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Who's pro-life here?
The so-called pro-lifers are at it again, having little fits about stem-cell research. I have even heard them say this administration does not respect life.
Oh, really! Let's see, the last administration (controlled by George W. Bush and far-right religious organizations) claimed to be pro-life and yet declared an unjust war in Iraq that by some estimates has led to over 1 million deaths of Iraqi citizens as well as over 4,200 U.S. military. They refused to allow scientists to find cures for severe illness that could have saved lives and promoted a better quality of life for millions.
Barack Obama never supported this war and is doing everything he can to get us out of Iraq. By allowing stem-cell research, millions of people may have their lives prolonged and have a better chance for a normal life. Children confined to wheelchairs might stand up and walk! We might even find the cures for cancer and diabetes mellitus.
Can someone please explain to me how the Bush administration was supposedly pro-life and yet this administration is not? I don't get it. I also take exception to calling zygotes embryos. But that is another letter altogether.
Jane Madden
Colorado Springs
Inhumane humanity
I had thought I'd heard it all when it came to pro-life double standards. As a pro-choice, self-admitted Internet junkie, I have regularly come across and debated with unreasonable "pro-lifers" online who had no regard whatsoever for the unborn's quality of life, even in cases of rape, sickness, poverty and molestation, as long as they were born. They have not given a sweet damn if the people involved could not afford pre-natal care, or to put the unborn up for adoption. When I have argued that same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt in order to support all the life the pro-lifers want, they have said those couples should not be given the chance, because "they might warp the kid."
I had thought that was the extent of their cruelty. (Yes, cruelty!) But to hear state Sen. Dave Schultheis proclaim fetuses at risk for being born HIV-positive should not be treated, simply because of the parents' mistakes ("Don't give Schultheis a pass," Between the Lines, March 5) ... I can only say it's a good thing my faith in humanity as a whole is dead. I'd be in a fine fury otherwise. Instead, I'm cynically unsurprised, and I'm sorry the more open-minded pro-life people I know are so misrepresented by such hypocrites. (I also vow to vote for another senator as soon as possible.)
My point is, if people are irrationally pro-life, they can't afford to be picky, and more, they can't afford to be so utterly inhumane. It only works against them.
Krys Barrow
D-11's disconnect
As parents of a District 11 child, we were disheartened by the lack of constructive input solicited from the community in planning such massive changes ("How did we get here?" News, Feb. 19). We missed the initial public input opportunities, as did many others, since these meetings were cleverly code-named "Building Utilization Studies." Let's be real: That was to keep people from being interested enough to show up. If they had been called "Budget Crisis: Possible School Closings and Other Major Changes," attendance would have been much, much higher.
Only two board members, Bob Null and Charlie Bobbitt, consistently broke ranks, asked tough questions and listened to the hundreds who asked them to slow down, consider other options and find more creative solutions. The rest of the board blindly accepted everything the steering committee and consultant team proposed, tuning out the community. It felt like the outcome had been decided, and allowing parents, teachers and others speak for three minutes each was an exercise in futility. With the lack of public process, decisions were made with a heavy hand and a blind eye to the impact on our lives.
Sadly, eight schools were closed and many programs relocated, displacing hundreds of students this August.
The disconnect between these decisions and the real needs of parents and kids is deeply concerning. These are tough economic times, changes had to be made, but these times also call for creative solutions and outside-the-box thinking that was lacking.
Why not get people involved in a substantive way early on? Let parents have a real stake in the solutions, because our children and our communities suffer when an "under-utilized" school is closed, or a program we love is moved. Let us help we have a lot more at stake!
Casey Chinn
Chris Diaz-Chinn
Colorado Springs
Flip the switch
Intermountain Rural Election Association customers: Go to crea.coop, and you will notice one of 22 electric cooperatives is not listed. (Stan Lewandowski and his IREA board do not play well with others.)
Support Mike Galvin in his bid to sit on the IREA board of directors ("Uncooperative," News, March 5).
I was an IREA electric lineman for eight years (1974-82), and know Lewandowski well. He has never bought into the fact electric co-ops are customer-owned. IREA customers, wake up, your future electric bills are in your hands!
Dave Joss
Wasting pennies
Apparently the residents of Colorado Springs feel that safety and security are not worth paying for, or are free.
Would you work on the police force or for the fire department for free? (Possibly, if one were independently wealthy.)
We have cut our own throats and chosen to render our community unprotected for lack of a bill that would have cost the average resident next to nothing (the penny tax).
I see pennies on the ground all the time. There's your sign!
David James
Colorado Springs
Flaming mistake
Did I really hear the head fire guy at Fort Carson on the news say something to the effect of: "Our preparedness maneuvers are on a tight schedule and must go on, no matter the conditions"?
If they keep it up, they'll have a complete fire line by the end of summer.
Don't get me wrong, the Industrial Military Complex is the wind in our sails and I appreciate it. But shooting tracers and who knows what else on a "red-flag warning" day of fire danger borders on an act of terrorism. Wake up, Fort Carson!
Karl Knapstein
Colorado Springs
Are we tough?
I was convinced that the bankers were holding us all hostage by freezing credit markets until they got a big infusion of taxpayer funds, but then I had a revelation.
The whole country has been on a financial high for so long, the big correction was coming sooner or later. The vast increase in credit-card commerce over the last 10-15 years must have inflated everything, including our whole idea of essential luxuries. We should have seen the cliff closing fast.
We ended up with a lot of fuzzy financial math, bloated companies and overextended credit, so the correction was coming. Then why are we surprised?
We now must all look at what we used to think was normal, and realize that rosy picture was inaccurate and stilted at best. We have to be a leaner nation. We must have more athletic and agile companies, and we damn sure can't afford $100 million CEO bonuses.
Although the banks could hold us all hostage, that is probably not what is happening. The thing that is surprising is that go ahead and hit me if this sounds crazy, but could it be that the bankers are the ones forcing us all to bite our bullets and re-evaluate who we are and how we fit into this changing country and global marketplace? I have no doubt that we can bounce back economically; we haven't lost our ability to adapt as a country. The question is, will we?
It is said that people need a significant event to change the way they think and act. We have that event at hand. We just have to be tough enough to change.
Mike Clow
Colorado Springs
Beauty endangered
I was devastated to hear U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar plans to follow the discredited path of the Bush administration and de-list wolves in the Northern Rockies and Greater Yellowstone region. Just six weeks into the Obama administration, this is a shocking development.
De-listing paves the way for almost 1,000 wolves to be killed under deadly state management plans in Idaho and Montana, and the killing will once again be rampant. Last year, hundreds of wolves were killed in just the first few days of wolf de-listing in those regions before legal efforts won the battle.
I cannot believe the Obama administration has embraced the deadly Bush-era de-listing plan, since the president has been adamant about resuming safeguards for endangered species. Salazar states that gray wolf recovery has been successful in these areas, but the de-listing of these animals means allowing mass killing of them to near-extinction once again.
Sharlene White
Santa Fe, N.M.
Let the left one in
Every day we hear about the terrible economy. What we aren't hearing so much about is how we got here! Let me give you a short refresher course:
Unbridled greed, removal of all regulations, huge tax cuts for the rich who thanked us by sending our jobs overseas.
I've often heard the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. It appears that's what the Republicans are doing. Eight years of their policies got us into this mess. Instead of standing back and letting someone else try to solve it, they want more of the same. A few of them want to follow Herbert Hoover's example and freeze all spending.
The rest of us need to speak up and tell them, "You had your chance. Now, please get out of the way and let someone else try to fix it." As the old saying goes: Lead, follow or get out of the way!
I don't know if President Barack Obama and the Democrats can fix it. I think they are the only chance we have, and I am tired of Republicans spending all their time putting up roadblocks.
Linda Neese Dhondt
Colorado Springs
GOP's pied piper
The Republican Party appears in more trouble than we thought. GOP leaders are kowtowing to a daytime radio comedian, Rush Limbaugh, the Don Rickles of politics and master of fatuous insults.
Now the GOP seems reduced to its leaders maligning attempts by the new administration to get some control of an economy in free-fall. They vote against proposals to rescue an economy wrecked by eight years of reckless, greedy, unregulated, free-market speculators cheered on by Republican profiteers, including President Bush. Look at what that did to us.
The great American philosopher, John Dewey, said all societies have a choice: Put control of the nation's economy in the hands of unrestrained, unregulated private entrepreneurs, over which we citizens have no power at all, or put control in big government, over which citizens have at least some power via the vote.
Take your choice. Look at what the private profiteers wrought over the past eight years. And Mr. Limbaugh doesn't seem so amusing.
Larimore Nicholl
Colorado Springs
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Why won't a 1080P TV receive a 1080P signal?
Broadcast television currently does not use 1080p. The HD formats in use at present are 720p and 1080i. The "i" stands for interlaced and it means that on a single pass of the screen half of the ...
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Do 1080p TV sets convert 1080i signal to 1080p format?
All LCD displays use progressive scanning, namely the whole frame is built up line by line rather than odd lines followed by even lines. Therefore, by default, 1080i will be converted to 1080p, but...
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Do newer 1080p HDTVs automatically upconvert digital feeds to 1080p?
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57 inch Mitsubishi 1080p LCD tv but it say 480i standard on the screen how do you change it to 1080p?
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Normal DVD player that is not 1080p is compatible with 1080p samsung tv?
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Repossession companies specialize in recovering merchandise that has not been paid for by the owner. This is a necessary service for many types of businesses. If you are looking into to beginning your very own repo company than a good name is the best place to start. Here is a good list of existing repossession company names to help get your started.
Adjusters Inc
American Lenders Services
Asses Solution Recovery
Asset Recovery
C & S Auto Recovery
Capital Adjusters
Collateral Recovery Team
Due Process
Equitable Service Inc
First Reaction Company
Fox Recovery
Garden State Repo
Indian Repossessions
International Recovery Systems
Knight Recovery inc.
Mars Recovery
Payback Repo
Rapid Recovery
Repo Depot
Repo Max
TexMex Recovery Service
The Redeem Team
The Taker Backers
Valley Auto Repo
Wesley Auto Recovery
This informative video gives you tips on how to successfully and responsibly run a repossession company. He gives great information on managing employees and dealing with the people whose things are being repoed.


