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Let's go on a Monstrous Adventure!
Jun 16
// Salvador G Rodiles
Well, look at that. Here's something that came out of nowhere: It turns out that the gang at Mastiff are releasing Falcom's adorable action platformer game, Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure, on the 3DS eShop this Summer. T...
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Let it go when you poop: Disney's Frozen Sausages in Japan
I don't care what they might contain
Jun 09
// destructoid
Sausage marketers have it tough. Their product looks like a dick and is likely made from the most unmentionable mechanically separated animal parts. How are you supposed to sell that to kids? You print a snow queen on it, log...
OP Up! Cute Girls Edition
Feb 04
// Red Veron
[embed]33493:4434:0[/embed] "Sketch Switch"Anime: Hidamari SketchYear: 2007 Here is a mix of openings of popular anime in the genre. First up above is from Hidamari Sketch, from SHAFT, the same studio that made the Madoka Magica and theBakemonogatari series. This was SHAFT's first attempt at a straight slice-of-life anime without any supernatural element. Hidamari Sketch is a fun and light show without any heavy drama. Good for starting out with the genre. [embed]33493:4433:0[/embed] "Hana wa Odoreya Iroha ni Ho" (Dancing in the Scent of Flowers)Anime: HaNaYaMaTaYear: 2014Hanayamata already differentiates itself from most of the other entries on here by having an overarching goal. The girls of Hanayamata are trying to form club and join a competition about Yosakoi, a modern rendition of a traditional dance for summer festivals in Japan.The journey of the girls in Hanayamata is still very much true to the Cute Girls genre with the many events leading up to the end and the beautiful animated choreography in the opening captures it perfectly. Along with the flowing fabric of the kimono with the cute sailor uniforms shown off in the opening just readies you for the beautiful animation in the show. If you want a more structured story for your cute girls anime, Hanayamata is for you. [embed]33493:4438:0[/embed] "Otao Ga Yoroshikkute... Yo!" (Thanks For Your Appreciation!)Anime: JoshirakuYear: 2012Just as fun as it is stressful to watch, Joshiraku is perfect for those wanting something a bit deeper with their Cute Girl anime. Joshiraku features girls who are professional Rakugo comediennes of the traditional Japanese art of Rakugo, which is sort of a one-person comedic storytelling stage performance.Focusing primarily on the girls on their time off the stage with a lot of hilarious antics along with some Japanese political and social commentary on the side, which may be lost on non-Japanese viewers. While it has some of that commentary, don't be discouraged from checking this one out since it features a lot more comedy on the lighter side. [embed]33493:4436:0[/embed] "The Great YuriYurarararaYuruYuri Incident"Anime: Yuru YuriYear: 2011Now I know it says "Yuri" on the title but don't let that turn you away. Yuru Yuri is still a great comedy that everyone who likes comedy needs to see (which is probably everyone). The Yuri part still comes in but only as somewhat a parody of the genre, with the characters and setting being the typical Yuri elements is a delivery for the hilarious and wacky antics.My friend who loves the Yuri genre recommended this to me, despite me not liking or knowing anything about the genre. Yuru Yuri is the funniest show in this selection and I encourage anyone who likes comedy that likes to go into the wacky and even absurd side. [embed]33493:4439:0[/embed] "Morning Arch"Anime: A-ChannelYear: 2011This is one of those shows that got greenlight as an anime in the wake of the insane success of K-On! and was dismissed as an attempt cash grab imitation. When I first tried watching it years later after it aired, I was surprised of the enjoyable opening with its creative design and catchy music. I found that the A-Channel was as fun and quickly became one of my favorites.Definitely a solid show that didn't get much attention, I highly recommend A-Channel if you like any of these shows on here and in the genre in general. [embed]33493:4440:0[/embed] "Utauuo!! Miracle"Anime: K-On!Year: 2007K-On! The juggernaut that very much launched the Cute Girls genre into the spotlight in the past decade, offers a lot and deserves all the recognition it received. What more can I say? It's great if you like the light and happy slice-of-life stuff with great music and fuwa fuwa time.BONUS [embed]33493:4437:0[/embed] "Jumping!!"Anime: Kiniro MosaicYear: 2013I couldn't find the anime opening video for Kiniro Mosaic, probably because the strict crackdown of the production companies involved are heavily promoting the voice actresses (who voice the characters in the show) into a girl group. Though I think this live action video is much more fun than the opening with the cute voice actresses dressed up like the characters they voice.A fun time, except for the horrible engrish that I just simply cannot stand. However, I stuck with Kiniro Mosaic and am now excited with the upcoming second season. Karen is probably the smartest character in the show. What's your favorite anime opening with cute girls? I know I missed a few greats but only because I couldn't find any videos because of the overprotective production companies. [embed]33493:4434:0[/embed] "Sketch Switch"Anime: Hidamari SketchYear: 2007 Here is a mix of openings of popular anime in the genre. First up above is from Hidamari Sketch, from SHAFT, the same studio that made the Madoka Magica and theBakemonogatari series. This was SHAFT's first attempt at a straight slice-of-life anime without any supernatural element. Hidamari Sketch is a fun and light show without any heavy drama. Good for starting out with the genre.
Doing All The Cute Things
Hump day is here again and here is your weekly heapin' serving of openings. I don't know if it's an actual genre but the "Cute-girls-doing-cute-things" (or CGDCT) is a thing that I consider to be a category of stuff ful...
