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What's included?
The fee includes tuition, accommodation, breakfast, social events and local transport.
What's not included?
Travel costs to and from Prague, meals (other than breakfasts and social events), travel and health insurance, visa and personal expenses.
Payment dates (standard fees)
To confirm your place on the course, we need to receive a 50% deposit payment by May 31. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The outstanding balance must be paid not later than 30 June, 2013.
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Payments can be made by check (cheque) or bank transfer. Please quote your name and "FC Course" when making a payment. If paying via bank transfer, please be sure to transfer the correct currency into the corresponding account.
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October 2014: Jens Stevens' recent paper in Canadian Journal of Forest Research selected as this month's "Editor's choice"
New Fynbos book released! Includes a chapter led by Jasper Slingsby on "The assembly and function of Cape plant communities in a changing world".
The lab's first postdoctoral researcher, Brooke Jacobs started a new job in the Ecosystem Conservation Division of the California Dept of Fish & Wildlife.
August 2014: Melis Akman received funding from NESCent to lead a workshop on RNAseq methods at the Workshop on Quantitative Evolutionary Biology in Izmir, Turkey.
Andrew is helping lead a working group on multispecies modeling as part of SAMSI's Mathematical and Statistical Ecology program for 2014-2015.
July 2014: Tina Heger's new paper, "Does experience with competition matter?" was selected to be a "Highlighted Article" by its journal PPEES
June 2014: The lab's first graduate student, Dr. Jens Stevens received his PhD in June! He's currently doing postdoctoral work with Malcolm North.
Allie Weill received this year's Spurr Service Award from the Graduate Group in Ecology.
May 2014: Katie Eskra and Allie Weill are helping establish a citizen science project on phenology at Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve.April 2014: NSF funded a Harrison-Latimer RAPID proposal: "RAPID: Using the historic Californian drought to gain a predictive understanding of the effects of severe climatic events on plant communities". Field sampling is already done and we are starting to look at drought-induced patterns.

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Skill Mastery: Mind Sear {WoW}
Sep 26th 2008 2:24PM That doesn't make any sense though...you're seering the mind of the target, which creates an AOE effect. Would it make sense to Mindseer someone on your team? No. You need to differentiate the actual spell mechanic and the name of the spell and it's purpose.
Skill Mastery: Mind Sear {WoW}
Sep 26th 2008 2:21PM If the other targets are going to die before your next one goes off, you shouldn't be using it again anyway if it wastes mana. If they're about to die your first AOE did it's job. I forsee the best way of doing this is SW:Ping the mobs and then the Mind Sear to finish them off. Make sense?
Skill Mastery: Mind Sear {WoW}
Sep 26th 2008 2:12PM The fact the target dies is not an issue....if you're AOEing a pack, there's going to be another target, just target the next mob. Having to switch targets on a spell isn't an issue, it makes you think a little more, making the game more FUN! I've been a priest main for 3 years and a Spriest for 2, and the class is awesome, but isn't the funnest thing in the world. This spell looks like it'll give me a bit more to do and involve a little more thinking, which is always a good thing!


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Orange County
Banning Ranch EIR Upheld by Appellate Court
By Katherine Hart on 23 January 2013 - 10:16amThe Fourth District Court of Appeal has upheld the City of Newport Beach's environmental impact report for the Banning Ranch development, rejecting a challenge by a local conservancy which asserted piecemeal environmental review and the adequacy of the impacts of a park the city is building adjacent to Banning Ranch. The court of appeal affirmed the trial court's judgment and denial of the writ.
Anaheim Reinvents the Train Station
By Morris Newman on 23 October 2012 - 8:00pmThe $188 million Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), which broke ground earlier this month, is the most recent example of a fast-growing list of public facilities with big ambitions: the local transit hub that connects local and regional transit rail lines with bus service, taxies, bicycle locks and sometimes business services for travelers. The anticipation of high-speed rail also adds some drama to the Anaheim transit center.
Disney's Newest Attraction Turns Cars into Fantasy
By Josh Stephens on 6 June 2012 - 3:07pmJust as new policies are arising in California to wean Californians off their cars, a force more powerful than public policy has arisen to get the next generation all amped up about driving. No, gas prices haven't plummeted and high speed rail isn't dead (yet). Those would be child's play compared to Cars Land -- the newest "world" at Disney's California Adventure theme park.
Individual Patients Cannot Sue to Overturn Zoning Prohibiting Marijuana Dispensaries
By Cori Badgley on 16 February 2012 - 10:12amThough medical marijuana may be legal in California, cities thus far have no obligation to ensure that patients have ready access to cannabis-based medicines. There have been several attempts by medical marijuana dispensary proponents to get the courts to recognize the right of prospective proprietors and co-ops to establish dispensaries, regardless of what the local zoning code allows. Thus far, these attempts have failed. The most recent attempt in Traudt v. City of Dana Point (2011) 199 Cal.App.4th 886, is no different.
Sunset Beach Lawsuit Clouds Future of 'Island' Annexations
By Josh Stephens on 12 April 2011 - 6:32pmThe Malibu policeman's immortal warning "keep out of my beach community!" in the 1998 leisure-sport epic The Big Lebowski could just as easily have been uttered last autumn by certain residents of Orange County's unincorporated community of Sunset Beach. In this case, though, they would not be shouting at The Dude but rather at the entire City of Huntington Beach.
Instead, a group of Sunset Beach residents are suing the City of Huntington Beach for, they say, unfairly imposing a 5% Users Utility Tax on them.
