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Hello like the titel says, I use swiftkey and it uses the same sounds as the stock keyboard, is there anny way that I can change that sound, like the sounds from a wp7-8 sounds, or ios, idk, but this sound is annoying, but I like nice audio feedback, I heard there was a map with those sounds on the phone, can we change it? idk Help pls
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Check if you find useful files in /system/media
There you should find lock screen, keyboard sound and other stuff.
There you should find lock screen, keyboard sound and other stuff.
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Why Wikis Are Awesome
I think the reason that Wikis are so heavily used and effective in the workplace and in society in general today is because of the variety of information sources and the ability for them to be easily updated on a daily basis. When I was reading the article about the Geek Squad, I felt that it offered a good explanation of the ideas that you can get out a group of like minded, intelligent individuals with common interests. Instead of hiring engineers to come up with ideas for Geek Squad branded products Robert Stephens enlisted his own "geeks" to come up with ideas and they produced many of their most successful products.
I think this relates to Wikis because instead of just one person composing and managing the information like on a typical website, a Wiki allows for tens to thousands of common people with all levels of knowledge and different forms of information to collaborate what they know or understand about an issue or idea. This helps develop a more complete information source with all sorts of view points and ideas embedded in the page, not just the viewpoints and ideas of a single author.
Also due to the ease of editing a Wiki, it is easy to update information on a daily basis. On Wikipedia for example, the same day that information is released or becomes available to the public it is almost immediately put on Wikipedia. For instance, at the Grammys on February 8, 2009, Blink 182 announced that they were getting back together, making a new album, and going on tour. That information was put on Wikipedia that same night and there is extensive information on the happenings since then including information from as Associated Press interview that happened as recently as February 19th. And like I mentioned earlier Wikis are a collaborative resource. Instead of having to see the Grammys that night and read the Associated Press to find this information, you can find it all in one spot on a Wiki.

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Ross Douthat, the New York Times columnist, is bothered by what he sees as regular limitations on the reasonable free exercise of religion. He writes:
It may seem strange that anyone could look around the pornography-saturated, fertility-challenged, family-breakdown-plagued West and see a society menaced by a repressive puritanism. But it's clear that this perspective is widely and sincerely held.
It would be refreshing, though, if it were expressed honestly, without the "of course we respect religious freedom" facade.
If you want to fine Catholic hospitals for following Catholic teaching, or prevent Jewish parents from circumcising their sons, or ban Chick-fil-A in Boston, then don't tell religious people that you respect our freedoms. Say what you really think: that the exercise of our religion threatens all that's good and decent, and that you're going to use the levers of power to bend us to your will.
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There aren't many parenting blogs that I consistenly find wisdom and heart in. The Beautiful Letdown is an exception. Not only is it written beautifuly, the posts are honest, don't have all the answers and make me want to be a better parent. For the whole month of November Casey is writing a post a day as a part of National Blog Posting Month so it's is a perfect time to check this blog out !
Thanks for the link and the kind words! I'm very flattered.
I love this blog as well. Casey is an amazing writer and a wonderful mother!


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OPEN Letter to the Associated Press (AP), the first 3 letters of your name, Ass, are appropriate.
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RE: AP Article is incorrect..The body Holly Bobo has not been found, she is still listed as of Sunday March 25th, 2012 by the FBI as Kidnapped.
Saturday March 24, 2012 4:44 PM, Written by The Associated Press (AP), "Investigators: Woman's death not connected to other killings".
JONESBORO — Investigators don't believe the death of an Arkansas woman found in western Tennessee last year is connected to other unsolved killings in the area. Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box told the Jonesboro Sun that police are waiting for laboratory and DNA test results in the case of 44-year-old Karen Swift, who was found Dec. 10 in underbrush near Bledsoe Cemetery. Investigators aren't releasing the results of an autopsy report.
Box says there's no link between Swift's death and the deaths of 20-year-old Holly Bobo or other women. According to authorities, both had blond hair and blue eyes, characteristics similar to women killed in southern Missouri. Swift was last seen by her husband, David, on Oct. 30. Her vehicle was found with a flat tire near the couple's home. http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2012/mar/24/investigators-womans-death-not-connected-other-kil/?news
This Associated Press (AP) article hit every newspaper in the USA on March 24th, 2012 and it is blatantly incorrect. This is outrageous, Holly Bobo is still listed as Kidnapped by the FBI, not dead! See FBI page link, if her body had been found the FBI page would be corrected immediately, see http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/holly-bobo/view
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Currently my company uses trillian IRC chat for group chatting, though it's not very stable. We like it cause the chat room is small stand alone window that doesn't require a web browser and can be placed in the corner of the monitor, easy to log into (for some of these guys tech is greek to them), free (trying to keep costs down) and lastly its our own chat room (we can kick out lurkers that pop in). Lately we have been having some issues with connectivity where some guys haven't been able to connect. I wasn't sure if there was another option in trillian that would be just as easy but more reliable. It would be helpful if we didnt have to use another program, we also use AIM/ICQ for IM as well.
I really need to find a chat room that is similar if trillian isn't an option. It also needs to be something that doesn't require inviting people each time they get online. Something that auto joins is a must.


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Center faculty work closely with teachers in Eastern's comprehensive children's program, also known as the Child and Family Development Resource Center (CFDRC). The children's program currently serves toddlers and children up to age five. The program is open year-round and serves an economically and ethnically diverse population, including families receiving subsidized child care and families for whom English is a second language. The diversity provides a rich environment for observing children from different backgrounds and for studying what kinds of teaching practices are effective with different populations.
The children's program serves as a laboratory for faculty research, student observations, and student practicum experiences. Multiple cameras and microphones mounted in each classroom allow faculty to observe and videotape children and teachers from their offices. In addition, faculty assist teachers with curriculum development, provide consultation on specialized topics as needed, and contribute to programmatic areas, such as leading music or physical education classes for enrolled children. Current collaborative projects between the Center and the children's program include:
Co-hosting Conferences
Center staff and faculty collaborate with the CFDRC to host the Investigations Conference, designed for teachers, administrators, and teacher educators.
Developing a Digital Assessment System
Dr. Sudha Swaminathan collaborates with the CFDRC director and teachers to design, implement, and maintain a digital portfolio assessment system using authentic data collection methods to document and evaluate children's learning and development.
Designing the Investigations Curriculum
Dr. Jeffrey Trawick-Smith collaborates with the CFDRC director and teachers to design and implement Investigations, the program's project-based early childhood curriculum. Read about the curriculum and view the curriculum handbook.
Physical Education Classes
Dr. Darren Robert, Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education, leads weekly movement classes with preschoolers. Exceptional students majoring in Health and Physical Education are invited to assist and eventually co-lead classes with Dr. Robert.
Teacher Training on Early Literacy
From 2008-2011, Dr. Maureen Ruby and Dr. Ann Anderberg provided weekly workshops to CFDRC teachers and assistants on instruction in phonological awareness, oral language, vocabulary, early writing, and other language and early literacy topics under the Community Partners for Early Literacy project. Teaching staff also received a minimum of 2.5 weekly hours of in-classroom coaching by highly qualified literacy coaches.
Enhancing Mathematical Reflection and Social Development with Digital Video Project
Dr. Sudha Swaminathan recently completed an action research project with teacher Ms. Patricia Gardner. The project used digital video as a reflective tool in the preschool classroom. Teachers or researchers documented children's mathematical and social interactions using digital video. Children then viewed edited clips of themselves while a teacher scaffolded their reflection with prompts and comments. Dr. Swaminathan and Ms. Gardner followed the impact of the project on children's mathematical thinking and social development.


