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Inspired by his work on Zack Snyder's brutal revenge fantasy Sucker Punch, artist Alex Pardee brings universal horrors to life in his expansive new exhibit, Vertigo: A Decade of Hunting Nightmares.
The original concept was to explore what the San Francisco artist calls "the 10 most popular nightmares in America — dreams of falling, losing teeth, showing up to school naked, and so forth." But after delving into the subject, Pardee said he "decided to create different boogeymen based on different walks of life around the world."
Pardee's first solo exhibition at Los Angeles' Corey Helford Gallery, Vertigo situates its phantasms around invented nightmare hunter Verti Parker, whose heroic fictional exploits form a framework that allows the artist to explore global night terrors with a universal eye.
The result is the freakout tableaux viewable in the preview gallery above, which represents just a part of Pardee's horrific acrylic-on-wood work. Running now through Jan. 26, Vertigo is fleshed out by invented backstories for each nightmare, with artifacts from Verti Parker's campaigns, including a music box used to exorcise demons from terrified victims and an 8-foot taxidermy monster (the hunter's first conquest). The exhibit even boasts its own creepy promotional video (below).
Pardee's inspiration for Vertigo's immersive approach came from a less-than-nightmarish source.
"I'm a huge fan of Disneyland," he told Wired.com in an e-mail interview. "The ride is the main course, but all of [the attractions] offer extra elements like videos, props and passages that immerse the rider further in the experience. I approach my exhibitions in a similar fashion."
Pardee found that spirit of immersion in full force while creating original artwork for Snyder's upcoming film Sucker Punch.
"Zack has one of the most amazing creative-production teams in the world, hands down, and he's the perfect example of a leader who gets in the trenches and leads by example," Pardee said.
"The most amazing aspect of working on Sucker Punch was that Zack genuinely trusts his creative team," he added. "I've had experiences on other projects where so much back-and-forth and second-guessing on the art direction had come into play that, by the end of the decision-making process, the art was a mess. But on Sucker Punch, we briefly brainstormed a visual direction and Zack would say, 'Alright, that sounds awesome, run with it.' It was exhilarating to watch such a huge project come together so smoothly. [Although] Vertigo doesn't directly tie in with Sucker Punch, its creation was definitely inspired by how hard everyone worked on that picture and its entirely new universe."
The scale of Sucker Punch dwarfed Pardee's previous multimedia experience working on film, television and music projects for screamo punks The Used, indie-hopper Cage and Warner Bros.-bankrolled web animation series Chadam. But his most engrossing project remains Zerofriends. The creative collective's pop-up galleries in cities across the country provide an outlet for Pardee and his arty pals to go widescreen in a packed transmedia landscape.
"I started Zerofriends as an art and apparel company in 2006 with a couple of close friends as a more affordable extension of our fine art and illustration," Pardee said. "But now we're expanding and collaborating with some of my artistic idols, like Greg "Craola" Simkins, Tara McPherson, Sam Kieth and more. We've been traveling around the country setting up temporary pop-up shops for a few months at a time to introduce our brand, meet people and move to another city like gypsies! In our current economic climate, short-term leases in different markets seem to make the best sense."
What doesn't make much sense is that, despite Vertigo's phantasmagoric roll call, Pardee experiences few nightmares of his own. In fact, he says he wishes he could dream more about monsters and less about recycled reality.
"I rarely have them," he said. "My first nightmare didn't even occur until I was 14. My dreams are mundane."
Images courtesy Alex Pardee. Follow us on Twitter: @morphizm and @theunderwire.
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- Dave Cooper's Comics Grotesquerie Gets Bent (With a Nod From Del Toro)
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Businesses will suffer mightily in the greater Los Angeles area if the southern San Andreas fault snaps and produces a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. But the quake would have comparatively little impact on structures in San Diego County, says a new analysis by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Such a quake would channel most of its energy into Los Angeles and Orange counties and the Inland Empire. San Diego is too far to the southwest to take a direct hit, the analysis shows.
The BLS findings (full report) are based on an analysis of shaking patterns that appear in a highly detailed earthquake scenario that was produced by state, federal and university scientists. The U.S. Geological Survey ran a scenario on the southern San Andreas to help the public and emergency planners understand what they might have to cope with if the 'Big One' hits.
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IN AN ever-changing world in the 1970s, one constant was that Hawthorn and North Melbourne would play each other in finals, in fact 10 times from 1974 to 1978, including three grand finals. Years ending in '3' have had a habit of being significant for "Schimma" – 60 yesterday, 40 years since his then VFL debut for North Melbourne – round one, 1973, against the Hawks, and next month, it will be 20 years since he was dumped as senior coach of his beloved Roos after the team was flogged by 147 points by Adelaide in the pre-season competition.
Still a member of the AFL tribunal, as a half-forward, winger and ruck-rover, Schimmelbusch played a then club record 306 games for North between 1973 and 1987 (including a still club record 29 finals), kicked 354 goals, captained the side on 150 occasions, captained Victoria, played in the 1975 and '77 premierships and was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1997.
As one of the most courageous players to lace up a boot, Schimma, at 60, looks back on a life in football.
Physical condition
"I've had five knee reconstructions – three on one and two on the other. Two of those were after I finished playing. Five years ago, I wasn't in very good nick at all. I had a really bad neck, a bad elbow and my knees. Then "Crackers" Keenan got me to join this charity bike ride with "Barass" (Ron Barassi). We've done it four times now, and once I started riding a bike, everything seemed to disappear – my neck came good, my elbow came good, my knees have come good, and I've kept the bike riding going. Considering what I was feeling like five years ago, I'm probably not in too bad a shape."