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Write a data sifter, sift, that partitions a string into a list of lists. Start with the case of using letters as a delimiter, and numbers as data. There can be any number of repetitions of numbers & letters.
user=>(sift "a1b2cd34")
(("a" ("1")) ("b" ("2")) ("c" ()) ("d" ("3" "4")))
Next, add the ability to your sift function to accept a list as input, as well as a string.
user=>(sift ("a" "1" "b" "2" "c" "d" "3" "4"))
(("a" ("1")) ("b" ("2")) ("c" ()) ("d" ("3" "4")))
After that, add the ability to take a vector/array as an input
user=>(sift ["a" "1" "b" "2" "c" "d" "3" "4"])
(("a" ("1")) ("b" ("2")) ("c" ()) ("d" ("3" "4")))
Finally, let your sift accept a collection of any object, and an arbitrary predicate. If the predicate is true, the object is a delimiter (e.g. a String). If the predicate is false, the object is data (e.g. a Number).
user=>(sift string? ["a" 1 "b" 2 "c" "d" 3 4])
(("a" (1)) ("b" (2)) ("c" ()) ("d" (3 4)))
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We have a wonderful Board of Directors who selflessly dedicate their intellect, expertise, and time to this agency and the community as a whole. They are comprised of other mental health professionals and are parents/guardians of children with mental health issues. Our mission, put simply is to help those in need. We work collaboratively with other system partners such as DYFS, JJC, in addition to the Division of Mental Health to ensure that you receive the highest quality of care.
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text: I had my first full day with the extended battery. Overall, I liked it. - I started with a full 100% charge at 7am. As I type this it is 9:10pm, and I have about 19% left. I used it thoughout the day for web browsing, reading books, and e-mail. I would say it was moderate to heavy usage. Thats a very solid 14 hours on one charge with room to spare. I did not dim my screen at all, and I had 4G turned on the whole time. I did not use any power saving apps like Juice Defender. - It is pretty bulky. Personally I found it better myself...it is easier to hold for me. Holding a thin slab can be awkward because you have to hold it from the sides. I can now hold it from the back and it feels more natural. I especially like this for reading books. - It is heavier, and this is noticeable. I think the normal Rezound is 170 grams...with this battery is it 192 grams. Not a massive difference, but you will notice it. Especially since the Rezound is already on the chunky side to begin with. The weight was comparable to my Droid 1 with it's otterbox case. Not trying to sound sexist or anything, but women especially will notice this IMO. For me personally it wasn't a big deal, though I would say it is the biggest downside to the battery (more than the bulk). - One pleasant surprise is that it does not get hot at all. I was bracing myself for this, but it actually seems to run cooler than my stock battery did. - One other benefit...my external speaker sounds better! I think it is because part of the interior is hollow now, but the sound was improved (especially "bass", though bass is never great on a speakerphone). Verizon is still selling these for $30. The sale is not advertised either in store or online, and even in the store they are marked at $50...the "real" price only shows up during the purchase. The box includes the new back cover which is in the same style as the original. Like the original it is rubberized and fits the case snuggly. Bonus - I now have a spare battery for long trips or whatever.


