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* LSP - Some confidential university data may be permissible with appropriate compensating controls. Talk to your Local Support Provider (LSP) for details about your needs and how to protect this data.
Questions or concerns? Contact ISC Information Security (email@example.com) or the Privacy Office (firstname.lastname@example.com
Confidential University Data includes:
Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information
Information relating to an individual that reasonably identifies the individual and, if compromised, could cause significant harm to that individual or to Penn. Examples may include, but are not limited to, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, bank account information, student grades or disciplinary information, salary or employee performance information, donations, patient health information, information Penn has promised to keep confidential, and account passwords or encryption keys used to protect access to confidential University data.
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|Head Cross Country/Assistant Track & Field Coach
Dan Moore '06 enters his first season as head coach for the Knights' men's and women's cross country program in 2015. After returning to his alma mater last fall for his second stint as an assistant for Geneseo's cross country and track & field programs, he was elevated to take over the cross country program following the retirement of Mike Woods '69 after 23 years.
Under Moore's watch, the 2014 Knights' cross country teams extended Division III's longest streak of qualifying both its men's and women's squads for the NCAA Championships, with the women making their 16th-straight showing and the men running to their 12th in a row. Senior Cassie Goodman was named an All-American after crossing the finish line in 20th place to lead Geneseo to fifth place in the women's race, while the Knights' men landed 27th. Both squads also were crowned State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Champions, with the women winning their 14th title in 15 years and the men clinching their fifth in the last six.
Moore also helped coach first-year Isaac Garcia-Cassani to an All-America third-place showing in the mile at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, as well as senior Keira Wood, who competed in the 800-meter run. The Geneseo women finished runner-up at the SUNYAC Indoor Championships, led by first-place performances by Wood (mile) and senior Joanna Castrogivanni (5,000) as well as runner-up showings by sophomore Marissa Bellusci (3,000) and sophomore Joanna Heath (high jump).
Moore spent the 2013-14 academic year as associate head cross country coach and assistant track & field coach at St. John Fisher College in the nearby Rochester, N.Y. suburb of Pittsford. In only the program's third year as a varsity program, he helped coach the Cardinals' first-ever NCAA Championship qualifier, Devin Cornelius, who finished 11th at the indoor nationals in the heptathlon as well as 11th at outdoor nationals in the decathlon.
Moore previously served as an assistant cross country/track & field coach at Geneseo from 2011-2013. He was a part of a men's cross country season that saw the Knights notch their highest NCAA finish ever with a fourth-place effort in 2011 that included a runner-up individual finish by Lee Berube '12. Geneseo also compiled a near-perfect 17-point team score to win the SUNYAC Team Championship, before going on to finish first at the SUNYAC indoor meet and second outdoors. The following year, the squad also won the third of four-straight cross country titles.
Also a certified high school psychologist, Moore spent four years working and coaching in the Wayland-Cohocton school district from 2008-2012. During his coaching tenure, he led the girls' cross country team to their first two Section V Class C Championships (2010, 2011) ever, before also guiding the squad to fourth place at the New York State Championships both years. The boys also won a Section V Class C title in 2011 after finishing runner-up in 2010. In track & field, he coached the girls' to outdoor team sectional championships in 2009 and 2012 as well as an indoor title in 2012. Individually, he saw the program's first-ever All-American crowned as Cohen Miles-Rath finished sixth in the 5,000 meters at the 2011 New Balance Outdoor National Championships.
Moore's first coaching experience came as a graduate assistant at Alfred University from 2006-2008. Serving as a volunteer assistant with the cross country and track & field squads, he helped lead the women's cross country team to its highest finish ever (2nd) at the Empire 8 Championships, while six track & field school records were broken while he was on staff.
Moore was a standout distance runner during his undergraduate days at Geneseo, captaining the 2005 cross country squad to the SUNYAC Championship with a fourth-place individual finish, while finishing second for the Knights during the team's 20th-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships. As a junior, he was also a part of the squad that finished 20th at the NCAA Championships, and also finished 14th during the Knights' run to the SUNYAC title. On the track, he was the SUNYAC runner-up in the 5,000 both indoors and outdoors as a senior, while he also added a leg to the conference-champion distance medley relay during his junior indoor campaign.
A world-class triathlete, he was named a First-Team All-World Ironman and a USA Triathlon All-American in 2013 after finishing the year in the top-one percent of all competitors in the 30-34 year-old age group. He competed in the 2013 Half Ironman World Championships and has completed three half Ironman and two full Ironman triathlons as well. Also a competitive road racer, he landed Rochester (N.Y.) Runner of the Year honors in 2009. Moore also was a member of the Genesee Valley Harriers Track Club, finishing as the team's top runner at the USATF Cross Country Club National Championships in 2007.
Moore earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Geneseo in 2006, before completing a master's degree in school psychology, as well as a certificate of advanced study in school psychology from Alfred University in 2008 and 2009, respectively. He hold a USTFCCCA Level II Certification in Combined Events as well as a USATF Level II Certification in Endurance.
A native of Lakewood, N.Y., he is currently resides in Rochester.

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Bicycle Brakes Are No Match for a Workshop Lathe
Bicycle brakes are absolutely no match for a workshop lathe. This is a real-life example of why you shouldn't goof off with power tools. Read More >>
Bicycle brakes are absolutely no match for a workshop lathe. This is a real-life example of why you shouldn't goof off with power tools. Read More >>
That wooden beam rammed into a workshop wall? It's wince-inducing visual evidence as to why you never want to stand behind a table saw while it goes about its business. Read more >>
But not tiny electrical screwdrivers, so you've got that over them.
You're not going to be a master locksmith after you watch this video showing you three ways to break open a lock, but you might stop putting your faith in cheap padlocks. Read more >>
You probably won't want to face a Jedi with one of these in hand, but with enough determination they could probably be used to take down a Wampa.
The RobotPRO laughs in the face of domestic dust and prefers gobbling up chunks of wood and debris.
The tool-tags are a clear gimmick from Columbia but a cool one all the same.
This working chainsaw, made entirely of Lego, is going to make short work of any Lego forests it comes across. Read More >>
So after straightening a crooked image Photoshop will ensure there are no missing areas in the corners when you're done.
You can supercharge your viewing experience with these browser extensions and online apps that will take your Netflix game to a whole new level.
Although Mario is best known as a plumber, this tool is designed for so much more.
If you've ever thought about walking away from modern life, disconnecting, and living a simpler existence, then watching this guy build his family a log cabin from scratch will be your tipping point. See more >>
Rope-makers everywhere should be weeping as their industry further inches towards total redundancy.
If you've ever bemoaned the inability to spray butter on your food, moan no more: someone has invented something that does just such a thing? Can you hear that? That's your arteries trying to run away before it's too late. Read more >>
For those of you who just can't manage the art of throwing a frisbee, regardless of how hard you try.
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The BackBox Linux 2 Artwork Contest is started! Your mission is to create a Wallpaper for BackBox Linux 2. Must be at least 1920px wide in 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratio and .jpg or .png format. The theme is free but we prefer futuristic environments ispired to fantascientific movies like "Tron Legacy", with an innovative design and electric colors (blue, black and gray are preferred). Using the BackBox logo is allowed, you can download it from the artworks page of this site.
The BackBox team is proud to announce the release of BackBox Linux 1.05. BackBox Linux 1.05 features the following upstream components: Ubuntu 10.04, Linux 2.6.32 and Xfce 4.6.1
The team is proud to announce the release of backbox-fluxbox package. This release aims to be lean and fast on your desktop. FluxBox should be able to run on older hardware allowing people with weak to mediocre machines to enjoy the awesomeness of BackBox Linux. During the development of this package, our goal was to achieve a very delicate balance between a minimalistic and an easy to use setup which we hope we have done. Now the menu is self-generated, no manual editing... Therefore you can install any tool simply with synaptic or apt-get and the menu will auto rebuild itself.


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When Does 2015 Daylight Saving Time Begin?
Here lately I've noticed the days are getting a little longer, and soon there will be some light left for us to play outside with the kids! But as Spring and Summer approach, getting to enjoy the longer daylight means we've got to go through a little growing pain by losing an hour of sleep this weekend.


