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Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu!Yesterday morning I received most joyful news of 3 more women receiving the Samaneri Pabbaja into the Theravada monastic noviciate.
Former thilashin nun Therese Duchesne has gone forth again, and is again Samaneri Dhammapali. She is a Canadian, who was previously a nun in Burma – and who in 2007 gifted the use of a parcel of land in Yucca Valley for a Theravada Buddhist women's monastic community. The land, just 18 miles from Dhammadena, is joined on one side by 200 acres with caves (were bhikkhunis and bhikkhus have retreated) and Joshua Tree National Park land on the other.
Samaneri Dipa, an American, has lived with the eight precepts cumulatively now for more than a decade, leading meditation and sutta study groups in the Ozarks. She had previously ordained with Bhante G at Bhavana Society, where she trained for many years. Inspired by the current arising of the Theravada Bhikkhuni Sangha in the USA, she recently visited Bodhi House and Aranya Bodhi Hermitage, and decided go forth again. She has received the Samaneri Pabbaja with abbess Ven. Ayya Gunasari of Mahapajapati Women's Monastery in California (in 2003, Ayya Gunasari became the first of two Burmese women to be fully ordained as a bhikkhuni in accordance with the Theravadin tradition via dual ordination by Ven. Dhammaloka Nayaka Thero of the Amarapura Sect in Sri Lanka).
Samaneri Nissara is Thai, raised and educated abroad and in the USA. She returned to Thailand not long ago to explore her heritage, and while there wrote several articles on Ajahn Brahm that appeared in the Bangkok post (prior to the Perth ordinations), including "An Uninhibited Monastic Life for Nuns" about Dhammasara Nuns Monastery in Australia. She has received the Samaneri Pabbaja with Ven. Nandayani Bhikkhuni at Nirodharam women's monastery in Chiang Mai.
Upasikas Dipa, Dhammapali, and Nissara join 42 known Theravada bhikkhunis, samaneris and siladharas who are now resident in or from/raised in North America.
May the four-fold sangha and all beings receive the benefits of the Theravadin Bhikkhuni Sangha. Anumodana!

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HOLLY HILL, FL -- City commissioners in Holly Hill, FL, recently voted to eliminate the $400,000 per year municipal recreation department and contract management of its rec center to the Volusia Flagler Family YMCA.
The deal was a necessary cost-cutting measure, Oel Wingo, city manager, told local reporters.
"We're expecting a 15 to 20 percent drop in revenue this year," Wingo said. "This is an opportunity for the city to put money back into general revenue and use an agency to provide services with expanded programs for our citizens."
Once the city and YMCA reach a contract agreement, the Holly Hill Recreation Center will be renamed the City of Holly Hill YMCA. The Y is currently leasing the facility on a month-to-month basis. Initial plans call for the YMCA to pay the city for rent and utilities, funds the city says it will use for facility maintenance. The Y also will probably split profits on memberships with the city.
Three recreation department employees were laid off as part of the reorganization, including director Chuck Beach, a 22-year city employee.
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Thank God. One of the worst ideas and most embarrassing themed venues in Las Vegas history will finally come to a merciful end in just a couple of weeks. The Las Vegas Hilton is closing Star Trek: The Experience.
From the start, this was a stupid idea.
After all, it's an entire themed attraction based around Star Trek geeks. And unless your idea of fun was watching drunk Trekkies,
Or finding a place where you can actually speak Klingon to somebody who's pathetic enough to dress up like a Star Trek character every day,
Star Trek: The Experience sucked! (Actually, still sucks. It won't officially close for good until September 1st.)
That won't be soon enough. Frankly, I can't remember a more awful attraction. Even loyal Star Trek enthusiasts thought the place was a ripoff. Here's an online review from one of the well-known travel websites:
"I am a Star Trek fan – and dragged my family (husband and 16 year old son) to this 'experience'…and had to apologise afterwards for wasting their time. Never mind it costs $40 each just for the basic experience – it's just exploitation."
And that's from a Star Trek "fan." Actually, the price was raised to $42.99. That's for two "rides" and a tour of Star Trek memorabilia. Plus another 15 bucks if you wanted visual proof for your friends that you've never had sex with a woman. That's how much the Hilton charged for you to get your picture taken sitting in the "captain's chair" on the set of the fake Enterprise.
The only way the place stayed open THIS long without going out of business was it had a bar.
The bar served giant, smoking drinks with about ten shots of booze in each one. That wasn't enough.
If you had enough giant drinks you could hit on girls who looked like this:
Unfortunately, by the time you shelled out $42.99 on the ticket, $15 on a picture and $20 a drink, you probably spent enough money that you could have gotten a Vegas hooker to come to your door. For the same amount of money I'm sure she would have gladly painted her body green and had sex with you (all the while spanking your ass and calling you Captain Kirk.)
Now THAT'S a Star Trek Experience that I could endorse.


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The Crestview and Oakview campuses in new Boston are on lockdown this afternoon.New Boston Police say classes are ongoing. Authorities are searching a nearby wooded area for a man seen in the area who is wanted for various charges out of several neighboring states. They say the lockdown is for precautionary measures.
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From dusk till dawn, Brisbane's fast-evolving foodie scene is buzzing with innovative restaurants, personality-packed small bars and creative cafes. With 260 days of sunshine year-round, the City lends itself to alfresco dining and has forged its own food culture with dedicated eat streets and a new breed of smart-casual eateries. If you love to eat your way around a city, Brisbane is the perfect place to unfold your napkin.
Think of South Bank as the foodie hub and you will find something for every taste, budget and dining experience. Head to Little Stanley and Grey streets to explore a mass of multicultural menus from Japanese and Greek-inspired street food, to sangria bars and craft beer haunts. For classic Aussie pub-grub and homemade market treats, hit up Stanley Street Plaza or if you want your meals served with river and city views on the side, check out these restaurants at River Quay.
Brisbane City has nooks of deliciousness left, right and centre so there's no shortage of top-tier fare to bite into. Internationally-inspired eats are tucked in quaint laneways off busy streets like Elizabeth, Edward and George where, coincidentally, the food is good enough for a Royal to eat. Make a beeline for Queen Street Mall for a buzzing, yet laidback restaurant and café culture that serves everything from five-star to fast-food. For panoramic views of Story Bridge, head to Eagle St Pier and chew next to a Brisbane icon.
Neighbouring suburbs Fortitude Valley and New Farm have a lot to answer for when it comes to Brisbane's culinary cool status. The lively entertainment borough of Fortitude Valley serves up a full-course of chic and casual restaurants along Brunswick St and Ann St to authentic oriental delights at Chinatown Mall. In New Farm, foodies can get a taste of fresh produce at the day markets and fine dining at the affluent haunts at night along James St.


