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McNeese State head coach Dave Simmons. (American Press)
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By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
Beating Louisiana Tech is a nice feature in your cap, especially when it is the place your coach went to college.
Toppling local rival Louisiana-Lafayette, also a nice little perk. Good for recruiting and gives your fans the rights to brag for a year.
Those are two wins that you can take to the bank now, but the bill appears to be coming due for the McNeese State Cowboys. And they seem just fine with that.
McNeese stands at 5-3 after Wednesday night's victory over La. Tech, a nice 80-72 triumph that showed this team has the potential to be pretty good.
Given this was supposed to be a rebuilding year, the start has lifted spirits and expectations.
"It is a good start, something we can build on," McNeese head coach Dave Simmons said.
However, those and the three other McNeese wins over non-Division I foes are small fish. A bigger one is coming and after that, a whale.
The Cowboys are about to step up a level in competition.
Having yet to win on the road, their games away from Lake Charles have been against LSU, Ole Miss and Southeast Missouri, the Cowboys are about to go on the road again. And while there isn't a gimme in the already played trio, the next two games are even tougher.
Six days and many miles will separate the next two games. So does the level of competition.
Sunday the Cowboys go to Lubbock for a game against Texas Tech. This appears to be a winnable game as the Red Raiders, despite being 6-1, have had their share of issues over the past few years. It is possible that the Cowboys will be the best team Tech has played outside of its loss to Arizona.
Then will come the real test, a week from this Saturday in Chapel Hill against mighty North Carolina, in the Dean Dome, named after the Tar Heels' legendary head coach.
"We will find out a lot about ourselves in the next two weeks," Simmons said.
Games like these, and in fact most of the early season this year for McNeese, is an effort to raise the profile of the program.
"I always believe in playing a tough schedule," Simmons said. "It is great to show kids new venues and places to play. It is a great opportunity to play a team like Carolina, who will raise our profile."
It is a chance for the Cowboys to find out just how good they really are.
"We will find out what we are made of," Simmons said.
As for the players, they are ready for the challenge.
"Those games are exciting to play," said sophomore guard Kevin Hardy. "We want to show that we can play with the big programs. We are not going to be intimidated."
It is important for the Cowboys to at least show they can play on the same court with the big boys in these games. If for nothing else so that they can get invited to more games against similar foes.
"You always want to be competitive, especially when you play the good teams," Simmons said.
Nobody is a bigger name than North Carolina.
You have to admire Simmons and company for being this ambitious this year, in a season when so many questions greeted the young Cowboys. You would love to have an experienced crew going into the Dean Dome at Carolina, but that is not the case.
"This is a great learning experience for our young guys," Simmons said.
Some lessons can be tough to learn.
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SICKO Viewers' Guide for People of Faith
Faithful Reform in Health Care has produced a VIEWERS' GUIDE to SICKO for people of faith who care about being a part of the solution in addressing the crisis in U.S. health care. Given the moral tone of the movie, it offers a wonderful opportunity for reflection and dialogue about the moral case for health care reform. This Guide was developed to help facilitate that process.
For those of us who are committed to making health care reform happen in the United States, Michael Moore's new film SICKO is a must-see. Through laughter and tears, we are drawn into the absurdities of the U.S. health care system. But even more important, with its powerful stories about people who have suffered because they were denied needed health care, the film reminds us that as people of faith we have not yet been the change agents we are meant to be.
Exhibit: A Matriot's Dreameveloped by photographer Kira Carrillo Corser and poet Frances Payne Adler, the exhibit consists of 17 40" x 30" framed artworks. A Matriot's Dream is an artistic response to the current health care crisis. It consists of photographs, poems, narratives and statistics that portray in a very personal way what it means to go without needed health care in the U.S. D
New! Collateral Damage: Bad Medicine in Tennessee
Collateral Damage, produced by Talking Eyes Media, is an intense, moving film that exposes the injustice that occurred in Tennessee when 170,000 people were cut suddenly from the Medicaid rolls and its implications for Medicaid cuts nationwide. Tennessee's religious community has been integral in educating the public about how the cuts have impacted people's lives. The video and discussion guide make a perfect resource for adult study opportunities in congregations.
Exhibition and Book: Denied: The Crisis of America's Uninsured
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Pulaski Technical College has been awarded nearly $2 million from the United States Department of Education through the Strengthening Institutions Program.
The college will receive about $399,955 a year for five years to support instructional methods proven effective with at-risk students, including those who are the first in their families to attend college and those who are under-prepared for college work.
Pulaski Technical College was one of 35 institutions of higher learning nationwide that received the grant. The only other school in Arkansas to receive the award was North Arkansas College in Harrison.
"This is the first year we've applied for this grant," said Cindy Harkey, vice president of student services. "It's a very competitive grant, and we're just very excited about getting it because it will go a long way in helping us promote student success."
The Strengthening Institutions Program provides grants to colleges and universities to improve their academic quality, institutional management and fiscal stability.
The grant will provide professional development opportunities for faculty through an instructional development lab and foster student learning in an academic support center.
The college will hire a coordinator, an activity director, an academic program specialist, a support services specialist, a data analyst/assistant and a student tracking specialist with grant funds.
Also, 11.8 percent of the Title III funds will be allocated to an endowment, which will be matched. The Pulaski Technical College Foundation is working to secure private, matching funds.
U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and Representative Vic Snyder joined together in announcing the grant.
"Pulaski Tech is an exceptional college with a rapidly growing student population and unique needs," U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder said. "This funding will help them meet those needs and continue to provide a great educational opportunity for people in central Arkansas."
"Pulaski Technical College provides people living in central Arkansas access to an affordable, quality education," Sen. Lincoln said. "These federal dollars will allow Pulaski Tech to build upon its success of serving the educational needs of many Arkansans."
"Pulaski Tech is booming with new growth and educational opportunities, and this much-needed grant will help the college continue expanding its capacity to serve the community," Sen. Pryor said.
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Software installed on all Macs include three important apps: Calendar, Reminders and Contacts. Perhaps, as with most users, these apps manage many aspects of your lives. While you may be backing up this data via automated processes, there are ways to perform impromptu archives. Sandro Cuccia shows you how.
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Most iPhone 5s users enjoy and benefit from Apple's biometric authentication called Touch ID. However, since it's introduction, many users have experienced various problems with the fingerprint recognition. The latest iOS 7.1.1 update appears to fix many, if not all, of the outstanding issues. Sandro Cuccia explains what you need to do to properly reconfigure Touch ID so that you can take advantage of the enhancements.


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I was recently onsite for around two weeks and notice a lot of things that were lets just say plain wrong. I was not doing a security asset of any type I was just there to help the It help desk. During my time onsite I saw password being sent via email, password around computer screens and user would get up and leave me with their computer without even asking who I was.
So I guess my question is other than training what other ways are there to teach end user about security ? How hard do you think the lesson should be ?
I guess one of the problems with the end user is they don't care as its the company being attacked not them so do you think is ethical to target the user?
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I thought this wasn't multiplayer-related. Then I looked at the top caption more carefully.
Well played, good sir.
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Great news, everybody: after a short exchange of PMs between me and moderator Unicorn--Justice, I can confirm that this thread will not be deleted or moved to a forum graveyard. The worst that will happen to it is a merge between this thread and the one in General Discussion, however that is not being considered at the moment.
