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Other fond early memories include the story, which his family still think is hilarious, of the day he called his mother a slag, a word he'd just overheard, and she beat him so badly he is sure she'd have killed him if she hadn't been pulled off. Or the time he came home crying because another boy had picked on him, and his father "gave me one almighty clump around the back of the head and told me to get out and hit Tommy back with something. I got a hammer."
"Starting like that," as Woolf puts it with nicely judged understatement in his engaging new memoir, "it's no surprise I ended up a mess." And indeed, as night follows child-psychology day, he did. Forty years later, he was sleeping under a curtain in a squalid squat in the East End of London, shitting in the bath because the toilet was blocked, pickpocketing, robbing Big Issue sellers and stealing saucepans - he still doesn't know why people wanted them - to sell for heroin.
There is, of course, a sizeable market in publishing for this kind of childhood, the more squalid the better, and had Woolf taken that route he could surely have out-miseried most of the "misery memoirs" and bagged himself a bestseller. All the ingredients are there: the violence, the shocking poverty, smoking cannabis by 10 and addicted to heroin at 14, an appalling gang rape when he was in his early teens. But he has written a much more interesting book than that. This is the story of what happens next, given a dash of luck, an admirable will to change - and one extraordinary encounter.
Woolf is 51 now and, after several decades of touring the country on and off at Her Majesty's pleasure, has settled in Norfolk with his wife Louise, whom he met after getting clean, and her children. It is a life he describes as almost bewilderingly secure and happy. He's not lost his jaunty, barrow-boy patter, but though his stories are often darkly comic, he's a serious man who feels he doesn't have time on his side.
We meet near the Guardian offices, a mile or two from where he grew up in Hoxton. "I couldn't begin to tell you how many crimes I've committed down this street," he says. "That's the absolute truth. As I was coming down this street, I thought ... I won't tell you where, but there's a place down there, I used to have it three times a week ... Just think of all the damage. And all them victims. Thousands and thousands of people."
Crime credentials
He was an unusually enthusiastic, and perhaps unusually successful, career criminal. Born into a family with influential East End crime credentials, he was operating as a respected pint-sized gangster before he had hit his teens. Borstal and repeated stints in prison did little to interfere with his talents; in the end it was only his catastrophic addiction to heroin that got in the way. His book is entitled The Damage Done - to others, to himself.
There was no reason to imagine, before he did it, that breaking into Will Riley's house would be any different, though it was to be his last crime. Riley, if you were to cast him, could scarcely be more different to Woolf - half a foot taller, considerably more confident, several classes posher (as Riley puts it, "I'm a bit nobby") and, at that time, a chasm wealthier, which of course is what attracted Woolf's attention.
Today, in a turn of events neither man could have foreseen, Riley and Woolf are the unlikeliest of friends. They are also speaking companions, addressing conferences and lobbying on victims' rights and offender rehabilitation - for their encounter would prove to be as significant for the victim as for the criminal. Riley has just launched a victims' charity called Why Me?, and describes crime as "completely random, completely selfish, it just happens to be my door and not yours". But whatever the impulse that led Woolf to pick Riley's house, it was certainly fortuitous.
When he forced the door of Riley's Islington town house, Woolf was looking for stuff to sell for drugs, but in truth, he now notes, he was trying to find a way out of his catastrophic life. Half-an-hour later, he was still there, just looking around him. When Riley - a venture capitalist, and keen rower - came home he was not prepared to let anything, including several blows to his head with a griddle pan, stop him detaining the burglar until the police arrived.
"You were on the edge, weren't you?" Riley asks him. "Something was going to happen. When we fought ... if he'd really wanted to fight me he'd have clobbered me in the bollocks and he'd have been out of the house in no time. Or he would have grabbed a knife and stuck it in me ... But there was some moment of hesitation when we looked in each others' eyes and I knew, this is a man who has lost his fight."
It was more than that: the day before, Woolf recalls, he had walked into a doctor's surgery in west London and asked to be put in a mental hospital before he killed himself or someone else - "and it would probably have been kill someone else, because I'd already tried a few times to kill myself and been unsuccessful. [The doctor's] response to that was, 'Come back next week and I'll see what we can do'. So for me there was a great deal of relief. Because, let's not beat about the bush, from the minute I was captured I was going to prison, and with that - sounds a bit biblical, dunnit? - I was well pleased." He cackles.
The encounter with Riley was not the only factor to change Woolf's life; he'd already started feeling occasional twinges of remorse - and was a frequent, if ill-disciplined, attender of Narcotics Anonymous in a lengthy attempt to come off heroin. Back in prison, he decided to get clean and stay clean. And then he was approached by a policeman called Kim, asking if he would meet two of his victims.
Living in a bubble
Hearing Riley angrily describe his anxieties after the break-in, his sense of frustration and failure that he couldn't protect his home and family, and then watching an unnamed doctor break down and sob over a stolen laptop containing his life's work that Woolf had sold for £20, was devastating. "I'd lived my whole life cut adrift from people, living in my own little bubble," Woolf writes in is memoir, "and suddenly the anger and pain of these two men had forced its way into me and I knew, perhaps for the very first time in my life, not only how someone else actually felt, but also what that felt like for myself ... I felt it. And it hurt."
There followed years of rehab and therapy, a staggered release into the community, meeting Louise, a new, quiet, rural life. Having been on drugs or in prison since the age of 11, he is fascinating on the odd, contrived discipline of reconstructing a life, brick by brick. He describes running out of Tesco in tears, unable to find bay leaves and having never considered that normal people, in a situation like this, would ask. At one point, he was told by Louise he needed to work on his small talk. "I thought she meant talk about small things - matches, baby carrots, stuff like that."
He has learned a lot since those days, and is good company, but gives the impression that ease and gaiety do not come easily. He has a serious purpose: to fight for more offenders and victims to have access to meetings based on restorative principles.
Which brings him, he says, to the bus. Riley has been teasing him about his fixation with a bus. He explains: "We go to a lot of conferences and seminars, me and Will, and I call it preaching to the converted. All the people are there because they believe in restorative justice. And I started to get a bit fed up. I said, 'Let's see some action. Get me a bus.' Put 'restorative approaches' or 'restorative justice' or whatever on the side, and let's go out like the Radio 1 roadshow and go all around the country. And we'll tell the mums and dads, the parents and the teachers, the great aunties, the factory workers, what could be.
"Let's tell 'em. Let's just open a few people's eyes. Real people. Not probation officers, cos they already know. Not the do-gooding brigade, cos they all know. Real people. That's what I would really like to do."
Curriculum vitae
Age: 51.
Status: Married; three stepchildren.
Lives: Norfolk.
Education: Whitmore primary school, London; Shoreditch secondary modern, London; Hays Bridge approved school, Surrey.
Career: 2007-present: giving talks to prisoners with the Forgiveness Project; 2006: working for charity Turning Point, with priority prolific offenders in Barnet; 2005-present: speaker at Restorative Justice Consortium events; 1973-2002: career criminal and drug addict.
Interests: Arsenal FC; restorative justice; making the world a better place; people.
· The Damage Done is published by Bantam Press, £12.99. To order a copy for £11.99 with free UK p&p go to guardian.co.uk/bookshop or call 0870 836 0875 . More on Why Me? at why-me.org


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This was also from the water workshop held by Gavin Hoey. The general theme was to freeze water action with flash. To make a half heart shaped splash with a wine glass is not as easy as you might think.

