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Saudi as world human rights watch? Now they accuse Myanmar of 'ethnic cleansing'
Saudi Arabia accused authorities in Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Monday of "ethnic cleansing" against the Muslim Rohingya minority in the west of the country, state media reported on Tuesday.
The Saudi cabinet said it "condemns the ethnic cleansing campaign and brutal attacks against Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya citizens, as well as violation of human rights by forcing them to leave their homeland," in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
The cabinet, chaired by King Abdullah, urged the "international community to take up its responsibilities by providing needed protection and quality of life to Muslims in Myanmar and preventing further loss of life."
Fighting in western Rakhine state between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya left three killed on Sunday, a government official in Yangon said.
The violence initially broke out following the rape and murder of a Rakhine woman and the subsequent lynching of 10 Muslims by a crowd of angry Buddhists.
The bloodshed has cast a shadow over widely praised reforms by President Thein Sein, that have included the release of hundreds of political prisoners and the election of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to parliament.
The head of the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Sunday proposed sending an OIC mission to probe the "massacres" of Rohingya Muslims.
The OIC will try to persuade the government in Yangon to accept an OIC fact-finding mission, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told an executive committee meeting of the world's largest Muslim grouping which is based in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
He "expressed disappointment over the failure of the international community to take action to stop the massacres, violations, oppression and ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the government of Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslims."
"The OIC has directed its offices at the United Nations in New York to urge the Council to look into the suffering of the Rohingya minority," he said, quoted in a statement issued by the 57-member organization.
Violence which erupted in June in Rakhine state between Buddhists and Rohingya left about 80 people dead from both sides, official figures showed.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch said that figure appeared "grossly underestimated," however, and accused security forces of opening fire on Muslims and committing rape.
Hundreds of Rohingya men and boys have been rounded up and remain incommunicado in the western region of the country formerly known as Burma, it said in a report.
Members of both the Muslim and Buddhist communities committed horrific acts of violence with reports of beheadings, stabbings, shootings and widespread arson in Rakhine, also known as Arakan state, the report added
On Sunday, the Speaker of the Arab Parliament, Ali al-Salem al-Dekbasi said the violent incidents taking place in Myanmar against the Muslims were "ethnic cleansing".
"Thousands of Muslims in Myanmar face massacre, genocide and ethnic cleansing. I call on all Muslim leaders to urgently intervene in the incidents," al-Dekbasi said.
"I call on the Myanmar authorities to arrest those responsible for the attacks against the Muslims. All those responsible should be tried by the International Criminal Court," al-Dekbasihe added/.
Myanmar's government considers the estimated 800,000 Rohingya in the country to be foreigners, while many citizens see them as illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh and view them with hostility.
Decades of discrimination have left them stateless and they are viewed by the United Nations as one of the world's most persecuted minorities.
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So the time of year has come where we all start buying Christmas things and thinking about charity. I wanted to choose a charity for me to give a donation to and have been thinking about which one. I also wanted it to be twitter related as twitter consistently gives me great support, personally and professionally. I wish I could give a pound for every follower, but I can't, so I decided that as I have nigh on 5000 followers (it'll do), I could take off a nought and give £500 to a charity of my choice.
I wish I was able to make that £5000
I won't take you through the boring brain process but I decided that I would like to give my princely sum of £500 to a charitable cause that was personal to me and my family.
And so I choose to give it to Harry Moseley's Mum.
Harry died of a brain tumour October 2011 but his story has always been dear to me. I know many young people die of brain cancer, all of whom have families, but I happened to (through twitter) be a part of Harry's life and death. I never met him or his family, but he made sure we all knew him, and his family, and his mother continues to campaign in his name to raise awareness of brain cancer. I remember vividly the night he came home from hospital, having been in a coma for weeks, and Georgie (his Mum) holding him in her arms as they both slept at night… Georgie tweeting on behalf of them both, in the spirit Harry had tweeted as a dying child. All of Harry's followers silently cuddled him in his last days and have since supported Georgie in her vigil to keep helping Harry help others #HHHO.
So the second Christmas is coming without Harry, and whilst I know I can give to his charity, I want the £500 I give to go to his siblings: Danielle and Louie, and to Georgie and Darren – his Mum and Dad.
I wrote about Harry a while back and I really do believe he used twitter to share his story as much for his family as for himself.
Needless to say, death is a mind-fuck and grief inexplicably horrific – but I would like to celebrate Harry this Christmas.
This blog post is not about charity, but about (hopefully) being a bit thoughtful about how we all share Christmas this year.

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Jadeveon Clowney perhaps has more talent than the best pure pass-rusher in NFL history, Lawrence Taylor. So why isn't the South Carolina star a No. 1 pick lock? A look into the 2014 draft's biggest mystery, plus a reader mailbag
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — I don't have the answer on Jadeveon Clowney, who looked like such a can't-miss prospect Monday at the NFL Scouting Combine. No one does.
Clowney had one sack in his last 33 college quarters of football. That just confounds me. It bothers me, and how can GM Rick Smith and coach Bill O'Brien, sitting in Houston with the top pick in the draft, watch the performance they watched in Indianapolis, with Clowney showing ridiculous speed and athleticism for such a big man, and not wonder, "Did this man really get one sack in the last 600 or so snaps of his college life? What is wrong with this picture?" On the one hand, Smith and O'Brien have to think of Clowney and J.J. Watt tormenting the AFC South for the next six to eight years. On the other, they have zero questions about Watt's desire, and probably a hundred about Clowney's.
I covered Lawrence Taylor for four seasons of his New Jersey prime, 1985 through 1988. He's the best pure pass-rusher I've ever seen. Clowney is two inches taller and 23 pounds heavier than Taylor was, plays stronger from the look of the tape, and Clowney's 40-yard-dash time basically matches Taylor's—4.53 seconds.
Stats aren't everything. And sacks are overrated. But Clowney had one sack and three passes defensed in his last eight games. He had nagging injuries, and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has openly questioned Clowney's work ethic. People have been quick to pooh-pooh Spurrier's criticism, because Spurrier failed so spectacularly as the Washington coach when he had his NFL chance. But Spurrier was around Clowney every day. You weren't. I wasn't. Does he have an axe to grind? I suppose he might, but why would he? No, I take Spurrier's comments seriously, and so should Clowney. And so should the teams at the top of this draft.
I mention Taylor because I believe being great as a pass-rusher and pulverizing the quarterback got him out of bed in the morning. And he was a sick, sick competitor. In 1988, the Giants were without Phil Simms, Harry Carson and Carl Banks for a crucial game at New Orleans, and there was absolutely no way Taylor should have played in the game; he had a partially torn pectoral muscle and torn shoulder ligaments, and he played with a harness strapping his upper left arm tight to his torso. Taylor had three sacks, two forced fumbles and seven tackles. Giants, 13-12.
But that's not the best I've seen Taylor. That happened in a replacement game in 1987. The players were on strike, and the league fielded bush-leaguers so the owners wouldn't have to refund TV fees. With the Giants 0-4, Taylor crossed the picket line and tried to beat the Bills by himself, playing both ways, linebacker and tight end. Buffalo lined up a truck driver from Illinois, Joe Schulte, to block Taylor. Schulte was called for seven penalties on Taylor. In the second half, with the refs not watching, LT drove his fist into Schulte's throat. "How do you like that, sucker!'' Taylor snarled at him. The Giants lost, but owner Wellington Mara thought it was Taylor's best game as a pro.
My point: Can Clowney have that kind of rare desire, or even 75 percent of it? Can he play through the pain when his team really needs him?
