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Why: Three Sixty Kitchen and Bar, previously 360 Pizzeria, recently underwent a remodel and menu change. A portion of the restaurant has been transformed into a full bar, and the menu now includes a wider variety of options beyond the pizza, which 360 Pizzeria became well known for.
Atmosphere: The open kitchen remains unchanged, but the dining floor has been opened up by the removal of some booth seating. The restaurant's perimeter features a bench that faces chair seating. The bar is to the immediate left of the entrance and separate from the restaurant dining. Overall, the new look is a see-and-be-seen style of restaurant; it's not particularly cozy but a nice layout for larger groups and the social crowd.
What I tried: My dining companion and I decided on the Polenta Croquettes (from the small plates menu) and Jose's Hot Wings (from the happy hour menu) to begin our dinner with. For our entrees we had the Grilled Hanger Steak and Braised Short Ribs. For dessert we sampled the Warm Apple Crisp and the Staccato Gelato, and we also tried the Honey Tea.
We both were impressed with our starters, but I enjoyed the croquettes, which were lightly crisp on the outside and deliciously soft and flavorful on the inside. They were served with a remoulade sauce, which reminded me in flavor, ever so slightly, of deviled eggs. I could easily pair these with a salad for a satisfying meal. The wings had a crisp, flaky coating that did not retain the grease from frying. The meat was tender and juicy and the sauce, noted on the menu as "sweet and spicy," delivered more sweet than spicy.
My dining companion said the ribs were very tender and meaty, and the sauce they were served in had a great tangy characteristic about it. The potatoes served alongside were appetizing, and the toasted pine nut gremolata brought a fresh element to the dish.
The steak on my entree was flavorful (though slightly tough), and it was precut into pieces that amounted to two bites. These sat atop a horseradish and yogurt cream, which I found very complimentary to the steak. Roasted, diced beets and grilled Brussels sprouts accompanied the steak. Both were cooked to perfection and further complimented the entree's main attraction.
Both desserts provided a sweet ending to our meal. Diners can pick three of four flavors of gelato. The apple crisp, topped with a small scoop of vanilla bean ice cream, was served in a shallow dish, which allowed for two layers of thinly sliced apples and just the right amount of crisp on top for a balanced treat that I would definitely have again.
Tea is served in a personal pot, which amounts to approximately two servings. The honey tea had a unique flavor that was pleasantly refreshing for a hot beverage.
Menu highlights beyond what I tried: From the small plates menu, Nonnie's Meatballs with sweet pepper tomato sauce sounded intriguing. The Grilled Steak Salad may be a good choice for an all-in-one dish. Braised Lamb and Polenta is served with caramelized fennel and blood oranges.
Other observations: Service was spot on, the new look is attractive and comfortable, and the flavors are impressionable.
Cost: Small plates are $5 to $9. Salads range from $6 to $14. Pasta entrees start at $10 and top out at $19 for dinner. Pasta entrees are $8 to $13 at lunch. Panini are served at lunch for $9. Pizzas are $16 to $23. Happy Hour menu items are $3 to $7. Desserts are $5 and $6. Kids options are $4 to $6.50.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday. 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. Happy Hour is 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. every day and 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Where: 3425 S.E. 192nd Ave., Suite 110, Vancouver.
Telephone: 360-260-3605.
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Health score: 360 Kitchen and Bar received a score of 5 on Feb. 3. Zero is a perfect score, and Clark County Public Health closes restaurants with a score of 100 or higher. For information, call 360-397-8428.


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That is so cute! I will have to check out my Dollar Tree.ReplyDelete
I know where I will be heading tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Yes, I bought some. They are wonderful. Hugs, MartyReplyDelete
Grass Goobers...you should copyright that one, Susie!ReplyDelete
We have lived in LA for a while now, and I have yet to get over to Red Door. Would love to meet up with you next time you are heading there.ReplyDelete
Thanks, I know where I will be going tomorrow!ReplyDelete
Grass Goobers, ha ha! I'll have to go get some--and silently snicker to myself every time I look at them. ;)ReplyDelete
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Moss rocks!!! I'll be there tomorrow buying as many as I can!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tip! I've been eyeing these at Joann's and didn't really want to spend the money, but a dollar is something I can handle!ReplyDelete
i have the moss madness too! i bought 12 bags a few months ago! i even used them during christmas! ah! the madness! ha! i really did buy 12 bags! and i did really use them for christmas decor! they are really cute!ReplyDelete
Always glad I stopped by. Thanks so much for the heads up! Love it!ReplyDelete
love these...reminds me of SPRING. Yay! Gotta go get me some soon.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tip! I hope they stock them here in NJ...gonna run out later and check. Perfect for Spring!ReplyDelete
You make them look so cute - I'm afraid they would looke like, well, something that I bought at the Dollar Store!ReplyDelete
Adding them to my "Dollar Tree" list. I'm going tomorrow!ReplyDelete
I love the dollar tree...thanks for the heads up!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tip! These are sooo cute! Love it!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the head'd up!! I'll be making a Dollar Tree run!ReplyDelete
DITTO to Angela's comment and a big LOL calling them 'grass goobers' hahaReplyDelete
ohhh I'm definitely going to DT tomorrow! Gotta get me some green goobers too!ReplyDelete
Picked some up last night! Thanks so much for the heads up. May I ask where you found the adorable bunny on your mantle, please?ReplyDelete


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Untutored in art, Consuelo "Chelo" González Amezcua produced fantastical, intuitive imagery with an unlikely instrument— a ballpoint pen. "I was always a dreamer, and I am still painting my dream visions," she explained.
Chelo was born in Piedras Negras, Mexico. Her family immigrated to Del Rio, Texas, when she was ten. In the 1930s she wrote to the President of Mexico requesting funding to study at the Academy of San Carlos. He arranged for a scholarship, but the death of her father impelled Chelo to cancel her enrollment. She lived in Del Rio for the rest of her life.
Chelo worked selling candy at the local Kress 5 & 10 Cent store. Her supervisor recalled that "managers of the store were always getting after Chelo for stretching out her hourly wages to arrange the candy in figures and other pictures."2 During summers Chelo traveled to Mexico for artistic inspiration. She began creating what she termed "filigree art" after the intricate Mexican jewelry that she loved to wear. These were intricate ink drawings of tiny lines within curving patterns. She drew upon Mayan, Aztec, and Egyptian history to create fluid images of women, hands, birds, flowers, and architectural elements like columns and arches.
For Chelo art was a sacred process. Upon completing a piece, she would meditate in thankfulness, sometimes inscribing words of explanation or poetry on the reverse side.3 In her later years, she experimented with color in her drawings. Artistic recognition was slow in coming, but in 1968 Chelo was honored with a one-person show in the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, followed by exhibitions in Mexico and the East Coast.
Her drawings never lost their mystical, other-world quality. They mean different things to different people, and each viewer takes away a personal interpretation of them.