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You can try creating a thread, but I can't guarantee that it won't get merged since we have different mods looking at threads at different times. It may help to create something like a TLoU Multiplayer Humor/Laughs thread, since that could include memes as well as video clips, songs, art whatever as well as being distict from the meme thread in general.
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FF Chartwell and FF Tundra In-Use: Huawei Project
In our latest "In-Use" case we caught up with the team over at Berlin based communications agency Blumberry to chat to them about their latest project in which FF Chartwell and FF Tundra were a saving grace.
Who was your client and what was the topic of this project?
Our client was Huawei Technologies Germany GmbH, one of the leading suppliers of telecommunication solutions employing more than 150,000 people across 140 countries.
The project, named "Germany and China - Perception and Reality" was carried out in cooperation with the renowned German Institute of Global and Area Studies in Hamburg (GIGA) and the market research institute TNS Emnid in Bielefeld. Its aim was to examine the perceptions that Germans and Chinese have of one another in order to identify stereotypes before assessing them in a scientific context. In other words, what perceptions do the different nationalities have of each other and can they be refuted by facts?
Huawei had initially ran the study two years previous and so were keen to compare these results with those from the new study. However to use both lots of data to create a large, graphically and scientifically complex document that could be made accessible to a wider audience without hindering the scientific element of the content presented us with quite a challenge.
- How many people were involved?
As a team we were required to handle all aspects of presenting the survey results, and so during peak periods we had up to 15 people on the team.
Our responsibilities included the programming of the study's microsite, implementation of a lavishly staged exhibition of the study results (in the form of an Experience Walk) and the production of collateral such as posters and bags.
- How did you decide on the layout?
The layout of the previous study was a great help. From this we were able to quickly see what worked with the data and what could be improved. We initially tried several versions of the layout, from the multi-column to single-column pages, as we wanted to avoid the graphics and text appearing to have no visible connection to each other. Instead, they should relate to one another and not inhibit the flow when reading the text. Against this background the one-sided layout proved to be the most effective.
- How did you choose the typefaces that featured in the final project? And in what way did the chosen typefaces help with production of the document?
We made the selection of typefaces very early on in the design process. We tried and tested multiple typefaces, including a sans serif typeface that is defined in the design manual. However, in continuous text weaknesses were obvious instantly – after all this particular sans serif typeface was originally designed for "way finding" and not for ease of reading when used for lengthy texts. For this reason, it was clear that we needed a serif for such an extensive study. Moving from the expressive FF Yoga and FF Tisa, we finally decided on the very reader-friendly FF Tundra by Ludwig Übele. FF Tundra's quality in single-column layout with above-average long lines, made it the perfect choice for the study's text.
For the development of the study's graphics there was no way to avoid using FF Chartwell by Travis Kochel.
With its focus around numerical data we hoped that FF Chartwell would save us an enormous amount of time. We had only a few weeks to build a variety of graphics from a data bundle of more than 1,000 pages, of which many of them contained graphical information and statistics.
Once we had all of the necessary data identified, extracted and excess material removed, the clear simplicity of FF Chartwell was very welcome. We would even go as far to say that had we been without this "chart tool" it would have been an even greater challenge to deliver on time.
Within a study of this size it is easy for mistakes to be missed. A graphical tool, such as FF Chartwell, helped to keep these errors to a minimum, because it works "only" by entering numbers, which as a result made the entire process less error prone.
We were also very grateful for FontFont's detailed documentation on FF Chartwell as well as the useful tips and tricks from FontFont's Jens Kutilek's video tutorial. As a result even our consultants could proofread the entire study and make corrections via InDesign's simplified mode without having to be taught about OpenType features first.
- What was the theme for the illustrations?
The style of the illustrations was closely coordinated with that of FF Chartwell – simple, clear and concise. This resulted in simple icons that clearly illustrated the content without lacking details.
left to right: Lars (concept and design), Christin (illustrations), Denise (concept) and Maurits (microsite and app).
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Interview hosted by Alexander Roth, FontFont Marketing department.permalink
FF Profile & FF Chartwell Annual Report Poster Giveaway
We love it when fonts compliment each other. Two of our favourites are FF Profile and FF Chartwell, who together create a great corporate combination, perfect for annual reports.
In celebration of this fantastic pairing we have created a poster demonstrating the fonts in action!
To receive a copy of the poster simply be one of the first 20 people to send an email with the subject title 'FF Profile and FF Chartwell' to firstname.lastname@example.com along with your name, occupation and delivery address in the body of the message.
The competition will close on 31st January 2014. Good luck!
"FontFont has really given FF Chartwell an amazing second life."
Our next TypeBoard takes place on Wednesday 15 May, so the time to submit your typefaces for consideration is fast approaching. But what's it really like being a FontFont designer? We caught up with one of the newest designers to join the FontFont family, Travis Kochel (designer of the groundbreaking FF Chartwell) to find out about the path that he took to become a type designer and why he chose to submit his already successful typeface Chartwell to our library.
You studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating with your BFA in 2008. What did the design curriculum there look like? Did you have a lot of typography coursework?
Typography was drilled into us. Even in classes not explicitly labeled typography, good type choices and typesetting practices were stressed. At the time it felt more like boot camp, and I actually tried to distance myself from it. It took a few years of real world experience to fully appreciate and understand the value of it. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but it just sort of clicked one day, and turned into an obsession.
What inspired you to start designing type? Did your client work at Scribble Tone help while you started your first typeface?
At the time, my first explorations in type design felt more like a curious exploration of letterforms, and a way to take a break from client work. I think what keeps me coming back to it is a strong desire to control every detail of a project. Type is one of the most basic building blocks of a design piece, and there's an interesting power that comes with controlling that.
You first released FF Chartwell in 2011 under the TK Type label and it was received really well. As Chartwell was already successful in its own right, what prompted you to submit the typeface to FontFont? Do you think it fared better as a FontFont?
Releasing typefaces on your own comes with self doubt, and the nagging question of how it would fare with the feedback and marketing power of an established foundry. After the initial success of Chartwell, I started working on a few additional styles of charts and thought it would be a great opportunity to see what someone else could bring to it. I've always had a great admiration for FontFont, and they've taken on many experimental releases in the past, so it seemed like a good fit.
Admittedly, I was a little nervous about making the transition, but it has outperformed my expectations by far. FontFont has really given FF Chartwell an amazing second life. I'm also extremely happy with the team's solution for the web version. It was a brilliant approach to break free of the font format, and instead focus on the interface.
What was the main advantage working with FontFont? Would you publish future type designs through FontFont again? If so why/if not why not?
I will definitely consider FontFont again if I have a design that fits well into the catalog. The biggest advantage is the feedback and insight from the team. It's comforting to have experienced eyes looking over everything, and offering outside perspectives. It's also quite apparent that they care every bit as much as you do about the work.
The nuts and bolts of FF Chartwell's features really push the boundaries of the OpenType format. Are you tempted to continue experimenting and pushing OpenType technology even further?
There's a lot of opportunity to push OpenType technology further, and it's definitely something I think about a lot. I haven't quite found another opportunity where an OpenType solution makes sense, but I'm keeping my eyes open.
How do you spend your day? Can you carve out regular chunks of time for type design? How does your work/life balance look?
My schedule is very erratic, and it usually comes in weeklong chunks of time being focused on one thing. A rough estimate of my time in the past year:
Chicago, New Zealand, Portland … you seem to get around a lot! Do you think that your geographic location feeds into the results of your design work?
