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Jack McNeel
August 24, 2010
Indian Country Today
BONNERS FERRY, Idaho - The date was Sept. 20, 1974 when Amy Trice, then chairman of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, declared war on the United States. The tribe only numbered 67. The odds certainly weren't good but the outcome, now 36 years later, has been very good.
In a recent interview Trice talked of those days and the improvements seen now. "We didn't have any housing, no jobs, nothing. They asked if I'd run for the council and I said if I'm put in I will do my best to do what I can for my people. I got on and we hired Doug Wheaton. He was my right hand man. We sat down, talked, and wrote letters to the BIA and others and asked for grants to build houses and build a highway. Our highway was bad and people would get stuck in it every spring from the rain. We were told (by BIA) we had to have at least 125 members (or they couldn't help). That made me mad. Doug and I discussed it and decided there was no place else to go. So we said, 'let's go to war.' We said it jokingly but it turned serious and we did go to war."
The war didn't involve guns and violence but did involve charging others to drive across tribal land. It also had the larger impact of alerting many people to the conditions on the reservation. It got national attention. It was even reported internationally in such places as France, Germany, Israel and Ireland. And, it has resulted in drastically improved conditions for the Kootenai people.
Asked about the results, she said, "I think it's wonderful! We got a hatchery and just got another place at Twin Rivers and we're going to put in another hatchery there. We just bought another property adjacent to the Kootenai River Inn." Highways and housing are much improved as well.
She does have one regret. "Teenagers now just take it for granted. They should use grants to go to school and get educated, that's the next step for our tribe to excel." The tribe has increased to 141 members.
Sonja Rosario decided to produce a documentary, which she titled, "Idaho's Forgotten War: A Lost Tale of Courage." It was scheduled to air on Idaho Public Television Aug. 10. Rosario had heard from tribal Chairman Velma Bahe about Trice in 2002 but had put it aside. In 2006, she received another call, this time from Valerie Fast Horse on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation saying Trice had double pneumonia and if she were to pass away, "Idaho would lose its history and the Kootenai Tribe would lose its past."
"The film is really a dedication to what Amy did and why she declared war against the U.S. government," Rosario said. "It's also a dedication to those who are no longer with us, can no longer speak on their behalf. It's a testament to what one person can do when they take action.
"As far as I know Amy is the only woman in U.S. history to declare a war against the government. That's an incredible statement coming out of Indian country where women traditionally are the matriarchs and men are in leadership. This is probably the last American Indian war declared officially, with a war bond and an official letter sent to the government and a letter sent to President Ford. This is huge. It's a testament to what one can do and will do when you love and are committed to your community.
"There had to be a lot of love coming from Amy Trice for her people to have taken the stand she did at that time. It was just off the cuff of 1973, the American Indian Movement and Wounded Knee. There was a lot of violence against American Indians at this time. There was a concern she'd be murdered.
"The Idaho senators at the time wanted to make sure Amy and the Kootenai Tribe got what they needed to move in a direction to enhance their lifestyle: health wise, spiritually, and emotionally. These were people who had been forgotten for a long time.
"Amy is an incredible woman. I am honored and blessed to have gotten to know her personally and professionally. Emotionally and spiritually she has been a pillar for me."
Originally posted at http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/The-Kootenai-Tribes-forgotten-war-101164449.html
The News Story posted here is provided by permission of its original publisher and does not necessarily reflect the views of Idaho Public Television.


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In the late 70's the Nestle company was running an advertising campaign highlighting the fact that their instant coffee, Nescafe, was the #1 selling coffee product world wide. It was no idle boast. Nescafe was (and still is) extremely popular in Europe, and Nescafe is commonly listed as a separate drink option on many restaurant menus. A lot of Europeans prefer it over brewed coffee. While I'm no fan of instant coffee I do have to admit that Nescafe is the least objectionable of the bunch.
As part of the promotion Nestle produced a series of small glass coffee mugs emblazoned with a world map. Nothing fancy, just a highly simplified small scale map with a grid. My Grandmother got a set and passed them on to my parents. One day while home on leave my Mom passed along a couple of these mugs to me. At the time I was working as a topographer for the Army and maps were my business, so I thought it was a neat coincidence. I kept one of the cups on my desk at work and even occasionally drank coffee out of it. Over time the world map wore off and in a few years I was left with just a bare glass coffee mug so I pitched it. Some where along the way I lost its twin. It probably got chipped or broken during one of our many moves while I was in the Army.
Being a lover of all things topographic, even kitschy little glass coffee mugs with world map appliques, I always kept my eye open for replacements. Last week I was cruising around eBay and decided to do a quick search for 'nestle coffee cup'. I was surprised at the number of listings that came up for my long lost little mug. Apparently Nestle had millions of them made and most are still available through eBay sellers. I found a dealer who gave me a good price on a set of them and a few days later I was the proud owner of four gen-u-ine 1970s vintage cheap cast glass coffee mugs sporting world maps.
I love 'em!
So let's take a quick world tour courtesy of Nestle...
|Eastern Hemisphere. Hey, where's the British Isles?
Interestingly, they included Lake Baikal.
|Western Hemisphere. Florida's been squinched into a vestigial bump
but at least they included Puerto Rico.
Being a topographic geek I note that the far north and far south polar regions are cut off and the grid appears to be square, so I'm guessing it's a Universal Transverse Mercator projection.

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Monday, August 11, 2014
Review: REMAKE by Ilima Todd
by Ilima Todd
Hardcover publication Oct 14, 2014 from Shadow Mountain
Placement in the Pile: Top Picks!
Nine is the ninth female born in her batch of ten females and ten males. By design, her life in Freedom Province is without complications or consequences. However, such freedom comes with a price. The Prime Maker is determined to keep that price a secret from the new batches of citizens that are born, nurtured, and raised androgynously.
But Nine isn't like every other batcher. She harbors indecision and worries about her upcoming Remake Day -- her seventeenth birthday, the age when batchers fly to the Remake facility and have the freedom to choose who and what they'll be.
When Nine discovers the truth about life outside of Freedom Province, including the secret plan of the Prime Maker, she is pulled between two worlds and two lives. Her decisions will test her courage, her heart, and her beliefs. Who can she trust? Who does she love? And most importantly, who will she decide to be?
Wow! I absolutely adored this book. I was instantly drawn into the character's world and voice. Nine is completely believable and 100% genuine in her thoughts and responses to things.
The world Ilima Todd creates is so beautifully creepy and unique I was just in love with it, but I think the juxtaposition of that and how life could be. It's very powerful. She doesn't shy away from the stickier subjects involved with the society she creates, but in the end it still has a great message. I think it was just a beautiful poignant novel!
What is "freedom" to you? What is "choice"? And what would you choose are all big questions that are presented in this novel. And really in the end it was all about Nine's right to choose who she wanted to be.
I am also so torn about the guys in this book too! Don't worry it's not like a big love triangle. But I love them both. I think she made the right choice, but I hope we get more from the other guy and he finds his happy ending too!
I am emotionally invested in these characters! And that, my friends is a very good thing! And I am assured by the author that book 2 is coming! And I am beyond excited about that.
Posted by Aubrey at 11:41 AM
2 comments:
- Jessie Humphries said...
I can't wait to read this! So happy for Ilima :)
- August 11, 2014 at 4:13 PM
- Susan said...
Oooh, this one sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the heads up!
- August 14, 2014 at 3:27 PM
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British police accessed BlackBerry messages and trawled Twitter for intelligence during last week's riots, a senior officer told MPs.
Police also considered turning off the mobile messaging service, but eventually decided not to try, MPs were told.
Social-media sites and mobile services - notably BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) - have been accused of being used to organise looting and rioting, with Prime Minister David Cameron saying the Government was looking into whether it could shut down such services during such incidents.
We did not request that that was turned off, but it is something that we are pursuing as part of our investigative strategy
Acting Metropolitan Police Commissioner Tim Godwin told MPs the force had considered shutting down BBM during the worst of the riots on Monday night in London.
"We did contemplate, I contemplated, asking the authorities to switch it off. The legality of that is very questionable and additionally it is also a very useful intelligence asset," he said.
"As a result of that, we did not request that that was turned off, but it is something that we are pursuing as part of our investigative strategy." Godwin would not expand on whether BlackBerry would be involved in any potential shut down.
Another senior officer told MPs that intelligence pulled from social networks as well as BBM helped avert trouble at the Olympic site in Stratford, as well as on Oxford Street and at Westfield shopping centre. "We were able to secure all those places and indeed there was no damage at any of them," said Assistant Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lynne Owens.
Messages shared via the BlackBerry network require PINs to be viewed, but according to a report in The Guardian the police accessed the messages using phones taken from those who had been arrested - speeding up a process that normally takes weeks.
BlackBerry had said at the time it was willing to help policing efforts during the riots. The company said it has no further comment.


