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The Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail is one of the nicest ones I have seen. I'm sure that I'll get a lot disagreement on that, but to me, it's the perfect balance of chrome and black. It's also one of the easiest to mount a cell phone, GPS or camera to. So, here's our article about mounts and holders for a Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail motorcycle.
The photo that accompanies this article is of a Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail cockpit. You can see there is a lot of different places to mount a cell phone, GPS, camera or satellite radio. The handlebar is an obvious choice. So is the clutch and brake reservoir. You can also consider a fairing mount.
The diameter of the Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail handlebar comes in at a standard 1.25 inches. There's lots of handlebar real estate on each side of the stem. This is great news for people who like to mount devices on their handlebar. The clutch is another good place for mounting. I prefer the handlebar but some prefer the clutch as it looks a little cleaner.
Let's open the discussion with smartphone recommendations. Over the past few years, I am seeing more phones mounted versus GPS devices. Not a surprise. By the way, if you haven't tried it, check out our Waze review. I think that's the best GPS app out there.
If using a phone on your motorcycle, be sure to use a good case like an Otterbox Defender or LifeProof case to protect your smartphone against road debris. The small investment will help to protect against potential damage to your expensive phone and it's worth the small investment.
For motorcycle use, it's important that you select a mount that has a well constructed cradle that is going to hold your phone tightly so that it stays secure in high vibration environments.
The RAM X-Grip line of mounts continues to a be one of our go-to phone mounts for motorcycle use. We wrote a very detailed article on the X-Grip series which you can read here. Most smartphones, especially with a case or skin, can use the RAM X-Grip IV Handlebar Mount. These are well constructed mounts that are mostly made of powder coated metal. These mounts feature the expandable X-Grip IV cradle which can open to 4.5 inches and that's large enough for practically any phone and even many GPS devices. These handlebar mounts allow complete 360 degree rotation of your device. The manufacturer now includes a safety tether with these mounts which is a nice added touch. These come with a lifetime warranty from the manufacturer.
A similar mount which will fit the clutch on a Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail is the RAM Brake/Clutch Reservoir Mount with Universal X-Grip IV Phone Cradle. These come with a set of bolts that will replace the factory bolts that are already there. They are a little longer than the original bolts to accommodate the added length of the mounting post. These are more difficult to install than your basic handlebar mount so be sure to follow the directions and use a mechanic if not comfortable working on your motorcycle. This mount has the same cradle as the handlebar model we just discussed in the prior paragraph.
Most GPS owners are using a Garmin GPS. Either a Garmin Zumo or one of the car models like a Garmin Nuvi or Garmin Drive. The Zumo includes a RAM motorcycle mount that will attach to your handlebar or clutch. That's an excellent metal mount that is made by RAM.
The Garmin Nuvi or Garmin Drive use a cradle that has a 17mm socket on the back. You will use a mount that has a 17mm ball on it. We recommend tethering the GPS to your handlebar if possible for added safety.
A good entry-level mount with that 17mm ball that is marketed for motorcycle use is the Arkon Handlebar Mount for Garmin Nuvi and Garmin Drive GPS. These fit handlebar diameters up to 1.25 inches and include a rubber strip to prevent marring of chrome surfaces. Don't be tempted to skip to skip the rubber strip. We recommend using it to protect the chrome finish. These mounts are attached with a screwdriver to tighten two bolts.
A higher priced but better handlebar mount is the Arkon Premium Aluminum Motorcycle Garmin GPS Motorcycle Mount. These will fit your Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail handlebar just fine and like the previous mount, it has a 17mm ball on the end. It's made of metal and installs with the included hex wrench. Keep the wrench as you will need it if you want to remove the mount.
I mentioned the clutch on a Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail as a popular location for mounting. Techmount manufactures a well made Harley-Davidson and Metric Control Mount Kit that features a 17mm ball. That's the same size ball that Garmin uses for the back of their GPS cradles. This part comes with stainless steel bolts that will replace the current manufacturer bolts. If you would like to mount a phone, you can add the Techmount TechGripper Cradle to the mount. This makes this particular mount a dual purpose mount. Add the cradle when you want to use it for your phone. Optionally remove the cradle when it's time for a GPS (although you can also use the cradle). Use a tether on your GPS for added safety.
There are many camera mounts available for a handlebar but they aren't all well suited for motorcycle use. A camera has a unique requirement to minimize vibration. Some higher end cameras have technology embedded into the software to minimize this affect. Most do not. Buying a plastic mount with a tripod screw embedded is likely to yield a very shaky video so you will want to find a mount that has vibration dampening technology.
The RAM Handlebar Rail Mount for Cameras has been proven over many years to be the best out there for this purpose. Using a plastic mount without dampening features will likely result in a very dizzy viewer. Opt for the better metal variety from RAM. It fits up to 1.25 inch diameter and has a small support platform built into the adapter head. The mount pivots and swivels. You will likely need to mount a camera fairly high up on the handlebar to get an unobstructed view.
So there you have it. Lots of choices. The Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail is one of the easier motorcycles for mounting stuff. While there are certainly other locations that will work, the handlebar and clutch are the easiest to install.


text: I feel like it's become so common to have shootings in America that people don't even pay attention anymore. For example, the latest shootings, which took place in regular places, were by really crazy people who were kind of "normal." I mean, they weren't terrorists or teens, just average people. I think it's a huge problem in society that these people aren't condemned more harshly. These people should be publicly shamed, and not just sent off to jail or whatever. Can't we come up with some creative ways other than the death penalty to make sure these kinds of people think twice about something before they do it? My suggestion would be that the punishment for public shootings, like the latest shootings, be something like a lifetime of hard labor in a real prison camp. Even if that prison camp ends up having just one inmate, I bet others wouldn't want to kill anybody if they knew how hopeless their lives would become.

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February 10, 2006 Xplosion results took place in Orlando, Florida at the Universal Studios.
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Team Canada (A1, Bobby Roode, Eric Young & Petey Williams) defeated Cassidy Riley, Ron Killings & The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens)


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Beth Kanter's books and articles help visitors and locals alike experience the tastes, sights, and unique feel of the nation's capital. Beth has written four books about her favorite city including Day Trips from Washington DC, Washington DC Chef's Table,Food Lovers' Guide to Washington DC, and Great Food Finds Washington, DC. Her essays and articles have appeared in national newspapers, magazines, and online. Beth has an MSJ from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and teaches writing workshops.
Emily Pearl Goodstein is a digital strategy consultant, sheet cake enthusiast, photographer, and rabble rouser from Washington, DC. She loves oversharing on social media—follow along at @emilygoodstein for restaurant suggestions and other insider info. This is Emily's third book about her hometown in collaboration with Beth Kanter.


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Monday, December 29, 2008
Xmas pressies
A few of my Stampin' Up! team, Gail Force Stampers, and our respective children went out to dinner last week to celebrate Christmas. We had a lovely time, unfortunately a few of the girls were sick so it was just a small group that went along. Above is a photo of some of the gifts I had made for the girls. They contain a boxed hand cream and were very easy to make, using a 1/3rd of a sheet of patterned paper (Stampin' Up! Holiday Harmony DS paper (from the 08 spring mini), some cardstock, a cello bag and ribbon).
Posted by Gail Kirby at 10:40 PM
3 comments:
- Chris said...
And thank you again for the lovely gift (and the yummy tablet which lasted about 30 seconds once it got in the door).
- December 30, 2008 at 8:32 AM
- Gail Kirby said...
You are welcome :-) You will have nice soft hands now for demoing lol!
- December 30, 2008 at 8:38 AM
- kazy2004 said...
I will also say thanks soo much Gail. The cream is perfect for my new small handbag. And my fudge lasted minus 30 seconds LOL.
- December 30, 2008 at 9:27 AM
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Sara Schulz is entering her seventh year at the helm of the western team. During her time guiding the Pomeroys, SMWC has been the IHSA Zone 7 Region High Point team every year.
Since 2011, Schulz has had nine riders in the top 10 at the national level. In 2013-2014, under the guidance of coach Schulz, the Pomeroys had the top three Open Riders in Zone 7 Region 1. Also in 2014, Schulz guided one rider to victory in the Open Reining class at the semifinals. In her first five seasons at the helm, Schulz led the western program to one-sixth place finish at the IHSA semifinals. In 2014-2015, Schulz led the Pomeroys to IHSA Nationals where SMWC finished fourth, which capped SMWC's most successful season. She coaches the 2014-15 Walk/Trot IHSA National Champion in Kendall Dudenhoeffer and the Novice IHSA Reserve National Champion in Hannah Hein. In 2015-16 She guided Dudenhoeffer to a fourth-place finish in Individual Beginner Western Horsemanship and Hannah Hein to an 18th place finish in the AQHA High Point Western Rider division.
Prior to being head coach, Schulz spent a four-year stint from 1996-2000 as an assistant coach for the equestrian program.
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Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos
Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tufts University in 1994 as the Raytheon Professor of Pollution Prevention. Previously, she worked for MIT's Department of Chemical Engineering and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She has served as the editor of Applied Catalysis B: Environmental since 2002, and is an associate editor of Science Advances. She holds ten patents and has written more than 160 technical papers. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulous' research interests include nanoscale gold catalysts, single atom supported metal catalysts, fuel processing and fuel cells, and single atom alloy catalysts for selective hydrogenation and oxidation reactions.The Nano Catalysis and Energy Laboratory investigates new catalyst materials for the production of hydrogen and 'green' chemicals. Pioneering work from the lab has demonstrated the use of single atom catalysts for reactions of interest to fuel processing, which entails efficient and sustainable use of precious metals in clean energy production, and in the commodity and value-added chemicals production with improved yields and reduced carbon footprint.


