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Boost Mobile jumped into the limelight earlier this year when it released its Unlimited Monthly Prepaid cell phone plan, which gives subscribers unlimited phone usage.
This looks like a good plan, even though there are some issues with what "unlimited" actually means. Boy Genius report wrote a post asking if Boost Mobile's Unlimited plan is too good to be true? Apparently, there is some fine print that says Boost prohibits "unreasonable" phone usage. It is up to Boost to decide what is "unreasonable," I guess.
I think the company will be very careful if they try to cut someone off of their prepaid service plan and that it is only including a clause like this in case of serious abuse of their unlimited service. Competition is high in the prepaid market and appearing to not offer what they claim could hurt Boost Mobile. I'm sure that subscribers who do not make insanely high numbers of calls or hundreds of text messages a day will be fine and will have no problems with Boost's plan.
Here are the details of Boost's Monthly Unlimited Plan
$50 per month
Unlimited Day, Nights, and Weekends
Mobile to Mobile For calls to & from Boost Mobile, Sprint, and Nextel subscribers nationwide
Unlimited Nationwide Walkie-Talkie
Unlimited Text Messaging (audio, video, pictures included)
Wireless Web
Voicemail, Long Distance & Nationwide Network
International Text Messaging – free to receive, 10 cents to send
Add International Walkie-Talkie and Text for $10/month
International Long Distance cost extra per minute fee depending on the country
Learn more about available prepaid cell phone plans. Another interesting thing that happened recently in the prepaid world is the release of the new T-Mobile prepaid Blackberry plans. This is pretty cool, have a look. If you like your blackberry and dig T-Mobile have you'll be interested in this.
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From Low Head, you can take a penguin tour to see the world's smallest penguins clamber to their nests each night, or visit the two main beaches, East Beach on Bass Strait, or the quieter and safer Lagoon Bay, on the estuary. Picnic areas with electric barbecues are featured near both beaches.
Platypus House offers you a rare chance to see the unique Tasmanian Platypus and Echidna in an indoor setting. It is the only place in the world you can experience this amazing animal up close and personal. Platypus House sits on the western banks of the Tamar River at Beauty Point. Watch platypuses feeding and playing on a fully guided tour of platypus ponds.
Seahorse World proudly provides an excellent educational experience and leads the world in research and development to alleviate the plight of the wild seahorse. Seahorse World provides visitors with an opportunity to experience the secret life of seahorses, from pregnant males through birth up to adulthood. More species of seahorse are exhibited here than anywhere else in the world.
The Tamar Valley, Tasmania's premier wine growing region, is just on our doorstep. Acclaimed for its cool climate wines, many of the vineyards are small and family owned, and often the growers themselves will greet you to explain how the wine is made and give you a tasting. The region is also renowned for its fresh local produce, including fantastic berries and cheeses.
Located on the edge of the small Tasmanian town of Bridport, Barnbougle Dunes is a 30 minute drive east of George Town, is right on the north coast that overlooks Bass Strait. Barnbougle Dunes, is ranked 35th in the world, welcomes everyone to play and enjoy the first class clubhouse facilities. The Barnbougle Dunes experience includes a championship 18 holes links golf course; driving range, putting green and chipping green with bunkers; and a spectacular public clubhouse.
Seal and Sea Adventures have boats to charter for diving and fishing trips in Bass Strait, offering guests the opportunity to dive along the coastline as far as Bridport (in the east) or to Flinders Island. Guests can also snorkel or scuba diver with the seals, with a shark shield device, if required.
Launceston Lakes provides private fly fishing for trout and tuition in angling. Surrounded by natural bush land, the lakes have a total shoreline of more than 5kms. They are well-stocked with brown and rainbow trout, with fish up to trophy size of six kilos and more. Only fly fishing is permitted. No fishing licence is required.
Tasmanian Escape operate luxury four wheel drive day and extended tours to all the popular destinations, or to off the beaten track out of the way places - the choice is yours. Everything from sightseeing, fishing, golfing, flora and fauna, historical and heritage, bushwalkers drops and collections at all destinations.
To the north, at nearby Low Head, you can explore one of the best-preserved examples of an early pilot station, which was built in 1805 by convicts. Today, the complex includes 10 rooms of maritime and communication memorabilia, including a complete deep diving suit and air pumps and artefacts recovered from wrecks.
The coast at the mouth of the Tamar River is far more treacherous than the placid waters of the river suggest. In all, a dozen ships were wrecked in the hundred years to 1903. In 1888 the original convict-built station was pulled down and replaced with the white lighthouse on the site today. The bold red stripe on the tower was added in 1926 to improve the lighthouse's daytime visibility.

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Pepsi 'throwback shorts' by TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles
TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles has created this series of short ads, in a follow-up to its recent retro-themed work for the new Pepsi throwback.
The ads are showing on US video streaming site Hulu.
Video 1: fondue pot
Video 2: lava lamp
Video 3: owl
Video 4: pet rock
Video 5: roller skate
Video 6: tv
Video 7: radio
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mid month Along with the magic though, came the yellow flies for their annual visit. They're dreadful creatures that torment man and beast alike. They relentlessly buzz and bother until either: 1) they bite you and have their fill of blood or 2) you kill them - there is no such thing as peaceful coexistence. Only the dogs are happier than me to see them disappear, usually in mid-June when their loathsome life cycles complete and they die!
While I'm ranting about unsavory varmints I must mention the nasty lubber grasshoppers that hatch in early spring unleashing their own special scourge. They gorge feed all summer on the prettiest and most precious plants and by July they are humongous 4 in (10 cm) long monsters. Even the chickens are leery of them, being one of the few creatures they hesitate to chase and eat. Should you encounter a small shiny black grasshopper with yellow stripes (or a swarm of them) stomp them immediately! This may cause some ugly splattering of internal parts but that is preferable to the mess left after squashing a 4 incher. These things are so heinous and despicable that my revulsion is transformed to gutlust and I have no qualms about squashing them between my fingers. All through the month I patrol the grounds: squash squash squash STOMP squash... as I stalk my prey STOMP!
Wildlife At Floridune
In the spirit of St. Francis, Gandhi and my other nonviolent role models I have ceased whacking creatures like snakes (which freak me out) and armadillos (which incite me to rage with their destructive rooting). I will endeavor to practice tolerance and share my habitat with other creatures even if they are ugly, creepy, annoying or destructive and in this way make myself and (by extension) the world a better place.
There are some exceptions to my fur and feather preferences. I not only tolerate, but actively enjoy, that tiny, shiny little wet jewel of a creature, the tree frog. They hang out on plants eating mosquitos and other bugs which to me makes them even more adorable. I've adopted them as semi-pets and now have a sizeable population.
The tree frogs disappear in the colder months only to suddenly reappear when it warms up. I encourage them to hang out with me by shining a spotlight on a wall near my office window at night. The light attracts insects and the insects attract the frogs. They arrange themselves on the wall like hungry diners at a banquet where they enjoy the all-you-can-eat buffet all night long.
I spend a lot of long hours at the computer working on Floridata (yes, I know I need to get a life). Long ago I noticed that swarms of insects are attracted to the window if I position my desk lamp so that part of the beam shines out. Hundreds of bugs representing dozens of species land on the glass to bask euphorically in the 100 watt GE Soft white pleasure light of my desk lamp. It wasn't long before my clever tree frogs discovered this exciting new dinner spot.
It's fun to glance up from my work to see the frogs stalking moths and scarfing mosquitos. I mark time watching their little white bellies expand over the course of the evening until by midnight they look ready to burst. For the past week there's been only one frog working my window but last night another showed up. At the end of last summer there were often 7 or 8 frogs on the pane at once and another half dozen under the spotlight. Hopefully youngins will be along soon and things will be hopping this summer too!
The toad is another amphibian that I enjoy having around. While not as handsome as the tree frog, Bufo has a nice personality. Each spring hundreds - maybe thousands - of tiny baby toads appear out of nowhere. Each is smaller than a dime and so well camouflaged they can only be seen when they move. I often see great congregations with so many baby toads that the ground motion blurs with their hopping about. It is disturbing to realize that you've walked into a toad hangout and have them squishing underfoot. Although not as flashy looking as the tree frogs, the toads are hideously cute in their own unfortunate way - and eat bugs so what's not to like?
