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A room filled with more than 130 developers, 24 hours of hacking, 16 ideas and over 20 cutting-edge gadgets to work on. We are here at the Techsylvania hackathon and these numbers represent only a part of what is going on for the two days.
To top it all, one of the most awaited speakers at the Techsylvania event has joined us to grasp the enthusiasm of the teams. Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu and the first South-African entrepreneur to travel to space has encouraged our teams to show their full potential.
Seeing the teams developing their ideas in hope to revolutionise the tech industry and win the prizes we have prepared for them is the aim of this hackathon.
And trust us, we have already seen some daring and innovative projects that are about to happen here at the Students Culture Hall in Cluj-Napoca. What are these? Let`s have a look!
Grip It
The first team from Techsylvania hackathon came up with Grip It, a product that uses data provided by Force Sensitive Resistors and processed by an Arduino. The purpose of the project is to generate actionable data for a smart climbing hold for viewers to better understand the sport and climbers to perform better.
Team Optimizer
The second group of developers presents Team Optimizer, an app that helps teams optimize their processes while recording daily interactions with Amazon Echo.
Green Box
Green Box is to be a product that estimates how efficient a solar power panel would be if installed. The product is mainly designed using a solar panel and a series of detectors connected to a Raspberry Pi 3.
Rollo Collo
Rollo Collo wishes to come in help of people who suffer from colour-blindness and design with Epson Moverio BT-200 a device that can simulate real colours.
The team wishes to create a device that measures the number of people that are in a room with a visual image, providing an efficient solution for institution queues and ticketing. They have combined the use of several devices such as Amazon Echo, Raspberry Pi 3 and Metawear.
Parking Buddy
The guys from Parking Buddy challenge the conventional parking system and wish to implement a drone-based one with which any driver can find a parking space easily. DJI Phantom 4 was at high use in this project.
Ara Team has come up with an idea to give children a better experience in learning about physics, while simulating spatial objects using Sphero and Raspberry Pi 3.
The team's idea is to build a surveillance drone to map an area and live stream it to a web server. The platform uses an AI algorithm and DJI Phantom 4 to identify a person or an object and send coordinates.
Augmented Tourism
The idea behind this project is to develop an app that acts as a tour guide used on Google glasses. The app identifies buildings and offers suggestions, acting as a tour for the user.
Sensor Tracking
This one is about using various sensors to detect the pulse of a person and to analyze his mood, adjusting the room lightning accordingly. The team has used Misfit Bolt and the EyeTribe Tracker to implement their idea.
Home Security
What is different about this one, you might ask. The team wishes to design a home security system that uses only the smartphone to unlock your home. Onyx Beacons would send signals to Danalock to perform the action.
Medvac aims to help people in difficulty (e.g. increased heart rate) to be found by other smartwatches and smartphones users and eventually call emergency and offer the geolocation of the subject.
Rocket Team
Rocket Team is working on a product that monitors the road, a driver's attention to it and creates a safe environment for the driver with the data that has been analyzed. They have turned their idea into a functional demo using the EyeTribe Tracker, a Raspberry Pi 3 and a webcam.
We Do Stuff
Using Leap Motion, the team wishes to translate sign language into text, making it easy for people with disabilities to communicate with other people.
Dr. Alexa
Dr. Alexa is an app that helps the users have an easy pills management and send health notifications to the doctor for a new recipe. Amazon Echo gave the 'doctor' a voice and intelligence.
Little Data
This last one is an app that will be designed to create heatmaps for a web page to see points of interests and also to control the page by using an the EyeTribe Tracker.
These are the 16 ideas and teams that will work in the next hours to design, present and eventually win the Techsylvania hackathon. You can go check our Facebook page to stay tuned with more updates about the event. Tomorrow we'll show you the demos!


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Professor T. Ravichandran: Do IT Purchases Need Board Approval?By BTM Institute Staff Writer | Posted 2008-10-16 Print
T. Ravichandran, an associate professor at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute's Lally School of Management and Technology, has been studying what influences IT technology investment as a process in depth, along with teaching courses in IT value creation, IT strategy, and supply chain management. In fact, his latest paper, published by the Journal of Information Technology and Management, is called "A Comprehensive Investigation on the Relationship Between Information Technology Investments and Firm Diversification."
Q. Did you find in your research that many of the boards are involved in IT investment decisions?
If the investments are fairly larger or substantial, the board might give its approval and signoff, or the board at least gets the information via a board technology subcommittee. I see this happening in many companies in relationship to IT investments. I also find the involvement of the board in a different way than just asking questions. If IT is considered to be a strategic driver for the organization or if it is considered to be a major expenditure, where an organization spends much of its resources, the board can become increasingly vocal about how the organization prioritizes those investment or how the organization does on that front with respect to investing and targeting their investments.
During the past five years, many IT systems have become more sophisticated to meet compliance requirements, such as Sarbanes Oxley. In these cases, boards have become more involved in making sure the organization complied with regulations. After all, there is significant risk for not doing so. To this end, boards ask the legitimate question: Are our IT systems equipped to meet compliance needs.
Q. Are you finding many organizations automating the way they go make about making IT investments and monitoring those investments?
It is a mixed bag of things. Some companies do use sophisticated tools, such as some type of a scorecard, for trying to link higher-level goals with project- level IT investments, and subsequently for tracking those investments through dashboards or spreadsheets.
IT departments are at the forefront of streamlining their organization's processes and feeding decision-making information back to the rest of the organization. On the other hand, some IT organizations have a big disconnect between making investment decisions and the use of automation to do it. Some IT organizations have automated project management.
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Israeli Arab MK Who Joined Gaza Flotilla: IDF Raid Was a 'Pirate' Operation
Heated debate erupts in Knesset over Gaza flotilla; Miri Regev from Likud tells Hanin Zoabi: 'Go to Gaza, you traitor... We don't need Trojan horses in the Knesset.'
Tempers flared in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday between Knesset members and MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad), after she took part in the Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
Zoabi accused the government during the parliamentary discussion of treating the Israel Navy's bloody raid of a Turkish-flagged ship as a "pirate military operation".
She demanded ministers explain why the soldiers had been ordered to confiscate reporters' cameras and why the government had refused to allow the media to publish pictures of the nine people who were killed on board the ship.
Zoabi called on the government to open a national panel of inquiry into the incident, and asked why it was so opposed to international calls for an impartial and external probe.
Meanwhile, MK Miri Regev (Likud) accused Zoabi of being "responsible for a double crime: Joining terrorists, and a moral crime against the state of Israel." Regev then called at her in Arabic: "Go to Gaza, you traitor."
"She sat here over a year ago and pledged allegiance to the state of Israel and its laws," Regev claimed. "I have no intention of stifling free speech, but in the case of MK Zoabi - it is not freedom of speech. The Gaza flotilla was a terrorist flotilla and MK Zoabi needs to be punished. We don't need Trojan horses in the Knesset."
Hadash-Ta'al MK Mohammed Barakeh called the Israeli government "a gang of pirates" during the discussion, saying "you are crazy - you swim against the world and harm your nation, driving it down the drain."
"The two people responsible for the crime ran out of the room," said Barake regarding Netanyahu and Barak. "We stand behind our friend Mohammed Zeidan, the head of the Arab Higher Monitoring Committee, and of course our friend MK Hanin Zoabi, we see their acts as noble deeds."
In response, MK Regev yelled at Barke "hypocrite, traitor." MK Ben Ari (National Union) also confronted Barake calling: "Where is Gilad Shalit? Traitor, your day will come."
A number of Knesset members announced their intention to demand an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the violent confrontations during the IDF's raid on the Gaza aid convoy.
Meanwhile, the political-security cabinet convened Wednesday for the second round of talks regarding the raid on the Gaza aid flotilla and the massive international condemnation it garnered.
The ministers were expected to discuss the option of erecting an inquiry committee to investigate Monday's bloodshed, after the United States and the European Union have urged Israel to conducts an in depth inquiry on the events.
Netanyahu's advisers Yitzhak Molcho and defense adviser Uzi Arad were in Washington for a second day of talks with White House officials over the possibility of erecting an official inquiry committee with U.S. help, as well as the future of the siege on Gaza.