Irvine Co. Land Donation Keeps Some of OC Wild
By Josh Stephens on 13 September 2010 - 5:27pmOrange County is known for its miles of tract homes, car traffic and a booming economy. Much of that growth is due to the work of the Irvine Company, which has shaped a swath of the central county through its control and development of 93,000 acres that were once one of California's great ranches.
Adult Business' First Amendment Rights Prevail Over Procedural Constraints
By Josh Stephens on 3 August 2010 - 10:29pmIn a case involving the City of Stanton's "sensitive use ordinance," the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled that the city's handling of an application for an adult business was flawed.
On December 1, 2008, Musa Madain submitted tenant improvement plans for a proposed adult cabaret on Katella Avenue. At the same time, he allegedly also attempted to submit the appropriate application and fee for an adult business. However, Madain claims he was told by city staff at the planning counter that the application and fee were not necessary. Two weeks later, Madain received a letter from the city manager stating his tenant improvements were rejected on the grounds his application was incomplete and that it was proposed within 300 feet of a "planned" church.
Irvine Embraces Infill
By Josh Stephens on 2 August 2010 - 10:02amJamboree Road might not become the next Park Avenue, but a new vision plan recently completed by the City of Irvine signals a major shift away from the suburban lifestyle of Orange County. One of the early cities to pioneer the strict segregation of office-park style commercial development from master-planned residential areas, Irvine will be allowing thousands of new residential units into its business core in the coming decades.
Liquidation of State Property Puts Costa Mesa Voters in Control of Fairgrounds
By Josh Stephens on 2 June 2010 - 8:32pmWhether or not the state's "fleet reduction" plan to sell 11 properties for an estimated $2 billion makes the slightest bit of fiscal sense remains to be seen (see CP&DR Blog April 29, 2010). As the state wallows in a $20 billion deficit, the most palpable impacts of the sale may fall someplace other than Sacramento, including Costa Mesa.
Wary of intensive development of the 150-acre site of the Orange County Fairgrounds, residents of the City of Costa Mesa will vote on whether to amend the city's general plan requiring voter approval for any future zoning changes or major developments. The intent of the plan is to ensure that any future, post-sale uses will remain consistent with the site's historical uses.
Another OC City Considers Vesting Zoning Power in Voters
By Josh Stephens on 2 June 2010 - 8:29pmAs residents of one of the nation's oldest master-planned cities, Mission Viejo voters will be asked, essentially, to decide whether the city's planners got it right the first time.
Measure D, billed by its backers as the "Right to Vote Amendment," would update the city's general plan to require all projects seeking a "major amendment of planning policy documents" to not only go through the city's existing approvals process but also receive final approval via a popular vote. The measure is intended, say backers, to provide an extra layer of protection against projects that might be inconsistent with or detrimental to the city's character.


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» Year in Review: 2004 » Holiday Gift Packages » Rockin' e-town in December » Rockin' the National Park Service! » Interview with David Gans » How Can You Help?
Year in Review: 2004
It has been an incredible year for Rock the Earth and we are extremely grateful for the help and inspiration of our Members, Volunteer Staff, Board of Directors, Advisory Board, family, friends, musicians and music lovers who have helped us achieve so much this year! We thought it would be nice to show you how much we have accomplished in our first year. Expect much more to come in 2005!
In December 2003, RtE did not yet have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status and was based in Pittsburgh, PA with a Volunteer Staff of 17 and only five Board Members.
Rock the Earth was granted its official 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by the IRS in February 2004. We immediately began accepting our first tax-deductible donations and building our membership. Today RtE has an active office in Denver, CO, and is awaiting incorporation in Colorado. We now have a Volunteer Staff of 21, seven Board Members, two Advisory Board Members and our first paid Intern beginning work in January.
In December 2003, RtE did not yet have a website, a newsletter or a membership and outreach program.
Today we have a frequently-updated and informative website with information about Rock the Earth actions, events and membership, as well as details about all of our projects. We also have a very active membership and outreach program that includes regular participation in concert events and festivals nationwide. This year RtE organized its first cross-country Summer Tour, tabling over 50 events in 16 states, raising awareness about RtE and environmental issues such as mining and drilling, pesticide use, ozone pollution, and the importance of wetlands. We currently have over 325 members and over 1,500 people on our mailing list, many whom are interested in volunteering for RtE.
In December 2003, RtE had not written any grant applications or established any partnerships with sponsors.
This year RtE has received two grants and we continue to work on additional funding opportunities for 2005. Thanks to our hard-working Fundraising Committee, consisting of four Volunteer Staff, we received grants that provided two Rock the Earth banners that allowed us to table multiple events across the country this summer, and provided funds for part-time administrative assistance in our Denver, CO office. We currently have several other proposals and applications for funding under review that would provide general operating expenses as well as salaries and training opportunities.
In December 2003, RtE had not approached or collaborated with any musicians on projects or events.
This summer RtE organized an elaborate summer outreach tour with bands such as the String Cheese Incident, Barenaked Ladies & Alanis Morissette, Dave Matthews Band, the Acoustic Planet tour and many festivals from coast to coast. At several of these festivals, RtE organized intimate gatherings with musicians such as Hot Buttered Rum String Band, Railroad Earth and New Monsoon to enjoy music and conversation about the environment.
Last month we held our first benefit show at the Connecticut Yankee in San Francisco, which featured music by the Jambay Trio, the Geo Trio and David Gans. Right now RtE is collaborating with musicians on several projects across the country, including: helping the Alliance to Save the Mattaponi prevent the King William Reservoir Project in Norfolk, VA, a project brought to us by Sugar Hill recording artist Scott Miller; researching the dropping water levels of the Great Lakes at the request of Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies; and reviewing several environmental issues concerning the St. John's River in Florida at the suggestion of the Trucks Family (both Derek Trucks and Butch Trucks are in the legendary Allman Brothers Band).
