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And thank you so much, Petite Hermine, Little Inspiration, Here's To Handy Andy, Romance On A Dime and C.R.A.F.T. for featuring the origami garland!
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Origami Boat Garland
And thank you so much, Petite Hermine, Little Inspiration, Here's To Handy Andy, Romance On A Dime and C.R.A.F.T. for featuring the origami garland!
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it looks sooooo refreshing!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Ana, it's so easy to do that I was almost ashamed to post it :)) but I fell in love with the paper colors...Delete
:-D but you did it better! thank you, my friend!ReplyDeleteReplies
It is me who's thanking you! It is so fun to do, I felt like a child again!Delete
Loving this!ReplyDelete
I love it! It's beautiful! I'm also getting the beachy inspiration....:)ReplyDeleteReplies
I hope you return full of new projects and ideas :)Delete
Very cute. I love origami. I am trying to make a butterfly mobile for my cousin. It is really hard to get them to balance and look right. New follower. Hope to see you at True Aim!ReplyDelete
Awesome..Love it..ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2012 at 7:06 AM
Aw, that garland looks adorable - so cute!ReplyDelete
So cute that I posted it on Casafacile's fan page :)ReplyDelete
Glad I found this through It's a Keeper's linky party. I linked in a salad using leftover roast lamb. Have a super week.ReplyDelete
Too cute! My daughter loves origami, can't wait to show her yours!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, this is a perfect craft for moms and kids together, I think!Delete
So cute. We used to make these when I was younger. They were out bath time toys...We were poor. lol. They were fun to play with though. And they look beautiful as decoration. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Well, I am on a limited budget now, but the best things in life are free and making little origami must be one of them :)Delete
Hi! this is so neat! Popping over from Everything & the Kitchen Sink – I'd love for you to visit me at jugglingactmama.blogspot.comReplyDelete
Wow, I love these. They are so cute! I am now following you on linky and GFC. I would love for you to visit, follow back and maybe even link up on my Monday linky party.ReplyDelete
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super cute! Thanks for joining the Pin Inspiration party.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for making time to visit, lovely hostess!Delete
This is so cute!ReplyDelete
What a great little something!!
That is a really cute idea! I'm in the process of turning my junk/storing all the crap room into a room for my friend's twin boys that we watch and this is a really nice idea to incorporate. Thanks!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! The origami boats are the easiest thing to do and are indeed perfect for a little boy's room!Delete
This is like, really, really, really sweet. So fun and colorful-great work. Thanks for linking up at Get Schooled Saturday:)ReplyDelete
So simple, so cute, so summery! Love these!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Madigan, it's a great compliment coming from a girl of your wonderful talent!Delete
This is too cute!! Oh my gosh I'm loving this idea!It's so bright and cheery! And I'm glad you showed us how to make the boat because I don't think I remember! I would love to have you link up your ideas to my weekly party {it closes in a few hours but will be up back up on Thursday}! http://www.hubbymademe.com/throwback-thursday-no-2/ReplyDelete
Gorgeous garland!! Glad you had a fun time at the seaside!ReplyDelete
Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
Thank you for making time to visit, Jill!Delete
I love this! Such a sweet idea. Thanks for linking up again!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much for making time to visit, Jenny!Delete
How adorable is this! Thanks so much for sharing at A Pinteresting Link Party!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for making time to visit the link-ups, Liz!Delete
This is really pretty garland.ReplyDelete
PS: Thank you for linking up to Show Me What You Got Tuesday's @ ODH via: http://ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com/2012/07/live-show-me-what-you-got-linky-party-24.html
Mrs. Delightful
Thank you for making time to visit!Delete
Those are so cute and fun! What a lovely idea for summer!ReplyDelete
This is really sweet! Love the picture of the boats sailing across the blue yarn ocean, very clever :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Cath! While taking photos for the blog, I have more fun in the "making of" than in the final outcome :)Delete
So cute! Thank you for joining me at Home Sweet Home!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for making time to visit, Sherry! Sorry to answer so late, but my full time job is keeping me crazy these days.Delete
This is so adorable!! I love how simple and elegant it looks. I'm glad you linked up at Romance on a dime. Pinning this.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for the pin, Betsy! Sorry to answer so late, but my full time job is keeping me crazy these days :(Delete
Lovely - what a happy reminder of good time at the seaside. I love beachy the colours of the papers - they are perfect.ReplyDelete
Perfectly darling! I'm loving anything beachy these days and this is an adorable garland!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Danni, I know its simple, but with great effects :) Sorry to answer so late, but my full time job is keeping me crazy these days.Delete
This is adorable! This would be so cute in a beach themed bathroom or kids' room. Thanks for sharing at our Handmade Tuesdays party!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much for making time to visit, Carrie!Delete
This is adorable! Thank you for sharing at our Pinteresting Party.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much for making time to visit :)Delete
how fun! i've always wanted to do origami. maybe i'll give it a try! thanks for linking it up to tip-toe thru tuesday!ReplyDeleteReplies
I bet that Bear will love making little origami boats :)Delete
This is soooooo cool!!! I'm going to try and make one for my nephew's room!!! Thanks for taking the time of writing this post!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality! :)Replies
Thank you so much for making time to visit, Christine!Delete
It's so fun and whimsicalReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for the kind words, Tara!Delete
These are so pretty! I am hosting a Giveaway to win a 50 dollar gift card to the store HomeGoods. It would be great if you stopped by and entered. Thanks AnuReplyDelete
They are gorgeous Tara! I love them!ReplyDelete
Dear Meeha Meeha... How are you? I've seen that you too don't have time for write on your blog... but how are you?ReplyDeleteReplies
Cara Francesca, so sweet of you to come by <3Delete
I am doing great, thank you, and my love for interior design has never changed. My home changed a lot and I keep taking pictures. But yes, I work A LOT (on a lot of different projects) and I never find the courage to start blogging again, because for me it was very time consuming.
But every day I tell someone that blogging is WONDERFUL and I dream of coming back! And... I miss my friends online <3 who showed me endless, unconditional love <3
Tanti baci, Meeha
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It's the mid-1990s. Alfa Romeo is clinging to life in the U.S. They need people to buy their 164 sedan instead of some dumb old Honda or Saab. How are they gonna do it? With the kind of music you hear when you're on hold with your health insurance company.
This video is a collection of 164 ads from the good old days before they bowed out of the American market, and they're cheesy but fun. The "What do the Europeans know that we don't?" line makes me laugh every time. Yeah, be more like the Europeans, you stupid, classless Americans!
The second one is great because it actually highlights how awesome it is to drive a stick. When was the last time you saw that in an ad? Of course, it has the giant "automatic transmission available" disclaimer at the bottom. Wouldn't want people to get scared off by something TOO European, if you know what I mean.
The third one is a hoot too, because it has testimonials from supposedly real 164 owners who say how amazing the car is. I don't doubt that. I'd also love to hear testimonials from them a few years later when they bitch about what an unreliable nightmare the car was to own. From what I've read, the 164 was more dependable than other Alfas, but that's not saying much.
I don't care though. I'd buy one of these. It's about as sexy as a boxy, front-wheel-drive sedan gets, and it's probably a lot of fun if you can find a decent one. Any current or previous 164 owners care to sound off?

