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Has anyone made the Orion Star quilt with Thangles? I've never used Thangles, but the quilt looks beautiful.
Also, if you recommend the quilt, where is the best place on the web to purchase the Thangles pattern?
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Has anyone made the Orion Star quilt with Thangles? I've never used Thangles, but the quilt looks beautiful.
Also, if you recommend the quilt, where is the best place on the web to purchase the Thangles pattern?
I haven't made it but have always wanted to. Will be watching this topic for answers.
I used thangles when I started out quilting because of issues with cutting, Ive not done the star but there is a company called spinning stars that makes one that does 4 triangles at once by following two lines around. here is a link for this product, I bought mine from a quilt shop in ca, years ago there prices have not gone up. http://www.brewersewing.com/bqss_con...gn&STRING=xxxx
Thanks! I had not heard of this one.
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What are 'Thangles' - I opened the link, but couldn't figure out how "Thangles" related to anything on it. Think it's my "ole" timers?????
they are paper templates you cut your fab to the width lay two fabrics together and then a thangle ontop and stitch the lines. then cut to make hst
http://thangles.com/howtheywork.htmlOriginally Posted by Great-great granny
Hope this helps. Have heard of them but never really understood. Now I do. I will have to try them soon.
Thanks for posting the link. My Mother-in-Law uses them all the time. I think they are supposed to help with half square triangle accuracy. I've been wanting to make a Hunter's Star quilt, but am afraid of Y-seams. This looked like it may be a good alternative.
Originally Posted by jrhboxers
I just started using Thangles. I'm doing the Buck a Block at my LQS. It is so much easier making the HST with Thangles. They pretty much come out perfectly every time.
I love the project packs. It makes everything seem so easy.
Thanks for the link - I'm assuming you have to buy those "disposable" paper templates to do this???
There are also several tuts for 1/2 sq. triangles on here that don't involve having to buy paper templates & having to remove after sewing (sounds too much like using the ripper to me) - for me they save a few $$$ & lots of time.
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SETAREH SHAHBAZI Oh, no, no ... The Crystal Series
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Opening: Friday, September 17th at 7:00 p.m.
We would like to cordially invite you to the press preview of the exhibition on Friday, September 17th at 11:00 a.m.
Hans Rogalla, born in Karlsruhe in 1946 and deceased here forty years later, already participated during his lifetime in group exhibitions (1977 and 1988) in the Badischer Kunstverein.
Now eighteen years after his death, in a collaborative effort with the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, a presentation is being made for the first time of his unfinished, fragmentary work including a large number of works on paper along with a few large-scale pictures and small-scale terracotta plastics. The initiative for this exhibition came from Robert Hartmann, the head of the Künstlerverein Malkasten in Düsseldorf, and Stephan von Wiese, curator of the foundation museum kunst palast.
Hans Rogalla studied from 1964 to 1966 at the State Academy of Visual Arts Karlsruhe, first at the extension in Freiburg with Hans Meyboden, then with Georg Meistermann. During a year of studies in Rome with Renato Guttuso, the interconnection between political and erotic motifs in painting exerted a formative influence on him. In 1967 he switched to Josef Beuys at the Düsseldorf Art Academy (until 1970). There his uncompromising adherence to the easel painting that was so despised at the time earned him the reputation of being an outsider, and he engaged in agitation as a member of oppositional artists' groups such as LIDL and YIUP (together with Robert Hartmann, Hans Henin and Hans Heiniger). The world must become more beautiful! Rogalla demanded on the YIUP graphic work of the same name from 1970.
The work of Hans Rogalla, who grew up in the context of a pietistic family, was characterized during his entire life by painterly visions of lust and torture. His obsessive creative output deals with bodily nature and sexuality, but also with a biography which is torn between love of Italy and involvement in the West German reality of the 1960s and which opposes the social rituals of political resistance and "sexual liberation."
Accompanying the exhibition is a catalogue published by the Buchhandlung Walter König and containing numerous illustrations and texts by artistic friends and colleagues of Hans Rogalla.
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Homelessness The 2011 Census found that 42.3 per 10,000 people in WA were homeless.
While the growing lack of affordable housing in WA is a significant factor, the correlation between homelessness, poverty and complex need is increasingly apparent. Women are the majority users of homelessness services in WA- escaping family and domestic violence is the major cause.
Crisis & transitional accommodation Community services organisations recognise the 'housing first' principle — that the provision of safe, affordable and secure housing is a fundamental, first step in being able to addressing disadvantage and other areas of need being faced by many Western Australians.
Access to social housing Increased investment in social housing should be the top priority for Western Australian governments, and while the provision of transitional and crisis accommodation and support services are critical, these should not be seen as an alternative to investing in more houses.
Housing affordability The cost of affordable rental accommodation has emerged as the number one contributor to financial stress in low-income households. This suggests that much of the recent increases in levels of financial stress and default, utilities hardship and demand for emergency relief services, can be understood as a product of transferred housing stress.
The median rental price for Perth has risen to over $470 per week and the rental vacancy rate has dropped below 1.2%.
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Well things have been quiet here and will probably continue to be for a bit. Luke was involved in a cycling accident on Wednesday night with a rogue mountain biker on the lovely Prairie Path (as seen above.) The mountain biker was coming towards him and then at the last second lost control of his bike and plowed head on into Luke. The mountain biker, while not wearing a helmet, only sustained minor cuts to the head while Luke totalled his bike, ripped his brand new favorite jersey and last but definitely not least, seperated his shoulder (which is really gross, don't google it, but if you're interested click here for Luke's take on the accident.). This is a very painful affair which requires lots of rest, an arm sling and very strong medicine. We have a date with an Orthopaedic doctor/surgeon Monday morning so we're crossing our fingers his injury doesn't require surgery. I'll be back when things calm down and I'm not the only person around the house with two functioning arms, hopefully sooner rather than later!
