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National Bike Month - May
The month of May is National Bike Month and the City of Dublin hosts many free events to celebrate.
Bicyclists, pedestrians, joggers and other bicycle and pedestrian facility users received good news in October 2014 when the City updated the Bikeways Master Plan and adopted the City's first Pedestrian Plan. The first Bikeways Master Plan was adopted in 2007. The newly adopted Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan combines an update to the Dublin Bikeways Master Plan and the City's first Pedestrian Plan into a comprehensive document that provides policies, network plans, prioritized project lists, support programs and best practice design guidelines for bicycling and walking in Dublin.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
Policies in the plan include the continued development of successful bicycle and pedestrian trail corridors, improved bicycle access to parks and open space areas, improved bicycle lanes and/or routes on several key cross-city corridors, bikeways on key freeway crossings, the development of education and enforcement programs and improvements to the City's Bicycle Parking Ordinance.
Several noteworthy updates have been made to the Dublin Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, including:
- Updated bicycle network classifications featuring buffered streets and green pavement
- Grant ready concept drawings and fact sheets for three bicycle and pedestrian priority projects
- Existing walking conditions and proposed pedestrian improvements with a baseline inventory and recommended projects within Downtown Dublin
Bicycling in Dublin
- Bikes and BART: The BART Board of Directors has elected to allow bicycles on all BART trains at all times in all stations, with some restrictions. Visit the BART website to learn more.
- Alamo Canal Trail / I-580 Undercrossing: Read about this major Dublin trail improvement.
Residents are encouraged to attend the City's Bicycle and Pedestrian Workshops hosted twice a year. Information about new bicycle and pedestrian projects will be shared and attendees will be available to provide feedback on current and future pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure
Contact Us
Please fill out our Notify Me form if you are interested in receiving emails about upcoming bike programs and events in Dublin. For further information about local bikeways or the Bikeway Master Plan, please contact Public Works at 925-833-6630.


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As global interdependence and the world food crisis continue to grow, so does the importance of land-grant institution involvement in international agriculture, said an expert from one of the country's leading land-grant universities.
"For decades, land-grant universities have been helping poor and underdeveloped countries gain better food security and social stability by helping them improve their agriculture and agribusiness," said Dr. Edwin Price, director of the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, part of the Texas A&M System.
Land-grant institutions evolved from the U.S.government granting states federal lands, provided they establish a college or university offering programs related to agriculture, engineering, and family and consumer sciences in addition to more traditional curriculum.
Price said land-grant institutions, including Texas A&M, play a vital part in international agriculture through providing developing countries with technical assistance, educational outreach, improved technology and agricultural practices, scientific training and research, and hands-on instruction.
After more than a century of helping develop U.S. agriculture and elevate the educational level of rural Americans, land-grant universities began taking their expertise to other countries, mainly impoverished ones, Price said.
"A lot of that began in the '60s and '70s, when they began to establish agricultural universities in these countries and started to train their faculty," he said. "And land-grant institutions across the nation continue to encourage students, faculty, private individuals and other institutions to respond to opportunities in international agriculture."
The Borlaug Institute, for example, currently leads or has a significant role in international agriculture projects in Iraq, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Armenia, Guatemala, El Salvador and other countries, he said. Price noted the assistance of land-grant institutions in developing countries has been particularly important because the agriculture sector typically represents a significant portion of their overall economy.
"Not only is agriculture the primary or secondary economic generator in many countries, often half or more of their workforce is engaged in agricultural pursuits, usually at or just slightly above a subsistence level," he said.
Price said the World Bank's latest World Development Report put agriculture and the productivity of the small farmer firmly at the heart of the fight against global poverty.
"The report also stressed the importance of investing in research and agricultural infrastructure to help poor countries develop a sustainable agriculture," he said. "This is what many land-grant colleges and universities in the U.S. have been doing – and will continue to do – to help feed the world."
Price added that with the burgeoning world food crisis, land-grant institution involvement and leadership in international agricultural development will continue to grow in importance.
Dr. Norman Borlaug, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Congressional Gold Medal recipient for whom the Texas A&M institute is named, expressed a similar view in an opinion piece which appeared June 6 in the Wall Street Journal.
In the editorial, Borlaug and Peter McPherson, president of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, lauded U.S. land-grant universities as "institutional marvels in agricultural science, teaching and the continuing education of farmers" in the U.S. and around the world.
Today, land-grant universities provide developing countries with a broader and more comprehensive understanding of agriculture, including production, processing, quality control and other "links in the food value-chain," said Price.
Land-grant institutions also are the premiere trainers for efforts related to international agriculture, added Borlaug, who has been a distinguished professor at Texas A&M since 1984.
"The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people, comprising more than 50 percent of the total world population, live in poverty, with hunger as a constant companion," Borlaug said. "Land-grant institute efforts are essential in helping the world achieve a more lasting food security." Price said the institutions typically implement international agriculture programs directly or in partnership with leading development firms, non-governmental organizations, universities and international research centers.
"Land-grant universities also often work together in these endeavors," he said. "They collaborate on research and share information and expertise toward reaching a common goal."
Funding for international agriculture projects typically comes from governments, donor institutions and the private sector, Price said. Many Borlaug Institute projects have been funded through the U.S. Agency for International Development or the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Foreign Agriculture Service.
"With such funding, land-grant institutions have been successful in helping other developing nations improve the quality and quantity of their agricultural products," he said. "But in the future we will need to place more emphasis on helping develop agricultural leadership and the institutions which support and sustain agricultural development."
International agriculture efforts through the Borlaug Institute include:
RWANDA – Since 2001 the Texas A&M System has helped rebuild Rwandan agriculture, particularly its coffee industry. As the lead institution of a U.S. Agency for International Development-funded SPREAD project, the Borlaug Institute has been instrumental in helping improve the income and quality of life for Rwandan farmers. Along with coffee, the institute is helping Rwandan farmers develop, process and market other "high value" crops, including chili peppers and cassava.
IRAQ – The Texas A&M System has been involved in agricultural reconstruction in Iraq since 2003. Through USDA-funded projects, Texas A&M has provided crucial support through expertise, research, technology and training to Iraqi farmers. Efforts have helped Iraqis successfully grow crops in arid regions through better water management and irrigation. Other activities include assistance with livestock production, animal health, private sector development and agricultural market development.
GUATEMALA – In 2005 the Texas A&M System began work on the USDA-funded Food for Progress program in Guatemala, and a second program was recently awarded. Efforts focus on improving horticulture and food processing, teaching improved agricultural practices, providing hands-on education and developing new agriculture- related businesses. Thousands of Guatemalans, mostly indigenous Mayan peoples, have benefited from this program.
INDONESIA – Since 2005 Texas A&M has worked on a USDA-funded project in conjunction with the Institut Pertanian Bogor (Bogor Agricultural University) in Indonesia to improve food-related health. Part of the project focuses mainly on food science education, agricultural faculty development and research, and assistance to larger agriculture-based businesses. Another part of the project focuses on assisting small- and medium-sized food-based business enterprises by providing low-interest micro-credit loans and free on-site technical training on topics such as food safety and food processing and marketing. For more information on the Borlaug Institute and its international agriculture programs, go to: http://borlaug.tamu.edu.

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Aren't We Supposed to be Peacemakers?
Art painted on the concrete separation barrier in Bethlehem
Photo taken by Christine Anderson
This article first appeared in Sojourners Magazine, February 2013
During the Balkan war of the early 90s, I traveled twice to Bosnia and Croatia. I visited middleclass women whose husbands and sons had been brutally killed. I visited a refugee center filled with people who had lost everything and were at the mercy of any country that would take them in. I visited school children suffering from post-traumatic stress after seeing their parents killed by enemy shells that landed in their homes.
I walked through the rubble of Mostar, where the Friendship Bridge—a massive stone structure named in honor of the many ethnic groups that had crossed it for four centuries—had been bombed and destroyed. In city after city, I saw the destruction of architecture, art, museums—a violent erasure of the cultures that had thrived there.
It was the first time I had seen war up close, and I was shocked by what human beings do to each other.
