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I discussed the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial with my mother, a 65-year-old white woman. She, unlike me, is politically and socially liberal. She was perplexed, though, by the media response to the verdict. Why the outrage?
What I explained to my mother was my best exercise in empathy, because I struggle to understand the outrage too.
If we were a black family, especially one living in the Deep South, this might look different to us, I reasoned. If she had been born black, when she was a little girl, white people wouldn't feel the need to apologize for calling her a "n*gger child," or telling her she couldn't eat near them, or shuttling her off to an elementary school that was certainly separate but was only equal in theory. My mom would have grown up watching white police officers call her father "boy." She would have had to observe my grandfather grow meek and obsequious when approached by a white man, especially one with a badge or a gun. He wouldn't shrink into obeisance because he wasn't strong and proud, or because he wasn't law-abiding. He would do so because he couldn't risk being perceived as "mouthy" or "uppity" by someone who could hurt him or his family for social transgressions as minimal as that….
My mom, if she had been born black in the South at her age, might have known men who looked like her dad and her brothers who were found dead after crimes no greater than perceived impertinence to white men. Men like her dad who were found in ditches, hanging from trees, shot in their own beds. Men snatched while walking home from work, never found. Deaths treated by authorities as suicides or presumed black violence or, if a white neighbor was implicated, as a white man defending himself against a black aggressor. This, even though everyone knew better.
If my mother had been born black and in the South, she would have remembered black teenaged boys, buying bubble gum at the candy store, flirting with white girls, whose bodies later washed up on the shore of the Tallahatchie River. She would recall the white men responsible for the death being indicted, but only after a national public outcry. The men would be acquitted, though afterwards they would admit to the murders and still insist they did nothing wrong. She would remember Emmett Till. She would remember the exoneration of his murderers, Ron Bryant and John William Milam.
What if my mother had grown up in the bloody, cruel, inherently unjust American Apartheid, and I had grown up the daughter of someone who had internalized that reality? I can try to understand, but I never really will. I cannot pretend that this difference in experience might not yield a difference in perspective.
So, as I told my mother today, maybe Trayvon Martin's death looks different when seen through other eyes. Maybe it looks like this: The white man walks out of the courthouse a free man, and the young black teenager lies in his grave. Again.
I can understand how that would rend open a transcendentally painful, collective wound. Something that doesn't completely heal. A concrete, present set of facts can activate an ancient sense of something unspeakably wrong.
But State v. Zimmerman was not the trial of Ron Bryant or John William Milam. No matter how much we wish we could retry those cases, we can't. And in Sanford, Florida this week, they didn't.
The jury found Zimmerman not guilty because the prosecution's case left open at least some reasonable doubt about who was the initial aggressor in the fight between the defendant and the victim and about whether the defendant had a reasonable fear of death or serious injury at the time he pulled the trigger. The jury did not need to know that Zimmerman didn't start the fight, nor did they need to know that he had this fear.
Am I sure that Zimmerman was not the initial aggressor? No. Am I sure Zimmerman believed that Martin was beating him so badly that the only way to survive was to shoot? No. Do I think it's possible that Zimmerman followed Martin simply because Martin was a black male? Yes. I can speculate about possibilities like anyone can, but without conclusive physical evidence and eyewitness testimony, I think there is certainly reasonable doubt about what actually happened. Under our system, this ought to lead a jury to acquit.
Our criminal justice system is, as wiser folks than me have noted, not a barter system. We don't get to trade one defendant's acquittal for another's. We don't get to make a recent victim a proxy for an earlier one.
I get that it feels different for many black Americans. I don't know how exactly it feels different for them, but I understand that it does. I can and should listen respectfully and earnestly to those experiences and feelings. And I can still think that those feelings should not govern the outcome of this particular case.
This case is just a case. This case. A case where the state could not carry the burden of proof for mundane, ordinary reasons. Maybe bad facts, maybe a bad presentation of those facts. A case where a human being is tragically, prematurely dead. A terrible season for two families, like in so many criminal cases. It is not a proxy war. It is not symbolic of anything.
How does a criminal case become racial synecdoche? For one thing, the hyperactive media spin up a narrative.
George Zimmerman's ethnicity proved something of an inconvenient wrinkle in this narrative, of course. After all, "Hispanic Man Defends Himself" doesn't play the same as "White Man Shoots Black Teen." So, the media subtly equivocated. Soon, Zimmerman "identified as Hispanic." (I identify as white, but I wouldn't expect anyone to add the extra words when describing me. Do we usually turn race or ethnicity into a phrase about self-image?) Then, he was "half-Hispanic." (Like President Obama is our first "half-black president"?) His "father is white but his mother was born in Peru." (These classifications are not necessarily mutually exclusive. A person could be blonde-haired, blue-eyed, and born in a Spanish-speaking country and not be a fake Hispanic.) Then, finally, Zimmerman "appears white." (Because somehow what really matters, what really needs to be stressed here, according to media coverage, is how George Zimmerman appears. And he looks like the white antagonist our proxy war needs him to be.)
If anything, the media's treatment of Zimmerman's identity suggests that many of us don't quite understand what it's like to be Hispanic in America either.
Perhaps so many Americans want this trial to mean something beyond the trial itself because it's safer to talk about race and ethnicity this way, by picking sides we identify with. Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman become characters in a story about how it feels to live in America. They become stand-ins for us when it's too difficult to speak in the first-person. Our outrage over the verdict, or or inability to understand the outrage over the verdict, may say more about us than about the case itself.
Earlier: Will George Zimmerman Join O.J. Simpson In The Hunt For Real Killers?
Tamara Tabo is a summa cum laude graduate of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the school's law review. She has clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and worked as a researcher for multiple projects on the intersection of cognitive science and law, including Baylor College of Medicine's Initiative on Neuroscience and the Law. She looks forward to a career of teaching and writing about, but never practicing, law. You can reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com
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NXT 2.0 Discovery Book, Reviewed by Wired
One of the authors of GeekDad, Wired, has reviewed my new book, The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book: a Beginner's Guide to Building and Programming Robots.
The author of the review notes that the book "should come with every MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Kit," and goes on to say that the book is "not simply an instruction manual, it is a book to facilitate learning and understanding." The review goes on to say many more great things about the book. Read the full review by clicking this link.
The Discovery Book, which came out in May, has been selling very well since. As of this writing, the book has received 17 five-star reviews on various Amazon divisions, and several more reviews have been posted to other places on the web. You can read all about the book on it's companion website.
Thanks to all of you who gave me feedback about the book, either through reviews or by sending an email. Because of this feedback, I've learned that there is no age limit for neither MINDSTORMS nor the book: emails reported that people aged 6-74 have enjoyed using the book (with success). I'm always interested to hear your experiences with the book, so please feel free to send me an email any time.
And, to those who already have the book, stay tuned. More should be coming later this year.
- Laurens Valk
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- megamindstorm101 said...
congradulations laurens :) even not having the book I can tell this is one that I want (even if I dont get an nxt-2.0 and dont have the right parts) your robots are some of the best I have seen and i am sure your book is just as good as your robots.
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Tim Cahill was today named in the Australia squad for the first time in nine months but Brett Emerton will not feature in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ qualifiers against Oman and Japan.
Emerton had ankle surgery after Sydney FC's A-League campaign but, despite getting some mobility back, is still on crutches and will be unavailable for the two qualifiers in Muscat (8 June) and Brisbane (12 June) as well as the friendly against Denmark on 2 June.
Cahill has not featured for the Socceroos due to a variety of injuries since coming on as a late substitute against Saudi Arabia last September.
The Everton man played an important part in the Toffees' strong end to the Premier League campaign but was sent off in the season finale against Newcastle on Sunday.
Aston Villa midfielder Chris Herd is the only new face after being included as part of the 26-man party along with 2010 FIFA World Cup squad member Nikita Rukavytsya, who has not played since March last year.
First-choice players Matt McKay, Luke Wilkshire, Brett Holman and Josh Kennedy are picked after missing the 29 February qualifier against Saudi Arabia, while the other players recalled compared to that squad are Nathan Coe, Adam Federici, Mile Jedinak, Neil Kilkenny, Robbie Kruse, Carl Valeri, Rhys Williams and Michael Zullo.
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Last week's tutorial about using the ExpoDisc to capture good skintones on camera generated lots of interest. And convinced me that it's time to revisit the technique behind editing skintones in Photoshop Elements.
The most important tool Elements gives us to correct skintones is the Info panel, which lets us view color measurements. To view your Info panel, go to the Window Menu and click on Info.
It looks like the screen shot below, when visible. If the top left quadrant of the Info panel doesn't display "RGB Color", select it by clicking on the arrow next to the name of that quadrant. As you move your cursor over your image, the Red, Green & Blue fields will reflect measurements of the color components of the pixels you are hovering over.
For best results when measuring colors, select your Color Picker tool (the Eyedropper), set the sample size to a 5×5 average, and set Sample to All Layers when measuring.
Go ahead and give this a try, now that you've got it all set up. Move your cursor around and examine the measurements that appear in the Info panel.
Are you ready to learn what those numbers can tell you?
Let's take this photo as an example. Start on a photo whose overall white balance is good.
The measurements for the pixels at the end of each arrow are in this table:
|Point 1
|Red: 231
Green: 203
Blue: 194
|Skin tone & exposure pretty good
|Point 2
|Red: 170
Green: 108
Blue: 79
|Skin underexposed in shadows with strong orange cast
|Point 3
|Red: 221
Green: 166
Blue: 137
|Skin exposed well with orange reflecting up from dress
We can make these observations about the numbers:
- Red is always greater than green, which is always greater than blue. This is good for skintones and you will see this pattern represented in nearly every skin color of every ethnicity.
- The higher the numbers, the lighter the colors. See how low the values are on point 2, in the shadows? RGB numbers run on a scale from 0-255, with 0 being the lowest and 255 the highest.
To repeat some info from last week's article, you will see neutral colors whenever red=green=blue. Here are examples of neutral colors:
- Black – Red 0, Green 0, Blue 0
- White – Red 255, Green 255, Blue 255
- Dark gray – Red 50, Green 50, Blue 50
- Light Gray – Red 175, Green 175, Blue 175
Colors represented by unequal amounts of red, green and blue are, well, colors. They aren't neutral shades of gray. To understand what the measurements mean, you first have to understand that each color, as measured in Elements, has an opposite.
For example, blue and yellow are opposites and are inverse to each other. At Point 2 above, Blue measures 79. As its inverse, Yellow would be 176 (or 255-79). So the lower Blue is, the higher Yellow is. And the lower Yellow is, the higher Blue is. This works for these 3 color pairs:
Now that this makes sense (it does make sense, right?), we can make another observation about the numbers in the screen shot above. Blue is much lower at Points 2 and 3 than at 1. So yellow is much higher. And given that Red is the largest number at each of these points, when we combine the Red with the larger than normal amount of Yellow, we get Orange. Which is exactly what our eyes see.
In this photo, the orange color cast is quite obvious and the RGB numbers merely confirm what our eyes see. Using the Info panel's numbers is especially helpful for photos where you know the skintones are off, but aren't quite sure why. Unfortunately, problems aren't always as obvious as they are in this photo!
Once you've used the numbers to identify what needs to be fixed, use one or more Levels adjustment layers to fix the affected areas. For the purposes of this discussion, I'm going to assume that Point 1 needs no edits.
To correct the area around Point 2, I need to lighten and remove the excess Yellow. Using a Levels adjustment layer, I move the middle slider of the RGB channel to the left. Moving this slider to the left brightens a photo, and moving it to the right darkens a photos.
Next, on the Blue channel, I move the middle slider to the left to increase Blue and decrease Yellow. When adjusting the individual color channels in Levels, moving the middle slider always increases the color that the channel is named after (Red, Green or Blue). Moving the middle slider to the right always increases that color's opposite. These are my Levels adjustments for Point 2.
I tweak both sliders until I am satisfied with the appearance of the dark, shadowed, orange-y area of her skin and finish by using the layer mask to constrain the edits just to this area.
For Point 3, the exposure is pretty good, so I only need to correct the orange color cast. I do this on a 2nd Levels adjustment layer, moving the middle slider of the Blue channel to the left. And I finish by constraining the effects of this layer with a layer mask also.
After these edits, you can see the following changes in my numbers:
|Point 1
|Red: 231
Green: 203
Blue: 194
|Red: 231
Green: 203
Blue: 194
|Point 2
|Red: 170
Green: 108
Blue: 79
|Red: 189
Green: 137
Blue: 114
|Point 3
|Red: 221
Green: 166
Blue: 137
|Red: 226
Green: 177
Blue: 152
And here is a Before and After on the image. Note that the shadows are lighter in the After and the orange tones are minimized on the bottom half of her face and her neck. I could do a lot more to tweak the final photo, but this tutorial is plenty long enough as it is!
When editing your own photos, start by reading the color measurements at several points of your image. If you want to lighten darker parts of your image, start by increasing the middle slider on the RGB color channel of a Levels layer. Do this selectively, using the layer mask, to equalize lightness around the subject.
To correct the color channels, it will take experimenting and practicing. If blue happens to be larger than green, add green/reduce magenta and/or decrease blue/add yellow with the appropriate color channels. After that, explore the R to G to B proportions of various skin points, and try to equalize those proportions throughout the image. For example, if green is 15 higher than blue at a good point, try to get the same 15 point spread throughout the image.
Do you get the feeling that this iceberg is much huger than the tip you just explored? Oh yes, it is. But I think this is plenty for one article!


