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What does a 'secure' border look like?
Once, the mesas and canyons extending east of the Pacific Ocean held the most popular routes for illegal immigrants heading into the U.S. Dozens at a time sprinted across the border into San Diego, passing agents who were too busy herding others to give pause.
Now, crossing would mean scaling two fences, passing a phalanx of agents and eluding cameras.
The difference, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said, is like "a rocket ship and a horse and buggy."
In pure numbers it is this: Where border agents made some 530,000 arrests in San Diego in fiscal year 1993, they had fewer than 30,000 in 2012.
There is no simple yardstick to measure border security. And yet, as the debate over immigration reform ramps back up, many will try.
"Secure the border first" has become a litmus test for many upon which a broader overhaul is contingent. As U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said recently: "We need a responsible, permanent solution" to illegal immigration. But first, added the Florida Republican, "we must follow through on the broken promises of the past to secure our borders."
In fact, the 1,954-mile border with Mexico is more difficult to breach than ever. San Diego is but one example.
Two decades ago, fewer than 4,000 Border Patrol agents manned the entire Southwest border. Today there are 18,500. Apprehensions, meantime, have plummeted to levels not seen since the 1970s — with 356,873 in FY2012. Compare that to 1.2 million apprehensions in 1993, when new strategies began bringing officers and technology to border communities. Sensors have been planted, cameras erected, and drones monitor from above.
But for those who live and work along the boundary, "secure" means different things. In Arizona, ranchers scoff at the idea. In New Mexico, locals worry about what's heading south in addition to flowing north. And in Texas, residents firmly believe that reform itself would finally help steady the flow of people and drugs.
These places have been transformed. Sealed? No. But as one border mayor asked: "How secure is secure?"
SAN DIEGO: From "banzai runs" to Brooks Brothers
Don McDermott spent most of his 21 years in the Border Patrol working the San Diego sector. He remembers the "banzai runs," when immigrants would storm border inspection booths, scattering as they ran past motorists.
"Hopefully you would catch more people that you saw going past you," said McDermott, who retired in 2008.
The tide turned when the U.S. government launched "Operation Gatekeeper" in 1994, bringing 1,000 additional agents to San Diego. They parked their trucks against a rusting 8-foot-high fence made of Army surplus landing mats, and refused to yield an inch.
As apprehension numbers fell, home values skyrocketed. In 2001, an outlet mall opened on the border. It now counts Brooks Brothers and Coach as tenants.
But more than manpower helped curb the problem. In 2009, an 18-foot-high, 14-mile-long steel mesh fence was completed. And a dirt road traversing an area called "Smugglers Gulch" was transformed into a flatter, all-weather artery at a cost of $57 million.
This past year the San Diego sector made fewer arrests than in any year since 1968, with agents averaging 11 arrests each.
"I'm not going to say it's impossible, but it's a lot more difficult to cross the border here," said agency spokesman Steven Pitts.
After Gatekeeper, smugglers tried new tactics. They pelted agents with rocks. Or one group would jump the fence to draw agents' attention long enough for another to try its luck. Human and drug smuggling attempts at sea also have surged. And nearly all of more than 70 drug smuggling tunnels found along the border since October 2008 have been discovered in San Diego and Tijuana, some complete with hydraulic lifts and rail cars.
Still, few attempt to cross here now. As he waited for breakfast at a Tijuana migrant shelter, Jose de Jesus Scott nodded toward a roommate who did. He was caught within seconds.
Scott, who crossed the border with relative ease until 2006, said he and a cousin tried a three-day mountain trek to San Diego in January and were caught twice. With deep roots in suburban Los Angeles and cooking jobs that pay up to $1,200 a week, Scott, 31, will likely try the same route a third time.
"You need a lot of smarts and a lot of luck," he said. "Mostly luck.
"It's a new world."
EL PASO: Steel bars still up; crossings and crime down
Burglar bars still protect homes in the Chihuahuita neighborhood near downtown El Paso, Texas, a reminder of when immigrant crossers would break in looking for food. Patricia Rayjosa, a resident of Chihuahuita for 18 years, remembers when migrants crossed the border 30, 40, 50 at a time, or waded north across the Rio Grande on tire tubes.
"One morning, as I went out to feed my dogs, I found ... wire cutters. I didn't see them but I could tell they went across my backyard," said Rayjosa, 53. Now: "It's not easy to cross."
In the early 1990s, El Paso ran second to San Diego in illegal immigrants coming north. Then, in 1993, the Border Patrol launched "Operation Hold the Line," the first of a series of enforcement actions intended to gain "operational control" of the Southwest border.
It was a shift in strategy from apprehending migrants already in the U.S. to preventing entry in the first place. Within months, illegal crossings in El Paso went from up to 10,000 a day to 500, according to a Government Accountability Office report at the time.
Burglaries and car thefts decreased. And, as happened later in San Diego, apprehensions plunged: from nearly 286,000 in 1993 to about 9,700 last fiscal year in the El Paso Border Patrol sector, stretching from West Texas across New Mexico. (Staffing in the sector went from 608 agents in 1993 to more than 2,700 today.)
To El Paso Mayor John Cook, hinging reform to calls for a "secure border" seems absurd given the changes in his city.
"It is as secure as it has ever been. How secure is secure?" he said. "Some people who come with these ideas have no idea. I wish they would come down here and see."
But you don't have to drive too far into New Mexico to see problems.
Lordsburg Police Chief Marcus Martinez recalled an incident in January where a hotel manager saw a convoy of vehicles speeding through town. Four cars were eventually stopped — 80 miles north of the border — and 6 tons of marijuana were seized.
But the northbound smuggling of people and drugs is only one problem, said Patrick Green, a local sheriff's deputy. Guns and money also flow back south. More Border Patrol agents have been dispatched to New Mexico, too, but Green still fears the government will always be behind the curve in combating smuggling.
"If the Border Patrol puts more people in the ground," he said, "they will take to the mountains."
MCALLEN: residents root for reform
Some 800 miles southeast of El Paso is the Rio Grande Valley, where rapid growth has overtaken sugar cane and cotton fields and sleepy hamlets are now thriving cities. More than 1.2 million people live in this Valley, and a similar number are across the border anchored by the sprawling cities of Matamoros and Reynosa.
Here, illegal crossers can quickly slip into communities without being forced to trek for days through wide-open spaces.
Part of the solution was the 651-mile Southwest border fence, and 400 landowners — most of them in this part of Texas — had property seized to build it. But the fence struck many as an offensive gesture in this bicultural, bilingual region that views itself as one community with its Mexican sister cities.
More effective, locals said, has been the influx of Border Patrol agents — 2,546 in the Rio Grande Valley today, almost seven times more than 20 years ago. And while some still patrol on horseback, others are aided now by night-vision goggles and unmanned Predator drones.
Definitions of a secure border vary here, but there's agreement that the premise should not stand in the way of immigration reform.
Tony Garza remembers watching the flow of pedestrian traffic between Brownsville and Matamoros from his father's filling station as a child. During an annual celebration between the sister cities, no one was asked for their papers at the bridge. People were just expected to go home.
Garza, a Republican who served as the U.S. ambassador to Mexico in 2002-2009, said the border is more secure for the massive investment in recent years but feels less safe because the crime has changed. Some of that has to do with transnational criminal organizations in Mexico and some of it is just the crime of a city of more than 200,000.
Reform, he said, "would allow you to focus your resources on those activities that truly make the border less safe today."
About an hour upriver, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino points out that drug, gun and human smuggling is nothing new to the border. The difference is the attention that the drug-related violence in Mexico has drawn to the region. He insists his county is safe. The crime rate is falling, and illegal immigrants account for small numbers in his jail.
But asked if the border is "secure," Trevino doesn't hesitate. "Absolutely not."
