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My work is about photography; what it is, what it means, what it does. I explore the history and theory of photography in a number of different ways, as an artist, a writer, and an educator. All of my projects begin with looking closely at photographic images. In my art practice, I work primarily with found photographs, both personal and historical, and I am especially interested in that most common of photographic forms, the family snapshot. I enlarge and manipulate details, calling attention to the wealth of visual information photographs record, and then recombine those details in new combinations that highlight the malleable nature of photographic meaning.
As a scholar I also necessarily work with found photographs, and my critical practice also begins with close looking. I am interested in exploring how photographs are invested with meaning, in how they come to have specific cultural significance in different contexts. As in my creative work, I am generally drawn to common photographic forms such as the portrait, the snapshot, and the mass media image. I seek to understand how people use photographs to make both personal and political statements.
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Saturday, June 2
a walk in tall grasses underneath a warm sky
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This is beautiful...everytime you write, I can picture exactly what it is like to be where you are, surrounded by so much beauty.
I leave the city as much as possible and escape to farthest countryside I can find, just to dream of where I want to be.
Enjoy your fields and beautiful skies!
Sarah xo
- June 2, 2012 at 11:51 PM
- Pink Ronnie said...
Like Sarah said, this is utterly beautiful. I've been reading through a lot of your old posts and this is perhaps the first time I've commented. I just love the magic which you capture through your photos and writing. I feel like you whisk me away to a completely different world. Thank you for this beautiful space that you have created here on your blog.
Ronnie xo
- June 3, 2012 at 12:04 AM
- bree said...
I felt as though I too was on your beautiful, wet walk. Thank you!
- June 3, 2012 at 7:21 AM
- Lana said...
Your posts and photographs soothe the soul.. I enjoy it so much!
- June 3, 2012 at 10:26 AM
- Lucia said...
These photos make me want to read a Jane Austen book while listening to the rain. Love them.
- June 3, 2012 at 11:06 AM
- Patricia Villamil said...
How I breathed the same air with your words. Stunning photographs, and even more beautiful, your words...
- June 3, 2012 at 11:15 AM
- Iren said...
very temping to go out in the rain right now and connect with nature...
The first two pictures are my very favorite! Congratulations!
- June 3, 2012 at 3:24 PM
- Cannelle Et Vanille said...
so green... the city is good, but this is breathtaking.
- June 3, 2012 at 5:08 PM
- Anile | Girlfriday said...
How utterly lush and gorgeous. Lovely images and thoughts. I have experienced a similar feeling - leaving the city lights behind for a green, peaceful quiet. Being able to experience both is the perfect balance and I am so grateful for it.
- June 3, 2012 at 5:25 PM
- Sweet Life Farm said...
I can feel the moodiness of the stormy sky, my pant legs heavy and clinging to my skin, the warmth and light of your fire. Such a gift you have to see, sense and share…
- June 3, 2012 at 7:25 PM
- Rebecca said...
The colours in these photos are amazing! The soft orange sky next to that green, green grass - Beautiful.
- June 3, 2012 at 10:01 PM
- kimberly said...
I absolutely love the color in that first shot- it speaks of summer air and lush pastures.
- June 3, 2012 at 11:35 PM
- David @ Frenchie and the Yankee said...
Very soulful post. It releases calm energies within me! Thank you.
- June 4, 2012 at 9:43 PM
oh, what a horse! .. :)
and that this mist (vapor) in the third photo? Thank you.
- June 5, 2012 at 12:32 AM
- sweet harvest moon said...
So beautiful!
- June 5, 2012 at 6:59 AM
- hannah queen | honey & jam said...
Nadia, these dark tones are so beautiful. I absolutely love the way you use words.
- June 6, 2012 at 10:10 AM
- Juliana said...
Beautiful first photo. It took my breath away. Lovely words.
- June 6, 2012 at 1:04 PM
- ingwer vanille said...
Nice atmoshere!
- June 6, 2012 at 4:02 PM
- Nicole Franzen// La Buena Vida said...
these are dreamyyyyy, can I come visit!!
- June 7, 2012 at 10:05 AM

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I wanted to know if anyone had any experiences using the bubble wrap w/ the double sided radiant barrier.
I had a weird experience thanks to a fire pit, my Brother-in-Law, and a few beers. My Brother-in-Law made a make shift pot holder looking glove and held it about 8" away from a pile of extremely hot embers. After nearly a minute the glove started to smoke because the exterior nearest the fire was starting to melt. Despite this, he said the inside never got that hot.
What I am figuring is that, if this material works this well with such extreme temperatures, why wouldn't it be useful in a knee wall area? It would be a lot easier to install than rigid foam board and much easier to squeeze through a small access hole.
What do you guys think? Do you have experience using this material? (Keep in mind I live in Atlanta, GA, not New England). Thanks!
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Installed in that location -- over the fiberglass batts -- I would be concerned about condensation on the bottom surface wicking into the fiberglass and creating mold habitat. I'd also be concerned that dust would accumulate on the top surface and make the radiant properties useless.
Has this stuff been in use long enough to be able to check in on an installation that's 5 or 10 years old to see how it's holding up?
I'm guessing that the foil/bubble wrap will provide a real good air seal if installed properly (like every other air seal material) but will be much more costly than poly wrap and not provide anywhere near the insulation of EPS or XPS board. I've seen no independent testing of these products to verify their claimed "R" values. Knee walls are always a pain; almost makes you want to rip out the walls to re-do everything.
You should put a link to Reflectix in your post. I haven't heard of it.
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Facebook Blocks Rojava Solidarity Page & Censors Posts
In yet another example of Facebook's discriminatory policies towards supporters of the Kurdish struggle, the Facebook page Rojava Solidarity Worldwide has been removed and it's admins have been sanctioned without any reasonable explanation given.
Admins for the page received messages from Facebook on February 16th informing them that three posts to the page had been removed for 'violating Facebook community standards.' The posts in question were photos – a flyer with an artist's representation of a YPJ fighter that said 'SOLIDARITY WITH THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF ROJAVA – DOWN WITH I.S., FUNDAMENTALISM & PATRIARCHY', an artist's representation of a red rose and the word 'Cizîr' in memory of the recent massacre by the Turkish state of 145 Kurdish people in the town of Cizîr (also known as Cizre in Turkish language), North Kurdistan / Southeast Turkey and a photo from a recent demonstration in France showing protesters marching behind a banner condemning recent massacres perpetrated by the Turkish state in North Kurdistan / Southeast Turkey. All three admins received bans from posting on Facebook ranging from 24 hours to 3 days. No explanation was given regarding the removal of the page and no option to appeal the decision was provided.
This is not the first time the admins of Rojava Solidarity Worldwide have incurred the arbitrary wrath of Facebook censors. Last year a photo of a group of trans and queer people standing under a rainbow flag at Newroz (Kurdish New Year) celebrations in Diyarbarkir that had received over 1000 'likes' was removed for 'violating Facebook community standards' and admins were blocked from posting for 3 days. In January of this year Facebook removed a photo from the page commemorating internationalist communist fighter Suphi Nejat who was martyred fighting alongside YPG-YPJ forces in Kobane in 2014 – like the Newroz photo it had also received over 1000 'likes'.
Facebook censorship is a fact of life for supporters of the Kurdish struggle. In 2012 a disgruntled former Facebook employee leaked an internal Facebook document – the Facebook violations list, which had never been made public. Most of the violations are what one would expect – graphic violence, explicit nudity and sexual activity etc but several were not what one would expect: posts and users are flagged for violation of community standards and possible account termination if they post maps of disputed areas of Kurdistan, insult Ataturk the founder of modern-day Turkey, disrespect the Turkish national flag or post depictions or posts supportive of either fighters from the PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) or imprisoned founding member of the PKK Abdullah Öcalan.
