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CPJ calls on China to stop inhibiting international press
New York, March 7, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists rejects statements by a Chinese government official that international reporters are not being detained, attacked, and harassed in China. CPJ calls on the police to end their anti-media attempts to stop foreign journalists from reporting on possible anti-government demonstrations in what has become known as the "Jasmine Revolution." Instead, they should act in accordance with Chinese government regulations which protect their right to work freely in China, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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Reinstatement is a process that allows a student who has been disqualified at SJSU to become eligible for readmission at SJSU. Readmission is the process of reapplying to the next available application cycle through CSU Mentor and it is dependent on meeting all eligibility criteria.
Reinstatement is a different process from readmission: Readmission of a disqualified student is not possible unless reinstatement has been approved. However, students must note that reinstatement is not a guarantee of readmission. There may even be some situations in which reinstatement is sought with no intention of reapplying to SJSU, such as for admission to another institution or program.
In most situations, students will need to apply for readmission prior to being reinstated due to the timing of our application deadlines. All returning students must submit an application for admissions to SJSU. Reapply for the next available application cycle at CSU Mentor website by the published deadline. If you miss the deadline for your desired term, you will need to submit an application for the next available term. The major listed on your reinstatement petition is the major in which you have been approved to return. Due to impaction, the university may not be able to admit all the eligible applicants. Please see Admission information.
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- Disqualification and Probation - Policies and Procedures: please go to SJSU catalog and follow this navigation : SJSU Policies and Procedures > Graduate Information and Requirements > Disqualification and Probation - Graduate Students


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What is Mobile?
Mobile is a way of viewing, receiving, and/or sending information to and from cellular phones and other wireless devices. Mobile encompasses many things -- the mobile web, mobile applications, and text messaging. The mobile web allows you to visit websites on your device with a mobile browser. You can install mobile applications or "apps" on your mobile device to perform specific tasks. While some wireless devices come with apps, you can also download apps from an online app store. Text messaging or "texting" is a way to send and receive messages from your mobile device. You can send messages as text (referred to as Short Message Service or SMS), pictures, video, or audio (referred to as Multimedia Messaging Service or MMS).
Who is Using Mobile?1
- 45% of all adults in the U.S. own a smartphone.
- 80% of cell phone users send or receive text messages.
- 55% of cell phone owners use the internet on their phones.
- 50% of cell phone users send or receive email on their phones.
- More African-Americans and Latinos own mobile phones than whites (87% vs. 80%) and minority cell phone owners take advantage of a greater range of their phones' features compared with white mobile phone users.
- One in three cell phone owners and half of smartphone owners have used their phone to look up health information.
How Can I Use Mobile in Response to HIV?
- Access HIV information through text, video, images, and/or audio.
- Locate local HIV testing sites, treatment, and service providers.
- Ask and respond to questions about HIV.
- Remind clients of medical appointments and encourage them to adhere to their medication schedules.
- Promote wellness and health tracking.
- Fundraise for AIDS service organizations and community-based organizations.
What are Some Examples from the Field?
- AIDS.gov's responsive mobile site provides information about HIV prevention, testing, treatment, research, and policies (view with a mobile browser)
- The HIV Testing and Care Services Locator app connects people to HIV testing, treatment, mental health and substance abuse services, housing, and other resources
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) iPhone-based app of the AIDSinfo Glossary contains terms and definitions associated with HIV and AIDS
- USA.gov's Mobile App Gallery
Where Can I Learn More?
- AIDS.gov's "Text Messaging" overview
- AIDS.gov's blog posts about mobile technology
- Pew Internet & American Life Project's "Mobile Health 2012" report
1 Pew Internet & American Life Project, "Mobile Health 2012," http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Mobile-Health.aspx. Accessed on 1/14/13.
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Jayde's workout tips to improve your performance in bed, plus her latest Twitpic gallery
Welcome to Workout Wednesdays, the new Playboy.com fitness blog by Jayde Nicole - personal trainer, fitness nutritionist, health nut, TV personality and, last but not least, Playboy's 2008 Playmate of the Year. Check back each week for Jayde's latest tips, and be sure to visit her all-new fitness website JaydeNicole.com.
Click on Jayde's Twitpic gallery (to the right) to see what she's been up to this week.
We all know that working out is good for your health, but did you also know that making time for the gym can improve your sex life? Exercising not only makes you look and feel better, it actually helps your performance in bed.
Start with some light weight-lifting. It causes the body to produce testosterone, an important hormone in the male sex drive.
In addition, do some push-ups, sit-ups and crunches. These exercises lead to better sex by strengthening your chest, shoulders and abs. A strong upper body can increase stamina—these muscles are used during most sex positions.
Doing Kegel exercises are not just for women, guys. They are a great sex exercise for men because they can help endurance and control by toning your pubococcygeus muscles. If you're a guy and you have never performed a Kegel, start by interrupting the flow of urine while going to the bathroom—this might sound strange, but it will help get you acquainted with your PC muscles. Try to hold it for 10 seconds, then relax. Do as many reps as you can. Trust me, it will pay off!
Now, let's stir up your sex life by adding some new positions—there's no better way to get your body ready than by practicing yoga. It will train your body to bend in new, creative ways, resulting in better flexibility and muscle endurance. Both are very important to achieving a healthier, more sexual version of yourself. And, really, who doesn't want that?
Once you have left the gym, it's time to hit the kitchen! Our sex drive is greatly affected by what we eat on a daily bases. Here are my top foods to eat your way to a better sex life.
You want to get your blood moving with some foods that will help stimulate circulation. Go for food rich in L-Arginine, such as oatmeal, walnuts, fat-free dairy, green vegetables, root vegetables, chickpeas and seeds. These are all tasty and very helpful for improving sexual function in men.
Foods that are high in omega-3 fatty acids are also great for your libido. Try mackerel, salmon and wild salmon. For you vegetarians out there you can always take an omega-3 supplement like I do.
Try to avoid foods that are high in saturated fats, which can be a killer for your sex life. Not only does it pack on the extra pounds and lower your endurance, but over time it also clogs arteries, which can impair the flow of blood to your genitals. This interferes with your ability to perform, as well as your sexual pleasure. So drop that bag of chips and pick up some healthy trail mix now!
This may surprise you, but there is some truth to the oyster theory. While they aren't exactly a proven aphrodisiac, they are the richest food source for zinc. Zinc has been linked to enhanced libido and sperm production. A lack of this mineral in your diet can cause impotence and infertility. You can also get zinc from brown rice; dark, leafy vegetables; and turkey.
Now you have all the tools you need to become a master in the bedroom! Start today and enjoy all the benefits; I know your partners will be happy you did.
Have questions or suggestions for an upcoming Workout Wednesday? Message me on Twitter (@Jayde_Nicole) or in the Locker Room at JaydeNicole.com.
Next week: How to give stress the boot!
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Volunteers needed for Texas Folklife Festival
(May 3, 2006)--Celebrating its 35th anniversary, the Texas Folklife Festival needs you to volunteer!
Hosted by UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures in downtown San Antonio's HemisFair Park, the four-day cultural extravaganza runs Thursday, June 8 through Sunday, June 11.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Each year, the festival depends on approximately 1,300 volunteers to help in a variety of areas. When you volunteer at the Texas Folklife Festival, you meet new people, show your cultural pride, have fun, help others and work in a unique spirit of camaraderie. In addition to individuals, corporate volunteers are needed.
Each volunteer will attend a one-hour orientation sessions and receive a wristband good for admission all four days of the event.
To become a volunteer, download an application, e-mail Denise Villarreal or call the Volunteer Hotline at (210) 458-2216. The deadline to apply is May 12.
For 35 years, the Texas Folklife Festival has brought people together to share the authentic food, music, dance and crafts of more than 40 cultures in a spirited and unified atmosphere. The 35th anniversary celebration is 5-11 p.m., Thursday, June 8, and Friday, June 9; noon to 11 p.m., Saturday, June 10 and noon to 9 p.m., Sunday, June 11.
For more information, contact Heather Hunter at (210) 458-2311.


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When you blackout and your subconscious takes over and before you know it you have 3 shopping bags in each hand and someone "stole" all the money in your wallet. Basically shopping and spending a ton of money and not remembering any of it
All of a sudden i was standing outside of Forever 21 and realized i just black-shopped.
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My mechanic has convinced me its time for a newer truck. I think I will keep my old F450 as a local yard truck but that will be it.
I am kind of curious what everyone would buy if they were to buy a newer truck.
Would it be a 20+ foot flatbed like a freightliner, F550, Ram 5500?
I am leaning towards 20 - 25 foot flatbed. It seems like the most readily available are Freightliners.


