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SAN JOSE -- Lady Gaga brought us to her world.
"Welcome to Venus," she said to the nearly 14,000 fans who filled the SAP Center Tuesday night. "This is the planet that I have hailed from since my birth."
That explains a lot -- from Gaga's outrageous outfits and antics to her bizarre concert tours and public appearances. Lady Gaga finally confirmed what we've suspected all along:
She's from outer space.
And she has super powers. Most notably, she can delight earthlings like few other pop stars on any planet. It doesn't always happen when she takes the stage, but it certainly did on Tuesday.
The vocalist's latest road show, artRave: The ARTPOP Ball, is an absolute smash. It's light years better than her previous outing, the bloated, convoluted Born This Way Ball Tour, which lumbered through San Jose in early 2013. And it's nearly as spellbinding as the earlier Monster Ball Tour, which was one of the best pure pop-music spectacles of the last 10 years.
This turn of events shouldn't come as a surprise, given that Gaga has long ranked as one of the savviest entertainers in the game.
She made a ton of mistakes on the Born This Way Ball, but repeated none of them on ARTPOP. The former was an overly long affair, weighed down by complicated theatrics and heavy-handed themes that stole attention from the music.
This time around, Gaga is offering up an expertly paced, streamlined show -- it's nearly 40 minutes shorter than the Born This Way Ball. The theatrics are fun and comparatively straightforward, and they never overshadow the music. There's a strong focus on connecting with the crowd, which is what Gaga does best.
The set design was marvelous. Gaga has obviously noticed the fervor around Disney's "Frozen" and here she's created her own winter wonderland. Let's just say that Elsa would probably be envious.
The main stage is designed to look like a giant igloo, which houses her live band, and there's a piano encased in icy crystals. Raised walkways run above the arena floor, allowing the star and her fellow dancers to boogie in the sky.
Gaga opened the roughly 100-minute show with the title track to "ARTPOP," her chart-topping third studio album from last year. She followed that with five more "ARTPOP" offerings -- "G.U.Y.," "Donatella," "Venus," "Fashion!" and "Manicure." Each of the tunes sounded better live than they do on record.
"I want you to have the time of your life tonight," Gaga told the crowd early in the evening.
She certainly did her part. Gaga unleashed such longtime fan favorites as "Poker Face," "Telephone" and "Just Dance." She also connected with her adoring fans -- lovingly nicknamed "Little Monsters" -- with a type of sincerity that is rare in the entertainment business.
She gave several pep talks, all of the "I'm OK, You're OK" variety, and went out of her way to comfort the crowd. She complimented one audience member for wearing a Joy Division shirt -- which is surely something worth complimenting -- and read a fan letter out loud.
"Welcome to a place where we judge no one," Gaga said.
Of course, Gaga is well known for delivering one big shocker per tour.
During Monster Ball, she shot flames from her undergarments at a giant fish creature. Then there was the crazy birth scene -- where "baby" Gaga appeared from a giant inflatable torso -- in the Born This Way Ball. The current tour's talker comes as Gaga strips to nearly nothing in a costume change right before our eyes.
Yet, that wasn't the evening's defining moment. That came when Gaga left the special effects behind and simply sat at the piano to perform a stunning solo version of "Born This Way," accompanied by two audience members.
It was -- just like Gaga herself -- simply out of this world.
Follow Jim Harrington at http://twitter.com/jimthecritic and www.facebook.com/jim.bayareanews.


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Are you craving for unique fashion without really having to look out-of-this world like Lady Gaga or Ceelo Green? To be a rare kind, you need not look very futuristic like you came from another planet. You can probably warp back in time rather than conform to what's hot and trendy. Try vintage. You'll be surprised that some fashion trends in the past never really get outdated. In fact, like history, fashion tend to repeat itself. Retro clothes, for instance, remain popular--especially among those who love to explore the styles and cultures of another time or those who simply want to standout. To complete your vintage look, you will also need vintage-style accessories. You don't have to look for the dusty pieces sold in antique store. Bell & Ross has a cool collection of vintage watches. Though the watches are predominantly masculine, they have watches for women too. Bell & Ross watches are mostly designed for pilots, astronauts and divers. But who cares in the name of rarity?
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OAKLAND -- All they want is some grass to play soccer on, something more forgiving than the hard asphalt parking lot they use now.
And when the newly arrived immigrants and refugees at Oakland International High School look at the huge expanse of fenced-off grass behind their school used exclusively by the Oakland Technical High School baseball team, they can't help but wonder, why can't we use that?
Seizing the situation as an opportunity to learn about democracy, politics and bureaucracy, and backed by Principal Carmelita Reyes, students at the school have started lobbying the school district for their own field. They have created a website and video, http://www.oihsfield.org, and started a petition on Change.org. They also plan to address the school board.
The students from Yemen, Afghanistan, Colombia and other far flung places understand that 60 soccer players in cleats will destroy a baseball outfield and that baseball player parents paid for the field out of their own pockets.
But it also doesn't seem fair that they have to play on asphalt while baseball players from another school get to use their school grounds, almost exclusively, for their own sport.
"It feels like we don't belong here, like it's not our school," said Omar Benitez, who came from Colombia and who plays on the Soccer Without Borders Team in a parking lot at the school. "Everybody at the school wants a soccer field. I've seen my friends get hurt here. It's really sad."
The baseball field on their school grounds was built in 2008 by civic-minded parents who saw an abandoned field at a closed school that was perfect for a baseball field for Oakland Tech. They got approval to do it with their own money, $400,000 of it, and made it happen. They created a nonprofit called Field of Dreams and now raise $10,000 to $15,000 a year to maintain the field.
But at the same time the field opened, the school district decided to reopen the school site for newly arrived immigrants and refugees.
Since Oakland International opened, the soccer team at the school has been able to use the baseball field when the baseball team was not using it. But growing tensions this year over damage to the grass relegated them to an asphalt parking lot at the school.
"Because the Oakland International students look out the window and see that field every day, they feel it's theirs, which is not the case," said Oakland Tech varsity baseball coach Bryan Bassette. "It seems very opportunistic on their end to wait for it to be built and then stake a claim to it."
Bassette said the soccer program at Oakland International High caused about $20,000 worth of damage this fall. They had nothing to offer to pay for the damage and did not offer to help during volunteer work days.
But Ben Gucciardi, Oakland program director for Soccer without Borders, who runs the soccer program at Oakland International High school with 60 boys and 20 girls, sees the situation differently.