Playing under Ron Barassi (1973-80)
"He could be pretty personal, Barass, but he was fair though, and he wouldn't hold grudges. He'd certainly tell you what he thought of your effort, and he'd tell you in no uncertain terms, but five minutes later, at the end of the game he'd be the first to buy you a drink."
First grand final, 1974, v Richmond
"I don't think we ever expected to win, but just the thrill of running out in front of 113,000 people was pretty big. I got paid $34 for that game – that was my match payment. If you played fewer than 50 games (it was his 48th), your match payment was $34 – it was pretty standard, so for the first two years I got $34 per game, including the grand final."
1975 and '77 premierships
"1975 was fantastic because it was the first the club had won and there's great memories of going back to the ground that night and being introduced to the crowd on the back of a semi-trailer, and seeing people crying who had barracked for North for 50 years. It really sent a tingle up your spine.
But I actually got more out of the second one, '77, because (in '75) I don't think anything was going to stop us, it was almost our destiny. '77 was different – we finished third, lost the last home-and-away game to the Swans, lost the first final to Hawthorn comfortably, and then to come out and win after playing in five finals in a row, and coming from five goals down at three-quarter-time in the first (drawn) grand final, I got more out of it."
Playing alongside brother Daryl (47 games, 1978-81)
"I was very pleased for him – he had more courage than anyone I've ever seen. To make the grade at his height (165cm) and he wasn't quick, was very good. He still has a go at me about breaking his leg at training after we lost the first final (in 1977). He hadn't played all year but looked like getting his first senior game, and Barass pitted me against him in one-on-one duels, knowing that we loved competing against each other. Daryl and I had to fight like hell to get the ball back to him, and something in the end had to give. I tackled Daryl and he broke his leg, and I still remember him looking up at me and calling me an 'effin c'. Six months ago he had an ankle replacement because of it, so he's got a plastic and titanium ankle as a result of that fateful night at training."
Knee injury which ended his career
"In 1987 I captained Victoria on a Tuesday night over in Adelaide and went to Sydney the following weekend (round 10) to play the Swans and that's when it happened. I'd had reconstructions, and the doctor told me I was silly playing three games in one week – I was probably silly playing every week – but when you get the chance to captain Victoria you're going to play. At the age of 34, something was going to give, I suppose."
Never winning a club best and fairest
"A lot of people say that it's a bit of an anomaly. I'm not the only one – Michael Tuck [Hawthorn star] never won a best and fairest. We were both in very good sides, and the years I probably had the best chance were the years I got injured and missed the last five or six games. Even my last year, when I finished after round 10, I was miles in front in the best and fairest – Matty Larkin ended up winning it, but it took him until round 20 to catch me. I wasn't destined to win it; it wasn't meant to be."
Coaching (1990-92, 31 wins, 35 losses)
"It was never an ambition of mine. I got talked into it by Bob Ansett and Ron Joseph. I was the last part-time coach (and) I had a full-time job, and had to work out training during working hours.
It wasn't a burning ambition, but I thought as the years went past I got better and better. In my opinion I probably coached the best in the year we won only seven (games in 1992). I suppose the disappointing thing was I never got to see it through. I got criticised often about sticking my head in the sand and not going back to the club – that's the unfair part about it. I don't know any coach who gets sacked who hangs around the club. The new coach doesn't want you hanging around the club, you don't want to hang around the club anyway. It was time for me to move on."
Football today
"I don't think a lot of people who played the game back in the '70s and '80s like the game the way it is today – it's certainly not as attractive to watch as far as I'm concerned. I was a competitor, and I like to see a centreman play on a centreman, or a full-back play on a full-forward. Nowadays they're all six-foot-four athletes who can run 100 yards in even time, but most of them aren't what I would call smart footballers. The last couple of years it has improved a lot [from the previous few years], but I'd still like to see more one-on-one contests."
29 That's the number North Melbourne veteran Brent Harvey wears in the AFL. But he's also a big fan of putting names on the back of footy jumpers and has joined the growing chorus to give the idea serious consideration.
89 years was the point, set and match for American "Gorgeous" Gussy Moran, a pioneer of professional women's tennis whose short dress and lacy underwear caused a sensation at Wimbledon in 1949. The staid All-England Club found at the time that she had brought "vulgarity and sin into tennis".
42 and not crazy, says Japanese player Kimiko Date-Krumm after her second round win at Melbourne Park. She aims to be playing grand slam tennis for years to come.
Older people often say "the game was a lot tougher in my day", and when it comes to the use of sporting equipment, they're quite right. Until tennis became professional in 1968, there was little competitive investment in racquet technology. It took the larger racquet heads of 1975 to mark a real design development. Recently, I was using a 1960s racquet, made of wood and with a small head. Swinging it was like taking part in a weights class and to get power into a shot required an almost tangible effort, like trying to shove a car. Couple this with the tiny sweet spot, where accuracy is achieved, and the racquet itself had a high margin for shot error and a high chance of causing player fatigue. Compare this to using an aluminium frame and large-headed racquet circa 1980s. Light weight, this racquet could be swung easily with speed and the large sweet spot helped as well, making almost any shot return possible. Wouldn't it be fun to see the greats of today play using the equipment of yesteryear? It would give us a chance to put some of the old footage of Rod Laver and Jimmy Connors into perspective. Sure it would be unfair to judge them equally, but it would be interesting to see "fastest serves" and how accurate their shots are using equipment designs from the 1960s? - Luke, Watsonia
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It would be quite the interesting existence hanging regularly with one of the fittest women in the world.
