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We seek a postdoctoral fellow to study the impacts of land-use and climate changes on migratory tree bats affected by wind energy development in North America. This opportunity will provide an unprecedented opportunity to integrate species distribution models with observational and/or experimental field studies, while incorporating information about land-use and climate changes in North America. Current and future changes in climate and land-use are likely to have substantial impacts on animals that migrate. A group of tree-dependent bats commonly referred to as migratory tree bats migrate across regional and continental scales and the populations, migratory patterns, and species ranges of these bats may be significantly altered by land-use and climate changes in the contiguous United States and elsewhere. The rapid and widespread deployment of industrial wind turbines is an example of a global land-use change that is having unanticipated adverse effects on tree-roosting bats that migrate (Cryan 2011, Ellison 2012).
One of the greatest difficulties in predicting when and where turbines will most affect bats is the fact that we know very little about the habitats or seasonal whereabouts of the highly migratory species that are most affected. Migratory tree bats are notoriously difficult to observe in the wild, particularly during late summer and early autumn when they are most often found dead at turbines. We still lack very basic information about their habits, such as areas where they concentrate during autumn migration, where they winter on the continent, and whether they hibernate or remain active during winter. Population sizes of migratory tree bats are currently unknown. Simply put, if the bats do not occur in an area, they cannot be affected by wind energy development there. Building upon earlier cross-disciplinary studies into the continental movement patterns of tree bats (Findley and Jones 1964, Cryan 2003), we are currently using state-of-the-art species distribution modeling techniques to map when and how these highly mobile bats might move across the North American landscape. Our ongoing species distribution modeling effort is providing new insights into how landscape features and environmental conditions might influence the seasonal distribution patterns of migratory tree bats at regional and continental scales. The current work also provides an unprecedented foundation from which to try and forecast the ecosystem and economic impacts of land-use and climate changes on a highly migratory species that remains in North America throughout the year and likely relies on both warm and cold seasonal habitats for survival. Our developing understanding of the relationships between migratory bats and the landscapes they move across may help us predict how they might fare in a changing world.
The Mendenhall Fellow will have an opportunity to integrate species distribution models with observational and/or experimental field studies, while incorporating information about land-use and climate changes in North America. The postdoctoral fellow is expected to design a research project aimed at forecasting the impacts of land-use and climate change on migratory tree bats in North America in the context of wind energy development, consistent with USGS priorities. Candidates are encouraged to develop proposals aiming for some or all of the following goals: (1) Design and conduct field studies to assess hypothesized distributions of tree bats based on existing model results, with such methods as capture and acoustic surveys, radio-telemetry, videography, and/or satellite tracking; (2) Identifying continental and regional hotspots of tree bat activity where land-use and climate changes will likely have adverse impacts on their populations and the ecosystem services they provide; (3) Detecting distributional shifts linked to land-use and climate change in species of migratory tree bat in North America; (4) Developing models of ecosystem-service valuation and quantify long-term, continental-scale ecosystem service impacts of land-use and climate changes; and (5) seek opportunities to engage stakeholders in the use of this information for planning, conservation, and problem-solving, with a particular focus on predicting risk and minimizing fatalities of bats at industrial wind turbines.
Cryan, P. M. 2003. Seasonal distribution of migratory tree bats (Lasiurus and Lasionycteris) in North America. Journal of Mammalogy 84:579593.
Cryan, P. M. 2011. Wind turbines as landscape impediments to the migratory connectivity of bats. Environmental Law 41:355370.
Ellison, L. E. 2012. Bats and wind energy: a literature synthesis and annotated bibliography: U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 20121110.
Findley, J. S., and C. Jones. 1964. Seasonal distribution of the hoary bat. Journal of Mammalogy 45:461470.
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The 'Swagger Jagger' singer is stalking her ex and his new girlfriend in the photos and doing things she wishes she could do in real life.
Cher Lloyd's "Want U Back" music video has just been unleashed for fans' viewing pleasure. In it, the former contestant of "The X Factor" channels her anger after being dumped by her ex by stalking him in the photos. She seeks revenge for her heartbreak by throwing drinks and popcorns at him.
Cher gets support from Astro, a young rapper who took part in the inaugural season of "The X Factor (US)". Both of them appear in a glossy magazine. The former graces the cover with "Tough Love" as the highlighted story, while the latter takes over the "Ascending Star" page.
"Want U Back" is the latest single from Cher Lloyd's debut album "Sticks + Stones" which has been in stores across the United Kingdom since November this year. Coming from production hands of Shellback, the album version of the single actually features her singing solo without Astro on it. The aspiring MC is added to the remix after he's eliminated from the "X Factor".
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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Investors can breathe a collective sign of relief this morning -- for now.
Buyers are coming back into the market on Thursday, as Greece's biggest step toward restructuring relaxes some of the biggest worries about stocks. The Greek debt swap has already been agreed to by the majority of the country's lenders, a critical factor in making yesterday's bounce stick in the S&P 500 and the Dow.
While it's "Data Thursday" today, Wall Street is expecting fairly limited economic numbers today. That's why the good news from Greece is so timely. That being said, jobs, Fed balance sheet and money supply data, and treasury auctions are all still going to be market-moving events for stocks today; if numbers can manage to come in above expectations, they could add some fuel for this late-week rebound.
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From a technical analysis perspective, pullbacks (like the one we saw this week) are an integral part of rallies; so, the selling we saw to start the week is actually a healthy thing for the broad market. Now, if buying pressure can help the S&P stick above resistance, we could be about to set out on the next stage of this 2012 rally.
To take full advantage, we're turning to the technicals in five of Wall Street's big-name stocks this week.
If you're new to technical analysis, here's the executive summary:
Technicals are a study of the market itself. Since the market is ultimately the only mechanism that determines a stock's price, technical analysis is a valuable tool even in the roughest of trading conditions. Technical charts are used every day by proprietary trading floors, Wall Street's biggest financial firms, and individual investors to get an edge on the market. And research shows that skilled technical traders can bank gains as much as 90% of the time.
Every week, we take an in-depth look at large-cap stocks that are telling important technical stories. Here's this week's look at the technicals of five must-see stocks.
Juniper Networks
It's been a tough year for shareholders of IT networking firm Juniper Networks (JNPR) -- shares of the $11.3 billion stock have shed more than 51% in the last 12 months. But this stock's selling could be coming to an end in 2012 thanks to a bullish pattern showing up in shares.
Juniper is forming an ascending triangle bottom right now, a pattern that's identified by a horizontal resistance level above shares and uptrending support below them. Essentially, as Juniper bounces in between those two technically-relevant price levels, the potential for a breakout above resistance increases dramatically; that's when traders get the green flag to buy JNPR.
Right now, the key levels to watch are resistance at $25 (our breakout level) as well as another resistance level at $30. The $30 resistance level saw shares gap down below it back in August -- it's a reasonable upside target for shares on a break above $25.
When the breakout does happen, I'd recommend keeping a protective stop right at the 50-day moving average.
Juniper shows up on a list of Tech Stocks to Look Out For in 2012.
Energy Transfer Partners
The exact opposite setup is taking place in shares of Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), a $10.5 billion natural gas MLP. Right now, ETP is forming a descending triangle. Unlike its bullish counterpart, this pattern is formed by a horizontal support level with downtrending resistance above shares. A breakdown below $46 support is the signal to go short this stock.
Investors got an early warning on ETP when momentum, as measured by 14-day RSI, broke its uptrend and moved into a downtrend. Because momentum is a leading indicator of share prices, a breakdown in RSI tends to be a good red flag to watch for.
It's important to note that a descending triangle doesn't mean that ETP is likely to move lower -- at least until shares break support at $46. Until then, this MLP could escape its fate by breaking above that downtrending resistance level in shares.
Ultimately, a breakdown below support signals that market conditions (supply and demand) make it a lot easier for ETP to move lower than higher; that's the idea behind a "high probability" trade.
ETP shows up on a recent list of Natural Gas Stock Trades That Look Past Low Prices.
Macy's (M) has been in rally mode this year. Shares of the storied department store chain have moved nearly 20% higher since the start of 2012, and they're positioned to keep it up in March. Here's why.
Right now, Macy's is stuck in an uptrending channel, a tight range bounded by dynamic support and resistance levels. Of particular importance is the fact that Macy's has managed to hit trendline support and then bounce higher at least six times since late August. That tells us that there's considerable demand keeping shares moving higher. With shares touching support right now, we could be seeing an ideal entry point for longs as shares climb the channel again.
Resistance at R1 has been constraining shares within their channel for the last couple of months. Even so, it's not as significant as trend line resistance above it; a breakout above R1 would likely mean that Macy's will move to test trend line resistance again.
With shares bouncing on support today, now might be a good time to take a starter position in Macy's. Just keep a protective stop right below the channel.
Macy's, one of the top holdings of David Tepper's Appaloosa Management, shows up on a list of Consumer Discretionary Stocks Bought and Sold by Hedge Funds in the most recently reported quarter.
We're seeing a pretty similar setup in Enbridge (ENB) right now. Like Macy's, this energy transportation firm has been stuck in an uptrending channel since late August -- and shares have bounced off of support no fewer than five times in the process. With shares touching support for a sixth time, longs could be looking at an optimal entry in this stock.
The most important part of buying an uptrending channel trade is "the bounce." Ultimately, investor sentiment is constantly changing and trend line support levels do eventually fail. A bounce off of trend line support tells us that demand still exists below that dynamic support level, and that buying comes with limited risk of a downside move. It may be tempting to buy ENB on the way down, as it comes as close to support as possible, but that sort of a buying strategy only exposes you to more risk.
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Waiting for a bounce usually means that you're sacrificing a couple of points in favor of getting in on a high-probability trade, but that's a tradeoff that's worth making every time. The 50-day moving average has been acting like a strong support level for the last few months -- it's a good objective place to keep a stop loss level if you decide to buy ENB.
HSBC Holdings
"Churning." That's the best way to describe HSBC Holdings' (HBC) price action since the start of August. Shares have essentially been locked in a horizontal channel between $36 and $46 for that whole time, testing support and resistance two times each along the way. But there are some solid trading implications to this range right now.
Right now, HSBC looks like it could be forming any number of long-term technical patterns -- a double bottom, maybe a triple top. But here's the thing: The trading implications of any of those patterns are exactly the same; it's a perfect example of the idea that individual patterns aren't as important as the market factors that are causing them. In my view, the best way to treat this HSBC setup is like an if/then trade.
Put simply, an if/then trade is a setup whose direction is contingent on how shares move out of their channel. So, if HSBC pushes above resistance at $46, then buy. Otherwise, if the stock breaks down below support at $36, then this stock becomes a short candidate.
With shares sitting just under resistance and RSI in a sustained uptrend, the upside trade looks more likely for March -- but until one of those if/then conditions gets met, I'd recommend sitting on the sidelines in HBC.
To see this week's trades in action, check out the High Volume Technicals portfolio on Stockpickr.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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At the time of publication, author had no positions in stocks mentioned.
Jonas Elmerraji, based out of Baltimore, is the editor and portfolio manager of the Rhino Stock Report, a free investment advisory that returned 15% in 2008. He is a contributor to numerous financial outlets, including Forbes and Investopedia, and has been featured in Investor's Business Daily, in Consumer's Digest and on MSNBC.com.