"We respect what the fathers of the baseball players did for their kids, they did something great, but they are only doing it for their kids," Gucciardi said. "You look on one side of the fence and it's all baseball players and you look on the other and its newcomer students on blacktop."
Why have things gotten so bad between the two groups? Part of it has to do with the fact that the school district allowed a quasi-private organization to build on school property, to the exclusion of others.
"We're also just tired of being treated badly," Gucciardi said. "We've thought we had permission to play on the field, then all of a sudden we have baseball coaches yelling at us. It's a group of Oakland Tech baseball parents that run it, but it shouldn't be to the exclusion of Oakland International."
Philip Williams, president of Oakland Field of Dreams, said the situation has gotten worse this year because the baseball infield had to be fixed, and that meant not using it for a while.
Both sides have been waiting for the school district to step in with some money or either put in artificial turf on the baseball field so both sides can use it or put in turf on the asphalt the soccer players now use, or both.
"We have an under-resourced school district, and those folks at Oakland International have been impacted and they have been irritated, and I don't think it's baseball's fault," Williams said. "They have been using the field and damaging it, and the field has been fixed by volunteers from Oakland Tech."
School district spokesman Troy Flint said the district is considering a plan to install artificial turf on the baseball outfield and on the parking lot where the soccer program now practices, so the soccer team can use both spaces. Cost should not be an issue, he said, but added that the plan is not a done deal.
"There is some sensitivity to the needs of those who made contributions to baseball," Flint said. "We really appreciate those contributions, but we want to benefit the greatest number of students possible. Right now we have a baseball-only facility. We want to find a way that benefits multiple schools and multiple sports."
In the meantime, Reyes can't help but empathize with her students.
"When the field was being built I did say 'Hey, it doesn't make sense to build a baseball field in the back of our school. Can we build a multiple-use field?'" she said. "But because it was baseball parents doing it, it became baseball. We need a space at our school, so therein lies the conundrum."
Reyes said she has heard about the district's tentative plan to put in artificial turf, but she's not going to be convinced until it happens.
"I'm encouraged," Reyes said. "This is good, but it's not done until I see the bulldozers out there."
Contact Doug Oakley at 925-234-1699. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/douglasoakley


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The National Zoo's Antarctica Expedition is sponsored by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs.
All photographs depicting Weddell seals were taken under NMFS Permit No. 763-1485-00 issued under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
About Ice
The Antarctic ice sheet covers an area about one-and-a-half times the size of the United States. In some places it is more than four kilometers thick. Antarctica is the driest continent—essentially, it is a desert. Its ice has formed through millions of years of snow accumulation.
The thickest part of the ice sheet is in Antarctica's interior. There, the sheet's sheer weight causes it to flow outward toward its edges where it gradually becomes thinner and eventually may break off in chunks we know as icebergs. That kind of ice originates on land and is called land ice.
Some of Antarctica's ice is sea ice—ice formed by the freezing of seawater. During the Antarctic winter, the ice sheet can nearly double in size largely due to the formation of sea ice.
A Weddell seal at a melt-pool filled with sludge ice.
|The process goes like this: As temperatures get colder, seawater gradually thickens and starts to crystallize into lolly ice. If the water is relatively still, lolly ice further thickens into a state called sludge, and it can remain in this state as long as
|temperatures permit. In the open ocean, patches of sludgy ice are called grease ice or lard ice because of its viscous, oily appearance.
As the temperature drops further, sludge coagulates into solid sheet ice or pancake ice—small, circular pads of ice with raised edges caused by frequent collisions with other ice chunks. Smaller chunks of sheet and pancake ice can join up and form floes of various shapes and sizes.
Floes can themselves join up to form the pack ice of the open ocean. Pack ice is free-floating sea ice and, because of its buoyancy, it is capable of considerable flexibility and movement. Some sea ice attaches to land, usually in protected bays and coves, where it becomes immobile—this is called fast ice. Because it is not buoyant, fast ice can be greatly deformed into fantastical shapes by the action of tides, waves, and the pressure of moving land ice.
During the pupping season, Weddell seals are found on the fast ice sometimes many miles away from open water. Because they have to find food in the water, Weddell seals congregate near fissures or weak spots in the ice that have openings to the water below. Powerful tides below the fast ice cause these fissures to form in a predictable way from year to year. Without this tidal effect, the fast ice sheet would freeze solid and Weddell seals would be excluded. Keeping these breathing/access holes open is a priority for the seals, which chew at the holes' edges with their canines and incisors to keep them open.
Did you know? Sea ice is melting fast due to global warming. Watch an animation.


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Wills' Factory
Isabella Jedrzejczyk (Photographer), Ellin Hare (Writer)
The last days of a Newcastle upon Tyne cigarette factory, 1986, documented by the photographer who worked as part of the Side Gallery operation, with a text by Amber member Ellin Hare. ...more »
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Mac OS X media player with high quality caption.
-supports QuickTime and FFmpeg
-customizable high quality caption
-supports smi, srt format captions
-playlist support
-media playback control
-full screen control panel
-simple user interface
-universal binary
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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard
License: Freeware
GNU General Public License Version 3
Required OS: 10.6
Tags: media , player , ffmpeg , playlist , video
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Best so far ... love the "next file in the dirrectory" feature, also smooth ff and rw ... maybe if they added the button-less and border-less window feature would be even better !
How does this compare to XBMC or Plex?
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So does it support the Apple remote control (like QuickTime Player does)?
Good application, but the developer needs to find someone to donate an app icon instead of stealing a third party VLC one. It even says VLC!
This is the ONLY program that will easily handle 5.1 digital surround sound through an optical cable.
If you plug in a digital optical cable, it will change your sound output on your computer automatically and prevents volume adjustment so that the signal is sent raw to a receiver. It even suppresses sound from other programs to prevent any contamination of the raw data.
Simply beautiful, this player. Highly configurable (I like having keyboard shortcuts for rewind/FF) and stable as well.
Great App!
Just needs cropping feature for small window viewing.
0.5.1 Changes automatically translated from Korean are here.
The display of subtitles is very smooth. :)
NB: default encoding is Korean, I had to change it to western iso latin 1 so that special characters display properly for the video I tested.
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ROCHESTER — Join the Cocheco River Local Advisory Committee, the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership, and Strafford Regional Planning Commission for an interactive town hall discussion themed "Coming Together for Clean Water Solutions" and the presentation of PREP's State of Our Estuaries Report, a three year study of 21 key indicators that provide a better understanding of the health and vitality of the Great Bay and Hampton and Seabrook Estuaries.
