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It's summertime, and there's probably a hammock somewhere in the sunshine with your name on it. But once you've got your sunscreen, before you're ready to relax, there's still one thing you need: a good book!
There are summer reading lists with the newest, best-selling titles and summer reading lists for classes and and lists for the beach and lists of books that will make you think and lists of books that won't make you think...but I have a slightly different suggestion.
Don't make a list. Just find some old books and go browsing.
Library book sales and used book shops are my favorite. You never know what exciting title you might find or what new favorite author you might discover or even what century they'll be from! The books are inexpensive, so with just a little judicious perusing, you can surprise yourself with a perfect summer reading selection.
I recently went on a bookish adventure of this sort during a summer road trip with my family. We had stopped to stretch our legs in Wisconsin, and we decided to check out the Mocha Mouse - a shop which, according to the sign, had a little bit of everything...
...including cheese hats and cheese sandwiches and beers of every description. But my eye was caught by a staircase towards the back - I noticed an arrow and a sign that said, "Used Books." I couldn't resist!
It turned out to be a book-filled treasure trove of a room - not too big to be overwhelmed by but with enough titles to get comfortably lost in. We were the only ones up there, and it was so peaceful - they even had a table and chairs to encourage you to sit down and read a few pages.
The names of the books in this pile were so various and random, they just made me laugh: Always Have Popsicles; 365 Ways to Say Let's Be Friends; Now You're 70!; and Two Cats and the Woman They Own.
SO MANY BOOKS! They were divided up by genre and category - I was tempted by The Armchair Traveller in the small travel section. Also notice A Passion for Sicilians.
The colorful books in the children's section were soon calling my name - Heaven to Betsy by Maud Hart Lovelace was a familiar favorite face. If you have not read the Betsy-Tacy series, don't wait to discover it by accident on a bookstore expedition, go out now and read it. I love Emily of Deep Valley and Betsy and the Great World, but they're all wonderful!
There were plenty of new-to-me faces in the children's section too. The Commodore by Chalres Geoffrey Muller looked like a lot of fun.
In the end I resisted, but I was very tempted to buy it just for the illustrations!
I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but when looking through old books, that's half the fun because they're so pretty! I love the titles as well: Polly of Lady Gay Cottage, Grace Harlow's Overland Riders, and Her Father's Daughter. I wanted to sit down and read every one of them!
Why can't books today look more like this? They're so elegant.
It's fun to open up the covers to see what line might jump out at you. I like that the first character's name in Keeping up with Lizzie: "Socrates Potter." He sounds like a philosopher. From the first page it sounds like he was one!
Here's a beautiful line from another book: "It was June, and the lovely expectant evening had imposed a spell upon the begrimed buildings of Belfast. Framed against the amber sky, the roofs and chimney stacks of the northern Irish city lost their prosaic outlines and became mysterious, resplendent as a city in a dream."
My brother Porthos spotted a book called Suddenly a Corpse by Harold Q. Masur: "Trouble came to my door on Wednesday evening when the fat man with the frightened eyes entered my life and simultaneously departed from his own." Porthos added the book to his pile!
I was searching the mystery section for any Agatha Christie - specifically Poirot, who is simply superb. My dad was sure he'd seen a Poirot on the spinner, but I went through the whole thing and couldn't find it. Then Porthos walked over, and I realized he had it!
It was The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. When that edition originally came out it apparently cost a quarter, but $2 still felt like a steal! Luckily Porthos let me borrow it.
My favorite find had to be this beautiful Maynard's English Classic Series edition of Marmion by Sir Walter Scott. Remember - from Persuasion - Captain Bennick and Anne "trying to ascertain whether Marmion or Lady of the Lake were to be preferred..." I liked Ivanhoe, but I had never read Marmion before - if Jane Austen liked it, that's enough for me. ;)
My favorite find had to be this beautiful Maynard's English Classic Series edition of Marmion by Sir Walter Scott. Remember - from Persuasion - Captain Bennick and Anne "trying to ascertain whether Marmion or Lady of the Lake were to be preferred..." I liked Ivanhoe, but I had never read Marmion before - if Jane Austen liked it, that's enough for me. ;)
This copy had an inscription from 1897 to Bertha J. Edwards. I love imagining the book over a century ago waiting in a shop, being passed by gentlemen in top hats and ladies in bustles. Old books can be twice as much fun to read just because of all the hands they've passed through before!
Here's what ended up on my surprise summer reading list:
1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (Poirot and those little grey cells!)
2. The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer (classy historical romance - loved the heroine)
3. Marmion by Sir Walter Scott (not finished yet but enjoying it)
4. Wallis and Edward: Letters 1931-1937 (can't go wrong with British royalty)
5. Washington Square by Henry James (a re-read and a classic)
Be sure to share your summer reads and bookstore adventures in the comments! :)


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2:25 pm || Meets with bipartisan group of mayors
7:00 pm || Delivers remarks at the 50th Anniversary of John F. Kennedy's Inauguration; Kennedy Center
All times Eastern
Briefing by Robert Gibbs as 1:00 pm
Check yer times…The only think Barry be doin at 230 in the morning is massaging the udders on mooshelle
9:00 pm II Return to East Wing after Kennedy Innauguration.
9:15 pm II Chase small rodent down hallway.
10:30 pm II Slip into White House Kitchen, find unopened Ben and Jerry's "Moo Moo Moo Chocolate Chip". Find spoon. Ask Secret Service Agent to watch out for MOONBAT2 (Secret Service codeword for FLOTUS).
11:30 pm II Return to White House bedroom.
12:05 pm II Watch new Oprah Network with FLOTUS while eating organic carrot sticks.

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text: Mike came to Pullman in 1979 attending Washington State University. After a short break, he started his fire service career in Moses Lake at Grant County Fire District #5 in 1981. He returned to WSU in 1983 joining the WSU Fire Department as a student resident and later hired fulltime by the department in 1985 where he received a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Political Science. Mike joined the Pullman Fire Department in 1996 as the Assistant Fire Chief of Operations until his recent appointment as Fire Chief on February 1, 2013.


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May 15, 2017
The partnership between banks and FinTech is increasing and this trend is expected to continue as FinTech companies are offering innovative products/services in the financial services sector with changing customer demand for frictionless technology. In addition to offering innovative services, banks have been pursuing partnership with FinTechs to leverage their technological knowledge and cost-effective solutions. These partnerships reflect a seismic shift in the way how the industry had initially perceived these collaborations. No more adversaries, FinTech companies are now relying on their banking counterparts to build better customer experiences in addition to a huge customer base and vast amounts of infrastructure and data. One of the successful bank-FinTech partnerships had been the two cycles of the Catalyst program by Societe Generale which saw startups working within their premises to co-create promising solutions. Now in its newest iteration, the Catalyst 2.0 promises to be a bigger launchpad for FinTechs to test their existing products/solutions with real business scenarios.
At SG GSC (Societe Generale Global Solution Centre), innovation is an integral part of the overall culture. Catalyst is Societe Generale's accelerator program that was launched in 2016 with the intent to engage with the vibrant startup ecosystem in India and co-create solutions to real business needs and challenges. This comprehensive close to 10-weeks endeavor invites deserving startups/FinTechs to team up with SG, experiment and engineer creativity and redraw their operating landscape. Some of the key highlights from the previous cycles of Catalyst have been the interactions with a vast network of in-house Business Mentors, widening the reach of the promising product/solution across the group entities, the Aha! moments that one experiences in the 10-weeks of Catalyst bouncing ideas/discovering new approaches, the conversion from a Catalyst engagement to formal commercial engagements, etc.
This year promises to be bigger with simultaneous launches of Catalyst across two of SG locations – India and Romania. SG GSC Catalyst India Edition will partner with startups/FinTechs from their Indian ecosystem. Teams will get to work with SG mentors and access resources exclusive to SG GSC.
The themes and business challenges for Catalyst 2.0 are as follows:
With an enriched interaction, an accompanied remuneration and a working space within SG GSC premises, it's an apt platform to test, iterate and scale your product or solution with a real scenario.
Based on the demo day outcome at the end of the 10-weeks, potential engagement avenues with Societe Generale could leapfrog your company in the right direction. Catalyst is open to all startups (emerging or mature) with one or more commercial product/solutions with active paying customers.
The last date for application is on May 18 and the program commences mid-June.
More information about the program can be found here.


