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RIM's first touch-screen BlackBerry finally hits the market. Find out if RIM's Storm lives up to the hype. read review ›
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Sometimes a good idea should stay an idea
This phone was a very cool idea. Verizon wanted an answer to the iphone. Blackberry shouldn't have been the ones to do it. Verizon wanted to keep the price point down so the storm only has a 524mhz processor and no wifi. The problem with that is a touch screen needs a much faster processor for lanscaping and quick responce. Wifi is a nice luxury for high data users. I don't think that this phone is a real business type device because of the slow response, which defeats the purpose of a blackberry. Business users with verizon, I recommend a curve, pearl, or 8830. They are excellent devices. But if, you're looking for a multimedia phone, 3.2 mp camera, a 3g browser and awesome screen resolution makes the storm a good multimedia device.
Outside of a nice screen, I find this a very poor touch screen, I held of doing a review for several months to see if there would be a significant improvement.
Nice: Screen, normal Blackberry Functions.
Not so Nice, horrible touchscreen, nasty press click. Come on guys. Build seems so so.
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Great phone
Great phone my only problem is that the touch screen dosen't work too well in humidity......
Oh how I wish it didn't break
5.0 to everything. My buddy Brendan owned this and it is a sweet device, I've used it, and likd it to, however he dropped it and the glass popped off the front. HE GOT THE PROPel pro, and no longer needed this, so sold it, but i wish it never died, bc i used it and liked the features.
I do wis they'd make the durability better, because the "YOUNGER CROWDS" are heading to this phone and then they have a bigger chance of smashing the glass- the same with the iphone.
Not What Expected
This phone is not what I was expecting after seeing all the TV commercials. It was over glorified. However, it is not terrible.
There are a few redeeming qualities.
I am running the newest OS, 126.96.36.1998
-really enjoy the clicking touch screen
-big screen
-great speaker quality
-good music player/media apps
-new threaded texting
-very slow
-screen sometimes non-responsive
-poor quality microphone
-very little app space
-battery cover comes off too easily/often
A lil disappointed
I was excited when I first got the Storm, I left another carrier in order to get it. I didn't get it the first time it came out because of the 1st gen glitches. After a while my phone started to freeze. One day it froze for over 3 hrs. The customer service offered a refurbished phone.
The phone freezes too much
how can a touch screen based phone be released without an auto screen lock while on phone calls? i bought the day it came out. i have used it to the extreme. i have been through every official and leaked firmware update. it is a complete waste of money. slow, slow, slow. the OS on this phone just simply does not flow well. it was very poorly thought out. it requires unnecessary steps to get to or access functions. mute button has never worked for any firmware version. why is it there?
blackberry storm
The worst I ever owned. Never work even after the being replace with so called up dated phone. Pro. Can't think of one, it was just a waste of money. I never trust a blackberry product again.
Not a Blackberry thing
i think the storm could of been alot better if they would of just stuck with the regular touch screen method the clicks dont make it any better i was with t-mobile for the longest and i am blackberry fan and when the storm came out i went with Verizon for a week to test the storm the system was slow the phone shape was cool but for a business phone i dint like the screen clicks and it was just one bi dumb button if they come out with a thiner version and better way to make a touch blackberry ill test that one out but if the phone works for you thats great but for a touch blackberry it sucks sorry
Worst Phone I Have Ever Had
This is the worst phone that I have ever had or even touched. I use other peoples phones a lot and they are 100% better. The touch screen is super stupid and will mess up everything that you click. Battery life is also an extreme con. IT lasts for about 1.5 hours and drains when inside a locker or building. The browser has a mindless interface and doesn't work at all.
Over All...This phone is extremely slow and laggy. I would not recommend this phone. The only pros are the blackberry standards such as the pin messaging.
Your better off buying another blackberry like the curve or tour.
Not worth the money, time, or effort.
I do not recommend this product at all and if it didn't have the standard blackberry apps, it would get a out of five. Don't buy it.


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Eliza Anna Scroggins was born March 12, 1820, at Newtown, Virginia, a small town not far from Winchester which is now called Union City. At an early age her mother moved to Winchester where she lived for some years. When a young girl, being born free, she was bound out as a nurse. During the day she looked after the children and after they retired she was made to knit stockings. This knitting was always done standing until nine p.m. Her employers were hard task-masters. Several times she ran away but was always pursued and taken back. As a punishment an extra task was added to her daily duties and always a threat accompanied to cut off her beautiful curls. To have curls was the greatest desire of her employer's children, but their hair was very straight; hence, arose a spirit of jealousy. Mrs. Scroggins went to see Eliza. Eliza told her mother all of her sorrows and few joys and of the threat to cut her hair. The mother protested and said that under no circumstances must this be done. With Eliza's feeling of discontent and the continuous running away it was decided to have her return to her home. Some time afterward she left Winchester for Wheeling, W. Va. She became a member of the Presbyterian Church (white) of that city and was an acceptable member during her stay. Among her employers of Wheeling was the family of a Presbyterian minister, Wade by name. The Wades were very fond of her and treated her more like one of the family, permitting her to sit in the living room with them evenings to sew or knit. She often related how Mrs. Wade would leave the
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Following up on Britney Spears' Jamestown ancestor Richard Pace, I just discovered that we would have been deprived of one of the most loved Hollywood icons if Richard had not done what he did.
According to the ancestral history already digitally mapped out in the Family Forest®, Richard Pace is one of the 11th great-grandfathers of Britney Spears.
According to recorded history, Edward Spalding or Spaulding of Chelmsford, MA and his family survived the Indian massacre at Jamestown before moving to Massachusetts.
Also according to the ancestral history already digitally mapped out in the Family Forest®, Edward Spaulding's son Benjamin was one of Katharine Hepburn's 6th great-grandfathers.
If Richard Pace had not survived his planned assassination and gone on to warn the Jamestown Colony, if Edward Spaulding had not survived the Indian massacre to become the father of Benjamin Spaulding, if one of Katharine Hepburn's ancestors had never been born, would Katharine have never been born? Or would she have been born as someone else?
We will never know. But we do know that Oscar-winner Katharine Hepburn portrayed another one of Britney Spears' ancestors, Eleanor of Aquitaine, in The Lion in Winter.
So one ancestor of Britney Spears was responsible for saving the life on a man who would later become an ancestor of the most Oscar-winning Hollywood actresses of all times, and she would portray one of Britney's (and also Katharine's) ancestors.
If one Indian had not disobeyed his Chief, there would have been no Katharine Hepburn, and maybe no Britney Spears (her 10th great-grandfather George Pace was born well before the massacre, and may or may not have been at Jamestown at the time). History pivots on small events.


