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On Friday, after referring to Valerie Plame as a "covert operative" (something neither the indictment nor prosecutor Fitzgerald was willing to do), Olby reveled in the indictment of Scooter Libby. The entire Hour of Spin was dedicated to The Great Leak Case. Not satisfied with a supposedly "impartial" viewpoint (VandeHei of the Post, again), KO turned to two heroes of the far left: John Dean and Lawrence O'Donnell ("Liar! Creepy Liar!").
The choice of O'Donnell, the discredited hack who was fired by MSNBC, is particularly rich. O'Donnell laid out a preposterous theory of the upcoming trial that displayed an appalling ignorance of evidentiary and criminal law. Why exactly does Olby continue his attempts to resuscitate the career of this deranged snake? Let's look at some of Lawrence O'Donnell's Greatest Hits, as documented in his hysterical rantings at Arianna Huffington's Blogarama:
Somehow Keith didn't manage to bring up any of these prior inconsistent statements to O'Donnell. Olby also pitched softballs to convicted felon John Dean, ever eager to smear anyone in the Bush administration, who asserted Libby lied without even bothering with "allegedly".
But analysis from Joe DiGenova? Victoria Toensing? Pat Buchanan? Even Chris Matthews, who all but salivates on screen at the thought of indictments, puts on people who occasionally disagree with him (even if he doesn't let them get in a word edgewise). But Keith Olbermann is above all that. He doesn't care about balance, or fairness. He doesn't even have to listen to his bosses at the network. The Hour of Spin is his own little fiefdom, and Keith Olbermann is not going to disappoint his 300,000 viewers with anything but Soros-approved propaganda.
I didn't tivo Countdown, so I'm not sure if I imagined O'Donnell saying that moderates were very happy with the results of the Fitzgerald investigation and that it was just the extreme left who was disappointed because they had imagined the investigation would evolve into a post-mortem on the Iraq War.
hahahahaha! I think "moderate" Larry labeled Chris Matthews, Brian Williams, Keith Olbermann and scores of other media personalities extremists!
Unfortunately, the transcripts come out Monday. What a priceless moment! :D
yes he did say something along that line. A very nimble reshuffling of his own viewpoint, positioning himself suddenly as a moderate--despite all his hyperventilating articles about massive indictments of "at least three" adminsitration officials.
In fact, if we accept Larry's definition of moderate and extreme, he would fall into the latter category just based on everything he said and wrote...right until the prosecutor issued indictments on only one person, and not even for the underlying charge Larry was hyping.
Of course, Olby wasn't interested in pointing out how off-base Larry's previous "scoops" have been, only in painting him as some sort of oracle.
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I am looking at contacting ABC about Extreme Makeover Home Edition. I think they ask for a video...perhaps we can each make a mini clip and put them all together and make the request from Bethany's Family at Baby Gaga?
Quoting GreenEyedLillies:
Sure will Ariel! I will send them an email everyday if I have to, you know, just so it isn't overlooked lol.
Wow...I'd never thought of trying Oprah! She does so much as it is...I BET she can get the Griffins the help they need!!
I am holding off on contacting ABC.
The wounds are still way to fresh, and they probally would want the video coming from family, etc.
Ok girls, this is the latest e-mail...this is your signal to go forth and harrass the ravens! I'll sift through the thread to find the e-mail addy, web addresses, phone numbers, etc...for the Ravens.
I say go for it. If they aren't responding to us even with a "tactful
then perhaps the recognition that they are alienating hundreds of fans
get more attention. I hope that Bethany's friends will find comfort in
reaching out and working to get this family the much needed support
deserve. Please let us know if we can help in any other way.
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<<---- is good at harrassing :wink:
They can't hide from us!
This honestly proves how much of a family gaga has really become by doing so much for an e-friend of ours, this is really awesome guys.
My thoughts and prayers are with Bethany and her family.
Oprah would be awesome, what about the Tyra show? She is big on things like this. I've seen a couple of shows done like it by her.
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I just kinda skimed thru the posts...I think the email addys for the Ravens are around page 28/29. ;)
Quoting GreenEyedLillies:
Quoting GreenEyedLillies:
Alright Ariel, I sent my email to EVERYONE on that list haha. Someone is BOUND to read it. They better darn it.

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Sound the alarm. Someone has a bad case of FX envy — and it isn't pretty. The smarmy and sophomoric Sirens, about three obnoxious Chicago paramedics, is USA Network's awkward attempt to branch out into the bawdy world of dark adult comedy (Thursday, 10/9). Confusing tastelessness and cheap profanity with actual humor, this misfire from executive producer Denis Leary feels like a series of limp outtakes from the more daring Rescue Me.
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Michael Phelps got back at Ryan Lochte, stretching out to win a thrilling 200-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.
Phelps got off to a stronger start that usual, leading at the first turn and holding the advantage through all four laps Wednesday night.
Both swimmers got a big boost off the final turn, with Lochte charging hard to chase down the winningest Olympian ever. But Phelps stretched out his right arm at the wall, touching just ahead of Lochte.
The winning time was 1 minute, 45.70 seconds-- five-hundredths of a second ahead of Lochte.
Both will head to London to resume their rivalry at the Olympics.
Phelps had a busy night, hustling to the warmdown pool to get
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'Raiders of the Lost Ark' Headed for IMAX Re-Release: 5 Reasons This Is Great News
By Kelsea Stahler on August 15, 2012
As someone who has in her possession an actual Indiana Jones costume and has worn it multiple times, let me just say: this is really, really great news. Director Steven Spielberg and executive producer George Lucas have finally decided to take their classic (amazing, life philosophy-inspiring) film Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark back to theaters the right way. No, they're not releasing it in 3-D, they're taking it to IMAX for a Sept. 7 release date. Yeah. As in September 2012. As in next month. It will only run for one week, but there are a few very serious reasons this re-release is awesome news.