I don't know why I have affection and concern for one ugly creature (the toad) and loath and detest the grasshopper who is not nearly as ugly as the toad? I'm able to emulate St. Francis when it comes to vertebrates like toads and frogs but behave more like Saddam when it comes to grasshoppers. After some thought I concluded that toads eat bugs and so enhance my comfort while grasshoppers eat my plants (like the Crinum asiaticum lily they destroyed last year...) thus detracting from my quality of life. So unlike St. Francis, I'm only tolerant of those creatures that don't piss me off - I guess I really have a way to go in my spiritual evolution...
I don't believe there is any bird that I really dislike. I'm still slightly resentful of pigeons for ruining my new suit one Easter Sunday when I was 10 - but I'm not one to hold a grudge. On the whole birds are excellent creatures so I'm excited that one chose to build her nest in a hanging basket right beside my back door. It's amazing she choose such a busy spot - the dogs and I are in and out of that door at least fifty times a day. Perhaps she know's it safe. No snakes or other predators can reach the basket and it is under the eaves so its nice and dry - it's perfect except for the neighbors (me). I scared her off the nest when I took this picture. I stood about 6 ft away and zoomed in from afar so I wouldn't bother her. I didn't know the flash would go off and it scared the hell out of both of us when she bolted. She did the wounded bird thing to decoy me away from the nest so I apologized and am trying to be a more considerate neighbor. By my next column I should be sharing the place with a nest full of bird babies (don't know what kind they are...)
In May I mulched and weeded and then mulched and weeded some more, mostly up on The Hill where I'm putting the final touches on an area I've been planting for about 12 years. It's sunny and dry up there so I've put in lots of drought resistant plants. Most all of these have interesting shapes and textures or both. My goal is to create a "Dr. Seuss Garden" (my favorite author). It'll be a landscape full of plants with unusual, grotesque and cool shapes and textures that would make the Cat In The Hat feel at home.
I planted spiky plants and pointy ones that have fun in the sun. I have grasses and trees and palms that stand tall and junipers and flowers and shrubs shaped like balls. But for a really super Seussious Scene you need lots of tall yuccas if you know what I mean. I have agaves and aloes making my point with crazy looking cactus all over the joint. If I am patient and things go to plan, I hope to get a visit from Sam I Am!
In my Journal I usually write only about the things that are actually growing here in my yard. Though I have no actual gumi fruits at the moment, I am now the proud owner of a small gumi bush. Steve rooted some cuttings from his plant and gave me one when I visited him a few weeks ago. The gumi fruit was ripe when I was there and I got to taste test them right from the tree! Mmmmm, they were warm from the sun and sweet, flavorful and tangy. I practiced my gumi-eating technique: while standing at the shrub, grab gumis by the handful and toss them into the left side of mouth. Bite lightly to crush skin. Use tongue to push gumi to center of mouth, tease the seed from the pulp and push it out between the lips. In a single motion, move the deseeded pulp to the right side of mouth and bite the succulent pulp again pausing to savor the tart tangy taste. Use tongue to push macerated pulp to gullet and swallow. Repeat until you get a belly ache or the gumi supply is exhausted.
My little gumi bush will be 1 year old on July 7 so I plan to upgrade him to a 6 in pot. Maybe next year it'll be large enough to plant in the yard and can begin producing my own supply.
During May there's more things in bloom at my place than at any other time of year which I guess is true of most places (at least in the Northern Hemisphere). Many of my favorites like gardenia (Gardenia augusta) and Confederate jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) bloom this month. May is also the month when we transition from spring bloomers to the flowers of summer. Here in North Florida the spring plants are ending and the summer's beginning. This year I planted more annuals and perennials than usual. In years past I spent most of my time away from home on consulting jobs. The garden often had to fend for itself through freezes and droughts so I tended to plant the more durable woody trees and shrubs. Now that I'm home more I'm enjoying filling up the beds with lots of my old favorite garden plants. I having even more fun experimenting with new plants that I've never tried - like the Chinese forget-me-not (Cynoglossum amabile) in the picture.
There's many other plants blooming here now in addition to those listed above. These are plants that I'm growing with the intent of adding to Floridata over the next few months. How many I actually accomplish depends on time and money (please donate!).
I'm still spending most of my time updating some of our older Profiles with new info and pictures but plan to sneak a few of these new ones in over the summer too.
I've received lots of suggestions for adding features to Floridata's "search" function. Although I won't be able to do the upgrade until Floridata is financially stable and I figure out how to pay for the bandwidth and computer time that these enhanced searches require. For the present I must keep things "minimal" (inexpensive). Floridata has managed to stay online for seven years by focusing on "content" while employing a bare minimum of technology and fancy features. In Floridata's lifetime we've watched many gardening sites come and go so it's better for us to stay small and alive than to be big and die!
Good luck to all of you with your spring garden projects and have a fine and fertile June! Visit us often and be good and grow. - Jack


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This compilation includes many of my favorite NASA UFO encounters/sightings that I have archived over the years. All of these examples (with the exception of the second-to-last one) were captured on film by NASA astronauts or Russian Cosmonauts over the past half-century - showing many amazing examples from different eras - Gemini, Apollo, Apollo/Soyuz Test Project, Skylab, STS, the ISS, plus a couple Russian-source additions from their unmanned Zond and Mir Space Station programs as well thrown in to round things out.
Tag Archives | Space Exploration
NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Unexplained Shiny Object On Mars
A mineral deposit? Crystal formation? Abandoned alien ray gun? Universe Today writes:
The Curiosity Mars rover has imaged a small metallic-looking protuberance which projects a shadow on the rock below. The image was taken with the right Mastcam on Curiosity on Sol 173 — January 30, 2013 here on Earth — and was pointed out to us by Elisabetta Bonora, an image editing enthusiast from Italy.
The protuberance seems different than the rock on which it sits – it could be composed of material more resistant to erosion than the rest and similar material could be within the rock, or it could be something that is "grown" on the rock. It looks fairly smooth, and is not covered by dust as is the case for metal surfaces that tend to clean easily.
Alien Life's Threat To Society Discussed At 2013 Davos Forum
What are the global elite worried about? Apparently, the likely discovery of life in outer space sowing spiritual and existential unrest amongst the masses. The Huffington Post reports:
The WEF Global Risks report for 2013 states that "Given the pace of space exploration, it is increasingly conceivable that we may discover the existence of alien life or other planets that could support human life…in 10 years' time."
The risk factor of all of this comes with the long-term psychological and philosophical implications that will accompany the discovery of alien life.
"It will suggest that life is as natural and as ubiquitous a part of the universe as the stars and galaxies," the report continues. "It fuel speculation about the existence of other intelligent beings and challenge many assumptions that underpin human philosophy and religion." The WEF team "urges the global elite to prepare themselves and their nations for such a discovery."
Balloon-Like Space Dwelling To Be Tested On International Space Station
Reuters on the silvery space pod in which you'll be spending future vacations:
A low-cost space dwelling that inflates like a balloon in orbit will be tested aboard the International Space Station, opening the door for commercial leases of future free-flying outposts and deep-space astronaut habitats for NASA.
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), developed by privately owned Bigelow Aerospace and about 13 feet long and 10.5 feet in diameter when inflated, is scheduled for launch in mid-2015 aboard a Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon cargo ship, said Mike Gold, director of operations for Bigelow Aerospace.
A successful test flight on the space station would be a stepping stone for planned Bigelow-staffed orbiting outposts that the company plans to lease to research organizations, businesses and wealthy individuals wishing to vacation in orbit.
First 'Alien Earth' Likely To Be Spotted In 2013, Scientists Say
Finally, we'll have a spot for humanity to open a second franchise? Live Science writes:
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The first truly Earth-like alien planet is likely to be spotted next year, an epic discovery that would cause humanity to reassess its place in the universe. "I'm very positive that the first Earth twin will be discovered next year," said Abel Mendez, who runs the Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo.
Astronomers discovered the first exoplanet orbiting a sunlike star in 1995. Since they, they've spotted more than 800 worlds beyond our own solar system, and many more candidates await confirmation by follow-up observations. A number of exoplanets found over the last few years share one or two key traits with our own world — such as size or inferred surface temperature — but they have yet to bag a bona fide "alien Earth."
