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If you're enjoying all the Olympic sport on TV at the moment, you might be interested to know that the BBC and NBC TV broadcasts of the 2008 Games in Beijing are being monitored using PMC speakers.
Gearhouse Broadcast is using five DB1S-A active monitoring systems supplied by Total Audio for the BBC's TV coverage in the Chinese capital.
NEP Visions also chose PMC speakers, including the DB1s-A and the larger TB2S-A 5.1 monitoring systems, for the US broadcaster NBC.
NEP Visions head of sound, Paul Fournier, says: "We chose the PMC speakers for their clear, natural and unfatiguing character. Their compact size and weight were also very important in this situation, and they'll become part of NEP Visions' 'Fly Away' stock for future projects."


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(This one is a bit long, but the topic is complex, so I didn't try to break up the post.)
Is there a shortage of ag animal veterinarians?
If, so why?
These are questions that I have been mulling over lately, as have many of our colleagues in the college and around the state – the whole country for that matter.
These seem like such simple questions, but in reality they span a very complex set of issues.
No doubt there are some regions of the U.S. that have no ag animal veterinary coverage. Others, perhaps, are under served in relation to the number and quality of producers in that region. There are certainly studies showing this to be the case. But there may be regions where a reasonable livelihood for a new graduate may just not be feasible.
This question of the availability of jobs that lead to a reasonable livelihood is important to us as veterinary educators because if we convince students there is a need, they have an interest in meeting this need, and they align their studies to pursue a career in ag animal veterinary medicine, they must also be able to make a living when they graduate. The fiscal reality for veterinarians who will succeed in ag practice is the need to generate a constant, profitable, stream of business. Indeed, national studies have identified the relative earning potential in relation to educational debt of recent graduates as the key factor in determining how veterinarians choose a practice orientation. To address one side of this economic balance, we hope to continue to develop and fund so-called conditional scholarships. These are essentially loans that are forgiven over time for service in rural/agricultural practice. They are important because they will reduce the high education debt loads (which average more than $100,000 per student upon graduation) so that this is not as much of a consideration in choosing a practice setting. However, this is only one side of the economic picture. The other side is that sustainable, economically viable practice depends on a clientèle willing and able to pay a fair price for veterinary services within the realities of geographic location, density of operations, and commodity prices, among other considerations.
We have dedicated faculty in our college who are making headway on programs to enhance our education of those students who desire ag animal-oriented veterinary practice careers. Among other things, they are developing an array of summer experiences, both here in Pullman and out in regional producer and practice settings, to supplement the academic year education in our program. We will need help to implement some aspects of these programs. We are thus fortunate to also have colleagues in veterinary practice and among the producers who are willing to help develop and implement such programs. Through these efforts we will develop curriculum flexibility and curricular enhancements to provide excellent opportunity for some of our students to pursue ag-related practice interests.
As we succeed with these curricular enhancements, however, we still have to keep our eye on the job market. Will that market provide attractive career options for the students who have the interest and graduate with the skills?
Your thoughts?
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Good overview of the reality of ag medicine. Our region here is western Washington is still adequately served, but even here we are seeing the affects of the economics of the ag industry versus the ecomnomics of veterinary medicine.
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Arts & Culture
You Are Quite Unnecessary, Young Man!By Dan Piepenbring
The English translation of Roberto Bolaño's excellent final novella, A Little Lumpen Novelita, is out this month. The book opens with an epigraph by Antonin Artaud, who was born today in 1896: "All writing is garbage. People who come out of nowhere to try to put into words any part of what goes on in their minds are pigs."
Since I read it about a month ago, I've thought of this quotation every day, often as I'm writing—you can imagine the rat-a-tat of my keyboard punctuated with an occasional "All writing is garbage." It's a bracing sentiment, taunting and misanthropic, and a truer one than most of us would care to admit. At the moment, it flies in the face of our glad-handing literary culture, where every book is a good book and every writer in every M.F.A. program partakes of a dignified struggle with Art.
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Top 16 Denver Halloween parties for people who'd rather eat
If you're looking for something to do this Halloween weekend but enjoy good food over dipping a ladle into a bowl of spiked punch with eyeballs floating in it, these parties may be just right for you. (Don't see your Halloween food event listed here? Hype your party in the comments section!)
October 27 Visit Firenze a Tavola, 4401 Tennyson Street, for the Halloween Community Table, a mobster-themed dinner (four courses served family style) with traditional East Coast Italian-American cuisine. Admission is $28; dinner starts at 7 p.m. Call 303-561-0234 or visit www.firenzeatavoladenver.com.
October 28
The Justice League of Street Food hosts a Halloween-Themed Street Food Party at 29th and Huron. Visit Cafe Society for all the details on the Justice League Halloween party.
Mirage, 2648 South Parker Road in Aurora, hosts a Halloween Bash with live music, costume contests, drink specials and more, starting at 7 p.m. Call 303-750-4920.
October 29-31 Avery Tap Room, 5757 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder, presents Demonic Halloween Celebrations, with costume contests on Friday and Saturday, plus live music, special brews on tap and much more. Admission is free; call 303-440-4324 or visit www.averybrewing.com.
October 30 The Colfax Arts District presents Boo and Brew; adults and kids (during the day) can wear costumes and enjoy trick-or-treating. It's free, but bring a non-perishable food item with you. Festivities run from 1 to 4 p.m. for kids and start again at 9 p.m. for adults.
Lala's Wine Bar + Pizzeria, 410 East Seventh Avenue, presents a Halloween Dinner and Ghost Tour. It starts at 8 p.m. and costs $35; call 303-861-9463 or visit www.lalaswinebar.com.
Gaetano's, 3760 Tejon Street, presents a mobster-themed Halloween party featuring live music by Darek Evilsisor, prizes, drink specials and more starting at 8 p.m. Call 303-433-3172 or visit www.gaetanositalian.com.
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CARO presents innovations in OLED device integration technology for automotive applications
On the Plastic Electronics Asia 2009, 8th to 10th of June in Taipei, Taiwan (Shangri-La´s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel), the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS will present two recent project results realized inside the German OLED research association CARO. The acronym "CARO" stands for "Car OLED", which points out the focus of this R&D project with the target to develop highly efficient and highly reliable OLED devices for customer specific automotive applications (displays as well as signage devices).
Design study: Steering-wheel with an integrated OLED signage device
Inside the CARO project two of the project partners, namely Optrex Europe GmbH and Fraunhofer IPMS, together with the styling-studio G.Pollmann GmbH, recently developed a study based on a commercial steering-wheel with a car manufacturer neutral functional representation. In the center of this steering-wheel a white-emitting circular OLED signage device is integrated.
In today's vehicles liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are widely used in the instrument cluster, the central infotainment, and the climate control unit. The study of the CARO partners and the company G.Pollmann GmbH represents a potentially new area of application for displays. In nearly every vehicle the emblem of the corresponding car manufacturer is integrated in the central position of the steering-wheel. Here an OLED display opens up a variety of new ideas and concepts for interior designers. Due to the thin construction depth of OLED displays the integration of other components into the steering-wheel will not be influenced, in particular for the airbag enough installation space will be remaining, e.g. under the display. In addition OLEDs have the advantage that they potentially could be completely built on the basis of plastics. Already by opening the car doors the OLED could be activated and light up the emblem of the car manufacturer. Is the ignition switched on the emblem will be dimmed or completely switched off. Furthermore the display could be used to show warning instructions during the drive or take over further functions of today's instrument clusters.
The CARO partner Optrex Europe GmbH was responsible for the layout of the display, the manufacturing and the subsequent contour cut of the textured OLED substrate, as well as for the interconnection of the display including the implementation of different animations (each of the shown segments could be separately addressed). The processing of the OLED device itself was performed at the Fraunhofer IPMS in one of the existing OLED manufacturing lines. The styling-studio G.Pollmann GmbH created the concept of the study, built up the demonstrator and carried out the integration of the OLED display.
