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Lack of planning by Huntsville City Schools…
New hotness – making informed decisions based on a long range vision…
I attended the HCS Board of Education meeting at noon today – which illustrates the sense of urgency that I believe Superintendent Dr. Casey Wardynski brings to the schools. The Board has been meeting fairly often and on fairly short notice to make decisions, and I commend them for taking prompt action. My Board member David Blair 'attended' the meeting via telecom – which is a welcome use of time and technology.
The School Board approved:
1) a Human Resources report hiring 18 people, mostly for replacements. The schools still need to hire another 15 or so people to be approved at the next Board meeting. Note that no classes are unsupervised and that substitute teachers are filling in for now.
2) Temporary agreements for 11 nurses through October. The plan is for the State to train some nurses to cover multiple venues and then re-evaluate / rightsize the agreements for the next fiscal year.
3) a new job description for the Director of Community Engagement and Partnership Development. This position seems to roll three current (but unfilled?) positions into one job – replacing Public Relations, Grants, and Partnership positions. The position was recommended by The Schools Foundation Speak Up program.
IMO, Speak Up seems like a feel good PR program – nice website but not much substance; for example, Speak Up posted their Huntsville City Data Results on July 14, 2011, but the data 'presented' was from the 'community engagement initiative' of 2006 and 2007. The presentation consisted of four PDF files (92 page, 41 page, 29 page, 41 page) listing ideas gathered at the meetings. My guess is that the meetings covered more than education – comments about getting a Macy's department store and more restaurants seem more appropriate for the Mayor's business initiative. There may be some nuggets in the files but there are no results.
Wardynski spoke about the University Place Elementary student who got onto the wrong bus Wednesday. The child was expected to be on an after school bus but didn't have the parental note – Casey said that the principal resolved that issue and that the bus procedures were "fine". The schools are looking at setting up a swipe card system to track students, in addition to the GPS and video on board the buses.
However, this afternoon a second child got on the wrong bus at Morris Elementary.
The procedures may be "fine" but it seems like a mishap reduction stand down may be necessary.
Special education parent Russ Winn attended the meeting. Winn posted 'Perturbed by Change' in which he includes this quote from Wardysnki:
The interests of the kids will always come first. I do have resource constraints… We've attempted here to make sure we have a plan that we can live with. That they won't be perturbed by change.
Casey was answering a question about the special ed consolidation using the Providence to Williams move as an example: minimizing disruptions to kid's educations through planning. Let's hope Casey comes up with a good plan that satisfies the needs of the kids and the taxpayers.
Winn also wrote:
…there was a time not too long ago when I thought that fighting the central office decisions concerning my son's education was not terribly wise. I was concerned about retaliation and becoming known as Dr. Moore put it once, one of those "confrontational" parents.
Casey assured us that people won't be punished for speaking up (remember C.J. Grisham), however while Dr. Moore may be 'gone', many of the people involved in retaliating against a parent for speaking up at a PTA meeting are still employed by the school system. Winn's concern is authentic and valid. IMO until those involved are held publicly accountable the public cannot really trust the school system.
The dead trees at the Merts Center were planted in the wrong place – whoever planted them didn't have a good long term plan for growth. That's old and busted – let's hope the schools have the new hotness.


text: Shop Profile: Destiny Destination "I didn't want to have anything to do with it," maintains Chris Garman, even though he 's co-owner of the Wilhelm Automotive chain of service centers in metropolitan Phoenix. "I wanted to be so far away when I was a kid it wasn't even funny."  Started in 1928 by Joe Wilhelm, Garman's grandparents took over in 1978 what was then a single shop in Peoria. They had five sons, all of whom participated in the business; by 1988 Garman's father began the process of expansion when he opened a second store. "On the weekends I'd go up to the shop and I would do anything and everything I could do not to actually touch a car," Garman recollects. "I'd have to pull weeds, sweep and clean up." But Garman was destined for the industry. "I was off at college when my uncle Thom approached me in 2000 with an opportunity to work for the family business and go to school at the same time. I didn't really have any intentions of being a part of the management structure." At this point Wilhelm Automotive had three stores, and it wasn't long before Garman realized he was actually enjoying the work. First he was in charge of the marketing; within a couple of years he was doing the books; by '05 he was general manager of the company. He finished his MBA, but by now Garman was fully on board, eventually becoming the company's president. "There is no average day," laughs Garman. "My duties include all the planning and budgeting, all the financial authorization, overseeing all of our HR and marketing, as well as our operations manager. Everything else on the support side of it is fully my responsibility. Thom is the Chairman of the Board, so he makes sure I do my job. "It's challenging," he notes. "Working with the family is not always easy. But I take some pride in being part of the third generation." His father has since retired, but under Garman's supervision Wilhelm Automotive began expanding again, more than doubling in size as four more locations were added-- and one more is currently under construction. "We don't grow quickly, at least by our standards," explains Garman. "We try to be smart about it. It's not like we've set a mandate; we don't want two stores every year for the next 10 years. We'll look at opportunities, and when they make sense we'll be ready, by making sure we have the staff internally to operate these facilities. Those people are then responsible for running each shop like it's their own; we give them a lot of autonomy to make decisions. We also like to be involved in our communities by hiring employees from within each one to help be a part of it." So what's the company's model for expansion? "I can't divulge that," Garman exclaims. "That's the secret sauce! But I can say that we look for areas of growth where the city is expanding. We look for opportunities where we can fit into a community that has the right demographic, and that's key. We don't want the super-wealthy, we want a good mix of middle income, middle class Americans who see value in service—that's our niche. We're not the cheapest guy on the block, we're certainly not the most expensive, but we feel that we provide an above-average level of service and value to our customers." To oversee this growing enterprise, Garman used to meet regularly with shop managers and "talked a lot," but about a year ago he decided to create the post of Operations Manager and promote from within. "His responsibility is to work with the stores to make sure they have everything they need," he reports. "We support them centrally; we have a marketing person, a bookkeeper and a human resources person, all of who help and support each one of our locations with anything they may need." It's roughly around this time that Wilhelm Automotive also began experimenting with various forms of marketing. "We've always done a pretty healthy dose of (promotion)," notes Garman, "but after I joined a 20 group last year, I found out that I don't spend as much money as some other guys that do as much volume as we do." Wilhelm Automotive does a fair bit of internet, and have always done direct mail for existing customers, but now they are willing to try some new things. "We make sure that we have in place the ability to measure and track how effective our campaigns are," Garman explains. "We stick with the things that work, cut and trim the things that don't, and figure out what we'll try next year. We've done some newspaper articles, some television sponsorship last year; the newspaper worked for a period of time." Sometimes the company wants to get into a specific market, like hybrids/electrics. "It's not a huge percentage of our market; 5 percent, maybe a little more," Garman reports. "But in 2013 it was less than probably .1 percent, so it's growing and we want to be a part of that. There's no real hybrid training on the market, so we partnered with a company called the Hybrid Shop, bought into the rights to their franchisees here in Phoenix. What came of that was training support. We'll continue to market for that segment in 2015 and beyond."  And has Garman ever gotten over not wanting to deal with cars? "When I go into the shop I'm allowed to shake hands and smile; they don't let me touch anything because they fear I'll break it," he laughs. "But I love the industry; it's been a really rewarding experience for me. Now that I'm 38, looking back, at the end of the day it's a decision I certainly don't regret." And he certainly looks forward to when the company will be 100 years old—in just 12 years. - See more at: http://www.searchautoparts.com/motorage/shop-profile-service-repair/shop-profile-destiny-destination#sthash.7nQpnxAo.dpuf

