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At the Walton County Sheriff's Town Hall Meeting Tuesday night, Ashley Ribando, of Feline Friends of Destin, spoke on the behalf of Alley Cat Allies in regards to the Aug. 25 shooting of a feral cat in Freeport.
"We urge Walton County officials to charge the shooter with animal cruelty and prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law. The shooter�s actions are in direct violation of a Florida statute," read the statement prepared by Alley Cat Allies.
The cat, named Momma Cat by its caregivers, was part of a trap-neuter-return program, in which cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and then returned to their colonies where they live out their lives.
Outraged when local police did not immediately prosecute the shooter � the police report read that "no criminal act was noted" � the caregivers called Alaqua Animal Refuge and Alley Cat Allies, a national advocacy organization for feral cats, looking to seek justice. WCSO responded by assigning Criminal Investigations Division to examine the incident. The investigation is done, but now the answer of prosecution lies with the district attorneys.
Cyndi Jennings and her boyfriend Mark Crow have been feeding the feral cats on Bayshore Drive since 2009, but have been trying to move the cats to their new neighborhood, about five minutes away.
Since the shooting, they have been trying to catch the entire colony and keep them on their property. They've spent thousands of dollars building an enclosed fence and house for the cats.
The residents on Bayshore Drive told The Sun, that the feral cats in the area are a big problem. And the few that Jennings and Crow care for are just the beginning
"There are about 30 or 40 other cats that have learned to be fed by these people. After they have their cat farm are they still going to come here and feed the cats?" asked Alecia Dahl. "While we have all tried to do what we could with the feral cats, limits have been met and I for one am at mine."
Dahl recalls neighbors have spent their own time and money to spay and neuter cats, but the problem keeps growing.
"It's understandable with everything that has happened here," Dahl said of the shooting. "Furniture has been destroyed, organic gardens have been destroyed and eaten, there is cat poop/throw-up on almost every other step and since I live close to one of the feeding grounds, my dogs have been covered in fleas."
Dahl's mother, Christine, says that Jennings and Crow have been asked not to feed the feral cats for years by Bayshore residents.
"They moved away a year or two ago, but they still come to our street twice a day, leaving cat food on people's properties," she said.
Dahl and her mother do not believe the shooting was an act of animal cruelty.
"I can't say what I would have done, but I find no fault in it," Christine said.
"There was no vicious shooting that came from nowhere," Dahl added. "This was years of having to put up with these cats."
Aileen Walden, interim director of community programs and support with Alley Cat Allies, says that she can understand the frustrations with feral cats, but says the organization's response to the shooting is about "the act of cruelty."
"An act of violence never solves these issues," she said.
No matter what the investigation findings are, there are still dozens of cats in the Bayshore neighborhood to be fed.
"It really is a sad situation," Dahl said. "While it might have been thoughtful to start, it has now become a problem that is completely out of hand."


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sentences like " ona li tawa e tomo " usually "means he moves house".
To say "he moves himself to the house" we say "ona li tawa tomo".
Similar logic could be applied (i suppose) to "ona li monsuta e soweli".
For me it sounds more like "She got him scared" than "She afraid of him"
May be some form like next could make it better.
ona li pilin e monsuta (tawa/tan) soweli.
ona li jo e monsuta (tawa/tan) soweli.
actually it is pretty common use of "pilin monsuta" to say "afraid" and "li monsuta e" to say "to scare".
see tatoeba.
https://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/searc ... und&to=eng


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By Theo Lederhausen '14 (pictured)
This week the Men's Harvard Golf Team traveled to New Jersey for the annual Princeton Invitational held at Springdale Golf Club. A William Flynn design, Springdale is a par 71 course located at the edge of the Princeton University campus. All Ivy teams were present with the exception of Brown. Thirty six holes were scheduled for Saturday, followed by an 18-hole final round on Sunday.
When the Crimson arrived on Friday, they found themselves playing a practice round in constant rain. The team could see that the course played longer than usual, but the conditions appeared to reward aggressive play into the greens. The forecast for the weekend was clear skies around 60 degrees. The team looked to build on a steady performance at Yale the previous week.
The first day of the tournament featured perfect weather and ideal scoring conditions. The Crimson found themselves struggling to keep up with the field. In the opening 18, team members were striking the ball well but failed to make the putts necessary to take advantage of the conditions. Mark Pollak and Theo Lederhausen led the squad with a pair of 72s. Seiji Liu and Max Campion added to the teams total with a 74 and 77 respectively. Captain Antonio Grillo struggled uncharacteristically to find the hole, posting a mediocre 78. Playing as an individual, Michael Lai '14 posted a 79 to round out the morning scores. The team finished the morning round in a tie for fourth place, 16! shots behind a great first round of five-under-par 279 by Yale.
The afternoon round brought much of the same for a struggling Crimson team. Pollak posted an even-par 71, followed by a pair of 76s by Grillo and Liu. Campion and Lederhausen had tough afternoons, shooting 81 and 82 respectively. Individual Michael Lai posted a steady 75, improving his morning play by 4 shots. The poor second-round play put the Crimson in seventh place, 34 shots behind Yale, who continued to dominate the field. With the Bulldogs out of reach, Harvard hoped to improve on its play and turn it around on Sunday for a respectable finish.
Paired with reigning Ivy-League Champion Columbia, the Crimson welcomed the opportunity to play head to head against the team that edged them out in the final tournament of the fall. Unfortunately, few Harvard players were able to capitalize. Lederhausen had a great turnaround, finishing with a one-under-par 70, followed by a 73 from Grillo. Pollak and Campion finished with 75 and 77 to round out the counting scores. Liu struggled to find his touch with the putter, coming into the clubhouse with a 78. Michael Lai played very well, bettering his previous score again by 4 to post an even-par round of 71. The slow day pushed Harvard back to 8th place, placing behind all Ivy League teams with the exception of Cornell.
The team looks to improve on mistakes and ready their games for the final two tournaments of the season, beginning with the Century Intercollegiate next weekend.


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Stosur to face Bouchard in Osaka final
Osaka, Japan (SportsNetwork.com) - Samantha Stosur and Eugenie Bouchard won semifinal matches Saturday and will meet for the title at the Japan Women's Open.