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Investors buying the 3277sq m Furniture City Panmure retail outlet can expect a 10 per cent-plus return, says Paddy Callesen, joint managing director of Savills.
Callesen expects to sell the big box retail outlet at 43 Mt Wellington Hwy for about $6 million and there are four years to run on the lease and two 6-year rights of renewal at annual rent of more than $639,000 with operating expenses at $15 per sq m.
"Rent increases are set at CPI of not less than 4.5 per cent or more than 6 per cent and a review is due in November next year," says Callesen, who is selling the property by deadline private treaty closing November 9.
"The unit-titled property will suit a big footprint user if Furniture City eventually leaves," he says.
Callesen says the sale comes at a time when Statistics New Zealand shows retail spending for the June quarter was up $195 million or 1.1 per cent compared with the March quarter.
"The return, the quality of the property, the area's favourable demographics and massive infrastructural changes in Panmure make this an investment that will yield big rewards in the future."
Callesen says the single storey industrial-style building was previously occupied by Fisher & Paykel and then later used by the New Zealand Army. "The premises are part of an established, integrated bulk retail centre and Furniture City's outlet is used for the sale, display and storage of furniture and associated products."
The property sits in a bulk retail area, surrounded by other national brands, including Bunnings, Warehouse Stationery, Bedpost, Resene, Fishing Camping and Outdoors, PK Furniture and Toy Planet.
Directly opposite is the Harvey Norman Centre, containing Briscoes, Rebel Sport, Hannahs, Para Rubber, Number 1 Shoes and others. Immediately to the south is Sylvia Park shopping centre.
Callesen says the property's attraction lies in the fact there is no more business zoned land in the area, the demographics are appealing and Panmure is earmarked for intensification. "Millions of dollars are being poured into the Panmure infrastructure upgrade. Where improvements are made intensification follows and property prices leap up."
He says a classic example is Te Irirangi Drive, which opened up great swathes of East Tamaki industrial land.
"Before the new highway and motorway interchanges were built land in the area sold for $50 a metre. Now investors have to fork out $350 a metre. It's the old adage of people following the piper's tune."
Auckland Council says the population in the Tamaki area, which includes Panmure, Glen Innes, Onehunga, Royal Oak and Mt Wellington is projected to increase from about 73,000 to around 100,000 by 2031.
The number of houses could increase from the 23,000 recorded in 2006 to at least 37,500 in 2031.
The council says Tamaki is the second-most important area in Auckland with 76,800 or 12 per cent of the region's people employed by 9700 businesses. Tamaki's town centres and commercial and industrial areas contribute 13 per cent to Auckland's GDP.
Callesen says this growth will impact on the look and feel of neighbourhoods and the council has to ensure growth is well planned and backed by significant investment in physical infrastructure.
"With the council pushing for greater residential intensification, particularly earmarking areas 500m from rail stations for higher density properties, business zoned land supply in constrained locations, such as the Furniture City site, will become more valuable. The vendor is committed to selling and a new buyer could pick up a higher yielding property within a sought after and growth location."
As part of improvements the Tamaki Transformation Programme (TTP) is under way.
It is New Zealand's biggest urban regeneration programme to improve housing, parks, schools, infrastructure, job opportunities and the local economy for Panmure, Point England and Glen Innes residents.
Panmure has been identified as a Business Improvement District and is targeted for additional funding for business development, increased employment and investment and improvement to its physical environment.
On the infrastructure front, the Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative (Ameti), a series of transport projects for Panmure, Mt Wellington, Pakuranga, Howick and Botany is in its second stage.
The area has some of the highest traffic flows anywhere in the country. Public transport is a poor option because buses get caught in congestion, resulting in long travel times. The two bridges across the Tamaki River carry more than 120,000 vehicles daily and have more freight traffic than any other corridor in the country.
To relieve this congestion a new Panmure Bridge is being built north of the existing one for two bus lanes and a separate cycle and pedestrian path. Callesen says the improvements will be a huge benefit to what is a limited supply of business zoned land, such as this property.
"Improved accessibility attracts a wider catchment of shoppers."


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Chintzy, cheapskate, take-take-take type of disappointing friend you're always generous to but they never reciprocate ~ so now they are demoted to A-hole.
I've sent him/her an expensive gift for 10 years and they never reciprocate..What kind of a chintzhole can be that self-centered, greedy and oblivious to social graces.
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text: This weekend I worked on a friends 2008 Durango. 16 spark plugs, trans filters (2 of them), front and rear diff fluid changes, transfer case fluid change, power steering fluid change, and brake fluid change. That thing sucked. There are 16 plugs on the 4.7L motor, 8 for the intake side and 8 for the exhaust side. the intake side uses copper plugs so they need to be changed every 30,000 miles. the exhaust side uses iridium, so they are 100,000 mile plugs. The coils have a boot running strait down from the bottom that go into these deep holes where the plugs are on the intake, then they have a standard plug wire connector on the top that the plug wire runs down to the exhaust side plug. Those boots going down into the hole sucked to get off. They were not available for individual purchase so the one that ripped (fun getting out of the tiny hole) resulted in the purchase of a $40 coil pack. Here is the kicker. The plugs are recessed in some pretty deep holes, that a standard spark plug socket will not fit into. I could not find a thin walled socket so I just ground one of my old sockets down. It took me 3 hours to change plugs! Another awesome design that they did was to put the rear lateral track bars to a stud sticking out of the middle of the rear diff cover. So, those needed to to be pulled off to pull the rear cover. What a PITA. The trans had 2 filters in it. One was a standard sump filter, the other a screw on oil filter type. All together I had about 11 hours into it on Saturday (not including the time I had my wife and kids driving around chasing parts). After I finished, I test drove it and it was all over the road. It dangerously changed lanes after hitting bumps. I got out and bounced the front end. It needs shocks badly. So, I ordered a new set of Bilsteins for it. Heck, I can't afford to put them on my truck, but every truck that I have worked on over the last year now has them. Thanks for letting my rant!!


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Eyes cast upward in ecstatic contemplation—500 or 600 years ago these expressions might have been found in a work by Raphael or Guido Reni. But Shauna Frischkorn, an associate professor of art at Pennsylvania's Millersville University, has captured the agony and the ecstasy of our own age in a wide-ranging series of portraits: no monks or saints, just ordinary teenage boys playing Halo. She says that "while they seem passive, they're actually performing fast-paced maneuvers and executing split-second decisions, making these portraits of intense concentration."
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Apartament Centrum 11 (2+2+1+1)
Size55 m²
Floor No.1
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Pets allowed
- Parking available
- Lockable room
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|Rybaki, 61-884 Poznań, Poland
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|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few days
|Calendar updated
The living room is equipped with a comfortable sofa bed for 2 people, LCD TV, coffee table, dining table and chairs, iron and ironing board and bed sheets. The bedroom has a comfortable double bed, wardrobe and bed sheets. The second bedroom has two single beds which can be combined, rack dresser, nightstand and bed sheets. The bathroom has a shower, sink, toilet, towels, hair dryer, clothes dryer and washing machine. The kitchen is fully equipped with dishes, pots and pans, fridge, microwave, electric kettle and electric cooker. Equipped with coffee, tea, salt, sugar.
Throughout the site, you can use the free wireless internet access Wi-Fi.
Located in the city center, close to the Old Market Square (800m), Old Brewery Shopping Centre (200m), Kupiec Poznanski (200m), Guarded parking (200m).
House rulesIn order to smooth the keys please give us your estimated time of arrival, departure and to provide us with your preferred bedding configuration.
Check in starts at 14:00 and ends at 12:00 on the last day of stay.
Our office is open from: 9-17, telephones pick up till 9 pm.Place of pick up the keys: (security office is open 24 hours): Garbary 95 street
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|€ 219
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|€ 755
|Price for > 2 guests
|€ 10 per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
Very clean and warm. Is a good location close to the old town, and quite building. Perfect for a group of friends or family.
Just be aware of the code number you need to enter to the building, because we didn´t know at the beggining so we need to call Magdalena very late, but she answered quickly and no problem! :)
Not recommended.
Nicht zu empfehlen.
Very good contact. Agreements have to work, the host has been in accord with our times, which made it very easy and approachable. Apartment has our entire trip troop liked. Thank you ...
Sehr guter Kontakt.
Absprachen haben funktioniert,der Gastgeber hat sich nach unseren Zeiten gerichtet,das machte es sehr einfach und umgänglich.
Wohnung hat unserer gesamten Reisetruppe gut gefallen.
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The apartment was really nice and clean. There were no problems with handing over the keys to the flat, however a little bit more detailed description on how you can get to the flat would be nice (as the entrance is from the courtyard).
We spent a short break in transit in Poznan. The keys were handed over in an office of a security service in the immediate vicinity. The description and the photos correspond to reality. However, the following comments should be made:
- Ground floor, immediate access without connecting door from the courtyard;
- Bad as described, but spartan;
- When switching on the electric range the main fuse drops, kettle goes;
- Guarded parking 8 - 20 clock, 3 zlotys per hour, about 400 meters away.
The room is very conveniently located to the Old Town and to the center.
Wir haben einen Kurzurlaub auf der Durchreise in Poznan verbracht. Die Schlüsselübergabe erfolgte in einem Büro eines Sicherheitsdienstes in unmittelbarer Nähe. Die Beschreibung und die Fotos entsprechen der Realität. Allerdings sind folgende Bemerkungen zu machen:
- Erdgeschoss, unmittelbarer Zugang ohne Zwischentür vom Hof;
- Bad wie beschrieben, aber spartanisch eingerichtet;
- Beim Einschalten des Elektroherdes fällt die Hauptsicherung ab, Wasserkocher geht;
- bewachter Parkplatz von 8 - 20 Uhr, 3 Zloty pro Stunde, ca. 400 m entfernt.
Das Zimmer ist sehr verkehrsgünstig zur Altstadt und zum Zentrum gelegen.
We were told that the apartment we wanted was not available, but there was one that was even bigger (while our booking was already confirmed). Breakfast turned out to be not included. It was not really a warm-welcome wimdu feeling because it turned out to be an organization for apartment rentings. The lady who gave us the key did not even know where exactly our apartment was (we had to ask neigbours for help). Despite these organizational flaws, the apartment itselfs was great. Perfectly located, clean and spacious for a good price. Once we found the place we had an amazing stay.
Everything in the best order. Great contact and no unpleasant surprises. Flat nice, clean and cozy. I would recommend!
Wszystko w jak najlepszym porządku. Świetny kontakt i żadnych niemiłych niespodzianek. Mieszkanie ładne, czyste i przytulne. Polecam!
Super apartment!
Super Wohnung !!!
Nice Appartement in the City Centre, Cinema next door. During our stay there was also an Open Air Cinema on the Square next to the house. Getting and dropping the keys very Easy. Good Place to stay.
- Quality assured accommodation
- Every host is verified by telephone
- Secure payment via SSL encryption