Top 5 Best Eyepatch Gals
Mar 01
// Marlin Clock
Honorary Mention: Mirai (Senran Kagura) Yes, I did say I would name five, but this girl has been recently brought to my attention, and I simply could not ignore her vim! While my introduction to this gothic loli has been brief, it has been quite an eye-opening experience. Not only does she have impeccable fashion sense, but an arsenal of adorable and hilarious implements under what can only be considered a hyperskirt. She can summon tiny F-16s that fly her away at a moment's notice. I'd like to see you even try and say that's not awesome. It's just not possible. 5. Minene Uryu (Mirai Nikki) The story of her eyepatch is about as brutal as it can get. In a fight to become the next Supreme Being in the universe, she sacrificed her eye in order to save her life as it was cruelly pierced by an artfully thrown dart. She would later on to become one of the most noble of the anti-heroes that inhabited her macabre tale, ultimately being the most important character in the entire story. 4. Asuka Langley Shikinami (Rebuild of Evangelion) She's a troubled redhead who's also a pirate. What more do you need to know? Alright I'll give some more. Jeez you people are so picky. You see, in another life this girl went about her days the way most children in this world do. She would destroy God's messengers, relive childhood trauma, get throttled violently by a wimpy teenager, all without knowing the sweet feeling of black velvet upon one's eyelashes. Thankfully, through the power of exploiting media franchises, we got to see this young lass born anew! Clad in the most traditional of eyewear, she now fights for the glory of all her kin. Now Marlin, you may be saying, have you even watched the new Rebuild? No. No I haven't, but that doesn't mean I can tell an awesome eyepatch when I see it. 3. Rikka Takanashi (Chuunibyo demo Koi ga Shitai!) Showing us that eyepatches do not need to be the exclusive territory of badasses, Rikka brings a soft touch to our list. She is also unique as the only member to retain her eye despite it. In a tale of coping, her eyepatch was perhaps the most meaningful, representative of the trouble she has in letting her father go. While it is a pity that the removal of her eyepatch is what activates her most powerful delusions, the fact that she still uses it keeps her among the greatest to ever wear the article. 2. Mei Misaki (Another) Mei was really the standout performance of Another. While the show was clearly in the point of view of Kouichi, the main focus of every new revelation always came back to Mei. She was as mysterious as she was likeable. While much of the characters tried to get Kouichi, and subsequently us, to shy away from her, it only made us want to know more. She even became quite adorable after getting to know her and seeing her interact with him as a normal person. Plus, she definitely has the most plot relevant eyepatch, concealing Another's own version of Death Perception. 1. Nice Holystone (Baccano!) Any who don't know the story of this blonde bombshell should hold their manhoods cheap! This is a fair soul so dedicated in her passion that at the ripe age of 14 she blew herself to high heavens, and, despite losing her eye and retaining scars, held the fortitude to go back and continue to practice her precious art. She is no mere ordinary eyepatch wielder; she understands its tactical importance! Many will not take advantage of the space created when their sundered eye is relieved. Not Nice Holystone. Ever aware of the necessity of backup plans, she even keeps a bomb hidden beneath the patch, hidden cleverly in that empty socket! Despite her fiery soul, she has the tenderest of hearts. She is always looking out in the best interest of her love, the equally ridiculously named Jacuzzi Splot, and quick to protect the innocent with him when they come into danger. When the Flying Pussyfoot found itself becoming a shootout, she and Jacuzzi quickly made a plan that saved many lives. Truly her fire and heroics show that she is the most deserving of this number one spot.
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Official style book coming from Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Apr 09
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Apr 02
// Chris Walden
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Best Valentines Day news? Miya OVA, confirmed!
Feb 14
// Chris Walden
The heartwarming romance anime of this season Amagami SS+ will be getting the OVA treatment like it's predecessor, with a special Miya Tachibana episode being bundled with the seventh Blu-ray release. While it's disheartening...
First Impressions: Amagami SS+
Jan 10
// Chris Walden
Junichi is stood up by a girl he was meant to be having a date with one Christmas Eve, and since then, he's been avoiding relationships with girls, apparently getting all of his required female dose from his awesome sister Miya (by this I mean she's a bit mad, rather than there being any shady, law infringing shenanigans). He is often holed up in the closet in his room, which he has converted into an awesome planetarium of sorts. It's from this point that the story splits (at least) seven ways, with seven very different ladies being the focus of each split. In the original series, this translated into six four-episode arcs focusing on one of the main girls, and a bonus single episode of an entirely new girl. The stories were very sweet indeed, and while it may seem that it's just another one of those shows with one guy and all the ladies, it never really seems that way. It's a proper romance anime through and through, which even wrapped up the arcs nicely by showing Junichi and his lady of choice in the not-so-distant future together. So, does ramming in extra episodes ruin the experience? If these were in the main series I may have agreed, as they are essentially filler episodes, but they are also darn interesting. As for their content, there are no complaints from me! The new series begins with Tsukasa Ayatsuji, the class representative who likes to hide the fact that she is incredibly tsundere and cynical. She still seems as sweet as ever, but even Junichi seems to still be wary of her darker side! Opening fanservice aside, this episode was surprisingly dramatic and gripping. For what I imagined to be glorified bath house/beach/swimming pool episodes, Amagami throws a curveball and shows that it most certainly is serious about this. Ayatsuji is running for the student council, picking Junichi as her vice-president and failing to tell him about any of it. She is competing against three other people, including the super-quiet yet undeniably adorable romance rival, Sae Nakata. The other two consist of some random guy who seems to be in love with himself, and a new girl known as Noriko Kurosawa (pictured above). The drama starts when it is revealed that Junichi is listed as the vice-president for Kurosawa's campaign, which she had done deliberately to try and make Ayatsuji mess up her game. However, Ayatsuji catches on to this fairly sharpish, and when Kurosawa realises that this hasn't done the trick, she uses her fathers political power (no, really) to rig the student election preliminary votes. Some mass campaigning and poster-creating occurs, and Ayatsuji is back on level terms, so Kurosawa promptly kisses Junichi in front of her. Man, Japanese student council elections are serious business. The opening is nothing special, but it's certainly not a terrible choice. Not quite as funky as the previous opening, but this show has Miya and is therefore forgiven. For an unbiased verdict, this show isn't worth watching unless you've seen the main series, and you'll probably only like that if you fancy a serious romance with a small splash of comedy. It's a 'feel good' show that won't fail at cheering you up (unless, of course, you are watching the Rihoko Sakurai arc). Miya, sing us out! [You can watch Amagami SS Plus on The Anime Network!]
Wait, hold on a second. Amagami SS already ended, didn't it? Well apparently they aren't done just yet, gifting us with a further twelve episodes about Junichi and his alternate universe relationships. Dear god, can we stumbl...
It's Okenpi the meowing dog
Sep 11
// Hiroko Yamamura
Meet Okenpi, a dog having a serious identity crisis. Apparently Okenpi may have picked up some lingo from a cat he used to live with. Dogs meowing, cats barking, what's going to happen next? It's a bit bizarre, and a lot cute. Now go out and hug a shiba! [Via Japan Probe]
A Daily Dose of Cuteness: Shunsuke
Sep 06
// Hiroko Yamamura
What's the hot new thing trending the interwebs in Japan right now? Some hot new tech? An amazing new AKB48 video? How about an adorable pomeranian named Shunsuke. Star of his own book, and popular Twitter page, Shunsuke is going to find a way into your heart after the break! [Via Japan Probe]
Lum cosmetics doll you up for Darling
Jul 26
// Hiroko Yamamura
It's no secret that I love classic anime, and you might have guessed that being a Japanese girl, I love cosmetics. What happens when you put both together? My wallet gets lighter a lot faster! Bandai's Creer Beauty cosm...
Licensing GET: Sentai adopts Meiro no Croisee
Jul 22
// Josh Tolentino
It's time for all lovers of tiny Japanese girls being incredibly cute in 19th-century France to celebrate, for Sentai Filmworks has, in its infinite love of tiny Japanese girls being incredibly cute in 19th-century France, li...