"Chelo's work is of no single school, for it encompasses and transcends them all."—Dr. Amy Freeman Lee, humanist, artist, and lecturer
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Chicago Fed Official Delivers Grim Outlook in Rockford
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Around the time that the Federal Open Market Committee was releasing its forecast of a deeper recession, Rockford business leaders gathered over lunch to see if Charles L. Evans, president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, had any better news about their economic predicament.
Before the speech, some wondered out loud how much longer the downturn will last. "I'm concerned about going down more," said G. Curtis Lansbery, president of North American Tool Corp., a specialized tool maker in the Rockford area. His business has survived for more than 20 years by focusing on rush orders that can't be filled by overseas manufacturers. But his small company recently had to cut workers' shifts from eight hours a day to seven, as orders dried up, and they may have to cut further.
"We're trying not to have layoffs, because people lose their insurance, and how much pain can you put a family through?" Mr. Lansbery said. But he also worries about balancing the company's books.
Mr. Evans, the Chicago Fed president, didn't have many comforting words. In his speech, which was organized by the Rockford Chamber of Commerce, he said the current recession is likely to be "more like the large downturns in the 1970s and 1980s than the moderate contractions of 1990 and 2001."
He projected that GDP will begin to expand later in 2009, but not enough to offset the declines in the first half of the year. The unemployment rate is likely to keep rising into 2010, he said. Rockford business leaders have been watching unemployment closely. The region's jobless rate recently hit 12.5%, well above the 7.6% rate nationwide.
Corresponding with Mr. Evans's forecast, the Federal Open Market Committee said Wednesday that it now expects GDP to contract 0.5% to 1.3% this year. That prediction, released as part of the minutes from the committee's Jan. 27 and 28 meeting, is well below the group's October forecast, which ranged from a 0.2% decline to a 1.1% increase in GDP.
In an interview after his speech, Mr. Evans said he expects communities like Rockford to be hit especially hard. "Unfortunately, manufacturing tends to be more volatile than the average of economic activity," he said. "Those forces are working against the manufacturing exposure Rockford has. The export market is clearly slowing. I think manufacturing is likely to see stronger declines in output than the service economy."
Mr. Evans added that he expects the economic-stimulus package just signed by President Obama to boost the U.S. economy. For Rockford and other cities, "to the extent that more money goes to construction and local-government projects, that maintains jobs and hopefully expands them," he said.
However, Rockford business leaders that complained during lunch about their lack of access to credit aren't likely to see a return to the loose borrowing terms of the past few years, Mr. Evans said.
Mr. Lansbery wasn't surprised by the prognosis. "He made lip service to the second half of 2009, but not glowing," he said. "I think we all understand it's going to be longer."
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I didn't do any after Christmas shopping yesterday but my daughter (who is very social and is NOT a homebody) seemed a little down so I took her to some thrift stores near our home. I really didn't want to get out because it was raining all day and cold on top of that, but you know how it is when you see a look on your child's face, so your mom instinct goes into motion and you do things you don't want to, LOL.
We looked at a lot of clothes at one particular thrift store because they had 50% off everything in the store (except for brand new items) and she ended up with quite a few jackets and shirts that she loves. I, of course, was thrilled that I only paid half price!!!
She is really turning into a clothes horse lately and even got lots of clothes for Christmas, but I suppose she wants to have even more items to choose from. Thrift shopping can be fun though because you can find things that not everyone in the world is wearing and you can get some great prices as well if you look hard enough. I tried to find myself a nice jean jacket (love them) but had no luck, but am very happy that my daughter found things she likes/liked. I guess because she is now a teenager she is more aware of how she looks and is really focusing on her clothes more than she ever has.
I did find myself a Rachael Ray cookbook that had no price on it for 8 cents!!
I love a cookbook and cheap ones are even better! I also got some cool dishes for 30 cents each that I love so was thrilled with those items.
Today I may go to some after Christmas sales to find some Christmas wreaths (mine are VERY old) and see if there is anything that is a really good deal that I can't live without.
I need to start organizing the house again and hope to that starting next week as this week I want to have some free time to enjoy the time off we're having from school. I also need to get all the Christmas decorations down sometime, but my son wants me to keep them up until after the New Years so may wait on that.
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You definitely have to look hard to find good deals at thrift stores (particularly clothes) but there are awesome buys for sure. I love second hand stuff especially when it's a good deal. It doesn't bother me a bit to get used clothing (not shoes), books, etc. as long as they aren't dirty or smelly.
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I enjoy trips to thrift stores. you do have to look but there is a lot of variation and the prices are great. Exercise videos are also good to get at these stores. people constantly get rid of ones they never used. i have gotten new ones for about $2 or old classics (spandex anyone) for a low price.
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I love cookbooks but try to be selective since I only have so much room in my tiny house. I feel like I'm wasting money if I buy a cookbook in the store or online, but did indulge in a Pioneer Woman cookbook that was on sale before Christmas because I love her recipes and her. I knew I would never find her book in a thrift store and that it would probably take years for that to happen.
I have found a lot of nice cookbooks that I have really wanted that way (thrift stores) and I'm always thrilled when I do.
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when i try to find things i find cookbooks . which i love but can not turn down . so i have cookbooks after cookbooks . now need a spot to place them so i can see their labels . wisdom is knowledge . Knowledge is found in books .
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We have a place called Finders Keepers. every time I go i find quality clothes more than half I buy still has price tags on. I love this place,I would NEVER pay the price of those name brand clothes at the malls.I bought brand Nike shoes still had tags on for $10.00 , pack of Nike socks 6 pair for $2.00. I love to go.Take care
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Microprocessors are programmable integrated circuits that can be used to perform a wide range of operations, they can be designed for specific purposes, allowing them to be manufactured in large quantities at low costs. Microprocessors are found in a variety of devices from telephones to Formula 1 technology, and since the first commercially available microprocessors (the Intel 4004 developed in 1971), they have now become smaller, efficient, more powerful and cheaper to manufacture. There are occasions when microprocessor may be used to refer to as a CPU.
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A CPU is the electronic 'brains' of a computer, it interprets and executes hardware and software commands. A CPU is fabricated on a single microprocessor (sometimes referred to as a silicon chip) in personal computers, it consists of an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) (which performs arithmetical, logical and input / output operations), and a control unit (CU) (which extracts instructions from memory, decodes and executes them).
The design and implementation of CPUs have changed over the years, but the core operations remain the same. Apart from the refinements in processing power and speed, the single core computing component has been superseded by dual, triple, quad, hexa core processors and processor arrays which offer improved performances, because for example they can execute multiple instructions independently.