The designers and community in each city have definitely influenced the way I think about and approach design. It brings new ideas and perspectives, but also forces you to think about where you stand on those issues.
What's next for you? Do you think you will release another typeface in the near-future?
Type design will definitely continue to be a large part of my future. But I also really enjoy having a variety of types of projects to work on. It keeps the days interesting, but also brings new perspectives. FF Chartwell was one of those moments where two seemingly unrelated fields of design happily overlapped.
If you could offer a single piece of advice to an aspiring type designer, what would it be?
Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Just be sure to learn from them, and keep an open ear to feedback, even after releasing.
Keen to find out what it's like being a FontFont designer from other designers, read the FontFont stories of Hannes von Döhren, Nina Stössinger and Max Phillips.permalink
TDC 2013: FF Chartwell
Travis Kochel's groundbreaking typeface FF Chartwell that transforms strings of numbers into graphs and charts has been awarded one of the most highly regarded accolades in the typographic world – a 'Certificate of Excellence in Typeface Design' by the TDC.
The TDC (Type Directors Club) was founded in 1946 by some of the foremost leaders from the world of typography. Their mission is to support excellence in typography on screen and in print. Each year they run two annual type competitions, one for the use of type in design and the other for typeface design.
This year, there were almost 200 entries submitted from 33 countries and only 14 winners, so we are absolutely delighted that FF Chartwell and Travis have been recognized. The winning entries will be presented at the TDC Awards Exhibition in New York this summer. They will also be included in a further 7 exhibitions that will visit the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, Spain, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Previous TDC FontFont winners include FF Tundra, FF Absara, FF Clifford, FF Strada, FF Unit, FF Suhmo or FF Profile.
'An ingenious hack' – FF Chartwell wins again!
FF Chartwell, by Travis Kochel truly is on a winning streak at the moment.
Following the recent win at the Information is Beautiful Awards in September, on Tuesday evening Fast Company announced the 11 winners of its inaugural Innovation by Design Awards.
With over 1,700 entries, 56 finalists and an all-star judge list that included the likes of David Butler, Nicholas Felton, and Lisa Strausfeld, we were over the moon to hear that FF Chartwell had won the Innovation by Design prize for 2-D Design.
Judge and Facebook product designer Nicholas Felton said, "FF Chartwell is an ingenious hack. This easy-to-use tool could disrupt all manner of chart-making programs, thanks to a clever font system that turns chains of numbers into elegant charts. Tweaking a graph is as simple as changing a number."
In our category we were up against the likes of NASA and the award-winning design and technology studio Stamen, so we are absolutely delighted to have won. Well done, Travis and the FontFont Type Team!
About FF Chartwell
Designed by Travis Kochel, FF Chartwell is a fantastic typeface for creating simple graphs. Using OpenType features, simple strings of numbers are automatically transformed into charts. The visualized data remains editable, allowing for hassle-free updates and styling. Following the release of FF Chartwell for print back in May 2012, we published the web version in September 2012. For a limited time, you can get FF Chartwell Radar Web for free.permalink
FF Chartwell wins Silver at the Information is Beautiful Awards
The inaugural Information is Beautiful Awards, inspired by Kantar, were held on 27 September at the ICA in London. They are the world's first global awards for data visualization and information design.
With a stellar panel of judges including Aziz Cami, Brian Eno, David McCandless, Maria Popova, Paola Antonelli, Simon Rogers and more than 1000 entries, we were absolutely delighted to hear that FF Chartwell by Travis Kochel was selected for the silver award in the category of Tool or Website.
There were a number of different categories including Data Visualisation, Infographic/Information Design, Interactive Visualisation, Data Journalism, Motion Infographic, and Tool or Website.
The best individual contribution went to Moritz Stefaner and the winner of the Ultimate award went to the CNN Home and Away visualization by Stamen, which maps the coalition casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.
You can view all the winners on the Information is Beautiful website or on the Guardian's Data Blog winners gallery.
About FF Chartwell
Designed by Travis Kochel, FF Chartwell is a fantastic typeface for creating simple graphs. Using OpenType features, simple strings of numbers are automatically transformed into charts. The visualized data remains editable, allowing for hassle-free updates and styling. Following the release of FF Chartwell for print back in May 2012, we published the web version in September 2012. For a limited time, you can get FF Chartwell Radar for free.permalink
New release: FF 60
How quickly the time has flown since FF 59, we can't quite believe it is release time again. With two new designs, two extensions and a myriad of updates we are delighted to introduce our latest release, FF 60.
The new designs
FF Marselis
From the designer of FF Cube and FF Speak comes FF Marselis. Jan Maack's newest design crossbreeds geometric and humanistic forms, creating a freshly dynamic sans serif family. All of the counters in the typeface are open; certain superfluous strokes have been eliminated – there are no spurs on the b or q, for instance.
Many designers chance upon using the same graphic shape for the lowercase 'a' and 'e' – indeed, the idea seems simple enough: just rotate the form 180° and you should be done! However, almost all attempts at this sort of theoretical simplification fail in practice. With FF Marselis, Jan Maack has found a key to making it work. Rather than whole letterforms, a tear-drop form repeats throughout the alphabet, not only in the bowl of the lowercase 'a' or 'e', but also in the 'k' and the uppercase 'Q'. Its distinct character makes FF Marselis a perfect choice for today's corporate and branding projects.
Introductory offer: You can get 50 % off any FF Marselis product (until 31 October 2012).
FF ThreeSix is a huge experimental optical type system consisting of six typefaces in eight weights, including four additional monospaced weights. It is the result of London-based Paul McNeil's and Hamish Muir's attempts to work within the restrictive rules of geometry to generate simple typographic forms emulating traditional type design principles, where a wide range of almost imperceptible compensatory optical tricks are used to create the illusion of evenness in the basic fabric of text.
The award-winning system – ISTD Premier Award and Certificate of Excellence – is based on a grid of 36 unit squares subdivided into 9 units and are constructed using only vertical or horizontal straight lines and circular arcs. Cap-height, x-height, ascent and descent measurements are consistent across all fonts and weights. The grid also determines character and word spacing, with all side-bearings and kerning pair values conforming to 9 unit increments.
As Wim Crouwel notes: 'It is a fascination for the use of geometric systems in design that has resulted in these remarkable typefaces.'
Updated and extended FontFonts
Introducing FF Chartwell Web. Simple to use and fun to play around with, you can try it for yourself online using our demo.
Free font: For a limited time, you can get your hands on FF Chartwell Web Radar for free.
FF Meta Correspondence
Erik Spiekermann's best-known face is without doubt FF Meta. While it has proven its usability in almost any design task one can think of, its creator realized that it could be improved even more for use in the business world. The main features of the first version of FF Meta Correspondence included tabular figures (instead of oldstyle ones) and increased tracking, yet Spiekermann wanted to go a few steps further and take the typeface to another level.
Now, Erik Spiekermann and the FontFont team changed both proportions and shapes to a more robust style, removed contrast from accents and simplified forms and details to a more screen-friendly appearance. The very well-known lowercase g has been changed to a single-storey one, which is more common within the office environment. Above all, a set of useful arrows, icons, and office dingbats has been added. The resulting design is still FF Meta, but one that breathes Correspondence air.
The simplified forms and the high-quality screen optimization make FF Meta Correspondence a perfect typeface for use as a webfont or within the mobile environment.