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Welcome from Minnesota! :)
Thanks for the warm welcomes,
Anyone have any tips on how to navigate through this site. I'm used to QCA and the learning curve is killing me.
Hello Annie, and Welcome to the QB from North Carolina. Great to have you join us...you're gonna LOVE it here. :thumbup:
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I am from San Diego too.. I currently live in Joplin, mo.. (you may remember Joplin.. we nearly got blown off the map by that huge tornado). I used to live in Kearny Mesa near the 805 and Clairemont Mesa Blvd. I loved SD and still have many friends there. You have some terrific fabric stores there. When I get back there now and then I always make the rounds of my favorites.
You'll love this board.. great people that can find any answer to anything I think!! Welcome!
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Oakwood receives $5M gift to support women's health
Oakwood Healthcare Inc. has received a $5 million gift to support women's health services programs and equipment at the four-hospital system.
That brings donor Karen Colina Wilson Smithbauer's total contribution to the hospital to $7.2 million, one of the largest donations from a single donor in more than 60 years, according to a news release.
Smithbauer, of Grosse Ile, is former CEO of Central Beer Distribution Inc. and president of the Karen Colina Wilson Foundation.
Oakwood plans to use the funds to double the size of the Karen Colina Wilson Smithbauer Breast Care Center at Oakwood Southshore in Trenton, according to the news release.
The donation will fund a new pavilion named for Smithbauer at the Southshore location and a new women's health center at Oakwood Hospital-Dearborn. Funds will also be used for equipment and technology, and community outreach.
Smithbauer, chairwoman of Oakwood's Women's Advisory Committee, is a breast cancer survivor.


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This whole thing has been completely blown out of proportion!! Kristen met Rupert, yes I agree on that, and in broad daylight in a public place, but it was a couple of hugs and kisses! I think Kristen was and is screaming for attention from Rob!!
Within the last year Kristen has opened up about her relationship with Rob, like stating my boyfriend is English, I love him, I miss him and she even said it's so obvious who she is dating.
But Rob remains mum about their relationship, I think this was hurting Kristen's feelings that Rob would never admit that they are/were a couple. Rob always has the same story I'm not here to sell my private life, blah, blah, blah, it's getting old already. If they were more open about there relationship I don't think Kristen would have looked somewhere else for comfort. Also, Rupert was looking for someone to take out his woes on about his cheating wife Liberty!! Kristen felt sorry for him and his problems and I believe she only met him to talk to him but Rupert got to aggressive and went after Kristen. Know one really knows what Kristen said to Rupert after this incident,
maybe she pushed him away etc. The tabloids will only show the pictures they want and make up their own story. Tabloids will do anything for money!!
I hope Kristen and Rob will work things out, they have so much history with each other and you don't just throw that away over one stupid immature decision, all relationships take work.
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There's a hell of a lot more to this story than any knows. Not having full information I give it 50/50 odds that they make it 5 years, but no guarantees. 30/70 odds that she strays again before then ending the relationship, or that she can't adapt to his near term need to know at all times where she is, what she's doing, and who she's with, or that he fails to outgrow that behavior in the long term. And if she's caught in a lie, even once, about any of the above I think that'll be it for Rob, because that sort of behavior will be what started this mess.
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I somewhat agree with ping, that there is a lot more to this story then the public knows. Isn't it interesting that poor grieving Liberty Ross has already got a new boyfriend and was in England
partying with her ex boyfriend. Liberty Ross has been cheating on Rupert since 2010!! Everyone wake up. Rupert and Liberty's marriage was way over with long before Kristen was in the picture.
I really believe Kristen when she said it was a momentary lapse in judgement. Remember she was in her car, she got a call from Rupert to meet him. They met in a public open place!! I feel Kristen was feeling sorry for Rupert and all his troubles with his failed marriage and cheating wife and he was telling all of his woes and then tried to get Kristen on his side and he started going after her.
Kristen has had only 2 boyfriends in her life and she has been loyal to both of them. Kristen
has never strayed before, you don't hear about her being drunk, taking drugs, slamming into cars
etc. she's a lovely young girl that just made a stupid "immature" decision one day and everyone is making a big deal out of nothing. I hope Rob is man enough to realize that Kristen was taken advantage of by Rupert and he will give her another chance, they have to much history between themselves to let this stupid thing break them apart.
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When an employee announces "I am pregnant," she is instantly swaddled in a cocoon of legal protections surrounding her cherished condition.
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If the employer-employee relationship goes sour, however -- either during pregnancy or after childbirth -- a school district might find itself cradling a bundle of legal troubles -- the kind that make board members and superintendents want to cry like a baby.
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Academy for Teacher Excellence
Academy for Teacher Excellence Summer Bridging Institute is July 13-17
By Kris Rodriguez
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(July 13, 2009)--The UTSA Academy for Teacher Excellence will host the sixth annual Summer Bridging Institute July 13-17 in Frio Street Building Room 4.418 at the UTSA Downtown Campus. The institute's goal is to enhance the skills of graduating students who will become teachers this fall.
Scheduled weeklong workshops will include:
- Working with Title I Schools
- The ABCs of Special Education
- English as a Second Language and English Language Learners
- LIBRE Model Training
- Instructional Technology in the Classroom
- Surviving your First Year and Beyond
The Academy for Teacher Excellence was established as a hub for school districts, community colleges and UTSA to collaboratively research, design, implement and evaluate educational programs that address emerging, statewide and local educational issues associated with a growing diverse student population. A major focus is the implementation of a Title V Hispanic-serving-institutions grant to leverage resources in the community to better prepare teachers in classrooms with diverse student populations.
For more information, contact Arcelia Hernandez at (210) 458-6170.


