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The Pistol Australia (PA) Grading policy as specified below came into effect on 1 January 2007.
Grade Breaks
A grade break in any of the top categories of the following matches can only be recognised if achieved at international competitions, PA National or State Championships and sanctioned Open PA Competitions:
A grade break for all lower categories is recognised when a shooter achieves the minimum score required for that grade at the above mentioned competition levels and also PA Club matches. To break grade in WA1500 the requisite score needs to be shot twice. In all other disciplines the requisite score need only be shot once.
Voluntary Downgrading
In the event that an individual has not shot their grade score in specific matches in the preceding twelve month period, an application may be made for voluntary downgrading to the next lower grade. Individuals seeking such downgrading should apply to their Club for endorsement of the request.
Automatic Downgrading
In ISSF / PA matches, downgrading of Master grade shooters to the next lower grade will automatically occur where the shooter does not shoot a Master Grade score in the specific matches during the preceding 12 month period.
Competition Entries
It is the shooter's responsibility to know his/her own grade for each match, and it is the shooter's responsibility to enter a competition under the correct grade. The event organisers do not check grades and they trust the competitors to do the right thing. It could be embarrassing to hand back a trophy because one of the other competitors is aware that you are actually in a higher grade.
You also need to notify the competition Organising Secretary if there has been a change of grade between submitting your entry for a competition and competing in that competition.
Where a person is not graded in a match and enters a competition, the resultant score will determine the grade.
Grade Score Changes
In the event that there are changes made to competition procedures and/or competition target sizes in any match the relevant PA Discipline Director will provide Provisional Grade Qualification scores to the NCC for consideration and subsequent approval by PA.


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Shares in the major Japanese car makers have been hammered on the Nikkei, with the fallout from the Volkswagen emissions-cheating scandal clouding the outlook for global auto makers.
Mazda was down a whopping 7% at one point and closing down 6.8% for the day. Mitsubishi Motors fell 5%. Suzuki and Isuzu were down 4%.
Car companies are among the biggest firms on the Nikkei and the overall index tanked 2.76% after a holiday yesterday.
Shares in German car making giant Volkswagen have lost around one-third of their value this week, amid revelations =the company rigged diesel cars to make them look like their emissions were lower than they actually were in order to get better environmental ratings.
In a note to clients yesterday, Morgan Stanley warned that the fallout could potentially spread to other Japanese companies who make parts for the major auto makers, noting the "risk of parts makers facing intensified pricing pressure in the event of worsening financial circumstances for VW due to a heavy fine and reduction of product prices if the brand image suffers".
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Bankruptcy Pros and Cons
When it comes to clearing your debts, bankruptcy should be seen as a great last resort rather than an easy first option. The reason bankruptcy should be seen as a last resort is that it can impose quite limiting constraints on your life that other forms of debt help do not.
So what are the Pros and Cons of doing a bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy Pros
- All eligible debts are cleared at the end of the bankruptcy period
- Debt Collection and Legal Action Ceases
- Stops the seizure of goods by sheriffs
- Wage garnishees stop
- There is property protected by bankruptcy –
- normal household items (clothes, furniture, appliances)
- Tools of trade, up to a certain threshold
- Superannuation
- Personal Injury Compensation
- A vehicle if under finance, or up to a certain value
- Items of a sentimental value (medals, trophies, your wedding ring)
- Income to a certain threshold is protected
- You can operate a business, as a sole trader
- Bankruptcy is removed from your credit history after 5 years
- Creditor have no choice about accepting the Bankruptcy
- Creditors can't change their mind at a later date
Bankruptcy Cons
- The bankruptcy will last for 3 years
- The bankruptcy will be recorded on your credit history for 5 years (or longer)
- Your bankruptcy period could be extended if you do not comply with your Trustee
- You will find it difficult to get to obtain finance while the bankruptcy is on your credit history
- The bankruptcy will be recorded on the NPII (National Personal Insolvency Index) forever
- Non-eligible debts will not be cleared
- Secured Loans (Car Loans and Mortgages)
- Fines and Penalties
- HELP/HECS debt
- Fraudulent Centrelink Debt
- Non-protected property may be seized and sold by your Trustee
- An inheritance received during the bankruptcy period may be distributed to your creditors
- Travel overseas for the bankruptcy period is at the discretion of the Trustee
- Some property agents will ask about bankruptcy
- Certain professions will be restricted if you become bankrupt
- Certain employment contracts will have an insolvency clause in them
- You will need to resign as a company director
Bankruptcy thresholds can be found on www.afsa.gov.au and are updated periodically.


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Özlem Denizmen
Özlem Denizmen completed her B.A. at Cornell University (1993) in Industrial Management, MBA at MITSloan School of Management (1999). Also she has completed "Negotiation" at Stanford (2004), "Business Leadership" at GE Crontonville (2006) and "Advanced Management Program" at Harvard Business School (2008). Denizmen recently completed "Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century" program at Harvard Kennedy School (2013). Her career has started at 1994 in USA as a "Financial Analyst" in Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch. She continued her career in Garanti Investment Bank in Turkey. Since 2000, she has held many positions such as Budget, Planning, Strategy, Business Development and Investor Relations at Doğuş Group. Denizmen is a Member of Board at Doğuş Otomotiv. She performs a weekly show on A Haber TV, writes a weekly column for POSTA and HURRIYET newspapers and ELELE magazine. Denizmen conducts seminars, conferences to women groups, students across the country.


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I have been a fan of the Displaced Nation Dispatch for awhile now. Their by turns provocative and reassuring regular articles by and for expats have been a rich part of my experience living in the UK. So I am delighted that today they are carrying my "tiara" of poems, "Smoke Ring", from The Knowledge on their site.
You can read the complete sequence, enhanced with well-chosen pairings of images and text, at The Displaced Nation.