The town hall discussion will take place Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Rochester Community Center, 150 Wakefield St.
More information is available at (603)516.8113 or visit online www.StateofOurEstuaries.org.
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"When you look around at the number of fabulous restaurant offerings in the two villages, it is clear that an event like this is long overdue," said Matt Morgan, managing partner of Sweet Basil.
It's true — the inaugural Vail Beaver Creek Restaurant Week will start Friday and runs through Oct. 6, with participating restaurants from the two neighboring world-class mountain resorts. The culinary celebration will be an elevated experience, showcasing the incredible and diverse culinary offerings available throughout the Vail and Beaver Creek villages.
Dining deals
The upvalley event will feature a wide variety of prix fixe menus and specials, ranging from drink deals to multi-coursed meal offerings, all set at $20.13. More than 50 establishments and 10 lodges are participating, so there will be plenty of reasons for diners to make their visit to the valley an extended stay.
Lauren Smith, owner of Mountain Cupcakes in Vail Village, said she is looking forward to the event.
"I think it's really cool that there will be items at lower prices all over the valley," she said. "You can go to a nice restaurant and get something for less than 30 bucks, and then you're not breaking the bank."
Smith said she thinks the area will see a lot of Front Range visitors for the event.
"I think a lot of people might be coming up on the weekends and eating their way through Vail and Beaver Creek," she said.
It's the first year that Vail and Beaver Creek have collaborated for this culinary renaissance, combining efforts from the local restaurant community, the town of Vail, Beaver Creek Resort Co., Vail Resorts, the Vail Valley Foundation and the Vail Partnership.
"We are stunned by the overwhelming support and participation we've received from the local restaurant and resort community," said Brian Nolan, local restaurant owner and one of the event producers.
Restaurants will be following their standard reservation policies, so plan accordingly. Also, on Oct. 3, 10 percent of all participating restaurant sales will be donated to the Vail Valley Foundation, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to leadership in athletic, cultural, educational and community-based endeavors.
"Not only is it going to be a terrific week, but participants will truly be able to sample the culinary best of both resorts through one event," said Ceil Folz, president of the Vail Valley Foundation. "I hope everyone will take advantage of this tremendous opportunity."
"When you look around at the number of fabulous restaurant offerings in the two villages, it is clear that an event like this is long overdue," said Matt Morgan, managing partner of Sweet Basil.


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Slovenia, officially known as Republic of Slovenia, was part of the ancient Socialist Federal republic of Yugoslavia until 1991 when she gained independence. Since May 2004, Slovenia is a member state of the European Union and it adopted the euro in January 2007.
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Notes for a living planet
The urge to forage continues to spread. Prepare yourself and protect your hipster friends with this field guide and wild food cookbook.
Perhaps you consider foraging a deplorable hipster pastime. Perhaps you thought—based on principle alone—that you would never read a book dedicated "In gratitude to the plants!" It matters little, since each day the truth becomes clearer: No one will escape the weed-eating frenzy that has gripped our nation.
"I will never give in to the plant scavengers," you vow. Alas, it is inevitable. One day you will be invited to a friend's house for dinner. You will accept the invitation wholeheartedly, envisioning his delectable bread pudding. But when you arrive he will tell you that he's gone gluten free. Instead of bread pudding, he will present to you a hand-woven basket, which you'll carry though town and trail, plucking various flowers, berries, and leaves.
When that day comes, you must be ready. Though your friend will assure you that he researched wild edibles on a suspicious device called the internet, it is possible that he could mistake poison hemlock for wild carrot, or pokeweed for elderberry. Or (worse?), he might be an overzealous harvester—a scourge on the very plants he professes to love.
Prepare him—and save yourself from uncertain demise—with Foraging & Feasting, an illustrated guide to common wild edibles. Organized alphabetically by common name, the authors have also included Latin names for concrete identification and further research. Further, they clearly list such necessary facts as the best times to harvest, and whether there are poisonous look-alikes of which you should be wary. Beneath the drawings, culinary uses of the plant are listed, as well as information about preferred habitat, typical size, and methods of reproduction.
The second half of the book contains brief, useful descriptions of common weeds' medicinal uses and recipes for that dinner your friend promised. No bread pudding, regrettably, but the herbal truffles and meadow custard should suffice. Stay away from this section yourself, lest you find yourself smitten, swept up in the fad you so despise. If you cannot resist in spite of your dismal knowledge of the kitchen arts, do your loved ones the favor of starting with the basic cookery section—it covers such fundamentals as simmering whole grains and concocting soup stock from scratch. After that, beware, you'll be well on your way to becoming as lost as the rest of them.
Creating zero-waste systems is more than a job.
A little inspiration from someone who decided she didn't want to play the nine to five game and stuck with that decision.
We first encountered Shayna Gladstone through her essay, "From College to Reality: A Radical Transition," in which she explains her reasons for deciding against the cubical life. Naysayers might've called her musings idealistic, but Gladstone has proven herself by helping to organize Project Nuevo Mundo. The online network connects people who want to build living, ecological design systems with organizations who want those systems installed.
Now, Project Nuevo Mundo is deep into its Earth Odyssey, as seen in the video above, building homes with natural materials, turning human "waste" into fertilizer with composting toilets, and regenerating soil with mycelium (mushroom roots).
Also by Shayna Gladstone: "How to Get Ready for the Global Eco-Village Movement."
Five fun ways to prepare for climate change
Sixth Great Extinction got ya down? Worried about the future of humans on our planet? You're not alone, and even though heartbreaking climate news is everywhere these days, there is a silver lining to it all. A miniscule but shimmering sliver of silver. Wait for it … Knowing the bad news can help us prepare for what's coming. I did say it was a sliver.
While there is no way of knowing the full scope of changes we'll face, educated guesses include drought, flooding, food insecurity, severe weather, unpredictable seasons, and ecosystem collapse. Our best line of defense for a volatile future such as this is resilience, the ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. Here are five (decidedly anti-prepper) ways to prep.
Cultivate Diversity
A purple carrot is not just interesting and beautiful. As John Navazio—breeder of the Dragon Carrot—knows, genetic diversity is the best bet for life to adapt and evolve through challenging times.
Strengthen Your Real-Life Community
The original social networks really acted as nets. Neighbors lent tools to one another, helped each other raise barns, and held one another in times of loss and grief. If your Dragon Carrots don't grow, your neighbors might have some advice to share (and maybe even a few carrots). When you build your cob house, it'll be a lot easier with extra hands. Sure, the times have changed, but real-life communities are as important as ever.
