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Beijing, July 26 In China couples can get divorced in less than half an hour, but a city in east China's Zhejiang province has introduced a policy requiring couples to wait for a week before they can get divorce. And many couples seem to have now changed their mind.
After a week, 336 of the 650 couples who applied for divorce in Cixi area did not show up at the divorce office, authorities told Xinhua.
The new divorce policy was introduced on a trial basis April 1 in Cixi area of Ningbo city.
"…we saved 336 families (from divorce)," said He Guoxin, director of the social affairs department of Ningbo Civil Affairs Bureau.
Many couples, especially young couples born in the 1980s, came to the divorce office on impulse, and the delay helps them to calm down, He said.
He said the city's re-marriage rate proved that many divorces were driven by impulse.
The remarriage rate climbed to 18.5 percent in 2010 from 9.2 percent in 2006.
"Some young couples remarry three days after they divorce," He said.
"It is too easy to divorce, which makes some couples leave each other without a second thought," said Luo Xianlin, general manager of a match-making website hongniang.com based in Zhejiang, and director of Zhejiang Match-making Professional Committee.
China cancelled the one-month approval time for divorce in 2003.
The nation's divorce rate has climbed over the past decades to 30 to 40 percent in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. The country recorded only 341,000 divorces in 1980. The number jumped to 1.21 million in 2000, and reached 2.21 million in 2011.
Shang Shaohua, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, proposed to establish a calm-down period for couples seeking divorce in 2010 during the "two sessions" of the National People's Congress.
The divorce reservation policy was first implemented in Qingdao city in Shandong province at the beginning of this year.
The divorce reservation gives the two sides a chance to calm down.
The rising divorce rate reflects the rise of self-consciousness, but also indicates instability in society, said Yan Shan, another marriage expert.
The new method should to be expanded to cover more parts of the country, and the calm-down period could be extended to more than a week, Yan said.
"Divorce reservation is common in other countries. The period is one to three months in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and nine months in England," Yan said.


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Palau | Coral, currents and sea creatures
PUBLISHED: 03 Aug 2012 03:01:00 | UPDATED: 03 Aug 2012 08:14:32PUBLISHED: 31 Jul 2012 PRINT EDITION: 03 Aug 2012Angela Macdonald-Smith
Ready?" asks our dive instructor Captain Kenneth. "OK, let's go down." I feel anything but ready but there's nothing else for it. Then 10 minutes later I realise why diving in Palau is the best in the world.
I am surrounded by about 20 or 30 cruising white tip and grey reef sharks, schools of snapper, jacks, barracuda, myriad reef fish and the odd sea turtle. Secured by a reef hook against the keen current and with 15 to 20 metres of visibility through warm, translucent aqua waters, surrounded by colourful coral, I enjoy the best that the Blue Corner dive site has to offer.
It takes us about 60 minutes by boat from Koror, the capital of Palau in this westernmost corner of Micronesia, to reach the steep reef corner that is the most requested dive site in this beautiful tropical otherworld.
The trip to the Blue Corner takes us through the magical Rock Islands – a picture postcard collection of small steep jungle-covered coral outcrops that make up the archetypal view of Micronesia.
For those whose last scuba experience is just a fading memory, a refresher course with local born and bred Captain Kenneth from Fish 'n' Fins is the way to go. Soon, we are exploring Helmet Wreck, one of the several shipwrecks left behind after fighting between the Japanese and United States Marines in 1944.
The submerged Japanese vessel is just minutes from Palau's modest commercial hub on the island of Koror, which is one of more than 500 islands that make up the Republic of Palau. Popular with divers from around the world and Japanese tourists in particular, the country is enjoying a resurgence in tourism, its economic lifeline. It welcomed a record 100,000-plus visitors last year, most of whom fly in through Guam.
I am told that the archipelago, which lies about 800 kilometres to the east of the Philippines, has been used for filming of the TV show Survivor, but diving is still the big drawcard.
The Palau Visitors Authority is keen to broaden the appeal to a wider range of visitors and the activity-packed schedule of my four-day whirlwind stay samples some of the top attractions.
Probably the most popular is Jellyfish Lake, where snorkelling with more than 30 million of the essentially sting-free golden globulous creatures has to go down as a uniquely weird experience. The site at Eil Malk in the Rock Islands is only one of several similar marine lakes, but is the only one open to visitors, and strictly by permit only.
Tourist boats line up to disgorge their passengers on the island jetty. From the jetty, there is a steep, brief trek over a slippery mud-covered limestone path to the enclosed lake where the jellyfish colony has been trapped for about 12,000 years.
The experience is strangely sensual. You slide through warm, cloudy waters being ever-so-lightly brushed by pulsating primitive beings that follow the sunlight in the shallows of the deep lake to feed in a photosynthesis-like process.
We had started off our Rock Islands tour day at Milky Way, a secluded cove that is characterised by chalky mud, a natural spa therapy that our guide swears works magic for tired skin. The more intrepid of our group get down and dirty, diving to the bottom of the amazing creamy blue waters to gather up handfuls of oozing clay so we can liberally coat ourselves with an all-over mudpack before jumping into the waters to rinse off.
After a bento box lunch on a small uninhabited island beach, our day with Impac Tours takes in Clam City, where giant purple molluscs lie in shallow waters and provide excellent viewing for visitors without having to don scuba equipment. Diving down to wave my hand in front of them – some weigh more than 200 kilograms I am told – to see their brightly coloured lips close up makes for endless entertainment.
A sea kayaking adventure day also focuses on the Rock Islands, where we enjoy a relaxed excursion around hidden bat-filled caves, tranquil lagoons and impossibly white beaches. Our local guide from Sam's Tours turns out to be impressively informed about the natural ecosystems of the Nikko Bay area and of World War II history sites, taking us on a diversion to inspect an old Japanese gun position that can be reached up a steep jungle path on one of the tiny islands. Old sake and beer bottles, broken shells and letters written on the wall in Japanese and Chinese script stand as a reminder of other foreigners who visited these shores in very different circumstances.
The fiercest fighting in Palau took place in the southern island of Peleliu, which is beyond the scope of our trip, but the area closer to Koror is littered with mementos of that troubled time, when the US wrested back control of the islands after 30 years in Japanese hands, following heavy loss of life.
Part of a B-24 Liberator shot down near Koror is visible in shallow water, while the vertical jungles of the tiny mushroom-shaped islands are dotted with numerous concrete pillboxes that served as vantage points for Japanese forces.
After three days of water-based activity I'm in danger of developing permanent wrinkles, but Palau does offer the odd dry attraction.
But only as long as you drive carefully, as I found out during our 4WD off-road jungle excursion. I had imagined we would be passengers with an experienced driver for our Polaris Ranger all-terrain vehicle, but no, it's a participation sport. Just keeping on the steep, wet dirt track and out of the yawning ruts is a challenge and it was certainly one that set the heart racing.
For those who are not so keen on adventurous pursuits, tours to WWII and other historical sites, mysterious stone monoliths, traditional villages and museums are on offer.
But you just can't go past the diving. Better get used to those pruney fingers.
Angela MacDonald-Smith travelled as a guest of United Airlines, the Palau Visitors Authority and the Guam Visitors Bureau.