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From museum tours, exhibitions, and lecture series to film screenings, family programs, and interactive workshops, the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art has an ambitious schedule of events for early 2017. The wide range of programming draws on the unique history and people of UC Davis, including an inaugural exhibit on the formation of our revolutionary Art Department, to engage the campus community and beyond.
Later this week, on Thursday December 8, Florian Idenburg, the architect of the Manetti Shrem Museum will speak on "Museum Building in Unpredictable Times" as part of the Chancellor's Colloquium Series in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre from 4:00-6:00 p.m. To register to attend this event, please RSVP here.
Out Our Way
On January 5 from 6:30-7:30 p.m., Associate Curator Francesca Wilmott will discuss the less well known members of the UC Davis first generation art faculty in "Recovered His/Herstories of the First Generation." The lecture is followed by a tour of the artists' work in the museum's inaugural exhibit Out Our Way, which explores the development of the revolutionary UC Davis Department of Art, founded in 1958 and shortly thereafter recognized as one of the most courageous and wildly inventive communities of artists working in the world.
On view through March 26, 2017, Out Our Way reassembles lost histories and sheds new light on some of UC Davis' most cherished lore through 240 paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints from the 12 artists that founding Art Department Chair Richard L. Nelson hired during his tenure (1952-70): Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson, William T. Wiley, Roy De Forest, Roland Petersen, Manuel Neri, Ralph Johnson, Ruth Horsting, Daniel Shapiro, Tio Giambruni, Jane Garritson and John Baxter. Throughout the exhibition, partners of the Manetti Shrem Museum (those who donate $300 or more annually) are able to talk with the first generation faculty artists featured in Out Our Way at weekly "Artist of the Week Club" meet and greet events.
Out Our Way is supported by other events in January: on January 15, author, artist, and art critic Peter Plagens discusses the special qualities that made UC Davis a center for artistic experimentation and innovation in his talk, "Of Serendipity and a Secret Sauce," from 2:30-4:00 p.m.; and everyone is invited to a January 22 "happening" from 12-5 p.m.- a festival of music, movies, magic and movement celebrating the Out Our Way exhibition.
The other current inaugural exhibitions include:
|Hoof & Foot:
A Field Study
|A Pot for a Latch
The Museum as Process
The Manetti Shrem Museum engages the campus community directly with events aimed at faculty, staff and students. The U for You: University Lectures at the Museum series features events co-sponsored by the UC Davis Human Rights Initiative and the Art History, Cinema and Digital Media, and Design Departments. These collaborations touch on pressing human rights issues, and visiting artist lectures on architecture, art history, painting, multi-media art, photography, and more.
Student-only events are organized by the Student Coalition and include a February 14 Valentine's Party from 6-10 p.m., and iPhone video workshops on January 20 and 27 from 4-6 p.m. Staff and faculty can enjoy a lunch-time "movement in the galleries" stretch on first and third Wednesdays from 12-1, and an "Art Bites" guided tour on second and fourth Wednesdays from 12-1.
The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art is free and open to all during these hours of operation:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 12–6 PM
Thursday: 12-10 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 11 AM–5 PM
Sign-up to receive updates via email about museum events.
– Stephanie Maroney, DHI Graduate Student Researcher and doctoral candidate in Cultural Studies


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Posts Tagged 'The B-Film Extras'
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #526
This week's episode spans some serious ground both thematically and geographically. In the USA's capital, Phil Leirness recorded a very special (and hilarious) opening, before traveling to Baltimore to interview great friend of the show Page Branson, an artist, illustrator and podcast host. Then, it's off to Brooklyn for a chat with the writer/performer of more than one Chillpak Hollywood Hour theme song, Mr. Jon Lawlor. Then, it's back to Dallas for some improv comedy courtesy of your friend in podcasting, Mr. Dean Haglund.
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #349
Another very unique show and fun as heck from start to finish … Acid jazz, a live in-studio music performance, "The Price is Right", celebrity sightings, the launch of Sci-Fest and much, much more … Including a computer snafu that endangered the very existence of this week's show were it not for the Apple wizardry of our special guest!
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #258
Dean and Phil's last "live" show for a few weeks is full of all the rich, delicious, nourishing podcasty goodness you've come to expect from YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Your friends in podcasting discuss their Sacramento adventures, the creators of Superman, a present-day comic book master, absurdist theatre, Samuel Beckett, Bully, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, the Occupy movement, the mysterious life of Frances Farmer, the brilliant writing of David McCullough, the best stage actor in Los Angeles, and Torchwood.
All that plus more on The Hunger Games, more on "pronoia", a celebrity death and a lawsuit involving the paranormal …
And don't worry, even though they are hitting the road, Dean and Phil have two special shows planned during their absence!
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #256
Has there ever been a more wild and free-wheeling grab bag of topics on a single installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour as there is on this week's show? Consider the topics discussed:
The mysterious death of Thomas Kinkade, the occult meaning of words and symbols, Dean Haglund running a 5K race, the legacy of Mike Wallace, the films of Guy Maddin, the latest in the MPAA's battle with The Weinstein Company over the rating of Bully.
All that, plus your friends in podcasting weigh in on a documentary about Comic-con, a Woody Allen drama, a John Cassavetes classic, two great, award-winning independent films from last year (one from the UK, one from South Korea).
And on top of all of that, we even have a brand new theme song by The B-Film Extras!
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #233
Happy Halloween, everybody!
From James Bond to Independence Day, from disaster films of the 70′s to a silent film that might win Best Picture this year, from a lawsuit over falsehoods in advertising to a lawsuit over screenplay theft, your friends in podcasting are definitely putting the "Hollywood" in YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Of course, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are also putting the "YOUR" in YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, answering emails, Facebook posts and even angry tweets from you (yes, YOU!), the listeners!
Oh, and heads up Chicago, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.! THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE is on its way to your cities THIS month!
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #133
Phil Leirness is back from the east coast, and he brings with him a suitcase full of stories, ranging from the White House State Dinner crashers to Japanese "herbivores" to his own debut on the Broadway stage! Plus, he plugs the next production from Rational Exuberance and an interview he will be doing on Blog Talk Radio's Good Karma Stories hosted by Ed Moy.
Dean Haglund is taking off for the east coast, for a starring role in a sci-fi horror adventure Atlantis Down. He previews that experience and discusses how his dance training has come in handy both as an actor and as a performer in action sequences.
Finally, 'tis the season for giving, so Dean and Phil leave you with a musical gift: A short snippet of the theme song from their forthcoming documentary The Truth Is Out There, written and performed by The B-Film Extras.


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Our Energy Exchangers are an integral part of our community and their help enables PYC to run smoothly.
So, what's the deal you ask?
Work one shift per week at the studio in exchange for access to unlimited yoga, plus discounts on both workshops and retail. One shift includes reception and cleaning duties.


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Modeling: Blender, except for the people that are generated in 3ds Max, exported to .fbx and imported in Blender.
Rendering: Cycles
Post-processing: Photoshop
Split rear window, full side window, no blinkers butmanual direction indicator, folded between the two side windows, rear-view mirror only on the driver side.
The first cars came in only a few colors, I chose the color L 11 pastel green. Modeled after blueprint.
Participant of CGTrader Awards.


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Prized featherweight prospect James Gallagher has been added to the Bellator mega-event coming up this summer.
Gallagher will take on Chinzo Machida as part of the Spike broadcast of Bellator 180 from Madison Square Garden.
Gallagher (6-0) is just 20 years old and already owns three Bellator wins to his credit, including back-to-back submissions.
Machida (5-2), who is 20 years older than Gallagher, is 2-0 with Bellator. He is the older brother of former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida.
Below is the current fight card:
Light Heavyweight: Chael Sonnen vs. Wanderlei Silva
Heavyweight: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione
Bellator Lightweight Championship
Michael Chandler (c) vs. Brent Primus
Bellator Welterweight Championship
Douglas Lima (c) vs. Lorenz Larkin
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike)
Featherweight: James Gallagher vs. Chinzo Machida


