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Meg Whitman's new radio ad features what sounds like a good idea: Take $1 billion from what she describes as California's bloated welfare case loads and give it to the University of California and California State University systems.
The problem? There isn't $1 billion in welfare to grab. The entire state welfare-to-work program, known as CalWORKS, is a $1.6 billion program. Plus, if Gov. Schwarzenegger gets his way, the program will be shut down (he has proposed just that in the current budget stalemate).
(IMPORTANT ADD: A campaign spokesman notes that Whitman's policy book says that the $1 billion would come from savings to welfare and other budget reforms.)
Even if CalWORKS sticks around, Whitman is basing her ability to find $1 billion in savings on a selective reading of statistics. Her campaign policy plan points to a figure that only 22 percent of able-bodied work eligible welfare recipients are working for their benefits in California. So eliminate the rest of the recipients and there's a billion dollars. She also notes that California has high caseloads, which she proposes to cut by aligning California's welfare rules with those of other states.
If only savings were that easy. California's higher caseloads are mostly a mirage, which reflect how the state counts people on the rolls. CalWORKS keeps people on board at lower rates even after they secure low-income work. Other states do it but use different accounting and thus do not count families on their caseloads.
There are other misleading pieces of the Whitman plan here, including the notion that California never did welfare reform. She might ask her campaign co-chair, former Gov. Pete Wilson, who launched CalWORKS more than a decade ago, triggering a big decline in welfare caseloads since then.
There's also fiscal reality. To cut more of the program would mean cutting benefits. And the benefits are scandalously low. The top cash grant for a family of three in this state is $694 a month. Try living on that in California.
That said, Whitman isn't all wrong on welfare. California should cut people off after they've reached a five-year lifetime limit on cash benefits. That may seem harsh, but we're one of only nine states that are that generous.
But there's not $1 billion in welfare savings, to boost universities or anything else. And Whitman's own policy plans involve other spending, particularly in building new prisons. Since she's promised no new taxes and proposed a spending cap, it's hard to see how she wouldn't end up cutting more state contribution to higher education. No, this idea is just one more example of the "something for nothing" disease that afflicts California.


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David shows you how to create perfect shooting conditions and natural-looking images by means of mixing ambient light with flash.
David photographs a subject in a small indoor space and in a challenging gym environment. He demonstrates how you can easily set the camera for perfect exposure in difficult conditions when mixing flash with ambient light in an easy, safe and controlled way.
Shooting a Hollywood stunt actress, we see how flash allows us to enhance existing conditions while maintaining a natural feel. We also discover how to use the background to light your image in a natural way. These techniques will change the way you work with light and make your images really stand out.
Duration: 51 min
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- Use bouncing techniques with an on-camera flash
- Match flash with ambient light using gels with flash
- Assess available light
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- Choose the type and direction of light with your flash
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- Control background blur with aperture
- Control ambient light using shutter speed
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Here are some things that are good to know, as well as useful gear to use for this course. These are simply recommendations, not requirements.
Recommended gear
To do the exercises you need at least one light for off-camera use.
For the final hero image in this course we used:
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- 1 x color gel
Extras: light stands
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- Camera skill level: Comfortable handling a camera in manual mode
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich dropped by "The Colbert Report" Wednesday, where he discussed his new book, the election outcome, and how super PACs have turned the presidential election into a glorified "billionaire fight."
Host Stephen Colbert noted that Gingrich's latest book, "Victory at Yorktown," recently hit bookstore shelves, prompting him to ask whether the former congressman wrote the book while running for the GOP's presidential nomination.
"Were you phoning in the campaign or phoning in the book?" Colbert asked. "Because you can't do two things that well."
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Gingrich couldn't resist taking a jab at his failed bid for the presidency.
"Sure ... I didn't," he quipped.
After bowing out of the race, Gingrich threw his support behind Mitt Romney and went so far as to predict a Romney landslide. And like Colbert, he was left shell-shocked by the election results.
"Republicans and conservatives should stop and analyze this election and think it through, because we were wrong," Gingrich said.
Still speaking about the elections, Gingrich discussed the role of super PACs and mused that they could either make or break the race. The bestselling author pointed out that he had one billionaire contributing to his super PAC, while Romney had 26.
"It turned out 26 billionaires beat one," Gingrich joked. "This was a great revelation for us."
Gingrich's comment prompted Colbert to suggest the premise of a new reality television show: Billionaire Fight.
"We just had it," Gingrich replied. "It was called the election."
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UPDATE: CSO, Musicians Reach Tentative Deal
There's another strike in Chicago and this time it's Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians and management heading to the picket lines.
Negotiations on a new contract that expired Sept. 16 have been going on since July, and the musicians worked for one week without a contract before going on strike Saturday.
"We did everything we could on Saturday to come to an agreement," said union spokesman Steve Lester.
The two sides are at odds over health insurance.
"They've taken away what could literally be thousands of dollars from the members of the orchestra in health care costs and premium contributions," said Lester.
Musicians are being asked to increase their health care premiums from 5 percent to 12 percent. The CSO Association president said there have been no increases for the past five years, but said that's no longer an option given the rising cost of health care.
"All of us are impacted, and anybody who is lucky enough to have insurance has design changes and we all pay more toward that premium. We're asking them to do the same," said Deborah Rutter.
Musicians on average earn about $144,000 per year.
CSO musicians last went on strike in 1991, forcing the cancellation of three weeks of concerts. Both sides hope a resolution this time won't take that long.
"The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is committed to working diligently and negotiating in good faith with the Union to achieve a new collective bargaining agreement that provides a sustainable platform for jobs with competitive wages, benefits and work rules," the CSO said in a statement.
The union and the CSO hope a contract can be negotiated before a big fund-raising event this weekend. Those who miss a scheduled performance due to the strike can exchange them for another show, donate their tickets or receive a refund by calling the box office at 312-294-3000.


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Songbird 1.8.0 has been released under the codename "Orbital" for Mac OS X and Windows. The new release has a number of improvements in terms of performance and some new features, like support for USB storage device class. The number of supported devices have also been increased.
Songbird is no longer officially supported in Linux. But, through community effort, Songbird 1.8.0 is also available for Linux; without any support, of course.
To use Songbird 1.8.0, open the terminal and download the version.
For 32-bit:
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For 64-bit:
wget http://download.songbirdnest.com/installer/linux/x86_64/Songbird_1.8.0-1800_linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Then, extract the tarball.
For 32-bit:
tar -xzf Songbird_1.8.0-1800_linux-i686.tar.gz
For 64-bit:
tar -xzf Songbird_1.8.0-1800_linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Make the file executable.
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We would expect more political savvy from an eight year old.
On Wednesday, supporters of the Free State Project reported they had sent flowers to State Rep. Cynthia Chase thanking her "for all the free media coverage, which naturally resulted in more new people signing up for the Free State Project."
According to an email from FreeKeene.com, "a small group of FSP participants put together a nice 'thank you' card and flower bouquet that was delivered to her committee meeting in Concord today (Jan. 9)."
Chase was the subject of controversy for blogging that she wanted to make Free State followers uncomfortable or encourage them to leave New Hampshire: "One way is to pass measures that will restrict the 'freedoms' that they think they will find here. Another is to shine the bright light of publicity on who they are and why they are coming," she wrote, in part, at Bluestate.org.
Earlier, we editorialized on the matter under the heading, "Co-opting our way of life."
While Chase's threat to anyone's freedoms has no place in the conversation, her motivation is shared by many who see the Free State Project as wanting to co-opt the political process under cover of the Republican Party rather than marching behind the libertarian flag which more rightly represents their belief in "leave us all alone" government.
Some in the Free State Project seemed to understand our motivation and our point.