The third-seeded Stosur needed just 61 minutes to dispose of sixth-seeded American Madison Keys, 6-1, 6-2, while the fifth-seeded Bouchard eased past Japanese wild card Kurumi Nara, 6-2, 6-2.
Stosur won this title in 2009 and was the runner-up in 2011. She saved all three break points against her serve and broke serve four times on Saturday to reach her second final of 2013.
The Aussie won the U.S. Open tune-up at Carlsbad in August for her fourth career title and will enter Sunday's match just 4-12 all-time in finals.
Bouchard will play in her first career final. She had previously lost in the semifinals at Strasbourg in May and also at Quebec City in September.
The 19-year-old Canadian, who broke serve five times on Saturday, has played Stosur just once previously. It was in Charleston earlier this year and Bouchard was comfortably ahead when Stosur retired in the second set with a calf injury.
Sunday's winner will collect a first prize of $40,000.


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After two years studying computer science at Thakur College of Science and Commerce, Ashutosh Pandey is completing an Information Sciences and Technology degree at Penn State New Kensington. He travelled 8,000 miles to his first class.
Pandey is a native of Mumbai, India, and one of a group of international students matriculating at the campus this semester. They hail from China, Ghana and Uganda, as well as India. Internationals are a growing segment of Penn State's student population and the New Kensington campus is doing its part in bringing in quality students from foreign countries. In the past year, the campus increased it enrollment from one international student to six.
"I was a part of a program which allows students at Thakur to transfer to one of eight Penn State campuses to complete their bachelor's degrees," said Pandey, who also earned his high school diploma at Thakur, which doubles as a secondary and post-secondary institution. "I chose New Kensington based on what I saw on their website, its location and discussions with friends. I made a good choice."
It was difficult decision to leave his family, but Pandey decided to trade the bustling urban center of Mumbai for the tranquil rural township of Upper Burrell, home of the New Kensington campus. Mumbai, with a population of more than 12 million, is one of the most crowded cities in the world. In contrast, the tri-city area of Upper Burrell, Lower Burrell and New Kensington has about 27,000 residents.
"I really wanted to go to a place which was a bit different," said Pandey, whose hometown is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. "Penn State New Kensington provided the required change I needed in my life from fast to a more comfortable and relaxed pace. Also when I miss my city life, I can always travel to Pittsburgh, which is a half-hour away from the campus."
A junior in the Information Sciences and Technology (IST) program, Pandey brings an impressive resume to the campus. He is an accomplished researcher and presented two papers at national and international conferences while attending Thakur. His papers on 4G technology and speech recognition technology were published in international journals.
"During my time at Thakur, a big and wonderful institution, I accomplished a few things that really helped me in my overall development," said Pandey, whose passion for computer technology first drew him to the campus. "At Penn State, the IST courses include everything which is going to help me when I start my career.
The IST program provides students with a background of the core technical areas of networking, databases, programming and system integration. In addition, students are trained in key business areas, such as project management and organization theory.
"The classes teach me how to work efficiently in a day-to-day environment and how to tackle obstacles that will come up during work," said Pandey, an active participant in classroom discussions. "The professors here are just excellent. They are well qualified and have the entire knowledge about what they are teaching."
Pandey expects to earn his bachelor's degree in 2014. He plans on entering the workforce while going to graduate school to complete a master's degree in IST. Starting his own business is a part of his grand plan.
"The moment I graduate I will be qualified enough to be a project manager or to work in a similar position," Pandey said. "I want to work for three or four years and then start my own technology business either in the United States or back at home in India."
Academic excellence is not Pandey's only quality that brings prestige to the campus. His South Asia football acumen was on display in the fall for the New Kensington's men's soccer team. At Thackur, Pandey was a gifted goal scorer, leading his collegiate team to a championship. For the New Kensington Lions, he was the leading scorer on a team that reached the Penn State University Athletic Conference Final Four. Soccer provided the lynchpin that eased the transition to a foreign country.
"My parents and I were nervous on how hard and long it will take to adjust to living in the United States and mix up with people out here," said Pandey, who scored eight goals for the campus team. "My soccer coach (Pat Cavanaugh) and teammates helped me meet other students on campus. The experience has been heartwarming and wonderful since the moment I arrived here."
When he is not in the classroom or on the soccer field, Pandey enjoys the life of a typical college student. He spends his leisure time with friends either hanging out in the student apartments or participating in campus activities. The Student Life office sponsors a variety of events throughout the semester, including movies, comedy acts, bands and intramurals. The weekly Get Rec'd Nite in the Athletics Center is his favorite pastime.
"Get Rec'd on Tuesday nights is super fun with all the students on campus meeting together and playing a new game every week," Pandey said. "The most enjoyable part of campus life is that you do not get bored because there is always some student event going on at the campus in which you can participate and enjoy with your friends."
Pandey is not averse to learning a new sport. Ice hockey has piqued his interest, despite the NHL lock-out that has canceled games through mid-December. He plans on lacing up the skates and learning a sport that is not indigenous to the India subcontinent.
"I have played hockey at home but that was field hockey," Pandey said with a laugh. "Playing it on ice while you skate will be really different."
Although Pandey misses Mumbai -- parents, friends, Indian cuisine -- he is not homesick. He credits the congeniality of the campus community with making the area feel like home.
"Everyone here is so helpful and sweet that I never have a chance to miss home," Pandey said. "Right from the first day I have enjoyed and loved my stay here."
Western Pennsylvania's weather may be the only negative mark on his campus grade sheet. Pandey thrives in tropical conditions. His hometown is located on the west coast of India, on the Arabian Sea. Its location ensures moderate temperatures throughout the year. Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, has three seasons: winter (November to February), summer (March to May) and monsoon (June to October). Regardless of the season, the weather is warm. The current nightly temperatures for the middle of November were running in the 70s. Upper Burrell, on the other hand, had overnight lows in the 30s during the same time period.
"The weather here is freezing for me as I have never lived in such a cold climate," Pandey said. "In Mumbai, it never gets below 50 degrees. But I am slowly getting used to it."
Despite having to double his wardrobe to accommodate the region's capricious weather systems, Pandey is content with his decision to travel a third of the way around the world to attend Penn State New Kensington. Quality academics, intercollegiate sports and campus activities validate his choice to relocate in Upper Burrell.
"I have really loved my time at this campus and it has only been three months," Pandey said. "I have met some of the sweetest people ever. Everything just makes my decision to come up here at this campus so correct."


