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Let $\Sigma$ be the genus 2-surface.
Denote $\operatorname{Sym}^2(\Sigma)=\Sigma\times \Sigma/\mathbb{Z}/2$, where $\mathbb{Z}/2$ acts on $\Sigma\times \Sigma$ by $(x,y)\mapsto (y,x)$.
In the very famous paper of Ozsvath and Szabo (see page 1035), the authors said that $\operatorname{Sym}^2(\Sigma)$ is the blow up of $T^4=S^1\times S^1\times S^1\times S^1$ at one point. I want to prove this in detail. (Detail is omitted in the Original paper.)
We have an Abel-Jacobi map, $\mu\colon \operatorname{Sym}^2(\Sigma)\to \operatorname{Pic}^2(\Sigma)$, given by $(p,q)\mapsto [p+q]$.
On the other hand, from the Euler sequence, \begin{equation}0\to H^1(\Sigma;\mathbb{Z})\to H^1(\Sigma;\mathcal{O})\to H^1(\Sigma,\mathcal{O}^*)=\operatorname{Pic}(\Sigma)\to H^2(\Sigma;\mathbb{Z})=\mathbb{Z}\to 0\end{equation}
we can identify $\operatorname{Pic}(\Sigma)=\mathbb{Z}\times H^1(\Sigma;\mathcal{O})/H^1(\Sigma;\mathbb{Z})$ and by looking at $\operatorname{Pic}^2$ part only, we have $\operatorname{Pic}^2(\Sigma)=H^1(\Sigma;\mathcal{O})/H^1(\Sigma;\mathbb{Z})=H^1(\Sigma;\mathbb{R})/H^1(\Sigma;\mathbb{Z})=T^4$.
Hence, Abel-Jacobi map, define above can be regarded as $\mu\colon \operatorname{Sym}^2(\Sigma)\to T^4$. Ozsvath-Szabo claim that $\mu$ is the blow up and exceptional sphere $S$ is given by \begin{equation} S=\{[x,\tau(x)] ~|~ x\in \Sigma,\tau\colon \Sigma\to \Sigma \textrm{ is the hyper-elliptic involution}\}.\end{equation}
However, I could not prove $\mu$ is a blow up.


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A nice peaceful morning in Los Angeles: sun rising, seagulls eating from dumpsters, and the quaint sound of gas-powered leaf blowers filling the morning air; filling the morning air with noise and gas fumes that is.
Whether you're an apartment dweller or nestled in an over-priced house in a subdivision, there's an ever lasting hum in the air that persists through all hours of the waking Angeleno day. Leaf blowers.
Leaf blowers are typically gardeners, usually of legally questionable foreign origin. If you listen carefully, or even if you try to block it out, just before the crack of dawn, you'll hear the revving of these gas-powered little nuisances, likely before your first coffee has been brewed. In most parts of the country, such early disturbances would constitute a friendly neighborly reminder that people are sleeping and that noise making at such hours is quite inconsiderate and rude.
From the following LAPD webpage:
"Gas Powered Leaf Blower Enforcement
Gas powered leaf blowers increase the presence of airborne particles, which may cause problems for persons suffering from asthma, hay fever, or other upper respiratory ailments.
Los Angeles Municipal (LAMC) Section 112. 04 (c) bans the use of the gas powered leaf blower device to minimize the nuisance and health related problems attributed to this type of equipment.
112.04(c) LAMC
The following ordinance became effective on February 13, 1998:
"No gas powered blower shall be used within 500 feet of a residence at anytime. Both the user of such a blower as well as the individual who contracted for the services of the user if any, shall be subject to the requirements of and penalty provisions for this ordinance. Violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be punishable as an infraction in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Dollars($100)."
This section does not preclude anyone from using other devices such as a gas powered vacuum device or electric leaf blower.
Officers enforce Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 112.04(c) in the same manner as any other infraction.
The Los Angeles Police Department has primary enforcement responsibility for this Ordinance. Community members may also register complaints with the Street Use Inspection Division, Department of Public Works, at 1-800-996-CITY (Leaf blower Complaint Line).
An officer who responds to a radio call and/or otherwise observes anyone operating a gas powered leaf blower within 500 feet of a residence within the City of Los Angeles, may take the following enforcement action:
* Inform the operator of the leaf blower that they are in violation of Section 112.04(c) LAMC."
This largely unknown law, in effect since 1998, directly addresses the health issues related to the nuisance of such leaf blowers. People ought to utilize this number more as to curtail the rampant and excessive use of these polluting devices within range of residences.
Now while the effectiveness of calling the hotline might be questionable, the fact that it exists, along with the municipal code, shows that the problem of leaf blowers is addressable if people take the necessary steps.
A return to quieter and less polluting days of the broom and rake is not so far fetched. Such a renaissance would also lend to people as a whole enjoying more peaceful days and less dust on their car from the neighbor's gardener blowing refuse into the street and onto other people's property.

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3rd annual bay area music bloggers go to a ballgame (live blogging)
Today, a bunch of bay area music bloggers are going to a baseball game for the 3rd year in a row (see the first two).
I'll be live blogging the game so check back on this page throughout the afternoon for updates.
11:50am At 24th St. BART. 3 minutes till the Fremont train. That'll get me there.
1:01pm in the seats. They're doing the starting line up. Chatting it up with the people who are here so far. Good times.
1:12pm Angels get a home run on the fourth pitch, first at bat.
1:47pm just had a ridiculous bbq pork sandwich. We've got a good crowd here now. There's a baseball game happening somewhere but we're nerding out pretty well.
2:07pm the A's are really phoning it in here. 7-0 already.
2:26pm we've gone hard core into the music nerdery here. Who's into what bands, what's wrong with the blogosphere.
2:46pm Wow a couple runs and.it's a game. This would be a good comeback.
2:54pm and now we're talking about twitter.
3:03pm Guilty pleasures here: Passion Pit is high among them…. And what you delete from your last.fm library so people people can't tell you listen to.
3:33pm things have settled down. Not much going on in the game. A's warming up a pitcher in the bullpen. The prize in the Cracker Jacks is a bit weird and not impressive.
4:10pm Paid attendence of 16500. Pretty sparse attendence here. We finally got some cloud cover. We've been baking here up till now. Some talk about blog projects and record labels.
4:25pm bottom of the 9th, 2 outs and 6 runs to make up. Not looking good. Oh Cust just hit a home run so only 5 runs to go. All of us transplants are talking about adopting local teams and how you pick your team in a two team market.
4:30 and the game's over. A's lose.
Update: In the end, we had representatives from ipickmynose, Hello Vegetables, Kata Rokkar, Stranger Dance, the Deli SF, New and Used Records, the OCMD, Tough Customer, SFist, Monosyllabic, Ears of the Beholder and Loud Farm. (I think that's everyone.) Good times indeed.


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Last Saturday the Wildcats defeated No. 20 Benedictine College in a game they seemingly dominated for 45 minutes.
John Babb highlighted the offense, rushing for 146 yards on 25 carries with one touchdown.
Defensively, the Wildcats were stellar. Freshman Mike Stevenson highlighted the day recording five tackles and two interceptions. Adam Steele and Calvin Pearce also chipped in with 11 and nine tackles respectively.
"There's no doubt in my mind we dominated and controlled that game," said head coach Mike Grossner. "We lost our focus for about five minutes during the fourth quarter, but in the end we made some huge plays in the last two minutes to secure the victory."
Graceland University (1-5, 1-6 HAAC) enters Saturday on a four-game losing streak, with its lone win of the season coming against Evangel University on Sept. 18.
The Wildcats know they might have let some opportunities slip early in the season, but that isn't stopping the 'Cats from having an end goal in sight.
"I think our goal at this point is to try and win out and get into the final NAIA Top 25 Coaches' Poll," Grossner said.
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Florida Marlins: Hanley Ramirez looking for luck to change against Phillies
Difficult as it may be to think a player of Hanley Ramirez's ilk is in need of more luck, that's among the missing elements to what thus far has been a horrid season for the former National League batting champion.
Sunday seemed like a perfect day for Ramirez to break out. He was facing a team (the Nationals) and a pitcher (Livan Hernandez) he's worn out over his career. By game's end, Ramirez was 1-for-5 with an RBI and a stolen base in the 8-0 Marlins win, leaving average and OPS at .195 and .554, respectively.
