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Missy Dougherty is a beach girl at heart and has spent many summers in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, working weekends at the Springfield Inn. The summer of 2007 was to be no different. On summer break from graduate school, Missy and her husband, Brendan, planned to take their 2-year-old son to Sea Isle every weekend. However, Missy was more tired than usual and began experiencing symptoms consistent with both irritable bowel syndrome and a urinary tract infection.
Traveling from one doctor to the next, she tried a variety of medications, and cut back at work, but nothing seemed to help. "I felt miserable, and I knew something was wrong, but I wasn't getting the right answers," she said. Finally, a CT Scan of her abdomen and pelvic region detected an ovarian cyst and 2 small stones. That's where her journey began.
Missy's local doctor was reluctant to operate.
Missy pleaded with her doctor to perform surgery - but her doctor preferred to monitor the situation. On October 1, Missy won her battle and had successful surgery to remove the cyst. She was scheduled to see the doctor 6 weeks later, but received a frightening call just 2 days later. With pathology reports in hand, her doctor said, "It wasn't what we thought."
Missy recalled thinking, "What did we think it was?" It turned out that Missy had cancer in her left ovary, which is typically treated with a total hysterectomy. Ovarian cancer is often hard to detect because the symptoms match those of other ailments. As with other cancers, early detection is associated with better outcomes.
"I was only 31 and we wanted more children."
The Dougherty's decided to get another opinion. They met a surgeon who offered to remove the left ovary, leaving the other intact, as long as the disease had not spread. However, he had never performed that procedure before. Missy was not confident in his ability and decided to continue her search.
"Finally, a friend in the medical field suggested Fox Chase."
"Finally, a friend in the medical field suggested Fox Chase," shared Missy. "She thought I would be in good hands at Fox Chase, especially given my unique situation. We put our faith in Dr. Mark Morgan, a surgeon at Fox Chase who had successfully operated on younger women and was able to preserve their fertility."
By the end of October (less than a month after her first surgery), Missy was admitted to Fox Chase. Although Dr. Morgan made no guarantees about preserving her chances to have another baby, he was able to remove the left ovary, leaving the right one intact. Missy recalled waking up from surgery to see her husband crying. "He told me that my cancer was caught early and might be able to conceive another child," explained Missy.
Missy stayed at Fox Chase for a week, with a picture of her son next to her bed. "Dr. Morgan would pop in here and there to check on me," remembered Missy. "I asked my parents if they thought he ever got to sleep!" She was impressed with the nurses and how attentive they were to her needs.
Step Two: Chemotherapy
Once she was home, Missy received a call from her doctor who explained she was at risk of the cancer spreading to her abdomen (due to the fact that the cyst had burst during the original surgery at her local hospital). This meant additional treatment of chemotherapy for Missy, which she started just before Christmas, at Fox Chase.
"My husband and my boss from the beach kept me company during chemotherapy," Missy shared. "And our family chipped in like crazy to take care of our little guy."
Through her treatment, Missy continued to attend night school, which was a welcome distraction. By March, her menstrual cycle returned and by August, she was given a clean bill of health by the doctors at Fox Chase. The Dougherty's were given the "green-light" to try to have another baby. Their next appointment was scheduled for October.
Dr. Morgan not only saved my life - but gave us the ability to bring a new life into the world."
Just before that appointment, Missy began feeling nauseous and tired again. "My first thought was that the cancer had recurred," admitted Missy. "It was at Fox Chase that I learned I was not sick, but pregnant!"
"The first time we heard the baby's heartbeat, I cried like crazy," recalled Missy, as she began the next leg of her journey. "It was exactly one year after I was receiving my first dose of chemotherapy." After reading through Missy's health history, the ultrasound tech commented that this baby is truly a gift.
On July 10, 2009, Molly Elizabeth joined the Dougherty family.
The nurses and doctors at in the delivery room celebrated what they termed a "miracle," while Missy and Brendan could not stop crying after the roller coaster they had endured. They chose the name Molly, as it means "gift from the sea." At the time of Molly's birth, Missy had no signs of cancer.
Missy returned to bartending after Molly was born and earned her Master's degree in Sports Management at Neumann University in 2010. In 2013, Missy celebrated five years cancer-free. She recalls walking out of Fox Chase's infusion room on January 31, 2008 with a parting comment from her nurse Terry. "I hope I never see you again," said Terry. Taken out of context it could sound mean, but it put a big smile on Missy's face. "When Brendan and I left that day, it felt surreal to think about five years later and being disease-free. January 31, 2013 became a reality thanks to everyone at Fox Chase," shared Missy, who remains overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude.


