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is it just me, or does everyone picture their girlfriend doing this to tease you?
4. gouranga4ever 6 years ago
#3 well now I do.. thanks for that.
Aren't they using that only when they see a suspect. They can't use it on thousands of people that are going on the planes. Think about the very calm terrorist. Not suspectful at all. Just walk by a normal crappy scanner!
#6: this doesn't operate on X rays. I think it uses terahertz waves (between radio and visible light). Not every scanner is x-ray.
Wow we've really come to this now? Hands up in the air like we are all terrorists?
This looks humiliating to be subjected to this treatment.
It's dehumanizing us...
@6 Yes it uses terrahertz waves and they are now suspected of ripping apart DNA. Read this MIT Published paper below and NEVER go through one of those.
9. bowling_alley 6 years ago
just by watching it i feel violated
10. eNdEmiOn06463 6 years ago
Well lets go by boat now that they made air travel so ridiculous. This is just a step to far and also so unnecessary.
BTW good point #8.
Also heard of letting a computer decide if the picture contains something dangerous (not sure if that's also the case for the us). But you must be really gullible to believe such things.
I don't see whats wrong with it! Good idea if you ask me. How is this a violation? We are all made of the same stuff.
#11 Most people don't want to show all their "same stuff" in public. It's called privacy and since you're so anxious to give it up, why don't you install cameras all over your home and stream 24/7 on the Internet? I mean... it shouldn't bother you, since all the people watching you would probably be doing the "same stuff" as you would and they are would be made of the "same stuff" you are.
I'd rather get a privacy issue than getting blown up by some retarded brain-washed idiot.
So what are they really preventing here? Sure, it's much safer to board a plane now, but the terrorists will most likey chose other places to bomb like boats, trains or normal busses if the planes are too secure. Do we really need these kinds of things on every means of transportation today?
15. modder8her 6 years ago
0:19 .... is it called the RAPI-scan? Haha - part scanner, part rapist.
I wouldnt like that really no, but that is because people could watch me doing things I don't want everyone to see. I am in my own home!
But that is far different to this. You are in public, an airport in fact where there are currently massive problems with bomb threats. The fact of the matter is, this technology is a fantastic way of spotting foreign objects in airports. Yeah, you gotta stand with your arms out for 15 seconds. How is this an invasion of privacy? The security guy aint gonna be bothered how big your knob is I can guarantee you that. If you aren't guilty, nothing will happen and you carry on as usual.
17. Comment rated too low. Show this comment archis 6 years ago
Why dont they use this device yet?
Terrorism has brought this to all of us. Do they use such devices in Israel? Lebanon? Pakistan? some of us prefer not to expose our children or families to these things, we owe nothing but that does not mean they (security agencies) can preemptively scan/smell/search you just because... this will definitely cause some foreigners to select other destinations for vacation, believe me.
#16, people who are unsure about themselves will be
transgender, transexuals, all people who aren't considered normal can be
If a business man walks in it and has let's say a butplug up his arse, it's his right, people will judge him, security or not, they are people and they will judge you, doesn't matter if he/she tells about it, it's about ethics
i'm not saying i don't want these scanners, they are useful, but i can understand that people oppose to it
20. Voutelamberopipi 6 years ago
noticed that too #14 lololol
21. illapino83 6 years ago
This thing will just give a slight assurance for airline passengers. What if some muslim terrorist faggot (instead of 72 female virgins, he gets 72 male ass virgins) stuffs a bomb up its ass. We need to be less politically incorrect and scrutinize more on terrorist looking mofo.
22. scraggydoo 6 years ago
You have issues, go and see a doctor or theopist.
"We need to be less politically incorrect" that I belive is a double negative and makes no sense.
Iam sure you mean something else.
I can already imagine:
Oh wait..nvm..subject was aroused
It has already been proven that the failed terrorist attempt of last Christmas wouldn't have been stopped by these devices. While these devices can detected solids and liquids, it can't see powders and thin plastics.
Seeing that the crotch-bomber had a powder like substance hold in (probably) a condom, these devices wouldn't have seen it.
25. illapino83 6 years ago
#21 i ment, we need to be politically incorrect
Israelis said it best. "We don't look for bombs. We look for terrorists." Political correctness is why my 85 year old grandmother always gets patted down (true story), and nobody lays a finger on the middle eastern guy. Fear of offending someone. What a joke.
#8 That's exactly what I thought: they getting us used to raising our arms like criminals. WTF!? They could have just made so you extend your arms
all the way but instead you're standing there ready to get tased. So fed up. It's the subtle things like that, that make this a device to literally turn us all into terrorists.
#21 Though I don't agree with your sweeping statement about muslims, the thing with the "ass-bomb" has already been used in a failed assassination (never mind the pun) against the president of Jemen. Not on a plane though...
Scary shit...
29. Comment rated too low. Show this comment Steelhunky 6 years ago
Every Airport and every public place should have them
I look at it like this.
1 - Not everyone would be going through these scanners. The scanners are meant to be used on people chosen for greater scrutiny.
2 - The screen isn't going to be broadcast on a jumbotron for everyone waiting in line to view. Maybe a couple people might be viewing the monitor.
3 - They screeners aren't exactly taking home movies here - it's "get 'em in - get 'em out" and move on to the next person. They're not going to have the time or interest to hang out and ogle people... and on that note...
4 - Do you REALLY think that after hours and days and weeks and months on the job staring at people's assorted everything, they could really care two hoots about what YOURS looks like? They're probably just as interested in seeing your stuff as you are in showing it.
I'm ok with it.
#19 If you have that kind of NEED to travel with a buttplug up your arse then perhaps consider counseling. Most peoples' sexual urges/fetishes (be they normal or kinky) can generally be controlled. If not, you got a much more serious problem than embarrassment caused by a scanner at the airport.
#8 that article seriously scares the bejesus out of me.
32. stepanstas 6 years ago
As Americans, we will have to go through this LEAVING the country. As terrorist, they wont have to worry about a thing ENTERING the country.
33. LightAng3l 6 years ago
If you fly every day or every week ... expect to start melting in about 3 months.
Wow, @ everyone saying this is un-neccesary. This is neccessary to help prevent bombs/other harmful devices onto airplanes, if one bomb gets onto one airplane, it can mean hundreds of lives lost, oubiously it's meant to protect you, and it doesn't even make sense to feel violated (in my opinion).
35. LightAng3l 6 years ago
Ok #34 so you think this is ok ?
Than why are they not using this when you get on a bus or a train ? Are the lives of the people in the plane more important than the lives of the people in the train?
Makes you wonder...
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39. liverpoolboy 6 years ago
You only need to worry if the security staff start laughing at you and pointing fingers when you have gone through.
Any jobs going?
40. mdwright48 6 years ago
to me the way things are getting i would much rather be stripped searched , than see 300 or more people killed by a bomb on the jet, just have to get started sooner, it would be alot safer and they are almost at that point seeing all of you anyway, strip searching may be on it's way not just for airports but other things, it's getting to the poing america is not a free country like we used to say home of the free and ther home of the brave, are we getting weaker but wiser, i think we have been , we are going to be seeing a lot of things we never dreamed we would ever see in our lifetime
Every woman should require a man to walk past that scanner before anything happens imo.
If people are worried about privacy, how about NOT letting others video and photograph it being done and posting it online.........
#7: THz waves can potentially be very dangerous as well.
The biological effect of this radiation hasn't been adequately studied. The study cited below does raise very serious concerns when one considers the wide-spread use of this technology being planned.
On a side note, there seems to be something fishy with this attempted bombing. Witnesses interviewed by CNN claimed a well-dressed man helped get the would-be bomber on the plane. An Israeli company with ties to the Mossad is one of the big suppliers of these machines...
Study on THz radiation:
B. S. Alexandrov, V. Gelev, A. R. Bishop, A. Usheva, K. O. Rasmussen, "DNA Breathing Dynamics in the Presence of a Terahertz Field", 2009.
