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Sometimes the impact a person makes on other people is subtle but significant.
Every so often it's good for a columnist to write about a person like this, so that his readers don't forget the importance of subtle, significant effects.
Such is the case with Evelyn Eagleton, a long-time resident of Merced County, including Los Banos for many years. Evelyn lives in Merced now, after retiring from years of work there for Merced County's Office of Education.
I remembered the impact Evelyn has had on others when I read a story the other day about Marta, one of the students she helped as director of Los Banos's Regional Occupation Program in the 1980's. Evelyn connected the young woman with Jim, a local accountant. He hired the student, and Marta stayed with the firm until retiring this year.
Evelyn has helped many other Los Banos residents in subtle but significant ways.
I first met Evelyn in the early 1970s, when her husband Bill enrolled as a student in an English class I taught at the Los Banos Campus of Merced College. I noticed her sitting in class one day, even though she wasn't registered.
When I asked her why she was in the class, she said she had come to take notes for her husband, a CHP officer taking college courses. She said Bill had been temporarily reassigned from the night shift to the day shift, so she was sitting in for him for a week or two.
As it turned out Evelyn enjoyed learning what I was teaching, the art and history of the short story, so much that she enrolled, too. She was, like Bill, among the best students in the class.
Over the years I came to know Evelyn in other venues. The Eagletons and the Spevaks both had children who swam on the Los Banos Tiger Sharks team. Evelyn had been an active member of the Tiger Sharks long before the Spevaks joined. She made it a point to help newcomers -- parents and kids, including the Spevaks -- feel comfortable as part of the team.
Later I worked with Evelyn as part of the group that staged musical comedies, joint productions of the local college campus and Los Banos High School. As the choreographer, she spent many hours behind the scenes patiently teaching young and old amateur performers the dance steps to complicated routines.
Evelyn and I also worked together in the development of a youth employment program one summer in Los Banos, in which the college and the county offered summer classes and found summer jobs for local high school students.
Later, when she worked in managerial positions with the county Regional Occupational Program in Merced, Evelyn continued to help Los Banos students by creating strong ROP programs at the Los Banos Campus of Merced College, at that time located on Mercey Springs Road.
In all of these cases Evelyn made subtle but significant impacts on people she helped. She was always behind the scenes and seldom in the spotlight, practically invisible but highly effective.
Now, retired after serving as the county's ROP director, Evelyn is spending more time with her family. She grieved the sudden death of her husband Bill two years ago but has continued to be a source of strength and joy for her children and grandchildren.
Every so often it's good for a columnist to reflect on people who have made subtle, significant impacts on others. Just writing about Evelyn brings a smile to my face -- and that is a good a reason as any other to write a column about a person like her.
In other matters, here are reminders about two enjoyable events taking place today. The Milliken Museum's Arbor Day Breakfast is being served from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Miller and Lux Building. Come support our local museum.
The city's 25th annual Arbor Day Celebration will take place at 4 p.m. in Meadowlands Basin Park, 2599 S. Creekside Dr., a few blocks east and south of Pacheco High School. Come celebrate trees.
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Thanks to Chris Fynn and the Dzongkha Development Commission, there is now a Tibetan font that can display correctly on Android, iPad, and iPhone 4, with some conversion and munging of the Unicode data.
In a previous post, I described how to render Tibetan on a rooted Android phone, through replacing the built-in fallback font with one (Jomolhari ) that supported the Chinese Tibetan Unicode standard GB/T20524-2006, which resides in the 0xF300 to 0xF8FF space. This technique had a severe limitation, in that it wouldn't work on an unrooted phone, and also removed support for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean (quite important languages in their own right).
I mentioned in that previous post that it would be possible to render Tibetan without having to root your Android phone, if you could use the technique described here, which embeds the fonts in the application and sets it on TextView objects. Unfortunately, it didn't work with Jomolhari when I tried it, showing lots of beautiful boxes instead of Tibetan letters. Evidently, some fonts just "don't work" with this technique, and it was unclear why that happened; additionally this technique would have required a 2.3MB font to be contained in every Tibetan-supporting Android app. It was large because this font was optimized for printing, so was specified in a lot more detail than cell phone screens needed.
A while back, Chris Fynn sent me his new font, "DDC Uchen," which was designed to be used for web sites, and is only 860k, distributed under the Open Font License. This font and Jomolhari are the only two fonts I'm aware of that have support for the Precomposed Tibetan standard. I've placed it for download here. (The DDC stands for Dzongkha Development Commission, which paid for Chris Fynn to develop the font, and is making it freely available to everyone. Dzongkha is the language spoken in the country of Bhutan. It is very closely related to Tibetan and uses an identical alphabet.) Just for grins, I thought I'd try it out by placing the font in my Android project under assets/fonts/DDC_Uchen.ttf, with this fairly simple code:
TextView tv=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.output); Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/DDC_Uchen.ttf"); // Precomposed Tibetan version of a supplication to Tara String tibetanText = "\u0F04\u0F05\u0F0D \u0F0D\u0F60\u0F55\u0F42\u0F66\u0F0B\u0F58\u0F0B" + "\uF397\u0F63\u0F0B\u0F58\u0F0B\u0F63\u0F0B\u0F56\uF43A\u0F51\u0F0B\u0F54\u0F0B\n" + "\uF4BA\u0F42\u0F0B\u0F60\u0F5A\u0F63\u0F0B\u0F56\u0F0B" + "\uF3ED\u0F0B\uF5BE\u0F0B\uF53F\u0F0B\u0F42\uF3B7\u0F42\u0F0B\u0F54" + "\uF591\u0F0B\uF5AA\u0F58\u0F0B\u0F54\u0F0B\uF473\u0F0D\u0F0D"; tv.setText(tibetanText); tv.setTypeface(face);
It rendered perfectly on my Android phone:
To convert text from Tibetan Unicode, you either have to use the libraries I've uploaded at the GyutrulDrawa project, hosted on Google Code, or use Andrew West's BabelPad (Windows only). To convert it using BabelPad, use the menu option Convert -> Tibetan -> Unicode to Precomposed Tibetan (Set A). For these program examples, to paste it into Java code, I then used "Convert to Universal Character Name", which generated Hex codes in \u format, and pasted it into the Android Java code.