While I traveled in the Balkans, another war raged between Rwandan Hutus and Tutsis—what we now refer to as the Rwandan genocide. Since 2009 I've traveled twice to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the ethnic battles forged in Rwanda crossed borders and continue to this day. As usual in war, civilians pay the highest price. Subsistence farmers in small villages want only to live in peace, tend their crops, and feed their families. Instead, their crops are burned, their wives and daughters are raped, and many of them become slave labor in Congolese mines that provide minerals for our cell phones and wealth for the violent criminals who control the mines.
Shortly after first visiting Congo, I went to Israel and walked slowly through the halls of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. I've walked those horrifying halls numerous times as I've hosted American Christians who want to learn more about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. We can't understand the present without exploring the past, so we visit Yad Vashem. We also meet with Israeli citizens who have lost family and friends to the violence of Palestinian extremists.
And we visit Arab families who lost their homes and lands in 1948 as a result of the founding of the state of Israel. We visit Palestinians in the West Bank who have lived under the harsh realities of Israeli military occupation since 1967. We meet with Israeli human rights activists who advocate on behalf of the desperately poor and marginalized Palestinians of Gaza.
All these meetings are heartbreaking.
I went to college to be a social worker and volunteered for years in ministries that serve the poor. Along the way, I ended up in places of violent conflict where I encountered heartbreaking realities: mothers weeping as they send their sons and daughters into harms way; civilian men, women, and children killed in undiscriminating crossfire; the infrastructure for essential human services going up in flames. I learned that every good work we do is undone by war. However earnest our acts of compassion and our fight for justice, our efforts will be futile if there is no peace.
Because of this, I am devoting myself to peacemaking. Wherever I go in the world, I want to be quick to listen to differing perspectives and slow to pick sides. I want to do my best to understand complexity and avoid simplistic answers. I want to raise funds for refugees and other victims of violence, and protest—to whatever extent I can—the escalating costs of war.
If I were a pragmatist, I might not bother to do this. But I am a follower of Jesus. As such, I don't think I can do otherwise.


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I've been doing a great deal of thinking about little-me and present-day-me. For all I know, there are more me's than that, but I really don't think so. I don't have any of the symptoms of someone who has alters that take control, cause the person to have no memory of current day events, that sort of thing.
However, the chasm exists. And part of me has a huge deal of frustration with little me, and just wishes I could walk the fuck right away from her. I don't want to deal with her shit, and I want a life that is free of the whole incest gift basket that I was the lucky winner of.
Part of me wants to kill her. Just be done with the whole damned thing.
One book I have that I have read over and over is "Yesterday I Cried" by Iyanla Vanzant. It's really a great story of her own triumph over some horrid freaking things, including rape by her uncle. Like me, she didn't just have sexual abuse, she got the Trifecta of Abuse, or Quadfecta, as K called it in regards to my situation.
Anyhow, the one aspect of her story is that she "stopped" being Rhonda, and became Iyanla. It's been awhile since I last read the book, so I can't recall the specifics off hand. I do know that she went through what sounded like a beautiful ceremony with her friends. Though I think that the ceremony was tied in to her becoming a…minister, for lack of better word, I think it also had to do with the re-naming.
When I very first read the book, I thought that all Iyanla described on her journey was incredibly powerful. I still do. I also think that the choices she made were perfectly right for her, and the spiritual progress she has made is undeniable. I am truly happy that she has found comfort and peace. She certainly deserves it.
But the next time I read the book, and the time after that, and all the times to follow, I tried imagining myself taking a similar path. I've thought a great deal about re-naming. I've thought about symbolic re-birthing. (not that that is any other kind I am aware of 😉 ). I've thought of so many different things, and when I cut to the core of them, it boils down to me wanting to be rid of little me.
To me wanting free of the living a life in the scratch and dent corner. To no longer live on the Island of Misfit Toys.
Right or wrong, I am guilty of having looked disdainfully at little me. I've wanted to obliterate the notion of her. To wipe out the reality of being defenseless, unprotected, powerless, and backed into a figurative corner, with no one to rely on for my life other than 9 year old me.
I certainly have drank enough alcohol and done enough drugs to kill her, myself, and a small village.
But in the end, I have come to believe that she represents some of the best parts of me. So what if she broke off from the rest of me? Walk a mile in her shoes, and most adults would freak. And is it a surprise that she doens't trust people? Or that she doesnt know how to value herself, or a host of other things?
So the fuck what. She got through it. She's a tough little thing, I'll give her that much. She's resourceful too.
And while I still have…and may always…have difficulties in "feeling" that she and I are one in the same, I intellectually know it.
I also know how brutually unfair that would be of me to just ditch her.
Undoubtedly, whichever part of me that is clinging to old ways of getting by is going to have to get with the program. We aren't in Kansas anymore, Dorothy, and the things that saved us then are killing us now.
She fought so hard and coped with so much…there is no way I can just say
"see ya"
and not only abandon her, but try to kill her off for good. Not when I have more clarity than I ever have had. To do so would be willfull and premeditated. It would be murder of the soul.
I can't do that.
I won't do that.
On top of it being vastly unfair, I believe it is not in my best interest to do so. She holds the key to everything.
Sure, she knows all the terror and despair of what happened. She knows it on a level that the me of today does not.
I know that it happened. She had it happen to her.
But in addition to remembering how it felt and was to live in hell, she is the child from before the descent into the unimaginable.
She knows how to do the things that I want to re-learn. The things that I have had the pleasure of holding in my palm for awhile from watching my sons and being their mother.
Things like joy and barefeet in grass and the smell of springtime and clean light and innocence.
I want to give those things back to her. For I will gain them myself in return.
So while I've no doubt that Iyanla made the right choice for her in regards to Rhonda, I don't think it is the right choice for me. At least not at this stage of my journey.
Though the pull toward a cleansing of the spirit…a re-naming…a re-birth…a re-awaking…the pull toward those things is strong…
but if I do them, it will be little me and me doing them together.


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Garmin GPSMAP 8215 Multifunc Touch Disp Only w/ US Coastal Charts
When only the best will do, the Garmin GPSMAP 8000 series is for you. The ultimate in glass-helm technology, this multi-touch multi-function display can handle all your needs on the water. This Garmin GPSMAP 8015 boasts a 15" diagonal screen with pre-loaded BlueChart g2 (United States Great Lakes, Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast and Pacific Coast) and is best used as a second station or an addition to another setup. Customize your system based on your needs: in addition to GPS, there are sonar, radar, satellite weather modules, and more!
Multi-touch Glass Helm Display
The bright, crisp touchscreen comes standard with preloaded BlueChart g2 maps of the U.S. coast and includes pinch-to-zoom and other touch controls to give you intuitive finger-tip operation. Anti-glare and LED backlighting makes this series the easiest to view in bright sunlight; auto-dimming provides outstanding visibility at night.
Full System Integration
Integrates everything, including various sonar technologies, integrated autopilot, connectivity, apps, engine data and multi-media. SmartMode control allows the user to quickly change all screens at a helm in sync to a preset mode. Everything you need is at the tip of your finger, all on one screen.
Customize Layouts with SmartMode Control
SmartMode control allows you to switch all monitors in sync from one mode to another without manually switching each monitor separately. Fully customizable layouts, data and gauges allow you to place the information you need to see right where you want it.
Includes BlueChart g2
BlueChart g2 marine maps feature crisp labeling and an overall smooth presentation on your chartplotter display. In addition to the basic charts, tidal stations, currents, depth contours, IALA symbols and included fishing charts, BlueChart g2 offers smooth transitions between zoom levels and seamless continuity across chart boundaries. Covered by the exclusive New Chart Guarantee. Main coverage includes the United States East Coast, West Coast, Gulf Coast and Great Lakes, as well as some detail for Alaska, Hawaii and the Bahamas.
GRID (Garmin Remote Input Device)
A remote device that provides full control of all GPSMAP 8000 Glass Helm series units. Rotary knob and joystick controls provide navigation through menus and screens and allows you to seamlessly navigate between monitors at a station. Control single or multiple monitors with one device. Supports multiple devices per station. Small footprint can be integrated into a captain's chair (sold separately here or to the right).