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Get your own Reem Acra creation with her first fragrance, Reem Acra Eau De Parfun. Inspired by Ms. Acra's memories of collecting amber as a child in the forests of Lebanon, acclaimed perfumer Pierre Negrin of Firmenich created a sleek sheer amber effect balanced with shimmering fruit, voluminous flower petals and sensual musk. Reem Acra Eau de Parfum redefines couture perfumery; here heritage ingredients are married with Ms. Acra's childhood memories and unique artistic vision. The result is a signature scent that evokes elegance, graceful confidence and feminine sensuality.
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Some cosmetic problems can not be solved only by way of creams or massage, because the cause is not on their surface but it is hidden directly in the skin. The skin restoration procedures are much more effective if they affect the subcutaneous fat either. The effectiveness of mesotherapy is so high that it is prescribed not only for direct skin rejuvenation, but also for dealing with stress, which causes many problems and accelerates the age-related changes.
Mesotherapy for hair is different because of its long-term effect and helps to cope with such a complex problem like hair loss or even suspends the appearance of gray hair.
Specialists of our clinics select special drugs that stimulate the blood circulation of the skin and hair follicles, as well as vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other components. As a rule, we are able to pick up a complex power supply for every type of skin and hair. The procedure is safe and comfortable.
Mesotherapy is like an individual "cocktail" of anti-aging preparations chosen especially for you!
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If you've been intrigued enough to come to the 'about me' page then thank you! We hope that you have found something on this blog that you can relate to, learn from or most importantly, be inspired by!
Lizzy is an adventurous Scorpio, born in November. By age 22 she had ventured to 22 countries, trained as a lifeguard, qualified as a wedding planner, cycled the London to Brighton twice, bought a house, worked in Marketing & Event Management and currently runs the blog whilst working for the UK Ambulance Service. Born and raised a Hampshire girl in Southern England she's always had itchy feet and an urge to seek out every corner of the earth.
For Lizzy, being in and out of international airports is a dream, so discovering more amazing cuisines, cultures, languages and people is heaven itself!
"I admire anyone that steps beyond their front door and goes exploring, whether you're a tourist on a two week package holiday or a traveller on month 9 of a year long trip, we all see the world in different ways, it's what makes us unique!"
"I have had the most incredible opportunities to visit Europe, Asia, Australasia, South America, the Caribbean, and so much more. One of the most magical places has to be Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, one ATM on the Island and not a McDonald's Restaurant in sight – Ideal! check out my blog here."
Lizzy has always tried to be as spontaneous as possible. We think it's just as important to see the country you live in as well as the world we make up. Whether a last-minute glamping weekend in Dorset or a mini-break in Rome, it's an adventure all the same. In the last two years Lizzy found herself boating off Queensland's gold coast, wine tasting in the Adelaide Hills, cycling around the Amsterdam canals and eating her way around Athens. The next adventure is yet to be decided, recently added to the bucket list is the Rickshaw Rally across India and riding Route 66. So watch this space!
The most recent addition to Lizzy's travels is Wilfred! Our little baby explorer is a new adventure altogether, but we all can't wait to show him the rest of the world. At 2 weeks he had his first road trip to North Wales and first stay in a YHA Hostel – check the blog!!
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Most people have someone that inspires them, well Lizzy has a few!
Aside from the most important, her dad, her uncles and aunties (she has quite a few). One of them represented his country in the Olympics; two of them sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a small yacht, both of which are incredible achievements. Then there is her sister, who has a wicked flare for writing herself, and an incredible imagination.
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Potential New Compliance Offset Protocol Rice Cultivation Projects
The potential new Compliance Offset Protocol Rice Cultivation Projects will provide methods for quantifying reductions in methane emissions from flooded rice fields. Methane emissions are a result of anaerobic decomposition caused by the flooding of fields containing organic matter. The organic matter originates from soil amendments, plant residues and root exudates. Methane production is affected by the duration of flooding, the rice variety and the availability of crop residues and organic matter.
All reductions must be fully documented, and accurately quantified. ARB is considering using the DeNitrification-DeComposition (DNDC) biogeochemical process model to quantify changes in N2O and CH4 emissions due to the eligible practices. Projects would be limited to the major rice growing regions in California and the Mid-South (Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, and Louisiana) for which the DNDC model has been calibrated with empirical data. ARB is considering two eligible practices for California: 1) replacing wet seeding with dry seeding and 2) early drainage at the end of growing season; and two eligible practices for the Mid-South: 1) intermittent flooding and 2) early drainage at the end of growing season.
The Offset Project Operator or Authorized Project Designee would be required to use this protocol to quantify and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions. The protocol would provide eligibility rules, methods to quantify GHG emission reductions, offset project monitoring instructions, and procedures for preparing Offset Project Data Reports. All offset projects would be required to submit to independent verification by ARB-accredited verification bodies. Regulatory requirements for verification of Offset Project Data reports will be provided in the Cap-and-Trade Regulation.
This protocol will be designed to ensure the complete, consistent, transparent, accurate, and conservative quantification of GHG emission reductions associated with a Rice Cultivation project. The protocol will be comprised of both quantification methodologies and regulatory program requirements to develop an Rice Cultivation project for generating ARB offset credits.
ARB conducted a workshop on March 28, 2013 discussing protocol requirements, eligibility, and timeframe. Workshop materials can be found at: /cc/capandtrade/meetings/meetings.htm.
Reference Documents:
American Carbon Registry Rice Protocol
Climate Action Reserve Rice Cultivation Protocol Version 1.0 (December 14, 2011)
Climate Action Reserve Rice Cultivation Protocol Version 1.1 (June 3, 2013)
June 20, 2014 Workshop on the Proposed Rice Cultivation Offset Protocol and Updates to Existing Offset Protocol:
March 17, 2014 Workshop on the Proposed Rice Cultivation Offset Protocol and Updates to Existing Offset Protocol:
Technical Working Group Materials:
4th Technical Working Group Meeting - December 20, 2013
- Supporting Document 1: PBCS Study Interim Report
- Supporting Document 2: Steps for DNDC Calibration and Validation
- Supporting Document 3: References Used for DNDC Calibration, Validation, and Structural Uncertainty Calculation
3rd Technical Working Group Meeting - October 1, 2013
2nd Technical Working Group Meeting - July 19, 2013
1st Technical Working Group Meeting - May 10, 2013
August 19, 2013 Workshop Materials:
We have been working diligently with stakeholders and the public to develop an ARB Compliance Offset Protocol to reduce methane emissions from rice cultivation. That process has raised some questions which require more time to address. Work is now underway to resolve these issues, and we expect to bring a Rice Cultivation Project Protocol before the Board by spring 2014.