From John Turner on the FSP Facebook page: "I support the FSP but that article [editorial] has a point. I think there is room to improve how FSP gets the message out that the intent is not to "take over" but to specifically make sure that DOESN'T happen like it has elsewhere in the country and in DC."
From Kevin Freeheart: "In some ways, I agree with this author, actually. Specifically, 'But we do urge the state Republican Party to take a long, hard look at distinguishing itself and its conservative values from the libertarian ways of the Free Staters even if that leads to a viable third party. At least then we will have a more clear idea of who and what we are voting come Election Day.' "
Others continued to deny reality: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
Anyone who thinks the Free Stater movement was helped by November's election results is in denial. It was very much the "our way or the highway" attitude supported by too many Free Staters which helped put or keep the N.H. House, the governor's office and, arguably, our congressional seats in the hands of nanny state government under the Democrats — something we had thought anathema to the FSP.
We understand, that as with any fledgling movement, there needs to be a growing-up process. But childishly delivering flowers to Chase as a thank you would indicate the FSP has a ways to go.


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I'm trying to figure this out, and I feel I'm pretty close to why it's the case. I just can't quite get the details to work.
Let $X$ be an adapted process on $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},\mathbb{P})$ and $T$ a finite stopping time. Show that $X_T$ is $\mathcal{F}$-measurable.
As I understand it, the process $X_T = \{X^T_n\}_{n\geq1}$ is defined as $X^T_n(\omega) := X_{T(\omega) \wedge n}(\omega)$. Since $X$ is an adapted process we have that $X_n$ is $\mathcal{F}_n$-measurable for all $n$, and since $\mathcal{F}_n \subset \mathcal{F}$ this intuitively should carry over to $X_T$. The $\mathcal{F}_n's$ are from the filtration of $X$. My problem is with $T(\omega)$ being dependant on $\omega$, and that $T$ isn't necessarily bounded which means you can't bound $T(\omega)\wedge n$.
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Please add any contributions to the educational user manual here. These should take the form of step-by-step guides or listings with descriptions. Alternatively, email your contribution by taking a look at this Raspberry Pi forum posting.
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- 2 Beginning
- 3 Intermediate
- 4 Advanced
The objective is to educate people in computer science.
Cheap hardware with 1/2 open specifications allow the masses to learn modern computer science.
- Plug in your RPi to your monitor with the hdmi and usb cable
- Plug in your mouse and keyboard to your monitor
- Plug in your monitor power and turn it on.
Linux is used, it is open source, user friendly, and technically capable.
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Beginners should select a high level language. Advanced users may select different languages combinations depending on the available libraries, programming paradigm, and optimizations.
All code is executed in binary assembled from assembly code compiled from a language sometimes in-turn compiled from other higher level languages.
There are 2 main interfaces for most all applications in linux CLI, and GUI, while GUIs are user friendly CLIs are more simple to build and can be used as building blocks for more complicated tools/toys.
It is considered good programming to use an iterative approach, using existing tools and patterns as much as possible, as such it is customary to start with a hello world:
Bash is the language of the terminal.
- open the termonal application
- type: echo Hello World!
echo Hello World!
That was a computer program,
If you want to learn more about the echo command you can type man echo (press q to quit)
man echo
Now let's make our program into runnable file:
- nano hi.sh
- echo Hello $1!
- [Ctrl]+[x],[y],[enter]
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Which should ouput:
Hello Tux!
(vim, and gedit are other editors you may with to use.)
Make a file called hi.py, put print("Hello, world!") in it and run it with python hi.py
Now a GUI version:
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Features, libraries, and limitations.
Create a text file called 'hello.py', with the following contents
print "Hello World!"
To run the program, type the following
python hello.py
It should respond with:
Hello World!
C and C++ are often put together, but are indeed two similar but different languages.
Create a Text File called 'hello.c' which contains the following:
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void main() {
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Now compile the file using 'cc' , like this:
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For starters the famous "Hello world!" example. Save the following code in a file called helloworld.cpp in a directory of your choice (e.g. ~/cpp). The filename can be chosen arbitrarily, but should describe the content.
//Compile with: g++ helloworld.cpp -o helloworld
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main () {
cout << "Hello world!" << endl;
return 0;
Open a terminal and switch to the directory, which contains the saved file.
cd ~/cpp
Make sure with ls that you are in the correct directory. It should output helloworld.cpp and all other files in this directory (if any).
Now it is time to translate your code so your computer can understand it. This is called compiling.
g++ helloworld.cpp -o helloworld
If everything went ok, nothing is printed. Now run your program.
This outputs Hello world! on the command line.
Useful tools and fun toys.
A "Hello World" example in Perl.
Create a file called 'hello.pl' in a directory of your choice, with the following contents:
print "Hello World!\n";
To run your program type:
perl hello.pl
It should respond with:
Hello World!
Create a text file called 'Hello.java' with the following content:
public class Hello {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello World!");
Now compile your file as follows:
$ javac Hello.java
Notice how a new file was created after compilation:
$ ls
Hello.class Hello.java
To run your program:
$ java Hello
It should respond with
$ Hello World!
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Mexican energy reform would help S. Texas
In the next few months, expect a proposed constitutional amendment — pushed by the Mexican president — to open the nation's energy sector to foreign participation.
The proposal, if it passes, would be full of historic sweep. President Enrique Peña Nieto's administration is preparing an amendment that would apply to newer technologies and equipment than what already is employed by the federally owned monopoly, Petróleos Mexicanos.
That means U.S. and other foreign drilling companies could invest in risk-sharing investments in Mexico for the first time since 1938, but only if the drilling involves shale and deep-water drilling sites.
So says Shannon O'Neil, a leading analyst of U.S.-Mexico relations and senior fellow for Latin America studies at the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations. Her groundbreaking book, "Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States and the Road Ahead," is being published this week by Oxford University Press.
O'Neil will appear in San Antonio to discuss U.S.-Mexico relations April 16 during a World Affairs Council of San Antonio event.
Because the Eagle Ford Shale formation extends far into northern Mexico, the existing energy companies active in South Texas could, if the constitutional reform passes in Mexico's congress, expand their investment and drilling activity into Mexico, spreading additional economic benefits into South Texas.
But the Peña Nieto proposal will be "a complicated political process, a difficult fight," O'Neil warned. Peña Nieto's party does not control a majority of Mexico's congress. Any proposal would require votes from other political parties.
Opening Mexico's energy sector would be only one way the U.S. and Mexico could improve formal relations to catch up to the profound economic integration that is under way, O'Neil said.
In fact, U.S. President Barack Obama's visit with Peña Nieto in Mexico the first week of May likely will focus more on economic issues than on the security matters that have dominated news coverage, O'Neil predicted.
U.S.-Mexico trade volumes have tripled since 1994's North American Free Trade Agreement. As Mexico's manufacturing production increases, so does manufacturing in the United States because about 40 percent of finished goods are U.S. content, O'Neil said.
Shared production makes U.S. corporations more competitive globally, which means employment rises in both countries, she explained.
Immigration reform, if it is approved by the U.S. Congress this summer, also would improve U.S.-Mexico relations — and only partly because it would lead to more humane treatment of undocumented Mexicans in the United States.
"Anything that would take the hostility out of the rhetoric about Mexico would be beneficial," O'Neil said.
Mexico and the United States still need to make strides to control Mexico's organized crime activities. Joint efforts could best do this by working to reduce violence instead of trying to eliminate the drug trade. That's what the United States has done domestically in the past several decades as law enforcement changed tactics to make drug sales less visible.
"It's a lesson for Mexico," O'Neil said.
The basic message in O'Neil's book is that the U.S. future is dependent on Mexican economic progress. The upcoming Obama visit to Mexico should start with that idea.


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Here's a novel idea: an ink pen that reads the colour of any object you place in front of it, then mixes red, blue and green ink to match it.
