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The restaurant staff was nice. The 'Agriturismo' is in a pretty location but is overly commercialized so you don't get a genuine Agriturismo experience. Room was clean but WiFi doesn't work in the room or restaurant. Unprofessional front desk staff. The room's WiFi & TV didn't work - I told the front desk after check in & she said I'd have to go elsewhere on the property to get a signal. I sat outside in total dark getting bitten by mosquitos so I could use public WiFi. Hotel is overly commercialized
Great value for money. Very recommended. Excellent staff. No.
friendly staff, clean room. breakfast might be better.
very friendly staff, the nice building + surrounding (very little village) no air conditioning, street noise (when window open), although not many cars passed the small street
great place to stay! ambience, friendly helpful staff (in english), great food - dinner and breakfast. They were able to accomodate a late change in the date of our booking, as our new(!!) Peugeout lease car broke down on Mount Vesuvius and we needed to stay in Naples for a few days whilst it was being repaired
Desk staff was outstanding. Restaurant was understaffed; head waiter was stressed, churlish and unresponsive. After an extraordinarily long wait and only after asking, starter and main came simultaneously. Several customers who had been seated after we had ordered, received their food and finished their meal before we were served.
This hotel is in a great location in the Sienese countryside, and the staff are very friendly and helpful. A nice restaurant, including a terrace with a view across the landscape is attached to the hotel.
quite and confortable poor breakfast
Excellent staff. Very helpful with finding good restaurants, parking place in Siena and beautiful routes of what we had to see in the Siena area. Especially Tomasso knows a lot about the environment and where to go for food, wine, oil, pictures, and more. Bathroom is a bit small. There's no swimming pool, that's a pity when you visit Tuscany in summer with over 30 degrees Celsius.
The staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful! The room was spacious , comfortable and very clean. Breakfast was good. It was noisy being so close to the highways.
The staff was wonderful and very helpful. We also really enjoyed he attached resturant -- we ate there both nights. The food, and staff were great and so was the handy location. They only negative was that the hotel is situated by a busy street. Since it was summer, and we had the windows open there was a lot of traffice noise. However, by nighttime it died down and we slept well.
good location,very clean,hotel menager very helpfull
Very friendly staff and stylish room. The best restaurant we visited during our vacation was situated right next to the hotel. Situated quite far from the city, a car probably needed to reach.
Beautiful views, great head waiter (Guisseppe). No screens on windows/ balcony door allowed hungry mosquitoes into the room. Would also like to have 2 or 3 English language TV stations.
The hotel is close to Siena(10 mins) which was great for the palio. All but one of the hotel staff were excellent. The hotel hs a small restaurant and bar on site with simple but very nice meals that are also reasonably priced. This sounds pedantic but the tv in our room was just a portable that was positioned in a ridiculous position why havent they invested in lcd televisions. .... When we arrived there was no one in reception and we waited for over 10 minutes so we went to the bar for a drink- there was a lady who was smoking outside and had seen us arrive and it turned out later that she was member of staff!
We stayed for 6 nights and used the hotel as a base to explore Tuscany. Our experience was very positive. The owner, Riccardo, was very helpful and friendly. He provided us with an excellent list of restaurants in the vicinity and was also helpful in recommending parking places in Siena and Florence. Other staff was also very friendly and helpful. The room was large and pleasant. The location was very good for our purpose of exploring Tuscany. We were able to reach Florence in the North and Montepulciano in the south within a relatively short period of time. The hotel had good parking, so the location fit our criteria of a central location where we could settle for a while without having to pack up each day. No. We had a lovely room and the breakfast was amazing.
The room was large as well as the bathroom. The staff was polite and ready to provide all the information requested. Absolute value for money The pool was missing to have a complete and relaxing holiday
Outstanding service and personal attention from owner Riccardo and manager Tommaso; great views; convenient location; perfect Tuscan environment; hated to leave; good restaurant next door. Thank you! A totally enjoyable experience. Short distance south of Siena in a beautiful setting. Bus service; but used a car to see Tuscan towns.
Spotlessly clean with terrific balcony view of the Tuscan hills. And right on the main road. Not a thing. It was perfect for a one-night stay in the Tuscan hills. And the price was right!
Very clean and confort
The staff did their best to fulfill our needs, beyond our expectations and provided a warm familiar atmosphere.They were always ready to assist, provide information and direct us in touring the area. We liked it very much.
The owners were very friendly and helpful, and the room was clean and modern. We had a very pleasant stay. Had to drive one mile to the nearest restaurant.
The main problems where the water pressure in the shower and the lack of any eating facilities close to the hotel. Communication with the hotel owners was difficult as one tried very hard but had little grasp of English and the other was busy running another business.
the staff were so kind and helpful
Ideal para disfrutar del campo tanto de la Toscana como los pueblos encantadores de Toscana. Dispone de una piscina muy agradable para relajarse. Muchas arañas en la habitación...lo que tiene estar situado en el campo. Podrían cuidar un poco más la limpieza en este sentido.
The staff was very friendly and helpful--even stayed late to greet us when we got lost and didn't get in til 10 in the evening. Beautiful setting. Lovely room and common room. Finding it was difficult. Our GPS didn't work out the address given by Booking.com but we failed to get the directions posted on booking.com. Don't know if that would have helped.
Nice and pleasant place located in the heart of Tuscany.
Our hostess, Francesca, was very warm and friendly and accomodating. She made us feel very welcome.
Everything was great. Friendly staff, great location, peacefull. Would recommend to anybody spending their time in the surroundings of Siena or as a base for exploring tuscany.
Lovely location, very close to the town. Nicely decorated, relaxing athmosphere. Difficult to find, better bring GPS (although an American couple arrived late in the evening with GPS, only "their GPS didn't know" the place. As the owner is a bit peculiar about check-in and check-out, this can be a problem.
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Toxic Water: A series about the worsening pollution in American waters and regulators' response
Examine whether contaminants in your water supply met two standards: the legal limits established by the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the typically stricter health guidelines. The data was collected by an advocacy organization, the Environmental Working Group, who shared it with The Times.
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In the first case the two expressions, against which the alternatives of the pattern should be matched, are both on level 1 of the expression, that is, you have an expression on the form And[x,y] and the pattern matches both x and y and hence Cases returns the list {x,y}, since the level specification Infinity means "all levels from 1 and up".
In the second case the expression, against which the pattern should be matched, is on level 0 of the expression, so the level specification Infinity prevents the pattern from matching the whole expression. In other words, you feed Equal[x,y] to cases but the pattern yP==_ matched neither x nor y.
