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Deborah Rumsey has a PhD in Statistics from The Ohio State University (1993). Upon graduating, she joined the faculty in the Department of Statistics at Kansas State University, winning the distinguished Presidential Teaching Award and earning tenure and promotion in 1998. In 2000, she returned to Ohio State and is now a Statistics Education Specialist/Auxiliary Faculty Member for the Department of Statistics. Dr. Rumsey has served on the American Statistical Association's Statistics Education Executive Committee and as the Editor of the Teaching Bits Section of the Journal of Statistics Education. She's the author of the book Statistics For Dummies (Wiley), and she has published many papers and given many professional presentations on the subject of statistics education. Her particular research interests are curriculum materials development, teacher training and support, and immersive learning environments. Her passions, besides teaching, include her family, fishing, bird watching, driving a John Deere tractor, and Ohio State Buckeye football (not necessarily in that order).


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Tuesday Apple released an update for the (now) famous QuickTime flaw which emerged as part of the "PWN_2_OWN" AKA "Hack A Mac" challenge up at CanSecWest. Our advisory is here. The controversial outcome of this particular contest has made great fodder for speculation, conspiracy theory and industry bashing alike. There have also been numerous press articles about this.
I'm going to give you the straight scoop on the whole kit and caboodle because, well, my boss gave me a blog-- so therefore I can!
If you are not already familiar with our program, the Zero Day Initiative, it's a program for rewarding security researchers for responsibly disclosing discovered vulnerabilities.
I want to start by commending the way that Apple handled this situation. Yeah, I know it frustrates the world that Apple chooses not to comment on anything, other than their standard line about how they take security seriously, etc. I've also heard a lot of talk about Apple being hard to work with, unresponsive, etc. They must be getting better at that, because my experiences working with Apple on several (5) vulnerabilities acquired through the ZDI program have been beyond pleasant in comparison to some other vendors.
No mud slinging or law suit threats, not even a nasty email. To the contrary, Apple thanked us for our pursuit of responsible disclosure, and got a patch out to QuickTime users in roughly a week. Not bad, for a component that installs across the three most popularly used platforms out there.
Do I think they would have patched it this fast without all of the media attention? Of course not- but I'm glad Apple had a chance to showcase their Security Response abilities.
The orginal PWN_2_OWN contest at CanSecWest in Vancouver did not include a 10K bounty- the original booty was that you got to own the Mac that you "owned". At the end of the first day, when they were getting ready to relax the rules to allow browser exploits, Dragos and I had a quick conversation that went something like this:
Dragos: "Hey, do you think the ZDI would want to buy the vuln that hacks the mac?"
Terri: "Certainly, that's what the ZDI program does"
We decided to put a set amount on the table to avoid any confusions and speculation over how much a particular discovery would be worth. The announcement of the 10K sponsorship generated a lot of excitement which was further exacerbated when Dino Dai Zovi amazed us all by turning around a truly elegant discovery and exploit less than 10 hours later.
Dino created a user account on our ZDI Portal and submitted the details of his find to us. I called in some of our DVLabs folks to put a rush order on reproducing and further investigating the issue which they worked on over the weekend.
While it was initially brought to my attention late Friday April 20th as an exclusively Safari affecting vulnerability, we quickly learned through our investigation late Sunday evening that the issue had a far wider reaching impact affecting not only Safari/MacOS but rather any Java enabled browser on an OS with Quicktime installed.
Once it was fully vetted, we extended Dino a formal "offer" and contract for the bug, which he accepted.
The specific technical details of the vulnerability were disclosed to Apple on Monday April 23rd within 30 minutes of officially "contracting" it from Dino.
While it's not a general practice of the ZDI program to discuss any vulnerabilities that we purchase, the interest in this one particularly led us to respond to many requests from reporters. I spent 3 full days on the phone with people talking about this issue. I did my best to be factual and forthcoming about what was impacted, without giving away details about the vulnerability itself.
The bottom line? People needed to know that they should disable java in the browser. It only takes a minute, and can save you from a lot of damage. It seemed prudent to me that the mitigation be put out there.
Of course, there has been some criticism of our involvement in the contest, which we strongly disagree with. That said, we followed all processes and procedures we do with all 100+ zero day vulnerabilities in our care, which we believe follow responsible disclosure- but heck, everyone is entitled to their own opinions and there is no hotter debate than that of "Responsible Disclosure."
To that I only say, in the words of author Fred Gratzon, "Don't overemphasize logic. It inhibits creativity."
Final thoughts:
Security and Vulnerability Research is valuable. It leads to more secure products, and more secure customers. Without supported research many vulnerabilities would continue to remain behind closed doors, and used for nefarious purposes.
A Researchers' time is valuable. They've just provided a really important service to the information technology industry. And as Dino himself said "I have spent way more time not finding bugs many other times." Hard work deserves to be recognized and rewarded.

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Dressing a Petite Figure with Flattering Clothing StylesPosted by abeautytips | Under Body Types Thursday Jul 7, 2011
10 Petite Dressing and Clothing Tips for a Small-Framed Women
Petite women come in as many different sizes as average or tall women. The term petite refers mainly to the height of a woman, and generally refers to women who are 5'4" or less. This doesn't always mean "small," however, and petites come in all sizes, from 0 to plus sizes. Dressing appropriately for your body type and personal style is important for all women. Accentuating your positive body attributes while minimizing trouble spots is a universal condition when it comes to women's fashion! And, it is not as simple as putting on a pair of high heels to be taller, though that can help! Focus on flattering styles. Here are 10 tips for showing the world that good things come in small packages:
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- Dress in One Color: Monochromatic color schemes can elongate a body and give the illusion of height. Sharp contrasts in colors will accentuate "sections" of the body, making them appear shorter. One piece dresses, two piece suits and blouses and pants that are the same color will create a longer look for the petite woman.
- Avoid belts or cinched waists. Petite women often have higher waistlines than average-proportion women. Wearing a belt will accentuate a short torso and may give the petite woman a "chunky" appearance, even if they have a slender build.
- Watch the Size of Patterns. Large print or bold patterns may also not look as flattering when the clothing is cut to a smaller proportion. Stick to simple patterns with finer detail, rather than the larger or bright floral looks.