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CES 2013 Coverage
CES Final Thoughts
This might only be my second trip to Vegas and my second trip to CES, but I won't be shy – It just wasn't all that impressive this year. I was overwhelmed with the sight of the floor as it only appeared to be a swarm of low-end, ebay-esk cell phone cover booths. Getting past all the blinky lights and gawdy sequined iPhone cases there was a bit of "ruby" in the rough (not quite diamond material).
Razer had the "edge" with the Razer Edge on display and one for us to play with as well – it's a bit heavier than I expected but I can no doubt see one joining my collection in the next few paychecks. It was great to see Razerguy (Robert Krakoff – Razer's President) again this year and have a nice sit down to communicate from user to creator. Project Shield from NVIDIA looks a bit interesting as well, though lacks the same abilities as the tablet form the Edge has; however, the cost may speak to that. Unfortunately not being able to hold one – I can only share what the developers say "it's comfortable to hold" (though it doesn't look that way). There's a lot of neat stuff coming out soon and in the later quarters of the year as well (many which I cannot speak of ATM) so start saving up the moneys!
As always being with the OCC crew is half the fun. Hanging out with Clay was much like last year, minus the forks, but nonetheless just as gritty as dealing with him around here (so you can imagine). It was nice having Waco around this year (as it wasn't much fun just teasing him about not being there last year). Seeing the boss, Bosco, not sick in his room was great – but I think prize winner was the infamous Frank, snoring every night; you never remember how bad it is until you re-live it (sorry Frank – you know I love you!).
Anywho – this year wasn't a complete bust, but it was rather disappointing seeing the floor as it was. I understand the costs associated with the booth versus the suite, but it's much worse trying to hit all the suites than trying to hit all the booths. It's hard seeing big names off the floor listing; so I have to give props to some of my favorites who remained on the floor this year: NVIDIA, Razer, Lian Li, and Plantronics and even you guys at PDP (who have a former OCC lurker). However, I still extend my love to: OCZ, ASUS, CM, ECS, MSI, Thermaltake and Mushkin for at least being there to show off their newest and greatest items (some you all should be looking for coming up this year). All in all it was a lot of fun – it's always sad to go home, you only get to pick on the boss in person once a year…eh? But I'm all moved in to my new home, ready to review some more great stuff to share with all of you. Until then…BLUEPANDA! (insert dancing panda)/p>
It's amazing to think that this is my fifth straight CES. Even though it may not be as great from a computer hardware perspective as it used to be, it's still a very worthwhile experience, if for nothing more than I get to hang out with a few of my fellow OCC staff members. This year, I spent roughly 98% of the time with Amanda and Dave (Waco), perusing the show floor, hitting up parties, and eating an unhealthy amount of McDonald's.
When it came to the show floor itself, there may not have been many companies I was interested in, but there was still quite a lot of interesting products to see - if only I had the money to throw around. The Razer Edge is a mighty impressive device, but sets you back at least $1,000. NVIDIA's Project SHIELD is promising, but will probably also be more money than its worth. The H-Frame and D-Frame cases from IN WIN are two of the sexiest (and oddest) cases I've seen, but come with quite a hefty premium. All that being said, there were two products that were both impressive and reasonably priced for typical gamers: the Razer Sabertooth gamepad and the PDP Afterglow Prismatic wireless headset.
Before I wrap up, I'd like to extend my personal thanks to NVIDIA, Razer, and Cooler Master. Those three companies always treat OCC well at CES and this year was no different. Those companies aside, it's always remarkable how recognized OCC is by several companies and CES attendees and it always makes me feel good to know that there are people out there that follow us and trust us. When we visited PDP, a company we have no prior relationship with, the rep told us he was actually an OCC forum member that has lurked around for years. That was pretty cool.
So anywho, I hope you've all enjoyed the CES 2013 Coverage. A big thanks to Dave for allowing me to attend yet another CES and hopefully it's not my last.
Dave B
What to say here? This was my first ever trip to both Las Vegas and to CES itself – I'm sure I looked like a wide-eyed tourist the entire time I was walking the show floor, attending meetings, and writing up articles. To be perfectly honest I was a bit disappointed with the number of products on the show floor as it seemed like almost every booth was showing off cell phone cases, cell phone chargers, or some other almost meaningless gadget that would be forgotten 30 seconds after being bought. Many of the large companies I expected to see on the show floor had private suites in the various hotels (because booth space costs have apparently been rising for years) so I missed out on some of the companies I really wanted to chat with.
That said – holy cow was it a lot of fun! The companies I did get to meet with (and there were so many I lost count) had a lot of exciting products and it was great to put some names and faces to the people who really drive the industry forward. The Razer Edge? Oh yeah, I want one now after playing with one even for a few minutes. The D-Frame by IN WIN probably went back to the company headquarters with a healthy dose of my drool all over it. There really were so many cool toys, gadgets, and technologies that I can't possibly sum them all up here without putting everyone to sleep. The most idiotic thing I saw though? An iPad stand attached to a training potty for kids – because we all know the first thing people want on their shiny new iPad is a bunch of toddler poo, right?
Overall I had an absolute blast and it was pretty awesome to finally meet at least a small portion of the crew that keeps OCC ticking. Here's to a larger crew for next year, eh?
Each and every year I go to CES it's a unique experience, this year was no different even with a smaller, but yet much more focused group. While this year we only saw a few marquee products such as NVIDIA's Shield the theme was mostly that we are in between major product cycles with not a lot to show. However we did see some interesting things from Corsair and Patriot with the introduction of the Voyager Air and the Gauntlet Node, a pair of self-contained portable storage solutions that can stream HD content wirelessly to 5 or more devices. CyberPower PC showed off more of their wares that truly inspire the imagination when it comes to custom builds, including a move into the portable space with gaming laptops and a new series of Ultrabooks. ASUS showed us some products that most likely will hit the market early Q2 that look to further define the ROG brand. Thermaltake and Cooler Master stepped up with new case designs and cooling solutions that were put together with plenty of user feedback. On top of that they both enhanced the already popular CM Storm and Tt eSports brands. Mushkin has a renewed focus and is putting together a solid product suite for the corporate and home user including a new thumb drive that pushes the speed limits of the form factor, a massive 480GB mSATA drive, 1TB SSD, and new Stiletto heat shield equipped high capacity DRAM modules.
It's not just the new products that you see each year but the ability to meet up face to face with those you interact with on a daily basis through phone calls and emails and spend the time even if it is just a short 20 to 30 minutes. Many thanks to the manufacturers who sat down with us and showed us what they have in store for 2013. I also have to thank the rest of the team for the long hours they put in to make CES happen; without them the days and nights blur into one long day. Until next year...
Dave R
Overall I thought this year went great with the size of the crew that attended this year. Sadly this year just seemed to lack excitement. There just didn't seem to be a lot of new released product this year that caused a lot of chatter.
Nonetheless, the big story of CES that seemed to get the most buzz was NVIDIA's Project Shield, everywhere I went that's all anyone was talking about. The only other few things worth mentioning I can't talk about due to NDAs, but there are a few things I am looking forward to in 2013. So all in all it wasn't a huge loss just a lot less then we are used to seeing.
Overall the team did great and we made every meeting we were scheduled for, so my hat goes off to them for their hard work and dedication.
It is sad when it's time to go home since I don't get to see my crew very often, but after this past week, we all deserved to go home and get some much needed rest.
Until next year see you guys in the forums.
Dave aka Bosco