This technique will only work with widgets which are derived from TextView, which means that this can't be used to easily create a Tibetan Web browser. However, other widgets such as EditText, Button, CheckedTextView, CheckBox, CompoundButton, RadioButton, and ToggleButton, as well as Chronometer, DigitalClock, AutoCompleteTextView, ExtractEditText, and MultiAutoCompleteTextView, all inherit from TextView, and so should work with this technique (though I haven't tried it out with them).
Getting it to work on iPad 3.2 and iPhone 4
Now that we have working Tibetan font support on Android, what about the Other Phone, the iPhone? Well, it turns out that 3G and earlier iPhones don't support setting embedded fonts easily, but 3.2 for the iPad supports it, as described in this post. As on Android, the iPhone doesn't have the complex script support necessary to render Tibetan properly (in fact, the default rendering mode looks worse than on Android), but the exact same technique we used on Android works on iOS as well.
I'd worked through some basic tutorials on iPhone development, but this was my first excursion into writing my own program in Objective C, so it took me a while to get everything set right. There are a few steps to this:
- Put the DDC_Uchen.ttf font in the Resources directory of your Xcode project.
- In your projects plist file, you have to add a Key named "UIAppFonts", change the Value Type to Array, and then set the first (only) value to "DDC_Uchen.ttf".
- Make sure you refer to the font by its actual name, not the file name, in this case "DDC Uchen," when you use it.
Here's some code to get it to work:
textView = [ [ UITextView alloc] initWithFrame: rect ]; UIFont* tibFont = [UIFont fontWithName: @"DDC Uchen" size: 22]; if (tibFont != nil) { [ textView setFont:tibFont]; textView.text = @"\u0F04\u0F05\u0F0D \u0F0D\u0F60\u0F55\u0F42\u0F66\u0F0B\u0F58\u0F0B\uF397\u0F63\u0F0B\u0F58\u0F0B\u0F63\u0F0B\u0F56\uF43A\u0F51\u0F0B\u0F54\u0F0B\n\uF4BA\u0F42\u0F0B\u0F60\u0F5A\u0F63\u0F0B\u0F56\u0F0B\uF3ED\u0F0B\uF5BE\u0F0B\uF53F\u0F0B\u0F42\uF3B7\u0F42\u0F0B\u0F54\uF591\u0F0B\uF5AA\u0F58\u0F0B\u0F54\u0F0B\uF473\u0F0D\u0F0D"; } else { textView.text = @"Failed."; }
This results in the following screen shot, which I took from the 3.2 simulator:
This will definitely not work on any iPhone 3GS or earlier, but I presume that it will work with the iPhone 4 (though I haven't tested it).
The conversion routines which Andrew West offered to this project are written in C++ (here and here). I haven't yet ported them to Objective C, so if anyone is inspired to do this, it should allow for dynamic display of any Unicode Tibetan text by converting it into Precomposed Tibetan. Otherwise, you'll have to use the Windows-based BabelPad to convert each of your strings into Precomposed Tibetan, or use the C++ code and convert the strings between CString and NSString.
The next steps will be to firm this code up. There are a few Tibetan projects (TBRC, the Trace Foundation, and Sonam Rinchen's iPhone apps) that are looking to use this code, so it would be best if everyone involved can keep this in the Open Source spirit by building on this bare foundation to create a common display, text entry, and reading environment for Mobile Tibetan. Enjoy. Gelek Pel and Sarva Mangalam!
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I have tested DDC_Uchen.ttf on iPhone 3GS with iOS 4 GM and it does work. I do have a problem with getting the font size correct but the glyphs are definitely displaying correctly. I think it is likely that this code would work on 3G devices as well once they upgrade to iOS 4 but I only have a 3GS and so I can't verify.
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The search continues…
Is who alive?
Vanderbeam's lost love—he's hoping that one of the alternate realities has her still around.
Nutshell rendition?
The "starslip" process involves going back and forth between different timelines + realities.
In the "original" reality, he was in a relationship with a woman named Jovia, who was the daughter of the king of a major planet. When someone tried to kill the king, he saved Jovia from becoming collateral.
Thing is, they accidentally hopped into a reality in which he did not succeed in saving her, and so she was killed in the attack.