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Megan Hilty in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Not only do Hilty's renditions of the show's best-known numbers -- "A Little Girl From Little Rock" and "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" -- have a terrific combination of gentle Southern charm, subtly conniving shrewdness, and delicately communicated dimness, they are also both followed -- on separate tracks -- by the encore verses of the songs. It's a small detail, but one which allows listeners to hear how the actress builds a number, and then tops it.
Fortunately, the CD also has other considerable charms and assets to recommend it, including the little-heard "Button Up With Esmond," which is one of Lorelei's goofiest and most delightful songs, as well as a bountiful amount of the show's dance music, such as a gorgeous orchestral interlude that runs almost seven minutes as Lorelei and BFF Dorothy (Rachel York) enjoy their arrival in Paris.
York's performance as Lorelei's earthier counterpart has also transferred beautifully from stage to disc. She nicely establishes the tone for this show set in the Roaring Twenties with her giddily naughty vocals on the opening number "It's High Time," and brings a superlative exuberance and slight sultriness to "I Love What I'm Doing" -- which establishes' Dorothy's credo when looking for a guy.
Alongside the leading ladies are grand performances from Clarke Thorell, playing Lorelei's boyfriend Gus, who brings a real period sound his vocals on both "Bye Bye Baby" and the show's title number; Aaron Lazar, as the wealthy if shy Henry Spofford who falls for Dorothy, whose rich baritone seems to shimmer during "Just a Kiss Apart;" and Simon Jones, who nails every silly joke alongside Hitly in "It's Delightful Down in Chile," a Latin number that unfurls as Lorelei works her charms to secure some much-needed cash from the lecherous Sir Francis Beekman.


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The beating of a 12-year-old redheaded boy this past Friday is linked to two of the favourite punching bags of those unwilling to directly blame the dickface kids responsible: Facebook and South Park.
The boy, who attends middle school in Southern California, is the victim of a beating that seems to stem from a Facebook page proposing "Kick a Ginger Day", which in turn is linked to a particular episode of South Park. The worst part? That poor kid was beaten up not once but twice, in the same day, by two separate groups of his classmates.
Luckily, it seems the kid was not seriously injured, though as of yet his attackers have not been arrested. As the proud co-worker of two redheads, I hope the bullies get their butts kicked by a large Scottish man. [CNN]


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Socioeconomic status as child dictates response to stress as adult
When faced with threat, people who grew up poor are more likely to make risky financial choices in search of a quick windfall, according to new research from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.
Published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, "The Influence of Mortality and Socioeconomic Status on Risk and Delayed Rewards: A Life History Approach" by Carlson School assistant professor of marketing Vladas Griskevicius found that people respond to feeling threatened differently depending on whether people grew up in relatively resource-scarce or resource-plentiful environments.
The studies, which built upon earlier research on how mortality cues influence reproductive timings, found those who grew up resource deprived or felt poor were more likely to take risks for immediate rewards when they felt threatened. Subjects who were raised in a more predictable world never worrying about their needs responded to the same stressors by becoming more cautious.
"You can have two people who appear identical, but if they see that the world is a dangerous place such as by seeing news coverage of a new terrorist attack, they'll diverge in how they respond," Griskevicius says. "The difference between the two people is that they had a different socioeconomic experience growing up."
According to Griskevicius, a prototypical example of the findings is a kid who grows up in a bad neighborhood. "If he hears gunshots down the street, this triggers a 'live fast and die young' psychology. He will feel the urge to get what he can while he can because the future is uncertain." This response is likely related to why poorer individuals purchase more lottery tickets.
The research also suggests that efforts using a "you never know what's going to happen tomorrow" approach to persuade at-risk kids to stay in school or avoid risky behaviors might be ineffective.
"Why should I go to school if I might not be around to see the benefits of my education?" Griskevicius asks. "Perhaps a more effective strategy would be to highlight the predictable aspects of the world. "It's a sense of the predictability of the world that's going to get people to save money, stay in school, be less risky and care about the future."


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By Debbie Gildea
Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs
10/24/2012 – JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) — Family situations can be complicated, but updating family benefit information doesn't have to be, now that it can be done online.
Dependent family members must be registered in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System, and in many instances must have a valid dependent identification card, to access medical, dental and other benefits. In the past, Airmen geographically separated from their dependents faced a multi-step, back-and-forth process to accomplish some of these updates in DEERS.
Those days are history, thanks to the real-time Automated Personnel Identification System Self-Service portal, said Ed Yoder, Air Force DEERS Project Office, Air Force Personnel Center.
The self-service portal is one of several tools developed by the Defense Manpower Data Center in an on-going enterprise-wide initiative to expand online customer self service options for Department of Defense and uniformed service populations.
"Most Airmen can't drop what they're doing to resolve DEERS and ID card problems," Yoder said. "And if they're deployed or stationed separate from their dependents, they face even greater challenges. This new system capability will help Air Force members take care of their families."
Implemented in September, the RAPIDS Self Service portal allows Common Access Card-holders to digitally sign required documents which are then accessible to all ID card-issuing facilities world-wide. A dependent who is thousands of miles away can then go to the nearest RAPIDS ID card-issuing facility and complete the update process or have a new ID card issued.
Prior to the online option, members had to go in person to a military personnel office, sign in, wait for their turn, complete and wet-sign the forms, and fax them to the dependent's servicing personnel section so that the dependent could complete the paperwork and get their new ID.
"That was the simple process," Yoder said. "If a member's situation was unusual in any way, it became more complicated, requiring greater effort on behalf of the member and personnel office."
For example, one member had to fax initial forms to his ex-wife so that she could get proof that their son was attending college as a full-time student. She then faxed the documents back, and the member had to go back to the personnel section, finish the paperwork and the personnelist faxed them to the servicing section for ID card completion.
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For more information about personnel issues, visit the myPers website at https://mypers.af.mil.


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Originally Posted by potpest
My recipe is as follows:
1 shot Mr Blacks cold pressed coffee Liqueur
2 Shots ice cold Vodka (I use Ketel One)
1/2 shot sugar syrup
60 ml freshly made dark roasted espresso (I use pumpherys espresso crema blend)
Add to a shaker with ice, (espresso last). Shake and double strain into a martini glass.
I usually drink my coffee light to medium roast but I find for this cocktail it really benefits from a proper dark Italian roast.
Sounds good to me, will give it a try, had one in Lisbon, like the drink, not the hotel's price!


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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Hello from New York City – The Sandwich Capital of the World!
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- Rodge said...
Enjoy yourself in NYC, Mr. the Ambassador !
I'd love to be invited to your next White Tie Evening.. ;)
PS : I am not proud to say that I am Jealous of all your Food Travel.
- April 16, 2011 at 7:07 PM
@Rodge I'm jealous of his food travels... Does that mean your better than me? :(
- April 17, 2011 at 2:00 AM
- Food Junkie said...
John, you may have to change your name to the travelling chef! It is nice to see you getting lots of exposure and recognition. I am sure you will more than hold your own. Enjoy New York City.
- April 17, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- Rodge said...
@Anonymous : it just mean i'd love to do the same.
- April 17, 2011 at 11:32 AM
Hey chef John, any chance for a Jewish-easter themed culinary masterpiece? Doesn't have to be something crazy, maybe your take on matzo balls or matzo kugel?
- April 17, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- Chef John said...
I'm sorry to admit I've never cooked any of that food before. My Jewish cuisine knowledge is quite lacking.
- April 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM
I think the Hellmann's folks must not read your blog... Or they somehow missed your well-known "death to the mayonnaise industry" video. ;)
- April 17, 2011 at 2:59 PM
- Chef John said...
Keep your friends close...
- April 17, 2011 at 3:05 PM