Multi-line addressing (MLA) for passive-matrix (PM) OLED displays:
A breakthrough in the realization of highly reliable OLED displays
160 x 80 pixel PM OLED display based on an orange emitting Novaled PIN OLED® and
driven by the newly developed OLED MLA driver ("OC 3.1", Fraunhofer IPMS)
Photo: Optrex Europe GmbH, Babenhausen, Germany
Part of the CARO project partners, namely Optrex Europe GmbH, Fraunhofer IPMS, Chair of Microelectronics (Saarland University), and Novaled AG, recently developed a 160 x 80 pixel PM OLED display, based on a high temperature stable and long-living Novaled PIN OLED® layer stack and driven by a new and worldwide unique OLED driver. The main feature of this PM OLED driver is the implemented innovative MLA scheme, called SELA (Summed Equiline Addressing). Today's standard PM OLED displays will be driven by a single-line addressing scheme. Instead of that the SELA mode realized within the CARO research association allows the parallel driving of multiple rows, and consequently can effectively prevent high current amplitudes occurring in standard single-line addressing.
The reduction of the driving current amplitude results in an extension of the operating lifetime of the displays. Depending on the visual content, on the number of parallel driven rows (2-4), as well as on the overall display rows, an improvement of the operating lifetime up to one order of magnitude is expected. Moreover the power consumption will be reduced. Alternatively the SELA scheme enables higher display brightnesses or at the same brightness the realization of PM OLED displays with a higher resolution. By that saving of energy the SELA scheme also contributes to the realization of a "green" OLED display system integration.
The OLED MLA driver ("OC3.1") developed by the Fraunhofer IPMS was designed for highly reliable applications, requested e.g. from the automotive industry.
The driver is specified for operations between -40°C and +125°C, exhibits an OLED drive voltage up to 25 V, and a column source current up to 2 mA. In particular the latter can currently not be fulfilled by any commercial available PM OLED driver. The various underlying SELA algorithms were developed at the Chair of Microelectronics at the Saarland University.
In addition to the innovative addressing concept and the new OLED MLA driver, a high temperature stable and long-living orange emitting PIN OLED layer stack was developed by Novaled AG. In automotive applications high reliability at 85°C operational temperature and highly stable brightness (often only 20% reduction over lifetime is allowed) is required. The newly developed OLED stack offers an operating lifetime of currently 5.300 hours at 85°C and 20% brightness drop at an initial brightness of 600 cd/m².
The CARO partner Optrex Europe GmbH was responsible for the layout of the display and in particular for the subsequent manufacturing of the textured 160 x 80 pixel dot-matrix substrate. At the Fraunhofer IPMS the deposition and encapsulation processes were performed as well as the module assembly.
The technology demonstrator will also be presented during the upcoming SID Display Week 2009 in San Antonio, Texas, USA, on the German pavilion, booth no. 101-4. In autumn 2009 the first presentation in the Far East is planned during the IMID 2009 in Seoul, South Korea.
About CARO:
The acronym "CARO" stands for "Car OLED", which points out the focus of this R&D project with the target to develop highly efficient and highly reliable OLED devices for customer specific automotive applications (displays as well as signage devices). The CARO consortium involves seven partners, among which two from industry, two universities and three research institutes, namely: Optrex Europe GmbH, Novaled AG, Technical University of Braunschweig, Saarland University, Fraunhofer Research Institution Polymeric Materials and Composites PYCO, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, and Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems. The CARO consortium is one of the research associations within the BMBF initiative "OLED 2015" (phase 1).
About Optrex Europe GmbH:
Optrex Europe GmbH based in Babenhausen, near Frankfurt/Main, Germany, is the leading manufacturer and supplier of high performance, customised passive matrix type LCD panels and LCD modules for automotive applications, as well as for industrial and telecommunication markets. In 2002 the product portfolio was extended to active matrix driven LCDs (TFT displays). Parallel to the continuous improvement and new development of LCD technologies Optrex Europe GmbH is also working in the R&D area of OLED technologies since several years, and is currently the leader of the CARO consortium. Learn more about Optrex Europe GmbH at www.optrex.de.
Optrex Europe GmbH, Seligenstaedter Strasse 40, D-64832 Babenhausen, Germany
Dr. Juergen Wahl, phone: + 49 6073 721 200, firstname.lastname@example.com
Dr. Siegfried Barth, phone: + 49 6073 721 375, email@example.com
About G.Pollmann GmbH:
The styling-studio G.Pollmann GmbH was founded in November 1981. From the beginning the design of vehicle components is one of the primary areas of expertise. Since more than 27 years roughly 80% of all orders are coming from the automotive and automotive supply industry as well. The company is actively working in different areas: light-alloy wheels, steering-wheels, instrument clusters, driver assistance systems, ventilation systems, control units, headlights, rear lights, retractable hardtops, car tires, and many others more. In the last years the different customers enable the realisation of a variety of design studies and concept cars, a few of those could be find at www.g.pollmann-gmbh.de.
G.Pollmann GmbH, Stammhammer Weg 1, D-85113 Boehmfeld, Germany
Dipl.-Designer (FH) Gert Pollmann, phone: + 49 8406 1241, firstname.lastname@example.com
About Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Fraunhofer IPMS):
At the Fraunhofer IPMS, 250 employees work on electronic, mechanical, and optical components as well as their integration into the tiniest "intelligent" devices and systems. The product pallet is geared toward customers who want to expand the functionality of their products with the implementation of OLEDs and microsystems (MEMS, MOEMS, CMOS), which offer innovative system characteristics and ever-shrinking dimensions. The unique competency of Fraunhofer IPMS lies in the use of light, i.e. in the application of optical attributes and components.
Fraunhofer IPMS covers a wide range of industrial applications. Services range from product conception through development, right up to pilot production in internal labs and clean rooms – from a single device up to complete system solutions.
In the "Center for Organic Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden" (COMEDD) at Fraunhofer IPMS, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft concentrates on research, development and pilot-production of OLEDs based on small molecules. The aim of this center is to be the European-wide leading production-related research and development center for organic semiconductors focussing on organic light-emitting diodes and vacuum technology.
Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS, Maria-Reiche-Strasse 2,
D-01109 Dresden, Germany
Ines Schedwill, Marketing/PR, phone: +49 351 8823 238
About Novaled AG:
Novaled AG is a world leading company in the OLED field specialized in high efficiency long lifetime OLED structures and an expert in synthetic and analytical chemistry. The company offers complete solutions to the organic electronic markets, commercializing its Novaled PIN OLED® technology along with its proprietary OLED materials. Novaled has developed long term partnerships with major OLED players worldwide. Based on more than 400 patents granted or pending, Novaled has a strong IP position in OLED technology, and was named No. 1 on a list of coming world market leaders by the German newspapers Handelsblatt and Wirtschaftswoche. Main investors are eCAPITAL, Crédit Agricole Private Equity, TechnoStart, TechFund and CDC Innovation. For details please visit www.novaled.com or the currently released Asian pages www.novaled.com/jp and www.novaled.com/kr.
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All it takes is one person to change the world. You can be that one person. Choose now to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
Reducing at UVU
Recently UVU installed filtered drinking fountains that have a special spout for filling water bottles. These fountains display the number of plastic bottles have been saved by using refillable bottles. Within the first few weeks these fountains have already saved almost 10,000 plastic bottles!
Reusing at UVU
For years now UVU has auctioned off slightly used to the community. This extends the useful life of the items and keeps them out of landfills.
Recycling at UVU
As part of the presidential initiatives on campus, sustainability and recycling are a high priority on campus.
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|Request a recycle bin.
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Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise to Co-Host PBS's 25th NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT, 5/25
Also participating in the event are the U.S Joint Chiefs of Staff with The U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, The U.S. Army Chorus, The Soldiers Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band, The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters, The U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants, the Armed Forces Color Guard and Service Color Teams provided by the Military District of Washington, D.C.