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Landscape architect Roland Oehme's dream is modest: He wants to be able to bike from his home in West Towson to the center of the Baltimore County seat without risking his life. So far, it's easier said than done.
On a recent bike ride into the heart of town, he said, he barely avoided a wreck on Bosley Avenue -- a "treacherous" mix of six lanes of cars whizzing past at 50 mph, impatient drivers and traffic lights that don't allow walkers or bikers enough time to cross.


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While Marquis works fine with normal compression levels it works exceptionally well for brutal "tape" drum compression. Program-dependent compression release stage can be controlled precisely via special "contour" parameters this compressor possesses.
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John Heimsath is the Director of Eta Foundation .
Eta Foundation filed as a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation in the State of Texas filed on Thursday, December 11, 1997. This corporation is approximately eighteen years old according to documents filed with Texas Secretary of State. Eta Foundation also lists June Rogers as Director.
John Heimsath is connected to other officers through these corporate roles. One of the top connections is June Rogers .
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Cory Monteith on His Recent Weight Loss: What's His Secret to Success?
You've probably noticed already, but just in case you missed it: Glee's Cory Monteith (Finn) got really hot over the summer. Like smokin' hot.
Not that he wasn't attractive before — in the cute, high school quarterback kind of way. But these days? Wow. (Better keep doing those crunches, Brody [Dean Geyer], because Rachel's ex can definitely give you a run for your money in the looks department.)
Cory recently lost an estimated 20 lbs, and we aren't the only ones who have noticed the change. Ryan Seacrest interviewed Cory for his KIIS FM morning show on November 8, and he certainly took note.
"The shots of you recently, you look like you've gotten into even better shape," Ryan said. "Have you been losing weight or working out?" Cory's answer was short and sweet. "Yeah, it's been important. You've got to stay with your fitness, man. Stay with that fitness."
The Glee star credits "not inhaling pounds and pounds of food that is bad for you" as one of his main keys to success. "I was a terrible eater, man," he says. "Horrible. Horrible habits. You've got to just cut all that stuff out and go for a run now and then. Simple."
But when you work on a TV show with full catering on set, not inhaling all the sweets and snacks can be difficult. "It's always there waiting for you. It's really hard to have stuff around. Just finally had to say no. Just going to drink some water and eat my banana."
Drink some water and eat my banana. Can somebody make a T-shirt of that?
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DOVER, Del. -- Dover Downs International Speedway sits back from Route 13. It is nestled among strip malls and restaurants and its sign can get lost among the many that line the highway. And so A. J. Foyt drove right past the entrance when he arrived here to begin preparing his two race cars for tomorrow's Pep Boys 400, which marks the halfway point in the Indy Racing League's season.
"The last time I was here, this track was way out of town, in the country," Foyt said, laughing in the heat yesterday. "There wasn't nothing here except a few rickety stands. Now, look at it."


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Educator, child psychologist and writer. A pioneer in the 'free school' movement, founder of Summerhill in Leiston, Suffolk (1924). A self-governing community, it aimed to 'fit the child - instead of making the child fit the school'.
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Fad Dieting. America's Obsession with Starving for Attention
Fad diets have been a part of American society since the 1800s. These alternatives to simple diet and exercise continue to grow.Beginning in the 1800s, the "banting" diet included low cards and high protein. Advertising has provided ideas on ways to stay thin from Lucky Strikes instead of a snack to the Cabbage Soup Diet. Weight Watchers began in the 1960s followed by the Adkins Diet and other popular diet plans. The 1990s was the beginning of the "low fat" craze. [1]
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The Insight Prison Project (IPP) was founded in 1997 as a community based nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing recidivism, preventing re-victimization and serving public safety through rehabilitation programs inside San Quentin State Prison. Under the leadership of Founding Director, Jacques Verduin, IPP provided unique rehabilitation programs for self-selected and motivated prisoners so that they could begin to break the cycle of incarceration. Jacques resolved to build an organization that would hold a lamp up in one of the dark places in our culture, a place where we discard human beings, label them as throwaways and forget about them. He envisioned an organization built upon the belief that we can only find our human dignity in caring for each other. He stated that, "race, class, and economic difference evaporate as we spend time with each other, getting past the idea of one another and connecting with who we really are". This work was supported by then San Quentin Warden, Jeanne Woodford, who stated that the "prison itself has a responsibility to address the need of the community to prevent further criminal behavior from released parolees and actively promote rehabilitation as an aspect of crime prevention".
Over time, the number of prisoners interested in participating in IPP's programs grew. In order to better serve the growing need, IPP brought in Rochelle Edwards to teach parenting classes and James Fox to launch a yoga and meditation program among others. This multi-disciplinary rehabilitation program was named the Success Program and is still running today under its current name "Stand Up" Program.
In 2008, Jaimee Karroll joined the IPP staff as Administrative Director. As Program Director, James Fox has continued to expand the Mind Body Integration and Violence Prevention Work as well as the administrative coordination of programs at San Quentin. He has traveled nationally and internationally to speak about the use of Yoga as a tool of transformation for people in prison. Jaimee has taken on the role of Training, Educational and Curricula Director, and together with Rochelle, has developed the VOEG (Victim Offender Education Group) and VOD (Victim Offender Dialogues) components of IPP's overall program. Supported by an extensive curriculum and facilitator training, VOEG and VOD are evidenced-based model programs that have garnered a national reputation.
In 2009, Jennie K. Curtis joined the IPP staff as Interim Executive Director to oversee the process of identifying and hiring new a full time Executive Director. Jennifer Thompson also joined the staff as IPP's Operations Manager.
Today, IPP has grown into an active and vibrant organization whose staff members facilitators, volunteers and supporters, both inside and out of prison, work collectively to provide high quality, evidence-based transformative programs to prisoners who are committed to healing and rehabilitation. When we began in 1997, IPP was teaching one class inside of San Quentin State Prison to a small group of 14 life sentenced men. Today, IPP staff and volunteers facilitate 20 classes per week inside of San Quentin for an average of 300 men, as well as conducting two classes inside of FCI Dublin Women's Prison, and classes in 11 other California state prisons.
We are in the process of replicating our program in three county jail systems and are expanding our work to include outreach to prisoners and former prisoners in community-based programs. We are currently working with the staff and participants of Homeboy Industries, a powerful and effective rehabilitation program in Southern California and are playing an effective role in advocating for expansion of high quality rehabilitative programs inside and out of prison. Our core curriculum revolves around three main programs: Victim Offender Education Groups (VOEG), Mind Body Integration (including a highly regarded prison yoga program and meditation) and Violence Prevention. We also offer several complimentary courses designed to support participants in the core programs with classes that include crisis intervention, violence prevention, "The Work" and pre-parole preparation.
In June of 2012, IPP hired Ellen M. Barry as its new Executive Director. We remain dedicated to bridging the gap between punishment and parole through rehabilitation, so prisoners can finally break the cycle of incarceration, stay out of prison, and become productive community members, and look forward to the expansion of our work to other prisons and programs as well as to other populations who could benefit by the transformative, restorative justice based programs that we offer.


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For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso, and his dramatic use of perspectival space and special lighting effects make him a precursor of baroque art.
