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Experiencing Science at School 5
It's been over a month since I've been volunteering in Mr. Gallagher's science classroom. Like all kids their age, when they are having a really good day, it's a really good day. When they are having a bad day, their internal frustration is palpable. Personally, that breaks my heart and I feel helpless in those situations. The only thing we can do is to make school a fun place to be; a safe haven.
And Mr. Gallagher's class is definitely a fun place to be! From trying to teach them inference skills by using a pie graph entitled "Likely Outcomes of Using a Real Lightsaber" to having them create posters on different scientists instead of having them sit and copy notes from the slides.
The poster presentations were awesome. It was great seeing the kids drawing (some talented artists!) and some groups finished early. Two boys struck up a conversation with me when Mr. Gallagher said that they'd be looking at the bacterial slides I brought in for them. One boy was all "Bacteria?! Eeww!" and thus began some rapid fire questions about bacteria and parasites. So I sat with him and his group partner and just talked about why bacteria in fact are beneficial and that no, they do not feed pigs worms which then make you sick. The other boy then quietly said that he wants to study ornithology when he grows up and asked questions about the field and do I know any ornithologists.
It was a great moment because it was the first time the students have opened up to me and started asking questions.
Friday, Mr. Gallagher told me that he was going to teach his favorite unit: microscopy. And it wasn't hard to see why it's his favorite. The collective squeals of delight and the excited chatter when the students first put their microscopes into focus was truly amazing. Seeing them excitedly going to each others' microscopes and going "Ewww! What's that?!" and congregating around the scope with the ant slide (the most popular) was absolutely hysterical. They all had HUGE smiles on their faces. That's what science does for me and it's so cool to see them be excited as well.
I love volunteering at School 5. Each time I come in they greet me with smiles and "Hi Miss!!!" We still have a long way to go with these kids, but hopefully we're laying the first bricks to a solid foundation for them.


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Number of items: 21.
Brown, P. E. and Christensen, O. F. and Clough, H. E. and Diggle, P. J. and Hart, C. A. and Hazel, S. and Kemp, R. and Leatherbarrow, A. J. H. and Moore, A. and Sutherst, J. and Turner, J. and Williams, N. J. and Wright, E. J. and French, N. P. (2004) The frequency and spatial distribution of environmental Campylobacter spp. isolated from systematic sampling of a large area of recreation and dairy farmland. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70 (11). pp. 6501-6511. ISSN 0099-2240
Brown, P. E. and Diggle, Peter J. and Henderson, R. (2004) A model-based approach to quality control of paper production. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 20 (3). pp. 173-184. ISSN 1526-4025
Burns, N. (2004) Negotiating difference:disabled people's experiences of housebuilders. Housing Studies, 19 (5). pp. 765-780. ISSN 0267-3037
Christensen, O. F. and Cassiani, G. and Diggle, Peter J. and Ribeiro, P. J. and Andereotti, G. (2004) Statistical estimation of the relative efficiency of natural attenuation mechanisms in contaminated aquifers. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 18. pp. 339-350. ISSN 1436-3259
Diggle, Peter J. (2004) Spatial statistics in the biomedical sciences:Future directions. In: GIS and Spatial Analysis in Veterinary Science. CABI, Wallingford, pp. 97-118. ISBN 9780851996349
Diggle, Peter J. and Knorr-Held, Leo and Rowlingson, Barry and Su, Ting-li and Hawtin, Peter and Bryant, Trevor N. (2004) On-line monitoring of public health surveillance data. In: Monitoring the health of populations : statistical principles and methods for public health surveillance. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 233-266. ISBN 0195146492
Diggle, Peter J. and Ribeiro, Paulo J. and Schlather, Martin S. (2004) Detecting dependence between marks and locations of marked point processes. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology), 66 (1). pp. 79-93. ISSN 1369-7412
Grant, Karen M. and Dunion, Morag H. and Yardley, Vanessa and Skaltsounis, Alexios-Leandros and Marko, Doris and Eisenbrand, Gerhard and Croft, Simon L. and Meijer, Laurent and Mottram, Jeremy C. (2004) Inhibitors of Leishmania mexicana CRK3 Cyclin-Dependent Kinase: Chemical Library Screen and Antileishmanial Activity. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 48 (8). pp. 3033-3042. ISSN 0066-4804
Harrison, L. M. and Morris, J. A. and Bishop, L. A. and Lauder, R. M. and Taylor, C. A. M. and Telford, D. R. (2004) Detection of specific antibodies in cord blood, infant and maternal saliva and breast milk to staphylococcal toxins implicated in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 42 (1). pp. 94-104. ISSN 0928-8244
Kashefi, Elham and Mort, Margaret (2004) Grounded citizens' juries:a tool for health activism? Health Expectations, 7 (4). pp. 290-302. ISSN 1369-6513
Levitt, M. and Weiner, K. and Goodacre, J. (2004) Stimulating public debate on the ethical and social implications of the new genetics. In: Engaging the World: The Use of Empirical Research in Bioethics and Regulation of Biotechnology. IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp. 109-118. ISBN 1586034006
Liotta, Lisa and Medina, Irene and Robinson, Jennifer and Carroll, Chris and Pan, Po-Shen and Corral, Ricardo and Johnston, Jennifer and Cook, Kristina and Curtis, Fiona and Sharples, Gary and McAlpine, Shelli (2004) Novel antibiotics: second generation macrocyclic peptides designed to trap Holliday junctions. Tetrahedron Letters, 45 (46). pp. 8447-8450. ISSN 0040-4039
Ockleford, C D and Smith, R K and Byrne, S and Sanders, R and Bosio, P (2004) Confocal laser scanning microscope study of cytokeratin immunofluorescence differences between villous and extravillous trophoblast: Cytokeratin downregulation in pre-eclampsia. Microscopy Research and Technique, 64 (1). pp. 43-53. ISSN 1059-910X
Parr, Hester and Philo, Chris and Burns, Nicola (2004) Social geographies of rural mental health: experiencing inclusions and exclusions. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 29 (4). pp. 401-419. ISSN 0020-2754
Philo, Chris and Parr, Hester and Burns, Nicola (2004) Geographies of exclusion. Mental Health Today. pp. 20-23. ISSN 1474-5186
Sajjad, Yasmin and Quenby, Siobhan and Nickson, Paul and Lewis-Jones, D. Iwan and Vince, Gill S. (2004) Immunohistochemical localization of androgen receptors in the urogenital tracts of human embryos. Reproduction, 128 (3). pp. 331-339. ISSN 1741-7899
Sajjad, Yasmin and Quenby, Siobhan M. and Nickson, P. and Lewis-Jones, D. Iwan and Vince, Gill S. (2004) Expression of androgen receptors in upper human fetal reproductive tract. Human Reproduction, 19 (7). pp. 1659-1665. ISSN 0268-1161
Sharples, Gary and Curtis, Fiona and McGlynn, Peter and Bolt, Edward (2004) Holliday Junction Binding and Resolution by the Rap Structure-specific Endonuclease of Phage Lambda. Journal of Molecular Biology, 340 (4). pp. 739-751. ISSN 1089-8638
Smith, R K and Ockleford, C D and Byrne, S and Bosio, P and Sanders, R (2004) Healthy and pre-eclamptic placental basal plate lining cells:quantitative comparisons based on confocal laser scanning microscopy. Microscopy Research and Technique, 64 (1). pp. 54-62. ISSN 1059-910X
Taylor, Benjamin (2004) Representation theory and characters of groups. Masters thesis, .
