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Happy 2016 everyone! It's the first fashion post of the new year! I'm so excited for everything that 2016 has in store for all of us! I can already tell this might be a pretty chilly winter here in Chicago though. It's snowing as I write this. Burrr. Where's my hot cocoa?
Freezing Chicago temperatures call for extremely stylish winter accessories!
Luckily Kate Spade is having a seriously huge sale right now! Everything in the sale section is an extra 25% off using promo code: THRILL! And it certainly was a thrill scoring some of these adorable winter items at such a huge discount!
In Chicago, item number one to surviving the winter is a good winter coat, preferably a sturdy down filled coat to keep you extra warm. Unfortunately most of them are 1) pricey and 2) ugly. I wasn't about to pay a lot of money for an ugly winter coat that was just going to make me look like the Michelin Man or the Pillsbury Dough Boy!
Luckily Kate Spade topped this cutie with a huge big bow for all those girly girls out there like me to survive the winter in style! And it comes in red! Black was perfect for me though because the red one wouldn't have looked good with my hair.
Of course, one bow was just not enough! I had to nab these adorable black and white bow leather gloves, too. They are super warm and incredibly comfortable. Plus, they are tech friendly, so you can still play on your phone while wearing them.
How else am I supposed to post to instagram while it's snowing?!
We can't forget the toes! A good winter boot is so important to staying warm here in Chicago. Plus it's key to staying vertical instead of landing butt first on a slippery sheet of ice (trust me, I've taken the drive more than once since living here....and it's never pretty, haha!). SOREL always has so many amazing boots to choose from. They are my go to for comfortable, stylish snow boots. These blanket style snow boots are my favorite. I get so many compliments on them, plus they are super warm.
Stay warm Chiberia!
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Hey guys, sorry this post is coming this morning and not yesterday. After all the excitement of going to Soweto yesterday I was exhausted when I go back to the hotel.
Soweto is such a beautiful place! I remember telling a friend at home that I'll go to Soweto and trust my Naija brother, he said you'll be mugged oh! But I wasn't and the people were so accommodating, as a matter of fact I now have a South African mama. (Bobby,Roro and MJ move over I done claim una mama lol) I even had shakalaka and Pap! So I'm officially a South African hehehehehe.
Anyway the whole experience was amazing. Orlando street in Soweto where Mandela's house is happens to be the most popular street in the world. Words can't describe how I felt yesterday, even though the house was closed for the holiday, there were loads to tourists like yours truly taking pictures. I did take a few but I'll go back durning the weekend just to see what it looks like inside and trust me to post plenty pictures. Anyway here are a few pictures of how yesterday was for me.
Woke up in high spirits waiting for Bobby and MJ to come pick me.
Fine girl things lol
First stop sandton mall to sort out my Blackberry.
Off to Soweto
In Front of Roro's house in Soweto.
Between me and Bobby I no know who be tourist oh! That's just beside Madiba's house in Orlando street Soweto.
Me leaning on my grandpa's portrait.
I kissed the portrait, no beefing he didn't wait to see me before passing.
I'm so going back to see the interiors of the house.
See people!
Tourist things! Right in front of Madiba's house.
Bobby I'm the tourist oh....lol
I had a great time today. Off to Gold Reef tomorrow. I'm balling I know. Hehehehehe


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The main page for this topic (webdav module) says:
Mac OS X fails to connect without a correct OPTIONS response. mod_php will pass OPTIONS requests to Gallery, so the response includes DAV headers, however Apache won't pass OPTIONS requests to scripts, so if you use php-cgi, you must use mod_rewrite and mod_headers to set these headers instead. Under Mac OS X WebDAVFS, the docs don't say how to connect as a specific user. Is this possible?
So what are the specifics of how to configure Apache to do this? And how can I diagnose the problem in the first place (get "Error Code -50" dialog, which doesn't tell me diddly (see Support site describing error codes ). I'm a longtime Apache administrator, so I'd be glad to do a writeup here of the procedure (at least for LINUX-based Apache) if someone can point me at some references.
Note: I have already tried to implement/deploy most of the Troubleshooting [1] section in the "admin" part of this wiki to no avail so far.
Incidentally, I'm running the latest version of Leopard.
Thanks for trying the WebDAV module, and thanks for offering to improve the documentation. Basically the trick is to redirect OPTIONS requests to a directory containing a .htaccess which sets the necessary headers on all responses. There is a Gallery rewrite module rule for this, which the WebDAV module tries to automatically activate.
This is the .htaccess file which uses mod_headers to set WebDAV response headers: http://gallery.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gallery/trunk/gallery2/modules/webdav/data/options/.htaccess
WRT debugging OS X - I agree the error messages are cryptic - probably because their WebDAV implementation is buried beneath some file system API. It wasn't a helpful tool for debugging. I found the best tool for debugging was the Linux `tcpflow` command. It was introduced to me while working on the Gallery WebDAV module and I've used it on many projects since. `sudo tcpflow -C -i lo port http | less` will dump HTTP network traffic on the loopback interface into a pager like less.
Please follow up if you would like more clarification. Best wishes, Jack
Under Mac OS X WebDAVFS, the docs don't say how to connect as a specific user. Is this possible?
Hmm, good point. If you attempt an action for which you don't have sufficient permission, the user is prompted for their Gallery username and password. However, what if the anonymous user has sufficient permission, but you want to perform the action (e.g. add an album) as a specific user? My first thought is you'd have to manually connect to 'http://firstname.lastname@example.com/gallery2/w', but I can't confirm. Maybe this depends on the version of Mac OS X Finder? If it is the only way, perhaps we could add the active user's username to the URL Gallery suggests users manually enter in their WebDAV client... Jack
The konqueror instructions are too light. Typing in a URL like that doesn't do anything.
An error occurred while loading webdav://URL The file or folder webdav://URL does not exist.
Ok, I guess it doesn't work because of server config issues.
But mod dav is a dead end. With these items disabled, nothing happens. Hrm.
Oh, so I guess this document could be updated with a simple "if these instructions don't work for you, perhaps webdav has not been correctly set up. Check with your admin."
-- Sy / (talk) 09:33, 10 April 2007 (PDT)
Hey could you not make a script. For windows users.
CMD or other. like this.
@echo off net use * http://gallery.domain/path to album .. /username passwd.
That would be nice. since webdav is natively in windows xp/vista clients.
so that this could be done automatic. like the Windows XP reg aternative.