Flexible Mounting Options
The 8215 MFD is compatible with the low-profile flush mount. For the ultimate in custom appearance, check the the exclusive flat-mount glass helm option.
Package Includes
What's In the Box:
- GPSMAP 8215 with BlueChart g2 United States Coastal coverage
- Protective cover
- Flush mount gasket and hardware
- Power cable
- NMEA 0183 cable
- NMEA 2000 2 m backbone/drop cable
- NMEA 2000 10 m backbone cable
- NMEA 2000 power cable
- NMEA 2000 T-connector and terminator kit
- Manual case with documentation
Tech Specs
Technical Specifications
Physical & Performance
- Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 15.9" x 12.2" x 3.7" (40.2 x 30.6 x 9.4 cm)
- Display size, WxH: 12" x 9", 15" diagonal (30.5 x 22.9 cm, 38.1 cm diagonal)
- Display resolution, WxH: 1024 x 768 pixels
- Display type: Touchscreen XGA display (anti-glare finish)
- Weight: 16.8 lb (7.62 kg)
- Waterproof: Yes (IPX7)
- Receiver: 10Hz High Sensitivity
- Antenna: External only
- Mounting options: Flat, or Flush
Power consumption
- Max power usage at 10 Vdc: 47 W
- Typical current draw at 12 Vdc: 2.5 A
- Max current draw at 12 Vdc: 4.7 A
Maps & Memory
- Preloaded maps: BlueChart g2 coastal maps including U.S. Atlantic Coast, Pacific Coast, Gulf Coast, Great Lakes
- Accepts data cards: 2 SD cards (Garmin Card Reader required, sold here.)
- Waypoints: 5,000
- Routes: 100
- Track log: 50,000 points; 50 saved tracks
- Features & Benefits
- Garmin Radar compatible: Yes
- Garmin Sonar compatible: Yes (with optional GSD black box sonar, sold here.)
- NMEA 2000 compatible: Yes
- NMEA 0183 compatible: Yes
- Garmin Marine Network compatible: Yes
- Garmin SmartMode compatible (customizable monitor presets): Yes
- Supports AIS (tracks target ships position): Yes
- Supports DSC (displays position data from DSC-capable VHF radio): Yes
- Tide tables: Yes
- Garmin Meteor Audio System compatible: No
- Supports Fusion Lync compatible marine radios: No
- GSD Black Box sonar support: Yes
- GCV Black Box sonar support: No
- SiriusXM Weather & Radio compatible: Yes
- BlueChart Mobile (planning) compatible: Yes (Wi-Fi Adapter Kit required, sold separately here.)
- Garmin Helm compatible: Yes (Wi-Fi Adapter Kit required, sold separately here.)
- GRID (Garmin Remote Input Device) compatible: Yes, sold here.
- NMEA 0183 input ports: 4
- NMEA 0183 output ports: 2
- Video input ports: 4 - BNC Composite
- Video input ports: 1 - BNC Component
- Video output ports: 1 - DVI-I
- Wireless connectivity: Yes (Wi-Fi Adapter Kit required, sold separately here.)
- Garmin Marine Network ports: 4
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February 22 became a national holiday in 1880, celebrating the birth of George Washington, and it was celebrated on that date until the Uniform Monday Holiday Act moved it to the third Mondays of February. Popular tradition has combined it with the February 12 birthday celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, which although observed as a holiday in many states, was not a federal holiday. There is occasional grousing about moving the holiday from the actual birthday of our first President, but Washington wasn't actually born on February 22, 1732, but February 11, 1731.
When the Catholic countries of Europe began to change from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar, named for Pope Gregory XIII, in 1582, the Protestant countries, including England, declined to follow this new calendar, which began when Thursday October 4, 1582 was followed by Friday October 15, 1582, dropping 10 days from the calendar. Over the next 170 years, various countries adopted the changes, until finally, England, and her colonies joined in by following Wednesday February 17, 1753 with Thursday March 1, because by this time it was necessary to drop an additional day.
Also in England, the civil new year had started on March 25, making January through March 24 in England and her colonies a different year than that recognized by most of Europe. The new year switch occurred in English holdings when 1751 ended on December 31, with 282 days.
George Washington was born before these changes took place, on February 11, 1731/32. This "double dating" was common in English records of the time, where clerks and other record keepers were cognizant of the need to make the documents clear as to date. After the change, George, like many who believed that the days of his life were truly numbered, did not want to lose any bit of the life allotted to him to celestial clerical errors, adopted February 22, 1732 as his birth date.


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RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., February 5, 2013 – Fifteen public schools from across the country – Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Utah, Washington, West Virginia – have won $40,000* in technology as finalists in Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow contest, a national competition to raise enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.
Three grand prize winners will be chosen by a panel of judges; a fourth will be chosen by Samsung employees; and a fifth, the Community Choice Award winner, will be determined by public online voting. The grand prize winners, who will be announced at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference in March, are invited to a special awards ceremony on April 17 in Washington, D.C.
Online voting for the Community Choice winner is open until 11:59 p.m. EST, March 4, 2013 at www.samsung.com/solvefortomorrow and the Samsung Facebook Solve tab at www.facebook.com/SamsungUSA.
"We are very excited about our finalists and congratulate them for the creativity and hard work they showed through their entries," said David Steel, Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy of Samsung Electronics North America. "Solve for Tomorrow provides an opportunity for students and teachers to apply their creativity and knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and math to real world environmental issues in their communities. We hope the challenge of this contest, together with the technology for winning schools, will help inspire the students of today to become the leaders and innovators of tomorrow."
More than 1,600 schools across the country entered the contest that kicked off in August with an essay response to how STEM can help the environment in their community. Seventy-five classrooms - 25 from each of the following three categories: rural, suburban, urban**– selected as semi-finalists received a Samsung camcorder, laptop, and Adobe editing software to create videos to compete in the video phase of the contest that answered the challenge: How can STEM help improve the environment in your community?
These 15 finalists now have a chance to win one of five grand prizes valued at $110,000* from Samsung, the Adobe Foundation, and DIRECTV. You can download each school's video via the links below.
|Video Submission
|Forestview Middle School
|Baxter, MN
|Edmonson County Middle School
|Brownsville, KY
|High Tech High
|San Diego, CA
|Freedom High School
|Oakley, CA
|Franklin High School
|Los Angeles, CA
|Leewood K-8 Center
|Miami, FL
|Kennedy Middle School
|Natick, MA
|Madison Middle School
|Madison, WV
|Snow Canyon High School
|St. George, UT
|Athens Middle School
|Athens, AL
|Arrowhead Park Early College
|Las Cruces, NM
|Baxterville School
|Lumberton, MS
|MS 88 / Peter Rouget Middle School
|Brooklyn, NY
|Hot Springs High School
|Hot Springs, AK
|Klahowya Secondary School
|Silverdale, WA
As part of Samsung Hope for Children, the company's philanthropic initiative focusing on health, education, and sustainability, Solve for Tomorrow encourages teachers to engage students in STEM by raising enthusiasm for these subjects and addressing the technology gap in classrooms. With the top 15 schools each receiving at least $40,000* of technology and the top five receiving at least $110,000* of technology, the total value of prizes awarded to participating schools total more than $1 million*.
Sounds bites from John Legend and David Steel and B-roll for the Solve for Tomorrow program can be downloaded here: Click Here
* Estimated Retail Value
** As categorized by the Department of Education with Town included in Suburban.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in consumer electronics and the core components that go into them. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of televisions, smartphones, personal computers, printers, cameras, home appliances, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 235,000 people across 75 countries with annual sales exceeding US$143 billion. Our goal is opening new possibilities for people everywhere. To discover more, please visit www.samsung.com
About Samsung Hope for Children
Samsung Hope for Children represents the company's philanthropic commitment in the U.S. to help improve children's health, education and sustainability. Since 2002, Samsung Elctronics America and its retail and business partners have helped more than 400 schools, community-based foundations, and charities throughout the U.S. raise awareness of and funding for their causes. For more information please visit: www.samsung.com/hope.


