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I have a client who needs their website redesigned and I do not have the time to design it so I am looking for someone with creative and clean web design skills to design a fun, hip, tropical, clean and easy-to-navigate website.
Existing and new salon customers for the full-service salon. Customers are mostly female. Services provided include hair, nails, waxing, manicures, spa, etc.
Size: 1024 x 768 dimensions
Look & Feel: Tropical and "Beachy"...fun but also professional with a clean design feel if possible.
Color Scheme: Tropical colors...aquas, lime greens, peach/beach, oranges, pinks and yellow.
Graphics: LOGO - I have attached 4 updated logo options the client is reveiwing where I updated the lip colors to relate more to the new creative direction so feel free to use any of those logos within your design. I will apply the approved logo to your design.
Keep graphics to a minimum. Prefer to let the clean design, colors and text to stand out versus using "cheesy" clip art or bad stock photos. Do not have any salon facility photos yet, but may have some in the near future so a stock or place holder photo could be used. I did attach some stock photos to use if you think they will enhance the site at all.
Copy: You can pull content from this document to place within the site (For example, the last paragraph in the doc could be used for the home page.
Navigation: Current website is at http://www.prettyladysalon.com. Use the same navigation/menu items, but keep them on the top instead of the side. The site may be developed as CMS so I want to have a content area on the home page that can act as a promotional area where the salon can highlight specials, coupons, etc.
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Camp Beauregard is 12,500 acres and is owned by the Louisiana National Guard. The primary use is as a troop training facility. The Louisiana National Guard also manages the timber for commercial production.
The terrain is characterized by gently rolling hills in the upland areas. The Flagon Creek bottom is a frequently flooded hardwood area of about 800 acres. The upland overstory is dominated by pine plantations. There are scattered hardwoods in the hills. Water oak, post oak, hickory, red oak and sweetgum are the most common species in creek bottom areas. The Flagon bottom is a typical bottomland forest with cypress, overcup oak and bitter pecan the dominant overstory species.
The understory development in the upland area varies considerably depending on the degree of overstory closure. Some plantations that have not been recently thinned have little if any understory. Those areas with good understory development support French mulberry, blackberry, greenbrier, yaupon, trumpet creeper, rattan and other browse plants. The Flagon bottom has swamp privet, water elm, mayhaw and swamp snowbell as the more common understory plants.
Game species available for hunting include squirrel, turkey, deer, rabbits, quail, dove, wood duck and woodcock. The only endangered species known to occur on the area is the red-cockaded woodpecker. However, at this time no known active colonies are present.
The areas first function is as a military reservation, therefore there are special regulations applying to use of Camp Beauregard WMA. An annual permit is required as is checking in and out of self-clearing stations on a daily basis. Limited camping is allowed by reservation only. Call (318) 641-3365 for questions about camping. General information is available from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 1995 Shreveport Highway, Pineville, LA 71360, (318) 487-5885.

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Arrogant goats. SOCAS (The Society of Children Against Sandcastles). New people. They are the top three things I hate most in the world. Please note: When I say new people I am not talking about slimy babies, freshly squeezed from the womb of our glorious queen human in Greenland. I am talking about those individuals who try to invade my social circle of excellence. Therefore, it is easy to see how a new roommate caused a clan of nomadic boils to form all across the top of my white derby ball head. But thanks to the 5 Step Program for Getting Your Roommate Evicted but then Getting Him Accidentaly Framed for Murder, that troublesome new person no longer roams the halls of my house. Don't believe the 5 Step Program works? Well then, maybe you should ask the dead cat?
It all began one glorious afternoon when I strolled into my living room, after a refreshing jog in a meadow nearby. Due to reasons beyond my control, I had collapsed in a ditch the night before and had to trek through aforementioned meadow to return home. Picking the syringes and badgers out of my clothes, I noticed an unfamiliar rectangular person, sitting down on my throne watching TV. Without warning, the barbarian invader jumped up, crushed my hand, and spoke these spine altering words….
Dick told me that he had got in touch with Conor, after seeing an advert for the vacant room in the Boston Ferret. Ismael, my former roommate, had only been sent to prison 2 months ago and already Conor was shoving some strange person from a different country into the room. Supposedly, the Screaming Centre I had created wasn't making the best use out of the vacant room. What a complete fool.
Doberman's first few weeks at the house were hell. But instead of your typical hell it had added flames and heat and fire and flames. I suddenly found myself living in a well organised house with rules and procedures for everything. You couldn't leave your dishes in the sink. You couldn't walk around naked when ever someone had a guest over. It was a maximum security prison disguised as a clean and comfortable house.
The worst change to the house came with the introduction of a cleaning rota. Now everyone had to take orders from a comic sans spreadsheet stuck on the fridge. For whatever reason, the Cool Buddy Gang of Friendship thought that I was just going to stop working on my record label, Toole Records, and devote all of my time to the Cleaning Reich.
Tell me Conor… how exactly do you market your new progressive nature sounds album when you're squirting bleach all over someone else's shit? I wouldn't have made such a fuss over the cleaning rota if they had the courtesy not to include me in it. I had no other choice but to live out the rest of my days locked up in my bedroom. I refused to bow down to the Fridge Führer. My self-imposed exile and resulting dirty protest turned out to be a dandy but short-lived time. The brown walls and dressing gown came to an end one hot and sweaty afternoon.
I was happily lying in my filth looking through an exquisite selection of porn from one of the internet's finest establishments http://www.hypnotisedsluts.com. I had been busy refueling my skin shuttle for over 2.3 minutes. My spermanauts were ready for lift off. Then, just as my flesh rocket and the well-paid hypnotised Asian girls were about to form a perfect symbiotic relationship, the video stopped and started to buffer!
Control did everything it could to abort the mission but the launch codes had been entered. The ship's crew flung themselves onto a loading screen that was hovering over a close up of Hypnodick's testicles. The masturbation station was in meltdown. Someone had to be held accountable for this disaster.
Physically sick with anger, I began searching the house for the person responsible for murdering the internet. Then I heard someone chuckle and giggle. It was a familiar haaw haaw haaw laugh. Doberman! He was sitting in the living room Skyping with his parents back in Germany.
Oh I suppose you'll want me to make a German joke now. Something about the war maybe? Something offensive like Hey guys how about those Germans and that war? Well I'm not going to do it so just drop it! Family before porn is an unforgivable sin (Psalms 14:27). Using Skype to see some girl flash a bit of her left tit is perfectly ok. Using Skype to tell your parents about all the shit activities you've done over the past week is not ok! Dick Doberman was now my sworn enemy. It was time to implement the 5 Steps. Germany caused World War II.
Step 1 – Know Your Enemy
The first step is all about surveillance. You need to know everything about your target. What time he gets up in the morning, what he eats for breakfast, what his mother wears to bed, everything! I spent an entire week of my life watching Dick. Wherever he was, I was. Going for a drink with his buddies? I was there. The first time with his girlfriend? I was there. His grandmother's funeral? I was there. Don't worry, he never suspected a thing. The coffin was huge.
Step 2 – Divide and Conquer
Taken directly from Tinned Food's, Art of War, the next step is to turn the other roommates against the invading whore. My weapon of choice for this step is the forged letter. All you have to do is write out a few confessions to crimes committed in the house, clearly signed by the evil roommate, and leave them lying around for the others to read. It didn't take much to turn my roommate, Tony, off Dick forever. He found a 4 page letter in his room describing all the ways in which his girlfriend looked like the end product of a jack russell's passionate one night stand with a kangaroo addicted to heroin. Conor wasn't so easily fooled by his set of letters. In the end, it was a simple gesture in his bed that made Dick, Conor's arch-nemesis.
Step 3 – Ninja Warfare
Step 3 advocates and promotes the use of physical harm and violence against others. During the surveillance stage I discovered that Doberman was severely allergic to cats. To use this weakness to my advantage, I first had to catch myself a cat. I made a cat trap out of a box, a stick and a fishing line. I propped open the box with the stick and covered the ground under it with dozens of naked pictures of cats. I attached a length of fishing line to the stick so that when a cat stepped into the box the line could be pulled, releasing the stick and trapping the cat. Of course, the whole thing was only there to distract the cats from me hiding in a bush next to the box armed with a giant cavity block fastened to a large log. I smashed the first cat to bits but I struck the second one perfectly.
