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The information released so far covers over 150 companies spanning more than two dozen nations. The documents highlight the nature and growth of a multi-billion-dollar industry that, in addition to supplying espionage assistance to the most murderous regimes on earth, has been quietly turned against citizens in supposedly "free" countries as well.
"Who here has an iPhone? Who here has a Blackberry? Who here uses Gmail? Well you are all screwed," WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange told a press conference in London announcing the new project. "The reality is intelligence contractors are selling right now, to countries across the world, mass surveillance systems for all of those products."
Some of the newly released information details how governments are able to secretly intercept phone calls and take over victims' computers. Cell phone owners, it turns out, can be tracked even when the devices are not activated. But it gets worse.
"In the last ten years systems for indiscriminate, mass surveillance have become the norm," WikiLeaks said in a statement about the revelations posted online. "Intelligence companies such as VASTech secretly sell equipment to permanently record the phone calls of entire nations. Others record the location of every mobile phone in a city, down to 50 meters. Systems to infect every Facebook user, or smart-phone owner of an entire population group are on the intelligence market."
Among the more than 1,000 documents involved are pamphlets, brochures, and catalogues marketing the surveillance products to government officials worldwide. Also included in the cache of information are videos, contracts, and more.
The transparency organization teamed up with other like-minded non-profit groups and several large media outfits worldwide including the Washington Post. The project, entitled "Spy Files," plans to release more documents and information into early next year.
"Today we release over 287 files documenting the reality of the international mass surveillance industry — an industry which now sells equipment to dictators and democracies alike in order to intercept entire populations," Assange said during the initial press conference last week.
Much of the information was gathered during a year-long inquiry by investigators with WikiLeaks and other groups infiltrating conferences related to the industry. More documents were obtained from looted government buildings in countries like Egypt and Libya after the collapse of existing regimes.
Of course, most of the companies exposed claim to follow the law and sell the technology only to governments and other authorized users. But for critics, that is not enough — and it is not an excuse.
"When it comes to surveillance technology, merely operating within the boundaries of current legislation and regulation is insufficient," said spokeswoman Emma Draper of Privacy International, one of the groups working on Spy Files with WikiLeaks. "The fact these companies are selling what are essentially tools of political control to oppressive regimes with impunity can no longer be tolerated."
Other privacy advocates also expressed serious concerns over the new revelations and claims that only governments are able to access the technology. "Even if American companies, as they claim, only sell to governments and law enforcement, there's no real regulation of end-users, even in the United States, let alone China and Russia," said Christopher Soghoian, a graduate fellow at the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at Indiana University.
In an interview with the Washington Times, Soghoian explained that nothing was being done to protect Americans from the surveillance technology. "There's nothing to stop [this equipment from] being used in the United States," he also noted. "Sure it's illegal … but you're never going to get caught."
The top suppliers of the often-deadly technologies are based in countries such as the United States, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Israel. Less developed countries such as South Africa and Brazil are also host to some of the firms, while the communist dictatorship ruling mainland China is both a supplier and large consumer in the industry.
"Mass interception of entire populations is not only a reality, it is a secret new industry spanning 25 countries," the anti-secrecy organization said in the statement about the newly unveiled documents. "Wikileaks is shining a light on this secret industry that has boomed since September 11, 2001 and is worth billions of dollars per year."
After the news broke, a swarm of critics blasted the industry — and its association with mass murderers. "These systems that are revealed in these documents show exactly the kind of systems that the Stasi wished they could have built," explained former WikiLeaks spokesman Jacob Appelbaum, who now works as a computer expert at the University of Washington. "These systems are used to hunt people down and to murder."
Media and free speech activists also highlighted the danger, calling for action to protect dissidents and hold suppliers accountable. "These new revelations by WikiLeaks provide confirmation and better documentation of the disgraceful cooperation between western companies and authoritarian regimes," the press-freedom group Reporters Without Borders said in a statement, suggesting the creation of a new mechanism to prosecute companies that supply war criminals.
"By equipping oppressive regimes and giving them the means to track and arrest cyber-dissidents and human rights activists, these companies become the accomplices of serious crimes," the organization added. "It is time to end the impunity they enjoy and to impose financial sanctions on them."
Other privacy and human-rights activists have called for stricter export-control laws and regulations governing the sale of surveillance products to mass-murderers and other brutal tyrants. U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) is currently working on legislation to ban the sale of such equipment to regimes which restrict online speech or target dissidents, according to news reports.
Among the handful of industry apologists quoted in the media, former security officials said export controls might not be the best solution. The reason: China, Russia, and other regimes will continue to sell the technology to whatever despot can afford it anyway, leaving Western companies at a competitive disadvantage.
Of course, governments in developed countries are also using the technology for nefarious purposes. In a section entitled "Weaponizing Data Kills Innocent People," WikiLeaks investigators highlighted one troubling example where the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was caught using spy software known to have problems in its program to assassinate people with drone-fired missiles.
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Fed Plotting to Monitor Critics, Tailor Propaganda
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text: Well since australia won 2-1 in the west indies in 1995 and became the undisputed number one side in the world the haven't looked back, and frankly no team could match them at all. But if u look at the group of players pakistan had during that period the matched australia for talent. For example they opened with Aamair Sohail and Saeed Anwar which on a given day could challenge either the taylor-slater or langer-Hayden openig partnership for ability and runs but not consistency. In the middle was an abundance of top class and talented batsmen with lads such as Ijaz ahmed, saleem malik, inzamam, basit ali, asif mushtaba and youhana, they also had two top class wicket-keepers, Moin Khan and Rashid Latif when in top form where superb. Their Fast bowling attack was led by the two W's Wasim and Waqar with good bak up from Aquib javed, Ata-ur-Rehman and at that time the young exciting Shoaib Akhtar, in the spin department the had two very accomplished spinners in Saqlain Mushtaq & Mushtaq Ahmed while Arshad Khan lent handy backup. While they had the emergence of exciting all-ronders such as Afridi, Razzaq and Mahmood. If Pakistan could have had put unity and consistency together they could have had a powerful unit at that time.

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"Participation of NIGEB DG in 23rd session of ICGEB Board of Governors"
Professor Mohammad Reza Zamani, Director General of the National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB) attended the 23rd session of ICGEB Board of Governors in Trieste, Italy, on May 16-17, 2017.
Through the session, Prof. Mauro Giacca, the director general of International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) presented a comprehensive report on the center's current activities, projects, financial supports, PhD and post doc fellowship programs, etc., as well as Regional Research Center (RRC) proposals.
In the meeting with the authorities of ICGEB technology transfer, negotiations on Human Growth Hormone purification process was made. Accordingly, a draft of an MOU between ICGEB and NIGEB is going to be prepared.
Finally, it is good to know that, "Prof. Hamdy Abdel Aziz Moursy steps down as President of the Board after seventeen consecutive years of service to the ICGEB in this important role and Mr. Victor Smirnov, Governor from Russia, is welcomed as the incoming President. Prof. Lucy Ogbadu, Governor from Nigeria, associated with the ICGEB since 2005, is elected Vice-President of the Board" (Taken from ICGEB website).


