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This is the Sony NHS-130C, a monolithic black rack that offers high-end HD video and audio through an entire house, from home theaters to a master bedroom. In fact, Sony says the NHS-130C offers multi-room "control of movies, audio, lighting, temperature, security systems," and by the look of it, probably Death Star lasers too. Would you like to know the list of AV and domotics gadgets you can get for $85,000?
• HD video and 7.1-channel audio for the living room.
• HD video distribution and multi-room music for 12 additional zones.
• Sony ES receiver.
• 400-disc DVD/CD changer with management system.
• 160GB music server.
• Blu-ray Disc player.
• AM/FM/XM/SIRIUS radio tuner.
• Control4 technology for synchronized lighting, temperature control and security systems using large onscreen display (additional controls available through integrators.)
• iPod in-wall dock system, with content navigation.
• Middle Atlantic AXS shelf structure with three spaces for HD cable box, PS3 or other devices.
Next-Generation System Saves Time and Money for the Custom Installation Market
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 26, 2007 - Designed for faster and easier installation, Sony today announced a new high-end, fully featured NHS rack system that delivers whole house high-definition entertainment and control over movies, music, lighting, temperature and security systems.
The NHS-130C rack system provides 7.1 channel, high-definition home theater for the living room, plus HD video distribution and multi-room music in 12 additional zones. The system comes fully integrated with Control4 technology, which offers whole home automation by synchronizing lighting, temperature control and security systems through a large onscreen display. Integrators can choose to add any of Control4's vast array of keypads, wireless touch panels, and climate and lighting controls to operate the home's sub-systems.
The NHS rack also features an iPod® in-wall dock with content navigation and control, along with a Middle Atlantic AXS shelf structure for easy access to equipment and cabling.
"The NHS-130C model pairs a top of the line home theater system with whole home automation that can be fully integrated and installed in a fraction of the time normally required for custom installers to build and integrate the system themselves," said Neal Manowitz, director of marketing for Sony Electronics' consumer systems and applications division. "Because the system is already pre-racked and pre-integrated, installation becomes extremely simple, saving integrators significant time and money."
"Incorporating Control4's leading controller and operating system into Sony's pre-integrated home theater system brings practical, easy-to-use home automation solutions to any residence," said Will West, chief executive officer at Control4. "We are extremely pleased to work closely with Sony on this innovative approach to simplify installation and bring to life the digital home for a broader market of homes."
The NHS-130C system incorporates 7.1 channel surround sound using a Sony ES receiver with upscaling of video content to 1080p via HDMI. It includes a 400-disc DVD/CD changer with a management system, a 160GB music server, a Blu-ray Disc™ player, an AM/FM/XM/SIRIUS tuner, and the ability to add three auxiliary devices for connecting additional components like a high-definition cable box or a PlayStation® gaming console.
The system will be available this spring with a fully installed price that will vary based on the components added. Typical installations will range from $40,000 to $85,000. Information about the Sony NHS systems is available online at HYPERLINK "http://www.sony.com/newhome" www.sony.com/newhome. Homebuilders, dealers and installers should call 1-866-924-7669 for details.


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Suppose your certificate private key (original request) is in file my-key.pem and signed certificate in my-cert.pem.
Validate CertificateValidate certificate by issuing the following command:
openssl verify my-cert.pemHere is a sample output of checking valid cerificate:
my-cert.pem: OKExpired:
my-cert.pem: ... error 10 at 0 depth lookup:certificate has expired OKIf verification of certificate shows it expired, you need renew it.
Renew CertificateRenewal of expired certificate consists of two steps: revoke old one, sign certificate request.
- Revoke expired certificate (you will be asked for Certificate Authority password):
ca1:~/ca# openssl ca -revoke my-cert.pem Using configuration from /usr/lib/ssl/openssl.cnf Enter pass phrase for ./demoCA/private/cakey.pem: Revoking Certificate EFDAF4493BC3D5BB. Data Base Updated
- Rename you certificate key (request) file to newreq.pem.
ca1:~/ca# mv my-key.pem newreq.pem ca1:~/ca# /usr/lib/ssl/misc/CA.sh -sign ... Signed certificate is in newcert.pem
TroubleshootingIf you get error like this one below:
failed to update database TXT_DB error number 2You must revoke previous certificate from CA database.

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About Matt Bennett
Van Jones is a racist. Full stop.
You idiots, it was a clearly sarcastic comment. It was quite funny, actually.
Besides, according to Clinton there's nothing classified in those 30k emails, right?
Is anyone addressing the fact that "making racist comments" (nevermind that the child probably wasn't actually doing that) is NOT a crime? Even if the child was guilty of everything he was accused of, why were the police called? At least "shoving in line" is actually assault.
I don't think you realized what you said, there. Keeping unclassified documents unsecured is a serious crime, and Petraeus DID get in trouble for a very minor version, and by all accounts Clinton SHOULD go to jail for a very major version (but probably won't). Moreover, conflating the two cases (I have no idea about Raphael) is either disingenuous or ignorant, I guess I'm hoping the later.
You're free to cite counter-examples, otherwise, shut it.
I was pointing out that your problems involving republicans acting like democrats were really more problems with politicians, period.
BTW, I'm a republican. (Or a libertarian/tea partier)
Mmmmhm, not really. Republicans have been heavily involved in gerrymandering, but of course so have democrats. Every other vocal attempt to play some sort of "accounting tricks" with either people or votes has been pretty liberal focused.
I'd be open if you could point out any counter-examples. Republicans have tried to neuter public unions in various ways, but I'd say that's more a "reset to neutral", and it's not really an "accounting trick".
Primary voting states? 'Course, without that, small states would just be washed out, and it's really the individual small states pushing for that anyway, both parties, even though it does work out in some of the race based rural vs urban stuff.
Like I said, just give me some examples. Major ones, not a tiny little thing in north west Oklahoma or something.
Well, there is a completely separate problem wherein politicians, particularly those in congress, best-interests are pretty at odd with those of their constituents.
Classic example: Entitlement programs. Almost everyone understands that dealing with it in some way is important, no one has touched it for decades because it's the "third-rail". If the other party touches it, it's very easy to demagogue it as "killing old people's healthcare" (or whatever). Doesn't matter if the accuser actually agrees with the person who suggested changes, it's just an easy attack ad.
Also: regulatory capture of all kinds, excessive bureaus deptarments, laws to "protect the children" (just good grand-standing opps, really, but still result in real laws), and public unions.
So, I know it's always fun when someone screams "liberal bias" but, well, here it is.
So let's establish this guy is probably a far-left liberal. I don't know the guy, but following the guys profile revealed a bunch of stories talking advocating repealing the second amendment, a pretty solid sign.
And second part is that liberals have a history of advocating various demographic counting, districting, and voting changes that change the setup in their favor, ofteh in fairly shady ways.
Actions proposed (a lot of these, no coincidently, involve race, most involve them indirectly, please pause, just amoment, before you call me a racist):
*Redistricting to make sure there are formed majority-minority districts (that is now more or less law, and there may have even been good reasons in the past, but currently it forms solid Democratic blocks where there might otherwise be none)
* Basically making it impossible to form any form ID checking law at polling places, on the theory that some disadvantaged people do not have ID (does seriously anybody believe this? I'd love it if it wasn't true, but you can't blow your nose without an ID these days, and there are many ways to get an ID for free). This allows illegal aliens to vote and makes double voting much easier in general, especially in urban areas. I know in my various moves around Boston, I absolutely had the ability to vote multiple times in different neighborhoods, if I wanted.
* various laws supporting unions, and making it much easier for them to engage in political action. To the extent that unions are adopted in this country (thankfully shrinking) it is mostly mandatory to be in those unions, and a large percentage of union dues, often the majority, goes to political contributions, almost exclusively democratic.