Despite this latest round of censorship and the removal of their page, the admins of Rojava Solidarity Worldwide have not been deterred and have already launched a new Facebook page which can be viewed here: https://www.facebook.com/
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2 ultimate Frisbee leagues throwing into wind
The wide world of sports grows ever wider. Even a bit more circular.
For that, one can thank ultimate Frisbee, the popular and quirky sport enjoyed by co-eds and weekend warriors since the late '60s.
Ultimate is great fun - a marriage of soccer and football and goofing around. It's always had a cult following, but strictly on the outer fringes of the sports world.
It's still out on that fringe, but it's no longer an amateur affair. People play it for money these days, while fans pay to watch. Believe it or not, there are two competing professional ultimate Frisbee leagues doing business in this country - from coast to coast - including a handful of teams right here in the Bay Area.
Both leagues kicked off their seasons this weekend. The American Ultimate Disc League launched its 2014 campaign with a game between the San Jose Spiders and the San Francisco Flamethrowers, held Saturday night at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills.
More than 1,300 die-hard fans showed up on a balmy night. There was plenty of cheering, face paint and all-around levity in the stands. The action on the field was riveting, with players diving for long tosses in a closely fought match. All in all, solid entertainment.
Earlier in the day, the rival Major League Ultimate kicked off its season just up Interstate 280 in San Francisco's Balboa Park, with a game between the San Francisco Dogfish and the Seattle Rainmakers. The MLU is a bit smaller than its competitor, but the league features teams from Boston to Seattle, populated by some of the best players in the world.
Like many startup companies, the two leagues are pitted against each other in a tight space. The sports dollar is stretched thin. And pro Frisbee is going to have a hard time making a go of it.
But that didn't stop one of Silicon Valley's top tech execs from buying in. Rob Lloyd, the No. 2 man at Cisco Systems, was introduced to the sport when his son, Mark, became a star player at UC Santa Cruz. When Dad asked his son what he wanted to do with his life, the younger Lloyd said he wanted to keep throwing the disc.
Most fathers would've gone into lecture mode. Instead, like any good Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Lloyd the elder looked into the business model and decided he liked it. So, with a group of investors, he bought the whole AUDL.
"We thought we could take an incredibly skilled sport, and do what other ventures have done - like MLS and lacrosse for instance - and make it a fan sport," said Lloyd. "Play in a stadium, instead of a flat pitch with girlfriends and moms on the sidelines."
So, just like that, Lloyd bought into professional sports, following in the footsteps of tech execs with deep pockets. See Paul Allen (NBA, NFL), Joe Lacob (NBA) and Mark Cuban (NBA).
Of course, there was an established business model in those other sports. Whether there's room for two pro disc leagues, or even one, remains to be seen.
"Ultimate is a young sport, just starting in the late 1960s. But it's matured and now it's ready to grow," said Chris Sherwood, GM of the San Francisco Dogfish. "The flight of the Frisbee is unique to ultimate. It causes situations that are exciting. It slows down and people jump for the Frisbee. Or it slows down and people are diving for it. It makes it a dynamic, exciting game."
Last year, over 1,200 people showed up for the Dogfish opener. This year, Sherwood hopes to sell out Boxer Field in San Francisco's Balboa Park.
For those who never played the game, here's how it works. Seven players to a side. A field with end zones, much like football. The disc gets tossed around much like a soccer ball is passed. But the players must stop running once they catch it. They have 10 seconds to pivot and pass the Frisbee along, or else they turn the disc over to the other team. Dropped tosses also count as turnovers, so there's plenty of back and forth. There's a lot of running, catching, diving and some pushing and shoving, too. Teams score when they catch the disc in the other team's end zone, just like football.
The sport was invented in 1968 by a group of students at Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J. It quickly became popular with college students, providing a fun, alternative sport for those looking to break a sweat and a smile at the same time. Over time, the sport took hold nationally, governed by its ruling motto, known as "Spirit of the Game." The USA Ultimate Board of Directors (I kid you not) believes that players need to be the ones in control. They should call their own fouls and do the right thing.
That's where the new pro game differs, a bit. Both new leagues will have referees on the field, hoping to avoid tedious arguments as calls are hashed out by players.
The question is: Will the fans keep the turnstiles going? The world is full of people trying to make a buck on the fringes of sport. Once the big dollars go to football, baseball, basketball and hockey, the rest of the industry is fighting for a smaller and smaller piece of the pie.
I asked Steve Gordon, commissioner of the AUDL, that very question. (Yes, the sport is governed by Commissioner Gordon.)
"Well, there are 5 million players in the U.S.," said Gordon. "And about 17 million worldwide. That exceeds lacrosse and rugby combined, in terms of participation. It's the fastest growing sport in the country."
"And fans are not only passionate about ultimate, they're fanatical. It's almost like a cult. Within six months of being introduced to the game, I was crazy for it."
But still. After the big four sports in America, you still have major players like soccer, motor sports, tennis and golf. After that, there are action sports like surfing, skateboarding and MMA, and spectacle sports ranging from monster trucks to pro wrestling. And don't forget cycling and squash and roller derby and track and lacrosse and everything else.
Both Frisbee leagues will be throwing into the wind. But that won't stop guys like Lloyd.
"It's our third year and a lot of people haven't heard of us," said Lloyd, whose league currently has 17 teams and hopes to expand to 24 next year. "But we just announced we'll be broadcasting 18 games on ESPN3."
"No one's ever done this before, this fast. If we deliver the product we think we will, you might see us on the main channel sooner than later."
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- Pound chicken between 2 pieces of plastic wrap until ¼ inch thick.
- Combine salt, pepper, and flour on a shallow plate. Add chicken, one piece at a time, and turn to coat.
- Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken breasts and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side, until browned. Remove from skillet and set aside.
- Reduce heat to medium-low. Add wine and stir. Then add stock, lemon juice, and mushrooms. Stir to combine and cook for about 6-8 minutes, until sauce is partially reduced.
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Strip Mind
Comic books are the result of some Steve Rogers / Captain America level experimentations. The puny, pre-war weakling that was Daily Comic strips kept trying to be a media darling, but the big mean bully named Radio kept punching him in a nearby alley.
THEN, Max Gaines, hoping for the literal, financial translation of his name, put the scrawny yet scrappy comic strip into his miraculous machine. With bangs, flashes and steam the insignificant nerd was TRANSFORMED into Comic Books!
That's exactly what happened. In this metaphor the super smart scientist who designed the Captain America machine, previously played by "Tony Stark's Dad," is played by the commercial viability of Superman.
Like a Zombie-Ghost creature scratching the outside of a window looking into a happy house, Comic Strips are STILL AROUND! BOOOOOOO! While comic books have fun winning awards, poor comic strips have to hang out in newspapers hoping someone pays them any attention.
WE at Forbidden Planet still love you, Comic Strips!
Some great, readily available comic strip collections here at the Planet include "Good-Girl" artist Frank Cho's beloved Liberty Meadows, a relationship comic that combines/steals the formula from Berke Breathed's SENSATIONAL Bloom County with the cheesecake of Al Capp's Li'l Abner. Boy, Bloom County and Li'l Abner…now THOSE were some awesome comic strips.
The Planet has a pretty good compliment of Chuck Schultz' Peanuts, WELL worth the read, as well as the brilliant work of Tony Millionaire, creator of Maakies, Drinky Crow, Dark Horse's Sock Monkey, and more!
TOO MUCH COFFEE MAN CUTIE ISLAND, (W/A) Shannon Wheeler, BOOM!
Shannon Wheeler puts out comic strips you could set your watch too. Dependable, funny, smart, and surprising, Too Much Coffee Man is a slacker 90's comic done right. Fans of Peter Bagge's work should love it…but then they probably already know about it.
