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What I bought – 11 April 2012
"An empire that can provide a prince, one who might end up succeeding to the throne, a life of childish foolishness and happiness until the age of twenty-nine is necessarily doomed to collapse, dissolution, and annihilation." (Orhan Pamuk, from The Black Book)
What I bought – 31 August 2011
"Life is so embarrassing," he said. "How I love it." (Robert Boswell, from The Geography of Desire)
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What a bore it is, waking up in the morning always the same person. (Jeremy Leven, from Creator)
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"… No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the lifesensation of any given epoch of one's existence – that which makes its truth, its meaning – its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream – alone …" (Joseph Conrad, from Heart of Darkness)


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5 Welcome to Burlesquenicolarobertsfan | 23/02/2011 | See all nicolarobertsfan's reviews (2)I really don't understand how so many critics have given this fantastic film such bad reviews - it is seriously amazing. It's not like High School Musical or Glee where the cast start to spontaneously sing a song about whatever happens to be occurring at the time. Apart from the opening song by Christina, every other song that is sang is performed on stage at the Burlesque club as part of the show. The singing and music is fantastic and the entire film is visually stunning.
4 Show Me How You Burlesquecasscastillo | 28/02/2011 | See all casscastillo's reviews (32)To be honest, I adored this film though I did feel that it needed a bit of work. The acting was mediocre, especially from Cam Gigandet and Christina Aguilera. On the other hand, Cher, Eric Dane, Stanley Tucci and Kristen Bell were great. Cher, especially, blew me away. As a musician, she's a phenomenal actress and she's definitely underrated. As a musical, I loved it, and I watched it three times. The music was great - Christina was spectacular, though the acting - not so much. Overall, it's great.
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Posted in Manga News on July 23, 2008 by JohannaOooooh…. I liked the first one, so I'm there for this.
NANA 2 debuts on DVD on July 29, with an estimated retail price of $24.98. In support of the release, VIZ Pictures is holding a special NANA 2 poster giveaway promotion. Fans are encouraged to visit the film's dedicated official website at www.nanathemovies.com and enter the contest before August 20 for a chance to win a full-color poster featuring the cast of the film. Ten random winners will be selected.
NANA 2 continues to follow the highs and lows of two young beautiful women both named Nana. While they share the same name, they couldn't be more different. After meeting randomly on a commuter train, becoming close friends, and moving in together in the first film, NANA 2 focuses greatly on Nana "Hachi" Komatsu (played this time by Yui Ichikawa), who has become trapped in a love triangle with Takumi Ichinose, the bass player of her favorite band TRAPNEST, and Nobu, the handsome guitarist of The Black Stones. Things become really sticky because The Black Stones are fronted by the other Nana — Nana Osaki (Mika Nakashima), who continues to struggle to find musical success while she continues to harbor a secret relationship with TRAPNEST's guitarist Ren, who was The Black Stones' original bass player.
J-pop icon Mika Nakashima reprises her role as the punk rock beauty Nana Osaki and continues to develop that character's conflicted emotions and hard exterior but sensitive inner self. Actress and model Yui Ichikawa is freshly cast as Nana Komatsu and adds a new dimension to the characters from the extremely popular shojo manga, which has become a social phenomenon in Japan. The film was directed by Kentaro Otani, who also directed the original NANA, with the original theme song produced by Takuro from the popular J-rock band GLAY.
Interesting, that they've recast the naive one. That might work — her role seems the simpler one of the two.
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*cough* Actually, the switch pretty much worked against the movie. Actingwise, the old Hachi beats the new Hachi by a mile, and in the 2nd movie, Hachi becomes more complex, and the dramatic acting has to match that. Like I said… it didn't work out. Not only that, the new Hachi didn't even do sufficiently the "naive" side. It became annoying, because it was so one dimensional.
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The Lives Of Others
I found it slightly tiresome to watch and not to my liking. There were some really nice ideas throughout but it all boiled down to 'reading poetry will make you a good person'. That plus the fact that it was so long ago I watched means I'm not actually going to elaborate on my notes. Enjoy!
November 1984
"If you want to know whether someone is guilty or not, the best way is to keep asking until they no longer can"
"No one can find out about this until we've found something"
"You're such a miserable idealist, you're almost some big shot"
"The officer's table is over there." "Socialism has to start somewhere" True believer
"Not allowed to record senior comrades"
Stasi man wants us to feel bad for Georg. Christa was just raped.
Art/Love softens. Humanises.
Fomenting discontent (banning permit to make Hauser/Georg talk)
Art (acting?) makes us 'more ourself'. More than we are.
Such conflicted loyalties. Doesn't alert checkpoint/writes report/doesn't deliver it
Superior suspects. In writing please. Very thorough.
Wiesler directly lies to superior.
"This text has "Poet" written all over it. I'd be surprised if I was wrong"
"Illegal antipsychotic drugs" what is this I don't even
"futile heroism"
'What is there to write of in this Federal Republic? Nothing to believe in, nothing to fight against'
To learn that your life was saved by Stasi and you were betrayed by your lover.
fragende = inquisitor/questioning
glauben = think/believe
Star Trek (2009)
One of the worst films I've ever seen. I was so glad when it finished because it meant I could finally leave. I was so bored I couldn't even summon the energy to turn off the TV. Young Kirk was completely unbelievable, acting like some future-bro, everyone was grating, it was just a bad film. It doesn't even get a picture.


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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 212369, 15 pages
Research Article
Structural Health Monitoring of Tall Buildings with Numerical Integrator and Convex-Concave Hull Classification
1Departamento de Control Automatico, CINVESTAV-IPN, 07360 México, DF, Mexico
2Departamento de Computacion, CINVESTAV-IPN, 07360 México, DF, Mexico
Received 1 September 2012; Accepted 15 November 2012
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Burmese Python | |
Python bivittatus | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pythonidae |
Genus: | Python |
Species: | P. bivittatus |
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Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820 | |
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Burmese Python | |
Python bivittatus | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pythonidae |
Genus: | Python |
Species: | P. bivittatus |
Binomial name | |
Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820 | |
Synonyms | |
The Burmese python (Python bivittatus) is one of the five largest snakes in the world, native to a large variation of tropic and subtropic areas of Southern- and Southeast Asia. Until 2009 they were considered a subspecies of Python molurus, but now are recognized as belonging to a distinct species.[3] They are often found near water and are sometimes semi-aquatic, but can also be found in trees. Wild individuals average 3.7 metres (12 ft) long,[4][5] but have been known to reach 5.74 metres (19 ft).[6]
Burmese pythons are dark-colored snakes with many brown blotches bordered in black down the back. The perceived attractiveness of their skin pattern contributes to their popularity with both reptile keepers and the leather industry. The pattern is similar in colour, but different in actual pattern from the African rock python (Python sebae), sometimes resulting in confusion of the two species outside of their natural habitats. The African rock python can generally be distinguished by its tighter pattern of markings, compared to the Burmese python, which has bolder patterns, similar to those seen on a giraffe.[7]
In the wild, Burmese pythons grow to 3.7 metres (12 ft) on average,[4][5] while specimens of more than 4 metres (13 ft) are uncommon.[8][9] In general, individuals over 5 metres are rare.[8] The record maximum length for Burmese Pythons is held by a female named "Baby", that lived at Serpent Safari, Gurnee, Illinois, for 27 years. Shortly after death, her actual length was determined to be 5.74 metres (18 feet 10 inches). Widely published data of specimens that were reported to have been even several feet longer are not verified.[6] There are dwarf forms on Java, Bali and Sulawesi. On Bali they reach an average length of 2 metres (6.6 ft),[10] and on Sulawesi they achieve a maximum of 2.5 metres (8.2 ft).[11]
Burmese pythons are found throughout Southern- and Southeast Asia, including Eastern India, Nepal, western Bhutan, southeastern Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, northern continental Malaysia, far southern China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi and Yunnan),[12] Hong Kong, and in Indonesia on Java, southern Sulawesi, Bali and Sumbawa.[13] Burmese Pythons are also reported from Kinmen, very close to the Chinese mainland but in Taiwanese territory;[14] Burmese Python belongs to the fauna of Taiwan when Taiwan refers to the Republic of China, but not to the island of Taiwan.