We have some incredible momentum at the end of this productive and exciting year and we look forward to many additional accomplishments in our Year in Review for 2005!
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Finish Your Gift List with Rock the Earth Gift Packages!
Are you having trouble finding the perfect gift for friends and family on your gift list? Do want to give them a unique gift they'll love that really makes a difference? Get that special someone a gift package from Rock the Earth!
We have some wonderful gifts for the music lovers and environmentalists on your gift list, each of which comes with a membership to Rock the Earth and will help us continue to Defend the Planet One Beat at a Time. You can choose from several gift packages that include a One Love Vol. 1 2 CD set with music by artists such as Michael Franti, New Monsoon, ALO, and Steve Kimock; a specially designed RtE long-sleeved, organic cotton/hemp blend, winter t-shirt by artist Yvette Chappuis; a JamCam Chronicle DVD, featuring behind-the-scenes festival footage and interviews with Rock the Earth staffers from our 2004 Summer Tour; and signed and numbered seriagraph prints (limited edition of only 500!) printed on 25% hemp/75% post-consumer waste paper by such notable artists as Emek, Jeff Wood, and Gary Houston.
Don't let this holiday season pass you by without purchasing gifts for your friends and family that will make a lasting impression ~ buy them a great gift that also helps to protect the environment! Order by December 15th to make sure it arrives by Christmas!
Rockin' E-town in December
This month Rock the Earth continues its partnership with e-town as it participates in two more events at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, CO. E-town is an exciting weekly radio broadcast heard nationwide on public and commercial radio stations. The live taping of e-town brings together today's top musical artists for an intimate performance as well as conversation about the world around us.
On December 5th e-town featured inspiring and energetic performances by the legendary Mavis Staples and singer-songwriter-surfer, Donavon Frankenreiter. Rock the Earth volunteers were thrilled to be able to participate in this wonderful show that featured songs off Ms. Staples' new CD, Have a Little Faith, including a wonderful version of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and "God is Not Sleeping." She brought the crowd to their feet with sing-along-versions of "I'll Take You There" and "I Ain't Gonna Study War No More." The highlight of the show was when Donavan Frankenreiter joined her for a wonderful version of The Band's "The Weight," a song that Ms. Staples has made her own since appearing with the legendary band in the Martin Scorsese movie, "The Last Waltz." In between the music were interview interludes in which Ms. Staples regaled the audience with stories about opening for Jimi Hendrix and meeting Martin Luther King, Jr., while Donavon Frankenreiter spoke of surfing in Iceland.
The December 16th taping of e-town will feature Shawn Colvin with David Lowery and Johnny Hickman from the bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven for another inspiring night of music and conversation.
Rockin' the National Park Service!
The Colorado River needs your help. In October, the National Park Service (NPS) released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) addressing how the stretch of the Colorado River which travels through Grand Canyon National Park will be managed. The Colorado River courses through some of the most spectacular scenery in North America. As a scientific resource, the Grand Canyon is a mecca for geologists, geographers, and biologists throughout the world. It is also a place of tremendous natural and historic interest; a place of beauty, peace, quiet or exciting adventure. The Colorado River within the Grand Canyon National Park ("GCNP") is the longest stretch of recreational whitewater in the world and offers one of the most sought-after river trips in the United States as well.
In 2002, RtE had commented that the Colorado River is not being managed in accordance with law and policy and that substantial modifications were warranted to the way that the Colorado River is managed. We recommended that the NPS consider altering management of the Colorado River so as to implement policies and corrective actions that remedy the problems that protect against further impairment to park resources and values. Alternatives that should have been considered should include: a restoration of natural flows to the Colorado River; the elimination of motorized river transport on the Colorado River; and the equalization of access to the river that does not favor commercial interests over others.
The recent draft EIS does not adequately address these concerns, ignores the deleterious impact of the Glen Canyon Dam on species and biota in and along the river, continues to allow for motorized transport through the canyon, maintains access discrimination against private boaters in favor of commercial interests and recommends changes that actually increases the number of people who may travel the river, thereby increasing the damage to the environment.
The deadline to comment on the draft EIS is January 7, 2005. While RtE will be submitting extensive legal and technical comments on the draft EIS, there is strength in numbers. We encourage you to write individual letters/emails to the NPS on this important issue. You can submit your comments to:
CRMP Project Grand Canyon National Park PO Box 129 Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023 Fax: 928-638-7797 E-mail form: http://www.nps.gov/grca/crmp
In your comments, we recommend that you make the following points:
Background and more information about this issue can be found at www.rocktheearth.org/projects/crmp.ws.
Interview with David Gans
We've added a new section to our newsletter so that you can hear from musicians, members and other environmentalists about their environmental concerns and inspiration! This month we are featuring David Gans -- musician, producer, author, music journalist, and long-time host of the nationally syndicated radio show, The Grateful Dead Hour. He was one of many musicians that participated in our first benefit show last month in California and is an inspiring musician and person who is also a passionate environmentalist. Here's what David had to say...
RtE: What environmental issue(s) do you consider to be the most critical at this time?
DG: I don't know. There are so very many - global and regional and local - that it's hard to prioritize. I suppose we should start at the global end and see what can be done about global warming, air and water pollution, and making resources available to everyone. This would entail reducing the growth of corporate power and curtailing/reversing privatization of public infrastructure. But it's also really important to deal with regional and local matters such as suburban sprawl, destruction of wetlands and wildlife habitat, recycling and waste disposal, etc.