Camille Leblanc-Bazinet could be walking down the street, spot a loose manhole cover, and hoist it for the heck of it. She could scale a construction scaffolding and whip out 50 consecutive pullups. She could find a random log on the beach, drap it across her shoulders and run a few miles.
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"I feel like if there's some path that has the danger sign or that seems too hard, I want that one," she said in her thick, French-Canadian accent. "If you don't frickin' do it, who's going to?"
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Leblanc-Bazinet started CrossFit as a workout at about the same time she began working on a chemical engineering degree at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec. She was intent on maintaining her straight As until CrossFit came along. Now she jokes that she's just trying to get through three more semesters while she maintains her focus on trying to become a world champion.
"Obsession? Oh yeah," she said matter-of-factly. "It's always been an obsession with me to get better at stuff. I like the challenge of not being good at something and then trying to become the best at it. Most people find reward in things they're already good at. There's no reward in that.
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Jean-Luc Lagarce
Rules for Good Manners in the Modern World
(Les règles du savoir-vivre dans la société moderne)
Translated from the French by Andrew Berg and Marion Schoevaert
Directed by Zeljko Djukic
At Castillo Theatre
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Thursday, August 25 @ 7:30 Friday, August 26 @ 7:30 Saturday, August 27 @ 2 and 7:30 Sunday, August 28 @ 2
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The case against universal health care
In a recent post Ms. Meena N Swamy made an extensive case for Universal Health Care. It defines in great detail the meaning, scope and the motives for Universal Health Care (UHC). Her argument in favour of UHC rests on three points which I shall paraphrase as follows:
- Moral – "Can we as a society, be morally justified in rating our financial constraints higher than the livelihood of those who fall on hard times in spite of their best efforts?"
- Economic – "Overall health of the society is a prerequisite for social stability. Health is highly correlated with economic status, and the unprecedented levels of economic inequality translate to lopsided and unstable growth of the society leading to chaos and unrest."
- iii. Financial Hardship -"Burgeoning treatment costs have meant that a single treatment can deal such a debilitating loss to an otherwise financially stable individual/family as to push them into poverty."
I will begin my counter to the argument above with the following poser:
If you have Rs 1000, and there are ten individuals needing your care, nine of whom are starving but otherwise healthy, whereas the tenth has suffered a broken hand. Securing food for the ten and getting them to an employable state requires Rs 100 each, but the treatment of the tenth alone will cost Rs 900.
Are we morally justified in spending 9/10ths of our resources on treatment of an individual at the cost of getting 9 others to an employable (and subsequently self-sustained) state? Although I believe that we aren't morally justified in making such a choice, I'd be willing to listen to an argument persuading me that we might in fact justified in doing so. If there was such an argument made by the author, it was not evident to me. However, I reject that notion, that our moral duty to provide treatment to this individual is self-evident.
Now, consider the third argument put forth by the author, that of financial hardship: I believe that high cost treatments are needed mostly for dangerous but rare diseases or common but not necessarily devastating disabilities. This assumption seems prima facie valid, as a disease that is both common and dangerous would wipe out large swathes of people akin to the black plague and it can be dealt as a special case outside the purview of UHC.
Thus, if a treatment is expensive enough to cause financial hardship, by nature it is rare. Utilizing a portion of our limited resources to supply expensive healthcare to an individual, at the cost of multiple others seems unjustified to me.
Figure 1: Causes of deaths in India: Total deaths are about 680 per 100k [1]
According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report [1] cardiovascular and infectious diseases, perinatal disorders and injuries as leading causes of unnatural deaths accounting to about 60% of the total deaths in a year. However, the total deaths are a miniscule 0.7% of the total population. To include the effect of diseases on quality of living, WHO uses Disability adjusted Life Years (DALY) – which surprisingly uses Japan's Life expectancy as the baseline and not individual countries' average life expectancies- which is estimated at about 300 million years.
The proportion of "preventable" afflictions (based on hygiene, knowledge, diet etc) is not well documented [2], but reports indicate the burden contributed directly by lifestyle choices (diet, and exercise) is close to 20% [1]. In addition, they may also contribute to other risk factors which are separately evaluated like High blood pressure, cholesterol levels etc.
Now compare that burden with the burden of poverty – a whopping 32.7% of our population remains below international poverty line [3] ($1.25/day adjusted to PPP) and as much as 68% of our population remains below $2 per day (adjusted to PPP). This amounts to about 680 millions who suffer from poverty every day. Should we account for their suffering throughout their lives, this number undoubtedly dwarfs even the sympathetic DALY estimate that is used to tout UHC.
Thus, we can make a fair utilitarian argument that the same funds to be used in providing UHC are better served at improving standard of living for the 68% of our population. In addition, far better improvements in societal health can be achieved by focusing on basics such as education (of diseases and ways to prevent them) and sanitation, rather than on health care devoted to treatment.
Please note that I did not set out to make an argument against UHC in all cases, but have limited my argument to the state India is in. Perhaps rich, developed nation states may be able to provide free health care to all its residents. But, that is not a position I am trying to debate. UHC is a luxury for the rich, the poor cannot afford4.
- http://www.who.int/choice/publications/Chronic_diseaseIndia.pdf
- http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/CRA_Disease_DALY7_2004_2.xls
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_India
- With apologies to the author of the original quote (I couldn't locate the source unfortunately) "Socialism is a luxury for the rich, the poor cannot afford".