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Activity and assaults against federal agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border have increased. Now, one field agent tells NBC 7 San Diego that agents from other parts of the country are being called in to help patrol.
Jerry Conlin with U.S. Border Patrol said the agency saw a 70 percent increase in assaults against U.S. Border Patrol agents last year over the previous year.
"In 2011, we actually recorded 77 assaults against our agents," Conlin said. "Last year we had 133."
U.S. & World
There have been another two assaults this week on agents patrolling in the San Diego, Calif., region alone.
On Monday, a U.S. Border Patrol agent was struck twice in the face by a man intercepted near Otay Mountain. The suspect was eventually taken into custody and faces charges of assault on a federal agent.
Then Tuesday, about a mile west of the San Ysidro crossing, an agent spotted four people jump the fence. When the agent arrested one of the men, the other three jumped back over the fence.
"As he was placing this individual under arrest, the three individuals started throwing rocks from south of the fence," Conlin said.
"Rock throwing is probably the most common form of assaults," he said.
While rocks are the most common weapon, agents need only remember back to 2009, when Agent Robert Rosas was ambushed and shot to death by a group trying to steal his night vision goggles.
Conlin says a week with two separate assaults on agents is a reminder to all of them.
"Anytime we see assaults go up, it's just a reminder of how dangerous it is and how we always have to be aware of our surroundings and protect our fellow agents," Conlin said.
NBC 7 San Diego spoke with one field agent working near the border Wednesday night who said there has been a lot of activity near the San Ysidro border crossing lately.
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I have about fifteen messily written pages of notes from last week's Daniel Buren lecture so I expect this will be the first of at least two posts. If you went to the lecture and have anything you'd like to add to the text below please do so in the comments.
The first work he showed was an outdoor wall mosaic from the early 60's - lots of Matisse shapes in primary colors all made from Venetian glass. Buren was careful to emphasize this mosaic was made of pure colored glass, maybe this colored glass relates to his later use of colored gels. Next we were shown a selection of clean white paintings from the mid-sixties and his progression from these to similar paintings covered with taped stripes. Once he found a material with nice regular stripes (maybe some awning material or something) he started to use that as the canvas and instead of adding stripes to paintings he began adding just a little paint to stripes. He would paint over the stripes on the far left and right of the stretched material with white paint. Voila!
It sounds like he had a lot of early frustration, it was "very difficult to show" and he "realized that to have a studio was really incredibly difficult - instead of fighting or being depressed - I left the idea of a studio and I never get back to work except where I do the work". He showed some photos of two guys in suits walking around outside of what looks like a museum with something like striped sandwich boards attached to their backs and above their heads. The only thing they would say when asked what they were doing was "this is white and green stripes".
Buren started to post his striped paper all over Paris. "Paris was a place where everybody was using the billboard for publicity and political manifestoes, it's not like that today. I covered many places like that just as an activity. No announcement, just anonymous". He "started at night because (I) thought it was safer but then realized that it was much safer during the day. Up to May 1968 the police were very nice, the police said okay no problem. After May '68 it was a little more difficult."
His first solo show (he actually used the term "one man show", but typing that I just realized how obsolete it's become) was with a gallery in Milan for which he completely covered the door of the gallery with his striped paper. To enter the gallery was impossible, the gallery was closed. This was that gallery's last show.
There was shortly after a group show in Bern, Switzerland called "When Attitude Becomes Form" that many of his friends/colleagues were invited to show in and "something I thought I should participate in but I was not invited so I thought I should participate anyway". He traveled to Bern and "I covered everything during the night. At that time in Switzerland everything was framed and very clean - it (his papering of the city) was never seen. I was put in jail. I was showing the philosophy of that exhibition 'the artist is free you can do anything' but if you do something that was not expected you are in trouble. The police took me out of jail and asked me to clean what I did and of course I get in my car and I leave (Switzerland) very very quickly."
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Daniel Buren lecture
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2 comments:
- Michael said...
I unfortunately missed the lecture, but the conversation b/t Buren and Olafur Elliasson in the current issue of Artforum is worth the read. B questions E's lack of crediting B and other artists' work as precedents to his (E's) work. E's answer is sound and the conversation that ensues, lucid.
- Martin said...
Michael - I read that! I'm going to include that info as well as some other Buren tidbits in my final post. Thanks for the tip.
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|Avlindrel (talk)
|Date Created:
|December 24th, 2009
|In Progress
|Please feel free to edit constructively!
|Intermediate Deity
|A Sword broken in half by a hammer
|Home Plane:
|Plane of Law
|Lawful Neutral
|Law, Royalty and Nobility, Honor, Dueling, Dwarves, Drow, Paladins, Religion, Communities
|Clergy Alignments:
|Lawful Good, Lawful Neutral, Lawful Evil
|Law, Glory, Nobility, Community
|Favored Weapon:
|Longsword, Mace
O'kroe, pronounced Ohl-Kroh-Ie, is worshipped on the continent of Waleoa, widely as the Goddess of Law. Primarily appearing as a woman bound in a suit of gilded armor the color of the purest creme, ornamented with sharp curves and carrying a bastard sword at her side, and a tower shield upon her back when not in battle. The patron of Paladins, and Clerics, she is the primary provider of their abilities.
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Summary::O'kroe's grasp of Law, and the tenants of Honor and Righteousness are firm. She demands of her followers to follow the codes of honor, righteousness, and respect the laws that are governed by one's betters. She does not abide by tyranny, but accepts that sometimes the law is the rule, not the exception.
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O'kroe considers Dwarves, and Drow her children, and, as such, they are more often than not integral pieces of her clergy. Otherwise, her temples are often filled with Paladins, and Clerics who abide strongly by the Law. Temples to O'kroe often are built as, or serve equally as well as, courthouses and other such buildings of laws.
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The Pantheon of Waleoa
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With temperatures rising in Los Angeles, I've been day dreaming about cooler climates. This place looks especially cool and beautiful. Via Ez Pudewa originally from Pink_Pink.
A fun weekend project. Plasti-dip via Heather Gill originally from fellowcreatives.
Something pretty to fidget with. Color lockets via plenty of color, originally from apartment 34.
A room brightening zia zag rug via erin austen originally from urban outfitters.
Typing ladies via amanda jones originally from allerleirau.
It was a late night but well worth it. The Prince show was the best concert I'd ever been to. Non stop fun. At the beginning of the show he said "I can't sing. Someone'll get pregnant" and I knew it was going to be great. But with three power house backup singers and synchronized twin dancers, how could it not be? If you are anywhere near Los Angeles I definitely recommend seeing one of his 21 shows.
Tony is away for the weekend but before he left, he took me to a leisurely breakfast at Joan's. Afterward, we looked for travel books about the southwest. Rob Lowe was doing a book signing and I kind of wanted to stick around just to tell him what he's doing a great job on Parks and Rec- the funniest show on tv.
Anyway that was my morning/why this post is late. I'm going into overdrive tomorrow and Sunday, I can't believe Unique LA is next weekend! I've got a lot to share next week.


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ok you will not believe how simple this recipe is. I learned of this recipe when the Hubbs and I were first married. It is so simple and a crowd favorite. We have this at least once a month. Ready for the 4 simple steps?
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Place 3-4 chicken breasts in a slow cooker
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Pour your favorite BBQ sauce* over them.
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Cook for 5-6 hours on low.
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Academic Awards and Honors
The Willis Society
The Willis Society is the highest academic honor society at the College of Law. It was named after Frank B. Willis, distinguished statesman, lawyer and alumnus of Ohio Northern University. Membership is restricted to the top 10% of the third-year class.
Order of Barristers
The Order of Barristers is a national honorary organization whose purpose is the encouragement of oral advocacy and brief writing skills through effective law school appellate moot court programs. It provides national recognition for individuals who have excelled in moot court ability and service at their respective schools.
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Kappa Phi is a national honorary society with a chapter at Ohio Northern University that is open to upper class students of the College of Law. Membership is restricted to students at the top of the second- and third-year classes, as specified by the regulations of the society.
Dean's List
Each semester those students receiving a minimum grade point average of 3.5 are named to the Dean's List of the College of Law. They are recognized with a certificate at the annual awards ceremony.
Oustanding Scholastic Achievement Award
Each year the College of Law provides awards in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement. These College of Law presents these awards to the students with the highest cumulative grade point averages in their classes.
Summer Scholar Award
The College of Law selects an outstanding first- or second-year student to receive a significant stipend and scholarship to enable him/her to spend the summer working with a member of the law faculty on a significant research project.
CALI Excellence for the Future Award
CALI, the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, presents an award to the student in each law school course achieving the top grade in the course. CALI is a consortium of the nation's law schools which provides research and development and a distribution network for computer-assisted instruction in the law.
The Liberty Bell Award
The Liberty Bell Award, the most prestigious honor bestowed by the Student Bar Association, is presented annually in conjunction with the American Bar Association as public recognition for outstanding law community service at the Claude W. Pettit College of Law.
Law Review Awards
The Law Review sponsors two awards annually. The Daniel S. Guy Award is presented to a senior Law Review member for excellence in legal journalism. The Editor's Award is presented to the outstanding Law Review member as voted by the members.
American Bar Association Awards
The ABA Section of Urban, State and Local Government Law awards certificates of excellence to the top students in Municipal Corporations and Land Use Seminar.
The American Bankruptcy Law Journal Award
Each year the American Bankruptcy Law Journal presents an award to the student achieving the highest grade in Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights.
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Award
Each year the Academy sponsors a scholarship at each of the law schools in Ohio to recognize those students who have excelled in the area of family law.
National Association of Women Lawyers Award
This award is given annually to an outstanding woman graduate of each ABA approved law school. Included with the award is a one-year membership in the National Association of Women Lawyers.
The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) presents an Outstanding Law Student Award to one student who best represents the criteria listed below.
- Contributes to the advancement of women in society
- Promotes issues and concerns of women in the legal profession
- Exhibits motivation, tenacity and enthusiasm
- Demonstrates academic achievement
- Earns the respect of you and your colleagues
Honorees are recognized by publication in the Women Lawyers Journal®, receive an Outstanding Student Award, and a one-year honorary membership in the Association, entitling the award winner to participate in the full range of NAWL activities and committees and to receive all publications. The law student also receives a Certificate of Recognition.


