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Pratt Corp. Bolsters Digital Print Capabilities With A Columbia Turbo
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Press release from the issuing company5 February 2007 - Extending its digital capabilities to meet increased demand expected in 2007, Indianapolis-based Pratt Corp. has just installed a Columbia Turbo, its third printer from Inca Digital, one of the world's leading manufacturers of large format inkjet printing technology. This is the second Columbia Turbo installed by Pratt, who also has an Inca Spyder 320. The latest high-speed Columbia Turbo increases digital capacity by 63%, without the need for further manpower. Eight years ago, Pratt was determined to transform itself from a banner printer into a provider of turnkey graphics packages for large retail chains. Today, Pratt is a successful $60 million service provider-including brand imaging/positioning, creative, printing and installation-of display materials. With successful adoption of digital technology and lean manufacturing methods, Pratt has been able to handle 30% more business with no added staff. This is accompanied by reductions of 70% in press changeover times and 40% in key inventory supplies. Pratt creates materials almost exclusively on rigid materials. When it purchased its first Inca printer, an Eagle, in 2002, it was an integral part of Pratt's printing services and particularly key for short runs. "We used to print sheets on a roll-fed printer and then mount them. The Inca printer allowed us to eliminate this step and improve efficiency," comments Doc Pratt, Executive Vice President of Pratt Corp. "We like the fact that the substrate moves under the print head. We weren't sure that combination (or hybrid) printers, where a sheet is pushed or pulled, could do as good a job. UV curing is also important. We want to move as many solvent printers-and their associated chemicals-out of here." About a year and a half ago, Pratt traded its Inca Eagle towards a new Columbia Turbo to take advantage of the increased speed and quality, along with a six-color Spyder 320. The Spyder will shortly be converted to a Spyder 320+ white, capable of printing white ink as an overprint, underprint, or spot in single, multiple or graduated layers to provide significant flexibility from one machine. With the additional capacity provided by its second Columbia Turbo, Pratt is looking to move more of its smaller runs, traditionally produced by screen printers, to the Inca presses, where they are more cost effective. "We have had very good uptime, typically operating our printers around the clock five days a week-and often more," adds Russ Greene, director of manufacturing. While implementing lean manufacturing practices for about a year, Pratt has focused on removing waste. One of their biggest sources was inventory. "Rather than producing larger runs on a screen printer to satisfy annual print contracts, we can run smaller batches on the Inca printers digitally, virtually on-demand. This ensures fast delivery and lower inventory levels," remarks Greene. "There is also a secondary benefit for our customers: fast reaction time. With smaller inventories, our customers can decide to change graphics without paying for excess, unused inventory. Our Inca presses have delivered the quality and cost-effectiveness we were all hoping for."
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Bread day 2! This is what it looks like after hanging out all night in my fridge.
Next, turn it out on a floured surface and for 1lb boules, cut it in half. There are tons of internet sites and books that tell you how to shape bread into a boule and I don't know what I'm doing well enough to explain it.
But here are my 2 boules. They're so pretty. :)
Cover and let them proof for 2 more hours. About 45 minutes before you plan to bake, you need to turn your oven into a heart. Which basically means, preheat your oven to 550 with your pan or stone in the oven and another pan with a one inch lip on the rack below.
Uncover for the last 15 minutes of proofing. Here's what mine looked like.
With an extreeeeeeemely sharp knife or preferably a razor blade, make cuts in the dough about 1/2 inch deep.
Lower the temp to 450. Bake for 12 minutes and then rotate. Here's what they looked like at 12 minutes. Bake another 15-25 minutes.
And here is your rustic artisan French bread boule! Now one huge problem I had was that at 550, my carbon monoxide detectors started going off so I had to lower my temp to 450 right away and open my windows. I have a killer headache now. The Grand Adventure part 3 is simmering away and almost ready! Check back later tonight!

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England Hockey Awards 2018
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On Saturday 19 May hockey lovers from across the country gathered to celebrate the achievements of volunteers, umpires, coaches and players over the past year at the England Hockey Awards Dinner 2018.
Held once again at the Athena in Leicester, more than 450 people were in attendance to see the awards handed out. Hosted by Simon Mason and Sam Quek and with plenty of stars in tow it was a fine evening!
The 2018 winners were:
- Notts Sport Club of the Year - Kettering HC
- Howden Men's Team of the Year - Ashmoor HC Men's 1st XI
- Investec Women's Team of the Year - Pendle Forest 1st XI
- MJ Events Unsung Club Hero - Jen Clark
- Men's Senior Performance Player - Phil Roper
- Men's Junior Performance Player - Jack Waller
- Investec Women's Senior Performance Player - Laura Unsworth
- Investec Women's Junior Performance Player - Tess Howard
- Coach of the Year - Matt Parker
- Lifetime Achievement - Mike Ward & Judith Nicholson
- Official of the Year - Lee Barron
- Vitality Rising Star - Eleanor Godwin
- Innovation - Scarborough HC
- Vitality Hockey Maker of the Year - Bev Barstow
Notts Sport Club of the Year
"Notts Sport are proud to support the Club of the Year award in such an outstanding year. As Official Facilities Partner to England Hockey, we are committed to growing the game at all levels, and therefore it is important to recognise the individual achievements of the grass roots and professional teams that continue to drive and develop the sport in the UK. We wish the best of luck to everyone nominated!"
Duncan Bennett, Managing Director, Notts Sport.