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I'm in the market to buy an entry level new 42" LED/LCD TV ~£350 Samsung/sony/LG - You know the ones. I don't care about 3D and am ruling out plasma for reflection (bright room) and power munching reasons.
But, I also have the opportunity to buy second hand for the same price a Sony KDL-40EX503. This is a 2010 £700 model WHF product of the year.
What I would like to know: is the 2nd hand 2010 mid price model likely to comete favourably in picture quality with the 2012 entry level models, or has the rapid progress of TV technology meant new cheap models are beating old mid level models.
I would appreciate some insight into this.


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Rays win 8-6, improve to 15-5
The Rays improved their best-in-baseball record to 15-5 with an 8-6 win over the AL West-leading Rays.
Pat Burrell's three-run homer in the third proved to be the big hit, and the bullpen came up big after an abbreviated and ineffective start by Wade Davis.
The 15-5 mark is the best by an AL East team since the Yankees began the 2003 season 17-3.


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"This Gumbo is fast and easy to make and can be served as a side or a meal, its mouth watering yummy !! Chicken or Turkey can be used, also works great with shrimp."
Easy Chicken Gumbo
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READY IN:45mins
YIELD:9 cups
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- 2 -4 ounces cooked boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into small pieces
- 1 (7 ounce) box Zatarians gumbo base mix
- 2 (14 ounce) cans reduced-sodium fat-free chicken broth
- 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can green chilies
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 large onion
- 1 bunch celery
- 2 cups water
- chop your bell pepper, onion, and celery , add to a 5 quart pan.
- next add can of chiles and your 7 oz gumbo mix. If you are using the gumbo base mix, you will need to make your own rice to go with this, 2 cups should be enough, if you can find the gumbo mix with rice , then its already in the mix for you.
- then add your two can's of broth and water.
- finally add your cooked chicken and set heat to high until boiling, then reduce to simmer about 30 minutes.
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Hello Philippe, Am 08.09.2004 um 08:21 schrieb Philippe Lang: > Hello Christof, > > What ODBC driver are you using? > > There are 3 drivers: Postgresql, Postgresql Legacy, Postgresql Unicode. I'm not so sure, but I think it is called 'Postgresql' as I remember seeing this option somewhere in the ODBC dialogs. There were no other options to choose from. The servers' log file shows me "select pg_client_encoding()" and directly after "set client_encoding to 'UTF8'", hence I assume it is a Unicode version. I'm currently not at the Windows machine, but I could send logfile snippets later, if necessary. > I'm using the first one "Postgresql", (snapshot 208 or 209), with > Access 2000, 2002 or 2003 without any problem. I haven't tried Access > 97. > > My databases are encoded in LATIN1 as well, for French. Update with > accents are fine, at least with PGSQL 7.3.x and 7.4.x. Sound good. Does your server also run on Windows (cygwin)? Perhaps I give 7.4. a try on cygwin, that's easier than switching to a newer Access version. Thanks and best regards, Christof Best regards, Christof Glaser -- -- gl.aser . software engineering . internet service -- Doelitzer Strasse 37 . D-04277 Leipzig . fon +49-341-303 20 51 -- http://gl.aser.de/ . sms +49-177-779 28 43 . fax +49-341-303 20 52
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Surgery: the site for surgical resection can be determined as per the tumor site and whether there is tumor invasion occurred to sphincter, and lymph node metastasis to groin or not. Surgery includes: abdominal perineal resection and partial resection.
Radiotherapy: radiotherapy is performed as per anal patients' systemic condition and local condition of tumor. Radiotherapy can be applied to combine with surgery: the use of pre-operative radiotherapy can increase the resection rate; the use of radiation therapy after surgery can reduce anal cancer recurrence.
Chemotherapy: chemotherapy is conducted through oral-taken medication, and sometimes the drug may be injected into the patients' veins or muscles for treatment therapy. Usually chemotherapy is in conjunction with surgery and radiotherapy to reduce the recurrence of anal cancer.
What are the nursing methods of anal cancer?
Anal cancer patients shall actively cooperate with doctors' treatments;
Anal cancer patient shall adhere to good living habits;
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Family members and friends of anal cancer patients shall care and encourage patients in no time;
Anal cancer patient shall avoid negative, sad or upset emotion.
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By Bushraa Khatib
The 2nd Graduate Education in Physics Conference, held January 31-February 2 at the American Center for Physics in College Park, generated in-depth discussion on topics such as preparing graduate students for non-academic careers, improving on diversity, and debating graduate school admissions policies, including use of the GRE.
The conference, organized by APS and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), followed on the success of the first such conference, held in 2008.
Photo by Michael Lucibella
At the session on "Promoting Diversity in Physics", Kathy Prestridge (left) of Los Alamos listens while Zelda Gills of Lockheed-Martin makes a point.
Renee Diehl, professor of physics from Pennsylvania State University and a conference organizer, remarked, "Sessions included active discussions by participants clearly interested in improving their own graduate programs."
A session on "Building Successful Graduates" discussed the GRE as an admissions tool. Frances Hellman, UC Berkeley, presented data that suggests that there is almost no correlation between GRE scores and future success as a researcher. Diehl said that one of the messages to drive home was that not everyone can be measured in the same way, especially by the GRE. "If we want to increase the diversity of physicists, we need to find ways to tap into and build on the strengths of individuals," she commented. (See the Back Page article on the GRE in last month's APS News, http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201302/backpage.cfm).
Meg Urry, chair of the physics department at Yale University, started the conference with a plenary on "Some Thoughts on the Future of Graduate Education." Cherry Murray, Dean of Engineering and Applied Science at Harvard University and 2009 APS President, gave a keynote address titled "Reflections on Getting a PhD in Physics." Murray presented data on PhD enrollments and employment.
A significant conference focus was the importance of educating students for a wide variety of careers, given that a small percentage of PhDs in physics find permanent employment within academia. A panel on non-academic careers agreed that interdisciplinary experiences and resume-writing skills are important for graduate students to master. Stefan Zollner, physics department chair at New Mexico State University, said the fact that only 20% of PhDs go on to become permanent faculty must be communicated to students. He urged institutions to stay in touch with alumni, find out what skills they find useful, and invite non-academic graduates back to give colloquia.
Increasing the diversity of the graduate student population was a major discussion topic during the conference. Anthony Johnson, Director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Photonics Research and Professor of Physics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, gave a plenary talk on his personal perspective on promoting diversity in physics. Johnson described research fellowships and programs available to underrepresented minority students since 1972 and shared his own observations from his experience at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
The discussion on diversity also included an afternoon breakout session on Bridge Programs to Improve Diversity. Bridge programs are typically one- to two-year post-baccalaureate or master's programs that seek to enhance student's chances of success in a PhD program. These programs offer a combination of coursework, research experience, and mentoring to strengthen applications to graduate school in physics. Theodore Hodapp, APS, and Marcel Agüeros, Columbia University, gave presentations on their respective bridge programs. The APS Bridge Program seeks to increase the number of underrepresented minorities, including African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans, who receive PhDs in physics.
Sessions at the conference also emphasized the fact that employers need PhDs who can work well with others. Panelist Kathy Prestridge, Los Alamos National Laboratory, said she could not hire people who would not work in teams. Roel Snieder, Colorado School of Mines, led the session General Professional Skills, Leadership, Team Building and Communication, where the participants concluded that such "soft skills" are critical for success in many physics jobs today.
A session on University, Industry and National Lab Partnership for Graduate Education mentioned that awareness of national lab programs needs to increase. The session also encouraged candidates to form personal connections with PIs.
This year's conference featured strong participation by the 12 graduate students in attendance. Diehl was surprised by how large the contribution was from students at this year's conference. "They obviously have thought a lot about graduate programs and they expressed themselves eloquently," she said. For example, graduate students made a strong case for better-defined family policies.
Christopher Salvo, a graduate student at University of California, Riverside, found the conference as a whole extremely valuable, but especially enjoyed the series of breakout sessions. "This mechanism allowed for many topics to be covered in a highly intense and focused manner," he said, citing sessions on non-academic careers as most useful.
Chandralekha Singh, a conference organizer and Professor of Physics at the University of Pittsburgh, said the conference was very successful in achieving its goals. She said the most valuable part of the conference was the "great exchange of ideas on how to maintain excellence in graduate education in physics." This includes keeping in mind changing demographics and increased competition for the best graduate students.
Lawrence Woolf, a conference organizer from General Atomics, drew attention to another take-away message from the conference: graduate students need improved communication with their thesis advisors regarding progress towards their PhD. This might include setting up a mutual understanding between students and their advisors, reviewing this understanding annually, and assigning mentors independent of thesis advisors.
Several organizers said they would like to see the conference occur more than once every five years so that there is enough time to have detailed discussions on issues related to graduate education in physics.
The conference was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation and organized by Renee Diehl, Theodore Hodapp, Chandralekha Singh, Michael Thoennessen, R. Steve Turley, and Lawrence Woolf. The organizing committee anticipates issuing a conference report in 2013.
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Staff Science Writer: Michael Lucibella


