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masseffect7 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:10 amI don't think it's merely because it changes how people play either, while that is definitely a component. I think the changes go to the core of what people want in a game. Stellaris was always more of a sandbox-strategy hybrid game for me, and now it seems like all of the sandbox elements are gone and it's gone full strategy. I can get a far better strategy experience in any of the other Paradox games I own.
sand... box? what?
if you want a proper sandbox / 4x combination maybe look at space empires 5. its a tad old by now, but has a lot of very sandboxy mechanics in the higher parts of the techtree.
blowing up/building stars, planets, wormholes (the only interstellar movement method), niven rings and dyson shells....

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Name: PrometheanVigil
City/Region: London, UK
Location: Anywhere within the London area (incl. Central, West, East, South, North). For clarity, anywhere along the Tube and DLR lines is best as well as along the Thames River.
Frequency and availability for games: Weekly (potentially more frequently as my schedule permits)
Contact Me: PM, E-mail at dexjackson505(at)(dot)com and at http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?...art-NWOD-group! and http://forums.white-wolf.com/default...=posts&t=67591 and http://nearbygamers.com/groups/smL44-NWOD-London-Group .
Age-range: Players MUST be 18+ (safety and security reasons). Players 18-30yrs preferred, though older players are welcome (older players MUST be prepared to play with younger players and vice versa)
My games: All official templates in the New World of Darkness series. I have a passing interest in the OWOD and Scion series. When running games, I always strive to accommodate all gaming tastes, from mystery and investigation to action and adventure, intrigue and even crafting/construction.
Spec: I am looking to start a new New World of Darkness group that can meet in the London area and can, optimally, play weekly or more. I am looking to host a max of 8-10 players in a game with a min of 2-3 players (both caps excl. GM). My group will play any and all official NWOD templates currently available, including future games (Mummy, Demon etc...), with preference given to the group's most popular template choices.
I am willing and interested in joining other groups which play WOD games, with preference to NWOD.
My rules: I do NOT prohibit most styles of gaming (incl. power gaming, combat-focused, convo-focused and Sim-RP/Bluebooking). However, gaming styles such as the aforementioned may be penalized with increasing severity as is appropriate in the interests of the game and of the players involved in the game. I DO prohibit any style of gaming which is adult in nature or potentially dangerous (incl. Kink and Real-Weapons).
I have ZERO tolerance for any kind of racist, sexist, homophobic, pedophilic, xenophobic or any other kind of discriminatory, illegal or socially inappropriate behaviour or comments made by players in my games. Any players engaging in or found doing so will be expelled from the game promptly and will be banned from future sessions. An exception can be made for character role-playing purposes when it is appropriate but even then, I have minimal tolerance for such behaviour and will ban any players using role-playing as a chance to circumvent this rule. I encourage and welcome players from all walks of life and am happy to host and play with each and every one so long as they are considerate and respectful of other players in the session -- no-one should be made to feel uncomfortable or hurt by the bigotry and ignorance of another.
From my own experience of hosting games and accommodating for different players and schedules and in the interests of all players attending my game, each and every player is expected to arrive promptly when attending a game session. Players are asked to confirm what sessions they are able to join with reasonable notice and to also give reasonable notice if at all possible if they cannot make a session. Historically, I provide around 15 mins of waiting time (grace period) for players to arrive after the session is supposed to start, after which I usually start the game unless I have been contacted ahead of time by players who have said that they will be late. Players are welcome to join in after that time but will have to wait until the current scene has been completed to join in and may be given an increasingly severe EXP penalty for each time they arrive unreasonably late for a session (new players are given an exemption for their first session, in the interest of fairness).
Finally, I have in the past had a player arrive to a session who looked like they'd woken up on the wrong side of the bed. In the interests of the players, I ask all attending players to my games to be somewhat clean and presentable when attending, if not for yourselves then for the comfort of all players within the group.
About me: I am a GM who places the enjoyment, satisfaction, comfort and safety of my players as a priority in all of my games. I always strive to provide an entertaining and somewhat thoughtful game session for my players. I always make sure to accommodate for players who are unfamiliar with the NWOD or are new to P'n'P games in general. In the last few sessions I have hosted, my players (some new, others experienced) unanimously expressed that they really enjoyed my sessions and, to paraphrase a more experienced player, "This is the best character creation ever!" and from a new player, "I wonder what happened to that GPS tag that got sucked into that portal in the pub bathroom? I can't wait to find out!". From start to finish, my players are always my priority for each and every session.


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It was an adventurous journey. Lannoy left his castle at Ecluse (Sluis) in May 1421 with a party of eight but he sent his people, the luggage and the jewels on by ship while he himself took the overland route through Brabant, Westphalia, Bremen, Hamburg, Lubeck, Stettin to Danzig (Gdansk). There he rejoined his party and presented his letters of credence and the assigned gifts to the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights [Michael Küchmeister von Sternberg]. Lannoy reported with considerable satisfaction that the Master had done him great honour, giving several dinners for him and presenting him with two horses while Artois king-at-arms, the accompanying herald, received two sables. The choice of the proper diplomatic presents was always a thorny one though precious jewels, fine cloth from the ambassador's own country or some notable piece of craftsmanship were always acceptable. Included in Lannoy's baggage was one of the most unusual diplomatic presents of the century, a gold clock destined for the sultan of Turkey. A gold clock small enough to be carried on such an expedition so early in the fifteenth century is in itself a surprise but, because the sultan of Turkey for whom it was destined [Mehmed I] had died before Lannoy arrived and civil war was raging in Turkey, the clock could not be delivered. The conscientious ambassador carried it with him on his two year journey and on his return gave it back to the council of Henry VI. From that point the gold clock retreats obstinately into the mists of history and our questions remain unanswered - what kind of clock was it? Did it still run after all its vicissitudes? And who finally got it?
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 117 diseños de 35 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a small based consultancy company that is in the business of introducing busnisses to diverse markets, or bridging a deal between two companies on opposite sides of the global. Our role is usually at the introduction stage so first impressions are a key. A lot of people believe that first impressions are everything, I tend to agree to a point. I want the first impression of the logo to have an impact but not a loud, shocking or an over the top one.
Our target Audience is a wide variety of businesses and not the individual consumer. We work behind the scenes more often than not with people who are brokers and middle men in most fields. Impressive images that peole will remember are good - loud and obnoxious are not! The logo will be used for a business card primarily, and on a letter head.
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- Darker/ bolder colours please, but not to the point of being dull
- two to three colours in total please, unless you can make a great logo from just one.
- Not really looking for too much in the way of illustrations that make the logo too busy.
- I would like the company name to be in the logo (CS Horizons Pte Ltd).
- If the logo has a picture, the design does not have to accentuate the company name and have the letters brashly splashed on the front of the logo, discrete is fine. Unless it is tasteful.
- When using the company letters in the logo the "CS Horizons" can stand out more than the "Pte Ltd" part
- Please note that this is a Singaporean registered company so it is Pte Ltd NOT Pty Ltd!!!
- We mainly deal in commodities based business and consulting so it cannot be too loud a design
- My ideal logo would incorporate the meaning of the company, i.e. the horizon, as in we always look to the future/horizon for optimum business potential.
- The logo will be used for business cards, our company letter head and such, so the file must be in a vectored format ( I hope I have not embarrassed myself too much with lack of technical terminology) so that various printers and web related people can work with and adapt it.
Regards for reading this and my thanks in advance,
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The husband of a 9/11 victim who was among the handful of relatives at Guantanamo Bay for the arraignment of Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged terrorists says the accused murderers should not be put to death if convicted.
Blake Allison won one of 10 lottery tickets available for relatives of 9/11 victims who wanted to see their loved ones' accused killers formally arraigned on terrorism, conspiracy and other charges last weekend, reports The New York Post.
His wife, Anna, was a software consultant en route to visit a client in Los Angeles and was on board American Airlines flight 11. She was 48.
Allison told friends and family he wanted to go to Guantanamo Bay to "see the faces of the people accused of murdering my wife," reports the Post. While there, the 62-year-old ended up meeting with the lawyers of the accused, offering to testify against the death penalty should a military commission convict them of capital charges, according to the paper.
The wine-company executive's staunch opposition to the death penalty predates his wife's death. Allison told the Post he believes the death penalty should be off the table in the 9/11 case, though he acknowledges his wife's relatives and the relatives of the other 9/11 victims who went to Guantanamo Bay disagree.