Vanderbeam also went so far as to ask the Ships Computer if it were theoretically possible to plot a Starslip back to the previous Reality in which he saved Jovia . It IS, but the calculations to pinpoint that exact timeline will take 400,000 years. which explains why the mainframe crashes every time someone plays "Spider Solitaire"…. :-)
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- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
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MDNR's Preliminary Assessment of Rivet Mile/USAF site indicated past use and the possible release of environmental contaminants at the site. Residents living near the site depend on private wells for their drinking water and local residents could be exposed to site-related contaminants through various pathways, particularly groundwater.
To determine if people were being exposed to contaminants in groundwater through their private wells, DOH and MDNR collected water samples from residences nearest and to the west of the site. No residences are located within approximately a half mile in the other directions from the site. A water sample was also collected from the elementary school. Further, agency representatives gathered information about the site's history, use, and other pertinent information from residents.
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- The literature documents what chemicals were used during the USAF's use of the site, but it is not clear whether the chemicals were released into the environment. No environmental sampling has been completed on site to determine if contamination is present. Therefore, it is possible that chemical contamination could still be present in on-site soil and groundwater.
- Because this site has not been fully evaluated, more complete environmental sampling should be conducted before it can be accurately determined whether the site presents a health risk to on-site workers and/or to nearby residents.
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- Conduct further evaluation of the site to determine if any on-site contamination exists, especially in the surface soil and on-site groundwater.
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- Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Preliminary Assessment Report, 00-ALC/Rivet Mile USAF, Pettis County, Missouri. January 5, 1996.
- Telephone conversation with Environmental Protection Agency Remedial Project Manager. November 4, 1997.
- Allied Enviro Engineering, Inc. Underground Storage Tank Site Closure Report for Rivet Mile/Owl Industries, Dresden, Missouri. February, 1990.
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Memorandum, Site Visit with Missouri Department of Health to 00-ALC/Rivet Mile/USAF Site file. April 10, 1996.
- Missouri Department of Health. Letters to residences providing results of private well sampling, Rivet Mile/USAF Site, Dresden, Missouri. March 14, 1996.
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It is possible that the main title of the report McCune Albright Syndrome is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
- Albright syndrome
- osteitis fibrosa disseminata
- polyostotic, fibrous dysplasia
- precocious puberty with polyostotic fibrosis and abnormal pigmentation
General Discussion
McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is an extremely rare disorder that classically affects the bones, skin, and endocrine system. MAS is characterized by fibrous dysplasia of bone that occurs with at least two additional findings – patches of abnormal skin pigmentation (i.e., areas of light-brown skin [cafe-au-lait spots] with jagged borders) and dysfunction of certain glands that regulate the body's rate of growth, its sexual development, and certain other metabolic functions (multiple endocrine dysfunction). Fibrous dysplasia refers to bone that is replaced by abnormal scar-like (fibrous) connective tissue. This abnormal fibrous tissue weakens the bone, making it abnormally fragile and prone to fracture. Pain may occur in the affected areas. Malfunctioning endocrine glands can result in the development of secondary sexual characteristics at an age younger than normal (gonadotropin independent precocious puberty). MAS is the result of a genetic change (mutation) in the GNAS1 gene that occurs randomly, for no apparent reason (sporadic). In individuals with the disorder, this sporadic genetic mutation is present in only some of the body's cells (mosaic pattern). The symptoms and physical characteristics associated with the disorder vary greatly from case to case, depending upon the specific body cells and tissues that are affected by the genetic mutation. This mutation occurs after fertilization (postzygotic somatic mutation). It is not inherited from the parents.
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Makes 10 servings
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup finely chopped dried cranberries
2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Vegetable oil
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
1 small sugar pumpkin, peeled, seeded and shredded (about 3 cups)
2 eggs
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Toasted pecans, to garnish
In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream, cranberries, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Set aside.
In a medium skillet over medium, heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Add the onion and cook until very tender and well-browned, about 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer the onion (reserving the skillet) to a medium bowl and mix in the shredded pumpkin, eggs, flour, salt and black pepper.
Wipe out the skillet used to cook the onions. Return it to medium-high heat and add 1/4 inch of vegetable oil. Working in batches, scoop the pumpkin mixture by the heaping tablespoonful into the pan, 3 or 4 scoops at a time. Flatten each scoop with the back of the spatula and cook until browned on both sides.
Transfer to a wire rack set over a baking sheet to drain. Serve topped with the cranberry sour cream and pecans.
PER SERVING: 140 calories, 3 g protein, 12 g carbohydrates, 1 g fiber, 7 g sugar, 9 g fat (4 g saturated), 50 mg cholesterol, 220 mg sodium


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Three updates this week, all hand-drawn. See you on Wednesday and Friday.
To draw these pages, I draw and redraw thumbnails until I have a good idea of the basic layout, then create the panel borders in Illustrator. I lightbox the borders onto Bristol drawing paper, then pencil in the panels loosely with dark blue Colerase pencils. I find the light blue/non-photo blue ones too hard to see. I tighten up the pencils where needed with a regular 2H lead (although I suppose I could just use a different Colerase color) before moving on to inking.
I inked this page with a crow quill, because I'm only working at about 8.25" x 10.5" — not much larger than actual size. The bright white spots and the pitch black art show where I've done a bit of digital retouching. For instance, the shadows below the fronts of the karts and most of the checkered pattern on the sides of the karts were added in Photoshop, simply because I forgot to pencil them in the first time around. And the drawing of Kurt in the final panel was composited in from a different page, because I screwed him up the first time.
