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De La Soul Will Record Their Pete Rock/DJ Premier Mixtape Next Month
Earlier this year, both De La Soul and Pete Rock confirmed that a new project, set to be called Premiem Soul On The Rocks, was in the works which would be entirely produced by both Rock and DJ Premier. Originally scheduled to be an EP, the collection will now take the form of a mixtape, which the famed Long Island trio consisting of Posdnous, Dave and Maseo will begin working on this September.
"Right now we're just accumulating beats," Dave told XXL in a phone interview earlier today (Aug. 4). "The guys have been sending us beats. No real idea of what the theme is gonna be, the theme behind the title, what that's gonna be, if it's gonna be skits, if it's gonna be songs, remakes, whatever it is. Right now we've just been accumulating beats and waiting for Premier to handle some stuff as well. So it's still in its early stages, but we actually plan on recording through the month of September for it, so we're getting on it."
De La Soul has been keeping busy throughout 2014, which also marks the 25th anniversary of the group's debut album, 3 Feet High And Rising, a milestone that came in March. The month prior, on Valentine's Day, De La released their entire back catalog for free via Dropbox. The promotion proved so wildly popular that Dropbox actually crashed twice, causing the group to apologize to fans. A second project, Smell The D.A.I.S.Y., followed a month later via BitTorrent, and was composed of a mixtape using all J Dilla beats, an audio letter from the trio and a documentary film titled Dilla Still Shining, all in one bundle. They followed that by releasing 100 limited-edition vinyl instrumental copies of the Dilla tape to record stores around the country on Easter, positing the move as an Easter Egg hunt for fans.
The success of the BitTorrent package is likely to mean De La will be using the service to deliver another project that they also have in the works, a De La Soul album featuring live original instrumentation.
"We've got musicians coming together and working on some music, actually just playing music for hours, and we're sampling off what the musicians are playing," Dave explained. "They're just like endlessly playing for hours upon hours, and we're just sampling from it. So it's kinda cool."
As for when another project might be coming, Dave hinted that the group has been consciously following the holiday schedule with their releases this year. "We've been talking about some ideas because the next holiday is coming up, [laughs] so look out for something cool, hopefully coming up Labor Day or Thanksgiving, one of the two," Dave said. "Or maybe even before that, with Halloween, maybe Halloween. We got a couple coming up."
Check out the group's last project, Smell The D.A.I.S.Y., right here. —Dan Rys
Previously: Pete Rock Will Release A Bunch Of Projects In 2014
De La Soul Prepping Mixtape And New Albums
De La Soul's Trugoy Remembers Their Debut Album 25 Years Later
DJ Premier & Pete Rock Collaborative Project Is Coming Soon


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On the twelfth day of Christmas, the Dairy Man gave to me: 12 cows a-carolin'.
We all know that cows can't sing. Well. They can sing, but their melodious mooing is rarely in tune. Regardless, in the interest of sending you off into the holiday weekend with visions of sugarplum dairies (see what I did there?) dancing in your head, I thought I would let our bovine ladies wrap up the twelve days of Christmas.
Thus, a herd of cows, steers, and even a calf or two are here to sing the twelve verses of my little dairy ditty. May you all have a Christmas full of blessings, family, eggnog, and twinkly lights!
"On the first day of Christmas, the Dairy Man gave to meeee,
Twelve cows a-carolin'
"Eleven (thousand) sliced tires"
"Ten mooing neighbors"
"Nine essential nutrients"
"Eight loads of sand"
"Seven bales of hay"
"Six stripping shanks"
"Fiiiiiiive commodity baaaaaays"
"Four milking shells"
"Three shifts of milking"
"Two orange tractors"
"Aaaaand a twinkly-liiiight-laden faux treeeeeeeee!"
A Dairy Merry Christmas to you and yours!


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EXCLUSIVE: Disney XD's breakout new live-action comedy series Pair of Kings has received a second-season pickup. Writers for the multi-camera comedy adventure series will reconvene after Thanksgiving to work on scripts, with production on the second season slated to begin in Hollywood in February. The series stars Mitchel Musso and Doc Shaw as fraternal twins who must relocate from their Chicago home to the island of Kinkow after they learn they are the rightful heirs to the throne of this odd kingdom. Since its September premiere, Pair of Kings has become Disney XD's No.1 series across all key kid and boy demos, including Kids 6-14 and Boys 6-14. It ranks second in total viewers (684,000) behind veteran animated series Phineas and Ferb. Pair of Kings was created by Dan Cross and Dave Hoge who are executive producing with Matt Wickline.
Disney XD Renews Comedy 'Pair Of Kings'
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Did Dave Miner lose a bet?
Pair of kings is as dumb as Phineas and Ferb is SMART
Yay. My kids love this show.
Well it looks like star Mitchell Musso did the right thing leaving hannah montana in its final season and signing on to star in this disney channel show.
i want to know if theres a season 2
When is season 2 gonna be on NETFLIX?!


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Devizes Gurkha enthusiast Roy Booth has appealed for help to form a support group in the run-up to the bicentenary of the Gurkha involvement with the British Army.
Mr Booth, 82, from Victoria Road, says he has been fascinated by the Nepalese soldiers since his school days.
He said: "We had a Gurkha officer come and speak to us at school and from that moment on I was hooked."
Although Mr Booth never served in the Army – he spent his two years of National Service in the RAF – he has always been interested in the Gurkhas.
When he learned there was a Gurkha Welfare Trust in Salisbury, he wanted to start up a local support group.
He said: "Unfortunately, I have no computer and if you want to do anything these days you have to have email.
"Also, I have been told, because of my eyes, I am not allowed to drive any more so that is a handicap as well.
"If there is anyone out there with computer know-how who can help me get this off the ground, I would love to hear from them."
Mr Booth believes there is a lot of interest in the Gurkhas and that many people would be interested in raising money for them.
He said: "I was on a bus going to Salisbury last week and I had a bag with The Gurkha Welfare Trust logo on it. A woman on the bus asked me about it and ended up becoming a member."
He hopes to set up a stall in the Old Curiosity Market in The Shambles in the next few weeks to attract potential members.
Anyone who would like to get involved can contact Mr Booth through the Gazette by emailing lcowen@gazette andherald.co.uk or by calling (01225) 773605.


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A newly opened dog-friendly hotel in the charming market town of Keswick, named best dog-friendly town in Britain!
Only a bone's throw away from Lake Windermere and the centre of Ambleside, Rothay Manor makes a wonderful dog-friendly base for a holiday in the Lake District.
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Heads Nook Hall is a luxury dog-friendly B&B set within eight-acres of private grounds on the edge of the pretty village of Heads Nook. Only seven-miles from Carlisle, Heads Nook Hall's fantastic location makes it an ideal base for exploring this region.
Nestled between the beautiful English Lake District and the rugged Yorkshire Dales, Hipping Hall is a cluster of beautiful ivy-clad buildings set in three-acres of lush green gardens.