44. AryanKnight 6 years ago
-this airliner incident involving the hotpants-bomber was just another false-flag Mossad scheme by the criminal Zionist-terrorist Michael Chertoff the NWO has appointed in charge of our so-called homeland-insecurity; -Ha! Umar'Farouk Abdulmutallab phony attempt to blow-up a Northwest-airliner on Xmas-day, urges we scan the body-of-evidence for U.S.Gov'mt.-lies, the 'real explosive elements'. Let's give Umar a good dose of radiation with the knowledge that first reveals the 80-grams of PETN-explosive he carried in his crotch lacked a blasting-cap necessary to blow him and the plane away. Instead, lighting with an injection of liquid did nothing but set him on fire. As if no one in the military or intelligence knew that! The M.Chertoff creep has an interest in the Israeli-firm that makes these body-scanners; thus what we really have to scan for is 'conspiracy'. And there is one here. Chertoff's push for the technology dates back to his time in the Bush-administration, Homeland-Security ordered the government's first batch of these invasive-scanners -- five from Calif.-based Rapiscan-Systems. These days, "40 body scanners are in use at 19 U.S. airports." But here's the kicker: The number is expected to skyrocket at least in part because of the Christmas Day incident. "The Transportation Security Administration this week said it will order 300 more machines." That's your money, taxpayer, frequent or infrequent flyer. And it's your ignorance these "profiteer terrorists" are playing with... ~AK
45. MissSherri 6 years ago
#40 you are a pure dumbass!!! Terrorists attacks STILL happen no matter how much technology airports have! Why don't you give the goverment a big fat blow job to keep yoruself "safe" since you see nothing wrong with being scan raped and airport stafff viewing your naked ass in this phoney ass sense of security!
46. TOMTOM1963 6 years ago
frankly I think it will hurt business travel.
I hate the wai at airports now.
Finally we will all start to use skype , google chat video etc.
many will buy a lot of wireless lan cameras so we can show people stuff remotely and avoid travel.
I think just like the cold war , there is alot of stuff so the military industrial complex rolls on.
Also a few months back i starteddto read data where these terahertz scanners may effect DNA, they work on different principle.
Its like when 20 year ago people saw that the electrical fields from powerlines affected people and the weak electrical forces in the universe affect us at a celluar level. If you live neaer power liens you there are 5-7% more cancers than the general populace. This is fact.
they will realise 20 year later or the suppressed info wil come up.
Instead of the cost of the Iraq war the USA could have built a univerisy and a teaching hosptial every days for the last 8 years. They would now have looked the mega people in the world. Good education would have proabaly done more to counter terroism than these military efforst anyway.
I will NEVER go near an airport with those things around. This is really disgusting - every pervert in the world will be trying to get a job with airport security now !!!
For all the whining people that they are afraid to go through this contraption for one reason or the other, or because it is humiliating I ask only one question. Would your rather be humiliated, worry about your DNA being messed up or would you rather be dead. It's a simple question. My point is your priorities are screwed up. Unless you can provide a better technology or system by which we can protect those flying what would you suggest we do. Just sit on our thumbs and worry. You are incredible to the point of being laughable.
Guess what? Apparently, both the US and UK had negotiated purchase of this scanner PRIOR to the Xmas plane farce. Isn't it interesting that we will be buying this little device from our Israeli friends? Such a deal..... I wonder how many intelligent TransAtlantic/Pacific commuters will tolerate this unproven and potentially lethal DNA exposure for very long? Will traveler DNA damage (TDD) be the next "
50. c0mmanderKeen 6 years ago
#3 lol i do now


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Centerpieces with Carnations
For big-impact table decor on the cheap, consider carnations, which come in so many colors. Long used as inexpensive filler, the familiar flowers have a chic style all their own when clustered in modern, minimalist vases that offset their ruffled softness.
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Black, Yellow, and White Centerpiece
This crisp, springtime arrangement spilling from an urn combines lemons, black elderberries (inspiration for the paper on the box below), cattleya orchids, tuberous begonias, gloriosa lilies, and "Golden Celebration" roses, and is flanked by clutches of blooms in thematic colors: from left, white acidanthera, buttery cymbidium orchids, and black-centered ornithogalums. Macaroons in cellophane bags and black place cards with white type welcome guests to the table.
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Garden to Go
A cluster of potted zinnias adds charm to the table at a country or casual wedding. A sign next to the display asks guests to "Please pick one." The pots are painted with acrylic paint to match the flowers. The theme that inspires the favor continues at each place setting: Seeds packaged in glassine bags are attached to each of the tented place cards with yellow twine that is inserted through two small punched holes, then tied in a bow. Directions for planting are printed inside the cards.
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Free-form Centerpiece
Free-form centerpieces set in low wooden trays combine peonies, viburnum, dogwood, green parrot tulips, spirea, sweetpeas, double lilacs, maidenhair fern, and fiddleheads.
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Favor Centerpieces
Give guests sprightly bouquets of their own: arrangements of 'Ping Pong' mums, chamomile, and lady's mantle (or other blooms to fit your color scheme). The flowers are held in small plastic floral tubes filled with water.
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Sunny Centerpiece
This sunny bunch of large and small blooms boasts creamy white, muted yellow, pale orange, and mossy green ranunculus; the texture comes from a mix of budded and open blossoms. White garden roses and yellow begonias add volume, while weigela leaves complement the color scheme.
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Sophisticated Centerpiece
Set atop an alabaster compote and surrounded by antique-inspired bone china and linens, this companion centerpiece holds its own. It incorporates the same buds as the bouquet with two striking extras: pomegranates and foxtail grass flowers so unusual they look plucked from a Victorian botanical print.
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Blue Centerpieces
The moodiest hue has taken a joyful turn. This sprawling tableau of antique Venetian glass with single-flower arrangements of cornflowers, muscari, nigella, delphiniums, and anemones brings the color center stage. Blue marbleized paper place cards add rich texture (our clip art is online). Antique Venetian glass vases, Gardner & Barr, gardnerandbarr.com.
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White and Green Wedding Centerpiece
Like a tailored oxford shirt, an all-white wedding feels at once fresh and timeless. Bring the color's polished elegance to every aspect of your big day, from almond dragees to creamy centerpieces. Here, lilacs, garden roses, jasmine, and fritillaria, plus pale-green hellebores, create an arrangement that would have felt spot-on in an Edith Wharton novel.
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Bowl of Poesies
Here's an easy centerpiece idea that stacks up well against pricier options: clusters of flower-filled cafe au lait bowls. You can find inexpensive ones at home- and kitchen-supply stores (ours are from Anthropologie and Sur La Table); or collect mismatched vintage styles from flea markets. Place floral foam in the bowls to anchor the blooms, then group them on reception tables, stacking some atop inverted ones for visual interest.
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It's in the Bag
Vases of varying sizes, shapes, and materials can be unified with mere paper bags to serve as fresh, bright centerpieces at a casual wedding. Slip the plain white lunch bags over the containers and cinch the tops loosely with ribbons tied in bows.
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With their beautiful ornamentation and lettering, biscuit and tea tins bring old-fashioned charm to a reception table. New or vintage, the containers are inexpensive and easy to find at specialty-food stores, tag sales, and online auctions. Test tins to make sure they're watertight before filling with single-flower arrangements. If any do leak, use plastic bags as liners.
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Bag of Blooms
A little goes a long way with this table decoration. Fresh German chamomile is placed in a jar, then enclosed in a white paper bag for an exuberant centerpiece that is also economical. The top of the bag is trimmed with scalloping scissors, folded, punched with holes, and laced with yellow ribbon. Thread a tag with the table number onto ribbon before tying.
