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Hassle-Free Holiday Baking: 6 Easy Days to Perfect Christmas Cookies
Instructions:Like many people, I love the idea of making a large assortment of Christmas cookies during the holidays, but I find it difficult to find the time to get it done. As a working mother, cookbook author and webmaster of Christmas-Cookies.com, I am a very busy woman, but baking Christmas cookies every year is a must. Over the past few years, out of frustration and necessity, I have developed a system for organizing my Christmas baking. This system allows me to make a large variety of holiday treats without taking too much time out of my busy schedule. By dividing the tasks up into 6 days, I can spend a couple hours each day getting this done, and on the 7th day, relax and enjoy giving and eating some delicious Christmas cookies. After all, God rested on the 7th day! You don t even have to do this on 6 consecutive days. Most of the steps can be done days and even weeks in advance, giving you a great head start on your holidays.
Day 1
Search your books, recipe cards, and favorite Web sites and decide what recipes to make this year. I usually mix my traditional family recipes with a few new recipes for variety. 6 to 12 different recipes makes a nice assortment, depending on how many people you have to feed and how much time you have to spend baking. Write down the name of each recipe on a piece of paper, as well as the source of the recipe so that you can look it up later, such as the Web site URL or page number in a cookbook. Print out the recipes that you find online, and set aside the books or recipe cards you ll need so that you can access them easily on Day 2. Things you may want to consider when making your selection are:
difficulty of the recipe if you are a novice cook or will be baking with children
cost of special ingredients such as chocolate or nuts, if you are on a budget
whether the cookies keep well or can they be frozen, if you d like to do your baking ahead of time
Day 2
Consulting your list of recipes, create your shopping list. Calculate roughly how much of each ingredient you ll need in total by adding up cups of butter, number of eggs, and other common ingredients. Include in your list:
All of the ingredients for the cookies. Check what you have at home for freshness. Nuts and shortening will go rancid after a few months, and baking powder and baking soda lose their effectiveness, so keep this in mind: out with the old, in with the new! Fresh ingredients are the key to good tasting cookies.
Any baking tools you may need. Consider replacing old worn out tools or adding a new tool to your collection each year.
Anything you may need for decorating such as food coloring, colored sugars and jimmies, or pastry bags for piping frosting.
Containers like plastic tubs, cookie tins, or even cardboard boxes to store your cookies in. Make sure you have containers that are large enough to hold a complete batch of each cookie (look at the yield of your recipe if you re not sure). If you plan to parcel them out for gift
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Volume 57, Issue 6, June 1986
Ultrahigh pressures57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138654View Description Hide Description
This article reviews mainly the use of the diamond anvil cell(DAC) for ultrahigh‐pressure generation (a few hundred GPa) and the various techniques employed in studying the high‐pressure behavior of solids. A brief historical introduction to devices used in the prediamond‐anvil era is presented in Sec. I. The basic principles of the modern DAC, ultrahigh‐pressure generation, and pressurecalibration are presented. Among the techniques used, x‐ray diffraction,optical spectroscopy including Raman and Brillouinspectroscopy, microscopy, electrical resistance,and Mössbauer measurements, and positron annihilation studies with the DAC are reviewed. High‐temperature–high‐pressure (HT–HP) and low‐temperature–high‐pressure (LT–HP) generation in the DAC, and the problems associated with pressurecalibration under these conditions are discussed. A brief section is devoted to the sintered diamond‐tipped anvil apparatus, for it offers a very convenient way of studying resistance changes and superconductivity to 50‐GPa pressure at normal and at liquid‐He temperatures. In Sec. IV, Raman studies on solid H2 and solid N2 to about 150 GPa, p‐v studies on Xe, CsI to 50 GPa, the metallization of CsI, and superconductivity of Si high‐pressure polymorphs are presented. Present trends and future possibilities for ultrahigh‐pressure research are briefly set out in Sec. V.
High‐flux normal incidence monochromator for circularly polarized synchrotron radiation57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138655View Description Hide Description
A 6.5‐m normal incidence monochromator installed at the storage ring BESSY, which is optimized for a high throughput of circularly polarized off‐plane radiation at moderate resolution is described. The monochromator employs two exit slits and is specially designed and used for low‐signal experiments such as spin‐ and angle‐resolved photoelectron spectroscopy on solids, adsorbates, free atoms, and molecules. The Monk–Gillieson mounting (plane grating in a convergent light beam) allows for large apertures with relatively little astigmatism. With two gratings, a flux of more than 101 1 photons s− 1 bandwidth− 1 (0.2–0.5 nm) with a circular polarization of more than 90% in the wavelength range from 35 to 675 nm is achieved.
Principles of a new electron spectrometer for angular‐resolved photoemission using a magnetic deflector57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138656View Description Hide Description
We describe the principle of a new electron spectrometer combining a magnetic torroidal deflector and a simple electrostatic focuser. The electrons are dispersed according to their energy and polar angle, along two orthogonal axes of a plane detector. This bidimensional (E, θ) display is very convenient for band‐structure studies and for rapid acquisition of the data.
Fiducial monitor for an x‐ray streak camera57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138657View Description Hide Description
A fiducial monitor system that has been adapted and utilized for a commercial x‐ray streak camera is described. The fiducial allows an unambiguous temporal synchronization of the incident KrF UV laser pulse with the features of the x‐ray emission streak as required in ablation rate studies involving multilayered targets. The linearity of the fiducial record was confirmed by recording the laser pulse simultaneously with an UV streak camera.
Simple concepts in the measurement of the energy distribution and spin polarization of an electron beam57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138658View Description Hide Description
A comprehensive study of a compact electron spectrometer coupled with a Mott polarimeter is presented. This device is operated in ultrahigh vacuum (1×10− 1 0 Torr) and optimized to investigate the polarized photoemission from negative electron affinitysemiconductors. The electron energy dispersing device is made up of two 90° cylindrical electrostatic deflectors. It combines optimum geometry to allow spin‐polarization measurements with high resolution (∼20 meV) and high luminosity (peak output current up to 5 nA). Emphasis is placed on practical hints, limiting factors, and simple criteria to optimize the design of the electron selector, the electron optics, the power supplies, and the current detection. The proposed solutions lead to a very convenient, easy to operate, and low‐cost apparatus. Also the way of obtaining optimal performances is discussed. A new and simple method to measure the energy resolution of an electron spectrometer is described in detail. The problem of energy calibration is considered and some experimental results, obtained on gallium arsenide, are shown for illustration.
Design and operation of a stable intense high‐temperature arc‐discharge source of hydrogen atoms and metastable trihydrogen molecules57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138659View Description Hide Description
We report a design for a stable intense beamsource of hyperthermal hydrogen atoms. The basis for the design is an arc heater used first by Knuth for the generation of high‐translational energy He–Ar beams. In the case of hydrogen atom generation this source is very unstable due to the corresponding higher temperatures which are generated by the plasma discharge. We have substantially eliminated these difficulties by the insertion of discharge‐localizing insulators and the use of a tungsten nozzle mounted in the center of a 1‐kG electromagnet. This sourcegenerates exceptionally high hydrogen atom beam intensities of ∼102 2 atoms s− 1 sr− 1 with translational energydistribution functions which extend to 18 eV and whose peak occurs at energies as high as 13 eV. In addition metastable H3 molecules having an intensity between 102 0 and 102 1 molecules s− 1 sr− 1 are formed.