You are probably looking for something like the following.
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ReviewI've driven mini vans since the early 1990's and this vehicle is the next best thing for space and comfort. Actually had my heart set on replacing my 5 year old AWD Toyota Sienna, which was a lemon, with another Sienna, but the Traverse won. Lots of cheap plastic finish features in 2010 chevys, fords and toyotas we test drove. Gas mileage about as expected around 20 mpg. I chose fwd instead of awd to save $2000 and higher auto insurance for awd. Hoping I don't regret it. Relying on stability and traction control to get through northern US winters. On Star and satellite radio are a new treat for us. Nice features. I think Chevy did this one right and they must too, warranty is best I've seen.
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Fairly recently, my friend Matt Anderson wrote a book entitled Earthen Vessels. I think the book is worth reading, but today I just wanted to highlight the fact that the question of our bodies and their relation to our being is one that is asked outside of the realm of theology: specifically in video games and in television.
The first example is the recent game Deus Ex: Human Revolution (which I reviewed here). The game's story centers around a futuristic world where people have been augmented mechanically. Sometimes these augmentations help someone walk properly or have a functioning arm, where other augmentations enhance computer skills or visual acuity. Augments are installed in people for various reasons: some because of wounds from wars, others from diseases, and some just because they want to be 'better' than they would be without the augmentation. There is a real life analog here, of course, but the question of whether you would choose to replace your functioning eye with a bionic one that could zoom a few hundred feet is a different one than current technology can even offer. But one question still remains: does adding a bionic or otherwise 'unnatural' mechanical device to my body make me more or less human? It definitely makes my life different; my lens for viewing the world has changed, and in the case of bionic eyes, quite literally. The game has people on every side of the debate, and at the end (mild spoiler alert) you are able to choose which of these people you side with.
The second is that of the television show Futurama, from the same creator of the iconic Simpsons. In an episode from the sixth season of the show, the plot revolves around the cast switching bodies with one another. Many crazy things happen as a result of this, but there is one character in the episode that seemed to understand the fundamental connection we have with our bodies (and why they are rightfully called 'ours'). The character in question is an elderly cannon (not uncommon in this show, since most robots are effectively alive) in the circus. The Professor offers to allow the cannon to switch bodies with someone who is younger, since she is beginning to crack and cannot perform the shots she used to. Her response, I think, captures the connection to bodies quite well. She says in response to the offer: "Never! My body may be old, but it is mine! And every crack a memory of heavy things shot a long way." Now, the phrasing is a bit odd, since we are not cannons, but the point remains the same: our bodies are actually ours, and our memories are sometimes tied to our bodies.
The point of the references is simple: our bodies do matter. While Anderson framed the discussion in theological terms, people outside of the realms of theology recognize that our bodies are important, or are at least worth talking about. Deus Ex may not offer a conclusion, but it is willing to talk about the different perspectives. Futurama has a more clear bias, but the important thing here is that discussions are happening.


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Three of the top women at this year's Australian Open have been caught up in a drugs row on the opening day of the first grand slam tournament of the year after a Belgian government minister claimed one of them tested positive in pre-Christmas exhibition tournament in Belgium last month.
Highly rated Russian seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Dementieva, and France's top woman Nathalie Dechy, have been caught up in the drugs controversy after Belgian officials made public the positive result - although not the name of the player - in a bid to clear the fourth player in the exhibition, the 2004 Australian Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne.
Last night, the WTA - the governing body of women's tennis - moved to discredit the story, issuing a statement saying it had not been informed of any positive test.
"Reports regarding drug testing conducted at an exhibition event in Belgium outside of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program are inaccurate. Neither the WTA Tour, the named players, Tennis Australia, nor the ITF has been contacted by the Belgian authorities. These are unsubstantiated rumours and it would be irresponsible to comment any further," said WTA chief executive Larry Scott.
The confusion has been caused because the testing was undertaken by Belgian Government authorities rather than tennis officials.
Last year's Australian Open started with a drug controversy when it was announced Britain's Greg Rusedski had failed a drug test for nandrolone. He fought the charges and was later exonerated. In the past, players occasionally have failed drug tests because bodies not associated with tennis have not known of certain exemptions allowed for personal health issues.
US Open champion Kuznetsova beat American Jessica Kirkland 6-1, 6-1 yesterday, but the drugs issue overshadowed the result. She said she had not been told of any results from the Belgian test and was critical they had been made public before the players had been notified.
"I think definitely it's unfair to every player because every (one) of us is thinking like, 'What is going on?', you know. I'm not worried that much about it because the truth anyway comes out," said the Russian.
Kuznetsova said she had been tested 11 times last year, including four times during Russia's historic Fed Cup victory at the end of the year. "I think I'm the player who has been most tested. Other players, they have been tested the same amount of times, like 10, nine, eight . . . So I'm pretty sure that everybody's clean. Maybe something happen, it was like a mistake, but you never know.
"The anti-doping program doesn't allow us to take nothing. Even if you are sick."
Despite reports in Belgium suggesting the player had been notified - as is the procedure after the A-sample test has been completed - all three players claimed innocence and denied knowledge of the positive test.
Dementieva, the tournament's sixth seed and runner-up in last year's French and US Opens, said: "I don't know anything about it. They didn't speak to me, so it wasn't me."
Dechy said nobody had approached her, or French tennis authorities, about the drug test.
"We had an unexpected test (in Belgium). They told us that, if there was a problem, they would contact us two or three weeks later. I haven't heard anything and nor have the French federation. I think I am clean. I have no idea about the others," she said.
Belgian Sports Minister Claude Eerdekens revealed the positive test to the local news agency, Belga, at the weekend.
Eerdekens said the test results had been forwarded to the International Tennis Federation, the Belgian Tennis Federation and the player's national body.
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30 Naughtiest Dogs: You'll LOL When You Find Out What They Did
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Like humans dogs can cause mischief. They eat weird things, tear up your goods, and generally just like to destroy things in the name of fun. Plus their breath smells and slobber everywhere! But maybe they're just very progressive in an avant garde way and changing things for the better? Or they just furry version of humans? Who knows. But whatever the reason is, they're still part of the thing and just doing things that make them dogs. That's why we love them. So here are 30 of the funniest things a dog has ever done. Please enjoy!
