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Wow, my mom was gone all day yesterday working at something called "The Polls." I'm not sure what she did; personally I like to climb poles, but when I told her that she said it wasn't the same thing. She explained to me that all the human people were electing a president and other people to help run the country. I think that cats should run the country! But she told me that might not work. So, I will have to be content with running my house. I hear that the president has a dog. Ugh! We need to send some really cute kittens up his way or something. Cats rule, dogs drool! Have a great Wednesday my friends.
Wow, I think that Fall is finally here. All the trees in my yard are turning pretty colors; of course I like the orange the best! Some leaves are beginning to fall off the trees and they make for some great chasing and pouncing fun. The wind swirls them around and I love to chase all the blowing leaves. It's great to stay outside in this cooler weather, but I still have to come in at night so I can sleep with my Mom. Abby and I stay busy catching voles and chasing each other and hissing at the neighborhood cats. How dare they come into MY yard in my territory. Most of them now avoid our yard, but a few still have the nerve to walk across on their way home. I will be ever vigilant. You never know when something could happen! I think it's time for me to nap in the sun so I'll say so long for now. Have a happy autumn everyone.
Oktoberfest begins tonight in my human's town of residence. It sounds like a lot of fun - a biergarten, street sales, german street food, dancing, polka bands. Wow, I'm getting tired just thinking about it. While my human goes out tonight I think I'll just hang on the patio and listen from afar - the Festhall is only a couple of blocks from my house so I know I'll hear the music. Maybe a nice German vole will wander across my patio and I can have an ethnic supper too!
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Re: integrate problem
On 4/20/09 at 5:39 AM, sean_incali at yahoo.com wrote:
>I'm having some issues understanding this... Following works as
>s is the variable in time. a is a parameter.
>Integrate[1/(s + a), s]
>gives Log[a + s]
>But the following gives the integral itself.
>Integrate[1/(s[t] + a), t]
If I asked you to integrate an arbitrary function of time and
*did not* specify any details of the function could you do it?
Note, this is exactly what you are asking Mathematica to do.
>If the function that needs to be integrated w.r.t time is 1/(s[t] +
>a), how do I accomplish that?
define s[t] before asking Mathematica to do the integration
>It seems like if integrate it wrt to s [t] it will work.
>Integrate[1/(s[t] + a), s[t]]
This is no different than
Integrate[1/(s + a), s]
If you want a solution in terms of t, you first have to define
s[t]. There is no other way.

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New England Patriots (15-2) at Pittsburgh Steelers (16-1)
KICKOFF: Sunday, 6:30 ET
SURFACE: Grass
TV: CBS, Jim Nantz, Phil Simms
SERIES: 21st meeting. Pittsburgh leads series 13-7, but New England won three of the last four. This is the fourth playoff meeting between the teams since the 1996 season. The Patriots trounced Pittsburgh, 28-3, in a Divisional Playoff game on the way to Super Bowl XXXI only to lose to the Steelers in Pittsburgh, 7-6, the following season in the Divisional round. The 2001 Patriots captured the AFC Championship in Pittsburgh. The series dates back to 1972 and has been dominated by the Steelers. Four of New England's seven wins against Pittsburgh have come since 1997.
2004 RANKINGS: Patriots: offense 7th (7th rush, 13th pass); defense 9th (6th rush, 19th pass). Steelers: offense 16th (2nd rush, 28th pass); defense 1st (1st rush, 4th pass)
KEYS TO THE GAME: The Patriots' main goal is to avoid falling into a deep hole like they did in the regular season meeting. Having RB Corey Dillon this time around should help, and QB Tom Brady must do a better job of protecting the ball. The Patriots' big concern on defense is still the secondary. CB Randall Gay, who was torched by WR Plaxico Burress after Ty Law went down in the first meeting, is more experienced but will still come under fire. The Steelers rushed the ball 49 times in the first meeting. If they can repeat that performance, it means they're winning. Pittsburgh's offensive line is one of the few physical enough to push the Patriots' front seven backward. But if New England is successful in slowing the ground game, the Patriots will then get to come after QB Ben Roethlisberger, who is coming off a very shaky first playoff game.
FAST FACTS: The Patriots' turnover ratio is plus-45 in wins and minus-13 in losses in winning 32 of their past 36 games. ... Since 2001, the Patriots are 13-0 when facing a quarterback for the second time in a season. ... Patriots coach Bill Belichick is 8-1 in the postseason and would tie Vince Lombardi for the best career playoff winning percentage with a win this week (minimum of 10 games). ... This is the Patriots' fifth trip to the conference championship game in team history and they have won all of the previous four to advance to Super Bowls XX, XXXI, XXXVI and XXXVIII. They are 2-2 in the Super Bowl with wins over Carolina and St. Louis and losses to Green Bay and Chicago. ... This will be the ninth AFC Championship Game played in Pittsburgh, the most championships in one town since the NFL merger in 1970. ... Pittsburgh's five offensive linemen have started 85 games this season, seventeen games each for five players.
PREDICTION: Patriots 19-13
- LB Tedy Bruschi understands that the 16-1 Steelers are home underdogs and
will use that disrespect card played so well by the Patriots in recent years
for motivation. Asked how he would counter that, Bruschi said, "All we
need to do is put on the film of the last game. That's enough for me. Clearly,
they're the best team in the league. There's a reason we're going to Pittsburgh.
They finished 15-1 and we finished 14-2."
- PK Adam Vinatieri kicks in some tough weather and field conditions in Foxborough
where the Gillette Stadium surface takes a beating from summer concerts along
with football and soccer games. But he has had a tremendous season, missing
just two field goals all year, one at home. Pittsburgh has proven to be difficult
on visiting kickers. The longest kick made at Heinz Field since it opened
in 2001 is 48 yards. "That stadium hasn't been around long, but you would
think that there would be some longer kicks than that," he said. "Obviously
with the conditions, it becomes difficult to hit 50-yard field goals this
time of year. They have the same type of weather that we have. It gets cold
and windy there. It's hard to grow grass in January, so the field is what
it is. That probably causes some of the adversity there."
- WR Bethel Johnson could be a big part of this weekend's game as a kickoff
returner. He had one of his better games of the season against Pittsburgh,
returning six kickoffs for a 26.3-yard average, his second highest average
of the season in games where he returned at least three kickoffs. His 41-yard
return against Pittsburgh was second only to his 93-yard touchdown return
vs. Cleveland.
- DL Vince Wilfork will likely get work subbing in all the way across the
defensive front this week. With Richard Seymour likely out of action, Jarvis Green will start at right end, but Wilfork will work at both ends and nose
tackle in what is likely to be a four-man rotation. Green, for his part, was
very emotional after the team's win over Indy because he read reports that
said New England could not win without Seymour. "To me, they spit in
my face," he said. Green played well in the game with a couple of tackles
and a couple of quarterback pressures.
- CB Ty Law told the Boston Globe that he no problems with the Patriots' diagnosis
of his foot injury as was reported last week. "I was very upset by (that
report)," he said. "It's inaccurate. Completely untrue. I've had
absolutely no issues with the Patriots and the way they treated and diagnosed
my foot. None. They know that. To have that reported in the newspaper and
people trying to start things up again, was very unfair and inaccurate."
- DL Richard Seymour worked through some individual drills at practice Thursday
as he did Wednesday. Bill Belichick reported that Seymour is doing better,
but offered nothing more than the injury report, where Seymour is listed as
questionable, in terms of his playing status. A player who is questionable
is considered 50-50 to play. Seymour was not in the Patriots locker room while
it was open to the media. It would be considered a surprise if he played.
- It seems more and more every day that Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel will be the head coach of the Browns next season. Cleveland has yet to publicly announce their new head coach, likely because he is still among the playoff coaches. There have been rumblings that Pittsburgh's Russ Grimm has a shot, but most reports now indicate that Crennel is the choice, an announcement that should come next week whether or not the Patriots win the AFC Championship Game. That would mean New England would lose both of its coordinators with offensive coordinator Charlie Weis headed for Notre Dame when the Patriots' season ends.
- WR Plaxico Burress had a big game against the Patriots in the regular season
meeting, but said the Steelers won't force the ball just to get it to him.
"We are not going to call plays any differently from what we have been doing all year," Burress said. "Hopefully we can get some big plays off of play action and run the ball effectively so we can create the one-on-one situations for us outside. I think if we can do that, we can be successful."