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Contact Information
Sandy Sewell
AOA IV/Occupational Lic.
400 South Federal Highway
Hallandale Beach, FL 33009
(954) 457-1341
8:00 am-5:00pm
The City's Planning and Zoning Division must review all applications for business tax receipts, to ensure permitted uses for each zoning district please see Zoning Information. Some businesses will also need to have fire and health inspections, before they can receive a business tax receipt.
What Fees Are Required
Fees are established by ordinance and are applied accordingly. When the application is submitted, the applicable business tax and an application fee will be collected.
Any person who engages in or manages any business, occupation, or profession without obtaining a local business tax receipt may be subject to a 25% penalty of the business tax receipt fee, including the business tax receipt due and any other penalty provided by law or in the City Code.
To avoid late penalties, business tax receipts must be renewed by September 30th of each year. A delinquency penalty of 10% is added for renewals in the month of October, plus an additional 5% penalty for each month of delinquency thereafter.
Change Of Ownership, Name, Or Location
Any change in ownership, name or location after the license is issued must be transferred by completion of a business tax receipt application.
The City's Development Services Department must be notified immediately regarding any change in the business status.
Term of License
The license period is for one year commencing on October 1st, and business tax will be prorated to a one-half year fee for new business beginning April 1st or later.
License Renewals
Licenses may be renewed as of July 1st of each year. Payment must be received by September 30th to avoid penalty fees.
Business Inspection
A business tax receipt will not be issued until all required inspections have been completed. Required inspections may include fire, zoning and other code compliance inspections. Required inspections are determined by each City Department on a case by case basis. Once it is determined that an inspection is required, the BTR applicant will be notified by the inspecting department so an inspection may be scheduled. Inspections are scheduled for Wednesdays only, between 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Interior Alterations and Repairs require a permit prior to initiating the work. Improvements such as interior remodeling and all electrical, air conditioning, mechanical, life safety system (call fire to confirm) and plumbing work require permits. To apply for required permits, please use the following "Building Permits" link or visit us at City Hall located at 400 South Federal Highway. For questions and information regarding building permits, please call 954-457-1383.
Changes in Occupancy types, even though no construction work is taking place, require a building permit. For example; changing a warehouse or store use to a religious gathering or daycare use requires a building permit. Similarly, a business use such as a realtor office will need a building permit to be changed into a retail store and vice versa. For more information on your specific use please contact the Building Division prior to undertaking any changes.
Broward County may also need to review your application. Broward County's Development and Environmental Review is readily
available to businesses in our community. Specifically, they have prepared a handout for anyone making a change of use and occupying an existing building. The link below will lead such business owners to the handout.
Prior to opening your business, also contact the Hallandale Beach Sanitation Division at (954) 457-1616, to arrange a meeting with staff to determine services necessary for garbage and trash collection.
Business Tax Receipt Documents
Please refer to the following documents
for additional information on how to apply
Additional Agencies to Contact
While corporations must register with the Secretary of State, if you engage in business using any name other than your own, it must be registered under the Fictitious Name Act. It protects both business and the public. The Fictitious Name must be advertised one time in a newspaper in the county where the applicant's principal place of business will be located and proof of publication need not be submitted.
You may obtain forms for registering your fictitious name from a local newspaper or Fictitious Name Department at (850) 245-6058, or visit www.sunbiz.org. Corporation information is also available at www.sunbiz.org.
Contact Information
· All business which buy for resale or offer for sale or lease tangible personal property, or which offer real property for rent must register with the Department of Revenue and be issued a Sales Tax number. You may obtain your sales tax number at:
Sales Tax Information
Telephone - 1-800-352-3671
· Once you apply for a City of Hallandale Business Tax Receipt, it will be necessary for you to obtain a business tax receipt from Broward County. Contact:
Broward County Local Business Tax Receipt Department
115 S. Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale
Ph: (954) 765-4697
· Restaurants, establishments handling food and sale of alcoholic beverages are required to obtain a permit to operate a food establishment from:
Department of Agriculture
Ph: (800) 435-7352
· Restaurants are required to have a Hotel & Restaurant License. Contact:
Hotel & Restaurant Commission
Ph: (850) 487-1395.
· A Hotel & Restaurant License is require for apartments and rental units if there are five or more units under one roof, rented on an annual basis. If the owner lives in one of the five units, he does not need a hotel & Restaurant License. All units rented on a weekly, monthly or "transient" basis are required to obtain a Hotel & Restaurant License regardless of the number of units.
· To sell alcoholic beverages, you must first obtain an Alcoholic Beverage License. Contact:
State of Florida Beverage Department
5080 Coconut Creek Pkwy, Suite C
Margate, FL 33063
Ph: 1-(954)-917-1346 (Enforcement)
Ph: 1-(954)-917-1350 (License)
(954) 454-0541
(888) 454-2085
(954) 457-1750
(800) 834-1267
(407) 475-4700
Consumer Affairs
115 S. Andrews Ave #A-60
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 765-5350
Taxi/Limousine Companies
Ext. 224/227
Ext. 263
Ext. 225/226
Legal Dept/Complaints
(954) 765-5355
Broward Dept. of Children & Families
Child Care Licensing (Day Care)
(954) 537-2800 Ext. 234
2995 N. Dixie Highway
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33334
Broward Co. Dept. of Health
780 SW 24th Street
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
(954) 467-4700
Broward County Central Board of Examiners
(954) 765-5108
955 S. Federal Highway
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
Hot Line
(954) 765-4400 Ext.248/249/250
Federal Identification Number from IRS:
Needed if your business is:
· State Corporation
· Sole Proprietor with employees, Keough Plan, Excise Tax
For all questions, call
(800) 829-1040
For IRS forms and/or Publications, call:
(800) 829-3676
Florida Dept. of State, Div. of Corporation
To file for corporate name call:
(850) 488-9000
To register for fictitious name
Alcohol & Tobacco Division
5080 Coconut Creek Parkway
Margate, FL 33063
(954) 917-1350
(954) 917-1346
Beauty Salon/Cosmetology
Margate, FL 33063
(954) 917-1330
Alcohol-Tobacco –Firearms (ATF)
Federal Building
299 E. Broward Blvd., Office #401
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
(954) 356-7369
Motor Vehicle Repairs
Division of Consumer Services
407 S. Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0800
(850) 410-3770
Dance & Health Studio Registration
Requires a surety bond of $50,000 or exemption.
State Licensed Contractors (DBPR)
Department of Business & Professional Reg.
(850) 487-1395
5080 Coconut Creek Prkwy
Exterminators (Pest Control)
(850) 921-4177
Florida Telemarketing Registration
(850) 410-3681
Sellers of Travel:
A thru I
(850) 410-3763
J thru Z
(850) 410-3713
Solicitation of Contributions
(850) 410-3704
Driver's License/ Dealer Information
(954) 497-1570
Real Estate Brokers, Associates, Certified, Licensed & Registered Appraisers including R.E. Records
Department of Health (State)
(850) 487-3220
Assisted Living Facility (ALF) and Adult Day Care
(850) 487-2515
Department of Insurance
(850) 342-2762
County Information Line
(954) 831-4000