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A first hand look from the .NET engineering teams
For .NET developers, this is the best time to build client apps. Never before have the Windows APIs been so easy to use from C# or Visual Basic without wrapping them with custom libraries. So far, we've seen some amazing apps in the Windows Store built using C#. Richard Lander, program manager for the CLR and frequent contributor to this blog, provides the highlights and references for building your Windows Store apps with .NET. -- Brandon
For .NET developers, this is the best time to build client apps. Never before have the Windows APIs been so easy to use from C# or Visual Basic without wrapping them with custom libraries. So far, we've seen some amazing apps in the Windows Store built using C#. Richard Lander, program manager for the CLR and frequent contributor to this blog, provides the highlights and references for building your Windows Store apps with .NET. -- Brandon
Windows 8 redefines apps on Windows, improving both the experiences of creating apps and, most importantly, in using them. The Windows Store provides a new opportunity for you to distribute and sell the apps that you create. Millions of end-users around the world will be looking for apps in a single place, in the Windows Store. Your app might be just the one that they are looking for. That's a new and compelling proposition.
As a .NET developer, you'll find that there are multiple new development options available for you to build compelling Windows Store Apps using .NET. .NET code can be used for user interface, business logic and background processing. You can continue to use .NET on the server too, as the implementation of REST, WCF or ODATA APIs that you call from within your Windows Store Apps. For all apps, .NET is a great choice for server logic.
Your app goes here.
The best way to get started is to download the tools, including Visual Studio 2012 and Blend for Visual Studio 2012. You will find several templates for .NET apps. In less than an hour, you can download and install everything you need, try out the templates and actually build the beginnings of your first real Windows Store app.
Visual Studio Express for Windows 8 is free to use and you can build your entire app with it alone. You just need Windows 8 and an internet connection to download the tools. From there, you are on your way. If you don't have Windows 8, you can install a free evaluation copy for developers. If you already have Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012, then you don't need anything more.
I have been using the Windows SDK samples a lot. There are samples for most of the UI patterns and technologies that you will use to build Windows Store Apps. For example, there are samples dedicated to snap, semantic zoom, Lock screen presence, XAML data binding and file access. These samples are a great way to quickly learn how to add something to your app or can provide exactly the insight you need to get something to work.
MSDN documentation has all of the reference topics you need to learn more about APIs and new concepts. The documentation is split into Windows.* WinRT APIs and the System.* .NET for Windows Store APIs. You can also browse the .Net Framework APIs within the .NET Framework 4.5 class library. That documentation clearly displays which APIs are available for Windows Store apps, with a small green shopping bag. You may also want to read the post that we published on the .NET APIs for Windows Store Apps earlier in the year, on this blog.
There is also another blog dedicated to discussing Windows Store app development. You will want to consult it, as it goes into a lot more detail about Windows Store apps, including apps written with .NET.
Before you get too far into building Windows Store Apps, you will benefit from a basic understanding of the Windows Runtime (WinRT). The WinRT is a new subsystem within Windows that forms much of the foundation of Windows Store apps. Most of the new Windows APIs that you will use are exposed via the WinRT. The .NET APIs are not exposed via WinRT, but continue to work as they always have, exposed by the CLR.
.NET developers are not strangers to interop technologies. You can use both COM Interop and P/invoke to call into native APIs from .NET code. The Windows Runtime is a big step ahead for .NET developers, resolving challenges with those existing interop technologies. It establishes a level playing field across languages, enabling C#, Visual Basic, C++ and JavaScript to depend on the same set of APIs in the same way.
All languages use the same metadata format for describing WinRT APIs. In fact, this metadata form is CLR metadata, with a small set of tweaks. As a result, it was very easy for Visual Studio to create an IntelliSense experience for WinRT APIs that is similar to the .NET Framework and for the .NET compilers to reference WinRT metdata. You can open WinRT metadata files, called WinMDs, in ILDasm and Reflector! In addition to being able to call WinRT APIs, you can use C# and VB to create Windows Runtime Components, which expose WinRT APIs.
Shawn Farkas, from the Common Language Runtime team, published a very useful and technical MSDN Magazine article on Windows Runtime interop with managed code, called Underneath the Hood with .NET and the Windows Runtime. It will answer many of the lower-level questions that you might have about how managed code can WinRT interoperate.
Resource: NET Framework Support for Windows Store Apps and Windows Runtime
Many of you will see a natural affinity between XAML and .NET. You may have experience building Silverlight and WPF apps, which also use XAML. If you are familiar with XAML, then Windows Store XAML apps will be a natural fit. You will find that you are immediately comfortable with and able to build Windows Store XAML apps. The code-behind model is the same and the XAML syntax is largely what you've used before. You can continue to use your preferred design pattern, such as MVVM or MVC. You can read about the differences in the XAML porting guide
Visual Studio 2012 makes it easy to build XAML apps, using a new designer for XAML apps. You can also use Blend for Visual Studio 2012 to create visually compelling apps. The process of creating XAML apps is very similar in practice to what you are used to. The main difference is that all of the XAML APIs will appear in Windows.UI.XAML instead of System.Windows.
Resource: XAML overview (Windows Store apps using C#/VB/C++ and XAML)
Resource: Quickstart: Create a UI with XAML (Windows Store apps using C#/VB/C++ and XAML)
I've included a screenshot of a XAML app from the Windows 8 SDK, called XAML essential controls sample. This sample demonstrates the basic set of XAML controls you have available. The screenshot demonstrates the progress bars available within XAML apps. You can look at the many other XAML samples available in the Windows 8 SDK, in C# and VB.
The sample above is largely composed of XAML, without code affecting the presentation of the controls. I've made a small update to the sample to show you how you can write C# code that modifies the controls that you see above. All of the XAML controls that are built-in to the platform have been built with C++ and are exposed by WinRT for both .NET and C++ callers. That means, the C# code that you will see below needs to call through WinRT in order to update the controls. You will quickly notice that while the code calls into WinRT, that it looks like .NET code, and is very similar to the code that you would write for the other XAML platforms (Silverlight, WPF) that expose a managed code surface area.
I added a button to the XAML ("Update Progress", below), which is intended to update the state of the determinate progress bar, otherwise set to a constant 30%. Within the Visual Studio 2012 XAML designer, I double-clicked on the button to create an event handler for the click event for the button. Last, I wrote this small bit of code to update the progress bar with each button click. All of the code you see below is .NET code, however, the two calls to determinateProgress.Value are interop calls via WinRT. The WinRT calls blend in very cleanly with the rest of the code that you write. The objects in the method signature are also WinRT objects, however, I am not using them in this sample.
private void Button_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e){ var currentProgress = determinateProgress.Value; currentProgress += 10; if (currentProgress > 90) currentProgress = 10; determinateProgress.Value = currentProgress;}
DirectX games written in C# are another popular option that we are seeing, including games built by Microsoft. The Windows 8 SDK does not include a DirectX API for .NET developers, but only for C++. Fortunately for you, the open source SharpDX DirectX SDK is available to .NET developers to write Windows Store apps. It should also be noted that you can create a XAML app with .NET that hosts DirectX component s written in C++.
In addition, Unity has announced that they will support their Unity3D game engine for .NET developers, for Windows Store apps and Windows Phone 8. This release is still pending and doesn't have a specific release date.
SharpDX is a low-level set of managed wrappers over the native DirectX API. These wrappers are tool-generated directly from DirectX header files, which enables them to be complete and also results in them including just the minimal interop code necessary to call the native APIs. It supports all of the DirectX API, including 2D, 3D, Sound and Input. You can get the SharpDX SDK from the SharpDX site. An update to SharpDX 2.4 was recently released, and also supports Windows Phone.
The following screenshot demonstrates a sample SharpDX app, which is a spinning cube.
The following screenshot shows some of the code that displays the spinning cube above, in Visual Studio 2012.
The Windows Store creates an important new opportunity for you, with Windows 8. More than 1,000 PCs and tablets, including Microsoft Surface, are available for consumers and businesses to buy. I expect that the Windows Store app within Windows 8 will be a frequent destination for users, wanting to find apps that meet their needs and interests. That app might be yours. The proposition to developers is a unique one, given that there are over 1 billion Windows users worldwide. Many of these users will approach the Windows Store with fresh enthusiasm, having never experienced an app store before. Your app might become part of their daily routine and part of their lives.
You can create .NET apps with XAML UI. For games, you may choose one of the DirectX SDKs that 3rd party groups have already made available. It really is a great time to be a .NET developer. The Windows Store provides great ways to build your app with the .NET technologies that you've already learned. Visual Studio 2012 and the .NET Framework 4.5 are available to help you build .NET Windows Store apps. The Windows Store is open to developers in 120 countries around the world. Users and businesses will start buying Windows 8 in large numbers. The only thing left is your app.
Once again, please do check out the Windows 8 app developer blog to learn more about Windows Store development.
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I love C#, it's an awesome language - it's so much easier to work in than others and .NET is a superb platform, all this Windows store stuff sounds like it's to the detriment of .NET, which is a real shame and needs to be fixed.
Why is there no consistent message from Microsoft with regard to XNA replacements - that's all it would take?!? One article suggests monogame, another unity, another SharpDX - none of the C# suggestions work on the Xbox. None of which are supported well. C# was making good in-roads in game development but has definitely been replaced by OpenGL and C++ since you guys scared the games industry (hopefully it's a fad but recruiters changed their tone almost overnight).
OpenGL and C++ are not suitable targets for the Windows store, which knocks your platform out of the park; and you're insistent on avoiding support for it or rubber stamping an alternative officially. I don't get your intentions, it seems to be to self destruct which isn't in anyone's interest.
Thanks for that blog entry.
Nevertheless Simon makes some good points there. With C# you have the smartest designed language - you really should be commited to it and embrace it more. All these guys like Lippert and Heilsberg do awesome work in that space.
Three things are turning me off from writing Windows Store apps.
The first two might be considered petty: I really don't want to interact with Windows 8 or Visual Studio 2012 any more than I have to, for reasons that have been brought up by thousands of customers in Microsoft feedback forums and covered by every blogger who has written about either offering. But in theory, I could set up a VM or a separate laptop with W8 and VS2012 that I only used for writing Windows Store apps.
The third, though, is a bigger issue: the flavor of .NET that's available to Windows Store apps breaks compatibility with what we've all known as .NET for a decade, by removing members from such basic types as System.Type. Not only does that mean I can't reuse my old code -- like the game engine that currently runs on .NET, Mono, and Silverlight -- but it also casts doubt on Microsoft's promises about openness. The framework supported by Windows Store apps is not the framework standardized through ECMA and covered by public patent covenants. If I adapt my code to that framework, I have to assume it will never be able to compile on a non-Microsoft platform again.
@Simon, I'm glad to hear you've had great experiences with C# and .NET. I am curious why Windows Store is a detriment to .NET? It's not clear to me what problem you're suggesting needs to be fixed.
Regarding your later comments. DirectX is the equivalent of OpenGL. Many developers who program on Windows and other platforms are familiar with writing portable code between OpenGL and DirectX -- there are plenty of resources for this. Of course, C++ is the language of choice when writing portable graphics intensive code.
Thank you so much for this post. I believe that Microsoft has made a big mistake by leaving the developer community in the dark regarding the choices made when releasing windows 8. With that being said, this blog answers many questions that I've had about .NET's place in a WinRT world. I agree with many of the concerns about the new subset of .NET breaking comparability. I'm very annoyed by the fact that I can't use my existing WPF applications when creating windows 8 applications. Once again, wonderful post!
Buddy James
It would be really nice to see a link to where this SharpDx sample lives...
- Download and extract latest SharpDX "Full Package" from http://sharpdx.org
- Go to the Samples directory
- Open SharpDXToolkitSamples.sln solution
- Compile and run the project MiniCube.WinRT
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정의는 중요할자료에서 windows xp.vista.offle2000.2003.no2005문제는 2007.2010까지 다시말하면 많은 업데이트.파일.폴더를 너무 크다 see you windows xp.windows vista.windows serves2000.2003.2008.2008r2.2010.미래도 계속 2011.windows7 yes? new in window8 미래도 계속 windows9.10 cnt.le6.le7.le8.le9.le10까지 do see you for microsoft
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What we need is SILVERLIGHT V6 which is cross platform!
@Stephen download the full package on SharpDX.org site it has plenty of good samples including Windows Store app style examples.
For BJames you can use your existing WPF apps for Windows 8 just can't put them in the app store (but your old win 7 apps aren't in the store either) so not really a big one. You can still make WPF apps for Win 8 even .net 4.5. The confusion as far as I can tell is many people assume only windows app store style apps can be used for win 8 (which simply isn't true).
Thanks for the blog. It is really helpful.
there are more examples or books about javacsript and windows store, and looking just for visual basic is more clear and ease to understand..microsoft should focus in vb more than javascript!