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Is Your Photography Site Social-Media Optimized?
Posted By Paul Melcher On January 18, 2011 @ 12:29 am In Business of Photography | 10 Comments
With 10 percent of Internet visits and 25 percent of page views going to Facebook these days, Mark Zuckerberg's social network has emerged as more powerful than even Google.
What are the implications of this? For starters, it means you should worry a little bit less about search engine optimization (SEO) and a little bit more about social media optimization (SMO).
Meaningless Clicks
Sure, you can spend your days optimizing your website for Google search results until you are blue in the face, or until Google tweaks its algorithm again and you have to start all over.
You can read or hire search gurus for thousands of dollars to show you the "hidden" tricks for SEO.
Thing is, since they show everyone else, including your competition, those tricks aren't so secret anymore. It's like everybody trying to climb the same ladder, at the same time, to be the first on top.
For what? Lots of clicks? And does that bring business?
Just because you throw your kite up in a lot of wind, that doesn't mean it will fly.
Social Media Optimization
Google's problem is what Google is: a search engine. It's not a reference tool, like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networks.
Every day, millions of people are on these networks sharing what they like, and dislike, on a huge scale. Friends, colleagues, and family are sharing links, telling each other, "Look at this."
Why can't the photographs on your website be among these links?
While your competition is still trying to climb the SEO ladder only to fall off a few weeks later, you'd be much better off focusing on SMO — social media optimization.
I'm not talking about starting a Twitter account and tweeting about what you're having for dinner. Besides your mom, no one cares. I'm not talking about simply launching a Facebook page about your photography, either.
No, what I'm talking about is becoming the fuel of social media. Generating the links that people want to share.
If You Move Them, They Will Share
Yes, there are established techniques for SMO. Blogging, commenting on other blogs, posting relevant status updates, adding social news and sharing buttons to your site, and on and on.
All of these tools can stir up the wind, but like SEO, they can't make your kite fly.
No, your photography has to do that. Your photography has to shock people, inspire people, anger people, touch people. It has to move them.
And when you move them, they will share.
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#1 Comment By Jean Labelle On January 18, 2011 @ 9:44 am
RE: "No, what I'm talking about is becoming the fuel of social media."
It's like the gold-rush days of years ago. It was not the prospectors themselves that prospered, although some did strike it rich, but the majority did not.
The real winners were those that sold the shovels and picks.
#2 Comment By ian campbell On January 18, 2011 @ 1:36 pm
I like this, and it makes a lot more sense than most of the other things I hear out in the ether.
Since the aim of pictures is to talk to people, and the conversation starts one at a time, how better to go about it than showing out to the first person who in the end will be expected to be the likely consumer?
#3 Comment By Daniel Kevorkian On January 18, 2011 @ 10:16 pm
A few days ago two different individuals, a client and a friend came up with a similar sentece:
"Your profile is quite visible on the internet, good SEO work!"
My thinking was: "SEO what?"
Beside from tagging my pictures, my videos and my webpages I have never done a lot more, but on the contrary, I had spent quite a lot reaching out through social networks, hence I verified they were paying back in terms of "clicks" on my website and blog a lot more.
All this to say ... yes it does work.
Does it mean business? not necessarily, this is just the first step, then you have to be able to do some following up, i.e. phone calls, visits to clients etc etc.
This last part is what has never changed in the trade, may there be social networks or not.
Thanks Paul!
#4 Comment By Paul Adams On January 19, 2011 @ 9:09 am
As always it is all down to hard work. No secrets or tricks. All the info you need is out there.
#5 Comment By Bjarte Edvardsen On January 20, 2011 @ 6:02 am
Agreed! I think it's important for every photographer to try to embrace/test as many techniques & channels they can to find out what works out best for them (and without it taking too much time & focus away from photographing).
I highly recommend using Google Analytics for what it's worth, so you can find out which sources are sending you the most visitors, and those quality visitors that doesn't leave your site after just one minute. After analyzing the different channels, you can adjust your future efforts according to what you found out.
#6 Comment By TJ McDowell On January 21, 2011 @ 2:00 pm
I don't really think it's an either or thing. SEO can help your photography business out BIG-TIME! So there's no reason to discount it. I think last year we had close to 30% of our new business from SEO. Do we invest a lot of time into SEO? Yep. Do we also do Facebook? Who wouldn't?
It's really for 2 different methods of marketing. Facebook is more viral marketing where friends tell friends what they like. SEO comes into play when the user is ready to book a session and they're looking for local photographers. Both are excellent marketing tools, and I don't think you have to ditch one to use the other.
#7 Comment By Thomas On January 22, 2011 @ 9:47 am
dear friends,
i like the "SEO what ?" comment above, because thats what i do mostly too.
SEO rating is mostly algorithm based (e.g. a machine judges), by way of smo i at least decide where, when and in which way i leave a trail of information for others to like, dislike, ignore, ... whatever.
For me it s also important who is recommending something, so real friends and real networking go a long way in sharing, giving and receiving.
in the long run smo will be more important than pure seo alone, social media more important than google search, still the best smo is good for nothing when people cant find you through a search engine.
i care for my smo personally and the google search spiders take care of my seo.
tracking is important !
so far for now
Thomas Wilden
Photo-Journalist (former Software Professional
#8 Comment By Mark On January 26, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
This is a great article. I've been trying to work on the Social Media promotion on Twitter and Facebook. Its very easy to set up a Facebook Page for your photography and with the help of friends you can quickly build up a large number of people who 'like' your page. I think your much more likely to get a response on facebook than you are if you directly emailed customers.
#9 Comment By Leon On February 7, 2011 @ 7:28 pm
Very well said, the idea is simple Marketing 101. The product has to be good. All else grows from that - once folk like your work and you regularly post they will come back time and again. After all, we are photographers, not journalists.
#10 Comment By Robert Gunter On April 12, 2011 @ 11:37 am
I employed the expert services of a good SEO company in December 2010 and they're efforts resulted in getting my website on the first page of Google in my area under different categories. I have received a number of email and telephone calls from people asking for my prices of my service. Unfortunately the people who are contacting me are looking for price only even though I engage them in a conversation concerning their request for images from me. I am paying a fairly large sum for the SEO service, but I will have to terminate it soon because I am not receiving business from my good placement on Google.
I use Facebook and will concentrate more of my marketing/social efforts in that area. I know SEO is important, but I need to generate revenue from it to pay for the SEO and pay my bills also.
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Leah McCall Devlin, DDS, MPH,was elected to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Board of Trustees in April 2014, effective July 2014.
Devlin is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health. She joined the school in 2009. In addition to engaging faculty, students, and staff in fostering solutions to complex public health problems in North Carolina, Devlin works to raise the visibility of the Gillings School among state leaders. Additionally, Devlin serves as a consultant to RTI International, one of the world's leading research institutes, located in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Prior to joining the Gillings School, Devlin served from 2001 to 2009 as the state health director in the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Before that, she served as the director of the Wake County Health Department in Raleigh, N.C., for 10 years.
At the national level, Devlin serves on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation Board and the Public Health Accreditation Board. She continues to serve on many boards in North Carolina and recently stepped down from the Technical Advisory Board of the Milbank Memorial Fund. Devlin is a past president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Directors. Her honors include recognition from numerous professional associations for her contributions to public health, and in 2008 she received the University of North Carolina's distinguished alumni award.
Devlin earned her bachelor's, dental, and master's degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.