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Definition of plumose in English:
adjectivechiefly Biology
Having many fine filaments or branches which give a feathery appearance.
Example sentences
- Fruits of this species are glabrous achenes, with sepals modified into plumose bristles and are frequently wind-dispersed.
- These crystalline minerals likely comprise dark brown to black inclusions within the plume; such inclusions have a metallic to submetallic luster and can themselves vary from plumose textures to discrete granules.
- Some of the muscovite forms attractive plumose sprays of large blades.
Mid 18th century: from Latin plumosus 'full of down or feathers', from pluma 'down'.
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Polish Central Banker Sees Room for Further Monetary Easing
WARSAW–Further Polish interest rate cuts are likely and could come sooner rather than later, as both inflation and economic growth are expected to slow in 2013, a member of the central bank's monetary policy council said.
Having dragged its heels in joining a global monetary easing trend, the central bank's 10-strong rate panel earlier this month cut borrowing costs by 0.25 percentage point to 4.5% as the effect of recession in many euro-zone countries takes its toll on the largest emerging economy in the European Union, with unemployment rising and investment dropping.
Moreover, the Polish central bank's latest forecasts indicate the economy will continue to slow well into next year, with growth seen at 1.5% compared with 4.3% in 2011, while inflation is projected to ease to the central bank's target of 2.5% some time in second quarter of 2013.
"In my view, inflation projection justifies monetary easing, but not a drastic one," rate setter Jerzy Hausner told Dow Jones FX Trader. "The way I understand our statement from the latest sitting, further decisions on interest rate cuts should be expected sooner rather than later."
The central bank's governor, Marek Belka, last week said the likelihood of another rate cut in December was "quite considerable."
The comments from Mr. Hausner, who many market watchers see as being a lynchpin member on the bank's rate-setting council and who would be key to assembling the majority needed to ease monetary policy, put him at odds with some of his less inflation-averse colleagues from the council, who call for bolder rate cuts than the bank's usual 0.25 percentage-point steps.
On Wednesday, Anna Zielinska-Glebocka said she was in favor of lowering interest rates over a short period of time by 1percentage point.
Now the MPC has shifted to an easing policy bias, its discussions will mainly revolve around the scope for future rate cuts, Mr. Hausner said, with a lot of weight put on estimates of potential GDP growth for Poland and the extent to which actual output will underperform it.
Analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires on average expect the panel to cut borrowing costs to 3.75% by end of first quarter 2013, while the interest rate market has priced in another 0.25 percentage-point rate cut.
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Waterfront Guest House, The
Contact Information
Waterfront Guest House, The
Youen & Kate Jacob
The Square, Baltimore,
Telephone: +353 (0)28 20600
Email: email@example.com
Web: youenjacob.com
It's many a long year now since the legendary Youen Jacob Snr set sail from his native Brittany and landed on the shores of Ireland. He opened his Chez Youen restaurant ...
How to get there
How to get there: Take the N71 from Cork to Skibbereen and follow the R595 to Baltimore.
Good to know
Number of rooms: 8
Double Room: €80-€120
Single Room: €60 - €80
Dinner: Yes - Restaurant and Barfood
Open: All Year
Credit Cards: Yes
About The Hotel
It's many a long year now since the legendary Youen Jacob Snr set sail from his native Brittany and landed on the shores of Ireland. He opened his Chez Youen restaurant in the little fishing village of Baltimore, West Cork, concentrating on shellfish served the simple way that it is in France. The rest, as they say, is history. He has continued to enthrall diners with big platters of jumbo Galley Head prawns, Sherkin Island Oysters and lobster for years and has played host to hundreds of well-known names from here and abroad.
Baltimore is an enchanting village straight out of the Pirates of Penzance or the Caribbean – but it is just more beautiful in West Cork. Really magic it has to be experienced. The village attracts such a diverse and colourful cross section of visitors that it has a unique atmosphere. Baltimore is your oyster whether you want to swim, dive, fish, sail, whale watch, dolphin watch, island-hop or simply sit in the square and watch the sun go down in splendour over the harbour and Mount Gabriel.
Youen's family are now grown and actively involved in the business. Youen Jnr opened a fab casual continental style café on The Square called La Jolie Brise and has now, not only married the lovely Kate, but has bought the next door pub, knocked it and done a major redevelopment. On the ground floor is a big bar called Jacobs with over that a lovely restaurant aptly named The Look Out with a 25-foot panoramic glass window – can you imagine that for a view over Baltimore Harbour. What was formerly the Youen's Baltimore Bay Guest House has been incorporated and enlarged and they now have 13 spankingly great bedrooms.
Understated chic is the theme, furnished in a contemporary classy style with well-chosen antique pieces, which intermingle charmingly with the cool modern furniture and feel of this boutique guesthouse. Walls are cool cream, the rooms are a good size, bed linen is crisp and fresh, there are televisions with videos, direct dial phones, and you are right smack in the middle of things. Sit down outside the door, and take in the sun and the atmosphere whilst you have your cappuccino, or later in the day delicious pizzas and pastas, grilled fish or vegetarian dishes, chill out in the Bar and finish the evening with a fab dinner in the restaurant.
Breakfast can be continental or the Full Irish - whatever is your choice – they also offer fish plus delicious hot chocolate. You can bring the family – they have family rooms and you can also bring Fido.
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WASHINGTON (September 27, 2012)--Seniors have money on their minds as Election Day approaches and they vote at a higher rate than any other age group, so they'll be a deciding factor in the presidential election.
Seniors have backed the Republican candidate in the last two presidential elections, but President Barack Obama has been pounding Republican Mitt Romney on Medicare and is gaining ground among seniors in Ohio and Florida.
Still, Romney has the edge nationally among seniors, largely because of concerns about Mr. Obama's handling of the economy.
Many seniors have had to bail out adult children who've lost their jobs and retirees are at a loss to recover when the value of their investments and savings decline.
Both candidates are aggressively courting seniors but have focused primarily on entitlements.


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Drawn into my shop by the Katana, the Montana Boys became friendly when they discovered that we actually make most of what we sell in our studio. We fell into a conversation about the common tools and processes we use for working metals. Inspired by this meeting, I have attended the OKCA show over the past few years and have come to hold in very high regard the work that knife makers are doing today. And while there are many excellent craftspeople working in the jewelry industry, it seems to me that the attention to detail, dedication to purpose, variety of materials, and precision that knife makers bring to their craft may provide a useful benchmark for us.
Both Taylor and Coulter are American Bladesmith Society (ABS) Mastersmiths. Looking at the requirements for the honor of bearing that title shows how seriously these people take their craft. The ABS Mastersmith must, by sole authorship, forge and build a Damascus knife of no fewer than 300 layers that will pass the following series of tests, in this sequence:
I don't know of a comparable test for a jewelry designer, but there should be one. I believe every jewelry designer should have to spend three years doing repair before they ever carve a wax or sit at a CAD station. It may be aesthetically beautiful to have rows of small diamonds run down the top and sides of a ring shank in a delicate prong structure, but rings take a beating-and they eventually need to be sized. Structural integrity is as important to jewelry design as it is to knife making, and we would do well to remember that fact.
In addition, because of the functional requirements of knife making, the typical knife maker probably has a better working knowledge of the metallurgy of his materials than the typical goldsmith/designer. I can relate to this because during the early stages of my jewelry career I was happy (and successful) simply learning one technique after another as a process. I had success without much understanding of how my materials were reacting to my techniques. It was only later in my career that I began to understand the physical and mechanical properties of the materials I was using, as well as the utility of heat treatment. Crossover Techniques
In addition to taking cues from the precision of the knife making craft, we as jewelers may be able to use similar techniques to make unique jewelry. John Jensen of Pasadena, California, who has a BFA in jewelry and metalsmithing from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, has gained a reputation for crossing over into knife making. "I strive to push the envelope of what a knife can be," he says. In speaking with him, it seems that his thoughts are that knife makers typically use a broader palette of materials within a piece. He mentions that there is so much more to explore beyond gold, platinum, and gemstones, and that knife making has caused him to learn more about different materials, which has spawned new ideas for both his knife making and his jewelry designs.
Processes used by knife makers are, in many cases, similar to the fabrication techniques we use for jewelry. And although the ferric metals most commonly used in knife making have different properties and therefore work somewhat differently than the precious metals that we use, there are crossovers. A process commonly used by knife makers working in what is called "mosaic Damascus" may be interesting for use in jewelry making. I have done some preliminary experiments using this process with precious metals, with minimal success to date, but wish to offer the following as a possibility for those of us working in the jewelry industry with precious metals.
In making mosaic Damascus, pattern welded billets are often formed with a design running lengthwise within the billet (1). Whether it is a Damascus-type pattern or an image, the design must be coaxed to reveal itself along the length of a formed blade. The technique most often used to do that is called an accordion cut: the billet is cut a number of times, about 2/3 of the way through from opposite sides of the billet, alternating from one side to the other. It is then stretched and hammered flat. The result is a repeating pattern of mirror images, as pictured in the barstock (2) made by Gary House, an ABS Journeyman Smith in Elphrata, Washington.
With the help of my friend Joseph Tunick Strauss of HJE Co. in Queens-bury, New York, I have proven the concept with 18k yellow gold and sterling silver. I began by forming a long, thin shape in 18k yellow gold (3) and pouring sterling silver around it (4a and 4b). I then used a modified accordion cut on the reduced billet (5), and finally rolled it flat (6). I was able to get a repeating pattern of 18k gold within a strip of sterling. This may be impractical for production, but could possibly be developed into an interesting addition to the goldsmith's toolbox.
And I'm not the only goldsmith gathering inspiration from knife makers. Andrew Nyce of Andrew Nyce Designs in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is also adapting techniques from knife makers for use in his mokume and patterned stainless rings. Several years ago he and I journeyed to Taylor's forge/workshop near Miles City, Montana, and observed the Montana Boys in action. Andrew has recently incorporated a new mosaic mokume pattern (7) informed by an arrangement used by Mike Norris, a noted Damascus knife maker and Damascus steel maker. He has also been intrigued by the possibility of making stainless steel/gold mokum?. After a couple of failed trials, he got the 316L stainless steel and platinum-enhanced sterling alloys to bond (8). Encouraged by this success, he is now working on 316L stainless steel and yellow gold mokume.
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and fashion jewelry. No other publication devotes as many pages per month to
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I'm a PhD student in computer science at the University of Maryland, College Park. My research focuses on security for mobile devices using a combination of systems and language based techniques. I'm a member of the PLUM group, advised by Jeffrey Foster. I also routinely collaborate with the rest of the members of the PLUM lab and Michael Clarkson.
You can find a list of my publications on my Google Scholar profile. You may also be interested in the lab's Github page.
Major projects I've worked on include:
The Redexer binary rewriter, with Jinseong Jeon and our collaborators. Redexer instruments Dalvik binaries (the executable format for Android apps), which we used for finer grained permissions and measuring utility of apps with fuzzed inputs.
Temporal Logics for Hyperproperties which seeks to develop logical foundations for security statements that quantify over multiple executions of a program and relate those executions using predicates. This work allows stating a wide variety of statements about program security, such as noninterference and observational determinism.
GUI based declassification for Android. My current work applies static analysis to Android programs, using declassification policies based on user inputs.