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oh, that's awful!! I hope he heals quickly. 🙁
Oh no, that's terrible! It must have been very scary for him. When I broke my ankle and had to use crutches for months I was so bummed that I couldn't even carry a bowl of cereal to my kitchen table. I hope he heals up fast!
Oh, poor Luke! That sounds, and looks (yes, I looked) painful. Those wild ass rogue mtn bikers scare my horse, and cause havoc when they get going. I don't mind sharing trails with bikes, skiers etc but sometimes people need to slooooowwwww down.
August 14, 2010 4:38 PM
Thanks for the well wishes everyone! He's doing a bit better now, and we'll be feeling much better about everything after tomorrow's trip to the doctor.
OMG! Bike accidents are the scariest. He is very lucky he has you to take care of him! And wear your helmets, people! Geez.


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Five bonkers buildings coming to NYC, and our proposed nicknames for them
Crazy real estate needs appropriately crazy names. We've got NYC's new structures covered.
Fri May 9 2014
Much like sexting, the city's real-estate market ramps up every year around this time. The spring has brought a bevy of bizarre architectural projects to Manhattan, from the ambitiously luxurious—like the Soori High Line and its 16 private pools, slated for completion in 2016—to the conceptually crazy, like that cantilevered skyscraper at 56 Leonard Street in Tribeca, which is just beginning to take shape.
But the trippy structure that tops them all in terms of creativity and sheer ballsiness is the eight-story residential building newly planned for East Harlem's 329 Pleasant Avenue, a piece of Miami Vice–inspired eye candy (or eyesore, depending who you ask) by designer Karim Rashid. Residents of the brownstone-lined block made such a fuss over its Day-Glo hues, the developer recently agreed to set up a community poll to determine a new color scheme. Creations this nutty merit sufficiently wacko monikers—and we were more than happy to come up with them. (You're welcome.)
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What it's called: 329 Pleasant Avenue
What we're calling it: The Electric Daisy Residence
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What it's called: Soori High Line
What we're calling it: Jailhäus
Rendering: Herzog & de Meuron
What it's called: 56 Leonard Street
What we're calling it: The Jenga
ETA: Summer 2015
Rendering: David Sundberg for Esto
What it's called: One Madison
What we're calling it: God's Dildo
ETA: Completed
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What we're calling it: Legoland
ETA: TBD (approved by City Council on April 24)
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Eric L. Hirschhorn '68
President Obama's reelection renewed my "lease on life" as Under Secretary for Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce. As my wife put it the morning after the election, "Now you have four more years to decide what you're going to do when you grow up." The Bureau of Industry and Security is engaged in a host of activities; notable among them are export controls, examining proposed foreign investments in the United States, and domestic enforcement of the Chemical Weapons Convention (for details see www.bis.doc.gov ). In addition to managing an organization comprising nearly 400 people, I spend much of my time working on the President's export control reform initiative, a project that's streamlining an arteriosclerotic system that hasn't changed significantly in decades, and on individual country policy issues. I enjoyed my more than 30 years as a practicing lawyer (at least the lawyering part) but this job is quite different. It involves a challenging blend of policy, regulation, and management and I'm continuing to enjoy myself as I begin my fourth year doing it.
My wife, who'll be accompanying me to the reunion, is about to retire after more than three decades as a law professor at the Catholic University of America. She will continue to administer and teach in two programs (LL.M. and American Law) that Catholic offers at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, as well as to participate in the Open Society Institute's Academic Fellows Program, a part-time endeavor that takes her to such places as Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Turkey, and Albania. We currently have one child in graduate school but will have two and possibly all three there by the fall.


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GPs in Llanfyllin propose shutting one of their three branch medical centres in Llansantffraid, near Welshpool, where 2,250 patients are registered.
To compensate, they plan to expand a surgery in the nearby village of Four Crosses, but objectors claim elderly people will be disadvantaged.
Doctors said they planned to close the surgery over the next 12 - 18 months.
A public meeting was being held over the issue in the village hall on Friday night.
"There are plans to expand Four Crosses surgery about three miles away, but elderly people without transport will struggle, and public transport links are not that good in the area either," said local county councillor Tecwyn Jones.
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"What's more, Llansantffraid is a growing village. The population has grown quite a bit in the last 25 years and there are about 60 new dwellings going up at the moment."
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"Another negative factor is that funding anticipated to support the continued operation of branch surgeries has not been forthcoming.
"We currently have to close each of the surgeries for part of the week, but with the proposed changes we aim to be able to increase the total number of appointment slots available to patients".
Dr Jones said there was a growing demand for services in Four Crosses, about three miles away, and an expansion there would benefit people in Llansantffraid.
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I've had several accounts with Community Banks for a number of years, have excellent credit, and have appreciable assets in their bank. So issuing me a credit card for a fraction of my assets should be a no brainer.
I went into the Englewood branch and spoke with a banker "M" (name withheld) concerning obtaining a credit card. After an identity theft incident several years ago, my credit reports are locked. I asked if that would be a problem, and she assured me it would not. (I was asking for a credit line a fraction of the money I have in their bank) So with that promise, I completed an application.
After a month went by with no response, I contacted her. She said they needed a copy of my credit report, but that it didn't matter from which agency. I provided them with a copy. Then she said they wanted another one, but won't explain why. That unresponsiveness again
In the meantime, they sent me a "denial notice" (not because I have bad credit - I don't - but because they couldn't access my credit report, which I had told them up front) and suggested I could use it to get a free copy of my credit report. Of course, I'm entitled to 2 free copies per year (everyone is), and were I to send the "denial" notice to the credit reporting agency, the Credit reporting agency would certainly believe that I had been "denied" because I have bad credit, and my credit score would take a hit. Very tricky, and not at all nice.