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Hyacinth Bulbs
At an event that celebrates a new beginning, flower bulbs are fitting decorations. They're also an inexpensive option, since bulbs generally cost less than cut flowers. We chose hyacinth bulbs because they're hardy and relatively short (the flowers shouldn't tower above the vase) and used forced bulbs, which are ones that have already opened and begun to grow.
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Potted Orchids
Perfect as a centerpiece for the party or as individual guest favors (perhaps at a shower), stunning orchids emerge from terra-cotta pots painted white and arranged on saucers; a butterfly-shaped tag on a thin wire holder hovers over each plant.
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Just Beachy
Turn kids' metal beach buckets into custom centerpieces by painting them in your wedding colors. First, sand and prime each bucket, then coat with water-based enamel; let dry overnight. For stripes, tape off a pattern, paint exposed areas in a contrasting color, and remove the tape while the paint is still wet. For a table number, tape on a stencil (available at art-supply stores), use a pencil to outline the number, then remove the stencil, and paint. Use pails as planters for small trees with hydrangea petals scattered over the soil, or as vases for flowers, such as these dahlias.
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I, Heart
Give petite flowers a larger presence by arranging them in the form of a heart. With this centerpiece there are enough blooms for every guest to take a cluster or two home. To ensure that the design stands out, use short, small vessels, such as eggcups. We combined a vibrant collection of ranunculuses with all-white details. Candles placed inside the heart will showcase the flowers into the evening.
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Lush Lilacs & Succulents
In a table setting that evokes an English garden, roses and flowering oregano in mauve tones contrast with succulents (brown-tinged echeverias and trailing crassula) and curly fiddleheads. Single echeverias in wooden bowls echo the larger arrangement. Nuts in paper boxes and leaf place cards round it out.
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Juicy Fruit
Placing this generous centerpiece in a footed compote allows the fruit to cascade, and lends the arrangement some height. Cabbage roses are mixed in with peaches and other fruit still on the vine.
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Michelle and Devon's Centerpiece
The flowers on each table are a painterly mix of green hydrangea, jade roses, and moss arranged in cast-iron garden urns.
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Melissa and Sam's Centerpiece
Table centerpieces of garden roses in silver planters.
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Abbie and Marc's Centerpieces
An autumnal theme is conveyed with red and orange garden roses, pepperberries, and crab apples in the centerpieces.
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Anne and David's Centerpiece
Tables are set with arrangements of hydrangeas and roses in varying combinations of green and white, pink, or lavender, as here. Supper-club lamps add old-fashioned flair, as do the dance cards at each woman's place. Inside, men can write their names by the songs they wish to claim for dances.
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Shining Wedding Centerpiece
The techniques that illuminated your bouquet and guest book display can be carried over to your tables. Contain the glimmering arrangements in golden vessels bearing silver number stickers, and surround them with smaller gold-leaf votives.
The details: Jamali Garden Supplies 6-inch brass cylinders were affixed with Chartpak 3-inch vinyl numbers, duall.com. Martha Stewart Collection with Wedgwood "Ribbon Stripe" dinner plates and "Bracelet" glasses, both macys.com, were set with Wallace "Euro Beads" gold flatware, horchow.com. MS Designs gold-plated bracelets were used as napkin rings, wholesalebangles.com, to hold Deborah Rhodes "All Over Metallic" napkins, email to order.
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Lush Red and Pink Centerpieces
A rose is a rose is a rose? Not if it's bundled with others in every shade of red -- from deep crimson to bright fuchsia -- and displayed on an all-white tablescape: Then it's a statement. Keep the arrangements loose, as if plucked from the garden, and work in a few single-stem flowers in bud vases for variety. The details: Jonathan Adler "Lantern Collection" vases.
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2 More Arrested in Connection with Hudson Arson
Two more suspects have been arrested for the death of two Hudson residents.
20-year-old Joseph Jude Jenkins of Arapaho and 20-year-old Samantha June Hanway of Ethete were arrested late Monday night in connection with the deaths of Erik Likes and Elva Quiver. Jenkins has been charged with a total of 11 felony counts including first degree murder, aggravated robbery, first degree arson and multiple conspiracy counts. Samantha Hanway, who is also the sister of Laziur Hanway Jr, who was arrested last week, has been charged with nine felony counts for allegedly conspiring as well as aiding and abetting in the robbery, murders and arson fire.
Both suspects are being held at the Fremont County jail in Lander along with Laziur Hanway Jr.
Likes and Quiver were robbed and stabbed to death this past November and their home was set on fire.
All three suspects are scheduled to appear in Riverton's circuit court Wednesday morning. The Fremont County Sheriff's Office believes all of the main suspects in this case have been arrested.


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Monday, March 17, 2008
Connecting with our Community
Last fall, FLCC completed a comprehensive Facilities Master Plan designed to identify needs for new and renovated facilities on campus over the next five years. The plan offers a wide range of projects, but our priorities are very clear: classrooms and laboratory environments that support learning and improved student space on campus. Our project includes two related projects. The first part calls for building a new Student Services Center which would include a convenient "one stop" enrollment center (admissions, registrar, financial aid, advisement, etc.), student life offices, a modern style cafeteria, the bookstore and a general purpose 350 seat auditorium space. Moving these functions to a new building would open up a considerable amount of space in the main classroom building, which would be completely renovated in the second phase of the project to include new science labs, general purpose classrooms and additional space for growning programs like music recording technology. This project will change the face of FLCC and would make a tremendous difference for our students for years to come.
This spring, I've begun reaching out to a wide variety of community groups to talk about FLCC - what makes us special, our new strategic plan and goals, the results of our recent economic impact study, our facilities plans and the important role community colleges play across this country. Last week, I spoke at a Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce "Bagels and Breakfast" meeting, and I met with Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES and also with the superintendents of area school districts. This week I'll be sharing the presentation with both the Geneva and the Canandaigua Rotary as well as with the FLCC Foundation Board. College officers and members of the Board of Trustees are participating in this outreach effort, which will include more than twenty community organizations over the next two months. It is a wonderful opportunity for us to listen to the members of the community we serve and also let everyone know about the exciting new directions at the college. In April, we'll host a community forum and will invite everyone in the area who has an interest in the college to come to campus and learn more about the future of your community college.
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Emmy-Nominated TV Writers Set to Share Stories and the Spotlight at Sublime Primetime 2012
Honoring this year's Primetime Emmy Awards writing nominees, as well as showcasing quality television writing, SUBLIME PRIMETIME 2012 features an exciting line-up of Emmy-nominated writers set to share personal stories behind their acclaimed TV programs, exploring the unique challenges of both the craft and business of TV writing.
Insightful, irreverent, and always entertaining, this annual special event is co-presented by the Writers Guild of America, West, the Writers Guild Foundation, and Variety. Proceeds benefit the WGF.
General admission tickets may be purchased in advance online at: www.wgfoundation.org.
Panelists will be available for media interviews.
WHO:Emmy-nominated panelists scheduled to appear include: Dave Boone (84th Annual Academy Awards, 65th Annual Tony Awards), Semi Chellas (Mad Men), Lena Dunham (Girls), Alex Gansa (Homeland), Howard Gordon (Homeland), Ted Mann (Hatfields & McCoys), Billy Martin (Real Time with Bill Maher, 84th Annual Academy Awards [Special Material]), Matthew Weiner (Mad Men). Glen Mazarra (The Walking Dead) will moderate the program. WGAW President Christopher Keyser and Variety Editor-in-Chief Timothy M. Gray will introduce the evening.
WHEN:Wednesday, September 19, 2012
6:30 p.m. Panelist/Press Reception (*Credentialed media access only)7:30 p.m. Panel Discussion9:00 p.m. Post-Panel Dessert Reception
*Pre-panel press interview and photo opportunities available from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. for credentialed media.
