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At first glance, you're entering a world of castles and snow covered roofs, farms and restaurants. What also stands out is the rock candy, life savers, and licorice. Creativity and imagination jump out at you during a visit to the Gingerbread Village at the Festival of Trees in Davenport.
There are about 150 creations in the village. The one common denominator is that they are made from gingerbread.
Amber Grimm and Lisa Dundovich are the village trustees so to speak. They are volunteers who are responsible for organizing all of the creations submitted by amateurs and professionals along with children and adults. The two women also created their own gingerbread houses for Festival.
There is a Nativity Scene, houses with patriotic themes, a farmer's market, a chapel that lights up and much more. The people who submit entries use popcorn, gum, Hershey's Chocolate, peppermints, and other candies to decorate their gingerbread art.
Some of the gingerbread creations will sell for more than 200 dollars. If they are made right, many will last for years.
The entries are judged according to categories. Judges look for creativity, quality, and artistic ability. All of the money raised from the sale of the gingerbread items goes to Quad City Arts. Whatever is not sold will be donated to a local library.
Lisa says it's hard not to smile when you make a visit to the Gingerbread Village.
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Western Steam Finale
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This book follows on from "Steam around Worcester" and mainly contains pictures taken around the West Midlands area and Wales during the period from 1963 to the end of steam in this region in March 1967.
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Guam - Just in time for
Black Friday - the official start of the holiday shopping season - $12 million in
tax refunds will be put in the mail before the end of the week. The Calvo
Administration announced today that it will be releasing the checks that will
cover tax years 2011 and prior.
This week's infusion brings the total count of refund payments
since the start of this year to more than $133 million. Governor Eddie Calvo says
he's happy his fiscal policy team continues to prioritize the payment of tax
refunds and says his administration is committed to making the payments and
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February 26, 2014
The comment period prior to formal adoption of the STG Pilot Program closes April 3, when a hearing will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at the East End Complex Auditorium, 1500 Capital Ave., Sacramento, CA 95811. Submit your comments before April 3 to CDCR, Regulation and Policy Management Branch, P.O. Box 942883, Sacramento CA 94283-0001, by fax to 916-324-6075 or by email. If you have questions, call branch chief Timothy Lockwood at 916-445-2269.
February 11, 2014
Despite attempts by the CDCR to insure the public that they are acting with prudence to change people's gang validations and correct injustices and general inhumane conditions in prison SHUs, testimony from experts and the public continued to unmask the basic torture and impunity of the CDCR's policies in maintaining prolonged isolation and prisons that fundamentally violate human rights. Hundreds packed two hearing rooms demanding real change.
April 26, 2012
A little over a month after CDCR released its "Security Threat Group Prevention, Identification and Management Strategy," which proposes new gang validation and SHU step down procedures, the department has called a meeting with members of the mediation team advocating on behalf of SHU and Administrative Segregation (Ad-Seg or ASU) prisoners.
March 14, 2012
CDCR has released its "Security Threat Group Prevention, Identification and Management Strategy," which proposes new gang validation and SHU step down procedures. "The biggest issue with the stakeholder review is that the most important stakeholders, the prisoners who have been validated and are currently in administrative segregation or the SHU, are not included," says Jerry Elster.


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GMAT Official Study Guide – PS #22 (Level: 300-400)
Of the five coordinates associated with points A, B, C, D, and E on the number line above, which has the greatest absolute value?
The absolute value is greatest for the point farthest from the origin (0), which is point A.
Absolute value is the distance away from the orgin. Because you can never have a negative distance, the absolute value is always positive. For this problem, choose the coordinate that has the greatest distance from the orgin.


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OCTOBER 10, 2012 - It has been almost 20 years since the Ontario Hockey Association has hosted a Junior B program east of Guelph, but it may be coming back.
It was a program that assisted in the development of great talents such as Eric Lindros and Wayne Gretzky, and a host of NHL officials as well as great community citizens.
Now, as a result of the contraction of teams undertaken in and by the Ontario Junior Hockey League to raise the competitive level of that program both regionally and nationally, there are a number of traditional hockey communities that are now eligible for consideration to return to Sutherland Cup play.
Enter the OHA's Junior B expansion project.
With an eye to the 2013-14 season, the OHA is gauging the interest for a fourth conference in the Junior B league in the footprint of the OHA east of Guelph with the assistance of two of its most prolific Leagues, the OJHL and the GOJHL.
The OHA expansion Committee is extending an invitation as of today to parties and communities who may have an interest in joining a great hockey program under the umbrella of the Ontario Hockey Federation as well as Hockey Canada to contact the OHA. The deadline to express that interest is November 15, 2012.
From the list of interested parties, more formal application packages will be distributed to viable candidates.
A selection committee, along with the OHA board of directors, will award new franchises in April, in time for the 2013-14 season.
For more information, visit www.OHAhockey.org or contact:
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An educated, healthy and diverse population is key to Canada's quality of life and success on the world stage.
Access to high-quality education and training is essential to the maintenance of a world-leading labour force. Education is critical to equality of opportunity in our society, to the competitiveness of Canadian enterprises and to the future prosperity of our country. Every sector of society, including business, has a role to play in improving access to lifelong learning and the quality of education available to Canadian children and adults.
A focus on disadvantaged groups, especially Aboriginal peoples, will be critical in realizing Canada's full potential.
As in other industrialized countries, Canada's population is aging. Governments need to plan now for the resulting increases in the cost of programs that support seniors and the expected decline in the number of working people as a share of the total population.
Canada must strive to achieve the best possible value from our collective investments in health care, no matter how the costs are shared. In meeting this challenge, private-sector initiative, energy, expertise, innovation and capital can play important roles in sustaining and improving the quality of publicly funded health care in Canada.
At the same time, immigration policies must continue to help Canadian communities and enterprises to attract much-needed talent from abroad and to enable newcomers to integrate quickly within our economy. Canada's diverse society is an important advantage in attracting investments geared to the global marketplace.


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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The search is on for a man police say was pretending to be one of them.
WAVE 3 News first reported the crime of a police impersonator pulling people over in the Highlands months ago. Thursday investigators said they believe the fake cop they have been looking for is also one of three people involved in some 20 home burglaries.
"I came home with the kids and they asked, why is the front door open?"asked Kathy Fehder, a Highlands neighbor who clearly remembers the day she became a burglary victim.
Fehder is one of some 20 homeowners from the Highlands to Indian Hills burglarized in the past few months. Fehder said, "It made me feel sick to think that there was someone in my house, maybe just before we got home."
Fehder and her husband are among the homeowners who were called to Louisville Metro's Fifth Police Division to look through a stash of stolen goods. From electronics to watches and jewelry, some $50,000 worth, it all came from a familiar home on 19th Street in Portland. The same place where David McGuffin and Jennifer Cheatham were arrested this week for taking thousands of dollars of equipment from North Oldham High School.
Investigators say the duo was working with experience on the home burglaries - Jennifer Cheatham's cousin, Brandon Cheatham, spent time behind bars for similar crimes.
But police say he wasn't smart enough for some savvy homeowners who got photos of a getaway truck and green van and identified the two men.
"One of the neighbors had a pretty elaborate home security system and they were actually able to get a very good quality high definition photo of this van, " said Fifth Division Detective Sergeant Jamey Schwab.
In an odd twist, police also tagged Brandon Cheatham as the man we told you about several months ago, a fake cop pulling people over on Grinstead Drive. The say the imposter stole a woman's debit card and her cash at a nearby ATM.
"It's another piece of the puzzle," Schwab said, "The surveillance video from the ATM and then linking him with the green van."
As for Fehder, her jewelry handed down from generation to generation wasn't in the stash. It was either sold or taken by other thieves, but she still has hope. She said, "I was really surprised at what the police found yesterday, so anything is possible."
If you've been a burglary victim in the last two months and want to look through the stolen goods, contact the detective working your burglary case or the 5th Police Division.
A warrant has been issued for Brandon Cheatham's arrest. If you know where he is call the police tip-line at (502) 574- LMPD.