Learn a Skill to Trade or Share
Many of us work in professions with little value outside the mainstream economy. If we want to thrive outside of that economy, we'll need a variety of skill sets between us. Luckily, a lot of these things are fun to learn and we're naturally interested in them: basic first aid, beekeeping, brewing beer, composting-toilet installation, growing food, knitting, making herbal medicines, massage, midwifery …
Practice Sharing
Share your skill. Host a seed fair. Start a community orchard. Turns out sharing is a great way to strengthen your real-life community. How convenient.
Join the Resistance
There are so many cool ways to help slow the economic momentum that's causing climate change, from 350.org's international climate movement to local battles against fracking, mining, clear-cutting, and general destruction in the name of profit. As psychologist Mary Pipher knows, action is a healing tonic—for ourselves and the earth.
Photo by Kevin Dooley, altered from original under the Creative Commons license.
From population to the stuff we use, when is enough enough?
When is enough enough? Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us, has an idea. In his new book, Countdown, Weisman travels the world gauging the individual decisions and social attitudes that influence global population. He analyzes ever-shifting cultural views about the number of children to have and notes, as well, that when it comes to humans' effect on the planet, high rates of consumption are as damaging as sheer numbers.
I think a lot of us get this. Still, it takes some audacity to bring the almost-taboo topic of population control to the sustainability conversation. Weisman does because, when it comes to slowing individual consumption, he's just as stumped as the rest of us.
So he focuses on numbers. What's an ideal number of humans on our planet? One he submits for consideration is 2 billion. Yes, less than a third (and as population grows, closer to a quarter) of the current number.
It sounds far-fetched, but Weisman also offers a map for getting there. The gist is to educate women (because educated women typically choose to have fewer children) and make birth control widely available—free, if possible. Of course, there are cultural hurdles as well, like religious dictates commanding couples to go forth and prosper. But the formula does seem to work where it has been tried, and with time, variants of it would likely reveal themselves. Weisman doesn't mention it, but another effective form of birth control, the Fertility Awareness Method, requires only a basal thermometer, recording device (paper and pencil will do), and a bit of effort in calculating fertility from day to day.
As for the culture of consumption, there are efforts to break it. Americans have gone beyond carpooling and driving hybrids to assemble a massive movement to slow carbon emissions and stop the Keystone XL Pipeline. People are converting lawns to vegetable gardens, while edible food forests and community gardens pop up across the country. The movement to share both skills and resources is strong, and growing. We've turned down the heat, insulated the attic, and are coming together to keep fracking to a minimum. Others have turned their attention toward amending the constitution, doing whatever it takes to stop money from acting as free speech, because corporate control of our government ensures that environmental destruction, wealth inequality, and war won't stop.
People are showing a strong desire for change, and Weisman's suggestions seem simple compared to many of the efforts we've undertaken. Putting it all together, we might stand a chance of returning to balance on the planet, because enough is enough.
Original photo by Vivek Jena, altered under the Creative Commons license.
adjective \ˈwī(-ə)ld\
living in nature without human control or care : not tame
Like the disappearing wilderness itself, we've managed to hollow out the meaning of wild, the word. I offer as evidence: Wild Cherry Pepsi.
As a kid I drank this fruit-flavored cola whenever it was on offer, as long as my mother wasn't there to stop me. It was my top choice partly because it was strictly off-limits (caffeine, sugar), and partly because it was "wild." I had a vague notion that the word signified some extreme essence within the can (caffeine, sugar). And while my mom was never around to see me drink it, she was right in guessing it would bring out an extreme essence within her child.
One thing's for sure: I did not understand that it was the cherries that were supposed to be wild. Who did? Perhaps I had never heard of a wild cherry outside the flavor offerings of soda and cough drops. It hardly matters, since there was not a molecule of actual cherry in any of it, wild or otherwise. And that's the point. We've emptied this word of meaning. We've domesticated it.
Still, wild is one of my favorite expressions—no longer because it denotes some forbidden fruit (well, maybe a little bit), but out of reverence for the untamed spirit I suspect is buried in all of us. Herbalists have long said that a wild plant makes more potent medicine than a domesticated one. The explanation for its powerful essence is that in the wild, where no human waters or weeds away competitors, plants need a stronger life force and will to survive.
"We need the tonic of the wild," writes Thoreau. Tonics invigorate, they refresh and tone body and mind. Wilderness—where life force is strong, where not a day is taken for granted—is a tonic for the spirit as well. Now, as the human species sets out to pave, farm, and extract every last resource; as rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide rise; as the economy falters, the rich getting richer while the rest struggle to survive, I wonder: Do we even really know what living is? Now more than ever, we need to learn from that which can't be tamed, the life force that refuses to give up.
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Myranda Escamilla doesn't know exactly why she collages animal skulls, but her work dwells on life, death, and our culture's disconnect from the wild.
A little over a year ago, Myranda Escamilla walked into an
antique shop in Port Isabel, Texas, a beach
town near her home in Brownsville.
Inside, she happened upon two deer skulls that have altered her work as an
artist—and likely her life as well.
"My intrigue with skulls came from seeing my father collect
them when I was a child," she explained in an email. "He tried his hardest to
keep most activities outdoors. Although admittedly I could never appreciate our
adventures at the time, I now miss the fragrant smells of nature—the
beach mist, dry and wet sand, young trees, their sap and the feel of
flower petals running through my fingers.
The stillness and calm it
brings is overwhelming in the best way. Life is dull when it is
spent mostly inside, encased and enclosed. The erratic nature of wildlife as
opposed to our way of living—as humans, with our emails and texts, faxes,
game boys, and laptops—is mysterious, beautiful, boundless, and colorful."
Escamilla accepted the skulls "as they were—blank
and natural," but was intrigued by the thought of changing them. "How
could I alter an already interesting and beautiful specimen to make
it more beautiful? I was challenged and that was enough to prompt me to
take my wallet out. And so they went home with me."
She embellished the first skull with small cuts in a napkin,
the second she painted to look distressed, "as if it was being reborn or taking
on a new soul." Over time, her collages have become increasingly intricate.
When asked where the impulse to collage animal skulls comes from, at first
she can't explain. "It just happens and perhaps it is my subconscious, but
if that is the case I cannot help but ask—what is it saying, what does it
mean? Those questions drive me nuts. I do not think about it often
and I try not to ... too knotty."