- Accessorize appropriately. Be confident with wearing bold accessories, like wonderful necklaces and earrings, but opt for a classy choice when possible. Steer clear of oversized handbags that look like you could fit inside, if you are particularly tiny.
- Choose Comfort Over Shoe Height: When it comes to choosing shoes, you do not need to wear uncomfortable spiked heels to be taller. Choose comfortable shoes that complement your outfit. In general, petite women should avoid wearing flat shoes, as pants and skirts may fall better and look more flattering with at least a low heel.
- Avoid horizontal stripes. Vertical stripes can give you a longer look, while horizontal stripes will give a shorter appearance.
- Wear well fitting clothing. Avoid baggy or boxy looks, or it may appear that you are wearing clothes that are too big for you.
- A V-shaped neckline can draw attention upward, focusing on your face and upper body. Wearing crew necked blouses or tops can make you look shorter.
- Avoid bulky materials or clothing. Too much bulk will give you a heavier appearance and make you look shorter. Instead, choose flowing fabrics that are more flattering.
- Skip the mini skirts, when choosing skirts or dresses. This look is more flattering on women with long, slender legs and will accentuate the shorter legs of a petite woman.
Finding fashionable and flattering styles at any height is possible. The key to dressing a petite figure is the same as for any other type of figure, accentuate your strengths and minimize problem areas. When you dress appropriately for your body type and personal style, you will give yourself a better shape and appearance, and therefore, feel more confident and be more successful.


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Marc Andreessen Denies the Existence of the Middle Class
Silicon Valley's most powerful venture capitalist is more than a provocateur.
It's tempting to read Marc Andreessen's public persona as a sort of shit-stirring performance art — the half-serious musings of a venture capitalist beta-testing his most outlandish ideas in public.
Andreessen, the co-founder of Netscape, board member of Facebook and HP, and current Most Powerful Man in Silicon Valley, has always been a provocateur. You could see some of that at work in his comments at the DealBook conference yesterday, when he bashed unions, joyfully proclaimed, "I love gridlock!" in response to a question about the fiscal cliff, and told a crowd assembled several feet from the New York Times newsroom that the Times should stop printing a paper version "as soon as possible."
But in an interview with Quartz today, it's clear that Andreessen is in fact pushing a libertarian agenda that includes some fairly extreme views about how society should function. And as Andreessen's influence outside Silicon Valley grows, it's worth taking a look at what exactly he thinks America should look like.
Several of Andreessen's ideas on Quartz's list can be chalked up to a VC talking his book. (It's not particularly novel, for example, to hear a tech guy say that we should have more immigration and fewer regulations — both of which help tech companies — or for an AirBnB investor to claim that the service is "gonna eat real estate.")
But Andreessen's second idea in the list — "The idea of the middle class itself is a myth" — is the kind of statement you don't often hear policy-makers or business elites on the East Coast making.
Andreessen, who has made hundreds of millions of dollars off the back of his tech investments, says that the phenomenon of "people with a high-school education earning college-level wages" was an "artifact" from the post-WWII era that has not translated well into the 21st century. To build today's economy, he says, we need to lower the minimum wage, discourage college students from majoring in English and other humanities (which he says will doom them "to a future of shoe sales"), and encourage them to pick science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instead.
That's not hard to argue with. After all, the logical outcome of Andreessen's vision would be a bifurcated society in which there are engineers who invent things and get very rich, factory workers who build those things and stay very poor, and creative liberal-arts majors who work in low-paying service jobs on the margin.
But the down-with-humanities trope is odd coming from Andreesseen, given that his entire career as a venture capitalist has been predicated upon standing apart from Silicon Valley's insular technocrats. A 2010 Businessweek feature on Andreessen described the way he patterned his venture capital firm after CAA, the giant Hollywood talent agency started by Michael Ovitz. Just as CAA wanted to be all things to all of its clients, Andreesseen wanted to make a16z "a full-service VC firm that helps with all the needs of startups, from recruiting to public relations." And for years, he's done that effectively, leading investments in a bunch of major Internet companies, including many that occupy the space between art and technology, like Rap Genius. He seemed to believe, as Steve Jobs did, that in order to have a successful tech company, just having good engineers wasn't enough. You needed thoughtful, intelligent creatives to merge technology with human needs.
It's not a coincidence that Andreessen's new vision would put tech entrepreneurs at the top of the totem pole. As Hamilton Nolan points out in his review of the DealBook conference, a lot of successful executives believe that the principles that enable success in their fields are automatically what's best for the rest of the country. Andreessen's comments suggest that West Coast elites have their own brand of myopia.


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Although oats have long been used in brewing, they only found their way into stouts in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries when tastes were tending toward sweet (rather than dry) stouts. The style was all but gone by 1970, but was revived by Samuel Smith Brewing in 1980. The use of oats is supposed to make a stout sweeter, with a smoother more viscous body.
Mayflower Brewing, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, brews an oatmeal stout as its winter seasonal beer. The beer pours deep black with a moderately-sized brown head. The head fizzle out fairly quickly. The body is actually a bit on the thin side, with prickly carbonation, despite the oats which are supposed to add to the body. The first scent is a hint of chocolate. Though the chocolate is still present, different flavors stand out on the tongue. There's dark fruit flavors like figs and raisins as well as a molasses flavor that comes out more strongly as the beer warms up. There's a very strong roasted coffee flavor in the finish. This adds a lot of bitterness (think of drinking cheap coffee black). Thankfully, the balance tilts towards the sweet and away from that bitterness with warmth. The finish remains dry, however. Hopping is fairly minimal, adding a bit of grassiness.
Although Mayflower certainly makes some good beers, this one seems a bit unbalanced. Although the flavor is fairly complex, the black-coffee bitterness is too overpowering, at least to this reviewer. Fans of dry stouts may still like this one. Oatmeal stouts, however, are supposed to be sweet and smooth, which this one was not.


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The Razorbacks swept Ole Miss (26-24, 30-28, 25-18) Friday night in Oxford and are third in the conference with 2.58 blocks per set after posting nine against the Rebels.
Head coach Jenny Hazelwood's club frustrated No. 3 Florida (12-1, 1-0) Friday night but struggled with consistency as UF notched a pair of 10-2 runs to end the first and second sets. The Bulldogs even had the Gators on the ropes at 19-15 in the second set but could not seal the deal.