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Lessons learned in the Gulf spill over into engineering ethics
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It's been almost a year since a series of explosions ripped through an oil-drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 people and spewing millions of gallons of crude oil into the surrounding ocean. As the world watches yet another disaster unfold – the nuclear crisis in Japan – the initial question of "what went wrong?" has now become "how can we avoid it happening again?" Binghamton University professor George Catalano has a possible solution. But it calls for a whole-scale re-examination of the engineering profession and its notions of ethical responsibility.
In his latest book, Tragedy in the Gulf: A Call for a New Engineering Ethic, Catalano, a professor of bioengineering, uses the events leading up and to and including the oil-spill as the catalyst for a much broader discussion of engineering that not only considers the technical side of the profession but also its impact on the environment and society.
"Many different engineering disciplines contribute to the oil industry as is also the case for nearly all the technologies we use and take for granted," said Catalano. "So, while the oil spill triggered a personal reflection of my own ethical responsibility in this particular field, the truth of the matter is that it is much greater than just this one industry."
According to Catalano, engineering has always been a profession with strong ethical dimensions awash with codes of ethics. These principles have helped propel technical advancements in every facet of our daily lives. But these developments are being made at such incredible rates that the question Catalano challenges his fellow engineers to answer is whether or not ethical responsibility both as a profession and through their roles as individual practitioners has kept pace. Catalano argues that it hasn't.
"Too often, it is only after a tragedy – when we've seen the dramatic images and heard from the victims of the devastation – that we pay attention," said Catalano. "As a profession, we seem even more reluctant to tackle the ethical issues involved. Given the damage the disaster in the Gulf has done to the environment and to our profession, it's time to regroup and construct a different vision of the responsibilities we have as engineers."
Catalano's proposed set of engineering ethics calls for a union of such disparate fields as quantum mechanics, eco-philosophy and complex systems, that, when brought together, present a very different understanding of the world.
"In the quantum world, all things are interconnected far beyond the limits of space and time," Catalano said. "From this, we can learn to draw from the vast array of potentialities rather than limited certainties. To this we must add an eco-philosophy sensibility – one that incorporates a strong grasp of the evolution of the universe and our place and role in that process. Finally, we must incorporate an understanding of complex systems, which is in essence, an understanding of indirect effects – meaning if we push a complex system 'over here,' it often has effects 'over there.' When we put these elements together, we have a profoundly different sense of ethical responsibility both as practitioners and as a profession."
As this new set of ethics presents somewhat of a change to "business as usual" for the engineering field, Catalano is well aware that his proposal is going to take time for it to be even considered by his peers. But there is growing support for his call to action, as demonstrated by an increase in the number of like-minded colleagues around the world, ranging from a group led by materials scientist Caroline Baillie at the University of Western Australia, to Jens Kabo and his team of budding engineers at Queen's University in Canada.
"Whether or not anyone finds my arguments compelling doesn't matter in the long run," Catalano said. "What does matter is that as a profession we are doing everything we can to safeguard our planet and all of its inhabitants. And for me, that begins in my classroom. I know that I may not be able to change things overnight, but I do know I can help influence the next generation of engineers by helping them to think differently about their place in the engineering world and the ethical responsibility that comes along with it."


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It took five years for the West Nile virus to travel four-fifths of a continent from metropolitan New York, where it was first detected in 1999, to Idaho; but once it invaded, it took hold with a vengeance. Two years after its arrival, the nation's 39th-largest state had the highest incidence of illness, such as meningitis and encephalitis, related to the mosquito-borne virus.
Global warming proponents attribute the virus' advance to an increase in floods and droughts, which help disease carriers survive warmer winters and spread to new territories. Although Idaho's climate is generally dry, pockets of ponds that fill up after rains make the state an ideal breeding ground for virus-laden mosquitoes.
In late 2005 testing at one of the Ada County Mosquito Abatement District's 20 insect trap sites revealed infected mosquitoes. Founded in 1974, the district treats more than 2000 bodies of standing water and fog-sprays more than 1500 miles of transects annually, all spread out over 406 square miles that include the state capital of Boise. Crews start work in April or May, and continue until the weather gets cold, usually September or October.
Realizing their crews needed more powerful tools than magic markers and unwieldy maps to thwart a potentially deadly outbreak, field operations manager Jack Bennett seized the opportunity to update surveillance, larvaciding, and adulticiding procedures. In addition to hiring a full-time ecologist to oversee its long-term integrated pest management program, the district added 20 more test sites and, most significantly, began a multiyear journey to gather and manage data electronically.
GPS + GIS = Data Integrity
For this particular challenge, the district retained Electronic Data Solutions, a consulting firm in Jerome, Idaho, that's designed technology-based field data collection programs for the district since the 1980s. Among other initiatives, the firm helped Ada County electronically map roadside herbicide applications to track where, how much, and what kinds of chemicals are applied.
To make the transition from manual to automatic as easy as possible for field crews who gather the data that drives the district's decision making, the firm recommended an all-in-one package of software and hardware that combines GPS and GIS into a single application.
Like everything related to maintaining public infrastructure, the cost of preventing disease is far less than the cost of controlling it after an epidemic begins. Thus, the district focuses most of its budget and energy on eliminating mosquito larvae.
The district bought each of its five larvaciders a handheld personal computer, the Archer from Juniper Systems Inc., which runs Redlands, Calif.-based ESRI's ArcPad mobile GIS software and includes a Trimble Pathfinder XB GPS receiver. In the field, crew members enter information by tapping on the unit's screen with a stylus. The touchscreen technology eliminated the need to invest in more expensive ruggedized laptop computers with full keyboards.
The software guides users through a series of predefined questions, ensuring that all inspection, treatment, and inventory information is reported consistently regardless of who's entering it. Depending on site conditions, crew members make anywhere from two screen taps up to filling out four form pages.
If they're at a pond, larvaciders follow this step-by-step process to map a site, record an inspection, view a past inspection, or record application and efficacy dates of previous larvacide applications.


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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by Whitneyskates, May 8, 2013.
Michael Jackson is dead. He cannot defend himself. Leave him alone at least in death.
I honestly don't understand this logic. So nobody's allowed to bring up any criminal behaviour of dead people? Why? Are MJ's kids' feelings more important than the feelings of potential victims?
^ This.
Don't forget too that MJ was a well-connected dude when he was alive, one that could probably pull strings with any artist and/or producer in the music industry--people with the power to, say, hire certain budding choreographers for major music/entertainment projects. In addition to getting his hush money, I sure Wade benefitted a lot from his association with Michael over years.
Not saying Wade didn't earn some of his success, but being MJ's "friend" probably opened many doors for him, and no doubt would've opened many more if he was alive today.
Now that he's dead, all that is gone. The Jackson family are ripping themselves apart fighting over his money, so no way they're sharing that with anyone else.
Maybe this trauma was repressed and he's suddenly coming to this epiphany now, but I highly doubt it. I guess I'm just cynical.
The fact that he's essentially suing a dead man doesn't instill much credence IMO. He had so many past opportunities to confess when MJ was alive, and even now he could share his story in an effort to help others and to finally confirm a darker truth to MJ's legacy (which is totally valid and admirable if the molestation did take place)--but why the money if he's so well-off in his career?
Really? Would you tell this to all the Jimmy Saville victims?
There was another negative story about MJ's behavior last week, but it didn't contain molestation allegations. Now I can't find it, but I believe it was about his drug use.
Then there was an article by some white actor from England claiming to believe he was biological father of Michael Jackson's children.
In any event, I find the timing of all this suspicious. His family & estate had just gotten the go ahead to pursue their 40 billion dollar lawsuit against the concert promoters who worked him to his death, so they say. I'm guessing there is actually some merit to the family's case.
It appears that someone is trying to harass Michael Jackson's kids through the media. The timing of Robson's accusations could be a horrible coincidence, but it all seems a bit strange.
TMZ is reporting that Robson had a major nervous breakdown in 2011 and has not worked since. In other words, he hasn't made a dime in over 2 years. I guess the implication is that his break down was because of the molestation coming to the surface but I don't buy it at this point.
I don't think Michael should be left alone because he is dead but I do wonder how this suit will be handled. How is Michael going to defend himself? He could have an alibi or have witnesses to some of the moments when Robson claims he was being molested. Combine that with Robson already testifying under oath that he was not molested and I don't think this is right. He better have some serious proof.
I have no doubt at all that the association with MJ got Wade Robson's foot in the door (and probably a lot of his dance training too), but he is a ridiculously talented dancer and choreographer. And his biggest mainstream fame, which came from choreographing on SYTYCD, never even mentioned his association with Michael Jackson - I didn't know there was one at all until I'd started looking for more info. Whatever career benefit he had from being Michael Jackson's pal as a kid, he stopped using years ago.
i believed the maid when she said she saw them in the shower and i still believe her. i dont know that wade has any other proof than that but i hope coming out with it helps him make peace with himself and move forward.
A better strategy for Robson (if he is only looking for closure) might have been to come forward, but not sue.
Jackson was put on trial and found not guilty.
unless/until more information comes out about his lawsuit, i'm inclined to agree with that. but i assume there is addl info not divulged to the public at this time.
Given the way our justice system works and given how little we know, I can't really say one way or what this guy's motivation is or what would be a better thing to do.
Put on trial and found not guilty in one case. Which doesn't mean he was found not guilty of every accusation against him.
And what does that have to do with the numerous victims of Jimmy Saville and his associates?
And, it sounds like Robson is essentially saying that part of the reason Jackson was found not guilty was because Robson perjured himself during the trial.
I have no idea what his motivation is, but I would think that helping someone you believed to be a child molester might not be easy to live with and who know what his current state of mind/health is. Assuming, of course, that what he is saying now is the truth.
The problem is a good attorney is going to point out that if you were lying then, how do we know you're not lying now? I think it would be very hard for him to win in court.
Yes, and the converse is true too. Maybe Robson feared he would get no work (due to Jackson's influence) if he came out against Jackson while Jackson was still living.
I personally know a couple of dancers who have worked with Wade. Apparently he is a rather tortured sole and extremely difficult to work with. Not saying that I know where his turmoil comes from but it sort of makes a bit of sense. If he is now going through therapy (which was apparently much needed) these statements could be part of the healing. Going for money is not the wisest thing to do though IMHO. Sad situation for everyone involved.
Choreographers are artists and a lot of artists are eccentric and particular in their own way and thus can be difficult to work with. I certainly don't want to rule out that Wade is the way he is because he has been through a trauma, I'm just saying that a choreographer being difficult to work with doesn't necessarily have to mean anything
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While I don't believe in lie-detector test, I think a lot of people do believe in it. Wade could offer to take such a test to prove that he's telling the truth, or at least his truth.
They are also inadmissible in court. He would have to release it to the press to make his point but it would do nothing for the court case.
This is one reason why it's difficult to understand what his motivation is.
Looks like Wade has sold his California condo and will be moving to Hawaii with his wife and son in the wake of the molestation allegations.
That's a pretty significant move career-wise, isn't it? I imagine all the work for dancers/choreographers are based in California or New York.
Seems like he might be leaving the industry and his work for awhile--until everything surrounding the accusations and trial are settled. The media circus will be crazy.
Or maybe he's done for good and has decided to retire away from the business and raise his family in Hawaii?
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He will need some money to retire this young. He's doing himself no favors.
HI is one of the most expensive places to live as well. For someone out of work for a couple years, that's a pretty pricey move.
I believe his wife is from Hawaii. It would make sense to me to leave LA and go where family is, especially since he's apparently had a rough go of it in the last couple of years.
Only because he was a smooth criminal.
Correct. A lot of victims of childhood sexual abuse don't fully realize just how impacted they were until decades later. It's the reason that some states have lengthened their statutes of limitations on this type of crime. For example, in Pennsylvania, the victim now has until age 50 to take action.
Interesting that fans of Michael like to sing his songs from the 1970s and 1980s, yet a kid who was allegedly abused by Jacko in the 1990s is supposed to just forget those experiences.
I would have no problem if he decided just now to sue Michael's estate for sexual abuse or if he decided to just now begin talking about it or he suddenly had a nervous breakdown because of it all these years later. The problem is that he testified under oath that nothing happened to him. All of this news about Michael supposedly molesting other children and he never once had those memories come up? I am probably being insensitive but I have a VERY hard time believing that he had absolutely no memories of being abused. I just can't give him the benefit of the doubt, here. If Michael were alive then I would eagerly await the outcome because both parties would have a chance to state their claims and defend them but this is being done after Michael died and how can he possibly defend his name? He can't, no one really can because surely Robson will say he was abused when no one else was present and then it is his word against a dead mans. The only thing Robson has is the maid or whomever that claims she saw them in the shower. It would be almost impossible to convince me after you said, under oath, that you were not abused. Was he over 18 when he originally testified? If so, he was an adult and I don't see any way out of it.
Nobody knows what the truth is. In terms of crowd reaction, I see two extreme camps. One camp believes the allegations because they either think Robson psychologically repressed his experiences and is now recognizing it for what it was (which is actually more common than you think from victims of sexual abuse) or people who dislike Jackson because they always believed that Jackson was a predator and want those beliefs to be vindicated with the other camp being full of Michael Jackson fans (due to his music) who think people are again being over-zealous with the witch-hunt with little evidence to back it up.
It's hard to remain neutral, but I think I'd rather keep an open mind about this until more details come out. Of course even then, it's hard to know who to believe because no matter where you stand on this, the timing is suspect (with the estate finally being solidified and Jackson no longer able to defend himself) and we've seen Jackson accused before by people whose motivations were suspect (or has gotten away with it because of his resources depending on what you believe).