You can see panels 1–3 from this page over at my Flickr page. I inked those panels with a brush, because the figures were larger. If you compare the scan to the final panel, you'll see that I fixed Franklin's wonky eye digitally. Even when I work "traditionally," I do a lot with a computer.
You can also see a preliminary sketch of Kurt in his kart over at my LiveJournal.
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Will Consumers Flip for the Newest Member of the BlackBerry Family?
I love new cell phone releases — a new cell phone makes me as happy as a kid in a candy store! Partly because I study cell phones here at Compete, but I also love these nifty little contraptions and all of the fun stuff we can do with them these days. Every new cell phone model boasts cooler features and smarter applications then its predecessors. Still, the allure of a cell phone comes not only from its features and software, but from the way it looks.
Last week, at the CTIA trade show, RIM announced their newest BlackBerry model. The new BlackBerry Pearl 8220, a flip phone version of the popular original, will appear exclusively at T-Mobile later this year.
Color me excited to see this new wonder added to the "˜miracle' that is the BlackBerry. A flip version of the Pearl?! (I wonder if John McCain had a hand in this"¦)
This announcement got me thinking about how others will perceive the new addition to the BlackBerry family.
In August, only about 7% of smartphone shoppers looked at flip phone models. Thinking that this could just be due to a lack of flip phone models in the smartphone space, I took a deeper look at the interest smartphone shoppers are showing for flip phones.
Read as: 3% of smartphone shoppers also viewed the LG Voyager at Verizon Wireless in the month of August 2008.
- The level of interest here is very low — even the popular Voyager only sees interest from about 3% of smartphone shoppers
- The flip phone most interesting to smartphone shoppers, the LG Voyager, is itself a smartphone
So, based on the interest (or lack thereof) that smartphone shoppers are showing in flip phone models, the immediate outlook for this new BlackBerry Pearl flip phone is a little bleak.
However, now that BlackBerry is offering a flip phone, it's possible the numbers will tell a different story in the coming months. Clearly they're going for a new look to shake up the classic look of a BlackBerry. Could this be the start of something big for smartphone shoppers across the country? Will we start seeing more flip versions of smartphones? I'll be watching the new model releases with excitement!


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McKenzie Joins Hollander as Sales VP
October 10, 2011,
BOCA RATON, Fla.--Hollander Home Fashions has named Mark McKenzie sales vice president.
McKenzie is responsible for sales to the company's key accounts on the West Coast, and is based in San Francisco. He reports to Kay LeGrange, president of sales.
Before joining Hollander, McKenzie operated his own sales firm, Full-McKenzie, which he founded in 2009. He also worked in various executive posts for Bullocks, Springs Global and Westgate Home.
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- Export Interest In U.S. Breeding Cattle Has Skyrocketed
- Growing Opportunity for Veterinarians
- International Demand for U.S. Genetics is Longstanding
- Getting Started
Exports of U.S. breeding cattle to Russia in recent years has exceed those to Canada and Mexico.
"Honestly, it's probably the strongest opportunity I've seen in the 20 years I've been managing this organization," says Michael Phillips, president and CEO U.S. Livestock Genetics Export, Inc. (USLGE), a not-for-profit national trade association that includes a number of livestock and breed organizations.
Phillips is speaking of the surging interest in U.S. beef and dairy breeding cattle in recent years, especially from Russia and other Eastern European countries.
"We've seen an increase in live cattle exports assembled and quarantined in Kansas for export to Russia," says Kimberly Kirkham, DVM, Kansas Area Veterinarian in Charge for USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services. "These exports have joined the ranks of and currently exceed those to Canada and Mexico."
The value of the dollar in recent years has provided added incentive.
Keep in mind, the total number of beef breeding females exported each of the last several years, represents only a relative handful of the nation's herd. But, increased interest is nothing short of staggering (Tables 1-3).
Mark Spare of Ashland, KS, saw firsthand how one Russian company is helping build that nation's beef cattle herd. Spare contracted his management service to Miratorg last year. The company is owned by two brothers who, along with shareholders, already had success in building operations within Russia's poultry and pork sectors. These days, they're building large ranches—3,000 cows per ranch—in the Brjansk (pronounced Bree-ansk) region of southwestern Russia.
When Spare arrived there last May, Miratorg had already imported 51,000 beef cows and heifers from the U.S. and Australia. Except for about 200 head of Red Angus, these are all registered black Angus.
That's what started the buzz about five years ago, thousands of Angus cattle assembled and quarantined in Nebraska and shipped to Russia.
Darrel DeGrofft, DVM, co-owner of Colorado Genetics, has been at three of the original Russian ranches several times.
"They want to increase cattle numbers, and also the quality of their beef," Dr. DeGrofft says. He explains domestic beef production in what was the Soviet Union had become comprised mostly of the leavings from its dairy industry. Though Eastern European countries import beef, recent interest in breeding cattle from countries like Russia represent the first post-Soviet attempt at developing a domestic beef industry.
Phillips adds that interest in Hereford is on the rise in other Eastern European countries.
"Some ranches have only American cattle, some have only Australian cattle and some are a mix," Spare says. Though yet to be achieved, he explains Miratorg's goal is to have at last one American manager and one American cowboy on each ranch.
