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Gabrielle Giffords, Former Congresswoman
In this very special MAKERS interview, our producers had the privilege of sitting down with former U.S. Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly to talk about her story and her remarkable resilience in the face of violence.
Peggy Whitson, First Female Commander of the International Space Station
Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician
Lena Waithe, Writer & Actor
Maya Lin, Artist, Architect & Memorial Designer
Sandra Day O'Connor, First Female Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Arianna Huffington, Founder of HuffPost & CEO of Thrive Global
- Everything I've ever done, I was like, I want to be the best at. If I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna put everything into it. I grew up in Texas. I actually like to call myself a Texican because I am Mexican American. I grew up in a large family of powerful women. I never had to look far for role models. Every single woman in my family was educated, independent. I grew up the youngest of four girls, and I was considered the black sheep of the family. People used to come up to my mom and go, "Your daughters are so beautiful. "And who's this?" I remember actually entering a beauty pageant in college and telling my mom, "Mom, I'm gonna enter this pageant." And she goes, "Oh, honey, "are you sure you want to put yourself through that? "Like, you're not gonna win." They said, read this script, we may make this into a pilot, and it was Desperate Housewives. And I read it, and I was like, oh my god, that's cool and it'll never get picked up. And I remember sitting down at the first table read and going, "This is special, this is magical. "I wonder if anybody else feels this." And everybody did. Carlos, you son of a bitch. I am pregnant, and it's all your fault. I don't think I could have done it without Marcia and Felicity because it was this runaway train that we were all on. I was always turning to Felicity and Marcia, who just took me under their wings and was like, we're gonna stick together. We're gonna do this together. I always loved the business side of entertainment, and I used Desperate Housewives and being on set for nearly 10 years as my film school. When I decided to direct, I was actually terrified. Nina Lederman, who was a president of Lifetime at the time, she goes, "You're gonna direct an episode," and I go, "Okay, yes." And then, I go home and I go, ah. What I found helped ease my nerves was preparation. So, I just prepped the shit out of my episodes. Now, I just encourage so many other women to just do it. My goal with my foundation was how do we arm Latinas with the ability to have economic mobility in life. How do they get ahead? How do they become independent? And education is key to economic mobility for women. I gotta tell you, I have been on a lot of stages in my life, but none as important as this one. If you look at the fastest growing demographic of the United States, it's Latinos. It's the women in that community that are leading the way. We know the barriers. I want to know what's working, what's successful, and let's replicate it.
- I was hanging in my sleeping bag on the wall of my sleep station, and I had gotten on the computer and printed off a couple of things that I needed for the day and floated through the lab, and I'm like I live in space. It was like this is my place of work. This is phenomenal! I was nine years old when the first guys walked on the moon and our folks put us to bed relatively early, but woke us back up so that we could watch that but I thought wow, cool job. I had a great mom who encouraged me to do whatever I wanted. I said something about being an airline pilot and my sister said you can't be an airline pilot, you can only be the flight attendant. My mom said no, that's not true. You can be whatever you want. It wasn't until I graduated high school in 1978 when they selected the first female astronauts that I think becoming an astronaut really became a goal of mine. Of course Sally Ride was influential in developing my image of what a female astronaut was. It became much more motivating to see that there were women there, that women could do this job. I didn't tell a lot of people that that's what I wanted to do because I thought you know they'd think I was just dreaming something that's not even possible. Bob Cabana who was chief of the astronaut office at the time called me, and so I was expecting a rejection and he's trying to make small talk with me and I'm like I don't have time for this, just tell me I didn't make it. But he's like would you like to come and work for me? And I went yes!
- [Narrator] Three new residents headed for the International Space Station. Commander Valery Korzun and flight engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Chekov.
- As a woman doing space walks is more challenging mostly because the suits are sized bigger than the average female, and yes it is risky. You're going 17,500 miles an hour around the Earth. Some people have a sense that they're actually falling off of the station. I never had that sensation. I opened the hatch and I was just like wow! I was going out there so fast. It was so beautiful, so incredible. I was commander of the station and then the second female shuttle commander actually arrived to the station, Pam Melroy, so we had the first two female commanders on orbit at the same time. One of the Russian bosses said it was because there were two women on board, and that was in spite of the fact that the previous crew, which was all male, had had the same problem. I've been on three selection boards now. We don't have enough applicants in the female categories. That's why one of the big pushes for NASA is this STEM education primarily focused on young girls because we want more women to understand that yes, you can do these jobs too. You just have to get the right education and training so that you can apply and make it happen.
- I'm going to turn command of the International Space Station over to Dr. Peggy Whitson. She now becomes the first two-time female commander of the International Space Station.
- I've had great jobs at NASA, but the most satisfying job I've ever had is being a member of a crew on board the space station. Every day, every task I felt like I was contributing to space exploration very directly and it's one of the great wonders.
KATHERINE JOHNSON: Math. It's just there. It has always been a part of whatever I was doing.
- All engines running.
KATHERINE JOHNSON: You're either right or you're wrong. That I liked about it.
They tell me I counted everything. Everybody studied at a big table, and after I finished mine, I helped them get theirs. And I was the youngest. I wound up ahead of my brother, maybe two grades. I don't remember how many. I entered college. I was 15. I was gonna be a math teacher because that was it. You could be a nurse or a teacher.
He said, you'd make a good research mathematician. I said, oh? What do they do? He said, you'll find out. So he had me take all the courses in the catalog. Sometimes I was the only person in the course. I said, where will I find a job? He said, you'll look till you find it. Took me seven years, but I found it.
He said, you're very lucky. Langley has a post for black mathematicians, just opened it up to women. They had a pool of women mathematicians. They just wanted somebody to do all the little stuff, while they did the thinking. We were called computers, women computers. I had been there less than a week, when this engineer came in and wanted two women computers, and Mrs. Vaughn sent me over to the flight branch. And we never went back.
- Today, a new moon is in the sky, placed in orbit by a Russian rocket.
KATHERINE JOHNSON: Oh, they felt terrible that, here we sat, and the Russians had a vehicle riding around, looking down on you. So we set out to send somebody up there and look down to. They'd called up a group of engineers and have a briefing as to what they were gonna have to do. And I asked, could I go? They said, women don't ever go to those. I said, is there a law against it? They said, no, well, let her go ahead. I wanted to know what it was they were looking for. So I wound up doing what it was they were trying to find out.
- Commander Alan B. Shepard was to become the first man sent into sub-orbital flight. The Mercury capsule is right on course.
KATHERINE JOHNSON: Our office computed every mission that went out at that time-- the height, the speed, and so on. It became a geometry problem.
- Ignition sequence start.
KATHERINE JOHNSON: I felt most proud of the success of the Apollo mission.
- Zero. All engines running--
KATHERINE JOHNSON: They were going to the moon.
- We have a lift off.
KATHERINE JOHNSON: I computed the path that would get you there. You determined where you were on Earth when you started out, and where the moon would be at a given time. We told them how fast they would be going, and the moon will be there by the time you got there.
- Beautiful, just beautiful.
KATHERINE JOHNSON: We were really concerned when they were leaving the moon, going back. He had two adjusters, we said. If he'd missed it by a degree, he doesn't get into orbit. I was looking at the television. I said, boy, I hope he's got that right.
And I was sitting there hoping I'm right, too.
John Glenn said, tell her. He knew that I was the only woman that worked on it. He said, if she comes up with the same answer that they have, then the computer's right. It took me a day and a half to compute what the computer had given them. Turned out to be the exact numbers that they had.
It was my job. And I did my job correctly and well.
LENA WAITHE: When you're an artist and you're making whatever it is you're making, I think the mission is to walk to it as vulnerable as possible, so that somebody will be able to connect to it.
LENA WAITHE: I grew up on the south side of Chicago. I was in a house full of women. It was my mother, my grandmother, my older sister, my aunt come by a lot. There was a similar thing that they all had, which was a lot of strength, a lot of pride, a lot of integrity, and a nice amount of sass and swag, too. I know a lot of kids watch television, but I really felt like I was immersed in it. I watched, like, "A Different World," "The Cosby Show," "Saved By the Bell," "The Fresh Prince." Even though they were multicam sitcom characters, they still felt very honest and real. And I just kind of got lost in all of those different kind of worlds.
LENA WAITHE: Getting a chance to work for all these talented black women, who were just sort of playing hacky sack with me for a couple years, just being the most excited person on set, and having a really great attitude and there being nothing that I would say no to doing, it was really the beginning of my life in scripted television.
LENA WAITHE: I went to New York to talk story ideas with Allen and Aziz and some of the other writers. And in the midst of just having a conversation, Alan asked how I came out. And I proceeded to tell them not thinking it was that interesting. And I got back to my hotel, and they both called me and said, we want to do an episode about that. And Aziz was like, you have to help write it, because it's so specific. And it's your story, and I can't write that by myself.
DENISE: I'm gay.
- You what?
DENISE: I'm gay. I've always been gay, but I'm still the same person. I'm still your daughter.
LENA WAITHE: Telling the coming out story, I had to step in my mother's shoes as well. And I think it actually gave me a greater understanding of what it's like to be come out to. It was about telling an honest story about two people who are trying to figure something out. And I think that's what most coming out stories are. I really wanted people to see the love more than the fear or confusion, and I think they really got it.
LENA WAITHE: My LGBQTIA family, I see each and every one of you. The things that make us different, those are our superpowers. Every day when you walk out the door, put on your imaginary cape and go out there and conquer the world, because the world would not be as beautiful as it is if we weren't in it. I do think the things that make me different are my superpowers, because there is no "Thanksgiving" episode if I wasn't born black, gay, and female.
LENA WAITHE: "The Chi" is about being black and human on the south side of Chicago. It's not about drugs. Nobody's singing or rapping. I was more interested in the middle class, the working class community, because that's what I'm from. When you're a working class person with a dream, it's like a pressure cooker, because every day is a choice to fight the good fight, to chase the dream. I know we're not perfect, but we're not all bad either. There's always these demons that we're wrestling with, and I wanted to show that in a real way. So that way people start to care about these communities and these people that make them up.
I think there's a lot of storytellers that don't look like the storytellers of yesteryear. A lot of young, black, queer, different people that have never been a part of the culture in a mainstream way. That's the way I want to change the business is by helping to usher in new voices. There's still a lot of others who haven't been included yet. And so until everyone is in the room, I think we still have work to do.
- You do a lot of research. You put all that research aside, and you wake up with a moment's inspiration.
- My parents immigrated from China. My mother, she always said in your generation you should do whatever you feel like doing.
- My senior year at Yale, someone saw a poster for a competition for the Vietnam Memorial. And we said, well what a great way to end the class, we'll all design Vietnam memorials for the class, which is what I did. And I saw the site having researched for about six weeks to eight weeks. And the next morning, I thought let's cut open the earth and open it up. That's all it was.
- Some of the highest priced architecture firms in the country did enter this competition, and they all lost.
- I thought that the most insulting and demeaning memorial to our Vietnam experience that was possible. One needs no artistic education to see this memorial design for what it is, a black scar.
- You know, I will never know how much my age, my gender, my race, played into the controversy. We'll never know.
- I knew I was right. It wasn't just about the aesthetics. It was about I knew that if that project was built it would help people. I cannot answer why I knew that. I'd never known anyone who died. All I knew is if we could face death, face it honestly, only then can we get over it.
- The idea of running long distance was always considered very questionable for women, because an arduous activity would mean that you're gonna get big legs, and grow a mustache, and hair on your chest, and your uterus was gonna fall out. So, I filled out the entry form. I signed my name with my initials, I signed KV Switzer. When I signed it that way, obviously when the form went in, they couldn't tell it from a guy's. [Announcer] The World's most famous foot race even attracts a leggy lady, Katie Switzer of Syracuse.
- So, there we were with my coach Arnie Briggs and my boyfriend and All-American football player, Tom Miller. When other runners would come by they would say, oh it's a girl, and they were so excited. And Arnie was saying, "yup, I trained her." And all of a sudden, the flatbed truck is in front us and I heard the photographer saying slow down, slow down, slow down, and they were taking pictures of us. On this truck was the race directors. One of them was a feisty character by the name of Jock Semple. He just stopped the bus, jumped off, and ran after me. Suddenly, I turned and he just grabbed me and screamed at me, "get the hell out of my race "and give me those numbers." And then he started clawing at me, starting to try and rip my numbers off, and I was so surprised. And he had the fiercest face of any guy I'd ever seen and out of control, really. I was terrified. And all of a sudden my boyfriend, Big Tom, gave Jock the most incredible cross-body block and sent Jock flying. And all of this happened in front of the press truck. The journalists got very aggressive, what are you trying to prove? Are you a suffragette? Are you a crusader? Whatever that is, and I said what? I'm just trying to run. They finally left, then it got very quiet, snow's coming down. Nobody's saying anything, and I turned to Arnie and I said Arnie, I've gotten you into a lot of mess here, I guess. But I said, I don't know where you stand in this, but I said, I'm gonna finish this race on my hands and my knees if I have to, because nobody believes that I can do this. And suddenly I realized, if I don't finish this race, then everybody's gonna believe women can't do it and that they don't deserve to be here and that they're incapable. I've got to finish this race. I finished in four hours, 20 minutes. That race changed my life. It wasn't until about midnight when we were driving back from Boston to Syracuse University and we stopped on the throughway to get an ice cream and some coffee did we see the newspapers and they're covered front and back of all the different additions with pictures. I realized that now this was very, very important, and this was going to change my life, and it was probably going to change women's sports.