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Health & Safety
Safety is a critical part of the Apollo way.
The success of Apollo's approach to Health & Safety is its integration into every stage of the project, from design through construction and the life of the building.
It is building safely. It is creating safe, healthy environments. It is designing facilities that work for you, the client, and it is creating spaces that protect our people.
We undertake specialist 'Safety in Design' workshops, where we identify potential hazards in the early stages of the project and make better design choices to ensure the safety of not only our contractors, but the people who will be working in the finished facility.
On site, it is the belief that safety is everyone's responsibility that drives our culture. We believe in growing safety leaders by empowering employees and contractors to take ownership of their safety and the safety of those around them. This is achieved through a structured approach to Health & Safety, outlining specific risk assessments and hazard identification processes.
Apollo's systems provide our clients 'peace of mind'. The new H&S at Work law requires all parties involved in a project to demonstrate due diligence. Apollo will manage the Health & Safety throughout the project and keep the client and consultants updated of all activities and the processes employed to manage the safety of the site. Collaboration and communication is the key to successfully working together to meet the requirements of the new law.
Our systems have been independently audited and placed in the top in the industry.
- Has a five star assessment rating from pan-industry Impac PREQUAL prequalification standard, placing us in the top 3% of contractors in New Zealand for H&S
- Is an established member of the Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter
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I had the great pleasure of visiting V-etiquette on a night when a clothes auction was organized at V-ettiqette in Shunyi. I was captivated by the amazing space Vida Zhang, the owner of V-etiquette, has created around her. I was in awe of all the bouquets of dried flowers, cute home decor, cozy fabrics, woven baskets, vibrant posters, and fragrant herbs.
I am a mother obsessed with homemaking, I love anything that will make our family home a more cozy place to be in, kids arts and crafts, paintings, fresh flowers and cute pillows all those things my husband deems unnecessary. So finding Zhang in her magical world of homemaking was a like a dream come true. I thought the art of etiquette and homemaking was lost. But Vida has proved that it is nothing but lost, etiquette and homemaking are so much alive.
Zhang explained to me that she started her bilingual home management school about a year and half ago; Zhang has a passion for etiquette and home making. She provides classes for girls and their mothers from six years old. Zhang teaches mothers and daughters to cook, make flower arrangements, decorate napkins, mix drinks, make candles, and the lost art of being a great hostess.
Zhang has lived for 20 years in America and has attended etiquette school and flower arranging classes. She has a flair for making you feel warm and welcome in her loft style home management school. The space is more like a cozy home with nick knacks to find in every corner. I leave Zhang's magical space feeling renewed and filled with new ideas to add to my own home.
Zhang has Chinese tutorial videos online explaining simple western etiquette rules, like why and how to push in your chair, and how and why you should use a coaster for your drink. She is elegant explaining in her videos how to mix drinks and how to enjoy them. My parents will be surprised that I almost completely understood what Zhang was explaining in her tutorial video "how to push in a chair." I have secretly listened and learned from my parents etiquette lessons. But I will send my daughter to Vida Zhang when she is old enough, so she can learn some manners from the Chinese Martha Stewart in Shunyi.
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The 90s is the best decade in history. It brought us the Rugrats, Boy Meets World, "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" Will Smith, "Gettin' Jiggy With It" Will Smith, "save the planet" Will Smith, boy bands, ska music, East Coast vs West Coast Rap battles, Biggie, Tupac, blow jobs in the Oval Office, Stone Cold Steve Austin, the NWO, and of course Michael Jordan and the one and only Chicago Bulls.
It was a fascinating decade where youthful revolt turned to apathy. Where we focused on enjoying life rather than trying to fix all its problems. Many great aspects of the 90s live on and the ripples can still be felt, but there are also many people, places, and events that never made it out of the 90s or at least never achieved the same success outside of that great decade. I want to take a look at those things that have been lost in the annals of history in our newest segment, "Lost in the 90s."
First up, Tom Emanski. The brilliant baseball mind whose teachings helped produce baseball's back-to-back-to-back AAU National Champions. Anyone from the 90s that watched ESPN remembers Emanki's commercials for his VHS instructional videos on how to play the game of baseball the "right way." Funny that right and white rhyme in this instance. Don't you think?
The greatest gift for an overbearing, delusional father whom wants to push his son as hard as humanly possible in order to live vicariously through him on his way to the Big Leagues in order to ignore the fact that he got cut from his JV High School team. These videos were a gold mine for Emanksi whom made millions off the sales. Kids of the 90s had to suffer through these dry, boring videos to "learn the game" when all they wanted to do was go out and play something that was actually fun with their friends.
Emanski was a baseball lifer, despite growing up in the furthest thing from a baseball hot bed, New Jersey. This man had an undying love for fundamentals that carried over to all aspects of life. His wife never has to worry about having a good time on her birthday and anniversary. Emanski starting working as a MLB scout in the 70s before taking his incredible skills of observation to the instructional field in the 80s. However, it was a lesson in Orlando with a young 18 year old, aspiring ballplayer named Fred McGriff that took his career to new heights.
Larel and Hardy, Batman and Robin, Lewis and Martin, Regis and Kathy Lee, Jordan and Pippen, Sheen and "any pornstar willing to fuck for cocaine," and Emanski and McGriff. These are the names in the Pantheon of great duos to ever grace God's green earth. In 1991, when Emanski was preparing to launch his instructional video series, now known simply as "The Nine Commandments," he knew he needed something or someone to make a splash. Enter Fred "the Crime Dog" McGriff, at the time the starting first baseman for the Chicago Cubs. Emanski called in a favor to the man he helped turn into an eventual Hall of Famer and of course McGriff said yes. He picked up the Crime Dog straight from Wrigley, after one of the team's surprisingly low 83 losses, and they drove to a local high school field to make history. Naming the greatest commercial of all-time is a subjective manner, but anyone that has ever seen Emanski's commercials would have a hard time saying any other is better.
After the success of the videos, Emanski was living the high life. The private jets, the limo rides, the parties, the women, it all came fast and easy for this 90s superstar. It unfortunately did not leave any time for Emanski to manage a baseball team himself, which would no doubt lead to him becoming the most successful of all-time. Then the 90s came to an end and his star inexplicably lost some shine. Everyone once in awhile someone references his name in passing, but never with the reverence it deserves. But really, I'm not sure if that is even possible. He may no longer get the recognition that he deserves, but for any child or father of the 90s, Tom Emanski will forever be the greatest baseball mind the world has ever known.