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So I know it's only been out in beta for a few hours but it seems the meta is that everyone grabs an AD Dueler with high mobility and stacks phantom dancers. It does seem quite effective and Yi, Xin, Jax, Nocturne, Tryn run around dominating capture points. I found that the perfect counter to dominate in dominion last night was Rammus. I boots of mobility ghost and power ball and he can get to any team fight or capture point in a hurry and he can dive points and defend them like crazy. You can walk into a Nocturne and tryn trying to steal your point and one combo (taunt, defensive ball curl and ult) and you can easily get them to both a quarter health before the rest of your team gets there just from ball curl alone. The only dueller I had issues with last night was an Udyr I played. lots of life steal and he was good with his stuns and build tanky (like nobody else in dominion who is just stacking pd). I wonder how this meta is going to evolve and if a team comp with variety is ever going to come into play. TL DR; ................Ok. Edit: A lot of good suggestions in this thread: I've seen Akali, WW, Morgana, Heimer Kog'Maw, Poppy and Teemo be effective. I like the idea of trying out Talon, Trundle, Irelia, Kennen too I'd probably agree too that Jax shouldn't be in my first list. Edit 2: why down votes? I'm just making conversation from my observation of Dominion. I'm not even claiming anyone is UP or OP.
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There are several safety procedures in place at local agriculture or oil facilities to prevent an incident similar to the one in West, Texas from happening in Kern County.
Anhydrous ammonium and ammonium nitrate were both found at the Central Texas fertilizer plant.
23 ABC asked the Bakersfield Fire Department if those chemicals could be found in Kern County.
"The ammonia is very common in Bakersfield and Kern County. It has many commercial and industrial applications," said Deputy Fire Chief Ross Kelly.
Back in March emergency crews demonstrated how to handle an incident involving anhydrous ammonium. That's a liquid that is released as a gas and ammonium nitrate is a solid industrial fertilizer.
It's used in refrigeration. It's used in the oil industry, agriculture and then the fertilizer has agriculture uses. You also might see it in the mining industry."
Deputy Fire Chief Ross Kelly told 23 ABC the facilities that use hazardous chemicals are highly regulated through Hazmat.
"They have to perform site safety plans and have to report materials they're storing on site. They're also subject to annual inspection of materials. Many of those facilities also train with us in case there is an emergency we should be able to work together to contain leaks," said Kelly.
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Although it's blessed with a solid feature set, the picture quality of Sharp LC-LE830U series falls short of most LED-based LCD TVs we've tested.
Last year Sharp made a splash with ads featuring Star Trek's Mr. Sulu--George Takei--comically extolling the virtues of a technology called Quattron. With the memorable "Oh, myyy" tagline, the spots attempted to convince TV buyers that the technology, which adds a fourth yellow subpixel to the standard array of red, green, and blue, improved color fidelity. Despite covering the launch in-depth, we never reviewed one of those 2010 TVs, but after spending some time with the 2011 version, represented by the LC-LE830U series, we're a bit less impressed than Sulu was.
If you calibrate the LC-LE830U series properly--something we do with every TV we review--the yellow pixel has no major impact, positive or negative, on picture quality. What will have a negative impact for critical viewers are the set's lighter black levels and subpar screen uniformity. We appreciate some aspects of its performance, as well as a feature set with Wi-Fi and best-in-class product support, but in the end the LC-LE830U does little to stand above the tough competition in the edge-lit LED-based LCD TV category.


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It seems that I and 64 other dotTechies use a version of IE. YAY us. Now the rest of you dotTechies can read this article but I can't say it will be very useful.
Now while I agree in principle with Ashraf about Ads but at the same time I just can't stand some! The ones I don't like are the Flash based ones that make sounds or expand when your mouse goes over them. Now being a big fan of using what I've got on my system to do what I want, so I found a way to do it using just IE's own settings. It's done using IE's Zones, which are ways to give trusted site more access then normal sites or not trusted sites less. What I'll show you how to do is make it so that not trusted sites can't run Flash and then I'll give you a list of sites I found to be serving Flash ads.
First open up Internet Options; either from IE its self or from the Control Panel (I only show from IE).
Once that opens go to the Security Tab.
Then select the Restricted sites Zone and click the Custom level button.
In the settings, make sure that the following settings are set to disable:
- Allow Previously unused ActiveX controls to run without promotion
- Allow Scriptlets
- Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls
- Binary and script behaviors
- Download signed ActiveX controls
- Download unsigned ActiveX controls
- Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting
- Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins
- Script ActiveX control marked as safe for scripting
Now whatever sites we add to the Restricted Zone can't run Flash. To add sites to the Zone Click on the Sites button on the Restricted sites options
The sites I found and blocked are (A '*.' before one of them means that any sub servers are also blocked):
- *.googleadservice.com
- *.googlesyndication.com
- *.paypopups.com
- *.rad.live.com
- *.rmxads.com
- *.tumri.net
- ad.doubleclick.net
- ads.adbright.com
- ads.adbrite.com
- ads.yimg.com
- g.doubleclick.net
- m1.2mdn.net
You can add your own to the list but remember that you're really blocking all Flash on that server, not just Flash ads. So be careful not to block a site that also gives you Flash you want.
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Actually, your solution sucks! It completely depends upon "knowing" what sites you want to block. Do you realize how utterly idiotic that is?
In cases like recent mega-holes in flash (or any time, to be honest), you would want to block ALL flash, except any site you've 'white-listed.' Our users may visit 100 different sites per day, times 400 users. That's FORTY-THOUSAND DIFFERENT SITES! How can anybody "know" the sites that have flash ads that need to be blocked. Bottom line: your solution is useless; and backwards. Sure, if you and your users only visit about 50 sites total, then maybe you can black-list the 25 or so sites that have flash ads but, in general, your solution is impractical. Hope you don't take offense. Thanks.
Would be nice if you could spell "programming." Two "m's." Please correct that.
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Now correct me if wrong, but could we not also use this method to add sites which inject OTHER types of ads into the web pages which we plan to view – that is of course IF we know the name of the ad host sites, and if there are not too many of them ?
Would it be simpler just to add these sites to your HOSTS file, or is this bypassed by Flash?
Bill Gates II is funny because the Bill Gates we all know and love is Bill Gates Jr, which is equivalent to Bill Gates II. If Bill Gates (of Microsoft) grandfather had been who he was named after he would have been the "II"nd instead of Junior.
Anyone uses Windows 7 and turned off the Windows Feature IE? You don't even need it to browse the Windows Update site anymore, now its part of your control panel.
My parameters are already correct (if I remember well, it was on the councils of my IP).
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Well, I use AOL's IE-based browser. Snicker if you will, but most of my online friends use AOL.
I would be interested in using this method on AOL. Any help here?
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I detest I.E. for its security vulnerabilities.
I detest Active X for its security vulnerabilities.
I detest M.$. for foisting these abominations upon me.My solution :-
I removed all trace of Adobe rubbish;
I used Firefox to obtain from Adobe the 5 MByte NON-Active'X version of Flash;
I will NEVER allow I.E. to get the corresponding Active'X version.Results :-
I previously warned other users on my P.C. not to use I.E.,
Now they can only use Firefox if they want FLASH.Supplementary :-
I have now set my Firewall to block ALL Internet access for I.E. in recognition of the latest security patches dealing with the STUPIDITY of M.$ allowing installation of rogue fonts – the latest patches have the smell of panic and inadequate testing.
