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The UpTake: Brendan Eich, at the center of a firestorm over his support of a California anti-gay marriage campaign, has stepped down as CEO of Mozilla.
The Mozilla CEO has stepped down after controversy concerning his support of California's anti-gay law Proposition 8 stirred up employee and outsider backlash.
Brendan Eich is resigning as CEO of Mozilla Corp., the company said in a blog post.
"Mozilla prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past week, we didn't live up to it," Executive Chairwoman Mitchell Baker wrote in the post. "We know why people are hurt and angry, and they are right: it's because we haven't stayed true to ourselves."
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The company said it is discussing its next step for leadership and "will have more information next week."
Eich, who was CTO before taking on the CEO role in March, came into the spotlight a few weeks ago over a $1,000 donation in 2008 to support Proposition 8, a law that banned gay marriage.
The fact wasn't new, but the issue had been brought back to light after his appointment in March as Mozilla's new chief. Wikipedia Mobile creator Hampton Catlin said he would no longer develop apps for the Firefox Web browser because of it, and Mozilla employees took to Twitter to call for his resignation.
Three board members also resigned this week.
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I was mainly thinking that such a remote area would would warrant a flight if 911 were dispatched via a Spot. If it had been an immediate life threatening situation, it seems to me that the ground response of 70-90 minutes was kind of long. I don't know the area but perhaps to dispatch the flight team and chopper may have been just as long.
The issue in remote areas in the west is that the places where it would be really nice to have helicopter evac readily available they are least likely. Search and Rescue is generally run by counties (often the sheriff with volunteers) and the cost of a chopper is prohibitive. There are quite a few counties many times the size of Rhode Island with populations less than 10,000 and much of the land is federal. So, no tax base to fund services. Any helicopter is going to be state police or Nationl Guard and might be several hours flight away.
70-90 minute response is amazing in the desert. In lots of places a 911 call to your home might be 45 minutes or more.
I have no illusions that my SPOT or a sat phone would get me a 30 minute response. My hope is that it might turn a 24 hour wait into 6-12 hours. Or at the very least make it easier to find my body.
Rural EMS have plenty to do responding to the problems of locals. A call from a distant call center that their customer, let's call him "Beemer Bill" (Bob's cousin), sent a call for help for unspecified reasons is not a priority above a sick kid or car accident. There have been a number of cases of SPOT users crying wolf nd that does not help. Look for the story about the hikers in the Grand Canyon a few years ago.
The bottom line is that a call to the local sheriffs personal phone and him summoning a helicoptor to come get still might take 3-5 hours to get you help. That is the reality. Ride accordingly and bring skilled friends you trust.
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Are sizzling gadget sales cooling off?
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Despite a forecast for $125.7 billion in device sales this year by the Consumer Electronics Industry Association--that's up 11 percent from 2004-?brisk growth is unlikely to continue over the next 18 months, according to Chris Crotty, an analyst with market research firm iSuppli.
iSuppli plans to report on Wednesday that consumer electronics sales should experience a "slight" but significant dip in growth next year because of a combination of factors, starting with market saturation: Forty-nine percent of U.S. and Canadian households say they have all the gadgets they want. In addition, rising gasoline prices are starting to whittle away at consumers' disposable income, Crotty said.
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Crotty will detail his predictions in an interactive Web seminar titled "Consumer Electronics-Is the Party Nearly Over?" He would not go into specifics until the event, which is open to the public and starts at 8:30 a.m. Pacific on Wednesday.
"I don't think things are going to fall apart, but we are expecting a slowdown in the consumer electronics market next year. The question is: How much of a slowdown?" Crotty said.
While iSuppli makes a case that the consumer electronics market may finally be cooling after several years of surprising growth, Crotty isn't saying it's headed for trouble.
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The biggest problem for manufacturers may be pricing pressure from low-cost competitors, the Internet and big-box retailers. Discounters like Wal-Mart are undercutting manufactures and stealing share from pricier retailers like Circuit City and Best Buy, said Ted Schadler, an analyst at Forrester Research.
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- I have only one of those gadgets
- I only have a digital camera. I have no plans on aquiring a TV that will be outdated next year. I have no desire for the horrible interface of the ipod. Most gadgets have been poorly designed, in fact I long for my older nokia phone over this newer samsung I just got (AT&T went bye bye and Cingular started degrading signals until upgrade to gsm.,)
So yeah I'm done with gadget world.
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- Out of all the interfaces i've used for portable music players the
iPod's is the easiest and best especially with the clik wheel since all
your controls are done by one thumb which is how it should be, as
for the nokia i just got the 8800 and the interface is quite bad
compared to the sony i had earlier + the battery lasts a day on
standby, even if i have a spare battery i'm returning it
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- It'll be worth waiting...
- ... for an ultimate device which is a true PC, phone, camera, media player, radio and TV in one the size of your palm and fits in your pocket.
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- Devices that
- do everything don't do anything well, think about it using a mp3
player and using a camera. they are used in two different ways,
think of how you hold each device, now add a mobile phone and
a pc with video playing capability, which will be on a tiny screen
since a mobile phone has to be small to be practical, now
consider battery life and then an easy to use interface to make it
work. I'd prefer to have a computer where you can plug your
gear into (or use wireless) and integrate it with all your software
with out getting drivers. Doesn't seem like any company has
done that really well... oh wait apple has. I switched recently
and have not looked back at the mess (mess: a top of the line
sony vaio with xp pro, not some dell or crap brand pc) i had
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Will Twitpic Succeed Where Scoopt Failed?
Posted By Scott Baradell On September 9, 2009 @ 6:24 am In Photojournalism | 7 Comments
As most photographers on Twitter likely know, Twitpic [2] is a service that makes it easy to post images to Twitter, and to view and comment on photos from your Twitter account. It's also emerged as the trendy new candidate to kill old-school spot photojournalism once and for all.
Ben LaMothe at Online Journalism Blog sounded the alarm this way [3]:
For small and mid-size papers, getting art for a story could be as easy as doing a TwitPic search by keyword and see what pops up. If a user-taken photo of an event pops up, you could contact the author, ask for permission and post it. At worst, they'd ask for a small fee, which when paid would still be a money saver compared to sending a photojournalist to an event.
Same Song, Umpteenth Verse
We've heard this tune before, of course — many times. Dan Gillmor, the influential technology writer and founder of the Center for Citizen Media [4], was pounding nails in the coffin of the professional photojournalist [5] in 2006, when he wrote about the power of crowdsourcing [6]:
How can people who cover breaking news for a living begin to compete? They can't possibly be everywhere at once. They can compete only on the stories where they are physically present — and, in the immediate future, by being relatively trusted sources … Is it so sad that the professionals will have more trouble making a living this way in coming years? To them, it must be — and I have friends in the business, which makes this painful to write in some ways … The photojournalist's job may be history before long.
Fast on the heels of Gillmor's photojournalism death notice came the buzz about a little Scottish startup called Scoopt, which was going to enable the "crowd" to turn its cell-phone news photos into cash. The startup got so hot so fast that Getty Images felt compelled to scoop it up early in 2007.
Scoopt's Promise — and Its Reality
In September 2007, I had the opportunity to chat with Scoopt founder Kyle MacRae [7], who admitted that his startup was still in the proof-of-concept phase, despite Getty's financial investment. The buzz about Scoopt was that it could become the chief mechanism by which camera-phone users disseminated their spot-news pics to traditional media organizations — and got paid for it. But the reality never caught up to the narrative.
