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This week's Monday Productivity Pointers focuses on Office 365—software that helps you boost your productivity.
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Great news for Office 365 users this week: Microsoft has released an update improving the Office Web Apps that are included with Home Premium and Business subscription plans.
While the Office Web Apps started out as a companion to the desktop experience, Microsoft has been improving functionality within the Web Apps with the intention of shifting them into their own, standalone Office experience on the web.
With this in mind, users of the Office Web Apps will notice some improved features and functions in this latest update.
By Nicholas Brazzi | Friday, June 14, 2013
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Now that Microsoft has officially launched Office 365, we'd like to introduce you to our lineup of new Office training content.
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If you're unfamiliar with the new Microsoft subscription model, I would suggest adding both David Rivers's Up and Running with Office 365 and Curt Frye's Up and Running with Office Web Apps to your playlist. David's course introduces the Office 365 subscription model and how it works. Curt's course takes you into the individual applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
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Are you a guerilla? No, I don't mean one of those large, ape-type creatures, although you might feel like one some of the time. I mean someone who doesn't quite believe in the structure of institutional learning that school provides. Perhaps your children go to school, or maybe you're homelearners. Whatever your children's educational situation, Grace Llewellyn and Amy Silver's classic book Guerilla Learning: Giving Your Child a Real Education With or Without School can help guide you.
Learning should be part of a child's entire life, and it is part of a child's entire life, whether we remember this or not. Learning does not only happen in school. If your child is in school, there are holidays, before school, after school and weekends. There may be the opportunity to take a long learning vacation, a part year sabbatical, or just the occasional day off. There are opportunities to enrich your child's learning experiences through classes and field trips and becoming a partner in your child's learning, whether he is in or out of school.
Look for opportunities to show your child what passion and creativity look like. Create things yourself and be around those who create things. These things don't need to be art objects – they could be classes, social movements, a new park. What child wants to grow up to be an adult who is downtrodden? Children believe that they can do anything. Show them adults who can.
Be relaxed about school and grades. Let your child move on at his own pace. There is so much pressure for our kids to be at the top of everything. Let your child learn slowly or quickly, as children do when they are not in school. Feel all right if your child is not in the top reading group or spends most of his time obsessing over birds or Lego. That's ok. That is your child. If you feel that your child has a learning disability and is feeling stymied, get help. If you feel that your child is simply moving more slowly than some of the other children and will grow into a certain type of learning in time, calm down. Give your child time to be a child and play.
Look for your child's interests and provide opportunities for her to follow them. This might involve pointing out to your child that she seems to love building things, then taking her to see what architects really do. Provide opportunities, but don't push just because your child seems keen. Sometimes opportunities that are explored and then dropped come back again when a child gets older.
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Best of Our Blogs: March 8, 2011
My first year of grad school was one of the most relaxing years of my life. Sounds crazy right?
But the reason for my surprising sense of peace and tranquility, despite the stress of moving to a new city and all the papers and presentations that come with getting your masters, was due to one simple word. Meditation.
My first course in the semester was, "Stress Management 101." My daily homework assignment consisted of an hour's worth of meditation on my own time and than 3 hours of talking about and practicing mindfulness meditation in class at night. Basically, on top of sleeping better, I was spending a good part of my day focused on being relaxed.
Boy do I miss those times.
But then I wondered what the difference was between now and then? Why do I need a homework assignment to get me to meditate more? It's a question I've been pondering since reading one of our top posts this week on the benefits of meditation. I guess I have no more excuses. After I write this up, I'm off to meditate. What will you work on this week?
Build Positive Emotions through Meditation
(Adventures of Positive Psychology) – Reading this post is what pushed me to start meditating again. Read it yourself to rediscover the physical and mental health benefits of meditation.
Internal Improvisation: Making Music Even When You're Broken
(The Therapist Within) – When something shakes you so hard that you feel broken apart, it's hard to hear the music of your life. Gabrielle invites us to find the beauty in whatever circumstances we're in.
The Creative Personality: Playful and Disciplined
(The Creative Mind) – I once knew a girl who was über creative, but never got anything done. She was all light and fun, but had a difficult time in the discipline department. If you are a creative person, you know the importance of being both creative and disciplined in being productive. This post is all about that.
3 Ideas for Befriending Your Body
(Weightless) – One relationship we often neglect is our relationship with ourselves. These three unexpected tips will help you with one of the most important relationships of your life, the one we have with our body.
(Anxiety & OCD Exposed) – Everyone gets sick every once in awhile. Even writers. Read along as Dr. Laura L. Smith has an interesting experience with getting a cold and taking medicine. See if you can relate.
Uyemura, B. (2011). Best of Our Blogs: March 8, 2011. Psych Central. Retrieved on September 22, 2017, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/03/08/best-of-our-blogs-march-8-2011/


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Print the Hi-C Juice Box Coupon and take it to Harris Teeter this week.
Hi-C Juice Box, 10 pk $2.25
Use $0.55 off (1) Hi-C Drink Box 10-pk, any variety
Stack with $0.55/1 e-VIC coupon
Final: $0.60 after stacked coupons
There is also a great $1/1 Minute Maid Juice Box coupon available to print. It's not on sale at Harris Teeter this week, so you will still pay $1.19 after doubled coupon & e-VIC coupon.