His luck could not have been worse. Consider the Hernandez pitch he ripped down the left-field line that clanked off the folded up bleachers — foul. In the third with a man on second, Ramirez hit another screamer right at shortstop Ian Desmond, who doubled off the runner. Ramirez stood a few feet down the first-base line leaning on his bat like a statue for several moments before moving. Four innings later, Ramirez again hit a hot shot to the left side that Alex Cora smothered in the hole. Cora threw out Ramirez from his knees.
This isn't a one-game phenomenon. Ramirez enters the week with a .229 average on balls in play (BABIP). The norm is right around .300, so anything far above or below that suggests a player is due to either slip or start seeing more balls fall in. Last season, Ramirez's BABIP was .329. When he won the batting title in 2009, it was a career-high .379, which indicates he hit a lot of balls hard and a lot of the ones he didn't found holes as well.
Are Ramirez's 2011 struggles solely about luck? Of course not. He's swinging and missing more (21 percent compared to 18 percent in '10 and 19 percent in '09). He's taking more called strikes (33 percent compared to 28 percent in '10 and 29 percent in '09) and he's fouling off fewer pitches (33 perecnt compared to 37 percent in '10 and 36 percent in '09). He's not driving the ball to left. Just about everything he hits in the air is an out (.179 average on fly balls compared to .280 in '10 and .282 in '09).
So what to do with Ramirez? Absolutely nothing. Plenty of talk show and Twitter buzz out there about moving Ramirez down in the order. Manager Edwin Rodriguez doesn't appear inclined to do so. Ramirez isn't an aging superstar or a top-of-the-order guy who can just as easily hit seventh and he can second. Ramirez will come around. Moving him out of the three-hole would only convey a lack of confidence in him. That's the last thing Ramirez needs.
"The last three or four games in Cincinnati and St. Louis, he hit the ball well," manager Edwin Rodriguez said, after Sunday's game. "He's not getting the breaks, but as long as he keeps playinig with energy, he's going to be fine, we're going to be fine."


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Closing the Achievement Gap in Maple Heights means encouraging high school graduation
MAPLE HTS, Ohio - Tyler Williams just finished his first year at Maple Heights High School, but he already knows where he's headed after graduation.
"An art institute for music," he said.
Williams is a "Student of Promise" enrolled in the new Closing the Achievement Gap program at his school.
The achievement gap is the disparity in academic performance between students of color and their white peers. For example, the 2012 graduation rate in Ohio was 81.3 percent. but less than 68 percent for Hispanics, 61.4 percent for African Americans, and 86.4 percent for White students.
The Closing the Achievement Gap program provides extra guidance for at-risk students helping them navigate their way through high school to graduation. There are mentors, counselors, whatever it takes to increase academic achievement and school attendance, reduce negative behaviors, and expand their horizons through field trips and college tours.
"Just being able to expand our students beyond their six block radius of awareness they can be able to have the life experiences to identify and be able to associate things academically because they now have a life experience they can relate to," said Bob Ivory, project manager.
The Maple Heights program is only three weeks old and already the high school principal is noticing a difference in some of the students.
"The way they carry themselves," Aaron Newman said. "The way they interact with each other."
WEB EXTRA: Students of Promise Patrick Lanum and Tyler Williams recite the Students of Promise Pledge. Watch the video in the player above.
Williams says he enjoys learning about team building on the basketball court but he's also learning to make better choices.
"If somebody talks about me I'll just ignore them," he said, "and if somebody tries to fight me I'll just walk away."
The program is funded by Cuyahoga County and is in partnership with Family and Children First Council, Starting Point, Ameri-I-Can, OhioGuidestone, Golden Ciphers, Reading Ramm, and Murtis Taylor.
Programs are also being launched in Garfield, Warrensville and Cleveland Heights.


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Sept. 20, 2010
STANFORD, Calif. - Senior Christen Press (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Chadwick School) of the No. 2 Stanford women's soccer team was selected as the Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of September 13-19.
Press scored five goals in two games at the Santa Clara Classic and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Press had three goals and one assist in the first 32 minutes of Stanford's 6-1 victory over Utah on Friday. It marked the first collegiate hat trick for the senior forward and her seven-point effort was the highest for a Stanford player since 1994.
Press followed with two goals in a 2-0 victory over No. 15 Georgetown, giving her 10 goals this season, tying her for the national lead. Press moved into a tie for second on Stanford's all-time scoring list and is third on the school career goals list.
This is Press' second Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week honor and the first for the women's soccer team in the 2010 season. Press and the Cardinal boast a 6-0-2 overall record heading into this weekend's home matches against Hawaii on Thursday, and No. 3 Portland on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Also nominated: Rebecca Durham (Women's Golf), Alix Klineman (Women's Volleyball), Andrew Luck (Football), Jacob Smith (Men's Water Polo), Dominique Yahyavi (Men's Soccer), Andrew Yun (Men's Golf).


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Mike Labinjo
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Height: 6-0 Weight: 241 lbs.
Born: July 8, 1980 in Toronto, Canada
High School: St. Michael's College
College: Michigan St. (school history) (Labinjo college stats)
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 1 (13070th overall since 1950)
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Jasper spends the night at auntie Ten's. Ten makes Jasper some soup. He sneezes and suddenly a snout is coming out of his nose! That is his snoozefoxie. A snoozefoxie makes sure you can fall in love. The book contains many elements which children enjoy: some shuddering (brrr, there's a furry snout coming out of your nose) and comforting (everybody has it and it looks nice and funny). Differences become normal and falling in love thankfully happens to everybody. You only need to find a snoozefoxie that likes yours. It happens just like that, there's no choice to be made. Being in love is fun, that much is clear, no matter who you fell in love with. A book in which you feel the author's creativity right from the start, not only focused on the subject of glbt-sexuality, but on the general discovery that you learn to appreciate things as you learn to understand them. A respectful journey through tolerance-land. Snoozefoxie was originally published in Dutch.
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Dear guru ,
I must update the same field status sequence for many kanban control cycle.
Does exist a transaction that perform this mass update ?
No.. KANBAN doent have a mass update...
I used BDC for uploading it.
Hello Kumar,
Could you explain about your BDC program?
I really want to know how to handle kanban control cycle using bdc program
Use LSMW for mass change. Hope you know to create LSMW
Anybody has idea which BAPI or message type can be used in LSMW for creation of KANBAN control cycle (PK01)? In short is it possible to use LSMW for creation of KANBAN control cycle via BAPI or IDOC method? I don't want to go for recording if we have BAPI method avaialble.
Any updates on this? I need to know BAPI or IDOC in LSMW for creation of KANBAN control cycle PK01.
I can open a new thread for my question but kept in this one as it is relevant for my query.
LSMW IDOC method - PKHD4
you can do it with the transaction code PKMC, but you have to activate the business function LOG_PP_LMAN_02 (TC SFW5). This business function is a part of EHP 5 for SAP ECC 6.0
After the activation of the business function, you have to run PKMC, tick mark the field for mass processing, go into change mode, and press F8 (execute). The toolbar will be extended with buttons, which can be used for mass update.
You can update the single fields with different values, but you can also update several control cycles at once, by selecting the relevant column and rows.
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Before I start, please be warned that updates may not be as frequent as with other people. My main FM game is with my brother and not this one. Plus there is a full time, and often enough overtime, job and something which almost resembling a life as well. So time might be short to do this.
Now to start proving my ineptitude on a broad scale.
Game setup
Database 12.2.0, starting July 2011 with players added to playable teams without enough players
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Nation / Lowest League
Argentina : Second Division (2nd Tier)
Australia : A-League (Only Tier)
England : Blue Squre North/South (6th Tier)
Italy : Serie C2 (4th Tier)
Peru : First Division (Ony Tier)
South Africa : National First Divison (2nd Tier)
USA : MSL (Only tier)
And so it begins
Jobs are available in the top tier in Argentina, League 2 in England, the MLS and A-League. The lowest league with jobs available is the second, and bottom tier, in South Africa.
Atlie, MP Black Aces, United FC and Witbank Spurs are all available in that league. Applying for Atlie and Witbank, the two I expect are more likely to be obtained.
July 5 and both applications were successful, both with two year deals on offer. The choice is now which to pick. Both have the same wage budget of ₤13.25k. Both clubs are over their wage budgets, spending ₤17.1k at Witbank and ₤17.72 at Atlie.
Witbank is the bigger club but has no transfer budget. Atlie have a transfer budget of ₤10.75k.
I think that Atlie have more scope for clearing out some excess players to get back under the wage budget, so have chosen to go there.