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In NBA playoffs, buzzer-beating shot are revered in social media but ridiculed if it doesn't go in. This was Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan's predicament in the dying seconds of winnable Game 4 against San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. Isntead, Spurs won 111-107 leads 3-2 in the series.
DeAndre Jordan was called for offensive interference on Blake Griffin shot that looks like to go in even if DeAndre doesn't touch ball. The supposed Griffin shot could win the game in taking the lead by a point with 4 seconds left in the game. But that all erased on DeAndre's violation call which give the ball position back to the Spurs.
DeAndre's action spurred trending comments from the fans on social media.
My cable jus went out Deandre Jordan took that away too with the interference call
— Antonio Gates (@TheDouch3) April 29, 2015
GIF: Oh DeAndre…. pic.twitter.com/Ci3pg45wbf
— The Cauldron (@TheCauldron) April 29, 2015
heartbreaker of a play. RT @Jeramie: I feel bad for DeAndre Jordan. Great guy trying to make a great play.
— Holly MacKenzie (@stackmack) April 29, 2015
DeAndre Jordan just cost the Clippers the game and most likely the series. That ball was going in. You gotta be smarter than that.
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Antarctic temperature hit record low
Baby, it's cold outside. But if you think this is bad, picture spending your summer months in Antarctica: a new data set shows that the South Pole set a world record for low temperature in 2010, and came within fractions of a degree of the same temperature this July.
According to new NASA satellite data, the mercury dipped to -135.8 degrees Fahrenheit in August 2010, and -135.3 degrees on July 31, 2013.
Researchers called it "soul-crushing" cold. It's so cold that most of the time researchers actually need to breathe through a snorkel that brings air into the coat through a sleeve and warms it up "so you don't inhale by accident" the cold air, said ice scientist Ted Scambos, of the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
The area is known for harsh conditions. This month, the organizers of the Walking with the Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge, an event in which Prince Harry and a team of wounded veterans were racing across Antarctica, downgraded the event from a race to trek due to safety concerns.Scambos said the new record is "50 degrees colder than anything that has ever been seen in Alaska or Siberia or certainly North Dakota."
The old record had been -128.6 degrees, which is -89.2 degrees Celsius.
"It's more like you'd see on Mars on a nice summer day in the poles," Scambos said, from the American Geophysical Union scientific meeting in San Francisco Monday, where he announced the data. "I'm confident that these pockets are the coldest places on Earth."
However, it won't be in the Guinness Book of World Records because these were satellite measured, not from thermometers, Scambos said.
"Thank God, I don't know how exactly it feels," Scambos said. But he said scientists do routinely make naked 100 degree below zero dashes outside in the South Pole, so people can survive that temperature for about three minutes.
On Monday, the coldest U.S. temperature was a relatively balmy 27 degrees below zero Fahrenheit in Yellowstone, Wyo., said Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the private firm Weather Underground.
"If you want soul-crushing cold, you really have to go overseas," Scambos said in a phone interview. "It's just a whole other level of cold because on that cold plateau, conditions are perfect."
Scambos said the air is dry, the ground chilly, the skies cloudless and cold air swoops down off a dome and gets trapped in a chilly lower spot "hugging the surface and sliding around."
While the reading is interesting, it doesn't mean much in the grand scheme, said Waleed Abdalati, an ice scientist at the University of Colorado and NASA's former chief scientist.
Both Abdalati, who wasn't part of the measurement team, and Scambos said this is likely an unusual random reading in a place that hasn't been measured much before and could have been colder or hotter in the past and we wouldn't know.
"It does speak to the range of conditions on this Earth, some of which we haven't been able to observe," Abdalati said.


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Reflective Journal 14
This semester has been very interesting and fun! I've really enjoyed being offsite this semester, being in the high school setting has an experience that I have enjoyed being in. The only "bad" thing about semester would probably be my physiology class, that has kind of been a struggle but other than that nothing else has been bad. This semester has taught me be more determined so I definitely want to carry that over into next semester.
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*New this summer*
Rising Stars Class
Classes starts the week of June 11th – no classes the week of June 25th or July 2nd)
Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30-7:30pm
Come one time a week or to both classes!
This class is an introduction to single subjects dance classes.
Each week the students will be introduced to a new style of dance!
Ages: Rising Kindergarten through 9yrs old (who are new to dance)
Classes start the week of June 11th
2/3 yr old (birthday as of 6/15) – Mondays 5-30-6:30pm
4/5 yr old (birthday as of 6/15) – Tuesdays 5:30-6:30pm
We will be introducing our students to many different styles of dance.
Each student will also make a craft and receive a snack each week!
Come join us as we explore the Disney Kingdom with our Prince and Princesses and a lot more!
Cost: $50 Punch Card for 6 classes or $10 each class
5-6pm – Ballet
6-7pm – Hip Hop
7-8pm – Acrobatics/Gymnastics
8-9pm – Specialty Class (This class will change weekly. Example: Audition Preparation, Acting Class, "Dance Team" Style dance, etc)
5-6pm – Strength & Conditioning
6-7pm – Lyrical/Contemporary
7-8pm – *Pre Pointe (7:00-7:30pm)
*Pointe (7:30-8:00pm)
*By Invitation only. Pointe Students must also take pre-pointe.
5-6pm – Acrobatics/Gymnastics
6-7pm – Jazz/Musical Theater
7-8pm – Tap
*No Classes the Week of June 25th or July 2nd as we will be in Florida for Nationals
*Cost: $55 Punch Card for 7 classes or $10 per class