KIDS: If you like counter-culture, beat poetry, snark, coffee, espresso, irony, German white chocolate with almonds or low expectations, you should check out this new collection of TMCM! You should probably check out Peter Bagge's comic Buddy while you're at it, too.
KRAZY KAT, George Herriman, Fantagraphics Books
Some folks are going to argue that Windsor McCay's Little Nemo has more artistic OOMPH, yet I would argue that the people who would say that are stupid, tree eating bunny killers!
Krazy Kat is beautiful, strange and endlessly absurd. It is NOT for everyone, but if you want to experience the best of the best, READ HERE!
SO THERE YA' GO, KIDS! Why not take some of your hard earned money and explore the other types of comic art the Planet has to offer. If you need any assistance our kind and courteous staff will be happy to shove some fun comic strip books into your shopping bags.
NEXT WEEK: Nutrition and Comics, or "Which comics should I buy for reasons of entertainment and necessity if I plan on getting stuck beneath a pile of rubble with nothing but comics to eat and read till' I'm rescued?"
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Behind the scenes of a meltdown
Things were so bad for Speaker John Boehner Thursday night, support for his Plan B tax bill so diminished, the limits of his power with his own party laid bare, that he stood in front of the House Republican Conference and recited the Serenity Prayer.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
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Boehner nearly cried.
( Also on POLITICO: Cliff chaos: Boehner pulls GOP bill)
The Ohio Republican accepted that he couldn't change the minds of his House Republican Conference. He tried to convince them that, facing tough negotiations with President Barack Obama over the fiscal cliff, he needed them on his side — and he fell short. With that, Boehner — a man who has clawed back from the political ledge to arrive at the top rung of power — saw perhaps the lowest moment in his speakership.
It was supposed to be a moment of strength, a way to drag Obama and the Democrats toward them in the high-stakes fiscal cliff negotiations that have Washington teetering on the brink. Instead, it showed the world that either Boehner couldn't bring 217 of his own members to his side, or they were unwilling to be led by him in this fight.
( Also on POLITICO: Tax contortions leave GOP in a bind)
Rep. Mike Kelly, a burly freshman from Pennsylvania, stood in front of a closed meeting in the basement of the Capitol and said his fellow Republicans were selfish. Boehner, he said, has done a good job.
It was too late. The meeting had adjourned. No heartfelt rhetoric from Boehner. He and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) simply read statements later delivered to the press, and went their respective ways. It's unclear when the House will return. GOP aides said it could even be 2013, after big tax increases and spending cuts kick in, although they have been warned to be on 48-hour notice to return to Washington if necessary.
Thursday's drama irreversibly changes the dynamics in the negotiations to solve the legislative morass known as the fiscal cliff.
For starters, the House Republican Conference has significantly tamped down Boehner's (R-Ohio) leverage. Forget rallying support to a plan he crafted with Obama — he couldn't get people on board with his own plan.
Boehner's statement — released after the closed meeting in the House basement — seemed to hand off the the nation's fiscal crisis to Democrats.
"Now it is up to the president to work with Sen. Reid on legislation to avert the fiscal cliff," Boehner said Thursday night.
Boehner's Republican Conference has relegated their negotiator to the sidelines. Now, Republicans will see why Boehner was willing to offer Obama so much: The final deal Republicans will now have to swallow will be driven by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Obama.
"He's tried his best," said Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio), a longtime Boehner confidant who is leaving Congress at the end of the year. "But sometimes your best isn't good enough in the face of some people that just don't want to find common ground."
Rep. Buck McKeon, a California Republican who has served with Boehner for two decades, said what happened to the speaker is a "real shame."
"He has worked his heart out to try to get the best deal he can, and to have this happen is very sad for the country," McKeon said.
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Lopez plays down Arsenal link
Atletico Madrid forward Adrian Lopez is not getting carried away by the speculation linking him with a move to Arsenal.
Lopez, 25, is reportedly attracting interest from the Gunners with manager Arsene Wenger looking to bolster his squad before the end of the transfer window.
The Spain international has a £15 million release clause in his contract, but with no club yet to have triggered it, Lopez is ignoring all transfer talk.
"I am happy here and it is my intention to continue here," he said. "I try to isolate myself from the rumours. We are used to them and do not take them seriously. I am very happy at Atletico.
"The good thing at the moment is that the team is doing very well. I would like to stay for a while yet."
Despite playing second fiddle to Radamel Falcao at Atletico, Lopez is still a vital asset to the club, having scored ten goals in their victorious Europa League campaign last season.


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Syndicates: Unemployed Cartoonist's Fundraising Drive Marred by Plagiarism Allegations
By: Rob Tornoe
In the wake of his successful Indiegogo fundraising campaign, cartoonist Bill Day has landed in the middle of a controversy that has bubbled up among political cartoonists about plagiarism and where to draw the journalistic line when it comes to reworking old cartoons and making them new.
As reported earlier this month, Day had taken to Indiegogo with the goal of raising $35,000 so that he could quit his day job at a bike shop and commit to cartooning full-time. Day has been juggling odd jobs and syndicated cartoon work ever since he was laid off by the Memphis Commercial Appeal three years ago.
Day was able to meet his goal, but an issue came to light when Alan Gardner at The Daily Cartoonist reported that Day used a 3-D image of an assault rifle, originally created for video game development, in one of his cartoons. The cartoon in question featured the weapon labeled "NRA," and included a hand-drawn image of the U.S. Capitol building in place of the gun's silencer.
Daryl Cagle — owner of Cagle Cartoons, which syndicates Day's work (Full disclosure: I am a Cagle.com contributor) — said when he was alerted to allegations that Day had used the rifle image without permission, he asked Day to remove the cartoon and redraw the gun by hand. According to Cagle, Day said he thought the image of the gun was a photo, not a 3-D rendering created by another artist.
Despite the request, Cagle said there was never an issue of plagiarism, since Day altered the image sufficiently enough and transformed it into his own editorial comment on the issue of guns.
"Regarding the gun cartoon, I don't see any plagiarism there," Cagle said. "Had Bill Day put an attribution into his cartoon, such as 'Apologies to Zach Fowler' (the gun artist) I would not have asked Bill to take the cartoon down."
It is difficult to develop editorial standards when it comes to defining plagiarism in the cartooning world. While cases such as David Simpson literally tracing the work of former Chicago Tribune cartoonist Jeff MacNelly are obvious and clear, less clear are the numerous times cartoonists working independently of one another come up with the same exact ideas (referred to as Yahtzees by Cagle).
Chicago Tribune cartoonist Scott Stantis (syndicated by Tribune Media Services) wrote in to media blogger Jim Romenesko that the New York Post plagiarized his Lance Armstrong cartoon in a recent cover image, which featured Armstrong's iconic Livestrong bracelet replaced with the word "Liestrong."
But as Romenesko noted, others have tweaked the name of Armstrong's foundation in the same way, including Jamie Lee Curtis and GQ, as well as thousands of images on Google. Stantis conceded, writing, "I will give the Post the benefit of a doubt," but the case underscores the complexity of calling out a cartoonist's work as plagiarism.
Further clouding debate is the issue of editorial cartoonists altering their own images and repurposing them for new cartoons. Gardner linked to a Tumblr page called That Cartoon Critic that features several Day cartoons that have been reworked and updated. Some cartoonists refer to this as "self plagiarism" and decry it as lazy and hacky, while others see it as simply an opportunity for time-constrained cartoonists to take a shortcut.
Comics historian Michael Rhode, who was on the panel that awarded Day the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in 2010, said he thinks that in a perfect world, editorial cartoonists would produce original and excellent new cartoons on a daily basis. But clearly, with cutbacks and layoffs adversely affecting the ranks of political cartoonists, such a perfect world doesn't exist.