In her SEC debut, freshman Kimmy Gardiner posted 10 kills and six digs, while senior Dani McCree turned in nine kills and two blocks. Also appearing in her first SEC match, Suzanne Horner recorded 26 assists and Roxanne McVey contributed 22 digs. Freshman Chelsea Duhs had a hand in each of MSU's four blocks on the night.
The Bulldogs have won four of the last six meetings with Arkansas in Starkville and look to notch this first SEC win of the 2013 campaign.
As part of the "Sundaes on Sunday" promotion, 60 free cups of MSU ice cream will be given away prior to the match.
The Bulldogs have next weekend off before hitting the road on Oct. 11 to face Texas A&M and Oct. 13 against LSU.
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Are We Really Changing the Way We Recruit... by Vanesa Rodriguez
By User769227-Oracle on Jan 30, 2009
I read an article yesterday on the use of video games for recruitment, which made me think how companies are changing the way they recruit to attract, engage and identify Millenials. Can we also use Web 2.0 technologies to assess candidates for a role?
According to this HR blogger, this might be the next step in this transformation of recruiting. And therefore, this could affect not only the way we spot millenials but also the way we select them.
Recent research from Pew Internet & American Life Project found that "virtually all American teens play computer, console, or cell phone games and...the gaming experience is rich and varied, with a significant amount of social interaction and potential for civic engagement."
Nowadays, companies are launching new blogs, and making their webpages more attractive to millenials, (you can visit www.careertours.com, where companies publish videos jobs), but are companies doing their selection process more interactive? Virtual career fairs are getting limited results not to mention the empty virtual world Second life, where many companies were established with no success. Is it worthy then to invest in an interactive model to assess candidates?
The HR blog wonders "What if instead of the process being a one-way street (candidates search for information about employers, employers try to figure candidates out), it was a two-way simultaneous sharing of information?"
What if companies use their technology to give candidates more information about them and at the same time, testing their analytical/technical skills? Does it make any sense to you or is it just an absurd idea?
What do you think? Can we utilise Web 2.0 technologies to assess candidates for a role, or is this technology better suited to the attraction/identification and search for candidates. Your thoughts are welcomed!!!
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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2009 Article IV Consultation with MoroccoPublic Information Notice (PIN) No. 10/19
February 16, 2010
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case.
On January, 25, 2010, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Morocco.1
Morocco's strong starting position, reflecting macroeconomic and structural reforms introduced over the last decade, has given Morocco greater room for maneuver in its policy response. The direct impact of the global crisis on Morocco has been limited, primarily affecting Morocco through real channels. Exports, tourism receipts, remittances, and foreign direct investment (FDI) have all declined this year, due primarily to the slowdown in Europe, although most recent data suggest that some flows are gradually improving. In particular, Morocco has low public debt and low inflation, and the financial system is sound, with little exposure to international markets. In this setting, domestic demand has been resilient. Moreover, Morocco is benefitting from an exceptional cereal harvest. As a result, overall gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2009 is projected at around 5 percent.
The authorities responded quickly to the unfolding crisis and have been successful in maintaining confidence. In particular, the fiscal balance will shift from a small surplus in 2008 to a deficit of about 2½ percent of GDP in 2009 as the authorities proceed with already-planned fiscal reforms, a boost in public investment, and targeted support to key sectors. A drop in revenue, partly due to already planned fiscal reforms, was offset to a degree by a fall in subsidies due to lower world commodity prices. With inflationary pressures low, the central bank—Bank Al-Maghrib—likewise lowered its key policy rate by 25 basis points, and, to boost liquidity, gradually reduced reserve requirements from 15 to 8 percent in 2009. The stock market remains well below its highs in early-2008, but the fall in 2009 has been moderate. Continued sizable support from Morocco's external partners has also served as a source of resilience.
In the financial sector, the rapid credit growth in recent years is expected to lead to a moderate increase in nonperforming loans (NPLs) and thus continued vigilance is needed. Credit growth has averaged 23 percent per year over the 2006–08 period, slowing to about 12 percent growth in 2009. At the same time, the share of NPLs to total loans has fallen sharply over the last five years. The real estate sector, which in some cities has seen a correction after a run-up in recent years, is a specific concern, although NPLs in the sector remain low and provisioning is high. The authorities continue to take steps to improve monitoring of the financial sector, including establishing a credit bureau, and planning to fully implement Basel II recommendations and raise the capital adequacy ratio to 12 percent for certain banking institutions, based on their risk profile.
The peg to the basket has served Morocco well. Staff analysis suggests that the exchange rate is broadly in line with its fundamentals. Other indicators, such as current account developments and movements in price-based indicators, point to a mild appreciation of the real exchange rate in 2009.
The authorities are deepening structural reforms to increase productivity, boost growth and improve social indicators, including reducing youth unemployment, which remains high. The authorities continue liberalizing trade and simplifying the tax regime and plan to reform the justice system, increase infrastructure investment, and strengthen support for industry, tourism, and energy. In addition, the Plan Vert ("Green Plan"), which aims to increase productivity in the agricultural sector, is moving ahead and more recently the government launched a similar effort to expand the country's fishing sector. A number of reform efforts are underway in the education and health sectors, the success of which will be a key element of improving living standards and boosting Morocco's potential growth while reducing unemployment.
The authorities plan to continue publishing all documents relating to the Article IV consultation.
Executive Board Assessment
Executive Directors observed that Morocco faced the global crisis from a strong position, reflecting in large part the range of macroeconomic and structural reforms introduced over the last decade, and was well-positioned to respond to and weather the crisis. Directors also noted that Morocco's financial system is sound, with limited exposure to international capital markets. Thus, the direct impact of the global crisis on Morocco has been mild, with the economy being affected mainly through real channels as a result of the slowdown in Europe.
Directors commended the authorities' response to the worsened global outlook. A moderate loosening of fiscal and monetary policies, coupled with vigilant financial sector supervision, has supported confidence and domestic demand, while containing risks. These policies, together with an exceptional cereal crop, contributed to strong real GDP growth in 2009.
Directors stressed that the challenge for 2010 will be to continue efforts to sustain economic activity in the face of a weak external environment. They supported the authorities' plan for a further temporary widening of the fiscal deficit, with spending increases focused appropriately on capital rather than current spending.