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Time Changes Everything
By Melinda Dozier
Amanda Larson has dedicated herself to her job and doesn't want any interference – from a man or her bossy mother. That is until she meets up with her childhood crush, Jake Edwards, now a sexy big-shot lawyer in New York City.
Jake Edwards enjoys the bachelor life and believes commitment is not in his blood. But, when Jake sees his little Mandy again, he realizes he might just be wrong.
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Over the Boards: LaFontaine did research with Neelyby Dan Rosen
Cam Neely thought Pat LaFontaine was merely picking his brain to see how things were going as one longtime friend and former competitor checking in with another. Little did Neely know LaFontaine was on a clandestine advice-seeking mission each time the two spoke earlier this season.
"Looking back I can say maybe it was research," Neely, the Boston Bruins' president and alternate governor, told NHL.com, "but during the conversations it felt that it was just his interest in what was happening."
LaFontaine and Neely are laughing about those conversations now, two weeks after LaFontaine was named the Buffalo Sabres' president of hockey operations. He was hired on Nov. 13.
"I couldn't quite tell him everything," LaFontaine told NHL.com. "After he found out he sent me a funny email, called me and wished me good luck."
Do you think the Devils will try to acquire a top-four defenseman at some point? -- @amazingjr87
They should try to get one of those guys, maybe someone on an expiring contract like Nikita Nikitin from the Columbus Blue Jackets, Tom Gilbert from the Florida Panthers or Nick Schultz from the Edmonton Oilers. I'm not suggesting they're going after those guys, just merely using them as examples. And it's debatable if Nikitin and Schultz are even top-four blueliners right now. Regardless, they should try. They should stay in the playoff mix if they continue to get the goaltending they're getting from Martin Brodeur and Cory Schneider. They have a lot of defensemen, but I'm not sure they have great depth at the position.
There was no talk of James Reimer for Team Canada in your piece, not even a peep. If he stays hot why not bring him along as a third? -- @NathanKanter11
For reference, I offered my selections for Canada's Olympic roster in this story (READ HERE) that came out Monday. My selections for Canada's three goalies were Roberto Luongo, Carey Price and Corey Crawford.
How can the Islanders be fixed? -- @BillyFitzz
Six words and yet it's such a loaded question. There are so many ways to go about answering this, but I'll start in goal. The Islanders need a young, yet somewhat proven NHL goalie that can grow with the team. They don't have that now. Two of them were available after last season (Jonathan Bernier, Cory Schneider). They should have tried to get either one. Maybe they did and couldn't. They should have tried harder then. Teams can't win with subpar goaltending. Good goaltending sends confidence through the dressing room. Teams play better when they can trust the goalie. Once the Islanders solve their issue in goal they can go about working on the defense, which clearly needs some work.
There's a reason why LaFontaine chose Neely as his secret sage.
"I have great respect for him," LaFontaine said. "I'm so happy to see him have success in Boston."
LaFontaine wants to have similar success in Buffalo, but their roles are different. Neely acts as the conduit between the day-to-day hockey and business operations of the club and Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs; LaFontaine is tasked only with revamping the hockey side of the Sabres. Ted Black handles Buffalo's business side as the team's president and alternate governor.
However, LaFontaine and Neely have enough in common that the Sabres' new hockey boss thought it wise to collect advice from the Bruins' president.
They were drafted the same year (1983), only six spots from each other with LaFontaine going third to the New York Islanders and Neely ninth to the Vancouver Canucks. Neely retired in 1996 because of injuries; LaFontaine retired two years later because of injuries. LaFontaine was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003; Neely was inducted two years later. They have combined forces for various other projects, and now they're working for the teams they used to play for.
"Cam fills his role in the hockey capacity in a very important way, because it's a connection between the owner and president now down to the general manager and the coaching staff," LaFontaine said. "In good organizations there aren't any disconnects. You want to be connected and everybody working at the same page. My responsibility is not only putting the people in place, but making sure everybody is working together, having input, going in the right direction. The responsibility lies on my shoulder to make sure the right people are picked and to make sure things are running the right way, everybody is doing their job."
Neely didn't have to do all that. General manager Peter Chiarelli and coach Claude Julien were in place when Neely took over as the team's president in 2010 after a three-year run as vice president. Chiarelli and Julien have made his job easier, Neely said.
"When you have good people, you can focus on other areas that you might need to focus on," he added.
LaFontaine is in the process of putting what he hopes are good people into prominent positions. He said he has begun interviewing candidates for the Sabres' general manager opening, and has more scheduled. He doesn't have a timetable for when he wants to have a GM in place.
Neely confirmed the Bruins have granted assistant GM Jim Benning permission to interview with LaFontaine for the Sabres' opening.
"He's been a valuable part of our organization and I can see why Pat and the Sabres would want to talk to him," Neely said of Benning.
Other reported candidates include Pittsburgh Penguins assistant general manager Jason Botterill, Nashville Predators assistant general manager Paul Fenton, and Montreal Canadiens assistant general manager Rick Dudley.
LaFontaine did not reveal who he has interviewed or will interview, but said his list of candidates has expanded from its original form.
"I did start out with kind of a shorter list, but there have been some recommendations from some very respected people in our game that I felt it was important to keep an open mind," LaFontaine said. "Obviously I would like to identify who the next one is, the right fit, and once we make the decision we want that general manager to be here for many, many years, so I'd rather take the time. If somebody comes extremely highly recommended, it's worth the time to meet those candidates."
LaFontaine rolling with the punches
Two weeks into his tenure and LaFontaine already has the sour taste of losing. The Sabres are 1-4-0 since he and coach Ted Nolan took over for departed GM Darcy Regier and ex-coach Ron Rolston.
LaFontaine is trying to keep perspective as he evaluates his new club.
"I hate to lose like anybody else who is competitive, but I also have to be realistic," he said. "I'm mainly focused on where our energy level is, where our compete level is, who wants to continue to work hard on every shift, who is showing up consistently. Creating the culture is more important. Results will come, but I want to see who really wants to be here under the culture and environment we're going to create."
LaFontaine said he brought in Nolan because he needed "somebody down in the trenches who I can work with to not only watch the players but identify what's going on, on the inside."
He said he needs to have patience, a trait he's been practicing since he hung up his skates.
"One thing I have learned since being retired is you can't dig the puck out of the corner, make a pass and score a goal in 10 seconds anymore," he said. "It doesn't work that way in life. We talk about delayed gratification. In this case I've had to learn to adapt with patience.
"We're seeing what we have. You can't expect things to happen and change in five games. Over a month or two things start to show."
Speaking of Hall of Fame players turned executives, what about Brett Hull?
Hull learned about life as a general manager in the NHL while working in tandem with Les Jackson for the Dallas Stars from 2007-09. The experience made him realize he doesn't want to work in hockey operations on a full-time basis.
"The only thing I would ever do on the hockey side is be an adviser," Hull told NHL.com. "There are too many people that don't have a clue that actually think they do have a clue."
Instead, Hull has taken his candor and experience as a Hall of Fame player to the business side of the game, working for the St. Louis Blues as an executive vice president with a focus on business development. He thinks he's found his niche helping team chairman Tom Stillman and president of business operations Bruce Affleck bring dollars and notoriety back into the franchise.
"I always thought I'd retire and play golf, but after five years and too many pounds, I'm like, 'I gotta do something,'" said Hull, who scored 741 goals during his playing career. "When Tom and the local ownership took over I thought it's a great opportunity to come back, be with a team and organization that I love with great local ownership that care about the team.
"[We're] trying to get back in good graces with the business people and the civic people of St. Louis after the last ownership group alienated them. We're trying to regain the trust in the business community."
Bruins president Cam Neely talking about the big picture in Boston:
"It's about making sure we're setting ourselves up to be in a good spot come the end of the season. I feel we have a team that can compete again for the Stanley Cup. Our players have been around a little bit now, they know what it takes, what kind of road it is to get there. From my perspective you want to see consistency and the effort, get yourself in a nice spot as the season progresses to set yourself."
Eric Staal on the two games this week between the Hurricanes and Devils, who are each 9-10-5 and tied for fourth in the Metropolitan Division:
"Great opportunity. You've gotta be excited about it. Divisional games, back-to-back, home-and-home, it's a great challenge for us. They're playing better. We've gotta win these games to take that step forward and establish ourselves as a good team in our division."
However, Hull said he's not removing himself from the hockey discussion in St. Louis, especially if general manager Doug Armstrong or coach Ken Hitchcock wants to bend his ear.
"I'm always there to listen," Hull said.
What about Mike Modano in Dallas?
Modano is also enjoying his second career in hockey as the Stars executive adviser and alternate governor. He works side-by-side with Jim Lites, the Stars' president, CEO and alternate governor, as the organization tries to re-establish its connections in the Dallas business community.
"It's not real heavy lifting," Modano told NHL.com. "We felt we lost a lot with the whole transition of the ownership and Tom Hicks leaving, so a lot of companies pulled their budget dollars out of marketing with the Stars. We've been trying to get those guys back. We've had some good success up until this point, but it's all about the product on the ice. If the guys are winning and people are talking about them it's not a hard sale."
Modano said he thinks he likes the business side of the front office better than he would if he were in the hockey operations side.
"It's dealing with some different people," Modano said. "You don't have the stress of making those day-to-day decisions about personnel, who is going to be here, signing this guy and that guy. It's a little different situation but I'm liking it a lot more."
Back on the ice, 'Canes captain picking up pace, points
Carolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal has points in six straight games totaling three goals and five assists. Normally this wouldn't be news considering Staal is an elite player in the NHL, but considering he had three goals and six assists in his first 18 games this season, his recent hot streak is noteworthy.
Staal told NHL.com he thinks his hot streak is a byproduct of him picking up the pace in his game. Because he's playing faster he's using his speed along with his size to find more room in the offensive zone. He's not chasing the play as much as he was earlier in the season. He's holding onto the puck. He's winning one-on-one puck battles with defenders along the walls.
"I probably wasn't at the level I needed to be at or wanted to be at earlier in the year," Staal said. "It's starting to come around here now."
Why did it take so long?
Staal refuses to use it as an excuse, but the knee injury he sustained in May during the IIHF World Championship is mostly to blame. He spent the summer rehabbing instead of trying to find ways to get better. He couldn't bend his knee until August, when he finally resumed skating. Staal arrived at training camp in shape and healthy, but he wasn't able to play with the pace he needs to play with to be successful.
"It wasn't that I was feeling bad, but I felt like I could have done more and it just wasn't happening," Staal said. "With the way the game is played now and how tight the games are, it's only a half-inch, a half-a-step, a break here or there and it can go either way. For me earlier it just wasn't going, and it's gotten better lately. I'm feeling more confident now and comfortable. That's a good thing."
It's also good for his chances to make the Canadian Olympic team. He's a favorite to go to the 2014 Sochi Olympics, but Staal still had to show Canada's executive staff that his knee wasn't a problem.
This and that
* One more note on Hull: The former co-GM of the Stars indicated it still irks him when people blame him for the Sean Avery fiasco.
"I didn't like the way I was thrown under the bus with the Avery thing," Hull said. "Like it was all my idea, like I just went out and signed him and it was nobody else's idea."
Avery signed a four-year, $15.5 million contract with the Stars on July 2, 2008. At the time, Hull said Avery would give the Stars the extra emotion they needed. He played 23 games for Dallas and was suspended by the NHL for six games because of controversial statements made in the media. The Stars waived Avery on Feb. 7, 2009.
* How about this for a damning quote from Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean:
"Right now, we don't play hard enough to win."
MacLean delivered that quote after the Senators lost 4-1 to the Hurricanes on Sunday, dropping their record to 9-11-4. They had an early 1-0 lead that would have become 2-0 before six minutes had elapsed in the first period had it not been for a diving stick by Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward. Carolina scored three times in the second period and capped it with an empty-net goal late in the third.
Ottawa visits the Washington Capitals on Wednesday.
* Speaking of Ward, the goalie told NHL.com he feels he was aggressive and not overthinking this past weekend, when he made 70 saves against 74 shots in splitting a back-to-back against the Bruins and Senators.
Ward started back-to-back games for the first time since last season. He sustained a knee injury in the second game (March 3) that put him out for the rest of the season. He also missed 10 games this season with a groin injury.