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Katy Perry Is a Medieval Heroine in New Animated Perfume Adby Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Katy Perry is a superstar, but we haven't seen her as a superhero until now!
Glamour premiered an animated ad for Katy Perry's new perfume, Killer Queen's Royal Revolution.
The cartoon is uniquely stylized and depicts Perry as a masked heroine during Medieval times who makes it her mission to save young women from an evil king. The king has ordered his knights to kidnap all first-born daughters and uses a futuristic transformation machine to turn them into stereotypical models.
It's definitely a new type of ad that we haven't seen before but even though it's only two minutes in length, you feel like you've witnessed an entire story during that span.
According to Glamour, Killer Queen's Royal Revolution's floral fragrance comprises of "notes of pink freesia, mystical blackthorn, jasmine, and vanilla orchid."
Killer Queen's Royal Revolution is available at major store retailers such as Macy's, Kohl's, Sephora, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor's and more.
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Another thing shaking is our (the kids' and my) fists at the movie screen last night. We've been reading The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks every night for a couple weeks now, and just finished it last night. As a capstone to that lovely story that I remember fondly as a kid and was determined that my kids would read (they loved it!), we decided to watch the movie, too. Ugh! Why must they always take a perfectly good book and mangle it when they make the movie??
Which has me wondering, right now I am reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, and was thinking that I'd watch the movie when I am done. Has anyone read the book and watched the movie? If so, am I going to be disappointed again? What about The Help by Kathryn Stockett? I'm waiting for that book to become available at the library so I can read it in advance of watching the movie. If you have read and seen that one, am I going to be disappointed?
Are any of YOU disappointed that there hasn't been much quilting on my quilting blog lately? I'm so sorry. I've been a little disappointed in the slow nature of my hand quilting, and how little time I've spent in the sewing room lately. Most of my efforts have been towards karate lately - tomorrow, I am scheduled to go through the entire 1.5 hour Black Belt test with my instructor, demonstrating everything I have learned in the past 2.5 years. If I don't pass, I have to take the test again, and again, and again until I do pass, else I can't participate in the official Black Belt Test in front of the public on October 22, when I am hoping to receive my Black Belt. I am SO nervous. I've been practicing for HOURS every day. Wish me luck!
Actually, speaking of luck, I won a giveaway while I was on my staycation. The prize hasn't arrived yet, but this book should be in my mailbox any day now:
Perhaps there will be some applique in my future?


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This disturbing video shows airline passengers dealing with maggots falling on them from the overhead luggage bins. The creepy insects caused the plane to make an emergency landing earlier this week in what sounds like a horror movie plot.
A passenger on the U.S. Airways flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Charlotte, North Carolina stuffed a bag containing rotten meat into the overhead bin before taking off from the airport on Monday. The package then began to spill maggots and flies, which quickly spread through the luggage area before falling onto passengers.
"All of a sudden, I felt somebody flick the back of my hair and on the front of me came a maggot, which I flicked off me. I felt like they were crawling all over me because it only takes one maggot to upset your world. And as they're telling us to stay calm and seated, I see a maggot looking back at me and I'm thinking...These are anaerobic, flesh-eating larvae that the flight attendants don't have to sit with..." a passenger told the Associated Press
The plane turned around, was cleaned, and the customers eventually made it to Charlotte. There was no explanation given for why someone wanted to transport rotten meat or how the TSA screeners missed the live insects but won't let anyone else through security with 4 ounces of contact solution.
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With five kids under the age of 7 (including 5-year-old triplets), it's probably safe to say that Michelle Nicholasen qualifies for a.) sainthood and b.) the title of "experienced parent." An award-winning filmmaker for shows like Nova and Frontline, she's also the author of I Break for Meltdowns: How to Handle the Most Exasperating Behavior of Your 2- to 5-Year-Old, in which she and longtime educator Barbara O'Neal share their wisdom on what to do in the most cringe-worthy parenting situations -- and how to cope when the traditional advice doesn't work. (Read more on her blog and on the book's discussions page.)
Leaving filmmaking for full-time motherhood was a choice Nicholasen, 42, didn't have to think long or hard about. "With five kids under the age of 5, I didn't have time to deliberate about going back to work or not," she says. "I never wanted to stop working, but our situation was akin to a crisis, so I had to do it." She and her husband, Jim, live in Somerville, Massachusetts, with their children Annamira (7), Josie (5), Bevin (5), Lucy (5), and Cian (4).
Tell us a bit about your pre-book career path.
I had a very exciting, dynamic job making documentaries for public television. The last national show I produced had me scaling the side of a cliff, 10 weeks pregnant, at a beautiful archeological site of early modern humans in coastal Turkey. But you take your work home, believe me, 7 days a week. So that doesn't fit well with raising so many kids.
What led you to write I Brake for Meltdowns?
The other motivation was my frustration with parenting books that give you nice advice but never tell you what to do if it doesn't work. What if your child keeps stomping out of the time-out area? What if your child sticks his tongue out at you and runs away when you are trying to talk about something serious? Then I met Barbara O'Neal, the Educational Director of Arlington Children's Center (a job she has had for 30 years). Now, here's a woman who knows how to say just the right thing to kids at the right time, and she's seen it all. She is kind and loves to help parents. I knew I had to have a hotline to Barbara, so I pulled her into the book project.


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Some people want to know why Cricket 2002 isn't being released in the USA. There are some reasons for this.
1. Very few people in the US play Cricket. The ratio is very less when compared with other games like Soccer and Baseball. Does releasing a Rugby game in a country like India or Pakistan make any sense?
2. EA will have to rework their graphics which means a lot of money on which they won't get good profit.
3. If EA can't make a PC version can they make an NTSC version?
4. In USA people are busy buying XBOX's and GameCube's. And Cricket 2002 is on niether of these.
5. When you can order it from the Internet do you really need it in the US?


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NEW YORK - An experimental supplement derived from soy may help postmenopausal women smooth their "crow's feet" a bit, a small pilot study suggests.
The supplement, known for now as SE5-OH, is under development by a Tokyo-based drug and supplement maker, Otsuka Pharmaceutical.
It contains a compound called S-equol, which is made from fermented soy germ.