I took the knocked out, slightly dead cat and rubbed it all over Dick's room. On his bed sheets, his pillows, blankets, clothes, everything I could scrub a dying cat's back on. After hiding the bald zombie in the attic above his bedroom, I sat in the living room waiting for Dick to return to his fluffy nightmare. Unfortunately, Doberman was a stronger opponent than I had first thought. When they released him from hospital he cleaned his room from top to bottom and removed every single strand of blood stained cat hair.
Luckily, I was able to convince him that it must have been one of those pesky window cats prevalent around boston this time of the year. I told him that window cats have claws shaped like little crowbars that allow them to unlock just about any window. Dick didn't question any of it and believed all of my lies. Full credit goes to his collapsed lung for not having him in the right frame of mind to notice the blatant flaw in my story. Boston is home to the door cat, not the window cat.
Step 4 – Escalate! Escalate! Escalate!
When you feel like nothing is working, kill off your empathy for others and rethink your approach. Since chemical warfare didn't work on Dick, I decided to escalate things. Breaking into his room with the help of a native door cat, I searched around for his laptop to see if I could find some incriminating material that would result in Dick's eviction. But I found nothing useful. The only interesting thing I found was a couple of pictures of his girlfriend's hairy mince-pie. As I looked at the ebb and flow of her wire brush pubes, an amazing idea occurred to me. Instead of trying to find incriminating evidence on his laptop, why not just plant some myself?
Operation Porn Factory began right there and then. I used his credit card to download the most hardcore and haunting animal porn I could find on the internet. I put the entire collection on his newly created personal website, http://www.dobermandick.com. After a few hours of fine tuning the website, I sent out the link to my roommates under the coded alias Kered and, in a few short seconds, they had discovered Dick's revolting porn mine.
Later on that day, Conor called me into his room to show me the website. They were in complete shock at the sheer volume of time and effort Dick had devoted to his website. He had gone so far as to create a game where visitors to the site could dress up puppies in sexy lingerie and ghastly costumes. You know that pokemon that evolves into Haunter at level 25? Anyway, we all agreed that Dick had to be kicked out of the house. It was only a matter of hours before Dick would be out on the street.
Step 5 – Lie to the Police
I was pretty surprised when the police called to the door looking for Dick. It turned out that Conor had phoned the police after discovering the twisted website. Unknown to me at the time, the police take this kind of thing very seriously. They assured Conor that Dick would be put away for a long time.
When Dick came home, the police were waiting for him in his room. They wrestled him to the ground and put him in handcuffs. As the two policemen dragged Dick through the living room, he turned to me, stared me directly in the eyes and said…
Derek! Tell them I didn't do it! You know I had nothing to do with this! You're my friend Derek!
The two policemen looked at me for an answer. I had a moral obligation to fulfill.
He's guilty officers. I saw him rape a cat and put its bloody carcass in the attic above his room.
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To the Editor:
On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, the Long Term Facilities Planning Committee (LTFPC) voted to submit a recommendation to the Warwick School Committee to close Gorton Junior High School. The vote was a tight one with two members not present and two who chose to abstain. However, the outcome of that vote had no bearing whatsoever on whether Dr. Richard D'Agostino, superintendent of Warwick Schools, was going to make the recommendation. He made it very clear to both the LTFPC as well as the people who attended the meeting that he would go forward with the recommendation to close the school no matter which way the committee voted. He also claimed that the committee has been working toward the determination to close the school for the past two years. As a member of the committee since it's inception in November 2011, I was never informed that the committee was charged with closing a junior high school. In fact, we were told that there were many options we should consider. When it was found that student population numbers were unclear, the committee voted to disband and revisit the problem of declining student population at another time.
In December of 2012, the LTFPC met for the first time in nearly a year. We reviewed what we had discussed last year and were re-oriented as to the mission of the committee. On Jan. 2, 2013, the committee met again and it was decided we would break into two subcommittees. It was also made clear (as is in the minutes) that the subcommittees would bring their findings to the LTFPC. The Short Term Committee met many times and at the last meeting in February, they voted to close Gorton. When asked by a member of the Short Term Committee if this decision was going to go back to the LTFPC, Dr. D'Agostino said "no" and that he was going to make his recommendations directly to the Warwick School Committee. This caused concern for the remaining members, myself included, and we requested a full committee meeting. He relented and we had the meeting on March 6. Again, he made it clear that no matter what the committee decided, he was going to go to the School Committee with his recommendation.
Why the need for a committee at all? Many of our members left work early for each meeting because they were held at 3 p.m. and to most people that is the middle of the workday. They came to the meetings anyway because of the wish to be involved in a process that would impact our children and all the children who attend Warwick Public Schools. Dr. D'Agostino made it clear that the decision to close a school has been the goal for the past two years. Again, why the need for a committee? We were NEVER told that LTFPC was, in fact, a consolidation committee. If the decision was already made, then our time should never have been wasted.
My question to Dr. D'Agostino regarding the impact on curriculum was met with a response that was less than reassuring. The committee never researched the impact on curriculum in the event we should vote to close a school. I felt that we should have done so before taking a final vote. The committee never received a plan for the two remaining schools should they have to absorb the students from Gorton or if the situation were reversed (Aldrich closing) and it was Gorton and Winman that would be effected. Transportation reporting was spotty at best, and again no clear plan was presented to the committee.
I am not an educator, but I am a parent and a taxpayer and I expect my children, as well as all of the children in this district, to have an education that is either equivalent to or better than a private school. No one should have to choose between attending public school and private school when we live in a city that receives so much in revenues from its residents. Not only am I disappointed with the decision to close a school without a clear and specific goal; I am disappointed in the way the process unfolded.
Jackie Harris-Connor
Jackie Harris-Connor is a member of the long-range committee
Shame on you superintendent if you or the school committee members close any schools in this city remember warwick residents are watching you and the current members just to see if any school closes and if they do all of you who voted for the closure of gorton jr high we the residents of this city will elect new officials so shame on any of you including u Dr Dagostino for you asking to close a school
K goslin, learn how to read a balance sheet. Then send your kids to private school.
Rule #1 in any administrative heirarchy, but especially those of a government/public sector nature: Before announcing a decision, establish a "committee" that will endorse your decision. That way, no single individual is ever responsible for the decision. Ms. Connor, you were undoubtedly well-intentioned when you decided to participate in this committee. But you were clearly duped. Not surprising, however. If you truly believe that junior high and high school-aged kids in Warwick "...have an education that is either equivalent to or better than a private school", you are also living in a fantasy world. kgoslin is Exhibit A of why local elected officials know that they are immune from the voting, lemming public.
Mr. Stark..It is not "living in a fantasy world" to expect more bang for the buck. You clearly did not read the remainder of my letter. My intention was that we should not have to accept a substandard public education given the amount of money each homeowner in Warwick pays in taxes. We need to look no further than our neighbors to the north..in Massachusetts to see how public education should be addressed. We should not be looking at any Rhode Island public school systems for example..considering our public schools place in the bottom three states nationally. Do you not believe our children deserve better? I do...guess I am "living in a fantasy world." ...oh and Exhibit A is EXACTLY why we should demand better of our school department.
