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oooohhhh! I love it. My class is going to LOVE this 🙂
I really love this idea! Thanks for sharing. I will do this next year when I teach my moon unit.
Can you ise black paint instead?
And on the subject of substitutions, can I use baking soda instead of cream of tartar?
That is the most beautiful playdoh I have ever seen!
love it!
Just want to make sure you know that in order to get the amazing depth that this playdough has – I used a generous amount of glitter! Light blue, purple, sliver, and gold glitter were used!
So glad I found this site…love it all. It does take LOTS of glitter.
There is no such thing as too much glitter though… I am looking forward to using this with my class next half term during our 'Space' topic!
This is great! The kids love black. Must look for black food colouring. I'm bookmarking this page 🙂
I wonder . . . Michaels had Martha Stewart glow in the dark glitter last fall. I still have some, I'm going to add it, have the kids cut out stars and see what happens! Fun! Thanks!!
How fun & easy to make! Love the added sparkles! Saw this on Pinterest =)
-caroline @ c.w.frosting
That's a wonderful idea. My daughter is going to love it.
I love this and can't wait to make it!
wow. that is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i've gotta get my hands on some black food coloring!
Wow!! love it! how long will it last in an air-tight container?! 😀 thank you!
great idea, my kids would love this!
This is such a great idea!
I'll try it for the next birthday of my son! 🙂
OMG, this is such a great idea!!!! Thanks!
That is so, so cool! I love the sparkle and I would love to link to this if you didn't mind.
Rachel – absolutely link away!!!
Magic post! Wow. My daughter was happy to do this in home))Very cool)
this is SO amazing!! can't wait to try this!
thanks for sharin!
Can anyone tell me if the food coloring comes off on your hands or surfaces? I want to make it for a party, but don't want moms mad at me later because it left color on their kids or tables……
Oh my goodness, beautiful! Can't wait to make it and use it with kids. Karen
will the dough harden? Im wanting it to.
so I made seven batches of this for my husband to teach a science unit on the solar system. We havnt used it in the class yet so I cant say much about surfaces. My counter tops are granite but came up clean. On my first three batches I managed to not get any food color on my hands in the creating process and when I played with it afterward my hands came up clean. Also I used frosting food color gel that I got at Michael's with a 40% off coupon. So it was only like $1.60. One container did three batches for me, but I also used a tad of royal blue in each batch too. Tip: Dont let you liquid get to hot before adding the dry ingredients. It will form before thouroughly mixed leaving flour lumps, which can be kneaded out but takes a while.
yes dough will harden… and get crumbly. Just like ordinary play dough
I just made this, using "doodlebug design sugar coating (TM), lily white glitter" and Wilsons brand black icing color, then I added peppermint essential oil — and it turned out wonderful!!! Thank you so much for the recipe and idea! It will be a perfect Christmas gift for lots of kiddos I know.
How fun Miriam! I love that you added peppermint oil! I just purchased cinnamon extract to add to my gingerbread playdough. Fun stuff!!!
are you heating this in a large saucepan on the stovetop?
Yes! I used a large pan on the stove top over medium heat.
You can use unsweetened kool-aid packets for both color & smell. Did this for years with my kids. Get deep rich color for only 25 cents! Grape was always a favorite. Could probably mix a few to get "black" color. Blue lemonade with grape might do it…
Sounds fun. Have you had any problem with the glitter just disappearing? I had one lot that seemed to be adsorbed by the playdoh.
We made our own batch of galaxy playdough (from your recipe) a few months ago and it was so much fun! Thanks for sharing on the 2011 Best Ideas for Kids linky party!
My daughter would love this as she is fascinated with space and loves play dough. Thank you for linking up to the Best of 2011 Blog Hop! Happy New Year!
My daughter would love to try this, particularly the glitter bit. Popping over from Best ideas for kids linky party.
hello 🙂
is it possible to replace the cream of tartar? I live here in Bolivia and cannot get that here…
Greetings, Angelina
Buy it on amazon.com and im sure that if you have internet you have access to cream of tartar
I am not sure about how to make the playdo without cream of tartar! Anyone have any suggestions?
can you get alum- some playdough recipes call for that instead of creamof tartar
Very nice playdough! Alum is a great substitute for cream of tartar. Just experiment some 🙂
we just made it – soooo easy, and nice to know it's all homemade and safe! my daughter loved the part about glitter — doesn't glitter just make everything better 🙂
My daughter made this at a friends and loves it how ever all of the sudden it is very sticky and she can't play with it what should I do to fix it
I have not had this problem. I would guess it was not cooked long enough or somehow had too much liquid. I like to mix all the dry ingredients together, heat the liquids in the pan and slowly add the dry. I cook it until it is completely solid. Then let it cool a bit and knead. It should be perfect.
So do you think I could just add flour until it is solid again
I think it is absolutely worth a try! I would heat the dough slightly and then knead more flour into it. Add the flour slowly so you do not end up with dry dough!! Let me know if it works!!
Thanks so much for this idea … I made 25 indivdual containers of the galaxy playdough for my son's 5th birthday party as a favor for his space party.
We added some glass glow in the dark moon rocks and stars and an astronaut figurine to each.
Thanks again. Super fun idea 🙂
Great activity!
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I am looking at making a LOT Of this for my library — how much play dough does this recipe make? I will probably have 30-50 kids at my program. THANKS!
I think it is enough for 5 to 6 children. I suggest making one batch and seeing for yourself and your specific needs. Depends on how you plan to use it! Sounds fun!
Did you add the glitter after the play dough set?
How long does this last?
I made this, minus the glitter a while back. As long as it is sealed Ina ziplock bag, it can last for months and months. The cream of tartar help its longevity!
does the galaxy dough harden overnite? i would love to have the down syndrome craft group i work with to try this! thanks, t. cox
Thanks so much for getting the recipe to me!! I'm a retired first grade teacher and I guess once these kinds of crafts are in your blood, you just can't resist. Besides I now have 4 great grand kids!! 🙂
Does the glitter come out once it is in the playdough? I can't stand glitter, but I would tolerate it for one day while I made the dough. I just don't want to be picking it up after the fact….
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Love this!! Saving the recipe for when I teach the Creation unit to my Sunday School preschool class. It will be GREAT! (Found you on Pinterest and repinned!) Thanks!!
can you get the same color making a non cooking playdough recipe?
I am not sure as I have not used the non-cooking playdough recipe for this – yet! If you try – let me know how it works!
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You can get black food coloring at places like Wal-Mart in the cake baking section. It's actually colring "gel" but once mixed right in, has the same effect. I make wedding cakes and stuff and that's where I get my colors for the icing. 🙂
Instead of liquid food coloring, you can use a packet of unsweetened Kool-aid. Add to your dry ingredients, it will not only color the dough, but also make it smell amazing. Grape Kool-aid, comes out a purple/black color.
My husband & I just made this for my adaptive arts class! I love the way it turned out. Once you add the dry ingredients, it does thicken quickly, but once you start kneading, it comes right together! I put mine in an old cottage cheese container & it wouldn't all fit, so in total I would say it made about 36 ounces. Thanks!
I forgot to mention that my fingers or counter tops did not get any black on them. But the glitter will fall out of the play dough while working with it. It might be a good idea to put down a plastic mat if you're worried about it.
