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Thanks John. I'm after the whole pie, but I figure the crust is the most difficult. The crumb had a good taste, there was definitely some complexity from the ferment-I could smell it when handling the dough. But, the EVOO overpowered most of the crust flavor. Changing the oil is a must (as Scott123 has informed me), as is using less pan oil.I found that my toppings were similar, though I did not have enough pecorino (or maybe just not sharp enough). I also could have used a tiny bit more salt in my sauce- I eye ball this so I have no idea how much I used. The cheese at L&B is also much more stretchy, though the taste is not much different. I am informed by some members that they use Grande... I don't really want to buy a massive brick at RD, so supermarket brands will have to do. The consistency of my sauce was very close. I simply pour the can into a colander, drain out all the excess puree and juices, and then shake for about 30 seconds to get as much liquid out as possible, and then blend until uniform.
I think their pizza has to be a bit lower hydration. The dough I made would never get through a sheeter alive. I have never really worked with KABF, so I'm afraid I can't offer much advice. Hopefully others will step in. Good luck. Nothing else except remember my warnings about oil!
I don't know if they use AT. I have been told they use a high protein bromated flour, but not the brand. I think you should try with the KABF and see what happens. Mine did come out soft and light. It must be a product of all the moisture
That looks delicious, John.I'm going to try again next weekend on this one. I'll probably go with the same dough, but as a same-day dough. This should get it closer to the real deal.
John, I've seen that video--there's really no way to tell if he has the crust from the video. The quality isn't high enough and there's no cross section. But that definitely is an L&B clone with a lower hydration.I haven't figured out how much yeast to use yet, I'll probably look at some of my notes on prior pies to figure that out. Of course, some kneading will be required because of the shorter ferment. I also plan on pressing it down lightly to collapse the larger air bubbles. Let me know if you get there first! I won't be making any moves until Friday or SaturdayTyler
That video has been a great reference to me in the past too. I like how the guy in the vid overlaps the cheese for a "full blanket". The cheese baking into the dough at L&B is def what makes it really special.The crumb at L&B is not very moist, which leads me to believe it is much like regular (non-upside) NYC Sicilian dough, which is typically the same as for thin crust, just a bigger dough ball (2+ pounds) that gets pan proofed. This would lead me to also believe that the oil percentage isn't terribly high in L&B's formula.
Do you have confirmation that they do a same day dough there?
. The dough structure looks like a tight mesh, which means the dough had been taken to the intensive stage during mixing.
The crumb at L&B is not very moist, which leads me to believe it is much like regular (non-upside) NYC Sicilian dough, which is typically the same as for thin crust, just a bigger dough ball (2+ pounds) that gets pan proofed. This would lead me to also believe that the oil percentage isn't terribly high in L&B's formula and that the hydration percentage is probably somewhere between 60-65%.
This pizza is haunting my dreams! I am going to try it on Saturday.
-In the Man v Food video, the owner says that a pie (they use a full cake sheet) is 5lbs, meaning my half sheet (12x18) should be 2.5lbs--this comes out to 27% heavier than the dough I used, which seems like way too much. He could have estimated. I could work out the math on this when I have some time and figure out what TF this would give. Note: I measured my take-out pie once and found that it is approximately a standard cake sheet (18x24).-I also believe that their dough is not very wet/oily. But, I haven't been able to get close to the gooey texture of their dough without a high % of water and oil. I might try lowering the oil and water by 1.5% and 2%, respectively. I think it has to be higher than a sicilian slice in manhattan.-I'm not sure if the dough is pan proofed. One thing that L&B does that is strange to me is that they prepare many pies ahead of time and just let them sit there with cheese and sauce. You would expect this to hurt the pie, but the place is so busy that it probably doesn't sit for more than 20 minutes before being baked.


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Niiice.... I would still use those old coupons; just stick a few windshields every time you walk in and out to your van...can't hurt.
Looking good Norma! Heck, advertising can sell anything if done right. Look at pet rocks............. The guy made millions. Walter Have you thought of saying something like- Norma's Pizza - The Best Pizza In Penn - on your signs/flyers and whatever you use for advertising? Most people need to be told what is good. I tell people all the time our pizza is the best in Ohio and as good or better than any in NYC. I am not bragging I grew up eating making it and after people have it they agree. I offer a 100% money back guarantee if not satified and have yet to have anyone ask for their money back. I know you are a laid back person but stepping out like this will create more of a buzz than you might think. I spent years in the music business and the hype around an artist made or broke them. Same with food. Make a solid product and tell the world it is the best because you put all your heart and soul in it. I spent an afternoon with Anthony of Una Pizza Napoletana in SF a few weeks ago. He and I have a lot in common. His pie was really good so you can't argue with what he says because it is not bragging when you walk the walk.
"The Best in Penn, or your money back!".... guaranteed!!
Walter,Lol, I know advertising can sell almost anything if it is done right. I haven't gotten up the nerve to say something like you posted, but might try to get up the nerve to say something like that. I have to get some flyers made and they probably will be just made by me and might include some coupons. I first have to think of a way to design some kind of flyer that might look okay. I really like your way of doing things and appreciate your help again. You are lucky you got to meet Anthony of Una Pizza Napolentana. I saw those posts and enjoyed them.Norma
Elvis is Alive!!!
Thanks Norma and I dig the way youi do things too. I grew up in a very Italian scene in NJ and one bragged of their products not from conciet but from love. Anthony and I are from that mold. In the music world I was deeply involved in the African American blues world. Often I was the only white guy in the club. Those gjys were like the Italians I grew up with. They told the world they were the greatest and proved it by their passion. I remember when I was playing with Lightning Hopkins. Many consider him one the best bluesmen of all time. He always dressed sharp. He told me- Wlater you got to dress sharp everywhere you go and when you are on the stage the people got to know you are the man as well as when you are on the can!. Don't see it as bragging, but as sharing your heart and soul. I love it when a person from back home comes in and tries a pie. I have no fears they won't like it only excitement that I hope they will. I have used this approach throughout my life. I never have made any real money because money is not my passion. I get enough to get by and do my passions. That is the greatest IMO. Like Anthony, I won't sell anything that isn't up to snuff. Most places sell garbage and are proudest of the register reciept at the end of the night. I live for smiles and feeding peoples bodies and souls because that in turn feeds mine beyond any monetary rewards. Put that on your sign and watch people come in to take the challenge. Your love will shine through and all will be smiling. Walterthis was a typical suit I wear when performing. People dig it to no end. When I drove my 1963 cadillac with clothes like this and rings on every finger, the ghetto treated me like a superstar and the upscale restaurants took me righ to the best tables even though there was a line around the block when I got there.
Norma,Those new signs look great. Using them yet? If so are sales up?
I got to pick up the A-frame sign and the posters today. As can be seen when my pizzas are transferred onto a sign the pizzas look somewhat blurry. I have to laminate the posters before I can use them.I also found these coupons while I was at market today. I didn't know if I had thrown them away or not. My oldest daughter and my granddaughters boyfriend tried to give them to people in the main midway, in the main market buildings and hung some in the bathrooms a few years ago. The only people that used the coupons were standholders. No one would take any of the coupons that were not standholders. I made the coupons on my computer. I was trying to sell more items back then.I brought the big A-frame sign home and am going to work on it Sunday if I find time.Norma
now you are cooking Norma! The signs look great. You might want to check out a print shop for laminating. They have big roller machines that will seal them all in one shot vs. the small laminate pieces you get at Walmart. Make sure you go a 1/4" or so past the edges of the posters. This will help keep them from delaminating in humidity and such. I laminate all our recipe cards this way and they never wear out. We even wash them in the sink when they get gunked up with batter and such. Walter
How about a nice big orange/red arrow pointing to the right attached to the top of the A-frame sign Norma?


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Category: MN Subtractions
MN K-12 Education Subtraction
A variety of expenses may qualify for the K-12 Subtraction and Credit. The sections below outline these "qualifying expenses," when to claim them, and what expenses don't qualify. Expenses are only eligible for the credit or subtraction if you paid them for a "qualifying child."