I came here Monday to speak to a couple of Penn State classes, and afterward was able to spend some time with new football coach James Franklin. In the past two seasons at Vanderbilt, Franklin game-planned for Clowney in the SEC twice and Clowney made his share of plays, getting three sacks. I asked Franklin if he saw a consistent force when Vanderbilt prepped for Clowney.
"He's a once-in-a-lifetime talent,'' Franklin said in his office at the Penn State football facility. "Although people are going to look at the film and say it's a risk, it may be a risk worth taking."
That's the rub: "may be." You take a guy that high, you want it to be "will be."
Said Franklin: "I coached in the ACC when Julius Peppers was at North Carolina, so in a lot of ways I was thinking there was similarities between him and Clowney. With Peppers, we always felt like you were better off running at him, not away. He was so athletic, he could run you down. I remember two years ago, we took the same approach with Clowney. We said we're going to try to get him to rush up the field and then get a guard or somebody to kick him out and then that would be a great plan. I'll tell you what: He destroyed us. Physically destroyed us. Running at him, running away from him.
"Teams would try to take him out of the game by tempo and try to wear him down physically, playing fast, which you saw early this year. I don't think there's any doubt that he was probably the most game-planned against player in the country, from that perspective. And I think he's unbelievably gifted."
So now we wait. Teams send the scouts and assistant coaches with the investigative-reporter gene to Columbia, S.C., to dig into Clowney's work habits and his love of the game, and they watch the tape, and they see how hard he played consistently. Where Clowney goes, and who takes him, could be a bigger story in the draft than where Johnny Football goes.
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HECK OF A POINT, BUT ... Jim Harbaugh's first three years with the previously underperforming 49ers have been at least as good as anyone expected and most of the recent coverage has been supportive of a pricey extension. However, aren't you surprised there hasn't been more blowback since he has two years left on his contract, received $25 million guaranteed and is said to be asking for more than several Super Bowl-winning coaches make (such as his brother John or his archrival Pete Carroll)? Would the same sportswriters be as supportive of a similarly successful and combative player wanting to renegotiate after three years of a five-year deal?
It's not really the sportswriters who matter here. The team engaged in contract-extension talks with him, and the two sides couldn't reach a deal. The fact is, the team would like to keep Harbaugh and adjust his contract, and so I don't think it's a very big deal what we think in this case.
I AM AWARE OF THE GOOD AND THE BAD OF JOE PATERNO, YES. You took a picture of yourself outside the Paterno library and posted it on Twitter? You should be ashamed of yourself. I suggest you wake up and read the Freeh Report some time, then re-read it if you still don't get it.
Thanks, Adam. I am not willing to consign a man like Joe Paterno to a legacy of total disgrace because he didn't do the right thing on Jerry Sandusky.
ANIL THINKS I AM WRONG ABOUT SLURS. What is and isn't a slur? If you only enforce penalties on use of the n-word, then is it okay to call Manti Te'o a slur? As an Indian person, I would be offended that the n-word is banned but being called a towelhead isn't. What about a new slur that comes up? Will there be a list? When will it be updated? Will the refs have to memorize it? Lastly, what constitutes a slur? If the ref says 'Redskins ball' should he be booted from the game or fined because enough people consider that just as offensive as the n-word?'
Some words in the United States evoke rage and extreme anger. Not many. The n-word is one of those words. If other words enraged and offended the American public the way the n-word does, I am sure the league would consider banning them. How can the league anticipate words the vast majority of those in the game and the stands have never heard used? Regarding the Washington team name, it's clear there is a dispute about whether the name is a slur or not. There is no dispute that the n-word is a slur.
ON THE LIONS AND TAYLOR LEWAN. Okay, I'll bite: Why an offensive tackle to the Lions instead of a wide receiver/cornerback/safety? Heck, even a linebacker makes more sense.
—Laura Brevitz
Putting Taylor Lewan 10th was more a fit for a player who I think will go in the top 10 than a player fitting a team right now. In a fruitless exercise like that one, it's more important to me to get the right players in the slot than to match perfectly team to player, particularly 2.5 months before the draft.
WOMEN NEED TO BE RESPECTED. One thing that struck me about the whole Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin affair and came to the fore again with the Ray Rice video is how the released texts and tweets showed the really poor opinion and treatment of women by the players. I think this is an under-reported aspect of the Incognito story. These two recent high profile cases, and maybe add in the Darren Sharper rape accusations, make me think that there should be some coverage of the attitude towards women and the culture that supports it.
Well put, Brian. Thanks.


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The goal of America's correctional facilities is supposed to be punishing criminals for wrongdoing, and preparing them to reenter our society. But the successful transition of inmates back to their communities is severely hampered by many factors, including the poor quality of mental health treatment in jails and prisons and the inability of ex-convicts to obtain mental health counseling and medication once they are released.
Some experts argue that the root cause of this problem was a public policy decision several decades ago to deinstitutionalize mental health services, a process that has closed many institutions across the country that had housed and treated people for mental illnesses.
The unfortunate reality, probably unintended, is that the nation's prisons and jails now house far more people with mental illnesses than mental health facilities. This is fraught with problems: the nation's overcrowded correctional facilities lack the resources, training or medicine to properly treat inmates needing mental health treatment.
In 2006, the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics released a study noting that more than half of all prison and jail inmates, including 56 percent of state prisoners, 45 percent of federal prisoners and 64 percent of local jail inmates, were found to have mental health problems. Even more troubling, their report said that only one in three state prisoners, one in four federal prisoners and one in six jail inmates who had mental health problems received treatment while incarcerated.
Still, federal, state and local officials have been slow to address this serious issue. However, the courts are condemning the inhumane conditions in prisons and joining with health activists, reentry experts and community leaders to demand changes.
In California, for instance, federal judges issued an Aug. 4 order that the prison population must be reduced by 40,000 inmates, one-fourth of those incarcerated. The judges cited the horrible conditions, specifically referencing poor mental health treatment.
"The medical and mental health care available to inmates in the California prison system is woefully and constitutionally inadequate, and has been for more than a decade," the judges wrote in their ruling. "Tragically, California's inmates have long been denied… minimal level of medical and mental health care, with consequences that have been serious and often fatal... A significant number of inmates have died as a result."
At the Freedom Voices Conference sponsored recently by the Morehouse School of Medicine Community Voices Program, a panel of experts discussed the scope of the mental health problems at correctional facilities.
"Two of the largest mental health treatment facilities in the country are the Los Angeles County Jail and Rikers Island in New York," said Judge Stephen Goss, who oversees the Dougherty County Georgia Superior Court Mental Health/Substance Abuse Treatment Program. "Pick any state and you'll pretty much find that more people are treated for mental health issues in their jails and prisons than any single or collective group of state hospitals and clinical facilities."
Judge Goss related a typical scenario for repeat offenders:
"We have people coming in. They're on medication. They're doing pretty good; holding down a job; taking care of their family…then something happens, a stress event - spouse loses their job, kid has a fender-bender in the parking lot, whatever it might be -- and things start piling on and then they either quit taking their medicine or they mix alcohol with their prescription meds, which is very volatile, or street drugs. Most folks that come into court with mental health issues have a co-occurring substance abuse disorder…they're loud, they're disoriented, the neighbors wear out with them, they call the paramedics, they tussle with the EMT, the sheriff's deputies get called, they land in the jail."
What's usually missing is some kind of intervention that recognizes the mental illness and that this person was fine when medication was used properly.
In Doughty County, Judge Goss established a treatment program where the courts, police, probation officers and mental health officials together address mental illnesses, with an eye towards keeping people out of jail. When the program started eight years ago, participants averaged approximately 130 days a year in the county jail. Three years later, 40 percent of the participants had not returned to jail, and the average jail time was reduced to 30 days a year.
The program demonstrates what can be accomplished when authorities, the community and mental health officials work together.
