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@simrin-- Actually an x-ray is not an emission spectrum, its electromagnetic radiation. When electromagnetic radiation comes together in an arrangement, its called an electromagnetic spectrum. So you can think of x-rays as a single piece that makes up an emission spectrum.
We're not able to see x-rays because not all spectrum is visible. an X-ray's wavelength is too short for us to see. We can see sunlight because it has the right wavelength, but we can't see radio waves.


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Roman Catholics are only one part of the Church (for that matter, only one part of the Latin rite of the Church)- there are Maronite Catholics, Melkite Catholics, Syro-Malabar Catholics, Coptic Catholics, Ukrainian Catholics, Chaldean Catholics, and a whole host of others. It's time they stop being invisible in the Catholic world, if indeed the negative commentaries I have read are true.
Eastern Catholics, in my view, are often caught in between a rock and a hard place. I am only a humble layman and a nobody when it comes to these kinds of things, but I cannot understand for the life of me why there is any controversy whatsoever over the supposed issue of married priests, why such a thing as "Latinization" ever existed in the first place, or any of the other hardships these wonderful people have been put through in the past. Let's put this to rest as well. There is the support of Scripture and Tradition for both married and celibate clergy, and both have their advantages and disadvantages. Latinization - the forcing of Eastern Catholics to adopt particularly Roman spiritual practices and the like - is ridiculous. The Catholic Church is indeed a "coat of many colours" - let us rejoice in the myriad of expressions of love for God.
There is, in my opinion, support found in Scripture and Tradition for both married and celibate clergy. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. This is not something to fight over. We are all Catholics, and this Catholic is overjoyed just getting to know the Eastern half of the Church. Why are others not equally excited? Why do some instead question them and interrogate them and treat them as second-rate Catholics? Perhaps because society in general thinks "Roman Catholic", "Protestant", and "Eastern Orthodox", and nothing more subtle or complex than these three giant headings. For the last time, Roman Catholics are only one part of the Catholic Church - admittedly, a large, visible, and well-known part. But we Roman Catholics are not the only Catholics. Frankly, I think the major problem is not necessarily one of latinization or any like thing, but of many simply not knowing about the Catholic East.
I have a tremendous respect for Eastern Catholics. They have endured much persecution, hardship, forced conformity, misunderstanding, and ostracization - and they have hung on. They are still here. They have offered Holy Church a whole crowd of new saints, a joyous multitude indeed. They have borne martyrs, theologians, and heroes. And in an age of New Age liturgical nightmares in the Latin West at the hands of dissident movements within the Church, the liturgies of the Eastern Catholic Churches offer welcome relief.
So I want to do something good for the Lord and His Church. I want to ask you, the reader, a favor - this weekend, find out whether or not there is an Eastern Catholic parish - Byzantine or otherwise - in your area, and make an effort to attend. Talk to the priest, absorb the holiness of the liturgy, study the saints of the East. If you cannot attend an Eastern Catholic parish in your area, maybe take a few moments to get to know a few of their major figures, both current and from ages past. Read about the heroic lives of the Ukrainian Catholic martyrs. Study the Servant of God, Andrey Sheptytsky, or look into the heroic life of St. Alphonsa of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, for example. Look, seek, find. If you have a question, I will try to answer whatever you ask as best I can, or find out the answer for you.
But any kind of non-recognition of Eastern Catholics in general must stop - Eastern Catholics are as Catholic as any hardcore Roman Catholic. They stand with us because they are us - they just express the same truths in a slightly different way. They entered into full communion with the Catholic Church (Maronites never left, incidentally!), braving all kinds of mudslinging, hatred, misunderstanding, latinization, marginalization, and abuse. It's time to give them the respect and attention that they deserve, and if any Roman Catholics treat them as second-tier Catholics, it's time for this kind of thing to cease.
If no one else feels the same, if I am alone in this, if not one other person agrees with me, fine. Here is one happily Roman Catholic who loves his Eastern Catholic brethren as much as his tiny heart can.
If you are interested, even slightly, in the world of the Catholic East, then this link is for you:
In Union With Rome: The one-stop shop for all things Eastern Catholic. Links galore, a wealth of information.
Also check out:
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies
Holy Resurrection Monastery
Christ the Bridegroom
Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal
Prayer of St. Ephrem
Fear Not Little Flock
Ramblings of a Byzantine Catholic
Byzantine Ramblings
St. Elias...Today!
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Top 5 spookiest games
It's easy to make a violent video game, but it takes craft to make a game truly scary. Let's count down the five spookiest games of the year.
I have to admit that I no longer play scary games before heading to bed. It's unfair to my wife, who has to put up with the shrieking nightmares they provoke in me, and also live with the knowledge that her husband's a total wimp.
It was a tough habit to break. If you get a thrill from thinking about things that go bump in the night, there are few experiences that tap that better than turning out the lights and decapitating zombies from the comfort of your couch.
So, for those of you with the freedom to stay up late playing video games (savor this time, folks) or who have yet to be shamed into PG-only fare for the sake of your family, my friend and colleague Jeff Bakalar has gathered together five of the spookiest cross-platform games of the past year.
Mind you, we weren't going for the most gruesome games, or explicit. In the spirit of Halloween, we really tried to hold tight to the idea of spookiness -- that specific moody, blood-pressure-raising feeling that makes you check the locks in your house twice. We also had to boot a few console-exclusive games for the sake of keeping this list cross-platform.
So, without further ado, enjoy our latest Top 5 video , and have a great Halloween.


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Why Squeeze Pages Are Here To Stay
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010For a few years now, I have been hearing from lots of people, who have been telling me that squeeze pages are about to stop working. No one likes them anymore, and they are about to stop working.
Thing is, squeeze pages are still extremely effective, and they work for bringing more newsletter subscribers to your list. Here is why:
Squeeze Pages Are Extremely Effective
Squeeze pages are extremely effective because of what they are. Squeeze pages only give you one option, one offer to register for. And because of this one option only rule they are very effective.