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Jay-Z, Muse and Gorillaz have been tapped to headline the 11th Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.
The country"s premier alternative music event takes place April 16-18 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., outside of Palm Springs.
The trio will be joined by more than 130 acts, including a reunited Pavement, Radiohead"s Thom Yorke (billed as Thom Yorke????, which we"ll explain in a minute), Vampire Weekend, Them Crooked Vultures, LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, Tiësto, Faith No More, Deadmau5, David Guetta, MGMT and Public Image Limited.
So what"s with Thom Yorke????. We thought it be might that his appearance was questionable or not confirmed, but before we could ask the Coachella folks, our colleagues at Entertainment Weekly beat us to the punch. It turns out that Yorke will be playing with the group that backed him for a few L.A. dates last year, including Red Hot Chili Pepper"s Flea and producer Nigel Godrich. After he didn"t name that group, he saw some signs that tagged the assemblage as Thom Yorke????. The name stuck.
Tickets go on sale on Jan. 22. Three-day passes are $269 plus surcharges. Once again, Coachella will offer lay-away and camping packages. For more info, go to www.coachella.com.
Below is a daily breakdown of talent:
FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proxy, Ra Ra Riot, Deer Tick, Wolfgang Gartner, Aeroplane, Iglu & Hartly, Sleigh Bells, P.O.S., Baroness, Hockey, Little Dragon, White Rabbits, Wale, Kate Miller-Heidke, As Tall as Lions, Jets Overhead, Alana Grace, Pablo Hassan.
SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Muse, Faith No More, Tiësto, MGMT, David Guetta, The Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, 2Many DJ's, Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip, Z-Trip, The xx, John Waters, Les Claypool, The Raveonettes, Mew, Sia, Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, Porcupine Tree, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aterciopalados, Bassnectar, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty South, Flying Lotus, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pretty Lights, Shooter Jennings, RX Bandits, The Almighty Defenders, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Craze & Klever, Zoe, The Temper Trap, Portugal. The Man, Band of Skulls, Girls, Beach House, Steel Train, Frank Turner.
SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke????, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Plastikman, Gary Numan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, MUTEMATH, Deerhunter, Infected Mushroom, Club 75, Matt & Kim, The Big Pink, Gil Scott-Heron, King Khan and the Shrines, Florence and the Machine, Yann Tiersen, Little Boots, Miike Snow, Talvin Singh, Ceu, B.o.B., Babasonicos, Owen Pallett, The Glitch Mob, Mayer Hawthorne, Local Natives, Rusko, The Middle East, Hadouken!, The Soft Pack, Kevin Devine, Paparazzi, Delphic, One EskimO.


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Mitchell's research involves an area of law popularly referred to as felon disenfranchisement. That is, Mitchell looks at felon exclusion laws, which "that exclude ex-felons from being full citizens." Often thought to mean one thing—the right of ex-felons to vote—felon disenfranchisement involves much more, including limits on the rights of ex-felons to serve on a jury, to have housing, to get educational loans and, in some jurisdictions, even to maintain parental rights.
One of the debates occurring within the scholarly community concerns whether there is a disproportionate impact of felon disenfranchisement laws, that is, how such laws affect some demographic groups more than others, especially African-American communities. If we consider, for instance, the disproportionate number of African-American men who are currently incarcerated or under the control of the criminal justice system at some point in time (about one-third of the African-American male community), it becomes clear that such laws do have a disparate impact on certain groups.
Mitchell teaches a broad range of courses, including a criminal justice administration course that he describes as "bail to jail"; a class about torts, which involve civil wrongs; and one called Law and Society, which examines the social context behind the law. The latter course clearly reflects Mitchell's background in sociology, which has influenced both his pedagogy and his research. In Collateral Consequences of Sentencing, he covers felon disenfranchisement, felon exclusion laws, and prisoner reentry.


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Her tears were starting to come as I felt the laughter rising in my chest. "Of COURSE, you are going to get a gap...that's what an expander does. It expands your mouth so you have more room for your teeth." Then her tears burst forth and she wailed "I don't want to have a gap like you did!!"
I could barely contain my laughter, but at the same time I really wanted to bang my head against a brick wall as I was slurping down a glass of something alcoholic (does that make me an alcoholic?? I sure hope not, but even if it does, I don't care....I really wanted something to drink!). Here, I flash back on my months and months of looking like something plucked off of the cover of "Hillbilly Weekly" or a Hockey Mom run amok and Claire is worried about a little gap! My patience knows bounds and this was it! I'm an adult, for heaven's sake and I made it through the humiliation of the months with the gap. I suffered through, and made it to the other side.
Claire said she didn't remember the boys ever having gaps. "I'm sure they did," I assured her. But I know for a fact that they never cried at the mere thought of having said gap. And while I was mortified at the ever widening gap in my own mouth, I still had to greet the world each morning and face the world with my wicked, gap toothed smile. There were moments where I tried hard to cover my mouth and didn't want anyone to see what was going on in mouth but for the most part I just had to own it...own the gap.
As I tried hard to rein in my laughter, I told Claire this is the time in her life when she's gonna have to learn to laugh at herself or she will spend the next 20 months hiding in the house, in tears. And by that time I truly will be an alcoholic because my patience will be long gone trying to console a girl who sometimes drives me to really want a drink! But I did reassure her that if it's really that bad we'll get her a third front tooth like I got to cover up the 1/2 inch gap in the front of my mouth. Then she'll look really special...three front teeth standing next to her mama who has a perpetual drink in her hand!
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Excerpted from The Voyage of the Cormorant by Christian Beamish. Patagonia Books™ ©2012. Used by permission of Patagonia Books ™, www.patagonia.com/books
About a year-and-a-half later I wheeled Cormorant, just completed, scuff-free and freshly painted, across the sand on a jet ski cart to launch for the first time. The lifeguards questioned the presence of an 18-foot boat on the beach, but I would not be deterred. I had checked the law, and with no motor on board I was permitted to launch from any beach as long as there were no swimmers near. This I relayed in an even-but-insistent tone, adding that I had the situation well in hand and that I was "a trained professional."
Academically at least, I knew how Cormorant was meant to work, but in truth I had only ever sailed in a dinghy once or twice before, 25 years earlier. I had never rowed a boat either, so launching through the surf on my first outing may not have been the best idea. But June 4, 2007, was a gentle, warm day with little waves, and I wanted to establish my right to access the ocean just down the street from my house.
At the water's edge I pulled Cormorant off the expensive, balloon-tire cart I had bought. A small surge lifted the hull, and I shoved off and leapt aboard and took up the oars. My stroke missed completely, which sent me sprawling off the midships thwart, wriggling on my back like a sand crab on the floorboards. The next little breaker caught the boat sideways and jostled her back to shore. "A trained professional..."
I quickly regrouped and pushed off again, the oar blades biting in this time, and I pulled forward, up one row of jumbling foam then over a small, cresting swell and soon across the smooth water beyond the surfline. Here I had the chance to pause and acknowledge the fact that I was actually floating. Cormorant was a functioning boat, a true vessel -- a means of moving through the world. There was the curve of the gunwale, the stout mast with the halyard run through the top and coiled at its base, the rich color of the tanbark sail. A few more strokes, and I went forward to hoist the main.
Hoist the main! On my own boat!
The breeze puffed just lightly, the sail billowed out as if by magic. Cormorant coursed forward, a miracle.
The sea was like pewter under a high ceiling of clouds. Cormorant reached northwest passed the end of the pier, the breeze picking up a little once I cleared the rock stack of West Reef. The ocean stretched before me, Catalina Island a distant shape on the horizon, and I wanted to sail onward for days and days. I came about and ran back in to the pier, then put out to sea again, farther this time. The bluffs of San Clemente became small off the stern, the houses on the hills impressionistic dabs of white. The sea lit up gold on its scalloped edges when the sun dipped away late in the evening.
Night fell as I ran in again, but I did not want this dream to end. "Bound is boatless man," goes the Viking proverb, and I hadn't known how true that was until now. I passed the pier well off the end and decided to come about again and sail out to sea once more, my eyes adjusting to the dark.