For starters, only about five percent of pics submitted to Scoopt were taken by camera phones. And a good portion of those who submitted pics to Scoopt were sending in amateur red-carpet shots and other photo-op images that did not compete very well with what the pros turned in at these same events.
Where were all the breaking news photos that were going to make spot photojournalism obsolete?
Getty Images apparently wondered the same thing — and shut Scoopt down in February of this year.
The Last Straw
Daryl Lang of PDN analyzed Scoopt's failure this way [8]:
We need to look at how people behave when they're lucky enough to get a hot news photo. When a random citizen snaps a photo of something amazing (like the water landing of a passenger jet in the middle of a major city [9], for example), some kind of storytelling instinct kicks in. They want to tell as many people as possible, as fast as possible. They may also want to make money off their work, but that can come later.
Lang tellingly pointed out that when citizen journalism made perhaps its most spectacular splash ever — when amateur pics of the U.S. Airways "Miracle on the Hudson" blanketed print and broadcast media in January — Scoopt failed to offer a single image of the event on its site. (This may have been the final straw leading to Scoopt's shutdown.)
Instead, news outlets picked up a number of images posted on social networking sites — including, most famously, an image that Florida tourist Janis Krums posted to Twitpic from his iPhone [10].
Krums cut a deal giving the Associated Press rights to distribute the photo — although, of course, many blogs and media outlets ran the picture for free without seeking Krums' permission.
The AP Should Do What?
So, that means the future isn't Scoopt — it's Twitpic, right?
In the wake of the U.S. Airways story, Rob Haggart of A Photo Editor [11] recommended that the AP go out and buy Twitter. As he put it:
The AP should buy Twitter and Twit Pic because they're proving to be the place where news breaks first.
Well, as they say, that's an idea.
Unfortunately, the AP would have absolutely no idea what to do with Twitter and/or Twitpic if it did buy them, just as Getty Images had absolutely no idea what to do with Scoopt.
The AP, let's remember, is the organization that is trying to deal with the issue of content theft [12] by charging a ridiculous $2.50 per word [13] for the use of AP content.
If It Doesn't Scale, It's Going to Fail
OK, so let's assume that nobody buys Twitter. Or Twitpic. Or PicFog [14], the Twitpic search engine that photo buyers could theoretically use to purchase spot news photos.
Could these companies — yes, they are currently three separate entities — come together to create a system where, say, the AP could buy the rights to use a photo like Janis Krums' online, rather than having to track him down individually and make him an offer? In other words, could they make citizen journalism transactions like this one scalable?
Because if not, all this Twitpic talk is just more empty "social media rules the world" blather.
Kyle MacRae of Scoopt had it right when he told me in 2007 that scalability is the key to making citizen photojournalism a real business. He explained that scaling through technology was critical to building a business among local newspapers — where a publication might only be willing to pay $20 for a freelancer's image.
It's one thing when you're Janis Krums and you've taken the citizen journalism photo of the year; the AP will make a phone call for that one.
But what about all those local-news images of housefires and car crashes and bad weather and other spot news that would form the core of any business that distributes citizen photojournalism for profit?
Would the AP or even the local gazette bother to try to track down and cut a deal with the amateur photographer in those cases? Would the photographer care enough about the 20 bucks to break away from whatever they're doing to sign the paperwork?
A Citizen Journalist? Who, Me?
So scaling is necessary. But there's another roadblock to scaling, beyond any technology considerations. Even if you create a site that makes it incredibly efficient for news organizations to buy spot-news photography and amateurs to sell it, would the amateur even know about this incredibly efficient site before it was too late?
In other words, the shelf life for breaking news pics is very brief — sometimes hours, or even less. Most people like Krums don't think of themselves as photographers, and certainly don't expect to be an eyewitness to a huge news event. Would they bother to look for and register on a citizen journalism site, where there would obviously be terms and conditions to agree upon before any money could be exchanged (even if this site were Twitpic)? Or would they simply upload their pics online as quickly as possible to share them with their friends?
Last time I checked, Flickr, for all its 3.6 billion images and Yahoo money, has still been unable to create a legitimate photo-licensing revenue stream — unless you're counting that deal with Getty Images [15].
And Twitpic is going to be the place where newspapers go to buy their spot new photos?
7 Comments To "Will Twitpic Succeed Where Scoopt Failed?"
#1 Comment By Kyle MacRae On September 9, 2009 @ 10:16 am
Can't argue with a word of this, Scott. Great article.
I've certainly been trying to figure out a business model for TwitPic and similar to provide an instant route to market for newsworthy content. But it always comes back to the same issue:
"Even if you create a site that makes it incredibly efficient for news organizations to buy spot-news photography and amateurs to sell it, would the amateur even know about this incredibly efficient site before it was too late?"
No, they wouldn't. And nor would picture buyers go looking for this stuff. The one-in-a-million Janis Krums-type pic will always find a market, eventually, even if only post-publication, but everything else...? Can't see it.
About the only model I can see working is one whereby TwitPic *and every other site* has a 'Buy This Pic' button, where:
a) the sale can be processed *without* the consent or involvement of the photographer (i.e. they have to opt out of commercial licensing)
b) the buyer pays a fixed price with no need to negotiate (i.e. everything's $20 by default - just download, publish and pay).
If you then build an aggregation service on top of that, something that automatically pulls pix from everywhere into a one-stop-shop, that indexes them intelligently, and that ranks them for likely value by date and 'buzz' (number of retweets, page views, links, tags)... well, then you might have something of value to picture buyers.
Dunno. I do know that an agency model sitting between the public and picture desks doesn't work!
#2 Comment By Tony Blei On September 9, 2009 @ 11:02 am
I foresee a huge potential problem with news agencies going to, and using services such as Twitpic. Their free (or low budget) images could cost them a lot more than their $20.
As a photojournalist, there are rules that we play by and we have a good idea of what the laws are. Not all citizen journalists are as aware. I predict that people will start snapping cell-phone pics and someday soon, people will object because their right to privacy was violated. Or there was no release signed by those who were photographed — and they object by calling their attorney.
It's all free for now, but just wait. I predict that free will will end up costing more than having someone on staff.
#3 Comment By Scott Baradell On September 9, 2009 @ 1:37 pm
Kyle, good to hear from you -- and thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. It will be interesting to see if the model you describe becomes a reality. Given the periodic uproar over terms of service where social networking sites are accused of user content grabs, it's definitely a thorny issue.
Tony, the privacy issues are less of a factor with editorial images, but you're right that amateurs don't necessarily play by the same rules, or even KNOW the rules. With photo fakery easier to accomplish than ever, it's probably only a matter of time before a Photoshop special, submitted by a citizen "journalist," gets published on the front page of the NY Times.
#4 Comment By Denver Engagement Photographer On September 10, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
I'll be really curious to see if twiptic actually takes off. It seems like a great idea, and if it does really take off it could change the "I Report" kind of photojournalism.
#5 Comment By Will Seberger On September 10, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
As quality reaches the bottom, and sales further stagnate as a result, I think stuff like this will actually drive a return to paying photographers for pictures and stories.
At some point, someone will realize that he can get better work and sell more widgets as a result.
The industry is in a race to the bottom cutting budgets and reducing the quality of the product.
Quality content costs money. Actually, quality anything costs money.