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After a month or so of working a couple of days a week at The Usual and trying to find another hospitality job to fill in the other days (and the salary) I decided to change course and I came up with the romantic idea of wanting to work in a bookstore. An independent bookstore. Me, the smell of fresh books, maybe a flirt with the regular intellectual bookworm customer, the whole idea seemed just like the best idea ever. Turns out, to work in a bookstore they want people with experience. Experience within bookstores. Come on! Or they are so small and independent that it's just the owner and their lifelong employee. I did my best to put a terrific resume together about my love for reading, my favorite authors, book passages, etc. Nothing, all the pretty little bookstores all over town completely ignored my cute face and persistence. The big chains would accept my interest but didn't hear back from them either, which maybe is for the best as I would have betrayed my love for The Independent Bookstore. I'm such a hipster sometimes, but who isn't.
After the second week the image of me with non prescriptive glasses and a french beret on my head reading some classic Jane Austen behind the counter slowly but surely faded and I decided to continue my job hunt back in the Tech World. The same day I started looking and applying for some temp roles here and there, I got a contacted by my ex manager of One. A few messages and a couple of calls later I was called in for an interview the next day. Another team, another temp role and oh so much more of what I'd like to do! I got the role and started the week after and I'm in heaven – it feels as if the stars finally aligned. Since day one I felt this was a role I could actually be good at and learn in and that feeling made me be a different person. I'm more outgoing and happy and I already feel part of my new team after only a couple of days with them. Also all the old faces in the company are so welcoming and all of the sudden it feels like home. Who knows that this might lead to a permanent position later on the road.
So three days a week at One, two days a week at The Usual. Weekends free. Sounds like a pretty good balance to me. A bit of brain work, a bit of foot & food work. And weekends free. Not sure how I'm going to fit in school yet but I talked with my teacher and he seems flexible so we'll see how to fit it all in.
Back in tech. How good is that. I feel the geek in me growing and wanting to be fed with new information. New platforms, new stuff to learn. What a wonderful and intriguing world.
But it's not for everyone. And although my grandma knows her way around her iPad mini, one of my closest friends from high school keeps surprising me in her lack of technological savviness. Last year, while our common friend Carlotta was visiting me here in Australia, we received a message on our Whatsapp chat from her asking how to work a scanner. I asked Carlotta if she borrowed a scanner to her before leaving to which she replied: "No, I think it's just a general question." So all the way from Italy, our friend Blue asked how to use a scanner. I thought it was a joke, but Carlotta started probing to get more information out of her in order to help her. Apparently this wasn't the first time. Blue does nothing ever alone when it comes to technology, everything goes through Carlotta whom patiently answers or helps with whatever the case might be. Buying flights online, researching something, fixing hardware, downloading software. Recently, again on our common chat she asked: "Carlotta, is it safe to rent a car from the internet?" I was blown away, not even sure I remember times when you didn't go online to rent a car. What did we use? The Yellow Pages? Just going down the street to your local car rental? Carlotta, the patient angel that she always is, tries to figure out which site she is using and gives in to this what in my eyes is not acceptable. Is it a phobia? Lack of self confidence? I wish I knew. I feel far away from Blue and from what is going on in her world. I miss her. Even her silliness.
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Hi All,
Its been very long since I have posted anything. Today I am gonna talk about migrating all your TFS Work Items from one project to another. Lets call the project where all your WIs are currently residing as Source Project and the project where you want to migrate your WIs as Target project. Your Target project can be in a totally different project collection or even in a different TFS server.
However TFS does not provide any way to migrate WIs between projects, there are few third party tools that helps in this scenario. I personally found using excel to Migrate very simple. I have used this technique to move work items from one project to another where target projects were in same collection, in different project collection and even different TFS server.
Okay so let's get some work items moving to start with. The simplest scenario is, if both source and target projects use the same Process Template so that all your fields match.
If the templates don't match then you'll have to do some planning to understand how the fields match (for example In Agile template Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.StoryPoints to Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.Effort in Scrum template) or fields that might be missing (eg. Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.CompletedWork or Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.OriginalEstimate). If the fields are missing then you could consider adding them to the target process template, storing the information somewhere else or simply leave it behind.
Step 1: Create Query in Source Project
First you need to create a query in your source project that will result all the Work Items that you want move. You would also like to consider different columns for your query so you will have all the data you need.If you have any links between Work Items that you wish to preserve then it needs to be a Tree Query. At this point I will assume that you have planned this ahead and you know which WIs you want to migrate with what columns.You may need to play around with the query to get what you want.
Step 2: Copy and Save your Query to your Target Project
We have the query to export our data but now we want to move this query to our target project so we can import the data there.
Open the Source Project in Visual Studio Team Explorer and navigate to your newly created query.
Right click on your query and select Edit Query. Now select File->Save As…
We want to save our query to a file (*.wiq), somewhere in our local machine where we we can find it easily. Open the file in a text editor of your choice (I like Notepad++).
Edit the Server URL if you are moving to a new Server, edit the Team Project Collection name if you are just moving to a new collection and edit the Team Project name in the .wiq file and save it again.
Now right click your query from Visual Studio and select "Open in Microsoft Excel" .
Now open your Target Project in Visual Studio and Select File->Open->File…
Navigate to your *.wiq query file.
Select Save As…
And select your new project as the target server. The query should now be available in the target Team Project.
Now right click this new query in your target project and select "Open in Microsoft Excel".
Copy the data from previously opened excel from source project query to the new excel opened from target project query. Modify any column or field needed if you are migrating to a project with different process template.
When we hit Publish on the Team menu, new Work Item IDs will be generated for us in the new project
Now we need to alter some things like the Work Item State. The TFS Process Template will not allow us to create Work Items in a non-starting state so our items will be New or Active for example. We need to filter on the Old States we want to edit.
Now we see only the items we need to change. Change and then fill down the value in the State column and publish back to TFS. Repeat the process for all the states returned in your query
You will also need to come back and do this for things like Area Path and Iteration Path if you haven't already created them in your new project. Just save this spreadsheet and you can refresh and publish from/to TFS anytime.
Now we have successfully migrated our Work Items from one project to another.


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The Villains were deep in the cairn of Nythoggr and had just made away with a group of wraiths. The last obstacle was the linnorm himself. The sight of the old beast was truly terrifying, a giant serpentine dragon coiling around an obelisk of black obsidian. The linnorm pounced at the ninth as they entered his chamber and the fight started. The villains managed to slay the wyrm and claim its treasure. In the old dragons hoard they found what they were looking for, Thorn's phylactery.
Before facing Thorn the ninth decided they would need more magical items to defeat the lich. They managed to find out who had stolen Chargammon's hoard. A brine dragon named Bethizara. The villains travelled to Daveryn where they stole a ship. Using minions to sail the ship the ninth managed to find Bethizara's lair, but not before the dragon found their ship. The villains managed to slay the dragon and loot it's lair.