Think I will wait for the next Patch Tuesday before deciding if I will let I.E. back on the Internet.Alan
Does this also apply to other software with IE-based displays, such as Windows Live Mail? Its RSS reader uses IE to display content, and feeds often have ads.
@ Samuel: Brilliant!
@ Ashraf: Brilliant minds think alike (or something to that effect)!
i use this: http://www.flashswitch.com/ With a click on a system tray icon you can enable/disable Flash at will (you do then have to refresh the webpage)
Thanks for writing that Samuel.
I'm currently trying Firefox but still have IE on my computer. I'm not sure I'm gonna use Firefox full time yet. It's good to know there is an option if I end up deciding to stick with IE.


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Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: The mystery of Archmage Khadgar
Last week, we talked about the history of Khadgar -- a mage who had the unfortunate fortune of being apprenticed to Medivh, the Guardian of Tirisfal, just as the Guardian unleashed an angry bloodthirsty rampaging army of orcs upon Azeroth. It wasn't Medivh that carried out this task, but the spirit of Sargeras that lingered on inside him, passed on from his mother, Aegwynn. Although Khadgar eventually figured out this plot and confronted and defeated Medivh directly, the consequences for doing so were dire -- Khadgar found his magic and his vitality sapped away, aging from a youth to an old man near instantly.
The loss of so much of his precious mortality weighed hard on Khadgar, but it didn't stop him from accomplishing the seemingly impossible -- closing down the Dark Portal not once, but twice. The second time would be the last anyone would see of Khadgar for years, because he shut it down on the Draenor side of the Portal, stranding himself and the rest of the Alliance Expedition on the shattered wastelands of Outland until we found him again in Burning Crusade. And now, it seems Khadgar has closed the Dark Portal for a third time, with the aid of heroes both Alliance and Horde. Yet there's something strange about Khadgar, a peculiar mystery that keeps getting stranger the longer I look at it.
Today's Know Your Lore is a Tinfoil Hat edition. The following contains speculation based on known material. These speculations are merely theories and shouldn't be taken as fact or official lore.
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Washington, DC—Stephen Goldsmith, Interim Chairman of the Board of the Corporation for National and Community Service, will participate in the Service Leaders Roundtable tomorrow at Texas A&M, College Station. The roundtable discussion is part of the "Presidential Forum on Service" hosted by President Barack Obama, President George H.W. Bush, and the Points of Light Institute, and will be held at 12:30 p.m. on campus at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center.
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Washington D.C. – Today, the Corporation for National and Community Service announced key changes to the planning grants designed to assist local, regional, and national organizations and Indian Tribes in developing new AmeriCorps programs.Major changes to the planning grant competition include, 1) the competition is now also open to organizations that want to plan AmeriCorps programs in one state, 2) the total funds available increased by $250,000 to $750,000, and 3) the application deadline has been extended to January 26, 2010.
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By Nicola GorenSpeaking before a group of nonprofit and philanthropic leaders on June 30th, President Obama stated that:
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Sacramento, Calif.—Twenty-one AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team leaders will hit the ground today to provide disaster relief assistance to the tsunami-devastated Territory of American Samoa. The group will be deployed on a three-week assignment to assist the American Red Cross with mass care and their shelter operations.
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Washington, DC - A team of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) members arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, to provide emergency assistance to area flood victims and help rebuild the flood-stricken city. The team members will spend the next three weeks removing debris, and cleaning and sanitizing damaged buildings to prevent mold.
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Learn & Serve Challenge will engage thousands of youth to address pervasive community problems throughout the year
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Washington, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Patrick Corvington to be the Chief Executive Officer for the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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Washington, DC - The Corporation for National and Community Service is seeking peer reviewers and facilitators to assist in the review of its competitive grant applications.The Corporation engages experts from various fields to read applications and provide an analysis and rating of the quality of each application based upon published criteria. Peer reviewer comments and ratings are considered in funding decisions.
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Washington, DC - Nicola Goren, Acting CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, served on a panel today with Cabinet Members and Administration officials to discuss the federal agency's initiatives to combat poverty and help rebuild our nation's economy. The panel was hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation as part of its Annual Legislative Conference Hill Day Summit in the Congressional Auditorium, Capitol Visitors Center.
Sep 22, 2009
Competition Reflects Serve America Act; Up to $363 Million May Be AvailableWashington, D.C. - The Corporation for National and Community Service has released the funding notice for its 2010 AmeriCorps grant competition, taking a key first step to implement the new direction for AmeriCorps envisioned by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.
Sep 18, 2009
Washington, D.C. – The Corporation for National and Community Service announced the winners of its 2009 AmeriCorps Video and Photo contest before hundreds of program directors gathered at the annual AmeriCorps grantee meeting here yesterday.
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Lea en españolNew Spanish Language Website Part of President's United We Serve Initiative
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9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance Caps Successful Summer of United We Serve(Washington, D.C.) – President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama joined AmeriCorps members and volunteers in painting a Habitat for Humanity home in Washington DC this afternoon, joining Americans across the country who marked the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by participating in service and remembrance activities.
Sep 10, 2009
Washington, D.C. - As the nation prepares to observe the first National Day of Service and Remembrance on September 11, businesses large and small are planning volunteer events to help people in need in their communities.The September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance is the culmination of a seven-year effort started by 9/11 family members and support groups to establish the service day as a way to honor the victims and heroes of 9/11 and to rekindle the spirit of unity and compassion that followed the attacks.
Sep 10, 2009
Washington D.C. – The first officially-designated September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance will be marked by service projects in all 50 states, with tens of thousands of volunteers expected to turn out to paint and refurbish homes, run food drives, spruce up schools, reclaim neighborhoods, and support and honor veterans and first responders.
Sep 10, 2009
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONThrough the twisted steel of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the scarred walls of the Pentagon, and the smoky wreckage in a field in southwest Pennsylvania, the patriotism and resiliency of the American people shone brightly on September 11, 2001. We stood as one people, united in our common humanity and shared sorrow. We grieved for those who perished and remembered what brought us together as Americans.
Sep 9, 2009
Washington, DC - Before the 2009 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins meet with President Obama at the White House on September 10, they will meet with another group, this one on the ice. Several members of the team will visit the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club, the oldest minority youth hockey program in the country, to offer a hockey clinic to the young players.
Sep 8, 2009
Projects in All 50 States Mark First Time 9/11 Will Be Officially Recognized as a National Day of Service and Remembrance Washington, DC - Americans across the country will honor the victims and heroes of the 9/11 tragedy by serving their neighbors and communities as part of the first-ever federally recognized September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance.
Sep 3, 2009
The health and safety of the American people is the first priority of President Barack Obama. Since the novel 2009-H1N1 flu virus emerged in the United States during the third week of April, the President has received regular briefings and asked his Cabinet to spare no effort in addressing this national security challenge.
Sep 1, 2009
VICKSBURG, Miss. – Four years after Hurricane Katrina brought teams of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) teams to the Gulf Coast to join in recovery efforts, the Corporation for National and Community Service opened the fifth NCCC campus here today with the induction of 160 Corps members.
Sep 1, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Corporation for National and Community Service today announced awards totaling $6.6 million that will go to five organizations to provide training and technical assistance to help strengthen national service and volunteer programs.