Zheng, P. and Durr, P. A. and Diggle, Peter J. (2004) Edge-correction for spatial kernel smoothing methods? When is it necessary? In: Proceedings of GISVET '04: the 2nd international conference on the applications of GIS and spatial analysis to veterinary science. , pp. 36-38.

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Smartphone Battery Charges in 30 SecondsDavid Miller at This Could Be Big 2 yrs ago
Doron Myersdorf has had a busy couple of weeks. When we sat down with him during a quick trip to New York, the Israeli inventor had been taking phone calls from investors and smart phone manufacturers who want a piece of what may be revolutionary technology.
His start-up company, StoreDot, has invented a smartphone battery that they claim can charge in only 30 seconds.
"Actually we charge faster," Myersdorf said confidently, "but our limitation is the outlet cannot provide all of the current that we need, we can charge in 5 seconds."
As people, we're programmed to understand incremental advancements in technology, shaving a bit of weight off smartphones, increasing memory and added battery life. But reducing the hours it takes to charge a smartphone down to seconds is greeted with wonder and skepticism.
According to Myersdorf, the secret to the technology is that the charge is implanted into the phone. "Basically when you unplug it from the outlet it will continue to charge your phone," he says, "it will keep charging but you won't know about it, but the battery charges as you go."
Your Brain on Electricity: Does It Make You Learn Faster?Andrew Lampard at This Could Be Big 2 yrs ago
It's midnight the night before a final exam, and you just opened a book for the first time. Cramming at this hour will probably take most of the night and yield unpredictable results.
For those unfortunate students who have found themselves in that foxhole, the following revelation is for you: psychologists have invented a "thinking cap" that could help you learn faster.
In March cognitive psychologists at Vanderbilt University published a report in the Journal of Neuroscience showing that we can alter our learning ability by pulling and pushing a gentle and minute amount of electrical current through the brain for 20 minutes.
The experiment uses two electrodes, one on the subject's cheek and one on her crown, secured by an elastic headband -- "the cap." While this technique is non-invasive, the report's authors cautioned that this experiment must only be conducted inside a lab setting with scientists trained with the proper equipment.
Alternatively, the reverse effect was noticeable when the current ran in the opposite direction. "When you flip the direction of the current flow," Reinhart said, subjects displayed "smaller performance monitoring brain activity and slower learning."
Coffee Cups Inspire Breakthrough in Emergency SheltersAndrew Lampard at This Could Be Big 2 yrs ago
In reporting for this video blog the past year, I've learned that some of our most innovative ideas are hiding in plain sight.
Case-in-point: The Exo Housing Unit, a rapid-response solution to supplying shelter to disaster victims. These lightweight, yet durable units made by Reaction are practical to deploy because they stack on top of each other like disposable coffee cups -- the very object that inspired the Exo's creation.
"One morning I was drinking coffee," said Michael McDaniel, CEO of Reaction, and the Exo's creator, "and, literally, I pulled a coffee cup out of a big sleeve of cups to make coffee... and that's when it dawned on me: coffee cups."
That moment of clarity came to McDaniel in 2005. At the time, he was tinkering with ways to make disaster shelters both structurally sound and easily deployable on a mass scale. An Exo unit has sloped walls that are stackable like coffee cups; in turn, organizations can max-out cargo space with dozens of units when deploying them to relief zones.
"Most people, in the past, try to modify or adapt existing structures," McDaniel said. "So they go in and adapt a shipping container and cut windows, [which] compromise the structure."
Glow-in-the-dark Ice CreamDavid Miller at This Could Be Big 2 yrs ago
From his lab in Buckinghamshire, England, "experimental ice creamist" Charlie Harry is creating ice cream flavors that make Ben and Jerry's look vanilla. He's made flammable sprinkles, edible mist, even ice cream made from a fire extinguisher.
But one of his new inventions will have you seeing ice cream in a whole new way: in the dark.
Using an ingredient that that you won't find at your local ice cream shop, Charlie Harry has created a glow-in-the-dark ice cream that lights up when you lick it.
The secret ingredient: synthesized jellyfish protein. "I love when people think it contains jellyfish, it doesn't, it contains a synthesized version of the luminescence protein."
Right now he's making a lemon and vanilla flavor, but it could be made with any flavor, "You could even have it jellyfish flavor if you wanted to," says Harry.
When will we be able to line up on a hot summers night to try it? While it's perfectly safe to eat, according to Harry, it still needs to go through the approval process. Once that's taken care of it should be available to the public.
Modern-Day Noah Makes Tsunami-Proof BoatDavid Miller at This Could Be Big 2 yrs ago
From his backyard in Palo Alto, Calif., Chris Robinson is building a tsunami-proof capsule out of epoxy and plywood that he hopes will be strong enough to survive a tsunami and save the lives of those inside it.
He's a user experience designer by trade and looks at everything as a challenge. "What could you do that you could just climb into in your backyard," Chris asked himself, "instead of climbing in your car and being chased by a wave?"
The earthquake and tsunami that devastated Fukushima, Japan, had a profound impact on him. Chris lived in Japan after college and taught English in Fukushima for a year. He met his wife there; many of the places that were destroyed by the tsunami were places he and his wife frequented when they were dating.
"The idea that tsunamis happen and have that destructive force and there really wasn't, at that time, any kind of viable plan to survive it other than just get to high ground," bothered Chris and was the challenge that lead him to build the capsule.
Until then, he'll continue building the capsule which he uses on the weekend for camping with his two sons.
Boats Make Better Tasting Whiskey, Or Do They?Andrew Lampard at This Could Be Big 2 yrs ago
If you're in the alcohol business, you should be in the bourbon business.
After flat-lining in previous decades relative to vodka and other spirits, sales of bourbon, a whiskey distilled from corn and aged in charred-oak barrels, are soaring. Distillers are exporting $1 billion worth of American whiskey abroad, triple the amount exported in 2002, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. And domestic sales of bourbon are up 40 percent since 2008 -- a sudden growth spurt that has distillers racing to meet demand and others trying to differentiate themselves.
Among the latter is Trey Zoeller, the Louisville, Kentucky-based founder of Jefferson's Bourbon, who made waves by placing a batch of barreled bourbon on top of waves -- or rather, aboard a large ocean trawler that roamed the seas for three years.
Bourbon, says Zoeller, derives 70 to 80 percent of its taste from the maturation period inside a charred-oak barrel over several Kentucky summers and winters. Time is crucial. And short of inventing a time machine, you can't speed up that aging process. Or can you?
Super-Cheap Paper Microscope Could Save Millions of LivesABC News at This Could Be Big 2 yrs ago
Imagine if clinics in developing countries were equipped with an inexpensive yet durable tool that could help medical personnel identify and diagnose a variety of deadly diseases like Malaria, Chagas disease, or Leishmaniosis? For millions of people around the world waiting to be diagnosed and treated, such a tool could be a life-saver.
Manu Prakash, a professor at Stanford University and his students have developed a microscope out of a flat sheet of paper, a watch battery, LED, and optical units that when folded together, much like origami, creates a functional instrument with the resolution of 800 nanometers – basically magnifying an object up to 2,000 times.