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Sandwich Toaster
Hi all! Since my last blog post I have been developing my idea to open my own cafe, a dream that I have had from as far back as I can remember. Obviously I will want to serve hot beverages including tea and coffee, but I have been mulling over which food would be best to offer. I want my cafe to have a contemporary feel about it, so I'm not planning one serving the classic "greasy spoon" menu of English Full Breakfast and sausage, egg and chips. That is not my style and totally contrary to view on healthy eating. But at the same time, I don't want the menu to be over complicated or fussy. So I have decided that the best food to build my menu around is the humble sandwich! Whether it be cold or toasted, on bread, panini or ciabatta, you just can't go wrong with a good old sandwich. Humble cheese and tomato or sophisticated spinach and feta cheese, they're all good in my and, hopefully, my customers eyes! So in this blog post I am going to talk about some of my favourite sandwiches that I intend to put on my menu and the various equipment I will need to prepare them, such as a good quality carving knife, panini press or sandwich toaster. You can find a sandwich toaster for sale online. In fact that is the perfect name for my cafe. "The Sandwich Toaster"! Done!
Let us get the boring stuff out of the way first. Obviously I am going to need standard kitchen equipment such as a fridge or chiller and a range of good quality knives for carving bread and cutting sandwiches. But probably the most important item to consider for a future sandwich selling entrepreneur such as myself is a good sandwich toaster. The breville sandwich toasters that are extremely popular in the family kitchen are just not going to keep up the pace in a commercial operation. A more robust model with greater capacity will be required, especially during busy periods. There are many commercial models available on the market, so I am sure I will have no problems finding one that will suit my requirements. I may even opt for a used one at first to drive down start up costs. These things are designed to last so I have no qualms about buying second hand. Have a look at the photo below to see a fine example that I found on eBay for a great price. I think a second hand fridge would also be ok just to start with, but knives will have to be bought new, that is a given. Check out this article about the best sandwich toasters on the market: http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/10-best-sandwich-toasters-a6696891.html
Ham & Cheese Baguette
A french classic! This is one of my favourite sandwiches and will most definitely be on my menu. Garnished with some sliced tomato and with lashings of mayonnaise, this makes a delectable meal for anytime of the day. When a good quality cheese, such as Beaufort, and a high end roasted ham, such as Jambon de Bayonne, are amalgamated, the compliment each other perfectly. A good English Cheddar and York ham would work together equally as well on the other side of the Channel. Simple, humble yet downright tasty food!
Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich
Hailing from Philadelphia in the United States, this sandwich needs no introduction. Best served on an Italian Ciabatta, it combines choice cuts of tender beef steak cooked to your liking with the sweetness of fried onions and the richness of a good Italian cheese such as Provolone. Green pepper are also a great addition. This would of course be at the top end of my menu price wise, but it is proven popular choice with which you just can't go wrong.
Chicken & Avocado Sandwich
Best served on sliced granary bread, this is a classic combination best finished with a crisp lettuce leaf and lashings of green pesto. The creaminess of the avocado is the perfect compliment for the juicy chicken breast. Not quite as decedent as the steak sandwich and somewhat less heavy on the calories the ham and cheese, this sandwich will appeal to those looking to maintain a healthy balanced diet, especially if you forgo the pesto.
So there you go folks. There are the first three items that will appear on my menu when the time comes to create it. I have a friend who owns an industrial printing machine who will be happy to knock them up for me (the menus, not the sandwiches that is) further reducing start up costs. I've got so many more sandwich combinations in my mind (bacon and halloumi cheese, yum!) But we will get around to them in a future blog post as I think I've probably given you a bit overload today. Until next time folks!


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Have you gotten your tickets to 1 Night, 12 Kitchens at the Midwest Culinary Institute? It's sponsored by Cincinnati Magazine and Local 12 WKRC, and raises funds for MCI student scholarships.
Here are the details:
Kick-Off Dinner: Friday, April 23, 6:30PM
Chef Lee is the featured chef Friday evening, April 23, as The Summit Restaurant at the Midwest Culinary Institute begins the 1 Night, 12 Kitchens event weekend with a special dinner.
Wine pairings will be chosen and described by Jerry Comfort, wine educator for Beringer.
Complimentary valet parking provided.
Dinner can be purchased at $125 per person (tax/tip) included or in combination with a VIP ticket to the 1 Night, 12 Kitchens event at $300 per person. Space is limited.
1 Night, 12 Kitchens: Sunday, April 25, 6:00-9:00 PM
At this event, you can talk to MCI students and faculty as well as many of your favorite local chefs. Here's the list:
Edward Lee
610 Magnolia
Louisville, Kentucky
Todd Kelly and Kat Kessler
Orchids at Palm Court
Jerry Comfort, Beringer Wine Educator
Cristian Pietoso, Via Vite
Michelle Brown, Jag's Steak & Seafood
David Falk and Jono Fries,
Boca Restaurant Group
Shawn McCoy, Brown Dog Café
Owen Maass, Cumin
Michael Ollier & Kyle Miller,
The Certified Angus Beef ® Brand
Jean-Robert de Cavel,
Chef-in-Residence, Midwest Culinary Institute
Marilyn Harris, Cooking with Marilyn
Jeremy Lieb, Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment
Bruce Kim, Riverside Korean
Brian Whisman & Mike Van Fleet, Kroger
Julie Francis, Nectar
Jose Salazar and Summer Genetti,
The Palace at the Cincinnatian Hotel
Anne Kearney, Rue Dumaine
Romy Jung, Aroma Restaurant and Sushi
Meg Galvin,
Host of "The Dish", Midwest Culinary Institute
Thom Milliken, The Polo Grille
Chris Prince, Primavista
Jon Corcoran and Chad Smith,
Mitchell's Fish Market, West Chester & Newport
Paendin Yongkanaysin, Beluga
Sean Daly, Hugo
Renee Schuler, eat well
Matt Winterrowd,
The Summit at Midwest Culinary Institute
Paul Barraco,
20 Brix
Jean-Phillipe Solnom, Chocolatier
Midwest Culinary Institute
Sarah Wagner,
David Cook,
Daveed's at 934
I'll be there too, and report back on Monday (thanks to Cincinnati Magazine for inviting me!). Would you like to go too? Tickets are almost sold out. Head here for tickets.