This python is an excellent swimmer and needs a permanent source of water. It can be found in grasslands, marshes, swamps, rocky foothills, woodlands, river valleys, and jungles with open clearings. They are good climbers and have prehensile tails.
Python invasion has been particularly extensive in South Florida, where a large number of pythons have made their way to the Everglades.[15] It has been suggested that the current number of Burmese pythons in the Florida everglades has reached a minimum viable population and become an invasive species. More than 1,330 (US National Park Service website - December 31, 2009[16]) have been captured in the Everglades.
A paper published by the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggested that bird and coyote populations are threatened, as well as already-rare rival predatory species, such as Florida panthers.[17]
Florida's Hurricane Andrew was deemed responsible for the destruction of a python breeding facility as well as with possible zoo, warehouse,[18] and household escapees.
By 2007, the Burmese python was already established in Northern Florida, in the coastal areas of the Florida Panhandle (see map). In February 2008, USGS scientists published a projected range map for the US, based on average climate data of the snake's home range and global warming projections, which predicted that by the end of the 21st century these snakes could migrate to and flourish in as much as a third of the continental United States, including all three coasts.[19] However, a subsequent study produced a map incorporating both climatic extremes and averages which projected that the Burmese python's range as limited to Southern Florida.[20] Also, this projection was criticized in an unsigned Axcess News article as not having been peer-reviewed.[21] Burmese pythons kept throughout winter in an experimental enclosure in South Carolina all died during the study, apparently because they could not properly acclimate to the cold, but most survived extended periods at temperatures below those typical of southern Florida.[22]
Recently published in Integrative Zoology the study 'Environmental, physiology and behavior limit the range expansion of invasive Burmese pythons in southeastern USA' (Jacobson et al. 2012) contradicts the initial USGS study (Reed Rodda 2008) which claimed that non-native Burmese Pythons could expand as far north as the southern one third of the United States. Jacobson et al. (2012) along with three other cold climate studies, (Avery et al. 2010; Dorcas et al. 2011; Mazzotti et al. 2011) provide a combined claim that the Burmese Python will remain in the Everglades. Furthermore, other reputable herpetologists have commented on the controversial theory positing future migration past the Florida Everglades:
The National Geographic Society's Resident Herpetologist, Dr. Brady Barr, said "Climate data reveal that temperatures found in southern Florida simply are not conducive to the long term survival of large tropical snakes. When it gets cold, these snakes die." Dr. Barr also said "Feral Hogs are a bigger problem for the Everglades than pythons. The press has sensationalized this story to the point that people think the sky is falling. Hopefully comprehensive research such as Jacobson et al. will put an end to the hysteria."[23]
Burmese pythons are mainly nocturnal rainforest dwellers.[24] When young, they are equally at home on the ground and in trees, but as they gain girth they tend to restrict most of their movements to the ground. They are also excellent swimmers, being able to stay submerged for up to half an hour. Burmese pythons spend the majority of their time hidden in the underbrush. In the northern parts of its range, the Indian python may brumate for some months during the cold season in a hollow tree, a hole in the riverbank or under rocks. Brumation[25] is biologically distinct from hibernation. While the behaviour has similar benefits, specifically to endure the winter without moving, it also involves preparation of both male and female reproductive organs for the upcoming breeding season. There is controversy over whether the Burmese species is able to brumate.
Burmese pythons breed in the early spring, with females laying clutches which average 12–36 eggs in March or April. She will remain with the eggs until they hatch, wrapping around them and twitching her muscles in such a way as to raise the ambient temperature around the eggs by several degrees. Once the hatchlings use their egg tooth to cut their way out of their eggs, there is no further maternal care. The newly hatched will often remain inside their egg until they are ready to complete their first shedding of skin, after which they hunt for their first meal.[26]
Like all snakes, Burmese pythons are carnivorous. Their diet consists primarily of appropriately sized birds and mammals. The snake uses its sharp rearward-pointing teeth to seize its prey, then wraps its body around the prey, at the same time contracting its muscles, killing the prey by constriction. They are often found near human habitation due to the presence of rats, mice and other vermin as a food source. However, their equal affinity for domesticated birds and mammals means that they are often treated as pests. In captivity their diet consists primarily of commercially available, appropriately sized rats, graduating to larger prey such as rabbits and poultry as they grow. Exceptionally large pythons may even require larger food items such as pigs or goats, and are known to have attacked and eaten alligators and adult deer in Florida, where they are an invasive species.[27][28]
The digestive response of Burmese pythons to such large prey has made them a model species for digestive physiology. A fasting python will have a reduced stomach volume and acidity, reduced intestinal mass and a 'normal' heart volume. After ingesting prey, the entire digestive system undergoes a massive remodelling, with rapid hypertrophy of the intestines, production of stomach acid, and a 40% increase in mass of the ventricles of the heart in order to fuel the digestive process.[29]
Wild populations are considered to be "threatened" and are listed on Appendix II of CITES. All the giant pythons (including the Indian python, the African rock python, and the reticulated python) have historically been slaughtered to supply the world leather market, as well as for folk medicines, and captured for the pet trade. Some are also killed for food, particularly in China.
IUCN has recently listed the Burmese python as "Vulnerable", reflecting its overall population decline. Important reasons for the decline are trade for skins and for food; habitat degradation may be a problem in some upland areas.[1]
In Hong Kong, it is a protected species under Wild Animals Protection Ordinance Cap 170.
Burmese pythons are often sold as pets, and are made popular by their attractive colour and apparently easy-going nature. However, these animals have a rapid growth rate, and will often exceed 2.1 meters (6.9 feet) in length in a year if cared for and fed properly. By age 4, they will have reached their adult size, though they continue growing very slowly throughout their lives, which may exceed 20 years.
Although this species has a reputation for docility, they are very powerful animals, capable of inflicting severe bites or even killing a keeper by constriction.[30] They also consume large amounts of food, and due to their size, require large, often custom-built, secure enclosures, which can be very expensive. As a result some are released to the wild by irresponsible pet owners. For this reason, some jurisdictions (including Florida)[31] have placed restrictions on the keeping of Burmese pythons as pets. Violators would be imprisoned for more than 7 years or fined $500,000 if convicted.