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Legend holds that Galileo conducted an experiment on the nature of gravity by dropping metal balls from the top of the 187-foot-high Leaning Tower of Pisa. Historians, however, say this legend has no basis in fact—which isn't quite to say that it's false. Work on this tower, built as a campanile (bell tower) for the Duomo, started in 1173: the lopsided settling began when construction reached the third story. The tower's architects attempted to compensate through such methods as making the remaining floors slightly taller on the leaning side, but the extra weight only made the problem worse. The settling continued, and by the late 20th century it had accelerated to such a point that many feared the tower would simply topple over, despite all efforts to prop it up. The structure has since been firmly anchored to the earth. The final phase to restore the tower to its original tilt of 300 years ago was launched in early 2000 and finished two years later. The last phase removed some 100 tons of earth from beneath the foundation. Reservations, which are essential, can be made online or by calling the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo; it's also possible to arrive at the ticket office and book for the same day. Note that children under eight years of age are not allowed to climb.
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Pirates notebook: Barajas shakes off knee woes, returns to lineup
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Rod Barajas started behind the plate Friday, a day after he was a late scratch because of lingering issues with a bone bruise to his left knee.
He has started just two of the past 10 games since getting injured June 25 in Philadelphia.
"Rod's probably in a position where he could be more aggressive and take more innings, but why, the way (Michael) McKenry's playing, the way he is handling the staff the way he is, the way he's been swinging the bat," manager Clint Hurdle said. "It's given him more opportunity to get much healthier, quicker."
• Left-hander Daniel Moskos was claimed off waivers by the Chicago White Sox. The Pirates designated the former first-round draft pick for assignment June 26.
• Right-hander Chris Leroux and lefty Doug Slaten cleared waivers and were outrighted to Triple-A Indianapolis. They are expected to report within the week.
• Double-A Altoona sent Andrew McCutchen a box of dreadlock hats the team handed out as a promotion Friday, and Josh Harrison used one to try to fool reporters. Harrison donned a hat and sat slumped over his phone at McCutchen's locker as the media entered, but a few of his teammates weren't so great at keeping the secret, and most reporters figured it out before approaching "McCutchen" for an interview.
• Friday was the fifth time this season the Pirates started a home game with the temperature at least 90 degrees. It was 94 at game time.
• Hurdle shared what he plans to tell his players before the All-Star break: "This is a very similar position to what we were in last year. How are we different. Why are we different? What's going to be different? Go home, relax, and think about being different and being uncommon the second half. Let's do something different than we did last year."
• Jeff Karstens had a nasty curveball Thursday as the Pirates swept the Astros, the extent of which Hurdle didn't fully appreciate until after the game. "Not just the left-handed hitters, the right-handed hitters. He had both of them going," Hurdle said. "It went to that spot and due left, hard left. Reminds me of when you watch pro bowlers, how they'll let that ball go and it goes down the side, and then you just watch it crash to the middle. I didn't see the front view until last night on the news when I got home. It was very impressive."
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192 pages,
8.3 x 9.8 in.,
150 color illustrations
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USA May 31, 2012 | UK April 30, 2012
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and a unique and unusual beauty is in the eye of celebrated photographer Iain McKell, whose work spanning four decades of British cultural life is represented in this quirky and arresting volume.
Since the late 1970s, Iain McKell has been photographing every corner of British society—from supermodels to shopkeepers, Mods to Rockers, gypsies to the gentry, from cosy bed and breakfasts, kiss-me-quick hats, and saucy seaside postcards to squats, urban wastelands, and rural raves. McKell's camera has captured Britain's diverse people in all their eccentric and theatrical glory. Featuring an interview with the photographer and an introduction by celebrated author William Oliver, this book traverses the full expanse of McKell's career, including images from his acclaimed collections Hometown Dreams, Skinheads, and The New Gypsies, along with many never before published images. Whether in black and white or brilliant color, the people of Great Britain have never seemed so great, glamorous, gaudy—and beautiful.
"Throughout Beautiful Britain [is a] sense of connection to the wonderfully weird.…In the hands of someone else, the shots could come off sneering or exploitative, but McKell instead makes them intimate and relaxed." —American Society of Picture Professionals
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|Lulu Smith
Lulu had an early interest in jewelry and color. As a child, she vividly remembers her mother hand-dyeing wool to make folk art style rugs and talking to her casually about the importance of color in peoples lives. She discovered her affinity for adorning the body when she became preoccupied with sewing, making friendship pins and hand-braided bracelets as a young girl. This same obsessive habit had her signing up for metalsmithing classes while in high school and later for two apprenticeships with local jewelers while in college. She completed her BFA in 1995 with a double emphasis in painting and ceramics, not realizing at that time that jewelry was really her calling. Shortly after college, Lulu Smith Studio was created, selling to jewelry stores, American Craft galleries and to small design boutiques nationwide.
Over the last nine years, Lulu has continued to enhance her creativity and hone her skill. In 1999, she moved from her childhood home of Nebraska to Seattle, Washington to join the lively arts and metalsmithing community. Since that time, she has continued educating herself, taking classes at Pratt Art Center to gain a more intense understanding of techniques in metalsmithing as well as reading about fellow colorists such as Joseph Albers. She has served on the board of the Seattle Metals Guild, as well as aligned herself with the arts community by giving apprenticships to emerging metalsmith artists. She believes that staying involved in every way she can is central to the ongoing evolution of her work.
In August of 2005, she released over 60 new designs, this time turning to an emphasis on line and color instead of the painterly pours she had become so well-known for in the past few years. Her work has appeared in American Craft Magazine, Metalsmith Magazine, InStyle Magazine, and in early spring of this year graced the cover the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. New fans and collectors alike commission one-of-a-kind pieces from Lulu, often giving her carte blanche to create what she wishes.
Lulu Smith jewelry is currently sold at galleries, e-sites, musuem stores and boutiques such as Guild.com, Walker Art Center, the International Metalsmith Exhibition Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Craft. Popular pieces include her backless earrings that glow like glass in the light, and her bracelets, which are her favorite thing to make.