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Born in Milan in 1918, he graduated in Architecture in 1944.Since 1940 he had dedicated himself to experimenting on industrial products with his brothers Livio (1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo (1913-1968). Their interests were directed towards Urban Planning, Architecture and Design; they performed analysis and research on new forms, techniques and materials, aimed at developing a process of 'integral design'.
In 1969, he was nominated Professor of 'Artistic Industrial Design'; he chaired the Faculty of Architecture in Turin until 1980 and taught in Milan until 1993 as Professor of 'Industrial Design' at the Polytechnic of Milan.
In 1956 he was one of the founders of ADI (Association for Design Industry). MoMA's permanent collection in New York hosts 14 of his works. Other works may be found in the following museums: Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Kunstgewerbe Museum in Zurich, Staatliches Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Munich, Design Museum in Prato, Uneleckoprumyslove Museum in Prague, Israel Museum in Jerusalem, The Denver Art Museum, Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Angewandte Kunst Museum in Hamburg and Koln.
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Imagine being dropped off at a little tiny town at 6 am, after an overnight bus.. uncertain how to get where you are planning to go, and not knowing yet how to leave this town later in the day….. and then you discover that Pammukale (the pools of water that cascade down calcified walls of white (like a cave only outdoors) and the Hieropolis ruins above these incredible pools of mineral water are open…. so you hike up with your daughter and two other similarly confused travellers…to find that you have the entire site to yourself for hours before the tours come, and you watch the sunrise. and you run and jump and play through ancient ruins. ah, life is good.
And the rest works itself out. It took my daughter's bit of turkish and a bit of crankiness to arrange for us to get a bus tonight to secuk… but she pulled it off. It is the day of celebrating the end of Ramadan, and for that we could be easy going, but the bus owners had assured us that we could get the bus later today. Anyway, we have a bus and no hard feelings. In the meantime, we have had lunch dinner in a 'taverna' a bit like Costa Rica, Courtney… (what am I saying? She doesn't know about the blog yet, and she will be on her way with Cody and Evalee today to Amsterdam, anyway! At least I am assuming so.. communication by email is tough… I know Evalee had a bit of a cold or teething, but i suspect she can fly)
Megan is on the other computer booking our flights for when we return to Istanbul. She is such a good travel buddy to have.. so easy for me. But of course, did I know we'd land in the middle of a dark town, backpacks in tow, and nowhere to go? I smile at this, because sometimes that's simply the best kind of travel. THANK GOM the dress is safely in Istanbul, because our backpacks are often left in shady places.
Temple of Apollo.. oracle site and necromantium… interesting… Intriguing the unknown of our history, and how uncertain all agree (nowadays) of how little we know.
off i go… check on the backpack and such. I'm so in love with travelling! And Turkey and the turkish people are extraordinary!


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Obama blames 30-day legal limit for role in oil spill
As anger grows over the massive, uncontained oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the procedure for issuing federal drilling permits for the Gulf Coast has begun to attract intense scrutiny. During a May 27, 2010, press conference, President Barack Obama -- under pressure for the failure to stem the underwater leak -- laid a large portion of the blame on the existing law that governs the permitting process, as well as the regulations to implement that law, which were drawn up by the Minerals Management Service, the Interior Department office that oversees oil and gas leases.
"What's also been made clear from this disaster is that, for years, the oil and gas industry has leveraged such power that they have effectively been allowed to regulate themselves," Obama said. "One example, under current law, the Interior Department has only 30 days to review an exploration plan submitted by an oil company. That leaves no time for the appropriate environmental review. The result is, they are continually waived. And this is just one example of a law that was tailored by the industry to serve their needs instead of the public's. So Congress needs to address these issues as soon as possible, and my administration will work with them to do so."
We wondered whether the president is correct that the law mandates such a short period for an environmental review.
The law in question is the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The law was originally passed in 1953, though the amendments relevant to the Obama's statement were added in 1978.
Under the law, a proposal to drill must pass through several stages before it can be approved. First, the Interior Department must choose the locations it will open to leasing. Then, the department puts those areas up for lease.
Once a lease is purchased by an energy company, the leaseholder must submit an "exploration plan" to the Interior Secretary before exercising its right to drill. Interior Department regulations specify that the regional supervisor of MMS has 15 working days after receiving a proposed plan to rule a submission packet complete. At that point, a 30-day clock starts ticking. If the secretary finds problems during this period, modifications can be ordered or, if modifications are insufficient to solve the problem, the lease can be canceled. But if the secretary finds the plan acceptable, it must be approved within that same 30-day window.
So Obama is correct about the law's 30-day limit. He's also correct that complete waivers of environmental impact reviews are common. The Interior Department says that in recent years, MMS has granted 250 to 400 waivers annually for Gulf of Mexico projects alone. (The department was unable to provide PolitiFact with the number of cases in which a waiver was not granted.) The Deepwater Horizon project had been given a "categorical exclusion" from detailed environmental review more than a year before the disaster occurred -- a decision that is supposed to be granted to projects that are expected to have minimal environmental impact.
Meanwhile, on Obama's assertion that 30 days is too short a window to conduct a credible environmental review -- much less a plan to respond to a major malfunction -- many experts we spoke to agreed with the president.
In general, then, Obama's statement is on target. But we think it's worth noting that the 30-day limit is not the only factor that explains the failure of MMS to study the environmental impact of Gulf of Mexico projects.
The exploration plan Obama referenced is not the only environmental study that is supposed to be conducted during this process. Studies are also required when the lease locations are chosen and when the leases are sold, and they don't have statutory time limits.
Critics say that, in their current form, these earlier-stage studies do not include enough detail on the specific drilling locations to qualify as a full-scale environmental assessment. But if MMS -- or Congress, or the industry -- had wanted to beef up these earlier studies as a way of getting around the 30-day limit, they could have done so. But they never did. In their absence, the courts have sometimes stepped in: In 2009, a federal appeals court threw out the initial five-year leasing plan for drilling in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, citing shortcomings in the plan's environmental assessment.
Holly Doremus, a law professor at the University of California-Berkeley who has studied the MMS permitting process, called it "a bit disingenuous" for Obama to focus solely on the 30-day limit.
"The categorical exclusion has never been formally justified by the short time line, and so far as I know MMS has never -- until after this blow-out -- asked Congress for more time to review exploration plans," she said in an interview. "I think rather that MMS has thought, and acted, as if it didn't need to do detailed environmental review at the exploration plan stage" because it does them at the two earlier stages. "If that review were more thorough, and considered true worst-case scenarios, it might well be the case that 30 days would be enough to look at the environmental impacts of exploration in a particular location," she said.
Meanwhile, some say that Congress ought to shoulder a portion of the blame for letting an inadequate permitting process fester for more than 30 years.
"If that is too short for a review, then Congress should change it," Gary Wolfram, an economics and public policy professor at Hillsdale College. "My suspicion is that, as with all central planners, Congress doesn't know the proper amount of time it takes to review a project.''
Belatedly, Congress -- prodded, also belatedly, by the Obama administration -- is looking to change the rules. On May 11, 2010, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar released a legislative package that includes a proposal to eliminate the 30-day deadline. "Changing this 30-day mandatory deadline to a 90-day timeline that can be further extended to complete environmental and safety reviews, as needed, would provide MMS more time to conduct additional environmental analysis on an exploration plan," the department said in its announcement.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sought to attach the change to a supplemental spending bill before the congressional Memorial Day recess, but the effort was unsuccessful. Supporters vow to push on. "I am not aware of any pending free-standing legislation on this, but I do know that Congress will revisit the topic when it gets back," said Bill Wicker, a spokesman for Bingaman.
Ultimately, Obama was correct on everything he said about the law -- the 30-day limit, the difficulties of conducting a full study in that time frame, and the frequent waivers. But we're marking him down slightly for implying that the 30-day limit tied the administration's hands. If the administration had wanted to change MMS procedures short of rewriting the law, it could have done so by proposing more stringent requirements for the other environmental assessments undertaken during the permitting process, which are not time-limited under the law. And it could have pushed earlier to rewrite the law. On balance, we rate his statement Mostly True.