The program is a co-production of Jerry Colbert of Capital Concerts and WETA, Washington, D.C. Executive producer Jerry Colbert and producer Michael Colbert have assembled an award-winning production team that features the top Hollywood talent behind some of television's most prestigious entertainment awards shows. The team includes: Emmy award-winning producer Walter C. Miller, whose credits include the Grammy Awards and COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS; and award-winning director Paul Miller whose credits include THE Country Music Awards and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
About Capital Concerts Capital Concerts is the production force behind two of television's longest-running and highest-rated live programs commemorating America's most important holidays. THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT, the nation's tribute to our men and women in uniform, and A CAPITOL FOURTH, our country's biggest birthday party, have become American traditions that have consistently ranked among the highest rated programs on PBS over the past decade. The holiday specials have been honored with over 70 awards including the New York Film Festival Award, the Telly Award, the Golden Cine Award, the Videographer Award, the National Education Association Award, the Aurora Award, the Christopher Award, the Communicator's Award, the AXIEM Award, the Omni Award and the Writer's Guild of America Award.
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Gingerbread House Maker!
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Make your own Gingerbread House! Ever want to build a candy house like the fairy tale Hanzel and Gretel? This is a no bake way to make a holiday favorite. Treat your family and friends to a delicious treat. An all ages fun activity to enjoy this Christmas season!
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Advanced Plastering has an excellent reputation as the best stucco, stone and remediation company in the area. A true industry leader. Over the years we have become a highly recognized and award winning company by local magazines and newspapers.
We have a very highly skilled team of professionals with a combined 100+ years of experience in this industry.
We are the best because we use the best products, plus we install them the right way the first time! We have had many clients of ours call us in need of our stucco remediation services due to weather and water damage to their stucco. You would not believe how many of those calls were from people that lived in homes that were not even 5 years old, and still had noticable damage to them! We tore out all of the exisiting stucco and replaced the entire exterior of their homes with the most advanced and best products on the market, ensuring they will not need any stucco remediation services anytime in the next couple of decades or so. We stand by work and we guarantee quality!
Check out our "Protection Process" that we've created to guarantee the best protection against weather and moisture.
On the job site with Advanced Plastering, check out some of our before and after pictures of some of our award-winning homes.
The services that we offer to our clients but are certainly not limited to, a break down and description of each.
In just a few short years Advanced Plastering, Inc. has become one of the most respected and honored plastering companies in the tri-state area. We do everything from small remodels, complete neighborhoods, new constructions & multi-million dollar estates our company continues to produce quality work no matter their size.
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Every project, whether commercial or residential, is treated with equal importance, attention and detail because every project is important to its owner, whether it is 1,000 or 600,000 square feet. We have become an award winning company with more award winning homes than any of our competitors in the tri-state area, we have also been named "best of 2009 & 2010" by PhillyMag.com...


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Recent Acquisitions
The following are highlights from materials recently acquired by the Ransom Center.
- The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers (see cover article for overview of materials)
- Miscellaneous correspondence by Saul Bellow
- The papers, library, and paintings of noted author, translator, and artist Guy Davenport, including correspondence with Ezra Pound, Hugh Kenner, James Laughlin, Thomas Berger, and Louis Zukofsky
- Additional materials for the Graham Greene collection, featuring a handwritten working draft of an unfinished novel, a corrected typescript of "Jim Braddon and the War Criminal," and several pieces of correspondence
- Three handwritten letters from D. H. Lawrence to Philip Heseltine, ca. 1915-16
- A letter from Ezra Pound to the editor of The Times, criticizing an article entitled "Two Sonatas by John Blow," 18 April 1934
- Additional materials for the Isaac Bashevis Singer archive, featuring an unpublished hand-written letter to the editorial director of Playboy in response to a request for an imagined obituary notice, and correspondence, publishers' catalogs, periodicals, articles by and about Singer, and photographs
- Additional material for the Frederic Will collection, including graduate papers and early essays, correspondence, a corrected typescript of Miroirs d'éternité: une saison au sahel, and his mother's WWI diaries
- Additional materials for the Tennessee Williams collection from Charles Bowden, including scripts and production material for The Night of the Iguana, an unproduced musical version of Camino Real, and Slapstick Tragedy, as well as audio tapes, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and programs
- Research and production materials for Laura Wilson's Avedon at Work: In the American West
- Supplementary material for the following collections: Stanley Burnshaw, David Douglas Duncan, Zulfikar Ghose, Wilson Harris, Oliver LaFarge, J. B. Priestley, James Salter, and Dame Freya Stark


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Announcing: #BlogHouse IrelandBlogHouse
After the stunning success of #BlogHouse Besalu in September of 2012 and in Toronto in June of 2013, Navigate Media Group is pleased to announce the return of the BlogHouse, this time in Ireland. Working together again with FlipKey it will be held the last two days of September through the first two days of October (Sept 29th to Oct 2nd).
The BlogHouse is a four-day opportunity to live, work and learn in a group environment with both experienced and novice bloggers. There will be workshops, networking and plenty of time for hands-on personal attention to your blogging questions — this isn't a typical conference situation — here we open up the computers and get to actual, direct work on your questions about your site, your social media platforms, your photography, writing, and video skills and more.
The BlogHouse will take place in Ireland in Co. Tipperary about an hour outside of Cork. For this program we are charging a fee of 300 euros. This will cover accommodation, some meals and refreshments, and of course the instruction.
Participants will spend time learning from members of Navigate media on a huge variety of topics such as working with PR, website optimization, photo editing, monetization, social media and much more. This is a low-stress environment for learning, discussion and close mentoring experience.
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We are not necessarily looking for the most experienced bloggers with the highest traffic numbers, but bloggers we believe we can help and who will fit the activities we have planned.
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Viewing figures have fallen since Mr Ball presented science and factual shows in the 70s and he criticises Blue Peter presenters for talking to each other "as though the kids are not there".
CBBC chief Dorothy Prior responded that popular children's shows now combine "entertainment with information and learning" and that parents send hundreds of approving letters to the channel.
Has children's TV become more trivial? Are children missing out or are Johnny Ball's views just old-fashioned?
Thank you for your e-mails. This debate is now closed. A selection of your comments is published below.
The most intelligent, interesting and sorted kids I know don't watch a lot of TV, and not because they are banned from watching it, they just find it too tedious.