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Agent: Benzema won't join Gunners
Karim Benzema will not be joining Arsenal from Real Madrid in this transfer window, his agent has stated.
The France striker had been linked with a transfer to the Emirates Stadium, with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger determined to strength his squad significantly before the September 2 deadline.
However, agent Karim Djaziri has told French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche it is a deal that will not happen.
Djaziri said: "We can't stop the rumors. But I tell you: Karim will not go to Arsenal. It's never been a question for him and no contact has been made.
"He will stay at Madrid. The probable arrival of Gareth Bale at Real Madrid doesn't threaten him at all. Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale will play on the wings and Karim in the center."
Benzema is contracted to Madrid until 2015 and Djaziri said talks are ongoing over an extension, saying: "Karim could very well finish his career at Real, the club of his dreams."


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A local artist is commemorating the Manning Passing Academy's stay in Thibodaux through the medium he knows best.
A local artist is commemorating the Manning Passing Academy's stay in Thibodaux through the medium he knows best.
Billy Ledet, 78, created a painting depicting former Saints quarterback Archie Manning with his sons — Peyton, Eli and Cooper. The Thibodaux resident painted it during last year's camp, where high school football players came from around the country to hone their skills under the tutelage of the Manning family and some of the nation's best collegiate quarterbacks.
The artist's inspiration came after he was invited to Nicholls State University during the 2011 academy to set up a booth displaying his art in the Student Union. It has been a tradition at the camp for local restaurants to set up booths to provide food to campers and give their parents a taste of Cajun Country.
Ledet said that's how he got the idea to create a painting of the famous football family.
"I told my wife, 'I think I'm going to do a painting of Archie and the three boys,' so I went and found some pictures and put them together," he said.
After the artist set up his booth displaying prints of some of his other paintings, he got to work.
"I brought the painting and was actually painting it there," Ledet said. As the boys signed up in the gym across the street, Ledet said he had a number of curious campers and their parents stop to watch him paint.
"When all the parents came across, they got a chance to watch me do it," he said, remembering a man from Pittsburgh who offered to buy the painting as soon as it was completed.
But Ledet turned him down, electing instead to donate the finished work to Nicholls to auction off. The artist created smaller prints of the work and returned to the Manning Passing Academy this year to sell them.
Ledet said he was able to sell eight of the prints, which cost $30 and $40, at the camp and hopes to return next year as well.
"It'd be a good little keepsake for the kids that come because there's no date on it, I just put 'Manning Passing Academy' with the four pictures of them," he said. "In future years I'll keep bringing them to Nicholls."
The portrait is proving popular with locals as well, and Ledet is happy to show off his work, he said.
"People come by the house, even some local people who had some kids (at the Manning Passing Academy) who hadn't seen it," he said. "Really, what I'm going to try to do is get one to Archie (Manning) and maybe the boys, too."
If anyone can do it, it's Ledet. His art connected him with another sports icon in 2010 when his work caught the attention of Saints quarterback Drew Brees. Ledet had painted the QB holding his son on the field after the Saints' Super Bowl win. After a friend of the quarterback emailed him a picture of the painting, Brees reached out to the artist, Ledet said. Ledet traveled to the Saints' training facility in Metairie last summer to give the painting to him as a gift.
In the same way, Ledet had no qualms about donating his more recent work to the university. Nicholls had hired Ledet to paint portraits of many of the college's presidents and donors over the years, so he felt a special bond with the school, he said.
"I have a good association with them, and that helps me do what I want to do," he said, adding that he and his wife have donated art to the college in the past as well.
Ledet has been interested in art since his childhood.
"I started drawing, and I went from there," he said.
Gibbens Robichaux, a friend of Ledet, remembered.
"At 10 years old, he was drawing boats and airplanes," Robichaux said. "At recess he would go out in the dust, spread it out, and take his finger, and draw something with his finger."
The pair attended school together at the old Thibodaux College.
Ledet possesses a rare talent when it comes to art, Robichaux said, adding that his friend often painted religious themes or portraits.
"He can do anything, I'll tell you," he said. "It's a natural gift he was given."
At 13, Ledet decided to enter the seminary and went to St. Joseph Abbey in Covington where he met Dom Gregory DeWitt, who encouraged the boy in his art. An artist himself, DeWitt painted images of the saints on the Abbey walls. Ledet said he would often watch the monk at his craft, and soon, DeWitt was giving him painting tips as well.
"That's really the only instruction that I've had in learning how to paint because I watched him every chance I got," Ledet said.
After five years in the monastery, Ledet decided that priesthood was not for him and returned to Thibodaux. He was drafted into the Army serving in Korea but still returned to his home in Louisiana. Robichaux said that no matter where Ledet was working, he always found time to pursue his art.
"He went to work in the bank for a long time, but all that time he was painting something," Robichaux said.
Now retired, Ledet's painting still keeps him occupied, he said. The 78-year-old owns a studio in Thibodaux displaying about 100 of his paintings. He also teaches three adult art classes.
"Teaching these classes has been a great joy," said Ledet, who said many of his friends took the classes. "We have a great time."
The paintings capture aspects of the Louisiana culture and help promote the community, Robichaux said.
"He's done so much for the church and so much for the parish," he said. "All over Louisiana he's done famous homes; you ought to see those pictures."
But Ledet said he was just happy for the chance to do what he loves.
"It's second heaven to be able to use the art," he said.
For information or to see Ledet's art, visit www.billyledetart.com.
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To what degree do you see yourself playing different 'roles' on the Internet?
Employee, Administrator, Student, Social Convener, Friend, Family member, Mother. These are all the roles that I play on the Internet. Some of these overlap and some of them don't. I feel that this is based around rules that we make for ourselves and must self govern. I myself will allow co-workers to add me as a Facebook friend, but they are restricted to only see certain areas of my Facebook profile. To me, this is acceptable, but to someone else it might not be. Everyone has to decide this for themselves.
This is really the only blurred line I have. My twitter account is a variation of my maiden name; so only those people that I have given my twitter name too, know that the account is mine. I have a variety of blogs; some of which have been created for professional purposes and some for personal. Again, none of these overlap in regards to content or profile information. There is nothing within them that could provide insight as to who I am in these two different worlds.
My professional name in real life has also been different up until this year. I finally (after nine years of marriage) decided to change my surname to my married name at work. Yet, outside of my professional life, I have used my married name since the date of my wedding.
We will see how this will affect my professional/personal divide over time. I'm sure it will; but what I'm not sure of, is whether or not it will happen willingly.
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DENVER– Voters approved $1.01 billion to improve public education in 29 school districts – a green light, education advocates say, for legislators to increase state funding.
Public relations campaigns are spinning the message and encouraging students and adults to pressure legislators and Gov. John Hickenlooper to back the agenda – none more high profile than the governor's TBD (To Be Determined) program and "2013: Year of the Student," sponsored by an advocacy coalition.
"It is critical that the legislature captures and harnesses the momentum of these two developments – an expanding economy and widespread support for better education investment," the coalition said in a letter to lawmakers. "The General Assembly is now uniquely positioned to pursue a higher, longer-term goal: creating a vision for the education system we want for our students and establishing a solid plan to get there."
The coalition urged legislators to establish a "21st century education funding system that puts our students and state on the path to recovery, competitiveness and sustained economic growth."
The coalition cited the passage of 14 of 16 school district mill levy increases and funding for 20 of 22 capital construction as well as the TBD report based on nearly 1,200 participants in 70 meetings around the state as evidence of public support.
Education, transportation, healthcare, the workforce and the state budget were the key issues selected by the privately-funded TBD leaders.
Though the official report won't be released until December, TBA's preliminary recommendations include consolidation of school districts, more revenue for K-12 education and fund all-day preschool programs. It was also suggested that colleges and universities be empowered to ask local voters to approve funding mechanisms such as sales taxes, mill levies and special district assessments.
When Hickenlooper presented his FY 2013-14 state budget recommendations on Nov. 14, his proposal to add $201.6 million for K-12 education and $37.5 million for higher education received a lukewarm handshake from Democrat legislators.
Newly elected Joint Budget Committee Chairman Pat Steadman (D-Denver) said the education funding will be revised in the state's FY 2013-14 budget, known as the Long Bill. Some Republican legislators wonder if supplemental appropriation requests will emerge in January to increase funding for the current fiscal year.
The JBC recommends supplemental appropriations to the FY 2012-13 budget, and develops the FY 2013-14 budget – both are subject to the approval of the legislature.
Next year, however, state legislators will be forced to grapple with funding for public education and Medicaid because of the national healthcare program.
"ObamaCare will dramatically increase the Medicaid funding," said state Senator-elect David Balmer (R-Centennial). "The state's share is an estimated $860 million over 10 years, and the long term expense may be billions of dollars."
According to The Denver Post, the state was committed to paying $30.3 billion for Medicaid over the next decade, and will have to add the cost of ObamaCare for indigent, uninsured individuals.
State Sen. Keith King (R-Colo. Spgs.), who served on the Senate Education Committee, said, "It's not feasible. The reality is there is no tax increase that would even cover the cost of ObamaCare. Even if people did vote for a tax, the money would go to Medicaid."
In addition, legislators anticipate a number of education bills being proposed during the session that come with a price tag, such as expanded preschool, and consideration of the so-called "ASSET" bill, which would provide a discounted tuition rate for illegal immigrants at public colleges and universities.
Hickenlooper has said he will support ASSET, but he also cautioned education proponents that he prefers bills with bipartisan support.
"You know he's very committed with working with both sides of the aisle and hopes that any piece of legislation that comes across his desk has bipartisan support," Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia recently told members of the Education Leadership Council, an advisory group to the governor.
"The governor will be very cautious about pushing for any bill that doesn't have Republican support," stressed Garcia.
State Rep. Chris Holbert (R-Parker), a member of the House Education Committee, said that the governor is probably more concerned about Democrat legislators than Republicans in the upcoming session. Members of Hickenlooper's own party will be more likely to promote bills that are outside of the governor's comfort zone.
TBD is a blueprint to steer lawmakers, Holbert said, "but the number of conservatives who would go in that direction is very few if any."