For those who can't get the cream of tartar, try the jello, no-cook playdough recipe. Google up no-cook jello playdough and it should come up: contains flour, salt, hot water (micro for 1 minute), package or two of jello (can mix colours to get the one you want), little bit of oil and you can add glycerin at the end (optional ingredient…it works without glycerin). I've done both cooked and non-cooked playdough and they would both work for this.
Great idea! See how ours turned out for our Space and Pirate units over at http://groupbygroup.wordpress.com
This is so cool; pinning right now!
<3 Melissa
Waah! Mine came out almost green, and I used half bottle of black and full one of blue. I can't imagine what I did to make it look green? I should try to add some blue glitter but I only had silver on hand. Well, hopefully the kids will like it anyway! It makes a lot!
This is where things can get tricky! All color is not equal! I love the Wilton Food Colors the best -it provides deep rich color. But the draw back is the price! Black is not easy to get deep and rich. I feel lucky our Big lots carries the super uber big bottle of black food coloring. I use the entire bottle! Hope the children loved it anyway!
Hi there. I'm going to try this with my son. A suggestion: find some cool, swirly marbles of varying sizes to simulate gas planets like Jupiter and Saturn and cool nebulae. A question: do you know of any edible alternatives to glitter? I was wondering if it would be possible to use this dough to make some galaxy cookies, though ingredients would have to be added that might affect color, like vanilla extract. Then you would have to worry about baking affecting the final color. Wouldn't want the galaxy turning brown. If you have any opinions on making these Galaxy Cookies, let me know. I'm not exactly a baking expert. Thanks!
OOh – I just LOVE this – I just found it on pinterest!! Only problem is I have NEVER seen black food coloring anywhere where I live – I will have to go on an investigative hunt tomorrow and see what I can find!!
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omg i LOVE this!!!wonderful
Do you need the cream of tartar?
This is a good idea! I watch my little cousins and I always buy them clay and play-doh from the stores, which can get expensive. I will try this next time with out making my wallet sick. 🙂
Anyone tried it with a different flour than wheat? We have a Gluten concern, and even must be careful with toiletry products. So, I'm sure this would not be something a celiac, could use.
Thank you!
Love it. We featured it on our FB page at https://www.facebook.com/KidsCareList
Can you keep it out of the frige for a while?
I found a recipe for edible glitter so I'm thinking of using that! It's cheap and I can make any color I want…this will be perfect for the boy's Transformers bday party! Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for sharing, I've listed it in our post '15 remarkable uses for that flour in your cupboard!' http://experthometips.com/2016/04/22/15-remarkable-uses-for-that-flour-in-your-cupboard/
Thank you SO much for your amazing Galaxy Playdough recipe, I LOVE it! I've used it on my blog post about 17 super fun ways to to keep the kids busy this weekend! http://experthometips.com/2016/05/23/17-super-fun-ways-keep-kids-busy-weekend/
Awesome idea!! My class loves using playdough and I can already foresee how much they would enjoy this!
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Create outstanding items and the reviewers will pick you – it's down to them
Hmm I would not be so sure about that for all marketplaces though
I have seen, for instance, on 3docean, that there were Featured Authors that only had 1 or 2 basic 3d models, nothing special or outstanding – yet they have been featured.
I have never been featured myself even though I am in top weekly sellers with 2 or 3 items now for weeks (and monthly/3 months top 10 authors also), had 2 featured items as well, etc.
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To me, it really seems that Featured authors there get picked randomly
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Yeah something like that.
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envato lotteryYeah something like that.
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I will complain. what about giving me a slot into the weakly featured item list
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well im one of those lucky featured (new)author!!
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I would say the main factors are: being a good author, being active in the community, and being lucky. Luck is probably the most important part… Oh, and be an author on more than one marketplace. That's helped me a lot with features and so on.
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This voyage was a first for us. Though my wife and I (in our 70s) had been on two river cruises in Europe, we had never been on a Caribbean cruise or an Alaskan cruise or any other kind of blue-water voyage. We decided to celebrate our 52nd anniversary with a Transatlantic crossing on the Queen Mary 2, followed by a few days in London. AAA was very helpful in getting all the pieces together for us.
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- Marc21 changes aside from RDA changes (pdf, 352 KB)
- Changes to support upload of authority records via the Record Import Service
- Minor changes and bug fixes to the Matching and Merging functionality
LACS 5.0.5 (Released May 20 /11 June 2011)
This configuration release contained a range of minor fixes including:
- MARC21 changes (but not including changes for RDA) (pdf, 510 KB)
- Fixes to the Duplicate Detection and Removal script
- Fixes to the Online Duplicate Removal script
- Enabling transliteration 0f Devanagari and Tamil
- Fixes to the display of some non-Roman scripts
- Fixes to Matching and Merging
LACS 5.0 (Released 9 Aug 2010)
These release notes refer to Libraries Australia Cataloguing System (CBS) version 5.0
New Functionality
CBS 5.0 supports transmission of records from WorldCat to Libraries Australia using SRU Update
Currently it only supports transmission of OCLC numbers. A number of Australian libraries do at least some cataloguing directly on WorldCat and Libraries Australia currently loads daily files of these records and holdings which are supplied to us by OCLC. Following the implementation of CBS 5, we will set up this process using SRU Update to support the transmission of these records from WorldCat to Libraries Australia in near real time.
CBS Job Management package
will allow Libraries Australia staff to configure and run many jobs that currently require OCLC or NLA IT intervention including de-duplication, record linking and global changes. This should enable us to improve our service to you by reducing the turnaround times for jobs such as global changes.
Transliteration of Greek and Cyrillic using the transliterate button.
Automatic transliteration (Romanisation) of Chinese, Greek and Cyrillic script is now available in the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client. When your record is in Edit mode, enter linked parallel fields as follows, with one completed field containing the foreign language script and a parallel empty Roman field containing just tag, indicators, $6 subfield and $7 subfield.
Eg: Greek
245 1#$602$7ga$a@Γραμματικος ς' ενα παιδι του δρομου :$bλαικη περιπετεια$cΤακης Σπετσιωτης.
245 1#$601$7ba
Eg: Cyrillic
245 0#$601$7ca$a@Опыт реформирования финансовых и банковских систем России и Китая :$bсборник научных статей$cпод ред. М.А. Эскиндарова, М.А. Федотовой.
245 1#$601$7ba
Click on the Transliterate button to automatically populate the Roman script field. You will need to edit the Romanised field. Check for capitalisation and word division.
LACS 4.1 (Released 1 Dec 2008)
These release notes refer to Libraries Australia Cataloguing System (CBS) version 4.1 to be used against the Production and Training Environments and are valid as of the 1st December 2008.
New Functionality
- Transmission of bibliographic records and holdings to WorldCat using SRU Update
- Receipt of OCLC Identifiers from WorldCat via SRU Update and their insertion in bibliographic records
- Receipt of bibliographic records via SRU Update
- Display of the search string on the brief results presentation screen
- Improvements to the level of support for Unicode in match/merge
- Improved support for right to left scripts
LACS 3.2 (Released 19 Nov 2007)
These release notes refer to Libraries Australia Cataloguing System (CBS) version 3.2 to be used against the Production and Training Environments and are valid as of the 19th November 2007.
New Functionality
Access to External Z39.50 Target Databases in Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client
- Library of Congress Catalogue
- OCLC WorldCat
- Singapore National Union Catalogue
- Te Puna (New Zealand National Union Catalogue)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- General_BIB.ttl
- General_AUTH.ttl
- Standard_nla.js
Automatic Transliteration of Chinese Script
The following remote bibliographic databases can now be accessed via a broadcast search from the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client, and records imported into the ANBD:
Due to incompatibility between the CBS and Innopac servers, there is a limit on the number of search terms that should be entered for successful Title Keyword, Name Keyword and Subject Keyword searches in the Hong Kong databases.