Set on the shores of Ullswater – England's second largest lake – The Lake is a breath-taking, brand-new, dog-friendly hotel where you can explore the great outdoors with your hound in tow.
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To me, it is self-evident that you should test any co-worker, in the job that they will be working at, before you make a permanent offer. I was surprised to see how much criticism Dharmesh Shah picked up for recommending a two month probationary period for new hires, during which the employer or employee could withdraw without negative consequences. [This is a repost of an article from a previous iteration of Andy's blog, which we bring back because it is a good starting point for anyone building a software team]
Much of the criticism was along the lines of "You should do better interviews". I suspect those critics have not hired many people themselves. I have been doing it for 20 years, and my hit rate for picking really good workers (who don't bail out) from even the most extensive interview process is still only about 50%. By persisting in finding ways to run trials, I can move that to 90%. This makes an enormous difference in startup risk and ramp time.
A 50% failure rate sounds high, but if you actually add up the reasons that people leave a job within the first three months, it might even be an underestimate. Reasons include:
- They aren't very good in the role and you encourage them to leave, or don't renew an agreement.
- You can't work with them or you don't agree with each other.
- You change your priorities or you can't afford them.
- They determine this job isn't a good opportunity, because the company or role has limited prospects.
- They determine on their own that they can't do a good job, and bail out. Or, perhaps the advancement path isn't clear, or the job role isn't the best one for them. People are surprisingly efficient at figuring out their chance of success in a job.
- They find they can't commit the time you are asking for.
There is one place that I disagree with Dharmesh. He's recommending a two month trial period. I think that is too long.
There is a some evidence, discussed in my article Blink and the art of hiring the best, that people form strong opinions within the first two minutes. However, those are inaccurate opionions that are not based on actual work in the chosen role. Those are the inaccurate opinions that come out of the interview process.
You have to give people space to work. However, once your mutual opinion forms, it is unlikely to change. So, once your opinion forms, you should act on it. This will not take anywhere near two months.
You will form an opinion of someones effectiveness, and they will form an opinion of you and their chances of success on the job, within the first week of work. If the person is working remotely, it may take two weeks to stabilize the opinion.
My goal is to put someone in a working role BEFORE I interview them. That way, I get the acccurate information, without the inaccurate information that comes out of interviews. This is possible with developers, but harder for other positions.
If you do hire someone and they quit or are released after a two month trial, you just did something very expensive and very risky. You spent from $10K to $80K on recruiting, salary, admin time, severance, etc., and lost two months. It's a huge risk that few startups can afford, and it's avoidable.
I find that getting good at doing the one or two week trials makes an enormous difference in startup ramp time. This can move the expected time to fill a position from two months to two weeks.


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12 July 2010
The effort between the New York Islanders and Nassau County to keep the Islanders where they belong started back in 2003. Given the financial position of the County, the Islanders developed a plan to fund the transformation of the Coliseum. This plan, which came to be known as the Lighthouse, included additional development necessary to fund the construction and other expense of a new home for the Islanders.
While we have not yet had the time to review the "new vision" just released by Supervisor Murray and the Town of Hempstead for the redevelopment of the Coliseum site, it does not appear to achieve the goals of the County and the developer. Without this, the Town of Hempstead's "new vision" looks to be economically unviable for both the developer and owner of the site.
"Developing an alternative zone which will allow development that fits on the property surrounding the Coliseum was a priority for the town," said Goosby. "This zone meets that objective and can be supported by local upgraded roadways as well as other infrastructure components."
The proposed alternative zone provides for 5.4 million square feet of construction (includes all buildings and parking structures) comprised of many of the same types of development that were sought by the Lighthouse Group. At the same time, the zone scales back the density contemplated under the Lighthouse plan. Among the many types of development that will be permitted in the newly created zone are convention facilities, hotels, retail, restaurants, offices, residential units, entertainment uses and a refurbished Coliseum.
Additionally, the town-crafted alternative zone embraces smart growth principles such as mixed-use structures, roadways and pedestrian areas that encourage walking and bicycling, as well as "green technologies" in building construction. Mixed-use development accommodated under the new zone could include retail and/or office structures with homes above those facilities, all within the same buildings. Roadways that incorporate bicycle lanes, street furniture along pedestrian walkways, as well as street side cutouts for parallel parking, will all combine to create a walkable community and a genuine destination for people who are looking for an exciting location to live, work and enjoy recreational activities. Other smart growth elements considered in the zone include "shared parking" that helps optimize the level of development and integrated parking facilities that combine the parking structures and retail/offices.
The new zone alternative provides for up to 500 new homes to be developed. Those housing units will be required to include affordable and next generation/workforce homes.
The density and building heights accommodated in the town's zoning alternative are substantial and sustainable. In fact, the density proposed would be the most intense zoning in the township. The Floor Area Ratio (FAR [the ratio of total square footage of construction as it relates to the square footage of land upon which it is built]) for the proposed zone is 1.6. By contrast, the FAR for the RXR Towers is 0.89 and the Omni Building totals 0.56. The Marriott Hotel has an FAR of 0.92. Moreover, the new zone's development total of 5.4 million square feet contrasts with an estimated 10-13.5 million square feet of development under the Lighthouse proposal.
The maximum building height contemplated under the town's zone is 100 feet or nine stories and applies to hotels. Mixed use, office and most other structures would be capped at four stories. Exclusively residential buildings would be restricted to three stories.
Town officials emphasized that the alternate zone is flexible in that it does not dictate which specific types of development prescribed in the zone must be sited on the individual parcels that make up the 77 acres around the Coliseum. The zone only requires that two of the permitted uses, other than the Coliseum, be included in the developer's proposal for each parcel.
Hempstead Town's zoning alternative also provides for traffic mitigation. The mitigation includes roadways within the Coliseum area which would redistribute traffic, addressing the burdens that would otherwise be created by a development of this significance. The plan also contemplates "smart" traffic signals and a reconfigured interchange at the intersection of Meadowbrook Parkway and Hempstead Turnpike.
"The Town of Hempstead has been working hard to facilitate reasonable development at the site surrounding the Nassau Coliseum," concluded Murray. "We committed to 'jump starting' a stalled development process, promised to provide for reasonable development that is progressive, and we have been clear that we would only permit a zone that can be sustained by the environment and local infrastructure. We've produced a zone that is true to those goals. What's more, making sure that the zone would be consistent with the suburban character of our area, support our tax base, stimulate the economy, facilitate the renovation of the Coliseum and help keep the Islanders hockey team here have also been key determinants in producing this alternative."
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On an unreasonably chilly Saturday afternoon in May, a line of mostly high-school-aged kids grows in front of the Riviera Theatre. The sold-out show won't start for hours, but they've arrived early hoping to secure a good spot once the doors open. The four kids huddled in a blanket at the front have been waiting since 7 a.m., a full 12 hours before showtime. That kind of dedication has helped make Fall Out Boy one of the music industry's Next Big Things. In four tour-filled years, the Chicago-based pop-punk quartet has gone from playing sparsely populated local venues to selling 200,000 copies of its 2003 indie record, Take This To Your Grave. The group's major-label debut, From Under The Cork Tree, was just released via Island/Def Jam. Before Fall Out Boy's homecoming show, bassist/lyricist Pete Wentz talked to The A.V. Club about the highlights and lowlights of his band's quick ascent.
