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Click above to view full image! Any book lover can tell you: diving into a great novel is an immersive experience that can make your brain come alive with imagery and emotions and even turn on your senses.
Via Anu Ojaranta
Pamela D Lloyd's curator insight, October 27, 2013 4:07 PM
Educators have long told us that reading expands our minds. Here are some of the specific ways in which they do so.
Carol Rine's curator insight, October 29, 2013 7:54 AM
This is a GREAT article that has lots of embedded cross-linked articles within it. :O)
We can be in only one of two states: Either our minds are running us or we are running our minds. We struggle because we think we aren't supposed to struggle.
Helen Teague's insight:
Sound advice by Shannon Kaiser. We struggle because we think we aren't supposed to struggle. Kaiser writes that we need to "Be compassionate with yourself and embrace your humanity. Incorporating happiness into our lives is a dedicated practice. Like any new skill, we must allow ourselves to be beginners at first. We stumble, we get angry with ourselves because we aren't seeing results; This only adds intense pressure that prevents us from moving forward. I bet you're doing a lot better than you give yourself credit for."
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The world's first Empathy Museum, an experiential adventure space for stepping into the shoes of other people and looking at the world through their eyes. It will be an international travelling exhibition – starting out in London – and will exist online too. The Empathy Museum is dedicated to developing the skill of empathising and creating a global revolution of human relationships.
From workdesign
In part two of his three part series, Marrku Allison looks at the nature and fundamentals of collaboration.
Helen Teague's insight:
Part 2 of Transformational Currents in the Workplace -- Collaboration. Markku Allison explains that there is really not a consistent definition of collaboration.
From workdesign
Markku Allison on how we can improve the flow of understanding in the workplace with the words we use.
Helen Teague's insight:
Part 3 of Transformational Currents in the Workplace by Marku Allison... Values and actions as examples of the power of language
From www
In the latest in our series about The Future of Work, Katie McCrory explores the changing nature of leadership. Some say being a CEO is the loneliest job in the world.
Via Rami Kantari
لبنانية♥سعودية's curator insight, July 6, 5:17 PM
I strongly belief that this applies also to school principals
Ian Berry's curator insight, July 6, 7:20 PM
Good infographic. Collaborative leadership is a feature of the new world of work.
daniel truran's curator insight, July 7, 4:55 AM
An additional trait I love to see in a collaborative leader is the belief in #HumanNobility : believing that each individual has unlimited potential and that I as a leader need to allow that potential to contribute to the team in a collaborative natural flowing way.
I've tried to think less & breathe more, she said, & I'm not sure if it's working because now all I'm doing is thinking about breathing.
Helen Teague's insight:
By the immensely talented Brian Andreas: "I've tried to think less & breathe more, she said, & I'm not sure if it's working because now all I'm doing is thinking about breathing."
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Celebrate the Fourth of July with historical documents, photos and music from the Library of Congress collections.
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Just in time for the Fourth of July: the LOC on Pinterest!
Helen Teague's curator insight, July 2, 9:27 AM
Just in time for the Fourth of July: the LOC on Pinterest!
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Through a talk filled with music, conversation, and live art, Jack and Jill argue that, whether we are scientists, teachers, software designers, etc., as soc...
Helen Teague's insight:
Artists Jack and Jill Maxwell use music, conversation and live art to show how we need as humans need to interact and work together.
From thenextweb
More than 25 percent of Millennials are consuming content through their mobile phones, while the preferred portable device for Baby Boomers is a tablet.
Via Neil Ferree
Margarita Saucedo's curator insight, June 20, 1:19 PM
Es importante conocer el perfil de los usuarios
Melissa Gill's curator insight, June 21, 12:53 AM
Very interesting. I would not have predicted some of these outcomes.
From www
The greatest people in history have been failures. Certainly, we remember these individuals as successes--success stories--and we treat those stories as legends and those individuals as gods. But each of them failed epically and repeatedly, more so than the combined successes of all of humanity. Failure should not be overlooked in anyone, especially not those we admire. It is through failure that these individuals were able to learn, grow and ultimately succeed. We know this about ourselves but even as we learn to accept our own failures, sometimes we don't recognize that the most succe
Helen Teague's insight:
Failure should not be overlooked in anyone, especially not those we admire. It is through failure that these individuals were able to learn, grow and ultimately succeed. We know this about ourselves but even as we learn to accept our own failures, sometimes we don't recognize that the most successful people in the world have had an abundance of failure.
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Hey, no offence. No one's calling you stupid. But in a business environment, silly typos can make the difference between a great first impression and a tainted one.I should know, I make mistakes all the time. What has helped me is to identify some of the most common mistakes and watch out for them. Familiarize yourself with some of the most common grammar mistakes — and learn how to avoid them — and there's one less thing you need to worry about when emailing your boss or applying for your next job.
A new book and exhibition, "To Live and Dine in L.A.," trace the city's growth and shifting demographics through its dining culture.
Helen Teague's insight:
such an interesting article... growing up in LA, this brought back memories... article by Nicola Twilley
As an orthomolecular nutritionist and mindfulness coach who used to struggle with a truckload of serious issues herself, I often work with people who are at their wit's end in one way or the other:
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More sensible advice, this time from Nathalie Chantal de Ahna
by Nathalie Chantal de Ahna
Photographer Guillaume Amat Places Mirrors Into Industrial and Natural Landscapes to Look Both Beyond and Behind
For Guillaume Amat's "Open Fields" project he placed a mirrored stand in various landscapes, reflecting the opposing environment back within the image to create a double interpretation of the surrounding scene. These reflections contain dark figures against bright fields, homes in
Helen Teague's insight:
Talk about 360 perspective!!! With the use of the camera and a mirror photographer Guillaume Amat has made photographic images that simultaneously look forward and backwards.
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Do you prioritize other people's feelings over your own? You might be falling into the "empathy trap."
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By Robin Stern and Diana Divecha:
Overly empathic people may even lose the ability to know what they want or need. They may have a diminished ability to make decisions in their own best interest, experience physical and psychological exhaustion from deflecting their own feelings, and may lack internal resources to give their best to key people in their life. What's more, unending empathy creates vulnerability to gaslighting, in which another person negates your own reality to assert his or hers. For example, when you express your dismay to your friend about being excluded from her last few get-togethers, and she replies, "Oh, you're just being too sensitive." Sadly, in relationships marked by unequal power, those in the low-power position are more likely to defer to the needs of those in the high-power position. Doing so helps them hold on to the attachment—at the cost of becoming the architects of their own disenfranchisement.
From workdesign
Complexity is pervasive in today's workplace, but our understanding of it is not. Find out why.
Helen Teague's insight:
Part I of Transformational Currents in the Workplace --- Complexity in Systems, Organizations, and the Workplace by Markku Allison
We have long tried to manage today's work using tools suited for complicated work, but we fail on a regular basis: industry research tells us at least 30 percent of projects are behind schedule and over budget. The diagram represents Dave Snowden's Cynefin Framework and does a great job illustrating distinctions between simple, complicated, and complex.
David Hain's curator insight, July 14, 12:12 PM
A nice picture of the Cynefin framework and how to act on it.
Gary Bamford's curator insight, July 15, 1:47 AM
And you thought projects were just complicated didn't you?
Ian Berry's curator insight, July 15, 6:34 PM
I don't think it's as complicated as this See roles in previous scoop It's then about asking do policies, procedures, practices, processes and systems mean it's simple for people to bring their best to their work and where the answer is no changing it
Learning, Renewing & Succeed. Strategies to overcome your limits.: Critical Thinking: The six thinking hats
Helen Teague's insight:
Six Thinking Hats is an original strategy from Dr. Edward DeBono
From tech
Successful people are able to innovate creative solutions to problems. 75% of high income earners believe that creativity is critical to financial success.