text: Friday, June 17, 2011 Board Approves Updated Strategic Plan; Honors Shannon With Public Service Award Prior to the House of Delegates, APTA's Board of Directors (Board) approved the association's updated strategic plan, which was revised during its March meeting. The updated plan reflects prioritized strategic outcomes (major initiatives) and strategies based on current environmental conditions and progress made over the past year. The plan will be available for members in July at www.apta.org/StrategicPlan. The Board also appointed members to Board-appointed committees and task forces and accepted the 2010 audit statements. Additionally, the Treasurer and CFO provided the Board with a report from the Finance and Audit Committee and staff provided an update on the conceptual model for a reformed payment system. A highlight of the meeting was the presentation of APTA's Public Service Award to Dorothy Shannon, PhD, by APTA President Scott Ward, PT, PhD. Shannon, who has extensive clinical background as an audiologist/speech language pathologist, retired in December 2010 after working for many years as a health insurance specialist in the Division of Practitioner Services, Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Shannon was the lead staff person responsible for developing and interpreting policy payment issues relating to outpatient rehabilitation. As she developed these policies, she recognized the importance of receiving input from stakeholders and was always very open to information and feedback provided by APTA and other organizations. In her acceptance remarks, Shannon noted that the feedback often resulted in significant improvements to policies.


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GOSHEN — Orange County lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to keep the Valley View Center for Nursing Care and Rehabilitation in county hands for at least another year by overturning County Executive Ed Diana's attempt to cut off funding for the facility by Feb. 1.
GOSHEN — Orange County lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to keep the Valley View Center for Nursing Care and Rehabilitation in county hands for at least another year by overturning County Executive Ed Diana's attempt to cut off funding for the facility by Feb. 1.
In a 19-2 vote, lawmakers overrode Diana's veto of their changes to his 2013 budget proposal. They had adopted a series of amendments intended to fund the 360-bed nursing home for all of next year without taxing the county any more than the $7.5 million Diana proposed in his one-month budget for Valley View.
Eleven of Diana's fellow Republicans joined all eight Democrats in support of those budget changes, which the Legislature had approved in a 14-5 vote on Nov. 14. The Legislature needed a two-thirds majority, or 14 of its 21 members, to override Diana's veto.
Diana vetoed the amendments on Nov. 30, arguing the Legislature's effort to pay for the county nursing home for all of 2013 was fiscally unsound and would force the county to exceed its state-imposed limit on tax increases.
Audience members stood and cheered after Wednesday's override vote, held in a crowded auditorium at the county Emergency Services Center.
"We're very much pleased with the Legislature's vote of confidence," said William Oliphant, president of the county's Civil Service Employees Association units, which has resisted Diana's push since last year to privatize the nursing home. "We see this as a new beginning for Valley View."
But the budget battle might not be over.
Diana, who watched the meeting from the audience without commenting, said afterward that he stood by his contention that the budget amendments would push the county tax levy above its state limit and would do so illegally, since lawmakers didn't pass a law first to enable them to exceed the cap.
He said that meant he couldn't carry out the spending plan they adopted and that he will meet with his staff to discuss what steps they should take. He didn't elaborate further, but said he will tell the Legislature his decision soon, perhaps next week.
"I think it was irresponsible today, what the Legislature did," Diana said.
Earlier, Mike Anagnostakis, the Republican lawmaker who crafted the initial version of those budget amendments, had dismissed Diana's warning about the tax cap as a "whopper," dissecting at length that and other arguments Diana made in his veto message. "Every one of them — nothing but big, fat whoppers," he said.
Tom Pahucki, a Goshen Democrat, argued that the nursing home was being held to a financial standard never applied to the parks system and other county functions.
"Why is Valley View the only department in the county that we expect to turn a profit?" Pahucki asked. "Until we put tollbooths on all of the county roads and the highways, and until New York state changes what it does, then we're just going to have to bite the bullet."
Michael Amo, an Independence Party member and one of only two dissenters in the override vote, argued that shrinking Medicare and Medicaid revenue will only compound Valley View's financial struggles and that a private operator could navigate the complications of running a nursing home much more efficiently.
"We're trying to fight in a very competitive health care model with one hand tied behind our backs," Amo said.
Ten audience members spoke before the legislative debate, all in support of overriding Diana's veto.
Emmet Garnham, second vice president of the employees' union, urged lawmakers to buck the trend of privatizing county nursing homes in New York by making Valley View a model for how well counties can run such facilities.
"You can really do this," he said. "You can save this nursing home, and show the rest of New York how it can be done."


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On the Waterfront
Elia Kazan is one of the most passionate and intelligent directors of classic cinema. Even surrounded by controversy in his time, he continued to make films in which he knew exactly what he wanted to say to the American audience, who emitted a mixed response towards the film.
On the Waterfront is no exception. The idea of the screenplay, written by Budd Schulberg, was formed after The New York Sun put out an expose series about a 1948 murder of a hiring boss on the New York waterfront. The stories, reported by Malcolm Johnson, explained the corruption, extortion, and killings of everyday life on the waterfront. The protagonist of the film, Terry Malloy, played by Marlon Brando, is an ex-prizefighter who becomes a longshoreman. His character is based on real-life longshoreman Anthony DiVincenzo, who recounted his story to writer Budd Schulberg. This is not a typical mob-story. It deals with the Waterfront Crime Commision, was filmed on location around the docks of Hoboken, New Jersey, and alludes to issues of loyalty and truth within post-war American society.Continue Reading
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Written by William Rose, who was also responsible for the loud, brash and big It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World a couple years earlier (as well as the overrated Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming is also a big ensemble comedy, but much better executed and focused than his previous script, with more heart and less mean-spiritedness. It also helps that it has a very able director at the helm, the nearly forgotten Norman Jewison, whose socially-conscious films still hold up (In The Heat of The Night, A Soldier's Story, The Hurricane; The Russians Are Coming could also be considered part of that group). He had a number of films which were popular and respected in their day (The Cincinnati Kid, The Thomas Crown Affair, Fiddler on the Roof, Agnes of God, Moonstruck) and some fascinating curios (Jesus Christ Superstar, Rollerball and F.I.S.T.). He falls into that group of directors who emerged in the sixties like Arthur Penn, George Roy Hill, John Boorman and John Schlesinger who had a lot of acclaim and made some classics, but never became brand names like Polanski and Coppola, or even to a lesser extent Mike Nichols and Sydney Pollack. Jewison has as many solid films as his peers, though looking back none reach that same level of transcendence as a Bonnie and Clyde, Midnight Cowboy or Deliverance. For my money, though many would disagree, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming is his film that holds up best today.
Based on a novel by Nathaniel Benchley (whose son Peter wrote the novel Jaws), set in a little New England beachy island community (very similar looking to that one in Jaws, though surprisingly actually shot in Northern California), where a Russian submarine gets stuck in a sandbar, leading to havoc in the town. This was a few years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, so this was the height of cold-war hysteria (think Dr. Strangelove), so even just having likable Russian characters was enough to make this film subversive to some. The film has dozens of characters, with top character actors of the day in peak form.Continue Reading