The A.V. Club: You were playing to 20 people at the Fireside in 2001. From the outside, it seems like you got big really quickly. Does it feel that way to you?
Pete Wentz: It's weird, because when you're in the middle of it, it doesn't feel as fast, because you're there for all the bad ones, too. You're there for all the 10-person, 20-person shows. But all of a sudden, you're selling out places that you're like, "Wow, I used to go see bands here that I thought were really big."
AVC: Have you ever played the Riviera before?
PW: We played it once with Less Than Jake.
AVC: Is that weird?
PW: It's really weird. I wouldn't have seen it coming. It was never supposed to really happen.
AVC: What do you mean?
PW: It was just never about that. It was just kind of like this thing we were doing, and nobody was paying attention, and suddenly everybody was paying attention. That's really how it is. I think if we had been trying to make it happen, it probably wouldn't have.
AVC: Now you have kids waiting for hours before your show starts.
PW: It doesn't make any sense. It's cool, but it's kind of weird. We get vilified and then idolized, and you know neither one is really true. We're in the middle. We just happen to be these ordinary people in a really extraordinary position. It's just weird to watch people trash everything you do for no reason, or worship everything you do for no reason, when you're like, "Yeah, dude, I'm just this kid from Wilmette."
AVC: The one-sheet for this record says that you were writing in response to what you perceived as the stagnation of the genre. How did you address that?
PW: I think at some point when writing the lyrics for the record, there was a conscious effort to not write like our last record. Four years from now, no one's going to care about some dude's ex-girlfriend and how she treated him. It's not really a lasting idea, so I think we tried to be a little more introspective, a little bit more encompassing with the lyrics.
AVC: You said a couple of the songs are a reach for you guys. How so?
PW: The problem with a lot of bands when they write a second record, they try to write an "interesting" second record, rather than writing a record to follow up the record. I think it's good to have reaches on your record—that's important. On this record, the reaches aren't really places you would see Fall Out Boy, but I think they're believable. The problem bands run into is they do things that are not believable.
AVC: A lot of kids seem to believe that Fall Out Boy will somehow "save" pop-punk.
PW: There's a lot of people who just are able to really regurgitate anything. It's always like sophomore slump or comeback of the year—it's always one or the other. People need to compartmentalize things, or else you don't fit inside their brain at all. People have always said things about us, and we've always kind of ignored them, because if you're going to ignore the bad, you might as well ignore the good. You say a lot of things, and a lot of them are stupid.
AVC: How do you insulate yourself from that? It's only going to get more intense as you get more popular.
PW: I think one of the easiest ways is when you have one of those off moments, you have to let them take you back to earth. If we went to Warped Tour, we're famous—but we're not famous in the real world. I can't tell you the amount of times we've been standing right next to somebody, and they'll be like, "Man, Fall Out Boy fucking sucks." They don't know what I look like. It's really awkward, but you've got to let moments like that drag you back down. When you start believing your own hype, it's all over.


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This conversation is sponsored by Foodie.com, but my love of seafood is all my own!
I love to cook new things with shrimp. It's probably one of my favorite menu items, and I like to experiment to create new dishes. From shrimp salads to this shrimp and mango dish, I've curated a few dinner ideas on Foodie.com to inspire your weekly meal plan. Keep reading for an easy shrimp dip recipe too!
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There are so many more amazing seafood recipes on Foodie.com, but here's my latest appetizer. I always curate recipes on Foodie.com when I'm in a hurry since there are so many to choose from!
I woke up today, and I wanted dip for lunch. I knew that I needed to hit the grocery store for a few essentials, so I browsed the aisles trying to come up with an idea for a shrimp dip. I knew I would need cream cheese and mayonnaise just to get started, but I wanted it to be zesty. I picked up lemon juice and cilantro (because cilantro is awesome, of course), and I got a pound of shrimp from the seafood department. I wasn't sure how this would turn out, but I had time on my hands. Let's give this a go.
The overall presentation of the dip is beautiful. I love how it came out! I topped it with a dash of cayenne pepper, diced tomatoes, and fresh cilantro for a little something extra. Since I bought pre-cooked shrimp at the market, I saved a ton of time. I love shrimp, but I do hate peeling and deveining.
- 1/2 pound of cooked shrimp, chopped
- 8 oz package of cream cheese
- 4 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup of mayonnaise
- Handful of chopped cilantro leaves
- 1 tbsp of hot sauce
- 1/2 cup of diced tomatoes
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- Use a mixer to blend cream juice and mayonnaise until smooth. Stir in lemon juice.
- Add chopped shrimp, hot sauce, and cilantro.
- Mix until well combined.
- Top with cayenne pepper, tomatoes, and fresh cilantro.
What's your favorite seafood dish?
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I received this cookbook a few weeks ago and read it end-to-end in three sittings. Although Ms. Holmberg states at the outset that she was trained in Classic French cuisine, the book is not just a rehash of the French mother sauces and small sauces (if you are not familiar with these I'd recommend "Professional Cooking" by Wayne Gisslen), but a rethinking of the subject with nods to variations and flavors inspired by Asian, Mexican, African, and South American influences. Ms. Holmberg's writing style is light and engaging making this an easy book to read. Her "theme and variations" approach to classes of sauces and use of flavor combinations from different cultures will inspire your creativity and help set your cooking off in new directions. Her cooking tips will demystify sauce making and boost your confidence to incorporate sauce making more often in your cooking. I cannot speak for every recipe, but the first I tried, Tangerine-Brown Butter Vinaigrette, was a hit served with tilapia fillets on creamy mashed potatoes and turnips and again a few days later as a hearty pre-skiing breakfast over salmon fillets and fried eggs. These were certainly not flavor combinations I would have tried had I not read the book! It is definitely a worthwhile addition to a cook's library!
- How did the image on site compare with the actual product? The cover on the book I received looked exactly like the cover on the site!
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Lindsay Lohan's mother Dina Sullivan reveals her feeling on her daughter's latest DUI arrest.
Should we blame Lindsay Lohan's parents for her latest DUI arrest? Hot on the heels of her second arrest this year, the star's parents break their silence, talk to The Insider on how they're feeling towards the unfortunate.
While mommy Dina Sullivan said she is "sick over this. My children, my family, we are like prisoners in our own home because paparazzi [are stalking us] outside [our]home," daddy Michael Lohan said he's "heartbroken" by his daughter's arrest. "I'm devastated by this," he said. "It's killing me, it's ripping me apart."