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Corning is renowned world over as the manufacturer of the highly acclaimed Gorilla Glass panels which are used in almost every modern smartphones. These glass panels are known for their durability and toughness, so the name Gorilla Glass is synonymous with a rugged smartphone. And today, Samsung has inked a deal with Corning by acquiring a 7.1% stake in the company for an equivalent of $1.9 billion. Samsung previously owned a 43% stake in the Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co. Ltd which has now come under Corning's control. The two companies have also signed a ten year agreement deal which will bring in revenue worth over $2 billion to Corning.
Samsung will reportedly subscribe to convertible preferred shares worth over $400 million in the near future. Apart from strengthening the relationship between the two companies, this move could cause concern for other smartphone manufacturers like Apple, LG, HTC etc who already rely on Samsung for one component or the other. We're not sure if this will increase the implementation of Gorilla Glass on Samsung's smartphones, as it is being widely used already.
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The Great Adventure Lab is an after-school science enrichment program that runs in 50+ schools in the D.C. area. We've taught thousands of kids how to write their first robotics programs or video game programs (or both!). We also teach science, engineering, electronics...and more! We do it all with SMALL class sizes with an adult to student ratio of 6:1. Our goal is to make science, technology, engineering, and mathematics irresistibly FUN for the next generation.
You can read all about our classes and birthday parties at http://thegreatadventurelab.com. The site includes plenty of photos and links to videos from our classes!
We are an LLC based in Silver Spring, MD. We are fully insured and our instructors have passed background checks including FBI and state fingerprinting.
Here are mini-descriptions of our Spring 2014 offerings at McDonogh School. Please follow links for complete details, including photos! Room numbers TBD. Instructor will send welcome email several days before class.
Lego Robotics 1
GRADES 2–4 March 27th, April 3, 10, 24, May 1, 8, 15
Thursdays 4:00pm-5:00pm
Fridays 3:15-4:15: March 28, April 4, 11, 25, May 2, 9, and 16
Mondays 4:00pm-5:00pm: March 31, April 7, 14, 28, May 5, 12, and 19
Students may not repeat this class. Students must be in specified grade range.
Areas of Exploration: Robotics, Programming, Logic.
Course Structure and Fees: 1 instructor, 1 aide. Seven 60-min. meetings, once per week. $110 per student ($125 if we provide the aide) Min. 11 / max. 12 students.
This is our core class in which beginners learn to build and program LEGO® robots using LEGO® Education's award-winning WeDo robotics and programming software. Students follow step-by-step onscreen instructions to build their own robots and a suggested program.
Students who are ready can develop more complicated programs involving motion or tilt sensors. In the final class, we take off the training wheels and challenge students to design, build, and program robots that can achieve a certain task.
Lego Engineers
GRADES K–1 March 27th, April 3, 10, 24, May 1, 8, 15
Thursdays 4:00pm-5:00pm
Fridays 3:15-4:15: March 28, April 4, 11, 25, May 2, 9, and 16
Mondays 4:00pm-5:00pm: March 31, April 7, 14, 28, May 5, 12, and 19
Areas of Exploration: Engineering, Simple Machines, Physics.
Course Structure and Fees: 1 instructor, 1 aide. Seven 60-min. meetings, once per week. $105 per student ($120 if we provide the aide). Min. 11 / max. 12 students.
Lego Engineers students learn and apply mechanical engineering concepts to create a wild amusement park ride, a go-cart, and, of course...a catapult! Students learn the physics behind levers, gears, pulleys, and other simple machines using LEGO® Education's Simple Machines set. Lego Engineers classes introduce a new project each week, and students are encouraged to improvise on their designs just like in our robotics classes!
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Registration questions:
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March 27, 2014 — 4:00 pm to
May 15, 2014 — 5:00 pm
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Source: www.wbaltv.com
Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order Monday declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard. And, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has issued a citywide curfew to start Tuesday night.
Speaking Monday evening, the mayor issued a general curfew to start at 10 p.m. and last until 5 a.m. each night starting Tuesday night until May 4. The curfew starts at 9 p.m. for those 14 and under.
Police officers were injured, stores were looted and fires were set Monday evening as vandals ran through Baltimore.
City police say as many as 15 officers have been injured Monday afternoon in northwest Baltimore, where a large group of juveniles converged and began to throw bricks and other items at officers. The officers were injured with broken bones and cuts, and one was unresponsive.
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Despite what you might have heard, it is not easy to injure yourself running.
A cyclist can sustain a spectacular and instantaneous injury by simply allowing a texting driver to run them over.
But for a runner, it takes a substantial amount of effort, patience, and persistence.
Here is a 5 day plan that I have developed for runners wishing to injure themselves. It has been very effective for me. In fact, I used it again this week with great success.
1. Run a race.
Preferably a marathon or longer, but a half marathon or shorter can work too. The important thing is to run it as hard as you possibly can. Your legs should be completely wrecked.
2. Next day, go for a run.
Your legs might be really sore, but push through the pain. Keep running until one particular muscle, tendon, or bone starts to hurt really badly and you can only manage a gimping jog. Run 2 more miles.
3. Failure day
Run far and fast until your body part completely fails and stops functioning altogether. To really hammer it home, try to keep running on it anyway.
4. Rest day
This is to separate general fatigue from a genuine injury. The body part should swell up and hopefully turn purple. You should be limping when you walk at this point.
5. Test day.
Take a test run to verify your injury is real. It might take a few miles, but it should flair up and stop you in your tracks. Congratulations! All that hard work has paid off, you are injured!
Victory March.
Now you will be 3 miles or so away from your house or car.
You will have an hour or more to savor your accomplishment, as you hobble slowly back, possibly freezing. People passing by may offer help, but assure them this is all part of the plan.
Now it's time for a rest. You have earned it!


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We are a family run business and have been retailing various products to our customers since 1995. We started selling Nursery products and we now sell a range of products including Toys, Kitchenware, Cards, Gifts, Bags and much more. We pride ourselves with offering the highest level of service with very competitive prices. In 2001, when the internet was new, we were one of the first shops to offer our products to the whole country. Our Cook Shop is just the next stage in offering the best products at the best prices to our customers, wherever they may live. We have started with the leading brands of Horwood, Stellar, Judge, Likner Mason and Cash, Joseph Joseph. We are sell a great range of prodducts from saucepans to cutlery and utensiles to bake ware.
We always look forward to seeing you.
We are based at Clevedon, just off Junction 20 of the M5 motorway. With easy access from all directions and with experienced staff we are proud to offer our customers a service that is different from the usual. We have most of the popular internet products on the shop floor, so you can always visit us to have a look . With a showroom and stock room of over 8000 square feet, you are sure to find the right product.
For those who are a bit too far away
Although we have been selling on the internet from the start, we usually have "in store" promotions. We have been selling great products for a number of years and we are confident that our customers will appreciate the quality.
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Cochlostoma martorelli martorelli (Servain, 1880)
Quick facts
|Threat status Europe
|Not evaluated (IUCN)
|Valid parent species
|Cochlostoma martorelli
The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.
The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included.
See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view.
Other resources available below may have more information.
Common names and synonyms
|Pomatias labrosa
|Westerlund, 1883
|Pomatias bolosianus
|Salvaña, 1888
|Pomatias noguerae
|Fagot, 1891
|Pomatias bofilli
|Fagot, 1891
|Pomatias montserraticus
|Fagot, 1891
|Pomatias mouganicus
|Fagot, 1891
|Pomatias ripacurcicus
|Fagot, 1891
|Pomatias sanctilaurentii
|Bofill, 1917
Other resources
|Fauna Europaea search
|Fauna Europaea
|Global Biodiversity Information Facility
|ITIS search
|Interagency Taxonomic Information System
|NCBI search
|National Center for Biotechnology Information


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|White to move and win
Step 0 Count the pieces.
This is an artificial step which is specifically designed for chess problems. An imbalance here might mean that the usual thought process is not applicable. For instance when you are a piece ahead, the only goal is to get not mated, so you can use your advantage. Or when you are a piece behind, you can rule out a series of captures since they will not yield you enough wood. In a real game you already know the material balance, so you don't need to count for it.
Step 1 Lack of space.
The king has a lack of space. Since there are 3 white pieces converging at g7, the lack op space is important.
Step 2 Double attack.
- Nxe6
- Bxe5
Step 3 Discovered attack.
- Qg3 f4 no relevant targets
- Rf1 f4 only one relevant target
- Bc3 Nd4 two relevant targets
Step 4 Pin/skewer.
e5 is pinned to g7.
Step 5 Removal of the guard.
e5 blocks Bc3.
Once you have inventoried the position according the motifs above, the actual moves are easy to find. The problem is to speed up the investigation of the position.