When you give your web site visitors many different options for what they can do on your web site, they get confused and they leave your web site. This is exactly opposite of what you want them to do, right? You want them to stay on your web site for some time, and share their email address with you, so that you can keep in touch with them and build relationships with them. This is why regular web pages don't work that well for getting newsletter subscribers.
So what should you do so that your web site visitors don't leave your web site before they subscribe to your newsletter? You give your web site visitors just one option. With just one option your web site visitors are much more likely to subscribe to your newsletter. And this is exactly what squeeze pages do – they give a web site visitor just one option for doing something.
Squeeze Pages Are Easy To Create
Because squeeze pages only need to include text and a subscription box, they don't require extensive design.
In fact, you should not include interesting web site design elements in your squeeze page, because these elements will take your web site visitors' attention from subscribing to your newsletter, exactly what you DO NOT want to do.
For an even easier way to create your own squeeze pages you can get the Effective Squeeze Pages Quick Start Guide.
Squeeze Pages Are Very Versatile
There are lots of things that you can promote with squeeze pages:
- Free Teelseminar. Are you teaching a free teleseminar? A squeeze page will be great for inviting people in your target market register for your free teleseminar.
- Social Networking Landing Pages. Don't send people from Twitter and Facebook to the main page of your web site, as this will not get you results. Instead, send them to a squeeze page and you will immediately see more results from your social networking efforts!
- Newsletter Subscription Pages. Need more newsletter subscribers? Use a squeeze page for your subscription page and you will convert more of your web site visitors into subscribers.
- Free Reports. Are you giving away free reports to new newsletter subscribers? Use a squeeze page to give them away to get better results.
- Article Marketing Landing Pages. If you want to see results from article marketing, then you must use squeeze pages. With squeeze pages you are going to convert more of your article readers into newsletter subscribers.
As you can see, squeeze pages are very versatile and there are lots of places where you can use them to get better results from your marketing efforts. If you are not getting the results that you are looking for from your marketing efforts, check to make sure that you are directing your traffic from those marketing efforts to a squeeze page.
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ComiXology Announces Authoring Beta to Increase Digital Comic Diversity
- Posted by Johanna on November 17, 2010 at 8:48 am
- Category: Digital and Webcomics
ComiXology is currently the leading digital comic distributor. They have the most titles, the best software (I'm told), and the most active press team. They're also the most responsive. (Except when it comes to getting out an Android version of their application, but that's my personal bugaboo.) So it shouldn't be surprising that most publishers want to be part of their comics app.
A while back, there were rumblings that smaller publishers couldn't get their comics released on ComiXology in a timely fashion because the company was paying more attention to DC and Marvel. Every comic has to be reformatted and processed for ComiXology's Guided View, you see, so it's not as simple as just giving them files. To respond to that bottleneck, ComiXology has announced that they will be piloting a program to allow publishers to do that work themselves. The stated goal is to
help level the playing field by giving independent creators and publishers an equal chance for visibility in the digital marketplace through a standard format and ubiquitous platform. … Said David Steinberger, CEO of comiXology, "The Guided View Authoring Tools is the first piece of a larger program that will benefit creators and publishers who either are unknown, have limited print distribution through Diamond or have an older property that won't get the shelf space it deserves."
Heidi got some stats from Steinberger: "they get four or five submissions a day from publishers wanting to be carried on their store" and they've "gone from launching 80 comics the week of May 1st to 204 this week."
To signup for the authoring beta, publishers submit that web form and hope to be selected. (Hint: Don't use IE8.) The program won't start until next year, and it remains to be seen if this allows for faster releases, since there are a number of questions remaining: How will the companies be compensated for doing this programming work themselves? Will that change the revenue split? How easy are the tools to use? (Will there suddenly be a jump in job openings for app developers at comic companies?) Will there be other holdups (approvals, for example) before comics can be released? Is ComiXology ready to handle the flood of submissions from self-publishers who see online comic distribution as a way around Diamond and comic shop gatekeepers? Will a ComiXology app stuffed to the gills with more comics be easy to navigate, and will customers be able to find the titles they're looking for? These certainly are interesting times.


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my boyfriend is the cutest
he cleaned my room while i was at work (because i'm a litterbug) and painted me a t-shirt that says i love you on it
anyways i want to be a mermaid can someone tell me how :p
As far as I know there are three options:
-Spend a lot of time singing in the moonlight on rocks near the water, while combing your hair with a seashell
-Wish on a star or a sparkly shell
- Get on some sort of genetically modified fish hormone, move near a nuclear power plant, and if that fails... surgery.
(This whole journal was really sweet :) )
dah flyby. Weren't like the Sirens mermaids or something?
They spent their time just sitting on rocks in the middle of the ocean, staring out to see and singing their songs, and gobbling up any men they may happen to seduce passing by.
Sounds like a good life to me.
And yes, this journal is so sweet, I could die.
Yes, die.
No one escapes from life alive
singing sweetly to sailors before i bring their ships down
sounds like a perfect life to me too
My English teacher showed us some artists' painting and they were like, birds XD
Amazingly offensive <3
have you never seen the little mermaid
edit : has your english teacher never showed you the little mermaid? the bird people are HARPIES lol
But I swear! We read the Odyssey and some person drew the sirens as birds XD
Amazingly offensive <3
and socks of course.
Cause i think that'll be nice too :D
...albeit, minimally... make them sexier? cmwtk :)
Aw how thoughtful of him i sometimes clean my friends room i just cant stand it being untidy. Also love you'r little "the ring" emotion ha
self induced schiziophrenia.
"A loving man and woman in a committed relationship can marry. Dogs, no matter what their relationship, are not allowed to marry. How should society treat gays and lesbians in committed relationships? As dogs or as humans?"


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PRESS RELEASE: "Fall Out Toy Works" Motion Comic from "Repo Men" Director Available in October
Wentz & Romanelli Talk "Fall Out Toy Works"
Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and acclaimed designer Darren Romanelli speak with CBR News about "Fall Out Toy Works," the upcoming Image Comics series that plans to be much more than just a comic book.