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Asset Building Toward Inclusive Policy
Michael Sherraden, Lissa Johnson, Margaret M. Clancy, Sondra G. Beverly, Margaret Sherrard Sherraden, Mark Schreiner, William Elliot III, Trina R. Williams Shanks, Deborah Adams, Jami Curley, Jin Huang, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Yunju Nam, Min Zhan, and Chang-Keun Han
Since 1991, a new policy discussion has arisen in the United States and other countries, focusing on building assets as a complement to traditional social policy based on income. In fact, asset-based policy already existed (and still exists) in the United States, with large public subsidies. But the policy is regressive, benefiting the rich far more than the poor. The goal should be a universal, progressive, and lifelong asset-based policy. One promising pathway may be Child Development Accounts beginning at birth, with greater public deposits for the poorest children. If every child had an account, then eventually this could grow into a universal public policy across the life course.
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Keith Warren
Chaos theory and complexity theory, collectively known as nonlinear dynamics or dynamical systems theory, provide a mathematical framework for thinking about change over time. Chaos theory seeks an understanding of simple systems that may change in a sudden, unexpected, or irregular way. Complexity theory focuses on complex systems involving numerous interacting parts, which often give rise to unexpected order. The framework that encompasses both theories is one of nonlinear interactions between variables that give rise to outcomes that are not easily predictable. This entry provides a nonmathematical introduction, discussion of current research, and references for further reading.
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Tracey Marie Barnett
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) embraces a partnership approach to research that equitably involves community members, organizational representatives, social workers, and researchers in all aspects of the research process. CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community and has the aim of combining knowledge with action and achieving social change. It is community based in the sense that community members become part of the research team and researchers become engaged in the activities of the community. Community–researcher partnerships allow for a blending of values and expertise, promoting co-learning and capacity building among all partners, and integrating and achieving a balance between research and action for the mutual benefit of all partners. Various terms have been used to describe this research, including participatory action research (PAR), action research (AR), community based research (CBR), collaborative action research (CAR), anti-oppressive research, and feminist research.
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Elisheva Sadan
This entry discusses community planning in the context of community social work. Distinctions are made between community planning as a rational comprehensive process of the planning discipline, and the process of community planning in community social work. Community planning is defined as a process of participatory and inclusive organized social change, directed toward community empowerment, building community, and developing members' capacities to take part in democratic decision making. A three-dimensional model of empowering community planning is presented and discussed. The model focuses on the tasks of community social work in the planning process, and the empowering outcomes they can enable.
David P. Moxley
Interdisciplinarity links social work to other disciplines within complex domains of practice. Contrasted with multidisciplinary practice, in which social workers practice alongside other disciplines and professions, all of whom pursue their own intervention aims, interdisciplinarity requires a blending and combining of those practices distinctive within each of the disciplines in pursuit of a common set of outcomes. Interdisciplinarity requires collaboration, the integration of knowledge and action, and the formation of a common agenda of practice guided by unified goals. While interdisciplinary practice amplifies the distinctiveness of social work in a given domain, it underscores engagement of the profession in collaborative knowledge development, social learning, and innovation.
International Child Development Accounts
Michael Sherraden, Li-Chen Cheng, Fred M. Ssewamala, Youngmi Kim, Vernon Loke, Li Zou, Gina Chowa, David Ansong, Lissa Johnson, YungSoo Lee, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Margaret M. Clancy, Jin Huang, Sondra G. Beverly, Yunju Nam, and Chang-Keun Han
Child Development Accounts (CDAs) are subsidized savings or investment accounts to help people accumulate assets for developmental purposes and life course needs. They are envisioned as universal (everyone participates), progressive (greater subsidies for the poor), and potentially lifelong national policy. These features distinguish CDAs from most existing asset-building policies and programs around the world, which are typically regressive, giving greater benefits to the well-off. With policy innovation in recent years, several countries now have national CDA policies, and four states in the United States have statewide programs. Some of these are designed to be universal and progressive. Evidence indicates that true universality can be achieved, but only with automatic account opening and automatic deposits. In the absence of automatic features, advantaged families participate and benefit more. Today, momentum for universal and automatic features is gradually gaining traction and accelerating. At this stage in the emergence of inclusive asset-based policy, this is the most important development.
Logic Models
Craig Winston LeCroy
Logic models have become a critical feature of program planning and evaluation. Using a logic model framework provides a visual summary that shows the relationship between the program's resources, activities, outputs, and outcomes. The logic model is a tool that helps individuals see the interrelationships between the different components of a program. By using logic models, program planners and evaluators can more effectively examine a program's theory and logic. The logic model tool highlights the program's underlying theory, the service activities, and the organizational structure for accomplishing program outcomes. The process of developing a logic model assists developers and evaluators and other stakeholders in understanding a program's assumptions and evaluating the logical links between what programs are doing and the outcomes they hope to achieve. Because of their utility logic, models have become widely used in social service programs.
Social Impact Assessment
Paula T. Morelli and Jon Kei Matsuoka
Social impact assessment (SIA) is the process of analyzing (predicting, evaluating and reflecting) and managing the intended and unintended consequences on the human environment of planned interventions (policies, programs, plans, and projects) and any social change processes brought into play by those interventions so as to bring about a more sustainable and equitable biophysical and human environment (Vanclay, 2002). This subfield of impact assessment attempts to identify future consequences of a current or proposed action related to individuals, organizations and social macro-systems. SIA is policy-oriented social research often referred to as ex-ante evaluation, which involves pre-testing actions/interventions, or analyzing consequences.
Task-Centered Practice
Michael S. Kelly
Task-centered practice is a social work technology designed to help clients and practitioners collaborate on specific, measurable, and achievable goals. It is designed to be brief (typically 8–12 sessions), and can be used with individuals, couples, families, and groups in a wide variety of social work practice contexts. With nearly 40 years of practice and research arguing for its effectiveness, task-centered practice can rightfully claim to be one of social work's original "evidence-based practices," though the relative paucity of research on its effectiveness in this decade suggests that the approach itself may have become increasingly integrated into other brief social work technologies.