The Intel range of multi core processors includes:
Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor
Intel Core i3 Processor
Intel Core i5 Processor
Intel Core i7 Processor
Intel Xeon E7 Processor
The range of AMD multi core processors includes:
AMD FX Processor
AMD A-Series Processor
AMD Phenom II X6 Processor
AMD Athlon II Dual Core Processor
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
A GPU helps to build images within the video output component of computing and mobile devices. It is a dedicated processor designed to perform lighting, rendering, polygon and other associated calculations efficiently. Intel, AMD, ATI and Nvidia are the leading manufacturers of GPUs.
Physics Processing Unit (PPU)
A PPU is a specialised microprocessor that delivers the physics calculations in video games, academic or industrial computers that are involved in collision detection, dynamics or particle systems calculations.
Processors such as the GPU and PPU preform specialised functions, thereby decreasing the workload on the CPU.
See also…
Electronics Weekly processor blog – x86 Endgame
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Where are the best powder trails near Charlottesville in the Blue Ridge Mountains? Although Charlottesville is near the mountains, the nearest skiing is still an hour's drive or better away. Ski resorts in Virginia hide in beautiful "hollers" off the beaten path, usually tucked away, down a long, winding road far from city lights. If skiing is on the itinerary, so is a car rental and a trek outside of Charlottesville, into neighboring counties.
Great powder conditions are not the golden mean of Virginia skiing. But Virginia ski resorts are heavily invested in snow-making equipment and put good effort towards maintaining trails. The Virginia ski season is known to be "East Coast skiing," not the big powder of the West, out in the mountains of Colorado or Utah, for example.
This means that ski conditions in Virginia are rather variable including, fresh powder, well-groomed trails, icy trails and at worst, trails with bare spots. Ski conditions in Virginia can change drastically from year to year and while there are great ski seasons, sometimes the Virginia ski season can be exceptionally short, or even non-existent.
The real-deal skiing closest to Charlottesville will be found out in West Virginia, a couple-of-hours-plus drive away in the Davis-Elkins area. Best bets are Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort or Canaan Valley Resort.
Until recently, the Virginia ski season usually ended by March of each year. Although pricey, skiing and snowboarding on a man-made synthetic that approximates the slip and grip of real snow became a year-round option in 2005 when Liberty University in Lynchburg opened its Snowflex Center.
Besides the Snowflex Center, four ski resorts are in close proximity to Charlottesville. The nearest ski resort is Wintergreen Resort in Nelson County, followed by Massanutten Resort in Rockingham County. Bryce Resort is just a little further north of Harrisonburg off Interstate 81. The Omni Homestead Resort is west of Charlottesville down Interstate 64, in Bath County.
Bryce Resort and Omni Homestead are both known as beginner to intermediate skiing, with a focus on family skiing. Wintergreen and Massanutten have more trails and more vertical drop, and are considered the more challenging of the four resorts. Both Wintergreen and Massanutten have one or two expert black diamond slopes and several blue diamond slopes in their ski runs; however, conditions at the top of either mountain may be patchy and icy, and all the runs of either ski resort may not always be open every day.
The real-deal skiing closest to Charlottesville will be found out in West Virginia, a couple-of-hours-plus drive away in the Davis-Elkins area. Ski resorts there include Canaan Valley Resort, and Timberline Four Seasons Resort, Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort, and Winterplace Ski Resort. The extra drive time is definitely worth it for the amount, quality and consistency of both the snow and the number of intermediate/expert slopes. And Charlottesville's central location does position it well for day ski trips to nearby resorts, or overnight trips.
Although a day trip to a West Virginia ski resort from Charlottesville is completely doable, it is not for the faint of heart. Wintergreen Resort and Massanutten Resort are much closer to Charlottesville, and the areas around the ski resort have plenty of amenities, such as quaint bars, restaurants, and shopping. Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort is the only West Virginia ski resort at present that can boast great skiing, shopping and eating. The small town resorts of Canaan Valley Resort and Timberline Four Seasons Resort, however, have their own distinctive small-town charms.
Timberline Resort is great for renting a house with your buddies and making a mini-vacation out the ski trip. Canaan Valley just oozes with old-time state park charm, lodging reminiscent of the 1950s when family was king. And the longer runs in a beautiful park like setting make Canaan a favorite place to get out on the slopes. If downhill skiing becomes too invigorating, White Grass Ski Touring Center offers a slower pace with cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
To ski near Charlottesville means planning at least a day trip to a nearby resort, or perhaps even an overnight trip. For the best ski experience, pick your pleasure: short drive times, and so-so ski conditions; or longer drive times with great ski conditions but a long drive home at the end of the day.
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Dutch ISPs no longer required to retain data
No comments · Posted by Lance Cottrell in International, Surveillance, Uncategorized
DutchNews.nl reports that ISPs in the Netherlands will no longer be required to retain data for law enforcement.
Since 2009, national laws have required keeping records on the activities of all users for a period of one year. In 2014 the EU determined that such mass storage was a violation of fundamental privacy rights.
This court ruling brings the EU and Dutch rules into accord by ending the data retention requirement.
Who do you / can you trust for privacy?
5 Comments · Posted by Lance Cottrell in Anonymity, International, Podcast
Recently a colleague was reading a blog post by a Russian based VPN provider which talked about their privacy stance. He was incredulous. "Why would anyone trust a Russian VPN company?!?!"
It is a reasonable question about many locations. Russia, China, Iran, and many other companies are justifiably known for Internet monitoring and censorship. Of course, in the post Snowden era, a lot of attention has been focused on US surveillance as well.
I think that many people have the feeling that they should trust anyone but their own governments. After all, foreign intelligence services are unlikely to do anything about any intercepts unless they see some kind of global doomsday scenario. You might worry that your local intelligence agency could pass along information to local law enforcement, but that too seems generally unlikely. Exposing such intercepts would also expose sources and methods, which are some of the most highly protected secrets out there.
To me the question is what the VPN / Privacy provider is ALLOWED to keep private. It is clear that many governments put a huge amount of pressure, or actually pass laws, on companies to keep all kinds of user activity records. Interestingly that is not the case in the United States.
Anonymizer has no requirement to keep any records about what our users do through our service, or any way to identify associate any activity with a given user. Our systems are architected so that we don't need to refuse to provide any of that information, we are simply incapable of doing so.
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Security of offshore servers becoming even more illusory.
1 Comment · Posted by Lance Cottrell in International, legal, Legislation, Surveillance
If this amendment passes, it will significantly reduce the perceived advantages of using servers outside the US. No only would the server still be subject to whatever legal process exists in the hosting country, but they would also be open to legal hacking by the USG.
Newly Proposed Amendment Will Allow FBI to Hack TOR and VPN Users | Hack Read
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Brazil enforcing ban on Anonymity
No comments · Posted by Lance Cottrell in Anonymity, Censorship, International
A Brazilian court is enforcing a constitutional ban on anonymity by requiring Apple and Google to remove Secret, an anonymous social network chatting app from their app stores. Microsoft is being required to remove Cryptic, a similar windows phone app.