NASA's prolific Kepler Space Telescope, for example, has flagged more than 2,300 potential planets since its March 2009 launch.
New Photos Suggest That Planet Mercury Is Hollow
The hollows appear to have formed relatively recently. The next question is, what lies inside? Phys.org writes:
A recent image acquired by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows the interior of Eminescu, a youngish 80-mile wide crater just north of Mercury's equator. Eminescu made science headlines last year with MESSENGER's discovery of curious eroded blotches called "hollows" scattered across its interior and surrounding its central peak, and now it looks like the spacecraft may have spotted some of these strange features in their earliest stages of formation along the inner edge of the crater's rim.
First announced in September 2011, hollows have now been identified in many areas across Mercury. The lack of craters within hollows indicates that they are relatively young. It was suggested that they may be the result of an ongoing process on Mercury.
Mars One Project Has More Than 1,000 Volunteers For A One-Way Trip To Mars
The previously discussed Mars One project may not be the favorite in the race to devise a feasible plan for colonization of the Red Planet. But even assuming that most would not follow through, it's astounding that so many people are so eager to get off of Earth. Via Yahoo! News UK:
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The Mars One organisation has revealed details of its plans to land four astronauts on the Red Planet in 2023, with four additional 'crew' arriving every two years. The organisation said that it had had more than 1,000 volunteers for the mission, who emailed in via the foundation's website.
Selection of the astronauts will begin next year, the Dutch organisation says. The trip to the planned 'colony' would be one-way – and the astronaut volunteers will live and die on Mars.
Mars One aims to finance a mission to Mars via donations from corporations, people – and by creating a reality show-style 'media event' around the training and selection of its astronauts.
SpaceX Founder Hopes To Send 80,000 People To Mars This Decade
A one-way ticket to Mars would cost a mere half million dollars, quite enticing if you're wealthy but your daily existence on Earth is barren and meaningless. Space.com writes:
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Elon Musk, the billionaire founder and CEO of the private spaceflight company SpaceX, wants to help establish a Mars colony of up to 80,000 people by ferrying explorers to the Red Planet for perhaps $500,000 a trip. Musk figures the colony program — which he wants to be a collaboration between government and private enterprise — would end up costing about $36 billion.
"At Mars, you can start a self-sustaining civilization and grow it into something really big," Musk told an audience at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London on Friday. In Musk's vision, the ambitious Mars settlement program would start with a pioneering group of fewer than 10 people, who would journey to the Red Planet aboard a huge reusable rocket.
Elon Musk's Mission To Mars
Commentary from Media Underground
How exactly is it that SpaceX can do everything so cheaply? Well, it would seem from this recent interview with Elon Musk that there are a couple of reasons in particular. The first being that there's a tendency for big aerospace companies to outsource everything to subcontractors who then, bizarrely, outsource work to other subcontractors who subsequently – in what seems to be little more than an utter bureaucratic shambles by this point – outsource to other subcontractors and so on and so forth… ad nauseum. As one commenter aptly points out at the foot of this Wired article: "One reason for all that expensively administered subcontracting is that it pleases exactly those committees [who control NASA's funding]. The large projects they favor can subcontract in many different districts, whose congressmen then have a good reason to vote for NASA's budget. This means the committee members need not trade away any more of their political capital to get the projects that support contractors in their districts."
In short, SpaceX don't engage in this subcontracting farce but do it all themselves from the bottom up.… Read the rest
NASA Building A Prototype Deep-Space Habitat In Texas
Living in the deep reaches of outer space, in Texas. Via Popular Science:
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It's not going to send anyone to deep space. But it does give us a tantalizing look at what it'll look when NASA does take the next steps in space travel.
Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center and experts Johnson Space Center in Houston are tinkering with the spaceship mockup, deciding the right size, necessary equipment, and everything else that's going to make a mission to Mars, a near-by asteroid, or the second Earth-Moon Lagrangian point (277,000 miles away from Earth) as pleasant as possible.
The team's also planning what [devices] will be sent along and built in. One is a 3-D printer, which would allow astronauts to create any tools they need right on the spot. There's also greenhouse for astronauts to grow their own and food, and a barrier of water on the outside that could be used to shield explorers from cosmic rays.


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Gerhild Williams
Gerhild Scholz Williams is the Barbara Schaps Thomas and David M. Thomas Professor in the Humanties in Arts and Sciences, Vice Provost, and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Ph.D in Comparative Literature at the University of Washington.
Her most recent publication is Mediating Culture in the Seventeenth-Century German Novel (Eberhard Werner Happel, 1647-1690). Ann Arbor: Michigan UP, 2014. Other publications include Ways of Knowing in Early Modern Germany: Johannes Praetorius as a Witness to his Time. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006; On the Inconstancy of Witches: Pierre de Lancre's Tableau de l'inconstance des mauvais anges et Demons (1612). Harriet Stone and Gerhild Williams, trans. Tempe: Arizona Center for Texts and Studies, 2006; (with Alexander Schwarz, Lausanne) Existentielle Vergeblichkeit: Verträge in Melusine, Faust und Eulenspiegel. Berlin: Schmidt Verlag, 2003; Defining Dominion: The Discourses of Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern France and Germany. Ann Arbor: Michigan UP, l995; and Trans. Christiane Bohnert; Hexen und Herrschaft: Die Diskurse der Magie und Hexerei im frühneuzeitlichen Frankreich und Deutschland. München: Fink, 1998. She has co-edited a number of volumes; the most recent is Paracelsian Moments: Science, Medicine, & Astrology in Early Modern Europe (Sixteenth Century Texts and Studies 64. Kirksville: Truman State University Press, 2002). She has published many articles in books and journals on early modern German and French literature and culture.
Williams's research interests include early modern French and German literature; Theory & Practice; Translation; early modern science and print media. Her research has been supported by grants from the Herzog-August-Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany, and a Fulbright Senior Scholars Grant, among others.
Research Interests
Early Modern German and French Literature, Magic/Daemonlogies/Witch Theory, Media and Culture, Reformation Movements, Translation Theory and Practice, Travel Narratives, Volksbuch/Novel
Current Courses
L16 Comp Lit 551 : Methods of Literary Study: The Theory and Practice of Literary Translation
Selected Publications
Gerhild Williams. Mediating Culture in the Early Modern German Novel. Ann Arbor: Michigan UP, 2014 May 2014
Gerhild Scholz Williams, William Layher. Consuming News: Newspapers and Print Culture in Early Modern Europe, 1450-1700. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2009 (=DAPHNIS 37, 1-2)
Ways of Knowing in Early Modern Germany: Johannes Praetorius as a Witness to His Time. Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006.


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EVE was born by Caesarean section on 26 December at an undisclosed location. Her "parents" are American and belong to the Raelian cult. And that is all we know with any certainty.
According to Clonaid, a company set up by the Raelians, Eve is the world's first human clone, created from a skin cell taken from her "mother". More astonishingly, Clonaid claims she is not the only one. On 3 January, it says, a second clone was born, to a Dutch lesbian couple. And, Clonaid claims, three more are due to be born soon.
At the press conference in Florida to announce the birth of Eve, Brigitte Boisselier, who heads Clonaid, said that Michael Guillen - a trained physicist and former science editor for the USTV channel ABC - would oversee independent tests to confirm that Eve and the other babies really are clones.
But so far there is no ...
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Arizona State Sun Devils
Sun Devils will stick together despite rough patch
Taylor Kelly was well aware of his program's recent history following Saturday night's 36-26 loss in Corvallis to No. 11 Oregon State.
A season ago, after starting out 5-1, the Sun Devils tapered off dramatically with six losses in their final seven games.
This season, after earning a place in the Top 25 with an impressive 5-1 start, Kelly and Co. look headed for a similar nose dive after three straight losses to Oregon, UCLA and Oregon State.
But while the murmurs continue to grow following each new defeat, ASU's starting quarterback remains confident that 2012 will have a much better ending than 2011 had.
"You know we are disappointed, but I have great confidence in our guys," Kelly said. "They have great character when stuff hits the fan. This is the time when we are going to pull together better than ever."
While Kelly's vote of confidence is admirable given the team's current slump, the sophomore wasn't exactly in the trenches during ASU's late-season slide in 2011.