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We made the rounds this last weekend in Las Vegas, at the Hair and Nail show, making sure to hit up all of the hair extensions booths we could find. Some were friendly, some were oddly absent (in the snack area?), others a little stand offish. All in all, we got some decent information and [...]
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A CHAMPION hairdresser from Weston has worked his magic again to retain his European title.
Steven Smart, owner of Hair Wizard in the Boulevard, has been named European Hairdressing Champion for the second time.
Steven has been hairdressing for 16 years and first won the title in March last year.
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Taiwan – Pata Artware Co. Ltd has launched model 1B, a hair extension that is heat-resistant to 180 C.
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NEW YORK, May 22 — Since launching in July of 2006, Pantene Beautiful Lengths has received more than 12,500 hair donations, and yesterday, thanks to the generosity of communities in Cincinnati and the greater Jackson area, nearly 1,200 additional ponytails were donated to the cause.
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This just in: A California stylist is claiming that she spent two whole days working on hair extensions to elongate Britney Spears' self-inflicted buzz-cut.
TMZ is reporting that the blonde extensions have added several inches to Britney's own inch-long mop and that the singer is going for a final touch up in a few days.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mice with deep skin wounds can grow new hair, scientists said on Wednesday in a finding that offers hope for a baldness remedy for humans.
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Taylor Swift Wins Over Boyfriend Conor Kennedy's Family: 'They're Pretty Cute Together,' Says Half-Sister
The "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" songstress has earned the approval of her beau's famous political brood, and they can't stop gushing about the 22-year-old singer's budding relationship with the 18-year-old Deerfield Academy senior.
"I love Taylor; they're pretty cute together," Conor's half-sister Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy recently told New York Magazine. "Whatever makes Conor happy, makes me happy."
Who else has Swift won over in the Kennedy family?
The country cutie has also got the seal of approval from Conor's grandmother, Ethel Kennedy.
"She is just spectacular. She is just sensational inside and out. She is very kind," she said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
Swift — who splashed out $4.9 million for a home close to the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., earlier this year — also makes a great neighbor, according to the Kennedy matriarch.
Likewise, Conor's aunt Rory has also enthused about Swift.
"She's awesome," she told People. "She's a great friend of all of ours."
In August, Swift took her beau to Nashville to introduce him to her parents, Scott and Andrea.
What do you make of this young couple? Is Conor the one for Taylor? Weigh in below.
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Kate Moss: Low-Key London Lady
Looking to score some new release movies, Kate Moss stopped by Channel Films in London, England on Tuesday (October 23).
Joined by her daughter, Lila Grace, the British supermodel looked to be in fine spirits as she prepared for a low-key afternoon watching films at home.
And it seems Kate can't keep her top on, as she's featured showing off her lady parts in the latest issue of LOVE magazine.
Miss Moss dons a see-through Prada jumper in the photograph, taken by famed lensman Tim Walker and styled by Katie Grand.
Walker gushed, "I think she is the best thing ever. She came onto the scene right after an army of supermodels and you have to admire her longevity. The fact that she has survived and has become the most beautiful model in the world. I think that is incredible. She has stuck with her uniqueness and made it work."


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Amber Heard: Dog Days of Summer
Keeping up with her busy surroundings, Amber Heard was seen running through the streets of New York City on Monday (August 27).
"The Rum Diary" actress looked chic in a black and white ensemble as she gracefully hurried across the street while toting her adorable pint-sized pooch Pistol.
Switching to career news, the 26-year-old actress has been busy filming "Paranoia" in Philadelphia, PA. Miss Heard recently joined her co-star Liam Hemsworth for a fun-filled car scene for the new thriller.
In the Robert Luketic directed flick, Adam Cassidy (Hemsworth), a charming blue collar guy is trying to make his way up the corporate ladder at his job for Wyatt Telecom. However, one costly and illegal mistake leaves Adam confronted by his CEO Nicholas Wyatt, who says he will not turn him in under one condition: he must become a corporate spy.


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Talk of Strategic Voting Begins to Heat Up
With three candidates remaining in the Toronto Mayoral Election, and only two with a reasonable chance of winning, voters are forced to consider voting with the minds instead of their hearts. Just witness two recent editorials from the Torontoist and Now magazine suggesting voters "hold their nose" and vote for Smitherman versus Joe Pantalone, the most left-leaning candidate whom aligns with their traditional editorial stance.
So is all of this talk of strategic voting having any impact? Building on our comprehensive analysis of the Toronto Mayoral Race (dating back to June) I conducted some basic key word analysis using phrases like "strategic voting", "vote strategically" , "anyone but Ford" etc. to determine if this movement was gaining any traction.
Strategic Voting Discussion, Sept 25 to October 24
In reviewing the findings, we definitely see talk of strategic voting escalating leading into today's election. The conversation was kicked off in earnest as readers reacted to an article posted by The Star on October 6 . After a brief lull, people are obviously thinking about it now that they must seriously consider where they'll be placing their X today.