Atlie Football Club
Sinaba Stadium is a 7000 all-seater stadium, facilities are basic for youth and junior coaching. Fairly basic training and corporate facilities.
Atlie is based in the city of Benoni in South Africa's north-east. Last season, in the First Division Coastal, the club won just three matches.
The team report suggests a few weaknesses exist
Media Prediction : 6th
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Monday, November 29, 2010
MAC Stars 'N' Rockets Review, Pictures, & Swatches
Stars'n'Rockets is a light purpleish pink with a purple iridescence. I love this colour, it's great for highlighting, but it isn't strongly pigmented. If you want a better result, try applying it wet. A little trick with this eye shadow was shown to me by a MAC rep when I bought it. If you apply a smudgy black eyeliner to your eyelid, and then apply Stars'n'Rockets over that, you get this really nice dark purple colour with the purple iridescence. See the fifth picture for an example. This eyeshadow was regular price, $17.50 for 1.5g.
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United Airlines Becomes iPhone Friendly
In a move to retain customers, United Airlines has announced a new service on their international flights that enable passengers to use and charge their iPods and iPhones.
Not only will passengers be able to charge them up during the flight, the docks for the devices will enable passengers to watch their own videos and listen to their music, all using the viewing station on the back of every seat.
The maiden voyage of the iPod and iPhone connectibility took off this morning, but it will take up to two years before each international plane's first class and business class sections will come equipped with the technology.
We're hoping more airlines, will begin using these accomodations. While the fees and fares go up, it would be nice to have some sort of additional incentive to fly nowadays.
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Over at A2Y, Bill is ranting about tonight's 6-5 Red Wings win over the Vancouver Canucks. I don't think things are quite as dire as he does but I think there are definitely questions about Detroit's play this season.
On Vancouver's first goal I asked, "Should Ozzie have been faster with the glove? How did that turn into a three-on-two?" My later notes are similar.
Blown defensive coverage on Raymond for the third goal or bad lateral movement by Osgood?
Vancouver's fourth goal: Bad rebound or missed clearing attempt by Lidstrom?
The questions raised by three of the Canucks five goals helped me realize why I haven't been able to put a finger on one thing that's been wrong with the Wings' play this season. It's not one thing, it's a combination of defensive lapses and weak goaltending.
If Osgood is faster with his glove it doesn't matter that there was a three-on-two. If the Wings change faster there's no three-on-two so Osgood doesn't need to be faster with his glove.
If there's no blown coverage on Raymond, Osgood's lateral movement doesn't matter. If Osgood's quicker moving right to left he makes up for Raymond being open.
The problem we've been seeing all year is that for some reason the Red Wings continue having these full-team momentary lapses. A "perfect storm of suck" if you will.
That said, the defense has made some great plays and Osgood has made some big, big saves. About 3:00 into the second period tonight Osgood had a great stop on the Sedins. These things shouldn't be forgotten.
Bill says trouble is coming. I say it's here but I'm not ready to worry about it. Moments of brilliance have been shown, it's just a matter of the Wings pulling it all together into one complete effort.
Ugh, Canucks score on the first shot.
Should Ozzie have been faster with the glove? How did that turn into a three-on-two?
Fantastic passing play by the Griffins Line. Incredibly smart for Fil to pass it off, Kopy with the quick tap pass, and Hudler is on fire.
Huds again. Wow. Just wow.
Great pass by Lilja to spring Hudler. Two defenders hooking him and Hudler still gets a real nice shot off.
And on that note, I'm out for now, I've got a soccer game to get to and will catch up later tonight.
Caught the end of the first and most of the third on the radio. Sounds like the Wings were buzzing early but the Canucks have turned it up of late.
Wings hold on to win. I'll go back and review what I missed but it sounds like a very un-Wings-like win but a win nonetheless.
I'm rewatching the parts of the game I missed right now. Wellwood's power play goal in the second was absolutely awful. There's no excuse for Osgood to not have that post. Painful.
I agree, if it was ot forour high powered offense baling us out we would have been screwed in several other games.
Check the facts:
Our GA differential is not what it was a year ago and Ozzie's GAA is in the gutter. Part of that can be blaimed on him however, part of that can be blamed on the defense hanging him out to dry. Mr. Norris just does not look like his normal self either.
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In Rauf, Khan found the compromise—a way of practicing Islam that she could embrace, one that fit with her view of the world and of herself. Khan immediately "fell in love with his sermons," and then with Rauf himself. When they married, in 1996, her friends were stunned. "We were like, 'Daisy, you're marrying an imam? Are you nuts?' " recalls Halima Mohidin Tiffany, a retired U.S. Army colonel who has known Khan since the first grade in Kashmir. She laughs. "But you know, love is love." Rauf—a "gentle, almost ethereal man," as Khan's friend, the producer Abigail Disney, puts it—was the introvert to her extrovert. He'd been married twice before, but they seemed a good match. Tiffany was enchanted by the wedding: a Sufi ceremony, with a Taj Mahal–shaped wedding cake and a whirling dervish dressed in white—"this gal," Tiffany recalls, "who just spun and spun and did not fall. And Daisy got all of us out on the dance floor."
Khan kept her day job—after Shearson she worked for the publishing company Primedia, where she oversaw the design of Seventeen magazine's offices, and then later joined a telecommunications firm—but in her spare time threw herself into the role of cleric's wife. She organized weddings and funerals. She also counseled Muslims, especially younger ones, on how to balance their lives as Americans with their religious traditions. "I made myself accessible to people who wanted to ask very tough questions about their faith," she says. "I was the one they came to because I was nonjudgmental and because I had gone through the journey myself."
In an effort to promote their vision of a more progressive form of Islam, in 1997 the couple established the nonprofit group that is now called the American Society for Muslim Advancement. Today Khan runs ASMA, which has a staff of 10 and an annual budget of about $1 million. But for many years, while she worked full time, it was her husband's project. "I had no real leadership role," she says. "I was just the imam's wife." It wasn't until 9/11 that Khan emerged from her husband's shadow and became an activist in her own right.
If not for that earlier, Rushdie-related phase of soul searching, Khan says, she isn't sure how she would have gotten through the horror of 9/11. "Everything changed," she says. Some people she knew abandoned their religion completely, as did Tiffany, whose cousin was on United Airlines Flight 175 with his wife and two-year-old daughter when it was flown into the south tower of the World Trade Center—and whose uncle Lee Hanson is today a vocal opponent of the community center Khan and her husband want to build. Meanwhile, Khan found herself in demand after 9/11 as calls asking her to speak about Islam "as a Muslim woman" came rolling in from churches, synagogues and organizations around the country.
"There was a lecture every night," she says. "It was overwhelming, the kind of outreach we had to do because Americans were so confused. They wanted to know what Islam is and 'Why do you hate us?' " Khan also oversaw a handful of interfaith art and performance projects in Manhattan, including the Cordoba Bread Fest, a gathering of Muslims, Jews and Christians at St. Bartholomew's Church. "One imam wouldn't come because one of the Christian women was going to do a liturgical dance," she recalls, laughing. "He could not be convinced that it wasn't a belly dance. But two days before the event, the woman tripped and broke her leg. So we called the imam and told him we decided the dance was not so important. We never told him she broke her leg."
At first Khan was tapped because of her husband's connections: After 9/11 he was enlisted by the State Department and the FBI to consult on Islamic issues. But she soon developed a reputation in her own right, giving interviews, lecturing at the Aspen Institute, traveling to the World Economic Forum.


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It was a beautiful day when Lee woke up Konoha. The birds were chirping, the sun was shining- and he was stuck in bed. He had somehow gotten hurt during the other day and Lady Tsunade had given him the order as a precaution. But typical Lee….
" Two hundred and three!…argh…..Two hundred and-" Lee counted.
"Lee!" You scolded.
"Wah!" he yelled falling.
You shook your head " I had a feeling you would be here. You never learn."
He stood up " ____-chan I was just-"
You helped him up " Come on 'handsome devil', Lady Tsunade would punch my brains out if I let you train- And I like my brains inside thank you very much!"
Lee pouted "But I was almost done! Please _____-chan!? I will just do eleven more and then I will stop and go with you."
You watched the ' boy' in front of you. You had known Lee since you both were little, and he had barely changed. He was still that same determined, over zealous little boy inside. But as you had came to see Lee had grown up- both of you had.
