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Glominex Glow Paint 1 oz Tube - Red
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- Charge in light for 15 minutes to activate the glow
- Glows in the dark for hours - no blacklight required!
- Non-toxic and water-based
- Made in the USA
- Glow will recharge everytime paint is exposed to light
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Volume: 1 ounce
red glow
1 steady light function
1oz / tube
Product Description
Glowminex red glow paint is fun for everyone! This paint glows in the dark and looks like regular paint in daylight. Each tube holds 1 ounce (30 mL) of non-flammable, acid-free paint. Sold individually (1 tube of glow paint per box). Caution: This product is not recommended for children under 3 years of age. For safety, do not use on your skin/hair.Customer Reviews
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not quite red
this paint is not quite red its more of a pink and it does not glow red it glow's more of a orange color and also is pricey for just one ounce
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SYNDICATED COLUMN: The Great Disruptor
Why the U.S. Can't Talk to the Taliban Like all Afghans, Hamid Karzai knows history. Which is why he's talking to the neo-Taliban. The postmodern heirs to the Islamist government Bush deposed in 2001, the generation of madrassah graduates who replaced the mujahadeen vets of the anti-Soviet jihad are gaining strength. Obama, preparing for his […]
Signing Mr. Easters!
June 24, 2010 by Brooke Allen
Filed under NBM Blog
July fourth if you're in the DC area and wanna hang whilst I personalize your copy of A Home for Mr. Easter with loving care then swing by Big Planet Comics in Vienna, VA!!! Oh and P.S. there will be Pins and other goodies up for grabs too: HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!! THREE CHEERS […]
SYNDICATED COLUMN: Learned Helplessness
In 1967 animal researchers conducted an interesting experiment. Two sets of dogs were strapped into harnesses and subjected to a series of shocks. The dogs were placed in the same room. The first set of dogs was allowed to perform a task—pushing a panel with their snouts—in order to avoid the shocks. As soon as […]
Broadcast Orders Are Due Soon!
June 22, 2010 by Eric Hobbs
Filed under NBM Blog, New Releases
So Wednesday is new comic day. If you're like me you'll be making the trip early in the afternoon to check out what's made it into your pull folder and what new books hit the shelf that you might be interested. Well, don't make the trip without this… This week comic retailers will be making […]
Booklist on Dungeon Twilight 3
June 22, 2010 by NBM
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"One of the funniest volumes of the series yet! Has all the hooks that make Dungeon such a fun series: high adventure, lots of action, and a broad and rambling sense of humor. " Booklist
Amazon on Mr. Easter
June 22, 2010 by NBM
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Amazon's Omnivoracious review site has this to say about Brooke Allen's A Home for Mr. Easter: "lively and sharply observed. a very nice effort that rewards the reader with more than a few chuckles."
Week Three: Rallbeard
The beard is now entering its third glorious week. The itching has stopped, mostly, and I've just learned about the need to trim the lower mustache to avoid an uncomfortable feeling on my lip. All in all, not a bad first effort. I leave for Asia on August 1 and enter Afghanistan August 13.
Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre Present…
June 20, 2010 by Eric Hobbs
Filed under NBM Blog, New Releases
I'm asked where I get my story ideas from all the time. All writers are, I suppose. The truth is, I see stories everywhere. But I'll never forget the first time I heard the Orson Welles' WAR OF THE WORLDS radio broadcast. It sparked my imagination almost immediately. Of course, it did for more than […]
Newsarama on Dungeon
June 18, 2010 by NBM
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"Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim, two of the world's wittiest and creative cartoonists, continue to script. They stuff each tale chock full of insane twists and wild ideas, including the various ways people survive on a floating, rotating island. Meanwhile, their dialogue crackles with an uncanny balance of humor and compassion, providing the readers with […]
20% off SALE on NBM graphic novels
WE'RE OFFERING 20% OFF ALL OUR BOOKS as long as you order at least $25 worth. (After discount, your cost: $20). This includes all our books to come for the rest of the year which we have up on our website under "Coming Up," even $3 sale books! NO EXCEPTIONS! Fact is, cash is tight […]

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Contrary to many reports and arguments put forward by gold commentators, the latest analysis by Thomson Reuters GFMS shows global new mined gold output as rising in 2013 – to 2,982 tonnes – an increase of around 4% on the 2012 figure. As the GFMS report suggests this tends to show the gold mining sector's short term inelasticity to the sharp fall in the gold price.
In our view the rise in global mined gold production is not surprising. Major new gold mining project developments already under way will have come on stream, adding to the global total, while the industry's rapid conversion to a focus on bringing operating costs down to profitable levels at the lower gold prices now prevailing does not mean, as many seem to suggest, that gold output would actually fall as uneconomic units are closed down, Rather, the tendency is for it to rise in the short term as miners struggle to make ends meet without actually having to close down their operations, except in extreme cases.
The easiest way to accomplish this is to mine higher grades of ore, but at the same mining rate. Ergo, constant mill throughput, coupled with higher ore grades, leads to higher gold output – while total overall costs remain much the same. And constant cost levels with higher gold production means a fall in unit costs. This becomes a quick fix to try and keep the shareholders happy! It may look good in the books, but isn't necessarily a longer term solution as it leads to a depletion in ore reserves and mine life as cutoff grades are increased. The hope here is to keep operations profitable until the gold price picks up again, at which point, perhaps, the mine can revert to mining lower grades while still remaining in profit.
This meanwhile gives mine management a little breathing space to genuinely look for real cost cutting measures – but these too can be deleterious to an operation's longer term future as the most likely immediate means of doing this is to cut back on capital expenditures, including exploration – which will ultimately lead to falling future production levels and mine lives.
This is why mining in general, not just gold mining, is prone to such dramatic price cycles which, if followed by the savvy investor can lead to great profit opportunities provided investment is made in those companies which can survive at the low cyclical price levels, but then reap the rewards of higher prices which will surely follow.
But such an investor will also need to be patient as the times between up cycles may be quite long (five years or more).
But when the next upturn does arrive it may well be even stronger than in the past. The hoops and hurdles mining companies have to jump through or over become ever more complex and new mine developments take ever longer to permit thus deferring new production dates further and further into the future, while big new discoveries are becoming fewer and fewer. In the gold space there are no deposits being found which are anywhere near the sizes and grades of those which dominated gold output in much of the last century. There has tended to be a search for huge ultra low grade deposits which are potentially profitable if mined at a massive scale, but at a capital cost of many billions of dollars. And these kinds of sums can not be financed out of a mining company's own resources and, in the current climate, are not obtainable elsewhere either apart from in exceptional cases.


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Fayette, Mo. – Sarah Ogar broke her own school record in the 800-meter run Friday and was one-of-four Westminster College track and field athletes to score at the Central Methodist University Invitational.
Ogar, a sophomore from Mexico, Missouri (Mexico High School), finished second in the 800-meter run in a new school-record time of 2:22.35. Sophomore Sarah Koestner (Lohman, Mo./Russellville) placed fourth in the 1500-meter run in 5:00.67 and eighth in the 800-meter run in 2:29.38, and junior Kaily Downey (Kirkwood, Mo./Kirkwood) took sixth in the 1500-meter run in 5:04.12 for the women's team which placed 12th out of the 16 teams that scored points.
Freshman Jared Patterson (Salem, Mo./Salem) placed eighth in the men's 1500-meter run in 4:10.75 to set a modern-day best time for the men's team that finished 16th out of the 16 teams that scored points.