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Conference: A Challenge or a Gift? Conserving the Original Building Materials of Louis Kahn´s Salk Institute for Biological Studies
25th April 2017, 6:30 pm, New York University Department of Art History - Silver Center, Room 301, New York, United States of America
"Situated on a Southern California bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (1965) is one of architect Louis Kahn´s most recognized works. [...] After fifty years in an exposed marine environment, however, the building complex has shown signs ofdeterioration and weathering to a non-uniform appearance.[...] This lecture examines the decision-making processes that led to the selection of appropriate interventionfor various types of repair and conservation work at the Salk Institute."
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FCC: New frequencies set aside for vehicle safety
The Federal Communications Commission has approved a plan to expand the bandwidth spectrum available for use with vehicular radars in an effort to enhance crash avoidance and expedite the application of autonomous and semi-autonomous driving. The ruling broadens the existing 76-77 GHz radar spectrum to include the entire 76-81 GHz range and transitions radars out of the 24 GHz band. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai stated this new frequency range is consistent with what is available internationally, thereby precluding the need to develop custom applications for various world markets.
Also: Get your first look at the new and redesigned cars of 2018
Describing it as a "consumer-friendly innovation" that ensures optimum functionality and security of these systems, Pai noted expanding the available bandwidth will allow on-board radars to more effectively distinguish between objects in close proximity to the vehicle. Ultimately, the bandwidth upgrade will help all manufacturers in rolling out or enhancing a full range of driver-assists from collision avoidance, blind spot monitoring, pedestrian detection and lane change warning/assistance to parking aids, stop-and-follow/stop-and-go functions and autonomous braking. It also will help foster the introduction of innovations in this arena while potentially speeding up the overall level of autonomous capability.
More Autonomous Driving News:
Ford's Autonomous Fusion: A peek into the future
Jaguar Land Rover developing all-terrain autonomous tech


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I am a Professor in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University. I received my B.S. in Zoology at CSU, my M.S. in Ecology at the University of California Davis, and my Ph.D. in Biology at the University of California Santa Cruz. I was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin Madison before returning to CSU in 2003.
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In our lab, we strive to apply theoretical principles of ecology, behavior, and conservation science to natural systems. We use a combination of field observations, field and laboratory experiments, and modeling techniques to answer specific questions generated by observing natural systems. My research has emphasized the ecology and conservation of mammals, often focusing on carnivores due to their sensitivities to environmental disturbances. I do not feel limited, however, to the study of any specific taxon. Rather, we strive to ask and answer interesting scientific questions that help promote the conservation of biological diversity. Because of my commitment to, and passion for, conservation, much of my research, and that of my lab, examines the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on the natural world. One primary research avenue is continued investigation of the effects of habitat fragmentation, urban sprawl, and landscape connectivity on wildlife and the systems in which they live.
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How does disease spread in large predators across an ecosystem? How does the structure of a landscape impact disease spread? And how does wildlife management affect the spread of disease? The FELIDAE (Feline Ecology: Landscapes, Infectious Disease, And Epidemics) research project, funded by the NSF-Ecology of Infectious Diseases Program (NSF-EID 0723676; 1413925), seeks to shed light on these questions. Our mission is to understand the ecology of infectious diseases in wild and domestic felids to inform policies that minimize disease outbreaks in wildlife, domestic animals, and humans.
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A team of scientists and educators, working together to understand the effects of noise and light pollution on ecological processes, educate the public about the importance of sound and light in the everyday lives of organisms including ourselves, and preserve the natural sounds and night skies of the world.
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As part of the NSF-EID FELIDAE project and a Monfort Professorship at Colorado State University, I have helped develop an educational outreach effort to conduct remote camera surveys for wildlife in local Fort Collins natural areas in collaboration with K-12 schools in the Poudre School District. This project is a collaborative effort between Colorado State University, the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Program, The Rocky Mountain Cat Conservancy, The National Parks Service Natural Sounds Lab, and the CSU Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society.


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You know I'm all about maximizing the kloset, right? On the heels of yesterday's fun and flirty color blocking look is this bright and neutral (yet still color blocking) 'fit. I switched out the the skirt and heels for pintuck pants and metallic heels for a whole new look.
That's right, I wore both yesterday's #ootd and today's #ootd on the same day. The pink tulip skirt worked great with this citrus yellow blazer for a promo shoot I had earlier in the day (see here) but the fun and flirty look wasn't exactly what I was going for later in the day for a shoot with the Tropfest Film Festival (watch that here if you're interested). Less complicated than bringing two different looks to work for the two different shoots, I maximized one look. Everything from the waist up is pretty much the the same as yesterday's look. I just swapped the shoes and skirt for a look that was less flirt but still just as fun. Despite not being as bright as yesterday's look, I love that this look is still kute and fresh with the yellow and gray color combo and maintains the color blocking. It's almost as if I went from host to producer with the switch of my pants which btw I live for. These loose lounge pants; I buy them in every color possible; they are super comfortable like sweatpants but are more fashionable and structured with the pintuck and silkier material. More importantly, they require minimum styling and are great for a quick and simple wardrobe change.


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Well, today it has been exactly 60 days since our LID. Assuming a 12 month, 365 day wait until referral, we are 16-1/2% of the way through. We will be 25% there on May 15th~~ 50% there on August 13th and 75% there on Nov 13th. That's the way I plan on wading through this wait, one day closer at a time!!
This is a picture of my "word cloud" ~~they are really fun to make. I guess you can order T~shirts and stuff too but I just thought I'd post it here.