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Wireless Web CCTV, also called IP CCTV, is the current replacement for old analogue CCTV cameras and has the fantastic gain that you can see your property, stay, from wherever you are already, utilizing the internet. Since the technology has gain popularity in properties and organizations, people have to know how to get the most effective out of it. In that, we will consider the minimum pair of features that a hub needs in order to be properly used properly with wireless CCTV. First, a quick observe about kinds of broadband and modem compatibility. Your broadband service is likely to come during your phone range or perhaps using a satellite CCTV box. If it's via a phone point, you will require an ADSL switch, occasionally called a DSL modem/router. The device part of the package is what foretells the phone line. On the other hand, when you yourself have broadband from your own cable dealer, you need a cable router. This is not the wire box it self, but another package that connects in to your cable box. The modem part of a wire hub or perhaps a DSL modem is generally exactly the same, with several makers making cable and DSL designs of what is essentially a router with exactly the same features. Today, let's take a look at the features you should get the most from the wireless internet CCTV system. Are you hunting about fixed ip sim card? Visit the before mentioned website.
Virtual Server only indicates having the ability to set up the router so that the specific code referred to as a slot number is allotted to the camera. When you open a net browser screen and key in the URL or address of the camera, you include that unique interface number onto the finish of the handle of one's network. Once the router considers the slot number it knows the message will be transferred to the camera. Without this facility, you'd maybe not manage to see your house within the internet. DDNS means Vibrant DNS and is employed where the address of your house or company on the broadband program, called the IP address, is changed at can by the broadband supplier. Many DSL broadband services have changing IP handles, also referred to as active IP addresses. This means you would never know what handle to utilize to gain access to your camera over the internet, and that is wherever DDNS support comes in. Generally, you use a 3rd party company to link a domain title to an IP address. With the help of router DDNs fuction, you can ensure about the Current broadband to handle. It will ensure to keep you updated with love or auto reconnect feature for security reasons. Keep alive or auto-reconnect feature.
That function is about making sure the hub remains connected. You may have an electrical cut, or the DSL range connection might drop for a couple moments. In these situations, you want the modem to kind it self out. Earlier in the day types of house switch did not handle that properly, and also nowadays some can still be acquired that don't reconcile after having a power cut or particularly a broadband fault. The past point you want is to go on holiday and then discover you can't wood in to your camera just because a energy cut a few times before left the switch disconnected, so this really is important. Most routers today present some kind of encryption, frequently referred to as WEP or WPA. WPA is tougher and preferable. Security is merely selection the messages in your instant network so they can not be intercepted easily. Make sure you get a hub that offers a minumum of one form of encryption your wireless internet CCTV cameras offer. For instance, it's no great finding a modem which only does WPA encryption if your cameras can only do WEP. As always, if what you have read here leaves you dizzy and you just need a web CCTV system to monitor your property or organization without all of this complex complication, my advice is to obtain a fully-configured camera bunch from the expert supplier. Are you looking for cat6 4g router? Browse the earlier talked about site.