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MACON, Ga. - Defending Atlantic Sun Conference Volleyball champion Lipscomb is off to the best conference start in school history in 2008 and Alex Kelly's play is a large reason why. The sophomore continued her stellar play over the weekend in a pair of nail-biting victories that kept the Lady Bisons unbeaten against A-Sun competition. On Monday the league office rewarded her with her second consecutive Player of the Week honor.
Kelly paced the Lady Bisons as they won 3-2 in each of their matches at UNF and at Jacksonville in the A-Sun Game of the Week. Her performance at UNF rallied the team in many ways in the later sets as the Lady Bisons stayed perfect with their school record sixth straight A-Sun win and their seventh straight win overall. Kelly had a match-high 17 kills and a .467 hitting percentage against the Ospreys. She also spent time on the back row for the Lady Bisons in both matches and finished with double-doubles in kills and digs in both matches.
The Atlantic Sun Conference is an 11-member league committed to Building Winners for Life, with a focus on academic and athletic integrity and a balance between the two for the student-athlete, and maintaining a high level of sportsmanship. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun encompasses six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun consists of some of the most dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.
Other Top Performers
Karen Dorris, Mercer (Sr. – OH – Nashville, Tenn.. – Education) – Senior outside hitter posted a double-double effort, pounding out 10 kills and adding 12 digs to help lead the Bears to a 3-0, (25-16, 25-18, 25-17) victory over Campbell.
Roberta Santos, FGCU (Sr. – S – Recife, Brazil. – Resort and Hospitality Management) – Santos hit over .300 in both matches while directing the offense to a .338 percentage as a team.
Shelley Walroth, Jacksonville (Jr. – L – Cincinnati, Ohio – Psychology) – Averaged seven digs per set in two matches last week. Tallied a career-best 38 digs in a 3-2 loss to Lipscomb.
A-Sun Weekly Notes
It was a big week for USC Upstate senior Holly Mauldin last week, as the senior setter posted two 30-assist matches and led the Spartans to wins over Presbyterian and Stetson. In the process, the Columbia, S.C., native averaged 8.45 assists per set to go with 2.18 digs. On Saturday against Stetson, Mauldin posted career-highs with 41 assists and five kills, leading the Spartans to a sweep. Not only was it the first 40-assist match of the DI era at Upstate, it is also the A-Sun's season-high in a three-set match. She also added 12 digs for her fourth double-double of the season and she became the seventh player in school history to reach 1,500 career assists in the match. On Tuesday, Mauldin recorded 32 assists and eight digs against Presbyterian, leading Upstate to the 3-2 win.
In leading the Camels to a 1-1 Atlantic Sun record on the week, sophomore outside hitter Emily Werner posted 18 total kills with nine blocks and nine digs. Werner was also one of three Camels with four aces on the week, helping Campbell match its conference win total from last season. The Sarasota, Fla., native's 19.5 points was a team high in Saturday's win over Kennesaw State, where Werner tallied 12 kills, six blocks, five digs and four aces. Middle blocker Caitlin Bendy, another Campbell sophomore, registered 16 kills on the week, with five blocks and four aces.


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The levels of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached record levels in 2011, according to a report issued today by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a Geneva-based agency of the United Nations.
The WMO, which represents 189 member nations, collected information from around the world for this, its eighth annual report on greenhouse gases. "WMO's Global Atmosphere Watch network, spanning more than 50 countries, provides accurate measurements which form the basis of our understanding of greenhouse gas concentrations, including their many sources, sinks and chemical transformations in the atmosphere," WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud said in a prepared release.
According to the report, levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached 390.9 parts per million (ppm) in 2011, 40% above pre-industrial levels. CO2 is the most prevalent of the greenhouse gases, which trap radiation within the Earth's atmosphere, causing global warming. According to the report, CO2 has increased by 2 ppm each year during the past decade. Environmental groups such as 350.org and climate scientists argue that CO2 levels must be lowered to 350 ppm in order to avoid the worst future effects of global warming.
CO2 alone does not tell the whole story. While less prevalent than CO2, other gases such as methane can have a much greater warming effect. According to the WMO report, methane (CH4) levels have reached a new high of 1813 parts per billion, which is 259% above pre-industrial levels. Another gas, nitrous oxide (N2O), reached 324.2 parts per billion in 2011. The WMO says that N2O has an impact on climate 298 times that of CO2.
The report also found that levels of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are also increasing.
Jarraud said the billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide that have already been added to the atmosphere by human activities will take centuries to break down. Meanwhile, emissions have exceeded the point at which the Earth's natural systems are able to absorb them. "Until now, carbon sinks have absorbed nearly half of the carbon dioxide humans emitted in the atmosphere, but this will not necessarily continue in the future," Jarraud said. "We have already seen that the oceans are becoming more acidic as a result of the carbon dioxide uptake, with potential repercussions for the underwater food chain and coral reefs. There are many additional interactions between greenhouse gases, Earth's biosphere and oceans." He is calling for increased monitoring capability and a growth of scientific knowledge in order to better understand the future effects of these greenhouse gases.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
A Second Amendment Freedom Rally in CHICAGO? Damn right.
If you're from Illinois, and you're even curious about gun rights or concealed carry--even if you're pretty sure you're against the idea--you owe it to yourself to get to Chicago on July 1th. We had somewhere between 2000-2700 in Springfield for IGOLD this year, and it was damn impressive. We need more than that in Chicago. If you live north of I-80 in Illinois and you're tired of having your rights trampled, this is a no-brainer. If you're from "down here" in the rest of the state, understand that Chicago is the political and economic center of this state. There are twice as many voters in the Chicago area as there are in the rest of the state combined! That means we need Chicago. We CANNOT afford to concede Chicago to the anti-liberty bunch anymore. Come join us and make history.
I know for certain my whole clan will be there, from mom and dad to the twins to little baby Sean (or, as we call him, Bam-Bam.)
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By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer (June 26, 2008 from YaHoo)
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.
The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact.
The court had not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The amendment reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
The basic issue for the justices was whether the amendment protects an individual's right to own guns no matter what, or whether that right is somehow tied to service in a state militia.
Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia said that an individual right to bear arms is supported by "the historical narrative" both before and after the Second Amendment was adopted.
The Constitution does not permit "the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home," Scalia said. The court also struck down Washington's requirement that firearms be equipped with trigger locks.
In a dissent he summarized from the bench, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the majority "would have us believe that over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons."
He said such evidence "is nowhere to be found."
Justice Stephen Breyer wrote a separate dissent in which he said, "In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas."
Joining Scalia were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. The other dissenters were Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter.
The capital's gun law was among the nation's strictest.
Dick Anthony Heller, 66, an armed security guard, sued the District after it rejected his application to keep a handgun at his home for protection in the same Capitol Hill neighborhood as the court.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in Heller's favor and struck down Washington's handgun ban, saying the Constitution guarantees Americans the right to own guns and that a total prohibition on handguns is not compatible with that right.
The issue caused a split within the Bush administration. Vice President Dick Cheney supported the appeals court ruling, but others in the administration feared it could lead to the undoing of other gun regulations, including a federal law restricting sales of machine guns. Other laws keep felons from buying guns and provide for an instant background check.
Scalia said nothing in Thursday's ruling should "cast doubt on long-standing prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons or the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings."
The law adopted by Washington's city council in 1976 bars residents from owning handguns unless they had one before the law took effect. Shotguns and rifles may be kept in homes, if they are registered, kept unloaded and either disassembled or equipped with trigger locks.
Opponents of the law have said it prevents residents from defending themselves. The Washington government says no one would be prosecuted for a gun law violation in cases of self-defense.
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Normal Mapped Lighting for Photos using Canvas
Francois Laberge has a fun demonstration of creating 3d looking effects via lighting and normal mapping on 2d photos. The demos progressively add features, from left to right lighting, to glow effects, to a multiple colored lighting extravaganza! Very nice work Francois!
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This degree provides you with a broad set of skills and knowledge that are needed to support modern organisations. You'll begin to specialise after your first year, choosing from a wide range of modules designed to stretch and challenge you and equip you with the skills you need to start a successful career or to serve as a basis for further study.
In your first year, we build on the maths you did at school, introducing techniques and approaches that help organisations to plan and make better decisions. You will learn to think statistically and analyse data. You'll learn how to make forecasts and how to use data to understand complex behaviour and be introduced to the operations and strategic business contexts in which these ideas can be applied. You will also take a 'live' module, working in small teams to deliver a project for a client in the Lancaster area.
You can choose to specialise at the end of the first year, selecting a main track from Business Analytics; Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Project Management; and Information Systems. You can also take modules from other tracks alongside modules in your main track to widen your knowledge and skill set.
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On Tuesday, NBC Nightly News disclosed exclusive spy video, shot by the CIA high over Afghanistan, of al-Qaeda terrorists walking with a man believed to be Osama bin Laden. Critics questioned why the Clinton administration didn't do more to get bin Laden after he was in their sights. In 2001, senior Bush administration officials viewed the same videotape. Now, we examine what more President Bush might have done, before 9/11, to go after al-Qaida.
In the fall of 2000, a CIA Predator drone shot extraordinary pictures from miles above Afghanistan. The spy video, obtained by NBC News, secretly captures al-Qaida terrorists training — doing pushups and firing weapons, including a muzzle flash.
NBC showed the video to William Arkin, a former intelligence officer and now military analyst for NBC.
"They have some kind of a gun or an RPG grenade launcher on their shoulders," explained Arkin.
That fall the Predator also provided the first live images of the most wanted fugitive in the world — a tall man in white robes believed to be bin Laden.
Weeks later, bin Laden's attack on the USS Cole killed 17 sailors.
By January, there was a new administration. At the urging of the CIA, President Bush decided to arm the Predator with deadly Hellfire missiles, so the next time bin Laden was spotted, the United States could take a shot. But it didn't happen before 9/11. Why?
"We tied an arm behind our back," said Benjamin. "We lost the most promising new tool we had."
Part of the problem, everyone agrees, is bureaucratic infighting between the CIA and the Pentagon over who would pay and who would be blamed if something went wrong.Global dragnet
After testing in June, the administration's plan was to send the Predator to Afghanistan in September.
President Bush had said he was tired of "swatting flies." Did his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, ever say, "September isn't good enough — we have got to get this back up there"?
"We did push very hard on getting the Predator back up," insisted Rice, "But you always have to be careful to make sure that you're going to have something that works."
Government documents, obtained by NBC News, show senior intelligence officials thought the armed Predator still was not ready, even in September, saying, "The warhead's effectiveness argues against flying armed missions this fall."
"The predator was not a silver bullet," said Rice. "Let's be very clear about that. As hard as we tried to get the Predator up, as much as we worked to get it up, that would not have prevented September 11th."
Soon after 9/11, the armed Predator was launched and proved a success — helping kill al-Qaida military chief Mohammed Atef and his associates — and is being used now to hunt bin Laden.
More on the missed opportunities:
- Tuesday: How close did the United States come to getting bin Laden?
- Wednesday: What more could the Bush administration have done to get bin Laden?
- Thursday: Did Bush take terrorism seriously before 9/11, or was focus too much on Saddam?
Lisa Myers is NBC's senior investigative correspondent.
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The Nokia Asha 503 brings a more robust 5MP camera (be it fixed-focus) and 3G to a package we already liked, and that's what we can safely call a good start.
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Hundreds of Lexington Medical Center employees will be on the national TV morning show FOX & Friends on the FOX News Network tomorrow morning (Friday) LIVE from outside the hospital to show off our 2012 Pink Glove Dance. And, representatives from Medline Industries, Inc., the company that sponsored the contest, will be there to make a major announcement. Tune in!