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OSU-Cascades shows off new biomechanics lab
Bend students will train in real world situation
BEND, Ore. - Oregon State University President Ed Ray toured a new biomechanics lab that opened Monday at OSU-Cascades in Bend.
There are few if any others in the nation like the lab here in Central Oregon.
University officials say the FORCE lab, or Functional Orthopedic Research Center of Excellence, offers services that can benefit the entire public.
Injuries can happen at any time and anywhere, but with the highly active population here in Central Oregon, it's all the more reason this is an ideal location for the lab.
"The FORCE Lab is a great example of Oregon State University's strategic commitment to improving human health and wellness through exceptional, educational research and outreach initiatives," Ray said.
The lab will serve OSU-Cascades students in the Exercise and Sport Science program.
It uses state-of-the-art equipment, including eight infrared cameras and two high-speed video cameras to help identify and prevent injuries -- especially in the knees, ankles and hips.
Reflective spheres are placed all over the testing subjects to capture a skeletal model, to help identify problem areas.
"We can then use this analysis to say, 'Is he moving and landing in a healthy matter? Or is he landing in a way that is predisposing him to certain injuries -- and if so, we need to modify his movement pattern to reduce that risk of injury," said Christine Pollard, a sport science professor at OSU-Cascades.
And it doesn't hurt that the lab is right next door to orthopedic surgeons at The Center.
"You need to do the studies and the benchwork clinical studies to get to the results that really help people," said Dr. James Nelson, a physical medicine doctor.
OSU-Cascades student Joshua Williams has been patiently waiting for nearly two years for the lab to open. He'll be a research assistant.
"I'm excited about that, and (it) gives us a chance to interface with the different professionals involved through the lab that will be a great opportunity for the OSU students," Williams said.
A doctor recently submitted two grant applications using the FORCE lab to investigate bio-mechanical and genetic factors associated with concussions and high school athletes.
The first studies for rehabilitation strategies for lower extremity injuries like the hips begins in June.


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Serves 10-12
My ultimate festive vegetable dish. Prepare everything ahead and refrigerate, but bring back to room temperature before serving.
• 5 small red peppers, de-seeded, stalks and membranes removed and cut into wedges
• 3 small red onions, peeled and cut into wedges
• 4 medium beetroot
• 4 large carrots, peeled and cut into neat diagonal slices
• 2 large acid-free tomatoes
• Handful of fresh basil leaves for garnish
• Dressing
• Juice and zest of 1 orange, with zest cut into thin strips and briefly blanched
• 1 tbsp runny honey
• ¼ cup olive oil
1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C. Roast the pepper and onion wedges until soft and mellow (about 25 minutes). Keep aside.
2. To prepare the beetroot, boil in water for about 40 minutes until tender, then drain, allow to cool and remove the skins. Cut into rough chunks.
3. To prepare the carrots, add a pinch of sugar and cook in salted water for about 10 minutes, until soft but not mushy. Drain and keep aside.
4. Wash the tomatoes well and cut into neat chunks. Make the dressing by mixing everything together in a small screw-top jar, seasoned with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Place the vegetables on a large white platter, and drizzle over the dressing. Garnish with a few torn basil leaves and serve at room temperature.
Recipe from Lauraine Jacob's new cookbook, Everlasting Feast (Random House NZ $55).


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OSCP Advice
My other question is this, I've been in the IT field now for 7 years with the past 1 1/2 years being in the infosec side of IT (Managing IPS/Firewalls/Anti-Virus/Web filters/SIEM, etc..) But I don't have any real pen testing experience to go along with that.
I've administrated a Windows/VMware/Cisco/CheckPoint network, but is that going to prepare me enough to even attempt the OSCP? I have some linux knowledge and really no coding experience except from college way back.
I'm going to attempt the CEH first, but what I'm concerned with is being ill prepared to start the OSCP after that. This is something I really want to attempt to get the hands on knowledge of pen-testing, but I want to make sure its the wise thing to do at the time.
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Pedestrian struck by hit-and-run driver on S. Nevada
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Wednesday evening on South Nevada Avenue near East Ramona Avenue. The driver of the vehicle then left the scene.
Police told KRDO NewsChannel 13 that the vehicle stopped briefly and the driver got out of the car. Then the driver then got back in the car and drove away. There is currently no description of the suspect or vehicle.
The victim was transported to the hospital. The extent of injuries is not known.
Police say the pedestrian was crossing the street midway in the block and when he reached the median a car in the left lane stopped for him and the man proceeded but a car in the center lane did not stop and hit the pedestrian.
Police say the pedestrian may have been intoxicated, however the driver who left the scene could still face charges of leaving the scene of an injury accident.


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RIC Launches Initiative to Develop Future Leaders
Lawrence Wilson
Rhode Island College is launching a new initiative designed to help develop students to become the future leaders of the state. Lawrence Wilson, who teaches in the RIC School of Management, will lead the effort as the new interim executive director of economic and leadership development.
"Rhode Island College is uniquely positioned to have a dramatic impact on the state's future," said President Nancy Carriuolo. "Most of our students come from Rhode Island, and they choose to live and work here after they graduate. This appointment underscores our commitment to providing our students with the world-class education and training they will need to achieve success and to lead this state for generations to come."
Wilson will work to strengthen the college's relationship with local business and community leaders to help expand internships, training and mentoring opportunities for Rhode Island College students.
He also will seek to identify the education and training needed for the workforce of the future, and then collaborate with the Rhode Island College School of Management and the Office of Professional Studies and Continuing Education to help create courses and curricula that meet those targeted needs.
"What excites me about Rhode Island College is that its commitment to the state of Rhode Island doesn't end with our providing the finest education and training possible to our students. We reach out to the various sectors – business, government and society – that strengthen the state as well," Wilson said.
"We're proud to offer comprehensive training and professional development and, importantly, bright, loyal, hard-working interns who provide added value to an organization while gaining real world experience," Wilson said. "I am delighted to serve in this new capacity and am convinced that through a wide array of partnerships, we will strengthen the fabric and leadership of the given institution, while developing the future leaders for Rhode Island from among the ranks of our dynamic student body."
Jenifer Giroux, interim vice president of professional studies and continuing education at Rhode Island College, said Wilson's appointment will help improve the college's ability to provide for the needs of its students, while also meeting the state's needs today and in the future. "This is an exciting opportunity to provide the education, training and professional development many Rhode Islanders seek as they begin or advance their careers," she said.
Wilson, who earned his MBA from the Wharton School, has extensive experience in corporate, entrepreneurial and non-profit management positions. He has taught at several colleges, and he is currently an adjunct professor in the Rhode Island College School of Management, where he is responsible for managing the school's internship programs.