But I'm skeptical as to whether or not you can fit all the parts and electronics needed into a usable pen. You'd need room for a power source, refillable ink cartridges and a chamber for mixing ink. Still, the idea is pretty neat, is it not? Marker companies would become obsolete. [I new Idea via Oh Gizmo]


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The thesis is entitled "Claves para atender a la diversidad afectivo-sexual en el contexto educativo" (Keys to addressing affective-sexual diversity in the education context), and in it, Martxueta has not only carried out an empirical study to answer the above question, he has also analysed the studies relating to the attitudes held by youngsters towards affective-sexual diversity, homophobia, and the harassment and discrimination suffered by LGTB (Lesbian Gay Transgender Bi-Sexual) students in the Basque Country, Spain, other European countries like the United Kingdom, and the United States. The thesis concludes by putting forward measures designed to prevent homophobic bullying and to guarantee that affective-sexual diversity be addressed from a global school approach.
According to the author of the thesis, "at first I was seeking to see whether the harassment endured in the school environment due to affective-sexual orientation has negative consequences on the mental health of the individuals who are now adults and who in their childhood and/or adolescence suffered this kind of discrimination". To verify this, he conducted a study with 119 individuals with non-standard affective-sexual orientations and who are members of the associations LGTB EHGAM, GEHITU and Bost Axola.
Although Martxueta warns that the sample is not large enough for the results to be statistically significant, "the study suggests that discrimination, harassment and insults endured at school due to affective-sexual orientation are related with higher levels of depression and anxiety and lower levels of self-esteem and balance of affections today".
"Yet even though it may seem strange in principle," adds Martxueta, "these very same individuals who report that they have been harassed perceive greater support and acceptance from the family and environment close to them, and display a greater and earlier acceptance of their affective-sexual orientation."
Prevention measures
Following the empirical study, Martxueta analysed the studies conducted in the Basque Country, Spain, other European countries, and the United States dealing with the attitudes displayed by the students towards their non-heterosexual classmates. "There is a great difference in the number of studies conducted here and in Spain compared with those produced in other European countries, like the United Kingdom, and in the United States, above all." In particular, he highlights Los Angeles where the LGTB community is very active and sets up education communities in which all the players are involved.
In any case, the empirical evidence confirms that those schools that lay down criteria for tackling homophobia and homophobic bullying behaviour achieve safer school climates with lower instances of harassment linked to affective-sexual orientation, where the students declare they feel safer and consequently display better well-being.
So Martxueta puts forwards some key elements designed to improve the handling of affective-sexual diversity in the classroom from a global school perspective. Among them he underlines the importance of drawing up an inclusive curriculum that guarantees a safe school environment based on respect for human rights. At the same time he proposes that training be given not only to teachers but also to parents; and puts forward types of action and recommendations that the various members of the education system will need to take into consideration to prevent homophobic behaviour. He also puts forward support measures for the students who are likely to suffer discrimination due to their affective-sexual orientation.
Martxueta has pointed out that he plans to go on conducting studies relating to his PhD thesis to gain a better insight into what the classroom reality is and so that steps can be taken to ensure there is an environment based on mutual respect.
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text: updated 08:05 pm EDT, Thu October 21, 2010 Google TV set back by TV agency blocks Google TV is being blocked by TV studios at least partly out of piracy fears, tips alleged on Thursday [sub. required]. Disney's ABC as well as CBS have all confirmed that they prevent the TV OS from watching their free Flash video sites. The WSJ understood from leaks that at least Disney and NBC had objected because it didn't think Google was doing enough to stop piracy. The insiders claimed that Google prioritizes searches on Google TV devices like the Sony Internet TV to favor official content over piracy, but Disney was reportedly still unhappy that it wasn't actively blocking pirates altogether. Google is believed to have enough control to manually hide sites from search results, but such a method wouldn't satisfy TV networks afraid of thousands of sites going undetected. Only some networks and sub-networks, such as CNBC, HBO and Turner, have responded positively to Google's requests for websites optimized for a Google TV. Fox is also believed to be on the fence and may block it later. Hulu is already blocked in free form but may come through Hulu Plus. The efforts undermine what was supposed to be Google's vision for Internet-capable TV devices, which would rely on web-based video and traditional TV being merged into one. Although a paid YouTube TV and movie service has been rumored as in progress, the company has no way of its own to pay for videos and as such has no easy way of getting around site blocks. Its primary sources of income may only come from search ads as well as rumored plans to run Internet-based ads in addition to TV shows' commercials. Apple has run into its own problems getting acceptance for 99-cent TV rentals on the new Apple TV, but its focus on paid or locally shared media has helped it see shows from ABC and Fox that either have or might be blocked on a Google TV. Source


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In order to protect plant health, Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) implements APHIS regulations for certain genetically engineered (GE) organisms that may pose a risk to plant health. APHIS coordinates these responsibilities along with the other designated federal agencies as part of the Federal Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology.
Learn about the Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology which describes the Federal system for evaluating products developed using modern biotechnology, and other regulations that govern biotechnology.
APHIS regulates the introduction (importation, interstate movement, or environmental release) of certain genetically engineered (GE) organisms. All regulated introductions of GE organisms must be authorized by APHIS under either its permitting or notification procedures.
BRS has a comprehensive system to help ensure that biotechnology organizations are maintaining compliance with APHIS' biotechnology regulations.
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Sea Shepherd Gives the Whalers a Gift that Keeps on Stinking
By Captain Paul Watson on board the Steve Irwin
The day after Christmas started out very disappointedly. The Japanese whaling fleet had to be close by but the dense fog would not let up and the helicopter could not fly. There was thick ice to the South and growlers lying in wait all around us, threatening to ambush us in that ghostly whitish mist.
I decided to just shut down the engines and wait until we could launch the helicopter to monitor the fleet. All day that blasted fog hung around us like a Chinese funeral shroud as the ship rolled gently on the slight swells. Just after dinner, I received a call from the bridge to the mess asking for my presence topside.
There was a ship on the radar moving slowly only a few miles away. Peter Brown's watch had been tracking it. It was indeed a ship and its erratic movements and being where we were, we knew it was one of the ship's from the Japanese fleet. But which one?
We knew they had not seen us. To them, we were just an iceberg in the fog.
I ordered both engines to be started and the boat crews to prepare both the Gemini and the Delta. As we waited for the engines to be prepared for starting, the ship moved within two miles of us. The boats were being prepared when Bosun Dan Bebawi informed me that the radar in the Gemini was not working. I was a little annoyed that this had not been brought to my attention earlier. I had no choice but to abort the launching of the small boats. I could not send a crew out in a small boat in this fog without radar.
We would have to go after them with the ship. They were now three miles away.
With both engines started we got underway and I took the wheel to navigate the vessel around the hundreds of growlers between us and the target. Every one of those chunks of deadly hard ice could be our undoing. They may as well have been mines. It was tricky maneuvering through that maze of ice at top speed but we were gaining on them and we could tell by their erratic course and fluctuating speed that they were cautiously working their way through ice ahead of us. The gap slowly closed. With less than a mile to go, they had to see us on their radar by now. Mal Holland kept me updated with their range and speed. 1st Officer Peter Brown kept his hands on the controls to react quickly if we needed to stop or slow down. Jane Taylor tracked the pursuit on the nautical chart and monitored the 2nd radar.
Up on the bow, some of the crew were peering ahead through the milky soup to get a first glance at the mystery ship. By now I had determined it was not the Nisshin Maru. A ship the size of the factory vessel would not be steering such a zig zag course through this ice. It was either a harpoon boat or a spotter vessel. Slowly we inched out way closer coming dangerously near to bobbing bluish white growlers on the surface.
And then in front of us the white hull slowly materialized in the mist. Damn, it was one of the two spotters - the Kaiko Maru, the very same ship we had stopped and collided with back in 2006 in the Ross Sea.