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From greatist
Booking a healthy getaway doesn't require cleaning out your savings account—these incredible experiences around the world prove it.
Schools with more greenery improve kids' brain development, study finds.
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Children generally show improvement over time on cognitive tests, as their brains develop. But kids with more exposure to greenery improved more, on average, in working memory, higher order "superior working memory," and attentiveness. Interestingly, however, the greenness of the home (or lack thereof) didn't seem to matter much — rather, it was the greenness of the commute and especially the school that made the difference.
From io9
The Digital Rocking Chair's curator insight, June 17, 5:35 AM
Lauren Davis: "Even for Pixar, Inside Out is an ambitious film. After all, it's largely set inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl, and tries to metaphorically explain all of the wonderful, frustrating, and confusing things that go on inside the human head while exploring a sort of emotional truth. So how on Earth did it all come together?"
German and U.S. researchers have decoded natural continuously spoken speech from brain waves and transformed it into text — a step toward communication with computers or humans by thought alone.
Via Wildcat2030, Miloš Bajčetić
La Hune, in Paris, is to close this week. Its end is a deep loss to me, and to civil society.
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"At a minor level, once a bookstore is gone we lose the particular opportunities for adjacency it offers, determined by something other than an algorithm...A bookstore is a place you go to look as you choose, for as long as you want. The book-sniffer is the active form of his classier cousin the stroller, as the window-shopper is the dreamier form of the curator. Each makes choices, more or less freely, at a more or less happy whim, and lines her own library or museum, if only invisibly, in her head." by Adam Gopnik
Here are 26 of some of the most curious, most surprising and most obscure words from Webster's Dictionary in one handy A to Z.
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Founded in 1982, the Uppsala International Short Film Festival has since become Sweden's premier arena for short film, having attained both national recognition of the Swedish Film Institute and genuine international renown. In addition, the festival is the most important international cultural event in Uppsala. Every year the festival shows more than 300 short films in five different sections exploring the diversity and richness of the short film - from new film to retrospective programmes, from fiction film, documentaries and experimental film to animations. Taking place in the university town of Uppsala at four cinemas located in the city's classic cinema district, the Uppsala International Short Film Festival is a meeting place for audience, industry and media. The many Swedish and international film makers and other professionals that every year attend are offered an extensive programme of activities that give an insight into Swedish film, culture and history. Buyers, distributors and festival representatives have access to a videoteque during the festival. The festival offers film makers many opportunities to meet their audience, and discussions are held both at the screenings and at special director´s talks. The festival also hosts a number of parties, and the festival pub is open every night.
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U21 coach reviews win over Villa.
Kevin Ball was left delighted after his under-21s continued their excellent recent form with a home win over Aston Villa.
Connor Wickham scored both goals in a 2-0 victory as the Black Cats moved level with the Midlands club in the Barclays U21 Premier League table.
"The performance was excellent – we played some great attacking football and should have had more than two goals," Ball said.
"We did very well in the first half but the game against Newcastle earlier in the week took more out of the players than I thought so we laboured a little after half time.
"I thought Jordan Pickford was outstanding in goal again and the back four defended very stoutly.
"You could pick bits from everyone's performance. It was nice to see Connor get his two goals, too."
Wickham was handed a run-out to build match fitness and responded in style with a pair of well-taken strikes.
He caused havoc throughout, opening the scoring early on before doubling the advantage just before the break.
"Because of Connor's history and size you tend to forget he's only 19," Ball said.
"He gave us a presence up front and good luck to him with his two goals. He could have had a hat-trick."
The win was the under-21s second this week after they beat local rivals Newcastle 4-0 in a friendly on Monday.
It's now two wins out of two in the league for Ball's side, but the former Sunderland captain is keeping his feet firmly on the ground.
"The only thing I'm interested in is seeing how the lads play – how they improve as individuals and collectively," he explained.
"I have always taken one game at a time but I'm pleased because the lads are putting a lot of effort in at the moment."


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The STEP program provides financial and technical assistance to qualifying Minnesota small businesses with an active interest in exporting products or services to foreign markets.
Participants may be first-time exporters or companies that are currently exporting but are interested in expanding into new international markets.
Small businesses may apply for reimbursement of up to $500 for export-training that will result in the development of an export strategy or up to $7,500 for approved export-development activities, including:
Eligible companies must fit the SBA definition of a small business, based on annual sales or number of employees, and:
Activities must be pre-approved in order to be eligible for reimbursement. Companies MAY NOT APPLY for reimbursement for activities that have already taken place.
Eligible companies must also have products or services that are appropriate for the target market and must agree to participate in surveys and provide information on program outcomes.
Complete this application packet. The application is a fillable-saveable pdf. If your web browser is Chrome, Firefox or Safari, you must save the application packet to your computer and then open it with Adobe Acrobat before you will be able to fill it out and save your work.
Contact Ed Dieter at 651-259-7481 or email email@example.com
The STEP program is funded in part through a grant award from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The U.S. Trade Information Center's Trade Finance Guide is a good resource that provides an overview of export finance resources.
The SBA offers several trade financing programs. Contact the SBA's Minnesota District Office at 612-370-2324 for additional information about accessing SBA financing programs.
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is the official export credit agency of the United States. Ex-Im Bank's mission is to assist in financing the export of U.S. goods and services through a variety of insurance, loan and guarantee programs. Minnesota-based companies should contact the Ex-Im Bank office in Chicago at 312- 353-8081 for assistance. Learn more about Ex-IM Bank.
OPIC supports U.S. investment in emerging markets worldwide, fostering development and growth of free markets. OPIC Financing provides medium- to long-term funding through direct loans and loan guaranties to eligible investment projects in developing countries and emerging markets. By complementing the private sector, OPIC can provide financing in countries where conventional financial institutions often are reluctant or unable to lend on such a basis. Learn more about OPIC.
MDCP is a competitive matching funds program that builds public/private partnerships by providing federal assistance to non-profit export multipliers such as states, trade associations, chambers of commerce, world trade centers and other non-profit industry groups that are particularly effective in reaching small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). MDCP awards help to underwrite the start up costs of exciting new export marketing ventures which these groups are often reluctant to undertake without Federal Government support. Learn more about MDCP.
One of the TDA's primary activities is the grant funding of feasibility studies and other project planning activities for major projects in developing and middle-income countries. The studies are conducted by U.S. private sector firms and represent a wide range of host government high priority sectors, including energy, transportation, telecommunications, information technology, manufacturing, minerals development, and the environment. Learn more about USTDA.


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You've heard it before: the bedroom is often the last room to be decorated. Perhaps because we've all run out of cash from the living room table lamps or that $400 kitchen toaster. Whatever the reason, it's time to tart up the bedroom.
I would start with one of these fun and fab headboard murals designed by Mina Javid for Blik. I'm not a huge fan of the wall stencil craze but these hit the right note. How cute would they be for twin beds side-by-side at the cottage or a university dorm room? For $40-$70 each, they're an affordable way to update a bedroom on a budget.
Olivia headboard. Available in 6 colours.
This Wrought Iron headboard is my favourite! It looks just like my daughter's vintage white bed frame. Available in 9 colours.
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The Tomy TDV450 digital video monitor is packed with features that are fun, useful and reassuring to parents.