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By Dara of House Gawain
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Since we are at a war, everyone knows there is always some kind of a fight or sparring match for the adults to participate in or watch. However, some of you may not know what is available for the kids who want to join the adults in bringing honor to their kingdoms. Youth combat activities are available throughout the War.
Youth combat has been available in many kingdoms for over ten years and has been growing in popularity every year. Last Pennsic, over 150 kids from ages 6 to 17 participated in the youth combat and this year the number is expected to top 200.
Up until recently, each kingdom was allowed to establish their own rules and requirements for youth combat. However, now that the majority of kingdoms offer youth combat programs and considering the size of the Pennsic youth combat events, the SCA Board of Directors has appointed a Society Deputy Earl Marshal for Youth Combat. This new position was established to gather information from all the kingdoms' youth combat programs and develop Society-wide set of standards and rules.
This war's youth combat is being overseen by the Middle Kingdom marshal, The Honorable Lord Nyilas Kazmer, who is being aided by Mistress Jenna MacPherson of Lion's Tower of the Kingdom of Æthelmearc. Together, they have arranged fighting practice for the youths every morning at 7:30 AM by the Pennsic University tent beside the battlefield in addition to a growing list of events and classes.
During these practices, the children are taught basic forms and put through exercises to help them hone their skills. They regularly do bridge battles and have even engaged in an exercise that mimics the Storming of La Rochelle. Three youths are given a point to defend against the rest of the group who have unlimited resurrections. The groups of three are rotated around to see which group can hold out the longest. Tips and techniques are taught along the way so by the time these youths are old enough to join the adults, they will already be veterans in terms of tactics and experience.
In addition to lessons in combat rules, form and tactics, the youth combat marshals teach chivalry. After each practice, the fields are walked by all the youths to pick up any trash or equipment. Good sportsmanship is encouraged and it is common for the victors to take the time to give tips to their opponents. These youths want a good challenge and make sure they can get that by helping others to improve.
Among the youth offerings are classes in weapon making and a bear pit tourney. Adult fighters are encouraged to participate in helping the youths train with a Tag Team Tourney available on Tuesday at 3 PM. This tourney will be a team tourney. Each team will have one adult fighter and one youth fighter. On Wednesday, from 7 PM and 9 PM, will be A Night With Knights. Knights of the Society will be available to work with the youths to help them improve and share wisdom. Though, from what I have seen and heard of these youth fighters, some knights and fighters may be showing up to check out future competition. Youth fighters that have progressed through the program and are, now, fighting with the adults have turned heads and there are plenty more out on the youth combat fields that will be giving current knights a real challenge in future wars.
Now for the fun part: how to get your child involved. At this point, the youth combat program for Pennsic has taken the rules of the East Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and Æthelmearc and has established a set of rules made up of the lowest common denominators of the three programs. The minimum a child needs to come and play is to be at least six years old. For equipment, each child must have a helmet, a gorget (neck protection), groin protection (can be a heavy skirt or kilt), cloth gloves and pads or one layer of cloth over the elbows and knees. Weapons are boffer style (golf tubes or PVC pipes with padding).
The children are split up into three age groups with the blow and armor calibration increasing with age. Division one is 6 to 9 and is touch only. Division two is 10 to 13. Division three is 14 to 17 and, though they still use boffer weapons, they have the option of participating in battles using rattan weapons.
This is a great program that teaches children how to fight with honor and how to build their own weapons and armor. It is also good for helping to wear out the kids since it is one of the few places in Pennsic where running around and screaming is not only encouraged but expected.


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I am known among my friends and colleagues as a political geek, so I am frequently asked my opinion about particular candidates. One of the most common questions I'm asked is, "Is he pro-life?"
I think that we pro-lifers really need to start to pay attention to protecting the integrity of our brand name, because it is becoming seriously diluted.
Certainly, lots of politicians will describe themselves as "pro-life", when it is to their political advantage. But what does that mean?
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But the label "pro-life" has to mean more than just "how many boxes can I check off on this list, so that people can be convinced to call me 'pro-life'". If that's all it is, the term has become meaningless — and we will always be vulnerable to manipulation by politicians and interest groups with malleable principles but the ability to craft clever position papers.
I guess I'm just tired of hearing people describe a candidate as "pro-life" when the best that can be said about him is that he's "anti-abortion in most cases", or that he's just "better than the other guy". We should demand more of our politicians, and we should demand more of ourselves. Otherwise, we'll never get anything more than what we've been getting for years — lip service at election time, crumbs from the table afterwards.
Being "pro-life" — as opposed to merely taking "pro-life" positions — has a much broader and deeper meaning. It involves a recognition of the sacredness of life, its inherent dignity, that views each individual human being as having inestimable value because he or she is made in the image and likeness of God. It rejects a reductionist or utilitarian view of humanity, where lives are disposable if they are inconvenient, not "useful", or if they came into being in a way that we disapprove. It entails a commitment to defending each and every life against abuse, from whatever source. It calls people to acts of direct service to the poor, the vulnerable, and the frail. It is an attitude of reverence in the divine presence, seen in every human person.
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People Behind KDE: Luboš Luňák
In the latest People Behind KDE interview, we cover someone who has been with us for a long time. Alternately known as "Evil Genius" or "Rock Star with an International Fan Club". He still has his plushy lion, but has to now rectify his work on KWin with a dislike of fancy graphics and reveals the story behind his blue hair appearance. These are the publishable parts from our interview with our current star of People Behind KDE: Luboš Luňák.
Great interview
Actually a very interesting and enjoyable interview -- I think the more flexible format is a lot better for these kind of developer interviews.
By apokryphos at Sun, 2009/02/22 - 9:08pm
That was the first interview of People behind KDE that made me laugh out loudly. The best part was the one about bus numbers. Also very good was Lubos' comments on KHotKeys code readability. I just checked out the sources of KHotKeys before the 4.2 rewrite and found that comment: "that main reason for existence of this class is the fact that I was very curious if overloading operator, ( = comma ) really works ( it does, but not exactly as I expected :( )"
By majewsky at Sun, 2009/02/22 - 10:07pm
encoding in the main page
something's fishy with Luboš's name encoding on the kde.org frontpage (news section) - i couldn't figure out which encoding is used there, it's garbled in all i tried :)
By richlv at Mon, 2009/02/23 - 9:02am
Date: 1st September 2008
WTF? Bit late, isn't it?
By KAMiKAZOW at Mon, 2009/02/23 - 1:22pm
Re: Date: 1st September 2008
It's an interview with a developer about their past and present involvement in KDE, and their personality and life story... so it's hardly time-sensitive, and it was updated before publication.
By Danny Allen at Mon, 2009/02/23 - 3:47pm
Yes and no.
Picking a date to put on this one is a bit hard. The pre-aKademy bits were done in August. The coda was done September-October. Exams in December delayed everything, and by then it actually was a bit out of date and inaccurate in places. So it got tweaked a bit, and put through the wringer again. Then I sat on it and wondered just what date *to* put on it. :D
This interview was interesting: Since it was my first one with a non-native English speaker, I wanted to make sure that what he said actually made sense and was what he wanted it to be. So there was an extra round or two of editing.
It was also my first interview with someone not anywhere near my timezone. At the time, our schedules didn't overlap very well. I asked two questions a day!
By A. L. Spehr at Fri, 2009/03/06 - 11:34am
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informative and entertaining. it's really cool to see behind-the-scenes of my favourite desktop environment.
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Undead Leni is one of the New images in the store for February. As soon as I saw her I wanted to layer her up to lean on a wall or a fence. I used the PNG version of the image and ensured that she was at the front, so her elbow was over the wall. Playing with the brick background was a fun way to test out colour combo's of bricks, without too much concern about how it would blend. Lets face it, a brick is pretty forgiving in terms of colouring.
The card layout was made using MFT blueprints, and there is a T.Holtz scribble die thrown in there too. What I love about this particular image is, she can be pretty or more dark. By adding rosy cheeks and bright lips, i've kept her more sweet than "undead"
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U.S. envoy Chris Stevens refused offers of more security before the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya in which he was killed, McClatchy Newspapers reported.
Why Stevens turned down the offers was unclear, given embassy officials during an Aug. 15 meeting concluded they could not defend the consulate in Benghazi amid deteriorating conditions in the city, government officials told McClatchy in an article published Tuesday.
In a cable, the embassy outlined the circumstances and said it would detail what it needed in a separate cable.
"In light of the uncertain security environment, US Mission Benghazi will submit specific requests to US Embassy Tripoli for additional physical security upgrades and staffing needs by separate cover," said the cable, which was first reported by Fox News.
Rather than wait for the second cable, however, Army Gen. Carter Ham, then-commander of the U.S. Africa Command, called Stevens and asked if the embassy needed a special security team, the officials said. Stevens told Ham it did not, the government officials said.
During a meeting several weeks later, Ham again asked Stevens if he wanted additional military security and again Stevens said no, the officials told McClatchy.
"He didn't say why. He just turned it down," one official said, speaking anonymously.
McClatchy said the offer of aid and Stevens' refusal were not revealed in either the State Department's Accountability Review Board investigation of the Benghazi events or during congressional hearings and reports issued into what happened Sept. 11, 2011, when the consulate was stormed and Stevens and three other diplomatic staffers were killed.
Gregory Hicks, Stevens' deputy, was not asked about the offer during his appearance before a House of Representatives committee last week, and testimony has not been sought from the now-retired Ham.
Both Hicks and Ham declined to comment, McClatchy said.
"As far as Mr. Hicks knows, the ambassador always wanted more security and they were both frustrated by not getting it," Hick's lawyer, Victoria Toensing said.
A spokesman for Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, indicated some lawmakers may have known about the Stevens-Ham discussions before last week's hearing.
"There were certainly robust debates between State and Defense officials over the mission and controlling authority of such forces," Frederick Hill told McClatchy in an email. "The lack of discussion by the public [Accountability Review Board] report about the role interagency tension played in a lack of security resources remains a significant concern of the Oversight Committee."