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Joe Wright's ANNA KARENINA is a dizzyingly stylized rendition of Leo Tolstoy's oft-adapted classic of love, infidelity and despair. It amplifies the affected manners of the novel's nineteenth-century Russian aristocracy by plunging the characters into a Brechtian world of theatrical artifice, where scene transitions are boldly accompanied by the rising and falling and rotating of sets. It's an ostentatious touch, one that could easily overwhelm the drama, but Wright, working from a screenplay by the great Tom Stoppard, adroitly uses the emphasis on stagecraft to comment on the seemingly stage-bound lives of the characters. These people are acutely aware of their individual roles in society, and they're playing them with tragic gusto.
As with PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and ATONEMENT, Wright seems hellbent on avoiding costume-drama cliches. He's certainly upped the formal ante here, but while his technique is rather insistent in the early going, you gradually grow accustomed to the aesthetic. As Anna's hope withers away, exhilaration gives way to claustrophobia, and the film takes on an almost operatic quality. But Wright - perhaps reined in by Stoppard's precise, unsentimental adaptation - never lets the emotions boil over; the result is an ANNA KARENINA that resonates more strongly the further you get away from it.
When I interviewed Wright last year for HANNA, he was just about ready to make the decision to back away from a more naturalistic approach to Tolstoy's novel. I didn't know it at the time - and, evidently, neither did Stoppard. So when I chatted with Wright last week, I was eager to find out how Stoppard reacted to his decision to go theatrical, and, of course, the finished film. We also talked about Wright's collaborative relationship with Keira Knightley, and whether he has any plans to return to action movies.
Mr. Beaks: So often people complain that costume dramas all look and feel the same. You've shaken this film out of that with your theatrical approach. How did you settle on this approach, and in what sense was it a practical decision versus a creative one?
Joe Wright: I guess it's really a creative decision that was allowed to happen because of practical concerns. This story, what it's about and what it says was so important to me, but I feel sometimes people approach costume dramas with certain preconceived ideas, and they're often correct in those ideas. It's all about the surface and the historical reenactment, and that somehow distances the audience from a kind of emotional relevance. So I was trying to think of ways to make a costume drama - and, in particular, this novel - more vital and vibrant for a modern audience. I'd been thinking of ways to do this. I had a beautiful, beautiful script from Tom Stoppard, which was told in a naturalistic form. And I was thinking about a stylization of performance, which I was thinking of putting into naturalistic locations. And then the budgetary constraints became quite apparent. A lot of the budget was being spent on travel and location fees and hotels, and it was all very frustrating because it took the money away from the screen. So at a point quite close to shooting, I almost accepted the fact that now was the time to do what I'd been talking about doing for some time.
Beaks: What did Stoppard think when you approached him with this idea?
Wright: He, um, listened carefully. (Beaks laughs) He was very gracious not to give the knee-jerk reaction of "How dare you!?!?" He listened, and he understood it. What I did isn't very new in terms of theater. It's perhaps new or novel in film, but it's something that is done in theater all of the time. For example, one can take RICHARD III and set it in the Weimar Republic. So he listened, and when I got to the bit where I was explaining and showing him storyboards of Vronsky's horse tumbling from the stage, that was the point when he said, "Okay, I want to see that." He became very excited about that.
Beaks: What was his reaction when you showed him the finished movie? Were you at all nervous?
Wright: You know, Tom was a great hero of mine before I met him, and he became even more so after working with him, so I wanted his approval certainly. I think one would've been crazy not to. But I felt confident that we'd served the emotional story well, and I was very relieved. He kind of crept over to me in the screening room after the first twenty minutes, leaned over to me and said, "This is mind-boggling." And I went, "Is that good or bad?" And he said, "Mind-bogglingly wonderful." I was relieved.
Beaks: How much rehearsal was required to pull off the various long takes and seemingly complex scene changes in the film?
Wright: There was no tech run as they'd have in the theater. What we had was my usual three-week rehearsal with the actors, and then they did a lot more rehearsal in terms of the dance work. A lot of those three weeks were about experiments in physical performance, and working with choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. But in terms of how the sets moved and all that stuff, it was meticulously planned. The actual main set, the theater set, was in operation twenty-four hours a day for three months. When we weren't shooting in there, the sets were being changed for the next day or the next sequence. It was planned carefully, and then left to the will of the gods.
Beaks: You have a real gift for shooting Keira Knightley. There's a certain chemistry between you two. Obviously, she is a stunningly beautiful woman, but what is it about her that makes her such a natural for you to work with? What do you two have in common?
Wright: I think we share quite a lot in common really. We're both dyslexic, and I think what that has created in us is that we both work best when we feel like we're the underdogs, when we feel like we've got to work really hard. We have an understanding and trust in each other's hard work, and an understanding that that hasn't always been easy. And we talk to each other. We're very, very honest with each other. I've known her since she was seventeen, and she's seen me from my first film to now my fifth. We approach each other very openly and honestly, and we really just talk to each other. We can now share things, and say, "Oh, this character's a bit like so-and-so who we knew five years ago." I think I direct from quite an emotional place, and I'm not afraid to show my emotions. And Keira's not afraid to show me her strengths, her bite.
Beaks: Last time out, you got to let loose with making an action film in HANNA. Now that you've done this invigorating type of costume drama, I'm wondering if you'd like to return to straight-up action.
Wright: I do. I really enjoyed making HANNA, and I learned a lot making that film, so I'd like to put some of those lessons into practice. I feel like action is pure cinema; it can't happen in any other art form.
Beaks: Do you think you'd do something like that next?
Wright: Maybe. I'm figuring out what to do next at the moment. One option is the live-action adaptation of THE LITTLE MERMAID that I've been talking about for a while. That would involve a bit of action. I'm kind of figuring stuff out, but I want to slow down a little bit. I've made five films over eight years, and I think I might need to slow down.
Joe Wright's ANNA KARENINA hits theaters this Friday, November 16th. Don't miss it.
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Some days ago I published a post introducing a patch for JMUnit that I use for being able to execute TestSuites. After releasing the patch, I tried to integrate it into NetBeans hacking the mobility pack to get the patched library working with the mobility wizards for creating unit tests. However, due to the design of the patched sources it was impossible to achieve. I also detected a problem with the design that was preventing
TestSuite from creating the TestCases read from the Application descriptor (I have never used the custom property JMUnitTestClasses since I started using the modified JMUnit sources).
Based on the general idea of eliminating MIDlet from the inheritance chain I have redesigned the patch, instead of passing a
MIDlet to
Test in its constructor,
Test has to be initialized with a
MIDlet before creating any Test object (
TestSuite or
TestRunner). The new desing doesn't break any of the features of JMUnit, its usage is much simpler and it can be almost fully integrated in NetBeans, as I will explain next week.
You could download the patch and know more of this new release at JMUnit Revised 2.0.


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Welcome Erin!
Erin Frederickson has joined the FCPR team as an Account Manager. We're excited to have her on board – and look forward to her contributions on our blog, as well as other online channels.
Hope everyone had a happy New Year! Now, let's get to work!
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Oh, This is Good, Very Good, How About a Fresca? Hmmmm?
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- Anonymous7:38 AM, July 30, 2009
...and it is amusing but sad that we no longer have "Global Warming" but the more generic and vague "Climate Change". So no matter what happens, even if it has been cycling through for millenia, it is ALL. YOUR. FAULT. so let cap and tax those carbon credits anyway.ReplyDelete
And in irony of ironies, the "nasty" blue dye in the same colored M&M's can lessen spinal shock??? Shouldn't it be ACAI berries that heal, not some horrid "chemical"? Liberals crack me up...it is like arguing with a five year old, totally devoid of reason and logic.
Pattie, RN
Well I eat organic food and it's not because its more nutritious.. Its because they don't put all the f-ing chemicals on it to kill bugs, make it bigger, grow faster, be shinier, redder, blah blah. I don't need anymore pesticides or horemones or antibiotics, thank you! Cancer is so widespread it's gotta be starting somewhere! I believe in medicine but take responsibility for my own daily health.ReplyDelete