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Johannesburg - About 5km of rail track was stolen from under the nose of a train company that repairs Metrorail carriages in Ekurhuleni.
Thumbu Mahlangu, member of the Ekurhuleni mayoral committee for roads and transport, said on Wednesday morning that metal thieves had used blowtorches to cut the track leading to the depot in Nigel.
He said officials from his department had visited the Union Carriage and Wagon (UCW) depot on Monday to inspect the site of the stolen tracks, which had been taken over about a week.
"They're experts. Where they're cutting, they're not making mistakes," Mahlangu said.
Initially, the length of rail track stolen was believed to be 2km. "It's more than that, it's 5km actually," he said.
The theft meant that no trains could enter or exit the depot, with several carriages now stuck inside.
He said he had been informed that five men had been arrested in connection with the theft after they were found to be in possession of gas bottles used for blow torches.
UCW had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.
Mahlangu said UCW was responsible for repairs and maintenance of Metrorail trains, a division of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa).
"Our operations are not affected," Prasa spokeswoman Lillian Mofokeng said on Wednesday morning. The carriages that were at the depot were not in operation anyway.
Mahlangu said he was unsure how the thieves had managed such a brazen heist as the depot was operational.
He said it was believed the theft had taken place at night.
In a separate matter, Metrorail trains were delayed across the East Rand on Wednesday morning due to cable theft and defective crossing points. The theft affected the routes between Germiston, Daveyton, Springs and Isando, among others.
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No to all of the questions above. My husband and I applied for a marriage certificate in Georgia, the marriage was performed and the
certificate should have been retirned to the probate office, but has just been discovered. Will the marriage certificate be accepted at this date. The marriage was performed June 8, 2012.
Thank you. Section 19-3-30 of the Georgia Code governs what happens in the situation where the completed license is not returned within 30 days of the date of marriage:
Section 19-3-30(e) In the event that any marriage license is not returned for recording, as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, either party to a ceremonial marriage may establish the marriage by submitting to the judge of the probate court the affidavits of two witnesses to the marriage ceremony setting forth the date, the place, and the name of the official or minister performing the ceremony. The judge shall thereupon reissue the marriage license and enter thereon the certificate of marriage and all dates and names in accordance with the evidence submitted and shall record and cross-index same in the proper chronological order in the book kept for that purpose.
So in short, there would need to be some affidavits showing that this occurred, and then submit them to the clerk.
Should the affidavits be simple statements that the parties were present? Should their signatures be notarized?
Yes, they should say their name, relationship, the date and place of the marriage ceremony, and the name of the official or minister performing the ceremony.
They should be notarized.
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Gun Show hypocrisy?
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Rights and their implementation are a social construct and thus can be ranked. Ranking them doesn't imply that we must accept some other set. Restrictions of one right doesn't imply that others must be necessarily XY or Z. Freedom of religion doesn't trump a state prohibiting religious human sacrifice (even if voluntarily entered into by someone who is probably delusional).
If a modern Abraham decided to sacrifice his son, like Issac -according to his view of the will of the Lord, I expect the state to step in.
I set up what is my opinion of what right trumps what other right.
I think self-defense trumps property rights of folks who are open for business as I think discrimination based on race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, or ethnic group is not acceptable based on a property rights argument.
Exercising a basic right of humanity should be protected in the business circumstance I laid out. You have a business open to the public.
You don't have to agree with me. But property rights for me, don't trump others on a prior basis.
The state did control whom could be married, BTW - read the proposed constitutional amendment back when for prohibiting whites from marrying blacks.
PS - have to do some work now. I've said it all. If I don't answer your telling logic - nothing personal. Got to make a living.
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Video: Rupert Grint on NBC's The Today Show
Jul 10, 2009
Grint Interviews
As a follow to the post below, actor Rupert Grint was also on NBC's Today Show. You can now watch the interview via this link, where Rupert discusses the recent rainy premiere in London, his bout with Swine Flu and the tribulations of Ron Weasley's love life in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. UPDATE: The video is now available here in our gallieries.


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The United States won the World Cup of Hockey tonight by stunning Canada with four goals in the final four minutes to take a 5-2 victory in a bitter battle that will be discussed and debated for many years.
The tying and winning goals by the Americans were reviewed on videotape and, no doubt, the argument will continue. The first was by Brett Hull, his second of the game, a deflection by a raised stick that was ruled low enough to be within legal bounds.
The decisive goal, with 2 minutes 35 seconds remaining, was scored by Tony Amonte, who knocked in a rebound of a shot by Derian Hatcher. The goal was reviewed on videotape to see whether Amonte was either in the crease or had kicked the puck in. It was ruled that Amonte was not in the goal crease to make the play illegal.
Curtis Joseph, the goalie for Canada, said that Hull's tying goal was deflected in with a high stick and that Amonte's winning goal was kicked in.
''You can kick it in now, I guess,'' Joseph said, referring to a liberalization of that rule this season.Continue reading the main story
Amonte said, ''Didn't they change the rule?'' as he puffed big plumes of smoke from a victory cigar.
''I know my stick was there,'' Amonte said. ''It's been a controversial tournament from the get-go.''
United States Coach Ron Wilson said that he told Amonte early today that he would be the American hero, in the manner of Paul Henderson, who was Canada's game-winning hero in the 1972 Summit Series with the Soviet Union.
Wilson said Amonte joked that he didn't know who Henderson was; Wilson then predicted Amonte would be like Mike Eruzione, who scored the winning goal for the United States over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Wilson also said he showed his team a motivational video before the game featuring highlights of their great plays interspersed with the final round from the boxing movie ''Rocky II.''
Hull said he wasn't especially motivated by the antagonism from the Canadian fans who resent his change of allegiance.
''Not a bit,'' Hull said. ''I understand why they do it -- to throw me off my game.''
Hull said he didn't feel the same sense of accomplishment as his teammates, who grew up in the United States and represented their country as teen-agers.
''I wish I had the same deep feeling,'' Hull said.
However, in evaluating the championship series, Hull said: ''I don't think you can look back in the annals of the game and find three better games.''
Mark Messier, of Team Canada, who is also captain of the Rangers, praised the play of his New York teammates, Brian Leetch and Mike Richter. Messier said ''it doesn't matter now'' about the controversial goals because ''the game is over and the cup is in their hands.''
Richter, who stopped 21 of 22 Canadian shots in the second period and was named the most valuable player of the series, said the four-goal burst in the final 3:18 was ''a pretty dramatic turn of events.''
''It must have been very difficult for Canada to have the lead snatched out from under them,'' Richter said.
After Canada pulled Joseph, the goalie, for an extra attacker in the final minute, Wayne Gretzky of Canada failed to turn in a deflection as he stood near the empty side of the American net. Hatcher then scored into the empty net, and, when Joseph returned, Adam Deadmarsh scored the final goal.
Earlier in the period, when the score was tied at 1-1, it appeared that Canada had won it on a goal by defenseman Adam Foote at 12:50.
Foote lofted a long, soft shot that found its way past Richter, who didn't move on the shot as the puck tumbled over his shoulder. He might have been screened and the puck might have hit a stick and changed directions en route.
The other Canadian goal was scored on a power play by Eric Lindros, who was also involved in a vicious moment that will spur some discussion. After clubbing Keith Tkachuk in the back of the head, near the neck, with his stick, Lindros was given just a two-minute penalty by the referee Terry Gregson. He later scored on a power play.
Later, when Tkachuk hit Canada's Foote with a similar swing of the stick to his torso, Gregson and his linesmen gave Tkachuk a five-minute major penalty and ejected him from the game. Tkachuk, like Lindros, is one of the best players on his team. Had Lindros, like Tkachuk, been ejected, he probably wouldn't have been able to score a goal and play a critical role for his team.
Canada won the first game of this series, 4-3, on Tuesday night in Philadelphia on an overtime goal by Steve Yzerman. The United States won Game 2, here Thursday night, 5-2, on two goals by John LeClair and the winner, on a breakaway, by Hull.
The fans gathered early tonight. Some, carrying red and white Canadian flags and dressed in similar costumes, were strolling around the building two hours before face-off.
Inside, they waved those flags and held aloft signs that said ''It's our game'' and ''Can Canada Lose to U.S.A? No way, eh?'' Just a few fans waved the stars and stripes and wore Uncle Sam hats.
Last Sunday, in a suburb of the national capital of Ottawa, Canadian fans booed the Americans and cheered their old enemy, Russia.
To a country that draws its pride and identity from a sport -- more than baseball in the United States, more than soccer in Brazil -- this is worrisome.
''It's hard to tell the difference between an American and a Canadian,'' said Glen Sather, the coach and general manager of Team Canada. ''Just because the 49th parallel is there doesn't mean there is a whole lot of difference.'' Specifically of hockey, he added: ''They're very close.''Continue reading the main story