Sep 1, 2009
Washington, D.C.— President Obama's United We Serve initiative has designated Aug. 31 through Sept. 6 Interfaith Service Week to honor the service efforts conducted through faith-based organizations working together across religious lines to strengthen our communities. Over the summer, interfaith volunteers have participated in more than 3,000 projects through the United We Serve effort, with numerous others scheduled this week.
Aug 29, 2009
On Katrina 4th Anniversary, National Service Remains Backbone of Volunteer Response(New Orleans, La.) – On the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, there are strong signs of progress and renewal across the entire Gulf Coast, fueled in large part by an outpouring of volunteers and national service participants who've come from across the nation and globe to help the region rebuild stronger than before.
Aug 27, 2009
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Oh btw, to the people who complain about the girl outfits in TT, have you seen the comics? Star looks like a space hooker, literately. They redesigned them all to fit a younger audiance.
And Cyborg is "naked" and all because he was in a near-death lab accident that killed his mother, and his farther had to act fast so he gave him all the metal parts and stuff (and why the cannon, im not quite too sure ).
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Michael was appointed Chairman of Advanced in August 2008 and is also Chairman of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. He founded Elderstreet Investments Limited in 1990 and is its executive Chairman. For the past 30 years he has specialised in raising finance for the smaller companies sector. He was previously chairman of FTSE 100 companies, The Sage Group plc and PartyGaming plc as well as Computer Software Group plc, the business that later became Computer Software Holdings. He is a director of many quoted and unquoted companies, including Elderstreet portfolio companies.
Vin joined Advanced in August 2008 as Chief Executive Officer. She has 25 years' experience of working for private equity-backed and publicly listed companies focussing on the software sector. She was formerly Chief Executive Officer of Computer Software Group plc, which she took private in April 2007. Her previous roles include Chief Operating Officer for Kewill Systems plc, Chairman of Leeds Group plc and a non-executive director of Concateno plc. Vin is a partner at Elderstreet Capital and a non-executive director of Greenko plc, and Chime Communications plc.
Guy joined the Board as a non-executive director in November 2012 and on 10 June 2013 was appointed Chief Financial Officer. He has spent the majority of his career in the IT industry, most recently as Group Finance Director of private equity-owned BigHand Limited. Previous roles include Group Finance Director of listed companies Kewill plc, Alterian plc and Morse plc, and at an IT division of GE.
Barbara was previously Chief Financial Officer of Computer Software Group plc where she worked closely with Vin Murria and Michael Jackson until the merger with IRIS Software Group Limited in July 2007. Following the merger Barbara was Acquisitions Director of the combined group until joining Advanced as Chief Financial Officer in September 2009. Following the acquisition of Computer Software Holdings in March 2013, Barbara was appointed Chief Operating Officer with specific responsibility for acquisitions and integration.
Mike was appointed to the Board in November 2012. He chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. He has a wealth of management experience within the IT industry. After ten years at IBM, Mike co-founded a successful ComputerLand franchise in 1984. In 1994 he moved to SkillsGroup plc (now known as QA plc) as a main board director with responsibility for corporate development. Most recently he was non-executive Chairman of Tikit plc, a provider of software, consultancy and services to legal and accounting firms in the UK, until its acquisition by British Telecom in November 2012.
Paul was appointed to the Board of Advanced in November 2012, having been Chief Operating Officer since 2010. Paul was Finance Director at COA Solutions for eight years before its acquisition by Advanced in 2010. Prior to that he was European Finance Director of a NASDAQ-listed systems integrator and spent seven years with Oracle where his final role was as the director responsible for establishing its European shared services centre in Dublin.
Chris was appointed to the Board in December 2013 and is a member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee. He is Chief Executive Officer of Abingdon Health Limited, a director of Bioscience Ventures Limited and Alta Bioscience Limited and Chief Executive Officer of Molecular Vision Limited. Chris co-founded AIM-listed medical diagnostics company Cozart plc and was Chief Executive until 2007 when the company was sold to Concateno plc. Chris was a non-executive director of Concateno until its sale in 2009 and remained with the company as a consultant until June 2010. Prior to founding Cozart, Chris was Director of Research for the European base of DPC (now part of Siemens Healthcare Solutions).
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Anomaly Warzone Earth HD comes to iOS and turns tower defense on its head. This time you take control of the attacking force, pitting your heavily armored squad against the destructive towers of an alien horde. Carefully lead your squad through the invaders' defenses, shattering their towers and turrets with special weapons and power-ups in this groundbreaking new experience of tower offense.
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The Widener Law campus in Delaware will welcome U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Stuart Couch to the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom on Thursday, Feb. 28 to speak about the idea of waging war without losing integrity.
The talk, presented by the Christian Law Society, will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
Couch, a former Marine Corps pilot and prosecutor, made the difficult decision in 2004 not to prosecute Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi for terrorist activity linked to the Sept. 11 attacks. After his own lengthy investigation, Couch had concerns that incriminating statements made by Slahi – which would be central to the prosecution – had been obtained through torture. Couch was lead counsel on the case and has called it the toughest decision of his military career. One of his Marine friends had been the co-pilot aboard the second plane that struck the World Trade Center.
Couch also served as the liaison to the Department of Justice and Solicitor General in support of the U.S. Supreme Court litigation of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, a landmark case regarding separation of powers and presidential authority during wartime.
He elected not to renew his three-year assignment to the prosecutor's office when it expired and in August 2006 Couch assumed his current duties as a judge on the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals. His military decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. He is the recipient of the American Bar Association's 2007 Norm Maleng "Minister of Justice" Award. He is an Eagle Scout.
Couch's work on the Slahi case was the subject of a lengthy Wall Street Journal article in March 2007.


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SNAP Food Stamps Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The Food Stamp Program is now called SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP is a government assistance program to help low-income households buy food. SNAP food stamps can be used to buy almost any food item in any supermarket, convenience store, or other store where you usually shop for food. In Worcester, the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) is in charge of the SNAP food stamp program.
SNAP food stamps are for U.S. citizens and eligible noncitizens with limited incomes who buy food and make meals at home. People living in homeless shelters, battered women's shelters, and drug/alcohol treatment centers, and certain other group living arrangements are also eligible. If you, yourself, are not eligible, you can still apply for your children or other household members who are eligible.
SNAP food stamp households must meet income limits and other eligibility requirements. Some people must work to qualify for SNAP food stamps, while others are exempt from the work requirement.
The SNAP Food Stamps Eligibility Check on MassResources.org is an easy way for you to find out if you are likely to qualify for SNAP food stamps. After you answer a set of questions about your household, your living situation, your income, and your expenses, you will see the results of the eligibility check right away, on your computer screen.
The amount of SNAP food stamps you can get depends on your household size, income, and expenses. You are expected to spend about 30% of your household income on food.
There are several ways to apply for SNAP food stamps. You can apply at the Department of Transitional Assistance, 9 Walnut Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-767-3100, or at any Worcester outreach site.
You can also apply online using the Virtual Gateway Online Food Stamp Application, or you can download a copy of the application, fill it in at home, and send it to the DTA. See How do I apply? on MassResources.org for complete instructions. If you are eligible, you will get SNAP food stamps within 30 days.