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GOAL! Soccer fans in the U.S. (and football fans the world over) now have a cruise tailor-made for them. This June, Costa Cruises' Costa Serena will host the "Pele Cruise – Sabor Brazil" – a cruise dedicated to soccer star Pele and the culture of his home country of Brazil.
During this late June cruise, Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (aka Pele), other famous soccer stars and the presidents of top soccer clubs will be onboard to host conferences and interact with guests. An onboard exhibition will display collectors' items affiliated with Pele and never-before-seen video clips of his life and career.
The ship itself will be transformed into a miniature version of Brazil with culinary events inspired by Brazilian cuisine; theme parties, such as "Brasil en Alta Mar" (Brazil on the High Seas); and musical performances by Brazilian artists Alexandre Pires, Toquinho and the Grupo Sereno. Passengers will have the opportunity to sip caipirinas as they samba the night away.
But if it's the real Brazil you're yearning to see, you're out of luck on this cruise. Costa Serena will depart Venice on June 28 and call in Bari, Katakolon (for Olympia), Izmir (for Ephesus), Istanbul and Dubrovnik. The Eastern Mediterranean may be far from South America, but at least it's no stranger to soccer. Perhaps you'll be able to join a pick-up game onshore.
Fares for the seven-night theme cruise start at $1,199 per person for North American residents; a Costa representative was not able to provide U.K. pricing at press time. For reservations or more information, contact a travel agent, call 800-GO-COSTA or visit www.pelecruise.com.
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LYFE Kitchen Restaurant, a new LYFEstyle restaurant opening in Boulder this Fall, is hiring nearly 100 people to support their new restaurant. LYFE Kitchen provides great-tasting, good-for-you food that is 600 calories or less. LYFE Kitchen has socially responsible purchasing standards including using locally sourced, organic and wholesome ingredients whenever possible and offers chef-inspired recipes to meet a variety of food preferences including something for everyone including paleo, gluten free, vegetarian, vegan and flexitarian.
The Boulder restaurant, which will be located at 1600 Pearl St., is recruiting all positions including LYFE hospitality ambassadors who greet and inform guests and guide them through the menu, Baristas, and Dining Room Specialists who make up the heart of the restaurant, as well as a Culinary Team that brings to life the recipes developed by award-winning Chefs Art Smith, who was featured on Top Chef Masters; Tal Ronnen, a well-known vegan chef; and Jeremy Bringardner, who recently won an episode of The Food Network's Chopped. This is the second Colorado location; LYFE Kitchen opened its first Colorado restaurant in Lone Tree at Park Meadows this past June.
"We are looking for people who share our belief in eating good, feeling good and doing good," said DJ Mitchell, franchise owner for the front range. "LYFE Kitchen offers more than just an occupation, our LYFER's believe it's an avocation and the first step on a career path to build this new lifestyle brand."
"Being a part of LYFE Kitchen is the perfect culmination of my passion for food and eating well, combined with my training in the hospitality industry," said Zach Gart, culinary manager at the Boulder LYFE Kitchen. "As a member of the LYFE Kitchen team, I know that I am valued, my thoughts and ideas are taken seriously, and I get to have fun every day."
LYFE Kitchen restaurants offer industry-leading compensation and rewards programs along with individual coaching and development, wellness programs and more, all designed to help LYFERS "Eat Good. Feel Good. Do Good." in the communities in which they live and work. A robust management development program uses peer-teaching and LYFE Coaches to help crew members advance into supervisory and management positions.
The LYFE Kitchen message of "Eat Good" is brought to life through inspired dishes created by well-known chefs Art Smith, Tal Ronnen and Jeremy Bringardner. These three visionary chefs led a year-long taste quest, exploring varieties of herbs, sauces and spices, to develop the flavors and find the natural ingredients that make LYFE's menu so delicious.
LYFE Kitchen lets guests "Feel Good" by supporting individual food preferences – from paleo and gluten-free to vegetarian, vegan and flexitarian. While each dish contains fewer than 600 calories and 1,000 mg of sodium (most include much less), they all include an abundance of deliciousness, with locally sourced ingredients, carefully prepared.
The message of "Do Good" is achieved through numerous philanthropic endeavors, a commitment to purchasing from local suppliers and building designs, materials and standards that are environmentally sustainable and responsible. LYFERs in the Boulder area will play an important role in helping and supporting their community.
If this sounds like a perfect fit for your lifestyle, visit the LYFE Kitchen talent center located next to the restaurant beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 3 or email your resume email@example.com.


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The desperate situation of Iraqi children has been largely created by the international community, the US and UK in particular. Iraq has been exposed to:
- two decades of sanctions and punitive reparation payments which have hit the most vulnerable members of society;
- the destruction of vital civilian infrastructure through targeted bombing;
- the collapse of state apparatus after the 2003 invasion;
- continuous military violence and the opening of the country to al-Qaeda and other fundamentalist forces;
- a constitution founded on ethnic and religious division and US/UK support of sectarian and misogynist factions;
- corrupt governance
Counting the Dead
A survey published in January 2008, conducted in August and September 2007 by Opinion Research Business, a British polling firm, in conjunction with Iraq's Independent Institute for Administration and Civil Society Studies found that about 20% of households surveyed had lost at least one member, and estimated that 1.03 million people had died in the war with a 95% certainty for a number of deaths between 946,000 and 1.12 million.
The deaths of so many men, women and children have had an enormous impact on Iraqi society. According to the Iraqi government,around 4.5 million children have lost one or both parents (almost 1 in 3) and approximately 600 000 children are living on the streets. Child labour has increased with 15% of children under the age of 14 now working. There are now between 1 and 3 million widows in Iraq, many struggling as heads of households and living in extreme poverty.
In 2012 102 children were killed and 310 injured in the violence.
Displacement and Disappearances
More than 4 million Iraqis have been displaced since 2003, including almost 2 million children. After 2006 the total number of internally displaced peopls (IDPs) in the country was one of the highest in the world, at 2.7 million and 1.7 million refugees were stranded in neighbouring countries, mainly Syria and Jordan. Internal displacement is now down to 1.3 million but many of these families are living in appalling conditions with fundamental needs such as food, shelter, clean water, health and education not being met. Internally displaced children are particularly vulnerable. They are often victims of crime, exploitation and abduction. According to an UNHCR report, 2009, 2o% of internally displaced and 5% of returnee families reported cases of missing children. This amounted to around 93 500 children who had disappeared as a result of violence, kidnapping, abduction or forced recruitment by armed forces.
Other Issues facing Iraq's children
In the 1970s, Iraq was one of the best countries in the Middle East and North Africa to be a child, but due to decades of war and neglect, it has become one of the worst. Some of the issues facing Iraq's 15 million children now include the following:
- Each year, around 35,000 infants die before reaching their first birthday
- Over 1.5 million children under the age of five are undernourished
- Around 700,000 children are not enrolled in primary school, while hundreds of thousands more drop out before graduating
- 2.5 million children do not have access to safe water, and 3.5 million lack adequate sanitation facilities
Around 800,000 children between the ages of 5 and 14 are working.
Basic Needs
Seven percent of Iraq's population suffers from hunger or food deprivation. Although levels of malnutrition are improving, more than one in five children in Iraq (22%) aged under five years continues to show stunted growth, 5% suffer from wasting and 9% are underweight.
According to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, around 90 % of Iraq's land is turning into desert or encountering severe desertification. A major problem in salinisation. 80% of Iraq's food is now imported. In the past principal crops have included dates, wheat, barley, maize, rice and cotton, as well as a wide variety of fruit and vegetables. Food deprived households are concentrated particularly in Basrah, Diyala, Babylon, Salah al Deen, Kerbala and Muthanna governorates, where the prevalence of food deprivation ranges from 17% to 51%. Ironically these are predominantly agricultural areas where the poor quality of the land has pushed people into economic hardship.
Food insecurity in Iraq exists because people lack the financial resources to buy sufficient quantity and quality of food, not because it is not available.