"When you're busting human trafficking stash houses with 60 to 100 people that are stashed ... for weeks at a time, how can you say you've secured the border?" he said.
But he added that those people might not be there if they had a legal path to work in the U.S.
Reform, he said, "is the first thing we have to accomplish before we can say that we have secured the border."
NOGALES, Ariz.: busiest illegal corridor
Everywhere he goes on his cattle ranch, Jim Chilton has a gun at the ready. He has guns at his front door, guns in his truck, guns on his saddle. His fear? Coming across a bandit or a smuggler on his land northwest of Nogales, Ariz.
Cattleman Gary Thrasher frequently encounters immigrants running through his property east of Douglas, Ariz., and his family lives in dread. Towns right along the border are secured, he said. The result?
"It sends the traffic right into our backyards."
The question of border security hits close to home to those in southern Arizona. It was here, in 2010, that cattle rancher Robert Krentz was gunned down while checking water lines on his property near Douglas. Authorities believe the killer was involved in smuggling activity.
That same year, Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was killed in a shootout with Mexican gunmen that brought attention to the federal government's botched weapons-trafficking probe called "Fast and Furious."
"The border is not secure," said Chilton. "Period. Exclamation mark."
Defining "secure border" in Arizona is never easy. Just last week, as U.S. Sen. John McCain hosted two town hall meetings on immigration reform in the state, one man yelled that only guns would discourage illegal immigrants.
Another said illegal immigrants were illiterate invaders who wanted free government benefits.
The crackdowns in Texas and California in the 1990s turned Arizona's border into the busiest for human smuggling for 15 years running now.
In 2000, agents in the Tucson sector made more than 616,000 apprehensions — a near all-time high for any Border Patrol sector. Then the agency hired more than 1,000 new agents and the economy collapsed. State crackdowns such as the "show me your papers" law are also thought to have driven migrants away.
The result: the sector had 120,000 apprehensions in fiscal 2012.
But the amount of drugs seized in Arizona has soared at the same time. Agents confiscated more than 1 million pounds of marijuana in the Tucson sector last year, more than double the amount seized in 2005.
In Nogales, Sheriff Tony Estrada has a unique perspective on both border security and more comprehensive immigration reform. Born in Nogales, Mexico, Estrada grew up in Nogales, Ariz., after migrating to the U.S. with his parents. He has served as a lawman in the community since 1966.
He blames border security issues not only on the cartels but on the American demand for drugs. Until that wanes, he said, nothing will change.
"The drugs are going to keep coming. The people are going to keep coming. The only thing you can do is contain it as much as possible," he said. "I say the border is as safe and secure as it can be, but I think people are asking for us to seal the border, and that's unrealistic."
Asked why, he said simply: "That's the nature of the border."
Spagat reported from San Diego, Llorca from El Paso, Sherman from McAllen and Skoloff from Phoenix. Also contributing to this report was Associated Press writer Cristina Silva in Phoenix.

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I posted about buying 50 lbs. of KA Sir Lancelot flour here: http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/18983/they-sold-me-50-lbs-king-arthur-sir-lancelot-higluten-flour
Yesterday, I happened to glance at the bag of flour I bought and saw this on the bar code tag:
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Whilst people have been talking about the Tom Ford Lipstick, the Serge Lutens, the Cle De Peau, I have been drooling over this lipstick for months and months and months.
From (an extremely expensive high end Japanese brand), their line of lipsticks is called Spice Shot Rouge and stand out feature is a striking streak of colour running right through the body.
Here are the shades:
At around £35, I wanted to pick one that was wearable but also looked unique and had a bold streak through it. I choose 08 which looked like a warm pink with a strong blue streak.
(I'd also love 04 and 12! But lets not get greedy.)
When I decided to order this, it was like a Rod Stewart moment, tonight was the night.
I would and did give up any other posh lipstick for this one. (I was tempted and went into Selfridges to swatch the Tom Ford Lipsticks. The visuals are gorgeous but the packaging is so crap and boxy, and I was totally unimpressed by the colour selection).
But here is the Elegance:
Spice. Shot. Rouge. Only Japanese brands can come up with these kind of names.
Rather nicely, these lipsticks are refillable. I haven't ever finished a lipstick…but still, I can try.
The packaging is a pale gold with swirls all over. Its shiny, so it doesn't look quite as dirty as the likes of YSL's gold packaging.
On top of the barrel is a jewel…The packaging is nice, and it does look quite grown up – I imagine this is the target market due to the prices.
On the downside, the casing is lightweight. It looks like it should be heavy and lets face it, at these prices it should be sturdier.
Shade 8 is what I expected. It's a warm rosy pink with a shot of bright bold blue. It doesn't really smell of anything and there's no lipstick wobble. Boy would I have been mad if it wobbled!
The blue streak is also embedded throughout the whole lipstick, not just on the surface – you can see the joins where the colour slots in. At this price I imagine it can't just be an overspray or just on surface level.
Then you start thinking…blue and pink. In one lipstick. Really?!
I guess I had considered this beforehand, and that it could turn out to be one big mess, but I imagined that they could mix together quite nicely to add a bluish edge to the lipstick.
The texture is not what I expected.
I thought'd we'd have some YSL Rouge Volupte thing going on but it is NOT that creamy. It is soft, but its not what I'd call a creamy or cream based lipstick.
But then again, its not a sheer lipstick either. Japanese lipsticks err towards the sheer, shiny and sparkly and this is none of those.
It's in between creamy and glossy.
The pigmentation is good – it's not FULL coverage but one sweep will give you very good coverage on the lips.
It didn't dry my lips out at all.
A closer look – not there's a fine shimmer to this lipstick, but not outright sparkles:
Now…I found out that the blue is not a deep blue, it's actually a sheer – almost clear – gloss with a hint of blue.
When mixed with the lipstick it adds a tint of blue and adds gloss.
It makes 100% sense of course, but the clown in me DID want the blue to be bold! Would it be a nightmare to apply? Yes! But it would've been fun!
On the lips:
08 is not a unique shade, nor is it one I would say that everyone must own. There are so many shades in the range that anyone can find something that suits. I just chose this because I wanted something that would show up and be wearable for everyday.
I thought I'd show you what the lips look like in accordance with the rest (or at least half!) of my face. Its highly wearable and quite natural with my colouring:
I love this lipstick and I don't regret buying it at all – its really a pink I can wear all year round.
It is a very expensive purchase though and there are few (read, NO) swatches around – so its was a big decision to make! I would recommend this lipstick if you want a real shot of luxury and something that is not as heavy as a cream but is not quite as sheer as a glossy lipstick either.
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And if you're just joining us, this is WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz. And it's time now for music.
JAMES BROWN: (Singing) Whoa, I feel good.
RAZ: James Brown.
BROWN: (Singing) I knew that I would now.
RAZ: Enough said.
BROWN: (Singing) I feel good. I knew that I would now.
RAZ: James Brown's music is known around the world, his story less so. Biographer RJ Smith has just released an eye-opening account of Brown's rise and eventual downfall in the book "The One: The Life and Music of James Brown." As Smith writes, James Brown's worldview was shaped by a story he'd been told as a child, that he'd been born dead and miraculously brought back to life.
RJ SMITH: He was somebody who should not have been alive. He was born under a bad sign, as the blues men say. And he had that vibe with him, I think.
RAZ: He believed he was indestructible, in a way.
SMITH: He - having been born dead, having been through as much in his life as he went through, criminal experiences, then up and down with the music industry, made millions, lost millions, I think on some level he felt whatever happened, happened and he couldn't die. He was indestructible.
RAZ: His life story, as it becomes very clear early in your book, is made for a film. His incredibly difficult upbringing in Augusta, Georgia, his father was unbelievably violent. His mother left. James Brown ended up in trouble all the time for stealing or fighting. He spends time in prison.