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1 1/2 pounds hearty greens, such as kale
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 large leeks, sliced 1/4-inch thick, white and light green parts only
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 cup vegetable broth
3 spring onion bulbs, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 1/2 cups cooked cannellini beans
12 slices crusty whole-wheat bread
Cooking spray
To prepare the kale: Strip the leaves from the stalks. Stack and slice the leaves into 1-inch strips. Thinly slice the stems into 1/4-inch pieces. Keep the leaves and stems separate.
Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the leeks and the chopped stems and cook, stirring, until softened, 4-5 minutes. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon each of salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper. Add the sliced greens and broth. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the greens are very tender, 20-25 minutes. Uncover. If there's any liquid left in the pan, continue cooking for another minute or two until it is nearly gone.
To prepare the bean spread: Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, 2-3 minutes. Add the wine and cook until most of it is evaporated, 3-6 minutes. Stir in the beans and 1/8 teaspoon each of salt and pepper; cook until heated through, 1-2 minutes. Puree the bean mixture in a food processor until almost smooth.
To prepare the panini: Coat one side of each slice of bread with cooking spray. With the sprayed side down, spread equal portions of the bean puree on 6 slices of bread. Top each with equal portions of the braised greens. Top with the remaining pieces of bread, sprayed side up. Press in a panini press until hot and crispy.
Calories: 381 cal
Fat: 12g
Saturated fat: 2g
Monounsaturated fat: 9g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 710mg
Potassium: 322mg
Carbohydrate: 52g
Fiber: 8g
Sugar: 1g
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Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Thanks to the National Trust.
The National Trust has been safeguarding our history since 1894 but – as we know – history isn't only about country estates. City streets are also steeped in layers of social history. Especially London's Soho. How often have you walked through its streets and wondered what tales they would tell if only they could talk? Well, thanks to the National Trust, now they can.
The Trust has ditched the silver polish for a while and gone all urbane and hi-tech. They've created Soho Stories, a free audio mobile app that whispers site-specific tales of Soho hedonism into your ear. It uses GPS to sense which street you are on and famous Sohoites share all the gossip – er – history about that location. Mollie Parkin's tales of drinking with Francis Bacon, Janet Street Porter's dealings with Damien Hirst and *shudder* Frankie Fraser's darker tales of the Soho gangster... all told to you exactly where they happened.
And, as Soho is ever evolving (and we know how to party better than Hirst and Bacon) you can share your Soho Stories at facebook.com/sohostories. Here you can also find out about related events in Soho Square and download the app. Although it is worth checking it out on the iTunes app store, if only to see a National Trust product that has a warning about sexual content, drug use and profanity. GT


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Vanessa Johnson, Essex County Greenbelt's land conservation project manager, is one of 80 agricultural professionals from across New England and New York who was selected to participate in Farmland Advisors, a new training program on farm transfer and farmland access options. Through a series of progressive learning and networking opportunities, including webinars, a regional conference and peer-to-peer exchanges, the program will address building relationships with landowners, leases, conservation easements, family and personal issues in estate planning, and tax and financial considerations in farm transfers. American Farmland Trust and Land for Good will lead the two-year program.
Essex County Greenbelt is a nonprofit land trust working to conserve farmland, wildlife habitat and scenic landscapes of Essex County. Greenbelt owns and manages more than 5,000 acres of land and miles of trails, including in Ipswich, Boxford, Topsfield, Hamilton, Middleton, Wenham and Beverly.
Rich Benevento, president of WorldTech Engineering, was named president of the New England Chapter of the American Public Works Association, which consists of more than 1,000 public works officials, consultants, vendors and contractors from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Benevento also serves as chairman of the Parking and Traffic Commission for Beverly and is a former member of the conservation commissions in Beverly and Danvers. WorldTech is a full-service architectural and engineering firm.
Marblehead native and Swampscott resident Jared Wood joined Sagan Realtors in Swampscott as a real estate agent. Wood pursued a career in real estate after working at the Berkshire Outdoor Center. He is currently continuing his education at Salem State University.
Beverly resident Gerald MacKillop, public relations manager for Lahey Health System, has been elected president of the Beverly Chamber of Commerce. MacKillop has worked on behalf of the Beverly Chamber of Commerce for the past four years, serving as both treasurer and vice president.
VNA Care Network & Hospice, a home health care, palliative care and hospice agency in Danvers, appointed David Rose as vice president of human resources. Rose joined VNA Care Network & Hospice more than 20 years ago and most recently served as the director of human resources. He is a certified senior professional in human resources by the Society for Human Resources Management. Rose earned a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College and a Master of Business Administration and advanced certification in business administration from Anna Maria College.
The Enterprise Center at Salem State University is accepting applications through Friday, Feb. 22, at 5 p.m. for the ninth annual 2013 North of Boston Business Plan Competition. The competition offers cash prizes and provides an opportunity for promising regional businesses to develop a formal business plan and receive feedback from expert judges. The contest is open to all types of businesses, which must be less than 3 years old or, if older, have a new product, service, initiative or growth strategy. Participants must also anticipate having at least five full-time employees within two years. Applications and full details are available at enterprisectr.org.
The North Shore Community Development Coalition in Salem announced the following promotions: Mickey Northcutt as chief executive officer, Kristin Anderson as chief program officer, Jason Pina as chief operating officer and Peter Rogers as director of housing development. Also, Ilene Vogel joined the North Shore CDC as the director of economic development.
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CHIPPEWA FALLS (WQOW) - An area woman faces a number of charges after a reported drug overdose in Chippewa Falls.
Lisa Moucha is accused of selling methamphetamine to a person under 18. Police were notified of the overdose by St. Joseph's Hospital.
Police say the patient is now in 'good' condition. Moucha was arrested for reckless injury, selling meth several times from her Jim Falls home, and seven other charges.


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Brown's Department of Public Safety (DPS) is a fully-accredited police department that provides a wide array of services to the Brown community. In addition to crime deterrence, investigation, and emergency response, DPS educates the campus community and provides training opportunities related to crime prevention and community safety.
To help maintain a safe campus environment, Brown provides a range of transportation options, including the campus shuttle (safeRIDE) and walking escorts (Safewalk). Over 100 Blue Light emergency phones around campus connect a caller immediately to Public Safety. Residence halls are secured by a card swipe system: students swipe their Brown Card to enter their residence hall, then use their assigned brass key to access their living space.
Visit the Department of Public Safety website for more information about personal, property, building, and vehicle safety at Brown.
Emergency Communications
in the event of an incident on or near campus, Brown Public Safety sends Campus Safety Notifications & Alerts by email to students, faculty, and staff. A campus-wide emergency alert system can contact thousands of students, faculty, and staff within minutes of an urgent situation or crisis. All Brown email addresses and Brown-owned phone numbers are loaded on the system. To receive emergency text broadcasts on their personal cell phones, students must provide their cell phone numbers by logging into https://brown.edu/myaccount.
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Emergency notifications are also posted at http://emergency.brown.edu/. If there is an emergency at Brown, the Emergency Announcements webpage will contain information and updates about the nature of the problem and the steps being taken to address the problem. Any necessary instructions for the University community, along with resources for further information, are also posted at http://emergency.brown.edu/.


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Cross Pollination Continues. Oregon Nike coach Dana Altman confirms what we've expected all along. Smooth talking John Calipari has proven himself yet again — as if it weren't already common knowledge — that he's college hoops' most convincing schmoozer.
Phil Knight assistant/ World Wide Wes disciple Kenny Payne is reportedly leaving the Land o' Sneakers to join UK's staff.
Which means that in this dark and bloody ground, where Red dudes and Blue dudes do not abide, there shall be a Cardinal in the Bluegrass as counterpoint to the Cats at the Yum!.
Strange times, these. Maybe the schools should both change their colors to purple, which is what you get when mixing red and blue.