You smiled shook you head and sighed "Sorry Lee-"
"Then I challenge you to a fight! The first one to be pinned down loses and has to listen to the winner's demands."
Your face flushed. Did he even understand what he just said?! Growing up also shredded what innocent thoughts you had left. You stood there staring at Lee.
"You have been very naughty ____-chan~"
"Mmm~ Whip me again Lee-kun~"
" ____-chan~"
"____-chan?" Lee blinked waving a hand in front of your face.
Forgetting you surroundings and acting accordingly, you went into 'ninja-mode' and pinned Lee to the ground holing a kunai to his neck.
"____-chan!" Lee yelled.
You snapped out of your 'trance' and gout off of him "Sorry Lee, I wasn't paying attention." You rubbed the back of your neck sheepishly. "Hey wait does this mean I win?"
"I will honor our agreement." Lee nodded.
You sighed, you could take advantage of this guy so easily.
"Lee?" You stared up into the clouds a reddish tint forming on your cheeks " What did you mean the other day? When you said that…"
~Flash Back~
" ____-chan! Ihavelikedyouforareallyreallylongtimeandijustwantedtosay- I LOVE YOU!" Lee yelled.
Your eyes grew wide and you started blushing "I-uh-well…"
"Haha ___-chan has an admirer! " Naruto smiled.
"…That is so weird…" Sakura dead- panned.
"I-I-I'm sorry!" You said flustered and high-tailed it out of the area.
….You ran over Lee.
~End flashback~
His face started to get red " I meant exactly what I said. I am in love with you (full name)." He said seriously.
Your heart rate grew ten fold "Lee…"
"I would die a happy man if you would be my girlfriend." He continued.
You giggled at his antics and got closer to him succeeding in turning him red. " Do you know what that job entails, Lee-kun~ ?"
"Um…" He gulped.
The last thing he saw was a giggling you before everything slowly became dark.
"____-chan?" Lee called groggily.
"Hi Lee-kun~" You smiled sweetly.
" (hic) You look pretty!" He smiled.
It would be a total lie if you had knocked out Lee, given him some of his 'medicine', and dressed up as a sexy nurse….Because you also had your 'bag of tricks'.
"Lee-kun~" Your voice was low and seductive as you walked over to him swooshing your hips. "Do you wanna play a game~?"
"What (hic) kind of game?" He asked excitedly.
You smirked " In this game you're the patient and I'm the nurse, and it's time for your check up~"
You walked over to the tied up ninja and caressed his cheek " If you pass the check up, you can be my boyfriend."
" Let us begin then!" He declared almost slurring.
You smiled devilishly. He had no clue what he was getting into.
"First we'll have to check your pulse." You explained and dug into your bag.
You went back over to Lee with a kunai and cut straight through his outfit. He hissed as the blade left a small cut on his chest. Your tongue quickly went to his aid and lapped up the blood.
" Oh my Lee-kun!" You fake gasped "No underwear?"
Lee just smiled dopily. You took out a cylinder-like container and set it on the bedside.
"Let's see what we have here~" You winked.
Your hands traveled from Lee's chest, making him shiver, to his length down below. You slowly started to stroke and massage it, making it grow harder. Lee moaned with pleasure right before you stopped.
" Not-uh~" You wagged your finger " We have to check your blood pressure now."
You took the cylinder and put Lee's manhood into it. A few pumps later and he grew a good three inches.
"My I didn't think you'd grow that much~!" You smiled.
"______-chan~ I (hic) want to touch you~ Pretty please~?" Lee begged.
"Oh but we're not even close to being down! You need your prostate checked!" You said.
You pulled out a long tube and began putting on tight white medical gloves. "For this, we can unlock these." You said unlocking his leg restraints.
You opened the tube and put a small amount on your finger. " First we'll need some of this~"
Lee groaned as you inserted a finger in his only entrance, swirling it around making sure his walls were coated. Barely after five seconds he felt incredibly warm down there. Then came something large trying to probe him, in one swift motion it was pushed in and started to vibrate.
Lee squirmed and called out your name in pleasure.
"Wow, I didn't think you'd react so quickly." You said watching the show from a nearby chair.
Just seeing him made you hot and bothered. Your own nether regions were wet and ached for him to be inside you.
His gasps and cries of ecstasy filled the room.
"_____-chan~ I am-" Lee yelled.
You got up from your chair and quickly placed something on the head of his length.
"Not quite yet Lee-kun~" You said.
He looked up at you with desperate eyes, you only smirked.
"I think I'm hungry." You pondered and slipped out of the nurse's outfit.
Lee panted as he watched you undress. He drank in your naked form and felt an unbearable pain from his throbbing member. Seeing this you quickly got dresses in something more appropriate for outside.
"I'm going to go to Ichiraku's ramen. I'll be back~" You waved at the door right before turning the vibration speed all the way up.
After taking your time for lunch you went back to your house where you knew Lee would be.
"Lee-kun~ Oh shit." You cursed.
There was no Lee chained to your bed, and the vibrater was long forgotten on the bedroom floor.
"Lee?" You called cautiously.
You mentally smacked yourself. You should have know he would have used his strength to get out. The only question was…
"Oh _____-chan~"
You yelped and found yourself hand cuffed to the bed-naked. Darn ninja skills of his!
"Now I want to play a game with you~"
Lee was no where in sight and that made you a little nervous and excited.
" Yes Lee-kun play with me~" You practically sang.
"That was not very nice, what you did to me ____-chan."
Lee had now appeared and to your delight was wearing nothing.
"Punish me Lee-kun~"
You squealed in pleasure as his tongue dove straight to your petals. He nipped and sucked, and you bucked your hips to make him go in deeper.
You hissed in pain as you looked up and found Lee with a crop.
"You have a lot of interesting toys in that bag." he smirked.
He went back to the bag and returned with a new item which he placed the to little suction-like cups on your buds and a slight larger one down where your womanhood was. He squeezed the pump of the device a few times and you moaned.
The device was like an actual sucking mouth on your most sensitive places. You mewled at the sensations it made you feel.
You went to buck your hips again but the sheer sting of the crop stopped your actions.
Your vision was obscured by a blindfold and the pressure was released. The relief was short lived as a thrust made a sharp pain shoot through your lower regions.
The trusting continued in high speed as Lee pounded himself into. You felt your stomach tighten.
"Lee~!" You called out.
You were in pure bliss! You never left something more satisfying than what you were feeling at that moment. That is until you fell completely to the pleasure and released your essence all over Lee.
The thrusts kept pounding into you and you kept cumming. Lee didn't….
It suddenly hit you that Lee was still wearing the cock ring. He seemed to sense that you knew it too and stopped his actions.
He looked down at you. Your face was fully flushed and twisted in pleasure. Lee's own body was sweaty and his hair was disshelved in a hot way, not to mention his cock was still hard from lack of release.
" Beg ___-chan~" He growled nipping your ear.
It was obvious that he wanted you, and he wanted you NOW.
"Please Lee-kun." Your voice was about a whisper from all your screaming.
He pulled out of you making you groan., and smacked you thigh with the crop "Louder." He ordered.
"Please!" You yelled to the best of your ability.
"What do you want me to do?" He asked " Scream it."
"I want you to cum in my pussy!" You screamed.
He laughed slightly "The doctor just needs to give you, your medicine~" and went back into your slick cavern.
You both began to moan as he moved in and out of you. The bed creaked and rocked with every move.
You felt that familiar build up in your gut "Lee~!" You cried returning to the blissful state.
Above you Lee groaned and panted and your release had done it for him. He exploded his warm seed inside of you yelling your name.
He pulled out and rested on your chest. " We should play this game again _____-chan."
You laughed " Yeah, um Lee-kun could you undo these hand cuffs?"
He got back up and hovered over you " I think we should play again right now~"


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A position of leadership does have its rewards but it also carries responsibility. Yes, this does entail more than managing the spending of your salary. The safety of those who you purport to lead is a major priority. Services to achieve that goal must be maintained. Paying for those services does require that jobs be available to generate cash for that purpose.
Generating jobs is an ongoing process that requires constant attention. An atmosphere must be maintained that makes doing business pleasurable. Unhappy businesses leave and go where they are welcome. In todays economy jobs have a very high value. You cannot afford to lose any.
Using available resources to the max should be considered to create new industries. We deal with many countries around the world and those contacts can be used to facilitate trade. Idle hands can be put to use manufacturing goods for export. Lets put an abundance of pride and prosperity back into Youngstown.