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Freeland Tanner carves a niche in folk art
When not tending to his own 1-acre garden retreat or designing gardens for Napa's elite, Freeland Tanner is in his home studio creating his own interpretation of American folk art. Observing Tanner's intricate carved, notched and layered wooden creations, it's apparent that he's influenced by European and American folk art as well as Native American basket work and antique shell works.
A collection of Tanner's art, featuring a selection of new pieces, will be on display and for sale in "Out of the Woods: Wood Sculptures by Freeland Tanner," an exhibition at the Grand Hand Gallery through Dec. 31 in Napa.
Using repurposed branches, twigs and sticks, Tanner creates one-of-a-kind mirror frames inspired by a range of decorative art movements. He employs similar materials in functional tables made from sturdy red oak, and whimsical birdhouses. Several of his "notched" pieces have been purchased by Allan Katz, folk art appraiser for the television series "Antiques Roadshow," and his folk art has been featured in several national art publications and books. Visit the gallery or view his pieces online.
"Out of the Woods: Wood Sculptures by Freeland Tanner," through Dec. 31, the Grand Hand Gallery, 1136 Main St., Napa; (707) 253-2551. www.thegrand hand.com.
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Fenofibrate is the generic form of the brand name drug Tricor, used to treat high levels of cholesterol and triglyceride in your blood.
Fenofibrate belongs to a class of medications known as antilipemics and fibric acid. It works by breaking down fats and helping the body eliminate triglycerides.
Tricor was originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2001 and is manufactured by Abbott Laboratories.
If you are allergic to fenofibrate or an inactive ingredient that the medication contains, you should not use it.
Before you take fenofibrate, you should talk with your doctor if any of the following applies to you:
Before taking fenofibrate, let your doctor know if you:
Benzonatate falls under the FDA's Pregnancy Category C, which means that it is unknown whether this medication will cause harm to an unborn baby or fetus.
Fenofibrate should not be taken while breastfeeding. Talk to your doctor first if you are taking fenofibrate and planning to breastfeed.
If you have any of the following common side effects of fenofibrate and they do not go away or become severe, call your doctor or get emergency medical care:
Fenofibrate may actually lower levels of a type of good cholesterol called HDL-C.
Tell your doctor right away or get emergency medical help if you have any of the following symptoms:
It is always important to tell your doctor and pharmacist about all of your treatments, including over-the-counter (OTC) medications; vitamins, nutritional shakes, protein powders, and other supplements; herbal treatments or other alternative medicines; and any illegal or recreational drugs.
The following drugs may interact with fenofibrate:
Drinking alcohol while taking fenofibrate can make your fenofibrate treatment less effective — especially when drinking for long periods of time.
The liver breaks down fenofibrate and grapefruit juice in different ways, so the possibility of a drug interaction may be unlikely.
However, you should still limit or avoid grapefruit juice while taking fenofibrate.
You should avoid taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, such asrosuvastatin, (Crestor), atorvastatin (Lipitor), simvastatin (Zocor), lovastatin (Mevacor), and others.
If you are taking statins while on fenofibrate, it can increase your risk of having a reaction that damages your muscles and kidneys.
Also, talk to your doctor before taking fenofibrate if you are taking ezetimibe (Zetia).
Fenofibrate can increase the effects of blood-thinning medications.
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The brand Tricor is available in strengths of 54 milligrams (mg) and 160 mg. Generic fenofibrate is available in 48 mg and 154 mg tablets. You should not take more than the highest dose prescribed by your doctor in one day.
Always take fenofibrate with a full glass of water regardless of whether you eat. Eating may delay fenofibrate's effect.
If you suspect an overdose, you should contact a poison-control center or emergency room immediately. You can contact a poison-control center at (800) 222-1222.
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Expansive Archives of B'nai B'rith Relocates to the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, Ohio
At the AJA, the collection of the most important Jewish membership organization in American Jewish history will be accessible to scholars, researchers and students the world over
B'nai B'rith International—widely considered by scholars and historians to be the most important Jewish membership organization in American Jewish history—has announced that the contents of its archives and its Holocaust and Related Materials Archives will be relocated to The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, Ohio (AJA). The AJA is located on the historic Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
The expansive collection showcases not only B'nai B'rith's history but also momentous occasions in Jewish history dating back to 1700.
"These extensive archives reflect the evolution of B'nai B'rith which, in many ways, parallels the evolution of the American Jewish experience and its connection to Jewish communities around the world," said B'nai B'rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin. "We are pleased with our decision to partner with the American Jewish Archives, a respected research center whose scholars carry out crucial primary research on American Jewry. We are confident that as a premier repository of such documents they will be an outstanding custodian of our archives."
Rare images of the men who founded B'nai B'rith at Sinsheimer's Café in New York City on October 13, 1843.
The archive's thousands of manuscripts, charters, medals, letters, memorabilia and other artifacts demonstrate changing societal needs from the needs of orphans to those of the elderly, from assistance to immigrants to the preservation of Jewish identity in an open society. These archives represent a treasured primary resource for researchers and extend from former mining towns in the American West to the Jewish presence on the Island of Rhodes.
"Once we moved from our former headquarters building it was regrettable this treasure trove of material was not as accessible as we would have liked and we are delighted that this is no longer the case," said B'nai B'rith International President Allan J. Jacobs. "We are confident that through this important agreement to relocate the archives, the collection will continue to serve as a valuable historical resource. We look forward to ongoing cooperative programming between the two organizations to enhance a better understanding of American Jewish heritage. This partnership is also fitting as the B'nai B'rith headquarters were once housed in Cincinnati."
Before the 1940s the B'nai B'rith headquarters were housed in the president's home city. From 1925 to 1938, when Alfred M. Cohen—a prominent Ohio lawyer and civic leader—was serving as the International President of B'nai B'rith, the organization's headquarters were located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Noted historian Jonathan D. Sarna has called B'nai B'rith, established in New York in 1843, "the most important Jewish fraternal organization in American Jewish history." With a continued presence in more than 50 countries, B'nai B'rith International works on behalf of the global Jewish community by advocating for Israel, combating anti-Semitism, protecting seniors, promoting community service and aiding in disaster relief.
"B'nai B'rith has played a shaping role in American Jewish life for more than 150 years," said Sarna, the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and Chief Historian, National Museum of American Jewish History. "Its massive collection of papers sheds light on everything from national crises to local philanthropic initiatives; they mirror the American Jewish experience as a whole. How fitting that this invaluable collection will now be housed at the American Jewish Archives, where the papers of so many of B'nai B'rith's leaders and members are already reposited."
"Our center is deeply honored by B'nai B'rith's decision to entrust its archival treasure trove to the American Jewish Archives," said Dr. Gary P. Zola, Executive Director of the AJA and Professor of the American Jewish Experience at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. "We are fully cognizant of B'nai B'rith's tremendous historical significance. Not only will we preserve these remarkable records in perpetuity, but we are firmly committed to making these records accessible to all those who are interested in making use of them."
"The American Jewish Archives is heaven for researchers like me," added Dr. Sarna. "Treasures are brought to our desk and the staff caters to our every need. The B'nai B'rith papers could not have found a happier home."
The collection includes:
> Correspondence between and photos of B'nai B'rith leaders and U.S. presidents including Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton
> Rare newsletters and books published by B'nai B'rith's European lodges, 1886-1937
> Internal correspondence and confidential reports illuminating B'nai B'rith's relationship with Vatican leaders before and during the groundbreaking Second Vatican Council, 1961-1966
> Original minutes, charters, memorabilia and other items from American lodges spanning the 1870s-1980s
> Telegrams, internal memos and eyewitness accounts documenting the response of B'nai B'rith and other Jewish organizations to the rise of Nazism
Professor Dr. Cornelia Wilhelm, DAAD Professor at Emory University's Department of History/Jewish Studies Department noted that, "The order's record keeping was extremely thorough and has produced enlightening vital statistics of early 19th century American Jewry (age, occupation, birthplace, marriage status, number of children, death rate and reason, etc.), which are otherwise barely available."
Historians widely agree that few organizations shaped modern American Jewish history more profoundly than B'nai B'rith. "Scholars have long hoped to cull its historical records to shed light on the workings and impact of this very significant institution," added Dr. Hasia R. Diner, the Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History at New York University.
"This collection is invaluable not only for what it reveals of B'nai B'rith's operation, but also for the display of its links with other facets of American Jewry," noted Dr. Michael A. Meyer, Adolph S. Ochs Professor of Jewish History at HUC-JIR Cincinnati. "The American Jewish Archives is to be congratulated for obtaining this large collection."
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwpx452chUU An extended lunch hour at the GrubShack then home again where I whipped together some parts and built a camera stand for my friend Rachel. 77,86,61,0,B
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- UTSA Paratrooper 04 said...
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
- October 21, 2010 at 5:59 AM
- Allen Hare said...
Thanks for the update, John.
I like the camera stand. Is it for your botanist friend, to make photos of specimens?
- October 22, 2010 at 2:08 PM
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Two men have pleaded guilty to transporting more than 16 pounds of crystal methamphetamine through Gaston County. The driver also had his wife and children in the car as he drove through the county in October.
Arturo Tamayo, who was a passenger in the car, will spend approximately 1� to 2� years in a North Carolina prison before being deported to Mexico.
Tamayo, 30, accepted a plea in court Monday morning. Initially charged with two counts of drug trafficking and two counts of drug possession, Tamayo pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted drug trafficking.
Juan Cisneros of Rockwall County, Texas, accepted a similar plea deal earlier this month, but his sentencing hearing is pending.
Both men have been in the Gaston County Jail since their arrest in October. They were denied bond because of immigration issues.
According to the Gaston County District Attorney�s Office, police uncovered the drugs during a routine traffic stop.
A police officer stopped a car at about 4 p.m. on Oct. 20 along I-85 near Bessemer City Road. The officer reported pulling the driver for following too closely.
Cisneros was behind the wheel with his wife and children in the car. Tamayo was in the backseat, according to his attorney, David Phillips.
A Cleveland County Sheriff�s deputy with a K-9 was called to assist with the stop. During an inspection of the outside of the vehicle, the dog smelled narcotics, so police eventually searched the inside, according to a Gastonia Police Department news release.
The crystal meth was found inside 14 Tupperware-style plastic storage containers that were taped shut.
The street value of the crystal meth in the containers is estimated to be more than $1 million, Gaston County�s largest meth bust.
It�s unclear where the men were going with the drugs. According to the District Attorney�s Office, Cisneros first said he was going to Charleston then told officers he was driving to Charlotte.
Phillips said he didn�t know where the men were going and that they might�ve been lost at the time they were arrested.
Tamayo will be given credit for the more than five months he�s already spent in jail.
Phillips asked that his client and Cisneros not be housed in the same prison.
Superior Court Judge James Morgan said they would be sent to different facilities. Both men were in the country illegally, according to Phillips.
Morgan ordered that Tamayo be deported once he serves his time.
You can reach reporter Diane Turbyfill at 704-869-1817 and twitter.com/GazetteDiane.