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S.F. reserves up to 900 street spaces - program to spread to outer areas
As many as 900 street parking spaces - one of San Francisco's most precious commodities - will be reserved for car-sharing vehicles and leased at discounted rates. The parking program, which will begin in the summer, is a two-year experiment that aims to spread car sharing throughout the city.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency approved the plan to set aside some of the city's 281,000 street parking spaces last year but still had to solicit interested companies and negotiate which parking spaces would be reserved for car-sharing vehicles. The agency approved the program after a smaller two-year test, involving a dozen street spaces, was deemed a success.
"Car sharing helps us achieve so many of our goals as a city," said Jay Primus, manager of SFpark, the city's parking management program. "It allows us to grow gracefully while still giving people access to a car."
The MTA recently selected three firms - national car-sharing company Zipcar, Bay Area nonprofit City CarShare and San Francisco's Getaround, which helps people rent out their own cars when they're not using them.
The city program will require that vehicles be available for sharing 75 percent of the time to make sure the spaces aren't being used for storage, and the companies must charge customers by the hour to keep traditional rental car operations from usurping the parking spaces.
Half of the street spaces - 450 - will be available starting in the summer. They'll be marked with signs and paint and assigned to a specific vehicle. Primus said they'll be spread around the city, which was a goal of the program.
While car sharing has taken off in San Francisco, most of the vehicles have been concentrated in downtown neighborhoods, and many users have been younger residents or people committed to living a relatively car-free existence.
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Because San Francisco is growing and the number of parking spaces is intentionally not being allowed to follow suit, the MTA has supported car sharing, and the agency, along with the Board of Supervisors, has strived to push car sharing out to more distant and less-affluent neighborhoods.
The street parking program used a combination of incentives and requirements to spread the spaces outside the central core. At least 30 percent of the spaces have to be in the outer two-thirds of the city, Primus said, and the price charged for spaces becomes less expensive in neighborhoods distant from downtown. The monthly fee ranges from $50 per space per month in the outer third of the city to $150 in closer-in neighborhoods to $225 in the downtown area.
"It's a big incentive to locate in the outer neighborhoods that haven't really been served by car sharing," he said.
The most popular neighborhood requested for spaces by the three companies is the Castro, Primus said. Its dense population, low rate of car ownership and shortage of parking spaces makes the program particularly attractive, he said.
Although the city has limited the number of reserved car-share spaces by all three companies combined to no more than two per block, Primus knows some residents will be distressed by what they see as a loss, or gift, of already scarce parking spaces to car-sharing operators.
"Anytime we change parking, there is opposition," he said. "The challenge for the MTA and the car-sharing companies is to get awareness of the benefits of car sharing. Academic research shows that every shared vehicle takes 10 private vehicles off the road. But we know that communicating that will be a challenge."
Convenient locations
Jessica Scorpio, founder of Getaround, said she's up for the challenge. Because her firm involves people leasing out their personal cars, they're not putting any additional cars on the street, she said, just making them more convenient for people to rent for short periods.
"We'll have cars all over the city - the whole 7 by 7," she said. "We're going to bring it to the Sunset, to the Bayview, to parts of the city that really haven't had car sharing."
Michael Cabanatuan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @ctuan


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Yo /tg/ - the last two days I have been up at my inlaws farm, chopping down trees and doing handiwork to help before autumn/winter well and truly hits. In the course of this - I exhausted myself and went into a 14 hour sleep, uninterrupted until I woke up this afternoon.
The course of this dream is pure /tg/ bonerfuel in my opinion - and I want to see/hear what else could be done to this "dream"/setting to turn it into some form of tabletop wargame or RPG.
So - here is my 14 hour dream of doom, do with it as you will.
- The world is set in the very near future
- Mankind suffers some kind of (nuclear?) apocalypse
- World is in apparent ruins
- Next few years spent trying to rebuild broken Earth as food and water fail
- Then – massive shimmering/glowing portals appear around the world at various civilian and military outposts and towns
- Survivors compelled to travel through portals in their droves by some kind of unseen force, taking as many tools with them to survive whatever lies on other side, civilians taking things like luxury goods – the British and French taking as much foodstuffs and farming tools as they can, the Russians and Indians loaded up on as much military kit as they could drag through the portals. The Chinese take as many bulldozers and construction related vehicles/tools/materials as they can gather in one go.
- World on other side is a massive, alien plains filled with plants akin to wheat – sky above is alien, with three moons visible in daylight sky and two distant suns.
- In horizon is a massive (1km tall, .5km wide) white, shining tower – immediately visible from arrival point.
- Newcomers head to tower – taking 2/3 days to reach the massive construction.
- Tower is in fact, a massive – living, alien tree – hollow on the inside.
- Tree is capable of pure photosynthesis – and naturally transmits energy (electricity, radio and microwaves) from itself – charging Earth-brought technology. Tree is capable of massive, triggered growth and changes to its internal structure – the entire thing seems to have been designed as a biological Arcology, ready for humans to move into.
- Humans move into Acology, setting out residential, industrial, military and scientific zones and begin irrigation and agricultural operations for a permanent city within the Arcolo-tree.
- World is named "Hope"
- 5 years later, Human population is booming and successful – new biological technologies from the "tree" worked into almost all human technologies – living computers with biological wireless transmission – perfect solar power, living LADAR cells and laser transmission/receivers for long range communications – first hover vehicles and quantum computers are developed.
- Explorers on Hope discover first signs of life beyond humans – remains of another bipedal civilisation, long fossilized in the soil – no visible signs of technology with them, no visible cues as to their deaths.
- Evidence leans towards the theory that the Arcolo-tree was genetically designed by the race of whom the skeletal remains where found – no evidence can be found to prove this however.
- Explorers build first townships beyond the Arcolo-tree, despite having enough room within to comfortably house a good couple of million people – plans for long term colonisation demand expansion beyond their original city.
- A year later – the first of the developed townships is attacked during the night – the few reports that are made are vague, the entire population seem to have been ripped to shreds by machines of unknown manufacture during the night.
- By the time a military force arrives, no sign of the remains or the attackers can be found, and half the camp seems to have been scavenged by an unseen force.
- Within a week the same happens to another township – far closer to the Arcolo-tree – military forces manage to fight back and down some of the alien machines, armed with multiple ripping, shredding and tearing weapons – they are utterly unknown and designed for close and bloody warfare.
- The citizens of Hope gear themselves for warfare against the machines.
- Limited success is had in hacking into the machines memory – mostly corrupted systems lead back to a base within 50km of the Arcolo-tree, and a force is put together to scout out and assault what is assumed to be the machines base.
- The assault is made, and after a long and bloody fight the machines are beaten back to what seems to be a massive underground entrance to their base – human troops head inside.
- Human troops hit what seems to look like the central cpu and downloaded its contents, before abandoning the base and detonating one of the five nuclear warheads the Chinese military had brought with them, utterly destroying the base.
- Days later – the machine code is cracked – and its contents divulged.
- The planet is a testing grounds, and is roughly the size of Jupiter, it is also partially artificial in nature, it is covered in hundreds, if not – thousands of these "Arcolo-trees" each with an opposing nearby machine base – not only this – but the events that had brought them to this point have been repeating for thousands of years.
- Thousands of HUMAN occupied planets have been destroyed and sampled in this way – each time humans from planets across the galaxy had been seeded, evolved and targeted by the machines, brought to this world by portals and then directed towards a waiting Arcolo-tree, allowed to grow and spread, before their "challengers" – the machines awoke to wipe them out.
- Thousands of these records, civilisations of humans from across known and unknown spaces, divergent evolutions and technologies, all stored and catalogued by the machines after the civilisations destruction.
- And mankind from Earth was the first to ever find this out.
- There are also other groups – still active and either building towards their destruction, or in the midst of their war against the machine on the planet right now – cut off from communications by either extreme distance or deliberate and advanced jamming techniques.
- AT THIS POINT, I woke up . . . my head filled to the brim with fuck.
SO /TG/ What the hell do I do with this fuck?Edit
The fluff was rather obvious - a fair few Anons wanted to explore this brave new world, a few wanted to see what else I could remember, and a few wanted to pull this stuff into some form of combat campaign - so my solution was, why not both?
My own preferred system is FUDGE, due to the fact I have been using it for years, but it should be more than playable with FATE, GURPS or Savage worlds - but I have little to know experience with these systems, so if another Anon wishes to take up that chalice of justice then please do so.
Stats for this should be hitting the wiki before too long - as per usual /tg/ style it takes me a little while to get shit done.
In the mean time, enjoy the basic setting - the thread link and a little drawfagging.