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Helicopter maker Sikorsky Aircraft has tapped Honeywell to develop synthetic-vision technology for Black Hawk pilots landing in brownout conditions. The $6.9 million contract is part of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) so-called Sandblaster program.
Honeywell engineers will spend 18 months designing and demonstrating a new type of synthetic-vision system in the Black Hawk. The technology will integrate radar-based sensor information with terrain and obstacle data to provide a highly detailed 3-D graphical view of the landing area on the cockpit primary flight displays. Special symbology will allow pilots to land in any visibility conditions, including brownouts caused by blowing sand, without reliance on outside reference points.
The Sandblaster project is intended to give the U.S. military zero-visibility brownout landing capability, a persistent problem for helicopter crews in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. The synthetic-vision system will include cockpit warnings of lateral, fore and aft drift, of sloping or uneven terrain in the landing zone and of potential collisions with other nearby aircraft and buildings, according to DARPA.
Sikorsky recently received a $10.3 million payment as part of a $16.6 million overall contract for support of the Sandblaster program. The bulk of testing, soon to get under way in Arlington, Virginia, is expected to be complete by September 2008.
On the civil side, Honeywell is also involved in a project with business jet maker Gulfstream to bring a database-derived synthetic-vision system to airplanes and announced in March that has begun exploring similar technology for civilian helicopters. These systems will use terrain and obstacle databases and GPS-derived position, but not the radar sensor component that will be tested for the Black Hawk.


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It Felt Good, Didn't It?
Aside from the fact that this creepfest of a video features a 10 year old masturbating for the first 20 seconds, his Stepford-Wife mom's terrifyingly serene reaction to walking in on it really seals the deal for this video being one of the most off-putting sex ed video moments of all time.Bonus: Ricky's thought process in reaction to what his mom says at 00:32 is clearly "who the hell do you think you are?"
You're the Guy Who Said Gonorrhea Was No Worse Than A Cold
The video's only about 30 seconds long and features the angriest doctor anyone has ever seen taking the drunk-father approach to teaching and yelling at kids for getting STDs.We're not even sure that the doctor gave these kids any treatment for their Gonorrhea, but we're pretty sure they all got a prescription for wise cracks.
The Intro to Your Parents' Sex Advice Videos *Shiver*
This is terrifying for a few reasons.
1. These are the VHS videos that we would find in our parents' cabinets while spying around looking for what? What could we POSSIBLY have found that would've benefited us other than cigarettes, maybe? What?!
2. This is the intro for a sex advice video for adults who've rarely ever touched other adults.
3. The music. This is like the music you'd find at a planetarium where the seats move.The fact that we don't get the XXX video also makes it even worse; mostly because it leaves us with our imaginations.
That Mike Is Really Filling Out...
This is a perfectly well-meaning sex education video from the 1950's entitled "As Boys Grow." In it, the teacher is taking a little bit too much notice of all the boys' bodies.Head to 02:36 for the creepiest bit, where he starts playing favorites. There could be an entire list of just this particular video series, but we're a little more generous than that around here.