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This question was originally answered in Plenty magazine.
Q. I just read your response to "Can I recycle newspaper with art supply paint on it?" You said that once paper gets wet it is no good to the mills. Does that mean that all those bags/bundles of paper that people put out for recycling the night before pickup are no good for recycling if they got wet? Should we put out our recycling in plastic bags?
– Susan Meles, N.J.
A. Although we at Plenty are never, ever grouchy — not even when election day stress has all but put us over the edge and we're about ready to take a sledgehammer to that car whose alarm has been blaring outside our NYC window for the past hour — we do have one thing in common with Oscar the Grouch. We love trash. We love treating it lovingly, and doing all sorts of loving and creative things with it — things like recycling, composting and repurposing. And, yes, protecting it from the elements.
It's true that wet paper is tricky for recyclers, so do take a little care to make sure that what you send them is dry, says Trey Granger of Earth 911. The best thing to do is simply keep an eye on the weather forecast and hold off putting your bundled paper out too early if rain looks likely.
Don't go overboard, though — you shouldn't put your paper waste in a plastic bag unless your particular curbside program asks you to. Paper set out in plastic bags is likely to be confused with trash and sent to the landfill, which will totally negate all of your careful efforts to keep it dry. Anyway, a little morning dew won't ruin the whole bundle. Your friendly recycler will probably just remove the wet outer layer in order to get to the remaining dry part.
Story by Sarah Schmidt. This article originally appeared in Plenty in November 2008. The story was added to MNN.com in August 2009.
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Online low-field NMR spectroscopy for process control of an industrial lithiation reaction—automated data analysis (2018)
Monitoring specific chemical properties is the key to chemical process control. Today, mainly optical online methods are applied, which require time- and cost-intensive calibration effort. NMR spectroscopy, with its advantage being a direct comparison method without need for calibration, has a high potential for closed-loop process control while exhibiting short set-up times. Compact NMR instruments make NMR spectroscopy accessible in industrial and rough environments for process monitoring and advanced process control strategies. We present a fully automated data analysis approach which is completely based on physically motivated spectral models as first principles information (Indirect Hard Modelling – IHM) and applied it to a given pharmaceutical lithiation reaction in the framework of the European Union's Horizon 2020 project CONSENS. Online low-field NMR (LF NMR) data was analysed by IHM with low calibration effort, compared to a multivariate PLS-R (Partial Least Squares Regression) approach, and both validated using online high-field NMR (HF NMR) spectroscopy.