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DENVER -- Convenience, staffing and time are the most important factors when it comes to choosing a fitness facility, according to a new study by University of Virginia Professor Diane Whaley, a national sport and exercise psychology expert.
Twenty-two percent agreed the most important factor was convenience and staffing, which included having the facility less than 15 minutes from home or work, a friendly and helpful staff, and convenient parking. Time was the second most important factor with 18 percent of respondents saying that they do not want to wait for machines.
When it comes to determining why people work out, the study showed that most exercise primarily for the health and physical benefits. The second reason people participate in physical activity is to improve appearance.
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Comedian/actor/writer Brian Posehn has most recently been seen on Comedy Central's popular show, "The Sarah Silverman Program" and on tour as one of the original members of the "Comedians of Comedy". Besides writing and performing on HBO's acclaimed "Mr. Show", he has appeared in sitcoms such as "Just Shoot Me", "Seinfeld", "NewsRadio", "Everybody Loves Raymond", and "Friends". Brian has also appeared in several movies, including Rob Zombie's "The Devil's Rejects" and "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", "Sex Drive" and "Surfs Up".
In 2006 he released his first graphic novel, "The Last Christmas", and a comedy album: "Live in Nerd Rage".
His music video for "Metal By Numbers" has been viewed over two million times on You Tube and My Space.
He is a regular on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and was a crowd favorite at the recent Bob Saget Roast on Comedy Central.
In 2008 he headlined the comedy stages at the popular music festivals, Download, Sasquatch and Bonnaroo. He also played a man with a prolapsed rectum on "Californication".
In 2009 Brian wrote an episode of "The Sarah Silverman Program" and wrote the story for a "Metalocalypse' episode. He also made an appearance in the Judd Apatow film "Funny People". He also directed a video for the hilarious hair metal band, Steel Panther.
In 2010 he continues to tour, is releasing a new album called "Fart and Wiener Jokes" and a new video for "More Metal Than You", and was recently featured on the Golden Gods Awards performing his new song with his all-star metal band. Posehn is currently working on a new comic book ("Science Projects").