Payne was always one of my favorite U of L players. I remember the first time I saw him play, before his frosh season in a summer league at Bellarmine. He was throwing them in from 25-30 feet. Arching rainbow shots. Beauteous. I've said it before and now repeat. I think coach Denny Crum was reluctant to allow Payne to shoot from as far out as he needed to. The kid had some range.
Still my man became a member of the 1000 point club, which won me a ten spot from my pal Sportsby.
As much as I want us all to get along on this U of L/UK thing, this intermingling just feels odd.
Meanwhile in Cardinalville . . . it's another unsettling off-season. Preston Knowles seems to have gotten himself into an untoward situation.
And we still don't know what the deal is with Steve Masiello and those Derby tickets. Other than The Rick has sent the Johnny Drama manqué on his staff out to represent the hoops program on these Cardinal Caravan dog and pony shows.
Celtics Reeling? Of course, they are.
Big Baby Davis staggering across the court after being decked by a Dwight Howard elbow was the perfect metaphor for the Eastern Conference final series, which is now a lot closer than just three days ago.
I like the Rolling Stones' analogy, that Boston is Torn & Frayed. Yes, I'm playing the alarmist, you Beantown fans. I'm saying the situation looks dire for your team that's still up 3-2 in the series.
The squads are now playing every other day and the Garnett/ Pierce/ Allen triumvirate is looking more Methuselahian by the minute. Unless the league steps in and gives Kendrick Perkins a pardon, he won't be eligible for Friday's game. Groggy Davis is questionable. And Nate Robinson doesn't seem like he can play Mighty Mouse, soaring in, singing "Here I come to save the day . . ."
Boston started looking beatable in Game Four. Orlando found some Magic and pounced.
All of which is to say, we got us a series.
It's a good thing. That true and final end to the hoops season is drawing ever closer.
Are those Suns Rising or Setting? I remember a film in elementary school about the constitutional convention maybe, or another of those gatherings America's Founding Fathers attended. After signing the Constitution — or, maybe the Declaration of Independence — the actor playing Ben Franklin looked at the chair he'd been sitting in, which had a sun at the horizon on the back.
Then he made some prophetic assessment of the situation, commenting about it being a rising sun rather than a setting sun.
Which, of course, has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the Western Conference Finals. Other than as a shaky analogy to keep you hopefully entertained.
The point is this. We'll find out tonight if the Suns are rising or setting? If ten-strong Phoenix can shut up Jack Nicholson and the rest of the Hollywood cognoscenti in the Staples Center, they might be able to close out the LA LA Kobes over the weekend at home in the Land of Apartheid.
That zone D and boffo bench play seem to have the Lakers on their heels.
If only my man E5 were contributing . . . sigh. At best, he's only #11 in Alvin Gentry's rotation.
Anyway, as in the East, we got us a series.
Meanwhile at the Ballyard . . . U of L's nine continues to roll. They blasted West Virginia in the Big East tourney opener. Up next, always tough St. John's.
And the Red's next big thing, Cuban Aroldis Chapman, is scheduled to start tonight for the Redbirds, er, RiverBats, oh yeah, Bats, tonight at Slugger Field.
Speaking of phenoms, we can only hope that Stephen Strasburg, baseball's next great pitcher, is still hurling for Syracuse, when the Chiefs come to town in August.
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|2012 DiGi Award for Best Brand of Camera Bags
For the third consecutive year Lowepro was honored with a Best Brand of Camera Bags award from the DiGi Awards. The award ceremony took place in Hong Kong at the annual DiGi Digital Fortnight event. For more information on the ceremony and Hong Kong's best-selling digital photography magazine, visit chillimedia.com.hk/
|Photo Sport 200 AW Wins 2011 POP Award
The editors of Popular Photography magazine gave our Photo Sport 200 AW backpack their thumbs up—a 2011 POP Award—as an outstanding photography product. They think it's the ideal hiking/photography pack. You also can take it on a mountain bike, up a rock, down a snowy run—any place that suits your passion for adventure and photography.
|Photo Sport™ AW Chosen as Editor's Pick
Our new adventure-sport backpack and sling series garnered an Editor's Pick Award from the 35th anniversary issue of Photo Life Magazine, Canada's leading source for photography and photo industry news. Editors gave a nod to the innovative Ultra-Cinch Camera Chamber™. and durability of these lightweight, dual-compartment Photo Sport AW bags. See our Photo Sport 200 AW in action with a pro photographer. Learn more about the series.
|Votes Tallied/Results In: About.com Winner is SlingShot AW
About.com announced the results of its Readers' Choice Awards for 2011...and we're proud to say that Lowepro is the winner of the Best Photo Accessory Released in 2010 for the SlingShot AW series. Our SlingShot AW bags are loved by many a pro and enthusiast for their fast-access side-entry compartment, well-organized design and protective All Weather AW Cover™.
|Two Flipside Backpacks Receive Consumer Awards in Japan
Japan's largest social shopping community, www.kakaku.com, recently presented Lowepro with product awards based on the most popular and favorable consumer reviews. The first is a gold award for the Flipside 300 camera backpack; the second, a silver award for the Flipside 400 AW camera backpack. Our Flipside series of backpacks provide premium security, ample room for a full kit and all-day comfort. See a product video on the Flipside 400 AW to learn more about the series.
|Lowepro Wins a 2010 DiGi Award for Best Brand of Camera Bags
Lowepro was honored to receive a 2010 Best Digital Products Award at the DiGi Digital Fortnight event in Hong Kong. Forty winners gathered to receive honors from the professional assessment committee. Lowepro received its award for the Best Brand of Camera Bags category. For more details, visit the official DiGi Awards web site at: http://www.chillimedia.com.hk/
|New Roller Earns Photographer Magazine's 2011 Hot One Honor
Our Pro Roller Attaché x50 earned a coveted Hot One 2011 nod from Professional Photographer Magazine. The Pro Roller™ Attaché x50 is a compact and modular solution for hassle-free international travel and work. Its inventive, two-bags-in-one design offers true versatility. Use it as a rolling attaché. Remove the interior Reserve Shoulder Bag and carry your complete gear messenger-bag style. Or turn the exterior rolling attaché into an overnight bag. Learn more about it.
The new S&F Series™ series receives the "Equipment of the Month" award from Germany's ProfiFoto magazine.
It offers freedom of movement, fast access and flexibility to professional photographers. And now it's named as "Equipment of the Month" by Germany's ProfiFoto magazine. We launched this much-anticipated modular carrying system at the 2010 photokina event in Europe. Read more about the S&F Series™ here.
The Pro Trekker™ AW series wins the coveted Gear of the Year Award from Digital Photo and Practical Photography magazines!
Our team in the UK proudly accepted this honor from Bauer Media for the Best Camera Bag of 2010. We designed the Pro Trekker AW as the ultimate expedition camera bag for enthusiasts and pros who take a heavy load of equipment to remote and challenging corners of the world. Read more about this well-reviewed and award-winning series.
Passport Sling™ Wins "Hot Picks" Award at PMA 2010
Photography enthusiasts were excited to see a stylish design that doesn't look like a camera bag, yet carries a DSLR plus a few accessories. Passport Sling features an expansion compartment that adds approximately 30% more space—enough to accommodate items like a light jacket, lunch, cool souvenir or farmers' market find. The Passport Sling is an unexpected kind of camera bag—unique in its form and inventive in its function. Designed to carry an equal amount of camera and personal gear, the Passport Sling offers flexibility and comfort when using it around town, sightseeing, or for travel.