The body can produce S-equol naturally, as a byproduct of digesting soy isoflavones, plant chemicals that are structurally similar to estrogen. S-equol itself is believed to attach to estrogen receptors on body cells, and may have weak estrogen-like effects.
Skin cells are among those that have estrogen receptors, and it's thought that women's waning estrogen levels after menopause may contribute to skin aging.
So for the new study, researchers at the Japanese company looked at whether giving postmenopausal women S-equol supplements might improve the appearance of crow's feet -- those lines that begin to surface at the outer corners of the eyes sometime in middle-age, or earlier.
The researchers, led by Ayuko Oyama, randomly assigned 101 postmenopausal Japanese women to one of three groups: one that took a higher dose of the S-equol supplement (30 milligrams) every day for 12 weeks, one that took a lower dose (10 mg) and one that took placebo tablets containing only starch.
People vary in their ability to produce S-equol from eating soy, with at least half of all individuals lacking the necessary intestinal flora and therefore being "non-producers," according to Oyama's team. All of the women in the current study were tested and deemed to be non-producers.
In the end, women who used the supplement showed, on average, a modest improvement in their crow's feet versus the placebo group - as judged by a researcher who did not know which women had received supplements and which had taken the placebo.
The findings are reported in the medical journal Menopause.
"I think it's a very interesting study," said Dr. Carolyn Jacob, director of Chicago Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology, and a fellow with the American Academy of Dermatology.
Jacob, who was not involved in the study, said it is plausible that S-equol could affect the appearance of crow's feet.
It would have been helpful, she said, if the researchers had taken skin biopsies to see if the supplement users actually showed changes in collagen - a protein that helps keep the skin firm and elastic.
For now, Jacob said the findings are "encouraging," and longer-term studies should look at the effects of the supplement on skin aging.
In theory, S-equol supplements could have some of the negative effects of estrogen as well, including contributing to the risks of breast or uterine cancer. Oyama's team found no effects on women's breast or uterine tissue, which they gauged using mammograms and ultrasound, respectively.
However, the researchers say, longer-term studies of the supplement's safety are still needed.
For now, there are other ways to deal with crow's feet. One is to live with them. For women who want treatment, Jacob said that both Botox and Dysport "work very well."
The drugs, which work by relaxing the muscles underlying crow's feet, are given by injection, and their effects can last several months. The side effects can include soreness at the injection site and, in rare cases, muscle weakness that can lead to a temporarily droopy brow or eyelid.
It's also possible to delay the first appearance of crow's feet. Using sunblock to protect against damage from ultraviolet light can help, Jacob said. So can wearing sunglasses or hats to keep yourself from squinting - a key contributor to crow's feet.


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"A skeptic could easily be converted by Herman's deft presentation . . . this work sets a high academic standard yet is carefully leavened with colorful anecdotes."


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jak111 wrote:pancakemix wrote:On your first point, that's a terribly silly thing to lie about, especially for someone who is presumed to be town. If it were false, what would be gained from us believing a lie?
Interesting Pancake, does it not cross your mind that there may be no other vote stealer? It's a risky move but one he pulled off well if he isn't who he says he is. The gain? Town credit, you know this is true. Scum want town credit to zip on by.
Although what has me REALLY thinking is this... for those who said earlier there may not be a cult, there HAVE to be third parties out there of some kind. Otherwise you're looking at a balance of 6-8 scum.. which would be terribly overpowered. But the reason why I bring this note up is I want the people who are town to be watching for a group thing going on. In this game I will say MINIMUM of 5 scum. 2-3 of them are bound to be teaming up somewhere to make a townie look scummy.
For today, my final vote is going on a guy I find is just getting by by one liners. Whether he's a VT, third party, or scum, we need active people in the days to come.
Unvote, Vote Vodean (My second vote will be placed here too)
There's a couple of reasons behind this if people care to check.
~Lately posts have been sort of random and non contributing.
~One liners have been his motto for the past 2 weeks or so.
~His post on me not being an angel so therefore being scum when he voted me when I outed myself seems a bit odd. It means he isn't a human 100% So whether he's an angel, demon, or 3rd party we will get to finally start unraveling some of the mysteries.
For town reads, this is what I got.
So 3 clears in my books.
Gonna go through and check who else is getting by with one-liners. Those are the ones that have a huge chance of being non town or at least non essential to town if we mislynch.
I think that claiming there has to be third party is a bit much of a Meta leap. While I think the possibility of a survivor or SKer or something is possible based on the size, to say that they have to be there otherwise mafia would be too big is rather illogical. If mafia is a substantial sized faction, then the mod would balance it as such. Whether or not this is an NV game is not important. Not every mafia role has to be a power role or even one with night actions. We could have one-shot mafia roles or just plain mafia goons to even out the balance.


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Thursday, January 5, 2012
An interview with Jewish homeschooling mom, Mayim Bialik
Growing up, one of my favorite TV shows to watch was Blossom, which I am sure many of you 30 something moms have very fond memories of watching. Blossom was played by an adorable Jewish girl named Mayim Bialik.
Fast forward a decade and then some later, and Mayim is still a very talented and well known actor, but she has also received her B.S. in Neuroscience and Hebrew and Jewish Studies from UCLA and earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UCLA. She is the celebrity spokesperson for the Holistic Moms Network, a national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting holistic and green parenting and living. You can click here for Mayim's full bio.
She has just written a book called Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way which will be out in March and she writes weekly for Kveller.com, a Jewish parenting site.
Mayim is a fellow Jewish Homeschooling mom and has generously taken the time to answer some questions about her life as a Jewish Homeschooling family. I am sure many of you will relate to many of the things she says. Enjoy!
1. Can you tell us about yourself and your family.
We are a happily holistic homeschooling family. My husband and I met in college in calculus class and he stays home when I work. We have 2 boys, ages 6 and 3 and we are both 36. My husband has a masters in Political Science and I have a PhD in Neuroscience. I am an employed actress on The Big Bang Theory, but I also teach Neuroscience and piano in our homeschool community.
2. What type of Jewish education did you receive as a child?
I was raised in a traditional house that affiliated with the reform movement. My parents are both first generation Americans and taught in public schools for a combined 60 years. My mother also was the nursery school director at our shul when I was a kid. I attended Hebrew school once a week from age 4-10 and twice a week as well as 5 shabbatons a year from 10-19. I was Bat Mitzvah'd and confirmed and we observed holidays such as Pesach and Chanukah in the home, but we didn't have a halachic home for the most part.