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- You may be looking for Hawkman (Earth-Two, JSA Member).
|Real name:
|Katar Hol[1]
|Carter Hall (Earth alias)[2]
| Thanagar[4]
Earth (adopted planet)
| Esther Hol (mother)
Paran Katar (father)
Shayera Hol (wife)[5]
| Midway City, Michigan
Hall of Justice
Midway City Museum
| Wingmen of Thanagar
Justice League of America
| Vic Perrin[6]
Jack Angel[7]
Bill Nuckols[8]
|Hawkman Gallery
SuperFriends Team Member
Hawkman is a Thanagarian superhero, who has sworn to protect the Earth from evil.
Background Information
In the parallel-universe of Earth-One, Katar Hol[9] was the imperial prince of his home planet of Thanagar. His father was Paran Katar, renowned ornithologist and inventor. When Katar Hol was eighteen, an alien race called the Manhawks invaded Thanagar and began looting the planet. Paran sent young Katar Hol to infiltrate their nest and bring back information on the aliens. Using this information, Paran created a hawk-like battle suit containing advanced technology like his "Nth Metal". Katar used this hawk-suit and Paran's advanced weaponry to drive the Manhawks away from Thanagar. That, however, was not the end of the problem. Some Thanagarians had learned the concept of stealing from the Manhawks. Due to the amount of crime, the Thanagarian government created a police force. In honor of Paran Katar and his achievements, the new police force began using his hawk-suit and equipment. Paran headed this new police force, named the Hawk-Police (or Wingmen), and his son became one of the first recruits. Katar soon became one of the most skilled of the Hawk-Police. When a group called the Rainbow Robbers began committing crimes, Katar was teamed up with rookie Shayera Thal to track and apprehend the criminals. During the case, Shayera saved Katar's life, and the two soon fell in love. A few weeks later, Katar proposed to Shayera and the two got married, working together as partners-for-life in the Hawk-Police.[10]
A few years later, Dr. Arthur Light (P.H.D. in Optics) designs an unnamed device which he calculates will capture and display lightwaves through time and space showing him glimpses of the future. He quickly realizes that it isn't the future he sees but an alien planet. He also realizes that his device serves as a portal and he bursts through the screen and grabs some technology. A Thanagarian police officer (Katar Hol) is summoned and, using residual energy, is able to recreate the portal through which he travels to Earth. Now calling himself Dr. Light, Arthur uses his technology to go on some sort of unspecified rampage but Hawkman arrives moments after he dons his costume. They fight but Dr. Light escapes. Hawkman returns to his lab with the original technology Dr. Light stole. He returns it to Thanagar.[11]
After ten years of marriage and in the force, Shayera and Katar were sent to Earth to capture the shape-shifting Thanagarian criminal Byth (circa 1965 in the Earth-1A universe). During their mission, they meet George Emmett, commissioner of the Midway City Police Department, and told him their alien origin. With Emmett's help, the pair took over his retiring brother Ed's place as museum curators. They adopt the identities as Carter and Shiera Hall. After capturing him and sending him back to Thanagar, they elected to remain on Earth to work with authorities to learn human police methods. The two acted publicly as the heroes Hawkman and Hawkgirl (later Hawkwoman).[12]
Shayera and Katar would spend the next year and half on Earth before returning to their home planet of Thanagar to take some time off from fighting-crime. They of course must engage in battle with the Dragonfly Raiders and discover that their old foe Byth Rok has recently escaped from prison. It doesn't take long before the Hawks realize that there is a connection between Byth and the Dragonfly Raiders. Naturally they succeed in defeating Byth, who is taken back to prison.[13]
A few months later, the Earth is being attacked by the Manhawks, giant alien birds that wear special human faced masks that shoot eye beams that displace matter. These are of a same species of Manhawks who once plagued planet Thanagar years ago. Getting a distress call from Commissioner Emmett in Midway City on Earth, Hawkman and Hawkgirl leave planet Thanagar to help their adopted planet. Arriving on Earth, Hawkman and Hawkgirl try their new offensive against the Manhawks, however, they find that the weapons that were developed to stop them on Thanagar have no effect on these ones on Earth. Further, the Manhawks manage to escape when they use their powers to make Hawkgirl's wings disappear. Coming up with a solution to stop the Manhawks, Hawkman and Hawkgirl track them to a hidden base in northern Canada. Using make-shift Thermite Bombs and dumping coal dust into rainclouds is enough to not only force the Manhawks out of hiding, but obscure the blasters built into the eye slits of their masks. Hawkman and Hawkgirl then easily defeat them and turn them over to Commissioner Emmett.[14]
About two years later, Kator would join the newly formed Justice League of America (the JLA was founded in late 68' in the Earth-1A universe).[15] He would eventually befriended the Atom. As Hawkman was a conservative, he frequently verbally sparred with his fellow leaguer Green Arrow, a left wing liberal.
Continuity from Filmation's DC Superheroes Adventures (1967-1968)
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Alien Physiology: He has no special powers, but as a Thanagarian, Katar Hol possesses several gifts that are common to members of his race, but set him apart from normal humans. A Thanagarian's life span is significantly greater than that of a normal human being. In the prime of his life, Katar was actually older than many of Earth's senior citizens. A Thanagarian is also physically heartier than the average Earth human. They are stronger, with greater stamina and a greater resistance to pain. Thanagarians also possess enhanced senses.
- Enhanced Vision
- Enhanced Hearing
- Above Average Strength level: Katar Hol is several times stronger than a normal human in Earth gravity.
- Master Combatant
- Archery
- Historiography: Katar Hol is an expert in many of Earth's cultures, particularly those pertaining to medieval Europe and the Roman Empire.
- Multilingualism: Katar Hol is fluent in many Earth languages, thanks to the use of the Absorbascon. This also allows him to communicate with birds.
- Nth Metal Wings and Belt:
- Without these wings made of Nth metal, Hawkman could not fly.
- The Nth Metal also grants Hawkman superhuman endurance and eyesight, and allows him to heal at incredible speed.
- Medieval Weaponry
- Laser Bow
- Thanagarian Mace
- Absorbascon
SuperFriends Team Members
|Members of the Justice League of America
Aquaman (founding member) • Batman (founding member) • Superman (founding member) • Flash (founding member)
Comic Book JLA Team Members:
Other Known Justice Leaguers:
SuperFriends Founding Members:
Other Known SuperFriends Members:
Junior SuperFriends:
Episode Appearances
- Gardner Fox teamed up with artist Dennis Neville to create Hawkman / Carter Hall in 1940.[17]
- This Golden Age Hawkman was an archeologist who was the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian prince, Khufu. He and Hawkgirl used the same tools displayed in his museum to fight crime.
- In 1961, Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert, re-created Hawkman as Katar Hol. This Silver Age Hawkman first appeared in The Brave and the Bold, Vol.1 # 34[18] (Feb-Mar 1961).