FACT: Cats love bowls
May 16
// Tyler Jones
It's a well known phenomenon that cats love donabe, the round ceramic bowls for cooking nabe, or Japanese hot pots. It's well known in Japan, at least. In case you weren't aware, there is a very important educational video on...
Viruses go moe in Kawaii Security
Mar 04
// Bob Muir
In the latest attempt to moe-ify everything, Sansai Books plans on releasing Kawaii Security on March 14. Through the use of cute drawings, the book is meant to educate readers on the subject of computer viruses and how to ke...
Camera uses sexy technology to fix your hideous face
Mar 03
// Bob Muir
Are you trying to take kawaii pictures for all your internet fans? Have a problem because you fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down?* Never fear, internet fame can still be yours with the LUMIX FX77, ...
Japanese company makes birthday cakes for dogs
Feb 05
// Crystal White
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It's finally here- Large Bagel: The Anime
Jan 21
The moment has come.It's been a long time coming, but fans of the NAAMASAA's (North American Anime/Manga Awareness Society Awards of America) award-winning manga Large Bagel, written by manga-ka (also a winner of several NAAM...
This Valentine's day, be careful not to eat your phone!
Jan 17
// Crystal White
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Submit to the adorable zombie apocalypse in I Love Zombie
Dec 13
// Bob Muir
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Large Bagel is the best manga of all ages
Dec 06
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Only in Japan: Momo the Police Chihuahua
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// Lauren Rae Orsini
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Curry School of Education
The Curry School of Education is a public school of education in the U.S. Located on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, the Curry School offers professional programs designed to prepare individuals for a variety of careers related to the practice of education. The current Dean of the Curry School is Robert Pianta.
The Curry School of Education, founded with two professorships in 1905 as one of the academic schools of the University, was endowed by gifts of $100,000 from John D. Rockefeller and $50,000 from the State General Education Fund. The School was named for Dr. Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, a native Georgian whose widely varied accomplishments made him a man of great renown throughout the antebellum and reconstruction South. In addition to being an ordained minister, a Harvard law graduate, a member of Congress, and a U.S. Ambassador, Dr. Curry was a historian, an author, a college professor, a promoter of education, and a strong advocate of universal education.
In 1919, the School was placed upon a professional basis similar to that of the Schools of Law, Medicine, and Engineering. In 1950, a graduate division was established, offering the degrees of Master of Education and Doctor of Education. An Education Specialist degree was approved and initiated in 1974. Additionally, the School continues to function as a department of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, offering the Master of Arts in Teaching and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
In 1968, the Curry School of Education entered a period of rapid and significant growth. By the mid 1970s, the faculty had increased to approximately 120 members, and there are now more than 20 specialized programs.
The school offers several programs to students. A five-year Teacher Education program includes both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Teaching. Graduate programs include degrees in Master of Education, Education Specialist, Doctor of Education and Doctor of Philosophy. The undergraduate programs include Communication Disorders and Sports Medicine.
The Curry School is organized into three areas of academic study:
• Human Services - Prepares individuals for professional careers in human development and clinical services (i.e., clinical and school psychology, counselor education, communication disorders, kinesiology, and risk and prevention in education sciences).
• Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education - Prepares students for teaching positions, pre-kindergarten through grade twelve, or for work as researchers and teacher educators working in higher education.
• Leadership, Foundations and Policy - Prepares students for leadership roles in administration, foundations of education, and educational policies.
The five-year teacher education program is sponsored jointly with the University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences. The program leads to the simultaneous receipt of both a bachelor of arts degree from the College and master of teaching degree of the Curry School. Students meeting all requirements are then certified to teach on the elementary or secondary level. Students wishing to pursue careers as teachers major in an academic discipline in the College and simultaneously begin professional courses leading to teacher certification.
Students apply to the Curry School in their first or second year in the College. Throughout the teacher preparation program, they participate in clinical experiences, including observation, tutoring, and small- and large-group instruction.
Programs leading to teacher certification include specializations in early childhood and developmental risk, elementary education, secondary education, physical education, and special education. For secondary teachers, specializations are available in English, foreign languages, mathematics, sciences, and social studies.
Two additional programs areas are designed for students interested in pursuing human service careers related to communication disorders and physical education/sports medicine. These programs require that students transfer into the Curry School and are designed to conclude after four years (B.S.Ed. degree) so that students may pursue additional graduate study. In communication disorders, the program provides pre-professional training in audiology and speech-language pathology. The program in sports medicine is a pre-physical therapy and pre-athletic training program. These programs provide the necessary academic and practical work for the four-year B.S.Ed. degree and for application to graduate programs in the related specialties.
- 1. To prepare the next generation of educators and administrators to teach and conduct research to address important problems facing the current educational system.
- 2. To enhance potential human performance by conducting important research in areas such as physical development, speech/language/auditory development, and psychological/emotional development.
Areas of emphasis include teacher preparation, services to at-risk children and to academically diverse and low-performing schools, preparation of school leaders, and integration of technology into learning.
Facilities and Centers[edit]
The majority of facilities, offices, and classes through the Curry School are held in Ruffner Hall, which includes its own education library. Centers at the Curry School include the following:
- Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning
- Center for Academic Diversity and Excellence
- Center for the Study of Higher Education
- Center for Technology and Teacher Education
- Central VA Writing Project
- Darden-Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education
- McGuffey Reading Center (Reading First and Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening)
- Saturday and Summer Enrichment Program
- Teachers for a New Era
- Virginia Youth Violence Project
- Young Women Leaders Program
- Young Writers Workshop
- Youth-Nex, The University of Virginia Center to Promote Effective Youth Development [1]
In 2005, the US News and World Report ranked a number of Curry's graduate programs in education as some of the highest in the country, with Special Education ranked #5, Secondary Education ranked #7, and Educational Policy ranked #18. In their 2007 edition, the Curry School of Education was ranked #19 when compared with other national schools of education.[1]
In 2002 the Curry School was selected by the Carnegie Corporation as having one of the top teacher education programs in the country. The University of Virginia received a five-year, $5 million, Teachers for a New Era [2] grant to develop new models in teacher education.
A 2006 report by Arthur Levine named the Curry School among four "distinctive university-based teacher education programs that are exemplars in the field." [3]
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Coordinates: 38°02′08″N 78°30′30″W / 38.035670°N 78.508225°W

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January 25 Important Canadian Art Exhibition & Sale – Invitation to Sell or Consign
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At Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, expertise in recognizing authenticity and quality works of art is the result of decades of dealing with artwork by many of Canada's most important artists. The Klinkhoff family sold works directly on behalf of these artists and/or their estates: Molly Lamb and Bruno Bobak, Paul-Émile Borduas, Sam Borenstein, Frederick Simpson Coburn, Nora Collyer, Berthe des Clayes, Marc Aurèle Fortin, Clarence Alphonse Gagnon, Prudence Heward, Randolph Hewton, Edwin Holgate, A.Y. Jackson, Jean-Paul Lemieux, Arthur Lismer, John Little, Kathleen Morris, Robert Pilot, Anne Savage, René Richard, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Goodridge Roberts, and Frederick B. Taylor.