...One more thing Mr. Stark..I did not say that secondary school students in Warwick are currently receiving an equivalent level of education as their private school counterparts..I said for the amount of money in taxes this City takes from its residents the public schools should be on level with private schools....
jackie: Exhorbitant expenditures have NEVER equated to better public schools. If that were the case, families would be flocking to beacons of assumed academic excellence such as Providence, Boston, Lawrence and Lynn, MA, and Bridgeport, Ct. In fact, there is a negative correlation between publc expenditures and measurable academic outcomes. Government-run schools have never, and will never improve as a function of taxpayer demand. One need look no further than a former US Sec. of Education's characterization of the education beaurocracy when he referred to it as "The Blob". You wish to "expect more" from a beaurocracy that just used you as a means to justify their end!! How much "more" should we expect from this bunch? While I am sympathetic to your laudable view of things as they should be, I am a realist and see things as they are, have always been, and are likely to remain. With the exception of high income communities, there are virtually no cities or towns in New England where local public schools are on a par with private schools. Keep in mimd, however, that Catholic schools spend significanlty LESS than their local public school counterparts for a far superior product. The ONLY way this changes is through competition, and that means vouchers. Can we agree? If not, I'll await the measurable outcomes of more well-intentioned committee assignments.
Mr.Stark, I'd concede some of your points but also would you agree that a direct comparison between public schools and private schools has to include the fact that publics have to take everyone, regardless of their ability? Private schools have the luxury of being selective in who they take. That's significant. I also find it a bit ironic that,in many cases, should a private school kid require services not offered by their school, guess who has to provide the service? The public school. Also, public schools pay for private school busing and, i think, textbooks. Some would argue that "we'll, if the publics don't provide this kind of support, then many of those kids would end up in the publics" and yet some of those same people are the ones who bash the publics any chance they can. I'd like to call their bluff. Let privates pay for their own busing, textbooks etc. publics will always ave a more difficult time than the privates - especially in urban areas. Charters can help there and they should but also remember that charters can take kid with 'problems' and once they get the state funding for that child, they can send that kid back to the public school and guess what? - they get to keep that funding while the public gets the kid back without the funding! I'm all for fair play but that reeks. Competition does work but its not a panacea that will magically solve all of the public school issues. Vouchers sound great and in areas they've been instiuted there have been successes and failures.
John Stark...did I say we needed to dump more money into the school district? I think not. By the way, have you been to Franklin, Ma...or North Attleboro...both are towns with large populations which are comparable to Warwick...both have outstanding public school systems which are on par with the private sector. There are many more communities like the ones I mention throughout New England who are demanding more of their public school systems...it's not that outrageous to expect a better performance from ours...by the way...will you be running for City Council in the near future? School Committee? Mayor? You have all the answers...why not put them to good use? Ugh. Why do I bother responding to you at all? ;)
It's now up to the school committee to show Mr. D'Agostinto that he has a boss. Let's hope the school committee does the right thing and asks for the study of the effect of closing a school be done as it should have been before the vote was even made. This went down just like last time, they only create a committee as a facade for what their real plan is. They have no intention of listening to the recommendations of people that are not in line with their ultimate plan. We need more people to run for school committee to take control of this situation or we're doomed.
Jackie- Because I work in the dreaded private sector I've had little time to respond. The "...you have all the answers..." comment says it all. It is meant to trivialize futher comments, and I understand that. Tragically, you fall into the requisite RI trap in that anyone with a contrary view either needs to run for public office or simply shut up because government is always the answer. If you are correct and I am wrong, the following will occur: Warwick's group achievement test results will improve because taxpayers 'demand it', students from Franklin and No. Attleboro will stop flocking to Bishop Feehan and Xaverian, and families will move to Warwick due to the superiority of it's public schools. I won't hold my breath on any of the above. I do, however, respect your civic conscience as exemplified by serving on this committee. Perhaps you should next serve on the committee charged with determining which high school should close.


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GLENDALE — On a sunny, sleepy Saturday morning, all looks calm outside the Glendale Fighting Club.
But a closer look inside the windowed walls of the Brand Blvd. training center reveals a bustling gym housing a pair of fighters putting in the final preparations for what are arguably the most monumental bouts in their burgeoning careers.
Taking center stage is Ronda Rousey, the first-ever and newly crowned Ultimate Fighting Championship women's bantamweight champion. Rousey, an undefeated phenom inside the cage and fast-rising superstar outside of it, will headline Saturday's UFC 157 "Rousey vs. Carmouche" pay-per-view on Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim in the organization's first-ever women's bout.
Just a night earlier live on Showtime's "Shobox" series, Art "Lionheart" Hovhannisyan will challenge Alejandro Perez in the main event for the interim North American Boxing Assn. super featherweight interim title.
Indeed, these are busy days at the Glendale Fighting Club, as media and fan attention is at a high and, at the center of it all, trainer Edmond Tarverdyan is steadfast in his preparation for his charge's title fights — and what will be the two biggest nights thus far for the corner gym.
"What I love to do is panning out," Tarverdyan said. "I'm happy with what's happening."
Perhaps surprisingly, Friday and Saturday's big nights could've actually been bigger for the GFC. Originally, UFC featherweight Manny Gamburyan was scheduled to fight Chad Mendes on the pay-per-view undercard of Rousey's bout, but Gamburyan suffered fractures in his elbow and thumb and was forced to pull out of his fight. On the "Shobox" undercard, GFC boxer Gapo Tolmajyan was also a possibility to fight, but it "just didn't happen," said George Bastmajyan, Hovhannisyan and Tolmajyan's manager.
"Funny thing is we were gonna have two [fights] on each card," Bastmajyan said. "I think there's a little less pressure now."
Still, the buzz and the frenzy at the GFC has hardly subsided.
"Really crazy," said Bastmajyan, who, in addition to his full-time job at Sony Studios and managing the GFC boxers, said he still tries to stop by the gym three to four times a week to help out. "Honestly, even at work, people are like, 'Can I come to the gym and get a picture with Ronda?' Even with Art, they're like, 'Can I come by and see the guy who's fighting on Showtime?'
"The word is out now about the gym."
But Tarverdyan, long praised by his fighters for his dedication and work ethic, maintains that he's balancing it all well.
"It's hectic, but I'm used to it," Tarverdyan said. "They're both ready to go. They're looking very good."
And for Tarverdyan, a 31-year-old Glendale High graduate who's been running his own gym since the age of 16, while the buzz and recognition for the gym has been on the rise for a few years now, this week is definitely a milestone moment.
"It's the main event on pay-per-view and it's the main event on Showtime," said Tarverdyan, who's also a former muay Thai champion and sports a 2-0 mixed-martial-arts record. "I'm very happy."
While the gym has housed its fair share of rising talent such as Gamburyan, Hovhannisyan and even undefeated boxer Vanes Martirosyan for a time, Rousey has clearly garnered the largest notice as her star is perhaps brighter than any other MMA fighter's right now — male or female. Fan mail, onlookers, autograph seekers and even at least one random sparring volunteer pop into the gym along with a barrage of media from the hometown paper to Time Magazine, ESPN, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and film crews from HBO and the UFC.
"It's hard to keep everybody out and say wait 'til training's done to get Ronda's autograph," Tarverdyan said. "It's a little more thought that we have to put in than when we were here alone."
Just 26 and already hailed as the best female fighter in the world, Rousey has seemingly become an old pro at dealing with the attention. She seems to personify the "it" factor with her total package of athletic dominance, sharp tongue, good looks and winning smile. And it's all combined to make her a media darling.
"It's tough, but I'm kind of in the rhythm of it," said Rousey, whose star began to rise substantially in the build-up to her March of 2011 Strikeforce title fight with champion Miesha Tate and truly caught fire after Rousey's first-round win over her rival. "It's really never gone away since the Miesha fight.
"I feel like this is just what my environment is."
And, in large part, the environment has enveloped the Glendale Fighting Club, which, on a sleepy Saturday was a week away from concluding the biggest two-night span in its history.
"I think it's the best gym," said Hovhannisyan, who added he believes him and Rousey main-eventing cards on consecutive nights will be the start of a great year. "Then we begin the year with victories."
While Rousey, the first-ever United States women's medalist in judo, boasts a 6-0 record comprised of first-round finishes, prepares for opponent Liz Carmouche (7-2), Hovhannisyan (15-0-2, eight knockouts) will battle for his first title against Perez (16-3-1, 11 KOs) and, as usual, Tarverdyan will be in the corner for both.
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Edinburgh Rugby today confirmed that lock Izak van der Westhuizen will return to South Africa at the end of the season to join the Eastern Province Kings.