In addition to that, they have been ordered to remove the app from the phones of all users who have installed it. These kinds of retroactive orders to have companies intrusively modify the contents of all of their customer's devices are concerning. At least these apps are free, if users had paid for them, that would introduce another complication.
One wonders how this will apply to tourists or business travelers visiting Brazil. Will their phones be impacted as well?
The law exists to allow victims of libel or slander to identify and confront their those speakers.
While this ruling only applies to Apple, Google, and Microsoft, and only with respect to the Secret and Cryptic apps, the underlying principle extends much further. There are still final rulings to come, so this is not the last word on this situation.
Anonymizer has had a great many Brazilian customers for many years. Anonymizer provides those users important protections which are well established in international human rights law. We certainly hope that they will continue to be allowed to use our services.
Brazil Court Issues Injunction Against Secret And Calls For App To Be Remotely Wiped | TechCrunch
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Vodafone shows global scope of surveillance
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Vodafone Lays Bare Scale of Phone Tapping – WSJ
Vodafone recently released a "Law Enforcement Disclosure Report". Because Vodafone provides services in so many countries, this provides a unique insight into the range of surveillance capabilities and requirements across a spectrum of nations. In six countries they are required to provide direct connections to their network for the local government. This allows those governments to capture content and meta-data without making individual requests to Vodafone. They are not saying which 6 countries those are out of fear of penalties or retaliation.
In Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Malta, Qatar, Romania, South Africa and Turkey it is illegal to reveal information about various kinds of intercepts, so the report does not provide information on those countries.
The report also provides good information on the frequency of requests for information from various countries.
One lesson from this is, despite the impression one might have gotten from the Snowden leaks, the US is far from the only country doing this kind of surveillance.
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Is there any formula for ${(1-\frac{1}{2^n})}^{2^n}$ ?
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Using well-known Binomial Theorem, $(a+b)^m=\sum_{0\le r\le m}\binom m ra^{m-r}b^r$ where $m$ is a positive integer.
Put $a=1,b=-\frac1{2^n},m =2^n$ we shall get the required expansion.
Now we know from this, $$\lim_{m\to \infty}\left(1+\frac1m\right)^m=e\implies \lim_{m\to \infty}\left(1+\frac1m\right)^{mn}=e^n$$
The notation as it is, As far as I know, has no simpler expression.
However, note that,
$$\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}{\left(1-\frac{1}{2^n}\right)}^{2^n}=\frac{1}{e}$$ which you can prove.
Added : It is not so difficult to prove it. Just substitute $x=2^n$ and note that $x\rightarrow \infty $ as $n\rightarrow \infty$. Also note that: $$\lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}\left(1+\frac{(-1)}{x}\right)^x=e^{-1}$$


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Loading up on food whenever possible is one of those benefits of college students that seems to fade as time progresses. Grubbing down with a handful of plates for a weekday lunch gets replaced with the adulthood standard of "salad and a water" or a cup of yogurt at your desk. But Cleveland State University is letting us relive those glory days for an afternoon. Head to Viking Marketplace at the downtown campus' student center for an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet ($8.50), boasting a stockpiled menu updated daily. Featuring everything from soup and salad bars to black olive and artichoke pizza, buffalo chicken wraps, a self-service deli station and Asian-infused sesame vegetable stir fry, the only thing you'll be questioning is what not to get. There are even breakfast and dessert options — not to mention plenty of vegan and vegetarian choices — for you to enjoy among the CSU students studying for midterms or skipping their Philosophy 101 class. They don't know how good they have it. 2121 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216-687-5001, dineoncampus.com/csu


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As I was working through an algebra textbook, I noticed that a field $A$ is a commutative ring. But is it possible for $A \subset B \subset C$ where $A$, $C$ are fields and $B$ is not (and all of them are commutative rings)?
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Yes. Consider $k\subset k[x]\subset k(x)$ where $k$ is any field, and $x$ is indeterminate.
Yes. For example: $\mathbb{C} \subset \mathbb{C}[x] \subset \mathbb{C}(x)$, where here $\mathbb{C}(x)$ denotes the field of rational functions with coefficients in $\mathbb{C}$. Clearly $\mathbb{C}$ is also a field (and both are commutative rings), and $\mathbb{C}[x]$ is a commutative ring, but not a field.


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Nearly 170 high school students from 14 local school districts were inducted into the Penn State Fayette and United Bank 4.0 Club on Saturday, June 23 at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. Joined by some 300 family and friends, students from Albert Gallatin, Belle Vernon, Bethlehem Center, Brownsville, California, Carmichaels, Connellsville, Frazier, Geibel, Jefferson Morgan, Laurel Highlands, Southmoreland, Turkeyfoot Valley, and Uniontown Area High School were offered admittance to this organization by finishing the 2012 academic year with a cumulative 4.0 or better grade point average. Sponsors from United Bank, McMillan Engineering, and the Penn State Fayette Alumni Society were on hand.


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After Bioware announced on Tuesday that Dragon Age: Inquisition will introduce the franchise's first taste of multiplayer gameplay, fans had many questions about the series' new co-op mode. Hoping to offer some clarity on the new feature, Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw has been answering fan questions while revealing more details about the game's multiplayer segments ever since he first confirmed on Aug. 26 that it would exist in Inquisition.
One commonly asked question is whether the multiplayer mode of Dragon Age: Inquisition will have kind of local co-op support. The answer, as confirmed by Laidlaw, is that the multiplayer features of the game will require an internet connection. Players will only be able to group up through an online connection. Laidlaw specifically noted that his means hat he game will not offer a "couch co-op" experience.
The title's creative director also presented players with a few more details on the playable characters of the game's co-op mode. Rather than play online as the single-player protagonist, gamers will take control of specific operatives of the Inquisition.
At launch, 12 different characters will be available. Each one represents a different specialization of the game's three classes; warrior, rogue, and mage. While the co-op mode puts players in the role of specific gender-locked classes, Laidlaw announced that fans will be able to unlock new skins and other ways to customize the characters.
Dragon Age: Inquisition's multiplayer mode will give players the opportunity to try out the new four-player co-op missions. However, it was confirmed that gamers can play as a party of fewer than four members if they're comfortable with taking on a greater challenge.
Finally, Laidlaw stressed that both the single player and the multiplayer modes of Dragon Age: Inquisition are completely separate from one another. There will be no content or item transfers so players won't have a watered down single player experience if they choose to not partake of the optional co-op mode. Furthermore, multiplayer segments will have no bearing on the story or ending of Dragon Age: Inquisition. This issue was a concern of those who played Mass Effect 3 since participation of that multiplayer mode helped single player gamers receive a better ending.