In addition to our associations with artists and/or their Estates Galerie Walter Klinkhoff has prepared and presented almost 40 museum-style retrospective exhibitions. With a view in mind to studying them and sharing their virtues with others in the art community these annual non-selling shows feature an important selection of works by one or another Canadian artist who we admire. We have undertaken this visual and academic study of several of the artists mentioned above as well as Emily Carr, Adrien Hébert, David Milne, M.A. Suzor-Coté and Albert H. Robinson to name only a selection.
For more than 35 years Eric Klinkhoff has been preparing the catalogue raisonné of the work of the important Canadian impressionist Maurice Cullen.
The Gallery represents a select group of established investment quality contemporary artists, each original in style and painting with the utmost integrity. We are of the opinion that each is making a unique contribution to the field of Canadian art of this generation. We select from them the finest works available and encourage an admiring public to add these artists to their budding collections.
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Morning Briefing
Interest in Obamacare surges ahead of enrollment deadline [1] -- The primary Obamacare website stays stable amid heavy traffic.
Manila, Philippines -- The Philippine government signed a peace accord with the country's largest Muslim rebel group [2] on Thursday, the culmination of years of negotiations and a significant political achievement for President Benigno Aquino III.
Franciscan Sr. Klaryta Antoszewska died this week at the age of 81: A nonviolent lion for justice [3]
March Madness Gets Heavy Dose Of Catholic Colleges In Competition [4]
Jimmy Carter speaks out on religion and equality for women, slams sexist biblical interpretations [5]
Australia -- 'It's a mystery to me': George Pell pleads ignorance over abuse case [6] -- Cardinal has an uncomfortable cross-examination at royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.
Sydney -- Cardinal George Pell celebrates final Mass before leaving for Vatican [7]. Apologies to sex abuse victims part of farewell address.
Chicago -- Archdiocese agrees to pay up to $2.1 million to settle sex abuse suit [8]. To date, the archdiocese has paid victims $118 million as part of settlement agreements for abuse that took place over the past 50 years.
Graphic of the week from Public Religion Research Institute: A Tale of Two Catholic Churches [9] -- In 1991, 87 percent of American Catholics were white non-Hispanic, while less than 1 in 10 (9 percent) American Catholics were Hispanic. Today, Hispanic Catholics have more than tripled, accounting for more than one-third (34 percent) of the American Catholic population.
Many big-name conservative Catholics (like Newt Gingrich) say Francis is no liberal, only painted as one by a biased media that wants a liberal Holy See alliance -- even though it doesn't exist. GOP: Pope's no liberal [10].
St. Ignatius, Montana -- Alumni of Jesuit, Ursuline mission school discuss sexual abuse. [11]
Wake Forest, N.C. -- How A Government Computer Glitch Forced Thousands Of Families To Go Hungry [12]
Since Pope Francis, more Catholics say the church is in touch [13]
Japan launches new campaign to fight climate change [14]
Gloria Steinmen's birthday was Tuesday. Feminism and Catholicism: Celebrating Gloria Steinem and Pope Francis [15]
[16]Looking for a little inspiration to begin your day? NCR's sister publication, Celebration, gives you two options, both based on the Scripture readings of the day:
Pencil Preaching [16] is a blog in which Celebration editor Pat Marrin combines Scripture and sketching to reflect on the Word.
Daily Bread [17] is a series of short reflections written by four authors who meet regularly to share the readings. Daily Bread is intended to help daily preachers and others who pray from the assigned Scriptures each day to orient themselves to the Living Word addressed to the church in the world. It's a great way to begin the day.


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|From: Noel Welsh (noelwelsh at gmail.com)
Date: Sat Aug 27 17:27:32 EDT 2011
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org> wrote: > Writing books is hard from what I hear. Indeed. > Lot of Racketeers individually want to do it. > > Perhaps there is an opportunity for collaboration? We'll see. I've set out my stall, more or less. There is a reasonably detailed plan and the intro chapter more or less says what I want to do. My views have changed slightly since I wrote that. I believe a brief introductory chapter or three is necessary, and I see the remaining project focused chapters as optional. > The Real World Haskell book was pretty interesting: > 1. Developed as a wiki. > 2. Determined the amount of the book that was peer-reviewed via the wiki itself. > 3. Released in print and online. My understanding is that it was written by 3 ppl with feedback (but not content) from "the community". My experience with the Scheme Cookbook is that a few dedicated ppl are more productive than the crowd sourcing approach. The crowd will read and fix errors but not generate large amounts of original content. Had I the time, I would write a detailed TOC, then measure what people click through to read, and then write the book that people actually want. With self publishing this could be reasonably worthwhile. I estimate a lower bound on sales at 500 copies, and an upper bound at 5000 (based on some research I can't find right now). Cheers, N.
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City guide for Ibiza
So heading for a holiday, weekend break or a business trip to Ibiza then our extensive travel guide can help you get the most out of your stay. From hotels to book, best time of the year to go, activities to do and places to visit. With so much to see and do you'll be longing for more time in Ibiza just to fit everything in. Even if you've been to Ibiza before there will be something new to see or do and for those visiting Ibiza for the first time, our guide serves as a great place to start and get familiar with the area. It could give you some inspiration about which museums, shops, markets, bars and restaurants to visit or to simply embark on a city tour. We'll list the various tours and activities in Ibiza, which you'll be able to book right here.
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Foresight report exploring how computer generated trading in financial markets will change between now and 2022.
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This report aims to shed new light on the technological advances which enable computer algorithms - rather than humans - to drive high-speed stock trades, and which have transformed market structures in recent years. It explores how computer generated trading in financial markets will evolve over the next 10 years and identifies the potential risks and opportunities that this could present.
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1Longest Song - 1000 Years
Prog bands like Dream Theater or Pink Floyd have songs that fill entire albums, and recently, the Alternative darlings, The Flaming Lips, released a 24-hour song. But that is NOTHING compared to this song, which is still being played as you read this. It was composed by former Pogue, Jem Finer, for Tibetan Singing Bowls . This song, currently being played by computer, began on December 31, 1999 and will continue without repetition… until December 31, 2999. And then it will begin again.