The DTA will deposit your monthly SNAP food stamps benefits in an electronic benefits transfer (EBT) account. They will send you an EBT card to use at food store checkouts to pay for your food. Whenever you buy food with your card, your receipt will show the amount of money left in your account.
More information about SNAP food stamps, including information about Bay State CAP, the H-EAT (Heat and Eat) Program, and the Store Owner's Guide, is on our statewide web site, MassResources.org. When you click on the link below, you will go to MassResources.org. Click "Back" on your browser to return to WorcesterResources.org.
These agencies will submit your online application to the DTA, print out a summary of your information and the date and time you submitted it, and give you a checklist of the proofs you need to give to the DTA.


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A mock-up of the main area for hanging clothes in a Deluxe balcony cabin, which is located adjacent to the entrance to the bathroom.
Deluxe balcony cabin bathrooms will feature showers but no bathtubs.
A mock-up of the bathroom that will be found in Deluxe balcony cabins.
Shown here in a mock-up at the Fincantieri shipyard, the Deluxe balcony cabin will have pull-out sofas in a seating area adjacent to the rooms'' main bed.
The Royal Princess will have 360 ''Deluxe balcony'' cabins that are a larger version of the ship''s standard balcony cabin.
Mini-suites will have two flat-screen TVs, marble-top furniture, a spacious closet and an outdoor balcony.
In addition to full suites, the Royal Princess will feature 306 smaller Mini-suites that have a seating area with a sofa bed that can be separated from the main bed area by drapes. The example shown here is a mock-up located at the Fincantieri shipyard.
Multiple storage areas in Royal Princess suites include a tall closet designed to hold ball gowns and other long items.
The shower in the main bathroom of a Royal Princess suite.
The main bathroom in suites will have full bathtubs as well as separate showers.
Suites will include a living room and bedroom, shown here, as well as two bathrooms and a large balcony.
Among 1,780 cabins on the Royal Princess will be 40 suites with balconies such as this one, shown in a mock-up at the Fincantieri shipyard.
Framing is beginning to be put in place for treatment rooms in the Lotus Spa. In a twist, the spa will be located on Deck 5 of the ship, below the main theater and much lower than on previous Princess ships.
The Royal Princess'' Lotus Spa will feature a private area called The Enclave that has a small pool.
Like other Princess ships, the Royal Princess will have a Tuscan-inspired Sabatini''s restaurant located in this space on Deck 5, just off the Piazza atrium.
A wider view of what will become the Symphony Dining Room.
The Symphony Dining Room, one of three main dining rooms on the Royal Princess, will be lined with large windows overlooking the sea.
A view of the scaffolding-covered atrium looking down from Deck 6 toward Deck 5.
An area of boutique shops will be located in this space along the side of the Royal Princess'' atrium.
The Royal Princess'' main theater, to be called the Princess Theater, will be notable for a design that doesn''t have pillars blocking views, as can be seen here.
The Royal Princess'' piazza-style atrium will be 50% larger than the atriums on previous Princess ships and feature natural lighting from curving walls of glass facing the sea.
Billed as an industry first, Princess Live! will be a TV studio built for a live audience that will be used to broadcast on-board shows, cooking demonstrations and other events.
The Royal Princess'' Vista Lounge, the outlines of which can be seen here, will feature a large floor and be home to a live band nightly.
Close to the outdoor pool deck, the Horizon Bistro area of the ship''s buffet will offer quick grab-and-go items in addition to a hibachi grill, rotisseries, carving stations, a taqueria and salad stations.
A notable different to the Royal Princess'' Horizon Court versus the buffet eateries on previous Princess ships is its wide-open main area, which stretches from one side of the ship to the other.
The Royal Princess'' buffet restaurant, Horizon Court, will be twice as large as on previous Princess ships. Here, Princess executive vice president for fleet operations Rai Caluori shows off design features in what will be a central part of the eatery.
This large unfinished space will be home to the Royal Princess'' children''s program and will be split into three distinct areas for three different age groups.
One deck above the fitness center, Princess Sports Central will have an outdoor basketball court, table tennis area, shooting range, putting green and large jogging track.
Located on Deck 17, the Royal Princess'' fitness center will be the line''s largest at sea, with sports equipment overlooking the ocean.
A view from Deck 17 looking up to the still-to-be-finished sports deck, to be called Princess Sports Central.
A close-up of the still-under-construction SeaWalk, which hangs off the side of the ship 17 decks above the sea.
The Royal Princess will have what Princess is billing as the industry''s first ''SeaWalk'' -- a glass-enclosed walkway cantilevered nearly 30 feet off the side of the vessel. In the picture above, Princess executives and journalists are walking above the SeaWalk, on what will be its roof. Temporary floor covering can be seen below them where the glass flooring eventually will be.
Adjacent to the Retreat area will be the Sanctuary, Princess'' signature extra-charge, adults-only area. New on the Royal Princess will be four extra-charge ''VIP'' private cabanas and two Lotus Spa-operated ''couples'' cabanas.
A close-up view of the Retreat pool. The Retreat area will have six private cabanas available at an extra charge.
The Retreat Pool, on Deck 17 near the front of the vessel, will be part of an adults-only area that is open to passengers for no extra cost.
Another view of the still-under-construction main pool deck.
Princess'' signature deck-top ''Movies Under the Stars'' program will return on the Royal Princess with a yet-to-be-installed outdoor screen that will be twice the size of the screens on previous Princess ships.
A close-up of the rectangular area that will become the Royal Princess'' main Fountain Pool. The deck-top area adjacent to the pool will be the site of a nightly water and light show.
The Royal Princess'' tropical island-themed main pool deck will have a large rectangular pool and a plunge pool surrounded by curving wading areas and two hot tubs.
Workers at the Fincantieri shipyard cross over a walkway to and from the Royal Princess. Fincantieri has built a number of cruise ships for Princess, Cunard, Carnival and other major lines, including the recently unveiled Carnival Breeze.
Royal Princess takes its name from two previous, smaller Princess ships.
The Royal Princess will be Princess'' first new ship since 2008 and, at 141,000 tons, its largest ever. It will measure 1,083 feet long and 155 feet wide at its widest point and boast 17 decks.
Scheduled to debut in June 2013, the 3,600-passenger Royal Princess is nearing completion at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. Here, USA TODAY cruise editor Gene Sloan takes readers inside the still-under-construction vessel to see how its top decks and interior spaces are taking shape.


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As an ambient work released by the Russian experimental project Senmuth during the latter half of 2010, it could be quite easy for Senmuth's dive into space-age atmosphere 'Expanding Architecture' to go virtually unnoticed, especially during a year when the ridiculously prolific artist released more albums than there are months to write them with. However, while this subtle voyage through space is still relatively mundane when compared to more energetic, structured music, Senmuth does give a different vibe and atmosphere here than with the majority of his work, which tarries primarily with earthly, ancient matters.
In terms of structure and composition, the majority of the music here shows Senmuth at some of his most loose, obviously putting more of an attention on soundscapes and textures over a more traditional musical narrative. However, songs like the somewhat driven 'Nebula Canvas' break the spacey soundscapes with a bit more of a conventional Senmuth jam. However, while much of this music does feel improvised and a bit too scattered to provide a truly memorable experience, there is a surprising amount of detail to listen for, although many of these small flourishes are nearly impossible to detect until the second or third listen.