Michael, on the other hand, also showed his supportive side, told "The Insider" through his attorney "I am deeply concerned about my daughter's well-being. My hope is that she will turn to the strength found in her faith and her family. I believe Dina [Lindsay's mother] and I now need to put our legal battle aside for the good of our children."
Despite all the unfortunate, Dina claimed "We are doing everything in our power in support of Lindsay and I won't give up, this is my daughter and we love her." Furthermore she added, "Lindsay is in a safe place, and we are trying to strategically work out our next step."
Working on the next step and putting aside legal battle both sound just too late to do now that Lindsay already gets busted again. Well, maybe Dina and Michael think it's better late than never.


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Coco Drops New 2010 Calendar
By Allen Starbury | 01/13/2010
Ice-T's wifey, Coco, just dropped her brand new 2010 calendar for all you guys out there who wanna see the voluptuous hip-hop wife each month.
The new 2010 calendar is called "Coco's World of Custom Bikes," and features the model in 16 different photo sets, perched on top of several different custom choppers and street bikes.
"It's not only for the bike lovers, there's some hot Coco pics too," she tweeted this week (@CocosWorld).
The calendar is available in both 8x11 or 12x12, and sells for $19.95 and $24.95 respectively. To get your copy, head over to: ShopCoco.net.
In addition to calendars, you can purchase exclusive DVDs, posters, 8x10s, clothing, and even Coco air freshener.
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The History Of Our Homes
The charity's origins can be traced back to 1840. The three original homes were called the Hand in Hand Asylum, the Widows' Home Asylum and the Jewish Workhouse, also known as the Jewish Home. They were established in the old Jewish quarter in London's East End to cater for the needs of poor Jewish people.
In 1894 the institutions amalgamated to become the Home for the Aged Jews. In 1904, the Home moved to its current site on Nightingale Lane in Clapham, South West London, following a gift of the house known as 'Ferndale' and grounds by Lord Wandsworth, the Viscount de Stern. Lord Wandsworth opened Nightingale House in 1910.
In the 1970's The Home for the Aged Jews officially became known as Nightingale House.
In 1961 Hammerson House was established and opened in North West London by Mrs Sue Hammerson CBE in memory of her late husband Lewis W Hammerson. The building was added to and modernised over the years.
The latter half of the 20th century saw Nightingale House undergo major building projects to expand and modernise the site. These works included the opening of the Red Brick Extension in 1976 which was renamed the Gerald Lipton Centre in 2001 and re-opened by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
In 2011 HRH The Prince of Wales opened the state-of-the-art Wohl Wing at Nightingale House, dedicated to caring for the specific needs of people living with dementia.
The following year in 2012, Nightingale House and Hammerson House merged to create the organisation Nightingale Hammerson. The two homes, which have always had a close relationship, shared a common ethos that placed the utmost importance on providing quality care for residents.
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Opening just seven days after the famed Chinese artist's release from detention for alleged tax evasion in China, the Asia Society Museum exhibition Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs 1983-1993 received immediate and widespread coverage from international news media.
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Arabic online content: Kingdom leads the way
JEDDAH, Dec 19, 2012 (Arab News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology is stepping up efforts to boost Arabic content online by translating international scientific magazines, as well as developing software and computer systems that serve the Arabic content.
It is a well-known fact that digital content of languages is a primary source for knowledge to build a community capable of competing in the fields of science and technology on the global stage.
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) had the privilege of implementing the King Abdullah Initiative for Arabic Content in collaboration with parties inside and outside the Kingdom with the aim of boosting Arabic content quantitatively and qualitatively.
KACST is aware that Arabic content is a continuous project that evolves with time. Moreover, it is not a one-party project but is contingent upon contribution through a strong joint effort aimed at preserving the culture of the nation and its knowledge resource, enriching it with new sciences and advanced technologies, and making them available to citizens and Arab readers.
The effort paid its fruit by increasing Arabic content online to seven times in comparison with 2008 (1429 Hijri). Google estimated that Arabic content increased to 2 percent in 2011-2012 (1432/1433 Hijri).
This initiative resulted in Saudi Arabia being in the lead of Arab countries in enriching electronic Arabic content. The number of scientific terms documented in "Basem," the Saudi Automated Bank of Terms, is more than 400 in Arabic, English, Germany and French categorized according to their scientific specialization.
KACST, in collaboration with international publisher Springer, published eight issues of the "Strategic Technologies" magazine, and is keen to make the digital content it produces or supports available to everybody online on its website,
In this regard, it has accomplished 70 percent of the search engine to recognize Arabic letters, identify Arabic text, and link it with interactive scanned images of a text processing system. KACST completed a project to develop computer models to use the semantic representation of web technologies in semantic juxtaposition with the Holy Qur'an. In addition, KACST proposed new algorithms to explore the automated relationship of semantic juxtapositions in the Arabic vocabulary.
Other projects included a system for the analysis of the grammar of Arabic texts online. This has been completed, and an experimental copy was posted on the website. The system analyzes the Arabic sentence grammatically, after which it identifies the function of each word. It has also completed work on the interactive project to identify Arabic sounds and their pronunciation. This aims to build an automated system for identifying speech and reading of Arabic texts.
KACST translated more than 2,100 English articles on Wikipedia on the website Wiki Arabi. This has increased the Arabic content on Wikipedia to more than 4 percent.
It has also completed the Arabic search engine development project "Nab'a", which aims to develop the core of a search engine that supports the special characteristics of the Arabic language and increases the number of indexed pages. It is also designed for developing a sub research engine for Arabic poetry.
KACST is keen to develop an open source software, thus it created the free, open-source software (FOSS) project "MOTAH" that aims to spread the culture of using FOSS in the Saudi society and to contribute in developing software versions that support the Arabic language.
KACST, in collaboration with the Communications and Information Technology Commission, is working to develop an Arabic e-mail with related addresses by the name "Rassell". Its objective is to build a site that offers a service for Arabic e-mail addresses online.
In addition, KACST is working to develop a number of systems and software to identify and block spam messages. Another system, an Arabic spelling checker software, aims to correct spelling mistakes in an innovative way that takes into account the context of the text.
It is also developing software to recognize spoken Arabic (Automatic Speech Recognition) and transform the spoken words into written Arabic texts.
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WOOSTER -- New Wooster High wrestling coach Don Rammel was looking for a way to jumpstart the Generals' mat program, while also honoring some of the school's past greats.
That was the thinking behind the creation of the Wooster High School Wrestling Wall of Fame.
The inaugural class of eight wrestlers was honored Thursday during a ceremony held in the team's training room at the Dean Davis Center.
The charter WHS Wrestling WOF members are:
n Bud Bender, class of 1958 (state qualifier in 1957, fifth at state in 1958);
n Stewart McCoy, class of 1959 (two-time state qualifier 1958-1959);
n Chuck Catanzarite, class of 1978 (NCAA Div. III All-American at John Carroll in 1980, fourth, and NCAA national qualifier in 1981);
n Paul Fischer, class of 1958 (fifth at state in 1958);
n Andy Kobilarcsik, class of 1961 (fifth at state in 1959and state champ 1961);
n Jim Kobilarcsik, class of 1975 (state-placer, third, in 1975, unable to attend ceremony);
n Luke Myers, class of 1990 (fifth at state in 1989and state champ 1990);
n Anthony Catanzarite, class of 2011 (state-placer 2011, eighth).