A top official in Jerusalem said that Israel was interested in reaching an agreement and understanding with the U.S. over the investigation committee to gain international public approval when the final decision is made.
The U.S. wants an international body to be involved in the investigation committee, and has offered to send officials to take part in the probe in order to increase the results' reliability.
Israel has not yet made an official decision on the matter.
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Tim O'Neal tied for 19th in eGolf tournament
WINTERGREEN, Va. - Savannah's Tim O'Neal shot a 4-under 68 Thursday and was tied for 19th with a two-round total of 5-under 139 at the Championship at Wintergreen Resort.
Peter Malnati, from Dandridge, Tenn., leads the eGolf event with a two-round total of 13-under 131 after shooting a course-record 9-under 63 on Thursday.
Two other Savannah golfers, Tommy Schaff and Adam Cohen, failed to make the cut.
Ex-Pirate Jeremy Horst gets call from Phillies
PHILADELPHIA - Former Armstrong Atlantic State University left-hander Jeremy Horst was called up to the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday and threw a scoreless inning in the Phillies' 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Phillies purchased Horst's contract from AAA Lehigh Valley on Thursday morning and pitched in the team's afternoon game against Pittsburgh. Horst walked two and struck out one without giving up a hit.
At AAA Lehigh Valley, Horst had pitched in 26 games for the IronPigs, going 2-1 with a 2.11 ERA and two saves, striking out 32 batters in 38 1/3 innings pitched.
Horst was selected in the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Cincinnati in the 21st round. In his two years with Armstrong (2006-2007), the 6-foot-3, 220-pounder went 8-2 with 102 strikeouts in 96 2/3 innings.
AASU golfers excelling in summer competitions
Armstrong Atlantic State University golfers Travis Williamson and Jacob Tilton have played in several amateur tournaments with great success.
Williamson, a rising junior, captured a pair of tournaments. On the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in Florida, Williamson shot a 4-under 212 to capture the World Golf Village Championship in St. Augustine by four strokes over Clark Stressing of Georgia Southern.
Williamson also captured the 62nd Okeefenokee Invitational on June 15-17th in Waycross, defending the title he won last year.
Tilton, a rising senior and second-team All-Peach Belt Conference selection, won the Goshen Golf Classic in Augusta as a part of the Regions Bank Amateur Series, firing a 70 to win by five shots over Chase Epting.
Knee surgery to keep Wade out of Olympics
MIAMI - Dwyane Wade needs surgery on his left knee and will miss the London Olympics.
The Miami Heat guard called USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo and coach Mike Krzyzewski on Thursday and let them know that he is not healthy enough to participate in the Olympics. Wade was playing through pain for much of the postseason, yet still averaged 22.6 points during Miami's five-game win over Oklahoma City in the NBA Finals.
Wade was the leading scorer on the team that won Olympic gold in Beijing four years ago.
He also played for the U.S. on the squad that won bronze at Athens in 2004.
Penguins sign Crosby to lengthy extension
The Pittsburgh Penguins and superstar center Sidney Crosby have agreed to a 12-year contract extension Thursday that leaves little doubt Crosby has overcome the concussion-like symptoms that sidelined him for most of the last two seasons.
The deal keeps the 24-year-old Crosby in Pittsburgh through 2025 and gives the team some room to play in the free-agent market. Crosby, whose previous deal was set to expire next summer, will be paid around $8.7 million a season. Crosby will officially sign the extension on Sunday.
Crosby has played in just 28 games in the last 18 months.


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By now, you've probably heard of Twitter. The fast-paced social media platform is based around Tweets, consisting of 140 characters or less. Users have the ability to share photos, links, and videos inside Tweets, as well as Favorite and/or Retweet items. Twitter is an ideal platform for event promotion, quick announcements, and hashtag campaigns.
In Creative Web Services, we've seen success using Twitter as a customer service tool for prospective students through our #ChatWKU Twitter Chat Series. In fact, the series was recently given an Award of Excellence in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III's Online Innovation/Experimentation category. Naturally, we're excited about this recognition, but we're also excited that it proves a point we've been making for awhile: working together makes us better.
First, a little background: The #ChatWKU Twitter Chat series began in Fall 2015 as a recruitment tool for prospective and admitted WKU students. Each month, the chat revolves around a topic relevant to the recruitment cycle (campus services, housing, financial aid, orientation, etc.). Creative Web Services hosts the chats using the current "Class of…" Twitter account, following a prewritten script, by Tweeting questions with Q1, Q2, Q3, etc. The chat's guest (tweeting from his/her department's account) tweets the replies with A1, A2, A3. WKU Admissions counselors are an integral part of the process as well, as they field questions that come in from students in real-time.
It may seem like a lot of work, but there are a few things that make the process simple.
- Planning a script in advance ensures that there is a constant stream of communication. It also helps us guarantee that each question and answer will contain the two hashtags we use: #ChatWKU & #WKU2020/#WKU19 (depending on the class we are recruiting). Hashtagging is paramount in a Twitter Chat—users read and participate in the chat by following the hashtag.
- Tracking hashtag activity is also how the Admissions Counselors are able to see and answer questions from students who Tweet during the chat.
- To streamline this process on the back end, we utilize third-party social media management platforms like Hootsuite and Tweetdeck that allow a user to see multiple columns at once. During a typical Twitter Chat, we have columns for each account and hashtag involved, plus columns dedicated to replies/mentions…in case students forget to include the hashtag in their Tweet.
Since its inception, we've hosted 13 different #ChatWKU Twitter Chats, with questions received from over 100 students. We've also received positive feedback from additional students who have followed along with the chats but did not submit any questions. Each chat nets anywhere from 50 to 150 new followers for the "Class of…" account hosting the chat, with additional followers gained for the guest accounts and Admissions Counselors involved as well.
But why do Twitter Chats work for communicating with students? Well, there are a few strong reasons:
- Twitter is where students are. The 2015 Chegg-Uversity Social Admissions Report indicates that 55% of teens use Twitter, with that number rising on average since Twitter's inception.
- Students can have their questions answered…fast. The Social Admissions Report also concludes that 61% of students expect a response within a day of contacting a college representative. Twitter Chats allow students to answer their questions and receive an answer within minutes.
- Twitter Chats bring departments together. Rather than sending students to multiple departments and having them navigate the recruitment process on their own, the #ChatWKU Twitter Chat series brings representatives from relevant departments to them in a unique, informal, personal way. Here's an excerpt from one of our recent chats:
As the #ChatWKU Twitter Chat series continues, Creative Web Services plans to branch out and include groups like Study Abroad & Global Learning, Dining and Nutrition, and academic departments. We're working to a comprehensive look at life at WKU and showcase the services and support available to our students. If you'd like to get involved in the series, host a Twitter Chat of your own, or have other ideas on creatively utilizing social media, let us know! Follow @wkucws on Twitter, and email firstname.lastname@example.com.
View transcripts of previous #ChatWKU Twitter Chats on the WKU Storify.


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Enthusiasm. What is it? That's a difficult, if not impossible question to answer. For what it is now is not what it used to be. It used to be, way way back, entheos– which is ancient greek for god-within. In other words: to be possessed, to have a god acting through you. That to me far exceeds the current definition of 'enthusiasm' as being eager or happy. In fact, it is my contention that to be enthused, in the old sense, is the exact opposite of the new sense. Imagine yourself doing the dishes, you have completely forgot what you were doing, yet you're still doing the dishes, perfectly. Or are you? Is something else working through you?
You see, "what is it?" is far too general a question to get us anywhere useful. Let's ask instead, "when is enthusiasm?" It's hard for me to think of myself as having enthusiasm while asleep. Even the best dreams sort of happen without any sense of enthusiasm. Even when I wake up, I'm not exactly enthused. Maybe I am if I know there's something good going on that day. And maybe I should be enthused every morning for the sole fact that I am alive, that every day is good. Yeah, that's a good attitude- now I feel enthused. But then I go to work and I lose my enthusiasm.