Burress said he's not upset he hasn't received a new contract from the team as of yet.
"I am here right now, and this is probably the best team I have ever played on in my life with all of the guys playing together," he said. "We have so much respect for one another and we just want to go out and get the job done. All of the free agent stuff will get taken care of when this is all done, and I am pretty sure that whatever happens, it will be the best thing for my family and my future. That being said, the only thing on my mind right now is trying to go out and win on Sunday."
- RB Jerome Bettis is expected to start Sunday, but isn't concerned with
how many carries he has to give up to Duce Staley. "It doesn't matter,"
he said. "It could be 40 to 0 either way. It doesn't matter as long as
we win the game."
- RB Duce Staley is not 100 percent, but he will play more on Sunday against
the Patriots than he did the previous week against the Jets. Coach Bill Cowher
said he will work Staley into the game in the first half.
"I don't have anything really predetermined going in," Cowher said. "I think certainly we'll get him in the game in the first half. I know we didn't get him into the game until the second half last week. I think from there it is almost a type of feel thing. We want to get him involved a little bit more, earlier in the game and we'll kind of go from there."
- QB Ben Roethlisberger's personal winning streak stands at 27 consecutive
games. He won his final 13 at Miami (Ohio) and is 14-0 with the Steelers.
- RB Verron Haynes, the third-down back, returned to practice Thursday as
every one of the Steelers' 53 players practiced. Haynes has a minor knee injury
but will play Sunday.
- LB Kendrell Bell will suit up but won't play much Sunday. Bell, the former
starter, has played only three games this season because of injuries.
- WR Antwaan Randle El expects to be covered by receiver-turned-nickelback
Troy Brown of the Patriots.
Sunday's AFC Championship Game pits two teams that feature a 3-4 base defense with linebacking corps that make up the strength of their unit. The inside linebackers are stout guys who can take on guards while the outside linebacker are hybrid rush ends who can play the run, cover and rush the passer. Versatility is a staple for these anchors of the 3-4.
Any 3-4 defensive coach would be ecstatic to march out the likes of Pittsburgh's James Farrior, Joey Porter, Kendrell Bell, Clark Haggans or Larry Foote. The same is true of New England's Tedy Bruschi, Ted Johnson, Willie McGinest, Mike Vrabel, Rosevelt Colvin and Roman Phifer.
Both teams depend on the linebackers to make big plays and both groups deliver. Bill Belichick believes versatility makes his group successful.
"The players are very interchangeable," Belichick said. "They work well together. They are unselfish. They communicate well. It doesn't really matter who is in there. That doesn't affect what we call or what we try to play. I know that is comforting. I have been there calling defenses and I know that is a comforting thing for Romeo (Crennel).
"The worst situation in the world is to be sitting there saying, 'Well this guy is in there. We need to call this. Well, now that guy is in there. I have to call something else. Somebody else is in there. We don't want to be doing this. We want to be doing that.' It is just hard to call a game like that. It is much easier when you have players who can go in there and really you don't even notice or care who is in there. They are able to do what you want them to do. That is a good situation that we have at linebacker with basically the six guys that play."
The players are a close-knit group. Johnson, Bruschi and McGinest have played together for nine seasons. Phifer and Vrabel joined them in 2001 while Colvin was added to the group last year.
"Last year, Rosevelt came in and got hurt, but we've gotten to know him," Bruschi said. "We've had some of the same guys for a long time. I think I know what Willie McGinest is going to do before he does it. I think I know what Ted Johnson is going to say before he says it. And when Roman and Mike come in, I feel the same way. We just know each other inside and out."
"I think we can all do each others' jobs," McGinest added. "We can all do a lot of different things. Having guys like Tedy Bruschi, Vrabel, Ted, Rosey, you can do a lot of different things. You can move guys into different positions and rotate. You have versatile players who can rush, cover tight ends and cover backs. When you face different offenses, if you can move around and have guys doing different things all the time, you can fool people. We try to fool people. We try to disguise a lot. We try to turn it into a chess game."
Both linebacking groups, while playing a different style within the same base formation, take the same approach. The Steelers use the blitz zone much more than New England, but both teams make it difficult on opposing offensive fronts to identify the rushers, which keeps the mental pressure on the offensive line and a quarterback trying to identify where the rush will come from and who his hot receiver might be on a particular play.
It's a chess match for sure. And the winner of this week's will represent the AFC in Super Bowl XXXIX.
While everyone is praising New England's defense, represented by linebacker Tedy Bruschi on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week, Pittsburgh feels it has the advantage with a dominating defense of its own on Sunday.
The Steelers ranked No. 1 in overall defense in yards allowed and also in points allowed. Their rankings beat New England's up and down every statistical category.
It was also the Steelers defense that led the way in their 34-20 victory against the Patriots Oct. 31. They intercepted Tom Brady twice with cornerback Deshea Townsend returning one for a touchdown. Linebacker Joey Porter sacked Brady three times, once causing a fumble that led to a touchdown five plays later.
"We put pressure on Brady, that was the main thing," linebacker Larry Foote said.
They must stop Corey Dillon on Sunday, something they did not have to do Oct. 31 because the Patriots running back was hurt. But they have stopped running backs all season as the No. 1 defense against the rush as well.
"Of course he's tough, he's a great runner," nose tackle Chris Hoke said, "but if we play defense the way we did the last time, it's going to be tough for any back."
For updated information on players and their injuries be sure to check the Hot News section on The PatriotsInsider.com
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Cuomo Announces Run for Governor
It's official: Andrew Cuomo is running for governor, he announced today. Now Cuomo can emerge from the endless political holding pattern he has been in ever since Gov. David Paterson took himself out of the race. If his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, was Hamlet on the Hudson, Andrew Cuomo has been a bit like Caesar loitering near the Rubicon with his legions just milling about.
Now that Cuomo has announced he will run for governor, he will have an obligation to clearly communicate how he will do that at a time when the state is in its worst fiscal condition since the Depression.
Cuomo, 52, was born in Hollis, Queens on December 6, 1957. He graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx in 1979, and from Albany Law School in 1982.
His father served as governor for three terms and was cast as a potential Presidential contender. Andrew, one of five Cuomo kids, figured out how the world worked as his father's special assistant and campaign manager. For Andrew, being put in such a "must get results" capacity taught him how to play political hardball.
Cuomo, just like former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, had a stint as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan in the mid 1980s and than went into private practice.
In 1986, he founded the Housing Enterprise for the Less Privileged, a non-profit that provides transitional housing for the homeless. His work with the organization made him a natural to head the New York City Commission on the Homeless.
Early in the Clinton administration, he was named Assistant HUD Secretary for Community Planning. In 1996, when HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros was forced to step down over disclosure of payments to a girlfriend, Cuomo was elevated to the top HUD spot by President Bill Clinton.
His tenure leading HUD was not without controversy, and the reviews of his performance were mixed. He did improve enforcement. But political opponents are already trying to blame Cuomo's tenure at HUD for thousands of unqualified applicants being pushed into taking out mortgages for homes they could not really afford.
And Cuomo has gotten critical press for his relationship with Andrew Farkas, a real estate mogul whose family founded the Alexander's department store chain. Farkas was sued by HUD while Cuomo was at the agency for allegedly paying kickbacks to building owners. Those charges were settled civilly and Farkas's company made no admission of wrong doing.
But years later, Cuomo went to work for a Farkas company and Farkas has been a key Cuomo campaign donor.
This is not Cuomo's first attempt at the state's top elected office. In 2002, he challenged State Comptroller H. Carl McCall, the Democratic favorite and eventual nominee. A week before the primary, Cuomo withdrew from the race and what looked to be certain defeat.
Cuomo's political fortunes rebounded, though, and on Nov. 7, 2006, the resilient Cuomo was elected as New York State's 64th Attorney General, with about 58 percent of the vote.
As attorney general, Cuomo succeeded Spitzer, who had made quite a reputation from himself as the so-called Sheriff of Wall Street. Cuomo hit the ground running with the zeal of a populist avenger. No target was too big to take on: excessive Wall Street compensation, bond rating agencies, banks, and fraudulent mortgage brokers, you name it.
Among the most publicized cases was his office's nationwide investigation into the student loan industry in 2007. It uncovered widespread illegal practices and conflicts of interest in the industry, and led to the creation of a code of conduct for lenders, later passed into law as SLATE (Student Lending, Accountability, Transparency and Enforcement Act.).