*Wanting to "statistically weight" census results to increase the numbers reported for urban areas, on the theory that those people are under-counted. That may or be true, but keep in mind that illegals are explicitly counted (though not asked if they are illegal) and it definitely helps the liberal side,as metropolitan areas vote much more heavily democratic.
This is really just another long line in the same thing. The electorate does not vote sufficiently Mr. Stearns way, and so he would like like to "adjust" things. The old vote consistently and tend to be conservative, so Mr. Stearns would like to see that minimized, and all the young people who voted for Obama maximized.
Further note that this system only makes sense if you think the old tend to vote selfishly. There is some evidence that this is true, making it near impossible to touch Medicare or social security without hysterics, but the old have also shown tendencies to think about the future and future generations much more than the young might.
I Paul Stearns were writing satire, but unfortunately, I think he's serious.
No, mike it isn't. "Admitted" denotes primarily two things. That there was a secret, and that he was revealing a fact. Are you trying to say those two things are true? Cuz I will knock down that assertion quite soundly, if you are.
I have yet to see you ever admit (no quotes) that you might have shown an inappropriate bias. Just own up to your mistakes, you arrogant bastard, it's not that big a deal, but refusing to either realize it or "admit" it is.
"I'm neither liberal nor conservative"
Know thyself.
I actually sorta agree with AC#2 (ACpost #3, here, and disagreeing with the AC that made post #1&2). I don't think Crowely was agreeing to Manning's treatment (he had just said otherwise), only to him being in jail.
Well, first of all, you once again refuse to defend the action or comment in question.
And all sorts of default positions and attitudes have a political spectrum to them.....and two of the clearest is attitude for and against the military, and wikileaks.
There quite a few issues that pit Liberals against Obama....wikileaks is one of them.
As far as a "liberal" being someone who disagrees with me......it doesn't hurt.
No.....there's not. "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid," These are thing Obama has pretty direct control over. That's badmouthing the boss. Even if he was 100% right, even if Obama agreed with him, or thought he was awesome otherwise, that's mostly going to get you fired.
No.....there's not. "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid," These are thing Obama has pretty direct control over. That's badmouthing the boss. Even if he was 100% right, even if Obama agreed with him, or thought he was awesome otherwise, that's mostly going to get you fired.
Mike, I've noticed this pattern of yours a few times. SOmeone calls you out on something, you do sometimes respond.....but only to mock them, never really address the concern.
Like me, this AC questioned the use of "admit" rather than say "said". You didn't address that.
Now you did say that Crowley mentioned he should clearly be in jail, indirectly referencing the "in the right place" comment, and so the AC was wrong. But don't you think it would have been better to just point that out, rather being snide, and ignoring his legitimate complaint about "admit"?
Mike, you're Liberal, just "admit" it.
'Cuz you see, there's a mile of difference between a guy "admitting" something, "admitting" something implies there was a fact there, versus that guy stating his opinion about what a series of facts constitute.
"Admitting" is also Pejorative, and implies something was done wrong. Now that,, right there, is in dispute.
Cuz the facts here are not in dispute. The military is really pretty open about the exact treatment Manning has received, it's been reported on widely. What's in dispute is what that amounts to. Some people have called it "torture"(Hah!), to others it seems not all that different than normal military prison, which, btw, freaking sucks.
To me, eh, it looks a little unnecessarily heavy handed, but frankly the military tends to do that. (I got put on "restriction" once.....I might have preferred to sit in a jail cell.)
Point is, there's nothing to "admit", the facts are neither secret nor in dispute, but the interpretation of those facts is still in debate. By using the pejorative "admit" you saddle the issue with all these accusations--that there are secrets being kept and that military has done wrong--without actually having to say them.
It's a not so subtle slander attempt, and it really ruins the illusion of non-partisanship you try to convey.
"Bradley Manning is at least a US citizen who, disputably, broke US laws on US soil."
It's actually not disputable, either from the point of view of the UCMJ or for that of anyone with a security clearance.
I'm glad you feel Assange is a bad person. However, I suspect you mean his personal misanthropy, arrogance, and apparent misogyny, rather than his willing disregard for the real damage his leaks have cause, in the pursuit some sort of socially beneficial "revelation" that I frankly don't see.


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Terence2 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 117 diseños de 43 diseñadores freelance.
Tripsaw.com makes it simple to piece together your perfect trip!
Tripsaw.com provides its users with a simple way to plan international trips with their friends.
While booking flights and accommodation is relatively simple when you have all the details, getting to the point where you know all the details of your trip can be difficult, especially when you have many destinations and are trying to meet up with people in foreign lands.
Simply enter the generalities of your trip (e.g. I want to go to Athens, Mykonos, Munich and London), and Tipsaw.com will suggest flights, accommodation, activities and dates. If your friends are also planning trips, Tripsaw.com will help you to modify your plans so you can meet up with them as easily as possible.
Our target audience is people in their 20's and early 30's, for whom travel is one of their top priorities in life. They are largely either young professionals looking to make the most of their yearly holiday quota, or students trying to make the most of the gaps in their study.
Our audience travels for a lot of different reasons, be it to experience new cultures, to get perspective on their life, to party, to find love (even if it only lasts a night!), but the one thing they all share is a desire to experience new things and have a great time doing it. They are looking for an adventure.
They also spend a lot of time thinking about travel ("the only time I'm not thinking about travel is when I'm travelling - and even then I'm half planning my next adventure!").
This logo is primarily for the web, so the primary concern is that it looks good even at low resolutions.
The concept of the brand is that planning a trip is similar to solving a jigsaw puzzle with each destination being represented by a different piece of the puzzle.
We would therefore like to have the metaphor of a jigsaw being a part of the logo.
We will also prefer colorful entries, to reflect the young, dynamic nature of the business.
We will require deliverables in both psd and ai format.
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is there a way to make your own icons on your BB home screen.
is there a way to make your own icons on your BB home screen.
Welcome to ! You would have to create your own theme. There's a program called Plazmic that you can use. But it's not all that easy to get started with.
Also, please remember when posting to use a descriptive title when you make a new thread. This helps others to know what you are posting about and those who are searching find relevant threads.
well i found my answer if anyone else was wondering here is a link to show you how to do it, works great on my storm..
There's also an app called MagicIcon that lets you change your icons to any photo you want,pretty cool.


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All students are required to have a Gateway Community College ID card on them while on campus and to use the campus parking garage. If you do not have your GCC ID yet, you may park in the Temple Street Garage and then present your ticket at the security check point for validation.
Research demonstrates that students who are properly oriented to the college achieve a higher level of academic success than those who are not. NSO is Gateway's program to assist new students in transitioning into the college environment and become familiar with the various services, resources, and opportunities available at Gateway.
Orientation sessions are open to new students, as well as to parents or spouses of new students, and are geared towards those who wish to have a more hands-on campus orientation.
Sign up for NSO here
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NSO allows students to learn about all aspects of college life, from financial aid and student involvement to academic success and library resources. It also offers students an opportunity to interact with college faculty and staff as well as meet other new and returning students. New Student Advising and Registration (NSAR), on the other hand, is a 2-hour program designed to assist new students in understanding the academic world, and to register for their first semester of courses at the college.
No. NSO is only one day and you only have to sign up for one session and stay for its entirety. We also encourage you to bring your parents with you to your Orientation so they may receive vital information on how to help you be successful in College.
If you are a student who has a documented disability and may require any accommodations while attending a New Student Orientation session, please submit the information requested during the online registration process and contact the Student Accessibility Services (SAS) Office. Students are encouraged to make requests at least 48 hours in advance of the session.
For returning students who are interested in serving as a New Student Orientation (NSO) Leader, students should forward a resumé and cover letter outlining his or her interest in the position to the Office of Student Activities and Leadership Programs. Recruitment for NSO Leaders begins late Spring each year.
You can click here to sign-up online for the orientation that will work best for you.