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Jan van Amerongen is the artist of several politically themed comic strips of the 1970s. Born Jan Hendrikus van Amerongen in Haarlem, he spent his childhood in several towns in the Randstad area. He became a freelance graphic artist after leaving the Higher Civic School, and lived in Indonesia from 1949 until 1956. He eventually settled in Amsterdam, where he mainly worked as an advertising artist and painter.
Van Amerongen drew the hippy comic 'Kabouterstrip' (or 'Kabouters van Oranje Vrijstaat) in 1970-1971. It was published in the Kabouterkrant, the publication of the Dutch anarchist group Kabouters that was formed by former Provos Roel van Duyn and Robert Jasper Grootveld. Van Amerongen also made a political comic for BBKkrant (1975) and cartoons for Suck and BBDkrant (mid-1970s).


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Here's a nice little nugget from a recent report from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (hat tip to Joe Romm):
Most people rely on secondary sources for information, especially the mass media; and some of these sources are affected by concerted campaigns against policies to limit CO2 emissions, which promote beliefs about climate change that are not well-supported by scientific evidence. U.S. media coverage sometimes presents aspects of climate change that are uncontroversial among the research community as being matters of serious scientific debate. Such factors likely play a role in the increasing polarization of public beliefs about climate change, along lines of political ideology, that has been observed in the United States.