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[NT] Macrovision InstallShield Update Service ActiveX Unsafe Method Vulnerability
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Macrovision InstallShield Update Service ActiveX Unsafe Method
MacroVision InstallShield is "an installer solution utilized by many
software vendors in order to ensure that their products are delivered and
setup properly on the end-user systems. InstallSheild includes support for
an optional component called the 'Update Service'. This service allows
vendors to notify clients of product patches and updates, and allow them
to be easily installed". Remote exploitation of an unsafe method
vulnerability in Macrovision InstallShield Update Service allows attackers
to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the currently logged-in
Vulnerable Systems:
* Macrovision InstallShield Update version 5.01.100.47363, and
The Update Service is implemented as an ActiveX control with the following
File: C:\Windows\Downloaded Files\isusweb.dll
Version: 5.01.100.47363, and 126.96.36.199146
This control is marked "safe for scripting". Several methods within this
control can be utilized by attackers to download and launch arbitrary
Exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the currently logged-in user. In order for exploitation to
occur, users would be required to have a vulnerable version of the
software installed and be lured to a malicious site. Even though the
update control does display an interface, no additional interaction is
required in order for exploitation to occur.
Since this control is marked "safe for scripting", it can be launched from
a web page without warning dialogs. While it is possible for an alert user
to determine what is occurring and cancel the installation, the window of
opportunity is small and based solely upon the time required for the
system to complete the download.
Administrators can set the kill-bit for the vulnerable ActiveX control
with the following .reg file. This will prevent the control from loading
within Internet Explorer.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX
"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000400
Vendor response:
Macrovision has addressed this vulnerability by releasing updated versions
of their FlexNet and InstallShield products. They report that the new
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Archive for Thursday, November 3, 2005
Eudora wins United Way coin drive
The Eudora community pulled out another win this year over rival Baldwin and raised its fund-raising goal to 52 percent after the recent Eudora/Baldwin "Weigh-In For United Way" loose change challenge.
Residents of both communities were encouraged to bring spare change to the Oct. 27 football game between Eudora and Baldwin high schools at Liston Stadium in Baldwin City.
Collection jars were placed at the secondary school offices for a week-and-a-half before the game and then at the entrance gates of the stadium for football fans to donate their loose change on behalf of their home communities, said Colleen Z. Gregoire, campaign and communications manager for United Way of Douglas County.
The jar with the largest contribution by weight won that community a traveling Weigh-In For United Way trophy.
Eudora won the competition for the second year, with loose change contributions weighing in at 654 pounds. Baldwin's contributions weighed in at 331 pounds.
The students in Angela Yarnell's sixth-hour men's ensemble at Eudora High School brought in the most change for the Eudora competition -- 221 pounds. The high school brought in a total of 599 pounds of change, or $1,063.99.
Lisa Foust's homeroom class at Eudora Middle School brought in the most at its school with six pounds.
"I was amazed at the amount the high school brought in this year," United Way Eudora Division chairperson Theresa Abel said. "Last year's total contribution from the Eudora community was 251 pounds, so this was incredible."
Eudora High School student council members Kelsey Epperson and Megan Ballock, high school counselor Paul Walrod and Abel accepted the traveling trophy for the Eudora community during halftime ceremonies at the football game.
"We were concerned the 'Weigh-In' wouldn't go as well this year because of the recent national fund-raisers, but it's obvious the two communities came through, as usual.
"That is what's so nice about living in a small town -- everyone pulls together in time of need."
Change and dollar bill contributions brought in $1,338.18 from Eudora and $1,150.66 from Baldwin, for a total of $2,488.84.
"The 'Weigh-In for United Way' is a lot of fun," Abel said. "It's a friendly rivalry that keeps getting bigger and better every year."
With about three weeks left in this year's campaign, donations are running slightly behind last year, however campaign chairperson Ann Gardner said she was confident this year's drive would top last year's total.
Gardner said only about half the businesses that conducted employee campaigns have reported in and hoped the remaining totals would be strong.
Funds are given to the United Way's member agencies, which offer educational programs and health and human services to Douglas County residents.
Abel said Eudora residents used the services of 23 of the 25 United Way agencies in Douglas County last year.
"These agencies received nearly 3,000 requests for service from Eudora residents, so you can see there is a need in our community."
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About the only thing that isn't very Irish about John Clarke is his name.
John Clarke and crewmate Patrick_Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Stepping onto the dock in Hobart this afternoon from the Farr 40 Inner Circle (the first of the IOR Farr 40s to finish) the story of John's final arrival in Hobart is a classic Irish yarn that spans the last 12 months.
'I flew into Sydney on Boxing Day last year on my first trip to Australia. It was two hours before the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race and a stinking thirty eight degrees' said John explaining the beginnings of the saga 'I got into the cab and asked to be driven to the Cruising Yacht Club'
'The cab driver asked me if I was sailing in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, to which I answered yes; but when he asked me which yacht I was sailing on I said I didn't know yet!'
'I got to the Club and asked a few boats if they needed a crew and got a bunch of knockbacks. Then I found this lot' he said pointing at his crew mates who laughed and told me not to believe a word he said.
John carried on with the story, undeterred.
'One of their crew had heard the forecast and decided not to go at the last minute so when the skipper asked me if I could sail, I said yes and without another question I was on the boat.'
'They virtually pulled the crew shirt off the guy that wasn't going and gave it to me. When the rest of the crew saw me they asked the skipper who the hell I was!'
'I didn't get off to a very good start either. I was jet-lagged, it was unbelievably hot and I'd had a few VBs so I was a little lightheaded' John explained with a fine Irish euphemism.
'I got a jib sheet wound round my foot on the first tack' said John 'I think they thought I was a complete idiot, but when I apologised to the skipper he seemed more concerned for my brand new Dubarry boots.'
'In the end we had to retire from the race with boat damage and pulled into Eden; I was determined to get here so this year I flew to Australia in plenty of time and we've finally got here with the lads'.
John laughs again as he explains 'before I left Ireland this time I had a tee shirt made up and it simply reads:
It would appear that John has also been working the Blarney on his skipper Michael Graham and crewmates on the race south, as they are planning to charter a boat for Ford Cork Week in Ireland next year.
'They're a bunch of older blokes so we're thinking of naming the boat Elder Circle' says John.
Meantime John, who races Flying Fifteens at his home club of Dun Laoghaire plans to race in the Australian Flying Fifteen Nationals in Canberra in January.
It somehow comes as no surprise to discover that John doesn't know whose boat he'll be sailing on yet.


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Suburbia is a jungle, filled with lots of vicious creatures.
Take the Paradise Heights Women's League board. Lyssa Harper should have warned golden-haired DILF du jour Harry Wilder what he was getting into when she invited him to meet the mommies who run their suburban, gated community. At least he brought cupcakes. Since meeting the former Master-of-the-Universe turned stay-at-home single dad, Lyssa has been his domestic Sherpa, teaching him the ins and outs of suburban life. She just didn't realize her friends would show up at his house unannounced with casseroles, leopard-print bikini briefs, and plans to rearrange his kitchen cabinets.
The truth is, if Harry and his wife, the neighborhood's "perfect couple," can call it quits, what does that mean for everyone else? Lyssa's husband, Ted, is a great father, but he pays her Pilates-pumped momtourage more attention than he does his own wife. Her friends gossip about the neighbors while ignoring their own problems: infertility, infidelity, and eating disorders.
When Harry sets boundaries with his new fan club, he is exiled from the neighborhood's in-clique. But Lyssa refuses to snub him. What she never expects is the explosive impact her ongoing friendship with Harry will have on her close-knit pals—and on her marriage.
"I loved it! Josie Brown captures the highs and lows of love, lust, and marriage with heart wrenching pathos. I'm recommending it to all my friends as the perfect beach read!" —Lisa Rinna, New York Times bestselling author of Rinnavation
"I loved this juicy-as-it-is-heartfelt novel about love, marriage, friendship—and sharp, manicured claws. Could not put it down!" —Melissa Senate, author of The Secret of Joy
"Hollywood's got nothing on the cast of characters living in the bedroom community of Paradise Heights, who have the secrets, sex, money, and scandal of an OK! Magazine cover story. Josie Brown is a skilled observer whose clever dialogue and feisty style make for truly entertaining reading." —Jackie Collins
"Poignant and funny! Josie Brown's protagonist is strong, resilient and unflinchingly honest; she has all the skills she needs to navigate the 'mean streets' of the gated community of Paradise Heights. A great read!" -- Wendy Wax, author of Magnolia Wednesdays
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The United States, Australia, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Canada have joined together, expelling Syrian diplomats in the wake of a massacre in the Syrian village of Houla.
A U.N. report states that 108 people were killed in Houla on May 25. Many victims, including infants and children, were shot at close range.
The U.N. has said that government tanks were involved in the attacks.
The U.S. government has given Syrian Charge d'Affaires Zuheir Jabbour 72 hours to leave the country.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said: "We hold the Syrian government responsible for this slaughter of innocent lives. This massacre is the most unambiguous indictment to date of the Syrian government's flagrant violations of its UN Security Council obligations … along with the regime's ongoing threat to peace and security."
The Syrian government denies involvement, blaming terrorists for the massacre.
Newly appointed French President Francois Hollande plans to tell Ambassador Lamia Shakkour that she must leave. Radwan Loutfi, the ambassador to Germany, has 72 hours to leave Germany. The U.K. is expelling three Syrian diplomats. Jawdat Ali, the most senior Syrian diplomat in Australia, has 72 hours to leave. And the ambassadors to Spain have three days to leave Spain.
The U.N. hopes to send a message to Syria.
"This is the most effective way we've got of sending a message of revulsion of what has happened in Syria," said Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr.
Syrian President Bashar Assad has a history of stifling protestors and rebels. Since March 2011, Syrian forces have killed about 10,000 Syrians.
In June 2011, a 57-page report was issued by Human Rights Watch, detailing government abuses against citizens.
"Syrian security forces have been killing and torturing their own people with complete impunity," the report stated.


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The Community of Lebanon Association will hold a cupcake contest on the second floor of the Lebanon Farmers Market, 35 S. Eighth St., at 10 a.m. Jan. 12.
Contestants are asked to bring six decorated cupcakes. Prizes will be awarded in three age groups: 10 and under, 11 to 18, and 19 and over. CLA President Diana Hartman and CLA board members will serve as judges.