He was born in Venice in 1518, as the eldest of 21 children. His father, Giovanni, was a dyer, or tintore; hence the son got the nickname of Tintoretto, little dyer, or dyer's boy, which is anglicized as Tintoret. The family originated from Brescia, in Lombardy, then part of the Republic of Venice. Older studies gave the Tuscan town of Lucca as the origin of the family.
In childhood Jacopo, a born painter, began daubing on the dyer's walls; his father, noticing his bent, took him to the studio of Titian to see how far he could be trained as an artist. We may suppose this to have been towards 1533, when Titian was already (according to the ordinary accounts) fifty-six years of age.
Tintoretto had only been ten days in the studio when Titian sent him home once and for all, the reason being that the great master observed some very spirited drawings, which he learned to be the production of Tintoretto; and it is inferred that he became at once jealous of so promising a scholar¹. This, however, is mere conjecture; and perhaps it may be fairer to suppose that the drawings exhibited so much independence of manner that Titian judged that young Jacopo, although he might become a painter, would never be properly a pupil.
From this time forward the two always remained upon distant terms, Tintoretto being indeed a professed and ardent admirer of Titian, but never a friend, and Titian and his adherents turning the cold shoulder to him. Active disparagement also was not wanting, but it passed unnoticed by Tintoretto. The latter sought for no further teaching, but studied on his own account with laborious zeal; he lived poorly, collecting casts, bas-reliefs, &c., and practising by their aid. His noble conception of art and his high personal ambition were evidenced in the inscription which he placed over his studio Il disegno di Michelangelo ed il colorito di Tiziano ("Michelangelo's design and Titian's color").
He studied more especially from models of Michelangelo's Dawn, Noon, Twilight and Night, and became expert in modelling in wax and clay method (practised likewise by Titian) which afterwards stood him in good stead in working out the arrangement of his pictures. The models were sometimes taken from dead subjects dissected or studied in anatomy schools; some were draped, others nude, and Tintoretto was to suspend them in a wooden or cardboard box, with an aperture for a candle. Now and afterwards he very frequently worked by night as well as by day.
One of Tintoretto's early pictures still extant is in the church of the Carmine in Venice, the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple; also in S. Benedetto are the Annunciation and Christ with the Woman of Samaria. For the Scuola della Trinity (the scuole or schools of Venice were more in the nature of hospitals or charitable foundations than of educational institutions) he painted four subjects from Genesis. Two of these, now in the Venetian Academy, are Adam and Eve and the Death of Abel, both noble works of high mastery, which leave us in no doubt that Tintoretto was by this time a consummate painter - one of the few who have attained to the highest eminence in the absence of any formal training.
These four works were greeted with signal and general applause, including that of Titian's intimate, the too potent Pietro Aretino, with whom Tintoretto, one of the few men who scorned to curry favor with him, was mostly in disrepute. It is said, however, that Tintoretto at one time painted a ceiling in Pietro's house; at another time, being invited to do his portrait, he attended, and at once proceeded to take his sitter's measure with a pistol (or a stiletto), as a significant hint that he was not exactly the man to be trifled with. The painter having now executed the four works in the Scuola di S. Marco, his straits and obscure endurances were over.
In 1550 he married Faustina de Vescovi (or Episcopi ?), daughter of a Venetian nobleman and a prominent member of the Scuola de San Marcos. She appears to have been a careful housewife, and one who both would and could have her way with her not too tractable husband. Faustina bore him several children, probably two sons and five daughters. The mother of Jacopo's daughter Marietta, a portrait painter herself, was probably a German woman, who had an affair with Jacopo before his marriage to Faustina.
In that year five principal painters, including Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese, were invited to send in trial-designs for the centre-piece in the smaller hall named Sala dell'Albergo, the subject being S. Rocco received into Heaven. Tintoretto produced not a sketch but a picture, and got it inserted into its oval. The competitors remonstrated, not unnaturally; but the artist, who knew how to play his own game, made a free gift of the picture to the saint, and, as a bylaw of the foundation prohibited the rejection of any gift, it was retained in situ, Tintoretto furnishing gratis the other decorations of the same ceiling.
In 1565 he resumed work at the scuola, painting the magnificent Crucifixion, for which a sum of 250 ducats was paid. In 1576 he presented gratis another centre-piece - that for the ceiling of the great hall, representing the Plague of Serpents; and in the following year he completed this ceiling with pictures of the Paschal Feast and Moses striking the Rock accepting whatever pittance the confraternity chose to pay.
It was probably in 1560, the year in which he began working in the Scuola di S. Rocco, that Tintoretto commenced his numerous paintings in the ducal palace; he then executed there a portrait of the doge, Girolamo Priuli. Other works which were destroyed in the great fire of 1577 succeeded - the Excommunication of Frederick Barbarossa by Pope Alexander III and the Victory of Lepanto.
After the fire Tintoretto started afresh, Paolo Veronese being his colleague; their works have for the most part been disastrously and disgracefully retouched of late years, and some of the finest monuments of pictorial power ever produced are thus degraded to comparative unimportance.
In the Sala deilo Scrutinio Tintoretto painted the Capture of Zara from the Hungarians in 1346 amid a Hurricane of Missiles; in the hail of the senate, Venice, Queen of the Sea; in the hall of the college, the Espousal of St Catherine to Jesus; in the Sala dell Anticollegio, four extraordinary masterpieces - Bacchus, with Ariadne crowned by Venus, the Three Graces and Mercury, Minerva discarding Mars, and the Forge of Vulcan which were painted for fifty ducats each, besides materials, towards 1578; in the Antichiesetta, St George and St Nicholas, with St Margaret (the female figure is sometimes termed the princess whom St George rescued from the dragon), and St Jerome and St Andrew; in the hall of the great council, nine large compositions, chiefly battle-pieces.
While the commission for this huge work was yet pending and unassigned Tintoretto was wont to tell the senators that he had prayed to God that he might be commissioned for it, so that paradise itself might perchance be his recompense after death. Upon eventually receiving the commission in 1588 he set up his canvas in the Scuola della Misericordia and worked indefatigably at the task, making many alterations and doing various heads and costumes direct from nature.
When the picture had been nearly completed he took it to its proper place and there finished it, assisted by his son Domenico for details of drapery, etc. All Venice applauded the superb achievement, which has since suffered from neglect, but little from restoration. Tintoretto was asked to name his own price, but this he left to the authorities. They tendered a handsome amount; he is said to have abated something from it, an incident perhaps more telling of his lack of greed than earlier cases where he worked for nothing at all.
In 1592 he became a member of the Scuola di Mercanti.
In 1594, he was seized with severe stomach pains, complicated with fever, that prevented him from sleeping and almost from eating for a fortnight. Finally, on May 31, 1594 he died. He was buried in the church of the Madonna dell'Orto by the side of his favorite daughter Marietta, who had died in 1590 at the age of thirty. Tradition suggests that as she lay in her final repose, her heart-stricken father had painted her final portrait.
Marietta had herself been a portrait-painter of considerable skill, as well as a musician, vocalist and instrumentalist, but few of her works are now traceable. It is said that up to the age of fifteen she used to accompany and assist her father at his work, dressed as a boy. Eventually, she married a jeweler, Mario Augusta. In 1866 the grave of the Vescovi and Tintoretto was opened, and the remains of nine members of the joint families were found in it. The grave was then moved to a new location, to the right of the choir.
