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Europe on Track, a Spanish youth media project, was awarded first prize at the 2013 Charlemagne Youth Prize ceremony on 7 May in Aachen University. The second prize went to the photo contest Discover Europe from Poland and the third to the Youth exchange project "The Story of my Live" from Estonia. The Charlemagne Youth Prize is awarded annually to projects that foster a shared sense of European identity and integration among young people. The first prize was awarded by EP President Martin Schulz, the second by former EP President Hans-Gert Pöttering and the third by Mayor of Aachen Marcel Philip. Spain - Europe on Track EP President Martin Schulz said: "The Spanish project seeks constructive solutions to current problems - the loss of confidence in the EU and the alarmingly high youth unemployment in many Member States. Europe on Track connects young people throughout Europe both offline and online, giving them the opportunity to express their views and making an original contribution to European integration, especially to the growth of a feeling among young people that 'we are Europe'." Europe on Track was conceived by members of the European Students' Forum AEGEE-Europe as an answer to the loss of faith in the European idea in the current financial and economic crisis. It aims to capture young people's vision for Europe in 2020, though photography, videos, interviews and blogs, and to compile a short documentary presenting their opinions. Europe on Track gives young people a platform to share their ideas and present the faces behind youth policy research and statistical data. In the first, 2012, edition, six ambassadors travelled almost 10,000 km by train in one month, asking more than 400 young people the following questions: Where is Europe heading? How can we sustain our present and preserve our future? What do young people expect from the Europe of tomorrow? Poland - Discover Europe In his speech on the runner-up, Discover Europe from Poland, German MEP and former EP President Hans-Gert Pöttering said: "With 'Discover Europe' you have managed to focus youthful creativity and imagination on our united Europe. You recognise the European Union as our home and show that, in the midst of diversity, it is our values that unite us. " Discover Europe 2013 is the 10th edition of a photo contest which aims to select the best pictures submitted by students from European countries. The main idea of the contest is to show, through photography, the beauty of Europe, its culture, traditions, customs and citizens. Estonia - The Story of My Life "The Story of My Life" (Estonia), which won third prize, was initiated to celebrate and support the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations. It brought young people from Estonia, Finland, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Slovenia and Germany together with active elderly people from two grass-root movements in Estonia. Awarding the third prize, the Mayor of Aachen, Marcel Philipp, said that the participants "have developed a deeper understanding of cultural differences and also of what people have in common in Europe, and have learned to overcome prejudices - towards other generations and towards other peoples and cultures". Prize The three winning projects will receive funding of €5,000, €3,000 and €2,000 respectively. Their representatives will also be invited to visit the European Parliament in the coming months. Representatives of the 27 projects which took part were invited to the award ceremony on 7 May in Aachen and were awarded a diploma and a medal. The award ceremony was organised jointly by the European Parliament and the International Charlemagne Prize Foundation. It was hosted by Aachen University. Welcome speeches were given by EP President Martin Schulz, International Charlemagne Prize Foundation Chairman Michael Jansen and Rector of Aachen University Ernst Schmachtenberg.
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Exterior, Aachen University
Family picture - project winners of the 27 member States (2 shots)
Cutaways, winners of the 27 EU member states (2 shots)
Winners of the 27 member states enter the building
2013 European Charlemagne Youth Prize panel
Arrival of EP President, Martin SCHULZ (3 shots)
Cutaway, public
Cutaway, ceremony room
SOUNDBITE, Martin SCHULZ, EP President (In German): You are an optimistic generation. We in politics have to see to it that your dreams become a reality. Because if those dreams are disappointed - and we are on the track to that disappointment - then Europe will be part of the past. But if we manage to seize the optimism of this young generation and feed this into a reformed Europe, in which justice is the focal point, if we manage to achieve that, then we needn't be afraid about the future of Europe. We need your optimism and you need our struggle to achieve a fair Europe.
Acrobacy show (2 shots)
SOUNDBITE, Marcel PHILIP, Mayor of Aachen (In German): Schuman, Monet, Adenauer, other great Europeans who we have to thank for the united Europe that has been created. But we shouldn't just look backward but create a bridge with the traditional Charlemagne Prize and the Charlemagne Youth Prize.
Announcement of the 3rd prize winner (3 shots)
SOUNDBITE Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, former EP President (In German): Young people with their creativeness and imagination have in this way focused attention on united Europe. They see the EU as our home in making it clear that despite all the diversiti in our values we are linked together through democracy, human rights, freedom, rule of law and solidarity.
Announcement of the 2nd prize winner (3 shots)
SOUNDBITE, Martin SCHULZ, EP President (In German): Dear winning team, I and the entire jury really found what you did fantastic. With your porject you are making a contribution to overcoming the crisis of confidence and you have made a contribution to generating a feeling that we are Europe.
Announcement of 1st prize winner (4 shots)
Family picture - 3 winners, EP President Martin SCHULZ, former EP President Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, Mayor of Aachen Marcel PHILIP and Chairman of the Charlemagne Prize Foundation, Michael JANSEN.
Family picture with all the 27 participants (2 shots)
SOUNDBITE, Luis ALVARADO MARTINEZ, 1st prize winner, Europe on Track project (In English): We were very happy that our workhas been recognized and hopefully a lot of visibility will be given to the project and to the opinions of people that we've gathered around Europe. So, we are very, very happy.