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The fast-moving typhoon smashed into the Tohoku region late in the evening of Sept. 21, leaving two dead, several missing and affecting tens of thousands more as strong winds and heavy rain pounded the entire area.
Temporary housing units in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, were flooded when the river running through the park hosting the units overflowed due to heavy rains. According to unit residents, at one point the water reached their waists.
At around 6:50 p.m. on the same evening an evacuation advisory was issued to all 58 households -- a total of 138 people -- residing in the units.
"We were just beginning to return to normal life and we had to evacuate again," one of the residents of the units said as they returned to clean the mud out of their temporary homes the morning after the storm.
The typhoon hit the temporary housing community only a day after residents from the city of Tamura -- one of the municipalities within the 20 kilometer no-go zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant -- were allowed to briefly return to their homes. Read More


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Octo-Skin Could Create Vanishing Displays
The synthetic fabric is inspired by an octopus' stretchy, color-shifting skin.
If you wanted to create a synthetic fabric to cover a humanoid robot, referring to an octopus' stretchy, color-shifting skin might do the trick.
Now, researchers have done just that: creating a soft, three-layered, light-emitting material infused with electronic sensors.
10 Animal-Like Robots That Slither, Hop, Run And Fly
"Our target was to make sensors in the skin so we can feel its external shape and the robot can feel its own shape," said Rob Shepherd, assistant professor of aeronautical and mechanical engineering at Cornell University and an author on the new study coming out today in the journal Science.
"The bonus is that these sensors can also emit light."
Robo-Kitty Is Small, Light And Fast
Shepherd and graduate student Shuo Li, lead author on the paper, said the new material will more likely be used to display information in an airplane cockpit or on a car's dashboard – rather than building an army of androids.
The researchers say they want to make something called "vanishing interfaces," such as a radio volume control knob that appears and lights up when you need it, then disappears back into the dashboard when finished.
Artificial Squid Skin Created
"Think about a cockpit in a jet fighter," Shepherd said. "There are tons of things to see and interact with but maybe not at the same time."
"Being able to have an interface emerge when you need it and then disappear may simplify controls in complex environment."
A sensitive, color-changing robot -- human-shaped or not -- could also be used in a hospital setting to monitor how patients are feeling, for example, as well as measuring and displaying their vital signs at the same time.
Colors are associated with moods, he explained, and having robots display colors will help them communicate with people.
The team, funded by the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, put the new skin on an existing "soft robot" built by Shepherd and Li.
10 Animal-Like Robots That Slither, Hop, Run And Fly
The skin consists of two layers of a transparent hydrogel -- (salty water) sandwiching a electroluminescent rubber-like material.
"All three layers form a capacitor," Li said. "By introducing a voltage we can make it emit light. The whole structure is based on soft materials so it is very stretchable."
In fact, the skin can stretch five times its normal size, making it perfect for the disappearing act that Shepherd envisions.
Robo-Kitty Is Small, Light And Fast
Three six-layer electronic panels were bound together to form a crawling soft robot, with the top four layers making up the light-up skin and the bottom two the pneumatic actuators.
The chambers were alternately inflated and deflated, with the resulting curvature creating an undulating, "walking" motion.
The synthetic "octo-skin" is 5 millimeters thick, with each of the 64 pixels measuring 4 millimeters square.
Artificial Squid Skin Created
Michael Tolley, professor of bio-inspired engineering at the University of California, San Diego, said that the study is a step forward in highly stretchable displays and sensors used for soft robots.
"Technological advances like this one will enable engineers to design robotic systems that are increasingly soft and adaptable like biological systems," he said in an e-mail to Discovery News.
"I can imagine this type of display and sensor being used for systems built for human-robot interaction in the context of service robotics, entertainment, or many other applications."
The soft, three-layered, light-emitting material is infused with electronic sensors.
Animals got it going on. They fly better than humans, swim better, run faster, and hop higher. So it's no surprise that scientists are building robots modeled after creatures from the animal kingdom. Here are 10 of our favorites. Meet Spot, a four-legged robotic dog that can run over terrain, climb stairs and can handle a kick to the ribs without a flinch. Google-owned Boston Dynamics' robot uses an electrical/hydraulic system and is designed for both indoor and outdoor operation.
BionicKangaroo is a robot developed by automation company Festo to technologically reproduce the unique way that a kangaroo moves. Just like a kangaroo, the robot recovers energy when jumping, stores it and efficiently uses it for the next jump.
A turtle-shaped robot named Beachbot, created by Disney Research labs, uses a retractable rake and onboard sensors to etch elaborate lines and designs in the sand.
The Great Elephant robot, which makes the French city of Nantes its home, is made from 45 tons of reclaimed wood and steel. The mechanical elephant can carry up to 49 passengers at a time on a 45-minute walk.
The Atrias robot is modeled after birds, which are arguably the fastest and most agile two-legged runners in the world. The robot, developed by researchers at the Oregon State University's Dynamic Robotics Laboratory, has impeccable balance and can withstand kicks, punches and even a barrage of dodge balls.
The ACM-R5H robot, developed by Japan-based HiBot, is intended for inspection and search operations in underwater environments. In the front unit, a wireless camera is mounted to capture images.
German robotics company Festo is known for its animal-inspired robots. One of their latest creations is BionicAnt, a colony of small robots that work together to accomplish tasks, similar to how real insect societies work together toward a common goal.
The Navy recently deployed a robotic shark called the GhostSwimmer unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), which is five feet long and 100 pounds. It is based on biomimetic design principles and can be used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, as well as hull inspections of friendly ships.
Boston Dynamics' Cheetah robot is capable of running faster than any human, with speeds reaching 28.3 mph. It also has an articulated back that flexes back and forth on each step, mimicking the movement of a cheetah.
The T8, by Robugtix, is made with high-resolution 3D-printed parts, and is modeled after the movements of a spider. It has 26 different motors, with three in each leg and two in the abdomen.