"I wanted to accomplish a couple of things with the Wall of Fame," Rammel said. "It's a way to honor the great wrestlers from the past of WHS.
"It also shows the current and future wrestlers that we as a program have had success. I feel that in order to know where we can go, we have to know where we have been. In the 58-year history of our program, we have been at the top with two state champs and multiple place-winners and qualifiers. This is a tradition that needs to be built upon."
Rammel said youth wrestlers have already taken notice of the WOF banners hanging on the Generals' wrestling wall.
"If it were not for the road that the inductees have paved, we would not be where we are," he said. "The hard work of them, and their coaches, show future Wooster wrestlers that we can have success at the state level.
"As a matter of fact, we had a youth meeting a day before the open house and two youth wrestlers noticed the banners. They went up to one of the youth coaches and told him that they were going to get their banners up there."
To qualify for the Wooster WOF, grapplers have to do one of three things: be a two-time state qualifier, state-placer, or qualify for the NCAA/NAIA National Tournament in college.
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In this section, you will learn how to list out all the drives available in the system.
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To get the list of drives, we have called the method listRoots() of File class. This will return an array of File objects for the drives that are available in the system.
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ATLANTA — John Fox and Mike Smith each emphasized power running games in their three years together in the NFC South.
They were perceived as conservative, strong-willed and unbending in their run-first convictions.
The stereotypes are changing as suddenly no one seemed to know what offensive philosophy to expect from either coach entering the 2012 season.
How would Fox, the former longtime Carolina Panthers coach beginning his second season in Denver, adjust to the dramatic addition of Peyton Manning?
Would Smith, entering his fifth season in Atlanta, allow new offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter to pump up the passing game with Matt Ryan?
Week 1 victories offered encouraging and exciting opening acts for each offense, setting the stage for the Broncos' visit to Atlanta on Monday night.
Manning completed 19 of 26 passes for 253 yards with two touchdowns in last week's 31-19 win over Pittsburgh. It was an important step in Manning's comeback following a 20-month layoff for neck surgery.
Smith said Manning's re-emergence leaves Atlanta's defense with little margin for error.
The Falcons, meanwhile, showed that their increased emphasis on Ryan's passing game was no preseason mirage. Ryan completed 23 of 31 passes for 299 yards and three TDs in last week's 40-24 win at Kansas City.
The Falcons' emphasis may have changed from Michael Turner's running to Ryan's passing, but Fox said he sees similarities to the Atlanta offenses he prepared for twice a year from 2008-10.
"They utilized the no-huddle even when I was back there, but that is what makes them such a good offense," Fox said. "They have the ability to get big and pound you and get small and stretch it that way. That's what good offenses are capable of, and they're definitely one of them."


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Who needs a backflip when you've got a horse.
It is time we rode off into the sunset for the day.
But before we do, as a public servant might say, WDWL (what did we learn)?
- Don't count on Christmas this year. Tony Abbott might wish you a Merry Parliament instead;
- Government sux when you don't have a majority. The Senate is not making life fun for the Coalition with its rulings on TPVs and the carbon tax. Not to mention the debt ceiling;
- Many animals can be political. Don't think protests are just for koalas;
- There must be something gymnastic about education funding. What else can explain all the backflipping?; and
- Be careful if you take photos of photos (ping Scott Morrison, Christine Milne, Alex Ellinghausen and the internet). The post-modernism of it is positively mind bending.
Until 2moro.
And this effort featuring Brisbane Times dude Cameron Atfield and Greens digital man David Paris (you know the rest). It's like an enigma wrapped in a blanket, inside a tortilla.
This will be a thing. @peterstahel @DavidParis @tim_rust @CanberraCamper @ellinghausen pic.twitter.com/ni0LmMdiXt — Cameron Atfield (@CameronAtfield) December 3, 2013
We'd also like to shout out to some of the responses to Milne/Morrison/Milne photo by Alex Ellinghausen (see: 4.53 post).
Such as this:
We're through the looking-glass here, people. #milneception #auspol pic.twitter.com/crbFa0y3Hb — Alan Vaarwerk (@AlanVaarwerk) December 3, 2013
Before we conclude for the evening, it must also be noted that Bill Shorten is trying really hard at the moment to outdo Grumpy Cat.
Not much to LOL about here.Back to top
Now, I'm sure you were wondering about our deafening silence on the debt ceiling today.
Where are things at?
Yesterday, we noted that the Greens and the Coalition could do a deal to get rid of the debt ceiling altogether.
Last night, Christine Milne spoke with Treasurer Joe Hockey. And earlier today, Greens MP Adam Bandt was spotted in the vicinity of the prime ministerial office (although PM Tony Abbott said he didn't see him there).
The Greens want a regular statement about what the money being borrowed is actually being spent on.
"It's tough to read the budget papers and get that kind of information," Bandt told Fairfax Media's Breaking Politics this morning.
Will the government be cool with that as a payoff for a blank cheque?
Either way, something has to budge soon.
The debt ceiling as it currently stands (hangs?) is due to be breached on December 12.
Canberra Times reporters Michael Inman and Lisa Cox have an update out of the same-sex marriage case at the High Court.
It is good news for gay couples who plan to get married this weekend in Canberra:
"The court has reserved its decision in the case, in which the Commonwealth argues the territory's historic laws are in contravention of the federal marriage act, until December 12.
No injunctions were sought or ordered, so the law should take effect on Saturday.
This means couples could have a five day window to wed."
Greens Leader Christine Milne (taking time out from appearing in photos of other people holding photos of herself) has welcomed the news with much confetti.
"I'm absolutely delighted," she told Sky News.
The higher education cuts - or the Higher Education Support Amendment (Savings and Other Measures) Bill 2013 - is now being debated in the House (see: 1.16 pm, 4.08 pm posts).
A vote is expected later tonight.
Now this is meta.
During Question Time today, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison held up a photo of Greens Leader Christine Milne to illustrate his argument about TPVs (see: 2.13 pm post).
Milne has responded this afternoon.
"I have a message back to Mr Morrison and that is that I'm very pleased that he recognises who is leading the opposition [against] the government's cruelty on asylum seekers," she told The Pulse.
"I'm very pleased he recognises the Greens are the strongest opposition in the parliament to that cruelty."
Does the Greens leader often get mistaken for the PM?
"I think the silly season has set in rather early in the House of Representatives."
Will she be holding up a picture of Morrison in the Senate?
"No, I won't be matching the antics of the Coalition and the props that they are choosing to use. And I would urge them to actually address the issues seriously and respect the parliament."
Labor has performed its own education backflip, Jonathan Swan reports.
It relates to the matter of higher education cuts (see: 1.16 pm post).