23% of the Iraqi population live on less than $2.2 a day. Women headed households are more likely to live in destitution. An estimated 1 -3 million households are headed by a woman, the majority widows.
"…the wave of violence and turmoil in Iraq has lead to the deterioration of linear growth of young children though not necessarily affecting weight. This provides evidence that the problem is not the quantity but the quality of food and shows that stunting is a serious problem among children in Iraq." Iraq war stunts children′s growth
Prior to 1990, Iraq had developed a sophisticated water and sanitation system and potable water reached all urban areas and over half of rural areas. The heavy bombardment of 1991 targeted these facilities as well as the electrical power plants which ran them. The sanctions banned the import of chlorine products and the necessary parts for repair. This resulted in contaminated water systems, causing water-borne diseases. At the height of the sanctions between 4000 and 6000 Iraqi children under the age of five were dying each month, mainly from diarrhoea, malnutrition and respiratory tract infections. By 1999 UNICEF had recorded 500 000 excess deaths of children between the ages of 0 – 5. By 2000 child mortality had increased by 160% making it the highest regression rate in the 188 countries listed in a UNICEF survey.
In 2003, Professor Ian Roberts, professor of epidemiology and public heath at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, wrote: "… the Anglo-American bombing of water supplies, sanitation plants, and the power plants that are necessary for their functioning, constitutes a biological attack ….the microbial agents that can cause devastating epidemics of diarrhoea are ubiquitous, lethal, and are readily disseminated by destroying the civilian sanitation infrastructure by bombing or otherwise destroying water sanitation and sewage disposal systems."
In 2003 when the sanctions were lifted, 19% of the population had no access to safe water. After the invasion the situation worsened leading to severe outbreaks of cholera in 2007 and 2008. According to UNICEF, it now stands at 24%, or nearly one in four Iraqis without access to safe water. In rural areas, nearly half of the people are without safe drinking water with 26% using rivers and creeks to access their water and only 5% using public taps. Read more
Recent severe droughts have exacerbated the water shortages, as have the hydroelectric dams built on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Iran, Turkey and Syria. Water shortage is causing the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in both northern and southern Iraq. A large amount of water is also needed for the functioning of the oil industry, thus water shortage may ultimately compromise Iraq's main source of revenue, and poor people in rural areas may find themselves competing for water against the needs of industry.
The destruction of the war and increasing population growth, has left Iraq with a massive shortage of housing. The UN estimates that 1.3 million units need to be built just to meet current needs. Many families are forced to live in cramped conditions. 37% of housing has three or more people per room. 71% of Iraqis live in urban areas and 57% of this urban population are living in slum conditions.According to an UNHRC fact sheet "Some 467,000 persons – comprising of IDPs, returnees and squatters – remain in more than 382 settlements throughout the country, with 191,163of them living in 125 illegal settlements in the capital, on public land or in public buildings, facing harsh living conditions, with limited access to electricity, adequate sanitation, schools, as well as job opportunities, in addition to being at risk of eviction by the authorities."
The healthcare system in Iraq is still in a poor condition. During the 1980s Iraq had the best health system in the Middle East. Now after the dire sanctions era and invasion and occupation it is in a deplorable condition. It suffers from poor facilities, desperate shortage of skilled staff and is rife with corruption. Out of the 34 000 physicians registered by the Iraqi Medical Association during the 1990s, only 16 000 remain. Prime targets, they fled during the years of civil violence and do not feel hat Iraq is secure enough for them to return. Iraq also has only around 17 000 nurses. Many hospitals in urban areas have been rebuilt and are better stocked than during the time of sanctions but many facilities in rural areas are in a bad condition and all suffer from lack of electricity supply and poor sanitation. Widespread corruption means that patients often have to pay bribes or pay for medicines which should be free.
Poor nutrition and lack of safe drinking water means that only 1 in 5 children reach their fifth birthday. Many young children are suffering from anaemia and Vitamin A deficiency.
There has been an upsurge in childhood cancer and leukaemia since 1991. Also high incidence of congenital birth deformity, Down's Syndrome and spina bifida. This appears to be related to the use of uranium metal in US and UK weapon systems.
Children in Iraq are suffering psychologically with depression and post traumatic stress disorder. An OXFAM survey made in 2006 showed that 92% of the children examined suffered from learning difficulties due to stress. Almost one in three Iraqi children have lost one or both parents, plus other relatives and friends. They have witnessed appalling scenes of violence and many have been displaced from their homes and communities.
Thousands of children have been maimed by the war and subsequent violence. Many have lost limbs but their families are unable to afford the most basic aids such as crutches or wheelchairs, let alone prosthesis.
"The Education system in Iraq, prior to 1991, was one of the best in the region, with over 100% Gross Enrolment Rate for primary schooling and high levels of literacy, both of men and women. The Higher Education, especially the scientific and technological institutions, were of an international standard, staffed by high quality personnel." UNESCO and Education in IRAQ Fact Sheet
2007 -2008 gross enrolment figures show a drop in the overall number of children in primary education since the 2005. The number of children attending primary schools dropped by 88,164 between the school years 2004-05 and 2007-08; a drop of 2.02% in boys and 1.75% in girls. The poor state of primary education leads to a high drop-off in enrolment rates going into intermediate and secondary education. The net intermediate enrolment ratio is 37%, while the ratio at secondary level is even lower at 21%. Around 18% of Iraq s population above 9 years old is illiterate. Read more
- Chronic malnutrition, which affects one in five Iraqi children below the age of five, is undermining cognitive development, causing irreversible losses in opportunities for learning.
- Poor school infrastructure, including dilapidated buildings, lack of electricity, clean drinking water and clean toilets and overcrowded classrooms is hampering the learning process.
- A recent UN report shows a decline in the numbers of girls attending school. Reasons for this were mainly due to parental wishes (usually the father); the family's financial circumstances or because there is no school near enough for them to be able, or allowed, to attend.
- Lack of security getting to and from school has been a factor in school attendance, especially for girls. Educational establishments and staff have been the focus of terrorist attack.
Child Victims of Crime
Despite a security improvement in Iraq, organised crime has been on the increase with a rise in children's abduction by organized gangs Most kidnappings are for ransom. Government institutions for ensuring the protection of women, children, youth and other vulnerable groups are dysfunctional and unreliable.
Human rights for women and girls have taken a massive backward step since the 2003 invasion. Rape, prostitution, forced marriage, temporary marriages, 'honour' killings, sexual trafficking, domestic violence are now rife throughout Iraq and in Iraqi refugee communities and are taking place with impunity. Female genital mutilation still takes place in Iraqi Kurdistan. Thousands of women and girls are setting themselves on fire in order to escape abuse or forced marriage. See Prostituting and Trafficking of Women and Girls in Iraq
Al-Qaida are reportedly recruiting vulnerable children such as orphans, street children and the mentally disabled and running a youth wing for boys under the age of 14, called 'Birds of Paradise'. Al-Qaida was not a problem for Iraq prior to 2003. Now they have a substantial presence.
Many children have been arrested by the Iraqi authorities on terrorism charges. More than 1,000 children were being held in Iraqi detention and reformatories at the end of 2008 and many of them may have been abused by security forces. (As at December 2012 this number had reduced to 302, including 13 girls.) Children are often held without proper care or legal representation. Because of .the emphasis on confession in the Iraqi justice system, human rights groups are concerned about the level of intimidation or torture children are subjected to. In 2009, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs started a 'justice for children' project with the help of UNICEF. Four mobile legal teams provide assistance to boys, many of whom have been accused of terrorism offences.


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A VOICE for the VOICELESS
A commercial property owner receives a woefully inadequate settlement offer from his insurance company after the property is severely damaged by catastrophic weather.
Customers are charged excessive overdraft fees as a result of deceptive practices by their bank.