RtE: What has inspired you to combine environmental activism with your music?
DG: Being alive and awake in the last half of the 20th Century. I was at San Jose State College on the first Earth Day, in 1970, when they buried a car -- a gesture whose hamfisted symbolism was soon reconsidered. But the seeds were planted early, and people of my generation came of age with a firm belief that it's the obligation of individuals to tread lightly on the Earth and keep it clean.
RtE: Where is your favorite place in nature to go to find solace or inspiration?
DG: Southern Utah. The history of the planet laid bare! Every ridge, reef and canyon shows a different view of the story, and every time I go there I see something new and inspiring.
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Fairfield Inn & Suites Fort Wayne
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The Fairfield Inn & Suites is proud to call North Fort Wayne, along the popular Lima Road corridor, their home. The property is just 15 minutes from Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA), 4 miles from downtown, and close to ITT, Raytheon, American Red Cross, and Vera Bradley. Shopping, dining, exercise facilities, Spiece Fieldhouse, the Plex, Canlan Ice Sports and entertainment such as Sweetwater Sound, the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and Grand Wayne Convention Center are only a short distance from the hotel. At Fairfield Inn & Suites Fort Wayne, enjoy our complimentary hot breakfast, indoor pool & spa, and FREE high-speed Internet access. Our friendly staff looks forward to showing you our brand of hospitality - come in today and see just what "confident service" looks like! At the Fairfield Inn & Suites Fort Wayne, you're our #1 priority. We promise you'll be satisfied, or we'll make it right. That's our commitment to you. Ask us about The Fairfield 100% Guarantee.
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· American Dollars is the native currency.
· Check in time is 3:00 PM
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"A Moment of Serene Perfection"
Dr. Woohoo uses software developed to extract pixels by the millions in any image to then reconstruct the composition by using combinations of circles. All the colour data is analyzed and sorted, as part of a technique referred to as the visualization of colours. The compositions are printed onto a variety of surfaces that include rice paper and frescos by way of archival pigment inks. Dr, Woohoo has a new book out that takes a look at over 100 prints and shows the process—sort of what the colour composition of a picture might look like if you let your vision blur…
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Why Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) Stock Continues To Climb
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Zebra Technologies Corp.
(ZBRA - Get Report) are up 2.50% to $69.99 after the company announced this morning that they entered into an agreement with Motorola Solutions, Inc.
(MSI - Get Report) "in which Zebra will acquire Motorola's Enterprise business for $3.45 billion in an all-cash transaction."
Zebra said the "acquisition will be funded through a combination of cash on hand and new debt. The transaction, which was approved by the boards of both companies, is expected to be completed by the end of 2014."
Must Read: Warren Buffett's 10 Favorite Growth Stocks
TheStreet Ratings team rates ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CP as a Buy with a ratings score of A. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CP (ZBRA) a BUY. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 2.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 12.4%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- ZBRA has no debt to speak of therefore resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of zero, which we consider to be a relatively favorable sign. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 5.02, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
- Investors have apparently begun to recognize positive factors similar to those we have mentioned in this report, including earnings growth. This has helped drive up the company's shares by a sharp 46.75% over the past year, a rise that has exceeded that of the S&P 500 Index. Regarding the stock's future course, although almost any stock can fall in a broad market decline, ZBRA should continue to move higher despite the fact that it has already enjoyed a very nice gain in the past year.
- ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CP has improved earnings per share by 20.6% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CP increased its bottom line by earning $2.64 versus $2.35 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($3.45 versus $2.64).
- The gross profit margin for ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CP is rather high; currently it is at 52.01%. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Along with this, the net profit margin of 14.63% is above that of the industry average.
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: ZBRA Ratings Report
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Soo... yeahh... concert last night.
Most freaking amazing concer ever.
No really. I'm not kidding...
The lead singer and the bassist have been friends forever, apparently. Their names are Tim and Damien. If we're gonna go respectively, damien and tim. In case you didn't understand that, lead singer: bassist :: damien : tim. If you didn't understand that... pay more attention to state testing. ^^
Anywho, they're amazing. Like... they threw in all of these jokes between the songs and.. I dunno how to describe it. Like, somebody shouted something and damien goes "Did I just hear 'the phonebox is sexy? Well I mean... I guess that's kinda true, in that sense that things that are outdated are sexy. Like... ohhh, that's a sexy telegraph. I think that's why people liek corsets so much... not like, bondage, or because people like women to be mistreated, but like 'dayum, that corset's so old school."
Just weird stuff like that.
And they did a song entirely in those christmas bells. And the singer singing, but meh. It was awesome. oO
There was also something about bowels of steel. Apparently damien ate like a whole clam pizza or something before the show, so he and tim were joking about how that'd be bad... but of course it wouldn't, cuz he had bowels of steel. But, he was just joking about that....
The lead singer also went out into the crowd at one point. Just like... carried the microphone and sung in the middle of everybody.
For the encore, they all came out and stood with their back to us, four in a row. They were all wearing like a pinstripe jacket with square patterning on the back... turns out that square patterning was a bunch of lights. They ahd a slot machine effect until their backs spelled "okgo". The guitars they used for the encore had lasers coming out of their heads and like this fuzzy stuff coming out of the sides that lit up the color of the lasers..
And I got hit in the head with a tambourine that they were giving to the audience. Before somebody else grabbed it. It wasn't particularly fair... I think I deserve the tambourine that I got hit in the ehad with. :P
I dunno, I wish I could explain how great they were at including the audience.. and how funny they were. It was great. xD
And they put out a live recording of the concert... like, on a usb drive for anybody taht was there. It came with their newest videos, newest album, and apparently a few pictures, but I didn't get to see those... tryin' to leave my dad's house before dad got home and all that. >>
Damien's attractive. Just throwin' that out there. xD
Oh, and tim's the bald guy.