There was not a soul on the decks. Just one man on the flying bridge staring straight ahead. We were alongside and half a length of the ship away when he turned and saw us. We were close enough to see his eyes widen as he stumbled out of his chair and scrambled below to the wheelhouse. We must have been a terrifying sight. A sleek black raider suddenly appearing out of nowhere, framed in fog and both ships running full out through a minefield of growlers.
As soon as the man disappeared below decks, my crew threw a barrage of rotten butter bombs and bottles of slippery methyl cellulose mixed with indelible dye onto their decks. Twenty-five direct hits leaving the ship a slippery stinky mess. As we came along her starboard side, the Kaiko Maru suddenly steered into us and the suction between the two ships began to pull us towards her. I quickly pulled away but I had to pivot my stern off her starboard aft area and the two ships touched lightly without any significant damage. They lost some paint and we had a crushed helix-deck railing.
Jeff Hansen, an Australian citizen from Perth, Western Australia then ordered the ship to leave from the Australian Territorial Waters and informed them that they were operating in contempt of an Australian Federal Court order that specifically prohibits whaling in the Australian zone. The message was relayed in Japanese over the VHF radio by our Japanese interpreter.
We knew that the spotter would relay our position to the Nisshin Maru and although they knew we were chasing them, they did not know exactly just where we were until now.
I decided to not linger with the Kaiko Maru and to cut off our action quickly to get away from them while they were still surprised and intimidated. If the spotter was ordered to tail us, that would hinder us in closing on the factory ship. Our real objective is the Nisshin Maru and our present objective is to chase the entire Japanese fleet out of the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory.
We have been on the tail of the Japanese fleet for exactly one week and we have had two skirmishes with the whalers so far, first with the harpoon vessel Yushin Maru #2 and the last with the spotter vessel Kaiko Maru. The fleet is moving towards the East and out of Australian waters. I don't think there is any question but that we have disrupted their activities in these waters.
The predictable media interviews from Japan began to come in a few hours later with the whalers accusing Sea Shepherd of a terrorist attack with acid. Technically rotten butter is butyric acid just as orange juice is citric acid. The truth of the matter is that beer is more acidic than rotten butter. But the whalers pay their public relations whores like Glenn Inwood in New Zealand good money to put these kinds of spins on the story. I simply told the Japanese media that the real eco-terrorists were the Japanese whalers down here in a whale sanctuary inflicting pain and death onto endangered and protected whales in violation of a global moratorium on whaling and in complete contempt of an Australian Federal Court ruling.
The Japanese fleet continues to run and we continue to pursue. Eastward along the coast of Antarctica we remain hot on the tail of this fleet of killers and eco-criminals and we will continue to pursue them for as long as our resources of fuel permit us to do so.


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There's a solid argument to be made that this is the best "Spider-Man" movie we've gotten yet.
I'm not sure that I'm going to be the guy to make it… but it's immediately obvious to me that the potential is there. I can totally see it.
Spider-Man of the "Amazing" variety has a more serious tone, a great cast, and some fantastic fight scenes. It's a first-rate summer blockbuster, a top-notch superhero movie, and well worth your ticket dollars and a trip to the theatre.
This incarnation of Spider-Man begins with Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) as a young boy being brought to stay with Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field) by his parents, due to the dangerous nature of the research that his father has been doing. Their home had recently been burglarized in an attempt to steal his work, so it's decided that Peter would be safest at his Aunt and Uncle's. Of course, tragedy soon befalls his parents, and Peter winds up living with Ben and May permanently and being raised by them.
Flash forward to the high school years, and Peter is a super intelligent, but scrawny teenager with a great sense of right and wrong, but lacking the muscle to stand up for himself. When he discovers some of his father's work, it leads him to Oscorp and Dr Curt Connors. Connors worked with his father trying to solve scientific issues related to cross species genetics. If humans could be given the regenerative capabilities that lizards have, for example, then amputees like Connors himself could regrow limbs.
While at Oscorp, however, Parker is bitten by a genetically modified spider. Within hours, he's manifesting super powers akin to being a human spider. A Spider-Man.
If all of this sounds a bit familiar, it's because it is. And to me, that's one of the major (yet few) drawbacks to "Amazing Spider-Man". A great deal of time in the film is spent on the origin story, and since the Raimi "Spider-Man" was a mere ten years ago, the origin story doesn't feel that original. Yes, they put their own spin on things, yes, different actors and actresses are playing the parts, but the broad strokes are still the same: Peter Parker is still an awkward teen, he gets bit by a spider and gains super powers, he spends time sneaking off to develop them, his new strength allows him to stand up to the school bully, his new confidence attracts the attractive girlfriend, Uncle Ben meets with tragic consequences, and a mad-scientist from Oscorp who's been transformed into a monster threatens the city.
The movie is able to overcome the familiarity with the highest quality production values and a much more serious tone. This is the "darker, edgier" Spider-Man. Not that there aren't humor beats, there are. But over the long haul, "The Amazing Spider-Man" feels far more serious than its predecessors. Peter pays a price for his choice to be Spider-Man, both emotionally and physically, and the movie seems to spend more time there than prior incarnations chose to.
But it's also an extremely well made and well acted film. The cast is great. Garfield is an excellent new Peter Parker, and Emma Stone has never looked lovelier than she does as Gwen Stacy. Denis Leary is a nice addition as Captain Stacy, her father, and the cop in charge of all things Spider-Man. Martin Sheen is always welcome in any movie, as far as I'm concerned, and no one is better at projecting empathy than Sally Field. And Rhys Ifans generates enough audience sympathy to make for a well-rounded villain. Together they all give "The Amazing Spider-Man" a high calibre feel to its dramatic segments. This is a cast of heavy hitters, and they help lend the concept – which could be very silly when you think about it – gravitas.
They're supported by some great, great special effects work and some incredible fight choreography. This Spider-Man features the best fight scenes the character has ever had. He twists and flips and slides and uses his webbing in imaginative ways. It's the closest thing to how Spider-Man actually fights in the comics that the big screen has ever seen. Of course, the movie also fills its quota of web swinging sequences, and the 3D helps them shine like they never have before.
The biggest knock I had on the movie (aside from the too much "familiar ground" aspect) was the Lizard. As Curt Connors, he was fine. Ifans was great, and his desire to be made whole again was understandable. It made for a well motivated and well set-up adversary. Once he became the Lizard, however, the character design and some of the CGI work was a bit disappointing. He looked more than a little goofy to me on a couple of occasions, and lets just say that his larger "plot" (the one that took his threat to a city-wide level) was poorly conceived.
Still, I had no difficulties in overcoming that as an obstacle to enjoying the movie. It may be a story that's been told before, but they do tell it very well. Garfield is excellent in the central role, and it will be fun to watch him put his stamp on the character as the inevitable franchise unfolds. There's tons of action, but it's supported well by a solid framework of well written characters and dramatic elements. Fans of the character will not be disappointed, nor will fans of movies.


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22.214.171.124 Permafrost
About 25% of the land mass of the Northern Hemisphere is underlain by permafrost, including large regions of Canada, China, Russia and Alaska, with smaller permafrost areas in mountain chains of many other countries in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere (Brown et al., 1997; Zhang et al., 1999). Permafrost in large part depends on climate. Over half of the world's permafrost is at temperatures a few degrees below 0°C. Temperature variations in near-surface permafrost (20 to 200 m depth) can be used as a sensitive indicator of the inter-annual and decade-to-century climatic variability and long-term changes in the surface energy balance (Lachenbruch and Marshall, 1986; Lachenbruch et al., 1988; Clow et al., 1991; Beltrami and Taylor, 1994; Majorowicz and Judge, 1994). Very small changes in surface climate can produce important changes in permafrost temperatures. Lachenbruch and Marshall (1986) used climate reconstructions from deep (>125 m depth) temperature measurements in permafrost to show that there has been a general warming of the permafrost in the Alaskan Arctic of 2 to 4°C over the last century.