- In the Silver Age, DC introduced new versions of several characters. The new Hawkman and Hawkgirl were police officers from the planet Thanagar who stayed on Earth to help human police forces, and the Justice League, deal with supervillains.
- This Silver Age Hawkman was quite similar to the Golden Age version in his appearance, powers, and methodology. His origin was changed, and his new identity was that of Katar Hol, a member of the winged police force on Thanagar. Unlike other character reinventions of the same era, his suit went largely unchanged. "Ninth Metal" was now called "Nth Metal."
- In 1967, he made his television debut in the Filmation series The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967-1968). He has a pet bird named Screel.
- He appeared again a few years later in 1977 as part of the regular line-up for Hanna Barbera's Super Friends series (1973-1985)
- In the 1985 series Crisis on Infinite Earths, Hawkman's history became muddled with several new versions of the character appearing throughout the years, some associated with ancient Egypt and some with Thanagar. These versions of the character have starred in several series of various durations.
- In the comics, Hawkgirl is Hawkman's wife, this is never actually stated to be the case on the show, but it is implied somewhat. It is at least evident that they are partners in the way that Batman and Robin are.
External Links
- The Hawkman disambiguation page at the DC Database.
- Hawkman (Katar Hol) at Wikipedia
- Hawkman at Don Markstein's Toonopedia Website
- Hawkman at the Comic Vine
- The Hawkman FAQ
Appearances in Other Media
- ↑ As revealed in the (SF Comicbook, issue #7)
- ↑ In the opening monologue of the Filmation cartoons The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967 to 1968), Hawkman is referred to what sounds like 'Carter Hall'. It is revealed in The Brave and the Bold #34 (March, 1961) to be his earth-alias.
- ↑ His species was not mentioned in series.
- ↑ His home planet is not mentioned in series.
- ↑ The fact that Hawkgirl is his wife is not mentioned in the series.
- ↑ Vic Perrin did the voice of Hawkman in the Filmation series.
- ↑ Jack Angel did the voice of Hawkman throughout the entire animated Super Friends franchise.
- ↑ Bill Nuckols played Hawkman in the Legends of the Superheroes television series.
- ↑ The version of Hawkman used on the cartoon is probably the Silver Age version, a native of the parallel-universe Earth-One.
- ↑ As revealed in the 'Flashback' portion of The Brave and Bold #44 (November, 1962).
- ↑ As revealed in DC Super-Stars, #14/3 (May-June 1977).
- ↑ As revealed in The Brave and the Bold #34 (March, 1961).
- ↑ As revealed in The Brave and the Bold, #42 (July, 1962).
- ↑ As revealed in The Brave and Bold #44 (November, 1962).
- ↑ As revealed in Justice League of America, #31 (1964).
- ↑ Name given in the Filmation cartoons The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967 to 1968).
- ↑ Go to DC Database on the first appearance of Hawkman in Flash Comics Vol. 1, #1 (January, 1940)
- ↑ Go to DC Database for more on The Brave and the Bold, Vol.1 # 34 (March, 1961)


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You know, it used to be in the olden days that when you wanted to deposit money you went to the bank and handed it to a teller who zapped out a receipt and you were done. If you wanted a loan, you filled out a form and handed it to the loan manager. Sometimes the manager handed you back a check and other times it took a bit longer. Sometimes they just said no on the spot.
Now we have ebanking. Ebanking is where you spend an hour at your computer on the phone trying to get the inet to agree that your numbers and letters really allow you to access the information on your account. Take today for example. I went on line. Opened my account. Paid a bill and checked out cancelled checks. WONDERFUL.
Ten minutes later I go back to the same account after checking another account in another banking facility and the wise electrons won't let me back in. I call the bank. Get a nice sounding young lady that tells me I checked back in too soon or some other drivel. I try signing in again after she clear the boondogel that kept me out. Still no joy. She tries something else. Nada. Squat. Zero. Zip. and all that stuff. I go on hold while she checks with her supervisor. 10 minutes pass. Supe comes on the line. The password .
have been using since day one is not the correct password. My password has magically changed in fifteen minutes. BUT, no one knows my new password. I didn't change it. Nice gal didn't change it. And, the electrons aren't talking.
Please Miss Supe, cancel out my online account info and i will set it up again. Oh, but sir, we are not allowed to do that. You will have to go to your local bank so they can verify your ID personally. But, my local bank has been closed due to your company's money saving efforts which already included no interest on any account under a bazzilion dollars and charges per check written (yeah, I still write checks, do you wonder why) and grouchy, way under-payed tellers that changed every week due to the great responsibility with no reward. Yes, sir, that bank. Will you pay my fuel fees? No sir.
At this point I am in a wonderful mood. Sorta like playing squat tag in an asparagus patch while running barefoot through bullheads. Miss Supe, please empty my account and send me a certified check for the amount of money that I cannot spend or see how it has been spent. Oh but sir, I have no information that you own that account.
Ma'am, with out any respect for you or your bank, kiss my grits. I hung up.
Here's the punch line. I tried logging on one more time. It worked with the old info. I am again rich within my vaguest dreams.
Blessings. Now go write.


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I took this photos last night with the temperature outside still above twenty and walking around town didn't seem like a bad idea. It snowed again last night. Just a few inches but enough so that I have to shovel. Of course now that I have to go outside the temperature has fallen to minus seven Fahrenheit.
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It Looks a Lot Like Christmas
On This Day, 12-21-2008: Fetterman Massacre
Tags: American Civil War, Crazy Horse, Fetterman, George Patton, Mayflower, NASA
December 21, 1866
Indians massacre Fetterman and eighty soldiers
Determined to challenge the growing American military presence in their territory, Indians in northern Wyoming lure Lieutenant Colonel William Fetterman and his soldiers into a deadly ambush on this day in 1866.
Tensions in the region started rising in 1863, when John Bozeman blazed the Bozeman Trail, a new route for emigrants traveling to the Montana gold fields. Bozeman's trail was of questionable legality since it passed directly through hunting grounds that the government had promised to the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851. Thus when Colorado militiamen murdered more than two hundred peaceful Cheyenne during the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, the Indians began to take revenge by attacking whites all across the Plains, including the emigrants traveling the Bozeman Trail. The U.S. government responded by building a series of protective forts along the trail; the largest and most important of these was Fort Phil Kearney, erected in 1866 in north-central Wyoming.
Indians under the leadership of Red Cloud and Crazy Horse began to focus their attacks on Fort Phil Kearney, constantly harassing the soldiers and raiding their wood and supply parties. On December 6, 1866, Crazy Horse discovered to his surprise that he could lead a small detachment of soldiers into a fatal ambush by dismounting from his horse and fleeing as if he were defenseless. Struck by the foolish impulsiveness of the soldiers, Crazy Horse and Red Cloud reasoned that perhaps a much larger force could be lured into a similar deadly trap.