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B. Tech. entrance test at AMU
ALIGARH April 30: The prestigious B. Tech. and B. Arch. Entrance tests of Aligarh Muslim University were conducted peacefully today at Aligarh, Lucknow, Patna, Kolkata and Malappuram. More than eleven thousand candidates appeared at 29 test centres in Aligarh out of which 1493 were women.
Prof. Yusufuzzaman Khan, Controller of Examination said that a total of 25,463 candidates have applied for admission to B.Tech among which 19,989 appeared for the Entrance test. He further said that 3303 candidates are seeking admission to the B.Arch. course.
Prof. Zaman, along with AMU Proctor Prof Mohd Mohsin Khan, visited the various test centres and interacted with the parents and guardians of candidates who appreciated the arrangements of shelter and cold water made by the University administration for them.
The National Service Scheme volunteers organized camps at the Aligarh railway station and various places in University campus to provide assistance and guidance to the candidates.
AMU Public Relations Office team also visited various test centers for observation purpose.
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22-NOV-2019 : Vice Chancellor visits Stony Brook University (New York) Aligarh, November 22: Sir Syed's vision of
22-NOV-2019 : Department of linguistics starts workshop on 'To Develop Phonetic Notation for Special Urdu Characte
22-NOV-2019 : Day 2 North Zone: AMU and BU marches ahead with convincing wins November 22: Buoyed by whirlwind k
22-NOV-2019 : CPECAMI gets new Director ALIGARH November 22: Mr Naseem Ahmad Khan, Chairman, Department of Chemic
21-NOV-2019 : North Zone Intervarsity Tournament begins at AMU ALIGARH November 21: Cricket has come a long way f
21-NOV-2019 : North Zone: AMU begin campaign with thumping win Aligarh, November 21: In an opening match of North
21-NOV-2019 : Alumni meet held Aligarh, November 21: The Department of Business Administration (DBA), Aligarh Mus
21-NOV-2019 : AMU announces winter vacation schedule ALIGARH November 21: Aligarh Muslim University and its maint
21-NOV-2019 : Anti-discrimination Officer appointed ALIGARH November 21: Prof Shamsul Haque Siddiqui, Dean, Stude
21-NOV-2019 : Law students' team wins best memorial award ALIGARH November 21: A team of students from the Facult
21-NOV-2019 : Sports competition held ALIGARH November 21: The Abdullah School, Aligarh Muslim University organiz
21-NOV-2019 : Free Pacemaker interrogation camp organized ALIGARH November 21: More than 150 cases of pacemaker i
21-NOV-2019 : Vice Chancellor attends Sir Syed Day in Washington DC Aligarh, November 21: "AMU is going to comple
20-NOV-2019 : Education day celebrated ALIGARH November 20: Shahin won the first prize in the slogan writing comp
20-NOV-2019 : AMU faculty becomes President of Indian Botanical Society Aligarh, November 20: Prof Mohammad Anis
20-NOV-2019 : Workshop on 'Chemometrics and Evidence based Decision Making' held at AMU Aligarh, November 20: In
20-NOV-2019 : Workshop held on financial literacy and entrepreneurial skills ALIGARH November 20: The Entrepreneu
20-NOV-2019 : AMU schools organize reading sessions under "Padhey Aligarh" programme ALIGARH November 20: On the
20-NOV-2019 : Eco Club starts 'Green Planet Films' programme Aligarh, November 20: The Eco Club, Aligarh Muslim U
19-NOV-2019 : AMU faculty trains consultants and doctors in BLS and TOT programmes Aligarh, November 19: Prof S M
19-NOV-2019 : 131st Oath and Peak Cap ceremony of MURC held Aligarh, November 19: The 131st Oath and Peak Cap ce
19-NOV-2019 : AMU scholar attends workshop and colloquium ALIGARH November 19: Mr Momin Ali, a research scholar i
19-NOV-2019 : AMU Law students bag top prizes at Noida Moot Court Aligarh, November 19: A team of Faculty of Law
19-NOV-2019 : AMU ABK High School begins Sports Week Aligarh, November 19: The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) A
18-NOV-2019 : AMU faculty delivers 'Prof Radhey Shyam Memorial Lecture' 2019 Aligarh, November 18: Prof Manvendr
18-NOV-2019 : CME on 'Safety of Medicinal food Products' held at JNMC Aligarh, November 18: Deliberations by reso
18-NOV-2019 : Dept of Plastic Surgery organises Alumni Meet Aligarh, November 18: Nostalgia was the reigning emo
18-NOV-2019 : Dept of Pathology concludes UP PATHCON 2019 Aligarh, November 18: UP PATHCON 2019, the XXVIIth Annu
18-NOV-2019 : 'Advance Hair Cuts and Styling' workshop held in AMU Aligarh, November 18: Over 140 students were m
18-NOV-2019 : HISI Aligarh Chapter, JNMC to organise 'Photography Competition for Health Workers' Aligarh, Nove
18-NOV-2019 : New Chairperson Aligarh, November 18: Dr Najam Sardar has been appointed as the Chairperson, Depart
17-NOV-2019 : UP PATHCON 2019 held at JNMC Aligarh, November 17: Resource persons from all over the country dis
17-NOV-2019 : Fellowship awarded ALIGARH November 17: Professor Mohammad Aslam, Department of Surgery, J N medi
16-NOV-2019 : AMU VC to meet students from November 28 ALIGARH November 16: The Aligarh Muslim University Vice Ch
16-NOV-2019 : Dr T C A Raghavan delivers extension lecture Aligarh, November 16: "Given a rather complex geograp
16-NOV-2019 : Institute of Ophthalmology organises CME Aligarh, November 16: To help young ophthalmologists hone
16-NOV-2019 : Chairman appointed ALIGARH November 16: Professor Rakesh Bhargava, Department of TB and Respiratory
16-NOV-2019 : North Zone Intervarsity Cricket Tournament from 21 November Aligarh, November16: North Zone Interv
16-NOV-2019 : Workshop on cleft lip, palate and face deformities Aligarh, November 16: Department of Oral and Ma
16-NOV-2019 : APFF to screen film by AMU alumnus Aligarh, November 16: Things may not be smooth at the political
15-NOV-2019 : Department of Plastic Surgery starts UPAPSICON-2019 Aligarh, November 15: The Department of Plastic
15-NOV-2019 : AMU mourns sad demise of Professor Habibur Rahman ALIGARH November 15: Aligarh Muslim University Vi
15-NOV-2019 : 10 MBA students recruited ALIGARH November 15: National Institute for Smart Government (NISG), a jo
15-NOV-2019 : Children's day programmes held ALIGARH November 15: The Aligarh Muslim University City Girls' Schoo
14-NOV-2019 : UP PATHCON 2019 to be held on 16th and 17th November Aligarh, November 13 The annual conference of
14-NOV-2019 : Tibbiya College to promote collaborative research ALIGARH November 14: Dawakhana Tibbiya College,
14-NOV-2019 : Institute of Ophthalmology to organise CME on Nov 16 Aligarh, November 14: The Institute of Ophthal
14-NOV-2019 : Chairman appointed ALIGARH November 14: Professor Mohammad Afzal, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Mu
14-NOV-2019 : Appointed: Assistant Coordinator, Students' Counseling Centre ALIGARH November 14: Dr Asif Hasan,
14-NOV-2019 : JNMC MD student participates in IVLP project Aligarh, November 14: In recognition of his positive e
14-NOV-2019 : Applications invited for High School women private examination ALIGARH November 14: The Controller
14-NOV-2019 : AMU holds Career counseling for Disable ALIGARH November 14: The Disability Unit, Aligarh Muslim U
13-NOV-2019 : Two-day National Seminar on Sufism, Humanism and Pluralism begins ALIGARH November 13: "Sufism is
13-NOV-2019 : 'National Education Day': Dr Syeda Sayidain Hameed delivers extension lecture Aligarh, November 13
13-NOV-2019 : AMU observes National Education Day Aligarh, November 13: Begum Azeezun Nisa Hall of Girls at Aliga
13-NOV-2019 : Indonesian delegation visits AMU ALIGARH November 13: A joint delegation from five universities of
13-NOV-2019 : AMU faculty present papers ALIGARH November 13: Prof Syed Ziaur Rahman, Department of Pharmacology,
13-NOV-2019 : Jashn-e-Milad held at AMU Malappuram Centre ALIGARH November 13: "Transformation of the Arab world
11-NOV-2019 : Consultative meeting for arrangement of North Zone Intervarsity Cricket held Aligarh, November 11
11-NOV-2019 : College fest organized at Women's College ALIGARH November 11: A four-day college fest was organize
11-NOV-2019 : 'Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery', Clinical Training programme to begin from December 1 Aligarh, No
11-NOV-2019 : Department of Community Medicine celebrated National Education Day Aligarh, November 11: To mark th
11-NOV-2019 : IBU concludes International Conference Aligarh, November 11: The Interdisciplinary Biotechnology U
11-NOV-2019 : JNMC observes 'Active Tuberculosis (TB) Surveillance Month' Aligarh, November 11: To raise public
11-NOV-2019 : New Deputy Coordinators ALIGARH November 11: Dr Nazrin B Laskar, Assistant Professor in the Departm
11-NOV-2019 : Dr Syeda Saiyidain to deliver extension lecture ALIGARH November 11: Noted author, educationist and
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Published: Nov 24, 2011 Source: European Environment Agency
Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between € 102 and 169 billion in 2009. This was one of the findings of a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analysed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Half of the total damage cost (between € 51 and 85 billion) was caused by just 191 facilities.
The report, 'Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe', provides a list of the individual facilities that contribute the most harm.
The industrial facilities covered by the analysis include large power plants, refineries, manufacturing combustion and industrial processes, waste and certain agricultural activities. Emissions from power plants contributed the largest share of the damage costs (estimated at €66–112 billion). Other significant contributions to the overall damage costs came from production processes (€23–28 billion) and manufacturing combustion (€8–21 billion). Sectors excluded from the EEA analysis include transport, households and most agicultural activities – if these were included the cost of pollution would be even higher.
Our analysis reveals the high cost caused by pollution from power stations and other large industrial plants. The estimated costs are calculated using the emissions reported by the facilities themselves. By using existing tools employed by policy-makers to estimate harm to health and the environment, we revealed some of the hidden costs of pollution. We cannot afford to ignore these issues.
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WAG Presents Film on the Art of Carl Beam
Aakideh: The Art and Legacy of Carl Beam offers an intimate look at the man considered to be one of Canada's leading Aboriginal artists. The Winnipeg premiere will screen at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on Thursday, September at 7:30pm. Tickets are $10 and are available at the WAG's front desk or at the door.
Carl Beam (1943-2005) earned a reputation for being fearless, visionary, and, ultimately, unforgettable. As a child on Manitoulin Island, Beam was given the Ojibwe name Aakideh, meaning "one who is brave" or "braveheart." This documentary explores how his childhood and his turbulent years at a residential school impacted Beam's life and his art. Personal remembrances, along with insights about his art and ideas, are vividly illustrated through dozens of Beam's artworks, family photos, interviews, performance videos, and journals. The film begins just after Beam received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts shortly before his death. Introducing his story, his wife Ann recounts some highlights of their life together as well as his art career. His daughter Anong discusses her thoughts about preparing for her father's retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada.
Critic Jane Hubbard wrote Aakideh "offers a very personal glimpse of the artist, his family, and his creative mind. It enlightens the audience about the man and his work without ever being didactic."
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How to Draw a Table Line by Line in Word 2007
The Draw Table command lets you draw complicated tables in your Word 2007 documents by using a simple set of drawing tools. This command is ideal for creating tables that aren't a simple grid of rows and columns.
1Select the Insert tab, click the Insert Table button in the Tables group, and then choose the Draw Table command.
The cursor changes to a small pencil.
2Draw the overall shape of the table by dragging the pencil pointer to create a rectangular boundary.
When you release the mouse button, a table with a single cell is created. In addition, the Ribbon displays the Design tab under Table Tools.
3Carve the table into smaller cells.
For example, to split the table into two rows, point the cursor somewhere along the left edge of the table and then click and drag a line across the table to the right edge. When you release the mouse button, the table splits into two rows.
You can use this technique to continue carving up the table into smaller cells.
4Use the Line Style and Line Weight drop-down controls to change the style or size of lines in the table.
These controls are the top and middle buttons on the left side of the Draw Borders group, located on the Design tab under Table Tools. You can change the style of a line you've already drawn by tracing over the line with a new style.
5If you make a mistake, click the Eraser button and erase the mistaken line segment.
The Eraser button is in the Draw Borders group and looks like a table with an eraser in the corner. Click the Draw Table button if you want to draw additional segments after using the Eraser tool.