Clearly, if the nation's criminal justice system is ever going to rehabilitate inmates and send them back as productive citizens in their communities, mental health treatment must become a public policy priority. It's time for action by local, state and federal officials.
Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell is director of Community Voices at Morehouse School of Medicine, a nonprofit organization working to improve health services and health-care access for all Americans.


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Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space Science "Session 7. Our Nearest Neighbor: The Moon" Why is the Moon, our nearest neighbor in the solar system, so different from the Earth? In this session, participants explore the complex connections between the Earth and Moon, the origin of the Moon, and the roles played by gravity and collisions in the Earth. D
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Artifacts & Fiction: Workshop In American Literature "Workshop 7. Ritual Artifacts" From Victorian calling cards to Puritan gravestones, ritual artifacts reveal how humans create and define order in their lives. This session explains how to apply close reading skills to sacred and secular ritual objects to enrich understanding of the cultural setting of a literary text. D
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Growing Old in a New Age "Future of Aging" Explores generational conflicts, resource needs of a growing population of elders, and the role of technology in improving quality of life for older adults. Experts describe how aging will be different in the twenty-first century. D
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Teaching Channel Teaching Channel takes you inside America's K-12 classrooms with 5 short documentaries that showcase inspiring and effective teaching practices. Travel to Oakland, CA, where students get hands-on at local hospitals. An egg represents your brain in an 8th grade science lesson. D
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Signing Time! "Leah's Farm" The happy Signing Time! gang sings and signs fun with their favorite animals on Leah's farm. D
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Signing Time! "The Great Backyard" During a hike in the woods, Alex, Leah and Hopkins try to spot animals. D
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Primary Sources: Workshops In American History "The Lowell System: Women in a New Industrial Society" In the earliest days of American industry, the Boston Manufacturing Company created an innovative, single-location manufacturing enterprise at Lowell that depended on the recruitment of female mill workers. This workshop debates the impact of this new form of employment on workers - for better or for worse. Participants investigate the workers' experiences first-hand, through diaries, letters, published accounts, and official mill postings.G
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Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Madrid" Rudy explores the Spanish capital's plazas, museums, and a monastery where he finds a hoard of art treasures, followed by a day-trip to Toledo.G
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Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom "Chinese New Year" In China, the most important celebration of the year is the one that takes place on the first day of the first lunar month-it's Chinese New Year, and it usually starts at about the same time as the western calendar month of February. Join Burt Wolf as he explores how Chinese Americans celebrate this holiday, learns why it's important to clean your house before the New Year, introduces you to the Kitchen God, shows you the art of making dumplings and explains the meaning of the Lion Dance. D
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Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions "Taipei" Burt tours the city's night market, visits traditional shops and the weekend jewelry market. He also learns about Chinese medicine.G
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Music Voyager "Dancehall Marathon" The most popular music in Jamaica today is the hard-edged sounds of dancehall. In this episode, Edgar experiences the power of the movement first hand at the Reggae Sumfest and Fully Loaded festivals. Top stars Elephant Man, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer and others tear up the stage as capacity crowds express their appreciation with homemade flamethrowers and explicit dance moves. D
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Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions "Asheville, North Carolina" Visit with local craftsmen from the Blue Ridge Mountains who are producing some of the finest handmade objects in the world, tour the largest private home in North America as well as one, of the highest-rated family resorts in the nation, discover traditional forms of dance and music that have been preserved for future visitors, and sample some great Southern recipes. D
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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge "Australia: Arnhemland and the Kimberley" In Australia's Northern Territory, the place of "Dreamtime" for Aboriginal people, Art captures images of intricately painted rock art and canyons carved by wind and water. He chronicles the connection between the region's first people and the natural world.G
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Music Voyager "The Capital of Salsa" The Colombian city of Cali, known as the world capital of salsa, also serves as the urban center of the country's Afro-Pacific culture. Host Jacob Edgar discovers why Columbia adopted as its native style the upbeat tropical dance music of salsa. He meets Grupo Niche, one of the world's most famous salsa bands, for a performance at their private club Dulce con Dulce, and explores the famous Juanchito neighborhood where salsa clubs line the streets. D
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Rudy Maxa's World "Buenos Aires, Argentina" The style and verve of one of South America's most beautiful capitals is the focus of this episode that highlights Argentina's national dance, the tango, as well as the energy that its diverse population brings to the urban landscape. The HD lens brings to the fore the graceful and classic architecture of Buenos Aires, exemplified by the San Telmo neighborhood whose Sunday market is traditionally closed at sunset by an impromptu street band that marches through the streets, collecting dancers and revelers with its insistent drumbeats. At local tango parlors called milongas, Buenos Aires residents, known as portenos, lend an air of authenticity to the dance that grew up in the working class neighborhoods of the city. D
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Shake and Bake Reinvented" Test cook Julia Collin Davison shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the best Nut-Crusted Chicken Cutlets. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews food processors in the Equipment Corner. And finally, test cook Bridget Lancaster shows Chris how to make the ultimate Crisp Pan-Fried Pork Chops at home. D
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Simply Ming "Damian D'silva & Authentic Singapore Cuisine" This episode of SIMPLY MING is simply like no other. Ming is granted privileged access to the home kitchen of Singapore Chef Damian D'Silva. Damian is a fixture on the Singapore culinary scene, where he is bringing back centuries old culinary traditions. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Ticket to Provence" Joanne and her student Sasha are transported to Provence using herbs, citrus, and garlic. Joanne begins with a bright fresh citrus salad and then working together they create a very classic country, yet refined, dish of braised cod with leeks and potato. Recipes: Citrus Salad with Mint and Red Onions, Cod Braised with Leeks, Potatoes and Thyme, and Roasted Garlic Slab. D
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trillaaa needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 74 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
A+ Insurance Quotes (aplusinsurancequotes.com)
My name is Ron and I'm building an insurance website to take over the net. I plan to work on building my website's presence on the search engines, in the social media world, and wherever else people need free insurance quotes for health, home, auto, life, and etc.
I like to think that I have good eyes when it come to web designs, but I have no design skills myself. Thank God for 99designs.com. This is why I create videos for my 99designs projects. If you hear me talk about what I want, and see where my focus is on visually, you'll get my drift easily.
I want to take this site to the top, I will not settle for less. The insurance market is tough, but I'm prepared to fight and work hard to make this site a success. I need the look of a website to distinguish professionalism and modern/up-to-date-ness with my target audience.
18-80 y/o, male and female. any one who has a zip code and a curiousity to see their insurance rates.
i provide a free service to people who want insurance.
they're home owners. couples. parents. children wanting to look after their parents. teenagers.
anyone who wants insurance is my target audience!
Please watch this initial project introduction VIDEO:
For High Quality, Download the file itself and view it HUGE and in pristine quality:
The Main Home Page
1. A large Lead Gen box above the fold. Lead Gen box has a versatile image that can be used for "ALL" types of insurance.
2. A testimonials box, as seen on USInsuranceOnline . com.
3. Body Copy area
4. A lead Gen box for under the fold that goes into the bottom fold.
5. A questions box. (Recent insurance questions)
6. Quotewizard . com type graphic, 3 step of what we do.
7. Learning Center
The Sub Main Homepages (home, health, life, annuity, auto) - you do not have to worry about this right now, we'll work on this when you're chosen as the contest winner. as long as you design a home page design that rocks, creating the sub main homepages will be easy as pie.
1. Has the same look as the homepage, but the only thing that's different is the image in the large above the fold lead gen box. i will need one of each with different images to match the theme, home for home, health for health, etc etc.
The Internal Page
1. Can be used for al internal page types. Articles/pages along with Blogs.
2. A side bar lead gen box.
A simple Logo for my Site, it could be as simple as USInsuranceOnline's logo with just text, but if you can do better, give it a shot.