On the bitterly cold morning of December 21, about 2,000 Indians concealed themselves along the road just north of Fort Phil Kearney. A small band made a diversionary attack on a party of woodcutters from the fort, and commandant Colonel Henry Carrington quickly ordered Colonel Fetterman to go to their aid with a company of 80 troopers. Crazy Horse and 10 decoy warriors then rode into view of the fort. When Carrington fired an artillery round at them, the decoys ran away as if frightened. The party of woodcutters made it safely back to the fort, but Colonel Fetterman and his men chased after the fleeing Crazy Horse and his decoys, just as planned. The soldiers rode straight into the ambush and were wiped out in a massive attack during which some 40,000 arrows rained down on the hapless troopers. None of them survived.
With 81 fatalities, the Fetterman Massacre was the army's worst defeat in the West until the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. Further Indian attacks eventually forced the army to reconsider its commitment to protecting the Bozeman Trail, and in 1868 the military abandoned the forts and pulled out. It was one of only a handful of clear Indian victories in the Plains Indian Wars.
"Indians massacre Fetterman and eighty soldiers." 2008. The History Channel website. 21 Dec 2008, 12:12 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4374.
1620 – The "Mayflower", and its passengers, pilgrims from England, landed at Plymouth Rock, MA.
1898 – Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.
1909 – McKinley and Washington schools of Berkeley, CA, became the first authorized, junior-high schools in the U.S.
1925 – Eisenstein's film "Battleship Potemkin" was first shown in Moscow.
1945 – U.S. Gen. George S. Patton died in Heidelberg, Germany, of injuries from a car accident.
1948 – The state of Eire (formerly the Irish Free State) declared its independence.
1968 – Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon. The craft landed safely in the Pacific Ocean on December 27.
1991 – Eleven of the 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed the birth of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1998 – A Chinese court sentenced two dissidents to long prison terms for attempting to organize an opposition party. A third man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on December 22, 1998.
December 21, 1861
Trent crisis escalates
Lord Lyons, the British minister to the United States, meets with Secretary of State William Seward concerning the fate of James Mason and John Slidell, Confederate envoys arrested by the U.S. Navy aboard the British mail steamer Trent. During the meeting, Lyons took a hard line against Seward and forced the Lincoln administration to release the Confederates a few days later.
The arrest of Mason and Slidell on November 8 near the Bahamas triggered a major diplomatic crisis between Britain and the United States. The British had not taken sides in the American Civil War and they accepted any paying customers wishing to travel on their ships. When Mason and Slidell were arrested, the British were furious that their ship had been detained and their guests arrested. The British government demanded their release. The Lincoln administration refused, and the Americans waited for the British reaction. The British stood firm by their demand and prepared for war with the United States.
After Lyons met with Seward, he wrote to Lord Russell, the British Foreign Minister. "I am so concerned that unless we give our friends here a good lesson this time, we shall have the same trouble with them again very soon," wrote Lyons. "Surrender or war will have a very good effect on them." The Lincoln administration got the message, and Mason and Slidell were released within a week. "One war at a time," Lincoln said. The Trent affair was the most serious diplomatic crisis between the two nations during the Civil War.
"Trent crisis escalates," The History Channel website, 2008, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2426 [accessed Dec 21, 2008]
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On This Day, 12-19-2008: The American Crisis
Tags: American Revolution, Thomas Paine
December 19, 1776
Thomas Paine publishes American Crisis
"These are the times that try men's souls; the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
When these phrases appeared in the pages of the Pennsylvania Journal for the first time, General George Washington's troops were encamped at McKonkey's Ferry on the Delaware River opposite Trenton, New Jersey. In August, they had suffered humiliating defeats and lost New York City to British troops. Between September and December, 11,000 American volunteers gave up the fight and returned to their families. General Washington could foresee the destiny of a rebellion without an army if the rest of his men returned home when their service contracts expired on December 31. He knew that without an upswing in morale and a significant victory, the American Revolution would come to a swift and humiliating end.
Thomas Paine was similarly astute. His Common Sense was the clarion call that began the revolution. As Washington's troops retreated from New York through New Jersey, Paine again rose to the challenge of literary warfare. With American Crisis, he delivered the words that would salvage the revolution.
Washington commanded that the freshly printed pamphlet be read aloud to his dispirited men; the rousing prose had its intended effect. Reciting Paine's impassioned words, the beleaguered troops mustered their remaining hopes for victory and crossed the icy Delaware River to defeat hung-over Hessians on Christmas night and on January 2, the British army's best general, Earl Cornwallis, at the Battle of Princeton. With victory in New Jersey, Washington won not only two battles, but also "the love and thanks of man and woman."
"Thomas Paine publishes <I> American Crisis</I>." 2008. The History Channel website. 19 Dec 2008, 11:15 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=48.
The American Crisis
Thomas Paine
* The present winter is worth an age, if rightly employed; but, if lost or neglected, the whole continent will partake of the evil; and there is no punishment that man does not deserve, be he who, or what, or where he will, that may be the means of sacrificing a season so precious and useful.
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On This Day, 12-18-2008: Plymouth Harbor
Tags: Adolf Hitler, Eighteenth Amendment, Mayflower, NATO, Panama Canal, The Thirteenth Amendment, Vietnam War, World War II
December 18, 1620
Mayflower passengers come ashore at Plymouth Harbor
On December 18, 1620, passengers on the British ship Mayflower come ashore at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony.
The famous Mayflower story began in 1606, when a group of reform-minded Puritans in Nottinghamshire, England, founded their own church, separate from the state-sanctioned Church of England. Accused of treason, they were forced to leave the country and settle in the more tolerant Netherlands. After 12 years of struggling to adapt and make a decent living, the group sought financial backing from some London merchants to set up a colony in America. On September 6, 1620, 102 passengers–dubbed Pilgrims by William Bradford, a passenger who would become the first governor of Plymouth Colony–crowded on the Mayflower to begin the long, hard journey to a new life in the New World.
On November 11, 1620, the Mayflower anchored at what is now Provincetown Harbor, Cape Cod. Before going ashore, 41 male passengers–heads of families, single men and three male servants–signed the famous Mayflower Compact, agreeing to submit to a government chosen by common consent and to obey all laws made for the good of the colony. Over the next month, several small scouting groups were sent ashore to collect firewood and scout out a good place to build a settlement. Around December 10, one of these groups found a harbor they liked on the western side of Cape Cod Bay. They returned to the Mayflower to tell the other passengers, but bad weather prevented them reaching the harbor until December 16. Two days later, the first group of Pilgrims went ashore.
