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BALANGA, Philippines — The school day at Balanga Elementary on the Bataan Peninsula was winding down, and children poured from the classrooms into the stifling afternoon heat.
Behind their classrooms, they played around the statutes of grim-faced U.S. and Japanese officers. This improbably placed monument memorializes the surrender of thousands of U.S. and Filipino troops in the spring of 1942. By giving up, Gen. Edward King, commander of the forces on Bataan and one of the men depicted here, hoped his starving, sick troops would be spared further agony. "You have nothing to be ashamed of," he told them.
The happy cries of kids freed from the classroom told me they didn't yet understand what had happened here. When they learned the history, I hoped they wouldn't be as dismayed by their ignorance as I had been by mine.
As we returned to the highway along which Filipino and American soldiers marched, without food, without water, without medical help, I also hoped the kids would remember this tragedy with more pride than sorrow.
That wouldn't be easy, but, then, little about the Philippines is.
When you think of the 7,000-island nation in Southeast Asia — and, really, as a traveler, do you? — what comes to mind? Such unsettling terrorism that the State Department continues to renew a travel warning? Such grinding poverty that the country's annual per capita income of $4,100 is almost four times less than neighboring Malaysia's? Such profoundly dishonest shenanigans, political and otherwise, that the Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy ranked it in 2011 as among the most corrupt countries in Asia?
This is a hard place to love, and this is a hard place to visit (think heat, traffic, smog). But its people are such effective ambassadors for this underdog country that I could not help but overlook its other shortcomings and fall into its arms for the second time in my life. This time, I was here to revisit World War II history on an important 70th anniversary.
In September, I returned to Manila, my onetime home, determined to understand as an adult what had eluded me as a child. The city, which also is the capital, wasn't my primary destination, but it became a good launching point for trips to Corregidor and the Bataan Peninsula.
Manila has always played a strategic role in the life of this much-buffeted country. It sits on a large, natural deep-water harbor guarded by tadpole-shaped Corregidor, its strategic location prized by its enemies. The Bataan Peninsula sits across the bay.
Ferries to Corregidor leave early, taking tourists to this onetime penal colony. This was my second trip to the island, but, in retrospect, I am certain that my first visit was under protest. What 10-year-old wants to visit ruins of a war about which her father had said so little? I knew he had been in Manila, courtesy of the U.S. Navy, soon after its liberation, and I wasn't sure why he chose to come back a second time for a two-year stint, this time working for the Veterans Administration (now the Department of Veterans Affairs). I thought then and for many years after that his decision was a longing for adventure of which I was an unwilling part.
On Corregidor this time, the history and the hardships began to sink in. The ferry whisks visitors 35 miles from Manila to a dock and a tour bus that took us to the high points: the batteries, where the big guns are mounted; the crumbling ruins, some of which housed soldiers, others of which contained such amenities as a swimming pool and a movie theater; the memorials to American and Filipino soldiers who fought here side by side until Gen. Jonathan Wainwright was forced to surrender a little more than 70 years ago.
The presentations by tour guide Rowena Alvarez were evenhanded, never blaming the missteps America's leaders made, never condemning the U.S. for its "Europe first" policy. I could do that for myself. At water's edge, the statue of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, pipe in one hand, the other raised in a farewell salute, made me blanch.
MacArthur had retired from the U.S. Army in 1937 but was recalled in July 1941 as commander of U.S. Army Forces in the Far East. In their meticulously reported book "Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath," authors Michael and Elizabeth Norman write that MacArthur had given Washington a more optimistic picture of the Philippines' readiness for war than was warranted. Except for the Philippine Scouts, a group of elite, well-trained soldiers, most of the Filipino troops were poorly trained — told to dig foxholes, some had to ask what those were — and so ill-equipped that some were forced to don coconut husks for helmets they didn't have.
Together with U.S. troops that shared MacArthur's misplaced optimism, they were thrown into a war that began just eight hours after the attack on Hawaii. Like U.S. aircraft at Pearl Harbor, aircraft here, left out in the open, were nearly all destroyed by the Japanese air attack.
Soon after, Manila was declared an "open city," meaning it was given up without a fight. U.S. troops concentrated on defending Bataan and Corregidor.
The Japanese thought they could take the Philippines in three weeks, maybe less. U.S. and Filipino forces held them off for five months. It was an amazing show of strength by soldiers weakened by disease and malnutrition, stemming from poor provisioning by military leaders.
MacArthur, meanwhile, was hunkered down in Corregidor's Malinta Tunnel, the 831-foot-long passage that is now the site of a gripping sound-and-light show. From here, MacArthur wrote this to his sick and starving soldiers: "Help is on the way from the United States. … Thousands of troops and hundreds of planes are being dispatched. The exact time of arrival of reinforcements is unknown as they will have to fight their way through Japanese attempts against them," the Normans reported in "Tears."
It was, the authors say, a "Judas kiss." Help was not on the way — at least, not then, and MacArthur knew it.