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For anyone involved with a 12 step program such as Alcoholics Anonymous, here is an extremely useful guide to the integration of these two traditions. It has been an invaluable guide in my own recovery. I hope you find it as useful and enjoyable as I do:
http://sfzc.org/sp_download/2010_buddhism_12steps.pdf9 Essays: Buddhism & The 12 Step Model of Recovery
These essays have grown from the Meditation and Recovery group which
began meeting weekly at the San Francisco Zen Center in 2000.
As we have studied the Steps and Buddhism together, sometimes from
one perspective, sometimes from the other, our collective experience and
wisdom has grown. Each time we have read and discussed the Steps---or the
Four Noble Truths or the precepts or the concept of no-self---a bit has been
added to our understanding.
Although these essays have been written by one person, they represent
the experience, strength and hope of many.
The structure of the group has changed as well. As of this writing, we
begin with a short reading on some aspect of meditation. These writings
come from a variety of Buddhist teachers in many of the traditions. There
is then a short meditation instruction, followed by twenty minutes of silent
sitting. We introduce ourselves and the speaker of the week shares for about
20 minutes. (When the group first began, the author led each week. Over
the years, a number of others have been invited to be regular leaders of the
group. The criteria for leading are five years in a Twelve Step program and
having taken Buddhist precepts.) The floor is then opened for discussion for
another twenty or twenty-five minutes and we end with a final five minute
meditation and offering of merit. The meeting lasts for an hour and a half.
This information is included for those who may wish to start their own
groups. The format is, of course, flexible and should be responsive to the
needs of the members.
It is also for this reason that we have decided to make these essays available---
as a beginning text for those wishing to explore the connection between practice and recovery.
In accord with the traditions of anonymity in Twelve Step programs, the
author remains unnamed. And in the spirit of gratitude which marks both
paths, these essays are offered to anyone who has use for them, without
copyright. They may be distributed free of charge. Our only requests are
that the attribution to the San Francisco Zen Center remain, that this introduction be included
and that copies not be sold for profit.


