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My first few images took about 10 days to be approved earlier this month, and now they are getting approved (and a few rejected) in about 1 or 2 days.
I hope Pentax is not compromising on the quality of what gets into PPG!
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National Security | Lawmakers are divided on phone records sweep
"Privacy vs. security" Continued...
A bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers, including several conservative Republicans, are asking agencies in the Obama administration for more information about this week's revelations that the government is tracking the telephone records of tens of millions of Americans.
"We are concerned that the FBI and NSA are using a statute written primarily to target foreign intelligence to sweep up volumes of data about Americans' everyday telephone calls," states the letter signed by 21 lawmakers and sent to Robert Mueller, director of the FBI, and Keith Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency. "Such an intentionally general and suspicionless collection of citizen's private data is troubling, to say the least."
The letter highlights the congressional divide over a secret program that gathered records of the telephone numbers, time and duration of millions of calls made inside the U.S. It is a division that is not dictated by political parties.
Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., said the revelations, made this week in a leak, should "shock anyone who has even a passing interest in privacy, civil liberties, or the Constitution." Rep. Steve Pearce, R- N.M., said the seizure of the phone records of millions of Americans is a "gross misuse and abuse" of the PATRIOT Act. The law was passed after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to give the government broad new powers in fighting terrorism.
"That the very act designed to protect our nation's way of life is being used to violate the constitutional rights of all Americans is reprehensible," Pearce said. "The federal government must be held accountable for its actions."
But senators from both parties had a more muted response to the practice after a Thursday Senate briefing with top officials from the FBI and NSA.
"It is lawful," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. "The records can only be accessed under heightened standards … and it's to ferret this out before it happens. It's called protecting America."
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee, also stood up for the program, saying the agencies do not collect recordings of the content of the calls.
"This is nothing new," Chambliss said. "This has been going on for seven years … to my knowledge, there has not been any citizen who has registered a complaint. It has proved meritorious because we have gathered significant information on bad guys, but only on bad guys, over the years."
Not every Senator was impressed with giving this much power and discretion to a federal executive branch that currently is embroiled in numerous scandals centering on the abuse of private information.
"After revelations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted political dissidents and the Department of Justice seized reporters' phone records, it would appear that this administration has now sunk to a new low," said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. "The Bill of Rights was designed to protect us from evil, too, particularly that which always correlates with concentrated government power, and particularly executive power."
In addition to collecting phone records through Verizon, the federal government also has spent years gathering information secretly on Internet usage through Google and other providers. President Barack Obama on Friday backed the surveillance activities in his first public remarks since information on the secret programs was leaked this week.
In a 15-minute defense, Obama said, "nobody is listening to your telephone calls." He argued that striking the balance between national security interests and individual privacy rights requires "some tradeoffs" and "modest encroachments." Obama stated that he assessed the programs and concluded that they help prevent terrorist attacks.
"You can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience," Obama said. "We're going to have to make some choices as a society."
The president stated numerous times that congressional lawmakers from both parties authorized the surveillance programs and have been consistently briefed on their progress.
"It's important to understand that your duly elected representatives have been consistently informed on exactly what we're doing," Obama said. "Now, the programs … are secret in the sense that they're classified. But they're not secret in the sense that when it comes to telephone calls, every member of Congress has been briefed on this program."
But some lawmakers doubt that every member of Congress has been briefed, suggesting that just congressional leaders and members of key intelligence committees are being kept informed.
"While some members of Congress were made aware of and approved of this secret, blanket, domestic surveillance program, I was never briefed on it and never approved it," said Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan. "The use of this indiscriminate practice of seizing the private telephone records of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil without probable cause infringes upon the fundamental constitutional rights of tens of millions of unsuspecting, law-abiding Americans."
Like other lawmakers, Huelskamp said the secret sweep of telephone records takes on a new meaning in the aftermath of the IRS targeting conservative groups and the Justice Department's secret collection of journalists' phone records. Huelskamp said it "raises even more distrust and fundamental concern about President Obama's willingness to trample on the privacy rights of American citizens."
During the 2008 presidential election, then candidate Obama got a lot of campaign mileage out of criticizing the spying efforts under then President George W. Bush. Republicans accused Obama of distorting the Bush Administration's activities while civil liberty advocates expected Obama to crack down on any surveillance activities if he was elected. Obama acknowledge on Friday that he came into office with "a healthy skepticism about these programs." But five years later it seems that the programs have been approved and expanded under his watch.
Now groups like the American Civil Liberties Union are finding themselves in an awkward place: opposing Obama.
"The secrecy surrounding the government's extraordinary surveillance powers has stymied our system of checks and balances," said Laura Murphy, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington Legislative Office. "Congress must initiate an investigation to fully uncover the scope of these powers and their constraints, and it must enact reforms that protect Americans' right to privacy and that enable effective public oversight of our government."
This furor did not surprise some in Washington who knew that it was just a matter of time before the secrets were exposed. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., warned back in 2011: "When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry."
With the leaks, the debate over how to strike a balance between privacy rights and national security will now take an even more central place in the public square.


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Shia was spotted in New York City this past week enjoying a walk home after some hardcore boxing. Who knew that Shia boxed? Maybe it's a way to get out his frustration since quitting the play Orphans. It makes me sad that we won't see Shia and Tom Sturridge on the same stage.
Shia looks to be fine though. He's got the shaved head, the boxing gloves, all he needs is his girlfriend by his side and I'm sure he'd be set. Think Shia and Mia Goth are still a thing? They were a few months ago! So what's Shia up to now?
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Sarah Atkins, 36, died Jan. 29, 2014, surrounded by those she loved most. Sarah was the daughter of Leon and Beverly Atkins and sister to Garrett Atkins and Lance Atkins.
Sarah's life involved a steady and mounting struggle with her health: an autoimmune complex, non-convulsive seizures and rheumatoid arthritis. Ultimately, after developing H1N1 influenza, Sarah's body succumbed to an infection.
However, Sarah's health was not her life's primary theme. A 1996 graduate of Haxtun High School, she went on to complete her medical doctorate from Mayo Medical School. Sarah lived in Ethiopia and South Africa, grew flowers, enjoyed an adventure and loved deeply. In the final hurdle of her life—health problems—Sarah tackled it with a rare consistency and grace. Her final gift, after a quick lifetime of boldness, was to encourage and cheer on the people she loved most.
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Arsene Wenger has revealed that he has put a comforting arm around an upset Olivier Giroud who he believes will come good for the Gunners.
While the transition of Spaniard and fellow Arsenal new boy Santi Cazorla has been seamless, the Frenchman, signed from Ligue 1 champions Montpellier in the summer, has struggled to find his way where it matters most for a goalscorer.
He has failed to find the net in his seven Premier League games so far, with his only strike in a red shirt coming in the 6-1 Capital One Cup rout of League One Coventry.
The misfiring forward squandered a late chance at home to Chelsea on Saturday as Arsenal's unbeaten start to the campaign came to an end with a 2-1 reverse.
Wenger said: "He's upset. I told him not to worry but you can say what you want to a striker who doesn't score, he doesn't really listen to you."