An elderly woman is swindled out of her life savings by a fraudulent gold-coin dealer. No case is too big, and no client too small, for The Voss Law Firm, which represented the plaintiffs in all three of the above cases. "People have more power than …Read More


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Ultra Precision Excise and Attach Machine
Attach small, flexible parts with 1.5-micron accuracy at 1.5 seconds per part
This system precisely excises small plastic parts from supply reels and attaches them to silicon wafers using a UV curable adhesive. High-performance machine vision and precision motion components enable ultra-precision alignments between the parts and wafer. A robot with a dual wafer gripper automatically moves wafers between the processing table, input cassette, and a UV flood station. The machine is fully guarded with two zones of HEPA filtration.
|Technical Specifications
|Control System:
Custom real time software written in C running on Windows XP. Two industrial PCs.
|Servo Control:
19 axes of servo motion. Galil motion control cards integrated with Primatics amplifiers. Long-life linear guide bearing stages and precision ball screws. Glass scale linear encoders help achieve sub-micron positioning accuracy.
|Operator Interface:
Graphical user interface written in C#. Can be operated with either touch screen monitors or keyboard and mouse.
|Discrete I/O:
Distributed I/O with high speed serial communication simplifies cable routing and locates the I/O point close to the physical devices.
|Machine Vision:
Five vision systems overall. Three custom optics systems utilizing Sony cameras provide images to Cognex 8000 series vision cards. These vision systems provide feedback to motion controllers for alignment operations. Two Cognex Insight cameras are used for reading wafer IDs and detecting reject parts. Custom vision software is written in C .
|Material Handling:
An ISEL robot with a custom gripper and an ISEL Wafer Aligner are used to manipulate the wafers in process. Custom hardware and precision Primatics motion stages are used to transfer parts from the punch to the wafer.
Automated reel handling and splicing of tension controlled 35mm film-like material. Custom vision identifies, rejects, and locates parts for excise. The parts are accurately punched to within /- 10um of ideal.
Parts are aligned to the wafer within /- 1.5um with Cpk of 1.5. The parts are accurately punched to within /- 10um of ideal.
1.5 seconds per attach. With wafer handling and other machine overhead, yields more than 21,000 parts per 10 hour shift.
Precision high-magnification telecentric optics with coaxial lighting. Dual cameras are used for imaging two separate optical targets through a single lens. Long working (standoff) distance enhances depth-of-field. Quick-change optical fixturing provides for product reconfiguration.
Two computers (excise & attach) to maximize machine vision performance. Real-time operating systems for machine control. Highly configurable custom user interface.
Class 1000 cleanroom.
|Wafer Tracking:
Custom software written in C# and coupled with a wafer ID station. Once the wafer ID is found, a map of the locations to be processed is downloaded from a central database and associated with that wafer throughout the process.
Parts are inspected at the excise station and checked again at a prealign station for punch quality. The alignment of the attached parts is checked after every attach and can also be inspected after the wafer has been processed in a dedicated inspection mode.
|Pick and Place:
A compliant pick head transfers parts to the attach location and provides inherent product damage protection. Dynamic feedback from the placement head provides data for measuring the height of the attachment location on every placement.
Fully guarded and interlocked. CE certified.
|Adhesive Dispensing:
Simultaneous deposit of two 150-400um diameter adhesive drops (product dependent) one die ahead of the part at the attach location. Drop diameter and position controlled to better than ± 20 microns.
No physical damage to wafer or part. Statistical accuracy data on every part.
|Database Storage:
Microsoft Access database.


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Whoa! News! (sorry I'm cutting into the conversation again)
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take up Prop 8 (the ban against gay marriage in California) and DOMA (the so-called Defense of Marriage Act which bans that federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages). Several things could happen:
- They could rule against the bans, but only inasmuch as they would say that you can't take away a right once it was given (in California we had same-sex marriage for a short while in a few places before Prop 8) or that it's up to states to decide how to handle this, striking down DOMA but leaving all the bans in over 30 states.
- They could rule that bans on same-sex marriage are just flat-out unconstitutional and all the bans would go away. Same-sex marriage would be legal everywhere.
- They could also rule in favor of the bans, even possibly taking away the right to marry in those states that already have laws saying it's okay.
- They could do something really unexpected and surprising that does something completely different.
But in any case it'll probably be months and months before they even start hearing arguments.


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A couple of years ago the guy behind this keyboard got to meet up with one of rock-n-roll's most stellar women … The one and only Joan Jett. It was all because of a rapport with Blackheart Records and I got the chance to hook up with Joan before she rocked the Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas, Texas. Later that year a Christmas LP was produced by Blackheart that featured several bands from the label, one being The Dollyrots.
After enjoying Kelly Ogden rock 'Santa Baby' the need to hear more was driving home and all of the Dollyrots LPs were purchased. This LA based band kills it every time on every song and the wait to see them rip it up in Houston has been long coming. August 1st is your chance to see an awesome trio from So-Cal when Kelly, Luis and Chris will blow the doors off when they jam with Bowling For Soup at Warehouse Live.
Hope to see you in the mosh pit, rock on!
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[Fwd: Re: Windows installation problem: GTK+ Download failed]
Olivier Sessink <olivier@...>
Forward from Shawn: The installers for GTK+ add registry entries which we use to check if it's installed, what version, and where it's installed. The flat bundle doesn't do this so when the installer checks it sees it's not installed. Here's a download link to the installer we use: http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pidgin/GTK%2B%20for%20Windows/2.14.7%20Rev%20A/gtk-runtime-2.14.7-rev-a.exe As for proxies NSISdl only supports ones that require authentication or configuration scripts. By default it uses Internet Explorer's proxy settings, otherwise a proxy address needs to be manually specified which we don't support atm. Shawn Novak -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe bluefish-users" in the body of a message to listar@... List Web Page: http://www.ems.ru/cgi-bin/listargate.cgi Main Web Page: http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/


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Nov. 26, 2012
Seven Bruins were named to the All-Pac-12 Conference football first and second-teams as chosen by the league's coaches and announced by the conference office on Monday.
Senior punter Jeff Locke, junior linebacker Anthony Barr and sophomore offensive lineman Xavier Su'a-Filo were selected to the first-team squad. Senior running back Johnathan Franklin, senior offensive lineman Jeff Baca, senior defensive lineman Datone Jones and senior special teams standout David Allen were listed on the second-team.
Earning honorable mention accolades were senior defensive back Andrew Abbott, freshman center Jake Brendel, junior wide receiver Shaq Evans, senior tight end Joseph Fauria, freshman quarterback Brett Hundley, sophomore linebacker Eric Kendricks, junior defensive lineman Cassius Marsh and junior return specialist Damien Thigpen.
Locke was one of two players who were named to the first team of both the All-Pac-12 Team and the Pac-12 All-Academic Football Team, which was announced last week. For further information on the Pac-12 teams go to the site at pac-12.org and the link http://pac-12.com/Sports/Football/FootballArticle/tabid/251//Article/200461/Pac-12-football-awards-and-all-conference-team-announced.aspx


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STARKVILLE, Miss. – As the 2013 fall campaign nears a close, the Mississippi State women's tennis team continues to find success in the final days of the semester, playing in two different tournaments this weekend to close out action.
On the second day in the Jack Kramer Invite in Los Angeles, State's Georgiana Patrasc, seeded third in the event and ranked 76th nationally, defeated Mimi Fotopoulos of TCU 6-3, 7-5 in the round of 16 Friday. Patrasc then went on to play seventh-seeded and 79th-ranked Kaitlin Ray of UCLA in the quarterfinals, where the Bulldog notched another impressive win, 7-5, 6-4. With the two victories, Patrasc advances into the semifinals on Saturday where she will take on 56th-ranked Gabby Desimone of Southern Cal.