The 28-year-old was signed by former head coach Michael Bradley ahead of the 2012/13 campaign from Super Rugby side Free State Cheetahs.
His debut season in the capital was hampered by an ankle injury, limiting the big South African to six appearances after his early-December arrival, however he has gone on to make 19 starts in 24 appearances for the club to date.
During his second season, van der Westhuizen and wife Bonita also celebrated the birth of their now six-month old daughter, and he explained the chance to move closer to home played a big part in his decision.
He said: "I've really enjoyed my time at the club, especially in the last couple of months without injury.
"I'm settled in Edinburgh and really enjoy the city but I'm from a very tight-knit family and the chance to be closer to them was one of the biggest, most important reasons – we'll be a one hour away instead of 11.
Scotland will always have a special place for me and I'll be able to look back on a lot of good times.
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In June, we will pause to celebrate the 10th anniversary of having a draft human genome sequence; at the same time, we will reflect how this accomplishment was barely the beginning of the genomic era, and how we can shape a future that uses genomics to improve human health.
The federal government created the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for an initial single purpose — to lead the Human Genome Project (HGP). This historic project began in October 1990 — 20 years ago; we'll celebrate that milestone, too, later this year. Because of the highly focused nature of the HGP objectives, NHGRI produced regular "strategic plans" to ensure that the project stayed on track. These plans were published in 1991, 1993 and 1998. They were very different from typical research proposals because they set objectives and formal production goals.
At the completion of the HGP in 2003, NHGRI released its most recent strategic plan; this one provided a more open-ended "blueprint" for the future of genomics, describing opportunities made possible by having in hand a complete human genome sequence.
Seven years later, it is time to develop a new strategic blueprint. Many goals proposed in the 2003 plan have been accomplished, while others are still being pursued. Meanwhile, new scientific opportunities (and challenges) have appeared on the horizon. We have started to understand the genetic contributions to common diseases, but also have encountered unexpected complexities. We have developed new DNA sequencing technologies that have greatly reduced the cost for sequencing a human genome, but data management and analysis have quickly become bottlenecks.
To organize NHGRI's vision for capitalizing on these new opportunities and for addressing these challenges, we aim to develop a new strategic plan for genomics by the end of 2010. There are multiple components to the planning process leading up to the generation of this plan, all of which are summarized at www.genome.gov/planning. We intend to unveil a draft version of this new strategy at a major gathering of leaders in the field in July, aiming to get their critical feedback and suggestions prior to publication of a final version by the end of the year. Our goal is to have a robust new strategic plan that will guide genomics research and genomic medicine for most of the second decade of the 21st century.
To bring a celebratory end to this exciting and busy 2010, NHGRI will host a major symposium in December to reflect on the last 20 years of genomic accomplishments and to showcase our new strategic plan. Despite 2010 being my 'rookie year' as NHGRI director, it is apparent that the institute is spectacularly busy. Such is the norm for the genomics era!
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October 1998 General Conference
"By What Power . . . Have Ye Done This?"
by President James E. Faust
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
The priesthood of God has become the eminent power for good in the world. . . . This great power . . . has been entrusted to us; we must not weaken it by failing in our responsibilities.
My beloved brethren, I express my love and appreciation to you for your devotion and faithfulness as the bearers of the priesthood of God.
Earlier this year, my three sons and I visited the sites in France where my father fought in the U.S. Army in World War I. Great was the suffering and terrible were the consequences to all involved in that war. Millions lost their lives. Although my father was not killed, he carried mental and physical scars until he died. Despite his terrifying experiences, he prefaced his diary as follows: "If I had to do it again, I would do it because it was my duty."1 As we traveled 80 years later through the beautiful countryside, we visited battle sites and cemeteries of the combatants on both sides. In the military cemetery outside Paris, with my hand resting on Stanford Hinckley's cross, I called President Hinckley on a cellular phone to express my feelings on that occasion.
World War I was particularly tragic for our family because my father had some second cousins serving on the other side of that conflict in some of the same general battle areas. We eventually became acquainted with these relatives and found them to be decent, God-fearing Christians. They had nothing to do with the grand geopolitics or causes of the war. Like my father, they were serving their country because it was their duty. World War I and the wars that followed brought such great suffering and caused the deaths of countless innocent people. In its simplest terms, wars are so often caused by a great lust for power.
Tonight I wish to talk to you young men of the priesthood about power and its proper use and its companion, the performance of duty. Power is highly attractive. It can be both good and bad. In your formative years, you young men are attracted to power figures of one kind or another. These often include sports idols, entertainers, people of wealth, and those who have political power. Unfortunately, some young men, particularly those who fall short scholastically, who don't make the team, or who are not chosen to sing in a specially selected choir may feel rejected and be lured into groups that they think will compensate for their inadequacies. This hunger for acceptance or power draws them like a moth to a flame to street gangs and other associations that can be violent and encourage habits which are dangerous to the body and to the soul.
You young holders of the priesthood have access to the greatest power source in the world. It is the priesthood of God. In complete contrast to other power sources, the holy priesthood, through its proper exercise, continues to build spiritual and physical strength which endures through the eternities. It is "inseparably connected with the powers of heaven" and can be "handled only upon the principles of righteousness."2 Regarding the priesthood, the Prophet Joseph Smith stated: "[It] is the channel through which all knowledge, doctrine, the plan of salvation, and every important matter is revealed from heaven. . . . It is the channel through which the Almighty . . . has continued to reveal Himself to the children of men to the present time, and through which He will make known His purposes to the end of time."3
This power comes in proportion to our faithfulness in fulfilling our duties. As the Prophet Joseph observed, "The Lord gave us power in proportion to the work to be done, and strength according to the race set before us, and grace and help as our needs required."4 As an example, the prophet Elijah, using his priesthood, was able to call forth fire from heaven to demonstrate the power of God.
Before President Hugh B. Brown was a General Authority, he served in England as an officer in the Canadian army and had great power. Men stood at attention before him and called him "sir." One day Brother Brown received a message that he was wanted in the hospital. When he got there, someone directed him to a little room where a sick young man lay. Brother Brown remembered that he had once been that young man's Sunday School teacher. "Brother Brown," said the young man, "would you use your authority in my behalf? The doctors say I cannot live. Will you give me a blessing?" All the pride Brother Brown felt in wearing the uniform of the king disappeared as he laid his hands upon the boy's head and gave him a blessing. The help that the boy needed was not from any authority of an officer in the king's army but from the authority of the priesthood.5
With the power of the priesthood come weighty responsibilities. Indeed, we can enjoy priesthood power only when we do our duty. The priesthood of this Church has in the past received some hard lessons regarding its duty. The early brethren were untested and untried. Under the Prophet Joseph's leadership, the Lord taught them and sifted them. They were persecuted and driven unmercifully in learning to do their duty. Many failed. Three times some of the early brethren endured searing, refining trials before they ultimately found refuge in these mountain valleys.
The first of these tests was Zion's Camp in the spring and summer of 1834. The second came just four years later in removing thousands of Saints from the state of Missouri to Illinois. Twelve years later came the epic exodus from Illinois to Winter Quarters and the next year to the mountain valleys of the western part of the continent.
Zion's Camp was formed to reestablish the Saints in Jackson County, Missouri. In this "effort to redeem Zion,"6 some 200 men traveled more than a thousand miles in the most trying circumstances under the personal leadership of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
George A. Smith, age 16, was selected to go on the camp and recorded some of the suffering, trials, and hardships the brethren endured. He stated that on May 26, 1834, "The day was exceedingly hot and we suffered much from thirst and were compelled to drink the water from sloughs which were filled with living creatures. Here I learned to strain wigglers with my teeth."7 The next day, an exhausted Solomon Humphrey lay down on the ground and fell asleep. "When he awoke he saw a rattlesnake coiled up within one foot of his head . . . [lying] between him and his hat, which he had in his hand when he fell asleep. The brethren gathered around him, saying, 'It is a rattlesnake, let us kill it.' Brother Humphrey said, 'No! I'll protect him, you shant hurt him for he and I have had a good nap together.'"8 I have no desire to have a nap with a rattlesnake!