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Last Modified: Monday, January 28, 2013 9:27 AM
By Carl Dubois / Special to the American Press
Reading about the big news from the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, I remember a conversation with former Welsh High School football coach Dutton Wall when I was covering prep sports for the American Press.
"I just don't think them publics should have to play them privates," Wall said, in typically folksy style.
I was no longer at the American Press or covering high school sports when Wall later became the coach at Sacred Heart in Ville Platte, so I don't know if his opinion changed. I do recall having conversations with coaches who attended Catholic high schools and later coached at public schools, and they had strong opinions about the public vs. private issue at the time. Later, when they wound up at private schools, those opinions indeed changed. We all see things mostly from our point of view, not somebody else's.
I'm not sure how I feel about this move by the LHSAA, but I suspect in the long run it won't end complaints about the playing field not being level in Louisiana high school athletics.


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Samsung, LG Gain Smartphone Share, AAPL Slips, in Q1, Says Strategy Analytics
Research firm Strategy Analytics this evening reported that smartphone shipments in Q1 rose 36%, year over year, to 210 million units, with Samsung Electronics (005930KS) taking the crown, at number one in market share, with 33.1% of all smartphone shipments, up from 28.9% a year earlier.
Apple (AAPL) saw its share shrink to 17.9% from 22.8% in that time, giving it second place. And LG Electronics (066570KS) entered third place for the first time ever, according to Strategy Analytics, with 4.9% share, up from 3.2% a year ago. Fourth-placed Huawei of China also saw gains, rising to 4.8% share from 3.3%, as did fifth-place ZTE (0763HK) with 4.3% share, up from 3% a year earlier.
The market share of "all others" fell to 35% from 38.8%, said Strategy Analytics.
The firm's lead analyst, Neil Mawston, assessed Samsung's widening lead over Apple thusly:
Samsung shipped almost two times more smartphones and grew nine times faster than Apple during the quarter. With the flagship Galaxy S4 model likely to be in high demand, provided there are no major component shortages, Samsung should continue to deliver strong smartphone volumes worldwide in the second quarter of the year. Apple shipped a lackluster 37.4 million iPhones worldwide in Q1 2013, up from 35.1 million a year earlier. Apple grew just 7 percent annually during Q1 2013, which was the iPhone's lowest growth rate ever in its history. Apple's premium-only strategy for the iPhone is approaching a natural ceiling and it will need to expand deeper into large markets like China or launch a lower-priced iPhone model for mass-market users.
In a separate report, the firm lays out the results for the larger arena of total handset sales. The industry shipped 373 million units in the quarter, said Strategy Analytics, a decline of 1% in shipment volume from a year earlier.
Samsung saw its share rise to 28.6% from 24.5% a year earlier, while Nokia (NOK), still at number two, saw a decline in total mobile handset volume from 21.9% to 16.6%.
Remarked Mawston, "Weak Symbian smartphone volumes and lackluster feature phone demand caused Nokia's shrinkage."
Some comfort to Apple bulls, the company actually saw its share of total mobile phone sales rise to 10% from 9.3%, based on the same 37.4 million units of the iPhone.
Remarked analystWoody Oh, "Apple's global mobile phone marketshare is approaching a peak."
"Apple will need to launch new models, or partner with additional major carriers like China Mobile, if it wants to expand significantly beyond its current ceiling of 10 percent global volume share."
LG and ZTE were in fourth and fifth place, respectively, with 4.3% and 3.5% share.
In other Samsung-related news, The Wall Street Journal's Min-Jeong Lee this evening reports Samsung disclosed its Q1 net profit rose 42%, consistent with preliminary results announced back on April 5th.