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These are the first pictures of the victims who died in a shooting rampage when a 'deeply disturbed' gunman went classroom to classroom at a Connecticut school.
Ana Marquez-Greene, seven, was killed when the shooter opened fire on children and teachers at 9.30am on Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Twenty-six people died in the mass shooting.
The little girl and her older brother had attended Linden Christian School nearby, before moving with their parents to Newtown in July and enrolling at Sandy Hook. Both children were inside the school when the shooting began.
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Ana Marquez-Greene's father is Canadian jazz musician Jimmy Greene. The distraught father told MailOnline today that he couldn't find the words to express the loss of his daughter Ana.
Neighbors said that the family had only arrived in the affluent neighborhood two months ago and they hadn't had the chance to get to know them.
The number of cars outside the family residence suggested that the grieving family had been joined by loved ones since yesterday's tragic shooting.
Another victim has been named as six-year-old Jesse Lewis. His father Neil Heslin told the New York Post that he dropped his son off at school that morning and planned to return in the afternoon to join parents in the holiday tradition of making gingerbread houses.
Grace McDonnell, six, who was also killed, has been described as 'utterly adorable' and 'full of life'. She had blue eyes and hair that was so blonde that friends thought she looked like a 'little doll'.
Her parents are going through 'indescribable' pain, MailOnline has learned.
In a chilling twist, Lynn McDonnell, 45, a housewife, and Christopher, 49, a business executive, live in a $500,000 detached home in Sandy Hook, Connecticut that is just one street away from where alleged shooter Adam Lanza lived.
Law enforcement sources said today that the bodies of the deceased have all been identified after being removed from the school in the middle of the night.
Over the course of the evening, parents were led into Sandy Brook Elementary school and asked to identify the bodies, sources said.
Further details from the medical examiner were expected later today.
The three teachers murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School all died heroes trying to save their students from a gunman who they recognized as the son of on of their own kindergarten teachers.
Prrincipal Dawn Hochsprung, 47, school psychologist Mary Sherlach, 56, and 27-year-old Victoria Soto, a first grade teacher, as three of the eight adults found dead on Friday.
Twenty-eight people died in the shooting rampage, including 20 young children between the ages of five and ten, alleged gunman Adam Lanza, who took his own life, and his mother, who was shot before the school massacre.
MailOnline can now reveal that Miss Soto sacrificed herself to save her students – throwing her body in front of the young children.
When Lanza began started firing at the school in suburban Newtown, Connecticut, some teachers dived under tables – but the Mrs Hochsprung and Mrs Sherlach never hesitated.
They ran into the hallway to confront the danger – and were murdered execution-style as a result . The New York Times reports that Mrs Hochsprung buzzed Lanza into the school, bypassing the newly-installed security system – recognizing him as the son of Nancy Lanza, a teacher there.
Little did she know that Adam had already killed his mother at the home they shared nearby. He took three of her guns and used her car to drive to the school.
Murdered: Principal Dawn Hochsprung, left, and school psychologist Mary Sherlach, right, were killed after confronting the Connecticut school gunman
Diane Day, a school therapist, told the Wall Street Journal that she and several other teachers were in a meeting with Mrs Hochsprung and Mrs Sherlach when the shooting began.
'We were there for about five minutes chatting and we heard, "pop pop pop,"' she said. 'I went under the table.'
The principal and the school psychologist had other ideas. They jumped out of their seat and ran toward the sound of the gunfire.
'They didn't think twice about confronting or seeing what was going on,' Ms Day said.
Rabbi Shaul Praver told MSNBC that Mrs Hochsprung and Mrs Sherlach were killed execution-style.
Tributes for all educators poured in on Friday night. A deeply distraught 10-year-old boy is a former student of Miss Soto, who had taught at the school five years, said she was 'really nice and funny.'
The woman's cousin, Jim Wiltsie, told ABC News that police said the 27-year-old was trying to shield her students and usher them into a closet when she came face to face with the gunman.
'She put herself between the gunman and the children and that's when she was tragically shot and killed,' Mr Wiltsie said.
'I'm just proud that Vicki had the instincts to protect her kids from harm,' he continued.
'It brings peace to know that Vicki was doing what she loved, protecting the children and in our eyes she's a hero,' he added.
Jacob Riley told MailOnline Miss Soto liked to chew gum in class – something is not usually allowed for teachers. He said he often teased her about her habit – and she playfully teased him back.
She was popular with all the students, the young boy said.
Former school superintendent John Reed told the Connecticut Post that Mrs Sherlach was warm and cared deeply for her students.
'If there ever was a person, by qualifications and personality, to work with children, to be a school psychologist, it was Mary,' he said.
She was married and half two grown daughters in their 20s and enjoyed gardening, reading and the theater, according to her school biography. Mrs Hoschspring was happily married to her second husband and tweeted dozens of pictures of her school.
Friends and neighbors said it was immediately clear to everyone she knew that she loved her students and her school.
'I don't think you could find a more positive place to bring students to every day,' she told a local newspaper recently.
Another tale of heroism came from an eight-year-old student who said a teacher pulled him from the hallway as bullets rang out.
'I saw some of the bullets going down the hall that I was right next to and then a teacher pulled me into her classroom,' the boy told CBS News.
'It sounded like someone was kicking a door,' he said of the piercing sound of the gunfire.
His relieved mother agreed, saying that the teacher saved her son's life.
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Let's take a quick trip back in time to Nintendo's 2011 E3 press conference. Amongst the hype of learning about Nintendo's new console, rumored Project Cafe (obviously now known as thw Wii U.. duhh) we all knew the big N was going to showcase their newest Zelda game, Skyward Sword. But what no one expected was how the conference actually began. In case you guys are forgetting, this is how it started, and let me say with quite the bang:
The nostalgia was just amazing. Nintendo went on to announce the celebration of Zelda's 25th anniversary. They announced a full year of goodies, from golden Wii-Motes, to Ocarina of Time 3D soundtracks, and even some rereleases of some of the classic games on the 3DS (not to mention besides Four Swords and Link's Awakening, we also got the two original NES Zeldas and Minish Cap for us Ambassadors, but hey just some icing on the cake..moving on). But then the biggest surprise was that Nintendo was launching a full blown orchestrated concert in North America to pay homage to the series' classic music through the ages, similarly as the intro musical moment to E3. So being the huge Zelda fan that I am, of course I eagerly waited for a show to be announced close by, and so when I heard that the show was coming to Toronto I took the dive and bought myself some tickets.
Two days ago I had the privileged to go out and see this unique event. It was something quite different from what I have ever experienced, and it deals with a franchise that throughout my life so far, I hold dear to my heart; not just because it's amazing because I literally grew up with it. Anyways, I'm going to talk about my experience, so I hope you guys enjoy it. Oh and um, I guess I should say SOME SPOILERS ahead.
The show itself, as I mentioned earlier took place in Toronto at the Sony Center of Performing Arts. For anyone who doesn't know it's a pretty well known theater in Toronto which hosts many events, usually more fancy and prestigious in nature. Of course there was still no dress code, but I found it pretty impressive that the show got a pretty well known venue. Anyways, I went with my good friend Tony. Now Tony isn't as huge of a Zelda fan as myself, (he actually prefers Playstation 3 as is main go-to console), but he has always had a deep appreciation for the Zelda series and Nintendo, and he also happens to be a great fan of Nintendo music. So we took the subway downtown to the show, and it was actually quite surprising as there was a lot of people wearing Triforce shirts, all on their way to the show.
Now maybe it's because I'm usually not the type to attend video game conventions, but man, walking into the Sony Center was something as I can only describe as amazing. Now I had been to the Sony Centre a few times beforehand so I wasn't new to the venue, but the feeling I got when I walked in was something completely new. Hundreds of people were huddled in the main hall waiting for the show to begin. Many where dressed up as various Zelda characters. I saw Link, Zelda, Shiek, Impa, Dark Link, Anju, Malon, and even someone dressed up as Fi. There where even a few little kids, maybe four years old max, dressed up as Young Links (I'm guessing huge Zelda fan parents). There where Wii and 3DS booths, areas that where selling t-shirts and posters (which by the way I happily got both of), and I swear every single person there had a 3DS with them. This was the first time I got more than eight streetpasses in one setting. I didn't count all of them but let's just say by the end of the night I almost completed most of my puzzle pieces, and today I turned on Kid Icarus, and for the game alone I had 50 streetpasses. But to be honest my favourite part of the actual venue was just being able to easily talk to anyone. Everyone at the show was a Zelda fan and everyone knew Nintendo, so making idle conversation - something that can be hard in the simplest of settings - became something of a second nature for that night. Everyone was just very generally friendly. Finally to top off the setting of the venue, music from various games in the series was being played over the hallway speakers. Pure awesomeness!
(Now here is where there spoilers come in, so if you are seeing one of the few remaining shows in the coming months, I'd probably not read this next little bit.) The show itself was actually mostly well done. First off, the entire theater was sold out and man was the group enthusiastic and excited. Literally, I had never seen so many people in one place come to together and cheer, clap, and literally scream in appreciation of a video game series; it was absolutely fantastic to see. People where so thrilled that between pieces they where shouting out famous Zelda lines such as "Hey Listen" when the crowd got loud, and I heard someone at the end yell out "There's a 99.9% chance that this show was awesome!" A young guy in the front row at the begginning of the show yelled out to the members of the show, that they where his heros. The MC was a true Zelda fan who used various Zelda puns and knowledge throughout the show and was always excited to talk to the crowd. The orchestra itself was huge, very professional, and best of all was announced of being a local group. Basically local Canadians where performing in the show, a small little touch that I found to be quite cool. The conductor performed very well, and showed deep appreciation for the series' music whenever she addressed the audience. She even had a bit of an emotional moment when she announced that The Wind Waker's music was something she held close to her heart as she pulled out an actual replica of the Wind Waker baton to conduct the game's music.
The show itself was divided into four main musical movements with three introduction pieces, and a little intermission theme that played after the intermission which was after the second movement. Each piece used visuals from the games to help build the epic feel and to cater to nostalgia, although it did at times show generic backgrounds and live footage of the musicians playing the music which while being cool did take away from the whole Zelda feel at times, as the camera man wasn't that skilled in finding the musicians who where actually playing at those specific moments. The musical movements where arranged as follows: Introduction Medley, Dungeon Piece, Kakariko Village Theme, The Creation Story of Hyrule Piece, Ocarina Medley, Ocarina of Time Movement, The Wind Waker Movement, Fairy Fountain Theme, Twilight Princess Movement, and a Link the Past Movement. Now the Introduction Medley, Fairy Fountain Theme, and the Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess movements where nothing new if you had seen the 2011 E3 video and listened to the bonus CD that came packaged with Skyward Sword, although the live show did add a few extra sounds and slightly changed a few parts so it was still engaging for those who heard the pieces already. It was actually a nice touch, plus nothing compares to seeing them played live. Everything else was unique to the show itself, and I have to say the Dungeon Piece and the Link the Past Movement where nothing short of simply amazing. I don`t think I can describe in words how awesome it was to hear and experience the music being played live. Not only was the show full of nostalgia for me as it brought back many memories, but it was powerful enough that it gave me goosebumps and I even let out a few tears during a few moments where the nostalgia hit hard. Yes, that`s right, and I am not ashamed or embarrassed to admit it.
Even though I could tell it was scripted, the show got not one, not two, but three encores (by the third encore my hands where sore from all the clapping as the show got three standing ovations prior - yep it was that good). The three encores where The Ballad of the Windfish, Gerudo Valley Theme, and a brief medley from Majora's Mask. As you can imagine the crowd went nuts. For me I already loved the Gerudo Valley theme on the Skyward Sword bonus disk, but man was the Ballad of the Windfish amazing. A song that was orignally produced for an 8-bit black and white game, fully orchestrated live was just really cool to hear.
And so the show finally came to an end. I have to say that overall I was very impressed and that the show did show true respect to the legacy the music has to the series. It is true that they did leave out some of the games in the series (I didn't see or hear anything from Oracle of Ages & Seasons, The Minish Cap, both Four Swords games, Phantom Hourglass, or Spirit Tracks), and I understand the limitations of showing off Skyward Sword's music with it being a relatively new game, but I guess it's a small overlook since the concert focused primary on the Triforce, Link, Zelda, and Ganon and the games most associated with them. Of course the extras we got where amazing. Either way, the show reminded me of how great the series truly is. While we might all have a favourite titles in the series, it just can't be denied that the music found through all the games truly creates something of a real legend. Seriously, Koji Kondo and the music staff at Nintendo are real legends. And with that I'll conclude and say, Happy Anniversary to the Legend of Zelda!!
For those of you who haven't yet heard any of the tracks here are the ones that came bundled with Skyward Sword. Some are unique to the disk itself, but the majority can be heard in the show. Either way, enjoy