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Great Indian Developer Summit is India's Biggest Polyglot Conference for IT Professionals
Bangalore, March 25, 2010: At the 2010 edition of Great Indian Developer Summit learn how browser and rich web technologies such as AJAX, DHTML, Mashups, Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0 technologies, and Rich UI technologies are making money and gaining market-share for some of the leading businesses in the world. On 21st and 23rd April 1010, Rich Web experts from Adobe will speak about the changing face of web applications, enriching cloud applications with Adobe Flash, agile interaction design, developing multi-screen applications on Flash, building enterprise RIAs with Flex and Java, building data centric applications and killer RIAs with PHP and Flex. The summit will be held at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.
Ramesh Srinivasaraghavan, who leads the Adobe Flash Platform Evangelism initiatives of Adobe India, will keynote on the state of art in web application development and identify trends that could transform the way we create and use web applications. He will also conduct a separate session exploring the role that RIA technologies play in the new paradigm of developing applications for the cloud.
The ubiquity of Adobe's Flash Player and AIR spans the spectrum of Web, Desktop, Mobile and devices such as set top boxes. Flash Engineer Hemanth Sharma will lead attendees through the development workflow for building multi-screen applications. In a separate session, Sujit Reddy explains model-driven and code-driven development approaches to build data-centric applications with Adobe Flex and Java. Also discover how you can migrate your existing J2EE applications to Adobe Flex based RIA's easily. Computer Scientist Harish Sivaramakrishnan, popularly known as flexgeek, will lead attendees on a whirlwind tour of Adobe Flash Catalyst - a sparkling new tool which he says is the best thing that happened to the designer-developer collaboration after sliced bread.
On 23rd April while Prashant Singh conducts a 180-minute workshop on Data Centric Development features of Flash Builder and how to use them to create a Rich Internet Application powered by Java, Shyamaprasad will teach how to build PHP powered rich Internet applications using Flex. Starting off by setting up the Zend framework he will demonstrate how to build a complete Flex application that connects to a PHP server, using version 4 of Flash Builder.
On 21st and 23rd April 2010, at GIDS.WEB Conference & Workshops learn how browser and rich web technologies such as AJAX, DHTML, mashups, Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0 technologies, and Rich UI technologies are making money and gaining market-share for some of the leading businesses in the world.
About Great Indian Developer Summit
Great Indian Developer Summit is the gold standard for India's software developer ecosystem for gaining exposure to and evaluating new projects, tools, services, platforms, languages, software and standards. Packed with premium knowledge, action plans and advise from been-there-done-it veterans, creators, and visionaries, the 2010 edition of Great Indian Developer Summit features focused sessions, case studies, workshops and power panels that will transform you into a force to reckon with. Featuring 3 co-located conferences: GIDS.NET, GIDS.Web, GIDS.Java and an exclusive day of in-depth tutorials - GIDS.Workshops, from 20 April to 24 April at the IISc campus in Bangalore.
At GIDS you'll participate in hundreds of sessions encompassing the full range of Microsoft computing, Java, Agile, RIA, Rich Web, open source/standards, languages, frameworks and platforms, practical tutorials that deep dive into technical skill and best practices, inspirational keynote presentations, an Expo Hall featuring dozens of the latest projects and products activities, engaging networking events, and the interact with the best and brightest of speakers from around the world.
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What's the Matter with Michigan?
So--on this Thanksgiving weekend, I'm trying to be more grateful for what's working fine. I'm also trying not to be angry so often. There's a lot to be angry about, from Black Friday and Wal-Mart, to the fact that my teaching colleagues make 1/225th what the average CEO makes.
Big things to get steamed about. Little things to irritate. Mostly, what I'm stressing over this weekend, however, is Michigan, my Michigan--and the Big Scary Plan to gut public funding of community schools by "unbundling" (a euphemism if there ever was one) the services public schools traditionally provide.
It's a complex issue (which makes it even more dangerous). In a nutshell, the proposed Michigan Public Education Finance Act (which would replace the existing School Aid Act of 1979) erases school attendance boundaries, allowing students to take their assigned chunk of funding and use it anywhere they like (if the receiving school agrees), including taking courses in multiple locations. The legislation also throws a big, juicy bone to the Wild West of on-line education, reinforces test-based "performance," and gives students $2500 per semester for early graduation.
Reading the entire plan is an exercise in disbelief, anxiety and invisible hand-euphemism overload--a "dynamic choice" system, blah blah blah. Would the good people of Michigan really allow their public education system (which was once highly regarded) to be exploded and then re-marketed, in pieces?
The slogan: Any time, Any place, Any way, Any pace.
The Grand Rapids Press says the plan "merits debate, not immediate partisan dismissal." I'm 100% for bi-partisan debate on the proposal, as long as it's thoughtful, carried out over a significant timeframe, and wide open to everyone who will be impacted (which is pretty much everyone in Michigan). Let's foster a debate that happens any time, any place, any--well, you get it. Let's not have another ugly, tit-for-tat power struggle in Lansing like the Emergency Manager workaround--where the express will of the voters is being denigrated-- or legislative threats to impose right to work.
It's way past time for a discussion on how to genuinely strengthen and adequately fund Michigan schools.
Here are the points I'd like to contribute:
• There's a reason we have school boundaries. They were developed a century ago, as Michigan communities began to proudly erect their own high schools, building stronger on-site educational opportunities for their children and their neighbors' children. We also have school of choice legislation, which allows schools to accept students from outside their boundaries, and the funding that comes with them. And we already know how that works (see: Grosse Pointe). So we already know who will want to participate in "open" enrollment, and who will be unwilling to share their accrued educational goodies. And--not to put too fine a point on it--who wants to offer "courses" to whom.
• While students in high school do select which courses they want to take--within limits--the first nine years of a K-12 education are not currently set up as a series of "choosing courses." In fact, the first six years or so are universally about building a cooperative learning community, mastering and applying basic skills and acquiring foundational knowledge. Any child who has bounced from school to school in the elementary grades will tell you it's a miserable experience. Presumably this idea that MI students will be getting the best of the best via "choice" doesn't apply to third graders--or, really, more than half our students, who are too young to make informed choices and instead need a solid home base, continuity and a series of great teachers.
• Furthermore--haven't public schools already made tons of cooperative arrangements to offer/access German III via distance learning or Brakes & Suspension certification via county-wide Ed Tech centers? Without disrupting the current funding mechanism? Yes, I know what's happened to vocational centers, in the wake of the MI Merit Curriculum and "college for all," but I am deeply suspicious of advertising the wonders of a class here and a class there--or "unbundling" shared-resource plans that are already working.
• Is this really all about the barely-tapped on-line education market? (Cheap!"Efficient!") Because luring secondary and even elementary students into "21st century" on-line charters has been an incredible boondoggle for lots of unsavory but entrepreneurial folks. The kids aren't doing very well, but it takes awhile to figure that out (via testing, of course). In the meantime, somebody gets to be a lucrative start-up, without a lot of upfront, bricks-and-mortar capital. Here's the other thing about on-line classes: they require technology. Bring your own. Another savings for venture capitalists--and another economic dividing line.
• About the $2500 payoff for every semester kids avoid in high school? I'm guessing that was a sop to community colleges and state universities, who are likely to be down with an incentive system that could get 17-year olds through their doors sooner. What other reason would there be to put scarce state money in the hands of teenagers? Of course, they'd have to take extra on-line courses to graduate early... (see previous bullet)
• Has the legislature considered all the auxiliary services and programming that community schools provide, and how they will be impacted by dismantling the funding system? Sports? Clubs? After-school programming, daycare, community education and a place for senior citizens? Ceremonies and events? There's a lot of value and tradition embedded in community schools--isn't that worth a great deal?
My biggest fear is not change. There are plenty of reasons to change funding mechanisms--and lots of other things--in Michigan education policy. Nor is this a partisan argument made by a teacher. In fact, preserving public schools and investing in them is a very conservative idea.
Even Checker Finn has become skeptical about money and reform:
Finn said he has become "cynical" about the for-profit model in education. "Shareholder return ends up trumping the best interests of students," he said. Having watched education management companies for 20 years, "Most of the models I admire today are run by non-profit groups."
My fear is that we will jump too quickly into yet another seductive scheme to "disrupt"--and lose decades of work and good will. I want to be happy this Thanksgiving weekend. That's all.