Note: You must have records to prove you paid the expenses. Be sure to save these records, such as itemized cash register receipts, invoices and canceled checks. (However, canceled checks alone may not be enough to prove you had paid education expenses.)
Expenses for the Normal School Day
Most expenses for educational instruction or materials qualify if they're required for the "normal school day" – that is, for subjects normally taught in public school grades K-12. These expenses include:
- Textbooks and other instructional materials used in subjects normally taught in public school grades K-12. This can include paper, pens, pencils, notebooks, rulers and special supplies needed for shop, home economics or art class. See "Expenses That Don't Qualify" for exceptions, such as religious textbooks or materials used in extracurricular activities.
- Instructional fees paid for field trips taken during the normal school day, including local transportation costs paid to others and entrance fees to exhibits.
- Rental or purchase of educational equipment required for classes during the normal school day, such as musical instruments and calculators.
- Home school. Expenses for home schooling of children may qualify for the credit or subtraction if they're for supplies and materials for subjects taught during the normal public school day. They may not be primarily religious in nature.
For more information, see Qualifying Home School Expenses for K-12 Education Subtraction and Credit (Income Tax Fact Sheet 8a).
The following expenses qualify for the subtraction only:
- Tuition for private schools.
- Tuition for college courses that satisfy high school graduation requirements.
After-school Educational Enrichment Programs, Tutoring, and Summer Programs
Only the instructional part of fees qualify for after-school or summer enrichment programs as an educational expense. This includes private tutoring expenses, but doesn't include expenses for materials, supplies, transportation, or room and board.
To qualify, the program must be:
- Academic in nature. This includes courses in such subjects as reading, math, science, history and the fine arts; but it doesn't include sports and athletic activities, or religious instruction.
- Taught by a qualified instructor who is not the child's sibling, parent or grandparent. (See "Definition of a Qualified Instructor," below.)
Summer School
Expenses paid for summer school classes to fulfill school-year class requirements qualify. They must meet the same requirements as "normal school day" expenses, as outlined above.
Driver's Education Classes
You may claim instructor fees paid for driver's education if the school your child attends offers driver's education as part of its curriculum, no matter where your child takes the classes.
Transportation Expenses
Transportation expenses qualify if you meet all of the following requirements:
- Expenses must be paid to others. If you or any other members in your household drive your child to school, or if your child drives him- or herself to school, you cannot claim transportation expenses.
- Expenses must be for transportation during the school day. This includes traveling to and from school, or for field trips.
- Transportation to or from extracurricular activities – academic or nonacademic – doesn't qualify.
- The school must be located in Minnesota or a neighboring state. This includes Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin.
Computer Hardware and Educational Software
Computer hardware and software you bought for your children to use at home to learn about academic subjects are qualifying expenses, as long as you don't also use the computer in a trade or business.
You may only claim computer and software expenses up to $200 for the credit and $200 for the subtraction. You can't claim more than $400 in total computer expenses, even if you spent more on these items during the year.
When to Claim Qualifying Expenses
You claim educational expenses for the year when you paid for the materials or services, which may be different from the year you received them. It depends how you paid for them:
- If you bought an educational service or product using a "third-party" loan – such as from a bank or with a credit card – claim the expenses for the year of purchase. (This is true even if you don't repay the loan until a later year.)
- If you used credit provided by a retail seller for the purchase – such as a payment plan from a computer or music store – claim the expenses for year(s) you actually make payments to the seller.
Example: You bought a musical instrument on store credit in September and make 10 monthly payments of $50 each ($500 total). You claim four payments ($200) as educational expense for the current year, and claim the remaining six payments ($300) for the next year. However, if you bought the same instrument with a bank loan or a credit card, you claim the full amount ($500) for the current year.
Expenses That Don't Qualify
The following expenses don't qualify for K-12 Education Subtraction or Credit:
- School lunches or meals
- School uniforms (including band uniforms, choir robes, dance costumes and graduation robes)
- Monthly Internet access fees
- Books and materials used in any extra-curricular activities or sporting events
- Books, materials or instruction used in teaching religious beliefs
- Clothing for school (except for clothing required for gym class)
- Kleenex
- Backpacks
- Nonacademic programs such as sports camps, lessons, or equipment such as martial arts classes, dance line, baseball camp and others
- Transportation expenses for extra-curricular activities or programs outside the normal school day
- Cost of driving the child or the child driving him- or herself to school
- Expenses for pre-kindergarten classes and nursery schools
- Expenses for classes after the student has left high school
- Participation fees for club activities, extracurricular activities and sporting activity such as pep band, marching band, and coaching
- Room and board
- Fees for extracurricular academic instruction provided by the child's sibling, parent or grandparent
- Travel expenses for overnight class trips
- Testing fees for advanced placement and college entrance exams such as the SAT and ACT
- Hardcover encyclopedias or reference materials
- Diagnostic fees to determine what assistance the child needs
- Fees paid for membership in an association (for example, YMCA, sports or health clubs, museums, zoos, home-based education accreditation associations)
- Seminars for the parent
- Fees or tuition for correspondence schools
- Materials used for setting up a home school (for example, desks, whiteboards, demo kits, maps, globes)
- Equipment that is normally provided by the school (for example, gym equipment, major shop equipment, kitchen appliances and the like)
Definition of a "Qualified Instructor"
A qualified instructor is an individual who meets at least one of the following requirements. He or she:
- Is a Minnesota licensed teacher.
- Is directly supervised by a Minnesota licensed teacher.
- Has passed a teacher competency test.
- Teaches in an accredited private school.
- Has a baccalaureate – or "bachelor's" – degree (though it doesn't have to be in the same subject taught).
- Is a member of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association.


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Hireko is proud to announce that we have added nearly the entire line of PURE Grips to our already extensive product line.
While PURE Grips may not be a household brand that many of you are familiar with, they have been manufacturing high-quality seamless grips and gained a loyal following amongst clubmakers. They offer a wide range of products, colors, extremely tight tolerances and best of all they are made here.
Each PURE grip model has a scant weight tolerance of +/- 1 gram – that's it! For clubmakers tight tolerances means no more need to weight-sort grips or take into account grip weights after you have already taken time to balance the swingweights after you have cut the shafts, added tip pins and epoxied the clubs together.
Tapeless grip installation
One of the claims to fame for PURE Grips is the ability to install their grips without harsh solvents and the extra expense of adhesive tape. Sure, you can still install their grips like normal if you like, but they offer a customized grip installation gun that you hook up to a small compressor using a quick fitting connection and that allows you to blow on and off the grips. This not only saves you money, but time as well.
Made in the U.S.A.
Not too many companies, whether in golf or any other industry, can say their products are proudly made in the good old United States of America. I can almost hear Springsteen's "Born in the USA" in the background and I swear it is not coming from my radio.
The PURE Grips
There are three families of full swing grips and one line of putter grips Hireko will be offering. Each family will be available in 7 different colors (Black, White, Red, Orange, Green, Blue and Grey). Let's go through each of the lines to explain their differences.
PURE P2 Wrap Grips
This is Pure Grip's tackiest and softest grip. The P2 Wrap features a non-buffed, perforated simulated wrap design and fits golfers that prefer a slightly softer, more muted feel at impact. This grip is great for wet or humid locations and for those that really like a tacky feeling grip that will absorb some vibration. The P2 Wrap is available in both men's standard and midsize models.
PURE P2 Pro Grips
The PURE Pro is a slightly firmer grip than the P2 and features a uniform traction groove surface – think Velvet-style. The Pro series is their most comprehensive line as it is available in three different sizes; undersized (or more commonly called ladies), standard and midsize.
PURE DTX Grips
The PURE DTX is Pure Grip's first collaboration with Hank Haney, who is the face of their brand and uses the products in his golf schools and teaching academies. The DTX is a combination of contrasting textures, which according to Pure Grip "delivers a great simulation of a cord feel, but adds our seamless molding and rubber technology." I am not sure I would call it a cord feel as so many corded grips on the market are a soft cord, but I will agree it is a unique combination of rough and tacky textures. The PURE DTX is available in both men's standard and midsize models.