Dabel Bros. Responds to Fall Out Boy
In an interview with CBR, Fall Out Boy's Andy Hurley said the announced FOB title from Dabel Bros. was not only unapproved, but also "lame." Dabel Bros. responds in this statement from Business Director Rich Young.
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March 2015
What: 96 Hours of Direct Action Schedule of Events Statewide (Berkeley, All UCs, CSUs, Community Colleges)
Monday, March 2
All Day: Decentralized Direct Actions across Campus
10am: 20 Minute Mass Flyering: Meet on Sproul Steps
5pm: Short Debrief and Info Hub in Wheeler Commons
Tuesday, March 3
All Day: Decentralized Direct Actions across Campus
10am: 20 Minute Mass Chalking: Meet on Sproul Steps
5pm: Short Debrief and Info Hub in Wheeler Commons
Wednesday, March 4
All Day: Decentralized Direct Actions across Campus
12-1pm: Funeral for Public Education on Sproul Steps
+all students, workers, faculty, and community allies are invited to wear black and join die-in
5pm: Short Debrief and Info Hub in Wheeler Commons
Thursday, March 5
12pm-Whenever: STRIKE to Fight the Hike + Phoenix Free Education Festival on Sproul Plaza
+all students, workers, faculty, and community allies are invited to transform our campus together
+bring a tent
*To stay updated on actions around campus, text "FightTheHike" to 88202
*To post or learn about some actions being planned, visit our Facebook page: http://tinyurl.com/lanwxn9
A 27% fee hike in UC tuition has been announced with a range of justifications—this on top of the 300% increase in attending the UC in the last decade alone. The administration claims that the state's defunding of public education has forced this on us, the only option left is to displace the costs of running the university onto students. We disagree. The UC doesn't want public money from Sacramento; it wants more of your far less regulated private tuition dollars. In spite of the increased cost of education, we endure cuts to student programs, overflowing lecture halls, classes that are difficult to get into, decreasing numbers of students of color, and many other signs of the declining quality of education.
In response to mounting pressure from students around the state, the administration has now announced plans to delay the fee hike, to wait until we're less prepared. But a deferral is no victory; we demand far more. Rather than a signal that we should give up, we believe that now is the time to push our demands for a better UC. Students across the state–at UCs, CSUs, Community Colleges and High Schools–have called for "96 Hours of Direct Action" the first week of March, culminating in a statewide student walk out on Thursday, March 5. In 2010 similar actions won hundreds of millions of dollars in state support, and in 2012, they beat back a proposed tuition hike that would have nearly doubled of the cost of a UC education. This March, let's demonstrate that there's an alternative to privatization and debt. This is your call to action. On March 5, let's shut it down.
This conference promotes the development of locally-controlled clean energy economies as a necessary path to a sustainable future. The conference is a diverse gathering of policy makers, entrepreneurs, and community advocates engaged in a thoughtful and inspiring exploration of strategies and programs for advancing a local clean energy transition in the Bay Area.
To learn more about Conference goals and to register, please visit the event website.
On the 2nd Anniversary of Hugo Chávez's death, we celebrate his legacy, embodied
in the people and their struggle
March 5 is the second anniversary of the tragic passing of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. Yet, despite his short life, he transformed Venezuela by his courageous struggle to make the Venezuelan masses the protagonists of their destiny.
Before Chávez, Venezuela's natural resources enriched only the oil companies and ruling class. Today the country's wealth has been harnessed for true development — hundreds of thousands of homes, healthcare and schools throughout the country.
The goal of the Bolivarian Revolutionary process is socialism, where every human being can enjoy guaranteed rights of healthcare, education, housing, jobs, equality, culture, social peace, and international solidarity.
But the U.S. government is working to destabilize the Venezuelan revolutionary government, financing right-wing organizations, encouraging coup attempts and terrorist attacks on the population. Now, the U.S. Congress is applying sanctions on Venezuela to punish the government and people for defending their sovereignty.
It is up to us, the people of the United States, to demand that our government stop the attacks and destabilization of Venezuela, respect International Law and Venezuela's right to live.
Join us on Thursday, March 5, 5 pm, 24th and Mission, S.F., for a rally to celebrate: "Chavez Vive! La Lucha Sigue!"
Sponsored by Bay Area Latin America Solidarity Coalition. Endorsed by ANSWER Coalition, SOA Watch-San Francisco; FMLN-Nor. California; FSLN-Nor. California; Haiti Action Committee; Hondurenos en Resistencia del Norte de California; Task Force on the Americas; Nicaragua Center for Community Action; Party for Socialism and Liberation; Workers World Party
50th Anniversary of Selma Bloody Sunday Commemorative Bridge Walk and Rally
Walk across the span in solidarity with the marchers in Selma, Alabama
Bring Signs, Banners and your voice against InJustice
USA, 1965: Black people in Selma, Alabama, viciously attacked by cops and the Klan for seeking the right to vote, beaten with baseball bats and billy clubs, tear gas, and whips; … people murdered by brutalizing police, by racist vigilantes; … "whites only" Jim Crow segregation still prevails across the South, and in the North Black people crammed into crrumbling ghettos; forced to attend overcrowded, underfunded inner city schools; arrested, beaten, and murdered by police; kept in the lowest-paying, most dangerous jobs, if they find work at all…
USA, 2015:a full half-century later a New Jim Crow of criminalization and mass incarceration of Black and men still in full effect; more Black men in prison today than were enslaved in 1850; soaring unemployment for Black people in cities across the entire country; public schools more segregated now 60 years since the U.S. Supreme Court put an end tto the hateful "separate but equal doctrine" than they were in the late 1960s; And increasingly, Black people denied the right to vote, supposedly the most "sacred" right of U.S. citizenship, at a rate seven times higher than that for white people.