To successfully import records to the ANBD following a search of external Z39.50 targets via the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client and to add the ANBD and External Databases buttons to your toolbar, it is necessary to replace the following files in the %systemdrive%:\Program Files\LACC\ Scripts folder of your Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client (WinIBW):
The updated files can be downloaded.
Note: In the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client, as an alternative to using the ANBD and External Databases buttons, you can enter commands in the command bar. To go to the broadcast search screen for external databases, type ext f. To go to the ANBD, type fil 1.1
The OCLC Authorities database will be added as a target in a future release.
Note: Depending on your workflow preferences, you may continue to import records from remote databases via the Web cataloguing interface in Libraries Australia Search.
For further information on how to search and import records from external database targets please see the updated section 220.127.116.11 and Appendix 7 in the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client Manual
Automatic transliteration (Romanisation) of Chinese script is now available in the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client. When your record is in Edit mode, enter a field containing Chinese script and a corresponding empty Roman field, and then click on the Transliterate button to populate the Roman script field.
245 1#$602$7cjk$a@中国古代教育精粹的现代解读
245 1#$602$7ba
For details on searching and importing records from external Z39.50 target databases and using the Chinese transliteration functionality, see the updated section 184.108.40.206 of the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client Manual
Enhanced Functionality
Single sign-on via WebCat
Database management improvement
Previously Libraries Australia users who wished to use the web cataloguing functionality in Libraries Australia Search (adding, editing or deleting holdings, adding a new record, importing a record from an external database) were required to authenticate again to CBS at the start of each session. Now a single signon is supported, which means that you are automatically authenticated to CBS if you have already entered your user name and password to log on to Libraries Australia Search.
Release 3.2 also provides important database management functionality which will enable Libraries Australia staff to improve the quality of the Australian National Bibliographic Database in the coming year, especially in the removal of duplicate records.
You will see a "Request" button appearing on the Brief and Full record display screens, and the Search History screen, in the Cataloguing Client. This button relates to the CBS ILL module which is not used by Libraries Australia. If you click on this button, you will receive an error message. However your Cataloguing Client session will operate normally. This button will be removed as soon as possible.
The "Open Databases" button located on the Cataloguing Client toolbar is now redundant. Instead, use the External Databases button to access external Z39.50 targets. The instructions on how to remove the "Open Databases" button are located here.
Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client (LACC) Release notes
LACC 220.127.116.11 (Released July 2013) – Current Version
- New templates added for RDA cataloguing
- Bug fix for an issue with copying/pasting text
- Cataloguing Source button inserts NUC based on user signon.
LACC 18.104.22.168 (Released 26 Mar 2010)
Minor bug fix
A minor fix was applied to correct some labels on the special characters toolbar that were in French. All other release notes for 184.108.40.206 apply.
LACC 184.108.40.206 (Released 18 Feb 2010)
These release notes refer to the Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client (WinIBW) version 3.3.8 to be used against the Production and Training Environments and are valid as of the 18th February 2010.
- Changes to Copy/Clone when cloning an ANBD record
Changes to Copy External Bib
Special characters toolbar
Arabic and Hebrew script
User preferences
Template fixes
Copy Plus function
- In edit mode, locate the text you wish to copy. This may be within the record or in a different record in another WinIBW window.
- Highlight the text.
- Click on Edit > Copy or use <ctrl>+C.
- Locate the next bit of text you would like appended to the text you've already copied into the clipboard.
- Highlight the text.
- Click on Edit > Copy Plus (there is no keyboard shortcut). This will append the text to the previously copied text.
- You may continue to highlight text and use Copy Plus to add text to the clipboard until you are ready to paste the text into the record.
- When ready, place the cursor where you want the text pasted and click on Edit > Paste or use <ctrl> V.
Command history customisation
In the old version of WinIBW, the Copy/Clone record function automatically deleted any 5XX tags present in the original record. In WinIBW 3.3 the 5XX tags are retained in cloned records.
The superseded number tag, 098 in M21 view / tag 099 in M21X view, is now deleted when cloning a record, in addition to the other 099 superseded number tags.
The OCLC control number, tag 35A in M21 view / tag 035 in M21X view is deleted.
As part of the implementation of OCLC numbers in records on the ANBD, when importing a record from external databases via broadcast search, any 035 tags containing OCLC numbers are retained while others are automatically deleted.
The special characters toolbar has been enhanced to include all superscript and subscript numbers 0 to 9.
In the old version of WinIBW opening the special characters toolbar and then editing a record in coded data view could cause a problem with editing subsequent records wherein all the coded data fields were expanded out and the editing window would be very small. This problem has been fixed in WinIBW 3.3.
Arabic and Hebrew scripts are now fully supported within the new WinIBW cataloguing client and it is no longer necessary to download any other files.
In WinIBW 3.3 it is now possible to change the typeface and typeface setting of the Message Bar and the Special Characters Bar.
To change the fonts in these areas, click on Options > Preferences then select Fonts and Colors. In the Screen object bar, select Message Bar to change the font of the Message Bar and Diacritics bar to change the font of the Special Characters bar.
While both of these options were available in the old version of the cataloguing client, font changes weren't applied to the message and special character bars.
The Libraries Australia templates have had the ¾ symbol made consistent and typos have been fixed in the various Maps templates.
There is a new functionality present in WinIBW3.3 under the Edit menu. Copy Plus acts as a clipboard to hold text until you are ready to paste. This function may be useful in preparing long notes from different records or tables of contents.
To use Copy Plus:
It is now possible to set the command history to remember up to 200 commands typed in the command line. (eg. f tw cats) The default it set to 100 but you may change this under Options > Preferences > General 2.
LACC 22.214.171.124 (Released 30 Nov 2005 - no longer supported)
These release notes refer to Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client (Win IBW) version 126.96.36.199 to be used against the Production and Training Environments and are valid as of the 30th November 2005.
Functionality not yet implemented
- Access to External z39.50 target databases.
- Automatic Transliteration of Chinese script.
- Statistics via Libraries Australia Client not available (Statistics are available via Libraries Australia Admin).
Using 'Help' Command Button while editing a record
Cataloguing source
C0B error while cloning a record
CJK- decomposition of characters
Scripted login
Holdings Indicators
Special Characters Toolbar
Find and Replace Text
Incorrectly migrated subfields
Personal Templates
These functions are available in the latest version of the client. Information about updating the client can be found here.
If creating or editing a record, use of the 'Help' Button via the Command Bar will result in changes to the record being lost. If editing an existing record, editing of the record prior to the 'Help' Button being clicked will not be saved.
Workaround: Type the command 'HELP' in the command line. This launches the Help screen in a new window. Note: The help available via the command line is for LA Client help, not Cataloguing help. Press the 'F1' key to access Cataloguing help.
When clicking on 'cataloguing source' in the client, the client fills in the tag as follows:
040 ## $aNUC$cNUC
It's up to the cataloguer to delete "NUC" and put in their own NUC symbol.
After cloning a record which has your holdings on it, you may get the following at the bottom of the new record:
This is a bug. You can't save the record while this is here, so it should be deleted. This fault is under currently under investigation.
When creating or editing holdings, a number of Pica specific tags are visible (examples in bold below). These tags should not be changed, as they are for internal database use only.
e01 $a18-11-05$b?