A city without viable and effective leadership goes nowhere fast. The job situation is changing for the worse. The unemployed are using their idle time to create a third world atmosphere that anyone with an aptitude for thinking would not be proud of.
The process of restoring Youngstown should start with restoring civilized behavior within the city. Criminal activity must be stopped. Those bringing drugs into the city must be stopped. Street dealers can't sell if they don't have a supply. Addicts who commit crime to support their habit will then be able to be rehabilitated when the supply of drugs has dried up.
crime stopping isn't the first answer. As a matter of fact, that issue works itself out. most crime in youngstown is not moral-crime ( like rape, beating an old lady over the head for nothing, child molestation. etc) but it is mostly economic crime, such as drug selling, robbery, theft etc..(I have a police scanner and I also research this, and scholastically contemplate it, if you will)...and most violent crime stems from it.
You give people something to do, and there is incentive
to not involve oneself with crime, and in most cases you wont have to or will be less tempted to do economic crime, cuz it wont be worth the risk.
You'll NEVER get rid of crime, and sad to say, that no matter how well off some area is, people always have and always will want to be high. You stop the supply of drugs in an area where there are very few other economic options (and no matter the moral issue or high ground one takes, that conscientiousness does NOT matter when a bill comes in and is 4 months overdue, or because the balance is so high you can only pay a certain amount each month since a tire blew on the car which is the bread and butter in being transportation)...a person does not instantly become a scoundrel by making a criminal decision, or as you love to say "dirtbag", and doesn't necessarily indicate a "worthless monster" and highly immoral person.
But really, the crime thing? seriously? The reason I'm NOT voting for Mayor Williams again. Dallas and Ft Worth has plenty crime (killing every day SOMEWHERE in the DFW metro) yet the standard of living and job opps are so high, it's almost impossible to NOT have a job, and a decent one at least down there...
your solution here is highly simplistic and really achieves nothing...wow a drug free and violent free Ytown? There's plenty of places like that with virtually no good economy.
I meant that comment for Stan, and not the writer with whom I agree with and echo 100%, 100%, and might I say 100% !!!!!!
I will rush vote Mayor Williams out. The "church people's" and the "scared-people's" mayor.
ah shnapp, that WAS Stan as the author, haha!!
SO I agree with the blog, but not the sub-post.
To develop wealth without curtailing crime only provides a fertile environment for criminals to take advantage of . They will attempt to destroy what society tries to build . Crime nust be curtailed before society can flourish .
First off, Stan, you are a douche bag. Are you really saying that crime has to be wiped out in order for Youngstown to be prosperous? Really? You want to start with "restoring civilized behavior"? LOL That equates to treating the pain of cancer in the hopes that it will go away. Good luck with your primitive outlook on humankind.
Give people a purpose in life. When people have jobs, that provide them a living wage, most people will not feel the need to participate in illicit behavior. It's no coincidence that when the unemployment rates raise so do the crime rates and vise versa. Come on Stan, pull your head out of your simplistic ass and get with the program.
Youngstown's problem is not with criminals it's with the lack of jobs that fit the uneducated, mostly unskilled population- no offence Youngstowners. Face it, Youngstown has relied on manufacturing for a very long time. Those jobs were primarily "non-skilled" or "general labor" jobs. Those types of jobs have moved to India and China because in the 60's and 70's India and China were not fitted for this type of work. Guess what, now they are and they can do the same work for a fraction of the cost.
I'm not saying anything new and I don't pretend to have the answers but to boil it down to your usual asinine solutions is at best laughable and at worst pathetic.
Well TheStanFan , what is pathetic is that fools like you, who are mentally challenged, making excuses for crime in Youngstown . It is impossible for drug addicts to pass a drug test and get a job . Criminal history closes the door on most jobs . So it's societys fault in your mind . Are you a victim of our criminal justice system ?


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The Wendy Williamson Auditorium hosts many events throughout the year. This page is just a highlight of some of the events that we have been able to photograph, or had photos shared with us.
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I was thinking about the graphs of different trig functions and noticed that most of them are of a similar shape to some different types of polynomials. For example:
- Higher degree polynomials create a wave like sin or cos
- $x^3$ looks like one repetition of tan, and could be flipped and shifted to look like cot
- Each repetition of sec and csc looks like two quadratic parabolas
While obviously the polynomials aren't going to be an exact approximation, are there a set of coefficients that create a reasonably close (to a few decimal places) approximation of one period of the trig functions?
If so, is this useful? Or are there other, better, post Pre Calculus approximations of the trig functions?


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For a university project I want to test a C++11 program on a 32-core machine. Unfortunately the machine has Ubuntu 12.04 with GCC 4.6 installed (we need GCC 4.7 because of some C++11 threading features). In such an environment I would normally run a chroot with a custom linux (say a debootstrap with Ubuntu 12.10). Since we don't get root access on the machine we can't use chroot.
So far I have prepared a run-time environment using debootstrap for our code, I compiled it in the debootstrap environemnt. Then copied it onto the server (using rsync). In order to run our C++ code I set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/debootstrap/usr/lib/:~/debootstrap/lib64/:~/debootstrap/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:~/debootstrap/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
and so far our code seems to run. I'm however stuck with our python code. It doesn't seem to be sufficient to set the paths manually.
export PYTHONPATH=~/debootstrap/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:~/debootstrap/usr/lib/python2.7:~/debootstrap/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2:~/debootstrap/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk:~/debootstrap/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload:~/debootstrap/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:~/debootstrap/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7:~/debootstrap/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL:~/debootstrap/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0:~/debootstrap/usr/lib/python2.7
Executing our script results in
ImportError: No module named _path
Is there an easier way to accomplish a "fake"-chroot than just overriding and creating environment variables?
Note I need python since we created a custom C++-Python module in order to run our tests. Maybe I should create two questions from this.


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We regularly hear about the strength of Connecticut's two teachers' unions – American Federation of Teachers-Connecticut (AFT) and the Connecticut Education Association – when it comes to both politics and policy in the Nutmeg State.
But we all know that reputation can often extend far beyond the reality. Today, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute released a new research report that takes a close look at the strength of teachers' unions across the United States.
And what did Fordham find with regard to Connecticut? When it comes to the power of the AFT and CEA, Connecticut teachers' unions were ranked in the second tier when it comes to strength, placing 17th in the nation. Fordham noted that "Connecticut boasts the highest teacher union membership in the nation. Its unions enjoy a broad scope of bargaining power and favorable state policy environment, and they have garnered a reputation among stakeholders as moderately influential."
Our teachers unions scored best when it came to Resources and Membership, placing 9th in the nation. Almost all – 98.8 percent – of our pubic school teachers are unionized, and the unions get $516 per teacher from those unionized educators.
AFT and CEA also scored well when it comes to Scope of Bargaining, ranking 13th in the nation because Connecticut is one of 32 states that requires collective bargaining and is a state that allows unions to automatically collect fees from non-union teachers. Of the 21 items Fordham looked at as part of a bargained agreement, Connecticut teachers collectively bargain 20 (with only pension/retirement benefits completely excluded).
Connecticut also placed 13th for State Policies, with researchers noting how most of the Constitution State's education policies align with traditional union positions – even after the passage of this year's landmark education reform legislation.
Where do Connecticut's teachers fall short, by comparison? AFT and CEA ranked 27th for Perceived Influence, with the unions scoring well for protecting education dollars and spending while noting that Connecticut's teachers unions do not believe in the art of compromise when it comes to policy discussions.
But the lowest placement was for Involvement in Politics. Fordham scored Connecticut's teachers' unions 29th in the nation, based on their contributions to political campaigns. According to the numbers, Connecticut is only 35th in the nation when it comes to unions financially supporting candidates for state office, and 14th when it comes to financially supporting state political parties. What is missing from the calculation, though, it the impact of Connecticut's public financing system and the significant dollars the AFT and CEA bring to campaigns through independent expenditures.
All told, Fordham paints an interesting picture of the power of Connecticut's teachers unions and their impact on policy. When we see those states that rank ahead of Connecticut, we see that AFT and CEA enjoy a strong reputation without fully demonstrating the muscle to back it. Through a strong membership base and state law that fully embraces collective bargaining, the unions are able to enjoy a power that their involvement in politics or perceived influence warrant.
Regardless of the rankings, Connecticut's teachers' unions will continue to enjoy their reputation for being a major power in Connecticut politics. And it is a reputation well deserved. But if this year has taught us anything, it is that one voice alone should not and must not dominate the discussion on how to fix our schools.