PURE Classic Putter Grips
This is for golfers that prefer a standard size putter grip with a soft, smooth tacky feel. The grip molds perfectly into your hands without any harsh or sharp edges and the tackiness gives you confidence over every putt.


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there are a few obvious ones, i think. nearly every version of maybe i'm amazed trumps the studio version, i think (and i love the studio version).
things we said today, from tripping the live fantastic was really good...including the guitar solo that linked TWST and eleanor rigby.
call me back again from WOA (trying not to pick "only" from WOA, seems like cheating)
what are yours, people?


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Case Study: Verticality Ltd.
Verticality Reduces Costs 30 Percent with Customized SugarCRM Solution for IT Recruitment
Business Issue:
Verticality is an IT recruitment firm located in the East Midlands, UK. It utilizes modern recruitment methods such as online job boards and social media sites to assist corporate employers and individual job hunters. Verticality's commitment to excellent services has resulted in its wide client base across the UK and Europe.
As it grew, the company needed to improve its sales and marketing processes to better manage corporate accounts. Its in-place solution, Salesforce.com, lacked the flexibility to customize cost effectively. As a result, Verticality decided to move to a more flexible solution capable of meeting its needs.
- Easy to use
- Cost effective customization
- Intuitive user interface
- Advanced reporting
Solution: Sugar Professional
In October 2009, Verticality chose Sugar Professional. Verticality and gold-level partner EnableIT began to migrate from Salesforce.com to Sugar Professional in January 2010. The deployment was completed in three months with no business disruption.
Business Benefits:
- Integrates with LinkedIn to improve social media outreach
- Improved marketing automation and increased email campaigns from a minimal number to 15 – 20 campaigns per month. Gained an overall increase in sales leads and a 30 percent savings in annual costs.
- Reduced annual planning and review by 32 percent while increasing strategic effectiveness


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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held a news conference with Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd in Melbourne, Australia, on November 6. The Secretary and Foreign Minister marked the 70th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between the United States and Australia. Secretary Clinton and Australian Foreign Minister Rudd discussed the role of regional institutions, the Australia-United States Ministerial, efforts to reduce violence against women and girls throughout the Pacific region, as well as efforts to reduce hunger and improve food security.
Secretary Clinton said, "On behalf of the United States, we deeply value and respect that friendship and the many contributions that Australia has made and is making and will make to the pursuit of common goals and values that are really at the core of that enduring friendship.
"As the foreign minister noted in his opening remarks, this marks the 70th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations. Our relationship continues to be a strategic anchor of security and prosperity in this region and beyond and our countries are working very closely together. The Melbourne Statement reflects that level of cooperation and it touches on the many areas where we are involved together.
"One critical issue is the role of regional institutions. The foreign minister has been a consistent advocate and a leading voice for strengthening the regional architecture in the Asia Pacific, including the United States engagement in the East Asia Summit, ASEAN, and other institutions. And I want to thank him publicly here in Australia for doing a lot of the most important thinking about how the Asia Pacific region needs to be organized and the role that the United States must play in that going forward.
"The foreign minister is also very knowledgeable about China and he has been extremely helpful to the United States in our efforts to build a positive, cooperative, and comprehensive relationship with China as it rises on the global stage. Tomorrow I will meet with the prime minister to discuss a range of issues, including our joint efforts on nuclear nonproliferation, human rights, and so much else.
"I will also be looking forward to speaking at the university about how the United States and Australia can build on and adapt our alliance to the 21st century. On Monday, the foreign minister and I will participate in the Australia-United States Ministerial, the so-called AUSMIN. Together with my colleague, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith. There we will discuss a full range of issues, including joint efforts in Afghanistan, cyber security, counter terrorism, the peaceful use of outer space, and again, so much more.
"We are also working together to fight poverty and spur development in countries nearby here in this region and beyond. Along with defense and diplomacy, development is the third pillar of America's foreign policy. We call them the three Ds. And I particularly appreciate the foreign minister's commitments on development that he just referenced.
"And I especially welcome Australia's partnership in reducing violence against women and girls in the Pacific region and beyond. When women are not protected, it undermines families, communities, and even nations. It also means they are more likely to contract sexually transmitted diseases including HIV. High rates of gender-based violence can contribute to the high rates of HIV among women. That's why next year the United States will double our funding to fight HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea to $5 million.
"In addition, we are working together to reduce hunger and improve food security. We are stepping up efforts to develop new strains of rice that will yield more food with less water and perform better in heat and drought. We will continue to support the International Rice Research Institute and other programs to help sustain Asia's food production in the face of growing population and climate change. This work is just one outcome of the commitment our two development agencies made this summer to extend our cooperation. And so I want to commend Australia on its recent decision to contribute $50 million to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program. It will have a concrete set of benefits for people in need. Just this week that program announced a new round of grants that will help small holder farmers in Ethiopia, Niger, and Mongolia grow more food and increase their incomes.
"Now, all of these projects are evidence of the generosity and drive for results that our two countries share. We want to make sure that our efforts actually help people improve their lives in concrete ways. And as we build on our decades-long friendship and alliance, I am confident that we will be able to do far more together than either of us could do alone."
You can read the Secretary's complete remarks here.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Worthy accomplishments, I think.
Diplomacy, is what, I think, is a good example.
Thank you.
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It is wonderful to see the secretary work so closely with such a dedicated ally . Together I think we can work together to help solve these pronblems.


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History of the Frisbee
In 1871, in the wake of the Civil War, William Russell Frisbie moved from Bransford, Connecticut, where his father, Russell, had operated a successful grist mill, to Bridgeport, Connecticut. Hired to manage a new bakery, a branch of the Olds Baking Company of New Haven, he soon bought it outright and named it the Frisbie Pie Company (363 Kossuth Street). W.R. died in 1903 and his son, Joseph P., manned the ovens until his death in 1940. Under his direction the small company grew from six to two hundred and fifty routes, and shops were opened in Hartford, Connecticut; Poughkeepsie, New York; and Providence, Rhode Island. His widow, Marian Rose Frisbie, and long-time plant manager, Joseph J. Vaughn, baked on until August 1958 and reached a zenith production of 80,000 pies per day in 1956.
History of WFDF and Flying Discs
The early years of flying disc play were dominated by the influence of the International Frisbee Association, which was a promotional arm of Wham-O Manufacturing Company, the makers of the patented Frisbee brand flying disc. Through the efforts of that organization, many of the game designs and procedures were developed. Although most of the IFA activity was focused in the United States, many international affiliates where begun as a result of Wham-O distributorships in various countries.
Timeline of early history of Flying Disc Play (1871-1995)
This page was first built by Johan Lindgren of Sweden, long-time Secretary of WFDF. We have made a few additions and corrections, but there are obviously very many significant events in disc history that have not yet been included. If you have authortative information about events that you feel should be added or corrections to suggest, please contact us.
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The Obama Administration's National Science and Technology Council released A Policy Framework for the 21st Century Grid: A Progress Report—an update highlighting the Administration's most recent achievements to make the Nation's electric grid stronger, smarter, and cleaner than ever before.
In June 2011, the Obama Administration released "A Policy Framework for the 21st Century Grid: Enabling Our Secure Energy Future," which highlights the benefits of a modernized electric system in the United States. Produced by the Cabinet-level National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), the Policy Framework sets four guiding principles to ensure that all Americans benefit from investments in the Nation's electric infrastructure:
1. Enabling Cost-Effective Smart Grid Investments
2. Unlocking the Potential of Innovation in the Electricity Sector
3. Empowering Consumers and Enabling Informed Decision Making
4. Securing the Grid
This report summarizes Federal Government progress in these four areas and the range of recent steps taken to deliver on the promise of a 21st century grid, including: investing in the development and deployment of smart grid technologies and transmission infrastructure; improving access to household or building energy data in formats useful to families and businesses; establishing new interoperability standards to spur private-sector innovation; and launching new programs to address critical grid security needs.


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Arizona Cardinals
Jonathan Babineaux's touchdown looms large in Cardinals' loss
When a team is mired in an extended losing streak, as the Cardinals are, one play can often make all the difference.
Sunday was no exception.