A secondary problem with feeding Burmese pythons is that many owners believe if a snake acts hungry, that it should be fed. As Burmese pythons are opportunistic feeders, they will eat almost any time food is offered, and often act hungry even when they have recently eaten. This often leads to overfeeding, and obesity-related problems are common in captive Burmese pythons.
Although pythons are typically afraid of people due to their high stature, and will generally avoid people, special care is still required when handling them. A three-metre long Burmese python is capable of killing a child[32] and a five-metre long (around 16.5 feet) Burmese python is capable of overpowering and killing a fully grown adult.
The Burmese python is frequently captive-bred for colour, pattern, and more recently size. Its albino form is especially popular and is the most widely available morph. They are white with patterns in butterscotch yellow and burnt orange. There are also "labyrinth" specimens, which have mazelike patterns; khaki-coloured "green"; and "granite", which have many small angular spots. Breeders have recently begun working with an island lineage of Burmese pythons. Early reports indicate that these "dwarf" Burmese have slightly different colouring and pattern from their mainland relatives and do not grow much over 2.1 metres (7 ft) in length. One of the most sought-after of these variations is the leucistic Burmese. This particular variety is very rare, being entirely bright white with no pattern and blue eyes, and has only recently (2008/2009) been reproduced in captivity as the homozygous form (referred to as "super" by reptile keepers) of the codominant hypomelanistic trait. The caramel Burmese python has caramel-coloured pattern with "milk-chocolate" eyes.
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In 2011, a surprise appeared on the website of a fairly obscure gallery and boutique in Santa Fe, New Mexico of all places…some 15 pristine, large, original Eugene Bilbrew drawings and paintings from the late 1950s. They were as sharp as the day they were produced, and by one of the most unusual (most would say taboo) African-American artists of the 20th century. Several were original illustrations used as covers for the notorious Exotique publications, the extraordinary prescient fetish digest produced by Leonard Burtman for a brief period in the late 1950s. That they exist at all is an astounding story, as even the magazines are scarce today.
The paintings, and they ARE paintings, not the cartoonish demented line drawings the artist is best know for, are striking.
The late 1950s were conservative times, yet the works depicted women in black leather garb which revealed every muscle. In fact they revealed a considerable amount of anatomy which had hardly ever been seen at all. In several examples the women depicted were observing or participating in extreme bondage and sadistic activities. Burtman used the artist for his fetish magazines and digests, having apparently arranged to hire the artist from Irving Klaw, the "Pin-Up King" best known for posing fashion icon Bettie Page in bondage. At one time, the artist was even listed as "Art Director" on Burtman's publications. As such, he was one of the earliest examples of an African-American artist placed in an executive position in a publishing endeavor, though he hardly "uplifted" the race. That, and he hardly "directed" anything. He drew. Still, the artist remains virtually unknown today.
For Irving Klaw, Bilbrew drew a number of graphic cartoon serials depicting what have become noted examples of the "femdom" branch of sexual proclivities. The works are increasingly being appreciated as the forerunners of modern-day graphic novels, but at the time were only sold, undercover, to a small but particularly "devoted" group of aficionados. They have been reprinted, most notably in the "Bizarre Comix" series in 2002 by Belier Press.
Most of the work Bilbrew did for Leonard Burtman's line of smut was one-panel works, although he also churned out a few comic strip pieces for the magazines. Filler for the most part. He also created a few fairly traditional "gag" cartoons similar to Bill Ward and a hundred other illustrators working in the 1950s for the "Humorama" Timely Features line and other pin up men's cartoon publications. Most of Bilbrew's paintings were illustrations intended as covers, and later (as photographs became affordable and practical for smut covers) as pieces to run inside along bad fiction. Horribly bad fiction, some of it written by Lenny himself.
Nearly all original works the artist painted are long gone. Discarded in haste as censoring zealots descended, or simply tossed after being printed. The artist worked on commission and did not keep his own work. Despite having studied for a time at the forerunner of the School of Visual Arts in New York, his career never really emerged out of the sexual underground in which he worked. In which he may have even participated…but then very little is known about Mr. Bilbrew. What is known, or speculated rather, is that the artist for part of his brief life was a heroin user. There are those who say heroin, at least initially, allows one who draws the ability to concentrate on fine, detailed lines. At least initially.
Bilbrew was certainly not much of an archivist in any case.
Bilbrew's friend Eric Stanton worked in a similar vein, and even at the two "publishing houses" at the same time . He was a bit more responsible, and he continued to create exaggerated fetishistic drawings well into the 1990s. Stanton's contribution to the invention of no less prominent a superhero than Spiderman is increasingly being recognized, but his friend Bilbrew passed away in 1974.
How did these unusual works end up over 50 years later in a women's sex-friendly shop two thousand miles away?
The person who kept the drawings in such good condition for decades was kind enough to share his story, and a remarkable story it is. Mobsters, a night club performer, a millionaire pornographer and peep show operator, an early "swing and swap" club created long before the notorious "Plato's Retreat" and more...and all representing a percolating period of sexual expression and experimentation in New York City most could not even imagine.
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As a matter of courtesy to others in public places, we suggest that you remember to silence your meowbile device. Or, set it to vibrate.
Mind if I take this call, Ant?
As a matter of courtesy to others in public places, we suggest that you remember to silence your meowbile device. Or, set it to vibrate.
Mind if I take this call, Ant?
This should come with a warning to click play at your own risk. Teh Qte, it is lethal in this one. Not only purringks, but making teensy air biscuits, shiny, miniscule grey nosicle, fuzzy, vulverable belleh spots, twitchingks, carrot tail, 9 and 3 earses….and….and…gah! Eet ees too moische…. :-)
Most adorable Geiger Counter EVAAAA
Is it weird that I held my breath for fear of waking this darling little niblet?! And that my only thought was "OMG, I'm dyiiing!"
My thoughts 'xactly! :-)
It's the back feet in prayer mode at :06 that slayed (slew?) me.
He looks like he has a zipper down his belly. I guess that's how they get the motor in..
This is infinitely preferable to cell phones in public places. I think I could even deal with a train car full of these. :P
That would be the coolest commute ever, Theresa! Who needs a "bar car" on the train ride home, when you could relax with tiny, purring, sleepy kittens?
PS: This is one of the best candidates I've EVER seen for a good "Nibble nibble squeeze squeeze pokey pokey BEEP!"
Amtrak should get right on installing them on the eastern corridor. The ride from New York to DC would fly by.
I was thinking–that kitteh is radioactively cute!
Reception must be good, 'cause that kitten has lots of bars.
Gobble, gobble, nom, nom… You mean I was suppose to save some for other people. But it was so nomolicious…
Looks like the next invention from Apple. The I-Snorgle phone.
You can set it to purr instead of vibrate. It makes I-Biscuits when your sweetie calls you. And if you forget to call mom on Mothers day you get the five claw face swipe the next time you touch the I-Snorgle. For added security it comes with a built in Tailio which wraps around a finger or belt loop so you never lose it.
{ no….no….gnats…mosquitoes!}.