Lowepro's inventive Passport Sling™ wins PMA "Hot Picks" Award at the 2010 show. Here (at right), Lowepro product Manager Tracy Daly shows it off to an enthusiastic crowd.
|The Best Travel Gadgets of 2009
Fastpack 250
Moving around town — or between cities — with a growing load of gadgets is getting to be a hassle. For easier travels, take a page from photographers, who neatly load all their lenses and cameras into the cool Lowepro Fastpack 250. Its cubbyholes and side pockets make neat resting places for your devices and batteries, and the inner sanctum has enough room for laptop screens up to 15.4 in. (Those with larger laptops can opt for the 350 model.) Another nice benefit of the Fastpack: it comfortably fits underneath an airline seat or in the overhead.
|Technical Image Press Association (TIPA)
Best Photo Bag Award 2009
Classified AW Series
The Lowepro Classified AW series is a new breed of camera bags, created with the unique requirements of the photojournalist in mind, inside and out. Classified AW shoulder bags conceal photographers' gear (and their mission) with a discreet and slim profile, contoured to be comfortable, move easily with the body and help navigate a busy street or a crowded subway knowing the photo equipment is safe.
|Professional Photographer Magazine's 2009 Hot One
CompuPrimus AW
The CompuPrimus AW dual-compartment camera backpack is made of rugged, 100-percent post-consumer recycled Cyclepet, a material with high water and abrasion resistance. The bag's ergonomic eight-point adjustable harness system distributes weight evenly, while allowing air flow to the wearer. The lower compartment has adjustable padded dividers for pro-size camera gear. The upper compartment includes organization pockets and space for additional accessories. There's also an outside hatch pocket and a removable notebook sleeve. The CompuPrimus AW comes with an all-weather-cover, hideaway tripod mount, side access panel and memory card pockets.
|PC Photo Magazine Editor's Choice Award 2009
Stealth Reporter D200AW
It may have been designed for photojournalists, but the Lowepro Stealth Reporter D200AW is the ideal camera bag for anyone who wants to protect their gear and not be weighed down by a heavy, overbuilt bag. Many bags are overbuilt in terms of the materials and padding used in their construction. The Stealth line takes a decidedly more minimalist approach without sacrificing protection. High-density, closed-cell foam internal padding keeps your camera, lenses and accessories safe, while the outer shell is made of durable ballistic nylon.
|Lowepro Wins Best Bags & Cases Award from Studio Photography Magazine
In their 3rd Annual Readers' Poll, Studio Photography gives Lowepro bags top honors for products photographers can't live without.
|Editor's Choice 2007:
Primus AW, Vertex 300 AW,
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HB 73 / HB 88 – Drug courts and veterans treatment courts. Changes who may be accepted by a drug
court and allows a circuit court to establish a veterans treatment court to
dispose of a case stemming from substance abuse or mental illness of a current
military member or a veteran. In scope. Support concept of drug courts;
Support special docket for veterans.
HB 106 –Sex offender notification. Requires a convicted sex offender to be told of his or her
obligation to register as a sex offender at the time of adjudication instead of
the current requirement of prior to release or discharge. In scope. Support.
Suggest notice be provided both at the time of adjudication and release or
HB 121 – Guardian ad litem. Allows the court discretion in the appointment of a
guardian ad litem in specified cases regarding child abuse or neglect and ex
parte orders of protection. In scope. Support.
HB 155 – Private probation services. Changes the requirements for the use of private probation
services. Among other provisions, this legislation authorizes judges in a
circuit court to use private or other court-appointed entities for probation
services for a person who has been convicted of a class C or D felony; requires
the court to adopt rules for the approval and oversight of private probation
services by the court; increases the maximum amount that a private probation
service provider can charge from $50 to $65 per month.
HB 167 – Death penalty. Repeals
the provisions which allow the use of the death penalty and specifies that certain
persons sentenced to death must be sentenced to life without eligibility for
HB 204 / SB 462 – Surcharges for garnishments. Allows the clerk of the circuit court to charge and
collect a surcharge of up to $10 in cases where a garnishment is granted. In
scope. Oppose.
HCS HB 215 –Indigent defense, restitution, and transcript fees. Requires restitution to be paid
through the office of the prosecuting or circuit attorney and allows them to
charge various administrative handling costs and changes the laws regarding
public defenders. (For a complete summary of House Bill 215, see Criminal Law). In scope. Support concept of
reform of Public Defender System; note that Section 600.053 of the bill,
abrogating 18 C.S. R. 10-4.010, mirrors the first recommendation of the
Missouri Bar Criminal Justice Task Force; no position on restitution
provisions; oppose bulk bidding of contracts for representation as proposed,
share concerns about cost effectiveness and adverse impact on adequate
representation; share Recommendations of The Missouri Bar Criminal Justice Task
Force and offer bar's assistance in arriving at a fair and balanced resolution
of current problems relating to representation of indigent criminal defendants
by the Public Defender.
HB 238 – Expungement of criminal records. Authorizes a one-time expungement of certain criminal
records including a conviction for any nonviolent crime, misdemeanor, or
nonviolent drug violation. In scope. Support concept.
HB 251 / SB 313 – Filing surcharge. Increases, from $2 to $4, the surcharge imposed upon the
filing of a civil action that is to be used to provide financial assistance to
domestic violence shelters. In scope. Support appropriation for domestic
violence victims. Oppose filing fee surcharge.
HB 273 – Consolidation of title and possession actions. Requires the consolidation of
specified civil court actions filed pertaining to the title of property in
forcible entry and unlawful detainer cases. Specifically, requires a court to
consolidate, upon timely motion by one of the parties, civil actions by one or
more of the same plaintiffs against one or more of the same defendants
regarding a common question of law pertaining to the title and possession of
the premises at issue.
HCS HB 309 & 73 – Military Veterans and Servicemembers Court Program. Establishes the Military Veterans and
Servicemembers Court Program to provide treatment and intervention to veterans
and service members charged or convicted of certain crimes.
HB 318 – Jury costs paid by losing party. Authorizes any court in a civil case to order that the jury
costs be paid by the party against whom a judgment is made.
HB 323 – Civil action surcharge. Changes the laws regarding the charging of a surcharge in
civil court cases. Specifically allows the circuit court in any circuit, except
Jackson County or any circuit that reimburses the state for the salaries of
family court commissioners, to change the surcharge in civil actions to any
amount up to $15.
HB 325 – Transfer of Taney County Circuit Court. Transfers Taney County from the 38th Judicial Circuit to
the newly established 46th Judicial Circuit and specifies that the 38th
Judicial Circuit will consist only of Christian County.
HB 354 – Private probation services. Allows DWI courts to use private probation and parole
services for judicial supervision when the Department of Probation and Parole
is unable to provide the services.
HB 361 – Fee on civil case filings. Authorizes counties to assess a fee on all civil case
filings by the circuit court to provide funding to qualified nonprofit
organizations to implement a neutral site child custody exchange program. In scope. Oppose.
HB 363 – Appointment of acting county municipal judge. Allows for the appointment of an
acting county municipal court judge on a temporary basis if any judge of a
county municipal court becomes ill or is otherwise unavailable. In Scope. Support concept.
HB 370 – Surcharge in municipal traffic cases. Allows municipalities to assess an additional surcharge of
up to $7 per municipal traffic violation case unless the case has been
dismissed by the court or the court finds the defendant unable to pay the cost.
HCS HB 371 – Judicial Omnibus Bill. Changes the laws regarding judicial procedure. Among other
provisions, this legislation includes:
COURT ADMINISTRATORS. Prohibits
the Department of Revenue from releasing the home address or any vehicle
information for a judge or member of their immediate family, even if the
judge's status or qualification for the exemption changes; replaces the
chairman of the circuit court budget committee with the chairman of the court
automation committee for purposes of services on the Criminal Records and
Justice Information Advisory Committee; allows the state courts administrator
to segregate fees that are collected for a particular purpose and not be
disbursed for any other purpose.
Changes the laws regarding county contributions to the Prosecuting Attorneys
and Circuit Attorneys' Retirement System Fund and requires certain persons who
pay a fine through a collection center to be assessed a surcharge of $4.
Currently, such a surcharge is collected in all criminal cases filed in court,
including violations of county ordinances and violations of the state's
criminal and traffic laws, including infractions; allows the circuit court in
any circuit, except Jackson County or any circuit that reimburses the state for
the salaries of family court commissioners, to change the surcharge in civil actions
to any amount up to $15.