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Birth Plan Limitations
It is often said that medicine is an art and not a science. This is no more obvious than during labor and delivery. There may be many ways to ensure a good outcome, which means a healthy baby and a healthy mom, but there will be countless differences of opinion along the way as to how to best accomplish this.
For these reasons, it is important that you know what your doctor's ideas are about labor and delivery, and that he or she knows your expectations. You need to ask straight out about possible areas of conflict with either the doctor or the hospital you have picked for your delivery. Will your doctor follow your wishes? Does the hospital have rules limiting choices?
There are many established practices in obstetrics. Sometimes doctors are following standard practices, and sometimes hospitals may impose certain procedures on doctors and nurses.
Hospitals tend to have specific rules and regulations. One may be to take a patient's vital signs every four hours – including blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respiration. If you have ever been in the hospital, you know how impossible it is to sleep because of these types of policies. In some hospitals, the doctor can write an order for vital signs to be taken every 8 hours at night for stable patients.
Hospital or departmental policy may dictate how long a woman can be watched who may not be in labor. It may limit visitors. It will define who can actually do specific procedures.
If you have picked a doctor who you feel understands what you want during labor and delivery, he or she probably does deliveries at a hospital that will allow the things you and he or she have discussed. If not, the doctor should tell you in advance, allowing you to switch doctors and/or hospitals.
Consider these parts of labor and delivery:
- Hospital admission. If you want to stay home during early labor, is your doctor comfortable with that? What if you are not sure that you are in labor and want to be evaluated at the hospital? How long will they watch you?
- Early labor in the hospital. How will you be monitored? Will you be allowed to walk, get in a tub of water, and in general, have freedom of movement? Is an intravenous line mandatory, or can you get a heparin lock, which can be used for intravenous fluids or medicines if necessary?
- Established labor. What are your choices for pain medicine, if you want it? Is there an anesthesiologist there to give you an epidural?
- Trouble with labor. How does your doctor handle
- failure to progress?
- Does your doctor use Pitocin (oxytocin)? Pitocin is medication that makes the uterus contract. What are the hospital's protocols for the use of Pitocin? These might dictate how much can be used and how fast. These also might dictate where you have to be while you are given Pitocin and how you are monitored.
- Later stages of labor. Are you still allowed to move around? What will your doctor do if there is any abnormality noted – an abnormality of the baby's heartbeat, for example?
- Delivery. In what positions and places can you push? When does your doctor consider intervention, like a vacuum extraction? When does he or she consider C-sections? Does your doctor always do an episiotomy, or usually? When the baby is out, do the nurses give him or her to you immediately? Is the baby left to breast feed immediately?
- The baby. Who will be checking the baby and when? Will your baby be allowed to room in with you?
- Complications. If any complication occurs, what are the steps usually taken? If a C-section becomes necessary, can your husband or partner still witness the birth? Under what circumstances will you be rapidly anesthetized and the baby taken out, as opposed to a slightly slower, but definite, move to do a C-section?
- If the baby needs special care. If your baby is born very early, or has a congenital abnormality or other problem, is there a NICU there, and what level is it? If there isn't one, or it isn't level III, are you prepared for the fact that your baby could be moved to another hospital if medically necessary.
- After the birth. Are there lactation specialists available to help you get started breast feeding? Is rooming in encouraged? If you have had a difficult delivery and medically need rest and/or medication, who will feed the baby?
You may look at all of these things differently if you expect a normal pregnancy and safe delivery, as opposed to a difficult pregnancy and specific concerns about your health or your baby's health. You may also look at things very differently during subsequent pregnancies.
The best thing is to ask as many questions up front as possible, both of your doctor and the hospital. Even if you have been to the hospital, if you didn't ask some of these questions, you may want to take another tour. A labor and delivery nurse will usually be able to tell you everything you want to know.


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Quadrant to release new EDD tool, enhances spool file pre-processor
Quadrant to release new EDD tool, enhances spool file pre-processor
Quadrant Software, the leading developer of Electronic Document Distribution (EDD) solutions for creating, managing, and delivering inbound/outbound business documents from the iSeries enterprise, announces the release of Formtastic 5.2.2 on June 16, 2004, along with significant enhancements to its spool file pre-processor, Formatter.
Formtastic Fusion5 provides the ability to design and populate electronic documents with ease, allowing customers to eliminate costly pre-printed forms by printing to inexpensive laser printers or delivering documents automatically by email or fax. This new release re-formats and enhances iSeries 400 spool files by adding conditional data, logos, graphics, bar codes and other document elements with pixel-by-pixel WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) accuracy. When combined with Formatter, users can cut document page counts by 50 - 75% while increasing readability and further reducing expenses related to postage and printing.
"This latest release of Formatter and Formtastic focuses on cutting numerous time-consuming steps out of document design while further minimizing guesswork," says Gary Langton, Quadrant Software Founder & President. "In addition, we've raised the bar by offering usability features that have never been available before now. Version 5.2.2 makes forms design easier than ever and fully customizable."
Enhancements in Formtastic Fusion5 V5.2.2 and Formatter include the following:
True WYSIWYG Forms Design including Conditional Text & Objects
The foundation of any electronic forms solution is mapping data to a previously created forms template. With that common foundation comes an equally common shortfall: the inability to preview data on the blank form without printing test copies. So, getting text, bar codes, graphics, lines, and boxes to align properly relies on trial-and-error i.e. repeatedly processing and printing your spool data with the blank form.
With Release V5.2.2 of Formtastic, the desktop preview shows live data and conditional logic exactly as it will appear on the printed page. Users see spool file text alongside bar codes, graphics, lines, and boxes with perfect WYSIWYG accuracy and without trial-and-error testing. This means that forms processing functions that had to be performed on the iSeries and then printed can now be fully previewed from the PC desktop. This eliminates the guesswork that consumes the largest percentage of time in any forms design project. Click here to see an example.
Support for Multiple Page Styles
Formatter now supports multiple page styles as either input or output to the forms design process, ensuring that any type of spool data can be converted into a shorter, more professional-looking document. By eliminating the limitations imposed by line printers that use a single page form style, Formatter now allows users to accept variable input and then reformats it for improved readability. For example: summary data can be configured to appear at the end of logical detail lines instead of being fixed at the bottom of a page. This makes the form easier to read and less likely to be fraudulently altered. Click to see how forms become more readable with this new feature: http://www.quadrantsoftware.com/news/press/formtastic_v522_img.htm.
Formtastic Signature/Image Capture Module
This new module integrates Formtastic with a broad range of image capture devices so that signatures can be recorded and automatically applied to Formtastic document templates. This eliminates the need to scan, crop, and clean up signatures with graphic design software. Also, the ability to capture and place signatures on completed forms in real time eliminates the need to keep physical copies of key business documents. This new feature is particularly beneficial to point-of-sale and shipping dock locations where real-time signature capture can be automatically applied to the specific documents being generated on the spot.
Print Drawer Control Enhancement
Formtastic now handles even more printer types and can direct each page of the completed form to specified printer drawers. This new functionality fully accommodates printing to different sizes and types of paper without manually exchanging printer drawers or shuffling paper types.
Enhancements to FormsPacks
Quadrant Software's pre-designed and pre-mapped document packages, FormsPacks, have been improved to enable plug-and-play implementation of electronic forms templates. FormsPacks are offered for all major iSeries 400 as applications including PeopleSoft, MAPICS, BPCS, PRMS, Friedman, daly.commerce, and many more.
Conversion Tool Enhancements
Conversion utilities have been added to Formtastic to upgrade older generation iSeries 400 electronic forms packages to include the new Formtastic V5.2.2 features with zero headaches.
Combined into a single, integrated solution, Formtastic Fusion5 and Formatter offers iSeries 400 customers the power to create and deliver professional documents to inexpensive in-house printers or to fax and email recipients using Quadrant Software's award-winning FastFax servers. As a result, customers avoid the costly hassle of reprogramming applications, maintaining impact printers, and ordering inflexible pre-printed forms.
About Quadrant Software
Quadrant Software, an IBM Business Partner, provides a suite of Electronic Document Distribution (EDD) solutions for the iSeries enterprise. Through EDD, companies electronically create and manage mission critical documents that are then delivered via print, fax or the email to reduce expenses, increase productivity and improve communication. Quadrant Software's award-winning solutions are installed around the globe at some of the world's largest companies in a variety of vertical markets. For more information on Quadrant Software and its EDD solutions visit us online at www.quadrantsoftware.com or call 800-258-3399/508-828-6222 in the U.S., +44 (0) 870 900 0621 in Europe.