Nevertheless the manager insists the 26-year-old can cut it in the English game, saying: "I believe he has some qualities for domestic football because when he came on the other day, OK he missed chances, but he had two.
"He's still in what I consider an adaptation period because it's a different team and a different way of playing.
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Located in the center of the city with the height of 457.6 meters, Mt. Bomunsan is one of the most popular mountains in and around the city. Famous cultural sites here include Yuhoedang, Bongsoru, and Bomunsaji as well as amusement parks such as the Youth Plaza and Sajeong Park.
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EXCLUSIVE: CANCER STRICKEN RYAN O'NEAL has months to live, say insiders as Ryan reveals his inner-most thoughts to The ENQUIRER.
O'Neal, 71, recently received the shocking news he has Stage 4 prostate cancer – a virtual death sentence.
Ryan's putting on a brave public face, but a close source confided: "He has just four months to live and says the only bright spot is that he'll be seeing his beloved Farrah Fawcett again."
Ryan, the star of "Love Story" and "What's Up Doc?" has been devastated ever since Farrah's death in 2009, and he revealed that he'd like to ask her forgiveness for never marrying her during their 30-year relationship.
"I'd like to apologize to her," he told The ENQUIRER. "I adore Farrah. I miss her so much. It's torture! I still live in the house where we lived together. Everything that's nice here she got for me."
Talking with amazing candor, Ryan also confided exclusively to The ENQUIRER that he's actually battling three types of cancer – chronic myelogenous leukemia, which has been in remission since 2006, prostate cancer that has reportedly spread to his bones, and a touch of skin cancer on his nose.
"They keep slicing it and slicing it till they don't find any more cancer cells," he said about the latter.
But by far his most severe problem is the advanced prostate cancer, despite his recent public statement announcing that "the prognosis is positive for a full recovery."
The close source said: "Ryan knows that the odds are against him. Stage 4 is really bad news. He's getting his affairs in order, and says, 'I've made my peace with God. I'm ready to join my beloved Farrah now.'
"Ryan wants to be buried next to Farrah in Westwood Village Memorial cemetery."
Dr. Jerome Spunberg, a radiation oncologist from West Palm Beach, Fla., told The ENQUIRER that Stage 4 means the cancer has spread to other areas of the body, most commonly into the bone, and is incurable.
Despite the grim prognosis, the feisty actor, who lost his beloved Farrah to anal cancer at age 62, intends to put up the fight of his life to beat his own disease and remains confident.
"He doesn't believe his cancer is so advanced that he should give up," said the source. "Poor Ryan. He can't totally come to grips with his condition."
Ryan told The ENQUIRER he's found a top specialist in Ventura County, Calif., and will have the tumors in his prostate frozen when he goes in for a one-day procedure on May 10.
He admitted he's "not looking forward to the treatment," but is remaining upbeat.
Ryan added: "Hopefully I'll still be able to chase women! They are not removing anything. They are only freezing the tumors, and then they die.
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TN Editorial: Lights aren't only things out of sync
Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 9:43 p.m.
Downtown shopkeepers must be wondering what sins they have committed to provoke the retribution of Government Almighty in this, the most challenging tourism season in memory.
Confirmation came this week from the Department of Transportation that the new traffic lights on Church and King streets are prepare to be shocked at the revelation not yet timed properly. The news was better read than heard, arriving as it did amid the background percussion of jackhammers pounding away on a project city leaders promised would be minimally disruptive.
Its painful to imagine the cacophony and destruction that might visit downtown Hendersonville in a public works project that City Hall said was disruptive.
When it comes to the DOT project, the answer as to why the project has not worked out as planned (the agency said it would be done in May) is the usual one that reveals layers of incompetency.
The program has not been completed in Raleigh, resident engineer Roger Hamilton said. Right now the lights are timed, and timed poorly.
We dont blame the local engineers; they may be just as aggravated as the motorists inching along King Street, stopping every block at a red light.
We would appeal to him and to city and county officials to convey the whole towns frustration up the line. Sen. Tom Apodaca, who lives on Main Street above the mayhem, ought to press the DOT for answers and quick action, as should Rep. Carolyn Justus, R-Dana. Were sure folks from Dana have had reason to try to drive through town.
Were getting a lot of complaints, Hamilton said. The lights are not synchronized yet.
As for the blockbuster Traffic Light and Crosswalk Project II (aka Nightmare on Main Street), the citys decision to launch the $179,000 do-over just as the summer tourism season opened is looking like an even more egregious assault on the downtown economy.
When City Manager Bo Ferguson and Mayor Greg Newman downplayed the construction, we took them at their word.
The spin that youll hardly notice has been shown to be ridiculously optimistic, if not deliberately misleading.
At any time of day, backhoes block streets while jackhammers and concrete saws add an ear-crushing soundtrack. If motorists and pedestrians and diners just decide to give up on Main Street, this project will be worse than having no traffic signals at all.
If it appeared that the job would be quickly done and that crews would be out of the way, wed counsel everyone to grit their teeth and persevere. But our fear is that it wont be done quickly, and, worse, that it will reach the worst-case scenario turning a tough tourism season into a disastrous one.
The only option is to act. The City Council should take up this project up at its next meeting. It should order the city manager to immediately renegotiate the contract for nighttime work only 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The city will pay a premium for the nighttime work, yes, but the alternative of driving shops and restaurants to ruin is the worse option.
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We know University of Texas at Austin alumni love a good get together so the Texas Exes and the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement are planning a big one for THE PROJECT, a program designed to unite alumni nationwide for a single day of service during the month of February. This will be an opportunity for all Texas Exes chapters or networks to participate in one of the largest university service events ever.
THE PROJECT is an extension of the premier student service event held annually at The University of Texas at Austin, designed by students to benefit the many Austin neighborhoods surrounding the campus. By including our Texas Exes chapters and networks during this month of service, our combined efforts will have a tremendous impact on our communities, help spread the pride we have for the University of Texas, and show once again how UT alumni change the world.
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An investigation on the alarming rise of untreatable infections.
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Microsoft Research Connections intern, Eric Rozell, presents the results of his research on feature generation techniques for unstructured data sources. He applies Probase—a web-scale knowledge base that was developed by Microsoft Research Asia and is generated from the Bing index, search query logs, and other sources—to extract concepts from text. He compares the performance of features generated from Probase and two other forms of semantic analysis: Explicit Semantic Analysis using Wikipedia and Latent Dirichlet Allocation. He evaluates the semantic analysis techniques on two tasks: recommendation, by using Matchbox (a platform for probabilistic recommendations from Microsoft Research Cambridge) and clustering, by using K-Means.
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2010 Butler Women's Soccer
Butler (3-7-0) at IUPUI (3-6-0)
Wednesday, Sept. 29 - 7 p.m. ET
Kuntz Stadium - Indianapolis, Ind.
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Butler (1-0 HL) vs. Valparaiso
Sunday, Oct. 3 - 1 p.m. ET
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The Butler women's soccer team will play twice in the city of Indianapolis this week, heading over to Kuntz Stadium to play IUPUI Wednesday evening before hosting Valparaiso at the Butler Bowl Sunday, Oct. 3.