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GWEN IFILL: We return now to the story of Edward Snowden, the 29- year-old former CIA employee and intelligence contractor who's admitted leaking government secrets. Is he a criminal who put Americans at risk, or is he a hero who told Americans what they need to know about how closely their government is watching them?
We have two points of view on that from Jane Harman, a former nine-term member of Congress who was the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. She's now president of the Woodrow Wilson International Center. And author and journalist James Bamford, who has written extensively about the NSA and other intelligence agencies.
Welcome to you both.
JAMES BAMFORD, Author, "The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA From 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America": Thank you.
GWEN IFILL: So, James Bamford, is Edward Snowden a leaker or a whistleblower?
JAMES BAMFORD: Well, he's definitely a whistleblower. He's not profiting from this in any way. He's going to be harmed very severely because of this.
He's doing this because he thinks it's right, because he thinks that the public should know that the government was picking up and storing billions of their telephone records. You know, they had a debate about this in England in the last few weeks. But it was public. It was about a bill going through congress to do a similar thing.
Over here, we don't do that. We just secretly do all these things. The public has a right to know what's being done with their telephone records.
GWEN IFILL: Jane Harman?
JANE HARMAN, Former U.S. Congresswoman: He's a leaker. And what he did was inappropriate.
I do think we should have a public debate. We actually had a public debate around the 2008 amendment to FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This law has been on the books since 1978. It was passed in response to the abuses in the Nixon administration, and pursuant to the Church Commission, which investigated a lot of intelligence abuses in the mid-'70s. It was passed by overwhelming bipartisan margins, and it set up the Senate Intelligence and House Intelligence Committees, in addition to the FISA court, to review individual actions against U.S. persons.
And it continued that way through 2011, when it was clear the authorities were outdated. And then we amended it after a public debate in the United States Congress. And it works well.
GWEN IFILL: Sen. Udall, we just heard, talked about the scale of this program. Is it possible to share this kind of information, as Edward Snowden did, and not share it at such a scale? Is that the problem, really?
JAMES BAMFORD: Have him share the information about what he picked up?
GWEN IFILL: So much of it.
JAMES BAMFORD: Well, we have yet to see what else he has out there. Right now, he released basically two big programs, the one about the telephones and the one about PRISM, which is intercepting the Internet traffic.
I don't think that was a big release. I mean, people should know this is going on with their communications. What's the big secret? The terrorists obviously assume — they have assumed all along that we're doing this. So, why keep it a secret from the American public?
GWEN IFILL: Both The Washington Post and The Guardian have reported that he's made available to them PowerPoint slides, of which they only published four of them, because they thought there were things he was giving them that were too secret.
JAMES BAMFORD: Well, I haven't seen those. I can't make any judgment about those.
What I'm making a judgment on is what we have seen. And what we have seen is the government access without any knowledge of any public about access to billions of telephone records every day. Every day, somebody picks up the telephone, makes a phone call, a record of that phone call is being kept by NSA. People should know that, the same thing with the Internet.
GWEN IFILL: Jane Harman, let me read to you something that James Bamford has written about the NSA.
He wrote that: "There is no doubt that it has transformed itself into the largest, most covert and potentially most intrusive intelligence agency ever created."
JANE HARMAN: Well, it's large. I agree with that, but the programs we're talking about were developed in Congress pursuant to debate.
They are subject to oversight by Congress. There is a federal court — that's what the FISA court is. It's a rotating court that includes 11 federal judges, at least three of whom have to live near Washington so they can personally review any individualized requests to read content or listen to — and, in fact, the phone records are records, but to listen to somebody, it's prospective. It's not retroactive.
No one is listening to our phone calls right now, unless there's an individualized record for an American. But, at any rate, Congress passed these laws. And they are — and my experience, having worked there and having been involved in the 2008 amendments to FISA, having been very distressed that the early Bush administration wasn't following FISA right after 9/11 — but, at any rate, these laws work well.
And the oversight is robust by the senators and House members who do it, mostly on the Intelligence Committee.
GWEN IFILL: There are laws. There are courts. What's wrong with that, if it's legal? Or is that what's wrong with it?
JAMES BAMFORD: Well, Congress. Please.
Where were they when the Bush administration was doing their warrantless eavesdropping?
JANE HARMAN: I will answer that.
JAMES BAMFORD: Well, let me finish.
You know, the Congress Intelligence — the Senate Intelligence Committee, when it started out under Frank Church, it started out as an organization to protect the public from the intelligence agencies. Now it's simply become a cheering gallery for the intelligence agencies. They want to give it more money. They want to give it more power. And you can see what happens during the Bush administration.
JANE HARMAN: I have — I served there for eight years. And I don't think I was a cheering gallery for the Bush practices.
First of all, I objected, once I understood it, that the Bush Terrorist Surveillance Program, TSP, was being conducted outside of FISA. That wasn't information I had. I was in the so-called "Gang of Eight," let into this very, very secret program. I was told every time it strictly complied with law.
What I wasn't told is these were Bush laws made in the Justice Department. And when that was clear, I and many others in Congress spent a lot of time making sure that this program, which was known to the public — I mean, first of all, it was leaked to The New York Times — everybody was aware about the phone records collection program and what it was for — was strictly covered by FISA, and that was the product of a public debate.
GWEN IFILL: Let me ask you both a question.
There have been at least two polls out today showing most Americans think it's fine, that they don't really have a problem with this. So, let me ask you this question, James Bamford. What has the gathering of this information, this effort that the NSA has spent to gather personal information, what has that hurt?
JAMES BAMFORD: What it hurts is a democracy.
A democracy, you're not supposed to do things like that. You're supposed to have open societies, where governments, if they want to do that, do what the British did. Bring a bill through Congress, say we want to do this. We want to have all your records every single day sent to the NSA. See how much of a vote you will get on that. They tried that in Britain, and they voted it down.
GWEN IFILL: And what has it risked? What really — what has it thwarted?
JANE HARMAN: Again, this is metadata.
It's telephone numbers, not attached to people. And the only access you can get to this metadata, if a U.S. citizen or a U.S. legal resident is involved, is on an individual basis once you go through a federal court to get an individualized warrant, which is what the Fourth Amendment requires.
GWEN IFILL: When you were in Congress — can I ask you, how often were you briefed on programs like this, especially PRISM and programs like that?
JANE HARMAN: Well, PRISM started after I left the Intelligence Committee.
GWEN IFILL: They're not secret anymore.
JANE HARMAN: But I was briefed regularly on programs.
Sure, did I want more information? Yes, I wanted the memos that the Office of Legal Counsel, the OLC, and the Justice Department was providing. We couldn't get those. And, yes, I wanted more robust briefings, and I think Congress should always push for that. And I'm not saying this is perfect. And I think we agree that there ought to be a robust public debate.
And, oh, by the way, I think we need a comprehensive — a new comprehensive set of legal boundaries around our post-9/11 policy. We're in the second decade.
GWEN IFILL: Well, that's the line I want to — where I want to end this. There has got to be a line somewhere between privacy and security. You agree on that. Where is the line?
JAMES BAMFORD: Well, the line — you know, the line, I would put it, is if you're going to invade American privacy, you bring a bill through Congress and you do it publicly that way. You don't do it secretly, like they used to do in East Germany during the Cold War.
Look, we're talking about having a debate now. How would we have had this debate, how would we be sitting here talking about this if it wasn't for Edward Snowden?
GWEN IFILL: Good question.
JANE HARMAN: I — well, I think — I applaud what Mark Udall has done and Ron Wyden. They made clear they disagreed with some aspects of this. They pursued their disagreement inside the system.
And I think, ultimately, they would have caused the debate that we should be having.
JAMES BAMFORD: It didn't.
JANE HARMAN: Well, I'm sorry.
I think Americans want our country protected. I don't think it's a choice between security and liberty. I don't think it's a zero sum gain. It's a positive sum gain. You get more of both or less of both. We created a privacy and civil liberties commission when we reorganized the intelligence community in 2004.
You're rolling your eyes, but President Obama …
JAMES BAMFORD: Because they just appointed the first person to it.
JANE HARMAN: Well, the Senate finally confirmed the person. But that commission can be very helpful here.
GWEN IFILL: We're not going to resolve this tonight, unfortunately.
Jane Harman, James Bamford, thank you both very much. We will talk about it some more.
JAMES BAMFORD: Thank you. My pleasure.