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Cat Tracks: Wildcats advance to Sweet Sixteen with win over Harvard
Sure, you could read the box score and know who won, but we all know that won't tell you everything that happened in a basketball game. So, we give you 'Cat Tracks', providing you with the analysis, quotes and notes from Arizona's 74-51 win over Harvard on March 23.
The Good:
The sixth-seeded Wildcats continue to impress in the tournament, handling 14th-seeded Harvard easily to advance to their 15th Sweet Sixteen.
Point guard Mark Lyons played a remarkable game for the 'Cats, tying a career-high 27 points on 12-of-17 shooting. He previously scored 27 points while with Xavier against Saint Louis in January 2012.
Arizona was dominant from the start, and built a 30-9 lead at one point in the first half and entered halftime with a comfortable 40-22 lead.
The 'Cats defense stifled Harvard, holding them to a lowly 27.6 shooting percentage overall.
The Bad:
The Wildcats' freshman Grant Jerrett bruised his elbow in the first half and did not return to the game.
Arizona saw both Kevin Parrom and Brandon Ashley foul out of the game in the second half.
� Harvard missed 20 of its first 22 shots of the game, including 13 straight to open the contest.
� Lyons will become the first player in NCAA tourney history to play in back-to-back Sweet Sixteens with two different teams. He played last year with Xavier.
� Arizona shot an impressive 58.3 percent from the field in the first half and finished with a 55 percent shooting percent overall, including going 9 of 15 from downtown.
Coming Up Next:
The Wildcats will play the winner of Ohio St. vs. Iowa St on Thursday in LA in the Sweet Sixteen.