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Mount Tilicho expedition is one of the difficult tasks to climb. Mt. Tilicho lies in the north-west of Annapurna ranges. The base camp is near Tilicho Lake which is also the highest situated Lake in the world. There are two way to climb this mountain i.e. from Marshyandi valley route and from Kali Gandaki valley via Mesokenta-la pass routes. The peak was discovered in 1950 by the team led by Maurice Herzog while attempting to find Annapurna I. In this mountain it was first ascent made in 1979 by the French climber Emanuel Schmutz using the northwest shoulder.
Day 01: Arrival
After arrival at Tribhuwan international airport Kathmandu, The representative of Actual Adventure Pvt. Ltd. will help you to take you and check at the hotel and will brief you about your daily activities. Night at desire hotel in Katmandu
Day 02: Prepare expedition in Kathmandu
In this day we will prepare for our expedition.
Day 03: Briefing Expedition in Ministry in Kathmandu
In this day you will be briefed by our guide about expedition in ministry
Day 04: Kathmandu to Beni(820m) via Pokhara
We will drive Kathmandu to pokhara which will take about 5 to 6 hours. And move towards Beni. Overnight at hotel
Day 05: Beni to Tatopani 1189m.
Then we trek from Beni to Tatopani.
Day 06: Tatopani to Ghasa Village 2013m.
Then we trek from Tatopani to Ghasa Village 2013m.
Day 07: Ghasa to Tukuche 2591m.
Then we trek from Ghasa Village 2013m to Tukuche 2591m.
Day 08: Tukuche to Jomsom 2713m.
Then we trek from Tukuche 2591m to Jomsom 2713m.
Day 09: Jomsom to Langpoghyum Khola.
Then we trek from Jomsom 2713m to Langpoghyum Khola.
Day 10: Langpoghyum Khola to Nama Phu Kharka.
Then we trek from Langpoghyum Khola to Nama Phu Kharka.
Day 11: Nama Phu Kharka to Tilicho Peak Base Camp.
Then we trek from Nama Phu Kharka to Tilicho Peak Base Camp.
Day 12- 28: Climbing Period of Tilicho Peak 7135m.
In this time we will climb to the Mt. Tilico Peak 7135m.
Day 29: Clean up BC then trek to and backpack.
Then in this day we will clean up the Base camp and prepare to get back.
Day 30: Tilicho Base Camp – Nama Phu Kharka.
Then we trek back to Nama Phu Kharka from Tilicho Peak Base Camp.
Day 31: Nama Phu Kharka – Jomsom.
Then we trek back from Nama Phu Kharka to Jomsom.
Day 32: Jomsom – Pokhara
Then we will take flight and go to Pokhara. Overnight at hotel
Day 33: Pokhara to kathmandu
We will drive or fly from pokhara to kathmandu which will take about 5 to 6 hours by drive and by air it will take 30 min. Overnight at hotel
Day 34: Kathmandu
You can roam around Kathmandu valley or you can do shoping.
Day 35: Departure
After breakfast we will transfer you to Tribhuvan International airport (TIA) three hour before your flight you have to reach there
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Thursday, February 23, 2017
Brick & Rose Thank You Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT
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The brick wall looks so real! I really like this design
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Fabulous card! The brick background looks so realistic and I love the fussy cut roses. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers. xReplyDelete
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Lovely card! Thank you for joining my "Add some Texture" challenge at the Crafty Cardmakers Blog! Happy crafting,ReplyDelete
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We are gearing up our hens so we can start egg collection for our incubator next week. We plan to collect all week off of the three hens we are breeding and start the incubator on Saturday. We're also letting a friend put some eggs from a breeder in, so hopefully in a few weeks we will have another good hatch weekend.
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As usual, I wrote this because I always forgot about this.
Lately I have installed some services in my development laptop such as `elasticsearch`. And some of these services got automatically started every time the laptop start.
So turns out I can just remove all of the symlinks of init scripts in the `/etc/rc?.d` directory.
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A lot of people sell Dutch helmets as "USGI".
A lot of people sell Dutch helmets as "USGI".
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The Dutch liners got a OliveDrab3 color inside and the strap is not leather.
Then Dutch it is. though its a possibility that it just a combine mix of American and Dutch right?
Life is short... We should then cherish every sec of it.
That's bullshit? Dutch liners don't have a brown color inside. It's not a Dutch liner. Belgium I think or late American (1975) with a new sweatband.
I'm seeing now the M1 better its a replica or postwar.
Are you sure. I got a liner just like that and its from 42 for sure. Are you sure thats the right image
Life is short... We should then cherish every sec of it.
You're very much time wrong. An example my us dogtags.
though how do you know that your right? what if you are incorrect?
Life is short... We should then cherish every sec of it.
In a recent issue of Shotgun News they show a picture of two Dutch Police officers wearing surplus USGI helmets. The caption read " Two Dutch Police Officers wearing US M1 helmets retaining US insignia markings 1945 ".
Just thought the Shotgun News pic was interesting.
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I'll look and see if I can locate the (issue) picture and post it on this thread.
Ok I found a photo, but I don't think its the one I was thinking of.
This photo is from the April 1st 2014 Shotgun News, page 19.
I found this webpage and thought it might be helpful. IMHO, your helmet is a McCord. http://nuke.combat-helmets.com/World...8/Default.aspx
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There's a movie coming out soon that–from a Gospel perspective–has an awesome story of love:
…love that does not judge based on the outward appearance but looks into the heart…
…love that sacrifices, that willingly leaves comfort and wealth behind, accepting separation and lowered status…
…love that is powerful enough to break a curse and redeem the soul everyone thought lost….
What an opportunity to point out the parallels to Christ and the Good News.
But two minutes of questionable content can ruin all of that, if someone is so inclined.
If you haven't heard all the hooplah, there's a scene in the new live-action Beauty and the Beast which shows a man having feelings for another man, thus inviting a firestorm of judgment by concerned Christians on social media. Some are even going so far as to say that Belle's love for Beast is an encouragement toward bestiality, further proof of the Magic Kingdom's depravity! (/sarcasm)
Numerous Christian leaders have come forward to condemn the inclusion of a gay man having a romantic interest in another male character. It doesn't help Disney's cause that this news broke alongside another boundary-pushing moment, this time in a cartoon on Disney XD.
During a scene depicting a school dance, at one point all the pairs of students kiss. If you look away from the main characters and pay attention to all the shaded characters included as props for the scene, you'll see that there are some same-sex couples mixed in with all the heterosexual couples.
This didn't escape the Religious Right's notice, and–coupled with the scene from Beauty and the Beast–a number of big-name leaders are calling for a boycott of all things Disney. (Good luck. Run down the list of all their affiliates and companies they've absorbed, and there's a high chance you're enjoying some Disney entertainment without realizing it.)
The biggest fear all these leaders have? We can't have Disney pushing an agenda of "normalizing" homosexuality.
Here's the thing: When we're talking about between 2% and 10% of the population, it may sound small, but that's a pretty sizeable group. That's between 7 and 35 million people in the US. (Here's a good break-down on that controversial 10% number.)
Not good enough? Not a big enough population to deserve any sort of attention?
Imagine someone claiming that every leftie on TV or in a movie was part of an agenda to "normalize" being left-handed. Picture a public figure claiming we should boycott a company because of their agenda of normalizing red hair. The population demographics are roughly the same. (2% average for red-heads, with some populations like Scotland and Ireland boasting 13% and 10% respectively. 10% for left-handed people across the board.)
Including a group, putting a token character or token couples into a scene–that's not an agenda of normalization, that's recognizing their existence.
Do we consider Uhura and Sulu in Star Trek as part of some aggressive agenda? African-Americans make up ~12% of the US population, and Asian-Americans make up ~5%.
I think rationally we can look back and say, yes, Gene Roddenberry was pushing boundaries. But he was displaying the reality that yes, there are people who are black or Asian. At the time, it may have riled some viewers, but now we generally look back and applaud his forward vision and inclusive casting.
I can already hear the argument coming: "Well, it's different with homosexuality, because I believe it's a choice."
Let's go with that. A lot of things are choices, and we see them normalized if not glorified all across media, yet there's little outcry against it.
Sexualized characters? Heterosexual relationships outside of marriage? Infidelity? Promiscuity? Where are all the boycotts for all the companies that engage in "normalizing" this behavior?
Greed? Jealousy? Pride? All of these character traits are constantly on display–quite often it's the hero or heroine who engages in these sins. Sometimes there's a moral to the story and the downside is shown, but quite often, there are no consequences to this kind of behavior. Is that the good Christian message we want?
What about overweight characters? Perhaps we let the "agenda of gluttony" slip by under the radar because most often, fat characters are used solely as comic relief–an issue that merits its own post. Or perhaps we can look at the congregation filling the pews in real life and so we shy away from this one… it hits too close to home, or too near to the all-you-can-eat place we're going to after the service.
Violence is the biggest one of the bunch. Some movies make it a point to display the horrors of war or the cruelty and heartlessness of criminals or villains, and maybe there's an argument for why those depictions matter in the context of those stories. (Saving Private Ryan, for example, would probably not be as hard-hitting without the hyper-graphic rendition of the Normandy landing on D-Day.)
But how often do we watch entertainment that includes graphic violence? How often are our children exposed to such movies or TV shows? Some studios avoid all the gore and blood, or present enemies that are probably more tolerable, like armies of Ultrons or robotic aliens. But having visited the theater for a number of recent movie releases that fall under the Disney umbrella, I can say that our culture sees no serious problem with kids watching a ton of violent content.
Why aren't we protesting the normalization of violence–something we all hope our children will never witness in their entire lives? And yet a movie with positive messages and powerful potential allegory is subject to boycott because "oh dear, it has one of the gays in it, and I wouldn't want my kids to think that's normal even though they'll likely encounter actual gay people all throughout their lives."
It's a fact. Redheads exist. So do lefties. And so do homosexuals. Pretending they don't is a foolish plan. Actively protesting anything that acknowledges their existence or recognizes them as fellow human beings?
The only agenda we'll impact that way is our own.


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PATNA, India (AP) — A government official says at least three Muslims were burned to death when their thatched huts were set on fire during a clash between Hindu and Muslim groups in a village in eastern India.
Atul Prasad, a Bihar state administrator, said the violence erupted Sunday after the body of a young Hindu boy was found on a farm in Sarayian village more than a week after he went missing.
Prasad says the Hindu fishermen community blamed Muslims for killing the boy who was friendly with a Muslim girl from the village, nearly 105 kilometers (65 miles) north of Patna, the capital of Bihar state.
Police have arrested eight Hindu villagers for burning nearly two dozen huts in the poor Muslim community.
Prasad says the situation remains tense but under control in the village.