If you don't know who okgo is, they're the peeps that did the treadmill video. It's great, cuz they do everything themselves. :D
I'l shaddup now... I should be writing an essay. :P


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Kim is a beauty without makeup, as well as when she's fully done up. Which way do you like her — au natural or fully done?
It's not often that we see Kim Kardashian when she's not in full makeup. She's a girl who makes sure to put some on even when she goes to the gym! But a new photo catches Kim out, revealing her natural beauty.
Kim, 31, visited a nail salon in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, July 18 with a fresh face — and she looked great! We've also spotted her undone and out with boyfriend Kanye West recently, so he must love his girl both ways, just like us!
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um…..a whore is one who makes a sex tape that clearly was professionally done–she saw the success it gave paris Hilton. without that tape she never gets the opportunities she has had. we are a dumb society and stupidity and vainness are considered cool.. Wait till the insane plastic surgery adds up to age 40…she will look like bruce. when one of her 2 step sisters steal her thunder—-30+ is old in Hollywood –she will be so jealous. and if THESE girls become official whores…they will make more money than her. you can't possibly be that blind to the charade. FYI I think she is very good looking without make up. It will only get worse with each year of age. She will resemble Tammy Baker at some point.
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I think she is pretty without makeup. It is just her ways that are ugly that turn people off. @Bella I check my twitter everyday to see whats next in the Kim and Kris saga. I really don't care for Kanye or Myla. They are just place holders in this story. Kris/Kim have taken over the media since they met. Kris is interesting and different. He is not what you expect for her which make him unique. Sorta like the movie the notebook. I wonder is she going to fight to get him back. If Kanye was the one, they would have been together years ago in a serious relationship. Myla is hot mess that will suck Kris dry. They are still married', I wonder how it is going to end. Mmmmm…..
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all the media stories can't help with speculation….. Kim is not going back with Kris,,,, he's too nice of a guy for her, she likes roughnecks: Damon Thomas- music producer…. Ray J- "so called Singer"…. Reggie Bush- Footballer…. Kris H— "well raised, laid back" BBaller……. AND Kanye West- Rapper…. She aint going back to Kris H……
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Everytime I see Kris, I see Kim. I just can't picture them with Kanye or Myla. I am sorry, I can't. Kim might have done to much to publicly to push Kris toward someone else. This man is not going to chase her anymore, if she wants him it time to go and get him back. People are going to get hurt in this game of love. It is what it is. In difficult times you realize what you have and can't live without. In life we have one person who comes in our world blow it apart for the better. They challenge you to step outside the norm and see a different perspective. Although it can be the most painful experience, that one person pushes you to grow and change to a better version of you. Kris stated that Kim with no makeup on is when she is the beautiful woman he ever saw, If it is still fire it not over.
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You're the new sporting director at Audi race experience. What are your responsibilities?
"Obviously, I'm not entirely unfamiliar with the Audi race experience. I've been working as an instructor for Audi's large number of sporting customers ever since the program was incepted. I'm delighted that in 2012 Audi entrusted me to run the entire program. My task now is to offer our customers a perfect environment with a professional race team and to ensure an unforgettable experience for them. Our two new Audi R8 LMS ultra cars and the Nurburgring give us optimum prerequisites for doing so."
You're offering the sportiest drivers of the brand as many as five opportunities for a racing experience at the Nurburgring. What has been the response to this offer?
"Even before publishing the calendar we'd received numerous inquiries for this year. That's why only single places are left for VLN races number 4 and 7. The 24-hour race at the Nurburgring will again be the pinnacle of the season. Those who wish to drive with us should decide quickly."
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Vic Chesnutt: When the Bottom Fell Out
Last Christmas, Vic Chesnutt delivered on the promise of a career's worth of haunting, darkly comic songs and took his own life. David Peisner talks to his friends and family to get the untold story of one of rock's most curious characters. [Magazine excerpt]
On December 5, 2009, Vic Chesnutt sat onstage at the Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, backed by a six-piece band that included Fugazi guitarist Guy Picciotto, Quavers multi-instrumentalist T. Griffin, and members of the Montreal chamber-rock ensemble Thee Silver Mt. Zion. A Christmas tree decorated with ornaments towered behind them, and large stained-glass windows flanked the stage.
Chesnutt, his face heavy with scraggly stubble, propped a small wooden guitar on his lap as he slouched in the wheelchair he'd used since breaking his neck in a car accident in 1983. A blue long-sleeved shirt and brown pants covered his frail frame and a striped gardening hat perched atop his head. It was the final show of a 29-city tour, and Chesnutt was, according to Griffin, tired, in some noticeable physical pain, and bummed to be parting ways with his band. Talking to a reporter the day before, he called his backing group -- most had appeared on his recently released album At the Cut -- "the most powerful band anyone ever put together."
As the concert neared its end, that barely sounded hyperbolic. A harrowing, thunderous version of Chesnutt's self-lacerating opus "Coward" yielded to "Flirted With You All My Life," a tune the Athens, Georgiabased singer-songwriter had repeatedly described as "a breakup song with death." Over a lilting guitar, warm organ riff, and shuffling beat, Chesnutt, who had attempted suicide several times, sat, dwarfed by a massive wooden cross on the pulpit behind him, and howled the final chorus: "O Death, really, I'm not ready." He'd recently reiterated that point while discussing the song on NPR's Fresh Air, saying in no uncertain terms, "I'm not ready to kill myself."