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Phone broke in case
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From day one this case gave me issues. First the headphone jack plug ripped out and now it snags on about everything. The back side is nice and smooth, but the plastic quickly got scratched up. What finally killed me about this case is its lack of drop/shock protection. I dropped my phone while trying to put it in my pocket and it fell on a tile floor from 3 feet above the ground. The case was in perfect condition but the force of the impact destroyed the screen sensor, and now I am without a phone.
There are some nice things about this case such as the side volume and screen lock button covers. To make the case "Nuud" there is an awkward button that goes over the home button. This button also slightly inhabits the access to the back and menu buttons.
Obviously the quality of LifeProof cases has greatly decreased since their award winning iPhone Fre case. When I get my phone replaced I plan on returning to the Otterbox Commuter case.
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This shows the phone poking through the front cover. The front is literally open and has a seal around the edge to keep dirt, water, etc out. I believe this is what separates the Nuud from the Fre. The Fre has an actual clear cover over the front.
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I received this as a gift.
I have not gone around throwing, burying in dirt or dropping my phone in the toilet; However, if the claims hold true, this case takes care of everything. Water, dust, snow, ice, shock/drops.
Good - the case is slim. I was surprised at the overall size (smaller than expected) given the fact that it surrounds the phone. The phone's face is open and uncovered which is nice for actual use. it is waterproof due to a seal that runs around the edge. The back of the case is clear and shows the actual back of your phone through the glass.
Bad - Not sure if this is actually bad or not. being that the actual screen is uncovered, you do not have protection if you were to drop directly on a rock etc. However, Given that the GS3 uses a strong gorilla glass and you can put an included scratch/protection film over the screen... this may be a non issue.
Your main gain for the money is waterproofing.
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Beautiful Katamari, the latest instalment of the Katamari Damacy video game series from Keita Takahashi so enthralled Jennie Maneri that she created her own katamari from a variety of tiny things that fit the bill. The katamari (clump or clod in Japanese) is a magical adhesive ball that rolls about collecting objects that stick to it as it increases in size and becomes a star. It must start with small items and work its way up to larger ones. At the core of Maneri's sculpture is a felted ball upon which she has glued, sewn and pinned a myriad of miniatures. Of note are the boxes of Pocky and Milky that she made using inkjet prints. Fun – we can't wait to see more.
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In This Issue:
- Top Stories
- Events, Lectures and Regional Activities
- OCS: Mid- to Senior-Level Job Postings & Career Panels
- Alumni in Action - Public Service Spotlight
- Alumni Insights - Healthcare bill
- Wagner Annual Fund
- Did You Know...?
Top Stories
Join us on the East, West, and Gulf Coasts: D.C. and L.A. Wagner Receptions & APA Conference in New Orleans
It's time for our annual Admitted Student and Alumni Receptions! Join us April 19 in Los Angeles or April 29 in Washington, DC and share your passion for public service with fellow Wagner grads and admitted students from your metro area. If you will be attending the APA Conference in New Orleans, join Wagner alumni and students during the social hour at the Food Systems Planning Social Event & Film Screening on Saturday, April 10 at 6:30pm held at the Southern Food & Beverage Museum, 1 Poydras Street - look for Robin Barnes (MPA '98). And join current planning students at a special NYU Wagner Happy Hour on Monday, April 12 at 6:30pm at Lucy's Retired Surfer's Bar, 701 Tchoupitoulas Street.
Prof. Rodwin and other health policy experts back President Obama's healthcare reform
Victor Rodwin is one of the cosigners of a public letter to President Barack Obama and members of Congress, calling for passage of the president's comprehensive overhaul of the nation's health care system. "Our health care system is in crisis," the letter begins. At another point it adds, "the only workable process at this point is to use the President's proposal to finish the job." Read more.
Recent Alumni Eco-Friendly Wine Tasting: April 15
Join the Recent Alumni Committee on Thursday, April 15 at 6:30pm for a tasting led by Candela Prol of Chambers Street Wines, which received the Slow Food NYC "Snail of Approval." Prol will introduce the slow food movement and its manifestation in the wine industry and guide an exploration of carefully selected organic and biodynamic wines. Light snacks will be served as well. $15 fee payable in cash or check at the door. RSVP online.
NYU Wagner Capstone Program - Call for Proposals
Do you need to: conduct organizational assessments, evaluate key programs, address development needs, write impact statements, conduct policy analyses, gather and synthesize empirical data, look at financial viability, forecasting or financial management, or design and plan initiatives? Become a Capstone client! NYU Wagner is pleased to accept applications for its 2010-2011 Capstone Program. Agencies that wish to enter into a partnership with NYU Wagner are encouraged to complete and submit a Capstone Project Proposal for consideration. Deadline for 2010-2011 Proposals: May 28, 2010. For information and proposal guidelines, visit: http://wagner.nyu.edu/capstone/
Events, Lectures and Regional Activities
April / May 2010
For updated listings and event details, as well as RSVP information, click on the links below.
New York:
A Tale of Two Cities, and of Climate Change: Future Sea Level Projections in New York and Abu Dhabi
Making Service Part of the American DNA
The 14th Annual Kovner/Behrman Health Forum
The Thinking and Doing Breakfast Series: Building Sustainable Communities: The EPA Agenda
Asian Pacific Americans in Public Service and the Community Career Panel and Networking Reception
Urban Transportation and Planning Doctoral Series Spring 2010: Mike Smart, PhD Candidate
Recent Alumni Eco-Friendly Wine Tasting
IPSA Off-the-Record with Robertson Work
NYU Reynolds Speaker Series featuring Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, ACLU
The 2010 Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum
Fast Trash Symposium: Garbage Collection and the Future of Cities
NYU WAGNER IN LOS ANGELES: Reception for Alumni & Admitted Students
New Orleans:
04/10/2010 - 4/12/2010
NYU Wagner Events at the APA Conference
Washington, DC:
NYU WAGNER IN WASHINGTON: Reception for Admitted Students and Alumni
NYU Alumni Events:
University-wide Alumni Calendar
Office of Career Services (OCS): Mid- to Senior-Level Job Postings
Wagner's OCS Career Directory is a great resource for alumni looking to take the next step in their career. Here is a sampling of mid- to senior-level postings online right now:
- Director of Health Policy,
California Academy of Family Physicians (San Francisco) - Regional Director for Asia
CHF International (Silver Spring, Maryland) - Housing & Community Development Policy & Planning Director,
City of Philadelphia - Business Analyst,
Ecological LLC - Deputy Director, Monitoring & Evaluation,
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - Project Manager,
NYC Economic Development Corporation - Chief Program Officer,
Safe Horizon
Log on to the OCS Career Directory for full job descriptions and application instructions online. Be sure to check the Career Directory regularly for a job posting perfect for YOU.
Alumni In Action - Public Service Spotlight
Last June, after Aaron Ampaw (MPA 2009) was finished with his interview for the Congressional Fellows Program with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), he was not sure whether he would get the fellowship. He had written several essays and secured recommendations from faculty members to get this far in the process, but he knew it was "extremely competitive" and notes, "I had a very intense and challenging interview, and I originally thought that I was not going to be selected." He describes Washington, DC as "very tough," and states, "it can be difficult to get plugged into the policy arena here." Moreover, Ampaw's field of interest – Energy and Enviornment, is particularly tight knit. He explains that "there is a very small network of professionals in my field and it is very difficult to break through."
But if there is one thing Ampaw learned outside of the classroom at Wagner, it was "networking, networking, networking," he says. Since he understood how competitive the CBCF's fellowship was, he "networked with current fellows at the time [he was applying] and current Wagner faculty who were familiar with the fellowship program. It was imperative for me to gain some knowledge on how I could present myself and produce the best application possible for admission. I did a lot of homework," he says, "and luckily, it paid off." Ampaw was selected as one of only three fellows out of a pool of over 100 applications. Read more.
Alumni Insights: Health Bill
You share your insights with us!
What's YOUR opinion about the passage of the US Healthcare Bill? Will it affect your organization in any way? How will you be moving forward in light of the new legislation? Let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Remember Wagner This Tax Season!
Did you donate to the Wagner Annual Fund in 2009? Your contribution is tax-deductible! If you plan to give to Wagner in 2010, consider joining one of Wagner's two giving circles, Friends of Wagner (gifts of $250 or more) or the Dean's Circle (gifts of $1,000 or more). Established by the Wagner Alumni Association, these two donor societies provide special recognition to alumni for their extraordinary generosity and commitment. To learn more, visit our Support Wagner page. Or click here to make a donation online.
THANK YOU to all who give back to Wagner, be it through donations of time or money. We appreciate the support our Alumni and Friends give us.
Did You Know...?
Lea Palabrica Rivera (MPA '04) has joined the US State Department as a Foreign Service officer. Congratulations, Lea.
Patrick A. Wehle (MPA '02) has been appointed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as his Director of City Legislative Affairs. Congratulations, Patrick.
Daniel Young (MPA '09) has accepted a new position at Northwestern's Medical School where he will be the Associate Director for Global Health Education. Congratulations, Daniel.
Be in the next "Did you Know..."
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Does This Look Like The Face Of A Woman Who Had Sex With A 14 Year Old She Met Playing Call Of Duty?
NBC Connecticut – Monroe police have charged a Maine woman with sexual assault after a teen's parents complained that their son was having a sexual relationship with a woman in her 20s. The then-14 year-old boy and Cassandra Grant, then 21, of Rockland, Maine, met in March 2011 while playing a PlayStation 3 game online, police said. The relationship escalated as they texted, met on webcam and spoke on the phone, police said. In December 2011, the two met and had intercourse, police said. It was around this time that the teen's parents learned that Grant was actually 21, police said. Monroe police and the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit investigated and police applied for an arrest warrant. Grant, now 22, turned herself in to Monroe Police on Monday and was released after posting a $10,000 bond. She was charged with second-degree sexual assault and injury/risk impairing morals. She is scheduled to appear in court on March 21. It is not clear if Grant has a lawyer. The Monroe Patch reports that the game was "Call of Duty."
Goddamit was I born in the wrong era. I spent like every single day from age 6 to 15 playing video games. Closest I ever got to getting laid was when I jerked off to Mario 64 because all the sudden Princess Peach was 3-D. Nowadays kids just pop on their headsets and play a little Call To Warcraft: Assassin's Duty and next thing you know they're balls deep in some broad. Not fair.
Although I suppose thats what its like when grown men look at my generation and they are like "Can you believe how much pussy we would have gotten with texting and facebook??" I can just see dads across the world commiserating with each other than when they were trying to get laid they didn't have a online network of millions of girls looking for attention and no form or harmless, painless communication where you can slowly convince chicks to have sex with you. So I guess its just important to remember what your forefathers had to go through without the aid of the newest technology.
I can't wait for this generation of kids fucking girls they find on Call of Duty or Words With Friends are complaining about how easy it is for the guys younger then them. Kids below them are gonna be able to just straight up stick their dicks inside of the computer somehow and get a blow job.