Called Foldscope, the microscope is extremely inexpensive to manufacture, costing between fifty-cents and a dollar per instrument. And because the microscope is assembled primarily from paper and optical components the size of a grain of sand, it is virtually indestructible.
Foldscope also differs from the microscopes typically found in science labs because it's not only portable, but it also has the ability to project an image on any surface, allowing a larger group of people the ability to look at an image simultaneously.
The Holy Grail of Pizza BoxesAndrew Lampard at This Could Be Big 2 yrs ago
Everyone has an opinion about which pizzeria is best in town, but only one person can tell you which pizza box is the best in the world: Scott Wiener, the Guinness World Record holder for the world's largest pizza box collection.
A self-described pizza enthusiast and the proprietor of Manhattan's sole pizzeria tour, Scott's Pizza Tours, Wiener, 32, has amassed a collection of more than 600 pizza boxes from at least 45 countries -- all of which he stores in a single closet inside his Brooklyn apartment.
But Wiener isn't a hoarder; he's a pizza box expert. There's a difference (he has even published a book about pizza box art) and that difference entails vital knowledge.
According to Wiener, almost two-thirds of the pizzas eaten in the United States are placed in delivery boxes. To put that into perspective, "that's, like, 2.1 billions pizza boxes a year eaten out of pizza boxes," said Wiener.
How? Watch the video above and discover what could quite possibly be the world's most advanced pizza box.
A Password That You Won't Forget But Always ChangesDavid Miller at This Could Be Big 2 yrs ago
What if you never had to remember an electronic password again? No more password combinations of capitalized and lower case letters, no more resetting those passwords when you invariably forget their combinations. What if all you had to remember was a pattern of six boxes within a 6x6 grid that never changed?
Winfrasoft, a UK based security solutions firm, believes they've cracked our password woes with their new application, PINgrid. PINgrid promises two things: A password you won't forget and a password that always changes.
It's a 6x6 grid of constantly changing numbers that you can load on your phone or desktop. The user only needs to remember their unique pattern of six boxes and enter the numbers that appear in their pattern. Meanwhile, the numerical password changes each time a user logs in.
While it sounds tempting to get rid of numerical passwords, some logistical questions need to be answered. How will pattern-based passwords be implemented into our existing infrastructure? Will every ATM and desktop have a grid in the future? Or will we have to take out our phones to load PINgrid, creating another hassle altogether?
Turn MP3s Into Vinyl RecordsAndrew Lampard at This Could Be Big 2 yrs ago


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By turns achingly naive and utterly pragmatic, Carrie has been shaped by the loss of her beloved daddy and by a drunken stepfather and her emotionally absent mother. Charting an astonishing course of survival for herself and Emma, she hopes to transform their lives into one more closely resembling the storybooks she treasures.
But after the sisters' plan to run away from home unravels, their world takes a shocking turn, and one shattering moment ultimately reveals a truth that leaves everyone reeling.
Narrated with the simplicity and unabashed honesty of a child's perspective, Me & Emma is a vivid portrayal of heartbreaking loss of innocence, an indomitable spirit, and incredible courage, a story that will resonate with readers long after they've heard the final sentence.
©2004 Elizabeth Flock; (P)2006 Audible, Inc.
All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A. All characters in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
"Tremendously touching." (Kirkus Review)
"Captivating. Haunting. You'll hit the last page and want to go back to the beginning. Elizabeth Flock is one to watch." (bookreporter.com)
After having only finished listening to this book three days ago, I've started to listen to it again.
The author did an astounding job at capturing the emotions of an abused child. I was completely enchanted with the main character from the very beginning. In part because of the wonderful narration. This however, is not a feel good book. It is gripping, enlightening, and poignant, but it is also dark, and sometimes painful to listen to due to the subject matter.
"Brilliant but Disturbing"
This book is brilliantly written and read but to me it was scarier than the most gruesome works in the "horror" genre. Just a warning, if you are sensitive to emotional issues from childhood, reading this book may be difficult. It was certainly not an escape to a "nice read". It was hard for me. The story is compelling, as others have said, and the ending is hopeful but I had to pace myself and read it only when in a good place with my head. It just seems like the tip of the iceberg in terms of what goes on in families that make poor choices and then have children, and opens one's eyes to the plight of so many abused and under-resourced young people in this country.
"Anguishing, sad and revealing listen"
The main character in this story, Carrie, is also the narrator and tells the story in her voice and tells about her life and of her sister Emma. After Carrie's father dies suddenly, her mother remarries and life takes a turn for the worse for the family, as her mother is extremely depressed and her new stepfather is extremely abusive, at one time chaining her out back like a dog and feeding her dog food. Carrie's narration pulls you in and really tugs at your heart, so much so that I found it difficult to stop listening to this book. It was very well written with well developed characters and interesting plot and conclusion. Overall, it will leave the listener feeling somewhat sad because of the nature of the material, so if you are looking for an uplifting book this one isn't it. Still, it's an excellent read and well worth the time.
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"Wait for the ending"
I thought this was a good book, but figured it was one that just moseyed along. When I finished reading the book though, my opinion changed. I will not divulge anything, but just say it was thought provoking. It's a must read.
"I loved it"
I was always looking forward to listening to this and probably should give it 5 stars, but it wasn't as amazing as The Help and that is worth 5 stars.
"Emma and me"
I really enjoyed this book. The author captured the true essence of what trauma is all about. The narrator captured the sense of the child in that type of situation. The ending was truly unpredicted. I had a hard time putting the book down. It put me there in that very place! A disturbing but true to life story.
"Great book!"
I thoroughly enjoyed "Me and Emma" and simply could not stop listening. Highly recomended.
"Pretty good listen"
Quite interesting, but good, ending. The story goes on around each of us every day. So many kids living like this but hard to see since they are taught to deny what is going on.
"Incredible Narration"
Of the many stories I've enjoyed from Audible, this one has really stuck with me. It's a great story, though not easy to hear at times due to the subject matter. But you should really check out the truly astounding narration; it is a child reading in the first person as Carrie. When I first heard the young voice, I couldn't believe she could carry me through the entire book. Wow, I found it to be a great listening experience. Highly recommended.
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Lil' Abner
February 26, 2000 4 Comments
Before there was Saturday Nite Live; before there was All in the Family; way back before there was even a Charlie Brown or Snoopy, there existed the subject of today's FamSite. He and his friends have been a round for a long time, and from the way it looks, they will be here for a while longer.
The site is called Lil' Abner, and is the creation of the late Al Capp. The world he created in DogPatch has given our society some great customs, such as Sadie Hawkins Day, and some great comic characters, such as Fearless Fosdick and Pappy Yocum. At this site you can read about the history of the site, as well as the some of the hilarious political satire that made it fun to read. Even though the strip ceased in 1977, it still contains topical humor that brings a chuckle or belly laugh.
So if you are looking some Kickapoo Joy Juice to liven up your weekend, then head on over to DogPatch and join the fun. It will be a worthwhile trip.
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James Kole
KINGSFORD – James A. Kole, 71, of Kingsford, died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center.
He was born on May 18, 1941, in Kenosha, Wis., son of the late Frank and Henrietta (Steif) Kole.