Less than three weeks later, on Christmas Day, the 45-year-old Chesnutt was dead from an intentional overdose of muscle relaxants.
On a pretty evening in Athens, two months after Chesnutt's suicide, I sit outside a small café with Howe Gelb of the Tucson desert-folk iconoclasts Giant Sand. He's in town to play a Chesnutt tribute show.
"He was absolutely the finest singer-songwriter in this country," says Gelb. "Nobody sang better than him, nobody performed better. He influenced so many people."
Chesnutt never sold many records. According to Soundscan, his 14 albums moved 104,000 copies. In total. On first listen, his songs could sound bizarre, even silly, and his voice, which ranged from a nasally, Dylanesque whine to a savage bellow, was wildly unconventional. Despite being loosely characterized as a folk singer, he bounced freely among delicate acoustic ditties, stormy Southern rockers, punk stomps, country bummers, avant-garde art-rock collages, and goofy novelty tunes.
This creative restlessness did him no favors commercially, but his gift for language, his ability to scramble high and low culture, and juxtapose the sacred with the profane, uncovered the beauty, humor, and truth in some of the darkest corners of the world and himself, winning him a small but devoted following that included, it seems, every revered songwriter who'd ever heard him. Michael Stipe and Bob Mould were early supporters, Patti Smith and Jonathan Richman loved him, Kurt Cobain once stopped by his house to tell him he was a fan, and Neutral Milk Hotel's notoriously reclusive Jeff Mangum not only attended his funeral but closed it by singing "Independence Day," Chesnutt's 1990 salute to another hyperliterate suicide ("Hemingway, you did yourself justice / So here's to you, you articulate dead fisherman").
"He was this wickedly charming man singing truthful, well-crafted songs," says Lucinda Williams, after whom Chesnutt named one of his best-loved songs. "He deserved much more notoriety. Now that he's gone, maybe more people will listen."
A few hours after I meet Gelb, the Drive-by Truckers' Patterson Hood is onstage at the 40 Watt Club, in front of a crowd more in the mood for a raucous wake than a reverent memorial. Hood saw Chesnutt for the first time at the 40 Watt back in the mid-'90s and was blown away.
"Pretty much from the first song, I stood there with my mouth gaping open, amazed," he tells me later. "It was almost like a religious experience. He had this fearlessness about exposing things about himself or his feelings about things that might make people cringe or make his grandmama cry, but he could write about the most dark, primal stuff and still somehow be funny."
I had made tentative plans to meet up with Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous as well, but Linkous didn't show. He'd been to Chesnutt's funeral, and the two were close friends with a lot in common -- both idiosyncratic, Southern singer-songwriters with morbid streaks. Two weeks later, on the day when Linkous would shoot himself through the heart with a rifle, visitors to the Sparklehorse website were eerily greeted by a photo tribute to Chesnutt.
Later that night, Chesnutt's wife, Tina, makes the rounds, accepting concerned greetings from friends. The two got married in 1990, and for years she was his companion, caretaker, muse, and, frequently, his bassist. When I'd seen her previously, she'd always looked quiet and formidable -- the steady hand on Chesnutt's shaky vessel -- but now she looks exhausted, shell-shocked, and out of sorts. I introduce myself, and she forces a polite smile.
"I'm glad someone's writing about him, but I'm not ready to talk about it," she says, shaking her head. "I don't know if I'll ever be."
Read the complete Vic Chesnutt feature in the July 2010 issue of SPIN, on newsstands now.


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Grading the mile run?
Original post made by PA Mom, South of Midtown, on Oct 30, 2012
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a resident of Midtown
on Oct 30, 2012 at 11:40 am
What is "average weight" these days?
9:30 is pretty slow (depending on his age, not listed.) Go run a mile and time yourself for comparison. Innate "speed" isn't the issue at 9:30, it's lack of exercise and training, probably effort as well, imho.
Go out and run together and watch him.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Oct 30, 2012 at 11:49 am
Does he exercise outside of PE class? Maybe you should go running with him after school to help him work on his fitness.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Oct 30, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Not trying to be too harsh --- but you can walk (i.e., not run) a mile in about 10 minutes time. So I'm guessing your son isn't exactly putting too much effort into "running" a mile.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Oct 30, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Thank you for your comments. I have watched him run and timed him on weekends. He gets A's in every other category of P.E. When he's running he starts out fast and about 2/3 around the track he slows to a jog, but he's still jogging. I will try walking the mile fast and see how he does. The other problem with the school charts is that they are based on grade not age. He is one of the youngest in his class and 2 years behind in growth, but since he's in 8th grade he has to use the 8th grade rubrics. He is not a super fit kid, but he is not a D runner either. I'd say more like a C.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Oct 30, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Giving someone a "D" because they do not cotton to a particular exercise or activity in PE is stupid and counter productive not to mention negative to their self-esteem.
When I was in Paly I hated PE. I was young and got plenty of activity, much more than kids today, I just did not like to be forced or regimented then or even now.
I remember running the mile out by the field near the train tracks, and it taking about 12 minutes, because I did not like to run.
In fact, running was something I never have enjoyed. I never ran a mile until my mid 30's and began to run out by the bay. Then I found I enjoyed it - ON MY OWN - and would regularly run from Palo Alto to Mountain View and back several times a week and twice on weekends. It was something I had to develop myself.
Physical activity is important, I'll grant that, and I got a lot of it back then, but as long as a kid shows up and participates at whatever level they can without disrupting or being negative they ought to at least get a passing grade. The grading thing is just another way we beat the humanity our of our kids. Do we not yet realize that most of what we have been doing in this country along multiple dimensions has come home to roost and is not very productive.