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onions wrote:this will NEVER happen. i'd rather have no avatars than have a bunch of crappy looking ones of hand drawn images, photos, or animated gifs of varying sizes that are painful to look at. even when we had rules and guidelines on the previous boards and let people use their own avatars, people just conveniently ignored them.
i can only say, as the administrator of my own PHPBB 3.x board, i know for a fact that you can set minimum and maximum dimensions for avatars - set them at the same value and it HAS to conform to that value. it also has file size limits - make it 5kb and it would reduce the amount of animation you could put in a gif file, if any. when members ignore guidelines as to content/decency THEN is the time to dole out punishments, not to blanket punish everyone preemptively. innocent before proven guilty and all that. i guess it's your forum and you can run it how you like, but it will seriously impact the enjoyment users garner from their time here. avatars have become a sort of staple of forum/community interaction. the above comes off as rather childish and anal-retentive.
Draykov wrote:vynsane wrote:...why don't you allow users to design avatars for consideration as additions to the avatar gallery? they could be vetted by staff and let the gallery grow organically. but that's just my $.02.
Allow them?
to answer your sort-of question, maybe 'allow' isn't the proper term. more like 'invite' - so invite members of the site to submit avatars they've designed to a specified email address or via PM and the moderators/admins of the site can then approve or deny their addition to the avatar gallery. you won't rely on one person who may or may not be able to fulfill their promise, as has apparently happened, and you can still have power over which avatars are available. it will also give a little more sense of community and ownership to the members of the board. we're not all mindless peons who use MSPaint to create a barely legible scrawl of a classic space logo, or slap together the most hideously seizure-inducing animated gif... some of us happen to be highly trained graphic designers/web designers, or autoCAD programmers or artists: utilize the strengths of your community.
that said, the rather abhorrent and gruff attitude shown toward discussing something as innocuous as forum avatar settings really kinda turns me off. as a relative newcomer to the site i represent a few more impressions on the ads than you used to receive. FWIW, this kind of attitude, however, will seriously affect those impressions in the future as i go to other sites for my news and online interactions in regards to LEGO products.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College women's basketball program and head coach Maurice Smith announced the signing of Mckenna Rushton Tuesday.
A graduate of North Hall High in Gainesville, Ga., Rushton was a 1,000 point scorer and four-year starter for head coach Kristi House and the Lady Trojans.
"Mckenna will bring much needed versatility to our team," said Smith. "She has the ability to score the ball in a variety of ways. Mckenna has proven that she can compete with the best of best - She did a fantastic job leading her team to the GHSA AAA final four this season. We are looking forward to the competitive spirit she will bring to our team."
She helped lead the North Hall to a Region 8-AAA title and that final four appearance in 2012, and was chosen to the All-Region Tournament team all four of her seasons. She was also chosen the MVP of her Senior All-Star Game this past season. She plans to major in pre-nursing at GC.
The youthful Bobcats spent the 2011-12 season without a senior, and finished 4-22 with a 2-15 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) record. Freshman Shanteona Keys (Roswell, Ga.) became just the second PBC Freshman of the Year in school history, and added All-PBC Third Team honors as well.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information.


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Salvaging the Remains
You need to recover 9 Cursed Femur bones from the ghouls that inhabit Forgotten Hill. Forgotten Hill is on the west side of the island, just past The Forgotten Front.
Forgotten Hill has been overrun with zombies and ghouls ever since we reclaimed this wretched isle. We have tried to clear them out many times but they always seem to come back.
One of our lieutenants recommended taking the ghouls' bones when we kill them in hopes that they can't reincarnate overnight. Think you can help us out with this one?
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App Review: Password Manager Secret Server by Tycotic
November 5, 2010 by Dustin
Filed under Utility, iPad Apps, iPhone Apps
Either you are frustrated with having to manage of privileged account passwords or you do not bother with ever changing them. If you share a SU account among techs, is that really a safe practice? The IT infrastructure world is vulnerable to hacking and when generic passwords are used, and then shared among users, this creates an even more vulnerable environment. If your company does employ best security practices, then a system admin is tasked with changing passwords every 30, 60, or 90 days. The downfall of this practice is where are these passwords stored? An encrypted excel file, Access file, notepaper? The IT department needs a secure central place to be able to store, share, limit access, audit, and manage all of their privileged account passwords which hold the keys to their kingdom.
Secret Server is a tool that accomplishes all of the aforementioned and more! The intuitive UI allows the sys admin to enter anything from a password to a file into the application and manage it with role based access control. Secret Server really shines when it comes to managing privileged accounts. With active capabilities, Secret Server can automatically generate and change privileged account/network passwords on a given time interval. The users sign into Secret Server and can access any passwords they have privileges to view, without the proper privileges users will be unable to view information they do not need to view. For example, the admin who manages servers has different privileges than the admin managing work stations, and therefore should not have access to the other's information. You can decrease vulnerability by only allowing employees to view information they need to complete their jobs. A key aspect of Secret Server is the auditing feature. Every user and secret has a full audit trail. You can select a user and a date range and Secret Server will build a report of every secret that user has access. With passwords used on the network, the admin running the report can expire every password that a user has accessed and Secret Server will generate a new password and update it where ever it is used on the network. There are a slew of different security features that Secret Server offers such as check out, request access, Radius support and advanced reporting which allows the user to create their own reports, or request a report to be built by the technical support team. This is a great tool and ROI is seen immediately because the number of man hours spent on managing privileged accounts is drastically decreased. Also this saves time and money on auditors as the audit trail and reports are already available within the application. No more two-week scrambles to get auditing information for management.
As a password management tool with available mobile apps, Secret Server is a market leader in securing sensitive data within the IT department of any company, small or large.
What I like: This is a great app, you access it online from anywhere with your passcodes!
My rating: 10/10