.*.bats at them with his paw*
{no…too many…zzzzz…NO!}
"Oh, you're here keeping me safe! purrrrrrrr….purrrr……..zzzzzzzzz…..purrrrrr
It also comes with a personal assistant, Tabbi, who ignores you when you want her attention and won't leave you alone when you don't.
aaand i am SLAYED.
I see it too! Wonder what kind of batteries kitteh requires?
Stretchy feetsies!
QteQteQte, of course! :-) 'Course he could be a hybrid & cam also recharge by napping in the sun
D'oh! Can recharge, I meant!
don' fergit about the leetle pawsies (ALL FOUR ) up in tha air lahk she jist don' care AND the pointy bits !!!
oh how kind you are carmeira that U di-unt wanna wake him/ her!!!
You get my personal Purple Heart Award !!!
Where do I buy a ticket, Th ???? :)
PLUS I LIKE the spelling of the wird "etikit", pyrit !
And who lounges on the paperwork you need.
LOL! My sister just said the same thing about the Geiger counter before I clicked on the comments! :)
Me too.
I am especially impressed by the incredibly pointy bits! 8O
Oh SURE ! It's cute now when he/she's all small & adorable but wait till he/she's full grown & takes up your whole lap while you're on the computer trying to do something important like a business email or trying to comment on a C.O. pic !
AND won't accept "wait till mommy's done" for an answer !
Except for the color that's exactly what my Stoney looked like at that age.
Ded. That is all. Well also it was so cute I almost cried. Oh and I think kitphone WAS on vibrate!
A Weapon of Mass Distraction to be sure.
Well, that *is* in the contract! (In that pesky fine print, of course!)
Thank you! the back feet facing each other just smote me! (?)
And everyone would miss their stops by *several* stations, have to get a train in the other direction, miss it again…
But they wouldn't really mind so much.
nice past-tense verb choice, fanciD :)
L'excellence, c'est ici :)
(I had to read your item twice, b4 I saw the word adjustment!!)
I think that in contracts, co's ought to be required to headline that section
"Pesky Fine Print" :) SUCH an accurate phrase, v :)
The back feet were definitely the cutest things EVER!
Consider me smotified as well. Heavens to Betsy, that's adorbs!
The wee little feet making dough!
Involuntary dough making makes me cuhrazy, be it in a kitten or a big old cat. They're so relaxed and happy that they're dreaming of nursey-nursey time. How relaxed is that?!
They wouldn't have to warn you to turn the li'l kitteh off before a movie!
Oh man, instead of a quite care there could be a purring car. That would be the best EVAR.
It would have made the ride in 100 degree heat in the train with NO air conditioning last week somewhat bearable. I hate Amtrak.
The teeny air biscuits have made me DED.
*quiet car*
Jeez my typing is bad.
Now, Saffron, remember what Fird says:
"It's ALWAYS the computer's fault. ALWAYS!" :-)
Rut roh. This sent me down a "sleepeh babeh kitteh" YouTube wormhole from whence I cannot escape. HAYULP!!
Ain't it the truth!
That is one deeply contented little kitten.
Isn't it funny how we all stop what we're doing to watch a video of a kitten sleeping? Animals are AWESOME. :)
this is the best post evah!!!!
Shiny, shiny toe beans!
*lowers a long Rapunzel-hair like white rope to Delta aka PCG)*
true dat.
Hey Firdie , How many languages do U speak fluently ?
Napping in the sun — that means Solar Powered Babay !!!!!!!!! Yeah !
Just press a button ,down drops a purrring kitty ! What a way end a hard day at work !! WOOO WOOO !
No "Cats and Racks" tag? :)
Is it me, or did those toe beans look like little gummy candies?
I was gonna make an "ickle shiny toe bean" comment if nobody else had yet babsy. What a cute behbeh!
Y'all should contact Apple–this is a fantastic set of ideas! I'd buy one!
Toe beans and air biscuits, purring and sleeping, AND looking cute with a nice full tummy…….This one must set a record for acheiving the most cute rules all at once!!!
Kitteh is in the "RPM" phase of sleep (rapid paw movement, of course).
Love the teeny claws!
AWW :D What a little cutie :D I would just LOVE to gently snorgle that kitty :D
The only Apple product I'd ever buy! But I'd buy a dozen!! ;)
hehehe… reminds me of Seinfeld – Mulva!!!!!
Hi bob :)
I would only venture to claim fluency in southruhn 'Mericun-speak and in Outrageux Francais.
(one tiny bit: although occ, if someone is speaking frawnsche in fast-forward or some particular lingo (corporate-Frawnsche-speak?) ,
I might miss part of his/ her point … in general, I do seem to have made myself understood, pretty decently, to folks who are in the States from France itself, from a Fr-speaking area of Canada, or from the various Fr-speaking segments of both Haiti and/ or of Africa ….with people smiling afterwards…)
I made a bit of an effort to get some German and some Russian under my academic belt…didn't get nearly as far with those. I would say that I can still stumble my way through kindergarten (See Jane place the Pencil on her Aunt's Table) sentences, very very slowly, READING, in those two. But I found German grammar structure quite odd & disconcerting (verb doesn't come until everything else has been fully described and conjugated) …..It does feel s'what beguiling, to be able to make out the word(s) written on Russian signs, where people are walking, or in public demonstrations, etc, in photographs though…..I like the Cyrillic lettering system.
I do still have the basic alphabets/ letters and a few color words and basic words in my lexicon from all three.
Also due to our family spending two tours of duty (I was only around, during the SECOND trip much later) in Japan, I have some familiarity, not with spoken sentences, but with some necessaries in that language; again, the first 10 numerals, the "politeness" social phrases, some words for flowers, etc.
Thank you for indulging me in whatever these 4 paragraphs were …
Peace and vocabulary to All.
this little kitten morcel is in a hooman being-s HAND.
the c/n/ r category is best when a female of the hooman species….a particular
part of the TORSO of the female hooman ….as well as the kittayn is *cough* visible….
RPM – love it!!! :-D
Can't help thinking the kitteh is purring out the opening bars of the "Imperial March" from The Empire Strikes Back". But it's such a wee sweetie and the rear paw clasping and crossing is ultra-qte.
?????????????? : – )
That belleh is purring for some raspberries.
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The six-credit course combines; 1) theoretical and practice components of criminal law and criminal process (such as theories of punishment; law enforcement discretion; race and the criminal justice system; the impact of crime, incarceration and reentry on families and communities; collateral consequences of criminal convictions; the stigma of a criminal record; juvenile reentry; women and reentry; and comparative perspectives on punishment and stigma); and 2) individual client representation, legislative advocacy, policy reform and research. The individual client representation is comprised mainly of expungement work. Student attorneys in this course will conduct weekly expungement workshops at the Northwest One Stop Reentry Center and represent individuals who are eligible to have their criminal records expunged, either in whole or in part. The legislative advocacy, policy reform and research vary by semester. Student attorneys have previously worked on several legislative bills (conducting research and providing oral and written testimony) that have, inter alia, sought to broaden expungement laws, extend voting rights to individuals with criminal records and enhance employment opportunities for individuals with criminal records. Policy projects have included efforts in Baltimore City to broaden employment opportunities for individuals with criminal records. The research projects have often been related to these legislative and policy efforts, but have sometimes been wholly separate from these projects. This course aims to integrate theory and practice by using legal work to understand and evaluate criminal law and, conversely, using legal theory to understand and evaluate practice. This course satisfies the Cardin Requirement.