SMITH: Yes.
RAZ: In fact, in prison, he becomes the guy that he eventually would be.
SMITH: Absolutely. I think he heard a lot of music in prison. I think he heard a lot of gospel. And he was in a gospel group when he was in prison, and he started to understand singing gospel, what power he had over an audience.
BROWN: (Singing) Help me. Help me. I'm so weak. Gee whiz, I love you. I'm so weak. I'll love you tomorrow. I, I lost someone.
RAZ: Tell me about the early days of his career, the 1950s we're talking about. He's in the South, the segregated South. Who's going to see his shows? How is he getting attention?
SMITH: Yeah. Any way he can, he's getting attention. It would be people who work hard for a living, African-Americans, almost exclusively for sure, on what sometimes gets called the Chitlin Circuit - barns and huts and shacks and, you know, trashed out spaces that got cleaned out fast - and they put up a little stage, and they had a show that night. And those are audiences that were desperate to be entertained. They spent their hard-earned dollar. And if you didn't entertain them, they would let you know fast.
RAZ: His first big hit was a song called...
BROWN: (Singing) Please, please, please, please.
RAZ: You write that this is really where James Brown separates himself from the other R&B singers at the time.
SMITH: Yeah. You know, there's something misleadingly familiar and almost generic about it. It's a doo-wop vocal harmony song. But the way that he sings it, over the top with emotion, he was losing something important to him, and you could feel it. All he can do is repeat that word over and over, like 26 times, I think. He took it over the top.
SMITH: (Singing) Now you're gone. Please, please, please, please, please.
RAZ: I'm speaking with RJ Smith. He's written a new biography of James Brown, and it's called "The One." RJ, the title of your book refers to the beat that gives funk its character. Describe what the one is.
BROWN: (Singing) Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SMITH: You know, the one, in a way, is the essence of James Brown. It's a musical term on one level. It's about that first beat of the measure that Brown wanted emphasized at all times. And he just - I think it had to do with wanting to come in strong and fast in a song. I think a lot of pop music was emphasizing the two, the four. He came in hard from the beginning. He wanted to get your attention right away.
RAZ: You call the song "Mother Popcorn" the sound of the one.
SMITH: Mm. You can feel the weight of the first beat in that measure. It's like a wrecking ball hitting on that one.
BROWN: (Singing) See. You got to have a mother for me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, popcorn.
SMITH: But beyond that, I think the one was a philosophical thing to him. He would talk about living in the one and feeling the one, being in the one, and it has to do with living in the moment, inhabiting the space around you. It's all you've got is this moment. Who knows what will happen later? You've got to be with the one.
RAZ: As James Brown became more and more famous, his political consciousness develops more deeply. Eventually, he gets involved in the Black Power movement.
BROWN: (Singing) Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud.
RAZ: Tell me about his political activity.
SMITH: His politics were a mess. Here was somebody who endorsed Hubert Humphrey when he was running against Richard Nixon, and then when Nixon got the nomination and the victory, he quickly endorsed Richard Nixon, supported him.
He was somebody who was all over the map. He wanted to change things. He felt an intense feeling of responsibility to his audience, to African-Americans everywhere, and here's somebody who said: Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. At the same time, he was both aligned with Black Panthers and Black Power ideas and very critical of them. He came at it his own way.
BROWN: (Singing) I worked on jobs with my feet and my hand. But all the work I did was for the other man. And now we demand the chance to do things for ourselves. We're tired of beating our head against the wall and working for someone else. Say it loud.
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: I'm black and proud.
RAZ: You interviewed more than 100 people who knew James Brown and who were in his orbit. What kind of person was he? I mean, how did people describe him on a personal level?
SMITH: You know, what was interesting to me was whoever I talked to - whether they really wanted to talk or didn't - didn't tell me everything they knew, because James Brown was a complicated, a dangerous individual to be around. He frightened people. And people saw things and heard things they wish they hadn't.
RAZ: When you say dangerous and he frightened people, how so?
SMITH: Well, he was somebody who knew how to use his fists. As a teenager, he was a boxer. He thought about pursuing that. When he becomes a musician and is on that course in his life, he's still using his fists. He's using his fists to get what he wants from the musicians in his band. He's using his fists to become the leader of the band. That wasn't given at the beginning. He used his fists many times against the women in his life.
RAZ: Of course. And domestic violence was always in the backdrop...
SMITH: Yeah.
RAZ: ...in his life. His financial affairs were a mess. He fathered lots of children he had no intention of raising. I mean, this is - as you say, this is a complicated person. He was at one point hooked on PCP.
SMITH: Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, one thing that I hope I have done in the book is that I think late in his life, when a lot of this stuff was coming out, when he went back to prison, I think he became, to some people, a joke and as someone they could mock freely. And that's horrible. Things that he did in his life, clearly, he was not proud of, and they were wrong. And he often paid a price for them. But they come into context of a life of someone who grew up incredibly abused himself, violence done to him. He was a human being who had experiences that made him the person he grew up to be.
RAZ: What is his legacy?
SMITH: His legacy is, as a performer, he's never been topped. Every decade he lived in, he changed the sounds around him. Nobody since him has approached him on the level of ability to control an audience, to shape their feelings, to bring every aspect of performing together for hours at a time.
BROWN: (Singing) One, two, three, four. Get up. Get on up.
RAZ: RJ Smith is the author of the book "The One: The Life and Music of James Brown." You can read an excerpt at our website, npr.org. RJ Smith, thank you so much.
SMITH: Thank you, Guy.
BROWN: (Singing) Get on up. Stay on the scene. Get on up. Like a sex machine. Get on up. Get up. Get on up. Stay on the scene. Get on up. Like a sex machine. Get on up. Wait a minute. Shake your arms.
RAZ: And for Sunday that's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz. Special thanks today to actors Brianna Lux, Mike Thibodeaux and Kay Marvin from the DC Improv for their help with our April Fools' story on the DNA preschool. Check out our weekly podcast. It's called WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. You can find it at iTunes or npr.org/weekendatc. We're back on the radio next weekend. Until then, thanks for listening and have a great week.
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All our students and staff now have access to Blogger accounts via our classm8 Google Apps virtual environment.
For schools who are looking for ways to capture student work in one space as a digital exercise book or digital portfolio, a blog could be the answer.
Why Blog?
- Gives students who might not participate in class discussions a voice.
- Develops students reading, writing and reflective and critical thinking.
- A space for collaboration and discussion.
- Empowers them with positive digital citizenship and mulitmodal literacy skills.
Watch the video of this teacher explaining why Blogs are so powerful for learning at his school: HS Blogging Why and How.
Blogging options on the iPad
Student blogging via Google Apps
- Go to the classm8 landing page (classm8.parra.catholic.edu.au), select student login and login to your account.
- Once there scroll to the bottom of your screen and select View Google Drive in: Desktop
- Ignore browser message and Select 'Continue to Desktop version'.
- Select More from the top menu bar.
- Select Blogger from the list.
- From here you can create a New Blog or edit an existing blog.
- You can add Pages, add Gadgets, change Settings, apply Templates but cannot change the layout
I see the Blogger App as an additional tool for quick posting of work samples and writing.
For example if a student has created an artwork, they can very quickly take a photo of it via the iPad Blogger App, and provide some information easily and quickly via the text editor in the App. Then publish it to the blog and view it immediately.
However with the Blogger App, students don't have access to the full Blogger menu and can't access the settings, gadgets, pages, templates, layout tools.
Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers has some great resources on Blogging. Check out his post on Guide to using Blogger at School.
Teachers setting up a class blog
Often teachers want to set up a class blog and allow students to either comment or author/post to the blog.