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World Bank Group to Help Rwanda Improve its Social Protection System
WASHINGTON, January 22, 2015 – The World Bank Group's (WBG) Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$70million International Development Association (IDA) credit to support the Government... Show More +
Rwanda - Social Protection System Development Policy Operation
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WB Supports Rwanda's Efforts to End Extreme Poverty with Support for Social Protection System
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2014 – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved the third in a series of programs for Rwanda that will help accelerate the country's impressive poverty reduction... Show More +
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World Bank to Help Rwanda Cut Poverty with Stronger Safety Nets for Vulnerable Families
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2013 – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved a grant of US$50 million to help Rwanda expand and manage its national social protection system. By cushioning... Show More +
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3 out of 5 People in Developing Countries Lack Safety Nets
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World Bank Flash: Close the Gap - Safety Nets Work
April 18, 2012 "Safety nets can transform people's lives and provide a foundation for inclusive growth without busting budgets. Effective safety net coverage overcomes poverty and promotes economic opportunity... Show More +
Zoellick Congratulates Dr. Jim Yong Kim as New World Bank Group President
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Very few horror movies would last past the second act if the characters in these films were actually fans of horror movies.
Some time after the first occurrence of Scary Old Timey Music Wafting Through the Vents, after Creepy Bugs Fluttering Inside the House and certainly by the time of the "Accidental" Fall That Sidelines a Key Character — well, that's when any red-blooded, movie-going individual would run out the front door and never look back.
To the credit of director Andy Muschietti, his co-writing team and a first-rate cast, "Mama" succeeds in scaring the wits out of us and leaving some lingering, deeply creepy images, despite indulging in many of the aforementioned cliches — and about a half-dozen more. (Executive produced by horror master Guillermo del Toro, "Mama" is a feature-length expansion of a three-minute short that Muschietti made with his sister Barbara.)
In addition to at least three or four jump-in-your-seat stingers, we get some of the most creatively chilling nightmare sequences in recent memory. A stylized dream (which is really a transferred memory) set in the 19th century, in which we see a crazed young woman creating bloody terror before leaping off a cliff with her newborn, all of it shown from the madwoman's point of view? That's a lot more innovative than anything we're likely to see in yet another film about a plodding behemoth in a mask chasing after dumb teenagers through the woods.
In the prologue to "Mama," we learn of a shooting at a financial firm after an economic crash. A distraught executive named Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau from "Game of Thrones") arrives home, quickly collects his two young daughters, Victoria and Lilly, and speeds off. They wind up in an abandoned house deep in the forest, where Lucas apparently intends to shoot his daughters before he can kill himself.
That's not quite how it works out.
Flash forward to five years later. Lucas' brother Jeffrey (also played by Coster-Waldau) has never given up hope. His team of searchers finally stumbles on to the very abandoned house we saw a century ago in the nightmare. Dad's long gone, but the girls are still there — covered in mud, making strange noises, crawling on all fours in rapid fashion like wild animals. How could they have survived on their own?
The girls are kept in isolation for a few months as Dr. Dreyfuss (Daniel Kash) records their every move while ostensibly helping with their assimilation. Given that Victoria keeps making cryptic references to an unseen "Mama" and Lilly sleeps under the bed, gnaws on fruit, twigs and the occasional bug, and screams whenever anyone tries to touch her, the girls hardly seem ready for ice cream, pajamas and bedtime stories, but Jeffrey is determined to give them a normal life.
So Jeffrey and his rocker-chick lover, Annabel (Jessica Chastain in a black wig and a tattoo sleeve), take the girls to their new rent-free home, provided by the ever-lurking Dr. Dreyfuss, who wants only to keep studying the little ones.
Let the chills and spills begin. As Dr. Dreyfuss investigates some long-ago murders at a facility just a few miles from the site of that house in the forest, Jeffrey is sidelined by an "accident," leaving the reluctant Annabel in charge of the girls, who are still a long way from being invited to anyone's play group. (Not that we ever see a hint of even one neighbor on the block. Does no one hear all the shaking, rattling and rolling going on in that house where the rocker chick lives with those scary little girls?)
For the longest time we don't see much of the ghostly Mama, who apparently has been alternately caring for and terrorizing the girls all these years and has made the trip with them to suburbia. She flashes by the screen, or we see just the top of her head as she zips about the house. Once we do see her, yipes. Thanks to a combination of CGI and a performance by the extremely thin, extremely tall Spanish actor Javier Botet, this is one frightful Mama.
The real mother in the story is Annabel, who slowly sheds her tough-talking, who-gives-a-bleep exterior as her nurturing instincts take over. It's worlds away from Chastain's Oscar-nominated turn in "Zero Dark Thirty" and further proof she's one of the finest actors of her generation.
Some elements of "Mama," including the dream sequences, are reminiscent of Japanese horror films. There's also some dark and wicked humor, as when Lilly plays and giggles with an offscreen Mama while Annabel goes about household chores, oblivious to the insanity occurring just around the corner. Coster-Waldau is solid in what turns out to be a supporting role, and Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nelisse are terrific as the little girls.
Movies like "Mama" are thrill rides. We go to be scared and then laugh, scared and then laugh, scared and then shocked. Of course, there's almost always a little plot left over for a sequel.
It's a ride I'd take again.
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Shadow's Interview
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Shadow is a handsome, five year-old Border Collie who lives and works at Fox Creek winery in McLaren Vale. [Download Shadow's model card] Shadow has been part of the family ever since Helen Watts saved him from doom as she waited with her cat at the local veterinary surgeon. Recently, Shadow released his own wine called 'Shadow's run'. Shadow is donating $6 from every case of wine he sells to the Farmhand Foundation for drought relief. Here, Shadow talks about fame, friends and fun in the vineyard.
Why have you decided to release your own wine?
To help the farmers. By putting my name on the wine and donating some of the money to the Farmhand Foundation for drought relief, I feel like I'm doing my bit. I was raised on farms to work hard and help out a mate in need, and that's what I'm doing - helping others out.
What's it like to be famous?
Weird. All these strange dogs come up to me in the street and want a lick or... sometimes worse. It gets kind of embarrassing at times. I do get some weird stuff in the mail though - last week I got a note asking if I'd be the father of another dog's litter. Like I said, weird.
How do you feel about having your own wine?
When I was little I always wanted to be on the label of a can of PAL, I guess that's every puppy's dream. But like most, I grew out of it. Well, until all this happened. One minute I'm on the winery just doing my job and next I'm on the label of a bottle of wine.
What do you say to those critics who say you're just jumping on the celebrity wine wagon?
The other celebrities with wine labels have been great. I haven't actually spoken to Greg Norman yet but his people have invited me on to that boat of his. And Warnie has been really good about it - he gave me a call and some tickets to the World Cup. There's no hostility between any of us.
What does a typical day at the Fox Creek winery involve?
I'm usually first up and then I chase a few foxes off the property. By that stage the winemakers Daniel and Tony are up so we say our 'good mornings' and get to work. Then I go and hang out at cellar door and keep the customers happy - just the usual meet and greet, "Hi how's it going, come in and try our wines," that sort of thing. Once that's under control it's off to the vineyard to work with the pruners.
What are the favourite bits about working at Fox Creek?
Definitely pruning. It's awesome fun. The pruners flick the trellis wire that runs along the vines and I spend most of the day chasing the wobbles. Some of the pruners like it but others think it's a bit annoying. I get so excited I can't keep quiet about it.
And the worst?
Vintage. The winemaking team doesn't get much sleep so they're all a bit grumpy. It's hard to get them to throw me a ball or take me for a ride in the car or anything.
So where do you see yourself in the future?
I'd really like to take it one step at a time. There's talk of producing my own calendar, recording a single and even being cast in a pantomime in London's theatre district. But right now I'm pretty happy - Fox Creek is a beautiful place and McLaren Vale is beautiful part of the world. I'd be crazy to leave here. Come and see for yourself.