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The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
Andrew Sean Greer, 2013
289 pp.
1985. After the death of her beloved twin brother, Felix, and the breakup with her longtime lover, Nathan, Greta Wells embarks on a radical psychiatric treatment to alleviate her suffocating depression. But the treatment has unexpected effects, and Greta finds herself transported to the lives she might have had if she'd been born in different eras.
During the course of her treatment, Greta cycles between her own time and alternate lives in 1918, where she is a bohemian adulteress, and 1941, which transforms her into a devoted mother and wife. Separated by time and social mores, Greta's three lives are remarkably similar, fraught with familiar tensions and difficult choices. Each reality has its own losses, its own rewards, and each extracts a different price. And the modern Greta learns that her alternate selves are unpredictable, driven by their own desires and needs.
As her final treatment looms, questions arise: What will happen once each Greta learns how to remain in one of the other worlds? Who will choose to stay in which life?
Magically atmospheric, achingly romantic, The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells beautifully imagines "what if" and wondrously wrestles with the impossibility of what could be. (From the publisher.)
Author Bio
• Birth—November 21, 1970
• Where—Washington, DC, USA
• Education—B.A., Brown University; M.F.A.,
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• Awards—
• Currently—lives in San Francisco, California
Andrew Sean Greer is an American novelist and short story writer. His most recent novel is The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells (2013). He is also the bestselling author of The Story of a Marriage (2008), which the New York Times has called an "inspired, lyrical novel," and The Confessions of Max Tivoli (2004), which was named one of the best books of 2004 by the San Francisco Chronicle and received a California Book Award. His third novel (2013)
Andrew Sean Greer, the child of two scientists, was born in Washington, D.C.. He studied writing with Robert Coover and Edmund White at Brown University, where he was the commencement speaker at his own graduation, where his unrehearsed remarks, critiquing Brown's admissions policies, caused a semi-riot. After years in New York working as a chauffeur, theater tech, television extra and unsuccessful writer, he moved to Missoula, Montana, where he received his Master of Fine Arts from The University of Montana, and from where he soon moved to Seattle and two years later to San Francisco where he now lives. He is currently a fellow at the New York Public Library Cullman Center. He is an identical twin.
While in San Francisco, he began to publish in magazines before releasing a collection of his stories, How It Was for Me. His stories have appeared in Esquire, Paris Review, New Yorker and other national publications, and have been anthologized most recently in The Book of Other People, and The PEN/ O. Henry Prize Stories 2009.
His first novel, The Path of Minor Planets, was published in 2001.
His second book, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, came out in 2004. Writing in The New Yorker, John Updike called the book "enchanting, in the perfumed, dandified style of disenchantment brought to grandeur by Proust and Nabokov." Mitch Albom then chose The Confessions of Max Tivoli for the Today Show Book Club and it soon became a bestseller. The story of a man aging backwards, it was inspired by the Bob Dylan song "My Back Pages." Though similar in theme, it is related neither to the Fitzgerald short story, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" nor its film adaptation.
Greer's third novel, The Story of a Marriage, received a mixed reception. John Updike revised his earlier assessment of Greer in The New Yorker: "Greer is a prose writer who works on the edge of the overcooked, and there is nothing wrong with that—better that than raw—but can we believe in these highly seasoned sentences as passing through Pearl's mind?" The Independent noted of the novel, "The author's signposting is not only heavy-handed but typical." The New York Times said of "The Story of a Marriage": "Mr. Greer seamlessly choreographs an intricate narrative that speaks authentically to the longings and desires of his characters. All the while he never strays from the convincing and steady voice of Pearlie. The Washington Post chose it as a book of the year, and called it "thoughtful, complex and exquisitely written." (From Wikipedia. Retrieved 7/12/2003.)
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, Greer's fourth novel, was referred to as "elegaic" by Jess Walter in the New York Times.
Book Reviews
In Greer's time-traveling fourth novel (following The Story of a Marriage), the eponymous Greta skips between three different eras, and her life is intertwined with the same two characters (and other incarnations of herself) in each.... While Greer too often skimps on the period details that can give time travel stories a sense of reality, the novel's central questions—how does experience change us, and which relationships are worth sacrificing for—work to bridge its chronological jumps.
Publishers Weekly
Greer's imaginative treatment of love and relationships shines again in his third novel. It is 1985 when Greta is faced with a debilitating depression after the death of her twin brother, Felix, and shortly thereafter the end of her marriage. She seeks electroconvulsive treatment.... But with each treatment, a door is opened to a different life, [and] the relationships change and mutate in each era she experiences. —Susan Carr, Edwardsville P.L., IL
Library Journal
A woman inhabits three different selves in a time-travel novel from an author long fascinated by the manipulation of time (The Confessions of Max Tivoli, 2004, etc.). Young men are dying like flies. It's 1985, and AIDS is rampant, especially in Greenwich Village, where Greta Wells is mourning the death of her beloved twin brother, Felix. Not only that: Her longtime lover, Nathan, has left her for a younger woman. "Any time but this one" is what Greta yearns for. Her prayer is answered, sort of, when she begins a course of electroconvulsive procedures and finds herself, an earlier Greta, in 1918...[and] in 1941.... [A]ll this leads to more confusion than enlightenment.... The Confessions of Max Tivoli was more inventive and more satisfying.
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WOF scheme blames landlords for dampness
WOF scheme blames landlords for dampness
A proposed warrant-of-fitness scheme for rental properties tends to blame landlords for dampness that could be solved by occupants simply opening windows and wiping away condensation, Mike Butler of NZCPR said today.
Dampness in a home could come from rain or ground moisture; from plumbing leaks or portable gas heaters; from cooking, showering, cleaning, and washing and drying laundry; and from breathing, perspiration, animals, or plants.
The Residential Tenancies Act requires landlords to provide premises in a "reasonable state" of cleanliness for an incoming tenant. Once the tenant moves in, they are responsible for maintaining the premises in a clean and tidy condition, Mr Butler said.
The warrant of fitness scheme currently being tested, asks whether the home has windows, whether there are leaks, whether it has a ground vapour barrier, whether storm and waste water is being adequately discharged, and whether any water is forming a pond under the house.
However, a home will become damp if occupants use portable gas heaters, and if they cook, shower, and dry laundry inside without opening windows, even if the property is insulated, Mr Butler said.
Besides being unable to address the main cause of dampness in housing, which is a failure by some occupants to open windows and wipe away condensation, a predicted $9700 per property cost of the proposed warrant-of-fitness scheme will bring rent rises that are the last thing any tenant wants.
The WOF scheme should either be scrapped, or, if the government is really keen on the modest health budget savings the scheme is purported to bring, the government should pay for private sector upgrades, Mr Butler said.