But why? Why does going to work mean I can't be enthusiastic? This is an important question for all of us (and for those of you who are retired, students, or in transition, you can substitute 'work' with whatever you spend a third of your day doing). Let's state the question: am I enthusiastic about what I have to do today?
That depends on which sense of the word 'enthusiasm' we're using. For example. Part of my job is unplugging the toilet. Now, it's next to impossible to actually be excited about fixing the toilet, to be eager to have the chance to unclog a public toilet (enthusiasm in the modern sense). It is possible, on the other hand, to evoke the name of my god, view cleaning the toilet as a spiritual exercise (an opportunity to practice humility) and proceed entirely enthusiastic about the ordeal. Possessed by God, fixing a toilet. God's fixing the toilet; I'm only a vessel.
What this illustrates is that no task is inherently bad; what matters is your attitude. So we can rephrase the question: am I enthusiastic about today, regardless of what I have to do? Probably not. Because we're human. And some work really sucks, despite our spiritual conditioning. A better question: how can we become enthusiastic?
The first and most obvious answer is to have a positive attitute. That gets us somewhere but not all the way. For one, some of us have a dour aesthetic and appreciate the fact that the glass is half empty, too. Secondly, saying to yourself "I should be positive" is rather hollow- it doesn't actually make you feel positive. If anything it makes you feel guilty for not being positive. Does it? I don't know. From my experience, being positive is a good first step, but eventually I'm going to need something more convincing to make me believe I should be enthusiastic.
Another attempt: enthusiasm makes me feel better. That's right, when I actually care about what I'm doing, I feel better while I do it. It's called taking pride in your work. Other people benefit, because you do a good job. But the important part is you benefit, because you're not divided in two, one half trying to do the work/one half complaining about the work being done.
But sometimes that strategy doesn't work either. Because no matter how good your attitude is you feel like shit. Better yet, you feel like shit, and that emotion needs to be felt. Rather than staying busy in order to feel better… sit down, turn off the cell phone, and don't move. Feel the shitiness. Is it in the shoulders? The throat? How about the stomache, or chest? What words would you use to describe the feeling? If the feeling had a voice, how would it sound? Is it the type of voice that you should listen to, or not? Good, you felt the emotion. It's grateful for the attention. Now you can go on with your day. Look- you were about to clean the entire apartment or call somebody because you felt guilty. Instead, you did nothing, and now you don't feel guilty. How about that? That didn't take any zeal or excitement. And you feel better. Is that enthusiasm? Is there a type of enthusiasm that has nothing to do with work or excitement? The type of enthusiasm with which we slow down and allow space for (insert divinity here, "nothingness" perfectly acceptable) to enter and do the healing work our own busy-ness cannot.
Somewhere along the way "enthusiasm" has lost its way. The culprit, I believe, is our assumption that to be inspired is to be manic. That's certainly not the case all the time. Another form of divine possession is to be free from acting out every single impulse, to relax. To do the dishes and forget what you were doing, and keep doing them anyway, casually. To floss your teeth and not view it as a chore. That's the gift, to do mundane things, and have them not be a burden.
Because so much of what we have to do today is, let's face it, far from heroic. Yet if we don't do it with some form of enthusiasm we don't enjoy it. I'm sorry, Lack of Enjoyment is far too weak for what I'm trying to get across. Remember, enthusiasm means the presence of a divinity. So if you're doing something without enthusiasm, the divine is absent. In some theological ciricles, that's equivalent to HELL. No enthusiasm equals Hell On Earth. And who wouldn't want to escape from that? So we drink or become obsessed with Netflix because we're unable to cope with the absence of god.
Let me wrap this up. I saw a crew removing christmas lights from the trees outside Walgreens. They were using these aluminum telescopic poles with hooks at the end that you use basically to push the lights off of the branches and let them fall to the ground. The lights. When I walked by, the sun was shining and a southern wind tickled my heart: I imagined they were partaking in an ancient pagan tradition of waking up grandfather tree for spring. Two of them worked gracefully, that is, unnoticably, preserving my day-dream. But the third worker struggled. He stabbed at the tree. He hated what he was doing. A chord of lights was stuck. He started whacking them with the broad side of the pole. Then he threw the pole to the ground. He jumped and grabbed the lights and started to pull. They were stuck, so he pulled harder. Suddenly a tree branch snapped in half. He was pissed, because on the ground were the lights, still tied in a knot around the amputated tree limb. I was horrified, because of how senseless was his rage. This time, his lack of enthusiasm hurt a tree. Next time, it could be his daughter or friend. But even worse than the pain he causes others, is the pain he causes himself. All of us have experienced it. When we're doing something we don't want to be doing: drudgery.
Perhaps, drudgery it is. But I want to come back to something. We can always shape what we are perceiving with our perspective. If I am constantly bored, perhaps it is because I am boring. If I think people are awkward, maybe it's because I am awkward. If the work is a pain in the ass, maybe I'm a pain in the ass… we tend to project our shadows onto the external world. But the fact is, those shadows dwell within us. Doing work isn't so much bad, as it is an opportunity to externalize how shitty we're feeling.
Think about it: do you enjoy "free time"? Be honest. So few of us know what to do with our free time. Most of us waste it. Is it because it's the one part of the day where we have no excuse, no one to blame for our feeling bad?
A theory for why we're not too enthusiastic about free time: we're beginners. For centuries, free time was a luxury. Only a select few, the aristocracy, had the opportunity to dive into the depths of unstructured time. Sometimes they came up with treasures: art, literature, music. Othertimes, they degressed into elaborate codes of behavior or indulged in perverse proclivities. Now, all of us have free time. But we're so accustomed to being workers, we don't know what the hell to do with "free time". Secretly, we loath it more than anything. We act like we hate work and that we wish we could be doing what we really wanted to. But the truth is that work is a savior, because it gives us a time of day where we're not faced with this perennial existential question: what should I do with my life?
I don't think it needs to be that way. We can free time (read that in the imperative, as in "set time free" or "liberate time"). We can start by realizing what it is we really want to be doing with our lives. We can start by not distracting ourselves with entertainment or work. We can become enthusiastic for enthusiasm's sake. I'm sure by now you've thought of at least one thing you'd rather be doing.


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Thank you for selecting information on this Auxiliary Unit Patrol and Operational
The picture above was kindly supplied by John Jolliff (the son of Joe Northcott from Pelynt Patrol)
It is thought to show the Cornwall Group 6 patrols which consisted of St Keyne, Morval, Menheniot, St Germans,
Pelynt, Lansallos, Liskeard,St Juliot, Coads Green, Launceston and Bridgerule.
Back row far left: Reg Wakeham (Pelynt), Joe Northcott (Pelynt) rest unknown
Middle row far left: Ned Broad (Pelynt) rest unknown
Front row far left : Ralph Webber (Pelynt), Charlie Barrett ( Liskeard), unknown, unknown, Sgt.Jack Bickford, rest
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Location: In Lanjore Coppice; on land of Lanjore Farm; about one and a half miles NNW of St.
Germans village; St. Germans; Caradon; Cornwall; England
OSGB Grid ref. - SX 3400 5902
Lat/Lon (OSGB36) - 004 20 11 W 50 24 24 N
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Welcome to the GNOM research group web page
GNOM is a research group made up by lecturers and post-graduate students of the departments of Statistics and Operations Research, and of Applied Mathematics I at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona. GNOM is a consolidated research group that is recognized and funded by the Government of Catalonia (SGR-2009-1122). The group is working on both numerical optimization methods and mathematical programming modeling of any problem that can be solved through optimization, with special interest in energy, statistical data protection and supply chain.
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Review Revue: Critics React To Kanye West's "Monster"
An unfinished cut of the video for Kanyestein's "Monster" dropped earlier today, filled with various elements of horror movies – serial killers, zombies, beautiful dead girls, vampires, werewolves and S&M. (Okay, that last one's not really a staple of horror flicks, but the vid has Nicki Minaj in bondage wear anyway.) We're sure there will be much more talk of the video when the completed clip premieres, but for now, jump below to check out what people are already saying about West's haunted mansion.