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I texted Kathryn yesterday afternoon about a sweet elderly woman who was getting her first pedicure where I was getting a manicure. She was tentative and nervous; she was also apologetic about her lack of experience, her brittle nails, her difficulty hearing. And so when she mentioned that she was 80 and has five children, still lives independently, and is taking care of her ill husband, I was in awe — this woman, with so much life experience and strength, was apologizing for not knowing how a pedicure proceeds.
As I paid for my manicure I gestured to my vacated chair where she was now getting a manicure, her back to me, and quietly asked to pay for her services as well. The shop owner nodded agreeably and wrote down my new total for me. She ran my debit card, I handed her enough cash to cover both tips, and then I slipped out quietly.
And that's what my entire month of Random Acts of Kindness was — finding joy and opportunity in moments that exist. I rarely had to go out of my way to make a Random Act of Kindness happen — and most didn't involve substantial amounts of money (or any money). They were all opportunities that presented themselves through my daily interactions with friends, family, and strangers.
So what surprised me most throughout the 31 Days?
I was surprised by the people who doubted my intentions, who questioned whether it was self-promotion to share the acts of kindness via social media. I understand their perspective (as I truly believe the most meaningful charity happens anonymously), but I simply wanted to inspire others that little things can make a big difference. I appreciate the dialog on the topic and hope that there was a mutual place of understanding reached on the topic.
I was surprised by how easy it was to find accomplices — my husband, baristas, colleagues, friends. No one said no when I asked if they would help; no one laughed at the idea. In fact, more people got into the spirit of it and asked how they could help.
I was surprised by the random acts of kindness shown to me. They were easier to see when I saw them through the lens of doing them for others — a surprise $5 Starbucks gift card in my email, my favorite candy delivered from a vendor-turned-friend, coffee brought to me on a difficult afternoon, hugs when I needed them.
After 31 Days — and 31 acts — I've learned that I will continue look for opportunities to surprise others, to help them, to show them that there's unexpected kindness in the world. And I've learned to keep looking for that same kindness in my own life.


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KPBS Staff Votes to Recognize SAG-AFTRA
The staff at KPBS public radio and television in San Diego voted to join SAG-AFTRA as their union. The new bargaining unit will cover 55 public media professionals who produce, report, host, and present content for television, radio, and the internet. This election allows them to move forward to negotiate a first contract. The election was conducted Monday by the National Labor Relations Board, Region 21.
KPBS is the second public media station in Southern California to organize with SAG-AFTRA this year. In January, staff of KPCC in Pasadena voted to join SAG-AFTRA. SAG-AFTRA also represents public media professionals at National Public Radio (NPR), KQED in San Francisco, WNYC in New York, and other stations.