Spare and a fellow American were charged with preparing the heifers from eight ranches for breeding. "It was primarily a 14-day Controlled Internal Drug Release (CIDR) program," he explains. The Russian company brought over American AI technicians to do the breeding.
Spare was appointed a ranch manager in August. He chose not to renew his contract when it expired this winter.
Though there is no direct comparison, Spare says the geography in that part of Russia reminded him of parts of South Dakota, along with stirrup-high grass in the summer and the dense woods of the East Coast.
"The terrain made it a challenge every day to be on a horse, to move cattle and to communicate with the Russians," Spare says. Besides the language and cultural barriers, he explains the Russian interpreters weren't mobile; communication with the crews had to wait until interpreters were available.
Spare says Miratorg plans to import another 50,000 beef breeding females each year until they stock 50 ranches at 3,000 cows each.
As with the dairy industry previously, Dr. DeGrofft says, "The Russian government has put a lot of money into building that country's beef herd, bringing in feedlots and packing plants."
Dr. DeGrofft and fellow Colorado Genetics owner, Deb Rest, spent a month in Russia last summer breeding 700 cows and working on an embryo transfer project on two different ranches. Well, it was supposed to be 700 head, but 100 were bred. That speaks to the lack of training and basic management which still lacks in some countries interested in developing a beef industry (more later).


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Faith Evans Arrested For DUI
R&B star Faith Evans was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol on Saturday night, according to a report.
The "I'll Be Missing You" hitmaker was pulled over in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles by traffic cops, who suspected the singer had been drinking.
She was arrested and booked on a DUI charge, according to TMZ.com.
It's not the first of the singer's legal woes this year - was ordered to pay $360,000 in unpaid taxes to America's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in March.
There was no official comment from Evans' representatives at press time.
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Safeguarding Truth in Photojournalism
This article was published in Ochre Magazine August 13, 2014. A Survival guide to protecting your images.
It wasn't the war in Gaza, the bloodstained entrance of an orphanage or starving children in Angola. Not mourning widows in Bangladesh, or infant female circumcision in Guinea-Bissau. It was the strain of an endlessly multiplying tweet. Someone had taken one of her photos from the Internet and made it the face of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. After nearly 20 years of award-winning reporting in over 80 countries, Ami Vitale came to the brink of leaving photojournalism over a tweet.
This is not the story of a misappropriated image gone viral. This is the story of what happened next.
When a photo is published on the web, it falls into nimble, anonymous hands that upload and share millions of images each day. Context becomes a casualty. Its loss threatens photographers' reputations, may endanger their subjects, and chips away at journalistic credibility. If a photojournalist's responsibility is authenticity, her challenge is control.
James Estrin opened this conversation in "The Real Story About the Wrong Photos in #BringBackOurGirls" on The New York Times' Lens Blog May 8, shortly after the offending tweet metastasized. Three


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The Columbus Board of Education has selected six finalists from 28 applicants to fill the vacancy created by the departure of its former president, Carol Perkins.
After a private meeting on Tuesday evening, the board selected:
• Jennifer Adair, a deputy general counsel in the Ohio attorney general's office.
• Jo Ellen Cline, who works as a government liaison for the Ohio Supreme Court.
• Marian Harris, a former teacher and state representative.
• Mary Jo Hudson, a lawyer who is a former Columbus city councilwoman and former director of the Ohio Department of Insurance.
• Brian Kindinger, a transportation engineer, who is a longtime chess coach in a Columbus school.
• Peggy Sorensen, a management analyst for the Ohio Department of Education.
"I want to do good things for this city," said Adair, 34, a graduate of the district's Centennial High School on the Northwest Side who has never held political office. "It's personal for me."
"I've been involved with public service and community service for a long time," said Hudson, 51, who served on Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman's education commission last year. "The schools right now really need a lot of community support. I'd like to do what I can to help them."
Harris' three grown children graduated from the district's Independence High School in the 1980s.
"I was a preschool teacher, taught first grade and substituted, and served on the (Ohio) House Education Committee," said Harris, 72, who said she strongly supports early-childhood education.
Cline, 44, is the only finalist with children currently in the district. She has two daughters, one in elementary school and the other in middle school. "My interest is in seeing that their education is looked after, as well as every other student," she said.
Kindinger, 31, said he wants the post because "I just think there needs to be a little more transparency and little more accountability."
Sorensen, 61, has two grown children who graduated from district high schools.
As more young people move into the urban core of the city, "I think that this is really a time of great opportunity" for the district, Sorensen said.
The board plans to hold a special meeting on Saturday morning that will not be open to the public to interview the six finalists, said Jason Smith, the district's board liaison. An announcement of the board's selection could be made as early as next week, Smith said.
The six remaining board members had planned to narrow the field to four candidates but decided on six because of the depth of experience of those who applied, he said.
Perkins stepped down last month with almost two years left on her term. She had served nearly seven years on the board, five of them as president. Her decision came the day before the state auditor was to brief school-board members on his 18-month investigation into data-rigging by district employees.
The appointed member will serve the remainder of Perkins' term, which expires on Dec. 31, 2015.
The seven-member school board ultimately is responsible for the performance of the district; hiring the superintendent, treasurer and internal auditor; and signing off on almost every decision, including hiring and firing of employees, disciplinary actions and pay scales.