Directors stressed that maintaining macroeconomic stability through sound fiscal policy—a notable achievement of recent years—will remain critical. They welcomed the authorities' commitment to return to fiscal consolidation, which will be phased in gradually starting in 2011. This will be important to stabilize the public debt-to-GDP ratio, preserve low borrowing costs in the economy, and facilitate the implementation of monetary policy. Replacing the universal subsidy system gradually with a system targeting vulnerable populations would improve efficiency and reduce fiscal risks.
Directors noted that the strong bank credit growth of recent years has moderated. However, they cautioned that, after a sharp fall in recent years, nonperforming loans are likely to pick up somewhat given the economic slowdown. The authorities should remain vigilant and continue to pay close attention to the capital requirements of the banking system. Directors also welcomed the continuing implementation of Basel II.
Directors agreed that the current pegged exchange rate regime has served Morocco well. Many Directors considered that the authorities' medium-term objective to move to a more flexible monetary and exchange rate regime could help the economy to adapt better to changes in the international environment. They considered that prerequisites for a move to inflation targeting are largely in place; the risk of imported inflation is now much less; and balance sheets in the economy have little exposure to exchange rate movements. However, many other Directors considered that the timing of a move to a more flexible monetary and exchange rate policy should be carefully assessed, and they supported the authorities' caution in this regard.
Directors stressed that continued structural reforms remain critical to boost growth, enhance competitiveness, and help improve Morocco's social indicators. The authorities should push forward with the ongoing and planned reforms, including improving the efficiency and composition of public spending and further simplifying the tax and trade regimes. Directors welcomed the envisaged structural reforms to increase productivity by improving the business environment and raising capital investment. Strengthening social services will be critical to reducing poverty and addressing the persistent problem of youth unemployment.


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The plight of the humble 'doggy bag'
Gone are the days when you could over-order at a restaurant and simply ask for a doggy bag to take the excess food home. These days, a request to take uneaten food away from a restaurant is quite likely to be refused.
This can be a frustrating experience. After all, you've paid for the food. Surely it's yours to do with as you wish?
The restaurant owner may disagree with you, and for good reason.
The fear of litigation in the food industry is high. The past couple of years have seen many instances of food poisoning which has been directly attributed to unsafe food storage or handling. Highly publicised cases include the death of an elderly man after eating at a prestigious Pymble restaurant, and a young girl who effectively became a quadriplegic after eating at KFC in Villawood.
As a result, food safety has become of significant concern to restaurant owners. Once food leaves the restaurant, they cannot ensure that it isn't exposed to dangerous temperatures, or contaminated through handling by the consumer. The fear of course, is that if the consumer then eats the food and becomes ill, the restaurant will be blamed.
According to the NSW Food Authority, temperature control is a major factor in preventing bacteria that can cause food poisoning. Food enters the temperature danger zone when it is between five and sixty degrees Celsius. Doggy bags are often taken away while the food is in this danger zone. The longer the bag sits on the back seat of the car, the higher the risk.
There is nothing to prevent restaurants from providing consumers with doggy bags. But the advice from the NSW Food Authority is that restaurants should make it clear to consumers that the onus is on them to handle the food safely once it leaves the restaurant.
As a way of protecting themselves, some restaurants have introduced doggy bag stickers, which provide consumers with food safety advice, like: 'Leftovers should go straight into the fridge and be reheated to steaming hot'. Others ask consumers to sign an indemnity form before taking food off the premises.
Ultimately, restaurant owners are unlikely to be found liable if consumers, who take food off the premises, handle it in a way that creates an "obvious risk". According to the Civil Liability Act 2002, restaurants have no duty to warn consumers of an "obvious risk". Of course, the definition of what constitutes an "obvious risk" is not clear cut when it comes to safe food handling and will depend on the facts of each case.
So although it may frustrate some consumers, it's perhaps understandable when a restaurant owner chooses to take a hard line on doggy bags.
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At Christmastime, I make up several batches of this hot chocolate mix to give away. I package it in clean, empty instant coffee jars and add a festive label. People frequently return the jars for refills! —Sara Tatham, Plymouth, New Hampshire
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- 5 cups nonfat dry milk powder
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 cups instant chocolate drink mix
- 1 cup powdered nondairy creamer
- 1 cup malted milk powder
- 1 cup chocolate malted milk powder
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- In a large airtight container, combine all ingredients. Store in a cool dry place for up to 2 months (mixture will settle).
- To prepare hot chocolate: Place 1/3 cup mix in a mug; add 3/4 cup hot water and stir until blended. Yield: 30 servings (10 cups mix).
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"I mad this for my co workers at Christmas this year. They all loved it. It has a creamy and rich chocolate flavor, and was relatively economical as well."
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There are reports of a major incident taking place in Woolwich, south-east London.
Eyewitnesses have reported a shooting taking place.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan police has told Mirror.co.uk that officers have responded to an incident in John Wilson Street after being called at about 2.20pm.
The spokesman added: "We believe at this stage officers were called to an assault."
A tweet from the force's official police helicopter Twitter account said it was assisting with a 'serious incident in the Thamesmead area'.
A number of photographs posted on the social networking site show an injured man lying in a road along with two other men surrounded by police officers.
A helicopter and several ambulances can also be seen in other pictures.
Here's a picture from the scene in Woolwich. We have very few details so far but there are horrific reports on Twitter that somebody may have been beheaded. We stress at the moment these are unconfirmed reports.
Apparently there's been a shooting/stabbing in woolwich twitter.com/KingAdeIV/stat…— Gustavo Fring (@KingAdeIV) May 22, 2013
According to reports shots were heard following an alleged sword attack in the street close to the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.
It has been reported by an eyewitness that armed police opened fire on two suspects and shot them dead.
One eyewitness is telling LBC Radio that one of the attackers asked people to take photos of him after the attack.
He says that as soon as the police arrived one of the suspects charged at the police.
He says six shots were fired and both men went down.
The victim was aged in his mid 20s.
A brave group of women tried to protect the injured man as his attackers stood over him.
The attack took place outside a local primary school.
There are numerous reports on Twitter that the victim may have had a military background.
Pub worker Sam, who works in the Dial Arch pub in nearby The Warren told the News Shopper: "We heard rumours someone got attacked by an axe then the axe wielder got shot dead.