By orders of President Roosevelt, MacArthur and his family were evacuated from Corregidor to Australia in March 1942. The statue on Corregidor is inscribed with the general's famous quote, "I shall return." He kept his word, but it took him and his troops more than two years to fight their way back. By then, thousands of soldiers had died at the hands of their captors.
About 6,000 Japanese soldiers were killed when Corregidor was retaken in 1945. In the 1980s, the remains of the enemy fallen were cremated and returned home. Today, their onetime burial place is Corregidor's Japanese Garden of Peace, our last stop. A 10-foot-tall Buddhist statute presides over this place of contemplation. Some say the statue is a goddess of love, but, perhaps more accurately, she is meant to suggest mercy and compassion — love's heart.


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The mothership of all Corvettes in Bowling Green is the best at what they do. But as gearheads, we just can't leave anything alone. Fortunately, neither can our fellow gearheads at the Mr. Gasket brand of Hurst Performance. That's why they came up with an improvement over the stock OEM shifter. It's the Hurst Billet/Plus Short Throw Shifter (PN 391 5085) for '97-'04 Corvettes with the T-56 six-speed manual transmission, and it's a big improvement. But don't take our word for it, check out the photos of the OEM shifter sitting next to the Hurst piece. Go ahead, we'll wait.
Do you see what we mean? See how the OEM piece has a simple stamping for a base, and the Hurst piece has a billet-aluminum base that looks like it came off an M1A1 Abrams battle tank? And what about that shaft that extends down into the tranny that actually does all the shifting? See the differences in the size of the Hurst and OEM versions? The last comparison is the shifter handle. Look past the OEM shift boot or cover that surrounds the main stick and check the diameter. Now compare it to the Hurst. Doesn't the Hurst version make you want to bang some gears? The news that such a better version is available is great, but the fact that the installation of said shifter is all but a no-brainer is even sweeter.
When we decided to do a story on installing a Hurst shifter, we knew we needed a subject vehicle with some strong street credentials. Up pops Steve Ali, owner of Xtreme Performance in North Ridgeville, Ohio, and his '00 C5. Ali's C5 is LS-1 427-powered and, as he says with a knowing smile, has had a "little work" done to it. This stealthy C5 also happens to be a great calling card for Xtreme Performance, where you can get almost any modifications performed for any performance car. In fact, by the time you read this, he will probably be ready to open his new 10,000 square-foot facility near Cleveland, Ohio. When you look over his plenty-healthy C5, even the rear license-plate frame can scare you. It says, "I Like Imports-They Taste Just like Chicken," and you know it's no bull. Needless to say, Ali was up for some Yank and Crank.
The idea here is to give you a detailed overview of how to put one of these babies in your C5. We strongly recommend you not only use the highly detailed directions that come with their shifters, but also follow Hurst's suggestion to use the factory service manual for additional procedure details. Installing the Hurst Billet/Plus Shifter requires moderate mechanical ability so if you're not sure, get help. Reading the directions beforehand can give you a better idea of what you'll be doing and eliminate "do-overs."
The first step is to secure the car on a level surface. The parking-brake handle will most likely be moved during this install so chock the wheels for cheap insurance. There's a slight difference between hardtops and converts. Check out the directions for your installation. Make sure the tranny is in neutral and start by inserting a small flat-blade screwdriver into the recess located at the rear of the electronic traction-control switch and carefully pry up and out, allowing access to the console retaining nuts. Disconnect the electrical connector from the switch. Then disconnect the electrical connector from the accessory power outlet.
Now remove the plastic covers at the rear of the console to allow access to the retaining nuts. Using a 10mm wrench or socket, remove the hex nuts that fasten the front and rear of the console to the floor tunnel. Lift the rear of the console to clear the studs and pull rearward to release the console from under the instrument panel accessory trim plate.
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On the heels of the Kauffman Foundation's State of Entrepreneurship Address, a couple of Congressional committees are taking a closer look at the economy. The House Small Business Committee is conducting a hearing on The State of the Small Business Economy that will focus on "current economic indicators that measure the health of the economy, with a specific focus on access to capital… (and) general economic concerns that small business owners will face in the coming year." Meanwhile, the House Budget Committee will explore the Congressional Budget Office's budget and economic outlook with CBO director Douglas Elmendorf and the Senate Budget Committee will look at the budget and economic outlook over the next 10 years. Other hearings include: comprehensive immigration reform, applications for IT research and development; innovation in education; manufacturing in American; outlook on energy and a review of the government's approach toward unemployment.
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I'm tired.
That's it. For the past year or so I've just been trying to do everything that interests me — from Graphic Design to Tech Blogging to some shit you wouldn't even believe, all at the same time. I was vocal in some activities more than others at times so you might not have noticed (if you even cared at all). But today, enough is enough!
I'm done.
I'm done writing hundreds of posts a week on tech. I'm done trying to sift through thousands of articles a week about stuff I really didn't care about. And I'm done spending 16+ hours a day on average doing all of that with no genuine feelings of happiness.
It might quite enjoyable for some… but not me, at all.
And because of that I've decided to take a few steps back — which I think is the best choice here — and free myself of these chains which were dragging me into the ground.
Oh, so what now you fickle bastard?