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"Too little, too late" often in the prevention of violent conflicts holds true (Peck). When the roots of the problem are not identified in time, violence becomes the solution. Preventive diplomacy, one way of avoiding conflicts, can be defined as "action to prevent disputes from arising among parties to prevent existing disputes from escalating into conflicts, and to limit the spread of the latter when they occur" (Boutros-Ghali 45).
Preventive diplomacy protects peace and ultimately people, who suffer greatly in armed conflicts. Preventive diplomacy has been used in many disputes, including the border dispute in Venezuela with Great Britain in the 1890s and in this decade's Iraq-Kuwait dispute. Conflict was prevented in Venezuela. However, preventive action was not effective in Kuwait; and civilians suffered as a result.
The United States' intervention in the border dispute in Venezuela is one example of preventive diplomacy. Unfortunately, the border between Guyana and Venezuela was never clearly defined; and colonial maps were inaccurate (Lombardi 29). From the 1840s until the 1880s, Britain pushed into Venezuela over Guyana's western border by claiming the area's gold (Lombardi 29), and by asserting that the land from the Río Essequibo to the Orinoco was part of Guyana (Schomburgk Line) according to colonial maps (Daly 2). Britain was vehement about its right to the land, and Venezuela appealed to the U.S. for aid. Under the Monroe Doctrine, the U.S. states that it will act as a police force to protect Latin America from European influence. The U.S. viewed Britain's occupation of a portion of Venezuela as a breech of the doctrine (Cleveland 93).
Conflict was imminent, as Britain began to prepare its navy for war (Boutwell 4). A solution appeared in 1895 in the person of Secretary of State Richard Olney. Enthusiastic to attempt preventive diplomacy, Olney sent a dispatch to Britain stressing the importance of the Monroe Doctrine. Lord Salisbury of Britain responded, saying that the Monroe Doctrine was not applicable in the Venezuela situation, as no system of government was being forced upon that country (Cleveland 100-101). In addition, Salisbury pointed out that the conflict was not the result of the acquisition of new territory: Guyana owned the territory in question (Boutwell 10).
Olney stressed that the issue was pertinent to American stability, and remained steadfast in his demands (Cleveland 109). When Britain refused to submit, Congress authorized the president's appointment of an investigative committee. Meanwhile, Salisbury and Olney organized a meeting for November 10, 1896. At the meeting, a treaty was written; and the U.S. threatened to use its military to remove Britain from Venezuela's border if necessary. Britain and Venezuela signed the treaty on February 2, 1897, giving Venezuela control of the Río Orinocco and much of the land behind the Schomburgk Line (Cleveland 117-118). Thus preventive diplomacy on the part of the U.S. was successful, and war was avoided.
The use of preventive diplomacy in the recent Iraq-Kuwait dispute was less successful. Iraq had been part of the Ottoman Empire from the 1700s until 1899, when Britain granted it autonomy (Darwish and Alexander 6). When, in 1961, Britain gave Kuwait independence, Iraq claimed that, historically, Kuwait was part of Iraq (Sasson 9). Iraq begrudgingly recognized Kuwait's independence in 1963.
For awhile, relations between the two countries improved as Kuwait aided Iraq monetarily in the Iran-Iraq War (1980 until 1988) (Sasson 11). After the war, however, Iraq demanded money from Kuwait for reconstruction. Then, Iraq accused Kuwait of drilling oil from the border without sharing and of taking more oil than the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota permitted (Sasson 12). Iraq began to threaten Kuwaiti borders, beginning a conflict that would take thousands of soldiers away from their homes, harm civilians, and detrimentally affect the environment.
In 1990, Iraq began to mobilize near the Kuwait border (Darwish and Alexander 6). Arab nations made unsuccessful attempts at preventive diplomacy (U.S. News & World Report 99). Surrounding nations attempted unsuccessfully to meet with Saddam Hussein. Iraq invaded Kuwait, took control of its capital on August 2, 1990, and installed a puppet government under Hussein's command. Iraqi soldiers brutally raped Kuwaiti women, and killed any civilian who was considered an obstruction (Sasson 76). At this point, the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League placed an embargo on Iraqi oil as punishment. Iraq, in response, annexed Kuwait (U.S. News & World Report 95-96).
War was imminent. On November 29, 1990, Iraq showed no signs that it would retreat. The United Nations Security Council declared that the coalition should use all means to expel Iraq from Kuwait if Iraq remained there after January 15, 1991 (Gordon and Trainor 195). In a final attempt at preventive diplomacy on January 9, James Baker of the U.S. met with Iraq's foreign minister, Tariq Aziz. Baker stressed that the coalition was willing to fight, and encouraged Iraq to leave Kuwait (U.S. News & World Report 199). Iraq, however, refused to retreat; and Hussein declared that Iraq would fight a "holy war" for Kuwait. The world realized that war was the only means of solving the problem (Gordon and Trainor 197-198).
Air assaults began on January 17, and land war began on February 24 (U.S. News & World Report). Iraqi civilian casualties were heavy. The land war lasted only 100 hours, but numerous oil wells were set afire, causing the emission of dangerous gases. Peace was never truly made. Hussein resisted the requirements for peace, including frequent United Nations inspections and the prohibition of possession of nuclear weapons (U.S. News & World Report 447).