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Superstorm Sandy toppled trees, damaged roofs, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and towns were now forced to decide whether or not to delay Halloween festivities.
State officials said the job Tuesday was to assess damage and start the cleanup. The state Emergency Management Agency sent 31 "rapid assessment" teams across Massachusetts to determine where the worst damage was and where to concentrate assistance.
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"We want to get boots on the ground and eyes on the scene to see what's going on out there," said Peter Judge, a spokesman for the agency.
Bay State towns were deciding what to do about Halloween.
So far, Holyoke, Norwell, Methuen, Leominster, Lunenburg, Ashby and Fitchburg decided to postpone trick-or-treating until Saturday.
In Sudbury, trick-or-treating was delayed until Friday.
Boston Mayor Tom Menino said all Halloween events in the city will continue as planned.
"City departments have been working hard out in the neighborhoods to ensure the safety of our trick-or-treaters following the storm, and we're looking forward to an enjoyable night for residents of all ages," Menino said.
City officials in Salem said they expect the annual Haunted Happenings to go on as scheduled Halloween night.
Kate Fox, head of the city's tourism agency, said an estimated 50,000 costumed revelers are expected in the city on Wednesday for events culminating with evening fireworks over Salem Harbor.
There were no reports of deaths or even serious injuries but nearly 300,000 customers remained without power early Tuesday, down from about 400,000 at the peak of the storm.
Trees blocked streets across the state, and the high winds ripped off part of the roof of a Waltham condominium building Monday night, forcing the evacuation of about 25 residents.
Dozens of shelters opened, but just 161 people took advantage of them, Judge said.
Nick Guarda, a Red Cross volunteer shelter manager at Durfee High School in Fall River, said 17 or 18 people showed up Monday night, but most went home when their power came on and just one person stayed overnight. "They just wanted to get back to their homes," he said.
And one person stayed overnight at a shelter at Scituate High School, a community south of Boston that regularly experiences coastal flooding during storms.
"All in all, comparatively, we weathered it pretty well," compared with New York and New Jersey, said Town Administrator Patricia Vinchesi.
The town's Harbor Community Building lost part of its roof, she said, while coastal sections of town experienced only some "minor overwash" from the raging seas.
Hans Muller was out walking his dog in Scituate on Tuesday. He lost some roof shingles from his waterfront home, but said Sandy was nowhere near as devastating as the so-called "perfect storm" of 1991.
Life was getting back to normal in much of the state.
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The research at the Students at the Center (studentsatthecenter.org) wrote nine reports on student-centered learning. Eric Toshalls, Ed.D., and Michael Nakkula, Ed.D. in one report, wrote the research on "Learning Theory: Motivation, Engagement and Student Voice" that described:
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Motivation - Without motivation, there is no push to learn
Engagement - Without engagement, there is no way to learn
Voice - Without voice, there is no authenticity in learning
"For students to create a new knowledge, to succeed academically, and to develop into healthy adults, they require each of these experiences."
Toshalls and Nakkula
Technology, especially mobile devices, allows learning to feel more personal. Everything is at your fingertips. In fact, there are thousands of new apps and online courses available every day. If a school does not offer a class, you can take it online. Textbooks are going digital which will make a difference in access to content for many learners. Learning objects and games can build skills that engage learners in the content. Learners are more connected than ever before. Being connected to the content offers opportunities for anyone to learn anywhere anytime. With so much content readily available, much of it can be a distraction. A teacher as a partner in learning can help facilitate learning.
Blending learning offers learning opportunities that are usually not available in a traditional classroom. Personalized learning is built on relationships. Educational researchers from Brown University (2000) set out to define "personalized learning" based on events occurring in a regular school day, assembling into categories that might explain how schools can organize themselves to personalize learning for all students. They identified six categories of supportive interactions across all schools, each reflecting a developmental need of students.
Reference: Chapter 10 of the publication, "Making Learning Personal: Educational Practices That Work" by John Clarke and Edorah Fraizer http://knowledgeloom.org/redehs/media/pl_ch10.pdf
This research demonstrated how learner's personal needs can be met as flexible options for engaged learning. They determined that when you take into account how learners learn best based on their needs, talents, and aspirations and there is a learning environment that trusts and respects each learner, the learner self-directs their learning to find their purpose and goals for learning.
"Historically, most classrooms have been 'curriculum-centered' rather than 'student-centered.' The core elements of the curriculum is most schools-textbooks and related print materials - are fixed, standardized, uniform, one-size-fits-all, but students on the other hand, are anything but uniform or standardized." [Curricular Opportunities Digital Age. Students at the Center by David H. Rose, Ph.D and Jenna W. Gravel, March 2012]
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Personalized learning as described in the research at Brown is built on the framework of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) that is based upon decades of brain-research and neuroscience of individual differences, human variability and on how we learn. UDL is often thought about how it relates to special education, but to dispel that myth, the UDL principles is about how we understand how every learner learns.
"Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs." (www.cast.org)
If you start with the learner by considering their interests, passions, aspirations, and talents and use Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles:
- how the learner accesses content
- how they engage with that content
- how they express what they know
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Being connected to technology does not always mean the learner has a voice and choice in what and how they learn. The culture of traditional school with bell schedules, pacing guides, and standardized tests doesn't allow for flexibility in instructional practice. There are blended learning environments that offer multiple stations with highly structured rotation schedules and opportunities for teachers to provide intervention strategies based on data. In most cases, these rotation schedules are fit into existing bell schedules. Just putting students in front of a computer or mobile device that keeps track of performance based on algorithms is not personalizing learning. The teacher or the technology "personalizes" the learning for the learner.
When you use Universal Design for Learning principles for all learners, they have a voice in choosing how they access, engage and express the content. In a structured, blended learning environment, the teacher manages the schedules and uses data to provide intervention strategies. Blended learning can contribute to a personalized learning environment if there are flexible schedules and learners are involved in the design of their learning.
Partners in Learning
Maybe it's all about semantics. Change the word "student" to "learner" and think about the teacher as a guide or facilitator of learning. Being a student implies that learning starts with the curriculum and is done to you. Being a learner means that learning is self-directed and can happen anywhere and anytime. As a partner in learning, the teacher is a co-designer and co-learner with their learners. Terms tend to get lost in translation because "personalized" means something different to different organizations. Consider that learning is "personal" when it starts with the learner. A personalized learning environment can be where the teacher is a partner in learning with their learners if learning starts with the learners.
Does "flipping the classroom" personalize learning? Flipping the classroom means that teachers are uploading their lectures and content for students to review, study, and learn outside of the classroom. This leaves the classroom time to discuss, experiment, and collaborate on projects. Flipping the classroom is still teacher-directed but it is moving in the right direction. Learning is more collaborative and starting to be less passive. Learning needs to be active so it is challenging, rigorous and engaging. To have learning more active, teachers and learners as partners in learning can co-design lessons and assessment strategies and flip lessons together. They can use assessment as learning to reflect on their learning as it happens instead of waiting until a quiz or end of year test.
All of this can happen more effectively when each learner has technology that provides access to the content with a teacher as a learning guide. Technology can support assessment as learning in multiple forms: games, learning objects that provide ongoing checks for understanding, publishing online, collaborative projects, and reflection on evidence of learning as ePortfolios. Technology can engage learners in the learning process so they own and drive their learning. Personalized learning environments start with the learners, not the curriculum nor the technology.
Consider starting with the learners who co-design how they blend online and face-to-face learning with their teachers as partners in learning.