Brother George A. Smith recorded: "The Prophet Joseph took a full share of the fatigues of the entire journey. In addition to the care of providing for the Camp and presiding over it, he walked most of the time and had a full proportion of blistered bloody and sore feet, which was the natural result of walking from 25 to 40 miles a day in a hot season of the year. But during the entire trip he never uttered a murmur or complaint, while most of the men in the Camp complained to him of . . . scanty supply of provisions, poor quality of bread, . . . maggotty bacon and cheese, &c. . . . Yet we were the Camp of Zion, and many of us were prayerless, thoughtless, careless, heedless, foolish or devilish. . . . Joseph had to bear with us and tutor us, like children. There were many, however, in the Camp who never murmured and who were always ready and willing to do as our leaders desired."9
Although Zion's Camp failed in its stated purpose of restoring the Saints to their lands in Jackson County, Missouri, it was invaluable as a stern schooling. They learned that faith is more important than life itself. At a conference held February 14, 1835, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the Seventy were chosen from the ranks of those who had served in Zion's Camp. These valiant brethren led the Church for the next 50 years.
The Lord taught another great priesthood duty during this period of Church history. In section 104 the Lord set forth the order of the Church concerning the poor: "Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel, unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment."10 With this precedent, in January 1839, during the exodus from Missouri, many of the brethren covenanted to "stand by and assist one another . . . till there shall not be one left who desires to remove from the state."11
In the bitter cold of February 1839, Daniel Stillwell Thomas reflected, "Before we crossed [the Mississippi River] we unloaded our wagon and sent it back to asist [sic] in removing the poor and thus to save their lives the mob still threatning them."12 Daniel Thomas had five children and only one pair of shoes between them, yet he still sent the wagon back to save the destitute Saints.
Later, on October 6, 1845, a body of the priesthood met in the Nauvoo Temple and solemnly signed their names to a written covenant to provide the means for taking the poor and the destitute with the body of the Saints in the great migration west. In 1846 the Council decided the trustees might even sell the temples in Nauvoo and Kirtland and all of the property of the Church to help the Saints move westward.13
The continuing duty of the priesthood of the Church today is to care for all members, including the poor and the needy, the widows, the orphans, the single mothers and their families. We have an additional duty in our time to increase our labors to love the spiritually poor among our brethren so that they and their families might enjoy "peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come."14
You young men of the Aaronic Priesthood have only glimpsed the satisfaction that comes through the righteous exercise of your priesthood. This priesthood holds "the key of the ministering of angels."15 Priests may be permitted to perform the sacred ordinance of baptism in order to have our sins removed. The Aaronic Priesthood administers and passes the sacred emblems of the sacrament. Both ordinances relate directly to the Savior's Atonement. In addition, as home teaching companions you are to help watch over the Church, urging members "to pray . . . and attend to all family duties."16
Another duty particularly pertains to you wonderful young men. That is the duty to follow the counsel of those in authority over you. Listen to your parents. Be obedient to them whether you agree with them or not. They love you more than anyone else and have your best interests at heart. Listen to your quorum president, your bishop, your stake president, the apostles, seers, and revelators and especially President Hinckley, as well as the other General Authorities of the Church. They will lead you into the ways of righteousness.
The priesthood of God has become the eminent power for good in the world. We are no longer a handful of people on the fringes of society. This great power for good has been entrusted to us; we must not weaken it by failing in our responsibilities. We must buckle on the armor of righteousness. We have the duty to be worthy in every respect so that we can invoke all of the great powers of the priesthood. We must be totally honest in all our dealings. We must be morally clean. We must help the poor and the needy. As the great army of God, we have the charge to foster the cause of truth and righteousness all over the world.
Brethren, we are the authorized servants of the risen Christ. With this authority comes the duty to move this holy work forward across the world. We are part of the greatest brotherhood in all the world. We will be held accountable for what we do with the keys, power, and authority granted to us. We must be true to this great trust in every way.
As we look to the future, we will continue to have obstacles, difficulties, challenges, and opposition. Satan has more tools at his disposal than ever before to deceive, distract, and corrupt our people. We will continue to be winnowed. One day in the future, we will have to account through President Gordon B. Hinckley to the Prophet Joseph for what we have done with this great power which the Lord has invested in us.
We are grateful that the work of God moves forward as powerfully as it does under the leadership of President Gordon B. Hinckley. After the death of the Savior, His Apostles did great and marvelous things in His name. Peter and John were asked by Caiaphas and the high priests, "By what power . . . have ye done this?"17 Like Peter, we declare to the world that all this happens by and through the power of the holy priesthood and in the "name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth."18
This is my solemn witness in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
1. George A. Faust diary, in author's possession, 1.
3. History of the Church, 4:207.
4. History of the Church, 1:176.
5. Adapted from Hugh B. Brown, "Be What You Will to Be," Brigham Young University Speeches of the Year (14 Feb. 1967), 89.
6. B. H. Roberts, introduction to History of the Church, 3:x1.
7. "History of George Albert Smith," typescript, Historical Department, Archives Division, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 17.
8. "History of George Albert Smith," 18.
9. "History of George Albert Smith," 33.
11. History of the Church, 3:251; see also 3:250, 25255.
12. "To the Editor and Readers of the Lehi Post" (n.d.), Historical Department, Archives Division, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3.
13. See Brigham Young, Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 18461847, comp. Elden J. Watson (1971), 145.
17. Acts 4:7.
18. Acts 4:10.
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This is my first ever project i did in DirectX. It was created again for a university project at the start of the year in 2004. I had ambitious plans for a dynamic mesh manipulation application so the user could create their own personal avatar for a MMORPG.
This was a tech demo I created for one of my final projects in my second year of university. Due to the severe time restrictions at the end of the term i wasnt able to do the project i wanted to (ToyTown MMORPG) so insted of trying to struggle and force a large project into a small time frame i decided not to do a MMORPG.


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I'm a Hawks fan living in Quebec, Canada (just North of Vermont). Here, Seahawks games rarely passed on TV.
I usually watch them through a streaming that is non-HD.
I want to know if any of you knows a good free LEGAL streaming in HD for today's game?
Also, I'm attending the game in Toronto in 2 weeks. I want to know if players are reachable before the game? By that I mean if I stand close to the field, are there any chances that a player can come up to me and sign my jersey.
Wish everyone a good Sunday!
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Fincar are a large Finance Brokerage house. As Australia's specialist car finance provider we are expertly equipped to find you the car finance solution that's right for you. Whether it's a cheap consumer car loan, a short term operating lease or a fully maintained novated lease or car lease through our extensive panel of automotive finance lenders, we are sure to be able to find you one of the most competitive vehicle loans.
The Target Audience are: Employees looking to take up Novated Leasing or find out more information about Novated Leasing. They may not be aware of Novated Leasing, how it works, what the benefits are or of they are eligable for one. They may be employees of small businesses with up to 10 employees, right through to employees of government departments with 1000's of employees.
Our main colours are Blue and Orange (You can get the colours off the website) http://www.fincar.com.au
We want something Bold but also Modern. I have attached the wording in a Word Doc. The front page doesn't have much writing so just be creative with colours, shapes etc keeping in mind the blue and orange theme. Feel free to include a person, cartoon, car etc.
Just one thing needs to be done, please ensure that: 'Automotive Finance Solutions' is under the Fincar Logo.
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Peter Maruff needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
Exit Live
EXIT Live is a live music recording and sales business. EXIT Live creates high-quality recordings of live music events and sells the recordings to music fans worldwide. EXIT Live not only records and creates the music for sale at the event, we also design, market and distribute the live recordings through a variety of post-event channels.
Appeal to a younger crowd (live music fans) without alienating the old timers.
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- Possibly making the "E" (from Exit) into some kind of standalone symbol e.g. which could be used as a pendant or other standalone marketing item.