The rating and ranking of kids like they are farm animals is dehumanizing and counter productive ... unless we really just want a .01% society. I'm sad to read this story, because even though I did not like PE when I was in High School at least they did not fail me in and add to my problems - and for no gain or reason.
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Oct 30, 2012 at 1:19 pm
To Crescent Park Dad:
Your comment was: "Not trying to be too harsh --- but you can walk (i.e., not run) a mile in about 10 minutes time"
Really? How do you figure that?
On the website "The Fitness Walking Guide" it says: "In general, the average walking speed is between 3.0 3.5 miles per hour which means you can walk one mile in 17 to 20 minutes. At this brisk pace, many people will receive the aerobic benefits of walking, such as strengthened cardiovascular system, lower blood pressure, less anxiety and improved overall physical fitness. "
Other sites generally estimate the MAX walking speed at 3.5-4.5 mph.
To go a mile in 10 minutes, you need to go at a 6 mph pace. Pretty much everyone agrees that at 6 mph, you are at a slow jog or a slow run -- not a walk.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Oct 30, 2012 at 1:53 pm
I once hated running, too, because I had asthma and it made me wheeze if I went too fast. I t was not until the asthma meds and inhalers really got good that I could enjoy running again.
You mentioned that he starts out fast,,then slows way down...is he having breathing trouble? Or tired legs? Or a sideache? For me, it was that my lungs just could not take in enough air to keep going, even though my legs were not at all tired.
The other thing you mentioned was his size. If he is the size of an eleven year old, it may be that he has the endurance of an eleven year old, and is simply unable to run a whole mile. Endurance takes a long time to develop, which is why in youth soccer the kids do not play on a full-size field until they are 14. And most soccer players are small.
It might be worthwhile to talk to your son's counselor about this, and see what intervention he or she can provide.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 30, 2012 at 2:23 pm
No way you can walk in 10min, unless you're really huffing hit. I'm older, and run at about just under 10 min at a nice conversation pace.
My wife walks fast, but still runs at 10min/mi
I'd love to see Crescent Park Dad on his 10min/mi "walks"
If his first timed mile was at 9:30/mi and he's improving, great. But, no need to stress over his PE times, unless he's very out of shape for his age. Tell him to go play outside instead of playing video games. Go ride bikes or walk on the weekends. Every little bit helps.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 30, 2012 at 2:25 pm
PA mom,
I would think improvement is what counts, and effort. It's really for your child's benefit for him to feel he can accomplish running faster and better.
If he's not making any improvement, you may want look into other possible reasons. But if there are no health or physical impairments, instead of making it a grade grievance, turn it int a good challenge.
Consistent improvement will be good. And you can maybe ask for the teacher's advice on how to help your son with that goal.
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a resident of Midtown
on Oct 30, 2012 at 3:50 pm
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a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 30, 2012 at 4:05 pm
My kid, no longer at JLS, is chronically ill. The kid was physically unable (and medically forbidden) to run or do heavy aerobic activity, but asked the doctor to let her do SOME PE in middle school and he reluctantly released them to walking and light weights. She regularly received Fs for the mile because she was not fast enough. She was made to feel like a total loser because she walked the mile, (even that knocked her out of school for a couple of days( notwithstanding the medical excuse. She eventually gave up and took the full PE excuse. I thought it was shameful to treat her this way, when her attitude was so positive. When so much of school is devoted to showing improvement, why is PE still about competitive ability?
a resident of Crescent Park
on Oct 30, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Average 5k pace isn't that fast: Web Link
Age:13 male:10:22:13 female:11:34:27
Age:14 male:09:28:24 female:11:31:58
For frequent runners 9.3 is slow. But for kids with little to no training or pacing experience, anything beyond that initial sprint is going to take some effort.
The good news is that it doesn't take much to improve this value. Run 4 miles 3-4 times a week and you'll be beating your PE teacher in no time.
a resident of JLS Middle School
on Oct 30, 2012 at 5:40 pm
JLS has a reputation for an awful PE department/PE teachers. When I was a student there in the late 80s I had a serious hip injury and was recovering from surgery for many months. I was excused from PE for half of the semester but was still never cleared to run by my doctors. The PE teacher gave me an F for the entire semester because I walked the mile. My parents fought the grade but I still had to retake the semester in summer school to have it erased from my transcript.
Advocate for your children! Most of our teachers in this district are amazing, but as parents, we know our kids best.
a resident of another community
on Oct 31, 2012 at 12:18 am
I think there should be a significant difference between the grade given to a child who runs, or even walks, compared to a grade given to child who does not try at all (not addressing medical issues here).
One of the places the participation does count, I think, even if the child walk.
Giving a D for being slow is not a big incentive compared to an F given when doing nothing. D sends a msg - why bother?
The good PE teachers (so I thought) I talked with supported this approach.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Oct 31, 2012 at 8:08 am
Quite honestly 9:30 isn't bad (at all). I don't know about JLS, but at Paly and Jordan they would grade you an A if you jogged the entire mile and got a speed similar to your average. They would drop you to a B if you weren't +/- 30 or 45 seconds of your average mile time so that if a 5:00 minute runner suddenly got a 9:10 they could grade him down.... but, of course, if you were sick or something they'd make exceptions. And it varied a bit teacher-to-teacher, some would grade you down if you weren't near 7:30 for guys and 8:30 for girls (maybe it was 8:00? I can't remember)
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 1, 2012 at 10:49 am
I'd get your kid to a good doctor who can diagnose subtle things like sleep apnea, auto-immune diseases and other things which involve fatigue. My kids had problems with running like that where there was no stimulation (no ball to be chased or friends to interact with). When their illnesses were treated, the mile time increased dramatically.