Meaningful improvement requires the teachers unions working in partnership with parents, pastors, community leaders, and advocates. Anything short of that, and we are letting reputations and urban legends determine the fate of thousands and thousands of kids in need of help.


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Magic comes from "mag," priest. Black magic is the science of the impure priesthood, or those who awaken the Consciousness within the ego (pride, anger, lust, etc). See also Goetia.
"Black Magic appeals to the mass mind. It appeals to the principles of our civilization. It offers something for nothing. As long as there is cupidity in the human heart, it will remain as a menace to the honesty and integrity of our race." - Manly P. Hall, from Magic: a Treatise on Esoteric Ethics
"The black magicians have their mysticism, and they always firmly believe that they walk on the good path. No black magician believes that he walks on the evil path. The path of black magic is a broad way filled with vices and pleasures." - Samael Aun Weor, The Revolution of Beelzebub
"Multitudes of schools of black magic exist, many of them with very venerable traditions that teach Sexual Magic with the spilling of semen. They have very beautiful theories that attract and captivate, and if the student falls in that seductive and delicious deceit, he becomes a black magician. Those black schools affirm to the four winds that they are white and that is why ignorant ones fall. Moreover, those schools talk of beauty, love, charity, wisdom, etc., etc. Naturally, in those circumstances the ignorant disciple attains the belief with firmness that such institutions are not evil and perverse. Remember good disciple, that the Abyss is full of sincerely mistaken ones and people of very good intentions..." - Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah
"Evilness is so fine in the world of the mind... Evilness is so delicate and subtle in the plane of cosmic understanding that in reality a lot of intuition is needed in order not to be cheated by the demons of the Mental World." - Samael Aun Weor, Treatise of Sexual Alchemy
"The intellect as the negative function of the mind is demoniacal. Everyone that enters into these studies, the first thing that they want is to dominate the mind of others. This is pure and legitimate black magic. No one has the right to violate the free will of others. No one has the right to exercise coaction upon the mind of others because this is black magic. The ones that are guilty of this grave error are all of those mistaken authors that are everywhere. All of those books of hypnotism, magnetism and suggestion are books of black magic. Whosoever does not know how to respect the free will of others is a black magician; those who perform mental works in order to violently dominate the mind of others convert themselves into perverse demons. These people separate themselves from the Innermost and they crumble into the Abyss." - Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah
"Black Magic is not a fundamental art; it is the misuse of an art. Therefore it has no symbols of its own." - Manly P. Hall
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Summer is just around the corner and that means time in the sun for families heading to the beach, pool or park. And while we don't want to rain on the parade of sun lovers, we do need to remind everyone to practice safe sun by covering your skin with sunscreens. And just in time for the season, there's a new easy way to protect adults and children from the sun's harmful rays. It's called Sunscreen Bands and it just hit the shelves.
The wristbands are suitable for all ages and detect UVA and UVB exposure and change color to indicate when it's time to reapply sunscreen and seek shade. Sunscreen is directly applied to the bands and the skin. The bands start off beige and transitions to dark purple when activated by direct sunlight, and then turns light purple (lavender) to remind users it's time to reapply sunscreen. When the band turns cream (or light yellow), you know you have reached the maximum sun exposure for the day based on the SPF in their sunscreen.
The bands are nontoxic and work with all sun protection products with SPF of 15 or higher. You can wear them anywhere. "Skin cancer is on the rise and as a father, I'm always concerned about my children getting too much sun," said Andrew Levine, CEO of JADS. "Sunscreen bands take the guess work out of determining when to reapply sunscreen and when to head indoors or under an umbrella. Sunscreen application isn't particularly fun for kids or adults, but my kids enjoy watching the bands change color. They even tell me when I need to reapply."
Sunscreen Bands™, the creation of JADS International, come in packs of 10 and are available CVS, Toys R Us, Babies R Us, Bed Bath & Beyond and at www.sunscreenbands.com. To read the endorsement from the National Parenting Center, click here: http://the-parenting-center.com/seal-of-approval-winner-spring-2013-sunscreen-bands/.
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NLS issues Strategic Business Plan
In December 2003, NLS published its Current Strategic Business Plan for the Implementation of Digital Systems, a detailed explanation of progress to date and outlook for the future of the transition to digital systems and services in the free national library program. The Strategic Business Plan presents a comprehensive assessment of NLS's present situation, options for the future, in-depth analysis based on real costs and expected technological developments, and a clear projection of probable outcomes.
The Strategic Business Plan was mailed to regional and subregional libraries in the NLS network and to members of the Chief Officers of State Library Associations (COSLA) in preparation for the 2004 midwinter meeting of the American Library Association in San Diego on January 9-14.*The report begins by reviewing the current system for production and circulation of books in alternative formats and explains why a transition to digital systems and products is both necessary and desirable. The strengths and weaknesses of several substantially different alternative digital technologies are examined and the grounds for NLS's current expectations are established.
The system of the future is likely to center on a digital playback machine--the successor to today's C-1 cassette player but smaller, lighter, more efficient, and better sounding--and books on high-density solid-state flash-memory cartridges, somewhat like the media used in commercially available digital cameras and MP3 players. All patron services would continue to be conducted through network libraries, but means of circulation will change. Very popular books--approximately 20 percent of the NLS catalog--would be mass-produced for wide circulation to readers. Titles less in demand--approximately 80 percent of the catalog--would be duplicated on request at special production centers for circulation to individuals. Digital data storage and transmission capabilities make this process feasible. Because two different modes of circulation would coexist and complement one another, the projected operational strategy is called the "hybrid" model.
The Strategic Business Plan presents cost projections for several different business strategies and compares them with current production and distribution costs. The evidence shows the hybrid model to be both efficient and cost effective.
A tentative but likely transition scheme is set forth in the plan, delineating a gradual process to bring the advantages of digital talking books to patrons as quickly as possible but with little or no disruption in service. Cassette books and machines will continue to be the backbone of the system through 2007, but digital books and machines will effectively replace the older technology in the five years between 2008 and 2012. The implementation phase should be under way by the fall of 2008 with an initial distribution of 50,000 digital players anticipated.
Much of the overall plan remains to be determined because many outcomes are contingent upon data that will emerge as the transition progresses. Nevertheless, the broad outlines and cost estimates are unlikely to shift dramatically.
The published business plan is supplemented by a number of helpful graphic displays, tables, documents, and other keys to understanding the plan. These include cost projections and comparisons; the foreword and an overview of the American National Standard Specifications for the Digital Talking Book (ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2002); a list of the first one thousand titles selected for conversion from analog to digital media; and a draft version of the Request for Proposals--the government contract solicitation--for the design of the digital talking book player.
The Strategic Business Plan is available online at www.loc.gov/nls/businessplan2003.html.
Preparations nearly complete for 2004 biennial conference
Planning for the 2004 National Conference of Librarians Serving Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals is nearing completion. As in 2002, the Digital Long-Term Planning Group is significantly involved in the arrangements.
The conference will convene in Rapid City, South Dakota, at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 2, at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn and will conclude on Thursday, May 6. A one-day preconference workshop, "Doing More with Less," will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 1.
The Sunday, May 2, afternoon opening session will feature presentations on developments at NLS, followed by regional conference meetings.
Monday, May 3, will begin with the conference's keynote addresses. The remainder of the day will focus on national outreach initiatives. In addition, programs by and about Native Americans are scheduled at the Crazy Horse Monument site.
On Tuesday morning, May 4, events will include presentations on digital efforts in Europe and the United States and on a new project initiated by the Mid-Illinois subregional library. There will also be discussions of reader and circulation statistics, braille conservation, and NLS user-based program assessment. During the afternoon, shelving strategies will be discussed.
The National Automation Conference will be held on Wednesday, May 5. It will feature updates on various circulation systems used in the network, user-group meetings, discussions of various automation issues, and updates on NLS automation initiatives. Breakout sessions in the afternoon will focus on the Low-Complexity Mastering System, relationships between regional libraries and radio reading services, and understanding technology.
The conference will conclude at noon on Thursday, May 6, following presentations and discussions on web magazines, the use of commercial books, the recently completed user survey, and efforts to secure a digital talking book player design consultant. An optional tour to the South Dakota Badlands will be available on Thursday afternoon. Buses will return to the hotel at 8:00 p.m.
(photo caption: Mt. Rushmore, near Rapid City, South Dakota, 1932: workmen on the face of George Washington.)