#6 Comment By Chris Seline On September 10, 2009 @ 10:07 pm
Hey Kyle, we have had thoughts at Twicsy of building the aggregation service you described. Right now it is simply a search engine for a few twitter based networks, but we are trying to figure out how to intelligently expand our index. Give me a buzz if you would like to talk.
Chris Seline
email: my first name @searchles.com
#7 Comment By PI On October 5, 2009 @ 1:33 pm
Hey Kyle, we have had thoughts at Twicsy of building the aggregation service you described. Right now it is simply a search engine for a few twitter based networks, but we are trying to figure out how to intelligently expand our index. Give me a buzz if you would like to talk.
Chris Seline
email: my first name @searchles.com
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[2] Twitpic: http://www.twitpic.com
[3] this way: http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/08/19/whats-good-for-twitpic-may-be-bad-for-photojournalists/
[4] Center for Citizen Media: http://citmedia.org/blog/
[5] professional photojournalist: http://rising.blackstar.com/the-demise-of-photojournalism-has-been-greatly-exaggerated.html
[6] crowdsourcing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing
[7] opportunity to chat with Scoopt founder Kyle MacRae: http://rising.blackstar.com/scoopt-founder-i-wouldnt-like-to-be-a-local-newspaper-photographer-right.html
[8] this way: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/02/getty-imagess-scoopt-shuts-down-heres-why-it-failed.html
[9] water landing of a passenger jet in the middle of a major city: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/01/getty-images-scoopt-fails-to-post-a-single-us-airways-crash-photo.html
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[11] A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/01/16/ap-should-buy-twitter/
[12] content theft: http://rising.blackstar.com/newspapers-are-running-out-of-time-to-solve-the-problem-of-content-theft.html
[13] ridiculous $2.50 per word: http://mashable.com/2009/08/02/associated-press/
[14] PicFog: http://picfog.com/
[15] deal with Getty Images: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-getty-images-to-resell-photos-from-hand-selected-flickr/
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The controversial move comes almost four years after McCormick caused the deaths of brothers Arron and Ben Peak, aged 10 and eight respectively, while driving with excess alcohol in a crash on the M6 in Staffordshire.
The former Pilgrims stopper was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison in October 2008 after he admitted to the charge, but is set to be released after serving half of the original figure.
McCormick has already been put through his paces having trained with Swindon since January while on day release. He will join Paolo Di Canio's squad on their pre-season tour of Italy.
Swindon chairman Jeremy Wray told BBC Wiltshire: "Our sympathy is with the family of the victims - that will never change. There's been a complete tragedy and lives have been destroyed.
"This guy has done his time in prison. He wants to come back and give something back to society. The best way we can do that is to rehabilitate, and that's the role Swindon can play. It's a benefit we've thought about in the long-term. It's going to be a big debate and I'm not frightened of it."
Wray continued: "We thought long and hard about it, and it has to be made clear that everybody's thoughts can only go to the family of those two young boys and their father who was badly injured.
"Tragedy is a word used too often, but this was a tragedy and it can never be changed.
"He (McCormick) will live with what has happened every day of his life but he has the chance to give something back, to show the tragedies of drink-driving."
He added: "As a club we did not go courting this - the opportunity was presented to us after I was contacted by his agent and he will spend pre-season training here at Swindon. We have had to look at it in a reasonable way and look to produce a positive outcome in horrible circumstances."
McCormick's contract with Argyle was cancelled by "mutual consent" a month after the crash.
Arron and Ben were travelling to Silverstone racetrack for a dream day out with their father Phil Peak and three friends when their Toyota Previa people carrier was hit by McCormick's powerful black Range Rover on the M6 at 5.44am on June 7, 2008.
The footballer was returning from former team-mate David Norris's wedding in Bolton at the time.
He was seen with his footballer friends drinking beer and downing shots of the spirit Sambuca at the wedding reception.
Stoke Crown Court, where McCormick admitted death by dangerous driving and drink driving, was told police investigators estimated his Range Rover was travelling at around 97mph moments before the crash.
Mr Peak, from Partington in Manchester, was at the wheel of the Toyota and suffered serious injuries that left him in a wheelchair.
The boys' mother, Amanda Peak, told the Sun that Swindon's decision "was like a kick in the stomach".
"Swindon might be a family club but now they are hiring a man who has torn my family apart," she told the newspaper.


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a personal portfolio ! please need critiques , need to make it better ! blog still Under construction ! Using css3 filters, so chrome would be the best to view it !
thanks !
I would remove the texture on the background and add a little more shades of color with what you have now. I would also work on the text type – try something different to compliment the design.
Your services section could be condensed. Your PSD to ? could all be one section. HTML5 and CSS3 kind of goes with the web design. I would completely remove "cheap and affordable". That makes you seem unprofessional. If it were me, I would have 3 blocks. Web Design, Logo Design and PSD to ?.
With the gallery of your portfolio and the cat thing, I think it would look better if you tried a different hover approach. I prefer that it shows the color right off the start.
Your form would look better if it were aligned to the grid on the left. With the other section, I wouldn't make the text align to center but rather left. I would also align the icons and text to the left as well so it all matches up with the map.
Hope to see what you come up with. Best of luck.
@theacefes HTML5 and CSS3 should be standard practices at this point. There's no reason not to use it.
@ChristopherBurton : thanks a lot, will surely make all the changes you suggested.
@theacefes : i would also keep the html5 and css3 stuff, but most of my clients still want their websites to work on IE7. and the employers want me to work on css3 and html5. i get confused what to do.
Hi, guys, Can you please visit the site again that i posted above, i now have validation and almost finished it.
@ChristopherBurton : i kinda liked the background as i do not want to go more with colours and make it look funky. I am not tooo good with colours, when it comes to choosing for myself hence kept it clean. I also change the font to "open-sans", and have a different hover approach for my work section and have a better form now.
a word on the form and other stuff would be really helpful.
Very creative site. Only one thing i dont like, and that snaped right in to my eyes, is the fact that you used different images-icons for services. Different in a sense that they have very little in common in style. For instance: "volunteer support" is a flat image with brick-like colors. But "web design" image-icon has very bright Fluorescent colors in and is also drawn in 3D. This gives unprofessional feel to the site. Sugestion: make icons of your own. If you decide to stick with this images, find some other icon for e-commerce. That guy is used so much around the web that, for me at least, connotates unoriginality.
@supperman : thanks a lot for the critique, Yes, i am working on creating my own images for that part, so, they are kind of temperory images, but yeah, that advice is a worth, will change them ASAP.
thanks a ton.
I like the overall design, but i would say keep the texture. However I do have two issues: your work should be the top most element. It is who you are, and should be one of the first things seen. The second issue is, I like the hover over effect, but it hides your design's when you hover, which is something I don't think should happen.
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Green & Black's Crispy Milk Bar
It's been a couple of years since I've eaten a Green & Black's bar, let alone review one, and I was pleasantly surprised to see two new bars in my local Sainsbury's a couple of days ago, the first of which is this milk chocolate bar with crisp cereal pieces.
I've never been big on crisp bars, though I have a fondness for Nestle's Crunch bar, for the most part I find them to be a little uninspiring. This bar has quite a bright, eye catching colour to it and with 37% cocoa should provide quite a rich milk chocolate experience.
The back of the bar is absolutely filled to the brim with little studs of cereal. It has a good, deep milk chocolate flavour with a crunchy texture, but as I figured it's just a little plain for my tastes. It doesn't do anything wrong at all and if you're looking for this kind of bar then I doubt you'll be disappointed.Share This
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Recipe by Christine Sandwith
"This easy, layered shrimp spread is my mom's favorite munchie. Serve it with your favorite crackers."