Vulture first picks up on the slow-paced editing. "Despite all that titillating content, though, the clip feels more moderately paced than most music videos; either that means the cuts are relatively slower than the manic rate at which the rest of the field generally operates, or there really is more work to be done before the video's ready for public consumption."
Hit Fix dug the horrific clip, calling the vid "chilling", "riveting", and "raw—as any video that begins with a hanging body would be—and feels like a brutal reveal of West's psyche."
Consequence of Sound wasn't as adoring. They found the video "pretty-terribly-done" and wonders whether "Justin Vernon couldn't make it, or Kanye never bothered to finish it."
Rolling Stone was extremely impressed with Nicki's sequence. "It's a brilliant visual take on a breathtakingly badass verse, but really, they could've just focused in on her incredible facial expressions and called it a day. She's just that entertaining to watch."
EW Music Mix wanted a more original concept from the rapper. "Glamorizing violence against women this way as we enter 2011 isn't just potentially pretty offensive to a lot of people — it's played out and boring. I expect better from an artist as boundlessly creative as Kanye West." They add that the "video's best sequence, wherein Nicki Minaj diabolically interrogates herself, doesn't rely on the stale dead-model motif."
What did you think of "Monster"? Or are you reserving judgement for the finished product that hopefully doesn't include unpurchased background photos from Getty Images?


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The other day I talked about the difference between showing versus telling, and why showing your readers your story's world is so important. Often writers on the verge of understanding the concept of showing versus telling will sometimes successfully show with their writing, but then they ruin it with a follow-up telling phrase. It's like they realize that they need to show, but they either don't trust their writing skill at showing or they don't trust that their reader will get it.
For example, if I write, "I close my eyes and bury my whole head into the folds of my arms. The entire class is staring at me. I want to die." This is showing and leaves the reader to figure out what the character is feeling. But too often a new writer will follow-up this phrase with a telling statement like, "I am so embarrassed." This mix of showing versus telling is patronizing to the reader. It's like you're saying, "Hey, I've given you clues to figure out what going on in my hero's head, but I don't think you're smart enough to figure it out." This hurts your story and turns the reader off.
When it comes to showing instead of telling, you have to trust your writing and your readers. As I said in my post of the other day, let your writing show us everything about your characters and setting. If you want to transport your reader into the pages of your book, you have to "show" them the way.
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Little Traveler's Passport
Last week, I came across these three little notebooks at Target for a few dollars. I thought they were super-cute so I decided to pick them up. I wasn't really sure what I would use them for, until I thought about how much it already feels like Summer here in the South. Summer means vacation for most people. Although I never get nearly as long as a vacation as I would like, we will be doing a lot of traveling. Last month we visited My Mother in Georgia, this month we will be traveling to North Carolina, and possibly Oregon the next month after that. I thought it would be a cute idea to make the Little One a little passport. One she could use to remember all the places she had been, even before she knew how to speak.
I just decorated one book for now. I figure as she gets older she can keep track in the way she sees fit in the other two books. I decorated the cover with some washi tape and these travel stickers I found at Hobby Lobby.
On the inside, I made a little tag for her name and birthday. I am thinking about putting a picture of her on the opposite page.
I used several pieces from this "Travels" Smash Pad.
I made a page to list the places she has been with the dates. I planned to use my little library date stamp, but I quickly realized that the last year on it was 2010. Guess it's time to get a new one!
I wrote a little note about each trip and the things experienced. I wrote them from her point of view, as I figured she will eventually take over when she gets old enough.
At the back of the book, I included this little wishlist of places to see.
Another great find from Target last week:
Red Velvet Cupcake Soy Candle. Yum!
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Major revision of FastCGI/PHP article on IIS.NET
Since the time we have published the article about installing FastCGI and PHP on IIS 7.0 it has become one of the most popular articles on http://learn.iis.net. Also it has received a lot of comments from site visitors. Today, we are publishing the updated version of this article that contains more up-to-date information and addresses most of the feedback from community. Here is what this article includes now:
- Overview
- Enabling FastCGI support in IIS 7.0
- Install and Configure PHP
- Configure IIS to handle PHP requests
- Best practices for configuring FastCGI and PHP
- Per-site PHP configuration
- URL rewriting for PHP applications
- Related Resources
Please take a look at the new content and leave comments if you have any questions of feedback.
Acknowledgments: I would like to thank IIS.NET visitors who have provided their comments and corrections to this article. Also I thank Jake and Bill for doing a final review of the article.
6 Responses to "Major revision of FastCGI/PHP article on IIS.NET"
Franklin Tse responded on 31 Oct 2008 at 8:09 pm #
I noticed that the default parameter values of the IIS 7.0 FastCGI Module is different from those in the FastCGI Extension for IIS 6.0. Is there any reason for that?
(Also posted at http://forums.iis.net/t/1152607.aspx)
Franklin Tse responded on 31 Oct 2008 at 8:22 pm #
Oops… I forgot to mention that the non-thread-safe installer on http://www.php.net/downloads.php can be used after PHP 5.2.7, which is currently in RC stage, is released. That's because the issue documented in http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45275 has been fixed.
The installer can install the php-cgi.exe (with Other CGI selected) and allow users to install PHP extensions without any manual modification.
The RC of the installer can be found on http://windows.php.net/qa/
ruslany responded on 03 Nov 2008 at 11:25 am #
In our tests we saw that increasing the InstanceMaxRequests improved the performance of FastCGI with PHP slightly. However, if this setting is configured to a value bigger than 500 (PHP's default for process recycling), then it may conflict with PHP recycling behavior (as described http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/246/using-fastcgi-to-host-php-applications-on-iis-70/#PHP_Recycling_Behavior). Since the performance difference between InstanceMaxRequests set to 200 vs. 1000 was not significant, but the chances of getting server errors with default value set to 1000 were higher, it was decided to change the default to 200. However it was too late to change it for IIS 6, as the FastCGI extension was about to be shipped then.
Franklin Tse responded on 04 Nov 2008 at 7:13 pm #
Thanks! However, besides the InstanceMaxRequests, the MaxInstances default has also been changed from 10 to 4. Is 4 better than 10?
ruslany responded on 05 Nov 2008 at 11:28 pm #
For MaxInstances there is no technical reason for the difference in defaults. One value is not better than the other. For development purposes either of the defaults would work fine. For production deployment you would probably need to fine tune this number anyway to achieve full CPU load.
RuslanY Blog responded on 20 Feb 2009 at 8:37 pm #
Windows Installer for PHP 5.2.9 RC and PHP 5.3 Beta…
I am pleased to let everyone know that PHP development community has made significant improvements to the installer in upcoming PHP releases. In particular a number of bugs have been fixed to make the installer work well with FastCGI extension in IIS 5…


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The surfer girl and the biker chic aren't that far removed from each other. In some minds the former will be marked by bright neoprene and bleached blonde hair while the latter is heavy and black all over. But a girl can easily be both. There's a tomboy thread, a rough-and-tumble fearlessness, that runs through both personas.
In Vogue Germany's April 2012 issue Eniko Mihalik is that hybrid of surfer and biker, stunningly photographed by Camilla Akrans with bikes, boards, and confidently sexy styling by Nicola Knels.
View all of Eniko Mihalil's shoot for Vogue Germany's April 2012 issue at the gallery above.


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Fairest and best adorned is she whose clothing is humility - James Montgomery
This blog has been created to help everyone understand the importance of hair care and how to achieve the best results possible using our hair products as well as any others. We will feature sections on basic hair care, natural hair care recipes/remedies and hair styling. Our main aim is to educate and inform through online interaction. It is our belief that anyone regardless of nationality, genetics, hair type etc can achieve longer, healthier hair.
|Here the wig is styled in an updo it took me a while to achieve this look
Fairest and best adorned is she whose clothing is humility - James Montgomery
That updo is gorge! Can you do a tutorial?
Thank you for your lovely comment dear KLP, will try to a tutorial once I can remember how I created the look :)Delete
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Pls can u suggest conditioners that can be used for cowashing? Will the ORS olive oil replenishing conditioner do?ReplyDelete
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The updo is pretty. I can imagine how healthy and long your hair would look when you relax. Can't wait to see pictures :-)
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Your hair is gorgeous. Do you use lace wigs? Dont you have to bond it to your hair and then that can cause breakage innit?