After exploring the region, the settlers chose a cleared area previously occupied by members of a local Native American tribe, the Wampanoag. The tribe had abandoned the village several years earlier, after an outbreak of European disease. That winter of 1620-21 was brutal, as the Pilgrims struggled to build their settlement, find food and ward off sickness. By spring, 50 of the original 102 Mayflower passengers were dead. The remaining settlers made contact with returning members of the Wampanoag tribe and in March they signed a peace treaty with a tribal chief, Massasoit. Aided by the Wampanoag, especially the English-speaking Squanto, the Pilgrims were able to plant crops–especially corn and beans–that were vital to their survival. The Mayflower and its crew left Plymouth to return to England on April 5, 1621.
Over the next several decades, more and more settlers made the trek across the Atlantic to Plymouth, which gradually grew into a prosperous shipbuilding and fishing center. In 1691, Plymouth was incorporated into the new Massachusetts Bay Association, ending its history as an independent colony.
"Mayflower passengers come ashore at Plymouth Harbor." 2008. The History Channel website. 18 Dec 2008, 10:49 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=52289.
1787 – New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1796 – The "Monitor," of Baltimore, MD, was published as the first Sunday newspaper.
1865 – Slavery was abolished in the United States with the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution being ratified.
1903 – The Panama Canal Zone was acquired 'in perpetuity' by the U.S. for an annual rent.
1912 – The U.S. Congress prohibited the immigration of illiterate persons.
1915 – U.S. President Wilson, widowed the year before, married Edith Bolling Galt at her Washington home.
1916 – During World War I, after 10 months of fighting the French defeated the Germans in the Battle of Verdun.
1917 – The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. (Prohibition)
1940 – Adolf Hitler signed a secret directive ordering preparations for a Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Operation "Barbarossa" was launched in June 1941.
1944 – The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the wartime relocation of Japanese-Americans, but also stated that undeniably loyal Americans of Japanese ancestry could not be detained.
1950 – NATO foreign ministers approved plans to defend Western Europe, including the use of nuclear weapons, if necessary.
1957 – The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania went online. It was the first nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States. It was taken out of service in 1982.
1972 – The United States began the heaviest bombing of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The attack ended 12 days later.
1987 – Ivan F. Boesky was sentenced to three years in prison for plotting Wall Street's biggest insider-trading scandal. He only served about two years of the sentence.
1998 – Russia recalled its U.S. ambassador in protest of the U.S. attacks on Iraq.
1999 – After living atop an ancient redwood in Humboldt County, CA, for two years, environmental activist Julia "Butterfly" Hill came down, ending her anti-logging protest.
December 18, 1941
Japan invades Hong Kong
On this day, Japanese troops land in Hong Kong and a slaughter ensues.
A week of air raids over Hong Kong, a British crown colony, was followed up on December 17 with a visit paid by Japanese envoys to Sir Mark Young, the British governor of Hong Kong. The envoys' message was simple: The British garrison there should simply surrender to the Japanese–resistance was futile. The envoys were sent home with the following retort: "The governor and commander in chief of Hong Kong declines absolutely to enter into negotiations for the surrender of Hong Kong. …"
The first wave of Japanese troops landed in Hong Kong with artillery fire for cover and the following order from their commander: "Take no prisoners." Upon overrunning a volunteer antiaircraft battery, the Japanese invaders roped together the captured soldiers and proceeded to bayonet them to death. Even those who offered no resistance, such as the Royal Medical Corps, were led up a hill and killed.
The Japanese quickly took control of key reservoirs, threatening the British and Chinese inhabitants with a slow death by thirst. The Brits finally surrendered control of Hong Kong on Christmas Day.
On this same day: Censorship is imposed with the passage of the 1st American War Powers Act
The War Powers Act is passed by Congress, authorizing the president to initiate and terminate defense contracts, reconfigure government agencies for wartime priorities, and regulate the freezing of foreign assets. It also permitted him to censor all communications coming in and leaving the country.
FDR appointed the executive news director of the Associated Press, Byron Price, as director of censorship. Although invested with the awesome power to restrict and withhold news, Price took no extreme measures, allowing news outlets and radio stations to self-censor, which they did. Most top secret information, including the construction of the atom bomb, remained just that.
The most extreme use of the censorship law seems to have been the restriction of the free flow of "girlie" magazines to servicemen-including Esquire, which the Post Office considered obscene for its occasional saucy cartoons and pinups. Esquire took the Post Office to court, and after three years the Supreme Court ultimately sided with the magazine.
"Japan invades Hong Kong." 2008. The History Channel website. 18 Dec 2008, 10:57 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6647.
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On This Day, 12-16-2008: Boston Tea Party
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December 16, 1773
Sons of Liberty dump British tea
On this day in 1773, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships moored in Boston Harbor and dump 342 chests of tea into the water.
Now known as the "Boston Tea Party," the midnight raid was a protest of the Tea Act of 1773, a bill enacted by the British parliament to save the faltering British East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade. The low tax allowed the company to sell its tea even more cheaply than that smuggled into America by Dutch traders. Many colonists viewed the act as yet another example of Britain's taxation tyranny.
In most American ports, the resistance group known as the Sons of Liberty scared off British tea-carrying ships by threatening their captains with tarring, feathering or worse. However, when three tea ships, the Dartmouth, the Eleanor and the Beaver, arrived in Boston Harbor and the colonists demanded that the tea be returned to England, Thomas Hutchinson, the British-appointed governor of Massachusetts, refused to permit the ships to leave. Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized the now-famous "tea party" with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty. The British tea dumped into Boston Harbor on the night of December 16 was worth more than $700,000 in today's currency.
Parliament, outraged by the blatant destruction of British property, enacted the Coercive Acts, called the "Intolerable Acts" by the colonists, in 1774. The Coercive Acts closed Boston to merchant shipping, established formal British military rule in Massachusetts, made British officials immune to criminal prosecution in America, and required colonists to quarter British troops. The colonists subsequently called the first Continental Congress to consider a united American resistance to the British.
"Sons of Liberty dump British tea." 2008. The History Channel website. 16 Dec 2008, 12:14 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=45.
1809 – Napoleon Bonaparte was divorced from the Empress Josephine by an act of the French Senate.
1835 – In New York, 530 buildings were destroyed by fire.
1903 – Women ushers were employed for the first time at the Majestic Theatre in New York City.
1916 – Gregory Rasputin, the monk who had wielded powerful influence over the Russian court, was murdered by a group of noblemen.
1950 – U.S. President Truman proclaimed a national state of emergency in order to fight "Communist imperialism."