SOUNDBITE, Luis ALVARADO MARTINEZ, 1st prize winner, Europe on Track project (In English): It's giving a very positive message about Europe, specially now that, with this situation, people are losing a bit the faith in the European project. We wanted to give a very positive, fresh and young message to the young people and say 'look, we're going to bring your message and it will be heard, and we should work together'.
SOUNDBITE, Magdalena PSUJA, winner of the 2nd prize, Discover Europe project (In English): It was quite amazing because I didn't even expect to be here as a national winner and after all the troubles we had organising this project, while lot of poeple didn't believe in us, it's a great feeling to show that if we do what we want to do and don't care what they say, we just, like, I'm here. I'm standing here, winning the 2nd prize and it's the most amazing thing in my life.
SOUNDBITE, winner of 3rd prize, Anne-May KALDOJA, Story of My Lifre project (In English): My project was called Story of My Life and it was a project gathering young people from all over Europe and two groups of elderly people from Estonia. They were put to live together and debate about aging and age itself.
SOUNDBITE, winner of 3rd prize, Anne-May KALDOJA, Story of My Lifre project (In English): Age is just a number. You can be active at any age, are you young or a doctor or engineer, it doesn't matter, you can do stuff and you can make a change in the world.
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Rich Girl, Poor Girl
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Nic, Caryn and Tory: three girls who form a friendship that should last a lifetime. Nic is the daughter of a white Zimbabwean business tycoon. Despite a life of jaw-dropping wealth and privilege, all she really wants is a bit of attention from daddy. Caryn never met her father - but growing up on a tough London sink estate, she had other things to worry about. Like getting out and moving on. Tory just yearns for some space to be herself. Living in the shadow of your dead sister is tough, particularly when she seemed to be everything you're not. Then beautiful, ruthless Estelle McKenzie appears on the scene. Estelle has a secret - and one way or another, she's going to make each woman pay a very high price for it.
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QUESTION: My boss just appeared on a local television station. The interview was really good. He was very personable and at ease with the person who interviewed him. Should I send him an email about what a good job he did? And that makes me think about some others who I think have done really good jobs around me. Is it old-fashioned to tell them they are really doing well at their positions? What do you think?
CALLIE'S ANSWER: No, it is always nice to be noticed! Sending a nice email to express how you appreciate the job they are doing is affirmation for them. They get a boost of confidence as well as have a want to perform even better. This is a great idea and I hope all follow suit with you!
LILLIE-BETH'S ANSWER: I don't think you can go wrong by telling your boss or any other co-workers that they did a good job. People always respond well to sincere praise and a "thank you," no matter the source, as long as the person giving the compliment means it.
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It's fun, social, engaging and inventive - but is it art?
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, runs the old proverb. In the age of the video game, however, the opposite behaviour has increasingly become the norm, occasionally with ominous repercussions.
In 2005, the death of a South Korean man, who suffered organ failure after playing an online game for 50 hours straight, became worldwide news, adding a new element of disreputability to an already derided medium. Mocked by outsiders as a trivial, solitary pursuit appealing mainly to hyperactive teenage boys and lonely young men, video games were now also branded as potentially lethal.
A simplistic stereotype even then, this characterisation now looks as crude and outdated as a game of Pong. Digital gaming has seeped into many aspects of our daily lives, altering leisure patterns, seeping through popular culture, even offering promises of economic betterment.
A new show at the Science Gallery, simply titled Game, aims to explore these technological, social and cultural ramifications. The exhibition sets out to remind visitors that the popularity of video games is rooted in most basic human instincts, while suggesting the medium has a future beyond mere diversion.
"I think games are a hugely important part of culture," say exhibition curator Steve Collins, co-founder of Irish gaming companies Swrve and Havok. "There are a billion people playing games, be it Sudoko on their phone or the new Call of Duty on a console. Just as we don't think of ourselves as computer users any more, so the term gamer will disappear as video games become part of everyday life."
The evidence for this is everywhere. More and more people play on their phones rather than read newspapers on buses and trains. Video gaming occupies an ever greater place in the public imagination: figures as disparate as David Cameron and Salman Rushdie proclaim their proficiency at Angry Birds while characters such as Super Mario have become pop icons on a par with Mickey Mouse.
Meanwhile, as one of the more robust sectors of the economy, the burgeoning Irish games industry is commanding more attention: only last week Swrve announced a new €4.8 million investment to create 100 new jobs. For a supposedly puerile pastime, computer gaming has made quite an impact. When one views games from a different perspective, however, it is an unsurprising development.
"I would argue that playing games is an intrinsic part of human culture, like making music or telling stories, it's part of what makes us human," says game designer and author Eric Zimmerman. "Though video games have only emerged over the past 50 years, games themselves are an ancient form. They are part of the history of human interaction."
This might seem a bold claim to make about video games, given their traditional association with adolescents lurking in bedrooms. But the earliest computer pastimes were invented with a social purpose in mind. Spacewar, a prototype game developed in the 1960s by graduate students at MIT, was meant to demonstrate the appeal of interactivity. Its design inspired Pong, the first two-player arcade game to achieve a global appeal.