"They want what they perceive as justice for their loved ones," Allison said of the other families. "I would never tell anybody in my position what they should feel."
"The public needs to know there are family members out there who do not hold the view that these men should be put to death," he added. "We can't kill our way to a peaceful tomorrow."
Allison said that his opposition to the death penalty does not mean he doesn't seek justice for his wife's killers, nor does it mean he believes that, given the opportunity, KSM and the alleged terrorists would take a different course of action.
"But for me, opposition to the death penalty is not situational," he told the Post. "Just because I was hurt very badly and personally does not, in my mind, give me the go-ahead to take a life."


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Wikileaks Exposes Anna Nicole Smith's Bahamian Rampage
A recently released Wikileaks cable reveals how Anna Nicole Smith scandalized an island nation: "Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau," reads the previously classified diplomatic cable. Wow!
The Nov. 15, 2006 cable—"HURRICANE ANNA NICOLE WREAKS HAVOC IN THE BAHAMAS"—begins breathlessly:
Several months into her Bahamian residency, American B-list celebrity and regular entertainment television fixture Anna Nicole Smith has changed the face of Bahamian politics. Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau. Lying in disarray in her wake are Doctor's Hospital, the Coroner's Court, the Department of Immigration, local mega-lawyers Callenders and Co., formerly popular Minister of Immigration Shane Gibson, and possibly Prime Minister Christie's PLP government.
The scandal centered on the suspicious quickness with which Anna Nicole Smith was able to get residency in the Bahamas in August of 2006. (A month later, her son died there under mysterious circumstances.) Rumor had it, she bribed the immigration minister with a $10,000 check to speed the process along. Now the minister was being pilloried in the press as a "puppet of the privileged rather than defender of the common people of The Bahamas." (Sexy pictures later surfaced of Anna Nicole and the minister locked in a "bedroom embrace.")
According to the cable, which was written by a State Department employee who was either very bored or a huge Anna Nicole Smith fan: "Not since Wallace Simpson dethroned a King and came to Nassau has an American femme fatale so captivated the Bahamian public and dominated local politics."
Jesus. Wikileaks wins the Internet; there is no more perfect blog story than this. The only thing that could top this is if Wikileaks publishes grainy video of Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal gunning down journalists in Afghanistan.
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Munich, 26 November 2012 – The technology company The Linde Group has received an order for a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant from Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd., a production subsidiary of Malaysia's national oil and gas company PETRONAS. The new boil-off gas re-liquefaction facility has a maximum design capacity of 1,840 tons of LNG per day and will be located in the Bintulu LNG complex in Sarawak, East Malaysia.
Professor Dr Aldo Belloni, member of the Executive Board of Linde AG, said: "This is the latest in a series of mid-scale LNG projects for Linde with particularly demanding technical features. We came off as winners in a highly competitive bidding process, reaffirming our design and engineering expertise and cost competitiveness in the growing natural gas liquefaction market."
Linde's Engineering Division will perform detail engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the plant. Linde's proprietary LNG process and core cryogenic heat exchanger has been customized to re-liquefy boil-off gases from LNG storage and ship-loading and to accommodate large variations in nitrogen content, flow rate and temperature. Linde's customized process will also enable Malaysia LNG to minimize flaring. The new plant is expected to go on stream end of 2014.
About The Linde Group
The Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with around 62,000 employees in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2011 financial year, Linde generated revenue of EUR 13.787 bn. The strategy of the Group is geared towards long-term profitable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The Group is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
Under the "Clean Technology by Linde" label, the company offers a wide range of products and technologies that help to render renewable energy sources financially viable, and significantly slow down the depletion of fossil resources or reduce the level of CO2 emitted. This ranges from specialty gases for solar module manufacturing, industrial-scale CO2 separation and application technologies to alternative fuels and energy carriers such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen.
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While events at Fortress Monroe riveted public attention during Summer/Fall 1861, as slaves fled there in a bold bid for freedom, at the same time an unheralded wave of even more desperate Virginia slaves escaped to an even riskier destination–the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Blocking Squadron.
The Navy had established the Atlantic Blocking Squadron after the fall of Fort Sumter to implement a naval blockade of southern ports. Making the blockade effective often meant having ships operate close to shore, close enough that slaves noted their presence and, like those in the vicinity of Fortress Monroe, began to plot their escape to what they hoped would be the protection of Union forces and freedom. As noted in the July 15 edition of Civil War Emancipation, on that date 150 years before the USS Mount Vernon picked up a group of slaves that had stolen a boat and made their way to a light house off the mouth of the Rappahannock River. They reported the murder of a Unionist by Confederate vigilantes near where they lived and that local authorities planned to send slaves into the front of the battle line as cannon fodder.
Silas Stringham, the commander of the Atlantic Blocking Squadron, expressed skepticism of slaves' claims, especially their fear of death should they be returned to their owners. But like Benjamin Butler before, Stringham recognized their value to the enemy. On July 18, he wrote Navy Secretary Gideon Welles, stating "If negroes are to be used in this contest, I have no hesitation in saying they should be used to preserve the Government, not to destroy it."
Even before Stringham wrote Welles, the commander of the USS Mount Vernon, Oliver Glisson, reported on July 17, he had picked up three more slaves, also claiming they would be killed if they were returned. Secretary Welles finally provided guidance on July 22 approving using the escaped slaves as navy laborers. He wrote Stringham:
SIR: Your dispatch No. 70, in relation to certain negroes who have fled from Virginia and are on board the Mount Vernon, asking what disposition shall be made of them, is received.
It is not the policy of the Government to invite or encourage this class of desertions, and yet, under the circumstances, no other course than that pursued by Commander Glisson could be adopted without violating every principle of humanity.
To return them would be impolitic as well as cruel, and, as you remark, they may be made serviceable on board our storeships, you will do well to employ them.
Within a month, what ostensibly began as a humanitarian gesture, soon became something more, as navy authorities began to plot to take advantage of opportunities to deprive the Confederates of slave labor. On August 3, Welles wrote Stringham with some potentially valuable intelligence. He stated:
Lieutenant Nicholson, executive officer of the Pocahontas, reported at the Department this morning that two fugitive negroes had been taken yesterday from a boat in a sinking condition by that vessel.
They represented themselves to be of a quota furnished by a Mr. Lewis, a wealthy farmer in Virginia, in obedience to an order from the governor of that State, to a draft of 500 slaves about being sent from Fredericksburg, in the steamer St. Nicholas, for the purpose of throwing up fortifications on Mosquito Point, a little within the mouth of the Rappahannock River, on the left bank.
Over two weeks later, on August 20, Oliver Glisson, from his post off the mouth of Rappahannock, provided fresh intelligence suggesting Nicholson's report was unreliable. He stated:
I have to report that yesterday I stood up the river as far as the town of Urbana, a distance of 20 miles. I carefully examined both banks of the river, and I can assure the flag-officer that there is nothing in the shape of guns or entrenchments as far up the river as that point. I shall keep a bright lookout, and should the St. Nicholas come down with her 500 slaves we will do all in our power to give them a warm reception.
This morning a negro deserter named Balinar Robinson came on board and claimed our protection, which was granted him. He belongs to John Robins, of Lancaster County, Va., who resides near Mosquito Point, is now under arms in the State of Virginia, and is a strong secessionist. This slave informs me that there are no entrenchments about being thrown up at Mosquito Point, nor is there any force on the banks of the river except the home guards for the protection of the farms.
Evidently, some of the slaves escaping to the Atlantic Blocking Squadron shaped their stories, in the hopes of ingratiating themselves with U.S. Navy personnel, so they would not be returned to their rebel owners. The exodus, although never on the scale occurring around Fortress Monroe, and involving almost exclusively male slaves, continued into Fall 1861 and resulted on September 25, 1861, (as described in the September 22 edition of Civil War Emancipation) in the formalizing of the recruitment of contraband slaves into Navy ranks.
The exodus proved an irritation to slaveholders in Virginia, who told their slaves stories of their own. A Massachusetts newspaper reported in late September that slaves escaping by water were saying:
They state that everywhere the slaves are told that the Yankees are coming down to seize them, if possible, to sell them upon the plantations in Cuba, to raise money to pay the expenses of the war. Though they profess to believe the story, they say the Negroes regard it as a ruse, and their hope is that the North will conquer.