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Hostel the Globe Center
Hostel the Globe Centre is located near the famous Red Light District and enjoys views of two major canals.
Central Station is just three minutes' walking distance from the hostel and less than a ten-minute walk from major attractions including Dam Square, Flower Market, shopping, the lively Rembrandt Square, many coffee-shops and much more in between. The hostel location is great to have some peace and quiet away from the centre which is close by and easily accessible.
The hotel has 20 clean and pleasant private rooms, each with its own ensuite bathroom and shower room. It has triple, quadruple, and up to 10-bed family ensuites available. Besides this, we have the largest collection of shared dorms here in Amsterdam. We have shared dorms accommodating from four persons up to 20 persons! We also have a free wireless connection available in the lobby area.
One of the Red Light Districts' larger bars is situated here and is open until 3am on weekdays and 5am on weekends. You'll also find a restaurant here serving English and American breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The hostel also has a sports café which shows all major sport events on two big screens and nine TVs, such as the Super Bowl, Premier League and many other events. A pool table and darts board is available for those competitive guests.
Please note that we do not permit guests under 16 years of age in the shared dorms.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Age Restriction
- Bar
- Breakfast Not Included
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Free City Maps
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Taxes not included
- Towels For Hire
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 2 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
All bookings are exclude 7% City Tax. This needs to be paid upon arrival at check-in.
By law, smoking is not allowed in the hotel rooms! We have a 48hr cancellation policy (AMS time). Late cancellations and no-shows shall be charged the equivalent of the first night's accommodation.
Your room will be held for two hours (AMS time) after your given arrival time; after this time we have the right to charge your first night's stay.
Please note that there's no elevator in the hotel! Only traditional steep Dutch stairs are available!
We have a 2% service charge if you pay by credit card.
A deposit is required for room keys and all kinds of borrowable items. The deposit will return to you once you return them back us. Earliest check-in is 1pm and latest check-out is 10am. The kitchen belongs to the bar on the ground floor, thus it is not open for public usage.
Any sorts of noisy activities are strictly forbidden in the hotel rooms. Please bring your party downstairs to the bar. Safety is our primary concern, so please expect tight security control at the hotel entrance. We apologise for any inconvenience in advance.
For group booking with more than 20 persons,we will have to charge total amount of the first night's accommodation.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
From Schiphol Airport:
You can take the train to Central Station Amsterdam which won't take you longer than 20 to 22 minutes.
From Amsterdam Centraal Station:
Walk out the front entrance and head in the direction of 10 O' clock, towards the church tower and flags 150m away.
To the right of the NH Hotel Barbizon, walk down Nieuwe Brugsteeg and take the second right down Sint Olofsteeg.
You'll come out onto a canal (Oudezijds Voorburgwal) where you can see Hostel The Globe situated directly on the left side across the first bridge. You'll see a big sign saying HotelThe Globe.
Located Near
Dam Square is a two minutes walk distance away and a great place to navigate around the city. From here you can head west to Anne Frank's house, south to the Van Gogh museum and east to Rembrandt's house. There are canal tours galore, coffee shops left, right and centre and exhibits that will make your head spin.


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No one can really deny the fact that Sony's motion technology has been poorly supported ever since the PlayStation Move launched back in 2010, with unique games like Sorcery only just starting to release. Sony's UK vice president and managing director Fergal Gara, spoke to the current state of the Move and the company's failure in taking advantage of what it can do.
Speaking to OPM, Gara confessed that Sony "could have done a better job" with the Move, pointing out that it really is great technology that the company has just failed to capitalize on.
Great tech, probably not so great applications so far. So there's a job for us to do on the strength of games, and having seen what's forthcoming gives me great hope that we can do a better job with Move as we look forward. So we're certainly not forgetting about it.
With Sorcery set to launch on May 22nd, and Move support confirmed for BioShock Infinite, there will definitely be at least a few reasons to dust off that goofy looking wand in just a couple of months.


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No Place For Hate Banners, from the Anti-Defamation League, were distributed to each of Leander ISD's campuses and the district's central office. The district strives to make our schools safe and effective learning environments for all. We are proud of the work being done on our campuses to ensure this goal is met by receiving the No Place for Hate distinction.
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Pulmonary Infection in the Immunocompromised Patient: Strategies for Management
Pulmonary Infection in the Immunocompromised Patient: Strategies for Management
ISBN: 978-0-470-71418-8 July 2009 456 Pages
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In this book the authors review current options for management for a group of patients that present unique challenges to the clinician, and for whom the choices of effective therapy are often limited.
- Most up to date book available dedicated specifically to this topic
- Major management issue in respiratory medicine for critical care, transplant and cancer patients
- Reviews important new advances in therapeutics, including drug resistance
Table of contents
List of Contributors.
1. Lung Immune Defences in the Immunosuppressed Patient (Naimish Patel and Henry Koziel).
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Host defence function in health.
1.3 Host defence function in select immunocompromised patients.
1.4 Summary and future directions for this field.
2. Microbiological Diagnosis of Respiratory Infections in the Immunocompromised (Margareta Ieven).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 HIV infection and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
2.3 HIV infection and Non Tuberculous Mycobacteria.
2.4 HIV and Pneumocystis jirovecii.
2.5 Infections in transplant patients or other immunodeficiencies.
2.6 Concluding remarks.
3. Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients (Robert P. Baughman and Elyse E. Lower).
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Clinical assessment.
3.3 Blood cultures.
3.4 Sputum.
3.5 Endotracheal aspirate.
3.6 Non bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage.
3.7 Protected brush sample (PBS).
3.8 Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL).
3.9 Transbronchial biopsy (TBB).
3.10 Surgical lung biopsy (SLB).
3.11 Sample processing.
3.12 Clinical approach to pulmonary infiltrates in immunosuppressed patient.
3.13 Conclusion.
4. Pulmonary Imaging in Immunocompromised Patients (Tom s Franquet).
4.1 Pulmonary infections in immunocompromised patients.
4.2 Respiratory infections.
4.3 Interventional procedures in patients with pneumonia.
4.4 Summary.
5. Pulmonary Infections in HIV Patients in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era (Natividad Benito and Asunci¢n Moreno-Camacho).
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Epidemology and etiology.
5.3 Diagnosis.
5.4 Prognosis.
5.5 Conclusions.
6. Neutropenia (Maria J. Rping, J"rg J. Vehreschild, Santiago Ewig, and Oliver A. Cornely).
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Management of the neutropenic patient.
6.3 Specific infectious diseases.
7. General Management of Suspected Pneumonia in the Solid Organ Transplant Paitent (Andrew F. Shorr).
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Epidemiology.
7.3 Differential diagnosis and non-infectious complications.
7.4 Diagnostic approach.
7.5 Conclusion.
8. Respiratory Infections Following Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Ayman O. Soubani).
8.1 Immune system recovery after HSCT.
8.2 Bacterial pneumonia.
8.3 Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.
8.4 Cytomegalovirus.
8.5 Community respiratory viruses.
8.6 Non-infectious pulmonary complications.
8.7 Conclusion.
9. Chronic Non-infectious Pulmonary Complications in Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Bekele Afessa and Steve G. Peters).
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Bronchiolitis Obliterans (BO).
9.3 Bronchiolitis Obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP).
9.4 Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (IPS).
9.5 Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH).
9.6 Peri-engraftment respiratory distress syndrome (PERDS).
9.7 Delayed pulmonary toxicity syndrome (DPTS).
9.8 Pulmonary cytolytic thrombi (PCT).
9.9 Other non-infectious pulmonary complications.
9.10 Summary.
10. Pulmonary Infections in Patients on Chronic Glucocorticoid Treatment (Ana Ra¤¢ and Carlos Agust¡).
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Associated inflammatory response in pneumonia.
10.3 Glucocorticoids: mechanisms of action.
10.4 Glucocorticoid therapy in clinical practice.
10.5 Diagnostic approach.
10.6 Empirical treatment of suspected pneumonia in patients receiving chronic GC therapy.
10.7 Prognosis.
10.8 Conclusions.
11. Intensive Care Management in the Immunocompromised Patient with Pulmonary Infiltrates (Gilles Hilbert, Didier Gruson, and Frederic Vargas).
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Invasive ventilation.
11.3 Rationale for NIV.
11.4 Mechanisms of improvement with NIV in immunocompromised patients with acute respiratory failure.
11.5 Clinical studies.
11.6 Equipment and techniques: particularities in immunocompromised patients.
11.7 Predictive factors of NIV outcome.
11.8 Conclusions.
12. Current Strategies and Future Directions in Antibacterial Treatment (Jan Jelrik Oosterheert and Andy I.M. Hoepelman).
12.1 Introduction.
12.2 Farmacokinetics and farmacodynamics.
12.3 Antibacterial treatment options.
12.4 Resistance.
12.5 HIV related bacterial pulmonary infections.
12.6 Length of treatment.
12.7 Conclusions.
13. Current Strategies in the Treatment of Fungal Infections in the Intensive Care Unit Setting (Mitchell Goldman and George A. Sarosi).
13.1 Introduction.
13.2 Antifungal therapies.
13.3 The endemic fungi in the critical care unit.
13.4 Other yeast infections in the critical care unit.
13.5 Invasive mould infections in the critical care unit.
13.6 Summary.
14. Current Strategies and Future Directions in Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Pneumonitis (Julio C. Medina and Jos' M. Aguado).
14.1 Effects of CMV infection in immunocompromised patients.
14.2 Pathophysiology of CMV pneumonitis.
14.3 Risk factors for CMV pneumonitis.
14.4 Pulmonary manifestations of CMV infection.
14.5 Indirect respiratory effects of CMV infection.
14.6 Diagnosis of CMV pneumonitis.
14.7 Antiviral agents against CMV.
14.8 Treatment of CMV pneumonia.
14.9 Prevention of CMV pneumonia.
15. Antiviral Agents against Respiratory Viruses (Michael G. Ison).
15.1 M2 inhibitors.
15.2 Neuraminidase inhibitors.
15.3 Cidofovir.
15.4 Ribavirin.
15.5 Investigational agents.