Am currently transitioning to natural and I use wigs sometimes. I miss having to do lace wig and all though, is there a way you fix it up without having to bond it to the hair?
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For twelve days we are posting some fabulous creations featuring a different stamp set every day to inspire you and to help you get krafty!! Each one of these stamp sets (plus a few extras) will be on SALE 20-50% OFF over the whole twelve days!!! PLUS each order placed during this time will receive a FREE GIFT....as a little thank you!!
Today we are spotlighting the FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL stamp set which is part of the SALE going on now! The card we are featuring is by Krafty Girl, Karen and see how she's hand drawn her own sentiment? So cute! AND this stamp set just happens to be 20% OFF right NOW!!
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Board of Directors
The Richmond Art Center is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. The Board, which is elected by our members, is responsible for the organization's financial health and achievement of its mission. Check out our Events Calendar for meeting dates and times
You can read Board minutes and bylaws here.
Hertha Sweet Wong, President
Hertha is Assistant Chair of the UC Berkeley Department of English, where she has taught since 1990. She recently served from 2008 through 2015 as the Chair of the UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice. Hertha's fields of specialization include Visual Studies, Native American Literatures, and American Literatures. She is in the process of completing a book on American Autobiography focused on words and images.
Hertha has a Ph.D. and M.A. in English from the University of Iowa. She received a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa. Over the years, Hertha has served on many professional boards and committees. In addition, she volunteered for 12 years with a Bay Area nonprofit organization for families with adopted children from China. Hertha lives in Albany.
Juliann Martinez, Vice President
Juliann is an Employee Relations Specialist at the University of California, Office of the President. She helps design and implement programs to support UC Systemwide's 180,000 employees. Prior to that, she was the Director of Gift Management at UC Berkeley, where she managed gift and fund administration. Ms. Martinez has consulted with numerous San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit organizations and other higher education institutions on gift management and identifying fundraising prospects. Ms. Martinez also has a background in tax and is enrolled to practice before the IRS. She has an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, lives in El Cerrito, and her two children have both attended WCCUSD public schools. While serving on the board of the Harding Elementary PTA, she assisted with fundraising efforts to support art instruction in WCCUSD public schools.
Sabina Li Pan, Treasurer
Sabina started her career and obtained her CPA designation at a regional public accounting firm in San Francisco, after earning an associate's degree from Contra Costa College in 1996 and a bachelor's degree from Golden Gate University in 1998. She then gained further advisory and consulting experiences at Deloitte & Touche LLP before receiving her MBA from INSEAD in 2008. After working for a consumer goods conglomerate in Shanghai and Paris as strategic planner and business developer, she returned to Richmond where she has lived since 1994 after her family immigrated to the United States. Currently she cares for her aging parents while starting her accounting and consulting practice, specializing in real estate. Outside of professional work, Ms. Pan has fully utilized the culinary degree she earned in Paris for Cake4Kids (birthday cakes for foster/homeless children) and taught a children's program at bible study fellowship. She looks forward to serving Richmond Art Center where it combines art, education and community, all of which are close to her heart.
Roshni Kavate, Secretary
Roshni Kavate is a Bay Area artist who hails from a family of silk saree weavers and incorporates her lineage in her practice of printmaking, textile design and ceramics. Roshni works as a Palliative Care Nurse in Oakland and Richmond and is inspired by the profound memories and longings that people share at the end of their lives. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nutritional Sciences from UC Berkeley and Nursing from NYU. She has studied weaving with midwives in Guatemala, natural dyeing in India, printmaking at SOMA ARTS in San Francisco, and textile design at Central St Martins College in London. Her work has been presented at the Richmond Art Center and SOMA Arts in San Francisco. Roshni is a Richmond resident and passionate about Maternal Child health causes, growing community art programs and diversity in art.
Danny Aarons
Danny studied art history and economics at UCSB and UC Berkeley, graduating in 1979. He is a lifelong fan and patron of the arts with a particular passion for works on paper and is a longtime fan of the Richmond Art Center. Danny is a serial entrepreneur and he has created several successful companies in manufacturing, distribution and training. Now, he is focusing his professional attention on the challenges of globalization and cross-cultural communications. Danny has served on several for-profit and non-profit boards, lending his experience and expertise in business organization and planning. He has lobbied local, state and federal government agencies on various issues and taken an active role in urban planning in his community.
Sarah Antonich
Sarah has worked as a Donor Recognition Officer at UC Berkeley in Development and Alumni Relations for the past 15 months. Previously, she had worked in a similar capacity at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Sarah received a Master of Arts in Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon and a Bachelor of Arts in Arts Management with a Minor in Art History from Chatham University in Pittsburgh. Over the past 10 years, she has served with several non-profit arts organizations in fundraising, grant writing, administration and management. Sarah lives in Berkeley.
Inez Brooks-Myers
Inez recently retired after 38 years as a curator at the Oakland Museum. She lives in Richmond where she was born and raised. Her mother knew our founder Hazel Salmi well. She earned her AB in decorative arts and MA in design from UC Berkeley where she worked as an associate curator for eight years. Inez served on Richmond's Arts and Culture Commission in the late 1980s. She remains active in the field of costume history, helping to arrange a symposium for the Costume Society of America, Mining the History of Costume: Fantasy and Fact.
Marguerite Thompson Browne
Marguerite holds a B.A. in Painting from Fisk University, where she studied with Professor Aaron Douglas, and an M.A. in Ceramics with a minor in silversmithing from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. She taught high school art in Chicago, New York and San Francisco before creating a children's shoe business that grew to 28 stores. She has worked in the clothing industry in San Francisco for several years and produces promotional products for large companies. Marguerite's studio is at the Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.
Patricia Guthrie
Patricia served for 25 years as professor and chair in California State University's Department of Human Development and Women's Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology and masters degrees in education and online teaching. Her publications center on African American women and St. Helena Island, a Gullah speaking South Carolina sea island. Patricia is a full-time "Jingletown" studio artist focusing on mixed media, textiles, and painting. Her work has been exhibited nationally. Patricia is a long time Oakland resident with a history of bay are non-profit board participation and leadership.
Philip Linhares
Phil has had a long and illustrious career in the arts field. He served as Chief Curator of Art at the Oakland Museum for more than 20 years. Previously, he was the Director of the Graduate Program at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Director of the Mills College Art Gallery and Director of Exhibitions at the San Francisco Art Institute. He also taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, Lone Mountain College, and the California College of Arts and Crafts. Phil has served on the boards of numerous nonprofit art organizations over the years and has extensive knowledge of, and connections within, the arts community. Phil lives in Oakland.
Stephen Nomura
Stephen has been a credit to the Art Center for several years as a studio art student and volunteer. He is a sculptor and is a retired licensed contractor and carpenter. He has a long history of volunteer work, including serving on several committees for the American Friends Service Committee (Community Resources and Finance). He lives in Berkeley and is a graduate of Humboldt State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Botany. In addition, he attended New York University's Film School and School of Arts and Science.
Carlos Privat
Carlos attended high school at the College Preparatory School in Oakland and received his B.S. degree in Political Science from U.C. Berkeley. He earned his law degree from the McGeorge School of Law and practiced law at Bledsoe, Cathcart, Diestel & Pedersen LLP in San Francisco before joining the Richmond City Attorney's Office in 2006. As a Senior Assistant City Attorney, Mr. Privat's duties include staffing the Planning Commission and handling complex transactional matters for the City, Port of Richmond and Successor Agency to the Richmond Community Redevelopment Agency. As a component of this work, Carlos assists staff on implementing public art programs, with representative programs including Civic Center, Moody Underpass and Downtown BART Parking Garage art. Carlos spends his free time chasing his two young boys to and from team sport events and birthday parties.