But when I admit that they first struck me as a reminder of the way humans
have sought—and in many instances found—ways to control the natural world, that
I find her skulls both beautiful and ominous, she has more to say.
"I suppose the skulls can be something of a reminder
of what has been lost and what should be held near our hearts. Many
times, I have obtained skulls that were either going to be thrown away or left
outside to wither. In adding 'a human touch' I am ultimately giving it a piece
of myself, honoring its forgotten existence, if you will.
"Perhaps they seem ominous and haunting because they
are in fact, no longer living. We tend to associate skulls with death, the
macabre, fear and the unknown. Death strikes immense curiosity in me, I
cannot fathom it—how we live and live and live and then ... all is gone. What
should you make of your life if it is bound to cease at any moment?
"Working with skulls helps me to become
more comfortable with the inevitable final stage of life, to accept
it. The juxtaposition presented by the skulls is so striking because you
are instantly caught between life and death."
After news reports and books raised awareness about the link between commodities trading
and starvation, food justice advocates took action and big bank Barclays responded.
This morning I opened my
email to a note from journalist Fred Kaufman that read, "Yes, a book can make a
difference!" Attached was a report that Barclays, a large UK bank, had announced
that they would stop trading in food derivatives markets.
This was good news. Fred and
I had spoken last fall about his new book, Bet the Farm, which
exposed the connection between agricultural derivatives markets and price spikes on staples like wheat—with impacts around the world ranging from
starvation to riots. In the interview, I picked his brain on topics from deregulation
in commodities markets to what everyday people can do to stop unethical trading
schemes. I wrote about it all in "Spinning
Wheat into Gold," but one big takeaway was that rallies and political
action are going to be the most successful way to get banks to change and to
get tougher governmental regulations back. Looks like he was right.
activist campaigns in the UK
raised awareness about the human cost of speculation on food, Barclays chief
Antony Jenkins announced today that the bank would stop doing it, writes Miriam
Ross for the World Development Movement.
Until now, Barclays
has been the UK's
biggest bank to buy and sell on the food derivatives market. While the
bank's agreement to end such trading is a victory, one campaigner with the
World Development Movement emphasized that it is not enough for banks to opt
out of agricultural commodities markets. There must be increased regulation so
that they don't start again.
Here in the
states—where wheat speculation was born and the commodities index was
invented—we have yet to see a strong movement emerge to end such trading.
Image: Street
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ALAMEDA -- The Raiders are gambling Matt Schaub is the quarterback who was one of the NFL's most efficient passers through 2012 and not the guy who bottomed out last season with the Houston Texans.
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Free safety Charles Woodson, whose one-year deal to return for 2014 was also announced Friday, warned against putting too much stock into one bad season.
"I know he'll help us win -- that's for sure," Woodson said. "He's a veteran player who's been around and knows how to win games."
Gannon, a CBS analyst now, said getting a player of Schaub's pedigree is a good move but didn't minimize the quarterback's struggles last season.
"Things got going in the wrong direction and he couldn't get it turned around," Gannon said in phone interview. "He pressed a little bit. He lost some of his confidence. The team lost confidence in him."
At the same time, Gannon said having Schaub will allow the Raiders to both expand their offense and go at the draft without feeling they have to use a premium pick on a quarterback.
"Matt is a steady guy. He is a pretty accurate passer," Gannon said. "He's a smart guy, he can handle a lot of volume and a lot of intricacies and details of an offense. (Offensive coordinator) Greg Olson will be able to do a lot more."
With Schaub aboard, it's unlikely the Raiders will be thinking about a quarterback with the No. 5 pick in the draft, although they have been keeping a close eye on Teddy Bridgewater (Louisville), Blake Bortles (Central Florida) and Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M).
"You don't feel that pressure that you have to go out there and draft a quarterback," Allen said. "You kind of let everything fall to you now."
"I know they've been making a lot of moves and they were busy, but I was getting a little antsy," he said. "I was still confident it would happen and I'm glad it did."
For more on the Raiders, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders. Follow Jerry McDonald on Twitter at twitter.com/Jerrymcd.
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2011 10 15 6 2,479
2012 16 22 12 4,008
2013 10 10 14 2,310
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Authorities and prosecutors investigating the case of a cleaning lady who was at the helm of a train when it went off the rails near Stockholm and crashed into a three-story apartment building say they have cleared the woman of any wrongdoing.
"Everything indicates that this was an accident resulting from several unfortunate circumstances that allowed the woman to set the train in motion in connection with the cleaning," prosecutor Pär Andersson told the press.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Senior Aurelien Tave has been named the GoIslanders.com Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by Pepsi. Tave earned the award for his victory in the men's singles draw at the Islanders Open last weekend.
Tave won the Islanders Open on Tuesday night, beating teammate Matt Westmoreland 6-1, 6-1 for the win in an ITA-sanctioned fall tournament. The senior from St. Gilles les Bains, Reunion Island, used his experience to his advantage against his younger Islanders teammate to take the title.
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SPARROWBUSH — Stuffed teddy bears took the place of injured victims and smoke rose from a machine instead of an actual train fire.
Most of the large-scale training exercise organized by Orange County to simulate a train-versus-bus accident was staged.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Wednesday, March 20, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Jobs in Augusta come few and far between.
"I have what it takes to get any job that is offered to me," said Triston Bowie, a Goodwill career fair applicant.
Bowie walked in with his head held high, hoping to find a new job that will make him more money.
"I've been doing it for a while, and I'm trying to see if I can get another job on top of it because I am here by myself, I'm just trying to make some more money," Bowie said.
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"We just always want to make sure there are opportunities for people to find great careers," said Susan Everett, director of communications for Goodwill.
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Tuesday, September 11 the Ripley Baptist Temple and Pastor Rick Perrine hosted the 11th annual "Ripley Remembers 9/11" memorial service at 7 p.m. on the Jackson County Courthouse lawn.
The event had patriotic music, a time of prayer for our nation, and patriotic addresses from community leaders.
All veterans and military personnel, as well as emergency services, fire departments and police departments were honored.
American Legion Post 107 presented the colors, and Marine Corps League 1065 performed a 21-gun salute in honor of those who died.
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PARK CITY, Utah — It's a battle of ski resort titans that could bring a hostile takeover at Park City Mountain Resort.
A company managed by Vail Resorts Inc. is trying to evict the Park City resort from 3,700 acres of ski terrain — a fight that will continue in court Friday afternoon.