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Law Abiding Citizen is a film that will not amaze or stun you. It is a film that was made for one simple reason, and it shows. The revenge thriller is made for the audience that sits down with their expensive treats in a crowded cineplex who just want to be entertained for an hour-and-a-half. Luckily, Law Abiding Citizen does that, but just not with the same sense of perfectionism that so-called 'escapist' entertainment like The Dark Knight does.
Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is a man who is broken by the murder of his wife and daughter. The justice system fails him by not handing down justice of the highest extent down on the criminals who took Clyde's life and shattered it. This sends him on a very simple mission. He is a vigilante doling out justice to those criminals who deserve to be punished for their sins. His reasoning is that "everyone must be accountable for their actions", but Clyde doesn't think his sins should catch up with him. It is Nick Rice's (Jamie Foxx) job to bring Shelton to justice, and so begins a tumultuous game of cat-and-mouse between the two.
The performances hold the film together. Gerard Butler is a serious rising star in Tinseltown as of late, and after P.S. I Love You and The Ugly Truth, taking this darker, villainous role gave him a chance to show his range as a serious actor. Jamie Foxx, who, in this Examiner's opinion hasn't had a truly good role since his 2004 double-threat including Ray and Collateral, shows the acting chops still remain, if only he can get a half-decent script thrown his way. The chemistry between the two leads is dynamite, and keeps this film afloat.
Law Abiding Citizen is an average film that could have been truly great. With a promising premise, great leads, and a director (F. Gary Gray) who has proven he is capable of good films within the action-thriller genre, this is a disappointment of sorts in my books. If you enjoy the leads, rent the DVD and watch it on a rainy Sunday. However, go in with lower expectations than I had, and you may enjoy it more than I did.


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"Fleeting Moments in Nature" chronicles a year of wildlife photography during a journey to develop professional level skills, capturing rare moments in time to be shared with the reader.
After a renewed education in digital wildlife photography, instructed by some of America's award winning nature photographers, David embarks on a mission across two continents to put his education and photography skills to use; with the ultimate goal of gaining enough experience and knowledge to one day become a professional wildlife photographer.
This book is a compilation of photographs from the first year of efforts directed toward obtaining his goal. Each of the 112 vivid photographs of wildlife in their native habitat are accompanied by text, describing interesting facts of natural history or what it took to capture that moment in time.
Intended as a fine art coffee table book, "Fleeting Moments in Nature" covers everything from insects to big game animals, photographed in conditions experienced in everything from blizzards to rain forests.
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HDTV For Dummies
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Chapter 1: What the Heck Is HDTV?
Chapter 2: Shopping Smart.
Chapter 3: Cables and Connections.
Part II: Love at First Sight.
Chapter 4: Hooking Up Your HDTV.
Chapter 5: Enhancing Your HDTV.
Chapter 6: Magic Black Boxes.
Part III: HDTV Channels.
Chapter 7: Who's Showing HDTV?
Chapter 8: Something's in the Air.
Chapter 9: The Cable Guy.
Chapter 10: Rocket Science.
Part IV: Movie Machines.
Chapter 11: DVDs.
Chapter 12: Getting Into DVRs.
Chapter 13: Taping Time.
Part V: Monitor Madness.
Chapter 14: Gaming Consoles.
Chapter 15: Camcorders.
Chapter 16: Gadgets.
Chapter 17: Home Networking.
Part VI: Sensory Overload.
Chapter 18: Understanding Audio.
Chapter 19: Home Theater Audio.
Chapter 20: Setting the Mood.
Part VII: Geek Stuff.
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Chapter 22: Projecting a Good Image.
Chapter 23: Thin Is In.
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With Air Greenland you can always bring up to 20 kg of checked-in baggage and 8 kg of cabin baggage. Read more about our baggage allowances here.
Checked baggage
If you have checked-in baggage, travelling on economy class, you may take up to 20 kg (44 lbs) and 1 item of cabin baggage weighing up to 8 kg (18 lbs). On business class checked-in baggage can weigh up to 30 kg (66 lbs) and 2 items of cabin baggage can weigh a total of 8 kg (18 lbs). If you are travelling without any checked-in baggage, you can bring up to 15 kg (33 lbs) of cabin baggage.
Children below the age of 2 are entitled to have 10 kg (22 lbs) of baggage and a collapsible pushchair (umbrella type). Children over 2 years of age has the same bagagge allowances as adults.
See a list of items not permitted in your checked-in baggage »
|20 kg (44 lbs) checked baggage + 1 piece of hand baggage up to 8 kg (18 lbs).
|30 kg (66 lbs)checked baggage + 2 pieces of cabin baggage up to 8 kg (18 lbs).
|Children 2-12 years
|20 kg (44 lbs) checked baggage + 1 piece of hand baggage up to 8 kg (18 lbs).
|30 kg (66 lbs)checked baggage + 2 pieces of cabin baggage up to 8 kg (18 lbs).
|Infants under 2 years
|10 kg (22 lbs) + collapsible pushchair
|Not possible - must be booked as a child
Cabin baggage
If you are travelling on economy class, you may take 1 item of cabin baggage, whilst travelers on business class may take 2 items of cabin baggage, provided that the total weight does not exceed 8 kg or the maximum dimensions of 55 x 40 x 23 cm.
If you are travelling with an infant, you may bring a changing bag and a carrycot.
If the amount of cabin baggage exeeds the capacity on board the aircraft, we reserve the right to stow some of this baggage in the cargo section. Excess or oversize items of cabin baggage will be checked in, weighed, tagged with the your destination and loaded in the hold with the regular baggage.
NB: Always keep any medicine in your cabin baggage so that it is available to you, even if your checked-in baggage is delayed. Please note that baggage is often stored outside in Greenland, and can be exposed to frost.
Please ensure that you are aware of special restrictions on liquids and creams in your cabin baggage.
See this complete list of items you are not permitted to carry onto the aircraft »
In addition to your cabin baggage
Onboard you can of course also have:
- Taxfree goods bought onboard or at the airport
- A small handbag or notebook
- An overcoat
- A small camera or pair of binoculars
- Reading matter
- Umbrella or walking stick
Travelers with cabin baggage only
For travelers who wish to travel with carry-on baggage only, it is possible to bring one item of cabin baggage which can weigh up to 15 kg. The dimensions of this baggage must not exceed 55 x 40 x 23 cm. For secutiry reasons heavy cabin baggage must be stowed on the floor under your seat – not in the luggage compartment.
Overweight baggage
The staff loading the baggage onto the aircraft, are not allowed to lift more than 30kg at a time. If you are carrying more than 30kg, we kindly ask you to split it in two or more pieces of baggage. If your baggage is too heavy, you will be charged with a fee pr. kg. pr. flight. The excess baggage fee depends on the route. Contact the airport/heliport for a exact price. It is also possible to send some of the baggage as cargo, where the weight limits are different.
Tabel: Excess baggage fee pr. route.
Excess baggage less than 75kg cannot be booked in advance. You will receive confirmation of transport at check-in on the day of your departure. Alternatively, your baggage can be sent as cargo and you will be charged for 75kg.