The Bulldogs are coming off a hard-fought 1-0 win over Wright State last Sunday. Sophomore Katie Griswold scored the game-winner in the 25th minute, her team-leading 6th goal of the season. The win gets the Dawgs off to a 1-0 start in Horizon League play.
Butler will be seeking revenge against the Jaguars and Crusaders this week. IUPUI edged Butler last season, 1-0, in a game that was re-scheduled due to lightning last September. Toward the end of the season, Valpo scored a 2-0 win against Butler.
Fans coming to the match Sunday - as well as the Butler events on Friday and Saturday as well - are encouraged to wear pink in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.


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> Some people in this forum argue that "NULL" has
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I could not disagree more. There is a reason there is no counterpart in mathematics - the "null concept" is not necessary. Why then is it suddenly necessary in a data model based upon mathematics? Because "missing data" is viewed incorrectly by most participants, as though it is some obtuse construct external to the underlying theory. This is absolutely not the case - _everything_ one could possible say about missing or unknown data can still happily be described in terms of predicate logic. It is not a 'hole' in the data, it is different data.
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Sometimes, October success is all about finding unexpected contributions from relatively inexperienced players.
In 2011, Tampa Bay rookie Matt Moore had faced all of 40 batters during the regular season when his manager, Joe Maddon, handed him the ball for Game 1 of the ALDS. He threw seven shutout innings against Texas as the Rays won easily.
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In 2002, Angels reliever Francisco Rodriguez had faced only 21 major-league hitters when Mike Scioscia added him to the postseason roster. He became Anaheim's most dominant bullpen arm, striking out 28 batters and posting a 1.93 ERA in 18 2/3 innings as the Angels marched to the World Series championship.
Heck, even Bob Wolcott displayed a little rookie magic in 1995. He'd made just six starts for the Mariners that season, but after the Seattle pitching staff was pushed to the limit in the ALDS, Wolcott was given the Game 1 start in the ALCS. He delivered seven strong innings in a 3-2 win for Seattle. It was the only playoff appearance of his career.
The Cardinals, who were named baseball's best farm system by industry giant Baseball America this spring, have three rookies—Michael Wacha, Carlos Martinez and Kolten Wong—who could make huge impacts in October. And if Oscar Taveras wasn't out for the season after August ankle surgery, they could have had a fourth. (Technically, starter Shelby Miller and setup man Trevor Rosenthal are rookies, too, but they've been with the club all season and are very much known quantities.)
"Obviously, it shows how good of an organization the St. Louis Cardinals are, with so many young guys coming up here and producing at such a high level right now," Wacha told Sporting News last week, shortly after he was recalled to the bigs for the second time this season. "It's fun to watch. Even when I was down in (Class AAA) Memphis, just seeing my teammates come up and producing at a high level, it was a lot of fun. I'm happy to be here now."
We'll start with Wacha, the 19th overall pick of the 2012 draft. He's dominated at every stop in the minors—a 2.29 ERA and a 9.6 K/9 rate in 106 career minor-league innings—and will follow a familiar path for highly rated Cardinals prospects. He's a full-fledged member of the St. Louis bullpen for the immediate future, a power arm capable of racking up big strikeout numbers. Think Trevor Rosenthal last year (15 strikeouts in 8 2/3 scoreless postseason innings) or Adam Wainwright in 2006 (15 strikeouts in 9 2/3 scoreless innings).
"It's very electric stuff," Cardinals general manager John Mozaliek said. "Hopefully we can tap into that in high-leverage spots now."
Wacha has faced nine hitters as a reliever so far and struck out seven of them. "This is a fun time to be up here," he said. "Hopefully I can help the team make a little run."
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: Younger Cardinals answer challenge
Wong, the 22nd pick of the 2011 draft, was called up to the majors for the first time on Friday. He stands just 5-9, but the second baseman has hit at all three of his stops in the minors—a career .301 average, .811 OPS, 24 homers and 50 stolen bases—and will have an opportunity to play at least somewhat regularly down the stretch.
When he's in the lineup, Matt Carpenter shifts over to third and David Freese, who's hitting just .268 with six homers, shifts to the bench.
"Kolten, he's just a scrappy player," Wacha said. "He's an unbelievable defender, and he hits for average and power. He's crazy to watch. He's like a little ninja out there."
Martinez is the only one of the three in the minors at the moment. He's pitched 16 innings with the parent club so far, with a 6.19 ERA. In his one start, though, on August 8 against the Dodgers, he made believers of the guys who faced him.
"Man, that is a great arm," L.A. catcher A.J. Ellis told Sporting News after the game. "I don't know if we've seen a fastball like that this year. He has the ability to get to both sides of the plate, with that four-seamer away and that sinker in, when he's throwing strikes that could make for a really long night."
Ellis continued: "It's just the electricity, the way it jumps out of his hand. To see the fastball like that coming out of kind of a smaller guy, you don't see that too often. He has tremendous arm speed and great action on his fastball. You've got to be ready to hit, because that fastball gets on you in a hurry."
October gets on you in a hurry, too. If the Cardinals wind up winning their third World Series in less than a decade, these three rookies will probably play a big part in that success.


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"There's a great selection out there if you know how to find them," explained Todd Acktons, 29, a hipster who spends his time searching defunct and abandoned website message boards for mp3 files. "A lot of the time the links are broken. But if you stick with it, you can find some real gems."
Acktons said he started working on his mp3 collection when he became disillusioned by vinyl.
"[Vinyl] just got way too cool and mainstream. Right now the real action is finding a classic mp3 file that maybe hasn't ever been played on an iPod."
Members of his clique said they use a variety of methods to seek out mp3s, including long trips to attend niche conventions for antique computers.
"We'll also hit up a lot of used computer shops and ask if we can look through the hard-drives," said Matt Elswer, who boasts a collection of over 2000 mp3s from the late '90s.
"Part of the appeal is finding mp3s with weird file names. We'll never change the file name no matter how wrong it may be because it's more authentic to keep the original."
"Those long blank files that were pretty common for a while in the late 90s are the gems that we all hope for," added Elswer. "You don't get much out of the song but nothing beats knowing that very few people probably listened to the file all the way to the end."
The hipsters also stress the importance of how a vintage mp3 should be played.
"It's all about the experience, too, man," said Ron Ollister, 28, a friend of Elswer and Acktons. "We play these files on the oldest computer we can find to recreate the way it was back in the day. Sometimes these files were improperly converted, which can make it painful to listen to, but it's really cool."
"We once found a WAV file that was obviously made using a computer mic pushed up against stereo speakers," Ollister continued. "It was a whole album from Zappa in one file. The file was huge and the quality terrible, and we had a heck of a time trying to play it on a Pentium II with an older version of Winamp which kept crashing on us. It was awesome."
The most revered Gen-Y hipsters belonging to the mp3 movement are known to use dial-up connections to share their music files because transferring files at too great a speed "ruins the mood." Aaron Fieldman, a hipster who lives in the Montreal area, made a name for himself in the community when he successfully transferred "Stairway to Heaven" on five different floppy discs.