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We've spotted several celebs sporting milkmaid braids on the red carpet recently, and we like them. They're fresh, youthful and a playful alternative to the classic updo.
And since Florence + the Machine frontwoman Florence Welch is never one to shy away from a trendsetting style, we weren't surprised to see her try the plaited 'do a few weeks ago at the LACMA Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles.
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UAF Institutional Accreditation fell under a new process and standards in 2010-11 occuring on a seven-year cycle.
Seven-Year Cycle Reporting
The Year One Report, Standard One, identifies and communicates a clearly defined institutional mission and core themes within that mission. (Themes are simply the most important parts of the mission). "Institutions are expected to identify goals and intended outcomes, each with assessable indicators of achievement, for its mission and for [each of] its core themes. These indicators are the foundation for assessment of achievements and effectiveness". (NWCCU accreditation workshop materials)
The Mid-Cycle Evaluation , in the third year of the cycle, is intended to ascertain an institution's readiness to provide evidence (outcomes) of mission fulfillment and sustainability in the Year Seven. It is to assist institutions in determining if the process of outcomes assessment will lead them to a successful Year Seven self-evaluation and peer evaluation. It is intended to be a formative and collegial evaluation with the institution in conversation with the evaluators.
The Year Seven Report includes all the standards and builds upon all of the previous work providing a summative evaluation of how well the University is fulfilling its mission, whether it can sustain its performance in the future, and whether and how it can adapt to change.
Current Update
The first Year One Report was submitted in September 2012.
The first Mid Cycle Report was submitted in September 2014.
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Hi. I plan on attending Sci-Arc for an MArch 1 in August. This year they are not requiring the Making and Meaning summer course prior to the start of the MArch 1.
Has anyone taken the course and do you think its an important introduction to the MArch program?? Is it worth arriving in LA a month early and spending the 4.5 grand?
@bb217 The making and meaning program has its pros and cons. I've never taken it but I'm graduating sci arc this spring and I know a lot of people that were required to take it. Sci arc is a huge computer base school and if your not really proficient in rhino maya grasshopper etc then it's gonna give you a heads up during the regular year. Plus you get to use the resources they have like the laser cutter milling... It's mostly like a mini studio but they do cram a lot of information at you in a short period of time. I've heard mix reviews from other students, the people that didn't like it was the ones who already knew a lot of the programs and lived in LA for a while. So they thought it was a huge waste of money. But on the other hand people who didn't have a lot of knowledge of the school and how the studio works it was basically a pre course to life at sci arc and LA. Plus you get to meet people from other classes. I think the m+m is a mix of undergrad and grad...
Wow. Thanks. Thats good information. Im definitely not proficient in those softwares. But Im still not sure its alot of money and inconvenient timing.
what happens to the students who don't get through the M+M program ?
Typical "Fail ho gaye to kya hoga ?" Haha ... Chill, Its not a course and doesn't count towards your credit, so you cannot flunk it. It just tells you where you stand.
Are you sure?? Cause in my acceptance letter they said " Your admission into the M Arch program is contingent upon your successful completion of the Making+Meaning SCI ARC Summer Foundation Program in Architecture" !!! so are you sure they don't throw you out if you don't do well ??
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The beauty of fashion and developing a personal style often lies in the many choices of garments we can use to build a wardrobe. As aspiring Fashionistas and Fashionistos, we have immense freedom to create our desired look from a large collection of pieces. One facet of the fashion world that seems to have endless possibilities — the extensive universe of shoes. I mean, think of the available options: booties, boots, heels, flats and sandals, not to mention the focus of this piece being sneakers.
When we hear the word "sneakers," it's often hard not to think of athletics, knee-high socks and bad gym clothes. In the fashion sphere, however, sneakers have definitely progressed from their solely athletic origin. The term "sneakers" now refers to a unique genre of shoes; composed of classic footwear canvas, suede, leather and other fabrics. As this Fashionisto demonstrates, modern sneakers can add a relaxed and fashionable touch to any outfit.
This Fashionisto's shoes (a pair of leather lace-ups with awesome contrast laces) shine among a sea of boring canvas. They act as a polished accent to a casually cool ensemble composed of a graphic T-shirt, utility jacket and classic black skinnies. The shoes lend this outfit a sense of effortlessness that, due to the edgier fabric, still translates as "put together." His look as a whole is relaxed, and oh-so chic.
As far as shoes go, sneakers can be the most fun, and also versatile. Whether they're athletic, girly or bold — there are so many different vibes one pair of sneakers can create. Like our Fashionisto's shoes prove, sneakers can be edgy and simple. They can add to a an understated sense of completion to an outfit; acting as a stylish accent rather than a statement piece. Leather, corduroy and canvas sneakers of a classic silhouette work especially well as a casual touch.
Sneakers can also serve as the focus point of an outfit. For example, a pair of neon sneaks will pops against an otherwise neutral outfit. Similarly, a pair of sneakers in a floral or striped pattern adds a sense of whimsy and fun to any look. Whichever fashionable path you choose to walk, throw on a pair of chic sneaks and you will be set!
Spotted: Menswear master Marc Jacobs included fresh and simple sneakers in his darkly chic fall 2013 ready-to-wear collection.


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LeMond and the LeMond Revolution Trainer are back in business
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Point to point long runs and unpacking the LeMond Revolution Trainer
Sunday I had my weekly long run, which this week stood at 15 miles, though, by next week it'll be up to 18 miles. I'm still trying to figure out how I got conned into my long run changing from … Read More Here
Behind the scenes: LeMond Fitness
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Week in Review–October 10th, 2010
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There were/are very few non-bike vendors at Interbike that actually show up at BOTH the Outdoor Demo, and the Indoor Expo. In fact, I think PowerAde was probably about the only other one. But perhaps that shows something about the … Read More Here
Demo Day 1 at Interbike
While I've got all sorts of product and feature specific items lined up all week long, today's first day at the Outdoor Demo was more about getting a lay of the land. Lots of land. The drive is about 30-45 … Read More Here