It's patronising, adults trying (and failing) to be cool by dropping their aitches. Simon, London, UK
There's always been a mix of kids shows at both ends of the extreme, with many old shows just as stupid as today. I remember watching Bananaman and Count Duckula in the 80s that are just as stupid as many of today's shows. Dave, UK
Surely it is the responsibility of parents to decide which programmes they feel are best suited to their children? All TV sets are equipped with off buttons - a fact which some folks seem to forget! Lisa T, UK
What's so special about children's TV? It's a struggle to find anything worth watching for any age group these days. Adam, UK
Don't children get enough education at school that we must be ramming it into them on the telly? As if supposedly grown-ups' programmes are any better. John, UK
I totally agree with Johnny Ball. Children's TV at times borders on the offensive and crude. One flagship Saturday children's TV programme features a competition where the children have to belch as loud as possible! Manners make a person - something the BBC evidently doesn't understand, or chooses to ignore. Nick Jones, UK
I certainly think Johnny Ball should be listened to. An excellent presenter, his enthusiasm for science was infectious in Think Of A Number. I used to love it and I am sure it helped me to take science related GCSEs and eventually go into the field of electronic engineering. Paul Baker, UK
Kids' TV is too obsessed with being cool. Being young hip and groovy doesn't necessarily make someone a good presenter/educator. Bring back John Craven, Tony Hart and Johnny Ball! They may have been cheesy and wore v-neck sweaters but I learned loads from them! Tim, UK
I think children's TV is spot on. For ages I wished there was a children's equivalent to Pop Idol, and then my prayers were answered. Like me, they would rather watch that than something teaching science or crafts. Science isn't cool - being a pop idol is though! Frank, UK
The programmes have grown vastly in quantity, if not all in quality. But my kids still watch some excellent programmes, that are educational and entertaining. Perhaps parents should spend more time watching and discussing with children the content of TV, rather than treat it as an unpaid childminder. Pete, UK
Hang on - why not repeat Think Of A Number? The BBC aren't scared of repeating shows, and if they did it on their digital channels, it might persuade more people to tune in. In fact, they should repeat all their old children's shows - CBBC Gold, if you will... Jamie, England
Has Mr Ball not heard of Blue Peter or Newsround, nor did he see the young football commentator competition that MOTD ran for the world cup? On other channels there's the likes of teen soap Hollyoaks which has been praised by MPs for tackling issues as diverse as male rape, self-harming, death of close relatives, homelessness. How many programmes does Mr Ball want me to highlight? Alex, UK
Some programmes are great and well thought out. I don't remember enjoying any kids' shows when I was young, apart from Crackerjack and Take Hart, which were hardly highbrow... I especially hated Newsround, Blue Peter and Think Of A Number! Vicky, Scotland
What have suffered most are the cartoons. True, the current crop of Warner Brothers are as magnificent as ever but the sheer strangeness of Bagpuss, Roobarb and Custard and the original Magic Roundabout could ignite enquiring minds instead of trying to sell them a toy. Toby, UK
Whatever programme you watch now the same themes seem to run through them all, mobile phones, computer games and matters concerning the opposite sex. If you are someone who does not own any of these items or doesn't have a boyfriend/girlfriend by the age of 12 you are made to feel stupid. Sarah, UK
There seems to be a belief in producers and commissioners that the average child has the attention of a brain-damaged bee and the IQ of a hamster. Added to which, it's faintly embarrassing to watch all of the young, rather middle class presenters trying really hard to be "street".
Darren Stephens, UK
I agree with Johnny, none of the presenters sound like they sat GCSE English, their conversations are never intelligent. What they do seem to get right is the latest fashion. Mary Swook, England
Was it ever good?
Some of the shows for the tiny tots (five and under) are great. Unfortunately, it seems that the same formula is being passed to the older kids' shows. It seems there's no imagination going into the shows today. A few cheap special effects and a poor script make 'chewing gum for the brain'. It's as if the makers have lost touch with their audience. Steve G, UK
I think children's programming concentrates on teenage populism and the shallow world of music and fashion. But if that's what the kids want....
Paul Edmonds, UK


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India and China are the two of the strongest demand centres for gold in the modern market, but the Indian government has sought through new taxes to have less of the nation's money spent on gold.
Amid conjecture over the future of those taxes, Mr Robinson said he did not believe demand would dim in India.
"India has had certain restrictions and tax, but in time we expect the cultural significance of gold in India to ensure that they will continue to be the primary demand for physical gold," he said on Wednesday.
"Gold is very deeply ingrained within the Indian cultural psyche, and I think they are not going to stop buying physical gold and I think it will be supportive for the gold price."
Gold was fetching $US1294 ($1385) an ounce on Wednesday, and has been about that for several weeks.
The comments came as Mr Robinson formally opened Newcrest's new Cadia East mine in NSW.
Mr Robinson said the new, low-cost mine could soon be Australia's biggest, and will form the "bedrock" of the company's strategy in the future.
The $2 billion mine is the third to be built by Newcrest in the same valley near the town of Orange, and together they will be producing more than 700,000 ounces a year by 2016.
Those volumes will see the Cadia precinct rival the Boddington mine in WA as Australia's top-producing gold mine.
"It is difficult to overstate the importance of this mine to Newcrest's future; Cadia East is really a very large, long-life mine and is the fundamental bedrock in our companies's strategy," said Mr Robinson.
But these days big production numbers are not enough, with gold mines increasingly judged for their profitability.
It's in that way that Cadia truly excels, with "all in" production costs of between $US200 and $US400 an ounce.
Mr Robinson said those costs could go even lower as the mine matures.
Many mines ( including some owned by Newcrest) are lucky if they post "all in" costs below $US1000 an ounce.
Part of the reason for Cadia's low costs is the caving technique used in the mining, which sees gravity do much of work in loosening the rock.
A lot of automation will be used, meaning fewer workers will be needed underground. With Orange less than 30 minutes away, the mine also avoids many of the costs associated with fly-in fly-out operations.
Mr Robinson is near the end of his time at the helm of Newcrest, with former
Mr Biswas was at the launch, along with NSW Premier Mike Baird.
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A group of friends who were among the first pupils at Brighouse High School in 1985 are holding a reunion.
Organiser Sally Fisher, formerly Sally Pardon, is hoping that the reunion party will be attended by many former pupils from 1985 to 1990/92.
Sally, who now lives and works in London, said: "This is a special year for us as we all turn 40.
"We thought it would be the perfect year to get back together, catch up with old friends and toast our 40th birthdays."
In 1985 the former Brighouse Girls Grammar School changed to Brighouse High School and Sally and her friends were among the first intake.
"I have very happy memories of my time at Brighouse High. We've had a couple of reunions since we left but we hope this will be special because of our 40th birthdays."
The reunion will be held at Milry's restaurant, Owler Ings Road, Brighouse, on Saturday, February 8 at 7pm.
Tickets are £12 which includes food. For more details contact Sally on 07970 483026.


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PRACE Autumn School 2013
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The PRACE Autumn School 2013 will take place on 23-27 September 2013 at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The event will focus on industry oriented HPC simulations. Hands-on courses with ANSYS, optiSLang, AVBP, elsA, RBF Morph software and lectures will be given by 12 lecturers (CADFEM, SimTeC, CERFACS, ONERA, CINECA, Universities of: Rome "Tor Vergata", Ljubljana, Aveiro and New Brunswick) from the fields of Structural Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD and BIO-CFD) and Electromagnetics (HFSS and Maxwell). The school is offered free of charge to industrial users, researchers and academics residing in PRACE member states and eligible countries. Registration is open as long as seats are available!
More information and registration: http://events.prace-ri.eu/event/as13
Or take a look into the school brochure by following the link
About PRACE: The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) is an international non-profit association with its seat in Brussels. The PRACE Research Infrastructure provides a persistent world-class high performance computing service for scientists and researchers from academia and industry in Europe. The computer systems and their operations accessible through PRACE are provided by 4 PRACE members (BSC representing Spain, CINECA representing Italy, GCS representing Germany and GENCI representing France). The Implementation Phase of PRACE receives funding from the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreements RI-261557, RI-283493 and RI-312763. For more information, see www.prace-ri.eu


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Here Houston takes us on a whirlwind tour of the authentic American myth of the Wizard of Oz. She answers the question of what it means to have a brain, a heart, and to act with courage. Using the characters of the scarecrow, tin man, lion, and Dorothy, Houston inspires us to follow our deep yearning in order to develop and contribute to a better world with our full human capacities, She tells us, "We are in the most critical time of history. The time in which we decide whether we grow or die, whether we evolve or perish. Each of us comes in with a kind of added response-ability and we have to prepare ourselves, and deepen ourselves, and constantly educate ourselves to be the stewards of this time." (hosted by Justine Willis Toms)
Jean Houston is a visionary thinker, teacher, and philosopher who pioneered the Human Potential Movement and established the Social Artistry leadership model that she used in her work with the United Nations Development Programme.
She is the author of nearly thirty books, including:
- A Mythic Life: Learning to Live our Greater Story (HarperSanFrancisco 1996)
- A Passion for the Possible: A Guide to Realizing Your True Potential (HarperSanFrancisco 1997)
- The Wizard of Us: Transformational Lessons from Oz (Beyond Words 2012)
To learn more about the work of Jean Houston go to www.jeanhouston.com.