Infrared night vision lets you watch your baby throughout the night on the 3.5" colour display. A sound level light display means you can stay alert to baby's needs even with the volume off and the sound activation mode is ideal for when your baby is a little older and it's not necessary to hear every sound.
The baby monitor also features a two-way talkback feature to reassure baby from afar and a zoom for a close up view. The multicoloured nightlight can be used to check on baby and can be used independently of the monitor.
The Parent unit has a 250m range and out of range and low battery alarms so you can move about without worrying if the unit is working or not. On top of all that there is a timer to track the time in between feeds or sleeps and a temperature sensor to monitor ambient room temperature in baby's room.
The Tomy video monitor's snapshot feature can take up to 100 pictures, which you can view as a slideshow on the Parent unit.
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The Bachelor
Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici Talk Sore Groins and DWTS Jealousy!
Sweethearts of the small screen, Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici have been sort of absent from our lives for approximately eight days now, and we're feeling feelings about it. Turns out, we're not the only ones. The Bachelor-formed duo stopped by Extra before Sean's Dancing with the Stars debut on March 18 to talk about what has been going on in their lives since the filming stopped.
So, what's on their minds? Sore groins, for one. Yep, you read that right. When the Extra host asked Seansie about how it's been going getting close with Peta Murgatroyd for the dancing show, and Sean's first response? His groin is sore. From grinding, and bending, and now we need a cold shower. And we're not the only ones. Catherine got red in the face, Sean-style, when he mentioned off hand how labor intensive it's all been.
Also the subject of concern? Jealousy. "Dancing is passionate!" Catherine said, before dodging the question by saying, "It's gonna look great. It's gonna look great. It's gonna look great. I'm not worried at all." Um, what do you think, Catherine? Will it look great? Just joshing girl, you have nothing to worry about.
And when asked about whether he's been talking to Desiree Hartsock to give her advice as she prepares to be the next Bachelorette, Sean says that they bumped into her last night, but "America's Sweetheart" doesn't need any help. We're inclined to agree... Check it out.


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A federal court has restored Guantanamo Bay prison guards' authority to conduct genital searches on Guantanamo Bay prisoners, according to the Miami Herald.
The Justice Department asked a federal court to stay an order that restricted prison guards at the Guantanamo Bay prison from conducting genital searches of prisoners before they met with their counsel or had phone calls with their counsel.
The filed motion read, "For the first time to the Government's knowledge, a federal court has restricted a military commander from implementing routine security procedures at a detention facility holding enemy forces, notwithstanding the universally recognized need for the maintenance of discipline and order in those facilities. Indeed, similar or more invasive procedures are used for pretrial detainees held in civilian facilities in the United States."
"The Court has done so despite uncontroverted evidence of fashioned weapons and other contraband being found in the facility, thus creating the need for more, not less, security."
Last week, a federal judge, Judge Royce Lamberth, issued a ruling and order requiring the government to use a "modified search procedure" that had been used soldiers at the facility instead of a much more invasive procedure. That "modified" procedure was "shaking the detainee's waistband."
Lamberth concluded "searching the genitals" of prisoners "up to four times for every phone call or attorney–client meeting" was "excessive."
"Searching detainees up to four times in this manner for every movement, meeting, or phone call belies any legitimate interest in security given the clear and predictable effects of the new searches," he stated in his ruling. Plus, "Nothing in the record indicates that detainees have received any contraband from their attorneys or that detainees have attempted to pass contraband to each other during phone calls or meetings with attorneys. The motivation for the searches is not to enhance security but to deter counsel access."
Furthermore, Lamberth found genital searches "actively discourage" prisoners from "taking phone calls or meeting with counsel." He noted that attorneys for the prisoners had argued, "The choice between submitting to a search procedure that is religiously and culturally abhorrent or foregoing counsel effectively presents no choice for devout Muslims like petitioners."
"The relationship between the searches and petitioners' choices to refuse phone calls and counsel meetings is clear and predictable," Lamberth added. "Indeed, petitioners also find searches of the Quran abhorrent, and many petitioners have chosen to forego having a Quran in their cells rather than having their Qurans subject to search."
Apparently, none of what Lamberth concluded was reasonable. The Justice Department's motion believed the court has no right to challenge the prison's authority. It also blames the prisoners for any anxiety, humiliation or trauma they may have experienced because they cannot meet with counsel or talk to their counsel without having their genitals searched.
"Any lack of counsel access they have experienced is the result of their own refusal to meet or speak with their counsel, decisions they cannot blame on the Government," according to the government's motion. And, "Detainees cannot unilaterally transform ordinary conditions-of-confinement complaints into counsel-access claims merely by refusing to meet with their counsel as a form of protest against conditions not to their liking."
What was even more crude is how it described prisoners' ability to conceal "contraband." The motion contended that with the "modified search procedure" officials at Guantanamo would not be able to search a detainee's "groin area" if they "know or suspect a detainee is concealing contraband."
The motion suggested that detainees can smuggle "weapons or weaponizable items" because of Lamberth's decision and that presents a potential threat to guards and persons with whom detainees may be visiting. These items can also be used to assist prisoners in committing suicide.
It referenced a declaration by US Southern Command commander, Marine Gen. John Kelly, in which he suggested:
…The current full-body frisk procedure is necessary and appropriate for moves outside a detainee's camp of residence and for all contacts with non-JTF-GTMO personnel. Sometimes during a detainee move (including moves for attorney visits, telephone calls, medical appointments or ICRC visits), contraband items (such as tempered steel, wires and nails) can be found on the ground where they can be picked up by or given to the detainee. These contraband items, if obtained by a detainee, can be hidden on his person. Concealment is made particularly easy if the detainee knows that his groin area cannot be thoroughly frisked…
Another part of the motion maintained, "'Grasping the waistband' and 'shaking the lag' of a detainee's trousers will not reveal any dangerous contraband items, like nails, shanks and ragged scraps of metals that are secreted in the groin area."
Now, as a male, I will interject: if a waistband is not being used, I am not sure where exactly the government thinks this steel, wires, nails, shanks or ragged scraps of metal are going to be put by prisoners for use at a later time. Does the government think a prisoner is going to coil metal around his penis? Where are these nails, shanks or ragged scraps to be lodged so they don't fall out of the prisoners' pants while walking? It all seems so perverse and I would submit that those running this prison have probably spent more time thinking about this than any decent human being should.
More importantly, why are these materials so loosely available on prison grounds? If the presence of these materials are such a potential security hazard, shouldn't it be some soldiers' job to regularly survey the area and pick up materials so they can't be picked up?
The government's motion also contained a threat to the entire population of Guantanamo—that because they won more rights in the courts guards may start to conduct "more frequent full-frisk searches of the entire population." If the judge did not want this to happen, he should restore the guards' power to search prisoners' groins.
Why is this even an issue? Because President Barack Obama, thus far, has not closed Guantanamo Bay prison and transferred prisoners back to countries where they should be (particularly the 86 prisoners cleared for transfer by his own authorized review task force).
Officials at Guantanamo have been continually subverting attorney-client privilege in violation of prisoners' due process rights.
Over 100 prisoners have been on hunger strike for months (though because of Ramadan, the military now puts the number of hunger striking prisoners at 78). And, according to a chart by the Miami Herald, 46 are being force-fed by a tube that is shoved down their nose when they're restrained in a chair.
The prisoners are actively resisting their indefinite detention and the conditions of their confinement because they believed President Obama would close the facility as he promised. Guantanamo prison officials are trying to break the hunger strike and have been trying to do so all along because commanders perceive hunger striking as an attack on the US government.