The consequences of the Iraq-Kuwait conflict are grave. Civilians of both Iraq and Kuwait suffered. Fires in oil wells caused dangerous air pollution. American soldiers suffer from the so-called Gulf War Syndrome, which has caused a number of afflictions and death. The Syndrome is believed to have resulted from the biological and chemical weapons and the gases emitted by the oil wells (Eddington 1-2).
As illustrated, preventive diplomacy can affect the outcome of imminent disputes. Various factors affect its success. In the Venezuela border dispute, preventive diplomacy was effective for several reasons. First, the problem was recognized early; and neither side was truly battle-ready. Second, the problem was contained, in that only four nations (Venezuela, Britain, Guyana, and the U.S.) were involved. Finally, both sides were willing to cooperate: the U.S. supported the Monroe Doctrine, and Britain decided that the border area was not worth war.
Preventive diplomacy was not effective in the Iraq-Kuwait dispute. First, the problem was not recognized and acted upon until Iraq had mobilized in Kuwait. Second, many nations were involved in the conflict, putting Iraq on the defensive. Problem solving was made a worldwide effort rather than an isolated effort concerning Iraq, Kuwait, and a few mediators. Finally, Hussein and the Iraqis were and remain unwilling to cooperate for peace, as illustrated by the recent problems with weapons' inspections.
With increasingly powerful weapons of mass destruction, preventive diplomacy is particularly important. Moreover, preventing crises is more effective than dealing with the consequences of armed conflict (USIA Electronic Journals). Consequently, some factors could be initiated to make preventive diplomacy more effective in the future. First, nations must learn about other nations' cultures in order to learn respect for the people ("Stopping War Before It Starts"). Children should be taught about the other countries' histories and cultures in school; and current information about events abroad should be readily available to the public. Secondly, acceptable political behavior must be explicitly defined by an international council that all nations will be aware of the consequences of their actions (Kennan 83). The ownership of nuclear weapons, for example, should be limited. An international council would deal with breeches of the rule by inspections, reprimands, and military action, if necessary.
Preventive diplomacy centers must be established in all regions (Peck). Each center would have professional peacemakers and staffs, and report to the previously mentioned international council, for international cooperation is important in the prevention of war in that all nations must cooperate to maintain good relations, and thus peace ("Preventive Diplomacy in Action"). The centers would watch for signs of conflict, study causes, and train diplomats. With centers in all regions, conflicts could be dealt with immediately. The involved nations would not need to feel threatened, unless preventive diplomacy is refused, in which case, the nations in the council would unite militarily to maintain peace. If a potential conflict was identified, the center would react by gathering representatives from each party (Peck). The center's diplomats would facilitate negotiation by suggesting ways to make concessions; and hopefully, war would be prevented.
Preventive diplomacy, when used effectively as in Venezuela, aids in the avoiding of armed conflict. However, as apparent in the tragedy in the Iraq-Kuwait dispute, when preventive diplomacy is not effective, people on both sides of the conflict and resources suffer. Certain measures, including regional centers, the consolidation of the problem, and cooperation, should be taken for optimum effectiveness. Preventive diplomacy can make the difference between bloodshed and peace, which is necessary for survival in these times of technological advances in weaponry. As Abraham Lincoln said in his second inaugural address, "Let us strive… to do all which may achieve a just and lasting peace among ourselves and all nations" (qtd. in Boutwell 16).
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Cleveland, Grover. The Venezuelan Boundary Controversy. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1913.
Daly, Charles P. "Is the Monroe Doctrine Involved in the Controversy Between Venezuela and Great Britain?" New York Herald 19 January 1896: 1-18. Microfiche. Chicago: Library Resources, 1970.
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I always gave Gunner a couple chew toys but he had a blanket in his crate, even now at 6 months he gets a chew toy for night time and he stays on his bed with it.
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MONTEBELLO - Montebello High School trailed early but finished strong in Tuesday's 13-11 nonleague boys water polo victory over Long Beach Poly.
Jesus Munoz scored four goals to lead the Oilers, who are ranked seventh in the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 poll.
Jorge Cervantes-Newton paced the visiting Jackrabbits (9-8) with four goals.
The Oilers overcame a 7-4 second-quarter deficit to secure the victory.
"It's good to have a win," Montebello coach Kenny Clements said. "It would have been nice if the win had been a divisional win. We have been losing top-10 games.
"Long Beach Poly is a good team. They have a couple of good players who gave us problems."
Montebello's Angel Panfilo also played a key role on the offensive end by scoring three goals. Alberto Gonzalez and Danny Arellano each scored twice for the Oilers.
Tristan Brightenburg and Matt Gil were Long Beach Poly's other multi-goal scorers with two each.
There was 2:27 remaining in the second quarter when Cervantes-Newton scored to give the Jackrabbits their biggest lead, 7-4.
Montebello, however, responded with four consecutive goals.
Gonzalez provided the first of those goals on the Oilers ensuing possession with 2:11 remaining in the first half.
The Oilers then closed the second-quarter scoring by taking advantage of a Long Beach Poly ejection. Panfilo closed the Jackrabbits' lead to 7-6 with 1:21 left in the first half.
Montebello went quickly back to work when the third quarter started.
After winning the opening sprint, the Oilers tied the game on Munoz's goal.
Diego Diaz then gave the Oilers their first lead since the opening quarter when he scored with 5:19 remaining in the third quarter.
Cervantes-Newton, however, quickly tied it at 8-8 on the Jackrabbits' next possession.
Munoz then gave the Oilers the lead for good by scoring his second goal of the game with 1:28 remaining in the third quarter.
The Oilers retained control by outscoring the Jackrabbits 4-3 in the fourth quarter.
Long Beach Poly attempted a comeback when Grant Horton scored with 23.4 seconds left in the match.