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Cuts are coming for Ingham Regional Medical Center and as many as 150 positions could go.
"We've looked at all departments and it's based on our patient volume," Pat Salow, Interim CEO for Ingham Regional Medical Center, said.
This news comes a week after President/CEO Robert Wright resigned, citing personal health reasons. Thursday was Salow's fourth day serving as Interim CEO but has been an employee with Ingham for more than 30 years.
"We've got great employees here, I spent some time out on a couple of the floors today and was talking with the staff reassuring them that this too is something that we can get through as a group," Salow said.
The reductions are expected to be between five to seven percent of the medical center's workforce. Employees affected could be notified as early as Monday.
The Office and Professional Employees International Union represents more than 1,300 employees at the medical center and they believe cuts to staffing will weaken a system they say is already "bare bones."
Joseph Marutiak, an OPEIU Local 459 leader said in a letter to McLaren Health Care:
"We will pass the point where even employees will not be able to recommend IRMC to their families."
Ingham Regional Medical Center will work with employees who will be affected to place as many of them in other positions in the McLaren Health Care System as possible.


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Sonakshi Sinha absolutely loathes Valentine's Day
Sonakshi Sinha took to her Twitter page to confirm that she is not dating anyone. The actress wrote, "I know it makes a good sensational copy to link co-stars and makes for great gossip, but I just want to confirm that I am not dating or in a romantic relationship with anyone."
Talking about her plans for this Valentine's Day, Sonakshi Sinha further tweeted, "Oh ya - AND sorry to burst your bubble but I absolutely loathe valentines day, so for me to fuss around it, would be most unlikely! (sic)," Sinha wrote on her Twitter page."


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Treasury's Inversion Plan Highlights Mixed Congressional Track Record
Can the Treasury Department stop the flow of corporations fleeing U.S. taxes faster than Congress?
On Tuesday, WSJ's Damian Paletta reported the Obama administration is considering ways to deter American firms from reincorporating overseas by acquiring foreign firms.
Over the past decades, Congress has tried to halt this process, known as "inversions," but with a slow and mixed track record.
"The knee jerk reaction is to stop the bleeding," said Timothy Larson, a tax partner at accounting firm Marcum LLP in New York.
The trend first sparked Congressional ire in the 1990s. In the earlier wave of inversions, public companies restructured internally to form a parent corporation in a lower-tax jurisdiction, such as Bermuda. A handful of bills aimed at stopping inversions were introduced in 2002 and 2003, including the Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act of 2002 and the Uncle Sam Wants You Act of 2002.
But it took until 2004 to stop that wave with the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, which added a rule to the Internal Revenue Code, known as section 7874 that curbed the tax benefits.
Even though that law essentially made internal inversions impossible, now it is easier for companies to justify inversions via international acquisitions as business has become more global in the past decade, Mr. Larson said.
But now the Treasury Department is considering changing the way it enforces that piece of the tax code, according to WSJ's Paletta, the WSJ's Paletta story, which relied on information provided by two people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity.
Even so, there are a handful of bills pending in Congress to stop inversion, including the Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2014 sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin (D., Mich.) and his brother Rep. Sander Levin (D., Mich.) in the House of Representatives, and the No Federal Contracts for Corporate Deserters Act, introduced by Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.) and Senator Levin and four Democrats in the House. The latter bill, which aims to prevent corporate inverters from getting federal contracts, was referred to committee last week.
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- Navigating the interface
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Skill Level Beginner
Word supports the inclusion of watermarked text or background images in Word documents. This prints text or images in the background of each page of the document. You might want to use this feature to include the word Draft or Confidential or a company logo in the documents you produce. To insert a water mark or text image, begin by choosing insert and then watermark or you can go to the Watermark button on the Layout Ribbon. So here's the Layout Ribbon here's the Watermark button. Just click that.
Either way the Insert Watermark dialog appears. Now you've got three options. No watermark is no watermark, there's none at all on the page, and that's the default setting. Picture lets you insert a picture and Text lets you insert text. We'll try Text first. Maybe this document is a draft and we want to make sure that anyone reading it knows it is. So what I'll do us I'll select the Text option and then what I can do here is I can either use this menu or I can type it what I want to say. I want to say Draft, which is right here, but I could type that in just as easily.
So I want in upper, lowercase, whatever. I actually like it in all uppercase. You can use the Font menu choose a font that you like. So you can stick with the one that's default or you can choose a different one. Maybe I'll choose a different one for this. If you want a specific size you can enter it, but I recommend that you leave it set to Auto if you want the watermark to be as big as possible. You can click the Bold and Italic buttons if you want change the formatting. The Transparency slider lets you adjust the transparency of the watermark.
Now the value you enter in here will depend on the color you choose from the menu below it. So first you want to choose a color. So maybe I want to be that dark green and that's pretty dark, so you probably going to have trouble reading the text through there. So what I want do is increase the transparency. So I can either enter a value in this box to just slide the slider. So maybe that looks pretty good around there. You can also use the Orientation buttons to display the text either horizontally as it is now or an angle like that.
When you click OK the watermark appears in the document,. You can see it right there. Now if you decide that that's not dark enough, you want to be darker, you can go back in and change the settings. I do want to point out that if you look at this document in Draft view, you're not going to see the watermark. You have to be in Print Layout view to see it. If your document has multiple pages, the watermark will appear in every single page. Now supposed this documents been finalized and we want to replace the word Draft with an image. So I am going to back into that Insert Watermark dialog.
I am going to click Picture here instead, and what I want to do is I want to insert a picture. So I'll click the Select Picture button and then I am going go into desktop, my exercise files folder, and I'll go down to images, and the one I want to insert is the Two Trees JPG file. So I am going to find that file here, there it is right there, just a picture of Two Trees. Click insert. Now if you looks at first like nothing was inserted that might be because the Washout option is turned on. What that does is it lightens up the image, so that it doesn't interfere with the text. You can turn that checkbox off, and then see the Two Trees.
You can also use the Scale option here to scale it up or down, so you can make it larger or smaller but again if you want to use the maximum size to fill up the screen, just leave it set to Auto. So I've turned off the Washout so we can really see it. Let's click OK and see what looks like in the document, and sure enough there it is. Now if you think this interferes with the document, let's go back into that dialog and we'll turn the Washout back on, click OK, and you can barely see it in here.
Now this is a problem, at least I think so. The problem is it's either too dark or too light, and unlike the text area there is no transparency option here. It's either Washout or not Washout. The way you can get around this is you can take the image you want to use and you can bring it into an image editing software program like maybe Photoshop or preview and you can change it so that it's lighter. Then I have actually another version that we can try, and it's called Two Trees Light, so I am going to open that up and can see it's lighter.
I'll click Insert, I am going to turn out the Washout, you can see the image here, but it's not as dark as it was. When I click OK, you'll see the image in the background. It's now dark enough to see, but not too dark to read the text. Watermarks can be useful tools for communication or to add elegance or branding to documents. The key is to make sure that the texture image is not too dark to read the document's text through. Experiment with your images and colors to get the results you want.