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This is a vintage cookbook trial, error and rescue mission. After deciding to make rhubarb tart, I wondered if there was a suitable pastry recipe in the same book. I saw one which included rice flour, of which I've had a bag lying around for ages, being only a sporadic shortbread maker. I've already had a successful attempts at plain and enriched shortcrusts, tart paste and cream crust, and was optimistic about trying a new method:
Rice paste for sweets
A New System of Domestic Cookery by Mrs Rundell (first published 1806, reprinted by Persephone Books 2009)
Boil a quarter of a pound of ground rice in the smallest amount of water; strain from it all moisture as well as you can; beat it in the mortar with half an ounce of butter, and one egg well beaten, and it will make an excellent paste for tarts, &c.
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Denver chapter of The Links, Inc. host year-end gala at Cherry Hills Country Club
The club year just ended was a very good one for Denver chapter of The Links, Inc.
So good that members decided a celebration was in order: White on the Green, an elegant dinner-dance held at Cherry Hills Country Club. Green and white are the official colors of this international service and social organization.
June and Dr. Johnny Johnson, who belong to Cherry Hills Country Club, were the evening's hosts.
In addition to membership in The Links, June, the first Miss Black Teenage America, is a past president of Denver chapter of Jack and Jill of America and co-founded its annual Beautillion. Her husband is an OB/GYN.
Milestones for Denver chapter this year include mentoring the new Colorado Springs chapter; taking fifth graders from Hallett Academy on a ski trip; and staging two sold-out fundraisers — Fall Trends 2014, a fashion show and cocktail party at Neiman Marcus, and a theater party for "One Night in Miami."
In addition, member Andria Koen and her husband, Eddie, were among the Couples in Philanthropy recognized by The Denver Foundation, while member Carolyn Ash wrote a piece on the need to expand Federal Pell Grants that was published in the Washington Post and Huffington Post.
And, last but by no means least, in October Carlotta LaNier, one of the Little Rock Nine, will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
LaDawn Sullivan, director of community leadership for The Denver Foundation, is the new president of Denver chapter, succeeding Tina Walls.
Sullivan, whose mother, Denver County Court Judge Dianne Briscoe also is a Link, praised Walls for being an "unparalleled fundraiser" and one who has "a great love for The Links."
Constance Fitzpatrick Smith, western area director for The Links, was a special guest at White on the Green and captured the essence of the membership by saying: "You guys are phenomenal."
Denver chapter will host the Western Area Conference in 2017.
Following cocktails and photos on the terrace, guests moved into the club's ballroom for dinner.
Then, it was time to get funky.
As in a dance to the Bruno Mars/Mark Ronson hit "Uptown Funk" performed by Connecting Links Eula Adams, Damon Berry, Johnny Johnson, Eddie Koen, Tracy Taylor and David Walker.
They were pretty darned good!
Guests included Links past and present, along with special friends like Dan Ritchie, chairman of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Kent Thompson, producing artistic director of the Denver Center Theatre Company, and David Zupancic, the DCPA's development director. They were guests of Tina Walls, a member of the DCPA's board of directors.
Others enjoying the festivities were Glenda and former Denver Bronco Odell Barry; Ida and Judge Wiley Daniel; Heather and Damon Barry; Jane and Carl Pigford with their daughter, Kaarin; Sherry Jackson with her folks, Cheryl and George Anderson; Rosemarie and Don Carlos Allen; Val and William Alexander Gill; Suzanne Arkle; Nita Mosby Henry; Gwen and Moses Brewer; Terry Nelson; Gaylene Harris; Sybil Casey; Sandra Roberts-Taylor and Tracy Taylor; Janet and Eula Adams; Faye and Dr. Reginald Washington; and Elenora Crichlow with Dr. Morris Clark.
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I'm putting together a page of projects which use MySQLdb. If your project is not on this list, leave a comment, with a URL and brief description, and I'll check it out.
Monday, April 9, 2007
4 comments:
- fumanchu said...
Does it count if I only use _mysql.pyd? Dejavu has used MySQLdb for a couple of years: http://projects.amor.org/docs/dejavu/1.5.0RC1/storage.html#databases and now Geniusql (which is being split off from Dejavu) uses it; in fact I just did some upgrades to it today: http://projects.amor.org/geniusql
- April 10, 2007 at 1:21 AM
- Unknown said...
Sure. I'll add them to the list.
- April 10, 2007 at 9:50 AM
- Nick Barnes said...
P4DTI uses MySQLdb, and has done for many years. http://www.ravenbrook.com/project/p4dti/
and http://www.perforce.com/perforce/products/p4dti.html
- June 1, 2007 at 2:26 PM
- [RISC] said...
PyKota, a free print accounting management system, uses MySQLdb. Its URL is http://www.pykota.com/
- October 10, 2007 at 10:13 AM
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PCL meetups
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The recent ICRA (International Conference on Robotics and Automation) research conference hosted another successful PCL tutorial on Friday, May 10. Given the fact that some of the PCL luminaries were present at the event, this was the perfect opportunity to use the day prior to the event and hold a meeting for a generic "PCL roadmap" discussion.
Taken almost as a scene from a Cosa Nostra movie, the group talked about PCL 1.7, interoperability issues regarding the PointCloud2 format, but also the way to push forward agendas using pcl-developers@ as a forum for discussions. Decisions such as "to break" or not a part of the API have always been open for vote in PCL, and as the code base and the community continue to grow, these decisions and discussions around them are going to be increasingly more important.
Such meetings have been proven to be very beneficial in the past as well for PCL, with all sorts of different collaborations being spawn between participants, some leading to joint research publications, while others resulting in better code contributions. Given that there's a plethora of scientific events being organized each year, we thought about encouraging any developers to propose such single day PCL tutorial sessions, in order to get a chance to meet your fellow colleague developers, but more importantly your users.…


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Call for short reports on forest tree genome research: In January 1994, we intend to publish the first volume of Dendrome, A Newsletter for Forest Tree Genome Research The newsletter will include a section for contributed short reports on any aspect of forest tree genome research. Reports should be no longer than 200 words and should include the name, mail address, fax, and email address of the contributor. Please submit by October 15, 1993. Mail: David B. Neale Institute of Forest Genetics USDA Forest Service PO Box 245, Berkeley, CA, 94701 Fax: (510-559-6440) Email: dbn at s27w007.pswfs.gov


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Optimizations & analysis of BSP graph processing models on public cloudsMapreduce/Hadoop is not very suitable for graph processing (which requires iterating over and over on the same graph), and this led to the Pregel graph processing framework by Google. Pregel is based on the Bulk Synchronous Parallelism (BSP) model. Here is a summary of Pregel if you are not familiar with it. In short, Pregel uses a vertex-centric graph processing model, where the same code is executed on all vertices concurrently. Pregel uses message passing along edges and barrier synchronization at supersteps (i.e., rounds) to iterate over the graph. This paper looks at optimizations and analysis of BSP graph processing frameworks.
This group had access to Microsoft Azure cloud computing framework, and they wanted to experiment with Pregel there, so they implemented Pregel (following the description in the Pregel paper) from scratch in .NET environment. They early on noticed that Pregel gets fairly memory intensive as it holds on to all the messages sent to all the vertices in the worker. They started analyzing it further to see how the memory usage changes in the lifetime of a Pregel program over many supersteps. They discovered that there is a camel hump in the middle of the program lifetime (i.e., in the middle supersteps) for most traditional graph programs, such as all-pairs shortest path and betweenness centrality. This is because these graph programs tend to exchange more messages towards the middle supersteps as the computation flourishes and the number of messages exchanged subdues again as the computation comes closer to termination. (It turns out this hump is not present for PageRank.) This hump, of course, is important as it has an impact on how many workers you need to provision, because you need to provision for the worst-case memory usage of the workers.