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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Thanks for Everything
I changed the blue to Hawaiian Shores and used a different sentiment. I really loved the first card, so I felt fine with using the exact layout again another time--sometimes you just don't want to reinvest the wheel, right??
Thanks for looking!
"Thanks for everything" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: BB: Petal Power, YOF: Sweet Peas for sentiment, Blooming Button Bits
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores, Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Kraft, Hawaiian Shores and Raspberry Fizz
Other: HS satin ribbon, HS buttons, sponge, Rustic cream twine, glue dots
13 comments:
- Mariah said...
I really love the color combo...reminds me of your blog wall paper. Very nice!
- June 16, 2010 at 7:39 AM
- Anika said...
Melissa, this is fantastic!! I love everything about it!
- June 16, 2010 at 8:57 AM
- Leah said...
I love this one and your original, the colors are perfect together! Love the design of it too:)
- June 16, 2010 at 10:01 AM
- Erica said...
Love the colors you used here!
- June 16, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Diane Jaquay said...
This is gorgeous Melissa! I need to revisit older cards that I loved, I mean why reinvent the wheel each time when you have so much inspiration right at your fingertips ;)
- June 16, 2010 at 3:34 PM
- Jennifer K said...
I think it's a fabulous idea to CASE yourself. Why not?! If it's good the first time, it'll be good the second time. :) The card is so pretty - love the oval tag. I don't use my oval nesties too much and I really should. I always like how they look on a card.
- June 16, 2010 at 8:19 PM
- B said...
Love the fabulous color combo -- and what a fun idea to CASE yourself! ;)
- June 16, 2010 at 8:41 PM
- Michele Kovack said...
So pretty! Love the colors and the flowers!
- June 16, 2010 at 10:16 PM
- Laurie said...
This is really pretty! I just love those colors together!
- June 17, 2010 at 7:35 AM
- Dana said...
Well CASEing one of your own cards qualifies for the PTI princess challenge I issued a few weeks ago Melissa! Woo hoo!
And you did a great job too.
- June 17, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- Nerina said...
Melissa I love the way you've turned this stamped image onto its side and exploded the areas for buttons into full flowers! Totally gorgeous! The brown leaves are also completely unexpected and so fabulous in your design! Yummy-delicious!
- June 20, 2010 at 12:18 AM
- IamDerby said...
Very Pretty Melissa. Love the color combo.
- June 20, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Jen Carter said...
This is beautiful! Love it!
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Gabriel C necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 150 diseños de 55 diseñadores freelance.
Concierge IT Group
Concierge IT Group is a new IT company that provides solutions to small businesses and home users. We pride ourselves on delivering superior services to our clients. We cater to our customers needs regardless of what it may be. We want them to feel like they are getting that "Special" concierge service.
My target audience is small business owners and home users. To give you an idea of what type of users we will be dealing with; By the time the customer contacts us, 75% or more are not happy with their previous IT experiences as they probably have a non functional computer/systems/networks, etc. Therefore, I want to convey professionalism without appearing too "corporate" or boring. Looking for a modern, high-end logo yet not so childish that I am not taken as a serious company that can't fix their problems.
I am open to all ideas but do request a white background. This logo will be used as the corner stone for all future designs including website, business cards, stationary, etc.
Print file format - .ai (CMYK) (VECTOR)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
I want the logo to be professional, modern and serious but not boring. Please be creative and original with your submissions and please do not submit stock images.
I would like the logo to contain some type of graphic, but this is not a requirement. As stated above, graphic should be professional & modern but not childish like.
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A young boy and girl were found dead, and their two siblings were found severely injured, inside a Germantown, Md., townhome Friday morning, police say.
Police are questioning the children's 28-year-old mother, who tried to run from the home when officers responded to the scene, law enforcement officers told News4's Pat Collins.
They're also questioning another woman, 21, who was found in the home with superficial injuries. She is not believed to be a relative but is believed to have lived in the home.
None of the victims or the people being questioned has been identified, but detectives said the deceased children were a 1-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl and the injured children are a 5-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy.
Police said the deaths are being investigated as a double murder.
The scene in the townhome in the 1900 block of Cherry Bend Drive in Germantown -- which State's Attorney John McCarthy called "horrifying" in a press conference Friday afternoon -- was discovered after neighbors saw a commotion outside.
"...[O]ne of the neighbors here saw what they thought appeared to be blood near a car," said Montgomery County police Capt. Jim Daly.
A neighbor called 911 saying he saw a blue car with its door open and the knife on the sidewalk outside the house. Police who responded to the scene about 9:30 a.m. saw a blue car with its door open. The keys were in the ignition and there was blood in the car.
Police also found a knife on the sidewalk outside. Police believe the red-handled knife may be one of the weapons used in the attack.
Officers had to force their way into the home and found the victims inside in a "very bloody" crime scene. The children were found in the bedrooms and may have been asleep at the time of the attack.
Witnesses described seeing the officers bring out the victims. "I did see a police officer holding a child ... it was a little kid," said one neighbor, who did not want to be identified.
The injured children were transported to Children's Hospital in northwest Washington, where they are being treated.
Police were called to the home Thursday night by a neighbor to check on the welfare of a child left unattended in the blue car, Pat Collins reported. By the time the police responded, the child had been taken inside. The case was reported to Child Protective Services.
Neighbors later said they heard loud noises coming from the townhouse, but they did not call police.
Police have not identified the victims, but neighbors said that at least one attended Germantown Elementary School. That school, and nearby Clemente Middle School, sent a note home to parents. That note did not confirm that the students attended the school but acknowledged the tragedy.
"The incident did not occur on our property and at no time was there any danger to our students or staff in the school," the note read.
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June 7, 2012 -- Teens have become safer drivers over the past 20 years, though now they have new distractions that put them at high risk on the road: their iPhones and other tech devices.
That's one of the major conclusions of the CDC's 2011 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which was released today. The report lists many types of risky behaviors teens engage in, but this was the first time the federal health agency has collected statistics on the hazards of texting and emailing while behind the wheel.
Technology presents new risks, the CDC's Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH, told reporters during a news conference. An estimated 1 in 3 teens reported texting or emailing while driving.
"Concern about the risks had been widespread, and this data confirms it," Wechsler said. "Texting is particularly dangerous."
This news comes a day after a Massachusetts 18-year-old was sentenced to one year in prison for causing a deadly accident while texting and driving, showing both the risk and the consequence of the behavior.
On the encouraging side though, the vast majority of students now wear seat belts, and the number of teens who report either driving drunk or riding with a drunk driver has dropped dramatically. That has contributed to a 44% reduction in car-related teen deaths over the past decade, says Wechsler.
However, car crashes still kill more teens each year than any other cause. According to the report, 1 in 3 teen deaths occurs on the road.
Distraction is a key contributor to these deaths, and, says Wechsler, drivers under 20 are at increased risk.
"They have the highest proportion of distraction-related crashes."
Driving is not the only activity where new tech puts kids at risk. Wechsler says that 1 in 6 teens reports being bullied via text and email, in chatrooms, and through other electronic media at some point in the 12 months before taking the survey. Girls were bullied more than twice as often as boys.
Biannual Report Documents Dangerous Behaviors
The CDC has produced the YRBS every two years since 1991 in order to identify, measure, and track trends in the behaviors that put high schoolers' lives and health in danger. More than 15,000 boys and girls responded to the 2011 national survey. Additional data came from 43 statewide questionnaires as well as from surveys conducted in 21 large urban school districts around the country.
The 168-page report is full of news both good and bad: Over the past two years, fewer students learned about AIDS and HIV infection from their teachers, more students are obese, and the number of suicide attempts rose. On the other hand, binge drinking decreased and more students ate their vegetables.
"Despite progress, there is still much work to do," says Wechsler. "Teens are still engaging in risky behaviors."
The Good and the Bad
Here is a selection of the report's findings:
- 87.5% of teen bicyclists rarely or never wear helmets.
- Nearly 10% of teens had been physically abused by a boyfriend or girlfriend.
- Eight percent had been forced to have sex.
- One out of five students had been bullied at school.
- Nearly 16% of students had considered suicide, and nearly 8% attempted suicide in the previous 12 months.
- Eighteen percent of students said they had smoked cigarettes in the previous month. Twenty-three percent had smoked marijuana.
- Nearly 40% of teens report drinking alcohol recently, compared to 50% 10 years ago.
- One in five students had taken prescription drugs such as Ritalin and OxyContin without a prescription.
- One-third of students report being sexually active. Sixty percent of them use condoms. About 13% use no protection at all.
- Thirteen percent of students missed breakfast every day in the seven days prior to the survey.
- Just under 50% of students got 60 or more minutes of exercise five days a week.
- The number of teens who have had asthma rose from 18.9% to 23% between 2003 and 2011. About 12% say they have it now.
- About 11% of teens report regularly using sunscreen, while 13% have used an indoor tanning bed at least once over the past year.
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Discussion in 'Fan Art' started by XFozzboute, Mar 24, 2011.
Yeah, the color makes it look like a D5 cookie. Yum!
It's actually caused by the wasy I made the part.
I think I fixed the bumpyness I was unhappy with. And started to add some details to the front section.
Nice start at making it look realistic! So, are they going into Reaver space with that body strapped to the nose?
Well I think I've finally got the shapes that I want for the secondary hull. I've still got a few things to iron out but I can get started on details.
I like it
Started to work on the warp engines and added details including a small opening on the outer side of the engine to add some green glowy bits.
I've added the impulse engines and two shuttlebay doors.
Very nice!
I agree! I like all the added details.
That's good to hear. Was afraid you might be sharpening your knives and looking for my neck.
One small scale pic. I made the mistake of thinking the D3 is overall larger than the D2 but it's only longer with an extened neck and shoulders. I'll fix that when I get around to that ship.
The build on this is coming to an end. The two bumpy things on the middle of the ship have another cutout in the front but I might leave those of because I don't think it's needed. I'll see how it looks and then decide. I've also started to unwrap parts of the ship to start the textures.
You don't have to worry about that. I'm not overly possessive about my designs. My original schematics are all pretty low-detail, so you model-makers have a lot of latitude to add all your little doo-dads. (Also, I'm more likely to break necks than to cut them.)
I'm just about done with the build on this. Just a few minor things to do like beveling edges and fixing some smoothing groups. I've also started to get deeper into the textures and this is what I've done so far. Still has work to go.
A better look at the new cutouts I made on the top of the ship.
Me like!
You know, that bridge looks almost separable.
I'm getting close to the final version of the textures. I need to make a few adjustments still.
One of these two ships will be the next one I build.
The Powhatan
The Bison.
This will probably be the last update for this ship this month. I've done a little bit more texturing and now I'm gonna start to unwarp the head and neck. This will take awhile since they are one part and have mesh smoothing applied.
Have you thought about trying to 3d print these at Shapeways?
I've looked into 3d printing but I'd do my own designs because I don't want to step on any toes.
I've been so busy trying to get the house cleaned up I haven't had much time to do any work. I was haveing some problems getting the head and neck to unwrap but now I've got the neck and I've started on the textures. I still have a few thing to work out but it is coming along.
Well I decided to go back to the d2 and remove some polygons to help speed up the unwrapping of it. It's helped a little but it will take me a long time to get it done. I still want to some building too so I've started to get work done on the Powhatan.
Whose toes? I wouldn't mind seeing models.
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Global warming is likely to produce a significant increase in the intensity and rainfall of hurricanes in coming decades, according to the most comprehensive computer analysis done so far.
By the 2080's, seas warmed by rising atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases could cause a typical hurricane to intensify about an extra half step on the five-step scale of destructive power, says the study, done on supercomputers at the Commerce Department's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, N.J. And rainfall up to 60 miles from the core would be nearly 20 percent more intense.
Other computer modeling efforts have also predicted that hurricanes will grow stronger and wetter as a result of global warming. But this study is particularly significant, independent experts said, because it used half a dozen computer simulations of global climate, devised by separate groups at institutions around the world. The long-term trends it identifies are independent of the normal lulls and surges in hurricane activity that have been on display in recent decades.
The study was published online on Tuesday by The Journal of Climate and can be found at www.gfdl.noaa.gov/reference/bibliography/2004/tk0401.pdf.
The new study of hurricanes and warming "is by far and away the most comprehensive effort" to assess the question using powerful computer simulations, said Dr. Kerry A. Emanuel, a hurricane expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has seen the paper but did not work on it. About the link between the warming of tropical oceans and storm intensity, he said, "This clinches the issue."
Dr. Emanuel and the study's authors cautioned that it was too soon to know whether hurricanes would form more or less frequently in a warmer world. Even as seas warm, for example, accelerating high-level winds can shred the towering cloud formations of a tropical storm.
But the authors said that even if the number of storms simply stayed the same, the increased intensity would substantially increase their potential for destruction.
Experts also said that rising sea levels caused by global warming would lead to more flooding from hurricanes -- a point underlined at the United Nations this week by leaders of several small island nations, who pleaded for more attention to the potential for devastation from tidal surges.
The new study used four climate centers' mathematical approximations of the physics by which ocean heat fuels tropical storms.
With almost every combination of greenhouse-warmed oceans and atmosphere and formulas for storm dynamics, the results were the same: more powerful storms and more rainfall, said Robert Tuleya, one of the paper's two authors. He is a hurricane expert who recently retired after 31 years at the fluid dynamics laboratory and teaches at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. The other author was Dr. Thomas R. Knutson of the Princeton laboratory.
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Dr. James B. Elsner, a hurricane expert at Florida State University who was among the first to predict the recent surge in Atlantic storm activity, said the new study was a significant step in examining the impacts of a warmer future.
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After trying several kinds of store bought salsa, from the pasty kind to the "fresh" chunky pico de gallo, Tina still found something to be desired. So, I decided to try to put together the salsa her tastes buds were clamoring for. Unless you use a food processor, salsa (in this case, a chunky Mexican style salsa cruda) requires quite a bit of slicing. It's a good thing I find cutting to be stress relieving after a long day at work.
First, I started with a tomato salsa recipe from
Cooks Illustrated
. The recipe called for tomato, jalapeno chile, garlic, red onion, cilantro, salt and pepper, and lime juice.
My tools (from left to right): Board scraper (to move prepared ingredients to bowls, clear the board, and scrape it clean), Paring knife (to core tomatoes and remove membrane from the chile), Chef's knife, and a teaspoon (to remove seeds and ribs from the chile).
First I diced the tomatoes. I like doing that in the following steps:

Each tomato is sliced in half.