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When I was about 13 years old, I made an appointment to see the Burdick Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
For a baseball card-collecting Little Leaguer from suburbia, this was a very big deal. I was fascinated not just by the latest 1984 Topps release (I dressed up as a 1984 Topps card for Halloween that year), but by the history of the game as represented by the your-name-in-lights 1952 Topps set and the beautifully-designed 1933 Goudey series (below). I even had a few 1933 Goudeys myself, of no-name players whose affordable cards were known as 'commons.' I thought it was pretty amazing that I could hold something like that in my hands, that a little cardboard object was historical Americana and that I could experience the past first-hand.
So when the Green family went to New York, of course I wanted to see the world's greatest collection of baseball cards, a collection given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Jefferson Burdick. As I write this, I find it kind of weird that 13-year-old me was so set on making an appointment in a dark study room in an art museum a continent away. I remember thinking that going from San Francisco to New York to see the Burdick Collection at the Met was a grand journey, about the grandest journey a Little League first baseman could dream of.
Maybe I insisted to my dad that we go to the Met because I was familiar with art museums, because I'd been to them before, because they were places where anyone could go to look at the past, at beautiful things that were part of our shared history. I certainly remembered that my mother dragged my little brother and I to quite a few art museums. I don't remember the Greens going to art museums much after she died, but thanks to mom, I knew that art museums were special places full of special things — and that they were open to the public. I might have been just a wee lad when the Greens went to New York, but if I wanted to see something at the Metropolitan, by golly I could call and make an appointment to see something at the Metropolitan.
Once arrived at the Met, my dad and I asked how to find the little study room at which I could see the Burdick Collection. A guard showed us the way. A side door opened. We walked through it. Even though there was probably only one thing 13-year-olds made study room-appointments for, a guard asked us why we were there. I shyly told them I was there for the baseball cards. I spent the rest of the afternoon paging through binders of colorful, old cardboard. Each card had been glued into place, an unthinkable faux-pas in today's collecting world.
I remember it like it was yesterday. I think that visit had a lot to do with how I look at art now. For many people who love art, the image itself, the slide, the JPEG, the whatever, is plenty. If they know what an artwork looks like, that's enough. They don't need to see the real thing.
Ever since I became interested in art, in college, I've had an interest in the art-objects themselves. I love standing before the real deal, soaking in its physical actualness. I think my passion for objects stems from the afternoon I spent with the Burdick Collection, seeing with my own eyes treasures such as the most famous baseball card of all time, the 1909 T-206 Honus Wagner (above).
If I was a kid today, I don't know if my family would make that trip to the Met. Last Friday at about noon, the hour at which American institutions try to sneak bad news past the public, the Metropolitan sent out a press release announcing that it is raising its requested admissions charge to $25, effective July 1. The Met, the wealthiest art museum in America's wealthiest city, will now ask a family of four to pay $84 to enter. This is just the latest in a half-decade-long run-up in admission charges at the Met: As Christopher Knight noted on Twitter, the Met's admissions increases have badly outpaced the rate of inflation. Since 2006, inflation in the U.S. has run about 10 percent. At the Metropolitan, admission has increased 25 percent over that same term.
True, because of the Metropolitan's long-ago land deal with the City of New York, the museum can only ask people to pay that. You can still enter by paying a nickel. I suspect that when confronted with a $84 request, more families will pay less.
But still, the Metropolitan's increase is short-sighted and wrong-hearted: It will likely lead to fewer young people being exposed to the world's cultural history, to art, to objects, to peoples and ideas that lie outside the narrowness of a 13-year-old's experience. The Metropolitan is not a business. It is not a movie theater or Yankee Stadium. It is an educational non-profit. Part of a non-profit's mission is to act in the public interest and in the case of art museums, to provide public access. Fortunately many, many American art museums realize this: Museums in St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Toledo and plenty of other places have prioritized free admission. The Metropolitan is leading in the wrong direction. Instead of increasing access to its collections, it is sending the message that it's OK to price out the middle class.


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Always-On SSL is an approach to securing your website to mitigate attacks against your users. When I think of Always-On SSL, I think of three concepts: SSL across your entire site, SSL deployed to the best practices, and SSL with leading technology.
SSL across Your Entire Site
The approach to Always-On SSL is to avoid hijacking of the sessions with your users. Hijacking was always a threat that it can be performed with a tool called SSLstrip; however, change was not really deployed until Firesheep was issued to show how easy it is to highjack a Facebook session. To date, Firesheep has been downloaded more than 2.8 million times.
The goal is to ensure your users start their sessions with SSL and never turn it off. This mitigates the hijacking attacks of the common tools.
SSL Deployed to Best Practices
In many cases, people are worried about SSL attacks based on errors of the protocol or errors by the Certification Authorities (CAs) that issue the certificates. Nevertheless, there are millions of websites managed by millions of administrators. The administrators use different versions of servers and software to manage their SSL certificate environment. The administrators are also trained at many different levels. Unfortunately, this means that SSL gets deployed on servers/software that may not be up-to-date by administrators who are not SSL experts.
The result is that, in many cases, SSL is not deployed to the best practices and many issues can result, such as:
- Inconsistent DNS configuration
- Self-signed certificates
- Poorly configured SSL servers
- Incomplete certificates
- Mixing SSL and plain-text on site
- Inconsistent SSL use
- Not using secure cookies
- Mixed page content
Consider reviewing the SSL Labs Deployment Best Practices to update your site.
SSL with Leading Technology
If you have SSL on your entire site and it is secure by mitigating the poor practices, then perhaps you can upgrade your security by using the latest techniques such as:
- EV SSL Certificates – Give the user visual feedback that they are at the right place by providing trust indicators in the browser chrome and the name of the website owner.
- HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) – Allows the website owner to advise end-users that the website is only available in HTTPS mode. Browsers that support HSTS will provide an error when the site is accessed in HTTP-only mode.
- OCSP Stapling – Will provide the certificate status through the SSL handshake which will provide the website with higher performance and less latency.
- Perfect Forward Secrecy – Will mitigate pervasive surveillance. Perfect Forward Secrecy can be deployed by ensuring your server supports and prefers cipher suites with Diffie-Hellman ephemeral (DHE) or Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman ephemeral (ECDHE).
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Scandals plaguing VA give new meaning to this year's Memorial Day observances
Memorial Day is a time to remember the sacrifices this country's men and women have made fighting in the name of freedom. Whether those battles were fought on American soil, as during the Civil War, or abroad, on this day Americans should pause to honor that sacrifice.
The struggle for freedom continues to this day in Afghanistan, where Americans are still becoming casualties as they fight to keep that country from falling into extremist hands. The U.S. presence there is winding down, but even a full troop withdrawal this year would not mean that the women and men serving this country are out of harm's way. Members of the military are on station around the world.