Tintoretto had very few pupils; his two sons and Martin de Vos of Antwerp were among them. His son Domenico (1562-1637) frequently assisted his father in the groundwork of great pictures. He himself painted a multitude of works, many of them of a very large scale. At best, they would be considered mediocre and, coming from the son of Tintoretto, are exasperating. In any event, he must be regarded as a considerable pictorial practitioner in his way. There are reflections of Tintoretto to be found in the Greek painter of the Spanish Renaissance El Greco, who likely saw his works during a stay in Venice.
Out of doors, his wife made him wear the robe of a Venetian citizen; if it rained she tried to induce him with an outer garment which he resisted. When he left the house, she would also wrap money up for him in a handkerchief, expecting a strict accounting on his return. Tintoretto's customary reply was that he had spent it on alms to the poor or to prisoners.
An agreement is extant showing a plan to finish two historical paintings, each containing twenty figures, seven being portraits in a two month period of time. The number of his portraits is enormous; their merit is unequaled, but the really fine ones cannot be surpassed. Sebastiano del Piombo remarked that Tintoretto could paint in two days as much as himself in two years; Annibale Carracci that Tintoretto was in many pictures equal to Titian, in others inferior to Tintoretto. This was the general opinion of the Venetians, who said that he had three pencils - one of gold, the second of silver and the third of iron.
A comparison of Tintoretto's final The Last Supper with Leonardo da Vinci's treatment of the same subject provides an instructive demonstration of how artistic styles evolved over the course of the Renaissance. Leonardo's is all classical repose. The disciples radiate away from Christ in almost-mathematical symmetry. In the hands of Tintoretto, the same event becomes dramatic, as the human figures are joined by angels. A servant is foregrounded, perhaps in reference to the Gospel of John 13:14-16. In the restless dynamism of his composition, his dramatic use of light, and his emphatic perspective effects, Tintoretto seems a baroque artist ahead of his time.


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A roundup of the best gluten free and vegetarian recipes, you say? You got it! This Meatless Monday, I'm all about sweet potatoes -- an unmistakable fall flavor, from marshmallow covered casseroles at Thanksgiving (um, aren't those candied yams, anyway?), sweet potatoes are an amazing food that is seriously underappreciated! Sweet potatoes deserve to be known for more than just a healthier french fry or a traditional Thanksgiving side dish - this super starch is as versatile as its common not-so-sweet cousin. Nutritionally, sweet potatoes aren't doing too badly either: rich in dietary fiber, complex carbohydrates, vitamin A/beta carotene, vitamin C and vitamin B6, they are definitely a healthier alternative to plain ol' white potatoes. Here are 5 of my favorite gluten free & vegetarian sweet potato recipes that might just inspire you to head out to the grocery store and pick some up for dinner - tonight!
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Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Chanterelles & Sage
Life can't get any better when you have this dish in front of you! And a freebie homemade gnocchi tutorial, too! Be sure to use gluten free flour to make your dumplings, and a blend including potato starch will yield the best results. (Seen above!)
Sweet Potato Tacos with Smoked Mozzarella
This taco recipe will have you looking at both tacos and sweet potatoes in a whole new way! Crispy, creamy, cheesy, spicy - yum in a tortilla!
Red Lentil & Sweet Potato Soup
This hearty vegan soup is perfect for curling up with a book on a chilly evening or afternoon.
Roasted Sweet Potato & Beet Salad with Truffle Vinaigrette
An innovative combination of fall's Greatest Hits: beets, sweet potatoes and a little truffle oil make for a deliciously addictive salad.
Sweet Potato Cakes with Chipotle Black Bean Salsa
Creamy sweet potatoes, smoky-spicy chipotle peppers and a black bean salsa all topped off with sour cream - dinner just got a whole lot more exciting! Again, be sure to use gluten free flour to make the sweet potato cakes!
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Choosing which Freya lingerie underwear set to wear each day is one of my favourite choices of the day.
I love that I can choose from a nude, neutral Deco for sheer and seamless support, or a leopard print Roxeanne, a girly Luisa or a foxy Lyla; I like to think that each set brings out something else in me, a girly side, the vampy side, the mum-at-home side. All of them are part of me.
Today is a Roxeanne day, although under a crisp white top, so the leopard print cheekiness is under wraps
How do you choose your Freya? Do you feel more confident in any one bra or set than another? Do they bring out different sides of your Freya girl personality?
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This conference, sponsored by The Graduate School in collaboration with the faculty from all five of the colleges and schools at Montclair State University, provides students with 50-minute workshop sessions that cover topics specifically for academic and professional development. The conference was developed in response to numerous suggestions from graduate faculty and graduate students alike and from feedback from last year's development conference. You may register for 1, 2 or 3 sessions below. This event is free!
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Let me introduce you to Mr. Ferdinand Barry, a tinsmith sculptor. He was the very talented artist who created this very large arm and hand that has been on the tall steeple of the Second Baptist Church for many years. The church's motto is тАЬOur feet grow dusty in the path of service.тАЭ A lovely 1974-75 yearbook was dedicated to Rev. J.H. Robinson who said, тАЬLife consists not within the years you live, but it is what you do while you live.тАЭ Rev. Arthur Townsend said, тАЬWe join together to serve in what we give for the space we occupy upon the face of this earth, and He who is chief among you, let him serve.тАЭ Ferdinand's hand is тАУ and will always be┬атАУ a warm and inviting landmark in our city. I glance upward each time I pass by Second Baptist Church and whisper a little prayer to God.
Early one morning тАФ probably in 1970 тАФ I headed down Louisville Street from our family home bumping over the rusty railroad track, stopping at the stop sign at old Langley's Grocery Store and turning on Gillespie Street. I was making my way to the Second Baptist Church to spend a glorious morning and afternoon painting to my heart's content of a beautiful tin piece of sculpture with a slight look of old tin now it has the aging of soft patina on the tin. My subject was just waiting for me on the tip top of the old white shingled roofed steeple. The closer I got to the arm and hand, I realized that it looked very heavenly in the blue sky with the colorful autumn leaves leaning, touching and almost kissing the arm and hand.
I said a prayer asking God to guide my heart and soul as I expressed my deepest feelings toward what I was about to create of another artist's creation.
As a little girl, I actually met and knew Mr. Ferdinand Barry. My daddy had employed Mr. Ferdinand to build tin gutters around our old family home. Daddy thought he was so talented and he respected him very much. I knew that he had his own tin sculpture shop. He had an extra room in the shop with a tiny bedroom and bath so when he was working really hard, and he and his wife could not go home sometimes until after midnight, they would spend the night in his tin shop until morning came.
It does not take me very long to go into my own "Bubble World" тАФ blocking out the traffic sounds, noises close by me and folks milling around. I have to get completely lost in my own private world concentrating only on what I am seeing right in front of me. The sky looked exquisite with several shades of blues, dark navy, cobalt and light with an almost delicious white whipped-cream clouds floating gently along complimenting the all the blue colors.
Sip in the beauty with your eyes of the white steeple. See the colors of grays, purples and golds in the shingles themselves forming a triangle shape leading your eyes upward and onward to the arm and finally the hand itself. Ferdinand used three huge pieces of tin to form the hand and you can see the nails holding each section together. See the darker, reddish purple within the tin itself and finally the strong cupped hand with the little finger, fourth, third finger folded together. The large fat thumb and the one second finger pointing straight towards Heaven.
Look at the dark purple around the edge of the thumb and the three finger tips. The darkness draws your eyes to the main two fingers. Finally, see the strong, determined and forceful second finger which gives a strong positive and certain feeling of determination and most importantly gives us a feeling of direction of where we should and must go.