While the Gen-Y hipsters commit to staying clear of anything "too kitschy" so as not to ruin the vintage files, friends and family members have complained that they sometimes take their music appreciation rituals too far.
Elswer's mother, Lynda, said her son once broke up with his girlfriend of two years because she made copies of his mp3 files and played them on her iPod, thus "ruining the rarity of the file," according to Elswer.
But Elswer maintained it was a "lame move" on the part of his then girlfriend.
"It's people like that who just don't get it," Elswer said. "We're trying to recapture the days when toasters would fly across your computer screen. Good music wasn't meant to be packaged into some neat little corporate scheme where you pay a buck to have a song play on your phone. That's way too easy and convenient, and I don't want any part of that."


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A North Carolina appeals court ruling preserving a broad ban on video poker machines hasn't stopped Internet sweepstakes parlors from offering the chance to win cash.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that sweepstakes operators say their business isn't gambling because patrons are paying for computer time or a phone card. They say the hands of video poker or results from virtual slot machines are promotional devices that coax people to buy a product and get a chance to win a prize.
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Tuberculosis (TB) Screening Requirement
Requirement in brief: Beginning Fall 2006, the University of Michigan-Dearborn will require certain entering international students to be screened for tuberculosis (TB). All University of Michigan campuses (Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint) will participate.
Am I required to be screened?
You must be screened for TB if you answer Yes to ALL of the following three questions.
Are you an entering UM-Dearborn international student with an F-1 or J-1/J-2 visa type?
Did the UM-Dearborn issue your Form I-20 or DS-2019?
- Are you a citizen of one of the following countries (identified by the World Health Organization)?
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- China (includes Hong Kong SAR)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- India
- Indonesia
- Kenya
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Phillipines
- Russian Federation
- South Africa
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Uganda
- Vitenam
- Zimbabwe
Why do I need to be screened for TB?
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Michigan Advisory Committee for Elimination of Tuberculosis recommend screening individuals from countries where TB is relatively common. The UM Executive Officers approved this policy in 2004 (see Tuberculosis Screening Mandate). A TB skin test can detect whether you have TB infection and if so, you can get treatment.
Who identified the countries?
The World Health Organization (WHO) identified the countries, which together account for 80% of the world's TB cases. See the Stop TB Partnership website for a summary.
What if I don't comply with the screening requirement?
You will not be allowed to register for your second semester until you are screened for TB, which will also affect your ability to stay in the US on an F-1 or J-1 visa sponsored by the UM-Dearborn. Please be screened before your deadline date.
Is there a deadline date for the screening requirement?
You must be screened before the following deadline date during the first semester you arrived at the UM-Dearborn.
Fall (Sept. Dec.): October 15th
Winter (Jan. April): February 15th
Summer I (May June): June 15th
Summer II (July Aug): August 15th
If you are a visiting scholar you will have 30 days after your arrival date to complete the TB requirement. Please be screened as soon as possible so that you can register for your second semester classes and your visa status will not be jeopardized.
What if I have dual or multiple citizenship/nationalities?
Whether you must be screened for TB will be determined by your citizenship/nationality stated on your Form I-20 for F-1 students, and Form DS-2019 for J-1 students.
I already had a TB skin test (or treatment) in my country. Can I meet the requirement by bringing documentation?
No, you must be retested.
What is the process for screening?
Print the International Student Tuberculosis (TB) Screening Information and Authorization form. Obtain an authorized signature from the International Office that verifies that you are eligible for screening at no cost to you. Go to Henry Ford Medical Center-Fairlane (HFMC-FL) and present the signed form to them. You will meet with a nurse, who will administer the TB skin test. You will return to HFMC-FL within 48 to 72 hours to have the test read. HFMC-FL will sign the authorization form noting your results. Return the form to Office of International Affairs, Suite 108 at The Union, to ensure that you will not be billed for the screening.
What is the process for TB skin testing?
First, you will meet with a nurse to be injected with a small amount of fluid called PPD under the top layer of skin on your lower arm.
Next, you will need to return in person 48-72 hours later for the test reaction on your arm to be examined.
If the reaction is not significant, or there is no reaction, then you have no TB infection (negative).
If the reaction of your arm is significant (positive), a chest x-ray will be required to check for active TB in the lungs.
What if my TB skin test is positive?
A chest x-ray will be required to check for active TB in the lungs.
If the chest x-ray is normal and you have no symptoms of active TB, you have inactive TB.
If you have an abnormal chest x-ray or symptoms of active TB, you may be required to have additional tests.
What are the side effects of the test?
The TB skin test will not make you sick. It may cause swelling, itching or tenderness at the injection site, which usually disappears within a week. You can continue normal activities including washing your arm after the test.
What if I am diagnosed with TB infection?
Most people have inactive TB, which cannot be transmitted and does not cause symptoms. Treatment with antibiotics is recommended in order to prevent active TB. You can attend school normally.
Active TB can be transmitted and is very serious, possibly causing permanent damage and even death. It is curable with appropriate medicine, and treatment with antibiotics is required.
Will TB test results affect my visa or student status?
Having TB will NOT affect your visa or student status. Students who have TB infection are not discriminated against in any way. Health records are confidential and cannot be released without patient consent.
How much would treatment cost?
The screening cost for UM-Dearborn J-1 and F-1 students and scholars will be paid by the University.
I got BCG vaccine in my country. Do I still need to test?
Yes, you must be retested.
Do others (family members, travelers to the countries listed by WHO) have to be screened for TB?
TB screening is encouraged for others at risk but not required by the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
For more information, please contact:
Suzette Crandell
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Kindergartners at the Norman J. Levy Lakeside School in Merrick took part in a distance-learning experience earlier this month. The video conference was run by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and tied into their science studies about the five senses. The students took part in activities, with supplies and directions from the museum educator, to learn about what life is like if you were missing one of your senses, like sight or hearing.
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Sven Libaek : President, MAGA National Executive
Sven Libaek has been a member of MAGA for more than 30 years. He joined the committee in 1996 and was elected president in 2000. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, and first performed as a pianist with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by the late Arthur Fiedler. He moved to Australia in 1960, and spent his first four years in this country as A&R Manager for Coronet, (later CBS), Records. At CBS Sven produced over 200 singles and albums, including Bombora, a big hit for the group The Atlantics. He is well known as a composer of many film and television scores, including Nature Walkabout, Boney, ABC's Big Country and Ron and Valery Taylor's under water series Inner Space. His Australia Suite for symphony orchestra and jazz group had its world premiere in Sydney Town Hall in the late sixties, with Sven at the piano and featuring the "cream" of Australian jazz greats, including Don Burrows, Johnny Sangster, Errol Buddle, George Golla and Ed Gaston. As an arranger and orchestrator he has worked with many top singers both in Australia and overseas, and the Sven Libaek Orchestra has, over a period of years, released more than 30 albums featuring Sven's arrangements.
Sven moved to Los Angeles in 1977, and remained there until 1994. During his years in America he was one of the principal composer/arrangers for Hanna Barbera, as well as working for top US artists, including Neil Diamond and Lionel Richie. Sven is currently the resident conductor of the Sutherland Shire Symphony Orchestra.