"I'm surprised at the severity of the incident but not that there's been an incident because it is Woolwich.
"The severity of the incident has surprised me."
Twitter user Boya Dee has claimed he witnessed the horrific attack.
He wrote: "Ohhhhh myyyy God!!!! I just see a man with his head chopped off right in front of my eyes!
"Mate ive seen alot of s*** im my time but that has to rank sumwhere in the top 3. I couldnt believe my eyes. That was some movie s***.'
"The two black bredas run this white guy over over then hop out the car and start chopping mans head off with machete!!
"People were asking whyyy whyyy they were just saying we've had enough! They looked like they were on sutn! Then they start waving a recolver
"Then thats how u know they were on sutn cos they actually went for armed feds with just two machete and an old rusty lookin revolver.
'"he first guy goes for the female fed with the machete...Then the next breda try buss off the rusty 45 and it just backfires and blows mans finger clean off..."
The victim was apparently wearing a Help for Heroes t-shirt and was attacked with a machete-style knife and dumped in the street.
One witness, identified as James, said he and his partner saw two black men attack the young victim with knives, including a meat cleaver.
"They were hacking at this poor guy, literally," he told LBC.
"They were hacking at him, chopping him, cutting him."
Nick Raynsford MP for Greenwich and Woolwich is telling LBC that he has spoken to has spoken to a senior officer at the nearby barracks and the victim is a serving soldier.
A number of victims have been recovered from the scene.
London Air Ambulance have confirmed that one patient was confirmed dead at the scene and another was airlifted from the scene, while another was taken away by road ambulance. They are conflicting reports as to whether they have died from their injuries.
An eyewitness called James told LBC that the attackers treated their victim as a "piece of meat'' after he was dead.
He said: "These two guys were crazed. They were just animals. They dragged him from the pavement and dumped his body in the middle of the road and left his body there.
Julia Wilders, 51, of Charles Grinling Walk, told the News Shopper: "I saw some blokes trying to resuscitate another man on the floor.
"We walked down to have a look and we saw a black bloke walking up there with a gun.
"Another bloke had two meat cleavers in his hand.
"A response team turned up.
"One of the blokes ran to the police car with the meat cleaver and they shot him.
"And then they shot the other one."
The eyewitness reports are pretty horrific.
Leila Salih told the News Shopper that her friend saw a head in the street.
The 24-year-old added: "It's disgusting - kids are going to school here."
Cheryl Spruce, who lives near the incident, told Sky News that a nearby school was put into "lockdown".
She said: "The police were telling us to take an alternative route to get to school.
"There were police everywhere. There were 30 to 40 police officers.
"Police officers in each road were stopping people from walking anywhere. It's mayhem out there at the moment."
There were reports of car crash moments before the incident and we have just been sent this picture showing the wreckage of a blue car with blood along the pavement. According to reports a number of weapons were found strewn across the street.
We're getting more from the eyewitness called James who spoke to LBC radio.
He said his partner saw two black men attack a young man aged around 20 in a Help for Heroes T-shirt with kitchen knives.
Fighting back tears, he added: "These two guys were crazed.
"They were just animals. They dragged him from the pavement and dumped his body in the middle of the road and left his body there."
He said that after the "horrendous" attack, the two men, in their 20s, just stood around, waving knives and a gun, even asking people nearby to take pictures of them "as if they wanted to be on TV or something".
"They were oblivious to anything, they were more worried about having their photo taken, running up and down the road," he said.
"They had no intention of running off or leaving or anything.
"In my opinion, they were waiting for the police to arrive to be shot by the police. That's the only thing I can think.
"It's horrendous what they were doing to that guy."
James told the radio station how incredibly some "brave" women tried to shield the man on the ground from the attackers.
He also said that it was 20 minutes before armed police arrived at the scene.
"When the armed police came flying around the corner, the man with the beanie hat, the tall guy, he charged at the police vehicle," he said.
"A shot was fired by the other guy with the gun.
"Six shots were fired, both men went down and we now know they are dead as well."
You can listen to the full interview below.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the incident.
A spokesman said: "The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been made aware by the Metropolitan Police Service of incident in Woolwich, south London.
"IPCC investigators have been deployed to the scene and to the post-incident process.
"The IPCC has declared this as an independent investigation."
David Dixon, headteacher of the nearby Mulgrave Primary School and Early Years Centre, said he had seen a body lying in the road.
"All the traffic had stopped. There were gunshots after that so I am not sure about the situation after," he told BBC News.
"But all I needed to know was that there was an emergency and we needed to go into our emergency procedures to make sure that the children were as safe as possible.
"That was my main priority.
"We got all the staff to get the children in because some of them were outside doing activities, we locked all the gates.
"I and some of my senior staff liaised with police to find out what we needed to do after that."
He said the air ambulance had landed in the playground of the school.


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NASA has made one small step, as it were, toward landing its own rover on the lunar surface, if a Friday space agency document published by SpaceRef is any indication. The document is a Request for Information (RFI) for what is called a short duration lunar resource prospecting mission. Specifically NASA would like to find out what private industry might be prepared to provide in the way of payload avionics systems and avionics elements.
The RFI is presumed to be for a lunar lander called RESOLVE or Regolith and Environmental Science and Oxygen and Lunar Volatiles Extraction mission. The concept has been extensively tested on Earth, using a number of rovers developed by the Canadian Space Agency. The mission would land at the lunar south-pole and would use a drill and other instruments to prospect for lunar resources, such as ice, thought to be in shadowed parts of craters at the lunar south-pole. The rover would also contain a chemical plant (with an oxygen and volatiles extraction node, gas chromatograph, and mass spectrometer.
Currently RESOLVE is unfunded as a mission. At modest cost of $250,000 it could qualify as a NASA Discovery mission, a type of planetary undertaking that would be low cost, low duration following what was once called "faster, better, cheaper." Past Discovery class missions included Lunar Prospector, Mars Pathfinder, Deep Impact, and Dawn. Estimated launch date of RESOLVE is thought to be in 2018. The RFI document notes that "The Government is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this RFI."
Approving RESOLVE would be tricky politically. By directive of President Obama, the moon is off the table insofar as NASA exploration is concerned. RESOLVE, with its prospecting and ISRU (in situ resource utilization) goals would be seen as a precursor for a crewed expedition. On the other hand, the current president would be out of office by the time that the mission would depart for the lunar surface, to be replaced by a person who might be more friendly toward lunar exploration.