So the group goes on to look into how they can constrain this hump to have a predictable memory usage through all supersteps and to facilitate managing the memory constraints of the workers. To this end, they come up with the swath concept. Swath is a subset of vertices of entire graph on which the algorithm is being initiated. Their goal is to pick the swath size that is the best fit into the main memory (amplitude) of the workers. They work on identifying swath initiation heuristics (when are subsequent swaths of verices activated) and swath size heuristics (how many vertices are active concurrently in a swath). They experiment with two approaches, sampling approach and adaptive approach, to determine when the next swath is initiated. By breaking computation into swaths of vertices and using our sizing heuristics, they are able to achieve up to 3.5x speedup over the maximum swath size that does not cause the a failure. Of course, a limitation of the swath approach is that it assumes that the program execution is embarassingly parallel and you can execute the program over swaths distributed in time without causing any correctness issues. So this approach is applicable only to those type of graph programs, such as all-pairs shortest path and betweenness centrality.
The hump observation in memory usage of BSP-based graph processing frameworks is a nice and useful one. We have also worked on BSP-based graph processing frameworks and focused on improving the opensource Giraph implementation of Pregel. We provided serializability to Giraph by introducing an optimization: internal vertices in a worker do not message each other but rather read each others' state directly from the memory of the worker they reside. Our optimization not only provides a stronger serializability to Giraph, but it also prevents this memory camel-hump haunting BSP programs as well. Our paper has been accepted to EuroPar13, and I will write a detailed post about our paper soon.
Multithreaded graph partitioning
This paper describes the design and development of an extension to the Metis partitioner to enable multithreading, and while doing so the paper also thoroughly explores the Metis design space.
The Metis partitioner is a tool for divide a graph into minimally connected and roughly equal parts. While partitioning the graph, the constraint is that the largest partition produced should be smaller than a given size (the worker memory size), and this makes the problem an NP-hard problem. The way Metis works is via using a multilevel paradigm of 1) coarsening, 2) initial partitioning, and 3) uncoarsening. In the first two steps an approximate partitioning is made via coarsening, and then Metis does a refinement on "the bordering vertices" to find better partitioning in the last step. Since the coarse partitioning works over all vertices instead of just border vertices it is generally the bottleneck step.
The paper investigated several alternatives for each of the 3 steps above. For the coarsening step they looked at fine-grain matching (locking based), multi-pass matching, and unprotected matching (which requires a conflict resolution at the end, but this is no problem because only a small percentage of conflicts occurs). For the initial partitioning they tried parallel recursive bisectioning, and parallel k-sectioning. For the refinement step they tried coarse-grain and fine-grain approaches. They give an experimental evaluation of all these different approaches on graph datasets (roadmap and vlsi circuit) that consist of millions of vertices. They evaluated for performance and cut quality, and showed that their multithreaded metis is a clear winner.
One of the lessons learned from the multithreaded metis is that using unprotected operations (for coarsening step) is not that dangerous or crazy, because cleaning up after race conditions turned out to be faster than preventing them. This group made their code open source at http://www.cs.umn.edu/~metis/
Finally, some ramblings
I never understood the people that go all that trouble to travel to a conference who only then sit in the lobby or the room to websurf and do emails hunching on their laptops. If there is a sensible explanation for this behavior can someone tell me, so I can stop wondering about this? Yes, presenters are not always doing a great job at explaining things, but after all that trouble to traveling to the conference, those people owe it to themselves to get the most out of the conference by being there as a whole and not just physically.
My theory about the low quality of some presentations is that the presenters often give presentations to impress and not to teach/educate/communicate. (Ted Herman once warned me about this when I was a graduate student, and I tried to do my best not to fall into that trap ever since.) I believe that by just focusing on the message to communicate and being committed to communicating it, most presenters would be able to do a decent job. Instead presenters seem to feel like they need to show off how technically through and how clever they had been, how sophisticated they are, and the result is a dry, defensive, and incomprehensible presentation. Look, you have been thinking about that problem for the last one year at least, and I am hearing/seeing about it the first time here, and you expect me to understand all the subtleties in that problem space in 10 minutes? If you are committed to teaching/educating/communicating in your allotted 25 minute time slot, you should focus on explaining the insight and the most important technical results (not all of them) in the simplest of terms. You can mention that the problem has several subtleties and you are referring the audience to the technical paper for the full details. I am not saying that you shouldn't be technical; you can be technical but not to the expense of being cryptic or exclusive.


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Spanish colonial art and architecture
Spanish colonial art and architecture, fl. 16th–early 19th cent., the artistic production of Spain's colonies in the New World. These works followed the historical development of styles previously established in Spain, but developed original features in different regions. The main centers were in Peru and Mexico, where there were skilled native artisans and relatively strong political organization. The style, with its unique mix of Spanish and indigenous elements, flourished until the last quarter of the 18th cent. when a current of neoclassicism invaded Latin America along with the official academies, and the great days of Spanish colonial architecture were over.
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Back in 1979, Mike White, Sr. had a dream of starting his own company. He was a painter by trade and had learned the construction industry from past construction jobs. He started off by distributing flyers himself to promote business. The "company" consisted of pretty much one man and a station wagon! By 1980 he had a 1200 sq.ft. warehouse on Fremont in Livonia and had hired a carpenter and a superintendent. Mike′s wife, Cindy, managed the office. Business was growing, and by 1998 they had to move to larger quarters on Ten Mile Road in Farmington Hills. As the work increased, more carpenters and painters were added to the payroll.
Mike had developed a good reputation from his work on insurance claims and word had spread that this guy was consistently reliable and did high quality work with honesty and integrity.
As in any family owned business, the children came in to help out. Audrey started working at the company while still in high school, doing whatever needed to be done. She is currently the Marketing Manager. Michael, Jr. worked along with the tradesmen and learned the business from the bottom up. Michael is now the General Manager and his wife, Angie is the Finance Manager.
The company enjoyed tremendous growth, primarily due to achieving status as a preferred contractor for numerous insurance companies. This increased the volume and size of the jobs being handled.
In 2003, M.J. White & Son, Inc. started its own Contents and Water Mitigation Division. The number of employees grew, as did the size of the fleet of vehicles. Business was good, but still primarily on the west side. A decision was made to develop more business on the east side to take advantage of the growth trends in that area. Thus, in 2004, a branch office in Shelby Township was established.
Business boomed and they soon outgrew the Farmington Hills facility. More space was needed to accommodate storage for the Contents Division. In the fall of 2006, the company found a beautiful new home for its Contents and Water Mitigation Division, along with Marketing and Accounting, in Novi.
With this new 25,000 sq. ft. facility, there was room for more growth. In 2007, a Carpet Cleaning Division was added for both residential and commercial work. A team of Large Loss Specialists was also assembled, capable of handling even the largest disaster losses.
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WIT, Inc. is non-profit, independent ministry developed for women in need: first, to encourage and provide free helps to church women to begin their own ministries and secondly, to provide immediate spiritual help to women in great need. Women in Truth is not associated with any particular church or parent organization.
Whether it is Zambia, India, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, America and beyond, women from around the world are responding to the WIT web site by courageously beginning their own women's ministry for women in need. We thank God for each one of you!
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Location and Time
Sunday, 11 March 2018 (before ELC [March 12-14])
Board meeting to start at 09:30 Developer's meeting to start at 10:30 Expectation is to finish by 1800
Lunch is provided
Location: Mentor Graphics Headquarters, Wilsonville, OR Carpooling is encouraged, see below
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The AccuQuilt Barn Quilt Design Contest has been a very popular competition and there's no doubt that this year's contest will be as well. And there are some great prizes to be won!
2011 Grand Prize Winner
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The Grand prize winner will receive a prize package consisting of:
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- Round trip airfare for themselves and a friend from winner's home and transportation to Omaha, NE, for an unveiling ceremony for their design on the AccuQuilt offices.
- Two (2) tickets to the 2nd Annual Let's GO! Quilt Retreat in Fremont on June 20-21, 2012 for themselves and a friend.