A simple Favicon. Depending on the color palette used for the logo, the favicon can be a simple square that looks like this:
6 button graphics to be used on the website like USOnlineInsurance
and a little button like this, a design you can make that goes along with the website design, where i can put in words like "Continue" "No Thanks" "Save and Continue" "Cancel" "Submit" "Back"


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Colwich Lions ClubColwich Lions Club has been active in Colwich for over six years, and it's surprising how much they've accomplished in that short time. .. The Club's largest fund raiser is their Fireworks Stand in Kraus Groceries' parking lot. The funds raised by the Lions stay entirely here in our Community. The International Lions Club's special interest is supporting Vision, Hearing and Diabetes research. The Colwich Club has more local goals.
The following is a list of some of the projects the Colwich club has completed to help the community.
Lions have sponsored 19+ families from our area at Christmas, furnishing food certificates to Kraus grocery, plus needed gifts .
Cleaned up trash along 167th St from the City boundary all the way north to K-96. Twice a year members gather with trash bags from SG CO Adopt a Highway program, and pick up trash.
Raised money to complete the walking path around the lake in the city's new Memorial Park. This fund along with a Sunflower Grant written by Lions Past President, Lioness Stephanie Guy, and matched by the city's Park budget, completed what was formerly the "Sidewalk to Nowhere" .
Collected donations for the Salvation Army at Christmas time by ringing the BELL all day at Dillons on Saturday each season. Helped sponsor the fireworks display for the Heritage Festival with money raised by the Lions Fireworks Stand in July. Lions organized Festival games and sponsored a food booth & Chicken Bingo as fundraisers at the festival.
Sponsor and organize the Christmas Tree Lighting in the Park ea year. Bought lights and decorations, provide hot chocolate and candy canes.
Helped the 4H Club with the First Annual Soup Supper, and donated all the funds to 4H. Collect Coats and Gloves at the tree lighting and delivered them to Salvation Army or other organizations for distribution.
Sponsor the Christmas essay contest at Colwich Elementary School and presented a $50 prize to the winner at the Christmas tree lighting.
Lions members maintain the flower beds in Veteran's Park.
Offers financial help to anyone in the Colwich area that needs assistance paying utility bills. (Application forms are available at city hall).
Collected over 100 pairs of eyeglasses in the boxes around town, which are delivered to the International Lions, who distribute them to countries where people are desperate for glasses.
Donated $1000 the last two years to Colwich Elementary Oddessy of the Mind Teams for their trips to National Competition.
Lions recently donated $2500 to a Colwich Family with a special needs student to assist in buying an adult safety bed.
Colwich Lions donated towards the purchase of a vision tester By the State Lions Club. This machine tests children's vision much more accurately than the standard eye chart. It is scheduled to be used here at the Colwich Elementary School.
The Club has many more projects they would like to accomplish, but they need more members to help! Please consider joining the Lions Club and "Pay It Forward"!
For information about joining, contact, Mary Ann Morrison, President, or Julie McLain, Membership Chairman 796-0284 View Calendar


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LOWELL -- Samir ElKamouny says his bicycle is a great way to get around the city. Once his start-up business, Green Bikes of Lowell, gets up and running, he hopes lots more of his neighbors do, too.
"I'm very much a bicycle enthusiast. For a commuter, it's very cost effective," ElKamouny said.
The bikes, which are manufactured by Social Bicycles of New York City, will be reservable by computer, smartphone, or just walking up to the bike. They'll be marketed to people who live, attend school or work in the city, including those who commute to and from the train terminal to a home or office that is a bit far to walk.
ElKamouny is working with the city to get approval for his business plan. The benefits of a Green Bikes rental, he said, include convenience and not having to perform routine maintenance.
"The goal is to launch in the summer, with 50-plus bicycles ... That's my Phase I and that'll limit me to downtown and The Acre. My Phase II for the following year is to increase to 150 to 200 bicycles and the goal in a few short years is to have bicycles in all the neighborhoods," ElKamouny said.
He is considering a $75 annual membership fee, with extra costs for riders who use the bikes more than a half-hour per day.
"For a commuter, it's very cost effective," ElKamouny said.
The bikes have a classic Dutch-style design and an adjustable seat that fits riders between the heights of 5 feet 1 inch and 6 feet 6 inches.
ElKamouny, 25, who earned a degree in business Administration with a concentration in entrepreneurship from UMass Lowell in June, said he plans to stay in the city long-term.
"I like a lot of cultures and ethnicity. I'm really into that and the sustainability movement they're trying to be a part of and just how supportive city officials are has really been great," he said.
ElKamouny was accepted to the accelerated program at the Merrimack Valley Sandbox, a partnership between UML and The Deshpande Foundation that promotes entrepreneurship by matching participants with business mentors, so they can launch startups.
"It's an amazing resource for me. I'm working hard, marketing the service in the area. So many people here could use it," he said.
There are financial and environmental benefits to riding a bike, ElKamouny said. He plans to have a place on his website where, after you sign in, the GPS device on the bike you rode that day will automatically log your total calories burned and the amount of carbon you reduced, in addition to how much money you saved when compared to an automobile commuter.
"Then you'll get to upload your route to Facebook or Twitter to brag," ElKamouny said.
He said that about 30 bike-sharing programs have started in the past four years, mostly in large metropolitan areas.
"Now, they're moving to Tier 2 cities," ElKamouny said.
He said there will be bikes and bike racks specifically for clients in the company's service area, with key locations along Market Street, at Middlesex Community College, at the commuter rail station on Thorndike Street and possibly at the Lowell National Historical Park.


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Multi-cores and Megabits
Anwar Ghuloum recently posted to the Intel Research blog about the conversations they are having with developers around developing for multi-core and terascale environments. To quote Anwar: "Ultimately, the advice I'll offer is that these developers should start thinking about tens, hundreds, and thousands of cores now in their algorithmic development and deployment pipeline."For a while now, our perspective has been that multi-core processors and the complex workloads they enable will be a driver for the migration to 10GbE. The sheer volume of information these multi-core capable apps will be able to consume, process, share and produce will accelerate the uptake of 10GbE. That being said, there is also a qualitative aspect to all this. Raw bandwidth is not enough–we need granular, dynamic control of that bandwidth. At any given point in time, a workload might be reading data from one disk, writing out to a cache on a second disk, sending information to another server to be processed, and finally sending information to a user–and moment by moment the bandwidth requirements for each of these operations is going to shift. We need infrastructure that can handle both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of these demands. In the long run, I believe this is one of the areas where unified fabric will prove its worth–it gives you a way to cost effectively handle the aggregate bandwidth requirements of these multi-core environments while giving you the granularity to make sure that bandwidth is being effectively used.
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Missoula Gift Guide for Guys
Following the Grizzlies' heroic comeback and subsequent heartbreaking loss to Sam Houston State on Friday night, you probably spent your weekend sulking around the house, too depressed to join in the festive spirit of all the bustling holiday shoppers. Problem is, this week is your last chance to seek out the perfect gift for that special lady friend of yours — a task you know could literally take hours. Shopping for women can be as complicated as women themselves, but all we really want is something thoughtful. With a little help from this guide, you'll be hitting up the gift-wrapping station in no time.
If she's girly: Does she match her eye shadow to her outfit? Then she'll love a few new colors to try out. One of the best gifts I ever received from a guy was a nice make-up bag filled with several varieties of lip gloss and scented lotion. Just make sure you steer clear of products designed to cover flaws. As a rule of thumb, avoid items with words like "concealer" or "corrector" in the title. Shopping suggestions: Bath & Body Works, Victoria's Secret, Smooch Cosmetic Boutique.