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Call me a simple man. I like my bar-band music played by a band in a bar where I do not have to listen too closely. The smoky atmosphere, the buzzing of voices, the clatter of glasses and bottles on trays - and the music is, well, THERE - but it can be tuned out or in as a matter of choice. Make no mistake; The Fabulous Thunderbirds are a bar band, and a reasonably talented one, capable of blending bluesy rock and countrified licks with undeniable skill. But, on High Water, their most recent release, they become a bar "bland" that inadvertently raises questions in the mind of this reviewer.
The most obvious question is this: why bother? Musicians make music for a variety of reasons: they want to make money; they must fulfill contractual obligations (rarely the impetus that produces an excellent product); they have an artistic vision that drives them on because they have something to say; and, as is the case with most bar bands, they hone their craft, accumulating valuable experience and technical competence, usually by covering the material of other far more successful groups. Strangely, the Fabulous Thunderbirds have chosen to provide only original material; this is disappointing because they have little or nothing to say that is original or even interesting.
The one exception is the title song, "High Water", which lyrically and stylistically rises above the mundane sameness of the rest of the material - but only barely. The theme of retributive justice by flood has been visited by enough musicians to fill an ark ever since its biblical extrapolation. Still, the song is a tolerable country-folk take on this heavy-handed theme.
The rest of the material on High Water is, at its best, insipid. If you were to look up 'derivative' in an illustrated dictionary, I am certain that you would encounter a picture of this band performing the songs from this CD. They borrow from such varied sonic bodies of work as The Blasters, and Parliament Records' funkadelic style, but they add nothing that is dynamic or novel to this mix. The first song of this banal opus, "Too Much Of Everything", is not much of anything. It is a Blasters-styled song that would not have made the final cut on even the weakest of that respectable group's records. The art of borrowing in the music business is that one uses what has been borrowed somewhat like a seed to grow something original or exciting; if this is not the case, then one's borrowing becomes a sign of creative bankruptcy. The latter seems all too true of The Thunderbirds on this endeavor; Their borrowed seeds fail to flourish and only grow tiresome.
A second question: how can three capable session musicians come together to produce a whole that is considerably less than the sum of its parts? Kim Wilson is a capable singer of limited range who wisely does not force himself to supersede his limitations, and who could be a serviceable back-up singer for other artists. Danny Kortchmar can be found on many outstanding works as an articulate sessions guitarist. As a Thunderbird, his work is generic and uninspired; his technical adequacy is diminished by a sameness in his playing that is evident on each track. Steve Jordan's versatility finds him playing drums, bass, and augmenting the overall sound of the group with a steady rhythm guitar. The threesome share song-writing credits in various combinations.
To dissect this CD track by track would find this reviewer guilty of the same complaint that he has already registered concerning the Thunderbirds; that is to say, the criticism would become repetitious without growth or reason. "Too Hot To Handle" isn't, and leaves this reviewer cold; "Promises You Can't Keep" unintentionally summarizes the overall impact of this uninspired collection of songs. Suffice it to say that High Water does not rise far enough to whet the appetite for more. It is as homogeneous as processed cheese, and just as interesting. It would be a far better experience to catch up with The Fabulous Thunderbirds in a bar where boredom could be alleviated by companionship and a couple of rounds of beer.
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Chances are, if youre a regular Worldchanging reader, the notion of copyfight and the good works of Creative Commons are nothing new to you. But there couldnt be an issue more timely given the explosive growth of user generated media and the recent boom in popularity of Creative Commons licenses.
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig at an event hosted by the Hollywood Hill. Given that the audience was comprised mostly of Hollywood insiders, this was Lessigs chance to explain the value of Creative Commons and outline whats at stake in the current debate over copyright.
Mr. Lessig noted that the intent of copyright law is to provide incentive for people to create more work. But law changes much more slowly than technology and people are instead, using the law to slow change. Remixing the creativity of others is nothing new. Culture evolves when we build on the creativity of those before us. But in a digital world, every time you interact with a piece of media, you are in effect, producing a copy. Under current copyright standards, you cant do that without permission of the author. This puts big media companies and copyright-owners in a position to stifle the creativity of an entire generation growing up online.
You cant stop creativity, Lessig said. You can only criminalize it. By creating mash-ups and Anime Music Videos, kids are doing what they have always done only the medium has changed. And yet we are telling them that those activities are illegal. Do we really want our kids growing up with such little respect for the law? This is corrosive to our values and our democracy, according to Lessig.
Media giants and the entertainment industry are using copyright law to turn the internet into a read-only medium where consumers are enabled only to passively receive the creativity of others rather than interact with it. But creativity is not a consumer product. Our culture belongs to all of us and the democratization of new technologies is empowering everyone to participate. We can interact with media in new and immediate ways, providing our own commentary and building on the work of others. This is what Lessig calls read-write culture and its value cannot be underestimated.
For the good of our culture and our values as a society, we need to change the law. The power to do that is in the hands of the artists themselves and this is where the Creative Commons comes in. From the CC website:
Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators. We have built upon the "all rights reserved" concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary "some rights reserved" approach. We're a nonprofit organization. All of our tools are free.
The CC website offers an easy tool to help you choose the right license for you dependent upon the freedoms you want to allow and the rights you want to reserve with your work.
Artists all over the world (from more than 70 countries) are increasingly applying Creative Commons licenses to their work in order to reserve only the rights they need to retain the value of their creations while also supporting a vibrant culture.


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ICT Competencies for Teachers
Here is a continuum we are developing for our school. Is it too much? What do you think? Do you have other models?
Lost in the Woods (iPad versus Android)
I am penning these thoughts, as an educator, in response to a tweet (see image). Not sure if it is blatant advertising. But it is certainly annoying.
The Honeycomb is to be found somewhere in the branches or stumps of one of the trees, the iPad second generation has been rumored to be loose in the same forest, a unicorn galloping through the woods with renewed energy. I love the speculation and the hopefulness of both sides. Sides, because, this battle seems to be heating up, and as a consequence the mist rises, in the forest and over the glazed eyes of the devotees. Yet, if you peer through the mist in the trees only the iPad generation 1 is actually here, and it seems to be staying.
First of all disclosure. I am an ICT Facilitator in a private school, running Apple products. I own an iPhone. We use, I use, these products for their ease of use, just-works, lower cost of ownership (debatable I know) and well I found them in the school I got the job in. I come from another line of products like these Acorn RiscPC's which for many would be totally unknown. We are just launching a one to one laptop programme and I was hoping that iPads or something better would form the basis of this, but had to reluctantly stay with laptops as they still meet our requirements better. We want to edit video, create in 3D, use Scratch, use Flash etc, so while Apple IPads are being used in some schools I feel they are still more suited at this stage for the consumption side. (See iPad posts )
So this takes us back to the above tweet. A tweet about the "Spring" Toshiba tablet.. "looks awesome" (agree) but "powerful classroom tool"..... how do we know this?... we haven't even seen it yet! How many products have been announced and not made it to production, or made it and been a disappointment when compared to the experience an iPad gives. Don't get me wrong.. I don't own an iPad yet.... I am waiting for them to get better still. I held out on the iPhone for 3 generations due to cost and then went shopping, looked at all others (pre Android) and on cost for all round features decided the iPhone was the best value. (It still seems that way in N.Z. even with Android phones out). But we need as educators to be evaluating products with passion for learning, not passion for gadgets or passion for gadgets that replace religion! (Please don't check this statement with my wife)
My take. The pre launch look into Honeycomb looks great. Competition for the iPad is needed and Honeycomb looks to have the buzz. However, it is wait and see for we need products that deliver the learning tools needed, with the ease of use and simple maintenance that the iPad currently has. To me the debate is not about closed ecosystem verses open. There are already calls to make the fragmented Android world more "restricted" due to the difficulties in updating the OS and in searching through fragmented and un-curated Android App Stores (not that there isn't garbage in Apples App store). And we do need price drops on the gear (Apple!), but we have yet to see what pricing is going to be for any other tablet competitors.
My hope. Genuine competitors to the iPad emerge forcing Apple to respond and we all live happily ever after.
My call. As educators we need to take a step back and be less fanatical in our technology evangelism and more focused on as we espouse "using them as tools". Some seem to be wanting to trim trees with invisible secateurs rather than a chainsaw.
Meanwhile in a jungle nearby.....
(See also Motorola Xoom)
iPad 12 Education Apps. iPad Post 2
A quick look at the state of play of Keynote indicates some varying opinions. In this post (VGA Presenting), Steven indicates some good success with Keynote. Alternatively, in this post (iPad Misses the Mark), Chris points out the frustrations of moving Keynote files between his desktop and iPad and some missing features he laments. In a 1:1 implementation Keynote will be very important to synthesise and present information. It is one of the key apps our pupils use at school for their learning. I wonder if the problems faced are version based? Here is a list of our most commonly used apps with a note as to whether there is a good alternative.
iPad Game Changer? iPad Post 1
We are looking at one to one computing devices for our school programme for 2011. In this post http://www.in2edu.com/blog/index.php?id=255508204184561761 we have outlined some of the decision making to be carried out in a mindmap. Over the next few months we will be trialling the iPad as one of the possible devices our pupils could use. Of course in N.Z. the iPad has not yet been released. Up until the keynote of iPhone Os4 and the release of new features on it (especially multitasking) I was thinking that it would be a no show. We also have a few flash enabled websites such as Mathletics that we use as well so the jury is still out. The main factor it boils down to is providing the best tool that matches the learning to take place. Could an iPad in combination with a few pods of laptops for higher end use (video editing, music recording etc.) do the job? Other devices include netbooks and laptops.
Being an Apple based school we enjoy the great software and hardware we use, but still need to be open to alternatives.
So, follow this blog as we make our decisions and explore the options.
Another Post From My iPhone
Location:Plunket St,Christchurch,New Zealand
Planning for 1 to 1 Devices