Evidence of change in the southern extent of the discontinuous permafrost zone in the last century has also been recorded. In North America, the southern boundary of the discontinuous permafrost zone has migrated northward in response to warming after the Little Ice Age, and continues to do so today (Thie, 1974; Vitt et al., 1994; Halsey et al., 1995; Laberge and Payette, 1995; French and Egorov, 1998). In China both an increase in the lower altitudinal limit of mountain permafrost and a decrease in areal extent have been observed (Wang et al., 2000).
Long-term monitoring of shallow permafrost began in earnest in the last few decades. Recent analyses indicate that permafrost in many regions of the earth is currently warming (Gravis et al., 1988; Haeberli et al., 1993; Osterkamp, 1994; Pavlov, 1994; Wang and French, 1994; Ding, 1998; Sharkhuu, 1998; Vonder Mühll et al., 1998; Weller and Anderson, 1998; Osterkamp and Romanovsky, 1999; Romanovsky and Osterkamp, 1999). However, the onset, magnitude (from a few tenths to a few degrees centigrade) and rate of warming varies regionally, and not all sites in a given region show the same trend (Osterkamp and Romanovsky, 1999). This variability, as well as short-term (decadal or less) trends superimposed on long-term (century) trends, is briefly discussed in Serreze et al. (2000). There has also been evidence of recent permafrost cooling into the mid-1990s in parts of north-eastern and north-western Canada (Allard et al., 1995; Burn, 1998). However, there are regional data gaps, such as in the central and high Arctic in North America. A new international permafrost thermal monitoring network (Burgess et al., 2000) is being developed to help address these gaps and document the spatial and temporal variability across the globe.
Properties of the surface and the active layer (that having seasonal freezing and thawing) affect surface heat exchanges in permafrost regions. Other conditions remaining constant, the thickness of the active layer could be expected to increase in response to warming of the climate. A circumpolar network to monitor active-layer thickness at representative locations was developed in the 1990s to track long-term trends in active layer thickness (Nelson and Brown, 1997). Active layer thickness time-series are becoming available (Nelson et al., 1998; Nixon and Taylor, 1998), and evidence of increasing thaw depths is starting to be reported (Pavlov, 1998; Wolfe et al., 2000).
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In an ongoing effort to find better and safer treatment for complicated infantile hemangiomas, researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, report outcomes on two treatment options. The first study examined the effects of oral steroids on a group of patients and the second highlights possible complication/side effect from propranolol, a novel therapy for hemangioma. Both studies published in the Archives of Dermatology, will facilitate safer therapy.
Infantile hemangiomas are benign tumors composed of blood vessel-like cells that grow in the first month of life. The duration and rate of growth is variable; some infants will have hemangiomas that grow very little while others grow at an alarming rate. Approximately 80,000 children annually are diagnosed with hemangiomas in the United States; 12 percent or 9,600 of those are significantly complex, requiring referral to specialists for consideration of treatment. Complications of hemangiomas include permanent disfigurement, ulceration, bleeding, loss of vision, airway obstruction, congestive heart failure and very rarely death.
"Despite the increasing incidence and the severity of potential complications, we lack uniform treatment guidelines for the treatment and response to treatment of infants with hemangiomas. There are no FDA-approved agents for the treatment of hemangiomas, thus physicians must rely on observational reports and clinical judgment to determine optimal treatment of infants with complicated hemangiomas," points out Beth A. Drolet, M.D., senior author on both studies. Dr. Drolet is medical director, Dermatology, Birthmarks and Vascular Anomalies Center, Children's Hospital, and professor and vice chairman of dermatology and professor pediatrics; and chief of pediatric dermatology at the Medical College.
There are no management guidelines or safety data on large groups of infants treated with these medications for infantile hemangioma as the safety of many of the existing therapies have not been studied in a scientific fashion. Medications with reported efficacy include corticosteroids, the mainstay of therapy, and more recently propranolol which is viewed as a safer alternative to traditional therapy.
To address this lack of data, the first study looked at 16 infants at Children's Hospital with a mean age of 2.9 months, who were treated with corticosteroids for complicated hemangiomas. Over a period of 22 weeks, the researchers found profound, but reversible, suppression of the immune system. Other side effects included hypertension, sleep disturbance and weight gain.
The second publication describes three patients treated with oral propranolol who developed severe and symptomatic hypoglycemia during treatment, a condition in which the blood sugar is very low and can result in lethargy, confusion, and even seizures in these infants. The researchers also reviewed the literature to identify other reports of propranolol-associated hypoglycemia in children to highlight this rare side effect.
According to Dr. Drolet, "Given the lack of evidence-based standards for treatment of complicated infantile hemangiomas combined with the risks of accepted systemic therapies, care givers need to be aware of these side effects. We are committed to performing high quality studies to scientifically determine which therapies are more effective and to insure that these interventions are safe in these young babies"
Michael E. Kelly, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics—hematology/oncology, is the first author on the corticosteroids study and Kristen E. Holland, MD, assistant professor of dermatology, is the first author on the propranolol study.
These studies are part of an ongoing international research consortium, the Hemangioma Investigator Group (HIG). The HIG is a multi-institutional clinical research consortium established in 1999 and consists of a network of investigators in the U.S. and Canada who care for large patient populations with complex vascular lesions. The mission of the group is to advance knowledge about infantile hemangioma and improve outcomes for affected children through research, education, and advocacy.
This network has completed several successful projects and established a large registry of patients with – infantile hemangiomas. Since its inception, HIG has expanded to 10 sites, and has completed several longitudinal and observational studies addressing the incidence, demographics, complication rate, and outcomes of this disorder .Over the past ten years the HIG group has contributed over 20 publications in peer-reviewed journals as Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Archives of Dermatology, and American Journal of Medical Genetics.


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San Diego Comic-Con 2010 – Saturday Programming Preview
San Diego Comic-Con International is next week, July 22-25.
One last shameless beg: I'm hoping to do some live blogging of the panels I attend, but need a netbook in order to pull it off. If you have a hookup, please drop me a line. Time is running out!
I don't know who I'm kidding when it comes to Saturday: though I have some panels I'd like to see that are scattered around, I'm going to be camped in Hall H all day. The lineup looks solid. In fact, there's only a hole or two (I'm looking at you, Resident Evil:Afterlife). Count this as my official vote for the SDCC programming folks to act on the perpetual rumor that they're going to limit Hall H to a couple of days every year. While we're voting, please make one on Thursday, when crowds are more manageable. And get me a free pony while you're at it.
Sometime between now and next Wednesday, I'll sit down and figure out exactly what I'll be attending. Here are the highlights:
Saturday, July 24 (Happy Pioneer Day!)
10:00-11:00 Mad about MAD!— Room 7AB
11:15-12:15 The Event: World-Premiere Pilot Screening and Q&A with Cast and Producers— this has quite a large chunk of the cast expected to be there.
11:15-12:15 Spotlight on Gerard Way— Room 6DE – Lead singer of My Chemical Romance. Squee, I say.
11:45-1:15 Warner Bros.: Green Lantern, Sucker Punch, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows— Hall H – we couldn't have gotten rid of half of yesterday's Hall H programming and let Green Lantern and Harry Potter each have their own panel?
12:00-1:00 The Venture Bros.— Indigo Ballroom, San Diego Hilton Bayfront
12:30-1:45 Quick Draw!— Room 6BCF
1:30-2:15 The Simpsons— Ballroom 20
1:30-2:30 Behind the Scenes with Sid & Marty Krofft: A Look at the Past, Present and Future— Room 24ABC
1:30-2:30 Overture: Let Me In— Hall H
1:45-3:15 Cartoon Voices I— Room 6BCF – the first of Mark Evanier's two-part animation voices extravaganza during the convention. If you aren't a Hall H type and enjoy animation at all, this is where you should be. Mark does a great job of keeping things running, and gathers together the most talented group of actors whose names you likely don't recognize. Not only are they gathered up, but Mark puts them through their paces. I can't recommend this panel highly enough. It's companion panel is on Sunday morning and, since I'll be holding down the fort in Hall H on Saturday, I'll be going to the sequel.