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Prevention Programs
National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) – Campaigns and Initiatives
This National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) Web site offers links to prevention initiative resources sponsored by government and non-government agencies.
- Campaign Overviews
- DHHS-sponsored Initiatives
- Health Communication Strategies
- Public Service Announcements (PSA)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Prevention Programs
- AIDS Community Demonstration Projects: A Successful Community-Level Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk
Designed primarily for HIV prevention community planning groups and program planners in state and local health departments, community-based organizations, and other agencies, this program provides valuable information about a peer outreach model that was successful in motivating adoption of reduced risk practices among several populations.
- Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic
This initiative aims to reduce barriers to early diagnosis of HIV infection and increase access to quality medical care, treatment, and ongoing prevention services for those living with HIV.
- Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Services
This Web site provide information to CBOs and health departments that are or will be implementing CRCS (formerly known as Prevention Case Management or PCM) – an intensive, individual level, client-centered risk reduction intervention for people at high risk for HIV infection or transmission.
- HIV Prevention Among Injection Drug Users
Injection drug use is important in the transmission of blood borne infections (particularly HIV and hepatitis B and C). This program provides access to materials and resources developed to assist HIV prevention providers working with IDUs and their sex partners.
Department of Defense - HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
This program's mission is to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS among uniformed personnel in selected African nations and beyond.
National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIH) – Drugs + HIV – Learn the Link
This initiative communicates that behaviors associated with drug abuse are among the main factors in the spread of HIV infection in the United States, and provides prevention information for young people, parents and teachers, and the media.
HIV Prevention in the Third Decade (CDC)
This report documents the activities of the CDC's efforts to combat and prevent HIV/AIDS over the last two decades, present the epidemic as it currently is, and puts forth future actions for two sections of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention: Surveillance and Epidemiology, and Intervention Research and Support.
International Mother and Child HIV Prevention Initiative (USAID)
This program seeks to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mothers to infants and to improve health care delivery in Africa and the Caribbean through a combination of improving care and drug treatment and building the healthcare delivery capacity.
One Test. Two Lives. Prenatal HIV Screening Campaign (CDC)
The One Test. Two Lives. campaign focuses on ensuring that all women are tested for HIV early in their pregnancy and provides quick access to a variety of resources for providers and materials for their patients to help encourage universal voluntary prenatal testing for HIV.
Federal HIV/AIDS Prevention Education
HIV-prevention strategies are key to stopping the epidemic in the United States. The following links provide information on Federal programs that support HIV-prevention education.
CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs
As a part of its overall public health mission, CDC provides leadership in helping control the HIV/AIDS epidemic by working with community, state, national, and international partners in surveillance, research, and prevention and evaluation activities.
- Act Against AIDS Campaign
This multifaceted, five-year education and prevention campaign was created to promote HIV prevention and was launched in 2009. The goal of the Campaign is to reduce the incidence of HIV across the United States.
- 2008 Compendium of Evidence - Based HIV Prevention Interventions
Community-level, individual-level, and group-level interventions. The CDC updated the list in May 2009, and it includes 14 new interventions.
- Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic
The Advancing HIV Prevention (AHP) initiative aims to reduce barriers to early diagnosis of HIV infection and increase access to quality medical care, treatment, and prevention services for those living with HIV.
- HIV Cost Effectiveness
The CDC offers tools to help HIV-prevention programs consider cost effectiveness in their planning activities.
- Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Services (CRCS)
Information for community-based organizations and health departments that are, or will be, implementing CRCS (formerly known as Prevention Case Management or PCM)—an intensive, individual-level, client-centered risk-reduction intervention for people at high risk for HIV infection or transmission.
- HIV Prevention Among Injection Drug Users (IDUs)
Access to materials and resources developed to assist HIV prevention providers working with IDUs and their sex partners.
- Replicating Effective Programs Plus (REP)
Prevention interventions that have been tested and proven to work, with ideas on where you can find more resources related to training, technical assistance, and implementation of these interventions.
- Social Determinants of Health
Social determinants of health are those social, economic, and environmental factors which influence health and health disparities. These factors are integral in addressing and understanding health disparities—in particular health disparities associated with HIV/AIDS.
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Observe symmetries and engage the power of substitution to solve
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In y = ax +b when are a, -b/a, b in arithmetic progression. The
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Current cosmological theory rests on a disturbingly small number of independent observations
Michael J. Disney
It appears that everybody is interested in cosmology. In one anthropological study, every one of the more than 60 separate cultures examined was found to have several common characteristics, including "faith healing, luck superstitions, propitiation of supernatural beings, … and a cosmology." Apparently, to be human is to care how the physical world came to be, whether it has boundaries and what is to become of it. Modern cosmology is a highly sophisticated subject funded by governments with hundreds of millions of dollars a year. It is unquestionably interesting, but is it, even in its modern guise, convincing?
The current Big Bang paradigm has it that the cosmos is expanding out of an initially dense state and that by looking outward into space, one can, thanks to the finite speed of light, look back to much earlier epochs. This understanding owes much to two accidents: astronomers' discovery of redshifts in the spectra of distant nebulae and the fortuitous detection of an omnipresent background of microwave noise, which is believed to be the remnant of radiation from a hot and distant past. Set in the theoretical framework of Einstein's general theory of relativity, such observations lead to a model that makes predictions and can thus be tested.
Of late, there has been much excitement over precision measurements of the cosmic background radiation and the discovery of very distant galaxies of great antiquity. There is even talk of a "concordance model" in which all of the observations come together to paint a coherent picture of how the universe must be constructed.
It is true that the modern study of cosmology has taken a turn for the better, if only because astronomers can now build relevant instruments rather than waiting for serendipitous evidence to turn up. On the other hand, to explain some surprising observations, theoreticians have had to create heroic and yet insubstantial notions such as "dark matter" and "dark energy," which supposedly overwhelm, by a hundred to one, the stuff of the universe we can directly detect. Outsiders are bound to ask whether they should be more impressed by the new observations or more dismayed by the theoretical jinnis that have been conjured up to account for them.
My limited aim here is to discuss this dilemma by looking at the development of cosmology over the past century and to compare the growing number of independent relevant observations with the number of (also growing) separate hypotheses or "free parameters" that have had to be introduced to explain them. Without having to understand the complex astrophysics, one can still ask, at an epistemological level, whether the number of relevant independent measurements has overtaken and comfortably surpassed the number of free parameters needed to fit them—as one would expect of a maturing science. This approach should be appealing to nonspecialists, who otherwise would have little option but to believe experts who may be far too committed to supply objective advice. What one finds, in my view, is that modern cosmology has at best very flimsy observational support.
Almost a century ago, Einstein's general theory of relativity posited that matter and energy could bend spacetime. This idea was philosophically attractive because it removed the need to worry about cosmic boundaries if the universe closed back on itself.
Unfortunately (or so Einstein then thought), general relativity implied that the universe would have to either collapse or expand. So in 1921 he found room in his theory for a new free parameter, the so-called "cosmological constant," an arbitrary antigravity term that would put a stop to all that. Ironically, the observers who were examining faint nebulae (distant galaxies) at the time discovered that their spectra were dramatically redshifted—hinting that on its largest scale the universe was expanding after all.
In 1965 Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson stumbled accidentally onto the cosmic background radiation, a microwave whisper arriving from all directions of the sky. As cosmologists interpret it now, they were observing optical radiation emitted by the gas of the universe when it was hot (3,000 degrees Celsius), opaque and relatively young (300,000 years old), redshifted through the enormous factor of a thousand by subsequent cosmic expansion. They were looking into the past with a vengeance and seeing the remnants of what astronomer Fred Hoyle dismissively called the "Big Bang." From then on, the expanding universe was accepted, usually without question, as a natural explanation for the microwave background.
At the same time, astrophysicists sought to understand the origin of the elements. It seemed that most had formed from the fusion of pristine hydrogen inside stars and then had been expelled into general circulation when those stars exploded as supernovae. However, some of the lighter elements, in particular helium, deuterium and lithium, would have had to form much earlier, during the first minutes of the Big Bang. The theory of Big Bang nucleosynthesis did a fair job of predicting the relative amounts of most of these substances, lending more support to the notion of an expanding universe.
Robert Dicke meanwhile noticed a worrying paradox in the Big Bang model: Opposite sides of the cosmos look very much the same, even though they had never been sufficiently close to equilibrate—indeed they had never been sufficiently close for any kind of information (which is limited to the speed of light) to travel between them. This difficulty was virtually unadmitted until 1981, when Alan Guth suggested a vague conceptual solution called "inflation": a slow start to expansion, followed by a rapid acceleration. The necessary causal contacts could then have taken place when the universe was young but not yet flying apart too fast. If inflation actually happened, sufficient stretching during that period of rapid acceleration would have lowered the local curvature today so that it would look flat to the observer, even if it wasn't so on a much larger scale (just as the Earth looks flat to someone with a limited horizon).
At about this time in Holland, Albert Bosma discovered that spiral galaxies are spinning far too rapidly to be held together by the mutual gravitational tugs of their observable contents. Astronomers concluded that there had to be far more dark than ordinary, visible matter around to keep galaxies (and galaxy clusters) together. Most cosmologists welcomed the possibility of such dark matter, because it might be lumpy enough to get the galaxies formed in the early universe—another serious problem for theorists. The apparent uniformity of the cosmic background radiation had cosmologists struggling to figure out how the present uneven structure of galaxies and clusters evolved out of such a smooth beginning.
They thus posited the existence of primordial "seeds" of unknown origin, which somehow survived the early, hot era when radiation would tear material things apart. Cosmologists argued that these seeds would grow over time, finally collapsing into the galaxies seen today. A type of dark matter that ignored radiation ("cold dark matter") would be the ideal stuff for such seeds. It could condense into lumps, thereafter dragging the much lesser amounts of ordinary matter in afterwards, matter that would eventually light up as stars. By the 1980s the theoreticians' universe was entirely dominated by such invisible material.
Meanwhile, observations of distant supernovae in the late 1990s told an astonishing, almost shocking, story. The results suggested that the expansion, far from being slowed by gravitation, as was expected, had instead accelerated. Moreover, this acceleration had started only in comparatively recent times (7 billion years ago). The physics responsible for this seeming acceleration is entirely unknown and goes under the deliberately inscrutable name "dark energy," which may or may not have something to do with Einstein's cosmological constant.
The currently fashionable concordance model of cosmology (also known to the cognoscenti as "Lambda-Cold Dark Matter," or lambda-CDM) has 18 parameters, 17 of which are independent. Thirteen of these parameters are well fitted to the observational data; the other four remain floating. This situation is very far from healthy. Any theory with more free parameters than relevant observations has little to recommend it. Cosmology has always had such a negative significance, in the sense that it has always had fewer observations than free parameters (as is illustrated at left), though cosmologists are strangely reluctant to admit it. While it is true that we presently have no alternative to the Big Bang in sight, that is no reason to accept it. Thus it was that witchcraft took hold.
The three successful predictions of the concordance model (the apparent flatness of space, the abundances of the light elements and the maximum ages of the oldest star clusters) are overwhelmed by at least half a dozen unpredicted surprises, including dark matter and dark energy. Worse still, there is no sign of a systematic improvement in the net significance of cosmological theories over time.
Big Bang cosmology is not a single theory; rather, it is five separate theories constructed on top of one another. The ground floor is a theory, historically but not fundamentally rooted in general relativity, to explain the redshifts—this is Expansion, which happily also accounts for the cosmic background radiation. The second floor is Inflation—needed to solve the horizon and "flatness" problems of the Big Bang. The third floor is the Dark Matter hypothesis required to explain the existence of contemporary visible structures, such as galaxies and clusters, which otherwise would never condense within the expanding fireball. The fourth floor is some kind of description for the "seeds" from which such structure is to grow. And the fifth and topmost floor is the mysterious Dark Energy, needed to allow for the recent acceleration of cosmic expansion indicated by the supernova observations. Thus Dark Energy could crumble, leaving the rest of the building intact. But if the Expansion floor collapsed, the entire edifice above it would come crashing down. Expansion is a moderately well-supported hypothesis, consistent with the cosmic background radiation, with the helium abundance and with the ages inferred for the oldest stars and star clusters in our neighborhood. However, finding more direct evidence for Expansion must be of paramount importance.
In the 1930s, Richard Tolman proposed such a test, really good data for which are only now becoming available. Tolman calculated that the surface brightness (the apparent brightness per unit area) of receding galaxies should fall off in a particularly dramatic way with redshift—indeed, so dramatically that those of us building the first cameras for the Hubble Space Telescope in the 1980s were told by cosmologists not to worry about distant galaxies, because we simply wouldn't see them. Imagine our surprise therefore when every deep Hubble image turned out to have hundreds of apparently distant galaxies scattered all over it (as seen in the first image in this piece). Contemporary cosmologists mutter about "galaxy evolution," but the omens do not necessarily look good for the Tolman test of Expansion at high redshift.
In its original form, an expanding Einstein model had an attractive, economic elegance. Alas, it has since run into serious difficulties, which have been cured only by sticking on some ugly bandages: inflation to cover horizon and flatness problems; overwhelming amounts of dark matter to provide internal structure; and dark energy, whatever that might be, to explain the seemingly recent acceleration. A skeptic is entitled to feel that a negative significance, after so much time, effort and trimming, is nothing more than one would expect of a folktale constantly re-edited to fit inconvenient new observations.
The historian of science Daniel Boorstin once remarked: "The great obstacle to discovering the shape of the Earth, the continents and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. Imagination drew in bold strokes, instantly serving hopes and fears, while knowledge advanced by slow increments and contradictory witnesses." Acceptance of the current myth, if myth it is, could likewise hold up progress in cosmology for generations to come.
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/2007/9/modern-cosmology-science-or-folktale/4
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Discussion in 'Member Introductions' started by in2trucks, Jan 9, 2013.
Just sayin hey everyone......:great:
Welcome to the Club!!!
Just saying.... WELCOME TO THE CLUB! :great:
Welcome to the G M T C !
Welcome to the club, it's good to have you here. :glasses:
Welcome! :great:
welcome from another Canadian Member....I like your Sig Name !!!
Brian :lol:
Welcome to GMTC!
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Here is a quick tutorial...
BEST PART: When you're done, you have a lot of bacon to eat!
Black Eyed Peas Halftime Show...LOL
There was one empty seat at the Super Bowl!
Awesome...nothing holds a candle to this!
Greese fire waiting to happen!
This is called a tallow candle.
Eww it probably smells horrible!
.......rules 1 and 2 ffs
you just drill or was there some mixing going on there?>
rules 1 and 2 are only for raids. stop shouting them out at every instance of /b/ as if its a secret club
That is OBVIOUSLY a bacon candle drill!
pour SOME of the grease in.. put the wick into the grease to hold it steady.. and THEN the rest of the grease! no drill needed :)
It is by definition a grease fire already.
Its a great candle. I tried it, it almost never runs out and has no smell whatsoever. That is really odd, but if you want some cool shaped candles, you can use this technique. It's awesome.
tallow is beef fat to be specific, pork fat is lard, and also, the comments mentioning a grease fire are correct, while this candle would smell fantastic, it would be beyond dangerous
One caveat ... please let the bacon grease cool a little before you pour it into a glass container. If it's too hot, the glass could break when you pour it in (never a good thing). Pour in a little, add a LEAD-FREE (please) wick, stabilizing it by tying it around a pencil or spoon which you then rest across the top of the jar. Then pour the rest of the grease. This is essentially what the earliest candles were. There is usually a bit more soot produced than with most 'conventional' candles, but it's a great way to recycle.
Wow, I thought making this candle would be a good die but then it caught fire and burned my grandma's house down. Thanks alot internet!
the 1st of september is months away.
1/9/11 is american for january 9th.
Hahaha...please tell me this is a troll, and not someone making the rest of us Brits look (more) retarded?!
Worse, it's an american!
Does it start to go bad a.k.a. rot after a few weeks?
wait, is this safe? seriously? so many comments, yet no answers.
leave it to 4chan. ;p
I trust it.
The date's wrong.
Completely safe, probably smells almost exactly like a regular candle, and it probably does go rancid, though the salt in the bacon will delay it.
Don't be a pussy. If it's from /b/ it must be legit.
If you think that this could possibly start a fire, you need to look up the term "smoke points."
Why waste perfectly good bacon grease on a candle. You can cook with that shit and make all your food taste like bacon.
Idiots who think this can cause a fire.... does a candle catch fire when you light the wick? No. Because the melted wax at the base of the wick soaks up the wick and burns there rather than in the container. Same applies to bacon grease, kerosene in a lamp, cooking oil candles. Why does such simple technology befuddle you?
I am curious if this has a strong odor. It is burning fat after all. One way to solve the world's cholesterol.
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When did I call him the "epitome of inconsistency"? Just saying he's not consistent--like most of the field. I'll have to recheck the results, but at this point in his career, Artur was actually more consistent (at least more successful) than Kovtun. Of course, Artur went and imploded since then, just to show how we can't use one season (let alone one performance) as a benchmark.
Agree with the second paragraph, but frankly the men have always been inconsistent. The result of greater jumping ability + wonkier balance, perhaps? The main difference right now is before, at least the top 1 to 3 guys were consistent, while now even the top two (Chan and Hanyu) aren't. I'd put Hanyu's chances of developing consistency far higher than Kovtun's though (and his mistakes cost less due to how COP works).