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3 (4 ounce) cans
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2 cups
shredded mozzarella cheese
green bell pepper, chopped
green onions, chopped
medium tomato - peeled, seeded and chopped
This recipe is almost identical to something my mother in law has been preparing for years, and it was as big of a hit at my party! Even people who normally don't like shrimp enjoyed it! Hint: make double the quantity because the first serving disappears fast!
This is good with taco chips. I used cheddar cheese instead of mozzarella. I think the next time I make it I will try adding a little red pepper or old bay seasoning to the cream cheese mixture to spice it up a little.
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This is a fabulous dip with either crackers or tortilla chips.
I make it for almost any occasion and it is the first dip to go! 5 stars
Great to share with assorted crackers. I use shrimp from a pre-frozen shrimp ring.
Simple, easy, disappeared quickly.
I follow the recipe just add a chopped red bell pepper, and served with crackers it was absolutely a BIG hit, I was request to make it again to the same group of people next week! Thx for the recipe!
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- BuyBertolt Brecht: A Literary Life by Stephen Parker
Bloomsbury, 704 pp, £30.00, February 2014, ISBN 978 1 4081 5562 2
In his Svendborg Poems, written in exile in Denmark in the 1930s, Brecht wrote: 'In the dark times/Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing/About the dark times.' His life was shaped by these dark times. He came of age during the First World War, became a successful writer in the years before Hitler's rise to power, spent 16 years as an émigré, and returned to Berlin only to clash with the East German apparatchiks. Stephen Parker's superb biography of a great iconoclastic writer is impressively sourced, rich in detail, well-paced, highly readable yet serious. His Brecht was chastened by the dark times, but remained what his friend and stage designer Caspar Neher called him in his youth, Hydratopyranthropos, the Water-Fire Man, made up of contrary elements.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The executive director of the Cedar Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is suing her former employer in federal court, alleging fraud, breach of contract and violation of her First Amendment rights.
Marilee Fowler filed the six-count lawsuit July 9 in Vanderburgh County (Ind.) Superior Court against the Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau. Fowler was executive director of the organization until she resigned, effective March 29.
On March 22, the Cedar Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau announced Fowler's selection as executive director, succeeding Tim Boyle who had resigned in September to pursue other interests. Fowler joined the Cedar Rapids Area CVB April 6.
In the lawsuit, which was transferred Tuesday, July 20, to federal court, Fowler alleges that the Evansville CVB placed her on administrative leave Feb. 8 after she disclosed the location of a proposed sports complex in a media interview. The board of the Evansville CVB told Fowler that Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel was upset with the interview and had not wanted the information released.
Fowler was told in a hand-delivered letter on March 8 that if she resigned effective March 29, she would receive severance as spelled out in an agreement that was to be approved by the Evansville CVB board.
After Fowler discussed Weinzapfel's reaction to her interview with reporters in Evansville and Cedar Rapids, the Evansville CVB board refused to approve the severance agreement. The board contended that her comments to the media violated the spirit of the severance agreement.
Fowler is asking for unspecified damages, saying she has suffered and continues to suffer substantial losses in compensation and severance benefits. She has requested a jury trial in the case.
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Silly Things You Did Today
Sometimes it's the little things that make us smile the most. So this thread is dedicated to the littlest things that made you smile today. Post away!
Tonight, while walking back to my dorm I came across a leaf pile. I can't remember (no lie) when the last time I jumped into a leaf pile was. So here was my view from the leaf pile as I crawled through it.
Silly thing I dd today was to start to connect a lead out wire from the fencer to a new line. I hadn't turned it off at the mains!
Made me jump back, drop the wire and cuss for 10 minutes.
No need for a fence tester!
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Ouch foxhunter!
Mine is silly because of the time it takes. It's really crummy outside, raining, windy & cold. Last night my hubby got all of the pears out of our trees with his bucket truck (beats me climbing a ladder by a mile!) so today I have been busy in my kitchen.
We went from this
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And after adding a bit of cinnamon, we end up with this - cinnamon pear sauce, YUM!
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It makes me happy when they come out of the canner. It takes a 5 gallon bucket of Bartlett pears to make 7 quarts of sauce. Time consuming but worth it! I won't have to buy applesauce at the store (my kiddo likes this better), there is no added sugar & it's 100% organic :D
I did not do anything silly or fun today as of yet.
Well...last night me and my best friend were requesting songs and chatting with a radio DJ in California =P and then we watched a TwitCam of an ADORABLE boy who's on the X-factor this season. We had a ton of fun, just the little things! :)
MHFQ, my mom makes homemade strawberry jam and apple sauce. I love it when she does this because it makes the house smell amazing. I love Fall, especially October because of all the homemade things and the beauty.
Foxhunter: I've done something similar to that. I tested out an electric fence with my head once. The fence was working perfectly. Hurts, doesn't it?
We have had such a crappy summer, so wet, hardly anything has grown in the garden. Virtually no apples, certainly no pears, a few cherries (which the birds beat me too!)
I have managed to make strawberry, raspberry, plum, rhubarb and ginger jams.
Green bean chutney, chilli jam. Will be making tomato chutney and also what my grandmother called 'Ifits' chutney. If its left in the garden pickle it!
No potatoes, all but a few earlies were blighted. so depressing.
What is green bean chutney? It sounds good.
Oddly enough I just picked rhubarb again a couple days ago and made a pear/rhubarb crisp - turned out really good. Pretty strange having both of those ready at the same time :? I managed to can green beans, carrots, watermelon pickles, tomato juice, marinara sauce & salsa. Froze sweet corn & peppers. It's sad to think about buying veg at the store but I am going to have to.
Tempest I think that doing things like jumping in a pile of leaves is very important.
I am now in my 60s - still do fun things, much to the astonishment of several children who come here!
I blame my parents!
About 30 years ago my father, then in his 60s, and I went for a walk. I was recovering from surgery. We walked up over the Downs (Steep hill) which are covered in Holme Oak trees on one side.
Holme Oak leaves do not rot down like most eaves and these trees although mature are not very tall.
Dad and I were walking along the top line of trees. I spotted a hole on the barrier of branches and commented that the top of the giant slide was still there.
We looked at each other and walked to it. Took no tome to gather a cushion of leaves and away I went, Dad just behind me.
We slid nearly 700 feet from top to bottom emerging with dirty seats to our jeans, scratches on our arms and faces both roaring with laughter.
When it snowed Dad, then in his 70s was the first to go tobogganing, Mum was as bad, I caught her cantering around the arena on my nieces pony - bareback. She was in her 80s - she also rode around the field on my nephews ATV when she had never driven anything motorised in her life.
I hate "Act your age." means you miss out on a lot of fun.
May you forever see a pile of leaves and jump in it.
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Belgium is famous for its mouth-watering array of foods. Forget the diet for the evening and discover Brussels, the gourmet city, by night on this thoroughly indulgent 3- hour foodie walking tour!
Belgian cuisine is one of the most regarded in Europe, and it's no secret that Belgians love good food. Indeed they are reputed to dine out more than any other people in the world and, on this gastronomic tour, you'll find out why. To get a taste for the local cuisine you'll stop at several restaurants known for their delectable dishes, and you'll also sample locally produced Geneva gin and wines.