Running back Cameron Marshall was, however. And while he admits the plunge in the Pac-12 standings has its similarities to last season, the overall feeling in the locker room the senior says is not the same.
"We've experienced this before," said Marshall. "And, it's familiar and it's different at the same time, because this group of guys, I think our heads are in a different place than it has been before."
Marshall added that the Sun Devils still have plenty to play for over the final three weeks of the season and that the team's collective maturation will help them recover from their recent losing ways.
"I've just seen a lot of growth and maturity from a lot of guys on the team," said Marshall. "Guys who last season at this point in time might have been selfish and not playing for the team or the guys playing for the team the most, encouraging everybody else and other people.
"I think the maturity level has grown on this football team."
ASU will head to Los Angeles next weekend to face another slumping conference foe, the USC Trojans. Last season, Marshall helped lead the Sun Devils to a convincing 43-22 victory over Lane Kiffin's squad.
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Our message to the government
The UK Chagos Support Association has submitted its comments to the Foreign Office's consultation on the Overseas Territories.
The government says it wants to build better relations between the UK and its various territories and improve governance. Well, governance doesn't get much worse than what the people of Chagos (officially the British Indian Ocean Territory) have had to endure over the past forty years, and continue to endure.
So our message is simple: the government should cease its opposition to the return of the Chagossian people to their homeland.
The full text of our submission is below.
Submission from the UK Chagos Support Association to the Overseas Territories Consultation
1. Challenges
What are the main challenges facing your Territory/the Territories?
The repatriation and resettlement of the islanders who were illegally expelled between 1968-73 is the paramount aim of the Chagossian community and their supporters.
We in the UKChSA believe (a belief that is evidentially supported) that a viable resettlement is possible but will require limited government support and funding. We in the UKChSA, believe that an initial ecologically sustainable community could be established as a 'bridgehead' on the outer islands. BIOT's people ask only for parity of support with the people of other UK overseas territories (Pitcairn, Tristan da Cunha are remoter than BIOT, for example and have tiny populations yet receive substantial governmental support).
We would remind the UK government that the right to return to the outer islands was restored by Robin Cook in November 2000 but withdrawn by the FCO in June 2004 by use of the Royal Prerogative.
2. Cooperation with the UK
What are the most important areas of cooperation between your Territory/the Territories and the UK?
Cooperation between the UK and the returning population of BIOT will be key initially and UK governmental budgetary support, would (alongside international donors) be required as the returning Chagossians re-establish their communities but such support, we contest is within modest and manageable levels.
In what areas would you like to see greater engagement and interaction between the UK and your Territory/the Territories?
We believe that HMG should cease its opposition to the return of the Chagossian people to their homeland, a homeland from which they were illegally expelled. This would include the UK government withdrawing its defence against the case which is currently before the ECHR.
How can the UK and your Territory/the Territories strengthen cooperation and build more effective partnerships?
Whilst we believe that the people of the Chagos islands would seek to build strong relations with the UK following resettlement, it is too early to speak about building cooperation whilst the UK government continues to uphold the exile of BIOT's indigenous people and prevents them from returning to their homeland.
3. Governance, financial management and economic planning
How do you assess the quality of good governance, public financial management and economic planning in your Territory/the Territories?
Regrettably the indigenous people of BIOT have been in exile at least since the early 1970s and have not been able to experience any of the above benefits in BIOT.
What are the priorities for improvement?
Repopulation of BIOT and the restoration of environmentally sustainable communities in the Outer Islands.
How can the UK best work with your Territory/the Territories to strengthen these areas?
Please see above.
4. External support
What do you think of the quality and range of external support (i.e. support other than from the UK) available to your Territory/the Territories, including from regional bodies, the Commonwealth, and the European Union?
Regrettably the indigenous people of BIOT have been in exile since the early 1970s and have not been able to experience any of the above in BIOT.
What can the UK best do to help Territories access external support?
Assist the returning Chagossian community (financially and logistically) with the establishment of an administration or the administrative capability to represent them in dealings with such bodies.
5. Cooperation between Territories
What potential do you see for increased cooperation and partnership between Territories?
Before Chagossians can speak of co-operation and partnership with people of other Overseas Territories, they should be able to enjoy the same rights of abode as the citizens of such territories.
In which areas does your Territory/the Territories provide support to other Territories? How might this be expanded?
The Chagossian community is currently exiled from its homeland and spread substantially across three countries – it is not in a position to provide support to other Territories or play their full part in the family of territories or otherwise.
6. Global profile of the Territories
How does your Territory/the Territories promote its successes?
The eviction of the indigenous population of BIOT in order that Diego Garcia could be made available to the US is a clear failure of UK policy towards the people of one of its overseas territories.
What more could be done to raise Territories' profile internationally?
We believe that by restoring the right of abode of BIOT's indigenous population, the British government would send a strong and positive human rights message globally that we no longer operate double standards, despite decades of the violation of the fundamental human rights of the Chagossian people.
How can the UK best support this?
By restoring and supporting the return of the Chagossian people to their homeland.


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Alexei Petrovich Romanov (Алексей Петрович) (28 February, 1690 – 7 July, 1718), was a Russian Tsarevich. He was born in Moscow, the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina.
In 1708 Peter sent Alexei to Smolensk to collect provender and recruits, and after that to Moscow to fortify it against Charles XII of Sweden. At the end of 1709, Alexei went to Dresden for one year. There, he finished lessons in French, German, mathematics and fortification. After his education, Alexei married, albeit greatly against his will Princess Charlotte of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, whose family was connected by marriage to many of the great families of Europe i.e., Charlotte's sister Elizabeth was married to Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy. In theory, Alexei could have refused the marriage, and he had been encouraged by his father to at least meet his intended. "Why haven't you written to tell me what you thought about her?" wrote Peter (in a tone that can only be guessed) in a letter dated August 13, 1710.
The marriage contract was signed in September. The wedding was celebrated at Torgau, the palace of the Queen of Poland, on October 14 1711. One of the terms of the marriage contract agreed to by Alexei was that while any forthcoming children were to be raised in the Orthodox faith, Charlotte herself was allowed to retain her Protestant faith (an agreement that did not sit well at all with Alexei's followers).
As for the marriage itself, it was a failure from the very start. Alexei pronounced his bride "pock-marked" and "too thin". He insisted on separate apartments and ignored her in public.
Three weeks later, the bridegroom was hurried away by his father to Toruń to superintend the provisioning of the Russian troops in Poland. For the next twelve months Alexei was kept constantly on the move. His wife joined him at Toruń in December, but in April 1712 a peremptory ukase ordered him off to the army in Pomerania, and in the autumn of the same year he was forced to accompany his father on a tour of inspection through Finland.
By Charlotte, he had two children.
After the birth of their first child (Natalia) in 1714, Alexei brought his long time Finnish mistress (Afrosinia) to live in the palace. Some historians speculate that it was his conservative powerbase's disapproval of this foreign, non-Orthodox bride, more so than her appearance, that caused Alexei to spurn the unhappy young woman.
Still, Peter did not despair. On the August 26, 1716 he wrote to Alexei from abroad, urging him, if he desired to remain tsarevich, to join him and the army without delay. Rather than face this ordeal, Alexei fled to Vienna and placed himself under the protection of his brother-in-law, the emperor Charles VI, who sent him for safety first to the Tirolean fortress of Ehrenberg (near Reutte), and finally to the castle of Sant'Elmo at Naples. He was accompanied throughout his journey by his mistress, the Finnish girl Afrosina. That the emperor sincerely sympathized with Alexei, and suspected Peter of harbouring murderous designs against his son, is plain from his confidential letter to George I of Great Britain, whom he consulted on this delicate affair. Peter felt insulted: the flight of the tsarevich to a foreign potentate was a reproach and a scandal, and he had to be recovered and brought back to Russia at all costs. This difficult task was accomplished by Count Peter Tolstoi, the most subtle and unscrupulous of Peter's servants.
In April 1718 fresh confessions were extorted from, and in regard to, Alexei. This included the words of Alexei's long time mistress Afrosinia, who had turned state's evidence. "I shall bring back the old people..." Alexei is reported to have told her,
"...and choose myself new ones according to my will; when I become sovereign I shall live in Moscow and leave Saint Petersburg simply as any other town; I won't launch any ships; I shall maintain troops only for defense, and won't make war on anyone; I shall be content with the old domains. In winter I shall live in Moscow, and in summer in Iaroslav."