Gas heating effects in the neutralizers of neutral beam injection lines57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1139192View Description Hide Description
Measurements of neutralization efficiencies in a powerful neutral deuterium beam line have evidenced neutralizer gas linear density values much lower than expected from conductance measurements made without the beam. This can be explained by gas heating phenemona in the presence of the beam. These phenomena are included in a model whose purpose is the gas linear density prediction [a detailed presentation of this model is given elsewhere (J. Paméla, ''Gas Heating Effects in the Neutralizers of Neutral Beam Injection Lines,'' EUR‐CEA‐FC 1279, Sept. 1985)].
Metal vapor vacuum arc ion source57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138660View Description Hide Description
A high‐current ion source is described in which a metal vapor vacuum arc is used to create the plasma from which the ion beam is extracted. An ion beam current of up to about 1 A has been measured at an extraction voltage of 25 kV for a range of metallic species spanning the periodic table from lithium to uranium. Multiply ionized charge states are seen up to as high as Q=6+ in the case of uranium. In the metal vapor vacuum arc, regions of intense current concentration are formed at the cathode, and it is at these regions, the cathode spots, that the cathode material is vaporized and ionized to form a dense, quasi‐neutral plasma which plumes away from the cathodesurface. The plasma plume is caused to impinge upon a set of extractor grids, and the ion beam is extracted from the streaming metalplasma. A preliminary survey of the performance of the source has been made. We describe here the principle of operation of the source, the source design, and the results of those measurements that we have made to date.
Direct indication plasma potential diagnostic based on secondary electron emission57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138661View Description Hide Description
A new method of plasma potential measurement which makes use of secondary electron emission is presented. A differential secondary emissive probe is employed consisting of two similar single probes, each with surfaces that have different secondary emission coefficients. The differential emission current drives a feedback control circuit (previously used with heated probes) to serve as a sensor of plasma potential. When the secondary emission coefficient of a single probe is greater than unity, the floating potential of that probe is also shown to be a good indication of plasma potential.
Fractional fringe Fabry–Perot interferometer diagnostic for low‐density plasmas57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138662View Description Hide Description
A high‐resolution Fabry–Perot interferometer(FPI) has been developed to diagnose plasma with low electron line densities. The technique is based on the fact that a cavity which is undergoing a small oscillation in length will periodically pass through a point of maximum sensitivity; in the present work the duration of this condition is about 100 μs. Line densities of approximately 101 5 cm− 2 were examined; this corresponded to shifts on the order of one‐thousandth of a fringe. A scanning FPI was used to tune in one axial mode of a 632.8‐nm He–Ne laser with a linewidth of 2.0×10− 5 nm. The plasma was generated in an arc discharge formed in 50‐mT air with electron densities of about 101 4 cm− 3. A double Langmuir probe was used as the reference diagnostic. In this case, sensitivities to electron densities were 2–5 times greater than could be achieved with a standard double‐pass device; order of magnitude improvements can be made with refinements.
Q‐band loop‐gap resonator57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138663View Description Hide Description
The upper frequency for loop‐gap resonators intended for use in electron‐spin‐resonance spectroscopy has been extended to Q band (35 GHz). A practical structure is described containing sample support, frequency tuning, and variable coupling. A typical sample volume is 39 nL. High‐energy densities (15 GW− 1 / 2) were achieved. As found previously at X band, Q‐band loop‐gap resonators permit observation of the dispersion with minimal demodulation of phase noise originating in the klystron. Theoretical calculations of the resonant frequency, Q, and the filling factor are found to be in good agreement with experiment.
High‐sensitivity broadband microwave spectroscopy with small nonresonant coils57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138664View Description Hide Description
The use of a small, nonresonant, coil of μm dimensions as the microwave magnetic field structure of a broadband electron‐spin‐resonance (ESR)spectrometer is described. The coil is driven by a broadband microwave generator which operates between 0.1 and 8.5 GHz. The samples may fill the coil to approximately 100%. It is shown that for small size samples this system offers higher sensitivity than a conventional cavity spectrometer. Because the system is broadband, either frequency scans or the conventional magnetic field scans can be used to traverse the resonance. Examples for DPPH and for the spin glassA gMn using this method are reported. Since the sample coil is small, it has many potential applications, such as insertion into the mixing chamber of a dilution refrigerator or high‐pressure cell, efficient use of power in ENDOR and other double resonance experiments, and rapid recovery from transients in pulsed ESR experiments.
CAMAC interface for digitally recording infrared camera images57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138665View Description Hide Description
An instrument has been built to store the digital signals from a modified imaging infrared scanner directly in a digital memory. This procedure avoids the signal‐to‐noise degradation and dynamic range limitations associated with successive analog‐to‐digital and digital‐to‐analog conversions and the analog recording method normally used to store data from the scanner. This technique also allows digital data processing methods to be applied directly to recorded data and permits processing and image reconstruction to be done using either a mainframe or a microcomputer. If a suitable computer and CAMAC‐based data collection system are already available, digital storage of up to 12 scanner images can be implemented for less than $1750 in materials cost. Each image is stored as a frame of 60×80 eight‐bit pixels, with an acquisition rate of one frame every 16.7 ms. The number of frames stored is limited only by the available memory. Initially, data processing for this equipment was done on a VAX 11‐780, but images may also be displayed on the screen of a microcomputer. Software for setting the displayed gray scale, generating contour plots and false‐color displays, and subtracting one image from another (e.g., background suppression) has been developed for IBM‐compatible personal computers.
Time response of various types of photomultipliers and its wavelength dependence in time‐correlated single‐photon counting with an ultimate resolution of 47 ps FWHM57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138666View Description Hide Description
The time response of the classical photomultipliers 56DUVP and XP2020 in time‐correlated single‐photon counting has been measured at several wavelengths between 257 and 630 nm with a best result of 235 ps FWHM. Also, the time response has been measured of the microchannel‐plate photomultiplier R1564U‐01 and the crossed‐field photomultiplier VPM‐154M at the two wavelengths 273 and 546 nm. The best result was 47 ps at λ=273 nm. The use of a fast constant‐fraction discriminator was crucial. The origin of after pulses in the time response curve of photomultipliers is discussed.
Compact design for photothermal deflection (mirage): Spectroscopy and imaging57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138667View Description Hide Description
We describe a new design for a mirage cell which is much more compact than the previously described setup and whose sensitivity has been improved by an order of magnitude. This cell has been successfully coupled to Fourier transform infrared spectrometers, visible spectrometers, and a thermal wave imaging setup.
Infrared absorption spectrometer for liquid semiconductors57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138668View Description Hide Description
An infrared absorption spectrometer for use with high‐temperature liquids is described. The system has been used for liquid semiconductors at temperatures up to 550 °C having absorption edges as low as 0.3 eV. The optical cell consists of a thin (100–600 μm) gasket of graphite foil sandwiched between two optical flat windows and equipped with a fluid reservoir and heating block. This design allows the use of any optical windows chemically compatible with the sample. We have used several infrared windows to measure the optical absorption edge in selenium, selenium–tellurium, and selenium–thallium alloys down to 0.2 eV. This represents an improvement in the previous range of measurement which has been limited by the 0.5‐eV cutoff of fused quartz cells.