We were kosher when I was a child but my parents stopped being kosher and I then took it on again in my early adolescence. My mother's parents were orthodox and so I learned a bit about orthodoxy from them, but it was a very specific kind of eastern European orthodoxy and was not the whole picture as I know now!
3. Why did you decide to homeschool your own children?
Many reasons. My husband and I enjoy the flexibility: travelling, scheduling outings and such on our time. We like our children not being held to some standard of what other kids are doing as their defining label. Both of our boys are very sensitive and gentle and developed "late" in terms of walking, talking and interacting. A public setting would not have allowed them to progress under our care and we like to keep our finger on the pulse of their development as organic and natural and normal.
Private education is very expensive and we really like the Waldorf philosophy (no media, natural toys, emphasis on non-academics for the first 7 years and after that, very child-led), but we also love being a part of our boys' learning and life. We like to know we can teach them all aspects of every subject and we love being part of a progressive community of people who are open to a lot of types of learning styles. there is also a lot of socialization that goes on in schools that I don't think would work for our boys or for us, nor do I think it's always best for communities. We love school and we want our boys to be able to go to college if they want to; we are not at all anti-school; we really believe all children deserve a better shot at developing to their unique potential than what school in many places looks like.
4. What method of homeschooling are you using with your kids?
We are unschoolers. Not radical unschoolers, but unschoolers. We never taught our boys shapes or colors or numbers of the alphabet until they started showing interest in them. We limit media (they don't watch TV or see movies) also because we like to see what they are ready for independent of the "peer" pressure of the media.
We are Waldorf-inspired but I don't think that fits us as a label.
5. Do you follow a specific curriculum? If yes, which one? (both Jewish and secular)
Our boys are still young but we have not used any curriculum and we don't even do workbooks yet. Our older son does a lot of learning with us: we did a basic animal science module (that's my word for how we learn) last year and we started geography. I teach him piano (but also allow him to take breaks when his world seems more about play which has been the past 8 months or so!) as well and my husband does math.
We also started learning the Aleph-Beis and we do Parsha together. We also study middos with the Baruch Chait books about the middos pirates, and this year I intend to start teaching davening more formally. A wonderful woman in our community does a Hebrew school-style playgroup that our boys love, and they are the only non-kippah wearing kids in the group, but it's working out great! We also have used www.room613.net and I think our older son may be ready for some more classes through that great site.
6. What are some benefits you find in homeschooling?
Time with our kids, getting to see every shift and change in their ability, interest and wonder. Allowing their neshama to come through every day because the world is so open to them in terms of what they love, what they want and how they love to just be joyful and play and explore.
7. What are some personal challenges you find in homeschooling and how do you overcome them?
Time with our kids (lol). We don't really get a break. I don't work full days at all so I experience it too, but since we don't use nannies or anything, we sometimes get overwhelmed! Our boys are wonderful and we love them infinitely, but they are often needing more of us than we think we can give! Outings are important, outside play is very important, and having toys that keep them engaged for longer periods of time is great. We don't use a TV for breaks but I for sure can see why people do!!!
8. How do you incorporate Judaism into your homeschool curriculum?
As I mentioned we do Parsha and we study holidays on all levels. Every moment is an opportunity to teach about the wonders of the universe and to instill a sense of gratitude and I think that is a very Jewish thing to do! we host homeschool families for all of the Jewish holidays so that our boys get to see what welcoming people in for holidays looks like, and I keep them very involved in preparing and learning about halachos as well as much as I can. And everything stops on Shabbos, and that's a great reminder to them of the rhythm of the Jewish week!
9. Do you have any Jewish resources you would like to share with the Jewish homeschooling community?
Room613.net I mentioned; I also love the natural Jewish parenting group run by Yael Resnick. We have a Jewish homeschoolers community here in la that is fantastic and I hope other communities have it too...middos series books I mentioned are fantastic for all ages (we modify for the little one since the concepts and words are sometimes geared for older kids) http://www.feldheim.com/authors/chait-rabbi-baruch/the-middos-series.html
We make sure to have a lot of Jewish books always around and we take them out several weeks before each holiday to get the concepts solidified. I also love the Artscroll books and siddurs for young people; I can't wait until we are ready for those!
10. Do you have any words of advice/encouragement for Jewish moms who are new to homeschooling and want to make sure their kids get a well-rounded Jewish education?
I am not as religious as many Jewish homeschoolers I know and I have seen incredible diversity in approach and great outcomes. Some people hire Ravs, some people don't; some use a curriculum, some don't, but the beauty of being home with your kids (especially as a mom) is that the heart of the Jewish home is constantly available to them. They get to see a lot of the intricacies of how the Jewish house runs and prays and breathes, and that is not to be taken lightly. Also, the internet resources and discussion groups available make help and support and education a click away and I think the benefits are tremendously rewarding if you have faith, find like-minded people, and trust yourself!
Thank you Mayim for your great insights and for your time!
Wishing you all a wonderful Shabbos,
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Parshas Vayechi
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Apple has been working on its departments collaborating and keeping each other apprised of new developments including the design of its iOS devices.
In the past, the lone holdout of Apple was the industrial design team, led by Jonathan Ive, which relied on its own software developers, according to the Wall Street Journal. The change is that now Apple''s mobile team, also called the "human interface" team, led by Greg Christie is being briefed about design prototypes much earlier.
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NEWPORT, Minn. - An unusual culprit is being blamed for wreaking havoc this fall.
The city-owned properties between Cedar Lane and the Mississippi River have seen at least 12 trees up to 75 or 100 feet tall chewed down by beavers, Public Works Superintendent Bruce Hanson said, and many more left half-felled.
"It's to the point I believe it's becoming a safety concern," Hanson said at the Nov. 2 meeting. "So many (trees) are girdled that I believe there's an urgency to go down there and take care of it. ... There are a lot of areas that deal we this ... we just haven't before."
The city hired trapper Andy Shoemaker to remove the beavers. He said he's caught six of them so far, and thinks two to four more may be making trouble in the area.
Some of the trees were dropped, but others hung on, possibly ready to drop anytime. Others, when they have been cut down by the beavers, leave "razor-sharp stumps," Shoemaker said.