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Pumpkin Liqueur Roundup
There are several great pumpkin liqueurs on the market for your Halloween cocktail party …Read More
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A collection of Blood Red Halloween Cocktails …Read More
1/4 cup Sauza Blue Silver Tequila
1/2 cup cream
2 tablespoons pumpkin spice syrup
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 1/2 cups freshly brewed hot coffee
Whipped cream
In a saucepan, combine cream with pumpkin syrup, sugar, vanilla and spice. Brew your coffee and divide it between two mugs. To each mug add half of the Sauza Blue Tequila and the cream mixture … Read more
1 part Courvoisier VSOP
1 part fresh lemon sour
1.5 part apricot brandy
4 parts apple cider
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon spiral twist and a dash of fresh ground cinnamon.
Courtesy of Courvoisier Cognac.… Read more
We at DOTW love Halloween and our celebration lasts the entire month of October. We try hard to help our readers enjoy this creepy, crawly day (see our Halloween Drinks page). This year, we are excited to add Ash Hollow's Headless Red to our Halloween fun.
We recently received a bottle of the Headless Red and didn't know what to expect. But I have been impressed by the wines out of Washington state (for our … Read more
If you're not into the sweet stuff, it can be a challenge to find the right Halloween cocktail. These drinks are in the spirit of Halloween but don't contain a lot of sugar, syrup or fruit. If you like your cocktails dry, here are some great options for you:
1 1/2 oz scotch
1 oz sweet vermouth
Dashes Angostura Bitters
Combine ingredients in a shaker filled with ice, shake and strain into a chilled martini or cocktail glass.… Read more
The Brain Hemorrhage is a classic Halloween shot. It may look gross, but it is mighty tasty. … Read more
Welcome to the 31 Drinks of Halloween!
1 1/2 oz Kahlúa
1/2 oz Martell V.S. Cognac
1/2 oz Triple Sec
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
Blood orange wedge, garnish
Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a n chilled, half sugar-rimmed martini glass and garnish with a blood orange wedge.
Recipe and photo courtesy of Kahlúa.
With tomorrow, May 21st, being the date pegged for Armageddon things could get a little hairy. To ease the pain, we figured this 1935 classic was a perfect fit. Absinthe and Champagne… might as well go out in boozy style! Apparently, Ernest Hemingway created this lovely cocktail as his contribution to a celebrity recipe collection. Mr. Hemingway recommends, "Drink three to five of these slowly."
1 ½ oz absinthe
4 oz chilled Champagne… Read more


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Down Town Up Luu Breeze Produced by Daniel Worthy
Some r&b ish from Luu Breeze, his new single off his upcoming EP "This Time Tomorrow"
Give Down Town Up (Prod. Daniel Worthy) a listen - it's a new offering from Luu Breeze. It was dropped on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012. Luu Breeze's musical situation is improving with every new release, and Down Town Up (Prod. Daniel Worthy) will most definitely help the cause. It's a fine addition to the growing body of work Luu Breeze has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're looking forward to what Luu Breeze has in store.
Have you heard Luu Breeze's Demoliton Man (Prod. Daniel Worthy), featuring Marcus Manchild ? Check out Luu Breeze's profile page for the most recent info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Follow Luu Breeze on Facebook and Twitter, if you aren't already.
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Cheer up your winter with up to 50%* off a 2-night hotel stay in January, February
and March. Think chilly winter walks around the grounds, knitted jumpers, hot chocolate
in front of the roaring fire and a warm, cosy bed that's been made for you.
A true love story
that warmed the cockles of our hearts
A long, long time ago, a handsome young man (we'll call him Henry) met an English rose (we'll call her Victoria) and they fell truly, madly, deeply in love. courted. They ran across cornfields in the sunshine, hand in hand. And they laughed. Oh how they laughed!
But the course of true love did not run as smooth as you'd expect.The once inseparable couple became two individuals. Henry and Victoria drifted apart, filled with regret and remorse. Over time they came to meet and marry new partners whom, after many years together, they both sadly lost. Read More...
Fast forward 53 years.
An older, wiser Henry had arranged to meet his childhood sweetheart, having tracked Victoria down after five long decades apart. At a Best Western hotel, by no strange coincidence! On hearing news of the couple's joyful reunion, Katie from Central Reservations sent a card to wish them a lovely stay and congratulate Henry and Victoria on finding each other again. The following is what she received in reply:
Dear Katie,
Just a line to thank you so much for your thoughtfulness. To find a card from you
on our arrival at the
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and she said "yes!". Thanks again for your part in helping to bring an old man so
much happiness.
My very best wishes to you,
...and they're now living happily ever after!
All names have been changed to protect the innocent, other than the Best Western hotel they met at!
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Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)Report: 48 percent of first children born out of wedlock
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
March 21st, 2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) A report from academics and social scientists are calling it "The Great Crossover." Teen pregnancy is down, but woman in their twenties are increasingly having children out of wedlock. Statistics prove that 48 percent of all first children born in the U.S. are in a home with an absent father. While modern demographics and social change have contributed to these statistics, children with an absent or semi-permanent man in the house still face a tougher start than children who do. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Today, young people in the U.S. are waiting longer to marry. The average age of woman who marries for the first time is 27, for men, 29. More young people today are getting their college educations and exploring all the options that life has to offer before settling down."Culturally, young adults have increasingly come to see marriage as a 'capstone' rather than a 'cornerstone' - that is, something they do after they have all their ducks in a row, rather than a foundation for launching into adulthood and parenthood," the report states. Furthermore, by the age of 30 two-thirds of American women have had a child, typically out of wedlock. Kay Hymowitz, an author of the report and a William E. Simon Fellow at the Manhattan Institute says this proves that the typical attitude of marriage has changed. This includes young adults who say marriage and children "are two separate things," Hymowitz says. The report cites two major reasons. Middle class American men having difficulty finding stable employment that allows them to support a family and "a less understood" reason about disconnect between marriage and childbearing. The report states that the "good news" of delayed marriage is that women can more easily have successful careers, and divorce rates are lower for later marriages. However - as recent figures have found, delayed marriage does not necessarily mean delayed motherhood. The "private" decision to become a parent ahead of a marriage commitment - when done by such a large a portion of the population - has consequences for society at large, experts warn. "Researchers now view family instability as one of the greatest risks to children's well being," the report states. "Yet unmarried adults, including single 20-somethings who make up about half of unmarried parents, are by definition unsettled. "Most researchers agree that on average, whether because of instability or absent fathers or both, children of unmarried mothers have poorer outcomes than children growing up with their married parents." Patrick Fagan, senior fellow and director of the Marriage and Religion Research Institute at the Family Research Council says that the prevailing social ethos in today's culture that "anything goes" results in disconnect between this kind of data and its moral implications. "Government is incompetent in social policy," Fagan said. "That is very clear. "The competence lies within the family, within the church and within the school," Fagan said. "They are the three people-forming institutions." Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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Bristol Palin, the 21-year-old daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has another bone to pick with President Obama.
The former 'Dancing with the Stars' contestant chastised the president for allowing his young daughters Sasha, 10, and Malia, 13, to influence his stance on gay marriage.
In an exclusive interview with ABC News on Wednesday, Obama said that his daughters "have friends whose parents are same-sex couples."
"There have been times where Michelle and I have been sitting around the dinner table and we're talking about their friends and their parents and Malia and Sasha, it wouldn't dawn on them that somehow their friends' parents would be treated differently," Obama said. "It doesn't make sense to them and, frankly, that's the kind of thing that prompts a change in perspective."
In a blog posted Thursday, Palin criticized the president for consulting his "teenage daughters" — emphasizing the word "teenage" — when making "a massive change in a policy position that could affect the entire nation."
"I guess we can be glad that Malia and Sasha aren't younger, or perhaps today's press conference might have been about appointing Dora the Explorer as Attorney General because of her success in stopping Swiper the Fox," Palin wrote.
Palin then berated Obama for not being an "actual leader" and explaining to his young daughters, whose views she suggested were inspired by "one too many episodes of Glee," that even though their friends had same-sex parents, "that's not a reason to change thousands of years of thinking about marriage."
"While it's great to listen to your kids' ideas, there's also a time when dads simply need to be dads," Palin said in the blog post.
Palin broke out her skeptic pen in March as well to scold Obama over his decision to personally call Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, whom Rush Limbaugh called a "slut" after she testified before Congress about birth control.
"Dear President Obama, You don't know my telephone number, but I hope your staff is busy trying to find it," Palin wrote in her blog post.
Palin said she "figured I might be next" to get a call because of the "reprehensible things" liberal comedian Bill Maher, who donated $1 million to the pro-Obama Super PAC, has said about her and her family.
"He's made fun of my brother because of his Down's Syndrome. He's said I was "f—-d so hard a baby fell out," Palin wrote. "If Maher talked about Malia and Sasha that way, you'd return his dirty money and the Secret Service would probably have to restrain you."