New Office and Web FontFonts plus language extensions
Did you know our library contains over 2500 FontFonts? After a FontFont is released, the work doesn't stop, we continually tinker and update our beloved FontFonts to ensure that they are in tip-top condition and in the most up to date and useable formats. In FF 60, some of our earliest releases such as Just van Rossum's FF Advert, Ole Schäfer's FF Zine, and John Critchley's FF Child's Play have been brought up to date and now come in Office and Web formats.
All these faces have also been upgraded so that they are now also offered in Pro versions, meaning they now include more Latin-based languages (e.g. Polish, Turkish, Czech).
FF Advert/Rough (NEW: Pro | Offc Pro | Web Pro)
FF Atma Serif (NEW: Pro | Offc | Offc Pro | Web | Web Pro)
FF Child's Play (NEW: Pro | Offc | Offc Pro | Web | Web Pro)
FF Cube (NEW: Pro | Offc | Offc Pro | Web | Web Pro)
FF Eureka Mono (NEW: Offc | Offc Pro | Web | Web Pro)
FF Fago Mono (NEW: Pro | Offc | Offc Pro | Web | Web Pro)
FF Hydra/Text (NEW: Pro | Offc Pro | Web Pro)
FF Instant Types (NEW: Pro | Offc Pro | Web Pro)
FF Meta Correspondence (NEW: Offc Pro | Web Pro)
FF Typestar (NEW: Pro | Offc Pro | Web Pro)
FF Zine Sans/Serif/Slab Display (NEW: Pro | Offc | Offc Pro | Web | Web Pro)permalink
New release: FF59
It is with much anticipation and excitement that we announce our 59th release. With three brand new designs, one extension and a whole array of new Offc, Web and Pro versions of some of our classic FontFonts; FF 59 is one of our biggest releases yet.
The new designs
FF Scuba
FF Scuba is a legible contemporary sans with a distinctive character. Searching for an offline companion for Verdana and not finding the exact tone he was looking for, designer Felix Braden set off to develop a new series of types. The resulting family is a bit tighter and more condensed than Verdana. In small sizes FF Scuba blends well with Verdana, and in display sizes it reveals its particular originality. The design combines constructed letters, like an almost rectangular o, with dynamic strokes and other elements referring to writing. This mix gives the typeface a lively touch, while still keeping true to its technical roots.
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FF Tisa Sans is Slovenian designer Mitja Miklavčič's follow-up typeface to FF Tisa. Whether used together or separately, both of his families are excellent choices for branding projects and complex editorial applications. The original FF Tisa is one of the new-millennium favorites in the FontFont library—known for its sturdy and friendly forms, hence its common use in newspapers and magazines.
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Designed by Travis Kochel, FF Chartwell is a fantastic typeface for creating simple graphs. Driven by the frustration of creating graphs within design applications and inspired by typefaces such as FF Beowolf and FF PicLig, Travis saw an opportunity to take advantage of OpenType technology to simplify the process.
FF Chartwell (Pies, Lines, Bars) was originally released in 2011 under the TK Type foundry. In 2012, it was added to the FontFont library with the addition of four new chart styles, the Polar Series as well as Bars Vertical.
The Polar Series (Rose, Rings, and Radar) is a set of new designs, which take on the form of more experimental charts. In an effort to make the charts smarter and more dynamic, each design reacts not only to the data entered, but the number of values.
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FF Meta Serif: Light and Extra Bold
Following the Greek/Cyrillic language update to FF Meta Serif in FF 58, we've now added two new weights to FF Meta Serif—Light and Extra Bold.
New Pro versions
Pro FontFonts enjoy the distinction of extended language support and ease of use, affording the typographer the ability to set text in a much broader range of languages. All Pro FontFonts include Extended Latin (Central European) characters, but may additionally support Cyrillic, Greek, or other/additional scripts. The following FontFonts now include Pro language support and thus speaking 36 Latin-based languages more.
FF Legato Pro by Evert Bloemsma
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We are continually updating our library to ensure that our FontFonts are in the most up to date and useable formats. With our latest release, we've updated a whole host of our portfolio for the use on the web, among them classics such as FF Strada, FF Legato, FF Transit, and FF Schulbuch.
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According to Panda Labs over 25 million new pieces of malware were released into the wild in 2009. 2010 is expected to be even worse. In addition to sheer volume, malware is becoming more sophisticated and targeted as a result of the influx of organized crime and state sponsors into the realm of malware authoring. Due to this unsavory trend, the SANS Institute has developed a course, Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques AKA FORENSICS 610, to help white hats that need essential malware analysis skills and also to prepare security professionals for the GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM) certification. SANS describes FOR610, as:
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Gamechanger: Romney once saved a dog's life
posted at 6:41 pm on April 26, 2012 by Allahpundit
You can thank BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski for the front-page thumbnail. In all seriousness, this is a "gamechanger" in the literal sense of that term. Axelrod and his pals are playing a breathtakingly stupid game with the "dog wars" and this anecdote will in fact change voters' perceptions if/when it enters wider media circulation. Romney 2012: Because "dog" plus "water" does not equal "stew."
Oh, almost forgot. He and his sons saved a bunch of people too during this same incident.
"We heard a whole bunch of screaming," said Josh Romney, who immediately hopped onto his Jet Ski. "We tore out of there and my dad hopped on the other Jet Ski and came out right after us."
Roughly 300 yards out onto the lake, six adult family members and their dog were floundering in the water, after their boat suddenly sprung a huge leak — sinking in less than 90 seconds, Josh said…
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Hat tip to AEI's Lazar Berman for rescuing that story from obscurity. Speaking of which, why exactly is it obscure? Why hasn't the Romney camp done more to circulate it? I recall reading about it once before but it's so far off the radar that it slipped my memory altogether. It'd be nice to have it firmly planted in readers' minds in time for Gail Collins's 8,000th column about Romney putting Seamus on the car roof.
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(n.) The super-powerful form of Ryu's Shoryuken technique. When not used at extremely close range it deals mediocore damage, but if used at such a range it deals horrendously massive damage (Somewhere around 1/3 of a full health bar, on average).
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The act of preforming a "John Kennedy". This involves walking beside someone in a way that stops them from walking where they want to, or forcing them to walk into an obstacle, eg a lamppost. Someone who does this is known as a John Kennedy.
Mark: Joe keeps John Kennedying me! Today he made me walk into a wall!
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My buddies' Dad would shake his head and remark about his progeny, "You're nothin' but a bunch of goddamn come bubbles!" while he was drinking at hunting camp. Similar to "the best part of you ran down your mother's leg", or "I wiped off the best of you off on the curtains after banging your Mom", this were ideological put-downs the Old Man would throw out after hearing the shenanigans his kids did unbeknownst to him while they were growing up.
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Here's An Example of How Insurance Works
Original post made by Paul Losch, Community Center, on Feb 14, 2013
A person was driving along after all the heavy equipment was back at work. The signs are confusing, the Caterpillar tractors are intimidating, and it was the time of day when people are off to work, delivering their children to school, etc. A very hectic time in the morning.
She hit my parked car. Admits to the incident, and there were other people who witnessed it.
Here come the complications:
The lady apparently was driving a rented vehicle. She filed a claim with her insurance company, and they are pushing back due to the fact that she was not driving a vehicle she owned, instead a rental.