REPORTERS. States
that in cases where an appeal is taken, the court reporter must receive the
sum of three dollars and fifty cents per twenty-five-line page for the original
and up to three copies of the transcript, and the sum of fifty cents per
twenty-five-line page for each additional copy thereof; in criminal cases where
an appeal is taken and the court determines that the defendant is unable to pay
the costs of the transcript, the court must order the court reporter to provide
three paper or electronic copies of the transcript; the court reporter must
receive the sum of two dollars and sixty cents per page for each additional
copy thereof; an electronic version of all transcripts must be provided.
OFFENSES. Renames
forcible rape to rape in the first degree, and specifies that a person commits
the crime of rape in the first degree where he or she has sexual intercourse
with an individual who is incapacitated, incapable of consent, or lacks the
capacity to consent or by the use of forcible compulsion; renames forcible
sodomy to sodomy in the first degree, and specifies that a person commits the
crime of sodomy in the first degree if he or she has deviate sexual intercourse
with another person who is incapacitated, incapable of consent, or lacks the
capacity to consent or by the use of forcible compulsion; renames the crime of
sexual assault to rape in the second degree; renames the crime of deviate
sexual assault to sodomy in the second degree; secifies that a prosecution for
rape in the first degree, attempted rape in the first degree, sodomy in the
first degree, or attempted sodomy in the first degree may be commenced at any
time; specifies that a prosecution for a sexual offense involving a person 18
years old or younger, other than those listed above, must be commenced within
30 years after the victim reaches the age of 18.
COSTS. Specifies
that any party who takes a deposition in a criminal case will be responsible
for the costs of providing one copy of the transcript of the deposition to the
opposing party.
DATA EXCHANGE (MODEX) SYSTEM FUND. Creates the MODEX fund, to be used to support and expand
the MODEX system; Allows sheriffs, county marshalls and other officers to
charge six dollars for their services rendered in cases disposed of by a
traffic violations bureau; one-half of the amount collected will be deposited
into the MODEX fund, and the other half will be deposited into the inmate
security fund of the county or municipality where the citation occurred.
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCESS SERVERS. Gives sheriffs or any other law enforcement officer
absolute immunity when conducting service of process at the direction of any
FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE SUPERVISORS. Gives limited civil immunity to any entity that supervises
community service work performed in connection with a written deferred
prosecution agreement.
AGREEMENTS AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATORS. Requires credit agreements to be executed by both the
debtor and the lender and signed by the debtor; requires one hour of Missouri
law and regulations continuing legal education for mortgage loan originators.
Allows a
written consent to adoption to be executed in front of a judge and requires the
judge to advise the consenting birth parent of the consequences of consent; specifies
when a consent to adoption is final; allows a juvenile court to permit a
parent to waive the necessity of his or her consent to a future adoption of the
child; specifies consent to the adoption of a child is not required of a man
who has reason to believe he is the biological father of an unborn child and
who attempted to coerce the mother of the child to obtain an abortion.
WITH CUSTODY. Specifies
that if custody, visitation, or third-party custody is denied or interfered
with by a parent or third party without good cause, the aggrieved person may
file a family access motion with the court stating the specific facts that
constitute a violation of a judgment of paternity.
FOR HSAS AND INHERITED IRAS. Adds interest in health savings plans and inherited
accounts to the list of exemptions in bankruptcy proceedings. *** Drafted by
The Missouri Bar Probate & Trust Law Committee and approved by the
Missouri Bar Board of Governors as Bar-drafted legislation.
HCS HBs 373 & 435 / SB 22 – Circuit and appellate judicial districts. Grants the authority to redraw the
circuit and appellate judicial districts every 10 years to the Supreme Court. In
scope. No position.
HCS HBs 374 & 434 / SB 21 – Transfer of circuit and associate circuit judge
positions. Allows
the Missouri Supreme Court to make permanent transfers of a circuit judge or
associate circuit judge position from one circuit to another as needed with
certain restrictions.
HB 376 – Family Court Commissioners. Allows the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit in Greene County
to appoint a family court commissioner whose compensation must be payable by
the state without the necessity of reimbursement.
HCS HB 468 – Immunity for law enforcement process servers. Gives sheriffs or any other law
enforcement officer absolute immunity when conducting service of process at the
direction of any court. In
scope. Oppose. The Missouri Bar is presumptively opposed to special
immunities and supports the criminal justice and civil trial system to solve
disputes about liability.
HB 757 / SB 267 – Application of foreign law in in contractual disputes. Specifies how courts may rule in contractual
disputes involving the law of other countries and jurisdictional issues
involving other countries.
SB 44 – Court surcharge for certain circuits. Allows circuit courts that reimburse the state for the
salaries of family court commissioners to charge up to a twenty dollar sur
charge for cases. In scope. Support adequate judicial resources.
SCS SB 45 – Reimbursement of
salaries for family court commissioners. Creates an exception for
the thirty-first judicial circuit from reimbursing the state for salaries of
family court commissioners. In scope. Support adequate judicial resources.
SB 81 – Award of attorney fees in
civil rights cases. Gives the courts discretion to award attorney's
fees to prevailing parties in civil actions where civil rights have been
violated. In scope. Oppose, consistent with The Missouri Bar's previous
opposition to "loser pays" provisions and support of the American Rule.
SCS SB 118 – Veterans Treatment
Courts. Authorizes the creation of veterans treatment courts. In
scope. Support special docket for veterans.
SB 152 – Juvenile offenders. Allows
judges to suspend the imposition of an adult criminal sentence for juvenile offenders.
In scope. Support.
SB 245 – Waiver of court expenses
for law school clinics. Adds law school clinics to the list of
organizations who may waive court expenses without filing a motion. In
scope. Support.
SB 310 – Expungement of criminal
records. Creates a petition process for the expungement of records
relating to certain criminal offenses.
SB 336 / SB 425 – Alternatives to
nonjudicial foreclosure. Allows debtors facing nonjudicial
foreclosure to choose mediation or judicial foreclosure as alternatives.
SB 351 – Disqualification of
judges. Mandates that judges must disqualify themselves from hearing
a proceeding in certain situations. Specifically, this legislation provides
that a judge who is appointed shall be disqualified from hearing a case when
an attorney or a party to the case being heard served on one of the commissions
that nominated the judge, or if a party's attorney is currently employed by a
firm who also employs a person so served. In scope. Oppose.
SB 355 – Court surcharge for
sheriffs' retirement fund. Changes the court surcharge which is paid
to the sheriffs' retirement fund from three dollars to two dollars.
SB 414 – Indigent criminal
defense. Modifies provisions relating to the legal defense of
indigent persons. (For a more complete summary of this legislation, see Criminal Law) SB 448 – Armed offender docket.– Allows the circuit court of the city
of St. Louis to create of a special armed offender docket.
SB 451 – Removal of records from CaseNet. Allows a party to petition the court to have civil court
records removed from an automated case management system. SB 482 – Armed offender docket. Mandates
that the City of St. Louis must create a special armed offender docket.
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Two nonprofits filed applications to open medical marijuana dispensaries in the area, proposed in Lawrence and Haverhill, according to the state Department of Public Health.
The proposals are two of a total of seven in Essex County to apply for the final, and more thorough, phase in the application process. DPH plans to finish reviewing the final applicants early next year and will begin issuing conditional dispensary licenses.
According to the law passed by referendum in 2012, each county can have no more than five state-licensed marijuana dispensaries. The DPH review process also takes into consideration the locations of the proposals to prevent clustering of dispensaries.
Locally, Nathaniel L. Averill, president of Healthy Pharms, Inc., and Charles M. Saba, president of BeWell Organic Medicine, Inc., have proposed dispensaries in Haverhill and Lawrence, respectively.
The companies operating medical marijuana growing facilities and dispensaries must be nonprofits under state law.
Valerio Romano, an attorney representing Averill, said Healthy Pharms chose Haverhill for its location. "It seems like a good hub for northern Essex based on transportation and populations," Romano said. "Mr. Averill of Healthy Pharms is about helping patients and serving patients' needs. Looking at the different parts of the commonwealth, it looked like there was a need in northern Essex."