Low‐cost high‐resolution laser spectrometer system in the near infrared region using a GaAlAs diode laser57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138669View Description Hide Description
A commercial low‐cost GaAlAs diode laser, operating at room temperature, was used as the tunable monochromatic light source in a high‐resolution laser spectrometer for the near‐infrared spectral region. This laser was found to have qualities fully comparable to those of the thousandfold more expensive single‐mode dye lasers commonly used in high‐resolution laser spectroscopy.Molecular spectra, obtained both in absorption and in laser‐induced emission, and optogalvanic atomic spectra clearly demonstrate the power of this extremely simple and cheap laser spectroscopic system.
Infrared light scattering tomography with an electrical streak camera for characterization of semiconductor crystals57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138670View Description Hide Description
An electrical streak camera has been developed for IR imaging. Integration for noise reduction and subtraction of dark current were successfully performed using a 16‐bit personal computer, improving the signal‐to‐noise ratio of a PbO–PbS visicon for IR detection. In this paper, the camera was applied to infrared light‐scattering tomography for characterization of semiconductor crystals such as GaAs,InP, and CdTe crystals. In this streak camera, the IR detector can be replaced by a photodiode array such as HgCdTe, to detect even much longer wavelength radiation, which will be useful to study some electronic centers in semiconductors.
Investigation of systematic noise in stochastic linear system analysis57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138671View Description Hide Description
In stochastic systemanalysis, transfer functions are retrieved from experimental data by cross correlation. A well‐known linear cross correlator is the Michelson interferometer used in Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Due to the noise excitation, the transfer functions are inherently contaminated by systematic noise. It is shown, that in the limit of observation periods which are long compared to the maximum time shift in the cross correlation, the systematic noise decreases in proportion to the inverse square root of the data‐acquisition time. Experimental data from stochastic NMR spectroscopy illustrate that the resolution of the transfer function can be optimized independent of the observation period.
One‐mile equivalent length interferometric pendulum for seismic noise reduction57(1986); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1138618View Description Hide Description
We describe the performances of a 100‐kg, 1‐m‐long active pendulum provided with a reference arm to get rid of the effects of tilting of the ground. The pendulum displacement with respect to the suspension point is measured interferometrically. The phase signal, to be sent to the actuator which displaces the suspension point, is extracted from the interferometer using an analog phase follower. At 10 Hz we obtain a virtual pendulum length of 1.7 km with the reference arm locked and 1.2 km when the reference arm is free. This device can be used to reduce the seismicnoise in an antenna for low‐frequency gravitational wave detection.

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Charles & Colvard To Host Third Quarter Investor Conference Call On Thursday, October 25, 2012
Charles & Colvard, Ltd. (NASDAQ Global Select Market: CTHR), the sole manufacturer of created moissanite gemstones, The Most Brilliant Jewel in the World ® , today announced it will host an investor conference call to discuss its financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 at 11:15 a.m. EDT on Thursday, October 25, 2012. The Company will release its financial results earlier the same day. Investor Conference CallShareholders and other interested parties may participate in the upcoming investor conference call by dialing 877-317-6789 (international/local participants dial 412-317-6789) and asking to be connected to the "Charles & Colvard, Ltd. Conference Call" a few minutes before 11:15 a.m. EDT on Thursday, October 25, 2012. The call will also be broadcast live on the Internet at www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=89847 . A replay of the conference call will be available one hour after the call until 9:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, November 2, 2012 by dialing 877-344-7529 (U.S.) or 412-317-0088 (international) and entering the conference ID number 10018810. The conference call will also be archived for review on the Internet at www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=89847 and on the Company's website at www.charlesandcolvard.com until Friday, November 2, 2012. About Charles & Colvard, Ltd. Charles & Colvard, Ltd., based in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina, is the global sole source of moissanite, a unique, near-colorless created gemstone that is distinct from other gemstones and jewels based on its exceptional fire, brilliance, luster, durability, and rarity. Charles & Colvard Created Moissanite ® is currently incorporated into fine jewelry sold through domestic and international retailers and other sales channels. Charles & Colvard, Ltd. is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, and its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "CTHR." For more information, please visit www.charlesandcolvard.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements expressing expectations regarding our future and projections relating to products, sales, revenues, and earnings are typical of such statements and are made under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our plans, objectives, representations, and contentions and are not historical facts and typically are identified by use of terms such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "continue," and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. All forward-looking statements are subject to the risks and uncertainties inherent in predicting the future. You should be aware that although the forward-looking statements included herein represent management's current judgment and expectations, our actual results may differ materially from those projected, stated, or implied in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors including, but not limited to, our dependence on consumer acceptance and growth of sales of our products resulting from our strategic initiatives; dependence on a limited number of customers; our current wholesale customers' potential perception of us as a competitor in the finished jewelry business; general economic and market conditions, including the current economic environment; dependence on Cree, Inc. as the current supplier of the raw material; intense competition in the worldwide jewelry industry; the financial condition of our major customers; risks of conducting business in foreign countries; the pricing of precious metals, which is beyond our control; the potential impact of seasonality on our business; our ability to protect our intellectual property; the risk of a failure of our information technology infrastructure to protect confidential information and prevent security breaches; and possible adverse effects of governmental regulation and oversight, in addition to the other risks and uncertainties described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and subsequent reports filed with the SEC. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to update or revise such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events as they occur except as required by the federal securities laws, and you are urged to review and consider disclosures that we make in the reports that we file with the SEC that discuss other factors relevant to our business.
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1.25 DT Vernon Butler, La Tech, 64 323
2.58 CB Artie Burns, Miami, 511 189
3.89 OLB, Alex McCalister, Florida, 66 240-Jarvis Jones replacement
4.123 S Jayron Kearse, Clemson, 64 216-hybrid type we could use in 3-3-5 defense
6.220 OT Stephane Nembot, 67 322-raw talent with ton of upside
7.229 CB Brian Poole, Florida, 510 210
7.246 WR/KR Ed Eagan, Northwestern State, 5 10 185-need WR depth and returner
DL has to manufacture pressure by lining up Timmons outside Harrison and Troy outside Woodley and sending 3 of the 4. Now that Harrison's gone, even that's gonna be tough unless we go get DL some more talent.
I'm sentimental, I like to watch the players stay together and am optimistic about Troy P this year so with that, I just don't get all the Lebeau hate. With very few splash plays last year, we still had one of the best (and the best statistically) defenses in the league. We are in the top 10 every year, so naturally Lebeau is the problem.
4-3, 3-4 I really don't care, I want to see some swagger, and not that chicken hawk swagger like Ike sometimes has but I mean some "Ryan Clark and Troy Polamalu throwing a beat down" on people kind of swagger. It'll never be the 70's again with Lamber, Joe, Shell and Mad Dog again but we can still beat some teams up. Ravens and 49'ers in the superbowl, interesting, two defensive teams (although the Ravens were not what they once were) and two teams that run the football well. Interesting.