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How much are lessons?
See our Terms and Rates Here.
We don't have a piano - what do you recommend?
For a piano initially, we would strongly recommend NOT buying an expensive acoustical upright or grand. But rather spending $1,000 - $4,500 on a "fully-weighted" (which means that the keys are weighted and have the same action and feel as a grand piano) Yahama Clavinova. Here is a link for information on them. As students become more intermediate/advanced, you can then upgrade (and place like Greene Music accept back your previous purchase for 100% of its value up to a certain amount of time after purchase towards another piano) your piano.
We recommend digital pianos for a few reasons:
Digital Pianos have more educational versatility than an acoustical. You can plug many of them into ipads, and when coupled with a few of the really great apps out there, it makes for a much more interactive and faster learning experience for students. A student's entire family does not have to listen to their practicing because the students can put on headphones (this is especially helpful for families with babies or toddlers who nap). Built-in metronomes and other instrumentation on the keyboard are VERY helpful features.
They are far less expensive than acousticals, and can last at least a decades without any maintenance costs. Moving them is much easier (they typically weigh 60 lbs or less). Maintenance costs are essentially zero
(acousticals need to be tuned at least once per year - rates are roughly $95 - $175 per tuning - and if there are other repairs - the costs go up from there).
You can record high-quality WAV files from many of the digital pianos.
Buying a piano online?
You can also buy a piano online, but because a piano is such an intimate hands-on (literally) buying decision, we don't recommend buying online. If you go that route, at least purchase it through craigslists so that you can first see and play it before buying. And in the wild-wild west of craigslist, please stick with an inexpensive piano, because if something goes wrong - you may have more costs in repairs than what you paid for the piano.
How long of a lesson do I need?
We have found from experience that as students get to a certain level, we naturally start to go over the 30 minutes because there is more material to cover. This usually starts happening when they begin improvising at a higher level and can play more complex pieces. At that point, 45-minute lessons are appropriate/needed. For adults, 45 minute lessons are the norm. 60-minute lessons are reserved for very advanced students only.


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By Aidan Fennessy
15 May - 20 June 2015
A criminal lawyer with a cool head and a passion for logic, David wakes up to find himself confined to a small, sparsely furnished room, unable to remember what happened the day before. With the help of his doctor, David begins to coax memories out of the darkness, before the details of a terrible secret emerge.
Razor sharp and tourniquet tight, The House on the Lake is a psychological thriller so crafty it's criminal. Mired deep in layers of deception, it's a puzzle of a play certain to engage the intellect and assault the nervous system.
The House on the Lake is a twisting labyrinth of playwright Aidan Fennessy's devising. Director Kim Hardwick leads the way through.
Commissioned by Black Swan State Theatre Company and developed with the assistance of Playwriting Australia.
Director Kim Hardwick
Designer Stephen Curtis
Lighting Designer Martin Kinnane
Composer Kelly Ryall
Stage Manager Edwina Guinness
With Jeanette Cronin, Huw Higginson
|Single Ticket Prices
|Concession, Senior, Preview, Groups 8+
|Under 30
Transaction fees of $4 for online bookings and $5 for phone bookings apply.
Phone bookings 02 9361 3817
Online bookings
Previews 15, 16, 18, 19 May
Season 22 May – 20 June
Meet the Artists after the performance on 26 May
Monday – Friday 7pm
Saturday 2pm and 7pm
New mid-week matinee: Tuesday 16 June 1pm
Approximately 90 minutes no interval.
Please be aware that there is a complete lock-out in effect on this production, so make sure you give yourself plenty of time to settle in and buy a drink in time for the show.
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"Kim Hardwick directs an absorbing production" ★★★★ Sunday Telegraph
"Higginson is superb as David, giving a subtly shifting performance…Cronin offers strong support playing Alice with a brusque, reserved professionalism." ★★★★ Sunday Telegraph
"Higginson, the ex-pat British actor familiar to many from….The Bill, reveals himself to be a stage animal of considerable range and quickness…[Cronin] matches him step-for-step in what becomes an enjoyable battle of wits." ★★★ 1/2 Sydney Morning Herald
"…broadly entertaining nod to neo-noir and the almost forgotten art of the stage thriller." ★★★ 1/2 Sydney Morning Herald
"…the sharpness of the writing in the lead-up is matched by the sharpness of every element in this taut, engrossing production directed by Kim Hardwick." ★★★ 1/2 Daily Review, Crikey
"designer Stephen Curtis' abstract take on a hospital room, this is a production perfectly pitched for the small Griffin space." ★★★1/2 Daily Review, Crikey
"It is tantalising acting." The Australian
"Martin Kinnane's inquisitorial lighting and Kelly Ryall's moodily atmospheric score contribute a great deal to this clever exercise in genre." The Australian
"This is a play and production that invites you to attend to it and rewards you with a satisfying old fashioned contentment to a story well told, with deliciously primed artistry from all. Entertainment assured." Kevin Jackson
"The Stabes Theatre proved to be the perfect space for this play." Stage Whispers
"Fennessy sustains the audience's engagement entirely through the intricate plot." Stage Whispers
"Martin Kinnane's lighting shades and contrasts from clinical blue to stark white accentuates the mood as does the aural notes of Kelly Ryall's sound design, with a predominant pitch piercing sonic doom effect." Australian Stage
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Ingredient list of the cleanser.(What is 691929/20? ) Anyway, it normally retails for around 7.50 dollars at CVS and I usually just wait for a periodic sale (so it's 4.99 instead) and stack them with a L'Oreal coupon (use the 2-dollar off Any Revitalift item one), you can even add an applicable CVS coupon if you are lucky enough to be sent one during sale (I was!).