Public works staff has cut up the trees on the property to keep them from causing further damage, and will work on taking the lumber off the site after the ground freezes.
One of the critters he trapped weighed 55 pounds. Shoemaker - who's been trapping for over 45 years - said the largest he said he's ever caught was 82 pounds.
Shoemaker said he surveyed the area to estimate how many there were, and came up with the best ways to trap the animal. He mostly set snares and traps near the riverbed. Since they are set up in a city and on city property, he wanted to make sure there was no danger to anyone.
"If you're out enjoying the dry land, there's no danger whatsoever," he said.
Shoemaker said Newport isn't the only place dealing with beavers this year, and they seem to be increasing each year.
"Beavers are not scarce," he said. "They're all over the place this year."
He said it's possible they came from Fort Snelling, where there is a wildlife reserve that can get overpopulated.
Likely around 10 beavers built a lodge near a dock on the riverside with dozens of sticks and branches.
The city got a special permit from the DNR to trap the beavers because they had to start before season.
Though there may be a few more to trap at the Newport site, Shoemaker said he expects the beaver activity to slow down now.


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Washington, D.C. (October 6, 2005) â The Independent Community Bankers of America today applauded federal bank regulators for approving the issuance of an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) concerning revisions to the current capital accord, Basel I, for banking institutions that will not be subject to the Basel II capital accord.
"ICBA strongly supports the banking agenciesâ efforts to revise Basel I to enhance its risk-sensitivity and to address competitive equity concerns with a bifurcated framework," said Karen Thomas, executive vice president for government relations. "We also commend the agencies for instituting a timetable for revising Basel I with a goal of having a concurrent review process and implementation date for both accords. This will give banks the opportunity to evaluate both proposals at the same time and better compare their competitive impact."
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Earth from Space: Island nations
The varied landscapes of the island nations of Great Britain (right) and Ireland (left) are featured in this Envisat image.
Within Great Britain, the sprawling rugged Scottish coastline (north) stands in contrast to the green plains of southern England (central and southern two-thirds).
The island boasts mountainous landscapes, as seen in Scotland, England (mostly cloud covered) and Wales (peninsula, west of England).
Some 800 lakes are found on the island of Ireland, made up of the Republic of Ireland (covering five-sixths of the island to the south) and Northern Ireland (top eastern corner). The largest lake in the region is Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.
Brown rugged cliffs along the island's west coast frame its plush green interior.
The Isles of Man (left of centre) is located between the two islands in the Irish Sea. The English Channel (lower right) flows between southern England and western France. The islands of Jersey and Guernsey are visible in the channel off the coast of Normandy.
The green and tan-tinted swirls in the Irish Sea and English Channel are due to sediments being transported in the water.
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Like many Americans, I am inspired by President Obama's commitment to health reform. Unfortunately, what was missing from his most recent speech was a single reference to diet, exercise, smoking, stress, or anything related to the lifestyle choices we make each day.
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Why is this important? Because 75 percent of the $2.1 trillion dollars spent in this country last year on health care costs were for chronic diseases such as heart disease that are largely preventable and even reversible by changing diet and lifestyle.
Health reform is in danger of failing because the focus has been too much on who is covered and not enough on what is covered. President Obama's speech was about health insurance reform, with the main battle being over coverage and the payment system.
Of course, we need to provide coverage for the more than 46 million Americans who do not have health insurance. It is morally indefensible that we have not already done so.
But we also need to transform what is covered. If we want to make affordable health care available to the millions of Americans who do not have health insurance, then the fundamental causes of many chronic diseases need to be addressed — which are primarily the lifestyle choices we make each day — rather than only literally or figuratively bypassing them with drugs and surgery.
What we eat, how we respond to stress, whether or not we smoke cigarettes, how much exercise we get, and the quality of our relationships and social support may be as powerful as drugs and surgery in treating (not just preventing) many chronic diseases. Often, even better.
The recent "EPIC" study found that in 23,000 people adhering to 4 simple behaviors (not smoking, exercising 3.5 hours a week, eating a healthy diet including fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and low meat consumption, and keeping a healthy weight that 93 percent of diabetes, 81 percent of heart attacks, 50 percent of strokes and 36 percent of all cancers could be prevented.
If we just cover drugs and surgery on millions more people, then costs will increase significantly at a time when resources are limited. As a result, painful choices are being discussed — rationing, raising taxes, and/or increasing the deficit — and these are threatening the public acceptance of health reform.
Meaningful health reform needs to provide incentives for physicians and other health professionals to teach their patients healthy ways of living rather than reimbursing primarily drugs and surgical interventions. For example, a group of bipartisan senators recently introduced the Take Back Your Health Act of 2009 which can revolutionize health reform.
If lifestyle interventions proven to reverse as well as prevent many chronic diseases are reimbursed, then it may be possible to provide universal coverage at significantly lower cost without making painful choices — and the only side-effects are good ones.
Dean Ornish, M.D., founder and president of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, has proven in groundbreaking studies that lifestyle changes can prevent and actually reverse major illnesses associated with aging — heart disease, diabetes, breast and prostate cancer. He is an advisor to congressional leaders in the current health care reform effort, and serves as Medical Editor of The Huffington Post.
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Do you guys remember Director, Macromedia's old app for creating Shockwave applications for the web? Designers and developers used to actually use it to create games and other interactive webby/CD/DVD things (I would know, I used to be one of them), but then Flash got better and became more prevalent. Once Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005, most of us saw the writing on the wall for Director. The app that hadn't seen an update in longer than I've been writing for Ars was sure to die, cold and alone. Perhaps it would share a gravestone with Adobe's GoLive.
Still, if you're interested in getting back into the old groove, the new Director 11 can be preordered for $999 with an upgrade available from Director MX for $299. Educators can get the full version for $299, though, and students will be able to pick it up for a mere $99. "Preorder?" Correct: It won't be available until the end of March, with international versions available by June. If you're running Windows XP SP2, Vista, or OS X 10.4+, you'll be able to run Director 11.
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Terps hang around, fall by 7 to Carolina
Maryland finishes football season with 4-8 record
Bryn Renner tied a school record with five touchdown passes, while Gio Bernard ran for 163 yards and a score to help North Carolina beat Maryland 45-38 in the finale for both teams Saturday.