White Virginians also could not credit the slaves as fleeing on their own initiative, but instead convinced themselves they left as a result of Yankee blandishments. An October 15 letter from a correspondent near Norfolk published in the Richmond Daily Dispatch read:
The Yankees are still depredating within our borders. Since they cannot win battles, they endeavor to make up for it in stealing.–Their contraband dodge on the negro question is too mean a sophism for a London prig, in whose category stealing is stealing. On Sunday night party of negroes, some eight or more in number . . . made their disappearance. As an old seine-boat belonging to Major W. E. Taylor, at his fishery at Willoughby spit [near Norfolk], was missing at the same time, there is no doubt that some prowling emissaries have coaxed the slaves by water conveyance into the enemy's hole, where I suppose the Lincolnites will get all the work out of them they can.
Five more are believed to have gone off last night. . . . There is nothing more irritating to the people of this neighborhood than the taking of their negroes under the miserable pretexts used by the Federals to cover up the true character of their thefts. If our enemy openly acknowledged these acts as acts of plunder, and held or took the negroes above-board as spoils of war, we could-stand it much better than we can their devilish whine about philanthropy, and their blasphemous misuse of the ever-to-be-held-sacred law of nations.
Of course, the paper's correspondent could not acknowledge that real reason the slaves fled by water to U.S. Navy ships was their desire to be free. And that the wish was so strong, these slaves took a considerable risk not only in escaping their plantations but embarking out on the open water sometimes far from shore often in small flimsy boats unsure if they would encounter a northern ship or even if they found one that they would find the sanctuary they sought. Yet so strong was their desire to be free that they literally would risk their lives to reach the ships of the Atlantic Blocking Squadron.
Sources: 1) http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/m/moawar//text/ofre0006.txt; 2) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2006.05.0299; 3) http://www.rmlonline.org/civil%20war%20news/Sep22-28-1861.htm.


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I was curious about this one since it was getting so much buzz. I was not disappointed. Well, actually I was but only because it ended and I hadn't gotten enough.
There is something fantastically beautiful and otherwordly about this book. It reminded me of a few gems I have loved like Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, which is the story of Meg and her little brother Charles Wallace, the pain of immortality in Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, and lastly the magical struggle between love, life and death crafted by Ray Bradbury in From the Dust Returned.
Mostly, it reminds me of the latter in a very good way but I was left with a craving for more, especially more from the Hempstock women and with questions about what happened to Lettie.
I hope we get to revisit this wonderful family. What was your impression of what happened to Lettie?
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Ed Kashi -- photojournalist, filmmaker, educator, and member of VII Photo -- has dedicated his career to documenting social and political issues all over the world. In 2013, Kashi traveled to Nicaragua to document the epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown origin (CKDu) that has been decimating sugarcane workers in the country for the last few decades. He then went back in 2014, after successfully completing a crowd-funding campaign with the purpose of expanding his photographic work on the topic and adding a video component. We talked to him about his work in Nicaragua, his first crowd-funding campaign and how he sees photojournalism changing, from Instagram to other opportunities – and challenges – lying ahead.
Family and friends gather for the funeral procession and burial of a former sugar cane worker, 36, who died of Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown origin (CKDu), after working in the sugar cane fields for 12 years in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua on Jan. 7, 2013. He is part of a steady procession of deaths among the cane workers in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua. Photograph by Ed Kashi; VII.
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Caterina Clerici: Can you talk about your project in Nicaragua with sugar cane workers and how you got started with it?
Ed Kashi: It's about an epidemic of kidney disease among sugar cane workers in Nicaragua, although the disease has spread to other parts of Latin America as well, with more than 20,000 workers who are either sick or have died. It has now crossed the third-generation benchmark: their fathers and grandfathers all had the same problems. The project began in January 2013 when I started working with La Isla Foundation, a Nicaragua-based organization that has been trying to figure out what the disease really is and how to cure it. It began as a classic NGO assignment but I immediately got deeply involved and decided to go back.
CC: Why?
EK: I had already generated enough material during the first two trips but there was more to describe and I wanted to tell the story more deeply by introducing video because I knew it would have made a more powerful effect. With storytelling one can tell the bigger story: that these families are decimated and no one is doing anything.
CC: This wasn't your first time traveling to Nicaragua for a project. You were there in 1983, after the Sandinista revolution, to witness the struggle against the Contras following the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. How was it to be back 30 years later?
EK: At the time, it was exciting. I was there as a young photojournalist witnessing what was a proxy fight between the US-backed Contras and the Soviet backed Sandinista government, a typical dynamic of the Cold War in South America. When I went back for the kidney project I was covering a health and human rights issue, not a political struggle. But the issue is still strongly political: the local media aren't allowed to cover the story because the government is protecting the interests of the oligarchic sugar company. This is the proof that unfortunately nothing has really changed since the revolution.
A former cane worker, 67, sick with CKDu, is photographed in the sugar cane fields that he worked in for 25 years, in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua on April 25, 2014. In 2013 he spoke out against one of the worker organizations, ASOCHIVIDA, and is now not receiving his food provisions. He also fought for the Sandanistas when he was 10 years old. Photograph by Ed Kashi; VII.
CC: What was one thing that struck you about covering the kidney disease epidemic?
EK: As a photojournalist, you sometimes have to look deeply to find your story or it takes some time to figure it out. In this case it was thrown at me: in the town we were in, there was a funeral every day. The evidence was around us. I was doing a series of portraits of people who had sick family members or ones who had died. I was in a neighborhood of Chichigalpa, often called the Island of Widows since one in three men are in end-stage of renal failure. It was like a refugee camp, with wooden run down houses and no running water. I thought of the similarity and then I thought 'Wait a second, these people live here, they work here, this is unacceptable, it's not supposed to be like a refugee camp.' The injustice is appalling.
CC: You decided to "crowd-fund" your way back to Nicaragua. How did that work?
EK: The idea came through the Photo Society, which supported the project. I was one of their three "guinea pigs," together with Amy Vitale and Catherine Karnow (also members of the Photo Society). I launched the crowd-funding campaign with Indievoices in December 2013 and thankfully it was successful, so I went back in April and May 2014 for two weeks. I brought Jessey Dearing (a photojournalist and filmmaker who works with Talking Eyes Media) with me to shoot video because I really felt this story needed to be told using both visual media, still photography and moving images, and I wanted to do a short documentary. I've been working on the production of the short film last month and I would like it to be a precursor to a 60-90 minute documentary, maybe also taking the project to El Salvador. A sugarcane plantation there has said they would be willing to take on the recommendations to stop the disease, so it would be a wonderful addition to the story.
CC: How did you feel about the crowd-funding?
EK: It was the first crowd-funding for me and initially I thought 'I don't know if I'd do it again.' On one hand it's exciting and innovative, almost revolutionary in the way that it allows us to not rely on media companies. On the other hand it makes projects even more personal (almost polluting: 'I gave money to that person but they didn't contribute to my project!') However, I'll soon be working on another Human Rights Watch project for which I actually appeared in the crowd-funding campaign – so I technically did it again (laughs).
CC: Talking about new ways of approaching photojournalism and documentary photography, the Open Society Foundation recently asked you to be the first photographer to take over their Instagram feed. Can you talk about that experience?
EK: I had taken over the New Yorker's Instagram feed three times, then also once with Time and once with NBC, so I had a bit of experience already. But with OSF it was different: I was the first photographer to use it and it was humbling. All the other times I was just documenting what was going on where I happened to be or a breaking news event. This time it was a thoughtful process, I basically laid down a photo-essay in a week. Instagram can be a source of innovation but also of experimentation.
CC: How are you trying to bring innovation into your own agency, VII?
EK: We're in a phase of transition and trying to figure out how to make it more profitable and sustainable, how to get more editorial work, NGO work, exhibitions, while at the same time keeping the standards high. The good thing about it is being a group: we recently worked on a collaborative project, "Smile", an exhibition that premiered at One Financial Center in NYC exploring the idea of smile through the VII archive. We also often work together on production projects (with MSF and ICRC) or on mini-collaborations, like the one Ashley Gilbertson and I did for the New Yorker (cowboys experiencing the draught in Oklahoma.) We also recently did a flash-print sale for one week and plan on doing another in a couple of months with a different group of our photographers. It's still a very difficult time, but it's a challenging one.
CC: How do you think photography has changed over the past few years and what advice would you give to young photographers who are starting out now?