Despite this and other hearsay evidence, there were no actual facts to go upon. The worst that could be brought against him was that he had wished his father's death. In the eyes of Peter, his son was now a self-convicted and most dangerous traitor, whose life was forfeit. But there was no getting over the fact that his father had sworn to pardon him and let him live in peace if he returned to Russia. The whole matter was solemnly submitted to a grand council of prelates, senators, ministers and other dignitaries on 13 June 1718. The clergy, for their part, declared the Tsarevich Alexei,
"...had placed his Confidence in those who loved the ancient Customs, and that he had become acquainted with them by the Discourses they held, wherein they had constantly praised the ancient Manners, and spoke with Distaste of the Novelties his Father had introduced."
Declaring this to be a civil rather than an ecclesiastical matter, the clergy left the matter to the tsar's own decision.
At noon on June 24, the temporal dignitaries -- the 126 members of both the Senate and magistrates that comprised the court -- declared Alexei guilty and sentenced him to death. But the examination by torture continued, so desperate was Peter to uncover any possible collusion.
On 19 June, the weak and ailing tsarevich received twenty-five strokes with the knout, and now, on the 24th, he was subject to fifteen more. On 26 June, Alexei died in the Petropavlovskaya fortress in Saint Petersburg, two days after the senate had condemned him to death for conspiring rebellion against his father, and for hoping for the cooperation of the common people and the armed intervention of his brother-in-law, the emperor.


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PHOTO: Annette Guttierez
I'm mad about this DIY planter, and all you need are a bunch of 12″ cinderblocks and liquid nails. Okay, probably a little lot of elbow grease, too. Thinking about doing a pint-sized version on my front porch.
I guess you probably meant "pint-sized" but if you do a pink version, please let me know!
04-25-11 » 10:46 am »
You should! I was inspired by this project as well. As you can see, I also made a mini version for my front entrance: http://www.loveandlaceblog.com/2011/04/come-and-knock-on-our-door.html
It was super easy and inexpensive.
04-25-11 » 1:24 pm »
looks like someone got a summer haircut…oh, and great diy project
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Study: 10 Factors to Bar Wrongful Convictions
A new research report from Professor Jon Gould and his team helps identify factors that point to systemic failure in the criminal justice system.
Jon Gould to Join National Science Foundation
Gould will join the National Science Foundation as a visiting director of its Law and Social Sciences Program.
July 11, 2014
Bennett Named Among Top 25 Criminal Justice Professors
A forensic education blog included Richard Bennett on its list of the top 25 criminal justice professors in the country.
June 12, 2014
Terrorists Strategically Avoid Credit for Attacks
Terrorist groups avoid truthfully claiming responsibility for attacks for strategic reasons, argue SPA researchers.
May 13, 2014
These Wonks? Flawless.
AU honors graduating students who typify success in academics, service and leadership.
May 1, 2014
Five from SPA Named Presidential Management Fellows
As fellows, four students and an alumna of the School of Public Affairs will undertake two-year, salaried leadership positions in a range of federal agencies.
April 25, 2014
AU Mock Trial Finishes Eighth in Country
The AU Mock Trial Team placed eighth in the country, from more than 650 teams, at the National Championship Tournament.
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Orlando police hope a video of a pepper-spray attack at Target will lead them to the person who sprayed the chemical in an employee's face.
Police released the video Wednesday of several robbery suspects who left the store Saturday shortly before closing. A cloud of pepper spray can be seen on the video. The employee's face is digitally obscured.


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Hackers target CEOs in 'Darkhotel' scheme
Hackers have developed a scheme to steal sensitive information from top executives by penetrating the Wi-Fi networks of luxury hotels, security researchers said Monday.
Hackers have developed a scheme to steal sensitive information from top executives by penetrating the Wi-Fi networks of luxury hotels, security researchers said Monday.
Bankrupt Canadian telecom company Nortel was penetrated for at least a decade by hackers believed to have been operating from China, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
With Groupon Inc.'s high-flying IPO earlier this month and Zynga Inc. poised to go public, Silicon Valley is once again atwitter (if you will) about its favorite obsession: the initial public stock offering.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs briefly emerged from a medical leave Monday to unveil a free service that lets customers share calendar entries, songs and other files among their devices more easily.
A Purdue University researcher has used "econophysics" to show that under ideal circumstances free markets promote fair salaries for workers and do not support CEO compensation practices common today.
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ALESIA, District Judge.
Before the court are several motions to quash and suppress brought by defendants Anthony Smith, Mornkat Adola Asanike, and Victoria Olabunmi Onimole. Since the motions differ on their facts and legal bases, the court will address each in turn.
A. Defendant Anthony Smith's motion to suppress post-arrest statements
Defendant Anthony Smith moves to suppress statements allegedly made by Smith to Drug Enforcement Agency Special Agent Daniel Dodds while Smith was in custody after his arrest but prior to his arraignment. In his affidavit in support of Smith's extradition, Dodds stated that he interviewed Smith in the Bangkok jail where Smith was being held. Dodds stated that Smith told him that he had used the name and passport of David Anthony Johnson and a Bangkok mobile telephone number. Dodds also stated that
Smith contends that he does not understand English well enough to have made the statements attributed to him voluntarily. He contends that he does not know if he was informed of his rights, but believes he was not; that if he was informed of his rights, he did not understand them and did not waive them; that if he was asked questions, he did not understand them; and that he did not make the statements attributed to him.
The government initially responded to Smith's motion by contending that Smith had failed to make a prima facie case of the illegality of his purported statements by failing to provide "specific, detailed, and nonconjectural facts" about what occurred at his interview sufficient to justify relief. However, in his reply and an affidavit attached to it, Smith provided a more detailed account of the basis of his motion. Smith also claimed that he has insufficient information to give more details about his post-arrest interview because he did not understand what occurred at it and because his counsel had not yet received copies of the statements Smith allegedly made and reports of the agent or agents who allegedly took the statements.
The court agrees with the government that Smith has provided very little factual support for his motion to suppress. However, Smith's explanation for his lack of detail goes to the crux of his motion — that he did not understand what occurred at the post-arrest interview because of his inability to understand English well, and because of his lack of understanding of what occurred at his interview, he did not voluntarily make any statements.
The court agrees with both Smith and the government that a hearing is necessary to resolve Smith's motion to suppress. Consequently, the court grants the parties' requests for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Smith voluntarily made the statements attributed to him by the government; sets the hearing for August 11, 1997, at 10:00 a.m.; and will decide Smith's motion to suppress thereafter.
B. Defendant Morikat Adola Asanike's motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence
Defendant Mornkat Adola Asanike moves to quash her arrest and suppress the evidence garnered because of her arrest, which she claims was effected without a valid search or arrest warrant or probable cause to believe she had committed a crime.
Specifically, Asanike claims that she was arrested on October 11, 1996; that her arrest was made without the authority of a valid search or arrest warrant, and without probable cause; that she made verbal and written statements during the arrest and her subsequent detention; that, following her arrest, she was coerced into consenting to a search of the apartment where she was arrested; and that during her arrest and subsequent detention, law enforcement officers became aware of the existence of physical evidence and witnesses that linked Asanike to a crime. Asanike claims that her arrest and any evidence acquired because of it must be excluded as products of an unreasonable search and seizure.
The government initially contended that Asanike failed to support her contentions with a sworn statement or affidavit, and therefore failed to meet her burden of making a prima facie showing of the illegality of her arrest. However, the court allowed Asanike to amend her motion to quash and suppress by including an affidavit stating that the allegations contained in the motion were true in fact and substance. This mooted the government's first argument.
The government also contends that Asanike consented to a search of 7309 North Ashland, Chicago, Illinois, prior to her arrest; that agents did not coerce her consent; that during the search, the agents discovered heroin inside and just outside of the premises; and that the agents had probable cause to arrest Asanike after discovering the heroin. Thus, the government's version of the events surrounding Asanike's arrest differs substantially from Asanike's version, and if true, shows that Asanike's arrest was legal.