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Its been bothering me for awhile, I have googled and found a way to have sharp edges on cakes using cake smoothers but I'm still not that satisfied. I recently got a wedding cake order and the cake has extremely sharp edges. Does anyone have any advice on how to make them quite sharp like this?
Thank you :)
Take a look at Jennifer's blog from Cup a Dee. Here's the link.
Take a look at Jennifer's blog from Cup a Dee. Here's the link.
Sorry, I meant to say with fondant.
APractice, practice, practice. There's no other way that I know of...
You can Google something called the upside down method which is what I do, but it doesn't guarantee sharp edges, it does get you close though. That kind of thing comes with experience
You probably could use the same method but not do a thick layer of buttercream.
I found that with my SMBC I had to have it in the fridge for a bit before putting the fondant on.
I find I get a much sharper edge using ganache under the fondant, rather than buttercream. Then you do the tricks with the smoothers to get it even sharper.
AI second LizzieAylett about the ganache under fondant, and all others about practice. This blog has a good post on the subject to get you started, I had saved it to my Favorites. http://www.deliciouscakedesign.com/blog/?tag=cake-sharp-edge
Hope this link helps
Here's another one with ganache by Linda Harden on cake masters, It is a free lesson, worth watching, but you will have to register.
Here's another one with ganache by Linda Harden on cake masters, It is a free lesson, worth watching, but you will have to register.
I love Linda Harden's class...I learned a ton!
Here's a preview: http://tv.cakemasters.com/pages/course/portal.aspx?courseid=12
Thanks for all the responses :)
So for those who only use Ganache under fondant for sharp edges…what do you do when the client doesn't want Ganache? Just wondering
I use with buttercream and it works wonderfully. Must freeze for 2 hrs or so after icing...or else the top may tear off when you lift the board. Speaking from experience...


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Be careful near the monument — often home to a beehive.
Arroyo Seco Loop off Highway 79
The Canyoneers 1:30 p.m., Sept. 20
Exhibition of vintage furniture from pioneer Lemon Grove homes spanning Eastlake Victorian, Alberto Treganza Arts & Crafts, California Mission, Karpen commercial, and mid-century chrome-formica, along with photographs and artifacts.
On view on Saturdays (weekdays by appointment for classes and tour groups). Info: 619-460-4353.
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A new Science Education Project at the University of Colorado at Boulder created and directed by Distinguished Professor and Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman will incorporate research findings on effective science instruction in the classrooms of four CU-Boulder science departments beginning this fall.
The Science Education Project was introduced in a news conference today announcing Wieman's move to the University of British Columbia, where he also will head a science education program at UBC that will work collaboratively with CU-Boulder's. Assistant Professor Kathy Perkins, of the CU-Boulder physics department, has worked closely with Wieman to develop the Science Education Project and will direct the project at CU-Boulder on a day-to-day basis after he moves to UBC in January 2007.
The Science Education Project will oversee the science instruction programs of CU's four participating departments and will assist faculty through networking and resource materials. The four participating departments in the first stage of the project include: geological sciences; molecular, cellular and developmental biology; chemistry and biochemistry; and integrative physiology.
"This project is devoted to helping departments introduce exciting research-based teaching methods throughout the academic department's entire undergraduate curriculum," Wieman said. "If
things go as planned, the Science Education Project
eventually will expand to involve all nine of CU-Boulder's
natural science departments -- reaching all students
who take science at CU-Boulder."
Interim Provost Susan Avery said, "The mission of
the center is to support faculty and departments as
they move toward basing instruction on careful measurement
of student learning and effective science teaching
methods. We believe this approach to science education
at the university level will enhance student understanding
in all of the sciences and make our science instructional
programs more effective."
CU-Boulder Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano and CU President Hank Brown have committed $1 million annually for five years to fund the Science Education Project, which builds on the previous work of Wieman, the physics education research group, and several other CU-Boulder researchers committed to improving science education. They include Bill Wood in MCD biology; Jim Curry and Mary Nelson in applied math; Noah Finkelstein and Steve Pollock in physics; Carl Lineberger in chemistry; and Lorrie Shephard in education.
Key components of the Science Education Project include:
o Establishment, by departmental consensus, of explicit learning goals for each course, followed by creation of effective ways to measure how well students are attaining the goals.
o Implementation of teaching practices that are based on research on how people learn science, and are tested by careful measurement.
o Much greater use of technology to improve educational
effectiveness and efficiency. Examples include software
for Web-based distribution of course materials, faculty-student
communication, interactive simulations and the effective
use of "clickers." Clickers are electronic handheld
devices that provide instant feedback to the faculty
member about what students understand. Clickers are
in use in all large physics classes at CU-Boulder
and their use is rapidly spreading throughout campus,
with more than 40 courses using clickers in 2005-06.
o Sharing and reuse of proven teaching materials and methods through utilization of archiving technology. When guided by careful assessment of student learning, this will allow teaching practices and materials to be continuously enhanced and improved over time.
"Earlier education efforts on campus include STEM-Colorado, a collaborative science teacher preparation program involving the School of Education and the natural science departments," Wieman
said. STEM-Colorado employs undergraduates as learning
assistants to improve introductory math and science
classes and to recruit and train future K-12 science
teachers. It is supported by the National Science Foundation
and headed by Assistant Professor Valerie Otero of
education and Emeritus Professor Richard McCray of
astrophysical and planetary sciences.
The physics department has introduced technology and research-proven interactive teaching practices into all of its introductory courses, making them more effective and engaging for students. Those changes have been recognized through several education awards, including the naming of Wieman as the 2004 Carnegie-CASE Professor of the Year and Michael Dubson as the recipient of the 2006 American Association of Physics Teacher's award for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
For information on the Science Education Project call (303) 492-7746. For information on Wieman's ongoing Physics Education Technology Project, go to phet.colorado.edu.


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Alabama seafood industry survives Isaac
Alabama's seafood industry survived Hurricane Issac with little damage compared to Katrina seven years ago, but the storm could still cost millions in lost work. Dozens of shrimp boats remain tied up at docks in Bayou La Batre, and processing plants are closed. But the storm caused virtually no damage to buildings or vessels.
The Organized Seafood Association of Alabama says the storm could cost the industry as much as $3 million in lost sales. The Gulf Coast seafood industry likely won't resume operating before next week at the earliest, and the shutdown could last longer where there was more damage in Louisiana and Mississippi.