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Robert Creed, emergency management director for Moberly/Randolph County, announces that (weather permitting) the monthly test of the county's early warning sirens will be performed at 11 a.m., tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 4).
Creed said Tuesday morning (Sept. 3) that this test is for Moberly and the rest of Randolph County.
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Naltrexone was initially a monthly treatment option for alcohol dependence, but recently gained approval from the FDA for treating opioid addiction as well. A six-month study of 250 patients found that 90% of those who received a monthly injection of naltrexone refrained from using opioids as opposed to the 35% of those in the placebo group (P=0.0002). Likewise, patients who took Naltrexone also reported significantly greater reductions in cravings, with scores falling a median of more than 10 points compared with less than one point in placebo patients (P<0.0001).
Though opioid dependence is commonly treated with agonist replacement therapy such as methadone or buprenorphine, these options are restricted or unavailable in some countries -- such as in Russia, where the current study was done. Also, these treatments may be less appropriate for subgroups like young people, or those whose employment might prohibit opioid use, reported Evgeny Krupitsky, MD, of St. Petersburg Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute in Russia, and colleagues (Monthly Shot Staves off Opioid Addictions)
To review the actual study and additional resources, please refer below:
Krupitsky E, et al "Injectable extended-release naltrexone for opioid dependence: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter randomized trial" Lancet 2011; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60358-9.
Wolfe D, et al "Concerns about injectable naltrexone for opioid dependence" Lancet 2011; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62056-9.
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Hi there! Got some pics of a cute Asian model for today..looks twinkish..
Not sure what's wrong with the light there lol so annoying.
McFish Loves Asian Boys
esde69 says
milky skin..
fxtrader says
all I can say is yummy
benjie says
He's so young & freshT_T Me sooooooo very much likey……:-D
Tnx McFish
hangpeya says
thank McFish 😀
so yummy TT___________TT
kevsgarden says
More please!
Darth81 says
so cute! so young!
nongmike says
He is so adorable. ><
WINCENT says
great site, awesome fresh young boy and all the best for you McFish. l
mikey says
deliciously fresh meat. love this boy.
OAB83 says
Just gorgeous..
Indochine88 says
Tender, juicy, and tasty!
kokohehe says
Yum yum!!
jumbo72 says
love him…so cute!
berkeleyboy says
Just like a big and cute baby boy… (but with pubic hairs!!!!)
Orinoco says
I'm not sure how I feel about this one.
nadinelockheart says
Cute. I there a vid?
andy_kwan says
I've seen this video.
Big,Big,Big Surprise.
Hassan says
Please surprise us.
Joseph Keane says
can i get the link please…
Hassan says
Well, a boy to dream of tonight. This is the kind of person a really really like.
Hassan says
I am into hair. So I could be in for a hefty disapointment
robred22 says
Wow! What beauty !!!
ahrigumihox says
awww no video?
kewpie says
So very cute. love that little patch of pubic hair. Makes me horny.
Tim says
zak21 says
love to tie him on the bed…
thanks mcfish! ;D
dickboy75 says
kenpoyuh says
Pord says
All I can say is he's wearing a wig!
luvasia2009 says
yum yum
musicman says
Heaven must be missing an angel…
Jeff says
What a dream boy……… totally
cuyukangkang says
what's kind the magazine from??
boi_dood says
delectable young guy omnomnom
kevynonline says
OMG…cute as a button
Sailorboy says
Very nice, both the Cambodian boy yesterday and this one today…its driving me crazy ! Love it all !!!
robbi says
yummy… no clip eh?
Jase says
Sweet! great body, cute face, and big full balls. Yum, slurp…
doc_strange says
This boy is gorgeous!
jahpoy69 says
So hot good looking!
mick2a says
sweet boy.
lemery80 says
Have seen the video..he is cute and fresh looking.
jinela says
Oh I think I fall inlove.
Its gonna make me more crazy if he got a video jacking off. This is the kind of a guy whom I want to eat the sperm. Hahahahahaha.
Jbyrlye says
He is precious and beautiful even with the over exposed light. Thanks Mc Fish!
McFish says
Guys I havent seen this video yet..will post if I get it.
caluck says
nice he looks so cute..:p
mattokun says
Ugh too much light but he's super cute!!!!
quiqui says
Super yummy
markki69 says
hes cute,,
ndrew says
so da*n hot
soft2hard8 says
i like the eyes
lazylow says
love him. would love to see him on video.
barag012 says
that's beautylicious,,,
deanduke says
licious 😛
TERMINATOR says
Pure and fresh.
Can we see the video of this boy if any Mcfish !
Kelly77 says
He is so adorable.
harry87 says
cute dick he has McFish! but where is his video despite the annoying lighting? lol~
hiroroya says
cute face..so innocence boy
nicolai says
Such an innocent face. Let me adopt you.
J0shu4 says
ray719 says
he is cute!
Pilipinas says
Simply adorable! I love his angelic face. I don't like the tattoo.
sorwiwat says
thanks a lot. I love it.
samtom31 says
beautiful, fresh young face and body
would love to see a vid
Alan says
More of him, please Mcfish
boubou says
he's so cute, wanna see his clip.