However, because the allegations in Asanike's motion and accompanying affidavit
Accordingly, the court grants the parties' requests for an evidentiary hearing regarding the events leading to the search of 7309 North Ashland, Chicago, Illinois, and Asanike's arrest; sets the hearing for August 11, 1997, at 10:00 a.m.; and will decide Asanike's motion to quash and suppress thereafter.
C. Defendant Victoria Olabunmi Onimole's motion to suppress evidence derived from pen register and trap and trace device
Defendant Victoria Olabunmi Onimole moves to suppress any evidence derived from the installation and use of a pen register and trap and trace device on a cellular telephone number registered in Onimole's name. Onimole claims that the application for the pen register and trap and trace device violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3121-27.
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act requires a person to obtain a court order before installing or using a pen register or trap and trace device. 18 U.S.C. § 3121(a). An attorney for the United States may apply for such an order "in writing, under oath or equivalent affirmation." 18 U.S.C. § 3122(a). The application must include the identities of the applying attorney and the law enforcement agency conducting the investigation. 18 U.S.C. § 3122(b)(1). The application also must include a certification by the attorney "that the information likely to be obtained is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation being conducted by that agency." 18 U.S.C. § 3122(b)(2).
Onimole contends that the government has failed to comply with section 3122(b), and that, based on this statutory violation, the court should exclude any evidence derived from the installation of the pen register and trap and trace device on the cellular telephone registered in Onimole's name.
Onimole fails to point out in what respect the government's application is deficient. Assistant United States Attorney Jacqueline Ross identified herself as the applicant; stated that she was an attorney for the government; stated that she certified that the United States Drug Enforcement Agency was conducting a criminal investigation of Onimole; and stated the reasons why the government was seeking installation of a pen register and trap and trace device on the cellular telephone registered in Onimole's name. (See Mot. to Suppress Ex. 1.) The foregoing complies with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 3122(b).
It appears that Onimole's only complaint is that the application was not "notarized" or "subscribed or sworn to" by a notary public, where the last page of the application indicated that a notary public would notarize the document. First, section 3122(b) contains no requirement that an application be notarized. Second, Onimole's motion ignores that Ross "declared under penalty of perjury that [the application was] true and correct," and signed the application. (Mot. to Suppress Ex. 1 at 5.) By making that declaration and signing the application, Ross complied with the requirement of section 3122(a) that the application be made "in writing, under oath or equivalent affirmation." 18 U.S.C. § 3122(a) (emphasis added).
In short, nothing about Ross's application for the installation of a pen register and trap and trace device on the cellular telephone number registered in Onimole's name violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Because the pen register and trap and trace device were legally installed and used, the evidence derived from their installation and use was legally obtained.
Accordingly, the court denies Onimole's motion to suppress.
For the foregoing reasons, the court grants the requests of defendant Anthony Smith and the government to hold an evidentiary hearing on Smith's motion to suppress post-arrest statements; grants the request of defendant Mornkat Adola Asanike and the government to hold an evidentiary hearing
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Canción naïf - Naive song
Animation direction for the music video Canción Naïf, a collaboration with artist Giorgis, Barcelona, Spain.
Music: Jordi Maranges
Canción naïf - Giorgis from b.alex on Vimeo.
Showreel from babis alexiadis on Vimeo.
A four month participatory project with Veterans from Liverpool in collaboration with Fact (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology). Veterans in Practice worked and produced nine animations exploring their journey from military to civilian life. The films are now available to view here
Mersey Cares animation project
A three month participatory animation project, a collaboration with Mersey Care NHS Trust and Fact (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology). The participants produced five short animations exploring mental health. The films demonstrate how telling a story through creativity can lead to a whole different perspective on a persons experiences. The films are now available to view here
The Carpet Forest from b.alex on Vimeo.
Kidderminster Arts Festival hosted 'The Carpet Forest' and 'Exchange Place' a temporary installation in the center of the town, paying homage to the carpet weaving
history of Kidderminster.The short film was a commission for the installation 'The Carpet Forest' for KAF (Kidderminster Arts Festival) at Kidderminster Town Hall.
Exchange Place from b.alex on Vimeo.
A commissioned animation for the 360° interactive installation. A collaboration with architect/designer, Ron Arad, installed at the Israel Museum's Art, Jerusalim.
All photographs © haim yafim barbalat
images courtesy of the israel musem, jerusalem and the jersualem season of culture
Dreaming is a film made by pupils from schools in Birmingham, UK -- Fox Hollies and Uffculme schools. The pupils created this animated fantasy film in response to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Dreaming was commissioned by Mencap as part of their Cultural Olympiad 2012 project, We Dance.
"Freefall" is a Dance for Camera film featuring Freefall Dance Company, and was commissioned by Mencap as part of their 2012 Cultural Olympiad project, We
Dance. This film was produced by a group of young filmmakers with a learning disability and will be screened throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games on the BBC Big Screen. Freefall Dance Company, led by former Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers and staff from Fox Hollies Performing Arts College, was established in 2002 evolving from a long-term partnership and ongoing relationship between the two organisations.
Nash Money x ellesse N117 Collaboration
A commissioned video by ellesse heritage featuring the N117 sneaker. A collaboration between ellesse heritage and customiser alex 'Nash Money'.
N117 ellesse heritage sneaker - SEW FAR SEW GOOD! from b.alex on Vimeo.
A short promotional animation commissioned by Digital Shoreditch, for the event Discover your true self at Digital Shoreditch 2012.
The Fat Girl Gets A Haircut And Other Stories, documentation
An animated multilayered series of images which form the imaginative landscapes of the performance 'The Fat Girl Gets a Haircut and Other Stories' (2011) at the Roundhouse in London, directed by Mark Storor, with a live score by composer Jules Maxwell.
This integral part of the production illustrates the experiences and lives of young people who took part and attempts to articulate significant moments in their adolescent life journey. Simultaneously, it provides a visual translation of their testimonies which were originally integrated into the performance.
A short promotional video for the team whynot:: Thessaloniki, Greece.
whynot:: H πόλη είναι το σπίτι σου. Ζήσε την. from b.alex on Vimeo.
Canción naïf - Naive song
Animation direction for the music video Canción Naïf, a collaboration with artist Giorgis, Barcelona, Spain.
Music: Jordi Maranges
Canción naïf - Giorgis from b.alex on Vimeo.
Curtain Call: The Fat Girl Gets a Haircut and Other Stories
@ Roundhouse, August 2011
As part of Bloomberg Summer at the Roundhouse, internationally renowned artist, architect and designer, Ron Arad invited his favourite musicians and friends to create unique work for his 360° interactive installation. Arad's constant experimentation with materials and his radical approach to form and structure have put him at the forefront of contemporary design. For Curtain Call, he's responded to the Roundhouse's spectacular Main Space by creating a curtain made of 5,600 silicon rods, suspended from an 18 metre diamater ring - a canvas for films, live performance and audience interaction.
The aristis featured in the installation amongst others are Hussein Chalayan, Paul Cocksedge, Mat Collishaw, Ori Gersht, Greenaway & Greenaway, Christian Marclay, Javier Mariscal, SDNA, David Shrigley and students from the Royal College Of Art.


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Twas the nigh before Christmas eve,
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Some idiot left a bag of cash in a cab,
And the driver was awesome enough to not take it as a tip!
Twas the nigh before Christmas eve,
And on the Vegas Strip,
Some idiot left a bag of cash in a cab,
And the driver was awesome enough to not take it as a tip!
Little Giants were on an extended hiatus but have not quite called it quits. The Holidays have brought all the band members back to the Missoula area and they are playing a show for you the Friday after Christmas!
So there I was at the Blacktop Ballet, sitting at the tip rail, making phallic shapes with my dollar bills and trying to make them stand up on the not so flat barrier that separated me from the stage
My irrational mind took over and I considered making a midnight run to the grocery store, but in all honesty, I don't think we will be waiting too long.
We have all been broke and have done some couch digging for some extra change to get that beer while we wait on payday to come back around. This Florida man tried to trade a live gator! I'm not a gator hunter, but that seems like a lot of trouble to just get a few brewskies!