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Longplayer Live : 1000 seconds from Longplayer on Vimeo.(Source | Photo | Via)
2Lowest Note Sung - .393 Hz
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3Fastest Rapper in the World - 23 Syllables Per Second
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4Highest Note Hit By Human - C8
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5Fastest Guitar Player - 600 Beats Per Minute
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6Ballsiest Performance - Pussy Riot in Red Square
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7Largest Crowd - 3.5 Million People
What's the biggest party you've ever been to? Multiply that by at least a million. The largest concert/party in the history of mankind took place in 1994 on Copacabana Beach in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. There were 3.5 million people at this New Year's Eve concert with headliner… Rod Stewart! Yes, they really DID think he was sexy! (Source)
8Loudest Band - 136 dB
9Longest Note Held - 20.2 Seconds
10Best Selling Single of All Time - 50 Million Copies
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Jenny Sanford To Start A Clothing Line
We have reached a strange new frontier in our everyone-who-is-famous-gets-a-clothing-line world. Jenny Sanford, who told her husband Mark to hit the road after having an affair with an Argentinian whose tan lines he just couldn't get enough of, has trademarked her name and started a website where she will sell clothing. Since I adore her, I want to think this is okay. But in truth, she just ain't that snappy a dresser. Not to mention that she also plans to sell mugs on the site? Jenny is making herself very public these days—her book comes out in April, she's signed on to be interviewed by Barbara Walters, and she gave some juicy quotes to Vogue in her first official interview. She's also very publicly endorsed a candidate to replace her hubby, should he be impeached. All this has experts thinking—Jenny Sanford for office in 2012? Let's just hope Sarah Palin doesn't get any ideas about designing clothes—I can already picture her line of fleece hoodies. The label would no doubt read: Rogue. [NY Times]


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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author West, Lee URN etd-120998-135313 Title Effects of Soil Fungi on Tree Seedling Establishment in a Southeastern Coastal Plain Forest Degree Master of Science Department Biology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Jones, Robert H. Committee Chair Miller, Orson K. Jr. Committee Member Mou, Paul P. Committee Member Keywords
- tree seedlings
- fungi
- mycorrhizae
- Advance regeneration
- upland hardwood
Date of Defense 1998-11-22 Availability restricted AbstractEffects of fungi and overstory composition on tree seedling survival and growth were investigated in closed canopy upland forests in the coastal plain of South Carolina. Seedlings of Quercus alba, Cornus florida and Pinus taeda were planted in the understory of two forest types -naturally regenerated hardwood and planted pine. Fungal species composition and biomass were experimentally manipulated with a treatment of the fungicide captan.
In contrast with other studies conducted in different systems (sand dune, grassland, and old field), the effects of soil fungi were minor in a closed canopy forest. Only Q. alba showed a significant response to the fungicide (p < 0.05) treatment with increased growth.
Overstory composition had no significant effect on growth or survival for any of the species. Both of the commercially desirable species (Q. alba and P. taeda) had reasonable survival ( @ 60%). Both also maintained positive, though modest, growth. This suggests that an advance regeneration pool could be established successfully by artificial regeneration.
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December 2003 - January 2004
The 2003 Outstanding Accomplishment Awards
The 5 December all-staff party, sponsored by the Employee Activities Committee, continued the tradition of ringing in the holidays while recognizing the outstanding work of employees.
A total of 17 nominations, comprising a record 68 individuals, were received for this year's Outstanding Accomplishment Awards.
The nominations "represent a tremendous dedication by our excellent staff to the goals and missions of our institution," said UCAR president Rick Anthes at the awards ceremony in the Center Green 1 auditorium. "All of the nominees are to be congratulated on their achievements."
about award categories and how awards are decided
The holiday party began with a Mozart program performed by a quintet of musicians, including RAP's Becky Ruttenberg on violin and viola and COSMIC's Maggie Sleziak on violin. Rick then announced the award winners. After the awards ceremony, staffers enjoyed an excellent buffet provided by Food Services while listening to the music of The Big Swing Trio, a local band.
Following are the nominees and winners in the five categories.
Administrative Achievement
The winner was Peggy Taylor of ATD (recently retired) for her professional excellence associated with field deployment logistics for four ATD field programs, all of which proved exceptionally challenging. The four programs were the 1999 Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia/ Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (LBA/TRMM) project in Ji Parana, Brazil; the Mesoscale Alpine Project (MAP) in Virgiate, Italy, and Innsbruck, Austria; the Improvement of Microphysical Parameterization Through Observational Verification Experiment (IMPROVE I) project in Westport, Washington, and the IMPROVE II project near Sweethome, Oregon.
Peggy's activities included handling arrangements to obtain permission to locate ATD facilities in particularly unusual locations, making provisions for transportation and site preparation in remote locations, and locating and handling living facilities for field personnel. Because of the remoteness of locations, language and custom barriers, time limits, and the shear magnitude of field activities, these efforts required considerable innovation, exceptional people skills, and long hours.
"Peggy Taylor has set the standard for administrative support for NCAR field programs," Rick said.
Also nominated:
• Jeff Custard and Teresa Shibao (SCD) for their work in designing, planning, implementing, documenting, and training users on an entirely new network-based telephone and voicemail system. The new system, Voice of IP (VoIP), is replacing UCAR's PBX system.
Jeff and Teresa performed a detailed analysis of VoIP, including comparisons of cost and technology with traditional PBX systems. They then successfully deployed the new system in Center Green I with short notice and minimal pre-existing infrastructure for the required networking or the new VoIP system itself. The entire UCAR-wide VoIP deployment is on track to be completed in slightly more than a year, starting in October 2002 and ending in December 2003. It is estimated that VoIP technology will save UCAR $200,000 annually in reduced maintenance costs and $863,100 in one-time acquisition costs versus the costs of simply replacing the existing PBX technology with an updated but similar system.
• Terry Woods and Cheryl Cristanelli (HR) for their extraordinary contributions to UCAR through the establishment of the UCAR Leadership Academy.
The academy, an intensive course for supervisors and those who may soon find themselves in supervisory positions, is the culmination of a three-year effort to define the management and development needs of all UCAR staff and design programs to meet those needs. Terry and Cheryl convened focus groups across 10 different job categories to identify gaps in professional development opportunities at UCAR, convened a group of employees to define the skills required for successful supervisors and managers at UCAR, and developed a process to identify specifically what types of classes should be offered and who might be the appropriate trainers. The first academy was held earlier this year.
Outstanding Education and Outreach
The winners were Peter Burkholder, Lynne Davis, Ryan Deardorff, Holly Devaul, Katy Ginger, Eileen McIlvain, John Weatherley, and Marianne Weingroff (Digital Library for Earth System Education development team) for major new functionality and enhancement to DLESE that enables the library to better support the geosciences education community.