Back to what you might call basics, or my first (and only) love. Graphic Design.
There was going to be a long explanation about why, but I'm feeling too tired to continue, and the Mozart in the background just finished playing. So on that note, I'm out.
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Avoiding the competition
Larry Page:
I think that we're very excited about tablets. I think, you know, there's a number of Android tablets out there. Obviously, we have strong competition there as well. I think you've seen us really invest substantially in things like Google Play, which really gives you great access to entertainment, media, books and videos and so on, as well as the apps. And we think that's an important component on what we're doing.
I think there's also, obviously, there's been a lot of success on some lower-priced tablets that run Android — maybe not the full Google version of Android. But we definitely believe that there's going to be a lot of success at the lower end of the market, as well, with lower-priced products that will be very significant. It's definitely an area we think is quite important and that we're quite focused on.
So while it's basically confirmed that Google will be finally releasing a 'Nexus' tablet this year, it looks like they'll be avoiding direct confrontation with Apple (and potentially Microsoft) for another year.
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It's been said by parents, friends, teachers, role models, athletes, celebrities, and maybe even yourself at some point or another. It has manifested itself into a series of popular quotes, even more popular corporate slogans, and is related to universally, even if we…
I wanted to try out using an iPad as the initial portion of my workflow for when I'm not in my studio and then use it as a jumping off point for when I was ready to flesh it out on the desktop. So, while out and about, I doodled this spacerhino/hyena-esque creature in the iPad app, "Paper" by FiftyThree Studios (which, as I mentioned last week, is the first iPad drawing app I enjoy).
The iPad's hardware capabilities/accuracy are a limiting factor but they prove good enough for a concept sketch to get rough ideas out which I can take home and begin to bring to life. While I wouldn't use an iPad to sketch things out when I have access to my studio, it provides me a great place to begin to form initial ideas on the go to revisit later.
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Sony's SmartWatch, already available in the UK for a good month or so, is making its US debut today, at a price of $149.99.
With Sony currently entering a restructuring phase - which, by the way, is costing them almost a billion dollars - I find it quite amusing that they are still wasting time and resources to create products like this.


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POTENTIALLY deadly blue-green algae has been found on Windermere.
The Environment Agency says it has found evidence of an algal bloom at Low Wray Bay, prompting South Lakeland District Council to issue a warning.
The authority said anyone using lakes, rivers and reservoirs should treat all blue-green algae blooms with caution and contact should be avoided as skin rashes and illness may occur if the water is swallowed.
Farmers and pet owners should also prevent livestock and animals coming into contact or drinking the affected water, as it can sometimes prove fatal for animals.
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TWO thirds of the red kites released in Grizedale Forest last summer have survived the harsh winter.
Wildlife rangers believe that around 20 of the 30 birds released in the Forestry Commission's three-year re-introduction programme made it through the winter and are still in Cumbria, or nearby counties. Between five and eight of the birds are believed to be living around Grizedale and the Rusland Valley, with another three to five inhabiting the Kirkby Moor area near Ulverston.
Four more Grizedale red kites have been spotted by RSPB experts at feeding stations in Dumfries and Galloway – the furthest known movement is by the bird tagged as number four, which has flown 120km north west into Scotland.
"The birds are doing pretty much exactly as we expected, which is very encouraging," said Iain Yoxall, Forestry Commission wildlife ranger. "We are more confident that these birds will make it to adults now they have made it through a harsh winter. Sadly we lost a few birds but that is natural and why we have to release the numbers that we did."
The 30 red kites released from a secret location in Grizedale Forest in August last year had coloured tags on each wing. An orange tag on their left wing shows they are from Grizedale, and blue tags on their right wings indicate that they were released in 2010. Some birds were also fitted with radio transmitters to help with monitoring.
Mr Yoxall, who has been following the birds' movements around Cumbria, said the help he has received from the public had been invaluable. "I have been radio tracking the birds but sightings from members of the public have been a fantastic help and greatly appreciated. This has been very important because it helps us find the birds and backs up our radio tracking results to give us a more robust picture of their movements. We hope that the public will continue letting us know when and where they make sightings of the red kites."
This year's birds will hatch in May and are likely to be released into Grizedale Forest in August. The red kites being introduced into Grizedale are the product of a reintroduction programme that took place in Northamptonshire in the 1980s.
Red kites were almost eradicated from the UK following changes in farming practices and human persecution between the 16th and 19th centuries. But they managed to cling on in Wales, and their numbers recovered slowly thanks to the actions of local conservationists


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The 2013-14 school calendar for Okaloosa County will be similar to this year's if it's approved.
The proposed calendar has classes beginning Aug. 19 and ending June 5, 2014, according to Ryan Gore, who oversees the calendar committee for the school district.
"We had two (meetings) scheduled, but the committee was able to make a unanimous vote at the first meeting," Gore said. "The calendar looks basically the same (as this year)."
Students once again will have a week off at Thanksgiving, and the first semester will be divided by winter break, he said.
Elementary and middle schools also will continue to have early-release days once a month, and high schools will have a late start once a month.