850 ##$aANL$cn.123
Some Japanese and Korean script characters will not be output correctly in records received from the Libraries Australia Record Export Service. In Korean hangul will be decomposed into its component jamo, and in Japanese there will be a space between kana and the diacritics added to kana to produce voiced sounds (nigori).
Scripted login causes error messages to not display. Until a resolution is found, the use of scripted login is not recommended.
In the brief display, Records with attached Holdings are displayed with a '+' in the Record Type column, regardless of if they belong to your institution or other institutions.
A number of Coded Data values return Pica internal codes in some error messages. The table below lists the MARC tag and character position and the Pica internal code displayed. More Marc to Pica codes can be found here.
|MARC Tag/position
|Pica Code in error message
|Ldr/17 (Encoding Level)
|008/06 (Type of Date)
|008/07-10 (Date 1)
|008/11-14 (Date 2)
|008/15-17 (Place of Publication)
|008/35-37 (Language of Text)
|006 Books
|006 Computer Files
|006 Maps
|006 Mixed Materials
|006 Music
|006 Continuing Resources
|006 Visual Materials
Example Error Message1: "Tag 04B with only indicators is not allowed"
Solution: Add a value to 008/15-17 (Place of Publication)
Example Error Message2: "Tag 002 has incorrect content"
Solution: Add a value to Ldr/17 (Encoding Level)
Example Error Message 3: "00F with only indicators is not allowed"
Solution: Add content to 006 Books
Viewing the Special Characters toolbar resets scripted function toolbars. If you have re-organised the toolbars, and then open then close the Special Characters (View>Special Characters), the toolbars will be 're-organised' when you next re-open the Client.
In Edit mode, Find/Replace Text does not operate if 'Match Whole Word' is selected.
DAT (Date of publication) '<' and '>' range operators do not work, all results are returned as if an '=' operator has been used. The YOP (Year of Publication) index can be used if range operators other than '=' are required.
A number of 811 and 111 tags have been migrated with three indicators (an extra blank '#' indicator). These records will be fixed by a global replace.
Workaround: If users edit a record containing these tags, they are requested to delete the extra indicator.
Do not use two colons in the title (eg 'My template : book : with holdings'). The template will save, but accessing the template will cause the Client to freeze.


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Cross Ordered Down
A federal judge has ordered the removal of the Mt. Soledad cross in La Jolla, saying the display "violates the Establishment Clause of the Constitution."
The cross was challenged in a lawsuit filed by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America and several local residents -- all represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Daniel Mach, director of the ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief. says we should honor all of our heroes under one flag, not just one particular religious symbol."
The current cross was erected in La Jolla, California, in 1954 and was dedicated at an Easter Sunday ceremony describing the monument as "a gleaming white symbol of Christianity."
The federal government, through an act of Congress, took control of the land underneath the cross in 2006. The government declared the cross a national war memorial.


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On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:07:21 +0200, Stefan Stolk - Dynasoft.nl
<stefan at dynasoft dot nl> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I enabled on my m0n0 box the SNMPD agent, but when I connect with MRTG I
> get very strange stats. For example:
> http://stats.dynasoft.nl/192.168.1.1_2.html
> I think the SNMP agent is the problem. I disabled it and re-enabled it,
> but that makes no difference. The agent worked for about half a day, but
> then it gave these strange readings.
> Does anybody know what goes wrong?
My first guess would be something in your SNMP gathering, MRTG config,
or something not related to m0n0wall. Or maybe there is a reason the
stats seem strange, and they're really accurate.
I have ifgraph set up to graph interfaces on several m0n0wall boxes
and have never seen anything but accurate results.
Sample here: http://livebsd.com/m0n0wall/ifgraph/sample/m0n0wall-wan.html
If you want to try setting up ifgraph to see what results you get,
it's a very quick process and would eliminate or pinpoint any problems
in your MRTG or SNMP gathering.
I've put together instructions on setting up ifgraph to graph m0n0wall
interfaces. This will be in the users guide (after some cleanup),
pending Manuel's approval, before long.


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The brand that made clogs cool again are back in town at Boxpark Shoreditch for the next six months with a cute retail pop-up, and to celebrate the opening they're hosting a 'Clogs and Cocktails' night out (March 6th). Live music and fancy drinks will start the party, while you explore their full product range. If you see anything you'd like, the store will be offering a 25 percent off on all their new Spring Summer '14 styles exclusively on the night. The promise of continuous collaborations popping up in the store might make a second visit worthwhile.
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Spring training carries a different meaning for Kyle Lohse
Forgive Kyle Lohse if he doesn't seem to look too enthusiastic about spring training, 2014. After all, he's been making trips to such camps for nearly two decades.
Selected out of high school by the Chicago Cubs in the summer of 1996 as a "draft-and-follow" prospect, he went to Butte College in California for a year before finishing 1997 in rookie ball as an 18-year-old. His first full spring training was in 1998 with the Cubs organization.
Now 35, the right-hander is beginning his 14th major league season, and he's experienced a bit of a renaissance as pitcher over the last three years, posting a 3.19 earned run average over 598 innings while going 41-21.
He's figured some things out, clearly, and knows all about preparation, about what spring training can mean for a player.
And, after signing with the Brewers a week before Opening Day last year – and missing spring training – he found out what it no longer means for someone doing it as long as he has – at least physically.
"(My workouts) didn't change last year, I just had to do it on my own," he said. "I was throwing against college kids and doing the things I had to do once spring training started. I've been doing it for a while so I know what I need to be doing. Nothing's changed this year (either)."
There were some physical aspects about the spring he didn't miss.
"I kind of liked last year as far as not doing the PFP's (pitchers fielding practice) and all the running around (and) extra work that we do," he said with a smile.
There were some other elements he did.
"I missed the other little things that you do just being around the team and getting to know the guys," he said. "I didn't have that chance last year so it was kind of like get to know your teammates on the fly last year during the season. This year it will be a lot smoother and more like I'm accustomed to."
If anything, this spring is more about getting in the right frame of mind than getting his body right.
"It's been a little more relaxing offseason as far as that goes," he said. "It's nice knowing where I'm going. This is a lot better than sitting at home and twiddling your thumbs and hoping somebody calls."
The only discernible ill effect from his delayed start to the season was irritation in his throwing elbow that flared up in early May. He tried to pitch through it, but eventually missed a started at the end of the month.
It was the worst stretch of the season for Lohse as he gave up 20 earned runs in 27 2/3 innings, going 0-4 as opponents hit .345 off of him.
"Health wise, just the lack of some of the extra throwing you do – I was doing my bullpens and long toss – but there's a lot of extra throwing we do that I wasn't able to simulate and I think that kind of caught up to me in May," he admitted. "Other than that I felt like last year was pretty strong."
In his other 27 starts he went 11-6, giving up 54 runs over 171 innings for a 2.84 ERA.
"It was pretty good if you took out May," he said. "I had some issues going on that I was stubborn and keep going out there and couldn't finish certain pitches the way I normally would and once we got that straightened out the rest of the year, personal wise, went pretty good. But I'm more concerned about team-wise and we didn't do what we were supposed to do."
He added a benefit to that was seeing a crop of young pitchers get their first taste of major league experience, such as Johnny Hellweg, Jimmy Nelson, Rob Wooten, Donovan Hand, Hiram Burgos and Michael Blazek. Tyler Thornburg and Mike Fiers also spent some more time with the club after making their debuts a year earlier.