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Lay down mesire
Posted by Pamela on October 27, 2007
In Reply to: Lay down mesire posted by Parthian on October 26, 2007
: : : : The phrase "a lay down mesire" is missing from these archives. It means that something is a certainty to happen, and is common in Australia/New Zealand slang. e.g. "This election is a lay-down mesire for the Groovy Party". Its origins are in the card game 500. In normal play the idea is to win a number of tricks bid (or more). But if a player has a very poor hand, they can opt to bid to lose every trick in the hand ("mesire" bid), and further if they lay their cards on the table it is an "open mesire" or "lay down mesire", and often carries enough points that the game can be won in a single hand.
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: : : I can't find it in the dictionary: any clue as to etymology? How is it pronounced?
: : From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misere
: : Misere or Misère (from the French word meaning "poverty") is a bid in various card games, particularly the game 500. The word is first recorded in this sense in the rules for the game "Boston" in the early 19th century.[1]
: : A player who bids Misere undertakes to win no tricks at all in the round to be played. A Misere bid usually indicates an extremely poor hand, hence the name. An Open or Lay Down Misere is a 500 bid where the player is so sure of losing every trick that they undertake to do so with their cards placed face-up on the table. Consequently, 'Lay Down Misere' is Australian gambling slang for a "dead cert"; a predicted easy victory.
: : I confess that I had never heard the term, which is odd since there are many news stories and blogs where it has been used, including ABC online which I read. From a couple of days ago:
: : "Gladstone is the biggest centre in the newly created seat of Flynn which the Nationals are tipped to win, but Mr Vaile says he is taking nothing for granted. "We have never considered it a lay down misere seat. We've always considered that this was going to be a hard battle," he said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/15/2060183.htm How is it pronounced, I wonder? "misery"? "me-sur"? I'll keep my ears peeled. Pamela
: :Pamela,I am surprised you have never heard the phrase before.It may well be Australian regional.I have never had any trouble using it and being understood-and understanding its fairly common usage-in Melbourne.Pronunciation is-at least here- 'mizair'.Parthian
Yes, it is odd since it seems common in news articles. Thanks for the pronouciation. Pamela
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Browse the full list of properties available in 51Degrees device detection solutions. Find out what values are supported in the Lite, Premium and Enterprise data sets, including full descriptions and advice on how they can be used.
Enter a user-agent and find out the associated device, operating system, and browser.
Blog entries focused on API changes and uses.
Community support forums for questions and answers concern all 51Degrees products and services.
Purchase 51Degrees device data subscriptions and other products and services.
Answers to common questions about 51Degrees products and services.
Find devices contained in the 51Degrees data sets by vendor, model or using free text search. View the properties and values available for each device.
Compares the major measures, licencing models and costs associated with 51Degrees, DeviceAtlas and ScientiaMobile's WURFL product.
Find out how 51Degrees redefined the device detection industry.
Logos and corporate images useful to press, bloggers and affiliates.
Mobile device emulators for Windows based operating systems recommended by 51Degrees.
51Degrees is regularly evaluated against competitors DeviceAtlas and WURFL from ScientiaMobile for performance, accuracy and memory consumption. This blog post builds on the previous performance blog from 2016 with the same commodity hardware; 1) a Raspberry Pi, 2) a low-end desktop PC and 3) a high-end multi CPU server, but using an all new algorithm.
Categories: Development, Device Data, News
Tags: Device Detection, Performance, C
James Roswell, CEO, talks to Mobile Marketing Magazine about the data problems that still plague publishers and advertisers when it comes to mobile, and how they can increase revenue and performance.
Categories: News
Tags: Performance, dmexco, Video
51Degrees is regularly evaluated against competitors DeviceAtlas and WURFL from ScientiaMobile for performance, accuracy and memory consumption. This blog post builds on a 2015 performance blog with three new commodity hardware benchmarks on; 1) a Raspberry Pi, 2) a low-end desktop PC and 3) a high-end multi CPU server to provide information engineers will find helpful when selecting a device intelligence solution.
Categories: Development
The purpose of testing is to investigate the impact of 51Degrees device detection and image optimisation modules on the performance of the DotNetNuke (DNN) Content Management System. The DNN platform was tested with high user page loads. DNN was chosen as a representative .NET platform for testing 51Degrees .NET API.
This article providea a table of expected memory consumption for common configurations.
Tags: Performance, DotNetNuke, Memory
Device vendors as varied as the mighty Samsung, to brands like Pantech and Micromax all recognise the importance of identifying different device models when accessing web sites. However, Apple do not fully support this approach.
Some device detection solutions have tried to address the problem by artificially stressing the iPhone or iPad to determine how quickly its processor can complete iterative tasks. Understanding how the device performs under stress provides an indication as to the CPU available and therefore the model of the device. The approach can yield more information but ironically at the expense of user experience as the page load time increases and the battery is drained more rapidly.
If every web site were to stress iPhones and iPads to gain model information the web would slow down for Apple users. This isn't in Apple's interest. However, if Apple make a simple change the problem can be avoided.
Categories: Analysis, Device Data, Opinion
Tags: Apple, Performance
51Degrees data analysis team stress tested a range of real iPhone and iPad devices, both old and new using all the major web browsers in order to determine if CPU stress testing is a viable additional method to identify iPhone and iPad models alongside User-Agent analysis, screen information and WebGL API
The full results are available for download along with the analysis of the differences between each device and browser.
Categories: Analysis, Development, Device Data
Tags: Device Detection, Apple, Performance, iPhone, ipad
Published by Digital Marketing Magazine our founder James Rosewell references long established high street retailing to provide a reminder of 5 non technical factors which form the foundations of a high performance website.
Categories: Opinion
Tags: Performance
The media coverage of the Black Friday failure of major web sites including Tesco, Argos, Best Buy and Boots highlights how consumer expectation of the internet has changed in just a short period of time. When a competitor is just a screen tap away performance and availability is essential.
The on-line gaming industry has been faster than most sectors to embrace the latest server side techniques to not only deliver stable high performance multi-screen experiences to smartphones, tablets, TVs and laptops but also deliver continuous enhancements to keep their users engaged. In this blog I highlight in marketing and business terms the simple techniques used by two leading gaming web sites to deliver continuous upgrades and quick response times to mobile phones, tablets and desktops/laptops before summarising the benefits of the server side approach used.
Tags: Device Detection, Performance
Learn how we obtained the figure of 0.0016ms average time for a single detection. Verify this figure on your system in 4 easy steps.
Detecting mobile devices is important as websites designed with large desktop computer screens in mind rarely perform well on a mobile device. Detecting such devices allows you to present content in the right fashion for the viewing device which improves website performance for your visitors and leads to better user experience. You will find many device detection products on the market and they all claim to be the fastest and most accurate but they do not provide proof. 51Degrees device detection solution achieves 99.97 percent accuracy with 5 million detections per second on hardware that costs less than 1000 USD which makes our solution the fastest, most efficient and hence most environmentally friendly. 51Degrees device detection is easy to deploy in PHP, .NET, Java, Perl, Python and C. In this article you will find test results for the 3 test hardware platforms we used as well as instruction on how to test our device detection solution in your environment in just 4 easy steps.
Categories: Analysis, Development


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A hacker can now copy software signatures and hijack Android mobile devices, security experts reported.
Google's Android operating system has a security bug that will allow a "Fake ID" from hackers to commandeer phones or tablets, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The breach is caused by Android not checking applications are other than what they says they are, Bluebox Security reported.
Bluebox stresses that most electronic devices view a verified identity as important, so why not verify an application's digital signature? Bluebox has identified those electronic signatures and said that Android doesn't check that it's authentic. This means that malware posing as software with a digital signature could likely hit a phone or tablet easily and a hacker could control the system remotely.
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"We basically discovered a way to create fake ID cards," Jeff Forristal, Bluebox chief tech officer, told Businessweek. "There are different vectors. They all come down to: I can create a fake ID card. The question is, which fake ID card do I create?"
The security bug affects Android systems 2.1 and higher, but the latest version, 4.4 or KitKat, has already fixed the problem.. "We appreciate Bluebox responsibly reporting this vulnerability to us third party research is one of the ways Android is made stronger for users," Christopher Katsaros, a Google spokesman, told Businessweek.
Bluebox said that it found the bug and reported it to Google in March and Android released a patch in April to vendors, but only one has released the patch.
"At this time, we have scanned all applications submitted to Google Play as well as those Google has reviewed from outside of Google Play and we have seen no evidence of attempted exploitation of this vulnerability," Katsaros said.
It's disturbing that Google hasn't moved faster on the security flaw, especially in such a competitive environment with the iOS. While reports of hacker access can cause some security fatigue -- who hasn't seen at least one malware alert a week? -- it's important for companies to offer secure and safe operating systems.