Gore said the committee had a few discussions during its meeting, but no other calendar option was proposed.
"There were a few talking points, but nothing of major significance," he said.
The School Board will vote on the calendar at its meeting Monday. Board members could ask for changes, but that's unlikely given that the start date of school is controlled by a state law.
The law states that school districts not ranked as high-performing by the Florida Department of Education cannot begin classes any earlier than two weeks before Labor Day.
School districts are designated high-performing only if they meet class size requirements, have no findings in their audit and if all their schools receive a passing grade from the state.
In the summer of 2011, the School Board was forced to change the start of the school year after the district lost its high-performing status because Emerald Coast Career Institute South received an F grade from the state. The school is closed now.
At that time, the school district suggested starting the school year later permanently to avoid any future schedule changes in the summer.
WANT TO ATTEND? The School Board will vote on the calendar during its meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at 120 Lowery Place in Fort Walton Beach.
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Now the wedding season is over I would test this myself...but we've had nothing but cloud cover for two weeks here in the UK.
I don't want trails, just the stars however it's something I've not tried as yet with MF
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Quote from: Gel on December 29, 2012, 07:13:23 AM
Now the wedding season is over I would test this myself...but we've had nothing but cloud cover for two weeks here in the UK.
I don't want trails, just the stars however it's something I've not tried as yet with MF
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The problem with short enough exposure times, especially when you use longer focal length lenses (which magnify the movement), is that you won't get enough stars to show up, especially when you shoot during dusk or dawn, or when there is a lot of light pollution.
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A bit OT, but I know you have Canon too....
If you like astrophotography take a look at the EOS 60Da.
It's a special edition of the 60D that is optimized for astrophotography.
It sees colors other digital cameras simply do not see.
I have a friend that stitches with this camera and produces incredible 40x120 inch prints.
Also did you see this post?
But be careful getting into Astro photography... there is a whole world of addictive gadgetry
Last two nights were incredibly clear here.
When we get dry cold clearing winds the sky just lights up.
I went for a Night Hike with my dogs up to a mountain peak and it was swarming with
Astro photographers. I didn't take a camera, I just soaked it in.
I even go night surfing and kitesurfing on nights like this.
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I looked at the 60Da for my night work but from what I could tell it's more suited for work with a telescope where you see the nebulas and the like.
IMO the 60da for standard star work is also limited by the 1.5 crop factor which greatly limits your view of the sky.
I prefer the full frame Canons for non telescope night work.
A few other tricks I learned is you need to have the lens as wide open as possible F2.8 or better as you will pull in a lot more stars. 30 seconds is about as long as you canto before you start to see trails. It is a neat way to shoot as you can capture constellations I the night sky. Also work with the moon if possible as it will help to mask the standard amber color to the sky you get from light pollution. Moonlight will give you a nice blue color to the sky. You will have to work at a higher iso maybe 400 or 800 which tends to rule out MF.
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Thanks Fred, but Paul kinda nailed it.
I'm looking to use the 35mm and a long exposure. Probably overlaying them via software.
Maybe one day when I have time I'll go the scope route but I'm thinking of going up to the Teide observatory for some wide view with the Canon for Timelapse. (With the Hassy for stacked shots).
I'd probably invest in a timelapse Dolly before getting the 60Da
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My twin. Does pretty much all astro work. I know he uses a lot of different cameras ranging from modified 40D, 5DII, CCD etc...
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I take a short look at astrophotography with MFDB's in my PhaseOne IQ180 review here
and I previously owned the H3Dii-39ms which I reviewed here while I do not discuss long exposure in my review of it here
I can say from my own experiences that the camera and its sensor are not made for exposures more then a minute (which is pushing it at best). Excessive heat noise will develop. I know in astrophotography that a dark shot is taken to record the head noise at the same exposure (picture taken with the lens cap on for the same amount of time as the original exposure) and then they are composited together to subtract the noise. However, I question how effective this could be with a MFDB that is not purpose built for long exposures, like the P45+ which can go for up to 60 minutes (
) it does a sort of dark slide process where it takes the exposure for 60minutes and the processes for another 60minutes to attempt to remove this noise. The Hasselblad does not offer either of these services (if you can call it this) provided by the P1...
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I believe that the "dark frame" is mainly to remove stuck pixels, which are most often red, green or blue but sometimes show as white. From my usage, the stuck pixels seem to get worse as the camera is used and heat is generated, especially with longer exposures. Humidity will also make the effect worse. In the older days before cameras had "long exposure noise reduction" as an option, the technique involved taking a shot of with the lens cap on after you were done with the shot. You then could use several software programs that are designed to blend the dark frame and the actual frame, and blending the stuck pixels out. You can also do this in photoshop with a layering technique but I never found it to work as well as the software programs. To me the name "long noise or long exposure noise reduction" is a bit misleading as the true digital noise is not really worked on that much, only the stuck pixels.