Although the Cardinals raced out to a 13-0 lead in the first quarter behind three interceptions, momentum was slowly shifting in the Falcons' direction midway through the second quarter.
On a third-and-2 from the Cardinals' 21-yard line, rookie Ryan Lindley went back to pass but was hit hard from behind by veteran defensive end John Abraham.
While Lindley's arm appeared to be moving forward, the ball squirted free to his right and was picked up without a fight by Atlanta's Jonathan Babineaux, who calmly raced 15 yards to the end zone for a defensive touchdown.
The touchdown cut the Cardinals' lead to 13-10, and the Falcons would go on to score 13 of the final 19 points in the contest for their ninth victory of the season.
Head coach Ken Whisenhunt thought the play should have been ruled an incompletion not a fumble, but head referee Bill Vinovich disagreed.
"[Vinovich] said he didn't see it that way," Whisenhunt said. "To me the hand was moving forward when the ball came out. That's a rule that's been scrutinized in the NFL. It was a tight call."
What was most surprising about the play was that when the ball went to the Georgia Dome turf, not a single Arizona player made a move towards the ball.
"Multiple players told me they heard a whistle," said Whisenhunt. "It seemed like everybody stopped playing except for one or two guys. There were players running on the field from both sidelines. It was definitely a strange play."
Babineaux's touchdown was the second defensive score the Cardinals have given up during their six-game losing streak.
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The White House Blog shares about President Obama's visit to Turkey:
Today the President visited Turkey, a country that lies at the nexus of several cultures, and accordingly the President had several core messages. He emphasized his support for Turkey's bid for membership in the European Union. In response to questions about whether there was a message being sent through the visit, he stated emphatically that there was indeed, namely that Turkey is a critical ally, vital in issues ranging from energy to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And addressing another element of Turkey's culture, he spoke to the majority-Muslim population in a speech to the Turkish Grand National Assembly:
"I know there have been difficulties these last few years. I know that the trust that binds the United States and Turkey has been strained, and I know that strain is shared in many places where the Muslim faith is practiced. So let me say this as clearly as I can: The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam. (Applause.) In fact, our partnership with the Muslim world is critical not just in rolling back the violent ideologies that people of all faiths reject, but also to strengthen opportunity for all its people.
I also want to be clear that America's relationship with the Muslim community, the Muslim world, cannot, and will not, just be based upon opposition to terrorism. We seek broader engagement based on mutual interest and mutual respect. We will listen carefully, we will bridge misunderstandings, and we will seek common ground. We will be respectful, even when we do not agree. We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world -- including in my own country. The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country -- I know, because I am one of them. (Applause.)
Above all, above all we will demonstrate through actions our commitment to a better future. I want to help more children get the education that they need to succeed. We want to promote health care in places where people are vulnerable. We want to expand the trade and investment that can bring prosperity for all people. In the months ahead, I will present specific programs to advance these goals. Our focus will be on what we can do, in partnership with people across the Muslim world, to advance our common hopes and our common dreams. And when people look back on this time, let it be said of America that we extended the hand of friendship to all people.
There's an old Turkish proverb: 'You cannot put out fire with flames.' America knows this. Turkey knows this. There's some who must be met by force, they will not compromise. But force alone cannot solve our problems, and it is no alternative to extremism. The future must belong to those who create, not those who destroy. That is the future we must work for, and we must work for it together."
Read more about the President's visit to Turkey.
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I would like to express my deepest gratitude to His Excellency, The President of the United States of America (U.S.A.) and the American people. Turkey will always be besides those who support democratic government, the rule of law and freedom. As the children of Marshal Mustafa Kemal Ataturk we know all too well what democracy means, and will campaign hard to preserve democratic rule in our country.
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[April 8, 2013] –Journalist Ron Berler, author of Raising the Curve: A Year Inside One of America's 45,000 Failing Public Schools, will speak on Tuesday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the Adrian Lamb Room. His book is a fascinating, and disturbing, exposé of a year spent inside a fifth-grade classroom in one of America's struggling schools. The fact that the school is right here in Fairfield County makes Raising the Curve even more pertinent reading.
In the fall of the 2010, Berler took his seat in a classroom in Brookside Elementary School. Thus began a year long journey observing the arduous work of teachers, administrators, education specialists and parents, in striving to provide effective education for the students. Impeding the process, and hanging like a cloud over the school, was the specter of standardized CMT tests, the results of which have far-reaching ramifications for the school and the careers of the teachers and education professionals. As Berler illustrates, this high-stakes, stressful situation is hardly an ideal academic environment for both the students and their anxious teachers and administrators.
The son of a teacher, and now married to a teacher, Ron Berler has devoted much of his career to writing and reporting on youth issues. He wrote a weekly kids' issues column for the Chicago Tribune; served as editor-in-chief of NBA Inside Stuff, a pro-basketball magazine for teens; and wrote about youth sports injuries for The New York Times Magazine. He is the author of a children's book, The Super Book of Baseball, and the editor of Rising Stars: The 10 Best Young Players in the NBA. His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Wired, Men's Journal, and ESPN.com, among other publications.
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My impressions after giving talks at RIT++ and Percona conferences
posted 4 years ago in CUBRID Life category by Esen Sagynov
Three weeks ago on behalf of the CUBRID team a few of my colleagues and me have attended and given talks at two international conferences. Today I would like to share my impressions of these events. I will write a separate post about various sharding solutions introduced at these conferences. So, stay tuned!
The first presentation at RIT++ (Russian Internet Technologies) was held on Monday April 22nd, 2013, in Moscow, Russia. The second one at Percona MySQL Conference & Expo was held on Wednesday the same week on April 24th, 2013, in Santa Clara, CA, US. At both conferences the agenda was the same: "Easy MySQL Database Sharding with CUBRID SHARD". At RIT++, though, the presentation was given in Russian language. Very exciting! The following is a list of resouces related to the talks.
- The presentation abstract in English
- The presentation abstract in Russian
- Slideshare in English
- Slideshare in Russian
- Full recording at Youtube
This was the third time we, the CUBRID team, have attended the conferences organized by Russian Ontico company. Previously we have attended to RIT++ 2012 and HighLoad++ 2012 conferences. This year at RIT++ 2013 there were over 800 attendees, and 13 categories of talks ranging from client-side development to server-side, to database scalability, to project management, to analytics, and so on. Annually after the conference is over the organizers conduct after-event survey and assess the past experience. I think because of users' past feedback this year RIT++ organizers have accepted more talks related to client-side development than usually.
Besides us from Korea, there were presenters from the States, representing Facebook, and Brasil, representing PUC-Rio University of Brasil. My personal impression was that this year there were fewer foreign speakers than last year at RIT++ or HighLoad++.
At my session about MySQL database sharding with CUBRID SHARD there were over 100, close to 150, I guess attendees. The audience welcomed my speech in Russian language very well. Next time I should talk in Russian again. They like it! When the presentation was over, there were slew of questions. I think CUBRID SHARD as an easy sharding middleware for MySQL was received very well.
To my surprise there were many questions unrelated to CUBRID SHARD. The audience asked a lot about CUBRID itself and its HA feature. Later I learned that many attendees listened to my talks about CUBRID open source relational database system from the last year. One from the audience said that he'd been looking into CUBRID for a while already and was considering to use it in production. His most favorite feature in CUBRID was its built-in support for HA and very clever 3-tier architecture. Overall the unofficial Q&A session lasted for over 1 hour 30 minutes.
It was a great experience for me to present CUBRID SHARD at RIT++ this year and a great opportunity to our CUBRID team. The conference lasted two days, but I could not attend the second day as I had to head to Santa Clara, CA, to give a talk at Percona MySQL Conference & Expo.
It was the first time I have talked at Percona. Previously we have spoken at OSCON 2011 about CUBRID HA, and 2010 MySQL Conference & Expo about CUBRID Database. When compared to OSCON, Percona MySQL conference was a lot more specific (obviously about MySQL). There were more quality talks about scalability and performance tuning. If I was to choose where to go next year, I would definitly select Percona. That interesting it was!