EK: Forty or fifty years ago, if you were a photojournalist publishing in the big picture magazines, you were bringing the world to people and were in uniquely privileged positions and were celebrated. In the 1970s there was the first hit against this profession with the Vietnam war being the first live televised war, and by the 1980s there were fewer outlets for long-form storytelling. Then in the 1990s and 2000s the digital revolution changed everything. We all knew it, but we could never have anticipated how rapidly things would change. At the same time though, there are so many opportunities now, coming from all sorts of different places: audio, video, shooting with your phone's camera – you just need to be flexible and adapt and be able to reinvent yourself. But the onus is on you: you have to have a strong style and vision and an eye for great stories that the media will want. It's never been easy, it's never been harder, but at the same time there have never been more opportunities. And you've got to believe in doing it: if you don't have the stomach for it, then it's not the right profession for it.
CC: As a final note, we asked SDN Founder and Director Glenn Ruga to comment on Ed Kashi and his role in the documentary community.
Glenn Ruga: Ed is a tireless advocate of using the documentary form to tell important stories in this world. In addition to being extraordinarily prolific in his own work, he also finds time to be on the SDN Advisory Committee and also support many other organizations involved in documentary. But Ed also keeps his eyes on the big picture and fundamentally knows that what matters most are the people whom he photographs, whether in Nigeria, Nicaragua, Madagascar, or in his own back yard in New Jersey. All of us should feel tremendous gratitude to Ed for what he does for this medium.
Caterina Clerici is SDN's Special Issue Editor. She is a freelance journalist and photojournalist and recently completed a Columbia Journalism School post-graduate fellowship with La Stampa in Turin, Italy. Her previous projects for SDN have been the special issues on Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Africa and Climate Change: Our Uncertain Future.


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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Holy Shitake!
Yum, yum, yum. That's what I have to say about it. Though the texture (and size) is a little different from soy bacon substitutes, the shitake bacon tastes as good (or maybe even better) than Smart Bacon or other subs I've tried.
As for a recipe, I stupidly didn't write or print the recipe I saw on the PPK and a search later yielded no results. But a quick Google search brought me to this YouTube video of someone named Jenny demonstrating her shitake bacon recipe. You outta watch it, but since I changed things up a bit (namely the cooking time), I'll share what I did.
Shitake Bacon
1/2 pound shitake mushrooms (stems removed, caps sliced)
Enough soy sauce to coat
A couple drops of Liquid Smoke
A splash of olive oil
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Drizzle soy sauce over mushrooms in a mixing bowl. You don't want to drown them in it, just make sure they all get coated. Add Liquid Smoke (a little dab will do ya) and olive oil. Stir and allow to marinate for about 10 minutes. The mushrooms should absorb all the liquid. Spread out on a baking sheet and bake for about 30 to 35 minutes or until most are crispy. Note: The original recipe said to bake for 10 minutes, but mine weren't crispy at all after ten. So you might wanna check them often.
Viola! Now you have some awesome bacon for breakfast, to sprinkle over salads, or to top soups. I served mine with a quick Tofu & Hash Brown Scramble:
20 comments:
- miss v said...
i'm still on the perfect fake bacon quest. i love this idea! thanks for sharing (and sharing your modifications)
- May 20, 2009 at 7:30 AM
- The Voracious Vegan said...
Bacon was my very favorite pregan thing to eat and after a one time disastrous experiment with a mock meat bacon sub I've been scared off. But these look delicious and so simple! We rarely get a wide variety of mushrooms here in Bahrain, do you think I could try this with portabellas?
- May 20, 2009 at 8:16 AM
- Macie said...
I made this a few weeks ago... and YES, it's amazing! Yours looks even better than mine :]
- May 20, 2009 at 8:39 AM
What an interesting idea! I must have missed this one. You can always find awesome recipes/ideas on the PPK!
- May 20, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- Jenn/CinnamonQuill said...
This is definitely on the menu for our next scrambled tofu dinner. Thanks!
- May 20, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- Gina said...
I keep meaning to try the eggplant bacon...
I'm not a big mushroom fan, so I don't know if this will fly with me, but "bacon" anything is sooo good!!
- May 20, 2009 at 11:34 AM
- Lisa said...
savory breakfast food- I love it! I've never tried shitake bacon either, what a great idea.
- May 20, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- Amey said...
I just made the PPK recipe last night! It's totally amazing and easy:
1/2 lb shiitake, sliced 1/4 inch
1/2 tsp liquid smoke
1/2 tsp salt
3 Tbsp olive oil
bake at 350 for 40 minutes, stir every 10 minutes... check often at end so they don't burn. Use parchment paper.
Also I added 1/2 tsp maple syrup and 1/2 tsp balsamic to my mixture.
Oh man they were SO good... I had them with steamed greens... mmm!
- May 20, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- Hello Veggie said...
This looks delicious! I must try.
- May 20, 2009 at 4:40 PM
- Mike K said...
What a great idea - eggplant bacon sounds tempting too. It sounds perfect with the hashbrowns - nice post title too :)
- May 20, 2009 at 11:31 PM
- Sal - AlienOnToast said...
I saw this on the PPK too but haven't gotten around to making it. It looks / sounds so good though, I might have to buy some shitakes and make some for brekkie at the weekend.
- May 21, 2009 at 6:30 AM
- Vegan In The VI said...
I haven't had the chance to look at PPK for several weeks. Thanks for letting us know about this. Sounds fantastic.
- May 21, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Lordy - I'm coming to your house for breakfast, Bianca! I wish I could find portobello shrooms here...I'll just look at yours and drool.
- May 21, 2009 at 8:14 AM
- A said...
Wow... That's a cool idea! How do people think of this stuff??
- May 21, 2009 at 12:28 PM
- Cyn said...
YUM! Those look so tasty. I LOVE mushrooms, and I also love anything smoky tasting, so I am going to be all over this one.
- May 21, 2009 at 3:53 PM
- celine said...
I cannot wait to try this!
- May 21, 2009 at 4:32 PM
- Chelsea said...
I saw that on the PPK, too! I really have got to try it!
- May 21, 2009 at 9:56 PM
- aTxVegn said...
I thought eggplant bacon was totally gross, but then again I don't really like eggplant! This, however, looks incredible!
- May 21, 2009 at 10:36 PM
- Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...
Dang, I had never thought of this! awesome.
- May 22, 2009 at 4:31 PM
- Unknown said...
Shiitake bacon sounds good!
- May 25, 2009 at 8:42 PM


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Life in Worcester
Worcester, New England's second largest city, has all the resources one needs to enjoy a comfortable and interesting life during post graduate training.
Among the city's treasures are the Worcester Art Museum, displaying world-class collections spanning 50 centuries, and the Ecotarium, a regional resource for learning about the natural world.
For entertainment, Worcester boasts the beautifully restored Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts with Broadway tours, nationally recognized performers, and family shows gracing the stage; the historic and acoustically superior Mechanics Hall, site of classical music and opera performances; and the DCU Center, one of the country's most successful arenas for top-draw rock concerts, sports and family entertainment events.
For sports enthusiasts, Worcester is the home to minor league baseball, Worcester Tornadoes, and hockey, Worcester Railers, in addition to the athletic teams of several area colleges.
A wide variety of ethnic restaurants satisfy every taste in Worcester, as do eclectic cafes (Worcester has more diners per capita than any other place in New England) and nightclubs featuring live music. The Shrewsbury Street area and the Canal District are two locations within the city most widely-noted for their assortment of fine dining.
For the outdoor enthusiast, central Massachusetts has much to offer with over 30 state parks, forests, recreation areas, trails, reservoirs and reservations; including Wachusett Mountain State Reservation which offers hiking, biking, skiing and snowboarding for all abilities.
In addition, Worcester's central location within New England makes it ideal for visits to nearby attractions, including Cape Cod, a 90-minute drive southeast; Newport, Rhode Island, a 75-minute drive south; and Boston, a 45-minute drive east. The majestic mountains and pristine lakes of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are also nearby and accessible for day trips.


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Could Apple be considering a dividend? Now that Apple is valued at $500 billion, chief executive Tim Cook and the Apple board are said to be considering the idea.
Cook said during a question-and-answer session Thursday at the company's annual shareholders' meeting that he and the board are nearing a decision on the dividend, according to CIO Today.
The board and management are "thinking about this very deeply," Cook said. "This isn't a case where 100 percent of people are going to agree with what we do."