For a veteran like Lohse, spring training provides more of an opportunity to get in the ear of players like that – guys who may not necessarily make the club out of Arizona, but will likely share clubhouse space at some point between Opening Day and the end of the season.
"I was in their shoes, too," he said. "When I was young I thought hey, I'll just go out there and throw the ball hard and try and get outs and it wasn't until later in my career that I figured out what pitching really was and anything that I can help with them as far as their mentality or preparation or the way to handle yourself, thoughts you can let in your head, all these things that I've learned as time has gone on by, I try to pass on and try to make them better and figure things out maybe before I did.
"I was 27, 28 before I actually figured out certain things about me that made me successful and if I can help them that will be great."
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Uvar Ivanovitch showed himself for an instant in the doorway, but he beat a retreat, convulsively twitching his fingers.
Nan suddenly threw her arms around his neck and held him convulsively.
It convulsively held fast to its precious relics, clung to the pillars of its religion, which it regarded as the only asylum.
He pressed her to him convulsively, then gently released her.
convulsively grasping the banister with both hands, his broad shoulders formed a mighty buttress against the pressing flood.
"It is I, father," she replied, clinging to him convulsively.
But at that instant their desperate efforts tore it loose from the convulsively jerking hulk.
The boy's hand pressed hers convulsively, but he did not speak at first.
Calyste welcomed that word with a kiss, and felt the marquise tremble under it convulsively, with passionate joy.
But Susan cried and sobbed all the more uncontrollably and convulsively.
1610s, from French convulsif, from Medieval Latin *convulsivus, from convulsus, past participle of convellere (see convulse (v.)). Related: Convulsively.
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Version V TEAS Test
What Does Version V TEAS Test Contain?
Version V is the fifth and the latest version of ATI TEAS, which is one of the most prestigious nursing entrance examinations in the United States of America. The scores obtained by the examinees are used by nursing colleges for deciding upon the suitability of an applicant to nursing courses offered by them.
The TEAS Version V Format
This is an online test, and the questions to be answered in it are of the objective type. This test has four content areas to be answered: Reading Comprehension, English and Language Usage, Science and Mathematics. The total duration of the test is 3.5 hours, and a total of 170 questions have to be answered in this time frame. This is the most important nursing entrance examination today, as most of the American colleges are demanding these scores for granting admission to their nursing courses. They have stopped accepting scores of other nursing tests and the earlier versions of TEAS.
The scoring system involves awarding composite scores to the examinees.
What Does Version V Contain?
The contents of this version of the test are organized as follows:
Reading Comprehension This section, which covers 28% of TEAS 5, consists of 42 questions on the whole, which need to be answered in 40 minutes. This section consists of 23 questions from Passage Comprehension and 19 questions from Paragraph Comprehension.
The Reading Comprehension section is designed to understand your ability to comprehend a given text and derive logical inferences from it. This section presents questions of varying levels of difficulty. Some of them require deep analytical skills to solve, while others can be answered without having to exert the mental faculties much. Each question will have a number of answers. Depending upon the nature of the questions, the answers provided may be tricky or simple. As speed is also an important factor in TEAS, you have to adopt certain techniques to arrive at the most accurate answer. Experts say that it is a good practice to go through the questions and answers before reading a given passage so that you can easily identify the correct answers while reading it.
Mathematics- This section covers 20 percent of the test. An examinee has to answer 54 questions in a matter of half an hour. This section consists of three sub-sections: Number & Operations, Algebraic Expressions and Measurements, and Data Interpretation.
The Mathematics section consists of questions that can be answered by applying the very basic concepts of mathematics. The aim of this test is not to actually test a nursing applicant's knowledge in Mathematics, but to test his or her mental agility and precision in thinking. These skills are very essential for a professional dealing with human life, as there may be certain situations, which require the healthcare professionals to take immediate and precise decisions (for example: giving first aid to a person suffering from a heart attack).
English and Language Usage - This section covers 20 % of the question paper and consists of 30 questions, which need to be answered in 30 minutes. It has three sections Grammar & Word Meaning, Spelling and Punctuation, and Structure.
Knowledge of English and its usage are of utmost importance to any person dealing with the public. Nurses have to interact with patients and doctors, and it is very important for them to convey their message and receive messages without any distortion in communication. This section tests the communication proficiency of nursing aspirants.
Science- This is the most important section and covers 32 percent of the test questions. It has four different sections: Life Science (10%), Earth and Physical Science (9%), Human Body Science (7%) and Scientific Reasoning (5%). This is the largest section and it presents a wide range of questions of varying difficulty to the examinees.
A healthcare professional should have good scientific knowledge and ability to reason out scientifically. Hence, this test has been devised to test the examinee in these skills.
The version is the latest and the only currently valid test. It is a computerized test, which tests nursing aspirants in four content areas, in which they are required to have basic knowledge. TEAS certified nursing course entrants are seen to perform better in the nursing courses than entrants from other sources.


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There is no documented way to interface with OE, either with or without
"Dave G OE probs" <DaveGOEprobs@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> Two problems: a lot of emails I send do not appear in my sent file so I
> don't
> know if they've been received.
> Secondly, in the past I have lost whole folders which have just
> disappeared,
> as though they have been accidentally deleted but I never deleted them!
> Does anyone know how to solve these?
> A third question - would it be better to replace OE with Outlook - is it
> more stable. If you start Outlook will you be able to transfer existing
> folers from OE? Can O and OE work at the same time? Thanks.


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Last week, the United States Supreme Court announced its decision in U.S. v. Jones (Docket 10-1259), holding that "…the Government's installation of a GPS device on a target's vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle's movements, constitutes a 'search.'" The Court did not find warrantless GPS tracking unconstitutional. Media misunderstanding and attempts to create headlines have resulted in incorrect characterizations of the decision.
It had been anticipated that the Court would articulate constitutional limits to Government use of GPS surveillance in general. While the majority declined to do so, Justice Sotomayor and Justice Alito each authored concurring opinions revealing how the Court might apply the Fourth Amendment to the increasing possibility of Government surveillance without physical intrusion.
Facts of the Case
Government agents attached a GPS device to the Respondent Jones's vehicle, which they used to track his locations for 28 days, collecting 2,000 pages of data. The Government used that information to indict and convict him of drug trafficking conspiracy, resulting in a sentence to life imprisonment. At trial, the District Court denied the Respondent's motion to suppress as to all data obtained when the vehicle was not located at his residence, citing well-settled law that there is no privacy interest in one's movement on public roads. On appeal, the Circuit Court reversed the Respondent's conviction, finding that the admission of the evidence violated the Fourth Amendment. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.
Sticking to the Facts (Justice Scalia's Majority Opinion)
The Fourth Amendment protects the "right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures." Justice Scalia was joined by Chief Justice Roberts as well as Justices Kennedy, Thomas, and Sotomayor, reasoning that "[w]here, as here, the Government obtains information by physically intruding on a constitutionally protected area, such a search has undoubtedly occurred." The Court rejected the Government's argument that there was no search due to a lack of privacy interests in the exterior of one's vehicle or movement on public roads; instead focusing on the Government's intrusion on the Respondent's vehicle, an "effect" protected by the Fourth Amendment.
The concurrences criticize the majority's rationale, claiming that reliance on the Government's physical intrusion reverts to the historical conception of Fourth Amendment protections at the expense of current understanding. Until the latter half of the twentieth century, a violation was considered to require the Government to physically intrude upon private property. For instance, in Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 (1928), the Court found no violation where the Government employed a telephone tap from a public telephone pole.