Lamberth appropriately ruled "the search procedures discourage meetings with counsel and so stand in stark contrast to the President's insistence on judicial review for every detainee." He refused to let the prisoners' jailers get in the way of access to counsel. And that the Obama administration is seeking to permanently restore the ability to continue to violate prisoners at Guantanamo with genital searches is but another example of how government has consistently dehumanized human beings, many of which the government has no evidence to put on trial.


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In a report released today, police say Lauren Roady, 27, had the right of way while crossing Broadway when the fire truck hit and killed her.
Police say the fire truck was driven by Christopher Presley, 40.
According to the accident report, Presley was turning off of Main Street onto Broadway when he hit Roady in the middle of the crosswalk.
The city says Firefighter Presley was alone in the truck at the time of the accident. He was headed to St. Joseph Hospital to pickup two firefighters who normally rode with him, but they had gone to the hospital with the ambulance after a call.
Presley's personnel file has several letters in it, praising him for his performance as a firefighter.
Presley did not on his application to become a firefighter that he had three moving violations in 1990, 1992 and 1994. He paid fines for them and also went to traffic school for the first violation.
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Jon D. Mikalson examines how Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek philosophers described, interpreted, criticized, and utilized the components and concepts of the religion of the people of their time - practices such as sacrifice, prayer, dedications, and divination. The chief concepts involved are those of piety and impiety, and after a thorough analysis of the philosophical texts Mikalson offers a refined definition of Greek piety, dividing it into its two constituent elements of 'proper respect' for the gods and 'religious correctness'. He concludes with a demonstration of the benevolence of the gods in the philosophical tradition, linking it to the expectation of that benevolence evinced by popular religion.
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Previously a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices where announced. Now a app called iterative Webapp, a series where google will continue to release features for Gmail for mobile has been introduced "Smart Links"
On a mobile device, screen space is scarce, so it's not very helpful when I get an email with a long link such as this Google Maps link:
Not only is the link taking up an unnecessarily large amount of space, but it's not easy to find the address that's hidden in the middle of the link.
Now Google has shorten the link and automatically convert raw links into named links, which they call "Smart Links". So instead of seeing that long link to Google Maps, you're going to see the link renamed to the actual address:
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An Atlas of Functions by Keith Oldham, Jan Myland, and Jerome Spanier is a heavy book, metaphorically and literally. It contains a wealth of information and weighs in at 5.1 lbs (2.3 kg). The book is primarily concerned with special functions. The title omits the word "special" for a good reason: some of the functions in the book are not "special" in the traditional sense.
There's no rigorous definition special functions, but the following definition is in line with the general consensus: functions that are commonly used in applications, have many nice properties, and are not typically available on a calculator. Obviously this is a sloppy definition, and yet it works fairly well in practice. Most people would agree, for example, that the gamma function is included in the list of special functions and that trigonometric functions are not.
The Atlas includes chapters for several functions that are not "special." About 20% of the book is devoted to functions such as quadratic and cubic polynomials, absolute value, square roots, etc. These functions are commonly used in applications and have many nice properties, but they are classified as "elementary" rather than "special" because they can be computed on a typical calculator. However, the chapters on "elementary" functions are not as elementary as one might expect. The book examines even simple functions in unusual depth.
Every chapter is divided into the same fourteen sections:
Most of the section titles are self-explanatory. However, three sections deserve further explanation. The sections on "operations of the calculus" include not only ordinary differentiation and integration but also fractional order derivatives and integrals. (Fractional calculus is used frequently throughout the book to establish connections between different families of functions.) In each chapter, "cognate" functions are functions related to the chapter topic but not listed under special cases or generalizations. Finally, the "related topics" given in the final sections of each chapter are quite broad. For example, some of the topics included in the final sections of chapters include cubic splines, linear regression, and Laplace transforms. Some chapters actually have 15 sections because there are two separate sections on related topics.
The Atlas devotes a considerable amount of space to exploring the connections between families of functions. Having the same internal structure for every chapter helps bring out these connections. Hypergeometric functions are mentioned frequently throughout the book because the theory of such functions clarifies relationships between groups of functions. While many books on special functions emphasize recurrence relations and differential equations as unifying principles, the Atlas places more emphasis on hypergeometric functions and operations for synthesizing one such function from another.
The most popular reference for special functions over the last 40 years has been Handbook of Mathematical Functions by Abramowitz and Stegun, affectionately known as A&S, and so it is natural to ask how the Atlas compares to this classic reference.
Technology has clearly changed since A&S was first published. Whereas A&S includes tables of function values and numerical algorithms, the Atlas comes with software for computing the functions described in the book. And while A&S is printed in black and white on matte paper; the Atlas is printed in color on glossy paper.
Atlas and A&S cover essentially the same list of special functions. (Occasionally the Atlas will use a different name than A&S for the same function. However, when a function is commonly known by multiple names, the Atlas lists the alternatives.) The Atlas goes into greater theoretical depth than A&S. While the Atlas is valuable as a reference, it also contains a large amount of expository text. A&S was written to be pulled off the shelf for quick reference. The Atlas seems to have been written for the reader who is not in such a hurry and who might enjoy looking around a bit.
Preface.- The Constant Function c.- The Factorial Function n!.- The Zeta Numbers and Related Functions.- The Bernoulli Numbers Bn.- The Euler Numbers En.- The Bionmial Coefficients.- The Linear Function bx + c and Its Reciprocal.- Modifying Functions.- The Heaviside and Dirac Functions.- The Integer Powers xn and (bx + c)n.- The Square-Root Function and Its Reciprocal.- The Noninteger Power xv.- The Semielliptic Function and Its Reciprocal.- The (b/a)square root of x2 +- a2 Functions and Their Reciprocals.- The Quadratic Function ax + bx + c and Its Reciprocal.- The Cubic Function x3 + bx + c.- Polynomial Functions.- The Pochhammer Polynomials (x)n.- The Bernoulli Polynomials Bn(x).- The Euler Polynomials En(x).- The Legendre Polynomials Pn(x).- The Chebyshev Polynomials Tn(x) and Un(x).- The Laguerre Polynomials Ln(x).- The Hermite Polynomials Hn(x).- The Logarithmic Function ln(x).- The Exponential Function exp(x).- Exponential of Powers.- The Hyperbolic Cosine cosh(x). and Sine sinh(x) Functions.- The Hyperbolic Secant and Cosecant Functions.- The Inverse Hyperbolic Functions.- The Cosine cox(x) and Sine sin(x) Functions.- The Secant sec(x) and Cosecant csc(x) Fucntions.- The Tangent tan(x) and Cotangent cot(x) Functions.- The Inverse Circular Functions.- Periodic Functions.- The Exponential Integrals Ei(x) and Ein(x).- Sine and Cosine Integrals.- The Fresnel Integrals C(x) and S(x).- The Error Function erf(x) and Its Complement erfc(x).- The exp(x)erfc(square root of x) and Related Functions.- Dawson's Integral daw(x).- The Gamma Function.- The Digamma Function.- The Incomplete Gamma Functions.- The Parabolic Cylinder Function Dv(x).- The Kummer Function M(a, c, x).- The Tricomi Function U(a, c, x).- The Modified Bessel Functions In(x) of Integer Order.- The Modified Bessel Functions of In(x) Arbitrary Order.- The Macdonald Function Kv(x).- The Bessel Functions Jn(x) of Integer Order.- The Bessel Functions Jv(x) of Arbitrary Order.- The Neumann Function Yv(x). The Kelvin Functions.- The Airy Functions Ai(x) and Bi(x).- The Struve Function hv(x).- The Incomplete Beta Function.- The Legendre Functions Pv(x) and Qv(x).- The Gauss Hypergeometric Function F(a,b,c,x).- The Complete Elliptic Integrals K(k) and E(k).- The Incomplete Elliptic Integrals.- The Jacobian Elliptic Functions.- The Hurwitz Function.- Appendix A: Useful Data.- Appendix B: Bibliography.- Appendix C: Equator, The Atlas Function Calculator.- Symbol Index.- Subject Index.