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Rendering Possibilities
Snapshots of CAD software in action.
For a client in Las Vegas, Hines + Dibrova Studio in New York designed a restaurant that doubles as a nightclub, seen here in a digital rendering. Using software tools they developed, the designers modeled the lighting and other details of the restaurant, which has yet to be built.


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Lords of Dust: The EndMay 7, 2010 No Comments
It was the last session for both our Lords of Dust 4e Eberron campaign, and for our gaming group, the Game Knights. As is fitting for such a melancholy occasion, we downed a bit of tequila throughout the night. [caption id="attachment_2763" align="alignright" width="286" caption="Sharn, City of Lost Souls"][/caption] Bryan was running the game, and as […]-Actual Play, 4e D&D, Eberron, Lords of Dust, Ravenloft


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06.22.02 Manchester, TN
Bonnaroo Music Festival with Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Galactic, moe., The String Cheese Incident, Widespread Panic, Jack Johnson
Ben Harper Setlist 1969-12-31 - Bonnaroo Music Festival - Manchester, TN
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Ben started his acoustic performance with a never-before-heard alternate version of "Steal My Kisses." He switched to an electric guitar for "Please Bleed" and "The Woman in You". Original Innocent Criminal Leon Mobley sat in on percussion from "When It's Good" through "Sexual Healing". A few hours after his main-stage acoustic set with Leon Mobley, Ben sat in on lap steel with Jack Johnson on the second stage. They capped his set with the Band of Gypsys' "Who Knows" and Jack's radio hit, "Flake." Leon, meanwhile, played with Widespread Panic during "drums" later in the evening.
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I just got back from the concert in berlin 22/5 and I want to say that this was without any doubt one of the great moments musically for me....And now I just cant Escape that "when its good" song. Im working on doing that thang he does but if anyone knows how to do it with the slide and maybe can tell me if the guitar has some specific tuning....feel super unearhtly free to contact me. I Crave to do this song. Ben must have been far off deep in space when he made that screamingly awsome song. Hope to listen to Mr. Harper and All of his Criminals many years from now....
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wow i need to see this guy lpay, and after seeing jack johnson play, these two would be unforgetable
im in vancouver are let me know if there are gonna be any new shows
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this show was amazing. i stood there speechless and motionless, ben, you took over my soul on this hot hot saturday. i didnt ever beleive that it was possible to have constant chills while standing in 90 degree + heat
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Words escape me. I have never in my life experienced so much emotion expressed from a single person. I cried! Who else could silence 40,000+ people. I still get the chills when I think about his performance. Ben needs to tour. I need more!!!
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Ben was definitely the highlight at Bonnaroo!! There was a great variety of music but Ben gave me the goosebumps...AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S AL ABOUT! The "Pleasure & Pain" was also a great surprise to watch at the cinema tent...can't wait to own!! Matter of fact, can't wait for Ben to hit the road again!!! Thanks for a wonderfully inspiring show!
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Ben was incredible at Bonnaroo! His show was so amazing! He made Bonnaroo an awesome experience for the both of us, and we hope he will come back next year! Thank you!
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felt like the first time, but didn't sound like it. what is there to say? it was worth the sun burn. we feel the love. free freedom yall!
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This show was awesome! The whole festival was amazing! Ben played in a tough spot at 3:00-4:30 in the afternoon, but he pulled it off splendidly. Also, Ben's collaborations with Jack Johnson were definitely a top 5 moment of the weekend.
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Product(s) Affected: BEA WebLogic Server and Express
Threat Level: Low
Severity: High
Recently a defect was identified that could potentially cause a security vulnerability in certain versions of BEA WebLogic Server and Express. This problem has been corrected in the latest Service Pack. BEA treats such possibilities with the highest degree of urgency and does everything possible to ensure the security of all customer assets. As a result, we strongly suggest the following action:
I. Read the following advisory.
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A potential security vulnerability was discovered that could result in the unintended removal of security from Servlets or EJBs.
The following BEA WebLogic Server and Express releases are affected by this vulnerability
- Version: BEA WebLogic Server and Express 7.0 and 126.96.36.199.
There is a defect that occurs when an application containing Servlets or EJBs is deployed on more than one server. Should the application be undeployed from one of the servers (either due to the server being shut down or the untargeting of the application from the server) all deployment descriptor specified security constraints and role mappings for the Servlets and EJBs will be removed from all servers. This will result in leaving all Servlets and EJBs in that application unprotected. The deployment descriptor-specified security constraints and role mappings will be restored for the Servlets and EJBs in that application as soon as the application is deployed on another server (either due to a server being restarted or the application being targeted on another server).
The vulnerability exists for both clustered and unclustered servers.
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It's happening. Maybe not in your school district yet. But all over the country the little punkins are heading back to school. Some kids have already started. Mine start next week here in CT. Bottomline, it's time to stick a fork in it. This summer is a goner.
What does this mean to us business folk? Get with the rhythm, I say.
We have two rhythms in this country and they are kissing cousins of one another: the old agrarian calendar and the school calendar. I say kissing cousins, because the school calendar was built on top of the old agrarian calendar when more people lived on farms and went to school around planting and harvest times.
If you haven't been in a classroom in fifty years, chances are the end of summer and the coming of fall still triggers a jump start feeling.
My tip for the day, join in with your kids while they scramble to organize for a new school year. At the same, reorganize yourself for a good fourth quarter.
Here are some steps to do so (from a techie's perspective, of course):
1. Clean up your computer. Delete old files and e-mails. Defrag your hard drive. Uninstall old programs you don't use anymore. Make your machine run faster and make it easier to find stuff.
2. Clean up your contacts. Check your cell, your social network sites, your e-mail client address book, etc. and do a little housekeeping. Out with the old, input all the numbers and e-mail addresses you've been carting around on little pieces of paper and in the form of creased business cards.
3. If you haven't thought about downloading security patches, upgrading software, etc. in awhile, then do more than think about it. Actually do it!
4. While your kids are getting new backpacks and lunchboxes, have you looked at your briefcase lately? Would it make a good or bad impression on clients? Maybe it's time to go briefcase shopping and get one that has all the right pockets and padding for your notebook, cell and other gizmos you never leave home without.
5. If you do have kids, chances are you are spending some quality time at Staples or the likes these days. What about you? Do you need a new flash drive? CD-R's? ink cartridges for the printer? Stop limping by. It's nice to have that feeling once a year of being fully stocked with crisp clean notebooks and pens that work.