"Day has been struggling to make ends meet since being laid off by the Memphis paper, which later had the gall to attempt to buy his work through his syndicate," Rhode said. "After working a full-time job and being let go after being injured, cartooning is a part-time job which probably doesn't really pay any bills at all for him. I understand his reusing his own material in these circumstances."
Rhode said that Day is hardly alone, noting that Edward Gorey's estate is using the same technique to publish new Gorey books despite his death in 2000, and that when newspaper syndicates introduced vacations in the 1980s, readers got "Doonesbury Flashbacks," or repeats, at least twice a year.
Cartoonist Matt Bors (syndicated by Universal Uclick) disagrees, and said he believes repurposing old cartoons and presenting them in a new light diminishes the importance of political cartoons as a whole.
"As cartoonists we should be constantly putting out new work," Bors said. "That's what editors and readers want, not re-worked old cartoons with new labels. It's a sign of laziness to keep re-purposing cartoons with slightly different labels, and it's cheating your readers."
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) weighed in on the issue with a press release written by the association's board that said, "reselling old cartoons with only a few labels changed is just plain bad for both the art form and for business."
"Like the statement says, these instances are damaging … and are very rare," said Matt Wuerker, staff cartoonist for Politico (syndicated by Universal Uclick) and current AAEC president. "The best thing cartoonists can do to promote the profession is to focus on putting out the sharpest and most original work they can themselves."
The release struck a chord with Jeff Darcy, cartoonist for the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, who defended Day's long career and said Day created "impressive cartoons with sophisticated draftsmanship," noting that even Walt Disney employed similar time-saving methods.
"Now that the editorial cartooning standards and practices department has run its high horse over Bill Day, how about it run it over to the next convention of publishers and editors and lobby in person for retaining and hiring editorial cartoonists," Darcy wrote on the Daily Cartoonist. "[That way] cartoonists like Day can be gainfully employed and not have to employ time and energy-saving shortcuts."
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So, I a closet with a lot of wood over the door area. I was hoping to make a small window over the door area for a projector.
It currently looks like this from the outside.
Here are the beams seen from the inside of the closet.
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To do this, I'd need to remove a 6" x 7" chunk from the two back-to-back beams (6" in from the bottom, and a 7" horizontal cut).
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On the extra features of the Fata Morgana DVD, Herzog says Of Walking in Ice is more important than any of his films. An incredibly intense 68 page winter walking journey from Munich to Paris, and into the mind of one of the great heroes of cinema.
Lynd Ward's woodcut novels are a revelation. These wordless, graphic novels from the 1920s-1930s are one picture per page created by carving a story out of darkness with hand tools on a piece of wood. A must-see for designers and comic book aficionados.
Protest Photographs is a huge book of large format wide angle portraits of working people in their homes in the 1960s and 70s. Not only are the photos intense, Chauncey Hare's transformation from engineer to photographer to psychologist is a spellbinding story.
Yes, Winogrand 1964 went out of print very quickly and now sells for $300. And now after having to return the copy I borrowed through interlibrary loan, this will be the most expensive photo book I own. It's that good.
Greg Girard's Phantom Shanghai is an essential read for anyone interested in night photography.
For Now is the result of Michael Almereyda's year long foray into the Eggleston archives, and he did a superb job.
Number 7 in Erik Kessels' in almost every picture series, Shooting Gallery is a series of photos of one woman, triggered by a shooting game at a fun fair. From age 16 to age 88, with a gap during WWII, she hits the target and gets a portrait. It's the history of her life, and the history of 20th century photography all in one. Pure magic.
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We had fun New Year's Eve! Clarice had two reindeer! A boy and a girl!
Mommy and babies are doing fine. Rudolph jumped right over my castle. He was so happy! I danced a little jig. All the elves danced a little jig too!
Would you like to hear one of the little reindeer?
Clarice decided on a name for the little girl. She wants to name her after Julia's grandpa (George). And, she wants to name her after Venice's Mom (Greta). She said it was really, really hard to decide.
Clarice loved all the great names you gave her. There were so many people and pets she wanted to name the little girl after. She said she chose the name because George was a good friend and Venice asked first.
So, the little girl reindeer's name will be… Georgina Greta Gingerbread! Clarice said she might call her Georgie Gingerbread for short. 🙂
Rudolph thanks everyone for their help too! He did not know what to name the little boy. So, he let everyone vote to decide. And the name everyone liked the most was…
What a great name for a reindeer! I wonder if he will help guide my sleigh through snowstorms one day?!
Thank you for all your help!
Merry Christmas!
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P.S. Do you have any messages for the little reindeer or Rudolph and Clarice?
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Paper Napkin Interview: Dishing with Morgan Freeman
We talk juke joints, collard greens, and life in the Mississippi Delta with legendary actor Morgan Freeman at his Ground Zero Blue Club.
What memory from your Mississippi childhood do you cherish most?
Looking back from where I am now, what stands out is being a little boy, around 5 years old. It was a time of freedom. I'd wake up in the morning and didn't have to ask if I could go play. I'd just leave. Later I'd hear my mom calling me from the other end of the neighborhood. Ju-nior!
Why live in Mississippi today?
I've lived in New York and LA, San Francisco and Chicago. I got tired of the crowds and feeling as though I lived in a dungeon, no matter what floor I was on. I started coming home to Mississippi in the mid' 80s and I realized that, gosh, I'm not really ever relaxed until I get here.
How would you describe The Delta to an outsider?
Flat. What distinguishes The Delta, I think, is that it has no distinguishing marks.
Did Mississippi shape the blues?
Absolutely. We're talking about hard work and a really hot sun. What can you do when you're up against an almost untenable situation? Sing. There is a rhythm to chopping and picking cotton. Those folks used to get into a rhythm and sing the blues.
You opened Ground Zero in 2001. Who is your favorite act?
My alltime favorite is one we get often: Super Chikan. He puts on a party and that's what you want in a juke joint.
What's your dream blues lineup?
Boy. I'd get Ray Charles, B.B. King, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Bonnie Raitt, Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy. And that would probably take up a night.
Are you a musician?
No, not really. I played alto saxophone in high school in nearby Greenwood. And in the 60s I picked up the acoustic guitar, like everybody else who wanted to pull girls.
What's your favorite Southern dish?
Collard greens—or turnip greens. Cornbread and fried chicken.
Is there a Southern leading lady that you have a soft spot for?
Ashley Judd. She's gorgeous, extremely smart, a loving person, and an outstanding actress. And she loves me.
What do you consider the top set-in-the-South film?
Driving Miss Daisy, of course. It was an untold story that's prevalent in the South—an old white woman and an old black man who weren't whole until they were together. The movies wouldn't bill it as a love story. They called it a comedy.
How do you take your barbecue?
Through the mouth. Goodness, I like dry rub. I like red sauce. I like baby back ribs—ones with lots of meat, not where you've just got a little thin nothing.
Last thing you scribbled on a napkin?
Either my phone number. Or [winks] someone else's.


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The Government Buildings Division of Public Works is responsible for the care, upkeep, and maintenance of the majority of buildings the City of Pullman own. The buildings include City hall, the Police Station, the two Fire Stations, the Fire Tower, the Neill Public Library, Pioneer Center (which is part of Parks and Recreation), Wastewater Treatment Office, the Aquatic Center, Animal Control, and the Public Works' buildings. The Division has two custodians, one maintenance worker and the maintenance supervisor. The services that they provide cover a wide variety of duties from custodial to maintenance.
The custodians do the majority of cleaning tasks needed to keep the buildings neat and sanitary as well as stocking the various paper supplies. The maintenance workers build or repair all sorts of things from HVAC systems to plumbing, electrical and carpentry.