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LV21 devise and deliver pioneering education programmes working with a number of schools, colleges, universities and partner organisations. Here are some of our current and ongoing education projects.
We're currently developing a bespoke Young ShipMates programme designed to provide opportunities for young people across all ages and abilities to get involved in creative activity, learn new skills and share knowledge across generations.
We work with a number of regional educational settings, from nursery, primary and secondary schools to higher and further education through various arts and heritage initiatives and activities.
We are the lead organisation for local Family Arts Network, heART Medway. Working together with other arts and heritage partners in the area, we aim to increase our reach to engage with family audiences, offering a range of different experiences and exciting opportunities. We run free or subsidised family-friendly events and workshops during most school holidays.
We take part in the annual Children's Commissioner's Takeover Day, giving children and young people the chance to take the lead, work with professional adults for the day and be involved in decision-making. Children benefit from the opportunity to experience the world of work and make their voices heard, while adults and organisations gain a fresh perspective on what they do, helping to break down barriers between generations and encourage children's active involvement in their communities.
We offer regular work experience opportunities to 6th form and university students and encourage young people to get involved in our volunteering programme through outreach work in the region.
If you would like to find out more about our work or suggest new ideas or partnerships please get in touch.
Light Vessel 21 is a registered Arts Award Centre. We work together with schools and professional artists to support young people achieve Arts Award at five different levels, four accredited qualifications (Explore, Bronze, Silver, Gold) and an introductory award (Discover).
Arts Award inspires young people to grow their arts and leadership talents: it's creative, valuable and accessible – a great way for children and young people to be inspired by and enjoy the arts!
To find out more about Arts Award please visit artsaward.org.uk.
LV21 is a Lead Arts Organisation for INSPIRE 'Leading through Culture' Project, part of the Kent Schools Olympic Legacy Programme, funded by Kent County Council, Artswork and Royal Opera House Bridge. This ambitious programme involving 130 schools and a key group of arts and cultural organisations from Kent, will enable young people to connect with and create arts and culture. We are working with 1260 young people from the age of 3 to 14 across 21 schools in Dartford, Gravesham and Swale until April 2014. Our project takes the participants on a journey of exploration and discovery and aims to inspire and support young leaders from each participating school to develop and lead on their own creative projects.
Project outcomes:
- Students of all ages have explored what 'leadership' can mean for their age group and for them personally, and developed skills to help them enthuse, excite others and share learning.
- Students have been able to propose ways to use the arts to inspire learning in their school.
- All young leaders from across the partnership schools work with students from other settings and phases, developing confidence and a sense of their own potential.
- Young leaders, teachers and arts organisations share an exciting, inspiring arts experience.
- Teachers and a wide group of students in each school will have learned new art-form skills.
- Schools and arts organisations will build collaborative relationships based on positive experiences through the programme.
- A number of schools from each district have a trained arts award adviser.
- Partnership project learning and outcomes will be shared in a range of ways during June-July 2014.
For further details please visit http://kentschoolsinspired.org.uk/
Spoke 'n' Word is an innovative and ambitious pedal-powered participation and performance project that will nurture and celebrate the talent and diversity of young people across Kent and Medway.
LV21 is working together with six arts organisations, Workers of Art, Lounge on the Farm, Revelations St. Mary's, Wheely Groovy and Apples and Snakes, to build strong and sustained relationships between venues, young people and artists with the ambition of engaging and developing new audiences for poetry. The project is supported by the regional Arts Council England Strategic Touring Fund.
We are currently looking for schools, youth organisations and groups in Medway, Dartford, Gravesham and Swale to take part in this exciting project in May-June 2014. We are able to work with only three groups no larger than 15 young people each, aged between 16-19 years old so places are very limited. If you would like to take part or find out more please contact us asap. Deadline for expressions of interest is Mon 6th January 2014.
Mentored by professional poets, Dan Simpson and Sven Stears, the selected young people will participate in a series of workshops that will culminate in a slam event at their setting. The young people will then be invited to perform alongside the professional poets aboard Light Vessel 21 during Fuse Festival in June 2014, before taking part in the grand slam final at the Wise Words Festival in Canterbury during September 2014.
Spoke 'n' Word will enable the young people to develop their artistic abilities as confident writers, live performers and socially engaged members of their community. Through exploring and debating controversial issues they will develop a number of skills, including enquiry, critical thinking and analytical skills as well as learning to make reasoned judgments, respect the opinions of others, weigh up different viewpoints, participate actively in arguments and debates, and resolve conflict.
Performances and activities in schools will be powered by bicycle generated energy, a fun, unusual and engaging way to take part, and an introduction to sustainable energy.
The Spoke 'n' Word project is inspired by Shake the Dust – a national programme developed by Apples and Snakes, the leading organisation for performance poetry in England. Although a slam is of course competitive in nature, like Shake the Dust, this programme will celebrate the taking part and hopes to keep each young person involved throughout the duration of the project.
For more information please visit http://www.spokenword.info/
LV21 is pleased to be working with One Way Ticket, a spoken word theatre show about the British Child Migrants' scandal of the 1950s, for 8 – 12 years audiences, in London and the South East.
Drawing on the real-life experiences of post-WW2 British Child Migrants, One Way Ticket is performance poetry theatre that challenges, entertains, enthralls, and educates. Audiences will join the performers on a trip back into the 1950s, being invited to follow children of an earlier era on a life-changing trip, and through the ensuing years as they search for families on the other side of the world.
Reflecting the historical migrant experience, venues for the tour include two ships, LV21 and SS Shieldhall. One Way Ticket offers a language-rich, unique opportunity in the arena of children's theatre, exploring issues of family, class, belonging, and migration.
The show is presented by Rosie Harris, in conjunction with Half Moon Young People's Theatre, Apples and Snakes, and the Nuffield Theatre, and is supported by Arts Council England.
All performances will include half-day companion workshops to the show, offering educational and creative exploration of themes of migration, dispossession and identity, and creative writing and performance skills for 8 to 12 year olds. The tour arrives aboard LV21 Mon 7th – Wed 9th April 2014. Tickets will be available soon.
The cast
Rosemary Harris is an Australian writer and performer, whose performances include Bristol Poetry Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Radio 3, and Apples and Snakes touring poetry shows, Broken Words and SPIN. A contributor to CBeebies' Poetry Pie. Rosie's previous ACE-funded solo spoken word show, A Roo In My Suitcase, is still touring with 'Half Moon Presents…'
Justin Coe is a performance poet whose credits include Danny's Dictionary of Dads, The Jumble Book, (Brighton Festival Fringe and Tour), and original family shows For Kent Libraries Summer Schemes.
Sophie Rose is a graduate of East 15 Acting School, whose writing and performance includes Tongue Fu at Rich Mix; Greenwich & Lewisham Young People's Theatre; Polka Theatre, and the Shakespeare Schools Festival.
Read blog post on the show development phase at http://applesandsnakesblog.org/blog/rosie-harris-one-way-ticket


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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Panel @PhoneSense 2010: Business Aspects of PhoneSensing
Andrew Campbell has invited me to organize a Panel about Business Aspects of PhoneSensing at the PhoneSense Workshop held in conjunction with Sensys 2010 in Zurich (slides).
I invited Roman Bleichenbacher (codecheck), Samuel Mueller (MiraSense), Michael Wehrmeyer (Mammut Sport group) and Juha Laurila (Nokia Research Center Lausanne) to join the panel which took place in the lovely forest house of ETH Zurich.
First of all, there was a strong consensus among the panelists that contextual relevance of services is an important asset mobile users are highly appreciating. Furthermore, it became pretty obvious that most commercial services today are only presenting information selected based on sensor-input, e.g. location. The actual collection of data from users, as largely discussed as participatory and opportunistic sensing is not taking place yet. Thus, terms of privacy and ownership of data are just not relevant yet.
Additionally, the most used sensors today is still the camera: be it for barcode-reading or augmented reality applications.
The expectations of the panelists from the researchers were: development of open sensor data sharing platforms, more accurate mobile augmented reality frameworks, and a better understanding of how mobile applications are actually being used as part of daily routines and tasks, how users select apps, and to which apps they actually return. It also remained unclear whether the current trend of walling services into apps will prevail, or whether mobile websites are coming back as soon as sensing can be integrated, e.g. HTML5.
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Young Globe Trotters Set to Experience a Journey of Food Exploration at InterContinental Hotels & Resorts
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announces the launch of the first global children's hotel menu designed by a child food expert and an award winning chef.
The menu, which launches at InterContinental Hotels & Resorts in early 2014, promises to take children through an exciting journey of food discovery.
Designed specifically for the young InterContinental guest, the menu has been jointly developed by award winning celebrity chef Theo Randall and leading children's food expert and best-selling international author, Annabel Karmel MBE. The menu will feature delicious dishes which embrace flavours, textures, smells and tastes that will take children on an educational voyage around the world while ensuring an enjoyable and nutritionally balanced meal.
Annabel Karmel MBE said: "Children are naturally inquisitive, and grown-ups are often surprised by the flavours they enjoy. Sometimes it takes a little encouragement, and a holiday with the family can be a great opportunity to explore new and exciting foods.
"Working with Theo, we've created a menu filled with diverse flavours and tastes whilst offering the nutritional balance InterContinental travellers with young families are looking for."
Annabel is best known for her innovative recipes that embody her passion for giving children the very best start in life by inspiring families to cook nutritious, delicious meals that taste great. Few people also know that Annabel started working life as a musician and one of her early jobs was playing the harp at the InterContinental London Park Lane. Theo, on the other hand, is internationally renowned for creating simple, authentic dishes using the best and freshest ingredients.
"My cooking philosophy is greatly influenced by my parents' love for good food," said Theo Randall, Chef Patron of Theo Randall at the InterContinental. "Growing up, a memorable family holiday was always one with great food experiences. I've found that I learn quickest about different cultures and cities through the flavours of cuisines at each destination I visit and this is something I hope to bring to life for the children who visit InterContinental restaurants around the globe."
With properties in more than 60 countries and 170 hotels, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is dedicated to providing diverse, enriching experiences that are rich with local insight. The new children's menu is set to excite the junior palate through a variety of classic favourites and truly international delights that reflect the breadth of countries the luxury hotel brand is located in.
As part of the menu's development, Annabel and Theo conducted a test and learn tasting session with young guests in October. The dishes trialled proved a big hit and provided the culinary duo with additional insight into the dishes they will roll out as part of the final menu.
Simon Scoot, Vice President Global Brands, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts and IHG Global Resorts said: "A great dining experience is something our guests expect when staying with us – and we're dedicated to innovating and delivering this across all our brands at IHG. For InterContinental Hotels & Resorts in particular, we understand our guests' desire to give their children the best opportunities to learn about the world whilst having fun – and food is a great opportunity to do this."
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Last night as I sat in the third row balcony of Studio 8H for the live finale of The Celebrity Apprentice, I noticed that finalist and country singer Trace Adkins' wife and daughters were sitting a few rows away from me. Coincidence? Maybe. By the end of the night, British tabloid journalist and America's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan — who raised nearly a half million dollars for his charity, the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund — claimed the Celebrity Apprentice crown and a $250,000 grand prize donated to his cause. And his mum was seated on the studio floor!
Piers believes the title was fairly earned. "I had won the most challenges and raised more money than all of them put together. I deserved to win on a business level, but I also realized that wasn't the only criteria," Piers told me at the Apprentice after-party. "What I think swung it for me was the soldiers coming on stage and reminding people how important that charity was."
Piers doesn't deny his evil persona that unveiled onscreen. "I don't think you can hide from the camera or not reveal all your characteristics. I'm quite happy with the way I came over," he said. "I like to laugh, I like a scrap and I like to win. I like to raise money." As for his on-going feud with Omarosa, Piers would only exclaim, "I don't ever want to hear that name in my life again!"
Now my mama goes crazy every time I do something special. How did Piers' respond when her baby won? "My mom was very thrilled," Piers shared. "She's never been to America in her life, she hates flying and she flew out just for this. I'm really pleased to have her here."
Supermodel Carol Alt was the lone eliminated Apprentice contestant who supported Piers before Donald Trump made his final decision. "You got to hand it to Piers; he raised a ton of money," she said. But Carol declares the outcome would have been much different if she and Piers had gone head-to-head in the final challenge. "I would have mopped the floor with him, in four-inch heels and a corset," she laughed.