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The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
How Did The Nature Conservancy Get Started?
The Conservancy emerged from a professional association of ecologists seeking to turn their knowledge of nature into positive action for conservation. The Conservancy was incorporated in 1951 in the District of Columbia for scientific and educational purposes.
In 1955 the Conservancy began its tradition of conservation through private action with a modest 60-acre land purchase in New York State. It was the Conservancy's first land acquisition, a protection tool that became the hallmark of the organization in subsequent decades.
Where Does The Nature Conservancy Work?
The Nature Conservancy is a global organization that works in all 50 states in the United States of America, and more than 30 countries, including Canada, Mexico, Australia, and countries throughout the Asia Pacific region, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America.
How Does The Nature Conservancy Identify Lands and Waters for Protection?
The Conservancy takes a systematic, science-based approach to identifying sites for protection. Called Conservation by Design, this approach begins by identifying ecoregions, or distinct divisions in the natural landscape, such as the Sonoran Desert along the U.S.-Mexico border or Brazil's Pantanal wetland. Typically defined by climate, geography and species, these ecoregions reflect nature's own borders, not political boundaries.
For each ecoregion, the Conservancy identifies a portfolio of high priority sites – those places that collectively capture the biological diversity of the region. The Conservancy then develops customized conservation strategies, ranging from outright acquisition to environmental education, to ensure lasting protection of these target sites.
Taken together, these portfolios of sites represent a sort of "conservation blueprint" – a detailed picture of the places that must be protected and the strategies for achieving their protection. It represents a benchmark against which the Conservancy can measure its progress and is a tangible means of identifying mission success for the organization.
How Does The Nature Conservancy Work?
Working with businesses, communities and individuals, the Conservancy pursues nonconfrontational, market-based solutions to conservation challenges. In the United States, working only with willing sellers and donors, the Conservancy protects habitat through gifts, exchanges, conservation easements, management agreements, purchases and management partnerships. Outside the United States, the Conservancy works with government agencies and like-minded partner organizations to provide scientific know how, infrastructure, community development, professional training and long-term funding for legally protected but underfunded areas.
Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy has protected more than 117 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide – and we operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally. The Nature Conservancy will protect nearly 360,000 acres in Michigan by 2009 through purchase, partnerships and easements with 35 preserves totaling 45,887 acres throughout the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
What is a conservation easement?
A conservation easement is a restriction placed on a piece of property to protect its associated resources. The easement is either voluntarily donated or sold by the landowner and constitutes a legally binding agreement that limits certain types of uses or prevents development from taking place on the land in perpetuity while the land remains in private hands. Conservation easements protect land for future generations while allowing owners to retain many private property rights and to live on and use their land, at the same time potentially providing them with tax benefits.
Once The Nature Conservancy owns the land, do you just lock it up?
No. Many of our preserves are open to local communities or the public for non-consumptive recreational activities such as walking, photography, bird watching, and numerous educational uses. Some preserves are closed due to the sensitive nature of certain species located in the area. We encourage members to join us for naturalist-guided field trips or volunteer stewardship days.
Does the Conservancy finance its land purchases with taxpayer money?
The vast majority of The Nature Conservancy's funds come from private individual donors, private foundations, and the Conservancy's 1.1 million members. The organization is actively supported by the business community and has more than 1,900 corporate partners. The Conservancy spends over 85% of its funds each year directly on conservation projects.
Because it is a nonprofit group, does the Conservancy have to pay taxes on its lands?
Laws vary from state to state. But under federal law, many nonprofit groups – universities, churches, conservation groups, schools, etc. – are exempt from paying income taxes, and are granted nonprofit, tax-exempt status. States such as Michigan offer similar status. This is because these groups serve the public good and contribute to quality of life. The Conservancy is exempt from most income, sales and property taxes by Michigan law. Additionally, donors may deduct gifts from their federal income taxes.
Does The Nature Conservancy receive funds from the federal government?
The Nature Conservancy receives contracts and grants from federal, state and local agencies. Much of this money is for the Conservancy to purchase land, conduct specific conservation work, restoration or stewardship activities, or for scientific research to help us learn more about how to approach our conservation activities. Some of the work supported by these grants is required by law. For example, agencies are required to conduct plant and animal inventories on government property such as military bases and these agencies often turn to the Conservancy because of its scientific expertise.


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For My Son,
I remember being young and watching my friends parents smoke. I hated the smell. I didn't understand why someone who is supposed to make good decisions would choose to smoke. Remember that feeling we had as kids that adults should be perfect?
As an early teen I fell in love with smoking. I loved the crave and reward. I loved the hand to mouth. At times I quit. Only if I didn't have a choice, like boarding school or pregnancies, but I was always addicted. Cigarettes were my best friend.
At 36, I told my son I would quit. Dylan was 7. By the third day of quitting, I was nearly homicidal. My ability to be a loving parent was seriously questionable. My heart was breaking. How do I break this promise I made to my flesh and blood, but how is being this angry and irritable being a loving parent either. "Good enough argument" says the Camels in the drawer. I started back up amongst my sons tears.
Imagine him, Mom is a smoker despite a close to certain death by it. Her hugs and kisses are filled of smoky stench, and on top of all that she breaks her promises. I knew no matter how many times I apologized it would sting forever. Especially if they killed me. How do you say I love you while lighting up? I knew then what I always knew, I would forever be a smoker. I have said since then "I will never quit."