On top of that, there's the increasing number of Black men and youths murdered by police in every city of this country choked tto death on a sidewalk in New York; shot and killed walking down the street in Ferguson, Missouri, in a park in Cleveland, on a train in Oakland; racist vigilantes murdering Black youth in cold blood, being let free by courts at every level, up to and including the Federal government. The system is once again forcefully reminding us of the Dred Scott Decision that Black people have "no rights which the white man was bound to respect".
But, also in August 2015, the defiant youth of Ferguson stood up. They sparked a powerful movement to stop the murder of people at the hands of the police. Tens of thousands of people, of different ethnicities and all over the country, blocked highways and bridges, marched through shopping malls, did "die-ins" everywhere, walked out from school, and left work. These actions shook this country to its core.
Now We Are At a Crossroads Will we allow the system to suppress this movement and continue business as usual, or will re-take the offensive and bring even more massive waves of struggle to STOP the murder of Black, Brown and all people by the police?
On April 14, we need to take our movement to STOP wanton police murder to a whole new level. NO SCHOOL! NO WORK! NO BUSINESS AS USUAL!
On this day, thousands of students walking out of school, taking over buildings and going on strike at colleges and high schools nationwide. People gathering and marching in cities all across the U.S. The normal routine of this society, which includes wanton police murder of Black and Brown people, must be brought to a Halt!
* The murder of Black and Brown people by the police MUST STOP.
* Justice for all the victims of brutal, murdering police.
* Indict, convict and send killer cops to jail: the whole damn system is guilty as hell.
* Stop the repression targeting the protests: Drop all the chargges against all those arrested.
Stopping Police Murder is NOT a Spectator Sport!
Stop Mass Incarceration Bay Area
2501 San Pablo
Berkeley, CA 94702
Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to survivors and victims of violence and police terror in Oakland.
We are organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing.
Please feel free to bring quotes or passages to share
All are welcome
As this meeting is during the Bahá'í fast, we will not serve breakfast. Breakfasts will resume in April.
Facebook event. 15NowBerkeley Facebook.
Join us March 8th at the Target Express grand opening in downtown Berkeley. We'll have our own alternative grand opening with a target of $15/hr!
We'll be rallying for higher minimum wages at noon in front of the Target. Drop by if you're interested in helping out or if you have any questions. An increase in the Berkeley minimum wage doesn't just make economic sense—it's a necessity for workers, who literally can't afford to pay rent in this city on less than $15/hour!
This International Women's Day we will be joining in the streets with women all around the world who are marching to demand their rights.
We will be out to stand against violence against women in all forms. Against the growing number of killings of transwomen, against police brutality, against racism, street harassment, domestic violence and more. We will be coming out as we struggle to support ourselves and our families in the face of ever increasing evictions and gentrification.
We march to stand in solidarity with our sisters around the world who are fighting back as well.
We are marching to demand equality and our right to dignified lives.
Women Organized to Resist and Defend (WORD)
Join local artists, educators, unions, activists and workers to celebrate the recent excitement and organizing success of Adjuncts at SFAI, CCA, St. Mary's College, Mills, Dominican University!
Performances! Installations! Speak-outs! Readings! Food! Art! Books! Socializing! Community-building!
ALL in support of low-wage precarious workers including Adjuncts, Students, Food-service Workers, Artists, Temporary Part Time Workers and the Fight for 15 campaign!
No Justice No Service is inspired by the solidarity building event, Art, Education Justice! Held in Los Angeles last Fall.
Help cultivate a cultural front for ongoing activism in arts, education, work and life.
There will be an update about http://debtcollective.org, who just announced TODAY the first ever public strike against student debt generated for a profiteering university, and plans to gather debtors together to perform giant acts of solidarity!
Join local artists, educators, unions, activists and workers to celebrate the recent excitement and organizing success of Adjuncts at SFAI, CCA, St. Mary's College, Mills, Dominican University!
Performances! Installations! speak-outs! readings! Food! Art! Books! Socializing! Community-building!
ALL in support of low-wage precarious workers including Adjuncts, Students, Food-service Workers, Artists, Temporary Part Time Workers and the Fight for 15 campaign!
No Justice No Service is inspired by the solidarity building event, Art, Education Justice! Held in Los Angeles last Fall.
Help cultivate a cultural front for ongoing activism in arts, education, work and life.
Performance by Sins Invalid, Part 1.
Part 1 of the performance curated by Sins Invalid begins with the construction of an altar, built in part with community participation. The altar will commemorate disabled children policed and killed by parents/caregivers for not performing "ablebodied-ness"; people with disabilities who have died from incarceration in nursing homes or jails/prisons; and those who are locked up and fighting for their freedom.
CeCe McDonald, an aspiring fashion student living in Minneapolis, was attacked by a racist, transphobic mob while walking to the grocery store in July of 2010. One of her attackers, intoxicated and adorned with a swastika tattoo, died days following the incident. CeCe was charged with two murders and was threatened with up to 80 years in a cage for simply defending herself.
While imprisoned, she discovered that her story was not unique, but that she was among many Black people—particularly Black, trans women—railroaded to prison. The stories of Assata Shakur, Angela Davis, and Mumia Abu-Jamal inspired her to fight not only for her own freedom but for all the trans women who have been slain or made victims of the criminal injustice system. Since her release in January of 2014, CeCe has become a leading and outspoken activist, inspiring many to take action against mass incarceration and for racial justice and trans liberation.
Community Event & Fundraiser
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization.
Information on visiting the Law School can be found here.