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I'm starting 2012 with a new attitude ~ I'm feeling foxy! Truth be told, it isn't a feeling I have very often, but I wanted to document when I actually **did** feel that way!
Fantastically Foxy Freebie by Jenn Barrette; Color Pops V8 by Queen of Hearts; font is Beautiful Every Time
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Hello Foxy
1 comment:
- cheryl said...
Way to go! Those foxy moments deserve to be documented! I passed over this kit when I saw it, but I'm going to go back and download it now. You've made it look SO GREAT here!
- January 4, 2012 at 8:28 AM
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COPE received a call from a young man who was living in a Sober House somewhere in the western part of the United States. He had been successful in treatment for Heroin and now was in the Sober House for a few more months to solidify his recovery. Normally there were always several people in the house, but due to illness he happened to be the only one there. He was feeling the urge to leave the house and seek out his drug dealer. He looked in his wallet and found the laminated card for COPE that he had been given as a student in an Ozaukee County school many years before. He called our number. One of our listeners was able to talk with him and provide support until people returned to the home to stay with him. He credited the listener with saving his sobriety.
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Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point (FIMP) Questions & Answers
What does the Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point (FIMP) Project consist of?
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), proposes the following work: Inlet management; beach, dune and berm construction; breach response plans; raising and retrofitting 4,400 homes; road-raising; groin modifications; and coastal process features.
Why is this project being done?
Fire Island and Long Island's south shore communities have repeatedly suffered significant flooding and damage to homes and infrastructure from severe storms. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused severe and substantial damages due to erosion and flooding. As a result, there were three (3) breaches of the barrier island, more than 50 percent (4.5 million cubic yards) of pre-storm sand volume on Fire Island was lost. This project will reduce risks of flooding and damage from future storm events.
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Holocaust ghettos and camps now estimated at over 42,000
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The uncovering of the full extent of the Holocaust continues after researchers at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum made known the findings of 13-years work of documenting ghettos, slave labor and concentration camps the Nazis maintained during the war.
The New York Times
reports that even experts in the subject are shocked at the latest revelations.
According to
Eric Lichtblau
writing in
The New York Times
, the researchers say they have cataloged a total of 42,500 Nazi ghettos and camps across the German-controlled areas at the height of the Nazi occupation from France to Germany and Russia between 1933 and 1945.
One of the lead editors in the project
Geoffrey Megargee
, said when he began the study in 2000, he had assumed they would find, based on previous estimates, about 7,000 camps and ghettos. But as their work continued and they discovered more and more camps, the numbers skyrocketed beyond anything they had anticipated to 11,500, "then 20,000, then 30,000, and now 42,500."
These numbers are unbelievable by the standards of expectations based on previous documentation. Megargee and his colleagues found "30,000 slave labor camps; 1,150 Jewish ghettos; 980 concentration camps; 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps; 500 brothels filled with sex slaves; and thousands of other camps used for euthanizing the elderly and infirm, performing forced abortions, 'Germanizing' prisoners or transporting victims to killing centers."
The researchers said that in Berlin alone, about 3,000 camps and "Jew houses," were found, and in Hamburg, 1,300 sites.
One of the more disturbing conclusions, according to
Martin Dean
, a co-researcher, is that the findings challenge the widespread claims that the general German population was unaware of the existence of the camps and the fact of the ongoing Holocaust. Dean said: "You literally could not go anywhere in Germany without running into forced labor camps, P.O.W. camps, concentration camps. They were everywhere."
Holocaust scholars were shocked into disbelief by the astronomical figures the researchers unveiled at an academic gathering at the
German Historical Institute
in Washington, January.
The New York Times
reports that Hartmut Berghoff, director of the Institute, said in an interview after learning of the new data: "The numbers are so much higher than what we originally thought. We knew before how horrible life in the camps and ghettos was, but the numbers are unbelievable."
Lichtblau, however, notes that the camps included in the documentation were not only the major extermination facilities such as Auschwitz, Dachau, Treblinka and the Warsaw Ghetto that have dominated public attention, but also thousands of less well known but collectively significant facilities and centers that form a massive network of the Nazi holding facilities for inmates, including forced labor camps, where prisoners manufactured war supplies; "prisoner-of-war camps; sites euphemistically named 'care' centers, where pregnant women were forced to have abortions or their babies were killed after birth; and brothels, where women were coerced into having sex with German military personnel."
The figures and the maps the researchers created to identify the camps and ghettos paint a picture of Nazi Europe as one continuous stretch of a landscape centered in Germany and Poland, in which the Nazi industriously set out to stamp out entire groups they had somehow come to believe were the cause of everything that was wrong with their world, just as today we find people still obsessed with the notion that immigrants are the problem.
Dr. Megargee, the lead researcher, said the project was deepening the understanding of the evolution of the camps and ghettos during the Nazi regime.
According to Lichtblau in 1933, the Nazis had established about 110 camps for political prisoners numbering about 10,000. After the war began, the camps evolved from their use as centers for holding political prisoners to facilities for holding all that the Nazis hated in Europe: "Homosexuals, Gypsies, Poles, Russians and many other ethnic groups in Eastern Europe."
And perhaps the reason why the extent of the distribution of the camps in Europe remained for so long unrealized is that they varied greatly in size, with some as large as the Warsaw Ghetto that held 500,000 people and some, such as the Munchen-Schwabing site in Germany, holding only about a dozen people.
Geoffrey Megargee and Martin Dean, who lead the study, estimate that 15 million to 20 million people died and were imprisoned at the sites they have identified in a
multivolume encyclopedia
being compiled.
The researchers brought together previously fragmented data from more than 400 contributors to give a stretching overview across the regions with details of where the facilities and camps were located, what the camps were used for and how they were run
A Holocaust survivor and volunteer at the Holocaust museum Mr. Greenbaum, 84, and one of many who helped in the latest study shares his experience during the war, including the months he spent in
. He recalls the exact location of the camps where the Nazi imprisoned him. He recalls his concentration camp number A188991 tattooed on his left forearm
He recalls the
Starachowice ghetto
in his hometown in Poland, where his family and other Jews were held in 1940, when he was only 12.
He recalls a slave labor camp outside his hometown where he and his sister were relocated after the rest of his family were sent off to the
Treblinka extermination camp
from where they never returned.
He recalls how the Nazis forced him to join other prisoners digging trenches that were used for dumping bodies of victims.
He was later moved to Auschwitz, then to a chemical manufacturing plant in Poland. He also recalls a slave camp in
near the Czech border where he suffered severe starvation.
Greenbaum was liberated by American troops in 1945 at the age of 17 after he had served as a slave in five separate camps over a period of five years. He said: "Nobody even knows about these places. Everything should be documented. That's very important. We try to tell the youngsters so that they know, and they'll remember."
points out that the documentation may also find legal uses for survivors who have outstanding claims.
Sam Dubbin, a Florida lawyer who represents survivors who plan to bring claims against European insurance companies, wondered: "How many claims have been rejected because the victims were in a camp that we didn't even know about?"
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Excel VBA Macro Programming
Author: Richard Shepherd
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The - January 2004
Format: Paperback
|Book Description
Make Excel work harder and faster for you. This unique book presents sample code for more than twenty practical, high-powered Excel VBA macro applications. You'll get all the essentials of VBA, and then explore ways to power Excel with VBA. Automate tasks, convert numbers to labels, transpose cells, add formula details, globally changes values, and much, much more.
From the Back Cover
Develop powerful, custom Excel applications using Visual Basic for Applications Maximize the features and functionality of Excel with help from this unique resource designed specifically for power users. Inside, you'll find complete details on Excel VBA programming and application development--from the fundamentals to advanced techniques. Then, you'll get 21 real-world projects, complete with working code, so you can create Excel VBA macros right away. These projects include everything from setting up timed events to auto totaling a matrix of numbers to altering the appearance of spreadsheet components--and much more.
Write and debug VBA code
Create custom dialog boxes and toolbars
Take advantage of the Excel object model
Write code to interact with a database
Use application programming interface (API) calls
Create and use class modules
Develop unique menus within the Excel menu structure
Expand calculation and search functions
Write macros for customized worksheets
Create full-fledged Excel add-ins
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Richard Shepherd has been developing software for blue-chip corporations for 20 years. He has produced VBA code in Excel for major projects, including profit-and-loss reporting and business planning and budgeting.