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Discovery Channel's "Amish Mafia" has been renewed for a second season while another member of its cast members is facing legal trouble, Lancaster Online reports.
TV Guide reports eight episodes of the hour-long show will be aired later this year.
Cast member Alvin Stoltfus Lantz, who acts as an assistant to Lebanon Levi, has pleaded no contest to DUI charges in Sarasota, Fla. Lantz was caught driving above the speed limit in two different speed zones and once stopped "inexplicably closed the fly on his pants" and had a wet groin, according to police reports and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Lantz had a BAC of .123 and told a deputy he was a "television star," the Herald-Tribune reported.
He was ordered to pay a $500 fine and court costs, his driver's license was revoked for six months and he was placed on 12 months of probation.
Amish Mafia actor Alan Lee Beiler again in trouble with police
'Amish Mafia' star: 'I'm not an actor'
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Bob Bashara is expected to appear in a Detroit courtroom today to formally face charges for allegedly arranging the killing of his wife.
Bashara will be charged with first-degree murder, solicitation of murder, suborning of perjury during a capital trial, witness intimidation and obstruction of justice. The arraignment will be before Magistrate Laura Echartea in 36th District Court in Detroit.
Bashara, 55, a former landlord and businessman, is accused of promising to pay and threatening his handyman, Joseph Gentz, to strangle Mount Clemens native Jane Bashara, 56, in January 2012 in the garage of their Grosse Pointe Park home.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced the charges nearly two weeks ago and revealed some of the large volume of evidence her assistants will present at trial.
The 6 foot, 3 inch, 265-pound Bashara will be transported from a state prison for the hearing since he is already serving a sentence of 80 months to 20 years in prison for trying to have Gentz killed last June while Gentz was housed in the Wayne County Jail. For his role, Gentz, 49, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last December and is serving a 17-to-28 year term. First-degree murder carries a mandatory penalty of life in prison without parole.
Magistrate Echartea is expected to schedule a district court preliminary examination at which the prosecution will be required to establish probable cause that a crime was committed and Bashara committed it, unless he and his attorney, Mark Kriger, decide to waive the hearing.
Criminal defense attorney Steve Kaplan, a former assistant prosecutor in Wayne and Macomb counties, said he expects Gentz to testify since he is the key witness in the case.
"You need him to meet the threshold," Kaplan said when asked to comment on the case, adding that prosecutors at trial will supplement his testimony with an excessive amount of corroboration evidence.
Kaplan said he expects minimal delays in the proceedings and a trial to be started by the end of the year. The trial itself could be lengthy -- several weeks or more -- in part because the lead attorneys, Kriger and assistant Wayne prosecutor Lisa Lindsey, are meticulous trial attorneys.
Jane Bashara's body was found in her Mercedes SUV parked in an east-side Detroit alley. Gentz, a former St. Clair Shores resident, reportedly confessed to police about a week after the slaying and was arrested five weeks later.
Jane Bashara graduated from Mount Clemens High School. She most recently worked as a marketing manager for an energy consulting company in Detroit after working for Detroit Edison for 25 years.


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Season's greeting!
I'd like to wish all of the members of the nORMa team a merry Christmas and happy New year! Thanks for providing the slew of CTP release over the past several months. I did not have a chance to test them thoroughly, but they seem to follow in the tradition of more features and stability with each release. My wish for all of us is that the team will have the time and ambition to continue their good work, and that the rest of us will have the same to test and provide feedback and suggestions. Good health and good fortune to all in the coming year. BRN..
Matthew Curland
Thanks, Brian
We'll pick up the CTP pace again in late February. You'll see incremental improvements in the DDL generation, new code generators, improved name generation (explicit column and table abbreviations will be supported), and the usual gradual quality bar improvements. You will also see some additional changes that correspond to ORM2 notation extensions from Terry Halpin's new ORM book, mostly in the subtyping and reference mode areas.