He said Healthy Pharms would wait to see where Haverhill decides to allow dispensaries, something city leaders have been struggling with, to decide whether the dispensary will also grow on that location or somewhere else.
Dispensary companies, with a few exceptions, grow and distribute their own marijuana.
Saba, of BeWell, did not want to comment on his proposal until DPH issues licenses, and until he has been able to talk to the incoming mayor of Lawrence, Daniel Rivera.
"I think this is a very important law," said Saba. "It can be something that's very beneficial to a certain percentage of the population who have not been able to get this form of medicine legally."


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It's strange. As I sit down to write this post, on something I've waited so long to happen, I can't think of how to say it. So I'll just spell it out: My graphic novel, Quarantine, has been picked up for publication by Insomnia Publications (read the announcement here).
Now, truthfully, I'm not one to go on about myself. Really. But this is the biggest achievement of my professional career, and not to mention a fantastic personal milestone. At the risk of sounding cliche, this is something I've worked incredibly hard for, have sacrificed a lot, and endured quite a bit of rejection. All of which is to say, it's been a hard fought road to get to where I'm at now, but it could not be sweeter.
As for the book itself: I originally had this idea about five years ago. At the time, I was fully committed to writing prose fiction, and never really pursued the thought further, though it always lingered in my mind. About two years ago, as I was wrapping up grad school, I decided to sit down and start writing, just to test out the experience of scripting a comic. See, I grew up on comics (and film). In grade school, me and two friends of mine actually wrote and drew our own comic, a series about a boy and his pet dinosaur (hey, we were 12). We actually sold it at school; I remember coming home one day with a bag full of change, which I can only assume I promptly spent on Spider-Man comics. I religiously studied Buscema's How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way and, during high school, created heroes in the early to mid-nineties Image mold. I fell out of comics a few years later (though I checked in from time to time, especially to see what my favorites, like Spidey, the X-Men, etc., were up to).
The basic premise of Quarantine, admittedly, is fairly basic. It's a zombie-type survival scenario (though I don't really like it to be categorized as such). What really kept me going was the ideas that evolved; ideas involving the fabric of society and human destiny. It's discernibly evident that the events of the past eight years certainly shaped a lot of this book.
So I started writing more, and more. Before I knew it, prose fiction was long forgotten, and I was back to reading, and now studying, comics once again. The real turning point was getting my first short, "Rank and File," published with FutureQuake; the thrill of seeing my story and words transformed into sequential art is unparalleled.
All has led me to this point, to seeing Quarantine undergo the same amazing process. And to see it happen with Insomnia just blows my mind; I'd been following them in the months leading up to the completion of Quarantine, and they are they exact publisher I targeted. Though I haven't met any of the Insomniacs personally, I can tell that they are people who not only get what comics are, but what they can be and where they should go. They posses a boldness in what they publish, and want to inject the comics world with new ideas and new creators--something that, in my estimation, is pretty rare.
So that's about that. It's been a great weekend. My wife was off both Saturday and Sunday--which happens once every, well, it never happens--and we received encouraging news regarding our dog, who has had some health struggles of late.
I'll have more updates on the status of Quarantine as I find out more; I can't wait to get into the process of transforming script pages into an actual book.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Best News Ever
Posted by Michael Moreci at 6:07 PM
Labels: Comics, Insomnia, Quarantine
7 comments:
- Andrew S. said...
Congrats! May this be known as the best news so far!
- March 16, 2009 at 7:39 AM
- Marta said...
Congratulations!! What an amazing achievement.
- March 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- dustin said...
Congratulations! Super exciting news.
- March 16, 2009 at 11:05 AM
- Elizabeth Crane said...
Awesome, Mike!
- March 17, 2009 at 3:31 PM
- Sammy Kanan said...
Well played my friend!! Congrats again.
- March 22, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Mike Moreci said...
Hey everyone, thanks for the encouraging comments!
- March 23, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Michael said...
That's incredible, Mike! I can't wait to read it. Wish you luck on the beginning of a brilliant career.
- March 26, 2009 at 11:28 AM
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Look, Auburn and Missouri are scoring too quickly for us to write about their previous touchdowns. We had just gotten done writing up Nick Marshall's play fake when Missouri scored and Auburn has already scored and recovered an onside kick since, because this is the best SEC Championship game ever and it's the first quarter.
But anyway: that Missouri touchdown sandwiched between the two Auburn TD's was a 28-yard pass to Dorial Green-Beckham ... but did he catch it?
You can pretty clearly see the ball hitting the ground and moving, so this probably shouldn't have been ruled a touchdown. If this game comes down to seven points or less and Missouri wins, we will hear about this non-TD catch forever from Auburn fans. (We know this for a fact, since we're still hearing about times Auburn hasn't won the national championship due to various conspiracies in the past.) But, yeah, probably not a score.


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PHOTO CALL: Jimmy Buffett and Bruce Vilanch Visit Big Fish in Chicago
By Krissie Fullerton
Jimmy Buffett and his Parrothead Productions partner Frank Marshall, along with Emmy winning comedian Bruce Vilanch, checked out a performance of Big Fish in Chicago on April 23. The trio made a stop backstage to pose for photos with the stars of the show along with director, Susan Stroman.
Directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (The Producers, Contact, Show Boat, Crazy for You), the work features music and lyrics by Grammy and Tony nominee Andrew Lippa (The Addams Family) with a book by Grammy and BAFTA Award nominee John August.
"A rollicking fantasy set in the American South," Big Fish, according to press notes, "centers on the charismatic Edward Bloom (Butz), whose impossible stories of his epic adventures frustrate his son Will (Steggert). As Edward's final chapter approaches, Will embarks on his own journey to find out who his father really is, revealing the man behind the myth, the truth from the tall tales."
Two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Catch Me If You Can) and Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin (Finian's Rainbow) star as Edward and Sandra Bloom, respectively.
Here's a look at Buffett and Vilanch backstage:
Also in the cast are Tony Award nominee Bobby Steggert (Ragtime, Off-Broadway's Giant) as Will Bloom, Krystal Joy Brown (Leap of Faith, Hair) as Josephine Bloom and Zachary Unger (Chaplin) and Anthony Pierini (Mary Poppins) alternating in the role of Young Will with Ryan Andes (The Red Box at SoHo Rep), Ben Crawford (Shrek, Les Misérables), J. C. Montgomery (The Scottsboro Boys, The Color Purple), Tony Award nominee Brad Oscar (The Producers, Nice Work If You Can Get It), Kirsten Scott (Follies, Hairspray), Sarrah Strimel (Rock of Ages, Young Frankenstein) and Katie Thompson (Off-Broadway's Giant).
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Archive for the 'Ford' tag
Ford model Elyse Saunders has an overactive imagination that leads to some wildly beautiful artwork.
As Ford's Elyse Saunders sat in hair and makeup preparing to shoot for Joey No. 3, we couldn't help but notice that the Canadian model was intensely focused on a small notebook she held in her lap. Its pages were filled with sketches—dreamlike scenes of faces, creatures, flowers and trees. Elyse, it turns out, is a lifelong artist, and after learning that she's never really shown her work (she does maintain a blog, Tree and Treasure), we pressed the model to explain her creativity. She has a lot to say.
When did you start drawing?
I first remember drawing when I was about three or four. I had this cookie tin full of crayons and always had a stack of paper around. I've always had an overactive imagination, and when I found out I could create stories and characters and impossible landscapes, I was attached to my tin of crayons and craft supplies. My dad got me my first sketchbook for my fifth birthday, and I was so proud to have it. He gave me a little speech on how special this book was and to take good care of it and not to waste my pages. He said it didn't matter what I drew in it, so long as I made each page count because I could only use one page a day. I remember I got more serious and would plan, even practicing on scrap sometimes before I started in the book. That's when I first started drawing my dreams. The first picture in it was of a dream. I still have that book to this day. Read the rest of this entry »
Karl Rothenberger puts his plain white tee to work with Ford L.A.'s Emily R.