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Kids' medical tests need child-size radiation, says FDA
A tumor in a tonsil is shown on a CT scan.
WASHINGTON - When your child's doctor orders a CT scan, X-ray or similar test, there are two big questions: Is the scan really needed? And if so, will it deliver a child-sized or adult-sized dose of radiation?
That's the message from the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, as it took steps to help protect children from getting unneeded radiation from these increasingly common tests.
The FDA is pushing manufacturers to design new scanners to minimize radiation exposure for the youngest, smallest patients. And it posted advice on the Internet urging parents to speak up when a doctor orders a scan -- to ask if it's the best option or if there's a radiation-free alternative -- and to track how many their child receives.
Too much radiation from medical testing is a growing concern, especially for children, because it may increase the risk of cancer later in life.
Specialists welcomed the FDA's steps.
"We know imaging is extremely valuable, but we can probably do it with less radiation," said Dr. Dorothy Bulas of Children's National Medical Center in Washington, past president of the Society for Pediatric Radiology.
The use of CT scans, which show more detail than standard X-rays but entail far more radiation, and other X-ray based medical imaging has soared in recent years. The tests can be critical to a good diagnosis, and specialists say people who really need one shouldn't avoid it for fear of future risk from radiation.
But research shows too often the scans are unnecessary -- they're given too frequently, for example, or in place of other tests that don't emit radiation. Children are of particular concern because their rapidly growing tissues are more sensitive to radiation. Plus, they have more years ahead of them for radiation-triggered cancers to develop.
One recent study concluded the average child will receive more than seven radiation-emitting scans by age 18.
And while pediatric hospitals routinely adjust scanner doses for youngsters' smaller sizes, 90 per cent of child imaging is performed in general hospitals -- and the FDA said no one knows how many make those adjustments.
The goal of Wednesday's guidelines: "Regardless if my child is imaged at a pediatric hospital or a local community hospital, they get the same basic care," FDA biomedical engineer Jana Delfino told The Associated Press. "Everybody should be able to do it."
Under the FDA's proposal, new medical imaging devices would come with dose settings and instructions for children of different ages and sizes -- or be labeled not for pediatric use. While the guidelines wouldn't require changes to existing scanners, those eventually would be upgraded and fall under the same standards. The guidelines are open for public comment for four months before the agency will finalize them.
A voluntary campaign called Image Gently, run by the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging, over the past few years has helped teach health providers how to program existing scanners to give child-size radiation doses, plus other steps such as shielding vulnerable organs from the beam.
But Dr. Marilyn Goske of Cincinnati Children's Hospital, who chairs the alliance, said FDA's move "puts the spotlight on children."
Doctors don't keep track of how much radiation their patients receive from testing. They just order a scan, and how much radiation results can vary widely by the age and brand of machine, and the possible diagnosis. An average CT of the head for an adult is equal to about 100 chest X-rays, the FDA says, while a CT of the abdomen brings even more.
Radiologists don't always need the crispest image. Often it's possible to diagnose fine while using a fraction of the typical radiation dose, said Dr. Marta Hernanz-Schulman of Vanderbilt University, who chairs the American College of Radiology's pediatric imaging commission.
While there's no generally accepted safe lifetime radiation dose for children, Schulman tells parents to keep a list of their child's medical scans -- and pull it out every time a doctor considers ordering another one. That's especially helpful for children with chronic diseases who truly need more medical scans than the average youngster.
Consider 4-year-old Sarhea (Sa-RAY-ah) Kaupp of Cincinnati, who has cystic fibrosis and serious intestinal complications. By her mother's count, she's had more than 100 X-rays, three CT scans and multiple fluoroscopies, like an X-ray movie.
"The risk of radiation in our experience, it has to happen. It's the lesser of two evils," says her mother, Sarah Kaupp. But she lists all her daughter's latest scans at every doctor visit to avoid any unnecessary repeats.
And now she only gets them at a pediatric hospital, after X-rays from a stand-alone facility had to be repeated twice because the technicians aimed wrong and took blurry shots. Until then, "I thought an X-ray was an X-ray," Kaupp said.
For parents, the FDA recommended:
--Keep a list of your child's medical scans. At the least, it helps guard against unneeded repeats.
--Ask the doctor who orders a scan how it will improve the child's care and whether there are alternatives, such as MRI or ultrasound, that don't use radiation.
--Ask the imaging facility whether it uses reduced radiation techniques for children.
The FDA also is urging doctors to consider how many scans the child already has had and the possibility of alternatives before ordering another test.
"It's something you need to use conscientiously," Schulman said of the scans. "Any radiation you don't need is radiation you shouldn't get."


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The County has adopted a Bicycle Transportation Plan to formulate a long-range, comprehensive, and consistent policy guide for achieving a Countywide bikeway network, and list current priorities for bicycle facility development. The plan sets forth goals and policies for bicycle facilities in the unincorporated County in response to identified needs. The plan provides a viable system of bike routes that when constructed will encourage and promote more bicycle riding. Because of the uncertainty of funding, the Plan does not contain funding or construction schedules.


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SOME of the biggest names in the world of music have played Bournemouth and Poole over the years.
Here we take a look back at some of the memorable moments. How many of these gigs to you attend?
1. Paul Simon
Paul Simon played the BIC for the first time in November 2006, supporting his acclaimed album Surprise. Simon told the audience that he remembered playing a folk venue in Bournemouth in the 1960s and had gone back to look for it that day but found it gone.
2. Kate Bush
Kate Bush played a warm-up concert for her one and only UK tour on April 2 1979 at Poole Arts Centre. Her number one hit Wuthering Heights was the encore number. But the event was marred by a tragedy, when lighting engineer Bill Duffield fell 20ft to his death while checking the darkened venue after the show. The singer contemplated cancelling the tour.
3. The Beatles
The Beatles played a six-night engagement at the Gaumont (now the Odeon) in Bournemouth in August 1963, giving the town one of the first live performances of their new single, She Loves You. They were at the Winter Gardens that November and at the Gaumont again the next year, while Paul McCartney played the Winter Gardens with Wings in 1973.
4. Everly Brothers and the Rolling Stones
In October 1963, Bournemouth's Gaumont hosted a package pop show featuring the Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley, Little Richard and a new London band called the Rolling Stones. It was the first of several Stones appearances in the town.
5. Michael Jackson
The man destined to become the world's biggest pop star, Michael Jackson, played Poole Arts Centre on February 25 1979 with the Jackson 5. Stage doorman Tony Burns told the Echo about the "polite and friendly" young singer who asked to use the phone and shared a cup of coffee and a chat.
6. Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd unveiled their new album, The Dark Side of the Moon, when they played the Winter Gardens on January 22 1972.
The venue also played host to a number of other musical greats including:
7. Queen (1974)
8. Jimi Hendrix (1967)
9. Ella Fitzgerald (1975)
10. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
11. Tom Jones (1968)
12. Black Sabbath (1974)
13. David Bowie
In May 1975, David Bowie performed his fourth and final Ziggy Stardust appearance in Bournemouth. He had played Chelsea Village twice and the Royal Ballrooms in Boscombe the year before. He did two shows at the Winter Gardens and was filmed by BBC Nationwide backstage and at his hotel.
Australian rockers AC/DC played possibly one of the most random shows to feature in our list in 1975 when they played Bournemouth's Village Bowl in the midst of major arena tour.
15. Oasis
In 1995, Oasis and archrivals Blur both had local shows booked – at the BIC and Showbar respectively – mirroring their contest for the number one singles slot as Oasis Roll With It lost out to Blur's Country House.
In the end, Oasis postponed their date but went on to play the Lighthouse in 2004, producing a record sell-out for the Poole venue.
The audience included a host of famous faces including Ringo Starr, who was there to watch son Zak Starkey on drums, Jude Law, Sienna Miller and Paul Weller.
16. Brian Wilson
Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson became the first £50 a ticket show in Bournemouth when he played the Pavilion Theatre back in 2004.
17. Elton John
In July 2006, Elton John became the hottest ticket in town when the Rocket Man himself played to 18,000 people at AFC Bournemouth's stadium.
18. Take That
Take That provoked the kind of hysteria not seen in Bournemouth since the Beatles were in town when they played the BIC in 1993. Scores of fans were pulled from the crowd and one girl was taken to hospital.
19. Bon Jovi
The New Jersey-native had King's Park rocking when the Radio 1 roadshow came to town.
We'd love to hear your concert memories. Is there something we've missed? let us know below or email your suggestions to email@example.com
Your suggestions
- David Essex at the Winter Gardens
- Genesis were at the Winter Gardens in the early seventies as support to Lindisfarne
- Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour at the BIC
- U2 October tour at Poole Arts Centre 1983
- TISWAS at the winter gardens
- Hollies and the Moody Blues in 1993
- Cliff Richard at the Winter Gardens