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State-Business Cooperation: Then and Now
The critically important idea that the law applies to the king, enshrined in the Magna Carta was, until very recently, enforced by American courts. Consider the case of one, Ms. Roberts, whose safe deposit box was robbed by the police:
Prosecutors and cops are notoriously difficult to sue, so Ms. Roberts sued the safe company, pointing to the contract the company had signed when it offered its safe deposit boxes for rent. One provision of the contract provided that no person would be allowed inside the vaults for the purpose of opening any safe except the renter, or his substitute. Another clause mandated that two persons would never be allowed to enter the vault at the same time, unless personally known to one of the bank's officers. The highest court in New York held that the safe-deposit company was liable for the property taken from the vault by officers because the company failed to resist the taking of property not described in the search warrant.
Although the high court did not hold that the safe company employees were legally obligated to resist the police by force, the court stated that the company manager should have "ma[d]e such opposition to the trespass as they could and should have made under the circumstances." For example, the bank manager should have demanded to scrutinize the search warrant, notified Ms. Roberts immediately, monitored the cops' search of the safe, and forbade the cops' taking of any items not listed in the search warrant.
Not only were the police out of line in dismissing the limitations imposed by the warrant, the safe-deposit company did not receive immunity merely because government agents committed the trespass and theft.
Something has changed radically between 1890 and now. Today telecom companies—not merely standing by in apathetic passivity—actively conspire with the government in warrantless searches of our electronic communication. And then these telecom companies are protected from prosecution by an act of Congress.
The Bush administration and now the Obama administration have neither admitted nor denied the allegations. Instead, they have declared the issue a state secret — one that would undermine the nation's national security if exposed.
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, the San Francisco judge presiding over the litigation, did not agree. The judge ruled two years ago the allegations against the nation's telcos could proceed.
But a major obstacle stopped the case dead in its tracks, before the merits of the allegations could be litigated, and before the judge could consider ordering a halt to the alleged dragnet.
That roadblock was an act of Congress, one voted for by Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and then signed by President George W. Bush in July 2008. The legislation handed the telcos retroactive immunity from being sued for participating in the alleged program. Judge Walker tossed the case.
It is noteworthy that this brazen violation of our rights was supported by both Bush and Obama (it is increasingly difficult to detect any substantive difference between the two men).


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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Face Of America's Unions
here to him in action.
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Are Government Employees Really 'Labor'?
. . . government produces nothing. So if we accept a socialist lens, how can government labor be a class as it does not add value to product?-A commenter on this article at Ricochet.com
It's an interesting point and puts me in mind of the current Wisconsin strife. Does labor consider government employees labor?
The cost of government is just as much a drain on the product of private-sector unionists as it is on the rest of us who negotiate our own terms of employment. Though there may be some instinctive labor-solidarity, I suspect the steelworkers, the teamsters, etc. quietly wish for relief from rising taxes, too. The SEIU and the teachers' unions may ultimately have to go it alone in Wisconsin.
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I've been putting this off for a long time but I really feel like I need to write about it.
So, here it is, the girls I've been romantically involved with in my life up to this point.
To start off, I've always been a hopeless romantic. Pretty cliché, I know, but it's true. I can remember the first girl I really became interested in. It was 4th grade and I had just moved here from "Chicagoland", Indiana.
I was 'the' cool kid. I mean I came in there the first day with my sweater, khaki zip off pants that turned into shorts, and a sort of a crew cut haircut. I was the man. I remember going to gym the same day and just suavely unzipping my zip-off pants so they became khaki shorts. All watched and were amazed at my cool demeanor and kickball skills. By the end of the week I could get any girl I wanted. So I went after this girl named Hannah.
Every day at recess I would chase her around the playground trying to catch her glance at every opportunity. I chased her around every day for quite some time. Then one day I walked into the classroom just as someone was broadcasting that "Austin likes Hannah" to the whole class. I immediately turned as red as the sweater I was wearing and stood outside in the hall until the teacher came out and asked what I was doing. I sat down and pretended I had no idea about what had just happened. Hannah and her friends were just sitting there laughing, all pretending that they had no idea I liked her in the first place. There was one other guy in the class that was rumored to have liked her. In the end she went for the other guy, so I settled for this other girl I didn't even know. I just remember us deciding to "go out" one morning before a field trip. I think that lasted like 1 week(?) So I had some girl go tell her that I didn't want to go out with her anymore. I was pretty cruel. But I mean, who cared, I was the man. I was funny, I dressed to impress, and I had mad kickball skills.
Then came the day I lost my throne as "the man"...or so I thought. It was just an ordinary day, summer was almost here, and we were getting on the bus to go home one day. Until I was in my seat and we were about to leave, I realized I had to go to the bathroom really bad. Some jerk who sat in front of me was taunting me the whole time by saying "water! gatorade! waterfallsssss". But I had to go too bad to be angry at him. I asked the bus driver if she could pull over really fast at a gas station so I could go. I mean she had let someone do the same thing just the other week. But, despite my constant nagging, she would not pull over. So, I'm sitting there, now in pain and all of the sudden, I feel a cool sensation going down my right leg...
All I remember is everyone just hitting the person sitting next to them saying "whoa, dude, look at that kid." I was in shock. I pretended it wasn't really happening. Honestly, it was all just a blur until the bus driver yelled some profanity once she realized pee was running down the isle and collecting near the gas pedal. I was then given the red carpet treatment by being dropped off first...it was the least she could do. I ran home, now crying because I realized what I had just done. My mom thought I had seriously injured myself when she heard a shrieking kid run into the house with his pants halfway down. She told me everything was ok as I sputtered out that "everyone is...is...is going to make fun of me". I sulked around the rest of the day pitying myself and dreading waking up the next day to be ridiculed by all my peers. I feared for my confrontations with girls the most. I mean with guys, I could just be a bamf and say "oh yeah, I just did because I had to go" but with girls that wouldn't work. I was terrified that my harem of 4th grade girls would stop liking me because I wet myself in public.
The next morning at school, no one said anything. I didn't know if they knew or not, but no one acted any different around me. I remember going up to this girl I was pretty close to and asking her if she knew. She didn't, but laughed at me for a good minute or so, and then swore she wouldn't tell anyone. Word never really got out about it. Only that summer did I ever endure any ridicule over it. But that was by the kid who bullied me all the time. But most important of all, I was still the cool kid.
So I guess I got a little sidetracked there. I included my first encounter with women though. I didn't say anything about all the other girls I "liked" that year because I basically liked every girl at one time or another. So I'll wrap up the beginning of this series and continue next time with my middle school years.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
'The Girl' Chronicles Pt. 1
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Flourless (Gluten-free) Peanut-Butter Cookies
At 5PM Sunday night I suddenly wanted cookies. Luckily I booked this recipe from Serious Eats, because it was easy to mix, bake, cool, then make and serve dinner (tacos, in case you were interested) and still have time to wash dishes and enjoy a cookie or three with a cup of tea before midnight.
Only five ingredients to make these cookies! No flour, no dairy products (unless you count the egg) and no "strange" or exotic gluten-free products contained therein. You probably already have all the ingredients in your kitchen.
The only change I made to the ingredients was to use granulated sugar, mostly because I didn't feel like spending time chipping away at the brick (formerly known as brown sugar) in my pantry, and because the recipe author said it was okay to use it. She also recommended using a wooden spoon to mix the ingredients, but to save a few more nanoseconds of prep time I used my trusty ol' KitchenAid instead. The time spent cleaning the peanut butter out of the measuring cup took less time than to bake the whole batch.
I might have been a little generous with my rounded tablespoons, since I only got 20 cookies out of the batch, instead of the 24 it was supposed to. It also took more like 12 minutes to bake (to be fair probably because of their size), and they weren't very thin and crisp. But they are delicious! You can't even tell they are gluten-free. I plan to try a batch with almond butter in the near future. If they are just as good, they will also be delicious for Passover.
Flourless (Gluten-Free) Peanut-Butter Cookies
Lightly adapted from Serious Eats
Yield: 20-24 cookies
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
In mixing bowl, combine sugar and baking soda. Add peanut butter, egg and vanilla extract. Stir on low speed for 30 seconds or until smooth.
Drop rounded tablespoons of the cookie dough about 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
Using the tines of a fork, gently press lightly horizontally and vertically to make the traditional crosshatch design on top of each cookie.
|Cookie tops cracked a tad, but didn't affect flavor.
Bake about 10-12 minutes, until cookies puff and settle, cookies are lightly browned and bottoms are golden brown.
Let cookies cool on pan for 10 minutes to firm up slightly and lose a little of their puffiness. After ten minutes, transfer cookies, still on parchment, to a wire rack to cool completely.
Store cookies in airtight container at room temperature for up to four days.