Heaven is looking upward to the blue sky, and Hell is looking downwards to the dark dirt. This finger pointing to the sky is the way to live your life so that we might all t get into a heavenly home someday. This painting is a simple painting with only three subjects. Left to right you will see one leaning limb filled with all the autumn leaves of the colors of red, oranges, yellows, golds, greens, and on dark tree limb leaning towards the steeple and hand. The wind and the sky is slightly blowing, and it seems that this blue sky on the right side of the canvas is blowing towards the main subject too. Now, look at the limb and the sky together they have formed a special nest for the intriguing steeple and the strong arm and hand of maybe a Heavenly king.
What does this painting say you? Think of your your own journey through this thing we call living life.
When I drive by Second Baptist Church almost daily, I look up at this tall steeple, holding up this arm and its strong cupped hand with the one pointing finger pointing somewhere upwards, and I suddenly feel that maybe I should think of helping others along their way as we together make our way in this journey called living life daily. Through my life as an artist, maybe I have lifted you up through my sketches, paintings, artistic creations and writing. It has, and continues to be, my greatest honor and pleasure.
I hope this painting speaks to you. It breathed and lived on my canvas that day. I leave you with these simple words, тАЬIt's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived. I may not be the most important person in your life, I just hope that when you hear my name, you smile and say, 'That's my friend.'тАЭ
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24th November 2010
Figures show decrease in US anti-gay crime 2
5:40 PM — FBI figures for 2009 show that reports of anti-gay hate crimes in the US have decreased. However, a recent study claims that gays are more likely to be victims of violent hate crime than any other minority group.
19th November 2010
'Shameful' UN vote 'may lead to more gay executions' 28
11:06 AM — A United Nations panel's decision to remove sexual orientation from an anti-execution resolution is "shameful" and may encourage murders of LGBT people, gay rights campaigners say.
5th November 2010
Lesbian MEP accuses UKIP of homophobia 14
5:39 PM — A lesbian MEP for the West Midlands claims that UKIP discriminated against her on the grounds of her sexual orientation. Nikki Sinclaire was elected as a UKIP MEP last year but fell out with the party in January when she refused to sit with its EFD allies in the European Parliament.
4th November 2010
Bishop of Wakefield says church must listen to gay people 20
5:01 PM — The Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Revd Stephen Platten, says that the Church of England must listen to gay people inside and outside the church. Writing after attending a gay group's meeting, he said he felt "shamed" because he had not listened to gay people.
22nd October 2010
Facebook ads can 'out' gay users 12
1:56 PM — Facebook 'outs' gay users through some of its targeted ads, researchers have discovered. They found that some ads which were completely neutral to sexual orientation (such as a nursing degree at a Florida medical college) were targeted exclusively at gay man.
20th October 2010
Gay soldier Dan Choi re-enlists in US army 3
11:56 AM — Dan Choi, the out gay soldier who has been at the front of efforts to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, has re-enlisted in the US army. He was served with discharge papers last year after coming out on television.
12th February 2010
European Parliament says candidate countries must offer gays protection 17
6:33 PM — The European Parliament has said that Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey must prove they can offer "genuine protection" to gay people in order to join the European Union.
Survey finds three quarters of Americans support out gay soldiers 3
3:07 PM — A poll has found that nearly 75 per cent of Americans support allowing gay soldiers to be open about their sexual orientation.
5th February 2010
Brazilian general says gay soldiers can't command troops 10
3:56 PM — A Brazilian general told a hearing this week that gay soldiers should not be allowed to command troops because they would be disobeyed by other officers.
2nd February 2010
NHS 'paying for ex-gay therapy' 101
12:37 PM — The National Health Service is paying for people to have therapy to turn them straight, it has been claimed. According to an investigation by the Independent, some GPs are referring people to 'reparative' therapists to help them change their sexual orientation.
18th December 2009
Former drag queen accuses boss of homophobia
11:31 AM — A gay man who once worked as a drag queen is suing his boss for unfair dismissal and sexual orientation discrimination. Dean Awford claims David Gray was homophobic and referred to him as "she" in front of customers.
16th December 2009
X Factor winner Joe McElderry dismisses gay rumours 21
12:57 PM — Joe McElderry, who triumphed in the X Factor on Sunday, has brushed off rumours about his sexual orientation. An ex-girlfriend said last week he had been subjected to homophobic bullying at school because he preferred singing to sports.
15th December 2009
Video: Man guilty of homophobic murder and assault on gay couple 11
3:15 PM — A man has been found guilty of murdering one man and attempting to murder his partner in a homophobic attack. David Kilcullen, 46, had pleaded not guilty to the attack in March in south London.
Updated: Christian registrar Lillian Ladele loses appeal 254
10:47 AM — An Islington registrar who refused to carry out civil partnerships for gay couples has lost her appeal. The Court of Appeal ruled today that Lillian Ladele had not been discriminated against.
14th December 2009
Straight teacher loses homophobic harassment claim 12
4:18 PM — A straight Scottish teacher who tried to make a claim for homophobic harassment has lost his case. James Campbell, who worked at at Denny High School, claimed that the homophobic insults he received amount to sexual orientation discrimination, despite being straight.
Author Jeanette Winterson attacks 'anti-gay' tabloids 12
3:36 PM — Lesbian author Jeanette Winterson has attacked the 'negative' use of the word lesbian in newspapers. Writing on her blog, the Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit author complained that tabloids tended to emphasise the sexual orientation of gay or lesbian criminals.
Annise Parker elected first out gay mayor of Houston 1
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Diversified group, Trustco has issued a statement informing shareholders that the group's earnings for the year ended 31 March 2011are expected to increase by between 25% and 35% while headline earnings are set to increase by between 55% and 70%.
In a statement released this week, the group said the announcement was in compliance with the JSE Limited and the Namibian Stock Exchange listings requirements. In terms of the JSE Limited and Namibian Stock Exchange listings requirements, companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as they are satisfied that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that the financial results of the period to be reported upon will differ by 20% or more from the financial results of the previous corresponding period," the group said.
The group further warned holders of Trustco securities to exercise caution in their securities dealings until the publication of the relevant periods' financial results.
Trustco first listed on the Namibian Stock Exchange in September 2006 which was then followed by a secondary listing on the Africa Board of the JSE Limited in February 2009, becoming the first company to list on the Africa board in the process.
In the financial year ended March 2010, group revenue increased by 14% to N$550.5 million and headline earnings increased by 20% to N$85.3 million from 2009. Earnings increased by 47% to N$137.5million while its EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) increased by 83% to N$188.4 million.


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Private View: Trevor Robinson, the creative director at QuietStorm
campaignlive.co.uk, Friday, 06 August 2004 12:00AM
Sometimes when I read Private View, I get the strong impression that it was written by some bullied, embittered ad fella using it as an opportunity to get out his angst and his lack of Pencil frustration.
And, ultimately, to prove to his peers that he is, in fact, a gifted, witty creative by humiliating and ripping to shreds any work that he has been asked to review.
Why, indeed, should I be any different? I am just as bitter, twisted and up myself as the rest of adland. So, onwards and upwards, let's raise it up the flag pole, get up to speed with this and start singing from the same hymn sheet.
Unfortunately, this anti-smoking campaign from the Department of Health proved to be quite annoyingly difficult to pick holes in. First, it is brilliantly and sensitively directed. The subject matter itself is powerful, as you would expect in this campaign, but it has a heart-rending twist at the end of the piece when we are allowed to find out that two weeks after filming Mr Hicks died. No doubt this will have powerful results (it even made me pause for a second and ponder the fact that I may well indeed be killing myself every time I smoke. I promptly lit up).