"Because of the limits of technology there was this blip where games were made for single players, although even those were rarely solitary, but rather played at homes by friends," says Zimmerman. "So with the rise of multi-player gaming on social networks, games are just returning to their roots."
Play time
Zimmerman explores this interactivity in Interference, part of the Game exhibition. It is a multi-player strategy board game in which two opponents compete against each other on suspended metal playing surfaces, but have to steal pieces from other pairs of players.
But if the social aspect of games is evident, their artistic value seems less clear-cut. In the past, games have been collaborative commercial ventures aimed at turning a profit, rather than exercises in personal expression.
For example, Shigeru Miyamoto, designer of seminal games such as Super Mario Bros and Zelda, is an employee of Nintendo rather than an independent auteur. Films are similarly team-oriented, technology-dependent, profit-driven ventures, yet on the face of it appear more compatible with reflection and contemplation than interactive games.
But that does not mean video games are just ephemeral bagatelles. "If a half a cow in formaldehyde is art, then so are games," says Collins. "Art is about challenging perceptions, and there are games that do that."
Like the movie and music industries, the games world now boasts a growing independent sector, motivated by more than money. "There's a renaissance in small teams making games," says Zimmerman.
"There once was a worry that they were all going to be big-budget blockbusters, but suddenly all these little online games appeared, taking advantage of new ways of distribution."
Existential thought
This has allowed designers to explore ideas as much as entertain players. Passage, a 2007 game by Jason Rohrer, was notable for its existential arc: the player's character walks along, meets a mate and dies at the end. Generations, an exhibit at the show by One Life Remains, features a game that cannot be finished in a human lifespan, but rather is to be passed along at various stages of completion as an heirloom. Generations shows how games can occupy art's sphere of ideas and aesthetic pleasure. This is not such a fanciful notion: rock'n'roll, after all, was originally dismissed as a vacuous teen trend, but is now an integral part of the artistic canon.
Moreover, video games chime with contemporary experience in a way that few other forms do, with Zimmerman suggesting that they even aid literacy in the modern world. "Literacy really just means creating and understanding meaning," he says, "and in a time when so much of life is mediated through digital systems of information, and games – where we see how these things work – can better train us to deal with those systems."
Many of Game's exhibits examine this theme by focusing on the interface between player and game: far from being wasted time, those hours spent on the Wii or Xbox might teach valuable life lessons.
But it is possible to overstate the significance of games. Although occasionally thought-provoking, the medium has yet to produce the equivalent of Bob Dylan or Alfred Hitchcock, creative giants who emerged from similarly populist forms. By the same token, the enduring central appeal of games can get overlooked.
"Fundamentally, we loved being entertained and games, at their core, are entertainment," says Collins. "When designing games, some people are looking to make a point or create something of beauty. But most of the time they're trying to create an engaging experience for the player."
As Game attests, video games inhabit a distinctive space of their own where design, technology, commerce, art and entertainment collide. The results may be wildly diverse, but the aim is the same. "What it's about, really, is getting people together to play," says Zimmerman. "It's hard to argue with more play in the world."
Game is at Science Gallery, Dublin, until January 18th, 2013
Three to see at game
Nicolas Myers and Nitipak Samsen's fun piece reinvents pioneering game Pong with new sets of controls, such as weighing scales, spirit levels and microphones.
Angry Birds
Artist Evan Roth records all the finger moves necessary to complete the eponymous mobile game on 315 pieces of tracing paper. The resulting piece has a hypnotic Zen simplicity.
Granny's Backyard
Tim Garbos takes wooden blocks to create a changing landscape of trees, plants, clouds and floating platforms. Mixing traditional and digital materials, its childlike visuals blur creativity and play to delightful effect.


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Every one of our Inside Men posed a challenge, and Michael's room was no exception. We stayed traditional in our styling and used the absolute softest of all the Valspar Paint colors so far to brighten and open up this little room off of a kitchen. I know that there were some doubters of this color, Poppy Petal, in my last progress post, but I think you'll all be pleasantly surprised when you see what a great new twist this is on a man's room.
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I have to give Michael a shout-out for being really brave on this room re-do and trusting us to try an out of the ordinary color. Before, his living room accent wall was a deep "Chinese Red." It was the previous tenant's choice, and it "worked" but it didn't feel good to Michael. We chose a rustic, Tuscan rose that was much more in line with his aspirations...it was a small color change with a big impact.
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Holiday Hair Wrap
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I'm trying to get into the holiday spirit this year, but it still seems a bit early. I did a festive hair wrap this morning though, so it's a slow, but steady start!
Want to learn how to make one for yourself?
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Step 1
Choose the colours that you would like for your hair wrap. I chose red, green and white to make it festive. You can choose up to 6 colours if you like.
Cut very long strands of these colours out of your embroidery floss. Don't split the floss, use all six strands for the wrap. To give you an idea about how much floss you will need, I hung mine on a door with both ends of each colour hitting the floor. But don't worry if you miscalculate - you can either add more with a knot or cut off the excess at the end.
Step 4
For a solid design, choose a colour and find both strands of it. It chose green first. Place the unused strands of floss in line with the sectioned hair. Begin wrapping the green strands around your hair. Around and around and around. The beginning is frustrating if you're doing it on your own hair because you have to see it in a mirror. But keep trying.