2:00-3:00 The Guild— Indigo Ballroom, San Diego Hilton Bayfront
2:30-3:30 Partners in Image Comics— Robert Kirkman and Todd McFarlane in the same panel. I'm really sorry to miss this one.
3:30-5:00 Warehouse 13 and Eureka— Room 6BCF
4:00-4:45 Screen Gems: Resident Evil: Afterlife— Hall H – I swear this is a retread of last year's panel. And last year, there was 3D content. It's hard to imagine what exactly needs to be said a full year later, since there was a decent amount of footage last time, if memory serves.
4:30-5:30 Spotlight on J. Michael Straczynski— Room 6A – even though the project has passed into the hands of a new writer, I'd still like to hear what JMS has to say about the state of World War Z. He's always entertaining.
4:30-5:30 Disney Epic Mickey— Room 9
4:45-5:45 Universal: Paul and Cowboys & Aliens— Hall H
5:00-6:00 G4: Attack of the Show— Indigo Ballroom, San Diego Hilton Bayfront
5:30-6:30 Why So Critical? Celebrating 25 Years of Film Threat— Room 24ABC
5:30-6:30 Avatar Press and Max Brooks— Room 26AB
6:00-7:00 Marvel Studios: Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger— Hall H – Whedon's in town for another panel, so one wonders if we might get some news on The Avengers.
7:15-8:15 MythBusters— Room 6BCF
7:15-8:45 Kevin Smith— Hall H – casting news for his upcoming political horror movie Red State have been promised.
7:30-8:30 World Premiere of Legend of Neil, Season 3— Room 7AB
8:00-9:00 Troma Troma Troma— Room 8
8:30-10:30 With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story— Room 6BCF
8:30-9:30 World Premiere of The House That Drips Blood on Alex: An Evening With Tommy Wiseau— Room 7AB
10:00-12:00 Kevin Smith presents Cop Out in "Maximum Comedy Mode"— Indigo Ballroom, San Diego Hilton Bayfront – say what you will about Mssr. Smith, he does have a good handle on what a live crowd wants, and probably realizes that it isn't to merely watch a DVD of his last movie with him. I suspect there will be surprises here.
San Diego Comic-Con 2010 – Thursday Programming Preview
July 22 through 25 marks 41st year of the San Diego Comic-Con International, the world's most famous popular culture convention. It'll be my seventh year as an attendee.
My first year at Comic-Con coincided with the first year that programming was held in Hall H, the frigid, 6500-seat theatre at the end of the San Diego Convention Center where most of the panels about upcoming movies are held. Because of the size of the venue, deciding to join the masses in Hall H is basically a day-long sentence: in order to get a decent seat on the hall, you really do need to show up hours early and sit in line. Leaving pretty much guarantees your being in the back, watching the proceedings on a screen and, if there is a popular panel, likely means you can't get back in at all.
Provided I can pull together the hardware I need, I'm hoping to post my instant impressions of each panel I attend as they happen.
The panels for this year were released last week. Here's my list of panels that look neat. Sometime between now and next Wednesday, I'll sit down and figure out exactly what I'll be attending.
Thursday, July 22
10:00-11:00 DreamWorks Animation: Megamind – Hall H – This is a really early start on Thursday for Hall H. The first panel on Saturday won't start until 11:45, presumably to let the dignitaries in town sleep in after a Friday night debauch.
10:30-11:30 Danny Elfman— Room 6BCF
10:30-11:30 TheOneRing.net Talks The Hobbit movies— Room 7AB – Since Guillermo del Toro left the project, I'd be interested to hear what scoops these guys have on a start date. If anybody will have one, it's likely the TORN folks.
11:00-12:00 That Chris Gore Show— Room 5AB
11:15-12:45 Walt Disney Pictures: TRON: Legacy— Hall H – After an impressive viral campaign which kicked off at last year's Comic-Con, I'm really excited to finally see the goods in this panel.
12:00-1:00 X-Play LIVE: A Show on Television— Room 5AB
12:30-1:30 Batman: The Widening Gyre— Room 4 – Kevin Smith, who's been writing the scripts for this series, is expected to attend this one, which will be interesting since the room they've set it up in is tiny. He's appearing a few other times during the weekend.
1:00-2:00 Digital Bits: Blu-ray Producers 2010— Room 32AB – I've attending this panel almost every year. Bill Hunt and his crew always have a great lineup for DVD producers. At the top of the bill is always Charlie de Lauzirika who, if you like film enough to have favorite DVDs, was likely the mastermind behind most of them.
1:00-2:00 Sony Pictures Entertainment: Battle: Los Angeles and Salt— Hall H
2:15-3:15 Summit Entertainment: RED— Hall H – One of the best pieces of news in this year's programming? No Twilight panels or the scary women that accompany them. Summit makes another appearance later in the convention in Hall H.
3:00-4:00 Masters of the Web— Room 32AB – I'm tempted by this panel not only to see why they've pressed Roberto Orci into service as the moderator, but also because they're giving away a year's worth of movies at AMC theatres.
3:30-4:30 Entertainment Weekly: The Visionaries— Hall H – Hey, look at that: one of my least favorite directors that I'm supposed to really love, and Joss Whedon, who is rather hit and miss for me as well, but is a pretty impressive raconteur. Were it not for The Expendables panel afterward, I might duck out.
4:45-5:45 Lionsgate: The Expendables— Hall H – We'll see if Lionsgate can pull off a second coup after last year's buzz-drenched Kick-Ass panel.
5:00-6:00 Adult Swim: Childrens' Hospital— Room 25ABC
6:00-7:00 Showtime's Dexter— Ballroom 20
6:00-7:00 Universal: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World— Hall H – This is one of my two or three most anticipated panels of the convention. I love the trailer, and also have an unnatural affinity for Edgar Wright's work. I was first introduced to he and Simon Pegg my first year at Comic-Con, where I got to attend a screening of Shaun of the Dead, congratulate them both on the way out the door, and then enjoy a panel the next day where they screened 15 minutes of Spaced highlights.
7:30-8:30 Penn + Teller: 35 Years of Magic & BS!— San Diego Hilton Bayfront
8:15-9:15 The Sushi Typhoon: The Best in Japanese Genre Movies— Room 5AB
8:15-11:15 Superhero Kung Fu Extravaganza— Room 6BCF – Ric Meyers is always entertaining and insightful in his yearly showcase of mostly unseen martials arts films.
9:30-11:45 Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated Screening and Panel Discussion— Room 5AB


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SchoolCam is free to download from iTunes and Google Play – it's available for all CPS staff. Once the app is on your device, you must use your Google account to login, which defines where your photos will be stored. Within the app, you can select any Google Drive folder.
If you are in the field without wifi or telephone connection, you can still use SchoolCam to take images, and they will be uploaded to Google Drive when you again have a connection. (Note: It is best to initially login when connected to a network before going into the field.)
Help is available from the CPS Help Desk.


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Photo By: Raquel Langworthy; Design By: Abaca Interiors
Photo By: Molly Culver
Photo By: Nickolas Sargent
Photo By: Cora Bett Thomas Realty & Associates, a member of Luxury Portfolio International
Photo By: Amy Mings
Photo By: Pure Salt Interiors
Photo By: Colorado Landmark, Realtors, a member of Luxury Portfolio International
Photo By: Chas Everitt International Property Group, a member of Luxury Portfolio International
Photo By: Travis J Photography
Photo By: Sabrina Tan
Photo By: Julia Lynn
Photo By: Anjie Cho
Rustic Dining Room With Distressed Furniture
This rustic dining room table with distressed blue chairs was featured on HGTV Design Star.