Topics explored in this dialogue include:
- How myth is encoded into our DNA and human intelligence
- How do myths help us to find our "yellow brick road of spiritual pollen"
- Who was L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful World of Oz: The Wizard of Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, Glinda of Ozand why he used a girl as his protagonist
- What are the gifts we must recognize in ourselves to live our full potential
- Why including "the arts" in school curriculum is important in developing our highest human capacities
- What is social artistry and how can we expand our usefulness in society
- Why the rise of women is the single most important happening in the last 5000 years
- What are the "fields of poppies" that crop up in our lives
- How is this time reminiscent of that time of great creativity – the Renaissance
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Travel Tip: 3 Steps to Take If Your Flight Is Cut
You think you've done a good job, booking a flight months in advance of your planned travel. But with airlines cutting costs — and thus flights — all the time, there's a chance you will see that foresight going right down the drain. If you get the dreaded "Itinerary update: Flight change" email, look for these three things:
- Check destination airport and connections. If the airline is no longer serving that airport or if the new time you'd arrive is drastically different, they may reroute you to another local airport — fine if you're familiar with the area or aren't meeting people, but if that exact spot is where you're joining family, it can be a problem.
- Check times. Make sure your new departure, connection, and arrival times work for you and be comfortable with the window between any connections. Most US airlines will offer a full refund if your new flight arrives either 90 minutes earlier or later than the originally scheduled one.
- Check for other flights. Look for alternatives before you call the airline. Although there are no guarantees, you may be able to change to a different flight that day with less of a wait or one that arrives at your exact desired destination. While swapping carriers is trickier, know which airlines have code-share partnerships, as changes between those linked airlines can be possible through the same agent.
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'Emo' Kids Stoned To Death In Iraq
In February, Iraq's Interior Ministry denounced the music and fashions known collectively as "emo" as Satanic. Shortly thereafter, leaflets began appearing in Shi'ite neighborhoods around Baghdad -- Sadr City, Baya -- bearing the names of local "emo" kids, urging them to give up their depravity and get right with God. A sample text:
We strongly warn you, to all the obscene males and females, if you will not leave this filthy work within four days the punishment of God will descend upon you at the hand of the Mujahideen.
The Mujahideen weren't joking. Those four allotted days expired at the end of the month. Since then, according to the AP:
At least 14 bodies of youths have been brought to three hospitals in eastern Baghdad bearing signs of having been beaten to death with rocks or bricks, security and hospital sources told Reuters under condition they not be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Nine bodies were brought to hospitals in Sadr City, a vast, poor Shi'ite neighborhood, three were brought to East Baghdad's main al-Kindi hospital and two were brought to the central morgue, medical sources said.
Six other young people, including two girls, were wounded in beatings intended as warnings, the security sources said.
Leading Shi'ia clerics, even very crazy ones, have spoken out against the stonings, as has the Interior Ministry. From the AP:
... on his website on Saturday, Moqtada al-Sadr, a Shi'ite cleric whose followers dominate Sadr City, described "emo" youths as "crazy and fools", but said they should be dealt with only through the law.
"They are a plague on Muslim society, and those responsible should eliminate them through legal means," he said.
Posted Mar. 10,2012 at 5:19 PM EST by Brandon K. Thorp in Crime, Deaths, Gay Youth, Iraq | Permalink | Comments (37)
Zealots Delivered Anti-Gay, Anti-Woman Message In Public School Assembly
Before Dunkerton High School in Iowa agreed to allow the band Junkyard Prophet to run an assembly for its students -- and certainly before the school's officials agreed to produce the band's fee, which is ordinarily $1,500 -- school officials really ought to have run the band's name through Google.
If they had, they'd have realized that Junkyard Prophet is the proselytizing apparatus of You Can Run But You Can't Hide Ministries, a Christianist group with a message precisely as vengeful and violent as its name suggests.
The band's founder, officials would have learned, is drummer Bradlee Dean: the lugubrious beatmaker who called Barack Obama a heathen while delivering an opening prayer at the Minnesota State House, and who occasionally suggests that Christians should take their cues on gay rights from conservative, sharia-abiding Muslims.
But the school officials did no such Googling, and Junkyard Prophet appeared at the school on Thursday. They performed a concert, and then divided the school into three break-out groups: One for boys, one for girls, and one for teachers. (That may well mean that these angry zealots were left alone with the students after virtually no official screening at all.) From the Lacrosse Tribune:
"They told my daughter, the girls, that they were going to have mud on their wedding dresses if they weren't virgins," said Jennifer Littlefield, a parent upset with the band's performance.
Her daughter, Alivia Littlefield, 16, is a junior, and called Littlefield after the event.
"I couldn't even understand her, she was crying so hard," Littlefield said.
Littlefield also did not appreciate what she described as gay bashing.
"They told these kids that anyone who was gay was going to die at the age of 42," she said. "It just blows me away that no one stopped this."
Alivia was only one of many students left in tears by the band's breakout sessions (which, in addition to encouraging young girls to safeguard their virginity, reminded them to remain subservient to their future husbands). After Junkyard Prophet left the campus, an apparently sheepish Superintendent Jim Stanton addressed the school, emphasizing the "positive aspects of the group's message." But, according to the Tribune:
... he also told students the presenters shared "an opinion about intolerance that's not in line with the beliefs of the Dunkerton Community Schools."
"We promote tolerance for one another," Stanton said. "We will continue to celebrate diversity in our student body."
Nevertheless, it seems that students who attempted to depart Junkyard Prophet's breakout sessions were "shouted down" or "ridiculed as disrespectful" -- whether by school staff or by band members is unclear.
Dunkerton High has requested that Junkyard Prophet return their honorarium.
Posted Mar. 10,2012 at 4:43 PM EST by Brandon K. Thorp in Bradlee Dean, Education, Iowa, Wisconsin | Permalink | Comments (38)
Nebraska Coach Ron Brown Criticized For Anti-Gay Rant In Omaha
On March 6th, University of Nebraska football coach Ron Brown appeared before the Omaha City Council to testify against anti-discrimination regulations proposed by Councilmember Ben Gray. His argument, essentially, was this: By protecting LGBTs from employment discrimination, the council would grant its imprimatur to sodomy. (The idea that Bible-believing Christians might be both anti-sodomy and anti-employment discrimination never occurred to him.) Andy's been covering the Omaha drama extensively -- click here for the full back story.
Brown's testimony -- viewable AFTER THE JUMP -- has irked some Huskers fans, including John F. Carroll, who wrote the following to Tom Osborne, Athletic Director at University of Nebraska:
As a gay Christian (that bleeds all things Big Red), and a long time season ticket holder that comes with a $1,000 dollar donation each year, I really felt betrayed by Coach Brown's comments. I am no stranger to this type of rhetoric. I was shocked to hear Coach Brown tie Memorial Stadium to his anti-gay statements.
I am a licensed registered nurse and an attorney. I say grace with every meal. I pray daily for those in need. I have dealt with homophobia since I was kid. I was bullied throughout school. In my twenties, I was fired from a job and kicked out of an apartment because I was gay. In my thirties, I was the victim of a hate crime and I was outed on the television show Survivor. Now in my 40s, I still hear the anti-gay rhetoric throughout my beloved state.
I am all for free speech. There are limits when a representative like Coach Brown who is associated with the University exercises his first amendment rights and states that his address is Memorial Stadium. I get that it was an attempt at humor; I can assure you that many gay and straight husker fans did not find it funny.
As you are aware, the University is comprised of all types of various colors, genders, ages, religions, and yes, people of different sexual orientations and gender identities. While Coach Brown's fight for his civil rights, is waning, the rights of gays and lesbians are far from secure. To hear Coach Brown, a representative of the University of Nebraska, use God and Jesus to argue against providing gays and lesbians protection from people that would harm them in the work place is beyond the pale. It makes me wonder what would happen if one of the football players came out. Would he bench them? Would he recommend kicking them off the team? I know former players that are gay. Has the University ever once asked them what it was like hiding in plain sight?
You can read the full letter here.
Osborne apologized, writing that:
I'm sorry that you've been offended by Ron Brown's comments. I can assure you that Ron's comments are reflective of his own views and do not represent those of the Athletic Department or the University.