If she's sporty: Does she embrace winter recreation with arms wide open? Cold-weather gear always makes a great holiday gift. Guessing clothing sizes can be tricky, but with items like headbands, hats, gloves and scarves, you should be pretty safe. Find her a matching set in her favorite color, and throw in a pack of hand warmers for good measure. Shopping suggestions: Bob Wards, REI, Runner's Edge.
If she's stressed: Has she been feeling bogged down by work or school lately? Give her the gift of stress relief with a massage or spa package. Her mood will instantly go from blah to "ahh…" Shopping suggestions: Bella Sauvage, Sorella's, Montana School of Massage.
If she's funny: Does she have "SNL: The Best of Will Ferrell" memorized word-for-word? Is she constantly cracking everyone up with her quirky sense of humor? Get her something that will tickle her funny bone, like a magnetic poetry kit or a snarky T-shirt. Shopping suggestions: Rockin Rudy's, Betty's Divine, Hastings.
Brooke is a 2010 graduate of The University of Montana, where she ran track and cross country for the Grizzlies. She is currently working as a writer and editor in Missoula.


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Mike Master with "Rules for Conservatives" a response to Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals". David Bossie with Gov. Mike Huckabee inviting Iowans to an opening of "The Gift of Life"...December 14th ...for an RSVP 800-362-4788. Then, Con. Michelle Bachman...issues...and "Core of Conviction".
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But that might change abruptly, and soon.
Gessler told a Republican luncheon group in Fort Collins on Wednesday he will decide next week whether to set his sights higher, and seek the Republican nomination to oppose Gov. John Hickenlooper next year.
"I'll be very clear about what I'm doing, probably within a week," Gessler said at a Fort Collins restaurant gathering. "We're thinking about this. I'll be coming out with something that will resolve all rumors and ambiguity permanently. That's all I can say."
But he said nothing to dissuade his audience from the belief that many of them held that he will be a candidate. And his noon speech seemed like a warm-up to a campaign.
Gessler delivered a broad indictment of the Democratic-controlled 2013 legislature, and of a "rubber-stamp" governor who ratified their "guns, gays and grass" legislative package.
"The Democrats in the Legislature? Their three buzzwords were cooperation, collaboration and consensus," Gessler said. "Remember that? And what did we get? ... They used to accuse Republicans of only caring about God, guns and gays. And what did the Democrats come up with? It's guns, gays and grass."
Gessler's reference was to a Legislative agenda that focused on a package of gun control measures, a new recognition of civil unions for same-sex couples and new state regulation of the legalized possession and sale of marijuana under voter-mandated Amendment 64.
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There was a lot of interesting stuff in the Mists of Pandaria information I want to talk about, but there is also some stuff in there that at this point I don't think is all that important (and I think Blizzard would agree). Since we are in a very early stage of development, I am more worried about the structure of the changes then the actual details. For example, changes to spell mechanics like Insect Swarm being turned into a pure debuff is interesting, but the fact that Moonkin form grants a 20% damage increase in MoP instead of the 10% we have on live is uninteresting for me.
The structure is important be cause it defines how our spec will play. The structure determines if it's too easy, too hard, and if it's fun. The details while important in the long run, don't matter a whole lot if the structure isn't right, and there will be plenty of time to address those issues when we know more about the structure and how all of our abilities will interact.
Insect Swarm:
Insect Swarm: The enemy target is swarmed with insects, increasing all damage taken from your Wrath, Starfire, and Starsurge spells by 30%. Limit 1 target.
I have absolutely no problems with losing a DoT as long as the end result is a design with balanced and competitive DPS. However, I don't what Blizzard's goal is for this change, and I worry that it will turn out to be pointless or annoying for the player.
The big question for me is what's the duration of the new Insect Swarm? I can see this going a couple of ways.
Short Duration: If the new Insect Swarm has a short duration of 18 seconds, this is really just a nerfed version of the current DoT, and changes the moonkin rotation in a bad way. With a short duration, the new Insect Swarm doesn't reduce the complexity of the moonkin rotation at all and is an actual nerf to damage since won't benefit moonkin DPS at all while moving and has a single target limit. In short, a short duration is bad and annoying.
Long Duration: If the new Insect Swarm has a long duration or a mechanic that extends it automatically with a glyph of something, then what's the point of having the spell at all? Why not just buff Wrath, Starfire, and Starsurge by 30% and get rid of the spell completely? Since all moonkin nukes are single target abilities, the fact that IS is limited to a single target is meaning less. All it does is limit how quickly moonkin can start DPSing a new target since we will have to put IS on the target before we can start nuking. In short, I find this model of IS to be pointless.
New IS means One DoT?:
Not everyone is as carefree about the possibility of losing Insect Swarm as I am, and some players were worried. When a Grayfox (no relation) expressed concern about moonkin having only one DoT on the forums, Blizzard responded with:
I just wanted to drop into this thread and let you guys know that we currently plan for Moonkins to have two DoTs: Moonfire and Sunfire will be able to stack (both applied at the same time).
Now that's really interesting.
I'm assuming that Moonfire and Sunfire will still be a single button in MoP. As in we push one button to cast both spells, but which spell is cast depends on if you are in Solar Eclipse or not, but Moonfire and Sunfire wont overwrite each other anymore. If that is the case I love this change. And I think it helps moonkin in a couple of ways.
First, it lessens some of the impact of losing for Insect Swarm as a DoT. Traditionally DoTs have done more then just damage. We have had trinkets, set bonuses, and abilities that proc or stack based on how many and when ticks hit their targets and losing those IS ticks could affect how we value those gear choices and abilities. Assuming MF and SnF are a single button, this change won't make up for all the lost ticks from losing IS, but it will help.
The second big benefit is that I think it makes the rotation more obvious, and could really help make Glyph of Starfire more useful.
One of the current issues with Eclipse is that it forces to make some choices on the fly, which can lead to small errors that add up to significant DPS loss. For example, if you are about to transition out of Eclipse should you refresh your Moonfire DoT even it has 8 seconds left? Not refreshing the DoT can lead to lost uptime or having your DoT not buffed by Eclipse. However, refreshing the DoT unnecessarily means you lose damage because you could have spent that time casting another damaging spell like Starfire.
I think this change will reduce that confusion because it should become obvious that you should only cast MF/SnF while eclipse is up and even if it results in a lower uptime. Also, clipping should never be necessary with the Glyph of Starfire, because you an easily transition from one eclipse to the other in 27 seconds.
One final comment, if my original assumption that Moonfire and Sunfire would remain a single button is incorrect, then this is a horrible change. In that case, they are just replacing IS with SnF, which makes no sense and just increases the rotations complexity.
Symbiosis: The Three Paths
Symbiosis: Creates a symbiotic link which grants the Druid one ability belonging to the target's class, varying by the Druid's specialization. In exchange grants the target one Druid ability based on their class and combat role. Lasts one hour and persists through death.
There is obviously a whole lot of information we don't know about this spell yet, but I am very intrigued by the spell so far. It sounds really cool, but after thinking about it I'm not sure how it would work and could be a balancing nightmare for Blizzard. I'm not predicting failure, but the headache on this one could be so large that Symbiosis goes the way of the Dance Studio and it all depends on the path Blizzard takes with it. At the moment I see three paths.
Utility / Long Cooldown: I like the idea of trading Utility spells and long cooldowns between classes. For example, if Blizzard went the pure utility route if a moonkin linked with a Death Knight, the DK could gain Cyclone while the moonkin gained Death Grip, which could be a big help if your raid is lacking a particular ability needed to complete an encounter. The problem with that approach is that not all utility spells are significant that often, and by extension Symbiosis may be insignificant in most fights because it's not really necessary to trade abilities.