March 2011, somehow it just popped in my head that I was going for the ecig. Hey, I can be a practicing non-smoker. No one thought it would work. I looked through sites and V2 Cigs was my choice. I told my son I was trying something new, but no promises. In the mail V2 comes I ripped that starter package open and just like 28 years ago, it was love from first hit. My first vape was April 2. I had over a carton and a half of camels. They all, and I mean all went to my roommate. About 7 days in the smell of smoke gagged me. My smokers cough was leaving and gone by 2 weeks. The best was I could go to my sons school without gum and perfume. I no longer had anything to hide.
"Thank you" V2 Cigs. "Thank you" myself. "Thank you" Dylan!!! You deserve to feel as safe and secure as possible. I am so happy I get to be healthier, you are happy with my decision, and I get to enjoy myself guilt free. I get to have it both ways. Don't worry v2 I enjoy you too much to give up, unless my son asks me to.
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Count a science lab, a mentor program and a test-preparation workshop among the projects to emerge from a seminar that helps parents improve their schools.
"I've always been involved with the school," said Jackie Gates of Houston, "but they really gave me materials and tools to utilize that I never knew about."
Gates was referring to her experience in the Parent Leadership Institute, a seminar sponsored by Parents for Public Schools to get parents more involved in their local education systems.
Participants in the institute learn about ways to become more involved and then commit to undertake a two-year project at their schools. Two institutes have been held in Tupelo over the past two years.
In Gates' case, she has teamed with Shenia Jones to begin a mentor program in the Houston School District. High school students meet twice a week with sixth-graders who are struggling academically to help with English, math and reading.
Like Gates, Barbara Carouthers participated in the fall 2009 institute. She has hosted several workshops at Okolona High School to help students prepare for the Algebra 1 state test.
Meanwhile, Andi Hildenbrand has teamed with Donna Watson to introduce a science lab to Lawndale Elementary. That lab is staffed by parent volunteers and aimed toward preparing fifth-grade students for the science state standardized test.
All students in the school visit the lab at least once a month, but the fifth-graders visit it twice. They listen to a lesson and participate in a variety of activities.
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Mrs. "Netta" Tivis, 79, of Clovis, died Thursday, April 7, 2005, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
She was born on Dec. 9, 1925, in Anadarko, Okla., to Willie and Roscoe B. Kent.
She first came to New Mexico as a small child when her parents settled in the Bethel community. She lived there until 1990. She married C.F. Tivis on Dec. 24, 1943, in Bethel. In 1981 she married Roy Wall. In 1990 she moved to Portales and in 2002 she moved to Clovis. She was a member of the Faith Christian Family Church in Clovis. She was an Avon representative for 44 years.
Family members said she enjoyed playing games, especially cards and bingo, quilting, sewing and crocheting. She was a foster grandmother in the schools, first in Portales at Valencia and more recently in Clovis at Barry and Cameo elementary schools.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Troy Kent; an infant son, Richard C. Tivis; and by both of her husbands.
Survivors include a son, Wayne Tivis (and wife, Donna) of Dora; two daughters, Hazel (Cole) Guinn (Bill) of Clovis and Bernice Gainey (Tom) of Las Vegas, Nev.; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Wanda Stice of Crowley, Texas, and Arvilla Carley of Lubbock.
A family lunch will be served at noon Monday at Victory Life Church in Portales.
The Rev. Walter Huber will officiate the services.
Burial will be at Floyd Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Dean Kadell, Duane Lee, Bill Roberts, Wendell Best, Jimmy Tivis and Terry Swann.
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RIVERDALE, N.Y. – First year women's lacrosse coach Elizabeth Weber announced the hiring of Carly DeVito as an assistant coach for the upcoming season.
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DeVito comes to Riverdale after a strong coaching career with the New Jersey Junior Girls Lacrosse League. A certified triathlon coach and personal trainer, she has spent the last year helping athletes at all levels become more prepared for their season by implementing personal exercise and nutritional programs.
A 2012 graduate of Drew University, DeVito played two years with the Rangers, helping to lead the team into the 2010 Division III NCAA Tournament. While a student-athlete, she also coached within the Madison Township Recreation Department and competed in multiple triathlons and Ironman competitions.
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I voted for Lily because I am just in love with the name and it is my second favorite flower. I really love flower names.
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I simply think Lily is more delicate of a name than Lydia.
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I vote Lydia. I have always thought the name sounded like royalty. Girls named Lydia are usually very confident and fun.
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Lydia - prettier and less commonplace
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Lydia is gorgeous and will age wonderfully.
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I love the name Lydia. The biblical meaning of the name is "...woman of God; she loved to hear God's word and put it into action..."
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Evans, the chairman of the powerful Committee on Finance and Revenue, said that the District is considered a financial model for other major cities.
"With all of the development that is taking place in the District, many cities are envious of the District," Evans said. "These developments when they come to fruition will only add to our coffers."
Elissa Silverman, a policy analyst with the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, said that the city leaders should be happy with the audit.
"It is a good thing, definitely," Silverman said. "The question is how do we move forward? We [the Policy Institute] have had a sense that there would be a surplus and obviously some people are doing well in the city."
Silverman said that "while the surplus is a good thing, showing that the city's income and commercial property taxes are performing well."