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Friday, April 27, 2012
into the judgment zone
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
confessions of a strategic voter
Edit: Looks like my neighbours were indeed red-neck enough to follow the incumbent in my riding over to the dark(er) side. The official final count now shows that I live in a Wildrose riding. Uck.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
city of glass from the 29th floor
Thursday, April 19, 2012
between the pacific and the automall
Other (less damp) activities thus far include:
- thrift storing
- sushi lunch with Mel and Wandering Coyote
- parking garages and being grateful to have rented a compact vehicle
- drive by of the OFKAR's new digs
- family pizza party and sleepover
- stealing coffee from the Spousal Unit's meeting
- figuring out what makes North Van so odd
- the aforementioned sea bussing, complete with eavesdropping on an awesome hairdressing trio
- veggie goodness dinner at Naam
- running into the awesome sea bus hairdressing trio at Naam
- as always, hours and hours of walking
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
meanwhile, in 604
Instead I will give you a much more palatable photo taken by the OFKAR, a much better photographer than I.
I had a lovely start to this trip, meeting two old friends for dim sum, neither of whom knew one another. We were all at the University of Manitoba at the same time, however. One of my friends had a flight to catch, but my other friend and I spent the remainder of the unexpectedly warm and sunny afternoon walking, buying art supplies, shaking our heads at ostentatious yachts, and finally lingering over beers on an oceanside patio. Talking, talking, talking, and solving the world's problems.
Back at the hotel last evening, in our room on the 29th floor, I realized I had a great view into the apartment building next door. Naturally I indulged in some snooping, particularly of the penthouse suite. Three levels of floor to ceiling windows, and a spiral staircase leading to a rooftop patio. Probably safely out of my price range.
This afternoon, I am meeting with more of my Vancouver ladies, for sushi and a wander, and then later picking up the OKFAR on the heels of her final exam. A trip to the Vancouver Art Gallery (locally known as the VAG, pronounced vaj, of course) may also be in the works.
But first I have to tear apart the rental car, in order to figure out how to turn off the back windshield wiper that I inadvertently activated while reversing into my parking spot. Either that, or it better rain.
Monday, April 16, 2012
world in my ear
So, thanks early flight!
Saturday, April 14, 2012
songs from the crumpled dark
Palomino Smokehouse
April 13/12
There are only about a dozen tables downstairs at the Palomino, varying vintages of mismatched kitchen tables with chairs rescued from family cottages. None of the tables really have a sight-line to the stage. But it wouldn't really matter if they did because once the open area in front of the stage fills up with 8 foot guys, as it will inevitably do at any concert worth its salt, you aren't going to see anything on the stage anyway. So relax.
The Palomino is a very laid-back place. Nobody gets too bent out of shape about things like the doors opening at the specified time. With an original door time of 8, then 8:30 and finally 9, we would normally have been seething, but it was easy enough to just head back up to the restaurant, have another drink and listen to the band.
So after filling our bellies with pulled pork and garlic fries (and trying not to breathe on anyone) in the smokehouse restaurant on the ground floor of the Palomino, we headed downstairs and pulled some chairs up to a wobbly 1970's kitchen table tucked in beside a bank of speakers. The split-log walls, plastered with posters, the dated furnishings, exposed ceiling ducts, and big round bar opposite the stage give the place a comfortably retro rec room vibe. A rec room with a really great sound system.
Because, as concert-goers of a certain age, we were more concerned with a comfortable seat than a good view of the stage, we didn't really see much of the action on stage. During the entire opening set, I was able to see Shotgun Jimmie's elbow. He was wearing a red shirt, that's all I can tell you. He does have a unique and really great guitar style that the Spousal Unit was particularly taken by.
Apparently so was the fan girl who parked herself directly in front of the stage. She proceeded to make herself at home, using the corner of the stage as a repository for her purse, coat and two drinks, so that she could boogey unencumbered. I was mesmerized by her because she looked exactly like our financial advisor.
John K Samson, backed by the Provincial Band, did what he always does so well, mixed sweetly reflective and literarily-charged songs with some insanely catchy fist-pumping anthems. Gestetner, cartography, and ampersand are not words you normally hear a Friday night bar crowd singing lustily, but you do when John K Samson is the one rocking the house.
We toasted Gump Worsley. We sang the entire first verse of Left and Leaving without any vocal assistance from JKS. One couple, both still in puffy winter jackets, slow-danced to Night Windows. It was a quintessential Canadian moment.
For the final song of the encore, Samson made his way across the packed floor, stood on the bar with his guitar and led us in a rendition of Virtute the Cat Explains Her Disappearance. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
being human in Canada
I first discovered Alice Munro when I was in my twenties. Despite being a Winnipeger, I found immediate resonance in her tales of life in small town Ontario, lives primarily of girls and women. The fact that she wrote about female coming of age with a searingly unsentimental yet deeply profound voice, felt at times as though she was writing my life. I quickly devoured everything she had ever written, and then moved on.
I recently stumbled upon Runaway - Munro's 2004 collection of short stories - at the library, realized it had been years since I had read any Alice Munro, and took it home.
Some of the stories in Runaway follow the same characters over time, geography, and circumstance. I love the continuity in that approach, mainly because my main objection with Alice Munro's short stories is that, although they are as fully realized and as deep as any novel, I miss the characters when the story is done. It's comforting to see them return to the pages, older, and though not necessarily wiser, certainly with a different understanding of life.
The final story in Runaway, although a single story, is divided into chapters and spans 50 years. Perhaps another reason that Alice Munro's writing keeps resonating with me is that just as I read her coming of age stories as a young woman, I now find something of myself echoed in her current stories about women of a certain age.
Munro is at her very finest when she writes of the small tragedies of life, those often unexamined minor twists of fate that subtly but irrevocably tinge the future. Those missed encounters, those lies we tell ourselves, those misunderstandings that are never resolved - these are the currency of Munro's stories.
The collection of stories in Runaway enthralled me, moved me, and left me slightly wistful but much richer for having read them. You really should read them too.
Monday, April 09, 2012
it's just a trick of the light, don't panic
In university I always seemed to write an exam on Easter Monday, so spending the day shuffling papers and cyphering business expenses is pleasant by contrast. Besides, it's Get Your Own Damn Supper Day, compliments of the noble bird who made the ultimate sacrifice in order to grace our table last night. Even if turkey weren't so incredibly delicious, it would still be my favourite meat, just for the leftover possibilities it offers. If I play my cards right, I can get away with only having to prepare supper three times this week. Don't tell the Spousal Unit.
He's got meetings on the wet coast next week, so I am tagging along on an air miles flight and crashing for free in his hotel room. I won't get to see much of the OFKAR, as she will be writing exams, but I will help her move a few boxes into temporary storage at a friend's place. There is a week's lag between when she has to move out of the Non-Judgment Zone and when she takes over the lease on the new digs.
I can't wait to do a walk-by of NJZ 2.0. It looks to be perfectly situated, close to the university, bus, shops and Pacific Spirit Regional Park. It will be hard, not having the OFKAR come home for the summer, but knowing she is set up with housing for the year, with good roommates, will make the silence of home a little less jarring.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
I have
- my Calgary 2012 Cultural Ambassador bling. It was a real down-home shit-kicker of a media launch yesterday, complete with poet laureate Kris Demeanor leading us in a battle for chorus supremacy singalong of Sweet City Woman. (The filmer was right in front of me, you may just hear me singing)
- dark purple toe nails, almost black. I feel so secretly goth.
- heart palpitations over the breaking news that Jeff Mangum is playing the Calgary Folk Festival this year. In the same media release, came the news that Iron & Wine and Randy Newman are also coming to the festival. I always get Iron & Wine mixed up with that other heavily-bearded dude Bon Iver, so while I know I saw one of them at the folk festival a couple of years ago, I couldn't really tell you which one. Also I can't hear the name Randy Newman without thinking of that Family Guy episode where Randy Newman sings about everything that he sees.
- finished reading Ruth Rendell's The Vault, but am feeling a tad too lazy to give it a proper review. I really should, because I enjoyed it thoroughly and found it to be a completely satisfying Inspector Wexford mystery. How about a Twitteresque review, instead? Read it.
Monday, April 02, 2012
good eats, in the dark
We had decided upon a Korean menu, but, besides picking up a tub of kimchee from the nearest Korean restaurant, the only Korean dish I had previously prepared was beef bulgogi. A stroll through the internet netted me instructions to prepare:
- kongnamool (soybean sprouts), which I initially thought I turned into something capable of causing nuclear meltdown when I substituted hot chili oil for Korean chili powder, but after it denatured in the fridge for a couple of hours, it was actually super good.
- pa jun (scallion pancakes) which at the last minute I struck from the menu, when it became evident that we already had far too much food.
- jap chae glass noodles, which, interestingly, our guests brought as well. Exact same recipe too. There was definitely no shortage of noodles, although our friends made theirs with sweet potato noodles from a Korean grocery store, while I made mine with bean noodles from Co-op. They won the authenticity contest, hands down.
I feel sorry for you that you couldn't join us, because it really was a fine evening. To soften the blow somewhat, how about if I share my top secret bulgogi recipe with you?
Feel better now?