Ahhh, the Holidays, full of snow, cheer, and those awkward family gatherings. If you need a little extra "Christmas spirit" but want to do something a little fancier than Baileys in your coffee, here are some ideas to warm you up while carrying you though this holiday season
I love snow and I love pranks so I find the Scary Snowman very entertaining. If you have never heard of this, a couple friends got together back in 2011 and staged one of them in a snowman suit. They have been scaring the crap out passers by ever since
David Ellefson of Megadeth, Frank Bello of Anthrax, and Jeff Friedl of A Perfect Circle have joined forces to create a side project. Want to hear what they sound like?
Maynard James Keenan, front man for Tool/APC/Pucifer, man of mystery, and wrestler? It's true! Recently MJK returned to his old High School to help prep the wrestlers for an upcoming tournament. Want to see how good he is?
Hey Korn fans! If you have picked up Korn's 'The Paradigm Shift' you might have already felt the shift in music chemistry after Brian "Head" Welch rejoined Korn. This new album is the first one to be released featuring Head since "Take a Look in the Mirror," which believe it or not was TEN YEARS AGO!!! Check out this Interview where the band discusses how they came together for "The Paradigm Shift"
Another week, another great list of shows! I want to say a big thank you to AJ "Juice Box" for filling in for me on local 406 while I was Northward playing with my stick (hockey, get your mind outta the gutter!). So, here is what we have lined up for this week:
Everyone seems to have the Anchorman craze! It's hard to think that the original Anchorman movie was released just under a decade ago, but fear not fans, the release of the sequel is only days away.


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Bubba Crosby hangs on every word.......
Bubba Crosby hangs on every word.......
I wonder if it's single or married, and if its disease free.
Burn down the disco. Hang the blessed DJ. Because the music that he constantly plays, it says nothing to me about my life.
Take that Jimmy Edmonds !
Edmonds would've dove for it.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
"This isnt stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
Nice largemouth. Must be kin to Marty B.
Talent is God Given: be humble.
Fame is man given: be thankful.
Conceit is self given: be careful.
John Wooden
That's barely keeper size for Florida.
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"Sit over here next to Johnathan (Bench)...sit right here, he's smart."--Sparky Anderson
I guess this just goes to show that Freel does catch everything, haha!
Edmonds just laughs...
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The global economic situation may be in tatters, but apparently this does not mean that luxury brands are suffering accordingly. In fact, luxury group LVMH, who are responsible for providing commercial properties with some of the best known high cost brands in the world, have just released sales figures showing an astronomical 26 per cent rise in sales for the period covering the first half of 2012.
Altogether, the group posted profits of £10 billion, or 13 billion Euros, thanks to a great six months in commercial property stores.
LVMH owns many of the world's most exclusive brand names, with Louis Vuitton luggage, Christian Dior cosmetics and Moet champagne all a part of the expensive portfolio. Commercial properties such as Harrods, Harvey Nichols and John Lewis all stock many of the brands under the LVMH umbrella, perhaps accounting for part of the successful British sales performance as all three big name commercial properties continue to perform well on the high street despite the recession.
Watches and jewellery proved most popular in commercial property stores worldwide, with an 87 per cent rise in profits for the past two quarters. This may be partially due to the fact that LVMH recently acquired jewellery giant commercial property chain Bulgari for £2.9 billion.
Closely following jewellery and watches for the chain's profit record breakers were fashion and leather goods, especially the Fendi Baguette – the latest international must have for arm candy. Additionally, the opening of commercial property Maison Louis Vuitton in Rome aided sales due to the buzz from local and international media regarding the luxury of the store.
The greatest sales booms and commercial property expansions occurred in Asia, due to growing markets and the rising number of people on top tier incomes in countries such as China and the United Arab Emirates. It is estimated that around 300 million people in China now fall into the income bracket of $10,000 and $60,000 – meaning that the affordability of luxury goods is now a reality for many more people than in previous decades.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LVMH, Bernard Arnault, said; "We approach the second half of the year with confidence and are relying upon the creativity and quality of our products as well as the effectiveness of our teams to pursue further market share gains in our historical markets as well as in high potential emerging markets."
Do you believe that the recent profit booms for luxury items are due to the fact that many people choose to use their money buying high quality expensive goods rather than low cost but cheaply made items in commercial property stores? Or do you think that the massive profits made by LVMH are largely thanks to the increasing numbers of people in the middle and upper earnings tiers in Asian nations?
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Re: Fear of crossing busy roadsPosted by: Carol pierce
Posted on: November 16, 2002 at 13:17:53
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: Hi there. My 1 1/2 year old female jack russell is afraid of crossing busy roads and refuses to move no matter how I pull her along. What should I do? I feel lost as I cant bring her around much as I live in a built up area. Please help....
First, I'm sort of glad your girl is shy of the busy roads. SO many Jacks are fearless and plunge right into the traffic.
Second,"pulling her along" is not good. If she wears a collar, she can easily back right out of it, leaving her loose and out of control. This would be a night mare. A harness would offer better control; and it sounds like basic obedience school is in order. Your Jack needs to be trained to walk where you want to go, no matter what the situation is. Explain to the trainer about the traffic hazards. Until you get her into school, just scoop her up and carry her across those roads. Its the safest and quickest solution. BTW, don't over-sympathize and communicate your fear to her. Be matter of fact, and stress that she's a good girl, and there's no need to be scared to death.
Best of luck, Carol


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The Hall Career Center is hosting a number of events to help students find employment.
1. Lowe's Application Sessions:
- What: Lowe's Employment Application & Screening Sessions
- When: Wednesday, February 27th
- Time: 2 sessions- 1:00-2:00 & 4:00-5:00
- Where: W217
- Registration: Yes in the Hall Career Center
Meet & talk with the HR representative from Lowe's about available positions, requirements, and get help with the application process during these sessions.
What: Health Technology & Wellness Career Fair
When: Thursday, February 28th, 2013; 12-4
Where: VWCC Gym
Register for this event in THE HALL CAREER CENTER- Thomas Center G202
3. VA State Trooper Informational Session:
- What: VA State Trooper Informational Session
- When: Tuesday, 02/19/13 from 12:30-1:30pm
- Where: W308.
- Registration: Yes in the Hall Career Center
Get the "real" scoop on what it takes to become a VA State Trooper
Pre-registration is required by Monday, 02/18/13 at 5:00pm.
4. One of the LARGEST Career Fairs:
The purpose of the Career Premiere Fair is to share information with college students and graduates about career and internship opportunities at participating organizations.
- What: Career Premiere Fair
- When: Thursday, March 28, 2013 From 11:00-3:00
- Where: Salem Civic Center
- Registration: Yes in the Hall Career Center
- Open to: ALL Students
**Please contact the Hall Career Center for registration/information 540-857-7298**


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How did three Danes end up being tortured in Lebanon?
The army officer and alleged collusion in Yemen
25 Feb 2008 14:33 GMT | Human Rights, Arts & Culture
Best picture, director and adapted screenplay: "No Country For Old Men"
Lead actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Lead actress: Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
Supporting actor: Javier Bardem in "No Country For Old Men"
Supporting actress: Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"
Foreign language film: "The Counterfeiters" - Austria
Animated feature: Brad Bird for "Ratatouille"
Documenatary: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner for "Taxi to the Dark Side"
Original screenplay: Diablo Cody for "Juno"
Cinematography: Robert Elswit for "There Will Be Blood"
Original score: Dario Marianelli for "Atonement"
Source: Agencies
Studios agree to pay film and television writers for work shown on the internet.
One of Hollywood's most high-profile nights is reduced to a long press conference.
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Wedged between Ukraine and Romania, one of Europe's poorest nations must choose between the regional powers.
Poverty & Development, Politics, Europe
Popular taxi application insists security was not breached but implements extra measures to protect users.
Business & Economy, Europe, United Kingdom
As the self-imposed June 30 deadline looms, world powers work to strike a nuclear deal with Iran.
Politics, US & Canada, Iran
Burundi's protests move towards a dark chapter with night-time assassinations as protesters turn to grenades.
War & Conflict, Africa, Burundi
Country becomes first developed nation to default on IMF payment
after midnight deadline for $1.8bn payment passes.
Politics, Business & Economy, Europe, Greece, Eurozone
Announcement expected on Wednesday will be a major step in ending decades of hostilities between the Cold War foes.
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South Africa's miner strike led to the country's deadliest act of police violence since the end of apartheid.
South Africa, Politics, Protests
Julio Docjar, a street artist from Sao Paulo, dreams of using his art as an instrument for social change.