9:15 am
Coffee in the Goldberg Room (Room 297), Berkeley Law School
10:00 am
Welcome and Introduction
Susan Schweik, UC Berkeley, and Na'ilah Nasir, UC Berkeley
Opening Remarks
Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz
Panel 1: A Discussion with the Editors of Disability Incarcerated
Liat Ben-Moshe, University of Toledo
Allison Carey, Schippensburg University
Chris Chapman, York University
Panel 2: Responses to the Book by Berkeley Faculty
Jonathan Simon, Berkeley Law
Na'ilah Nasir, School of Education and African American Studies
Peter Manoleas, School of Social Welfare
Scott Wallin, Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies
12:00-1:00 Lunch Break
Panel 3: What now, what next? Responses by scholars, artists and activists
D. L. Adams, University of Toledo
Ella Callow, National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families
Sascha Altman DuBrul, Icarus Project
Nora Wilson, Justice Now
2:30-3:30: Film Showing: Deaf in Prison
Followed by discussion with Talila A. Lewis, H.E.A.R.D., Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf
3:30-4:30 Break
4:30-5:30: Performance: Disability Liberated (Part II).
Sins Invalid performs live on stage in Booth Auditorium, culminating in leading the audience back to the altar space in 120 Kroeber.
Disability Liberated Sins Invalid performance concludes.
Location: 120 Kroeber
6:15 Reception/Dinner
Registration for limited number of audience members. RSVP by March 2 on our EventBrite page.
Location: Goldberg Room (Room 297), Berkeley Law School
7:15 PM Film Showing: Bethel.
Followed by discussion with filmmaker Karen Nakamura. Location: Goldberg Room (Room 297), Berkeley Law School
This event is free, open to the public and wheelchair-accessible. Please refrain from wearing scented products so that people with chemical sensitivities can join us. If you need any other disability accommodations in order to attend, including communication services, please contact Susan Schweik at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sponsored by: Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society; Center for the Study of Law and Society; Haas Institute Race & Educational Disparities Cluster, Diversity and Democracy Cluster, and Disability Studies Cluster; Dean Judith Little, School of Education; Dean Carla Hesse, Division of Social Sciences; Dean Anthony J. Cascardi, Division of Arts and Humanities; Social and Cultural Studies Program, School of Education; Canadian Studies; The Doreen K. Townsend Center for the Humanities
Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!
OccupyForum presents
Effective Resistance
at the Unis'tot'en Blockade
The west coast of Canada is home to several indigenous territories whose lands have come under threat as the fossil fuel industry seeks to transport its product to empty tankers via numerous new pipeline projects. Freda and Toghestiy of the Wet'suwet'en nation decided 4 years ago to take action in helping their people stop the destruction of their lands. Exercising their right to practice their cultural customs on their land, they chose to build right in the path of the pipeline projects setting the stage for an ongoing blockade and reclamation of their lands at the Unis'tot'en camp.
In the ensuing years, they have confronted numerous pipeline employees who have come onto their lands, often without permission and by helicopter, to do surveying and other exploration activities. Support for the camp has been growing steadily in nearby towns and all across Canada as the camp raises the bar for what a non-violent resistance effort can achieve.
A website for the camp has been created and can be viewed here: http://unistotencamp.com/
First and foremost, the camp supports an effort to bring Wet'suwet'en people back to their lands to live traditionally and begin healing their families from the destruction wrought by western society on their culture. The plan for the future is to build homes and places of tribal gathering for those who wish to return to the land that sustains them. In order to make this happen, the camp needs the support of settlers and other indigenous tribes to hold off the development efforts of fossil fuel giants TransCanada, Enbridge, Chevron, and others. The camp organizers are opening their doors to anybody willing to provide their time and resources to building and maintaining the efforts at the blockade.
At tonight's Forum, hear from a supporter who stayed at the camp for 3 weeks in February of this year, and how you or someone else can help get involved. Discussion and pictures of daily life at the camp will be shared. Success at the camp relies on spreading of information, fundraising, solidarity actions, and networking with other groups to find people willing to provide their labor on the grounds at the camp. There is a year round need for supporters at the camp with a couple specialized events planned for the summertime — an action camp for sharing skills and strategy, and a separate work camp for building new structures and implements needed at the camp. The continued organized effort will be desperately needed as pipeline crews converge on the eastern and western borders of the Wet'suwet'en territory sometime this year.
Other camps have started to emerge across Canada with the newest one going up only a few hundred kilometers north of the Unis'tot'en camp. This new blockade, known as Madii Lii, stands in the way of a new LNG project proposed by TransCanada. They will undoubtedly need the same outpouring of support to be successful. The continued existence of these ecosystems rests on the shoulders of those willing to put their bodies in the path of fossil fuel tycoons.
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text: The Fat Cobra wiki last edited by Jonny_Anonymous on 03/25/14 06:22PM View full history OriginThe man who would become Fat Cobra was born 111 years ago on Peng Lai Island and had a very hard life despite being born in one of the seven capital cities of Heaven. His mother died during childbirth and his father, a pig farmer, couldn't possibly take care of such an immense baby, he needed eight women to nurse him every day. When he was only three months old he was left at the orphanage and his father disappeared but the orphanage also had trouble meeting the child's needs. When he was 2 years old it was decided that the child would be banished from Peng Lai Island and he was placed in a basket and set adrift from the Island.As a boy he was taken in by a Peking Opera school where he received training in singing, dance, acrobatics and his first exposure to martial arts. As the most promising young opera singer in all of China he saw the world, slept with many beautiful women, drank beer halls dry and in 1924 first killed a man during a drunken argument. His career as an opera singer was finished but his hunger for violence had just begun. Under different assumed names he fought for both sides in during the Chinese Civil War with a natural skill in tactics and warfare both sides wishing to make him a general. Instead he bought his way back into Peng Lai and Iron-Crutch Khan's school of Kung Fu.Fat Cobra Food SkillIron-Crutch Khan was harder on him than the other students and refused to believe that the so called 'Fat Cobra' could possibly beat the serpent Xiang Yao and become the Cobra warrior. He did face the serpent but lost terribly