1991 – The U.N. General Assembly rescinded its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism by a vote of 111-25.
1995 – Many U.S. government functions were again closed as a temporary finance provision expired and the budget dispute between President Clinton and Republicans in Congress continued.
1996 – Britain's agriculture minister announced the slaughter of an additional 100,000 cows thought to be at risk of contracting BSE in an effort to persuade the EU to lift its ban on Britain.
1998 – The U.S. and Britain fired hundreds of missiles on Iraq in response to Saddam Hussein's refusal to comply with U.N. weapons inspectors.
2000 – U.S. President-elect George W. Bush selected Colin Powell to be the first African-American secretary of state. Powell was sworn in January 20, 2001.
December 16, 1944
Battle of the Bulge
On this day, the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. The Battle of the Bulge, so-called because the Germans created a "bulge" around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line, was the largest fought on the Western front.
The Germans threw 250,000 soldiers into the initial assault, 14 German infantry divisions guarded by five panzer divisions-against a mere 80,000 Americans. Their assault came in early morning at the weakest part of the Allied line, an 80-mile poorly protected stretch of hilly, woody forest (the Allies simply believed the Ardennes too difficult to traverse, and therefore an unlikely location for a German offensive). Between the vulnerability of the thin, isolated American units and the thick fog that prevented Allied air cover from discovering German movement, the Germans were able to push the Americans into retreat.
One particularly effective German trick was the use of English-speaking German commandos who infiltrated American lines and, using captured U.S. uniforms, trucks, and jeeps, impersonated U.S. military and sabotaged communications. The ploy caused widespread chaos and suspicion among the American troops as to the identity of fellow soldiers–even after the ruse was discovered. Even General Omar Bradley himself had to prove his identity three times–by answering questions about football and Betty Grable–before being allowed to pass a sentry point.
The battle raged for three weeks, resulting in a massive loss of American and civilian life. Nazi atrocities abounded, including the murder of 72 American soldiers by SS soldiers in the Ardennes town of Malmedy. Historian Stephen Ambrose estimated that by war's end, "Of the 600,000 GIs involved, almost 20,000 were killed, another 20,000 were captured, and 40,000 were wounded." The United States also suffered its second-largest surrender of troops of the war: More than 7,500 members of the 106th Infantry Division capitulated at one time at Schnee Eifel. The devastating ferocity of the conflict also made desertion an issue for the American troops; General Eisenhower was forced to make an example of Private Eddie Slovik, the first American executed for desertion since the Civil War.
The war would not end until better weather enabled American aircraft to bomb and strafe German positions.
"Battle of the Bulge." 2008. The History Channel website. 16 Dec 2008, 12:21 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6645.
On This Day in Wisconsin: December 16
1922 – James Davidson Dies
On this date James Davidson died. He was born in Norway in 1854 and emigrated in 1872. He became a leading merchant in Soldiers Grove and served as village president, village treasurer, assemblyman, state treasurer, and lieutenant-governor before becoming governor of the state from 1906-1911. As governor, he introduced the law providing for bank examiners and promoted legislation giving the railroad commission jurisdiction over most public utilities. He is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison. [Source: History Just Ahead: A Guide to Wisconsin's Historical Markers, edited by Sarah Davis McBride]


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Mansfield Park
Viva Energy Australia, formerly trading as The Shell Company of Australia, has written to 4 landholders near its Coles Express Mansfield Park service station (on the corner of Grand Junction Road and William Street), to request access to their properties in order to conduct environmental works.
The purpose of the works is to further investigate the extent of the groundwater impact identified from previous investigations.
All works and assessments are being overseen by an independent SA EPA accredited environmental auditor.
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Hey everyone,
We haven't done a good contest here on DaniWeb for quite some time, so I'd like to start one up again :)
Throughout the months of June and July, I'd like to encourage members to submit fully working code snippets to our library.
Throughout the month of August, we're going to vote on the best snippets fitting the criteria of most creative functionality, most elegant code and most efficient algorithm. The three winners will each receive Amazon gift certificates up to $250.
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The ultimate in peak time Psy-pertainment. Here we have the live show from the recent tour of Brazil (May 2005). An astounding success the parties broke all attendance records. Close to 50, 000 in a 3 week period. And we think the cd captures some of the excitement of those events. If you haven't been able to see them yet live, this is a very good taster and I urge you to catch them while you can.
It is a one off show. There is no other band like it. The artwork contains many great photo's from the tour and so all in all a nice little package for all those 1200 Mic'ers out there.
On the cd, you will hear some of Raja Ram's live vocal and flute and many unreleased live versions of 1200 Mic's tracks. Stick it on and turn it up and be welcomed to the world of 1200 Micrograms! Enjoy.


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According to the latest Merrill Edge Report, 59% of the 1,000 respondents set saving for retirement as a 2015 financial goal. However, only 31% have achieved that same goal.
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It doesn't matter if you want to build muscle or loss fat or you're simply looking to take steps towards great health, fish oil is a supplement you definitely should add to your daily diet. There aren't many supplements that offer as many benefits as fish oil does, it's almost certain you will benefit from it.
What is Fish Oil
Fish oil is a form of fatty acid that comes from the tissues of oily fish. It contains the omega-3 fatty acids, including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
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1. Helps maintain Healthy Cholesteral
- One of the main benefits of fish oil is a healthier blood cholesterol profile. Whether you are currently suffering from cardiovascular disease or are at an increased risk of suffering from this condition, adding three to six grams of fish oil a day can help promote better ratio's between HDL and LDL as well as lower the levels of triacylglycerol concentrations in the body.
Fish oil as well as eating a diet that is rich in fresh fruits and vegetables you will be putting up your best guard against heart problems developing.
2. Good For Bones
Studies have been done on the benefits of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid intakes have on the bone density and calcium balance in menopausal women and have shown that those who take higher levels have healthier bones and decreased occurrences of stress fractures or other bone conditions. Bone health has been linked to being sure you're getting enough calcium in your diet regularly, but after that's been looked after, its wise to start paying attention to your fish oil consumption habits. It's important that you're getting a good ratio of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids in the body as if you aren't that can actually put you at a higher risk for a lower bone mineral density.
Another benefit to taking fish oil capsules regularly is that they help protect you against a variety of forms of cancer.
Eating plenty of antioxidants through fruits and vegetables is one of the best ways to offset the damage by free radicals, however fish oil also offers protection.
A study looked at fish oil consumption compared with animal fat consumption and found that fish oil can help to safeguard the negative effects of animal fat on the body tissues.
Eating a diet high in saturated fat puts you at a higher risk for a number of diseases, working on eliminating animal fat from your diet is important, but since its unrealistic to assume you will cut out all sources of animal fat, taking fish oil is a good idea.