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Program Requirements
Hours: 21
Minor Courses - 6 hours
COM 200Intro to Communication Theory (3) LAS
COM 300Advanced Composition (3) LAS
Minor and/or Cognate Courses - 15 hours
Choose five courses from the following:
COM 380Newswriting I (3) LAS
COM 385Newswriting II (3) LAS
COM 388Feature Writing (3) LAS
ENG 370Creative Writing: Poetry (3) LAS
ENG 371Seminar in Creative Writing: Poetry (3) LAS
ENG 372Creative Writing: Fiction (3) LAS
ENG 441ZAdvanced Creative Writing (3)
Choose other upper level writing courses as available and appropriate
(Students are also expected to contribute to campus publications including Dateline and Lions-on-Line.)
Minimum grade of "C" in all courses in the minor.
Residency requirement: 6 hours
***Effective July 1, 2014, the College of Mount St. Joseph became Mount St. Joseph University. Any reference within the catalog to the College will be understood to be a reference to Mount St. Joseph University after July 1, 2014, unless otherwise noted.***


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Ford names Mark Fields as new chief executive
Ford chief executive Alan Mulally, who is widely credited with saving the US carmaker during the depths of the 2008-2009 recession, is retiring in July.
He will be replaced by chief operating officer Mark Fields, 53, who has been with Ford since 1989.
In a statement, the company said Mr Mulally, 68, will be remembered for engineering "one of the most successful business turnarounds in history".
Chairman Bill Ford said Mr Mulally had been a "hall of fame" chief executive.
The succession was widely expected: Mr Mulally had previously announced that he would retire at the end of this year.
Ford has posted a profit for nearly five consecutive years under his leadership, and it was the only one of the big three US carmakers that did not have to seek a bailout from the US government during the recession.
Mr Fields was named chief operating officer in December 2012.
The challenge for Mark Fields is how to continue to build on Mr Mulally's formidable legacy and Ford's current success.
And they are big shoes to fill.
But executive chairman Bill Ford told me Mr Fields "is up for it".
Mr Fields oversaw the company's international operations, having worked in Japan, Europe and Argentina. He also ran the company's North American operations during a difficult time - experience that will come in handy running a global carmaker.
One of his first challenges involves Ford's F series truck.
The bestselling vehicle in the US is a major profit-maker for Ford. It's getting a dramatic makeover with a body built almost entirely out of aluminium.
But, now that he's behind the wheel, few expect Mr Fields to make any major changes to the 'One Ford' strategy, especially as it's working. The bigger question perhaps is how he will handle his first crisis, when it happens.
Executive chairman Bill Ford told the BBC that Mr Mulally is a "hall of fame" chief executive.
"There are very few people that brought his skill set, his humility, and his humanity to the job," said Mr Ford.
Mr Mulally originally trained as an aeronautical engineer, and spent 36 years at Boeing, before he was approached by Bill Ford in 2006.
Mr Ford said he still remembered meeting Mr Mulally eight years ago.
"It was a fabulous first day - I look back at it now and realise we were finishing each other's sentences within an hour," he said, adding that Mr Mulally should be credited with changing Ford's culture to focus more on transparency and "dealing with reality".
However, he added that Mr Fields was more than up for the task of leading Ford.
Toughest jobMr Fields, who was passed over for the job in 2006 when Mr Mulally was appointed chief executive, joined the company as a market research analyst in 1989.
In 2000, he was made chief executive of Mazda - in which Ford owned a stake at the time - and was later head of Ford's European division.
However, Mr Ford emphasized that it was as the head of Ford's North American division that Mr Fields really proved his mettle.
"He took on the hardest job at the company," said Mr Ford, noting that as a young leader there were some who thought he would not be up for the task.
However, "he emerged as a leader and gained the trust of his team".
Seamless transitionFord has planned the leadership succession for a number of years, Mr Mulally said, and he brought forward his retirement as "everything is in place" for a "very orderly" transition.
"We are absolutely fully confident we are absolutely ready," he said in a conference call announcing the transition.
Mr Mulally will not retain a place on the board after retirement.
Analysts say that one can expect "more of the same" with Mr Fields in charge.
"Ford has had a renaissance under [Mr] Mulally, but [Mr] Fields has been there the entire time and has been his partner in this vision," Edmunds.com senior analyst Jessica Caldwell told the BBC.
"Ford knew [Mr] Mulally was not going to stay on forever - by partnering him up with someone who was already in the organisation, and someone they thought could be a leader, that the best thing they could do," she said.
"I can't imagine a better scenario."


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What's New
Notable changes:* added falling debris (you can vary the amount from Settings)
* added twitter support (requires iOS 5)
* changed sound effects for chain sound style
* modified two player game objective
* modified two player row generation
If you like DropZap, please rate/review it in the App Store every time there's an update. Under iOS 5, you can rate DropZap via a Game Center leaderboard from within the app.
App Description
"It's easy to call DropZap one of the best puzzle games in the App Store... It's fun, addictive, and puts a fresh spin on dropping blocks to clear other blocks..." - The iPhone App Review===
DropZap is a NOT a color matching game! Rather, you SHRINK pieces until they disappear!
If you are a fan of Tetris, Drop7, etc., then you will definitely want to check out DropZap!
Tap/drag to select the column where you want the piece to land. When any piece lands, it SHRINKS pieces below and sideways. The smallest piece (colored red) disappears when shrunk. Your game ends when the grid is full or piece(s) go beyond top.
When a piece disappears, any piece(s) above it will fall, potentially resulting in other pieces disappearing, and so on. Chain reactions can be quite elaborate and are an integral part of gameplay.
(1) Standard: This mode is level-oriented and does not require quick reaction time.
(2) Relentless: This mode is not level-oriented and does not require quick reaction time.
(3) Action: This mode is level-oriented and requires quick reaction time.
(4) Relentless Action: This mode is not level-oriented and requires quick reaction time.
(5) Two Players: This a split-screen mode where two players compete using the same device. The player who scores at least 1000 more points than his/her opponent or outlasts his/her opponent wins.
Single player game modes have local and global leaderboards.
Game Center is supported but not required for global leaderboards.
Please note that the non-Game Center global leaderboards are completely separate from the Game Center ones -- they do not share any score submissions.
"...it's a fun game and I found it to be pretty hard to put down." - iPhone Application List
"...the game play is interesting and keeps the player gripped. It is one of those games that we keep on playing saying "Just one more game" for a long, long time." - iPhone Footprint
"DropZap excels in what it attempts to do: offer a quick action-puzzle game with a unique gameplay mechanic that has varying modes of difficulty that will satiate the hardest of the hardcore block elimination fanatics." - Dallas iPhone Games Examiner
Background images credit: NASA/courtesy of nasaimages.org.
Uses cocos2d for iPhone.
cocos2d license: http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/wiki/doku.php/license
CocosDenshion Copyright (c) 2010 Steve Oldmeadow; license: http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/wiki/doku.php/cocosdenshion:license
Privacy Policy: This app makes use of your UDID for the non-Game Center global leaderboards.
App Changes
November 28, 2013 Price Decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
March 09, 2013 Price Decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
December 19, 2012 Price Decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
November 12, 2009 Initial Release