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It was no ordinary Saturday recently for more than 90 Western Law students who lent their time and talent – in light of the recent travel bans imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on seven majority-Muslim countries – to take part in a research marathon to assist the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR).
Western joined a collective effort from all 22 law schools in Canada to create research materials for the CCR in order to launch a challenge to the Safe Third Country Agreement. This event marked the first time Canadian law students have coordinated an effort of this magnitude, with Western bringing together more students than any other law school in the country.
The agreement, which came into effect in 2004, prevents refugees from seeking asylum in both Canada and the U.S. Those seeking protection must make a claim in the first country they arrive in. Because of this, refugees thrown into limbo as a result of the U.S. travel ban cannot be offered asylum in Canada.
Second-year Law student Yasmin Sattarzadeh, whose mother was a political refugee from Iran, coordinated the research initiative with the help of fellow student Nusaiba Al-Azem and Law professor Asad Kiyani.
"The events across the border under President Donald Trump have been jarring, unsettling and unjust," said Sattarzadeh. "Those who participated in the event signaled they don't want to stand idly by and watch this form of injustice occur. We were happy we could use the tools we learned in class to participate in this cause."
The students' research aimed to create a clear articulation of the reasons why the United States is not a "safe nation" for the purpose of making a refugee claim.
With assistance from professor Sam Trosow and PhD student Lisa Macklem, the students produced a research paper on non-refoulement, the practice of not forcing refugees or asylum seekers to return to a country in which they are liable to be subjected to persecution.
"I was deeply impressed with the number of students who turned out to work on this project," said Kiyani. "They were there to support each other, and to help some of the most vulnerable people in the world. That selflessness and social conscience is a great credit to our students."


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Cisco's Unified Computing System announcement yesterday -- which was one of the worst kept secrets in the industry -- was a move Cisco probably had to make. Why? Several reasons. Let's take a look at some of them.
Networking market. Look, Cisco owns the networking market...and has for years. Their numbers speak for themselves. While they may be able to squeeze a few percentage points out of various switching and routing markets (WAN, storage, Wireless, etc), there's a point of diminishing returns. Cisco has an obligation to return value to shareholders....something their executive management is very good at. The networking market simply isn't a place where they felt Cisco had a significant revenue growth opportunity.
Competition. HP's position in the server market puts Cisco's data center Ethernet strategy at risk because HP sits atop of the x86 server market (ProLiant), has iSCSI ambitions (see LeftHand acquisition) and -- most importantly – have a viable and growing ProCurve business. This means HP can do without Cisco I/O modules in their blade chassis, but can also drive 10Gb lossless Ethernet market share. Not in Cisco's best interest.
But most importantly, Cisco has noticed -- correctly -- that the data center is a market in transition. Obviously, network, storage and computing are converging. Server virtualization has catalyzed this convergence. But Cisco believes that the next-gen data center is being held back by poor resource utilization and a lack of mobility/agility. Most of us agree that workload mobility is a key to a truly dynamic data center. But Cisco asserts that workload mobility needs a ubiquitous converged fabric, with rich network services, that can connect compute and storage (even across data centers -- think internal and external cloud). Cisco felt that rather than sitting back and have the competition define this new data center era, and have the market dictated to them, they would seize the opportunity to drive the dynamic data center and gain a greater share of the IT budget.
Thus, Cisco created UCS. Looking at UCS, they have an interesting solution. Their modular design is unique in the way that they tie their backplane with the I/O modules, but also how they unify chassis with the network. Cisco also stated (in the video announcement today) that they believe they can reduce capital and operational data center costs around 30%. This means they believe that UCS has a competitive advantage in terms of price (at least). But the question is, how long will this innovation last? Is USC innovative enough that Cisco felt like they needed to get into the server market? No lead in the x86 server market lasts very long. Competition in this space is extremely tough. Technological leads last 3-6 months at best.
On Cisco's data center blog, Doug Gourlay stated that Cisco is creating a sub-category of the server market- a specialized market we call Unified Computing. This is not the 'Clash of the Titans' or us 'coming after HP or IBM or Dell'.
Pure hogwash. What Doug is saying is that Cisco has created it's own server market segment, and thus, really isn't in competition with the other blade server vendors. When you produce a product that is aimed at taking customers away from your competitors sweet spot (even if you believe your product is in a class by itself), you are competing. Make no mistake, Cisco has a target on their back.
There are some go-to market-issues too. Audience is a key issue. Cisco has the network administrator's mindshare...no doubt. But what about the server administrator? IBM and HP have significant mindshare with server administrators. How will Cisco overcome that barrier and gain the trust of server admins everywhere?
Furthermore, the market is full of customers with existing gear. In many data centers, it will be a tough proposition, especially in this market, to convince IT organizations to switch vendors. At best, IT organizations may slowly replace their existing infrastructure with Cisco's UCS during product lifecycle upgrades. But in many circumstances, IT organizations think more holistically when choosing a compute vendor. IT organizations look at the vendor's product portfolio breadth at then make a vendor choice. The lack of product breadth (x86 rack servers, mid-range servers) may be problematic going forward.
Some may ask, why didn't Cisco partner their way to a blade server solution? Well, perhaps they could have. Dell or Sun might have been willing partners (Dell is already a Cisco VAR channel and FCoE partner). But IBM and HP -- the leaders in blade space -- were not a realistic option. When Cisco gets into a market, they intend to dominate. Choosing the #3 or #4 blade server vendor as a partner probably isn't what Cisco would deem as a winning strategy.
In the end, UCS was a move Cisco had to make to ward off competition AND increase shareholder value. Cisco has a strong brand, enterprise credibility, the technical chops and finances to pull it off. Is UCS a business risk? Sure. But the greater risk for Cisco is to do nothing.
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The Potomac/North U16 and U19 teams, full of Fairfax County players, both took home the Gold Medal Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23 the VA Commonwealth Games (The Virginia Olympics) for Field Hockey at the University of Virginia. Potomac/North competed against teams from around the state to take home the Gold and title of State Champions.
Coach Virginia White led both teams to victory. Star players on the team and recent graduates of county schools will go on to play at the college level in the fall. Sam Zelenack, a recent graduate of Fairfax High School, will go to play at Towson College in Maryland; Katie Clark of Marshall High School will play for and attend University of Massachusetts; and Sarah Betti of Herndon High School will play for Haverford College in Pennsylvania. For more information about the Subway Commonwealth Games of Virginia - Field Hockey, go to http://www.commonwealthgames.org/2013_Subway_Games/2013_Sports_Listing/Field_Hockey.htm.


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NEW YORK—Children's apparel manufacturer and wholesaler One Step Up has signed a 10-year lease renewal at 1412 Broadway and will continue to occupy 52,805 sq. ft. on the second, third and seventh floors at the property.
Cushman & Wakefield's Mitchell Arkin, Michelle Walker and Jonathan Fales represented the owner, Harbor Group International LLC (HGI) in the transaction. The tenant's broker was Jesse Rubens of Murray Hill Properties.
Since its acquisition of 1412 Broadway two years ago, HGI has invested more than $10 million in renovations at the 415,135-sq.-ft., 24-story office building. Improvements included upgrades to electrical capacity, telecommunications and fiber-optic infrastructure, new windows and renovations to the lobby, entry, corridors and restrooms. The property is currently 95 percent occupied.
Located between 39th and 40th Streets, 1412 Broadway offers access to Grand Central, Penn Station and the Port Authority as well as numerous subway lines. Additional tenants include Jones New York, Escada USA, OuterStuff, Securitas Security Services, Out of the Blue Enterprises and Oberon Securities, among others.