Vail Resorts recently took over neighboring Canyons ski area from Talisker Corp., a longtime real-estate operator around Park City that owns much of the land at Park City Mountain Resort.
The Vail/Talisker combination argues that Park City Mountain Resort waited too long to renew a sweetheart lease granted decades ago by a mining company. Park City Mountain Resort was served an eviction notice Aug. 28 demanding it get off the land and leave chair lifts and ski lodges behind.
On Friday, 3rd District Judge Ryan Harris will hear a fight over documents Park City Mountain Resort says its opponent is not entitled to receive as the case moves toward a Dec. 5 trial.
The dispute escalated last week when a former Vail Resorts' lawyer, acting for Talisker Land Holdings LLC, accused Park City Mountain Resort of backdating a letter to make it appear it had renewed its lease for 29 years.
Under that lease, Park City Mountain Resort pays just $155,000 a year for its ski terrain.
Canyons officials have said they pay $3 million a year to lease much of their ski area from independent landowners. And Vail says it's paying $25 million a year for rights to operate Canyons, Utah's largest ski area. With that, Vail is taking up the fight against Park City Mountain Resort.
Vail said last week it wasn't trying to "take any action that would prevent PCMR's ability to operate their resort during the upcoming 2013-2014 ski season."
Vail chief Rob Katz told investors in May the possibility of taking over Park City Mountain Resort "could add significant value to our opportunity." The Colorado-based company is entering the Utah ski market for the first time.
An escalating lease dispute could damage Park City's economy, a major tourist hub. Park City has three ski areas, including independently owned Deer Valley. Like the others, Park City Mountain Resort continues to offer season passes for sale.
The case began in March 2012 when the parent company for Park City Mountain Resort sought a court declaration that it properly renewed the lease and can't be evicted.
The recent eviction notice was "obviously intended to interfere with our business," said Jenni Smith, president and general manager of Park City Mountain Resort. Vail and Talisker have rejected "our reasonable offers" to settle the matter, she said Friday.
Vail Resorts operates 10 ski areas, including four in Colorado.
Park City Mountain Resort is owned by Powdr Corp., which operates seven major U.S. ski areas, from Vermont's Killington to Oregon's Mt. Bachelor.


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The New Hampshire primary election, coming right after the Iowa caucuses, has provided some clarification to the 2016 presidential contest. On the Republican side, Donald Trump has fresh momentum, after coming in second in Iowa. For Democrats, Sen. Bernie Sanders is confirmed as a strong challenger to Hillary Clinton.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) was pleased with his results in the Tuesday-night New Hampshire primary.
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For Stewart-Haas Racing, the rhythm and pace of an ordinary off-season was disrupted on the final weekend of January when co-owner Tony Stewart was injured while vacationing in California.
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011
SAVANNAH RIVER, Ga. -- It was last Saturday night when thousands of fish started washing up in Brier Creek near the Richmond/Burke County line. The Environmental Protection Division did not issue any advisories for swimming nor for eating the fish.
One week later, there's still no answer as to what killed fish in the tributary of the Savannah River. News 12 took a trip down the Savannah and caught up with the Riverkeeper, Tonya Bonitatibus. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has given her some new information.
"We've heard that it was a drop in the pH that killed the fish. The cause of that drop in pH -- we still believe is Aluminum Sulfate," she said.
She says that Aluminum Sulfate, or Alum, came from one of the local kaolin mines, but EPD continues investigating, and she's growing frustrated with their response.
"There was no fish advisory warning, there was no stay-out-of-the-creek warning, there was no don't-drink-out-of-this-creek warning," said the Riverkeeper.
She says the City of Waynesboro was left in the dark by EPD, too.
"The City of Waynesboro did not know, and they were not told even two days after the fish kill started. Their drinking water comes directly from that creek, downstream from the kill," Bonitatibus said.
And now, she's ready to take action.
"I would like to see a precautionary on these fish kills, not a let's wait, test, wait a week, and then let people know if there's something wrong," she said.
Just yesterday, the Ogeechee Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit against EPD. She's upset that after the largest fish kill in Georgia's state history last May, a textile company she and many others believe is responsible is only paying back $1 million. Now, with a fish kill even closer to home, Bonitatibus says she may have to file a similar suit.
"Yes, it's nice that we're there, but at the same time, you've got to realize you're relying on a nonprofit organization to alert your folks, and this is the government's job," Bonitatibus said.
If anything, she hopes EPD will learn some lessons from both kills.
News 12 tried to contact the EPD but did not hear back from them. On Tuesday, Kevin Chambers with EPD said they're investigating. Bonitatibus just wishes they'd let people know what is going on as a precautionary measure.
She's even scheduled a public meeting in Keysville about the most recent fish kill. They'll also be talking about how EPD's response could have been better. That meeting will take place 3 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Keysville Townhall.


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How Facebook Could Take the Air Out of the NewFronts
By the end of this Wednesday, there will have been over 20 NewFront events held over 10-day period, as companies ranging from YouTube to PopSugar look to persuade advertisers to pump more ad revenue into Web video.
There's one company that didn't host a NewFront that could throw a wrench into everybody's plans: Facebook.
Facebook isn't in the business of producing or licensing content, like most of the companies presenting at the NewFronts. They have a different route into video advertising and one that Web video sales execs at other outlets privately admit has them worried.
Facebook lets marketers put video ads on the brands' pages and soon it will go even further. Facebook is about to roll out auto-play video ads that can run across the site or targeted to specific demographics. Oh, and buy the way, we reach 1.2 billion people, so we can pretty much deliver any demographic you want.
After testing auto-play video ads last December for the movie "Divergent," Facebook is about to start running auto-play video ads to its full user base (these are video ads that will play automatically when a Facebook user encounters them in their News Feeds). "We are actively talking to select partners," said Fidji Simo, Facebook's Product Manager, News Feed. "Now that we think we have a product that really really works there is some momentum behind this. We can go after much larger target audiences. We've very excited about capturing budgets."
Ms. Simo was cautious about saying Facebook would directly take on the big online video outlets with the auto-play ads offering. At the moment, more brands are using Facebook's preexisting News Feed ad units to drive users to videos on brands' pages–a tactic Facebook calls "Video Page Post Ads." But that doesn't mean Facebook won't point out some of the distinctive benefits of the new auto-play product.
The video outlets selling ad time in Web series are doing something different to Facebook, Ms. Simo said. "When you buy shows, they are a proxy for audiences. The advantage we have is that advertisers can select target audiences directly."