Owen Serra
Owen is a Loan Officer at the Northern California Community Loan Fund where he underwrites real estate and working capital loans. Prior to this, he provided economic and financial consulting services to nonprofits and municipalities, and spent time working and researching in Ecuador, Cuba, and South Africa. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from Davidson College and Masters of Planning in Economic Development and Masters of Public Administration from USC. Growing up in New York City, Owen frequented galleries and museums and later studied Art History. He has a strong desire to support community arts and looks forward to serving on the Richmond Art Center Board.
James Wheeler
James recently retired from an 18-year financial career with U.C. Berkeley. In his last position, he was Budget Director for the U.C. Berkeley Development Office, responsible for a $35 million annual budget during a recent successful $3.1 billion, seven-year fundraising effort. He is a longtime East Bay resident and an El Cerrito high school graduate. He tutored Hispanic parents in English during the 1970s in Richmond. A Richmond Art Center course, "Poetry in the Gallery," rekindled his interest in writing poetry and led to an invitation to join a group of poets at IMUNURI. In 2012, he read in Portland during the group's Northwest tour. Jim is married to Joyce Shon, a longtime printmaking teacher and volunteer at the Art Center.


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Thomas O. Ryder and Lewis Lapham to Receive Magazine Industry Lifetime Achievement Awards
Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) and American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) Will Honor Two Outstanding Magazine Industry Veterans With Lifetime Achievement Awards.
NEW YORK, NY (November 20, 2006)—Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) and American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) will honor two outstanding magazine industry veterans with their Lifetime Achievement Awards. Thomas O. Ryder, Chairman of the Board, The Readers Digest Association, has been named recipient of the Henry Johnson Fisher Award, in honor of Henry Johnson Fisher, founding publisher of Popular Science. Lewis Lapham, National Correspondent of Harper's Magazine, will be inducted into the Magazine Editors Hall of Fame. The announcement was made today by Nina Link, President & CEO, MPA, and Marlene Kahan, Executive Director, ASME. The awards will be presented at a special lunchtime event, Thursday, February 1, at Gotham Hall in New York City.
Tom Ryder is one of the magazine industrys most committed and warm-hearted executives, said Link. With nearly 40 years of magazine publishing experience, his storied career has threaded its way through some of the most treasured brands in the industry. The ranks of our industry are filled with hundreds of people Tom has taught or mentored. As one of the longest-serving members of the Board of Directors as well as past Chairman of MPA, he was a leading voice sounding the all-important battle cry of audience engagement. He also championed greater industry commitment to diversity hiring and staff development. We are thrilled to honor him.
For three decades, Lewis Lapham has maintained a commitment to the highest standards of editorial excellence that many aspire to but few achieve, said Marlene Kahan, Executive Director of ASME. He is a remarkable editor, writer and intellectual thinker who greatly influences the national conversation. During his tenure, Lewis not only mentored an impressive list of editors, he brought some of the most distinguished names in American letters into the pages of Harpers, among them Tom Wolfe, David Foster Wallace and Mary Gaitskill. Countless bestselling books have sprung from articles first published in the magazine, most recently Barbara Ehrenreichs Nickel and Dimed and James McManuss Positively Fifth Street. We are pleased to honor this great editor who has made a difference in and beyond the world of magazines.
Both recipients will receive honorariums to donate to a charity of their choice. Ryder will receive an honorarium of $10,000 from Popular Sciences parent company, Time4 Media, a division of Time Inc. Lapham will receive an honorarium of $10,000 from Quad/Graphics, the largest privately-held printing company in the world.
Chairman of the Board
The Readers Digest Association, Inc.
With nearly four decades of experience in magazine publishing, Thomas O. Ryders distinguished career ranks among the top in the industry and his achievements among the most significant. As Chairman of the company that publishes the worlds most widely read magazine Readers Digest he is responsible for a total global circulation of almost 40 million and well over 100 million readers in 60+ countries with company sales of $2.4 billion. During the course of his career, Mr. Ryder has been publisher of or responsible for the publishers of more than 100 magazines, including some of Americas best known titles such as Travel & Leisure, Food & Wine, Field & Stream, American Photographer, Departures, Road & Track, Taste of Home, My Weekly Reader, Current Events, Learning, and The Family Handyman.
In 1998, Mr. Ryder took on the greatest challenge of his career when he accepted the position of Chairman and CEO of Readers Digest Association. The company had endured financial reversals and executive-level turmoil, and he was given the daunting task of turning around this venerable American publishing icon. Despite many challenges, what transpired over the next seven years was a textbook turnaround. His accomplishments included sweeping re-engineering of the companys traditional businesses; a worldwide employee outreach to effect culture change and encourage innovation; as well as strategic initiatives to build for the future through acquisitions, start-ups and marketing alliances. He acquired several companies including Books Are Fun, and Reiman Publications, publisher of the nations largest-selling food magazine. Mr. Ryder also led a move to recapitalize the company and create a new one-share, one-voting structure, which he followed by doubling the dividend to shareholders.
Prior to joining Readers Digest, Mr. Ryder served in a number of key executive roles at American Express. He joined the company in 1984 as President of the American Express Publishing Company. He published Travel & Leisure magazine, acquired Food & Wine magazine and directed the launch of Departures and Your Company magazines. He also founded the Aspen Food & Wine Classic. He subsequently became President of American Express Worldwide Publishing and Direct Marketing Businesses, President of Establishment Services Worldwide and was President of Travel Related Services International before joining Readers Digest.
Before American Express, Mr. Ryder was Senior Vice President at CBS Magazines, where he was responsible for strategy and acquisitions and group publisher for a wide range of special interest magazines.
Mr. Ryder started his career at Time Inc. in the circulation department at Life Magazine in 1966. He left in 1968 to work for Xerox Education Publications where he became publisher of My Weekly Reader and a group of magazines and newspapers for children with combined circulations in excess of 20 million.
In 1972, he launched Education Today Company, Inc., which published Learning Magazine and created books and training programs for teachers and school administrators. In 1975 he co-founded The Stanford Publishing Course, where Mr. Ryder helped teach some 3,000 people the principles of publishing.
Mr. Ryder is a member of the Board of Directors of Amazon.com and Starwood Hotels & Resorts. He is a former Chairman of the Magazine Publishers of America and a former board member of the American Association of Publishers and the Direct Marketing Association.
Mr. Ryder was graduated from Louisiana State University with a B.A. in Journalism in 1966.
National Correspondent
Harper's Magazine
Lewis Lapham is National Correspondent of Harper's Magazine. Born January 8, 1935, in San Francisco, California; educated at the Hotchkiss School, Yale University (B.A., 1956) and Cambridge University; newspaper reporter for The San Francisco Examiner (1957-1959) and for The New York Herald Tribune (1960-1962); managing editor of Harper's Magazine (1971-1975); editor of Harper's Magazine (1976-1981 and 1983-2006); National Correspondent of Harper's Magazine (2006-present). Syndicated newspaper columnist (1981-1987).
Mr. Lapham is the author of several books of essays (Fortune's Child, Money and Class in America, Imperial Masquerade, Hotel America, Waiting for the Barbarians, Gag Rule, and Theater of War) which have prompted the New York Times to liken him to H. L. Mencken, Vanity Fair to suggest a strong resemblance to Mark Twain, and Tom Wolfe to compare him to Montaigne. His latest book, Pretensions to Empire, was just published by The New Press. He is currently at work developingLaphams Quarterly, a history journal which will launch in 2007.
Lapham writes the "Notebook" column for Harper's Magazine. He won a 1995 National Magazine Award for three of those essays, in which the judges discovered "an exhilarating point of view in an age of conformity." He has also written for Life, Commentary, National Review, The Yale Literary Magazine, Elle, Fortune, Forbes, The American Spectator, Vanity Fair, Travel and Leisure Golf, Golf Digest, Parade, Channels, Maclean's, The London Observer, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Lapham has lectured at many of the nation's leading universities, among them Yale, Princeton, Stanford and the Universities of Michigan, Virginia and Oregon. He is a frequent guest on television and radio talk shows both in the United States and in England, France, Canada, Germany and Australia. He was the host and author of the six-part documentary series "America's Century," broadcast on public television in the United States and in England on Channel Four in the autumn of 1989. Between 1989 and 1991 he was the host and Executive Editor of "Bookmark," a weekly public television series seen on over 150 stations nationwide. He wrote and performed in "The American Ruling Class," a documentary feature that premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Lapham is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, The Century Club, the Advisory Council to the New School University and Chair of the Board for The Americans for Libraries Council. He lives in New York City.