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A motorcyclist was killed Thursday after he collided with a pickup truck at S. Telegraph Rd. and W. Seventh St.
Monroe police have identified the motorcyclist killed Thursday night in a collision with a pickup truck as Michael James Kosa, 48, of Monroe.
Mr. Kosa was reported as unresponsive when rescuers arrived at the scene of the crash at S. Telegraph Rd. and W. Seventh St. in Monroe.
The accident occurred at about 8:09 p.m.just after 8 p.m. and southbound Telegraph was closed during the investigation. Northbound Telegraph was limited to one lane.
Mr. Kosa, who appeared not to be wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at Mercy Memorial Hospital.
Preliminary investigation indicates the motorcycle was travelling westbound on W. Seventh St at S. Telegraph Rd. The pickup truck was travelling eastbound on W. Seventh St and attempted to turn left onto northbound S. Telegraph Rd. The two vehicles collided within the intersection. The driver of the pickup was not injured.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is asked to call Cpl. Daryl Tamsen of the Monroe Police Department at 243-7500.


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I went up to my aunt's and, while I was there, we headed to this AMAZING shopping outlet that has everything from Kate Spade to the Disney Store. Although I didn't end up buying anything at Kate (total shocker to both you & me), I did pick up a few pieces for my closet that I had been coveting for a long time, and a few pairs of shoes.
My other Aunt got me into G.H. Bass loafers when I was helping her move and I have since been obsessed (on top of trying to find a replacement for my long lost penny loafers ) with them. Although I didn't find a replacement penny, I did find these too-pretty-to-pass-up tassel loafers that have Fall written all over them!
My own shoe somehow lost its bottom during our shopping venture, so I began looking for something comfy to put on (and fulfill a buy 1 get 2 free sale-- can you believe it?) and stumbled upon these super jazzy but amazingly comfortable leopard loafers. They make you feel like you're walking on a comfy blanket and I really couldn't pass them up.
And lastly, a pair of shoes I've been coveting for quite some time: the Janey patent flat from J. Crew. I almost died when I found my size!


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People will still be lusting after FD's in fifty years. Did I mention that I love huge silly rear diffusers?
It occurred to me that I've never seen normal rivet-on flares on an FD, always these blended widebody kits.
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To make air freight more accessible to shippers, there must be a paperless exchange of information, global standards for security measures, greater transparency in pricing and a liberalization of air services.
The ESC and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) are working together (under the CORE programme) in piloting electronic documents. IATA started a project focused on the Airway Bill. The ESC would like to add also documents which have a specific link to shippers. An extra asset for shippers is the possibility to link these documents to ERP systems. By doing this, administrative burdens can decrease and the visibility of the supply chain can be improved.
By 2020, freighters should be free to fly from any airport to another without bilateral treaties. Many flag carriers are, together with their governments, protecting their home markets.
A global standard on air cargo security should be developed by 2020. Regional and national rules have to be merged to form global ones on the basis of customs (AEO) and presently existing aviation security standards.
Key performance indicators are important to be able to benchmark the service levels for customers. The air cargo industry started developing quality standards and the creation of Cargo 2000/C2k. In modern air cargo industry, focusing only on price levels is not sufficient. A cooperation between C2k and the ESC will safeguard the KPI's being independent.
A stronger linkage between the surcharge level and the fluctuation of fuel prices will improve the transparency and ability of shippers to compare freight prices. The introduction of an all in price is a very good example of this.


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A series of feeding experiments was conducted to determine the effect of extrusion processing of soybean meal (SBM) on trace element availability in partially replaced fish meal based diet to rainbow trout. SBM was extruded by different conditions such as temperature, and replaced with white fishmeal. The experimental diets were fed to the juvenile rainbow trout for 21 weeks.The growth of the fish fed the diet replaced white fish meal with SBM extruded at 145゚C is much higher than that of the fish on the diet included SBM extruded at 100゚C.The same trend was obtained in mineral status in fish body.Consequently, the graded levels of high temperature (150゚C) extruded SBM (0,30,60%) were replaced with white fishmeal and the graded levels of Zn were supplemented to the 30% extruded SBM included diet. The experimental diets were fed to the juvenile rainbow trout for 12 weeks.The growth reached a plateau by the supplementation with 20 mg Zn/kg among the 30% extruded SBM included diets and Zn content became to the equivalent amount in fish fed the fish meal diet by 40mg Zn/kg. The growth of fish receiving the 60% extruded SBM included diet was lower than the other groups, but the mineral status in fish body was not influenced by dietary treatment.The results of these studies demonstrated that high temperature such as 150゚C extrusion cooking influences the quality of SBM very efficiently, and that extruded SBM might be a very suitable material for substitution of fishmeal in terms of trace element.
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ERIE — Magpul Industries is departing for Texas and Wyoming, but it's not leaving Colorado entirely.
The company, which designs and manufactures firearms accessories, announced Thursday that it plans to relocate 92 percent of its business out of state while keeping a toehold in Colorado in order to fight the state Democrats' gun-control agenda.
Magpul's manufacturing facility will relocate to Cheyenne, while its corporate office will move to one of three locations under review in North Central Texas. Both of those facilities are now in Erie, along with a workforce of about 200 employees.
"Moving operations to states that support our culture of individual liberties and personal responsibility is important," said Magpul CEO Richard Fitzpatrick in a statement. "This relocation will also improve business operations and logistics as we utilize the strengths of Texas and Wyoming in our expansion."
But Magpul, which is a plaintiff in the lawsuit filed by 55 county sheriffs against the bill limiting ammunition-magazine capacity to 15 rounds, isn't deserting the battle in Colorado.
"We made a commitment publicly that we would not abandon the law-abiding gun owners in our own state, and we want to honor that," said Duane Liptak, Magpul director of product management and marketing.
Magpul's intention to move was no secret—company officials announced in March that they would leave in reaction to the Democratic state legislature's passage of gun-control bills—and the company had many out-of-state officials vying for its business.
In the end, however, Texas and Wyoming best met the Magpul's criteria, which included "business friendliness, political stability, and respect for our company values: individual freedoms and personal responsibility," said Chief Operating Officer Doug Smith.
Things might have turned out differently if the state legislature had waited another year, or even another few months. A year ago, Mr. Smith said the rapidly growing company was making plans to build a state-of-the-art facility in Broomfield.
But the magazine bill was a game-changer. Magpul officials became convinced that even the bill's Democratic sponsors were unclear on the legislation's meaning, thus exposing the company to risk.
Democrats tweaked the bill to address some of Magpul's concerns, while Gov. John Hickenlooper issued a signing statement to clarify the bill's intention, but in some ways that actually made it worse.
"[That] clearly exemplified in our mind that there was confusion around what the bill said," said Smith. "Companies always have to work to manage and mitigate risk, and risk of this type, we have to eliminate. Our concern going forward is that through rulemaking or some other means, legislators would move the effect of the bill closer to the original language."
Magpul has its roots in Colorado. Fitzpatrick, who served as a sergeant in the Marines' Force Recon, started the company in 1999 out of his basement in Longmont, designing a plastic loop and pouch that could be attached to a soldier's gear. It was named the "magpul" because it allowed a magazine to be pulled out easily under stress.
Within 12 to 16 months, all but roughly 8 percent of the company's workforce will be outside Colorado. Magpul plans to lease a 58,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Cheyenne during construction of its 100,000-square-foot custom facility in the Cheyenne Business Parkway.
"Wyoming and Magpul are a great match," said Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, a Republican. "Bringing an innovative and growing manufacturing operation to Wyoming is a significant step for the state. We offer Magpul an attractive tax environment, stable and reasonable regulations, not to mention a firm commitment to uphold the Second Amendment."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said in a statement that he's reached out to more than 30 firearms manufacturers in states that are "considering restricting sales and manufacturing in the industry."
"In Texas, we understand that freedom breeds prosperity, which is why we've built our economy around principles that allow employers to innovate and keep more of what they earn," said Perry, also a Republican. "I'm proud that Magpul is the latest employer to join the ranks of companies that call Texas home."