During the evening you'll have the chance to try many of Brussels' iconic dishes including North Sea shrimps, Belgian endives, beef stew, authentic frites, waterzooi, stoemp, boudin sausage, asparagus, Brussels' waffles, speculoos, local wines, Geneva gin and much more.
Numbers are limited on this small group tour, ensuring you receive personalized attention from your knowledgeable guide.
Take this Brussels Gourmet Night Tour and find out why Belgian cuisine is one of the most highly regarded in Europe.
To join the excursion make your way to the Godiva chocolate store, Grand'Place 22, 1000 Brussels, where you will meet your escort for the evening. Guides for this tour are bi-lingual – English and French languages are available.
Belgium is world-famous for its chocolate and beer, but Belgian cuisine also includes a whole host of other taste-bud tickling snacks and dishes. Examples include Belgian frites (French fries), Belgian waffles, and biscuits known as 'speculoos'. It is often said that in Belgium you get the best of both worlds: the quantity of a hearty German meal and the quality of fine French fare.
On this mouth-watering tour, you'll stop at several restaurants known for their fabulous dishes, and sample locally produced Geneva gin and wines.
Hear tales from Brussels' culinary past, and learn how the city was settled by exiled French chefs. Discover Belgian culinary traditions, learn how various dishes are produced and find out how to prepare your own Belgian recipes.
Your package includes tastings of most of Brussels' specialty dishes including North Sea shrimps, Belgian endives, beef stew, authentic frites, waterzooi, stoemp, boudin sausage, asparagus, Brussels' waffles, speculoos, local wines, Geneva gin and much more. You'll even sample that most polarizing vegetable, Brussels' sprouts!
The tour ends at Godiva chocolate store, Grand'Place 22, 1000 Brussels.
We thoroughly enjoyed our evening and thought Stefan was a very good tour guide. He was friendly and put us at ease from the outset. His knowledge of Belgium and the tour...Mrs Claire Owens
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Start time: 1900h (7:00pm)
Duration: 3 hours
Please make your way to Godiva chocolate store, Grand'Place 22, 1000 Brussels.
Please reach the meeting point 15 minutes earlier for pre departure briefing.
The activity ends at the starting point.
Forget the diet! Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes for walking
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Which is too bad, because we badly need that squishy, soft quality to restore the hardest of hard things, the economy.
But now, a handful of under-the-radar growers are working to restore the region to its former glory.
Osman, who was a parliamentary candidate from Mubarak's National Democratic Party, said the police were only out to restore order.
c.1300, "to give back," also, "to build up again, repair," from Old French restorer, from Latin restaurare "repair, rebuild, renew," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + -staurare, as in instaurare "restore," from PIE *stau-ro-, from root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing" (see stet). Related: Restored; restoring.


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Little is known about The Hermitage, but its location is on the western side of the island on Long Cove.
Main Street, Vinalhaven, Me
This image of downtown Vinalhaven can be easily dated, as the first telephone service was established in 1895 and gas lights came to Main Street in 1903.
Waterfront, Vinalhaven, Me
Looking east across Vinalhaven's harbor one can see in the distance the buildings owned and operated by the Lane-Libby Fisheries Company.
Public Library, Vinalhaven ME
In 1887 Vinalhaven's first "public library" became a reality, thanks to the generosity of the Bodwell Granite Company, which leased a room, and the granite workers themselves, who donated $118 toward the cost of books and supplies.
Washington School Building, Vinalhaven, Me
Vinalhaven had, at one time, eleven school districts. In 1896, district #4 closed and was relocated to the newly built Washington School.
Power House, Vinalhaven, Me
This power plant, owned and operated by the Vinalhaven Light and Power Company, began operation in 1914.


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I want to love you.
Can I?
Really, this is me asking permission.
The repressed heart is really the worst fate,
what Pharoah had to fear.
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Music Review: 'Never Say Never' by Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith
Filed under: Music
Rated ON for Ages 7 and Up
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that "Never Say Never" is another clean, uplifting song from Justin Bieber. Its positive lyrics focus on sticking with something even when others try to knock you down: "I will never say never, I will fight 'til forever / Whenever you knock me down, I will not stay on the ground."
The good stuff
- Messages: These positive lyrics are all about trying your hardest and never giving up on your dreams.
- Role models: The song encourages kids to stay strong in the face of hardship.
What to watch out for
- Violence: Not an issue.
- Sex: Not an issue.
- Language: Not an issue.
- Consumerism: Not an issue.
- Drinking, drugs, and smoking: Not an issue.
What's the Story?
"Never Say Never" is a song originally from the soundtrack of 2010's "The Karate Kid" that was re-released to appear on the 2011 album "Never Say Never." The tune also features guest vocals from the movie's star, Jaden Smith. In the same vein as the film, the track's lyrics encourage following your dreams even when obstacles get in your way. Like just about every Justin Bieber song that's come before, this tune includes no swearing or adult content, making it another great choice for kids of any age.
Is It Any Good?
There's nothing earth-shattering about this single's sound: it has the same straight-up, synth-pop hook and solid vocals as lots of Bieber songs. That said, Smith's guest spot is a cute addition that will undoubtedly appeal to younger kids in search of some age-appropriate rap.
This review of "Never Say Never" was written by Stephanie Bruzzese.
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NEW YORK — Gold fell Thursday at the New York Commodity Exchange for the third straight day, bringing its total drop for the week to $16.30, as traders continued to see low inflation.
Gold dropped $4.50 Thursday to $334.10 an ounce on the Comex. The Republic National Bank of New York later quoted a bid of $334.75, off $5.25.
The belief that inflation is under control prompted the gold selloff, said David Ryan, chief bullion trader at Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. Gold traditionally is seen as a hedge against inflation.
Dealers said gold's decline was also linked to a drop in platinum prices, based on concerns that a sluggish Japanese economy would reduce demand for the metal, used in manufacturing of automobiles.


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A radiologic technologist preparing a patient with head gear for an fMRI exam and moving him through the magnetic resonance (MR) scanner as another technologist monitors the images in the control room.
Note: Images are shown for illustrative purposes. Do not attempt to draw conclusions or make diagnoses by comparing these images to other medical images, particularly your own. Only qualified physicians should interpret images; the radiologist is the physician expert trained in medical imaging.


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Liverpool is Cool.
Liverpool seems to offer quite a bit, I was only there for a couple of days. I spent most of my time relatively close to the train station area near Liverpool Lime Street, the Albert Dock and waterfront. I imagine there's loads more to see, but those areas were quite cool with architecture and history, plus museums and of course all the shopping you can handle, if you're into that.
Insider Tip:Near the main shopping area they set up market's daily with fresh fruits and vegetables. Great way to find a healthy snack in your travels!


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WHEN we consider some of the most striking phenomena permitted by the laws of physics – from human reasoning to computer technologies and the replication of genes – we find that information plays a central role. But, on the face of it, information is profoundly different from the basic entities that physical sciences use to describe reality. Neither quantum mechanics nor general relativity, the most fundamental theories in physics, provide a meaning for information or even a way of measuring it. And it has a "counterfactual" character: a message cannot carry information unless a different message is also possible.
Statements about information were therefore long regarded in physics as second-class, non-fundamental approximations. Information itself was considered an a priori abstraction, like Euclid's perfect triangles and circles, whose physical instantiations are inevitably approximate.
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Volume 27
July -1, 2015
A Weekly Aviation Career
Newsletter from Avjobs, Inc.