We were so lucky to be at a school like Terman where the PE teachers did not treat the kids they way they do at JLS.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 1, 2012 at 12:18 pm
I'll check my mile walk time.
If it makes any difference, I can swim a mile in 20 minutes...
a resident of Stanford
on Nov 1, 2012 at 2:39 pm
It seems pretty ridiculous to me to grade middles schoolers on their mile time. There are better ways incent improving one's running time. At Terman they give out t-shirts for sub-7 miles. Just being recognized in the sub -9 orsub-8 club or seeing if the whole class can achieve a sub-9 time would be more effective than grading students and would emphasize other values as well. Why do something that just makes some kids hate jogging rather than doing something that promotes jogging.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Nov 1, 2012 at 5:03 pm
why is gym a hazing ritual? Why is gym graded on anything other than participation, let alone giving a kid a D? What if you had some fun games that everyone participated in that were healthy outdoor activities and not a grade-grubbing competitive nightmare. One would hope that gym class at least would be something fun and relaxing but no, that too is made stressful. When will we learn?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 1, 2012 at 6:29 pm
I've had the opportunity to see PE at a couple elementary schools recently, the kids were having fun, the teacher was having fun, all the kids were participating. Then I walk by the Jordan field and see the mostly miserable faces jogging around the bumpy, muddy field next to a noisy construction site.
Not that the kids should run/jog but I always get the feeling that making th middle school kids run is simply laziness on the part of the PE teacher. If they are running, not need to plan anything fun or heaven forbid - teach them a sport or activity they may continue with as an adult or older teen.
PE should be pass/fail, effort only.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Nov 1, 2012 at 7:56 pm
At my school, the PE teachers grade on effort and improvement over the school year. They're ony graded against their own efforts, not the average 8th grader or whatever.
I would contact the teacher, ask for a meeting to discuss, and if it doesn't go well, speak with an administrator.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 1, 2012 at 8:23 pm
Why is PE graded at all, other than pass/fail? it is important, yes, but not academic and should not be graded the same way that academic subjects are. It certainly should not be allowed to affect one's GPA!
a resident of Palo Verde
on Nov 2, 2012 at 8:59 pm
I'm very sorry to hear JLS is grading PE so harshly. It's like a flashback to the 70s when I was in middle school. Every quarter I received an F in the flexibility test because I could not touch my toes while sitting straight-legged with my flat feet against the wall. My doctor said I have "short ligaments", but the PE teacher still gave me that F resulting in a B grade in PE and a 3.86 GPA every single quarter of 7th and 8th grade. I never had a 4.0 because I could not touch my toes. No Deans List for me....and you should have seen this overweight PE teacher - no way she could touch her toes! I'm in my late 40s (and can touch my toes most of the time after years of yoga), but I still remember this.
I'm sorry your son is experiencing this and I do think you ought to talk with the school. He is probably one of many who could potentially lose interest in fitness due to the all-or-nothing mentality that is best left in the 70s.
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 6, 2012 at 9:29 am
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I think PE is no different than other subjects.
It's reasonable to have objective standards (no curves) and grade appropriately.
PA Mom - what would you do if this was a math class and he was struggling?
If this were my kid, I would:
a) do some online research on how to train for 1 mile run. Talk to the PE teacher for suggestions, as well. From your description, it sounds like learning how to pace would be helpful. e.g. if his goal is 8 min mile, then use a digital watch to target 2 min / lap around the track.
b) do "daily PE homework" runs with my kid for 10 mins around the neighborhood. Consider earphones + music to make the run more fun. Or talk during the run. Associate running with positive feelings. I'd use smartphone running apps to track how far we run. Make it a game to continually increase the distance we run in the 10 minute period.
Team and Training has helped lots of out of shape folks learn how to run a marathon. With a team (you) and consistent training, your son will be able to reach his 1 mi goals.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Nov 9, 2012 at 1:40 am
Based on my experience with our two kids, currently at Gunn and JLS, much depends on who you have for your PE teacher. How frequent the students have to run the mile, how much weight is given to the mile-run in one's overall PE grade varies a good deal from teacher to teacher. I also wasn't aware that boys and girls are graded on different scales until my 6th grader brought it to my attention. I fail to understand why at that age, when girls are physically more mature and can often run faster than boys, the scale is tilted much in the girls' favor.
In my humble opinion, the goal of PE at a public school ought to be to promote kids to be physically active for a life time. It should not be a boot camp experience that makes them averse to running or exercising as soon as they are no longer required to take PE.
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Why not apply the same approach to overcome challenges in the nonprofit world? This project, funded by International Development Enterprise (IDE) as part of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, sought to provide NGOs and social enterprises with the tools to do just that. User Centred Design - Infographic Poster by Pascal Raabe. What's this all about?
The central premise of user centred design is that the best designed products and services result from understanding the needs of the people who will use them. —Design Council As a Graphic Design student in my second year, I took a year of self-directed study during which I had the pleasure to work with many interesting design studios and practitioners which got me interested in user centred design. Although I know that this diagram is by no means complete, I believe that it can be beneficial for students and design practitioners in various disciplines. User Experience Design.
June 21, 2004 I've been practicing information architecture since 1994, and from Gopher to Google have seen dramatic changes in the landscape of organization, search and retrieval.
Through these ten tempestuous years, I've found the infamous three circle diagram to be a great tool for explaining how and why we must strike a unique balance on each project between business goals and context, user needs and behavior, and the available mix of content. Figure 1. The Three Circles of Information Architecture.