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SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Burnaby, BC, CAN
DRAFTED: OTT: 2008-42 overall
2014-15: Established a new NHL career high in appearing in 56 regular season games … Two of his three goals marked the first two game-winning goals of his NHL career, including the overtime winner on April 2 vs. Tampa Bay (2-1 OT win) … Averaged more than 18 minutes (18:03) time-on-ice for the first time in his NHL career … Ranked second among Senators defencemen (Erik Karlsson) with five power-play points … Missed five games due to injury (oblique, hamstring) and did not dress on 21 occasions … Tied for first among Senators in both goals (two) and points (four) while playing in all six games during Ottawa's 2015 Eastern Conference quarter-final series against Montreal … Helped force overtime when he scored the first goal of his NHL post-season career with 6:35 remaining in regulation time in Game 2 on April 17 at Montreal (3-2 OT loss) … Recorded the first game-winning goal of his NHL post-season career in Game 5 on April 24 at Montreal (5-1 win). 2013-14: Established new NHL career highs in assists (19), points (23) and games (53) … Tied for second (Methot) among Senators defencemen in scoring … Tallied three power-play goals for the second consecutive season, matching a career high … Recorded at least one assist in five of six games from March 25 to April 4 … Reached 20 points in one season for the first time in his career on March 31 vs. Carolina (2-1 SO win) … Played in the 100th game of his NHL career on April 8 at N.Y. Islanders (4-1 win) … Earned two multi-point games (two assists) … Was a healthy scratch on 29 occasions. 2012-13: Started the season with Binghamton (AHL), recording 10 goals and 19 points in 32 games … Joined Ottawa ahead of the abbreviated NHL season where he remained for the duration of the campaign … Recorded 19 points, including five goals, in his first NHL season … His 19 points tied for fifth among Senators … Ranked second in NHL rookie scoring among defenceman … Recorded the first goal of his NHL career at N.Y. Islanders (3/3/13, 3-2 SO loss) … Registered the first multi-point game of his NHL career with two points (one goal, one assist) at Buffalo (3/16/13, 4-3 OT win) … Earned a career high three assists at N.Y. Islanders (3/19/13, 5-3 win) … Made NHL playoff debut against Montreal (5/5/13, Game 3, 6-1 win) … Sustained a lower-body injury in lone playoff appearance causing him to miss the rest of the playoffs. 2011-12: Spent the entire season with Binghamton (AHL), recording a professional career high of 20 points (four goals, 16 assists) in 57 games … Suffered a throat injury on 12/9/11 in Binghamton, which caused him to miss 18 games. 2010-11: Was a member of Binghamton's Calder Cup winner, appearing in 15 games during the AHL playoffs … Made his NHL debut with the Senators in a game at Carolina on 3/22/11 (4-3 loss), skating in 9:23 of ice time … Recorded his first NHL point with an assist in a 5-4 shootout loss at Atlanta (3/27/11) … Had four goals and 12 assists in 64 games with Binghamton during the regular season. 2009-10: Was named to the WCHA's first all-star team and NCAA West first All-American team after recording six goals and 21 assists in 39 games with the Pioneers … Was invited to Canada's selection camp for the 2010 IIHF world junior championship but was unable to participate due to injury. 2008-09: Named a WCHA second team all-star and to the WCHA all-rookie team after notching 12 goals and 23 points in his freshman season at Denver … Earned invitation to Canada's selection camp for the 2009 IIHF world junior championship.