Current & Previous Instructors:
Michael Pinard;
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Workshops and Symposia
The network's principal activities were the organisation of three symposia and four workshop seminars. Details of each event and its documentation can be accessed using the left hand menu.
The symposia were public events with speakers drawn from around Europe the US and Canada, whose content and themes were informed by the initial network seminar discussions. All the presentations delivered at the symposia have been fully documented.
The symposia were:
Civil Partnerships? Feminist and Queer Curating, Tate Modern, 18 and 19 May 2012
Connecting the Dots: Virtuality, Technology & Feminism in the Museum, Smithsonian Museums, 22-24 September 2011
Common Differences: Issues for Feminist Curating in Post-Socialist Europe, Tallinn, Estonia, 27-28 May 2011
The seminars were small events that were attended by members of the network institutions and distinguished invited guests. The seminars focussed on critical problems which arise in the feminist curatorial practice. The seminar discussions are documented in a short written report from the host institution. The seminars were:
Feminisms 2011 University of Brighton, 12 March 2011
A Feminist Collection? Stockholm University, 5 February 2011


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Please be aware that there is a scam being conducted on small business owners in Oregon which is very deceptive. Last week one of our builder members received a letter appearing to look like it came from the Corporation Division of the State of Oregon. It is a very official looking form entitled "2013-Annual Minutes Form" which asks for a listing of your corporate officers, etc. and $125.00 fee.
This is a scam – this information is already on record for business owners. The Secretary of State is aware of this scam and more information may be found at http://www.oregonsosblog.us/2013/02/scam-alert-deceptive-business-mailing/


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By Subway
Chengdu Planned to built 10 subway lines around the city which would make the subway transport easily accessible to the city's major distribution centers. Currently, only subway Line 1 and the first phase of subway line 2 are in operation, while line 3, line 4, and line 5 are under construction. Passengers can take line 1 from Shenxian Lake to Century City via North Railway Station, Tianfu Square, Sichuan Gymnasium, South Railway Station, Ocean Park and other places in the city. The first phase of line 2 can take travelers to Chadianzi Bus Station, People's Park, Chunxi Road, East Railway Station, Chengdu Institute of Public Administration and other areas.
By Taxi
Chengdu has created hundreds of new taxi stands in its streets. The stands are approximately 79 feet (2 meters) high, with a green ginkgo leaf shaped board on a blue Y-shaped support. The signs are written in both Chinese and English.
By City-Bus
Chengdu's public bus services extend in all directions. You can get to most of places, especially sights inside the city, by bus. Common public buses charge CNY 1, while those with air-conditioners charge CNY 2. Take small change as there are no conductors on many of the buses.
By Sight-seeing Bus
The newly-operated sight-seeing buses No.901 and No.902 are really good choices for touring the city. The routes cover most of the famous attractions of the city and are considered convenient by most visitors.
No.901 double-decker roofless sight-seeing bus departs every 30 minutes.
First Stop: New South Gate Tourist Distributing Center; operating hours: 8:30 - 18:00
Last Stop: Jinsha Site; operating hours: 9:45 - 18:30
Ticket Price: RMB10 allowing five admissions per day or RMB3 for only one boarding.
Route: New South Gate Tourist Distributing Center - Renming Road - Wuhou Memorial Temple - Qingyang Temple - Songxian Bridge - Thatched Cottage of Du Fu - Qingyang Avenue - Jinsha Site
No.902 sight-seeing bus departs every 15 minutes.
First Stop: New South Gate Tourist Distributing Center; operating hours: 8:00 - 16:30
Last Stop: Panda Breeding and Research Center; operating hours: 9:30 - 18:00
Ticket Price: RMB2
Route: New South Gate Tourist Distributing Center - Yuefu Street - Caoshi Street - Wenshu Workshop - Jiefang Road - East Erxian - Bridge Road - Chenghua Avenue - Longtan Temple - Panda Breeding and Research Center
The stewards on the sight-seeing buses will introduce the passing attractions in both Chinese and English. In addition, there are multimedia systems of mobile TV sets, film players, isochronous broadcasters with four foreign languages of English, French, Korean and Japanese, etc. to facilitate foreigners.
By Pedicab
Gathering within the First Ring Road, especially in the city center, the pedicab has been a typical feature of the city. Drivers wear uniforms with identifying cards. The charge starts from CNY 5. You can bargain.
Despite traffic considerations, Chengdu welcomes private cars. Car rental is an option if you did not join a package tour.
Price: CNY 650 a day for a 12-seat microbus
CNY 1,000 a day for a 7-seat jeep
CNY 700 a day for a common car
And also you can employ a driver, about CNY 50 one person per day (8 hours).


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St. Regis San Francisco has very modern, spacious rooms, with service you can't beat. This hotel was built in 2005. The food at Ame and Vitrine is fantastic, fresh, and organic. Ask for the Executive Premier room on a high floor. It is a corner room with floor to ceiling windows and a view of the Yerba Buena Gardens. Concert music can be heard on lower floors during park events, so if you want a quiet room, ask for a high floor. Ask your reservationist for free vip tickets to the SFO Modern Museum of Arts, which is next door, if you are celebrating a special occasion (while supply lasts). At this location, you'll be near popular shopping and several great museums, and China Town. Take a short cab ride or approximately 8 walking blocks to the Terminal ferry building, where you can visit great market/deli style restaurant and purchase the latest wines. report a problem


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DOTA 2 May Be Running Source Engine 2. Now.
Subject: General Tech | August 12, 2014 - 09:00 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: valve, source engine, Source 2, DOTA 2
While it may not seem like it in North America, we are in a busy week for videogame development. GDC Europe, which stands for Game Developers Conference Europe, is just wrapping up to make room for Gamescom, which will take up the rest of the week. Valve will be there and people are reading tea leaves to find out why. SteamOS seems likely, but what about their next generation gaming engine, Source 2? Maybe it already happened?
Valve is the most secretive company with values of openness that I know. They are pretty good at preventing leaks from escaping their walls. Recently, Dota 2 was updated to receive new features and development tools for user-generated maps and gametypes. The tools currently require 64-bit Windows and a DirectX 11-compatible GPU.
Those don't sound like Source requirements...
And the editor doesn't look like Valve's old tools.
Video Credit: "Valve News Network".
Leaks also point to things like "tf_imported", "left4dead2_source2", and "left4dead2_imported". This is interesting. Valve is pushing Dota 2, their most popular, free-to-play game into Source 2. Also, because it is listed as "tf" rather than "tf2", like "dota" is not registered as "dota2" but "left4dead2" keeps its number, this might mean that the free-to-play Team Fortress 2 could be in a perpetual-development mode, like Dota 2. Eventually, it could be pushed to the new engine and given more content.
As for Left4Dead2? I am wondering if it is intended to be a product, rather than an internal (or external) Source 2 tech demo.