So here I am as the offended party, attempting to work amicably with an incident I did not cause, but needs to get my car fixed.
I am not getting frustrated yet, but this appears to a he said/she said between the car rental company and the lady who hit my parked car and her insurance company.
No mercy for me, who experienced the damage. What BS.
It is a case study in how the insurance industry is dysfunctional, inefficient, and not responsive to the people they supposedly serve.
a resident of Atherton
on Feb 14, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Paul - Your insurance company should be the one that sorts this out - that is part of what you pay them for.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 14, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Paul, why are you dealing with the insurance company when you should be dealing with the rental company?
Several years ago I was hit by someone driving a rental car. Both cars were unroadworthy. Their car was replaced by the rental company within a very short space of time and after the police left they drove away to continue their business and later that day flew out of the country.
I was left to sort out the problem. The other driver, the police and the car rental company all acknowledged that it was not my fault. However, I did not get a rental car drive up within an hour, or a tow truck drive up to take my car away. In fact I had to negotiate with the rental company to get a rental car from a third company because although they would give me a daily allowance for the cost of replacement rental, they did not rent cars at that low amount??????
Anyway, the long winded point I am making is to get in touch with the rental company's insurance and deal with them.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 14, 2013 at 12:25 pm
Do you buy uninsured motorist insurance? I always do, because I was raised in an area where many drivers did not carry insurance. Would it make a difference in your case?
a resident of Professorville
on Feb 14, 2013 at 2:40 pm
I was in a head-on collision with an uninsured illegal alien who crossed over into my lane. The driver took off for Mexico immediately. My car was totaled, I was pregnant, and due to the seat belt, a blood clot formed between the uterus and placenta and the baby was stillborn
I had uninsured motorist coverage, BUT: it added only 1K of additional coverage at that time. The insurance co (Allstate) did not Pursue the driver over the border--too expensive, they said. My car was new, they could not find one to replace it with, so they paid it of, but BofA added all three years worth of interest to the payoff, so we were left with no down payment to buy a new car with. I had to go back to work, so bought a clunker out of pocket.
I was due 30K for the death of the baby and my injuries (severe concussion, deep lacerations, loss of vision in one eye), but Allstate refused to pay. We had to get a lawyer, who insisted I get a lot more medical tests, which Allstate did pay for. Finally, after two more years, Allstate paid me $10,000, of which my lawyer took half.
Some compensation! Ten years later I am still angry!
Then, a month later, Allstate sent us a letter saying that we had too many claims, and they terminated our auto insurance! In spite of the fact that we had homeowner's and life insurance with them! So, we dumped the other policies we had with them.
Those hands close tight when they have to pay out!
a resident of Crescent Park
on Feb 14, 2013 at 4:48 pm
>Paul - Your insurance company should be the one that sorts this out - that is part of what you pay them for.
Yep, that's what I'd do and you should have reported the incident to your insurance company by now in any case.
I'd go to my insurance company and claim. They'll fight for their money back from the other parties and for your deductable. It's not your problem unless it was under the deductable then they won't bother and you'll be stuck with fighting for it (or learn not to park your car in your drive! :})
a resident of another community
on Feb 14, 2013 at 8:38 pm
Welcome to the world of Civil law in 21st century America.
Good luck getting anything, but if you pursue this, rest assured some lawyer somewhere will profit from it.
400 years ago Shakespeare gave us wise advise re: Lawyers, and perhaps if we acted on his advise then, we wouldn't have the problems we have today in both Civil and Criminal law.
But we didn't, and now 400 years later it will take much, much more that Shakespeare's solution to fix system as corrupt as it is old.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Feb 14, 2013 at 9:08 pm
How about complaining to the California state Department of Insurance?
- Also, write a letter to your state assemblyperson and state senator, so it goes on the record. Enough of these, and perhaps we can improve the law for the insured. I am furious at these stories of rental car drivers, out of state drivers, and illegal aliens skipping out on obligations after causing harm.
a resident of Community Center
on Feb 14, 2013 at 9:09 pm
Live and Learn--
I did contact my insurance company. They told me that I would have pay the deductible, for which I eventually would be reimbursed,
Why shoud I front money for an incident that was not my responsibility? Why should I get my insurance company in what already is a complicated situation?
This just points out how dysfunctional the insurance industry is. I will get through my personal ordeal, and IMHO this whole thing could be handled much more efficiently.
a resident of Professorville
on Feb 15, 2013 at 8:05 am
The head-on collision and death of my baby were not my fault in any way, yet Allstate chose to punish me because they had to pay out a fraction of what they owed me. And I still feel raped by my lawyer, who was supposed to be helping me. yeah, I came out 5K ahead, but I had no baby, no vision in one eye, a lot of lost work time, and a piece of s--- to drive instead of my new car!
For something that was no fault of mine, I feel robbed, cheated, wronged, and raped--ten years later it still hurts!!
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Feb 15, 2013 at 8:34 am
Our family has had parked cars hit a couple times over the past years and a couple fender benders. Our insurance company has always handled everything, sending us a check for the repairs minus the deductible or the whole thing when it was the other party's fault. Aside from getting the other driver's insurance info, we never talked to them or their insurance company.
a resident of Professorville
on Feb 15, 2013 at 6:57 pm
Living where I do, I had a car parked on the street hit in the middle of the night by a hit-and-run driver. The insurance company told us we lived in a high-risk area, and raised our rates!!! I had no tickets in 15 years!!! We changed companies again. So far we have had State Farm, Allstate, AAA, and Mercury. PA MOM, who do you have that makes it so hassle-free???
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Feb 16, 2013 at 10:31 am
Hit in the wallet - Amica Insurance. They don't have agents, you will need to contact then directly.
a resident of Atherton
on Feb 16, 2013 at 10:35 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
USAA if you qualify by virtue of military service by yourself or your parents, grandparents.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Feb 17, 2013 at 6:46 pm
This idea of insurance is an interesting one ... it's a bit like privatized socialism ... everyone pays a little so that those who have a problem get compensated ... only from many of the stories here, it does not always work so well, because it is owned and run by private interests who are insulated and redirected by the nonsense or the law and lawyers - tons of money goes for this private elite, and the marginal problems for people who do not have lots of money are often ignored. The result is not optimal in any way.
Now ... what about the idea of no-fault insurance financed by taxes on gasoline. What even happened to this idea, and is there a good argument against it based on facts?
It seems that anything that lubricates of helps the lives of those who live in the friction-dominated zone of the non-millionaires is automatically rejected or silly arguments are elevated to serious status and repeated over and over to dismiss these ideas.
Why is it that the average person gets the shaft so often, and even an occasional member of the 1% ... but never a member of the .1%?