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Christian rights challenged more often: academic
London: Judges are more likely to interfere with Christians' freedom to practise their faith than Muslims or Sikhs, a leading Oxford philosopher has claimed.
Professor Roger Trigg said British courts are reluctant to "lecture" members of other faiths about their rights but "think they know about Christianity".
He said they were treading on "very dangerous ground" by making decisions about what is and what is not a crucial component of someone's religion.
Professor Trigg, one of Britain's foremost authorities on religious freedom, was assessing a European Court of Human Rights judgment involving four Britons who believed that their right to practise their faith at work had been suppressed.
Nadia Eweida, a British Airways check-in clerk, and Shirley Chaplin, a former nurse, were told to remove small crosses because of their employers' uniform policy.
Gary McFarlane, a former counsellor for Relate, and Lilian Ladele, a former marriage registrar from Islington, were refused the right to opt out of performing tasks that they said conflicted with their views on homosexuality.
Only Miss Eweida, a member of the Coptic Orthodox church, won her case in Strasbourg, after the judges accepted for the first time that wearing a cross was an important expression of her Christianity.
British courts had rejected her challenge on the grounds that wearing a cross is not part of a Christian's "core beliefs" as it is not explicitly commanded, unlike the hijab for Muslims or Sikh turbans.
Professor Trigg said the European judgment exposed double standards in British courts on what constitutes a core belief.
"Gradually everything is being chipped away," he said. "I'm not quite sure what the core belief of a Christian is because the courts say, 'Ah well, not all Christians believe in this'.
"And then the question is do you count as a Christian anyway?
"But it does seem to me that for the courts to get involved in theological judgments about what is or is not important to people is very dangerous ground indeed and they have been treading on that.
"I think sometimes the courts think too easily they know about Christianity.
"They are more reluctant to start lecturing Muslims and Sikhs but they do make these judgments about Christianity.
"So from the Eweida point of view, I think it's quite refreshing that they said, 'Actually, there is a right here that's being engaged'."
The European Court rejected the other three cases because religious rights clashed with other rights.
Mrs Chaplin's cross fell foul of the hospital's health and safety policy and Miss Ladele and Mr McFarlane's stances were judged to be discriminatory against homosexuals.
Professor Trigg said although the hospital should be free to set its health and safety policy, religion appeared to be last in a pecking order of rights.
He told a discussion group held by Theos, a theology think tank: "I have a great deal of worry about the fact that courts tend to say that when there's an encroachment on the interests of others, when there's a conflict of rights, religious rights always lose.
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MTA and NEA Recommend Markey for U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON - February 13, 2013 -
The Massachusetts Teachers Association and the National Education Association announced today that they are recommending U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (5th Congressional District) in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John F. Kerry.
"Congressman Markey has been a strong and effective advocate for public education and the rights of working men and women," said MTA President Paul Toner. "He knows how to get things done. He is intelligent, hard-working and principled. If Ed Markey is elected, we are confident he will fight as hard for students and public education in the U.S. Senate as he has done in the House."
The largest union in the state, the MTA has 110,000 members, including preK-12 teachers, education support professionals, public higher education faculty and staff, and public education retirees. The MTA is the state affiliate of the 3-million-member NEA. The recommendation will enable the associations to organize their members and advocate on behalf of Markey before the primary on April 30.
"I am honored to receive the endorsement of our educators – the Massachusetts Teachers Association and National Education Association. Education is fundamental to ensuring opportunity for all and building a strong economy," said Representative Markey. "Educators teach not only students but also families, communities and the entire country, and I am proud to stand with them as we work together for a better Massachusetts. I will continue to work to ensure our teachers have the resources they need to provide the best education system possible for our children."
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel said, "Ed Markey has been a friend of educators, students and organized labor for over 30 years. NEA is proud to stand behind him for U.S. Senate. Representative Markey has fought hard for Massachusetts workers and families, protecting vital programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and education from cuts. He's shown unwavering commitment to educators and students during his career in Congress, and that's exactly the kind of education advocate we need in the Senate."
After interviewing the candidates and reviewing their voting records and responses to a questionnaire, the MTA's Candidate Recommendation Committee voted to recommend Markey to the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education, the NEA's political action committee. The NEA formally approved that recommendation today.
Markey, the longest-serving member of Congress from Massachusetts, describes himself as a "passionate progressive" on his campaign website. Toner said that the CRC was impressed by Markey's lifelong support for public education. He was the lead House author of the E-Rate program (for "Education Rate") passed as part of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. E-Rate has provided federal subsidies to connect schools and libraries to the Internet.
"He recognized early on that our students will not be able to compete in the global economy if they do not have early access to up-to-date technology," said Toner.
Markey also has a strong track record of backing special education funding, increased online privacy protections for children, programs to fight childhood obesity and fair access to student loans. He is leading the charge for new laws to make schools safe from gun violence.
In addition to supporting public education and working families, Markey is known for fighting climate change, promoting safe energy, supporting women's rights and reducing income inequality.
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Hi guys! I'm Omar Samad, (as if you couldn't read my username, lol) but you can just call me Omar. Anyway, to brag a little, I'm a great swimmer, it comes from years of wanting to be a merman. I'm also an artist, (I drew my profile picture in Dec. 2009 in like 10 minutes.) I can also cook, if I might say so, I make the best Snickerdoodles ever, lol. My favorite colors are Red, Purple, and Blue. I came across the Harry Potter series in very late 1999, a while before the movie came out in theaters. And after watching the movie, I fell completely in love with the series. I love the adventure, the mystery, the horrors, and of course the magic. Witchcraft and magic are very great appeals to me.
My ethnicity is Indian, (not like Pocahontas), Indian like Padma and Parvati Patil. I'm also a devoted Muslim. (But I swear, I'm not a terrorist, and the last thing I would ever do is murder someone.)
Well, Harry Potter is my favorite novel, and I'm really excited to be a member of this Wikia. I love it, and I love learning new stuff, or relearning stuff from the novels. My favorite characters are Hermione, Harry, Ron, Dumbledore, Bellatrix, and Snape. My favorite book of the series is The Deathly Hallows, The Prisoner of Azkaban, and The Philosopher's Stone. If there's anything else about me you wanna know, just ask or leave a comment. Lots of love!
My Favorite Pages & Characters
- Wandlore
- Wand wood
- Dragon Heartstring
- Hornbeam
- Hermione Granger
- Harry Potter
- Ron Weasley
- Ginny Weasley
- Neville Longbottom
- Albus Dumbledore
- Fred Weasley
- George Weasley
- James Potter I
- Remus Lupin
- Nymphadora Tonks
- Rubeus Hagrid
- Lily Evans
- Sirius Black
- Minerva McGonagall
- Severus Snape
- Bellatrix Lestrange → not because I support the character, or share her views, it's mostly because Helena Bonham Carter does such an astounding job of playing her, I can't help but feel a soft spot for her character, even though she is "as bonkers as they come."
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|This user is a master of Nonverbal spells
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|This user supports Hogwarts.
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|This user is a fan of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
|This user is a fan of Quidditch.
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|This user loves to eat Chocolate Frogs.
|This user ain't afraid of no ghosts.
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|This user supports the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare.
|This user is an Animagus.
|This user thinks the casting for the Harry Potter films was done very well.
|This user can NEVER tell which one is Fred and which one is George in the movies.
|This user is a fan of Fred and George Weasley.
|This user enjoys playing Wizard's Chess.
|This user was very sad when Hedwig died.
|This user was deeply saddened by the death of Albus Dumbledore.
|This user was in tears when Fred Weasley died
|This user's heart broke when Sirius Black died
|This user was saddened by the death of Sirius Black.
|This user was saddened by the death of Remus Lupin.
and Tonks too!
|This user is a fan of Dobby.
|This user was very sad when Fawkes left the school.
|This user wanted to jump out of his seat and get the Death Eaters who destroyed The Burrow
|This user thinks a life-sentence in Azkaban is too good for Umbridge.


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The ladies of The Bachelor are about to brawl.
On Monday's episode, tension between front-runners Nikki and Clarecomes to a head when Nikki abruptly walks out on a conversation the women are having at their hotel in Miami.
The Bachelor's Chris Harrison: Sharleen's conflicted feelings will come to a head
"Clare is like a dog," Nikki says during her confessional. "She peed on [Juan Pablo] first, she claimed her territory and the fact is she claimed some territory that might not be hers."
Says Clare, "I feel like Nikki is always gets away with just being a b----. I'm not OK with that."
Watch the tense confrontation:
The Bachelor airs on Mondays at 8/7c on ABC.