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Billion-Pixel View From Curiosity at Rocknest, White-Balanced
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Outcome manipulation is the theorized ability of Siobhan's to change an event or course of events by visualizing the outcome with hard concentration. Though she doesn't believe it herself, her friend Carlisle Cullen does.
It is recognized as very subtle but also one of the most powerful abilities in existence.
Though Siobhan did not believe she is particularly gifted, Carlisle Cullen believes she shows this ability and can manipulate the outcome of situations, by wanting them to go a certain way and concentrating hard enough on this desire. Although Siobhan herself does not believe she possesses the gift, Stephenie Meyer marked her name with an asterisk to show she has a "quantifiable supernatural talent" proving she does have the gift.
This gift shows great potential. As in time, and with practice, Siobhan could possibly learn to manipulate events with little or no effort.
This power requires Siobhan's full concentration in order to work. Although the situation may work out according to her intentions, unexpected incidents may still influence the outcome, such as Irina's punishment.
After the passing of her father, Siobhan learned to become self-dependent and profited for the family, which only consisted of her and her mother. Every man who ever pursued her was turned away. Supposedly this was a result of her power when she decided to live without a man in her life.
An example of Siobhan's advanced power is her determination to end her creator, Sancar, before the end of her newborn year and which came true. When Maggie first joined her coven, Liam (Siobhan's mate) was very territorial, but Siobhan willed it to work out and it did in the end. Carlisle Cullen theorized she had the gift when they became acquainted with each other.
It is also theorized that Siobhan had this power as a human, which was what allowed her to do what she pleased; driving away the men whom she thought she did not need, and managed to build a life for herself and her mother.
Breaking DawnEdit
- "… She has a way of deciding her goals and then almost… willing them into reality. She considers it good planning, but I've always wondered if it was something more. When she included Maggie, for instance. Liam was very territorial, but Siobhan wanted it to work out, and so it did."
- ―Carlisle's description of Siobhan's potential power.[src]
During Breaking Dawn, Carlisle persuades Siobhan to try and visualize a peaceful confrontation with the Volturi. Minutes before the confrontation began, Siobhan does so, most likely wanting to try anything possible to resolve the situation peacefully: And throughout the confrontation, the situation remains peaceful as she has visualized, with only Irina as the casualty for providing false report to the Volturi.
By the end of the saga, she comes to believe in her power, naming it the power of "wishful thinking". When Carlisle and Edward theorized that the Volturi will return for revenge someday, Siobhan jokes that they cannot fail to stand against them "as long as she wishes otherwise".


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HubCast necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 127 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
See our website http://www.hubcast.com. HubCast is an online commercial print service. Our goal is to make commercial printing easy, fast, and global. We have print shops around the world and can deliver print jobs in hours, yes, actually deliver physical print to roughly 50 cities in a few hours. For the rest of the modern world delivery is overnight. So that's fast and global. Now we want it super easy. We have implemented new functionality to make it easier than ever to manage print documents and have them printed on demand.
This project is about making the web application look professional and be intuitively easy to use.
HubCast is a web based print service. Our target audience is marketing professionals who deal with print. Our ideal user is web savvy but pressed for time.
We want such users to try our service and exclaim that it is the greatest experience they have ever had with commercial print.
We currently have one completed page. Its the core page to our web app. We have 13 other pages that need to look consistent with the core page. Wireframes for the 13 pages are attached.
Here's what we want:
- Each of the 13 pages designed to be consistent with the core page.
Here's how we'll do it:
- It's a blind contest
- Contestants should submit 2 or 3 pages
- We will let contestants know if we like their work or if we don't. If we like the work we will provide feedback and ask for more pages.
- We will pick a winner as soon as a contestant has submitted all 13 pages that have a consistent look that we like and we think the market will like. This means the contest may end early or may be extended.
- This development project is under a tight timeline and we will be monitoring this project over the weekend, providing feedback. We would like to select a winner early next week if possible.
Attached are the following documents:
- The "core" page in jpeg, psd, and html format (see HubCast_Website.jpg, HubCast_Website.psd, site.zip respectively)
- An RTF file (HubCastCloudPrintingApplication#1.rtf) that contains a design for the new application including each of the 13 pages that are to be designed.
- An iDoc file - see a clickable prototype - get the iRise Reader here: https://irise-evaluation.subscriben…ation_irie


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Coppi: inside the legend of the
By Herbie Sykes
In a stunning new book published by Rouleur, Herbie Sykes talks to Fausto Coppi's gregari - the riders that rode alongside the great man during his numerous grand tour and classics victories - while collecting together some of the best images of him on and off his famous celeste Bianchi bicycle.
Pictured here Coppi has ridden his team-mates off his wheel as he ventured on one of his trademark solo breakaways. Note the state of the roads . . .
All pictures appear in 'Coppi: inside the legend of the campionissimo'Picture: FOTO AGENZIA OMEGA FOTOCRONACHE MILANO DI VITO LIVERANI


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Afghan author of "A Fort of Nine Towers" to speak in Denver
"A Fort of Nine Towers" by Qais Akbar Omar is a beautifully written memoir about growing up in Afghanistan during the time of the civil wars, and the Taliban—one of the few books written about Afghanistan by an Afghan.
It's not just about the terrors of war. It's also about traditions and family — the life of an ordinary Afghan family who roams the country trying to stay alive in a time of snipers and murderous warlords. Omar reveals the hidden beauty of his culture, from poetry and storytelling carpet-weaving, and turns the journey into adventure, like traveling with Kuchi nomads, meeting a blind carpet-weaver who changes his life, and camping in caves behind the gigantic Buddha statues in Bamyan, which were later destroyed by the Taliban.
Omar, who will be speaking at Tattered Cover on May 29, has a passion to talk about the Afghanistan that few foreigners know. Not war, bloodshed, warlords, poppy growers and Taliban, but about his family and friends. Things like how his grandfather recited poems by Rumi, Hafiz, and Omar Khayyam, and the personal values that are deeply rooted in Afghani families.