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The Day After the Next Attack on Oaxaca, Converge on the Mexican Consulate!
A Letter to the Bay Area
On Monday, October 30th, as residents of Oaxaca were preparing for another police-attack, all over the world we answered a call to bring the struggle to our cities. In San Francisco over the past week we've attended and organized vigils, protests, and benefit film screenings at the drop of a hat. We've cried and held each other as we were told our friends were taken from this world by the bullets and brutality of right wing paramilitaries and the federal police of Mexico.
And still, after all these demonstrations we are looking for ways to let Oaxaca know that we are listening to them, that we worry for them, and that above all we support them. We are looking for ways to show an ambitious solidarity. We have promised ourselves that we will not sit by idly as those who struggle to change their world are murdered by the capitalists, bureaucrats, and police-mercenaries.
The Day After
The day after the next attack on the people of Oaxaca, we will converge at the Mexican Consulate. We will dance, we will scream, and we will take direct action. We will take the risk of believing in the impossible: that as they globalize capitalism we can globalize resistance, we can globalize solidarity. In our increasingly fragmented world we can be responsible for one another-- we can support one another in all of our struggles for self-determination, dignity, and joy.
On the day after the next attack on the people of Oaxaca we will meet at Folsom Street and First Street at both 7am and 5pm to demonstrate what we believe will be true after the smoke clears: victory comes to those who dare fight for it.
Victory to Oaxaca!
If you would like to alerted before the day of action write your contact information to victory_oaxaca [at] yahoo.com
as you may know, on the day after the next police attack on Oaxaca, we here in the Bay Area will be responding by coordinating emergency actions at the:
Mexican consulate
532 Folsom St, by Montgomery BART
at both
7AM and 5PM
direct actions for you to join in may be planned at that and/or other locations, throughout the day.
if you want to receive text messages on your mobile phone that will alert you when Oaxaca is next attacked, and update you with locations/ news during the Emergency Response Day, then....
go to http://www.txtmob.com
type in a name, email and cellphone number (plus cell provider).
you'll get a confirmation code text-messaged to you almost immediately.
finish registration.
go to "join group"
look for "victory_oaxaca". it's under "public groups," listed alphabetically.
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Rome: The expansion of vineyards in Italy's picturesque Prosecco-producing region has been blamed for destabilising the land and creating a terrifying flash flood that killed four people.
Critics say that the clearing of woodland to make way for new vineyards, as sales of the sparkling white wine boom in Italy and abroad, has made the region's steep slopes less able to absorb heavy rainfall.
They claim the more intensive cultivation contributed to the flood on Saturday night, when a storm caused the Lierza River to burst its banks, sending a torrent of water through a beauty spot, a 17th century mill, the Molinetto della Croda.
The flash flood hit a local banquet, sweeping away cars, marquees and people. Four men died, with some of the bodies found nearly a mile downriver. Eight other people were injured.
Prosecutors in the nearby city of Treviso have opened an investigation, saying they could bring charges of manslaughter and culpable environmental damage.
They will seek information from engineers and geologists "to understand the causes of the disaster", said Laura Reale, a prosecutor.
As the injured recover in hospital and residents clean up the damage, a rancorous debate has broken out over whether the intensive cultivation of the area for Prosecco grapes is to blame.
In the past year, the Guardia Forestale, or Forestry Corps, investigated four cases of woodland being converted into cultivable land without authorisation.
There are about 20,000 acres of vines in the recognised Prosecco producing region of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene, making more than 72 million bottles of the wine a year.
Around the village of Refrontolo, where the flood struck, the area under vines has almost doubled, from 500 acres in 1974 to nearly 1000 in 2010.
"It's a big mistake to adhere to a monoculture, both from the point of view of productivity as well as the environment," said Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Slow Food movement, which strives to protect regional traditions and opposes globalisation and fast food. "An ecosystem needs diversity to be in harmony. These woods, from time immemorial, have maintained the stability of the soil."
Tiziano Tempesta, a rural economist at Padua University, told Corriere della Sera newspaper: "New methods of cultivation tend to make the hills smoother, rounder, and to modify the layout of the vineyards. It makes everything more efficient and productive but it can damage the drainage system."
Winemakers dismissed the accusations as "ridiculous", saying that their terracing of the land made it less vulnerable to floods and landslides, not more.
"Terracing improves the landscape and helps drainage. We are not ruining anything. It's in the woods where you get the landslides," said Alberto Resera, a vintner.
Filippo Taglietti, from the Consortium for the Protection of Prosecco, which represents the major wine producers, said: "In Italy, as soon as there is a tragedy, the hunt for a scapegoat begins."
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Day 2: Tashkent - Urgench. This Morning we fly to Urgench. Khiva. Drive to Khiva. Sightseeing tour in fairy-tale city Khiva. It is one of the popular World Heritage Sites of Silk Road. Explore antiquities of Ichan Kala (Old City. Transfer back to the hotel.
Day 3: Urgench - Bukhara. Early breakfast. Sightseeing day drive to Bukhara (450 km) through Kizilkum desert which was the main Silk Road that connected East with West, stop at the yurts and have nice picnic in local Chaykhana (tea-house). Arrival in Bukhara.
Day 4: Bukhara. Bukhara, one of the most ancient and incredible cities in the world. Visit Labi Khaus Complex ("the complex around the pond"), ancient Chaykhana (Tea house), near the the sculpture of humorist Khodga Nasriddin. The sightseeing continues with trade domes of money changers, hat sellers, silk, carpets, puppets and jewelry, Poi-Kalon Ensemble with the greatest minaret of Central Asia. Dinner and Folklore show featuring local dancers, singers and fashion stars.
Day 5: Bukhara. Today you will visit magnificent Summer Residence of Last Bukhara Emirs "Sitorai Mohi-Khossa" (The Palace of Moon and Stars) and Chor Minor Minarets. Your afternoon is at your leisure.
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Day 7: Samarkand. Full day exploration in ancient Samarkand. Laser show in Registan Square.
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Day 9: Samarkand. Photo opportunities from the highest point of Samarkand. Visit local bazaars and handicraft center. Enjoy the traditional food in Uzbek family. Drive to Tashkent. Stopping near the "gate" of Amur Temur where two mountain ranges meet.
Day 10: Tashkent. Transfer to the Tashkent Airport for your departure to your home country.
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OWASP Top10 Hebrew
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Welcome to OWASP Top 10 Hebrew Edition
OWASP Top 10 Hebrew Edition
OWASP Top 10 2013 Hebrew Edition is available in PDF format.
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The Migration of OWASP Top 10 to Hebrew is lead by Or Katz, OWASP Israel Board Member.
Other Contributors (Translation/Editing/etc.):
- Eyal Estrin
- Oren Yitzchak
- Dan Peled
- Shay Sivan
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OWASP Top 10 2010 version, Hebrew Edition is available in PDF format.
Download at Media:OWASP_Top_10_Heb.pdf
The 2010 Hebrew edition was created with the help of: Or Katz, Eyal Estrin, Shay Sivan, Assaf Reshef, Boaz Shunami, Guilad Regev, Uri Fleyder, Hemed Gur Ary, Rotem Matok, Igor Livshitz, Limor Kessem, Shlomi Gagulashvili, Nadav Atias, Robert Moskovitch, Eliraz Broyer.


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The Hernando County School District's 10th annual Parent Institute will be Oct. 20 at Hernando High School, 700 Bell Ave., Brooksville.
Registration will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., during which time parents can eat a complimentary light dinner. The institute program will begin at 6:30 p.m. and run until 8:30 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Angela Walker.
The family literacy night for grades kindergarten through 8 will bring a swashbuckling pirate adventure to life while relating strategies for helping kids easily improve reading skills at home. The presentation will cover the five components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
The event is free and includes child care for ages 3 to 5 and door prizes. It's sponsored by the school district and its Title I program and Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union's Suncoast for Kids Foundation.
To sign up for the institute, go to hernandoschools.org or call Dawn Locke at (352) 797-7070, ext. 432.
People with disabilities should contact Janeen Defilippo at (352) 797-7022, ext. 407, at least 72 hours in advance of the institute.