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Every time I look at this baby picture my heart hurts for her just to think of all the pain she hid behind that beautiful smile. I cry just thinking about it, I can't see why and how could people be so cold-hearted. But rest on baby girl God said no more hurt and pain for you enough is enough. I hope justice prevails🙏
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Everyday I wake up I look at her pic I start to cry because I picture this happening to one of my family members
Y did he do this to her she did nothing wrong the way he stopped her from telling was just wrong
And as I'm writing this I still cry this lil girl was so nice to many people she had cute style in clothes and she was pretty
Uuuuuuuu will always be missed in my heart
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this story made me think to myself… what has this world bcome of like seriously ppl like him do not think to themselves…. what am i doing why am i doing this what goood will this do me now one less person is in the world and the only thing that can save you right now is My God that ives forever if you dont ask for mercy upon yourself you will regret every single thing you did bad to any one in your life… what if you were in alex's place would youb want somme body to do that to you no i bet you wouldnt…..nobody knows what went on that day the only ppl that do know is you and God and where ever alex is may her soul rest in peace and i pray that you think of what you did every single day of you horrible life……….ugh #the#world#today#is#CRAZZY#rip#alex
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As bad as this may sound, I hope every cavity in your body be filled where you're going & there should also be openings made where no openings should be. Maybe then you can experience just a small fraction of the pain that you caused to so many lives from your stupid, evil, monstrous acts upon this innocent, helpless child that trusted you with her life. I know the God I serve is a forgiving God but, may your soul burn in Hell for this act of unnecessary violence upon this child of God.
Please forgive me God for these feelings I have for this worthless piece of crap that don't deserve to be nourished or housed by the tax payer's hard earned dollars.


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Combine lamb, turkey, breadcrumbs, egg white, 1/2 cup onion, half the garlic, 2 tablespoons mint, coriander, cumin and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Gently mix to combine. Shape into 48 little meatballs, about 1 tablespoon each. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
Step 3
Bake the meatballs for 10 minutes. Set aside.
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Meanwhile, heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the remaining 1/2 cup onion and cook, stirring, until golden, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the remaining garlic, wine, cayenne and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Simmer over medium-low heat until the wine has reduced significantly, 3 to 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, return to a simmer, reduce heat to low and simmer, partially covered, for 20 minutes.
Step 5
Add the meatballs to the sauce and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Garnish with the remaining 2 tablespoons mint.
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Dave Duerson was one of the good guys. The NFL celebrated the former Chicago Bears safety for his play on the field with Pro Bowl appearances and Super Bowl rings, and honored his sense of community off the field with the NFL Man of the Year Award. After retirement, Duerson continued to serve his peers as a member of the union's disability panel, detailing individual cases of debilitated former players. In early 2011, however, it became clear that Duerson himself had been debilitated when the athlete committed suicide with a bullet to his chest.
Last week, as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell handed down player suspensions in "Bountygate," another well-respected football star, Junior Seau, also killed himself. The two suicides are similar, with fatal wounds intended to preserve their football-battered brains for posthumous study. Evidence is accumulating that links concussions suffered playing the game they loved — and the sport I most enjoy watching with my kids — with declining mental health after the physical punishment has ceased.
More than any other revelation about the sport, the death of Duerson is forcing me to reflect on why I continue to watch NFL football. Giving it up would mean not just abandoning my 27-year-old fantasy football team and about three hours of potential euphoria each week, but also losing my connection to afternoons spent with my father trying to point the antenna to Milwaukee to watch blacked-out Bears games on TV. Now a father of three, I am challenged to reconcile this dark side of the game with the Sunday afternoon rituals in the fall where I encourage my kids to help me cheer for big hits.
Inspiration can be found in how other fathers handled their own disconnect between sports and parenting. In late 2007, author Jim Gullo faced a similar dilemma, albeit with a different sport and different scandal.
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DEEP ROCKETS: Deep Space Industries has some big plans: to mine near-Earth asteroids for precious metals. In 2015 it will send uncrewed FireFly spacecraft to explore asteroids that fly near Earth.
In the following years DragonFly spacecraft will bring back samples from likely candidates. It all depends on sponsorship though: they're looking for investors. The next big thing or the next bust?
THE SIZE OF WATER: Researchers at Monash University want to help clean toxins out of water and believe a highly-porous Metal Organic Framework, or MOF, they've developed could do the job. The MOF is a cluster of metal atoms connected by organic molecules whose pores are all exactly the same size. That means the MOF can be customised to capture specific substances by tailoring the size of the pores. In tests the MOF filtered out and absorbed paraquat but no other contaminants.
This could also lead to devices to quickly and easily test for specific contaminants in water. That's a high-tech sieve.
HIGH ON GLASS: Ever wondered how people with giant high windows keep them clean? In future perhaps they'll use a Winbot. The robot attaches to a window with suction, assesses the size of the window and plots an efficient path for cleaning it. Then it traverses the window, while its cleaning pads remove dirt and dry the glass. If it has a problem an alarm lets you know. Now it just needs a way to climb up to the skylight.
BRIGHT IDEA: The Japanese Gura-pika LED torch turns on automatically in an earthquake. It can be cranked by hand or recharged via a wall outlet, and contains a built-in radio that is always tuned in, even if the device itself is turned off. If Japan's Earthquake Warning Alarm is activated the torch sounds an alarm. A handy USB port lets you power other devices. The torch glows bright for up to14 hours and the radio works for about 6 hours on a full charge. Being able to charge other devices is handy.
ELECTRIC YOU: The TEGwear chip is only a square-inch in size, but it generates up to 3 volts of electricity via heat taken from your body.
That's enough to power sensors or sports monitors. The chip must either be touching your skin or separated by only a thin layer of cloth. At least that's small enough to be inconspicuous.
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Jacquelyne Recycling Bin Basket
- Overview
Handcrafted from rattan in a textural banded weave, our sturdy basket stashes recyclables with style no plastic bin can match. Integrated handles and smooth-rolling casters let you place it wherever you need it, whether you're entertaining on the patio or sorting through that stack of mail in the foyer. Great for storing toys, too.
- Made of handwoven rattan wicker; plastic casters.
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- 25" wide x 16.5" deep x 15" high
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2012 NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report:
Matt McCants, OT, UAB
Matt McCants is one of the top mid-major prospects hailing out of the University of Alabama-Birmingham. As a member of the Blazers, he's now a three-year starter at left tackle and earned All-Conference USA first-team last season.
McCants has an elite frame for an offensive tackle with very long arms and above average footwork. He is not completely filled out and is a couple years away from reaching his full girth. His great hand-eye coordination gives him a great punch while sliding out into pass protection. McCants has great range in establishing an edge or if asked to block on the second level. For a man his size, he moves tremendously well.
When he caught out of position, he needs to learn to stay disciplined through his techniques and keep his natural bend. That said, NFL scouts are going to be all over this young man when they see him in person during pro days and the NFL combine.
McCants didn't do himself any favors by only having 17 bench press reps to go along with an average combine performance.


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What would happen if Mozilla's Firefox suddenly became the browser that everyone was running? What would happen if it was as big a target for hackers and for virus and spyware authors as Internet Explorer is now. How would Firefox's reputation for security hold up? One has to wonder how secure a default Firefox installation is, and if there are things that can be done to make a Firefox deployment more secure?
Read the opinion here
About the author: Brien M. Posey, MCSE, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his work with Windows 2000 Server and IIS. He has served as CIO for a nationwide chain of hospitals and was once in charge of IT security for Fort Knox. As a freelance technical writer, he has written for Microsoft, TechTarget, CNET, ZDNet, MSD2D, Relevant Technologies and other technology companies. You can visit his personal Web site at www.brienposey.com


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Our Cocoa Fair Harvest program in the Dominican Republic provides a direct connection to the improvements that socially responsible planters, growers, manufacturers and consumers are making less than a two hour flight from Miami. This Reality Tour will include opportunities to trek, volunteer, learn, explore history, and personally witness the close contact between the wealthy and the working poor of one of the United State's closest neighbors. The Dominican Republic has over 9 million people and is more than twice the size of the state of Massachusetts. Global Exchange is encouraging chocolate lovers from around the world to join with our local partners from Grupo CONACADO [1] as we explore benefits of Fair Trade cocoa and sustainable harvest, renewable technology and Geotourism in the Dominican Republic.