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Definition of blue-chip in English:
1Denoting companies or their shares considered to be a reliable investment, though less secure than gilt-edged stock.
Example sentences
- Many investors look for reliable blue-chip companies with predictable, regular revenues - safe havens, if you like.
- Shares in big, blue-chip companies are easy to buy and sell because there are billions of shares in circulation, plus a lively market of buyers and sellers.
- Four traditional blue-chip companies update their investors next week.
1.1Of the highest quality: blue-chip art
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- In the present exhibition the seven participating artists are young and on the threshold of their careers hoping to make works that in time would translate into blue-chip art.
- The world's richest collectors are still prepared to pay almost any price for exceptional, blue-chip modern art - especially when it comes fresh to the market and with an impeccable provenance.
- No doubt he hopes to fire up the collecting ambitions of his sometimes troubled museum, which must compete for blue-chip art with many other powerful institutions.
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DEXTER -- Shirley Kathryn Taylor, 83, died Feb. 2, 2012, at her home.
Born Dec. 16, 1928, in Lake City, Ark., to the late William Lemuel and Glorvinna "Jo" Thornburgh Medlin, she was an artist, painting primarily in oil and watercolor. Her work was exhibited in art shows and galleries in Missouri, Arkansas and Kentucky during the 1960s and '70s. She also gave private painting lessons to local students. A graduate of Dexter High School, she worked for three years at the Indiana State Farm Bureau.
On Oct. 9, 1949, at Hornersville, she married James Mack "Jim" Taylor who preceded her in death on April 29, 1979.
She was also preceded in death by one brother, James Lee Medlin.
She is survived by: one son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Mary Ann Taylor of Dexter; one daughter, Kyra Taylor of Dexter; and one grandson, Mack Taylor of Dexter.
A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Dexter Cemetery. The Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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UPDATE: "The Flash" Hasn't Cast Savitar, Says Berlanti
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Today we debut a new recurring feature from another great manga critic, to join Danielle Leigh's Manga Before Flowers and Michelle Smith's Blue Moon Reviews. To crib from her Manga Recon bio, Melinda Beasi makes her home at There It Is, Plain As Daylight, where she blogs about anime, manga, books, pets, and whatever else suits her mood. Melinda is a self-professed "stumbling writer, dog-lover, fiction addict, and mac geek" with a strong background in theater and music and a passion for Banana Fish.
Here is her review of Yuki Urushibara's Mushishi, Vol. 6!
Mushishi, Vol. 6
By Yuki Urushibara
Published by Del Rey Manga
Called "verdancy" or "the green things" by some, mushi are primordial beings close to the original forms of life. They live in every corner of the world, in many different forms, though few humans are ever able to perceive them. Some who can see mushi learn to make a living by it. These people are called "mushishi."
Mushishi chronicles the experiences of a traveling mushishi named Ginko, who has wandered alone for most of his life, studying and working with different kinds of mushi. Because mushi are so far removed from human life, both mushi and humans frequently affect each other in unintended (often devastating) ways. Mushishi seek out places in which coexistence has turned to conflict, and use their study of mushi to restore balance to the human world. What is unique about Ginko is that unlike most mushishi, he attempts to do so without killing mushi.
Volume six begins with one of the most poignant stories of the series so far. "Heaven's Thread" tells the tale of a young woman named Fuki, who disappears after grabbing onto a string she finds hanging from the sky. Ginko discovers her lost in the mountains and returns Fuki to her village, where she is greeted with hostility by everyone except Seijiro, who wishes to make Fuki his wife. Because of Fuki's experience, she has taken on mushi attributes herself, which could cause her to float away again at any time. Ginko is able to treat her with medicine, but most importantly, she must want to be human again, a task entrusted to Seijiro.
What's extraordinary about Mushishi is the way in which mangaka Yuki Urushibara uses stories of non-human entities to more deeply explore the complexity and inconsistency of humanity. Though Fuki's condition is caused by interaction with mushi, she is dependent on Seijiro's human feelings and actions for her existence. This juxtaposition of simple, survival-driven mushi alongside complicated, egotistical humanity makes it clear just how unreliable humans can be.
Other stories in this volume include those of a mushi whose faint cry foretells natural disaster, a man whose infection by mushi gives him the ability to control other animals, a boy who lives in an eternal snow shower, and a man whose family's famous sake is astonishingly similar to Kôki, the essence of life. Yet, despite the stories' supernatural premise, with Ginko at the center, humanity is always at the fore.
As a person who naturally attracts mushi, Ginko's can't live with other humans without eventually causing them harm, so he must remain on the move, never allowing himself to get attached to other people or to truly become one of them. This is Ginko's great tragedy, for despite the fact that he shares at least as much in common with mushi as he does with other humans, he is deeply bound to his own humanity. It is his humanity, with all its inherent chaos and contradiction, that guides him on his journey and makes his story interesting. Perpetually faced with the question of whether/how to sacrifice mushi for the sake of humans, Ginko struggles constantly with his choices, never knowing for sure if he is doing the right thing.
In volume six, Ginko's frustration with the choices made by people who are able to have what he can't is palpable. Seijiro's inability to accept Fuki in her half-mushi state, a man's reluctance to give up a destructive power, another man's inability to forgive even for the sake of his own daughter–all these people alienating themselves and others by choice is understandably maddening to someone who must remain alone against his will. It is in these moments, however, when Ginko's own feelings emerge unbidden, that he is most effective in his calling.
Mushishi's setting in rural Japan, somewhere between the Edo and Meiji eras, gives the series a simple, naturalistic feel, with the otherworldly quality of the mushi laid over it like a sheer film. Urushibara's artwork reflects this sensibility perfectly, with its sketchy landscapes and simply dressed characters. Ginko, like the mushi, exists as a specter in the human landscape, in his modern, western clothing that somehow attracts no notice from anyone around him.
Though Del Rey's production of Mushishi is top-notch overall, the greatest service they have done to this series is their choice of William Flanagan as translator. This means that not only is the story's English dialogue exceptionally coherent, expressive and rife with subtlety, but that each volume contains Flanagan's extensive notes in the back, giving the reader further insight into both the intricacies of the Japanese language and the author's choices.
With its episodic nature, it is possible to pick up any volume of Mushishi as an introduction to the series, and volume six offers several very strong stories that could be easily enjoyed even without a deeper understanding of the universe as a whole. For those seeking a richer experience, each of the first six volumes is highly recommendable. In either case, Urushibara's world is a unique and fascinating place which provides an immensely satisfying read.
[…] said I would like to very much. Today my first contribution has been posted! Behold my review for Mushishi, volume 6 which will be a part of my new, occasional series, "Tokidoki Daylight" (meaning […]
Beautiful review, Melinda! You've really done an amazing job relating the world of "Mushishi" to the reader and show us why this is such a fine manga title.
My favorite line: What's extraordinary about Mushishi is the way in which mangaka Yuki Urushibara uses stories of non-human entities to more deeply explore the complexity and inconsistency of humanity. Because it expresses what is the core of the story for me, the strange ways mushi and human can influence each other, the beauty and the tragedy that can occur when they do.
Welcome to the blog and I look forward to seeing your reviews here very much!
Danielle, thank you so much! I'm so happy to be here. Of course, it's easy to write a review of something I love as much as Mushishi. I hope I can live up to the standard set here by you and Michelle!
Something my husband and I have debated about regarding Mushishi is the question of whether or not it's okay for someone like Ginko to decide that a human's life is more important than the life of a mushi and so on. And of course, I'm not sure it is, though it's hard to fault a species for choosing its own over another. I'm sure the mushi aren't wrestling with the moral implications of fighting for their own survival. In any case, I love reading a series that forces me to think about things like that.
The standards set by me? Ha! Your ability to see the deeper emotional themes of works continually makes me 1) envious and 2) strive to be better myself. We're just a mutual admiration society 'round here!
Well, I suppose *someone* has to admire us, right? We have gone back and forth on this before, so I'll just say: Thank you. And I appreciate being in the company of those who make me strive to do my best.
[…] Be Good stable of Excellent Manga Reviewers (Danielle Leigh, Michelle Smith) with her review of vol. 6 of Mushishi. And mad props to CSBG head blogger Brian Cronin for being savvy enough to bring these writers […]
[…] Be Good stable of Excellent Manga Reviewers (Danielle Leigh, Michelle Smith) with her review of vol. 6 of Mushishi. And mad props to CSBG head blogger Brian Cronin for being savvy enough to bring these writers […]
[…] can see mushi learn to make a living by it. These people are called 'mushishi.'" (Review, Vol. 6) Following the story of a wandering mushishi named Ginko, this episodic tale is one of the rare […]
[…] week. And I don't mean to play favorites, but I thoroughly enjoyed Melinda Beasi's reviews of volume 6 and volume […]
[…] I've already said quite a bit of it. I've reviewed two volumes of this series so far, volume six at Comics Should Be Good, and volume seven here at Manga Bookshelf. With my household's […]
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Tim McGraw: From the Heart
In an exclusive CW interview not long before the Nov. 26 opening of his latest movie, Four Christmases, Tim McGraw talked about some high points in his personal and professional life in the past few months. Here's part of what Tim had to say:
- One of the things I found most touching in the book you co-wrote [My Little Girl] was when [the father in the book had asked his daughter], "What was your favorite part of the day?" and she said, "Being with you." Is that as good as it gets as a dad?
- Absolutely. At the end of the day, when everything's said and done and you do all these fantastic things, they really just want your approval and want to be with you.
- Did all three of your girls have different favorite books?
- They had different favorite books through the years. Gosh, I'm terrible with names . . . but they love children's books. All the Christmas stuff they love when it's Christmas time. Gracie is just starting to get into To Kill a Mockingbird at 11 years old, so I think it's fantastic that she's really interested in stuff like that. She's really growin' up. That's pretty mature stuff.
- But they all love to read, and Faith and I love to read, too. And I feel as a father that they've gotta have their math and all the other stuff. But I think if a kid did nothin' else but read and experience the world, I think they would get a fantastic education. And they'd pursue their interests, so they'd have a passion for it, too.
- How important is it for you to have quality dad time with them individually, in addition to whatever time you all spend together?
- I try to. It's hard. That's the hardest thing. Because they keep up with it. You think that they don't but they pay attention to how much time you spend with each one. They have a very keen sense if you're spendin' more time with one than the other. And you don't really realize that. What you try to do is notice and pay attention to where you can see when there's times when one needs you a little more than the other at that moment in time. And it all evens out in the end. Our 11 year old is hittin' that age where her world's startin' to change, so she requires a little more time . . . even though she doesn't want it a lot of the time! [he laughs] Which shows you that you do need to be around. The more they don't want you to be around, the more you need to be.
- In the trailer [for Four Christmases], you're totally without lines. Did you have some?
- I had lines. Luckily, since it was a comedy, I don't have a whole lot of lines. [he laughs]. I think I'm more into drama. But there's a lot of physical stuff. Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau and I are brothers. And Vince is kinda the sissy lawyer brother. And John and I are amateur backyard cage fighters. So a lot of our stuff is physical. Vince and John have this banter going back and forth between them, and I'm kinda the straight guy. The straight guy meaning I'm not smart enough to keep up and say anything.
- What appealed to you about the role? Everything you've done so far is really unlike your other roles . . . is that part of the appeal?
- Yeah, I hadn't done a comedy. The cast was fantastic. I wasn't sure I wanted to do a comedy at all, and I don't know if I ever will do another comedy, I just don't know if that's what I like to do. I had fun doin' this of course, but it was a small part and I didn't have a lot to do. But Faith and I read the script and we were just rollin' laughin'. Then I looked at the cast of people who were gonna be in it and I thought, "You know, even though it's a small part, it's hard to pass this up. To be in an ensemble cast with these great actors." Plus, I'm a country singer. That's about as close to an amateur, backyard cage fighter as you can get! [he laughs].
- I went to the listening party for Faith's new Christmas CD, Joy to the World. You must be proud of that project.
- I think it's fantastic. She's wanted to do a Christmas album for a long time. And her voice, you know she's so soulful and so earthy with her vocal. I'm biased of course, but I think she's probably one of the best singers I've ever heard as far as being real and soulful all at the same time. She just touches you with her voice. That mixed with this Christmas music, and the way they cut it with this real classic feel—I think it's just fantastic. I think it's gonna be somethin' that people are gonna listen to forever.
- I agree. And she made it her own without desecrating these classic songs.
- Absolutely. They remain classic, but with her touch. She did the impossible, she kept these songs classic, and still fresh. And then the new song on there, "A Baby Changes Everything." I can't even listen to it without crying. How often do you hear a song told from a 14-year-old Mary's point of view?
- If somebody landed from Mars and had never heard of Tim McGraw . . . who would you tell them you are?
- I don't know if career-wise that's what I would bring up. I think that I would just let 'em figure it out for themselves. Hopefully, anybody who knows me knows that the first sense you get of me has nothin' to do with my career. And I think it would take you awhile to even figure that out. I think my life is more than my career. I think I knew who I was before I had success. And I think I know who I am during my success. And I'll know who I am long after my success.
For more on Tim McGraw, check out the Dec. 15 issue of Country Weekly.