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Again, the players on defense would be hard pressed to play a 4-3. What do you do with Foote, Woodley, and Worilds? They don't have enough DLs to play the 3-4 let alone to play a 4-3.
In the article about moving to the 4-3 it assumes that the DL is stronger now than the LBers. I highly disagree. Hood and Heyward have shown little. Hood is in his last year and may not be back next year. I just don't see enough talent on the DL to use 4 of them. Woodley even said he doesn't want to play down. He likes OLBer.
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On October 29, 2009, Stephanie Hirsh, Executive Director of the international Learning Forward (formerly National Staff Development Council-NSDC) came to New Mexico to help us launch our state affiliate. As a fledgling organization, we have accomplished quite a bit in one year — including a summer institute attended by 55 educators and partnering with Golden Apple, New Mexico for the event. In July, we participated in the required, annual Learning Forward affiliates meeting in Seattle and learned how other state affiliates meet the expectations of the national organization. In September, we held our own Learning Forward New Mexico Board Retreat and finalized our goals and action plan to share with the membership at our annual meeting coming up October 29th.
Come to the Annual Membership Meeting and A+Rise Professional Learning Session!
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Dear Classmates,
We have just finished the book "Walls Within Walls"! It is one of my favorite books yet! I am satisfied with the ending, however, It left me clueless except for a foreshadow of the children looking for the lost jewel. Now I want to read the next book in the series to find out what happens because I personally love when the ending is really the end. I will probably keep reading books in the series until the final book. That is how good I think the book is. My favorite character is Brid because she is just like me except for her age. We are both have the gender, (male or female) we love to right things down, we are smart, and we love to solve mysteries. Brid brings an exciting twist to the book. Without her, the book would not be the same! Maureen Sherry is coming to our school and I'm psyched to see her! She is definitely one of my favorite authors to ever walk the planet! Here are some questions that I would like to ask her:
Q1: What is your next book in the "Walls Within Walls" series going to be called?
Q2: Did you write any other books or series besides the soon to be "Walls Within Walls" series?
Q3: Who is your favorite author besides yourself?
Q4: What is your favorite book that you have written?
Q5: What is your favorite book that another author has written?
Q6: What was your favorite subject when you were a child?
Q7: What is your favorite genre?
These are some questions that I want to ask Maureen, but you may ask some if you want to. Are you as psyched to see the author as I am? Please write back if you have any comments or questions about the article I just wrote=http://!J
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HI! I can't wait for the reading olmpics! I saw my brother do it and it was really cool! The award ceromony was awesome! I hope we get a blue ribbon!
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I am reading the Ghost in the Machine and it is really interesting!
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I think Turtle will win the Westing game because since she was the bomber, she knows how to sneak bombs in without people seeing so she could also sneak in the apartments to look at the other pairs' clues to the Westing Game.
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Dear class,
I am reading the book, Daphne's book, by Mary Downing Hahn. I am really enjoying it so far and I'm almost finished the book. In the book, Jessica gets paired up with the weird Daphne (who barely talks to anyone) for the write-a-book contest. They work together even though Daphne's been "sick" and out of school for a month. When Jessica goes over Daphne's house, Daphne tells Jessica a terrible secret of why she doesn't go to school anymore. Jessica finds out that Daphne's grandmother (who Daphne lives with) is totally crazy=http://!!!! Daphne doesn't want to leave her sister Hope home with the woman so she doesn't go to school. Later, Daphne and Jessica's book win the contest but Daphne's secret was revealed and she and Hope were put in the orphanage while the grandmother was taken to the hospital. In the end, the grandmother dies. I am still reading more but I am not finished yet=http://=http://!!
The strategy this week is noting detail. Here is detail I found in my book:
My eyes filled with tears. They splashed down on my sweater and clung to the wool like little drops of dew.
"What happened?" Josh took a bite of his sandwich, but he still looked interested. He might have been a scientist discovering an unknown quality in a specimen he thought he knew every thing about.
"Well, you know Daphne and how we've gotten to be friends and all." I gulped a little from all the crying I'd been doing.
That is one of the detailed paragraphs I read. Here is another:
Wednesday evening I was in my room doing homework when the phone rang. Josh bellowed up the stairs that it was for me, so I put down my pencil and went to answer it. To my surprise, it was Daphne.
"I thought you didn't have a telephone." I said.
"I'm at the payphone at McDonald's." Daphne's voice sounded high and worried.
"You didn't walk there, did you? Not by yourself?" I was horrified. It was dark and cold outside.
It's not far." She paused and I could hear a car start up and drive away. In the background, cars roared past on Route 210.
Those paragraphs really helped me to visualize what was happening in the book.
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Hi!! Anything interesting???
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I am reading "Deep and Dark and Dangerous" right now and it is getting exciting=http://! Here are some stop and jots:
W- Will Ali's mom see Teresa again?(Ali and Emma call Teresa SIssy)
V- I can see Ali and Emma giving the bird a funeral
W- Why does everyone think that Aunt Dulcie pushed Teresa off the canoe and into the lake?
Those are my stop and jots!!!
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Dear readers,
I am still reading the book "Tunnels". It is getting interesting. Right now, After will and Chester find the colony, and underground world, Will is taken back to his "real" family. He doesn't know if they are his real family or not but he stars to live with them. Chester is currently with the Styx. The Styx people own the colony I'm pretty sure. Here are my strategies this week:
I visualizized a lot. I could see something white on Wills side dish start to move and grow legs. I also saw Cal eating the grub [the ones you find in the grass or dirt] and clear liquid oozing out of it. I could see Mr. Jerome and Cal eating like animals. I vizualizized Chester being bored and tired after the Styx tested him. I also saw Mr. Jerome standing up for Will. I see will leave Chester with the Styx. I also saw Will chatting to his "real" grandmother. I see cal saying that when Will would try to escape the colony, Cal wanted to go to the topsoil with him. In the colony that's underground, they call where we live topsoil. Those are my visualizations this week.
I also wondered and predicted this week. I wonder why the colony calls where we live topsoil. I also wonder why Cal wants to go to "topsoil" with Will. I wonder why the colony is called the colony and how they came up with that name for the underground world. I also wonder why Cal and Mr. Jerome eat like animals. I also wonder how Cal can eat the grub without throughing up because it's really disgusting. I also wonder where Dr. Burrows is. I also wonder what happened to Chester and if Will will discover him soon. I also predicted. I predict that Chester will go down to the Deeps because on the back cover of "Tunnels", there is a picture of the next book. The title of the next book is Deeper. That's why I think Chester will go to the deeps. My prediction hasn't been proven true yet because I'm not finished tunnels yet and I still have to read Deeper. I also predict that Rebecca will call the police because Will, Chester, and Dr. Burrows are still missing and Will didn't write a note to tell Rebecca that he found a passage and went in. My prediction has been proven true because Rebecca did call the police but Will, Chester, and Dr. Burrows are nowhere to be found. Those are my predictions and wonderings this week.
The strategy of the week was finding out what new words mean by using context clues. One word that I found was the word quarrel. Quarrel means an argument or disagreement. The author stated the new word by using a synonym for it. Another word is emancipate. Emancipate means free. The author also used a synonym again. The last word I found was impeccable. Impeccable means perfect. The author used antonyms this time. Those are the new words that I learned.