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Mary Riedel, KF9, Philippines
It's that day of the year when we look forward with hope as we let go of last year's demons and angels; as they say, "let go or get dragged!" So we put on those funny hats, blow those horns, and dance like we just don't care!
To inspire you this New Years I've collected some dance footage of Kiva Fellows bustin' a move in the field at their respective Kiva Field Partners (Microfinance Institutes). Each fellow recalls feeling a little trepidatious at getting out on the dance floor, but all seem to recount the story with a smile. If the US Post Office unofficial motto pledges that "neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." Then the Kiva Fellow unofficial motto might be something like, "neither typhoon, nor malaria, nor diarrhea, nor subzero temperatures, nor mouthfuls of exhaust, nor embarrassing dance exhibitions stays these fellows from tenaciously completing their appointed deliverables.
So when your out celebrating tonight if you feel like you've got lead in your feet or you catch a glimpse of yourself dancing in a reflection just remember the following 5 clips and keep on movin! If the Kiva fellows can do it…so can you!
1. Kiva Fellow: Ed Coambs, KF9, Philippines
2. Kiva Fellow: Josh Weinstein, KF9, Philippines
Occasion/Celebration: Negros for Women Staff Christmas Party
Personal Experience around the dance: Ed and I (Josh) were the honorary judges of the dance competition at our MFI. We thought that would give us an immunity from performing. Unfortunately, the MFI had other plans for us and gave us no choice but to perform. We had 20 minutes to come up with something, so we chose the only dance that we both knew – the Macarena. We had to perform in front of 150 of our cheering coworkers. Against my better judgment, I'm sharing the video with all of you. As you can tell from video, neither Ed nor I is much of a dancer.
3. Kiva Fellow: Suzy Marinkovich, KF8, Peru (currently a fellow in Chile)
Occasion/Celebration: Finca Peru, volleyball competition
Type of dance: shopping cart and the sprinkler
Personal Experience around the dance: Finca thought our volleyball should be immediately followed by a dance – in the same clothes. At first they laughed at us thinking gringos cant dance, but after we showed them the shopping cart and the sprinkler, they started copying our every move. Works every time! i just love how so often as kiva fellows you have this thought–
"whelp- just going to have to embrace the awkwardness"
me being embarrasing-
4. Kiva Fellow: Eva Wu, KF9, Philippines
Occasion/Celebration: Hagdan sa Pag-uswag Foundation, Inc. Staff Christmas Party
Personal Experience around the dance: I totally gotten roped into joining the head office's choreographed routine for the Christmas party dance contest. But I (unlike Josh and Ed) actually got performance immunity as a judge After the official party activities ended people started videoking in the office. There were a lot of crazy '80s and '90s songs for a while (think Backstreet Boys) which we tried to dance to, with limited or huge success depending on how you look at it. After everyone had gotten their fill of singing one of my co-workers blasted the videoke machine to party mix mode and we began rocking out to awesome songs, from Avril Lavigne to Lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas. One of my favorite moments came when a project officer from Iligan brokedown traditional Filipino dance moves, which we proceeded to follow in a huge circle to "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire. Or when that same project officer made people do the tinikling dance while he improvised with a tennis racket and some other piece of office miscellany instead or the traditional bamboo poles.
Type of Dance: …rocking out clubbin' style at the office? I didn't manage to get any actual footage of me dancing – sorry!! But to make up for it, here's a link to a video of another HSPFI Christmas party that I edited, where you can watch HSPFI borrowers do cool group dances for another dance contest.
5. Kiva Fellow: Adam Preston, KF9, Philippines
Occasion/Celebration: ASKI Sports Fest (annual event where all branches compete in volleyball, badminton, and table tennis)
Type of Dance: Cheer/"Nobody but you" music video moves (Wonder Girls)
Personal Experience around the dance: (As told by Mary Riedel) Adam was asked to attend the "ASKI Sportsfest." Adam said "yes" thinking he'd be competing in some friendly sporting competition. Little did he know these were the final playoffs teams already chosen. Adam was asked to join the as the cheering squad. Adam accepted the challenge!
6. Kiva Fellow: Brian Kelly, KF9, Armenia
Occasion/Celebration: Aregak Workshop/Conference
Type of Dance: Classic Armenian Dance Moves!
Personal Experience around the dance: "While I didn't get any footage of me dancing, here is a little sample of some classic Armenian dance moves. These were taken at a company-wide party last Friday at the end of a 3 day conference/workshop. Note the extensive use of arm movements. I was most definitely dragged up there about 2 songs in, and luckily there is not footage to prove it."
Happy New Years!! Thanks for watching!
Mary Riedel is a Kiva Fellow working for ASKI in the Philippines who is sitting in a hotel bar in Cebu City called Le Swiss Chalet, which is neither Swiss nor a Chalet. She is using her new computer purchased after a tragic incident which included a full cup of coffee and her mac.


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Ups and downs: MACRoCk full of surprises
Harrisonburg's Court Square Theater
Friday, April 4
"I've got a Twizzler, that man's a tree!" one of my companions screamed, holding his candy delight high above his head like a fan with a lighter at an '80s hair metal concert. If we had been at almost any other concert at any other time (especially the '60s), his shrieks would most likely have been taken as something akin to acid flashbacks– but Friday night at the MACRoCk showcase, he spoke only the truth.
A little over an hour drive west on I-64 then north on I-81 had plopped us in the somewhat deserted town of Harrisonburg, where parking is never a problem, and nobody seems to be around to know your name. The object of our quest was MACRoCk's (Mid-Atlantic College Radio Conference) Friday night band showcase, one of the three main evening-long shows happening across town.
Mirah was the first band worth a mention– a show for which everyone and their sister suddenly showed up. Mirah is a young Philadelphian (Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn), whose live act is usually, as it was Friday night, just her and a guitar. Mirah was amazing, with a voice that seemed to shake the air in the Theater, and songs that twisted time, bending it nicely to her will.
I did, I must admit, hear some resemblance in her voice to Lisa Loeb's, whose "Stay" seemingly annoyed more people than it delighted in '94– but it was as if Mirah were Lisa's little sister, the one who stayed home when Lisa got big, learned how to write really amazing songs and how to sing like the devil. She plays at the Tokyo Rose every couple of months, and I urge you to see her.
Brother Danielson was on next, and as you can see by the picture, things got a bit wacky. The band is made up of just one gentleman, who performed his entire set inside a large (fake) fruit tree, singing in a voice that switched between falsetto and god-awful high. Projected words enabled the crowd to sing along with ease, and though we all did, most of us still had a look of utter befuddlement on our faces.
The two bands I had really come to MACRoCk to see, Of Montreal and Mountain Goats, were both rather disappointing. I've seen Of Montreal at Tokyo Rose before, and enjoy their sweet take on '60s psychedelia on record, but the band was not up to par on Friday.
Maybe there was something wrong with the sound, but their vocals sounded, to be technical, just plain "not-good." Mountain Goats were better– they are a "smartrock" band, with songs ranging from history lessons on Anglo-Saxons to cow-love– but the limitations of their live show were apparent. Made up of just a vocalist/guitarist and a bassist, the duo could not perform some of the group's more complex recorded material, and instead focused on the acoustic-folk aspect of their sound, which is not my favorite.