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Ventriloquist, dummies entertain at Arenac Eastern
TWINING — Dave Parker, of Marquette has practiced ventriloquism for over 24 years in states all across the Northern Midwest with his wooden-buddy Skippy, performed over 1,000 shows, made several DVDs and on March 25, he entertained a group of about 75 students and parents as part of Arenac Eastern and Community in Action's Family Fun night.
According to Parker, who likens his style to that of Mr. Rogers – a low-key act, performed Thursday as part of his 15-week school tour sponsored by Dynamic West Assembly, a children's entertainment company out of Keego Harbor near Detroit, during which he sang songs, performed ventriloquist tricks (talking while drinking water and singing two voices at once) and even involved many of the children in attendance into his act featuring dummies: Skippy, boy, Claire, girl, and Mozart, a dog.
The Arenac Independent caught up with Parker after his performance for a little Q & A:
How did you get involved in ventriloquism?
Parker: "I was playing guitar in coffee houses back in 1984, and I decided I needed to do something different. I had always been intrigued by ventriloquism, so I took a course through Maher Ventriloquist Studios and checked out every book I could find in the library."
What other jobs did you have before becoming a ventriloquist?
Parker: "I owned my own video production company for eight years, I was a substitute teacher and a guitar player."
You mentioned that you have DVD's of your performances. How many DVDs have you made?
Parker: "Four. The latest one is 'Winter Wonderland,' which shows kids all different kinds of activities to do in the winter. There's also a book, called 'Dustin's Big School Day.' It's about a second-grader who's waiting all day for us (Skippy and Dave) to come to his school. It was written ten years ago by Alden Carter, who's written over 41 books, and we read that as part of our performance."
What are some other kinds of shows do you do?
Parker: "In the Midwest, I do a Lewis and Clark show and earlier today (March 25) I did an anti-bullying show at Standish."
Do you have a Website?
Parker: "We do have a Web site, Skippyanddave.com. You can go on there and see a clip of the MEA (Michigan Education Association) commercial I did. There's two songs. There's a contest where kids can go on and name a new dummy. I've been so busy lately with the tour, it's kind of hard to keep it updated, there's so much more I'd like to do with it. A child suggested, at the Standish show, that he liked the words to one of my songs and asked if I had the lyrics anywhere. I didn't have a copy, so he suggested that I put the lyrics to my songs on the Web site.
What shows do you have coming up?
Parker: "(Aside from the School Tour) I'm doing the assembly line concert in Ferndale for the Big 3, which is like a 104-hour concert."
Is there anything you'd like people to know about ventriloquism?
Parker: "It's something anyone can learn, like a musical instrument. There are lots of books out there to learn from. Ventriloquism is at a high point right now, with guys like Jeff Dunham on Comedy Central and Terry Fator, who won America's Got Talent. He beat out all of these singers. He can make his dummies that look like real singers sing just as good as the real singers. So now's a good time to be a ventriloquist."
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Here's a message to all you Coloradans feeling like you're the only ones who know how to drive in the snow: y'all ain't looking so great right about now.
Here we see some traffic around Colorado Springs making drivers go haywire, sliding off the highway and bumping into other cars when they get on the brakes much, much too late. One van alone hits what looks like a half dozen cars.
Be careful out in the snow, folks.


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The Coconut Grove Convention Center is full of props.
Everything inside is in at least one episode of USA's "Burn Notice," props, set designs, wardrobe, cars, and iconic items. The show is filmed and set in Miami. It's seventh and final season is airing now, so everything has to go.
"Whoever wants it, if they're willing to pay, they're going to get it," COO of Jay Sugarman Auction Corp. Annette Grasso said.
Some items include the Porsche driven by Jesse Garcia, a collection of Hawaiian shirts worn by Sam Axe, Carlitos Bar where all the shows strategic meetings took place, Fiona's fanny pack, the Dodge Charger Michael Weston drove, and of course, the actual Burn Notice. You can even watch the show in a room decorated with the set.
There is no minimum bid. You name the price for things like Michael Weston's yogurt cups, tools, pillows, and for some reason, a whole lot of lamps.
"Every time they would film something, they would film a new scene somewhere, they would take the props they got and move them into a room, so that later on they had a room full of lamps, and a room full of tables, so now they've just accumulated all of these different things over the last seven years," Grasso said.
The auction starts Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Coconut Grove Convention Center. On Wednesday, the online auction begins at noon. That is when the more notable items will be sold. You can log on by clicking here.
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It appears BYU won't have to even think about what life might be like without its top running back for all or part of the 2014 season.
Earlier this week, it was reported that running back Jamaal Williams had been arrested in mid-February on a charge of underage consumption of alcohol. Because of BYU's strict honor code, it was thought that Williams could miss some playing time via suspension.
Addressing the incident for the first time publicly Tuesday, head coach Bronco Mendenhall, in no uncertain terms, indicated that the junior will not be suspended as a result of the arrest. Also, in no uncertain terms, the coach made it crystal clear that he has no intention of further discussing the incident.
"Don't know when, don't know how," Mendenhall said when asked about first hearing of the situation. "But it has been addressed so long ago now between he and I that I don't intend to address it again. He is in great standing with our program. Was, and is now, and will be going forward."
Regardless of how and why Mendenhall and the university kept Williams in "great standing," it's certainly tremendous news for the Cougars.
In 2012, he led Cougar running backs with 1,233 yards rushing and seven rushing touchdowns. As a true freshman in 2012, he led the team with 775 yards and 12 touchdowns despite playing very sparingly the first four games of the year.
Williams has pleaded not guilty to the charge, and a pre-trial conference is scheduled for May 7