Long Cooldowns on the other hand would be significant in a lot of fights, but also might be overpowered. From a DPS perspective it could really work by trading Starfall for Elemental Mastery with a Shaman, but from a healing or tanking perspective it could be an issue. For example, lets say if a resto druid cast Symbiosis on a Holy Pally that the druid gains Aura Mastery and the pally gains Tranquility. Additional cooldowns could make some fights trivial, unless Blizzard really increased the incoming damage, which could lead to class stacking which isn't a good thing.
I think this is the most likely path but it could have some balancing issues.
Core Ability: My original thought was that Symbiosis would trade core abilities between players. For example, if a moonkin linked with another DPS we would both gain a new DPS spell, like the moonkin would get Corruption and the Warlock would get Moonfire if the link was with a Warlock. Obviously in that vision if the druid linked with a healer they would gain a healing spell and so on.
This sounded really cool at first, but the more thought about it this path didn't seem all that realistic. The basic problem is that those core spells are designed with a specific class in mind and the other buffs and abilities that the class has. For example, Starfire is a solid spell for a moonkin, but if you gave to a Warlock it would be weak without Eclipse. Ultimately I think this would be a balancing nightmare. The other issue I have with this path is that it could add significant complexity to our rotation. I don't want to have to work a new spell into my rotation and I really don't like the possibility of having that spell change depending on what class I link to if the fight requires it. In the end, I don't think this path is likely.
Passive Buff: We don't really think about passive buffs as "abilities," but it is possible that Symbiosis won't trade any active abilities. For example, by linking with a tank a moonkin might gain 5% damage reduction, or gain 5% Crit by linking with a Mage. This is probably the easiest path, because it shouldn't be difficult to balance, would provide an obvious benefit, and wouldn't change either class's rotation. However, it's boring and would easily be math out. There would never be a discussion about which class or player to link with because we would just put it on the class that helps us the most much like players already do with Focus Magic and Dark Intent.
Final Thought: I think Symbiosis has a lot of potential but there are some pitfalls as well. It will be interesting to hear more details about it.
Starfall: Triggering Lunar Eclipse resets the cooldown of this spell.
I absolutely love this change. I recently had some discussions about where Starfall fit in our rotation and if we should cast it on cooldown or wait for Lunar Eclipse. In the end it was obvious to me that it's a problem without a good answer currently. Casting Starfall without Lunar Eclipse is a significant DPS loss, and not casting Starfall on cooldown can be a significant DPS loss. Sure there are ways to line Lunar Eclipse up with the Starfall cooldown using Glyph of Starsurge, but the benefit of GoSS is limited in Single garget encounters.
This change effectively ends those conversations and I love it. It's another situation where blizzard is taking the ambiguity out of the situation and making the rotation more obvious. In short, it turns Starfall back into a "cast on cooldown" spell.
Nature's Grace:
Eclipse: When triggered, both Lunar and Solar Eclipse also grant 15% haste for 15 seconds.
At first I thought they might have gotten rid of Nature's Grace, but turns out that they just baked it into Eclipse and improved it. Having the NG effect proc when Eclipse is triggered makes a lot of sense for several reasons.
First, having the buff proc based on a DoT cast doesn't make a lot of sense when the class has only one DoT (if my assumption above is correct). It would seem almost cruel to have the spell that benefits most form the haste buff not to be affected by it because it has to proc it. Second, since the cooldown on the current Nature's Grace is reset when Eclipse is triggered, the effect is procced shortly after you enter Eclipse already most of the time. Having Eclipse proc Nature's Grace is just taking out the middleman, and it prevents the possibility of overlapping Nature's Grace procs which is possible in the current system.
The Trend to Simplify
Many these changes don't seem that big when you look at them on their own, but when I look at them as a whole I see a very welcome trend. In my opinion, the moonkin rotation during cataclysm has been filled with ambiguity and on the fly choices that has lead to an overly complex rotation for an average player like me. We have questions like: Do I clip my DoT to maximize dot Damage or can I just power through to the next eclipse? Should I cast Starfall on cooldown or wait for Eclipse? How can I maximize the benefit of Nature's Grace?
A lot of these changes are very welcome in my opinion because they remove a lot of the ambiguity from our rotation. Starfall will be cast on cooldown most of the time because the cooldown will be reset when the spell is most significant most of the time. Assuming Moonfire and Sunfire are single button and the Glyph of Starfire doesn't change significantly means that we will only cast the DoTs once during Eclipse and shouldn't have to worry about clipping or overwriting an existing DoT.
If it is Blizzards goal to simplify the moonkin rotation a small amount, I fully support and appreciate their goal.


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Checking In On… the Missouri ValleyPosted by Brian Goodman on November 30th, 2011
Patrick Marshall is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley Conference. You can also find his musings online at White & Blue Review or on Twitter @wildjays.
Reader's Take
The Week That Was:
- Creighton Continues Up the Top 25—With a lot of teams in the lower part of the top 25 losing this week, Creighton moved up in the coaches poll from #25 to #23 while also receiving more votes in the AP poll putting them at #26. So far the Bluejays have not disappointed including their 104-81 victory over Campbell and winning the Dale Howard Classic.
- Valley Stock Rising—The Missouri Valley Conference has had some great success so far in the non-conference season. There are only 27 teams in Division I still undefeated. Only three non-BCS leagues still have undefeated teams. Two of those teams are Creighton (5-0) and Missouri State (4-0). The Valley is 37-16 so far including a 24-4 home mark.
- Northern Iowa Bounces Back—The Panthers made an impressive showing in South Padre by getting wins against Rice and Providence. Since the loss at St. Mary's, Northern Iowa has won their last four and are getting good contributions from players like Seth Tuttle, who averaged 11 points and 6.3 rebounds in the last three games.
Power Rankings
- Creighton (5-0)— Creighton continues to roll along. In their only game this week, the Bluejays started the game hitting their first 13 shots of the game putting them up 18 points early on Campbell. Creighton continued to blister the nets the rest of the game and set a school record shooting 70.4% from the field for the game. Creighton also dished out 30 assists on 38 baskets for the game. They currently lead the nation in assists while placing third in points per game.
- Indiana State (6-1)—The Sycamores continue to build upon last year's success by playing with a lot of poise during the Old Spice Classic. After beating Texas Tech in the first round, the Sycamores took it to the wire against Minnesota before losing to the Gophers. Indiana State rebounded to get a win over Fairfield to take third place. Five players finished in double-figures. The balanced scoring right now by Indiana State will keep opponents off balance. Read the rest of this entry »


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CAMBRIDGE — It is a powerful mural, featuring black and white Americans sleeping on floors, marching, and being beaten by police during Depression-era protests. But for eight decades, Lewis Rubenstein and Rico Lebrun's sprawling fresco has remained out of public view.
That changes this November, when the Harvard Art Museums reopen after a six-year, $350 million renovation and expansion. Designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano, the project brings all three of the Harvard Art Museums — the Fogg Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Arthur M. Sackler Museum — under the same roof for the first time. It has also transformed the complex, increasing gallery space by 40 percent and adding study centers, a cafe, and a dramatic, pyramid-like glass roof.
The reinstallation of the 10-by-5-foot mural marks a key milestone. But it's just the start. Thousands of artworks, in storage off site during the construction, are heading back to Quincy Street.
"The site has been closed for a long time now, and so having the building to the point it's being handed back to us is thrilling," said Deborah Martin Kao, the Harvard Art Museums' chief curator. "It's a huge boost."