The P45+ from my usage did a very good job here, but as Brian pointed out, it has to take a 2nd exposure as long as the first up to 60 minutes. And getting to 60 minutes really required ideal conditions, outside temp not higher than 69 degrees F and very low humidity. It also pretty much took the life of one battery, i.e. two 1 hour exposures. And if you calculated wrong, and the battery ran out on the dark frame, then the entire sequence was no good. Still an amazing solution and truly a one of kind for MF long exposures.
The main reason I switched to 35mm for night work, is that you can most times turn off long noise reduction, and stack exposures, which gives you a lot more detail in the night sky. It also gives a lot more to work with in the landscape part of your shot as over an hour conditions will most times vary. Wind and clouds, wind more than anything can ruin the shot. You will pick up some stuck pixels, but if you use LR and shoot raw, most times the stuck pixels will be mapped out by LR. If you shoot as jpg, then you have to revert to the manual method to remove the stuck pixels. The other thing to remember is that most times on each shoot, you will get a different set of stuck pixels so if you take the "shoot a manual dark frame" you need to remember to do it each time. Enabling "long noise reduction" will create gaps due to the necessary dark frame (when stacking) and also the camera will eventually buffer out (Canon) Nikon has no buffer and works just like Phase One i.e. shoot one, wait one for the same time.
Again, this is only in regards to night shooting mainly to work with stars and sky. I realize that there are many other applications, studio or daytime long exposures were the P45+ is a great solution.
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The Chargers jacked up season ticket prices by 11 percent to 22 percent on 24,000 of their most loyal customers — those with the best field, plaza and press-level seats at Qualcomm Stadium. That $900 season package? It now costs as much as $1,100.
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Head of a Kushite Ruler
Kushite royal statues, particularly examples from Upper Egypt, emphasize the foreign, non-Egyptian origin of their subjects. This head, perhaps of King Shabaqa, shows the ruler with a broad, nearly round face characteristic of the Kushite people. His regalia also reflects Kushite influence, and his shortly cropped hair—bound by a broad headband—is a feature never seen on native Egyptian sculpture. A knob, now gone, at the front of the headband once accommodated two uraeus cobras. On statues of kings, the double cobra is uniquely Kushite as well.
- Cultures: Egyptian; Nubian
- Medium: Green schist
- Place Made: Egypt
- Dates: ca. 716-702 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: XXV Dynasty
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 2 9/16 in. (7 x 5.3 x 6.5 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
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- Accession Number: 60.74
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Egyptian. Head of a Kushite Ruler, ca. 716-702 B.C.E. Green schist, 2 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 2 9/16 in. (7 x 5.3 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.74. Creative Commons-BY
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- Catalogue Description: Head of a king in unidentified green stone, originally furnished with back pillar. Full, almost square face with eyes and brows originally inlaid, bull neck. Skin areas polished scalp area dull and covered with close fitting 'cap' with small, rounded flaps near ears; uraeus with wide curve. Condition: Inlays lost, right eyelid chipped. Ears slightly chipped. Headdress apparently has been hammered though possibly it was covered with metal fitting in antiquity.
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Phone: 512-492-3136
- PhD in Mathematics at University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 2009
- BS in Mathematics at University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 2002
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When I teach, I strive to develop the curiosity and clear thinking required to understand and solve problems. My ultimate goal is to instill confidence and promote intellectual growth, critical thinking, and a greater capacity to understand and navigate our world and its problems.
I enjoy sharing my knowledge and experience with my students and facilitating their transformations into more informed, well-rounded citizens of our community. I especially enjoy the holistic teaching environment here at St. Edward's, which allows for a deeper and more profound interaction with students and our community.


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The NXT is on this year's ballot for Engadget's 2006 Robot of the Year.
The voting deadline is April 15, 2007. The voting ballot is
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Hopefully, Engadget will fix this.
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Looks like the NXT is in the lead
Paul NeoStormer (Owner and founder of Neostormer.co.nr)
Thanks, Paul.
The corrected URL is now linked to the primary post.
As of April 11th, the NXT is leading with roughly 50% of the vote.
You can vote through April 15th but you can only vote once.
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Agency: Grey London
Rating: 5.0
By Sara Kimberley, campaignlive.co.uk, Friday, 02 November 2012 04:28PM
The first 115-second ad, which launches tomorrow during The X Factor on ITV, will promote the UK's first superfast 4G mobile and Fibre Broadband service.
Inspired by the six degrees of Kevin Bacon concept, the ad sees Kevin Bacon show how he's linked to people from all over the world - from Tom Hanks to Ken Barlow from Coronation Street – and informs viewers how they can become just like him by joining a connected network.
The TV ad will be followed by four other TV spots, also featuring Bacon, which will air across the rest of the year and into 2013. The campaign will also run across press, digital and outdoor media.
A 65-second cut-down of the launch film will air on cinema screens nationwide for four weeks, before being replaced with a new 65-second spot promoting EE Film Club, featuring five of Bacon's best-known movie characters debating which film to see at the cinema.
Rob Potts and Andy Jex were the executive creative directors on the ad. Potts was also the copywriter and Jex was the art director. The ad was directed by Ringan Ledwidge. Rattling Stick was the production company behind the spot.