Unlike at RIT++, our session at Percona conference had attracted only about 20 attendees. The presentation went well, but I should accept that the number of listeners plays a big role. There were fewer questions, less enthusiasm. On the other hand, Facebook, two Percona, Continuent, and Tokutek presentations, which were held at the same time at 3:30 PM, attracted hundreds of listeners each. After realizing this I came to a conclusion that it is the brand recognition that plays a significant role in attracting listeners. Even though NHN is very popular in Korea and Asia in general, it is almost unknown in Western countries. In fact, when I asked the audience at Percona if they had ever heard about NHN, their answer was negative. Very pitty. I think NHN has to seriously reconsider its strategy on increasing its worldwide brand recognition. Nevertheless, I am very glad we had this chance to present our open source sharding middleware at a well-known conference like Percona.
Like I mentioned at the beginning of this post, I will write another post covering various sharding solutions presented at Percona conference. It was very interesting to learn about different techniques used by large scale service providers who have developed their own sharding solutions.
After my presentation was over and I had answered all the questions, I headed to one of the lounge rooms where I had made an oppointment to meet with Ryan Walsh, a Corporate Account Executive at Percona. We have discussed about various opportunities for cooperation between Percona and NHN, the company behind CUBRID development.
Percona is a widely-known and reputable MySQL support and consulting company. It is known to be the oldest and largest independent company which provides not only MySQL support, consulting and training but also develops a custom MySQL server, i.e. provides patches, "backport changes to older MySQL versions to obtain a key patch without a full version upgrade".
During our conversation Rayn had introduced his company and told about large scale cases their company has worked on so far. One that I would like to mention today is that some of the services at Amazon Web Services have been actually developed by Percona. Amazon RDS was said to have been developed by Percona team. Percona database tools seem to work with RDS natively.
Also Percona is cooperating with HP to build RedDwarf DaaS as part of the OpenStack open source cloud project. At Percona conference HP engineers have presented how to use RedDwarf APIs to use and administer the features of Percona Server. Such vast knowledge and experience of Percona in bulding cloud database services may be quite benefitial to NHN to develop and provide its own cloud computing service.
Overall, both presentations went well. I have talked to many attendees and answered to quite a lof of their questions about CUBRID SHARD and CUBRID Database. One thing which requires more attention from NHN is its global brand recognition. The more developers will recognize NHN and its services, the more will be eager to listen to and learn from NHN enginneers.
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Phyllis Zimmermann
NEW ULM – Phyllis Zimmermann, 69, of New Ulm, died Sunday, February 10, 2013 at the New Ulm Medical Center.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Friday, February 15 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm with Pastor Wayne Laitinen officiating. Private interment at the New Ulm City Cemetery Columbarium will follow at a later date.
Visitation will be for one hour prior to the time of the service at the church on Friday.
Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm is handling the arrangements. To sign the guest book or to leave an online condolence for her family go to www.mvfh.org.
Phyllis Ida Augusta Krueger was born March 3, 1943 at her parents' home in rural Hamilton Township, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin. She was the second child and first daughter of Walter and Mabel (Niedfeldt) Krueger. Phyllis attended grade school in West Salem, Wisconsin and St. Paul's School in Bangor, Wisconsin. She attended Luther High School in Onalaska, Wisconsin where she was a member of the school's first graduating class in 1961. Phyllis went to college at DMLC in New Ulm where she graduated with a three year teaching certificate in 1964.
Phyllis was called by the WELS to teach 2nd and 3rd grade at East Fork Lutheran School in Whiteriver, Arizona. While at East Fork, Phyllis met her future husband, Nelson Zimmermann. They were married July 31, 1966 at St. Paul's Church in Bangor, Wisconsin. After marriage, Phyllis taught for a year and then began, what was to be the great love of her life, working at the East Fork Lutheran Nursery: a child care facility connected with the East Fork Mission and WELS. The Zimmermanns had eight children. In 1990, Phyllis and Nelson moved to Cibecue, Arizona, where Phyllis taught the lower grades of the mission school on a volunteer basis. In 1996, the family relocated to Sanborn. Phyllis worked for a number of years in the kitchen of the Valley View Manor in Lamberton. In 2004, Phyllis and Nelson retired to New Ulm.
Phyllis is survived by her husband, Nelson Zimmermann of New Ulm; children, Natalie (Daniel) Borgwardt of New Ulm, Patrick Zimmermann of Pinetop, Arizona, Monica Zimmermann of Chicago, Illinois, Seth (Heidi) Zimmermann of White Bear Lake, Ina Zimmermann of Chicago, Illinois, Melissa (Jim) Widmer of Redwood Falls, Jacob (Sarah) Zimmermann of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Marion Standing of New Ulm; twelve grandchildren; brothers, LaVerne Krueger of Bangor, Wisconsin, Tim (Mary) Krueger of Sparta, Wisconsin, Michael Krueger of Sparta, Wisconsin; and sister, Ila Krueger of Rocky Point, North Carolina.
She was preceded in death by her parents; mother and father-in-law, R.H. and Ina Zimmermann; and sister-in-law, Carol Krueger.
Phyllis was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm and was a longtime supporter of the WELS Mission and the Lutheran Women's Missionary Society (LWMS).
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As in past years, Modern Painters presents a list of emerging artists whose work we — and the artist-nominators we've collaborated with — find especially promising. Part 1 of our "24 Artists to Watch" appeared yesterday and can be read here. Read Part 2 below.
Nicolas Party
Born 1980, Lausanne, Switzerland. Lives in Glasgow.
"I'm a painter — a painfully slow painter," says Party, who admits to finishing only five or six pieces a year. "Such slowness allows time and space to pursue other activities. Thus I'm making sculptures and installations, drawings and prints, performances and curatorial projects. But I'm a painter," he reiterates. "All other productions are made in the shadow cast by the canvas. I'm not producing generic images; I make specific paintings. This is fundamental to any understanding of my practice." One of Party's painting-adjacent activities took place in November at Salon 94, in New York, where he hosted Dinner for 24 Dogs, a "performance dinner" that included hand-painted furniture and plates. He's also preparing for a solo exhibition in the spring at the Modern Institute, in Glasgow. "It will be a presentation of 15 paintings that I have been working on for the past two years," he says. "All the walls of the gallery will be painted with different decorative patterns to create a non-neutral environment."
Cornelia Baltes
Born 1978, Mönchengladbach, Germany. Lives in London and Cologne.
In Baltes's works, daily life becomes a subject of constant wonder. She has a light touch and a keen eye for everything that is surprising and sometimes ridiculous in our world. Her photographs document mundane things like lit windows at nighttime (Dark Knight, 2012) or a plastic chain hanging from a stack of logs that looks like a smile. Her paintings use the medium in unexpected ways: Some protrude from the frame (Teaparty for Michael, 2011), others use murals as part of a painting installation. In There You Are!, 2010, a large hand painted on a wall points to a painting that hangs there. Simplicity and not overworking—these, she says, are the things "I need to nurture most: keep it light and tight. Also, giving up on a misplaced investment in 'painting' has freed me to do as I feel." Beyond the fact that the works are witty and subtle, they also show a real interest in composition, color, and texture, which makes them quite beautiful.
Toby Christian
Born 1983, Lincolnshire, U.K. Lives in London.
Christian addresses the nature of objects, the burden of art history, and exhibition conventions that have become familiar to the point of invisibility. His early works include empty plinths painted in various shades of white to look dramatically lit, and non-monumental items — like snowballs — carved in marble. In his 2012 "Life Room" series, the artist traces the positions of models posing on a slab of foam as if for a life drawing session. The resulting lines mingle with accidental stains and marks to map an absent body whose memory saturates the support like an afterimage.
Over the last couple of years, Christian has started using words as a medium, "writing from the point of view of making sculpture," he says. His texts draw on the legacy of semantic poetry and the works of Stefan Themerson, Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Francis Ponge. Although concerned with the world's physical makeup, the texts flirt with the hermetic, obscuring the objects they supposedly describe. Christian often jots notes on chalkboards as he goes along, later erasing them to create serendipitous abstractions he describes as "post-event images." Process and product collide.
James Capper
Born 1987, London. Lives in London.