Due to the age of most of the buildings, there is usually a lot of repair and maintenance work to be done to keep them in good running order. The maintenance workers also are the contact person for outside contractors who will do more specialized services to the city buildings (for example: doing a computerized heating control system for City Hall or replacing worn-out carpeting in various buildings). An essential responsibility for the main contact is obtaining bids and assisting the contractors when needed after the bid is awarded.
Any outside contractor who is hired by the City to perform work for the City must complete the required Labor and Industry forms. When the contract work is over $2,500, a Statement of Intent to Pay Prevailing Wages and Affidavit of Wages Paid is required to be completed. This form requires a $25.00 filing fee and should be filed directly with the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. When the contract work is under $2,500 a combined Statement of Intent to Pay Prevailing Wages and Affidavit of Wages Paid is required. This form does not have a filing fee and can be submitted directly to the Public Works Administrative Assistant, Bethany Johnson for direct submittal to the Department of Labor and Industries.
To view the current prevailing wage rates, please visit the Department of Labor and Industries web page at http://www.lni.wa.gov/ . Please also be sure to direct any questions, form requests, or wage rate questions to Labor and Industries also (360) 902-5335 - Olympia L&I.
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I was a little worried at first being as I used to be very shy and hadn't ever auditioned in front of a large group before. Although I must say the way they held auditions made it a lot more comfortable and took pressure as well as nerves off of one's self. I almost chickened out but since I was already there I said "why not?". After singing a few times through and script reading I went home to wait for news. A few days later the cast was posted on the front doors of the theater (although I doubted getting a part it being a first time auditioning) I was shocked to find my name as part of the Company. From there came rehearsals and work calls. I loved every minute of it. The rest of the cast was easy to get along with and made me feel at home. The theater Director and music director were enjoyable to work with and to take notes from. Although a lot of hours of hard work went into place I came away with a very good experience and a feeling of accomplishment. I would recommend anyone interested in pursuing auditioning to do so. You can't let dreams pass you by. I would have hated passing up the opportunity of auditioning and always questioning "What if?". It never hurts to get out there and at least audition. You gain experience and you gain some pretty amazing friends.


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In June 2011 the SIB ExPASy Bioformatics Resources Portal was launched by the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. In particular, ExPASy has been designed, developed and maintained by the SIB Web Team in co-operation with several other SIB groups and ExPASy users. ExPASy is an extensible and integrative portal accessing many scientific resources, databases and software tools in different areas of life sciences. Refer to Features for more details. The portal enhances the original ExPASy server, previously known as "Expert Protein Analysis System"
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Welcome to the ultimate digital diary of local life and culture, now celebrating 45 years of cutting edge community media. Here you can find the greatest collection of creative films on everyday life of any town in the country; - from 1913 (the earliest) right up to today. To browse, click along page numbers below, or use 'Find Videos' in main menu to search the vast catalogue. The photographic collection on local life is under 'Then and Now'
Swindon Viewpoint is Swindon and Britain's original community media service with a unique history and special place in Britain's media story. Find out more in 'About'!
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Welcome to the ultimate living diary of Swindon life and culture; - spanning the last century as well as today! Here you can find the largest collection of films on local life of any town in the country. To browse, use the search box to access the vast catalogue. Our photographic collection on local life comes under 'Then and Now' or street names.
Swindon Viewpoint is Britain's original community TV service with a unique history and special place in Britain's media story. This year is our 40th anniversary. Find out more in 'About'!
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Colabello Has 6 RBIs, Twins Beat White Sox 10-9
CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Colabello had a career-high six RBIs and doubled twice, Oswaldo Arcia hit a go-ahead triple and the Minnesota Twins avoided a season-opening sweep with a 10-9 comeback win Thursday over the Chicago White Sox.
Trailing 9-8 heading into the ninth, the Twins scored twice off Chicago closer Matt Lindstrom (0-1), who blew his first save chance in two opportunities. Trevor Plouffe singled with two outs in the ninth to tie the game before Arcia's triple off the wall in center gave Minnesota a 10-9 lead.
Glen Perkins then picked up his first save after squandering Minnesota's lead Wednesday. The Twins hung even though Dayan Viciedo doubled with one out and reached third on a throwing error. Perkins got Paul Konerko to ground to third to end the game, giving manager Ron Gardenhire his 999th career win.
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It would be a major understatement to say that Prometheus left a big door wide open. The film (which was (at least originally) supposed to serve as something of prequel to to Ridley Scott's sci-fi/horror classic, Alien) instead inspired more questions than answers; questions that people around the world have attempted to explain ever since the film's release.
In that sense it was unsurprising when the possibility of a Prometheus sequel was first brought up, as a sizable gap between the quasi-prequel and the first Alien film still exists. The very existence of that aforementioned gap (which could have easily been closed with a few revisions to the Prometheus story) almost necessecitates another chapter of the tale; which is exactly what we will be getting in a few years.
THR did a rundown of how the summer 2012 tentpoles for the major movie studios did at the box office, and what the future of those franchises is (if any exists). For 20th Century Fox, the summer 2012 slate was relatively empty, and a lot of hopes rested on Prometheus being a big performer. As it stands, Ridley Scott's return to the sci-fi genre earned $300 million worldwide on a $130 million budget - which is (not great, but) good enough for Fox to move ahead with a sequel.
Fox President of Production Emma Watts - who has relaunched several key franchises with the successes of X-Men: First Class and Rise of the Planet of the Apes - had the following to say about the future of the Prometheus brand:
"Ridley is incredibly excited about the movie, but we have to get it right. We can't rush it,"
Earlier this summer, during an interview, Ridley Scott himself assured our own Roth Cornet that he indeed has a firm grasp on the story, and where it would go next. WARNING: THE FOLLOWING RESPONSE CONTAINS PROMETHEUS SPOILERS!
From that interview:
Screen Rant: My question is how far ahead have you thought? Or have you talked to Damon (Lindelof) about where the possibility of a sequel will go? Have you already opened those doors in terms of you already know where these answers are and it's just a matter of making it? Or are you sort of like 'We will think about that a little bit assuming the movie is a hit. Let's talk later.'
Ridley Scott: "It's a bit of each. You do a bit of each and I've opened the doors. I know where it's going. I know that to keep him alive is essential and to keep her alive is essential and to go where they came from, not where I came from, is essential. That's a pretty open door and then rather than going to that, I don't see landing in a place that looks like paradise, that's not how it's going to be. There is a plan, yeah."
SR: How important is it for you to be directly involved as a director in that?
RS: "Totally. I develop everything. I do. I learned that a long time ago. It's never going to land on your desk, you have to come up with what you want to do with the story and I think sometimes it can take two or three years...
Admittedly, hearing both Watts and Scott drop the caveat that a sequel 'can't be rushed' is a bit frustrating. Many viewers signed on to see Prometheus in the expectation that they would see the story of how the dreaded Alien Xenomorphs came to be, and how those fearsome creatures landed on that faithful planet where Ellen Ripley and the crew of the Nostromo first encountered them; instead, we got a much larger mythology that only tangentially referenced the actual kernel of knowledge so many were hungry for. Hearing that there "needs" to be an extended delay to actually get the full meal will likely be frustrating to many fans beyond myself...
...Of course, what may raise some of those same fans' hopes is an addition to the THR report, which states that while surviving Prometheus members David (Michael Fassbender) and Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) are both locked in for a sequel, Damon Lindelof (who co-wrote the script with newcomer Jon Spaihts) is not as certain to return. Apparently, Fox wants the sequel out in either the 2014 or 2015 summer season - a deadline Lindelof may not be able to make, thanks to his other commitments (Star Trek 2 being a big one).
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After the controversy that sprang up from the endings to both Lost and Prometheus - projects Lindelof had a big hand in crafting - there is a very jaded, but very vocal, demographic of cinephiles who believe the popular young writer to be something of a 'two-act pony' (as in, a writer who is unable to craft a satisfying third act conclusion to his often-mysterious screen stories). Given the amount of contradictions and holes that pepper the plot of Prometheus, maybe some new blood wouldn't be a bad idea?