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Retro 3d engine
I have been fascinated by the old school id tech engines (DooM, Quake 1) and always wanted to make something similar in spirit for that age. I sat down 3 years ago (yeah, shit takes time) and started crafting my doom-quake love hybrid.
Some things:
- basic cross-platform framework
- fixed point math library
- terrain rendering
- sector based level structure with portal rendering
- level editor
- physics engine (soft and rigid bodies)
- entity component system (scriptable)
- steering behaviors
- vehicle physics (in progress)
- procedural locomotion/animation system(in progress)
Web Snooker and Get Rigged! revived
Just finished uploading and setting up two old projects that went offline some unknown amount of time ago. These games were specifically crafted for Mozilla GameOn.
You can now access Web Snooker and even play online with your friend. Also, don't miss the chance and drift around in the Get Rigged! desert.
Over the past few weeks I've been busy implementing and testing some of the ideas behind the RTS like game model we've come up with a while back ago. Things may look cryptic still but here are a few snaps of some modules, without getting into more detail.
battles overview
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My perception of the world has kept changing gradually after I grasped the basic concept behind quantum mechanics years ago.
What if the industrial revolution of humankind is the natural step of evolution of mother nature. We're not parasites. It's just the way things were meant to be. We are mother nature evolving.
In the way humans are wired, there's no other way around growth and development of civilization and mankind. There's only one direction and general fate of things cannot be changed. Small details can vary.
No creature apart from us, humans, has capability of passing information through generations other than via DNA. Sufficient information ensures general improvement and capability to survive of humans as an independent entities and communities. Too much information enforces specialization. Too much chaos prevents evolution. Too much distraction prevents evolution.
Proper management of data is just as important as research. Too much of disorganised data causes chaos.
Competition drives everything in this world. Tech research, entertainment and construction are all products of competition between humans. Within communities and between communities. As effort required to stay competitive gets higher and higher, we need to perform faster. This has good side effects for some and bad for some others. Where is the limit? What happens when it is reached?
I wonder if polarization of intelligence of mankind changes over time in general. In the old days, was the gap between educated and uneducated as big as it is now?
Game development.
We are establishing general guidelines and mechanics of the RTS game we're working on. On paper, things make sense, however, no simulations have been tested as of now.
I haven't spent so much time on game mechanic, or mechanic of anything else for that matter ever before. Even if this project is never finished, there will be a clear guideline available to pick up by anyone with the right mind to try and implement it.
It's not a million dollar idea but it holds together, as of now, and this in itself is quite satisfactory. But it may be a delusion of autistic mind just as well.
Living under such assumptions is grotesque.
If you truly knew what the gods have in store for you, you would go down now and dance naked on the beach.
Ether Forms 1.5.7 Update
Version 1.5.7 released on February 13, 2015
- Fixed Admin: column icons improperly collapsing on smaller screens
- Hotfix Admin: Fixed conditional fields UI not populating with fields present in the main builder editor
Ether Forms 1.5.6 Update
Version 1.5.6 released on February 12, 2015
- Hotfix front-end: single column displayed as two columns
- Hotfix js error when trying to select row widget from widgets select metabox
Ether Builder 2.0.10 Update
Version 2.0.10 released on February 12, 2015
- Hotfix front-end: single column displayed as two columns
- Hotfix js error when trying to select row widget from widgets select metabox


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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Fact of the Day: Ice Skating's Origin
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oh great!ReplyDelete
lovely greets
maren anita
FASHION-MEETS-ART by Maren Anita
wow, older that most sportsReplyDelete
Sure wish I could ice skate. Tried it once in 6th grade and broke my arm.ReplyDelete
Wow, that's a long time ago!ReplyDelete
3000 years ago!!OMG!! amazing!Kisses:)ReplyDelete
Never knew that, and I'm Canadian! :PReplyDelete
oh really never tried it yet but i was looking forward toReplyDelete
I've never been able to skate. Wish I could.ReplyDelete
Have a great day!
Gliding over the ice is a good thing I think! I've never been able to master it though I've tried a few times. I was always afraid I'd fall and break something :)ReplyDelete
Not my cup of tea. I tried skating once or twice never got the hang of it. Interesting info.ReplyDelete
hahahhaNICE SKATES!!!yes its fun fun to skate!!We do it all the time:))))ReplyDelete
I love to watch figure skating...but have never been good on skates myself. Neat fact, Adam.ReplyDelete