But Ron Brown won't shut up. In interviews last week, according to Omaha.com:
... Brown also questioned whether he would have been criticized if he had testified in support of the anti-discrimination proposal.
"Should every employee from the University of Nebraska have to say that they're not representing the university?" Brown asked. "Would I have been OK if I was on the other side of the coin, in terms of if I was in favor of the proposal?"
Of course it would have, Ron, because in that instance you would have been repping the University's POV. Not all opinions are equal.
Posted Mar. 10,2012 at 1:14 PM EST by Brandon K. Thorp in Discrimination, Nebraska, Omaha, Religion | Permalink | Comments (34)
Nuptials Cost Missouri Man His Job
Congrats to Al Fischer and Charlie Robin, who were married yesterday in Central Park, in New York, on the occasion of their 20th anniversary.
Here's hoping the ceremony was lovelier than the circumstances preceding it. Fischer and Robin live in Missouri, where Fischer for years taught music at a Catholic school (St. Ann) and served as part-time music director at a Catholic church (St. Rose Philippine Duchesne). He was always open about his sexual orientation, and about his relationship with Robin. As the couple prepared to fly to New York for their ceremony, Fischer announced his plans at a school staff meeting. There was applause.
But one fellow in attendance, a representative of the St. Louis Archdiocese, probably did not clap. He reported the news of Fischer's impending nuptials to his superiors, and the next day Fischer was fired.
From the Times:
Two weeks later, after news of his firing made headlines, he was terminated from his second, part-time job as music director for the Roman Catholic church where he and his partner, Charlie Robin, have worshiped for more than six years.
"I didn't expect any of this," said Mr. Fischer ... "I didn't understand it would be, 'click, you're done,' but it was."
Fischer's firing prompted a storm of protest from parents at St. Ann's, but it did no good: Fischer had previously signed a statement promising to never take a "public stand" against church tenets, and marriage was considered such a stand. (Fischer has long served as the director of a gay men's choir; why that never counted as a "public stand" is unclear.) Fischer reports that his former colleagues have been supportive. From the Times:
Even with his firings, he received nothing but support from the pews. Even of the people who fired him, he said: "These are good people in a tough situation, having to toe a particular line. If they supported me they'd be making a statement against the tenets of the church. They signed the same witness statement that I did."
Fischer has already received offers of employment from a secular school, where he'll begin teaching next semester. In the meantime, he and Robin are enjoying their weekend in New York; this evening they'll take in a performance of Priscilla: Queen of The Desert.
Posted Mar. 10,2012 at 12:06 PM EST by Brandon K. Thorp in Catholic Church, Gay Marriage, Missouri, NY marriage equality, Religion | Permalink | Comments (24)
Today: Chely Wright Opens Kansas City LGBT Community Center
Well -- technically it's a center for youth who are questioning their sexuality, but these kids will probably figure themselves out quickly enough. Maybe they'll stick around.
Chely Wright is the nu-country singer of hits "Shut Up And Drive" and "Single White Female" who came out of the closet in 2010 and shortly thereafter married her partner, the activist Lauren Blitzer. She decided to open the LIKEME Lighthouse, as it's called, because she grew up not far from Kansas City and remembers well the difficulties of coming of age in an area without resources for LGBT teens. From the Washington Post:
"This just gives so much hope to these outlying areas, that your major metropolitan area has a gay and lesbian center," said Wright, who married LGBT activist Lauren Blitzer last summer. "That would have meant everything to me had I been a kid growing up in Wellsville, knowing that there is a beautiful facility in our major city, that that was OK.
LIKEME Lighthouse's ribbon-cutting ceremony is today at noon, and opening festivities continue into the evening with performances by Wright, Alan Cumming, and others. Lighthouse's website is up and fully operational, but it doesn't seem like the center's yet fleshed out its programming. The facility will be open, presumably for drop-ins, from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. on most days, but what teens will be able to do once they arrive hasn't yet been decided. Maybe Lighthouse is waiting on volunteers?
Posted Mar. 10,2012 at 10:38 AM EST by Brandon K. Thorp in Chely Wright, Gay Youth, Kansas, Kansas City | Permalink | Comments (4)
Canadian Pop Music Is Gay
Thanks to Gawker for this week alerting non-Canadians and non-tweens to the existence of Carly Rae Jepsen. Jepsen, a 26-year-old Canadian pop star, has allegedly created an honest-to-goodness perfect pop song which has been slowly impressing itself upon young American eardrums since the Biebs recorded a video of himself dancing to it early this year.
The song's called "Call Me Maybe," and honestly, it's not perfect. It's not even very good. But the accompanying video ends with an endearing gay twist that would've been impossible to imagine popping up in a similar piece of bouncy pop trifle even only a decade ago, and that, at least, is awesome. Watch AFTER THE JUMP ...
Posted Mar. 10,2012 at 9:52 AM EST by Brandon K. Thorp in Canada, Justin Bieber, Music Video | Permalink | Comments (64)


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Wales Millennium Centre site 'saved'
Cardiff Council has stepped in to protect the Wales Millennium Centre project with an offer to buy the land earmarked for the site.
The site's owners had announced on Thursday that the Cardiff Bay site was up for sale after the WMC board failed to buy the land in an agreed timescale.
Anna Chalkley, a spokesman for the land-owners Grosvenor Waterside, said they had been having informal talks with other businesses interested in the site including residential developers, leisure and retail.
But the council said it has stepped in to prevent the collapse of the flagship scheme.
"We think it is right that the council at least protects the project while we work with others to see if we can find a way forward," he said.
"Even if the centre doesn't go ahead, and we sincerely hope it does, the council has acquired an asset for the people of Cardiff.
"The council takes the view that it is an important asset for Cardiff and Wales."
Grosvenor Waterside gave the offer a cautious welcome, but said the site was still for sale.
In a statement, the firm said the council's intention to purchase the site was of great interest and would be considered alongside the numerous other expressions of interest that it had already received.
"GW's plans to take it to the open market on Monday have not changed . The council's offer when received will be considered alongside the other offers - each on their own merits," the statement added.
The crisis arose after the failure of the centre's board to buy the prestigious site near the Welsh Assembly's building.
Grosvenor Waterside said they told WMC of their plans to put the land back on the market two weeks ago - but had received no response.
The centre was planned to offer a permanent home for Welsh National Opera and create a 2,000-seat theatre.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that the forecast cost of the centre could be millions of pounds more than originally projected.
Tom Middlehurst said that it was "imperative" to keep a tight control on public funding for the project and imposed a Ł75m ceiling.
Revised plans were due to be submitted for approval to the Welsh Assembly's executive.
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Going on this site to tell you if the same type of site is down and that site is down? Irony.
I can't remember seeing a time when downornot.com was actually up. It's featured by the Internet wayback machine. You'd think that would tell the owners of this site to stop featuring it because it doesn't exist anymore, lol.
The irony.
I needed this laugh after fuming over Steam being down for the last hour.
Weird.... a website that shows you when a website is down is ALWAYS down? no wonder when i check on this site it shows that its down all the time
"Hurr Durr irony"
That's the joke, people, check how old the 1st comments are...
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seems to be that there is a computer programming error.
yeah the incongruity of it all... got tired of "irony"
Oh the irony!
The irony on this amuses me B)
Weird how it's called downornot.com yet the website is always down. :3
downornot.com is always down. Lol.
One word: IRONY.
its ironic that people are going on a site that tells you if a site is down to find out if another site that tells you the same exact thing
how do you spell irony?
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How ironic. The admins probably shut down the site for lack of decent performance.
Oh t3h irony. A site informing you whether sites are down or not, is down, and i found this out on another such website. Oh, the irony is delicious
The irony is not lost on me. XD
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Time to remove this one totally
Down or not is always down
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LOL the irony
the irony im dying
seems I'm not the only one. down or not.. uh neither totally blind...
I wonder how many people are cussing their ISP right now? lol
Yup, first thing that came to mind. Irony.