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Randstad ER RN in Clinton, Maryland
job details:
location:Clinton, MD
salary:$20 - $60 per hour
date posted:Thursday, March 26, 2020
job type:Temporary
job description
We're searching for Emergency Room (ER) Travel Nurses to fill immediate openings at a hospital in Clinton, MD. If this sounds great to you, and you have 2+ years of experience, keep reading and we'll make sure you get all the details.
What will I do? Emergency Room (ER) Travel Nurses act as the "eyes and ears" for Physicians in the ER by collecting primary and secondary assessment data in addition to providing direct patient care. This includes: triaging, diagnosing and prioritizing patients based on severity of need; stabilizing patients experiencing trauma; and ruling out acute medical emergencies, when appropriate, and discharging the patient safely. You will also be responsible for working with patients and families in crisis, and educating them regarding follow-up care.
What are the benefits? Weekly take-home pay between $20 and $60 per hour including per- diems-top-tier benefits that help you focus on taking care of your patients and know you're being taken care of, too.
What else do I need to know? A qualified Emergency Room (ER) Travel Nurse will have an Associate's Degree or Bachelor of Science in Nursing and hold a current/active license as a registered nurse in the state of MD, in addition to current certifications in BLS and other unit specific certifications.
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Sally's Gluten Free Bakery
- 100% Off
- Only on the App
- Alpharetta
- Gluten-Free, Bakeries
Super siblings Sally and Taylor have devised cases full of gluten-free baked goodies for your noshing pleasure. Best of all? They don't taste like it.When you first step foot into the bright, open space of Sally's Gluten Free Bakery in Alpharetta, you may be fooled. With cinnamon and nutmeg wafting toward you right as you cross the threshold–it smells like a bakery. And the mounds of cupcakes, cookies and loaves of bread in the display case? Well, they certainly look like something a bakery might have. But, contrary to all physical evidence, this actually isn't your run-of-the-mill dough shop. Everything they sell is entirely, 100 percent gluten-free. But here's the kicker: none of it tastes like it. Siblings Taylor and Sally are from a gluten-free family, and were used to their secret (and delicious) baking alternatives–so they decided to bring their masterpieces to the masses. They started by opening the Sandy Springs shop three years ago, before launching this, their second, location. And we thank them, wholeheartedly. Every customer that walks in is a staunch believer in Sally's ways. One such regular stated that everyone thinks people on gluten-free diets suffer, when in reality, "the cookies are so good, I couldn't even tell they were gluten-free." Might be why Delight Gluten Free Magazine dubbed them one of the best GF bakeries in America.
If you're hesitant, there are samples to try. And with each subsequent nibble, the years of experimentation and research that went into each of the recipes will only become more evident. Only the best makes the cut. Taylor explained, "We're extremely focused on getting the recipes right; we don't put anything on the menu unless it actually tastes good." The batches are baked daily, and they use equally fresh ingredients – including flours of the brown rice, tapioca and potato varieties. This means that many of their recipes are sans pesky allergens, like soy, eggs and milk. And if you've got questions? Fire 'em at the man behind the counter. This is a gluten-free bakery where the staff is actually knowledgable on the restrictions, as well as why they're necessary for their customers. If you thought you'd kissed goodbye to banana bread, chocolate chip cookies and pizza–you're in luck. Because every morning at Sally's, they're baking up a storm, just for you.
Menu Highlights:
Mini Loaf Banana Bread, $4.49
6 Chocolate Chip Cookies, $4.49
Full Loaf Sandwich Bread, $9.99
Vegetarian Pizza, $14.49
Tues. - Fri., 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sat., 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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For its new crushing and refining process for siliceous earth, Hoffman Mineral relies on ZS screw blower offering clean, efficient oil-free air for pneumatic conveying and air separation.
Hoffmann Mineral requires 5,000 standard cubic meters of oil-free compressed air per hour, with a pressure of 0.8 bar and at a defined temperature.
The manufacturer found that Atlas Copco offered the most efficient solution for this. The Atlas Copco ZS 132 screw blower provides the precise regulation required for the process, and needs one third less energy than the next best available solution in order to supply the volume flow required.
"Our industry involves a very high level of automation," explains Dr. Karlheinz Schmidt, Managing Director of production and technology at the siliceous earth processing company Hoffmann Mineral GmbH, based in Neuburg an der Donau in Germany.
"We invest a lot, including countercyclical investments, and are constantly growing. Our most recent investment is an air separation mill, including a separator, which we use to crush the siliceous earth agglomerates that result from heat treatment in a new preceding process step."
The key element is that, unlike almost all other mills, this mill doesn't work mechanically, but instead works using compressed air. The process is much more gentle — both for our product and for the machines."
After all, mechanical mills, or "impact mills", work in a very abrasive way: the plants are worn after only a few thousand operating hours and the abrasion causes the manufactured products to be impure.
"The products become gray and conductive," says the engineer, continuing his explanation. For our customers' diverse range of applications, neither of these properties is desirable."
The company's products are used industrially as additives for rubber (around 70%), paints and varnishes. At Atlas Copco, the company found what they were looking for — in the form of an oil-free compressing screw blower, model ZS 132, the rotation speed of which is controlled via a separate frequency converter.
"The advantage is that the machine is designed to deliver pressures of 0.3 –1.2 bar and can generate precisely the pressure that we need. With another screw compressor, we would have had to compress to 3 bar and then decompress again, which was out of the question."
They also ruled out the alternative approach of using a lobe blower: It was only capable of delivering a pressure of 0.9 bar and would have been pushed to its limits.
The installed power is 132 kW. This is a lot lower than the 200 kW of the next-best solution which was offered by another supplier.This meant that at full capacity, the machine uses at least a third less energy."
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Fundación Cante de las Minas
Miguel Poveda.Cante de las Minas Festival
Полезная информация
- Когда?: Ожидается подтверждение
- Где?: Unión, La
- Подробнее: http://festivalcantedelasminas.org/
- Автономное сообщество: Region of Murcia
- Провинция / Остров: Murcia
- Категория: Festivity of International Tourist Interest
- Тема: Flamenco
La Unión, in Murcia, is the setting for the world's most important annual flamenco festival: the "Cante de las Minas" Festival. Song, dance and guitar playing are the three disciplines in an event packed with authentic flamenco, which backs upcoming young artists, and which also features consolidated stars of the genre.
The old La Unión Public Market is the site for this major festival, representing the flamenco history of the mining tradition in this area of Murcia. Flamenco is the absolute star of the event, which, since its creation in 1961, has promoted the musical genre in its most classical to contemporary, avant-garde incarnations. The presentation of and search for new artists is another of the event's characteristics. It has also managed to recover a unique style of flamenco song and music which has had its roots in La Unión for 150 years, and which, just 50 years ago, was on the verge of disappearing for good. The festival includes three final competitions, with the participation of young artists who have passed the qualifying stages over the course of several months. The longest-running section is for song, which also has the most relevance and prestige among the audience and singers, who compete for first prize - the "Miner's Lamp". The second competition is "el toque" - for guitar playing. The first prize here is the "Bordón Minero" trophy. These two disciplines are held simultaneously. The dance competition is the most recent addition, completing the three facets of flamenco expression. The festival programme is completed by gala performances, with shows by major stars of this musical genre. Furthermore, over the course of the festival there are other parallel activities such as exhibitions, wine tastings, projections, flamenco soirées, literary presentations, poetry recitals, courses (guitar playing, dance and percussion) for different levels, and talks. Admission to all the festival's parallel activities, including the flamenco soirées, is free, with limited availability. If you want to attend the gala performances or the final phases of the competition, there are various ways to purchase your tickets: either at the theatre box office on the day of the show, at the tourist office in La Unión, or on-line, if you wish to purchase in advance.
Полезная информация
- Дата: Ожидается подтверждение
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Тел. +34 656989843
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Yeah, it makes everyone a scientist and also provides good headline fodder for journalists. Plus, it's great for many 'spiritual leaders' as they see it as a vindication of their position; something that they have been asserting all along just got some scientific backing. Unfortunately for them, it's not all that clear cut. Dr. Stuart Hameroff, Professor Emeritus and the Director of the Center of Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, and the world renowned physicist and mathematician, Sir Roger Penrose, join forces to forward a new theory – the theory of quantum consciousness.
Quantum what?
You might have already heard of that term, but not yet grasped its meaning. Leave aside all the terrible jargon that is thrown around when 'spiritual teachers' like Deepak Chopra speak on this subject, 'quantum consciousness' refers to the idea that the brain is a quantum computer and that our consciousness is related to the state of quantum information in our brains. Okay, that might be too much 'quantum' for you, so let's break that up.
Okay… Quantum Mechanics (and Quantum Computers)
Quantum theory, as physicists understand it, has weird elements. It says that particles can be in a superposition of energies, rather than have one fixed energy, can have a 'spread out' position, rather than one pinpoint location and that two systems, spatially separated from one another, might still be able to 'communicate' with each other, if they were linked to begin with. It's the last phenomenon that we shall discuss.
The idea is one of 'coherence'. When two systems are quantum mechanically linked, or 'entangled', then measuring one affects the other instantaneously, violating the intuitive concepts of Einstein's relativity. So if a system A is entangled to system B, measuring A will affect B, no matter how far B is from A, be it half the universe away. This instantaneous change of state has been hypothesized to be useful in making quantum computers.
In a quantum computer, information is stored in energy levels, and since there are more than two energy levels, the two-bit limitation of a normal computer is washed away. We can store much more information. Now, we can perturb a part of the system and, immediately, some other part of the system will be affected. This will help in fast computation, as series computations will take much lesser time.
Of course, for a machine to behave as a quantum computer, the two systems mentioned, say A and B, must remain 'coherent'. If they disentangle, then they no longer form a quantum computer. Typically, there is a 'decoherence time', the typical time required for two entangled systems to disentangle.
And now… Quantum Consciousness!
Now, on to what Penrose and Hameroff are claiming. They claim that inside the neurons, there are tiny structures called microtubules. Information in these microtubules is what constitutes the 'soul' or our 'consciousness'. They go further. Say the body dies. The microtubules lose their quantum state, but retain the quantum information (and information cannot be lost). Thus, the soul remains and is dissipated in the universe at large. This conforms to the eastern position of spirituality which says that the body is mortal, but the soul isn't and there is a cycle of births.
Penrose and Hameroff dodge the cycle of births and cater to another popular public fascination – near death experiences. They say that the information can be restored into a microtubule if a dying patient is resuscitated and this is what they might feel as a 'near death experience'.
The theory has gained worldwide popularity owing to a documentary 'Through a Wormhole' narrated by Morgan Freeman, aired in the US on the Science Channel.
Quantum… sorry, plain rubbish – the damning rebuttal
At first glance, all of this sounds like hogwash and it probably will sound like that even when you hear it for the 42nd time. The problems are manifold and the scientific community overwhelmingly lines up against this quantum soul theory. Leave alone the fact that microtubules have not been found or that the quantum information dissipation can never be demonstrated or falsified. (Remember that these two are the major tenets of the theory and I am chucking these away!) Max Tegmark, in this paper, deals a severe blow to the quantum soul theory citing the fact that neurons and neural networks behave like classical systems. They aren't quantum to begin with.
Shall we say that one more time? Yes, neurons and neural networks behave like bouncing tennis balls or moving buses, i.e. they obey laws of classical mechanics and quantum mechanics needn't be invoked to explain them! Forget about being a quantum computer, these neurons are not even quantum mechanical! Just for fun, Tegmark quotes the typical 'decoherence time' (definition above) for these neurons. He notes that these are of the order of 10-13 s to 10-20 s, much much smaller than what's needed for a quantum computer (~ 10-3 s). Okay, so even if the neurons were quantum objects, they would never form a quantum computer!
So much for the soul. There is still no evidence that it exists. May it rest in a quantum of peace!