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Canvas Bag Toy Storage in Nursery
A great way to store toys of different sizes and types, this nursery designed by Abaca Interiors features three hanging canvas tote bags – out of the way, on the back of the bedroom door – for stuffed animals, building blocks and Legos. Each bag is labeled, so both kids and parents know where the toys belong when playtime is over.
Easy and Chic
Cane-back stools pop against a deep blue kitchen island (and complement the wooden floors!) in this space designed by Mary Patton of Mary Patton Design. "Rather than doing an upholstered bar stool, these are very easy to clean and comfortable," Mary tells HGTV.com.
Take It Outside
West Hollywood-based designer Joe Lucas layered a variety of natural textures and materials into his 2020 Palm Beach Kips Bay Showhouse patio. With a stone dining table by Serena and Lily, cane tableware (peep that pitcher!) and green rattan chairs ("I spotted the green chairs from about 100 yards away at a fair in the south of France and made a beeline for them," says Joe), this space total vacation vibes.
Sash Windows Fill Living Room With Natural Light
On the opposite wall, two floor-to-ceiling sash windows fill the living room with natural light. Meanwhile, traditional armchairs and an exquisite sofa ensure that there's plenty of room for friends around the coffee table.
French Glam In Illinois
Cane back chairs, touches of blush and all that creamy color? This simple, elegant dining room may be the best in the house. Amy added a vintage crystal chandelier from Facebook Marketplace and, most recently, new dining chairs. The best part is she gave her fireplace surround a $10 makeover using chalk paint, and it's so cute.
Yes, you can even use cane in the bathroom! The Pure Salt Interiors team did in this Costa Mesa, California project. An oak vanity pops against sparkling white walls, while cane detailing on the cabinet's face gives added flair. "We love getting playful with materials to bring more interest to a room, especially in small spaces like this bathroom," says Aly Morford and Leigh Lincoln, co-founders of Pure Salt.
Neutral Traditional Living Room With Windows
A wall full of windows means tons of sunlight pours into the open and lovely living room. The space connects to the kitchen via a pass-through window, handy when guests come over.
Rustic Bedroom With Purple Sofa
A royal purple velvet sofa gives majesty to this big bedroom that looks out over lawns and mountains.
Kitchen: Timeless Equestrian Estate in Johannesburg, South Africa
Bright and spacious, the modern eat-in kitchen boasts white tile flooring, streamlined cabinets and a waterfall kitchen island. Integrated stainless steel appliances complete the sleek and stylish design.
Contemporary Great Room Hallway
An imposing hallway runs down the middle of the home, separating its multiple living spaces and creating a grand entry. Lighting buried in gravel on the floor shines on paintings hung on the wall for an art gallery feel.
A Sky-High Headboard
"A room that's all neutral needs impact," says designer Shea McGee, and this grand custom headboard does the trick. To suit the minimalist look the Park City, UT, couple craved, it's upholstered in solid-color linen. Stacked framed nature scenes on either side enhance the serene feel while also filling all that space above the nightstands.
A Supersized Mirror
"An enormous mirror can help a small area feel larger and a dark space appear lighter," says Seattle, WA, blogger Sabrina Tan of Gypsy Tan, who hung this brass-framed one from CB2 in her entry. That, plus head-to-toe outfit checks on the way out the door.
A Ginormous Light
"I wanted to break out of the typical nautical theme," says designer Jenny Keenan of this beach home on Sullivan Island, South Carolina. An XL vintage chandelier made of capiz shells has jellyfish-esque luminescence. (For a similar one, try the 30-inch capiz shell pendant from RH.) Jenny paired it with patterned blue pillows — not a seahorse in sight! — and had a coffee table made by Grey Area to resemble a surfboard, with bright stripes and a shellac finish.
White Bed Linens With Cheetah-Print Pillows
Simple white bedding is given a dose of fun with a pair of cheetah-print pillows and a vibrant orange throw.
White Shabby Chic Dining Room
This all-white shabby chic dining room features a ruffled tablecloth, vintage cane back chairs and antique accessories, including a beautiful display of white dishes.
Bedroom With Drapery Panels Instead of Headboard
Traditional drapery panels hung behind the bed, instead of a headboard, creates a cozy atmosphere in this bedroom.
Contemporary Traditional Great Room With Cove Lighting
A blend of traditional and contemporary styles mingle in this great room with red floral armchairs next to sleek, x-base tables. The drop ceiling with cove lighting makes the formal space feel cozy yet modern.


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Welcome to Luau Larry's on Catalina Island!
Home of the Famous Wiki Wacker!
Luau Larry's is an institution on Catalina Island.
Located in the beautiful city of Avalon, just steps from the beach, Luau's offers breathtaking views of the harbor in a lively, fun tropical setting. Our staff is second to none, eager to assure that your visit is memorable
For over twenty years we have been offering world famous drinks, live entertainment and delicious food! Please join us for some of the local favorite concoctions including Buffalo Milks and Wiki Wackers, listen to some of the Island's best entertainment, and relax knowing that you have enjoyed one of life's greatest pleasures, Luau Larry's!
Please visit us soon…Where The Bar Meets The Bay!
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509 Crescent Avenue, Avalon, Catalina Island, California 90704
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Paragon Cantonese Takeaway
01606 833 189
Welcome to PARAGON – your local Chinese takeaway in Middlewich.
Our takeaway aims to deliver fast, fresh food that is full of authentic Asian ingredients. You can order your favourite dishes online, over the phone or in person. We accept cash payments for delivery and collection, card payment is available for online orders through our partner's website bigfoodie.co.uk .


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HISTORY 247J: History and Memory in Africa (HISTORY 347J)
Scholars, like the English social historian H. Trevor-Roper and the philosopher-historian Georg Hegel, once denied that Africa even had a history worth telling. We know better. Rich accounts of African pasts have been constructed by historians who pioneered linguistics, oral tradition and folklore research, documentary analysis, archaeology, and other methods. At the same time, Africans' own accounts of the past are often passed down through memories and commemorations that are shared, disputed, and memorialized within their communities. In many cases, historians and African communities manage to work together to construct shared understandings of the past, but sometimes their interpretations conflict with each other. In this course, we will look at the ways that history and memory overlap in Africa, beginning with the Atlantic slave trade and focusing on two particular events -- the Ethiopian victory over Italy at the Battle of Adwa and the abortive 19th century West African attempt to construct an independent state known as the Fante Confederation. We will work with all kinds of primary sources from the past as well as music videos, architecture, documentaries, official celebrations, museum exhibitions, and performances to construct arguments that take into account methodology, ethics, and philosophy within and beyond the discipline of history.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors: Getz, T. (PI)
2016-2017 Spring
4-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-SI |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 2
04/03/2017 - 06/07/2017 Wed 6:00 PM - 8:50 PM at 200-105 with Getz, T. (PI)
Instructors: Getz, T. (PI)
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HISTORY 248S: Colonial States and African Societies, Part I (HISTORY 448A)
Colonialism set in motion profound transformations of African societies. These transformations did not occur immediately following military conquest, nor did they occur uniformly throughout the continent. This research seminar will focus directly on the encounter between the colonial state and African societies. The seminar will examine problems of social transformation, the role of the colonial state, and the actions of Africans. Following four weeks of collloquim style discussion, students then embark on independent research on the encounter between one colonial state and its constituent African societies.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
Instructors: Roberts, R. (PI)
2016-2017 Winter
5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Thu 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM at 200-201 with Roberts, R. (PI)
Instructors: Roberts, R. (PI)
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HISTORY 250E: Taxing America: From the Puritans to Prop. 13
Taxes have shaped American society and politics since before the Revolution. And they've been extremely controversial just as long. In this course we'll try to understand American society and government by looking at the politics of taxation from the colonial period to the twentieth century. Topics include the legitimacy of taxation, the constitution, economic development, inequality, gender, and race.