- Three (3) night hotel stay (one room for three nights).
- Includes breakfast, lunch and dinner for three days.
2010 2nd Place Winner
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One runner up prize winner will receive a prize package consisting of:
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- One (1) ticket to the 2nd Annual Let's GO! Quilt Retreat in Fremont on June 20-21, 2012.
2010 Grand Prize Winner
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by Linda E.
The top one hundred (Top 100) quilt block designs will be selected by a panel of AccuQuilt's management from among all eligible entries received. Each of the 100 winners will receive a prize package aggregate value of $25 consisting of:
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Sounds pretty good, right? To enter, visit the Barn Quilt Design Contest page on Accuquilt's site and hit the "Submit Your Entry" button. No purchase is necessary.
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Raja always liked his mom Purnima debi. He even masterbated often imagining his dear mom. Being only 17, he has never experienced any sexual relationship with anybody. Normal girls of his age does not appeal to him that much. He likes Purnima very much. He dream about marrying some lady like Purnima someday. Anyway, Raja went back to his room and brought out his powerful binocular which he got at his last birthday from his father. He hid himself behind the drape of his window and focused hard inside Purnima's bedroom and waited to see his mom undress.
Purnima was not in the room then. Raja could hear Purnima in the kitchen giving instruction to the maid. After a couple of minutes, Purnima came to the bedroom still in her apron and light white Jamdani saree. She had her hair tucked into a big khopa and wearing her thin rimless eye glasses. Raja could not hold her breadth as his mother removed her apron. She then swithed the fan to its full speed and stand under it. Raja focused to her face now. Purnima looked so beatuiful with some beads of sweat on her cheek that if, right now, sexy bolywood heroin Madhuri comes to him and asked him to fuck her, he would swap the sexy actress for just one kiss to the beads of sweat at Purnima's cheek. Purnima was still wearing very deep red lipstick on her pauty lips. She was biting her glistening full lips as she started untucking her big khopa. She let her long black hair loose which fell below her waist. Raja now focused on her partially bare belly. As a fashionable lady as Purnima was, she had her petti- coat atleast 3 inch below her naval. Raja was very excited watchting her fair smooth skin at her belly. It was not very flat, but a little bumpy. There was even a layer of fat which gathered all the sweat from her upper body. It is normal for a Bengali lady to have a layer of fat or two at her belly. It is very sexy too. Raja again imagined himself licking those sweats out of Purnima's belly. Suddenly, Purnima let her saree to fall on the floor.
Raja was so excited that blood from all over his body rushed to his cock and it grew very big. With this erection, he lost the focus of his binocular. When he got it back, Purnima has finished removing her saree from her boby. Right now, she was wearing only the blouse and the petticoat. Raja waste no time and looked hard to Purnima's big brests. They were big and the blouse and bra were struggleing hard to keep them tame. Since Purnima was sweating, Raja could easily see her bra through her blouze. Purnima at this point turned around and put off her petticoat with out any notice. With in a flash her round ass was in full view. Her ass was even more fair than rest of her body, but areas near her ass cheek was brownish black. She did not have any hair on or aroung her ass cheek. Raja was little surprised as most of the bengali women hardly shave anywhere. They think that hairs on ass, around pussy and even armpits are sexy which really is. But Raja not seeing any hair on his mom's ass was not disappointed. Rather Purnima's clean ass mounds made his erection bigger and harder. Raja untie his pajama lace and let it fall on the floor. He started stroking his 8 inch cock gently which was hard like steel. Then, some hair clip from Purnima's hair fell on the floor and she bent down to pick it up giving a broad display of her ass hole to Raja's eager eyes. Her ass holes was a blackish brown spot in the middle of very fair skin. The ass cheeks were reddish and everyting was clean shaved. Raja was stroking his cock faster now. Purnima then did some thing very strange for a sophisticated lady like herself.
She brought on of her finger with long nails near her ass hole and started scratching her ass cheek. She then inserted the finger inside her ass hole only a little bit and poked her ass for some long 30 seconds. She then brought her finger out and smelled it holding it before her nose. Raja could not hold his cum anymore and shoot a big load to the floor. But his cock was as hard as it was before. He then concentrate on the eyepiecec again. Purnima has turned aroung by then. Raja could not clearly see her cunt as she was standing. But he could tell that her cunt was also completely shaven. Purnima then raised both of her hands over her head for some reason. It looked like she was streching or something. But to Raja the reason was the least important. He was watching the big bloch of wetness from sweat at her armpits. Her offwhite blouse had become transparent from all the sweat and showing clearly that she had a big bush of black hair on both of her armpit. Raja had never seen something so sexy in his life. He wiped his toung over his lips imagining how delicious and sexy it would be to lick the sweat out of his mom's armpit hair. Purnima umaware of all these, started unbuttoning her blouse. Her tits looked bigger under her bra now. Purnima finally put off her bra too.
Now she was full naked. Raja had never seen any tits so beautiful in his life, not even in porno movies. They were fair, full, little sagged with pink nipples and very large. They seemed to be lager than what appears from outside. He imagine himself touching his mom's tits with both hands and licking her nipples. Raja could not think any more, but shoot second session of cum to the floor. Purnima then wiped all the sweat from her body with a towel. She raised her armpit again and wiped the sweat from there too. She then brought her nose close to one of the armpit and smell it. She looked satisfied with the smell. She then went away from the window and probably went to the bathroom for shower. Raja was by now completely mad with desire and sex, he started to masterbate vigoruosly. Coming twice just minutes ago didnot even have any effect on his erection. He was dreaming about fucking his sweet mom Purnima and stroking with closed eyes. "Raja, what are you doing, young man?"
It was Purnima. Raja never heard her coming. He must be masterbating for quite long time. Purnima came to Raja's room to find his rajor to shave her cunt and foung her son masterbating himself. Purnima is no old fashioned prudish lady. She understands the feeling teenage boys have about sex. So she was rather shocked than mad at Raja. Raja, on the other hand, never dreamed about been in a situation like this. He could not even look at his mom. If he did he could see that his mom is only wearing the saree with out any blouse or petticoat. Raja could not think of anyhing to say. Purnima sensing her son's embarrassemnt said, "Don't feel guilty son for what you are doing. Only that it is not the best way to meet your sexual urge. Have you ever thought about seeing any girl?" Raja was relieved to hear what his mom was saying. He gathered some courage and said, "Mom, I don't like girls of my age. I like lady like you and want to marry some lady as beautiful as you." 'Oh, that's interesting. You are not going to marry soon and where would you find a lady like your mom? So what can be done mean while." Purnima smiled and said, "Unless you want to do things you like to do with your wife when you are married with your mommy." Raja could not believe his ears.
He only said, " Mom, you let me love you like my wife." "I don't know your wife, but I surely would let you love your mommy as hard as you can. Now don't talk and come to me. Let me see your big cock. It is not good to waste cum by masterbating. " Raja was entranced. He walked to his mom. His cock had become only 2 inch from the shock. Purnima hold Raja's cock in her soft hand and instatly it began to grow. It assumed its full length and widht within a minute. Purnima was very happy to see her hands causing magic to her son's cock. With out giving Raja any chance to react, Purnima took his 8 inch cock in her mouth and started sucking it very hard. Raja was not ready for this. He reached heaven with the experienced sucking of his own mom. He only managed to say, "Mommy, I might come in your mouth." He could not wait a moment after that but came with strong waves inside his mom's mouth.