The Jackrabbits, however, drew no closer as Montebello's Marky Naranjo posted the game's final goal with 6.3 seconds left in the final quarter.
Long Beach Poly took a 4-3 lead after one quarter when Gil and Cervantes-Newton scored back-to-back goals to end the opening quarter.
Montebello goalkeeper Sam Flores made seven saves while Jackrabbits goaltender Andrew Guttierez totaled five saves.
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The Proof of Concept Showcase at MEF16 will provide an opportunity for service providers and network and service orchestration technology providers to spotlight innovations that promise to advance the Third Network services & technology landscape.MEF16 is focused on enabling dynamic "Third Network" services for the digital economy & the hyper-connected world. These emerging services provide an on-demand, orchestrated, and assured experience with user-directed control over network resources and cloud connectivity. Optimized for real-time traffic, QoS-enabled, secured traffic and integration of value-added network functions-as-a-service, these dynamic services are delivered over more automated, virtualized, and interconnected networks powered by CE 2.0, LSO, SDN and NFV.
- Team approaches are encouraged: service providers and network and service orchestration technology providers coming together to showcase the results that can be achieved when the innovators in our industry collaborate.
- Participation will be limited to a maximum of 16 demonstrations involving partnering groups or individual companies. A small panel will assess submissions, and up to 16 submissions will be selected.
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The Showcase is an opportunity:
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- Each participant will have a 10-min presentation each day (8 participants during lunch and 8 during cocktail; presentation order inverted for the second day).
- The Showcases will largely consist of live remote demonstrations with on-site presentations.
The center of the Networking Hall will be the focus and presentation points for the MEF16 showcases with network connection to live working networks, labs, and demonstration areas within the partner locations.
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- The goal is that on-site labs or costly equipment transportation or staging should not be necessary to execute the Showcase.
- Each showcase will have a presenter, possibly in dialog with a streamed partner at a remote lab or other remote location.
- The MEF will make available network connections to link to remote lab areas and remote interviews.
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- Partnerships among services providers, enterprises, government organizations, cloud providers, co-location organizations, equipment manufacturers, test and service assurance companies, software or systems integrators are preferred.
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Call for Proposals milestones
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We're seeing high growth in much of Asia and the developing world, and low or negative growth in many parts of the industrial world.
We're seeing rapid evolution in consumer tastes, and massive, leap-frogging investments in broadband infrastructure in a number of markets.
Consumers increasingly travel, migrate and sustain global interpersonal relationships.
More than ever before, they consume media and products from other markets.
It's time to reinvent the relationship between global HQ and national and regional heads of marketing to harness new realities.
For this new research, I'd like to hear from national, regional and global heads of marketing from around the world who can discuss:
- How the relative importance of various national markets is changing for your organization
- The ways in which global HQ monitors or supervises national and regional marketing
- The ways in which global HQ enables and supports national and regional marketing
- The ways in which national marketing teams support each other horizontally
- The ways in which local experiences worldwide shape global marketing strategy
I'm hoping to speak with marketing leaders within Fortune 1000 companies from any industry and every geography. If that sounds like you, please email me.
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The Louisiana Supreme Court has ordered a country club to open its men-only restaurant to women, rejecting claims that members sometimes dined there in the nude.
"In the 21st century it is simply archaic to cite protection of women from the sights and sounds of a locker room environment as an excuse for excluding them from the public dining area as it exists in this country club," Justice John Weimer wrote for the unanimous court.
The decision upheld an appeals court ruling against Southern Trace Country Club in Shreveport. The club has three restaurants; only The Men's Grille is open on Sundays.
According to the high court, the club failed to prove its claim that allowing women into the restaurant would violate men's privacy.
Mr Weimer noted a privacy screen was often put in the hall between the restaurant and locker room so women could dine in the restaurant.
Although witnesses testified some men ate at the restaurant dressed in a towel or nothing at all, that violated the club's own dress code requiring "casual but appropriate attire" in dining areas, Mr Weimer wrote.
Julie Lafargue had sued the club and its owner, Club Corporation of America, after she and two friends went to The Men's Grille after playing a round of golf one Sunday in 2000. One of her guests and three other female club members are also plaintiffs.
A lower court judge ruled the discrimination was reasonable because it was "dictated by economic reasons, and not an intent to discriminate", Mr Weimer said.
However, he said that would be like letting airlines keep men from being flight attendants because passengers were thought to prefer attractive women in the job.
"We always thought we were right," said Allison Jones, a lawyer for the women. Southern Trace said it would comply with the court's ruling.
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Amy Mumma, Central Washington University's Director of the Institute of Wine, Beverages and Gastronomy, is leaving CWU to pursue wine industry opportunities in France. She will base her activities in Aix-en-Provence, a region that has been producing wine, notably rosé, for more than 2,600 years. Mumma will be leaving at the end of May.
"Although I'm leaving Central, I hope to continue to be a resource to my graduates and the Washington wine industry," said Mumma, whose extensive contacts in the world of wine have helped further her students' careers. "I would also like to thank the many people at CWU who have made this program a success."
"Amy Mumma's achievements for CWU and for the region have been truly incredible. She has been a tremendous member of our community and will be sorely missed," said Marilyn Levine, CWU Provost. "I know I speak for the campus when I wish her well during the exciting years ahead and am quite certain that she will continue to contribute to the appreciation and development of the wine industry."
Mumma developed the World Wine Program at CWU in 2003, which offers academic programs including Global Wine Studies, the only four-year degree in international business in the United States. The program also includes the Wine Trade Professional Certificate, a Professional Sommelier Certificate and a Wine Trade and Tourism minor. In addition, the World Wine program offers training for wine industry members and consumer courses.