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Crankworx Colorado: tech from the pits
New gear from rack to flat, to foot
While Crankworx Colorado is much like Kokanee Crankworx in BC, Canada in the sense that the riders and riding take precedence, the events still sport vibrant product expos.
The biggest manufacturers were relatively quiet in Winter Park, Colorado, having already launched their 2012 product or saving it for the tradeshows, but there was plenty of new gear to see, nonetheless. We caught new gear from Rocky Mounts, NovaTec, Thomson, Teva, Jett MTB and Kali Protectives in our Sunday morning spin through the pits.
RockyMounts showed a new line of thru-axle fork mount rack adaptors called, DriveShaft, which come in standard, HM and SD configurations. The standard DriveShaft fits both 15mm and 20mm axles, retrofitting the through-axles to a standard 9mm quick-release bike tray. The mount steps a 20mm alloy compatible clamp down to 15mm with snap-in plastic shims.
The DriveShaft relies on a plastic reducer to fit both 20mm and 15mm through-axles
The DriveShaft is a modular unit, in which the HM and SD versions build off the standard adaptor with extra features. The HM (hard mount) version adds a hard mount bracket, where the axle adaptor can be mounted directly via drilled holes or to a track system.
Dan Windham from RockyMounts says that many of teams are using the adaptors with the track system in their vehicles; Sprinter vans and box trailers. He called the DriveShaft a, "Swiss army style adaptor" that's able to fit just about any type of tray, rack or vehicle.
The SD version adds a plate adaptor system that fits tracks found on most Nissan and Toyota pickups. The standard DriveShaft costs US$69.95, the HM model costs $5 more and the SD version costs $89.95, but also comes with a dummy axle so that it can fit a standard 9mm quick-release as well.
RockyMounts also showed their newest bike tray, which is a stand-up model called the Jaw Bridge. The $119.95 rack fixes the bike to a roof with both wheels on via its down tube, and fits Thule, Yakima and almost all factory installed rooftop crossbars.
The new Jaw Bridge down tube mount rack
Windham says the Jaw Bridge has a 35lb bike rating, fits up to 2.7in downhill tires, not to mention has an arm with enough reach for a 29er. He says the rack is for trail riders who don't want to remove their front wheel, for whatever reason, whether they have enough room for it or just don't want to put a grimy wheel inside.
New from NovaTec
NovaTec, the brand under which notable Taiwanese hub manufacturer, JoyTech, produces complete wheelsets, was on hand at Crankworx Colorado with its new FlowTrail wheelset, a 1,688g, US$600 trail wheelset and the Diablo freeride wheelset (1883g, $640), which uses the same rim, but beefier hubs and spokes.
The new wheels are tied together via a new 6061-alloy rim with a 20mm inner width and welded joint, while the wheels aren't offered tubeless from NovaTec, Henry Hinojosa, NovaTec's US operations manager, says they can easily be converted with NoTubes.com tape.
Diablo and FlowTrail wheels from NovaTec
The FlowTrail wheelset is built with JoyTech's 3-in-1 front hub, which offers 9mm quick-release, and 9mm through-bolt options as well as 15mm through axle compatibility. The rear hub comes with a standard 9mm quick-release, but can be adapted 135mm and 142mm through-axle standards via an aftermarket axle kit. The rear hub also sports JoyTech's ABG (Anti Bite Guard) freehub body, which adds a chromoly jacket to one of the cassette spines to keep the cassette from bedding into the 7075-series alloy body.
The hubs are laced cross-three with 32 Sapim Laser spokes to complete the FlowTrail package. The Diablo freeride wheels use the same rim, but with Sapim Race spokes and JoyTech's 4-in-1 hubs, which accept all through axle standards.
HT AE01 pedals
HT was sharing space with NovaTec at Crankworx and showing their new AE01 flat pedals, which are now available with a chromoly axle and alloy body, but will also be available in a Ti version with a titanium axle and a Mag-Ti version with a magnesium body and titanium axle for 2012.
HT's AE01 flat pedal
The pedals use dual DU bushings and a single patented bearing. The alloy bodies are only 11mm thick and offer a large 10.2×9.6cm platform with 10 replaceable pins per side. They weigh a claimed 358g per set and cost US$130.
The titanium model is said to drop the weight to 300g, while the Mag-Ti version has a target weight of 220g.
Teva Links and Pinner
Cam McCaul (Trek C3) took home the top spot of the slopestyle event at Crankworx Colorado in Teva's new Links shoe, which they launched at the Teva Mountain Games just down the road in Vail, Colorado this spring.
Teva's Links flat-pedal shoe
The top-of-the-line shoe is co-designed by Jeff Lenosky and features Teva's Spider Rubber sole, which is the same compound Teva uses for its water shoes and is said to be super grippy even in the wet. The $100 Links' upper incorporates a plastic heel stabilizer, but the bigger feature, according to Molly Clark, one of Teva's brand ambassadors, is the Ion-Mask upper, which is a hydrophilic coating she described as 'Rain-X for your shoes.' The coating is said to make the upper easily washable and also keep it from getting water logged on a rainy day.
The Pinner is the Links' little brother, and sports the same sole, but without the heel stabilizer or Ion-Mask features of the upper. It costs $80.
Thomson direct mount stems shipping
While it's not a new sight, Thomson's direct mount stems are finally shipping, according to David Parrett, Thomson's product and marketing manager.
The stems cost $99 and come in 40mm flat and 50mm drop (with -10mm drop) models. The direct mount stems will be available in black and silver, but Thomson also showed orange, red and blue at Crankworx. Parrett said that Thomson is "experimenting with colors, but we can't wash them across our entire line."
Thomson's 50, -10mm direct mount stem
Thomson will also offer a 'Dress Up' kit for their X4 stems. The $30 kit includes a faceplate, and steerer tube compression cap in red, blue, gold or silver, with both black and silver bolts. As a running change Thomson's 10˚ X4 stems will get the flip-flop logo in light of their use in the negative position on 29ers.
Finally, Thomson is playing around with manufacturing a 730mm flat titanium handlebar with a target weight of 185g. The project should be further along come 2011 tradeshow season in a month or so.
Feral Motion
Never heard of Feral Motion? Well, you're not alone we hadn't either. The start up company is shopping around their remote cameras and triggers to bike parks (and ski area terrain parks). While not a permanent fixture at Winter Park, Feral Motion had their cameras set up for four days in the mountain's Trestle Bike Park.
Feral Motion gives you off the bike footage without making your buddy hold the camera, all you have to do is carry the card with the fm on it (left)
How it works: riders (both snow and bike) buy an electronic tag that triggers a camera as the rider approaches a section of trail or a feature and subsequently captures a short clip from the 3rd person perspective of the rider. The footage is then automatically uploaded to the rider's account from there it can be shared to facebook or spliced with POV footage the rider has gathered.
The electronic tags are refillable/rechargeable and cost $100 for a 10-day pass or $50 for 3 days.
Kali Protectives
Kali Protectives is a four year-old helmet manufacturer based in Morgan Hill, California who currently claim they're the only manufacturer in-molding full face helmets; right now the manufacturer offer both in-molded downhill mountain bike and DOT motorcycle helmets. Kali says using the in-mold technology allows them to use a lower density EPS foam, which is lighter, but also does a better job of managing energy in a crash.
The manufacture is also working with a technology called, Composite Fusion Plus, in which lower density EPS is molded in a conical fashion and then higher density EPS is molded on top. The cones collapse upon impact, which Kali says, betters energy absorption by 30-percent over a traditional in-molded EPS design. Right now the technology is found in Kali's DOT motorcycle helmets, but is being adapted to the bicycle line for 2012.
Composite Fusion Plus pairs a lower density conical molded EPS against a rider's head with a higher density EPS foam against the shell
As for open models, Kali showed their US$99 Amara Cam, which sports an integrated camera mount and comes in two shell sizes and the new Chakra Plus that costs just $50 but sports many features including in-molded design, retention chassis, three shell sizes and visor.
The $129 Samra Carbon
Kali's Samra line is possibility the most advanced, and expensive, bucket-style line in the industry. At the entry point the Samra Starter offers an in-molded design, with carbon reinforcements and anti-microbial pads for $60. The Samra Composite jumps up to $100 with a composite shell that further drops weight, while the Samra Carbon costs $129 with a carbon fiber shell.