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Peter Ward conducts his research within The Environment Institute's Sprigg Geobiolgy Centre at the University of Adelaide.
Peter Ward has been active in Paleontology, Biology, and more recently, Astrobiology for more than 40 years. Since his Ph.D. in 1976, Ward has published more than 140 scientific papers dealing with paleontological, zoological, and astronomical topics.
He is an acknowledged world expert on mass extinctions and the role of extraterrestrial impacts on Earth. Ward was the Principal Investigator of the University of Washington node of the NASA Astrobiology Institute from 2001-2006, and in that capacity led a team of over 40 scientists and students. His career was profiled by the Pulitzer Prize winning reporter William Dietrich in The Seattle Times article "Prophet, Populist, Poet of Science."
Peter has written a memoir of his research on the Nautilus for Nautilus magazine's "Ingenious" feature entitled "Nautilus and me. My wonderful, dangerous life with the amazing Nautilus."
His books include the best-selling "Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe" (co-author Donald Brownlee, 2000), "Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future" (2007), and "The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?" (2009).
Question: Does personality shape scientists' interpretation of data?
Peter Ward: Well, science is certainly affected by how scientists perceive it should be, we're all human. And human nature being what it is, it's really a shame that science as we know it now discourages scientists talking to people other than scientists. Carl Sagan knew much about this. We invented a word, Saganized, or Saganization, in which your fellow scientists frown on you for attempting to talk to the masses.
The way it comes down, it's just sort of a prim down turning of the mouth, but the reaction is, why have you wasted your time. That's time that could have gone into doing your science and you have taken it away and done something else. Well, you have not come to your full potential as a scientist. I personally am pretty upset about this in the sense that I think the reason that we only have half of American's believing in evolution, the reason we have so many Americans thinking that there's a political motive in global warming is that the science communication coming out of the professional scientists, most of whom are university professors, is abysmal.
And as an example, when you come up for a job interview, you have been vetted from a hundred candidates. And the way that we cut down is to look at their scientific output. If this is a post-doc, or someone with a brand new PhD, we're looking entirely at research productivity. If research productivity is marred by there's an outreach component to this that sets that person in deficit compared to that other person who's got that one more scientific article.
When we come up for promotion, we never look at; say hey, two scientific Americans, no, we saw, wow three papers in science, okay. That's what goes. You don't get promoted for the side stuff. When I write books, I've done 16 now. They don't go to my promotion packets. These are the sort of ugly little aside that tried us that the person has been doing as a hobby, but is not part of the professional meat. It has nothing to do with me as my professorship position. That outreach stuff, that's somebody else. I actually give it an entirely different name. And that's the way it is across all the first rate science places.
A lot of people do outreach, but not enough. We need to make that any PhD thesis, one chapter is outreach for the public, the other three or four are for the scientists and that this has to become institutionalized, then you can't do it for one person, it's got to be an entire recognition. That's not happening.
Question: What more can be done to improve scientific literacy among the public?
Peter Ward: Well, if you look at PBS shows, and look at the audience of the PBS science shows. They all have the hair color I do, grey. It's an aging graying audience. The reason, the way we have to work now, and I fully believe this, is that we scientists have to stop writing the books we write or being on the TV, or even being on program like this and start writing video games. I've got a 12-year old son. The only way to get to him is a video game. That's what he wants to do all the time. Video games are the way to get into his and all his friends' brains. Make happy, really cool, first person shooters, but at the same time get across good science. That's the way to do it. I mean, I've really come to the conclusion that writing these books does virtually nothing. You've got to get to people who don't get it otherwise. Video games to me seems the logical way.
Question: What can be done to increase the number of women in science?
Peter Ward: Well, there's the old stereotype that women did more poorly in mathematics and that has held for a long time. But to be honest, I don't believe, certainly in my career I have seen the women in science problem diminish enormously. We have more women graduate students in my two departments than men. It's been that way for years now, so, whether that's translating to the job market. Are we hiring as many women scientists and men scientists, well there's still a function of there may be more men scientists in particular areas, but again, that's diminishing. So, I'm hopeful that that particular aspect has changed. It seems to be.
Recorded on January 11, 2010
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Structural Approach to the Estimation of the Number of Residual Software Faults Based on the Hyper-Geometric Distribution
Issue No.03 - March (1989 vol.15)
pp: 345-355
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/32.21762

Models based on the hyper-geometric distribution for estimating the number of residual software faults are proposed. The application of the basic model shows that its fit to real data is good. Two ways of improving the model, using a segmentation technique and composite estimation, respectively, are shown. The segmentation technique appears quite effective, particularly when the growth curve of the cumulative number of detected faults bends sharply. The applications of these models to real data are demonstrated.

hypergeometric distribution; debugging; software reliability; residual software faults; hyper-geometric distribution; segmentation technique; composite estimation; growth curve; program debugging; programming theory; software reliability; statistical analysis.
Y. Tohma, K. Tokunaga, S. Nagase, Y. Murata, "Structural Approach to the Estimation of the Number of Residual Software Faults Based on the Hyper-Geometric Distribution", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol.15, no. 3, pp. 345-355, March 1989, doi:10.1109/32.21762


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Women's basketball team drops opener at Chattanooga
Published: Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 12:11 a.m.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. | Shafontaye Myers led four Alabama players in double figures with 19 points, but a big first half from Chattanooga helped the Lady Mocs hold on for a 82-70 win in a women's basketball game Friday night at McKenzie Arena.
With the loss, the Crimson Tide starts its season 0-1. Chattanooga is 1-0.
Joining Myers in double-figure for Alabama was Nikki Hegstetter with a career-high 16 points. Daisha Simmons, added 15 points and Ashley Williams 10. Myers had a team-best six rebounds in addition to four assists.
The Lady Mocs were led by Taylor Hall's 24-point performance.
Chattanooga led from the start, scoring its first basket at the 18:44 mark off a jumper from Hall. The game remained close until a slew of three-pointers gave the Mocs a 37-19 advantage with 3:54 remaining in half. Chattanooga would head into the break leading 45-21.
In the second half, Alabama used an 18-7 run to pull within 12 points.
For the game, the Lady Mocs shot 48.3 percent (29-60) from the floor and were 81.8 percent (18-22) from the free throw line. The Tide shot 46.9 percent
(30-64) from the field and hit 20-32 shots the second half. Chattanooga edged out Alabama in rebounds, 36-34.
Next up, the Tide heads to Nebraska to take on the 17th-ranked Cornhuskers on Monday. Tipoff is slated for 7:05 p.m. CT.
Get all the latest information on the team by following AlabamaWBB on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and Alabama Athletics on Facebook.
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Villanova Business Student Found Dead in Dorm Room
Updates attendance at prayer service for Kinara Patel in sixth paragraph.
Police are investigating the death of a student at the Villanova School of Business who was found dead in a dorm room Thursday morning, just three days after the start of the fall semester.
Kinara Patel, 18, was unresponsive when police arrived at Sullivan Hall following a 911 call shortly before 10 a.m., according to Lt. Andy Block of the Radnor Township police. Patel was out with friends the night before and returned in the overnight hours, Block said, adding that there were no indications of suicide. It's unclear if alcohol was involved.
Patel lived in another dorm on campus, Block said, and the room in Sullivan Hall where she was found belongs to a friend. "There is no evidence of foul play at this time," the police officer added.
The Delaware County coroner is expected to conduct an autopsy Friday morning, but a spokesman for the medical examiner's office said the results would not be available until later this afternoon.
Police said Patel is from northern New Jersey. An ABC affiliate in Philadelphia reported that she is a native of Hackensack, where she attended high school at the Bergen County Academies before coming to Villanova.
The university made the school's counseling staff available to students and held a prayer service Thursday night at St. Thomas of Villanova Church on campus, which was attended by more than 600 students and faculty.
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Trial set for man charged with gun crime
Adair pleads not guilty
Published 1:44 PM CDT May 06, 2013
A federal judge has sent a June 17 trial for a man charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a gun.
An indictment says Jonathan Keith Adair had a 9 mm pistol in July 2012 in Panola County and that he had previously been convicted of a crime.
Adair pleaded not guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Oxford.
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The French & Indian War
Marquis de Montcalm in The French & Indian War
Louis Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Montcalm (1712-1759) was a major general in the French military. He received a commission at age nine, began active duty at 20, and fought and was wounded in numerous battles before being named commander of all French forces in New France in 1756.
As commander of French forces in North America after 1756, he was initially subordinate to the governor-general, the marquis de Vaudreuil. But he disagreed with the governor-general's unregulated use of Indian auxiliaries. He preferred the conventional tactics of European warfare to the Indians' guerrilla tactics that were permitted by Vaudreuil. After the massacre of British soldiers and civilians following the capture of Fort William Henry, Montcalm's criticism of Vaudreuil's tactics led the king of France to name Montcalm the supreme authority over all military matters in New France in 1759.
Montcalm personally commanded the French forces at Quebec when the city was attacked by the British under Brigadier General James Wolfe in 1759. Caught off-guard by Wolfe's attack from the west, the French were forced to flee to Montreal. During the battle Montcalm received a mortal wound and died the next day.


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