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FAWNSKIN – A 30 acre fire near Fawnskin is 50 percent contained but could be fully contained by Friday, U.S. Forest Service officials said Sunday.
The fire, which was first reported around 5:30 p.m. Saturday near Polique Canyon and Holcomb Valley roads, has not threatened structures. said Carol Underhill, spokeswoman for the Forest Service Sunday afternoon. No evacuations have been required
The fire is being fueled by trees and other vegetation, Underhill said.
"We're a little bit worried about the low humidity," she said, adding the fire's size could increase but firefighters are "cautiously optimistic" and think it could be contained sometime Monday.
During the night the blaze was less aggressive in some areas but it did make some isolated runs in others, she said.
The blaze sparked two spot fires, one of about 5 acres and a smaller ? acre fire, during the night, Underhill said.
The main portion of the fire is about 25 acres and the smaller one is about 5 acres.
Firefighters continue battling the blaze from both the ground and the air Sunday.
At least one water dropping air tanker was being used Sunday morning, Underhill said. Additional resources, including two additional tankers and two helicopters used Saturday, are still available should they be needed Sunday, she said.
Polique Canyon and Coxey roads are closed as a result of the fire, she said.
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Bridport is a historic, market town with a strong community spirit. One and a half miles to the south of the town centre and within the town boundary lies West Bay, a small picturesque fishing harbour formerly known as Bridport Harbour.
Bridport market is held on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Bridport and West Bay are recognised as gateway towns for the Jurassic Coast.
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Austin Dental Center needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
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we want to update our look with a new logo on our cards, stationary and website
Austin Dental Center, PC
We have an established, upbeat, practice, but our logo is very dated. We have an office with "Texas chic" decor ( a little rustic, but no cowboys!) and we like muted tones. You can get an idea of our personality on our website - smileaustin.com
- Item 1...muted colors; we would like to keep it to 2 or 3 colors; not childish, yet simple and memorable
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Peter Falk, Star of 'Columbo,' Dead at 83
Actor Peter Falk, who for decades played the titular character on the detective telepic series 'Columbo,' died Thursday night at his home in Beverly Hills, CA. He was 83.
Falk had been suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's, which was first made public in December 2008, according to the AP. The actor "died peacefully," his family said in a statement.


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I came across a great article by the folks at FullTimeNanny.com entitled; "What Should a Nanny Do if her Boss is Upset with Her", and I immediately saw the cross-over potential that this article brings for those new to the workforce or as a refresher to those already in the workforce for a few years.
Sometimes you know when your boss is upset with you and sometimes there will be no clue, and depending upon the severity of the situation and the potential repercussions, you may want to consider the possibility that your job could be in danger. So once you figure it out, it's best to get in the habit of coming clean with mistakes as soon as they happen, getting used to giving your boss the heads' up where you think there may be a problem down the road, and documenting situations rather than waiting with bated breath for them to be found out.
This article highlights the following important things to remember when deciding to come clean;
- Realize That These Things Are Rarely Permanent – Unless you have done something on purpose with the intent on causing someone harm, or damaging the reputation of your employer of the business you work in, the chances of your employer resorting to drastic disciplinary measures are fairly slim. Provided that you've been an otherwise good employee, most employers would rather resolve an existing problem than take on the task of sorting through dozens of resumes and conducting numerous interviews in effort to get someone who may be better than you, or may be worse than you. Better the devil you know, is the saying. That being said, it's not wise to be too secure in your position; if you're overly cocky and consistently go against what your employer decides for you, they will let you go.
- Confront the Issue Head-On – If you know that your employer is angry but haven't been approached with a reprimand or a request for an explanation, it's best to take the bull by the horns and approach him or her with your concerns. It's especially smart to make an effort to mend fences if you know why your employer is upset and agree that you are in the wrong. Letting the situation go unacknowledged for too long can cause resentment to build up and exacerbate the problem, so don't dodge your employer in hopes that things will blow over.
- Be Honest – Should your employer confront you with questions about an incident in which you know you were in the wrong, don't give into the temptation to cover your tracks. Admitting that you were wrong and are willing to accept any penalties as a result of your poor choices shows strong character and moral fiber; in addition to being the right thing to do, it may also impress your employer enough that they second-guess their outrage.
- Keep Your Own Temper in Check – Being accused of misconduct, whether you're guilty or innocent, is enough to put almost anyone on the defensive. Taking this tack with your employer as a reaction to questioning or accusations will only escalate the situation, and perhaps lead to the loss of your position, which you would otherwise have been able to retain. Remember the old adage about flies and honey and realize that anger, even of the righteous variety, will get you nowhere in these situations.
- Accept Responsibility For Your Actions – Attempting to pass the buck, or blame someone else for your failure to perform properly or your momentary lapse in judgment, isn't likely to endear you to your already-upset employer. Instead face the consequences of a poor choice as gracefully as possible. Whining or shifting blame isn't just ineffective, it's often downright counterproductive. In addition if you blame someone else and your employer decides to keep you, then you run the risk of them finding out and that relationship is damaged for good.
- Make a Concerted Effort to Make Up – It's easy to hold your breath and hope that a tumultuous period in your relationship with your employer will pass without any attempts to mend fences on your part, but that's almost never the case. Extending the olive branch isn't always the easiest thing to do, especially if you feel that you have nothing to apologize for; still, preserving that relationship, and perhaps your post itself, may depend upon your ability to do just that.
- Keep the Conversation Behind Closed Doors – Never, ever, ever discuss a bad situation with friends, colleagues or staff. They do not need to hear you air your grievances or discuss an ongoing problem you have with your employer. Even in the largest, most densely populated cities, most social circles are relatively small and people will talk. Letting news of your woes get back to your employers is a surefire way to make them give up on you altogether, so make sure that you keep any and all conversations about the state of your relationship with your employers and the details surrounding it away from the public eye.
If, after all this you notice that things are not getting better for you, then start looking for a new job – it's so much easier when you are already employed – and approach your employer with a request for a reference letter or recommendation because not only will they give it to you if they want you out but don't want to fire you, but also it gives them time to start the search process themselves.


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"I don't remember it happening because I fell asleep at the wheel, but when I woke up we were in an accident." -Candy Baldwin, as told to the Washington Post from her bed in Maryland Shock Trauma Center, following an accident on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge that left truck driver John Short dead.
Let me give you this scenario. A young truck driver (let's say 25 or 26, been driving for three years now) falls asleep at the wheel of his 80,000-pound rig and causes an accident, leaving a 57 year-old man dead - a man with a wife and kids.
The trucker has no record; he's a good kid, well liked by friends, co-workers, and family. His log book is clean, but he'd been at a friend's wedding, stayed up most of the day and night, before going on duty at 3 a.m. Didn't get a lot of sleep - in fact, didn't sleep much at all, though he was off-duty for the required 10 hours.
(The Chesapeake Bay Bridge -- site of Sunday's tragic car-truck crash.)
The accident itself is front-page news - ties up weekend traffic on a major bridge for a whole day, leaving thousands of people stuck for hours, fuming in their cars - as it happens not 50 miles from the nation's capital.
What do you think happens next?
Several things you can count on: civil lawsuits by the dead man's family against the truck driver and his company, alongside manslaughter charges against the trucker from the state. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) would swoop in to perform an exhaustive safety audit of the company and there would be more press conferences than you can count by politicians, safety groups, etc., calling for more laws, stiffer penalties, and greater enforcement, covering the entire trucking industry in broad, brutal brushstrokes of negligence, incompetence, and other vitriolic prose.
OK then. Now let's flip it around.
Car driver, just 19 years old: up all night at her mother's wedding. Falls asleep at the wheel. Resulting accident leaves 57 year-old truck driver dead and traffic snarled for days. You know the accident I'm talking about, too.
Now what happens? More importantly, what's not going to happen?
[First of all, give the kid credit. She admitted she fell asleep. And my heart goes out to her in a big way - not only is her body badly broken, not only does she face years of physical rehabilitation, she'll never ever forget that this crash killed somebody.]