Coinciding with technological advances that allowed for surveillance without trespass, the Court announced in Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 351 (1967) that "the Fourth Amendment protects people, not places". There, the Court found a violation where the Government employed an eavesdropping device in a public telephone booth. In his concurring opinion, Justice Harlan proposed that a violation lies where the Government intrudes on a person's "reasonable expectations of privacy." Id. at 360. This came to be known as the "Katz test".
The majority in Jones articulated that "the Katz reasonable-expectation-of-privacy test has been added to, not substituted for, the common-law trespassory test", noting that the Government's intrusion upon private property in order to gather information would have been considered a violation at the time of the enactment of the Constitution, and the Katz standard did not eliminate existing rights.
The Court emphasized that its holding depended upon the fact that the Government intruded upon the Respondent's property to attach the GPS device while it was in the Respondent's possession, distinguishing cases where a tracking device was attached to an article of property prior to its coming into respondents' possession and the Court had found no violation. This leaves open the possibility that Government attachment and use of a tracking device at the time of your car's manufacture might not constitute a search.
The Court was not called to determine whether the search in this case required a warrant, as the Government failed to raise the argument that if the Government action was considered a search, it was reasonable. The Court deemed the argument waived.
"Constitutional Minimum" (Justice Sotomayor's Concurrence)
Although she joined in the majority opinion, Justice Sotomayor found its reliance on physical intrusion to property a "constitutional minimum". She expressed concern for the extreme efficiency by which GPS monitoring would allow the Government to track intimate details of individuals' lives, and suggested that her future decisions regarding the limits of Government technological surveillance would be focused on the potential for abuse and for chilling freedom of expression.
Most significantly, she suggested that due to growing dependence on digital technology, "it may be necessary to reconsider the premise that an individual has no reasonable expectation of privacy in information voluntarily disclosed to third parties." This would mark a drastic departure from existing precedent; however, in an age in which technology pervades human activity and communication so completely, preserving any degree of privacy may require such action.
Let's Get to the Point (Justice Alito's Concurrence)
Joined by Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, Justice Alito proclaimed the majority's dependence on physical intrusion "highly artificial" in consideration of available technology. He criticized the majority's failure to address Government use of GPS surveillance, the possibility of manufacturer-installed Government surveillance devices, Government intrusion by electronic rather than physical means, and an assumption that the "reasonable expectation of privacy" is unchanging.
Due to the potential of technology to erode individual expectations of privacy, Justice Alito suggested that legislation may be enacted to define the parameters of Government surveillance. Such legislation would seem to be circuitous itself, in that the judicial branch of Government is charged with determining constitutionality of laws, and a law that allowed for violation of the Fourth Amendment would find redress in the courts.
Justice Alito proposed a distinction between short- and long-term surveillance, with the latter more likely to be considered a "search". While there is no current authority for such a distinction, he argued that it would preserve traditional expectations of privacy, as long-term surveillance would have required vast Government resources. He noted that the distinction may not be as relevant for extremely serious crimes, where the Government would have been expected to go to great lengths to surveil suspects.
What Does it All Mean?
Jones is not only a groundbreaking application of Fourth Amendment protections to technological surveillance, it provides an example of the mechanics of legal discourse. To ensure justice and consistency rather than outcome-oriented decisions, judges look for prior law to apply when faced with new situations. The Court characterized its Jones rationale as a unification of the trespassory line of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence with the Katz test. While Justice Sotomayor acknowledged that the existence of a physical intrusion in this case allowed the Court to leave larger issues regarding Government technological surveillance for another day, she proposed major shifts in jurisprudence that the other Justices may contemplate before faced with decisions in future cases. Justice Alito, while agreeing with the majority's result, expressed readiness to answer Fourth Amendment questions raised by the digital era. The near even split of the Justices signals that determination of these issues, and potentially drastic changes to conceptions of Fourth Amendment protections, is imminent.


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Quick Take: Electronic Dance Music
Born in the nightclubs of Chicago and Detroit, electronic dance music (EDM) grew into a gangly adolescent in the California warehouse raves of the early 90s. and has now, some say, finally come of age.
Sociology graduate student Chris Conner is chronicling what was lost - and gained - during EDM's almost 40-year transformation from deviant subculture into the legitimate corporate enterprise that, this month, will bring more than 400,000 attendees over three days to the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. Conner hopes to complete his Ph.D. dissertation on the topic in May 2015.
Conner discovered electronic dance music in his 20s, and worked as a nightclub promoter while earning his master's in sociology from Indiana University-Indianapolis. There, his work focused on gay nightclub culture. Searching for a dissertation topic after he arrived at UNLV, Conner learned that the Electric Daisy Carnival would be moving to Las Vegas.
The rave subculture, Conner says, once served as "a kind of political resistance strategy," with groups of young people dodging the police, breaking into warehouses, and throwing parties. Now, electronic dance music festivals are professionally produced and welcome security patrols.
"One definite argument you can make is, yes, things have changed. The core values (of the EDM culture) may not necessarily all be there, but it's now more accessible to a wider audience," Conner says. "The negative thing you could ask is, if, by transforming itself, has EDM abandoned its original purpose? Has it lost its political edge? And what does that mean for the EDM movement?"
Conner's dissertation adviser, UNLV sociology professor David Dickens, says the 32-year-old's research "takes an angle that really hasn't been done before. There are a lot of people who've looked at musical subcultures, but they haven't looked at this process" when a music scene migrates from the fringe to the mainstream.
Conner employs mixed methods research. He attends electronic dance music festivals to observe the culture in action and he is reaching out to connections formed during his days as a nightclub promoter for interviews of EDM insiders. Conner also conducts documentary analysis of media coverage to trace how coverage has changed from what Dickens calls "moral panic" accounts of secret, drug-fueled dance parties to straight business stories about the economic impact of EDM festivals.
"He has really upped his game, methodologically," Dickens says.
Conner says the way EDM has shoved aside its avant-garde to welcome the masses parallels the gay rights movement, as well as the punk counterculture.
"Much of the basis for punk's arrival was to challenge conventional style," Conner says. "However, once punk started to amass a following you see that the music took on a established form. As this form gets repeated no one ever questions the rules that the group operates under. The same process underlies the transformation of the EDM counterculture."
Dickens also sees similarities to the environmental and homeless-rights movements.
EDM "matters because it definitely informs us about the status of politics in contemporary society and the role of identity," Conner says. "It's about what role art and culture play in contemporary society."
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Evidence-based practice...we heard about it throughout nursing school and into our master's degrees; you hear the phrase in almost every health profession and in discussions regarding our current healthcare system. However, it wasn't until my DNP education that I truly understood the process of using the evidence to guide care and the importance of being a leader in this type of practice.
One of the most important acquisitions from my DNP education was the need for this evidence-based practice in today's healthcare environment. With the Affordable Care Act in full swing, there is a dire need for cost savings and improvement in patient outcomes to reflect on the cost spending. Just as changes have been made in the hospitals with the decreased reimbursement or even fining for services that are not supported by the evidence, the time will come when the same is true for primary care. The opportunity exists for leaders to guide care and support the healthcare system that is in need of evidence-based practice. This is exactly what our DNP education sought out to do: improve patient outcomes through research. Although a doctoral degree is not necessary to take part in evidence-based practice, the DNP education supports the leadership of this movement.