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Just as Microsoft bundles a version of Office with Windows RT tablets, Apple is rumored to be planning to include its iWork productivity suite of apps with iOS 7 for free.
iPhone-Ticker says Apple may include all of its iWork suite of applications like Keynote, Pages, and Numbers in iOS7. The publication included a screenshot in its report from the page that iOS devices are first taken to when they open the iTunes App Store that offers the suite for download.
The apps currently each sell separately for $9.99


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Tim Lennox
Morning News Anchor
Veteran Alabama broadcaster Tim Lennox co-anchors Alabama News Network This Morning from 5 a.m. until 7 a.m. weekdays. He's lived in Alabama since 1976 when he moved to the state from New York City and started working as a helicopter radio traffic reporter in Birmingham. He also spent a lot of years anchoring radio news and hosting radio talk shows in that city. He was host of "Southern Exposure" on the CBS-TV station in Birmingham for three years.
Tim moved to Montgomery in 1998 to anchor the Alabama Public Television news program "For The Record". He also moderated debates and hosted "Alabama at Work" and other APT programs during his eleven years with the nine-station network.
Before his move to Alabama, Tim served three years in the U.S. Army, including one in which he anchored Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) Television newscasts in Quang Tri, and served as a photographer reporter for a brigade newspaper.
He still loves photography, and had three of his submitted photos published by The New York Times in 2009.
Tim holds dual U.S.-Irish citizenship in honor of his ancestors, lives in an almost 100-year-old home in Montgomery's Garden District, and once parachuted out of a perfectly good plane over Sylacauga for a story.


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Illinois Innocence Project
- To evaluate and investigate cases for credible claims of an Illinois inmate's actual innocence, and, when appropriate, provide legal representation and/or other assistance toward proving the inmate's actual innocence (Download a PDF copy of our Attorney Case Referral Form);
- To encourage meaningful reforms toward preventing the conviction of innocent persons in the future;
- To educate the public and provide important educational and experiential opportunities for students about wrongful convictions.
Illinois Innocence Project Fund
7th Exoneration
February 11, 2015
UIS Illinois Innocence Project achieves exoneration of Christopher Abernathy, after almost 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit
Exoneration 1
*Chris's first step to freedom with his mother leading the way and Project Attorney Lauren Kaeseberg with Director Larry Golden talking to press.
Selected Press and TV coverage
1. Innocence Project at UIS helps free man in prison 29 years – The State Journal Register, February 12th-2015
2. Tribune Exclusive: Man free after 30 years says 'It's just scary to be out'- Chicago Tribune, February 11th-2015
3. Chicago man free after 28 years in jail for murder he did not commit- The Guardian, February 12th-2015
Please donate now to help the Project continue its work. Click Here
8th Annual Defenders of the Innocent Awards Event
Defenders Of The Innocent
7th Annual Defenders of the Innocent Awards Short Film
Please take a moment to watch this short film sharing the stories of some of our clients and their families.
UIS launches a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
Exploring the Innocence Movement
Here's your chance to learn about the Innocence Movement and wrongful convictions. UIS is launching a FREE Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), taught by our own staff attorney and Legal Studies professor, Gwen Jordan! This six-week course begins February 2, 2015 and is open to anyone. Click here to enroll: http://uis.coursesites.com
Staff Attorney and Legal Studies Professor Gwen Jordan
More details on the course in the link below.
Peggy Jo Jackson
Photo of Peggy Jo Jackson and IIP staff.
The Illinois Innocence Project celebrated the clemency of Peggy Jo Jackson who had been wrongfully imprisoned for over 26 years.
Related Articles:
- UIS Illinois Innocence Project helps free Peggy Jo Jackson from prison
- Illinois Innocence Project Helps Free Convicted Woman
- UIS-based group helps free woman accused of husband's murder
- Innocence Project helps free another person from prison
Anthony Murray
Anthony Murray Release
The Illinois Innocence Project celebrated the release of Anthony Murray who had been wrongfully imprisoned for over 14 years.
Related Articles:
- Illinois man pleads no contest in fatal stabbing, will leave prison after 14 years
- Innocent, but still guilty
- Innocence Project helps free Chicago man
- UIS Illinois Innocence Project helps innocent man gain freedom in Marion County case
- IL Innocence Project Helps Free Man Accused In Marion County Murder
- Rejecting the Innocent


