must admit, I was a skeptic of massages of any kind until I had my first one about a year ago. I got an incredible massage with bamboo sticks and hot rocks (sounds more like torture than a massage doesn't it?) It turned out to be incredible. I was so relaxed when I left the spa I almost felt drugged. Another massage? Maybe. But a manicure? I don't think so. And plucking? Forget it. I don't want anything on me to get plucked.
My wife says a lot of guys are getting manis, pedis and facials these days, but was completely stumped when I asked her to name one. She couldn't give me ONE name.
Grooming is for girls.


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Where Our Grads Go
A graduate degree in mechanical engineering and materials science from Duke helps to open opportunities for future success. Duke MEMS has an excellent track record of placing graduates into engineering firms and as faculty at prestigious universities.
Here is a breakdown of where our graduates go after graduating from Duke MEMS.
Data reflect current positions for PhD alumni who graduated 9/06-5/16.