Was this what brought Valve to Gamescom, or will be be surprised by other announcements (or nothing at all)?
Source Engine 2? Left 4 Dead 3? Numbers? Valve?
Subject: General Tech | August 7, 2013 - 02:56 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: valve, Source 2, L4D3
Valve is a secretive company and it is rare, but possible, to get a leak out of them.
How does Valve count to 3? On their fingers first, apparently.
Now, once they know, practice it for the next half of their life.
PC Gamer was lucky. A portion of Valve's corporate changelog was photographed and somehow made its way into their possession. Due to the condition of their picture, more commonly known as "low resolution and bad", I am guessing someone was... phoning it in... at work that day. A couple of entries are a little more serious than I am:
Pardon the ugliness and eyebleed: my attempt is to make text more visible.
Click to make larger or check out the original at PC Gamer.
Update: Or, thanks to one of our readers, a *much* better version at imgur.
- [Source2] Changed typedef for ENTITYFUNCPTR to point to a CEntityInstance member instead of a CB...
- [Source2] Changed L4D3's test_networking unit test to use the devtest level again. Ran assert-free...
- [Source2] Restored L4D3's devtest unit test. Ran locally 6 times without an assert. There may be an...
Looking into patterns, I would expect that all changes tagged with the yellow "2" refer to a Source Engine 2 change. If true, that would add the following four entries, alongside the above three, referring to Valve's next-generation of video game engines.
- Getting VScript running on the client: Created tier4 interface VSCRIPT_SERVICE_INTERFACE_CLIEN...
- Auto-submit of game binaries - built from revision 1858395... Changes included in this submit: Chang...
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I have the feeling that a few little nuggets can be extracted from these entries if left to the crowd. First and foremost, Valve is a very productive company; these entries illustrate just an hour of development time. Valve caffeine consumption aside, production of Left 4 Dead 3 seems to be ramped up to a decent level. They are at the point of testing networking code modules which, I expect, occurs after the prototyping phase.
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The blend of social media and Customer Relationship Management (social CRM) enables your brand to truly listen to your customers more than ever before. It enhances your traditional CRM by listening for and engaging with social media conversations, tracking new leads from a Tweet or Facebook post and moving them into your sales funnel.
To learn more about the state of social CRM and how to make it work for your brand, we sat down with Jon Ferrara, CEO of Nimble, a social CRM platform.
Jon, thanks for your time today. Why now, more than ever, is customer relationship management so critical?
Relationship management is entering a 21st-century renaissance. Business is recognizing the value of the human connection. In our business lives, just as in our personal lives, we appreciate and need authentic and relevant connections more than ever.
Social media has reawakened us all to these values. Our culture of "social networks" is changing our expectations about the people and companies we engage with. Customers don't want to be "acquired;" they don't want to be "managed." They want to be delighted and empowered. They want to work with companies that care about them. People want to connect with real people, and they want to know, like, and trust the people they do business with. It's good news -- welcome to the renaissance of customer engagement.
How can marketers improve campaigns with social CRM?
Let's start by burying the phrase "social CRM." Ultimately, it's confusing -- because all business truly is social, and businesses are adapting by expanding their thinking to include social networks as an integral part of engagement. Instead let's talk in terms of authentic and relevant engagement to develop customer relations for life.
Ah, fair enough and well said. Go on.
Old school/Mad Men/Madison Avenue marketing was all about yelling at customers about how great your products and services were to drive them into the hands of salespeople who would control the conversation and get the order. Today, customers are fast-forwarding through commercials, ignoring glossy slick marketing materials, and avoiding "Slick Willy" salespeople. They are having conversations amongst themselves online and in social media. They make decisions on their own about what they want to buy from and talk to companies on whatever channel they choose -- and they expect a relevant conversation.
Some companies have no idea how to manage this sea change. Some try to address the change by hiring a social media hotshot to listen and react to what's being said. Worse, some use social media to continue to "push" customers and market their products and services.
The social business recognizes that they need to become part of the conversation that customers are having in the marketing funnel. Perhaps even more important, they need to interact within the buyer funnel. They need to be "nimble" enough to be adding value to those conversations -- to become part of the conversation -- in an authentic and relevant way, so that customers can know, trust, and value them as trusted resources.
If companies could truly focus on serving customers in these ways, not only would they come back and buy again but they would likely bring their friends with them to create advocates and evangelists.
Whether you're a startup, SMB or enterprise, what rule(s) of thumb do you always give brands when it comes to starting their social media and CRM journey?
My best advice is to have a basic and clear set of social guidelines. Teach the basics and benefits, and then step back and trust your employees. Companies may be fearful of change -- we're all a bit risk averse -- but the conversation is already happening publicly, privately, in writing, electronically, and on a wide variety of channels.
Social media is nothing new, it's simply the manifestation of marketing utilizing the new technology we have today. Like the telephone conversation, we can't control everything. Companies need to educate and empower both employees and customers -- create social media policies, add tools to track engagement, and teach their people how to do social right.
However, I have to talk here about the social employee. In the past, marketing controlled the message and herded people over to sales -- that won't elevate the brand anymore. The enlightened social business is empowering the emerging social employee to build their personal brand and nurture their personal network to the point that they become visible to the social customer and a resource and trusted partner of that customer. Employees are ideally placed to use their personal brand to authentically build on the company's messages. IBM is a great example, by empowering their customer-facing team members to share content, and engage on a worldwide basis.
The social employee understands that it's not just customers you sell to, rather the entire community around your business. This community is comprised of influencers, editors, analysts, tech partners, third-party developers, value-added resellers, etc. It's important to see this constituency as one that the entire team works to maintain.
If you empower your team to listen and engage with your customers and broader company community, it will transform your business. Our communities are crying out for authentic and relevant one-to-one relationships and connections. Companies that are effective at listen and engaging will be the companies that will have customers for life. Don't we all want that?
How do you get it adopted internally?
You need to lead by example. Top management must participate in listening, engaging, and adding value to conversations that customers are having. Empower and educate the team members to do the same. Internal adoption starts at the top. Show them what's in it for them. Success will breed success.
Look at Frank Eliason when he was at Comcast, and Vala Afshar at Enterasys. Neither of them had been on social media. As they became involved on the front line, they began to understand that they needed to build a personal brand, an identity. They became recognized as thought leaders. They brought people into the company who also understood this process. Over time, this behavior increases the individual employee's net worth, and by association, the company's net worth.
The individual employee and their personal brand can be an important part of social business. When they see that there's a great benefit for them, it will do wonders for the business. Choose the right people. Encourage everyone to participate. From the CEO throughout the company. Practice it.
You're so passionate and vested in this field. If you weren't in this business, where would you be and why?
Unquestionably, I'd be a teacher. I love to educate and inspire others. I thrive on helping others achieve their dreams and goals. There's no better place to do that than with our youth. I've seen the power of teaching and nurturing in any number of ways.
After we sold our first company, GoldMine, I spent a lot of time working in classrooms, and as an Assistant Scout Master, and mentoring other entrepreneurs. This is one of the reasons why I loved being part of GoldMine so much, because we truly inspired and empowered millions to achieve their dreams, and that's why we're building Nimble today. To help people at scale brings immeasurable satisfaction.