washing up on the Chinese mainland beaten to a pulp, partially eaten, barely alive and exiled from Peng Lai Island again. In the 1930's Fat Cobra became the sidekick of renowned monster hunter Ulysses Bloodstone and then worked with Union Jack to battle Nazi's. Though he was invited to join the Kid Commandos alongside Bucky and Toro he chose to sit out the rest of the war. Finding his way to Hollywood he appeared in several films, played defensive end for the Giants before joining an underground fighting circuit.After this his life became even weirder, he beat Volstagg and Hercules in an eating contest in Olympus, introduced Elvis to Kung Fu and fighting alongside Nick Fury against Russian werewolves on the moon. After all this combat experience he attempted to defeat Xiang Yao again but was ripped in half by the serpent and slowly recovered in a SHIELD medical facility where his legs and vertebrae slowly regenerated. Over the years the children he had produced from his numerous sexual conquests began searching him out to kill him for abandoning their mothers but he managed to kill them all. Every single child who came for him whether alone of in groups he defeated and in killing them became warrior enough to defeat Xiang Yao and become the Immortal Weapon of Peng Lai.Most of these events are buried deep in his mind with little or no recollection of them, partially because of guilt, partially his many years fighting and partially because of the vast amounts of intoxicants he's consumed.CreationFat Cobra was created by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction and David Aja in 2007 and first appeared in The Immortal Iron Fist # 8.Major Story ArcsWolverine: Goodbye ChinatownThe oracles of Peng Lai warned of great trouble deep in the Earth, so Fat Cobra went to investigate. Perhaps he should have asked for more explicit directions, for he soon became lost in a maze of tunnels. He wandered the maze looking for way out, subsisting on cave moss, warm puddles of cave water, and at one time an entire dragon. Three days after eating the dragon he came across another, this one was dragging Wolverine and Gorilla-Man.After knocking the dragon out with, with one punch, Fat Cobra learns that Wolverine and Gorilla-Man are in the tunnels tracking down Jade Claw, and Fat Cobra offers his assistance. The three heroes then are purposely eaten by a trio of dragons and sneak into Jade Claw's compound inside the dragons stomachs. Once inside the compound they force the dragons to vomit them up, and the three fight Jade Claw's security and her hired assassins. Fat Cobra personally fights Rock of the Buddha, and defeats him easily.After the battle Fat Cobra joins Wolverine topside at Harry's Hideaway, in Salem Center. There he is approached by Master Po and Yuen Yee, about becoming the new Black Dragon. The Black Dragon, was the title that Wolverine had before leaving San Francisco, and is the title given to the head of the Chinatown Underground. It is unclear if Fat Cobra accepted the offer due to the uncertainty of the number of wenches he would receive.Signature TechniquesSumo Thunder StompCudgel or MisfortuneWhirlwind of Impending DoomExquisite Speed ReleaseStomping Giant SlapHeaven's HaymakerThunder Devil Stomp


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Shin's research interests include forecast information sharing and investment in supply chain management, competitive strategies under operational constraints, economics of information technology, software and digital goods, release strategies in the motion picture industry and innovation in supply chains.
Shin has been published in numerous journals, including Information Systems Research, Operations Research and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. He won the best paper award of Conference on Information Systems and Technology (2012) for the paper "Cloud Computing: Implications on Software Network Structure and Security Risks" with his co-authors, Terrence August and Marius Niculescu. He is a recipient of a 2011 Management Science Meritorious Service Award and Lieberman Fellowship from Stanford University (2006-2007).
Prior to joining the Rady School, Shin was an Assistant Professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. At Kellogg, he won Chairs' Core Course Teaching Award. Shin earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University, a M.S. in Statistics from the University of Chicago and an M.S. in Management Engineering and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Niculescu, M. F., H. Shin, and S. Whang, (2012) "Underlying Consumer Heterogeneity in Markets for Technology-Intensive Services with Network Effects", Information Systems Research, 23(4), 1322-1341.
August, T. W., H. Shin, and T. I. Tunca, (2013) "Licensing and Competition for Services in Open Source Software," Information Systems Research, 24(4), 1068-1086.
Wang, J. and H. Shin, (2014) "The Impact of Contracts and Competition on
Upstream Innovation in a Supply Chain," Forthcoming to Production and Operations Management.
August, T., R. August, and H. Shin, (2014) "Designing User Incentives for Cybersecurity," Forthcoming to Communications of the ACM.
August, T.W., Niculescu, M. F., and H. Shin, (2014) "Cloud Computing: Implications on Software Network Structure and Security Risks", Forthcoming to Information Systems Research.
Working Papers
August, T.W., Dao, D., and H. Shin, (2013) "Optimal Timing of Sequential Distribution: The Impact of Congestion Externalities and Day-and-Date Strategies", Under Revision.
Chu, L. Y., N. Shamir, and H. Shin, (2013) "Strategic Communication for Capacity Alignment with Pricing in a Supply Chain", Under Revision.
Shamir, N. and H. Shin, (2013) "Public Forecast Information Sharing in a Market with Competing Supply Chains", Under Revision.
Kim, B. C., T. Mukhopadhyay, H. Shin, and D. Sun, (2013) "An Investigation of Competition among Support Service Providers for Open Source Software", Under Revision.
Wang, J. and H. Shin, (2013) "Impact of Downstream Competition on Innovation in a Supply Chain", Submitted.
Wang, J. and H. Shin, (2013) "Impact of Upstream Competition on Innovation when Selling Through an Intermediary Retailer", Submitted.
Mnyshenko, O., V. Krishnan, and H. Shin, (2014) "Inclusive Innovation: Broader Market Coverage for Innovative Products with Deliberate Supply Chain Leadership," Submitted.
Cui, R., and H. Shin, (2014) "Sharing Aggregate Inventory Information with Customers: A Strategic Way of Cross-selling," Working paper.
N. Shamir, and H. Shin, (2014) "Information Sharing in a Supply Chain with a Trade Association under a Wholesale Price Contract," Working paper.


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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said Wednesday that controlling costs should not mean dramatic changes to Social Security and Medicare.
The Missouri Democrat endorsed more financial means testing for Medicare and efforts to create incentives to control costs. She also suggested levying taxes for Social Security on a greater portion of wealthier people's income.
Right now, taxes for Social Security are charged on the first $110,100 of earned income. McCaskill supports levying the taxes on the entire income of those earning at least $250,000 and argues that the additional revenue would help shore up the program's financial footing.