In doubles, Patrasc teamed with Roseline Dion to notch an exciting 8-7(9) win in the round of 16 Friday against TCU's pair of Simona Parajova and Stefanie Tan. State fended off seven match points to finally claim the victory. The Bulldog duo will moves into the quarterfinals of the event, where they will play Ferny Angeles Paz and Noelle Malley of Ohio State.
Other singles action of the Jack Kramer Invite included Dion's win against Priscila Garcia of UCSB 6-3, 6-3 in her second consolation match of the event.
Across the country at the 2013 Lakewood Ranch Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic in Sarasota, Fla., the Bulldogs came away with some highlights in both singles and doubles action.
True freshman Timea Guibe notched the biggest win of her young career to date, stunning 35th-ranked and top-seeded Britney Sanders of Notre Dame 6-4, 7-6(3) to claim her first career victory over a ranked opponent. Guibe then advanced to the second round, falling in a hard-fought match to Princeton's Alanna Wolff in three sets 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.
Guibe shined in doubles action as well. Paired with Petra Ferancova, the duo rallied from a 4-1 deficit to defeat Marta Morga and Liza Tymchenko of Memphis 8-5. They later faced third-seeded Courtney Colton and Sydney Campbell of Vanderbilt, where they dropped a tough match 8-3.
Meanwhile, the top-seeded and 48th-ranked duo of Alexandra Perper and Naomi Tran received a bye in the first round, before facing Stesanie Mikesz and Anki Wind of Memphis in the quarterfinals. Perper and Tran dropped the hard-fought match 8-7(4).
In other singles' action on Friday at Lakewood Ranch, Perper defeated Auburn's Lindsey Whitehead 6-3, 6-2 in the first round. She then advanced into the second round of action, falling to second-seeded and 64th-ranked Brianna Morgan of Florida 6-3, 6-1.
Ferancova dropped her first round match to sixth-seeded Caroline Wegner of Memphis 6-2, 6-2, but rebounded nicely in the first round of the consolation draw, defeating Maria Alvarez of Oklahoma State 6-2, 6-3. Ferancova will have a bye tomorrow, before facing Julie Sabacinski of Notre Dame in the consolation quarterfinals.
Tran fell in her first round match to fifth-seeded Belinda Woolcock of Florida 6-2, 6-0. Later, Tran would fall again in the first round of the consolation draw, dropping a nailbiter to Paula De Man of Auburn 7-5, 3-6, 1-0(9).
For more information on Mississippi State women's tennis and updates throughout the Jack Kramer Invite and the Lakewood Ranch Invite, fans can follow the Bulldogs on Twitter (@HailStateWT), Facebook (HailStateWT) and Instagram (HailStateWT). Mississippi State athletics can also be found on FanCred by going to http://www.fancred.com/go/hailstate/.
MSU Results At The 2013 Jack Kramer Invitational
November 8, 2013 – Los Angeles, Calif.
Singles– Main Draw
Round of 16—[3] #76 Georgiana Patrasc (Mississippi State) def. Mimi Fotopoulos (TCU) 6-3, 7-5
Quarterfinals—[3] #76 Patrasc (Mississippi State) def. [7] #79 Kaitlin Ray (UCLA) 7-5, 6-4
Rosie Dion (Mississippi State) def. Priscila Garcia (UCSB) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles—Main Draw
Round of 16 – Rosie Dion/Georgiana Patrasc (Mississippi State) def. [4] Simona Parajova/Stefanie Tan (TCU) 8-7(9)
MSU Results At The 2013 Lakewood Ranch-Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic
November 8, 2013 – Sarasota, Fla.
Singles—Main Draw
First Round—Timea Guibe (Mississippi State) def. [1] #35 Britney Sanders of (Notre Dame) 6-4, 7-6(3); Alexandra Perper (Mississippi State) def. Lindsey Whitehead (Auburn) 6-3, 6-2; [6] Caroline Wegner (Memphis) def. Petra Ferancova (Mississippi State) 6-2, 6-2; [5] Belinda Woolcock (Florida) def. Naomi Tran (Mississippi State) 6-2, 6-0
Second Round—Alanna Wolff (Princeton) def. Guibe (Mississippi State) 2-6, 7-5, 6-1: [2] #64 Brianna Morgan (Florida) def. Perper (MSU) 6-3, 6-1.
First Round—Ferancova (Mississippi State) def. Maria Alvarez (Oklahoma State) 6-2, 6-3.; Paula De Man (Auburn) def. Tran (Mississippi State) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0(9)
Doubles—Main Draw
First Round—Petra Ferancova/Timea Guibe (Mississippi State) def. Marta Morga/Liza Tymchenko (Memphis) 8-5
Quarterfinals - Stesanie Mikesz/Anki Wind (Memphis) def. [1] #48 Alexandra Perper/Naomi Tran 8-7(4); [3] Courtney Colton/Sydney Campbell (Vanderbilt) def. Ferancova/Guibe 8-3
Numbers preceding names are current national rankings; tournament seedings in brackets


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Australian writer: "Now that he has won a second term, the weight of presidential responsibility again presses on him, and the most urgent threat he confronts is not terrorists from afar but the terrorists who sit two kilometres down the road. It's a dangerous cell called the US Congress, and it threatens to blow up the US economy, and its credibility and its status as a strong and responsible power. Obama has 54 days to strike a budget deal with Congress and if he can't, the US will topple over the "fiscal cliff" into a new recession, dragging the world after it."
Obama has just 54 days to save the world from Congress "terrorists"
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Social Work Resources
|Social Work specific databases
Social Work Abstracts provides citations and abstracts for the leading social work and human services journals, many with links to full text. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers, this database covers such subjects as addiction, education, mental health, therapy, child and family welfare and more. Both theoretical and practical aspects are covered throughout the database. This database can be searched in conjunction with Academic Search Premier and SocIndex by clicking "Choose Databases."
SocIndex with Full Text provides full text access to hundreds of journals, books and conference papers. Citations and abstracts are provided for many more, and these can be requested in full text through interlibrary loan. Primarily a sociology database, SocIndex also covers the leading journals in related fields such as criminology and criminal justice, demography, religion, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, political sociology, social psychology and the list goes on. This database can be searched in conjunction with other databases such as Academic Search Premier, Social Work Abstracts, or PsycARTICLES by clicking "Choose Databases."
|Social Work reference ebooks
American Families in Crisis: A Reference Handbook
American Families in Crisis: A Reference Handbook covers the varieties of crises impacting modern-day families and the intervention techniques designed to resolve them.
Encyclopedia of Drugs - Alcohol & Addictive Behavior - 3rd Edition
Encyclopedia of Drugs - Alcohol & Addictive Behavior explores the social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol and associated behaviors. Includes emerging topics and developments in the many fields of addiction studies.
Published by the National Association of Social Workers in conjunction with Oxford University Press, The Encyclopedia of Social Work provides brief articles on and overviews of topics important to the social work field. Each article is cross-referenced and also includes a bibliography of primary sources and related scholarly works. Brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work are also provided. This resource is also available in print in our reference collection (Ref HV12 .E53 2008).
|General/related databases
This multidisciplinary database is a good place to start your research. For extra search capabilities, click "Choose Databases" and select more subject specific databases to simultaneously search.
Mental Measurements Yearbook is a comprehensive guide to contemporary testing instruments in such fields as psychology, education, business and leadership. Select a testing category or publication date under "Limit your results" for more relevant search results. Click "Choose Databases" to select other relevant databases such as Academic Search Premier, PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO.
PsycARTICLES is the premier database for access to full text articles from scholarly and scientific psychology journals. Limit your results by population group and characteristics for more relevant results. This database uses the APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms; select "Thesaurus" at the top of the screen for searchable and browsable access. You can also search PsycARTICLES in conjunction with PsycINFO and Academic Search Premier by clicking "Choose Databases."