The Henry Johnson Fisher Award, established in 1964, recognizes individuals who have made significant and longstanding contributions to the magazine publishing industry and society, and who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership, skill and understanding in support of the industry. Henry Johnson Fisher was Founder and Chairman of the Board of the Popular Science Publishing Company. Previous winners have included Cathie P. Black, President of Hearst Magazines; Patrick McGovern, International Data Group; William T. Kerr, Meredith Corporation; Edward Lewis, Essence Communications Partners; and Hugh M. Hefner, Playboy.
The Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame Award, established by ASME in 1995, recognizes career-long achievement, excellence and impact of a select group of highly influential magazine editors. Previous winners have included William F. Buckley, National Review; Norman Pearlstine, Time Inc.; Arthur Cooper, GQ; Susan Taylor, Essence; and Stephen Shepard, BusinessWeek.


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Enzo grew up in the beautiful town of Torricella Peligna where his love for food and cooking was established early on. He learned in the kitchen from his chef mother and was making the family evening meal by the age of eleven. When it was time to choose his career path at fourteen, he knew that working with food was the only choice for him. For six years Enzo studied at the prestigious, world renowned Insituto Tecnico Alberghiero Villa Santa Maria. There he gained the highest awards for degrees in catering and teaching.
After working his way round Italy, Enzo moved to London in 1997 and quickly established his reputation as both a head chef and executive chef whilst working on TV, radio and leading presentations at food exhibitions allowed him to utilise his teaching skills. Since 2000 he has been vegan and sharing his knowledge about plant based cuisine in various roles and services within the food industry. His teachers, peers, students and colleagues agree that his friendly, professional approach to catering make him a pleasure to learn from and work with.


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Publication Date: October 2nd 2012 From Goodreads: Sixteen year old Evangeline "Evie" Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they're still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: October 2012
'Waiting On' Wednesday (25): Shadowlands by Kate Brian
**Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.** Shadowlands by Kate Brian Expected Publication Date: January 8th 2013 Publisher: Hyperion From Goodreads: Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived… and the… Read more »
MORE Blog Tour: Author Interview with T.M. Franklin
Today as part of the MORE Blog Tour, I am interviewing the lovely author, T.M. Franklin! (My questions and a few responses to her answers will be in Bold.) 1. What inspired you to write MORE?The original idea came from references to the mysterious Nephilim in the book of Genesis…. Read more »
Review: More by T.M. Franklin
Publication Date: October 4th 2012 From Goodreads: Ava Michaels used to think she was special. As a child, she fantasized about having magical powers . . . making things happen. But Ava grew up and eventually accepted the fact that her childish dreams were just that, and maybe a normal… Read more »


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"Welcome to the party, PAAAL."
– John McLane, 'Die Hard'
Welcome to StamperTV. Drop ya' drawls and let the party begin!
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Then he was all like, "Yo Stamp, you should make a website to put your shit on because YouTube is pussy and God me forbid you show a titty or make 'the wrong joke'…the world might fall into chaos!" Then I was all like, "Good idea, God!" Then he pointed at my titties and asked why I abandoned my workout plan…man I was PISSED. I was all like "FUCK YOU DUDE", then he got all pissy like the crybaby bitch he is and slapped the mug out of my hand, splashing coffee and sugary cream ALL over my fresh new Jordans. That's when I had to kick the shit out of him. In Street Fighter. Also in real life. Then we compared dick sizes and mine was way bigger, ANYWAY.
Plus his wiener looks funny…it's dark, brownish-green for some reason and bent like a question mark, ok ANYWAY.
Er…so welcome to StamperTV! I'll still be posting to YouTube and so forth, but anything I CAN'T post elsewhere will go riiight here. More freedom, less rules, the end. It also gives me the opportunity to be a bit more comprehensive on a project-to-project basis (a good example being Fairy Wish Prince).
So…yep. New site. Stay tuned, I'll be filling this bitch up as time goes on. If you're a borderline alcoholic like myself, and you're constantly looking for any reason at all to justify tipping one back…here you go! To the future. CLINK!
…FUCK this episode of Tales from the Crypt is scary! Shit son, I gotta sleep soon LOL! 😀
Sayonara boys and ghouls!
P.S. I can't put my finger on why exactly, but I'm mega horny all of a sudden!


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A University of Colorado mechanical engineering professor pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to mail fraud related to a contract he obtained with Los Alamos National Laboratories in 2008 and used for personal expenses, including international travel.
Oleg Viktorovich Vasilyev, 50, is expected to be sentenced in U.S. District Court in October, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. He could be sentenced to as many as 20 years in prison.
CU released a statement Tuesday that indicated that Vasilyev will resign, although university officials didn't know whether he had officially tendered his resignation Tuesday, nor could they say what his salary is.
CU spokeswoman Deborah Mendez-Wilson said Vasilyev, who was paid nine months out of the year, had been on unpaid leave since May of 2016 but was placed on paid leave in January because of a university policy. She did not have details Tuesday evening on why Vasilyev was put on paid leave in January, only that it involved a CU administrative policy.
The settlement agreement, which CU provided to the Daily Camera, stated that Vasilyev will repay the university $185,000 and resign his position immediately should he plead guilty to a felony.
Court records show that in 2006 Vasilyev applied for a $234,000 contract with Los Alamos National Laboratories, which is located in New Mexico, and did so without the knowledge of CU's Office of Contracts and Grants, which would customarily oversee such a contract.
After he bypassed that office, Vasilyev was able to set up an auxiliary account through the university that he was able to draw money from by submitting travel vouchers and other expense reimbursement requests. The laboratory deposited money into the account over a period of five or six years after Vasilyev arranged for invoices to be submitted to the laboratory, court records show.
Vasilyev used the funds to pay for, among other things, $140,000 in expenses for 23 international trips that were not related to the work he had been hired to do for the laboratory. The professor reportedly bragged to colleagues that he discovered a way to funnel research funds through the auxiliary account, according to court records.
CU lost about half of the refunds because of the way Vasilyev formulated the payments. Although he has agreed to repay the university about $185,000, Vasilyev is disputing the total amount of restitution he will be ordered to pay at his sentencing. Prosecutors contend that Vasilyev is on the hook for about $204,000, according to court records.
Vasilyev was indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2017, and pleaded guilty Monday to mail fraud and aiding and abetting, prosecutors said.
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ProVol is funded by
"Professional Volunteering" (ProVol) is a European partnership between Gemeinsam leben & lernen in Europa e.V. (GLL)(Germany), Volunteering Matters (United Kingdom), Centrul de Volontariat Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and Dobrovolnické centrum (Czech Republic).
Coordinated by "Gemeinsam leben & lernen in Europa", it developed an accessible, flexible and sustainable European model for training volunteer coordinators and volunteers, with a view to improving the effectiveness of volunteering activities and the quality of services delivered. Its result is also a training curriculum and handbook for both groups.
ProVol is funded by the European Commission's Erasmus+ programme.
Gemeinsam leben & lernen in Europa
Perdita Wingerter
Leopoldstraße 9
D- 94032 Passau
Tel.: +49-851-2132740
Die Absicht und Notwendigkeit in Waldkirchen einen Helferkreis aufzuziehen stand wie ein hoher Berg vor mir. Die Provolontariatsschulung half mir meine Gedanken zu ordnen, Ziele zu formulieren, und die notwendigen Schritte schon einmal in der Theorie durchzuspielen und durchzudenken. Außerdem hab ich erfahren wie sich Gruppe anfühlt, wenn man gemeinsam etwas entwickeln will. Erfahrungen zwischen Begeisterung und Streit, die mir dann in der Praxis sehr gut geholfen haben.