In August, the team completed work on a major revision, DLESE version 2.0, which includes a more powerful search engine and new user interface. It allows users to search over 5,000 DLESE resources using the National Science Education Standards and the National Geography Standards. Another innovation is the ability to search across 18 thematic collections of resources, such as the COMET multimedia collection. The new library interface has been enthusiastically received by the community and has been cited as a model to guide the development of other portals, in both education and research.
Also nominated:
• ESIG's John Firor for The Crowded Greenhouse: Population, Climate Change, and Creating a Sustainable World (with his wife and coauthor, Judith Jacobsen), and for John's tireless efforts as an informal educator and ambassador for NCAR, raising environmental awareness through lectures and talks to scientists, students, and the general public during the past five years.
John, NCAR director emeritus and senior scientist, "retired" almost five years ago. But he has continued extensive writing and lecturing, participating fully in ESIG's mentoring, education, and outreach programs and serving as an active science representative and educator on several boards. His dedicated efforts have helped keep NCAR and UCAR in the public eye.
• Brigitte Baeuerle, Kate Beierle, Ned Chamberlain, Mike Daniels, Tony Delany, Don Ferraro, Terry Hock, Tim Lim, Renee Ray, Steve Semmer, Mike Spowart, Scott Spuler, and Lou Verstraete (ATD) for successfully engaging the majority of ATD's lead engineers to serve as mentors for 15 engineering students from 10 U.S. universities.
The main goal of the ATD Summer Engineering Program is to provide a unique and valuable educational experience for undergraduate students by exposing them to engineering problems associated with observational instrumentation. The students also take part in a major atmospheric research project that uses ATD facilities.
• Patrick Parrish, Dwight Owens, Victoria Johnson, Steve Deyo, Heidi Godsil, Carl D. Whitehurst, Jr., and Seth Lamos (COMET) for developing Hurricane Strike!, a multimedia Web-based module that helps middle school students, their families, and teachers understand the science and hazards of landfalling hurricanes.
Hurricane Strike! integrates disaster safety and preparedness with science instruction in an engaging interactive learning environment. Teachers face a tremendous challenge in covering mandated learning objectives while also providing meaningful enrichment to keep kids engaged. The Hurricane Strike! lessons can help meet this challenge by offering content and activities that support core National Science Education standards for middle school students while dovetailing with science and safety content in the American Red Cross Masters of Disaster curriculum.
Outstanding Publication Award
The winner was Mark Rast (HAO) for the article, "The Thermal Starting Plume as an Acoustic Source" (published in 1999 in The Astrophysical Journal, 524, 462).
This paper addresses the nature of the principal sources of acoustic emission inside the Sun—a major research area for helioseismic studies. As the jury stated, "This paper presents a new mechanism for the origin of solar acoustic, or p-mode, oscillations. Rast proposes that the oscillations are formed by a sequence of physical processes that take place in the topmost, photospheric layers of the convection zone, an approach that is fundamentally different from previous work. Rast confirms the validity of the mechanism with a series of carefully designed numerical simulations. Since the paper was published, its model has been further supported with observation evidence."
Four years after its publication, the paper is recognized as a classic in the field.
Also nominated:
• David Parsons (ATD) for his work on three papers with various coauthors (Françoise Guichard of the Centre National Recherches Météorologiques, Météo-France, and CNRS; Jean-Luc Redelsperger of the Centre National Recherches Météorologiques; and Kunio Yoneyama of the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center):
Yoneyama, K., and D. B. Parsons, 1999, "A Proposed Mechanism for the Intrusion of Dry Air into the Tropical Western Pacific Region," J. Atmos. Sci. 56, 1524–1546.
Parsons, D., K. Yoneyama, and J.-L. Redelsperger, 2000, "The Evolution of the Tropical Western Pacific Atmosphere-Ocean System Following the Arrival of a Dry Instrusion," Q. J. Roy. Meteor Soc., 126, 517–548.
J.-L. Redelsperger, D. B. Parsons, and F. Guichard, 2002, "Recovery Processes and Factors Limiting Cloud-Top Height Following the Arrival of a Dry Intrusion Observed During TOGA COARE," J. of the Atmos. Sci., 59, 2438–2457.
The three papers explore the basic structure of the atmosphere over the tropical western Pacific and its relationship to clouds and rainfall. They discuss the frequent occurrence of layers of extremely dry air within the lower and middle troposphere over this region. The dry air over a tropical ocean that experiences some of the higher annual rainfalls on the planet is an unexpected phenomenon with profound implications for understanding atmospheric circulation.
• Guifu Zhang, Ed Brandes, and J. Vivekanandan (RAP) for two papers:
Zhang, G., J. Vivekaandan, and E. Brandes, 2001, "A Method for Estimating Rain Rate and Drop Size Distribution from Polarimetric Radar Measurements," IEEE Transactions of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39:4, 830–841.
Brandes, E., G. Zhang, and J. Vivekanandan, 2003, "An Evaluation of a Drop Distribution-Based Polarimetric Radar Rainfall Estimator," J. Applied Met., 42, 652–660.
These papers describe a new technique for retrieval of cloud microphysical parameters from dual-polarization radar measurements. The knowledge gained about cloud microphysical properties will allow development of improved parameterizations in operational and research weather prediction and climate models. Basic knowledge of cloud microphysical properties will also be enhanced, and it will be possible to better calculate the propagation characteristics of microwaves.
• Christopher Davis and Jordan Powers (MMM) for their work with Lance Bosart (State University of New York at Albany) on three papers referred to as the "Diana Papers":
Davis, C.A., and L.F. Bosart, 2001, "Numerical Simulations of the Genesis of Hurricane Diana. Part I: Control Simulation," Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 1859–1881.
Davis, C.A., and L.F. Bosart, 2002, "Numerical Simulations of the Genesis of Hurricane Diana, Part II: Sensitivity of Track and Intensity Prediction," Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 1100–1124.
Powers, J.G., and C.A. Davis, 2002 "A Cloud-resolving, Regional Simulation of Tropical Cyclone Formation," Atmos. Sci. Lett., 3, 15–24.
These papers represent a first success in simulating the development of a mature hurricane, beginning only with the initial synoptic-scale conditions. They formulate, execute, and diagnose a series of elegantly crafted numerical experiments to investigate how mesoscale circulations evolve within convection when influenced by a synoptic-scale baroclinic wave. The dynamics described in these papers are believed to be representative of many other storms.
• David Edwards, Jean Francois Lamarque, Louisa Emmons, John Gille, Gene Francis, Merritt Deeter, Juying Warner, Daniel Ziskin, and Lawrence Lyjak (ADC) for their work with Jean-Luc Atie and Jean-Pierre Cammas (Observatoire Mide Pyrénees, Toulouse, France), James R. Drummond (University of Toronto), and John P. Burrows and Andreas Richter (University of Bremen, Germany) for "Tropospheric Ozone Over the Tropical Atlantic: A Satellite Perspective" (published in 2003 in the Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, 4237).