About Rapid City
Nestled in the Black Hills region of southwestern South Dakota, renowned for its magnificent scenery and abundant wildlife, Rapid City is the state's second largest city, with a population approaching 70,000. The city serves as a hub for streams of visitors who come to enjoy the scenic beauty and inspiring sights of the surrounding area.
The area's most famous attraction is undoubtedly Mt. Rushmore, about 25 miles south of Rapid City, where 60-foot busts of presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt are carved on the granite mountainside. The sculpture was created by Gutzon Borglum, son of a Danish immigrant and a student of Rodin, with the help of 400 laborers. Borglum worked on the project from 1927 until his death in 1941. The story of Rushmore has been recently retold in John Taliaferro's magisterial Great White Fathers (New York: Public Affairs, 2002).
Even more impressive, some people believe, is the unfinished Crazy Horse Memorial, 17 miles southwest of Mt. Rushmore. One of the world's largest sculptures, it was begun in 1948 by Korczak Ziolkowski at the invitation of Lakota chief Henry Standing Bear, to honor the legendary warrior who, incensed at government treaty violations, helped to defeat General George Armstrong Custer at the Little Bighorn in 1876 and fought against the U.S. Army until his death the following year.
Many natural wonders beckon from within two hours of Rapid City, including the Wind Cave, the Devils Tower, Jewel Cave, and the Badlands. Old mining towns, such as Deadwood, are of interest to visitors fascinated by frontier history.
Rapid City has a variety of museums, gardens, and parks, one featuring a Berlin Wall exhibit, and another, seven life-size dinosaur models. The Stavkirke Chapel, built in 1969 as a replica of an 830-year-old Norwegian church, is admired for its intricate wood carvings and ingenious pegged construction.
Moodie becomes NLS deputy director
Michael M. Moodie has been appointed deputy director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress.
Moodie, who has held progressively responsible positions at NLS over the past twenty-five years, has been the national talking-book program's research and development officer since 1990. He has played a key coordinating role in NLS's work to date in transitioning from the current analog cassette book and magazine program to a digital format.
"Michael Moodie will oversee the NLS program's third major audio technology change since its inception in 1931-- originally vinyl records, then cassette tapes in the 1960s," said Frank Kurt Cylke, NLS director, announcing Moodie's appointment on January 12. "He brings unique, cutting-edge knowledge to this new NLS leadership role. Moodie's thirteen-year tenure as research and development officer has allowed him to build a strong presence in international digital audio technology development," Cylke said.
Moodie chaired the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) committee which, over a four-year period, brought Specifications for the Digital Talking Book to completion as ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2002, an American National Standard. He has researched the application of solid-state memory (SSM) technologies to the NLS digital program, identifying requirements, coordinating technical seminars on SSM issues, chairing briefings from SSM industry leaders, and tracking SSM costs. Moodie coordinated numerous technical projects related to the development of digital talking books (DTBs) and headed a technical team developing automated production tools for DTBs. In addition, he was responsible for coordinating the development of Web-Braille, the world's first repository of online contracted braille books, magazines, and music. He was also a key member of the team that developed a web-based distribution system for digital audio magazines, which will eventually allow NLS patrons access to all NLS audio magazines online.
Moodie's earlier positions with NLS included seven years as assistant head of the Production Control Section and five years as Recording Studio director. He completed his undergraduate studies at Syracuse University, with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1968, and earned a master's degree in business management from the Johns Hopkins University in 1997.
(photo caption: Michael Moodie)
Alliance with Mystic Seaport extended
The cooperative project between Mystic Seaport, Connecticut's famed seventy-four-year-old Museum of America and the Sea, and NLS and its network of cooperating libraries has been extended for a third year. The initiative, which began in January 2002, seeks to advance accessibility and expand outreach for museum visitors who are blind, visually impaired, or disabled. Among the key elements of the initiative is the free library pass program available to NLS patrons. The pass entitles two adults and their children or grandchildren under eighteen free admission to Mystic Seaport on the day of the week specified on the pass. Response from patrons has been very positive.
The Mystic Seaport cookbook, A New England Table, edited by Ainslie Turner (2000), was digitally recorded in the NLS Recording Studio and released in audio cassette. It features a multiple tone index system and a complete index on a separate cassette that allows the reader to locate particular pages efficiently. In addition to adding an entertaining and helpful volume to the patron catalog, the project provided useful data to the NLS digital audio program in its exploration of the complexities of full-text and full-audio synchronization in a digital talking book.
Other collaborative efforts included audio production of eleven books published by Mystic Seaport, which have become part of the NLS national collection and will also become available commercially as sound recordings under the auspices of the Mystic Seaport shop. The books are America and the Sea: A Maritime History, by Andrew German, et al.; Folklore and the Sea, by Horace Beck; New England and the Sea, by Robert G. Albion, et al.; Saltwater Foodways, by Sandra Oliver; Whale Hunt, by Nelson Cole Haley; Around the World in 500 Days, by Curtis Dahl; Growing Up in a Shipyard, by Dana A. Story; All This and Sailing Too, by Olin J. Stephens; A Life in Boats, by Waldo Howland; Silas Talbot: Captain of Old Ironsides, by William M. Fowler; and Wake of the Coasters, by John F. Leavitt.
NLS also continues its consultative role in the expansion and refinement of Mystic Seaport's accessibility initiatives.
To visit Mystic Seaport . . .
The year-round pass entitles two adults and their children or grandchildren under eighteen free admission to Mystic Seaport on the day of the week specified on the pass.
NLS patrons in Connecticut should contact the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Rocky Hill and patrons in Massachusetts should contact the Braille and Talking Book Library in Watertown to arrange for their pass.
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Coming soon to Charlotte are two shows that families should consider now if they want to get decent seats.
Based on the popular PBS program, Curious George Live hits Bojangles Coliseum March 12-14, 2010. In his first live stage show, monkey Curious George will explore his neighborhood and his world with his friends the Man in the Yellow Hat, Hundley the not-so-adventurous dachshund and more. The show will feature music and dancing production numbers. Tickets can be purchased online and are $15-55/person. Of note, this month's Charlotte Parent magazine has a discount keyword to try when purchasing your tickets. Enter the word "PARENTS" to get that discount.
Also in March, the North Carolina Dance Theatre will present Cinderella, March 4-7 and March 11-14. Dancing to a score composed by Sergei Prokofiev, 60 dancers will tell the story of Cinderella, a young girl who goes from being a lonely servant in her own home to a beautiful princess. The ballet is told in three acts in different settings from the little cottage, to a magical garden and, of course, the fancy ball at the King's palace. Tickets are $20-74/person and are available online. The performance will be presented at the brand new Knight Theatre.
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Middle Eastern Chickpea Puree Or Hummus
Recipe by Chicky Hampshire Catering
- 1 cup of good quality chickpeas [soaked overnight in twice the water volume and a pinch of baking soda]
- N.B If time does not allow to soak, use a good quality tin of cooked chickpeas
- 1 TB of Tahini [sesame paste]
- 2 tsp roasted cumin seeds [roast in a fry pan until fragrant]
- 1 clove garlic, crushed to a paste with a little salt
- 4 Tb lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
- About 200mls of Olive oil
- N.B fresh chili can also be added to taste
Place the soaked chickpeas in a large pot and fill with fresh water, cook for about 45-60 mins until they are tender. Strain and reserve the cooking liquid.
Place chickpeas, cumin seeds, garlic, tahini, lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of reserved cooking liquid in a food processor. Add 100mls of the olive and process, for a minute. Then add extra olive oil and cooking liquid to this mixture to get a smooth consistency.
Salt and pepper to taste.
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How long would this recipe last? I love making my own foods, it's nice to know here are no preservatives but I'm not very good at knowing how long homemade foods would last.
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17-Dec-09 01:00 PM
Mystic - of course your right. I should study
17-Dec-09 05:50 PM
Interesting show!
18-Dec-09 08:09 AM
The version that I see up here right now ends @ the segment on Tara Busch (about 4-5 minutes in)
Whats going on!!!
Whats going on!!!
18-Dec-09 09:44 AM
Yikes, not for me, I just went past 22 minutes and it was plying fine.
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
18-Dec-09 10:15 AM
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Hello folks. First post here so here goes.
The name's Andy and I live in England.