The Inland Revenue campaign successfully uses sporting analogies to get across the idea that filing your tax online could be fast and even amusing by using a playful, chubby professor type to narrate and sell the concept.
Who am I to criticise any execution that makes a tax form even mildly titillating? I for one can't wait for mine to arrive so I can join the fun.
Through this TV execution, NatWest demonstrates that the banking community has little or no understanding of the youth market. By offering their target audience something that they would want, ie. a railcard, they are demonstrating that they themselves are "down with the kids". On paper, the script does this very well and maybe it's just me, but the final ad has ended up a bit cringey and unfunny.
This Clarks campaign appears to be using charm and the "aaah" factor.
The work is well cast and well directed. Some ads can survive on charm and craft alone if executed exceptionally well, but this one to me is left wanting and ultimately it falls a bit flat. However, if the appeal of these ads is not lost on the general public (as it was on my cynical self), it could prove to be a profitable autumn for Clarks.
The "Britain needs champions" campaign for PlayStation is art directed in a similar style to the British Heart Foundation posters, which is a wartime propaganda approach. They feel playful, which is a refreshing departure from the normal dark and slightly cryptic PlayStation work.
There seems no reason why anyone should have a real problem with this McDonald's McFlurry ad other than the odd very literal consumer who feels that in purchasing the said McFlurry they may risk attack by large strawberries and other ingredients like our poor bikini-clad heroine. The music feels refreshingly jaunty. Keep up the good work.
So on that note I pop my gleaming hatchet back into its holster and skip smugly back to my desk.
Project: Testimonial anti-smoking campaign, Anthony Hicks
Client: Claire Everett, chief publicity officer
Brief: Continue the use of testimonials to broaden awareness of diseases
caused by smoking with new focus on head and neck cancer
Agency: AMV BBDO
Writer: Diane Leaver
Art director: Simon Rice
Director: Dominic Savage
Production company: Large Corp
Exposure: National TV
Project: McFlurry, strawberries and Cadbury Dream
Client: Rebecca Payne, brand manager
Brief: Announce the return of the limited edition McFlurry flavour for
the summer
Agency: Leo Burnett
Writers: Trevor Webb, Ed Morris
Art directors: Trevor Webb, Ed Morris
Director: Kate Dawkins
Production company: Intro
Exposure: Terrestrial and satellite TV
Project: "For every kid there's a shoe that fits"
Client: Ted Hart, marketing manager
Brief: n/s
Agency: St Luke's
Writers: Tim Collins, Mike Hughes
Art directors: Tim Collins, Mike Hughes
Director: Dougal Wilson
Production company: Blink
Exposure: Terrestrial and cable TV
Project: Self-assessment online
Client: Elizabeth Johnson, deputy head of customer communications
Brief: Demonstrate that you can file your tax return online in more than
one session
Agency: Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy
Writer: Malcolm Duffy
Art director: Paul Briginshaw
Director: David Lodge
Production company: Outsider
Exposure: National TV
Project: Summer of sports
Client: Alan Duncan, marketing director
Brief: Incite winning fervour into the damp squibs and letdowns of
Britain's usual sporting behaviour
Agency: TBWA\London
Writers: John Allison, Chris Bovill
Art directors: John Allison, Chris Bovill
Photographer: Spiros Politis
Typographer: Dave Lidster
Exposure: National press
Project: NatWest student railcard
Client: Stephen Day, head of brand strategy
Brief: Promote offer of a free student railcard when you open a student
Agency: M&C Saatchi
Writer: Paul Hodgkinson
Art director: Paul Hodgkinson
Director: Jeff Stark
Production company: Large Corp
Exposure: Cinema
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The all-Italian cast give a spirited account of an entertaining, musically resourceful opera that surely merits revival in Britain...Cigna, as the Colonella, despatches her bellicose showpiece in Act 1 with aplomb...while mezzo Rosa Bove is imperiously over-the-top as the Adjutant.
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Weight: 3.5kg
Price: 900 euro
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The Akoya P6612 notebook from Medion, exclusive to Aldi stores, is one of the new notebooks to come with a 16in screen. Such models replace older 15in and 17in notebooks (there are also even larger 18in models available). We can't fault this notebook for its power or its price
5 von 5, Display gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/23/2008
Rating: Total score: 100% display: 80%
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Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/30/2008
Rating: price: 90% performance: 80% features: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%
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Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/28/2008
Rating: price: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% display: 80%
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NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS: Slower clocked 9600M GT and therefore a bit slower and cooler. In conjunction with an 9100M the 9600M GS is able to use HybridPower to save current.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
Entry level Core 2 Duo processor with 3 MB Level 2 Cache and due to the 25 Watt TDP also suited for 13" laptops.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
16.0": 16 inch display-variants exist since 2008 and partially got the market share of 15 inch notebooks. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
3.5 kg: This laptop is heavy below average, compared with the average of notebooks. Therefore especially desktop replacements fit in this class of weight.
Medion: Medion AG is a German consumer electronics company. It operates in Europe, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region. The main products are computers, TVs, refrigerators, toasters, and fitness equipment. The manufacturer of laptops Medion mainly is active in the German market, but to smaller extent also in Western Europe. Market shares and amount of reviews are low. Above all, supermarkets like Aldi sell their laptops.
100%: This notebook model is regarded by the reviewers to be exceptionally good. There hardly exist laptops, which are rated so good. If this rating can be taken seriously, this is a clear recommendation for purchase.
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Who Discovered Solar Energy?
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Solar energy has been in used by various ancient civilization since the beginning of human civilizations. Some ancient buildings were build based on the availability of solar energy to provide sunlight. However, the person who came up with the idea of using solar power to create electrical energy was Alexandre Edmond Becquerel. This is why the discovery of solar energy, as we know it today, is accredited to this French scientist.
His father was a renowned French scientist
He was born on March 24th, 1820 in Pairs, France. He was the son of Antoine César Becquerel, another renowned French scientist. Edmond Becquerel followed the footstep of his father and continued his work and research. His main interests were on electricity, magnetism, optics and solar spectrum. He joined as a professor at the Agronomic Institute in Versailles in 1849. He received the chair of physics at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers in 1853.
He invented the phosphoroscope
He had an active interest in the study of light. He researched on phosphorescence, photochemical effects, the electric light and solar radiation. He was the first scientist to research these topics extensively. He invented the phosphoroscope, a device which allowed periods between exposure to a light source and the observation of the resulted affects.
He published two volumes of works
During 1867-1868, he published two volumes of works named "La Lumière, ses causes et ses effets". He also researched and published papers on various topics on electronics including paramagnetic and diamagnetic properties of substances and Faraday's law of electrolysis. In 1886, he was officially made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He died on May 11th, 1891.
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- Country Club Mall (0.3 mi / 0.4 km)
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Apple's new iPhone coming September 10? What to expect
It may be that time of year again, when Apple unveils their brand new iPhone. A new report from All Things D says the company plans to announce their next iPhone on September 10 at a special event.
As things tend to go with new Apple products, there are no concrete details about what will be included with the phone, but there are rumors. Most expect a fingerprint scanner to be a new feature, along with the possibility of a larger screen.
It's also believed that Apple may introduce a new lower-priced version of their latest phone. In the past the company has simply offered the previous year's model at a reduced price. The company could reduce the price on a newer model by releasing it in a plastic case with different hardware powering it.