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Fuji Finepix F200 EXR Outdoor Crops
Outdoor Crops
Here we compare the Fuji Finepix F200 EXR with its predecessor, the Fuji Finepix F100fd
Fuji Finepix F100fd. Images below are all 100% crops from their respective cameras. ISO was set on each the camera. All other setting was left on automatic. All images were taken at the highest resolution possible for the set ISO sensitivity. The F200 includes two additional images, one for High Dynamic-Range EXR mode and one for Low-Noise EXR mode.
From the crops below, the Finepix F200 and F100 produce nearly identical results throughout their ISO range. As for EXR modes, High-Dynamic-Range mode was not needed here and so results differ only in resolution. On the other hand, ISO 1600 shows the benefits of Low-Noise mode, retaining more details than the larger 12 megapixels ISO 1600 image. The final difference to note is that the F100's ISO 6400 produces a 3 megapixels image instead of the F200's 6 megapixels.
|Fuji Finepix F200 EXR
|Fuji Finepix F100fd
|ISO 100 - 1/50s F2.8
|ISO 200 - 1/90s F2.8
|ISO 400 - 1/180s F2.8
|ISO 800 - 1/140s F10
|ISO 800 - 1/350s F2.8
| ISO 1600 - 1/250s F10
ISO 1600 - 1/250s F10 (EXR-SN 6 Megapixels)
|ISO 1600 - 1/350s F4
|ISO 3200 - 1/550s F10 (6 Megapixels)
|ISO 3200 - 1/750s F4 (6 Megapixels)
|ISO 6400 - 1/1000s F10 (6 Megapixels)
|ISO 6400 - 1/900s F5 (3 Megapixels)
Fuji F200 EXR Facts
|12 Megapixels Ultra Compact
|5X Wide Optical Zoom
|Shutter 1/1500-8s
|Built-in Stabilization
|Full manual controls
|1.4 FPS Drive, 3 Images
|Custom white-balance
|640x480 @ 30 FPS Video Recording
|3" LCD 230K Pixels
|Lithium-Ion Battery
|Secure Digital High Capacity
|Internal Memory
Fujifilm GFX-50S In-Depth Review
In-depth review of the Fujifilm GFX-50S Medium Format Mirrorless Digital Camera, a groundbreaking 50 megapixels camera with large 44x33mm sensor and unique modular EVF system. ISO 50-102400 range, 3 FPS drive and 1080p video.
Fujinon GFX Lens Roundup
Roundup of reviews for GFX Medium Format Mirrorless lenses: Fujinon GF 23mm F/4R LM WR, GF 32-64mm F/4R LM WR and GF 110mm F/2R LM WR.
Nikon D500 Review
Full-review of the ultimate Nikon flagship APS-C DSLR. The Nikon D500 offers a new 20 MP CMOS sensor with incredible ISO 50-1638400, 10 FPS, 4K Ultra-HD and a 153-Point Phase-Detect AF system sensitive to -4 EV. Built for professionals into a weatherproof body with dual control-dials and large 100% coverage viewfinder with built-in shutter.
DxO ViewPoint 3 Review
Review of DxO ViewPoint 3. Perspective, distortion and horizon correction software.
Nikon D5 XQD Review
Nikon flagship professional DSLR with 20 megapixels Full-Frame CMOS sensor. All-new 153-point Phase-Detect AF sensitive to -4 EV. ISO 50 to unprecedented 3,276,800! 12 FPS Drive for 200 JPEGs or 180 RAW. First Nikon DSLR with 4K Ultra HD video.
Olympus Professional Lens Roundup
Roundup of Olympus Professional and Premium lenses: M.Zuiko 7-14mm F/2.8 PRO, M.Zuiko 12-40mm F/2.8 PRO, M.Zuiko 40-150mm F/2.8 PRO, M.Zuiko 12mm F/2, M.Zuiko 60mm F/2.8 Macro.
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II Review
Olympus second generation base OM-D with an anti-alias-filter-free 16 MP Four-Thirds CMOS sensor mounted on a 5-axis in-body stabilization system. Speedy 8.5 FPS drive, full HD @ 60 FPS and a wealth of features in a compact and lightweight body. Offers a 2.4 MP 0.45" EVF with 0.62X magnification and 100% coverage, plus dual control-dials and a highly customizable interface.
Fuji X-Pro2 Review
Fuji flagship XF-mount mirrorless with 24 MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS III sensor. 273-Point AF with 169 Phase-Detect points. 8 FPS Drive, 1080p video. Dual control-dials, direct dials and a hybrid viewfinder in a weather-sealed freezeproof body.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100 Review
The only premium travel-zoom! 20 megapixels 1" high-speed CMOS sensor paired with a stabilized 25-250mm F/2.8-5.9 optical zoom. 50 FPS Drive, 4K Ultra-HD video, 1/16000-60s Hybrid Shutter, Post-Shot Focus, 4K Live-Cropping, Time-Lapse Video and more. Dual control-dials plus a built-in EVF with Eye-Start sensor.
Canon EOS Rebel T6s Review
Newly designed Rebel with dual control-dials and top status LCD. 24 MP APS-C sensor, Hybrid AF III with 19 all-cross points and on-sensor Phase-Detect AF. 5 FPS Drive and full 1080p HD video capture.


text: A Fistful Of Dollars:The first of the spaghetti westerns, A Fistful Of Dollars became an instant cult hit and launched the film careers of Italian Writer-Director Sergio Leone, and a little known American television actor named Clint Eastwood. As the lean, cold-eyed cobra-quick gunfighter - Clint became the first of the anti heroes. A Fistful Of Dollars is the western taken to the extreme - with unremitting violence, gritty realism, tongue-in-check humour and striking visuals.For A Few Dollars More:A Fistful Of Dollars had proven so successful that a sequel was inevitable. The superbly scripted For A Few Dollars More tells the tale of a ruthless quest to track down the notorious bandit El Indio, played by Gian Maria Volonte, by an unforgettable alliance between ruthless gun-slingers Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef. Sergio Leones direction is both violent and operatic and Ennio Morricones atmospheric score keeps the tension taut as the action moves from jail breaks and holds up to spectacular gun battles.The Good, The Bad And The Ugly:In the third of Eastwoods spaghetti trilogy Director Sergio Leone substitutes the upright puritan Protestant ethos, so familiar in Hollywood westerns, for a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and morality. The complex plot of bloodshed and betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War following a team of brutal bandits battling to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave, and boasts in find Ennio Morricone score featuring a main theme that reached No. 1 in the worlds pop charts.Hangem High:They riddled him with bullets. They strung him up. They left him to die. But they made two fatal mistakes, they hanged the wrong man... and they didnt finish the job. In his first American-made western, Clint Eastwood indelibly carves his niche as the quintessential tough guy - cool-headed, iron-willed and unrelenting in the pursuit of revenge.Special Features:A Fistful Of Dollars/A Fistful Of Dollars More: Audio Commentary By Sir ChristopCheck stock and price


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Campaign launched to raise money for touring professional softball teams
Posted June 17, 2013
I wrote about the Carolina Diamonds professional fastpitch softball team playing at Five County Stadium in Zebulon last year. At the time, they were traveling around the country, playing other professional women's softball teams.
This year, there is a crowd funding campaign to bring the team through the Carolinas again this summer. Crowd funding or sourcing is when groups raise money through individuals, usually online, for a specific purpose.
Through the online crowd sourcing site Indiegogo.com, Pro Softball Tour is seeking to raise at least $18,000 by July 8. The group hopes to bring two full rosters of players and coaches to play in three-game tournaments in three to four locations across North and South Carolina. The total cost needed to cover all of the expenses is about $50,000.
The campaign's supporters will receive perks, including Carolina Diamonds gear to game tickets.
For much more information about the campaign, check the Indiegogo.com site. Amelia Nemeth with the team hopes that softball fans support the campaign.
"This is such a great sport," she tells me, "... advancing women's professional athletics and giving young girls wonderful role models - it would be a shame to let it fade away.