Freshman Quinshad Davis had nine catches for 135 yards and two touchdowns for the Tar Heels (8-4, 5-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who blew the game open with a dominating third quarter en route to another big scoring output in their first season under Larry Fedora. North Carolina won eight games for the second time in three seasons but is banned from a bowl due to NCAA sanctions.
Brandon Ross ran for 141 yards and a touchdown for the Terrapins (4-8, 2-6), who closed their second straight bowl-less season under Randy Edsall. They led 35-21 after Stefon Diggs' 99-yard kickoff return to open the second half, but UNC scored 24 straight points to take control.
Renner connected with Davis for a 50-yard scoring pass to start UNC's game-turning charge, then found Erik Highsmith for a 15-yard scoring pass on the next possession to tie the game. Thomas Moore put the Tar Heels ahead to stay with a 22-yard field goal midway through the third, then Bernard -- who tallied his fifth 100-yard rushing game this season -- scored from 1 yard out to make it 45-35 late in the quarter.
While Renner and the Tar Heels heated up, Maryland's offense -- led by converted linebacker Shawn Petty because of a rash of injuries at quarterback -- couldn't sustain any drives or come up with a momentum-killing answer. After racking up 304 yards by halftime, Maryland had 14 plays for minus-7 yards with just one first down in the third quarter.
The Terrapins managed a field goal to make it a one-possession game with 3:12 left, but the Tar Heels moved the chains behind Bernard to run out the clock and send Maryland into the offseason with six straight losses.
As the final seconds ticked away, UNC defensive tackle Sylvester Williams -- one of the seniors who stuck around instead of transferring after the NCAA sanctions were announced -- doused Fedora with a cooler of water to celebrate the win.
There were also a few chants of "ACC! ACC!" from North Carolina fans, a jab at Maryland's announcement earlier this week that it would move to the Big Ten in 2014.
Renner completed 28-of-39 passes for 305 yards for UNC, and nearly had his sixth TD pass of the day when he found Davis for what appeared to be a 10-yard score. But officials reviewed the play and determined Davis was down inside the 1, leading to Bernard's short scoring run.
Petty, Maryland's fifth QB this year, finished with a career-best 208 yards passing in his fourth straight start. Diggs also threw an 8-yard scoring pass on a trick play with 21 seconds left in the first half, the first of three touchdowns in 34 seconds that seized momentum for the Terrapins.
UNC muffed the ensuing kickoff and Petty connected with Kevin Dorsey for a 28-yard score with 4 seconds left in the half, then Diggs capped the flurry with his long kickoff return coming out of halftime.


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Augusta National Chairman Billy Payne held his annual "state of the Masters" press conference on Wednesday, and for the first time in years he didn't have to answer questions about admitting women as members to America's most famous private club.
That issue was dispensed with in August when Augusta announced that former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and financier Darla Moore had become members. The two women have been on the grounds this week, donning their tailored green jackets, but are not giving interviews.
"I hope," Payne said, "the experience for Condi and Darla, as members of our club, has been every bit as rewarding and enjoyable for them over the last eight months as it has been for their fellow members. It's just awesome."
The issue of female membership at Augusta dogged Payne and the previous chairmen – most notably Hootie Johnson, who famously said women would not be admitted at the "point of a bayonet" when activist Martha Burk called for boycotts and attempted to pressure the club into change in 2003.
When Payne, the former chief of the Atlanta Olympics, became chairman in 2006 there was a sense that some big changes were coming.
"I think it's fantastic," Tiger Woods said of the inclusion of the women. "The timing is right."
Woods lauded Rice, now a professor at Stanford, by saying, "They couldn't have had a better person."
San Diegan Phil Mickelson played a round of golf with Rice on Sunday at Augusta and said, "She happens to be one of my favorite people to spend time with: fascinating, intelligent. I just think the world of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. I'm a big fan of hers."
Change in qualifying
Payne announced alterations to qualifying that will make it harder to get into the Masters, but easier to reach the weekend of the tournament.
He said golfers who win PGA Tour events, including the new fall series events that will begin late in 2013, will automatically reach the Masters. Previously, fall series winners didn't get an automatic invite.
To make room, the top 12 finishers in the Masters will get to return, down from 16. Only the top 4 from the U.S. Open will qualify, reduced from the top 8. And Augusta will no longer invite the top 30 PGA Tour money winners from the previous year, though that would not have affected anyone this year.
Mickelson: What jinx?
Jinx, what jinx?
Since the inauguration of the Masters Par-3 Contest in 1960, no golfer has ever won and gone on to capture the big tournament at Augusta National. That didn't bother San Diegan Phil Mickelson in the least.
In the popular tournament that has become a family fest for the players, Mickelson shot 4-under-par 23 for nine holes on Wednesday with all three of his kids caddying. He could have gone home to rest for Thursday's opening round, but waited for more than an hour to see if there would be a playoff.
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Jan 24 2008, 07:26 PM
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Well - an update.
Total donations - £1422.77. This includes £925.95 of regular donations, and the first £500 of the matched donations ( it came out as £496.83 dspite our best effort to precalculate the paypal fees).
If you take our current total, plus the remaining matched donation to come - we're at £1,957.20
Now - if someone want to right an enormous cheque so we can live off the interest, then far be it from me to stop them BUt for now - that £1957 will see us run the forum for 12-16 months. We'll invest a little part of it in production of what we think will be a VERY popular DVD, and possibly a small pin badge, both of which should generate quite a nice profit. ( 50 dvd's at a cost of £114 with potential revenue of £600 or so ) That 12 month buffer will give us the time to investigate what does and doesn't make money, so that we can do more of it, and then limit the regularity and quantity with which we come back, cap in hand, to the members
Jan 24 2008, 07:35 PM
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As I said before this proves UMSF.com community can do wonderful things and we could certainly do this on a yearly basis (around Christmas -NewYear). Looking forward to the technical progress to be 'Ops' for the upcoming Phoenix Lander event...
Jan 24 2008, 07:44 PM
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With just a little more effort, I reckon we can afford to fund our own mission - I'm voting for a Neptune orbiter and Triton lander.
I reckon the knowledge, expertise and experience amongst members here would make that not beyond the bounds of possibility too!!
Meanwhile (chink) there's my contribution
Jan 24 2008, 07:59 PM
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Well - Joe is doing a legendary job investigating the current forum in a sandbox server ( we think the nasty post-pause issue is resolved there, and that will get deployed here in the not to distant future ) .