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Do you love the holidays? Whether you're a crafty person or not, the holidays are the perfect time to create some art projects. Here are some fun holiday DIY crafts you can do on your own or with the family.
Cut-Out Tree Skirt
If you have a Christmas tree, who says you have to buy a skirt? In fact, this fun DIY task doesn't even require you to sew. Buy some felt material from a craft store and draw a scalloped pattern on it. Then, just cut with scissors!
Simple Cookie Canister
Ever wonder what you could do with a Pringles can after the chips are gone? You can reuse the can by transforming it into a cookie canister. Wrap it in decorative paper and tie a ribbon to create the perfect cookie-can for upcoming holidays.
Candle Holder
Candles are the perfect accent piece at the table during the holidays. Buy a clear jar or candle holder and spruce it up with paint, stencils, and ribbon. Then, pick the perfect candle scent for the season.
Coffee Mixers
Spice up the mixing spoon but filling the spoon with chocolate, nuts, or crushed candy canes. It will give an instant holiday-themed flavor to your guests' coffee.
The holidays are coming up soon, so get those craft supplies ready!
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We will have our weekly volunteer work party on Saturday at 9 a.m. doing basic chores – watering, weeding, harvesting, and lawn maintenance. If you have some time to help out, please join us. Remember, the Eastpointe Farmer's Market will be open from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
It was a gorgeous night in the garden last night – gorgeous weather, a blue moon, and people from the community helping each other to tend the garden. We harvested again, secured and trimmed up plants and watered the beds (its been pretty warm and dry).
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The Netherlands are crisscrossed by canal networks, and some of the most charming can be found in Giethoorn in the eastern part of the country. Here, tourists will find canal landscapes of storybook legend. Narrow waterways flow past classic Dutch countryside homes and under wooden bridges. The canals connect a series of shallow lakes, and some people rent a boat or bike and simply wander around enjoying the garden-like landscapes and peaceful atmosphere.
Perhaps the most attractive aspect of Giethoorn is that it is completely vehicle-free. Though there are bike paths that run through the area, motorized traffic is virtually nonexistent. Some of the homes sit on small islands in the middle of lakes and are accessible only by bridges or boats. Giethoorn is one of the best places to get a refreshing glimpse of a place that still embraces the pre-car era.