Those are my strategies this week!!!!!!!
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I had a Columbus tournament in Parkwood today and yesterday. We shut out both teams yesterday and let one goal in today. We still won though. Then we played a championship game against another team that was undefeated today and won 4-1. We got trophies and celebrated!!! The scores for all the games were: 5-0, [first game] 3-0, [second game] 4-1 or 5-1, [I don't remember the score!!!] [third game] and 4-1 the championship game. We were undefeated in the tournament=http://=http://=http://=http://=http://=http://!!!!
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I am still reading Tunnels and it is getting very interesting. Will's dad, Mr. Burrows, just disappeared and nobody knows where he went. Also Will's parents were fighting but I don't know if that's the reason Dr. Burrows disappeared. I am excited to read what comes next!!!!
I have been using a lot of strategies this week:
I have been visualizing a lot. I could see Dr. Burrows eating a yummy shortbread cookie at Mrs. Tantrumi's house. He was asked a choice of gingersnap or shortbread cookies by Mrs. Tantrumi. I also visualized dust motes floating like little diamonds when will and his dad were first digging. I saw old cobwebs hanging from the top of the tunnel when Will and Dr. Burrows first explored the tunnel. I also saw Will chewing on a flake of stone to see if it was limestone. I see the dirt that wasn't moist or damp, but dry, covering the tunnel entrance where Will and Chester [his friend] are standing. I also saw will clutching the plate of cookies that his mom asked him to bring to the police offificer who was at their house because Dr. Burrows was missing. These are my visualizations this week.
I have also been wondering and questioning a lot. I wonder why Will trusts Chester to not tell anyone about the tunnel that took Will and Dr. Burrows months to dig. I also wondered where Dr. Burrows is because one day, he went into the cellar and never came up. Also his hardhat and coat was gone. I also questioned why Dr. Burrows coat and hardhat isn't in the cellar. I was also wondering why Dr. Burrow's coat and hardhat was gone. I also wonder when and where Will Chester, Rebecca, [his sister] the police officer or will's mom will find Dr. Burrows. I wonder why will was clutching the plate of cookies his mother asked him to bring to the living room for the police officer. Those are my wonderings and questioning this week.
I have also been doing some predicting this week. I predicted that Dr. Burrows got lost in a secret passage in the cellar because Will and Chester found a secret passage in the cellar. My prediction hasn't been proven true yet because Will and Chester barely even went in the passage. I also predict that they will find a whole different world in the passage because on the cover, it looks as if there is a pirate and a dog or wolf in the tunnel and they seem to be in front of a new place. It is defiantly not in the cellar. Those are my predictions this week.
I also made a generalization. My generalization is that Will is brave. The facts are: 1.Will wasn't afraid to journey a little bit into the passage way. 2. Will didn't back down after he said he would go into the passage. 3. Will wasn't afraid to tackle the men who were following Will and Chester. Chester finally changed Will's mind because he said that the men could have kidnapped Will's father but they still had a dangerous plan. That is why Will is brave. That is my generalization.
Those are my strategies this week so far.
Article posted October 4, 2010 at 06:19 PM GMT-5 •
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I have a couple stop and jots for the book Tunnels:
I visualisized Dr. Burrows eating a shortbread cookie.
I wonder where Dr. Burrows[Will's dad]is because he went down in the cellar and never came up. He wasn't down in the cellar when Will looked.
I predict that Dr. Burrows left because he had a fight with his wife. I think he never said he was going because he didn't wan't Will to be sad. My prediction hasn't been confirmed yet.
Those are my stop and jots!!!!!!!!
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Reading is awesome!!!!!!!
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Dear class,
I am still reading Tunnels and I have a couple stop and jots. Here they are:
Today I wonered: I wonder why Will trusts Chester, who he hasn't been friends with that long to not tell anyone about the tunnel that took several months to dig.
I also drew conclusions: I drew a conclusion that since Will and Chester have both been bullied because of their skin, they became friends. I know that kids wouln't be friends with bullies so I am assuming that the two targets of bullies made friends because they both had the same problem.
Those are my stop and jots!!!!
See you later!!
Article posted September 29, 2010 at 03:51 PM GMT-5 •
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I just started a new book called Tunnels. So far it is about a boy and his dad who have been digging to find a Tunnel. On the back, it said the dad vanishes so I am excited.
I visualized cobwebs hanging from the top of the tunnel.
I conclude that Will and his father are in the office in the tunnel because there is a chair, desk, and a faded map of the railroad system. I know that it is an office because most offices have desks in the room.
Those are my stop+jots1
Article posted September 28, 2010 at 04:20 PM GMT-5 •
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Stop + jots
I am reading the Magicians Nephew and I have some stop and jots.
I visualize a girl named Polly living in a long row of houses joined together.
I wonder where in London Polly lives because there are many different areas in London where she could live.
I wonder why Aunt Letty won't let Mr. Ketterley tell Digory something at meal time.
These are my stop and jots!
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I am currently reading, The Kind of Friends We Used To Be which is about two girls who were friends but then they got interested in new things and started to grow apart.
I drew conclusions while reading:[DC] I concluded that students are going home because in the text, it said, cars were streaming in the parking lot. I know that the students are leaving because it is the end of the school day and the children need to get home. I also concluded that Kate and Marylin want to be friends again because Kate agreed to be Marylin's campain manager. I know that since they haven't been friends for so long and normally a really old friend probably wouln't offer.
I wondered while I was reading: I wondered why Mazie didn't tell Marylin that she needed her speech the next day because Marylin was running for an important position in school. I also wondered why Marylin asked Kate instead of Mazie to be her campain manager. I also wondered why Ruby didn't call back when Marylin called her.
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Dear classmates,
This book, "The Old Willis Place" is about a brother and sister who died and became ghosts. They meet a girl even though making friends is against the rules. Lissa, the girl that moved near the brother and sister goes into Miss Lillian's house with the ghost girl. They let Miss Lillian out and Miss Lillian hunts down the ghost girl and ghost boy because they were mean to her. Read the book to find out what happens next!


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Premiere Pro CC is Available Now!
It is with enormous pleasure that we are able to say that the Adobe Premiere Pro CC is available NOW through Creative Cloud. We're very excited about this release and have been looking forward to today for a long time! We hope you enjoy being creative with it. Exciting new versions of all our creative applications are also released today. A veritable plethora of links and goodies are below. Have fun!
WHAT'S NEW? – http://adobe.ly/15cYBFI
VIDEO – Creative Cloud for Video Pros: http://adobe.ly/ZLKZmH
VIDEO – Overview of Premiere Pro CC: http://adobe.ly/ZBQArW
BLOG POST WITH EXTENSIVE INFORMATION: http://adobe.ly/12kgPt6
DATA SHEET – What's New In Premiere Pro CC: http://adobe.ly/16qm3jV
– Lumetri Deep Color Engine
- Video Overview: http://adobe.ly/13pDijv
– Audio Enhancements
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- Video Overview: http://adobe.ly/17x37VB
- Info on new Multicam audio workflow: http://adobe.ly/11pq3zR
– Link & Locate
- Video Overview: http://adobe.ly/102wTtR
– Sync Settings
- BLOG – Use Sync Settings for sharing keyboard shortcuts, preferences, effect presets, and workspaces: http://adobe.ly/129fQJq
– Native-Format Workflows
- Video Overview: http://adobe.ly/1a1DMCC
– Premiere Pro CC & Prelude CC
- VIDEO – Faster Editing Based on Script: http://adobe.ly/10rIpSh
Video Overview of Creative Cloud: http://adobe.ly/Zhio8c
– One of the advantages of Creative Cloud is the availability of updates as soon as they're released.