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Weather Blog: Weather in the fast lane
Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 Blog! Quickly changing weather conditions will highlight the weather forecast this week. The fast paced weather was jump started over the weekend. In today's blog we discuss the changes ahead and when another large storm system impacts southeastern Wisconsin.
Let's start with the dramatic change that occurred in the span of about 18 hours in Milwaukee. Sunday morning started with a light dusting of snow and temperatures in the low 30s. By Sunday night a warm front surged north resulting in a temperature jump of 13 degrees between 1am-2am! Wind driven rain also fell with a total of 0.11" in the city.
Any break from rain showers looks to be fairly short, in the range of hours to possibly a day. The next round of scattered showers arrives around 4pm today and continues through 9pm this evening. Futurecast forecast below is valid at 6pm showing showers from Port Washington to Waukesha and points south.
The driest day this week looks to be Tuesday as of right now. If you have outdoor plans or need to schedule some outside work, Tuesday is your day. Temperatures will be a little cooler with highs in the 50s.
The focus by Wednesday shifts to a large storm system that will bring severe weather, heavy rain and snow, and a huge temperature spread to the Midwest and Plains. The impacts from this system will be felt in southeastern Wisconsin starting Wednesday with rain developing by afternoon, and temperatures sliding as winds increase off Lake Michigan.
The GFS computer model forecast valid at 7pm Wednesday is shown below. The 'L' or low pressure center is located near the panhandle of Oklahoma.
Periods of rain and thunderstorms are likely in southeast Wisconsin from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday night. The thunderstorms should stay below severe levels in southern Wisconsin assuming we stay in the cold part of this system. A different story in the southern Midwest and central Plains where severe weather is likely.
The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted areas from Iowa and Illinois to Texas as locations that have a risk of severe weather from Wednesday through Thursday morning. Wisconsin is in the green shaded area, or the general thunderstorm outlook.
The potential for heavier rains will again be possible. Right now 1"-2"+ of rain is expected mid-week. As colder air wraps into the storm our precipitation may end as snowflakes by Friday. Life in the weather fast lane looks to continue this week with a fast paced forecast.
For the latest weather information watch WISN 12 News, and for updates throughout the day follow me on Twitter @jnelsonweather
Have a great day!
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I was visiting my friend Tim via Facebook the other day and saw a post on his page with the words; The Angel in the Clock…A Fairytale about Time. How could I not click on that. Life doesn't always give us a fairytale ending but when we do believe in childhood dreams, romance or everyday miracles of life, it gives us hope. It's the pure innocence of believing which makes us all smile from deep within. When we stop believing in things that make our life rich and full, we stop living.
I visited The Angel in the Clock blog and loved what I read. I instantly wanted to share it on Tara Cronica. I connected with Mike Uriegas the Producer/Director and here we are! "Looking to give a stronger meaning to his work, Mike is currently developing a not-for-profit business model dedicated exclusively in sourcing funds to produce advertising for charities around the world as a mean to promote the work of thousands of people that are trying to make this world a better place." My kinda guy!
The Angel in the Clock team is a group of outstanding, talented, passionate individuals all with a common purpose of making a difference in the lives of others. It doesn't get much better than that!
The AngeL in the Clock
"This story follows the adventure of Amelia, an infirm girl that wants to stop time as a way to solve her delicate condition. While doing so, she meets the angel Malachi.
Malachi draws Amelia to the Fields of Time, a place beyond the mortal realm where hundreds upon hundreds of clock-castles float in the sky. In a quest to discover why time cannot be stopped, why life is worth fighting for, Amelia's life will change forever.
A story about faith and dreams that will take your breath away."
Enjoy the teaser…
The Angel in the Clock is a visually beautiful and audibly intriguing 4-minute animated short film promoting the cause of Childhood Cancer Canada, the country's leading foundation dedicated to funding national research while delivering critical education, community, and connectivity programs to children with cancer and their families.
Take a moment to check out their site, you will be inspired just as I was to spread the word! It only takes one person to make a difference, it's your turn!


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July 4th - National Harbor Fireworks And Concert | Events
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (WUSA) -- The National Harbor will host an evening with fireworks and music to celebrate the Fourth of July.
• Live jazz musicians playing music on the waterfront plaza
• A stunning fireworks show to accompany musicians set against the backdrop of the Potomac
• Tree-lined streets featuring a number of boutique shops and restaurant patios
• Visitors posted on blankets and chairs enjoying the music, passersby strolling along the marina and wide walkways of the property.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 7:00 p.m.
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Want to earn money? Then say it!
When you go to a MLB or NFL game, it is obvious that the franchises do all they can to earn more money. So do we in our jobs, but apparently we do all we can to hide this fact in our customer relationships. Here's why we should change that approach.