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Throw is 60" diameter.
Project shown is stitched with RED HEART® "SuperSaver™" in 321 Gold A, 332 Ranch Red B, 656 Real Teal C, 400 Grey Heather D, 376 Burgundy E, 380 Windsor Blue F and 788 Williamsburg Print G.
- Medium weight yarn: 1 skein each A, B, C; 2 skeins each D, E, and F; 3 skeins G.
- Knitting Needles: 9mm [US 13] 24" long circular.
- Crochet Hook: 6.5mm [US K-10.5].
- Cable needle.
- Stitch markers.
- Yarn needle.
GAUGE: 10 sts = 4"; 15 rows = 4" in Stockinette Stitch holding 2 strands of yarn together. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size needles to obtain the specified gauge.
Notes: Body of afghan is worked with 2 strands of yarn held together. It is worked back and forth in rows on circular needles until enough stitches have been increased to work in the round. Change to longer needles as is necessary or work with 2 or 3 circular needles at a time to contain the large number of stitches.
Holding 2 strands of A together, cast on 8 sts, leaving a long tail.
Row 1 (WS): Purl.
Row 2: [Yo, k1, place marker] 7 times, yo, k1.
Row 3: Purl.
Row 4: [Yo, knit to marker] 7 times, yo, knit to end.
Rows 5-15: Repeat Rows 3-4.
Cut A and change to B.
Row 16: [Yo, *k2, slip 1; repeat from * to marker] 7 times, yo, *k2, slip 1; repeat from * to end. Do not turn. Join to work in rounds, placing 8th marker for beginning of round.
Round 17: Knit.
Round 18: [Yo, knit to marker] 8 times.
Rounds 19-31: Repeat Rounds 1-2.
Cut B and change to C.
Round 32: [Yo, *k2, slip 1; repeat from * to marker] 8 times.
Round 33: Knit.
Round 34: [Yo, knit to marker] 8 times.
Rounds 35-41: Repeat Rounds 33-34 for 9 more times.
Round 42: *Yo, k to 14 sts before marker, slip 7 to cable needle and hold in back, [knit next st from left-hand needle, knit st from cable needle] 7 times; repeat from * around.
Rounds 43-51: Repeat Rounds 33-34 for 9 more times.
Cut C and change to D.
Rounds 52-71: Repeat Rounds 32-51.
Cut D and change to E.
Rounds 72-91: Repeat Rounds 32-51.
Cut E and change to F.
Round 92: [Yo, knit to marker] 8 times.
Round 93: Knit.
Rounds 94-101: Repeat Rounds 92-93.
Cut F and change to G.
Round 102: [Yo, knit to marker] 8 times.
Round 103: Knit.
Rounds 104-107: Repeat Rounds 92-93.
Bind off loosely.
Round 1: With right side facing, crochet hook and holding 2 strands of yarn together, join G in any st, ch 2, sc in back loop of each bound-off st around, slip st in top of beginning ch to join.
Round 2: Ch 2, sc in back loop of each st around, working 2 sc in each yo point, slip st in top of beginning ch to join.
Round 3: Cut 1 strand of yarn. Working with 1 strand of yarn, work in backwards sc in back loop of each st around, slip st to first st to join.
Fasten off.
Using long tail, gather cast-on sts to close. Sew closed row edges of first 16 rows.
Weave in ends.
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couldn't wait to do this but have a question. On rounds 19-31 it says to repeat rows 1 and 2, is this a mistake or is the second section supposed to be done in the garter st
Apr 02, 2011
can't wait to try this, this might be my next project. Thanks
Aug 29, 2010
NO, you don't have to get more yarn than specified just to have two strands. Nor do you need to wind balls for the extra strand. Find the inner end and the outer end of the skein and pull them together. I wondered if this would work for multiple strand patterns, but didn't try it until I saw someone doing it on a knitting program on public TV. It actually works just fine and if you run into the usual tangles inside skeins, it's less hassle untangling than it would ever be to try to wind 2 equal sized balls.
Feb 13, 2010
I was ready to try this one.. loved the circle idea. Stopped when I read you had to stitch with two strands. That would mean you'd have to buy a lot more yarn (A, B, C, and probably G). Or, you would have to wind a ball for each of those colors, and those SuperSaver skeins would take forever to do and you wouldn't know until the end if you had enough. Nice idea though.
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Any fan of Japan's women's hockey team will admit that they don't exactly expect the girls to take Olympic gold anytime soon– but the team is loved anyway.
Although the team places second in every Asian Winter Games since 1996, they are ranked 10th in the world and generally struggle with international competition. In fact, Japan's spot at the Sochi Games is the first time in the country's history that it qualified into the Olympics in women's hockey.
Despite this, Japan's women's hockey team is consistently a fan favorite. They've been described as "the smiley-est group ever known." This is perfect seeing as the team's nickname is "Smile Japan."
The girls are known for their positive energy and love of celebration. Because of this, they have gained a handful of fans despite their scores at Sochi.
"We hoped to get a better result, but we are still positive," one of the players said when Japan lost 4-0 to Germany. "We wanted to make our fans smile for us. Despite this, we hope we can still make them smile."
This doesn't seem like a very difficult task for the girls at all. Upon arriving at Sochi, the team was given some practice time. How did they utilize it? Certainly not by running drills or practicing every second they were given. Instead, they took pictures, played around in the ice and relished every moment of being on Olympic ice.
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Every Tuesday during the season, NHL.com fantasy hockey expert Matt Cubeta will provide you with an in-depth analysis of fantasy forwards in his weekly segment: "The Front Line." From updated rankings to players you should keep a close eye on and much more, Cubeta will be your fantasy forwards insider all season long.
We see it every year. Early on in each season, there's plenty of shuffling among the top-10 fantasy rankings -- this goes for Yahoo league rankings and my rankings. I have to try and determine where I believe each player fits in with so few games accounted for. If a superstar gets off to a slow start (Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers), do I drop him significantly or leave him high in the ranks with expectations he will return to past seasons' form? If a player comes out of nowhere to perform at the level of a superstar (Alexander Steen, St. Louis Blues), do I rank him among fantasy's elite?
These are the questions that are most difficult to answer during the first month of the season. However, we're nearly three months into the 2013-14 NHL season and trends have now turned into realities.
Giroux is no longer a roster detriment like he was in the first few weeks of the season, but he's still ranked 52nd in Yahoo leagues. That's certainly not what we expected and that's why he's ranked 26th in my latest set of top 100 forwards. Steen's hot streak has lasted all season and he's currently the 10th most valuable fantasy player in Yahoo leagues, leading him to earn a top-20 place in my ranks for how I expect him to perform from this point on.
We see cases like Giroux and Steen throughout the ranks, where players have earned their high ranking or have fallen significantly despite being an early draft pick back in September.
Throughout all this player shuffling, consistency has finally started to develop within my top-10 forward rankings.
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has held down the No. 1 rank all season long, and he's also been the No. 1 fantasy player in Yahoo leagues for just about the entire season.
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin started the season as my No. 3 forward but for the most part, he's been No. 2. Only Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning has prevented him from being No. 2 for the entire season, and Stamkos would likely have a case for that spot if not for his injury.