Thanks again, Jon, for your inspirational and insightful words of wisdom. For more information about Jon and Nimble, visit their website.
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Pedro E. Guerrero's Work
Pedro E. Guerrero, Courtesy Edward Cella Art+Architecture
One of Guerrero's favorite photos is of Wright in the site where the Guggenheim Museum would go up in New York, "which I photographed without his knowledge," he says.
Diamond Gas Station, ca 1950s, location unknown
The Living Garage, 1958, Greenwich, Conn.
Yale Hockey Rink by Eero Saarinen Architect, 1958, New Haven, Conn.
IBM Office Building, 1961, New York State
United Church of Rowayton by Joseph Salerno Architect, 1962, Rowayton, Conn.
Bruce Graham House by Bruce Graham Architect, 1963, Rehobeth Beach, Del.
Luthold House by Allen Gelbin Architect, 1966, New Canaan, Conn.
Day House by John Black Lee Architect, 1970, New Canaan, Conn.
Self Portrait, Manhattan studio, 1950
Pedro E. Guerrero's favorite image that he captured of Frank Lloyd Wright was one he didn't have permission to take: a candid shot of the architect enjoying a tea break in 1953, on the site of the future Guggenheim (Photo 1 in the slide show at left). As Wright's friend and principal photographer, Guerrero generally shot photos exactly as Wright wanted, showing exteriors of entire buildings, end to end. "I don't want to see details that you think are cute," Wright told him. The now-95-year-old went on to shoot the work of Eero Saarinan, Alexander Calder, and others. Still, Guerrero says, "I don't imagine that anything could be better than working with Wright." Pedro E. Guerrero: Photographs of Modern Life, an exhibition of 70 years of architectural photography, is now on view at the Julius Schulman Institute at California's Woodbury University School of Architecture through April 25. (For more anecdotes about Wright, read and listen to our interview with Guerrero.) • architecture.woodbury.edu
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- KV Racing Technology hosted three groups of high school students studying physics at Decatur Central High School as part of the team's science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) outreach program. The tours focused on the importance of STEM in the racing industry and in particular how those areas affect the performance of an Indy Car.
Several members of the team including three of the team's engineers, spent time interacting with the students as they rotated through the different stations set up for the tour. The stations included explained aerodynamics, fuel, the gearbox, shocks, the chassis, the cockpit and the engine as well as the engineering aspect of racing. Team members encouraged students to ask questions and help with demonstrations by awarding trading cards depicting parts of the car. The student with the highest engagement level and having earned the most cards received a small prize to reward their efforts.
"We were excited to have the physics students visit the KV Racing Technology race shop to learn about how science is instrumental to success in our sport," said Eric Cowdin, the team's Technical Director. "We were able to help educate them on the importance of science, technology, engineering and math in a fun environment that allowed them to see up-close a product that was produced through a significant use of STEM. Hopefully this experience will help motivate them to pursue a higher level of STEM education and to possibly explore related career opportunities."
Firestone Racing sent senior compounder Dennis Boley to educate the students about the physics surrounding tires in a racing environment as it compares to a typical street car tire. "Firestone Racing has always been a strong supporter of community activities, especially when given the opportunity to instill an interest in science and technology in younger generations," Boley said. "With the STEM tours graciously provided by KV Racing Technology, the high school students were able to take lessons from the classroom and see how they can be applied to real-world situations. We believe there is no better learning tool. Combined with the excitement of the IZOD IndyCar Series, I'm sure the students had an eye-opening experience and I hope we inspired some future race team or tire engineers."
Physics teacher Amy Hayworth was a driving force behind the tours. "I wanted to visit and work with KV Racing to try and infuse the community into our learning and classroom," she said. "It is important for our students to be able to 'see' where the science is in the 'real-world' and why it is important. I also wanted them to see what opportunities are available out there for students to be involved in the community and science, not necessarily a 'scientist in a lab' type idea. They were very excited with all the 'hands-on' tasks and ideas. The more they 'do' the more they 'learn.'"
STEM education is a key component of the Nuclear Clean Air Energy IndyCar sponsorship. Sponsor members, Entergy, AREVA, Inc., and NEI are working diligently through their support of the Nuclear Clean Air Energy national education initiative to raise the visibility of STEM education as a much needed skill set that will better equip our children and country for the future. The #78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy IndyCar brings national and global visibility to the initiative. Other elements of the campaign's educational effort include Power Path, a curriculum for middle and high schools; promotion of educational events; and relationships with national organizations that promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics to students with a focus on careers in the sciences.
KVRT plans additional STEM outreach events throughout 2013 at their Indianapolis shop and at various educational institutions across the country in conjunction with other race-weekend activities. While the team will kick off the 2013 IZOD IndyCar season next month in St. Petersburg, FL, their outreach program will make its first stop at an event at the University of Florida on March 19th.
About KV Racing Technology:
KV Racing Technology was founded in January 2003 and joined the IndyCar Series in 2008. The Indianapolis based team is owned by successful venture capitalist Kevin Kalkhoven and 1996 CART IndyCar World Series Champion Jimmy Vasser and international industrialist Imran Safiulla. For more information about KV Racing Technology visit: www.kvracingtechnology.com or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/kvracing and Facebook: www.facebook.com/kvracingtechnology
About Entergy
Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including more than 10,000 megawatts of nuclear power, making it one of the nation's leading nuclear generators. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.8 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $11 billion and approximately 15,000 employees. For more information visit: www.entergynuclear.com and www.NuclearClearAirEnergy.com; on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NuclearCleanAirEnergy and on Twitter at @NuclearCleanAir.
About AREVA
AREVA provides its customers with solutions for low-carbon power generation in North America and all over the world. As the leader in nuclear energy and a significant, growing player in the renewable energies sector, AREVA combines U.S. and Canadian leadership, access to worldwide expertise and a proven track record of performance. Sustainable development is a core component of AREVA's strategy. Its nearly 5,000 U.S. and Canadian employees work every day to make AREVA a responsible industrial player helping to supply ever cleaner, safer and more economical energy to the greatest number of people. AREVA Inc. is headquartered in Bethesda, Md. For more information visit: www.us.areva.com
About Chevrolet
Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is now one of the world's largest car brands, doing business in more than 140 countries and selling more than 4.5 million cars and trucks a year. Chevrolet provides customers with fuel-efficient vehicles that feature spirited performance, expressive design, and high quality. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www.chevrolet.com.
About Firestone Racing
The Firestone brand has appeared in world-class motorsports events across the globe since its first documented victory in the inaugural Indianapolis 500-Mile Race® in 1911. Since 2002, Firestone has served as the official tire of the IZOD IndyCar® Series, Firestone Indy Lights and the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race®, which has been won by a Firestone-equipped driver 63 times in its 96-year history. For more information visit: www.firestonetire.com


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From homeless to Harvard . . . it is an unlikely turn of events. Liz Murray's life is a triumph over adversity and a stunning example of the importance of dreaming big. Murray's life as the child of cocaine-addicted parents in the Bronx was bitterly grim. There was never food in the house, everything was filthy, drugs were everywhere and the welfare checks were spent before they arrived. Read more Watch Full Movie: Homeless to Harvard The Salvation Army is now accepting nominations for the 2015 D.J.'s Hero Awards. Given in memory of D.J. Sokol, the awards recognize Nebraska high school seniors who exemplify his dedication to faith, selfless acts for others and commitment to the community. Deadline has been extended: Entries must be postmarked by March 6, 2014. Download a Nomination Brochure


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A recent Flipstones update has fixed our two biggest problems with the game. First and foremost, a bug that caused tiles to pile up too quickly when you restart a round has been fixed.