Mumma, who holds an MBA in Wine from the University of Bordeaux Business School, the Advanced Certificate of Wine and Spirits from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust in London, and a Diploma of Tasting from the Université de Bourgogne in Dijon, France was awarded the prestigious title, Professional Wine Woman 2005-2006, the top award of the International Wine Women Awards in Paris. In 2008, she was named Western Innovator by the Capital Press and she was recognized in the Congressional Record by Congressman Doc Hastings for her contributions to the wine industry.
Mumma has been involved in the Washington and international wine industry in many roles including education, internships, study abroad programs, judging, presenting and writing about wine. In 2011 and 2012, she was chosen as the chief judge at the International Beverage Exposition and Competition (IBEC) in Shenzhen China, one of the largest beverage conventions in the world.
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Australia will contribute $15 million to establish a Pacific police training college in Fiji to head off a breakdown in law and order across the region, Prime Minister John Howard has announced.
The training program could also form the basis of a regional police force.
Ahead of today's opening of the annual Pacific Island Forum in Auckland, Mr Howard also broadly endorsed a parliamentary report calling for the establishment of a "Pacific Union", along the lines of the European Union and with a common Australian currency.
The moves are causing nervousness among some Pacific nations, concerned over Australia's potential dominance of the region in the wake of its leading role in the Solomon Islands intervention.
At the three-day forum, Mr Howard is also planning to launch proposals for a single regional airline and pooled regional resources.
The next largest forum nation behind Australian and New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, is privately questioning the plans. Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare yesterday called for more information. "I need to know what it means by regional governance structures before I can comment," he said.
Mr Howard said small Pacific nations did not have the capacity to train their own police.
"We're in an era now where these countries are just going to disappear in chaos and ill governance if we don't intervene."
Asked if the training program would lead to a regional police force, he said "one thing can lead to another".
Australia has claimed that failing states could provide bases for terrorists and criminals.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff has backed the plan and said it would lead to common procedures and higher standards of law enforcement in the region. The college in Suva is intended to train several hundred police a year.
Mr Howard also said the parliamentary report advocating a Pacific Union was "very good. It contained a lot of constructive suggestions."
Mr Howard strongly endorsed the candidacy of former Australian diplomat Greg Urwin to become secretary-general of the forum, a move that countries such as PNG have condemned - claiming it breaches convention and would cement Australian dominance of the organisation.
Mr Howard said he hoped Dr Urwin won, as he was the best candidate, but that he would work with whoever was chosen by the forum leaders.
In Canberra, a top United Nations official said yesterday that Australia's mission to the Solomon Islands had set a precedent for Australia taking a more active involvement in other troubled Pacific states.
Mark Malloch Brown, head of the UN Development Program, gave a resounding thumbs up to Australia's greater involvement in the region.
Mr Malloch Brown, who met Mr Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Tuesday, said further security intervention by Australia could transform the region for the better, provided it was backed up by help with economic development.
"The Solomon Islands was not a toe in the water.
"It was the beginning of a much broader, deeper engagement by Australia," he said.
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ST. LOUIS – Electron-beam computed tomography (EBCT) is moreaccurate than conventional catheter angiography for detecting adangerous congenital heart abnormality that could cause sudden death,according to research by a Saint Louis University radiologist publishedlast month in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions: Journalof the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.
EsatMemisoglu, M.D., assistant professor of radiology at Saint LouisUniversity School of Medicine, and his team – which included anotherradiologist and several cardiologists – studied 28 adults at a hearthospital and imaging center in Istanbul, Turkey, who had undergoneconventional X-ray angiography for chest pain or shortness of breathand then later underwent an EBCT.
In half of the patients,angiography showed a congenital abnormality – for example, a leftcoronary artery originating from the right side of the aorta, or viceversa. EBCT also detected the abnormalities, but in more than a thirdof the cases, it was able to provide information the angiography couldnot. Specifically, it could confidently determine whether the arterytraveled perilously between the aorta and pulmonary artery, puttingthat patient at risk for a heart attack or sudden death, Memisoglu says.
"Themost crucial clinical question is whether the artery is coursingbetween the aorta and pulmonary artery. Angiography did not always giveus the correct answer, but it was very easy to tell using EBCT,"Memisoglu says.
Traditional catheter angiography, an invasivetwo-dimensional projectional X-ray technique that involves passing acatheter through a patient's groin artery to the heart vessels, iscommonly used when physical examinations and other non-invasive testsare found to be negative in younger patients who experience chest painor fainting during strenuous physical activity. However, catheterangiography "can lead to ambiguities because of its in defining complexvascular anatomy," Dr. Memisoglu says.
In contrast, EBCT, whichuses a specialized stationary X-ray tube and a high-resolution detectorsystem, enables doctors to capture "practically blur-free"cross-sectional images of the beating heart, says Memisoglu.
Becauseof its speed in capturing images – the study is completed in fewer than30 seconds – patients don't need medication to slow their heart rate.
EBCT,along with multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) – which features amoving X-ray tube but is comparable to EBCT in diagnosis – producesstunning three-dimensional images of the heart that help radiologistsdetect congenital defects that otherwise might not have been picked up.EBCT and MSCT can also rule out the presence of significant coronaryartery blockages with a high degree of accuracy.
"Up to 40percent of all patients in the U.S. who go through invasive catheterangiography do not end up needing revascularization treatment, such asstenting or bypass surgery. That means a major role for MSCT and EBCTwould be gatekeeping – telling us which patients would benefit mostfrom an invasive procedure," Memisoglu says.
Memisoglu also sees an economic advantage to using EBCT or MSCT scans in place of catheter angiography.