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Wednesday, August 26, 2015
McDonald faces one count of rape and Brooks faces one count of misdemeanor sexual battery, the San Jose Mercury News reports. McDonald could be sentenced to up to eight years in prison if convicted, while Brooks could face up to six months in jail.
The men were both accused by the same woman in an incident that took place at McDonald's house in December. She says that McDonald raped her and that Brooks groped her after she fell and hit her head near McDonald's pool.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Jerome Simpson suspended six games
Thursday, August 13, 2015
49ers Release First Depth Chart Of The Season
The 49ers released their first depth chart of the season on Wednesday. Coach Tomsula told CSNBayArea.com that this depth chart is fluid and not set in stone.
"We will shift that around and those depth charts in no way, I should say now, mean anything in terms of something being solid and staying. You will see those be manipulated throughout the course of the preseason."Here's a look at how it stands as of today.
Friday, August 7, 2015
49ers cut Aldon Smith
Smith, the talented but troubled 49ers pass rusher who was arrested overnight for DUI, has been released.
There was little doubt that had to happen: The 49ers have given second and third chances to Smith and he has repeatedly made them regret it, and at some point they simply had to say enough is enough.
Aldon Smith arrested for DUI, hit and run and vandalism | Claims there was no DUI
The Santa Clara Police Department has now offered up those details. They announced via Twitter that Smith was arrested for hit and run, DUI and vandalism on Thursday night. No further information about the incident that led to the arrest was released, but a press release is expected later this morning.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
49ers will "work hard" to retain Aldon Smith
General Manager Trent Baalke would like to generate a different headline with linebacker Aldon Smith, who is in the final year of his contract. Baalke said that the team is going to "work hard to make sure" that Smith remains with the team and indicated that the team feels Smith has moved in the right direction after off-field issues led him to miss 14 games over the last two seasons.
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Direct Selling News (DSN) recently posted the 2011 winners of the Bravo Awards. A round of applause goes to Amway, ViSalus and Nu Skin!
Doug DeVos, President of Amway, won the Bravo Leadership Award for putting people first. This includes Amway's three million independent business owners. Direct Selling News offered the following statement as to why Amway and President DeVos were honored:
It is for this unwavering commitment to the people of Amway and his leadership role within the direct selling industry on the local, national and international levels, that Direct Selling News presented DeVos with the 2011 Bravo Leadership Award.
"Any time you're recognized in your industry by your peers, it's a tremendous honor," says DeVos. "You want to be part of the team. So this is kind of like my teammates having a vote and saying 'thanks' in a very special way."
ViSalus Science was honored with the Bravo Growth Award. The founders were honored for saving the company from certain death. The DSN stated:
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As you may be able to tell, we are extremely excited to announce our 62nd national MLM Startup Conference! We've been hosting the event for over 25 years. We have perfected in such a way that attendees give us great feedback every single time. And, it's such a valuable learning experience for any MLM, direct selling, network marketing, party plan, etc. company executive. You are welcome to come and join us in Las Vegas for the event. Read more about it below – including about how to register – and don't forget to follow the links for more information!
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Although AtHome America has not made any official statement on their website, the Direct Selling Association has reported that the company has gone out of business. The phone number posted on the company's website – 1.800.928.4663 – is no longer active. Apart from the Direct Selling Association's mention, no other information is available.
The next Starting and Running the Successful MLM Company Conference is quickly approaching! On October 25th and 26th, 2012 we are hosting the MLM Conference for the 24th year! This is now our 62nd annual conference (held almost consistently three times per year over the last 24 years). All executives/owners of MLM, direct selling, network marking, and party plan companies are welcome to attend. This is the original MLM Startup Conference, hosted and perfected by direct selling industry expert, MLM Attorney Jeff Babener.
Direct Selling Attorney, Jeff Babener, Founder of Babener & Associates and Sponsor of the MLM Startup Conference, has over 25 years of experience in the industry, representing companies such as Avon, Nikken, Melaleuca, Discovery Toys, Usana, and NuSkin.
MLM Industry Consultant, Mike Sheffield, with The Sheffield Group and Co-Sponsor of the MLM Startup Conference, has helped launch over 800 companies over the last 27 years.
Over the course of two days, you will hear from many leaders in the direct selling industry, who include:
Jeffrey A. Babener, of Portland, Oregon, Conference Chair and Sponsor, www.mlmlegal.com, is the Principal Attorney in the Law Firm of Babener & Associates. He represents leading U.S. and foreign companies in the direct selling industry. He has been advisor to such companies as Avon, Discovery Toys, Nikken, Shaklee NuSkin, Excel, Usana, Fuller Brush, Cell Tech, Kaire, Sunrider, Melaleuca, etc. He is a frequent lecturer and has been interviewed on the industry, and published, in such publications as Money, Inc., Atlantic Monthly, Success, Entrepreneur, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Home Office Computing, Business Start-Ups, Wealth Builders and Money Maker's Monthly. He is editor of the industry publication, Direct Sales Legaline. Mr. Babener is also the author of the books, "Tax Guide for MLM/Direct Selling Distributors," "Network Marketer's Guide to Success," "The MLM Corporate Handbook," "Network Marketing: Window of Opportunity," and "Network Marketing: What You Should Know." He is editor of one of most frequented network marketing educational web sites, www.mlmlegal.com.
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....in sewing! I don't know what has gotten into me, because normally I hate to sew, but I just can't resist all the cute fabric! And since I have no children to make cute little clothes for, you know what that means....Yep, Gidget gets another new dress! This one was inspired by a dress I saw in the consignment shop where I sell my personalized frames. It turned out a little better than my first attempt, and I'm sure my next one will be even better (I'm still trying to get the skirt just right)! Here's Gidget modeling her new frock:
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Now THIS is disco music !!!
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"Pure Disco, Vol. 2 has a lot of great disco tunes and major hits from the golden days of disco! Going to the discothèque meant you could dance your worries away and find glory on the dance floor even when you were down and out in real life. The quality of the sound is excellent and the artwork is very nicely done.
The CD starts with "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor. This sounds like a recording she made after she recorded this earlier; but it still sounds pretty good and it's still great music for dancing. KC & The Sunshine Band do their classic disco hit entitled "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty;" "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" has one of the best disco beats I've ever heard and they sing and play this to perfection--I love it! I could never tire of hearing this song. Of course, Vicki Sue Robinson does her awesome "Turn The Beat Around;" this still gets them dancing on the dance floor and it has a wonderful beat that is irresistible! The Village People also do their campy, fun tune "Macho Man;" and listen for Sister Sledge doing an incredible hit, "We Are Family." "We Are Family" is another timeless disco tune that really makes me smile whenever I hear it.
"I Just Want to Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb is a stunning number that showcases Andy's beautiful talents and it's another major highlight of this album. Andy sings this with lots of feeling and you can really feel that when you hear this song. The Hues Corporation also does their great "Rock The Boat;" this love song/disco tune always works great at parties and they sing this without a flaw! Van McCoy's "The Hustle" was also a tremendous hit back in the day; and whenever I hear this it always brings back fond memories for me of junior high school dances and dating.
Abba's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" has a hauntingly beautiful melody that Abba aces so easily; they were a most talented group and their success on the charts proves it! They don't get the recognition they still so richly deserve today; but you never know--maybe that will change.
The Silver Connection does their "Fly, Robin, Fly" from 1975; we often listened to this on the school bus--it had a radio and we were allowed to listen as we made the trek to and from school every day! Boy, that was great. The Weather Girls do a fantastic job with their biggest hit--that remains a cult favorite--"It's Raining Men." "It's Raining Men" had them doing this act in pink dresses with lots of beefy male dancers on the stage behind them; although I've only seen a photo I'm sure that was quite an act!
Donna Summer sings "Last Dance" with positive energy and all her heart and soul; it's terrific! The CD also ends strong with a mix medley of several songs by Gloria Gaynor--great!
Pure Disco, Vol. 2 is an excellent CD for those of us who still love disco; and this album is sure to bring back good memories for so many of us. This is also a fine introductory CD for newcomers just discovering how wonderful disco really was.
Non-disco means it's not "pure" but still best of the series
Greg Brady | Capital City | 02/04/2005
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"Despite good song selections overall, I still can't give this a 5 star rating because they persist in slapping songs on there that aren't from the disco era, although in this case they keep it to just one: Irene Cara's "Flashdance (What a Feeling)". My only other quibbles are that the version of "I Will Survive" is a remix here...as is a megamix version of some other Gaynor hits tacked on as a bonus. Without these shenanigans, the series would truly nail down what kept the platform shoes shuffling in the 1970s.
The song selection here is stronger than on Disc One, making this the best choice if you're only buying one in the series. But if you really love this, you'll probably want both of them. Disc 3 is more hit and miss and probably only for diehards.
4 1/2 stars"
Wow! A Fun Disco Compilation!
jshippo2001 | California | 04/15/2001
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"Who knew a disco compilation could be so fun? This is actually one of the best (And funnest) CDs I have ever listened to. The album starts out with the fantastic I Will Survive Remix, which is followed by the classic Shake Your Booty by KC & The Sunshine Band. Vicki Sue Robinson's song Turn The Beat Around combines catchy hooks and great vocals to make one of the biggest dance anthems ever. Then the CD gets corny for just a little bit to include Macho Man and We Are Family. Irene Cara was a huge star after the songs from Fame and Flashdance, and she shows she has some killer vocals on the uplifting Flashdance (What A Feeling). The next few songs are sort of medium until you hit Rock The Boat by The Hues Corporation, which was recently featured on a Pepsi commercial. Then comes Love Rollercoaster, which was definately one of Disco's biggest hits. The rest of the highlights are Abba's haunting and catchy Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimmie! (A Man After Midnight), Anita Ward's unique vocals on Ring My Bell, the two classic hits Last Dance by Donna Summer and It's Raining Men by the Weather Girls, and then finally the Diva Megamix. If you are a fan of disco, or are just looking for a fun party CD, this is definately the one for you!"