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Legislation introduced to prevent EPA release of producer information
Mar 14, 2014
In February and April of 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released names, addresses, geographic coordinates, and even phone numbers and email addresses of over 80,000 producers in 29 states, prompting several lawmakers to propose legislation that would prevent further releases.
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Tomb Raider: Underworld Early Preview
Early Preview: Tomb Raider Underworld For Wii and DS
I've totally been on a gaming binge these past few weeks, and who can blame me? We're ramping up for the holiday season, and I'm trying to figure out which games to add to my wish list! There are a whole slew of games hitting the shelves in the next few months, and I got a chance to check out one of them at an early preview last week. I got my hands on Tomb Raider: Underworld — both the Wii and DS versions — and I already have a clear favorite between the two.
Tomb Raider: Underworld takes us to the depths of the oceans and to new locales like Thailand, Mexico, and the Arctic to unlock the mystery of Thor's Hammer — a mythical Norse God who was said to smash mountains into valleys, and possessed the strength to destroy Gods. Of course, Lara is not the only one seeking this hammer, and finds herself in some interesting situations. Natch.
To see which console I'd prefer to play on, just
Although the Wii's controls are great in games like Wii Sports, Resident Evil 4, and Wario Shake It, they seem like they aren't really needed in this game. You use both the nunchuck and remote to play, sporadically incorporating the motion sensors to pull a lever or open a door. But it was just not enough to proclaim that this is a totally new experience, like we saw when Resident Evil 4 made its appearance on the Wii. If anything, the Wii version left me feeling a little out of control of Lara. Plus, the camera was a little crazy, and between you and me? I got a little motion sick while playing. Don't tell anyone.
When I sat down to play the DS version of TRU, I was wondering how they could adapt a game that has been known for its graphics and challenges to such a small screen (not to mention that it would be a side scroller) but I was totally surprised at how fun this version actually was! Not only are the controls intuitive, but the game was overall just a better experience. Unlike the Wii version, where I found myself lost as to what to do next, the DS version was easy to follow and understand. Besides, you can only go left, right, up, or down! This is not to say that I don't like games that challenge me to think and solve complex puzzles, but I do like a game that makes me want to continue playing — and that's exactly what the DS version of Tomb Raider: Underworld achieved.
Tomb Raider: Underworld will hit stores November 21 on your PS2, PS3, XBox 360, Wii, DS, PC, and select mobile phones.


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Press release from the Fortuna Police Department:
On March 5, at approximately 10:09 a.m., an officer with the Fortuna Police Department contacted Fortuna resident Jacob Hines, 27, near the intersection of Ninth and K streets in Fortuna. Upon advisement that he was being placed under arrest for the warrant, Hines elected to evade arrest by fleeing the area on foot. After a search that spanned over two blocks and lasted only a few minutes, Hines was located and arrested in a residents garage a block away from the initial contact.
Due to the initial contact being in close proximity to Fortuna Middle School, and the fact that school officials witnessed the subject flee from officers, staff elected to place the school in lockdown status to ensure the safety of the students. The lockdown was lifted moments later when Hines was taken into custody.
Hines was booked into the Humboldt County Jail on the following charges:
* Warrant: Violation of a Court Order
* Warrant: Grand Theft
* Warrant: Trespassing
* PC 148(a): Resists Police Officer


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MapUniversalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii alioru[m]que lustrationes.
Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorū que lustrationes Relief shown pictorially. First document known to name America. Red ink grid on 2 sheets. Text applied over blank areas on 2 sheets. Manuscript annotations in the margin of 1 sheet. All sheets bear a watermark of a triple pointed crown. Two stamps on verso of upper left hand sheet: Fürstl. Waldburg Wolfegg'sches Kupferstichkabinett -- Furstl. Waldbg. Wolf. Bibliothek. Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis ...
- Contributor: Waldseemüller, Martin
- Date: 1507
MapAmericae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio
Americae sive quartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio Covers North and South America with the adjacent seas. Relief shown pictorially. From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, no. 1303. Originally printed on 6 sheets. Described in Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, v. 6, no. 3 (May 1949), p. 18-20. Includes texts in cartouche, statements of dedication, coats-of-arms, ill. of allegorical figure "Victoria", and ill. of sailing ships at sea and ...
- Contributor: Gutiérrez, Diego - Cock, Hieronymus - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1562
MapPeruuiae avriferæ regionis typus Shows portion of Central America, northwestern South America, southern United States, and coast of Tamaulipas in Mexico. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Includes ill. Text on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
- Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham
- Date: 1584
Map[Map of the Western Hemisphere] Title plate to Nova Reperta, a series of engravings after drawings by Stradanus published by Galle in Antwerp. Shows Christopher Columbus pointing to a map of the Western Hemisphere. New France and Florida are indicated in North America. In addition to the map, notable developments in science and technology of the late 16th century are illustrated. Mounted on paper. LC copy imperfect: Margins trimmed. ...
- Contributor: Straet, Jan Van Der - Galle, Théodore
- Date: 1590


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Bachelor of Business Administration (1984) from Augusta College
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Dr. Coleman was named Associate Provost at UNF in April 2014, after previously serving as Interim Associate Provost for Academic Programs since July 2013. He served as chair of the Department of Management, Marketing, and Logistics from August 2000 until August 2002, and served as Associate Dean of the Coggin College from January 2006 until December 2007. As associate dean, he directed the MBA program and the College's assurance of learning and other accreditation processes (the Coggin College was reaffirmed by AACSB in Spring 2008), and served as the initial director of the College's university flagship program in Transportation and Logistics, which was ranked in 2005 as the #13 such program in the country.
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Portions of his research have been featured by the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, CIO, and Individual Investor, as well as numerous other media outlets, including AP, UPI, USA Today, the New York Times, CNBC, CNN, TIME, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN: The Magazine.
Dr. Coleman has served on over 80 different committees and other service assignments while at UNF, including leadership positions on 26 of those. He has served as a reviewer for 15 different academic journals, and has given more than 100 media and professional interviews.
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text: We are visiting SD in June, traveling with 3 adults and 2 children for 5 nights. We have made reservations at the Comfort Suites Mission Valley and would appreciate any information you might have on this hotel. We chose this hotel because of the size of our party. It is hard to find a room for 5, especially with 3 adults, at a moderate price. We have read mixed reviews. What do you think? TIA


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Alfredo Aceves' season has gone from bad to worse.
Aceves was suspended 50 games on Thursday for a positive drug test, Major League Baseball announced.
The veteran right-hander was suspended for a "drug of abuse," which comes with the 50-game ban. Because Aceves is in the minor leagues, he's subject to "drug of abuse" testing. Big leaguers aren't subject to "drug of abuse testing," only to PED testing. Aceves' test could have been positive from a range of things such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
The 31-year-old was designated for assignment by the New York Yankees in early June. As a result, he was sent down to Triple-A Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and taken off the 40-man roster. The former Boston Red Sox hurler posted a 1-2 record with a 6.52 ERA in the majors this year before being sent down.
Now, he won't be posting any kinds of numbers for the next few months.
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found a new home!
Plenty of my friends are looking
for one too. Find a pet to adopt.
I am already neutered, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and not good with cats.
Tango has been neutered, tested negative for FIV and FeLV and updated on his shots. This boy is a lover and wants to be loved. Please give him a chance to show you.
TANGO, a Philadelphia Domestic Shorthair cat was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Domestic Shorthair for sale in Philadelphia, or seeking a Domestic Shorthair cat from a breeder in Philadelphia.