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Industry Employment Surge Shows No Signs of Slowing
Record highs seen in overall employment, staff wages, CPA firm employment and staff, and more. By CPA Trendlines Research The U.S. tax, accounting and bookkeeping industries show no signs of slowing down, according to CPA Trendlines sources. Here CPA Trendlines … Continued


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Andrew is originally from North Wales, but has lived in Croft for over 20 years. He became a Christian in the Anglican church as a teenager, and was baptized at 18 in a Brethren church. Andrew and wife Soo have three school-age children, and Sutton's warm welcome to children drew them to the church in 2010. Andrew enjoys working as part of the team planning the Let in the Light activities, and is usually Sutton's voice of Twitter.
Relaxation is playing the piano, or playing football with the children.


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We offer some of our gas checks in large quantities on a wholesale basis. Both aluminum and copper based gas checks are available most of the time and we try to keep a bulk supply ready to ship. Items can be ordered in 1,000 quantity increments. We also offer bulk bags of 20,000 or larger if you use your own packaging. The gas checks are shipped using USPS Flat Rate Boxes worldwide. Our minimum order varies upon the caliber chosen.
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January 23, 2009 09:00
The taboo surrounding sexual content in films is to be lifted as the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court recently ruled that the "restricted screening" rating -- a powerful tool for film censorship -- unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the import and distribution of U.S. film "Shortbus," ruling to annul the "restricted screening" rating imposed on the movie by the Korea Media Rating Board, on Thursday last week. Restricted screening virtually means a film cannot be screened in regular movie theaters. Thanks to the court's ruling, "Shortbus" can be screened in cinemas. The controversial movie graphically portrays non-simulated sex scenes, such as group sex and masturbation. It has played at numerous domestic and international film festivals, and has been recognized for its artistic merits by critics.
Korean films are likely to feature more vivid depictions of sex from after the ruling. Sex scenes in Korean movies have gradually become more liberated, despite a constant struggle with the censorship system. The 1956 film "Liberated Madame" was the first to present female sexuality onscreen, and an age of erotic movies began with "Madame Aema" in 1982.
The film industry and the government censorship board have always clashed over the issue. With the abolition of restricted screening, it will be up to prosecutors and the court to judge whether a film is too lewd.
The film industry welcomes the court's decision. Film Bom CEO Jo Kwang-hee said, "Unlike TV, film audiences play an active role in choosing what to watch. It is inappropriate to censor films when there is so many pornography easily available online."
However, some are already raising concerns about the possible side-effects of the ruling. Ji Myung-hyok, professor at Kookmin University and the head of the Korea Media Rating Board, said, "I am concerned that if films like 'Shortbus' are screened in theaters, it will cause moral chaos."
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Posted on January 04, 2012 in Reports
Poll of Arab American Voters in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida
Zogby International interviewed 500 Arab American registered voters, who had indicated a likelihood of voting on November 2. The poll has a margin of error of +/_ 4.5%. The voters came from four states (MI, OH, PA, FL), reflecting the overall demographic profile of the national Arab American community.
Related Material: An Early Look at Arab Americans and the 2004 Elections


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The board is a group of individuals who offer their time and expertise to contribute to the growth and development of the Flyers. The board meets on multiple occasions across the season and the significant expertise of the members is shared and channelled into constructive discussions about the present and future operation of the club. The club is extremely grateful for the support.


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Sylwia (pronounced Sylvia) in my opinion did a fantastic job. She's a contemplater for sure and with not much time to get prepped for the show has really pulled something together that is both visually interesting and intellectually.
(This is just my take and may be totally off ) Sylwia comes off shy and I was surprised to see as one of her images a digitally filtered unclothed body part. I don't want to give it all away. Leave it up to your imagination. I saw this as a push for Sylwia to step outside a true comfort zone by exposing a potential insecurity. She printed on linen. A soft, flowing fabric which could be construed as somewhat intimate. She presents her final print with a few layers of interesting paper, screen printed linen and a frame that offers you a peek, but a boundary by which is untouchable to feel the delicateness of subject and materials.
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October 13, 2012 From 1-5PM
Estetiks – 5 S. Main Street
The House of Coffee – 22 North Main Street
Vine and Fig Tree Bistro – 19 East Sate Street (2-5PM)
For more info please call me 215-249-3625 or visit the artist group on Facebook


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Minnesota Mom Faces Jail Time For Giving Son Cannabis Oil
"I didn't give my son back alley pot. I gave him controlled medicinal cannabis," Brown told a local TV station. "I want them to have compassion for a mother that was just trying to save her child."
Brown is charged with two gross misdemeanors: endangering a child — permitting to be present when possessing a controlled substance and contribute to the need for child protection. She faces a possible two-year prison sentence if she is found guilty at trial. Brown administered the cannabis oil before Minnesota passed a medical marijuana law that goes into effect in 2015. Brown's defense attorney Michael Hughes insisted she is not guilty of child endangerment and would not offer a plea as part of a settlement offer.
Her 15-year-old son Trey has a traumatic brain injury who tried prescription medications before turning to marijuana. She claims Trey was in so much pain and discomfort that he cried himself to sleep and started punching and cutting himself. Determined to ease his pain, Brown traveled to Colorado where she purchased the cannabis oil. The results were amazing, she said. "Once it hit his system, Trey said the pressure in his brain was relieved," Brown told the Huffington Post. "You could literally see the muscle spasms stopping. He felt amazing."
Unfortunately, Brown told someone about giving Trey cannabis oil and that indivdiual reported her to the cops.