Jim served in the U.S. Army from 1966-1968. He worked as a tool and die maker at Marathon Electric Manufacturing in Wausau, Wis., for many years.
He married Janet Abt on Oct. 5, 1963, in Wausau. The coupled lived in Wausau and Aniwa, Wis., before moving to Crystal Falls in 1995, and to Kingsford in 2008.
Jim was a member of St. Mary Queen of Peace Church. His favorite activity was ice fishing. He also enjoyed fishing, hunting, woodworking, and playing cards. Jim was an avid Green Bay Packers and Detroit Tigers fan.
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Janet; one sister, Lois Schroeder of Virginia; one brother, David (Donna) Kole of California; six brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Elaine (Clarence) Nienow, Ron (Midge) Abt, Dick (Janet) Abt, Darlene (Dave) Manecke, Judy (Bob) Walkowski, and Butch (Marguerite) Abt; and many nieces and nephews and their families.
Visitation will be Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at St. Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church.
Funeral services will follow Thursday at 11 a.m. at the church. Father Michael Woempner will celebrate the Mass of Christian Burial.
Burial will be in Dickinson County Memorial Gardens. Graveside military rites will be accorded by the Uren-Cooper-Johnson American Legion Post 50.
Condolences to the family of James Kole can be expressed online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com
The Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.


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Skip to comments.Pistol-packers challenge police (NH)
Posted on 10/31/2005 9:43:58 AM PST by neverdem
Police took Michael V. Pelletiers loaded pistol while he browsed in a bookstore; David K. Ridleys mistake was to change jackets in a mall parking lot, and Penny S. Deans encounter happened during a late-night constitutional on a city street.
Because the New Hampshire Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms no license needed, unless the weapon is concealed all three got their guns back within minutes, but the confrontations caused them unease.
The bottom line is that this type of thing shouldnt be happening in a state where (carrying a pistol) is perfectly allowed, said Dean, a lawyer and consulting counsel to Gun Owners of New Hampshire, the gun-rights advocacy organization.
Dean, in a routine followed often in the 10 years she has lived on Warren Street in Concord, was taking a late-night walk on June 16. She was on Pleasant Street out by St. Paul School when state trooper Abbott Presby stopped his cruiser.
He must have asked me six times for a drivers license. Then he proceeded to ask what I was doing there and I kept asking him, Are you detaining me? Dean said.
She didnt have her drivers license. She had a cellular phone, a credit card, her license to carry a concealed pistol and her Glock 23 in a nylon, neon-pink fanny pack.
Dean wrote a letter to state police Col. Frederick H. Booth citing her constitutional rights and complaining of her detention by Presby.
Had I not vigorously, repeatedly and firmly asserted that I wanted to (be) released from this detention I could have been illegally held there indefinitely. I firmly believe that it was only after I explained to trooper Presby that I was an attorney that the impetus to release me awakened, Dean wrote.
Three months later, state police Lt. Mark J. Myrdek responded, writing that a review of the incident had found Presbys actions and conduct were justified, lawful and proper.
On March 27, 2004, at about 9:15 p.m., three police officers in uniform and two detectives in plain clothes converged on Michael Pelletier as he thumbed through a book at Barnes & Noble store in Manchester. Pelletier and his wife had marked their 11th anniversary with dinner, then gone to the bookstore, where his coat stayed in the car. He had forgotten the change in attire left visible the holstered Glock 30 pistol tucked into his belt at his back.
A shopper telephoned police.
Pelletier said the officers basically grabbed me by the shoulder, disarmed me and took me out of the store. They ran my license and registration and the serial number on the gun and stood around lecturing me for 20 minutes. It was irritating, but at least I wasnt arrested.
What boggled my mind was that out of at least seven officers and dispatchers involved not one seemed to know that open carry is legal in New Hampshire and they basically treated this like they would a felony stop. . . . I wasnt doing anything illegal. I was minding my own business and I think they could muster the ability to treat me with courtesy and respect in that situation, said Pelletier, who lives in Merrimack and is a West Coast transplant drawn here by the Free State Projects pick of New Hampshire in 2003 as the place to promote its minimal-government agenda.
Alan M. Rice of Brookline, the treasurer of the New Hampshire Firearms Coalition, has been dealing with gun use safety for 10 years. He is certified as an instructor-trainer, qualified to teach even the firearms instructors.
Commenting on what Pelletier has written on the Internet about his bookstore experience, Rice said, I think he exercised extraordinarily poor judgment on that particular night (because) he had an open-top holster in the small of his back in an unconcealed fashion. . . .
Most professionals do not carry a gun there because its hard to access the weapon and hard to retain the weapon if someone wants to take it away from you.
Rice prefers holsters with retention features that thwart efforts to extract the handgun, and he advises students to place the belt holster at their right or left side, where it is protected by the arm.
As a firearms instructor, Rice views concealed-carry as a good way to deter crime because they dont know who is carrying.
Though it is legal to carry a gun in plain view, open-carry is not a bright idea, Rice said. You are a target. If someone comes in with criminal intent, the first thing he is going to do is neutralize any person with a weapon who can hurt him.
Like Pelletier, David Ridleys move to New Hampshire was inspired by the Free State Project. He came from Texas, which he described as having restrictive gun licensing laws.
When you come to a place where the right is recognized by government and youve never had it before, its a right you want to celebrate. At the same time, if you dont exercise the right, I think you will eventually lose it. So for me, open-carry is primarily a political thing, said Ridley, who lives in Keene.
Ridley had changed jackets and was engrossed in lettering a placard on the hood of his car in a supermarket parking lot in Salem on March 21 when five police officers, responding to a citizens call, asked about the holstered Glock 19 on his hip.
They said, You alarmed a person who saw the gun.
When that is the situation, they have to respond to the call. I understand that, but what was wrong was when they started talking about arresting me when I hadnt done anything illegal, Ridley said.
In responding to a letter from Ridley, Salem Police Chief Paul T. Donovan wrote that his officers would continue to respond with an open mind when a complaint comes in about someone carrying a firearm.
In this day and age where people have committed some very violent attacks using firearms, it is understandable that people who do not understand the values of law-abiding firearms owners run scared. We need to work at improving our image with those who dont understand, Donovan wrote.
Later, however, the fashion police cited her for a violation...
IOW, the Officers DIDN'T KNOW the State Constitution permitted law-abiding citizens to OPENLY-carry weapons--including firearms--on their person
She has hot pink business cards too, and I got her an assortment of hot pink binder clips a couple months back. It's sort of her trademark. :D
"He came from Texas, which he described as having restrictive gun licensing laws."
A one page background form that takes five minutes to complete and a five minute wait (if that long) for telephone confirmation is restrictive?
With all of my rifles, I completed the form, had my background verified, paid for my firearms and walked out the store with said rifles in 15 minutes.
DAMN! Or should I have written "duh"?
Did the Union-Leader give you a heads up on running this story?
So what is NH's legal definition of "concealed"?
I don't know. I don't live there.
the problem appears to be NH's location next to MA.
All the pathetic sheep-people that came across the border have completely ruined NH.
In fact, I will takes bets on the geographic origin of the citizen sleuths who called the cops.