Teachers will go to classm8 and select the staff login and select Drive/Docs then login.
Teachers can setup a blog using the same methods shown in the slides above via their iPad or a laptop.
Students posting to class blog
The permissions for posting or commenting can be found in the Settings menu of your class blog.
From here the teacher can invite students or other teachers to be authors by selecting Add Authors.
Then enter the student's email address or selecting from contacts a student group they have created.
See this YouTube video on how to create a contact group.
Visibility of the class blog
Teachers can choose to edit the visibility of the blog from public to private.
Other options for Digital Portfolios
Google Sites is also another option and may be used in conjunction with Blogger, with Blogger providing the quick capturing of day to day learning and reflection and Sites providing a place to store specific samples of students work. See Learning and Teaching with Chromebooks 'Student Digital Portfolio's.' However while you can create and edit a Google Site on the iPad there are limitations such as not being able to upload files etc.


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Talk:USB flash installation media
About making the installation media without overwriting
I'm not totally sure if I misunderstood something, but I had to change the path of the entries of the *.cfg files. For instance:
INCLUDE boot/syslinux/archiso_sys.cfg
INCLUDE syslinux/archiso_sys.cfg
It was the only way it worked with the unofficial ISO x86_64 image of march 13th, 2012. Looks like the syslinux command described in the page doesn't get the path as it should.
I edited all of the .cfg files, but probably only editing this ones should have been enough:
archiso.cfg archiso_head.cfg archiso_sys_inc.cfg
I hope it could be useful to somebody, because I spend some time with this (I even thought that was a problem with the hardware). I think it could be possible to make a simple script (or give some command lines) to patch the files once they are copied into the USB and run syslinux.
Thanks !!
- I cannot find that this is still relevant to the article as it now exists. I am striking it out as it looks like it could be good to remove. AdamT (talk) 10:33, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
- Just lunched from USB drive without UUID(don't have any idea why it didn't have one). Solution was to change label to appropriate in loader/entries/archiso-x86_64.conf. Not sure weither this should be added to article.
--Versusvoid (talk) 16:00, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
- Ok. For some reason ubuntu did not see USB UUID. So blkid -o value -s UUID /dev/sdx1 were returning empty string. The solution was:
- $ sed -i "s|label=ARCH_.*|label=$(blkid -o value -s LABEL /dev/sdx1)|" loader/entries/archiso-x86_64.conf
- in the USB mounting directory. --Versusvoid (talk) 08:05, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- It seems that sometimes you have to get the UUID by running the command as root. --Rongmu (talk) 11:23, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
BIOS and UEFI bootable USB in Windows
Maybe this applies also for Linux...
In section 1.2, where one reads:
It should be
At least with the ARCH_201311 iso...


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First of all, on behalf of all PDF members welcome to the forum. It is very good to see so many of you being interested in this forum. You are all very valuable members to this community and we look very forward to getting to know you better and making friends with you. But to accomplish that, we have to beable to communicate with each other. Although there are Chinese members such as myself here who understand and are able to read written Chinese, the majority of this forum cannot. Therefore I would like to ask all of you to try your best to post messages in the international language, English. This will greatly help the community to get to know you better, and as well as to respond to your openions of certain matters that many in this forum are interested in.
Also, please try not to click the button called Report too many times, because everytime you click that button, it should mean that there is something wrong going on in the forum ( ie. flame war). By clicking that Report button, you send us Moderators a email telling us to investagate the tread, so please, if there is nothing important, try not to press that Report button.
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张贴消息。这会帮助这个社区来更好地认识你, 也可以让大家来懂得你的关点。
还有,请你们不要过多的用那个 Report 按钮。意味着在论坛中有什么不对的事情发生 ( 有人打架 ), 我们 Moderator 们会收到一个电邮文件让我们来调查。所以如果没有重要的是情请不要用那个按钮。
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Capitola's Shaun Burrell and the UC San Diego surf team won the National Scholastic Surfing Association's Southwest College event No. 2 the weekend of Nov. 17-18 for what was the team's first victory in six years, according to the NSSA Facebook page.
UCSD scored 129 points to San Diego State's 127 points, and UCSD's Mikey Ciaramella won all of his heats, taking the men's division win, according to the NSSA Facebook page.
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You can put anything onto bread. This one is for Autumn.
- Make some dough. I have a bread maker but it is easy enough to do by hand. I use about two cupfuls of flour to make a smallish loaf for two people.
- Slice a pear and gently fry the slices in a frying pan with some butter and a little oil, until golden brownish on one side. When I made pear bread the first time I didn't cook the pear first and the bread came out more wet from the pear juice, but either way will work.
- Once the dough is ready roll it out onto a floured board until about half an inch thick.
- Lay the pear slices all over the dough.
- Roll some walnuts in a little oil (I use the left over oil from the pear in the frying pan) and scatter on top.
- Run over a little olive oil and sprinkle with soft brown sugar.
- Pop into a hot oven, 200, 220 centigrade, something hot enough to toast the walnuts and char the edges a little.
- Ten minutes later, onece the bread is crispy you're done.
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Even though it isn't for everyone I do love a bit of toner. It just balances out my skin and make everything feel fresher – I sometimes use an exfoliating toner (but not too often) and I also use a hydrating one in a mist or on a sheet mask (which is very common in Japan and is recommended by Chizu Saeki).
I started using this Yon-Ka (a French brand, although I think it sounds Asian!) lotion for dry and sensitive skin a while ago. The meaning of Yon-Ka:
Yon and Ka. "Yon" is the name of a fast-flowing river filled with purifying water – the basis of all life and also the energy particle, the ion. "Ka" refers to the principle of regeneration in Egyptian mythology, the eternal part of the human soul that dwells in every being. (Source: Wikepedia).
Part of me always thinks, how fancy can toner or lotion really be? What makes one cost 6 times more than others?
They say:
A tonic alcohol-free mist with natural, invigorating aromas. helps tone, stimulate and equalize sebaceous secretions, imparts a soothing and refreshing sensation, delivers a tantalizing aromatic scent.
Use daily in the a.m. and p.m. after cleansing. Mist face and neck. Gently press into the skin. — Active ingredients: lavender, rosemary, thyme, geranium, and cypress.
The tonic for dry skin is called a lotion rather than a toner, although it comes in a spray type bottle, which for me makes me want to spritz it, then wipe off the excess. I don't like leaving excess liquid on my face to settle in.
What I do love is the spray – it produces the finest, lightest mist – you know how some bottles just spurt out a ton of the stuff and it's concentrated on the centre of your face? This one has an amazing clever misting nozzle!
Anyway here is the large bottle in a pretty pink:
Having used this for a while now, I have to say it's an excellent toner/lotion. I have been using it on my skin which has been so dry and sensitive in this weather (I've had the heating turned up) and this really soothes it and feels good as a lotion or as a toner and wiped off afterwards.
It has quite a strong herbal smell – the lavender is quite strong so this is a personal preference thing. I personally think it's quite relaxing to use because of this.
The other toner I finished was the Avene which is quite general use – I liked it but it didn't do anything extraordinary. I find the Yon-Ka is better because it seems to bring down the redness in my skin (obviously it is three times the price though) but I like it for the cooling sensation – my skin really is playing up a lot at the moment so it helps.
I didn't notice any residue on my skin after, which some dry skin toners can leave on my skin.
All in all this is an excellent lotion and one I will keep on using whilst it's all cold and chilly outside and my skin needs the support! The bottle is quite big and cumbersome, so it might be a pain to travel with…that's the only negative I can think of!
Yon-Ka Lotion PS for sensitive and dry skin costs £33 for 200ml and you can buy it here.
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Heli-Skiing is the Ultimate Activity for freedom, adventure and exhilaration.