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"We concluded 2017 on a high, and we need to continue to raise the bar by targeting to achieve RM1.8 bil in sales by the end of 2018.
"Looking ahead, we see that the demand for affordable homes continues to be the main need among home buyers," says group managing director Tan Sri Lim Hock San at the its media briefing today.
This year, LBS Bina has lined up eight new launches with a total gross development value (GDV) of RM2.19 bil, including new phases of its Bandar Saujana Putra (BSP) township, LBS Cybersouth and its Emerald Garden 2 project in Johor.
The property developer saw sales of RM1.4 bil in 2017, slightly under its projected target of RM1.5 bil for the year.
LBS currently has a land bank of 1,663 ha with a total future GDV of RM29.04 bil. These include on-going developments comprising 123 ha and a remaining 1,540 ha reserved for future developments.
As for LBS' Zhuhai Circuit development project in China, Lim says it is still debating on whether to launch an initial public offering or to take the joint venture route for it, and will make a decision by the fourth quarter of this year.
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Jun 8, 2006
The education Game: Greek style
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I wont be playing any Greek style games any time soon... Thats for sure!ReplyDelete
what happened here then? some kind of student uprising? The students here have nothing to moan about - they're just rich kids who get up at 4, drink loads of beer and spend mummy and daddy's money. Oh how I long for a 70s style riot.ReplyDelete
Something like the biggest student, professor, Uni (along with quite a few more groups) uprising of the last 30 years.ReplyDelete
At least 50k people demoed in Athens and more 100k in all of Greece. More than 300 Universities are under student occupation, and there is a professors' strike.
Oh, and the Police (aka dogs, or pigs in some countries) brutaly attacked the demo in Athens.. We'll se what happens.
Guess you'd better check your local indymedia.
Whoa! there's been nothing in the news as far I've seen - is it still going on now?ReplyDelete
You will not find anything in the news :)ReplyDelete
Only in the greek, german and french indymedia. As for the UK, that's all I could find:
And yes, the clashes are almost over, but the occupations and strikes are going stronger, and everyone is talking about education. Only a small demo today...
What were they rebelling against?ReplyDelete
Against the new education laws, mostly having to do with allowing the founding of private Universities, and attempts to stop providing free education, along with changes within the Unis (for example, reducing the extent of political asylum inside the institution) and more...ReplyDelete
there hasnt been free education here for ages. I left uni with about £12k of debt and student loans. And £12k buys a lot of Dreamcast games, DAMMIT!ReplyDelete
Maybe my Dreamcast addiction is bcoming a problem...
well, we're trying to save free education here, avoid such huge loans and dreamcast seems like the reason behind the riots. So no, your addiction isn't a problem.ReplyDelete
I'm sorry to see civil rights in Greece patrolled by a army of uniformed thugs.ReplyDelete
I salute you for telling us about it.
I'm more angry than sorry actually. Yesterday I was furious, but reading the coverage from today's newspapers quite satisfied...ReplyDelete
And thanks for the solidarity dear Mr. Elderly. Much appreciated.


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HCC uses the College Board's Accuplacer test to assess course placement. Accuplacer is a nationally recognized, self-paced exam used to measure your skills in reading comprehension, sentence skills, arithmetic, elementary algebra and college level mathematics. Your placement test results will indicate the courses (college or developmental) that you are eligible to take.
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Yesterday, I dug up a 4x4 plot of my butterfly garden. Last year, I'd let the "Obedient Plant" grow (normally I pull it up, you'll understand why shortly) because it's just lovely, and the butterflies and bees really love the flowers.
However, as I was edging grass, I discovered obedient plant roots. So, thought I'd edge it back from the garden a bit. When I jabbed the shovel in -- I discovered a carpet of roots! The entire garden was now filled with obedient plant, to the exclusion of all else.
The obedient plant is MASSIVELY invasive and, while lovely, certainly doesn't belong in a garden that is limited in size. I ruthlessly dug and pull out roots and more roots and more roots ... in fact, I filled up my five-gallon bucket THREE times and had piles of roots left over.
And, worse, I'm sure I've missed some. So, this year, I'll make a point of weeding any and all obedient plant out of my butterfly garden. I'll plant liatris instead.
Now I just have to pray I didn't destroy any milkweed roots that might have been in there...
Spring has sprung!
Monday, April 15, 2013
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Have you heard of NaNoWriMo? No? Me neither, until this week.
It stands for National Novel Writing Month, a challenge to anyone who has
ever dreamt of writing a novel to do just that, 50,000 words worth of a novel, in one month.
Source: runnersami.wordpress.com via Freya on Pinterest
That's right, write one, 50, 000 word novel, in 31 days.
I know, I'm crazy.
But I've ALWAYS wanted to write a book, so I thought, why not have a go. Not like I've got a life or anything.
So, now, I start tomorrow. I'm aiming to write between 1600-2000 words per day to stay on target. I have planned a little bit, I kinda know the theme and the over arching story line, but I really only learnt about it the other day, so I will totally be flying by the seat of my pants.
I'll let you know how it goes!
Pray for me, egg me on and keep me accountable to my commitment,
Freya May


text: I have a gig coming up on April 7 that I am seriously thinking of pulling out of. Read on if you're interested and let me know your thoughts. I'm the primary bass player in my church's worship team, and a couple months ago I was approached by a guy in the church who attends a local university and was putting together an all-campus Christian worship event and wanted me to play at it. My role was going to be playing in a band with a local female singer/songwriter who I'd played with before and really enjoyed it, so it sounded like fun. I said sure. From there it's been all downhill. First the event was postponed a month, which isn't bad in itself. But as the date approached I had no rehearsal info -- no info of any kind -- from the organizer. A couple of weeks ago I saw the aforementioned singer/songwriter at my church and we cornered the organizer and buttonholed him for information. It turns out that I was NOT backing the singer/songwriter after all, but rather some other male artist who I'd never heard of, along with the univerisity's gospel choir. So I was disappointed but said, well, alright, it's a chance to hone my session chops, and I stuck with it. I asked him what the rehearsal schedule was going to be and he said there would be one rehearsal (??!) on Thursday at 6:00 at the university. So I got off work early to get to the place and get my gear set up. 6:00 rolls around... and nobody is there. 6:30 rolls around, nobody there. I ran into somebody I knew and they gave me the guy's phone number; called him up and he said he had changed the time to 7:00. He had made no attempt to call me and let me know. At that point I was tired, hungry, and mad -- so I told him I wasn't going to play at all and he could find another bass player. But he basically begged me to stay on, and the male singer dude would be showing up at any moment and so forth. So I said I'd stick with it. The male singer dude shows up and we play through a few of his songs and things are looking up. I ask him what he has in mind to play, and he says he wanted to play some songs off his latest CD. I asked if that was in line with the event -- which was described to me as a worship service, not a concert -- and he said he was told it was a concert, not a worship service. So we found the organizer and asked him which one it was, and he said "Well, it's a concert and a worship service" but then said "It's a worship service." The male singer was pretty mad because he had planned out his playlist, and now he had to completely change it. On top of that, he asked who the drummer and keyboard player were going to be, since we were told there would be a full band of which we'd be a part. The organizer said there was no keyboard player (which I don't mind) but he said he didn't know the name of the drummer. "You don't know the NAME of the DRUMMER?" said the singer. I then asked the organizer if we, in fact, actually had a drummer lined up at all. He hemmed and hawed a bit and finally admitted that no, there was no drummer lined up to play. At that point, the singer dude just about walked out. But he said he knew a guy he'd played in a band with before who was a drummer and would try to get him to come. Before we left, I gave the singer dude my phone number and email and told him to call me to set up a time we coudl practice once we had the drummer. It's been a week, and we're a week away from the gig, and I've had no call from the guy. Further, I've gotten no information about playing with the choir -- no music, no nothing. And nobody else showed up for practice that night. So....... did I make a mistake in staying with this event as long as I have? Am I setting myself up for disaster next Wednesday? Is it too late to pull out of the event? Should I soldier on and make the best of it, or get out while I still can? Any thoughts?