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Oppo R1 leaks in live photos, specs in tow
The Oppo R1, formerly known as the R829T, was teased by the Chinese maker not too long ago, showing us the first live photo of the phone. Luckily, the wait for another glimpse at the phone didn't take that long thanks to a batch of hands-on photos done by anonymous source.
The photos show the Oppo R1 from every angle and reveal the glass back, which Oppo teased. The phone also features a metal frame, similar to the Find 5 and N1, which should bring some extra toughness.
The volume rocker and Power/Lock buttons are also made of metal. At the bottom, there's a microUSB port coupled with a neatly designed speaker grill. On the right, there's the volume rocker, while on the left sits the Power/Lock key.
Unfortunately, there's a protective casing around the phone, which prevents us from seeing the R1 in its full glory.
Anyway, we did spot that the camera and LED flash are situated on the top left corner with earlier rumors pointing at a 8MP snapper. The Oppo R829T will be powered by a MediaTek MT6582 chipset (quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU at 1.3GHz) with 1GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage.
The man behind the photos says the R1 measures just 7.1mm thick. Below the 5" display of 720p resolution there are the 3 Android capacitive touch buttons.
Pricing and availability haven't been confirmed. We guess Oppo will wait for 2014 to roll in and then officially announce its mid-range R1.
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Generally I did find it to be interesting. However, there were times
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This year the best one I have been to is Linux Tag - www.linuxtag.org.
Looks as though the other one that is really good this year is
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Friends of Beurre: Fine French Cuisine
Blog Entry: Monday 27 Apr 2009
As former chef Fran Warde travels around France to find the most delicious and simple dishes from the country's best bistros, she writes home with the best recipes so Guardian readers can try them out for themselves.
'Glamorous comfort food – what's not to love about the French bistro?' she asks. 'The restaurants that have been a part of the foodie landscape of France for over 200 years are fashionable once again, with big-name chefs returning to the recipes that have made bistros famous. The times seem to demand a soothing, satisfying style of cooking. However, you don't have to cross the Channel to make the most of this renaissance. Here is a selection of the very best classic dishes, from snails in garlicky butter to the perfect fish stew…'
Mariner's mussels from Normandy, cooked in butter, garlic, shallots, chilli and wine. Served with fresh parsley, zesty lemon and large quantities of bread.
Snails with garlic and herb butter from Paris, baked with buttery breadcrumbs.
Braised partridge and puy lentil pot also from Paris, with onion, garlic and smoked bacon gently sauteed in butter.
Fish stew from the Charente, with a rich yet fine buttery sauce made from the fresh juices created from cooking the fish, shellfish and vegetables in white wine.
Sautéed clam salad from Ile de Re, a simple summer recipe packed with sunshine and the delicious sweet-salty flavours of the sea. Great served with buttered sourdough bread.
Lemon tart from Cote D'Azur, a classic dessert which is served all over France combining sweet, crumbling pastry with rich, creamy citrus custard.
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Windhoek — Standard Bank Katutura branch is asking its clients to use cheaper electronic channels such as ATMs for withdrawing smaller amounts of cash.
The bank has noted that the majority of its clients still use the over-the-counter service to withdraw amounts between N$500 and N$1000, which attract significant transaction fees when withdrawn over the counter compared to ATM withdrawal.
A cash withdrawal at an ATM costs only N$5.10 compared to an over-the-counter transaction that costs N$37.00 in bank charges.
"Since the 1st of January this year, we took it upon ourselves to reduce the long queues in the bank by giving customers the cheaper option of withdrawing money outside the bank at the ATMs," said the bank's Katutura branch manager Lasarus Shikongo.