These days, the Harvard Art Museums look like a brand new house before move-in day. The 240,000-square-foot building is well-lighted, the floors freshly finished. Stroll through the new, glass-walled study centers and past the cabinets in the Conservation Department; they are clear and empty. Downstairs, in the museum's central courtyard, workers unpack and assemble glass cases built in Italy.
The Harvard Art Museums have an acclaimed collection of 250,000 objects, ranging from ancient artifacts from the Middle East to contemporary works by Yoko Ono and Christo. About 2,000 pieces will be on view, including some that Harvard has never publicly displayed before.
"It's funny, it's kind of an odd interval," said Tom Lentz, Harvard Art Museums director. "We're still refining parts of the building. But at the same time, we can actually get a sense of the promise and potential of the building. It's an exciting time and a kind of nerve-wracking time. We've announced our public dates, so we have to hit our deadline."
The key date is Nov. 16. That's when the Harvard Art Museums open to the public. But events will begin before that, including a preview for Harvard students in early November.
The daily progress now is not as dramatic as during construction, when bulldozers and bucket trucks rumbled over a muddy pit. These days, advances are measured in the details. Last week, signs were installed marking the entrances. While offices of the curators remain in a satellite building in Somerville, they visit the galleries regularly to oversee the installation.
"Until all of the art is installed, it's still a kind of empty vessel," said Lentz. "A beautiful, empty vessel but not complete."
The "Hunger March" fresco is the first artwork to be installed. On a recent morning, three conservators stood on a scaffold, surrounded by paint trays, cleaning chemicals, and cotton swabs. They worked to remove dirt and "fixes" made by workers in the past. The idea was to reveal what the artists had created.
But this was no simple restoration. The "Hunger March" is a true fresco, meaning that it was painted into wet plaster, a technique popularized during the Italian Renaissance. Think of Michelangelo's work in the Sistine Chapel. True frescos are quite rare in this region. There are none at the Museum of Fine Arts or the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Even John Singer Sargent's famous "Triumph of Religion" cycle at the Boston Public Library was painted on panels in England and then sailed to the United States.
Because the "Hunger March" mural was painted into an 80-year-old wall on the fourth floor, moving it out of the building to storage — and then back, to a first-floor gallery space — was a true feat of engineering. In fact, conservators were initially against the move. But ultimately they had no choice. All the construction work put the piece at risk.
"You don't go on Google and say, 'How do I move a fresco?' " said Claude LeBlanc, general superintendent at Skanska USA, the project's construction manager.
Curators and conservators worked with Skanska USA on a plan to slice a section of the existing wall, transport that 5,000-pound slab on a flatbed truck to a storage facility, and then, when the renovation and expansion were largely done, bring it back to Cambridge.
Teri Hensick, the museum's longtime conservator of paintings, solved another problem.
"We were mostly concerned with protecting the surface and preserving and cleaning it and consolidating it," said Hensick. "We had to find a material that could protect it during this move."
The Conservation Department settled on cyclododecane, a chemical that has only been used in recent years for conservation. It is a crystal-like substance that becomes a clear liquid when heated and, after being brushed onto the surface of a painting, will turn into a waxy solid. This offers protection to the work while it is being moved or stored.
"It's like something you might look for in a detective store," said Hensick.
Rubenstein, a Harvard graduate, painted the mural in 1933 with Lebrun, an Italian-born artist and his mentor. The previous winter, he had gone on a hunger march, one of countless protests held by men who were out of work. There Rubenstein encountered "black and white men together," he wrote, sleeping on church floors and sidewalks, and facing beatings at the hands of the police. Those are the images he re-created on the museum wall.
The mural was originally installed in a fourth-floor painting studio, a space that was later converted to a conservation lab. So it has never been seen by the general public.
"It's unusual and incredibly important to have in Boston," said Kao. "From a technical perspective, it's quite fascinating. From an art historical perspective, it was painted during the depths of the Depression and is dedicated at looking at the working masses, not the aristocratic elite."
In some ways, the complexity of the "Hunger March" mural installation mirrors the complexity of the renovation and expansion as a whole. As part of the project, the 86-year-old facade of the Fogg Museum on Quincy Street needed to be maintained. But an earlier version of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, added in 1991 behind the Fogg, facing Prescott Street, had structural problems and was knocked down. In addition, Harvard decided to move the Sackler Museum, which was in a building across Broadway, into the expanded complex.
A glass seam now visually separates the wood exterior of the new construction from the brick of the old, but inside the museums flow seamlessly through a central staircase and the renovated Calderwood Courtyard. The courtyard has been extended upward, with glass arcades on the top three floors, and a glass roof that the architect calls a "Light Machine."
Museumgoers can enter from Quincy Street or Prescott Street to the ground floor, which includes a new shop and cafe that will be open to the public without a museum ticket. There is also a 300-seat lecture hall, and, upstairs, new art study centers that will offer visitors access to tens of thousands of works of art by appointment.
With the extra gallery space, a range of artworks that have never been on view at Harvard or have not been seen in a long time will be on display, ranging from centuries-old pieces from India and China to works by Copley, Miro, and Diane Arbus.
One day last week, Lentz hustled to a meeting in the complex's Naumburg Room, known for its wood panels, dramatic balcony, chandelier, and several stained-glass windows. This period room, donated to the Fogg, has been moved across the complex and rebuilt. The stained glass is being cleaned and conserved by a specialist in New York, and curators recently selected the hand-blown glass that will surround the historic panels.
Meanwhile, Lentz said, discussions continue about the placement of the Romanesque capitals in the renovated Calderwood Courtyard. They are currently in storage.
But so much has been settled. The staff of all three art museums will be together for the first time. The Fogg, cooled for years by floor fans, is now properly climate-controlled. And the museum's courtyard can now function as a meeting space, where visitors from far and wide can gather at cafe tables.
On a recent afternoon, Michael Morgan, a plasterer from T.J. McCartney, Inc., kneeled next to a white wall, smooth except for a few pieces of blue painter's tape meant to mark imperfections. He slathered joint compound onto those spots.
"I've been here for a while, probably seven months now," he said. "You can see the end."Geoff Edgers can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of the Naumburg Room.


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"..a primordial, tannic beast with a beef blood-like concentration, a huge, opaque purple color, and notes of scorched earth, blackberries, chocolate, camphor, roasted meats, and cassis. It's as if I took an aged porterhouse steak from Peter Lugar's famed restaurant, put it in a Cuisinart, and aged it in new French oak."
(By the way, that is the writer's typo, not mine. It should be Luger, not Lugar.)
Thusly described, that wine seems like one I'd try to outrun like a dirty bomb. But that is the RMP Jr's rave review of the 2002 Vecina Proprietary Red ($175)-- 95 points. Guess he liked it. Cuisinarted meat aged in barrique? Baby food covered in wood tannin and vanilla? A few years ago the British wine magazine Harper's did a pretty fun story on purple prose in wine writing, this one is more like the winner of Gothic prose in wine writing.
But, when I think of it, notes of scorched earth. Hmm. Actually when taken out of the wine context it's quite poetic. And with just a little tweaking it could perhaps be a Louise Gluck.
Hungering, I took an aged porterhouse steak, richly marbled with fat out of Lugar's freezer.
Cuisinarted and pulsed
aged it in new French oak
Oh, beef blooded concentration,
huge, opaque purple,
notes of scorched earth,
blackberries, chocolate, camphor,
roasted meats, and cassis.