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Please submit all Open Records Requests here. If your request is related to an offender please include his name and DOC number in the subject line.
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The Indiana Department of Correction now has its own YouTube Channel:
The Indiana Department of Correction Channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheIndianaDOC
YouTube Channel is an easy way to keep up with recent news and events from around the state!
Watch videos from IDOC events, news stories, and documentaries.
Like the Indiana Department of Correction on Facebook!
Stay connected to the IDOC at http://www.facebook.com/IndianaDOC
Receive updates or participate in discussions about corrections. No Facebook account is necessary in order to view updates! A link to the Facebook page can also be found on the IDOC's homepage.
Follow the Indiana Department of Correction on Twitter @IndianaDOC
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No Twitter account is necessary in order to view the updates! A link to the Twitter page can also be found on the IDOC's homepage.
Women Behind Bars (with Sir Trevor McDonald)
Plum Pictures/ITV
Women Behind Bars premiered in the UK on ITV on September 26, 2013. Following the success of his series, Inside Death Row, Sir Trevor McDonald sets out to visit some of the most dangerous women criminals in the United States. With unique access to The Rockville Correctional Facility and Indiana Women's Prison, Trevor witnesses a world of seduction and manipulation as inmates prey on each other and those who guard them.
Inside Death Row (with Sir Trevor McDonald)
Plum Pictures/ITV
Inside Death Row premiered on the ITV1, the UK's highest-rated commercial channel, in January 2013. This two-part series sees veteran presenter Sir Trevor McDonald come face to face with some of the world's most dangerous criminals as he gets exclusive access to one of America's oldest and most notorious prisons. The documentary features both staff and offenders and will the audience insight into the day-to-day operations of a maximum security prison, as well as the rehabilitative programming that the Department provides to offenders. The host of the show, Sir Trevor McDonald, is a highly respect British broadcast journalist.
Parole Diaries
Towers Productions/TV One
Parole Diaries premiered on TV One on September 12, 2012. Parole Diaries follows nine dedicated parole officers of the Indianapolis Parole District #3 Office as they tackle their most difficult and heart-wrenching cases. The 13-episode series, produced by Towers Productions, offers a look inside the parole officers' day, working with sex offenders, convicted murderers and addicts. It's extremely tough work, but these civil servants offer the ex-cons something rare: a second chance. Each one-hour episode will follow three dynamic parole officers on the job and the parolee, or client, they are serving. The work these officers perform is high on stress, low on glamour, and extremely dangerous. Yet, with each case there is the possibility of positive change and the emotional uplift from delivering a second chance. With each episode, Parole Diaries promises to deliver new insights into this area of the criminal justice system as well as reveal the power in receiving a second a chance.
First Week In
44 Blue Productions/Discovery
The premiere episode of FIRST WEEK IN, featuring the Reception Diagnostic Center (RDC), aired on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 9:00 PM (ET/PT) and was followed by six more episodes. FIRST WEEK IN follows a new set of inmates each week as they enter and adjust to life in prison during the most critical of all times, their first week in. How they act, what they encounter and who they mix with will determine what prison life will be like for the rest of their time behind bars. RDC appeared in episodes three and four.
Young Kids, Hard Time
Calamari Productions/MSNBC
Filmed in the Youth Incarcerated As Adults (YIA) unit at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, "Young Kids, Hard Time" reveals what life is like for kids as young as 12 who will grow up behind bars. The YIA unit is home to 53 kids who are rarely permitted to leave the unit, due to the dangers posed by the adult prisoners just outside their door. But once a youth offender turns 18, they begin the immediate transition into the general prison population, where thousands of adult prisoners await. "Young Kids, Hard Time" explores post-conviction life for children staring down decades behind bars, illuminating the effects of sentencing kids to the adult prison system, and whether or not this practice leads to a safer society. MSNBC premiered the first episode of "Young Kids, Hard Time," on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 10:00 P.M. EST.
Lock Up Extended Stay: Wabash Valley
44 Blue Productions/MSNBC
The prison documentary series Lock Up Extended Stay, filmed at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, follows offenders housed at the maximum security facility in Carlisle, IN as they attend disciplinary hearings, receive visits from family, and interact with other inmates. The Wabash Valley Correctional Facility houses more than 2,000 convicted felons including some of the highest security prisoners in the state. It is a fortress among farms. A crew from 44 Blue spent months inside speaking with offenders and staff. MSNBC's Lockup Extended Stay explores some of the country's most dangerous maximum-security prisons throughout the United States, profiling notable inmates, incidents, and prison operations. The first of six episodes for MSNBC Lockup: Extended Stay Wabash Valley aired on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 10:00 P.M. EST. The series continued for five more consecutive Saturdays finishing on December 31, 2011.
Babies Behind Bars
Firecrack Films/TLC
Babies Behind Bars tells the dramatic story of pregnant inmates contending for a spot in the coveted "baby dorm," a radical new project that allows selected offenders at Indiana Women's Prison, to keep their babies with them while they serve their sentence. The documentary special Babies Behind Bars, filmed at the Indiana Women's Prison, premiered February 24, 2011 on TLC.
Episode 1, "Having a Baby in Prison is No Picnic" Donna focuses on surviving an otherwise harsh life in general population; Bobbie makes it a priority to become the mother she never was; and Balbina hopes bonding with her baby allows the opportunity to get back the life she lost to drugs.
Episode 2, "I'm a Dangerous Criminal" (TV-14)
The program represents a chance at redemption for Rebecca; Tammy is solely focused on learning to be a good mother to her disabled daughter; and Heather wants a chance to make amends by learning to become a responsible parent.
Breaking Down the Bars
44 Blue Productions/The Oprah Winfrey Network
This unique series about life behind bars will chronicle the journey of a select group of women in three different stages of incarceration; entering prison, others mid-sentence and a few preparing to re-integrate into society. These women will share their personal journeys of self-discovery and redemption while they try to make peace with their families, their regrets, their hopes, their dreams, and life on the inside. But first, they'll need to break down their own bars, face the why and how so they can begin the long climb back. Breaking Down the Bars, filmed at the Rockville Correctional Facility, premiered on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on Tuesday, February 14, 2011.
Inmates Got Talent
Doin' Time Entertainment LLC
In this compelling, first-of-its-kind documentary, The Redemption Project: Inmates Got Talent, we visit a medium security prison (with a max section as well) and interact with convicts in a unique, dramatic and ultimately comedic fashion in an effort to help them turn over a new leaf so they can become productive members of society. This completed unscripted project is about redemption and second chance. On a national level, statistics issued have shown that up to 75% of convicts return to prison. With humor and drama, The Redemption Project: Inmates Got Talent explores a way to reverse this trend. In the film, two fish-out-of-water comedians (Johnny Collins and Joel Jerome) visit Putnamville Correctional in Indiana and organize a talent contest as a way to rehab the prison's inmates. The show includes performances by a few established comedians (Steve Wilson, Edwin San Juan and Big Mike Mitchell); as well as inmates who want to pursue the entertainment industry (singing, comedy and acting) as a way to live productive, crime-free lives. Could a career in comedy, music or acting help rehabilitate some inmates?
Lock Up: Indiana State Prison
44 Blue Productions/MSNBC
Indiana State Prison was built during the Civil War to house prisoners of war. Today, three out of four inmates are in for murder, making it is one of the most dangerous prisons in the country. Documentary producer Hillary Heath took a camera crew inside this "city behind walls" to find out about life on death row, the high level of security needed to protect chaplains from prisoners and to talk to the tough officers that risk their lives keeping order amongst some of the country's most violent criminals.
Lock Up: Inside Wabash Valley
44 Blue Productions/MSNBC
Lockup explore prison facilities throughout the United States, profiling notable inmates, incidents, and prison operations. The series follows offenders housed at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility as they attend disciplinary hearings, receive visits from family, and interact with other inmates. Lock Up is America's top-rated and longest-running prison reality series. This groundbreaking reality television series takes viewers on a gritty, in-depth journey through some of the country's most dangerous maximum-security prisons and jails, capturing all the life and death drama that unfolds every day.
Lock Up Extended Stay: Pendleton Juvenile
Calamari Productions/MSNBC
Pendleton is the last stop in Indiana for young offenders who have committed serious crimes. Unlike adult prisons, staff here must deal with impulsive teen behavior that can escalate without warning. With extraordinary access from the Indiana Department of Correction and the Indiana Supreme Court, Lockup: Pendleton Juvenile takes cameras inside one of America's largest maximum security juvenile prisons to document the daily lives and struggles of nearly 400 teen boys work toward rehabilitation and a future free of crime.
Lock Up Special Investigation: Lake County Juvenile Justice
Calamari Productions/MSNBC
From the confines of America's juvenile detention facilities to the razor wire of juvenile prison to the heart pounding juvenile courtroom hearings where everything is on the line, Lake County Juvenile Justice explores where juvenile crime begins, how it evolves, and what's at stake for kids, families and professionals in the system. Winner of the 2010 AWRT Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding TV series and 2010 Clarion Award for Outstanding Documentary Series.
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Prison Praise
Prison Praise Videos
Terry Harman with Awakenings Community Services, Inc. has created religious-themed music videos. As a volunteer at the Indiana State Prison, he had these videos professionally made without state funding. The organization encourages that donations be made to victim assistance funds and charities in honor of the touching stories told in the videos. To find out more about the program or acquire additional videos, please contact Mr. Harman at (219) 781-9253.
Indiana State Prison Continuing Education Council
The video Setting Boundaries, Saving Lives was produced by the Continuing Education Council (CEC), and the Education faculty at the Indiana State Prison (ISP). The first part of the video features interviews with men who went through the ISP education program, and the second part features a role playing demonstration of how privacy needs to be guarded when dealing with offenders in all settings. Click here for more information on the CEC.
Setting Boundaries, Saving Lives video
The Indiana Department of Correction, in partnership with the Indiana Project Safe Neighborhoods and U.S. Attorney's Office, created "Choices," a short documentary featuring offenders from the Indiana Women's Prison discussing the bad choices they made and how must deal with them in the future.


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Transporting and accumulating unit handling, such as cardboards or containers. Also suitable for implementing buffer sections.
It is a double friction roller whose two-side friction couplings are connected with each other by an internal tube. Positioning materials of different widths to the friction side are not required in this case.
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17 April 2013 | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Starpharma dendrimer technologies gets patent protection until 2019
Starpharma dendrimer technologies gets patent protection until 2029
Singapore: Australia's Starpharma has been granted three new patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office (US PTO). The patents provide "composition of matter" protection for Starpharma's dendrimer technologies for drug delivery until 2029 in the US.
The patents offer broad and long-standing protection, and are in addition to other patent filings that encompass the company's leading delivery candidate, which is a dendrimer-enhanced version of the anti-cancer drug docetaxel (Taxotere). Dr Jackie Fairley, CEO, Starpharma, said that the granting of these patents coincides with growing interest in nanomedicine by pharmaceutical companies, and a strong deal-making environment. "In 2013 alone we have seen Pfizer, Amgen and Astellas Pharma each sign deals in the nanomedicine space with the aim of progressing pre-clinical drug candidates to market," he said.
Dendrimer formulations of existing drugs offer the ability to create proprietary products which have advantages such as improved drug efficacy, reduced toxicity, improved solubility, extended drug half-life and targeting of pharmaceuticals to specific cells or tissues. The patents are not limited by disease area or route of delivery, and apply to dendrimer applications involving many classes of drugs such as small molecules, proteins, peptides and antibodies.
China's patent office has also informed the company that it has allowed a similarly broad, drug delivery-related patent for Starpharma in this important Asian market. This fourth patent , will expire in 2027, will be granted once an administrative process is complete.
Dr Jackie Fairley, CEO, Starpharma, said that, "The granting of these patents adds to Starpharma's considerable dendrimer intellectual property portfolio and expands the Company's patents on drug delivery-related applications. They provide a firm footing for the commercialisation of our drug delivery technology, via our internal programs and work with partners including some of the largest global pharmaceutical companies."