Cuomo is one of five children of Mario Cuomo and his wife Matilda. His brother Chris is an ABC News correspondent. His sister Maria is married to Kenneth Cole, the designer.
In 1990, Cuomo married the late Robert Kennedy's daughter, Kerry Kennedy. They were divorced in 2003. He has three teenage daughers, including a set of twins. He now lives in Westchester with Sandra Lee, a Food Network star.


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Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology is an innovative touring exhibition
that immerses visitors in a multimedia adventure through the four Indiana Jones
movies.. Made possible by Lucasfilm Ltd, it the first and only official exhibition
about the internationally beloved movie hero.
As it leads viewers on a museum adventure inspired by their beloved film hero, the
exhibition connects his fictional world to real facts that inspired all of his quests.
Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology sets the wheels in motion not only
to inspire, but most importantly to cultivate a lasting interest in history and
The Indiana Jones brand of humour and adventurous spirit is infused throughout the
exhibit to help engage viewers and stimulate their imaginations. Consequently, the
exhibition holds broad appeal for all audiences: neophytes and experts, families,
film fans, tourists and the general public alike.
The exhibition features a vast and exclusive collection of original Indy film props,
models, concept art and set designs on loan from the Lucasfilm Archives. All four
movies of the series are represented: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(1989) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
As they learn the factual and historical inspiration behind Indy's adventures, visitors
will also learn about the art of movie-making, character creation, the craft of
special effects –before CGI-, costume design and more.
They will also have the opportunity to learn about the exhibited objects with the
aid of their video companion, which will give out more facts and behind-the-scenes
secrets about the making of the movies as well.
Not only is the Indy Trail a great start up point to help visitors see and understand
real world archaeology, the exhibition is designed in such a way that a local archaeology
gallery can be added to the footprint, allowing the host museum to feature some
of its prized collections of real world artefacts and local archaeology tales.
In an environment spanning from 5,000 to 8,000 square feet, this first-of-its-kind
touring museum exhibition transforms the museum experience into an interactive,
multimedia adventure. Equipped with an intelligent hand-held video-companion, visitors
are immersed into the legendary world of Indiana Jones. Loaded with educational
content, photos and videos, the multimedia companion guides visitors along the Indy
Trail where they'll learn about the facts behind the content in the Indy movies.
About Lucasfilm Ltd.
Lucasfilm Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is a global
leader in film, television and digital entertainment production. In addition to
its motion-picture and television production, the company's activities include visual
effects and audio post-production, cutting-edge digital animation, interactive entertainment
software, and the management of the global merchandising activities for its entertainment
properties including the legendary STAR WARS and INDIANA JONES
franchises. Lucasfilm Ltd. is headquartered in northern California.
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on the silver screen. Since then, audiences around the world have been enraptured
by his exploits and adventures. The popular film series — Raiders of the Lost Ark™,
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Yeah, I'm that friend, but even if you're willing to sell a pair, how much would it cost and are you sure that they'll fit on everyone?
Yeah, I'm that friend, but even if you're willing to sell a pair, how much would it cost and are you sure that they'll fit on everyone?
Thanks for the interest! I haven't decided on a finished estimate yet because I still haven't worked on the weathering, etc. Most of the cost will be for materials as they're not really cheap. I can figure an estimate for them in kit form though.
Yes, they can and will fit just about anyone. They're flexible and I can adjust them for overlap. I will need a measurement though. As in the pics below, I'll need a measurement around the lower calf at 9 1/2" up from the heel as marked by the piece of masking tape on her leg :
As you can see, my wife's lower calf measures 12" around. I mainly need this measurement to ensure enough room for overlap and if I need to pour extensions on the guard.
Please send me a pm to discuss more details
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thanks for your reply i didn't saw your pictures of your progress work but i have a new internet connection and i must say WOW! i measured my girlfriend's leg and she has the same size so that's perfect.
my friend Gaeriel comes with measures soon.
thanks jeroen&saskia.
I'm about the same size, just over 12,6"
BTW, all, Moncal's shins are sooo cool. They are NOT made outta fiberglass really... The material he is using is perfect for putting it on and taking it off the leg. It's not rigid like vacuumformed plastic. You'd all be amazed. In hotter weather it is more flexible, and cooler weather, it's a tad more rigid. BUT! it keeps it's memory and doesnt ever lose details i.e. those rounded joint parts at the base of the shin. I must say, superb sculpt, and his anklegaurds are also just as awesome. He even made it longer on one side. There is a right side and left side anklegaurd. I didn't even notice till I got em. Really good eye there matee
I wrapped my own leather with glue and I put my own styrene top "lip edge" on his gaurds, cause I didn't want to feel around, poking myself to get the "lip" effect by the leather only like Moncal did. Both methods work, his might be a tad nicer when it comes to overlapping leather problems at the very tip top angle point below the knee. My pieces of leather, actually from Dallas, was really stretchy, and that helps, especially when glueing down things and trying to eliminate bubbles and also becuase the shell is rounded, but with different widths. If it was perfectly cylindrical, you could achieve perfect and easy glueing, but shin shells aren't, so the leather being stretchy helps out tremendously. I also learned to start glueing from the front center out, otherwise, you could run out of leather.
Now, when you wear them, you should consider going to the fabric store and getting adequate foam for the inside of the shin. This is needed to lift the shin up a little, because the top of your ankle will hurt like the dickens with styrene and the shins digging into the top of your ankle. Comfort first, those joints do move, but don't stay, so, foam it somehow ESPECIALLY if you do a parade or con or something.
Moncal , way up for the shins!
Thanks for the positive review Yvonne!!
I'm really happy they worked out well for you. You were pretty much the trial run on these things And any advice for improvements or mods is very much appreciated!!!
I don't know for sure yet but I doubt they'll dig into a persons' ankles with the regular prada boot underneath since it goes up the leg a ways. Also, I bet if I drill the hole out a little more for the bolt that holds the ankle guards on and the nylon locking nut is used but not tightened down completely, they'll move more freely. Also, maybe putting a cloth spacer between the two might help..( remember seeing that in one of the MOM pics).
Wish I could get our suit done and put it to practical use so I would know for sure
thanks again,
What are the metalic round circles in the back of Zam's shinguards and over the ankles? They look like brass fasteners, similar to those below.
<img src=http://images.officemax.com/images/kreb_large/09015442.GIF>
Would these work? And what are the fasteners for, really? Me wanting to save as much money as possible is looking for inexpensive solutions
Awesome thread!
Well, the shin guard actually overlaps itself in the back and snaps together with typical dritz snaps...found at tandy. The plastic allows this with its flexiblity. It is rigid but also flexible at the same time unlike typical vac-formed ABS or even fiberglass.
Raef_Wolfe wrote:
What are the metalic round circles in the back of Zam's shinguards and over the ankles? They look like brass fasteners, similar to those below.
There are screws on the sides of the guards that bolt the shin guard to the ankle guard.
Seeker, thanks!!
I am back home, although things are still chaotic I have been making some progress
Finally able to make more progress. Apologies to those patiently awaiting completion!!
Here are some pics with the flash....quite the color change still blurry on the net though
Edit 1/20/05: fixin pics
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WOW Big color difference there. So which one is it more like? The leather color of the top more-red, or bottom pic-more lavender?
VERRY excellent resilient shins btw. I still think they are sooo awesome. Especially cause you picked out the right casting materials. I hear troopers complain all the time about breaking/cracking pieces of their costume. I have no remorse when the shins I have from ya, take a beating. My remorse comes from everything else I've have that isn't shatter proof and I have wound up with MORE putty and MORE paint on everything. I spend more time on repairs than on upgrades. Nothing likes to just stay resilient cept for your shins! I think I have lost my toe spikes the most~ 2-3 times already.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks zamiam! I'm glad you're still happy with them.
Zam I Am wrote:
WOW Big color difference there. So which one is it more like? The leather color of the top more-red, or bottom pic-more lavender?
Well, the real color is closer to the top 5 pics which is the lighter color and closer to the pics in the Visual Dictionary. I just thought I'd show the pics with the flash to show how much variation there can be with different lighting
Just fixin pics
Oops found the right thread now! yay. What sort of glue did you guys use to glue the leather down with onto the shins? Im gonna try these this week Were we using the skins for the veil on this or dyed skivers?
if i remember correctly cal stated he had some alternative method for the shins...cal? any luck on that
Righty dokey! I just enquired about some sheepskin skivers for the shins, what dye did you use to dye them with Moncal? I thought about using the back of the veil pigskin but its not the right color and ive spend a month getting the front the right color LOL
These shin guards are nothing short of AMAZING. Fantastic work.