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Classes are currently being taught online. All physical facilities are closed to the public at this time, and employees are working remotely.Please visit
dcccd.edu/coronavirus for additional information and to
find contact information for various departments.If you need additional assistance, please visit
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Community Employment Resources.
This article appeared in a June 2016 issue of the student newsletter.
Caption: News-Register | Joanna Mikolajczak –Mike McKee, in front of his sound board in the theater's control room high above the stage at the rear of the Performance Hall.
By Kathleen Stockmier Student Publications Manager –
After 21 years, Michael McKee will soon take his final bow as North Lake College's Technical Theatre Specialist, leaving behind some very large shoes to fill.
Since summer 1995, McKee has helped the North Lake Theatre Company achieve success by providing lighting design, set design and craftsmanship for 45 full-length productions and 40-50 one-act plays.
Two of those plays featured a house structure with a porch.
He gives credit to his predecessor, John Scott, a technical director who set the bar high in the areas of lighting and set design. Shortly after enrolling as an NLC student in fall 1986, McKee anxiously accepted the position of student assistant under Scott's tutelage.
"I wanted to get in on how he built those sets," said McKee. "I would wear him out with questions."
McKee's love for theater was fostered by his parents' love for live productions. They began taking him to plays at a young age, and he observed the differences of each one and grew to appreciate all aspects of putting on a production on such a grand scale.
News-Register | Grant V. Ziegler –Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne (left) talks to Dr. David Evans and Alice Butler at Mike McKee's "Going Away Reception" in the Arena Theatre May 5.
After graduating from Irving High School, he enrolled at North Lake College and auditioned for the role of Sonny in NLC's production of
Grease. Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne was a student at that time and won the part of Rizzo in the musical. She and McKee had known each other prior to enrolling at NLC.
After two years at NLC, McKee attended Sherman's Austin College to acquire his bachelor's degree. He studied communications, theatre, art and photography and graduated in 1991. Then he took a full-time job with his father selling and building playground equipment for high-end residential neighborhoods.
"We worked 350 days a year, weekends and Sundays," said McKee. "That was really stressful."
So he quit after three years, and a string of jobs followed for the next seven months – stockbroker, car salesman, freelance photographer – until he got a call from the North Lake Theatre Department to apply for the Technical Director position made vacant by Scott, who was leaving after 17 years.
Special to the News-Register –Mike McKee when he first began working at NLC in 1995.
McKee's first production in his new position as NLC's Technical Director was
Steel Magnolias. After his third year in the position, he decided to return to school for his master's degree so he could teach classes, too. He enrolled at Texas A&M-Commerce and commuted once a week for three years until he received a master's in theatre with an emphasis in technical theatre.
The degree allowed him to teach classes in stagecraft, intro to theatre, stage makeup, lighting design and various rehearsal and performance classes.
"As the Technical Director, I'm not only concerned with theatre, but all things that relate to performance with technical issues involving light, sound and stage campus-wide, like graduation, events, dance concerts, concerts outside, speakers in the gym and more," said McKee.
His support system at home includes wife, Jennifer, who is also an educator. She was a teacher in the Irving Independent School District for more than 20 years, and is presently the principal of Kinkeade Early Childhood. Their daughter, Macie is in the seventh grade.
News-Register | Grant V. Ziegler – Two of McKee's biggest influences over 21+ years — John Moseley and Alice Butler — pose with him at his reception.
At NLC, his biggest supporters are Alice Butler and John Moseley, theater faculty and mentors. He has known Butler his entire life, and his stepfather is Michael Cooley, executive dean of the West Campus.
"I owe so much to Alice and John," he said. "They have been the best part of my experience at North Lake. From Alice, sure, I learned how to teach, but she taught me about the delicate process of fostering students that often had needs that extended way beyond the college property.
"John Moseley taught me all about the pragmatic side of theatre, the day-to-day practical stuff. Both were invaluable in my academic teaching career and will remain indelible to my professional foundation."
When asked to name his favorite play over the past two decades, he paused. "Man, I'd have to think about that."
But it didn't take long for him to answer. "My favorite play is
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? And my favorite sets were
Comedy of Errors, Bus Stop and
When NLC's spring 2016 semester officially ends, McKee will begin his new job with Hossley Lighting Associates as project manager in the lighting controls division.
Special to the News-Register –As an NLC student in 1987, Mike McKee (far right) played Sonny in North Lake Theatre Company's production of Grease. Also pictured are Marsha Langley and Shawn Brentham (who played Danny).
Headquartered in Dallas, the company is 100% employee-owned and has been in business for more than 38 years, serving two-thirds of the state of Texas.
McKee, 48, is excited about this new venture, but will miss working in the halls of academia.
"Of course, I will miss Alice and John and the students," he said. "But I will also miss all the creativity and the collaborative process – helping students to achieve and teaching them something that they didn't know they had in them.
"And helping them find their way. Some of them know, but many do not. And I will miss being a part of that."


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As summer comes to a close and fall ramps up, now is the perfect time to visit Northern Michigan. The leaves begin to morph the already gorgeous landscape into something even more breathtaking. And that is just the beginning, there are attractions for everyone in the family. Read on for the top 10 fall attractions in Northern Michigan.
Traverse City is already famed as one of the most spectacular summer vacation spots in the Midwest. (This year, National Geographic named it one of the world's Top Summer Trips.) Fortunately, those heart-stopping views of sky, water and shore don't just disappear after Labor Day – and lower off-season rates make it even more attractive!
Cycling on Old Mission
Cycling is one of the most popular fall activities in Traverse City. The Old Mission Peninsula (shown here) was just named Michigan's best bike ride by Bicycling Magazine.
Fall Chain of Lakes
Because of its higher altitude, the Chain of Lakes region just east of Traverse City often shows fall color by early September. This view is from the Summit Hotel at Shanty Creek Resorts.
Fall Kayaking
Fall is the perfect time to explore the many lakes and rivers of the Traverse City area. This is Spider Lake (named for its shape) just south of the city limits.
Fall Shopping
With over 150 cozy restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques and shops, downtown Traverse City is a great destination for a fall shopping adventure.
October Days
The crowds may have thinned out, but Traverse City's beaches are every bit as romantic in fall as they are in summer. This is West End Beach, near downtown.
Old Mission Light Fall
A favorite spot for autumn explorers is the Old Mission Point Lighthouse, one of a half dozen lighthouses in the Traverse City area.
Sleeping Bear Hikers
The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, voted "most beautiful place in America" by Good Morning America viewers, offers great hiking and color touring in fall. Shown here: the Sleeping Bear Point trail.
Winery Picnic
Fall is harvest time in the Traverse City wine country. Autumn visitors love to combine their color tours with frequent wine-tasting stops at some of the two dozen wineries of the Old Mission and leelanau peninsulas.
Bikers in Leelanau
Motorcycle riding is becoming an increasingly popular way to enjoy the colorful backroads of the Traverse City area in fall.
Blue Tractor
Famous for the variety and tastiness of its cuisine, Traverse City has dozens of wonderful restaurants. And what better time of year to enjoy a delicious meal and a pint of locally brewed beer?


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Gang Burrito spawning during Gang Wars
I was talking to Emperorimpera after his last edit, he reckons that, during Gang Warfare in TLAD: "When either Clay or Terry says 'The guys are hanging out at Algonquin' that is a Hanging out Mission" and that Gang Burritos spawn during such a mission. Can anyone confirm, and maybe put it into the article in Wiki-style? I'm not able to check, myself. --Samadriel 19:19, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Do the spawn in MP?Taigtafan 19:03, February 13, 2010 (UTC)


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Before you get all super excited about "OMG System Shock 2 remake," well… this isn't one. What it is is a fun way to imagine what one of the greatest games of all time would look like with a more current engine.
Inspired by those images depicting what BioShock would look like in Crytek's CryEngine 3, Mark Valentine has recreated the first level of Ken Levine's 1999 horror-adventure opus.
Thanks, Mark, for a bit more fodder for our hopes and dreams of an up-res'd, smooth running new version of System Shock 2. Now, who wants to go Kickstart the real thing?