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Now an SAP company after what appears to have been a comparatively painless acquisition last year, Sybase continues to target the financial sector with its Sybase RAP — The Trading Edition product. This analytics server for the "capital markets" sector has been enhanced with support for the R statistical programming language. The concept here is to provide the R language alongside Sybase RAP for faster algorithm development and extensive backward testing on historical data.
Targeting developers and data analytics specialists with this new integration, the company says that it is providing users with a means of analyzing large, complex datasets. The integration enables users to leverage functions in R packages within RAP using SQL. R users, in turn, are able to develop models by storing vast amounts of historical data for analysis and preprocessing using RAP. In essence, what Sybase has tried to achieve here is two complementary analytical, risk management ,and complex data-processing assets in one platform.
"R is an increasingly popular analytical package in capital markets, providing risk managers and quant traders with deeper analytics to help make better decisions," said Neil McGovern, director of financial services product management at Sybase. "Through interoperability with R, we are further enhancing the value of RAP to support the most demanding analytics requirements in capital markets via a single platform."
With the latest release of Sybase RAP, users can access functions running on an R server, via the RAPStore user-defined functions (UDF) capability, and invoke them as SQL functions within RAP. R customers can use the RJDBC package to access data on the RAPStore. By preprocessing on the RAP server, users can download the relevant subset of data and use it in their applications without having to download all the data and do the preprocessing in R, resulting in faster algorithm development. Additionally, they can also access large historical datasets in RAP for algorithm development and more accurate back-testing.


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Income of the Aged Chartbook, 2000
Table of Contents
- Definitions and Notes
- Income Sources
- Percentage receiving income from specified source
- Percentage receiving Social Security benefits, by relative importance of benefits to total income
- Percentage receiving income from earnings and pensions, by age
- Percentage receiving income from major sources, by race and Hispanic origin
- Change in percentage receiving income from major sources
- Total Money Income
- Percentage receiving income, by income level
- Percentage with various levels of income, by receipt of asset income
- Median income, by receipt of earnings and retirement benefits
- Median income and percentage distribution of aged units, by age, marital status, and sex of nonmarried persons
- Median income, by age
- Median income, by marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, race, and Hispanic origin
- Change in median income, by marital status and race
- Shares of Aggregate Income
- By source
- For the lowest and highest income quintiles, by source
- Change in shares, by source
- Poverty Status, Based on Family Income
- By marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, race, and Hispanic origin
- By age, marital status, and sex of nonmarried persons
- By age
Definitions and Notes
Income Sources
Retirement benefits include Social Security, other public sources such as Railroad Retirement and government employee pensions (military, federal, state, and local), and private pensions and annuities.
Social Security includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, and special age-72 benefits.
Pensions include private pensions and annuities, government employment pensions, Railroad Retirement, and individual retirement account, Keogh, and 401(k) payments.
Total money income is the sum of all income received by the aged unit before any deductions such as those for taxes, union dues, or Medicare premiums. Total money income does not reflect nonmoney transfers such as food stamps, health benefits, subsidized housing, payments in kind, or fringe benefits from one's employment.
Aggregate income is the sum of the total money income of all aged units in the population of interest. Several charts in this book present the shares of aggregate income attributable to specific sources, such as Social Security.
General Notes
All years are calendar years.
Nonmarried men and nonmarried women include persons who are separated or married but living apart from their spouse.
Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
Percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Income Sources
- Social Security is a source of income for nearly all of the aged.
- Social Security provides at least half of total income for a majority of beneficiaries.
- Age groups differ in their likelihood of receiving earnings, but not pensions.
- Receipt of income from major sources varies by race and Hispanic origin.
Social Security is a source of income for nearly all of the aged. Nine out of 10 aged units receive Social Security benefits. Asset income is the next most common source of income, received by about three-fifths of the aged. Two-fifths receive retirement benefits other than Social Security, and only one-fifth have earnings. Public assistance is received by 5% and veterans' benefits by only 4%.
Social Security provides at least half of total income for a majority of beneficiaries. Social Security pays benefits to 90% of those aged 65 or older. It is the major source of income (providing 50% or more of total income) for 64% of the beneficiaries. It contributes 90% or more of income for almost one-third of the beneficiaries and is the only source of income for 20% of them.
Aged groups differ in their likelihood of receiving earnings, but not pensions. Earnings are much more common in the youngest group than in the oldest group—44% compared with 4%. Private pensions are about as common across age groups, except for the group aged 85 or older. In all age groups, there is little or no difference in the likelihood of having public pensions.
Receipt of income from major sources varies by race and Hispanic origin. Among the aged, whites and blacks are somewhat more likely than Hispanics to receive Social Security. Whites are much more likely than blacks or Hispanics to receive income from assets and from pensions. The groups are about equally as likely to have earnings. Minority aged units are much more likely to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) than are whites.
Receipt of Social Security has become nearly universal. In 1962, 69% of the aged received Social Security benefits; in 2000, 90% of them did. Most of that increase occurred in the 1960s. Receipt of other pension income, which more than doubled from 1962 to 1992, has decreased slightly since then. The proportion of aged units with asset income, which had been about two-thirds since 1980, has dropped since 1994. The proportion with earnings has declined since 1971 and has been about 21% since 1982. The proportion receiving public assistance has also declined and is now about a third of its 1962 level.
Total Money Income
- The aged are an economically diverse group.
- Income differences by age are associated with differences in marital status.
- Demographic differences are associated with different levels of income.
- Median real income has risen substantially over the years.
The aged are an economically diverse group. Median income for all aged units is $18,778, but there are wide differences within the total group. About 19% have an income of under $9,000 (compared with the 2000 poverty threshold of $8,259 for one person aged 65 or older), and 14% have an income of $50,000 or more.
Receipt of asset income is associated with relatively high median income. The median income of aged units with asset income is more than twice that of those with no asset income ($25,974, compared with $11,536). Aged units with no asset income are concentrated in the lowest income categories—41% have a total income below $10,000, and only 11% have an income of $30,000 or more. Among aged units with asset income, 10% have a total income of less than $10,000, and 42% have an income of $30,000 or more.
Receipt of earnings and retirement benefits also affects total income. About 7% of aged units have no retirement benefits. Of those, 39% have earnings, and their median income is $34,130; 61% have no earnings, and their median income is only $549. In the absence of earnings, median income rises markedly with the number of retirement benefits received, from $11,562 with one retirement benefit to $24,611 with two. For units with both earnings and retirement benefits, median income is $33,268 for those with one retirement benefit and $44,980 for those with two.
Income differences by age are associated with differences in marital status. Median income is generally lower in older age groups. The striking differences by age are due in part to the disproportionate number of nonmarried women in older age groups. In every age group, nonmarried women have a lower median income than nonmarried men or married couples. Also, nonmarried women far outnumber the others in the older age groups.
|Marital status and sex of nonmarried persons
|85 or older
|Median income (dollars)
|Married couples
|Nonmarried men
|Nonmarried women
|Percentage distribution of aged units
|Total percent
|Married couples
|Nonmarried men
|Nonmarried women
Total number of aged units (thousands)
Demographic differences are associated with different levels of median income. Income is highest for married couples, who have a median income about twice that of nonmarried men and more than 2½ times that of nonmarried women. Whites have a median income 60% greater than that of blacks and almost 90% greater than that of Hispanics.
Median real income has risen substantially over the years. Between 1962 and 2000, the income of the aged increased even when adjusted for inflation. The increase was 91% for married couples and 98% for nonmarried persons. There were disproportionate increases by race. Between 1967 and 2000, the income of whites increased by 102%; that of blacks increased by 78%.
Shares of Aggregate Income
- Social Security provides the largest share of aggregate income for persons 65 or older.
- Shares of income from each source differ greatly by income level.
- Over time, Social Security has provided the largest share of aggregate income for the aged.
Social Security provides the largest share of income for the aged. Aggregate income for the population 65 or older comes largely from four sources. Social Security provides 38%, earnings account for 23%, and asset income and pensions each account for 18%. Only 3% comes from other sources.