Joe Hockey has ridiculed a Kim Carr press release on the subject observing:
"Labor is going to oppose their own education cuts ..."
The Greens (who always opposed the cuts) have other ideas.
The backflip should be "celebrated," according to Greens MP Adam Bandt.
(How do you "celebrate" a backflip exactly? With flat champagne?)
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SA senator Nick Xenophon is more relaxed about parliament sitting for longer than the diary says.
"Here at Parliament House you've got to expect the unexpected. I don't have much of a life so I'm prepared to keep sitting here, all I ask is an hour off for Christmas lunch on Christmas Day," he told Fairfax Radio.
They don't make tiny violins tiny enough for comments like that.
But this is what would happen to our holidays!!
Tony, you're thinking of doing what to the sitting schedule?
You've got to hand it to Wayne Swan. He's way on the backbench these days but he's still got that fighting question time spirit.
Abbott putting the con into conservatism. Disgraceful attitude in #QT today. — Wayne Swan (@SwannyQLD) December 3, 2013
Oui, it is about the "government's failure to implement real education reform".
"This is not a government interested in education," says Bill Shorten, before his time expires.Back to top
Labor have stayed put in the House.
They have a "matter of public importance" they want to discuss.
Guess what it is ...
At the end of question time, Clive Palmer has a request on indulgence.
He asks for leave tomorrow "for the birth of my child".
(The member for Fairfax's wife, Anna, is pregnant).
Bronwyn Bishop indicates that something can be sorted out, wishing him all the best for the "birth of a new Australian".
Funny, but Palmer has not followed this process previously (i.e. when he went to Perth for a press conference last month instead of attending parliament).
Everyone loves a joke about Jenny "Claw Back" Macklin.
It was one of the classics of the Labor years. Every QT we'd wait and see when it would appear in a Macklin answer.
Things have moved on, of course. And now Macklin is an opposition frontbencher, so only gets to ask the questions.
Can the PM guarantee that the needs-based loadings in Labor's Gonski plan for every student with a disability will be delivered to schools under the deal announced yesterday?
The PM doesn't want to let the joke go, however.
He is chuffed to get a question from the "Shadow Minister for Claw Back."
Macklin not so much. It is International Day of People with Disability.
"This deserves a serious answer."
Nothing in safe from politics, by the way.
Health Minister Peter Dutton has been handed a dixer on funding for kids with type 1 diabetes.
Dutton then argues that Labor, when in government, did not deliver on insulin pumps for families.
Going by Labor's response, the Truss-induced calm has well and truly been broken.
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Lucas Maldonado, 63, a tailor who has a painful limp, slowly spelled out "goloso" (greedy) and sighed with relief. Trancito Hernandez, 29, a waiter who once could not write his own name, worked through "orgulloso" (proud) and "comunidad" (community). Augustin Martinez, 41, nailed "guerra" (war) and then "explicacion" (explanation), grinning as he remembered to mention the accent mark on the "o."
Technically, these three Washington area immigrants from El Salvador were the top winners in Monday night's sixth annual Spanish spelling bee, held at the Latin American Youth Center in Northwest Washington as part of a nonprofit Spanish-language literacy program for adults.
But by any real definition of success, there were no losers at the event. All 25 contestants came to the United States with little or no education and spent years living in a double linguistic limbo. They took menial jobs with limited formal interaction or instruction. Their children filled out English-language forms for them. Their neighbors read them letters in Spanish from home.
Now they are discovering the pleasure of reading, the challenge of grammar and the thrill of academic competition. By first mastering their native language, according to the program's premise, they are also finding it easier to learn English.
"I read everything I can get my hands on now," said Martinez, a former dishwasher and groundskeeper, who spoke in Spanish. "I have learned about verbs and pronouns and synonyms and antonyms. What does it matter if I become rich but am still illiterate? I would much rather be poor but have knowledge. That is the best kind of wealth."
The evening's emcee was Mario Gamboa, a former bank employee from Peru who founded the literacy program a decade ago. After immigrating to the United States, he started a small house-painting company in Maryland. He often wrote down lists of supplies for his Central American crew to buy but noticed that they often brought the wrong size or quantity.
"I began to have suspicions, so one day I gave them a list without saying anything at all," Gamboa recounted last week. "They finally told me none of them could read it, but they were too afraid of losing their jobs to tell me."
The next day, Gamboa said, he started teaching the painters to read Spanish, in his apartment. Soon the program grew to a dozen men, then it moved to a church and gradually expanded to a full-fledged literacy program with 18 volunteer teachers and classes in six areas in the Washington region. By last year, more than 250 people had graduated, many of whom went on to obtain high school diplomas in English.
Last week, at a preparatory class for the spelling contest, Gamboa tested his students on common spelling mistakes in Spanish, especially the silent "H" and the difference between "s" and soft "c." He read out a sentence: "Atrevete a hacer" (Strive to do). Shoulders hunched. Brows furrrowed. Pencils moved, some faster than others. Half the class wrote "hacer," the other half wrote "aser."
"Muy bien, muy bien" (very good), Gamboa said. Moral support is especially important for the students, who often must overcome shame, fear and ridicule from friends or family to return to school in their older years. The annual spelling bee, with prizes including donated cellphones and Kindles, is one way to turn such reluctance into excitement and pride.
Doris Portillo, 53, has been in Gamboa's class for two years. Back in El Salvador, she started working in a bakery at age 11, then spent years as an office cleaner in the United States. With two daughters to raise, now both in high school, there was never any time for her own studies.
"I always loved poetry, but I didn't know how to write," Portillo said. "I would make up verses and have a friend write it down. I knew a lot of words, but I couldn't spell them. I dreamed of going back to school, but I was ashamed to go at my age. This has been a giant step. It's like starting second grade all over again."
Portillo was well prepared. She had studied her vocabulary lists and was on the lookout for tricky words with a silent H or a double L, which sounds like Y in Spanish. When her turns came, she confidently spelled out "serpiente" (serpent) and "huevo" (egg, with a silent H), but in the last round, she made a mistake on "Americano," turning red as she realized her fatal error.
Portillo's classmate Jesus Moran, 61, seemed even more confident before the contest. He had earned one high school equivalency diploma in Mexico, then a second one at the Carlos Rosario International Charter School in the District while working full time as an office cleaner. To get ready for the bee, he wrote an eloquent testimonial about the importance of education in perfect, precise Spanish.
On Monday night, Moran, a small man with a well-kept mustache, strolled up to the microphone. He sailed confidently through "fiebre" (fever) and grinned when asked to spell "bigote," which means mustache. Then, in the final round, the audience gasped when a judge, Mitzi Macias from the Washington Hispanic newspaper, read out his next challenge.
"Jesus, your word is alfabetizacion." Its meaning is "the process of becoming literate," and it was a polysyllabic killer. Moran got through the first six syllables, then lost his concentration and missed a letter. "Incorrecto," the judge said. Stunned, Moran shrugged and walked back to his seat.