Great job! Very impressive
Ok scratch getting the skivers They want £44 for one 12 foot skin for me to dye myself and im not paying that!!!
They will only sell it in whole skins which is approx 12 feet Im not sure how much we need
That is pure awesomness
becky, i know at the tandy i went to they had some real cheap pigskins...6 dollars a piece...thats whay i used to make the test pattern for our vest...the leather is a little dark but they had some lighter stuff as well...if your going to paint the shins rather than dye i bet that stuff would work and its real thin and inexpensive...some pieces have some bad spots on them but if your going for the worn and weary zam...then that shouldnt be an issue
Tandy didn't sell the skivers last time I tried to get some. I think the cheap stuff you're talking about is way too thick (it looked like that from photos of the vest).
Well... one alternative is the Vogue leather pelts http://www.voguefabricsstore.com/sto...p-1-c-296.html The skins are very very thin (and soft!) and would work well for covering the shin guards. You would need one skin per shin guard (I measured on mine and it would work fine.).
The only issue might be color - the "Dusty Lavender" that I had bought was a bit dark - I don't know about the regular "Lavender" as I never bought any. I bought a "natural" one recently, but it was suede on both sides (much more on one than the other) You could dye it the color you want - but it wouldn't look as shiny as you might want.


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James Bond Collectibles
Bond. James Bond. The most iconic secret agent in fiction, code name 007, got his start when Ian Fleming wrote his first novel, "Casino Royale," in 1952. Fleming was so taken with his debonair British spy that he wrote 11 more novels and two short-story collections about the guy before his death in 1964.
While 007 has appeared in television and radio programs and comic strips, he really took hold of the public's imagination in 1962, when Sean Connery played the suave, sexy intelligence officer, who liked his martinis, "shaken, not stirred," in the film "Dr. No." This production kicked-off the longest-running franchise in movie history; the official James Bond production company, Eon, will have 23 movies in its canon by the end of 2012, including "From Russia With Love" and "Goldfinger."
Six actors have played Bond in the Eon series, including Connery, Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig. There have also been two non-Eon James Bond films, the 1967 spoof, "Casino Royale," and 1984's "Never Say Never Again," a remake of "Thunderball."
How do you squeeze 25 movies out of 14 books? Well, clearly, you write more books. After Fleming's death, six others have been sanctioned to write official James Bond novels or novelizations of movies: Kingsley Amis (as "Robert Markham"), Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, and Jeffrey Deaver. Novels have also been written about a young James Bond (Charlie Higson) and about the character Miss Moneypenny (Kate Westbrook).
Besides Bond's lady's-man demeanor and his talent for navigating life-threatening dilemmas, a large part of his appeal lies with his toys. James Bond drove top-of-the-line cars like Bentleys, BMWs, and, of course, Aston Martins; carried high-quality guns like Beretta 418s and Walther PPKs; and was equipped with the latest high-tech gadgets from Q Branch. These gizmos included a booby-trapped attaché case, an autogyro, and a jet pack.
The head of Q Branch went by Q, which stood for Quartermaster. That's how it worked in the Bond universe. The operatives in the fictional British Secret Service all go by number codes, while those at headquarters used letters, representing their titles. M was the head of the agency, which was based on the real M16 intelligence service. Fleming based M on Rear Admiral John Godfrey, the director of naval intelligence when Fleming served in the Navy during World War II.
While Fleming said Bond was inspired by the agents he encountered in the war, he gave 007 many of his own tastes, including a love of golf and gambling, and put names of his friends, family, and lovers in his books. The spy's name, however, was inspired by American ornithologist James Bond, an expert in Caribbean birds...
James Bond collectibles include books, comics, posters, lobby cards, toys, action figures, and other items based on the character. Of course, a badass operative required a badass soundtrack. James Bond aficionados collect records with the thrilling themes written for the films, some of which have even won Academy Awards.
Early editions of the Ian Fleming books are among the most coveted 007 collectibles. In 2006, a first edition of "Casino Royale" went for $11,000, while a signed copy sold for more than $40,000. Early comic strips featuring James Bond include the first one drawn by John McLusky in the Daily Express in 1957, as well as the Fleming-sanctioned 1958 "Casino Royale" by Lord Beaverbrook.
Model cars are another popular arena for James Bond collectors. Diecast cars, particularly those based on the Aston Martin DB5 seen in "Goldfinger" and other films, are coveted (an actual Aston Martin used in filming sold for $2 million in 2006). Other popular model Bond cars include a gold-plated Corgi 24 from "Goldfinger," with spoked wheels, wing mirrors, ejector seat, and rear tire slasher, and the Corgi Lotus Underwater from "The Spy Who Loved Me," with working side and rear fins, as well as a missile launcher.
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Schools Desperately Turn To Longer Days, Year To Compete In Academic Global Front
(MintPress) – Starting this fall, about 20,000 students in five states will spend at least 300 more hours in school as part of a three-year pilot program, adding hours to the school day and days to the school year to see if increased classroom time positively affects students academic achievement.
A 2012 report published by Harvard University's Program on Education Policy and Governance found that while U.S. students have not lost academic ground, at least according to their test scores, their gains are "hardly remarkable by world standards."
Students in 11 countries have made gains in academics three times faster than American students, which is in line with years of data showing that foreign students outpace their American peers academically.
American students may not have had significantly lower scores than the top performing nations, but many of those countries far outstripped the U.S. in terms of the number of students who scored at the highest levels on tests.
Just 7 percent of U.S. students reached the advanced level in eighth-grade math, while 48 percent of eighth graders in Singapore and 47 percent of eighth graders in South Korea reached the advanced level.
To combat the stagnate academic achievement in the U.S. and prevent the U.S. from finding itself listed as one of the worst performing developed nations, 40 public schools in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee announced their participation in an extended time learning pilot program in December 2012, which is intended to boost student achievement and increase U.S. students' academic competitiveness with students across the globe.
While a large part of the program's focus is on math and science, education officials said the initiative is designed to give students access to a more well-rounded curriculum, which includes arts, music, health and physical education classes. It's not yet known what these school curriculums will include, as Elaine Quesinberry, public affairs specialist at the U.S. Department of Education, told MintPress that school curriculums are created by the states and by law the U.S. Department of Education can't "get involved."
But as Jennifer Davis, co-founder and president of the National Center on Time and Learning (NCTL) told MintPress, "All of the schools [in the program] are looking at and analyzing how much time students already do and should spend in [arts and health-related] programs," and have plans for incorporating time for both.
"There are a lot of benefits to increasing time in school beyond just academics," Davis said. She continued on to explain how programs like the Time for Innovation Matters in Education (TIME) collaborative allows children to be exposed to programs like arts, health and robotics. And with the incorporation of these enrichment programs, Davis says the NCTL finds children are more engaged in the classroom.
Though many details of the program have yet to be worked out, officials say that in addition to more opportunities, the program allows time for teachers to give individualized instruction to those students who fall behind, and it also grants teachers more class time to reinforce critical math and science skills.
During a press conference in December 2012 when the five aforementioned states announced their participation in the pilot program, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, a huge proponent of a longer school year, said, "Whether educators have more time to enrich instruction or students have more time to learn how to play an instrument and write computer code, adding meaningful in-school hours is a critical investment that better prepares children to be successful in the 21st century."
If the program succeeds, it's likely to take effect in other schools, meaning American schools may once again be offering arts, health and physical education courses, at the price of a longer school day and year.
2013 pilot program
While the 11 school districts participating in the initiative this fall get to create their own curriculums, backers of the program hope that some parts of the initiative are incorporated across the board, including staggered schedules; the incorporation of both traditional and computer-mediated learning; time for internships and project-based opportunities; and time for teachers to collaborate and plan lessons.
Jeannie Oakes, director of educational opportunity and scholarship programs at the Ford Foundation, a financial backer of the initiative, told the Christian Science Monitor, while some of the additional class time may go toward teachers spending more one-on-one time with students, a large chunk will also go toward enrichment opportunities like music, art, robotics or sports.