"If we would raise that cap slightly, you get enough additional revenue into the system that it makes the program sound for another 75 years without tinkering with the age of retirement or the size of the benefit," she said.
McCaskill contrasted her approach to Social Security and Medicare with that of Republican opponent, Congressman Todd Akin. During a conference call with reporters Wednesday, McCaskill charged that Akin wants to privatize Social Security and turn Medicare into a program offering vouchers for private insurance coverage.
Akin, who represents a suburban St. Louis congressional district, previously said he supports vouchers for Medicare but does not want to privatize the program. On Social Security, Akin has said the retirement age could be raised and that he supports consideration for letting people invest in 401k-style plans.
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Pregnancy is a magical time period whether the conception is planned or a complete surprise. You need to take care of yourself during the pregnancy to ensure both you and the baby come out in good health. Determining if you are pregnant is tricky. It is important to identify conception early to avoid problems caused by a poor diet or a lack of pre-natal vitamins. Your body gives off certain signs as soon as conception occurs. Rule out other causes of these symptoms, like common illnesses, before assuming you are pregnant.
One of the first signs is a late period. Keeping clear records of your periods will help you determine if one is late. Other causes of a delayed period include:
Once you suspect that your period is a few days late, you can use an over-the-counter pregnancy test. Some tests can measure pregnancy days before a late period actually occurs. This works for women who are trying to conceive, but most women have no reason to use one of these tests if they aren't trying to get pregnant.
Tracking your periods regularly can help you avoid surprise pregnancies. Some women have a menstrual cycle every 28 days, while others go as long as 40 days between each instance. Irregular periods with varying dates can become regular with the help of birth control. Keeping track of your menstruation also gives you an idea of when you are ovulating, making it easier to know the perfect window for conception. As soon as you realize your period is late, stop using any illegal drugs and do not drink alcohol in large amounts until you take a pregnancy test. This can help prevent accidental damage to the developing blastocyst.
The only way to answer this question is to consider the previous chances for conception. Look for changes in your lifestyle or lapses in birth control coverage that could have led to egg fertilization. Think back to any chances of conception that occurred in the last month or two. Remembering an instance of unprotected sex can help you figure out how far along you could be. Once you know which part of pregnancy you would be in, you can compare the common symptoms to how you are currently feeling.
Many women do not encounter any early pregnancy symptoms. A missed or late period are one of the first signs these women experience. A period that is a week late can be a serious surprise. Most of the earliest symptoms are very vague. It is easy to confuse a mild stomach bug or pre-menstrual cramping as signs of pregnancy. If you believe that you are pregnant, see a doctor for a blood test to officially confirm it. Symptoms include:
The weeks between the very beginning of pregnancy and the 12 week mark can be very rocky. Your sense of smell continues to increase, making it even harder to deal with your husband's smelly socks or opening a can of tuna. Your breasts will continue to swell and soreness increases. The milk producing glands in your breasts are growing to accommodate the production of breast milk, but don't expect any milk just yet. You'll continue to experience periodical nausea. Common symptoms of pregnancy at 8 weeks include:
As the last three months of pregnancy march forward, nausea and indigestion tends to fade away. Your stomach will grow visibly over the weeks, and fatigue will continue to be an issue. Stay hydrated and eat well to avoid headaches. If you are still experiencing nausea and vomiting, your doctor may be able to give you medication to control it, especially if it is causing dehydration. Common third trimester symptoms also include:
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Author: Gail Carriger
Series: Parasol Protectorate (#5)
Publisher: Orbit
How Received: library
Review of Soulless (#1)
Review of Changeless (#2)
Review of Blameless (#3)
Review of Heartless (#4)
Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss. Of course, being Alexia, such bliss involves integrating werewolves into London High society, living in a vampire's second best closet, and coping with a precocious toddler who is prone to turning supernatural willy-nilly. Even Ivy Tunstell's acting troupe's latest play, disastrous to say the least, cannot put a damper on Alexia's enjoyment of her new London lifestyle.
Until, that is, she receives a summons from Alexandria that cannot be ignored. With husband, child, and Tunstells in tow, Alexia boards a steamer to cross the Mediterranean. But Egypt may hold more mysteries than even the indomitable Lady Maccon can handle. What does the vampire Queen of the Alexandria Hive really want from her? Why is the God-Breaker Plague suddenly expanding? And how has Ivy Tunstell suddenly become the most popular actress in all the British Empire?
Spoilers ahead for the Parasol Protectorate series.
I'm going to miss this series.
Honestly, I could praise the plot of this story -- I had some points figured out, and some I didn't -- and I could praise the continuation of the world building and the beautiful plot continuity itself.
But what's the point?
The reason that I have always loved this series and the reason I will always love this series is because its characters. Alexia Tarabotti is everything I want to be as I get older - smart and sassy and demanding and kind and clever and a large fan of pastries. Lord Maccon is hot and angry and kind and loving and angry and a werewolf and immortal and gorgeous and flawed and beautiful.
Oh, and Biffy! Dear, dear Biffy! I was not expecting you to be so important, but oh, you were! And then your plot was beautiful and unexpected and I was so very PROUD! (Which, if you note, is a silly emotion for a character that you didn't write and had no attachment to prior to this book, but still. Perhaps it was pack pride?)
Akeldama is as hilarious and intelligent as always, and Madame Lefoux is always a tricky and interesting character to read about.
Prudence was perfection in the form of a two-year-old. Everything she said had me giggling or wincing on behalf of those in the room with her. Who would have thunk a two year old would be such a great character!?
But that's Carriger for you. That woman could rewrite the phone book and I would read it. Her characters are always multidimensional and interesting and I've fallen in love with all of the -- even the villains, to an extent. They're just... ugh. So good.
And for the record? Lord Maccon and Alexia will always be my OTP (one true pairing, for those of you not familiar with fandom terms) above every other pairing. I've never met a couple I've loved so much.