Shares of income from each source differ greatly by income level. Aged units are ranked by total money income and divided into five groups of equal size called quintiles. Persons in the lowest quintile have the largest share of income from Social Security benefits (82%), and public assistance provides the second largest share (8%). For those in the highest income quintile, earnings provide the largest share of income (35%), income from assets is the next most important (24%), followed by pensions (19%) and Social Security (19%).
Over time, Social Security has provided the largest share of aggregate income for the aged. In 1962, it provided the largest share followed closely by earnings. In 2000, Social Security continued to provide the largest share but by a much wider margin compared with the other major sources of income. The share from asset income increased for over 20 years but has generally declined since the mid-1980s. The share from earnings has had the opposite pattern—declining until the mid-1980s and increasing since then. The share from pensions had doubled by the early 1990s but has since leveled off.
Poverty Status, Based on Family Income
- High proportions of nonmarried and minority aged are poor or near poor.
- The oldest age group (85 or older) has the highest poverty rate.
High proportions of nonmarried and minority aged are poor or near poor. The variations in family income by marital status and by race are reflected in the poverty rates for those subgroups of the aged. Nonmarried persons and minorities have the highest poverty rates, ranging from 15% to 22%. When those with income between the poverty line and 125% of the poverty line (the near poor) are included, the rates for nonmarried persons and minorities range from 24% to 31%.
The oldest age group has the highest poverty rate. In keeping with the lower median income of older age groups, poverty rates are often higher for those who are older. As with income, the large proportion of nonmarried women in the older age groups contributes to the difference in poverty rates by age. Nonmarried women are more likely than married persons to be poor or near poor in every age group. The near poor have income between the poverty line and 125% of the poverty line.
|Percentage poor
|85 or older
|Percentage poor or near poor
|85 or older


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The quadratic scoring rule (QSR) is often used to guarantee an incentive compatible elicitation of subjective probabilities over events. Experimentalists have regularly not been able to ensure that subjects fully comprehend the consequences of their actions on payoffs given the rules of the games. In this note, we present a procedure that allows the transparent use of the QSR even in multiple-choice scenarios. For that purpose, two methodological means are applied: an alternative representation of the score and a short learning period to familiarize subjects with the payoff mechanism. The results suggest that both means were necessary and successful in facilitating subjects' understanding of the rule.
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The clinical signs of Salmonella are easy to identify — sudden weight loss, weakness, fever, diarrhea and dehydration. While these symptoms signal clinical Salmonella on your dairy, they are only the tip of the iceberg. The majority of Salmonella infections in herds are sneaky and often can go undetected for long periods of time in the form of subclinical salmonellosis. These cases show no visible clinical signs of disease, so they are difficult to identify yet reduce a herd's productivity. What's worse, Salmonella pathogens can spread from animal to animal throughout an operation for months without detection.
"USDA data tells us that nearly half of all dairies are infected with Salmonella, and in herds over 500 cows, that number jumps to 61 percent,"1 explains Gary Neubauer, DVM, senior manager, Pfizer Animal Health Cattle Technical Services. "Most of those infections are subclinical, resulting in decreased milk production and cattle that are more susceptible to other diseases, especially right after calving."
A subclinical case of salmonellosis can develop as a result of exposure to three different types of pathogen carriers:
- Active carriers that shed the Salmonella organism in manure and/or milk
- Symptom-free carriers that infrequently shed organisms
- Dormant carriers that harbor Salmonella but do not shed bacteria
Dr. Neubauer points out that cattle can often move among these carrier states. For example, a dormant carrier may become an active carrier and vice versa. Carriers can infect the rest of the herd through fecal-oral contamination of bacteria shed during periods of stress. Dr. Neubauer recommends taking these steps as part of a Salmonella control plan:
- Maintain clean facilities. Evaluate your fresh cow, transition and calving pens. Apply fresh bedding on a consistent schedule and remove all manure from the facilities.
- Sanitation is key. Feeding equipment and loaders should not be used for manure handling. Help reduce the spread of bacteria by using chlorhexidine (Nolvasan® Solution) to clean calf-feeding utilities and oral treatment equipment, on a regular basis.
- Enforce biosecurity measures. Insist that all visitors, including your veterinarian, wear clean boots and clothing. Wash boots regularly with orthophenylphenol (Stroke Environ®) and launder work clothes daily. Ideally, work attire should be left at the dairy.
Work with your veterinarian to develop a Salmonella control program. Discuss the role that vaccination with Salmonella Newport Bacterial Extract vaccine* with SRP® technology can play. Reducing your herd's risk of Salmonella Newport is important for the future of your dairy, as well as safety of our food supply. Don't wait until you've seen a clinical outbreak of the disease; start working on a program today.
For more information on ways to reduce your risk of Salmonella visit www.SalmonellaRisk.com.
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Major Section: TRACE
NOTE: This feature is onlyh available if you are using GCL, Allegro CL, or CLISP.
Examples: (wet (bar 3)) ; evaluate (bar 3) and print backtrace upon error (wet (bar 3) nil) ; as above, but avoid hiding the structure of bar (wet (bar 3) (evisc-tuple 3 5 nil nil)) ; as above, but hiding the structure of bar up to ; level 3 and length 5 (wet (bar 3) :fns (f g)) ; as above but only include calls of f, gwhere
General Forms (all but the first argument may be omitted): (wet form evisc-tuple ; optional, and evaluated :fns (f1 f2 ... fk) :omit (g1 g2 ... gk))
form is an arbitrary ACL2 form and the
fi are function symbols
whose calls are to appear in the backtrace if the evaluation of
aborts. Generally,
wet will hide parts of large structures that it
prints out, but this can be avoided by supplying a value of
nil for
More generally, the
evisc-tuple argument, which is evaluated, can be
supplied to specify the print-level and print-length for the resulting
backtrace; see ld-evisc-tuple.
If the value of
:fns is
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The following example illustrates the use of
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ACL2 !>(defun foo (x) (car x)) ... FOO ACL2 !>(defun bar (x) (foo x)) ... BAR ACL2 !>(bar 3)Notice that because guards were not verified, the so-called executable-counterpart functions are evaluated for
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ACL2 !>(wet (bar 3))
ACL2 Error in WITH-ERROR-TRACE: The guard for the function symbol CAR, which is (OR (CONSP X) (EQUAL X NIL)), is violated by the arguments in the call (CAR 3). (Backtrace is below.)
ACL2 !>(wet (bar 3) :fns (foo))
ACL2 Error in WITH-ERROR-TRACE: The guard for the function symbol CAR, which is (OR (CONSP X) (EQUAL X NIL)), is violated by the arguments in the call (CAR 3). (Backtrace is below.)
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Illustration Friday - Reverse
80 comments:
- Deborah said...
Oh cutest cankles ever!!! Adorable, yet bordering on snail abuse by withholding of food. I love Speedy's little mouth. You are The Best. P.S. Where is your ETSY? I need to shop.
**kisskiss** Deb
- February 8, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- nancy said...
haha, yes, he does look desperately hungry! Poor thing :) Love the detail of the paint jars.
- February 8, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Angela Matteson said...
heehee, go, Swifty go! Well, at least there will be plenty of time to enjoy the scenery. I'd love to be enjoying a warm, sunny day right about now. I appreciate the detail of the fine shell decorating! Maybe they can win for best shell art?
- February 8, 2011 at 12:04 PM
- encaracolada said...
hehe, it´s my friend!!! He will win sometime.
- February 8, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- Karen said...
Wonderful work! All of it!
- February 8, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Janine said...
Hihi hi, Speedy is so super cute.
Yout entrys for IF are the best.
Bella, do you illustrate books, or do you sell your illustrations or prints. I could imagine your beautiful drawings on childrens T-shirt on blankets on allmost everything.
You are a genius!
HA, i just read Deborahs comment "Where is your etsy?"
Two women, one thought!
Have a great weekend
- February 8, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- martinealison said...
Je suis amusée en regardant votre adorable escargot... La gourmandise le perdra!!!
Votre adorable personnage a adopté la tactique de l'âne! Son maître pour le faire avancer avait accroché une carotte au bout d'une branche semblable à votre tomate...
Je trouve votre dessin séduisant et ravissant.
Gros bisous
- February 8, 2011 at 12:26 PM
- Anne Huskey-Lockard said...