Ardent Receives
Approval for Avantair Acquisition
Ardent Acquisition
Corporation announced it will take votes
on its acquisition of fractional aircraft
operator Avantair at Ardent's annual stockholders
meeting on February 22, 2007. Stockholders
are invited to vote on five proposals, including:
the approval of the acquisition of Avantair,
Inc.; increase the Ardent's shared common
stock from 30,000,000 shares to 75,000,000
shares; changing of Ardent's name to Avantair,
Inc.; and the adoption of Ardent's 2006
Long Term Incentive Plan. On October 2,
2006, Avantair announced that it had signed
an agreement to be acquired by publicly-traded
Ardent Acquisition Corp. The transaction
is expected to close in the first quarter
of 2007.
Avantair operates 29
Piaggio Avanti II twin-turboprop aircraft
and anticipates operating a fleet of 40
aircraft by the end of FY2007. Flight crews
primarily train at Flightsafety's West Palm
Beach training facility. At the last year's
National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)
Annual Meeting and Convention, Avantair
announced the order for 20 Embraer Phenom
100 executive jets. Avantair's firm contract
has an order value of $57 million. The Phenom
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and Avantair is scheduled to take delivery
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Tragic news video is showing up more in Facebook's News Feed
More hard news is breaking first on Facebook, right alongside those happy wedding announcements.
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More hard news is breaking first on Facebook, right alongside those happy wedding announcements.
Mary Lou Jepsen ran the research lab's Display Division.
"People like talking about that kind of stuff because it's sexy, but it's not the big bit," the Facebook CEO said at Mobile World Congress on Monday.
But some local residents aren't thrilled about local tech companies' unarrested growth.
The social network began rolling out a new set of tools on Wednesday that aim to help prevent suicide.
Facebook is now giving users have unlimited possibilities when it comes to gender identity.
More than 90% of the world's population, however, lives within the range of a mobile network.
Get your resumes in check -- Glassdoor has released its list of the highest rated companies for internships in 2015
That number is up from 1 million advertisers 18 months ago.
Facebook's decision to buy Instagram looks smarter and smarter each year.
Facebook is working on virtual reality apps to make sharing more immersive.
Facebook agreed to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion a year ago. It proved to be a watershed moment for messaging startups and arguably the entire tech industry.
Product Ads let advertisers more effectively go after users, while Facebook does the heavy-lifting.
The doughnut-maker has apologized after scheduling an event called "KKK Wednesday" at a store in the UK.
Apple CEO Tim Cook, however, was notably in attendance.
New York's hottest club in town is... Saturday Night Live, this Sunday only.
Vin Diesel loves a good love song.
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While no one wants to think about his or her own death, this kind of option is going to become increasingly common as we share more of our lives online.
Facebook is giving users control over what happens to their accounts when they die.
The scores, which are based on a scale of 1 to 10, measures how well the ad will perform for its targeted audiences.
Doing what it does best, Facebook has essentially created a mini-social network -- but this time, for cybersecurity specialists.
Facebook says the videos that play automatically in your News Feed make for "an easier way to watch," but it's highly unlikely you want every native video in your stream coming to life. If automatically playing videos drive you insane, we can help. W...
Your next date could come from a Facebook ad.
Facebook has started rolling out new ways for its users to buy and sell things on the site.
Another brand falls victim to hackers.
Barkers gonna bark, bark, bark, bark.
Facebook's Internet.org project is taking on its biggest market yet.
When you're in the business of profiting from death, you don't have very many options for uplifting ads, but these seem particularly bizarre.
The Zuckerbergs are getting a San Francisco hospital named after them.
When a 17-year-old from New York City was arrested and charged last month with making terrorist threats, the primary focus of the charge was two emoji.
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Jimmy Page "Gigin' Man II-Live At Heartbreak Hotel 1986″ is the newest Led Zepp based release on the Tarantura label. Recorded on Saturday 4th August 1986 at the Heartbreak Hotel club, Ibiza, San Antonio, Spain, Jimmy played with a band under the name "SAFE SEX" with Jimmy Page on Guitar, Jason Bonham on Drums, Mike Thompson on Vocals and Dennis De Bass on, well, bass.
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- Sculptor Whitney Forsyth will host a talk about her installation at 6:30 p.m. Friday, August 3, at the Craft Center.
Oklahoma artist Whitney Forsyth's life-sized ceramic ravens have been living in Gallery Two at the Appalachian Center for Craft at Tennessee Tech University for months.
As they get ready to pack up and leave town, Forsyth will be at the Craft Center to give an artist talk at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, August 3, in Room AV1. She will talk about her journey as an artist, her inspiration, and concepts and processes behind her work, including "Mixed Blessings," the installation at the Craft Center.
Her work has been inspired by close observation of the natural world. She grew up exploring the Colorado woods and has continued to explore Oklahoma, where she works as an associate professor at the University of Tulsa. Her work has been in shows across the country.
The talk and the galleries at the Craft Center are free and open to the public.
The Appalachian Center for Craft is conveniently located approximately six miles from Interstate 40 at Exit 273 (Smithville/McMinnville). Go south on Hwy. 56; turn left immediately after crossing Hurricane Bridge. This drive leads to the Craft Center.
For more information, call 615-597-6801 or 931-372-3051 or visit www.tntech.edu/craftcenter.


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BEAUMONT, Texas -
The Lamar University volleyball team takes to the road for a pair of matches against Southland Conference East Division rivals McNeese State and Stephen F. Austin this weekend.
The weekend gets under way on Friday evening when LU takes on the Cowgirls at 7 p.m. in Lake Charles, La. On Saturday Lamar will face SFA in Nacogdoches, Texas at 6 p.m.
The Lady Cardinals enter Friday's match with an 8-8 overall record and a 6-1 mark in SLC play after winning their last four matches. Lamar's four wins in that streak have come against UTSA, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Nicholls State and Southeastern Louisiana.
The Lady Cards are led by Genevieve Gladle who is averaging a team-high 2.40 kills and 3.09 digs per set. Shalayne Blythe is averaging 2.18 kills per set and Ashley Todd has paced the LU attack with 9.5 assists per set. Andrea Hamilton and Lauren Holdorff have been solid defensively this season, averaging 3.50 digs and 0.91 blocks per set respectively.
McNeese State enters Friday night's match with a season record of 6-12 and an SLC record of 3-4. They are led by Chanel Tyler's 3.06 kills per set while Alyson Jones has averaged 2.79 kills per set. The offense is set up by Sarah Cartie's 8.82 assists per set and the defense is led by Tyler who averages 3.42 digs per set.
Stephen F. Austin enters Saturday's match with a 16-4 overall record and a 7-1 mark in SLC play after defeating Sam Houston in four sets on Wednesday night. The Ladyjacks are led by Lauren Railey's 3.03 kills per set while Whitney Schott is averaging 10.27 assists per set. The SFA defense is led by Laurel Kuepker's 4.56 digs per set while Ashley Bailey is averaging 1.02 blocks per set.