I'm cutting a long story short here but I've got a 1945 UL. It started running a bit rough and on investigation I've discovered whoever built the engine had
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Obviously I need to replace the cylinders so I'm looking for opinions on which way to go, good used ( are there any out there? ) S&S ( only available as 80 in so I'll need to change the carb? ) or "other" repops. I'm no stranger to working on old Harleys but I'd appreciate any input before I start spending money like a madman.


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This is a very nice tasting tea. As soon as you open the box you get a beautiful aroma of maple. Pleasant and not overwhelming, just right.
It's almost desert! I'll be ordering it again. (Posted on 2014-11-26)
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- I was overwhelmed by the smell of the maple when I opened the box and was almost turned off. But to my surprise I ended up really liking it! It is very smooth. I usually like my tea plain but saw the review above and tried it with milk and it's good either way. Quite tasty. (Posted on 2014-09-05)
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- I bought some of this tea in the fall, and it has fast become one of my favorites when I'm looking for something different. It is smooth & sweet, with a hint of maple. It is naturally sweet, so no additional sugar or sweetner is needed. I also drink my tea with milk, so this gives the maple a creaminess all to itself. The maple gives this a uniquely Canadian twist. But you don't have to be a Canuck to enjoy it! This tea is going to become one of Murchie's classics! (Posted on 2014-03-12)
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1D To Attend NRJ Awards In France On Saturday Night
Tomorrow night One Direction will be at the NRJ Awards in France, as will Taylor Swift…
The 1D boys are up for 'Best International Group', obviously they're going to win…
The NJR Awards are like the same as our BRIT Awards, but they're French, not British.
Rumours have been circulating that Harry and Taylor's relationship is not completely over, and that this could be their opportunity to get back together!
Apparently, they have both booked into the same hotel and are expected to spend some time alone after the show.
Maybe they will rekindle their romance? 😉
A friend of Harry's told Heat magazine:
"They won't let each other go that easily. They're waiting for the dust to settle after their row made front-page news."
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Carved in Stone (Les Gargouillen, Book 1) (edition 2005)
by Vickie Taylor
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Carved in Stone by Vickie Taylor
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Have always been fascinated by gargoyles on old buildings, but this book made me really glad I live in a city too new to have any. Great book, but now will be permanently wondering what those stones are up to!
Rachel Vandermere is haunted by the memory of her parents' violent murders by a monster with large wings and claws when she was a young girl. No one believes her story. As an adult she is determined to find the truth about what happened. Rachel uses her position as an Interpol agent to find clues that may lead her to the monster that killed her parents. On assignment, she meets Nathan Cross, an art professor who is also a griffin-shifter and member of a dying race called Les Gargouillen (gargoyles) created over a thousand years ago to protect humans from evil. Nathan is instantly drawn to Rachel, but he feels he must hide his true nature not only to protect the secrets of his own kind, but also to keep from driving her away. Rachel falls in love with Nathan, and when she discovers the truth about her parents with his help, she must question her views on good & evil and what a monster truly is.
This book was original and well-written. The author built a paranormal world loosely based on an actual legend - the Legend of La Gargouille from very early medieval times. In Carved In Stone, the gargoyles are not stone statues, but rather shape-shifters of all kinds of fantastical creatures, like griffins and dragons. Like Rachel, Nathan is also facing his own trials. He has been excommunicated from Les Gargouillen because he challenged their established traditions, yet they need his help to face a coming evil that threatens their existence. At the end this evil threat remains a mystery and is probably a set up for the next book in the series. There was a surprising twist in regard to the death of Rachel's parents. The world of the gargoyles is dark and exciting. I'm looking forward to reading more from Vickie Taylor.
A paranormal fantasy romance with the hard-boiled edge of a police thriller, combine to make CARVED IN STONE a most excellent read. From page one to the last nail-biting paragraph, Vickie Taylor manages to hook the reader into her world of gargoyles, reincarnation, second chances, and true love.
For Nathan Cross, looks are deceiving. He may look like a man, and a drop-dead gorgeous one at that with his black eyes and jet-black hair, but underneath the human exterior lies a gargoyle-a being created centuries ago to protect humankind from evil. Reincarnated a total of fourteen times, Nathan has had enough. He rebels at his orders, refusing to impregnate a human, and even leaves the congregation of the Council ruled by Teryn, the gargoyle's Wizenot.
Living under the guise of an art history professor at Chicago University, Nathan has nothing left to do with his days but enjoy art-the one and only thing that still brings his joy. That is until he runs into Rachel Vandermere at the Chicago Museum of Fine Arts. Suddenly, living a life of exile, alone as he's been for years, doesn't seem so appealing.
Rachel knows from the moment she sees Nathan at the museum's patrons gala that he's not what he seems to be. Too good-looking for his own good, knowledgeable beyond belief, and with shadows hidden behind his dark eyes, Rachel knows for a fact that seeing isn't always believing. Still convinced that winged creatures from Hell killed her parents several years ago, she knows that the vibes she's getting from Nathan will cause her to be a laughingstock. Unheeding to the voice of reason, Rachel sets out to prove once and for all that her imagination hadn't played tricks on her the night of her parents' deaths.
Fast-paced dialogue, haunting characters, and a paranormal world where gargoyles and things that go bump in the night are all too common, CARVED IN STONE is a wonderful book for romance lovers of all genres.
Nathan Cross is a thousand year old gargoyle who shapeshifts into a griffin, a beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. Gargoyles are immortals who reincarnate over numerous lifetimes. They have two primary missions 1) to protect humans from harm and 2) to procreate. Nathan is an art history professor living his 14th life and is very tortured by events in his past lives.
Rachel Vandemere is an agent for Interpol (an international police organization) who witnessed her parents' murder by monsters when just a small girl. She is obsessed with cases that involve what appear to be eyewitness accounts of monsters and has compiled files of these crimes in hopes of discovering who murdered her parents.
Nathan and Rachel first meet in an art exhibition and eventually learn that they have a psychic connection that I found to be highly erotic and filled with sexual tension. Their first encounter during a dream sequence when they weren't even in the same building was sizzling! Nathan fights his attraction and his driving need to procreate for much of the book. So when they finally get together it was very satisfying.
The story of how the society of gargoyles began a thousand years ago was fascinating. The mystery and suspense was well done. There were even a couple surprises that I didn't see coming in the final few pages. I like when that happens.
I had a little trouble following the 'rules' of their society and couldn't quite understand some of the details pertaining to reincarnation. But these were very minor quibbles. A very good read. (Grade: B+)
Most paranormal books focus on the common monsters of myth, the vampires, the werewolves, evil fairies/elves or even incubi and succubi. This book decribes the origins of gargoyles and the task they were set with regard to humanity. The premise is fascinating. While I enjoyed aspects of the book, a few unresolved questions kept me from making it a favorite. What happened to Rachel's father after that horrible night? How and why did Rachel and her brother end up in in foster care when their father was still alive? Where did the evil faction come from - what made them decide to break with their honorable heritage? The book raises a few good points on the nature of evil, and cautions the reader to look below the surface, but more could have been done with the story. The fact that the author chose to tell the reader the answers to some huge holes in the last 12 pages of the book instead of filling the story out annoyed me as the first 150 pages were spent writing about indecisive running around when they could have been spent furthering the plot.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0425202917, Mass Market Paperback)Six year old Rachel Vandermere didn't believe in monsters—until she saw one kill her parents. Now all grown up and an INTERPOL investigator, Rachel has quietly amassed an impressive collection of evidence to support the existence of preternatural creatures. But she dares not go public with her beliefs until she can produce a living, breathing abnormal being to show the world—which she is certain she can do if only she can convince the enigmatic Nathan Cross to help her.
Disavowed from the Chicago congregation of Gargoyles, Nathan has given up life as a guardian of mankind for a quieter, more human existence. But when Rachel shows up at his door spouting her crazy theories about monsters, he is thrust into the role of protector once again. For Rachel's theories aren't as crazy as some people might think, and her diligent pursuit of the truth might just get them both killed if the wrong people find out what she knows.
With an ancient evil force gathering on the horizon to destroy them, Rachel and Nathan must both come to terms with the secrets of their pasts before it's too late for them to save their future…together.
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Custom Map crashes
Hi, i have a problem playing Custom maps on Battlefront.
I can't seem to load some of the maps I installed, the game would go to the loading screen and ultimately crash back to desktop.
I still can play some maps, but most of the maps I downloaded have this problem, and I really want to play them.
This happens in Instant Action as I only play Singleplayer.
Is there anyway to fix this?
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