First of all, there's no logbook to check. She's not required to have one. No rule says she must have 10 hours off duty before getting behind the wheel. (Not that the 10-hour rule would've automatically made her well-rested and ready to drive - you can't legislate good sleep, just the way you can't legislate human behavior, though try as we might).
You also won't see FMCSA visiting her anytime soon. And public press conferences, by politicians and national safety groups, condemning her in harsh, provocative language? I sincerely (and hopefully) doubt it.
Here's the thing, though, and this is important. Fatigue caused this accident between the car and the truck - and fatigue is a far, far greater problem for car drivers than truckers.
(You just can't legislate good, restful sleep -- for truckers or car drivers.)
You may remember the FMCSA's exhaustive Large Truck Crash Causation Study published last year. Based on three years worth of study and a detailed examination of over 965 truck-car collisions, the feds found that car drivers caused 55% of those crashes. More importantly, however, they also discovered that on average car drivers we're TWICE as likely to be fatigued as truck drivers.
The study also found that human error was by far the leading cause of these crashes, ranked among the top eight factors for truckers and car drivers. But notice the huge differences in exactly what KINDS of human error are involved between the two groups:
Truck drivers:
1. Following too close
2. Made illegal maneuver
3. Inadequate surveillance
4. Traveling too fast for conditions
5. Inattention
6. Stop required
7. External distraction
8. Brake problems
Car drivers:
1. Illegal maneuver
2. Fatigue
3. Illness
4. Inattention
5. Internal distraction
6. Inadequate surveillance
7. Illegal drugs
8. Too fast for conditions
Is it not surprising that fatigue, illness, and illegal drug use are major issues in the crashes FMCSA studied among CAR DRIVERS ... yet not truck drivers? That maybe logbooks, medical qualifications and random drug testing might be needed for CAR DRIVERS today? It does make one wonder ...
It brings to mind something Jeffrey Loftus, a transportation safety technology specialist with FMCSA, said during PeopleNet's 6th annual User Conference last week: "Everyone is to blame in these crashes; the bottom line is, it's a shared responsibility."
That's a truth, however, we're having a hard time recognizing in our driving culture.


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Rapper Sues ESPN, Amazon, And1 For Promoting His Song Like Crazy
from the how-dare-you... deptEric Goldman was kind enough to send over this somewhat odd lawsuit by the rapper Michael "Dutch" Jackson, filed against And1, ESPN, Amazon and others. The lawsuit is a little confusing and odd on many levels, but let's see if we can get through the basics. Jackson apparently wrote a hiphop song called "I Am The Greatest," which he claims he had not published or released. Somehow (and it does not appear to be explained how), shoe maker And1 got ahold of this unpublished unreleased song and (according to Jackson) put it on one of a series of mixtapes it was releasing as part of a marketing ploy to sell shoes. Apparently, even though the mixtapes were widely released for download and copying, Amazon also sold the mixtapes. ESPN's involvement is not at all clearly spelled out. Basically, it says that ESPN "associated itself" with And1's mixtapes, but does not say how:
As a result, the ESPN Defendants recognized that by associating their various products and services with the hip hop, rap and R7B musical genres and with And1 and the Marketing Plan, the ESPN Defendants would also receive increased good will and brand name recognition among the Urban Oriented Consumer demographic, would receive increased website traffic to their websites, and would enjoy increased marketing, sale and distribution of the various products and services sold by ESPN Defendants, including those involving the game of basketball, to such Consumers.This seems like guilt by association, even though the details of that association are never actually made clear.
The ESPN Defendants thus intentionally set out to associate themselves with the Mixtapes distributed by And1 and the ripple effect copies, described above, that it also knew would be produced, distributed and shared by others, and to profit therefrom.
As for Amazon, anyone can set up a store and sell stuff. It doesn't automatically make Amazon guilty of infringement. There's no indication that any sort of DMCA notice was sent to Amazon concerning these mixtapes either.
More oddities: apparently Jackson wrote the song in November 2006, but did not release it. And1 is accused of including the song in a mixtape in 2008. Yet... Jackson didn't actually get around to getting a registered copyright on the song until May 10th of 2010. That, of course, would limit whatever damages he might be able to get (perhaps significantly). If it's true that And1 took and used the song without permission, then it sounds like he may have a decent case against that company... but the others seem like a big stretch.
Oh, and just to make the whole thing even more confusing. I just checked out YouTube, and it appears Dutch Jackson has his own YouTube channel... and on that YouTube channel, posted back on September 30th, 2009 is a video of the song -- complete with a ton of clips of Lebron James. You would have to imagine that Jackson does not have permission to make use of those clips. In fact, it didn't take long to notice that at least some of the clips in the video are from ESPN. So, it seems that Jackson was perfectly thrilled that he was getting all this attention and promotion for free in relation to the NBA. And while he was aware of that, he didn't go rush out to get that song registered at the copyright office. Also, if you're going to sue ESPN for infringement, you probably shouldn't put up a video that includes clips from ESPN.
If you step back and look at it, it appears that Jackson and this song got an amazing amount of free promotion from the use of his song in the mixtape. Even if it was "unauthorized," it seems like a massive amount of attention that Jackson could capitalize on to get more attention for himself -- something he appeared to realize himself with that video. In the lawsuit itself, Jackson's lawyers admit that the mixtape went viral. So why not just build off of that, rather than suing a bunch of companies who probably had no idea about the song?
Anyway, I've embedded the video below. I'm guessing it may disappear soon after I do, so I've also got a screenshot of the YouTube page below that, with the video stopped at a point showing an ESPN clip:
Filed Under: copyright, dutch jackson, i am the greatest, mixtapes, promotions
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The X-Files (1970)
Jan 01, 1970 45:14 min Watch Trailer
overview : The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
Genres : Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Tags : fbi, supernatural, alien, ufo, conspiracy, paranormal investigation, phenomenon, american folklore
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Mitch PileggiWalter Skinner
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FX's 'Fargo' TV Series Won't Include Any Original Film Characters?
Though we've known since the beginning that FX's forthcoming 'Fargo' TV series (or limited series) would follow an all-new true crime story with the same "Minnesota Nice" sentiment of the 1996 Coen brothers film, less clear was whether or not Frances McDormand, or any of the original characters might pop up across the project. So, what does the president of MGM TV have to say about the possibility?
"[McDormand's character Sheriff Marge Gunderson]'s not in it," said MGM TV president Roma Khanna at a recent MIPCOM conference. "It's not a retelling of the same story, because on so many levels that would be foolish...[Fargo] was done so perfectly the first time around," said the president, comparing FX's reboot of the franchise to the manner in which MTV's 'Teen Wolf' created a much darker, different vibe from its '80s movie predecessor.
It remains to be seen however, if FX's 'Fargo' will at all acknowledge or reference the events of the award-winning classic film, or if the new version will establish an entirely different continuity. FX President John Landgraf previously told us that the series will have a young female deputy character somewhat in line with Frances McDormand's leading role in the original, while the characters from the first 10 episodes wouldn't carry over to a potential second season, should the network order one.
Elsewhere, FX's as-yet unscheduled series stars Billy Bob Thornton in the role of mysterious con man Lorne Malvo, along with 'Sherlock"s Martin Freeman as the henpecked salesman type that previously seemed in line with William H. Macy's role of the film. Additionally, Colin Hanks will portray Duluth Police Deputy Gus Grimly, a single father who finds himself faced with a choice between his own personal safety and his police duties as he comes face-to-face with a killer.
For those unaware, the original 'Fargo' told the story of pregnant police chief Marge Gunderson, tasked with traversing the snow-filled landscapes of Minnesota to solve a series of murders linked to the dirty dealings of an inept car salesman (Macy), as things slowly spiraled out of control. The film also featured 'Boardwalk Empire"s Steve Buscemi, while McDormand won the Oscar for Best Actress, as did Joel and Ethan Coen for original screenplay.
We've included the original 'Fargo' trailer below, but what say you? Are you disappointed that FX's 'Fargo' might not include any of the original film's characters?