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|Modes of retrotransposition of long interspersed element-1 by environmental factors.
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|PMID: 22666219 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE
|Approximately 42% of the human genome is composed of endogenous retroelements, and the major retroelement component, long interspersed element-1 (L1), comprises ∼17% of the total genome. A single human cell has more than 5 × 10(5) copies of L1, 80∼100 copies of which are competent for retrotransposition (RTP). Notably, L1 can induce RTP of other retroelements, such as Alu and SVA, and is believed to function as a driving force of evolution. Although L1-RTP during early embryogenesis has been highlighted in the literature, recent observations revealed that L1-RTP also occurs in somatic cells. However, little is known about how environmental factors induce L1-RTP. Here, we summarize our current understanding of the mechanism of L1-RTP in somatic cells. We have focused on the mode of L1-RTP that is dependent on the basic helix-loop-helix/per-arnt-sim (bHLH/PAS) family of transcription factors. Along with the proposed function of bHLH/PAS proteins in environmental adaptation, we discuss the functional linking of L1-RTP and bHLH/PAS proteins for environmental adaptation and evolution.
|Yukihito Ishizaka; Noriyuki Okudaira; Masato Tamura; Kenta Iijima; Mari Shimura; Motohito Goto; Tadashi Okamura
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Night Cookies Are Good For You
By Zig ZiglarDr. Buckner Fanning, doing a take-off on "Peanuts," tells this little parable. It's a dark night and Snoopy is outside the dog house, looking up into the skies. We next see him when he's kicking on the door and Charlie Brown calls out, "Are you feeling lonely again?" Then we see them on a walk and Charlie Brown is saying, "It's a terrible feeling, isn't it?" In the next frame they're in bed with the covers pulled up. Charlie Brown is comforting his depressed dog: "You wake up in the middle of the night and everything seems hopeless. You're all alone." Snoopy pulls the covers up further. Charlie Brown says, "You wonder what life is all about, and why you're here and does anyone really care, and you just stare into the dark and feel all alone." In the final frame, Snoopy looks at Charlie Brown and longingly asks, "Do we have any night cookies?" From time to time, all of us need "night cookies," and they come in the strangest forms and at any time of the day or night. My daughter, Cindy, received one on July 25, as she was coming down highway 544 which was under repair. There had been numerous delays, it was brutally hot and there stood a young man directing traffic around the construction. But he was doing it with excitement and glee, dancing a little jig for each car as he waved them through with a big grin. Cindy gave him a thumbs up and the young man responded with even more enthusiasm with thumbs up on the other hand. She felt good, he felt good. That's a "night cookie." Night cookies happen when you do something "nice" for someone else. You receive a "night cookie" when someone does something "nice" for you. The neat thing about "night cookies" is you win whether you give or get, and the more you give, the more you get. Think about it and I'll SEE YOU AT THE TOP! Zig Ziglar is known as America's motivator. He is the author of 32 books . Check out his new book, Born to Win.
QuoteBe helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours. ~Zig Ziglar
Rejection is the Greatest Gift of the World
By Simon T. BaileyYesterday I received a rejection email. It came from a business agent who had pitched my presentation to one of my industry's premiere organizations; she'd given me a shot to share my expertise with the crème de la crème of industry leaders. This is a stage that has been graced by the top one percent of all speakers, thought leaders, and authors in the world; this opportunity would be considered the "TED Talk" of my particular sector. Once you speak for this organization, the rest is history: You essentially print money for the rest of your life. Perhaps that claim is only a legend, but I do know that most of my contemporaries have appeared before this esteemed body. The rejection email from my agent was short but encouraging: "I'm so sorry. They did not select you this year. Their terrible loss!!! I will suggest you again with my next proposal next year." I wrote back, "This is exciting news. I am so happy you told me that they didn't select me. Now I am going to take my game to the next level." Well, what my agent didn't know was that this is the third year in a row I've been rejected by this particular group. Two other agents had pitched me to the organization in prior years. In fact, I personally know one of this organization's key decision makers and have wished him a happy birthday over the years. I know some of the folks on the committee and have worked all the angles in an attempt to be accepted into "the club." Well, I am done trying to fit in. I'm through seeking acceptance. Have you ever felt like you were standing at the bus stop of life, only to watch the bus pass you by and keep going? You find yourself left with a disconcerted look on your face that says, What just happened here? Even though I responded to the agent's email about the rejection in a matter of seconds and with a positive manner, as reality sank in, the disappointment of not being chosen was unsettling. This experience had taken the wind out of my sails, so to calm myself down I re-read the book, The Game of Life and How to Play It, written by Florence Shinn in 1925. In the book, Shinn makes this powerful statement: "The thing man seeks is seeking him—the telephone was seeking the bell." All of sudden it clicked: It was a Vuja de moment that was inviting me to shift from average thinking to brilliant living. I was seeking something that wasn't seeking me. I needed to let it go and open up to what wanted to emerge and, more importantly, what belonged to me. But what really struck me about this whole scenario was that, for the last three years, I had submitted my video to the organization with all the bells and whistles their submission criteria required. Before recording the video, I even made sure I was having a good hair day! But no, I had been passed over yet again. Had they spotted spinach in my teeth? Who knows? I wanted their approval; I sought their validation. I wanted confirmation that I was being invited into the club of rare air to walk among the gods of the speaking industry, and to impress others by being able to say, "I've spoken for the So-and-So Organization." In my warped mind, I had convinced myself that entry into this organization would be my rite of passage. This would be my golden ticket to fame and fortune. How had I become so intoxicated, inauthentic, and incongruent with who I am and how I operate? The organization that rejected me for the third time has done me a huge favor, because now I am moving on. There are plenty of other fish in the sea. Enough of this crying over spilled milk. In fact, I am skywriting in my mind, "I AM Brilliant"—and guess what? So are you. I didn't need this organization to give me the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. I was born in brilliance to be brilliant. In fact, my new name is "O Brilliant One!" (Okay, that's a bit dramatic, over-the-top, and pompous. However, if you don't recognize your own brilliance, then NO ONE ELSE WILL.) Out of this disheartening situation, here's what I did: I chose to bless the decision-makers of the organization with positive words, and I wished all those other speakers who they had selected a brilliant future. And I encourage you to do the same: Whoever has rejected you this year or in times past, bless them and wish them the best. Send positive vibes their way. You don't need the negative energy you'd otherwise incur, and there is simply too much work to do now. As we approach another Thanksgiving and Christmas season, we should accept rejection, bless it, and move on. In fact, we should thank the following: All of those who de-friended you on Facebook. Bless them and wish them a brilliant future. Thank you to all those who stop following you on Twitter. Bless them, too, and wish them a brilliant future. Thank you to those who didn't do business with you. Those who rejected your pricing, your proposal, and your value. Be so grateful and thankful that they found their happiness elsewhere. Bless all of those who didn't return your call, who ignored your e-mail, deleted your text, or didn't post a comment on your blog. Bless the company that didn't hire you and wish them a brilliant future. Bless the homeowner who didn't list his home with you and wish him a brilliant future. Bless the boss who gave you a less than stellar review. It won't change her, but it will change how you choose to see her. Thank you, Rejection, because you are an amazing teacher who invites us to look within and decide how we will soar to the next level. My friend Willie Jolley says that "a setback is a setup for a comeback." Boom! There it is. Give thanks because you are finally waking up to the reality that rejection is the greatest gift in the world. Simon T. Bailey is a compelling thought catalyst. Organizations around the world recognize him as a high-impact business thinker who keenly understands the needs of his audiences, and individuals from around the world look to him for personal mentoring. Simon's vision is to inspire 10% of the seven billion on the planet to release their brilliance and create the future. Check out Simon's newest book, The Vujá Dé Moment! Shift From Average To Brilliant.
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HTC-Columbia's Mark Cavendish wins Stage One of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California
Enthusiastic Crowds in both Nevada City and Sacramento
Welcome Pro Riders Back to California for Fifth Year
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (May 16, 2010) – Under sunny skies, the 2010 Amgen Tour of California kicked off to the roaring cheers of cycling fans from around the world in the picturesque town Nevada City. In an exciting sprint to the finish, Mark Cavendish (GBR) of HTC-Columbia took his third stage win in the history of the race after three high-speed circuits around the State's Capitol building in Sacramento. Cavendish was followed by Juan Jose ("J.J.") Haedo (ARG) of Team Saxo Bank in second and Alexander Kristoff (NOR) of the BMC Racing Team in third.
Cavendish beat out top cyclists, including nine past world champions, 11 current national champions and six Olympic medalists to take the win. The enthusiastic crowd, comprised of shoulder-to-shoulder fans, cheered on the cyclists as they made their way through downtown Sacramento.
The 104.3-mile/167.8 km stage, which also will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Nevada City Classic, to Sacramento took the riders through Grass Valley and across the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge, the tallest bridge in California and the third highest in the U.S. A mostly downhill stage, which certainly favored the sprinters, the route also included a grueling climb from the American River to the town of Cool. The point-to-point race from Nevada City to Sacramento was a change from the previous edition's opening prologue.
In the first big move of the day Maarten Tjallingii (NED) of Rabobank, Chad Beyer (USA) of the BMC Racing Team, Mark De Maar (NED) of UnitedHealthcare Presented by Maxxis and Paul Mach (USA) of BISSELL broke away from the pack and quickly gained a one minute gap on the field. In a short-lived attempt to catch the breakaway, three riders formed a chase, but were quickly swallowed up by the peloton. After only 20 minutes, the breakaway's lead grew to more than two and a half minutes and eventually expanded to more than five minutes, giving the group a considerable lead over the pack, which was led for the majority of the race by HTC-Columbia.
"Our strategy was to ride aggressively and try to get in the breakaway. That was goal number one and it worked out," said Mach.
The first sprint at Meadow Vista was won by Tjallingii, ahead of Mach with DeMaar in third. At 1 km from the KOM climb on Highway 49, De Maar and Mach attacked the other two riders in the break and then Mach soloed away to take the KOM, followed by De Maar. After a descent of four miles at an average speed of 38 mph and a mostly downhill finish into Sacramento, the break of four riders came back together, but was swallowed up as they head for the three finishing circuits around the State Capitol building.
Two crashes during the finishing circuits took some of the race favorites out of contention for this stage, including Tom Boonen (BEL) of QuickStep, leaving Cavendish in the perfect position to take the stage and the overall lead heading into day two of the race. "The Amgen Tour of California is a hard race," said Cavendish. "This is a big thing for us. It's always an important race. Hopefully we can win more stages."
After an amazing performance, Cavendish claimed not only the Amgen Race Leader Jersey, but also the Herbalife Sprint Jersey. California native Mach claimed the California Travel & Tourism King of the Mountains (KOM) Jersey. Amgen's Breakaway from Cancer® Most Courageous Rider Jersey went to Tjallingii and the Rabobank Best Young Rider Jersey was awarded to Kristoff.
"In only one day, the 2010 Amgen Tour of California has already exceeded our expectations with regards to fans, host cities and overall enthusiasm," said Andrew Messick, president of AEG Sports, presenter of the race. "We've already seen an amazing degree of competition from these world-class cyclists and we're looking forward to seeing how the race unfolds."
Title sponsor Amgen is continuing its complementary Breakaway from Cancer® initiative in 2010.
"Amgen is proud to join AEG for the fifth year as the title sponsor of the Amgen Tour of California. This race provides Amgen the opportunity to be part of the top cycling event in the U.S. that attracts the interest of millions of people while promoting health and wellness in Amgen's headquarters state of California," said Stuart Arbuckle, vice president and general manager, Amgen Oncology.
"Our involvement allows Amgen the opportunity to raise awareness of our company, our mission to serve patients and the promise of medical breakthroughs through biotechnology," Arbuckle added. "It also allows us to support those impacted by cancer through the Breakaway from Cancer initiative."
Amgen created the national Breakaway from Cancer® initiative in 2005 as a complementary component to its sponsorship of the inaugural Amgen Tour of California. Breakaway from Cancer represents a partnership between Amgen and four nonprofit organizations dedicated to empowering patients with education, resources and hope. The Breakaway from Cancer partners – Prevent Cancer Foundation, Cancer Support Community (formerly The Wellness Community), Patient Advocate Foundation and National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship – collectively offer people affected by cancer a broad range of support services, complementing those provided by a patient's team of healthcare professionals.
For access to resources or to learn more, visit www.breakawayfromcancer.com.
More News Amgen Tour of California;
- Amgen Tour Of California 2010 Stage 1 | Mixx Buzzers – Mark Renshaw have been rocket by Brit Mark Cavendish. Mark is Brit Mark's HTC/Columbia lead out man, Mark Renshaw to take opening stage of the 5th edition of the Amgen tour of California victory, over saxo bank's Argentine sprinter …
- Amgen Tour of California Stage 1 » Cyclelicious – My random thoughts on today's finish in Sacramento. The crowds were huge and amazing enthusiastic. There was a ton of energy both for the earlier Grand.
- Amgen Tour of California – California news | USA News – U.S. national champion George Hincapie and Norwegian sprinter Alexander Kristoff will hunt for stage wins while the BMC Racing Team will look to Hincapie and Swiss Steve Morabito for the overall at the Amgen Tour of California. …


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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces increased penalties for texting while driving on May 31.
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May 18, 2008, started as the best day of my life. I graduated summa cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa honors from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa. After loading everything I owned in our family station wagon, my parents and I had a quick 90-minute drive home before I would start my dream job with Habitat for Humanity in Brooklyn.
But on that easy trip we'd driven dozens of times, someone else's decision caused more physical and emotional pain than I thought possible. A young man simply having a conversation on his cellphone suffered inattention blindness - and never even saw the red light he ran. As ...