How much of this becomes a reality is up for debate, but if All Things D has it right, and they typically do, it won't be long before the world finds out. Keep an eye on September 10.
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I was deeply offended at the following piece of popular-science speak in Hazel Muir's Venus review. "Why would Scots love living on Venus? Because every other day is New Year's Eve and all-night parties would last as long as two Earth months."
This insensitive lumping together of Scots as lushes, carousers and party animals is a vile canard and deeply obnoxious to us Irish, who, of course, are the world's leading exponents of extreme celebration. If Muir is going to engage in national stereotyping, she could at least try to pick the right nation.
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Taking the bar as a Foreign Lawyer
Unfortunately there is no easy answer for foreign lawyers who wish to practice in the United States. The issue is a complicated one because all lawyers that wish to practice law in the US must be admitted to the bar and the US bar system is administered at the state level.
This means that each US state (and the capital, Washington D.C.) sets its own rules for bar admission and the question "can I move to the US and be a lawyer?" has, essentially, 51 different answers. If you are taking the bar as a foreign lawyer this translates to drastically different admission standards among the different states, so a fair bit of homework is in order. Broadly speaking, however, US states fall into one of two camps with some significant outliers.
In the first camp are those states which require all bar applicants – domestic and foreign – to earn a Juris Doctor from a school accredited by the American Bar Association. Because no schools outside of the US have received this accreditation, in practice this policy means that fully 23 states will not consider graduates of foreign law schools as eligible for admission to their state. If this is the case for the state this can be a lengthy and difficult process, requiring admission to (and completion of) an ADA recognized law school. [Although foreign educated lawyers are not eligible to be admitted to the bar these states directly, a system of reciprocity between states allows those admitted elsewhere to practice, eventually, in any state.]
In the other camp are the five US states which allow a foreign lawyer to take the bar: New York, California, Alabama, New Hampshire and Virginia. These states allow some foreign-educated lawyers to take the bar examination without earning their degree locally. In this case, however, foreign-educated lawyers must begin the process by getting their law degree reviewed and analyzed by the American Bar Association (ABA). Easier said than done, it can take up to a year to before the foreign law credentials are even assessed. Once reviewed, the application is either accepted or deferred. If accepted, foreign lawyers are allowed to sit for that state's bar exam in much the same way a domestic applicant would. In New York, one of the jurisdictions most open to foreign lawyers, this would allow foreign lawyers to sit for the bar without being forced to complete any further law school study in the US.
Even if deferred, applicants may be asked to complete coursework at an ABA-approved college before sitting for the bar exam. This coursework usually takes the form of a one-year LL.M program at an ABA accredited school. The LL.M, from the Latin Legum Magister or Master of Laws, is essentially an overview of US law for foreign lawyers and is most often requested of applicants who were educated or practiced in Common Law as opposed to Civil Law countries. If this is the case, once the candidate completes their LL.M and obtains ABA approval, taking the bar as a foreign lawyer proceeds as outlined above. Please learn more about the International LLM here.
Given the intricacies of this process, it can take anywhere from 3 months to 2 years for a foreign educated lawyer to take the bar and this does not even begin to cover the preparation required to take the bar itself! Fortunately, for anyone taking the bar as a foreign lawyer, preparing for the bar exam is a typical, if daunting challenge. Many American law students spend months preparing to sit for the bar exam by taking bar review courses and classes and foreign-educated lawyers should consider doing the same. Regardless of their backgrounds, so many applicants take these review courses that the model answer the examiners are looking for is invariably in the style taught by these courses. Such classes can be time consuming and expensive but well-recommended ones are generally worth it. After all, the goal of taking the bar as a foreign lawyer is well within sight!


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H. Kawashima, S. Sengoku, K. Uehara, H. Tamai, T. Shoji, H. Ogawa, T. Shibata, M. Yamamoto, Y. Miura, Y. Kusama, H. Kimura, H. Amemiya, Y. Sadamoto, Y. Nagashima
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Experimental efforts on JFT-2M have been devoted to understanding the scrape-off-layer (SOL)/divertor plasmas and to investigating power and particle control by boundary plasma modification. Starting in 1985, an open divertor configuration was adopted for the first decade of the JFT-2M experiments. The characteristics of SOL/divertor plasmas such as in/out asymmetry for divertor plasmas, heat and particle diffusivities, and SOL current during an edge-localized-mode event were identified. The power and particle flux was successfully handled by active control methods such as local pumping, boundary plasma ergodization, divertor biasing, electron cyclotron wave edge heating, and fueling optimization. In 1995, to improve the power and particle control capability of the divertor, the JFT-2M divertor was modified to have a closed configuration, which demonstrated the baffling effects with its narrower divertor throat. A dense and cold divertor state (nediv = 4 × 1019 m-3 and Tediv = 4 eV), compatible with improved confinement modes (e.g., H-mode), was realized with strong gas puffing in a closed configuration. Edge plasma fluctuations related to the H-mode physics were identified by an electrostatic probe and magnetic measurements. These are reviewed in this paper.
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Beijing Auto Fleet to Top 3 Million by June
26 May 2007
People's Daily. The number of automobiles in Beijing will reach 3 million by June, according to Mayor Wang Qishan. The number of newly registered automobiles in Beijing is growing by 1,000 a day.
According to Wang, cars registered in Beijing reached 2.997 million by this past week, of which 2.18 million are privately owned.
"The fast increase in the number of automobiles in the city has not only brought along traffic congestion, but also posed great pressure to the city in fields such as resources and environment," said Wang.
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With peak oil combined with China and India growing, it is no wonder the future of the modern world has caused pause for reflection.
There is a way to order the infrastructure of cities to avoid congestion and in the same time raise effectiveness in transportation as well as to lower the total energy consumption. Fast growing nation as China and India should follow the AortaCity way of expanding their cities.
The problem all cities have is no matter what as you grow you wind up with too many workers comming from too many places going to too many places and too many of them hitting certain locations all at the same time.
Mass trans is limited by severely limited begibibg and end locations. freeways quickly become a tangled mess past a relative few desinations and no one ever designed city streets to handle the number working in even a small skyscraper.
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Washington D.C. Weather Forecast: Sunshine returns with a breeze
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Sunshine returns today along with a gusty breeze…
- Today:
- Patchy Fog, Becoming Partly Cloudy, Breezy & Milder
- Highs: Mid 60s
- Wind: WNW 10-20 mph
- Overnight:
- Partly Cloudy, Breezy & Cool
- Lows: 37º-45º
- Wind: W 10-15 mph
- Tomorrow:
- Mostly Sunny, Breezy, A Touch Cooler
- Highs: Low 60s
- Wind: N 10-15+ mph
Yesterday's rains have exited and it will be a much brighter day. Winds will hail out of the northwest and gust, at times, to near 30mph. The winds, along with the sun, should allow the region to dry out with seasonably mild highs in the mid 60s. For tomorrow, the wind hangs on and it may be a touch cooler in the lower 60s. Temperatures rebound for Thursday and Friday with less wind and highs pushing 70º …if not exceeding it by week's end. Next shot of rain comes late Friday, and at this point, looks minimal. Have a great day!
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Pouncey hopes to keep building the legacyDecember 28, 2012 by Teresa Varley
Every day when Maurkice Pouncey walks down the hallway at the Steelers practice facility that features a wall adorned with photos of the six great centers in Steelers' history, he dreams about his photo one day gracing the same wall as the likes of Ray Mansfield, Mike Webster and Dermontti Dawson.