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A two-vehicle crash in the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 near 96th Street also caused delays. It's unclear whether anyone was seriously injured in this crash.


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A complete bird watching experience through the most biodiverse region in Southern Spain!!!
In order to watch the highest possible number of birds, we will visit several different environments in Malaga province (forests, mountains, farmlands, wetlands, river valleys and the coast) from sunrise to sunset.
Meeting point at 6:30 Malaga city (please, consult prices and timetables for other meeting points).
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Hey guys! I posted my super ripped jeans on instagram a few times and many of you wanted a tutorial on how to go about it.
So here is a photo tutorial on how i did my super ripped jeans.
I bought these jeans from Code Sixtyone online solely for the objective of ripping them. So go for some old or not so expensive jeans for this experiment.
Firstly lets put on some music!
1. Wear your jeans and move around so that the jeans sit on your body perfectly.
2. Start marking the jeans with a pencil. Rectangles on both legs and three to four lines on each leg.
3. When you mark on the knees, make sure you bend your knees so that you mark it exactly above the knees.
4. Now remove your jeans and place it flat on the table. Next you need a pair scissors, a knife or a pumice stone and a pair of tweezers.
5. With the scissors cut as shown below.
6. So below is how it should look like after you have cut open the markings. The rectangular flaps are to be removed eventually.
7. Now to start, scrub the edges of all the cuts with a knife or pumice stone till the threads are all loose and looks frayed.
8. With the tweezers start pulling out the blue thread. Once you pull out a few, all the rest will come out very easily.
9. As you remove the blue threads, you will see that only the white horizontal threads are left behind.
10. So this is how you distress your jeans. For the trapezium cutouts just use the stone to fray the edges and you are done.


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World War II saw the new application of many new technologies by military forces on all sides of the conflict, and some of them had a profound impact on the war. The airplane in particular became a fundamental instrument of war and changed the way many battles were fought. Much the same may be said of the aircraft carrier, which became crucial to the United States after so many of its battleships were lost at Pearl Harbor. As a result of these developments, the Battle of Britain in 1940 marked the first time in history when air power alone determined the course of a major battle, and the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 was the first naval battle in history fought exclusively in the air, by carrier-based planes. Both sides also realized the effectiveness of radar as a way of warning against approaching enemy planes. Germany experimented with new missile technologies as well as both jet- and rocket-powered aircraft, but none of these projects was perfected in time to change the outcome of the war.
Although the majority of these new technologies had an effect on the war, they generally were created by one side in response to similar technologies being developed by the other sidethe net effect of which was to balance out the new power these technologies offered. The notable exception was the atomic bomb, which the United States developed in secret from 1942 to 1945 and which Japan had no way to counter at the time. Indeed, Japan declared its surrender just days after the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Even today, however, historians debate whether the atomic bomb changed the outcome of the war, as Japan may have been already very close to surrendering


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This is my second post today. I am feeling productive :)
Supplies: Hero Arts Digi kit Silly Scape (from Two Peas in a Bucket), Hero Arts gem, sentiment handwritten with white pen
Well, this card kind of looks like it's in prison or in the infrastructure of a high rise, waiting to be created. I took a photo of it on my shelving unit. It's one of those wire ones you can construct into a variety of shapes. We have them all over the house.
I made this card using the new digital sillyscape kit from Hero Arts. I found it on Two Peas here. I have been wanting to make a thank you card for my in-laws who took my whole family downtown for a couple days of vacation in August, but didn't have the right stamp. Tuesday was new release day, and to my great delight, they had the silly scape as a digit. It even comes WITH the clouds! What a great bargain. The "thanks" was handwritten. It was supposed to look like the banner of an airplane, with the airplane out of sight. I didn't have an airplane at home, which is weird given that my dad is a pilot. I guess that's next on my list :) Have a good weekend!


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This tour starts at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago. Started in 2011, according to an announcement, this "line of premium leather accessories designed in Nashville and made in Italy is built upon marrying Italian craftsmanship with American individualism." Proceeds of this event will go to support Camp Kids are Kids, which is "dedicated to bringing joy and fun to kids living with cancer."


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Although the BlackBerry KEYone Black Edition has appeared off and on through a few retailers in Canada, BlackBerry Mobile has now updated their site and sent off emails letting folks know the official list of spots to pick up a BlackBerry KEYone Black Edition.
The list won't really come as a surprise to those who had to have one as soon as possible considering many folks have already received their Black Edition's and are loving them but if you were on the fence or have otherwise been waiting to place your order, you now have at least two official sources to choose from.
I would be remiss, however, if I didn't mention that CDW has the KEYone listed for some oddball pricing of $891.99 CAD vs. Blueshop pricing of $799.99 CAD. Unless you have some sort of CDW loyalty, your best bet is to snag one from Blueshop and save some money.