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Cook said he wasn't supporting splitting stock, but he did note Apple's surplus of cash -- $98 billion -- was unnecessary, Seeking Alpha reported. "Frankly speaking," Cook said, "it's more than we need to run the company."
Typically an annual shareholders' meeting is the place where dividends are announced. It wasn't this time, but Cook's consideration of a dividend is light years away from Apple founder Steve Jobs' cash-hoarding ways.
Perhaps this is Cook's way of testing the waters to see if shareholders and Wall Street would accept such a revolutionary notion from Apple (although not revolutionary for other companies). We're betting that the dividend will happen, but probably not until at least the end of the year -- after Cook celebrates his anniversary at Apple's helm.


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The process of cloning marijuana involves a female plant in the vegetative stage (Mother Plant), and the removal of fresh growth. You will need a healthy mother to start with, a cloning medium to place cuttings in, rooting hormone for best results, a cloning chamber to house your cuttings, and a grow light to keep the cuttings healthy. Cloning can be a very easy process to master and many experienced growers swear by it.
The biggest advantage of cloning is that you can skip the entire process of germinating seeds and growing healthy seedlings by using living cuttings instead. You also have the advantage of making exact genetic copies from a plant or strain that you are particularly fond of. Cloning also takes male plants out of the equation so you don't waste time growing plants that must be killed when you switch to the flowering cycle. Growers often start clones every month, or even every two weeks, to produce continuous harvests.
You will need a pair of sharp scissors, pruning shears, or a razor blade to take your cuttings. Sterilize your tool with rubbing alcohol to help prevent contamination. Snip off 6" – 8" cuttings from the mother plant. Some growers prefer the cuttings from the top of the mother plant while others swear that cuttings from lower branches root faster. Next take off the bottom set of leaves but be sure to keep 3 or 4 sets of leaves per cutting. This process should be done quickly and you will immediately want to place each cutting into water or rooting solution. With the cutting underwater, make another diagonal cut about ¼" from the base. This will prevent air from entering your cutting and allow more nutrients into the stem. Now your cuttings are ready to be rooted.
Your cuttings will need a rooting hormone or rooting gel to speed the process along. Most growers agree the gel works best as it seals out air better than a liquid or powder hormone but this is really personal preference. The rooting gel is more expensive than the liquids or powders but it seems to produce the most consistent results. With your cutting snipped diagonally, use a sterile tool to dip into your gel and apply it generously to the base of the cutting and to the exposed sites where the lowest two leaves were removed. Using sterile gloves and keeping a clean work space helps to prevent contamination of the cuttings. You are now ready to place your cuttings into your grow medium.
There are a wide variety of grow mediums that will work for cloning marijuana but the most successful medium is generally agreed to be 1" rockwool cubes, costing around $10 for 100. You will want to have your cloning chamber prepared ahead of time to ensure the best results. This means placing rockwool cubes in a shallow nutrient solution inside your clone chamber. Next, take the gel-covered cutting, carefully open up the center hole of the rockwool cube wide enough to accept your cutting without wiping away all the rooting gel, and place it about ½ to ¾ of the way in. The center holes of your 1" rockwool cubes should be carefully closed around the stem of the cutting to keep out air. You may need to very gently squeeze the rockwool cube for a few seconds to ensure full contact between the rockwool and the cutting on all sides in order to get rid of any air pockets that may remain. Secure your cutting and your rockwool cube back inside your chamber.
A cloning chamber, or humidity dome, is a plastic chamber that holds your cuttings in the nutrient solution needed for rooting. Many different types of chambers are available and some growers opt to make their own. The basic design requires a shallow base to hold the solution, with a taller, clear plastic top that rests evenly on the base. You can buy these from many garden stores or experiment with making your own at home but the concept is the same. By trapping moisture and humidity inside the chamber, the cuttings are better able to begin pushing new roots out through the rockwool cubes. Some clone chambers have small holes that open and close to allow a bit of fresh air into the chamber for a few minutes each day.
Your cuttings like a temperature range around 72 – 80 degrees. The cloning chamber keeps heat as well as humidity in to speed rooting. You will want to spray the cuttings with water or a very light nutrient solution to help stimulate root growth. The nutrient solution in your chamber can be changed or you can just add more as you see fit but the cuttings should not be fully submerged in the solution. It is better to not check your clones constantly for signs of rooting as the more you handle them, the more likely the risk of contamination becomes, so be patient.
The mother plant is where it all begins in cloning. The more clones you can take, the more you can grow. Enter the Bonsai. The Bonsai mother plant is essentially grown to maximize the number of cloning sites. Starting with a large clone (8" – 10"), or a healthy small plant, begin by cutting your lady about half way up the plant. This means cutting off the top part of the plant to allow two shoots to grow back in its place rather than one. Placed in soil, your bonsai mother will grow rapidly as the root system is used to handling a plant twice the size. Now where you have the two shoots growing; cut the tops of these again to allow two more new shoots at each site. Repeat this process over and over until your plant has a good number of branch arms all putting out small shoots. Transfer your bonsai mother into larger pots as needed. The idea here is to train the plant into growing a high number of auxiliary branches of about the same size. Once you are ready to take your cuttings, remove almost all the foliage from the entire plant, leaving only three or four small branches. At this point you will want to remove the bonsai from the container and cut back the root system to the point that it fits in the original size container your bonsai mother started out it. Repeat as needed for new generation of clones.
Your cuttings will need a (18/6) or (20/4) vegetative light cycle and CFL or LED lights are recommended. Place the lights over your clone chamber but not to the point of overheating your cuttings. This can be done rather easily as the chamber will trap heat as well as moisture and humidity. Some growers opt for a window sill to take advantage of natural sunlight.
Clones have the distinct advantage of producing all female plants so you do not have to worry about males in the grow room. Also by using clones you know the exact genetics of the plants. Clones can develop problems from successive generations such as reduced potency, slower growth rates, and they can transfer disease or insects. Seeds will start out a bit faster than clones usually and the overall growth of the plants seems to be more consistent versus clones. The main problem with seeds is that you may begin with ten plants and later find out that five are male. This means you have wasted time, nutrients, and potential grow space on half of your crop. Buying seeds from reputable seed banks will ensure you have quality genetics to start out with and many varieties are available in feminized versions to prevent males. Buying seeds can get quite pricey though, another drawback compared to the costs of cloning.
Until next time,
Keep it GREEN, keep it LOVING and full of LIGHT.
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"The Biggest Loser" kept it in the family when it came time to find a new host. Veteran trainer Bob Harper will step into the gig after 16 seasons as a trainer. Harper is replacing longtime host Alison Sweeney. The soap star took over the gig from Caroline Rhea in 2007.
In the trainer roles for season 17 are Dolvett Quince and Jennifer Widerstrom. Harper will continue to offer his training expertise to contestants throughout the season. Widerstrom and Quince will train eight contestant teams of two in a return to team versus team competition. Additional details about the new season, including twists, will be announced at a later date.
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"I'm super excited about taking the position of host on 'The Biggest Loser,'" Harper said in a statement. "I've been with the show since season one so I know all of the ins and outs, and let me tell you, the weigh-in room is going to be a completely different ballgame with me at the steering wheel."
This isn't the first shakeup "The Biggest Loser" has had. Longtime trainer Jillian Michaels has departed and returned, only to leave again after a controversial season 15.
Season 17 starts filming in September.
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Traveling with Kids
I'll keep this article short. I am a working Mom of a 4 year-old boy, Clayton, and a 2 year-old girl, Megan, and I know for all of us reading long articles is tough. I am an author of a series of children's books called "Becka and the Big Bubble", which are about a girl who travels on a magic bubble. So traveling is something we do all the time!
Here are my tips for parents traveling with kids:
1. NIGHT LIGHT -- Pack a night light for the dark bathrooms in hotels or at Grandma's house.
2. SOUND MACHINE -- Invest in a sound machine (usually between $10-$20). The soothing sounds will drown out your kids' little noises or outside noises (which may keep them awake) in a hotel room or in tight quarters at a friend's house.
3. FAMILIAR ITEMS -- I always forget my daughter's dolls when traveling and of course she asks for them. So remember your kids' favorite comfort items.
4. ASK FRIENDS/FAMILY TO BUY BULKY ITEMS -- To minimize over-loaded suitcases I send my Mom a check in advance for $20 to cover diapers and wipes. Most friends and family are out at the grocery store preparing so they are happy to help. If traveling to a hotel usually a concierge will buy you what you want if you give them notice.
5. QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR KIDS -- Remember this is your QUALITY time with our kids. They will remember these trips more then anything else in their life so enjoy your traveling time with them!
Gretchen Schomer Wendel is the Author of "Becka and the Big Bubble", an award winning series of Children's Books. To learn more, please go to www.BeckaAndTheBigBubble.com.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A law enforcement official says a person believed to be the fugitive ex-Los Angeles cop sought in three killings has exchanged gunfire with authorities in the San Bernardino Mountains.
The officer requested anonymity because the officer was not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation.
The officer tells The Associated Press it's believed Christopher Dorner committed a residential burglary of a cabin and had a couple tied up in the cabin. One was able to get away and make a call.
Authorities responded to the location and gave chase Tuesday when Dorner fled in a stolen car. Gunfire was exchanged.


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Once Anthony Bennett got rolling in the second half, UNLV followed suit on Saturday night.
Bennett had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and UNLV hung on in the final seconds to beat San Diego State 72-70 in front of a raucous, sellout crowd of 18,577 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
After a 14-0 run that help give UNLV its largest lead at 67-57, the Aztecs came back and had a chance to go ahead in the final seconds, but Jamaal Franklin was whistled for a traveling violation driving to the hoop with two seconds remaining.
"I'm trying to find five guys to play with passion and heart," said UNLV coach Dave Rice, whose team is 14-1 at home. "Some of (Bennett's) shots were hard. He was patient. Khem Birch continues to get better and better. He has a bright, bright future."
Birch added 16 points, seven rebounds, and five blocks for the Rebels (19-7, 6-5 Mountain West).
Bennett, who had three blocks, had 16 second-half points and finished 4 of 5 from 3-point range.
"Teammates were giving me the ball, and I couldn't do it without my teammates. Shots were falling," said Bennett, who played just nine first-half minutes as the Rebels trailed 40-34 at the break. "It was the defensive part, and that's why coach didn't play me. Coach told me to get my energy. I think I can get better on the defensive end."
Chase Tapley led the Aztecs (18-7, 6-5) with 22 points and six rebounds. JJ O'Brien added 15 points, all in the first half, and 11 rebounds. Birch guarded O'Brien in the second half.
Franklin, who finished with 11 points and five steals, also missed a potential tying 3-pointer from the top left arc with 29 seconds left. After Franklin's miss, UNLV's Justin Hawkins made 1 of 2 free throws to make it 71-67.
Tapley hit a 3-pointer to cut it to 71-70. On the ensuing inbounds play, O'Brien tied up Bryce DeJean-Jones, and the Aztecs got the ball on the possession arrow. But Franklin took too many steps.
"We were quick with our shots in the second half," San Diego State coach Steve Fisher said. "We wanted Jamaal to have it (on the last play). I don't know if it was a traveling."
San Diego State was coming off another late-game road loss at another loud venue - at Colorado State - on Wednesday, 66-60.
"We've got to make plays at the end," O'Brien said. "These past two games, the fans have been loud. Coach told us to keep our heads up. We always fight back. We've got to make better decisions at the end of the game."
The Aztecs have lost four close games since Christmas.
"That's Basketball 101," Fisher said. "When you have a great season, you find ways to make plays (at the end)."


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Trying to be heard over the boisterous crowd arriving at the May 17, 2013 Chicago Hilton event was not easy for Chicago Sinfonietta's Project Inclusion Ensemble. They soldiered on, as if to give a prelude demonstration of the personal grit and determination many of the speakers to come would convey about students of the arts.
There were nearly 500 attendees at this inaugural benefit luncheon, Voices of a Creative State, enriching the Arts Alliance Illinois' coffers nearly $240,000.
As with everything art, money was the least of it.
What we were reminded of from the impressive lineup of speakers and first "Citizen Advocate" award honoree, Ambassador Fay Hartog-Levin (ret.) was that price tags never really reflect the real value of the arts as an engine in nearly all spheres of life that truly matter.
Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, reportedly nicknamed "Tiny Dancer" by President Barack Obama in reference to Emmanuel's earlier career as a ballet dancer commented, "When we drafted a cultural plan for the city we found that the number one thing everyone wants is arts in the schools. Chicago is putting arts back into the schools for every child—whether it's music, painting or dance.
"While I didn't pursue becoming a professional dancer I did learn a lot about discipline from my dance studies. There is no better format to learn about yourself than the arts…"
Emmanuel further commented that along with Michelle Boone, Commissioner of the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, they were doubling the number of arts activities in the city's parks 7 days a week—from Eye on India to the Joffrey to Shakespeare to Movies in the parks and more to ensure that no part of the city will not have one or another cultural event this summer.
Following the Mayor's remarks a fast-paced and impressive video showcasing the achievements of the Arts Alliance Illinois was shown, created by Emmy Award-winning HMS media set to the music of Orbert Davis, one of Chicago's great jazz artists.
Following the luncheon, in his characteristic understated cogent style, Senator Dick Durbin perhaps gave the most poignant reminder of what the arts means to our nation. He shared that he had just returned from another Republican-Democratic "gang" meeting, quipping that he'll soon need gang tattoos. This "gang" aims to work out a compromise on immigration reform.
Durbin shared the very moving story of how "The Dream Act" was born years ago by the dilemma of a young Korean girl on scholarship at Chicago's Merit School who had been given a chance to go to Julliard. She had been brought to America when she was two years old. When the Julliard application asked for nationality she, her parents, and her alderman were stumped. Dick Durbin was too. This talented youth had to return to Korea for 10 years and await citizenship. Although her personal story ends more happily, with a return to US, citizenship, a PhD in Music and concerts at Carnegie Hall, it was that tragic moment that had put Dick Durbin on fire to create what we now call the Dream Act.
How art affects our world was also dramatically brought home by Honoree Ambassador Hartog-Levin's family story of losing nearly everything when they fled the Holocaust, except for two items, including a piano that her very musical family treasured.
Keynote speaker Yo-Yo Ma gave a presentation entitled "Art for Life's Sake: A Roadmap from One Citizen Musician" where he talked, among other things, about how all the personnel qualities sought by the CEOs according to the Council on Competitiveness—innovation, creativity, flexibility, collaboration—are exactly the traits that the arts cultivate. While not critical of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) educational initiative, Yo-Yo Ma made an impassioned case for it to be renamed "STEAM", i.e. with an emphasis on arts as well.
Here too a student stepped in to show us what arts in education could mean. Jerlane Payne, a junior at the University of Chicago Woodlawn Charter School performed her spoken word piece, "The Flowship of Friends" that had been developed through an Arts Alliance Illinois initiative pairing spoken word development with student musical compositions. Yo-Yo Ma accompanied her with one of these new compositions, and at the conclusion of the event also played Bach's Cello Suite No. 1.
The Arts Alliance Illinois defines itself as the state's leading voice for the arts and arts education, uniquely combining advocacy, service, and information to advance a creative and culturally vibrant state. All Illinoisans owe this organization a thank you for infusing our society as a whole with arts-spawned energies driving innovation.
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The bad news is that there are trolls, some as many as 100 meters tall, wreaking havoc across regions of Norway. The good news is there's one brave soul with the courage, brains and guile to kill them—he is the "Trollhunter."
"Trollhunter," like "The Blair Witch Project" before it, claims to be comprised of "found footage," in this case tapes that were anonymously left at a Norwegian TV station. The tapes chronicle the adventures of a group of film students who start out on the trail of a bear poacher known only as Hans, who refuses to talk to them. But late one night, having followed Hans deep into the woods, they are startled to find him coming running down out of the trees screaming, "Trollllllll!"
Realizing that the cat—or troll—is out of the bag, Hans comes clean, confessing that he works for the TSS (Troll Security Service ), a top-secret government agency in charge of managing Norway's troll population. And as it turns out, much of the folklore, though not all of it, about trolls is true.
Otto Jesperson is deadpanned perfection as Hans, a troll-weary veteran who's grown weary of bureaucrats and collecting blood samples. He remains deadly serious throughout, whether telling the camera crew to smear troll stench all over themselves or filling out a Slayed Troll Form over breakfast.
But writer-director André Ovredal balances the tone of the film with Glenn Erland Tosterud as Thomas, the onscreen talent of the film crew, who conveys the right amount of snickering doubt about Hans' claims, before slowly realizing that this is no joke—thereby making the joke funnier still.