This paper blends data from various satellite sensors, in situ measurements, and model sensitivity simulations in an original manner to analyze the mechanisms behind the ozone maximum observed over the southern Atlantic in January. It is a pioneering study in how to use models and data to better understand atmospheric chemistry. It also proposes a solution to an important scientific problem: how to explain the maximum in satellite-derived ozone observed in the Southern Hemisphere over the tropical Atlantic.
Scientific and Technical Advancement Award
The winners were David Allen, Jeff Bobka, and Clarke Chambellan (HAO), and Jerry Dryer, James Ellis, Ken Harris, Walt Hodshon, Ed Mores, Steve Palmer, Steve Rauenbuehler, Jose Rivas, Karl Schwenz, and Bart Woodiel (ATD's Design and Fabrication Services staff) for executing three separate, exceptionally complex and urgent projects during the last three years. The projects are the Passing Efficiency for the Low Turbulence Inlet (PELTI) Experiment and the University of Denver Low Turbulence Inlet (DULTI) Development, the International H2O Project (IHOP 2002), and development of an innovative antenna designed for a new mobile rapid scan radar.
Among other tasks, the nominees designed and developed a new type of aircraft inlet for sampling atmospheric aerosols and installed a French water vapor lidar and the ATD ELDORA radar on the NRL P3 aircraft. The prototype antenna worked the first time it was operated (which, as Rick pointed out, "is almost unheard of"), allowing for the collection of high-resolution radar measurements within tornadoes and Hurricane Isabel. The work required remarkable innovations, such as coming up with a way to perfectly align and glue together nearly 1,000 antenna parts in one sitting of about three hours, the life of the adhesive.
Also nominated:
• Steven Chiswell, Steven Emmerson, Michael Schmidt, and Thomas Yoksas (Unidata) for improvements to the Internet Data Distribution System, by significantly improving the way near real-time data is delivered to researchers, educators, and operational organizations.
The nomination is for the development of a new version of Local Data Manager software, known as LDM-6, which was released last spring. The nominees' work resulted in remarkable improvements to both data latencies and the amount of data that could be distributed. As a result, many universities, research institutions, and operational organizations have rapidly adopted the new software for wide area data distribution.
• James Smith (ACD) for his contributions to the advancement of experimental research through the development of new instrumentation and measurement techniques and the subsequent use of these techniques to address scientific questions that were previously inaccessible to experimental study.
Jim developed the thermal desorption chemical ionization mass spectrometer, which is capable of characterizing the chemical composition of ultrafine aerosols with diameters of 5 to 20 nanometers. This unique capability makes possible the first chemical investigations of these very small particles and thus the potential to understand their growth processes. Him has also worked to refine ion traps, which can be used for chemical analysis of thermally desorbed aerosol compounds or to measure gas phase biogenic or anthropogenic compounds.
Distinguished Achievement Award
CGD's Kevin Trenberth became the second recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award, which was established four years ago to recognize the very best of UCAR's accomplishments (HAO's Tim Brown won the award in 2001). Kevin won for his publication record, which is highly influential and widely cited, as well as for his participation on a large number of professional committees and panels and his substantial contribution to public outreach and education.
Kevin is a leader in climate research and communication of climate science on local, national, and international levels. His recent seminal publications and leadership on many national and international committees have had an enormous positive impact on our understanding of climate variability and climate change. He has also been instrumental in articulating science and climate change issues to the public and government.
According to the judges' citation, "Kevin is one of a handful of climate science innovators who brings scientific understanding, a broad interest and curiosity, and nearly unlimited energy and enthusiasm to the solution of Earth system science problems. … It is fair to say that climate science and environmental policy around the world would not be the same without Kevin's contributions."
Also nominated:
• Gregory Byrd, Dolores Kiessling, Tim Alberta, Karl Hanzel, Ken Kim, Lorrie Fyffe, Seth Lamos, and Matthew Kelsch (COMET Residence Program Classroom Team) for providing outstanding learning experiences to the National Weather Service and other sponsoring agencies and to the university community in the area of mesoscale meteorology.
The COMET classroom team has provided a new mechanism for exchanging ideas between the university and operational communities through the development of residence courses, symposia, workshops, and Webcasts. Outstanding professors from UCAR member universities assist U.S. and Canadian weather services by presenting recent scientific findings in mesoscale meteorology. In return, the operational forecasters who attend the courses relate their local forecasting challenges and results of investigations into local meteorological phenomena.


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Williams Sonoma Barcelona: Authentic recipes Celebrating the Foods of the World
In spite of what the Amazon. com review says, this is the most authentic grouping of Catalan recipes in English I've found. Lovely design, beautiful photos and recipes I make again and again.
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By Tina Comeau
A 54-year-old Yarmouth man has pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of child pornography and has been sentenced to serve 30 days in jail and adhere to court conditions set out in an 18-month probation order.
The matter had been scheduled for trial on Wednesday, July 24, but instead the lawyer representing James Gordon McRae entered a change of plea to guilty.
The possession of child pornography was not a recent event. The evidence presented during McRae's sentencing hearing was that the creation of the images found on a computer and floppy discs dated back to between 2002 and 2006.
There was no evidence before the court of any activity beyond these years and some of the images created in the past had already been deleted.
The images the accused had been in possession of were described in court as photos of girls ranging in age from 6 to 16 in various stages of undress. The Crown referred to the images as "soft core" child pornography.
McRae will serve his jail sentence on weekends. The conditions in the probation order include one that prohibits McRae from having any contact with anyone under the age of 16 unless there is an adult present.
He is also banned from possessing or accessing any device that could be used to access the Internet – this ranges from computers to smart phones.
Crown attorney Peter Dostal said Parliament and society views offences of possession of child pornography as being "so serious that jail is a must." But he also said that the law states a person must be punished according to how the law was written at the time the offence occurred. Although the present law requires a minimum of 90 days in jail, back in the early 2000s the requirement was a minimum of 14 days. In this case both the Crown and defence agreed to a 30-day sentence.
The investigation that led to McRae's arrest in the fall of 2012 had its start in April 2006 in the United States when authorities from various departments and agencies launched an investigation called Project Flicker. The investigation was a joint task force that included, among others, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, child exploitation services, the U.S. Cyber Crime Center and the FBI.
"The focus of the investigation was on criminal organizations that owned and operated in excess of 200 different commercial child exploitation websites," said Dostal. These websites hosted images that fell under the U.S. definition of child pornography.
The investigation included numerous undercover transactions by agents, who were able to eventually obtain records of customers that were paying for access to the images on these websites.