Arts & Culture, Latin America, Brazil
An intimate look at the struggles of illegal refugees travelling across the Mediterranean, from Africa to Europe.
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April 30, 2014
Download the entire 2014 Strategic Plan as one PDF
CIO introduction to IT Strategic Plan FY 2014-2016
On behalf of the employees who are dedicated to serving the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) vital mission through the effective management of our information resources, I am pleased to present this Information Technology Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2014 – 2016. The strategic goals and objectives in this plan were established within the context of the federated organizational structure that serves the Department's diverse mission operations and customer groups.
The Office of the Chief Information Officer's (OCIO's) customers include DOJ's major law enforcement and litigating component bureaus along with numerous smaller offices across the Department. Each has a vital role to play, and each relies on information technology to accomplish their unique mission.
DOJ's most important customer is unquestionably the American public. OCIO's efforts, whether indirectly through improving component bureaus' capabilities or directly through sharing datasets via mobile apps, are intended to benefit the public whom we serve. Several of our goals and objectives are explicitly focused on serving the public, and we will continuously measure and improve our results over time.
The pressure to deliver greater, more cost-effective IT capabilities to end users underscores the importance of being responsible stewards of the taxpayer dollars that fund our investments. In partnership with the component bureaus, DOJ will execute the goals and objectives in this strategic plan in a way that not only optimizes our IT spending, but also improves the capabilities and services we deliver to the Department's employees and the public at large.
Kevin Deeley
Acting Chief Information Officer
U.S. Department of Justice
Justice Management Division
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Strategic Goals for FY 2014-2016
- Institutionalize IT portfolio management
- Streamline IT operations to serve customers better
- Enhance IT security
- Deliver innovative solutions to meet customer needs
- Expand information sharing
Table of Contents
- CIO introduction and executive summary
- Key drivers
- DOJ IT enterprise summary
- Guiding principles
- Strategic goals and objectives
- Strategic Goal 1: Institutionalize IT portfolio management
- Strategic Goal 2: Streamline IT operations to serve customers better
- Objective 2.1 – Deploy enterprise solutions that reduce costs and improve efficiency
- Objective 2.2 – Identify and rationalize commodity IT services
- Objective 2.3 – Invest savings harvested from IT commodity rationalization into new capabilities and innovations that address customer needs
- Objective 2.4 – Transition IT service delivery to a service broker model
- Strategic Goal 3: Enhance IT security
- Objective 3.1 – Institutionalize appropriate policies and risk-based compliance to assure the security, privacy and accessibility of data and systems
- Objective 3.2 – Expand continuous monitoring capabilities to drive risk-based decisions and better inform compliance activities
- Objective 3.3 – Integrate Identity, Credentials, and Access Management (ICAM) programs
- Objective 3.4 – Assure a trusted and resilient information and communications infrastructure
- Strategic Goal 4: Deliver innovative solutions to meet customer needs
- Objective 4.1 – Support component deployment of mission systems to meet specific customer needs
- Objective 4.2 – Provide mobility services to enhance employees' mission effectiveness and improve service delivery and information access to the public
- Objective 4.3 – Spur innovation and improve services by engaging the public and making DOJ datasets available
- Strategic Goal 5: Expand information sharing
- Objective 5.1 – Drive collaboration internally and with the broader law enforcement community
- Objective 5.2 – Work with the community to develop and use information sharing standards
- Objective 5.3 – Negotiate sharing agreements and enable shared services with public safety and law enforcement partners
- Objective 5.4 – Strengthen information safeguarding to protect privacy and civil rights
- Alignment of DOJ IT strategic goals to DOJ strategic plan
- Compendium of component goals and priorities
- Major Components
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
- Bureau of Prisons
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Executive Office for the U.S. Attorneys
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Justice Management Division (JMD)
- U.S. Marshals Service
- Litigating Components
- Law Enforcement Components
- Executive Office for Immigration Review
- Executive Office for U.S. Trustees
- National Security Division
- INTERPOL Washington (USNCB)
- U.S. Parole Commission
- Grants Management Components
- Major Components


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Dow Chemical helps Sochi get ready for Olympics
SOCHI, Russia — The Winter Olympic Games in the Russian town of Sochi are still two years away, but preparation for the event is already in full swing. The Dow Chemical Co., one of the official Olympic partners, is helping the city improve its water supply infrastructure, the company has announced.
Dow has been operating in Russia for nearly four decades and is well aware of the problems that residents and businesses in Sochi and the Krasnodar region face on a daily basis. It has started a number of projects to ensure the area has a reliable and up-to-date infrastructure ahead of the biggest event for the city.
RELATED: Dow invests in water technology manufacturing in China
Sochi''s old pipes have been replaced by new ones, with polyurethane insulation systems, made at the Dow Izolan factory in Vladimir. In addition, new pipelines for a central heating system for the Olympic venues in Sochi have been built. Dow Chemical is also involved in a series of cultural projects, such as the renovation of historically important buildings in Krasnodar including the Cathedral of the Christ Nativity, the Drama Theater and the First City Hospital.
The company runs 197 sites in 36 countries and employs a total of about 52,000 people. Dow Izolan was built in 2009 and is one of Dow''s most modern facilities. According to Gennady Vaskov, Dow Izolan''s commercial manager for rigid polyurethane foams, the pipes insulation for Sochi and Krasnodar meets the highest international standards. The systems are certified as conforming to European Quality Standard EN 253 and were developed according to all requirements of the Montreal Protocol. The products do not contain any agents that can harm the ozone layer in the atmosphere, Vaskov explained.
Dow Izolan provides its systems to a number of Russian producers of foam polyurethane pipes, which can be used in both underground and over-ground district heating pipelines. One of the biggest advantages of thermal insulation using rigid polyurethane foams is that it dramatically increases durability up to three times, while reducing heat loss up to four times compared to similar products. This can in turn contribute to lower maintenance and operating costs, Dow said.
Foam polyurethanes have a low level of thermal conductivity, so energy consumption is lower compared to other traditionally used materials like mineral cotton and foam polystyrene. Pipelines with such insulation can function for over 25 years, while other materials used for insulation need to be replaced every eight to ten years. The installation of heating systems is more cost-effective because it is a channel-free technology.
Arthur Eritspokhov, who is in charge of Dow''s Olympic operations in Russia, explained that the company is determined to support the Sochi Organizing Committee and local authorities in their ambition to build modern and sustainable infrastructure in the region. Dow will do its best to help the Games reach the highest technological level, while at the same time meeting international safety and ecological standards. Last, but not least, Dow will assist the Organizing Committee to ensure that athletes and fans have an unforgettable experience in Sochi, Eritspokhov concluded.


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Dallas, TX (PRWEB) December 31, 2012
Big Tall Direct has shifted its sales strategy from Christmas to "After Christmas" discounting and clearances.
Specifically, they are offering huge discounts exceeding 50% Off on big and tall jog sets, big and tall long sleeved knits, and selected items in big and tall Russell Dri Power. "We made special buys from several of our vendors plus we took a focused examination of our warehouse to determine our own overstocks in order to pass special pricing to our consumers," said Robert Schlein, its President.
He added, "These values are unheard of in our industry and are historic! Unlike our competition who shout SALE, SALE, SALE in every flyer, only to disappoint by learning you have to be Sherlock Holmes in order to find the deals, we put our specials front and center, and they are easy to find and purchase."
Big Tall Direct, one of the largest online web-sellers of clothes for the big and tall man, experienced a downward sales trend for December after a fairly flat selling period in November. "The economy, the fiscal cliff, the horrible news in Connecticut and New Jersey and competitive factors require us to be as aggressive as possible in our pricing. This is truly an exciting time to be a big and tall consumer!"
Based in Dallas, Texas, Big Tall Direct is centrally located so that both coasts enjoy speedy delivery even when using ground services from either FedEx or the Postal Service. It began as their online store backed up by a traditional brick and mortar storefront called Dan's Big & Tall in 1997. An early adopter of online selling, it was one of the first merchants to partner with America Online in the late 1990s.
Big Tall Direct welcomes international big and tall customers and ships worldwide with many of its clients in Western Europe, Canada, and even in the Middle East. New customers who sign up on the email marketing list receive an additional 10% off their first purchase, and much more savings offers throughout the year.