Okay Bella, these are the people I have to drive behind when I go into town.... ;-D
Swifty is darling...I'd rather be driving behind him. Because he is supposed to go slow and doesn't have a gas pedal that never gets use...
You need to make a card out of this~~seriously!
Anne, not moving too swiftly herself....
- February 8, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- Alice Andreini said...
Sweet. The narrative is well supported by the composition. i especially like the color link between the helmet and the treat.
- February 8, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- Linda Hensley said...
I especially like the shell decorations :) Since people want to buy, you should sell!
- February 8, 2011 at 1:10 PM
- Manon Doyle said...
I agree with Anne! A card would be perfect for this!! xoxo
- February 8, 2011 at 1:21 PM
- Ces said...
You turn something ordinary to extraordinary. You make something simple and it comes out brilliant. Your lines and curves are perfect and your colors are beautiful. You have to publish a book, a collection of your illustrations so I can admire them without going to my office and stare at my Sisterfriend wall or logging in to my pc, laptop or any other device. I want to run my fingers across your drawings and trace or follow the lines. Your drawings are outstanding because they exude with mirth and your love for life. Oh since I have not changed my mind about your drawings since the day I first saw them, and since I just love them more and more, I may have a crush on you. I think you are a goddess. I think, oh I know, I love you! I love you most. I love you more than Vee loves you and baby, she lurvs you! Did you hear that Ms. Vee? Oh, I love Vee too but I think I have to write that on her blog. Right!
STOP keeping your Etsy store a sceret!!!
- February 8, 2011 at 1:25 PM
- Ces said...
Where is the link to the ETSY store? I am directing my friends to your blog and there is no link.
- February 8, 2011 at 1:27 PM
- Ces said...
My name is Elsa Devoreaux and I want to buy a print.
- February 8, 2011 at 1:28 PM
- Esla Deverroh said...
Ooops. Again.
My name is Else Deverow and I want to buy a print.
- February 8, 2011 at 1:30 PM
- Ces said...
Whatever! I want...where is your Etsy store link/
- February 8, 2011 at 1:31 PM
- Zoi said...
haha cute illustration :D
- February 8, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Patricia said...
Brilliant, formidable!!
Love it :-) x
- February 8, 2011 at 1:50 PM
- laughingwolf said...
humor combined with art... nothing better!
well, maybe a good hot cuppa joe, as well :D
- February 8, 2011 at 1:52 PM
- AtelierBrigitte said...
Go, Swifty, go!!
- February 8, 2011 at 2:03 PM
- Ray Ferguson said...
Outstanding!!!! Very clever!
- February 8, 2011 at 2:23 PM
- Michaele Razi said...
It's perfection! This'll have me giggling all day. So sweet and funny!
- February 8, 2011 at 2:45 PM
- IVYALLOVER said...
haha lovely as always my friend ♥
- February 8, 2011 at 2:57 PM
- Amy C said...
I love Swifty I hope he gets to eat his tomato at the end of his ride.
Nice paint job too Swifty has rockin STYLE.
- February 8, 2011 at 2:58 PM
- erin said...
very fun!
- February 8, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- Prim's by Kim said...
A snail in a different light, very nice xoxo
- February 8, 2011 at 3:21 PM
- Ann Marie DiVecchia said...
I just love the expressions here! Poor snail has no idea he has a tripped out shell and frustrated rider. I agree that this would make an hysterical card. Belated birthday maybe? It's genius!
- February 8, 2011 at 3:58 PM
- k.h.whitaker said...
love it Bella, leave it to you to come up with something so cute and creative for Reverse. Love the paint jars and the snails "paint job"
- February 8, 2011 at 4:11 PM
- Silke said...
That is the scariest looking snail yet... So cute - you know I just adore your sense of humor! And your gorgeous illustrations!! Much love, dear friend!! Silke
- February 8, 2011 at 4:56 PM
- heidi aldin monteleone said...
Swifty heeheehee! He's really going for that tomato! I hope the snail jockey doesn't have an appointment to keep!
Just precious! :)
- February 8, 2011 at 5:18 PM
- Kayleen West Cavill said...
Gee I crush any snail in my garden but somehow feel sorry for that snail with all those nials in him. Great illustration
- February 8, 2011 at 6:05 PM
- Lori ann said...
yes bella...where is your etsy?? your paintings belong there, they are so fantasticaly wonderous!! give the snail the tomato!
- February 8, 2011 at 7:13 PM
- Captain Dumbass said...
I like the paint job on the snail.
- February 8, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- Rubin Pingk said...
ooooooooooooookay this is awesome.
I love it!
The violence of the dandelion shattering to a slugs pace is great. Colors, composition. All of it is fantastic.
- February 8, 2011 at 9:24 PM
- Shirley said...
Oh cosh, you are so darned clever, Bella!! I love this. And that exasperated expression is priceless! Yes, snails and tomatoes!! Right on, girl..you know your creatures! Big hugs to you Bella, for always, always putting a smile on my face! : )
- February 8, 2011 at 9:37 PM
- Arija said...
That feels just the way I seem to be going at present, backwards.
You have put your on the nub of my predicament, and only you can put it quite so eloquently dearest Bella.
At least this way I cam raise a watery smile about it all.
Hugs and Blessings oh perceptive sisterfriend.
- February 8, 2011 at 11:11 PM
- Vanessa Brantley Newton said...
HahaHaHa Ha aha ahahaha! Oh my goodness you are hilarious Bella Sinclair! Truly you are. This is hilarious and just what I needed this morning. How fabulous. Come on Swifty giddy up boy! He is a beautiful snail car isn't he?? Oh take a look at that face on the both of them he he he he!
- February 9, 2011 at 3:20 AM
- rachel awes said...
oh, bless dear swifty
& this tomato giving, begging rider!
i love those circles of yummy red...please know as i look at your art, that there's another red shape, of my heart!
(i know it's soooo cornbally, but TRUE!!). xoxox
- February 9, 2011 at 4:53 AM
- Isabelle said...
Hahaha love the comments with the illo!! Love it when illustrators have a sens of humour!! Very sweet characters.
- February 9, 2011 at 4:55 AM
- yoborobo said...
I am cracking up at the crash helmet! LOL! Hope springs eternal. :) Hee hee! You are so funny. Those teeth - hahaha! Hey, I had a thought: WHERE IS YOUR ETSY STORE? How am I supposed to indulge my impulse buying spree if you don't have a cute button on your blog that I can push over and over? Hmmm? xoxo! Pam
PS My vert word is kopping as in "Pam is kopping there will be an etsy button soon." :) Or even "Pam is not kopping very well with no etsy button to push." Ok, I will leave now.
- February 9, 2011 at 6:54 AM
- Sympathy for The Devil said...
BellaSinclairDoodlespot im so honored that you liked my acorn drawing i saw your drawing too for grandewitch but i was too shy to say something so i told grandewitch that your drawing is beautiful i know that you are grandewitch's bestfriend so it's important for me that her bestfriend likes my drawing for her bestfriend you are so very lucky to have such bestfriend like her... i dont know why but im starting get confused with this comment hahaha anyway thank you very much and let me tell you a little secret for your bestfriend's hair i put some highlights in it i think it's L'Oreal but i forgot the color doesnt she look fabulous? i love your snail Bella since im on a diet maybe i should try it so i'll stay desperately hungry forever i love that you are very funny!
- February 9, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- Sympathy for The Devil said...
- February 9, 2011 at 8:26 AM
- Sympathy for The Devil said...
prends moi
je suis a toi
mea culpa
suddenly you remind me of an old song i used to listen to.
gotta fly now, byebye Pretty Bella!
- February 9, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- deepazartz said...
Dear Bella
To be back and see your work after such a long time...Ha, its so refreshing!!!
Will visit in leisure to catch up with what I have missed:)
Love ya
- February 9, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Krista said...
OMGolly!! Love the helmet! And the look of exasperation, and the painted shell! Who knew snails love tomatoes??
- February 9, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- Elboe Dunderelrse said...
You know, your blog looks beautiful at the Apple Store!!!
- February 9, 2011 at 11:00 AM
- The Original Drama Mama said...