Before, when you would lose on a stage and had to restart it, the board would often start out with over 90% of the tiles full. Worse still, the stage would sometimes start out completely full, causing you to lose before any moves could be made.
This update has completely fixed the problem. The game is still difficult, and may be tough for some players, but it's great fun.
This update also lets you play your own music while playing the game, mercifully silencing the annoying in-game music.
With these fixes, Flipstones is one of the best puzzle games we've played yet on the iPhone. It's unique and worth checking out, even if puzzle games are not usually your cup of tea.
If Tetris and Bejeweled were to meet in a bar and fall in love, what would their babies look like? We like to think they'd be something like Flipstones, a great new puzzle game from PressOk Entertainment.
Flipstones combines Bejeweled's color-matching gameplay with Tetris' race to clear an ever-filling game board. Each stage is overlaid with a triangle grid, where triangular stones are gradually dropped and must be moved next to other stones of the same color. This is done by tapping the stone and its destination, or dragging your finger along the path it must take.
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When four stones of the same color combine in a triangle shape, or six in a hexagon shape, they form a single pulsing jewel. You can then tap these jewels and make them explode, making room on the board and giving you quick bonuses based on their color. For example, blue jewels slow down the rate new stones are dropped on the board, while green stones spit acid that eats away other stones.
Each of the game's 18 levels are broken up into a number of stages, which have their own missions. Some have a simple point goal, like scoring 500 points before the board fills up. Others require you to match a certain number of jewels of a specific color. The goal must be completed before the board fills up completely with stones.
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Giving each stage a different goal keeps the game interesting. Certain jewels can also be formed in one stage and carried over to the next, allowing players to strategize a bit.
The way the board fills up is Flipstones' biggest problem. Sometimes when you restart a stage, tons of stones are immediately dropped on you, filling up 90% or more of the board before you can make a move. This makes it impossible to play the stage. When contacted, the developers assured us that this bug would be fixed in a future update.
Flipstones is visually simple, and the music can become rather annoying after a while. The controls are very responsive, though. Since everything is so small, it can be hard to see all the detail of the board and stones on an iPhone or iPod Touch. We think the game looks and plays best upsized on an iPad.
Despite its flaws, Flipstones is a downright addictive game. It's a lot of fun and has the potential to be really great. If the problem of stages filling up early gets fixed, this game could really shine.


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How To Address Vascular Complications With Lower Extremity Wounds
Our contemporary knowledge and critical limb ischemia (CLI) tools have allowed us to dispel many myths regarding the endovascular treatments of lower extremity disease and CLI. These tools are not perfect but they have greatly improved over the last decade and certainly over the last two to three years. One of the biggest complaints I hear from podiatrists is "the surgeons and interventionalists in my area do not believe these things work." Accordingly, let us take a closer look at some of these myths and the corresponding realities.
Myth: Most CLI patients get an appropriate vascular assessment. In 2008, one would hope that most, if not all, CLI patients would have at least an objective non-invasive vascular evaluation before primary amputation occurs. This is simply not the case. Likewise, most patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and poorly healing lower extremity wounds should undergo a thorough noninvasive vascular evaluation. Unfortunately, this often does not occur. A physical exam and palpable pedal pulses are usually adequate to ensure pedal blood flow.
However, a patient can still lose a foot with a palpable pulse and a palpable pulse does not always ensure adequate blood flow. Patients can have chronic total occlusions (CTOs) of the femoral or infrapopliteal vessels, and still have a palpable pulse.
When it comes to most lower extremity wounds, the use of appropriate wound care and adequate revascularization should facilitate significant progress toward healing in three to four weeks. If this does not occur, it should be mandatory to obtain a formal vascular consultation with at least an ankle brachial index (ABI) and a duplex arterial ultrasound. Bear in mind that ABIs can be falsely elevated and appear normal in patients with diabetes due to vascular calcification. A duplex ultrasound is better but it is not perfect. In my experience, the new multislice 16-64 channel CTA has now become the "gold standard" for vascular imaging and is the best of all non-invasive vascular imaging modalities for lower extremity arterial assessment.
Published protocols and data are sparse when it comes to assessing how CLI patients are managed.There are few consensus protocols. In 2004 and 2005, I became strongly suspicious that the majority of CLI patients received an inadequate vascular evaluation and many received referrals for primary amputation without vascular evaluation. At that time, many new "endovascular tools" for complex lower extremity revascularization were under development.
In a retrospective analysis drawn from Medicare database information on a Midwest patient population of 2.5 million CLI patients treated between 2002 and 2003, we analyzed the Medicare data on 417 CLI patients. Our goal was to evaluate how CLI patients were treated and what medical specialties were consulted. We analyzed all data over an 18- month period of time beginning with the index diagnosis.1


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Cub Scout Archives: Bear Achievement 5 - Sharing Your World with Wildlife
Bear Achievement 5 is about protecting wildlife. Find helps for this achievement here.
Bear Achievement 5 Requirements
Complete four of the requirements.
- Choose a bird or animal that you like and find out how it lives. Make a poster showing what you have learned.
- Build or make a bird feeder or birdhouse and hang it in a place where birds can visit safely.
- Explain what a wildlife conservation officer does.
- Visit one of the following: Zoo, Nature center, Aviary, Wildlife refuge, Game preserve.
- Name one animal that has become extinct in the last 100 years. Tell why animals become extinct. Name one animal that is on the endangered species list.
October Cub Scout Theme – Jungle of Fun (Responsibility)
This theme revolves around the ideas of conservation and using natural resources wisely with an emphasis on how we treat other living beings.
Bear Den Meeting Ideas: BSA Plan 12 and 13 – Sharing Your World With Wildlife
Bear Den Meeting Ideas: This plan focuses on Bear Achievement 5 – Sharing Your World with Wildlife and the Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop.
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Conservation and Scouting go hand in hand. Since getting outdoors is a big part of the Cub Scout and Boy Scout programs, it makes sense that we should teach Scouts about protecting our natural resources. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has an Endangered Species Page where you can look up endangered species in your […]
Bear Den Meeting Plan – Sharing Your World with Wildlife
For this meeting plan, you will need to take a field trip to a zoo, nature center, wildlife preserve, or similar location. Don't forget to put the "outing" in Cub Scouting every now and then.
Cub Scout World Conservation Award
This award is available to Wolves, Bears, and Webelos. The purpose of the award is to help Cub Scouts think about how we are all interdependent on our environment. The requirements are differnent depending which year the Cub Scout is in.
Gourd Birdhouse
Use dried gourds to make a birdhouse. If you didn't grow any yourself, you can probably find some in your area at a farmer's market or even a craft shop.
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