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Endangered Plants
A species is endangered if there are threats to its survival. The major factors that put plant species at risk stem primarily from the activities of humans, including the conversion of natural habitats into land uses for agricultural, urban and industrial purposes.
A species is endangered if there are threats to its survival. The major factors that put plant species at risk stem primarily from the activities of humans, including the conversion of natural habitats into land uses for agricultural, urban and industrial purposes. These threaten entire natural ecosystems, such as older forests and Prairie grasslands, in Canada. As of 2013, of the approximate 7,300 species of flora in Canada, 220 are at risk.
Designations and Legislation
The Government of Canada passed its first Endangered Species Act in 2002. That legislation empowered an organization called COSEWIC (the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) to designate species as being at conservation risk (or known as species-at-risk). COSEWIC is funded by Environment Canada, but it operates independently of the government. The organization commissions studies of native species whose survival in Canada might be at risk. Based on that research, COSEWIC designates species as being in one of several categories of conservation risk: extinct (not surviving anywhere); extirpated (no longer in Canada but surviving elsewhere, usually in the US); endangered (at risk of becoming extirpated or extinct); threatened (at risk of becoming endangered); or special concern (at risk of becoming threatened).
Although Canada and its provinces and territories have legislation that protects species-at-risk from direct exploitation, such as harvesting for commercial purposes, the laws are generally weaker in terms of protecting natural habitats. Consequently, there are few cases of successful prosecution of people or companies that have caused damage to critical habitats.
At-Risk Flora
Canada has around 7,300 species of flora, including about 3,300 species of native vascular plants, 1,500 bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) and 2,500 lichens. Lists of rare plants have been compiled by botanists working with COSEWIC and other organizations, such as the National Museums of Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, with the assistance of specialists from across the country. Similar lists have also been produced for the provinces and territories. As of 2013, COSEWIC had designated a total of 676 species as being at risk in Canada, including 190 species of vascular plants, 16 bryophytes and 14 lichens (the remaining species are animals).
Rare or potentially endangered plants can be divided into three groups: endemic species that occur only in Canada or in restricted areas straddling the national boundary with the US; plants of widespread occurrence that have become so rare throughout their range that they are in danger of extinction; and plants of widespread occurrence that are only endangered in the Canadian area of their range.
Regional Examples
British Columbia and Ontario have by far the largest numbers of rare plants, many of which are species that are more common in the US and reach their northern limit in Canada. Unfortunately, the Canadian population and most agricultural and industrial activity are concentrated along the Canada-US border, meaning most of their once-extensive natural habitats have been damaged or even utterly destroyed. For instance, only a few per cent remains of the deciduous forests that once covered southwestern Ontario, but these habitats support a diverse assemblage of plants that are found nowhere else in Canada.
Most of these Ontario-based plants are now rare, and some are on the verge of extirpation and even extinction. Trees that are included on the at-risk list include the cucumber magnolia (Magnolia acuminata), several hickorys (Carya glabra and C. laciniosa), several ashes (Fraxinus quadrangulata and F. profunda), eastern flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), Kentucky coffee-tree (Gymnocladus dioica) and Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii). Associated with them are many herbaceous plants, shrubs and climbers, including the trumpet flower (Campsis radicans), the small white lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium candidum), the redbud (Circus canadensis, this species is extinct as a wild plant in Canada) and the medicinally important goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis). Most of these southern plants survive in small woodlots and associated habitats, which are ecological fragments of the almost continuous forest that covered this region before European settlement. Fortunately, there have been increasing efforts by governmental authorities and non-governmental conservation organizations to secure the best of the surviving forests and to set them aside as protected areas to benefit the rare plants and animals that live there. This protection has been achieved by land acquisition and stewardship agreements with local landowners.
Similar problems exist in other provinces. In Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, many plants characteristic of the Atlantic seaboard and the eastern forests are threatened by cottage developments, agriculture, forestry and dam construction. These include Furbish's lousewort (Pedicularis furbishiae), goldcrest (Lophiola aurea), redroot (Lachnanthes tinctoria) and thread-leaved sundew (Drosera filiformis).
On the Prairies, almost all the natural grassland has been converted to agricultural use or is heavily grazed. Many prairie plants now survive precariously on limited areas of natural habitat or along roadsides and railway tracks, where they escape the pressures of agriculture but may be threatened by the use of herbicide. Examples include legumes such as Astragalus kentrophyta and Oxytropis besseyi, prairie parsley (Lomatium orientale), and ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata).
The western mountains have their own unique assemblage of alpine flowers. Many species, although common in the US, reach their northern limit here and are rare. Examples include beargrass (Xerohyllum tenax), a sandwort (Minuartia nuttallii) and the beautiful Townsendia daisy (Townsendia condensata).
International Agreements
Plant species at risk are also designated in other countries using their own procedures and on a global basis by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In addition, Canada is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which regulates trade in rare and endangered species or their by-products. Canada has also ratified the International Convention on Biological Diversity and thereby assumes certain obligations for conserving biological diversity (see Biodiversity). Because these international treaties involve Canada as a whole, all levels of government are held to their provisions and responsibilities, as is society as a whole.
The protection that CITES provides is in the form of controlling the trade and movement of the listed species across international borders, but most of Canada's flora falls outside these regulations. This is because not many Canadian species are included on the CITES list of plants whose international trade is forbidden, although it does include all of Canada's native orchids and cacti. One familiar plant that is covered is ginseng (Panax quinquefolius), a once abundant but now endangered plant of the deciduous forests of eastern and central Canada, whose roots were excessively harvested and sold for their reputed medicinal properties.
Habitat Protection
While it is obvious that protection from overharvesting is needed to save a species from extinction, it is also true that the natural habitats that provide their home must also be conserved. The conservation of habitats is achieved by various organizations in Canada. The principal role is played by governments, at levels ranging from federal to provincial, territorial, municipal and aboriginal land-claim. Any of those governments can proclaim areas of land that they own as being a protected area in which intensive economic uses are not permitted. The most highly protected areas are ecological reserves and wilderness areas, in which only a low intensity of use is permitted, such as hiking and nature study. Parks are also a kind of protected area, although often a great deal of economic activity is permitted, sometimes including large roadways and major tourism-related developments.
The private sector also has a key role to play in protecting natural habitats. For example, many large forestry companies have set aside parts of their land base to conserve natural habitats. In addition, many individual landowners manage their land to conserve habitats needed by native species. Finally, certain non-governmental organizations, such as the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Ducks Unlimited Canada, are acquiring private properties that have good natural values and setting them aside as protected. To do that, those environmental charities raise money from all sectors of Canadian society — from individuals, companies, foundations and governments — and they use those funds to do conservation planning to identify the most important properties to acquire.
Reasons for Preservation
Plants vary depending on where they grow, for example, northern populations often differ genetically from southern ones. Each has become adapted to the specific habitat and climate in which it grows. For the continued survival of a species, it is essential that the diversity of its gene pool be maintained so that it can adapt to continual changes in the environment, shifts in climate, and varying pressures from predators, disease and competition. For this reason, it is important to protect those plants that reach the northern limits of their range in Canada, even though they may be abundant in the US. Also, it is essential to protect the wild ancestors of cultivated plants and ensure the survival of others that may be potentially useful as new crops, horticultural varieties or sources of useful products.
Medicines are among the list of useful products generated by plants, and have been since prehistoric times. Research is discovering an apparently unlimited source of new chemicals in wild plants, many of which can form the basis for new drugs or other products important to human well-being. For example, cortisones were originally developed from wild yams (Dioscorea) and the jojoba bean (Simmondsia chinensis), an obscure shrub in the semi-desert of Arizona, was found to be a source of a liquid wax that can be used in the manufacture of products ranging from transmission oil to cosmetics and suntan lotions.
Suggested Reading
B. Freedman, Environmental Science. A Canadian Perspective, 5th ed. (Toronto: Pearson Education Canada, 2010).
Links to other sites
Time for Nature Learn about local environmental improvement programs in Canada's national parks, marine conservation areas, heritage rivers and historic sites. From Parks Canada.
The Plant List Search this online database for information about one million plant species from around the world. Also, click on "major plant groups" at the bottom of the page to browse descriptions of species of interest. Fungi and algae are excluded. From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK and the Missouri Botanical Garden in the US.
DavidsoniaThe website for "Davidsonia," a journal that provides original, review, discussion or summary work that is of interest to the botanical and botanical garden communities at large. Offers full text articles online. From the University of British Columbia.


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CRANSTON ŌĆö ItŌĆÖs hard to glean much from the SaturdayŌĆÖs Injury Fund football round robin at Cranston Stadium.
After all, itŌĆÖs the first game of the season, only last two quarters and teams donŌĆÖt spend the week preparing for the contests because they donŌĆÖt count in the standings.
Yet two things became clear following CoventryŌĆÖs contest with potential state champion Cranston East and West WarwickŌĆÖs tussle with Cranston West:
The Oakers are going to be entertaining and the Wizards have the potential to win the programŌĆÖs first Super Bowl since 2002.
The Oakers, who scrapped last yearŌĆÖs sing-wing offense and returned to a more pass-friendly attack, gashed the Thunderbolts frequently with running backs Michael Nolan, Jose Santos and Silvio Antonelli.
Of course, Coventry couldnŌĆÖt stop Cranston East quarterback Rob Corvese and All-State wide receiver Marven Beauvais in a 43-33 defeat.
ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre optimistic because everyoneŌĆÖs ordained Cranston East the best team in the state and we scored 33 on them,ŌĆØ Coventry coach Gerry Zannella said. ŌĆ£I didnŌĆÖt see too many of the twos out there. We still have a lot of work to do, but I like the guys we have out there. TheyŌĆÖre working hard each and every day.ŌĆØ
Another team which took a step forward was Coventry, which looked a lot better against East this than it did last year. In 2012 Zannella realized he didnŌĆÖt have a quarterback after East picked off passes from three Coventry signal callers and was forced to change offenses on the fly to try and win games.
Saturday, junior quarterback Joe Foley didnŌĆÖt throw a pick and he made a number of nice throws. The only completed pass was a short throw to wide receiver Darnell Fenwick one play after the junior dropped an easy pass along the sideline.
East needed just two plays to open the scoring, but Coventry responded with a touchdown on its next drive when Nolan, a senior, found a hole and scored a 78-yard touchdown. Senior Eric Rasieleski kicked the extra point.
ŌĆ£MikeŌĆÖs a smart player,ŌĆØ Santos said. ŌĆ£He knows when to hit the hole and he knows when to bounce it outside. HeŌĆÖs an excellent player. I love playing with Mike.ŌĆØ
East scored another touchdown on its next drive before Fenwick returned the ensuing kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown. Rasieleski missed the extra point and the Oakers trailed by one.
Nolan scored his second touchdown of the day on the final play of the first quarter. The senior found a hole in the middle of the defense for a 33-yard score.
The teams traded touchdowns in the second quarter. Santos scored a 19-yard rushing touchdown and Nolan converted the two-point try to cut the gap to just one point.
East rebuilt its two-score lead before Santos delivered a 29-yard touchdown. Beauvais scored a 25-yard touchdown after a perfect pass from Corvese to finish the day.
ŌĆ£We still have a lot of work to do offensively to sure up the things we are doing,ŌĆØ Zannella said. ŌĆ£I like the weapons we have and we were able to move the ball around pretty well. East has a lot of big-time weapons and theyŌĆÖre a lot like the Wizards. The ball moves around quite a bit. We have to get better defensively with our philosophy, our coaching and our schemes.ŌĆØ