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Agar, or Agar-Agar
Of all the molecular gastronomy ingredients, agar has the most versatility. Its uses transcend this genre of cooking. Agar has been traditionally used in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean recipes, most often for sweet dishes. Gelatin certainly has long been used for the making of fruit jellies, aspics, pies, etc. so this really is not a modern revolutionary product. Agar is a seaweed product, which makes it a great de facto replacement for meat based gelatin, ideal for vegetarians. Normal usage involves adding agar to a cool liquid, then bringing to a boil. The gel will set when the liquid cools to around 95%F, the wonderful thing is that it stays set until the reheated liquid reaches 185F. So you can have a lot of fun serving a gelatin that is still slightly steaming. You do not use a lot of agar; 0.5 percent by weight of agar for a pretty firm gel (that is one half of one percent). Agar has the ability to replace eggs in custard dishes, puddings or sauces. It does not serve to replace the flavor of eggs, but the molecular binding produces a product of the same consistency. This is important for vegan bakery products.


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One-stop will open on Thursday, January 5, in the Bernhard Center. For the full schedule, and more information, see http://www.wmich.edu/registrar/onestop.
Students who have been academically dismissed will be dropped from their Spring semester courses on Thursday afternoon, January 5.
As of this morning, our Spring enrollment is 22,276. The official census count will be taken at the end of the day on January 17. Please make every effort to ensure all students are registered in Banner so they can be accurately reflected in our census counts.
Starting on January 23, the change of grade process will become completely electronic. Using Workflow, a grade change request will be routed electronically to the department chair for sign off, and then to the Registrar's Office for processing. This applies only to instructors changing a grade that has already been assigned, the removal of incomplete grade requests will continue to come directly to the Registrar's Office once the instructor submits the request. Additional information, as well as detailed instructions, will be coming soon.
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Prepare for arrival — Study
When you arrive in Canada, you will be met by an officer from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) at a point of entry, such as an airport. The CBSA is responsible for border and point of entry activities in Canada.
The documents you need to enter Canada
The CBSA officer will ask to see your travel documents when you arrive in Canada. Make sure they are not packed in your luggage, and that you have them with you. This will help speed up your entry to Canada.
You should be ready to show the following documents:
- a valid passport or travel document
- the letter of introduction from the visa office that you received when your study permit was approved (this letter contains your permit reference number and the CBSA officer needs this letter to issue your study permit)
- a valid temporary resident visa (if required)
- a copy of the letter of acceptance from the designated learning institution at which you are accepted to study
- proof that you have enough money to support yourself during your stay in Canada and
- letters of reference or any other documents recommended by the visa office where you applied.
Carry these items and all other valuable papers, cash and traveller's cheques with you at all times. Do not put them in your checked luggage.
You may not be allowed into Canada if any of your documents are missing or if any of the information on your application or letters of reference is incorrect.
Possession of these documents does not guarantee entry. All persons must establish that they meet all the requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Regulations before being authorized to enter or re-enter Canada.
If there are no problems at the point of entry, the officer will let you enter Canada and will issue your study permit. You should:
- check the study permit to make sure your personal information is accurate and
- check the expiry date on your study permit. You must leave Canada by this date.
Citizens or residents of the United States, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
and Greenland
Citizens and permanent residents of the United States, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and Greenland do not need a passport or a temporary resident visa to enter or return to Canada. However, you must provide proof of citizenship or permanent residence, such as a national identity card or an alien registration card.
Disclosure of funds
If you arrive in Canada with more than C$10,000, you must disclose this information to the CBSA officer. If you do not disclose this information, you could be fined or put in prison. These funds could be in the form of:
- cash
- securities in bearer form (for example, stocks, bonds, debentures, treasury bills) or
- negotiable instruments in bearer form, such as bankers' drafts, cheques, traveller's cheques or money orders.
Understanding the terms and conditions of your study permit
The conditions listed on your permit tell you:
- the educational level you are permitted to study at;
- that you must remain enrolled at a designated learning institution;
- that you must continue making progress toward completing your program;
- if you are allowed to work in Canada;
- whether you need to report for a medical examination, observation or treatment;
- if your travel within Canada is restricted; and
- when you must leave Canada.
If you wish to change any of the terms and conditions on your study permit, including your level of study, you must submit a completed Application to Change Conditions or Extend Your Stay in Canada.
If you are a post-secondary student with a valid study permit, you do not need to submit an application if you want to change your program of study or the institution where you are studying. You need to notify CIC through your MyCIC account if you are transferring from one designated learning institution to another, though.
It is an offence under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act if you do not comply with the conditions imposed on you when your entry into Canada was authorized, or when your study permit was issued.
You may voluntarily leave Canada, or you may be subject to an inadmissibility determination or hearing. This could lead to your removal from Canada. You will lose your temporary resident status and any permit you have, if you break any of the conditions of your stay.
Leaving and coming back to Canada
If you leave Canada and want to return, you must have:
- a valid passport or travel document
- a valid study permit if you are returning to study in Canada and
- a valid temporary resident visa, if you are a citizen of a designated country for which Canada requires a visa (unless you travel solely to the United States or St-Pierre and Miquelon and return to Canada within the validity period of your study permit).
Health insurance
The Government of Canada does not pay for the medical costs of foreign students. Health coverage for foreign students varies among the provinces. Contact the school to which you are applying to receive more information about medical coverage and health insurance.
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RV Camping - All The Comforts Away From Home
Massachusetts has an abundance of RV camping sites located near spectacular and historic areas. From Cape Cod, to the Berkshires, you should have no trouble finding a great RV camping location just right for you and your family. Below are links to official public RV camping information, Private RV parks, official state tourism information, and tips on finding free camping locations in Massachusetts.
Private RV Parks - Research tool for finding private RV parks and campgrounds in Massachusetts.
Federal Camping and Recreation
State Camping and Recreation
The following are only a few examples of the many great RV camping locations available in Massachusetts.
Otter River State Forest is located in north central Massachusetts. There are 85 campsites, swimming beach, picnic area and even a ball field. Other activities include fishing, mountain biking, and hiking.
Clarksburg State Park has a 44 site campground located on 368 acres. Activities include non-motorized boating, canoeing, fishing, hiking, and biking.
Granville State Forest offers a small campground with no hookups. Activities include fishing, hiking, mountain biking, and walking trails.
Wompatuck State Park is just a short drive from downtown Boston, and offers 262 wooded campsites of which 140 have electricity. Miles of hiking paths, paved bicycle trails, and fishing are just some of the activities available.
Littleville Lake is managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and offers three camping areas.
One of Massachusetts most popular ocean beachs is located in Salisbury Beach State Reservation. There is a 484 site campground, bathhouses, playground and boat ramps.
Very popular with trailer campers, Scusset Beach State Reservation offers a 98 site camping area. There are no RV dump facilities, water, or restrooms, and only self contained RV's are allowed.
South Carver
Myles Standish State Forest is the largest public recreation area in southeastern Massachusetts. The forest offers five camping areas along four of the forests 16 ponds. Swimming, fishing, canoeing, with hiking, biking, and horse trails as well.
Horseneck Beach State Reservation offers 100 campsites. Flush toilets, showers, water, picnic tables, fireplaces, and RV dump station available. There are no RV hookups.
USFS (US Forest Service) - Describes USFS policies and rules about RV camping. Information about dispersed camping, and tips on how to find great free RV camping sites.
NPS (National Park Service) - General information about RV camping and campgrounds in US National Parks. With campgrounds in the most historic and scenic places in the country, the NPS offers some of the best places for RV camping.
USACE/COE (US Army Corp of Engineers) - USACE (perhaps better know as COE) manages water recreation areas throughout the USA. Information about finding USACE lakes, RV camping possibilities, and rules and policies for use of these water based recreation areas is included.