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The Gaze Project
Martin Collins & Pascal Merighi present: GAZE. An Artstrust production supported by Arts Council England and ADA. A new creative model integrating communities into the creative process. For us the term 'community' is not defined simply by locality, instead it is understood and created by a unifying/common link between all the participants.
Gaze will be a new performance Installation within the UK, Germany and France. The concept is the phonological question of observation and understanding of a relationship within a community, the idea of gaze.
Gaze is not something one has or uses; rather, it is the relationship in which someone enters.
Within the research and development Martin Collins (Artstrust, Artistic Director) and Pascal Merighi (Performer and Director) will be engaging with current and ex-members of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch company. Our time with them will be used to explore how we extract the associated memories and feelings of impact from their experiences of being viewed as people within their professional and personal life. Thieir community link being their relationship with the company. The research and development will be staged within the Pina Bausch Company 40th celebrations.
With Alexandre Castres, we will be interviewing the participants and filming them, their reactions, pain, fear, and emotions. In addition to this we will also allow them to use our bodies for them to express this through movement. All of this material (data) will be collected and archived so that we can use this to develop the framework of how we build our artistic response, the installation.
Beyond that, we are going to be developing this framework so that we can take this to additional communities in the future. This will be the core of the integration of communities into the artist practice.
GAZE Research and Development sharing
Pina40 Festival - Cafe ADA, 11 May 2014
A creative talk/demonstration of the work will take place as part of the Pina40 Festival at CafeADA on the 11th May 2014
This sharing, at Cafe ADA, is work in progress and not the finished product(s). We will be displaying some of the interviews both within an artistic frame and within their own right. There will be a performance by Pascal Merighi, sitting alongside the dissemination of process and methodology via Pascal Merighi and Martin Collins. This will be done in both English and German, (Translation by Thusnelda Mercy).
Pascal Merighi - Co-Director and Staging
Martin Collins - Co-Director and Producer
Alexandre Castres - Videographer
Gaze is an Artstrust production supported by Arts Council England, Café ADA & Pina40.
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Coe Elementary School recently dedicated their new library after a pair of educators who dedicated their lives to teaching children.
Karen and Richard Kearns are well-known in Queen Anne communities. Between them they shared 78 years teaching in Seattle Public Schools and the community until October 2014 when Karen died unexpectedly.
On Tuesday, Richard took to the micro phoned podium at Coe and spoke eloquently about his wife while children and their families listened intently.
And just as he has provided over the years, the newly named, Kearns Library, will offer students a wealth of knowledge, including stacks of books, a computer lab, and two floors of architectural beauty. Thank you Richard and Karen.
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Webcast dissects IBM's enterprise collaboration strategy, Workplace
Leading analyst studies IBM's plan to renew success of Lotus Notes in collaborative arena with Workplace family of products.
For the last 15 years, Notes has been widely considered the premier collaborative document sharing and messaging environment. These days, IBM is aiming to renew that success with Workplace, its Java- and Eclipse-based rich-client collaboration technology.
|Peter O'Kelly
Earlier this month, Peter O'Kelly, a senior analyst with the Application Platform Strategies service of IT infrastructure research firm Burton Group, gave the SearchDomino.com webcast, IBM's Enterprise Collaboration Strategy: Something Old, Something New, Some Things Acquired, and Deeply Blue. (The webcast is now available on demand on SearchDomino.com.)
Thanks to Outlook, Microsoft may have an edge in the enterprise messaging market in terms of user seats, but IBM Workplace is in good shape, both on its own merits and as an alternative to Microsoft, according to O'Kelly. "There is going to be a sizable part of the market that will be unwilling to rely primarily and exclusively on Microsoft," he said. "IBM stands to be the biggest company to benefit."
As he did earlier this year in an interview with SearchDomino.com, O'Kelly challenged the myth that IBM is swapping out Notes/Domino for Workplace. In fact, he said, IBM Workplace marketing literature points customers running Workplace Services Express to Lotus Domino Express for its messaging, scheduling and collaborative apps.
"This is a pretty clear example of one instance in which IBM is saying, 'If you're already using Workplace Services, you might as well use Domino,'" O'Kelly said. "You're going to see more of those over time because IBM has got a very clear reordering of the product set within Workplace."
Workplace's rich-client technology can provide both the native client look and feel of Notes and centrally managed, multi-platform application provisioning. "The goal here is to have the best of both worlds: the simplicity and ease of administration of Web apps but no compromises on the client side for user experience," O'Kelly said.
Activity Explorer to expand Notes metaphor
A key component of future Workplace releases will be Activity Explorer, which is currently in the prototype stage. It can expand the basic Notes collaboration metaphor still further. This software module is an activity-centric architecture that lets users work in an environment more structured than e-mail but less formal than Quickplace. Rather than choose a specific collaboration tool at the outset, Activity Explorer will offer those tools in what equates to an "activity inbox," O'Kelly said.
"Activity Explorer is a leading indicator of what we see as an important trend in the industry, moving away from having people start with tools or applications and then assemble their own work environments," O'Kelly said. "Adding activities as well as pervasive presence is going to require some major changes, but I don't think that IBM is shying away from the investment required to do that, and I think the Hannover vision is pretty compelling."
"Hannover vision" refers to the next generation of Notes, which IBM unveiled at a usre conference in Hannover, Germany, in June. It remains to be seen whether Hannover, which will be packed with UI advances, is Notes 7.x or Notes 8.0. It could well be Notes 7.5.
More than just a client strategy
Many have surmised that Hannover is primarily, if not only, a client strategy. But O'Kelly views Hannover as the client side of a more concerted strategy that includes the WebSphere J2EE application server and Rational development tools – just as Microsoft Office is aligned with Windows Server and Visual Studio. Hannover, he said, "will have positive impact on Domino in the sense that it will give Domino apps another place to run."
But don't expect Notes/Hannover to have complete compatibility with Workplace. "It would be a strategic error for IBM to go back there and try to get 100% LotusScript compatibility inside Workplace going forward," O'Kelly said. "That isn't to say that LotusScript isn't important, but rather there are other options for developers who want to continue with that."
In order to help Workplace in the market, IBM Lotus has worked to fashion a Workplace Designer development tool that closely mimics original Domino Designer tool behavior. There, as O'Kelly pointed out, Workplace will meet an invigorated Microsoft effort -- its collaboration software stable having added Groove Networks and, with it, Notes originator Ray Ozzie. That Groove purchase, O'Kelly said, will further foment competition among Microsoft, IBM and even Oracle in the collaboration marketplace.


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The interview is the most important piece of the job search puzzle. It's an organization's opportunity to get to know potential candidates and find the perfect professional for the position you want to fill. Likewise, it's the candidate's chance to determine whether or not the company and role is a good match personally, professionally and financially.
From the hiring manager's perspective, it's crucial to choose the right interviewer when outlining the job search process for candidates. Picking the right person or people to conduct interviews can help you land the ideal candidate you're seeking to help drive business and results. Likewise, a bad interviewer can scare off the best candidates, leaving you with a pool of less-than-ideal talent to fulfill your staffing needs.
In choosing who will conduct interviews, be sure to find someone who has a positive outlook not only on the company but also on life in general. You want someone who you can trust whose perceptions of the position align with the potential candidate's direct supervisor. The interviewer should also be able to articulate the position and responsibilities accurately without over- or under-selling the job. From the candidate's perspective, the interviewer is the first glimpse into the company's culture. For many individuals, culture is supreme to numerous other job factors, and the wrong interviewer can make a job unappealing or turn off candidates.
In my experience in IT recruiting, I've seen a number of companies miss out on exceptional candidates and have seen many candidates walk away from perfect opportunities because the interviewer was not the best choice to use as the "face" of the company. I coach my clients to carefully and strategically choose who conducts interviews, especially for manager and above positions, in order to ensure you land the candidate you want and need who can assist you in reaching your goals and objectives.
Have you had an interview go badly because of the interviewer? Or are you a hiring manager faced with choosing who will conduct in-house interviews? We want to hear from you in the comments below.