Possibly 'Expanding Architecture's biggest strength over many of the lesser works is it's proper use of sound. While many of the instruments used in Senmuth's work are just computer synthesizers meant to sound like any number of exotic instruments, the music here sounds quite a bit more professional, in no small part to due to the fact that the subject matter this time around revolves almost entirely around the cosmos. Without having to concentrate too much on a 'folk' sound, Senmuth is able to use electronics more properly without sounding tacky, and it generally works quite well here.
The music here is reminiscent of Vangelis' 'Blade Runner' soundtrack, or even of some of the more soundscape-oriented ambient tracks from the film '2001: A Space Odyssey'. With that in mind, someone looking for a somewhat cinematic experience will find solace in 'Expanding Architecture', although for all intents and purposes, the album still remains firmly in the category of background music.


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants cellulosic biofuel producers to turn out 8.65 million gallons next year, significantly more than in 2011 but far less than Congress mandated four years ago.
The cellulosic biofuel figure is one of the final 2012 Renewable Fuel Standard targets announced by EPA this week. It's 30% higher than the 6.6 million gallons the agency required this year, and on the high side of the 3.45- to 12.9-million-gallon range it proposed in June. But the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which established the standards, calls for production of 500 million gallons of cellulosic fuel next year.
In total, EPA is asking refiners to produce 15.2 billon gallons of renewable fuels in 2012, roughly 9% of the country's transportation fuel supply. The annual targets will steadily increase to an overall level of 36 billion gallons in 2022.


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landmark LAWRENCEVILLE - Chick-fil-A founder and CEO S. Truett Cathy commemorated his $25 million Leadership Scholarship milestone Monday at a ceremony in Atlanta. Cathy unveiled a plaque at the chain's "Climb with Care and Confidence" statue, commissioned by Georgia State art students in celebration of Cathy's 10,000 scholarship milestone. Cathy began the initiative, which provides Chick-fil-A team members with financial aid to further pursue education. Cathy, 88, presented the chain's 25,000th student employee scholarship, celebrating his commitment to education. Later that day, he threw out the first pitch at the Gwinnett Braves game. Nearly 26,000 team members have received the Leadership Scholarship since the program began in 1973. Concert to benefit Dominican Republic's kids LAWRENCEVILLE - A Benefit Concert for DR Kids is scheduled from 6 to 7 p.m. today at Sunrise Baptist Church, 3000 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville. The concert aims to raise funds to help with the costs of shipping sports equipment, school and medical supplies to underprivileged children in the Dominican Republic. John and Mercy Williams continue their 17-year effort to aid the disadvantaged with this benefit. For more information, call Sunrise Baptist Church at 770-963-7271. Jackson EMC donates $50,000 to charities LAWRENCEVILLE - Four nonprofit Gwinnett organizations received nearly $50,000 in Jackson EMC Foundation grants from the Operation Round Up program. Meet the Need Ministry in Hoschton was awarded a $15,000 grant to cover rental expenses for six homes in Barrow and Gwinnett counties that house men in need as they work toward recovery and self-sufficiency. Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett in Lawrenceville received a $13,577 grant to provide medical personnel and supplies for its Children's Health Program, which allows the clinic to provide medical, optometry, dental and counseling services to children of families who cannot afford health care and do not qualify for government assistance. The Friends of the Gwinnett County Senior Services was awarded a $10,000 grant to help provide meals and offer emergency financial assistance for home repairs to senior citizens. The Salvation Army in Lawrenceville received a $10,000 grant for its family emergency assistance, which helps families in need of financial resources pay rent and utilities and purchase food, clothing, shelter or prescription medication. Operation Round Up allows participating members to round electric bills to the next dollar amount and use the spare change for charitable work. Bank collects nearly 3,000 jars of PB&J NORCROSS - Bank of North Georgia collected 2,861 jars of peanut butter and jelly to benefit local food banks during its second annual "Back to School Peanut Butter and Food Drive" from July 20 to Aug. 7. In total, the bank collected nearly two and a half tons of peanut butter and jelly, enough to make more than 36,995 sandwiches for metro Atlanta students (with approximately two ounces of peanut butter and jelly spread on each sandwich). The bank raised more than 1,000 more jars than last year's total. Food bank partners included the North Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry and the Norcross Cooperative Ministry. Gwinnett Gab appears in the Thursday and Sunday editions of the Gwinnett Daily Post. To submit an item to Gwinnett Gab, e-mail email@example.com like this story
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By Frank Fisher and Andrew Tran | Sun-Sentinel.com 2:33 PM EDT, May 2, 2008
Shooting by deputy
A car driven by suspected auto burglars ended up in a hedge in Cooper City on Friday morning. A Broward sheriff's deputy shot two of the suspects after they reportedly tried to run over the deputy while fleeing. (Sun-Sentinel/Lou Toman / May 2, 2008)
COOPER CITY - The Broward Sheriff's Office identified the two burglary suspects shot by a deputy this morning after they allegedly tried to run him over.
Miami-Dade County residents Mark Merritt, 29, and his sister, Monica Merrane Merritt, 22, were shot near the intersection of Southwest 118th Avenue and 47th Court shortly before 3 a.m., said Sheriff's Office spokesman Veda Coleman-Wright.
Their injuries are not considered life-threatening.
A third suspect, Leonard Williams, 31, also of Miami-Dade, was caught by a police dog in the area, Coleman-Wright said.
Charges against the three are pending.
The shooting happened when a sleeping off-duty deputy was woken up at home by his barking dog and spotted the suspects trying to break into vehicles, Coleman-Wright said.
The deputy called for backup units, and they quickly surrounded the suspects.
Monica Merritt attempted to drive a white 2005 Nissan Altima at a K-9 deputy, who opened fire, Coleman-Wright said.
The Merritts were hit.
The deputy's dog later tracked down Williams, whose injuries were not specified.
The two men were taken to Memorial West, while the woman was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood by helicopter.
The K-9 deputy, whose name was not released, was placed on administrative leave while the shooting was being investigated.
The deputy and his police dog were not injured.
Authorities have been on a heightened state of alert in the neighborhood because it's had several overnight burglaries recently, she said.
Several burglarized vehicles were found in the area after the shooting, Coleman-Wright said.


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"Come now, let's settle this,"
says the LORD.
"Though your sins are like scarlet,
I will make them as white as snow.
Though they are red like crimson,
I will make them as white as wool."
Even in the first chapter of Isaiah, where the emphasis is upon God's call to Israel to obedience, we are also reminded that God alone can forgive sins. God is the one who can take our scarlet sins and "make them white as snow."
It's not hard to figure out the connection of whiteness and forgiveness. White signifies purity and cleanliness. When God makes our sins white as snow, they are wiped away.
But what is the connection between sin and scarlet? The context in Isaiah suggests a close association between sin and blood. In verse 15, God had said, "Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims." The sins of the Israelites were scarlet in that their hands were bloody with their works of violence and injustice.
Ironically, sin and blood are closely related because the shedding of blood is required for divine forgiveness (Heb. 9:22). In the Old Testament era, animal blood from sacrifices signified God's forgiveness. For those of us in the New Covenant, the shed blood of Christ takes our scarlet sins and makes them whiter than snow.
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What do you do with your sins? Do you rationalize them? Do you try to hide them? Ignore them? Minimize them? Do you try to get rid of them by your own strength? Or do you rest upon the forgiving work of God in Christ?