Advocates for a longer school year, like the NCTL, argue that increased classroom time not only helps close the achievement gap, but allows students to once again be exposed to subjects that are not tested.
On its website, NCTL advocates that schools with more class time don't have to cut science, social studies, music, art and physical education in order to ensure teachers have enough time and resources allocated to the two subjects that are tested: reading and math.
NCTL also argues that expanded-time schools usually offer students enrichment courses ranging in subjects from robotics and astronomy to drama and creative writing, and have the ability to bring in outside partners to supplement and enhance education programs, such as local businesses, higher education institutions and arts and cultural institutions.
For example, Golder College Prep in Chicago has about an 80 minute longer school day than surrounding schools, which amounts to about an extra seven school days a year. But what sets Golder apart from other schools, at least in the Chicago area, is that in addition to the required English, math, science, social studies and foreign language classes, students are also required to complete 200 hours of enrichment activities outside of the traditional school day.
"We have everything from cooking to guitar to documentary filmmaking during a semester," explained Michael Kucera, assistant principal of curriculum and professional development. Kucera added, "Students can also get enrichment credits for activities that are not affiliated with the school – from participating in anything from Drivers' Ed to boxing to summer programs at universities."
High price tag for quality education?
Adding 300 or more hours to the school calendar is not a cheap endeavor, especially when given the current economic circumstances — as many schools across the nation have struggled to keep their doors open five days a week.
But as Rob Beam, principal of Johnson Elementary School in Southwest Denver, told a local CBS affiliate, he's excited his school will be taking part in the nationwide class time expansion initiative, citing he and others felt morally compelled to expand classroom time because it's what kids need to be successful.
"Even before money, if you ask a teacher what don't have enough of? It's time. Over and over and over again. So, if you give people what they ask for and show them how to do it well, you should see success."
All five of the states taking part in the initiative have received waivers from the Education Department, meaning they don't have to abide by the No Child Left Behind rules. Davis says this is important because many school curriculums were narrowed as a result of the legislation.
Davis says, "There are a multitude of reasons why this issue is important in our economy," listing U.S. students' inability to "keep pace with our international competitors" as a main concern.
But some, like Jonathan Rabinovitz, warn that when differences in countries' social class are taken into account, U.S. students performance greatly improves. In an article he wrote for Stanford University, Rabinovitz cites a report detailing how errors in selecting sample populations of test-takers and arbitrary choices regarding test content contribute to results that appear to show U.S. students lagging.
To help cover the increased operating costs, the Ford Foundation has pledged financial donations to the schools participating in the program. Schools will also receive financial support from federal and state funds, but the exact amount of how much funding the schools will receive from each source is not yet known.
The Ford Foundation's financial interest in educational programs is not new, as for the last two years, the group has made million dollar commitments to help nonprofit groups work with school districts to restructure the school day and year.
But one issue that comes with paying for longer school days is teachers income — especially since the recession has severely tightened both state and local budgets. Currently, teachers make less than minimum wage if you consider how many hours they spend working to prepare lesson plans and grading papers, in addition to the hours they put in in the actual classroom.
While teachers' incomes vary from state to state, the income gap between teachers in the U.S. and other workers with college degrees in the U.S. is wider than in most of the rest of the developed world. Meaning the average primary-school teacher earns about 67 percent of what the average college-educated worker earns.
While some teachers want to support their students, they say they are resistant to agree to extended school days for fear they won't be compensated enough for their additional time.
During a panel discussion on expanded learning time in Boston in October 2011, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said that in order for extended learning to be successful, the additional time must be used well and teachers must be compensated.
"Boston students, especially disadvantaged children, would be well-served if the city made the investment in an extended learning time program that's designed and implemented well and that compensates teachers for the added time," Weingarten says. "Doing both is good for kids and fair to teachers."
Part of what led to a teachers strike last fall in Chicago, was a disagreement over the length of the school day. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wanted a longer school day for Chicago's public schools, but the teachers' union was hesitant to simply comply with Emanuel's plan, as there were concerns teachers would be forced to work longer hours. An agreement was later reached and the strike ended when Chicago school districts agreed to hire more teachers so classroom teachers wouldn't have to work longer hours and cover the added enrichment programs.
Yet other teachers, like Tabitha Jones, a teacher at Johnson Elementary, believe the school year should be extended even if she doesn't see a spike in her paycheck. Jones told Denver's CBS4 that she could have voted against Johnson Elementary's participation in the TIME pilot initiative, but says that she and about 90 percent of the school's faculty voted in-favor of it because it was the right thing to do. "Not because I want to work more or work harder; our kids need it," she explained.
While just 11 districts are participating in this specific extended-learning program this fall, Davis told MintPress that the Obama administration has put resources in the budget to support expansion of learning time for schools in all 50 states. She added that while the programs don't look the same, there is also real momentum in state legislatures in terms of financing and supporting similar programs.
No more summer vacation?
Much to the chagrin of some students and the "Save Our Summers" alliance of parents, grandparents, educational professionals and some summertime recreation providers, increased classroom time comes at the cost of a shortened summer break. There are already nearly 1,000 schools that have year-round curriculum in America already, as the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) has reported for years that students score higher on tests in the same subjects at the beginning of summer than they do at the end.
"The research is very clear about that," Charles Ballinger, executive director emeritus of the National Association for Year-Round School in San Diego, told the San Francisco Chronicle. "The only one's who don't lose are the upper 10 to 15 percent of the student body. Those tend to be gifted, college-bound, they're natural learners who will learn wherever they are."
But it's not just the children who lack enthusiasm about a longer school year. According to the Huffington Post, a 2011 report from the National School Boards Association's Center for Public Education discredits the belief that students around the globe outperform American children because American children don't spend as much time in the classroom. In fact, the report found that students in high-performing countries such as South Korea, Finland and Japan actually spend less time in school than most U.S. students.
Similarly, some parents are concerned year-round school will prevent families from traveling and won't allow children a chance to rest their minds after a strenuous academic year.
"I had a parent at one meeting say, 'I want my child to lie on his back in the grass watching the clouds in the sky during the day and the moon and stars at night,'" Ballinger said. "I thought, 'Oh, my. Most kids do that for two, three, maybe four days, then say, 'What's next?'"
And as Secretary Duncan reminds opponents to year-round schooling, "The fact that our [academic] calendar has been based on the agrarian economy when almost none of our kids work in the field anymore, doesn't make any sense whatsoever."
But as the New York Times reported, students attending year-round schools, like Bethany and Garvin Phillips, from Phoenix, don't necessarily seem to mind the extra school days. Both attend Griffith Elementary, where 90 percent of the students qualify for either a free or reduced lunch.
NCTL and other education advocates argue that schools like Griffith, allow low-income children more of the time they need in the classroom so they can succeed like their affluent peers.
"It's not as simple as 'Oh, if we just went 12 hours every kid would be Einstein,'" said Chris Gabrieli, chairman of the Boston-based nonprofit research group the National Center on Time and Learning. "On the other hand, the more time you spend practicing or preparing to do something, the better you get at it."
And according to a study from Johns Hopkins University, students, especially those from low-income families, tend to forget what they learned in the school year, likely because they often lack access to basic learning tools such as newspapers.
"For some schools that serve higher income students, those families are paying for activities outside of school to enhance their children's education," Davis said. "Those families need to be assured their children will still get those quality [enrichment] programs. But schools serving high poverty students who don't have those opportunities, [extended learning] is their only chance."
Still, some, like Peter Gray, a psychology research professor at Boston College, believe the U.S. needs to find another solution to fixing academic gaps than relying on the schools. "It is true that we have an unfair society, and it is true that kids who are coming from the poorer backgrounds and whose parents don't do a lot of reading are losing reading skills over the summer. But let's look at other solutions," he said. Adding, "Whatever job we give to the school system, they ruin it."
What to expect
While the exact details of the initiative, including the curriculums, have yet to be released, the program is already being hailed as a possible key in closing the achievement gap. Davis told MintPress that groups like NCTL have found a lot of evidence showing that when schools and their partners redesign time and put in place strategies for effective education, there are tremendous results.
"This kind of school change or change in any community is challenging because the school calendar in the U.S. has remained virtually the same for 200 years," Davis said. She added that changing school schedules is met with some resistance, but believes if people are engaged in the process then they will come to support initiatives like this.