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Cornell researchers developing drop-of-blood test to detect stroke
Researchers at Cornell University are developing a method to detect stroke in less than 10 minutes using only a drop of blood.
AstraZeneca's Definiens rolls out biomarker data service
Definiens introduced a suite of services to help companies gather data from tissue samples and use the resource to identify potential companion diagnostics.
Bioinformatics leads UCSD team to ovarian cancer biomarkers
A team at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), has found biomarkers for ovarian tumors by mining two National Institutes of Health-sponsored databases. The bioinformatics-enabled research program has raised expectations that earlier diagnoses of ovarian cancer can be made, an advance that could improve outcomes in a tough therapeutic indication.
Cold Spring Harbor scientists find a biomarker for p53 cancer mutations
Investigators at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory say they've identified a biomarker that can quickly highlight a potentially deadly mutation in p53, a natural tumor suppressor.
Study highlights potential biomarker for early Alzheimer's
A new study presented at the Radiological Society of North America highlighted changes in brain connections that could be spotted in an MRI and may offer an imaging biomarker for early Alzheimer's.
AstraZeneca's PhIII gout data for lesinurad includes a hit, a strikeout and a missing player
AstraZeneca has detailed the data from two of three studies of its late-stage combination program for lesinurad, a new drug for gout obtained in their $1.26 billion buyout of Ardea, which showed that the treatment hit the desired biomarker for blood levels of uric acid as promised--but added today that it failed to actually reduce the rate of painful flare-ups of the disease for patients in the study.
Pfizer, Novartis chip in on $17M round for an Atlas upstart focused on pain
The busy partners at Atlas Venture have gathered together a $17 million Series A for their latest biotech creation: Quartet Medicine, which pairs together two scientific founders who have been exploring the frontiers of pain management. This is Atlas' fourth maiden round for one of their biotech launches in a little more than a week, with Cambridge, MA-based Quartet joining Unum, Raze and Bicycle in a rare streak of startups. And there are likely some more to come.
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Virginia Tech researchers believe they've found a possible biomarker to help detect a rare genetic disease known as severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID, which leaves patients needing to avoid all human contact and breathe filtered air in order to survive.
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Dropbox TOS change is worrying, but so are everyone else's TOS
This is a quick post – let's compare Dropbox new TOS lines about the license you give them when you upload "stuff" to the service:
We sometimes need your permission to do what you ask us to do with your stuff (for example, hosting, making public, or sharing your files). By submitting your stuff to the Services, you grant us (and those we work with to provide the Services) worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable rights to use, copy, distribute, prepare derivative works (such as translations or format conversions) of, perform, or publicly display that stuff to the extent reasonably necessary for the Service. This license is solely to enable us to technically administer, display, and operate the Services.
with Box.net's same lines about the same license you give them:
By registering to use the Services, you understand and acknowledge that Box.net and its contractors retain an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, copy, and publicly display such content for the sole purpose of providing to you the Services for which you have registered. In the event that you give Box.net the right to distribute your content, additional terms may apply to Box.net's usage or distribution of this content. You continue to retain all ownership rights in any User Content you provide and shall remain solely responsible for your conduct, your User Content, and any material or information transmitted to other Users for interaction with other Users. Box.net does not claim any ownership rights in any User Content.
Box.net is asking for a license to use, copy and publicly display your content, whereas Dropbox goes much further, asking for rights to distribute (which is not the same as copy), prepare derivative works, and perform (eg. play in a concert!?). The wording in bold on Box.net's TOS is key, however, as it clearly states that this license is used for the sole purpose of providing the service you ask for. Dropbox, in turn, says extent reasonably necessary, which is extremely vague.
You said everyone else
Indeed, let's take a look at Amazon S3's TOS, where clause 8.2 states:
Your Submissions will be governed by the terms of the Apache Software License, unless you specify one of our other supported licenses at the time you submit Your Submission.
Does this mean your uploaded content becomes open source somehow? I'm not entirely sure how to read this one, maybe a lawyer could chip in.
Finally, a snippet from one other large cloud storage provider, Apple, and its MobileMe/iDisk TOS:
Except for material we may license to you, Apple does not claim ownership of the materials and/or Content you submit or make available on the Service. However, by submitting or posting such Content on areas of the Service that are accessible by the public, you grant Apple a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available. Said license will terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you or Apple remove such Content from the public area. By submitting or posting such Content on areas of the Service that are accessible by the public, you are representing that you are the owner of such material and/or have authorization to distribute it.
This one is probably the one I'd be most comfortable with, as it specifically mentions that the license applies only to content placed in areas accessible to the public, such as your "Public" folder, and that the license is solely for the purpose for which the content was uploaded, eg. sharing it with the rest of the world.
To be honest, this smells of a lawsuit gone bad resulting in bulletproofing a service, maybe someone noticed his files were being served from servers in another country and sued the storage provider on non-permission to copy/distribute grounds. Then, every other lawyer copied the TOS to match. Remember that case with a woman spilling hot coffee on her lap, resulting in all take-away coffee cups showing large "this stuff is hot" labels? Yeah, exactly. There are some great posts on this topic on J. Daniel Sawyer's blog, and on UtestMe here.


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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Georgia's World
This comic first appeared as the seventh of ten strips in my series "Who Needs Art?" for Medium.com. It was inspired by a trip to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
3 comments:
- radrobs said...
eheheh, nice !
- November 26, 2013 at 10:02 AM
- Crosby Kenyon said...
Makes me want to go find some Georgia O.!
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has extended a deadline for grants to improve the state's biodiesel industry.
The reason -- no one submitted an application by the previous deadline of Nov. 28.
That was Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.
The state has $300,000 in funds available to spend on additional equipment at petroleum terminals where biodiesel is blended with regular diesel. Christina Connelly, biofuels manager at the ag department, says the new equipment would warm the biodiesel during the winter so the two fuels blends easier.
The department has heard from applicants who say they just needed more time.
The new deadline is Dec. 12.
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My method is to measure the bellows extension, from the ground glass to the lens board, which, believe me is close enough, then divide that number by the focal length of the lens, square that number, which yields your Bellows Extension Factor, BEF, then divide your ISO by your BEF and set that into the meter and take your reading. Being super precise is not usually necessary, although when shooting chromes it can't hurt.
Example: 11 inch bellows extension, 8 inch lens, = 1.375 X 1.375 = 1.89. ISO 100 divided by 1.89 = 52.9, for a working exposure index (EI) of 50, which in this case will yield a one stop correction. All of this will keep you in a 1/3 f-stop tolerance, an industry standard.