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Hulk Hogan discussed how unnecessary surgeries from the Laser Spine Institute prevented a career-ending match with John Cena during an interview with Fighting Spirit Magazine.
"It was part of a 25-year deal with WWE. I was filming Hogan Knows Best, and Vince McMahon and I started negotiating. It was at a time when I was coming back for the one-off shows with Shawn (Michaels) and Randy (Orton).
But it's wrong about Cena — that was just part of the whole thing where I would show up once in a while and wrestle. It was one of those times where Vince and I were in love one day, and fighting the next. We were negotiating a 25-year deal, and part of it was me wrestling Cena in Orlando at Wrestlemania. I called Vince and said, 'I'm good to go'. I'd just had my first back surgery, and everything was supposed to be perfect, but just before I was due on TV, my back went. I was scared to call Vince, but when I did, I was like, 'Dude, my back has gone out again'. After more surgeries, instead of a morphine pump to ease the pain, they inserted a battery (into my back) that was made by NASA for the space shuttle, and lasts forever."


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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Wordless Wednesday - A Hawk and the Moon
A hawk and the moon.
Well, our neighborhood has a few interesting residents, namely a mating pair of hawks. I think they are Red-tailed Hawks. On Monday they were circling high above the houses looking for prey. One landed in a large oak. I tried my best to get a picture, but the point and shoot zoom isn't the clearest. After watching the new Tinker Bell movie, my daughter is extremely frightened of the hawks. In the movie a hawk tries to capture Tink with its talons. We've seen them capture squirrels around here.
The moon on Monday night had this hazy ring around it. It was so bright it almost looked like the sun! I'll be reviewing a couple moon themed books in the next month, with some giveaways. Stay tuned...
Preview more of this week's Wordless Wednesday posts at 5 Minutes for Mom.
Posted by Brimful Curiosities at 6:00 AM
Labels: Wordless Wednesday
7 comments:
- Unknown said...
Ooh, that's so cool! Hawks are so creepy yet astonishing! Happy WW!
- November 12, 2008 at 9:23 AM
- KC said...
great shots.
Happy WW
- November 12, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- Ali said...
Love the pics! Happy WW!
- November 12, 2008 at 10:58 AM
- The Butterfly Catcher said...
Great pic of the moon. . .kinda reminded of the Scripture about even the darkness being light to God!
- November 12, 2008 at 11:05 AM
- Heather said...
Great photo of the moon!
- November 12, 2008 at 5:01 PM
- Unknown said...
Love the photos.
- November 12, 2008 at 7:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
I love the mom photo! Great shots. Happy WW!
- November 12, 2008 at 9:23 PM
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The Orlando Magic's offseason officially ends Monday.
Eighteen players will gather at Amway Center for the team's annual media day. On Tuesday, the squad will hold its first practice to prep for the 2013-14 season.
The regular-season opener looms on Oct. 29, less than a month from now.
What does the team need to accomplish before then? Here's a checklist of what it needs to do.
Make Oladipo comfortable
The Magic will test rookie Victor Oladipo immediately. Oladipo, who played shooting guard in college, will be asked to play perhaps a significant amount at point guard, continuing the experiment the team began during its summer-league exhibitions.
Oladipo faces a difficult test in the weeks ahead. A rookie season is difficult for any player — even someone who played three years of college ball at Indiana, as Oladipo did — and now Oladipo will try to pick up the nuances of the most complex position on the floor.
Magic officials believe he can excel as a defender at both guard positions, but anyone would acknowledge Oladipo will have some rough moments on the offensive end of the court. But that should be OK given that the Magic are in Year Two of their rebuilding project. Taking some lumps now might pay major dividends a few years down the road as long as his confidence remains intact.
Set a tone
General Manager Rob Hennigan said team officials are pleased with how their youngsters and veterans worked during the offseason.
Coach Jacque Vaughn maintained a positive atmosphere around the team last season even though it posted a league-worst 20-62 record. That's not an easy thing to do.
The danger in a rebuilding situation, of course, is that players can become too accepting of losing.
Being competitive once the exhibition season begins could generate some momentum.
Bring Big Baby along slowly
The Magic will begin October — and likely the regular season — without power forward Glen Davis, one of their most competitive, most physical players.
After he underwent surgery last winter to repair a fractured foot, Davis needed a second operation in July to promote healing.
Davis has been cleared to do some conditioning work, but he's not been cleared for basketball activities. Team officials pledge they will be ultra-cautious in bringing Davis back in an effort to avoid setbacks.
Resolve Turk's situation
Hedo Turkoglu won't be around the team anymore as team officials and Turkoglu's agent discuss a possible buyout and the team holds onto his contract for a possible trade.
One critical signpost is Jan. 7, because if he's not waived before 5 p.m. on that day, the Magic would be obligated to pay his entire salary of $12 million.
But in the meantime, Turkoglu continues to occupy a precious roster spot. If he's still on the roster at the end of October, it almost certainly would mean that second-round pick Romero Osby and four training camp invitees — center Mickell Gladness, center/power forward Solomon Jones, forward Kris Joseph and guard Manny Harris — would be competing against each other for the 15th, and final, roster spot.
Resolving Turkoglu's situation before the end of October would give team officials two available roster spots instead of one.
Stay healthy
Aside from Davis, no Magic players underwent surgical procedures during the offseason, and everyone besides Davis should be available to practice on Tuesday.
Pick up rookie-scale options
The Magic have until the end of October to pick up their team options for the 2014-15 season on Maurice Harkless, Tobias Harris, Andrew Nicholson and Nik Vucevic. (This doesn't apply to Kyle O'Quinn, Doron Lamb and E'Twaun Moore, because they weren't first-round picks.)
Those procedural moves are no-brainers for the Magic, and the team will exercise those options within the next few weeks.
Don't overwork Nelson or Afflalo
Point guard Jameer Nelson and shooting guard Arron Afflalo are said to be in good shape after intensive offseason work, but the team would be well-served to limit their minutes in the weeks ahead.


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Martyr Cyril the Deacon of Heliopolis, and those with him, who suffered under Julian the Apostate - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 3
In preparation for the contest, O glorious Cyril, / you anointed an assembly of martyrs / and strengthened them by your steadfastness. / You finished your course with them. / And you were all found worthy of the joys of heaven. / O righteous Father, / pray to Christ our God to grant us his great mercy!
Kontakion — Tone 4
Having been illumined by the grace of truth, / you radiantly instruct the ends of the earth in piety, O glorious Hieromartyrs. / Therefore we bless you in faith.


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Date added: 2017-03-01
Brinton, Daniel Garrison, 1837-1899
Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967
Extent: 1.2 linear foot (the collection consists of thirteen folders housed in two archival boxes)
Daniel Garrison Brinton is considered one of the founders of modern American Anthropology. He was also the first to hold a professorship in Archaeology in the United States. His library, which includes the Carl Hermann Berendt collection of manuscripts in the indigenous languages of Mexico and Central America, is considered the core of the University of Pennsylvania Anthropology Library. Among the collection are 4515 items; rare illustrations, contemporary photographs, portraits of individual authors, and texts in Spanish, French, Italian, and German. Brinton gathered his information from archival and library studies and did not participate in any archaeological expeditions. This small collection, attributed to Brinton by J. Alden Mason of the University Museum, consists of thirteen folders. Two contain linguistic notes on the Maya languages and another two contain drawings of pottery, objects, sites, and maps of Maya regions, primarily in Mexico. Some of the drawings are believed to be those of Carl Hermann Berendt, purchased by Daniel Brinton for the library at the University. The collection also has four scrapbooks and a book of poems written by Dr. Brinton. The collection is in fragile condition and many of the items are in need of conservation assessment, particularly the Berendt drawings.