In the back of the room sat Maria Carpio, who was not competing in the bee but had come to cheer on her classmates. At 53, she had endured a lifetime of suffering — fleeing the war in El Salvador at age 7, losing her two children to violence and illness in Los Angeles, working as a cleaner for years in Washington. Now, despite failing eyesight and a heart condition, she was finally learning to read.
"I never went to school in my life. People told me it was useless at my age, but I don't care what they say," Carpio said. From her backpack, she brought out two books she had once found while cleaning offices and kept ever since. One was a vocabulary workbook, the other an illustrated world geography text.
"So many times I looked at them and told myself, someday I would know what they said," Carpio said with a shy smile. "Now I am beginning to find out."


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A VOLUNTEER children's football coach has been jailed for 30 months after he was caught attempting to smuggle cocaine into Creamfields.
Roy Pearson, aged 20, from Liverpool, was collared by Cheshire Police officers when a swab showed traces of cocaine on his hand.
Warrington Crown Court heard on Thursday that during the resultant strip search, police noticed a condom hanging from Pearson's backside.
A further search saw two condoms recovered, one containing cocaine, and one containing glucose, often used as an adulterant with drugs.
Police also found £60 in cash and two phones, the court heard.
Owen Edwards, prosecuting, said the coke, weighing in at 11.2g, would have had a street value of around £600 at the dance music festival in Daresbury.
The incident happened at 2.45am on Sunday, August 23.
Pearson, wearing a pink polo shirt and jeans in court, told police the drugs were for him.
The defendant, who volunteers as a coach at a children's football team, later pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply a class A drug.
The court heard the drug dealing had been 'amateurish', and that Pearson is a 'hapless youth'.
He was said to be in 'dire financial trouble' as his mum was left unable to work due to illness, selling drugs to support his family.
Recorder S J Killeen said: "You involved yourself in a premeditated attempt to make money at a concert, concealing the class A drug cocaine inside your behind with the intention of selling it to make a profit.
"I have read about your character, and that other people speak highly of you.
"Your decision to involved yourself in this extremely criminal, premeditated madness, may have been affected by the fact you felt compelled to provide for your family, having regard for your mother's illness, as there is no other way of explaining it."
Pearson will serve half of the 30 month prison sentence.


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A former soldier extradited to the ACT on charges of harassing and threatening a female psychologist who found him unfit for service has been refused bail.
Kingsley John Kraschnefski, 46, appeared before the ACT Magistrates Court on Friday facing 29 charges relating to harassing and threatening phone calls and text messages.
Kraschnefski represented himself in the bail application, telling the court he was a trained sniper but "while I have the capability, I don't have the intent" to harm the woman.
He said he lived on a station 40 kilometres outside of Coonamble, NSW, but a police informant gave evidence that Kraschnefski was no longer welcome at that address.
The court heard he was receiving treatment for post-traumatic stress.
He did not enter pleas but indicated he would fight the charges, telling the court he wanted to go home, collect evidence and prepare his case.
Documents before the court said Kraschnefski blamed the woman for "destroying his career, family and life" after she declared him unfit for service following consultations in 2000.
Kraschnefski phoned the woman in early December 2014, prompting her to take out a personal protection order barring Kraschnefski from contacting her again, the documents said.
The order was served on Kraschnefski on December 23.
It's alleged he contravened it hours later by bombarding the woman with threatening voicemail messages, saying he had firearms buried in the bush and promising he had not forgotten "the vow" he'd made to her.
"Wherever you hang your shingle, I will get you. I'll go to jail for it, I don't care," he allegedly said.
Police allege Kraschnefski contacted the woman at least 33 times in the next two months via text message and phone calls, often leaving abusive voice messages.
In one incident he allegedly wrote "we should stuff you in a large jar of metho", while on another occasion a text message read, "I wish you death upon death".
The woman reported the matter to police, who tracked Kraschnefski to a house in Berowra.
However, police subsequently lost track of Kraschnefski's whereabouts, and it wasn't until February 2 that officers discovered he was living in Wollongong.
In Wollongong Local Court on Thursday, Magistrate Michael Stoddart granted AFP officers permission to extradite Kraschnefski to Canberra to face the allegations.
Magistrate Bernadette Boss remanded Kraschnefski in custody, taking into consideration the ongoing concern felt by the victim and the likelihood of him committing further offences.
The matter will return to court later this month.


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What's in your bag? Momma's Brand New Bag comes to us from the OnSugar blog Work It Momma.
I am finding that the contents of my purse and my "essential items" list has changed along with my parent status. For all my fellow on-the-go mothers out there, I thought it would be helpful (or at least amusing) to share my new little survival gems. Who knows, maybe together we can one day assemble the new mother's survival kit.
So here goes item #1: MAC Moisturecover Concealer ($16.50)
Before I had Thomas my go-to item in my purse was my lip gloss. It was really the only touch-up I needed to freshen up and add a little color to my face. Now, if I am going to leave the house with one and only one item of make-up, it is my MAC Moisturecover Concealer. It hides the up-all-night mommy eyes, covers up mommy acne and discolored skin, and gives me an instant 5 year rewind on my face. Plus, it has an easy applicator that makes it as easy to apply with your finger as with any sponge, and it comes in many skin colors. What can I say, I love easy with big impact. Luckily, my purse still has room for my beloved lip gloss too – right next to the wet wipes.
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Saracens pair Mouritz Botha and George Kruis have both been called up for England's senior and Saxons squads respectively.
Botha replaces Northampton Saints' Calum Clark who has a shoulder injury and will join the rest of the training squad today.
As revealed by the Watford Observer 12 days ago, Kruis joins the Saxons squad as injury cover after Wasps' Tom Palmer was ruled out.
It is the talented second row's first call-up to the Saxons having represented England at Under-20 level.
The Saxons' first game is against 02 Ireland Wolfhounds in Galway on Friday, January 25 before their second match against Scotland A at Kingston Park a week later.
England kick off their Six Nations campaign against Scotland on February 2.


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The Shakespearian Advertiser
Posted by Karen A. Eberhart on March 19, 2012
The charming Shakespearian Advertiser printing blocks collection (Ms.2011.044) has recently been cataloged. The Shakespearian Advertiser was published by Harlen P. Boyce in Providence, RI in 1871. The preface to the booklet states its purpose: "It combines information as to where our wants of all kinds may be supplied in the best manner, and at the fairest prices; with illustrations of a higher class of humor than is usually presented to the public by the so called comic papers." The "higher class of humor" was composed of comic illustrations based upon quotes from plays by William Shakespeare. The illustrations were interspersed between advertisements for Rhode Island and Massachusetts businesses. The publishers hoped the comic illustrations would entice people to look through the entire booklet and pass it along to friends. A clever promotional tool of the 19th century still employed today. To see the finding aid go to the RIAMCO website.