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Episode #164: Chris Masterjohn, PhD - How vitamins A & D affect your immune system
In this episode you will learn:
- How your body 'economy' budgets nutrients like vitamins A & D
- Why Cod Liver Oil used to be the 'it' superfood in the 1920s and 30s
- And what is important about distinguishing between regular and fermented cod liver oil
Meet this week's guest: Chris Masterjohn, PhD
Chris Masterjohn earned in PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut in 2012. After working in academia from 2012 to 2016 he branched off. Now he is conducting independent research, developing his nutritional consulting practice, and helping people gain better health.
He says on his website "I have deep and personal experiences with the power of food, movement, and mindfulness to support health and well being. I want to take what I've learned and pay it forward."
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This technical base layer from Nike makes training through the cold winter months slightly more bearable. It's made from a soft, fleecy material that traps warm air, while Nike's sweat-wicking Dri-Fit fabric and ventilation panels on the sides and back help prevent overheating. Even so, it's best saved for the chilliest of days when the temperature drops below 10°C.
The panels are shaped to stay tight on your body without constricting your movements, and flat stitching prevents any chafing. It has the pleasing side-effect of making you look more toned than usual, although be warned that your family and friends may tease you for dressing like Tiger Woods. Thankfully, if you don't like red there are several other colour options to choose from on the Nike website.


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PlayStation VR is a Worthy Contender in the Virtual Reality Race
Oculus has got some competition.
Sony brought PlayStation VR to the 2015 Armageddon Expo in Auckland, and I was lucky enough to have a go with it. The demo was short – just five minutes or so – but it was certainly five minutes well spent.
The Sony representative who helped me was unsure whether what I played was just a tech demo or if it will be a full game in time, but I'm hoping for the latter. It was a space sim shooter, and I was given my choice of two ships. Ship A let me use the controller to aim and fire while I used the headsest to look around, while Ship B let me use the headset to aim while I used the controller to fire and change direction. I went with Ship B.
There was no tutorial telling me how to control anything, but there didn't need to be. Everything was very intuitive. Tilt my head up to aim up, look to my left to see left, fire my guns with the right trigger, use the left analog stick to orient myself. Too easy.
After flying around for a moment I found some red arrows, indicating enemy ships, so I flew over to them and began firing. The headset was surprisingly lightweight and extremely comfortable, which made aiming really easy. Of course I was always moving (as were the enemies), so I had to constantly alter my course and look around to keep my firepower heavy on them. This was no problem thanks to the responsiveness of the headset.
When the whole point of VR is to get you looking around at your in-game or in-app surroundings, the headset needs to be comfortable; no ifs, ands, or buts about it. PlayStation VR has definitely succeeded in this regard, as it was a delight to whip my head around in order to keep focus on the incoming ships.
The graphics were solid as well. They weren't cutting edge or top-of-the-line, but neither did they look sloppy or jagged, as they might appear when presented through VR. There were no glitches or hiccups, no system crashes or resets needed. It's not like this was a lengthy demo, but it's still worth noting that everything went according to plan. Additionally, while the fast pace and flashy lights of galaxy warfare were mildly dizzying, it was never overwhelmingly so. I never felt motion sick, and as soon as the action died down a bit I was able to regain my bearings quickly and continue on.
While I only had five minutes with PlayStation VR, it made a really good impression and left me wanting a lot more time with it. Sony is making it quite clear that Oculus Rift is not alone in the virtual reality market.


text: November 25, 2000 Milosevic Makes First Public Appearance Since Losing Power By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 2:05 p.m. ET BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- A defiant Slobodan Milosevic appeared in public Saturday for the first time since his ouster, depicting Yugoslavia's new pro-democratic leaders as traitors paid by the West to destroy the country. Milosevic's harshly worded opening speech at his Socialist Party special congress showed that the former Yugoslav president intends to regain power with the same vintage themes he used while leading the country into four Balkan wars and economic decline. Milosevic, who has been indicted for war crimes and is accused by many Yugoslavs of causing economic misery during his 13-year reign, said the country had plunged into a deep crisis since his ouster in a popular revolt last month. ``We all know what kind of violence and lawlessness took place after the Oct. 5 coup,'' Milosevic told some 2,300 Socialist Party delegates, referring to street riots that ended his rule and placed new President Vojislav Kostunica in office. He has long asserted that those who sought his removal were actually ``paid Western spies'' who are aiding the ``occupation'' of the country. He described these efforts as a war -- and argued it wasn't over yet. ``The war which is being conducted against this country is now being conducted with (Western) money,'' Milosevic said. Later, the party congress overwhelmingly re-elected Milosevic as the party chief. That means he will lead the Socialists in crucial Dec. 23 parliamentary elections in Yugoslavia's dominant Serbian republic. Calling the new leaders ``traitors,'' Milosevic said they want to hand Serbian ``national heroes'' to the ``new Gestapo,'' in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch-based U.N. tribunal has indicted Milosevic and four of his top aides for alleged war crimes in Kosovo. There have been calls for Milosevic's arrest, both here and abroad. But Milosevic and his closest associates have been buoyed by Kostunica's refusal to hand him over to the U.N. war crimes court. Yugoslavia's judiciary has also failed to file any charges against him for years of corruption, money laundering and economic mismanagement during his rule. Milosevic entered the congress hall surrounded by a handful of his loyal bodyguards. A few protesters shouted, ``Thieves! Thieves!'' Police refused to provide security for the gathering. About 100 party activists -- a far cry from the thousands that were bused to Belgrade to greet Milosevic during the last party congress in February -- waved Yugoslav flags and displayed heart-shaped Socialist badges. The congress was closed to the public and most of the media. Milosevic called on his associates to maintain unity. He scolded the new pro-democracy government for alleged attempts to destroy his party and the country's integrity. ``The biggest defender of the state and national interests is the Socialist Party of Serbia, and that's why the party is the main target of the attacks,'' Milosevic said, triggering long applause by the delegates. ``These difficult times ... are calling for unity of the party to prove itself as the main factor in the defense of state and national interests,'' Milosevic said. ``The country is in danger.'' An official congress document describing the party's plans for the future indicated that Milosevic hopes that as Yugoslavs struggle through a winter with no heat, power outages and soaring prices, people will return him to power in the December parliamentary elections. ``This kind of degradation (of the economy) means our immediate success,'' the document said. ``The December elections are the Socialist Party's chance.'' In the meantime, Milosevic expects that the 18 parties making up Kostunica's Democratic Opposition of Serbia will break apart because of internal bickering. But his critics, both former allies and foes, predict that the once-mighty Socialist Party will fall apart because of Milosevic's intent to remain firmly in control. The Socialists have been in turmoil since Milosevic's ouster after an overwhelming loss in Sept. 24 elections. Several top officials quit the party, some forming two separate pro-left parties. Several of his former associates failed to show up at the congress, indicating further erosion of his power base. ``After this congress, the Socialist Party will continue walking toward its own destruction,'' said former top Milosevic ally, Zoran Lilic, who quit the party last month. ``Milosevic's staying at the helm of the party means its suicide.'' -------- Macdonald Stainsby