In an statement to the Boston Globe, Matthew Wilder, a spokesman for the Boston public schools said extended day programs have been a key strategy for improving underperforming schools, and the district plans to extend the day at more schools this fall.
"Superintendent [Carol] Johnson believes that our students require additional time with their great teachers. However, she also believes that just adding time to the school day isn't enough; an extended day must be methodically planned and include opportunities such as the arts and athletics for it to be successful."
But some, like Robert Stonehill, managing director at the American Institutes for Research in Washington — which has done significant work on expanded-learning programs — reminds educators and parents, "If you're looking just at an extended school day, it's hard to figure out what if any impact it has. But if you look at the real quality programs, that's a different story."
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Policy Governance
The co-op Board of Directors represents the co-op owners' interests in the operation of the store and the broader vision of the Cooperative. The River Valley Co-op Board of Directors decided in 2001, guided by our development consultants at the Cooperative Development Services, to use the Policy Governance Model to structure their activities and dictate how they relate to the General Manager and the member owners. This section provides some general information about how we use this model to the greatest benefit of the Cooperative.
Policy Governance is a model developed by John Carver. You can learn more about it at: www.carvergovernance.com. Many food co-ops have moved to this system of governance, as it is a helpful structure to balance representing member-owner views with allowing the professional staff of stores to fulfill member-owner wishes without micromanagement.
What is the work of the Board?
To quote the Board's policies related to defining its work:
"The purpose of the Board, on behalf of the co-op owners, is to act as trustees of the co-op ownership in the Co-op, to ensure that the Cooperative accomplishes its Ends policies, and to ensure that the Cooperative does not fail to comply with Executive Limitations and Board-General Manager Relationship policies, in accordance with the principles set forth by the International Cooperative Alliance. The Board will specify its expectations through written Ends Policies."
Our governing style emphasizes strategic leadership and a clear distinction between Board and General Manager duties. The Board focuses primarily on intended long-term impacts rather than the operational means of attaining those effects. To accomplish this, the board directs, controls and inspires the organization through the establishment of the broadest organizational values and policies. Policies, developed over many years and by many board members, are carefully adhered to and monitored. Time is allotted for co-op owner input at regular board meetings to ensure openness and stimulate review and reflection of our policies. When we receive input, questions or concerns that relate to co-op operations, we ask that the General Manager respond.
Honesty, openness and member input – these are key cooperative values and principles that guide the Board.
What is the Policy Governance Model?
Board leadership requires, above all, that the Board provide vision. To do so, the Board must first have an adequate vision of its own job. That role is best conceived neither as volunteer-helper nor as watchdog but as trustee-owner. Policy Governance is an approach to the job of governing that emphasizes values, vision, empowerment of both Board and staff, and the strategic ability to lead.
Observing the principles of the Policy Governance model, the Board spent many months crafting its values into policies of the four types summarized below. Policies written this way enable the Board to focus its values into one central, brief, document. The Board is continually assessing the relevancy of its policies and how effective they are at achieving the goals of the Cooperative.
River Valley Co-op is not just a natural foods store that promotes local purchasing and healthy communities; as a co-op we also have another responsibility to monitor what is commonly called a "triple bottom line." This means that we are in business to be profitable, follow excellent environmental and social practices and fulfill the mission that is embodied in our Ends policy. Through this policy, the Board defines which needs are to be met, for whom, and at what cost. Written with a long-term perspective, these mission-related policies embody most of the Board's part of the long-range planning and the General Manager reports to the Board annually on how she/he is accomplishing this policy.
The Board establishes the boundaries of acceptability within which the General Manager has to work. These limitations are written as negative statements which, so long as the General Manager can justify his/her interpretations and actions under these limitations, allow the General Manger and her/his team, to operate with efficiency and independence. The Board reaches an agreement with the General Manager on the frequency of her/his reporting on each of these policies (generally quarterly or annually). Each report is received at least one week before the Board meeting and the discussion at the Board meeting centers on how the General Manager is interpreting the policy and then whether there is sufficient supporting data to support the interpretation. These reports and the subsequent Board discussion and votes on whether to accept them are the basis for the annual evaluation of the General Manager.
Global: The General Manager shall not cause or allow any practice, activity, decision, or organizational circumstance that is unlawful, imprudent, or in violation of commonly accepted business and professional ethics and practices, or in violation of the Cooperative Principles.
These policies are used by the Board to clarify the manner in which it delegates authority to the General Manager as well as how it evaluates his/her performance in interpreting and accomplishing the provisions of the Ends and Executive Limitations policies. They provide clear guidance on what the general manager expects of the Board and what the Board, on behalf of the membership, expects from the General Manager.
Global: The Board's sole official connection to the operational organization (the store), its achievements, and its conduct will be through the General Manager.
The Board determines its philosophy, its accountability, and specifics of its own job.
Global: The purpose of the Board, on behalf of the co-op owners, is to act as trustees of the Members' ownership in the Cooperative, to ensure that the Cooperative accomplishes its Ends policies, and to ensure that the Cooperative does not fail to comply with Executive Limitations and Board-General Manager Relationship policies, in accordance with the principles set forth by the International Cooperative Alliance. The Board will specify its expectations through written Ends Policies.
You may download a copy of the complete current Board policies here, or request a paper copy at the Customer Service Desk in the store.


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Suzanne Donahue Keeper of the Hope Award
Suzanne Donahue, was only 40 years old when she lost her battle with melanoma on May 21, 2012. She journeyed long and hard but did so with grace, love of life and hope. Hope is inspiring. It can define the quality of life during very difficult times not only for those struggling but for those around them providing love and support. We come across people who are an inspiration because of the way they face insurmountable challenges while continuing to live life at its fullest.
We will keep Suzanne's memory alive with an annual Suzanne Donahue Keeper of the Hope Award, given to individuals who are inspirational, who teach us about the importance of giving back, and who define hope for us in the darkest days.
This year we are thrilled to announce that Amy Walls will be our Suzanne Donahue Keeper of the Hope Award Honoree. Amy is a longtime supporter, passionate advocate, and our Board President.
The first Suzanne Donahue Keeper of the Hope Award was presented at our 2012 Shades of Hope gala to Suzanne's parents Kathy and David Donahue in memory of their daughter, whose journey with melanoma was always fought with a love of life. Corporate recipients of the Suzanne Donahue Keeper of the Hope award were the team at The InnoLoft at Constant Contact, Financial Engines and Knight Capital Americas. The past honorees include our Boston City Councilor Matt O'Malley, 2013 Boston Marathon Running for Cover team and Tom Reilly. Inspiring Companies are run by inspiring people and have a workforce of inspiring people. Both companies demonstrate the importance of giving back and a commitment to supporting their employees during the darkest of days.
This beautiful video was created in honor of Suzanne and shares insight from her family, friends, doctor and co-worker as to the tremendous person Suzanne was.


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Travis Lee Signs Publishing Deal With CelebrityPress For New Book, "Stand Apart"
Travis Lee, co-founder of 3D Mail Results, has joined best-selling author and marketing expert, Dan Kennedy along with a select group of the world's leading experts to co-write the forthcoming book titled, Stand Apart: Stand Out Strategies from Today's Leading Entrepreneurs and Professionals to Help You Achieve Health, Wealth, & Success. Nick Nanton, Esq., along with business partner, JW Dicks, Esq., recently signed a publishing deal with each of these authors to contribute their expertise to the book, which will be released under their CelebrityPress imprint.
Travis Lee is internationally known as the expert in getting direct mail delivered, opened and read. As co-founder and president of 3D Mail Results he generates huge returns for thousands of businesses each year that use his innovative and effective marketing strategies. His unique, yet tested marketing methods have helped add millions of dollars in sales to a wide variety of businesses, from "kitchen-table-run" sole-proprietors, to National and Multi-National businesses mailing millions of pieces of mail a year. His techniques and strategies move seamlessly between the business-to-business and business-to-consumer worlds and consistently provide positive returns of 200% to over 3500% for his clients.
He is the "Go-To-Guy" to many of the top marketers in the country for 3D Mail ideas and implementation, including Dan Kennedy, Bill Glazer, Frank Kern and Alex Mandossian. He is also a sought after speaker, speaking to thousands of business owners each year throughout the country.