The CONACADO cooperative was founded in 1988 and joined the Fair Trade system in 1995. The Dominican Republic's tourism industry has increased significantly in recent years but this has not helped small farmers in the inner part of the country, many of whom are still struggling to survive. Even most of CONACADO's small-scale farmers must also work on bigger plantations because their cocoa revenues do not meet their needs. As a result, farmers are limited in the time and money they can direct towards their own crops. CONACADO has about 9,000 members, who belong to 126 smaller cooperatives that are organized into regional groups called "bloques." Each bloque differs according to member needs, though each has a Board, Assemblies and Producer Committees. Each bloque also organizes exchange visits and workshops focused on agricultural and administrative topics. Local and national staff work with the Producer Committees to develop annual work plans, organize special activities, and evaluate loans. CONACADO's goals are to generate work and income for disadvantaged groups, increase quality and productivity, foster direct trade relationships, and provide credit and technical assistance.
Fair Harvesters will have a diverse experience in the DR: joining in the harvest of cocoa in the Dominican countryside, working and learning every aspect of Fair Trade cocoa production and delivery in the DR, sharing traditional Dominican meals cooked in the ecological technology of solar ovens, and visiting the historic colonial city of Santo Domingo. Participants will live and learn first hand the life of the working poor including the benefits that Fair Trade brings. A wide variety of issues will be witnessed: Fair Labor practices, the issues of Haitians in the Dominican Republic, human trafficking, micro-lending, and sustainable harvest techniques. The trip will feature the activities of one of CONACADO's largest bloques in the country. Join our work to create cultural enrichment through beneficial travel, and help build the path toward development that is designed to leave no local workers behind. Learn extensively about many aspects of Dominican culture, and see how your purchasing preferences toward delicious Fair Trade chocolate have a direct effect on the people who provide the product for you. Help deliver hope for the future, along with your travel dollars, to a country that is one of the most promising developing democracies just a short flight from the United States.
Please email Corina [2] if you would like to receive a sample itinerary for this delegation.
- Visit a Fair Trade Certified Cooperative, a model which guarantees farmers and workers a fair price for their products—as well as direct access, credit, and support for sustainable agriculture.
- Live and work with family members of CONOCADO, a fair trade cocoa cooperative in the Dominican Republic.
- Visit local nature sites and observe wildlife (waterfalls, forests, birds, orchids, etc.).
- Learn to cook typical foods.
- Visit various parts of the community, such as the barrios of hacienda laborers.
- Learn what life is like for non-fair trade cocoa farmers and laborers.
- Learn about the history of cooperatives and how they are organized.
- Meet with students, environmentalists and human rights activists working toward social justice.
- Learn about current relations between the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
- Double-room accommodations; ground transportation including airport pick-up and drop-off; Global Exchange bilingual delegation leader; preparatory reading and orientation materials; admission and fees to all program activities; two meals a day (breakfast and dinner).
- NOT INCLUDED: airfare, airport departure taxes, lunches, tips, and personal expenses. Single rooms are available for an additional $200.
- Please note: All Global Exchange participants should arrive and depart from Santo Domingo (SDQ), and those arriving and departing on scheduled delegation dates will receive airport transfers. Also, should you have any time constraints, we are happy to accommodate shorter stays.
To register, please send in your application form and a deposit of $400. Payments by Mastercard, Visa and Discover are welcome. Deposits are non-refundable unless the trip is canceled by Global Exchange as explained below.
Please note: We must meet a minimum number of trip participants on every trip, so please register early!
To ensure that all participants can plan accordingly, the minimum number of participants must be reached within 30 days before departure, or the trip will be canceled. If the trip cancels registered participants can choose to receive a full refund or transfer to a future group. Once a trip is confirmed (reaches the minimum # of participants) registrations may be accepted up to 30 days before the departure date.
This trip will be as diverse as possible in terms of race, age and life experiences. In some cases, a limited number of partial scholarships are available for low-income applicants.


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Puppeteer is a brand new franchise developed exclusively for PlayStation. Set in a puppeteer's theater, the game follows a young boy named Kutaro as he uncovers its strange mysteries. Kutaro has been turned into a puppet by an evil character named the Moon Bear King.
What will kids like about this game?
The world of Puppeteer is enchanting and mysterious. Each character and environment is complex, with rich colors and graphics in each level. Kids with a love of magic and theater will be consumed by this game.
What tips would you give other players?
You, the player, control Kutaro's strings and a giant pair of magical scissors to deafeat the Moon Bear King and his army. As you progress through levels, the game evolves and changes to reveal more secrets about the theater. Be careful, you may get lost.


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My experience is that all the XD45 platforms, including the new XDs will cycle any factory ammo and shoot it accurately. I carry with the cheap stuff, Winchester white box Personal Protection 230 grain jacketed hollow points. It doesn't expand into the pretty flowers like some of the high priced stuff, but the bullet stays together and expands to roughly the same diameter.
In a self defense encounter, putting any bullet on target will make more difference than which particular hollow point you select, and using the WWB allows me to shoot more practice rounds than shooting the good stuff.


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Posted on 30th Aug 2010 at 10:14 by Joe Martin with 39 comments
There's nothing terribly wrong with the event when it happens that way; it's a little flat, perhaps, but that's it. What bothers me more though is what happens if you don't manage to fight the bullies off. Namely, nothing; you get a game over sequence and then have to restart the fight. Vito doesn't actually get raped, no matter what you do.
To be clear, I don't want Vito to get raped, but I do think that if you're going to have a rape scene like that in your game then you should provide for all outcomes. Especially since Mafia 2 often lets you fail missions without consequence. You might be told to deliver X parcels in Y minutes, ending in a cutscene where you're teased for poor driving if you don't manage it. There's no game over if you fail to impress the Don, so why should there be one if you're defending against rapists?


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An American soldier has been discplined and ordered to leave Iraq after it was discovered while on the shooting range he made a target out of a copy of the Koran and proceeded to blast it to pieces. This act of desecration could have become a time bomb that might have shaken Iraq, but quick action on the part of US military officials apparently has headed off further anger on the part of Muslims. Saeed al-Zubaie, head of an American allied Sunni tribal council, said the book had been used as target practice. He said it was peppered with 14 bullet holes and offensive language had been scrawled inside. Zubaie told teh press, "I was feeling bitterness, but as long as they apologized we are OK with them. Our anger has cooled." The Sunni tribal units came close to quitting over protest against the shooting.
General Jeffrey Hammond, the commander of US forces near Baghdad, and other military officers, rushed to the scene of the shooting and immediately apologized to Arab leaders. Hammond told the crowd: "I am a man of honor, I am a man of character. You have my word this will never happen again." The tribal leaders were presented a new copy of the Koran.


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Mazak's Discover 2013 event drew a nice crowd for machine demonstrations in the company's technology center.
From October 8th to the 16th, Mazak Corporation's North American Headquarters held its Discover 2013 technology-driven manufacturing solutions event. Designed to be more than an open house, Discover 2013 showcased advanced machine tool technology, software, accessories, tooling and automation while providing attendees the opportunity to gain substantial knowledge for staying ahead of the manufacturing curve.