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You may not know that, while there are 1,200 museums in the United States, there are only 21 3-star museums. And you may not know there is one, and only one, 3-star museum in the State of Florida or even in the southeastern United States. In all this beautiful, bewitching state, with the fourth largest population in the nation, there is only one 3-star museum. More people come to see it than any other museum in Florida, and they come from all over the world. If you do not know the museum...stay tuned.
You may not know that there is one, and only one, private national liberal arts college in Florida. (There are 225 of them nationally.)
Or that it leads the nation in the percentage of college students who study abroad: more than Harvard, more than Yale, more than Williams, and more than anyone else.
Or that it is among the youngest institutions ever to be awarded a Phi Beta Kappa Chapter - the Good Housekeeping seal of academic approval.
You may not know that it ranks in the top 20 colleges and universities in the nation in the percentage of its alumni who go on to graduate school and complete Ph.D.s.
Or that it has the most diverse residential student body in Florida and the South, with students from 49 states and 67 countries among its 1,600 full-time students.
You may not know that 97% of its faculty have Ph.D.s or the equivalent; that its student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1; and its average class size is 18 students while the average class size of public universities in Florida is typically many times larger.
You may not know that this same small college is nationally recognized for its innovative educational programs - including the creation of the 4-1-4 academic calendar, which uses January as a winter term to study a single course somewhere in the world.
That innovative spirit also gave birth to a three-week Autumn Term when only freshmen are on campus, and that program has been frequently recognized as one of the best introductions to college life in the country. Last year The Policy Center on the First Year of College selected the College as one of the nation's top thirteen "Institutions of Excellence in the First College Year."
You may not know that its learning-in-retirement program, the Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College, is renowned as a national model for innovation and excellence as is its adult-education program, the Program for Experienced Learners (known as PEL), which enrolls 1,100 students from the Tampa Bay and Sarasota area.
You may not know that its Leadership Development Institute is, with its three partner campuses across the country, the leading program for executive education in the country (Harvard is second; Wharton third).
You may not know that the first and finest undergraduate marine science program in the country was established on its campus, and it continues to be the most popular major program. The Florida Institute of Oceanography recently elected the College to membership, making it the only exclusively undergraduate member.
The Galbraith Marine Sciences Laboratory and classroom building sits, as the whole campus does, on the water on Boca Ciega Bay, with salt-water piping through each room for easy research access.
You may not know that the College's results in the National Survey of Student Engagement, the foremost annual qualitative analysis of the academic experience of students in American colleges and universities, place the College among the top 25 in the nation.
You may not know, unless you have had a problem in your boat out in Tampa Bay or in the Gulf of Mexico, that the College's student-run search and rescue program makes more rescues at sea every year than anyone in Florida except the Coast Guard!
And you may not know that all of this has been achieved in four short decades, a remarkably brief period of time in the life of educational institutions.
If you do not know all this, you do not know Eckerd College, which joins the Salvador Dali Museum and the St. Petersburg Times as the three most distinctive nationally recognized institutions in Tampa Bay and among the top dozen in Florida.
What you probably do know is that the College has had a full plate of financial challenges. You undoubtedly read in the local papers four years ago of the use of College endowment funds to support two business ventures: an assisted living facility and a residential development on College property. I hope you also read that College trustees then pledged to replace the funds and those pledges have all been fulfilled. (I want to remark here, and I take no credit for any of this because I was not here then, that this commitment by the College's trustees is one of the most honorable acts I know of in American higher education. It would have been all too easy for those folks to say, "I didn't know!" "Too bad!" Instead they said, "We are responsible. Let's fix it." And they did.)
Just for the record: Eckerd College's total for endowment, cash and other investments prior to the troubles of 2000 was $34m; the current total is $25m, the difference being the diminished market value of the investment portfolio and the normal approved expenditures for scholarships over the past four years.
There is no doubt that Eckerd College, like any small college in its early years, like many colleges even when they have been around for one or two hundred years, has had other financial challenges. Let us put this in perspective: When Yale was forty years old, there were still cows in the main campus quadrangle. Cornell had chickens and pigs in the dormitory courtyards. The first president of Franklin and Marshall College, like a lot of others, went door to door with a lantern at night to solicit funds to pay the faculty. Well, I have my own lantern. Liberal arts colleges are fragile enterprises, particularly in their early years, before they have enough old alumni to give them large endowment gifts.
I asked my friends at the St. Petersburg Times to quit referring to "financially troubled Eckerd College" as if being poor was a sin. There is nothing wrong with being poor as long as you work hard, particularly in the service of a great enterprise. Building a great liberal arts college to help educate men and women of character and imagination and commitment to make the world a better place is a great enterprise.
Florida is lucky to have great research universities like the University of Florida and University of South Florida and wonderful community colleges like St. Petersburg College has been, but the residential liberal arts college brings a whole new dimension to higher education. We think that what happens outside the classroom at college is just as important and just as educational as what happens inside the classroom - and that the two must be integrated and of the same high quality if the student is to have the optimal college experience. We expect most of our students to live on campus, and we expect the experience in a learning community to be one that changes their lives and prepares them to be committed, contributing citizens of the world.
When I arrived in St. Petersburg not quite three years ago, the College had a structural budget deficit of $3.2m and a seven-year plan to get out of that debt. I told the trustees and faculty that by then everyone would be so miserable dealing with that recurring debt that we would lose even our most loyal supporters. What we did was make a deal: I told the trustees that if they would cover half the debt in Year One through a second annual fund gift, we would cut the budget to come up with the other half in Year One and balance the budget without special gifts in Year Two. That is just what we did through good, careful management; and we have been in the black ever since.
We downsized our Board of Trustees from 53 to 29 trustees plus the president; revised our bylaws and Board committee structure; revamped outdated personnel and administrative policies and procedures; I still sign off on every single hiring decision we make; hired a national auditing firm and we passed our last two audits with flying colors; computerized our financial systems; completely revamped our investment portfolio using a superior firm out of New Hampshire for advice; developed a campus master plan so we can be more efficient about how we use our physical plant dollars as well as to develop our vision for the future of the College (for this work we used the best firm in the country, Ayers/Saint/Gross out of Baltimore); and we are currently re-bidding our facilities and food service vendor contracts in the interest of both efficiency and quality.
In other words the turnaround at Eckerd College has been accomplished not by one grand stroke, but by doing a thousand little things, doing the right things the right way. In my view, success is almost always the result of a good team working together on thousands of little things - getting details right day after day, student by student.
That is the reason we are operating in the black; have built a reserve fund of 2% of our annual budget; have improved our retention rate for freshmen from 75% to 84% in two years; have increased our on-campus residency percentage from 68% to 76% - which is currently our capacity; and have nearly doubled the percentage of our alumni who give to the annual fund, from 15% to 29% in two short years.
Teamwork and paying attention to details. We are not just fixing past problems; we are moving forward.
We have revamped our recruitment publications and our website based on cutting-edge market research. We have improved the appearance of the campus and have a new signage system. Our applications are up by 20% this year, and our improved retention rate will let us grow without adding large numbers of additional freshmen - which is the best way to grow.
We expect to enroll 1800 residential students by the year 2010 and to house 80% of them on campus - which means we will add some 260 new beds by then. We expect to complete a new strategic plan next month and to build new science and arts facilities, a student wellness and recreation facility, and a new Chapel and Center for Spiritual Life in the coming decade.
Late next fall, we will open a superb new library and information technology center. It will have seating capacity for 25% of our residential students at any one time, and we will provide a wireless computing environment that will extend to the entire campus within a year.
We are also making the campus, which has one of the best locations in the world, one of the most beautiful in the world - one that highlights the water, the environment, native plants and grasses, shaded walking paths and bicycle trails, and the pedestrian rather than the automobile.
We want Eckerd College to reflect the very best of this special place and to celebrate its beauty; wildlife; flora and fauna; its celebration of nature; and its diversity of people as well, from all over America and the world. St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay occupy a special place in the American dream, and Eckerd College has the potential to articulate and embody that ideal in a singular and lasting way. That is just what we are trying our best to do.
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Stem cell therapy focuses on stem cells, which have a capacity to regenerate. A stem cell is capable of developing into other types of cells, like kidney cells, liver cells, heart cells, etc. These circulate and function to replace dysfunctional cells, naturally maintaining optimal health. Current stem cell research is focused on two particular sources of stem cells – adult and embryonic. The use of embryonic stem cells involves the destruction of blastocysts formed from laboratory-fertilized human eggs. For those people who believe that life begins at conception, the blastocyst is a human life and to destroy it is immoral and unacceptable.
Of the three types of stem cells, two are able to develop into any type of cell within the human body. These two are called multipotent and pluripotent respectively. Stem cells that are pluripotent have the capability of forming virtually all possible tissue types found in human beings. However, these cells can only be found in a particular stage (blastocyst) in human embryos. Multipotent cells are partially differentiated, so they can form a restricted number of tissue types. Multipotent stem cells can be found in the fetus, numerous adult tissues and in umbilical cord blood. The third type of stem cells have less regeneration potential and can only develop into a limited number of other cell types.
Stem Cell Therapy has proven to be effective for organ and tissue restoration and for treating many incurable and chronic diseases. Stem cells are used to treat patients with various diseases like diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries, cancer, blood diseases and many others, including rare genetic and hereditary diseases. An advantage of using adult stem cells to treat diseases is that a patient's own cells could be used to treat a patient. Risks would be quiet reduced as patients' bodies wouldn't reject their own cells.
Embryonic stem cells can develop into any cell type of the body, and may then be more versatile than adult stem cells. Stem Cell Treatment towards anti-aging purposes is also available. These treatments allow for achieving results which in some cases are far beyond the capacity of other methods. Stem cells also provide benefits in the fields of therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine.
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(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) – Investigators say that body parts found in a car in Massachusetts came from the bodies of two men who were killed in Providence.
Four young men are being held in Massachusetts on charges of accessory to murder. They were arrested Sunday when a police officer pulled over their Jeep, noticed a bloody shirt in the car and found it was wrapped around a plastic bag containing severed hands.
A few hours later the bodies of Rafael Ortega, 20, and Michael Batista, 22, were found in their Providence apartment. They had been beaten and stabbed and their hands were cut off.
Prosecutors in Massachusetts say the four suspects planned to throw the body parts off a highway bridge into a tidal river.
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Belt, Posey lead Giants' rally over D-backs
Brandon Belt hit a game-ending single to left-center with one out in the ninth, Buster Posey tied it with a two-run homer in the eighth and the San Francisco Giants rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 on Monday night.Share Tweet
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Peter King: Trying to get inside the mind of draft's quietest top-10 team;…Apr 23Is it just me? Are the Arizona Cardinals in the witness protection program for this draft? The Cards, with the seventh pick, seem positively under the radar like no other team in the top 10. I had the chance the other day to look into their feelings abo…
Don Banks: 2013 Wes Welker Watch List: Potential impact undrafted free age…Apr 23It has been called the year of the no-name draft in the NFL, and is said to be devoid of true star power after 2012's high-profile, quarterback-rich proceedings. Maybe. But it's all relative.
You Realize How Badly the T-Wolves Screwed Up the 2009 Draft, Right?Apr 23We interrupt Part 2 of the NBA Trade Value column to explain the travesty known as the 2009 NBA draft. That night, Minnesota drafted two of our top-30...
The 13th-annual ranking of the NBA's top-50 players, Part 2Apr 23Welcome back to Bill Simmons's annual ranking of the NBA's top 50 most valuable assets.