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Issued Tuesday, 7 February 2006
This is one of the most brilliantly sophisticated and hilarious productions I have seen… Jude Kelly's direction is flawlessly and cunningly precise.The Sunday Times, London
Oscar Wilde, I'm sure, is somewhere grinning ear to ear.The International Herald Tribute
What happens when The Importance of Being Earnest is performed by just two actors playing all nine roles? The answer is Ridiculusmus.
Jon Haynes and David Woods are Ridiculusmus, a British comedy duo known for their flouting of theatre convention. This brilliant take on Wilde's classic The Importance of Being Earnest was commissioned by Brisbane Powerhouse and The Barbican's BITE festival in London. After a sellout series of performances in London and a tour of Great Britain, Ridiculusmus returns to Australia to perform Wilde's great comedy of manners - with a twist.
From March 21 to April 9 Haynes and Woods bring to the Opera House Oscar Wilde's witty 19th century social comedy about mixed-up identities and made-up characters. In the hands of Ridiculusmus, the original is sent up with skill and considerable ingenuity. Multiple costumes are worn simultaneously, screens and tables become changing rooms and wigs and hats are tossed around the kitsch Victoriana set as the two actors transform into each separate character. The sheer ridiculousness of the costume and character changes provides much humour, without detracting from the well-loved wit of Wilde.
For more than 13 years Ridiculusmus has been developing its anarchic flights of fantasy. The duo's unconventional and innovative work has been described as physical theatre, political theatre, avant-garde theatre, Dadaist, realist, anarchic and comedic. However it is classified, there is no denying the reputation of Ridiculusmus as one of the most exciting theatre companies around, with awards from Time Out, Total Theatre, The Herald Angel, and two nominations for most outstanding festival show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.
The Importance of Being Earnest marks the first time Ridiculusmus has collaborated with a director, and the skills of Jude Kelly, one of Britain's leading theatre innovators, are evident in this imaginative and ingenious production. The performance begins sedately, with much of the dialogue involving just two characters at a time. It then builds to a fast and furious pace as the mix-ups and misunderstandings unravel and the versatility of the two actors becomes even more evident. The Importance of Being Earnest is a funny play, but this farcical version by Ridiculusmus will make audiences see it in a new, even more hilarious light.
Following the Sydney program the production travels to the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne (as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival) and the Brisbane Powerhouse.
Program Details: The Importance of Being EarnestVenue: The PlayhouseDates: Preview Tues 21 March, 2006 8pm
Season 22 March – 9 April, 2006Times: Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Fri 8pm
Sat 2pm & 8pm, Sun 5pm
Thurs 30 March & Wed 5 April 12.30pmTickets: Preview $35Season $45/$35Artists Talk: Sunday 26 March (post show)
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Step 1: Ignore all signs that you are going blind right before your eyes.
A week before I was admitted to the hospital for passing out in my shower, I started experiencing some very strange visual disturbances. One morning while at work I noticed that everyone's head looked "dented". Of course, all of my coworkers told me this was very scary, but I was operating under the premise that if I kept acting like nothing was there, then it wasn't. Add to this that my visual acuity had decreased dramatically in the weeks before, and it is nothing short of a miracle that I can see this screen in front of me. Honestly. Miraculous.
Step 2: Make sure that, once you are diagnosed, you are prescribed an ineffective amount of the drug meant to save your sight and relieve your symptoms.
I had no idea what I was dealing with when I was diagnosed with IIH, in fact, most of the doctors around me had never even heard of it! Anyway, I was prescribed 250mg of Diamox to keep my cerebral spinal fluid in control after my spinal tap showed I had an opening pressure of 60. This all sounded copacetic to me, but when I felt just as bad a week later for my first follow up as I did when I was admitted, I wasn't surprised to find out that I needed to be on 1000mg (this was eventually bumped all the way up to 2000mg!!) to smack my body back into order. The uneducated doctors essentially erased most of the good the spinal tap did for me. Thankfully, Diamox paired with Prednisone put my system in overdrive toward a life of less cerebral spinal fluid.
Step 3: Take tons of steroids (Prednisone) even though you are a "positive responder" to steroids.
Here's another one of those things no one could have ever known at the time. When I started to taper off the steroids in August of 2009 (after two months of some pretty high doses), a bunch of strange things started happening. Although I hadn't been able to read, drive or see much of anything clearly since before I was diagnosed in June, in the middle of August I lost the ability to see color and suddenly needed my husband to help me walk anywhere - even our home. I could see shapes and shades, but I had lost depth and any kind of clarity at all. I found out at my opthalmologist's office on a Friday, after pretty scary couple of weeks of diminishing vision ending in beyond legal blindness, that the steroids were to blame.
Step 4: When you lose the ability to see color, don't call your doctors or run to any emergency rooms, just wait until your next appointment.
My mantra these days is: Hindsight is 20/20, even if I'm not! because I honestly can't understand why, on God's green Earth, I was so stubborn about all of this. It seems so incredibly clear to me now that I needed to run, while on the cell phone with all of my doctors, to the nearest emergency room when my vision started faltering again. Instead, once my doctor saw me, I was rushed to UMDNJ in Newark, NJ for an emergency eye surgery. Terrifying. But sight saving, so I really can't complain.
In the end, the shortest path to blindness, or any kind of debilitating illness, is embedded in step 1: ignore your body. However, to nearly go blind, or to be saved from yourself in any instance, surround yourself with an excellent support system of friends, family and well-educated specialists. Reach out to communities who know what you are going through (I highly recommend DailyStrength) and, above all else:
This post was written in response to a prompt provided by The Scintilla Project. The prompt I chose to use today was:
Tell a story about something interesting (anything!) that happened to you, but tell it in the form of an instruction manual (Step 1, Step 2, etc.).


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Sunday, October 21, 2012
Future Considerations Podcast (Episode 35: 2nd Base Prospects, BaseballAmerica League Top 20s, DRaysBay Community List Review)
Scott and Kevin continue their off-season positional rundown with second base prospects, run through the Rays who appeared on BaseballAmerica's off-season league top 20 prospects lists, talked about their review of the DRaysBay Community Prospect list from last off-season, and finished up with some majors talk.
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Android Touch Screens?
A lot of Android users are happy with their own touchscreen mobile phones, now what will happen if Android makes a touch screen LCD? Will it get the same praises as the phones they've created? There are a lot of monitor makers that are considering the production of this kind of gadget. It will be twice as expensive as a regular LCD, but it will also be twice as fun.
Companies are considering this because people nowadays prefer the use of smartphones and tablets. LCD sales have dropped steadily in the past few years. WitsView, one of the LCD makers in the market want to tap into this venture saying "An Android LCD monitor is a LCD monitor equipped with the ARM processor, featuring the Android operating system, and adjustable to a horizontal angle on top of the touch function and WiFi, which can be regarded as a simple version of a large-sized tablet." As a consumer, will you be interested in buying one?