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Okay so this is it; I am at the Alpine Heli Ski office to sign my waiver form and meet the guides. I am handed a form and Tim O'Leary – owner and chief guide – talks me through tomorrow's adventure.
"Blue bird day tomorrow, it is going to be a fantastic day – the snow is the best so far this season".
Later, I'm lying in bed staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep; what have I signed up for? I glance across at the clock, and it is past 1am. I sigh and roll over, knowing full well I should be able to drift off, but the butterflies in my stomach are having a hoe-down and my mind is going 130kph, for tomorrow I am going heliskiing – thanks to my boyfriend who thought it was the best present ever to give me while holidaying in Queenstown!
Rarely has my mind clung to such a precarious emotional knife-edge. On the one side, unbridled sheer excitement and the other wanting to throw-up from nerves at the thought of my first time in a helicopter, the drop, the isolation and the uncharted territory of vertical ski terrain. A question turns over and over in my head: am I really good enough to heliski? My boyfriend Sam thinks so as does my heliski guide Tim. According to Tim, if you are a strong intermediate skier you will have no problem – and it will be one of the best days of your life.
A major feature on any keen skier or rider's wish list, heliskiing has always conjured up images in my mind of dropping from a chopper with skis meters above a near-vertical, waist wide gully into deep powder, with nothing to get me down the mountain but adrenalin, faith and sheer determination with the odd eye shutting moment. I always felt like it was reserved for world-class, rich pro-athletes – not the girl who loves to ski when and where ever possible.
The next morning, as promised I am picked up from my hotel and taken to the heli pad; there are five of us in our group. We meet up with Tim and Elliott our guides for the day; they get busy sorting the kit for the day – transceivers, shovels, air bags. Oh my god, what have I let myself in for? We are told it is all procedural and the chances of us being buried in an avalanche on this bluebird late July morning are "very slim". Most of us are in the same heliski virgin boat – I am pleased to write (me being the only woman).
Glancing around during the safety briefing (pull the red loop on your airbag in case of an avalanche, make sure your transceiver's working, don't stand up by spinning blades) I see the same expression on each face; anxious anticipation, and sheer horror. Elliott hands me a backpack and checking it fits perfectly, gives me a much needed reassuring smile. I lay my skis and poles in the pick-up zone for him to load into the chopper, take cover 15m back, take a deep breath and wait for the go signal. We are in now, belts on and no going back!
We do a circle over the airport and take off to the west heading to one of Alpine Heliski's exclusive locations, Mt Nicholas Station, where the wool comes from for the famous Icebreaker clothing brandthe wool keeps you warm. This can't get any better, I thought as we flew over snow topped mountains and a crystal clear blue lake.
We head to the top of a ridge, and my head starts spinning, and my hands are all sweaty as the helicopter's skids touch down. My heart is pumping as I tell myself to remember the drill - duck down, clear the blades and do as directed. We all huddle together and wait until we get the signal. Tim and Elliot empty the ski pod of our gear and signal all clear to the pilot I, Nick. I look around at the panoramic alpine beauty as the helicopter lifts off, up and away; I have have never felt a rush quite like this before. My pulse is racing, and a smile is plastered across my windswept face – I have made it this far! We are alone; there is barely a bird in the piercing blue sky, and all around is silence.
I am so used to the ever-present din of the chaotic commercial slopes that the peace seems surreal. I am left astounded by the emptiness and beauty.
Okay, here is the truth, the rush of the ride fades, and my fear of being up to the heliski thing is starting to take over again – I am petrified. I calm myself and prepare to ski. As I glance around, the terrain is much more genteel than I expected. The slopes of Mt Nicholas are lovely rolling wide open spaces that seem to go on forever. The run we are about to do ("Twice as Nice") looks out of this world - wow, this is going to be epic!
Tim calls out "follow one at a time" as he slips into his first turn, the soft, mid-morning snow spraying out beneath his fat skis – thankfully I had rented a pair of these (sound advice from my guides).
My group exchange a few nervous nods and arrange ourselves into a punctuated line with Elliot bringing up the rear. I slot in about halfway, not wanting to be too close to the front or too near the back. I make my first few turns carefully, getting a feel for the new season snow. I hear Tim's words echoing in my mind "heliskiing is for everyone". My ski legs come back; I start to relax into the slope and cruise over the white crests, finding my way down the valley. I begin to realise heliskiing is about more than discovering insanely gnarly pow pow – (a boys' day out) – it's about the experience as a whole; the preparation, the lift, the drop, the silence, the isolation, then the descent – in reality more calm than crazy.
It takes us just under an hour to reach the bottom of the valley where we await our lift. The helicopter is heard before seen then within 30 seconds it lands. I pick up my skis and move towards it, but Elliott gestures me back. The chopper's blades slow before chugging to a stop, and Tim reaches in and brings out a hamper – our lunch.
Tim and Elliot prepare a snow table for our picnic lunch of hot pies, rolls and sandwiches with soup. I can't believe I am having a picnic in such a remote and beautiful mountain setting. Soon we are ushered back into the helicopter to complete our two further runs of our three-run day, "Crystal Glide" and "Bottom Less" which turned out to be just as outstanding as "Twice as Nice".
Our return flight to Queenstown Airport and Alpine Heliski's base was a fitting end to an amazing day as we flew down the Von River Gorge, with serious canyons and fast flowing water emptying into the great lake Wakatipu. I am still grinning now, safe in the knowledge that my nerves had gotten a little carried away; heliskiing is not the brutal, cold-blooded monster of a hell trip I had let myself worry it was. There is a softer side just as exhilarating and frankly awesome without being terrifying. It is still a white-knuckle experience, but one for which the balance of anticipation can be firmly kept to childish excitement rather than blubbering fear.
You need not be in the top percentile of revered skiers or riders (half decent should do it). In short – the best birthday present I have ever had!
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Kid Rock, with Buckcherry and Hellbound Glory, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Greensboro Coliseum. $29.50 to $89.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Greensboro Symphony presents �Americans Abroad,� 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28, War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro, and 8 p.m. March 2, Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. $24, $42; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Bon Jovi, 7:30 p.m. March 5, Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte. $19.50 to $139.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Tenacious D, 8 p.m. March 8, The Ritz, 2820 Industrial Drive, Raleigh. $40; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
�Standing in the Shadows of The Four Tops,� 8 p.m. March 9, Caswell County Civic Center, 536 Main Street East, Yanceyville. $28, $38. Visit ccfta.org or call (336) 694-4591.
The Whispers vs. The Dramatics, 8 p.m. March 9, Durham Performing Arts Center. $40, $80; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Daryl Hall & John Oates, 7:30 p.m. March 13, Durham Performing Arts Center. $50, $125; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Pink, 8 p.m. March 16, Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte. $29.50, $69.50, $89.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Lady Gaga, 7 p.m. March 18, Greensboro Coliseum. $49.50, $85, $175; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
George Strait with Martina McBride, 7:30 p.m. March 23, Greensboro Coliseum. $72.50, $92.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Eric Clapton with The Wallflowers, 7:30 p.m. April 3, PNC Arena, Raleigh. $45, $65, $85; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Smokey Robinson, 8 p.m. April 5, Durham Performing Arts Center. $50, $125; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Diana Krall, 8 p.m. April 6, Durham Performing Arts Center. $65, $95, $125; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Third Day, 7 p.m. April 20, Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center. $25, $40; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
B.B. King with Robert Cray, 7:30 p.m. April 21, Durham Performing Arts Center. $65 to $125; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, 8 p.m. April 23, Carolina Theatre of Durham, 309 W. Morgan St. $49, $59, $69, $109; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Celtic Woman, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 27, Durham Performing Arts Center. $73, $103; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Rod Stewart with Steve Winwood, 7:30 p.m. April 27, Greensboro Coliseum. $29.50 to $149.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Elvis tribute artists Scott Bruce and Mike Albert present �Blue Suede Shoes,� 8 p.m. April 27, Caswell County Civic Center, 536 Main Street East, Yanceyville. $28, $38. Visit ccfta.org or call (336) 694-4591.