Tomatoes are then placed face (the cut part) down and sliced parallel to the board in 3/8" widths

Two at a time, the tomato rounds are sliced into 3/8" strips

Then rotated, and sliced into 3/8" cubes

I then placed the diced tomatoes into a collander over a bowl to allow excess moisture to remove itself. About 30 minutes should do it.
I then diced the onions. Keeping the "base" of the onion intact, I sliced 3/8" parallel cuts into the onion followed by 3/8" vertical cuts. Since I didn't cut through the base, the onion held mostly together. Slicing through the onion at this point produced a suitably even dice.
Next, I minced the garlic. Cutting the garlic is performed in a similar manner as dicing the onions, except with smaller distances.
I then cut the chile in half lengthwise and used my teaspoon to remove the seeds and ribs. These I placed aside for use later to adjust the hotness of the salsa. I then pressed each chile half flat and using a paring knife removed the bitter membrane from the inside of the chile. The chile in this state should have a "fruity" taste with a hint of spicyness. I julienned (cut into long strips) the pepper halves and then minced.
Grabbing a small handful of cilantro, I bunched it up and just sliced away to produce the chopped cilantro I needed.
Then, I threw the garlic, onion, and cilantro on top of the tomatoes as they finish draining.
After the tomatoes have drained for thirty minutes, I poured out the liquid from the bowl emptied the contents of the collander into the bowl. I added about 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt (I find it easier to sprinkle and manage than table salt), a half twist of my pepper grinder, and about 2 tablespoons of lime juice. I then mixed the salsa together.
Now that I had the salsa, Tina and I both tasted it on Tostidos White Corn Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips. The salsa was pretty good, but lacked something. After mincing and mixing in two more cloves of garlic and throwing in some more salt, we found the optimum mixture of flavor.
The final ingredients list ended up as follows:

1-1/2 pounds firm, ripe tomatoes, diced

1 large jalapeno chile, seeded, minced

1/2 cup red onion, diced

3 garlic cloves, minced

1/4 cup cilantro leaves, chopped

1 teaspoon salt

Pinch of ground pepper

2 tablespoons lime juice

The chile seeds can be minced and mixed in for varying degrees of hotness. Tina prefers mild, so I only used a few of the seeds.
Salsa Cruda
1-1/2 pounds firm, ripe tomatoes
dice & drain
1 large jalapeno chile, seeded
1/2 cup red onion
3 garlic cloves
1/4 cup cilantro leaves
1 teaspoon salt
Pinch of ground pepper
2 tablespoons lime juice
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:00 pm
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Garlic in Salsa Cruda? Hmm...
This recipe sounds a little over complicated to me. For Salsa Cruda I just chop into small dice: Roma tomatos (regular ones just aren't right), yellow (red is for seafood) onions, jalapeno and chop finely some cilanto. Mix, add salt and lime juice. Ahh!
To make REAL guacamole, use roughly equal parts Salsa Cruda and mashed avacdo. Serve in warm flour tortillas. Ahhhh!
A food processor really has no place in mexican cookery. Blenders are used to liquify things, a moljahete is used to mash things, but a food processor makes things too mushy - you want some texture. Just chopping with a good knife (I use a Chinese cleaver frankly) is good enough. You mash the avacado for guacamole with a fork.
You might want to find Diane Kennedy's books on Mexican cookery. They're real eye openers.
Richard Sexton
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Personally, I would advise that onions do not go in guacamole. Basic guacamole should be avocado, lime, tomatoes, garlic, salt and chile powder.
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:01 pm
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This recipe is close to the one my father used to make...he would also add some cumin, use key lime juice, yellow spanish onions if available and roma tomatoes. I never cut the seeds out of the jalapinos and even use a mix of peppers to give it some kick.
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:01 pm
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I know this wop who owns a restaurant in this teene ass little town in San Luis Potosi.
The ladies in his restaurant always char the tomatoes and peppers on a hot, dry comal (or iron griddle).
Then the peels can be removed. It is a pretty quick extra step and it add a roasted flavor without actually cooking the salsa.
I agree with the yellow onion over red comment. But then I never liked red onions anyway.
As for guacamole, in Messico, you will usually just find a mash of avocado and lime, occasionally with some minced green chiles. I prefer onion garlic tomato and cilantro in it myself.
How about a post on good mexican seafood cocktail?
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For what it's worth, here's how I make salsa. I cut roma tomatos crosswise, and then remove the gelatenous pulp and seeds before dicing. To do this, I gently squeeze the tomato halves over the sink as if I were juicing a lemon, and then flip them to get the seeds out. I use a little bit of white onion (a little bit of onion goes a long way, IMO). I simmer the ingredients for a few minutes to soften them up. This also serves to make the harsh flavors of the onion, cilantro, and jalapeno milder, and blends them to make the flavor more homogeneous.
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thank you i will try it
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:05 pm
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Sorry folks, but living in New Mexico makes your salsa recipes sound blah! Here we use the entire Hatch chilies in our salsa with tomatoes (Roma), yellow onions, celery, garlic, fresh cillantro, and salt. Every thing goes through the food processor on the chop mode. After cooking briefly, then it is placed in quart jars for processing in the canner. Generally We use fresh roasted chili (40#'s), at least a flat (or more) of tomatoes, an equal amount of onions, ten #'s of celery, 5 garlic bulbs, 1/2 dozen bunches of cillantro and 1 tsp. kosher salt in each jar prior to filling. Cook mixture till slight boil, fill jars and can for 1 hour. When done, remove from canner and cool. This is not for whimps salsa!
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:05 pm
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One nice idea for this sort of salsa cruda (or pico de gallo) is to add a splash of beer. I first read this in a Mark Miller cookbook, and now it's a standard part of my recipe which I make at least once a month.
BTW, I second the request for a good mexican shrimp/seafood cocktail recipe.
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Hi from Mexico City!!!
Congrats on your blog!! I love it!!
My basic "pico de gallo" is: diced tomato (2 small ones) -not drained-diced white onion (1/2 medium one), diced chiles either jalapeño, serrano or arbol at taste(hot, Hot, HOT), pour white vinegar (1/4 cup), olive oil (just a little) and some salt.
If you use lime, it will be kind of bitter for next day.
As I like juicy salsas, I don't drain the tomatoes.
I dont like garlic in salsas (cooked or raw) as they taste as a stew.
This pico de gallo is traditional on "molletes": french bread opened lengthwise, spread some "frijoles refritos", these are beans that are cooked, mashed, and then fried, usually in lard or bacon, but some pam is ok, put some cheese, manchego or gouda will do, put it in the mini oven until cheesse is melted, and top it with your pico de gallo. You can put a slice of ham or bacon between cheese and beans.
Also I agree with seamus, the salsa that way is great.
Another good and easy salsa is to fry in little oil some small diced onion, meanwhile boil tomatoes and fresh chiles. Blend tomatoes and chiles (dont add any water) mix with fried onions, add salt and fry in low heat until color changes to a dark red (cooked tomatoe).
Hope you enjoy!!
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Hey- I was a little confused on the cutting instructions for tomatoes, they weren't detailed enough for me (yes, I am an engineer). When you slice a tomatoe in half should you slice it down the poles or along the Equator???
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:06 pm
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re: tomato slicing
Since the objective is to dice, it doesn't matter whic way you cut the tomatoes as long as you result in a dice. When I cut the tomatoes for this article, I sliced them first along the equator.
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Re Salsa Cruda, "cruda" translates into "raw" therefore eliminate all cooking. Regarding this Mexican salsa, it is composed of Red, White and Green (the national colors) therefore, white onion. Also, because the human body does not digest tomato seeds or skin, I heartily recommend eliminating the seed section and dicing the outer shell (with skin). As stated earlier, the chile is a matter of choice (hot, hotter, hottest). And, because cilantro is a powerful herb, chop medium-coarse and use sparingly. Salt? Use a gray sea salt for an interesting result.
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:15 am
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Nice recipe, it almost reads like a batch mix for C40 concrete (for those civil engineers out there), it does however taste much better!
My only other comment is that you could do with some metric measurements.
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:40 am
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Try this: Add some grated carrot and a splash or two of red wine vinegar.
I think you'll like the flavor.
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Virtuoso: Look, Ma, both hands!
Greg Howard
at Miller's
Monday, October 11
In music, ambidexterity can be found everywhere– or at least I have noticed a valiant quest for acquiring the skill in the art of making music.
Drummers, pianists, guitarists, and percussionists not only strive to use the left and right sides of their bodies with equal strength, but they also practice for hours getting the sides to move independently of each other.
There are few instruments that reallyreallyreally challenge musicians to divide their mind in such a way. Of them I put the piano, harp, eight-string guitar (see Charlie Hunter), drum kit, and Chapman stick at the top of the list and in no particular order with respect to degrees of difficulty.
The Chapman stick? Yes, sir– the instrument affectionately referred to as "the stick." Remember being a kid trying to pat your head and rub your belly at the same time? Well, this instrument is more along the lines of painting a replica of a Rembrandt masterpiece on your stomach while collecting fungus cultures one-handed from petrie dishes balanced on your head.
The instrument looks like an oversized guitar fret board and operates in a very similar fashion in the sense that sounds are created by tapping the strings on the board. The difference here is that half of the 12 strings on the stick represent a whole lower octave, allowing the musician to play melodies, basslines, and counter melodies simultaneously.
We have here in Charlottesville one of the most respected stick musicians in the country in Greg Howard. Monday, October 11, he played a solo gig at Miller's for a nearly empty house. That was fine by me, because by the end of the night the vibe was so loose and comfortable that not only did he take requests, but he took all sorts of liberties with those requests to the enjoyment of the few who stayed late.
At one point someone jokingly called out for him to play a show tune. He responded, "Here's an anti-show tune," and proceeded to bang out rhythmic patterns on his stick, eventually unfolding an ambient layering of effects and chords that somehow became a distorted version of the theme for Jesus Christ Superstar after about six minutes of avant garde exploration.
Howard has the knack of throwing out surprises like that. Over the course of the evening, I heard Pachelbel's "Canon," The Beatles, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and something that I swore was a lick from John Scofield's A Go Go album.
The point is he kept things interesting while displaying so many different ways sound and song can be generated from a fascinating instrument. The stick works like a cross between guitar and piano and can produce– through synth and modulation– a variety of sounds. One minute Howard had the stick sounding like a Wurlitzer keyboard, the next a distorted guitar.
Howard is another one of our local phenoms who Charlottevillians largely take for granted. Lucky for us, he will likely be performing at a nearby venue sometime soon. While you wait, don't miss the chance to catch some talented stick players from around the world performing at Gravity Lounge Saturday, October 16, in honor of the Mid-Atlantic Stick Seminar being held in Charlottesville.
Howard will be there performing with Matt Wyatt and guitarist Jamal Milner. This event is a must see. I'll be there peddling bumper stickers that say "Look Ma, Both Hands!"
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Unless you're trying to solve a murder case in which I am involved, where I took the time to call and leave a message on your answering machine right before I dumped the bodies and flew to Alaska (ironically, which I was under the impression was out of the United States jurisdiction), there's truly no reason for the time I called to be important.
In fact, even if I wasn't involved in a murder (which I'm not) and you're not involved in solving a case (which you're not, unless you're doing that home detective thing that Oliver in The Brady Bunch once did…which would also mean you're jumping the shark), then…
I'm not leaving the time I called on your answering machine. Plain and simple.
In doing research that cannot be referred to or defined as "exhaustive" by any means, I determined that folks started leaving the time they called on people's answering machines way back when answering machines first made their way into the public consciousness (and into their late 70's homes). Someone by the name of Jeffrey Dean Sillias was working at Texas Instruments and included his own personally-crafted "sample answering machine message" that went a little something like this:
"Hi. We're not home right now, but if you can leave your name, number, message AND THE TIME YOU CALLED at the tone, we'll be sure to get back to you just as soon as we can. Thanks very much, goodbye!"
And thus began the idiotic reason for us telling people what time it is that we left a message.
A few things to remember for those devil's advocates. Phone answering machines TELL you the time someone leaves a message. Me telling you what time I left my message may not actually be the real time I left the message. Having the knowledge of the time I left the message could be a code that when translated using complicated Nostramusian quadtrain code stuff, predicts the next time I'm going to call and tell you the time I left that message as well.
Get where I'm coming from? Useless.
So if you can tell me why I should leave the time I left the message and how it's going to (a) help you respond to my message, (b) help you decide your next steps in the ever complicated process of returning a call, or (c) help you help me… please do.
But if you can't, which I don't think you can…
…you can expect the time I left that message on your answering machine, isn't coming anytime soon. Or ever again.