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Cheetah RangerHeight: 15cm
Articulation: 19 total points: Ball joint neck; 4 points each arm - universal joint shoulder, pre-elbow swivel, hinge elbow; 5 points each leg - universal joint hip, upper-thigh swivel, hinge knee, hinge ankle.
Colors: Molded yellow (figure), orange, grey (accessories only); Painted black, white, silver, orange (figure and accessories), green (accessory only)
Accessories: Jungle Javelin, "robot"
Release Data: Released in United States in November of 2007 at a suggested retail price of US$6.99
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Author: ExVee
It's been a while, hasn't it? We won't get into specifics of why I've been so long gone from the scene, but just say it involves the slow distancing from MSiA Bandai-Namco is undertaking, as well as a variety of personal life issues that have left me in odd states for almost half a year. Since my main interest - and naturally first stop for site material - has been in a steady decline for quite a while, I've taken part of my time away looking at my other interests. One result is today's review. I've never stopped having an interest in Power Rangers as a property. I did however largely slack off an interest in most of the toys for years, though. But 2008's Jungle Fury (based on the still in-progress as of this writing Beast-Fist Task Force Gekiranger) may change that, as well as a number of long-held conventions in Power Rangers action figures.
The Figure
Cheetah Ranger (color Ranger designations seem to be largely dropped) is the only female Ranger in the series, and so is the only Ranger figure so far with a fully unique body sculpt. This offers some differences from the male Ranger figures, who all share a basic body tooling.
Cheetah Ranger's helmet is mounted on a ball joint, rather than a swivel. The shape of the helmet's neck opening restricts the movement significantly, but still allows a much greater range of posing and expression than a simple swivel. The helmet seems pretty well proportioned to the body, though I can't help but feel that if the helmet came off to show the human head underneath, the head would seem a little on the small side. On a totally secondary note, I do have to point out how I think the figure's helmet looks nicer than the show helmet.
The arms have a somewhat standard range of articulation, and actually a bit less. From the elbows up, all the jointing is the same as the other Rangers. But Cheetah ranger loses out on any kind of forearm or wrist swivel the others have. I find this to really limit the kinds of poses you can pull off with the weapons. Given the kung-fu theme, this kinda seems an important element to leave out, no? Sculpted - and painted - details are top notch, however. On each sadly immobile wrist is a Tiger Claw, the basic weapon of the Jungle Fury Rangers. These are sculpted with a high level of detail, and have nearly all the painted detailing they need to appear 100% accurate. The only issue is some of the orange stripe is not quite thick enough to prevent the black underneath from peeking through.
The torso is wholly immobile. But this isn't all bad. See, Gekiranger had the suit designs with no belts. Whether that's a first in 30+ years of Super Sentai, I don't have the time to research. I do know that it's a first in 15 years of Power Rangers. This seems to have inspired the toy designers to opt for a sculpt without waist joint, in favor of a much better, more natural appearance. To put it simply, Cheetah Ranger is very probably in terms of appearance the best female Ranger figure Bandai America has ever turned out. The proportions are realistic enough that I firmly believe if you took a good photo of this figure and airbrushed out the joints, a person would not be able to immediately tell it's not a real person. And for the first time in a long time, it's a female Ranger with a proper skirt. See, much of the time the skirt on female Ranger uniforms was either ignored for sake of ease, or bizarrely incorporated into the thighs as if they were wearing shorts instead of a skirt. Neither case is true here, as Cheetah Ranger is given a full, soft plastic mini-skirt. While there is a visible seam between the two plastics, the skirt otherwise blends into the upper body with no interruption. For extra realism, they even sculpted wrinkles into the skirt to give appearance of the "fabric" being slightly stretched.
It's not all fun and games, though. While the skirt is flexible plastic, it's not really flexible enough. The leg articulation is heavily restricted as a result. Cheetah Ranger has all the same joints the male Rangers have, but all the important ones are practically immobilized by the skirt. The legs can only move a few degress in any direction before being stopped. And most of the time moving one leg, and then trying to move the other forces the first leg back to its default position. The upper-thigh swivel is unaffected, but it doesn't help very much. While the knees could be served (in theory anyway) by being double jointed, they serve well enough as single joints with around a 90 degree range. The ankle hinges also move a fair bit - about what you'd think natural human range of movement should be. But it's all pretty much lost because the hips are made useless. How do you make a Power Ranger do a high kick when her skirt stops her moving her legs?
Sculpt and Deco
I figure I've already touched on the sculpt work of the figure about enough, so I'll add a bit about the painting. The most attention with the paint operations is paid on the front, naturally. But even so there are details missing. Part of the design on top of Cheetah Ranger's shoulders is supposed to extend to the front a bit, but is fully absent, only appearing as it should on her back. Otherwise all that's missing is white outlines on about half of the black spots and stripes. Mostly unimportant, except for the spots on the back that overlap the thick stripes running down the sides. The white outlines would distinguish between the two black fields. Instead it's just a couple black blobs coming out of the stripe.
-Jungle Javelin
The javelin is actually a pair of Jungle Batons pegged together. The two pieces are practically identical. It's worth noting that the instructions included with the figure show the Javelin being formed incorrectly. The peg is shaped such a way that it can only fit together correctly the opposite way shown. The plastic is slightly on the soft side, the only "benefit" of which is that my figure's batons came conveniently pre-warped. I don't think this is easily avoidable, given how it's packaged, so if you can check through multiples to find a good one, go for it. But if you don't feel like it, you're probably no better or worse off. The combined Javelin measures almost 20 cm long - taller than the figure itself. The lack of wrist jointing reduces poseability with this accessory, but you can still get some good poses in either the Javelin or Baton states.
In Gekiranger, this is called RoboTough, and is a fight training robot. Its name, if any, has not been revealed for Jungle Fury as of this writing. For the remainder of this section I'm going to call it RoboTough.
The RoboTough has two modes. First is the training robot. And yes, it is supposed to have a cat-like appearance. The arms, which are really just targets to punch and kick, have swivel joints at the base. That's the extent of the moving parts. The other mode is a large cannon. While it can be used by itself, it's more meant as the basis of a much larger combined weapon invented specifically for Jungle Fury.
There are two major issues with this as I see it. First is that they gave this large weapon to girl Ranger. The weapon is almost as heavy as the figure is as a result. Second issue is that the figure they gave the weapon to lacks articulation enough to be easily posed to balance the added massive weight while actually appearing to use this weapon. Should we call this one an "oops"?
Closing Remarks
We won't pretend this figure doesn't have shortcomings. On the other hand, it's also a marker of the beginning of a very new style in Power Rangers action figures. The changes shown in this figure I feel are a very positive move for Power Rangers toys, and with just a few minor tweaks would lead to an absolutely wonderful female Ranger figure to match the excellence of the male figures. I have to give Bandai America's designers a thumbs up for breaking out of the mold, so to speak, and going a very different way. I give Cheetah Ranger Very Good
-ExVee, 11/28/2007
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I spent some time with Derek Roddy last year at the Drum Road Trip in Upstate New York. So I was super excited for him to see that he got called into audition...if for no other reason than it would be a great boon for his reputation and hopefully lead him to other great opportunities. I was rooting for him.