Purnima swallowed every bit of fresh cum from her son's cock. She then smiled at his son and said, "your cum tastes so good, my boy" Purnima then put off her saree and became full naked. She gave one of her tits to Raja to lick. Raja licked like a baby to her mom's boob. He then sucked the other tit too. Raja was hard again. He gathered himself somewhat from the early shock and said, "Mom, you are not going to shave your armpit hair? are You? because, they are so sexy. They made me desire you even more." "So, you were looking at my bedroom all this time I was undressing. You naughty boy. I'll never shave hairs on my armpits. Only my pussy and ass will be clean shaved. Now fuck your mom good. I am so horny giving you head." Purnima then lie on Raja's bed and he inserted his cock in his mom's cunt. she asked Raja not to rush things, take deep breath and relax. Raja was fucking his mom very good especially for his first ever fuck. Purnima raised her armpit and let Raja lick her hairs there. They smelled so kinky that Raja started fucking faster.


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Stevens and the Federation of American Scientists host Workshop to Enhance Fundamental Education about Nuclear Issues
Since the Cold War ended, nuclear issues education has taken a back seat to other urgent global challenges. But nuclear weapons still exist, and in certain nations, stockpiles are even being upgraded and modernized.
In fact, recent concerns brought on by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Iranian nuclear talks and threats by the North Korean military have highlighted a critical need for the general public and policy makers to understand the fundamentals and inherent implications of nuclear energy, weapons and terrorist threats.
Drawing on its expertise in maritime security, technology policy, the physical sciences and related fields, Stevens is taking steps to educate students, researchers and the public about the present threat of nuclear catastrophe.
Recently, Stevens hosted a Workshop on Nuclear Education Issues, held in collaboration with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), a think tank focused on reducing nuclear threats, and sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
The workshop brought together a diverse group of academics, scientists, engineers, policy makers and journalists to develop pedagogy to give mainstream professionals a background in nuclear issues. It was organized by Dr. Charles Ferguson, president of the FAS, Dr. Ed Friedman, emeritus professor of technology management at Stevens, and Dr. Julie Pullen, director of the Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR), a U.S. Department of Homeland Security national research center of excellence led by Stevens. Workshop attendees included current and former representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. State Department, American Institute of Physics, and from academic institutions including U.C. Berkley, Columbia, Washington and Lee, Alma, Drexel and Stevens.
The workshop included a review and demonstration of nuclear education resources, including the NukeMap created by Dr. Alex Wellerstein of the American Institute of Physics. The NukeMap is an interactive computer model that allows end-users to hypothetically detonate a range of nuclear bombs and compare the scale of the consequences.
The Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues was also showcased as an invaluable general public resource for archived writings, publications and research studies on nuclear issues. The digital library, the most comprehensive of its kind, was developed by Dr. Frank Settle, professor of chemistry at Washington and Lee University in Virginia.
Outcomes from the workshop included consensus on the need to better educate students and the general public on nuclear issues to help strengthen national security, reduce the dangers of use of nuclear weapons and to provide balanced and unbiased dialogue about nuclear energy. Several avenues of future collaboration were also identified.
"Further targeted work with key partners such as the Council on Independent Colleges (CIC), reaching over 600 colleges, is planned, along with a web-based resource for curriculum that can be mined by professors to develop courses in these areas," said Pullen.
For its part, Stevens will offer a course entitled "Nuclear Terrorism and Security" in the spring 2014 semester. The multidisciplinary course, to be co-taught by Friedman and Pullen, will be delivered within a maritime security perspective and will be tailored to undergraduate and graduate level students.
To learn more about the Nuclear Issues Education collaboration and how you can become involved, please visit contact Ed Friedman at [email protected].


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Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Fourth White House Tribal Nations Conference
Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Fourth White House Tribal Nations Conference
Thank you, Mr. Hill, for delivering that wonderful opening invocation. I can't tell you how pleased and honored I am to join you again for the fourth White House Tribal Nations Conference.
This convening is both a demonstration of our Administration's commitment to tribes and a reminder of the distance we have yet to travel. It's an opportunity to take stock of our progress together, and to plan how we will address serious challenges that lie ahead.
During the first term, I've had the privilege of visiting tribal communities in Alaska, Montana, South Dakota, and, most recently, in New Mexico.
Visiting reservations is among the most rewarding, upliftingand sometimes heart-wrenchingopportunities I have had since taking office.
I am always struck by the dignity, strength, and pride of our American Indian and Alaska Native peoples. I've learned from you that this strength of character comes from the land that you know and loveand the culture and language that shaped you and that you work so hard to preserve and protect.
But I've also seen first-hand the real challenges that Indian Country faces: high rates of unemployment, crime, and drug addiction, poor housing, lack of technology, crumbling school facilities, and difficulties attracting and retaining teachers. And these symptoms of concentrated poverty have often taken a deadly and tragic toll on Native youth.
You know the shortcomings of the schools and social support networks in Indian Country better than anyone. You know that American Indian children are more likely to be abused, have the highest rates of emotional and physical neglect, and that too many tragically take their own lives.
Their capacity to rebound and regroup from adversity has been worn down by the weight of generations of poverty, trauma, and cultural devastation.
Our school systemsboth Federal and Statemust do dramatically better. We have to work togethernone of us get a pass.
The Department just released a report detailing graduation rates data for 47 states, Washington, D.C., and the BIE. Across the board, Native American graduation rates are unacceptably low. And there were nine statesArizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, and Washingtonthat have graduation rates lower than 60 percent for American Indian students. How many good jobs are out there for a high school dropout? Virtually none.
This data is yet another sobering reminder that our children aren't receiving the world-class education they need to be the future leaders of our tribes and communities.
Together, we must do more to nurture the next generation. Native youth need, and absolutely deserve, safe homes, safe communities, and an education system that prepares them for success in college and careers. They need and deserve an education system that prepares them for leadership and service to their communities, tribes and country.
Education is the surest, most powerful path for breaking the cycle of poverty on tribal lands. In America, education must be the great equalizer, the one force that enables people to overcome differences of birth and bank accounts and of power and privilege.
We must prepare our students to preserve the proud heritage and vibrant cultures that have shaped America's history for centuries. Your children are readythey want to be challenged, they want to be successful. They just need a light to show them the way. And that is why we must be their champions now, so they can lead in the future. Children only get one shot at an education. They can't wait for reform to materialize a decade from now.
Yet for all the challenges and heartbreak, you give me reason to hope. Just a few months ago, I had the chance to speak to hundreds of tribal university students who embody that dream. I was the commencement speaker at Navajo Technical College.
I had an amazing two days on campus there, and it was a tremendous honor to join those promising representatives of the Navajo Nation, as they celebrated an important milestone in their lives, with family, friends, and tribal leaders.
That day I talked to them about persistence, about meeting challenges head on. I talked with them about the powerful example of academic achievement and success they set for their brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews.
I urged them to draw upon the strength of their ancestors, who overcame even greater odds to rebuild their livesand preserved their culture and language for them. I said that if they remembered who they were and where they came from, that their culture could help protect them as they headed out into the world.
Some of their elders are here todaythe legendary Navajo code talkers of World War II. On behalf of the American people and the Obama administration, thank you for the example of service and courage you set for all of us.
There are other promising signs. Our Department has taken several steps to close the opportunity gap in Indian Country. At last year's Tribal Nations Conference, President Obama signed an Executive Order establishing the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education. And under my friend Bill Mendoza's strong leadership, the Initiative is working to fulfill its charge to help expand educational opportunities and improve educational outcomes for all Native students. Bill is a passionate educatorand I know how lucky we are to have him on our team.
The Initiative has worked closely with the Departments of the Interior and Health and Human Services to tailor federal educational programs that meet the specific needs of Native youth. And the White House Initiative has also supported programs and projects to include instruction in, and preservation of, Native languages. We know how important that is.
Earlier this year, I announced the launch of the "State-Tribal Education Partnership"or what we call the STEP program. This is a first-of-a-kind program that elevates the role of Tribal educational agencies by providing tribes with greater opportunities to meaningfully participate in the education of their children. That idea came not from us, but from youand I thank you for it.
The STEP program aims to promote collaboration between Tribes and States, and to build the capacity of tribes as they develop and enhance their roles, responsibilities, and accountability in Native education. As part of this novel program, we've funded projects through collaborative agreements between Tribes and States that allow Tribes to perform some state-level functions.