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The Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) Project was the first international, flyway-scale wetland and waterbird conservation initiative ever to take place in the African-Eurasian region. The four year project (2006 - 2010) was a partnership among international conservation organizations and national governments, which aimed to improve and conserve healthy and viable populations of African-Eurasian migratory waterbirds.
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Wings Over Wetlands was a joint effort between Wetlands International and BirdLife International, supported by the UNEP-GEF (The Global Environment Facility), The Government of Germany and a wide range of other donors and partners. The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) was engaged to support project implementation, and the project was implemented in close cooperation with the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, UNEP-WCMC and with many local partners along the African-Eurasian flyways.
A new web portal was developed by the WOW technical team and is providing unprecedented access to information on over 300 migratory waterbird species, their migration routes and the key wetland sites these birds use in the African-Eurasian region. The Critical Sites Network (CSN) Tool supports conservation efforts of countries along the entire Flyway by providing decision-makers and conservation organizations with the improved data access needed for timely and focused wetland and waterbird conservation.
The project also supported field projects in eleven important wetland areas in 12 countries. These projects focused on a number of wetland-related conservation issues including community mobilization, management planning, ecotourism, field research, wetland restoration, control of invasive species, trans-boundary management, education and alternative livelihoods. WOW Demonstration Projects were implemented in: Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal / The Gambia, South Africa, Tanzania, Turkey and Yemen.
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Next I got this cute pencil high waste skirt with Gold studs. I really love black high wasted skirts. I'm quite petite so It's pretty hard to find nice skirts at Topshop that always runs out of sizes.I got this from Bugis street and it's only $20. Really cheap....
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — QBP is launching the QBP Equity and Diversity Internship as part of its diversity intiative.
The program will expand upon QBP's previous Women's Internship Program to include talented students who are members of underrepresented communities and identities and/or students with a demonstrated commitment toward advancing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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2018 summer interns will work at QBP side-by-side with QBP employees.
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my ramblings on all things beauty related and some food posts (my two loves).
Possibly all I did was eat and shop and eat some more. Hahaha.
Here are eye highlight picture montage of the meals.
Argh!! So envious! I love big meals ... I think that was a hefty breakfast (with the eggs and pork?) yum!


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Parents of athletes know that when the season begins, what becomes fragmented is the number of sit-down family meals. It is common to rely on a fast food meal during a weekday game as we rush to get home and in bed. With the arrival of Five Guys Burgers and Fries ® or Panera Bread ® as our preferable options, we rarely frequent McDonalds. Somehow, the allure of Happy Meal® toys has lost its appeal in favor of specialty burgers and smoothies. We have gone from an "I'm lovin' it" family to an "I'm endurin' it" type of family when it comes to the golden arches.
So why a future search surrounding the Golden Arches®? The location of our McDonalds is at a busy intersection. Those traveling to the mountains and west, those traveling to Washington, DC and those needing a stop along the athletic trail appear to keep our restaurant busy. When it opened, the community threw the weight of their support behind it while leaving Wendy's and Burger King in the dust. Every time I place an order in the drive through lane, I wonder which one of my former students will take my order. This week one of my former students who sported "Crew Trainer" on her shirt took my son's order. Headed to college in the fall, I know that our economic support provides the income that she will need. (She is entering the nursing program at VCU, so I have multiple reasons for throwing my business in her direction!) Since our restaurant is nearly always busy, it might be natural to consider that they are all contributing to the economy of a community. Maybe not so, as our class discussion revealed.
"Getting the Whole System in the Room" is difficult when the group available to work on the facilitation is comprised of six individuals. However, for the sake of experience, it was useful to consider what it means to assume the role of a component of the stakeholders. I enjoy role-playing and think that it is often an easy way to determine how well the player understands the values and needs of the individual behind the role. When I played this role, I acted as myself when considering ideas for further discovery. Individuals, such as the master gardeners in my social circle, are invested in an organic lifestyle. However, does organic reflect the values of the typical customer?
The time lines that we created were an interesting way to gather information about the other stakeholders in the room, our classmates. The common themes among our classmates help to bridge the cultural, social and personal experiences with world and organization events. Considering our personal events and world events, along with the events of the organization made this change strategy different from the other two events, Open Space Technology, and Appreciative Inquiry.
Focusing on the past, present and possible future of an organization engages participants in a situation to consider learning and planning with equal time (Weisbord and Janoff, 2010). A shared vision for this company, we discovered, would consider the trends that are occurring globally. Public interest and concern with Monsanto and GMO's seems to surface in my Facebook feed with regularity. I wonder how frequently planning sessions include global events that affect an organization? I would assume more often than stakeholder experiences. It would certainly be an interesting topic to explore more fully.
When our conversation began to shift towards business concepts and models, my attention began to shift as well. As a "non-business" stakeholder, I began to gravitate to the periphery of the conversation rather than as a participant in the center of the conversation. I am wondering how many voices reflected those whose lifestyle, education, and income levels differed from mine. With time and participant constraints, it was difficult to consider what all of the "hearts and minds" of possible stakeholders. With this in mind, the event did strengthen my understanding of how an event such as Future Search seeks to engage everyone in decision-making.
While the athletic season halts sit down family dinners, it conversely allows for conversation during long car rides. The arrival of "Team Future Search's" email invitation in March provided an unanticipated, but interesting conversation regarding the future of The Golden Arches.® Understanding that high school students are ALWAYS right (ah-hem sarcasm), I mentioned the project topic in passing the night before the presentation. His reply, "They make a *&$@ ton of money." "They're doing fine," he said as we bypassed McDonalds in favor of Subway. Their parking lot, I noticed was less than half-full. The other restaurant was full of athletes finishing a day of practice. Participation in this future search gives me a new way to consider change when focusing, for example, on a parking lot full of fast food restaurants. The data that I pay attention to is not necessarily the same data that all of the other stakeholders consider when drawing conclusions. Organizing for the inclusion of as many stakeholders as possible is an important component of the planning stage.
Life is full of teachable moments. The learning experience created by "Team Future Search" provides a foundation that transport to many situations. I can see discussion about the role of this corporation and the economy of our community as a possible topic of conversation for the next car ride. I remember the Golden Arches of the past. He will experience the future of them as an adult. Teachable moments…I love 'em!
This surfaced on my Facebook® home page-
Yesterday, flying home from Houston, two tired and cranky little girls sitting behind us with their frazzled Mommy. It was not going well even before the door closed. Barely pulled away from the gate and the plane broke. Had to de-plane and wait for a replacement. My husband ran to get himself some McDonald's. Boarded new plane, smaller of the two little girls commenced with an epic meltdown as she walked down the aisle to her seat behind us, vocalizing what we were all feeling at this point–Not again, I want my Daddy, No I'm not sitting down, and a whole lot of pitch perfect screaming. Then, with charm and grace, my husband turned around and offered her a french fry. Instant quiet. With the biggest smile, he said, "Here, take the whole bag, they're all for you!" There was a collective sigh from others around us. He said, "she needs them more than I do" and we never heard another peep from her until touchdown. "I'm lovin' it!"[
For Future Consideration-
The 5 Best and Worst Slogans in McDonald's History
Not loving it-McDonald's forced to ditch Golden Arches for TURQUOISE sign
The Origins of McDonald's Golden Arches (In JSTOR of all places!)
Tough Times For The Golden Arches
McDonald's CEO Is Out as Sales Decline