Overall Rating & Final Comments: 10/10. Carriger's writing is witty and hilarious, and her characters will stay with you for a lifetime.


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McLaren have again insisted that no staff member other than suspended chief designer Mike Coughlan had knowledge of the Ferrari documents found at his home. It follows claims in the Italian press that Coughlan had made other McLaren personnel aware of the material.
A statement from the team said: McLaren is concerned that erroneous speculation has arisen from inaccurate and misleading reference to the contents of confidential legal papers filed at court in response to Ferraris UK action to recover its intellectual property. This is unfortunate and is prejudicial to a fair interpretation of these matters.
McLaren can confirm from its own investigation that no Ferrari materials or data are or have ever been in the possession of any McLaren employee other than the individual sued by Ferrari. The fact that he held at his home unsolicited materials from Ferrari was not known to any other member of the team prior to the 3rd July 2007.
Furthermore, McLaren has categorically established that no Ferrari information has at any stage been used to develop its car.
McLaren looks forward to having the opportunity to present the complete and accurate picture of events in the appropriate forum, that is before the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on 26th July 2007.


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Meet This Grain: Oats
by Dana Angelo White in Healthy Tips, September 29, 2009
We're all pretty familiar with old-fashioned rolled oats, but there's more to this whole grain than oatmeal.
Oat Options
Rolled oats are the classic choice, but you can also find oats in the form of oat flour, oat bran and my favorite, steel cut oats. Steel cut oats (a.k.a. Irish oats) are shorter, thicker grains; they haven't been flatten or "rolled." You can cook them water just like rolled oats, and they have a nuttier flavor and crunchier texture. Steel cut oats do take a bit longer to cook (check the package for directions), but they're worth the effort. I like to cook them into large oatmeal batches ahead of time and store in the fridge — then I just pop them in the microwave as needed.
Why Are Oats "Healthy Eats"?
One cup of cooked oats has about 150 calories, 3 grams of healthy fat, 4 grams of fiber and 6 grams of protein. Oats also contain iron and energy-boosting B-vitamins such as thiamin, riboflavin and niacin and are especially high in soluble fiber, the kind that helps lower cholesterol when you mix it into a healthy diet.
See why oatmeal made our list of foods that boost brain power.
What To Do With Oats
There are endless morning oatmeal variations (I've been on a cinnamon, blueberry and walnut kick lately), but you can add oats to homemade granola, cookies, pancakes, muffins and snack bars. The oats add fiber, flavor and help give foods a chewy texture. Oat flour and oat bran work well in bread, pancake and muffin recipes. You can even use oats on your skin — many homemade facial masks contain oats to help soothe and moisturize.
Many people ask me if instant oatmeal is a healthy sub for slower-cooking rolled oats and they are; just stick to the unflavored, unsweetened kind. Mix your own flavorings such as fresh or dried fruit or a drizzle of honey or maple syrup. Instant oatmeal cooks up quickly because it's been partially cooked and then dried. It's a time saver, but I like the texture of cooked rolled oats better.
- Recipes to Try:
- Apple Harvest Oatmeal
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- Cherry Vanilla Oatmeal
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The Boston-based firm today released findings from its 2013 Tablet Study with the data suggesting that tablet magazines are beginning to curry favor with all readers.
Surveying 1,293 U.S. adult tablet users (note: this figure is on tablet users, not just owners), the firm found that 23% of these folk currently read digital magazines on tablet as opposed to print, but expects this to rise to 65% by 2020.
Approximately 13% of tablet users admitted to buying a single issue magazine or subscription on their device in the last 30 days and the report also hinted at a growing faith with digital reading as a whole. Indeed, two-thirds (67%) of tablet users now consider digital books to be a more trustworthy source of information than the word of friends and family.
When it came to which tablets these readers owned, it was a resounding victory for Apple's iPad, which accounted for 62% of devices. Amazon's Kindle Fire came in a second place with 26%, while only 4% of tablet users said they had access to Google's Nexus 7.


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It shouldn't be 1350 and you guys know it. It's not comparable to Mecha Kha'zix, sorry.
It would make more sense if you are able to change people into a meat on bone's with 2 circle eyeballs and they hop to get away. For lulu.
Lulu mainer, but skipping Dragon Trainer on account of the price. This was going to be an instabuy, but honestly, I have enough trouble justifying 975 RP for a skin. 1350 is a deal-breaker here; I took the Mecha-Kha'Zix skin, but a new Pix model doesn't make this comparable by a long shot. Doesn't help that he's my least favorite part of the skin (too big). I'll stick to Bittersweet unless this goes on sale sometime.
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The Lulu skin is cool but too expensive.
If skin prices match the effort put into them, is that so wrong? Riot Points are essentially an easy way for Riot to convert their work-hours into a standard currency. While one might be less likely to buy these skins at these prices, the alternative is to reduce the price BELOW normal to sell mass quantities. Then of course the skin isn't special anymore. There's a sharp edge on either side of the coin I suppose. Something to point out if you extrapolate: Riot is taking the short end of the stick here. They will likely sell less Dragon Trainer Lulu skins and despite the increased price, may not make the work-hours back. But to make the customer's investment worth more, the rarity of the skin is also increased by the price.
No basketball player Darius skin? Me sad
Glad to see Daruis got new skin but its kinda lame.Daruis is all about his bleed not poison so why try to change that.Id like to see him get a new skine that has more to do whit the bleed affect.I think since they are makeing the champs now have different types of moves or abbilities they could of done lot more for Daruis.
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Hello All,
I'm a Sound Engineer in the Seattle area. A local Producer and member turned me on to your site and I thought I should say "Hi" instead of lurk. I've worked on all types of projects but I really enjoy the doc world. The last doc project I worked on that's been completed was A WINK AND A SMILE by Deirdre Timmons. A film about 10 women and a local burlesque class for non-professionals.
I'm looking forward to learning from your community and, if I can, passing on some of my knowledge.
Matt Sheldon