To cite a few examples, the Nez Perce Tribe is working with the State of Idaho to provide technical assistance to tribal schools receiving School Improvement Grant funds and to improve educational opportunity in communities that have for too long been underserved.
The Navajo Nation is working with New Mexico to collect student achievement data on Navajo students that will help the Tribe and the State design targeted interventions for Navajo students.
And the Chickasaw, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Tribes are partnering with the State of Oklahoma to help administer the Department's 21st Century Community Learning Center grant to public schools located on tribally controlled lands.
This unprecedented collaboration between Tribes and States, and additional educational innovation is what our Native youth need if they are to receive a world-class education. They don't need anyone to affirm the value of a broken status-quo.
And our School Improvement Grants have made a real difference in several schools located on Indian reservations. The town of Pryor, Montana, on the Crow Indian Reservation, has many of the symptoms of a community suffering from deep, concentrated poverty. In 2010, Pryor's homicide rate was more than double the rate in Detroit, and 50 percent higher than in New Orleanswhich I visited yesterday.
But I see early, promising signs of change there. After receiving a $1.5 million grant, teachers and schools leaders in Pryor Elementary and Middle Schools have significantly boosted student achievement for Native students. Levels of reading proficiency have risen 15 percent, and levels of math proficiency doubled.
The truth, though, is that we all know we still have a great deal of work to do to provide that world-class education to every child. And as we continue to work to meet that urgent challenge, we'll continue our close collaboration with those people who know their students and communities the besttribal leaders.
As I've said many times, real change does not come from Washington, but from leaders like you. It grows from grassroots solutions, designed to meet local challenges and build on your unique strengths.
That's why I've made sure that our Education Department talks with, and not at, tribal leadersthat we continue to collaborate beforehand, rather than consult afterwards. We'll make sure that this continues in the second term.
Thank you for your leadership, your partnership, your honesty, and your invaluable efforts and contributions. I am confident this will be a very productive conference. And I look forward to our continued work together, on behalf of all our children.


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In this month of rivalries, we've seen burger brackets and meat match-ups, and now there's the Mental Floss Tournament of Genius. One of its pairings pits General Douglas MacArthur against Colonel Harland Sanders.
When it comes to corporate fried chicken, food snobs invariably choose Popeye's over KFC, but there's no denying the Colonel's genius role in spreading breaded bird parts across the globe. Not only that but:
As if cracking the code to delectable chicken didn't make Sanders a genius, he also managed to become the most famous Colonel in history even though he never attained the rank during his military service. On top of that, he single-handedly made the white suit and string tie appropriate attire for successful Southerners.
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EPA Fails to Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Air Pollution
Chromium plating facilities pump unsafe levels of dangerous chemicals near schools and homes
WASHINGTON - On Monday, on behalf of local and national environmental groups Clean Air Council, California Communities Against Toxics, and Sierra Club, Earthjustice filed a challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's weak emission standards for chromium electroplating plants, facilities that emit dangerous amounts of cancer-causing hexavalent chromium.
In September 2012, EPA issued a final rule that failed to require all facilities to at least match the level of pollution control achieved by industry leaders in California. Instead of setting strong standards that would protect public health nationwide, the EPA set national standards that are weaker than what the Clean Air Act requires, an action that posed significant threats to communities living near chromium electroplating plants.
Chromium electroplating plants, also known as chrome platers, apply thin layers of chromium onto metal objects (like car bumpers and furniture) to increase their durability or attractiveness and in the process release dangerous amounts of hexavalent chromium, an extremely potent human carcinogen that is unsafe at any level of exposure.
"Chrome plating facilities have pumped dangerous levels of hexavalent chromium into the air, leading to childhood 'cancer clusters' at schools located next door to these facilities," said Jane Williams, executive director of California Communities Against Toxics. "When tests reveal our children's sandboxes and classrooms contain high levels of such a toxic chemical, it's a health crisis that must be fixed."
About 1,350 chrome platers operate throughout the United States, and the EPA acknowledges that many of these facilities are located in urban neighborhoods, communities of color, and lower income communities. Many chrome platers release cancer-causing pollutants near homes, schools, and day care centers which means that the most vulnerable residents, including children, have to bear the brunt of this toxic exposure.
As a result of this, California passed a rule in 2006 that not only provides more protective emission limits than EPA's new standards, but also requires new chrome plating facilities to meet more rigorous limits in residential areas and neighborhoods. Today, nearly 200 chrome plating facilities are operating in California, indicating that the industry has been able to meet requirements of a stronger rule. "The example set in California shows us that facilities are capable of meeting stronger emission limits that protect communities from dangerous levels of toxic air pollution," said Earthjustice attorney Emma Cheuse. "The EPA had no lawful justification for failing to give all communities in the U.S. the basic health protection that all Americans deserve."
"These facilities are frequently located in low-income communities whose residents already bear a disproportionate share of air pollution's harmful effects," said William Margrabe of Clean Air Council. "It's only fair for chrome platers in Pennsylvania and around the U.S. to at least meet the air pollution limits that facilities elsewhere have shown are fully achievable."
Following an Earthjustice lawsuit on behalf of Sierra Club, the EPA performed the long-overdue rulemaking to update the air toxics standards for chrome platers, which led to the current action now being challenged in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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Real men eat meat. They kill it and then they grill it.
That's the stereotype, or cliche, that's about as old as time.
At a recent barbecue in Brooklyn, N.Y., a half-dozen guys who resist that particular cultural stereotype gathered together. Many of them are muscled semi-professional athletes, including triathlete Dominic Thompson, competitive bodybuilder Giacomo Marchese and mixed martial arts fighter Cornell Ward.
They're also all vegans and eschew all animal products. Because these guys are so seriously, well, built, they say some people find it hard to believe they never eat meat, fish, dairy or eggs.
"Everyone always thinks vegans are weak, skinny, frail, pale," Thompson says. "I get people that think, 'You're like Gwyneth Paltrow.' "
Unlike Paltrow (who is no longer vegan), Thompson grew up in a rough Chicago housing project. He was the kind of kid who would rush in to save stray cats or dogs if he saw people picking on them.
"[There's] nothing more cowardly to me than taking advantage of something that's defenseless," he says.
Today, Thompson is the kind of adult who checks clothing labels to make sure he never buys leather, wool or products tested on animals. "To me, compassion is the new cool," he says.
The host of this all-male vegan barbecue is Joshua Katcher, who founded the men's lifestyle website The Discerning Brute. He also designs high-end vegan menswear that has caught the attention of such men's magazines as GQ and Esquire.
In an era of climate change and environmental destruction, Katcher thinks masculinity should be reframed as protecting the planet, not dominating it.
"Mainstream masculinity is a roadblock to sustainability," he says, adding that since he stopped eating or using products that hurt animals, he's occasionally been made to feel unmanly. "It's considered a sign of weakness to other men — like you've left the club."
Leaving the club is actually nothing new. Pomona College professor Kyla Wazana Tompkins, who studies gender, food and culture, says American men have done it for more than 100 years, stretching back to the 1800s.
"One particular group of radical food thinkers advocated a kind of manliness based on vegetarianism," she says.
Those men included Sylvester Graham, a vegetarian after whom the graham cracker was named, and Bronson Alcott, a vegan and father of Louisa May Alcott, who wrote Little Women. Alcott saw his veganism as a continuation of his advocacy against slavery and for women's rights. According to his daughter, though, Alcott never did any cooking.
Tompkins is a meat eater (as is this reporter), but she finds something very masculine about following a vegan diet. It's "total control ... of the body," she says.
Something hard core about veganism does seem to appeal to some men. In fact, according to a Harris Poll commissioned by the Vegetarian Resource Group, more women are vegetarian than men, but slightly more men are vegan.