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Waiting for fun
What could be worse than missing your bus or train and having nothing to do but stand around stupidly fiddling with your phone? The architects at Kastelic Buffy have come up with a solution: the Story Pod, a stylish wooden house that opens up like a book and provides a place to sit and read. Unfortunately, to experience it you'll have to go to Newmarket, Canada – a good 50 kilometers north of Toronto.


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Relaxation RoomCopyright: RWTH Aachen
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Downtime between two lectures, a quiet workstation and the ability to store personal belongings – The relaxation room is an oasis for RWTH Aachen disabled and chronically ill students during busy university life.
Who can use the relaxation room?
If you study at RWTH Aachen and have a disability or a chronic illness, you can use the relaxation room. In order to do so, you need access authorization. You can get this and the key to the relaxation room from the Officers for Disabled and Chronically Ill Students..
Where is the relaxation room?
The relaxation room is in the ground floor of Building 1160 on Templergraben 59, 52062 Aachen and is in room number 24. This is backside of Library 2. You can easily access the room through Wüllnerstraße. You can reach the telephone in the relaxation room by calling +49 241 80 94351. Only calls within RWTH Aachen can be made with this phone.
There is also a relaxation room available at the University Hospital.
Room A 013 in the Aixtron Gebäude, Kackertstraße 15, can also be used as a work and relaxation room..
What does the relaxation room have to offer?
- two desks, one of which you can electrically adjust the height of
- a workstation with a computer
- a refrigerator, in which you could keep medications, for example
- a cozy seating area with a couch and armchair
- an emergency telephone, with which you can reach campus security
- lockers, in which you can store your personal belongings
How do I get access to the relaxation rooms?
You can get a permit to access and use the relaxation rooms on Templergraben and in the University Hospital from the Officers for the Concerns of Disabled and Chronically Ill Students.


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Being a fashion intern must be brutal. At least, that's the impression one illustrious Marc Jacobs International intern left on the MarcJacobsIntl Twitter last night.
Sapped of all energy, he celebrated his last day on the job by calling out Marc Jacobs CEO Robert Duffy, describing him as a "tyrant" and "tough" with plenty of exclamations. He also wished some serious luck for the fresh interns coming in after him. The official Twitter currently reads, "All is well here at MJ. Twitter is a crazy place. Protect your passwords." Well, even if you never work in this town again, good luck to you! [Business Insider]


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With a little digging, The McChronicles uncovered a list of secret items from several fast food proprietors.
This image, from this site, depicts (from left to right): Monster Mac(8 beef patties!), Grilled Cheese, McGangBang(a double cheeseburger with a chicken patty in between the two beef patties).
Other interesting secret menu item names include (follow the link, above, to see more):
- McLeprichon (sic)
- McKinley Mac
- Pie McFlurry
The questions are:
To McDonald's crew: are these "real" secret menu items, or are they just things customers have made up - calling them secret menu items?
To customers: are you familiar with any of these items (listed at the 2nd link above)? And do you know of any others?
The McChronicles: a blog about, not affiliated with, McDonald's.


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Dharma Transmissions
As Zen develops in the United States apart from its traditional Japanese monastic and cultural roots, Dharma empowerments are undergoing changes. Roshi Bernie Glassman, the spiritual leader of the Zen Peacemaker Sangha, has been in the forefront in walking this terrain. A notable difference is the empowerment of lay persons as teachers and preceptors.
Roshi Egyoku's empowerments are the following:
Fully Ordained Zen Priests and Preceptors (fully authorized to confer the precepts and ordain others):
Dharma Holders (senior students who are teachers-in-training):


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Thursday, December 13, 2007
So, what was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
It's not exactly reassuring to hear White House press secretary Dana Perino confess that, when asked by a reporter, she didn't know what the Cuban Missile Crisis was.
Her theory? "It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I'm pretty sure."
Well, at least she figured out the missiles and Cuba part...
The White House Press Secretary is a PR agent and does not have much of a voice in policy decisions. Her historical ignorance only hurts her ability to spin stories. Still, she ought to know about this relatively recent historical event. At least, she probably should not being admitting she doesn't know something like this.
The story Johnson referenced is at http://rawstory.com/news/2007/White_House_press_secretary_admits_she_1210.html.
And thus ends a rather rare foray into current events here at the American Presidents Blog.
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- Jennie W said...
That is very depressing! I think everyone should read Robert Kenney's Thirteen Days on the CMC (I actually assign it in my modern US history class)! It is important to realize just how close we came to nuclear war.
- June said...
I couldn't believe my ears when I heard this...oh wait, yes I could. Sadly. She's a perfect match for W! It's even worse than the host on The View who didn't know if the world was round or not and thought that Christians pre-dated Greeks.
- The Tour Marm said...
Par for the course!
I'm no longer astounded at the ignorance of the people in charge -both in government and education.
How can one expect our students to learn from these people?
I was from the 'duck and cover' generation and this was big news -after the fact.
- Jennie W said...
I have to add a few things here...first off, I wasn't born yet during the CMC, so I can't say that I remember it, but it is a fairly big modern history topic and I think hard to miss...to me anyway!
I have my students interview someone who was as part of an assignment on this topic and it is amazing the diversity of responses they get on what people (usually their own relatives) remember. I know as I was setting up the assignment, I quizzed my own parents and in-laws to see what kinds of answers to expect for my students. My parents were fairly young, yet my father (born in '57) rememebered it whereas my mother (born in '56) had no recollection of it. My Canadian father-in-law (born in '51) remembered it really well, which surprised me as compared to my own parents. My grandparents (who were obviously adults at the time) had almost no recollection of it (it also might be that they were in Alaska and fairly removed from it, but still....they got news!). I know when I asked my grandfather, he went "what?" That definitely confused me!