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On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 01:42:07AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> I've just come across, on an online discussion of this sort of spam,
> what sounds like a truly brilliant idea for authors of Web forms:
> The best solution we found to spam contacts is to have an invisible
> field called 'email'. If it's filled, then it's spam, and ignored. We
> haven't received a single spam contact on any of our sites since
> implementing this.
Trying it. I dislike CAPTCHA's (DailyWTF has some good examples of
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and since I'm the only human receiving the junk, the form doesn't have
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Pennsylvania Avenue Shell shooting critically injures victim
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D.C. police investigators are searching for the gunman who critically injured at a man in a shooting at a Southeast D.C. gas station.
The shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Shell station at the corner of Minnesota and Pennsylvania avenues SE.
Police say the man was shot in the neck and is in critical condition.
There is no word as to a motive in the shooting. The investigation is ongoing.
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Most milk does a body BAD, not good, but it's the biggest lies that are more likely to be believed, and there are myths that refuse to die. So, in the name of good health, let's try to rid ourselves of them now.
Homemade Calcium and Magnesium
For decades, the need for Calcium and Magnesium for growing and maintaining of a healthy body has been well established. Absorbing these nutrients isn't so easy, most mineral supplements come from inorganic matter that is not bioavailable. In fact, taking a calcium or a calcium magnesium supplement will often do you more harm than good.
Vitamins and Minerals
Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body. Though it seems like everyone is supplementing their diet with some form of calcium, most people are deficient. Your body can't process calcium if you don't have enough magnesium and you can't absorb calcium without ample stores of vitamin D. You need vitamin K to regulate your blood calcium. And if you don't have enough calcium, you won't be able to process zinc. If you don't have enough zinc, you won't be able to process vitamin A.


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What to do when I come onto my favorite site to gush about a movie and find it hasn't been reviewed yet? Well, write one, of course. This review assumes you have seen the movie.
Way back in September, Mark gave us a list of the Avengers movies in the order he recommended we see them. At that point, Iron Man had already been sitting in a Netflix envelope in my house for far too long. Yesterday, I finally threw the DVD into my computer, deciding I would give it half an hour. Two hours later, instead of ejecting the disc, I hit re-play and watched it again.
I went into this movie stone cold. I had never read an Avengers comic and I knew nothing about the characters that populate this universe. I fully expected to be lost as allusions were made to situations and people of which I knew nothing. Instead, the director, Jon Favreau, was able to provide a full backstory that enabled me as a novice to not only follow the story, but to invest almost immediately in the character.
Terrence Howard plays the straight man to perfection, managing to inject an element of humor into the role without trying to one-up his lead. Gwyneth Paltrow takes the usually thankless role of the love interest and makes Pepper Potts so intelligent, so caring that I started shipping Tony and her from the first time she was on screen. When she doesn't fall into her boss's arms at the end, I loved her even more.
Jeff Bridges was a revelation as the villain. He didn't appear at the beginning metaphorically winking at us the audience to let us know where this is all going. Instead, I believed he was a good guy. Until, that is, Tony comes home. As Obadiah steps forward to embrace his business partner, my spidey sense started to tingle. On the re-watch, I tried to see what Bridges had done that made me suspicious. I still couldn't tell you. Now, that's acting.
While the supporting players were wonderful, any superhero film will succeed or fail on its lead actor. Robert Downey, Jr.'s performance took me completely by surprise. He so embodied the part, I can't imagine any other actor playing it. What I especially loved was the humor with which Downey imbued the character. He doesn't speak like I imagine a superhero would, even when he becomes a superhero. Instead, he is witty and irreverent, while at the same time clearly hiding deep insecurities and hurts.
Intelligence is sexy. Some of my favorite scenes were Downey on his own, interacting with the robots that help him build his suit. It is through these scenes, both the successes and the failures, that Downey shows us that although Tony is a true genius, he is not perfect. He failed and failed big, which makes this superhero more human than some.
The best part of these scenes is that, because the robots with which he interacts are not people, they are not in awe and Tony treats them as friends. Jarvis reminded me of Alfred in cyber form, sarcasm and all. "Dummy" reminded me of R2-D2. A robot, yet infused with humanity and caring. The second time that the robot douses Tony in fire retardant, I roared with laughter and I was moved when he brought the "old" heart to Tony's level.
The laughter is what makes this movie work so well. So many other movies of this genre that I have seen are very dark and take themselves very seriously. This one was just the opposite. It has at its core a serious theme, the redemption of an incredibly flawed man. Yet, the redemption doesn't come at the cost of Tony losing who he is at his core, nor does it come at the cost of light or wit.
This is not to imply that the redemption is not taken seriously. Downey manages to play Tony's disillusionment and fury at Stane's betrayal at just the right level. He is clearly affected, but instead of sulking, he puts on his suit and goes to work.
The special effects are fantastic, culminating in two of the best action sequences I have seen in a while. Iron Man being chased by the fighter jets was exciting and tense, while still managing to incorporate the film's signature humor. The final showdown was beautifully done. I believed that the two characters we had come to know were inside those suits.
Was this movie perfect? No. Several of the sequences went on too long and the Afghan villains were a tad too stock. But, these are small quibbles about a movie that managed to surprise me by how good it was. And, make sure you sit through the credits. Iron Man 2 will not sit in its envelope for long.
Three and a half out of four press conferences that change the game.


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UW-L Cancer Benefit This Weekend
The UW-La Crosse Football and Dance teams will once again be staging the 6th Annual Rob Wagner Cancer Benefit tonight and tomorrow. Wagner's teammate, Eric Johnson started the event.
Wagner was diagnosed with cancer in his wrist which led to him to cut his football career short at UW-L. The benefit, with proceeds going to Gunderson Lutheran Steppin Out In Pink progra, is tonight at 7pm and tomorrow night at 5, both being held at the Graff Main Hall Auditorium. In 5 years they have raised over $5o thousand.


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I picked the Quiet Creek Inn to escape the city for some peace and quiet and was not disappointed. Cabins are clean, though not particularly large, with nice balconies. They are nicely spaced for privacy. The grounds are spacious and nicely maintained. I especially loved the smell of the pines and the chairs placed by the creek. Staff was delightful.
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There is nothing quite like sitting back at then end of a long day and letting your feet soak in warm water. I wish I had known the benefits and value of letting my feet soak earlier in life. I'm sure I could have released a great deal of stress…and toxins.
I did some searching around online to take a peek at some other recipes and decided to take the elements that I liked and add some of my own. I love this foot soak recipe because it is soothing, relaxing, and also helps detox the body.
1 C. Epsom Salt
1 C. Baking Soda
â…" C. Sea Salt
â…" C. Redmond Clay
Mix together the ingredients in a Quart jar. When you're ready for your foot soak pour 1/4 C. of the mix into a tub of hot water (as hot as you can get without burning yourself). I like to put it into a small tub that just my feet fit it. Here's the topper! Essential Oils! Add 3-4 drops of your favorite essential oil to the water. These are some good suggestions based on your needs.
Metal Cleanse – Cilantro
Relaxing – Lavender, Serenity, or Balance
Rejuvenating – Peppermint, Deep Blue, AromaTouch
Candida Cleanse – Melaleuca
- Uplifting – Citrus Bliss, Elevation, Wild Orange
Follow up with our DIY Foot Scrub!