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Badger Meter Announces First Quarter Conference Call
Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE:BMI) today announced it will hold a conference call to discuss the company's 2013 first quarter results on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 10:00 AM Central/11:00 AM Eastern time.
Interested parties can listen to the call live on the Internet through the company's Web site, www.badgermeter.com, or by dialing 1-888-680-0894 and entering the passcode 75830599. Listeners should dial in to the call at least 5-10 minutes prior to the start of the call or should go to the Web site at least 15 minutes prior to the call to download and install any necessary audio software. Participants may pre-register for the call at https://www.theconferencingservice.com/prereg/key.process?key=PPLJRTDB7. Pre-registrants will be issued a pin number to use when dialing into the live call which will provide quick access to the conference by bypassing the operator upon connection. In addition, the Webcast is also available through Thomson's investor portals. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.earnings.com, Thomson/CCBN's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents ( www.streetevents.com).
A telephone replay of the conference call will be available through Wednesday, April 24, by dialing 1-888-286-8010 and entering the passcode 96138755. The Webcast will be archived on the company's Web site until its next earnings release.
Badger Meter's core competency is flow measurement solutions. The company is a leading manufacturer and marketer of products incorporating liquid flow measurement and control technologies developed both internally and with other technology companies. Badger Meter products are used in a wide variety of applications, including water, oil and chemicals.
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Review: X-Arcade
X-Arcade is an industrial quality arcade game controller that injects the ultimate arcade game experience into your PC, MAC or game console (we tested on Linux, of course).
With your X-Arcade Joystick, you can reverse time and play the classics like Ms. Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Robotron, Galaga, Donkey Kong and Street Fighter.
Here's a link to the article I mention in the video. Also, I think it's important to note that although the X-Arcade Tankstick isn't officially supported under Linux, I didn't have any problems using it with MAME in Ubuntu.
From the X-Arcade website:
X-Arcade Tankstick™ Indestructible Benefits
* Limited Time: Free Ground Shipping! (USA)
* Indestructible Arcade Authenticity With Lifetime Warranty
* Play Thousands Of Arcade Classics From Your Home
* 20 LBS Of Authentic Arcade Parts Ripped From A Real Arcade Machine
* Nifty PS/2 and USB Support On Any Computer
* Trackball Functions As A Standard 3 Button Mouse
* 4 Left/Right Pinball Flipper Buttons
* Enjoy the endless possibilities of retro arcade and next-generation games
* Enhance connections with your kids by hookin' em' on your
favorite classics
* Feel like a superhero without the need to dress in tights
* Play Head To Head Fighting Games Like The Local Arcade.
* Withstand Thousands Of Hours Of Button Smashing Action.
* Fully Programmable For Support On Gametap™ Service
* Play Thousands Of Your Favorite Arcade Games Of All Time
* Add-On Adapters Work On Any Game System PC, or Mac™ (Also Linux!!!)
* (No console support for Trackball)
* Dentists & Dr's: Great For Patient Waiting Rooms!
What's Included
* X-Arcade Tankstick™
* 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
* 100% Fully Serviced Lifetime Warranty
* Toll Free And Online Live Technical Support
* Limited Time: Free Ground Shipping! (USA)
* 18 Full Version Arcade Games:
* 12 Atari(R) Classics for PC Use: Asteroids(R), Asteroids™
Deluxe, Battlezone(R), Centipede(R), Crystal Castles™, Gravitar™,
Millipede™, Missile Command(R), Pong™, Super Breakout(R), Tempest(R)
and Warlords(R).
* Special Bonus: 6 Full Version Midway Titles! Gauntlet(R),
Defender(R), Smash TV(R), Robotron(R), Rampage(R) and Joust(R).
* Connectors included:: USB and Keyboard/Mouse PS2
* Dual Joystick + Buttons Work On With Existing X-Arcade Adapters
* Trackball operational on PC/Mac™ only (Um, and Linux too!!!)
Unfortunately, In Turkey we
Unfortunately, In Turkey we can not join Youtube. Because the Internet service provider have banned youtube ip's. I hate this provider..
* Trackball operational on PC/Mac™ only (Um, and Linux too!!!)
* Trackball operational on PC/Mac™ only (Um, and Linux too!!!)
Unfortunately, In Turkey we
Unfortunately, In Turkey we can not join Youtube. Because the Internet service provider have banned youtube ip's. I hate this provider :(
Hopefully you're able to check us out at Blip.tv
Sorry about YouTube!
Shawn Powers is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal. You might find him chatting on the IRC channel, or Twitter
How to restrict X-arcade sticks to 4-way operation.
You may restrict the X-arcade sticks to operate in 4-way mode.
It's not a small operation though, as it involves opening the thing up and inverting one of the joystick parts.
Official instructions: www.xgaming.com/service/open.shtml
work fine on my Eee Pc 8G
X-Arcade Tankstick work fine on my Eee Pc 8G with GX-MAME in Xandros.
question to ask
Dear Sir,
I have a query to ask. How do I write a message from my program to /var/log/messages? Is this possible? How?
It will be great if you reply on my mail ID
Free Linux Games
If you do get an X-Arcade, make sure to check out all of the free Linux games available. We had a write-up about a handful of them just a couple months back. You can read more here.
Carlie Fairchild is the publisher of Linux Journal.
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Is Monaco the greatest race of them all? Jenson Button pondered yesterday.
I dont know really, the 2009 victor said. I think theyre all pretty special in their own right. Some of them have more history than others and Monaco is definitely one of them. A lot of us also live here, so its a very special race. But I think if youve had the opportunity to fight for a win and actually cross the finish line first, its a very special race, yeah. You feel as though you celebrate that win, obviously with your team, but also with everyone watching here, because its such a confined space. Its a very special place to win. But there are so many other races that mean a lot to us and certain races that mean more to us as individuals rather than Formula One as a whole.
It could be, yes, definitely, Force Indias Adrian Sutil thought. But I feel this is a normal race, like every other race really. You try to the best possible. In a way its a bit different because you know from the past and from experience that there are more possibilities out there. Its a very tricky circuit, unforgiving and easy to make mistakes, maybe have safety car intervention. The risk is high here and that opens up some situations for you
it can work well for you or the other way.
Having that in mind gives a nice race, a nice weekend. Starting last or starting at the front doesnt mean you will win the race. Its all up. You need to be on the point and just stay focused for the whole race, until its finished.
Marussias Jules Bianchi feels the attraction, especially as hes a local boy born in Nice. Of course Im really excited to be in the car tomorrow. I think this race is special for me because Nice isnt really far from here so its like a home race. I cant wait to be in the car even if I know its a tricky track. Its not easy to be quick here. I had some good records in the junior categories so lets see what we will do.
It seems odd that Saubers Nico Hulkenberg hasnt won here in junior categories. Its definitely special, he says. Ive never won here. Ive been on the podium in GP2 and that was certainly special. In F1, to achieve a podium here, or even a win, would be special. I think it stands out a bit more than a normal Grand Prix lets say.
But it was Lotus star Romain Grosjean, a former GP2 winner, who shocked with a statistic he trotted out. Monaco is not France but basically its not far. A special race, with a special podium, as well at the finish, when you get to meet the Prince, which is nice. Theres 25 points, as at every other Grand Prix, but I think Monaco is a special one to me. One of my first memories was 1996 when Olivier Panis won, the last French driver to win, a long time ago
But perhaps it was 2008 winner Lewis Hamilton who found it most special.
Monaco is spectacular. As Jenson said, a lot of us live here. I dont feel like its like any other race. Winning here is unique and special, in its own way. When you do win here, when you finally get that, you have the most incredible feeling. Every time you come here, thats what youre chasing every year.
Fernando Alonso has tipped Mercedes as a possible winner, but can they turn the tide after their major disappointment in Spain when front-row grid positions translated into sixth and 12th for polesitter Nico Rosberg and Hamilton in the race?
Its definitely not easily solved, Hamilton said of Mercedes tyre wear problem. Its something were working on internally. Just working as hard as we can to assess and understand where we went wrong: tyre pressures, temperatures and all of those kind of things. I dont think its going to be as bad - hopefully - moving forward. Its definitely something were trying to improve on. So hopefully we wont have as many bad races as we did the last one.
I dont particularly think this race represents our best chance if victory this year. We have a good opportunity this weekend but you never know what the others are capable of. Last year they were quite competitive, Mercedes was quite competitive here. Obviously our car is better this year so we should still be competitive this year. But the Ferraris and the Lotuses and the Red Bulls are massively competitive as well. So, we just have to wait and see.
I definitely do think we have a better chance, though. I think a huge amount of work has gone into understanding where we went wrong. As I said, the guys have really kick-started a lot of different discussions. Obviously its a real science trying to understand these tyres. Everyones trying to understand them but I really feel this weekend will be a better weekend for us compared to the last. And moving on from here I think well just continue to learn and improve.
Its very difficult to overtake here. Mark [Webber] won it last year and just controlled it from the front, even though he had a very competitive car, so yeah, overtaking is very, very difficult here as I proved a couple of years ago. So if youre able to get out in front, its more than likely if youre able to manage your tyres that you can stay there.
Though he was cautious about former McLaren technical director Paddy Lowe officially joining the team on June 3, he is known to be very enthusiastic about his former colleagues imminent arrival.
Ive had great experience of Paddy over the last five or six years. Hes obviously a great person and massively intelligent and will be a great asset for the team, so Im really looking forward to working with him. We all look forward to it.
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Recruiting diverse attorneys is not a new undertaking for Morgan Lewis. For many years, the firm's recruiting program has focused on developing a more diverse candidate pool. Our attorneys visit more than 40 law schools and job fairs to fill summer and fall associate positions. We also welcome expressions of interest from law students at law schools where we do not conduct on-campus interviews.
Some examples of job fairs we attend include:
- Black Law Students Associations in various parts of the United States
- Hispanic National Bar Association Job Fair
- Lavender Law Job Fair
- National Black Prosecutors Association job fair
- Philadelphia Area Minority job fair
- Philadelphia Diversity Law Group
- Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)
Our focus is to develop relationships with law school organizations that are important to students of color. To accomplish this, we have developed a number of important outreach efforts. They include:
Morgan Lewis Book Scholarship Program
Under the program, 20 book scholarships are awarded to students at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California at Berkeley, and UCLA. At each school, students are selected by organizations such as the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA), the Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA), and the South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA), or they are selected by the law school itself. The book scholarships address the major expense of textbooks that is not often covered by financial aid.
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Morgan Lewis has a unique partnership with Howard University School of Law. We work closely with the university's Office of Career Services to coordinate the collection of applications from first-year students who are interested our summer associate program and, since 2004, have hired at least one first-year student from Howard every year for the program. The Washington, D.C. office also hosts a reception for Howard's entire first-year class every September, during the school's orientation program. This reception provides the students an opportunity to get to know one another, the law school faculty, and the administration, as well as an opportunity to interact with Morgan Lewis attorneys from a variety of practice areas. Our partnership with Howard also includes sponsoring panel discussions and providing writing instruction to moot court participants. In 2005, we also made a significant financial contribution to the school.
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Efforts by our New York office focus on SEO, a program that helps prepare young people of color to lead by example in their families, communities, and careers. We sponsor the SEO Corporate Law Division, which specifically focuses on students who have recently graduated from college and have been accepted to law school. We hire a student each year through this program.