Today is a special day with ceremonies and parades to commemorate those brave men and women who died for this country. But it is also an opportunity to remember those veterans still with us, and who need our help.
At times, this country falls short of its responsibility toward our veterans, most notably the series of scandals enveloping the Department of Veterans Affairs. The worst involves what may be the systematic falsification of data at some VA facilities to hide lengthy wait times for veterans to see doctors.
Other problems range from the chronic backlog in dealing with disability claims and instances of poor care at some veterans hospitals. In Western New York, it was the improper reuse of insulin pens. That unconscionable practice exposed veterans to the possibility of infection. Also last year, thousands of patient files at VA hospitals in Buffalo and Batavia were misplaced or damaged.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is a decorated combat veteran who received the Purple Heart for wounds inflicted in Vietnam. However, he has shown that he is not up to the job of running the sprawling VA bureaucracy. Firing Shinseki will not solve the VA's deep-seated problems, but it's a necessary first step.
Congress has a role to play in improving care for veterans, including ending the almost annual ritual of delayed appropriations that undermine the Disabled American Veterans' ability to deliver critical programs and services.
Garry Augustine, DAV Washington headquarters director, put it best when he said that the harm veterans have suffered from budget gridlock may be more an accidental byproduct of political dysfunction than intentional hurt, but "that doesn't excuse those responsible. Rather than choosing between left and right, this is about doing the proper thing – keeping our end of the sacred compact made to those who served our country."
Congress should pass the Putting Veterans Funding First Act, which would guarantee the VA receives timely funding each year for those essential programs, benefits and services.
The bill, sponsored by Reps. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., and Mike Michaud, D-Maine, and Sens. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, and John Boozman, R-Ark., has been approved by the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees with overwhelming support, but has yet to reach the floor of either chamber for a vote.
Without that legislative fix, VA officials are in the dark about how much money they will receive, or when, to manage disability claims processing, compensation benefits, information technology, construction, medical and prosthetic research and cemetery administration.
Ceremonies honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice are being held across Western New York. As we bow our heads in recognition of their heroics, we should also resolve to care properly for our veterans by ensuring that the proper resources are in place to do so.


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|July 8, 2004
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The Cleveland Stater staff cajoled English exchange student Cindy Bailey, who has worked on the Stater staff this summer, to recreate a local version of Abbey Road.
Travel and Travolta part of experience
By Cindy Bailey
"Where's that accent from?"
"You're not from around here, are you?"
Those have to be two of the most frequently asked questions I have had since coming to Cleveland State University/America.
I now have a set speech to many of these commonly asked questions. "I'm from England," I would say, to then be inundated with questions: Why did I choose CSU? Why Ohio? Where in England am I from? London? What do I think of George Bush? Do I like Tony Blair? Do I like America?
I found it funny that people, mainly adults, would want to know the political opinion of a 19-year-old English student. After a few weeks I felt like robot reeling off this polite speech about why I'm here, how long and for what reason, along with defending my decision for choosing CSU.
I never became sick of telling my story, just a little bored. I was flattered that people even cared why I was here.
I never really knew what to expect when coming to CSU. I had expectations yet when trying to put them down on paper I find it difficult.
If a person were to ask you what would you expect if you were to study in England for two semesters, what would you say? How would you answer? Would you really have expectations?
There are so many things to take into consideration. Teaching methods, the whole university and school systems are completely different.
Leaving home for the first time. Moving half way across the world alone can be a frightening experience.
The language. The language would surprise many, although we all speak English. We really don't all speak English. With my slang terms from the area of England I'm from … mixed with the slang of the U.S and the regional slang of Cleveland Ohio … I, and those who met me, had our hands full.
The English have 'fry-ups' for breakfast, and fish 'n' chips, for dinner, along with crisps as a snack.
Americans have muffins, bagels and coffee for breakfast and burger with fries for dinner with chips as snack. Confused?
I frequently wanted fries but ended up with chips, as I had asked for them the English way. Then when returning home for a brief time during the Christmas holidays I would end up with fries when I wanted chips!
You have to be prepared for a great deal of change, and I'm not sure I was. I knew that not everything would be the same, that there would be some huge differences, for instance teaching methods, cars driving on the wrong side of the road, but I had not prepared myself for the small, and normally insignificant changes.
I find it hilarious when people try to impersonate me, or even an English accent. As do my friends when I try and have an American accent. Apparently I sound like a 'Valley girl.'
I must admit to being a member of one of the most tourist-oriented, 'I love America' families possible. Having been a frequent visitor to Orlando, Fla., I thought I knew what it would be like to live in the States. How wrong I was. The real thing is slightly different when compared to meeting Mickey and Minnie, Mouse that is. And riding the Hulk in Islands of Adventure.
Making friends was one concern I did have. I didn't know anyone. It was like the first day of school all over again. But sure enough America lived up to its reputation of being extremely welcoming and friendly. I have met some amazing people, from all kinds of backgrounds, and different countries. My roommate was from Paris…. I now have free accommodation in the capital of France.
But most of all, this one-year exchange program has given me the opportunity to make the kind of friends you keep for life. And travel. I have traveled so much. Cleveland State has given me the opportunity to visit places I could have only dreamed of. I have been to different areas of the North, along with visiting the East and West of America. I even met John Travolta in the process!
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AT&T Delivers $140 Million in Network Services to Help Kentucky Schools Leverage Technology and Improve Education
Frankfort, Kentucky, March 5, 2008
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced the completion of the Kentucky Education Network (KEN), a $140 million service recently added to AT&T's Kentucky Information Highway contract with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Education Cabinet. KEN will bring high-bandwidth broadband services and Internet access to 174 school districts located in 120 counties. The solution will also allow students and teachers to access information from post-secondary institutions in the state.
In addition to the local and long distance voice service currently provided by AT&T, this new solution will establish Virtual Private Network (VPN) services for state school operations across Kentucky. The flexible network infrastructure of AT&T's solution will enable the state of Kentucky to scale its network services according to the state's needs and leverage advanced performance and security features.
"In today's education environment, school applications are requiring technology and more bandwidth to give our teachers the tools they need to enhance each student's educational experience and to better prepare them for college and membership in a global workforce," said David Couch, commissioner of Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of Education Technology. "AT&T's network services are helping us address the different learning and teaching styles of students and teachers by providing educational content in the forms of video, audio and text. This content can now be delivered much better and faster to each classroom throughout our K - 12 system."