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Aces play to strengths in victory
If there was any question what East's offensive scheme was against Derby Friday night at Koch Arena, it was crystal clear after the first quarter when all six of the Aces' field goals came in the lane.
And why not focus on playing around the basket? East had a size advantage on Derby, and the Aces used it again and again in a 71-59 win in the City League vs. Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail basketball challenge.
"We're longer and taller and more aggressive," said East forward Traevon McGairty, who had nine points and nine rebounds. "(East coach Joe Jackson) told us a lot to take advantage. We had to listen to him, use our bodies and get big and do what we had to do. I think we got a lot of offensive rebounds, posted up strong and we did good on post defense, too."
East outrebounded Derby 47-21, including 20-10 on the offensive boards. Zach Jackson led East with 18 points and 13 rebounds, while Xavier Kelly added 16 points and 10 rebounds.
East's two main inside players are Kelly, who is 6-foot-5, 210 pounds, and McGairty (6-2). Jackson plays more of a guard, but at 6-4, he's got the strength and size to control the lane, too.
"Xavier showed again tonight how strong he is on the block, even facing a lot of double teams," Joe Jackson said. "… We're not always going to be the biggest team, but we have some guys who can get the job done down there, and that's been a point of emphasis for us."
East senior Tyas Martin also drives the lane well and he finished with 15 points. Musa Mutazammil had two blocked shots.
As for Derby, Tevin Mitchell (10 points, one rebound) and Devin Beal are 6-foot, while guards Jeremy Dunham and James Conley are 6-2. Dunham had 16 points, four steals and two blocked shots, while Conley added 12 points.
"We knew with our size it would be a struggle for us," Derby coach Brett Flory said. "… We had some challenges to combat that. Our margin for error isn't great. But I hope our guys understand that when we compete as hard as we can, we can hang with people."
East cruised to a 53-31 lead after three periods — the Aces' biggest lead was at 49-25 with 3:03 to go in the third.
Derby responded in the fourth, though. East was turning the ball over and had eight of their 21 turnovers in the final period. And Derby got hot offensively, rattling off nine unanswered to get within 59-46 with 3:55 to go.
But then Jackson lobbed a pass to Kelly for the alley-oop dunk, re-establishing the Aces' dominance in the lane.
"We knew we outsized Derby a little bit," Joe Jackson said. "We tried to get guys that hunger, that killer instinct to get on the boards.
East: Kelly 16, McGairty 9, Jackson 18, Mutzammil 6, Martin 15, Champion 2, Johnson 4, Eckels 1.
Derby: Dunham 16, Wright 10, Steadman 5, Conley 12, Mitchell 10, Mark 1, Hall 3, Thompson 2.