Penguins center Evgeni Malkin had a rough start to the season and hasn't been a consistent goal scorer, but thanks to a November that saw him post 25 points in 15 games, he's back up to the No. 3 spot. As long as his linemate, James Neal, can remain healthy (and free of suspensions), I would expect Malkin to remain this high going forward, assuming he too can stay healthy.
Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks has been a top-10 forward for most of the season, but he's moved all the way up to the No. 4 spot this week. He's in the middle of arguably the best streak of his career with four goals, 13 assists and a plus-9 rating during his current nine-game point-scoring streak.
The Anaheim Ducks' Corey Perry comes in at No. 5 and has proven once again that he's the ultimate six-tool fantasy player.
Perry's teammate, Ryan Getzlaf is No. 6 and as I pointed out last week, he's in the middle of a fantastic season.
New York Islanders captain John Tavares started the season as my No. 5 forward and right now he's ranked 18th in Yahoo leagues. However, with exception to his minus-6 rating, Tavares is putting up points at a higher clip than he ever has in his career (37 in 34 games).
Crosby's wingman, Chris Kunitz, was unbelievable last season and is backing that up with an equally impressive campaign this season. He doesn't carry the superstar name as some of these other top-10 players, but make no mistake, Kunitz provides near Perry-like value.
At No. 9 is Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews, who I ranked fourth overall coming into the season. Toews has been a bit streaky this year but he won't underwhelm in any category and when he goes on a hot streak, he's as productive as anyone.
Rounding out my latest top-10 ranks is Daniel Sedin. The Vancouver Canucks forward has hovered around the 10-spot for most of the season and like Toews, he won't hurt you in any category. Playing alongside his brother, Sedin has the potential to move up a few spots, but he'll likely never fall below 15th either, which makes him very reliable.
While players like Neal, the Minnesota Wild's Zach Parise, the Detroit Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk, the Toronto Maple Leafs' Phil Kessel and a few others all have a shot to crack the top 10 later on, heading into the holiday break, this is who I believe will be the 10 best fantasy players in the game for the remainder of this season.
With the holidays and the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic nearing, NHL.com's weekly fantasy hockey content (Fantasy All-Access, The Front Line, On the 'D'-fence and In the Cage) will return after the New Year. However, with the midway point of the 2013-14 NHL season approaching (Jan. 2, 2014), we will be releasing our updated top-200 overall fantasy rankings on Monday, Dec. 23.
Taylor Hall, Edmonton Oilers -- Hall is going to hurt your plus/minus (minus-9). That is a fact and you have to accept it. However, his point production is outstanding and he has the potential to move up even further in my forward ranks. With five goals and four assists in his past seven games, Hall now has 28 points in 28 games with seven of them coming on the power play and he's also averaging 3.4 shots on goal per game.
Brandon Saad, Chicago Blackhawks -- Saad has been in and out of my top-100 rankings, but riding shotgun alongside Kane should see Saad's value soar the rest of the way. The sophomore forward has five goals and two assists in the past seven games and his plus-18 on the season is second among all forwards.
Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks -- While Daniel remains a top-10 forward, Henrik is falling out of the top 20. Sedin is usually good for a point per game, but right now he's not coming close to that despite his team's success. The Canucks captain has four points in the past eight games and just 13 shots on goal during that span.
Alexander Semin, Carolina Hurricanes -- Semin is healthy again, which is a good thing, but I think it's time to send him to waivers regardless of his health. Owned in 75 percent of Yahoo leagues, Semin has three goals and six assists in 22 games, including no points in the two games since returning from his injury. Semin has the skill to heat up in the second half of the season, and if that does happen, you can always go add him again.
Michael Raffl, Philadelphia Flyers -- Raffl is currently skating on Philadelphia's top line with Giroux and Jakub Voracek and so far, so good. The Austrian native forward has two goals and four assists in his past four games and while I don't expect him to keep it up (he might not even stick on this line), he could make for a nice pick-up for the immediate future and is worth monitoring.
These rankings are based on expectations of the season going forward. The plus or minus for each player is movement based
on our most recent rankings -- NR means not ranked in previous rankings. They are based on a standard fantasy league with
these offensive categories: G, A, plus/minus, PIMs, PPP, SOG.