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Visualizing Big Data with 3D CAVE
Scientists at the University of Chicago are creating a Star-Trek-like holodeck to push science fiction closer to science fact. The new wraparound 3D environment allows researchers to stroll through the human brain, hover over the surface of Mars or travel through a virtual hurricane.
72 stereoscopic liquid crystal display panels project anything a scientist can imagine in three dimensions on an eight-foot screen that encircles the researcher 320 degrees.
Despite it's high "cool" factor, its remarkable resemblance to Ray Bradbury's 1950s sci-fi rumination of a child's nursery and the Star Trek holodeck, this virtual playground is going to do some serious science.
Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) second generation co-inventor Jason Leigh thinks this cool science tool may help scientists better understand overwhelming amounts of scientific data.
The University of Illinois computer scientist says, "CAVEs are essentially fantastic lenses for bringing data into focus." He anticipates rolling out CAVEs across the country to look at large-scale data and help scientists understand what their research means.
Leigh says this type of virtual world could also be a training ground for doctors that could also improve patient care. He thinks drug companies could use it to model the way new drugs bind to proteins in the human body and he says car designers could even virtually drive their new models.Brain surgeon Ali Alaraj tells the Associated Press about the first time he saw the brain using the CAVE2. He says, "You can walk between the blood vessels. You can look at the arteries below. You can look at the arteries from the side…that was science fiction to me."
But room-sized CAVE2s aren't cheap. In fact, the newest version which was revealed to the world at Chicago Ideas Week in October cost about $1 million. That's half the price of the first version with was over $2 million, according to the National Science Foundation, which put up much of the funding for the project along with the Department of Energy.
The CAVE2 immerses people into worlds too large, too small, too dangerous, too remote, or too complex to be viewed otherwise.
Andreas Linninger says, "We were flabbergasted."
The University of Illinois at Chicago neurosurgeon used the CAVE2 to solve a problem with his computer model that prevented his team from finding a brain aneurysm in a patient.
For years, Linninger and and other neurosurgeons have painstakingly used laptop and desktop computers to evaluate patient-specific images, which had been interpreted by computer algorithms to represent the brain and its blood flow in 3D. They pieced together arteries, veins and micro-vessels to create three-dimensional, full-brain models that physiologically mirrored the brains of individual patients, including a particular patient whose cerebrovascular system they were trying to accurately model.
But it wasn't until spending just a few minutes inside the CAVE2 that the team recognized they had inaccurately connected some arteries which confounded the whole model.
He says, "We had been looking at computer models of a particular patient's brain for several months but within five minutes of putting the model into the CAVE2, the chief endovascologist said we had connected certain arteries in a way that was inconsistent with anatomy."
The neurosurgeons were limited by the image spatial resolution of today's best computers and they just couldn't see the problem. So with all their data loaded into the virtual environment they could get inside the brain, walk around and see what wasn't quite right.
Leigh says, "Today, almost all science is e-science so that much of the data scientists investigate is collected, stored and analyzed digitally." That makes it easy to be fed into systems like CAVE2.
And the CAVE2 can handle the deluge of data that a lot of science creates. Scientists can create simulations based on their data to explore distant planets, the center of violent storms or even a new building that isn't yet constructed.Leigh says, "Scientific phenomena are observed with new types of digital instruments, including sensors and robotic autonomous exploration vehicles capable of collecting data at ever-increasing resolutions. Natural phenomena from global weather systems to chemical reactions at the atomic level, for instance, may now be simulated inside supercomputers, generating massive amounts of data."
Looking at giant data sets as a series of numbers, coordinates, temperatures or other points of inquiry does little to tell the story of what's being observed. But to create a 3D model and then input that into a system that allows full interaction suddenly opens doors to exploring the world in a new and exciting way. This type of technology allows scientists to immerse themselves in their work, solve big problems and get a fresh perspective on the research.


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Caroline is the daughter of Jim and Cathy Will and has two siblings, Margaret and Luke.She is majoring in Accounting.
Academic Accomplishments Sophomore YearCaroline set career high in Digs in a season with (436). She also led the team in Digs and Digs per Set (4.15). Freshman Year Caroline was named to the 2013 Spring Dean's List. Rosati-Kain High School Caroline was a four-year Honor Roll student.Athletic AccomplishmentsFreshman YearCaroline played in 83 sets. Her match high for aces was three against MacMurray and Blackburn. She ranked fourth on the team for digs (226) and in aces (18). Rosati-Kain High School Caroline started varsity for three years and was captain her senior year. She was named First Team All-District and First Team All-Conference her senior year. She was also named Second Team All-Conference her junior year.
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The former commander of St John Ambulance in Jersey has returned to lead the voluntary organisation.
John Pinel led the organisation from 2004 until 2010 and said he was "very pleased to re-appointed to this senior role".
It follows the death of the former head, Nigel Truscott in June, a year after the service became independent.
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Lessons From Abroad
What: Lessons from Abroad; A conference offering study abroad returnees and international students the opportunity to reflect on their recent international experiences, connect with other study abroad alumni with similar interests, network and gather resources from professionals in internationally-focused organizations. Conference highlights include a Keynote Presentation from a highly regarded mentor in the field of international education, an "Opportunities Fair" of internationally-focused organizations, various panel discussions and workshops providing instruction on resume-building, graduate schools, career opportunities, international volunteering/service-learning, job interviewing and more!When: Saturday, March 6, 2010, 9:30 am – 4:00 p.m.
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M16 vs. GU10 lights?
Ack! Our builder wants to switch out our mini directional (gimbaled) reseccesd MR16 fixtures with fixtures that take a GU10 bulb. The specific fixture he wants to use is Commercial Electric hbr 303. He says they are the just about the same thing as the lights we picked out. I know that the ones we had specified were low voltage and the ones he wants to use are not, the ones he wants to use are less expensive.
Can anyone tell me the difference between the the quality, intensity, type of light from these different lights? Any Pros or Cons would be helpful.
Julie, you might want to peruse this thread...
Here is a link that might be useful: line vs. low voltage
Thanks for the pointer. That thread was helpful! We have decided to push the issue with our builder and keep the MR16 fixtures as planned. I think that since the GU10 bulbs are only floods and the beams can't be concentrated as the MR16, we'd loose the effect we hope to achieve.
Julie, check out www.bulbs.com or any other online light bulb store. GU10 bulbs are available in all the same beams as MR16s. They can be spotlights, floodlights, narrow floodlights, you name it. I had the same dilemma and went with the GU10 bulbs for 1 reason...buzzing. Line voltage lights don't buzz when dimmed. Even with the right dimmers low voltage fixtures can buzz. Not always, not every one but we put 16 in one room and 22 in another room and I didn't want to gamble that any would buzz when dimmed. You can get narrow spotlight GU10s.
Thanks for the information xtenson. We are building in SW Austin and dh went to Lowes, HD, and Texas Light Bulb (a specialty lighting store) and could only find the GU10 bulbs in floods. I think I'd rather stick with bulbs we can get locally. We are only using four of these fixtures in the room. Two centered in front of the fireplace and two on a wall. I've had mr16 fixtures before with no buzzing. They were connected to a Lutron Grafix Eye as these will be, do you think that makes a difference with the buzzing?
I am in the same gray area as the OP... can someone tell me if I have this right.
MR16 (Low V halogen)
pros - could be better/more light... bulbs are easy to find in many types eg spots, floods etc
cons - more expensive... more heat output than GU10... could buzz when on a dimmer.
GU10 (line V halogen)
pros - cheaper... no dimmer buzzing... cooler running that MR16s... no buzzing on a dimmer...
cons - harder to find bulbs... light might not be as strong...
And now the third which I know nothing about
Do I have the right idea of the pros/cons for each bulb? or could you help correct me if I'm wrong... FYI these recessed lights are for accent and art lighting... I am going to save some $ are use 5" line voltage cans for the rest of my lighting.
thanks Mark
Both lamps are designated as MR16's (Multifaceted Reflector 16/8" diameter) but they can have the same or different bases. The low voltage MR16 usually has a GU 5.3 base and the line voltage MR16 usually has a GU 10 base.
Both lamps should be available in beam spreads from 7 to 60 degrees although not all types are made by all manufacturers.
Here are some typical beam spread designations:
* VNSP (Very narrow spot): less than 8 degrees
* NSP (Narrow spot): 8-15 degrees
* SP (Spot): 8-20 degrees
* NFL (Narrow flood): 24-30 degrees
* FL (Flood): 35-40 degrees
* WFL (Wide flood): 55-60 degrees
* VWFL (Very wide flood): 60 degrees or more
Not all of these lamps are designed or constructed the same. I recommend buying Westinghouse from an electrical supply house and avoiding online or bargain outlets. They last a long time so it's well worth paying a premium price for the good ones.
Don't touch these lamps with your skin or shake them. They should always be covered and the ones that are made with a cover are best.
Good quality MR16 lamps have longer lasting reflectors. Less expensive lamps may keep burning but the reflector degrades and you get color shifts and light output loss over the life of the filament. Different manufacturers call their better reflector coating technology different names. GE is the market leader with their "Constant Color". Most lighting designers spec this line of lamp. Having a local source of inexpensive lamps is not a good strategy for choosing lamps or fixtures. Order extra better quality lamps and keep some on the shelf.
Better quality LV fixtures shouldn't hum. Cheap offshore produced fixtures have poorer manufacturing specs with cheap transformers on them that can hum. The "best" quality LV fixtures (Iris, Aculux) do not hum. They have expensive top quality transformers.
Philips seems to have the lead now with a new more efficient IRC lamp design. They are available in MR16 and Par lamps.
The link is for the MR16 version. The Par version has a better explanation but you can Google it.
Here is a link that might be useful: Philips IRC
Trying to make this same decision. If I could find wide flood gu10 bulbs I would probably use these since the fixtures are around $15 ea as opposed to $40-70 each for LV. I need 9 of them for recessing in a two vanity crowns. I have searched quite a bit and found one source for a 50 degree gu10 beam bulb. Could not find a 60 degree one, though. Anyone know where I could find it? I think I will likely go with LV because the bulbs are so much easier to find.
Hi folks. New homeowner here and I'm doing a build out of a closet into a wine cellar. Googled this conversation and found it very helpful. Was wondering though if you guys had thoughts on which way to go for a wine cellar. Racking will be on one facing wall and the track lighting will cover racks left to right top to bottom. I read in another conversation that low voltage might be better for 'cabinets' that get closed and opened all the time...insert 'cellar doors' for 'cabinets' in my case because the bulbs are more compact and sturdier. But the heat of the low v is a concern for extended time in the cellar. Dimmers will not be used so potential buzzing is not an issue. Any thoughts appreciated.
I have a 3x5' tapestry. It hangs 2' from ceiling about my staircase. I want to accent it but am told I can only use 'cans' placed two feet away. I don't understand the degrees part of the other posts; can someone put that into english for me or tell me what I can get for this purpose. I really don't want to use track lighting. I'd like to get the 'cans' more than 2' out from the wall; maybe more like 42" or so. Is that possible and yet have this tapestry accented? Than you.