Last offered: Spring 2015 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
HISTORY 253F: Thinking the American Revolution (HISTORY 353F)
No period in American history has generated as much creative political thinking as the era of the American Revolution. This course explores the origins and development of that thought from the onset of the dispute between Great Britain and its American colonies over liberty and governance through the debates surrounding the construction and implementation of the United States Federal Constitution. Readings will principally be based in primary sources with some weeks supplemented by secondary sources.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors: Gienapp, J. (PI)
2016-2017 Winter
5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-SI |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 15 / 20
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Tue 6:00 PM - 8:50 PM at 200-217 with Gienapp, J. (PI)
Instructors: Gienapp, J. (PI)
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HISTORY 254: Popular Culture and American Nature
Despite John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Rachel Carson, it is arguable that the Disney studios have more to do with molding popular attitudes toward the natural world than politicians, ecologists, and activists. Disney as the central figure in the 20th-century American creation of nature. How Disney, the products of his studio, and other primary and secondary texts see environmentalism, science, popular culture, and their interrelationships.
Last offered: Spring 2015 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
HISTORY 254G: The Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution
Why did Britain's North American colonies declare independence from an empire they had long revered? What did the American Revolution mean for the people who experienced it? In this course we will explore the explosive origins of the American republic. Topics: revolutionary ideology, empire, the federal constitution, slavery, social conflict, and the international consequences of the American Revolution.
Last offered: Autumn 2014 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
HISTORY 256E: American Civil War
This course examines the Civil War through multiple lenses, which will include the common political and military narrative but emphasize other themes, such as the social experiences of soldiers and slaves, the social effect of industrial-scale death, war profiteering and the foundations of postwar industrial capitalism, and the meaning of freedom. It will also consider the American Civil War as a pivotal event in global history, and examine the politicized uses of the war as memory.
| UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
HISTORY 256G: Constructing Race and Religion in America (CSRE 246, HISTORY 356G, RELIGST 246, RELIGST 346)
This seminar focuses on the interrelationships between social constructions of race, and social interpretations of religion in America. How have assumptions about race shaped religious worldviews? How have religious beliefs shaped racial attitudes? How have ideas about religion and race contributed to notions of what it means to be "American"? We will look at primary and secondary sources, and at the historical development of ideas and practices over time.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Lum, K. (PI)
2016-2017 Winter
5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-ED, WAY-SI |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 2
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Wed 9:30 AM - 12:20 PM at 360-361A with Lum, K. (PI)
Instructors: Lum, K. (PI)
HISTORY 257: Was the American Revolution a Social Revolution? (HISTORY 357)
What kind of a revolution was the American Revolution? The revolution gave colonial Americans political independence from Britain to found the United States. But did the revolution also transform American society in its wake? This course explores how historians and historical participants alike have answered this question paying attention to historical changes (or lack thereof) that took place in American society between c. 1750-1820 as well as grappling with what conceptually constitutes a "social" revolution in the first place.
Last offered: Autumn 2015 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
HISTORY 257C: LGBT/Queer Life in the United States (FEMGEN 140D, FEMGEN 240D)
An introductory course that explores LGBT/Queer social, cultural, and political history in the United States. By analyzing primary documents that range from personal accounts (private letters, autobiography, early LGBT magazines, and oral history interviews) to popular culture (postcards, art, political posters, lesbian pulp fiction, and film) to medical, military, and legal papers, students will understand how the categories of gender and sexuality have changed over the past 150 years. This class investigates the relationship among queer, straight and transgender identities. Seminar discussions will question how the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality influenced the construction of these categories.
Last offered: Spring 2016 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Everyone has heard about Tempur-Pedic mattresses. The famous Tempur-Pedic mattress is known for its design in the way that it curves and shapes around the sleeper's body. Tempur Pedic Twin Price in Edenvale the brand carries different models and designs for different preferences. A lot of research has been put into these mattresses to ensure the quality and effectiveness of a great mattress. Because of the advanced research and design of the mattress, King Size Tempurpedic Price the pricing on them can be much higher than most people expect to pay for a mattress. The key to being able to afford a Tempur-Pedic mattress is to look for a Tempur-Pedic mattress sale.
Sales allow consumers to purchase these mattresses for lower than retail prices. This also makes it so people that wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it can afford a mattress that is comfortable and state of the art. The first step I would take in looking for a Tempur-Pedic mattress sale is by collecting store ads as they come in the mail. Furniture and mattress stores often mail out flyers and catalogues of their store items and display current or upcoming sales. These catalogues can prepare you to know about the sale and to also price shop based on the different store ads you receive.
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The first step in finding the most comfortable price for you for your mattress is by visiting a store and ensuring this is the mattress for you. You should also see which of the types of Tempur-Pedic mattresses you prefer, as well if you are interested in any of the extras they offer. Once you have decided to purchase this mattress, you should be prepared to wait for the best sale to come around. Do you research online, Tempur Pedic Mattress Dealers and then purchase the newspapers with the stores ads in them. Do some comparisons and when the best deal comes around – be sure to jump on it.
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Tempur-Pedic was the first to employ viscoelastic material in the manufacture of its mattresses and still remain the market leader in memory foam mattresses. Many other companies now make memory foam mattresses like the Simmons ComforPedic Mattress and the Sealy TrueForm Mattress. But why have memory foam mattresses proved such a success? The answer lies in the indisputable benefits of memory foam.
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All memory foam mattresses like the Tempur-Pedic mattress are sensitive to weight and body heat: the higher the body temperature the more soft memory foam mattresses become; the cooler the body, the firmer the mattress. Most people enjoy this sensation. More importantly, the mattress changes shape to match the exact contours of your body, giving better support and correct spine alignment. Many orthopedic expects concur that memory foam (like the Tempur-Pedic mattress) delivers the best, orthopedically correct alignment of your neck and spine. Testing by the Institution for Clinical & Physiological Research at the Lillhagen Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden of 23,000 patients for a period corresponding to approximately 8 years of clinical and in-home use concluded that the patients suffered from less pain and experienced greatly enhanced and deeper sleep when they slept on a memory foam mattress.
A good quality mattress is a hefty financial investment and the Tempur-Pedic mattress is probably the most expensive memory foam mattress on the market. Despite the cost factor, the Tempur-Pedic memory foam mattress remains the most popular on the market. I know that marketing can artificially increase a company's market share but Tempur-Pedic has been in the market long enough now that the novelty value and shrewd marketing pitch doesn't fool the consumer: the reason the Tempur-Pedic mattress is the most popular brand of memory foam mattress is because of the genuine sleep benefits that most people have experienced with it.
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One factor that makes a tempurpedic mattress good is its density. It has higher density compared to others which makes it a good quality. So, how does higher density contributes to better quality?
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The first official image from Pacific Rim showed off Idris Elba, and now we have a look at co-stars Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi. The film centers on giant robots known as "Jaegers" fighting off giant monsters called "Kaiju". Hunnam and Kikuchi play a washed-up pilot and untested trainee, respectively. The duo must use a seemingly obsolete Jaeger to stand as mankind's last hope against the Kaiju. As you can see, Hunnam and Kikuchi are wearing the same flight suits as Elba's character, but I have no idea what's going on with the codpiece on Hunnam's outfit. I guess if a giant monster hits you in the balls, you want to be well protected.
Hit the jump to check out the image. The film also stars Max Martini, Rob Kazinsky, Clifton Collins Jr., and Diego Klattenhoff. Pacific Rim opens July 12, 2013.
Here's the official synopsis for Pacific Rim:
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.