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High angle view of the "Goat Canyon" area of the border near the ocean. At right is Tijuana's main highway to the coast in this view looking southeast from a a high overlook that also looks out to ocean to the west that's known as the "bunkers" for some old concrete armaments bunkers there from WWII. At far left is the secondary fence and between the highway and the secondary fence is the old steel primary fence.
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A more beautiful lily there has never been. For lovers of garlic, this certainly holds true. The subtle garlic flavor of Garlic Chives are perfect for use in uncooked dishes where raw regular garlic might be overwhelming or too spicy.
This Asian beauty is sometimes called Perennial Chinese Chives or Chinese leeks or even just leek. While not the true leek, this is probably a reference to their blades which resemble little leek leaves.
Garlic Chive flowers, which are also edible, bloom in the warmth of summer, which is in contrast to the early spring flowers of regular Chives.
Let a few flower heads go to seed and ripen. The shiny black seeds are a peppery delicacy when sprouted: the perfect winter treat.
When they are in full bloom the beneficial insects and bees flock to the pure white nectar rich Garlic Chive flowers.
As you can see here, Garlic Chives have a flat blade. Regular Chives, on the other hand, have hollow spears. Both are great tasting and easy to grow and can be used interchangeably in recipes. The finely chopped blades are great added to stir-frys and egg dishes.
Garlic Chives do make a very small bulb that can be used like a small green onion. Harvest bulbs while the flower is still a bud. Be sure to leave some of the bulbs in the ground so the plant can continue to grow. Harvest blades by cutting all the way to the ground. This allows new foliage to be free of grassy half blades that have been left behind to turn brown on the tips.
Garlic Chives are sometimes grown blanched, or without light, to produce white blades, similar to white asparagus. Like all plants, Garlic Chives prefer fertile ground. Divide every few years when production seems to slow.
This 20 Inch Oval Pot has three of our three inch pots of Garlic Chives planted on the left and one pot of regular Chives on the right. If you notice in the top photo the section on the right where the Chives are is not yet blooming.
The low growing green ground cover on the right is Corsican Mint, the most aromatic and smallest of all the mints.
Garlic Chives are one of the six plants
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I've probably mentioned this before, but I think it's important to mention it again. Especially as recently, I've been asked to explain more.
Lots of lessons were learned after the tragedy of 9-11, more than ten years ago now. But I find I think back to that day, and to the events of that week a lot.
When I first got the call from a family member to wake up and turn on the TV, I didn't understand the gravity of the situation... except that a plane had run into the world trade center. (The first such crash was actually in the Great Depression and involved the Empire State Building during heavy fog.)
But while flipping between channels and watching the coverage, it became more clear that this was not just an ordinary crash, and that something of historical significance was going down.
My kids were in elementary school, and my wife at work. I wasn't due at work for hours, though I called in to see if there was anything they needed me for. The answer was no...nothing to be done.
My thoughts turned to my daughter, then in elementary school and about to have lunch. I decided to walk down the few blocks to the school and share lunch hour with her in the school cafeteria as a treat, and a special bond to share with her.
I stopped in the school office and informed them of what was going on in the country. They had no idea, and to tell the truth, there was really no reason for them to know or to change the school day at all. But some of the teachers had grown sons and daughters who were in the military, and we're concerned the nation was on alert.
I greeted my daughter, and let her know this was a special day. Without scaring her, I told her that for the rest of her life, she was going to want to remember this day, where she was, what was happening in her life. She didn't seem overly impressed, as I had come to eat with her before in the past. But I let her know that a plane had run into the tallest building in New York City, and that it was a tragedy... a disaster...and that there were going to be lots and lots of casualties. She didn't get upset, but finished her meal with her friends, like normal.
But what happened next will always stay with me. I looked up as another mother entered the lunch room, and scanned the room for her child. Spotting her daughter, she rushed over and plucked her up from the table. Hugging her child, she started to cry and bolt for the door, until she locked eyes with me. We both recognized each other. I just nodded in acknowledgment, as she hugged her child, and slowed her pace to a fast walk. She left, somewhat more under control. I'd like to think that I calmed her some, just by being there and not flying off the handle.
I reflected on the fact that this woman was from New York and had only recently moved into our college community. No doubt, she had friends and family in the New York City area, and fearing the worst, she wanted her child with her for whatever was to come. That was her mother's instinct.
My thoughts were a little different, as I knew we were not at risk in the MOV (not knowing of United Flight 93 yet) and realizing that this was a red letter day... much like my experience of when JFK was shot and killed back in 1963. I recall the principal making an announcement that the school was releasing early due to the president being shot and that we should proceed straight home. I didn't know it happened in Dallas until much later. On the way home, my friends and I were bragging to each other who felt worse about it, the shock and the wonder of it all. We had no experience with a Kennedy shooting before. We didn't know how to put it into the context of our lives.
It had been my hope that I could help put this day in perspective for my kids, and give them a positive memory to reflect on and remember all their lives... as opposed to the other mother, who was going to frighten her child by over-reacting (and maybe with good reason).
As we get farther from the event, the ripples and repercussions of the day become more clear. And I still remember the endless media coverage, the sense of not knowing the answers or what would happen next.
But life went on for my family, pretty much unchanged. And that's the way it should be. Another day at school in a seemly endless stream...except, that was the day that Dad came to lunch with bad news. I hope my daughter values this as she grows older.


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Our winter dining season has ended. We look forward to serving you next winter.
Winter Dining Info 2014-2015 :
Fine Dining | Sunday, December 28 through Saturday, March 7
A cold winter's night calls for a long, lingering meal to while away the evening hours. Bearskin Lodge welcomes the return of our winter chef , Scott Bergstrom. Scott received his training at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. He has many years of experience in all aspects of the food service industry. Scott takes pride in creating attractive and delicious multi-course meals for his guests. His most notable culinary talents were displayed as the Executive Chef at "510 Groveland" in Minneapolis, Executive Chef for guests in Curt Carlson's private dining room "The Retreat," and at his private corporate parties. Scott likes to prepare healthy meals with the freshest "in season" ingredients possible.
Scott has his own resort, Thomsonite Beach, along Highway 61 on Lake Superior. Watch for the colorful sign on the lake side of the road between Lutsen and Grand Marais. In the summer Thomsonite Beach is an ideal place to spend a few days watching Lake Superior, and in the winter it's one of your quietest choices for staying near the ski hill. We recommend it highly. Luckily for us, they don't offer dining so Scott gets his cooking fun here at Bearskin!
Dining times & reservations: You may reserve a 6 PM, 6:15 PM, or 6:30 PM dining time. Reservations are needed and we recommend letting us know early, as our small, intimate dining area only has seating for about 20 guests. Call us at 218.388.2292 or e-mail us at email@example.com Anyone is welcome to dine at Bearskin Lodge, although we try to give our guests first priority and notice for dining events. Scott likes to change our menu frequently. When you call to reserve your dining, we will take an e-mail address and contact you about the upcoming week's entrée choices. The price ranges will stay consistent and the entrée choices will be similar, but Scott enjoys varying the rest of the menu.