The fully integrated campaign includes social and digital elements created by Poke. Publicis Chemistry handled the direct mail, retail and parts of the digital communications. MEC handled the media planning and buying.
This article was first published on campaignlive.co.uk
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Featuring the most elaborate church preparation rituals ever filmed.
This is by OutKast, the Atlanta rap duo made up of Andre 3000 and Big Boi. Before they parted ways in the late 2000's, Outkast were one of the biggest names in hip-hop. Platinum records, hit singles, massive tours–you name it, they did it.
But why do I call this post 'Libertarian Rapper'? Because Big Boi is a libertarian and he's a rapper. Read on.
MINKOVSKI: Did you vote for Gary Johnson?
PATTON: Yes, I'm a Libertarian. I'm liberty, justice for all, liberty for all. I'm really pro-people, pro-freedom, and, you know, this is all about positivity. Like, you know, I have nothing against the president at all, you know, he's a nice guy, but, it's just, you know, the things that they're standing on right now just didn't agree with me. Anything that benefits the public and not just big banking, that's what I'm with.
Just how much static got thrown Big Boi's way from the famously tolerant progressive movement? I know Big Boi and OutKast haven't been front and center in the public eye since George Bush's second term, but still. A rich and famous rapper from the Derrrty South announcing that he didn't support President Obama is sacrilege to the left wing thought police. You let one wealthy black dude start popping off about individual liberty and voting for a candidate not approved by the nanny-staters and the next thing you know, Democrats might start losing elections.
You know we can't be having any of that.
I also wonder how Big Boi's actual fans took to his announcement that he's a Gary Johnson voter. Do they like OutKast's music less now that he's not a Democrat? Are they burning their ATLiens CDs in protest? I really don't know. I'm sure he lost some fans from this, but just how many is impossible to quantify.
Think about the music artists you like. Imagine if Ted Nugent was a loud-n-proud Obama supporting socialist. Deleting "Free For All" from your Ipod becomes a little more imaginable. Or does the man's awesome musical output overwhelm the Nuge's partisan affiliation?
Consider this scenario: In the 90's, an older pre-American Recordings Johnny Cash goes full-on Michael Moore and trashes America, using every tired Howard Zinn cliche imaginable. Does "Ring Of Fire" or "Sunday Mornin' Comin Down" suddenly sound like crap?
I know when I hear an artist I like spouting off lefty bromides, I get disappointed. I'm no longer surprised when some doped-up hippie starts whining about Bush or raising tax rates, but it does annoy me. I'm just curious how a real fan, who may lean to the left but isn't a hard-core partisan, reacts when their favorite musical artist starts drifting to the right.
As far as OutKast goes, I never really jumped on their bandwagon, but what I liked about them was their defiant weirdness. Andre 3000 is a hopeless fashion victim, but the man is also an inventive rapper with a unique lyrical perspective. Big Boi had a more conventional thugged-out rap style and image, but that's just a macho cover for his own musical eccentricities. Most refreshingly, OutKast may have been gleeful horndogs but I never got the sense that they actually hated women.
On their later discs the group channeled the dreamy chill of the Pharcyde, Fatboy Slim's drum-n-bass energy and Jimi Hendrix's groovier sensibilities and filtered them through their own slow Southern rap sound. The result was something far more nuanced and interesting than anything going on in hip-hop at the time. It's sort of a shame that they couldn't keep it together, but rap is a brutal Logan's Run-style game played by ambitious young men for an audience that craves novelty over the long arc of a career.
BTW, I snagged the Big Boi interview from Libertarian Republican. Check out his piece on the news coming out of Mali. You have to see it to believe it.


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This is the umbrella with a 68" canopy that provides complete coverage while resisting gusts up to 35 mph that turn traditional umbrellas inside-out. A patented overlapping vent system disperses wind through eight reinforced slits in the canopy to eliminate inversion while shielding you from precipitation. A press of the spring-activated auto-open button expands the fiberglass shaft and opens the thread count nylon canopy; requires manual close. With pinchless runner, corrosion-resistant ribs with reflective tips and spreaders, straight handle, and nylon storage sleeve. Reflective binding on the canopy's rim provides visibility in low-light conditions. Contoured-grip, rubberized straight handle. Closed 42" L x 3" W. (1 1/2 lb.)
"We walk our dog twice a day - rain or shine and this is the ONLY umbrella that can handle the prevailing wind."- JG, Kentucky
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Great Umbrella
By Rachelle
from Mississauga, ON, Canada
This umbrella is the perfect size for two people...it's great when I'm walking my little one to school while pushing the baby in the stroller.The only thing I wish I knew before purchasing it is that the "Hammacher Schlemmer" name is printed very promentantly on the umbrella in White in several locations. I do not like carrying "advertisments" like this. The product's picture should show this so people can make an imformed decision before purchasing this.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Customer Service Is Outstanding!