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Charming Aura from KWY Atelier regularly offers Japanese-inspired crafting workshops in our premises.
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The Tap Roots of ToP (Theoretical Basis)*
The Technology of Participation methods were co-created from the beginning. Their initial forms were developed through action research in the fields of community and organizational development. Since the 1960's and the beginning of the Ecumenical Institute, the forerunner of the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA), group processes were carefully crafted to achieve certain objectives.
The concern was to bring methods and spirit to a wide public. These processes were referred to as "the methods" and at the heart of the methods was phenomenology or existentialism. The methods emerged out of the practical demands of hands-on efforts at community building and an intense community study and dialogue with the writings of people like Kierkegaard, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Bonhoeffer, Camus and Ortega. The methods have always served to immerse people in the reality of their own situation and their own depths at the same time.
As the methods developed, they also benefited from the work of other authors:
Alex Osborn's work on brainstorming, Olaf Helmer and Norman Dalkey's Delphi Process, and Piaget's writings on Gestalt psychology, for example, have all influenced the Consensus Workshop method.
During the 1970's and 1980's, the ICA and these methods moved around the globe and into many different cultural settings. The methods catalyzed community development efforts, impacted government agencies and introduced transnational organizations to participatory change processes.
Thousands of ordinary citizens were taught basic consensus formation methods in the 1970's, first around the U.S. Town Meeting campaign and then with the Global Community Youth and Women's Forums. Thousands of Village leaders across the world were taught participatory planning methods as part of the ICA's Human Development Projects and the 55-nation International Exposition of Rural Development. Again more men and women in corporations and government agencies learned the methods through ICA's strategic planning workshops and leadership training seminars in the 1980's. Each of these opportunities provided occasions for refinement and reflection on the methods. In 1989, with the publication of Laura Spencer's Winning Through Participation, the methods became known as the Technology of Participation (ToP).
This process of reflection and re-evaluation continues to this day. There are 140 active ToP Trainers in the United States, with courses offered in __ on a regular basis. They meet annually, stay in touch via e-mail and a Web site, and combine their training of others with their own direct engagement as facilitators. This effort of interchange takes place in many situations for ToP users both locally and nationally, and has proven to be a very effective tool for discerning new applications of the methods and sharing effective practices in the established uses.
There are active training systems in ToP methods today in the United States, Canada, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Egypt, Australia, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, and Tajikistan. Course materials are available in English, Spanish, Croatian, French, German, Arabic, Russian, Dutch, Chinese, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.
Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA) and ToP methods played a key role during the late 1980's and 1990's in the development of the profession of the facilitator. Much of this was done through helping to bring into being the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) in 1994. The IAF, which now provides a mechanism for the professional certification of facilitators worldwide, continues to offer a vital forum for professional development and the interchange of a wide variety of effective methods in the field of facilitation.
* Written by Marilyn Oyler and Gordon Harper – Published as part of Chapter 10 – The Technology of Participation – pp. 157-158 in The Change Handbook: The Definitive Resource on Today's Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems, by Peggy Holman, Tom Devane, Steven Cady, and Associates, San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2007.
Update Notes by Marilyn Oyler and Ester Mae Cox – 2 October 2012.
Between 1995 and 2005 more than 100 representatives of 32 countries traveled to the United States, and participated in the International Training of ToP Trainers for six weeks. This international training program spawned and has grown the presence of ToP methods globally. Participants came from these countries: Belgium, Benin, Bosnia Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, The Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Tajikistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
In 2005, 17 ToP trainers were the first U.S. ToP Trainers to be certified as Certified ToP Facilitators (CTF) in San Antonio. That certification program has grown to have 44 Certified ToP Facilitators in the U.S.
Using a common set of competencies for ToP facilitators, these countries also have ICA-Certified ToP Facilitators: ICA Australia (10); ICA Associates, Inc. (Canada) 20; LENS International (Singapore) (7); and ICA Taiwan (8). The ICAI web site maintains a complete list.
ICA Certified ToP Facilitators are those who have earned the right to use the title of ICA Certified ToP Facilitator, ICA CTF, based on assessment of evidence of their competence in ToP methodology. They have demonstrated excellence in both skill and knowledge of ToP Facilitation
Currently in the United States, there are 113 ToP Trainers who offer public and in-house courses. Courses being offered currently are published at: https://icausa.memberclicks.net/
From 1993 to 2006, the trainers met annually to engage in many opportunities for reflection and refinement of the tools. Training is offered both in public courses and in-house courses.
In January 2010, the ToP trainers organized to be a non-profit professional 501(c)(6) group including facilitators and trainers, and to be a separate organization. ICA-USA and The ToP Network maintain friendly working relationships through a formal Memorandum of Agreement.
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D'Aguilar National Park
The view from Westridge outlook, D'Aguilar National Park. Photo: courtesy of Jason Flesser.
Park alerts
Facilities and activities
Between 10km and 35km north-west of Brisbane's city centre
- Read more about getting there and getting around.
What's special
Discover remote gorges, sheltered pockets of subtropical rainforest, expanses of eucalypt woodland and spectacular views to Moreton Bay, all within an hour and a half's drive of Brisbane.
D'Aguilar National Park (formerly Brisbane Forest Park) totals approximately 36,000ha, protecting the core of the D'Aguilar Range's vast bushland area.
Maps and useful links
- Archer camping area (Mount Mee, D'Aguilar National Park) map
- Connect with Nature activities and events calendar
- Connect with Nature school program
- D'Aguilar National Park Discovery Guide
- D'Aguilar National Park locality map
- D'Aguilar National Park (South D'Aguilar) walking tracks map
- Mount Mee forest trail and drive map
- Maiala day-use area walking track map
- Neurum Creek camping area (Mount Mee, D'Aguilar National park) map
- Walkabout Creek Discovery Centre map and activities guide
- SEQ horseriding trail network
- South D'Aguilar forest trail map
- The Gateway Visitor Centre Master Plan and Directions Paper for Walkabout Creek
- Species lists


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Severe Weather and Your Windows and Doors
No matter where you live in the country, you likely experience some sort of extreme weather. From snowstorms to hurricanes, we see many types of bad weather. And when it does come, it's encouraging to curl up in your cozy home and wait out the weather knowing your windows and doors are guarding your home from the elements.
Be sure your home is prepared with sufficient planning and protection, offering special attention to your windows and doors and their installation so your home is ready for inclimate weather.