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Posted By Cosmic Kid on 05/10/2013 11:38 AM
Pretty simple story....had two buddies in school who rode. Was always enamored of the mystique and aura of what they did. At one point, I bought a bike from another fiorend and started "riding" and was getting hooked. Was a USMC Officer Candidate in school, as well. During my second summer of training (shortly after I bought the bike), I hurt my knee was removed form the program. Now was riding for rehab as well as enjoyment. Hook was firmly set. This would have been 1987.....did a TT in 1988 (goal was to avg. 20 mph, which I did!!) and got my USCF license in 1989. Since then, there have only been 2 years when I did not compete in at least one race.....2002 (doing an addition on our home) and 2010 (recoverring from DVT / PE and Achilles issues). Did working in the industry help feed your addiction?
Addictions come in many forms, and I've been through my share. Sex, now that was a good one. I now realize that sex is only good if it is performed as intended by the good Lord - a couple of lesbians, a hairless Chihuahua, Elmer's glue, plastic sheets, and a professional videographer.
Posted By bob etzler on 05/10/2013 11:50 AM
Did working in the industry help feed your addiction?


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Studio Art (BFA) - Printmaking Concentration
Majors in Arts and Sciences may be completed with a minimum of 120 semester hours unless designated otherwise. At least 30 hours of course work, which represents 25% of the required 120 hours, must be at the upper division level in order to fulfill the University's residency requirement. At least 15 of the 30 upper-division hours must be in the major or concentration area. An overall grade-point-average (GPA) of 2.0 is required for graduation. In addition, a minimum GPA of 2.0 is required in the student's major or concentration area.
A minimum of 120 hours of required and elective courses. At least 30 hours in courses numbered 300 or higher must be taken at this University, including a minimum of 12 hours in the primary concentration, and 6 hours in a secondary concentration. Two courses, including one in Studio Art, must be designated "Writing Across the Curriculum" (W) courses.
|Credit Hours
|General Education Requirements
|Written composition: EH 101, EH 102
|Oral communication: CA 110
|Fine Arts - Art History: ARH 103, ARH 123, ARH 344, 6 hours in elective Art History courses
|Humanities: One approved course in literature (EH 215, EH 216, EH 225, EH 226, EH 235, EH 236)
|History, Social and Behavioral Sciences:
|HY 101-102 or HY 135-136
|Two approved 100/200 level courses in Anthropology, Economics, Geography, International
Studies, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology (AN 100, AN 101, ECO 215, ECO
|Natural Sciences and Mathematics:
|MA 110, 112, or higher level course
|Two courses in laboratory sciences (AN 210, BLY 101, BLY 102, CH 101, CH 103, CH 131
or CH
141, CH 132 or CH 141, GEO 101, GEO 102, GY 111, GY 112, PH 101, PH 104,
PH 114 or PH 201, PH 115 or PH 202)
|Art Core Requirement
|Drawing: five course including ARS 121, ARS 122, one or two 200 level courses,
and at least one 300 or higher level drawing course, or ARS 326
|Design: ARS 123, ARS 124
|One of the following:
|Professional Practices (studio students): ARS 396
|Business Practices for Graphic Design (graphic design students): ARS 479
|Methodology of Art History (art history students): ARH 493
|Courses in section "c" satisfy technology requirements.
|Senior Thesis in Printmaking ARS 459
|Printmaking: 24 hours in Printmaking courses.
Secondary Studio Concentrations
Fifteen hours in studio areas. Secondary concentrations are available in Ceramics, Glass, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture and Interdisciplinary. Interdisciplinary Secondary consists of 9 credits in one area and 6 credits in any combination of the other areas.
Requirements for a double primary concentration
In lieu of a secondary concentration, students may complete a second primary concentration. This will require course work in excess of the 120 hours minimum required for the B.F.A. and may delay time to graduation. To complete a Double Primary Concentration, students must complete Primary Concentration requirements in two separate areas including Senior Thesis or Senior Portfolio where applicable.
Requirements for an Optional Minor
In addition to the completion of the Studio Art B.F.A. primary and secondary concentration requirements, students have the option to complete a minor in a discipline outside the department. The addition of a minor will require course work in excess of the 120 hours minimum required for the B.F.A. and may delay time to graduation.
Department of Art & Art History website
The goals of the Department of Art & Art History include preparing students for graduate work or careers in the visual art; providing suitable programs and courses for persons who want to study or practice the arts for their own personal development and cultural enrichment; and introducing students to their cultural tradition.
The Department of Art & Art History offers Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree with concentrations in Animation, Art History, Ceramics, Graphic Design,
Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Glass, and Printmaking.
These degree programs are intended for students who plan to pursue careers in Art or Art History, which will typically require their having continued their studies at the graduate level. The Department offers minors in Studio Art and in Art History.
All first-time freshmen must successfully complete CAS 100: First Year Experience as a degree requirement. Students must enroll during their first term at USA, except for summer-entry students who must enroll in the fall semester following entry. Students receiving a B.A. in Art & Art History must take ARS 396 (Studio Art students) or ARH 493 (Art History students) to fulfill the technology requirement. Students receiving a B.F.A. in Studio Art must take ARS 396 (Studio students), or ARS 479 (Graphic Design students), or ARH 493 (Art History students) to fulfill the technology requirement.
Graduate studies
The University of South Alabama offers a Masters of Fine Arts degree (MFA) in Creative Technologies and Practice, which is the terminal, or highest, degree available in the field. It is a cross-disciplinary degree program appealing to creatives who are interested in a variety of media technologies. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary practice that spans multiple concentrations within the Art & Art History with technology serving to inform or facilitate the creative process.
The MFA in Creative Technologies and Practice will equip individuals to enter the workforce in a variety of creative technology areas, to manage creative teams, to pursue careers as visual artists, to advance knowledge in the field through research or creative input, and to teach at the university level.
The University of South Alabama offers a Masters in Art Education and an Alternative Masters in Art Education which are housed in the College of Education and Professional Studies. Course work in the visual arts is within the Department of Art & Art History. Further information regarding these degree programs is listed in the Bulletin under graduate programs in the College of Education and Professional Studies.