John Joseph of the punk band the Cro-Mags and author of a pro-vegan manifesto has rejected animal products for more than 30 years. "I come from jails and gyms where guys were eating Alpo burgers," he says. "The dudes were like, 'If it's good enough for my pit bull, it's gonna give me more strength and energy!' "
Obviously, Alpo burgers are off the menu at the vegan barbecue in Brooklyn. "These are our beet burgers," says grillmeister Dan Strong. He's a professional vegan chef who trained in New York's finest kitchens.
"I was mostly a butcher," he admits.
But then Strong met a beautiful vegan at the restaurant where he worked and converted to impress her. Now the two run a popular vegan food stand called Chickpea and Olive. Being vegan has made Strong think a lot about how American men are not encouraged to show feelings. He does that now, he says, every time he sits down to a meal.
"There's an illusion that manhood is this confidence that is exuded at all time," Strong said. "Veganism is that kind of confidence. It really is. It's a choice that we make that guides us on our lives. I can't think of anything more manly than that."
As the barbecue winds down, the guys decide that they're going to pursue the most masculine of pastimes together. That is, going hunting for wild mushrooms.
Recipe: Chickpea And Olive's Zucchini Polenta Burgers
Makes 8 to 10 burgers
2 zucchini
2 summer squash
1 cans cannelloni beans
60 grams polenta cooked in 240 milliliters of water
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 head of roast garlic
3 square feet of cheesecloth
4 scallions, sliced
Shred the zucchini and squash on a box grater or in your food processor with the shredder attachment. Remove to a strainer and salt liberally. This will cause the squash to release its moisture. You can then squeeze the water out with your hands or wring the squash out in a dishtowel or cheesecloth.
Slice scallions and add to squash.
Next, take 1/2 can of beans and drain them before adding them to your food processor, along half of roasted garlic. Puree until they make a smooth paste.
Mix remaining beans directly to the shredded squash, along with the bean puree and the nutritional yeast, and season the mixture with salt and pepper along with remaining cloves of roast garlic, whole.
Next, cover with the polenta and mix to combine. You can put the bowl in the refrigerator directly or transfer to a cookie tray and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to cool and allow the polenta to set. Next you can either form burgers with your hands or cut with a cookie cutter or ring mold. Fry in a cast iron pan for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER 1: The world is run by the man.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER 2: Who?
SPEAKER 1: The man. Oh, you don't know the man? Oh, well, he's everywhere.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER 3: A lot of women get turned on by a masculine, earthy quality.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER 4: Whatever you do, don't tell her you don't drink. She'll think you're a Boy Scout.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER 5: What kind of man are you? What kind of man are you?
NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: That's just one of the questions we've asked this summer while exploring the definition of masculinity. Today, the subject is food, and the notion that real men eat meat. According to advertisers, they crave steak and burgers. Here's a Burger King commercial from just a few years ago.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER 6: I am man, hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore. And I'm way too hungry to settle for chick food.
ULABY: Chick food meaning foods that are marketed almost exclusively to women - salad, yogurt, cupcakes. Well, it's not just Madison Avenue. NPR's Neda Ulaby has a look at how men are stereotyped by what they like to eat.
ULABY: The guests at this barbeque in Brooklyn are a bunch of really manly guys - semi-professional athletes, mostly, and seriously built.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER 7: Do any of you guys have like competitions or races or anything coming up - or fights?
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER 8: I do.
ULABY: These guys all share something else in common besides feats of strength.
GIACOMO MARCHESE: My name's Giacomo Marchese. My path to veganism was actually based on performance. I am a bodybuilder.
DOMINIC THOMPSON: I'm Dominic - Dominic Thompson. I am a triathlete, and I'm a vegan and proud of it.
ULABY: These manly, muscly men do not consume any animal products - no meat, fish, dairy, eggs - ever. And for that, they get teased, even sometimes mocked.
THOMPSON: You have the vegan women in the community that don't have the same pushback.
ULABY: Thompson says veganism tends to get associated with wimpy female stereotypes.
THOMPSON: Everyone always thinks vegans are weak, skinny, frail, pale. I get people that think you're like Gwyneth Paltrow.
ULABY: Who, by the way, is no longer vegan. Also unlike Gwyneth Paltrow, Thompson grew up in a rough Chicago housing project - the kind of kid who, when he saw people picking on stray dogs or cats, would rush in to save them.
THOMPSON: There's nothing more cowardly to me taking advantage of something that's defenseless.
ULABY: Today he's the guy who checks labels to avoid leather, wool, and products tested on animals.
THOMPSON: To me, compassion is the new cool.
ULABY: Let's meet the host of this all-male vegan barbecue. Tall, elegant Joshua Katcher runs a website called The Discerning Brute. It's a lifestyle guide for vegan men. Katcher also designs very expensive vegan menswear. It's caught the attention of men's magazines like GQ and Esquire. But Katcher challenges society's prevailing notions of manhood.
JOSHUA KATCHER: Mainstream masculinity is a roadblock to sustainability.
ULABY: Katcher thinks in an era of climate change and environmental destruction, masculinity should be reframed as protecting the planet, not dominating it. Since he stopped eating or using products that hurt animals, he says he's been made to feel unmanly.
KATCHER: Absolutely. It's considered just a sign of weakness to other men - like oh, you've left the club.
ULABY: There's actually been a tradition of leaving the club that dates back in this country for more than a hundred years, says Pomona College professor Kyla Wazana Tompkins.
KYLA WAZANA TOMPKINS: One particular group of radical food thinkers advocated a kind of manliness based on vegetarianism
ULABY: Including Sylvester Graham, after whom the graham cracker's named, and Bronson Alcott, father of Louisa May Alcott, who wrote "Little Women." He was vegan, and for him, that was part of his advocacy against slavery and for women's rights. Although according to his daughter, Alcott never bothered to do any cooking.
Professor Tompkins is like me, a meat eater, but she finds something very masculine about following a vegan diet.
TOMPKINS: It's total control - right - of the body.
ULABY: There's something hard-core about veganism that appeals to a certain type of guy.
ULABY: According to a recent Harris Poll, more women are vegetarian than men, but more men are vegan. John Joseph of the punk band the Cro-Mags has been vegan for more than 30 years.
ULABY: Joseph's also written a book called "Meat Is For..." well, we have to say wussies. The real title's too hard-core for public radio.
JOHN JOSEPH: You know, I come from jails and gyms, where, you know, guys were eating Alpo burgers 'cause the dudes would like, if it's good enough for my pit bull, it's going to give me more strength and energy.
ULABY: Back and Brooklyn, the grillmeister is not flipping Alpo burgers.
DAN STRONG: So these are our beet burgers.
ULABY: That's right, beets, for their pleasingly pinkish color, says Dan Strong. He's a professional vegan chef who trained in some fancy New York kitchens.
STRONG: I was mostly a butcher.
ULABY: But Strong met a beautiful vegan at the restaurant where he worked and converted to impress her. Because he went hard-core vegan without a mushy transitional vegetarian phase, where he still got to eat eggs and dairy, Strong gained grudging respect, he says, from the other meat cutters and macho chefs.
STRONG: I actually got made fun of more about the fact that I didn't have tattoos.
ULABY: Being vegan has made Strong think a lot about how American men are not encouraged to show feelings. Caring passionately and openly about animals and the planet is for him, a powerful expression of manhood.
STRONG: I mean, there is an illusion that manhood is like this confidence that is exuded all times. Veganism is that kind of confidence, it really is. It's a choice that we make consciously that we live actively that guides us in our lives. I can't think of anything really more manly than that.
ULABY: As the barbecue winds down, the men have decided to pursue may be the ultimate in masculinity - hunting.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER 9: I don't know if you guys are in to wild foraged mushrooms, but I'm all about going out there to pick them.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER 10: They don't stand a chance.
ULABY: From the new frontier of food and masculinity, this is Neda Ulaby, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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