Look for the Prometheus Sequel sometime in either 2014 or 2015; check back to Screen Rant regularly for any updates that come to light.
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The heating elements are made by Daedo Ceramic from Korea, and the ceramic heating tubes are made by Euna in Korea. They operate in IR C-wavelength. They are high quality and durable. The total power of the NL1512V Ray heaters is 2100W.
The electical connection is to a standard one-phase 120V wall outlet.
NorthernLights saunas have an air circulation ensured with a fan that is very quiet but effective enough. The fan brings in air from above the sauna in to the breathing level, and at the same time pushes the hot air down towards the feet. The interior temperature is very even, and the cooler air is pushed out from the floor level back to the room space.
Spruce: A light coloured traditional sauna material, that has the original sauna scent. Spruce is a conifer tree, and as all conifers it may also have some resin. The spruce we use has very few knots and is very even in quality, and has virtually no resin. Spruce is the most popular of the materials for our saunas, and we recommend it fully. The benches are heat treated aspen in spruce saunas.
Heat treated aspen (aka Thermoaspen): It has an elegant light brown colour. It is very smooth and pleasant to the touch. It does not stain easily and little dirt is not easily visible, so it is a very easy and practical material. Thermoaspen can be treated with paraffine oil, such as Sadolin Sasu, that will deepen its colour and make the wood colour variations more pronounced. Instead of using protective materials you can use a bench towel.
Free of charge delivery in the USA.
The NorthernLights Ray cabins are always manufactured after the order has been received, and thus are not stocked. Production time is normally 3 weeks from order. Please let us know with your order if you have a specific date when you wish the delivery to arrive.
The NorthernLights Ray are delivered directly to your address from the factory.
The NL Ray are well packaged, but if there has been damage during transportation, have the driver sign a note about it to the freight documents and take some pictures of the damage, and send the pictures to us.


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Nevertheless, it has been decided to keep this tutorial available until such time as it has been either updated or re-written. In the meantime, if you wish to take the tutorial, then it is recommended that you change the mysql-extension code to use mysqli or PDO. (If you do this successfully then perhaps you might consider submitting a revised tutorial, contributing to dream.in.code and earning some Kudos!)
In place of using mysql_real_escape_string() featured in this tutorial, it is highly recommended to use Prepared Statements. Prepared Statements render your database completely safe from SQL Injection attacks making the mysql_real_escape_string function useless.
Creating a Secure, Professional Login Module
Logins are one of the first things people want to learn, however seldom do they expand on it.
Authentication mechanisms should be very well protected, you are only as strong as your weakest link.
A lot more things go into authentication than just comparing strings. Ideally you should be implementing
each of the following in your login scheme.
- Safe Errors
- Injection Protection
- Encryption
- Correct Permissions
- Safe Data Stores
- IP Locking
- User Locking
- Conditional CAPTCHA
- Forgot Pass
- Connection
I'll Go over each of them next.
Safe Errors
This is usually the culprit of newer developers, or devs who are
trying to keep things professional but go too far for security's sake.
If a user attempts to login and there username matches a record but the password
does not, you do not want to give an error saying the password is wrong. Your errors for all
failed login attempts should be EXACTLY the same. This prevents people/scripts from enumerating
users on your site. The best way is to have a configuration, and set a variable for the error string.
Injection Protection
SQL injection, I'll say it a million times is the most dangerous vulnerability out there.
Using an injection, an attacker can login as any user, or the top user in the returned recordset, or even
compromise your server alltogether. Always use the escape function for your DBMS , such as mysql_real_escape string
for mysql. Use this on EVERY variable that goes into your querys, no matter what medium they came from.
Never, Never,Never store sensitive data in your database without encryption. There is a rule for encryption.
Will you ever need to retrieve the data in plaintext, such as credit card #'s, ss#'s, etcs
If so then you need to use an encryption scheme, try using AES first, Tripple DES (3DES) second, both
can be implemented using php's mcrypt() function.
If you only need a string for comparison, and do not need retrieval, such as passwords (Note: even using forgot
password functions, you never need to retrieve original pass, you should always make user generate a new one), you
will want to use a Hashing function. Hashing is a one-way encryption that cannot be decrypted, only bruteforced.
For hashing you will want to use SHA512/SHA1 first and md5 last. These can be done with the following functions
hash() sha1() md5()
Also you will need to specify a Key, or Salt. Always do the longest key possible if using a key. A salt is a
word that is added to the plaintext before encryption. This can be any word you want, just concatenate it onto
the plaintext before encryption. Don't forget to use it again when comparing hashes, or decrypting encryptions.
A salt protects you if an attacker is able to get the hashes from your database, then it would be very difficult for him
to brrute force without it.
Correct Permissions
This is very common for people to forget file system protection. Due to php being interpreted, not compiled, if someone gained control of your server where your files are hosted, they would have access to your php files, so
all that hashing, those keys/salts can be retrieved, and even code could be altered to log data in plaintext format.
Moral of this story is make sure your files are behind web root if possible, and make sure folders have correct file system permissions.
Safe Data Stores
Don't use flat files for storing sensitive information. Nor should you be passing around user's sensitive data in cookies. Use a database management system such as MYSQL, and use Sessions for user info, but never store passwords or sensitive data in a persistent state like sessions , only keep those in one place, your guarded database.
IP Locking
Whenever a certain IP attempts to login and fails too many times, say more than 3-10 depending on how sensitive info your site contains 3 being a bank 10 being a forum, you want to lock that IP from logging in for a while. The length, again, depends on your situation, say an 30minutes - hour for a forum to a day for a bank.
User Locking
If someone attempts to login as a user and fails a number of times, no matter from what IP, you should lock that username for a period of time. Use the above template as a guide for user locking as well.
Conditional CAPTCHA
It is very annoying to have to enter a CAPTCHA for everything all the time. And the more difficult we make them for OCR engines to decrypt the harder it is for people to get them right. Here is my solution.
If a user or ip attempts to login and fails more than twice, you should have them enter a CAPTCHA to insure they are human. This way, coupled with the locking above, you can make the CAPTCHA nice and easy to read.
Forgot Password
If a user forgets their password, never give them the exact password back, if you are following my guidelines that should be impossible anyway, have them create a new one.
Also, just don't send a request to their email. Require them to enter details to have it sent, like birth day, secret question etc.
Any failed attempts? Then follow the locking standard above.
You also want to log the IP from which the request was made, and send a confirmation to the user's email saying someone tried to request a password.
If possible, get a certificate, and use HTTPS for logins, this can help prevent sniffing, and man in the middle attacks, although will not stop them altogether, but it is much much safer. This is not required, but if it is possible is nice to use.
Creating the Module
Now you didn't think I would leave you hanging. Lets go through and create an OO interface for authentication.
Start off by making your class
class userAuth { }
Now lets add our error string definition
class userAuth{ private $login_error_message = 'Login Failed.'; }
Lets add our escape wrapper
class userAuth{ private $login_error_message = 'Login Failed.'; public function escape($var){ // Assumes mysql connection // Change if necessary if(is_array($var){ foreach($var as $key=>$val){ $return[$key] = mysql_real_escape_string($val); } } else { $return = mysql_real_escape_string($var); } return $return; } }
Now our hashing, encrpytion functions. When creating our encryption functions, we must return values as base64 encoded, this way all the NPC (non printable characters) are not compromised. In the encrypt function
we return encrypted and encoded string, in our decrypt function first we decode the string then attempt to decode it.