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By Charlie Morasch
Staff Writer
U.S Rep. Henry Waxman rebuked Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters in late September for allegedly trying to convince the EPA to block California from regulating greenhouse gas emissions.
According to Waxman, a Democrat from California, Peters orchestrated an apparently unprecedented lobbying effort with the White House. Federal employees were to carry out the lobbying effort.
California is one of 12 states that have adopted laws restricting greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, although the Environmental Protection Agency must approve a waiver sought by California for those states before the laws can be enforced in any of the states.
The automotive industry has fought California's plan on greenhouse gases by saying that emissions limits imposed by individual states will create a "patchwork" of laws for citizens and car companies to deal with. That industry and the EPA have lost court cases on the issue in Connecticut and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Waxman – chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform – was scheduled to chair a hearing in late September titled "Lobbying by the U.S. Department of Transportation Against State Actions to Address Climate Change." The hearing was canceled and had not been rescheduled by late September, an employee at the committee office confirmed to Land Line.
In a letter that Waxman wrote to James Connaughton, chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, Waxman said he asked Peters to "provide the committee all documents" related to California's waiver request, the EPA and the White House regarding California's request.
Through his investigation of documents and interviews with former White House and DOT officials, Waxman said he learned "that senior administration officials initiated an organized, systematic effort to lobby members of Congress and state governors to oppose California's petition for a Clean Air Act waiver. This lobbying effort was personally directed by the Secretary of Transportation, Mary Peters, apparently approved by your Chief of Staff in the White House Council on Environmental Quality and coordinated with the motor vehicle industry."
According to Waxman's letter, an e-mail from Jeff Shane, undersecretary of transportation for policy, showed Peters had her staff develop a plan to oppose California's emissions limits.
"(Peters) asked that we develop some ideas ASAP about facilitating a pushback from governors (especially D's) and others opposed to piecemeal regulation of emissions, as per CA's waiver petition. She has heard that such objections could have an important effect on the way Congress looks at the issue," one e-mail read.
Peters offered to personally contact at least one U.S. representative, and DOT worked with The Auto Alliance to find congressional districts with automotive industry jobs. The DOT would then plan to target congressmen whose districts had the most automotive jobs, Waxman said.
"Just hit the members/senators with the really big facilities …staff should reach out to the govs offices in TN, SC, MO, DE, KY, IN, TX," one e-mail read.
The efforts appear to have come from the White House as well.
Several e-mails obtained by Waxman showed that having the White House's backing was a concern of Peters', and that the White House did not want DOT to publicize the agency's opposition to California's waiver request.
Marty Hall, chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, would not confirm or deny White House involvement in the DOT's campaign. He said he could not remember specifics.
"At least 20 times during the interview, he responded to questions about his knowledge of the lobbying campaign with variations of 'I don't recall,' " Waxman wrote.
Waxman said DOT officials didn't want their lobbying efforts to be publicized.
Waxman obtained several e-mails between DOT officials that included phrases such as "we are a bit concerned … appears to sound more like lobbying … looking back, I may have said more than I should have," and "the last e-mail isn't a good conversation for e-mail."
"This involvement should be
transparent and based on the merits," Waxman wrote.
"If Secretary Peters has concerns about whether California's application meets the legal standards set forth in the Clean Air Act, she should submit comments to EPA making her case. Instead of taking this action, however, she apparently sought and received White House approval to use taxpayer funds to mount a lobbying campaign designed to inject political considerations into the decision."
Waxman's criticism of the DOT appears to come at a critical juncture for emissions laws across the United States. About a dozen states have approved greenhouse gas regulations on emissions for cars and light trucks, and those states are allowed to have standards more stringent than the EPA only if the waiver sought by California is granted.
At press time in mid-October it was unknown whether California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would be faced with having to follow through on his threat to sue EPA if the waiver for his state wasn't granted by the end of October.
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Letter to my Future Self (in the first semester of 1L year)
Dear Law Student:
You have entered an academic program that is robust and full of challenges. You are also attending a law school that is known for it's political thinking – that which is opposite of your own. You may not fit the typical or ordinary student "type" which attends this school. However, all of these traits make you supra-ordinary and will aid you to stand out from (and above) the pack. All of these factors will allow you to "think outside the box," even when the box you are thinking from is that of your own. You will be exposed to differing opinions, a new environment, and the "next level" of your journey.
Do not change your beliefs because you now think they are wrong, change them only if you have been enlightened. If you now find that the alternative makes more sense, adopt it. If your own beliefs are affirmed, maintain them.
Do not lose sight of your purpose. There is a reason you were brought to this point in your journey. Fulfill it everyday and make each day count.
Never lose sight of where you came from. It is your past that shapes your present and your future. Losing your past will certainly lead you astray. Though your past will differ greatly from many of your classmates, this is what makes you uniquely qualified to be here. Other students should be so lucky to understand the value of hard work and to earn an education not only based on hard work but to work hard for it.
Maintain perspective. Your world will come crashing down . . . many times. The natural diva inside of you will want to make a fuss, but you will have control. Freaking out will only blur your vision of the solution. Don't think for a second you are the only one in panic-mode; your classmates may just be better at concealing it. That said, don't let your classmates see you panicking – make like a duck – calm above the surface but paddling like hell underneath.
If your classmates act or think for a second they are more deserving or better prepared remember this . . . how many of them are attending for free?
You have overcome many challenges and worked very hard to be where you are today – this is the time to give 100% – you have come too far to give anything less.
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OFFICIAL figures show the Edinburgh International Conference Centre plunged £1.7 million into the red last year – around half a million pounds more than predicted.
The after-tax loss was recorded in the venue's annual audit, which blamed the recession, "aggressive" price competition and a dip in corporate business.
The news comes just days after Hollywood superstar George Clooney addressed 2000 people at the EICC during the Scottish Business Awards.
Last year it was reported the EICC faced an expected £1.2m shortfall, significantly more than the £921,096 recorded in 2013.
Bosses admitted it was "arguably the most challenging [year] to date", amid fears the venue may need a council bailout in 2016 – but the latest figures show the loss was even greater than expected.
Forecast losses for this year have also been pegged at £1.4m, but yesterday Marshall Dallas, who took over as EICC chief executive last year, said "a record trading year" meant this figure was set to be reduced by as much as £1m by the end of December.
And he predicted the company would be reporting a surplus as early as the end of 2016.
He said: "We have had a really successful year – we've produced more revenue than we ever have before.
"I feel really good about the future. With double-digit growth in top line sales for 2015 and a mitigation of £1m from the predicted loss, I feel very good about 2015."
Mr Dallas also insisted the £500,000 difference between last year's predicted and actual losses could be down to, among other things, the landmark Atria Edinburgh office development being included in one set of figures and not the other.
Councillor Gordon Munro, vice-convener of the council's economy committee and chairman of the EICC board, said: "The board recognised there was an issue and swift action was taken to draw up an action plan.
"The EICC's direction of travel has since transformed and the chief executive's report was welcomed by the economy committee. It's clear that the conference centre has had a good year and, under Marshall's stewardship, will continue to move forward."
The EICC's annual audit reveals the venue expected a "significant uplift in sales" from its state-of-the-art new Lennox Suite facility, which was introduced last year.
But turnover for 2014 showed an increase of just 0.2 per cent when compared with the year before.
The latest figures were discussed at a meeting of the council's economy committee yesterday.
Councillor Gavin Corbett, who sits on the committee, said: "I questioned the new chief executive of EICC on the scale of the loss experienced in 2014 under the previous boss. It does seem the former regime struggled with making the business viable.
"Mr Dallas was adamant that 2015 would see significant improvement and that in 2016 the EICC would return a surplus. It's vital this commitment is kept as the council cannot afford to prop up what should be a self-funding business operation. In a time of savage cuts to core services EICC needs to be earning its keep."