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The Lion King was definitely one of Disney's best movies, at least in my book. Disney is releasing The Lion King 3D on September 16th in the theaters for a limited time. Shortly there after you can find it on DVD and Blu-ray beginning October 4th.
To get ready for the theater release the kids and I had a "Lion King" party. I really enjoy small things like this that get all the kids involved, I have such a great time spending it with the children. To start off our party Honey and I made a Bug Buffet (click to download instructions). For this masterpiece you need: celery, peanut butter, and raisins. It is rather simple and as you can see no directions are really needed.
Honey decided to stick with coloring and colored these two pages from our Lion King 3D packet. You can download all the coloring pages yourself : Lion King Coloring Pages.
Our Lion King 3D packet also included some instructions on how to draw Timon and Pumbaa. After recently talking about how I use to draw many moons ago, I figured this would be a perfect time to see if I still have the touch. (You can click on the photos below to get your own how-to-draw-timon-and-pumbaa instruction sheets)
I'm thinking not too shabby. It really makes me want to pick up a pencil and paper more often. In fact if I could just quit work all together and draw, blog, and design invitations and cards from home while the kids were in school I would be pretty darn happy! Not that I'm not happy now I am, it would just be nice to work from home and do something I really love!
After our drawing party we moved on to the musical entertainment. With a little help from our Lion King 3D packet we were able to make an instrument for each of the kids to play in our "Shibley Sibling Band"
Here's a little taste of the Shibley Sibling Band
Disclaimer: I received the Lion King 3D packet and a gift card to facilitate my pary by the company or representing PR agency. Opinions are my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. You may read more of my disclosure here.


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I have the following JavaScript code that is working:
function validate(form) {
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return false;
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And here's my form:
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<input id="lgem" name="lgem" maxlength="20"></div>
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I would like to add a message alert if all the above fails, and also another field in my form to validate. So basically I have a username field and a password field. I want the password field to be between 8 and 20 characters long, and contain at least 1 digit.
The way you would do that is to add a variable at the start of the function called isValid and set that to true, then have the different checks set isValid to false. That way you can check at the end of the function if isValid is false, and show your message, before returning the isValid value from the function.
dont forget put type="text/javascript" at script openning.^^
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text: NEW YORKThe identity of Deep Fruit, the source that brought down a studio audience in the Waterblank scandal in 1973, was revealed to be actor and Match Game panelist Charles Nelson Reilly, in an article published in Vanity Fair today. "More than any other American game-show event of the '70s, the mystery of Deep Fruit held the nation captive," said Lynn Rayburn, the daughter of deceased Match Game host Gene Rayburn. "Through his repartee with my father and fellow panelist Brett Somers, Charles was the one responsible for filling in the blanks and doing justice to one-liners which would have otherwise gotten away without double-entendres. Very few men can claim the title of hero like he did." The announcement came as a surprise to the game-show-conspiracy community, which had theorized for years that Deep Fruit was Paul Lynde.


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About one in five ballots mailed to Marana and Sahuarita voters for the towns' primary elections has been returned with one week left until Election Day.
Voters have until Friday to put their ballots in the mail to ensure they are received by the Pima County Recorder's Office by Election Day, March 12.
Voters also can drop off ballots in person until 7 p.m. March 12 at three locations:
• At the Recorder's Office, 115 N. Church Ave.
• At Marana Town Hall, 11555 W. Civic Center Drive.
• And at Sahuarita Town Hall, 375 W. Sahuarita Center Way.
Voters who lost their ballots can order replacements by 5 p.m. Wednesday by calling 724-4330.
In Marana, 4,200 of 20,226 ballots have been received so far.
Marana voters will choose four Town Council members and answer two questions about whether the town should own and operate its own wastewater-treatment plant.
In Sahuarita, 2,924 of 13,649 ballots have been received. Sahuarita voters will choose four Town Council members.
The Arizona Daily Star's online voter guide, azstarnet.com/elections, contains information and questionnaires on the Marana and Sahuarita candidates.
Contact reporter Becky Pallack at email@example.com or 573-4346. On Twitter @BeckyPallack.


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Lahore Backpackers
Regal Chowk Mall, Rd LHR, Near UBL Bank, Above Bank Islami, Amin Blding 65 The Mall, Lahore, Pakistán, Distancia desde el centro: 0.8km
Being the Top Hostel voted by Hostelworld customer in 2012. Stay with Lahore Backpackers, we will make your stay like at home.
Welcome to Lahore Backpackers.
Most of the Backpackers hostels in Pakistan are owned by people who love to travel, see beautiful places and experience different cultures just like you. What makes us different from most other places where you could stay is that we love what we do, and that is the reason we opened our hostels. As always backpackers talk about the hostels they enjoy the most. Because of knowing each other through backpackers we decided to create this website.
We want to make you feel at home. Each hostel will have its unique ambience. Many of us can provide lots of beneficial information about our area based on our experiences and our contacts within the local community, which should help you plan your activities and adventures.......
Sajjad is the man incharge of our newly opened/friendly hostel.We have aroof top garden with a nice view and we,re right in the middle of town,'in the heart of Lahore'.
Travelling in Pakistan can be quite rough sometimes,so our place isthe perfect location to relax.The 'Lahore Backpackers' is even licensed ( under the Pakistan Hostel & Restaurant Act ) to operate as aone star hostel.but the prices remain reasonable.Yes,our Hostel is quite new.but our experience with foreigners is long. Sajjad is 'The man of connections' and he has been helping out with visa matters,border crossing,trasport,sight seeing,visiting festivals & the music events for the last two years. We welcome you & hope to meet you soon. ( kind regards & save travels ).
Disponibilidad y preciosPara ver la disponibilidad y los precios, selecciona las fechas y pincha "Actualizar fechas"
Instalaciones & Políticas de Albergue
- Tarjetas telefónicas
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- Incluye ropa de cama
- Taquillas
- Guardaequipajes
- Mini supermercado
- Recepción (horario limitado)
- Baño de Vapor
- Piscina
- Alquiler de toallas
- Lavadora
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Just next to Regal Chowk on the Mall Road, you will see Subway fast food it is just on the Alley behind it and on the top floor.
Lahore Backpackers is located in the heart of lahore, on The Mall Road. This is the centre of the city and every nessacity of life is just on couple of footsteps, such as Food Market, Banks, Money changer, Post office, Restaurants etc.
100m from Harbour Supermarket.
50n firn Subway, KFC.
1m from Food Street.
1m from City Bank.
1m from Money Changer.
1m from Bus stop.
1m from Post Office(GPO)


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got good reviews, it is 2.5in so should work and fit in ps3. Not sure if shipping is free but it's still not bad for 500gb.
deal is now over for that one but there is a 1TB HDD for $80 people might be interested in
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