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Wow! What a crazy start to my trip. Yesterday (Sunday) I left Tampa at about 3pm EST and didn't arrive at the Kyoto Grand Hotel until about midnight PST, making it right around 12 round hours of travel. After arriving here I went with my friend and colleague Clint Rutkas to get some late night Chinese food.
PDC Day 1 from Dan Waters on Vimeo.
This morning, I woke up a little later than I wanted, and missed the Ray Ozzie keynote. We watched it in the Channel 9 lounge area, though. My job here at PDC is to support the Channel9 group in the lounge and also to learn as much as I can about burgeoning technology.
I did manage to make it to a session today that I really appreciated, called Developing for Microsoft Surface. As you know, Surface is a multi-touch technology being developed by Microsoft, and by now, you can see Surface in action in places like AT&T stores, Harrah's casinos, Sheraton hotels, and MSNBC election coverage. For each of these industry verticals is a group of applications that have been built; for example, Harrah's has a bartending application called Mixologist and another social app called Flirt (which transmits video images from a camera above the surface table to other surface tables). AT&T stores use a system unique to Surface called optical tagging which allows phones to be placed on the table and have more information automatically presented to the consumer. The Sheraton uses an application called Concierge, and MSNBC uses a Surface app to help Chuck Todd make and display electoral map projections.
There are 5 vertical industries currently engaging in Surface development: Automotive, Healthcare, Financial Services, Leisure & Entertainment, and Retail. What's really cool is that the Surface SDK is being made available to everyone at PDC, so if you are not here, you're really missing out. The SDK even includes a hardware emulator that you can use to build and test your apps.
The SDK looks really promising. There are a number of Surface control classes for WPF input, and the best part is that you already know how to use the because they inherit from standard control interfaces. The multitouch aspect of these controls is already handled for you, so you don't have to reinvent any wheels here. The basic component of any Surface app is called the SurfaceWindow, which automatically goes fullscreen when you launch an app. The other controls you can use are very similar to what you'd use on Windows, but they support the cool multitouch stuff you see on Surface tables like flicking and elasticity. These controls include SurfaceListBox, SurfaceScrollViewer, SurfaceSlider, SurfaceScrollBar, SurfaceTextBox, and SurfacePasswordBox.
Those controls are all great and standard, but there are two controls that make a Surface app a true Surface app: the ScatterView control and the TagVisualizer control.
The ScatterView control is a little bubble that stacks items in a collection, like in the often-demoed Photos app. It lets you group data into one control and rotate it, scale it, and pass it around the table. Here's a quick video of how easy it is to use the ScatterView control (from this session):
The TagVisualizer control lets you leverage the optical tagging system in Surface, which picks up unique patterns and translates them into some identifiable code. The TagVisualizer control really simplifies any situation where you might need to use optical tagging. Check out the session demo:
All in all, it's been a great time here so far. Clint and I have made a LOT of great connections and it's a blast!


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Teen poetry contest, children's book awards, more on tap at Wake libraries in March
Posted February 21, 2013
We are regulars at our library and always have a stack of books checked out. I take my younger daughter to storytime almost weekly and it's the first place my older daughter wants to go when she has a school project (instead of the computer).
But, beyond storytimes, libraries offer all kinds of events from teen book clubs to family performances that, as far as I'm concerned, should make them a second home for families.
Here's a round-up of a few of the activities planned at Wake County libraries in March. If you live outside of Wake County, be sure to check our library resource page for links to other systems in the region.
Here's what's scheduled in Wake:
Wake libraries will participate in a statewide election to choose the 2013 N.C. Children's Book Award winners. School aged kids can vote for their favorite book from a list of nominees in two categories: the Picture Book Award and the Junior Book Award. Kids who read at least five titles from the lists can cast a ballot at any Wake library. The winners will be announced April. The award's goal is to introduce children to current children's literature and to instill a love of reading.
In 2012, "The Book that Eats People," by John Perry won in the picture book category. "The Strange Case of Origami Yoda," by Tom Angleberger won in the junior book category. More than 130,400 votes were cast.
These are great lists to check out and plow through if you're looking for new books to read to your kids or for your kids to read.
Click here for details and to see both lists.
Also in March, Wake libraries will be working with Wake County Human Services to celebrate National Nutrition Month. During special storytimes, librarians will share books about gardening, farms, fruits and vegetables. Nutritionists will be on hand with healthy nutrition tips and to lead a preschool activity to promote healthy eating choices. The program is free and will be offered at 18 library locations. Check Wake library's website for its storytime offerings.
And Wake will host its annual Teen Poetry Contest from March 15 to April 30. Teens in sixth to twelfth grade can submit up to three original poems for the contest. Last year, nearly 500 entries were submitted. The contest is broken into four categories: sixth grade; seventh and eighth grade; ninth and tenth grade; and eleventh and twelfth grade. Winners will be announced in early May and will be honored at a reception and will be invited to read their winning poems.
For more information about that program, contact Judy Packer at 919-387-4311 or Susan Adams at 919-217-5316. Check Wake's website for more information about other teen events too.


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Grimes just upped the ante for her Governors Ball set this Friday. Through a couple of tweets, the singer announced today that she'd be performing three new tracks at the New York City festival, including one she and Blood Diamonds had written for Rihanna. The song was turned down, but she'll close her set with the rejected track, and despite describing it as "different than regular Grimes," she gives a heads up to all planning to go to "stick around for my final song it's special & top secret & new."
It's been a while since we've heard new music from Grimes, so the prospect of unreleased songs should have fans hot and heavy with anticipation. If you're going to Governors Ball, don't miss out. Grimes goes on at 8:15 p.m. on Friday, June 6.
For more info on the festival check out the official site.