- This means that if you are already a Creative Cloud member, you already have Premiere Pro CC. Simply download when you want to start using these new features.
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– Getting Started in Premiere Pro CC: http://adobe.ly/1701wZb
– 10 Time-Saving Tips in Premiere Pro CC via premiumbeat.com: http://adobe.ly/11xODkb
– A huge number of excellent how-to videos for new features in Premiere Pro CC: http://www.retooled.net/
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Adobe Premiere Pro CC and GPU support
Apple's 'sneak peak' of the new Mac Pro yesterday has got a lot of Premiere Pro users excited (and us too!), and has generated some questions around GPUs. Here I'm going to try to clarify the situation regarding GPU support in the forthcoming Premiere Pro CC (a lot of this information is in the previous blog post, but I'm reposting it in light of yesterday's announcements).
When we first built the Mercury Playback Engine, we focused on NVIDIA CUDA technology. Since then, however, we have worked hard to ensure that users of both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs were able to harness the full power of the Mercury Engine, and I'm happy to confirm that Premiere Pro CC supports GPU acceleration on both AMD and NVIDIA hardware on both Mac and Windows.
The full list of supported GPUs in Premiere Pro CC is here.
For more information on exactly how the Mercury Playback Engine utilizes the computational power of the GPU, go here.
Also, some customers may be aware that in the past there was a not-so-secret way of enabling non-supported GPUs by the 'hacking' or removal of a text file. This is no longer necessary in Premiere Pro CC. As long as you have a reasonably modern card with at least 1GB of VRAM, you will still be able to enable that card in the Project Settings dialog. A warning message will appear letting you know that your card has not been certified by Adobe, but once that dialog is clicked through you can use your GPU. The team does try to certify as many GPUs as possible, but we can't test everything, so this is a way to let you decide if you're happy using an untested configuration.
Finally, please note that Premiere Pro CC has support for multiple GPU configurations on export (only one is used during playback) so having more than one GPU will speed up your output times. This means that – you guessed it – Premiere Pro will utilize the dual-GPUs in the new Mac Pro when exporting to an output file. Indeed, our very own David McGavran will be talking about our OpenCL improvements at WWDC on Thursday.
MTV Music Group revolutionizes red carpet workflow
Workflow based on Adobe Prelude, Adobe Premiere Pro, and MediaSilo speeds content distribution to more outlets
With the CMT Music Awards airing tonight, we thought you might be interested in learning about how the production team behind these award shows captures, edits, and distributes all the great supplemental content. From red carpet interviews to show promos, the content needs to move quickly and reach a range of media outlets. Here, Jason Pattan, director of content production and technology management for MTV Music Group, talks about how that workflow has evolved to include Adobe Prelude, Adobe Premiere Pro, and MediaSilo, and has improved both accessibility and speed of delivery.
Adobe: What do you do as director of content production and technology management?
Pattan: My title is a really long winded way of saying I'm a workflow guy. I find different tools to make production life easier, try them out, and do real world testing before rolling them out to our general production community at MTV. My job is to figure out what works and what doesn't before deciding to do a live show with it.
Adobe: How does MTV Music Group work with MediaSilo?
Pattan: We've been working with MediaSilo from a review and approval standpoint for a while. We were initially using it for basic production – getting rid of DVDs in our workflow, sending clips out, and getting people working in a collaborative space that they could access anywhere they have an internet connection. During this time, we noticed that there was a lot of functionality available through the MediaSilo platform that we could exploit for different types of production needs. We started wondering how we could work it into our live shows and big events.
Adobe: Tell us about the live shows and "red carpet workflow" needs.
Pattan: Every quarter we have what we call tentpole events, which may be a large show such as the CMT Music Awards, Video Music Awards, the Woodies, VH1 Divas, and more. We know how to make the TV part of these productions, we've been doing it for years, but there is also a lot of ancillary production that goes into those shows and there's a lot of work we can do to make it better. At all events we have press areas where people go after they've won the awards. We do basic interviews and our goal is to use the interviews internally and distribute to press outlets as well.
In the past, our team would shoot a red carpet event, run to the satellite truck to upload the footage, do some editing, and then have the feed grabbed by whoever needed it. This worked well for television programs and broadcasts, however it wasn't effective in getting content on websites and social channels quickly. We also encountered problems with the uploads not reaching the correct satellite feeds and it could take more than three hours post-show to get two hours of footage uploaded. I've spent many nights sitting in a satellite truck at 2 a.m. trying to upload content.
Adobe: Why did you feel you needed to make changes to the red carpet workflow?
Pattan: Our red carpet workflow made sense 10 years ago when we were just sending content to media outlets with the right infrastructure to download it from the satellite. But today, we need to get content to blogs, websites, and other outlets that aren't going to pay to download the content from the satellite.
Adobe: How did you start to modify this workflow?
Pattan: We wanted to create a faster, more accessible solution. Our first step in this direction, was capturing the footage digitally, rather than on tape, and using firewire to transfer it to a laptop. We still fed it into the satellite and played it out, but we also posted a proxy on the MediaSilo site. We put the proxies up and embedded a MediaSilo player in the MTV press page. Our audiences could view the content, but they still had to be on the satellite if they wanted to grab the footage. It didn't solve the problem, but it helped everyone start thinking about online distribution.
Adobe: What was the next step in modernizing your workflow?
Pattan: We still wanted a way to get content out to everyone in a way that didn't involve sitting in a satellite truck at 2 a.m. Every year, we cover the MTVU Woodie Awards at SXSW. Everyone important to college music is there, and we interview all of them. From there, the team took the content from the file-based camera and fed it into a laptop. We then ingested the clips into Adobe Prelude and entered basic metadata that the team wants on MediaSilo and that also tied back to the internal asset management system. Interviews contained content for a variety of outlets, including press, internal teams, international audiences, etc. The need to deliver content for multiple stakeholders increased the need to move quickly and efficiently in a small mobile location.
With Adobe Prelude, we were able to make subclips for each stakeholder, tag them appropriately, and transfer the footage to Adobe Premiere Pro. From there, it was edited and uploaded to MediaSilo using Adobe Media Encoder. The MediaSilo content distribution portal is where all of the press outlets and internal teams went to fetch the broadcast-quality content that was ready for distribution. In this way, all departments that weren't being serviced were now able to secure content. By the time the last interview was done, the upload was completed within 20 minutes.
Adobe: What is the advantage of using Adobe Prelude?