It is to this that I request those with a DNP to respond. The DNP degree was developed with the intention of improving clinical patient outcomes through research. Simply put, the focus is on improving the knowledge of clinicians in relation to clinical practice outcomes by using the research to provide higher quality of care. We must be leaders in this undertaking. Not only to improve patient outcomes, but also to provide a trickle effect on the entire healthcare system. As the parable of the fisherman teaches us, "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime."
We as doctoral-level trained nurses must be the teachers and leaders in our healthcare system through evidence-based practice as well as the guidance of using the evidence to support patient care. We must lead our peers - including nurses, physicians, legislators, etc. - in the practice of evidence-based care in order to not only improve the health of our patients, but also the well-being of our entire healthcare system.


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Dean Chambers from unskewedpolls.com explains why probability theory, statistics and basic math are no match for Conservative wishful thinking when predicting the outcome of an election.
For the record, Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight blog was dead on balls accurate picking every state and Obama's margin of victory while Dean's "unskewing" of polls to eliminate "liberal" bias was 100% wrong. But as usual Republicans, don't let facts or math get in your way.


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Uncle Peck is a monster who's sexually abused his niece for years. Yet in an understated performance, Paul Borrillo managed to make him ordinary and likable, even vulnerable. In one charming scene, Uncle Peck was teaching a small boy how to fish — "reel and jerk...reel and rest" — and Borrillo's portrayal was so strong that it took a few moments for the nauseating realization to dawn that this man was reeling in the boy along with the fish.
What's much more fun than watching American Idol every week? Trying to become the British Bulldog's Rock Idol. Competitors had to choose songs from such categories as "'90s" and "female vocalists." With the Bulldog's buy-one-get-one-free drafts and well drinks, there were plenty of people in the audience for the would-be Rock Idols to entertain, and in this competition, singing was second place to entertaining. Will Rock Idol return for a second season? Let's hope the folks at the British Bulldog are up for another round.
Gene Gillette held the stage with complete authority in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, a crazed, cathartic bloodbath of a play dominated by scenes of torture, murder and dismemberment. As the psychotic Padraic, unhinged by the death of his cat, he was dopey, sentimental and terrifying, and you believed he was capable of every violent act attributed to him — and a good deal more.
Everyone's bigger than life in Tennessee Williams's melodrama about familial battles in the hot, lurid South, and everyone talks nonstop, but Brick is required to say very little for a long, long time. Chris Reid made the character complex and multi-dimensional, so that his extended silences pulsed with feeling and thought — and when he exploded, everything around him went white, like the landscape during a lightning flash. His Brick was cruel and cowardly, passionate, tormented and subtle, with a quietly twisted sense of humor. A deeply felt and resonant performance.
In Soul Survivor, Vincent C. Robinson clearly had a great time portraying the Devil as he attempted to win the soul of a quiet, rational man already quite happy with his life. He swaggered, teased and seduced the audience, uttered tee-hees of laughter that were both sinister and self-mocking, mugged, grimaced and, at one point, broke into an outrageous triumphal dance — and the audience enjoyed every moment just as much as he did.
Seymour is a nerdy soul who's faced with a Faustian bargain when he finds and tends a man-eating plant that offers him money, prestige and the love of Seymour's beautiful co-worker, Audrey — but only if Seymour keeps feeding it flesh. It's a ridiculous premise that fuels a goofy show, but Brandon Dill, an expressive actor with a strong voice, actually made you feel for the guy.


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Police have released new CCTV images of Waltham Forest's most wanted.
The men pictured are suspected of committing thefts in the borough in the last three months.
Suspect 139761 is wanted in connection with shoplifting at Tesco Express in Station Road, Chingford on January 29.
Suspects 139564, 139595, and 139566 are wanted in connection with a theft of a bank card at a Lloyds TSB cash machine in High Road, Leytonstone on December 28.
Suspect 139557 is wanted in connection with a theft at a NatWest bank in High Road, Leytonstone on January 13.
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The other day I overheard a woman telling her friend about a guy I met recently at a dating site online. She really liked him. She continued the story saying, thought he got along very well on their first date and so they started to date. Things were going great until he said he was not looking for anything too serious. He just wanted out. She did not know what to do with it. At first she thought to herself, "and forget, what's the point." Explained he did not want to jump into anything too seriously and instead wanted to meet. [Read: How to Get Out of a Bad Date Nicely]
He Likes Himself
He wants to impress you, because that's his way into your knickers. He'll bang on about his exotic travels, his amazing career and the time he lit a cigarette for Jeremy Clarkson. But he doesn't want to know much about you beyond whether you can cross your ankles behind your head. He may ask about your housemates, but only as research for when he invites himself back for coffee.
He Says it
Although it doesn't always mean he just wants you for sex, it is a red flag. If a man is interested in something more serious he will most likely tell you. If he says he is just dating, having fun, and getting to know different people believe me he just wants you for sex. Basically he just wants to fuck you and move on to the next or maybe even keep you around until something better comes his way. Sorry to be so blunt, but I don't know how else to put it. He wants the benefits of a relationship like having sex whenever you want minus the commitment.
He has no Emotions
Much has been said about love preceding sex for women while for men sex is equal to being in love. Despite such nuggets of pop wisdom, there is no denying the fact that a guy who is emotionally non-supportive of his partner is hardly relationship-material. Man or woman, every individual needs some kind of emotional bonding with a close partner – it is after all what makes us human. But if you find that you cannot get a word of support from your guy on a rough day or some sign of empathy when you are upset, it is certain that you have no use for him unless as someone to relieve his sexual itch.
He Doesn't Spend Time with You
He isn't too keen to spend time with you unless he knows you are going to have sex. Sunday afternoon picnics in the park or a casual stroll through the town museum never seem to figure in your relationship with this guy. The only times when you are together is either when he is getting you in the mood for sex or he is having a post-coital cup of coffee with you. The absence of quality time spent together foreshadows the lack of real bonding between a couple and means that his interest in you goes no further than sex. [Read: Facts to Consider Before Permanently Moving in With Your Partner]
What He Does After Session?
The time after making love is one of the most intimate phases for a woman when she feels a deep and emotional connection with her partner. While psychologists differ on whether the same is true for a man, there is no doubt that if a man is really in love with his partner he will cherish her desire for some post-coital bonding. On the other hand, if he simply gets up and leaves with some sorry excuse about having to put in overtime, you know that there is nothing other than sex which will keep him with you.
Once he's got you back to his place (or yours) for sex, it'll be fast and furious. He won't spend time worrying about how to please you, because he's the one who counts. Afterwards, he'll roll over and sleep the sleep of the thoroughly shagged.
Late Night Dates
Basically he is looking for a "booty call." Please don't fall for the worked late excuse. When a guy is constantly calling you for a late night date he just wants you for sex. If he was really into you he would wine and dine you a little. He would make time for you at a reasonable hour and take you out on the town. When I was single I was dating a guy who would always have an excuse as to why he could only see me late in the evening. For about a month I bought his excuses. I eventually started to get the sneaking suspension something was off. I eventually found out he was in a "committed" relationship.
You Have Nothing in Common
One of the surest signs that a relationship is bound to go no further than sex is when that is all that binds you to your partner. If you find that you share no hobbies or interests with your guy, it is an indication that his attraction to you is virtually limited to sex. A meaningful relationship will always have common grounds like a mutual love for country music or a shared passion for travel. Even a broad spectrum of activities like outdoor pursuits or culinary interests can bind couples to one another on a deeper and more satisfying level.