That snail has the sweetest paint job ever. Who cares how fast you can go when you look that awesome?
I love the body language of the disgruntled rider - it is so well done the emotion emanates off the page - er, screen!
- February 9, 2011 at 2:26 PM
- Ces said...
Hahahahahah! I have never read a comment with so many "bestfriend" words! HAHAHAHAHHA! Isn't that lovely young witch adorable? I was thinking about her today and wondered how I can render her in ink. Oh yes. Lots of black! I did have good hair day today! Thank you.
- February 9, 2011 at 3:27 PM
- Jack Foster said...
Hahahaha! You have such a kooky and delightful sense of humor! I was going to say nutty, but that is reserved for Ces. I love your illustrations Bella... so full of life and fun! .... and you add such delicious little details. mmmmmm! I savor every morsel of your posts and always come back for more. Ok... so I got here on the next day after you posted and you already have 50 comments! I think I can make a few side bucks starting a Bella fan club :o)
- February 9, 2011 at 3:43 PM
- Amy C said...
just thought you should know I am still laughing at your 'living snowballs' comment.......
teeeeee heeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaa
Sending you and swifty big fluffy hugs with ooodles of living snowballs mixed in
- February 9, 2011 at 4:44 PM
- Ann Pilicer said...
ha ha so funny! adorable. Very smart name! Your humor is showing again! hee hee Great one! Poor snail:) Love it! :D
- February 9, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- Giuseppe Bianco said...
What an inspiration you are!
- February 9, 2011 at 8:06 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Hheh I asdmit to starting giggling out line by the time I got t the phrase "not the best choice". Now I have that happy hormonal flush that men of a certain age get when confronted by a racing snail.... Let me go and have a look at the picture again, I need a dose of 'imiantil' actually... :)
Oh no I got it worng. Now I need a dose of 'cranizes' - but I think I already have those...
- February 9, 2011 at 8:27 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Well you are gifted Bella. You know that little touch of the paint pots, the paint job on the side is exquisite, the whole scenario of the apple before the donkey :) But the teeth on the snail make me want to check my digits :) :)
see you !!
(lucky there were twelve like always)
- February 9, 2011 at 8:30 PM
- Tammie said...
thank you for the chuckle dear Bella!
when I saw the snail, i said out loud "Bella! I drew a snail last week too!" but I will not post it until Sat. because of the poem that goes with it.
we are thinking snails at the same time, i can only smile at that! Happy week to you.
- February 9, 2011 at 9:29 PM
- theartofpuro said...
I love it!Ahahah!Too funny:)
- February 10, 2011 at 8:41 AM
- Freckles said...
great blog! I love the wallpaper!
- February 10, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- Nicky Linzey said...
Ah, you know the proverb of the hare & the tortoise . . .
Love the pattern on his shell, such a wonderful touch.
- February 10, 2011 at 12:19 PM
- Ted Blackman said...
I'd hire someone to chase that snail with a full saltshaker, that would get his slow butt in gear.
Hey, I really like that dandelion snagged on the shell, that's cool. Those kind of details can really raise the bar on the competition. Bravo.
- February 10, 2011 at 4:09 PM
- Megan Coyle said...
you crack me up with your sense of humor - and I'm digging the snail's expression :)
- February 10, 2011 at 5:06 PM
- Ted Blackman said...
Forgot to ask: have you heard of Heinrich Kley? 1860s-1940s. He did an amazing pen and ink of a snail race. There's at least two books out of his brilliant drawings.
- February 10, 2011 at 11:50 PM
- aimee said...
the face on that snail.
- February 11, 2011 at 6:42 AM
- Jessie said...
Lovely Bella! :)
- February 11, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- cindy said...
sometimes, scott seems like he's driving at a snail's pace and i say that very thing to him. he also really loves tomatoes! seriously! enjoy your weekend! xo, c
- February 11, 2011 at 2:04 PM
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Fantastic! Love the name, "Swifty' !
- February 11, 2011 at 9:16 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Thank you Bella, romantic bone in my body.... heh. Oh maybe, copme to think of it last time I want to the GP, he was looking at me a little oddly when the X rays came back,
he told me I was looking a little 'wornso' actually .
Thanks so much for your kind advice too. :)
avagoodweegend !
- February 12, 2011 at 12:45 AM
- Vanessa Brantley Newton said...
Okay........ I'm crying.
I Love you so much.....
I love you girly
Big sloppy hugs to you.
- February 12, 2011 at 4:48 AM
- Owl Eng said...
wow beautiful illo, Bella! i can't help but keep looking and admiring it though i feel sorry for the snail
- February 12, 2011 at 4:54 AM
- Juan said...
Another brilliant concept for this weeks theme. Wonderful illustration!!!
Have a nice weekend, Bella!
- February 12, 2011 at 5:22 AM
- Ces said...
Oh she said to him "What a beak!"
HAHAHAHAHHAHA! I love your neck. It is soooooo long!
Ooooooh the word verif is ningling. I thought it said niggling!
- February 12, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- tera said...
Oh my gosh, I don't know where you find all this cuteness! Their expressions are absolutely perfect! :)
- February 12, 2011 at 6:49 PM
- Indie.Tea said...
Awww, that is a seriously adorable little drawing.
It somehow reminds me of the original Strawberry Shortcake, with their caterpillar....
- February 12, 2011 at 9:23 PM
- Vilt og vakkert said...
I can imagine the boy's frustration ;:OD)
Nice work!
- February 13, 2011 at 3:49 AM
- Barbara said...
That is NOT a happy snail, Bella. I daresay the situation is hopeless, much like Florida drivers. :)
The crash helmet made me laugh out loud!
(Me first? OK. First kiss: Gerald R. 11 years old, and behind the band shell. Really gross.)
- February 13, 2011 at 3:51 AM
- Barbara said...
- February 13, 2011 at 12:40 PM
- Marie S said...
Oh this is so amazing and you are so fresh!!
I love that about you!
- February 13, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- Silke said...
Just stopping by to say thank you for all your wonderfully supportive and always fun comments! You are the best!! TSUP!!! Love, Silke
- February 13, 2011 at 4:50 PM
- Carol Lawecki said...
First thing I thought of when I saw this was "Speed Racer" do you remember that cartoon? Love this illustration!!
- February 14, 2011 at 5:49 AM
- Giuseppe Bianco said...
Bella, I am so excited about your project. I hope we all get to see it. I can't wait. Please keep me posted on it. Please, please, please!!!
- February 16, 2011 at 8:15 PM
- justdoodleit said...
Swifty go! Ketchup with that tomato ;)
- May 23, 2011 at 8:26 PM


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Ariel Winter's Lawyer Says Modern Family Crew Had to Sneak Food to Her; Mom Warns Ariel Can Make Herself Cry
We have now reached the stage in the Ariel Winter Emancipation Saga when squabbling begins about what exactly Winter's Modern Family coworkers knew of her allegedly abusive relationship with her mother.
Earlier this week, Winter's TV mom, actress Julie Bowen, told In Touch she was surprised to learn of Ariel's allegations against Chrystal Workman, because, "That was never my experience [with Ariel and her mom.]"
"Never have I seen [what's being reported]."
However, Bowen also admitted that just because she pretends to be Winter's mother on television for money, this does not mean that she raised or lived with the 14-year-old, so she might not know exactly what her life is like off-set. (All of which renders it less clear why she jumped into the fracas in the first place.)
"I mean, I don't know. That's not what we experienced on set. We are so closed off."
Court transcripts, however, indicate that at least some on the Modern Family set were aware of Winter and Chrystal's complicated relationship.
Via TMZ, here are some of the statements made before a judge by a lawyer for Ariel's older sister and temporary guardian Shanelle Workman:
- "[Chrystal was] a terror on the set of 'Modern Family'...the producer and others there have expressed grave concern..."
- "The child is, apparently, struck repeatedly, slapped, hit, pushed, not so as to leave marks. Mother is smart enough not to do that." (Recall that Chrystal has offered "stylists' letters" as proof Ariel was not abused.)
- "[Chrystal] sexualizes the child [by having her dress] to show off her breasts and otherwise."