"I build machines that use industrial hydraulics to move," says Capper of his unique pieces. These machines are part sculptural object, part utilitarian device. "I'm interested in the problem-solving aspect of industrial engineering, which requires a combination of creative and practical thought. There is a strong element of inventing, adapting, and changing existing techniques and processes to resolve a problem — how to make a ship that walks, for instance — and working closely with materials. Ultimately, I hope that this combines to create a distinct new language in the realm of mechanical sculpture." Capper divides his artistic inventions into categories — ones that are destined for land and those meant for the sea. His newest pieces double as working tools, "hydraulically operated and made to drill, slice, or hew into precast plaster blocks."
Sarah Dornner
Born 1979, Quartz Hill, California. Lives in New York.
"I like to think about space in relation to the psychological dynamics of domestic spaces, including the embedded power dynamics," says Dornner of her artistic practice, which includes sculpture, drawing, video, and photography. "The scale and types of objects relate to the body in space and show some possibility of frustrated, impossible, absurd, or magical interaction." For a solo show that opened at Bureau gallery, in New York, in June, Dornner created a seven-minute video animation, Primavesi House, named for a Josef Hoffmann–designed villa that was destroyed by fire in 1922. In a nod to Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist text The Yellow Wallpaper, the video depicts a wallpaper pattern come to life, with chevrons — a common motif in Dornner's sculptures — rotating and pulsating to dance music. "The video is an exploration of the possibility of psychology affecting a domestic space," Dornner explains. "Through the works, I try to confound the dominant frameworks of spatial knowledge and suggest alternatives."
Marine Perault
Born 1985, Paris. Lives in Paris.
Perault's videos and installations chart what she describes as a "sentimental geography." In Pond Scum, 2011–present, her latest and most ambitious project to date, the artist focuses on a tiny patch of swamp: her grandfather's former artificial pond. In 1976 he bought a piece of land 12½ miles from the town of Poitiers and, with the dedica-tion of outsider architect Facteur Cheval, started digging to create a miniature lake. Water never really stayed put, and the pond was more of a slough. It also became a meeting point for Perault's family reunions, a natural landmark of her childhood.
With this transdisciplinary project, the artist reactivates the now-abandoned locale, ensnaring it in a mesh of references, from 18th-century fêtes galantes to rave culture. Pond Scum's first act — Perault calls it the "party's antechamber" — involves a large sculptural model of the pond, complete with lights, sound, and fireworks. It functions as a prelude to the party itself. The second act took place at the pond itself on May 12 and 13, 2012. Perault invited artist friends for a night of performance, improvised along the way, prompted by such elements as dark smoke, a heron costume, and, serendipitously, the unsettling banging of guns shooting clay pigeons in the distance.
The party's only traces are the works produced by the invited artists in response, pieces that will be shown in an exhibition — the final act, or "post-party" — to be held next spring. The pond of Perault's grandfather is thus triply mediated, three times reinvented: as a fantasy of itself experienced by the artist's guests, as a series of fleeting memories transmitted through the resulting pieces, and as the fictional construct the works collectively conjure up in the viewer's mind.
Sirra Sigrun Sigurdardottir
Born 1977, Reykjavik, Iceland. Lives in Reykjavik.
Sigurdardottir's large-scale sculptural installations seek to tread the line between art and entertainment while investigating the color spectrum and principles of movement and space. "Certain personal symbols," she says of her work, "bear reference to art history, the status of the artist, statistical information, scientific theories, and topographical contexts. These evoke a response similar to a child's sense of captivation by a magician's illusions — a mixture of wonder, a touch of uncertainty, and a feeling of instability." Although a founder of the Kling & Bang gallery in Reykjavik and the KlinK and BanK collective, Sigurdardottir has more recently focused on her own work, which involves "research into the forces and powers underlying the current economic situation in the world — my vantage point being Iceland, but in the larger context." Her pieces, she explains, bring together "perceptions from economics, politics, geology, and environmental issues, looking at patterns and forces under the surface, the undercurrents that shape the flow, shifts, and changes in our society at large, linked to the voice and means of the artist. This would include studying the fabrication of history or falsification of truth and the study of the workings of the systems we are all taking part in. I am especially intrigued by the illusion of the status quo or permanence."
Ash Ferlito
Born 1979, Monterey, California. Lives in Brooklyn.
As Ferlito says, her canvases "allude to certain painterly traditions" — color field painting comes immediately to mind — "but refuse their pull and recomplicate the territory with interests far beyond painting." She counts among those interests "physical science and kinetic learning," as well as anything that might keep her efforts "as fresh as possible." Ferlito's most recent pictures — spare, abstract compositions, often with streams or fields of color breaking through monochromatic planes — seem to be mashups of hard-edge abstraction and Expressionist glee. With them, Ferlito says, she is "thinking about light, flash, and reverb."
"Ferlito is making beautiful paintings that address formal issues from a nicely skeptical position." —Dike Blair
John C. Gonzalez
Born 1980, Providence, Rhode Island. Lives in Providence and works in Boston.
Unexpected collaborations are important to Gonzalez, whether they happen to be with scientists or Chinese factory workers. For Small Conversations, which Gonzalez thinks of as an extended performance piece, he establishes one-on-one relationships with Bostonians of different professions. "These strangers are individuals that I seek out, or who seek me out," he says. "They've included a scientist, a politician, a writer, several curators, and artists. What we produce together often has an unpredictable nature, allowing for a mix of personalities and ideologies to develop a finished artwork." For Self-Portrait Project, 2011, Gonzalez charged 51 professional painters at the Yayuan Art Company in Dafen, China, with contributing images of themselves, which were then exhibited together. "Another project, 'Installation Box,' is an ongoing series of sculptures that begin as systematically packaged boxes of material, which are sold and later constructed in a collector's home, with my input," Gonzalez says. "And in early 2013 I'll be exhibiting a new series that will behave as interactive financial instruments, entitling their owners to rights and privileges for future work that I will create."
Tameka Norris
Born Agana, Guam. Lives in New Orleans.
In the video installation Licker, 2010, Norris, in a bikini and fur coat, raps, "I'm that black Cindy Sherman and that little Kara Walker." In photographs, videos, and performances, she explores how identity is constructed by media and pop culture, with a particular interest in "the body as a social, physical, and spiritual structure." While this is usually done through the lens of gender or race, Norris readily deconstructs her identity as an artist as well, specifically in a 2012 video series that tracks her progression through the Yale School of Art. (It's a savvy update on Alex Bag's classic Untitled Fall '95.) Norris was long-listed as a rising talent in our 2011 "Artists to Watch" issue, and her prolific practice has earned her a spot in this year's edition. Her work can currently be seen in "Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art" at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. She's also gearing up for inclusion in the Prospect 3 biennial in New Orleans and planning for an upcoming solo exhibition scheduled for 2014 in Biloxi, Mississippi, at the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, which Norris will transform into her living, studio, and exhibition space for six months. "My hope," she explains, "is that this live-in residency will demystify the idea of the artist to an audience that is rarely exposed to art, let alone the maker of the art."
Born 1982, Hahn, Germany. Lives in Brooklyn.
After beginning his artistic life as a graffiti tagger, Tweedy turned to painting on found canvases, photos, maps, book covers, and other items that can suggest a story. He recently moved to a larger studio and has been taking advantage of its size by experimenting with newer platforms, as well as "amplifying my research a bit, or rather updating it," he says. "Recently the subject matter is becoming more theatrical, both in light and in concept, probably from painting on the backs of other painters' forgotten or discarded canvases, exposing the raw canvas and bare wood frame that acts as a shadowy stage of sorts. But I'm still expanding on this concept — for example, with the idea that the background or support I paint on functions as an actual place or a temporary location that can harbor characters and their contexts." His paintings, he says, will accept no labels, "neither Pop nor ironic nor abstract. But the colors are bold and dry. Utopia and dystopia, immigration, confrontation, and, most of all, adaptation are a few of the threads connecting my work at the moment." Currently Tweedy is finishing a site-specific video for Museion, in Bolzano, Italy, and working on Crisis, a forthcoming artist's book produced with Rome's Cura magazine.