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Hi all,
Post your Jango Fett Pics up here. Noticed other forums showing Zam and Boba up. Thought make sense to showoff Jango too.
Tell us what version of Jango it is for clarity!
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Hi all,
Post your Jango Fett Pics up here. Noticed other forums showing Zam and Boba up. Thought make sense to showoff Jango too.
Tell us what version of Jango it is for clarity!
Here's mine. Dented BKBT with stubby pack.
Extra dirty, just like I like it. :D:D
Helmet: BKBT
Alum. Machined ears/rangefinder: Spideyfett
Armor: Juddz Dwedd / New chest Armor by Cruzer coming soon
Flight suit and vest: Loanstar
Jet Pack: Man O war
ALUM. 4 SLOT BEACON & STABILIZER: Serenity (Same as psberetta's)
Girth belt/ammo belt: Seeker
Holster: Cruzer
Boots: GBX Brand (here is a TDH link that shows them close up http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showthread.php?t=23436 )
I Have a pair of Reinone boots coming soon.
Gauntlets: Cruzer
Alum. Machined darts/parts for Gauntlets: Darkside
So we only have 2 finished Jangos on TDH?? Come on now. Steelblitz has a great suit, I know Cruzer has some pics of his OS suit somewhere. SEEKER? I know there are more out there.:cry
Yeah, Seeker IS Jango, lol ;) I want to put mine on here soon, hopefully :)
The fist photo is with myself, Mrs. Luceno, and Darth Tator.
The second is my with my wife.
The last is Boba and Jango's bounty! The Boba is MyOnlyFettish and Cpt Jack is Dallas.
awesome! i can't wait to add my pic to the ranks. Hopefully get her done in the next month :) Keep em comin!
Here are a few of my Jango at last weeks Gator bowl Parade in JAX FL.:jango
As a fellow Jango I can say that is one AWESOME costume! Love the first pic you posted. Excellent detail and you have the jumpsuit color perfect. I am working on dying mine now.
Awesome looking suits guys...all of them!:eek
Is it just me or does Jango 5204 and TK4426 look almost identical because of similar body types?:lol
Looking forward to seeing yours, runJEDIrun.:thumbsup
Can't wait to add mine here some day
You guys look great, and great pictures too.:thumbsup
those are great Jango's guys. i'll see if i can post my pics...
Alright guys! It's our turn to shine. Let's get some more up.
Here's a few pictures of my Jango Fett. At the end is a picture of Me, Jodo Kast 3 & Hansoloway.
CC ILM helmet - FP.
Upper torso Armor - Me.
Leather Vest - local seamtress.
CC Guantlets - FP.
Gloves - store bought.
Jet Pack - MLC.
Trusters & Rocket - Mark Bradley.
Westars - MR.
Girthbelt - Sithcamaro.
Ammo belt - Me.
Holsters straps/Greeblies - Me.
Gun holsters - Cruzer.
Codpiece - Me. Fiberglass by FP
Thigh armor - Me.
Knee armor - Me. Fiberglass by FP
Shin armor - Me.
Shoe armor - Me.
Boots - Reinone.
Jumpsuit - Kvanb(local seamstress)
Jet Pack Harnest Not shown - Me.
This I miss anything?
Thanks Seeker! Everybody has put up great pics showing off there Jango. Keep them coming people. Agree with Billhag, last pic is awesome.
Seeker - I not heard of Sithcamaro before, does he still make girthbelts? Is he a TDH member?
He doesn't make em anymore. He only made 2 I believe. They were a pain in the behind to make. We did the old 35 feet long strand thing. It took like 4 days each.
I just hope I dont ever gain any weight. :D:lol
OK I gotta get some of my newer pics into here to but these 2 are from C3 and i have done some work since then.
MLC Bucket w/ motorized rangefinder
Leather neckseal BKBT
Aluminum chest, collar, abd, cod, and shoulders - durasteel
BKBT vest
FP gauntlets
Saddle leather ammo pouches and holsters by BKBT
Resin blasters with metal greeblies - Fugazi
redcaps postal blue flightsuit taylored by me
FG knees - judz dwedd
Aluminum knee darts - megatron
sintra thighs, shins and boot - ??
boots are store bought - no boundries (I have a pair of kenneth cole reactions that i have to get done up)
Jet Pack is GA but IS getting upgraded soon.
Fettdad JP harness on order
leather Braided belt - cant remember right now
Now onto the pics,
EDIT: I will have to get better pics on here cause i am not even wearing my new braided leather girth in these :-(
These all look so good.
I'm jealous =P
Its been a while this thread been updated. Can we also get the back of people in there Jango's. Preferably a 360 degrees of them please.