By Satisfied Customer
from Colorado Springs, CO
First of all, this umbrella stands up to MAJOR rain and wind without complaint. But even when accidental damage occurs, you're still "covered." I purchased the Wind-Defying 62-Inch Doorman's Umbrella in 2008 and got GREAT use from it for 5 years. In 2013 one of the tips broke off, and the Hammacher Schlemmer lifetime guarantee turned out to be true and painless! They replaced the umbrella with this new one without any arguments or red tape. Because the original 62-inch doorman's model had been replaced by two different models (one slightly smaller, one slightly larger), I went with the larger one and paid the difference between the new umbrella price and the 2008 62-inch purchase price, and of course I had to pay shipping to return the original umbrella. But the lifetime guarantee still paid off, and there's nothing better than getting the quality of customer service that Hammacher Schlemmer provides.
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What a GREAT Umbrella
By Walking Miss "Sugar"
from Chattanooga, TN
We own a small dog that is terminally ill with Cancer of the Kidneys. I carry this little dog outside several times a day to do her business. When it is raining, or even worse like the past three days when it is sleeting or snowing our trips are miserable for her. I bought this large umbrelly specifically to help me give her some protection from rain, sleet, and occasional snow.I am pushing 70 year old, and for some reason never really had a big umbrella that was a high quality umbrella. My old umbrellas were a collection of cheapos or trade show give aways. This big heavy duty umbrella does a great job of protecting me and the little dog when we use it in the back yard. My only "con" is that it is long and quite heavy. If you were buying an umbrella to carry with you all the time this would be a handful. But on the other hand if you were in a group of five people you could take turns carrying it, and when needed you could all get under this thing. I would get another one in a heartbeat if something happened to this one.Ron
It works really great!
By Joe
from Edison,NJ
I use the umbrella while I visit the cemetery and I am sitting on my chair and can stay completely dry. It really is a must for complete coverage.It is well made and easy to use.
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By Domnica
from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
I have used this umbrella twice on very wet and blustery days and it protected me from the rain exceptionally well. It also attracted a lot of attention as several people asked me where I had obtained such a sturdy umbrella. I save it for those special conditions and use a smaller more compact umbrella on lighter rainy days.
Very Good Product
By Matthew
from Virginia Beach
Product holds up well in rain.
Coverage Umbrella
By jan
from Ventura, CA
Excellent quality.Well made.
By Gadget Man
from Cayce, SC
This umbrella beats the current wind defying umbrella in total canopy coverage. I was so impressed that I ordered another one. Gave one to my Fiancee'.
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By Loon
from Philamdelphia
No wonder its so popular.
Best Umbrella EVER!
By jmmygirl
from Kentucky
This is our second wind-defying umbrella - the first was left somewhere and we assume the finder liked it so much, they failed to tell us! We walk our dog twice a day - rain or shine and this is the ONLY umbrella that can handle the prevailing wind. It is why we were heartsick when we lost our first one. You will not be disappointed if you ever have to use an umbrella in the wind.
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The IPO allotment information is categorized by number of shares applied by investors. For each such category detail bidding information is provided in this document including number of valid application received, total number of share applied, ratio of the allotment and number of shares allocated to the applicants.
Ratio of the allotment is a critical factor for IPO's oversubscribed multiple times. This field tells how many applicants will receive single lot of shares among a certain number of applicants. For example, ratio 1:8 means only one out of eight applicant received one lot of shares; ratio value 'FIRM' means all the applicants are eligible to receive certain amount of share.


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317 days ago.
by verbalkint
Basic Marine
Posts: 2 - 200 feet of lakefront property going to Basic Marine. No way! We could use this city property for the good of the city folk. Not for Dan Kobasic and his cronies.
488 days ago.
by PoonyDizzle
New Parts store next to the newer parts store?
Posts: 5 - I would love to hear the true story behind this.. I am all for new Business in this town, but trying to sabotage hard working good people in this town I am not a fan of.
654 days ago.
by Katie1
Buses at the EUE. Old Jr. High
Posts: 3 - I don't know if anyone is even aware but these kids, 4th thru 6th, get out of school at 3:30pm and some of them have to sit there and wait til after 4:00pm.
1237 days ago.
by MisterDizzle
3rd Avenue North & North 30th Street
Posts: 0 - The city should really look into putting a traffic light up at the intersection 3rd Avenue North and North 30th Street.
1274 days ago.
by EStacey
County board not "shopping locally".
Posts: 0 - I would like everyone in Delta County to know that when we are being asked to "Shop locally" during the holiday season, that our own county board dos'nt even abide by thi.
Posts: 0 - I have a few concerning city's ant-bussiness attitude of late?
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by EStacey
Escanaba Downtown Development Authority
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Lenco transmissions were first made popular in the early '70s when NHRA Pro Stockers needed a gearbox that was up to the task of 9-second elapsed times. The Lenco provided unbreakable performance and lightening-quick gear changes, which made these clutchless wonders the tranny of choice among the ultimate door slammer crowd. Over the years, there have been many in-car-cameras showing Pro Stock drivers grabbing and shifting the trademark five levers as they power their vehicles toward the finish line. Although there have been many attempts to create similar shifters for stock-type transmissions, Chevy enthusiasts have long aspired to duplicate the multi-lever design of the Lenco for their hot street machines. But extreme cost-among other things--has always been a huge inhibitor for all but the stoutest of street-driven machinery.