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Christians in Amazon rainforest pray to the 'Jewish saint'
MANAUS, Brazil - Deep in the Amazon rainforest, but right in the middle of the jungle region's biggest city, lies the final resting place of the "Jewish saint."
Yes, that's right. Rabbi Shalom Imanuel Muyal, who died of yellow fever in 1910, is still revered by Christians in Manaus as the "santo Judeu." Or, more simply, "o rabino."
A paradox it may be, giving a rabbi a religious title reserved for Christian luminaries, but the unofficial accolade is something both the Catholics and Jews in the area have come to accept.
"The Jewish community never considered him a saint," said Anne Benchimol, the former president of the Jewish community in Manaus and now its director of education. "But the whole Christian community started going there (to his gravesite) and treating him as a saint."
Local Christians in the Amazonian city have made it a tradition to turn up at Muyal's burial spot in the Saint John the Baptist Cemetery to pray for miracles. When their prayers are answered, they put up small signs of thanks.
Today, there are dozens of those signs on the small walls surrounding the tomb.
"Many people still come and visit the grave," said Nailza de Castro, who works at the administration office in the cemetery. "Both Jews and Christians."
No one, however, has come to pray for a Brazilian victory at the World Cup. Not yet, anyway.
"I haven't seen that," de Castro said. "And, in my opinion, I don't think I will."
The city of Manaus, population 1.8 million, has a tightly-knit Jewish community of about 850 people. These days, there is a synagogue in the center of the city, but there certainly wasn't much around when Muyal first came to town in the early 1900s.
Manaus began its existence as a Portuguese fort, founded in the late 17th century on the spot where the Rio Negro flows into the Amazon River, the planet's largest river by volume. The city blossomed during the rubber boom of the late 1800s, and that's about the time Jews from Morocco started making their way to the jungle. To support the growing community, Muyal was sent from Morocco to serve as a rabbi.
But he soon fell ill with yellow fever, and the legend of the "santo Judeu" started shortly after he died.
"When he got sick, nobody wanted to treat him because so many others were getting sick for the same reason," Benchimol said. "But one person from the community took care of him until he died."
That person, believed to be called Cota Israel, treated Muyal until he died and then continued to help other sick people, becoming a sort of miracle worker herself. But when she was asked about her special talents, she always credited Muyal.
"She said, 'I got the power from the rabbi, who was a saint,'" Benchimol said. "'Now I'm able to treat people because of him.'"
Plenty of people believed her then, and plenty still do now.
Jews also visit Muyal's resting place, which has a Star of David engraved at the top and Hebrew inscriptions around it, but is surrounded by Christian graves because Manaus didn't have a Jewish cemetery back in 1910.
Jewish people, as is tradition, leave rocks on graves. But Raimundo da Silva, a caretaker on the grounds who has been working at the cemetery for 28 years, said Christians have also been known to leave rocks in the hopes of boosting their chances of having a miracle answered by the "Jewish saint."
"People come all the time," da Silva said. "They come and place the rocks on the grave for good luck."
Benchimol said there have been attempts to move Muyal's remains back to Israel, or at least to the Jewish part of the cemetery, which was created a few years after the rabbi died.
The leaders of community have always decided against it.
"We were worried that if we would take him, the Christians would be, not mad, but a little disappointed," Benchimol said. "He is our ambassador, even though he is dead."


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Everyone knows U.S. interest rates are low and below historical long-term averages.
But one Vanguard expert says that—keeping in mind the double-digit rates of the '70s and early-'80s, it's "somewhat astonishing that the yields on a broadly diversified basket of high-quality bonds (whether Treasury, corporate, or municipal securities) are often now below 2% or 3%. Given the rise in prices for food, health care and other select goods and services, such an environment can rightfully be thought of as 'financial repression,' said, Ken Volpert (left), head of Vanguard's Taxable Bond Group, in an outlook report released Tuesday.
Volpert notes, with some alarm, that investors aren't moving away from bonds and that they are even adding holdings in the sector.
"And I guess it's hard to blame them," he said. "With the stock market subject to nerve-racking volatility, bonds have seemed like a comparatively safe harbor in recent years. Since 2000, the broad U.S. bond market has produced a cumulative net return of 8.1%, versus 2.4% for the broad U.S. stock market."
With current bond yields low, interest rates lower and the economic outlook "cloudy at best," Vanguard says it "doesn't think future bond returns will be nearly as robust as they've been. In fact, looking forward, we're inclined to expect significantly elevated levels of volatility in the bond market."
What's Driving This?
"The Federal Reserve is forcing real interest rates into negative territory in order to reduce government and private debt burdens over the next decade," Volpert explained. This has led to expectations of "very small returns, less than 2%" for Treasuries over the next few years, and "slightly higher returns, about 3%–4%," for corporates.
The bond expert, who oversees more than 40 index and actively managed taxable bond funds with $375 billion in assets, says that when the Fed changes its tune and "stops promoting negative real rates, those bond returns will turn negative as real rates move back up to 1%–3% levels."
In addition, he notes, the time to act is now. "I don't know if investors are aware of this outlook, but I would suggest they should understand the point we have reached and act accordingly," Volpert said. "In addition, if the bull market for bonds means that investors' portfolios have developed a bond 'overweight' in recent years, it may be time to consider rebalancing back to their long-term target."
Volpert's colleague Tim Buckley, the incoming chief investment officer (set to replace current CIO Gus Sauter on Jan. 1), echoed this thinking in a summer commentary on fixed income: "Over the past 30 years, the broad U.S. bond market has produced a total return of 8.8% per year on average—a remarkable run," shared Buckley in the outlook report. "Given today's low yields and the uncertain economic outlook (the bond markets do not like uncertainty), we don't expect bond market returns to maintain anything near that level going forward."
As for the difference between investing in actively managed bond funds vs. index funds, "low-cost, broadly diversified index funds should make up the portfolio's core," Volpert explained. Active funds, he notes, "can bring out the worst behaviors among investors, who too often buy high when a hot fund reaches peak publicity, and sell low when the pain of negative returns has become unbearable."
While Treasuries are often the diversifier of choice for investors, providing cushion during stock market downturns, "Investors need to be aware that this cushion has lost much of its spring," Volpert said.
If an investor had bought a 10-year Treasury four years ago, he says, that individual would have enjoyed a cumulative return of 39% for the past four years. If the same investor buys a 10-year Treasury today, yielding 1.5%, the best he or she can achieve over the next decade is a cumulative return of 16%—not even half of the past four years' return, argues the Vanguard bond expert. "Of course, that is still a positive return, but much of the protection value against stock market declines has been wrung out of Treasury yields," he concluded.
Time to Watch TIPs
Investor also need to pay attention to the limitations on Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (or TIPS), which have a longer average maturity—roughly 10 years—versus that of the nominal Treasury market, seven years. "That means they have a longer duration, which has been helpful to TIPS as rates have declined but will be harmful when rates rise," Volpert said.
Real interest rates—i.e., the current 10-year Treasury yield minus expected inflation—are currently at –0.5%, Vanguard says, below the average of 2.1% for the decade ended Dec. 31, 2010. Also, TIPS have an average duration of nine years.
If interest rates rise 0.5% to 1%, which is still well below the 10-year average of 2.1%, TIPS will fall 9%, according to Vanguard's analysis. "With a starting real yield of –0.5% and inflation at 2%, it would take six years of inflation income to make up that principal loss," Volpert said.
Corporate Bonds
Investment-grade corporate bonds, on the other hand, have been yielding 150 to 200 basis points more than U.S. Treasuries, the expert points out, "so we think they can be a good strategy for generating income."
Plus, if—or when—interest rates start rising, Vanguard experts "see the spreads over Treasuries tightening but remaining attractive," he points out.
As for Vanguard's corporate-bond products, the firm has three corporate ETFs with more than 850 holdings in each, according to Volpert, "and we think having broad exposure to this market can help reduce issuer-specific risk and more fully capture the corporate bond risk premium. If we continue in a slow-growth environment, we think investment-grade bonds can hold up well. If we move into a mild recession, we see the sector producing modestly weak returns."
His group is less optimistic about high-yield strategies, "which will show volatility similar to stocks if we are facing a recession or a breakup of the euro."
He acknowledges that these products "are popular with advisors" and caution advisors to consider mutual funds instead of ETFs for this sector.
"The reason is the liquidity of the underlying bonds. When high-yield bonds are doing well and cash flow is positive, investors in ETFs are typically paying a significant premium over NAV in the less transparent, less liquid market for below-investment-grade bonds," he explained.
"When high-yield bonds are declining and cash flow reverses, investors could face not only the disappearance of that premium, but also a discount to NAV when selling the ETF," Volpert warned. "For ETF investors it's really important in this segment of the market not to trade with the crowd because the crowd will bear the brunt of these premium-to-discount swings."
More on Mortgage-Backed Securities
Vanguard invests in bonds backed by Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae and Freddie Mac, because they are under the conservatorship of the Treasury Department, "reducing credit risk," Volpert says. "We overweight MBS in our Treasury funds because higher-coupon mortgages are staying outstanding much longer, leading to attractive yields in this very low-rate environment."
The risk of refinancing these higher coupons has declined for a number of reasons, which, in today's market, means the prices for MBS are getting bid up as investors look for yields above those on Treasuries. "This has reduced the yields on MBS, but there is still a pickup over Treasuries. We also anticipate a boon for this segment if the Federal Reserve buys MBS in the next round of quantitative easing," he concluded.
What to Do
In terms of the right strategic response, Vanguard suggests investors have "the right asset allocation" based on their particular investment timeframe, financial goals and risk tolerance.
Some bond investors may want to stick with their current allocation, while others may find it's "a good time to rebalance back toward equities," Volpert explained.
He notes that there are several broad schools of thought on how to approach today's bond market, according to investment experts and commentators:
1. Low interest rates imply low future bond returns.
2. Be wary of blind devotion to "mean reversion."
3. Be wary of "cherry-picking" history.
4. Treat the future with the humility it deserves.
While it may not make Vanguard popular with market bulls, the fund shop's recent outlook cautions investors and advisors not to discount the fact that the United States could—like Japan—experience a "lost decade" of equity-market performance, though the odds of such a scenario are low.
"And even assigning a small probability to a Japan-like outcome can often lead one back to a broadly diversified stock/bond portfolio. That is perhaps the best history lesson of all," according to Volpert.