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FBI Spied On Martin Luther King's Wife
The documents were obtained by Houston television station KHOU in a story published Thursday. Coretta Scott King died in January 2006. She was 78. One memo shows that the FBI even read and reviewed King's 1969 book about her late husband. The entry made a point to say that her "selfless, magnanimous, decorous attitude is belied by ... (her) actual shrewd, calculating, businesslike activities." The documents also focus on her relationship with Stanley Levison, who was a close adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. and a person the government long suspected was a communist.
There is also evidence that the Nixon administration and then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger were kept informed of the FBI's surveillance. Martin Luther King Jr.'s activities were long known to have been monitored by the federal government. News of intelligence gathering on famous Americans and war critics became so infamous that rules to curtail domestic spying were put in place in the 1970s.
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Give I Just Wanna Fuck a listen - it's a new offering from Play-N-Skillz, featuring Nelly, Three 6 Mafia. It was dropped on Saturday, December 12th, 2009. Play-N-Skillz's musical situation is improving with every new release, and I Just Wanna Fuck will most definitely help the cause. It's a fine addition to the growing body of work Play-N-Skillz has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're looking forward to what Play-N-Skillz has in store.
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I was quite surprised today to see a preview mail about Palace playing Leicester. Suddenly it dawned on me that the match was on this evening and after confirming that the match was on the box I was able to settle down to some work content in the knowledge that I would have a ready distraction later in the evening.
Sadly the game wasn't up to much in terms of quality. It was a slogfest throughout and the pitch was so poor the Leicester Tigers Rugby team would have had second thoughts about playing on it. I could honestly swear to you that towards the end there were a couple of trenches out there. I would say it was like the Somme only Kevin Myers is from Leicester and I know he'd make a column out of it. One of the few highlights for me was seeing Sean Scannell get a run out.
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Essay writing in EnglishDecember 5th, 2010
What essay writing in English looks like
In every class you are going to have to write an essay. But essay writing in English class can be a bit challenging. It does not matter how much you know or don't know about writing essays, writing an essay in English class can be a potential disaster.
Always think of the necessary things when writing an essay. Essay writing in English can be a challenge if you are a second language learner. Who am I kidding, even if you are not a second language learner, writing an essay in English can be difficult and confusing. So let me take the time right now to clear up any possible problems that could potentially lead up to your essay writing in English.
Any university dissertation or business dissertation will require some former knowledge of writing essays. When you stay focused and learn about essay writing in English, you will understand that even these dissertations will follow a certain order and flow that will help you understand the process of essay writing in English.
Before writing a phd dissertation you need to also realize that without the proper knowledge of essay writing in English, you may find it hard to write your phd dissertation. When you think about your essay writing in English class, you can think about a rubric. When writing an essay, your teacher or professor will give you or show you some kind of rubric that can be used to help you point out your errors and improve your writing skills.
When writing any kind of essay, you need to realize that it is all about steps. There are certain steps that you will take in order to complete your essay. There are also steps that will need to be taken in order to complete a dissertation but right now we are focusing on essays.
Writing and Essay Steps:
1. Choose a topic
2. Brainstorm
3. Doing research
4. Create and outline
5. Introducation
6. Thesis Statement
7. Body
8. Conclusion
9. Editing and proofreading
Here are a few tips that will help you write your English Essay and any essay in general. And then I will give you some tips on what to focus on for your English essay.
Essay Tips:
1. Pick an essay you are familiar with
2. Do not have a bias when writing your essay
3. Use the structure provided for any kind of essay you write
4. Have someone review your essay for you and check for grammar and content
5. Keep your essay simple
English Essay Tips:
1. Understand the purpose of writing the essay (why am I writing esssay?)
2. Understand the actual work of literature that you are writing about
3. Have a clear and cut definition of your topic and focus
4. Make sure you focus your essay
5. Write your essay in a well-mannered form
These tips for essay writing in English can be of great help when you are writing for any class in reality. But when you focus on English as a subject, you are learning the ins and out and what is expected when you are displaying your information to the public. Writing English essays can be very difficult but if you focus your energy on the research and writing, you will find that essay writing in English is not as difficult as you first thought.
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Port of Call (1948 film)
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|Port of Call
Film poster
|Directed by
|Ingmar Bergman
|Produced by
|Harald Molander
|Written by
|Ingmar Bergman
Olle Länsberg
|Nine-Christine Jönsson
Bengt Eklund
Mimi Nelson
|Music by
|Erland von Koch
|Edited by
|Oscar Rosander
Release date
Running time
|100 minutes
Port of Call (Swedish: Hamnstad, lit. 'Port Town') is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
Berit, a young woman living in a working-class port town begins a relationship with Gösta, a sailor newly returned from overseas and intent upon staying on land. The plot and character development centre on the relationship between Berit and Gösta, as she discloses her troubled past of family problems and various affairs to him and he must deal with his own feelings and conflicts about such disclosure.
- Nine-Christine Jönsson as Berit Irene Holm
- Bengt Eklund as Gösta
- Mimi Nelson as Gertrud
- Berta Hall as Berit's mother
- Birgitta Valberg as Mrs. Vilander
- Sif Ruud as Mrs. Krona
- Britta Billsten as Prostitute
- Harry Ahlin as Skåningen
- Nils Hallberg as Gustav
- Sven-Eric Gamble as Eken
- Yngve Nordwall as The Supervisor
- Nils Dahlgren as Gertrud's father
- Hans Strååt as Mr. Vilander
- Erik Hell as Berit's father
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Theme Thursday - Red & Black & and a Nice Surprise
I decided that I would teach this at our local stamp club this month, but hadn't made up my sample yet. When I saw the Theme Thursday challenge was Red and Black, everything clicked into place! This is one of my fave color combinations and what goes perfect with red and black? Paris!
I pulled out all of my various French-themed stamps from Oxford Impressions and got to work. I also used a harlequin background from Time to Stamp/I Brake for Stamps and a typewriter key alpha set from Vickie Enkoff/Alluring Impressions.
For attaching all the bits and pieces, I used the UHU Photo Stick that the wonderful people over at the Glue With UHU blog sent me. It works great!
Handcrafted magazine. It's always such a treat to get published out of the blue. Here is the piece - main image is from The Stampsmith.
Hey, this one goes with the theme too. I really do love red and black. ;-)
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OMG Shelly this is brilliant.ReplyDelete
Stunning work. I love this.
WOW, wow, wow!!!!! This is amazing, and perfect with the red and black theme. I am going to check out the instructions too I just love it :)ReplyDelete
Congratulations on being published in Handcrafted too, lovely piece.
Wow this is brilliant.ReplyDelete
Sooo fabulous! I'm thrilled you came to my blog so that now I get to see your gorgeous art! It really is splendid!ReplyDelete
Happy day!
Wowwww, deine Stehende Karte ist suuuperschön gestaltet!!!ReplyDelete
I love this technique, beautifully done!ReplyDelete
There are so many lovely things to see here and I am so glad I found you!
thanks for coming by!
Shelly, this is gorgeous! I'll have to give this a try...but mine won't look near as good as yours!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful and very stunning work
Hugs June xxxx
Gorgeous card! I just seen a card like that yesterday,and me and my friend were really amazed at it,so thanks for the instructions. I love the way you did yours with all the stamps. Beautifully done!ReplyDelete
How very, very creative! Gorgeous work.ReplyDelete
Love the cut out card, Shelly. What a fun canvas to work with. YOur papers and stamps are the perfect thing for this.ReplyDelete
Congrats on getting published -- your art is just lovely!
How completely perfect! Absolutely lovely and so creative!!ReplyDelete
Your 3D card is fantastic! And all the images and texts are very beautiful as well. Thanks for the technical hints and the link!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous ! You make such lovely thing ... and there is so much to see :DReplyDelete
By the way, the girl in the rain joined the circus i decided. She now walks the tight rope, with her umbrella of course, and is happier than she ever has been in her life ^^
- AnonymousJuly 3, 2009 at 4:43 AM
Your work is oustanding, Shelly!!! What a unique style you have.I love it!!!!ReplyDelete
Amazing! This is the coolest looking card and I love the stamped images you used.ReplyDelete
- Debbie KasteJuly 3, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Ohhh, la, la Shelly:) LOVE your "Paris" card. You did a terrific job with it! Your card that was published is beautiful too. So happy for you!!!ReplyDelete
What a terrific card Shelly! I love its 3-D effect - and thanks for sharing the tutorial link; will have to try one of these.ReplyDelete
Oh Shelly - this is so awesome!!!! I will definitely have to come back and check out your tutorial!!!ReplyDelete
Wow and OhhLaLa, This is drop dead gorgeous!!!! Gonna have to try this fold! Congrats on being published again. Such talent you have :)ReplyDelete
Absolutely stunning. Thank you for sharing the tutorial will definitely have to make one now.ReplyDelete
Fabulous work, Shelly! Looks so great!! :o)ReplyDelete
OMG I love everything about this, its stunning :)ReplyDelete
Your Tri-shutter card is stunning! What a cool idea - will have to give this a go one day!ReplyDelete