1 Sidney Crosby, Penguins (same)
2 Alex Ovechkin, Capitals (same)
3 Evgeni Malkin, Penguins (same) DTD
4 Patrick Kane, Blackhawks (+2)
5 Corey Perry, Ducks (-1)
6 Ryan Getzlaf, Ducks (-1)
7 John Tavares, Islanders (same)
8 Chris Kunitz, Penguins (same)
9 Jonathan Toews, Blackhawks (+2)
10 Daniel Sedin, Canucks (same)
11 Phil Kessel, Maple Leafs (+2)
12 Pavel Datsyuk, Red Wings (same)
13 Zach Parise, Wild (-4).
14 Patrick Sharp, Blackhawks (+4)
15 James Neal, Penguins (same) SUSP.
16 Anze Kopitar, Kings (+1)
17 Logan Couture, Sharks (-3)
18 Patrick Marleau, Sharks (+3)
19 Alexander Steen, Blues (+3)
20 Nicklas Backstrom, Capitals (+3)
21 Henrik Sedin, Canucks (-5)
22 Rick Nash, Rangers (-2)
23 David Backes, Blues (-4) DTD
24 Eric Staal, Hurricanes (same)
25 Marian Hossa, Blackhawks (+2)
26 Claude Giroux, Flyers (+4)
27 Taylor Hall, Oilers (+4)
28 Tyler Seguin, Stars (same)
29 Bobby Ryan, Senators (-4)
30 Joe Pavelski, Sharks (-1)
31 Ryan Kesler, Canucks (+1)
32 Jamie Benn, Stars (-6)
33 Matt Duchene, Avalanche (+4)
34 Martin St. Louis, Lightning (+1)
35 Joe Thornton, Sharks (-2)
36 Jason Spezza, Senators (-2)
37 Max Pacioretty, Canadiens (-1)
38 James van Riemsdyk, Maple Leafs (+1)
39 David Perron, Oilers (+3)
40 Milan Lucic, Bruins (-2)
41 Jordan Eberle, Oilers (+2)
42 Gabriel Landeskog, Avalanche (-2)
43 Joffrey Lupul, Maple Leafs (NR)*
44 Evander Kane, Jets (+4)
45 Mikko Koivu, Wild (-4)
46 Thomas Vanek, Islanders (-2)
47 Jarome Iginla, Bruins (+3)
48 Jeff Skinner, Hurricanes (+4)
49 David Krejci, Bruins (+5)
50 Derek Stepan, Rangers (-4)
51 Brad Richards, Rangers (-4)
52 Justin Williams, Kings (+1)
53 Jason Pominville, Wild (-2)
54 Brent Burns, Sharks (-9)
55 Radim Vrbata, Coyotes (-6)
56 Kyle Turris, Senators (+4)
57 T.J. Oshie, Blues (-1)
58 Johan Franzen, Red Wings (-3) DTD
59 Jeff Carter, Kings (+9)
60 Mike Ribeiro, Coyotes (+4)
61 Tomas Plekanec, Canadiens (-4)
62 Nazem Kadri, Maple Leafs (same)
63 Andrew Ladd, Jets (-2)
64 Mike Richards, Kings (+3)
65 Bryan Little, Jets (+1)
66 Patrice Bergeron, Bruins (-3)
67 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Oilers (-2)
68 Dustin Penner, Ducks (+8)
69 Tomas Hertl, Sharks (-11)
70 Jaromir Jagr, Devils (same)
71 Brandon Dubinsky, Blue Jackets (same)
72 Matt Moulson, Sabres (-13)
73 Kyle Okposo, Islanders (-1)
74 Chris Kreider, Rangers (-1)
75 Steve Downie, Flyers (-6)
76 Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche (same)
77 Jakub Voracek, Flyers (+5)
78 Blake Wheeler, Jets (+6)
79 Wayne Simmonds, Flyers (-2)
80 Ryan Johansen, Blue Jackets (+5)
81 Chris Stewart, Blues (+7)
82 Daniel Alfredsson, Red Wings (-3)
83 Brandon Saad, Blackhawks (+10)
84 Cody Hodgson, Sabres (-3)
85 Clarke MacArthur, Senators (-2)
86 Martin Hanzal, Coyotes (-8)
87 Brad Marchand, Bruins (-1)
88 Dustin Brown, Kings (-1)
89 Patrik Elias, Devils (+3)
90 PA Parenteau, Avalanche (-1)
91 Mats Zuccarello, Rangers (-1)
92 Mikhail Grabovski, Capitals (+2)
93 Derek Roy, Blues (NR)
94 Paul Stastny, Avalanche (-3)
95 Pascal Dupuis, Penguins (+1)
96 Mason Raymond, Maple Leafs (NR)
97 Andrew Shaw, Blackhawks (+1)
98 Scott Hartnell, Flyers (-3)
99 Alex Galchenyuk, Canadiens (+1)
100 Brayden Schenn, Flyers (-1)
* Appeared on injured list last week
Players that dropped out of previous rankings: Brendan Gallagher
Injured: Steven Stamkos, Henrik Zetterberg, Marian Gaborik, Shane Doan, Loui Eriksson, Ryan Callahan, Vincent Lecavalier, Alexandre Burrows, Nathan Horton, Jakob Silfverberg, Mikael Granlund
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A 'Super Hazmat; unit from the Tokyo Fire Department's famed Hyper Rescue unit, more formally known as the Fire Rescue Task Forces. Picture by Guwashi999.
Tell me that it doesn't look sleek!
Note how thin the actual ambulance is:
Image courtesy of Jeffrey Friedl.
While the one above is a Toyota model, the Mitsubishi Fuso fleet is also a popular alternative. Fuso is a Japanese manufacturer of trucks and buses and is a subsidiary of German car manufacturer Daimler AG.


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Eastern SD Dish Network Viewers Get Fox-TV Back
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Dish Network viewers in eastern South Dakota can watch their Fox TV shows again.
The satellite provider says it has reached an agreement with KTTW-TV in Sioux Falls.
Terms of the deal were not released.
Dish stopped carrying the Fox station on Sept. 25 because of a contract dispute.


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3:30- 4:30pm | Sunday 9/22
Talk: Fred Ritchin presents Bending the Frame
This talk discusses the issues in the recently published book, Bending the Frame: Photojournalism, Documentary, and the Citizen, which addresses the emerging potentials for visual media to impact society, and the necessity of reframing this conversation: What kinds of photographic projects succeed now? Can there be a photography of peace, not just of war? What is the role for a new metaphotography? How does the digital complicate things, and make them easier?
This presentation will take place in the Photoville Talk Area – located at the storefront of One Brooklyn Bridge Park at the corner of Furman and Joralemon.
Fred Ritchin is author of three books on the future of imaging: "In Our Own Image: The Coming Revolution in Photography" (Aperture, 1990); "After Photography" (W W Norton, 2008); Bending the Frame: Photojournalism, Documentary, and the Citizen (Aperture, 2013). He is professor of Photography & Imaging at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, as well as co-director of the Photography and Human Rights Program. Ritchin is founding director of PixelPress, and also founding director of ICP's Photojournalism and Documentary Photography educational program. He is former picture editor of the New York Times Magazine, and was hired by the Times to create the first multimedia version of their daily newspaper in 1994. In 1997 the website he created with Gilles Peress, "Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to Peace," was nominated by the Times for a Pulitzer prize in public service.


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I am considering a custom steel(or possibly titanium) frame from Alchemy and was wondering if anyone had any experience with them. I spoke to the owner, James Flatman, and he articulated his craft and passion for frame building really well. Just wondering what "the pros" here know.
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Yep, you're pretty much looking at what I did for six days.
I somehow managed to watch several movies, between the LONG plane trips and a day stuck in due to either a sun or chlorine allergy and I've done a "witty" one/two sentence summary of each below for your edification (I love the word edification…isn't it great?)…anyway here they are:
Step Brothers: Funnier than Semi-Pro, less funny than some of the other Will Ferrel vehicles, it's a bit lacking in plot, like all of 'those movies', but with some choice lines you'll find yourself repeating probably for the rest of your life. A solid 3 Stars.
The Namesake: A beautiful and poignant film, with an ending that slightly let me down, and previews that kind of led me astray, and ultimately made me want to read the book, which I bet is at least ten times better. A good 3.5 stars.
Married Life: A lovely looking period piece about relationships, friendships, and marriage, with excellent performances by everyone except the bootleg Parker Posey (Rachael McAdams for the uninitiated), with the especially brilliant Patricia Clarkson driving the heart of the film, as always. 3.5 Stars.
Sidenote: McAdams wasn't TERRIBLE, I'm just a little biased and she's not good here, just acceptable.
Flawless: A hideous film that I never would have finished had I not been belted in at thirty thousand feet and coked up on too much caffeine to fall alseep easily, Demi Moore's accent is atrocious, and while Michael Cane is pretty solid, as always, the plot and writing are dry and horrible, and the ending is atrocious. I don't know why anyone would have thought this film could/should be made. 1 Star.
Blue State: An equally hideous little film, that I was tricked into watching by the beguiling Anna Paquin. Breckin Meyer is the lead, who I feel lukewarm about in general, but hated with a firey passion here where he is devoid of chemistry with Paquin (how can you be devoid of chemistry with Anna Paquin?! Even I would have chemistry with Paquin for christ's sake!) and he is not aided at all by the horrible plot, script, and direction. Yay. 1 Star.
While not technically viewed on my trip, I watched my Netflix rental of Green Street Hooligans upon my return to New York. It was pretty good, and by that I mean that it was sometimes awful and sometimes pretty great in alternating turns. I did expect more from it and found it hard to become to emotionally attached to what was going on considering that the main characters were basically in gangs (called 'firms') based on local football (US=Soccer) alliances. Silly. I know it's true and accurate that many people feel so passionate about sports, and particularly in Europe it has become a problem with violence and alcohol, but I just couldn't stop thinking about the film The Wind That Shakes The Barley that I watched late last year, and which was so painfully about REAL war, war that can't be avoided…I don't know, it just seemed ridiculous to care to much that these kids (and adults) were so stupid to be killing over something so silly as sports loyalties. That said, how is Charlie Hunnam not a HUGE star by now? Gorgeous and very talented. Even standing next to the pretty much always solid Elijah Wood he was a powerhouse in the acting category. I was totally in love, with him, if nothing else. And based largely on that love, I'm giving it 3 Stars.