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Cali Gets Boo$t From EndowmentFriday, August 28th, 2009
California's task of counting all of its citizens just became a wee bit easier. Thanks to the California Endowment, an additional $4 million has been added to the pot of the deficit-stricken state:
LOS ANGELES – (Business Wire) To ensure that every Californian is counted in the 2010 U.S. Census, the state's largest, private health foundation today announced that it will make $4 million in grants towards a statewide campaign that will promote the importance of participating in the Census, particularly in the large number of "hard to count" communities throughout the state.
"Hard to count" populations are among California's most vulnerable residents – low-income communities and communities of color.
The federal government makes funding allocations based on population counts from the Census, and for every resident not counted, the state will lose an estimated $11,500 in federal funding over the course of 10 years according to 2009 data from the Brookings Institution.
"At a time when the state is facing declining revenues, it is critical to the people of California that we ensure every resident is counted so we don't lose out on federal funding essential to the health and well-being of all Californians," said Robert K. Ross, M.D., president and CEO of The California Endowment.
"If 10 percent of California's population of 37 million is not counted, the state stands to lose $42.4 billion in federal funding over the next decade," Ross added.
About one-third of that funding is directly tied to health services, while all of the funding is tied to individual and family well-being which, in turn, is a significant component of health status.
California is home to 10 of the 50 counties in the nation that have been identified as being the hardest to count: Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, San Bernardino, Fresno, Riverside, Alameda, Sacramento, Kern and San Francisco. These counties are home to large populations that have been historically underrepresented in the Census, including immigrants, people of color, low-income communities, rural areas and those who live in multi-family housing.


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The living and dining room of this Muskoka cottage share a two-sided stone fireplace, a bold but organic focal point. "We wanted it to look like it's been here forever," says the home's designer, Andrea Crawford. The model sailboat on the mantel is in keeping with the casual tone.
See more great cottage and country rooms in our Cottages & Country Houses gallery, Traditional Cottages gallery, plus see more cottage photos.
A crisp palette and dramatic accents give this airy room an exotic feel.
Cane furniture, dramatic blue and white fabrics and pottery set a British Colonial tone, while the original granite fireplace, sisal rug and exposed studs maintain cottagey charm.
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Most of the dining room furniture is black, but the white coffered ceiling and twig chandelier keep the room feeling airy. Shaker-style chairs, a trestle table and a Zebra-print rug combine in this new-country look.
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Use baskets to store items under a small desk.
Vintage furniture, wicker accents and a world map combine in this country-inspired children's bedroom. The desk, found at a thrift store, was enlivened with a deep marine blue paint colour for a crisp, seaside look.
Simplicity is the ideal backdrop for mixing different styles of lighting.
French doors and a wall of windows make the seaside view of this East-Coast cottage the centre of attention. A wrought-iron wall sconce and a large Japanese rice paper lamp shade work well together when paired with white painted walls and floors made from local wood. Exposed wood beams in the ceiling and wrought-iron hardware add to the cottage vibe.
For more great homes from eastern Canada, see our Photo Gallery: Best Of The East.
Modern furniture gives edge to rustic wood floors and wall paneling in this country cottage.
Farmhouse finishes like pine flooring and wainscotting are offset by clean-lined leather sofas and chairs, creating a chic modern-rustic look.
A spacious and airy attic.
Exposed rafters, an oversized window, wide rugged pine-plank flooring and high ceilings add high drama to this airy room.
White paint and exposed beams refresh a kitchen.
White painted wood walls and kitchen cabinets freshen up this east-coast cottage kitchen and dining area. Hardware in black wrought-iron balances the counter stools and dining chairs and makes the room feel more modern. Wood floors in wide planks made from local hemlock and exposed rustic beams on the ceiling continue the coastal cottage look.
For more great homes from eastern Canada, see our Photo Gallery: Best Of The East.
Buy or reupholster a sofa in a bold striped fabric.
This rustic yet pretty summer cottage uses reclaimed wood timbers as support beams and for a wall feature that doubles as art. Combined with white painted beadboard the country look is clean and fresh. Eco-friendly upholstered furniture like the sofa from Lee Industries in light blue adds some New Hamptons chic. Seaside and nature-inspired accessories are trendy and carry through the earthy theme.
For more beachy and nautical rooms, see our Seaside-Inspired Interiors photo gallery. For more eco-friendly ideas, see our Photo Gallery: Green Design.
Mismatched furniture, wood accents and big windows add rustic style.
Unfinished tongue-in-groove pine walls give this cottage's dining area a natural look. A twig-wrapped chandelier is a playful nod to the outdoors.
See more great cottage and country rooms in our Cottages & Country Houses gallery, Traditional Cottages gallery, plus see more Cottage Makeovers.
Comfortable furniture with a contemporary edge creates a look that's casual yet sophisticated.
A fireplace made of basalt stone is a striking focal point in this cottage living room. A plush sectional sofa provides a welcoming spot for curling up with a good book.
DwellStudio bedding, painted wood walls and fresh flowers give this room summer style.
An old coat rack that resembles the shape of a headboard makes a charming addition to this bedroom. Mismatched side tables enhance the casual aesthetic of the space.
For more cottage makeovers, see our photo gallery.
An earth friendly kitchen in stone, wood and tile.
The stone wall in this rustic kitchen is highlighted by salvaged wood beams and white tile. Floor made from flagstone and reclaimed hemlock wood mirrors the stone wall panel and timber ceiling. A painted white island with a stone top is used for food prep, add teak stools so it can double as a seating area. Pendant lighting that is simple makes it modern.
Antiques, a marble countertop, open vanity and beamed ceilings contribute to a French farmhouse design.
This old-world style ensuite features an oversize mirror in a frame made from two antique French doors.
Bright accents pop when paired with crisp white.
Unable to find pillows to match the striking painting in her principal bedroom, artist Bobbie Burgers used a black Pucci scarf to create her own. A vintage marble-top coffee table was enlivened with a coat of yellow paint on the base. Plain white sheers don't steal attention from the view.
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@Reives: Yes I'm aware of my reputation outside of RRR. Despite this, nobody ever tells me to tone down my you know what, and all I ever get are compliments or insults about the game itself. Please take no offense to how I market my game, as that is how I am as a person. I'm aware that teamwork and contacts are what make it or break it in this field, but also, as I've said, it's a freeware game and for it to be able to grab someone's attention over say a commerical game such as Aveyond, it needs to sound grand and huge.
Saphire Fate, it's nice to hear what you didn't like, as now I can try and rememdy these design errors so that they can be better.@Daggerstrike: Honestly I cannot see the point in flaming me any longer. The developer of Eternal Eden has let me know what he thinks and after all, I am entitled to an opinion. If I am biased toward my game and believe it's better than another, so what?
Ok.. I am formally, sincerely apologizing for any offense caused by my remarks. I have edited the remark about Eternal Eden out of my post and I will not refer to it again. I sincerely regret putting it there, even in an attempt to try and garner some attention for my freeware game that would not be looked at twice beside a huge comerical game such as EE. But, that's passed now, and I am truly sorry for unintentionally offending people.Now I urge you to play my game and forget it ever happened. I don't want to let an argument stand in the way of people playing my game.
That would be all the script processing. I lovingly refer to Legionwood sometimes as "the most complex RPG Maker game of all time" and that would probably be accurate too. There are over 80 scripts working together in the background behind the audio and graphics, so that's where the lag comes from. Generally though, you should be fine if your RAM is 1GB or more, and even if it is less, you can reduce SOME lag by playing in Full Screen mode (pressing Alt + Enter) then pressign F1 and making sure the "Reduce Screen Flickering" box is unchecked.
However, the art is definitely NOT up to snuff with Eternal Eden, by far. In fact, it's several factors worse. In every way, practically. I like the sun glare in the Sheerbark Ruins. Nice touch. I also dislike random encounters, whereas EE almost entirely got rid of those and let you decide if you wanted to face any enemy you ran into. Also, those enemies never returned, which was very, very nice.