Pattan: Adobe Prelude is a separate logging tool, accessed through Adobe Creative Cloud, with a simple interface for logging quickly without worrying about a full NLE. In Adobe Prelude, we can do a transcode on ingest, make the proxy, rename files, and move them to a different destination. In addition, when content is ingested in Adobe Prelude we can set up metadata profiles with pre-set values. Basic fields correspond to the clips being ingested. When creating subclips, Adobe Prelude gives an entire view of the asset and the subclip within the media file. It also makes it easier to add comments and organize. Once this is done, sending content to Adobe Premiere Pro is a more efficient process.
Adobe: How is the workflow between Adobe and MediaSilo?
Pattan: Adobe Media Encoder allows you to set up an FTP destination, which can be set to MediaSilo's Amazon S3 account, where files are automatically imported along with embedded XMP. MediaSilo accepts direct FTP with embedded metadata, so it is extremely efficient. The XMP support in MediaSilo is key to this workflow. We can capture all metadata at the point of ingest in Prelude, and it is automatically carried through into MediaSilo through the automatic XMP import, and then published on the Portal. It's great because it reduces the number of times the video and metadata has to be touched, and allows us to decide which items are published to the portal, as well as deciding what information is displayed on the portal, all from the point of ingest.
We used MediaSilo's open API and portal sample to set up our own media portal for distribution and video sharing, internally and externally. In combination with Prelude and XMP support, the full end to end solution provides maximum efficiency from shooting the video to publishing it online.
Adobe: What does this new workflow mean to outlets that want this content?
Pattan: This enhanced workflow enabled us to distribute a large amount of content in a very short amount of time. Anyone can access what they need simply by going to the portal and downloading the XDCAM footage. When a show is live to tape, which means it is airing a few days later, making the content available quickly means that people can begin cutting additional promos and do other work that will help drive viewers to the show. From a press perspective, content can appear on third party press sites hours after the show has aired. Previously these outlets would have only been able to include written content, or posted the video interviews days after the event.
What I like most is that I can show up at an event with just hand-luggage, instead of a satellite truck. Time from red carpet to air is minimized, and labor and manual steps are minimized. Plus, with the time I saved, I got to go to the SXSW after party!
Adobe: What are the future plans?
Pattan: This new workflow has really changed the way we work with these events. What started out as a trial program has been proven and is now our standard workflow and the one we'll be using for the CMT Music Awards. End users now expect to receive a link they can use to download content. We have plans to enhance the workflow with more search functionality and more detail.
Right now, the audience for the portal is primarily Viacom's press outlet partners. That said, there are plans to grow this solution into a lightweight dailies solution, and to grow the audience of the portal to internal and external on-air distribution channels.
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March 11, One Year On: Reconstructing Miyagi
Yoshihiro Murai has been at the center of a year of vigorous complaining.
The Miyagi Prefecture governor gained more publicity than he had bargained for last year when a YouTube video showing then Reconstruction Minister Ryu Matsumoto berating him for keeping the minister waiting went viral.
Then the top official in one of the prefectures worst affected by the March 11 disasters found himself back in the spotlight, this time butting heads with current Reconstruction Minister Tatsuo Hirano over the fact that half of the of the ¥1.5 trillion allotted in fiscal and financial provisions for Miyagi has not yet been given to the prefecture.
And all the while, Mr. Murai and his team of officials have had to field Miyagi residents expressing frustration over a lack of progress by the central government in clearing debris and rebuilding homes devastated by the events of March 11.
Visiting Tokyo this week to explain how Miyagi is coping on the road to recovery, Mr. Murai offered both a relaxed mood, and steely determination to steer recovery efforts to success.
"If one wants simply to avoid criticism, if one fears being criticized, then the easiest path to take would simply be to say, 'let's restore things to the way they were,'" Mr. Murai told reporters. "But I am very firm in my convictions. I very much want to build Miyagi prefecture with 20 years down the line, 30 years down the line in mind."
One year on, Miyagi's recovery still faces many challenges. Beyond unemployment and housing issues, Mr. Murai says he's had to tackle "vicious rumors" that Miyagi's 18 million tons of disaster debris, the equivalent of 23 years of waste the prefecture produces, is contaminated with radiation, deterring other prefectures from volunteering to help incinerate the waste.
This has not stopped Miyagi from being ambitious, with a ten-year recovery plan to not just "restore," but thoroughly "rebuild" the prefecture, according to Mr. Murai. The plan includes rebuilding communities into "eco towns" and "smart cities" that use more renewable energy, and reconstructing infrastructure with stricter disaster prevention requirements.
In an attempt to rely less on the services sector, the prefecture's current main industry, Miyagi is seeking private manufacturing investors through special tax incentives and exemptions. Mr. Murai has proposed relaxing of building standards for factory construction in Miyagi, as well as offering fishing rights held by local fishing communes to the private sector — not to everyone's agreement.
But while Miyagi's agricultural and fishing industries contest those plans, Mr. Murai insists that more manufacturing industries and increased private investment in Miyagi is the key to a stable economic recovery and growth. Claiming success in catching the eye of private enterprise, Mr. Murai said many small and medium–sized enterprises and foreign investors have expressed interest, and that the prefecture is in discussions with solar panel manufacturer Solar Frontier for a potential ¥30 billion investment.
"We believe that by creating such successful projects, we will be able to make a contribution to the world," said Mr. Murai of the benefits of his full-scale recovery plan for Miyagi.


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One of the most innovative, and controversial, tattooers today -- a result of his multi-body works and the avant garde style in which they are rendered -- is Little Swastika (his name being a reclamation of the peaceful ancient symbol and not one of hate). In a private atelier deep in the countryside of South Germany, tattoo collectors from around the world offer up large swaths of their skin (he only does big work) for Little Swastika to realize their visions in a feverish, audacious style that is both brutal and sophisticated at the same time.
Exploring Little Swastika's work and life is Ink, Blood, and Spirit, a 15-minute documentary short directed and produced by Claudio Marino and shot and co-produced by Maciej Ustarbowski. A quick teaser of the film is below.
There are a number of screening dates worldwide. In NYC next Thursday, May 22, the film will be shown at Sacred Gallery in SoHo at 8:30pm. It should be an eye opening and inspiring evening, which I'm looking forward to. You'll also get a chance to view the works currently showing at the Sacred Gallery.
See the Facebook event listing and also the film's page on Facebook.
For more on Little Swastika, check his site and Facebook fan page. He will also be showing fine art works, as well as screening the film, in an exhibit in Cologne, June 13-15, and celebrating ten years of tattooing in Tengen, Germany, July 11-13.
For even more, read about Little Swastika's work on previous blog posts here and here.
Ink, Blood and Spirit - Teaser 2 from Claudio Marino on Vimeo.
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There's a lot of love going around Facebook for this wonderful love tattoo by Little Swastika, but in case you didn't see it, I wanted to share it here. In February, we featured his couples tattoos, but this massive 4-person tattoo has gone even further and is an amazing feat of tattooing, and I believe, a first.