Excess baggage of more than 75kg must be booked in advance, since we might have to blick seats onboard. Please specify the weight in kilos, items and dimensions.
Special items
Read more about special items, like prams, bikes, sporting goods and weapons »
Fragile baggage
Air Greenland does not accept any liability for fragile or perishable items or goods such as musical instruments, rifles or computers. Travellers can not check in Narwhal tusks as baggage, but will have to send those items as freight.
Baggage tag
Your baggage is labeled with the airport at which you are scheduled to arrive, and you will be given a baggage tag which will be stuck to your itinerary. You have to use this as identification of your baggage should an error occur or if your baggage is delayed or lost. You will also need this tag if you wish to make a claim to your insurance company.
Check in all the way
If you have booked a connectiong ticket with Air Greenland and are traveling onwards from Copenhagen to another airport with either SAS or Icelandair, we make sure that your baggage arrives at your final destination. If you have purchased your tickets separately at different airlines, then unfortunately we will not be able to check your baggage through to your final destination.
Please be aware that other airlines can have different baggage allowances in terms of weight and dimensions.


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Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation enter new partnership to promote exercise, movement and dance
The Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) has entered into a new partnership with the Exercise Movement and Dance Partnership (EMDP), the lead National Governing Body (NGB) for exercise, movement and dance. The partnership has been made possible by a £1.7m two-year investment from Sport England to help sports bodies attract more women and teenage girls to participate regularly in sport and fitness.
WSFF will be supporting EMDP to understand the target female audience for exercise, movement and dance, and identifying ways to promote and facilitate more women participating in exercise, movement and dance.
Currently 14% of women take part in some form of exercise, movement and dance regularly, and another 13% take part occasionally. A further 18% of women are interested in taking it up.[1]
The partnership will build on the work that WSFF has done in recent years with sports such as netball, which has driven strong growth in the number of women taking part by developing initiatives that fit with what the player wants.
Chief Executive of the WSFF Sue Tibballs said:
'I am delighted that we will be working with EMDP to help grow the female market and to get more girls and women participating. Women need to move more - and exercise, movement and dance are great ways to keep fit and healthy, while having fun. Our partnership with EMDP will help us to achieve our goal of helping Britain's women to be more active, more often.'
Daran Bennett, EMDP Chief Executive, said: 'In our 2012 legacy era, women's sport is seizing the moment and taking its chance to shine and develop. EMDP are at the forefront of this revolution. It is very exciting to be forming this key, pivotal relationship with WSFF. Together we'll be encouraging the UK's female population to put on their dance and fitness shoes and change their lives. With Sport England's key strategy of 'creating a sporting habit for life' we are perfectly placed to get women and girls moving through popular pursuits like Street Dance; the Bollywood craze, Just Jhoom; Cheerleading; Keep Fit and Lishi to name just a few. With WSFF post-2012, we look forward to continuing to foster the female well-being flame so it burns bright for the women of this country.'
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by Rob Moseley
Editor, GoDucks.com
After Byron Marshall's third touchdown Saturday night, giving Oregon a 21-point lead in an eventual 42-14 win over UCLA, he returned to the UO sideline and eventually took a seat on the bench.
A television cameraman set up over Marshall's left shoulder, putting the Ducks' sophomore running back squarely in the spotlight. Marshall has played his way there since the ankle injury to De'Anthony Thomas, and that continued against the Bruins.
With Thomas on the sideline in the second half after aggravating his ankle injury, Marshall finished with 133 yards and three touchdowns in Oregon's win over the No. 12 Bruins.
Marshall went over 100 yards for the fifth straight game — all in Pac-12 play this season, each since Thomas was initially injured. With his purposeful, explosive running, he's starting to look like one of the top backs in the Pac-12.
The presence of the cameraman Saturday night seemed to affirm that.
"I'm not really worried about that — I could care less about the fame," Marshall said. "We came out here and played a great game against a great team, and got a win."
Thomas started and participated in his first plays from scrimmage since Sept. 14. He ran 10 times for 31 yards and a touchdown, enduring a chippy UCLA defense until aggravating the injury and sitting out the second half.
"We've got a bye week, so I'll take advantage of that and try to get back out there next week," Thomas said.
Marshall was up to the task of replacing him. He ran 14 times for 81 yards and two touchdowns after halftime, reaching the end zone three times for the second time in three games.
"It was a chance for Byron to show what we've been seeing," receiver Bralon Addison said. "I think everybody else now has seen what type of running back Byron is."
Addison said teammates reassured Thomas at halftime they could finish off the Bruins in his absence.
"We just said, man, we've got you," Addison said. "Byron told him, we've got your back,
"Byron did exactly what he's supposed to do. He came into the game and took the game over."


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Education Studies
Master of education
Elementary Education (K-6)
Program Requirements
Candidates are expected to complete all requirements associated with the Master of Education in Education Studies with a concentration in Elementary Education (K-6). Candidates must register for and complete MED 6102 E-folio as the initial course in the program. This course is a pre-requisite for all other education courses.
Parallel Curriculum
The purpose, curriculum and program design of the Master of Education in Education Studies, Elementary Education (K-6) are the same as for the Master of Education in Elementary Studies (K-6) with the exception of those elements associated with clinical coursework (practicum and student teaching).
Program Competencies
Program competencies for this degree are identical to those currently in effect for the M.Ed. in Elementary Studies (K-6), with the exception of those competencies associated with practicum and student teaching courses. Program competencies and attributes are derived from the College of Education Conceptual Framework and the InTASC standards (Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium), and are described in detail at the following links:
Required Courses
MED 6102 E-folio (0 credits)
MEE 6000 Mathematics for Teachers (3 credits)
MEE 7601 Education of Diverse Populations and Exceptional Children in the Elementary School Setting (3 credits)
MEE 7603 Strategies for Effective Teaching (3 credits)
MEE 7604 Technology for Instruction (3 credits)
MEE 7607 Health and Physical Education (3 credits)
MEE 7631 Child Growth and Development (3 credits)
MEE 7632 Language and Literacy (3 credits)
MEE 7633 Methods of Teaching Elementary Reading and Writing (3 credits)
MEE 7634 Methods of Teaching Elementary Social Studies (3 credits)
MEE 7635 Professional Issues Related to Family, School and Community (2 credits)
MEE 7636 Fine Arts and Literature for Children and Adolescents (2 credits)
MEE 7637 Methods of Teaching Elementary Mathematics (3 credits)
MEE 7638 Methods of Teaching Elementary Science (3 credits)
MEE 7996 Practicum I (must have passed Core Academic Skills for Teachers) (1 credit)
MEE 7997 Practicum II (must have passed Core Academic Skills for Teachers) (1 credit)
MEE 7998 Practicum III (must have passed Core Academic Skills for Teachers) (1 credit)
MEE 8800 Applied Assessment and Research in the Classroom (3 credits)
Elective Courses: 9-12 credits as approved by the Program Chair or Graduate Advisor
This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2015-2016 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2015 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.