Step 6
For a solid background with an X design - first choose two strands of floss that you want for the X. I chose green and white. Then choose the background solid. I chose red. Leaving the white and green X strands at the top of the section, start wrapping the red strands as if you were doing a solid piece.
Hi Jess, All I can tell ya is that you have to have the patience of a saint in order to get it out if you've had it in more 5han a couple of days. I normally start at the bottom, cut out the knot and then slowly unravel it, cutting the string I've gotten loose as I go. Then take a fine tooth comb and gently comb out the tangles.
This may sound stupid, but how do you get it out?
I had this done as a kid and I have also wanted another since and now I can do one yay thanks heaps!
I love these! Used to put them in my hair alot as a teenager, and now as a hairstylist I have a customer that comes in for them from time to time
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i need advice...
Damn. I was hoping to an easy explanation. I agree with thinking it through, but something needs to be said when you are ready. Best of luck to you.
"Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?"
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Yeah, my house house got broken into once and the burgler left her bra and a condom wrapper. Crazy!!
Sorry, your H is up to no fucking good.
There are lots of different women on here and no offense to any of them but bad past relationships may come into play on the "advice" they give you.
Keep your mind open and think very carefully to how you handle it because if your accusing and he didn't do anything it will really hurt him and your relationship in the long run.
I would either leave it out where he may see it and see what happens like see if it just disappears without him saying anything about it or maybe notice or the sake time he does and then see how he reacts or say "the weirdest thing happened today... Blah blah... and I have no idea where it came from. I'm pretty sure it isn't mine. At least I don't remember it" play crazy pregnancy brain and ask him to "help" you remember if its yours while you hold it up for him to see and watch his face.
Best of luck to you! I really hope it's nothing.
I would just ask him if he knew why there were random sports bras in your house. See what he says. Does he have a history of lying to you?
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Why would his moms bra be there.. That in itself is kinda creepy. Good luck to you. Also you can go off like a raving loon or be calm about it. Most people are more freaked out if your calm. Just something to think about.
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The specification phase started in July 2008 and finished in January 2010 with the publication of version 5.0 of the User Requirements. This phase was devoted to drafting the technical documentation that will be used for programming the T2S software. The most important documents produced in this phase were the General Functional Specifications (GFS v4.0) and the General Technical Design.
Further key milestones achieved during this phase were the appointment of the T2S Programme Board to manage the project on behalf of the Eurosystem and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the CSDs that are considering joining T2S.
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Here's our first peek at the new Fox/Reel FX animated feature produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez, "The Book Of Life".Read More »
With Guillermo del Toro busy with his next feature effort "Crimson Peak" and prepping his TV series "The Strain" to drop this summer, his already-full dance card also includes "The Book Of Life" (formerly known as "Day Of The Dead"), an animated feature that boasts his name as a producer. And today ...Read More »
Described as a high concept thriller adapted by series authors Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, "The Strain" has received a trailer. The FX series will star "House of Cards" star Corey Stoll as well as David Bradley and Kevin Durand.Read More »
If "The Strain" can be commended for anything this summer, it will be for giving us the always excellent Corey Stoll on a weekly basis. Outside of that, it remains to be seen if Guillermo del Toro's series can not only live up to its promise, but carve out a space for itself in a television landscap...Read More »
Remember when Guillermo del Toro's name was absolutely everywhere? Only a few years ago he was on everyone's lips, with "Pan's Labyrinth" widely celebrated, the "Hellboy" films providing some of the most original comic-book fare around, and a huge number of exciting new projects apparently on the wa...Read More »
Two-time Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain has a most busy year coming up. This Fall, we'll see her in Christopher Nolan's ambitious sci-fi "Interstellar" (November 7) and, hopefully on the festival circuit at least, in director Liv Ullman's Strindberg adaptation "Miss Julie." Also in post-production i...Read More »
Guadalajara International Film Festival (also known as FICG29 or Festival International of Cine in Guadalajara) is on my regular beat, but this year my work with the Talents will include an introduction to the book I am writing on Iberoamerican Film Financing.Read More »
From producer Guillermo del Toro and writer/director Jorge Gutierrez comes one of the most exciting animated releases of 2014 - an animated comedy with a unique visual style, based on Mexico's "Day Of The Dead" holiday. Here's a first peek at two production paintings.Read More »
Let's Not Do It Again! concludes at Trailers from Hell, with director Guillermo del Toro introducing the 1956 French version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."Read More »
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Too much developmentJuly 25,2014
Too much development
Im sorry to learn of the forthcoming development of the grassy field across from Shaws at Berlin Corners. When they are finished paving paradise and putting up a parking lot, as the song goes, they can set up a big tree museum across the road from where Staples used to be.
Is this what tourists come to Vermont for? A few years ago, I heard a meadowlark up there; now it is to be asphalt, 60 cars, a bunch of semis, and open all night. With my luck, Ill wind up in the new psychiatric hospital down the road and watch the whole thing in progress.