PsycINFO provides citations and abstracts for millions of journals articles, books, book chapters and dissertations in psychology, many with links to the full text of the document. The psychological aspects of other disciplines are also covered such as pharmacology, linguistics, sociology and education. You can also search PsycINFO in conjunction with PsycARTICLES and Academic Search Premier by clicking "Choose Databases."
Statisa is a statistics portal that provides data on over 80,000 topics from more than 10,000 different sources including agriculture, advertising, health, hospitality, and consumer goods. The content is geared towards business and marketing statistical needs, with a focus on current (not historical) statistics. Ready made tables are available for downloading.
Use WorldCat to find books about a research topic that are not available at Holy Spirit Library. Search by title or author if you are looking for something specific, or search by keyword or subject to find something new. Click "Borrow this item from another library" to request a book from another library.
|Social Work websites
ACA: American Counseling Association
The website for the American Counseling Association provides access to their publication Counseling Today to non-members, as well as information about the ethics of counseling and job searching. A Counseling Directory, which allows you to search for a counselor by location, name and specialty, is also available.
National Association of Social Workers
The official website of the National Association of Social Workers has many features that are available to non-members such as: a managed care directory, NASW JobLink, links to local NASW chapters, and links to other relevant and/or scholarly resources on the web.


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As energy production moves towards solar and wind-powered alternatives, battery systems to store intermittently-produced electricity have never been more important. Unfortunately, many of the materials needed to make high-performance batteries for this purpose are rapidly diminishing and becoming increasingly expensive as a result. Now researchers have created a new type of storage battery that is made from a range of cheap and abundant materials and shows promise for high-efficiency performance.Read More
The paperless office – one of the promises of the new digital age – has not really eventuated. Instead, most organizations still print out large amounts of documents on paper that, according to the WWF, is being produced at around 400 million tons (362 million tonnes) a year and rising. So, wouldn't it be great if we could just simply wipe off the print on paper and use it over and over again? Chemists at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) thought that this might be a good idea too, and have now created rewritable paper that can be printed on and erased more than 20 times before it needs to be discarded.Read More
There's now yet another potential weapon in the war against counterfeiting. Scientists at MIT have developed tiny color-striped microparticles that could be used to verify the authenticity of currency, medication, consumer goods, or almost anything else. Read More
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have produced a "smart" glass coating that can be selectively controlled to block visible light, heat-producing near-infrared (NIR) light, or both, by applying a small electrical charge to it. The ability to do this dynamically has the potential to deliver improved lighting, heating, and cooling efficiency in buildings, thereby maximizing energy savings and still providing bright and well lit environments in different weather conditions.Read More
When we think of crystals, most of us probably either picture spiky things like snowflakes, or cube-shaped objects like grains of sugar. Researchers from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, however, have recently coaxed barium carbonate crystals to grow into very miniature replicas of soft, curved flowers. Read More
Inspired by the tough teeth of a marine snail and the remarkable process by which they form, assistant professor David Kisailus at the University of California, Riverside is working toward building cheaper, more efficient nanomaterials. By achieving greater control over the low-temperature growth of nanocrystals, his research could improve the performance of solar cells and lithium-ion batteries, lead to higher-performance materials for car and airplane frames, and help develop abrasion-resistant materials that could be used for anything from specialized clothing to dental drills.Read More
At first glance, photovoltaic solar panels are brilliant. They're self-contained, need no fuel and so long as the sun is shining, they make lots of lovely electricity. The trouble is, they're expensive to make, batteries are poor storage systems for cloudy days, and the panels have a very short service life. Now, Dr. Mikhail Zamkov of Ohio's Bowling Green State University and his team have used synthetic nanocrystals to make solar panels more durable as well as capable of producing hydrogen gas. Read More
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is best known by the DuPont brand name Teflon. Whatever it is called, PTFE is the third slipperiest solid known – the poster child for non-stick, non-reactive, non-friction, non-conducting, high-temperature, and generally high-performing polymers. Silicone also has a nearly non-bondable surface – if you try to paint a silicone sealant, it simply pops off as the paint dries. In particular, creating a strong bond between PTFE and silicone has never been accomplished, even in the chemical laboratory. Until now.Read More
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Clevelanders who love flowers (especially tulips) are in for a real treat if they venture to Holland, Michigan for the 85th annual Tulip Time Festival being held from May 3 -May 10.
Tulip Time Festival Among the sights that await at the Tulip Time Festival are more than 6 million blooming tulips on display in parks, public areas, along city streets and at various Holland attractions.
The Festival also offers lots of activities for all ages to enjoy . Among the activities during the Festival are three parades, two performances by comedian, actor and author Bill Cosby, a quilt show, a Tulip Time run, an arts & crafts show, a carnival, vintage baseball games and fireworks.
You don't want to miss the multiple Dutch dance performances all over the city featuring costumed locals of all ages demonstrating traditional Dutch dance.
Also check out the Dutch Marktplaats that combines the sights, sounds, crafts and tastes of 19th century Holland all in one place with Dutch food, dancing, crafts and shopping. The Marktplaats will feature stage events (Tulip Master Gardener, Dutch style shows and entertainment performances) and demonstrations like wooden shoe carving and Dutch spinners.
Visitors will be able to take 75 minute trolley tours of the city that depart every 30 minutes for a cost of $18 for adults and $10 for children (5-12).
In addition to experiencing the Tulip Time Festival, there are several must-see Holland attractions including several which are all in the same location. Veldheer's Tulip Farm is the Midwest's only working tulip farm. It has over 30 acres filled with 5 million tulips of 125 varieties surrounded by windmills, bridges and canals. Admission to Veldheer's is $10 for adults and $5 for children (5-13). The tulip farm is open from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Call 616-399-1900 for more details.
The DeKlomp Wooden Shoe Factory and Delftware Factory are adjacent to Veldheer's. DeKlomp's offers a free factory tour where you can watch wooden shoes being handmade by craftsmen. The Delftware Factory is the only Delftware factory in the United States. There is a wide variety of Delftware ceramics available for purchase and you can watch workers hand paint the items.
Also on the property is an American buffalo herd. Visitors can get a free viewing of the herd grazing.
Veldheer's and the other attractions above are all located at 12755 Quincy St. in Holland. For more information get online at www.veldheer.com.
Windmill Island Located on the edge of downtown Holland, Windmill Island is the home of DeZwann, a 250 year old working Dutch windmill imported from the Netherlands. The windmill stands tall over 36 acres of landscaped gardens, dikes, canals, bridges and picnic areas. Tours of DeZwann are offered. Visitors can also enjoy Dutch dancing demonstrations.
Windmill Island has over 150,000 tulips in bloom in the Spring. In the Summer, the grounds are decorated with annual flowers and plants. The grounds also offer a shopping area, free rides on an antique Dutch carousel and performances by an antique Amsterdam street organ. Windmill Island also features historic architecture including the Posthouse museum, an exact replica of a 14th century wayside inn.
Windmill Island is open from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children (5-15). Windmill Island is located at 7th Street and Lincoln Avenue. For more information call 616-355-1030 or get online at www.cityofholland.com/windmillislandgardens.
Nelis Dutch Village and Family Theme Park The theme park is a replica of a village in the Netherlands from over 100 years ago that includes authentic Dutch architecture, canals, flowering gardens and windmills. Workers dressed in native costumes demonstrate crafts and life of that era.
Visitors can sample Dutch cheeses and Dutch food, try on wooden shoes and Dutch costumes, learn steps of a traditional Dutch folk dance, watch a wooden shoe carver, see a performance of Dutch dancers, feed farm animals and even take a goat for a walk.
Admission to Nelis Dutch Village is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and $8 for children (3-15). Children 2 and under are free. Hours are 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.. Nelis Dutch Village is located at 12350 James St. Get more information by getting online at www.dutchvillage.com.
Holland, Michigan is 310 miles from Cleveland and it is approximately a 5 hour drive.