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MS-13 Gang Leader Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Offenses Including the Murder of a Witness
WASHINGTON - Juan Carlos Moreira, aka "Stokey" and "Stocky," 30, a native of El Salvador who resided in Silver Spring, Md., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit murder in aid of a racketeering enterprise known as MS-13, conspiracy to participate in racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, witness tampering murder and assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering.
The guilty plea was announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Theresa R. Stoop of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) - Baltimore Field Division; Chief Roberto L. Hylton of the Prince George's County Police Department; Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely of the FBI; Special Agent in Charge William Winter of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Chief J. Thomas Manger of the Montgomery County Police Department; and Chief Darien L. Manley of the Maryland National Capital Park Police.
According to Moreira's plea agreement, he was a leader of the Sailor Locos Salvatruchos Westside (SLSW) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, a gang composed primarily of immigrants or descendants of immigrants from El Salvador, with members operating throughout Prince George's County and Montgomery County, Md., and elsewhere inside and outside of the United States. Moreira was born in El Salvador where he was "jumped in" to the SLSW clique. In 1998, Moreira entered the United States illegally and, along with four other people, founded the SLSW clique in Maryland in the summer of 2000. From that time until the summer of 2003, Moreira held the leadership position of "First Word" of the Maryland SLSW clique, which required him to lead clique meetings, represent the clique at general and regional meetings, direct the activities of the clique and pay dues.
According to the statement of facts, Moreira and other members of SLSW stabbed an MS-13 member from a Virginia clique on Jan. 1, 2003, after Moreira and the other MS-13 member had a verbal confrontation at a party.
Moreira also admitted that in the early months of 2003, he and the Sailors clique possessed a MAC-90 automatic assault rifle, as well as 7.62 mm ammunition for the rifle. On April 9, 2003, Moreira sold the rifle for $1,500 to an undercover law enforcement agent.
According to the plea agreement, MS-13 members Nelson Bernal and Randy Calderon murdered a suspected rival gang member, Eliuth Madrigal, in Moreira's apartment in Silver Spring on Nov. 22, 2003. Moreira was in an upstairs bedroom at the time of the murder. When Moreira was informed of the murder, he ordered Calderon and Bernal to remove the body from the apartment and led the group in cleaning up the murder scene. Moreira later attempted to cover up the murder by painting the walls and changing the carpet in the apartment, where Madrigal had been stabbed repeatedly.
Shortly after the Madrigal murder, and still on Nov. 22, 2003, Moreira directed Bernal and Calderon to accompany him to the apartment of Israel Ramos-Cruz aka Taylor, who held the "First Word" leadership position of the Sailors clique at the time. After arriving at the residence, Moreira and Ramos-Cruz had a private discussion in the kitchen area while the others were in the living room, then returned to the living room and told Calderon that he and others were to paint MS-13 graffiti in celebration of Calderon's murder of Madrigal. Ramos-Cruz gave Calderon a can of blue spray paint and instructed another member of the Sailors clique, Santos Maximino Garcia, aka "Curley," to drive Moreira and Calderon to their destination. After Garcia and Calderon left the apartment, Ramos-Cruz gave Moreira a handgun. Moreira directed Garcia to take them to an area behind a store in Mount Rainier, Md., where Sailors members had previously spray-painted graffiti. Moreira and Calderon exited the vehicle and a short time later Moreira fired a single shot into Calderon's head, killing him. According to the statement of facts, Moreira and Ramos-Cruz later made statements to the effect that Calderon had to be killed because he would not have been tough and would have told police about the Madrigal murder.
On Jan. 5, 2005, Moreira and Omar Vasquez aka Duke, a fellow Sailors member, were involved in a fight with members of a rival gang at a McDonald's restaurant in Alexandria, Va. Moreira and Vasquez lost the fight and Moreira admitted that in response, on Jan. 21, 2005, he and multiple other MS-13 members went in search of the rival gang involved in the fight. They drove to an apartment building in Alexandria, Va., where they saw a group of youths that they believed included a member of the rival gang that had fought with Moreira earlier in the month. Moreira and another MS-13 member approached the group and each fired multiple shots at the group, wounding three juvenile males, one of whom died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.
Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow scheduled sentencing for Sept. 14, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. The parties have agreed that a sentence of life in prison is the appropriate disposition of this case. As part of the plea agreement, the government has withdrawn its notice of intent to seek the death penalty against Moreira.
Israel Ramos Cruz, aka "Taylor," aka "Sastre," 33, Garcia, 33, and Vasquez, 32, were convicted at trial. Ramos Cruz and Vasquez were sentenced to life in prison and Garcia was sentenced to 32 years in prison. Bernal, 29, of Hyattsville, Md., pleaded guilty to charges related to his role in the gang; a sentencing date for Bernal has not been set.
To date, 51 MS-13 members have been charged in the District of Maryland with various federal offenses; 26 members have been convicted at trial or pleaded guilty to RICO charges and 19 have pleaded guilty to other charges, primarily immigration or gun violations. Four defendants have been sentenced to life in prison.
Attorney General Breuer and U.S. Attorney Rosenstein and Assistant praised ATF's RAGE Task Force, and thanked Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey and Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy for the assistance that they and their offices provided.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert K. Hur and William D. Moomau, Trial Attorney Michael Warbel of the Criminal Division's Capital Case Unit, currently on detail to the Criminal Division's Gang Unit; and James M. Trusty, Principal Deputy Chief for Litigation of the Gang Unit.