I think some "citizens" better start getting used to seeing guns. I carry concealed, mostly because I don't want anyone to know I've got a gun. But sometimes you can "flash" a gun and not be aware of it ... wind blows back a jacket, etc. "Citizens" have got to get educated that there are a bunch of us out here actually "protecting THEM" and not call the cops every time they see a gun. At the supermarket the other day, I was reaching to a lower shelf to get something and "flashed" my 1911. A fellow nearby asked (and very quietly) a minute later ... "Do you have a permit for the gun?" I responded with "Yes sir, I do, and here it is" and I showed it to him. He simply said "thank you ... I should probably carry mine more often!"
Yeah, I'm sure that most criminals look for someone carrying a gun or knife or club as their first choice for a vicitm.
I've had this happen to me, in GA; an open carry allowed state.
I am a reserve police office and a holder of a CCW. I went into a Kroger store without my jacket on, with a .380 in the small of my back, open holster. As I was leaving, two city PD officers made a felony stop of me, throwing me against the wall of the building. I suffered contusions and several small scrapes on the face, hands, and arms.
After IDing myself, I was released.
I promptly went to the city PD and swore out a complaint against the officers involved and threatened a civil rights lawsuit against the city, the department, and the two officers. As a result, the entire city PD had to go through retraining regarding the firearms laws of Georgia.
I make it a POINT now to carry openly when I can do so effectively.
See post # 15
So this alleged "firearms instructor" (not lawyer) seems to think that the law should depend on the type holster you're using?
And whether or not he personally approves of it?
And the bastards are breeding.
But you weren't applying for a permit to carry your rifles concealed, were you?
And normally, when someone refers to firearms "licensing," they're talking about carry permits, not purchasing, which of course does not require any form of "licensing."
Texas is in fact among the more restrictive of the "shall-issue" states, and just a few years ago , was not a "shall-issue" state at all.
Prior to the George Bush governorship, it was practically impossible to get a concealed carry permit here.
Now it is merely difficult and expensive.
Probably referring to CCW licensing and the illegality of open carry (for handguns) in Texas.
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My Dad used to live in the Hill Country in TX, and if I remember right, it cost him upwards of $300 (not to mention the time involved) to get the GOVERNMENT-approved training and the permit.
THAT is ridiculous and uncalled for, and NOT what you would expect most anywhere in the red-state south and southwest.
"So this alleged "firearms instructor" (not lawyer) seems to think that the law should depend on the type holster you're using?
And whether or not he personally approves of it?"
Pariahs...that's what gun keepers/"bearers" have become. This fellow may be right about open carry and retention, but by the same token, that choice is up to the chooser to choose!
I would hate to think of this as a SISC (sheep in sheepdog's clothing).
Stay alert,
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Yes, actually - the idea for the story originated through myself and John Harrigan, though I didn't expect it in this past weekend's paper. Roger apparently works a lot faster than I thought.
John Harrigan writes the fishing and hunting stuff for the Union-Leader. The subject of unlicensed open carry came up in John Harrigan's column about two weeks ago, after he'd expressed Granite State pride and pleasure that openly armed hunters didn't cause the slightest stir at a general store up north.
I contacted John about some of the work that GO-NH has been doing on the issue of open carry and about my own experience in Manchester, and he suggested the idea of a feature article about open carry to Joe McQuaid, the publisher, and put me in touch with him.
Joe then assigned the story to Roger, and between myself and a few other GO-NH folks we helped put him in touch most of the other sources in the story.
He didn't say that or even imply it. Why are you drawing that conclusion?
Also, it steams me that every person must be fingerprinted--not only the first time they get their license--but each and every time they renew--at a cost of $10. each time. What's with that--TX gun owners are known to sit around and file their fingerprints? This is ridiculous beyond words!
Also, at 10 bucks a pop times the hundreds of thousands of licensed gun owners in this state, we are talking some serious money here. Wonder where that goes.
My plan is to organize gun owners in this state when the legislature is in session again, and ask this question, and also to ask for some of the money involved in licensing to be used to build and maintain state of the art shooting ranges around the state.
What do you think of that? Would you like to help out?
This was actually done in Ohio prior to passage of our CCW bill. The Ohio Supreme Court had ruled that open carry was protected by the Ohio Constitution, but concealed carry was not. Some activists arranged for "open carry" days in shopping malls and similar places. That helped put pressure on the Legislature to pass CCW. Now I carry concealed.
Post 19.
NH law says it is okay to carry without a license as long as it isn't concealed.
The comment by the suuposed instructor mentions that the gun was unconcealed but he mentions the holster type.
Mr. Rice made it quite clear why he took issue. He didn't say Pelletier had done anything illegal, only that he had exercised poor judgement. The two are not one and the same. Read it again from the article:
Commenting on what Pelletier has written on the Internet about his bookstore experience, Rice said, I think he exercised extraordinarily poor judgment on that particular night (because) he had an open-top holster in the small of his back in an unconcealed fashion. . . .
Most professionals do not carry a gun there because its hard to access the weapon and hard to retain the weapon if someone wants to take it away from you.
Rice prefers holsters with retention features that thwart efforts to extract the handgun, and he advises students to place the belt holster at their right or left side, where it is protected by the arm.
As a firearms instructor, Rice views concealed-carry as a good way to deter crime because they dont know who is carrying.
Though it is legal to carry a gun in plain view, open-carry is not a bright idea, Rice said. You are a target. If someone comes in with criminal intent, the first thing he is going to do is neutralize any person with a weapon who can hurt him.
Mr. Pelletier did nothing to earn the poor treatment he received, but that is a different issue that what Rice is saying. Seems to me the author (R. Talbot) is including marginally relevant clutter to expand the story.
Huh? Why do they have to respond? If somebody calls and says "I saw a black man and that alarms me", do they respond to that? Unless a caller is alleging that s/he has specifically seen something which is a violation of a law, or that a reasonable person would regard as evidence of a violation of a law, I see no reason why police should respond by dispatching officers. The police should handle such calls by asking the caller questions aimed at determining relevant details: e.g. Did the gun-carrier point the gun at you or at someone else? Did the gun carrier verbally threaten to shoot someone? If the answers are "no", the police should take the opportunity to explain the law to the caller, so that the caller understands why the police won't be dispatching officers.
"He didn't say Pelletier had done anything illegal"
No, he just went on about the type of holster the guyy had.
And the gun owner was rousted contrary to NH law.
And we have been discussing this.
And you are having a cow about this exactly why then?
You seem to be upset about it being pointed out that Mr Rice made a stupid comment in contrary to NH law.
It isn't far from 'he showed poor judgement *sniffle sniffle*' statements to banning guns.
Just look at NY state.
NH law says open carry is okay.
So why did Mr Rice have an issue with the type of holster the guy had?
If he didn't have an issue with it, he wouldn't have mentioned the holster type.
Pelletier had a permit, so the legality of his caring the weapon, concealed or unconcealed, is not at issue. Rice is commenting on his judgment, not his (nonexistent) status as a criminal, since his actions were entirely legal. Rice also explains why he took issue with the holster type, and for the most part, I agree with him. Please see my post #30, above.
"Pelletier had a permit, so the legality of his caring the weapon, concealed or unconcealed, is not at issue."
So why is Mr Rice so hung up on the holster type and the fact that Pelletier had the gun anyway?
Open carry is legal, period.