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Paper Napkin Interview: Dishing with Kellie Pickler
Country music star Kellie Pickler dishes about her new album, why she loves the South, and the cat sweater she co-designed to benefit the ASPCA.
You're an animal lover. How many pets do you have?
I love animals. Right now, I have three dogs and a snake. A tea cup Chihuahua named Moo Moo, a Chinese crested named Pixie, and Maddie who is part pit, part Lab. The snake's name is Boots.
You've designed cat sweaters for the ASPCA. How do you hope this helps your cause?
I'm so excited about this. This sweater is really cute. We're going to auction off the sweater that I'm wearing on The View, and all the proceeds will go to the ASPCA. February is Cat Appreciation Month, so we're going to focus on the kitty cats.
Your new album, 100 Proof, came out January 24. What was your inspiration for this album?
"I just kind of went back to the sound that inspired me to even do this in the first place, and that was Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, B. Wells, Merle Haggard, Waylen, George Jones, Al Dexter, Dolly. I love traditional country music, and I wanted to go in the studio and make my record, but a little bit of a feel of the people who inspired me is sprinkled throughout the record."
You've had quite a few hits throughout your career. What song do you enjoy performing the most?
"Red High Heels" is always fun. Girls always wear their red high heels to the shows and dress up—that song is really fun.
You reached American Idol's final six. Who is your idol?
It would have to be between Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Tammy Wynette. Aw, man. I don't know if I can pick just one. I wish so badly that I would have been able to meet Tammy before she passed away. I don't know what it is about her, but there is a tear in her voice that you can't bury over production. She feels all the words that are coming out of her mouth, and you can feel it too.
Southerners know good cookin'. What is your favorite comfort food?
Fried okra
What are you known for cooking up in the kitchen?
I am known for my asparagus and my spaghetti, and [even though] I'm a vegetarian, I'm also known for my chicken barbecue.
What are your most-used Southern expressions?
Honey, darlin', y'all, and git!
What's your favorite thing about living in the South?
The hospitality and the sweet tea


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- Made of recycled molded plastic shelves that will not scratch, dent, rust or stain
- Three 1.5"-thick flat shelves with raised, textured surface to ensure minimal sliding
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- Includes pullout side shelf
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Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you and of giving thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
Last summer, I came across a video that changed my life: 100 Thank You's. I won't give the story away-if you have 7 minutes and 54 seconds, this video is a must see!
From that day, I was inspired to thank 100 people who have impacted my life. What I discovered is that there were far more than 100 people who have touched my heart. I committed to thanking 100+ people by sending them personal thank-you cards-and there was a little surprise in each card that touched everyone's heart.
What I didn't imagine is the overwhelming response I would receive. Each response brought a smile to my face every single time. Some friends were having not so great days, and the card they received in their mailbox turned their day around.
I included people I didn't know intimately, but who affected my life every day, from my baristas at my favorite coffee shop to my instructors at my workout studio to people at the charities where I volunteer my time. There were also a handful of friends whom I had not spoken to in more than 10 years, and it brought great memories back for them and for me.
A few people whom I haven't met (and who had heard about #gratitudegrows through social media) started their own gratitude movements. Lori Portka reached out to me as well-she is the amazing lady who originally inspired me with her video, 100 Thank You's.
Last (but certainly not least), there were a lot of people from my employer, global professional services company Accenture, on my 100 Gratitudes list, from our former CEO and Chief Human Resources Officer to the wonderful colleagues I had met when I first started. They are as much a part of my journey as anyone else.
Here are a few samples of the responses I received:
"Truly inspiring and encouraging to start my own gracious mission."
"Neena, I got your card, and it was like being enveloped in a hug from you."
"I admire that you thought of such a wonderful way to honor the people in your life. I am fortunate to be among the people connected to you."
"I'm trying hard to incorporate more of this mindset into my day because I found it has made a difference in my work and relationships."
"What I loved more was reading the other names on the list to see how they also affected you! This project inspired me to remember to always thank the people who impact my life! "
Where I am today is because of the people I have met in my life, and I will be forever grateful. My gratitude project has been heart melting and life changing in ways you could never imagine.
I am a big believer in paying it forward. One of my biggest involvements is charities, specifically Make-A-Wish Illinois, helping critically ill children, and EB Research Partnership, a non-profit dedicated to treating and ultimately curing a devastating genetic disease, Epidermolysis Bullosa. I wake up with a grateful heart every single morning and, one day, I decided I wanted to help others, specifically children. Helping children find moments of happiness during very tough medical treatments makes a world of difference in their lives. I'm very grateful to Accenture for supporting my efforts in fundraising for both charities.
My gratitude project brought lots of laughs, some tears and plenty of reflection. It's so important to let the people in your life know how much you appreciate them. Say thank you, you never know whose day you will turn around.
My advice to anyone who wants to do this: Be creative and sit and think it through. I have far more than 100 people I would like to thank. It's a project that does not have to be done all at once. Put a thoughtful mind to something like this. You will have no regrets.


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With the collection of Rs 225.1 crore at the domestic box office, Salman Khan's movie, Kick, has beaten the lifetime collection of Hrithik Roshan's Krrish 3. Salman Khan's latest film has managed to earn Rs 366.72 crore worldwide. It is the first 200-crore film of Salman Khan.
Hrithik Roshan's Krrish 3 earned Rs 224.69 crore at the domestic box office and became one of the biggest box office collectors in 2014. Prior to that Kick broke the box office record of Shah Rukh Khan's Chennai Express.
Kick continues its good run at the box office even after the release of Entertainment. This action flick may face tough challenge to sustain at the box office after the release of Ajay Devgn's Singham Returns.