Up first is Progressive Insurance, which has produced a unique video ad for Facebook that will debut on May 6. The brands ad is scheduled to reach every 18 to 34 year old user that logs onto Facebook on that day.
"This is essentially Facebook looking to create a big broad reach product," said Jon Beamer, Progressive's Marketing Innovation Business Leader, who said he believes auto-play ads will be weighed against ads attached to Web video series by marketers. "Yahoo's shows for example, reach a different user profile than the site's core audience. Facebook is saying, you can own a demo for a day."
It's that kind of pitch that will resonate with more conservative marketers that are comfortable with, and believers in, TV, argued Brandon Rhoten, Vice President of Digital Marketing for Wendy's. "The typical wall that media folks run into in big companies is history, history that TV works. And we're always trying to shift the conversations. And it's very difficult to change the language. Facebook's video ads are actually apples to apples."
That's because Facebook is selling these ads like TV ads–using TV ratings-like data. And on Monday, Facebook will introduce a set of new video measurement tools for advertisers that will provide data such as unique viewers and audience retention for each campaign.
Mr. Rhoten said Wendy's is looking to test the auto-play Facebook ads soon. And like Progressive, the plan is to produce original video spots for Facebook. That's a step that most Web video advertisers haven't been willing to take; the majority run TV spots online. In Wendy's case, the fast food company has already had great success running unique video creative on Facebook–such as a campaign where fan tweets about Wendy's sandwiches are dubbed over clips of soap operas and other content.
That campaign, "Pretzel Love Songs" reached 85 million people on Facebook, Mr. Rhoten claims. More importantly, the effort sold burgers. "We saw one of our biggest quarters in history of company," he said. "It really changed our year."
It's that kind of impact that will ultimately move dollars from TV to the Web, said Mr. Rhoten. "Shiny for shiny's sake wont make it across the boardroom. It's gotta sell product. That's how you tap into TV budgets."
Not every ad buyer agrees. Many contend that video ads running within video content reach a user in a much different mindset, and are much closer to the TV experience that many brands are used to, compared to Facebook's auto-play video ads, which are untested and may irritate some users.
"I wouldn't say its apples and oranges because it still comes down to an impression," said Adam Kasper,Chief Media Officer, Havas Media, North America. "Though the value of the impression ties back to the power of the message, the environment, the content it is connected to, the targeting, the receptivity of the audience at that time, etc. I think it is a question of professionally curated content vs socially curated. What does a publisher think you want based on what it is promoting or what it knows about you versus what do people you know or follow publish?"
There are a lot of unknowns with Facebook's video roll out. But most agree the company is sitting a potentially highly valuable asset, assuming Facebook executes right. "Its funny, in the last year, Facebook has moved from brands getting organic reach to getting likes," said Mr. Rhoten. Now it's an ad platform."
That's increasingly true. But Facebook still has to be cautious. "We want to walk our way into his market really slowly,' said Ms. Simo.


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Existing 12u travel team in Northwest Indiana is looking to complete roster with 2-3 more girls. We're open to any position but could ideally use a 1B, middle infielder and catcher.
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We have 9 committed, we are practicing twice a week, and already have played in a tournament. We need a few more to complete our roster. Come check us out......
Spring is right around the corner. We are practicing indoors twice a week. We've already played in 1 tournament and are registering this week for 2 in April(1 indoor and 1 out). We've got a great group of excited 12U's, we just need a few more to complete our roster.
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The Library charges customers for lost and damaged materials to encourage responsible use of the Library collection and to defray the cost or purchasing and processing replacement materials.
The Monterey Public Library charges the customer the actual purchase price plus a cataloging/processing charge for most unreturned items. The second notice to the customer reflects this charge. If the customer returns the item, only the fine is charged. If an item is not returned, payment of the charge is required.
To cover the cost of cataloging and processing title or subject replacements for lost materials, the library charges a fee of $10.00 in addition to the replacement price for each lost item.
The Library charges the customer a fixed replacement/cataloging/processing charge for unreturned magazines, paperbacks, and pamphlets. The second notice to the customer reflects this charge. If the customer returns the item, only the fine is charged. If an item is not returned, payment of the charge is required.
No additional cataloging/processing fee is charged for these items.
A customer paying for a lost item is charged the replacement cost and any applicable cataloging/processing fee, but not the late fine accrued since the latest checkout/renewal.
When a lost item that has been paid for is returned within ninety days from the date of payment, the replacement price only will be refunded. The returned item must be in acceptable condition, and the receipt for payment must be provided. The cataloging/processing fee is non-refundable. No refunds are given for materials returned to the Library more than ninety days past the date of payment or for the return of magazines, paperbacks, or pamphlets that have been paid for.
A customer who wants to replace an item him or herself rather than paying the replacement charge must have advance approval by the selector or Collection Development Coordinator. The customer must still pay the cataloging/processing charge. A customer who has arranged with the Library to replace a magazine, paperback, or pamphlets rather than paying the replacement charge may do so without any additional fee.
If a borrower returns an item that has been damaged, the customer is charged as if the item were lost, as stated above.
If, however, the selector for the item determines that the item can still be circulated, a charge equal to the maximum fine for that item is charged.
A customer paying for a damaged item, which can no longer be circulated, is charged the replacement cost and any applicable service costs, but not the late fine accrued since the latest checkout/renewal.
The Library Director maintains the authority to modify the application of the terms of this policy as appropriate, based on the specific circumstances of an incident, and recommendations by staff.


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Before leaving for the US, make a photocopy of the page containing your photograph and passport number. If your passport is lost or stolen, this will make it easier to replace the passport. Keep the photocopy in a safe place, separately from your passport.
If your passport is lost or stolen, notify your embassy and the police immediately. For contact information of foreign embassies in the USA check the US Department of State Website.
Type: F-1 (Student Visa) : The F-1 visa is for full-time students enrolled in an academic program. F-1 students may stay in the US for the full length of their academic program plus 60 days. F-1 students must maintain a full-time course load and complete their studies by the expiration date listed on the I-20 form.
Lindenwood University can only accept an F-1 visa. For more information on how to get a visa to study in the United States, please go to the United States State Department's Education USA website.