BLM (Bureau of Land Management) - Located throughout the western USA, BLM managed lands offer great camping locations. Developed campgrounds, and almost unlimited dispersed camping opportunites await you.
Here's a list of places to consider when looking for a free overnight RV camping or parking location in Massachusetts. We always recommend asking for overnight RV parking permission when looking for a free spot to spend the night. The smaller your RV, the better chances you will have finding places to stay if you choose not to ask permission. If you don't ask permission, you end up "sneaking" into places and hoping nobody bothers you or issues you a trespassing ticket before you move on.
Be smart and Be Safe...Ask Permission.
As you can see, there are a lot of free RV camping and parking possibilities in Massachusetts. If you are not asking permission, it's best to keep a very low profile. If your RV has slide outs, jacks and TV antennas, don't use them so as not to draw attention to yourself. Consider your surroundings carefully and if you feel uncomfortable with the area, move somewhere else.


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Across the country ski trails have made major improvements during the off-season:
Snowflake Nordic Center; Duluth, MN: added a biathlon range and penalty loop off their 5K loop. The old stadium/starting area has been completely revamped with the addition of a soccer field. They have put in a number of non-skiing related updates, including a speed skating oval and BMX/mountain bike course, with plans for a skate park.
ABR; Ironwood, MI: The Jack Pine Trail has been extended with a new trail addition. The new segment uses part of the City of Ironwood's Norrie Park and adds another kilometer to the trail system.
Battle Creek; St. Paul, MN: A number of the curves and downhills on the Winthrop Ave. trail system have been fine tuned to scale back the level of difficulty. In addition, there is roughly 5K of new trails laid out on the west side of Battle Creek that will be groomed for special occasions.
Maplelag; Callaway, MN: Because of the unseasonably warm fall, Maplelag was able to move up the schedule on a planned 3.5K skating loop addition to their trail system. The loop was completed in late November, but will need extra snowfall to be used this winter.
Forbush Corner; Frederic, MI: After initially planning to close, Forbush has been able to revise the trail system to handle the loss of land access on some of the old trails and will indeed be open for business this winter. They've changed the Rollercoaster loop, added new Pancake and Little Coaster trails, and are working on a way to salvage the Pines loop.
Tahoe Meadows Access
On December 1st, the Carson Ranger District announced that nearly 70% of Tahoe Meadows has been designated for non-motorized winter sports only. Because of increasing snowmobile use, cross country skiers, snowshoers and winter enthusiasts in Nevada have been loosing back country ski terrain.
Motorized use in areas that had been traditionally used by cross-country skiers for decades, was driving skiers, snowshoers away. One area in particular was Tahoe Meadows, which straddles the Mount Rose Highway between Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe. Although 93% of the people using the area were human powered users, snowmobiles were also present.
Snowlink.com Contests
Two different contests have launched on Snowlink.com. Snow sports
enthusiasts can win products including backpacks, skis, snowshoes and goggles. Snowlink is the consumer Web site of SnowSports Industries America (SIA), the national, not-for-profit trade association that represents ski, snowboard and other winter sports outdoor companies.
The first contest is accessible from a link on Snowlinki's home page. This contest will have new prizes featured every two weeks through the end of April. The prizes have been donated by more than 30 SIA members
Snowlink is also hosting a contest
supporting Take Your Daughter to the Snow Week, a program that encourages the introduction of a female relative or friend to snow sports. Visitors to Snowlink can register for this contest through April 15, 2002, and be eligible to win prizes such as alpine or Nordic skis, snowboards, snowshoes, travel bags and parkas.
A link to this contest is available through www.Snowlink.com.
Snowlink.com has more than 200 pages of snow sports information, including sections on getting started with skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing and snowshoeing.
It also has more than 1,000 links
to the Web sites of equipment manufacturers, retailers, ski and snowboard clubs, resorts, weather services and events.
Cross Country Skiing With Your Dog
Skijoring is a Norwegian word for "ski driving." The sport originated in Scandanavia as a combination of cross country skiing and dog mushing. It's best described as skiing with a dog attached to the skier using a harness attached to a wide waist belt.
More and more nordic centers are opening a portion of their trail system for skiers with dogs. It can be difficult at first, but after some practice, dog and owner are in for a great time.
For more information contact:
New England Sled Dog Club R.R. #2 Box 262H Lyme, NH 03768
phone 603-353-4601 firstname.lastname@example.com, www.nesdc.org
North American Skijor and Ski Pulk Association PO Box 240573 Anchorage AK 99524
phone 907-349-9663 firstname.lastname@example.com
Alaska Skijoring and Pulk Association PO Box 82843 Fairbanks, AK 99708
phone 907-479-0848 email@example.com www.sleddog.org/skijor
DownEast Sled Dog Club
141 New Road Waterboro, ME 04087 phone 207-247-3026 firstname.lastname@example.com, www.desdc.org
The following cross country ski areas are welcome dogs:
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FocalPoint is a Christian-based organization led by professionals who desire to give back to those around them in a way that is meaningful. They will be sharing their testimony, experience and wisdom.
FocalPoint meets in room 103 on the Tulsa campus, on Wednesday mornings from 6:50 AM to 8:30 AM.
Guest speaker will be Ted Owens (Head Basketball Coach for University of Kansas from 64-83, and ORU 85-97).


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Doug Kass and the Housing Recovery
- Posted by ppearlman
- on March 30th, 2012
Doug Kass has been following the housing market for longer than most of you reading this have been alive.
His first job on the street was at Kidder Peabody as a housing analyst where he penned research with quill on parchment by candle light.
Housing is a long cycle industry so the years studying the space serve him and his readers extremely well.
If cycles run, bust to bust, approximately 18 years, then having closely studied multiple of these cycles as they occurred is uncommon. Even more so for guys who have skin in the game and who have profited from them. So Doug recalls in detail not only the 89-90 bust and recovery but the boom leading to it.
As such, I follow closely what he has to say about housing and hold in high regard his view of where we might be headed here after, perhaps, the greatest bust in the history of real property.
On December 27, 2011, Doug came out bullish on the sector. He wrote,
A noteworthy surprise is that the residential real estate market shows surprising strength. The U.S. housing market becomes much bifurcated (in a market of regional haves and have-nots), as areas of the country not impacted adversely by the large shadow inventory of unsold homes enjoy a strong recovery in activity and in pricing. The Washington, D.C., to Boston, Mass., corridor experiences the most vibrant regional growth, while Phoenix, Las Vegas and areas of California remain weak. The New York City market begins to develop a bubbly speculative tone. Florida is the only area of the country that has had large supply imbalances since 2007 that experiences a meaningful recovery, which is led by an unusually strong Miami market.
On the chart above, I have highlighted where the PHLX Housing Index stood at the time of his prediction for the year still battling with the 200DMA.
One quarter in and the call looks great, with the index almost 30% higher and trading soundly above the 200DMA but there is still huge work to be done.
More recently, in a piece published March 28, Doug updated his view,
The housing market's shadow inventory of unsold homes is starting to clear, certain areas of the country are experiencing signs of more robust activity, and, despite low levels of new-home production (based on historical data), homebuilders are even regaining pricing power in several geographic regions.
Stated simply, the U.S. residential real estate market is about to launch a broad and sustainable mutliyear recovery. And, from my perch, the share price strength in housing-related equities is telling the real story of an improving and self-sustaining home market that could continue through the balance of this decade.
With respect to our elders, it is a notable forecast.
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