These functions are for encrypting/decrypting with AES, and hashing with SHA512, using $this->_salt for a key.
class userAuth{ private $login_error_message = 'Login Failed.'; private $_salt = 'This is my salt'; function encrypt($var){ $td = mcrypt_module_open(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, '', 'ecb', ''); $iv = mcrypt_create_iv (mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size($td), MCRYPT_RAND); mcrypt_generic_init($td, $this->_salt, $iv); $encrypted_data = mcrypt_generic($td, $var); mcrypt_generic_deinit($td); mcrypt_module_close($td); $encoded_64=base64_encode($encrypted_data); return $encoded_64; } function decrypt($encoded_64){ $decoded_64=base64_decode($encoded_64); $td = mcrypt_module_open(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, '', 'ecb', ''); $iv = mcrypt_create_iv (mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size($td), MCRYPT_RAND); mcrypt_generic_init($td, $this->_salt, $iv); $decrypted_data = mdecrypt_generic($td, $decoded_64); mcrypt_generic_deinit($td); mcrypt_module_close($td); return $decrypted_data; } public function hash($var){ $var = $this->_salt . $var; return hash('sha512',$var); } public function escape($var){ // Assumes mysql connection // Change if necessary if(is_array($var)){ foreach($var as $key=>$val){ $return[$key] = mysql_real_escape_string($val); } } else { $return = mysql_real_escape_string($var); } return $return; } }
This completes Part1, next time we will continue with our blocking and
CAPTCHA system. Stay Syndicated for more info!
If you are unable to read this fluently, or extend this, or are confused, you need to read up on some tutorials on here and good on Object Oriented Programming.
Also some of these function require other libraries, depending
on your version of php, see the following.
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I'm not one to usually post recipes two days in a row, and if you follow The Covenant Diet on instagram, facebook, or twitter then you've already seen this one, so I'm posting it for those of you that are my blog-only friends!
Essentially, I have been swimming more and realized that my energy was totally tanking in the afternoons when I would swim and so I asked my friends on facebook to help me with some ideas. The consensus was: eat protein pretty quickly after workout. I like to avoid processed stuff when I can, so when my friend Kaci mentioned this idea, I tried it out and LOVED it!
Protein Banana Bar
- 2 bananas
- 1/4 cup oats
- 1 Tbsp shredded coconut
- Cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp peanut butter (give or take)
- In a shallow plate combine 1/4 cup oats, a tablespoon shredded coconut, and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
- Cut two bananas in half and smear them with peanut butter (or almond butter would be yummo as well).
- Roll the bananas in the oat mixture. And bada bam bada bing… a yummy post-recovery workout bar for you and a friend!


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The wings of a faerie, a delicate lace.
Transparent and glowing with,
Each faeries myriad colour choice.
You can see their wings flash,
When the sun begins to set;
When echoes of the rainbow,
Give one the illusion of colours bold.
But it's the faeries who are —
As beautiful as they're deadly,
Luring children to their faerie lands.
Turning your infants to faeries,
To live many ages;
To play the wicked games faeries play.
They've no offspring so they steal,
A babe fed; left in their crib.
And you a mother are distraught,
Be not surprised; it's what faeries do.
You've heard the tales and watched,
As your mother, and her mother before her.
Still you cry and sob;
Picking-up your biggest kitchen knife.
Faeries are terrible beings,
We read false truth about,
They don't actually want to help.
They're evil when alive too long.
Faeries so tiny,
Keep their race alive.
Promptly, wave their hands;
The wisps of their garments,
Sleeves like streamers trailing long.
Chanting magic ancestors taught,
They curse your darlings with bright wings.
And turn you and you husband away,
Searching for,
Your their stolen little ones.
Though you, broken-hearted mother,
You keep up the fight.
You want your children to grow,
Not become an evil faerie and —
Live a Millennium to burn.
Faeries lead astray those,
Who try to capture them.
You who yearn for your babes,
To get your children home.
As faeries, your darlings grow in the blink of an eye;
Become adult faeries in days,
Not knowing they were humans young,
Merely days ago.
Mother's sorely missing kids,
Are wandering the forest for —
Where ancient faeries hide.
Faeries lie to stolen babes,
Say they were unwanted,
So the faeries gave them home.
And rainbow wings to one day,
Catch the eye of yet more babes.
Lost before a parent sees,
A child stolen gone.
Faeries change your young,
Dawning them with gossamer wings,
Knowledge of mischief and celebration.
A faeries life is of none-stop festivity,
With little meaning;
And no knowledge do faeries posses,
But the knowledge to take;
Those you hold so dear–
It's why you burn their wings,
In the candle lit at night;
So, they will never curse your home,
And bring you a mother's tears,
Why you learned to take your knife,
And kill the old faeries weird,
To end their malicious games.
Take back your children,
Undo the magic faeries formed.
You'll burn and stab their wings all night,
Until your children,
And your neighbour's young,
Are finally, safe at home.
So the faeries fade away.
Die out with no offspring,
Because of you;
Your child lives.
And never will you cry again,
From a fairy interfering.
You, most feisty mother,
For your perseverance, you have won.
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Bayer CropScience plans to launch a new biocontrol seed treatment in corn, soybeans, and cotton for the 2011 season.
Select growers and seed companies will be able to test VOTiVO™ biological seed treatment on their farms in 2010 for a firsthand look at its unique protective properties, says product manager Paul Hewitt.
"VOTiVO will be unlike anything that's on the market right now," Hewitt says. "It makes use of a beneficial bacteria that renders nematodes irrelevant through biocontrol methods."
VOTiVO creates a living barrier around plant roots so nematodes have limited access to feed, Hewitt says. The safe, stable formulation allows endospores of the bacteria to be applied directly to the seed. When that seed is planted, the endospores are activated and VOTiVO begins its work.
"When the seed is planted, the environmental conditions needed to trigger seed germination also trigger spore germination," Hewitt says. "From that point on, the bacteria grows exponentially, creating a living barrier of protection around seedling roots. When nematodes come looking for food, the roots are already surrounded by VOTiVO."
VOTiVO provides enough protection to withstand early season nematode feeding, when damage potential is highest. And because it blocks nematodes rather than attacking them, VOTiVO is effective against all major plant-parasitic nematodes, including lance, lesion, needle, root-knot and soybean cyst nematodes.
The resulting protection leads to better seedling vigor and higher yield potential, Hewitt says.
"We've looked at a lot of research trials this past season, and we plan on conducting many more in 2010 as we prepare for a 2011 launch," Hewitt says. "A three-year data summary shows average yield advantages of 7.1 bu/A in corn, 1.3 bu/A in soybeans and 62 lbs/A in cotton when VOTiVO is added to current leading seed treatment packages."
Bayer CropScience is a market leader in quality biological seed treatments, and the addition of VOTiVO strengthens this portfolio, which also includes Kodiak® and Yield Shield™ biological fungicides.
For more information on VOTiVO, contact your local Bayer CropScience field representative or visit www.VOTiVO.us.


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The Frontier homestead Children's Story Time is an opportunity for preschool children to learn about the past through stories and history-related activities. Thanks to the support of the Cedar City-Brian Head Tourism Bureau, children's story time is offered free to the public.
Today's book is The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
For our activity today we will be coloring birds


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Welcome to our website! As we have the ability to list over one million items on our website (our selection changes all of the time), it is not feasible for a company our size to record and playback the descriptions on every item on our website. However, if you have a disability we are here to help you. Please call our disability services phone line at 304-623-3788 during regular business hours and one of our kind and friendly personal shoppers will help you navigate through our website, help conduct advanced searches, help you choose the item you are looking for with the specifications you are seeking, read you the specifications of any item and consult with you about the products themselves. There is no charge for the help of this personal shopper for anyone with a disability. Finally, your personal shopper will explain our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, and help you place an order if you so desire.