Maintaining a Visa Status : In order to maintain a F-1 student status a student must carry a full course of study - 12 credit hours for undergraduate students and 9 credit hours for graduate students, not transfer to a new school without authorization, and complete the full course of study in the time allotted for a particular program. Report a change of address, phone number, and/or email address to International Office. F-1 students may stay in the US for the full length of their academic program plus 60 days. The inverse of any of these criteria would cause a student to be out of status and subject to removal proceedings. Thus a student who works without authorization could be placed in removal proceedings. Please read carefully and keep for your reference. If you have any questions about your status or the regulations, please contact the International Student Center by phone (636) 949-4982, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The ERRC is home to the Nation's leading scientists and engineers in agriculture solving problems facing the U.S. today and for tomorrow with fundamental, applied and developmental research studies on agricultural commodities including milk, meat, poultry, hides, leather, wool, fats, oils, rendered protein, grains, fruits, vegetables and juices. New knowledge and technology that will ensure an abundance of high quality agricultural commodities and products at reasonable prices to meet the increasing needs and to provide a continued improvement in the standard of living of all Americans are obtained through the following research objectives:
ERRC has six Research Units that conduct research work to benefit the producers of agricultural commodities, handlers and processors of food and nonfood products, federal action and regulatory agencies and the consumer. They are Dairy Processing and Products; Crop Conversion Science and Engineering; Food Safety Intervention Technologies; Fats, Oils and Animal -Coproducts; Microbial Food Safety; and Microbial Biophysics and Residue Chemistry and Core Technologies. Two Work Sites, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Delaware State University with microbial food safety programs report to ERRC.
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1. Discovering my inner nerd II
It's a good thing that I blocked off the entire day for the lab report, aside from a few hours in the morning to fix up a package for IBM.
I spent almost four hours practically rewriting the lab report. I fixed spelling, grammar and style. I fleshed out the report with ideas from a number of other papers, all properly cited. And I had _fun._
'course, as I was printing a copy for the teaching assistant, I started wondering whether having an undergrad lab partner was a good thing. I'm going to ask the teaching assistant if I could pair up with another grad student who also has the urge to write things nicely...
I don't feel so bad about my undergrad education now. I must've learned _something_ along the way.
2. Blog envy
I need to develop mad CSS skillz.
3. Annoyed with self
Here's how I think I can address this problem:
- Have clearly-defined places for everything. For example, my
idea notebook should have been on the shelf with my other notebooks, but I haven't hardwired myself to put it there even when I'm not paying full attention. I took my access cards out and put them in my coat pocket when I walked around, but then spent time and had a little bit of stress making sure I had all the cards I needed. I should leave them in my wallet and just carry a handbag.
- Put away things as early as possible. I really shouldn't
ignore the nagging feeling that I should put something away. It invariably hurts. Case in point: stamps. I _thought_ I put it away in my stamps-and-writing-stuff drawer, but I apparently didn't.
- Be fully in the moment. I misplace things when I'm not paying
attention. I should slow done and live fully in the moment, paying attention to all my actions.
I'd love to hear about any questions, comments, suggestions or links that you might have. Your comments will not be posted on this website immediately, but will be e-mailed to me first. You can use this form to get in touch with me, or e-mail me at [email protected] .


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I've been trying to connect my Mac (27" iMac OSX 10.6.8) wirelessly to my PS3. I was using the Null River software but came cross this. The NR software worked fine, no connection problems.
So I've got the red X in the main window and my Mac won't see the PS3 and my PS3 won't see the mac.PS3 is enbaled to see media servers
Here's a log:
ERROR 2013-04-18 19:42:15.917 [UPNPHelper] UPNP network exception
java.net.SocketException: Can't assign requested address
at java.net.PlainDatagramSocketImpl.socketSetOption(Native Method) ~[na:1.6.0_45]
at java.net.PlainDatagramSocketImpl.setOption(PlainDatagramSocketImpl.java:309) ~[na:1.6.0_45]
at java.net.MulticastSocket.setNetworkInterface(MulticastSocket.java:536) ~[na:1.6.0_45]
at net.pms.network.UPNPHelper$2.run(UPNPHelper.java:363) ~[pms-1.80.0.jar:na]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) [na:1.6.0_45]
I've been through the connection checklist and been at this for hours but no joy. Firewalls, NIC's, Forced IP's etc etc.
Any ideas?? End of tether has been reached. I'm also not tech savvy really so a numpty explanation would be appreciated.
I'm using a Virgin Super Hub and all the settings have been tweaked as per all the suggestions here.


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Visit Vancouver Island this July 19, 20, 21, 2013 for the Islands Folk Festival! Sponsored by the Chowican Folk Guild and Providence Farm, this is a family-friendly weekend of music and community. Learn all about the area through musical artistry, by meeting the locals and hearing their stories, attending workshops, and by absorbing the goodwill that the event brings! Now in its 29th year, this family-friendly event brings together friends both old and new for an appreciation of local music and lore.
"Folk music" can encompass a very wide variety of musical styles. Rock, jazz, soul, blues, and songs with roots in an area's history (Celtic, Zydeco, dulcimer, etc.). All these styles can be found at the Festival, performed by over 40 acts! Six stages host acts such as the legend herself: Judy Collins, Shawn Phillips of 1970's guitar fame, the Jim Byrnes Blues Band, local folk icon Connie Kaldor, and so many more. New this year is the addition of folk dance to the lineup.
The Festival is held each year a the Providence Farm in Duncan, just a 30 minute drive from the inn along the Island Highway through the beautiful Vancouver woodlands with overlooks providing sweeping views of the sound.
Tickets for the event can be purchased online. Day, partial day, and entire weekend tickets are available. All are a reasonable price when you consider the number of bands you'll see playing, and the amazing venue. Please note that only 3000 people are allowed onsite at any given time, meaning that tickets are limited! So claim yours soon!
A little about the venue: Providence Farm is an organic grower of a wide variety of produce. They work with with those with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities to provide skills and knowledge for everyday life in a natural, therapeutic setting. The farm also works to provide community programs. Its 400 acres, donated by the Sisters of St. Ann, is actually a working community for their residents and program attendees. Here, they can learn to (of course) grow crops, care for animals, construct furniture, develop cooking skills, weave, weld, and even become community leaders.
While camping is available at the event itself, it would be much more comfortable, and peaceful, here at the Prancing Horse! After an incredible gourmet breakfast, head up to Duncan to spend a day at the festival, knowing that your cozy, quiet suite and a great night's rest awaits your return!


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Late notice but we are having a $10 mini at Camden II.
Everyone welcome - handicaps will be available if needed Interm. or Rec
For advanced or higher - mulligans instead of strokes.
we'll keep it fair. Come out have fun.
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