"Rice is commenting on his judgment, not his (nonexistent) status as a criminal,"
So why is Mr Rice mentioning the holster type?
And since when is open carry being legal bad judgement?
"and for the most part, I agree with him."
Oh, I see.
Thank you kindly.
open-carry is not a bright idea, Rice said. You are a target. If someone comes in with criminal intent, the first thing he is going to do is neutralize any person with a weapon who can hurt him.
Evidently he hasn't heard of high profile deterrence.
If one person is vcerrying openly, how many are carrying concealed?
Rice is right that open carry is not a bright idea for anyone except on-duty LE, military, or security personnel. The casual open carrier is an invitation to gun theft. If your primary purpose in going somewhere is other than to provide armed security or law enforcement, then your mind is going to primarily on things other than security. As Pelletier's case illustrates, there's little difference between casual open carrying and forgot-I-was-carrying. Pelletier had been carrying concealed, and then took off his coat, and went into a store not aware that his gun was on display. If you're unaware (even momentarily, as you turn your attention to merchandise or a menu, etc.) that your gun is on display, and all the random people around you ARE aware that your gun is on display, you're asking for trouble. At least if you have it in the front of your person, you're going to notice if someone reaches for it, but open carry behind your back is just insane.
Congratulations! I hope you have more good luck.
open-carry is not a bright idea, Rice said. This statement is false on its face. I agree with you about deterence. Ever been to a gun show and felt like stealing something or assaulting someone? Not me. It was clear that the folks in the room were not going to tolerate any foolishness whatsoever. How about we get used to open carry by MANY citizens?
Relax Darkshear, relax. If you stay worked up like this your reading comprehension levels will drop even lower. Please tell me now, who wrote the article that you (imply you have) read? It was not Rice, it was Roger Talbot. Why are you and others having a cow about Rice, when the person twisting the issue is Talbot? There is nothing unreasonable about Rice expressing his views about the way the weapon was carried. But I say again, that is a seperate issue from the pathetic, unprofessional treatment he was given by the NH police. You want to get bent out of shape, do so toward the right person. I have a hard time believing Rice, an instructor, is against the 2nd amendment. And if you just want to argue, please omit the words"out of shape".
And you can back up your speculation with the studies that support this?
In my experience, those that actually practice open carry usually do so on their own premises and not generally paraded on the metropolitan streets.
I'll agree that it isn't a 'bright idea' for anyone and everyone to carry openly just because they can. It shouldn't be, but it can sometimes be misconstrued as hostility in those areas unaccustomed to seeing armed civilians.
But I'll openly challenge any assertion that open carry is equivalent to wearing a "mug me" sign. I won't believe that armed people are intentionally mugged or robbed more often than unarmed.
Yes, saw a gun show and was quite glaringly aware that someone doing something stupid would end up hurt.
And the atmosphere was very cordial as well.
But I do admit having a bit of a 'lust' for the long guns there instead of the pistols.
It would be nice if people carrying were much more common.
However, living in NY state as I do, that is a bit of a pipe dream here at the moment.
So true. About three years ago I was driving on an interstate highway at dusk, when I passed what appeared at 65 mph to be a young man standing on the side of the road next to his broken down, beat up old car. As I looked in my rearview mirror, I saw no one else seemed to be pulling over to help him, so I pulled over, and backed up along the shoulder until I reached him. Mindful of the fact that people aren't always who/what they appear to be, and that I was a smallish woman alone in my car (a very unfashionable wood-sided station wagon), I pulled my trusty little KelTec P-32 out from my handbag pocket, and placed it on the passenger seat beside me -- in clear view, and within easy reach while not being threatening.
I rolled down the passenger side window a couple of inches as the fellow approached, and quickly established that he really was a 16 year old boy whose car had broken down while he was on his way to practice with some little rock band that he and some friends had put together. I rolled down the window further, and lent him my cell phone, at which point he clearly noticed the gun, and tried unsuccessfully not to look alarmed. First he called his mom, but she wasn't home and he just left a message that his car had broken down. Then he called one of his band friends, who said he'd come pick him up. The kid was clearly ready at this point to part ways with the lady-with-the-gun, but I insisted he first call his mom again, and leave a message with his precise location, and the info that he was expecting his friend to pick him up shortly. Then I went on my way.
I've always wondered what this kid said later to his mom and to his band buddies. At any rate, I know he went away with a new concept of what middle aged ladies in wood-sided station wagons may be carrying around with them. Hopefully the experience nudged him in the direction of becoming a pro-RKBA voter. At least he knows first hand that people who routinely carry guns aren't all criminals, and that some are nice ladies who stop to help when they see a teenager stranded with a broken down car.
"Relax Darkshear, relax. If you stay worked up like this your reading comprehension levels will drop even lower."
Nice attempt at an insult.
If you were truly interested in actual discussion, you wouldn't feel the need to make personal attacks.
Thanks, no further correspondence with you is necessarry.
I doubt an open carrier would get mugged, but I expect they get their guns stolen from them a lot more often than concealed carriers. "Grab and run" is the likely scenario, not "grab and stick around and try to use it".
Take a pill, man. Mr. Rice simply fell back to his training, it was poor judgement on Mr. Pelletier's(SP) part and if he thinks about it, he'll agree.
That type of holster in the small of your back is extremely difficult to maintain weapon retention. Even the article says that the police came up behind him and disarmed him.
"Take a pill, man. Mr. Rice simply fell back to his training,"
Another who has to insult while saying nothing new.
Mr. Rice has never heard of 'deterrent'.
If deterrence didn't work, whuy do we have a standing Army and Navy?
Why did we have ICBM's if deterrencec didn't work?
Mr. Rice needs to brush up on 'deterrence'.
And he needs to brush up on NH law.
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Mirosevic injured his groin in the team's 1-1 road draw with San Jose on May 19 and missed the next two matches before returning and going the full 90 minutes in Saturday's road draw against New England. He sat out yesterday's practice and Warzycha said his hope was that it would be just a one-day thing.
"He was out there earlier (today)," the coach said. "He was jogging. That's all he had to do today and he was on the bike and he's getting a massage.
As for whether he's worried about Mirosevic's injury, Warzycha said, "I'm always worried, but I hope he's going to be OK for Saturday."
George, a rookie, has been thrust into the starting lineup due to injuries as a defensive midfielder. He has started the team's last two matches.
"He had some tightness so he went through part of the practice in the beginning and we sent him to get a massage but he should be OK," Warzycha said.
The rookie drew some post-match praise from Revolution head coach Jay Heaps on Saturday night.
"We went more man-on-man to try to free up Benny (Feilhaber) a little higher," he said. "I thought their 37, Kevan George, had a pretty solid night. He's a rookie, he ate up space."
Defenders Chad Marshall (concussion) and Danny O'Rourke (ankle) both continued their rehab work on the side of the field and did not take part in drills while practice was open. O'Rourke has targeted the match against the Fire as his possible return date, but Thursday's training session could go a long way toward determining his availability.
For a Saturday match, Thursday is typically predominately a scrimmage-heavy practice with the coaching staff making final decisions on the starting lineup. If a player is unable to get through a full Thursday session, he is likely unavailable for Saturday's match. However, defender Carlos Mendes was not active during last Thursday's open practice session but still started against New England before leaving at halftime with an ankle injury.