We've already paid to move the domain registration from the current hosting company to an independent name registrar. This gives us control of the domain for when we actually get a dedicated server. That handover should occur in the next few days (but should be transparent as the domain will continue to point to the same place )
We're looking at where to spend the most money in terms of the server performance to host the forum ( Ram, HDD, Network, CPU etc etc ) so that we spend the most where it makes the most difference, and cut short where it's not needed - basically getting the very most out of the cash.
We have a hosting firm in mind, but if anyone has any specific dedicated ( managed or unmanaged ) server provider recommendations, let us know.
Jan 24 2008, 08:08 PM
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I know before you said that the CafePress merchandise isn't worth the effort it takes to make it, in terms of money made. Right now the merchandise is only UMSF-labelled goods. Have you considered getting permission from posters to use their images in UMSF-branded items? Keep it simple, maybe limiting to just T-shirts with the current UMSF logo on the front, and a user-image or montage on the back? To limit the amount of effort, push it out on the community, all you do is upload the appropriately cropped image on CafePress, add the logo to the front, and let people order it.
If not, would you have any objections to members using the UMSF logos on our own items?
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Jan 24 2008, 08:09 PM
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Why not target enough of an endowment to keep UMSF around forever? I'd guess a 3% return in a bank account, so to get ~1500 pounds a year we'll need an endowment of about 50,000 pounds.
Actually for a true perpetual endowment you have to work in a rate of inflation on the annual costs, so something greater than the 3% return
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Jan 25 2008, 04:46 AM
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Doug -- never tell people you've got enough money! Those who are planning to contribute in the near future may decide not to, since you say you don't really *need* any more at present.
To counter that potential sentiment, I'm going on record that, as soon as I can afford it (which ought to be within the next three weeks at most), I'm definitely going to send off whatever the pounds equivalent is of roughly a hundred bucks.
This place is like a second home to me. I spend more time reading and posting here than I spend doing anything else with the exception of my job. I feel it's an *honor* to have the opportunity to help support it.
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Jan 25 2008, 05:06 AM
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To me, this site is like Public Radio in the US. No commercials, no hassle, just great content of the highest quality. This site is the top link in my bookmarks, and has been for 4 years.
Doug, my aspiration would be that you get enough donations that the forum could pay you a stipend for all your hard work in maintaining the content and atmosphere of this site!
PS - IIRC, the general rule with retirement plans is that you try to sock away an amount such that the income you plan to live on each year when you retire is about 1/12 the total value of the portfolio. That way, you can live on the income from the investments and never have to touch the principal. That probably includes tax consequences etc. The upshot is, if you can raise about 12-15 times as much money as you expect it costs to run the site for a year, you may never have to go back for contributions again.
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Jan 25 2008, 05:43 AM
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Actually for a true perpetual endowment you have to work in a rate of inflation on the annual costs, so something greater than the 3% return
An endowment would be a total waste of a lot of money for a site like UMSF. For an institution that expects to live for decades or centuries, and needs financial stability to weather lean economic times, it makes sense. For a place that is only as valuable as the active contribution of many members makes it, it makes no sense to harbor money against lean times. If UMSF gets lean, then its reason for existence will have expired. May that never happen on my watch!
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Jan 25 2008, 06:02 AM
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An endowment would be a total waste of a lot of money for a site like UMSF.
Agreed. I was just doing the hypothetical math. We'd be better off buying Doug and Helen a nice car with that kind of money, and then they'd make car payments to the UMSF account.
If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
Jan 25 2008, 10:42 AM
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A Mazda RX8 PZ please. Always wanted an excuse to use the word 'wankel' on UMSF. (look it up)
We've got 'enough' (basically £2000) to see us thru for 16 months without any trouble. The experience of the last few days of Farking has perhaps pointed in a particular way for what a server needs to be responsive ( less than we thought ) - so I'm happy that we're good, basically, until MSL launches. That's another key exploration milestone for which UMSF will be a focus of attention again - and we'll get the cap out and come round asking for more, if we need it, at that time
Jan 26 2008, 01:11 PM
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No defintion of wankel in Google, except in Google Deutsch (the engine named after a German person). There is however a "wankle" in my Chambers 20th Century English Dictionary - meaning unstable, unsteady, not to be depended upon... from the Olde Englishe word "wancol".
Jan 26 2008, 03:26 PM
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Look up 'rotary engine' with it:
When I was a kid I built a Wankel Rotary Engine model that I received as a kid. Gosh that thing was fun for an aspiring mechanical engineer. As I recall that model was quite popular, several of my friends had them as well.
EDIT: It looks like they still make the model after 35 years!
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Jan 30 2008, 07:45 PM
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Current total - £2177 (including some cold hard cash, and a cheque ( whatever that is) )
The domain is now with a new registrar which is a great move, as we have control over it and where it points to.
Helvick's now testing the forum on a sandbox server to see what needs to be done to get better performance out of it - at which stage we'll have a spec for our new server and go hunting for the right hosting package.
Feb 28 2008, 11:40 AM
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Update : Our new server is ordered.
It's a dual Opteron 254 machine, 4 Gb Ram, and a pair of 10k rpm SCSI 73Gb HDD's in a RAID 1 array. We think we've found a great deal, which means we're spending approx £100/month - so the cash raised so quickly by you ( the members of UMSF ) will keep us on that platform for 2 years. TWO YEARS. Amazing.
We're hiring the services of a freelance dedicated hosting admin guru for the initial setup to ensure we're in the right place for security, performance and reliability. Thereafter, Joe and I will dump a backup of UMSF onto it, test it out. We may ask a few members to visit it and test ( privately ) before we will pick a weekend and close this site - transfer the domain pointing - transfer the DB and attachments folder across (having already had the forum running on the new server) - and then turn it on again. That's the grand plan - it may change. If things go really well, it might be before the end of March, but realistically, it'll be early April, leaving a clear month of usage to iron out any higher usage issues that may crop up before Phoenix.
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Something i would like to have is the ability to make NPCs follow other NPCs and also yourself / players
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This feature is in the game and I believe it has been since a207, you'll just have to hold alt and attach one spawn point to another, once that npc sees the character it should be following it will begin trailing close behind them.
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