Born 1977, Istanbul. Lives in Berlin and Istanbul.
The extensive list of subjects that interest Turkish artist Emre Huner includes such ideas as travel in space-time, the rise and fall of civilizations, and the cyclical nature of time. His storytelling installations often bring together original reference material, drawings, sculptures, and found objects. Huner, says his compatriot Ali Kazma, "is doing a very relevant body of work on the aftermath of the modern and what happens when utopias turn sour." For instance, Fordlândia, 2010, considers the now abandoned eponymous industrial town on the Amazon River in Brazil, founded in the 1920s by Henry Ford, who intended to grow rubber there for the tires on Ford cars. And in the installation A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe, 2012, recently exhibited in Manifesta 9, Huner interposes fossils and rocks with remnants of modernity, alluding to a moment in the future when contemporary society will be a distant history too. Huner will have a solo show at Rodeo Gallery, in Istanbul, in March, 2013.
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Fin whales may be monogamous, as they are often seen in pairs.
Mating occurs in warm, low latitude seas during the winter, and calving usually occurs 12 months later when the populations return again to low latitude. As many as 6 fetuses have been reported, but single births are the norm.
Females probably reach sexual maturity between 3 and 12 years old and will reproduce every 2 or 3 years thereafter. Full physical maturity is not attained until between 25 and 30 years.
Newborns are about 6.5 m in length and weigh 1800 kg. The young are weaned at 6 or 7 months when they are 11 or 12 m in length. Weaned calves travel with their mothers to the winter feeding grounds.


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Compounds thought to be off the market due to health concerns continue to be used in the U.S.states have limited or banned the use of some of these chemicals, as have other countries. Several are restricted by the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants. Many individual companies have voluntarily discontinued production and use of these compounds. Yet despite these restrictions, evidence has emerged in recent months that efforts to curtail the use of such flame retardants — a $4 billion-a-year industry globally — and to limit their impacts on human health may not be succeeding.
Many infants are in physical contact with products treated with these chemicals 24 hours a day.regulators is urgently needed. "My concern is the elevated exposure infants and toddlers are receiving," Stapleton said in an email. "A high proportion of infants are in physical contact with products treated with these chemicals almost 24 hours a day. Some of these chemicals are either known or suspected carcinogens. During the first year of life, infants are still developing, particularly their brain. And some of these flame retardant chemicals have chemical structures similar to known developmental neurotoxicants (e.g. organophosphate pesticides)."
Flame retardants are still found in products from which they have been barred, probably due to poor oversight of supply chains.(PBDEs), particularly in children's products. New York recently passed a law limiting use of the flame retardant known as Tris, while the European Union limits the use of certain halogenated flame retardants in electronics — a regulation that most companies comply with worldwide. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission barred Tris from children's clothing in 1977 after it was identified as a carcinogen and a mutagen. And using its authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and PBDE manufacturers have worked out a voluntary phase-out of these compounds that began in 2004 and is to conclude in 2013.
'I don't question the need for flame retardants in airplanes, but do we need them in baby strollers?' asked one expert.use to make products," said Kathy Curtis, policy director of Clean New York, a non-profit organization advocating for chemical safety. "Styrene insulation is so flammable that flame retardants are required, and they still burn quite easily. Polyurethane foam in furniture and baby care products is also highly flammable, despite the added flame retardants certain flammability standards require. We have to stop using such fuel-rich, petroleum-based materials in buildings when safer, inherently flame-retardant substitutes are available for these same uses."
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That is a very HOT picture!!!ReplyDelete
Wow!!!! these 3 are just sexy! I've never seen these photoshoot before. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Beautiful picture of Rob,Kristen and Taylor. I love them all.ReplyDelete
This is one HOT photo!!! (the entire photo shoot is so sweet & sexy...makes me sad that all 3 most likely will never work together again.)ReplyDelete
Let's hope that Stephenie will write a sequel when Renesme is older and all three will reunite...in about 5 years! What a nice dream! :DDelete
No, lets not hope that, lets hope that Rob and Kristen can move far past Twilight on to bigger and better things, but I would love to see them in another movie together (R and K, not T)Delete
Was there ever a video for this photoshoot? i loved this one !!!ReplyDelete
Anyone know where Kristen is now?ReplyDelete
rob and kristen, they are beautifull creature..... just made for each other :)ReplyDelete
LOVE all these pictures! First time I'm seeing some of them..WOW! I love all three of them...gorgeous creatures!ReplyDelete
Rawrr! This pic is very hot. Just wish Taylor wasn't in it though. And Kristen's right hand should be on the back of Rob's neck...ReplyDelete
this is one of my favourite pic,kristen looks so beautiful and sexy aahh she's just gorgeous, and rob looks cool, handsome and hot.
I feel I wanna delete Taylor ha ha Lol
not that I hate him, I like him, he's nice guy, but that pic will look more beauty if only just rob and kristen in it.
They are super HOT!!! Love them ! Three amigo haha... So well match these three so hot... We Robsten are one lucky bunch to witness two beautiful soul """ cheers!! (:ReplyDelete
:( Can't believe we won't get anymore photoshoot of Rob and Kristen together!! that is sooo sad!ReplyDelete
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theyre tagged dammit!ReplyDelete
Wow=Kristen in a Rob and Taylor sandwich-Nice place to be.ReplyDelete
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Skip to comments.Boehner: Obama Must Consult Congress Before Acting in Syria
Posted on 08/26/2013 3:41:21 PM PDT by xzins
Speaker of the House John Boehner called on President Barack Obama Monday to make a decision on the Syrian conflict, but not without the approval of congress first.
"The Syrian regime has blatantly crossed President Obama's red line, the White House has acknowledged, by using chemical weapons on its people," the Ohio Republican wrote in a statement. "The options facing the president are complicated, have far-reaching ramifications, and may require significant resources."
"That's why, if he chooses to act, the president must explain his decision publicly, clearly, and resolutely," he added.
"The president is commander-in-chief. With that power comes obligations," the Speaker wrote. "One, of course, is to consult with Congress on the options he sees as a viable response.
"This consultation has not taken place, but it is an essential part of the process. And meaningful consultation should happen before any military action is taken."
"More than just to Congress, the president has an obligation to the American people to explain the rationale for the course of action he chooses; why it's critical to our national security; and what the broader strategy is to achieve stability," he wrote.
This is especially important, the Speaker explains, since "surveys have shown that the American public is hesitant to intervene in Syria."
The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that only 25 percent of Americans support military action in Syria, while 46 percent do not, even if the Syrian government was found using chemical weapons against its own people.
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No, he won't.
And if he doesn't, what are you going to do about it Boner, cry? Write him a sternly worded letter?
I don't want the Muslim Brotherhood running Syria and on Israel's northern border.
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha
Community organzer and chief, "boner can I go into syria"? Boner, "ok"
Well, I guess Obama's not the only one who can draw a "red line" that can be crossed with impunity.
The fool just let Obama off the hook.
""And if he doesnt, what are you going to do about it Boner, cry? Write him a sternly worded letter?"""
I think he is serious about this. The letter will be written in ALL CAPS!!!! Of course he will still cave and cry but he sure likes to sound tough.
So what? Boehner will do whatever Hussein wants him to.
Something is bothering me about about this. I can't help thinking this is a distraction for something domestically...
..sit down bonehead, you've proven your worth.
Well, we don't really have a congress with Boehner in charge, so it's a moot point
Poll seems to reflect war weariness, perhaps futility of "reforming" muslims.
By consult, he means have a beer with Obama while Obama tells Boner what he's going to do.
The Republic will have to be safe with such a beer summit, I guess, because that is the only thing Congress has done to stop him.
All I hear from the leadership is silence.
These are the most significant issues of our time. The precedent is being set on a daily basis to disregard the Constitution and the rule of law. If we sleep on our rights, we lose them.
Yet, the opposition has been stifled as in no other time in history. The Republican party are the party of Eunuchs, hoping for a long life because they will not get testicular cancer.
The ennui of the party is palpable.