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It all felt fresh for Maryland on Saturday — its splashy, bright red uniforms, its first four-game winning streak in seven years, the beginning of a new chapter against a West Virginia team that had beaten the Terps seven straight times.
Even with a persistent rain, it turned out to be the perfect afternoon for Maryland to debut its new "Pride 2.0" uniforms on the field. The Terps did their hand-painted helmets and Under Armour "no-grab" jersey fabric proud, forcing six takeaways with their defensive pressure in a 37-0 victory over the Mountaineers before an announced 55,677 at M&T Bank Stadium.
Maryland now has a bye week before facing another unfamiliar prospect: an ACC showdown at No. 8 Florida State on Oct. 5.
The Terps already have matched last season's win total, and are 4-0 for the first time since 2001. Their last four-game winning streak was in 2006. They are two wins shy of bowl eligibility.
It was Maryland's first game in Baltimore in three seasons, and two area players had standout plays in front of relatives and friends. Tight end Dave Stinebaugh (Perry Hall) caught his first career touchdown on a deflected pass, and linebacker Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil (Towson) had his first career interception.
"The state of Maryland won today, the city of Baltimore won," Maryland coach Randy Edsall said. "We all won today. I'm just a firm believer we can be a really good football team."
As is customary, Maryland players sang the school's victory song in the locker room after the victory. But it was sung with more gusto than junior linebacker L.A. Goree (team-high seven tackles) remembers ever hearing.
After going a combined 6-18 the past two seasons, Goree and the other upperclassmen have a special appreciation for the 4-0 start.
"It gets better and better with each win," Goree said. "We sing with more enthusiasm with each song. They beat us seven years in a row. That's not what Maryland football is all about. We went out with a chip on our shoulder."
Said Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown, who passed for 217 yards and ran for 26: "We haven't played our best ball and we're 4-0."
Maryland wide receiver Deon Long (team-high six catches for 98 yards) had additional motivation. He signed to play at West Virginia out of high school but didn't feel comfortable after enrolling in 2010 and never played for the Mountaineers.
"He's probably the happiest guy in the locker room," Edsall said of Long. "I tried to keep him calm all week long."
For the first time this season, Maryland failed to surpass 500 yards in total offense — but it didn't matter.
The Terps, who led the nation in sacks entering the game and had two more Saturday, consistently pressured Ford Childress, the West Virginia redshirt freshman quarterback making his second career start. And after only four interceptions all last season, the Terps pulled in their seventh and eighth of the year Saturday. Maryland also recovered four fumbles and held the Mountaineers to 175 yards of total offense and six first downs.
"Offensively, we're as inept as we can possibly be in college football," West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said. "I accept responsibility for that. We're not going to use inexperience as an excuse, but we've got a lot of inexperienced guys that are not making a lot of plays."
As ran fell throughout the second half, most of West Virginia's large fan contingent quietly left the stadium. The players who led the Mountaineers' recent victories over the Terps — quarterback Geno Smith and receiver Tavon Austin (Dunbar) — are now in the NFL.
Both of Maryland's interceptions helped set the tone of the game.
With the Terps ahead 7-0, safety A.J. Hendy made his second career interception and returned it for a 28-yard touchdown. Hendy, normally a safety who Saturday was used as a fifth defensive back, also recovered a pair of fumbles.
Shortly before halftime, Cudjoe-Virgil leaped to deflect a pass by Childress. He came down with the ball, giving the Terps possession at West Virginia's 6.
Brown ran in from the 1 on third down to push Maryland's lead to 30-0.
"Just a memorable experience," Cudjoe-Virgil said. "I played in M&T Bank Stadium. We got the win. First college interception. I'll never forget this day."
In 2011, Maryland unveiled its original "Pride" uniforms, won its season opener and proceeded to finish 2-10. The Terps were all dressed up with nowhere to go.
They seemed to enjoy their new uniforms Saturday. After big plays, they held their palms out to the crowd. Together, the gloves spelled out "MARYLAND."
"I felt like I had a bulletproof vest on," Goree said of the new uniforms.
West Virginia had few legitimate scoring chances. The Mountaineers took over on Maryland's 26 after a Terps fumble near the end of the third quarter, then fumbled the ball back on the next play.
Holgorsen would not blame his quarterback for a game that seemed to embarrass the coach.
"We could have had Peyton Manning back there, and if you're not able to get any yards in the run game — or not able to set your feet and throw downfield — he didn't have a chance," Holgorsen said.