His post here bear out some of the philosophies we spoke about in NY...about the BUSINESS of drumming. Yes, Dream Theater is an amazing gig for a Prog/Metal player. But at what cost to the other aspects of ones life?
I agree with Derrek that a cult band like DT isn't necessarily going to be the most lucrative move for some players. Why would a guy like Lang, who charges $800 a head for his drum camp and does well with his dvd's (and is a nicely paid hired gun) want to join a band and where he now has to take on the debt involved in being a member?? It had better be BIG $$ to take on the 'band member' role rather that 'the hired gun' role.
I know lots of guys who go on tour, come home in debt and to a family who barely recognizes them. It happens...
No one wants to end up like Richie Hayward...in his 60's and sick with no medical insurance.
My point is...there were many more factors to consider for the 7 auditionees other than "when does the tour start'?
From the looks of it, the DT guys have a stable small to medium size business going for them. By contrast, when Metallica hired Rob Trujillo, they gave him A MILLION DOLLARS UP FRONT. Now we are talking!
I did enjoy the audition vids...and thought every drummer played to their strengths. All of them were phenomenal. I would have loved to hear what Virgil or Lang came up with at more length, or to hear a more extreme take that Derrek or Peter could add to DT.
I am an old school Prog fan ...ELP, YES, FLOYD...but after watching this whole process I can see why the critics back then HATED prog. So pretensions and overly dramatic!! So it is no surprise that the DT have a lot of those same qualities. But they seem like nice guys to me.
But Derrek did make me proud!!
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Joe Schmit will be signing copies of his book
KSTP Sports Director Joe Schmit is known for his exceptional coverage of Minnesota sports. Did you know he is also a motivational speaker and an author?
His book "Silent Impact" shares stories of influence and how your actions can make impacts on those around you. Joe will be at the following locations and would love to meet you & hear your stories of Silent Impact!
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THIS may be regarded as the pre-presidential year in English politics. All parties are aware that a general election cannot be postponed for much more than a year; and all are searching furiously for issues, programs, measures, which may prove palatable to the electorate when the moment for decision arrives.
SENATOR CARTER GLASS'S outcry against the censorship by the Department of State of private foreign loans seems to rest insecurely on three legs. One is legalistic—that the Constitution gives the President no such power. One is an objection to the policy—or lack of policy—which has been revealed in the specific approvals or disapprovals of foreign loans. The third is the general doctrine that the political government should not interfere in such economic matters.
BEHIND the renewed agitation for repeal of the federal estate-tax stand in solid ranks the President and the Secretary of the Treasury, the United States Chamber of Commerce, state legislators by the hundred, polled on the question by the well financed organizations who are agitating it, and many others—in short, a goodly portion of the organized wealth of the country. Some of these gentlemen believe, and frankly say, that they are opposed to any inheritance tax, no matter by whom levied. To such honorable combatants this article is not addressed.
FRANCO-ITALIAN relations are in the center of the European limelight once again. Just as France and Spain were about to renew their endless discussion of the question of Tangier, Mussolini sent a division of the Italian fleet there, to help the large Italian community celebrate the fifth anniversary of Fascism.
Mr. Wells, in The World of William Clissold, presents, not precisely his own mind as it has developed on the basis of his personal experience and way of life, but—shifting his angle—a point of view based on an experience mainly different from his own, that of a successful, emancipated, semi-scientific, not particularly high-brow, English business man. The result is not primarily a work of art.
Political satire in America is for the moment the monopoly of Will Rogers. Others may practice it for tiny audiences; his is as near to the sum total of the "picture reading public" as anyone can come. The paraphernalia of gum and lariat which helped him in the Follies is now partly laid away; he is on a vastly popular lecture tour; he broadcasts; he writes for the Saturday Evening Post; he publishes books. He has only to write a play and create a comic strip to become universal.


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Yadkinville - Fanny Brawley Sizemore, 73, passed away peacefully at her home Wednesday, October, 17, 2012 after a strong and courageous battle with both Pulmonary Fibrosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Fanny was born August 6, 1939 to Samuel and Bernice Brawley. Fanny was a courageous woman with a heart of gold full of forgiveness and generosity. As a member of Mt. Nebo Church of Christ she was a faithful Christian who loved and served God with all her heart both at church and in her community. Fanny worked at Hanes Hosiery for many years and then operated Fanny's Hairstyling until her health forced her to retire. Throughout her life she had a love for gardening and especially loved flowers and herbs. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 45 years, John F. Sizemore Jr.; two brothers Frank and Bud, and four sisters, Louise Gunter, Dorothy Cummings, Edith Woody, and Betty Agresta. She is survived by her 4 sons, Derek (Sarah) Sizemore, Cameron (Sandra) Sizemore, Sean Sizemore, Jared (Melanie) Sizemore; 7 grandchildren, Chloe, Halley, Jason, Gracie, Nikita, John Robert, and Skylar. She is also survived by two brothers, Bob and Jim, three sisters, Mildred Hoots, Peggy Joyner and Patricia Martin; special sister and brother in law, Lee and Virginia Mounce; special nieces, Melinda, Teresa, Heather, Leeann and April; and several special nephews. Her funeral service will be 12:00 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 2012 by Brother Steve Johnson and Brother Lawrence Warden at Gentry Family Chapel in Yadkinville. Burial will follow at Mt. Nebo Church of Christ. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 12:00 on Saturday, prior to the service at Gentry Family Funeral Service in Yadkinville. The family would like to thank the staff of the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home for their loving guidance and care. And a very special thanks to Fanny's angels, Kawana Palmer and Christy Pinnix who provided Fanny with the love and care that enabled her to stay at her home during her last months, she truly loved you!
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice. Gentry Family Funeral Service in Yadkinivlle is serving the Sizemore family. Online condolences may be made at www.gentryfuneralservice.com.


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He takes the lead on Assault with score of 88
CORPUS CHRISTI - Ask Jeremy Mouton how his year is going on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association circuit and you are going to get a gut-honest response.
"Terrible. I ain't kidding," the Scott, La., bareback rider said, casting a "what a question" look.
Perhaps now the times are looking up for Mouton after Friday's third night of competition at the 20th annual Buc Days Miller Lite Pro Rodeo at the American Bank Center.
The former National High School Rodeo Association champion bucked his way into the bareback lead with an impressive score of 88 aboard Assault.
"I've been fighting with a lot of equipment, changed my rigging, changed my glove," Mouton said. "Nothing's been working out for me."
Things worked well enough Friday night, as Mouton bolted into the lead past Vernon's Caine Riddle, who scored an 83 Thursday night. Assault gave him plenty of chances to score points with his violent, bucking motions. Mouton held on and made the most of it. The pack of ice strapped on Mouton's right bicep and elbow was a small price to pay for a first-place performance.
It also disproved his friend, Brian Portie, who was less than impressed with Mouton's draw of Assault.
"A buddy of mine was making fun of me. I told him, 'I think I'm OK with this horse,' " Mouton said. "It turned out all right."
Mouton won a small amount of cash at San Antonio but, "Nothing this big," according to Chris Harris, the PRCA's fourth-ranked bareback rider who failed to ride Citation for the requisite eight seconds.
"I'm just trying to get back in the swing of things," Mouton said.
Mouton hadn't ridden Assault before but was aware of what the horse could offer.
"I'd never been on him. I saw Kaycee Feild on him in Fort Worth," Mouton said, referring to last year's Buc Days bareback champion. "But that's the only time I saw him live. He's good."