I also read two excellent books that I'll be posting hopefully later this week…in case you're looking for an excellent book
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There's nothing concrete that I can point to that will make Browns fans feel any better heading into the final preseason game and then Week 1's contest against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team has performed badly and it would appear that they're completely unprepared to start the season. It would appear that this Browns' preseason is worse than last year. A year ago, Brandon Weeden and company looked good for two games before faltering in the third game and sitting out the fourth. This year's Browns have struggled for three straight games as Brian Hoyer and the Browns have looked mostly horrendous. All that said, I haven't given up hope just yet and I feel like I want to provide a calm message with this team right now.
I'm impatient just like the rest of you. And maybe my opinion is partially informed by the fact that I didn't have to live through every second of the Browns latest game the way the rest of you did–I was streaming bits and pieces as I could on my Slingbox. I was back at the scene of the crime from the Browns' cautionary third preseason game a year ago in Indianapolis. Last year, I was in Lucas Oil Stadium to see Brandon Weeden reveal the truth about what kind of quarterback he truly is. After putting up two good performances, in the "dress rehearsal" Weeden and the Browns' offense appeared unworthy of the laundry they wore.
So, how can I feel any better about this team this year? There are a few reasons.
First of all, I don't believe that the running game completely reveals itself in the preseason and the Browns have a good one. The running game is the kind of thing that gets better and better as a football game goes along. It's something that builds over the course of a full game, but is more difficult to project from the preseason when starters are giving way quickly to backups. In the Browns' supposed "dress rehearsal," Ben Tate only carried the ball three times. I refuse to believe that's the Browns game-plan for Pittsburgh. The Browns' running game has been good in the preseason and I think it will prove to be more valuable once the Browns are using it for a full game.
Same with the defense. I'm nervous about some of what I've seen as well with the defense, but one of the things I love most is the team's depth on the defensive line. The idea is that the Browns defense is well-stocked with Ahtyba Rubin, Phil Taylor, and Desmond Bryant, but are that much more oppressive when they use the full complement including Billy Winn, Ishmaa'ily Kitchen, John Hughes and the rest. Depth in a high-intensity spot like defensive line is something else that I think reveals itself better over the course of a full NFL game.
Lastly, and I don't think anyone's going to like this, but this is a team that I think can finish a season stronger than it starts it. Assuming the Browns stay somewhat healthy, I really believe this one to be true. The price that the Browns pay for instability is real. If the Browns had made all the same roster moves, but had kept Chud and staff around, would the Browns have shined in the preseason? I think the chances are decidedly higher. This isn't an excuse mind you, but the reality is that this offense is learning another new system. I expect them to pick it up eventually and for the team to actually figure out which plays and players the team utilizes most effectively. They haven't yet, of course, but I believe in some of these guys like Jordan Cameron, Andrew Hawkins and even guys like MarQueis Gray and Travis Benjamin. I still expect one of the younger receivers to start to get a feel for things this season.
It stinks to have to wait and see. You're supposed to be able to see some of this take shape in the preseason and the Browns are mostly misshapen. I'm not terrified just yet, however.
There are no guarantees. The Browns need to execute and play better than what they've shown. They need to get some consistency from the quarterbacks and receivers. They need to start quicker so that they aren't playing from behind all the time. I would much rather have the Browns actually show their strengths in the preseason by taking leads into the locker room before giving way to backups.
But absent that evidence, when I'm thinking about this team and what they've done to the roster since last year, I still believe they've made some nice improvements. I know it hasn't shown up in the preseason, but I still think there's a good chance they can get it together and win some games this year.
At minimum, I'm not ready to talk about having two draft picks in the top five of the 2015 NFL draft.
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@BJR and co.
"2011 was just inevitable, and there was nothing Dorna could do about"
Right, Simo taking Pedro out (while leading the WC) and Jlo losing a finger towards the end, were 2 variables that had nothing to do with the result because apprently it was inevitable....
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If u have a look at the PTR line up they do not have a rider even capable of winning a race, it's not about the best rider any more its all about how much money u can bring. Will be interesting who they will bring in for the last rider but I think it will be Parkes as he is the only rider left that is capable to battle for a championship.


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Thomsen, Dietrick E., Science News
Games Physicists Play
Now and then people ask me why physicists can't be more serious. Why, they wonder, are these people always joking? Why are they always committing lese majeste against the great queen Science? They treat everything as if it's all so much fun. Do such insouciant types really think we're about to build them a $5 billion toy, a Superconducting Super Collider to play with?
The answer is: Yes, they do, and no, they're not going to change. Their fanciful name games are just one example. When biologists or chemists name something, they use either Latin or a strange dialect in which upper- and lowercase Latin and Greek letters are jumbled together, and in which numbers and even commas are used as elements of spelling. I am totally illiterate in this jargon, and I don't propose to learn it. Physicists, in contrast, give things short, snappy and often funny names.
Frank Wilczek, of the University of California at Santa Barbara, deliberately named a particle "axion" after the preparation that promises to get stains out of your laundry. "Quark" supposedly comes from James Joyce's novel Finnegan's Wake. (These people are literate, too.)
You can get into trouble with this sometimes. Someone once proposed naming the unit of natural logarithms (e = 2.6...) the "nap" after 16th-century mathematician John Napier, who discovered logarithms, but the Swedish representative on the international committee objected that "nap" means "teat" in Swedish. A physicist of Central European origin used to object strongly to "quark," but never gave his reasons. Colleagues surmised that "quark" must mean something obscene in Hungarian.
I don't know what "quark" means in Hungarian, but in German it means "cream cheese." There is even something called Quarkkuchen, quark cake. A friend of mine ordered it in Swiss restaurant and found that it was stuck all over with highly colored bits of candied fruit. "The chef must believe in a coloreD-quark-gluon theory," my friend remarked.
A couple of Italian astronomers discovered an X-ray source in the sky that looks like nothing anyone ever expected to find. So they called it Geminga, Milanese for "it doesn't exist." That one could have backfired. There have been discoveries in astronomy that turned out, on second look, to be geminga, literally.
At times it can get close to the boundary of taste. Grand Unified Theories are universally known as GUTs, and the opportunities are endless. Some astronomers discussing blemishes in the smoothness of the universal background radiation called them zits, and then had the gall to talk about squeezing the data a little harder.
It's not for nothing that one of the founding conferences of particle physics was held at the Grossinger Hotel in the Catskills, which had heard generations of vaudeville shtick.
Can people like this be treated as adults, as sane even? I wonder sometimes myself, but I think the answer is yes. A rabbi once said: "When I contemplate the world, I can either laugh or cry. I choose to laugh. …