Jason Aldean, with Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett, 7:30 p.m. May 18, Greensboro Coliseum. $54.75; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Crosby, Stills and Nash, 7:30 p.m. May 19, Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte. $67, $117; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Steve Martin & Steep Canyon Rangers with Edie Brickell, 8 p.m. May 31, War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro. $47, $65; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Taylor Swift with Ed Sheeran, 7 p.m. Sept. 12, Greensboro Coliseum, and 7 p.m. Sept. 13, PNC Arena, Raleigh. $29.50, $84.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Ongoing concerts
The Barn Dance, 6341 Phillippi Road, Julian: karaoke nights at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Fridays of each month; country, gospel, rock �n� roll and bluegrass music at 7:30 p.m. each Saturday. $5 for karaoke nights ($2 for children under age 12). $10 on Saturdays, $5 for children under age 12. Doors open at 6 p.m. Fridays and 5 p.m. on Saturdays. (336) 685-9200 or www.thebarndanceinc.com.
501 Country Dance, Little River Community Center, 6305 N. Roxboro Road, Durham. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the dance is from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. every Friday. �Big Daddy� Steve Winston will lead the dances. (919) 732-3267.
Friday nights at Company Shops Market Co-op: Live entertainment Fridays at 268 E. Front St. in downtown Burlington. This Friday, Phase Lock performs at 6 p.m. Free. Visit companyshopsmusic.com or call (919) 448-7309 for more details.
Music for a Great Space presents Red Clay Saxophone Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8, Greensboro College. $20. Next up is Julian Schwarz, cello, on March 15 at Christ United Methodist Church. Tickets available through Carolina Theatre at (336) 333-2605.
Haw River Ballroom, 1711 Saxapahaw Bethlehem Church Road, Saxapahaw: The Onyx Club Boys Valentine�s Day Dance 8 p.m. Feb. 14 ($10, $12). Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba 8 p.m. Feb. 15. ($10 to $12). Drive-by Truckers with The Whigs 8 p.m. March 5 ($20, $22). For more details, visit www.hawriverballroom.com.
Price is Right Live, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2, War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro. $32 to $42; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus presents �Built to Amaze,� 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6; 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7; 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8; 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Feb. 9; and 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Feb. 10; Greensboro Coliseum. $16, $22, $33, $45, $85; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Alamance County Relay for Life presents �Comedy for Cancer,� an organizational fundraiser, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Feb. 8, Paramount Theater, 128 E. Front St., Burlington. $12 advance, $15 at the door. (336) 222-TIXS.
Yo Gabba Gabba Live, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Feb. 18, Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. $48; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
�Local Fine Art Photographers: Looking Beyond the Snapshot,� a roundtable discussion, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 21, Point of View Gallery, 717 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington. Visit pointofviewgallery.com or call (336) 270-4998 for more details.
Comedian Bill Cosby, 8 p.m. Feb. 22, War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro. $45, $75; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
�Great Plains & Grand Canyons� travel presentation, 7 p.m. Feb. 26, Alamance County Arts Council, 213 S. Main St., Graham. Travel agent Amanda Speer will discuss arts council�s September trip to Arizona. Get more details at (336) 226-4495.
Royal Comedy Tour, featuring Sommore, Earthquake, J. Anthony Brown, Tony Rock and more, 7 p.m. March 8, War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro. $42.50, $49.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Bull City Food & Beer Experience, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 24, Durham Performing Arts Center. $75; tickets available through Ticketmaster (includes souvenir glass and notebook, sampling from 50 breweries and 20 restaurants, live entertainment and keynote speakers).
Restoration Place Ministries Runway Fashion Show, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 21, Greensboro Country Club. Get more details at restorationplaceministries.org or call (336) 524-2060.
Harlem Globetrotters, 7 p.m. March 22, Greensboro Coliseum. $20 to $96; tickets available through Ticketmaster. Also at 2 p.m. March 24, Lawrence Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem. $19 to $90; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Comedians Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall with Reno Collier, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 13, Durham Performing Arts Center. $49.75; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Great Grapes Wine, Arts & Food Festival, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 20, Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park, Cary. $25 (regular admission), $30 (VIP); prices increase day of show. Tickets available through etix.
�Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,� 8 p.m. April 23, Durham Performing Arts Center. $45, $65; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Comedienne Amy Schumer, 8 p.m. May 10, Durham Performing Arts Center. $25, $35; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Comedienne Carol Burnett, 7 p.m. May 12, Durham Performing Arts Center. $67.50, $125; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Uptown Charlotte Jazz Fest, 7 p.m. June 21-22, Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheatre, Charlotte. $60, $65; tickets available through Ticketmaster. Two-day passes available for $115 or $125; VIP tickets are $170.
Alamance County
Elon University�s Student Juried Exhibition runs through Feb. 5, Isabella Cannon Room, Elon University. (336) 278-5610.
An exhibit of works by David Borawaski runs through Feb. 12, Arts West Gallery, Elon University. (336) 278-5610.
�My Colorful Visions,� abstract and mixed-media works by Loretta Parish, runs through Feb. 28, Point of View Art Gallery, 717 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington. Visit pointofviewgallery.com or call (336) 270-4998.
�Art of the Contemporary Still Life,� featuring works by Morag Charlton, Lisa Creed, Mike Hoyt, Kristin Gibson, Jennifer Miller, Karen Shelton and Anthony Ulinski, opens Friday and runs through Feb. 17, Eno Gallery, 100 S. Churton St., Hillsborough. Visit enogallery.net or call (919) 883-1415.
�Forty Shades of Green,� an exhibit of paintings by Pat Ewalt, runs through Feb. 28, Caswell County Civic Center, 536 Main Street East, Yanceyville. Visit ccfta.org or call (336) 694-4591.
�Sketches of Prison Life: Danville in the Civil War,� featuring the sketchbook of Henry Vander Weyde, and �Virginia Vistas: Oil Paintings and Watercolors by Ted Turner,� each run through March 10, Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, 975 Main St., Danville, Va. Visit danvillemuseum.org or call (434) 793-5644.
�Art Works,� featuring works by members of the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, runs through March 28, Center for Creative Leadership, One Leadership Place, Greensboro. (336) 510-0975.
�Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition,� runs through April 28, N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 W. Jones St., Raleigh. Free, but donations are accepted. Visit naturalsciences.org or call (919) 707-9837.
�The Armory Show: One Hundred Years Later,� celebrating the centennial of the groundbreaking New York City show, runs through June 23, Reynolda House, Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. Visit reynoldahouse.org or call (336) 758-5150.
Theater / Dance
Festival Stage of Winston-Salem presents �33 Variations,� various times Wednesdays through Sundays Feb. 1-24, Hanesbrands Theatre, 209 N. Spruce St., Winston-Salem. $12 to $35. Visit festivalstage.org or call (336) 841-2273.
Carolina Ballet presents �Rhapsody in Blue/December Songs,� 8 p.m. Feb. 7-8, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 9, 2 p.m. Feb. 10, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 16, 2 p.m. Feb. 17, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 23 and 2 p.m. Feb. 24, Fletcher Theater, Raleigh. $28 to $66; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Centre of Performing Arts (COPA) presents �The Enchanted Forest,� 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Feb. 9, Paramount Theater, 128 E. Front St., Burlington. $5. Get tickets through COPA at (336) 228-1553 or the Paramount box office at (336) 222-TIXS.