"This information was forwarded onto Interpol and then sorted out and forwarded to the respective countries that were associated with each account that would have been opened on the websites," explained Dostal.
Many accounts had originated in Canada. The information was forwarded to the National Child Exploitation Centre in Ottawa, where eventually the account holders were pinpointed to their respective province.
On July 15, 2010, the National Child Exploitation Centre in Ottawa forwarded the Nova Scotia-related materials to Halifax, which were examined. Over time one of the accounts was identified as belonging to a James (Jim) McRae of Yarmouth.
"The records indicated a Mr. McRae had purchased a subscription through PayPal," says Dostal, who said a 2006 financial transaction was traced back to one of the websites identified as part of the Project Flicker investigation. Investigators examined the website and confirmed that it hosted images that met the definition of child pornography under Canadian law.
On Oct. 4, 2012, a residential search warrant was executed at McRae's residence. Computers and hard drives were seized. One of the computer hard drives located in a room in the basement was found to contain images of young girls in various stages of undress. There were also floppy discs found.
"Mr. McRae was asked about the images on the floppy discs. He said he recognized the floppy discs but he had forgotten about those. He hadn't been aware for a number of years of the existence of those discs," Dostal said.
McRae was arrested, although he declined to give a statement to the police.
The seized items were sent to Ottawa to undergo a forensic examination. On the computer 32 images were recovered that had been previously deleted. These images were now only accessible through forensic software. There was no determination of when the images were created or deleted.
Images of young females in various stages of undress were also found on the floppy discs. Some of the images were what the Crown called professional-type photos involving the same "model." There were references included in the images to various websites, including one called Charming Angels.
"These files were created and accessed, according to the data, somewhere between Nov. 11 2002 and Dec. 26, 2002," said Dostal.
There were also just shy of 2,000 adult pornographic images found on one of the computer desktops. The Crown mentioned these since with 23 of the images, it was unclear whether the person was 18 years or older.
The Crown made note of the dated age of the technology seized, pointing out the floppy discs would have been used in the past but were not being used at the time the search warrant was executed.
"There was no other evidence suggesting there was accessing of the discs post 2006," said Dostal, who added there was no concern that McRae was an avid collector of child pornography. He was described as being on the lower spectrum of people who have been in possession of child pornography.
Still, Dostal said, it is a serious offence, since possession of these images drives the marketplace resulting in the exploitation of children.
McRae's lawyer, Matthew Fraser, said by pleading guilty his client is taking responsibility for his actions. He also said his client, who has no previous criminal record, deeply regrets his poor judgment.
Fraser described his client as being someone who is very community orientated, and who has been held in high regard in his volunteer work, noting, for instance, he has been a volunteer firefighter in the past.
"I can certainly say that my client, again, regrets having committed the purchase of these images," said Fraser. "There were 30 or 40, he wasn't an avid collector…he was not producing or distributing any child pornography. However, it is a serious crime and he should be penalized accordingly."
The Crown also asked for the accused to be included on the sex offender registry for 10 years and that a DNA order be executed.
Judge Robert Prince, in handing down the sentence, noted once again how seriously society views this type of offence.


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The city's $6-million Science Museum in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, was criticized yesterday by the City Planning Commission as "unworkable" and as having "only limited salvage value."
November 02, 1967
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Today, it's Twitter who fell victim to a breach from weak passwords. And it's not surprising as we have seen username and password breaches at many online service providers over the years: Sony PlayStation Network, Gawker, Zappos, DropBox, Epsilon, LinkedIn, Yahoo and the list goes on and on.
The problem stems from two main facts:
1) Internet-based services/applications continue to grow and expand every single day and consumers take advantage of them
2) These services are all independent of one another and each maintain their own set of user credentials and put forth "best efforts" in protecting those credentials
Each online service issues their own set of credentials and need a simple method to onboard users so typically defer to usernames and passwords. End users have so many usernames and passwords, they tend to re-use them.
Unsurprisingly, usernames and passwords are commonly re-used across services, allowing criminals to execute database attacks to harvest accounts credentials that can then be used (or sold to other criminals) to obtain data or money from other online services. While online service providers do their best to protect user credentials, they just don't have the breadth of resources to effectively provision a solution that is both secure and simple for end-users.
Let's face it, the Internet, and all of its applications, services and information, is mature, mainstream, and has achieved mass adoption. It's clearly proven its ongoing value to the world, but the security underpinning it has not received due attention and is slowly becoming the true Achilles heel.
Online service providers need to come together and start moving toward a stronger, easier approach to identity-based security. HTTPS will not cut it; database firewalling will not cut it; encrypted usernames and passwords won't cut it.
The giants of the Internet need to move toward strong user credentials that:
- Cannot be stolen or replicated
- Can be easily leveraged across multiple service providers
- Are simple to use on an ongoing basis (preferably by leveraging something the user already has, like a smartphone)
The good news is that the underlying technology exists, is proven and it's standards-based. The bad news? An event more significant than a Twitter breach will have to occur before we wake up and smell the coffee.


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Some have their bubble bath. He has his alfalfa patch.
Wes Whitten grew up farming and ranching near Overton, Neb. During his second year of undergrad he saw an opportunity. An older gentleman in town was selling some land. Wes qualified for a loan.
"I got in just before land values about tripled," he said.
And over four years of medical school at UNMC, he farmed.
Farming as a part-time job? He can make it work because it's a summer crop. He tends 125 pivot-irrigated acres near Overton. He plants, cuts, rakes, bales, stacks and delivers. Over the last four years he's lived the stressful life of a medical student, part of the College of Medicine's class of 2013.
But in those hours on that tractor, he's at peace.
The cross-country trip, driving those alfalfa bales down to Texas, to sell - what does he think about as those miles roll by?
"Everything," he said. "And nothing at all."
This is his release.
The farming helped him pay for med school. He enjoys the business side of it, too. "It's been a good investment," he said.
A lot of doctors back home are businessmen, too.
That's what he's going to do. He's going to be a farming doctor, and a doctor farmer. He's going to set up a side business, and his own practice. And he's going to get out, on the land.
He'll be out in the heat and the dust, the smell of freshly-mowed alfalfa in the air.
Have you ever inhaled deep, on a warm summer day? Nothing like it.
It smells like home.
At the College of Medicine's 2013 Match Day, he and wife Kari walked up to the podium to the country tune of having come from a "map dot." They carried son Winston, just 6 weeks old.
Then they ripped the envelope and read the news. Then Wes and Kari donned hats that denoted their destination. Wake Forest?
Why not? He knows where he'll settle, where he'll plant and grow. Why not see another part of the world for a few years? Why not have one last adventure first?
Residency for new doctors is exhaustion and adrenaline and days without sleep. But Wes isn't worried.
He has that tractor waiting for him when he gets back.
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