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Summer is officially over, classes are back in session, and temperatures are (finally!) starting to cool off. Which means it's job hunting season!
This year, I'm going to be on the other side of the job hunting process. And from this perspective, I thought it would be useful to post a reminder to letter-writers and letter-readers about letters about women candidates.
This article is a couple of years old, but the message is still valid. (And as with most online articles exposing gender bias, it does not pay to delve into the comment section.) The upshot is that in an analysis of hundreds of letters of recommendation, "Female candidates were described in more communal (social or emotive) terms and male candidates in more agentic (active or assertive) terms." Moreover, "The more communal characteristics mentioned, the lower the evaluation of the candidate." In addition, "letter writers included more doubt raisers when recommending women, using phrases such as 'She might make an excellent leader' versus what they used for male candidates, 'He is already an established leader.'"
So, if you are writing letters for women, be aware of the language you use. And if you are reading letters for women candidates, look out for the language used to describe her and avoid letting it color your judgement. Rather, look at more objective criteria, such as publications and experience.
Happy hunting!
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Recommendation Letters
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And talking of getting letters....
It's also time to think about grad school applications.
Here are 2 articles I wrote in 2005 issues of STATUS - still relevant today.
Fran Bagenal
U of Colorado
- September 15, 2012 at 10:53 PM
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Check out
The Professor is in... blog post about writing recommendation letters. Full of useful advice!
- September 17, 2012 at 11:26 AM
- romina chandler said...
Recommendation letters must be professionally written, to the point and detailing specific facts. Nice ideas.
Romina @ Satyesm
- July 23, 2013 at 8:54 PM
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A few days ago Cote de Texas featured this absolutely stunning aqua beach house from Veranda magazine. Designed by Babs Watkins, this home is now for sale, so Joni was able to find even more images of this home. Yay for us! You have to check out Cote de Texas to see so many more images of this gorgeous home!
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Aqua Beach House
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Gawd, this house is absolutely PERFECT for your blog!!!!!! whoa. amazing. glad i could help! hahaha your blog is so pretty - I love the color blogs - yours, the pink ones, the blue ones - a great idea to be focused like that.
- July 10, 2008 at 11:58 AM
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I want this house!!!!
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I'm really loving that pull table...that light blue turquoise is soooo lovely. Much softer then the normal green ones.
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Fresno State: (2008) Competed as a middle-distance runner for the Bulldogs ... ran a personal-best of 26:53 in the 800-meter at the Cal-Nevada Championship at Fresno State.
Washington Union HS: Lettered in both cross country and track and field for three years ... cross country Valley qualifier 2006 and 2007... named the cross country MVP in both 2006 and 2007 ... had a best time of 61.0 in the 400-meter and 26.0 in the 200.
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Grafton High Students Taught About The Importance Of Voting
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With the election a little over 3 weeks away, several state leaders took some time out of their day to talk to juniors and seniors at Grafton High School about the importance of voting.
A few hundred juniors and seniors gathered in the school's auditorium for an election awareness event. Not all of these students are eligible to vote just yet, but school officials still thought it was an important message for them to hear.
Speakers at the event included Delegate Michael Manypenny and a representative from Senator Rockefeller's office. Each speaker talked about how the voting process works, what inspired them to get involved in politics, and just how important one vote can be.
Students were encouraged to do their own research on the candidates and the issues so that they can make an informed decision when going to vote for the first time in a few weeks. They were also treated to a skit about voting put on by some of their fellow classmates.
Everyone who was 18 or older was given a voter registration form and encouraged to vote in the November election. After the event, many took away a greater interest in their involvement in politics.
You have just a few more days to get registered to vote if you haven't already done so. The deadline for registration is Tuesday.
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Had a blast
Started by Haywood , Mar 19 2011 08:56 PM
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 08:56 PM
For my daughters 12th birthday this year I bought her a Ruger 10/22 and today she finally got to go out and shoot it. I took my daughter and my niece out, gave them a butt load of information and a few stern warnings of how my old First Sergeant cured numbskulls of having their finger on the trigger before you were ready to shoot. After our talk I let them have at it, my daughter on her Ruger and my niece on my single shot. My daughter got a little frustrated at first because my old .22 is scoped and hers isn't (I'm teaching her how to use iron sights before I let her scope it) and my niece was doing pretty good. BTW I showed my daughter what the sight picture should look like using cardboard cut outs as well as having her use her fingers to simulate sights and "aim" at things I point out to her. Anyway I talked to her a bit and got her on target and then she was blastin away. They ended up shooting close to 300 rounds before it started looking crappy so we packed up policed up our targets and brass and headed home. I'm pretty sure I had em hooked on shooting till it came time to clean the rifles lol I guess we'll see how hooked they are come the next weekend.
Posted 19 March 2011 - 09:03 PM
Good fun! Plinkin' with a good .22LR is hard to beat.
Posted 19 March 2011 - 09:40 PM
And one of the nice things about a 22, if you don't get around to cleaning it, it's still gonna shoot the next time out.
Posted 19 March 2011 - 10:10 PM
Well my plan is if and when my daughter gets to girly and no longer wants to go shoot, I'm gonna pick up another Ruger and that gattling gun kit lol. But hopefully she never does get tired of all the outdoors stuff we do. Braz your right on with that, I have a cousin that when we were growing up never and I mean never cleaned his .22, it was a tube fed Marlin not sure what model. He couldn't hit sky if he shot straight up but it went pow everytime he pulled that trigger.
Posted 19 March 2011 - 11:23 PM
Keep takin' them girls out to shoot.
Posted 20 March 2011 - 07:55 AM
cleaning time at my house is social hour. thats when we talk about what we shot, the next hunt, past hunts, new toys, etc.... I always look forward to gun cleaning, and so do my boys! my sons in the military didnt understand all the grumbling about cleanup time. after a short time there friends cault on too. DR
Posted 20 March 2011 - 04:34 PM
In my military days we cleaned our weapons every single day, fired or not, so that got old real quick but now it's almost like a meditative type activity for me. The girls on the other hand found it to be just another block of instruction with me showing them the differences between a bolt and semi auto gun, how they function etc. I think they just wanted to get it over with. I'm gonna blame it on the fact that they had roller derby practice in the morning then from there we went right out to shoot so they were tired, not that I was boring them lol.