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Project 365 – Day 309: rue McGill and the Pointe à Callière
November 4 2012
Without having any specific idea of what to shoot today, I wandered down rue McGill to Old Montreal grabbing the odd shot here and there.
I've been down rue McGill countless times, but don't think I'd ever before noticed the perspective looking towards Square Victoria and the juxtaposition of old versus new.
I really like the design of the The Point-à-Callierre (museum of Archaeology and History) and perhaps one day will do a post specific to the museum, but for today here are a few shots taken from the outside.
I thought I would try to get a group close up, but just as I had changed my lens, something spooked all the seagulls and they took flight. I just managed to grab one frame but I quite liked the diagonal of the dark metal framing the birds.
To view images in gallery format, simply click on one of the images below.
Thanks for stopping by. Until next time.
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What exactly drives young men to abduct, rape and torture, then murder two young women for absolutely no reason whatsoever. Are we regressing backwards to a caveman mentality? Is it that the world is full of psychotic people that believe that they have to kill or are entitled to do that, just because they feel like it? Richard Wade Cooey and Clinton Dickens did just that, and the end result is that it saw Cooey finish up on a gurney in a death chamber. Cooey was born in 1967 in Akron, Ohio, and saw himself shunted between his father and grandmother. The usual story of a troubled and violent upbringing have been aired - though many thousands endure unpleasant childhoods but rise above it, and after leaving school in 1985, Cooey joined the Army. The following year, in September 1986, Cooey was on leave in Akron, when he was with a friend, 17 year old Clinton Dickens, they were on Stoner Street Bridge, throwing lumps of concrete at passing cars that were travelling on Interstate 77.
They managed to smash the windscreen of one car, and they made a show of running to help the occupants, but had other ideas. The driver was 21 year old Wendy Offredo and her friend, 20 year old Dawn McCreery. They were abducted, taken to a field close by, where they were systematically raped, tortured and then murdered, over a prolonged period of time. They had an X carved into their bodies. But it all came unstuck due to the fact that Cooey could not stop bragging about what they had done and soon they were arrested by Police. Then the finger pointing began, with one claiming the other was the instigator. But it did them no good. Cooey was sentenced to death in November 1986, whilst Dickens, classed as a minor, received life. Soon Cooey was saying that he was an innocent man, but later admitted the attacks on the victims but claimed "duress" and had consumed drugs and alcohol.
In an attempt to stave off his execution, he claimed he was too fat to be humanely executed. Not by the chair, but by lethal injection. His appeals process eventually ran out and he lay on the gurney in October 2008.


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On Sunday 14th June we headed down to Higginson Park, Marlow to take part in the annual Marlow Dragon Boat Festival where our Shanly Group team 'Yeah Buoy' were competing.
On the morning we arrived complete with gazebo, refreshments and deck chairs in hand, but most importantly we had our game faces and war paint on! We arrived in high spirits and soon talks turned to tactics, which teams posed the biggest competition and which team had the best costume.
As we were called up for our races we donned our life jackets, mounted our boats and focused our eyes on the finish line. We got off to a great start with all our team members working in good time and on the right count. We pushed ourselves to the limit and finished second in all of our three races and with our timing improving with each race!
Unfortunately we didn't make it through to the semi-finals but for our first attempt we all had a fantastic time and cannot wait to embrace the challenge next year. Many thanks to Marlow Town Regatta and Dragon Boat Festival for organising such a fantastic day!


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Scavenger: MoMA Design Wine Rack for $35
The design aficionados seem to be hanging on to their prize pieces, so the Scavenger list is admittedly a bit thin today. J. Miller's MoMA wine rack, however, is a great little punch of modern design that fits neatly on your kitchen counter! -MM
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December 23, 2003
File No. S7-23-03
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I am contacting you to voice my concerns over the proposed Regulation SHO under the Securities Act of 1934. It is with strong conviction that I tell you that the proposed rule will have an adverse effect on the market, especially in the area of the small investor.
It was my belief that the SEC valued and protected the rights of the small/individual investor. Regulation SHO will most certainly give market making firms an unfair advantage. As a registered representative for the past five years, I understand the market maker justification of full time shorting for smooth and orderly executions for their customers. However, as more and more volume is being diverted to the various ECNs, market makers do not act in the same function that made that defense once acceptable. All Regulation SHO will do is alienate small/individual investors from the liquidity that they are owed and hand it to market makers.
As to the actual Bid Test rule, I find myself wondering what benefits it would bring about. As the shorting policy currently stands, all that is needed to short is an "up arrow." This makes perfect sense and should not be altered. If there is liquidity sufficient enough for a short to take place, there should be no one cent above the best bid to be a concern. As long as buyers and sellers are matched and are within the parameters of the rules, the price in which they agree to should not be constrained to pre-set rules.
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Ok, maybe not but this morning it was 40 degress and tonight it's going to be in the 30's!! :sad2:
I feel with you!! We had 25cm new snow this week!
It's still snowing like crazy here in NYC!!! Snowed-in at the moment!!
Yeah, the airports in NY are closed!
My mom called me to tell me about how cold it is (keep in mind that my mom thinks under 70 is more than cold enough for a jacket). So they have the heat cranked way up and my mom said she got our her winter coats... Yikes!!!
lol - all wknd it has been in the teens and 20's here.
Out in LA it has been in the 80's and now in Fl it is freezing???
I am not one to scream "global warming"; but something is happening, any Biologists care to take a crack at an explanation?
Well try going to school in the "snowbelt" of Pa. I go to shool in the most northern of Pa ( 2 hrs. from pittsburgh)...the school is right near lake erie...think lae effect People think I am kidding but we have 3 feet at the momenet...it's funny, I toss feet around like everyone else tosses inches around. Pittsburgh soooooo isn'tlike this.. Howver, good excuse to use my new burerry earmuffs
It's cold here in Orlando. We never turn our heater on, but we did last night. Brrrrr! I don't have any cute sweaters to wear, either
its way effin cold down here! not good for the oranges. I am glad I'm not in Orlando tonight, the beach keeps us a few degrees more temperate.
I don't remember it being this cold in some time though. our low is 34.
Yep...it was close to 85 here today. I want winter!!!!
I really can't be sympathetic! haha..I'm up in Canada! Its going to be -25 celsius next weekend! Gah! I am going to freeze my derriere off! =(