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4h speed, we catch a glimps of this poor fellow right before the chop
dude, your perspectives are amazing
you must be using some next level tricked out brush. bro this is the sh*t (thats a good thing)
I saw a film how you do it! And am angry and confused, how the fuck technik you use to do art like this. U paint something nice, and after this u turn it and make a lot stripes, lines, shapes, and even then its look nice and suddenly you turn this again and destroy this by another stripes lines and shapes...
I must say that i realy dont understand it XD XD but result is so awsome !!!
I must say that i realy dont understand it XD XD but result is so awsome !!!
I don't think 4 hours counts as speed but this is a good painting.
awesome ..
Poor lad
Great work!
love it!
aww, great work.
like glimpsing a scene from a movie :U i love it
i missed your speeeedoes man!
Amazing. Your style is one of my favourites here on dA btw. This piece is no exception of course. It's kinda sketchy and on the same time so realistic... seriously great
Why does your stuff read as though it's a frame of a film?
Brilliant. This is the opening scene of a great hero's tale. The poor chap was brave to venture off into the wilderness and face the headless knight, but not equal to the task of defeating him. Now the hero must take up the quest to save the village/kingdom/land/people from this dark terror. And I already know how the story ends!
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Ovarian cancer. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated December 31, 2013. Accessed January 6, 2014.
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Fashion — Blushington Rolls Out Weekday Specials
I just tried one of Blushington's new Weekday Specials and I was so impressed I wanted to share. For those of you who aren't yet familiar with Blushington, it's a makeup and beauty lounge in West Hollywood frequented by L.A.'s chicest locals, wedding parties and celebs like Emma Roberts. There, you can get professional makeup applications and beauty maintenance services while drinking champagne and catching up on chick flicks. (Also, the Drybar is next door, which is very convenient should you want to top off your beauty service with a blowout.) READ MORE


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Celebrating 45 Years of Life in Community!
The Farm is an intentional community of families and friends living on three square miles in southern middle Tennessee.
We started The Farm in 1971 with the goal of establishing a strongly cohesive, outwardly-directed community. We want, by action and example, to have a positive effect on the world.
Over the last 40+ years, The Farm has become well known for many things, from natural childbirth and midwifery to healthy diet and vegetarian cuisine, creative arts and alternative technologies to its partnerships and assistance to native cultures.
We choose to live in community where we share our lives and fortunes, good times and hard times.
We feel that we can be stronger and more useful together than we could be separately.
There are many ways to interact with our community!
The Farm Midwives
The Farm Community is perhaps best known for it commitment to natural childbirth. Women come from all around the world to utilize the services of The Farm Midwives and to receive training through workshops and classes.
Farm Experience Weekends
Weekend Retreats and Conferences provide a dynamic way to gain insight into the many layers of community life and help empower achievement of your own life goals.
Kids To The Country
Offering inner-city kids a chance to explore nature, creativity, and learn conflict resolution skills away from urban strife.
The Ecovillage Training Center
Immersion Apprenticeships with hands-on experience leading to Permaculture Design Certificates
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The Farm's colorful, hippie heyday is now but a distant memory. Even the great Changeover, the defining moment of The New Farm, is now decades in the past.The Farm Community has not only survived, but remains as a model lifestyle for humanity, demonstrating that humans can live together in a way that is ecological, peaceful, and viable. Follow the story of The Farm Community from San Francisco to Tennessee and the 40 years evolution into a modern day ecovillage. Order NOW The Farm Then and Now digs deeper, presenting the story of a group that has defied the odds, blending idealism with a practical approach to intentional community and creating a model for sustainable living. Just as the Summer of Love opened their hearts and minds, The Farm continues as a school of change, demonstrating ways to operate collectively in terms of:


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This book covers the discovery and history of the northernmost breeding population of peregrine falcons in the world, located near the Thule Air Base in northwest Greenland. Drawing on thirteen years of research, the authors present a comprehensive set of findings on the biology and ecology of this remarkable population and provide critical evidence and documentation of the ways climate change is enabling profoundly new ranges for migratory populations.


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Info Table: Northeastern University Celebrates Peace Corps Week
Northeastern University
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Curry Student Center, in front of the bookstore
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Launch your international career with the Peace Corps. Stop by the Peace Corps table at Northeastern during Peace Corps week to talk to a local representative about the opportunities to live, learn, and work with a community overseas.
If you'd like to stay informed about Peace Corps news and events in your area, sign up to receive e-updates.
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We Bought a Zoo Movie Quotes
'We Bought a Zoo' movie quotes are some of the best lines from the Cameron Crowe-directed film starring Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Thomas Haden Church. This movie is based on the true story of a father who decides to buy a financially strapped, run down zoo and restore it, with the help of some passionate staff members. The quotes from 'We Bought a Zoo' include some great lines from Damon, Church and others. See your favorite 'We Bought a Zoo' quote on this list? Vote it up! And feel free to add any quote that you don't see on the list, too.
'We Bought a Zoo' is based loosely on British writer Benjamin Mee's memoir that details his decision to move his family to the countryside to help run a zoo. In the movie, Matt Damon is Mee - a man struggling to overcome the tragic death of his wife and to help their two children find a fresh start. Caring for literally hundreds of animals isn't an easy task - and Benjamin must rely on the expertise of zookeeper Kelly Foster (Scarlett Johansson) and her staff to help get the zoo ready to reopen.