Posted 20 March 2011 - 05:17 PM
Good deal getting the girls out like that. I don't think any of us ever grow to old to go shooting 22's. They are a blast and great for your young shooters.
Posted 20 March 2011 - 09:20 PM
Great way to brake them into shoot and then maybe hunting...
Posted 20 March 2011 - 09:32 PM
I clean my 10/22, but I have a older friend who has had 2 of them for over 15 years and never cleaned either of them once. They're like the AK of the 22 world.
Posted 21 March 2011 - 04:20 AM
There's no bettter way to spend you time than with your kids. Those are memories she will always have of being with Dad.
Posted 21 March 2011 - 04:28 AM
My girls love going shooting and hunting. They actually enjoy helping cleaning afterwards as they know it goes part and parcel with the deal. They even like to help on the reloading bench. Guess I am a lucky dad!Darren
Posted 21 March 2011 - 02:32 PM
I spent many hours instructing my kids about firearms safety, even before they had access to real guns. They took to it well but I was pleasantly surprised when I enrolled them in the hunter safety course. What I found was that the material presented by the instructor validated everything I had taught them, and more, so we were on the same page with every shooting experience that followed the hunter safety program. Ain't no better starting point for a kid than a hunter safety course.
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Intestacy Kit – South Australia
This Intestacy Kit has been developed to assist families of Indigenous artists who passed away without making a will. If the artist did leave a will, see the Wills Kit. The development of this resource is made possible through the support of Copyright Agency Ltd (CAL) and DLA Piper. For the complete version please download the document.
In this information sheet:
What is intestacy?
Usually, when an artist or other person passes away, their will is the document that sets out how they want their belongings to be distributed among their family and friends. If a person passes away without leaving a valid will, that person is said to have died "intestate". If they have a will but it only deals with some of that person's belongings, that person is said to have passed away "partially intestate".
If a person passes away intestate, the laws of intestacy will determine who is entitled to have that person's estate. If the person passes away partially intestate, then the law determines how to distribute those things that are not covered by the will.
In South Australia, the laws of intestacy are set out in the Administration and Probate Act 1919 (SA)(the Act). The rules in this Act apply to the estate of any deceased person who left property, real or personal, in South Australia. Intestacy rules will apply when the deceased did not leave a will or to any property which was not effectively covered by the deceased person's will if they did leave one.
Different rules may apply in relation to property which is located outside South Australia or to property in South Australia which belonged to a person who lived elsewhere at the time of their death.
The intestacy rules may require the deceased person's assets to be distributed in a way that is very different to the outcome that the family of the deceased person expect, and may also be very different to the result that the deceased person would have wanted. In particular, these rules may be very different from the traditional or customary way of dealing with the passing of an Indigenous person. For that reason, it is usually sensible to prepare a will to make sure that the estate goes to the family and community members that the artist believes should receive them.
In this information sheet, we focus on how the rules of intestacy will operate in relation to an Indigenous artist who was living in the South Australia at the time he or she passed away.
What is the "Estate"?
The assets owned by a person at the time of their death are described as that person's "estate".
The estate can include real estate (property), cars, insurance policies, money in bank accounts, shares, artwork, furniture, jewellery and clothes and even debts owed to the person such as money due from the sale of artwork. Sometimes the estate will also include mining royalties or superannuation. The estate may also owe money, such as for credit card bills or car payments.
Importantly, every artist's estate is likely to include copyright in the artwork created during his or her lifetime. Copyright can be an important source of income for an artist's family as it lasts for 70 years after the artist passes away. The estate can earn royalties for the right to reproduce the artist's paintings in auction catalogues, art books and merchandise long after the paintings themselves are sold and the artist has died.
In addition, with the passing of the Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act 2009 (Cth), the artist's estate will include the entitlement to resale royalties on all eligible commercial resales of the artist's works which take place in the 70 years after the artist's passing.
For most Aboriginal and Torres Strait visual artists, the most important assets in the estate are likely to be the following:
1. Money in any personal bank account held in the artist's name;
2. Money held by the art centre from the sale of paintings;
3. Paintings held by the art centre or a commercial gallery or dealer on consignment;
4. Resale royalties; and
5. Copyright including entitlements to licensing royalties from collecting societies or under licensing deals negotiated during the artist's lifetime.
As well as assets, the estate is also responsible for certain debts and other liabilities. The liabilities of the estate will include paying any costs associated with the funeral, and any other debts of the deceased artist such as any income tax that might be owed.
In this information sheet we only deal with the assets and liabilities listed above. If the estate contains assets or liabilities other than the ones mentioned above, we recommend you get legal advice as to the appr
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If you have questions about any of the topics discussed above please contact Arts Law.
The information in this information sheet is general. It does not constitute, and should be not relied on as, legal advice. The Arts Law Centre of Australia (Arts Law) recommends seeking advice from a qualified lawyer on the legal issues affecting you before acting on any legal matter.
While Arts Law tries to ensure that the content of this information sheet is accurate, adequate or complete, it does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy or completeness. Arts Law is not responsible for any loss suffered as a result of or in relation to the use of this information sheet. To the extent permitted by law, Arts Law excludes any liability, including any liability for negligence, for any loss, including indirect or consequential damages arising from or in relation to the use of this information sheet.
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The Arts Law Centre of Australia has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.


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A new book by a Monash University medical historian reveals the roots of America's most popular method of natural childbirth in Stalinist Russia.
Dr Paula Michaels from the University's School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies uncovered this surprising story after she started researching childbirth and prenatal preparation when she became pregnant in 2000.
In Lamaze: An International History, Dr Michaels explains the origins of the technique, widely thought among Americans to have been developed in France.
"The general belief is that it was developed in the 1950s by French obstetrician Dr Fernand Lamaze as an alternative to medical intervention during childbirth, but my research traces Lamaze's method to its point of origin: the post-war baby boom of Stalinist Russia," Dr Michaels said.
"Soviet psychotherapist I Z Vel'vovskii developed the method, also known as psychoprophylaxis, to manage labour pain without drugs.
"The practice was then brought to France by obstetrician Fernand Lamaze in 1951, and was adopted all over the world, crossing political, social and cultural divides, making its way to the United States amid the Cold War."