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Paradoxes meet in any sphere. And here – fashion shows in which fur coats appear, don't run low. But here cardinally new approach to invent already it is the extremely difficult. Especially if to consider presence of other kinds of clothes for which manufacture the fur is used.
That only don't do with this fur! It give to a hairstyle, painting, punching, knitting, toning, combine with artificial and make other «operations». Not so long ago on fashion peak there were astrakhan fur coats of thin manufacture. The fashion sometimes goes circles, that is, the things which were fashionable somewhere in the middle of the last century, unexpectedly again become fashionable.
Similar fur coats were popular in 1960th years. Now they can be met in collections from Versace or Gucci. The model volume also is supplied by a wide belt and consequently women and often put on together with trousers and beautiful hats. The old film where the action takes place in our century and where the lady says that now in a retro fashion – carry that carried in 1980th years is involuntarily remembered.
And on a question that carried then, she answers that carried the same fur coats which carried in the beginning of 20 centuries. Though, of course, were and there are periods which don't repeat. On the one hand like as it and is good, and with another – is visible, mink fur coats of the sample of those years were not so successful. Anyway time will sort things out.
Couple of years there was other peep back. Ladies aspired to buy mink fur coats of indigo colors, lilac or beige. The reason is simple – whether they can be combined hardly with any other kind of clothes. As proof it was possible to estimate simply dresses, having gone out of doors.
By the way, not all girls aspire to buy fur coats exclusively expensive. And it is a sign of good taste! Because the expensive thing can look on the person ridiculously. And that that was cheaper, remained to hang in shop and to wait the owner or the mistress.
Mink fur coats of the facilitated sample never lose the demand. Great brands have acquired for a long time it and hasten to create new fur coats of a sports view on a lightning, rivets, with leather inserts. They are especially popular in the countries, where winters not so cold, or there where minus temperatures in general are rare. Naturally, what sense to squeeze into bulky and inconvenient clothes when it is possible to descend and buy fur coats easy and beautiful?
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Ini ada potongan tulisan dari bukunya Alex Bellos (2010) yang berjudul
"Here's looking at Euclid: A surprising Excursion through Astonishing World of Math". Kutipannya tentang bagaimana seekor chimpanzee belajar 'matematika' (lihat video di bawah ini)
"Here's looking at Euclid: A surprising Excursion through Astonishing World of Math". Kutipannya tentang bagaimana seekor chimpanzee belajar 'matematika' (lihat video di bawah ini)
Cerita ini, membuat saya berefleksi tentang pendidikan. Apakah pendidikan yang kita berikan kepada siswa-siswa kita memang benar-benar pendidikan yang memungkinkan siswa berpikir secara lebih dalam atau 'pendidikan' (atau mungkin lebih bisa disebut pengajaran) yang tidak beda jauh dengan 'pendidikan' yang diberikan pada Ai (chimpanzee yang ada di tulisan di bawah ini). Seperti yang tertulis di dalam tulisan di bawah ini "Even though Ai had learned to manipulate numbers perfectly well, she lacked human depth of understanding."
Semoga pendidikan yang kita berikan kepada anak-anak (didik) kita tidak seperti itu yah, membuat siswa kita 'lacked human depth of understanding'.
"The lesson of Clever Hans was that when teaching animals to count, supreme care must be taken to eliminate involuntary human prompting. For the math education of Ai, a chimpanzee brought to Japan from West Africa in the late 1970s, the chances of human cues were eliminated because she learned using a touch-screen computer.
Ai is now 31 and lives at the Primate Research Institute in Inuyama, a small tourist town in central Japan. Her forehead is high and balding, the hair on her chin is white and she has the dark sunken eyes of ape middle age. She is known there as a "student," never a "research subject." Every day Ai attends classes where she is given tasks. She turns up at 9 A.M. on the dot after spending the night outdoors with a group of other chimps on a giant tree-like construction of wood, metal and rope. On the day I saw her, she sat with her head close to a computer, tapping sequences of digits on the screen when they appeared. When she completed a task correctly an 8-millimeter cube of apple whizzed down a tube to her right. Ai caught it in her hand and scoffed it instantly. Her mindless gaze, the nonchalant tapping of a flashing, beeping computer and the mundanity of continual reward reminded me of an old lady doing the slots.
When Ai was a child she became a great ape in both senses of the word by becoming the first nonhuman to count with Arabic numerals. (These are the symbols 1, 2, 3, and so on that are used in almost all countries, except, ironically, in parts of the Arab world.) In order for her to do this satisfactorily, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, director of the Primate Research Institute, needed to teach her the two elements that comprise human understanding of number: quantity and order.
Numbers express an amount, and they also express a position. These two concepts are linked but different. For example, when I refer to "five carrots" I mean that the quantity of carrots in the group is five. Mathematicians call this aspect of number "cardinality." On the other hand, when I count from 1 to 20 I am using the convenient feature that numbers can be ordered in succession. I am not referring to twenty objects, I am simply reciting a sequence. Mathematicians call this aspect of number "ordinality." At school we are taught notions of cardinality and ordinality together and we slip effortlessly between them. To chimpanzees, however, the interconnection is not obvious at all.
Matsuzawa first taught Ai that one red pencil refers to the symbol 1 and two red pencils to 2. After 1 and 2, Ai learned 3 and then all the other digits up to 9. When shown, say, the number 5 she could tap a square with five objects, and when shown a square with 5 objects she could tap the digit 5. Her education was reward-driven: whenever she got a computer task correct, a tube by the computer dispensed a piece of food.
Once Ai had mastered the cardinality of the digits from 1 to 9, Matsuzawa introduced tasks to teach her how they were ordered. His tests flashed digits up on the screen and Ai had to tap them in ascending order. If the screen showed 4 and 2, she had to touch 2 and then 4 to win her cube of apple. She grasped this pretty quickly. Ai's competence in both the cardinality and the ordinality tasks meant that Matsuzawa could reasonably say his student had learned to count. The achievement made her a national hero in Japan and a global icon for her species.
Matsuzawa then introduced to Ai the concept of zero. She picked up the cardinality of the symbol 0 easily. Whenever a square appeared on the screen with nothing in it she would tap the digit. Then Matsuzawa wanted to see if she was able to infer an understanding of the ordinality of zero. Ai was shown a random sequence of screens with two digits, just as when she was learning the ordinality of 1 to 9, although now sometimes one of the digits was a 0. Where did she think zero's place was in the ordering of numbers?In the first session Ai placed 0 between 6 and 7. In subsequent sessions her positioning of 0 went under 6, then under 5, then under 4 and after a few hundred trials, 0 was down to around 1. She remained confused, however, about whether 0 was more or less than 1. Even though Ai had learned to manipulate numbers perfectly well, she lacked human depth of understanding.
A habit she did learn, however, was showmanship. She is now a total pro, tending to perform better at her computer tasks in front of visitors, especially camera crews."


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The largest and longest study ever of an obesity medication found that a new drug, orlistat, can help obese people lose modest amounts of weight, a study being published today says.
While orlistat is not yet approved for marketing, its maker, Hoffmann-La Roche of Nutley, N.J., said the Food and Drug Administration had sent the company a letter saying the drug could be approved if it sent the agency additional safety information. Yesterday, the company submitted that data, said Dr. Jonathan Hauptman, the director of metabolic research at Hoffmann-La Roche.
The study, financed by Hoffmann-LaRoche and published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association, involved 892 healthy, but obese, adults, mostly women, who were studied at 18 medical centers across the country. Their average weight at the start of the study was about 220 pounds.
After one year, those who were randomly assigned to take orlistat and follow a weight loss diet lost an average of 19.3 pounds while those assigned to take a dummy pill and follow the weight loss diet lost about 12.8 pounds. That meant, Dr. Hauptman said, that the weight loss with orlistat was 50 percent greater than with placebo. Others pointed out that the difference was about 6 1/2 pounds.
In the second year of the study, the orlistat group was divided, with half the participants randomly assigned to continue taking the drug and to follow a weight maintenance diet and the others randomly assigned to take a placebo and follow the weight maintenance diet. Those who took the drug regained an average of 7 pounds while those who took a placebo regained 12.4 pounds.Continue reading the main story
Half of the study participants dropped out before the two years were up.
Dr. Steven B. Heymsfield of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York, who was the lead author of the study, said its advantage was that the study was so large and so prolonged, asking not just whether people could lose weight over a period of weeks or months but over years. ''This study is the largest and longest of an obesity drug ever,'' he said.
Orlistat, whose brand name is Xenical, blocks an enzyme that is needed to digest fat. The fat in the food a person eats will then accumulate in the intestines and be excreted, undigested. That mechanism causes the drug's main side effect, one that Dr. David F. Williamson of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described as ''embarrassing or inconvenient, to say the least.'' Most people who take orlistat complain of intestinal gas and bloating, and loose, smelly and oily stools.
The larger concern about orlistat, however, is that it is not a blockbuster drug, as even its champions admit. The average weight loss it elicits is minimal. After all, said Dr. Jules Hirsch, an obesity expert at Rockefeller University in New York, the difference in weight lost between obese people taking orlistat and those taking a placebo was fewer than seven pounds.
Dr. Heymsfield acknowledged, ''It's not a magic bullet,'' but, he said, the people taking orlistat had other benefits that might have made them healthier by reducing their risk of heart disease. Their blood pressure was about a point lower than that of the group taking placebos; their cholesterol levels averaged 201, compared with 195 in the placebo group, and their blood sugar levels were about 2 percent lower.
And, Dr. Heymsfield said, even the disagreeable gastrointestinal side effects might be helpful. People who eat a fatty meal and then suffer the orlistat-induced consequences might think twice about indulging again.
''It's like the Antabuse of weight control,'' Dr. Heymsfield said, referring to the drug prescribed for alcoholics that makes them ill if they drink alcohol.
''The goal is not to make people reach an ideal weight,'' said Dr. Hauptman of Hoffmann-La Roche. Instead, he said, it is to help people ''reach a more biologically acceptable weight,'' one where they are healthier.
Medical experts called in by the Food and Drug Administration were divided over orlistat's value. The F.D.A. usually follows its experts' advice but is not required to do so.
In March, an advisory committee to the agency split, 5 to 5, on the question of whether the drug should be marketed. Dr. Hirsch, a member of that committee who voted against approving the drug, said he considered the weight loss minimal and the improvements in heart disease risk factors so small that it was impossible to say that the drug would lead to improved health. And even if people took the drug religiously, they would start to gain back their lost weight after a year, he noted. Given what he saw as minuscule benefits, Dr. Hirsch worried about possibly ephemeral hints of risks.
For example, the data Hoffmann-La Roche presented to the F.D.A. last year, pooled from several studies, including the current one and looking at 7,000 people, showed that 10 women taking orlistat developed breast cancer but that just one taking placebos got the disease. The company argued that there was no biological reason why orlistat would cause breast cancer, but the F.D.A. asked for a detailed analysis of the question.
That analysis, Dr. Hauptman said, was provided in the company's response to the F.D.A. yesterday. He said it showed that for some women the breast cancer was diagnosed within six months of starting to take orlistat -- too soon for the drug to have caused the cancers. Other women already had evidence of breast cancer on mammograms when they entered the study. The company's analysis, Dr. Hauptman said, ''supports our conclusion that there is no increased risk.'' In the study published today, the women who took orlistat had the same incidence of breast cancer as those who took a placebo.
But Dr. Williamson, who wrote an editorial accompanying the orlistat article, asked whether the drug was needed. He worried about its safety when ''tens of thousands or even millions of people start taking this drug.'' The company's studies, he added, were not designed to look at breast cancer risk and he, for one, was not satisfied that the question had been answered.
''The risk-benefit ratio for this drug is incomplete,'' Dr. Williamson said. ''We usually don't like to buy things if we don't know what they will deliver, and we don't know what this drug will deliver.''
And, he added, ''someone has to pay for these drugs.''
Drug companies ordinarily announce a drug's price when it is approved for marketing, and Hoffmann-La Roche has not said what orlistat would cost in the United States. But Valerie Suga, a company spokeswoman, said that orlistat, which was approved for sale in most of Europe at the end of July, costs about $116 a month there.Continue reading the main story