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Whoops! Fox News Anchor Says UConn Won the NAACP National Championship [VIDEO]
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Connecticut Beats Kentucky, 60-54, For 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Title
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Tool of the Week: Coach K or the New York Jets? [VOTE]
This week's nominees include Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and the New York Jets organization. Listeners have nominated Coach K after his constant complaining about too many A-10 Schools getting in the tournament, only to get bounced in the first round by Mercer.
The Jets are on the ballot for not learning their lesson when it comes to quarterback controversies. After the team released Mark Sanchez, they signed Michael Vick to back-up Geno Smith...or will Geno be the back-up.


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Bluetooth group adopts low-energy standard
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Bluetooth LE promises very long battery life
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group this afternoon formally adopted the Bluetooth low energy standard. The technology is designed to let devices consume as little power as possible by using very short bursts of data and, when in the mode, running at a peak 1Mbps. While slow, the standard is efficient enough that a device with watch batteries could run its wireless signal for "years" before it needs a replacement.
The new Bluetooth implementation also has roughly as good or better performance than the current full-power technique. It still has low latency and can extend its range to as far as about 328 feet, or ten times what Bluetooth normally uses.
Uses for the technology are broad and can vary from devices that need simple short-range communication, such as a sports pedometer, to computers and wireless syncing with phones and other handhelds. Alerts and contacts could be quietly sent to a device, for example.
Low-energy Bluetooth is officially part of the as yet unfinished Bluetooth 4.0 specification but can be implemented on top of either Bluetooth 2.1 or upcoming 3.0 devices, which with Wi-Fi could use Bluetooth to discover other devices in the same range as the Wi-Fi link. Nokia is one of the key proponents but will be just one of many companies using the approach.


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The Oshkosh school board on Wednesday approved new attendance boundaries for the district's north side.
The boundaries will be implemented for the upcoming school year. A vote on redrawing south-side attendance areas was postponed indefinitely.
Administrators said the north-side changes were made to better balance enrollment among schools, while purposely leaving Oaklawn with spare room in order to accommodate expected housing growth on the district's north side. ...


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Save big on clearance priced video game accessories, select video game titles and exclusive Best Buy video game bargains this week including Xbox Live deals. Turtle Beach gaming head sets are going cheap this week, and you can save $10 to $20 on select video games for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Xbox One. Also, buy two pre-owned games and get a third free!
Turtle Beach video game head sets are on sale for clearance prices this week at Best Buy. The styles range from casual gaming to expert head sets with popular video game designs.
Lightning Falls: Final Fantasy XIII for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is on sale this week for $39.99. That's $20 off of the regular price. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is on sale for $29.99, which is $10 less than the regular price.
If you spend $15 or more on Xbox Live, you can get a $5 promo code when you use your phone to upload your receipt by texting "XBOX LIVE" to 30364. Also, get a free month of Xbox Live when you purchase 3 months for $24.99.
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New Reports in Doolphy!
Premiere Week at Doolphy! Following recent updates (new design and new timesheet), we decided to bring the reports section of your favorite project management software up to date, and also created a new type of report for tasks statuses and priorities.
What are reports for?
Some time ago, we wrote about the importance of monitoring project development, and reports are essential to fulfill that mission. They provide information about a certain period of time so that we can easily analyze, draw conclusions and make decisions about our projects. Thus they are a key element that allows us to improve.
Report types available in Doolphy:
- Gantt chart: it shows the project and task planning.
- User stats: it shows, graphically, the users' time sheets with the hours that have been charged per user per day in a selected date range.
- Task report: it provides information about the status and priority of the tasks that are assigned to each user of your account in Doolphy.
- Time report: it includes information about the time that has been invested by users to a specific project or task.
- Financial report: it allows reviewing the margin and profitability of your projects based on the project-related expenses.
In the following weeks we'll talk about each report type in detail, but in the meanwhile we recommend you not to wait any more to enjoy their advantages and log in now. And if you don't have a Doolphy account yet, it's time to sign up!
And you, what kind of reports do you use to monitor your projects? We encourage you to suggest us new report types to continue improving Doolphy.
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Monday night my female went in for a C-section and had a heart attack and left 6 wonderful puppies behind. A lot of hard wor but they are all doing just fine.
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Very sorry to hear about your dog! The puppies are fortunate to have such a caring owner. We wish you all well.
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My thoughts are with you. Those early am feedings must be a bear! Good luck and keep us posted.
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I am very sorry for your loss of your wonderful dog. It is good to hear the puppies are doing good. My thoughts are with you.


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Im the map! from dora! the best part! well, here it is: btw, this is my irst tab :D o yea the tuning is drop D(DADGBe) only the D string, the A string, and the other D string are used in this song. D|---------------------------------2----------| A|---3-2-0-------0---0---------0-----0--------| x4 D|-0-------2-5-2-------0-4-5-6---2------------| after the 4th time: D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| D|-14/0---------------------------------------| well, that's it i hope you enjoy playing this song:D