Other major benefits provided through this network solution include analysis and improvement of student test scores online using Web-based diagnostic tools and the development of electronic individual learning plans for more than 300,000 students. These electronic plans can be accessed and reviewed at home by parents who are interested in their children's school activities.
With AT&T's services, Kentucky is also establishing a K - 12 "data warehouse" that is expected to become a one-stop shop for assessment data, curriculum guidance and instructional tools, which can be accessed nearly in real time by students, parents, teachers and administrators.
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In direct support of Governor Beshear's Educational Vision, the Education Cabinet seeks to continue to build on the successes and lessons of the first 18 years of KERA, seven years of postsecondary reform and the research and technology improvements during that time by implementing a seamless education-centric network that equitably supports lifelong learning for all Kentuckians. Key features of KEN include equity in terms of cost, geographic availability, access, and support for all learning styles. KEN also supports the availability of audio and video-intense learning and research opportunities, scalable and adaptable network design that easily supports future growth, and 24 x 7 network availability and support. The goal of KEN is to develop a seamless education-centric network that will grow and scale to meet new, increasing, and unforeseen needs to support equitable life long learning for all Kentuckians. KEN further will help to break down the physical and political barriers between secondary and postsecondary education and share learning content and resources, both virtual and physical, throughout the education system.
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Princess Graph/chart by Sarah Chapman
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This is a graph that can be worked knitted, crocheted or with Afghan stitch. Looks best if done in single crochet if you are crocheting it. I have never knitted or used afghan stitch for these.
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Most mornings, Richardson put in a call to Sam Rayburn before driving Murchison to the track.
The bed of the Murchison River is here about 1,077 feet above the sea.
They were later good enough to award me the Murchison Prize in 1911.
Murchison has known them to measure fully an inch and a half in length.
"Dead," said Murchison again, biting his lip and eyeing him furiously.
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Mrs. Murchison and Mildred Godstone also shook hands with Jack.
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Announcement Welcome to my shop full of colorful wool bags and accessories. Everything you see here is handmade by me with love and care for each and every detail. If you see a style you like but would prefer it in another color scheme just get in touch and I'll knit one just for you!
Welcome to my shop full of colorful wool bags and accessories. Everything you see here is handmade by me with love and care for each and every detail. If you see a style you like but would prefer it in another color scheme just get in touch and I'll knit one just for you!
judymywong on Jan 13, 2017
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colour are gorgeous and the straps are well made. Thank you, Karen!
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I love this bag, it has been beautifully made in wonderful colours and fabrics. I am especially pleased that it has been lined. Thanks for the free little matching purse. Thank you
A Little Bit About Me
Sewing has always been my thing and I've happily made a living at my sewing machine for over 25 years. As well as making the range of woolen accessories you see here in my Etsy shop I am a also a part time dressmaker and a part time sewing teacher. Don't ask me choose because I enjoy doing them all!
While living in the States my business consisted mainly of up cycling wool sweaters into bags and accessories and selling them online and at local craft fairs. In 2013 my family relocated to the UK and I had a hard time (well, an impossible time) finding enough wool "jumpers" to upcycle into bags and I began to get bored. I took a job in a local dressmaking shop and as luck would have it one day a customer popped his head into the shop and asked "would anyone here like to buy a knitting machine fairly cheap?" I bought the machine and have been knitting my own wool fabric ever since. Now instead of scouring the charity shops for wool to recycle, I pour over my lambswool color card and dream about lovely new color combinations for my hats and bags. Life is good when you are willing to adapt!
If you would like to know a little bit more about me or see a gallery of past creations, have a look at my website www.karenmeyers.net. If you have any questions or requests, please do get in touch through an Etsy convo.
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PETALING JAYA : 3D design software expert Autodesk Inc updated its Digital Entertainment Creation software suites for 3D modelling, animation, effects and rendering.
The 2011 versions of Maya, 3ds Max, Softimage and other software have been improved to take advantage of better hardware, such as Intel Corp's latest quad-core processors, as well as new nVidia and ATI graphics cards.
Autodesk's products also now work better with the 64-bit version of Snow Leopard, the Mac operating system.
Tan Choon Sang, Autodesk Malaysia country manager, said there's a growing demand for high-definition content and stereoscopic 3D movies like Avatar in today's entertainment industry.
"With our tools, artists will be equipped with the capability to work more efficiently to incorporate 3D modelling, visual effects and stereoscopic 3D into their story telling," he said.
Autodesk Asia Pte Ltd application sales engineer Matthew Dewees demonstrated the ease of using 3ds Max 2011 to render unique environments.
Using a single art asset — just one tree — he then employed 3ds Max to randomise the asset's height to create an entire forest.
Other enhancements include better tools for texture painting over 3D models.
"One of the major improvements in our 2011 line up is improved facial animation in our character animation software, Autodesk Softimage," said Dewees.
"Taking data out from motion-capture data and applying audio clips, we can easily lip sync recorded voices to a 3D animated head while greatly reducing the time for artists to animate the face.
"Essentially, we've taken out the complexity and streamlined the process for a more efficient workflow."
Other Autodesk software that were updated are MotionBuilder 2011 and Mudbox 2011.
3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite 2011 and Maya Entertainment Creation Suite 2011 are priced at RM19 ,700 each.
It is RM3 ,430 for Mudbox 2011 and RM16 ,200 for MotionBuilder 2011.
Trial versions of the software are available at http://bit.ly/ZiQTA.
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Granny Square Dishcloth by Lily / Sugar'n Cream
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Granny Square Dishcloth
This pattern is available for free.
The classic granny square dishcloth is a fun and easy project. (Yarnspirations)
Skill Level: Easy
Lily® Sugar'n Cream®
Solids: 70.9 g/2.5 oz; 109 m/120 yds;
Ombres: 56.7 g/2 oz; 86 m/95 yds
Main Color (MC) 1 ball
Contrast A 1 ball
6.00 mm crochet hook (U.S. J or 10)
Finished in 11 rounds.
French version is included in the English PDF file (modified September 17, 2002):
Granny Square Dishcloth / Lavette à Carreaux
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Smaller version by Bernat Design Studio
Ed. note: The current Yarnspirations photo shows the 6-round Bernat version.
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I just noticed that Queen of Sheba made Greg Cox's list of top 10 new restaurants in the Triangle. I did not realize that they had opened in a new location.