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343 Industries has revealed the new Legendary Campaign Logo for Halo 4. They've replaced the iconic Elite Skull with a skull that according to 343 is "Forerunner in origin".
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Agreed! Oh look! It's the manhunt guy's mask on the front of the heroic sword and shield logo! :P
It's a promethean skull...it makes sense seeing that the elite is no longer the main threat.
It hasn't even been rendered yet. You don't think it'll actually look like this in-game, right?
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VIGAN CITY, July 20 (PIA) - For a small city like Vigan with limited resources, one wonders how this heritage city was inscribed in the World Heritage Sites.
But it proved to the world that the former Ciudad Fernandina founded during the Spanish has done a great job in conserving the legacy of the past through heritage conservation.
The World Heritage Center has awarded Vigan for "Best Practice in World Heritage Site Management" during the World Heritage Convention held in Kyoto, Japan in 2012.
Through the nomination of the Philippine United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Commission, Vigan's heritage conservation program prevailed over 28 entries of best conservation practices worldwide.
Today, Vigan, which maintained its uniqueness in history, is facing another challenge to be included in the New 7 Wonders- Cities of the World. The only heritage city in the Philippines was nominated in this prestigious contest which started in 2012 with more than 1,200 entries from around 220 countries.
In the latest screening of nominees last July 7, Vigan landed on the top 21 list with Bangkok, Barcelona, Beirut, Chicago,, Doha, Durban, Havana, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, La Paz, London, Mendoza, Mexico City, Mumbai, Perth, Quito, Reykjavik, St. Petersburg, Seoul and Shenzhen. The magic 7 will be announced on December 7 this year.
More foreign investors will venture in tourism and heritage related economic enterprises in order tol attain an economic growth that provides productive employment and opportunities and reduces poverty in line with the UN's " Millennium Development Goals" (MDG's).
The Office of the President has directed the National Historical Commission, Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG), Department of Tourism (DOT) and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to extend their full support for Vigan in this competition which will boost the economy and tourism industry.
As Mayor Eva Medina stressed: "We can use the legacy from the past that is our treasure today to prepare a better tomorrow for future generations."
Let's protect and preserve our cultural legacy for future generations. A vote for Vigan is a vote for the Philippines. (MCA/BPP PIA1-Ilocos Sur)
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Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park
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|Most popular for its picnic area at the rocky shore of Casco Bay and its offshore island that houses a population of ospreys, this scenic state park also offers some limited but sweet bouldering and top roping opportunities. All of the climbing is concentrated on a short 100 yard stretch of shore line on the western side of the park. The rock is highly metamorphised and studed with quartz and mica deposits. The real prize for climbers is an immense, 30-foot high, free standing boulder that has detatched from the bank and sits at the high tide line. $3 will get you into the park and an easy 15 minute hike will get you to the climbing. There is a campground just down the street and many more 10 minutes away in downtown freeport.
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|Take 95 into Freeport and get off at Old Exit 20 onto Route 1. Turn right onto Route 1 and follow it to L.L. Bean. Turn left onto Flying Point Road. Follow Flying Point Road out to Wolfe's Neck Road. Turn right onto Wolfe's Neck Road and follow it to a left hand turn into the park. Park at the first parking lot. Find the trailhead sign that says "To Haraseeket Trail". Follow the trail to an intersection. Turn right onto the Haraseeket Trail. Follow the trail through an intersection and past the Hemlock Ridge Trail to a dirt road. Cross the road and continue downhill along the foot trail to the ocean. Descend directly to the water to find the climbing.
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The annual U.N. climate talks, this year COP-17, began five days ago in Durban, South Africa. The major question this year is what we should do with the Kyoto Protocol, which is set to expire in 2012. John Prescott, former U.K. labor minister and one of the leading delegates at the Kyoto negotiations, is calling for the Durban delegates to "stop the clocks" on the Protocol, enabling the mechanisms to continue while a new international accord is reached. The UK's former chief scientist, Sir David King, argues that the Protocol should be abandoned and in its place should be introduced a "muscular bilateralism", whereby nations commit to voluntary emissions reductions in cooperation with each other.
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GOP Candidates Attack Federal College Loan Program, Education
In the GOP debate last night, candidates made harsh statements about federal student loans and, by extension, college education in general. Rep. Ron Paul called student loans "a total failure" and said the U.S. should abolish them; Gov. Rick Perry managed to remember that he doesn't think "the federal government should be in the business of paying for programs and building up huge debt out there," adding that the U.S. should "force universities to be more efficient." Newt Gingrich called student loans "an absurdity" because they allow students to "stay in college longer because they don't see the cost." These statements show not only the inequality inherent in a plan to drop monetary education assistance, but also the devalorization of education in America. Continue reading
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Oh, Rick Scott.
Governor Rick Scott (R-FL) ran a successful campaign with the motto "Let's Get to Work" in a state whose unemployment rate is higher than the national average. Throughout the campaign, he promised he would create 700,000 jobs in addition to state economists' forecasts for a natural growth of 1 million jobs. As it turns out, he was just kidding. This indifference towards people in need isn't surprising, coming as it is from the man who made his millions in the fraudulent for-profit hospital business. Continue reading
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Religious Freedom v. Freedom from Discrimination
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court found itself at the crossroads of two federal protections: freedom from discrimination in the workplace and freedom of religious practice. Cheryl Perich taught secular and religious subjects at a Lutheran school in Michigan before she was diagnosed with narcolepsy. After being deemed medically fit to reenter the workplace, she was fired. At any secular school, this case would inevitably have been decided in her favor under the defense of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Continue reading
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"This is what hope looks like." -Tim DeChristopher
Today it was decided that Tim DeChristopher, a climate activist I've seen speak twice at Wesleyan, is going to prison for disrupting an illegal government auction of public land to private oil and gas companies. He went to the auction, which he knew to be unlawful and inevitably destructive, pretended to be a bidder, and proceeded to jack up the prices for oil executives trying to lease government land. He won 14 bids. His actions forced the Bureau of Land Management to admit that they'd held an illegal auction and to cancel all leases (the auction was during December of 2008, a parting gift from the Bush administration to the oil industry). He essentially conducted nonviolent protest of a very creative sort.
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Frackin' With Texas' Water Supply
The very industry that Texas thrives on is threatening its already scarce water supply. During the worst drought and biggest wildfires in the state's history, the oil and natural gas industry used 13.5 billion gallons of its water in fracking operations. Continue reading
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Planned Parenthood Victory
Planned Parenthood of Indiana won a legal battle against the state today, as U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt halted Indiana's plans to defund the reproductive health agency. The state passed a law last month blocking any Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood on the grounds that federal law prohibits using Medicaid from funding abortions (in most cases). The law "cut off $1.4 million to Planned Parenthood, which serves about 9,300 clients in Indiana who are on the state-federal health insurance plan for low-income and disabled people who receive Medicaid," reports the New York Times. Continue reading
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Terrarium Tv app is the latest addition to the list of best Tv show streaming apps. Terrarium TV apk is recently released by Nitroxenon team. Aiming to provide free high quality (HD) TV shows to the screen of your android devices. It is an android application from which users can watch HD tv shows absolutely free.Terrarium Tv app provides live TV Shows from various different countries. In every possible resolution and with the support of subtitles.
There are a lot of live TV apps on the android market. Mobdro, Tv portal, Uktvnow and Sybla Tv are one of hem but they all offer content with geographical restrictions. Which means that you are not able to watch one country's TV Show or channel from another country.
Not only that TV shows of these apps are mostly from one specific country. Now with the help of this new Terrarium TV apk, you can watch all TV channels from any country you want. At the moment this app is only available for the android users. This means that unfortunately IOS users (Iphone & Ipad) are not able to use this wonderful app.
For iOS users recommendations: Mobdro App download, Cartoon HD Apk, Mobdro For PC
Now let's have a look on some of Terrarium TV features and options.
The feel of this app design is similar like Showbox. The only difference is that this app only offers TV shows, not movies. When you first open this app you will see a beautiful screen with the list of trending TV shows on the home screen.
You can scroll down to choose from this list if you want. Or you can simply tap on the top middle "Trending" button to choose from Recently updated, New shows, Premies, Most popular, Most played or from Top rated categories.
Terrarium TV app 1.1.4 also give its users option to select TV shows according to their genre. You can choose your desired show from Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Comedy, Reality, etc.
If that's not enough then you can always use the search options present on the top right side of the screen.
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The main thing which makes Terrarium Tv apk different from the rest is its amazing options. Users can select parallel source loading option which makes the TV Shows load 50% faster.
You can also filter out dead sources to save time. As this app is for all countries and provides other language shows as well that's why developers also include the option to filter out none English content for English show fans.
One of the most appealing features of Terrarium app is the ability to save shows on the external micro sd cards. This function is not available in any other movies/tv show app.
Despite the fact, it is a legal app, still, it's not available on the google play store. To make things easier we providing our users step by step tutorial on how to download and then install this amazing app.
- To download this app first you need to enable "Unknown Sources" because you are downloading this app from our servers, not from google play store. You can do it by going into Settings => Security and after that click on the Unknown Sources checkbox option.
- Now download the Terrarium Apk version 1.1.4 from apkmirror.com.
- The download can take a little time in some cases After the apk file download completes please open any file manager and locate the file apk file.
- After locating the apk file, click on it to open. It will ask for the permission please click "Next" and after that "Install" button.
- Installation should complete in few seconds, after that, a new icon of Terrarium app will appear on your home screen as well as on the app drawer.
- To watch free shows in HD quality simply press the newly appear icon and enjoy.
Note: This app requires Android v4.1.0 or above and Max Player app as well to play the videos. If you do not have Max player then you can download it from here.
- No Data: Sometimes this app is not able to find any reliable source to stream your desired show. Which result in this error, Don't worry if you see this. Its only mean that at the moment there is no source available, Which should be fixed soon.
- Subtitles, not Sync: This problem occurs when Terrarium Apk is not able to sync Subtitles with your current Show video format. To correct this problem please change the format of your show video, you can choose from WEB-DL, HD TV, Blue Ray etc.
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- Terrarium 1.1.3
That's it if you need to feel any kind of difficulties in understanding or in the installation process. Please do contact us through the comment section below. If this article helps you then please do share this page with your friends and family on social media like Google Plus, Facebook & Twitter. Mobdro Apk Download Team.