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Felicia Yvette Presents: Hair Therapy with AfrosNBabyHair
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Alecia Tucker (@afrosnbabyhair) has been in love with hair for as long as she can remember. Her quest for knowledge about the proper maintenance of her own hair quickly exploded into a professional hair care revival. She spent countless hours researching hair preservation and scalp care practices for highly textured hair which added an edge that many in the industry lack. Armed with a solid foundation in online hair care communities and social media, Alecia serves as a bridge between the professional salon hair care and do-it-yourself markets. Innovative styling, coloring, and hair care techniques have made Alecia a sought after stylist and trusted source of information nationwide. With a dedicated focus on continuing education and community outreach, Alecia's goal is to expand her platform and continue to put on display the beauty of textured hair.
Some of what will be covered at Hair Therapy with AfrosNBabyHair:
Curl Acceptance
Cleanse, Condition, Protect, Style
ICU (hair and scalp conditions)
Faith & Hair Care
Children's Hair
Product Junkie Rehab
Regimen Building
Live Demonstrations
If you would like to participate, please bring no more than 3 gently used full-size products.
This event is not only for those with natural hair.
If you are thinking about transitioning, this event is for you.
If you have children with natural hair, this event is for you.
If you are a hair stylist and would like to learn more about natural hair, this event is for you.
Fruit/veggie and cheese trays, water, and black & green teas will be provided, but The Elbow Room will also be taking orders during this time.
Januarie York, poet, will perform during a brief intermission.
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A full photo shoot with hair done by one of the best natural hair stylists in Indianapolis. Makeup and styling will also be provided - valued at over $300
Huetiful Hair Steamer + Facial Attachment
Earrings by Jewel Afrika Designs (JewelAfrikaDesigns.net)
T-shirt from KurlyKutie.com
Three Little Birds Tees
Thank God I'm Natural
Quelly Rue Designs Tote Bag
Celestial Crowns
"Natural Hair Quest" by Ayo-Keisha Smith
Pretty Me Silk
Black Apple Boutique and Style Agency
Mimosa and a Masterpiece
Forever Fruitful Afro Diva Mug
Darcy's Botanicals
Boutique De Bandeaux
Monicure Palace
Original Moxie
My Book of Lists - Love the Journey
Full size products from brands such as Ouidad and Coco Curls
Styling tools
and more...
Gift bags will be given at the end of the event - includes samples from Sof'n Free's new "Nothing But" line, Curls, Kynx, Likewise Daily Skincare, Eden BodyWorks, Jessicurl, Dr. Miracle's Curl Care, Beautiful Curls, Shea Moisture and Beautiful Textures!
Photography provided by spoken4photography
Videography provided by Bayette George
The free parking lot is off of North St./Fort Wayne - we'd like to have you all come in through the ParkView Banquet Room door (on Fort Wayne).
When & Where
605 N. Pennsylvania St.
Sunday, July 29, 2012 from 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM (EDT)
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Get an overview of this hotelAdults-only hotel with free valet parking and outdoor pool
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Situated near the airport, this luxury hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Bedford Memorial Park, Broome Historical Society Museum, and Matso's Brewery. Town Beach and McDaniel's Lookout are also within 15 minutes.
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features an outdoor pool, a bar/lounge, and coffee/tea in a common area. Free WiFi in public areas and free valet parking are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room, laundry facilities, and a library.
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All 8 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and balconies. For a bit of entertainment, plasma TVs come with digital channels, and guests can also appreciate conveniences like refrigerators and coffee makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Pinctada McAlpine House features an outdoor pool, a library, and a terrace. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This luxury hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, a garden, and coffee/tea in a common area. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Pinctada McAlpine House is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 8
- Number of floors - 2
- Bar/lounge
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- Airport transportation
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- Free WiFi
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- One meeting room
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- Free valet parking
- Garden
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 1910
- Smoke-free property
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- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Digital TV service
- Free WiFi
- Individually furnished
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
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Check-in time ends at 6 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
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- Pets not allowed
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 10, 2006
China Tuesday warned its people against complacency in the fight against bird flu, after the world's most populous nation announced its eighth human case of the virus.
"We cannot lower our guard in the slightest degree against the risk of bird flu triggering a new epidemic," Mao Qun'an, health ministry deputy director general, told a briefing.
"As long as there are still outbreaks among animals, as the health authority we cannot say bird flu is already past its peak."
In particular he warned against the nightmare scenario of bird flu starting to spread from human to human, rather than the current transmission pattern from bird to human.
"Even though we haven't yet detected cases of spread among humans, we can't ignore the potential threat," he said.
China is considered one of the places where bird flu could mutate to a strain capable of human transmission, triggering a global pandemic that could spread like wildfire and kill millions.
It has the world's biggest poultry population, combined with often primitive farming conditions where humans and animals live in close proximity.
The health ministry announced late Monday that a six-year-old boy in the central province of Hunan had become the country's eighth human case of bird flu.
The boy first showed symptoms of the lethal H5N1 strain on December 24 and is now under treatment in hospital, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Among the eight confirmed human cases there have been three fatalities, while there have been 33 outbreaks among poultry reported in several provinces since early 2005.
State media Tuesday said the latest outbreak was noticed in the southern province of Guizhou on January 1. Some 16,000 poultry died from the disease, while 42,000 were culled during the first week of January in the city of Guiyang, China Central Television reported.
The vast majority of China's bird flu cases have taken place within the past three months, suggesting a mounting challenge for the overburdened health bureaucracy.
Reacting to the spate of bird flu cases, Mao said that controlling the virus would be one of the health ministry's top priorities in 2006.
"What we're doing is to seek to strengthen supervision in the health system, to detect infectious diseases and monitor epidemics as early as possible," he said.
"In the new year we'll especially emphasize the effort to prevent and control bird flu among humans."
Observers have expressed concerns that China may not have the resources to keep track of all developments in its vast countryside.
One of the most urgent tasks is to improve the ability of health authorities to monitor developments at the grassroots level, according to Mao.
In each of China's tens of thousands of villages, qualified people will be picked and charged with monitoring and reporting the epidemics situation.
"We need to do this before a possible mutation of bird flu," he said.
The virus has killed more than 70 people throughout Asia since 2003, the majority of them in Vietnam.
European nations and world health experts are currently also on higher alert after Turkey reported 13 people had been infected with the disease, including two who have already died.
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Ear Surgery Q&A
Infection + Ear Surgery
Otoplasty 2 Weeks Ago: Have a Hole on the Front of my Ear and a Suture Poking out of the Top, Are They Infected? (photo)
My left ear has what I can only describe as a hole on the anti helix/concha, it scabs over but when I shower comes off, its red and swollen and I... READ MORE
4 days post op Otoplasty, I got severe pain and swelling in my right ear. Is this infections? (photos)
I am in to the clinic tomo for my post op review. will only be able to see a nurse as the surgeon don't see the patients for weeks if not months post... READ MORE
In Need of Ear Doctor ASAP, That Specializes in Surfers Ear Surgery?
Had surfers ear since 15, now 40. This summer my ear got infected from the ocean. I have no health insurance. The ear is swelled shut so nothing can... READ MORE
I Still Have Stitches from an Otoplasty Left in After Almost 13 Years, Would It Be Wise to Get Them Removed?
I am 18 years old and I had an otoplasty done when I was 5, the stitches are still in at the top of both my ears and are frequently becoming infected... READ MORE
Would surgery fix my misshapen ear cartilage? (photo)
I got my tragus pierced the summer of 2011, but it got infected and swelled up so I had to get it lanced. Unfortunately, the conch part of my ear also... READ MORE
Corrective Surgery for Ear After Infection?
My brother had a severe infection from a spider bite on his ear. It was drained in the ER, and he was told to get to go to a plastic surgeon to repair... READ MORE
Can my infected piercing of 4 years be removed surgically?
I had an interesting ear piercing experience. Something the piercer had never done, three piercrings in the form of a triangle in my cartilage. It's... READ MORE
Is this normal or signs of infection after otoplasty ?