Have any Ethiopian food aficionados tried it? Back in the mid '90s, the QoS's owner, Friesh, had a terrific little Ethiopian takeout place, the Blue Nile, on Chapel Hill Rd in Durham (the way, way back location of Suman's Indian takeout, before Suman opened on Main St, and back when that was the only Indian food to be found in all of Durham). Then the Blue Nile moved to Lakewood, and the quality of the food went way, way down. I also was not particularly fond of the Carrboro Queen of Sheba food. I found much of it to be non-distinctive, underseasoned, and not terribly fresh-tasting. But I know Friesh knows how to cook, and I love great Ethiopian, so it would be great if this new incarnation of Queen of Sheba is really that good.


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That she is the victim of a neglectful mother, whose death begins the action, is suggested by the crippling psychological disorders suffered by her twin brother Sebastian (Dion Mills).
However, the psychiatrist, Hillary (Olivia Connolly), is even nuttier, proceeding from grief at abandonment to a religious epiphany that involves self-mutilation.
In fact, the only really sane character, and that's relative, is Dylan (Vince Miller), the jailed killer with whom Sebastian corresponds.
Bernadette's husband Kip (Richard Cawthorne) not only seems not to notice his wife's madness, but becomes a born-again painter of all-white canvases when, as a dentist, he can no longer face teeth.
The dead mother of the twins makes an appearance, as does a male whore who almost stabs Sebastian to death.
And there's a baby somewhere in the background as well, one that seems able to walk at four months.
These seasoned actors have energy and intensity, but not even high-octane performances can disguise the script's thinness, its confused aims and shallow psychologising. The play produces laughter, but fails to engage.
The characters almost become interesting, but then absurdity deflects involvement. This means that the ending, which seems to be serious, is anti-climactic.
It is a kooky kind of "happy" ending, though it could have gone the other way - but we wouldn't really have cared greatly.
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October 1, 2013-- Northwestern Oklahoma State University's Department of English, Foreign Language, and Humanities is sponsoring the Fall 2013 poetry readings. Tonight the visiting poet for the American Studies program is Jeanetta Calhoun Mish at 7 p.m. at the Graceful Arts Center.
September 27, 2011 - A Northwestern Oklahoma State University Homecoming Art Exhibition showing more than 40 pieces of art by more than 20 artists will be the first event in the new Graceful Arts Center in downtown Alva. The free show opens Friday with a reception for artists and the public from 7 to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Ken Hada, author of two books of poems, will be reading from his books during a Poetry Reading at Northwestern Oklahoma State University on Monday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in the J.W. Martin Library.
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Such a Beautiful Necklace to wear to help aid your spirit closer to the Elements of Air & Water. This necklace was designed to represents the elements of Air, and Water using Blue Goldstone, and authentic Emeralds.These stones can be seen in sets on both sides of the Silver chain. Blue Goldstone has tiny glittery bits, Infused with copper sparkles. This stone is a very powerful energy generator. It is also a lucky gemstone, and great for providing composure, Helps aid transformation of thoughts from one person to another. Blue goldstone is good stabilizing emotions, and good for giving energy. Helps remove or repel unwanted entities from your environment, and is the gemstone of wisdom and science, helping us remember the light within the darkness and showing us to reach for the stars. Emerald is known as a tonic for the body as it aids in alignment of all the bodies. Extremely balancing for anyone seeking the truth. Emeralds are said to ward of negativity and to strengthen spiritual insight, and when used as a scrying stone can also foretell the future. This Beautiful Necklace also Features a Sealed Vial full of Jasmine Oil, and Blue Fairy Dust. This mixture together flows like the Element of Water, with a Silver Feather charm symbolizing the Element of Air. Jasmine is a fantastic aid for attracting positive energy, the aid of good spirits, and seeking out the love you desire. While wearing this symbolic necklace you will create an aura of positive energy, peace, and affection. This Necklace is 27" in length including the pendant. I can adjust the size to a point if you need it shorter. Find more Necklaces listed: http://www.etsy.com/shop/leighswiccanboutique?section_id=6978558 Or visit my Vintage shop at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/mandileighs


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(9/10/2009) New Haven Union Station Shuttle Offers Expanded Hours and Free Service to the Green
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) announced today enhancements to the free weekday shuttle which connects rail passengers using Union Station to additional off-site parking locations, including the Temple Street Garage and the parking lot at the former Coliseum site. All shuttle trips now extend to the New Haven Green, creating easy connections to all other CTTRANSIT local bus routes in New Haven. Additionally, the shuttle operates throughout the day. Previously, the shuttle was only available during morning and evening commute times. The enhancements to this route were implemented on August 31st.
�These changes will help passengers access Connecticut�s rail resources in New Haven,� said Joseph F. Marie, Commissioner of the Department of Transportation. �For departing rail passengers it makes additional parking convenient, and for arriving passengers it opens up the entire Greater New Haven area served by CTTRANSIT.�
�We encourage residents and employees to use rail services and buses whenever possible in lieu of driving to reduce our carbon footprint and contribute to a greener and cleaner New Haven. The expansion of this shuttle service will help to facilitate increased rail use in New Haven,� said Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. �Not only does this enhanced service make it easier for people to get in and out of the City during the week, but this also creates a more inviting environment for businesses and events.�
The Union Station Shuttle is funded by ConnDOT and operated by CTTRANSIT. The shuttle operates continuously every 20 minutes, from 6:10AM until 10:15PM, Monday through Friday. The route runs from Union Station on Union Avenue, up North Frontage Road, Orange Street, Church Street, Chapel Street, Temple Street, George Street and State Street. It then heads back on Union Avenue to Union Station.
For more information about the off-site parking served by this shuttle, please contact the New Haven Parking Authority at (203) 946-8936 regarding the Temple Street Garage or Pro Park at (203) 927-2810 for the parking lot at the former Coliseum site.
More information about the Union Station Shuttle, including a detailed map, can be found at www.cttransit.com, under �Routes & Schedules�. For specific route and schedule information, please call CTTRANSIT Customer Service at (203) 624-0151.
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The speed with which the SMIHVH business license and hospital approvals were processed demonstrates the high level of collaboration between MSDI and the government representatives of China (Charles Franc - CEO)
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MSDI is a medical facilities and services planning, development and management company founded in California, USA in 2006. MSDI was established for the purpose of planning, developing and managing full-service and specialty hospitals globally, with an initial focus in China.
SMIHVH and its network of associated diagnostic imaging service centers will specifically serve four main cities (Weifang, Yantai, Qingdao, and Weihai) as well as the City of Rushan and other regional cities, all of which are located on the Shandong Peninsula. It is expected that SMIHVH will also provide services to patients from other regions within China, and those from many countries abroad as well.