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Poor old Lawrie Sanchez. Talk about Bah-humbug from the Fulham board. They could have waited until Christmas was over. Getting the bullet over the festive period is too Scrooge for School.
Anyway, with time on his hands, here's how we think Lawrie might fill the next couple of days:
• put sheepskin coats on eBay
• tart up CV for the Iran national coach's job
• tart up CV for the North Korea national coach's job
• call Sky pundit hotline and tell them I'm available
• call The Sun and offer them the Xmas party pics of Mo
• call Dennis Wise and offer my services
• get totally and utterly trousered
Sounds good to us, Lozza. Have a nice New Year.
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Defending champions India will face Pakistan, who were absent from international football for three years, in the second semi-final of SAFF Suzuki Cup 2018.
Pakistan will be looking to reach the final of the SAFF Suzuki Cup for the first time, having lost each of their previous three semi-finals in the competition. For India, this game will be their 11th appearance in the final four of the tournament, having progressed through to the final in each of their last six semi-final attempts.
India has had a clinical performance in the tournament so far. Pitted against Sri Lanka and the Maldives in Group B, it emerged as the group leader with all six points, scoring two goals as well as keeping a clean sheet in each game. India's goals came from youngsters Nikhil Poojari, Manvir Singh, Ashique Kuruniyan and Lallianzuala Chhangte.
Pakistan's journey to the semi-final, on the other hand, was in a topsy-turvy Group B. They won their first game against eventual Group B winners Nepal 2-1 in which Muhammad Ali and Hassan Bashir found the back of the net. They lost their second match against hosts Bangladesh 1-0, but were soon back on track scoring three and conceding none in their win against Bhutan in the final group game. This time too, forward Hassan Bashir featured on the score sheet. Pakistan finished the group stage with six points from nine but were placed second in the group because of an inferior goal difference to Nepal.
Contrary to the traditional rivalry both teams enjoy in the cricket field, both teams' managers insisted that they would be approaching the semi-final as just another game. "I am very comfortable going into this game. India has a better ranking and they have been preparing this team for a long time. India's quality is very good, they are quick, organised and synchronised. We'll try to take advantage if they make any mistakes," said Pakistan Head Coach José Antonio Nogueira in the pre-match press conference before the semi-final.
"We are aware of the contest. But that is nothing different. It's just another match. We can't let the occasion get over us and hopefully, we will beat them to advance to the final," said India Head Coach Stephen Constantine after the team's 2-0 victory against the Maldives.
Did you know?
India have won five of their seven SAFF Suzuki Cup matches against Pakistan (D1 L1) including a 2-0 victory in the semi-final in September 1997, the only time they've met at that stage in the history of the competition.
Head to head
India 5W 1D 1L Pakistan 0W 1D 1L


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Fann A Porter is pleased to present A Playful Path, an exhibition by Fadi Attoura featuring the artist's newest paintings, large Op art acrylic on canvas works from 7 November to
7 December 2018.
About the Exhibition
Inspired initially by his children and their creations, Attoura's works transcend a feeling of hope and virtuosity. The artist explores the carefree traits and innocence one usually finds in children that provide them with an abundance of hope and the idea that our youth is our future. Strongly poetic and very sensitive Attoura channels the multilayers of his emotions into creating deeply raw and unfiltered art.
The paintings allow the viewer to further examine Attoura's exploration of space and dimension, which he masters by drawing on the formalism of Op art. His grid-like patterns create an illusion of depth and continuous motion, coupled with the seemingly moving figures of what appear to be happy children. As the distances between the lines change, the paintings appear to swell and contract in front of the viewer, placing them in what feels like a scene from a theme park.
Attoura's Op art inspiration originates from his fascination in mosaic work and Arabic calligraphy. Mosaics have a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd Millennium BC, widely used on religious buildings and palaces in early Islamic art, including Islam's first great religious buildings, such as the Dome of The Rock in Jerusalem and The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. The artist's fascination in the beginnings of Op art in the region through mosaics is a strongly apparent in his practice.
The artist draws upon his formal training in order to simplify the figures in the works without having them lose their complexities and dimensionalities. His clean lines and use of color portray strong technical skill that allow the artist to create works that reflect his points of departure, research, and overarching theme driving the exploration in his practice.
Using straight lines, vertically and horizontally, the artist creates depth in every work, making parts of the painting pop out at the viewer. Incorporating the Op art aspect in the works also creates an additional layer of depth to the work that makes the viewer question what scene they are also seeing play out in the painting. In his work My Angel (2018), Attoura paints a female figure, carrying three toddlers who are in motion. The arms of the motherly figure seem to be moving, as a result of painting four arms that are cradling the moving child figures, which poses the question: Is this one toddler the mother is carrying and it's this single child that is moving around – is this painting capturing a period of time rather than just a single moment? Or is the artist shedding light on childlike behavior and the relationship between a mother and her children? Or is it both?
In his work Hope 4 (2018), Attoura paints minimalistic figures crawling up a ladder into the depths for the canvas. Using black, white for the background and shades of red and yellow for the figures, the artist creates a sense of continuous motion. The gridlines decrease in distance from one another, both horizontally and vertically, creating a tunnel-like effect to the whole canvas. The figures head in the direction of the collapsing lines, getting smaller as they make their way deeper. The figures are not free of the geometric forms, creating a three-dimensional aspect to them, while they are painted flatly on the surface of the canvas.
The works presented in A Playful Path reflect the innocence and beauty that the artist sees, and even sometimes purposefully searches for, to remove himself – and allow the viewer to do the same – from the realities that surround him, providing him with an escape and the notion of hope for a better tomorrow.
About the artist
Fadi Attoura unifies the carefree, childlike spirit that he picks up on from his surrounding environments and the formalism of Op art, drawing influence from the geometric forms and motifs of early mosaic designs. He began his painting career at a very young age – painting for as long as he can remember.
After graduating from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University in Damascus, Attoura began exploring abstraction depicting what he saw as happiness, joy, and human interaction. Following that, the artist decided to return to the study of color as well as portraiture, slowly moving towards minimalism and attempting to simplify the figures in his works, which brought him to his latest set of works. Drawing inspiration from the toys his own children play with and the drawings and art that they create, Attoura was able to unify all these aspects to create works that are very technically strong yet explore deeper emotions and concepts.
Recently, Attoura has featured in solo and group exhibitions at Hama Cultural Center (2018); Emergeast, Dubai (2016); Bahrain Biennial, Manama (2015); and Wadi Finan Art Gallery, Amman (2014). He was awarded the second prize for the Sketch for Syria competition at the IUAV University of Venice. His works are housed in private collections throughout the region. Attoura has also worked on numerous Arabic television series as a director and storyboard artist, including Nadour wa Nathour, Alhudhud wal Kalimat, and Rijal Sadaqu.
Born in Hama in 1978, Attoura lives and works in Hama.
About Fann A Porter
Fann A Porter is a contemporary art gallery that represents a diverse selection of emerging international and regional artists. The gallery aims to nurture the burgeoning and dynamic contemporary art scene through quality exhibitions, non-profit events, auctions, and an active community programme.
Fann A Porter is based at The Workshop Dubai, a unique concept store consisting of an art gallery, cafe and design studio.
About The Workshop:
The Workshop is a place to create, collaborate, interact, and showcase. A "shop in shop" spirit where you can exhibit and buy art, furniture, lighting, antiques, designer items, and much more. One space that offers a unique experience and atmosphere for designers, artists, architects, music lovers, bookworms and shoppers to come and have a good time and feel at home. With a coffee corner and a quite outdoor area in the heart of authentic Jumeirah area in Dubai.
For more information and for interviews with the artist, please contact the gallery on +971559480363, or email [email protected].