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Weirdly, the first of Ovredal's trolls looks like a cheap Claymation mess, lacking any fluidity of movement, but the rest of the monsters are far better. The final man vs. troll showdown is especially well done, with the monster cleanly integrated into the background, looking realistic enough to maintain the illusion.
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The Public Administration of the Internal MarketBack
This book is borne out of the observation of a certain gap in the legal literature on the European internal market, which has traditionally focused on substantive issues – such as the content and the scope of the rules on free movement, including adjacent policies such as State aid control – and on their impact on the allocation of powers between the European institutions and Member States. Little attention has been devoted to the way in which these rules shape the administrative institutions in charge of securing the internal market. This is, precisely, the subject of this book. The book builds on the notion of "European administrative union" and, hence, on an understanding of the European administration as a sum of institutions, bodies or agencies – both European and national – which act cooperatively. It is against this complex reality that the different chapters of the book scrutinize the organizational and procedural specificities of the different public administrations that interact in the internal market. Some chapters address these issues from a cross-sector perspective (e.g., the studies on the public administration associated to the four fundamental freedoms or the study on independent regulatory authorities) while others do so from a sector-specific perspective (e.g., the studies on the banking union, the European system of State aid control, the European networks of competition and food authorities, or the administrative implications of public procurement rules). The combination of both perspectives provides new insights into the administrative dimension of the internal market.
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Francisco Velasco Caballero, born 1965, Law Studies in Madrid and Erlangen (Germany), Dr. iur. 1994, Lawyer at the Constitutional Court of Spain (1998-2001), since 2010 Professor of Administrative Law at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Fernando Pastor Merchante, born 1983, Bachelor in Law and Political Sciences (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), LL.M. (Columbia University School of Law), Ph.D. (European University Institute). Lecturer in EU Law (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and Lecturer in Business Law (Instituto de Empresa).


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When the presidential campaign began in what now seems like an eternity ago, only a fool would have bet that anything other than the economic future of the country would determine the outcome.
But as the hours count down to Election Day, President Barack Obama's mishandling of the nation's defense capability is coming front and center — and not only because Americans were slaughtered in Benghazi, Libya.
Among those raising grave concerns is Gen. Patrick Brady who asks: 'Would I want this man with me in combat?'
Brady sports impeccable credentials having served more than 34 years in the Army in duty stations around the globe. During that time he earned both our country's highest recognition, the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross, our nation's second highest award.
In an article published at WND.com, Brady lays out his case in terse terms.
"For veterans and those interested in the security of America, the question is: Would I want this man with me in combat? Could he be trusted to lead a military squad let alone be commander in chief? Can you picture Obama in a duck blind — or even holding a gun? Has he ever held a gun? (Be assured he will assault the Second Amendment if he gets a second term.) Can you see him as a fighter pilot a la the Bushes? Or commanding a PT boat as did John Kennedy? This is not a man I would want with me in combat and neither should America."
He continues: "For me and many veterans, President Obama's military priority was initially evident at his Inauguration. One of the inaugural balls honors veterans, including Medal of Honor recipients. For the first time in memory a president, Obama, snubbed that ball. His ignorance and disdain for the military continued when he put victory in the hands of the enemy in Afghanistan by announcing the date we would quit. Weak leaders often try to project an image of toughness by 'kicking ass.' Accordingly, he fired a senior commander for a revealing story in that paragon of journalistic integrity — Rolling Stone."
But even more to the point, Brady writes: "Under the leadership of the Obama/Gates/Mullen trinity, our military has suffered as never before. Gates supervised the waste and fiscal incompetence at the Pentagon (millions of dollars lost). He instituted an insane op tempo (60 out of 80 months deployed is not unusual), causing unprecedented suicide and PTSD rates among soldiers and depression and anxiety in their families. Military pay cuts are coming, and the administration actually lost graves and urns at Arlington. There is an effort to raise health insurance premiums for retirees. The number of stolen top-secret documents is unmatched in our history. On the silly side, Gates' Pentagon actually considered giving medals to soldiers for not shooting!
Thankfully, Brady is not the only one calling out President Obama. An Oct. 31 column by Victor Davis Hanson serves to merge Brady's criticism with the deaths in Benghazi.
"…Most likely, the political wing of the White House almost immediately made a decision that the attack on our Benghazi consulate should not endanger the conventional narrative of a successful commander-in-chief — ahead in the polls in part because he had highlighted a supposedly successful foreign policy. Key to that story was the notion that the hit on bin Laden and the drone attacks on other Islamists had rendered al-Qaida all but impotent …"
As Benghazi has shown, al-Qaida is far from impotent. Rather, as Brady and Hanson make clear, it is President Obama's defense strategy that is impotent — something to seriously consider when voting for the next leader of the free world on Nov. 6.
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by Tom Utescher
As the teams lined up on the volleyball court before last Tuesday's PIAA District 1 Tournament opener at Mount St. Joseph Academy, the host Magic were unable to produce either a live or recorded version of the Star Spangled banner.
Fortunately, Sophie Koorhan, a senior starting for visiting Lower Merion High School, accepted the microphone and belted out the national anthem in front of an appreciative audience. The Magic, seeded fifth in the Class AAA playoffs, was able to take care of business after that, dispatching the number-28 Aces in straight games, 25-13, 25-8, 25-10.
The highest-seeded team in the tourney that didn't receive an opening-round bye (the top four did), Mount St. Joe upped its overall record to 16-4.
Six days earlier, the Magic had prevailed an extended 3-2 battle against Villa Maria to win the championship game of the Catholic Academies Tournament. With that grueling victory, the Mounties avenged a pair of regular-season losses to the Hurricanes, who play inClass AA in the PIAA postseason.
"It was just our time to win, I think," said senior Marissa McBride, a setter and senior co-captain for the Magic. "Winning the league championship put us in a really good position, and we're in good spirits."
With a number of new faces on the MSJ varsity squad this fall, McBride noted, "It basically took us the whole regular season to gel, but's it's good to be peaking going into Districts."
In the Mount's Class AAA debut last Tuesday, Lower Merion started out with the ball in the first set, but the Magic immediately secured a side-out with a hit by freshman Alex Uzzo. Senior Dominique Pacitti stepped to the service line for six more points, wrapping up the string with a true ace along the left sideline. Sophomore Sarah Thomas also scored on a block and a kill, and from there a pair of kills by junior Moira Mulholland helped the hosts along to a 14-2 advantage.
With Mount bringing a number of players in off the bench, Lower Merion made up some ground, and a few minutes later the tally was 19-10. A hit by Thomas lifted the Magic to the 20-point psychological barrier, and Mulholland banged down a couple of balls as the home team went on to win, 25-13. Set point came when the visitors illegally reached over the net.
One of the longest rallies of the match launched the second set, and after Lower Merion dug out three hits by Thomas, the sophomore terminated the sequence with a successful block. Thomas notched another two kills and Mulholland found the floor on the Aces' side of the court three times as the Mounties moved out to a 13-3 lead.
Senior Maddy Good, team co-captain along with McBride, sent down two hits and junior Caroline Zakrzewski added another as the Magic cruised, 25-8. In addition to delivering effective sets, McBride played solid defense, as did Pacitti and sophomore libero Monica DeIenno.
MSJ's Thomas, Uzzo, and Mulholland each made their mark on the scoresheet during a 7-0 run at the start of set three. Lower Merion battled back within five points, 12-7, then a kill by Good got the Magic back on track and they widened the gap once more. Joining Good, McBride, and Pacitti in the thick of the action were fellow seniors Gwyn Kieffer, Meaghan Kiernan, and Kiki Saraceni, and junior Sam Eberle also found herself in the mix.
While Mount St. Joe played a few Class AAA teams during the regular season, they have not faced the schools remaining in their half of the playoff bracket.
"I hope we make it into the final four, so we can go to the state tournament," McBride said, "but we'll have to win some tough games to get there, so we can't think too far ahead."
UPDATE – On Thursday night host Mount St. Joseph registered a 3-1 win against 12th-seeded Methacton High School, moving on into the quarterfinals to face number four Strath Haven this week.


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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Creating a bootable USB drive for use with ROS
These instructions assume that you're installing some version of Ubuntu, and in this case I was using 11.04. For ROS installation, Ubuntu seems to be the most supported distro. Other distros may work, but sometimes have issues with dependencies when using the --rosdep-install option. It's also a good idea not to use the very latest version, since it typically takes a while before new versions are fully supported by ROS.