Although largely forgotten in Australia, "Lamaze" is still a household word in the US, even as its practice has fallen out of fashion. It is known for its hallmark "hee-hee-hee-hoo" breathing pattern, as featured in just about every child-birth scene in American film and television.
In Lamaze, Dr Michaels looks at why the technique's origins may have been played down.
"I turned over in my mind the likelihood that the Soviet origins of what we called the Lamaze method had been deliberately obscured," Dr Michaels said.
"Amid the Cold War, it seems plausible that proponents cloaked psychoprophylaxis's communist pedigree, in part by changing the method's name, to make it acceptable to the American public."
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Twain 'diaries' recording
was techno marvel
by Roger McBain,
Evansville Courier & Press staff writer
October, 1999
When you work with stars, it's hard not to be dazzled.
Especially if you're going to put words in their mouths.
That was the challenge Evansville native Gary Jones faced when he helped produce Tony-winning Broadway stars Mandy Patinkin and Betty Buckley's audio recordings for "The Diaries of Adam and Eve: Translated by Mark Twain."
Jones, a musician and computer technician living in San Francisco, helped supervise recording and editing sessions for the recorded version of the book his friend, Don Roberts, edited and published in 1997.
Both will speak about producing the recording at Barnes & Noble Booksellers on Saturday and Central Library on Sunday.
Jones sat in on New York recording sessions with Buckley in August 1998, and the next month with Patinkin.
Later, he helped edit their words, their delivery and their diction, using technology that allowed producers to record Patinkin and Buckley saying things neither of them had said.
"It was exciting, I'll have to admit," said Jones in a telephone interview.
"But I tried to stay away from the whole 'fame and star' idea, because it just gets in the way of things."
Roberts had a harder time putting celebrity aside, Jones thinks.
It was Roberts who proposed casting Patinkin as Adam and Buckley as Eve in this recording of Twain's imagined diary entries by the Bible's first couple.
And, as narrator, Roberts wanted Walter Cronkite, "the voice of God," said Jones.
"These are people Don idolizes. They were his dream cast."
When all three agreed, "Don was walking on the clouds," said Jones.
Part of his job, said Jones, was "trying to help keep Don grounded through the whole thing."
That happened in the studio with Buckley. The star of "Cats" and "Sunset Boulevard" seemed tentative in her reading, stopping frequently to ask questions.
"I had to prompt Don. I told him, 'I think she's really looking for a little more direction from you.'"
There was little need for direction with Patinkin, the Broadway star who played Dr. Geiger on television's "Chicago Hope."
The production team had to edit both Patinkin and Buckley, however, said Jones.
"When you record people, they may read too quickly," he noted, or they may miss a word.
Using computer technology, the production team extended pauses between Buckley's words and sentences to make her delivery seem more relaxed. And they put words in both Buckley's and Patinkin's mouths.
In one section, where she was supposed to say "flares," Buckley read "flames," said Jones.
Using a computer-editing program, the producers fabricated the proper word from two other words she'd read.
They digitally welded the initial sound from her reading of "flame" to the ending from "bear" to build "flair." Then they replaced the misspoken "flame" with the proper word.
They performed similar surgery to correct Patinkin's mispronunciation of the word "zoological," said Jones.
When they were done, the actors couldn't tell how their voices had been altered.
"It was amazing," said Jones. "It kind of makes you wary of believing anything you hear on tape."
Both actors were pleased with how their voices came out, added Jones. "Betty Buckley said it was a real work of the heart."
Cronkite's narration, which he recorded in a CBS studio in New York, didn't require editing. He rerecorded parts that needed to be changed.
It was the first audio-book recording Jones had ever worked on, he said.
The 47-year-old former Evansville man also helped produce the music for the audio book, composed and conducted by Lester Siegel.
The entire project stems from an injury, said Jones.
Roberts was working as an editor for a mail-order business when he broke his foot and started reading Twain's lesser-known writing.
He discovered Twain's diaries for Adam, written in 1892, and for Eve, written in 1904, after the death of Twain's wife, Lily.
Roberts ended up editing them together into an evolving love story told in alternating diary entries. And, at the end of the book, he included love letters between Twain and his wife, written when she was bedridden and he was banned by doctors from seeing her for fear he'd overexcite her.
The finished book is a wry, funny, moving tale that parallels Adam and Eve's romance with that of Twain and his wife.
"It's a very dear story, I think," said Jones.
Roberts created Fair Oaks Press, a small company he operated from his home, to publish the book, which came out in 1997. He created Fair Oaks Audio for the audio recording, released this month.
The company doesn't have the budget to amass a national advertising campaign, but the book has received strong notices on the Internet, said Jones.
"People are finding it. Don gets e-mail from out of the blue on this.
"I feel it's got to be the magic of Mark Twain's writing."


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|Chalich, Rehkow honored
University of Idaho freshmen Chad Chalich (QB, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) and Austin Rehkow (K/P, Veradale, Wash.) had stellar games in the Vandals' victory over Temple University and were recognized by a variety of organization.
"It's great," coach Paul Petrino said. "Any time you have two players win Player of the Week, it's a great honor for the program. When they're both freshmen, it makes it an even better honor."
Chalich, who completed 26 of 43 passes for 310 yards and ran for 114 yards on 14 carries, was honored as the Independent Offensive Player of the Week by FBS Independents and College Football Madness. He is the first Vandal quarterback to rush for more than 100 yards since Doug Nussmeier ran for 107 against Boise State on Nov. 20, 1993. Prior to Nussmeier's effort, you have to go back to 1984 when Scott Linehan ran for 104 in a loss to Eastern Washington. Nussmeier passed for 198 to total 305 yards total offense and Linehan had 248 pass for a total of 352. Chalich had 424 yards of total offense, which ranks eighth all-time at Idaho
Rekhow, a true freshman who also punts, was successful on four of five field goal attempts to earn recognition as the Special Teams Player of the Week by FBS Independents and College Football Performance Awards. He also earned one of three stars awarded by the Lou Groza Award. Fans can vote for him as the Kicker of the Week at www.LouGrozaAward.com.
The Vandals are at home Saturday against No. 23 Fresno State in the annual Celebrating Agriculture in Idaho game. Kickoff at the Kibbie Dome is 2 p.m.