MSDI, acutely aware of the need for early detection of cardiovascular disease, quality treatment for those afflicted, and seamless convalescent care, looks forward to introducing its unique Center of Excellence (COE) style of hospital operation and medical services delivery to the peoples of the Shandong Province and beyond.
Charles Franc, CEO of MSDI, commented that "The speed with which the SMIHVH business license and hospital establishment approvals were processed demonstrates the high level of collaboration between MSDI and the government representatives of Rushan, Weihai and Shandong, and PRC party officials alike." The applications were approved within the ensuing two month period following formation of the SMIHVH joint venture between MSDI and the city of Rushan on July 12th, of this year.
Studies have predicted a 50% increase in cardiovascular events in China over the next 20 years. The need for effective cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment delivery systems that utilize the best equipment and staff available today is clearly indicated for China. MSDI has empowered SMIHVH with the charter to develop and implement the latest hospital technologies and processes delivered by highly qualified physicians and staff.
MSDI plans to develop multiple western style cardiovascular hospitals in China to help overcome a number of issues currently faced by Chinese hospital systems. These problems, in part, include inconsistent diagnosis and treatment, discontinuous patient care requiring family members to bridge the gaps, and poor information flow regarding patient conditions and recommended medical treatments.
MSDI provides management and advisory services to hospitals, specifically in the areas of cardiovascular performance improvement, performance-based clinical centers of excellence (COEs) development and operations using western healthcare services management principles and clinical operations.
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Hi guys, first post, hope you can help me out.
I have a white MacBook. Bought it Dec 2009, so it's the new model.
For the past few months, it's really slowed down, I'm seeing the spinning beach ball allot more, and I'm talking about simple tasks, like word processing... copying text, and the ball appears, it's like being back in the late 90's on Windows!
I'm not running a huge amount of programmes, and I've about 20gb hard drive space left. My thrash bin is empty.
What can I do? I'd rather not have to boot disc the whole laptop, as I'd have to re install all my software...
What are my options?
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Well, 20GB HD space is pretty much running on the bare minimum, so I'm not surprised that you are seeing the spinning beach ball constantly.
I recommend freeing up as much HD space as you can, and then running OnyX to do a bit of a system clean up.
Be sure to get the download the version for the OS you are using.
Once you have it, and it has verified your HD, use the automation tab.
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Agreed, having very minimum hard drive space can greatly slow down your machine. It's best to store all big files on an external HD and free up as much space as you can in your puter.
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It's Victoria's Secret Angels in Spandex
Alright, who showed them my penis?
After a long day of delicately exploring such controversial topics as race riots, chloroforming your kid to death, Down babies and naming your son after your ex because Orlando Bloom is a wee little vagina-man, I thought it'd be nice to post something we all can agree on. Namely that Victoria's Secret models are gorgeous examples of what every woman's body should look like or forever be shunned by society. That's about as incendiary as oatmeal.


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Jimmy Fallon To Record Album
Late-night talk show host and former "SNL" cast member Jimmy Fallon is set to record a comedy album scheduled for release next summer.
According to his label, Warner Bros. Records, the album "will include music, parodies and other impresario compositions that became instant classics after performances by Jimmy and his guests on the 'Late Night' show.'"
"Having a new album coming out soon on Warner Bros. means so much to me," said Fallon. "Mostly, it means I should probably start writing some songs."


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The Four Mile Fire is still going strong in Boulder, so STS9's helping come to the rescue!
STS9 is known for helping out places in need, so the band's going to sell a number of tickets to its sold-out, Sept, 9 Boulder Theater show to help benefit the Four Mile Fire Department.
Tickets go on sale tonight at 5 p.m. MST and they'll cost $100. STS9 is hoping to raise $5,000 and says every dime will go to aid the fire fighting unit. And we all know how hard they've been working!
Go the the Boulder Theater website at www.bouldertheater.com to buy tickets.
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I apologize for making everyone change RSS feeds and bookmarks twice in recent months. What's worse, I can't promise that Myrmecos won't move again in the near future. Some intriguing offers have arrived in my inbox and I am thinking them over.
My sincere thanks to the various bloggers and support staff here at Scienceblogs for hosting me. I'd especially like to thank Erin Johnson, who brought me into the network and handled some of the difficult blog migration issues.
Don't read too much into this change of address. Scienceblogs is having a tough run at present, true, but the biggest impetus is simply that I liked blogging on the old platform more than the present one. And, I was never able to overcome the feeling that Scienceblogs and Myrmecos were not quite the right combination of network and blog.
I've been a regular Scienceblogs reader since the early days in 2006 and hope to remain so. Behind the scenes, significant changes are afoot on the part of both bloggers and management that make me optimistic Scienceblogs will pull through the current difficulties. I want them to succeed, but I also recognize that I do not need to be an active participant in that process.
I will be blogging at the old digs for the next few days until I have had time to digest the unfortunate recent events here at Scienceblogs. What's going on? I'll let my excellent sciblings explain:
***update and clarification*** I have reached no decision about the future location of Myrmecos blog.
I like some things about Scienceblogs. Their openness in letting bloggers air this sort of dirty laundry out in public is one of them. I dislike other things. The Pepsi blog-buy behind the current kerfuffle is troubling, but ultimately it is small beans, a symptom of a larger corporate undercurrent I'd been watching even before I moved the blog. At the time, I thought I could live with it in exchange for bringing an ant blog to a larger audience. Now that the trend is moving- no, running like mad- the wrong way, I'm not so sure.
I may well be back here in a few days. Or not. Several sciencebloggers- particularly the more journalistic of them- have opted out of the network already. I'd rather take the time to reach a solution I won't regret. In the meantime, I am more comfortable at the old site.]]>
Easily mistaken for a bee, Eristalis is in fact a clever mimic capable of luring many an unsuspecting observer into the land of amusing taxonomy fail.
But the structure of the antennae, the broad attachment of the abdomen to the thorax, and the presence of only a single pair of wings mark it as a fly.
I took this photo in bright sunlight, although it doesn't look that way from the black backdrop. This dramatic lighting effect is achieved by using such a small aperture (f/13) and a fast shutter speed (1/250 sec) that almost no ambient light reaches the sensor. A small but intense flash directed at just the fly and the flower- but not the garden in the background- provides sufficient illumination for a proper exposure of just the intended subject.
I do congratulate the fine folks at Antweb, though, for having the emotional maturity to let the vocabulary slide and just answer the question.]]>
Points will be awarded for the first correct guess: five for family and five for genus.
The cumulative points winner for the month of July will win either 1) any 8×10 print from my insect photo gallery, or 2) a guest blog post on the (safe-for-work) topic of their choosing.]]>
As you may have noticed, in painting our hives we've eschewed the standard hive whitewash in favor of pleasing pastels.