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Help kick off the week by taking a "tour" of Portland's Public Health Division to see all they have to offer on Monday, April 1 from 9 AM - 11 AM in the Rotunda of Portland City Hall. Prevention specialists from the Substance Use Prevention Program will provide tips for talking to youth about substance use, as well as safely storing your prescription medications. People will also have the opportunity to bike their way to a healthy and delicious smoothie, courtesy of the Obesity Prevention Program. Staff from the Maternal Child Health Program will be onsite to offer the basics of infant CPR, and the Minority Health Program will provide information for accessing their services. Join the Public Health Division for all of this and MUCH more and enter to win some fun and health-focused prizes!
On Tuesday, April 2, the public is invited to attend an educational session by Through These Doors (formerly Family Crisis Services). The session is called Domestic Violence Doesn't Stay at Home. Come and learn how to support co-workers who may be experiencing domestic violence. The session will be held at 2 PM in the State of Maine Room on the 2nd floor of City Hall.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The Augusta State men's cross country team had three of its seven runners earn NCAA All-Southeast Region honors, the United State Track and Field and Cross County Coaches Association announced Monday.
ASU juniors Jaiden Brandt and Dustin Ross and freshman Josh Stockton were each named to the 2012 All-Region team at the conclusion of the NCAA Southeast Regional at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, N.C.
Brandt led the Jaguars with a fourth-place finish in the 10K, improving his place and time since last year. His effort marked the fourth top-10 finish in six races this season. He also earned Peach Belt Conference All-Academic and All-Conference awards in 2012 after his second-place finish at the Jaguar Invitational on Friday, Oct. 5, and his fourth-place finish at the PBC Championships on Saturday, Oct. 20.
Ross earned all-region honors for the second consecutive year -- crossing the line 17th overall -- and also bettered his time from last year. He finished in the top three for ASU, good for 18th overall, at the 2011 NCAA Southeast Regional. He paced the Jags in the Montevallo Falcon Classic on Saturday, Sept. 22, where he finished first overall in the 8K.
Stockton, a freshman from Woodstock, Ga., raced in all six meets this season. He took 23rd overall in this year's regionals, finishing third for the Jags. Stockton finished in the top five for ASU in five of the six races his rookie season, including a 10th-place showing at the Jaguar Invitational.
ASU concluded its cross country season with the 2012 Southeast Regional, but Brandt's fourth-place finish qualified him for the NCAA Championships on Saturday, Nov. 17 in Joplin, Mo. This is the first time the ASU Cross Country program had an individual qualify for the championships.