Looking for more great 2011 movie quotes? Check out these pages for the best quotes from 'The Muppets,' 'Hugo,' 'Arthur Christmas,' 'The Adventures of Tintin,' 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked' 'Jack and Jill,' 'Happy Feet Two,' 'Tower Heist,' and 'The Rum Diary.'
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Has anyone done one of those typing tests, alpha, and 10-key?
What is your speed? What are ways to improve typing speed?
Has anyone done one of those typing tests, alpha, and 10-key?
What is your speed? What are ways to improve typing speed?
Took me almost ten minutes to type this.
Honestly... lots of chatting to people on AIM/ICQ/IRC/and local BBS's for the past 15 years means I'm up to around 105-110 WPM with 1 or 2 mistakes every 200 words or so.
I can use home row, but I still make mistakes. I make even more when I try and push the speed. I know of a guy who is a programmer, and he claims he reached 200 wpm at one point with 98% accuracy. That is quick.
My 10-key is incredibly low, and the error rate is very high.
Repetition, repetition, repetition - at least that's what I remember from typing class.
On a good day I peak somewhere north of 100wpm. Lazier more fatigue-ridden days I float around 65-80.
My 10-key used to be much stronger when I had a full-size keyboard. But in the days since I got a laptop, it's gotten quite rusty.
having a keyboard that has good tactile feedback and a familiar layout will help a lot.
I lose a lot of speed when on a keyboard that has a layout I'm not used to.
train your brain be able to do two different things at once.
like patting your head while rubbing your stomach.
or drawing triangles in the air with one hand while drawing squares with the other.
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
Watch this vid - this is 139 wpm.
I worked with a woman who was flawless at 110 wpm. AND SHE HAD LONG FINGERNAILS too.
I'm currently clocked, as per my last civil service test at 90 wpm with 3 errors, includes number keys and the 10 key pad for better number input and can also hit the F1 keys on the fly.
Last edited by Tude; 08-21-08 at 06:48 AM.
Anyway get yourself a typing tutor, I use this one, http://www.tenthumbstypingtutor.com/ which I found to be quite good and not that expensive. If you want to be a fast typist then firstly you NEED to be an accurate typist. Your accuracy and technique need to be right first and then your speed will just flow from there. If not your poor technique will just be a road block. Also with many tests they throw in rarely used characters and if you haven't been training recently they will likely stump you.
Regards, Anthony
80-100wpm, corrected for accuracy. just practice, there are lots of online programs you can use. Here'a a multiplayer racing game w/ typing
Humm....I don't think I've increased my WPM since 11th grade back in 87. Back then I averaged 51, I assume nothings changed.
As for the 10 key pad....I have to look when using it.
I learned to type ridiculously fast when I web-coded by hand.
is there somewhere online you can take a free test? I've always wondered how fast I actually type.
Mom was a typing teacher at the high school and college level. She can fly around a keyboard, even at close to 70 yrs of age, it is amazing to watch her at work. Even more amazing is to watch her take notes in shorthand.
I am probably in the 60 to 70 wpm area, if I try to use correct spelling and punctuation, I bet it would drop even more. I know my mind is faster than my fingers when I try to type out my thoughts, I often find my fingers miss words.
As others have stated, simply practice, practice, practice. I find my biggest flaw is hitting the upper row of special characters and numerals. I always have to stop and look for them.
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Dvorak keyboard. It's what the typing speed world record holder uses.
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The last time I checked, I was at just under 60 wpm, that was a while ago, and I think I am a bit slower now.
I have always made many mistakes since I rely on the backspace key, and I hunt and peck.
Touch typing, in Highschool, I think I maxed out at about 20 wpm. My teacher asked if I was going to take typing the next term, and when I said no, she got generous and gave me a C.
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I type with two fingers. The plus side of that is I'm amazingly fast with my blackberry. Everyone in the company I work with just stares my me knocking out paragraphs of text
You're just trying to start an argument to show how smart you are.
Anyway, the key to typing quickly is to learn to touch type without looking (did that twice... once on a QWERTY setup, once on Dvorak), practice lots (I've written hundreds of pages of stuff so far this year), and aim for a bit under your maximum pace so as to minimize errors (in bursts, I can easily type 120+ WPM). Correcting errors takes time, so it's better to back off a few percent and to not have many errors to correct. Besides, getting that last few percent is really stressful, and it really doesn't make that much difference.
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Both of North Carolina's Senators are weighing in on the new water report about Camp Lejeune.
The National Research Council report released last weekend concluded there is no scientific evidence that chemicals in the well water aboard the Marine Corps base caused health problems.
Senator Richard Burr said Wednesday, the "study raises more questions than it answers." Senator Kay Hagan said Tuesday she could not stand behind the validity of the study.
Hagan and Burr, together, sent a letter to the Navy asking pointed questions about what the military knew about chemicals in the water, and when they knew it. The Senators have asked for a response by June 25.
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May 2016 Graduation at Duquesne University
Graduation is a very special time when family, friends, faculty and students gather to celebrate the significant achievements of our graduates. The University will honor graduating students with a University-wide Commencement Ceremony to be held:
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Baccalaureate Mass 12 p.m.