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DES Issues Decision on Final Operating Level for Lake Waukewan
Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) has issued a final notice of operating level for the Lake Waukewan Dam (Dam # 155.01) in Meredith, NH. Based on the findings and conclusions of a Lake Level Investigation, DES has determined that a summer recreational level of 540.00 feet on Lake Waukewan is protective of the ecology of both Lake Waukewan and Lake Winona. The decision also requires an annual winter drawdown to elevation 538.5 feet to reduce the risk of flooding of shorefront property on the lakes during the early spring.
A copy of the decision is available on DES's website at www.des.nh.gov, search the A to Z list for Dam Safety and Maintenance, listed under Hot Topics. For more information regarding this decision, please contact Jim Gallagher, Administrator of the DES Dam Bureau at 603 271-1961.
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A £12,000 fund to help youngsters become more employable has been launched by the companies behind the redevelopment of the Whitgift Centre.
Westfield and Hammerson, working together as Croydon Partnership, has committed the money in a youth opportunity grant fund.
And the Partnership is inviting community groups and charities which work with young people to apply for a grant of up to £2,000.
The criteria for submission focuses on organisations developing the employability of 12 to 18 year olds, and might include; improving skills, the provision of training and equipment, activities which develop positive attitudes towards work, and projects which provide practical experience of the workplace.
Westfield's director of development John Burton said: "Youth engagement and local enterprise are the key focuses of our community plan, and this grant scheme supports both areas.
"Through careful deliberation and feedback from the local community, we realised that investing in young people to prepare for the world of work not only benefits the individuals, but also helps prospective local employers looking to recruit able young people."
Hammerson's chief investment officer Peter Cole added: "The workplace can be a daunting prospect for young people, so providing practical support to help them prepare for employment can make a significant difference to their confidence and job prospects.
"We're looking forward to hearing from, and ultimately working with, some of the local organisations who are already doing some excellent work in this area, or a group looking for support in starting a new initiative."
Get an application form online at thecroydonpartnership.com/community, by email email@example.com or by post by writing to Croydon Partnership Community Team c/o Ahzaz Chowdury, Fourth Floor, Green Dragon House, 64-70 High Street, Croydon CR0 9XN.
The grant fund is the first part of the partnership in the community programme, a key component of the Croydon Partnership's wider community plan.
This plan sees the Partnership funding training and education projects, sponsorships and a grants and bursaries programme to ensure people benefit from the redevelopment.


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A WOMAN is being urged to come forward after her car was involved in a collision with a cyclist in Dorchester.
Police said the woman, who was driving a silver-grey car with a sliding door, stopped to help the cyclist and took him to hospital following an incident in Damers Road on Wednesday afternoon.
The cyclist did not think he was badly hurt and did not take the driver's details.
Contrary to initial assessment, it has now become clear that the cyclist, a 59-year-old man from Dorchester, sustained a serious elbow injury.
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Shares in online accounting software firm Xero rose nearly 4.5 per cent in early trade in New Zealand after the company reported half year revenue of $NZ3.7 million ($2.88 million).
That's up from $NZ1.3 million a year earlier, and the company says it has reached the turning point toward profitability.
The benchmark NZX-50 index was down 1.89 points to 3331.59 around 10.15am (8.15am AEDT), having ended up 11.7 points on Wednesday.
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In the United States, stocks closed with small gains, paring early losses as investors weighed ongoing concerns about European sovereign debt and an encouraging drop in US jobless claims.
As the US dollar's recent rise slowed, trade in the final hours was boosted, especially for shares of large exporting multinational companies.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1 per cent to 11,357.04, weighed down by a 3.2 per cent drop in Boeing's shares after the aerospace giant halted test flight of its new 787 Dreamliner.
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But, it was very good for the Jews.
Iraq: War's legacy of cancer
#1 by Wally D. on 03/20/2013 - 3:29 pm
#2 by WIDEAWAKE on 03/20/2013 - 4:04 pm
Speechless and sobbing, what kind of fu**ing world is this???
#3 by Steven on 03/21/2013 - 8:18 pm
If only the jews and their allies could look as cute as that baby. After that they would soon cease to be a problem.
#4 by CK on 03/22/2013 - 4:08 am
The Zionists get off on pictures like this. Gets 'em all hot like a Hustler centerfold. Saddam's only "crime" was selling oil for Euros, so he had to go. Everybody who advocated for this abomination should face a firing squad. What's especially galling is the decade of silence from organized religion and the "pro-life" movement.
#5 by annebeck58 on 03/25/2013 - 7:31 pm
How I wish all Americans would just look at what we've done.
Yet, I don't expect it.


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HISTORY was made in Minehead on Monday as the town's first ever museum was officially opened at the Beach Hotel.
Minehead Mayor Val Welch was on hand to cut the ribbon as members and volunteers of the Minehead Museum, the Minehead Conservation Society and Minehead Development Trust joined the celebrations.
Mayor Welch said: "This is wonderful news for Minehead, it's been a long time coming and everyone has worked so hard to get it going and they should all be so pleased with themselves.
"This is something which I hope the people of Minehead and visitors to the town enjoy and its situated in such a fantastic place, it's brilliant."
Minehead Museum Company chairman Joe Passmore said: "Around 12 months ago we didn't think this was possible, and then a series of random events took place which have led to our opening today.
"The first was West Somerset Council employing Stephen Hooper as the Minehead Development Trust vision manager, and then the Beach Hotel was taken over by the YMCA, who have been wonderful help and support.
"We've wanted to have a museum in Minehead for many years and hope to expand on what we've done with your help."
The museum is part of a 'Heritage Hub' in the old Steamers Bar with a café and Minehead Information Centre.
It joins the other niche museums of the area, providing information about the past of Minehead and Alcombe.
The first display is about 'Minehead at War'.
It's been over 40 years since a campaign started to create a museum in Minehead.
Julian Luke, chairman of the management committee for Minehead Museum said: "I am very pleased that the museum has finally opened and that Minehead now has somewhere to display its history.
"So many people have been working hard to get this off the ground and thank you to everyone who has donated time, money, and their bits of history for us to display."
Justine Baker said: "I am particularly over the moon that the Baker family have donated so much to the museum."
Harrison Baker said: "I'm excited to see pictures of my family in the museum."
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OKAY. 1st) This thread has saved me from utter boredom. I read the entire thing half out of interest, half because I feel awesome that I did. *grins*
2nd) I want to be your Soma. I do I do I do! I dunno if I could pull it off though.... RAGH! I don't think I will be able to. I just want to you know, I wish I could in so many ways. My parents are just not letting me buy a wig thisyear for reasons unknown to me, so I need to use the ones I have in storage, and though my hair is the exact same consistancy as Soma's...it's not purple. (I wish it was.)
3rd) If you need one, I want to be your Finnian. The only problem is, I'm trying to set up a Homestuck group cosplay, and though I've only got one taker (IRL) if it does happen, it'll happen on Saturday. If I find out it won't happen, or just not on Saturday, I'm your Finnian/will-be-killing-myself-to-figure-out-Soma.
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