- "[Workers on the 'Modern Family' set conspired] to sneak this child food because the mother deprives the child of food."
In response to the charges against her, which she had repeatedly denied, Chrystal used "actress" as a euphemism for "liar":
"She is an actress so I'm sure she can cry at the drop of a hat."
Chrystal has been banned from having contact with her daughter until a court hearing next Tuesday.


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A very simple trivial example of how two people of different races don't get the same out of the same educational system:The book I use for my "chemistry for poets" class goes into an explanation about protein folding by using the chemistry involved in getting a hair perm as an example. The book assumes that everyone will simply believe that this means the chemistry involved with making ones hair curly. Sitting in front of a class that was half white/half black to discuss this portion of the text really hit home how something this simple can put a black student at a disadvantage.
This topic is not supposed to be heated or emotional! I just have some basic questions that I would like answered. Call me dumb about the topic, but don't call me mean! AFF AXN Definition:A policy or a program that seeks to redress past discrimination through active measures to ensure equal opportunity, as in education and employment.1) If I was rejected from an Ivy for undergrad even though I have the same scores as an URM that was accepted to the same Ivy, and I now attend an average public undergrad..then isnt that a form of discrimination...and shouldnt I be given an advantage ("to redress past discrimination") over that URM when I apply to Graduate programs?2) Must each individual that recieves affirmative action prove a specific example of when someone previously discriminated against them? 3) Does attending the same University not provide an equal opportunity? How can affirmative action persist past undergrad (i totally understand this effort to provide people from different socioeconomic backgrounds the same opportunity)? And if it does, then shouldn't it only exist to even the playing field between Harvard Graduates and Random Community College graduates?Again, nothing hateful...only clarification please !
A very simple trivial example of how two people of different races don't get the same out of the same educational system:Sitting in front of a class that was half white/half black to discuss this portion of the text really hit home how something this simple can put a black student at a disadvantage.
Quote2) but when that rationale started to lose its force, proponents of race preferences took to heart the concept adopted by US Supreme Court Justice Powell (alone among his brethren) in the 1978 Bakke case, that race preferences could be justified by the concept of diversity, all by itself; you didn't need to show that an individual had him- or herself suffered from discrimination; diversity meant that the unique contribution that someone with a different background makes to an institution is enough. In other words, even if (hypothetically) there were no discrimination against minorities still existent, you still wouldn't want to have nothing but nordic types in a truly vibrant campus, you need all sorts of people so that true understanding and sharing of ideas takes place.And that remains the prevailing rationale for race preferences in the US today.QuoteThank you! you have shed light on one of my biggest points of confusion! So maybe you can help me with one more clarification...how does a difference in race yield a bigger abundance of differing ideas than a difference in personality, or a difference in favorite authors or interests?


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J. S. Afr. Inst. Civ. Eng. vol.56 n.1 Midrand Jan. 2014
M Gohnert; A Fitchett; I Bulovic; N Bhikhoo
Publishing particulars of paper under discussion. Vol 55 (3) 2013, Pages 96-102, Paper 841: Structurally efficient housing incorporating natural forms
The above-mentioned paper deals with the catenary shape to structural forms to obviate tensile and bending stresses.
The authors make the following statement on page 98: "Unfortunately, the practice of implementing natural forms seems to have faded in the early 1900s - an incomprehensible digression in structural design."
This statement is incorrect!
In the 1950s Mr R I D M Myburgh, then in charge of the Design Division of the Department of Water Affairs, designed multiple-dome dams on the same principles. He loaded a steel-wire mesh model of the structure with weights representing the forces on the dam - own weight and water load. The mesh model took on a shape, which, when reversed, would be wholly in compression. This shape was measured and expressed as quadratic equations of a series of horizontal ellipses, which were then used in setting out the structure. A vertical section through the centre of the arch is parabolic. Three dams of those shapes were successfully completed - the Wagendrift Dam on the Bushmans River, the Stompdrift Dam on the Olifants River near Oudtshoorn and the Kat River Dam on the river of that name in the Eastern Cape. I was privileged to have been on the construction of the Stompdrift Dam, consisting of three domes, supported by buttresses. These concrete domes are extremely thin, illustrating the economy of materials! All three dams have now successfully been in service for about fifty years!
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dried peppers of your choice, but I like Spanish ?oras* or cascabels
slices stale, crusty bread
bowl of cold water
cup light Spanish olive oil, like Arbequina
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ounces marcona almonds
tablespoon sherry vinegar
cloves garlic peeled, and coarsely chopped
Sea salt
- For your romesco, cut the tops off of the peppers which you have soaked in that cold water for about two hours. Seed them and cut them roughly.
- Lightly toast the almonds. You can do this on the stovetop or in a sheet pan in the oven. I told you this was easy.
- Cut up your dried out bread into cubes, and then chop the garlic.
- Breathe deeply, this is not that hard.
- Place above ingredients in your food processor, and drizzle in olive oil and vinegar. Hit this with sea salt and there's your sauce.
- *Note: you can find ?oras online through La Española, but whatever dried pepper you use, please take note of the Scoville units. This is not a super-hot sauce. Peruvian dried peppers are just way too hot for this. The background character to romesco is almost floral.
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State Senator, District 6
John Thrasher REP 132,309 59.26%
Kathleen Trued DEM 90,970 40.74%
223,279 total votes cast.
State Senator, District 8
Dorothy L. Hukill REP 97,277 56.9%
Frank T. Bruno, Jr. DEM 73,691 43.1%
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203,098 total votes cast.
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Maria Sachs DEM 113,191 52.92%
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John Wood REP 30,213 51.51%
Karen Cooper Welzel DEM 28,438 48.49%
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Jake Raburn REP 40,051 58.62%
Bruce Barnett DEM 28,276 41.38%
State Representative, District 73
Greg Steube REP 60,575 73.63%
Bob (Doc) McCann NPA 21,696 26.37%
State Representative, District 93
George Moraitis REP 39,435 54.9%
Gerri Ann Capotosto DEM 32,390 45.1%
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Kathleen Passidomo REP 60,962 78.87%
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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced her office's intention to allocate $300 million from national mortgage settlement funds distributed to the state.
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On the other hand, he concludes with:For instance, I once had an opportunity to study with the great Tibetan lama Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in Nepal. Before making the trip, I had a dream in which he seemed to give me teachings about the nature of the mind. This dream struck me as interesting for two reasons: (1) The teachings I received were novel, useful, and convergent with what I later understood to be true; and (2) I had never met Khyentse Rinpoche, nor was I aware of having seen a photograph of him. This preceded my access to the Internet by at least five years, so the belief that I had never seen his picture was more plausible than it would be now. I also recall that I had no easy way of finding a picture of him for the sake of comparison. But because I was about to meet the man himself, it seemed that I would be able to confirm whether it had really been him in my dream.
First, the teachings: The lama in my dream began by asking who I was. I responded by telling him my name. Apparently, this wasn't the answer he was looking for.
"Who are you?" he said again. He was now staring fixedly into my eyes and pointing at my face with an outstretched finger. I did not know what to say.
"Who are you?" he said again, continuing to point.
"Who are you?" he said a final time, but here he suddenly shifted his gaze and pointing finger, as though he were now addressing someone just to my left. The effect was quite startling, because I knew (insofar as one can be said to know anything in a dream) that we were alone. The lama was obviously pointing to someone who wasn't there, and I suddenly noticed what I would later come to consider an important truth about the nature of the mind: Subjectively speaking, there is only consciousness and its contents; there is no inner self who is conscious. The feeling of being the experiencer of your experience, rather than identical to the totality of experience, is an illusion. The lama in my dream seemed to dissect this very feeling of being a self and, for a brief moment, removed it from my mind. I awoke convinced that I had glimpsed something quite profound.
http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/scie ... k-of-deathMy travels in spiritual circles had also brought me into contact with many people who seemed all too eager to deceive themselves about experiences of this kind, and I did not wish to emulate them. Given these considerations, I did not believe that Khyentse Rinpoche had really appeared in my dream. And I certainly would never have been tempted to use this experience as conclusive proof of the supernatural.