"I can't be named with those guys yet," said Pouncey. "But I walk by them all of the time and seeing their pictures inspires me to hopefully get up there one day. Hopefully I can keep building that legacy and keep things going around here and represent the Steelers the right way."
Pouncey is definitely off to a good start in that quest. He was recently named to this third straight Pro Bowl, becoming the first center in NFL history to be voted to the Pro Bowl his first three seasons in the league.
"I didn't really think about that," said Pouncey. "I didn't know that. It's awesome.
"When I sit down and think about it, it's really crazy. It's a great accomplishment in my life. It's a great honor, but I would give it all back to be in the playoffs and compete for the Super Bowl."
Pouncey is one of two Steelers who were selected to the 2013 AFC Pro Bowl squad, the other being tight end Heath Miller. In a cruel twist of fate, this is Miller's first time being selected and he won't be able to play after suffering an ACL injury against the Cincinnati Bengals on Dec. 23, ending his season. Like Pouncey, though, Miller would rather the team be in the post-season than receiving individual honors.
"It's not why I play," said Miller. "It's definitely an honor to be named to the Pro Bowl team. It's not why I play the game, and I am sure all of our guys would say the same thing. But you take it as a compliment. I wish it were under different circumstances, but it's an honor and something to be proud of.
"It's a nice accolade but obviously it was a disappointing season and we aren't where we want to be. The overriding factor is the disappointing season and not doing what we set out to do. It's disappointing, because we didn't perform as well as we would have liked. It's obvious. I personally have a lot of work to do in this offseason, but as a team I think we have a lot of work to do. This is unfamiliar territory for us. We need to get better."
Pouncey is considered one of the best, if not the best, centers in the game right now, but he too isn't satisfied with where his game is yet and credits the rest of the offensive line with his success than his own talents.
"I tell my guys they make me look a lot better," said Pouncey. "They make it so easy. I just get out in space and work my own things, but those guys make me look better than what I really am."
Pouncey definitely doesn't give himself enough credit, but others certainly do, including offensive coordinator Todd Haley.
"He's a football player," said Haley. "I mean that in a way – when he came out of college, if you just relied on his timing, speed and his combine numbers, he'd be just another guy. But when the pads are on, he's special. His football playing ability at his position doesn't add up to the measurables, so to speak. It comes down to, when you are evaluating these guys, they better be good football players. He is just that. I didn't know that about him. That's even more impressive.
"We see it every day. You just don't want to take it for granted, because he is special. He is a really smart player. He helps a bunch of other guys. He is very athletic. When his pads are on, he allows you to do things you wouldn't be able to with other players at his position."
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This means tornado victims in Mayflower, Vilonia, and other areas of the county can apply for individual assistance as they recover from the storm. Affected residents can call FEMA at 1-800-621-3362 to begin the application process. Eligible communities will also receive public assistance to help cover response costs and to rebuild infrastructure.
Governor Beebe is slated to tour more damaged areas Tuesday in western Pulaski County and is expected to make additional requests for federal declarations.
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'American Idol': Heejun Han, Joshua Ledet work on their sabotage skillsAdd to Favorites | American Idol
When Zap2it spent Tuesday (March 7) hanging out with the "American Idol" Top 13 contestants, it was clear that the group of 13 had already developed close friendships. You kind of have to, when you're stuck in such a crazy situation.
But for Joshua Ledet and Heejun Han, the competition has already started to breed some sinister plans for sabotage. Zap2it spoke to Ledet and close friends Skylar Laine and Hollie Cavanagh, and the Lousiana singer got slightly threatening when talking about how much he loved Laine's rehearsal performance.
"She tears that song up. I'm not even gonna lie," he says. "I don't get chills, really, but when that girl was singing that song, oh my lord. ... I literally want to try and break her leg before the show. She hasn't had a bad performance yet."
Cavanagh and Laine know he's joking, but the sentiment is still shocking. "Oh my God, take that back," exclaims Cavanagh.
"I've got kind of a sore throat right now, don't say that," Laine implores.
It's all out of love, Ledet insists.
Han was more direct with his threats while being interviewed alongside Elise Testone.
"I'm singing Stevie Wonder and the great thing about it is that he was my idol, of course, but I only get one chance to sing a Stevie Wonder song on this magnificent stage with a great amount of people," he says. "So it's amazing. But this is a competition, so we have to try to poison each other..."
Tesone laughs. "And I think differently. I think I would like to encourage everyone to do their best because no matter..."
"No, I don't think so," Han interrupts.
Testone continues: "Yeah, because Heejun, he's just not good [turns to Han and smiles]. No, I think that it doesn't matter. You don't want anyone to do bad because we're all in this together and no matter what happens, the fate is going to be determined by America. Why not everyone just do your best? If you've got it you've got it."
Han clarifies: "I think I want to do the best; the rest of them can just do whatever."
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No limits on sugar in school lunches
Story by Eleanor Yang Su
Almost everything about a school cafeteria meal has a regulation. The federal government caps the amount of fat and salt in breakfasts and lunches. It sets minimum standards for servings of fruit, vegetables, grains, milk and meat.
But one widely used and often-overused product has no official limits: sugar.
As Congress faces increased scrutiny over subsidies to the sugar industry, nutritionists and anti-obesity crusaders are focusing on the amount of sugar in school meals – and asking whether regulations governing school lunches deliberately exclude limits on sugar to favor a powerful industry.
Recent research shows that sugar levels in school meals are more than double what is recommended for the general public. Elementary school lunch menus contain 115 percent of the recommended daily calories from added sugars and fats, according to a November study by the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service. Middle school and high school lunch menus also are sugar- and fat-heavy, averaging between 59 and 74 percent of the recommended amounts.
About 1 in 5 school lunch menus includes dessert, the federal study said. The most common are cookies, cakes and brownies, some of which are counted as grain requirements. Other popular options are fruit with gelatin, ice cream and pudding.
The data from the School Nutrition Dietary Assessment is based on a 2010 survey of about 900 schools across the country and is considered the most comprehensive federal research on school meals.
For years, schools added sweets, such as graham crackers or cookies, to bump up calorie counts and meet minimum thresholds. Researchers say that practice is less common now that the USDA has implemented calorie limits. But some say sugary treats still are appealing to school administrators.
"Sugar-related products are the least expensive source of calories in the school meal program," said Matthew Sharp, senior advocate for California Food Policy Advocates. He said many school officials oppose reducing sugar in meals because it would force them to buy more expensive products.
The USDA, which administers the national school lunch and breakfast programs, says newly created total calorie limits are designed to discourage extra-sugary and fatty foods. A USDA spokesman noted that as of June 30, about 70 percent of all schools have shown they're in compliance with the new plan, which means students are eating healthier meals.
Industry representatives at the Sugar Association, a Washington lobbying group, said the USDA based its final rules on "many important and practical considerations." For one, it said in a statement, "sugar makes many healthful foods palatable so children will eat them, which the science confirms helps increase intakes of many essential vitamins and minerals."
"We continue to emphasize that the most important consideration of a healthful diet is the nutritional value of the foods and beverages consumed, not the sugar content," the association said. "Portion control, monitoring caloric intake and being physically active are among the most important tools children can learn for long-term health."
But researchers say students' sugar consumption places them at greater risk for obesity, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Boys consume an average of about 360 calories – more than 22 teaspoons – of added sugars a day, according to a 2012 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Girls average about 280 calories – more than 17 teaspoons – daily.