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UFC lightweight contender Clay Guida (27-11 MMA, 7-5 UFC) has no desire to touch your gloves. For the next 15 minutes, you're the enemy.
Just ask Rafael Dos Anjos, who had his request ignored at this past weekend's UFC 117 event.
"These past few fights, I've just kind of been away from touching gloves," Guida recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "Nothing against Rafael Dos Anjos. Nothing against Shannon Gugerty or Kenny Florian, but I'm just out there, and I'm staying focused."
That attitude is part of what fans have come to love, and Guida is now among the sport's most popular fighters. The show of support starts the moment his music comes over the speakers and Guida bounces like a madman on his way to the cage.
"The Carpenter" says his entrance is part of a well-constructed strategy that can often allow him an advantage over a slower-starting opponent.
"I like getting the first round out of the way in the locker room," Guida said. "That way I'm slippery and ready to go and sweaty at the beginning of the fight. A lot of fighters in general, they use the first round as a warming-up process. I think my style can contradict that.
"That throws off a lot of fighters. It doesn't give them room to adapt. It doesn't give them room to set up."
Of course, round one also includes absorbing the first strike of the night – namely a slap across the face from his brother, Jason Guida.
"[Jason] rung my bell pretty good the other night," Guida said. "I was kind of seeing stars, and I kind of had to grab him and smile a little bit right before I get in there. I'm like, 'Alright, I'm back on planet Earth here. I've got a fight coming up.'"
After that, it's down to business, and Guida isn't interested in all the pleasantries that sometime accompany a mixed martial arts fight.
"I've seen a lot in some of these other fights lately where these guys are hugging when they come out," Guida said. "Don't get me wrong, we have the utmost respect for our opponents and stuff like that. It's a privilege to be a professional fighter. It's like a driver's license. It's a privilege. It's an honor. But a lot of these guys get in these battles, and then they come out between rounds and they hug each other and stuff.
"Man, it's a fight. I love the organization I represent and that represents me, but we're going out there to put our gloves on each other.
"Nothing against my opponents. I'm just out there to get in there for 15 minutes. There's no friends. I'm not out there to hurt anybody because I know this is how we make money. I know this is how we put food on the table for our family. No dishonor to anybody, but I go out there, and I've got my mind set on to things: having fun and winning."
But even if Guida has elected to put the customary touch of gloves behind him, there's one recently formed tradition he's not giving up: the oft-heard in-fight belch, which was on full display between rounds at UFC 117.
"I eat a couple of bananas outside of the locker room and stuff like that," Guida said. "I get a nice breakfast in me – ham, mushroom and cheese omelet – in the morning. It's just one of those things. I had to kind of move Don House away a little bit. I felt bad. I was like, 'You might want to move.' He was like, 'Why?' I'm like, 'You'll find out.' I let out a big belch, and the whole place started going crazy.
"[House] is a buddy of mine. I didn't want to disrepsect him and stuff, but it's just a natural thing. Coach (Greg) Jackson started laughing. He was like, 'Now you know it's a fight.' That's when you know I'm at home. I'm just having a good time."
And that's one more thing Guida doesn't plan on changing.
"I don't think of this as a job," Guida said. "I think of this as a hobby that we're fortunate enough to get paid to do. I just have so much fun doing it.
"People say, 'How do you have so much energy?' I'm like, 'If you can't fight 15 or 25 minutes hard, you're in the wrong sport. If you can't go hard for that long, you're in the wrong sport.'"
For complete coverage of UFC 117, check out the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com.
MMAjunkie.com Radio broadcasts Monday-Friday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) live from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino's Race & Sports Book. The show is hosted by Gorgeous George, MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter John Morgan and producer Goze. For more information or to download past episodes, go to www.mmajunkie.com/radio.


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The Multi-Window multitasking introduced by Samsung on the Galaxy Note 2 is probably one of the most lusted features in the Android community right now. While Samsung originally introduced the feature on the Note 2, it will be bringing the Multi-Window multitasking to the Galaxy S3 and the original Galaxy Note as well via the Android 4.1.2 update. The Galaxy S2, however, will not be getting the Multi-Window multitasking update probably because of its lower resolution screen and small screen size, which makes the multi-window multitasking kind of redundant.
Even then, some of the developers over at XDA forums have managed to port the Multi-Window feature to the Galaxy S2. The mod will only work on the leaked Android 4.12 XXLSJ firmware for the Galaxy S2.
As clear from the screenshot above, the multi-window mod is not really useful on the Galaxy S2 because of the low resolution screen on the device. Even then, the mod does bring you bragging rights and it might just be useful for some people out there.
If you own a Galaxy S2 and are interested in the Multi Window mod, then head over to this thread on XDA forums and flash the attached ZIP file via CWM.