One thing to be aware of from the outset is that not all USB flash drives are created equal. There are a variety of storage sizes, but more importantly there are also different access speeds. Try to use a drive which has the highest access speed possible in order to avoid excessive latencies. I used a 16GB Sandisk Cruzer Blade, which seems quite adequate for the task.
1. Download the latest version of Unetbootin.
2. Format a USB drive as fat32. You can do this easily with Gparted.
3. Using Unetbootin, create a USB install, specifying some non-zero storage space size.
4. Using Gparted unmount the USB drive, then resize the partition so that it's close in size to the amount of data installed. Create a new partition, formatted as ext4, called casper-rw.
Why create this extra partition? Without this the maximum amount of storage is only a couple of gigabytes. ROS is quite a large installation and without the additional partition won't fit onto the drive.
5. Boot from the USB drive.
6. Click on the wireless network icon, select "wireless", pick the current connection then click "Edit". Make sure that "connect automatically" and "available to all users" are selected.
This assumes that you're on an IPv4 network. Click on IPv4 settings, select "manual" as the method then click on "Add". Enter a fixed IP address for the robot, with a netmask of 255.255.255.0 and with the gateway being the IP address of the wireless router. Enter the DNS server IP addresses, which are usually visible from the router's administration page. "Search domains" can be left blank.
Click on "Save".
It makes sense to have the robot on a fixed local IP address, since you can then assign a name to it within the /etc/hosts file and therefore be able to connect to it in a reliable way. It makes even more sense if you have multiple robots.
7. Run synaptic and under "repositories" make sure that other software sources (community, multiverse) are enabled.
8. Open a terminal and enter the following:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential openssh-server
Install whatever command line text editor you prefer, such as:
sudo apt-get install emacs
This will be used later during ssh logins. You may also want to install version control software.
sudo apt-get install bzr subversion git mercurial
9. Ensure that you're not prompted to press Enter when shutting down or restarting.
sudo emacs /cdrom/syslinux.cfg
Then add the options noeject and noprompt to the append entries. For example:
append initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash noeject noprompt -- persistent
10. Create a user that will be used for ssh logins.
sudo adduser <username>
11. Add this user to the sudoers
sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers
Under the line:
root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
add the line:
user ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
Then save with CTRL-X then Y
12. Under "Users and Groups" select the user you made earlier, then click on "Advanced" and make sure that they can use video and audio devices.
13. You may wish to enable remote desktop sharing so that you can use a VNC client to view the robot desktop. If so make sure that "confirm each access" and "enter password" are unticked.
14. Follow the instructions for installing ROS from
This may take a while, since the full installation is quite a large download.
15. If you're using a Kinect sensor then install the drivers.
16. You may wish to update the package path within:
In order to include any additional packages which you are using. It's also a good idea to keep a copy of the setup.sh file elsewhere, since subsequent updates can overwrite it.
17. When you've tweaked and tested the installation to your satisfaction you can easily create a backup of it using the dd command line program.
3 comments:
- Win said...
I followed your instructions for creating the bootable USB drive with ROS...well done. A couple quick questions. I also have a 16 gig drive. How large did you make the persistent area for Ubuntu and how large is the casper-rw partition? What is the casper-rw used for? I didn't see it mentioned anywhere after creating it. It ROS supposed to be installed to it?
- September 25, 2011 at 7:37 PM
- Bob Mottram said...
The persistent area doesn't change - it's just the disk image - so you should reduce the partition size to something close to the amount of data. Any changes you make, such as installed programs or data, occur in the casper-rw partition and are overlayed onto the fixed disk image. You should make the casper-rw partition fill the rest of the disk.
- September 28, 2011 at 5:27 AM
- Augustus said...
I was able to boot from USB and open up ubuntu. However it would complain that there's no enough space when I try to install any new software, not mentioning ROS. I followed all instructions in this tutorial. Do you know what might be the problem? I'm using a 8GB usb, and I installed Ubuntu 11.10.
- June 1, 2012 at 6:50 PM


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The record breaking sky dive attempt was aborted earlier this week. The weather at the launch site in Roswell,NM was unfavorable for launching a balloon 120,000 feet into the air. But they finally got that balloon in the air and pilot, Felix Baumgartner, is on his way to making history.


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For elementary school parents in Palo Alto, this is a season of deadlines and applications -- and the awaiting of lottery results -- for alternative educational options offered by the school district.
From "basics" to "developmental," from Spanish Immersion to Mandarin Immersion, the Palo Alto school district long has offered a range of programs that diverge from the community's dominant educational style.
A number of choice programs held parent information nights in January, with selection lotteries coming up in March.
Most kindergarten families opt for schools in their own neighborhoods, with ease of walking or bicycling to campus and having classmates who live nearby.
But "choice" programs have developed over the years, including the basics-oriented approach of Hoover School; the "developmental" style at Ohlone School; Spanish Immersion at Escondido School and Mandarin Immersion at Ohlone.
Admission to any oversubscribed choice program is by lottery, with preference given to younger siblings of already-enrolled children.
Lottery odds vary from year to year, depending on the number of sibling applicants and the ebbs and flows in program popularity.
Ohlone Principal Bill Overton said the school traditionally gets 100 to 150 kindergarten applications annually. There are about 90 spots for the coming year, he said in an e-mail.
The 35-year-old Ohlone option is the school district's oldest "choice" program.
Teachers are called by their first names, "since we realize that respect is something that is earned and not given due to a position," the school notes on its website.
"We embrace a philosophy based on the uniqueness of every person, the trust and respect that every person deserves, and the need to develop the whole child," the school states.
"As a result, we spend a proportionate amount of time giving students the tools to navigate life, as well as the curriculum."
At the basics-oriented Hoover School, siblings occupied 40 of the 66 kindergarten spots that were available last fall, according to Principal Susanne Scott. There were 71 lottery applications for the remaining 26 spaces.
For this fall, about half the kindergarten spots are expected to be occupied by siblings and, so far, 59 applications have been received for the 33 remaining spots, Scott said.
"Based on past experience, our secretary is expecting this year's applicant pool to reach 100," she said.
Hoover's lottery is scheduled for March 4.
In December, the school board elevated the district's three-year-old Mandarin Immersion Program from "pilot" to "ongoing" status.
The program, currently serving 88 K-3 children in four classrooms, eventually will go through fifth grade, with no provision for continuation into middle school.
In the kindergarten lottery for the current year, 43 English-speaking children applied for 14 spots and 26 Mandarin-speaking children applied for eight spots.
Lottery odds are rough for the district's popular, 15-year-old Spanish Immersion Program at Escondido School.
Principal Gary Prehn said he's received 25 lottery cards for two spots for students who are proficient in Spanish, with 12 of the 14 spaces for next year taken by siblings.
For English-speaking students, Prehn said there were 67 lottery cards for seven spots, with 23 of 30 available spaces taken by siblings.
At Jordan Middle School, where Spanish Immersion is available through eighth grade, Principal Michael Milliken said, "We haven't had to use a lottery for SI in recent memory."
Other "choice" programs for middle school students are the Connections Program at JLS Middle School and the Direct Instruction option at Terman Middle School, perhaps comparable, respectively, to Ohlone and Hoover.
Hundreds of parents and students turned out recently for an information session on Connections, presented by teachers as well as current and past students in the program.
Students said they liked the close relationships with classmates that develop in the program and the autonomy they are given to choose their own projects.
"Project-based learning is when you take a project based on the interest of the student, and develop it outward to teach what you'd teach," Connections teacher Kim Lohse said.
"You find the student's interest first and figure out how to teach the skills as you go along."
JLS Principal Sharon Ofek said Connections, with space for 54 sixth graders, has attracted "a few more than 100" applications in each of the past two years.
In the more structured program at Terman, there were approximately 75 applications for 28 sixth-grade spots last fall, according to Principal Katherine Baker.
A lottery drawing will be held at the district office on March 31, with parents notified if their student is chosen or if their student has been placed on the waiting list, and if so, what their number is.
Direct Instruction is described on the school district's website as emphasizing "the accountability of individual students, as distinguished from groups of students, for scholastic achievement."
"Teachers provide the majority of instruction in the core academic subjects in the discrete, single-subject areas of English, mathematics, social studies and science, as distinguished from an interdisciplinary approach, where multiple subjects frequently are taught in combination," the website states.