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- Make sure you have a quality installation – A quality installation leaves you with
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The classic, little black dress. Your go-to piece for both work and play. You wear it so much you wonder if people are starting to think it's sewn on. I can hear it screaming, "Please! Update me! Give me some fashion valium so I can wake up!" Whether your LBD has been going strong for years or you have yet to purchase one (try this affordble option from JCPenney), it takes minimal effort to add a little spice to this blank canvas.
Update for Fall 09: Toughen up
For a great night out look (or if you work in a creative environment), start with your trusty LBD. Then add a denim jacket, ankle booties, and some layered metallic bangles. If your LBD has some feminine detailing, like the ruffles on the Banana Republic dress pictured , even better. Juxtaposing the masculine and the feminine is oh so chic. If you can't get enough of the hardware, add a chain strap handbag. If you would prefer not to set off any metal detectors, just grab a simple clutch in a solid color.


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Infectious Disease Education and Science (NuIDeas) Training Grant
Our Mission
The goal of this program is to leverage the clinical and basic research expertise and resources available at Northwestern University to train MD and MD/PhD fellows in infectious disease translational research. This training program will build on the Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Programs at the Feinberg School of Medicine and the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, which attract top-notch physician-scientists. The clinical expertise of the Infectious Disease Divisions together with the long-standing basic science strengths in microbiology and immunology at Northwestern University and Lurie Children's Hospital have created a rich environment for translational research. The proposed training program will serve as a nidus of collaboration between these (delete "two") groups. Each trainee will work with both a primary research mentor and a clinical co-mentor, which will foster interaction between research and clinical faculty and enhance the translational aspects of the fellow's research experience. A training program consisting of a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation degree, seminars, career development programs, and education in the ethical conduct of research has been developed to promote excellence in research. The program is jointly funded by NIH and the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics. It supports two highly qualified MD or MD/PhD fellows per year for a two-year intensive research experience. Together, these activities will enable trainees to obtain funding and develop into independent researchers.
Applications for the training program are accepted in February. Applications are reviewed by the Executive Committee, and appointed fellows begin their training period on July 1.
Meet current trainees and learn more about their research projects.
See a list of trainee milestones.
View a list of current Primary Research Mentors and Clinical Co-mentors.
Meet the members of the Executive Committee and Diversity Committee.
Alan Hauser, MD, PhD
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If you student is logged into DBQ and they have joined your class using the class link, then they should see the class and the assignments. Here are 3 common errors to check if your students can not see the assignments.
1) Check that you have clicked "Save and Assign" not just "Save"
- When you create a class and click "Save" it will be saved as a draft, this way you can set up assignments ahead of time, but your students will not see them until you Click edit next to the assignment and then click "Save and Assign"
- You will now see a green assigned next to the assignment and if you have shared the classlink your students should be able to see it.
2) If you have created a Custom Assignment make sure to include the cover page and the student essay page
- In order for the assignment to work you need to include the first and last page (Cover and Student Essay) if you have not included these the assignment may not show up in the students assignment page or may show up but give an error when clicked on.
- To resolve Click "Edit", choose "continue editing" and make sure the cover page and student essay page are selected. Then Click "Save and Assign"
3) Make sure students are assigned
- When creating an assignment one option is "Specify Students who Receive this Assignment" the default is "No" which means the entire class will receive the assignment.
- If you select "Yes" you need to select students from the list for the student to see the assignment.
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Live ink wash comic, October 2018
I was fortunate to be invited to participate in the Harlow Gallery's CSA II project, a second round of matching up Maine artists and farmers to produce new artwork. My pairing was with Tender Soles Farm of Richmond, and the highlight of my participation in the project was a live comic I made at the Harlow's opening reception.
To create the piece, I combed through the sketches and photo references I collected at the farm throughout the summer. I also pulled choice quotes from an interview I conducted with Rich Lee of Tender Soles. With a handful of potential images and quotes ready, I set up my materials for the opening and allowed the creative process to unfold live during the event.
Brainstorming, sketching, and producing a work in the center of a space full of people and amazing fully finished artwork from other participating artists was a bit nerve-racking at first. But once I got into the flow of drawing and painting, the rest fell into place.
Rich and his partner Kate were excited to watch the piece unfold, and I was happy to find that they were pleased with the finished results. Ultimately we had the comic framed so it can live at their farm.


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Too Close for Comfort
- Artist: Octobop
- Format: CD
- Release Date: 12/28/2004
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Cool jazz. Images of the early days on the West Coast when new ideas, harmonies, ensemble playing and great improvisation were all happening. Recreating and updating that experience is the mission of Octobop. Performing and promoting the music that began with The Birth of the Cool -- and the innovations of Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, Dave Pell, Jimmy Guiffre, and Howard Rumsey among others -- Octobop makes cool jazz hot again. Octobop plays the finest in West Coast Jazz. On it's latest CD, Too Close For Comfort, recorded with the help of Bud Shank, you'll hear: Fallin' In Love With Love - Swing version of Rogers and Hart standard Four Others - Jimmy Giuffre tune recorded by Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars Too Close For Comfort - Features Dean Jennings on tenor sax Relaxin - Jimmy Guinn for Al Belletto Forty-Second Street - Shorty Rogers arrangement - dark and mysterious Flight Of The Foo Birds / Would He - Fun romp arranged by Bob Eberhart Godchild - From the 'Birth of the Cool' album that started it all Cheek to Cheek - Danceable - of, course Out of Somewhere - Smooth ballad from Jimmy Giuffre and the Lighthouse All Stars Coop De Graas - From Shorty Rogers - Cool and Crazy Bernie's Tune - Extends the original Gerry Mulligan Quartet version into a rousing closer for the album - features everyone. Arrangers for the CD include Shorty Rogers, Wes Hensel, Bob Eberhart, and Geoff Roach.


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After turning in another strong outing, this time in a minor-league game on Wednesday afternoon, Diamondbacks right-hander Archie Bradley said he'd welcome the chance to start the season in the bullpen if there's no room for him in the rotation.
"With the way I'm throwing the baseball right now, the way I feel, the way the ball is coming out, I'm comfortable in any role, in any capacity," Bradley said. "Just put me on this team."
Bradley gave up just one hit in five innings against San Francisco Giants minor leaguers. He did not walk a batter for the third consecutive outing.
"I'm getting ahead, and when I'm getting ahead, I'm putting guys away," Bradley said. "I'm throwing all four pitches. I'm throwing change-ups, I'm throwing cutters, I'm throwing curveballs. I feel like my last couple of outings, I've thrown more change-ups and cutters than I have curveballs, which is a huge sign of improvement for me."
With Zack Greinke, Taijuan Walker, Robbie Ray, Shelby Miller and Patrick Corbin seemingly in line to open the season in the rotation, the Diamondbacks appear to be at least considering the idea of shifting Bradley to relief.
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