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Photoshop Elements 9 Digital Classroom
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Learn Photoshop Elements at your own pace with this unique book-and-DVD training package Photoshop Elements is the leading image-editing software, and this personal training course uses a full-color book plus video tutorials on the DVD to teach you how to use all its features. The Author of this Book is AGI Creative Team Each of the 13 lessons is presented with step-by-step instructions and includes lesson files and a video explanation of the concepts. Array ISBN . You can learn from leading instructors, and do it at your own pace. Photoshop Elements 9 Digital Classroom available in English. Photoshop Elements provides professional quality image-editing tools at an affordable price; this book-and-DVD package offers step-by-step training on the newest version of Elements Full-color book presents 13 lessons you can work through at your own pace, supported by video tutorials and lesson files on the DVD Created by the same team of experts who developed many of the official training programs for Adobe Systems Photoshop Elements 9 Digital Classroom is like having your own personal instructor to teach you Photoshop Elements right in your own home or office. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.


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Charlie Savage
Charlie Savage is a Washington correspondent for the New York Times. Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mr. Savage graduated from Harvard College and earned a master's degree from Yale Law School as part of a Knight Foundation journalism fellowship. He lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife, Luiza Ch. Savage, the editorial director of events for Politico, and their children, William and Peter Savage. Among other journalism honors, he was a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.
Savage has been covering post-9/11 issues — including national security, individual rights and the rule of law — since 2003, when he was a reporter for the Miami Herald. Later that year, he joined the Washington bureau of the Boston Globe; he then moved to the Washington bureau of the New York Times in 2008. He also has co-taught a seminar on national security and the Constitution at Georgetown University's political science department.
Savage's first book, Takeover, published in 2007, chronicles the Bush-Cheney administration's efforts to expand presidential power. His second book, Power Wars, published in 2015, is an investigative history of national-security legal policy issues in the Obama administration.
U.S. Reveals Death Toll From Airstrikes Outside War Zones
About 64 to 116 civilians and about 2,500 members of terrorist groups have died in American airstrikes, the Obama administration said, hundreds lower than independent estimates.
July 2, 2016, Saturday
Detainees Describe C.I.A. Torture in Declassified Transcripts
The government disclosed the transcripts, from military hearings of former C.I.A. prisoners, in response to a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union.
June 16, 2016, Thursday
One Guantánamo Detainee Pleads for Release, but Another Does Not Appear
In one hearing, the author of a memoir about his time in prison was portrayed as a model prisoner, while elsewhere disruptions at the facility were described.
June 3, 2016, Friday
Congress Moves to Nullify Judge's Order on Guantánamo Guards
Lawmakers are intervening in a legal dispute over whether female guards at Guantánamo should be permitted to touch religiously conservative detainees.
May 21, 2016, Saturday
Donald Trump Releases List of Possible Supreme Court Picks
The presumptive Republican nominee for president is trying to quell concerns that he would not select conservative jurists.
May 19, 2016, Thursday
Eric Fanning Confirmed as Secretary of the Army
The confirmation makes Eric K. Fanning the highest-ranking openly gay official ever at the Pentagon.
May 18, 2016, Wednesday
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The Intercept Publishes N.S.A.'s Internal Articles Detailing Employee Life
The news website began by posting 150 articles, offering a mixture of mundane accounts with operational updates written in plain English.
May 17, 2016, Tuesday
Measure Would Let Guantánamo Detainees Enter Pleas in Civilian Court
A provision written into annual defense authorization legislation would allow prisoners to plead guilty via videoconference, and possibly serve out sentences in other countries.
May 13, 2016, Friday
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Lack of Plan for ISIS Detainees Raises Human Rights Concerns
The United States, determined not to get back into detention operations, has no strategy in place for handling potentially thousands of war prisoners.
May 12, 2016, Thursday
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Judge Allowed Destruction of Evidence in 9/11 Case, Defense Says
The dispute appears likely to add to the problems that have plagued the effort to bring five Guantánamo Bay detainees before a military commission.
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It has been only a short time it seems that CES 2014 closed and the plans are in full steam ahead for CES 2015. Today a press release was announced to 'call for author proposals' to join Gary's Book Club at the 2015 International CES. The Business Insider today also provides information on this opporunity.
Authors may go to the CES 2015 website and obtain information on how to be selected for Gary's Book Club. The requirements are that the book must be launched within the year (Jan.2-14-Jan. 2015). The topic of the book must cover technology, innovation, technology policy, or innovation policy. Best of all, there is no charge to the author to participate in this program.
'We are thrilled to bring the book club back to CES for a second year to showcase the written work of top tech visionaries,' said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of CEA and best-selling author of Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses and The Comeback: How Innovation will Restore the American Dream. 'We welcome authors to join us on the CES stage to share their insights and highlight the influence technology and innovation has on our everyday lives.'
CES 2014 was the first time that Gary's Book Club welcomed 11 top tech authors and visionaries to the CEA state in the Grand Lobby for thought provoking discussions and book signings.
The International CES event will be held Jan. 6-9 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the event for more than 40 years has been the global stage where the next generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace.
If you have a great idea for a book on a technology topic but need assistance in publishing it or you have a book already completed but require the assistance to market it, there is a website to help you called, 'Crowdpublishr', co-founded by author and book publisher, Jenny Hudson and Michael Sattler, author, technology adviser, speaker and start-up coach, along with a third founder and CFO, Bob Katz.
Their website will lead you through the various options to either begin from ground zero to publish and market your book or perhaps you have a book in print ready or eBook on the Amazon bookstore and need marketing, PR and social media guidance. There are a variety of options which can assist you.
Crowdpublishr provides options and resources to not just technology, but fiction and non-fiction, photo books or photo journalism, and an interactive book, if you want to develop children's books or an educational interactive book. They have a fabulous community in Cambridge, Mass where they are based, so the environment provides stimulating ideas and concepts. You can feel comfortable to speak with Jenny Hudson about your ideas and vision since there are no boundaries to creativity.
Another unique feature to the Crowdpublishr is that you can raise funds for pre-sale copies of your book to enable your funding towards marketing. It is more than a website or publisher assistance channel. Crowdpublishr is a community of authors who can learn and grow together by sharing their skills, expertise and passion for writing. Visit their website, www.crowdpublishr.com and find out more about the unique community for authors.
To find out more about CES view the video below and see the video atop this article.
Twitter: Victoria Wagner@victoriaross888
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- CES 2014 opens with compelling 'Wow' presentations by key note speakers
- CES 2014 Tech Titans open show in Las Vegas
- CES 2014 brings touchless screens and other tech in development to Las Vegas
- CES 2014 brings SmartTV to showcase its future growth
- The President presents at the White House: Lights-Camera-Education!