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Real-life superhero in trouble after publicity
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Publicity over a dispute between two men over leadership of a costumed band of self-professed real-life Michigan superheroes ended up getting one of them in trouble again.
The Flint Journal and The Detroit News report Adam Besso, who hails from the Detroit area and is nicknamed "Bee Sting," pleaded guilty last month to leaving Michigan without permission of his probation agent. He's to be sentenced March 31.
Besso says authorities should have better things to do than pursue him. Probation officials in part cited Facebook posts.
In an article in early February by The Detroit News, Besso also indicated that he drove with a suspended license. The article highlighted a rift between Besso and Mark Williams, who dresses up as Batman to patrol the northern Michigan community of Petoskey.


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For the final day of New York Comic Con, the spotlight fell on the CW's "Arrow;" which is the new take on DC's Green Arrow that also serves as successor of sorts to "Smallville."
DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns moderated the "Arrow" panel as he welcomed executive producer Marc Guggenheim and series stars Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy and Willa Holland. To kick things off, a new trailer for "Arrow" season one was shown before Guggenheim related how he and his collaborators created this new interpretation of the classic superhero character.
"Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and myself were all huge comic book fans," explained Guggenheim. "Andrew and I have written comic books. Andrew specifically wrote Green Arrow. We came to this as fans and we approach each episode as fans… The Mike Grell "The Longbow Hunters" and the [Andy] Diggle/Jock [Green Arrow] Year One series were huge influences on our take. They're both indicative of the very grounded, realistic — dare I say Nolan-esque — approach that we've tried to take with the show."
Guggenheim indicated that the flashback sequences on the island will remain a part of "Arrow" going forward, with the island storylines sharing some thematic elements with the modern day plotlines. Amell revealed that he spends 90 minutes in makeup for the island flashbacks, but he has a goal in mind for the island's ultimate endgame.
"When ['Arrow'] went to series, I was hoping that Oliver — when he got to the island — would be really beaten down to nothing before he rises back up again," said Amell. "As Oliver Queen in the present day, he's unflinching. And he does some things that are pretty difficult to wrap your head around. The island helps explain why he does it, why he has to do it. And it helps you relate to the character more."
When Johns asked Holland why her character is nicknamed "Speedy" — which is the traditional superhero name of Green Arrow's sidekick, Roy Harper — Holland replied "because I am ready to kick some butt! I am ready to pick up a bow and arrow whenever you guys are ready to write it in for me."
Cassidy sidestepped the question of whether Laurel would transition into her Black Canary superheroine identity, but Guggenheim jumped in to say "I think episode 3 gives a pretty good idea of what [Laurel] is capable of [and] where [she] may ultimately be headed."
The evolution of Colin Donnell's Tommy Merlyn was also teased, with Guggenheim pointing to events in episode 7 that will give Tommy additional complexity. While Tommy may ultimately develop into darker character that is closer to his comic book counterpart, there are plenty of villains ahead for Arrow to face this season.
"We like to say that there is a 'Biggest Bad' and a few 'Big Bads' throughout the year," related Guggenheim. "One thing that we are cognizant of as we arced out the first season is that there needs to be highs and lows and crescendos and little climaxes along the way. It's 22 episodes, so you're telling a very long, multi chapter story. We like to think of the first five episodes as one chapter, six through nine as another chapter. And each chapter needs to build to some kind of big momentous event, so that requires multiple 'Big Bads.'"
Guggenheim.also praised actress Jessica De Gouw as a future star and spoke highly of her performance as Helena Bertinelli aka The Huntress in the seventh episode of the season. "You'll see that Helena comes on to the show at a moment where Oliver really needs someone like her," offered Guggenheim, who co-wrote episode 7 with Johns and Kreisberg.
Despite Thea Queen being set up as a potential Speedy to Oliver's Arrow, Guggenheim admitted that "we've definitely talked about Roy [Harper] and we have a pretty cool idea for him. All things in good time, but the take for Roy that we have… is pretty badass." Even Connor Hawke was mentioned as a possible character in the future.
Near the end of the panel, Johns turned the panel's attention back to an "Arrow" digital comic book series written by Guggeheim and Kreisberg; which will eventually be collected into print.
Guggenheim exclaimed "what's really cool at least for us — hopefully for you — about the comic is… that it's cannon. So everything that happens in the comic ties into the show. For example, if you picked up or you downloaded the digital comic that was released last week in conjunction with the premiere of the pilot, it actually takes a scene from episode 2 and sort of reenacts it verbatim but flashes forward to key moments in the life of the series in the first season."
"The second chapter that will be released on Wednesday gives you China White's backstory and China White appears in the second episode of the show," continued Guggenheim. "It's very tightly integrated and it's written by myself, Andrew and the other members of the writing staff. We're not farming anything out to third parties… so that it fits with the show in a very, very tight hermetically sealed way."
"Arrow" airs Wednesdays on the CW.


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Is it possible to remove the gel injections in the lips?
Removing Lip Gel Injections Possible?
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Of course it is possible...but why?
if there's a problem, it's important to realize there are other methods to improve the appearance beside dissolving the material...assuming you were injected with a hyaluronic acid product...juvederm or restylane family...then there's no problem...on the other hand if you received radiesse, sculptra, silicone, artefill...then that's a different story with a more guarded outcome...
Lip gel injections can be removed, depending on what was used
What was injected into your lips exactly? Why do you want the material removed? If you feel you have big lips after cosmetic injections, try not to panick, and give it time.
Lip augmentation with hyaluronic acid injectable fillers such has Restylane or Juvederm is common today. Fewer cosmetic specialists are using collagen for lip enhancement. The lip naturally swells & bruises from the injection. Most of the swelling, which contributes to the trout pout, goes down within a day or so, but sometimes longer.
Lip exercises and ice packs help reduce the swelling. After several days, if you are still unhappy with the lip size, you have 2 options after hyaluronic acid injection. Either wait it out, as your body naturally absorbs and breaks down the injectable filler over a few months. Another option to consider is using hyaluronidase, a material which accelerates the breakdown of hyaluronic acid. The last option is to have your plastic surgeon make a very small skin incision and squeeze out hyaluronic acid.
Treatment options largely depend on the exact material used for lip augmentation. Speak to you cosmetic specialist who provided the lip enhancement procedure.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.