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Thurber's Pilostyles [Pilostyles thurberi Gray]
Listing CNPS List 4 R-E-D Code 1-1-1
State/Federal. Status -- /C3c RAFFLESIACEAE January
Global Rank G3 State Rank S3.2
Distribution: San Diego County, Imperial County, Riverside County; Arizona; Nevada; Baja California and Sonora, Mexico
Habitat: Sonoran Desert Scrub flatlands (specifically as a parasitic species on Psorathamnus emoryi) are the general habitat of this little collected and cryptic species.
Known Sites: Thurber's Pilostyles was seen 4.5 miles west of the Imperial County Line on Highway S-2, near the power lines. Herbarium specimens examined were from the Carrizo Badlands, Egg Mountain, Canyon Sin Nombre, Fonts Point Wash, and in the Jacumba Mountains east of Carrizo Canyon. Data Base reports from San Diego County are from the Carrizo Badlands Overlook, behind the ranger station at Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area, 2 miles from Ocotillo Wells in this recreation area, and north of the Coyote Mountains and south of the Carrizo Badlands. Herbarium specimens from Imperial County are 0.6 mile south of San Felipe Creek and west of Highway 99 near the Salton Sea, between Coyote Mountain and U.S. Highway 80, 1.7 miles south of San Felipe Creek, at Mount Signal, in the Davies Valley, and 2 miles west of Plaster City on Highway 80; a specimen was also noted from Sonora, Mexico. Data Base reports from Imperial County note sites 0.6-0.7 mile south of San Felipe Creek west of the Salton Sea along Highway 86, 1000 yards north of Highway 78 and 2.3 miles west of Highway 86, along county road S-2 2 miles east of the San Diego County Line, 0.8 mile southeast of Kane Springs, in Pinto Wash on the Yuha Desert, at Tule Wash at both 2.0 and 2.75 miles east of the San Diego County line and 2 miles west of Plaster City along county road S-80, between San Felipe Creek and Tarantula Wash 2 miles north of Highway 78, 0.25 mile west of Mosca on the north side of the Superstition Mountains, less than 0.13 mile east of Mosca, in the Superstition Hills, 1 mile west southwest of Kane Spring, 1.5 miles southeast of Kane Spring, 1.5 miles southeast of Elmore Desert Ranch south of Highway 99, 6 miles northwest of Kane Spring and south of Highway 99, several locales east of the Superstition Mountains, 3.5 miles south of Dry Lake and 2.5 miles north of the gravel pit and north of Filaree Canal, 1 mile north of Superstition Mountain in the parachute test range, north of the naval reservation and 5 miles southeast of Superstition Mountain, the northeastern corner of Superstition Mountain Parachute Test Range, 5 miles southeast of Superstition Mountain, 2.5 miles southeast of Superstition Mountain, along the jeep trail at the head of Surprise Wash, and near Ocotillo between Coyote Mountain and U.S. Highway 80. Shreve and Wiggins report it from near the mouth of the Gila River in Yuma County, Arizona.
Status: Thurber's Pilostyles is presumed stable on the southern deserts, given the limited impacts to its relatively broad potential habitat. The status of this fleshy parasitic plant, which embeds itself in the stems of its host plant, is poorly known in San Diego County; more collection information is needed. This is a minute, cryptic species which may not superficially appear to be a flowering plant. Substantial portions of sizeable populations should be protected. This species likely occurs at many more locales than are reported; however, its cryptic nature allows it to be readily overlooked.
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'I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation between us and everyone else on this planet. The President of the United States, a gondolier in Venice, just fill in the names. I find it A) extremely comforting that we're so close, and B) like Chinese water torture that we're so close because you have to find the right six people to make the right connection... I am bound to everyone on this planet by a trail of six people.'
from Six Degrees of Separation, John Guare
We've all heard this story, the idea that everyone is connected to everyone else by five people or less. This theory is certainly probable since the event of Facebook, Linked-in and all of the social networks in between. I laughed the other day when I saw that there are only two people standing between me and the Dutch Prime Minister, but I couldn't have cared less. Far more interesting are the crazy connections I have discovered this past year.
About a year ago, with a little help from Facebook, I got in touch with a friend from twenty years back. Nothing special about that, certainly - I've also found friends I haven't seen or spoken to for 35 years. But, as you may suspect, there is more to this story. Turns out we both married Dutch people. Funny coincidence. They lived in the States and we lived in Holland. Further investigation led to the discovery that his (ex)wife's boyfriend before him had the same name as my (ex)husband, and that my ex-husband had also dated a woman who had the same name as his ex-wife around the same time. It couldn't be! We had to find out. No, not the same people, but still pretty spooky.
My friend recently attended a funeral. Later that evening, he was chatting with a good friend of his ex-wife's brother. This man lived in the same town as I do. My friend mentioned me and showed him a picture - he recognized me right away. Turns out he lives a block from my house, I know him, his child goes to the same school as my children, and he has even rented office space from my ex-husband.
Yesterday, an acquaintance came up to me at school. She's a good friend of one of my best friends and we'd once catered a party at her house. She's been a Facebook friend for a while, but apparently she'd only just noticed something. "You know ---? His ex-wife is a friend of mine! We went to university together and lived in the same house!" To say I was stunned to find out that a woman living a block away from my house has met the man I dated when I was 25 and is friends with his ex-wife is putting it mildly. I was practically speechless. All I could say was "No way! No way!"
Today, I was telling the story to my business partner. Turns out she went to high school with my acquaintance! Let me add here that not one of these people is originally from anywhere near the city I currently live in, and I don't live in a cool place like Amsterdam, or Rotterdam, or even Utrecht - it's Nowhereville!
I'm very curious to see what I will discover next. Actually, when I think about it, with the exception of reconnecting with my long-lost friend, not a scrap of technology was necessary to connect anyone in this story. This could have happened 100 years ago - only then we would have had to bump into each other again somewhere fabulously romantic, such as a transatlantic luxury liner. :-)
(image courtesy of Wikipedia)
Robin - Yes! You know the sister of an old friend who passed away found me through a comment I made on one of Scanner's posts!
Trudge - Howdy neighbor! :-)