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Glaze cousins arrested in Hardin Co. shooting
Police have arrested and arraigned two Hardin County men in the shooting death of 18-year-old Brian Wayne Drake Jr,. who was pronounced dead at the scene Wednesday, Nov. 14, on a back road in northeast Sour Lake.
Drake, of Lumberton, was in his first year at Lamar University as an engineering student.
Cpt. Gary Spears, an investigator with the Hardin County Sheriff's Office, said a preliminary investigation revealed Drake tried to flee his assailants, 26-year-old Joshua James Glaze and 22-year-old Curtis Dewayne Glaze, on Glaze Road in Sour Lake.
When the two caught up to Drake in their white Dodge Durango, shots were fired. "They tried to block him in on Glaze Road," Spears said. "When he went went around them and wouldn't stop, they pursued him down Glaze to Highway 326," where Drake was later found dead. "I haven't been able to get a real firm motive," Spears said of the investigation. "There was really no altercation until that point." Spears said Drake was likely killed instantly in the attack. "It was a gunshot wound to the back of the head," he said. According to the Hardin Country District Attorney's office, the Glaze cousins could be in front of a grand jury as early as mid December.


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Ultron32 wrote:A friend of mine (Morninglory) is having trouble voting. It apparently just shows a red line with a question mark instead of the check-box. And when they tried to post a comment about it, it didn't show up right away, and so they were worried it might not show up until after the first week of polling. So I commented this for them. For me, the red line only showed up AFTER I voted. Any ideas as to whats going on?
^What are your 'top 3 MOCs'? (If you don't mind my asking)
That happened to me when I first joined the site, I think the mods always review the first post a new user makes to make sure they are legit and not spam or something, after I made my first post I was able to vote in contests.


text: Inside news companies, the most immediate worry is how much lost revenue the industry will regain as the economy improves. But the future of news depends on longer-term concerns. What are the prospects for alternative journalism organizations that are forming around the country? Will traditional media adapt and innovate amid continuing pressures to thin their ranks?


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Feedback is critical for students. Receiving constructive comments from professors and professionals is essential to their growth. For University of Houston architecture students, however, having a voice from outside the profession can be even more practical.
The 5th Year Architecture Design Studio at UH's Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture provides undergraduate students with the unique opportunity to work with clients on architectural projects. During the course of a semester, students consult with clients, present them with designs and receive real-world responses to their work.
For 24 years, UH architecture professor and Houston architect Barry Moore has led the studio. Each fall, he locates local non-profit organizations that have with specific architectural needs such as new facilities or building additions. Previous clients include Stages Repertory Theatre, KIPP Charter School, Salvation Army Houston, the Fay School and the city of Jefferson, Texas.
This year, Houston's Lutheran South Academy (LSA) - a Pre-K through grade 12 school - has sought the aid of the studio to design a 600-seat theater and addition to its existing gymnasium.
"The goal of this class isn't to have the client select one specific design or another," Moore said. "We're more focused on providing LSA with some ideas...some possibilities...of what this project can look like and how it can serve its faculty and students."
Moore's students met with members of LSA's administration and student body to receive specifications for this project and to better understand the school. Now, the studio's 15 student architects are drafting their plans and applying them to computer and physical models. At 7 p.m., Dec. 7, they will visit LSA to present their designs. LSA's administration, Parent Teacher Association, faculty and students will review their work, ask questions and provide comments.
For both students and clients, this project is a win-win situation. Clients receive conceptual drawings and models, which can be helpful when contracting professional architecture and construction firms. Students benefit from designing a real-world project and participating in the architect-client consultation experience.
"Students usually get feedback from visiting critics, which is great. But they're not directly involved in our projects," said Elena Rodriguez, senior architecture student. "This class allows us to interact with clients, who are connected to the work. They're not architects, but they tell us what they want. We try our best to accommodate them or to provide ideas. This is what we will experience as professionals."
The challenge for the student architects is not only to create designs that will spark ideas for LSA's constituents but also to communicate clearly. Up to this point, the students have only been critiqued by professional architects. Now, they are sharing ideas with those from outside the industry.
"We can't think strictly as architects," said student Marcos Gutierrez. "We have to put ourselves in their hoes. They might not completely understand the floor plans, so it's important that we make our presentations readable and create models that help them understand these designs. The presentation is just as important as the final design."
The student architects are eager to share their ideas, and the LSA community is equally enthusiastic to view them. According to Wyatt Schultz, LSA's fine arts director, the school's arts events are staged in either cafeteria or the current gymnasium. Having these designs in hand will help spur the school's growth and enhance the learning experience of its nearly 1,000 students.
"I am so jazzed about this project. This is just what we needed to move forward on these buildings," Schultz said. "With a new performing arts center, we will be a premier arts school in Houston. With the additional gymnasium and athletic facility, we also will be able to raise our level of service to our athletes. These two additions are the last of the major elements of our campus. With their completion, we at LSA will be fully functional to serve our students.


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Valentines day, has always been one of the best times of year to go out to a restaurant for a great meal. Dinner is usually a highlight. The chefs bringing some of there best ideas to your table, for you and your love to relic in deliciousness, teasing your taste buds with flavors. Being a vegan family living in a rural area, makes it difficult to enjoy a meal like this. So whats a girl to do but ..cook up some love!
Valentines Menu
* Roasted beets,baby greens & toasted walnuts drizzled with nova scotia apple vinaigrette
*Butternut squash & Lentils wrapped in phyllo with turnip & potato mash, and a parsley garlic cream sauce
*Chocolate Mousse on a cookie crust with Strawberry sauce
For the salad...
I scrubbed 3 large beets poured a little olive oil and sprinkled some sea salt wrapped in foil baked in the oven at 400 for 1 1/2 hours
with a pairing knife I peeled back the skin, cut into wedges.
Tossed baby greens with finely sliced green onions and the vinaigrette.
Arrange nicely on the plate, with the roasted beets, sprinkled with toasted walnuts.be
For the phyllo...
- 1 cup cooked lentils
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 leek- cut lengthwise and sliced
- 1 celery stalk- small diced
- 1 tbsp Dijon
- 1 tbsp dried sage
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 small butternut squash- peeled, cubed and steamed
- 1 tbsp earth balance
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 12 sheets of phyllo dough
- olive oil
- 1 pastry brush
In a saute pan, oil, add leek and celery saute for 4-5 minutes. Add sage. Season with sea salt and freshly ground pepper. In a medium bowl mix together with cooked lentils.
set aside
In a small bowl combine steamed squash, earth balance, and nutmeg. Season with sea salt and pepper.
Layer the phyllo sheets brushing with olive oil 1 at a time.
Place the lentil mixture on the phyllo dough, then the sqaush mixture.
Roll up in the phyllo.
Place on a baking sheet, brush the top with olive oil.
Bake at 375 for 40 minutes or until golden brown.


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Davidoff Yamasa is the third release in the Davidoff Discovery Series. Medium to full in body, the Yamasa Piramides is Sweet, Spicy, Nutty, Pepper, Oaky, with hints of Coffee acheiving unparalelled complexity and smoothness. Try a Davidoff Yamasa Today! The approximate smoking time of the Yamasa Piramides is 1 hour.
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Last signal from missing flight detected off Vietnam's south-west coast
Vietnamese authorities said today they detected the last signal from a missing Malaysia Airlines flight off Vietnam's south-west coast over the South China Sea.
Pham Hien, a Vietnamese search and rescue official, said that the signal was detected 120 nautical miles (140 miles) south-west of Vietnam's southernmost Ca Mau province.
Lai Xuan Thanh, director of Vietnam's civil aviation authority, said that the plane was over the sea and bound for Vietnamese airspace but air traffic officials in the country were never able to make contact.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact between Malaysia and Vietnam.
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If you've been clamoring to see your Instagram photos on somewhere other than your computer or smartphone screen, then you're in luck because the Instacube is here. And it's going to be here to stay, if you help its developers out.
The Instacube is a digital Instagram photo frame that runs on Android. It displays your favorite shots from your Instagram feed at three times the normal size so you can get up close and personal, and appreciate the photos just as they were meant to. It also makes sharing your photos a snap, too, especially to your friends and family who don't have Instagram, provided that they're physically close to you (and the Instacube!) that is.
The Instacube comes with a 600×600 pixel touchscreen display and can be set up in three easy steps. Just plug it in, connect it to your WiFi network, log on to your Instagram account, and you're good to go. The device itself features a simple-to-navigate menu so you can browse through your stream just as you would on your phone.
Hit the jump to check out a video introducing the Instacube as well as links on where you can get it.
The Instacube is currently up for funding on Kickstarter, where a minimum pledge of $149 will get you one of your very own.