If after a month nothing has progressed into something more serious then he just wants you for sex. I know some people may not agree with me and there are exceptions. However, if he really thinks you are a catch and someone he could see himself seriously dating it won't take over a month for him to figure it out. If you are truly a catch, he would want to snatch you up before someone else does.
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Two songs by Ravel (written between 1896 and 1899), to texts by the 16th century poet Marot:
I. D'Anne qui me jecta de la neige (1899)
II. D'Anne jouant de l'espinette (1896)
Both songs were dedicated to Madame Hardy-Thé, who gave their first performance at the Salle Érard in Paris in January 1900, with Ravel accompanying her on the piano. The text of the songs can be found on the Lied and Song Texts Page.


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By Tom Krisher, Associated Press
DETROIT With higher government fuel economy requirements looming and gasoline prices around $3 a gallon, Chrysler Group on Thursday announced several measures to boost the fuel mileage of its cars and trucks.
During an event to showcase its 2008 models, the company said its new family of V-6 engines will have the ability to drop to three cylinders when less power is needed, raising V-6 fuel economy 6% to 8%.
The company also plans to place its new two-mode hybrid powertrain in more vehicles, put a clean diesel engine in the 2009 Jeep Cherokee sport-utility vehicle, and upgrade its 5.7-liter Hemi and 4.7-liter V-8 engines to get better gas mileage.
"Chrysler Group is focused directly on improving fuel efficiency across our vehicle lineup," said Frank Klegon, executive vice president for product development.
Chrysler also said it will offer a mild hybrid powertrain "within the next few years," and would explore the possibility of a four-cylinder diesel engine for North America. It also plans to add a fuel-efficient dual-clutch transmission to its lineup with 2010 model vehicles.
Mild hybrids weigh and cost less than full gas-electric hybrid motors, but allow engines to shut down at stops, saving fuel, Chrysler said.
The company also has new, more efficient axle technology that will spread to more models, and it plans weight, drag and rolling resistance reductions, as well as aerodynamic improvements on all models.
Chrysler in the past month has broken ground on plants to build its Phoenix V-6 engine family in Trenton, Mich.; Kenosha, Wis.; and in Mexico, and on Thursday it said the engines will be capable of running on only three cylinders.
The two-mode hybrid, developed jointly with General Motors (GM) and BMW, uses a computer to chose from thousands of combinations of running on one electric motor, two electric motors, a combination of electric motors and the gasoline engine, or shutting down some of the gas engine's cylinders.
The result, Chrysler said, is a 25% increase in overall fuel efficiency, with nearly a 40% increase in the city.
Currently, the engines are scheduled to go into the Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango SUVs starting next year. The company did not say what other vehicles will get the new powerplants. The Durango currently gets an estimated 16 miles per gallon in the city and 21 on the highway.
Congress is wrangling over increased government fuel economy standards for automakers. A Senate bill would require a manufacturer's fleetwide average of 35 miles per gallon for passenger cars, pickups, sport-utility vehicles and vans by 2020, an increase of about 10 mpg from current levels. Under the plan, automakers would need to boost fuel economy 4% a year from 2020 to 2030.
The industry is backing an alternative measure offered by a lawmakers led by two Michigan senators. It would require carmakers to meet a fleetwide average of at least 36 mpg for cars by 2022 and 30 mpg for pickups, SUVs and vans by 2025.
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Pan Bagnat
This simple sandwich, whose name translates to "bathed bread," is a picnic classic for good reason: unlike traditional sandwich spreads, like mayo, which don't pack well, the vinaigrette dressing gently moistens the crunchy bread and deepens in flavor during travel.
- 4 slices ciabatta bread or 2 sturdy sandwich rolls, sliced
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 4 anchovy filets
- 1 large ripe tomato, sliced
- ½ small red onion, peeled and thinly sliced
- 4 canned artichoke hearts, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup pitted nicoise olives, halved
- ¼ cup celery leaves
- 2 hard boiled eggs, peeled and sliced (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Drizzle 2 slices of ciabatta (or 2 split rolls) with olive oil and vinegar. Place the anchovies in a bowl and smash with a fork, then smear half of the mixture onto each slice.
- Layer on the tomatoes, red onions, artichokes, olives, celery leaves, and the hardboiled eggs, if desired. Season with salt and pepper. Sandwich with the remaining slices and press down gently but firmly.
- Wrap sandwiches tightly with plastic film or wax paper and set aside for at least 20 minutes before eating to let flavors mingle.


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There is a whole world of animal rescues on Facebook I had no idea existed.
Linda Carel's wall is covered with photos of dogs that have been shared with her through friends. Turns out those are friends, or friends of friends, in California, going to shelters and taking photos of dogs in danger of being put to death.
The photos are shared and shared and comments on the photos allow people to offer to save the dogs or donate money to groups that can. These photos and the people taking them are Carel's inspiration. They are what caused her to sell her business and focus solely on animal rescue.
Carel says she was a "health guru" for the stars in Los Angeles. She worked with agents, entertainment companies and celebrities to help them relax in a holistic way. Business was going good throughout the 90s but something told Carel she needed a change.
"I was online and someone had emailed me something like 'Here is a dog that's going to die if no one picks it up by five o'clock,'" Carel said. "I'm a dog lover and I realized before too long that there's this whole network of people on Facebook from all over the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America saving animals."
Following these animals and the comments on the photos Carel realized the problem was bigger than she had thought. She found the change she had been looking for.
"I started thinking about it and I think there is no shortage of animal lovers and there is no shortage of people who would go out of their way to help an animal," Carel said. "At the time I was living in LA and after meeting all these people in the entertainment industry I thought I should put these pieces together and create a kinder and more humane animal system that can accommodate the amount of animals that need re-homing. There's not an over population of animals. There are just too many for our municipal facilities to help. If we care, we have to start getting active."
Carel decided to start the LA 4 Animals Foundation to become an advocacy group for animals. Through her contact in the entertainment industry she has reached out to celebrities to lend their name and support to the cause. So far Sharon Osbourne, Woody Harrelson, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Bill Maher, Ryan O'Neal, Alyssa Milano, Lauren Shuler Donner and Riachard Donner, Wayne Pacelle and Jay Levin are all listed as supporters on the LA 4 Animals website.
When Carel's cousin in Ahwatukee Foothills injured his feet and needed help taking care of the kids, Carel moved to Phoenix. He offered a home in Glendale and Carel moved in, finally in a home where she could do more than donate money to animals she wanted to rescue. Now she was able to have the animals pulled from the shelter and she brought them to Phoenix to find homes. Eventually she met other animal activists in the Phoenix area. Now she's working on spreading LA 4 Animals to Phoenix 4 Animals.
"We started LA 4 Animals but Phoenix is the number two city highest in kills," Carel said. "We decided to just do the Southwest but focusing on LA because my idea is to do the worst first. We'll knock that out of the box while we work on Phoenix and with Phoenix to share resources and strategies."
The LA 4 Animals ideology is that if everyone helps where they can, animals can get better care and the killing can stop. Celebrities can lend their name and their support, others can lend time volunteering, can run social media, do marketing or even take photos of animals in need.
"We want the community to plug in and be part of the solution," Carel said. "There are so many things that can be orchestrated to really make the changes that are needed to stop the killing."
To become part of the solution visit www.la4animals.com or email email@example.com.
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