Gray, Gandhi and other city leaders will travel to New York this week to argue for an upgrade to the city's bond rating. Evans said that the trip to Wall Street is more pleasurable than in the past.
"When I first got on the Council, in 1991, our bond rating [generally] was B-minus and now we are going to ask for an AA rating across the board," he said.
Gray said D.C. residents will benefit from the city's financial health. "This news means that our residents will have a better quality of life and we will be able to diversify the local economy and continue to bring in new businesses that will provide jobs for people."


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I'm always looking for both positive and negative feedback; you accept some people may get a lemon but it's important to get a well-rounded view before you spend time or money.
A review once saved me from a big mistake. I was shipping my car from California to Texas while in school and my mom made a hasty decision and booked with a place that had horrible reviews. When I looked them up, there were repeated stories of damage to cars and people waiting longer than they were told for their cars to arrive. We decided to shell out the extra cash for the better business.
I do the same with restaurants anytime I'm traveling on vacation, and I spent nearly an hour the other day reading reviews for makeup brushes.
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Christians always wonder, how can I resist the devil? We must rely on God to protect us and help us for us to successfully resist the devil and his traps.
James 4:7 – Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
This is the central idea behind defeating the devil. Resist him and he will flee from you. When I am having a bad time with something and I'm feeling tempted, I will start saying verses in the Bible aloud. You don't have to scream it, a simple whisper under your breath will do. You see, God's Word is the sword in which you go out into battle.
Hebrews 4:12 – For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Ephesians 6:17 – Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
How did Jesus resist the devil?
Jesus was tempted by satan in His ministry here on earth. He led by example to show Christians how to resist the devil. You may be asking yourself, what exactly did Jesus do?
- He resisted the devil by using God's Word. (Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13 – being tempted in the wilderness) One thing I would also like to point out in Luke 4:13, is that it says "When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left Him until an opportune time." That should speak volumes as to how the devil works, he will tempt you and you may resist him and he will flee, but he will always come back.
- Jesus rebuked the devil who was using Peter to try and convince Jesus not to go back to Jerusalem, which would lead to His crucifixion. (Matthew 16:21-23)
At Calvary Jesus defeated the devil and through Jesus a Christian can find victory as well. (Colossians 2:15, Revelation 12:11)
Hebrews 2:18 – "Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted."
Even the name of Jesus Christ is powerful against Satan. We can use Jesus' name to resist the devil and his schemes. At this point in the article, I feel that it is important to say one thing. While the name of Christ is powerful against Satan, a Christian should not command Satan "In the name of Jesus I command/rebuke you to…" instead, we should rely on Christ to use His authority over Satan. Even the archangel Michael did not want to rebuke the devil but instead said "May the Lord rebuke you!"
Jude 1:9 – "But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
Christians can also resist the devil by:
- Prayer
Matthew 26:41 – "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Luke 22:40 – "On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."
- Relying on God's protection
1 Corinthians 10:13 – "No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it."
2 Peter 2:9 – "if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment."
Revelation 3:10 – "Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth."
- Being aware and alert
1 Peter 5:8 – "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."


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Ryan Clady, Broncos brass resuming NFL contract talksAs we mentioned last week, the talks for a new contract between the Broncos and left tackle Ryan Clady were expected to hit another gear this week. Clady isn't just one of the NFL's best left tackles. Two, the chances increase that Clady would leave for f… (more)Sources: denverpost.com profootballtalk.com
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Authorities have identified 30-year-old Carlos Iriarte as the man they say killed his two young sons and then himself Friday inside a Glendale home.
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The two boys were "very small," apparently both under age 5, according to Glendale police spokeswoman Tracey Breeden.
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A neighbor, Terry Crowley, said he did not know the victims but noted that the crime-scene tape around one of his trees made the tragedy that much more immediate.
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- LINE 8-inch square pan with foil, extending foil over edges of pan.
- COMBINE white baking chips and frosting in medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH 2 minutes. Stir until chips are completely melted and smooth. Stir in vanilla and salt until blended. Spread most of frosting mixture in prepared pan, leaving about 1/2 cup remaining in bowl. Add food color to remaining frosting mixture. Stir until completely blended. Spoon over frosting mixture in pan. Swirl with tip of knife to blend colors. Cut each candy lemon slice into 8 small wedges. Arrange 64 wedges on top of fudge, in 8 rows of 8 each, to garnish.
- CHILL 2 hours or until firm. Remove from pan by lifting edges of foil. Remove foil. Cut into squares.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 piece of 64), Calories 70 (Calories from Fat 30), Total Fat 3g (Saturated Fat 1.5g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 25mg, Total Carbohydrate 9g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 8g), Protein 0g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 2%, Iron 0%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Ensure all recipe ingredients are gluten free by referencing the ingredient labels, as products may vary. If uncertain, contact the ingredient manufacturer.


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The SEC experience hasn't been a pleasant one thus far for Missouri, at least on the field. The Tigers are 0-2 in the league with 21-point losses to both Georgia and South Carolina, and they've given up a total of 72 points in those two games. The 31-10 loss to South Carolina last week was especially troubling because Missouri looked content to roll over and play dead in the second half. As disappointing as those two losses were, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said Wednesday the Tigers have not been caught off-guard by the strength of the SEC.
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