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Vaccines and Immunotherapy
Overview of Vaccines and Immunotherapy
The adaptive immune system responds to microbial invasion by producing protective antibodies or cell-mediated immunity, or both. Appropriate administration of specific microbial antigens, as in a vaccine, can provoke effective, longterm resistance to infection. Conserved microbial molecules can also stimulate the development of innate immune responses. This too enhances resistance to infection and may be clinically useful.
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I so love this image. I hope you will forgive me for stealing the title for my blog. I have histrionic PD and it just fit so well for me and my blog. You can find it at histrionicsandtea.wordpress.com . I hope it's ok for you and that you're not insulted.
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i love it, i simply do!
This is absolutely gorgeous. I love your photos.
Carnival in Venedig. Nice Mask.
Absolutely LOVE this photo. Great work!
I love the mask...this shot almost comes off like a "porcelain figurine."
Beautiful !
The is a stunning piece of work. Absolutely breathtaking. Would you mind if I used it, of course it would be completely non commercial and I wouldn't try to pass it off as my own. Crossing my fingers the answers a yes. Thanks!
For what usage?
I am trying to create book cover. It will not be for commercial use, and will not be published. It will be seen by others however as I hope to post it on a writing website with a story, but I will not try to pass it off as my own. If you have any terms I could agree to to make this possible, I'd be happy to do that as well. I'm really hoping you'll allow this because I love this piece of work. Thanks!
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I love the colors! great composition!
Simply beyond words...
fantastic and beautiful
I like this photo
Love the colors !!! Love that style !!!!
Gorgeous! John.
beautiful photo
very unique atmosphere - beautiful!
That's a really cool shot... love how the gold tones on the mask and the lips pop so nicely out of this soft background....the focus is really spot on. Just on the nose and the fingertips....quite wonderful
I love masks too.
great job!
that is amazing! love the colors!
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Southeast Valley councils, boards lag in diversity
Southeast Valley demographics have steadily become more racially diverse during the past two decades, but most of the elected leadership serving on local municipal councils and school boards has not, according to U.S. Census data and an Arizona Republic review.
Despite growing minority populations, local policy-making continues to rest in the hands of elected officials who are predominantly White, with men outnumbering women by about 2 to 1.
All 28 council members representing Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert and Queen Creek are White, and 22 of them are male. Only Tempe has minority representation on the council, with two Latinos and one African-American.
Many school-district governing boards in the area are no more racially diverse, with only one minority among 20 board members in four major districts in Mesa, Gilbert and Chandler. In Tempe, where three school districts are headquartered, Moses Sanchez is the only minority on the Tempe Union governing board while Kyrene and Tempe Elementary school-board members are all White.
Meanwhile, cities and school districts vary in the rate at which they employ minority workers, but all 10 agencies that responded to a Republic records request reported having a percentage of White employees higher than found in the overall community.
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The Southeast Valley has experienced tremendous population growth over the past two decades, and the boom has brought a greater percentage of minority residents — mostly Latinos.
In 1990, about 85 percent of Mesa and Gilbert residents were White, and that percentage was about 81 percent in Tempe and 77 percent in Chandler, according to census figures.
By 2010, the percentage of White residents dropped to about 62 percent in Chandler and Tempe, while the Latino, African-American and Asian populations made significant gains in much of the region.
Census information tells a similar story in Mesa and Gilbert, but the trend has not necessarily led to a more diverse group of leaders in those communities.
Officials advocate for diversity
Tempe Councilman Corey Woods, who last year became the first African-American elected to the council in the city's 114-year history, said diversity of all types helps enrich government bodies.
That includes diversity of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status, Woods said.
"People from different backgrounds bring different perspectives based on their upbringing and experiences," Woods said. "As a general rule, I do think that diversity tends to enrich those boards."
As landlocked Tempe considers more vertical development rather than outward, Woods' urban, East Coast background gives him a unique perspective, compared with Tempe natives who might better understand the area's history and culture, he said.
Representation from all races helps encourage input from everyone in a community, said Oscar Tillman, president of the Maricopa County chapter for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
On the other hand, when residents don't see their own race reflected in community leadership, it may cause them to question if there is someone who will speak for them, Tillman said.
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Although the makeup of a municipal council or school board rests squarely in the hands of voters, officials say there are ways to involve residents of any race or background even if a minority group is absent from the elected ranks.
Gilbert Mayor John Lewis said his community tries to involve a diverse mix of people in its volunteer boards and commissions.
For example, when the town formed a citizen budget committee in 2009 to work through a sizable budget deficit, officials made it a priority to assemble a group that included ethnic and gender diversity, Lewis said.
Several members of that committee have since run for public office. Gilbert resident William Jefferson, an African-American, made an unsuccessful run for justice of the peace last year, and Marci Norton, a female member of the American Legion, lost a bid for Town Council in 2011.
Lewis said the candidates' philosophies comprise the "key factor" for Gilbert voters on Election Day, not race or gender.
Former Gilbert Councilman Les Presmyk said the lack of minority representation could be a reflection of the fact many of the town's newest residents don't yet have the community connections needed to win an election.
"Getting elected is about building a base and a team of supporters large enough," Presmyk said. "I will say there has never been a minority candidate in Gilbert who wasn't elected due to their ethnicity."