Photographer Karl Rothenberger caught our eye as we were digging through IMG's model portfolios to cast a shoot. Book after book, we noticed the images of a single photographer with a engaging touch, and after digging a little deeper, we discovered Karl's body of work—simple styling that allowed for his photos to explore tender, intimate sensuality. It's an honest, naked aesthetic that we'd assume reveals as much about the photographer himself as it does his subjects. Lately, Karl is developing his voice as a storyteller, here—with Ford L.A.'s Emily R. in Joey No. 2—uniting the aftermath of a night out in Los Angeles with a simple, worn white shirt (Karl's own). Click through the jump to see the rest of the (NSFW) story—as well as more of Karl's work.


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You've been asking on our Facebook page all morning, "What happened on West Street?" Sioux City Police say it was a high speed chase involving fake money.
They say it all started around ten Monday night. Officers from Sioux City and South Dakota were investigating the production of counterfeit U.S. currency in North Sioux City. The Union County Sheriff says officers were serving a search warrant, when three suspects fled the scene.
The suspects got on to I-29, headed southbound, and started throwing counterfeit money out the window of their vehicle.
The chase crossed into Sioux City, and ended at West 18th Street and West Street when law enforcement disabled the vehicle.
The three suspects involved were arrested. Brandon Miller, 27. Shaun Wakefield, 21. And Alison Daugherty, 21.
They've all been charged with forgery. Miller, the driver, was also charged with additional offenses.
The chase lasted about ten minutes in all. The Union County Sheriff's Department says they lost a squad car while in pursuit when the suspects, at one point, rammed and totaled it.
We will update this story on News Channel Four starting at 5 p.m. and online.


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Wacky Weather
I said in this week's podcast that the post-Christmas week would be pretty crazy and boy is it, at least for anyone traveling in the Northeast US. In fact, people all over the world have been stuck, stranded, inconvenienced and trapped by weather lately. Floods in Australia, chaos at Russian airports. Not to mention many parts of the US blizzardized and the western US soaked and mudslided. An amazing number of people have been affected.
I'm blaming Jupiter conjunct Uranus, not to mention eclipses and Mercury Rx adding to the general confusion. You may know that Jupiter is a patron planet of travel, but did you know that he is also associated with the weather?
Now that he's hugging Uranus in a tight embrace into January 2010, he's expressing himself in a number of weather related ways. Pisces is a water sign so he's enlarging the general disruption (Uranus) that precipitation can bring. In Pisces, Jupiter also loves chaos, and I suppose travel chaos would be a specialty for him. Uranus is the crazy planet, and with Jupiter at his side, it's just really crazy. True to Jupiter form, the wackiness hasn't really been lethal, but it sure has been forcing people to slow down when they weren't expecting to.
Knowing that this would be a week when we'd be forced to slow down, like it or not, this week's podcast is all about The Art of Slowing Down. My guest, Edward Yu, wrote a book on that very topic and he describes a phenomenon wherein learning can be instantaneous when we slow down enough. Pretty darn intriguing. And very Jupiter/Uranus–because they're all about insight and instantaneous learning–even if they have to disrupt our patterns to make it possible.


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October 11, 2006
Albany - The office of minority health has granted two professors at Albany State University $750,000 to set up a youth center. The grant will allow the professors to establish an after-school program that will include academic and cultural enrichment, as well as career development and wellness education.
Students will receive one on one tutoring, homework assistance and go on exciting field trips to historic sites throughout the country. Dr. Rani George says, "The purpose of the grant is to have students have new options in their life. To think about their education, their health and their future careers."
45 students will participate in the program throughout middle school. They'll be tested and compared with another group of students to see how the program impacts their lives.
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After one day of jury selection, a panel has been seated for the murder trial of Pamela Philips, who's accused of hiring a hit man to blow up her ex-husband at a resort.
It's not the trial of the century, but it's a crime that turned the national spotlight on Tucson.
A car bomb killed local businessman Gary Triano, on Nov. 1, 1996.
He died owing millions of dollars to various people. There were theories about international mobsters and others who might have wanted Triano dead.
Triano was killed when the bomb went off in his car in the parking lot at La Paloma Resort. He had just finished playing a round of golf.
Phillips is accused of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in his death. Prosecutors contend she hired a man to commit the crime. The defense says other people, not Phillips, committed the murder.
Phillips' received more than $2 million from a life insurance policy soon after Triano died. She was the trustee on the policy of which the couple's two children were the beneficiaries.
Phillips had lived in Aspen, Colo., after she and Triano divorced. Then she moved to Europe.
She was arrested in Austria and extradited to the U.S. in 2010.
That same year the accused hitman, Ronald Young, was tried in Tucson.
Investigators said Phillips had promised Young $400,000 to kill Triano.
Young was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Now 71-years-old, Young is serving 25 years to life in an Arizona prison.
Tucson News Now's Barbara Grijalva will be in the courtroom for opening statements, and she will have live updates Wednesday. You can follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/BGrijalvaKOLD
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In the wake of technology's ever-expanding potential, the safe mobile broadband of Kajeet SmartSpot™ is reconciling a digital schism in education and bridging the gap between privileged and low-income students, an issue which this 2013 Pew Research survey of more than 2,400 middle school and high school Advanced Placement (AP) and National Writing Project (NWP) teachers confirms. Here are a few of the survey's most eye-opening findings:
- More than half (54%) of teachers say all or almost all of their students have sufficient access to digital tools at school, but only a fifth of these teachers (18%) say all or almost all of their students have access to the digital tools they need at home.
- 39% of teachers of low-income students say their school is "behind the curve" when it comes to effectively using digital tools in the learning process; just 15% of teachers of higher income students rate their schools poorly in this area.
- 49% of teachers of students living in low income households say their school's use of Internet filters has a "major impact" on their teaching.
- 92% of teachers say the Internet has a "major impact" on their ability to access content, resources, and materials for their teaching.
- 73% of teachers say students use their mobile phones in the classroom or to complete assignments, and 45% report they or their students use e-readers and 43% use tablet computers in the classroom or to complete assignments.
- 42% of teachers say their students usually know more than they do when it comes to using new digital technologies. Just 18% feel they know more than their students.
Responses like these affirm that there are three things every 21st century student needs: access, mobility, and filtering — all of which are encompassed by Kajeet SmartSpot™!
Read the full survey here — and learn more about Kajeet's work to bridge the digital divide here!
Kajeet loves when kids love advanced technology: it has been proven to engage students and enrich their education — in and out of the classroom! The problem, however, is that socioeconomic factors are conspiring to further polarize a current "digital divide" — and students on the wrong side are either falling behind or falling off. Kajeet believes access to a safe mobile broadband connection and up-to-date mobile devices is not an educational privilege: it is a right. To better understand the scope of this issue, take a look at these examples of the efficacy of mobile devices in the lives of special needs children:
Four-year-old Edwin Molina was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and struggles using words to express his needs and wants. His condition also affects his mobility and fine motor skills. Edwin loves to use his tablet computer to communicate, thanks to apps that allow users with fine motor difficulties to use their fist, eyes, or voice to navigate Web pages and apps on the device.
Seven-year-old Angus Barnes has severe autism and little writing ability, but his tablet computer has changed that: his mother, Sarah, said if Angus was given a piece of paper he only drew circles, but on his tablet computer he was suddenly able to write his name.
Treyton Arnold was born with Down Syndrome. His father, Rob, is very happy with how Trey has been taking to his tablet: "[People] often make some type of surprised comment indicating or actually stating they cannot believe he knows how to use it. Listen, the kid is amazing with it. He switches between apps, flips screens, opens the Netflix app and chooses shows to watch, you name it. Give your child some time and you will see how intuitive these devices are. In fact, that is one of the reasons tablets work so well for kids with Down Syndrome and other special needs. They are intuitive, portable, customizable, and among other things very effective. They are a tool that can supplement your other efforts as well as what is learned in school."
Learn more about Kajeet's mission to enable students of all kinds here!