Classic Michel Rolland, winemaker
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From this morning's Corrections section of the New York Times:
An article on Thursday about political advertising in the presidential campaign, including a commercial that accused John Kerry of having "secretly met with the enemy" in Paris in the 1970's, misidentified the parties with whom Mr. Kerry said he had met at the Vietnam peace talks. (The error was repeated in articles on Friday and Saturday.) The parties were the two Communist delegations – North Vietnam and the Vietcong's Provisional Revolutionary Government – with whom he discussed the status of war prisoners. He did not say he had met with "both sides." (Go to Sept. 23 Article), (Go to Sept. 24 Article), (Go to Sept. 25 Article)
Herein lies a tale. In 1970, John Kerry traveled to Paris and met with both of the two Communist delegations to the peace talks that were then going on in that city: the North Vietnamese delegation and the Viet Cong delegation. Many observers believed at the time that Kerry's back-door "diplomacy" on behalf of the far-left Vietnam Veterans Against the War helped undermine Henry Kissinger's bargaining position in his negotiations with the Communists.
Fast forward to 2004. John Kerry is now running for President as a war hero. The Swift Boat Vets ran a television ad that attacked Kerry's meetings with the Communists. The New York Times immediately sprang to Kerry's defense, purporting to supply context for the Vets' "unsubstantiated" allegations.
On September 23, the Times wrote:
In another broadside against Mr. Kerry, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, whose past accusations have frequently been unsubstantiated, says in a new commercial that Mr. Kerry went to Paris in the 1970's and "secretly met with the enemy." (Mr. Kerry testified shortly thereafter that he had met with both sides at the Vietnam peace talks to discuss the status of prisoners of war.)
The Times repeated this claim the very next day, September 24:
Mr. Kerry's nemesis, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, is spending $1.3 million in five swing states with a spot accusing him of meeting with the enemy in Paris – a reference to his trip to the Paris peace talks, where he met with both sides.
And again, the following day:
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which drew national attention with advertisements making unsubstantiated attacks against Mr. Kerry's military service, has less money and uses several strategies to stretch its dollars, said one of its leaders, John O'Neill.
Many of the group's advertisements have drawn attacks from the Kerry campaign and others, attracting attention to the commercials, Mr. O'Neill said. Its latest advertisement claims Mr. Kerry traveled to Paris in the 1970's and "secretly met with enemy leaders." Mr. Kerry has said he visited the Vietnam peace talks and discussed the status of prisoners of war with both sides.
Notice that when the Times mentions the Swift Boat Vets, it usually makes a point of saying that their claims are "unsubstantiated." In the three instances cited above, the Times used the claim that Kerry had met with "both sides" in Paris to imply that the Vets' ad was false or unfair.
Only it wasn't. What the Vets said was true. Kerry didn't meet with "both sides," as the Times has now admitted; he met with both of the two Communist delegations. The Times misinformed its readers in order to defuse the impact of the Vets' ad and to promote Kerry's candidacy.
Why, exactly, does the Times (along with virtually every other mainstream media source) persist in repeating the mantra that the Vets' ads are "unsubstantiated"? What is "unsubstantiated" about footage of Kerry testifying before a Senate committee? What is "unsubstantiated" about the meetings with Communists in Paris, about which Kerry boasted in 1971? What is "unsubstantiated" about the ad in which Stephen Gardner says that Kerry's boat was never in Cambodia?
Given today's correction, do you suppose the Times will start referring to Kerry's responses to the Swift Boat Vets' ads as "unsubstantiated"?


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Thinkbox Software Releases Stoke MX Particle Reflow Tool for Autodesk 3ds Max
May 14, 2013 2:00 am
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Los Angeles, CA - Thinkbox Software announced Stoke MX, a particle simulator plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max designed to simplify and accelerate the creation of high-volume particle clouds driven by velocity fields.
Fast and easy to use, Stoke MX supports a large number of emitter and velocity sources, and introduces new workflows. Previously unavailable capabilities include multi-threaded particle advection, rapid memory-buffered playback, and asynchronous multi-threaded particle file saving, which enables significantly higher performance compared to existing workflows.
Key features of Stoke MX include:
- Quick particle generation from other particle systems, geometry surfaces, volumes, vertices and edges including selection and soft-selection support, as well as from Sitni Sati's FumeFX simulations.
- Optional emitter channel acquisition with minimal overhead
- Particle advection using velocities from other particle systems or files, 3ds Max force space warps, FumeFX simulations, Thinkbox's Ember simulations, and other Stoke simulations
- Velocity field mixing, scaling and optional divergence removal from particle-based velocity fields to produce uncompressible fluid motion
- Flexible memory caching for fast simulation iterations and interactive viewport playback
- PRT file saving using one or more background threads, decoupling the simulation from the particle saving process for even faster iterations
- Integration with local and Thinkbox's Deadline partitioning
- Extensive MAXScript exposure enabling the creation of custom Stoke-based tools
- Compatible with the Thinkbox's Krakatoa MX high-volume particle renderer and its various components including PRT Loader and other PRT objects, Magma and delete modifiers, particle data viewer, etc
- Compatible with Thinkbox Software's Frost particle mesher (version 1.3.5 and higher)
"The flexibility of Stoke is phenomenal so we are super excited to see what artists can do with it," said Chris Bond, founder, Thinkbox Software. "Stoke enables a completely new way of working. Instead of being stuck in a rigid linear simulation workflow, artists can essentially layer their particles and work backwards to mix, enhance or alter simulation data quickly and easily without having to re-simulate. It opens up a lot of possibilities."
"Stoke MX gives us the opportunity to build layers of detail upon fluid simulations with the exciting speed, control and freedom of imagination that have become a trademark of tools by Thinkbox Software," noted Hristo Velev, a visual effects artist with early access to the software. "A simple, well directed base simulation can be quickly developed into a complex modern effect. Artists get plenty of room to create with negligible learning curve, due to the use of very successful Thinkbox technology like Magmaflow and PRT caching. And with these, it fits tightly in existing pipelines hosting the rest of the Thinkbox portfolio, especially Krakatoa and Frost. Stoke is a force multiplier for simulation work."
Visual effects artist Jason Crosby added, "For the wormhole shot in After Earth, Stoke allowed me to come up with a look in just a couple days. Creating iterations was a very quick process and the support from Thinkbox was amazing!"
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ogeetek_darren needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 65 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
We require a logo, including the tag line: "The Ultimate Connection Between CAD and CAM".
3D Analyzer Software
Our specialist software, targeted at the wood-working industries, is the intelligent link between CAD and CAM - between design and manufacture.
3D is an important part of the production process, although the 3D Analyzer Software itself has a spreadsheet-style interface.
The existing logo can be seen at: http://www.3danalyzersoftware.com
- SRGB colour space
- Vector, PSD and TIFF formats required.
- A design that works with both black and white backgrounds, or 2 versions, one for each.
- Easily readable, clean modern look
- Retaining the existing green theme (Pantone 369)
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13 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 449 diseños de 91 diseñadores freelance.
TKO Trust-Know-One
Biker Pastor. New Christian Apparel line, will utilize web and all social sites as well as events, concerts, etc. I am sick of sissy looking Christian T shirts. Our company name is TKO, Inc. TKO is an acronym for TRUST-KNOW-ONE, an obvious play on the Trust No one concept. TKO apparel will be edgy and MMA or Ultimate FIGHT centered at least for the initial designs. As TKO means Technical Knock Out in the boxing and fight world, it lends itself to spiritual warfare themes as well as being eye-catching.
Teens, young adults, anyone who enjoys rocking a tight design. Cross over market, I want TKO "Trust-Know-One" to glorify God and at the same time be so SICK that even non-christians would wear it.
This design should fit a T shirt or Sweatshirt, Hoodie, etc. but not take up the whole freaking shirt. TKO and Trust-Know-One should be in the design, maybe TKO can be the focus and Trust Know One can be insinuated or stealth in the design. No recycled tribal weirdness, I want EDGE. Eye catching and radical but not juvenile. Get creative, use one whole side or have diagonal design but just not the whole shirt. Its ok to step out and develop something!