Jacks Furniture Center in Clarksburg, WV is an authorized dealer of Riverside Products. Riverside has been helping to make America's homes more comfortable and livable for more than a half century now.
Their founder Herman Udouj said it best when he established Riverside in 1946, "We want the Riverside name to be trusted for well designed, affordable furniture. It's just that simple.
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Are you ready to put your range to work and your soul in the skillet? Then how about Bouillabaisse from Chef Brian Mottola, the Chef de Cuisine of Emeril Lagasse's NOLA restaurant?
Chef Spicer explains what exactly the Slow Food Movement is and what that means to her as a chef and food lover.


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On the island of Crete – the largest of Greece's islands – stands the Church of Livadia. It has quite the colorful interior, reflecting Crete's distinctive culture from the rest of Greece.
Image: Wolfgang Staudt/ Flickr
The island has its own poetry form, Mantinades, along with music and indigenous dancing. The people of Crete also often wear traditional dress in everyday settings, including knee-high black riding boots and black shirts. Most of the population is Greek Orthodox, and religious holidays play an important role in gathering the people of Crete together. (via NileGuide)


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UCSB Athletics Ticket Office
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Phone: 805.893.UCSB (8272) or 805.893.3292
Office Hours: Monday through Friday 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
The Athletics Ticket Office is located on the first floor of the Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA) building on Ocean Rd. There are two free, 20-minute parking spots located between the ICA building and Robertson Gymnasium specifically marked for ticket office customers.
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Promoting preventive conservation—the management of the environmental conditions under which collections are housed and used—has been a major objective of the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) in training and education. In 1990, the GCI offered its first course in a series entitled Preventive Conservation: Museum Collections and Their Environment, then ran the course annually until 1995. The course gave conservators, collection managers, and conservation educators an opportunity to update their skills and knowledge in various technical aspects of this topic, while also considering the managerial and political skills necessary to integrate better collection practices within cultural institutions.
The course design reflected the need for conservators in museums to assume a stronger, more managerial role. In addition to technical information on the museum environment, the course included discussions of strategies for interdisciplinary communication, collaboration, negotiation, and influence. The aim was to offer conservation professionals the knowledge, skills, and confidence to interact with institutional decision makers. The course, which sought to recreate the types of management situations conservators would encounter in real life, was a departure from the technically oriented courses with which most conservators were accustomed.
The development of the course included the creation of teaching materials—didactic exercises and case studies—similar in aim and design to those commonly used in schools of business, law, and medicine. Intended to stimulate interdisciplinary problem solving, the case studies allowed participants to consider the consequences of various strategies applied to situations requiring a combination of technical and managerial skill.
After holding the course in Los Angeles for several years, it was offered in London on two occasions in partnership with the Conservation Unit of the Museums and Galleries Commission (now called re:source, The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries. Case studies and exercises were adapted and new ones were created to reflect the particular situations likely to be confronted by the European participants of the course. This collaboration was intended to transfer the course to another institution that would be able to offer it independently as part of its programs. Another instance of "transfer" was the collaboration established with the Winterthur-University of Delaware Masters Program in Art Conservation to adapt the content and materials of the GCI course for use in their three-year training program.
In 1995, the GCI offered its last course in preventive conservation in Oaxaca, Mexico—Conservación preventiva: Colecciones del museo y su medio ambiente. As the course was being adapted for Latin America, it became clear that a new strategy for supporting preventive conservation training was necessary. The strategy that emerged was one in which the GCI would focus on building capacity of existing training institutions by developing partnerships to facilitate sharing of technical information and expertise, while at the same time giving partner institutions access to didactic resources produced over the years. This strategy was implemented throught the GCI project, the Latin American Consortium.
Related articles in Conservation, the GCI Newsletter
- Managing the Environment: An Update on Preventive Conservation (Summer, 2000)
- Preventive Conservation: a Discussion (Summer, 2000)
- Preventive Conservation Courses (Fall, 1995)
- Preventive Conservation (Spring, 1992)


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The Orlando Repertory Theatre is partnering with Theatre UCF to co-present "Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963" by Christina Ham, as part of a national staged reading commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham bombing.
This free reading will be at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, in Studio 1 of the UCF Performing Arts Center on the campus in east Orange County off University Boulevard and Alafaya Trail.
Students from the University of Central Florida's School of Performing Arts join participants from the Kennedy Center and other venues for the commemoration of the 1963 bombing that took the lives of four young girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., and galvanized the Civil Rights movement.
"Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963" centers on the bombing's real-life victims: Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins. While Denise dreams of becoming a doctor, Carole looks forward to the dress she will one day wear at the cotillion, Cynthia imagines her life as a mathematics professor at the local university, and Addie Mae envisions a life as a professional baseball player. The realities of the segregated political climate that will put a stop to these dreams swirl around them and eventually culminate in the fateful events of Sept. 15, 1963.
The play, commissioned and originally produced by SteppingStone Theatre in St. Paul, examines what it is like to be a child in the most extreme circumstances.
The reading is part of Project1Voice's nationwide, simultaneous event of staged readings commemorating this seminal event in American civil-rights history, which took place just weeks after the historic March on Washington where Martin Luther King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream Speech."
The readings will feature multigenerational casts of national and local theater, television and film actors. For a full list of participating groups across the country, go to http://www.project1voice.org
Sponsored by the Orlando Repertory Theatre and directed by UCF masters-degree students Tara Kromer and Sara Brunow, the local cast consists of students in the University of Central Florida's School of Performing Arts.


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Hi, my problem is:
Need execute a application and not display this application on screen, but need save the main Frame as image (JPG or other format) in one archive, or draw it in a variable in memory to use her as a texture of an object 3D.
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The city of Pendleton, Ore., and state officials landed a subsidiary of Drew Industries Inc. which also was looking to locate the plant in Indiana.
The Pendleton East Oregonian reported that Kinro Manufacturing Inc. opted to locate a recreational vehicle window and door manufacturing plant in Pendleton in a facility former occupied by Drew's Lippert Components Inc..
Tracy Bosen, Pendleton economic development director, said Monday (Aug. 3) the company would hire up to 80 employees.
Lippert pulled stakes out of Pendleton and moved its 35 jobs to McMinnville, Ore., some time ago, Bosen said.
Bosen said Drew had the opportunity, with Lippert vacating the building, to bring the Kinro plant to Pendleton.
Bosen said Kinro plans to begin operations Sept. 30.
"The Pendleton Economic Development Board and the city of Pendleton have been working closely with the state of Oregon and Drew Industries since the fall of 2008 to bring these jobs into Pendleton," Bosen said.
Most jobs will be line-manufacturing positions, and there will be a limited number of administrative and managerial positions.
"They're going to be starting at about $13 per hour," he said, "and the administrative jobs will be more."
Bosen said Kinro offers a competitive 401(k) plan, major medical, prescription, vision and dental health plans and holiday and vacation pay.
This is Kinro's first venture in Oregon, he said. Kinro's corporate offices are in Arlington, Texas. It has an engineering office in Mansfield, Texas. The company has nine plants that build doors and windows for manufactured housing and recreational vehicles.
"We worked really hard to bring these jobs in," Bosen said. "They were going to go to Indiana."


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Illini's Darius Paul arrested, faces preliminary charges of resisting officer, alcohol use
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – University of Illinois police say basketball player Darius Paul faces preliminary charges of resisting a peace officer and unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor.
Police say they arrested the 20-year-old sophomore early Tuesday on campus. Capt. Roy Acree Police said an officer spotted two men crossing a parking lot around 3:20 a.m. The officer lost sight of the two but from her car spotted one a short distance away.
Acree said the man turned and walked away from the car and ran when told to stop.
Another officer tackled the man. Police say he said he had been drinking.
Paul could not immediately be reached for comment.