PRAYER: Gracious Heavenly Father, it is true today even as in the time of Isaiah: you are the only one who can make my scarlet sins white as snow. Through the shed blood of your Son, I am forgiven and cleansed. What a marvelous gift! What a wonder!
Help me, dear Lord, to live each day with reliance upon your forgiveness. When I sin, may I turn to you for "whitening." When I'm tempted, may I reach out to your Spirit for the strength to choose what is right. Let me live, Lord, in the purity you have given me through Christ. Amen.
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As I mentioned yesterday, so far in these Daily Reflections I've worked my way through Genesis and Matthew. As I return to the Old Testament, I'm focusing on Isaiah, the first of the prophetic books. If you'd like to read a brief overview to Isaiah, check this link.
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Meetings for the Fall Semester of 2014 are from 3pm to 4pm in Altgeld Hall 100 on the following dates: 9/30, 10/14, 10/28, 11/11, 11/25, and 12/09.
First-generation Aspire to Succeed Together, better known as FAST is the NIU student committee that assists the AmeriCorps VISTA on campus raise awareness the interests and needs of first-generation college students among the campus community. FAST will create events that target the interests of first-generation college students, provide information that may be unknown to these students, and simply create a space where they can speak and be heard.
Along with helping current Huskies, FAST visits local middle schools and high schools and share information, experiences as a college students and support for current first-generation high school students. VISTA and FAST are currently visiting the local schools to share college readiness information with future FGCS there and incorporate fun and new activities to engage the students to ensure that the material being presented will impact the students' educational career positively. Topics of the presentations include: "Why College is Important", "How to Pay for College", and "Scholarship Search" among others.
FAST and Adela de la Torre Honor Society (ATHS) are brainstorming ways to help educate parents in the local community on the high school and college experience. Together, they are planning NIU's new program, "Parent University". What "Parent University" consists of is a series of free workshops that serve to provide information to parents in the community that may lack "college readiness" information and/or college access process.
The main goal is for parents in the local community to be well informed on essential information necessary for their students to succeed in their current and future educational stages. In addition, students will also be exposed to information regarding college access and success. Parent University is planned to launch in February at Sycamore High School.
If you are interested in being part of this initiative, please contact Kathryn Olson, AmeriCorps VISTA at 815-753-8159, firstname.lastname@example.com, or stop by the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning for more information.
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Felted Swirl Wreath
Welcome your honey home with this colorful Felted Swirl Wreath from I Love to Create. This simple Valentine's Day decor is great for hanging on your front door or above the mantel in your living room. You could even make this a Christmas wreath by using red felt instead of pink. This is a simple and fun project you can have out year round, and anyone can make it!
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- Tulip® Cordless Heat Setting Tool™
- 1 300-pack Clear Tulip® Glam-It-Up!™ Iron-On Crystals™
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- Ribbon, 2" wide coordinating color and ¼" wide for hanger
- Wool Felt, white ¾ yd. 18" wide
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- Fabric, cotton scrap of coordinating solid color
Wet the felt with water and spin on gentle in the washer to remove excess water.
Cover work surface with plastic.
Wearing rubber gloves, add water to the top of the dye bottles. Replace cap tightly. Shake until dye is dissolved.
Place damp felt on plastic. Squeeze the Red dye onto about half of the felt.
Starting on the edge of the Red and overlapping an inch or so, squeeze the Fuchsia dye onto half of the remaining area of the felt but saving about 1" of dye in the bottle. Add water to the dye in the bottle to make a light pink and squeeze onto the remaining felt. The felt should be saturated in dye. Wearing gloves, press down with fingertips to push the dye into areas that are lighter.
Cover felt with plastic. Let sit 4-6 hours. Wash in a large load of water with a small amount of laundry soap on a gentle cycle. Line dry.
Using a cutting mat and rotary cutter, cut ½" strips from every section of color. Where the dye over lapped it will be a little different color and this is desirable so cut those areas also.
Make a snip in the end of the cotton coordinating fabric and tear 2" strips. Glue the end of a strip to the craft ring with Fabric Fusion and start wrapping around the ring. Proceed by adding another strip, gluing as needed while wrapping to keep in place until it is completely covered.
Feeling through the fabric, find one of the small holes and push a pencil or sharp object through to the back. Run the small piece of ribbon through and tie in a knot to use as a hanger.
Starting with the lightest color of felt, add a small amount of Fabric Fusion and roll into a pinwheel continuing by adding another color with glue ending with the Red felt. Change the order of color to make all of the pinwheels unique and ranging in size from 3" to 2 ¼". Refer to photo.
Arrange the pinwheels on the ring until they fit all the way around while touching each other. Squeeze out Fabric Fusion onto the ring under the area where each pinwheel will sit pressing pinwheel into the glue.
Cut ¼" strips of the red felt and roll into small 1" pinwheels and glue on top of each intersection where the large pinwheels meet. Glue in place and press down with fingertips. Let dry flat.
Attach the red and pink crystals with the heat tool. Scatter them over the large and small pinwheels. Pressure is not needed when attaching the crystals as long as the tip of the tool is touching the crystal.
- Tie the 2" ribbon into a bow and glue the backside of the loops at the top, onto the pinwheels.
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Red Hat Directory Server 8 with Improved Security
Linux distributor Red Hat has released version 8 of the Red Hat Directory Server.
The codebase for the authentication server was taken from the free Fedora Directory Server project; the product is being marketed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The main objective of Version 8.0 was to achieve compatibility with Red Hat's own installer, RPM, as the developers stated in their product release announcement. This means that users can rely on the standard update process available on the Red Hat Network. One of the customer references that Red Hat cites is the University of Basle, Switzerland, where the Red Hat Directory Server controls access to the university computers by some 15,000 students.
The other new features in version 8.0 include improved IPv6 support, and above all advanced security functions. For example, the password syntax rules have been revised, and the software now comes with an SE Linux profile out of the box. A module certified by the NSS (National Security Service) has also been added for FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) compliance. The Red Hat Directory Server 8 now supports additional platforms, running on RHEL 4 and 5, on 32 or 64 bit platforms, the 64 bit Itanium platform HP-UX 11i, and 64 bit SPARC computers with the Solaris 9 operating system.
Red Hat bought the technology for Directory Server from AOL/Netscape, publishing the sources for Netscape Directory Server in the summer of 2005. In the meantime, Fedora Directory Server has become part of a newer, more generic project known as freeIPA, which deals with identitity management, policies and auditing for Unix and Linux operating systems.
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Ol' Grumpy and the grimoire of gear inflation {WoW}
Nov 8th 2011 8:13PM "the servers will not be able to handle the big numbers is totally BOGUS."
It takes more resources for a computer to add 1,000,000 to 1,000,000 than 1 to 1. In a situation where resources are not unlimited (they aren't yet), you'd prefer that it only be working with smaller numbers.
Breakfast Topic: Could there be more than two factions? {WoW}
Nov 6th 2011 1:39PM Well I was looking more to future expansions and if Bliz could go to muliple factions then. They do say they are adding world pvp in the new zones though I will believe it when I see it. Definitely one of the harder things to balance unless they are just talking about another TB.