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Not many of the dollars spent by colleges of agriculture and the USDA are used to develop vegetables and fruits with maximum nutrition and flavor. Today's consumer—either from indoctrination or lack of choice—generally buys produce almost entirely on the basis of size and color.
Most developmental work, therefore, is concentrated on improving only the shipping quality, size, and appearance of fruits and vegetables. It becomes a vicious circle. The grower pushes the big and bright and the customer, conditioned to accept such as "good," demands ever bigger and brighter. The few who complain about lack of flavor and nutrition are told that only the big and bright will sell.
Recommended Tomato Varieties
The picture is dark, but not entirely black. There are a few examples of limited search for taste and nutrition and they've produced some varieties of garden fare that you should know about before you start dreaming over those seed catalogs this year.
The University of New Hampshire, for instance, appears to be in the nutritional vanguard with its 'Double Rich' tomato. This tomato—which has twice the vitamin C content of ordinary tomato varieties—was bred at the university several years ago. 'Double Rich' still doesn't have the charisma of hybrids such as 'Big Boy,' however, and you may have to start yours from seed.
The University of New Hampshire is also responsible for an 'Eat-All' squash with high protein, edible seeds and is credited—I believe—with 'Sweetheart' beets, which are far more flavorful than the old standards.
Another notable nutritional advancement is Purdue University's 'Caro-Red' tomato, which has 10 times the vitamin A content of older varieties. It is a prolific bearer, staked or not, but the name 'Caro-Red' may prove confusing; the ripe fruit is medium to large and 'Caro-Red' both adds nutrition and takes salads beyond the usual dimension of red and green.
'Double Rich' and 'Caro-Red' are generally classified as medium term tomatoes, which means that about 75 to 85 days pass from the time the plants are set in your garden until you pick ripe fruit. If you can get sets of either variety, that is. If you plan to plant these for flavor and nutrition, you may have to start both from seed because commercial growers are not missionaries. They limit their investments in labor and capital to known sellers. Growing your own from the seeds of either open-pollinated variety is not difficult, however. Here's how:
Separate a few seeds (from a raw, not cooked, tomato!) into a pan or cup. Wash as much pulp from them as possible and spread the seeds on a paper towel or cloth for a day or two to dry. About 6 to 8 weeks before you want to set plants in your garden, drop these seeds onto a mixture of equal parts sand, peat moss and/or vermiculite and cover slightly. Use dirt only if you bake it for an hour at 250 degrees Fahrenheit because dirt sometimes contains spores that kill sprouted seeds. Use small flower pots and other containers that will fit on the inside sill of a window that faces south for your sprouting beds. Water moderately and, with average home temperatures, you'll have your supply of tomato plants free.
Tasty Sweet Corn
Until four or five years ago, serving sweet corn at our house was not only a matter of production, but of timing, too. My wife placed a pan of water on the range burner while I strolled out to the patch of sweet corn. When the water boiled she rang the old farm bell near the rear door and I began to pull and husk ears as fast as possible. Clutching the freshly peeled ears, I then galloped to the kitchen and dropped them into the boiling water. Like all real roasting ear devotees, we believed that flavor and sweetness diminished by the moment and we were determined to salvage the most of both.
A new variety of sweet corn, 'Illini-Chief,' put an end to my mad dashes several years ago, however. 'Illini-Chief' is several times more expensive than any other hybrid corn—and worth it. Twice as sweet when you pick it, the sugar content of this variety doubles again during the following 48 hours.
'Illini-Chief' is a mid-term corn and takes about 80 days to mature but, again, it's worth waiting for. In our area, where the first frost of the season arrives between mid-September and mid-October, I make my final planting so late that the last batch is often frosted out. But those years when old Jack F. is late, the last roasting ears taste best of all. Try it and see if you don't agree. Many seed dealers stock this wonderful product of the Illinois Seed Foundation.
Spaghetti Squash
If you wanted a spaghetti dinner and the menu listed a 1-cup serving of "Spaghetti A" with 155 calories, 32 grams of carbohydrates, 11 mg of calcium, zero vitamin A, zero vitamin C and a nominal assortment of other nutrients versus a cup of "Spaghetti S" with 95 calories, 23 grams of carbohydrates, 49 mg of calcium, 12,690 International Units of vitamin A, 14 mg of vitamin C and assorted nutrients equal to the first option, which would you order? These figures are from the 1959 U.S. Department of Agriculture Year Book titled FOOD. "Spaghetti A" is the real extruded Italian product. "Spaghetti B" is the fantastic spaghetti squash.
This squash is easy to grow and should make a great addition to your garden. Its vines spread moderately and its fruit is comparable to a small watermelon in size.
Preparation is easy. Boil or bake the squash whole and cut it into halves or quarters. Scrape seeds from the cavity and scratch at the meat with a kitchen fork. You'll be amazed to find that it shreds into uniform strands of "spaghetti" with a rich butter yellow tint that is most appetizing. Served with your favorite spaghetti sauce or with meat balls, this is an entree beyond compare, hardly distinguishable from the machine-extruded product. Stored in a dry place, spaghetti squash will last through the spring following harvest.
You can save spaghetti squash seeds from the uncooked fruit. Clean and dry as instructed for the tomato seeds. Plant by making an indentation about the size of a soup bowl with one stroke of a hoe in prepared ground. Drop four to six seeds into the pit, cover, step on it, take one full stride down the row and make another hole. Space the rows three feet apart and you will have hills of plants approximately three feet by three feet.
There is a school of thought (which seems logical to me) that when you have need for pollination it is better to plant in blocks than in long rows. In this instance, a small planting of spaghetti squash may bear more abundantly if you arrange, say, nine hills in three rows of three.
Fantastic Stawberries
Strawberries are one of the all-time favorite garden plants for both people who rent and people who own property. They are sturdy, easily moved, multiply rapidly via runners (which means—with nominal care—a strawberry bed is forever renewed) and, with little added effort, extra plants may be sold to recover the original investment. Strawberries are mouthwatering to eat too ... sometimes.
When you dream of strawberries in the middle of winter, every serving from last spring was delicious. But were they? How many times did you look at an attractive dish of berries and—after tasting—wonder how berries so beautiful could be so ordinary? This is not always true nor need be. There are strawberries and then there are strawberries.
At one of the annual Small Fruits Day exhibitions given by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center at Wooster, Dr. Hill—who heads the small fruits department—extolled the several commercial advantages of a new large strawberry developed in New Jersey and another berry not yet released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They were compared in size, shipping quality and other attributes with the popular Robinson.
The new berries have many things going for them, but when I asked Dr. Hill how these huge varieties compared in flavor to the 'Fairfax' he paused only a moment and replied that, in his opinion, there was no comparison between the flavor of the 'Fairfax' and that of any other strawberry. The 'Fairfax' is vastly superior. Dr. Hill added that the general public preferred to buy big berries and bright berries. The 'Fairfax' is neither big nor bright ... only the best-tasting. Therefore, if you want the incomparable deliciousness of 'Fairfax' strawberries, you'll probably have to plant them yourself.
A Real Georgia Peach
Though I have not tasted all varieties of peaches, I am firmly convinced that 'Champion' and 'Belle of Georgia' lead the flavor parade. Both are white. The 'Belle of Georgia' is generally classified as semi-free stone, while the 'Champion' is a free stone peach. By the way, when you eat a 'Champion' peach fresh from the tree, wear a bathing suit because the honey-sweet juice will squirt and run in all directions.
If you're in a big hurry for peaches, plant dwarf trees. The rule is: If you have the choice of a $5.00 tree and a 50-cent hole or a 50-cent tree and a $5.00 hole ... plant the 50-cent tree in the $5.00 hole.
Try these recommended varieties in your garden, and let us know how you like them!


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Art Walk Guide: Street Art Ballerinas and VHS MemoriesBy Arielle Castillo | May 8th, 2013 | No Comments
As summer heats up, the Miami art world tends to cool down as the rising temperature sends everyone into hibernation. Still, you'll have plenty to do at this Saturday's Art Walk in Wynwood and Design District. Here are five of the exhibition openings on our radar.