Mendes has already been ruled out for Saturday's match.
As I type this, the Crew's brain trust is meeting to discuss its pursuit of a designated player. Although Warzycha told me yesterday that he thinks the Crew will be able to bring in a player when the transfer window opens in a week, it does not sound like the club has a deal lined up with anyone at the moment.


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ATI, graphics products group of Advanced Micro Devices, plans to promote DirectX 11 as well as its tessellation feature rather seriously at the forthcoming Game Developers Conference 2009. ATI has a long history of tessellation support in its hardware, but with the Direct3D 11 the feature becomes compulsory and hence will become mainstream.
During the GDC '09, ATI/AMD will host two sessions about DirectX 11 and its influence on the forthcoming games. It is noteworthy that the arch-rival of AMD's ATI business unit, Nvidia Corp., will not specifically cover DirectX 11 at the Game Developers Conference this year, but will concentrate on some other technologies that are also likely to be points of interest for video game creators.
The first DX11-related session to be held by ATI – Direct3D11 Tessellation Deep Dive – will exclusively cover tessellation feature of the forthcoming application programming interface developed by Microsoft Corp.
The Direct3D 11 introduces three new graphics pipeline stages designed for flexible tessellation. The session at GDC 2009 will summarize the design of the hull shader, tessellator, domain shader pipeline stages, and outline their intended usage. The second half of the talk will describe in depth and demonstrate the real-time Catmull-Clark subdivision surface approximation algorithm developed by Microsoft Research and implemented in the DirectX SDK samples.
Hardware tessellation is something that ATI has been developing for many years and it looks like the fans of curved surfaces will reach their Mecca with the introduction of DirectX 11.
The first hardware tessellation mechanism branded Truform was introduced back in 2001 along with the Radeon 8500-series (R200) graphics processing units and even provided some improvements in demos and a couple of games. However, due to limitations in programmability, the vast majority of game creators decided not to utilize the technology and later on the hardware was removed from more advanced graphics chips.
The second attempt to introduce tessellation to the masses was the implementation of the hardware tessellation block into the graphics core (R500/Xenos) of Microsoft Xbox 360 video game console in 2005, though, only one title – Viva Pinata – utilized the technology.
ATI claims that the tessellation unit of the Xbox 360 GPU was integrated into the ATI Radeon HD 2000-/3000-series graphics processors, which is why it could be programmed only using vertex shaders. Therefore, the tessellation hardware of the sixth-generation Radeon graphics processors can either be called second attempt to intro tessellation on the PC by ATI, or the company's third attempt to make the technology popular.
With the latest ATI Radeon HD 4000-series graphics chips AMD's graphics product group introduced a more advanced tessellation block that can be programmed using both vertex and geometry shaders.
All-in-all, after four failed attempts to make hardware tessellation an adopted feature, ATI will have this done in DirectX 11, which is due later this year. Needless to say that after so many attempts, the company should be quite capable of describing the benefits of industry-standard tessellation implementation.
In addition to a dedicated session regarding DX11's hardware tessellation, AMD's graphics products group will also discuss other advantages of the new API, such as compute shaders, which, besides abilities to implement certain physics effects in a more convenient way, can make post-processing faster and easier.
"You'll need Direct3D 11 to have the best graphics, and this talk will show you how you can get started using current generation hardware," the description of the session reads.
One of the other key API difference (besides tessellation and compute shaders) from Direct3D 10 in Direct3D 11 is the addition of deferred contexts, which enables scalable execution of Direct3D commands distributed over multiple cores. A Deferred Context captures and assembles actions like state changes and draw submissions that can be executed on the actual device at a later time. By utilizing Deferred Contexts on multiple threads, an application can distribute the CPU overhead needed in the Direct3D 11 runtime and the driver to multiple cores, enabling better use of an end-user's machine configuration. In addition, Direct3D 11 introduces a limited form of Runtime Shader Linkage that allows for near-optimal shader specialization during execution of an application.
The first DirectX 11-compatible graphics processing units are set to become available in 2009.
Game Developers Conference 2009 will be held March 23 – 27, 2009 in Moscone Center, San Francisco, California.


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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Inner Critics and Lace
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It's a good idea to just sort through all the stuff we collect, the process to sorting and sifting inspires ideas- like it i with you.ReplyDelete
As for the IC, maybe we shouldn't always be too hard on this creature, because it does make us think and rethink, and challenges to look it in its rollong eyes and create!!
Look at all that wonderful lace just waiting to be made into something fabulous!!ReplyDelete
Love the idea of naming your inner critic and using your little pals as reminders of our inner critics...AND really love the idea of ZIPPING up their mouths...I need one of those for my sister...she has a big inner critic...lol Boy that's a lot of lace...perhaps your inner critics need lace cuffs ;)ReplyDelete
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My Inner Critic doll had a special spot on my desk! Eye Roll and I are editing up a storm in my home office. I just love this little guy :) Every writer and artist needs one of their own!
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Secretary of State Clinton has just arrived at the elegant Egmont Palace in downtown Brussels, coming straight from the airport and the Middle East portion of her trip. Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht greeted her warmly as she entered the building from the cobblestone courtyard of the Palace for an informal dinner with her counterparts from EU and NATO nations, plus the Secretary-General of NATO and senior EU officials Solana and Ferrero-Waldner. The reality of being involved in a small part of a visit for what I imagine must be one of the busiest offices – and for one of the busiest people – in the world is that all of those involved must be willing to adapt to unexpected changes and events beyond their control, and then adapt – quickly! It's one part routine, one part diligence, with a touch of flexibility and a dash of exhilaration.
Being the 'site officer' means that over the last few days I have been coordinating closely with the Secretary's Advance staff and the Government of Belgium's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) about the movements of the Secretary (and her staff) throughout this event at the Egmont. There could be worse places to be a site officer, believe me – I would be crazy not to appreciate the Palace, one of the showcases of the MFA, with stunningly beautiful 17th century Belgian (of course!) tapestries throughout, an exquisite red, black and grey marble staircase leading upstairs to the meeting rooms, which in themselves are also more than attractive – the Hall of Mirrors, where a pre-dinner reception occurred – can only be described as resplendent.
While my responsibilities required only that I and others visit the Palace a few times before tonight, at each visit I still quietly marvel at its large and small beauties – whether a remarkable tapestry or a small portrait or a piece of furniture. The Kingdom of Belgium acquired the Palace in the 1960's from the city of Brussels, which in turn had had the property since 1918; the Palace's roots hail back to the Egmont family in the 16th century. The Belgians spent years renovating the building, and as a result they have a diplomatic center that matches the marvelous hospitality that they put on display this evening. These are not your average digs, to say the least.
Tonight's dinner event – which has stretched well beyond the scheduled two hours and fifteen minutes – is the beginning of several busy – no, make that extremely busy – days here in the capital of Europe for the Secretary. In addition to serving as host nation for NATO and the EU, Belgium is a major trading and investment partner of the United States, has forces in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Lebanon and Africa, cooperates with us on a number of important issues, and will have the EU Presidency for the second half of 2010 – a valuable interlocutor.