"Liberaluse of coronary catheterizations are costing taxpayers millions ofdollars, driving the cost of medical insurance and creating a burden onthe economy," he says.
He predicts non-invasive scans – such asEBCT, MSCT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) – will one day replacecatheter angiography entirely to detect heart vessel blockages andcongenital abnormalities; conventional catheter angiography will thenbe used for treatment only, he suspects.
"We don't want to blockaccess to catheter angiography for patients who really need it,"Memisoglu says. "But EBCT and MSCT can help avert the unnecessaryphysical and psychological consequences of an invasive procedure."
Establishedin 1836, Saint Louis University School of Medicine has the distinctionof awarding the first M.D. degree west of the Mississippi River. SaintLouis University School of Medicine is a pioneer in geriatric medicine,organ transplantation, chronic disease prevention, cardiovasculardisease, neurosciences and vaccine research, among others. The Schoolof Medicine trains physicians and biomedical scientists, conductsmedical research, and provides health services on a local, national andinternational level.
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Sounds like just what you need. Yesterday I went to the ocean because it was 80 out! The water was wild but the afternoon sun and wind were great. I found a nice cafe to have a late lunch and returned to Springbank.
I thought the weekend was going to be free so I could finish my resume which keeps getting postponed because I end up cooking more because we lost the weekend cook. The sabbatical group is going to be in Charleston this weekend so I was prepared to opt out of dinner Saturday and Sunday with the staff so I could have extra time to my self - not like I don't have enough but it seems the agenda keeps changing because this place is so short staffed.
I am on for dinner tonight - Friday and then Tuesday. I went over to Theresa's to find out how many people for Tuesday dinner since the sabbatical folks have a program and that is when I found out a group was comming in to use the facilities and we needed to cook for them. So that meant I need to cook Sunday dinner which generally means a good meal before they leave. I have decided to do macaroni and cheese, stewed tomatoes, lettuce salad and then a fruit salad with brownies. Tonight I am preparing a cabbage soup, egg salad and them we have left over tofu loaf with mushroom gravy that I made the other night as well as corn plus chocolate pudding, cookies and a few pieces of a rhubarb, strawberry pie. I have spent most of this day getting ready for tonight, Sunday and the preparing a menu for Tuesday.
Tuesday is one of the sabbatical folks birthday so I am going to prepare grilled salmon with my famous baked mashed potatoes with something extra, green beans, salad and then one of the staff is doing keyline pie for dessert.
Doesn't sound much like gardening does it? Oh well I know this the rest of the time is going to be for me because that is what I came for - to have time for myself.
So off I go to see about the garden beds as there is severe weather coming our way which is not typical for this part of South Carolina.
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Then we got back on the boat and got our snorkel gear. We went a short distance away from stingray city, as it is called, for our snorkel. We only had about half an hour in the water. We saw lots of coral and sea fans and some fish far from the boat. It didn't take us long to be far from the boat, so I headed back. Just as I got close the guide threw bait off the back of the boat and hundreds of fish came to feed. They were beautiful. When I got back on the boat, Jenny our photographer, had the pictures ready. I bought the CD of the four pictures she had taken of us. They turned out pretty well. There was one of me holding the stingray, one of us kissing the stingray, one of both of us with the stingray and one of us with the stingray's wing over Erin's shoulder. Then we headed back to shore.
When we got back to Georgetown, we headed to Del Sol where we were supposed to meet Larry and Derek. They weren't there. We checked the Hard Rock and Margaritaville but didn't find them. We looked for a magnet for Erin of the Grand Cayman flag but didn't find one. So we went to Breezes for lunch. We had really good conch fritters and split an order of Rose Sauce Pasta which was excellent. We had a great view of the Pearl from where we sat on the second floor. We looked for Larry and Derek one more time and then headed back to the boat. We got back about 2:30.
It wasn't long until Larry and Derek arrived feeling very "happy." In addition to all the beer and rum tasting they had done, they had found a small bar near Del Sol to have some more beer. They had a great time "tasting" Georgetown. We watched the sail-away, then Larry, Derek and I had a nap. Erin walked nine laps and watched the sunset. We missed a good one. She finally woke us up about 7:30. We went to the Bliss Lounge for music trivia and got 21 out of 40 this time but still didn't win. Once group got 29 points. Then Derek, Larry and I went to supper. Erin went to the buffet and the blogged. For starters Larry and I had Caesar Salad and Derek had Apple Cranberry salad. For entrees Larry had the Chef's Special a Burrito, Derek had Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs, and I had Salmon. For dessert Derek and I had Chocolate Decadence and Larry had Coconut Sherbet. After supper we walked around the ship and watched them decorate for the White Hot Part at pool side which didn't begin until 10:45. We went back to our cabins for the night at 10:30. We were all tired from our day in the heat and the sun. When we got back we had towel monkeys hanging from our curtains. It is something we look forward to seeing every night when we get back to our rooms. The room steward makes a different animal each night.
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Head Start dedicates bench for volunteer
In honor of Edwin "Pappy" Rager, Head Start has dedicated a bench in his honor that will be placed on the playground at the Cherryhill Head Start center in Penn Run.
Rager, who passed away on Sept. 11, had volunteered with Head Start for 20 years. He spent countless hours cutting out and preparing crafts for 90 children every month.
He worked with the children making stepping stones, napkin holders, magnets, lawn ornaments, wooden crafts and much more. All of the materials were supplied and donated by Rager.
Volunteers fondly remember him reading to a group of Head Start children piled high on his lap or pushing children on the swings, even on hot days.