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"Research has consistently shown that transgender students are more likely to face severe violence and discrimination at school than their peers, and at greatly increased risk of suicide and self-harm as a result," said GLSEN's Executive Director, Dr. Eliza Byard. "GLSEN's 'National School Climate Survey' has shown that 76 percent of transgender students felt unsafe at school simply because of their gender. We also know that transgender students who are allowed simply to be themselves at school are as healthy and happy and successful as their peers. Rescinding guidance designed to help schools help them makes zero sense."
Byard added, "The administration's actions today do not and cannot change the well-established legal foundations upon which the federal Title IX guidance is based. Many federal courts have already determined that Title IX's prohibition on sex discrimination and the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection extend to transgender individuals. Fairly applied, the law remains on our side."
"We all know that Donald Trump is a bully, but his attack on transgender children today is a new low," said Lambda Legal CEO Rachel B. Tiven. "The U.S. Department of Education's decision to withdraw guidance clarifying the rights of transgender students endangers the well-being and safety of children across the country. Trump's actions do not change the law itself – transgender students remain protected by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 – but abandoning the guidance intentionally creates confusion about what federal law requires. The law bars discrimination – the new administration invites it."
"PFLAG hearts everywhere are with the worried parents who will be kept awake tonight, and the kids who will be scared to go to school in the morning," said PFLAG National Interim Executive Director Elizabeth Kohm in a statement. "Tomorrow we will fight even harder for the protections that Title IX still affords all transgender youth across the country."
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said, "This is deeply disappointing and a huge step in the wrong direction for the schools across the country who asked for this guidance and the transgender students that have benefited from greater clarity about their rights. This shameful move may make extreme conservatives happy, but President Trump, Attorney General Sessions, and Secretary DeVos are reneging on their chief responsibility to ensure all students have a safe place to learn, regardless of their gender identity."Murray added, "It is especially troubling to learn of reports that President Trump and Attorney General Sessions steamrolled this action through even after hearing concerns from others in the Administration. It appears Secretary DeVos has caved to pressure from President Trump and Attorney General Sessions and allowed this harmful action to move forward, even after hearing from so many people nationwide that rolling back these clear protections would be absolutely wrong and should not be done."
Murray vowed to "do everything I can to move us in that direction despite this reversal."