A tour of the National Technology Center revealed a number of new machine tool models performing innovative turning, milling, 5-axis and multi-tasking operations. Interactive learning sessions were also available during which industry experts led technical seminars, small-group Intelligence Zones, production remote monitoring applications and a variety of other presentations geared towards increasing production efficiency, improving part quality, shortening lead times, and reducing operational costs.
Additional tours were also available to view the manufacturing plant, which is undergoing its 15th expansion—the addition of another 100,000 square feet—since its opening in 1974. When complete, Mazak will have the capability to produce as many as 200 machine tool units per month.
Mazak has converted its entire manufacturing plant in Florence, Ky., over to the MTConnect open communications protocol to allow the company to monitor its equipment and gather valuable data that will be used to further improve manufacturing operations.


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If and when you do move pook,be sure to get in touch with me.
I'll be more than glad to help you out and introduce you to some of the boys out here..
Well if you do move out there make sure it's before the mag ban goes into effect (if it does), they are going to grandfather in all mags before the law takes effect.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
If and when you do move pook,be sure to get in touch with me.
I'll be more than glad to help you out and introduce you to some of the boys out here..
Keep the change-I just want my Country back!!!
Great hunting an fishing. Not sure about bringing mags in after a law passes. It might not matter if the whole country gets a mag ban. If i didn't have a son here i cant leave id consider CO,Montana etc.
Well here we are - half a year later and it looks like the move is going to happen after all. I'll know for certain "within 2 weeks". I'll be going to the Co. Springs area and after a few brief visits there with the Mrs. I think we'll be looking for some place to rent for the first year, save money up for some land, and buy some land far enough out of town where I can do some plinking from my back porch At least that's my master plan. Renting a small place, saving money for a year or so for a huge down payment seems like the most logical choice.
It isn't a certainty and they may choose someone local vs. me because it would save them the relocation costs. If that happens then I'm "stuck" in Va.
Either way, I am still planning to build a gun business. I'm waiting to pursue my licenses and permits until I know for certain, because why bother if I'm going to turn around and move and have to do it all over again.
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The "original" Boltcutter Rivet Squeezers:
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Well pook,when you get to coming out here give me a shout.I'm in the Springs and know some people that you should talk to to help out with business a bit.
And if you can sign up on https://www.ar-15.co/forum.php? Its the local Colorado gun board and there are many good people on there willing to help out.
Tell em I sent ya
Keep the change-I just want my Country back!!!
My X lived there on the Army base back around 1989. Her x was a medic in the Army. She had breathing problems while carrying her first child because of the thin air(she claims).Military Doctor told her to move back to Cincy to have the baby. I was dating her mother in law at the time. I,ll spare you the Jerry Springer story. But we hooked up in 1990 and produced four children and divorced in 2008. I was numbers 4 and 6. She is married to Dave now. He is numbers 7 and 9. I loved the Yorktown area when I was stationed there in the 70s. I use to visit the dance clubs in Williamsburg on weekends and chase the college girls.
SOON-We already lost the war. You are the resistance.
I dunno... I still need to find out if this horse and pony show is going to leave the gate! LOL
Gunco Member #10
The "original" Boltcutter Rivet Squeezers:
Project Pink - the Pink and Blue AK-74:
I'll tell ya hcpookie, gun smiths here in VT are right out straight and you'd have no issue in starting a gun business around here at all. This area is really in need of smiths, there are very few around here and those that are,,, have a back logs of 3-4 months at least. The bull shit factor isn't an issue here either, VT still has common sense laws,good people,almost 0% racial issues, no gangs,and offers a great place to raise kids and to live, no permits to carry required, no gun registration, no mag limitations and many other great things. Jobs can be a bit tough sometimes,,but with you're skills in the firearms business you should have no issues. Once you're established around here you'd be hard pressed to find a better state to live in, these small Vt towns and the people here are pretty damn hard to beat!! Life around here is like stepping back 75 years and not having to worry about some of the stuff you'll run into in larger states/ cities. There is still "real people " around here. These small Vt towns are Awesome!!
Winters aren't quite so long or brutal around here either!! I'd been out to that area you're considering before and had considered it as a new home many years ago too,,but winters there can be a real bear!!!! I really didn't like the weather extremes very well there.
I've been wanting to get a simple gun re-cambering done and I have been waiting sense 12/2012 just to get it in the door,,, and one other I just need it drilled and taped for a scope mount,,,,now that's just nuts!!! 8 months +,,, WOW! And every smith I know is in the same boat,, right out straight! See,,, a new smith in town would have more work than they could possibly keep up with,,,,,plus you could have that place you want where you could step out to the back porch and dust off some rounds across-ed the South forty with no issue. Well other than maybe having the neighbor coming over to join in with you! Conservatively,, I'd be willing to bet 75% of the residents of Vt are gun owners, so even though a small state, there is per capita more gun owners than just about anywhere I can think of.
You should look this area over some before making a move, you just might like it here ,,I sure do and I'd looked at and lived in several places before I decided to remain a VT resident, but I was born here so I could just be a bit prejudiced !!
WELL it looks like I'm going! Supposed to be onsite full-time starting December 1st. May be travelling some before then. Not wanting to live out of a suitcase in a hotel so the faster the better LOL Will probably go on a house hunting trip soon... plan to rent for a year until I can get settled in.
Gunco Member #10
The "original" Boltcutter Rivet Squeezers:
Project Pink - the Pink and Blue AK-74:
Gimme a shout when you get here pook.
Keep the change-I just want my Country back!!!


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Target inching forward to bring store to Goleta
Target representatives met with Goleta's Design Review Board
GOLETA, Calif. - Target is inching forward with plan to bring Southern Santa Barbara County a store.
Target representatives submitted 31 pages of maps and renderings and met with the Goleta Review Board on Tuesday.
"I heard this a long time ago that we were going to build a Target, but it's not going to happen. I hope it's going to happen this year or a couple years from now. We have to have a Target here," said Manny Manalumpot, a Goleta resident.
The big question is: when will it happen?
"The City of Goleta can't speculate on a date at this time given the length of the environmental review process that's required by state law, but we are committed to helping Target work through that process to create the best store that we can," said Jennifer Carman, planning and environmental review director.
It is a slow process and the retail giant hasn't completed the full application yet.
The proposed development would start at the corner of Los Carneros Drive and Calle Koral and end near the corner of Los Carneros Way and Hollister Avenue.
The building would be two stories with the bottom floor for parking.
"It's interesting, it's kind of in an area with not a lot of retail around it. That might be a good thing," said Lynn Jorgensen as she looked at the proposed site.
For people who work in the area, Target would make a great lunchtime hang-out.
"We could walk across the street, go to their food court or buy clothes or whatever," said Debbie Stanfeld with a laugh.
The closest Target stores to Goleta are in Ventura and Santa Maria, but that doesn't deter people from making the trip.
"I know a lot of people say, 'keep the dollars local' and so forth but I know a lot of people who go down to Ventura to the Walmart and the Target because of the deals they can get down there and the options," said Pamela Beckley, a Goleta resident.
Although there is no timeline yet for the store, eager shoppers will be waiting.
"The City of Goleta is really excited about Target wanting to have a location within the City of Goleta and we're looking forward to working very closely with them to facilitate a project that works well with the community," said Carman.