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Reviewer Information & Discussion
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This project, led by the University of Hawaii, aims to adapt and expand on existing open educational resources to meet the needs of high-enrolment undergraduate (100 level) courses in Food Science and Human Nutrition.
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We are currently looking for volunteers to review each chapter of the text.
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- Basic Concepts in Nutrition: What and why do we eat?
- The Human Body: What happens to the food we eat?
- Energy: Food is fuel
- Basic Nutrition Assessments: How do we evaluate nutritional status?
- Water and Electrolytes
The second round of chapters available for review are:
- Carbohydrates
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- Alcohol
- Vitamins
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- Nutritional Recommendations: How much of what foods should we eat?
- Lifespan Nutrition: Food for life
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- Food Safety: Keeping food from biting back
- Nutritional Issues: Global problems
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LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE — Inside the Renaissance Academy gymnasium stood five designed human obstacle courses.
It looked akin to one preparing for a driving test in which the driver must successfully maneuver their car around a set of orange pylons without hitting them.
One by one with a basketball in hand, all of the 50 participants attending the eighth annual Hoop Academy conducted by Renaissance basketball Coach Sid Cooke took their respective turns quickly dribbling while maneuvering around the stationary group. The drill lasted about 10 minutes.


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Oshawa Second Marsh
May 25th, 2016
"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in." ~ Rachel CarsonWent to the marsh today. I usually take a quick shot on the way in to check my camera settings.
The shot looked nice... too nice in fact, because of the white balance setting the camera was on.
Although I liked the look of it, it's not what my eyes were seeing. So a quick settings change and the result is more realistic.
The first thing I spotted. Intriguing... but puzzling. What? Who? Why? Cool though.
A splash of green.
The inside view of an Ostrich Fern.
Another of my favourites... Mayapple. Their umbrellas are wide open now, sheltering their lone blossoms.
They're another of the spring ephemerals, so they'll soon be gone.
Mushrooms under some greenery.
The main reason I went to the marsh today was to see the Ladyslippers, after a fellow nature lover tipped me off that they would be out.
I love 'em. Their shaggy hair-do, their tiny rich-yellow slippers. The first ones I see each year always give me a lift. Spring springs eternal.
They're not rare, but they're not common either, so seeing them is always a treat.
Garlic Mustard is an invasive, but a pretty one en masse.
Cones beneath a spruce. Will a seed or two get a start in life?
Mosquitoes quickly reminded me that I didn't have repellent on, so they cut my visit short. I did get to see my Ladyslippers though, so I was happy.
A link to a page that has my past posts re the marsh, in one place rather than scattered throughout this blog...


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The Track and Field Toolbox is a free site dedicated to providing resources for track and field as well as cross country coaches. The site is designed with high school coaches in mind, but the tools provided here could be utilized for younger athletes or even college athletes.
Many times coaches of a track and field team are former athletes that excelled at a particular event or events. Maybe they were a sprinter, distance runner or middle distance runner. They might have also been a jumper, thrower, hurdler or vaulter.
Whatever the case a coach can not rely on his or her personal training experience, to provide them with the necessary tools to coach/train all of athletes in the individual disciplines.
A coach that has trained to be a good distance runner might have a great understanding of how to develop speed, increase stride length, increase aerobic capacity and how to properly taper for the big meets.
They likely have several effective workout ideas that they have used in their careers and other training tips that they have either learned on their own or from the many coaches that they encounter as an athlete.
But that same coach might not have the knowledge and experiences to help a pole vaulter safely learn great technique, or be familiar with various techniques in the shot or discus.
Track and Field is really several totally different sports. A coach must know how to train several different types of athletes and be able to teach several different fundamental techniques. While some schools have the luxury of having assistant coaches that specialize in the individual disciplines, many do not.
Often times the head coach has a staff of coaches that have agreed to help but aren't necessarily experts. In these instances the head coach must even help train their assistants.
The purpose of this website is provide as many tools as possible to help coaches lead their program in such a way that it is something that they and their athletes are proud to be apart of. Expect to find tools to help you teach technique in the shot, discus, pole vault, long jump, high jump and hurdles.
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We also provide coaches with a wide variety of drills and workouts designed for all of the events.
In addition we will share ideas from many other experts. Whether it be strength training ideas, recovery techniques or nutritional ideas, if we think he can help your athletes we will share the information with you.
You can also expect to find ideas from leaders in the field of Mental Skills Training including ideas on focus, concentration, goal setting and mental imagery.
Finally we will also provide resources to help you become a better leader and help you to develop your team leadership.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Butterflies And Clock
8 comments:
- Marlies said...
Wauw what a gorgeous card! Very elegant and I love the colour! What a lot of cooking you have been doing, sounds terrible to me, cooking is not my hobby at all! hugs, Marlies
- May 31, 2012 at 4:55 AM
- Mary said...
Oh my goodness. Your card is so very beautiful. It made me think of a clock yes, but also fine china. What a wonderful gift this will be. Fantastic creation Leigh!
- June 1, 2012 at 1:37 PM
- Jean McKenzie said...
I was about to say the same thing as Mary - this card should be called a gift!! All the work and elements on it - beautiful!! I think you had fun making it all up though. So glad the recipient loved it too!
- June 2, 2012 at 7:42 AM
- Leslie Miller said...
Oh, my word, how incredibly gorgeous! As if there was any chance she would not love it! Wow!
- June 7, 2012 at 3:16 AM
- karen said...
oh wow, ive jus stumbled across you blog and have to say this card is stunning, its so so so pretty in fact words fail me, im sure ill be a regular visitor to see more of your lovely creations.
karen x
- June 23, 2012 at 7:26 PM
- Joanne Leddy said...
Oh my goodness ... over the top GORGEOUS! Love this card! Thanks for sharing your talent with us!
- June 27, 2012 at 8:52 AM
- Connie said...
Your work is so outstanding . . .
we miss you . . .
start blogging again.
I do hope that everything is okay in your neck of the woods and that you haven't stop blogging because of illness or anything like that. You have so much talent . . . your cards are amazing.
Have a lovely day, Connie :)
- August 7, 2012 at 6:24 AM
- Patricia said...
Wow! Wow! Wow! what a stunning beautiful card, more than card I would say more like a gift. A few of your other followers have said the same.
This is my style of card, off to have another look.
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I would like to comment on the letter from Michael Ernest Sr. concerning "Too much speed and too little courtesy at Old Frederick circle" (Catonsville Times, Dec. 28).
I agree that people should show courtesy when driving.
The statement that "a circle is just a special version of a four-way stop" is erroneous.
Maryland State laws are available online at: http://www.mva.maryland.gov/Resources/DL-002A.pdf .
Section I Roundabouts states: "Approach roads to roundabouts are controlled by yield signs. Entering traffic must always yield to traffic already in the roundabout. Cautiously approach the yield line and wait for an acceptable gap in traffic. Drivers should be patient and follow the law and not send mixed messages that could cause an accident."
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'Energy' in the Bible
Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then.
On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. But the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Have a bite to eat for some energy, then you can go."
He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl's father said, "Get some energy. Wait until later in the day to leave!" So they ate a meal together.
However, Jonathan had not heard his father make the troops swear the oath. He reached out with the end of the staff he was carrying and dipped it into the honeycomb. When he ate the honey, he had renewed energy.
Jonathan replied, "My father has brought trouble to the land. Just look at how I have renewed energy because I tasted a little honey.
Saul quickly fell full length on the ground and was very afraid because of Samuel's words. He was completely drained of energy, not having eaten anything all that day and night.
He told the people who lived in Jerusalem to give a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote their energy to the law of the Lord.
His bones are full of youthful energy, but it will lie down with him in the dust.
Don't spend your energy on women or your efforts on those who destroy kings.
"Here is what Hezekiah says," they told him. "This day is a day of trouble, rebuke, and disgrace, as when children come to the point of birth and there is no energy to deliver them.
He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.
A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.
But I thought, "I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing." But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me.
Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say, 'I give up.' You get renewed energy, so you don't collapse.
I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy.
""A mighty king will come to power, and he'll rule with awesome energy, doing whatever he pleases.
Now about the spiritual gifts (the special endowments of supernatural energy), brethren, I do not want you to be misinformed.
I work hard and struggle to do this, using the energy that he powerfully provides in me.
For this very reason, adding your diligence [to the divine promises], employ every effort in exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy), and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge (intelligence),
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Treatment and Prevention of Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow is a painful medical condition due to overuse of the tendons in the elbow. Contrary to its name, tennis elbow does not happen to people who are active in playing tennis. Pain is usually felt in the muscles that are attached to the piece of bone that is bumped up at the elbow region. The intensity of pain depends on the severity of the injury and it can be treated using pain relievers for minor cases to surgery for major ones. What are some treatment methods and ways to prevent tennis elbow?
As mentioned above, tennis elbow is an overuse injury that can be caused by various reasons such as sports, gardening and even simple tasks such as lifting a plastic bag filled with groceries. This pain is caused by wear and tear of the common extensor tendon, leading to inflammation and swelling.
The most important treatment that can be administered is rest. Careful attempts to reduce repetitive motions in order to prevent further aggravation of the tendon are crucial and this can be kept in check by using an elbow brace. An effective elbow brace will wrap snugly around the forearm below the elbow and prevent unwanted movements that can hinder recovery efforts. Another type of common treatment method is the oral consumption of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs. NSAIDs help to reduce inflammation and bring down selling, but they do not heal the injury. They simply make the injury feel much more bearable to the patient. Applying a nice cold ice pack at home or in the office can also help to bring down the inflammation and reduce swelling. Cold packs will constrict the blood vessels and reduce blood flow, resulting in lesser movements in the elbow region. To tackle the problem at its roots, you can choose either to perform physical therapy or undergo surgery. Physical therapy will help to strengthen the muscles and soft tissues around the elbow to help better support your injured elbow. It takes place under the supervision of a trained physical therapist that will provide quality advices. For serious cases, surgery is often required to stitch up the injured tendon and snip off the loose parts which are causing irritation to the nearby tissues.
The best prevention tips for tennis elbow are strengthening exercises and reducing chances of overusing the elbow. Stretching and strengthening the muscles will ensure that you have the physical strength to perform out activities without increasing the chances of injuries. Do not overuse your elbow joint by constantly alternating your hands when you are performing strenuous activities and if they are to be done for a long period of time, use an elbow brace.