Triad Stage presents Tennessee Williams� Kingdom of Earth,� Feb. 10-March 3, except Mondays, Pyrle Theater, 232 S. Elm St., Greensboro. $16 to $52. Visit triadstage.org or call (336) 272-0160.
SunTrust Broadway Series presents �Mary Poppins,� Feb. 12-17, Durham Performing Arts Center. Tickets range from $17.50 to $35 via Ticketmaster.
National Dance Company of Ireland presents �Rhythm of the Dance,� 8 p.m. Feb. 15, Caswell County Civic Center, 536 Main Street East, Yanceyville. $28, $38. Visit ccfta.org or call (336) 694-4591.
�Lord of the Dance,� created by Michael Flatley, 7 p.m. March 10, Durham Performing Arts Center. $35, $55, $75; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
�Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles,� 7:30 p.m. March 12, Durham Performing Arts Center. $45, $65, $85; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Pajanimals Live, 6 p.m. April 3, Durham Performing Arts Center. $20.50, $39.50; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Cirque du Soleil presents �Quidam,� 7:30 p.m. April 17-19, 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. April 20 and 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. April 21, Greensboro Coliseum. $35 to $90; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Triad Best of Broadway Series presents �Stomp,� 7:30 p.m. April 30, War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro. $45, $50, $55; tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Auditions / Entries
Alamance Reads is accepting entries for artwork inspired by �To Kill a Mockingbird,� the selection for the 2013 community-wide reading event. Examples include art inspired by southern culture and the book itself (possibilites are endless). Drop-off dates are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday at Alamance County Arts Council, 213 S. Main St., Graham. Display dates are Jan. 28-March 3. Pick-up dates are March 9 and 11. One original entry per person; limited to Alamance County residents or folks who work or go to school here. Prizes will be awarded. Get more details at (336) 226-4495.
Submit calendar listings in writing to the Times-News Accent department, 707 S. Main St., Burlington, the Tuesday before the Thursday of publication. Or, fax information to (336) 229-2463. You can also add events at events.thetimesnews.com. Simply follow the instructions.


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Physical Sciences
Research Highlights
March 2009
New Methods Detect Radionuclides in Groundwater
Collaboration key on technetium-99 and strontium-90 sensing
A strontium-90 groundwater monitoring platform deployed on the north Hanford Site. The instrument draws water from a shallow well near the shore of the Columbia River.
Using this sensor, researchers can measure the amount of strontium in groundwater. The strontium (yellow) is captured on the beads. The strontium decays to yttrium (magenta) which is not attached to the beads. The yttrium is washed to a detector where it is measured. Simple calculations are then used to determine the amount of strontium that produced the measured level of yttrium. » » Flash Video
Results: Bringing together science and engineering, a team at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Burge Environmental figured out how to measure the amount of radioactive technetium-99 and strontium-90 in the groundwater under some weapons sites. These systems acquire data in close to real time and transmit it at as needed to monitor and remediate these radioactive troublemakers. The systems collect data without the expense and time of field sampling and laboratory analysis.
Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed the sensitive approaches to measure the radioactive isotopes. The measurement approaches are simple and robust. Engineers at Burge Environmental, Inc., designed and built the solar-powered systems or platforms that can function, unattended, in the field.
"In this manner, we can bring groundwater analysis out of the laboratory and to the field." said Matt O'Hara, project lead at PNNL.
Why it matters: At the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State and other nuclear sites around the world, portions of the groundwater contain radionuclides. This contaminated groundwater can flow, depending on the site's geology, into nearby rivers and other water sources. The people managing these sites need to continuously monitor the contaminants in the groundwater. In some cases, groundwater remediation is required.
"We have developed simple and robust methods for detecting radionuclides in groundwater," said O'Hara.
Methods: Measuring the concentration of strontium-90, technetium-99, and other radionuclides in groundwater presents challenges. To be useful, the sensor must detect minute quantities in large sample volumes. Also, the water samples are complex, containing nonradioactive salts and potentially interfering radionuclides. So, these sensors must be selective to detect only the desired analyte.
Troublesome Technetium-99. Underneath the Hanford Site, a highly mobile form of technetium-99 called pertechnetate moves through the groundwater. Combined with its slow decay rate, taking 211,000 years to decay by half, technetium-99 is a concern.
The new radiochemical sensor, in its simplest form, is a small column filled with two types of beads. The first material, anion exchange resin, captures the pertechnetate from the groundwater. The second material, scintillating beads, enables the concentration of the radionuclide to be measured.
As groundwater is pumped through the column, the anion exchange beads selectively grab pertechnetate. When the technetium decays it emits a beta particle. These particles strike the scintillating beads, which in turn give off light in proportion to the number of beta particles that impinge upon them. By measuring the amount of light emitted from the scintillating particles, researchers can determine how much of the isotope is in the sample. The sensor can quantify the technetium-99 levels down to at least 10 times lower than the drinking water standard, 33 Bq/L.
Sensing Strontium-90. In the sensor, strontium is captured in a column packed with tiny, highly selective beads or sorbent. After all the groundwater sample has flowed through the column, the column is washed, removing any decay products and leaving pure strontium on the sorbent.
Next, a timer begins.
While the timer counts down, some of the strontium-90 stuck to the beads decays to yttrium-90. The yttrium is not bound to the beads. When time is up, the yttrium is transported to a detector, while the strontium remains on the column. The amount of yttrium-90 is measured via the radiation that it emits.
Using a simple formula, the researchers calculate the amount of strontium that produced the measured level of yttrium. The sensor can measure 0.057 Bq/L of strontium in a liter of sample, well below the drinking water limit of 0.30 Bq/L. At the end of the analysis, the strontium left on the column is stripped and sent to waste. Now the system is prepared for a subsequent analysis.
"People have used the strontium/yttrium decay scheme before," said chemist Jay Grate from PNNL. "But, nobody has put it into an automated monitor like this."
The system is designed mostly for low levels of contamination, but the team wanted the sensors to be capable of measuring high levels of strontium-90 as well. So the team developed a high-level mode that measures yttrium-90, which occurs together with Sr-90, directly from the groundwater sample. This enables a more rapid analysis and may help study short-term plume phenomena such as those caused by changing levels in the river.
What's next? The team is fitting these two analytical methods into the Universal Sensor Platform. The platform is capable of remote, off-the-grid operation, and each unit is capable of sampling from up to five different wells or other groundwater sources. The first prototype was recently deployed to the 100N Area of the Hanford Site (see photo), where it will monitor the behavior of strontium-90 in a shallow groundwater well adjacent to the Columbia River. Additional platforms are planned for deployment on the Hanford Site later in 2009.
Acknowledgments: The DOE Office of Science Environmental Management Science Program and the Environmental Remediation Science Program and DOE Office of Science Small Business Technology Transfer program funded this work.
Portions of this work were done in PNNL's Radiochemical Processing Laboratory and the Department of Energy's EMSL, a national scientific user facility at PNNL.
References: O'Hara MJ, SR Burge, and JW Grate. 2009. "Quantification of Technetium-99 in Complex Groundwater Matrixes Using a Radiometric Preconcentrating Minicolumn Sensor in Equilibration-Based Sensing Approach." Analytical Chemistry 81(3):1068-1078.
O'Hara MJ, SR Burge, and JW Grate. 2009. "Automated Radioanalytical System for the Determination of Sr in Environmental Water Samples by Y Cherenkov Radiation Counting." Analytical Chemistry 81(3):1228-1237.
This work was featured in an interview with Jay Grate conducted by Jennifer Griffiths of Analytical Chemistry.
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It's 2011. You've seen how movies are made. You've seen how video games are made. But have you seen how video game toys are made?