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Suits, Memorials Mark Columbine Anniversary
Amid memorial services last week marking the one-year anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings, parents of some of the victims filed lawsuits claiming that local authorities had failed to protect their children.
Parents of 14 students who were either injured or killed in the April 20, 1999, massacre filed nine lawsuits last week against the Jefferson County, Colo., sheriff's office. The suits were filed just before the anniversary of the tragedy, which claimed the lives of 14 studentsincluding the two gunmenand one teacher. More than 20 students were injured.
Meanwhile, a resurgence of the threats and bomb scares that plagued schools nationwide last year in the weeks after the incident forced scattered school closings last week. Schools in Colorado, New Hampshire, and California, among other places, were affected.
The legal actions in Colorado came as school officials in Jefferson County, a Denver suburb, held low-key memorial ceremonies honoring the dead.
The anniversary marked a deadline for the families of victims to bring legal claims, and the suits came soon after a federal judge allowed the families and their lawyers access to documents from the investigation.
While the lawsuits sought damages from the sheriff's office, a deadline for filing claims against the Jefferson County school system came and went.
"We have a great sense of relief and a sense of pride in the way things were handled," said Cindy Stephenson, the deputy superintendent for the 89,000-student district.
While none of the parents who had lost children in the shootings sued the district last week, parents of injured students still have a year to file claims.
'Friendly Fire' Alleged
The lawsuits accused the sheriff's office of several missteps before the shootings and on the day of the tragedy.
The most startling claim was that a law-enforcement officer, and not the two teenage gunmen, killed Daniel Rohrbough, one of the first students to die that day.
Several suits accuse Sheriff John P. Stone and senior officers of failing to stop the killers. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were left "at large to roam the school, firing weapons, throwing bombs, and shooting innocent children and teachers," one suit claims.
The lawsuits also charge that officers did little to help students and employees who were trapped for hours in the school's library, where 10 were killed.
In their lawsuit, the parents of Isaiah Shoels, one of the 12 student victims, also named the parents of the two killers. Their lawsuit also claims the sheriff's office acted negligently by failing to act on information on a World Wide Web site that Mr. Harris and Mr. Klebold had threatened to kill their son and that the students were amassing weapons.
"We plan on holding the police accountable," Michael Shoels, Isaiah's father, said in a statement last week.
The sheriff's office declined to respond to specific allegations in the lawsuits. But in a written response, Frank Hutfless, the Jefferson County attorney, dismissed the charges of negligence as unfounded. "We are confident that the claims are without any legal merit, and we will defend them vigorously," he wrote last week.
And in local news reports, sheriff's officials denied that any of the victims were shot by officers.
The parents of the two gunmen did not respond to the suits and were unavailable for comment.
At the school itself, which has struggled to overcome the tragedy, only half the students were present on the anniversary.
Those who did attend classes gathered at a ceremony at a nearby park and released balloons into the air in honor of their fallen classmates. "It was a difficult week," said Ms. Stephenson. "Everyone handled this with grace and dignity."
Vol. 19, Issue 33, Page 3Published in Print: April 26, 2000, as Suits, Memorials Mark Columbine Anniversary
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Samsung Gear VR Powered by Oculus Reels in First Virtual Reality Fishing Game with Launch of Bait! from Resolution Games
24 Mar, 2016, 12:06 GMT
Resolution Games launches VR fishing game, Bait!, to lure players into VR and catch the interest of new and avid fisherman alike
STOCKHOLM, March 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, virtual reality (VR) games studio Resolution Games launched its highly anticipated VR fishing game, Bait!, on the Oculus VR Store for Samsung Gear VR. The first VR fishing game available, Bait! provides a highly visual and relaxing gameplay environment for players of all kinds. Whether new to fishing, VR and even games or a seasoned anglers and game enthusiasts, Bait! is an unmatched experience for anyone.
"Like all of our games, the aim of Bait! is to provide perfect content for those new to VR while also providing the sort of compelling and quality gameplay that keeps the most avid gamer, VR enthusiasts and in this case, anglers, hooked for hours," said Tommy Palm, CEO and co-founder of Resolution Games. "The Resolution Games team are not only seasoned games industry veterans, but also passionate fishing enthusiasts. And, fishing is something everyone can connect with, which is why Bait! made so much sense to be our first major game project."
More than a simple fishing simulator, Bait! provides a diverse, story-driven experience with visually rich environments and plenty of fish to collect throughout. Gameplay spans four different lakes, each with a distinct style and varying fish species that lure you in. Expert anglers can bag them all and aim for the dream of reeling in a prize-winning catch of every type.
In what Resolution Games considers of vital importance to VR gaming, no controllers are needed to enjoy Bait! This project was designed with the Samsung Gear VR touchpad in mind, making gameplay more accessible, and far easier to lose yourself in.
"It's amazing. Bait! had an almost instantaneous relaxation effect. Once you get started and cast your first line, everything else in life disappears and you're truly in the moment – I bet my pulse even went down," said Maarten Noyons, founder of IMGA (International Mobile Gaming Awards). "I got the game within minutes, and could have spent hours chasing down all the different species and experiencing the different lakes."
Players are transported to Bait! Island to help their boss catch a rare fish as they try to save the faltering aquarium where they work. You'll catch a lot of different fish and make friends with the locals – but can you keep your loyalties to both your new friends and your boss?
Bait! is free and available now for Samsung Gear VR users in the Oculus VR Store. In the coming months, Resolution Games will be announcing localized versions of Bait! for audiences across Europe, Latin America and Asia including China, Korea and Japan. For more information go to https://www.facebook.com/baitgame/.
About Resolution Games:
Resolution Games is the first virtual reality (VR) games studio that solely focuses on creating accessible, fun games that everyone can enjoy – pushing the limits of the emerging VR games space. The studio is composed of highly respected game industry veterans, serial entrepreneurs and thought leaders with a proven track record of widely acclaimed success spanning across mass market and AAA games, free-to-play games, hardware and more. Resolution Games is privately held and based in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
This little bunny likes a lie in
and it's going really well, we've had it a week and she's gone from waking at 4.45, to this morning 6.05 :) only problem is the blinkin' bunny seems to like a lie in, there's something funny going on with the clock and the bunny seems to wake up about 5 minutes later each day, which is great, but I'd like to know when the bunny is going to get up… ahahha, I think it will have to go back to the shop but I don't want to send it away because it seems to be helping (fingers crossed).
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The Dolls in the Doll House
I bought these little guys from Mothercare last weekend for Beth and it was decided that they needed somewhere to live.
So she and daddy built this:
one bedroomone bathroom (complete with bath, toilet and sink)cupboard under the stairs kitchen cabinetsand a kitchen table and chairs decorated with scrapbooking paper (Nic you might recognise some of the bundle you sent me in there) and furnished from our craft supplies this beauty was made entirely from things we already had, well, unless you count the pram that the conveniently doll house sized box came wrapped around. I think we'll leave this one to develop over the next month or two.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Play Space Revised
Inspired by a blog post that I now can't find, sorry, we (well mainly me, but she did help a bit) sorted her books. Don't they look pretty, but really, I think we need more purple books.
Chose just a small number of toys (soft toys in the basket, always her favourite things, balls, dolls, beanbags and an assortment of shakers) and EVERYTHING ELSE except the street scene on the table and the dolls house (coming later) has gone downstairs. I've also moved the table and chairs away from in front of the TV, where we keep using it as a coffee table and dinner table, back into her play area. (Art supplies are of course still around, I couldn't send them away…just looking for a new way to store them at the moment).
So I'm looking forward to seeing how this affects how we play over the next week or so and then we will switch for some other toys instead.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
We Play – Childhood 101
I've been wanting some playsilks, but wanted a wide range of colours, so decided to opt for the non-silk variety for cost reasons. 1 metre of red, yellow, pink, green, orange, purple, blue and brown in different weights (chiffon, silk effect chiffon, satin backed crepe, satin etc. ), a quick rolled hem on the overlocker. The blue has been particularly useful as a swimming pool, sky, sea, pond etc., I think I'll go and get a few more shades of blue.
Anyway, yesterday we did the 'sing a rainbow' song while stepping on each colour, great fun!
Childhood 101 we play link up :)
Half Square Triangles are Finished
Well, here it is at last. It's so soft and snuggly, more Anna Maria Horner, this time her Folksy Flannels (I'm after the Voiles next). Quilted in straight lines 1/4 inch either side of each diagonal, I wouldn't do it this way again as it was impossible to keep the line straight where all the points meet, especially with the flannel being so much thicker than quilters cotton. It let to a certain degree of wonkiness, most of which came out in the wash luckily… Anyway, it's keeping us all snuggly and warm on the sofa in the mornings.
Here it is in action. Sorry the colour is so yellow, there was something funny going on with my camera but I've fixed it now (user error as always). And yes, the big one is often to be found sitting ON the little one…
Saturday, August 14, 2010
EB Round Robin Quilt Completed
My feature fabrics are all from the Good Folks range by Anna Maria Horner, paired with Homespun solids from Spotlight
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From the EB Newbie Quilters Group
Backing is more Anna Maria Horner Good Folks paired with a mustardy yellow homespun (as suggested by the good ladies of the Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild). And the binding is pieced from a little piece of each fabric from every block I made, plus a little piece of all the fabrics in my quilt.
Quilted all over in random flowers, my first attempt at this kind of quilting, I reckon the more random the better, that way you can just pretend it's meant to be that way :).
Friday, August 13, 2010
Rights of the Reader
I've been reading a lot of blogs about reading to children and teaching children to read in the last few weeks. And it has made me think of this.
From Daniel Pennac's essay Comme un Roman. This version is illustrated by Quentin Blake who illustrated all the Roald Dahl books so his style will be easily recognisable to many.
I'm going to print this up and put it up above the girls book shelves.
The original is in French, and as is usual with translations, the original reads better, so if you read French then here is the annotated version on Wikipedia.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
2010 list update
- Hungry Caterpillar for Beth - UNPICKING QUILTING - EEK
- Rainbow Quilts x 2
- Baby Dear Jane
- Trousers for me
- 3 Quilts for Gifts (one pattern purchased, nothing else so far) PATTERNS SELECTED, 1 lot of fabrics almost cut out.
- Quilt for Hannah - couple of fabric options - thinking yellows, blues and pinks.
- 2x Elephants for Christmas (Ricrac)
- Charm Square Quilt
- MMQG Block Swap Quilt
- Christmas Table Runner for Nana
- Picnic Quilt (Vintage FQ swap fabrics) DONE
- Aunt Bec's Nine Patch for Beth's Bed (Pinks and Greens) DONE
- Purple Quilt (Possible Hand Quilting Project) - DONE
- Flannel Quilts for winter snuggling on the sofa x 2 (Anna Maria Horner Fabrics) DONE
- EB Newbie Quilters Round Robin to piece and complete (Fabrics all ready to go) DONE
- MIP Uptown Girl jacket for Beth DONE
- New walls for the cubby house DONE
- Dortje Trousers for Beth DONE
- 2x Ice Cream Dresses for Christmas DONE
- 1 Turtle - collaborative project with toddler (still to blog)
We Play – Childhood 101
Christie talks about invitations to play, that is setting up enough of an activity for your child(ren) to inspire a play activity. Here was my 'invitation' for yesterday.
I find this is something I do frequently, but I am always wondering how much direction to give, and how much to leave to Beth who is 27 months, she is really starting to enjoy imaginative play, but still seems to need a little prompting. My littlest however, is happy as long as she can chew on the odd cow, or car, or whatever she can reach.
I got one of the cars and one of the people out which prompted Beth to head off and find more. Then the cars had to be joined together to parade down the road, and grandpa had to go for a swim in the pond.
You can also see in the corner a small collection of pebbles, seed pods and leaves which we collected a couple of days ago and I added to the scene. She was very excited about the 'stones'.
The basis for this play was a small play mat I put together, I've been wanting one of those big rugs with roads and rivers and houses on in, but not wanting to bring anything else into a space that is already overloaded with toys and 'things' decided to make a table sized one. A large piece of grey/silver cardboard, some green felt and some sparkly blue for water, a pair of scissors and a bit of spray glue and here it is. I hope it will offer the basis for some good play activity over the next few weeks and if so I will work on making it more permanent. It fits into a large Ikea storage box so can be stored away with all the creatures in tact.
To see how others are playing this week visit childhood 101.
Ice Cream Social
I decided to take part in the 'ice cream social' to make two of the Oliver + S Ice Cream dresses for my girls to wear for Christmas this year.
First up there was a giveaway involved and I was lucky enough to win these beautiful fabrics from one of the organisers, Kate of One Flew Over, a pretty floral Liberty fabric and some grey on white Kei dots. Thanks so much Kate for a gorgeous giveaway. I am contemplating an Insa skirt from my new favourite book Sewing Clothes Kids Love
And here is what I made, two ice cream dresses, one in 12-18months and one in size 3T which should hopefully fit the girls by the time Christmas comes around.
I loved the pattern, easy to follow, and easy to adapt to your own methods as well, and the help and tips from all the sewists involved in the flickr group made it so much easier and more fun. It took me a little longer than the allocated two weeks but not much. Thanks for the motivation! It's already inspired some further garment making, next off the production line, Dortje Pants (from the book mentioned above).


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The year 2014 is about to end and with the start of a new year, comes the news of various flagship device. HTC is going to launch a new flagship device – HTC Hima. This device will co-exist with the One series.
Some specs of this device have been leaked and it looks like an impressive one! HTC Hima will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, featuring two separate quad-core processors, clocked at 2GHz and 1.5GHz. The device will measure 144.3 x 69.4 x 9.56 mm.
Hima will have a 5-inch 1080p display, 3GB of RAM, a 20.7MP rear-facing camera, either a 13MP or 4MP UltraPixel front camera and a 2840mAh battery. It will run on Android 5.0 Lollipop and have a layer of Sense 7.0 over it.
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