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Exciting new collaboration between the CRITICAL project teams and researchers from the School of Education at the University of Bristol, thanks to seed corn funding from the Brigstow Institute. Continue reading "[NEW GRANT] Bots and Tangibles: Modern Inclusive Classrooms of Tomorrow"
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HaptiSonic Artefacts: short paper accepted at CHI'2017 workshop
I will be at CHI'2017 conference, presenting a paper on HaptiSonic artefacts as part of the Things of Design workshop. The workshop explores design research, as a growing mode of research within the HCI community, and the role of the artifact in generating knowledge outcomes from research through design (RtD). Continue reading "HaptiSonic Artefacts: short paper accepted at CHI'2017 workshop"
Postdoctoral position available in multisensory interaction and education
Applications are invited for a Research Associate/Senior Research Associate position in the Bristol Interaction Group (BIG Lab) within the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bristol. The role is part of the EPSRC project "Crossmodal Interactive Tools for Inclusive Learning", which aims at investigating novel multisensory learning and teaching technologies that supports inclusive interaction between visually-impaired and sighted children in mainstream schools. Continue reading "Postdoctoral position available in multisensory interaction and education"
Welcome to New PhD Student Mohammed Alshahrani
Welcome to Mohammed Alshahrani who joins us to start his PhD on examining multimodal and crossmodal interaction to improve the accessibility and usability of mobile technology for the elderly population. Continue reading "Welcome to New PhD Student Mohammed Alshahrani"
[NEW GRANT] Crossmodal Interactive Tools for Inclusive Learning (CrITIcaL) – 2016/2021
Sponsored by EPSRC Early Career Fellowship
Role: Principal Investigator
I have been awarded a 5-years Early Career fellowship to research and develop interactive learning tools to make mixed classrooms more inclusive of visually impaired students.
I will be exploring answers to questions such as: how do people learn together when they have access to different sets of sensory modalities? And, how can we exploit crossmodal interaction to design more inclusive collaborative user interfaces? Continue reading "[NEW GRANT] Crossmodal Interactive Tools for Inclusive Learning (CrITIcaL) – 2016/2021"
Double awards for our DePIC research into developing technology for blind users
Our DePIC team has won the Award for Best Solution by a Large Organisation at the Connect Ability Challenge event, a software development competition focusing on developing technology that can help improve the lives of people living with physical, social, emotional and cognitive disabilities. The event was organised by AT&T and New York University to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (#ADA25).
Continue reading "Double awards for our DePIC research into developing technology for blind users"
CCmI editor hack wins NIME 2014 hackathon accessibility challenge
This years' NIME conference, which took place at Goldsmiths University of London, featured a one day hackathon centered around assistive interfaces narrowing down disabling barriers to musical and creative expression. The challenge was the following: "Design a musical device that can be easily configured/modified to make music making accessible to all, including musicians with a disability". Continue reading "CCmI editor hack wins NIME 2014 hackathon accessibility challenge"
(Audio) Radio interview by Accessible Media Inc.
I have been interviewed together with my colleague Fiore Martin by the Canadian radio station AMI (Accessible Media Inc.) on our work developing accessible multi sensory technology to support visually-impaired audio production specialists.
Listen to the interview here:
Or from this online podcast, we are on minute 13 of the Episode 76
(Article) Peak levels: Anyone can get the sound right
The 'Peak level meter' is an essential tool of an audio engineer. It's used to adjust volume levels. For example, there may be odd moments when a recording is far, far louder than the rest of the track. So loud that the sound will distort when played. The engineer therefore tones it down a bit. Small nudges here and there make a massive difference to the quality of the final sound. A peak level meter is just a gauge that helps. It shows the sound level in real time as the engineer listens to the audio, blinking if the sound even momentarily reaches a critical level where something must be done. It's completely visual though so is completely inaccessible to a blind person. Continue reading "(Article) Peak levels: Anyone can get the sound right"
(Video) Accessible Peak Level Meter VST Plugin
This video is about a VST Plug designed to provide non-visual access to peak level meters. It uses non-speech sounds in the form of sonification to convey peak level information and the overall signal levels in an audio track. The aim is to help blind and visually impaired musicians and audio production specialist interact with Digital Audio Workstations. Continue reading "(Video) Accessible Peak Level Meter VST Plugin"


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You KNOW what bothers me about Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" -- now officially the song of the summer, after spending five weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100? Not the auto-erotic tease of the lyrics, which keeps Perry inside her head rather than beneath the waistband of some lovely's Victoria's Secret finery. Not her groaning vocal delivery, which is kind of sexy, built around a neo-burlesque bump of a track and the luscious word hook "cherry Chapstick."
I don't think she's a hypocrite, either, despite being a former Christian artist who's already semi-engaged at age 23 (to lead dude Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, who gave her a "Happy Days"-style promise ring in June). There's lots of same-sex kissing in the Bible, and anyone who's attended an all-girl school knows what hanky-panky can transpire in such hothouse environments. A little frisson of guilt, which Perry adds in by worrying about her boyfriend's reaction to her Sapphic lip lock, is ever-potent in pop. (For proof, listen to Ray Parker Jr.'s immortal "Aw, shucks" in "The Other Woman." )
What bothers me about "I Kissed a Girl" is that, in the song's video, Perry never actually kisses a girl. She lounges around in some kind of noirish spa environment, showing off terrific gams in her trademark pinup-girl outfits. She raises her eyebrows and pouts as refugees from a George Michael video flounce and giggle, not kissing each other either but at least rubbing her leg. Her sensual experiments include petting a kitten and fingering some frosting on a pink cake. Then voila -- it's all a dream, and she wakes up next to her buddy DJ Skeet, playing her video boyfriend. (Perry's biracial relationship seems equally "transgressive," if not as useful for male viewers' fantasies, as her lesbian reveries.)


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The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled this week that the Islamic practice of talaq violates a woman's right to due process in the state. Talaq is the practice (and in Pakistan, the law) that allows men to divorce their wives by saying "I divorce thee" three times. Maryland resident Irfan Aleem had moved to the D.C. area in 1985 with his wife, Farah, to work for the World Bank and raise a family. When she filed for divorce in Maryland in 2003, he one-upped her by heading to the Pakistani embassy and performing talaq, thereby divorcing her under Pakistani law, under which she had signed a marriage contract agreeing to a $2,500 divorce settlement in 1980 when she was 18. Since his divorce, he moved back to Pakistan and has been denying his wife financial support. The Maryland court said:
Talaq lacks any significant 'due process' for the wife, its use, moreover, directly deprives the wife of the 'due process' she is entitled to when she initiates divorce litigation in this state.
Since the appeals court ruling, the circuit court has ordered the Aleems' house sold and the profits split and Farah will probably get half of her husband's pension from the World Bank.
None of those women are Farah, by the way. But they are a way to show happy women from another country not looking oppressed. Farah told reporters by phone that she's "ecstatic" at the ruling.
Islamic Divorce Ruled Not Valid in Maryland [Washington Post]