This clip shows how McFarlane, who have the main license to produce Halo action figures, has developed its line over the years. Beginning with the actual in-game models used by Bungie, prototypes are spat out of a 3D printer before they're moulded, cast, sanded back, trimmed, assembled and painted.
Note that this is just the process for prototype figures. Production figures—the ones that are made in the thousands—don't get quite the same level of attention.
How a Halo action figure is made [Super Punch]
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Colorado Community Media is the new owner of the popular monthly newspapers Life on Capitol Hill and The Washington Park Profile. By adding the two newspapers, as of May 25, CCM now owns 20 community publications across the Denver metro area.
CCM, the largest family-owned community media organization in Colorado, purchased the monthly publications from Jill and Jay Farschman, owners of The Washington Park Profile since 2015 and Life on Capitol Hill since 2016. Thriving through the decades, Life on Capitol Hill started printing in 1975, and The Washington Park Profile began in 1978. The publications have a combined print circulation of 39,500.
Jill Farschman said she chose Colorado Community Media because of the company's commitment to "journalistic integrity."
"You are in good hands," she said in a farewell column to readers. "Our papers are kind of the 'donut hole' for CCM's 'donut' of local papers serving communities throughout the greater Front Range. Our publications fit really well into the mix, so the decision to sell to CCM, in particular, makes a ton of sense."
Owned by husband and wife Jerry Healey and Ann Macari Healey, CCM currently publishes 18 weekly community newspapers in Douglas, Jefferson, Arapahoe, Denver, Adams and Elbert counties. CCM CEO/Publisher Jerry Healey said the new acquisition is an exciting step forward.
"For some, community journalism is a passion," he said. "At CCM, it's never strictly about dollars and cents, but rather connecting people and businesses in a way that no other medium can. This is why we have decided to expand in Denver. While we are the new owners, we will work hard to continue to carry on the strong legacy and reputation both of these publications have earned."
Kailyn Lamb will take over as editor for both monthly publications. Lamb is a graduate of Metropolitan State University of Denver and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She has worked for the Summit Daily News and the online publication BusinessDen.
The Colorado native said she is ready to get to work.
"I'm excited to dive in and learn more about what these communities celebrate, what they fight for and how they will grow," Lamb said. "These newspapers are the heart of the community, and the stories we write will have a direct impact on our readership. It's an honor to take up that mantle in the community I call home."
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Maxine DeBruyn, who is the Dorothy Wiley De Long Professor Emerita of Dance at Hope, has received the 2011 "Good Shepherd Award" from Resthaven.
She received the award on Wednesday, May 25, during a reception at The Warm Friend in downtown Holland.
Resthaven's Board of Trustees presents the award to an individual or couple in recognition of support of the community's seniors. The organization described her as "A woman of unprecedented energy, talent and determination" and "a leader in senior wellness throughout the Holland/Zeeland community." For more than 20 years she has voluntarily led exercise classes for Resthaven residents and Evergreen Commons participants, in addition to teaching liturgical dance to many church groups.
DeBruyn joined the Hope faculty in 1965 and retired in 2006. In retirement she has continued to teach dance classes at the college.
She pioneered the college's department of dance with a single course. From that first class, the program grew into a department in 1974 and a major in 1984.
She chaired the dance program from its beginning through the 2004-05 school year, and was also head cheerleading coach from 1968 to 1996.
DeBruyn has been actively involved in professional associations and dance education regionally, nationally and internationally. Among other service, she is a past president of the National Dance Education Organization; past vice chair of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs; past president of the Midwest District of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; past director of the National Association of Schools of Dance; past member of the Advisory Board of dance and the Child International (daCi); and past member of the Counseil International de la Danse, UNESCO, Paris.
She has received numerous honors for her extensive involvement in dance education. She received multiple service awards through the years from the Midwest District of the AAHPERD; a service and leadership award from AAHPERD in 1987; and the "Honor Award" from Michigan Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance in 2000. She received a Presidential Citation from the National Dance Association for dance assessment in 1992. In 1989, her work in the arts was cited in the U.S. Congressional Record and in a Joint Concurrent Resolution from the State of Michigan Legislature. In October 2004, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Michigan Dance Council in cooperation with the National Dance Education Organization.
DeBruyn was named to the college's DeLong Professorship in 2002. She received the college's Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Award in 2001, and was honored by the Alumni H-Club in 1985 and 1996.


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- First Released
- September 18, 2007
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- Rated "E10+" for Crude Humor, Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Language
- Summary
- Marcus Damon is both a smart 14 year old and an undefeated street fighter, but he does not fight with his fists alone. As a member of the secretive DATS (Data Squad), Marcus and his team examine the mysterious disappearance of numerous kids. During the course of the investigation, the Seven Demon Kings arrive, wreaking havoc across the world. As Marcus, it is up to players to find the missing kids all the while defeating the deadly Seven Demon Kings and their evil minions. Spanning over a dozen stages with a storyline that parallels the cartoon, players can team up with more than 140 Digimon characters to battle against evil and save the world. As gamers increase in skill and find new items, so too can their Digimon be upgraded through leveling up and "Digivolution."


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Stocks to Watch: Duff & Phelps, Bristol-Myers
Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Monday's session are Duff & Phelps Corp. (DUF) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY).
Investment-banking and valuation-advisory firm Duff & Phelps Corp. (DUF) agreed to be acquired for about $665.5 million by an investor group that includes private-equity firm Carlyle Group LP. Terms of the deal announced Sunday call for Duff & Phelps shareholders to get $15.55 a share, about a 19% premium to Friday's close price of $13.05. Shares were trading 19% higher at $15.47 in premarket trading Monday.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an anticlotting drug developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) and Pfizer Inc. (PFE) to lower the risk of stroke in patients with a heart-rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation–the fourth approval for the treatment in less than two months. Bristol-Myers shares rose 1.5% to $32.38 in light premarket trade.


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Poor Matt Schaub.
(Well, by poor, I certainly don't mean to imply that money is an issue in his life. I stay out of guys' pockets as much as possible, but he did make at least $22 million this season, which is about 2 ½ times the money Joe Flacco and Colin Kaepernick, the two Super Bowl quarterbacks, made this season.)
It is going to be a difficult offseason for the Texans' signal caller.
Not only did Houston fall short of its stated goal with a second straight divisional round exit from the playoffs – and Schaub had a lot to do with the early ending thanks to a poor stretch of play to end the season – but his run of substandard play continued even in the Pro Bowl, as he completed only 12 of 22 passes for only 113 yards with two interceptions in a game in which defense isn't allowed.
Just when the anti-Schaub crowd had been all but silenced, he fell apart this season.
Just when the anti-Schaub crowd was just about done venting after the loss at New England two weeks ago, Schaub throws up a dud in a meaningless all-star game. He looked like the same guy, lacking confidence, lacking zip on the ball, that he did down the stretch.
Much of the talk last week was that the Pro Bowl is meaningless. Many said that because they assumed Schaub would light it up, as he did when he was named MVP of the game a few years ago. After all, we're talking about practice. Not a game.
Schaub didn't exactly light it up. In fact, he was just short of terrible in the bits I watched. So here we go again. What the heck is wrong with Schaub?
I can still ask that question because I'm not in the anti-Schaub camp.
I recognize his limitations, but I also recognize his strengths. Any rational person can see that the Schaub we saw down the stretch wasn't the one we have seen for much of the rest of his tenure with the Texans.
And, no, it isn't sufficient to simply claim he wilted under the pressure. That's an easy out based on emotion, not fact.
Hell, one could present a better argument that like a baseball pitcher Schaub wore his arm out by throwing 103 passes on just three days rest when he led the Texans to wins over Jacksonville and Detroit in November.
It'll be a long offseason for Schaub and Gary Kubiak as they try to figure out what actually did happen, and what changes they can make to try to prevent it from happening again.