But we've got nothing on the hive art produced by other beekeepers on the web. Below the fold is a selection of my favorites:
Ant ecologist extraordinaire Rob Dunn sends along the following request:
We are looking for live colonies of
- Aphaenogaster rudis
- Temnothorax curvispinosus or T. longispinosus
- Crematogaster lineolata
- Tapinoma sessile
from anywhere within their ranges. If you are potentially willing to contribute colonies we would be very grateful. Please contact Sarah Diamond (email@example.com) regarding details. If you are interested in more extensive collection of colonies, we may be able to reimburse your collection time. These collections will be used to try to understand variation across the geographic ranges of these species in thermal tolerance and other life history traits. We are also interested in how the cryptic species of the A. rudis complex differ in their traits associated with thermal tolerance (and will be DNA barcoding specimens) and so if you aren't sure which of the A. rudis complex species you have, feel free to just send it along and we will sort it out.
Very Sincerely,
Rob Dunn and Sarah Diamond
The Dunn lab is at the cutting edge of macroecology and produces some absolutely world-class ant science. If you have access to any of these common North American species, I encourage you to contact Sarah for details about how to collect and send the colonies.
Meet the Colorado Potato Beetle.
If I had to make a list of ten insects all people should know, I'd probably put this one on it. Leptinotarsa decemlineata is a walking case study in evolutionary ecology.
Anyone with a potato patch will recognize this large, pin-striped beetle as a particularly voracious consumer of potato leaves. And that's true- the insect is a major agricultural pest. But it has only been eating potato plants for 150 years or so. Before that, L. decemlineata was an obscure insect found in the mountains of western North America where it fed on native Solanaceae that no one cared about.
When European settlers pushed west in the 1840's with their newly-planted potato fields, a world of culinary possibilities opened up for this native beetle. A few gave the novel plant a try and never looked back. The population exploded and rapidly spread eastward across the continent. The beetles even reached Eurasia, too. It's a textbook case of an evolutionary host-switch.
The colorado potato beetle evolves in other ways, too. Leptinotarsa decemlineata has become the poster child for pesticide resistance, and its various populations developed resistant to more agrochemicals than any other insect species. Organophosphates? Carbamates? Pyrethroids? No problem- thanks to a prolific life cycle and indiscriminate pesticide application, this beetle can now detoxify all of them.
These are the strong-stomached folks who study the arthropod fauna that colonizes dead flesh. Their knowledge of insect taxonomy, ecology, and development can be used to provide estimates of the time and conditions of death. Or zombification, in the present case.
Hypothetically, suppose a zombie shuffles along to my house at horrifying rate of 1 km/hr.
On arrival, I note that the zombie is infested with final instar larvae of the blow fly Phormia regina. Under our current warm summer weather conditions, it takes at least 5 days for the maggots to reach that developmental stage since momma fly visited the zombie. So we can presume that the zombie has been decomposing for at least that long.
Let's see. 5 days is 120 hours. Shuffling at 1km/hour would put the origin of that zombie no further than 120 kilometers away.
If we collect maggots and crunch the numbers from enough zombies, we should be able to triangulate in on the location of the zombie epicenter. The zombie control forces will then be able to deploy where they will be most effective.
And as usual, entomologists will have saved civilization.
On a more personal note, though, I guess I should have run instead of doing the math.]]>


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they say yes and the driver are been patched. but I never really could associate with the router.
anyone know if this card supports injection in BT2.0?
seems like a nice card with super long range (500mW)
maybe even better than Zcomax 300mW & Ubiquiti 300mW
they say yes and the driver are been patched. but I never really could associate with the router.
I'm using the AWUS036H right this moment and I can say I've been very sucsessful with injections and associations. The range is amazing signals that were coming in at 1 bar shot up to 4 and several APs I could not see before appeared.
The stock antenna is works well but wth the sma type socket you could plug all sorts in to increase your range
I recomend it heavily if you have to go through USB. The only downside is that is uses 2 USB ports so it can get the extra power it needs
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ok, finally it works at me also fine. the injection is very fast. i'm going to try WPA tommorow. thanks johnyt
Cool Glad to see you got it working !
iam from Germany and my English is very terrible sorry.
I have trouble with my Alfa USB on BT2.
The LED goes not on. In console i saw the Alfa card under wlan0 thats ok.
I put the crad down with ifconfig wlan0 down, after i put it on with ifconfig wlan0.
The LED on this card goes very short on and the card turn it off.
Then i have to try the card in monitor mode an it goes.
airmon-ng wlan0 start. Airmon-ng shows that the card is in montior mode.
Then i have in the airoscript put in the Card as wlan0 and save the script.
But i cant use whe i start the airoscript.
What's rong. ???
Well First Don't worry about the green light on the Alfa. Mine also does not show in BT2.0
This is a known issue check the compatibility ttp://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php?title=HCL:Wireless
The alpha uses the rtl8187 chip same as the netgear w111v2
also follow this guide. I had my first sucsess with my alfa
Ive only had this card for a couple of weeks and had 100% sucsess with the client present meathod. The no client meathod I have had mixed results, some trys worked some didn't. Even with the same AP. Ive not tried wpa yet, woud be nice to hear from a more experianced member who has had one for a lot longer
i took johnyt's recommendation and ordered one of these last week, it arrived yesterday. works great under XP, way better than my old dlink dwl-g122.
i will give it a go in bt2 once i finish downloading it.


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Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
Legendary director Alan J. Pakula helms this hidden gem from the 1970s about Walter (Timothy Bottoms), an aimless young man bicycling through Spain. Along the way, he meets Lila (Maggie Smith) and immediately falls in love with her despite being many years her junior. Although she rebuffs him at first, Lila soon gives in to Walter's charm. But their budding relationship is cut short when Lila learns that she's terminally ill.


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Justice Department Sues Vermont Over Late Ballots
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state of Vermont and Secretary of State Jim Condos.
The legal action aims to ensure that Vermont military personnel and others serving overseas can get their absentee ballots in on time, after a delay in sending ballots out to some of those voters.
The department said yesterday that it's seeking an order requiring Vermont to accept overseas ballots until November 16.
The department said it filed the lawsuit after the state failed to send more than 20 percent of the ballots out by the deadline.
Condos, a Democrat, said a recount in a Progressive primary race delayed the printing of the November ballots. But, he said, town clerks were sent electronic copies and most overseas voters should have received their ballots on time.