Defending saddle-bronc rider Jace Garrett got a second chance to get into the money but was only able to post a score of 72 on War Dance, well out of the money chase. Garrett got the re-ride when his original draw Yellow Light was less than enthused out of the gate. When Garrett stayed aboard for the eight seconds, he received the re-ride.
Chance E. Howard moved into the money in steer wrestling, dropping his steer in four seconds to give him a two-go aggregate of 8.6 for third place.
Once again, the bulls were the big winners. The only entrant out of 14 Friday night to last eight seconds was Sam Wyatt. The Fittstown, Okla., cowboy received a score of 67 aboard Vindictive, and that was after he barely held on as the buzzer sounded to end Wyatt's round.
With tonight's final show remaining, only eight bull riders out of 41 have lasted the eight seconds. Three-time National Finals Rodeo finalist Zeb Lanham and Tag Elliott, the No. 13-ranked PRCA bull rider this season, continue to share the lead with scores of 89, both recorded Thursday night.
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Bull riding — 1. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, and Tag Elliott, Thatcher, Utah, 89; 3. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 88; 4. Ty Clearwater, Weatherford, Okla., 85; 5. Cody Teel, Kountze, 79; 6. Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash., 76; 7. Jimmy Anderson, Bayfield, Colo., 73; 8. Sam Wyatt, Fittstown, Okla., 67.
Steer wrestling — 1. Ben Goodman, Beaumont, 7.1; 2. Todd Suhn, Hermosa, S.D., 7.5; 3. Chance E. Howard, Cedarville, Ark., 8.6; 4. (tie) Todd Maughan, Airdrie, Alberta, and Britt Walters, Huntsville, 8.7; 6. (tie) Seth Morgan, Azle, and Jack Hodges, Stephenville, 8.9; 8. Brent Lassetter, Elm Mott, 9.0.
Bareback riding — 1. Jeremy Mouton, Scott, La., 88; 2. Caine Riddle, Vernon, 83; 3. Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, 81; 4. (tie) Matt Bright, Azle, and Will Lowe, Canyon, 80; 6. Jared Kenyon, Uniontown, Kan., 79; 7. Jacob Duncan, Lake Charles, La., 77; 8. Casey Colletti, Pueblo, Colo., 76.
Team roping — 1. Nathan McWhorter, Telephone, and Twister Cain, Gonzales, 12.1; 2. Gibbs Keaton, Ivanhoe, and Brian Stone, Bay City, 12.3; 3. Kelsey Parchman, Cumberland City, Tenn., and Michael Jones, Stephenville, 15.1; 4. Luke Brown, Stephenville, and Martin Lucero, Stephenville, 21.4; 5. Brad Hamilton, Pollok, and Mickey Gomez, Holland, 22.0; 6. Jake Kropik, Midway, and Justin Copp, Justin, 25.0.
Saddle bronc riding — 1. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., 87; 2. Samuel Kelts, Millarville, Alberta, 83; 3. Weston Ireland, Sallisaw, Okla., 80; 4. (tie) Jake Wright, Hurricane, Utah, and Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 79; 6. (tie) Troy Cowser, Whitewood, S.D., Louie Brunson, Interior, S.D., Rusty Allen, Eagle Mountain, Utah, and Nick Laduke, Cypress, 78. 10. Jacobs Crawley, College Station, 77.
Tie-down roping — 1. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 7.0; 2. Clay Cerny, Brazoria, 8.2; 3. Adam Gray, Seymour, 8.3; 4. Ricky Canton, Navasota, 8.6; 5. (tie) Clay Long, Midlothian, and Cody Harris, Robertsdale, Ala., 8.8; 7. Doug Pharr, Cuero, 9.0; 8. Trevor Thiel, Greeley, Colo., 9.2; 9. Cody Owens, Rankin, 9.6; 10. (tie) Kyle Beasley, Sulphur, La., and George Rowland, Tolar, 9.7.
Barrel racing — 1. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 13.01; 2. Jessi Eagleberger, Stringtown, Okla., 13.07; 3. Robin Montague, Bandera, 13.11; 4. Christy Fullen, Bozeman, Mont., 13.12; 5. Lisa Ruhnke, Hondo, 13.13; 6. Kenna Squires, Fredonia, 13.14; 7. Morgan Montello, El Campo, 13.18; 8. Mattie Little-Jackson, Ardmore, Okla., 13.22; 9. Margaret Stephenson, Tilden, and Markay Carmeans, Buffalo, 13.24; 11. (tie) Callie Chamberlain, Colorado City, and Jana Riley, Paige, 13.25; 13. Tammy Fischer, Ledbetter, 13.26; 14. Elizabeth Combs, Eltopia, Wash., 13.28; 15. Nicole Yost, Hico, 13.29.
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9th Circ. Won't Reopen Case Over Joshua Tree Dump
Professor Deborah Sivas is quoted in Law360 on the federal appeals court's refusal to rehear the decision to block a land transfer that would have allowed a dump to be built next to Joshua Tree National Park. Professor Sivas represented the NPCA in court:
A federal appeals court has refused to rehear en banc its decision to block a land transfer from the federal government that would have let a dump be built next to the Joshua Tree National Park.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said Friday it voted down landfill-proponent Kaiser Ventures LLC's petition for rehearing.
The company has pushed to swap some of its own property for 3,481 acres of federal land near the Eagle Mountain range in Riverside County, Calif., which would be used as a dump for the city of Los Angeles.
The court was right to deny the rehearing bid, said Deborah Sivas of the Stanford Environmental Law Clinic, an attorney for the NPCA.
"The denial of rehearing not only is consistent with the law, but reaffirms the right policy result here," Sivas said.
Sivas stressed that the standard for determining acceptable use is higher when the government is selling its own land, as opposed to when it is regulating land already in private hands.
Deborah Sivas of the Stanford Environmental Law Clinic represented the NPCA.


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I in fact did, and upon seeing a few Ibles about these particular belts, but they all required snatching a used belt from some poor, dead, defenseless car. This belt, although not free, is clean, and that was a major factor for me. In this Instructable, you'll take a two part seatbelt from a supplier, and make it into a wearable, stylish belt.
Step 1: Supplies
With this being a high quality belt, it will take some work. The tools required are as follows:
-A Seat Belt
-Sturdy work surface Not a Table ( Recommended, hammering is used)
-A kit for installing Snaps
-Razor Blade (Scissors if not accessible)
-Tape measure (Optional)
-Ice Pick (Or another very slender sharp object)
-Blow Torch (Lighter)
-Sharpie (Optional)
-http://www.seatbeltplanet.com/seatbelts-and-accessories/lap-belts/ *
*Seriously. Get one from this website. this is where I got my two. They're cheap. Especially considering that some belts at walmart ar $20 and they look rather plain.
Step 2: Cut Off The Ends
So, On a cutting block, Use your ruler and razor to cut a straight line just under the tag, successfully separating the end.
Then, after they're severed, you have to fuse (melt) the ends so the webbing doesn't fray. In a nutshell, You run the messy end over a flame (not too long, actually, just a second) until the end melts.
Repeat this step for all both ends.
In case you haven't checked the pictures as to which two ends I'm talking about, I'm referring to the two ends that would get attached to the car, NOT the two ends that will be the belt buckle.


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Virtual Networks at the IRIS DMC
The number of virtual networks is growing daily, as is the number of recording stations within them. For this reason, we have created this web page to provide the latest list of virtual networks so that users may explore them further and understand the details of who is involved and what recording stations are incorporated into them. The adopted standard is to indicate a virtual network by a leading underscore ('_'), thereby removing ambiguity as to the meaning of a tag entry.