Hi! I had otoplasty three days ago and still have that dressing. The first two days were fine, some discomfort but it wasn't anything out of the... READ MORE
Otoplasty Revision - Need Advice?
I had otoplasty on both ears several months ago. The technique used was standard mustarde stitches, no scoring of cartilage or skin removal. An... READ MORE
Just had an otoplasty done 1 wk, 6 days ago, have some swelling incision area of left ear. Could this be an infection? (photo)
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My daughter has an infected permanent stitch. What should I do?
We took her to her plastic surgeon today. He couldn't see the stitch; the back of her ear was swollen and red. The area is about the size of a medium... READ MORE
Is this infection on my otoplasty? (photo)
12 days after my otoplasty I felt some pain behind my ear and also a feeling that is pulling. I realise there is white pus like liquid behind. Is this... READ MORE
Can this ear be fixed to look more normal? (Photo)
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Can I have ear pinnaplasty for a third time? And will it keep my left ear back?
2014 I had both ears pinnaplasty done the right healed fine the left one got infected at the top so stick way out from bottom. I had a revision with... READ MORE
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Just had otoplasty done exactly one week ago. Does this look like an infection or is this a normal process?
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Last Year I Had Tympanoplasty Surgery but Stil Its Not Healing and Suffering with Infection but Grat is Good but Little Weak?
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Minor cauliflower ear?
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Services for Lola Mae Weedon, 99, of Killeen, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Heritage Funeral Home in Harker Heights. Interment will follow at Lakeland Hills Memorial Park in Burnet.
Mrs. Weedon died Nov. 14, 2013, in Killeen. She was born July 11, 1914, to the late Wright and Nora Mae Davis near Jermyn. She married Ferman R. Weedon on Aug. 25, 1934. They were married for 67 years.
She was a devoted homemaker and loving wife and mother. Mrs. Weedon was active in the churches pastored by her husband for more than 50 years. She lived in Kingsland for 19 years before coming to Killeen, where she became a member at First Baptist Church of Killeen.
Mrs. Weedon was preceded in death by her loving husband, Ferman R. Weedon; three brothers, Sam, Buck and Dude Davis; one granddaughter, Olivia Weedon Badyna; and a son-in-law, Frank N. Flores.
Survivors include four children, Ernest Weedon and his wife, Ann, of Deer Park, Kathryn "Katy" Flores of Killeen, LaNora Lashmit and her husband, Leonard, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, and Ferman Weedon Jr. and his wife, Geneva, of Killeen; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-granddaughters.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Killeen Building Fund.
Visitation is from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Heritage Funeral Home in Harker Heights, which is in charge of arrangements. Offer condolences at www.heritage-funeralhome.com.


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You should be dancinnnn' — yeah! You should be dancinnnnn' yeah! (watch this clip for a little John Travolta action). I've been checking out the whole disco ball trend as it has rolled it's way back into rooms over the part few years and especially now around the holidays I see them popping up more and more. Have you noticed? People seem to like them as ornaments on the tree or tiny ones piled into a bowl on a table as a little winter decoration… I've also spotted them on balconies (yes really!), in local restaurants, cafes, shop windows, as decoration on shelves and hanging from ceilings in some pretty cool homes in the magazines and books that I read. They are SUCH a fun and quirky addition to a home. Here are some great examples of how to add a disco ball to your interior to add just the right amount of imperfection without falling over the line into tacky, tasteless, ohmygoshwhatwereyouthinking… A little bit goes a long way…
The key is moderation – especially when it comes to quirky things like a disco ball! Plus I think your room needs to lean on the eclectic side in the first place, or perhaps be a bit flea market style, feminine, boho modern or scandi modern. I don't see a disco ball working in a very contemporary home because it would be out of place and I can't see it in a country home with plaids and chintz or something extremely high end… unless you are Kelly Wearstler. I can see Kelly rockin' a disco ball like nobody's business.
Would you have a little Saturday Night Fever in your home? :)
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The winning teams receive tickets to a DC United game, where they will be able to take a team picture with the MLS Cup Trophy, meet a DC United player, and participate in a field-level halftime ceremony.
Sportsmanship points are determined by game referees. Points were assigned throughout the Spring 2014 season, and compiled following its conclusion.
Representatives for the winning teams will be contacted shortly by the NCSL. The winners will be recognized on the field during the October 3 home game.
Congratulations to these award winners.
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In 2006 Audi's R10 TDI made history at Sebring when the diesel powered car won the race. Now in 2007 Audi is back to defend its Sebring win and ALMS Manufacturer Title.
March 18, 2007
Audi TDI Power Wins Again at SebringBy achieving an impressive victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring (USA), AUDI AG made a perfect start into the 2007 motorsport season with its revolutionary diesel sports car and also a successful dress rehearsal for the Le Mans 24 Hours on 16/17 June.
March 16, 2007
Audi R10 TDI with Record Lap at SebringIn qualifying for the 12 Hours of Sebring (USA), Marco Werner lowered the track record by almost a second.
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Audi Driver Dindo Capello about SebringAudi factory driver Dindo Capello, a Sebring winner in 2001, 2002 and 2006, comments on the 3.7-mile track situated in Florida and based on a former airfield.
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First Race for New Audi R10 TDIThe 2007 Audi R10 TDI, which was unveiled to the world's public on Monday evening in Munich, contests its first race on Saturday (17 March) at Sebring (USA).
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Neuralex Forte Capsule is the result of age old and time tested Ayurvedic knowledge. Neuralex Forte is a Blend of 15 Individual Tonics. It is very effective in general debility associated with malnutrition. It helps to promote healthy life full of zest, vigour, and vitality. The 15 individual tonic which are the ingredients of Neuralex Forte Capsules, act in different ways. It improves memory power. It improves concentration power. It is the most powerful tonic in weakness and loss of sexual power.
Benefits of Neuralex Forte Capsule:
Neuralex Forte Capsules very useful in nervous debility. It is tonic for nervous systems. It gives warning effect to the body. It is spinal stimulant as well as the respiratory and cardiac stimulant. It has the selective effect on the central nervous system. It contains vitamins which are soluble in water and oil.
Neuralex Forte regulates the secretions of internal glandular organs. It increases general metabolism. It gives most of the essential vitamins in their natural forms.
Neuralex Forte is very effective in a general weakness of both sexes, nocturnal emissions nervous debility, impotency.
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Her plate is beyond full these days, and Kristen Bell feels super-fortunate to have a solid husband in Dax Shepard to help her raise their two daughters.
Dax Shepard got a vasectomy two days after his wife Kristen Bell had a pregnancy scare.
The actor, 41, was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday (May 18) and revealed he opted for the ultra quick snip after Kristen thought she was pregnant. Before it was confirmed either way, Dax had made arrangements to have a vasectomy within two days.
Their new movie 'Bad Moms" is slated to hit theaters on July 29th, and Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell paid a visit to "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Friday (May 6) for a fun-filled chat.
Everyone loves Toto's classic song "Africa" and now Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell have made their own music video including footage from the safari they took a few years ago.
The "Parenthood" hunk posted the clip via YouTube on Wednesday (January 27) and it has already garnered almost 250,000 views.
He's a lucky guy with a gorgeous wife, and Dax Shepard credits his buddy Jason Bateman with giving him the extra push he needed to settle down with Kristen Bell.
Stepping out for a great cause, Jerry Seinfeld hosted the Inaugural Los Angeles Fatherhood Lunch to benefit Baby Buggy at The Palm Restaurant in Beverly Hills on Wednesday (March 4).
Awards show season is officially here and earlier tonight (January 7) Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard looked excited while arriving at the 2015 People's Choice Awards.
Making the most of their humpday evening, Robert Downey Jr and Leighton Meester showed up at the premiere of "The Judge" at the AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater last night (October 1).
The "Iron Man" hunk looked handsome as he put his hand over his pregnant wife Susan Downey's growing tummy while posing for photos.