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Sherry Lee to Charles Ray Brown; tract in the M.A. Bowlin survey
Ashley Baxter independently and as administrator, Janet K. Baxter, Kelly H. Baxter estate, Eva N. Copeland, Glen Holland, James D. Hollad, Rebeccah Holland, Richard Holland, Teresa Lynn Seton attorney, Glenn D. Stearman, Susan K. Stearman, Lawrence M. Tomlinson, Joe F. Warner trustee, Mary F. Warner trust, Glenda Lee Williams, Venita R. Williams and Burt Joe Warner trust to Glen Williams Jr. and Kathryne Williams; tract in the Samuel South survey
Aaron Wilkers and Brandi Wilkerson to Lourdes Morales Cisneros and Juan Carlos Cisneros Jr.; tract in the Thomas Stewart survey
Linda Dian Petty and Michael Wayne Petty to JM Properties; tract in the M.A. Bowlin survey
Tana Edwards and Leanda McCoy, attorneys, and Delbert L. Tully to Veronica Perea-Flores; tract in the J.W. Hatchell survey
James M. Haynsworth and Donald D. Williams, trustees for the Miller family preservation trust, to Linda D. Horn; tract in the Josiah Thompson survey
Rachel A. Burns Taylor to Karla K. Brown and Matthew Brown; tract in the Meadowview addition
A. Tanton to Kathy Ann Magee; tract in the M.A. Bowlin survey
Nena Cherise Graves, independent executor for the Peggy Pearl Gadlin Phillips estate, to Nena Cherise Graves and Lisa Chanette Phillips Whitaker; tract in the Levi Landers survey
Gary Blake Johnson and Lindsey Huffman Johnson to Jared Richmond and Kristen Huffman; tract on Westbrook Circle
Billie Hill and Henry Hill to Juana Jeanette Jennings and Valton Van Jennings; tract in the M.A. Bowlin survey
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When I posted my kindergarten graduation photos on Facebook, I was pleasantly surprised to receive messages and friend requests from people I last saw at the age of five. Through the miracle of social media, I now have the ability to learn what my kindergarten classmates have been up to for the past 40 years.
Cherub-faced Eric, who walked next to me in the processional, now has a full beard and a family of five.
Becky, the girl I envied for her pretty mass of curls, is a doctor and apparently uses a hair straightener every day.
There are many things I have had the joy of seeing in my lifetime – the Grand Canyon, Hawaii, some of the great cathedrals of Europe, the isle of Capri and the Canadian Rockies. There are many things I would still like to see – the Holy Land, Australia and New Zealand, the Greek isles, Germany and Victoria Falls. I want to continue to see my home happy and peaceful. I want to see the difference between right and wrong. Most of all, I want to see my Higher Power.
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Being a public official can be hard work.
You have citizens pulling in every different direction, encouraging you to pass this ordinance or don't pass that one. Do this or that. The managing of finances, clearing roads – this goes on and on.
We get it, not everyone's cut out to be an elected official. But if you're going to run for and win the job, you can never, ever take your pail and shovel and go home.
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It's that time of year – back to school – and one of the challenges of family life during the busy school year is keeping you and your family on a healthy diet. Meals are rushed, lunches can be picked over and snacks are mostly grab-and-go. Here's a few tips to keep kids eating healthy foods all school year round.
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Two weeks ago I read in The Oldham Era that the school Superintendent could not manage and needed another increase in taxes. School systems seem to have a hard time finding capable managers. The next time you have an increase in expenses just go to your boss and tell him/her that you are just going to have to start taking from the company. It works for the school superintendent.
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You don't have to be gay. You don't have to be good. You just have to be 18.
What began as a list of "rules" has turned into the unofficial motto for Gay Games 9 — which will be coming to Cleveland and Akron Aug. 9 to 16 for a week of sports and culture.
"The games began in 1982. They happen every four years, much like the Olympics," said Tom Nobbe, executive director of the 2014 games. "They were founded by Tom Waddell, who was an Olympic decathlete in the 1968 games. He had a great Olympic experience but didn't feel comfortable coming out. He couldn't bring his whole self to the games."
This is the first year the games will be hosted by two cities, said Nobbe, noting the area got the bid to host the games in 2009 and has been planning the events since them.
"We have the smallest LGBT community [from past years] so it will be very different from past games. It's going to be much more diverse because we have more folks from outside the LGBT community," said Nobbe. "This event is probably the most inclusive sports and culture event in the world."
Nobbe said he expects 7,000 to 8,000 participants, but estimates 20,000 to 25,000 in total attendance. He projects the event will have a $40 million positive economic impact on the area.
Events for the Gay Games will take place all over Cleveland and Akron, with the rodeo taking place at the Summit County Fairgrounds.
"This is the first time the rodeo is merged with the Gay Games," said Dirk Breiding, vice president of sales for the Akron/Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau, who was instrumental in bringing the rodeo to Tallmadge. "But it's an affiliate sport because they give out cash prizes. The Gay Games event gives out medals, not prizes."
The rodeo, which is presented by the International Gay Rodeo Association, begins Aug. 10.
According to Breiding, the Summit County Fairgrounds was chosen because it offers better facilities for the event than those in Cuyahoga County.
"When we found out the Gay Games were coming to town, we were interested in providing something uniquely North American," said Brian Helander, public relations director for the rodeo and a competitor. "We came to an agreement to put on a full rodeo at the same time in conjunction for Gay Games competitors if they want to get a taste of cowboy and cowgirl life."
More than 100 are expected to compete in the rodeo's 13 events which coast $25 each to enter. The arena, which holds 600 to 700 people, is open to spectators. Tickets for spectators are $15 per day.
The event, which is considered a pro-am competition, gathers competitors who aren't professional but win earnings that come from a portion of the entry fees. Ribbons and belt buckles will also be awarded as prizes.
The remainder of proceeds will benefit a local charity, which has yet to be selected.
A square dance during the event has been scheduled for Aug. 10, beginning at 8 p.m. The cost is $10.
For more information about the rodeo, visit www.gaygamesrodeo.org.
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Phone: 330-541-9418
While table tennis is boycotting the Gay Games in Cleveland, because the Federation doesn't have one dollar to invest in table tennis, instead they are selling out the LGBT Sports community to the highest bidder and personal gain, they are giving out CASH to Rodeo? What makes them so special and different? Why are other athletes paying hundreds of dollars for registration, musical bands have to "Pay to Play" and the Rodeo gets CASH prizes? How does thast work? The Gay Games has become the games by and for the rich and the Nobbe's, Dahl's, Smitherman's and the Naimarc's are selling out the LGBT sports for personal gain. Its a shame. Founder Warddell would turn in his grave if he know what these people turned the Gay Games into. See the faces of the Gay Games who are selling out the LGBT sports https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gay-Games-Sell-Outs/253430234852671?ref=hl&ref_type=bookmark


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Best of The Beat on Afropop: Habib Koite
He's not your father's griot. I first saw Habib Koite perform at WOMEX in Brussels, in 1995, the year his first album, Muso Ko, was released. Bamada, his energetic band, was clearly based in traditional music but had a definite … Read more »


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The New York Fed engages with individuals, households and businesses in the Second District and maintains an active dialogue in the region. The Bank gathers and shares regional economic intelligence to inform our community and policy makers, and promotes sound financial and economic decisions through community development and education programs.
NEW YORK--The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Thursday approved the application by Warwick Community Bancorp, Inc., Warwick, New York, to acquire substantially all of the common voting stock of The Towne Center Bank, Lodi, New Jersey.
According to standard procedure, the proposal cannot be completed for 15 days.
The Reserve Bank acted under authority delegated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.


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OctoMom Brings The Crazy Train To Oprah
Yesterday, Oprah brought the OctoMom's Crazy Coo-Coo Bananas Show to our living room, spending the hour with Nadya Suleman and her brood. In the clip above, one of Nadya's toddlers "riverdances" (to quote Michael K.) all over one of the octuplets, until Suleman finally notices and declares the baby-stomping "not OK." Then Suleman coerces her older son Elijah into going to school by telling him Child Protective Services and the police would come to take him away if he doesn't. Think long and hard about that one, Elijah. [Dlisted]


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ITVS Community Cinema presents "Solar Mamas" (Busboys and Poets)
ITVS Community Cinema
Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 5:00 PM (EST)
a film by Mona Eldaief and Jehane Noujaim
Welcome to India's Barefoot College, where rural, poor, and often illiterate women from around the world are offered the rare opportunity to receive an education that teaches them how to make their communities self-reliant and sustainable. Rafea, a beautiful, strong-willed 32-year-old Jordanian mother of four, is traveling outside of her village for the first time ever to attend Barefoot's solar engineering program. Once there, she will join women from Guatemala, Kenya, Burkina Faso, and Colombia in a life-changing, six-month job training program that will transform her into a solar engineer — and change her life.
Guest speaker
Juanita Britton, owner of BZB International and managing director for Africa for Cardinal Resources of Pittsburgh, creator of the Red Bird Solar-Powered Water Purification System. Juanita delivers the patented Red Bird System, to communities and industrial wastewater treatments facilities. Red Bird is a self-contained, water purification system that is a high-tech solution designed to function in any environment and without any existing infrastructure. Senegal, West Africa is the site of the launch on the African continent with other launch site countries scheduled throughout 2012.
SOLAR MAMAS premieres on PBS on the Emmy Award winning series INDEPENDENT LENS in November. Check local listings.
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Ceredigion AM Elin Jones has emphasised the importance of walking to the local tourist industry by joining Ramblers Cymru at the launch of a campaign to make Wales the best walking country in the world.
Elin Jones attended the launch event of the 'Wales for Walking' campaign, which involved people walking all over the largest map of Wales ever produced.
Elin Jones said:
"Following this winter's storms, we need to let everyone know that Ceredigion is open for business, and what better way to do that than by emphasising the wonderful opportunities for walkers.
"Ramblers Cymru are absolutely right that Wales could be the best walking country in the world. Walking is a key part of our county's tourist industry. People come from far and wide to walk in Ceredigion, in the process supporting our hotels, campsites and businesses.
"In Ceredigion we have the glorious coastal path which, combined with the innovative 'cab a bag' scheme, will bring millions of pounds into the local tourist economy. We also have miles of inland forest trails and upland walks in places like Tregaron which allow people to see Ceredigion's scenery, and community-owned walks such as Coed y Bont in Pontrhydfendigaid and Longwood in Lampeter."
Angela Charlton, director of Ramblers Cymru, said
"We'd like to thank Elin Jones for supporting the campaign. We know walking can play a huge part in helping people to get fit and healthy, reducing the numbers of journeys made by car and improve a person's connection to their own community and understanding of the world around them."