The current list of virtual networks are listed below. Click on the links to explore details on a specific virtual network. The user also has the option to draw back VND files from the detail pages, available in Microsoft Excel(TM) and CSV formats.


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S.A. native wraps up the longest-running Godzilla comic series in history
SAN ANTONIO — In case you missed it, the longest-running Godzilla series in history stomped off into the sunset this week with the release of "Godzilla: Rulers of Earth" No. 25 , co-created and illustrated by San Antonio native Matt Frank. And Frank and writer/co-creator Chris Mowry threw just about every kaiju you could think […] [Read More]
San Antonio native's 'Godzilla' comic wraps with No. 25
SAN ANTONIO — It's the end of another Godzilla reign in comic books. Only this one ends with the King of the Monsters — and his artist — stomping off with a major milestone. "Godzilla: Rulers of Earth," co-created and illustrated by San Antonio native Matt Frank, will wrap up in June with issue No. […] [Read More]
San Antonio talents at Alamo City Comic Con
SAN ANTONIO — Alamo City Comic Con has plenty of local talent on tap for the big comic/pop culture convention, which returns to the Convention Center Friday through Sunday. In addition to guest of honor Stan Lee and other national geek stars, be on the lookout for these San Antonio luminaries. Antarctic Press The S.A.-based […] [Read More]
See the original 1954 'Godzilla' TONIGHT at the Bijou
SAN ANTONIO — Go, go original kaiju! Texas Public Radio's Cinema Tuesdays brings some major noise this week with a screening of "Godzilla: The Japanese Original." The King of the Monsters holds court tonight (June 17) at 7:30 p.m. at Santikos Bijou Cinema Bistro. Suggested ticket prices are $10 for TPR members and $15 for […] [Read More]
Godzilla, king of the pitchmen
SAN ANTONIO — It takes a big man to hawk Snickers bars or hock up Fiats. As if crushing the box office wasn't enough, Godzilla has also stomped through quite the commercials from then and now. Whether tied to his latest mostly awesome flick, that best-forgotten 1998 eyesore or just Godzilla being Godzilla, here are […] [Read More]
Matt Frank's many Godzillas in one '60 Years of Mayhem' print
SAN ANTONIO — Matt Frank is so pumped for this week's new "Godzilla," he's celebrating with a special print of the kaiju's many roaring faces over the decades. Say hello to "60 Years of Mayhem" (right), new art by Frank that you can gawk at online but can only own if you see the artist in […] [Read More]
Godzilla plush design by Matt Frank
SAN ANTONIO — And you thought Matt Frank just made Godzilla greatness for comic books and posters. The San Antonio artist behind "Godzilla: Rulers of Earth" has also designed a fluffy but fierce plush Godzilla for Toy Vault. This new 15-inch Godzilla replaces Toy Vault's GZ002 version with a meaner, more modern version of the […] [Read More]
Matt Frank's sketches of the new movie Godzilla will rock your world
SAN ANTONIO — S.A. native Matt Frank has the joy of drawing Godzilla for a living, lately in the pages of the IDW comic "Godzilla: Rulers of Earth." So of course the kaiju-loving artist is going to draw the King of the Monsters as he looks in the new "Godzilla" movie that hits our shores […] [Read More]
New 'Godzilla' trailer delivers angry Bryan Cranston, general terror
SAN ANTONIO — Heisenberg himself Bryan Cranston says it best in this new official "Godzilla" main trailer: "You have no idea what's coming." That said, this latest preview does give us a better look at the destruction left in the kaiju's wake, along with a terrifying peek at the main monster that goes beyond the […] [Read More]
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- Response after the career fair if a student gives you a resume.
The Career development Center (CDC) hosts the SNHU Career Expo during the fall semester and an Internship Fair each spring for our students and alumni. During the expo, your company will have the opportunity to connect with interested candidates from all of our programs. If you have any questions regarding upcoming events or ways to get involved with our career program, please contact Career Development Center at email@example.com or call 603-645-9793 and a member of our team would be happy to assist you.


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The Very Best of Daniel Barenboim from the EMI Catalog [2 CDs]
2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-07-17Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in G major, K 564; Variations (10) for Piano in G major on Gluck's "Unser dummer Pöbel meint"...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bonig, Andrea; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Finnila, Birgit; Garrard, Don; Harper, Heather; Hohn, Carola...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Boulez, Pierre; Barbirolli, John
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto, etc / Perlman, Ma, Barenboim
1 CD / Warner Classics / 1995-11-21Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto"; Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bonig, Andrea; Hohn, Carola; Kammerloher, Katharina; Lindskog, Par; Ma, Yo-Yo; Perlman, Itzhak; Wottrich, Endrik
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Stoy, Ernst
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus
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Tillicum Village
Experience Seattle's Real History
Experience the Northwest's tribal culture with our Tillicum Village adventure. Cruise to historic Blake Island — legendary birthplace of Chief Seattle. On arrival you'll be greeted with steamed clams in savory nectar. Inside our cedar longhouse, watch salmon being carefully prepared over open fires as it has been for centuries, before you have a chance to taste it for yourself during your wonderful Salmon Bake. After your meal, sit back and enjoy our one-of-a-kind stage performance and imagery combining Coast Salish storytelling and live, traditional Native American dance. Anticipate time after the performance to explore the beaches, visit the gift shop, chat with our dancers or take a tour of the artwork in the back garden and around the facility.
Tillicum Village is proud to be the only experiences of its kind in the Northwest. It's the only place in the world where you can see these dances and hear these songs, performed by the very dancers whose families have owned them for generations. We're also proud to feature local native storyteller Roger Fernandes of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.
Whether you live here or are looking for a true Northwest experience, Tillicum Village is a cultural Native American experience you won't forget.
This 4-hour escape includes:
- A live-narrated cruise to Blake Island
- Salmon buffet featuring Northwest cuisine
- Coast Salish-inspired program featuring storytelling and dances
- Exploration time on the island
- Return cruise
"(Tillicum Village) was an absolute HIT. (Our group) couldn't say enough about the salmon and the show was something they had never experienced."
—Tony A.
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Check out this amazing video taken by International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank of Comet Lovejoy, the sungrazing comet that just last week survived its close encounter with the Sun.
Lovejoy was also visible for us Earth-dwellers, and I found some great pictures on Flickr. This one is a particular favourite, taken just yesterday in rural Argentina by user lrargerich.
And with that I'd like to wish you all lots of love & joy for the festive season!


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Polk County SO seeking identity theft suspects
The Polk County Sheriff's Office is looking for assistance in identifying two females regarding an identity theft case.
According to an Internet alert, investigators are working on a case involving numerous counts of identity theft and obtaining property under false pretense.
The two women are believed to have been frequenting businesses here in Polk County in addition to Forest City and Spartanburg County, SC using a credit card not belonging to them.
It is believed that the two may have ties to the southern part of Polk County (Green Creek community) based on where the card went missing and the purchases.
Anyone who may have information or be able to identify either or both of the females is asked to contact Det/Sgt Randall R. Hodge with Polk County Sheriff's Office at (828) 894-3001.


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25 To Life (Edited)
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Released: Aug 2005
Label: Atlantic Records
Put on by Atlanta kingpin T.I., the Pimp Squad Crew (Big Kuntry, AK, MacBone and C-Rod) look to join their homeboy at the top of the charts. Filled with crack trade rhymes and country-fried production, this solid debut will fit comfortably in your collection between Boyz N Da Hood and Lil Jon. Features collabos with Cee-Lo and Young Jeezy.