In today's smartphone age, kids who stream, surf, and socialize almost exclusively on their mobile devices are increasingly adding schoolwork to that list!
The TRU organization, which specializes in data on tweens, teens and young adults, conducted a national online poll of 1,000 students and found smartphones are used at home for schoolwork by 39 percent of 11 to 14 year olds! In addition, 31 percent of those surveyed said they do assignments on a tablet. The research also shows that smartphone usage increases with age, rising from 42 percent for sixth graders to 57 percent for eighth graders. And, perhaps most significantly, students questioned in the poll said they are excited about using mobile devices — that they help them learn math and sciences better!
This poll should come as great news — kids are embracing mobile technology at home and in schools. The problem, however, is that many students are on the wrong side of the "digital divide," lacking access to up-to-date devices and the mobile connections that support them. Kajeet SmartSpot™ helps school districts close the divide by providing safe and affordable off-site internet connection to students in need. Soon, we will enable education even further with our consumer service, helping kids and schools move towards our inevitable destination: advanced technology and mobile broadband as a part of every child's education.
Click here to learn more about Kajeet's role in education and here to read the full article on the TRU poll!
Kajeet offers a host of solutions for families — whether it's providing kids with safe cell phones or closing the digital divide in the classroom — and we love to see other companies use technology as an agent for the well-being of kids and their parents.
Our newest friend is Pristinet, a Colorado tech startup that launched the first of its nationwide tap water tests last month in San Jose. They empower parents with pivotal information concerning unregulated toxins, which pose a serious threat to household tap water and the children who drink it. Learn more about this initiative here!
Kajeet: Solving the Digital Divide in Schools
February 25, 2013
There's no greater litmus test for our future than the quality of our education, an area defined by its most valuable asset: emerging technology. Schools everywhere are using Internet access to enliven, fast-track and enhance the educational process.
However, the same technology that galvanizes the 21st century classroom also threatens to leave many students behind. Home computers and Internet access are increasingly expected of students and essential tools in many situations. What about the kids who don't have Internet at home? What can schools do to keep technology involved in the curriculum without inconveniencing and depriving the kids whose families can't afford access to the Web? Articles like this affirm this disparity is a huge problem.
What can companies like Kajeet do to solve this divide?
Kajeet operates under the belief that the quantum leaps we've made in technology must be used to bridge this educational gap. We help all kinds of schools and students use advanced technology to teach and learn.
Kajeet partners with schools to give them top-of-the-line devices and a safe, filtered Internet service— a package that can be scaled to their needs and used to help kids who don't have a Web connection at home. We provide schools with tablet computers, Mifi Smartspots™ and smartphones, so kids can safely access the Internet from home.
We provide schools a safe and simple solution so they can close the digital divide, make the most of their budget, and step into the 21st century!
Learn more about Kajeet's role in education here and check out our affordable devices here!
Helpful Hints Week #3: WalletManager
February 22, 2013
Kajeet allows parents and kids to easily manage who pays for what on our service– all the while teaching valuable lessons about the responsibilities of spending.
Readily accessible from the left menu on your logged-in account, Kajeet WalletManager is a free, easy-to-use tool that divides your family funds into two wallets: one for parents and one for kids. Kids love their phones and often use up their service plans before the month is up. Once they run out of texts, minutes, picture messages or data, parents can choose to transfer funds from their wallet to the kid wallet:
You can also set up one-time refills of up to $50, with a 10% transaction fee.
Don't want to transfer money every time your kid's wallet dries up? No problem; just set up an automatic refill that fits your service needs:
Just remember: Refills added to the wallet cannot be used to pay for monthly Plans or Add-ons and are non-refundable.
Helpful Hints Week #2: TimeManager
February 4, 2013
Parental controls are easier than ever with Kajeet TimeManager! Accessible and easy to use, TimeManager allows you to set time restrictions for your kid's device, add exception days, and view all your kid's time allowances on a weekly calendar. You can even decide whether you want time blocks to apply to smartphone data usage!
So how do you use TimeManager? It's simple. Just select "Add Time Restriction" and customize the settings:
Want to set a special day where the time restriction is not in effect without going in and editing the weekly schedule? No problem — just select the "Exception Days" tab and select "Create an Exception:"
And, as always, you can mark yourself as an "Always Allowed" contact in ContactManager, so even when time restrictions are applied to your kid's device, you will have peace of mind that you're always able to reach your kid!
Helpful Hints Week #1: ContactManager
January 28, 2013
Want to block a bully from texting or calling your kid's phone? Want to cut off your kid's phone access during the day but still allow phone calls & texts from mom and dad in case of an emergency?
With Kajeet ContactManager, you can decide whether you want to allow calls or text/picture messages. You can also determine whose wallet pays for what for calls or messages from specific contacts (like you!).
ContactManager allows parents to set up three types of assignments for their kid's phone contacts:
Blocked: Contacts marked as "blocked" cannot talk to or text your child.
Allowed: Contacts marked as "allowed" can talk to and text your child, but NOT during TimeManager time restrictions.
Always Allowed: Contacts marked as "always allowed" can talk to and text your child during TimeManager time restrictions.
All contact information is stored on a helpful chart:
Remember: you and your kid will be able to text, picture message, and call each other if your number is set up as an 'Always Allowed' contact, even if you disable texting & picture messaging or contact each other during a time restriction. This gives you peace of mind that you and your kid can always reach each other!
Cold Weather, Hot Sales: Great Phones Under $50!
January 24, 2013
Freeze! For a limited time, take 15% off these stylish & affordable phones from Kajeet when you use promo code "FREEZE" during checkout — it's a sale so hot, it's melting all the snow! Shop today and choose one of these three sleek phones:
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January 15, 2013
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I'm hoping that this new site will be a restful home for all of my writing, photos, video clips, and expedition updates as well as for all of the savvy people, like yourself, who choose to spend time here.
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What is Boxee?
* ==>> Sony Internet Player with Google TV Reviews <<== *
What is Boxee?
Boxee is a fantastic way in which you can watch movies as well as TV shows and clips on your TV from the internet. After installing free software onto your computer, you can simply connect it to your TV with either an DVI cord or an HDMI, depending on the type of computer you have.
Which Platforms are Suitable for Boxee?
Boxee will run on many of the major computer platforms:
- Linux – Ubuntu (0.10 Karmic Koala, 9.04 Jaunty Antelope)
- Windows – XP, Vista, 7
- Apple Macintosh – Mac OS X (Leopard 10.5, Tiger 10.4, Snow Leopard 10.6)
- Apple TV – another developer has worked to make Boxee available on Apple TV
What is a Boxee Box?
Boxee Box's will be available soon (they're already taking pre-orders on Amazon) which means that you won't even need a PC to get all of these fantastic programs on your TV, and you'll even be able to watch thousands of movies and TV shows for free! These Boxee Box's will all come with their own Qwerty keyboards (only I could spell that wrong first time, why is it called Qwerty again?) on the back of the remote, so you don't have to try and pick out letters on screen. It's so simple it'll blow your socks off! Why pay for things you don't use? It's just throwing money away.


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Why do we eat more than we should? Surprisingly, we rarely use our bodies as a guide for how much food is enough. We instead give up control to external cues such as social pressure, convenience and cultural norms. 1 SENSA® uses the science of smell and taste to help you recognize when your body says, "Enough is enough!"
Source: http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/blogs/overeating-understanding-and-taking-back-control
Hunger and weight gain go hand in hand. When we starve ourselves, our body holds on to extra fat. 2 So restricting your diet and going hungry is not the answer. SENSA® helps you feel fuller from smaller portions of food so you can lose weight without deprivation.
Source: http://www.blogs.webmd.com/Pamela-peeke-md/2009/07/stop-starving-yourselves.html
Metabolism is a complex network of hormones and enzymes that affect how efficiently our body burns off the foods we eat. Aging and weight gain slow down our metabolism, which makes it more difficult to lose weight. 3 The new key nutrient in SENSA® Advanced helps support a healthy metabolism.
Source: http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/make-most-your-metabolism