Despite its reputation among racers and its many uses today, which include everything from boats to alcohol dragsters, many enthusiasts have not caught on to the fact that there IS a street version available. Gary Sumek of Lenco mentioned that they have been producing a five-speed street version for a few years. The ST-1200 is not one of their most popular transmissions (they still sell more racing models), but it is the answer to many problems facing high-horsepower street cars and trucks that need a compromise between a stout race and street transmission.
Lenco transmissions essentially combine the best of a manual and automatic transmission into one unit. It uses a clutch and flywheel assembly only to engage the transmission into first and reverse gears. Once engaged, the gears are shifted without a clutch. How is this done? Simply put, once the transmission is in gear, the power runs through a set of planetary gears. Each planetary gear set is in its own housing and carries a higher ratio. Each gear is engaged by pulling down on the shift lever, to activate the clutch mechanism for each gear set. Think of it as manually shifting an automatic transmission. The only difference is that in an automatic, the transmission fluid moves internal valves to close the clutch pack. In the Lenco, the shift lever actually moves the clutch pack together to engage the gear in each housing.
Adding progressively different ratio independent gear housings behind each other allows Lenco to create two-speed, four-speed, five-speed, and even six-speed transmissions. The total amount of gear reduction depends on the amount of housings and the overall application of the transmission. On the street five-speed model the ratios start at 3.25 in first gear, 2.26 in second, 1.64 in third, 1.25 in fourth, and fifth gear is 1:1. What does this mean, you wonder? As an example, this tranny with a set of 4.30:1 rear axle gears, coupled to 32-inch-tall Mickey Thompson tires should allow any Pro Street Chevy to cruise on the highway, averaging 60 mph at slightly above 2,800 rpms.


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At one point on Sunday evening, Bay Street Theatre managing director Gary Hygom found himself surrounded in the booth by would-be Oscar viewers, desperately trying to help Hygom find a live feed able to broadcast the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.
"Everyone had said, you can get it on ABC, you can get it on Hulu," said Hygom. "But once the event started everything shut down."
Hygom and the crowd of roughly 100 East End residents gathered at Bay Street for its annual Oscar night broadcast were not alone. An estimated 3.1 million Cablevision subscribers were without WABC/7 at the start of the Oscar telecast after the channel pulled its signal at 12:01 a.m. Sunday morning in the midst of a contract dispute with Cablevision.
According to a statement broadcast to Cablevision subscribers days leading up to Sunday's blackout, Walt Disney Co. was demanding $40 million more in annual fees, over the $200 million Cablevision already pays Disney. Disney released its own statement on the company's website, arguing that Cablevision charges $18 a month to its customers for basic broadcast signals like ABC, but does not share any of that revenue with the broadcast networks.
After the signal was pulled Sunday morning, Cablevision sent subscribers e-mails detailing where the telecast could be watched via the Internet, and offered free movie rentals from the company's on-demand movie system. However, several subscribers reported trying to access the free movies, only to find the system was overloaded and the films not available.
At Bay Street, where residents munched on popcorn and sipped wine while watching Hollywood parade down Oscar's red carpet, several people expressed disdain with the cable provider – some saying the stalemate with ABC may be the last straw for them as Cablevision subscribers.
"It seems like this is all about money and yet we are paying our bills," said Cynthia Battaglia, the owner of a Sag Harbor-based catering company.
Battaglia said she was at Bay Street specifically because she was without the Oscar telecast, but also bemoaned the possible loss of programs like Lost, and Oprah, as well as Good Morning America and World News Tonight – her two favorite news programs.
Battaglia said this is not the first time she has taken issue with Cablevision and how it handles contract disputes. In January, in the midst of a battle with the Scripps Network, which airs The Food Network and HGTV, those channels were also pulled for three weeks.
"Of course there are two sides to every story," she said. "But I also think both parties should remember they are in the service industry. If I did this to my clients, I would be out of a job."
As Battaglia settled in for the Oscar telecast following the red carpet, the screen went dark.
"The funniest thing was the parade of people coming to the booth to give me suggestions," said Hygom. Finally, two men hailing from Las Vegas, who are able to view their cable television on their iPhone, worked with Hygom to connect the phone to the theatre's system.
While a third of the theatre's patrons had already left Bay Street, some finding Oscar solace at The American Hotel, which has Direct TV, Hygom was able to get the telecast up and running, although the image was badly digitized. Wiping his brow, and walking into Bay Street's lobby, Hygom noticed they were broadcasting a clean telecast of the Academy Awards.
At 8:43 p.m., just before Christoph Waltz took the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Inglorious Basterds," a deal was inked and ABC was back on-air for Cablevision subscribers. Details about the deal have yet to be released and calls to Cablevision were not returned as of press time.
"Probably around 60 to 70 people stayed all the way through," said Hygom. "The number of people who came really surprised all of us, especially with everything so up in the air. But we all had a great time. Everyone had fun and was accepting that we might not see it here. It was like we were all working as one big team."