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Connoisseurs of Dress–In recognition of the fall/winter 2012 collection, British label Alexander McQueen releases their accompanying film, featuring models Henry Pedro-Wright (Select), Ysham Toof, Greg Buckley, Kumi Keazor, Alex Bennett (Major Models Paris), and Jermaine Josephs. Following the direction of Marlon Rueberg, the boys don vintage-inspired pieces from the collection that draw historic references from old Victorian characters such as the dandy, the gamekeeper, and the lord of the manor including oversized shearling coats, sharp suiting with intricate embroidery detailing, and slick wool double-breasted blazers boasting equestrian and military finishes for a stoic film that encompasses the somber mood of the upcoming season. / Music by Jon Gosling.
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This sounds like a driver / kernel issue try updating the drivers, and if you still getting problems post back.
thanks for the help, i would use it but when i plug in the card, the computer locks up (in bt3) nothing works not even the power button i have to take the battery out just to get back on track- possibly a bad burn or incomplete iso? where in the files can i check to see if everything is there/ok before inserting the card?
This sounds like a driver / kernel issue try updating the drivers, and if you still getting problems post back.
I've gotten this far and I pm'ed Dr GrEen, not knowing that a repost moves it up in the list, so my apologies for that sir, I hope you are not PO'ed
Used the link he gave me and d-loaded the driver and did this:
t ~ # tar -xvzf orinoco-0.15.tar.gz
But then...
bt ~ # cd orinoco-0.15
bt orinoco-0.15 # make
Makefile:15: *** Kernel in /usr/src/linux-126.96.36.199 is not configured. Stop
Am I in the wrong directory? How do I configure ze kernel?
I've been googling and searching the forum for hours and the info is good but incomplete( I might be incompetent) some how-to's tell me to use make config but when I do...
bt ~ # make menuconfig
make: *** No rule to make target `menuconfig'. Stop.
bt ~ # make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
Not finding any solid answers for this- even in the readme file, the man page, or the help.txt on the net-- I'm probably just not understanding the meaning of what these files are trying to tell me-- can anyone elaborate for me?
Many thanks
BTW< I'm having trouble understanding some of the info in this link: Originally Posted by Dr_GrEeN View Post
The new kernel update comes out as patch-184.108.40.206.bz2
I've got it extracted but when I type make , I get this...
bt src # make patch-18.104.22.168
make: Nothing to be done for `patch-188.8.131.52'
make config gets me this...
bt src # make config patch-184.108.40.206
make: *** No rule to make target `config'. Stop.
I'm not sure what to do at this point-- any pointers would be greatly appreciated!!
Right now I'm trying to configure my kernel cause when I try to run
make Makefile for the card driver, i get this:
bt orinoco-0.15 # cd Makefile
-bash: cd: Makefile: Not a directory
bt orinoco-0.15 # make Makefile
Makefile:15: *** Kernel in /usr/src/linux-220.127.116.11 is not configured. Stop.
Trying to follow a few how-to's and threads but nothing definitive, Doc GrEen, said look at the driver so as I try to update it this comes up and now its time to learn how to configure the general officer
Any Observations?
Got to this point and now confused cause make xconfig got me this:
bt ~ # uname -r
bt ~ # zcat /proc/config.gz > 220.127.116.11-smp.config
bt ~ # make xconfig
make: *** No rule to make target `xconfig'. Stop.
bt ~ #
Also, if you've never built a kernel and want to use the kernel you're running
now as a starting point, that is a good place to start. Issue:
zcat /proc/config.gz > 126.96.36.199-smp.config
which will create the file 18.104.22.168-smp.config from your running kernel. You
can change the name - I used the one with Slack-12.1 as an example. Either cat
it to ./linux-184.108.40.206/ as .config to begin with, or cp it there. Then run
"make xconfig" and change options to suit your computer.
This is where I got the idea from BTW
You have said that your card worked with BT2 and now it doesn't work in BT3
because of a error in the kernal... I am guessing but is sounds like the error is
really in your upgrading of the BT3... Like I am saying, I am totally guessing.
But, I had to tell you that as I am going to ask you some questions:
Which will help me,,,, Help you...
So this is what we know:
BT2 your card worked,,,,
YOU did something and then your card didn't work.
I am guessing that you installed BT3 on your hard drive... or usb flash drive.
Question One: Please give me the link to the install that you did?
As I would bet that the answer that you are looking for is is in the last place that
you would look,,, and that is because the answer might be in the place where you
started this path and not at the point where you find yourself crashing.
Do you have a Windows (R) or VMware install?
Lets start here.
Reason, that I have never heard of anyone that had to reconfigure a kernel to
install a card... it seems that your install might not have been complete.
I only have 14 posts so I don't know enough to help you, but maybe
I can get you to look back and discover where the issues are?
I would just backup a copy your current BT3 partition and then I would
try to reinstall BT3 with a fresh slate. Only because I don't know anything.
Cool, first off,
Dual booting XP and BT3 installed from live cd, full install
With the live cd, things got ugly real quick, with the hd install, it starts to boot, then when the long string of messages at the beginning are happening, with the gold card in, something is added to the message, and it just stalls. Give me about 10 minutes to reboot with g- card in and write down the message difference.
Followed the install guide from Off-sec and tutorial from Killnine
Ok here is what it says
Code: 03 00 70 09 25 ff ff 00 00 66 89 02 c3 89 d0 25 00 00 ff ff 3d 00 00 etc. etc.. for about 60 more characters,
then we have:
udev-event[2603]:run_program: '/sbin/modprobe' abnormal exit'
I have to hit enter cause my lilo.conf file is read-write (changing that shortly)
and while its trying to load the touchpad it just stops and I can hit the spacebar or whatever and nothing until I press the power button and reboot with my dlink card installed.
Vas ist los?
DId you visit the howto page created by the people on this forum?
I feel your pain... we have all have been there...
The first tutorial I found was the one from a member named Killnine
I printed out the pdf from Off-sec but in the middle of following it my partition magic performed some voodoo and made my windows go away-- luckily I had easus hard disk copy-2.0 and just recopied my windows partition back from a 500 gig hd and started over-- took me 3 days but now I can do it with my eyes half shut.
Doc GrEen said to check my drivers and sent me to a link that is in this thread and there I found a new one, tried to get it going and here I am trying to configure my kernel-- so... tired... must.. configure... kernel.......
Ok, Get some sleep, go to windows, make DVD's QTparted, BT3, Delete the corrupted BT3 partition(s) on your hard drive, Print your instructions, reboot with the BT3 check that the DVD isn't corrupt, Get some sleep,,, wake up with a BIG Coffee and start your install.
Don't guess, if you guess 99 percent of the time you will be wrong.
Good Luck,
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Adriana Lima Welcomes Second Daughter Sienna
The Victoria's Secret Angel and husband, former NBA player Marko Jaric, welcomed their second daughter Wednesday in New York City.
"Marko and I are overjoyed to welcome Sienna into our family and Valentina is looking forward to becoming a big sister!" she tweeted afterward. Their newborn bundle of joy joins older sister Valentina, who was born in 2009.
Lima and Jaric — who tied the knot in February 2009 — welcomed Sienna at 1 p.m., with the baby girl weighing in around 7 pounds, according to Us Weekly.
But Lima is not the only Angel to pop one out this year.
Fellow Victoria's Secret stunner Lily Aldridge welcomed a baby girl, Dixie Pearl, in June, and Alessandra Ambrosio welcomed her second child, a son named Noah, in May.
Back in March, Lima — the face of Donna Karan — took to Twitter to announce her second pregnancy. "My favorite job in the world is being a mom!" she tweeted excitedly. "My family could not be more happy."
But just two weeks ago, the now mom-of-two insisted she didn't know the sex of her baby-to-be. "For the rumors about the gender of my and Markos baby I would like to make clear that both me and my husband don't know," she tweeted on Aug. 30.
But now that her second little girl has arrived, will Brazilian bombshell follow in the footsteps of Ambrosio and Miranda Kerr by sashaying down the runway just weeks after giving birth? Reports indicate Lima plans to walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Nov. 7, set to air Dec. 4 on CBS.
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Pakistan's Burka Avenger Fights The Battle For Girls' Education [Video]
Though American superheroes have certainly faced some real-world threats over the years -- Captain America's crusade against terrorism springs immediately to mind -- they've generally had the luxury of facing more fantastical threats from galaxy-spanning bad guys. Pakistan's newest hero, Burka Avenger, who will appear in a cartoon series starting early next month, doesn't have that luxury. She's fighting the all-too-real struggle for girls' education in a country that has witnessed the Taliban destroying schools and trying to kill teenage activists.