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Gender identity (or core gender identity) is a person's own sense of identification as male or female. The term is intended to distinguish this psychological association, from physiological or sociological determinations of gender.[1] Gender identity was originally a medical term used to explain sex reassignment procedures to the public.[2] The term is also found in psychology, often as core gender identity.[3] Sociology, gender studies and feminism are still inclined to refer to gender identity, gender role and erotic preference under the catch-all term gender.
Gender identity is affected by "genetic, prenatal hormonal, postnatal social, and postpubertal hormonal determinants."[4] Biological factors include the influence of testosterone and gene regulation in brain cells. Social factors are primarily based on the family, as gender identity is thought to be formed by the third year of life.[3]
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (302.85) has five criteria that must be met before a diagnosis of gender identity disorder (GID) can be made. "In gender identity disorder, there is discordancy between the natal sex of one's external genitalia and the brain coding of one's gender as masculine or feminine."[2]
Gender identity - below the surface Edit
Most human beings are considered to be cisgendered, attributed to either women or men, on the basis of their biological sex. Before the 20th century a person's sex would be determined entirely by the appearance of the genitalia, but as chromosomes and genes came to be understood, these were then used to help determine sex. Those defined as women, by sex, have genitalia that is considered female as well as two X chromosomes; those viewed as men, by sex, are seen as having male genitalia, one X and one Y chromosome. However some individuals have combinations of chromosomes, hormones, and genitalia that do not follow the traditional definitions of "men" and "women". In addition, genitalia vary greatly or individuals may have more than one type of genitalia, and other bodily attributes related to a person's sex (body shape, facial hair, high or deep voice, etc.) may or may not coincide with the social category, as woman or man, assigned to that person according to her or his genitalia. Recent research suggests that as many as one in every hundred individuals may have some intersex characteristic.[5] Transgender individuals are those whose gender expression and/or their genitalia and sex chromosomes differ from the traditional definitions.
Gender identities (specifically, which aspects are considered proper behavior and appearances for men, women, etc.) differ greatly across societies, and many people's gender identities do not exactly follow the stereotyped roles of "women" and "men", although some diverge more than others. The most easily understood case in which it becomes necessary to distinguish between sex and gender is that in which the external genitalia are removed - when such a thing happens through accident or through deliberate intent, the libido and the ability to express oneself in sexual activity are changed, but the individual's gender identity may or may not change. One such case is that of David Reimer, reported in As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto. It details the persistence of a male gender identity and the stubborn adherence to a male gender role of a person whose penis had been totally destroyed shortly after birth as the result of a botched circumcision, and who had subsequently been surgically reassigned by constructing female genitalia. In other cases, a person's gender identity may contrast sharply with that assigned to them according to their genitalia, and/or a person's gendered appearance as a woman or man (or an androgynous person, etc.) in public may not coincide with their physical sex. So the term "gender identity" is broader than the sex of the individual as determined by examination of the external genitalia.
Template:Main:Gender identity measures
Formation of gender identity Edit
The formation of a gender identity is a complex process that starts with conception, but which involves critical growth processes during gestation and even learning experiences after birth. There are points of differentiation all along the way, but language and tradition in many societies insist that every individual be categorized as either a man or a woman, although there are societies, such as the Native American identity of a two-spirit, which include multiple gender categories.
When the gender identity of a person makes him a man, but his genitals are female, he may experience what is called gender dysphoria, i.e., a deep unhappiness caused by his experience of himself as a man and his lack of male genitals.
Some research has been done that indicates that gender identity is fixed in early childhood and is thereafter static. This research has generally proceeded by asking transsexuals when they first realized that the gender role that society attempted to place upon them did not match the gender identity that they found in themselves and the gender role that they chose to live out. These studies estimate the age at which gender identity is formed at around 2-3. Such research may be problematical if it made no comparable attempt to discover when non-transsexual people became aware of their own gender identities and choice of gender roles.
Some critics question this research, claiming that the studies suffer from a sampling bias. The acquisition of hormone replacement therapy and sexual reassignment surgery is generally controlled by doctors. One of the questions some doctors ask to distinguish between "real" transsexuals and others is to ask them when they first felt identification with the opposite sex. The researchers may then be unintentionally eliminating some subjects from consideration when they try to determine a typical time of gender identity formation. There is also a possibility of reporting bias, since transsexuals may feel that they must give the "correct" answers to such questions in order to increase the chances of obtaining hormones. Patrick Califia, author of Sex Changes and Public Sex, has indicated that this group has a clear awareness of what answers to give to survey questions in order to be considered eligible for hormone replacement therapy and/or sexual reassignment surgery:
- "None of the gender scientists seem to realize that they, themselves, are responsible for creating a situation where transsexual people must describe a fixed set of symptoms and recite a history that has been edited in clearly prescribed ways in order to get a doctor's approval for what should be their inalienable right".
Gender identity and sex Edit
Some people do not believe that their gender identity corresponds to their biological sex, namely transgender people, including transsexual people and many intersexed individuals as well. Consequently, complications arise when society insists that an individual adopt a manner of social expression (gender role) which is based on sex, that the individual feels is inconsistent with that person's gender identity.
One reason for such discordances in intersexed people is that some individuals have a chromosomal sex that has not been expressed in the external genitalia because of hormonal or other abnormal conditions during critical periods in gestation. Such a person may appear to others to be of one sex, but may recognize himself or herself as belonging to the other sex. The causes of transgenderism are less clear; it has been subject of much speculation, but no psychological theory has ever been proven to apply to even a significant minority of transgender individuals, and theories that assume a sex difference in the brain are relatively new and difficult to prove, because at the moment they require a destructive analysis of inner brain structures, which are quite small.
In recent decades it has become possible to surgically reassign sex. A person who experiences gender dysphoria may, then, seek these forms of medical intervention to have their physiological sex match their gender identity. Alternatively, some people who experience gender dysphoria retain the genitalia that they were born with (see transsexual for some of the possible reasons), but adopt a gender role that is consonant with what they perceive as their gender identity.
There is an emerging vocabulary for those who defy traditional gender identity - see transgender and genderqueer.
Relationship to gender role Edit
- See also: Gender role
The related term, "gender role," has two meanings that in individual cases may be divergent: First, people's gender roles are the totality of the ways by which they express their gender identities. Second, people's gender roles may be defined as the kinds of activities that society determines to be appropriate for individuals possessing their kind of external genitalia.
There are probably as many shades and complexities of sexual identity and gender identity as there are human beings, and there are an equal number of ways of working those gender identities out in the intricacies of daily life. Societies, however, tend to assign some classes of social roles to "male" individuals, and some classes of social roles to "female" individuals (as society perceives their sexes). In some societies, there are other classes of social roles for, e.g., surgically neutered physiological male. See Hijra (India), for example. Sometimes the connection between gender identity and gender role is unclear. The original oversimplification was that there are unambiguously male human beings and unambiguously female human beings, that they are clearly men and clearly women, and that they should behave in all important ways as women and men "naturally" behave. (Compare Heteronormativity) Investigations in biology and sociology (see Biology of gender) have strongly supported the view that "the sex between the ears is more important than the sex between the legs", and the implication has been that people with masculine gender identities will truthfully give external representation of their gender identities by adopting gender roles that are appropriate to men, and, similarly, that people with feminine gender identities will adopt gender roles that are appropriate to women. It may be very difficult to determine, however, whether a specific drag queen is someone who has a female gender identity and is learning a female gender role, or whether that person is someone with a male gender identity who enjoys mimicking a female gender role to entertain others, to taunt the more rigid members of his society, or for some other reason, such as to repudiate the value or validity of rigid gender roles. Some, such as RuPaul, refuse to be categorized.
Some famous people known for their cross-dressing or androgynous appearances in the 20th century include Brett Anderson,Dame Edna, Gladys Bentley, David Bowie, Pete Burns, Eddie Izzard, Boy George, Norman Iceberg, k.d. lang, Annie Lennox, Jaye Davidson, Marilyn Manson, Marlene Dietrich, Mylène Farmer, Gackt, Grace Jones, Patrick Wolf, Marc Bolan, Brian Molko, Pat, Phranc, Madonna, Prince, Susan Powter, Kate Bornstein, and Kristen McMenamy.
Conceptual originsEdit
During the 1950s and '60s, psychologists began studying gender development in young children, partially in an effort to understand the origins of homosexuality (which was still viewed as a mental disorder at the time). In 1958, the Gender Identity Research Project was established at the UCLA Medical Center for the study of intersexuals and transexuals. Psychoanalyst Robert Stoller generalized many of the findings of the project in his book Sex and Gender: On the Development of Masculinity and Femininity (1968). He is also credited with introducing the term gender identity to the International Psychoanalytic Congress in 1963. Psychoendocrinologist John Money was also instrumental in the development of early theories of gender identity. His work at Johns Hopkins Medical School's Gender Identity Clinic (established in 1965) popularized an interactionist theory of gender identity, suggesting that, up to a certain age, gender identity is relatively fluid and subject to constant negotiation. His book Man and Woman, Boy and Girl (1972) became widely used as a college textbook, although many of Money's ideas have since been challenged.[6] Money's famous case study was David Reimer. Money wrote that Reimer's sex reassignment proved that gender identity is socially constructed. Reimer later went public with accusations that he had always identified as male, and that Money had largely fabricated his results.[7]
Non-Western gender identitiesEdit
- See also: Third gender and Two-Spirit
In some Polynesian societies, fa'afafine are considered to be a "third gender" alongside male and female. They are biologically male, but dress and behave in a manner considered typically female. According to Tamasailau Sua'ali'i (see references), fa'afafine in Samoa at least are often physiologically unable to reproduce. Fa'afafine are accepted as a natural gender, and neither looked down upon nor discriminated against.[8]
In the culture of the Indian subcontinent, a hijra is usually considered to be neither a man nor a woman. Most are biologically male or intersex, but some are biologically female. The hijra form a third gender, although they do not enjoy the same acceptance and respect as males and females in their cultures. They can run their own households, and their occupations are singing and dancing, working as cooks or servants, sometimes prostitutes (for men), or long-term sexual partners for men. Hijras can be compared to transvestites or drag queens of contemporary western culture.[9]
The xanith form an accepted third gender in Oman, an Islamic, gender-segregated society. The xanith are male homosexual prostitutes whose dressing is male, featuring pastel colors (rather than white, worn by men), but their mannerisms female. Xanith can mingle with women, and they often do at weddings or other formal events. Xaniths have their own households, performing all tasks (both male and female). However, similarly to men in their society, xaniths can marry women, proving their masculinity by consummating the marriage. Should a divorce or death take place, these men can revert to their status as xaniths at the next wedding.[10]
Sexual differentiation and neurobiologyEdit
There is still much that is unclear regarding the development of the brain and our (core) gender identity. It is known that sex hormones can influence behaviour, eg. aggression and libido which are under direct influence of testosterone. Animal experiments (particularly rodent research) has led to a series of theories on prenatal hormonal influences on gender as well as theories regarding hormone-independent brain development.
Hormonal influencesEdit
Melissa Hines postulated three models of action of hormonal influences on gender in 2002.
- The Classic Model of hormonal influences states that presence of testicular hormones (testosterone) during early fetal life causes a masculine development of rodents, while absence of testicular hormones causes a feminine development.
- The Gradient Model describes a more gradual effect of hormonal influences on behaviour. Normal variations in hormones cause movement along a male and female gradient within each sex. Therein we assume that a greater amount of hormones administered in animal tests, creates a more dramatic change in behavior.
- The Model of Active Feminization Theory postulates that ovarian hormones are, opposed to the previous mentioned models, needed to induce, in some degree, the female sexual differentiation. It is thought that ovarian hormones cause a lesser, but present effect of mild virilization to some brain areas[11].
In fact, all these models reveal different aspects of reality. The Classic Model can be explained in a human context through the human disease Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). This disease causes overproduction of male hormones in females and males, due to a steroid enzyme deficiency (often CYP21). The influence of testosterone on the female fetus causes virilization, showing in external sexual genitalia in various degrees: clitoral hypertrophy, labial fusion and sometimes appearing as fully ambiguous genitalia. The behavior of CAH girls is often described to be "tomboyish", more masculine due to the early influences of testosterone. The majority of these females, however, have a female gender identity[12].
Sexual differentiation of the human brainEdit
Several brain areas have been found to be sexually dimorphic; they differ between males and females. The Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus of the PreOptic Area (SDN-POA) for example, shows a sexually dimorphic difference favoring males; the SDN is normally several times larger in males. When female rats are pre- and postnatally exposed to testosterone or to (synthetic) estrogens, the SDN-POA appeared similar in size[13].
Similar to the SDN, the Interstitial Nucleus of the Anterior Hypothalamus (INAH-3) was found to be almost 3 times as big in males[14]. Also the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis (BNST) has been said to have a sex difference. It appeared 2.5 times larger in men[15]. Surprisingly, a particular part of the BNST, the BNST posteriomedial bed nucleus (BNSTpd), has been found to be female-sized in male-to-female transsexuals[16]. Furthermore, in a female-to-male transsexual, the number of somatostatin neurons in the BNSTpd was found to be in the normal male range[17].
See also Edit
- Androgeny
- Atypical gender identities
- Female identity
- Femininity
- Gender bias
- Gender identity disorder
- Gender role
- Gender-Identity/Role
- Gender and sexuality studies
- Gender studies
- List of transgender-related topics
- Male identity
- Masculinity
- Psychosexual development
- Queer theory
- Self concept
- Sex/gender distinction
- Sex roles
- Sexual orientation
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