Having a race like the NE split off from the Alliance wouldn't mean much though unless it actually involved some sort of world pvp between these new factions (and definitely older zone pvp, not just a few new zones). Just another group to play against in regular BG's would be pretty minor.
Breakfast Topic: Could there be more than two factions? {WoW}
Nov 6th 2011 8:22AM IF they bring back world pvp it would be interesting. Otherwise playing capture the flag or king of the mountain against another faction would bring very little to the game.
Sure it may bring in some more lore and quests, but it seems they are moving towards identical quests for each faction anyway. Outside of a select few quests, both alliance and horde basically had the same path from 80 - 85. We all kill the same bosses in raids for the same reasons. We do the same dailies for the same reasons.
To tell the truth, I was kinda expecting them to go the other way and essentially move to just one faction (moreso than just sharing pandas).
Now if they did open up world pvp and made fighting over gilneas or southshore or the barrens etc, then yea going to 4 factions would make the game a whole lot more interesting.
IF they did go to 4 factions, they wouldn't even have to break it down by races. just let everybody choose at lvl 90 or so if they want to fight for darnassus or stormwind. or org or the undercity. people and guilds choose a side (and they could re-choose later down the road).
Ready Check: Looking into the future of raiding {WoW}
Oct 29th 2011 8:39AM I foresee the end of 25 man raiding. It just doesn't make much sense anymore. 10's are easier to get a group together for. Particularly if you are forming a guild. It is easy to recruit 10 people willing to raid day in and day out, hard if not impossible to get 25. And all those guilds that are dropping 25 mans to focus on 10 mans as people take breaks are probably not going to be coming back as 25 man.
The question is what does bliz replace it with. I would say something along the lines of scalable raids where you can have parties of 10,20,30, etc. would make the encounters easier to design (as you don't have the weird 1 to 3 tanks jump etc.) and would also allow bliz to extend the life of material. have the first tier involve a 30 man quest, then drop it to 20 by the first patch, then 10 by the end of the expansion.
Know Your Lore: The Story of Us -- Quests in WoW, part 3 {WoW}
Oct 19th 2011 10:39PM Yea Loved that quest line too. I guess I enjoyed most of the zones because the quests built up to something and then moved you to the next zone with a more or less seemless transition. Icecrown sorta was all over the place. plus at that point we were flying which took a lot out of the experience as you could just fly up to the throne without fear.
guess i wish it had been more like the entry quests to the zone where you were building up bases. appreciated those as you felt like you were building a beachhead. but then it stopped, we got TOC, and then we were immediately assaulting the citadel. would have loved more "advancing the war" quests. if ICC was opened the way AQ40 was, i would have been much more satisfied.
Know Your Lore: The Story of Us -- Quests in WoW, part 3 {WoW}
Oct 19th 2011 7:38PM wotlk was great questing, particularly in the early zones. It does fall apart once you get to Icecrown. Other than the mathias quest line, everything seems a bit premature, ie that after finishing the quests there, we should have just stormed the citadel. There just doesn't seem to be much resistance. would have prefered more workup to taking it back.


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Before there was Google, public libraries were the primary portal to the wide world of information. New York architecture firm Marble Fairbanks reminds us that they still serve this purpose for many people by incorporating the word "search" above the entrance of the 18,000-square-foot, LEED Gold–certified Glen Oaks branch library in Queens. But rather than using painted letters or signage, the firm lets natural light do the talking.
On dark or cloudy days, the northern façade's curtainwall is blank and unassuming. But on clear days, sunlight streaming through the back glazing of its parapet projects the word "search" onto the curtainwall glass a few feet away. The luminous effect is dynamic, changing continuously each hour and each season.
Credit: Courtesy Marble Fairbanks
The projected letters begin compressed beyond legibility in the curtainwall's top right corner at sunrise. Throughout the morning, they drift to the left, extending to a full height of nearly 5 feet at noon, when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. Then the letters slowly compress and disappear into the curtainwall's top left corner. In the winter, the letters follow a similar path, though their projected height is halved because of the sun's lower transit. "We wanted to highlight the ephemeral qualities of digital information by relating it to the ephemeral qualities of light," says firm partner Karen Fairbanks, AIA.
During the design process, the team used Autodesk Maya software to simulate the letters' change in appearance in accordance with the sun's position. They built one more physical model, this time at half scale and made with foamcore and a sample of the actual glazing, to fine-tune the text resolution through trial and error. Marble Fairbanks designed the custom typeface of the stenciled letters, which are 20 inches tall with a stroke thickness of 3 inches and edges feathered with a halftone pattern.
When projected, the word "search" appears suspended between the parapet glass and the 6-foot-tall curtainwall façade, rising above the second-story children's section. "Sometimes you see double letters," Fairbanks says. "As you move around the façade, what you see changes." She and her colleagues were pleased to discover other serendipitous effects, including the reflection of letters off the translucent façade glass and back down into the children's section, where they fall on desks and tables.
Supplied by Pulp Studio, in Los Angeles, the curtainwall glazing, which is insulated, has a translucent finish to intensify the graphic's visibility and to help mask the parapet structure and lettered glass beyond.
When the building opened last fall, Fairbanks says that community members were intrigued by the glowing, beckoning "search" and curious about why the letters change shape, position, and legibility. "For children, it's kind of a science project," she says. And if they want answers, they merely have to step inside the library and search.
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The Blood Type Diet Archives Volume 11
Posted By: Bob G(O)[INTJ]Date: Tuesday, 28 September 1999, at 9:20 a.m.
In Response To: Critical essay on soy (Kendra (A+))
This has been covered before. Stephen the N.D. from Australia and others have explained that the negative results occured in rats. Humans doe not have the same problem with soy.
If you are a rat stay away from soy!
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text: Distance Learning Not Just For College Students 23. January 2012 Maranda Gibson Conference Calls, Video Conferencing (0) With budget shortfalls affecting school districts across the United States, a lot of public schools are turning to virtual learning to ease some of the burden of these shortfalls. When I started researching for this blog post I found that here in Texas, we have the Texas Virtual Academy, which is 100% supported and accredited by our school districts. I did some quick asking around in the office and found out that one of our operators has a child that started the program this year. I talked to him to give me some of his first impressions about the program. What's Cool Approved curriculum from the school district Monitoring tools to keep kids accountable Materials provided go well beyond text books. He informed me that not only did the school provide his child a preloaded desktop computer, they also threw in jump ropes and yoga balls for PE, as well as beakers for chemistry assignments. There are also no additional grading requirements. Meaning all of the grades are submitted directly to the district - so there is no additional information for the parents to fill out or send in. More one on one attention from the teachers and students are required to do at least six hours of logged work per day. The ideas of distance learning are not exclusive to the state of Texas. In fact, a lot of school districts are embracing these ideas as financial burdens begin to affect the ability to hire more educators. Distance learning isn't just about saving money, it also exposes students to different teachers and classroom set ups. Imagine the student that attends a large school district where the student to teacher ratio is 30:1 and this student struggles in the subject of Math. Now take that same student and virtually connect him or her to a classroom in small town America where the student to teacher ratio is 15:1. I wonder if the extra attention might help to boost this students grades. We have an education system that if full of different perspectives and loyal educators. Embracing distance learning is going to give students the chance to be exposed to a number of the different kinds of classroom experiences. What do you think about the potential benefits or drawbacks of distance learning?