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Peira Rotating or Translating animal cage system
The Peira Rotating or Translating animal cage system is a multichannel, multipurpose sample collection and drug delivery platform for freely moving small laboratory animals on which several sampling and/or infusion devices can be used simultaneously. Those devices are fixed to a rigid support frame. The animal's home cage sits on a powered turntable, also to prevent having to bring the animal into a novel testing environment thus further reducing stress. Rotation of the tether when the animal turns, is detected by optoelectronic switches, which cause the turntable to turn in the opposite direction taken by the animal. Fluid or electrical swivels are entirely eliminated; the animal experiences almost zero torque or weight on the tether. As the swivel normally limits the number of fluid or electrical connections in traditional systems, eliminating the swivel removes this constraint. Multiple probes, electrodes and blood lines can now be placed in alert, freely moving animals to sample several physiological systems simultaneously.
The customer:
Center for Human Genetics, Laboratory of Neurogenetics at K.U.Leuven.
Researchers at the Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics of the K.U.Leuven perform frontline research focused on molecular and cellular mechanisms to address questions relevant to major human health challenges. They use, amongst others, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model system to study cellular diversity and specialization of the nervous system. They do that by combining classic molecular genetic and cellular tools, but also by studying the behavior of the flies in response to specific sensory (visual, olfactory, ...) stimuli.
Behavior research mainly relied up till now upon human observations whereby observers watched the flies and described their behavior in semi or non-quantitative data. However, with the advent of high speed imaging camera's and tracking software, it should be feasible to describe the behavior of the animals in response to changes in their sensory environment much faster, more robust and more quantitatively. For this, we developed FlyWorld.
The solution :
FlyWorld 1.0 is an observation station that allows you to program a series of stimuli by a 'Stimulus experiment Planner' and which then tracks the flies in up to 4 dimensions during the experiment. The analysis software quantifies the behavior and presents the results in 'behavioural' output features. The hardware of FlyWorld 1.0 consists of a +/- 3.500 cm³ box equipped with one or more high speed CCD cameras. On two sides of the box, LED-screens allow for the introduction of visual stimuli. Colored LED lights can mimic the day/night cycle while Infrared lights are used for recording in the dark. Tubes allow the delivery of olfactory or gustatory stimuli.
FlyWorld 1.0 is a research platform that can be adapted to the needs of the researcher having specific research questions.
In looking to understand the mechanisms of information processing, development and degeneration of the Central Nervous System, researchers need to expose mouse hippocampal tissue slices - positioned on microelectrode arrays (MEAs) - to gas and medium. The problem is that MEA must be manually shaken at regular intervals in order to stimulate cell growth. Such cumbersome interventions are not standardised nor automatically logged on a computer.
The SliceTilter is a platform holding 16 MEAs in which hippocampal slice cultures are placed. The tilting platform allows you to expose the slices to gas and medium respectively in a controlled cycle. To optimize the process, you can set the timing and inclination angles of the platform to different values.
The loading and unloading system of the individual MEAs is designed to be extremely user-friendly. The whole platform is placed in an incubator under a controlled atmosphere where it allows prolonged and enhanced culturing of the organotypic tissue. The corresponding automation significantly improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the experiment.
Central Nervous System researchers organise radial maze experiments when testing contextual memory in animals. Existing set ups are performed in ambient light conditions, thus creating uncontrolled external cues.
The Peira EightMaze is equipped with infrared back lighting and a camera to allow the animal to be tracked in complete darkness. The solution incorporates a hydraulic platform driving a cylinder in which the animal is placed and where it can become accustomed to the new environment, before the test begins.
Peira's custom-made XYZ robot securely is a highly advanced optical imaging tool incorporating proprietary fibre optic objective lens technology. It allows for in vivo imaging of the peripheral nervous system with an accuracy greater than 10 microns.
A major benefit is the contact pressure control system that allows for contact scanning of the object with constant pressure thus minimising deformation of the images taken. Through this automation of the experiment the repeatability and the consistency of the experiment is greatly enhanced.
The Morris Water Maze task is a behavioural task. Existing set-ups do not allow experiments to be conducted in complete darkness, resulting in uncontrolled external stimuli. Existing mazes were also equipped with fixed platforms which resulted in less representative results.
Peira WaterMazes are designed and built with programmable and retractable platforms. The pool walls and base are equipped with infrared LEDs, allowing imaging of the behaviour of the animal in complete darkness.
Screens with switchable cues above the water surface enable you to test the animal's spatial learning capability or its implicit memory.
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Measurement of pressure fluctuations lack precision due to reliance on data averages. Efficiency is also hampered by inability to register experimental results simultaneously.
Peira's innovative ICP DataLogger lets you dramatically improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your experiments. The easy-to-use representation tool covers a timeframe of a few weeks. Throughput times are reduced by a factor of four thanks to the possibility to concurrently execute up to four experiments at the same time.
Another major advantage of this "simple solution" is that data is registered in real time at intervals of one second, potentially revealing new phenomena and allowing you to monitor pressure fluctuations more precisely. The automatic recording and reporting of data saves time and money, and improves the quality of your experiments.
Scientific researchers have long needed a practical animal holder that is tailored to the specific conditions of the laboratory and which can support their valuable neurological research.
Designed in close collaboration with researchers, Peira's AnimalHolder fits the specific conditions of the research lab. The tool consists of a polypropylene support with integrated heating, anesthetic and oxygen conduits. A specially designed nozzle in which the animal's head is placed allows for easy and accurate administration of gas flows .
The AnimalHolder can easily be positioned in and removed from the machine's specific accessory insertion tube. The open set-up allows for the rapid exchange of animals and easy accessibility for peripheral instrumentation (ECG electrodes, respiratory monitors, temperature probes etc.). Using this tool gives you important time-savings, a more stable animal and a better quality image capture of the studied phenomena.
In cell culturing, cells have to be kept moist all the time. When performing experiments on cell cultures grown in mini Petri dishes, you have to perfuse the dishes continuously with fluids containing a variety of reagents such as toxins and peptides. As cost is a key issue for all researchers, you naturally want to minimise the consumption of these expensive reagents. Furthermore, capillary effects on the edges of a dish and changes of fluid levels influence the both the quality of the images taken and the experiment itself.
TheArena is a polyacrylate mini reservoir with an engineered micro-fluid flow system. It is placed in the centre of the Petri dish, reducing the volume of the Petri dish to 25% of its original size. This reduces the consumption of reagents while simultaneously improving the quality of the images taken, since capillary effects and fluid level changes are eliminated.


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Sony Screen Gems has announced that they've pushed back the release date of Resident Evil: Extinction even further!
Originally announced for a September 7, 2007 release, Russell Mulcahy's film will now hit theaters September 21st. Milla Jovovich is back as Alice, and she's running with a new pack of humans, leading a caravan that's cutting through the Nevada desert on a long trek to Alaska. Hunted by the minions of the perpetually scheming Dr. Isaacs, Alice has zombies hungry for her flesh (once again) and lab rats hungry for her blood - while Alice is hungry for only one thing: revenge.


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Campus Party is the largest Internet event in the world, with several different 'parties' being held all over the globe. For seven days they open their doors to thousands of people all working in the digital sector. Campus party believe that the human factor is at the heart of the festival and run by the slogan 'The Internet is not a network of computers, it's a network of PEOPLE'.
The event has evolved into a 7-day, 24-hour festival connecting online communities, gamers, programmers, bloggers, governments, universities and students and has a broad focus, covering technology innovation and electronic entertainment, with an emphasis on free software, programming, astronomy, social media, gaming, green technology, robotics, security networks and computer modelling. Their stated goal is to bring together the best talent in areas regarding technology and Internet to share experiences and innovate for a "better tomorrow"#.
In collaboration with 'Apolorama a popular online cultural magazine, and Sari Dennise the volunteer coordinator of Campus Party Mexico, we were invited to hold a 30 minute video call workshop from the UK with the Campus Party Mexico in Mexico City.
Using one of our values; innovation, as a tool for social change and as the basis for the workshop, we asked 'what is innovation?Talking to a group of 15. We outlined the Kaleidoscope project and then introduced the concept of innovation* as we see it. It is important to mention that for the most of the developers, gamers and participants once we asked the question 'what is innovation? the response was associated to words like 'new' and the development of technology.
With support in Mexico from the Apolorama team. We presented a slide show which shares the main following ideas;
1.-Explore the perception of Innovations under The Kaleidoscope Project scope.
2.-The kaleidoscope Project diagram.
3.-Intervention and innovation as a social revulsive.
4.-Examples of innovation? from iPhone 1, 5, GMC (genetic modified crops), hummer limousine, chocolate 3d printer, COMA Torolab, Clorus bulbs and mobile apps#.
5.-Our understanding of innovation.
6.-The process to be innovative, beta stage as trigger for action and development.
The feedback from the participants was positive and the Q&A at the end of the workshop showed their attitude and awarenes to develop meaningful innovations with a different paradigm (human centered design).