He has spent the last 8+ years creating some of the most successful direct mail campaigns, specifically designed to give small businesses and entrepreneurs a leg-up against the competition. He is the creator of the 3D Mail Direct Marketing System, through which his company provides specialized direct mail and ready-to-use sales letters to thousands of clients around the world. To learn more about this one-of-a-kind system, visit http://www.3DMailSuccess.com.


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So what you are saying is god got pissed and bailed on us because some bitch ate a apple?
He refuses to come back to make things perfect because of something that happend thousand of years ago, and is holding a grudge against us, who didnt do any thing to make him mad.
Nope. Not at all.
God isn't pissed at us. He's sad. Not to many pissed people give up thier son on a cross to get the people they are pissed at back with them.
This is where people get confused. They think God left us. Not true, We left God. When Eve AND ADAM ate the fruit they made the choice to walk away from God; To disobey him and follow what they thought was right.
The other misconception is that God is holding a grudge against us. Also, not true. Once again, God is waiting, arms open, for us to come back to him. He even sent his son to give us a way back to him.
God is not a Guy up in the sky smashing us down with his fingers, nor is he mad at us. He loves us and is waiting for US to come back to him.
Also, he did come back to prepare the way to make thigns perfect. That's what Jesus did, and will do.
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I'm the first to admit that I'm an iNut or an iFan or however else those of us whose lives have been changed by the sublime design simplicity of Apple products should call themselves. Bottom line: iGetit.
These days, though, I am also iIrked, mostly by the tone of the technological giant's latest marketing push, those "Designed by Apple" print ads and "Our Signature" TV spots unveiled at the Worldwide Developer Conference last month. They border on the messianic. True, Apple invented something as essential to life as sex with its iPhones and iPads and iPods, but it doesn't feel right to be told so. It's like having a God who comes right out and asks for gratitude rather than being one who happily waits for its supplicants to feel it and then give it of their own accord.
Advertising campaigns have always been reflections of a corporation's mind and soul, so it's no surprise that the iWatchers out there – those people who make a career out of analyzing "Apple culture" – look to the new campaign as an indication of how the company is navigating the choppy waters of competition (hello, Samsung) as well as the new corporate zeitgeist post-Steve Jobs. It's a way of reading the mind of someone who doesn't like to submit to questions, whose character has long been one of secrecy.
The campaign consists of images of people using Apple products as part of their everyday lives, imagining how they interact with the world. The scripts for the two-page newspaper ads and 60-second commercials also explain, in part, what the designers think about before they create a new product:
Who will it help?
Will it make life better?
Does it deserve to exist?
We spend a lot of time on a few great things until every idea we touch enhances each life it touches.
Tone is everything in life and the suggestion of sentimental self-regard in these promos makes me want to turn off my iPad, even though I'm writing on it at the moment – of course. Sure, the painstaking perfection of a product before its launch is one of Apple's legacies – and who doesn't recognize that tech devices have changed the way we do things? But iPhones as the meaning of life? It could be a Monty Python script. Expressed earnestly, the sentiment is called hubris, an affliction of excessive pride that rarely ends well. And as more than one ad guru has said, the art of advertising is not in whacking people over the head about how great you are. It's in making you feel it.
When you're a company on the rise, as Apple once was, you can take risks and be cheeky: Witness the success of its four-year Mac vs. PC campaign, in which two actors personifed the differences between the two brands of computers. When you become an integral part of people's lives, however, you can easily rub them the wrong way if the message seems too smug. That was the issue, reportedly, with the "Genius Bar" commercials aired last summer at the London Olympics. Featuring the legendary Apple customer helpers, the ads painted Mac users as a bit dim. After a few weeks, the commercials disappeared.
One keen iWatcher is Ken Segall, a former creative director at TBWA/Chiat/Day who spent years working with Jobs to market the company's products and is the author of the 2012 book Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success. "To some degree Apple has always been the most human technology company," Segall says on the phone from New York. "They have always been able to connect with their customers ... and they may be feeling that they're losing that in the heat of competition."
Until it comes out with a new product, the current campaign is a placeholder for the company, Segall surmises. "Lots of complaints about Apple these days is that they're overdue for new products, even though you look historically at how long it has been [between new product launches] ... and this is three years after iPad, so they're due but not really overdue. They've pretty much announced that they will have new products in the fall."
Part of the team that created the popular "Think Different" campaign – including the commercial "Here's to the crazy ones," an ode to the crazy, creative people who changed the world – Segall remembers how that period was "Jobs's defining moment." It was 1997, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy and the entrepreneur (who had been ousted in 1985) had just returned to Apple, which would experience its renaissance under his genius. (A version of the game-changing "Here's to the Crazy Ones" commercial, in which Jobs reads the script, was even played at his memorial service.) "People talk about what Steve would have done [now] ... and, given that we know what Steve did do, I wonder if the tone of this [new campaign] would appeal to him," Segall says, adding that Jobs would often veto ideas that didn't "feel like Apple."
It isn't just a question, though, of the company walking that fine line between mass appeal and unseemly hubris. Unwittingly, the campaign also makes us think about how much we have let technology intrude on our lives. We can all think of a hundred ways technology has made life better – and even more on how it has made life worse. Couples who have instigated "no screen" rules in the bedroom understand how the promise of community interconnection interferes with the one-on-one connection that is the heart of meaningful intimacy. And if I'm having dinner with people who can't help themselves from having a "conversation" with invisible friends under the lip of the table rather than one with present ones sitting around it, I feel a little sadder about the state of the world. We're at this interesting point where we may acknowledge that technological devices are deeply embedded in human culture, but we are also wary of their influence over how we function as a society.
To be honest, it was the line about the designers thinking about whether a product "deserves to exist" that really switched off my enthusiasm button. The Apple gods are going to decide how I will live (and improve) my life based on which products they deem essential? I just had a new feeling: iQuit.Report Typo/Error
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History of peacekeeping
United Nations Peacekeeping began in 1948 when the Security Council authorized the deployment of UN military observers to the Middle East.
The mission's role was to monitor the Armistice Agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours – an operation which became known as the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO).
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UN peacekeeping forces in one of the earlier missions, Cyprus (UNFICYP) 1967.
Since then, 69 peacekeeping operations have been deployed by the UN, 56 of them since 1988. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of military personnel, as well as tens of thousands of UN police and other civilians from more than 120 countries have participated in UN peacekeeping operations.
More than 3,326 UN peacekeepers from some 120 countries have died while serving under the UN flag.
We have broken the history of peacekeeping into three sections:
The early years
The post-cold war surge
How UN Peacekeeping has changed over time;


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President Putin arrived in Bucharest to attend the NATO meeting only to encounter a mixtue of good and bad news. The aggressive actions of President Bush were both supported and rejected by NATO members. NATO nations rejected the application for membership by the Ukraine and Georgia due to fear such action would only anger the Russian government. The Russian people fear the presence of hostile forces on their borders due to the reality of twice in the twentieth century being invaded by forces from the West. However, it appears NATO will support attempts by President Bush to establish missile bases in Poland and the Czech Republic. Bush, and some politicians in Georgia and the Ukraine, warned it would be dangerous to allow Russian concerns to become influential in determining what is done by NATO.
NATO was born at a time when real threats were present from the Soviet Union but that era is long since past. There is no indication Russia contemplates any military action aganist the West despite the rantings and warnings by George Bush. The American leader needs "enemies" in order to continue justifying laws that threaten the rights and liberties of the American people and right now Russia serves his hysterical political agenda. The claim that bases are needed in Poland and the Czech Republic against "Iranian missiles" makes absolutely no sense. Why would Iran ever contemplate attacking western Europe? Bushism is the voice of fear, not reality.


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A Six-Minute Egg; THE POSTMAN ALWAYS P. RINGS TWICE. By James M. Cain. 188 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $2.
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EVERY so often a writer turns up who forces us to revalue our notions of the realistic manner, for, no less than reality itself, it is relative and inconstant, depending on the period, the fashion, the point of view. There is the feeling of realism, of intense realism, in James M. Cain's work, and yet he cannot be compared to such diverse types of realists as Zola, Ibsen, Sandburg, Dreiser, or Hemingway.
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So I just bought my first WRX ever and I was super excited. I bought it in Oregon and the only aftermarket done to the car is HKS HP cat-back exhaust.