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Two Years after Sandy: USDA Continues to Aid in Recovery and Disaster Prevention Efforts
About two years ago, Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on several states in the Northeast, causing $68 billion dollars' worth of damage to critical infrastructure, businesses, homes and landscapes. Since 2012, multiple agencies, including the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), have remained committed to helping the region build back stronger and better prepared for future storms.
To help the victims recover from Sandy and prevent future devastation in vulnerable flood areas, NRCS has invested about $120 million in Emergency Watershed Floodplain Easement Program, a program that helps restore and protect lands vulnerable to flooding. Read more »


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Rockland, Maine: Fine Art and Family Fun
By Stephen Hartshorne
Do you have an especially practical member in your family? Someone who listens patiently to your plans to go ziplining in the rainforest, and then says calmly, "We could have just as much fun at a bed & breakfast in Maine."?
Well I could get sacked for saying this, since I work for an international travel website, but they're absolutely right. The Gulf of Maine is one of the most beautiful places on God's Green Earth, and it's a great place for a family vacation because there's so much to do. If you try a weekend there, you'll end up coming back for at least a week.
Family Fun
My friend George and I recently took a trip on the quintessential American highway, US 1, to Rockland, Maine, "Rock City, USA," on Penobscot Bay, where we found more opportunities for fun than you could shake a stick at.
Downtown Rockland has a newly-renovated theater, The Strand, for movies, concerts and other performances, no fewer than 24 art galleries and studios, the world famous Farnsworth Art Museum, the new Maine Lighthouse Museum, lots of first-rate restaurants, and a lot of cool new 21st-century businesses, the kind run by people who love what they're doing.
There are shipbuilding demonstrations at Atlantic Challenge and golfing and conference facilities at the Samoset Resort. Right nearby are the Abbe Native American Museum, the estate of Revolutionary War hero Henry Knox and many beautiful ponds for swimming and canoeing.
We went out and pulled traps with a lobsterman and found out all about the life cycle of the world's favorite crustacean. We gawked at World War I biplanes at the Owl's Head Transportation Museum -- real Fokkers and Sopwiths that still fly.
We took a dinner cruise amongst and between all the beautiful little islands in the bay, and learned about the restoration of the puffins, the world's cutest and cuddliest seabird, at the Puffin Center on Main Street. We went sailing on the schooner Morning in Maine (or is it a ketch?), part of Rockland's famous fleet of historic sailing vessels.
We got up 5:30 a.m. and went fishing for striped bass, a game fish you can't buy at the market. Even I caught one. We toured the Lighthouse Museum and three historic Victorian mansions and visited the Farnsworth Art Museum, which has one of the finest collections in the world.
But for me the highlight of the trip was the Farnsworth Homestead, a part of the Farnsworth Museum, where I had the good fortune to meet Miss Lucy Farnsworth. She passed away in 1935 at the age of 97, but there in her home among all her family's possessions, I felt a close personal connection.
She used to dress all in black and the local children called her a witch, but it was Miss Lucy Farnsworth, more than anyone else, who helped to bring about the Rockland Renaissance more than half a century later...
The Limestone Millionaires
During the 1800s, Rockland was the fourth largest port on the East Coast because of the limestone that was shipped all over the world to make mortar and cement to build cities like New York and Boston.
Because there were so many millionaires back in the day, the entire city is a virtual museum with magnificent architecture all over the place. They have 145 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. That's more than some states.
Our hosts were the Historic Inns of Rockland, a group of three Victorian B&Bs. Since these old Victorian mansions have never been sectioned off into apartments, they retain their original character and give guests an authentic glimpse of what life was like for a fabulously well-to-do family in the 19th century.
The Farnsworth Homestead goes a step further because it still has all the original furnishings, from the dishes and silverware to the upholstery in the parlor to the shoeshine kit in James Farnsworth's bedroom.
Many museum curators scour the country for artifacts from a single period and put them together in a display. The artifacts at the Farnsworth Homestead have never left the house.
Like a modern-day Miss Havisham, Lucy Farnsworth preserved the house in mint condition for 97 years. And she held onto the family pile with both hands. At one point she sued the heirs of her brother's wife to recover the family jewels; and she won.
In her will she bequeathed $1.3 million to found the William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum in honor of her father. The Homestead is now part of the museum complex that also includes, besides the permanent collection, the Wyeth Center, added in 1998, and the Olson House in nearby Cushing, the subject of many paintings by Andrew Wyeth.
Hard Times for Rock City
The limestone industry declined and disappeared in the first half of the 20th century, partly because of the invention of sheetrock. Then, in the second half of the last century, the fishing industry disappeared.
neighbors, Rockland has always been a working class town. Jobs became few and far between, many of the storefronts were boarded up, property values sank and the downtown became a place many people avoided.
Ten years ago, times were tough.
The Mainers, The Artists and The 'People From Away'
Because of the local geography, people in Maine have always had a pretty tough time eking out a living. The landscape and the weather are pretty unforgiving
If you so much as go out in a rowboat in Maine, you had better know what you're doing because the sea is no respecter of persons, and even if the weather looks nice, it could turn nasty in the twinkling of an eye and you could wind up halfway to France.
This may be why, for as long as anyone can remember, artists have always come here to paint, not only the beautiful scenery, but the "authentic" people.
"Don't mind me, just go on being authentic."
One of the first to do so was Winslow Homer, a famous Civil War illustrator who moved to Maine in the 1880s. A reporter once came to Prout's Neck to interview the famous artist. He went up to one of the men on the town dock and said, "I'll give you a quarter if you'll tell me where to find Winslow Homer."
With a quick glance at his companions, the man said, "Let me see the quarter."
When the reporter produced the coin, the man said, "I'm Winslow Homer."
As this story illustrates, the artists and the people of Maine have become familiar with one another over generations and some artists like Winslow Homer have even been able to become honorary Mainers, even though they are "from away."
Mount Desert Island has one of the most famous artists' colonies in the world and many of the most famous artists of the 1800s came here at one time or another, including most of the members of the Hudson Valley School.
by Stephen Hartshorne Read More About Maine on GoNOMAD A Rockland, Maine: Fine Art
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The Desert of Maine started as a patch of sand and grew to cover more than 40 acres. Photos
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Belfast, Maine: New EnglandAs Coastal Secret By Jennifer M. Eisenlau Heaps
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Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Photo by Pinaki Chakraborty. Click on image
Maine: Home of the Un-yoked Herd By Herb Hiller I thought I had left Florida behind when I lately
Destination Guide Portland, Maine: A Stalwart Seafaring City By Kent E. St. John Senior Travel
Experiencing Maine Culture Through Its Craft Beer An adventure down dirt country roads leads
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A Kids of all ages love the waves at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. photos by Kate Cosme