On his Facebook page, he explains the story behind the work (words are reprinted exactly):
somewhere in middle of italy in a private living room. 4 peoples and a total of around 32 hours of tatuing over 4 days on two working spaces. this was in a way killing me, but in another way shows me what is posibly. when i started a few years ago with my first double piece i was just dreaming of making a tatu in a size like this. without much compromises at all. mille gracias gazzooosss. many thanks to all you 4 and to all other pieces who made me walk more than once over my boarders of dreams and reality.Staying true to the original meaning of the swastika, which was about luck and creation and not hate as appropriated by the Nazis, Little Swastika crafts tattoos as talismans, imbuing his massive pieces with a special magic. With this tattoo, the magic of love and friendship could not be more powerful.
Check the individual works below, followed by Little Swastika's "Japanese Tattoo Master" photo, where he is surrounded by his living artwork.
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On this Valentine's Day, I want to share the ultimate in tattoo love -- being part of a larger art work beyond one's own skin. Artist Little Swastika has been creating full scale tattoos that span two and even three bodies.
I asked him to tell me a bit more about his work. Here's what he shared:
Skin is just a canvas. I try to use the human body as such. To go so far as I can away from what I know about classical tattooing. To create my work free on the body. To play with the shape and dimension of it. I never search the technical perfection or go too much into details. I love it bold and big. To create art not tattoos...
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I'm surprised no one has asked this yet (or did I miss it?). What bike-related gifts did you get?
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-- 6 pairs of bike socks from TeamEstrogen.com, each in their own TE gift box, from Hubby. They told him they don't put more than 1 item in a gift box -- apparently they don't have any boxes large enough for 6 pr. of socks??? So he opted to pay extra for EACH box (probably figuring it was cheaper and easier than driving to a store to buy a gift and bringing it home to wrap it). In any case, he made some nice choices and he knows how much I love cute bike socks.
-- The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair for Road & Mountain Bikes, from our niece. She researched the books at Amazon before buying and bought the one with the best reviews -- I think she made an excellent choice. I'd been doing the same but hadn't made a purchase yet so I was thrilled to receive it. Now we just need a good repair stand.
-- Velo Wear thermal head band, from myself, to keep my ears cozy on chilly morning rides.
I bought Hubby a pair of Velo Wear knee warmers... he hasn't had a chance to try them yet.


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When you learn to love yourself, you teach others how to love you back.
This is a similar perspective that Basketball Wives Reality Star Evelyn Lozada shared with me during our interview recently (See video here). Evelyn came out of a long-term relationship with a basketball player that ultimately did not give her the love and commitment that her heart desired.
As a part of moving on with her life, she became a cast member of "Basketball Wives," was running her shoe company and was finally starting to date. In fact, she shared how she was excited about this new chapter in her life and felt good about investing in her own dreams. She was in a good place. And as the saying goes, when you stop looking "it" comes to you.
As I write this blog, Evelyn will be getting married tomorrow, the 4th of July, to NFL player Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson. He proposed after only four months of dating. She wasn't expecting it or pressuring him. They were simply happy and enjoying themselves and their love.


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While in the thick of fireworks season, I've been reminded of the rockets and sparklers I used to use as a kid. Sometimes I made my own homemade fireworks out of shotgun shells and other ammunition, and sometimes I used ones that friends had smuggled from Wyoming to Utah.
Utah used to have pretty strict restrictions in place limiting the use of most types of fireworks. I'm not sure if the restrictions were all that effective, because it seemed like the first chance anybody got to smuggle fireworks across the border from Wyoming, they would do just that. This usually meant that friends often drove from Wyoming to Utah carrying what could easily be considered a ten year supply of fireworks.
Some of our favorite kinds to set off were bottle rockets. For those who don't know what bottle rockets are, they're essentially little firecrackers attached to the end of a stick that shoot off into the air when lit and eventually explode high in the sky. At least, that's their intended use.
My friends and I enjoyed the bottle rockets because we could have mini-wars with each other. We would hold onto the stick and light the fuse and aim them at each other. Miraculously, none of us ever got hurt and none of us really understood the dangers of what we were doing. After all, we all believed we were invincible.
As I've looked back on how lightly I used fireworks as a kid, it scares me that my daughters may eventually have the same fascination with all things explosive — and the same propensity to misuse them.
My misuse of fireworks got to the point where I figured out how to alter ammunition into fireworks. It was something that other kids my age also learned how to do, which eventually led to one kid in my high school losing his finger in the middle of shop class. He had been fiddling around with a .22 bullet, trying to convert it into a firework, when the bullet exploded prematurely and took off his index finger.
Learning about that experience pretty much ended my curiosity of trying to create my own firecrackers.
Nothing my parents ever told me about handling fireworks with care ever hit home with me. My friends didn't take heed to any of those types of discussions from their parents either. Hopefully having daughters will keep me from having the same problems my parents had with me. I don't know if fireworks are just less interesting to girls — none of my sisters ever cared for fireworks, for example.
So far my fears have been put to rest because Addie is scared of loud noises, including the loud noises from fireworks. I'm sure, however, there will come a day where I will have to broach the subject of fireworks and hope that my kids are better behaved than I ever was.
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Heroes, NBC, Airs Mondays 9/8c
Episode: "An Invisible Thread" (Season 3, Episode 25)
Synopsis: Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) faces off against Sylar (Zachary Quinto) to keep him from meeting the President (Michael Dorn). Sylar has his own plans for his new partner. Meanwhile, Hiro (Masi Oka) learns that there are repercussions to regaining his ability. Elsewhere, Matt (Greg Grunberg) is forced to go to extraordinary lengths to protect his future with his family.
Review: Thank you, Bryan Fuller. Your return to the Heroes' staff has brought life back to the show, and I can say with a straight face that I am interested now. What a season finale it was, nothing like the end of the third volume.
The chapters of the "Sylar for President" story arc felt completely different than the rest of the 3rd season, and that's ok. We finally are seeing stories with direction and actions that that have real consequences. If only George Lucas had been able to do the same thing with the prequels of Star Wars. Tell me that you all wouldn't have cheered if he would have showed up on-screen during the opening crawl and said, "Ya know what? I am sorry. Jar Jar IS a bitch and was the result of a night of bad acid and a stale Pop Tart. Here's the real movie."
Someone pinch me. A main character in Heroes actually died. Without giving too much away for those who didn't see the episode, the loss of such an important character changes everything and raises the stake, even for the villains. It was awesome to see Matt Parkman actually influence others long term, as opposed to the usual, "Hey, You don't see me. Doesn't it remind ya of the Jedi mind trick," kind of way.
Please let us see a showdown between Claire (Hayden Panettiere) and Sylar. The scenes where Sylar manipulated her by showing showing the futility of their battles were awesome, but it only makes us want to see what would really happen if the two threw down.
The biggest issue to be had with An Invisible Thread is that the climactic battle was a letdown as Nathan and Peter fought Sylar out of sight. What is this, Transformers? Heroes used to have actual fights that we saw, not heard, and we loved the show for it. Don't try to be like the series finale of The Sopranos and make us guess what is happening. It's the season finale, so give us the goods.
Season 5 has the chance to really turn the tide for the series, but it won't happen if we continue to see Ali Larter's 57 different characters. Just saying. It's nothing against Larter, the character is just weakly written. We have time now to reflect on the past season. It wasn't a great one but the end brought hope that the show is getting back on the right track. Isn't that all you can ask for in a comic series, the ability to hope?
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