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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Ugly – In the Eyes of the Beholder?
One site about old dolls suggested that most have inscriptions on the backs of their necks. I have to warn you – if you thought the Ugly Face pictures were "Yoogly" (thanks, Greta) just wait till you see the neck pictures. Without further adieu -
Yeah, I know. Sorry.
Hidden among the cracks and discoloration were some letters. All I could make out was "COPR LASTIC PLASTIC 49". Turns out "COPR LASTIC PLASTIC 49" was stamped on dolls manufactured by the Fleischaker Novelty Company. It was unclear to me if this company also sold the dolls, or if they were sold by Horsman Company. Several companies produced these "squalling" baby dolls, but the Lastic Plastic ones were the earliest, dating back to 1948-49. And speaking of the Horsman company, while they apparently made some attractive dolls, someone there had a mean streak, as is evident by their Bilikin doll of 1909, or the Carnivale Kid of 1915-1918. My doll is looking more attractive by the minute.
The Doll Reference website showed a picture of what Grandma's garage sale find looked like originally. There were molded tufts of hair, blue eyes, rosy little cheeks, and red lips. While any signs of rosiness on the cheeks or lips have long since worn away on my doll, its eyes are still a faded blue, and there are faint mounds of "hair" on its otherwise bald little noggin.
According to the Doll Reference website, two models of this doll were made: a 16" version, and a 19" version. My doll measures 16", and at one time allegedly had the ability to make a "squeak" or "cry", perhaps by one of those irritating squeakers implanted in its little belly. If that's true, it would explain why Grandma quickly sewed it a new fabric body. I assumed the original body was ripped or rotten; however, Grandma was smart. We didn't have squeaky toys over at her house. Ever.
Plush Memories even has a post from a lady who use to have a pair of these dolls as a child, and would love to be able to find one now. She says, "My favorite dolls when I was little were two of the ugliest little life size twin babies I had ever seen." See Grandma? I'm not the only one to use the "U" word.
While I'd still have to say this is an Ugly Baby Doll, I have a new respect for it and its origins - 63 years is a long time to hang around being disrespected, especially ~55 years by the same family. Grandma, it took a long time, but I finally have an appreciation for this doll, and dare I say, it's as precious to me now as you'd hoped for then. Thank you.
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Nice follow up post. Love how you changed the search words and came up with so much more.ReplyDelete
Still ugly... but great sleuthing, Karen!ReplyDelete
OHMYGOSH!!!! Those other baby dolls were truly harsh! I can't believe they didn't give kids nightmares! I think your baby actually looks better now than it did when it had the colors intact. Strange company. Can't believe they ever sold dolls at all! LOLReplyDelete
Whoa! There really aren't enough warnings for what one sees when clicking on those links. Proof positive the world was not kinder & gentler in Grandma's time. Great set of posts, though!ReplyDelete
Interesting history, and even more interesting that someone really loved those dolls. But you are right, the back of the head is really scary - kinda reminds me of a Dr. Who monster or something.ReplyDelete
With those additional dolls, I think you may have found the reason for the sharp increase in mental illness in children. Seriously. That is some scary stuff. I'm glad you were able to figure out the background of your doll, and comparatively speaking, yours is no longer "the" ugliest.ReplyDelete
I would have nightmares if I had that in my room as a child. :)ReplyDelete


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Considering that Sicily has been inhabited by multiple empires/peoples
- native Sicilians/Italians tribes and communes
- Greeks (partially)
- Carthaginians (partially)
- Romans
- Ostrogoths (very briefly)
- Byzantines
- Arabs
- Normans (briefly)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Spanish
- reunified Italian rule
Are there major influences to the culture that persist? From what I have seen there seem to be mutiple influences that touch on Roman, Muslim and modern Italain art influeces. Typically when I have looked at the history of nations that tend to be difficult to reach, or islands, the influences from a historical perspective are assimilated into the original culture. Not all of the empires/peoples who ruled had an effect, if they did it may be diluted by this time. If this is true, what are the major influences that have occurred in Sicily and can still be seen in its architecture and culture today?


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Are you planning to come to Anaheim for ALA this June? Whether you are a member of LES or simply interested in what we're doing, you are invited to come to LES meetings, discussion groups, and conference program. Below is a schedule along with a brief explanation of each event's purpose. We hope to see you in June!
Friday, June 22
9:00 a.m.–4:00.pm. – Anaheim Convention Center-208B
Pre-Conference Workshop: Digital Humanities in Theory and Practice: Tools and Methods for Librarians
This requires separate registration and fees. It's selling out very quickly!
Learn how humanities librarians can participate in, create, and lead digital humanities initiatives. In addition to introducing theories and practices that characterize the digital humanities, explore several examples of how librarians currently lead library digitization initiatives, collaborate on faculty projects, and participate in national grant-funded efforts. Investigate project management complexities, digital humanities' impact on research collections, humanities librarians' work with faculty to manage their digital humanities research, and digital humanities' role in scholarly communications.
Saturday, June 23
8:00-10:00 a.m. – Disneyland Hotel-North Exhibit Hall Room IJ
Executive Meeting I
Meeting of the officers and committee chairs of the Literatures in English Section of ACRL. Open, but it's a business meeting and probably not of interest to the general public.
10:30-12:00 p.m. – Disneyland Hotel-North Exhibit Hall Room DE
MLA IB in Academic Libraries Discussion Group
Not an LES meeting, but of interest to many members. Get updates on the state of the MLA International Bibliography from vendors and MLA representatives.
1:30-3:30 p.m. – Hilton Anaheim-Palos Verdes Room
Fair Use, Intellectual Property, and New Media
As libraries continue to acquire digital content (books, films, websites, and other media), they face an increasing demand both to adhere to relevant intellectual property laws, and to open up materials for teaching and research purposes. This session will feature a panel of professors, lawyers, and librarians to discuss how librarians can assert fair use rights and understand the complex range of issues concerning intellectual property rights over new media materials.
4:00-5:30 p.m. – Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel-Pacific Ballroom B
New Members Discussion Group & General Membership Forum
Discussions pertaining to the role of the literature librarian, and an opportunity to connect new literature librarians with each other and seniors in the field.
5:30-7:00 p.m.– (Location TBA. Watch LES-L for more details.)
LES Social Hour
Sunday, June 24
10:30-12:00 p.m. – Disneyland Hotel-Disneyland Grand Ballroom North
Collections and Reference Discussion Groups Combined Meeting
LES Collections Discussion Group and Reference Discussion Group meet to discuss current topics of interest to practicing literature librarians.
4:00-5:30 pm – Disneyland Hotel- North Exhibit Hall Room BC
Digital Humanities Discussion Group
A new ACRL discussion group that may interest LES members.
Monday, June 25
8:00-10:00 a.m. – Disneyland Hotel-Castle A&B
All Committees Meeting
Simultaneous meetings of LES committees: Virtual Participation, Strategic Planning, Conference Planning, Membership, and Publications. These are business meetings,but might be of interest to those thinking of joining a committee.
10:30-12:00 p.m. – Disneyland Hotel-Monorail B&C
Executive Meeting II
See description of Executive Meeting I.
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