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With a bill like a duck, but teeth like a crocodile, a neck like a swan and killer claws, a new dinosaur species uncovered by scientists looks like something Dr Seuss could have dreamed up.
It also had flippers like a penguin and while it walked like an ostrich, it could also swim.
It is the first time swimming ability has been shown for a two-legged, meat-eating dinosaur.
The tiny creature, only about 45cm tall, roamed the Earth 75 million years ago in what is now Mongolia.
Its full curled-up skeleton was found in a sandstone rock.
"It's such a peculiar animal," said Dennis Voeten, a paleontology researcher at Palacky University in the Czech Republic. "It combines different parts we knew from other groups into this one small animal."
In a study released on Wednesday by the journal Nature, Voeten and his coauthors named it Halszkaraptor escuilliei or Halszka after the late Polish paleontologist Halszka Osmolska.
Paleontologist Kristi Curry Rogers of Macalester College in St Paul, Minnesota, who did not participate in the study, called it "a pretty crazy chimera: a swan neck and dinosaur body, but with a mouthful of tiny teeth, and hands and feet that look like they might be good for swimming."
Its mashup body let it run and hunt on the ground, as well as fish in fresh water, study coauthor Paul Tafforeau said.
He is a paleontologist at ESRF, the European Synchrotron in Grenoble, France, a powerful X-ray generator where numerous tests were made on the fossil.
Lead author Andrea Cau, a paleontologist at the Geological Museum Capellini in Bologna, Italy, said he was at first highly suspicious about the fossil's authenticity, both because of its appearance, and the fact that the rock containing the skeleton had been smuggled out of Mongolia and left in a private collector's hands.
"I asked myself: 'Is this a real, natural skeleton, or an artifact, a chimera? If this is a fake, how could I demonstrate it?'" Cau said in an e-mail. "Assuming it was a fake instead of starting assuming that the fossil is genuine was the most appropriate way to start the investigation of such a bizarre fossil."
So researchers used the European Synchrotron to create 3D images of the fossil, which showed the creature was indeed a single animal and not a concoction built up from several sources.
For example, an arm hidden in the rock perfectly matched the visible left arm and lines indicating growth matched up across the bones.
Even though the creature was not dreamed up by Dr Seuss, it got a blessing from a Dr Sues.
Smithsonian Institution paleontologist Hans Sues, who was not part of the research, praised the work and said it "shows again how amazingly diverse dinosaurs were."


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News Release
Evergreen House is offering a five-week training program for anyone interested in becoming an Evergreen volunteer guide. A historic house, Evergreen is unique in its synthesis of Victorian, Neoclassical, and Art Deco interior design; its private theater; and impressive collections of Japanese and Chinese art, post-Impressionist paintings, rare books, Tiffany glass, and Dutch and Italian furniture.
In addition to giving tours, Evergreen's volunteer guides also have the opportunity to travel to other historic homes and participate in special events.
Training sessions run on Tuesday mornings from Feb. 27 through April 3 from 10 a.m. to noon. Evergreen House, a historic house of The Johns Hopkins University, is located at 4545 N. Charles Street in Baltimore. For more information, contact Cindy Kelly at 410-516-0341.
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