So tonight's event is done, with the Secretary and the other Foreign Ministers and officials walking one last time through the Hall of Mirrors down the marble stairs to the vehicles below. A few minutes later it's good-bye to the Palace for me, too. I'm sure other colleagues will be blogging about the Secretary's upcoming NATO and EU events occurring nearby over the next two days, where she will have many important discussions, much as she did tonight. But they won't have the Egmont!
Philip in California writes:
Mr. Forsyth:
Thank you for these blogs. My 18yo is considering major-ing in International Relations. I have forwarded to him this wonderful interactive website (Hillary TV 24/7) and made sure he reads your blogs! Thanks!
SNP in Syria writes:
It is a lot less grandiose than the private wing dweling of the Moslem ruler MORDAKHAI BIN IBRAHIM BIN MOSHE. He sure know how to put to use the Hajjis money to decorate his castles.
Rosemary in New Jersey writes:
Thanks time for this post. Wow! what a place that Palace is! It looks beautiful. Thanks for taking good care of our Secretary of State who is also beautiful. I know she is keeping everybody hopping! She has a lot of energy.
Betsy in Colorado writes:
I love the transparency of this Administration. Secretary Clinton with all her energy will keep everyone hopping on this trip. She will be on the go all the time. I really admire all of her energy.
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Wow, what a pad! nice diggs. Great pictures.


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Monty Python's Personal Best
Calling all fans of Spam, dead parrots, upper-class twits and lumberjacks! MONTY PYTHON'S PERSONAL BEST, six one-hour specials airing on PBS February 22-March 8, 2006, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET., showcases the all-time favorites of the groundbreaking masters of sketch comedy: Monty Python.
Each episode will include members of the original Monty Python troupe performing in favorite clips from their unorthodox television series, "Monty Python's Flying Circus," repurposed with exclusive new material. Each of the five living Pythons - John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin - produced and wrote his own episode, and collaborated to create the sixth special in honor of deceased member Graham Chapman. The episodes will air over a three week period in two-hour blocks on PBS on February 22, March 1 and March 8.
"As the network that originally introduced the fresh and unconventional comedy of Monty Python to America, PBS is proud to present these new specials," said John F. Wilson, PBS senior vice president and co-chief programming executive. "These specials will allow Monty Python fans to learn more about the men who have made them laugh for decades, while introducing a whole new generation to these world-renowned comedians."
Viewers familiar with the Pythons or new to their zany brand of chaos will be treated to the troupe's favorites, including:
* "Michael Palin's Personal Best"--Michael Palin takes a look at one of Britain's most popular leisure pursuits: fish slapping. In possibly the first in-depth documentary on this piscine subject, he examines method, technique and equipment. In between are some of his favorite sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus," including the Cheese Shop, Blackmail and, appropriately, the Piranha Brothers.
* "Eric Idle's Personal Best"--Eric Idle returns to the Hollywood Bowl to introduce his favorite skits from "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Idle has been described by some as the third-tallest member of the Monty Python team and this is reflected in his selections, which include the Silly Olympics, Bruces, Lumberjacks and the Hairdressers' Expedition to Mount Everest.
* "Terry Jones' Personal Best"--Terry Jones reveals for the first time that he was the true creative genius behind Monty Python and in fact wrote all the shows himself. This makes the job of selecting his favorites all the harder, but he manages to produce an hour that features The Bishop, News for Parrots, Bicycle Repair Man and the Spanish Inquisition.
* "John Cleese's Personal Best"--John Cleese chooses instructive selections as his favorite sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Viewers learn how to defend themselves against fresh fruit, perform brain surgery Gumby-style and fly. For music lovers, there's the exploding version of the Blue Danube.
* "Terry Gilliam's Personal Best"--Terry Gilliam is animated about animation as he presents his cartoon favorites from "Monty Python's Flying Circus." It's a reversal of the original shows, as live-action segments link the cartoons in a surreal collection of killer cars, sprouting hands and dancing teeth.
* "Graham Chapman's Personal Best"--This memoir of the late Graham Chapman from his fellow Pythons includes their favorites featuring Chapman and a selection of Chapman's own favorites. The show includes Spam, wrestling, a documentary on mollusks and the wit of Oscar Wilde.
The Pythons burst onto the scene in October 1969 when "Monty Python's Flying Circus" debuted in Britain to a startled UK audience. The series' 45 episodes ran until December 1974. American audiences were first introduced to such phrases as "nudge, nudge, wink, wink," "naughty bits" and "nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" when PBS stations obtained broadcast rights to the series in 1974.
In addition to the television series, the group released several feature-length films, including Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), The Life of Brian (1979) and Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982). In 2005 Monty Python's Spamalot premiered on Broadway to critical and audience acclaim, and won the Tony Award for Best Musical (2005).


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Sarah Jessica Parker was recently spotted walking in the West Village in NYC (where she lives and is constantly haunted by paps) carrying a lovely tan and white colorblock Michael Kors Large Miranda Tote. At first I thought this bag might be some new, oversized version of the Miranda, but then I remembered how petite SJP is - she's not just slender, she's tiny in a general way. While this bag isn't actually any bigger than most Mirandas, however, it is brand new, and you can pre-order it for $1,195 at Michael Kors.
SJP frequently makes appearances here on PB (in part, due to her very frequent availability to NYC paparazzi), and a lot of her handbag choices have been a tad more economical recently. Case in point: we most recently spotted her with the new Coach Borough Bag. While Michael Kors isn't exactly inexpensive, the brand's bags are only a fraction of the price of Sarah's preferred Chanel picks. You can comb through the majority of SJP's highly impressive bag stash in "The Many Bags of Sarah Jessica Parker".


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Topic: strptime issue
Hi all.
I am using DateTime.strptime to get a DateTime object from a date formatted as d/m/y
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fmt = '%d/%m/%y'
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rescue ArgumentError => arg_exc
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"3 elements of civil date are necessary".
Anyone know what is the correct use of this library?


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Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has approved a new version of the DisplayPort, which is expected to finally get adopted by makers of personal computers and consumer electronics. The new 1.1 standard supports copyright protection technology already available with DVI and HDMI interconnects and features some other advantages.
"The benefits of version 1.1 are significant, and will encourage adoption of DisplayPort in new generations of computers and consumer electronics equipment," said Bill Lempesis, VESA executive director. "Our task groups and committees within VESA worked very hard to ensure that DisplayPort 1.1 satisfies the important objectives it is designed for, and as a result, this new version has widespread support among all the leading computer and consumer electronics suppliers."
The DisplayPort is designed to enable a common interface approach across both internal and external display connections. Internal connections include display interfaces within a notebook PC or within an LCD display. External display connections include the interface between a source device such as a desktop PC, set-top box, DVD player or game console, and a display device such as a direct view flat panel or projection display for viewing video and graphics. The DisplayPort standard will also include an optional digital audio capability allowing streaming of high definition digital audio-video content over the interface, and provides performance scalability to enable the next generation of displays featuring higher color depths, refresh rates, and display resolutions.
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DisplayPort 1.1 adds support for high bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) version 1.3 and also provides for low voltage and low power operation, and enables improved interoperability and reduced EMI through its embedded clock architecture.
John Byrne, who is responsible for sales of graphics chips and chipsets at Advanced Micro Devices, said in an interview with X-bit labs that first graphics cards and monitors incorporating DisplayPort 1.1 will be available by the end of 2007.