With the bench dedicated to Edwin "Pappy" Rager, from left, are Shannon Lowmaster, lead teacher for Cherryhill Head Start; Sue Snyder, director of Indiana County Head Start; Carrie Rager, his wife; Barb Fridley, his daughter; Michael Rager, his grandson; and Mary Ann Aikens, former Head Start teacher and author of "The Wallet," a poem dedicated to Rager. (Submitted photo)


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Athens News Courier (Newspaper) - May 10, 2009, Athens, Alabama ïomen Serving Athens and Limestone County: A Community of Tradition and Future 50 ctMils Sunday, May 10, 2009 Two Centuries of Discoveries That! Have Shaped Our World ci> JBT, SUS4N CASEY Air Force retiree at helm of museum Three weeks into the job as director of the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives, Sandra Thompson said she awakes each morning looking forward to getting to work. PAGJE 13 AThe News Courier Space is donated for an arts center on the square By Karen Middijeton kurcn a ;itIn'¡isncw s-<vuritr.mm A local business concern has donated a loft on the courthouse square to be used as a permanent art gallery by the Art On the Square organization, according to AOTS Vice President Lisa Milby. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to keep art growing in the downtown Athens community." said Milby. The gallery will occupy 2,(XX>-square feet above 201 West Washington Street. "The space has been offered to Art on the Square on behalf of Athens Pharmacy and Westside Jitfv Pharmacy', said Milby. "These businesses have met the call to have a comprehensive arts center and gallery that can provide on-going classes, projects, and shows in Athens. We are currently discussing a potential film project with Spirit of Athens in order to incorporate the art education piece with dow ntown revitalization." Milbv said it is one of the organization's goals to work with Athens State University in providing a place for ASU art students to exhibit their work. "We have invited Dr. (Robert) Glenn to be a member of our juried art show for Art on the Square." said Milby. "We hope to sit down with Dr. Glenn sometime this week." Art On the Square (AOTS) organized four years ago as the concept of local artist MaCherie Kerr. The organization set up an art festival on the grounds around the courthouse and children's art camps in the summer. 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The New York Times recently published an article based on a Forrester report (Mobile Is The New Face Of Engagement) about the uptake of smartphones worldwide in the years to come. And for 2011 it was estimated that just under 500 million smartphones were shipped. Knowing the drivers behind the growth of smartphones gives businesses confidence in mobile technology investment — even when uptake is currently still limited.
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President Obama spent about nine hours aboard Air Force One Tuesday to give a perfunctory presentation of a standard 25-minute campaign speech.
Aides described it as a new package of immigration reforms. But it wasn't. It was a recitation of reform goals he's outlined often before. Worse, Obama's ideas are pretty much the same as those seeping out of bipartisan Senate consultations. But he's got a bully pulpit with more amps, so the Democrat is trying to look as if he's driving the discussion.
And if that discussion discomfits Republican factions, that's a dividend.
By coincidence he'll give a long interview today to Univision to claim credit for any perceived progress.
Obama's remarks in Las Vegas had the too-familiar Real Good Talker's format: acknowledging local bigs in the audience and then, on cue right up front, someone shouting, "I love you, Mr. President." Which gives Obama the chance to respond, "I love you back." (Applause)
Do you suppose it's the same guy paid to travel to every Obama speech and publicly adore him six paragraphs in? Hopefully, he's well-paid to sit through all of them.
Here's our top Obama quote of the day: "The time has come for common-sense, comprehensive immigration reform. The time is now. Now is the time. Now is the time. Now is the time."
This quote about immigration reform's urgency is particularly interesting because as of this morning Obama has been president for 1,471 days. And the man who once hailed the Hispanic holiday of "Cinco de Quatro" has done absolutely nada in that time to accomplish immigration reform.
For half that time, notably, his Democrat party controlled both houses of Congress, passing pretty much whatever it wanted, including a wanton near trillion-dollar stimulus bill that stimulated only the national debt. Obama eagerly signed all the spending bills and when convenient recently has been criticizing Congress for all of its spending.
So, why do you suppose the political sloth over the suddenly urgent issue of immigration reform?
Obama said the most important thing about immigration reform was getting border security and enforcement done right. Which he hasn't really had time to accomplish in only four years because he's been so busy not saving the economy either. He did not have time in his Tuesday remarks to explain why his administration is so assiduously suing states for their enforcement efforts in the absence of the feds.
One of the Chicagoan's favorite tricks is to assume credit for something he had nothing to do with. Remember in the campaign Obama touting booming domestic oil production? But he didn't have time then either to explain that production was actually down on federal lands, which he controls, and was only booming because of development on private lands, which he does not control.
Well, now he's doing the same on border enforcement, claiming credit for what he said was an 80% reduction in illegal immigrants, without noting that 24 million American citizens are under- or unemployed. So, illegals actually aren't coming because there are no jobs to come to.
Obama trotted out all the conceivable clichés about virtually every American being tied somehow to immigration, how so many successful citizens came from somewhere else to thrive in a unique American economic environment.
Without mentioning his own uncle, who's overstayed his visa by a quarter-century, Obama reported there are now an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants and accurately noted something needs to be done about them. All of which, he gleefully promised, would engender increasingly emotional debate as legislative discussions progress.
There sure do seem to be a lot of arguments encircling everything this guy touches: ObamaCare and religious freedoms, women in combat, same-sex marriage, a Defense secretary less than a friend of Israel, raising the national debt ceiling, slashing defense spending, etc.
But Obama, now 10 days into his second term, wanted his Nevada crowd to understand that he's adamant about immigration reform today. "Now is the time," he re-added.
The president had a stern, if gratuitous, warning for Congress, the separate branch of government that is farther ahead on reforms than he is:
"If Congress is unable to move forward in a timely fashion, I will send up a bill based on my proposal and insist that they vote on it right away."
Which, of course, Obama could do as king.
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