Why is that, Mr. (non)Speaker? What has hit your "off switch" when it comes to representing the interests of the American people, you know, the little guys that work for a living so you can feel privileged and elite?
Yeah right johnny
Ya dumb ass
Shut the f up and go to sleep
They do have the power to cut off funding, not that they would do that without a near revolution at home.
Just goes to show how delusional the speaker is to the political reality.
SURE! Just like he did for Libya, right?
0bama is itchin' to install Al Qaeda as Syria's new leader, just as he wanted to install the MB while asking Mubarak to step down. 0bama scoffs at Congress in dismay that they still think they're relevant.
SURE! Just like he did for Libya, right?
SURE! Just like he did for Libya, right?
No time to consult Congress! This is an emergency!!! Just like Libya where all 0bama got was four bloody T-shirts. The Dictator is going around the world removing Dictators so that in the end he is the world's only Dictator.
Oh, come on.
The only person who is more limp - d**ked, more spineless, and disrespected more than the Obamadork is bonehead.
Nothing will happen.
Until CW-II.
Why? He never has before. What would you do if he went against your wishes? Ans: NOTHING you're consummate wimps! IOW you have let this pretender to the presidency become a dictator because of your own personal ambitions, skewed political views and consummate fear of what the New York Times might write about you. Bah! Humbug to you all!
Notice that Boehner did not even bother to ask for proof that the Assad regime even did this!
Fix is in.
Carney said today in WH presser that they knew that Syrian regime was responsible for WMD attack because they had control of WMDs stockpiles at all times.
Yet, right after Benghazi, Panetta admitted losing track of Syrian WMDs and said that some could have fallen into hands of 'rebels'.
Both cannot be true!
Folks..they are lying!!
Bohener would have to have a spine and grow a set for him to do anything. nothing herr ober obama does is questioned by the GOP.They merely speak words and have no actions. I won't even vote for one at this point.Voted since 1968 now i don't give a tinkers darn what any of them say or do..the death spiral is ongoing. So I am getting myself ready for a bumpy ride.
there will be more gyrations than at a Miley Cyrus concert.
They are always lying. There is no way in the world for common people to know what the real truth is. We can only rely on God's truth. I don't know when... but eventually there will be a bigtime war over there. It is coming. That's one truth we can know.
Hahahahahahaha—husseins answer to THAT.
0bambi is so scared of Congress because, well, never mind.
Instead of talking about it, he and McConnell should propose resolutions in the house and the senate. Even Reid might be hard pressed to deny his fellow senators a right to bloviate.
And if Obama violates the will of congress, it sort of clarifies things.
If he attacks Syria without Congress's approval ahead of time, he will attack with a fundamentally weak hand unable to sustain any action for over 60 days.
Those camel jockeys are very perceptive when it comes to that sort of thing.
An attack without Congress's approval will not end well for the Obamanator.
They already think he's a pussy and an attack without the basic preparation will be a disaster for us.
How did this escape everyone's attention? Was it because we were all distracted by George Bush's lies that Saddam Hussein had WMDs, when it was really Assad in Syria who was manufacturing them?
Is that the excuse that we're now going to hear?
It's the lie that's been going on since Ted Kennedy made his 2004 "Lie after lie after lie" floor speech in the Senate.
Keep waiting boehner...
Boehner- "Look at my hand- no my other hand"
Does anyone really think Obama cares what Boehner says?
Obama is going to ignore Congress and do what ever he wants to do knowing Boehner and the Republicans will do nothing about it, well in Boehner's case he may cry.
What a sad pitiful man.
GRRRRRREAT post in a GRRRRRREAT thread!
Nah, he'll go to the only friend he has in Warsh'nton, good 'ol James.
Yeah. Right.
OOHHHH Looky!!
The NO NUTZ PUTZ, Johnny Boy Cry Baby Boner just grew an eighth of a nut!!
(Not really, but I'm feeling magnanimous today, so I've declared it "Give the Putz a Pass" day. Even a "no nutz" like Boner deserves a break. /s>)
NO, I do NOT believe a word of that.
They'd even have a number of Dims siding with them, on this, yet they'll STILL bend over and hand 0 whatever he asks them to.
Geez....bribes, and no telling what else, have replaced love of country for most of the current DC crop.
Continuing to pray for America.
Hey - no worries...earlier The Great Pretender enjoyed his nightly cocktail and is just finishing up dinner in the family quarters. Pretty soon Reggie Love will stop by for a game of cards.
Well, Boehner... if he doesn't consult Congress you.... what?
That question most assuredly should be answered, because he won't consult Congress. He does whatever the hell he wants.
Another republican stooge tossing out Rose Petals on Obama's pathway to the New Caliphate.
Didn't it occur to any of these republican eunuchs and turncoats that every muslim insurgent group Obama has aided (with their help and support) has been more militant and supportive of Islamic terrorism than the government that we helped oust?
"Speaker of the House John Boehner called on President Barack Obama Monday to make a decision on the Syrian conflict, but not without the approval of congress first"
And when Barky ignores Congress what is Tammy Faye going to do about it? Nothing. Thats what.
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LOCKLAND, Ohio (AP) — A southern Ohio school board has fired its superintendent amid a state investigation into the district altering attendance records to improve its state report card numbers.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the board of the Lockland district voted 3-1 Thursday night to oust superintendent Donna Hubbard, who had been on paid leave since Aug. 1. Her son, who works for the district as data coordinator, also was fired.
The small school district near Cincinnati is being investigated for improperly listing students as withdrawn in 2010-11.
Lockland is one of three Ohio school districts targeted by state investigations into enrollment and attendance practices. The others are Columbus city schools and Toledo Public Schools.


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I don't think john would ever play an early beatles song. It just doesn't seem to fit his personality. Maybe a cover--rock n roll music. but I'd think he'd start from "nowhere man"===> onwards.
I can so see him do "I am the walrus", "yer blues" and "don't let me down".
...the only way he'd sing the older songs would be if paul made him sing them. LOL!


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Apple's Stock Could Still Double, Even if it Doesn't Sell 156 Million iTVs
Whoa! If Apple (AAPL) hadn't become such a casino I might argue that Jackson helped lift the stock Tuesday. But that was just a continuation of the whipsaw driving long-term investors nuts.
Jackson took Morgan Stanley research and fleshed it out. Katy Huberty claims Apple could sell 13 million iTVs at $1,060 a pop, adding $14 billion in revenue and $4.50 EPS to the top and bottom lines. Jackson extrapolates her number -- adding those on the fence about buying iTV and international sales -- to get to 156 million Apple TV sets sold. In one year. 365 days. Most likely between the holidays of 2013 and 2014.
I don't hold Jackson to that number. His math simply extends Huberty's work in one logical, if not incredibly optimistic, direction. But I do hold him to this much: iTV will pick up where iPod, iPhone and iPad left off.
And really, through all of the noise, that's what it comes down to at Apple: Can Tim Cook produce a product that even comes close to reaching his predecessor's heights? That's the long-term elephant in the room people ripped me for talking about months ago, but have latched onto since AAPL started imploding .
Steve Jobs is gone; will Apple become ordinary?
I'm still not confident, but, even with the stock struggling, I'm not as bearish as I once was. While quite a few cats discounted Tim Cook's recent interviews as uneventful, I disagree. Cook sounded more like the type of confident, read-between-my-lines-if-you-can CEO Apple had, deserves and requires. Plus, Cook tipped us off just a tiny bit more to what the next iteration of Apple TV will be .
As I explain in the above-linked article, iTV will not be a mere set-top box or remote control. And it will not be something that depends on content for success. Apple already has the iTunes platform for content. It might cut some side deals, but nothing too high profile. There's no need for that.
Apple will focus on doing what it does best: Leveraging the allure and stickiness of the iOS ecosystem (Jackson explains that angle well) and focusing on the user experience.
When Cook says he feels like he stepped back in time in the living room, he's talking 100% about the user experience. Apple does not need to spend billions on content to take control of that. It just needs to be Apple. While Microsoft (MSFT) sleeps on its chance to dominate the living room , even a relatively slow-to-move Apple will pounce and end Steve Ballmer's pathetic run as CEO .