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Tempe stands out from its Southeast Valley peers with several minorities on the City Council and a municipal work force that includes more Latinos, Blacks and Native Americans than the other communities.
The city "prides itself in being progressive" and has several programs in place to recruit, retain and develop a diverse group of employees, Diversity Director Rosa Inchausti said.
Tempe's decade-old diversity office reports directly to the city manager and a diversity steering committee has been in place since 2002,Inchausti said.
City employees can enroll in optional "inclusion training" that teaches sensitivity on cultural issues such as religious holidays, Inchausti said. So far, about one in four Tempe employees have participated in the eight-hour course, she said.
"Having diversity at all levels of the organization not only helps us in understanding the ever-changing needs of our valued residents, but it also gives us the competitive edge to attract diverse business, developers and other interested investors to our community," Inchausti said.
A closer look
Southeast Valley cities and school districts vary in the number of minorities and women represented on councils and governing boards. Here's a look at how each community stacks up:
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For half a millennium Britain has been short of trees. It must have been difficult for our Neolithic ancestors to level the forest that confronted the earliest farmers, but they managed it.
I used to wonder how they could possibly have chopped down mighty oak trees using stone axes; I have enough difficulty splitting firewood with a hatchet. Then I read that they probably ringbarked the trees and left them as skeletons for a decade or two; leafless, they would not have shaded out growing crops. In time, the trunks would have been hauled down, using ropes made out of vines. Historians now think that by the time William the Conqueror compiled the Domesday Book only about 15 per cent of the land mass of England was wooded.
Woods had to be husbanded in the Middle Ages. Bowls, spoons, tables, houses, carts, barrels, agricultural tools, toys – everything that ordinary people used in daily life was made from timber. It also provided the main source of heat.
By the 16th century, tinners had used so much charcoal that Cornwall was denuded of trees; the timber used to panel Godolphin House near Helston in west Cornwall in 1537 had to be shipped in from the Baltic.
In Tudor times, the Sussex Weald cast the cannons used by Henry VIII; but the ironmasters ran short of fuel and the industry moved to the coal-mining areas of the Midlands and the North. Later, Admiral Collingwood, Nelson's second-in-command at Trafalgar, would fill his pockets with acorns before any country walk, to scatter them in hedgerows. Some, he reckoned, would grow to produce the trees needed to build ships.
The Forestry Commission, founded in 1919, is a legacy of this timber economy. We may think of the First World War as a mechanised conflict, but – just as artillery pieces were pulled by shire horses – the trenches were propped up by wood. Britain took steps to ensure that, in future, it would not run short of this strategic resource.
Aesthetics were put aside in order to meet what was considered a national emergency; conifers were planted in ugly blocks across the north of England and Scotland.
But it takes a long time for trees to grow, and as these plantations began to reach maturity towards the end of the 20th century, the country no longer needed them. No doubt Mrs Thatcher would have privatised the Forestry Commission if she could have done, but who would have bought it?
Trees are, however, still used to build houses, and with China expanding, the prospects for forestry are brighter than they have been for years. George Osborne could sell the Forestry Commission and pocket £1 billion. I think he should do it. At present, public access is guaranteed under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act; it wouldn't be difficult to ensure that the new owner maintained those obligations.
In practice, few people want to roam at will in the depths of a forest like Kielder (250 square miles); it would be about as attractive as going for a stroll in a coal mine.
A distinction must be made, though, between the commercial conifer plantations and the fragments of ancient woodland bundled in with them. Curiously, although the native trees that grow in ancient woods are practically worthless as timber, these glorious woodlands do have a value.
People buy them simply for the joy of owning such a wonderful place. They visit them, camp in them, cherish them. Any left over should be given to that superb organisation, the Woodland Trust, which could restore all those ancient woods that have, over the years, been replanted with other species.
How many ancient woods does the Forestry Commission own? Nobody except it knows – and it hasn't said. The total is likely to be between 15 per cent to 25 per cent of the forest estate: a proportion that the Chancellor could easily afford to lose, in order to secure the sale of the commercial forests.
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Coming home from north Wales the other day, I stopped at Conwy. Edward I not only built a castle here, but wrapped the town in a wall. It would have been a defensive necessity at the time, but eventually even Snowdonia became pacified. The wall, however, remained and the settlement saw no reason to overspill it. Which is not to say that the town didn't prosper.
One of its merchants, Robert Wynne, did remarkably well, as can be seen from the house, Plas Mawr, which he built in 1577. It is one of the finest Elizabethan town houses in existence; it is typical of Conwy that it survived. Even the railway station was built within its walls.
The light was failing and I wasn't able to get to an estate agent; otherwise I might have moved there. I did, however, linger outside the window of the butcher, Edwards of Conwy. Around here there are so many farms raising Welsh Black cattle and Welsh Mountain sheep that people discuss meat as if it were a fine wine. Quite rightly, too.
I was only prevented from stocking up by the fact I had visited Beaumaris, on Anglesey, earlier that day. There, a Mr Thomas has recently opened a butcher, MooBaaOinc (sic), every bit as good as its name.
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On the ground floor of our Ramsgate house there is a small 19th-century fireplace, which we used for the first time.
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