The check engine light came on after driving it for three hours getting it home. Took it to dealer and they game me P0420(Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold )
The second code was P301(cylinder 1 misfire)
I had all new Platinum NGK plugs installed and the ECU was reset. Picked up car and it was fine for a day. Today was driving and the light came on again. Not sure what to do. The codes are back. Any help would be good. I have never been on a forum other than school. Please help and advise. The car is 2005 with only 38K miles and clean as a whissle. HELP


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Today is a really exciting day for me. It marks the release of FURY OF SEDUCTION, the third installment of my Dragonfury series. But I figured instead of writing about how exciting it is, I'd tell you myself…
So there you have it! Direct from the source. And for some more fun, stop by the book blogs and review sites I'll be visiting over the next couple of weeks. I've got a Dragonfury Quiz making the rounds, some delicious recipes I'm sharing along with antidotes and other fun stuff about the Dragonfury warriors. I've got it all listed for you below.
So stop by, hang out and say hello!
Dragonfury Blog Tour:
Nov. 13th – Under the Covers
Nov. 13th – The Book Tart
Nov. 14th – My Secret Romance Book Reviews
Nov. 15th – Fangs, Wands & Fairy Dust
Nov. 16th – All Things Urban Fantasy
Nov. 20th – Fade Into Fantasy
Nov. 20th – Preternatura
Nov. 22nd – Monster Book Reviews
Nov. 22nd – Literal Addiction
Nov. 27th – Bitten by Paranormal Romance
Nov. 29th – Tynga's Reviews
Dec. 3rd – The Qwillery
Dec. 4th – Vampires, Werewolves, Fairies, oh my!
Dec. 7th – The Book Tart's Merry Menage Hop
Dec. 18th – Catherine Bybee's Blog


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I was so close.
Just days after releasing its APIs and Developer Tools YouTube has finally taken advantage of the larger 1GB upload allowance it introduced in November by quietly launching 'High Quality' versions of its videos.
Not to be confused with High Definition (720p or above) - despite the blatant attempts of the site to do so! - 'High Quality' simply means higher (undefined, but seems to be 480 x 360) resolution video streams will be offered to all users who choose "always show me higher quality when available" in their Account pages. YouTube will decide which videos are capable of this improved quality based on the standard of the original upload.
Why no HD? In the site's own words: "Our general philosophy is to make sure that as many people as possible can access YouTube and that videos start quickly and play smoothly. That's one reason why you don't see us racing to call this "Super Duper YouTube HD," because most people don't want to wait a long time for videos to play."
Apart from the 'Hi Def' logo writing in the promo *cough*
YouTube admits "Right now the Help Center information is pretty basic, but ongoing we'll be making more specific details available for those content creators who really want to tune their videos for YouTube."
Seems fair enough, just stop saying It isn't High Def and waving 'Hi Def' titles all over the place and saying lines such as "Are you happy YouTube is in HD?" As if people are befuddled enough... Sheesh.


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SparkX projects need grid fins to be legit.
All those schmick op-amps, but a crappy switching power supply.
Would have been interesting to know what the best algorithms were as well as the names of the robots.
For the STBY pin, the datasheet says MAX V for play is 1.5V, MIN V for standby is 3.5V. In reality, STBY needs to be pulled up for play & grounded for standby. Trap for young players.
I live on Pluto where these are $1 for a million pieces, but seriously, are these funding Obamacare?
Suspect the reason no western supplier has ever come anywhere close to the Odroids for all these years is they're too good to be true & the cost of shipping one from Taiwan is outrageous. No-one has ever actually stress tested an Odroid, nor has anyone stepped up to criticize their own purchase.
There are quality assurance, web design & back office services in Boulder. In exchange for mountains, most of us would have very boring jobs in Boulder, compared to what we can do in Calif* with a lot less qualifications. The Bluetooth IOT spec is a complex beast. With every new standard exponentially more complex than the last one, it's amazing new standards can succeed at all, but they do.
Testosterone, lots & lots of testosterone at that show.
It's for audiophiles who think sound made from purely analog circuits & JFETs with pilot lights is better than sound made from a DAC. Maybe Sparkfun is going to start selling JFETs with pilot lights.
Screw this kickstarter nonsense. Real businesses get started by selling electronics in the food court.


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**Cadillac User Experience (CUE)** Discussion, bill haynes in Item Specific Cadillac Discussion; how to remove dome light cover on a 2001 Cadillac deville...
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how to remove dome light cover on a 2001 Cadillac deville
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I don't know. But please tell us you aren't the Haynes who publishes service manuals.
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Bill, just for fun you might want to check out the address bar on your computer and then you will notice that you are on the Cadillac C
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Twenty thousand? Well worth it.
Okay, maybe New York Rangers head coach, John Tortorella, wasn't exactly channelling his inner Olaf Sanderson when he went on his tirade against the Pittsburgh Penguins last night, but he said what nearly everyone has been thinking.
Either way, the NHL decided to slap the fiery, yet never dishonest, coach with a $20 thousand fine earlier today for his comments following last night's 5-2 loss to Pittsburgh.
Regardless of what some experts may think on the whining duo in Pittsburgh, Torts' rant could possibly be just what is needed to add even more fuel to the Atlantic Division's fire.
On the heels of last weekend's maylay during the closing minutes of Pittsburgh's tilt against Philadelphia, Tortorella's comments directed at not only Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, but the Penguins' organization as whole, has the making of a playoff powder keg just waiting to explode.
I mean, whenever the words "Craig Berube is acting the role of peacemaker" are uttered, you have to assume something serious is about to go down.
One of the stars on the Penguins that Tortorella was most likely referencing last night, chimed in on the situation this afternoon.
"I don't know what he's talking about. I mean, if you want you can put a camera on us all game, put a camera on (Ryan Callahan) all game," Crosby told reporters. "You'll see who's over there more. He should worry about his own players."
Any chance Mr. Gary Bettman can bypass the final couple of games and just get us right to the playoffs? Please? Didn't think so. I guess the Rangers and their fans will just have to wait for a chance for the opportunity in the later rounds of the playoffs to continuing their war with the Penguins--should either team advance, that is.
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Here are the rules of the game!
Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves.
Dogs who are tagged, need to post in their diary the rules & their 7 pawsome facts.
Then choose 7 dogs to tag and list their names.
Don't forget to bark them a pmail that they have been tagged and to read your Diary.
So, here are some more super pawsome facts bout ME... Kysthadiah
1. I came in 3rd place at the "My dog will eat that" contest.... I would have won, but I didn't know I wasn't supposed to chew the broccali.
2. I scare people when the door bell rings
3. I go kayaking with Themommy
4. I miss bear - where are you bear? Are you out there?
5. I love to sit on Themommys lap and snuggle when she watches tv at night
6. I totally fool Thedaddy into thinking Themommy didn't feed me.
7. I love to got to San Francisco and see all the Corgis at the park.
Now I am tagging:
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Tuesday night I went to class with Themommy like we do. We got there early and Themommy made me do a lot of the things we were going to do (we do every week). I was happy cuz' I get treats!
So, class starts and we all go in. But there's several gates up and Themommy sits in a chair first. The lady tells us we have 10 tests tonight. I can tell Themommy is nervous, but I don't know why. We're jsut going to play like we always do aren't we? So, Themommy gets up and walks over to one of the gates and tells me to "walking" and I follow her... but there's a new dog and I have to see it! She's not happy.
Anyhow, I passed a couple of the tests and then Themommy tells me I failed one. But If I pass all 9 others, I can retake it. I realize I gotta' concentrate real hard or Themommy is going to be sad. She tells me I can fail, but I want to make her happy. I concentrate real hard and pass the other tests. I wait with the strange lady, I walk beside Themommy and turn left and about and stop and sit, I stay sitting, I stay laying down, I walk through the "crowd" without caring, I walk by the strange doggie and don't even car that the lady walks by with a strange contraption and drops her bag that makes noise. So, back we go the the one I failed. The lady pets me and I stay real still and then she brushes me (I don't like it but I don't move) she puts her hand down and I give her my paw and then she reaches over for my other one. I'm like "Hey I already gave you the other one, stop touching me!" but I don't move and she says "Great that'll work" and guess what?
Themommys is so happy, she said "YOU PASSED!" YIPPY!!!!
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Look at those toes
In them yummy socks
A cure to all woes
In them yummy socks
They wiggle
All tickly soft
I giggle
All tickly soft
White or striped or red
With toes inside
On the floor or bed
With toes inside
I simply must bite
And she giggles too
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And she giggles too
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We play – we two
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