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My friend, you must drive out cartouche, because cartouche is no more.
"Give him another ball," said cartouche; and another was fired into him.
Beneath this has been a cartouche, the greater portion of which is unfortunately cut away.
XX, 29, is perhaps a name compounded with that of a king, the latter being in a cartouche.
This portrait, which is your portrait, is the portrait of that great eighteenth-century king of thieves, cartouche!
It is a cartouche, and those are hieroglyphics—his name in Egyptian.
cartouche, in Egyptian buildings, a hieroglyphic signifying the name of a king or other important person.
You agree that cartouche is your real name and not a nickname?
I would give anything to have known Vidocq and cartouche and Rocambole, and to have seen them at close quarters.
But you have also the soul of cartouche, which is detestable.
1610s, "scroll-like ornament," also "paper cartridge," from French cartouche, the French form of cartridge (q.v.). Application to Egyptian hieroglyphics dates from 1830, on resemblance to rolled paper cartridges.


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SPORTS >> Falcons fall in shortened game
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For North Pulaski, it was a game that started well and never actually ended.
The Falcons fell to Greene County Tech, 71-57, on Friday night in a tension-filled road game that was called with 28 seconds left.
When you go there, sometimes its a tough place to play, said North Pulaski head coach Ray Cooper, who has tried to contact the Arkansas Activities Association about the premature ending of the game, as well as the behavior of some of the Tech fans. The fans were yelling racial slurs. And this was on Martin Luther King Day. It was a volatile deal. They had to bring a bus around back and get us out the back door.
The tensions began when the Falcons, down 11 with under two minutes left after six consecutive GCT free throws, began to foul.
They probably had the game won by then, but we were trying to get the ball back and cut into the lead because point totals matter [for tiebreaks in determining postseason seeding], Cooper said. One of their kids swung an elbow at [North Pulaski player] Ridge Williams and the referee stepped in between them. I was asking the referee what happened and their coach started yelling at our bench.
Thats when the referees decided to call the game with 28 seconds still remaining.
North Pulaski, which along with GCT is 3-1 in the 5A-East, threatened to take any potential drama out of the game early when it raced to a 24-10 lead midway through the second period.
But the Eagles rallied to cut the halftime margin to 26-22. NP still led by four entering the final period, and was up five with four minutes left. But the Eagles rallied again and took a five-point lead, still with plenty of time left.
They had a player fall down with the ball, Cooper said. I asked the referee why that wasnt traveling and he gave me a technical. Im not sure why he did that. We fouled them a couple of times and they hit six free throws in a row to go up by 11.
Cooper said no players threw any punches and that he was proud of his team for maintaining its poise.
Our guys kind of jumped up when the kid swung his elbow, but we made them sit down, Cooper explained. I think they did a good job of not retaliating.
Aaron Cooper hit five three-pointers to lead the Falcons with 22 points. Daquan Bryant added 16 and Williams seven for NP, which was 10-6 overall heading into last nights game at Beebe.
GCT girls 57, North Pulaski 41
PARAGOULD The North Pulaski Lady Falcons keep turning in strong showings, but with little to show for it.
For the second straight game, the North Pulaski girls were right in a game at halftime before fading in the second half.
A week ago Tuesday, it was Batesville who pulled away in the second half for a double-digit lead. Last Friday, the Lady Falcons trailed by only four at intermission, but were outscored 18-4 in the third period by a tough Greene County Tech team in a 57-41 loss.
We played really well, said NP head coach Todd Romaine, whose team fell to 2-12 overall and 0-4 in the 5A-East. They played pretty hard from start to finish. We just couldnt get any shots to drop.
Romaine counted five consecutive missed layups in the third period when the Lady Eagles began to pull away. That, and a 34-16 free throw disadvantage, was just too much too overcome.
Quinita Hale led NP with 15 points, while Laura Dortch added 10 and Naishia Ridgeway eight.
Were just such a young team and have so many sophomores, Romaine said. [Boys head coach Ray Cooper] said to me the other day we tend to play to our competition. We just have to learn to take the lead and go with it. But this was the first game we lost where I thought we played as hard as we could.
As a result, Romaine was able to take plenty of encouragement away from an otherwise disappointing setback.
I told the girls that a loss is painful but we can learn from it, Romain said. Last year, we were losing games by an average of 28 points. This year, weve lost several by two or three points. Im optimistic that if we can keep this team together, and get some of those girls from Northwood [Middle School], we can build a program here.
I figured coming into this season that wed be competitive. How many wins that gets us is a question mark.


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Moving one step closer in the bureaucratic process of conducting a police-led G20 inquiry into police behaviour, the Toronto Police Service released some information regarding how it will hold its own police inquiry into the police. [Hey fox, don't take your eyes off the henhouse!]
The review will be carried out by a former judge, to be publicly named September 23, 2010, and who will tackle troubling questions such as what orders were given that led to the arrest of more than 1,000 people and the "kettling" of peaceful protesters.
"This review . . . will help us understand not only what didn't work but what worked," said chair Alok Mukherjee, moments before the board approved the six-page terms of reference, outlining key areas to be addressed. Among the subjects to be reviewed:
--Why did police disperse demonstrators from their designated area at Queen's Park and detain protesters on the Esplanade?
--Why did police use a tactic known as "kettling," in which protesters were corralled into a tight, enclosed space without access to food, water or bathrooms?
--What orders were given by Toronto police in response to the destruction of cruisers and damage of property in the financial district, and along Queen Street and Yonge Street?
--What orders were given by police about using tear gas to disperse people outside the prisoner detention centre on Eastern Avenue?
--Did officers remove or cover their name badges or badge numbers?
You can read the Toronto Police Service's draft terms of reference for its inquiry here.
John Sewell, of the Toronto Police Accountability Coalition, is critical of the police's plan to police itself and stated, "A full public inquiry is what is needed with powers of subpoena and the calling of evidence from all parties, including other police forces involved,"
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has been critical of the G20 police's action during the G20 Summit weekend and supports a full, public inquiry.
"It is CCLA's opinion that Canadians deserve to know why the security apparatus failed to adequately fulfill its role to protect the public's freedom of expression and assembly, in addition to ensuring the safety of G20 delegates.
"The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has been actively involved in ensuring accountability in policing and governance before, during, and especially after the G20 summit." You can read its reports here.
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