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Scrhade OTF Knives
Schrade knives is one of our most popular OTF knives we carry. These assisted opening OTF knives are available at just a fraction of the cost of some automatic knives and have the same distinct fast blade opening action.
Boker-Matic OTF
The Boker-matic OTF knife is actually a manually opened knife which requires the user to manually slide the blade from the closed to open position. This "cocks" the spring which pulls the knife back in to the handle with just the push of a button.
OTF Knives
this is a great buy it was not too expensive, and it works and looks great. if you are considering buying this knife JUST GET.
I've had it about a month, don't know how I ever got along without it. My older hands and stiffness make opening pocket knives a chore, but this Schrade OTF zips out at the touch of the button. Using only one hand, I can unlock, deploy and close easier than any pocket knife I have ever owned. Stays sharp, strong construction, a great pocket clip, black finish is subdued for discreet carry. May get one for an old friend suffering the golden years like me.
This knife is awesome. As the first guy said keep the lock on unless your using it. However, It is lightning fast. Great for self defense.
Great knife... easy one handed operation... this was a replacement for one that was lost.
The knife is excellent, (with one exception) I have poor flex range in my thumbs. But I still think it's an excellent knife. I gave it to my son and he has no problem with it. For myself I ordered another OTF by Schrade, which is easier for me to use, also an excellent knife. I have and will recommend both to others.


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Bygones: Tunisia, Norway, Arnhem and Italy: my brother's war really worried our mum!
Posted: January 24, 2014|
A picture showing stoker Sid Mason aboard HMS Abdiel during the Second World War brought back memories for reader Ray Jones, of Brailsford.
MY brother, Norman, joined the Army on March 15, 1940, at the age of about 24, going to Bulford on Salisbury Plain.
After completing his training, he volunteered for the 1st Airborne Division, which really worried our mum.
Although he appeared to be rather quiet, he was really a bit of a daredevil and was mad keen on motorcycles.
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I suspect this was why he opted for the 1st Airborne unlike my other brother, Reg, who also served in the war but with the North Staffordshire Regiment.
I think Norman's first overseas posting came when he was sent to serve in North Africa.
He was in the RASC (Royal Army Service Corps) and it was while in North Africa that they were joined by a Polish group called Popski's Private Army.
As part of their operations, they went behind German lines in the night to demolish fuel stores.
In July 1943, the 1st Airborne, transported by gliders, invaded Sicily. Norman was on board one of the gliders for the invasion. He didn't really talk a great deal about his time in the Second World War. Only when we were alone together would he ever open up a bit about it.
After the Sicily invasion, Norman returned to Africa until the September, when they were moved to the port of Bizerta in Tunisia.
On arrival, they formed a human chain to load arms onto HMS Abdiel, a Royal Navy minesweeper which was to take them to land at Taranto as part of the invasion of Italy.
When on deck one day during the crossing, Norman was amazed to see Joe Harrison, of Smith Hall Farm at Hulland Ward, someone he knew very well from home. Joe was a stoker on the ship. What an experience for them all those miles away from home!
Unfortunately, when entering Taranto harbour, HMS Abdiel was torpedoed or struck a mine at around midnight.
Norman was thrown against a Jeep on deck, injuring his back. He was then thrown into the sea, causing him to swallow a lot of oil and water and he passed out.
He came round in a hospital with nuns caring for him. I don't know how long he was in hospital for.
Sadly, Joe Harrison did not survive the attack.
Norman was later involved in the Arnhem campaign, although not on the gliders. He was in supply Jeeps on land.
Norman finished the war in Norway where his group were sent to help oversee the German surrender. He was even presented with a certificate by King Olaf of Norway.
Norman was demobbed at the end of the war and returned to the butchery trade where he had worked before enlisting.
He worked first in Brailsford before moving to Beeston Brothers butchers at Allestree Lane, Derby. He stayed there until the brothers retired, returning to Brailsford and a job at the cheese factory.
He had married Betty after the war and the couple had three children, Peter, Sue and Pam.
For the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem in 1994, Norman, Reg and I went over to Netherlands and visited all the places where Norman had been based.
Norman died in 2001 at the age of 84.


text: A 56 year-old Longview man is recovering from smoke inhalation that he got during a Saturday night fire at his home in the 300 block of Woodside Drive. Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue was called to the home at about 11:20 Saturday night, when a kitchen fire was reported. They say that the resident was able to get the fire put out before firefighters got there, but he did suffer the smoke inhalation. The unidentified man was taken to St. John Medical Center for treatment; no one else in the home was injured. Damage from the smoky fire is put at about $10,000.


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Government, through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA), has embarked on a special exercise called Operation Flood the Market under which it will offload 112,860 tonnes of maize to millers across the country.
According to a press statement by FRA executive director Chola Kafwabulula, the offloading of maize on the market was in line with the agency's mandate to ensure that the grain is released from the strategic food reserve to help stablise the prices of the staple food.
Mealie meal prices have increased from the retail unit of about K49,000 per 25 kilogramme bag to as high as K75,000 in some parts of the country.
Mr Kafwabulula said Operation Flood the Market was being managed by a nine-member task force headed by him.
Operation Flood the Market would run smoothly by reducing on paper work previously associated with maize allocations to millers.
Mr Kafwabulula said the task force was set up to facilitate the expeditious processing and allocation of applications received from millers under specified terms of reference.
The terms of reference are allocating maize to millers based on applications received, and processing the required documentation within 24 hours once payment was effected.
Other terms are ensuring that loading at FRA depots is quick to facilitate a steady supply of the maize grain from FRA depots to the milling plants.
A total of 36 milling companies have been targeted in different parts of the country.
They are National Milling Company, Chimanga Changa, Tamba Milling, Solwezi Milling, Shabco Million, FGV, Kwacha, Mpongwe, Mutupa Processing Company, First Choice Milling, White Gold Milling, Star Milling A.L Milling, Simba Milling, Mumbwa Milling Corporation, MF Milling Enterprises, Glance Milling and Jambara Merchants.
Others are Olimpic, Antelope, HM Milling, Jamas, Kasama, Chimsoro, Mpongwe, Cereal, Chat, GBM, Mushe, Pembe Flour Mills, Kasama Bakery, Choma, APG, Aupie, Superior and Dariyaye.
And the Government has allowed FRA to sell maize to members of the general public as a way of helping to curb the rising prices of mealie meal.
Agriculture minister Emmanuel Chenda said under Operation Flood the Market, the agency would be selling the staple grain to individuals which would be taken for grinding as a way of improving on the food security at household level.
Millers Association of Zambia president Allan Sakala is optimistic that the move would help stabilise the prices of mealie meal.


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Recycle mobile phone to benefit from Nokia N8 camera
19 October 2010 — 2:16 PM
Recycling a mobile phone and putting the cash gained from the process towards a Nokia N8 may offer a range of benefits.
For example, consumers could use it as a chance to upgrade to a model with significantly higher specifications than their existing device.
Haje, writing an entry for the Nokia Conversations blog, offers a number of tips on how to make the most of the device's powerful 12-megapixel camera.
Firstly, the author advises using slightly different tactics to standard photograph-taking, such as making attempts to catch spontaneous shots, although only in front of attractive backgrounds.
Another good idea is to keep out of bright sunlight as the result will not look as good, while adding context by barely including the subject of the picture in the frame is recommended.
The Nokia N8, which was released earlier this month, also features high-definition video recording, Dolby surround sound and a stylish aluminium case.
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