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The name of the corporation shall be the Southern Region Volleyball Association.
The principal office of the corporation in the State of Alabama shall be located in the city of Birmingham, county of Jefferson. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Alabama, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require.
|The purpose for which this corporation is organized is to foster national and international amateur volleyball competition. In furtherance of this main purpose, the corporation shall:
|1. Foster and conduct local, state, regional and national amateur volleyball competition;
|2. Act as the representative of the United States Volleyball Association within the geographical area designated as the Southern Region;
|3. Promote widespread interest in the sport of volleyball; increase the number of participants in the sport; and develop skillful playing and officiating of the game;
|4. Conduct tournaments, training programs, camps, officiating clinics and exhibits as well as other volleyball programs related to the primary purpose of the organization;
|5. Assist other organizations in developing modern volleyball programs.
|In order to carry out its purposes, the corporation shall have the power to receive and hold money or other property for any of the purposes of the corporation. The corporation shall have the power to borrow money and to mortgage or pledge real or personal property as security therefore, to use, borrow, or expend the funds and property of the corporation and do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted.
|No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of or be distributable to its members, directors, officers or other persons, except that the corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in these By-Laws.
|No substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall be the carrying on of any propaganda, or otherwise attempting to the influence legislation, and the corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing and distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
|Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, the corporation will not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
On liquidation or dissolution of the corporation, all properties and assets remaining after payment, or provision for payment, of all debts and liabilities of the corporation shall be distributed to the United States Volleyball Association, or in the event the USVBA does not exist, then to an organization dedicated to fostering national and international amateur volleyball competition, provided that organization continues to be dedicated to the exempt purposes as specified in Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c) (3).
|Membership on the Board of Directors shall be open to Regular USVBA members in good standing who are interested in furthering the purposes of this corporation. Members of the Board of Directors shall be elected by a majority vote of the existing Board of Directors.
|Any Director may be removed from the Board by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Directors present and voting at any meeting of the Board. The removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Prior to any removal, the Director sought to be removed must be given reasonable prior notice of the impending action and a reasonable opportunity to speak on his own behalf before the Board of Directors.
|The Board of Directors, in furtherance of the purpose of this corporation, may perform such acts as are necessary or convenient to exercise the powers of this non-profit corporation and generally may do or perform, or cause to be done or performed, any act which the corporation lawfully may do or perform in the furtherance of its specific and primary purposes.
|It shall be the policy of this corporation to budget and disburse each year substantially all of its ordinary net income in the furtherance of its specific purposes. It also shall be the policy that this corporation shall not engage in any of the following transactions:
|(A) Lending any part of its income or principal or making available any of its services on a preferential basis to donors, members of donor's families, or to corporations controlled by donors or members of donor's families.
|(B) Making any substantial purchases of securities or other property from donors, members of donor's families, or corporations controlled by donors or members of donor's families.
|(C) Selling any substantial part of the property of this corporation or engaging in any transaction which results in substantial diversion of the income or corpus of this corporation to donors, members of donor's families, or corporations controlled by donors or members of donor's families.
|The business, property and affairs of this corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors composed of not less than twelve (12) nor more than twenty-seven (27) members. A male player representative and a female player representative shall be members of the Board of Directors. Player representatives may be residents of any state within the region. A Board Member must have reached the age of majority in his/her state of residence to be nominated and elected to the Board of Directors.
|The Board of Directors shall determine the election procedures for the SRVA Board.
|Directors shall be elected to serve three (3) year terms or until such time as their successors are duly elected and qualified. Directors may be elected to successive terms.
|The Chairperson of all standing or special committees shall be appointed by the President (Commissioner) of this corporation from the members of the Board of Directors or from the general membership of the corporation.
|Each Director shall be entitled to one (1) vote. No cumulative voting shall be permitted. Voting may be by oral or written ballot.
|A vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors shall be filled at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by a majority vote of the Directors present. The new Director shall serve only the unexpired term of his predecessor.
|Individuals elected to serve the directorships created by any increase in the number of Directors as provided in Section 1 may be elected at any regular or special meeting of the Board by a majority of directors present. The new Director shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified.
|Directors shall serve without compensation. No person who now is, or who later becomes, a Director of this corporation shall be personally liable to its creditors for any indebtedness or liability, and any and all creditors of the corporation shall look only to the assets of said corporation for payment.
|The officers of the corporation shall be a President (Commissioner); Vice-President; and Secretary, and each shall be elected to serve for a three (3) year term by the Board of Directors. Each officer shall hold office until his successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.
|Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board when, in its judgement, the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby.
|A vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
|The President shall be a Director of the corporation. He shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He may sign, with the Secretary thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or any other instruments which the Board has authorized to be executed. In general, he shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
|The Vice-President shall be a Director of the Corporation. In the absence of the President or in the event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice-President shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President.
|The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the Directors meetings in books provided for that purpose; shall see that all notices are given as provided for in these By-Laws or as required by law; shall be custodian of the corporate records; and in general perform all duties incident to the office and such other duties as form time to time may be assigned by the President.
|All bank checks drawn against the corporation's accounts shall be signed by the President. The President shall submit an annual operating budget and quarterly reports to the Board.
|Deeds, mortgages, leases and contracts may be signed by the President and Secretary or by such other persons as the Board of Directors authorizes.
|No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors.
|All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited in the corporation's checking account. A savings account may be established with such banks or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.
|Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such time as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Seven (7) days written notice shall be given. E-Mail notice shall also constitute written notice.
|Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called for any purpose at any time by the President. Notice may be given in writing at least seven (7) days before the meeting or by telephone at least four (4) days before the meeting. E-Mail notice shall also constitute written notice.
Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if consent in writing settling forth the action so taken shall be signed by a majority of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Such consent shall have the same effect as a vote of such Directors at a regularly convened meeting.
A corporate seal is not required for the corporation.
No less than one-third (1/3) of the members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, provided, however, that at least five (5) Directors are present. No Director may vote by proxy. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting in which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Whenever any notice is required to be given to any member or Director of the Corporation under the provisions of these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, or by telegram sent by them, whether before or after the holding of the meeting, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. E-Mail notice shall also constitute written notice.
The President shall have the authority to appoint such committees as deemed appropriate.
In all cases not otherwise provided for by these By-Laws, this corporation shall be governed by Robert's Rules of Procedure.
The Southern Region Volleyball Association shall not, nor shall anyone acting on behalf of the Association, discriminate against any person, or group of persons, on the basis of age, sex, race, creed, or nationality.
These By-Laws may be amended, altered, or repealed and new By-Laws may be adopted by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Directors present at any regular or special meeting. Notice of the proposed amendment must be submitted in writing or e-mail to the President and Secretary at least ten (10) days prior to said meeting.