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Hello everyone, this is the DW Blog Man hoping everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day Weekend! Orlando is extremely beautiful this time of year, and the weather could not have been any more perfect. The Disney Water Parks : Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon were rockin' and the Magic Kingdom had an amazing fireworks display every night. Now that it's Tuesday and we're starting to get back to reality, I too did some research and wanted to let you in on a little secret. Disney's Animal Kingdom is creating a brand new Character Breakfast buffet inside the theme park and it should be nothing short of spectacular!
Right now there is a place at Animal Kingdom called Tusker House, and it will soon be converted into a buffet style restaurant where a daily Disney Character breakfast will take place in the mornings. If there is one thing Walt Disney World schools the competition in, it is the Character Breakfast Buffets! From omelet stations to Mickey Mouse waffles to fresh fruit, there is no better way to start your day at the theme park than chowing down with your family while Disney characters pose for pictures at your table and sign autographs for the kids. This new restaurant is slated to open in November of 2007, right around Thanksgiving time. Only 4 1/2 months away, there will be a new reason to Start your Day at Disney's Animal Kingdom for a delicious and fun-filled Disney Character Breakfast. Hope everyone had a healthy, happy, and safe Memorial Day, and stay tuned for more news later this week. This is the DW Tickets Blog Man telling you to enjoy the Summer and come down to Orlando for the most magical experience on Earth!


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Company of Heroes 2 Discussion
Trainer Tools and Resources
Even for a game with a crazy update schedule as this (apparently, since I only just bought it yesterday)
I'd just gotten the last patch and then trainer to work... Then it noticed the update while I was playing and now I can't launch it without updating. I've set it to don't automatically update, but apparently too late to be able to start it in off-line mode. -..-
and I'm just saying that this game is a giant pile of horseshit. 7 patches in 4 days on a game that has already received over 40 trainers in 10 months. I'm retiring the game for now. You guys can spend some credits to unretire and we can look at it again when they finally fix whatever the **** they screwed up a week ago that 7 patches can't seem to correct.
Paid hundred bucks in order to download this trainer just under twenty four hours ago. While I'm sure my membership will pay off in the future its still not the news I wanted to see.
With that said you guys do a wonderful job. This just rains on my parade
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I just wish the distributors had some way of performing quality assurance on the products before they released them for sale. That would knock 3/4 of this mess right out of the ballpark.
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Hello, and welcome to the Bold Spirit blog!
This blog is dedicated to providing information and inspiration to live our lives with a bold mentality. The goal is to bring courage, confidence, creativity, passion, and purpose to all that we do, in life and business.
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The classic neutrals in this house are beautifully applied. A lot of the time neutrals get a bad wrap as they can equal boring, but with texture and interesting forms the result is far from that.
Images via the taverne agency.
Marjon is a great photographer and I am loving the work on where she and AnoukB collaborated.
Wow. Manages to look so....boring! And to think I lived in a similar landscape for the past few years. No more. I have been liberated. Give me the Gwynn Griffiths amazing space.
Lol. At the end of the article it says she's painted it white. Oh well. It's change we want.
The white frames above the bed head are beautiful.
~ Clare x
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"VirtueDesktops" is a virtual desktop manager for Apple's Mac OS. It offers features, eye candy and configurable options that no other desktop manager on the mac has added yet, and is under active development. It is based upon the work done by Rich Wareham on DesktopManager (specifically the CGSPrivate headers), which is an alternate open-source virtual desktop application. VirtueDesktops includes a small amount of Rich's code from DesktopManager, which means that presently it is licensed under the GPL – the goal is to move to a less viral license that will allow VirtueDesktops' components to be used in other products more freely.
Below are some of the key features of VirtueDesktops:
- Virtual screens: an unlimited number of virtual screens at your disposal
- Eye candy: exciting transitions and window fading
- Universal binary: runs at full speed on your shiny new intel-based mac
- AppleScript-able: script your desktop experience
- Unobtrusive: VirtueDesktops does not clutter your desktop – it gets in, switches your virtual screen and then quietly hides itself, waiting for your next request
- Extensible: install plugins to add additional features
- Exposé: works well with Apple's Exposé
- Keeps you informed: notifications and current desktop display orient you as you work across multiple virtual screens
- "Stick-ify" your windows or applications: Make your windows and applications visible across all of your virtual screens
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i recently got my hands on a tochiba portege 3480ct with power supply etc. unfortunately the laptop does not boot. i have tested the power supply and that is fine, so the problem must be in the laptop.
this is what happens: you plug in the power, and the green mains power light comes on. you puch the power button, the green light goes out, and then comes on again about a second later. occasionally, the green light goes out and then an orange light behind the "ON" symbol flickers on then off again. there is no sound of hard disk activitry of fan turning. this is the only sign of life i can see.
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