Anton Süß, Germany
Vor der Provolontariatsschulung hatte ich die Vision, in unserer Gemeinschaftsunterkunft in Waldkirchen Deutschtraining von Frauen für Frauen anzubieten. Aber wie ich das organisieren könnte, und ob ich mir das zutrauen sollte, wusste ich nicht. Im Kreis von Gleichgesinnten hat mir die Schulung nicht nur das nötige Wissen vermittelt, sondern mir auch das Selbstvertrauen mit auf den Weg gegeben mein Projekt ins Leben zu rufen.
Gabi Guadamillas, Germany
I have received so many useful information in the last few days that I feel it will take a bit of time for me to do everything properly. From the new things in the volunteer law to the volunteer management system, policies and procedures, there are many things our organization can improve in the way we work with volunteers, in order to be really professional in this field. I strongly recommend this training to all volunteer coordinators and volunteers. Event the organizations that have more experience can benefit and learn many things in this context."
Simona Criste, Romania
"Taking part in the Volunteer Management Training was one of the most inspiring events in my NGO life. Alongside a group of determined young people, with more or less experience in the field, we went through team building activities, various approaches in working with volunteers, but also legal and financial aspect that were very welcome for people with less knowledge about how the NGO field works. My favourite part was, for instance, learning about the legal aspects of volunteering in my country. I consider this aspect to be very little known, by few people, and hence quite useful when applied in organizations. Even now, when I manage 90+ volunteers, one of the best things to motivate them with is to specify that there is a law that grants them work experience if they volunteer. I also enjoyed a lot learning about how to build plans, diagrams, and calendars, and about how to promote and make your organization visible. The trainers were very well prepared, and they worked and communicated with us quite easily, which showed that they are not only competent, but kind, empathic people, as well. I would highly recommend taking part in this training to anyone working with volunteers."
Iulia Rosca-Dromereschi, Romania
I remember wonderful group of people, we went through well prepared training. I feel like this training ProVol is important for further education of volunteers coordinators, or for someone who is working in NGOs. The huge advantage was accessibility for interested persons. Daniela Kováčová, volunteers coordinator in KZ, a.s. – Nemocnice Most, o.z.
Daniela Kováčová, Czech Republic
Adéla Kašková, volunteer coordinator in Jirkov
Training course Management of volunteering I. professionalization of volunteering in region Ústí nad Labem has defined the key topics in education of volunteering, which everyone, who deals with volunteering, should focus their attention to. Each training day of the course, was full of new information and knowledge. Added value of the whole training was very well assembled a group of participants that support each other, and they added and exchanged their experiences. I'm glad I could participate in the training. It was very helpful to me to get an overview about current events on the field of volunteering. Thanks belongs once again to the entire team of trainers, who led the entire training on high level of professionality and expertise.
Adéla Kašková, Czech Republic
"I found the seminars really useful for my work. I get to organize a lot of volunteers in my day to day life, and achieving some practical background, on how to structure and coordinate the activities for them it was a very interesting and important point that I think this project offered me. The international approach was also an asset, since we had the opportunity to exchange good practices and methods withy a lot of people from very different backgrounds."
Oana Muresan, Romania


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Integrative Thinking, as Roger Martin defines it in his splendid book on the subject, The Opposable Mind: Winning Through Integrative Thinking, is:
The ability to face constructively the tension of opposing ideas and instead of choosing one at the expense of the other, generate a creative resolution of the tension in the form of a new idea that contains elements of the opposing ideas but is superior to each.
The cognitive dissonance we experience as we work our way through this tension often comes with a high level of emotional and cognitive discomfort. It's painful–frightening even–to question the 'truth' and reality of our knowledge and beliefs. All too often, in an effort to rid ourselves of this highly unpleasant sense of unease, we disengage with one of the two elements procuding the dissonance; disregarding one idea or point of view to focus exclusively on the one that feels familiar and safe to us. In disengaging, we lose out on the vast possibilities of the tension. Not only is this a lost opportunity for us to grow as teams and individuals, it often holds a heavy social and human cost as we hold on to harmful and negative stereotypes and assumptions about who other people are and what their beliefs may be.
Just a few days ago, I read an intriguing theory from physicist and investigator of human cognitive functioning, Leonid Perlovsky, that suggests adding music to our Integrative Thinking toolbox as a coping strategy to stay in the uncomfortable, if highly productive, space of cognitive dissonance long enough to work through the tensions and derive the benefits. Music, according to Perlovsky, is an "evolutionary adaptation, one that helps us navigate a world rife with contradictions."
The idea is that music – which can convey an array of nuanced emotions – helps us reconcile our own conflicted emotions when making choices. And the more diverse, differentiated emotions we possess, the more well-founded our decisions become. Whether it's choosing to play with a toy or deciding to propose to a boyfriend or girlfriend, our research shows that music can enhance our cognitive abilities.
Thus, because we constantly grapple with cognitive dissonances, we created music, in part, to help us tolerate – and overcome – them.
This is the universal purpose of music.
Perlovsky backs up his theory by sharing some of the experiments he and his team have conducted on the subject. One of the experiments that he shares will be of particular interest to educators and integrative thinkers:
we gave a group of fifteen-year-old students a typical multiple choice exam, and asked them to record the difficulty of each question, along with how much time it took them to answer each one.
It turned out that more difficult questions were answered faster (and grades suffered), because students didn't want to prolong unpleasant dissonance of choosing between difficult options. However when Mozart's music played in the background, they spent more time on the difficult questions. Their scores improved.
Source: How music helps resolve our deepest inner conflicts


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Coach Profile: Grandview's Andy Leech 9/3
By Dion Clisso PrepsKC Managing Editor
Andy Leech is a Grandview Bulldog. From the day he started teaching and coaching he has been a part of the Grandview community.
The Bulldogs head coach is entering his third year as the head coach after spending the previous 11 seasons as an assistant. In that time he has worked for several head coaches and he said he has taken a little bit of all of them to make up his coaching style.
"I've worked for Joe Hornback, Jason Jones, Jason Godfrey and Ron Freeman," Leech said. "Working under these four men has molded our current philosophy into what it is today. Each have left an impression on me that I take forward into the future of the program."
The Bulldogs have been competitive in Leech's first two years even if the record didn't show it. In 2010 Grandview finished 2-8 but it took a two-overtime loss at Center to prevent the Bulldogs from advancing into the Class 4 playoffs.
Last season the record was again 2-8 but the eight losses came to playoff teams. This season Grandview opened with an impressive 43-28 win over Oak Park and good things could be ahead.
Even though wins and losses are important, Leech said he gains his enjoyment from just teaching, coaching and helping young men grow.
"I love teaching, football is an extension of the classroom for me and having a class of motivated students is awesome," Leech said. "Our philosophy is to produce as many college ready student athletes as possible. For many of our students, football will be the only way to make college a reality. We strive to ensure every athlete has a GPA and ACT score high enough that if a coach has a scholarship or partial scholarship for them, they will qualify to accept it. We try to put our players where they will be most successful at the next level, not just where we currently have a need for them. We have had 13 athletes receive football scholarship money the past two years and we are looking to increase that number with this class of seniors."
Leech is a passionate coach who looks to make his sport and team better but he knows that what is at home is what enables him to do his job every day.
"Something to change would simply be more hours in a day," Leech said. "The coaching profession right now is extremely demanding on our schedules and unfortunately it's usually our families that suffer the most. I am blessed to have a wonderful wife that married into the profession with me and a son who is not yet old enough to care."
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The Moose Lodge is a new luxury property located close to the base of Park City Mountain Resort. The property offers luxurious two-bedroom, two bathroom units which are all decorated with the finest details in mind. Guests will delight in the rustic finishes, hardwood floors, and well appointed kitchen. Available to guests is a common area hot tub, underground parking, while some units even have private hot tubs! Boasting a fantastic and convenient location, guests are able to walk to popular Main Street shopping, dining and activities. Rent a bike and enjoy taking in the historic Old Town scenery surrounding you, or head out for a day of hiking on the miles of trails at Park City Mountain Resort, located at your doorstep. Located at the intersection of Park Avenue and 15th Street, gusts have access to everything Park City has to offer! If you're exhausted after a day on the slopes, the free Park City transportation system is located near by and will take you anywhere you would like to go in Park City!
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