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I recently switched to a Twitter protected account, so that social engineers can't find my friends.
PROBLEM: I just realized that anybody seeing my protected account's page can click the "Similar to [MY NAME]" link, which basically shows all my friends.
Do you know any trick to avoid that?
Or is leaving Twitter the only solution?

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Galatasaray AŞ won their 18th Turkish title after a close-fought battle with arch-rivals Fenerbahçe SK in the inaugural championship play-offs, with the Yellow Canaries taking the consolation prize of the Turkish Cup.
Champions: Galatasaray AŞ
Under the guidance of returning coach Fatih Terim, Galatasaray won their first title since 2008. They finished the regular season nine points clear of Fenerbahçe, but flirted with disaster in the play-offs, dropping seven points in three home games. When the big two met on the last day of the season, a single point separated them, but a goalless draw at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium meant Galatasaray prevailed. "It was a fantastic season," said Swedish international Johan Elmander. "I'm on top of the world."
Cup final: Bursaspor 0-4 Fenerbahçe SK
Amazingly, Fenerbahçe had gone 29 years without a cup success when they met Bursaspor, but any nerves quickly evaporated in the final on 16 May. Caner Erkin put them ahead after two minutes and made it 2-0 by the break with a long-range effort. Semih Şentürk added a third with playmaker Alex – who had set up all three previous goals – completing the scoring on 78 minutes. "Our club was trying to win this cup for almost 30 years," said the Brazilian afterwards. "We are very happy to lift the trophy now."
European places*
Galatasaray AŞ – UEFA Champions League, group stage
Fenerbahçe SK – UEFA Champions League, third qualifying round
Trabzonspor AŞ – UEFA Europa League, play-off
Beşiktaş JK – UEFA Europa League, third qualifying round
Bursaspor – UEFA Europa League, second qualifying round
*Subject to final confirmation from UEFA
Player of the Year: Selçuk İnan (Galatasaray SK)
There is no official player of the year award in Turkey, but if there was, defensive midfielder Selçuk İnan would have a strong case. Signed from Trabzonspor AŞ last summer, he proved crucial to coach Terim's playing strategy with his ability to switch from defensive to attacking mode and back again. As a playmaker, he contributed 13 goals (five from free-kicks) and 11 assists – the best statistics of his career. He only missed a single Super League match all season and was a model of consistency.
One to watch: Soner Aydoğdu (Gençlerbirliği SK)
Promoted to the first team in 2008/09, Soner made 13 league appearances as a 17-year-old in that campaign – an extraordinary feat in Turkey. Loaned out to Hacettepe SK last season, the left-footed central midfielder came back stronger in 2011/12, with his four goals in 35 league games only hinting at his skill and anticipation. Capped by Turkey for the first time in February's friendly game against Slovakia, he must improve his strength and play off the ball, but the 21-year-old is coming under scrutiny from the country's top clubs regardless.
Surprise package: MKE Ankaragücü
The departure of their wealthy owners prompted a crisis at Ankaragücü, and while they were relegated with just 11 points, they did not give up the top-flight status they had held since 1980/81 without a fight. With many of their established players leaving because of financial problems, the capital club gave their youth players a chance to impress, and will have been encouraged by the spirit they showed – if not the results they achieved. "Our squad is not good enough for the first division, let alone the Super League," said coach Hakan Kutlu. "We have been forced to field youth players aged 16-20. For some of them, we needed to get a deed of consent from their parents."
Leading scorer: Burak Yılmaz, Trabzonspor AŞ (33)
Relegated: MKE Ankaragücü, Manisaspor, Samsunspor
Promoted: Akhisar Belediyespor, Elazığspor, Kasımpaşa AŞ
Number: 19
The number of clean sheets that Galatasaray's Uruguayan goalkeeper Fernando Muslera kept this season, breaking the club record of 15 shared by Faryd Mondragon and Cláudio Taffarel.
"Fenerbahçe fought well tonight. I think we deserved to win the title. After missing out on the title so narrowly last season as a Trabzonspor player I fully understand how the Fenerbahçe players and fans are feeling right now."
Galatasaray midfielder Engin Baytar is magnanimous in victory
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Cool, crisp, clean, clear water. In the hot summer days of August, there is nothing better. We run to the faucet or Brita Pitcher when temperatures reach over 100 degrees. Imagine a truly sizzling hot day, running for the tap, turning on the cold faucet and the water that comes out is not the regular water you are used to, but cleaned wastewater. As the name implies, cleaned wastewater is water that "has been used in your toilet or sink or shower is purified through a variety of technological processes that make it clean enough to drink" (Alix Spiegel, NPR Article) Would you feel the same relief from the heat? Or would your mind stop you from enjoying the cool glass of water?
Some scholars say yes. Dr. Carol Nemeroff, of the University of Southern Maine speculates that many people are not able to get over the "ick" factor of drinking water that could have previously been found in their toilet. The scientific term, contagion, refers to the phenomenon of people thinking that once something has contact with another thing, those two things are always joined. In this case, water and your toilet. Significant research of over 2,000 people suggests that it is difficult for people to dispel this kind of thinking; regardless of if it is scientifically proven that the cleaned wastewater is safe for consumption.
Therefore, getting Americans on board for the use of wastewater as drinking water may involve less science, and more psychology. The key it seems is to change the identity of the filtered water by connecting it closer to nature. As water reuse expert Dr. Haddad says, people feel more comfortable if the treated water sits in an underground aquifer for a significant period of time. However, this brings up additional problems, as exposing already treated water back to nature can have negative effects on the quality of the water.
It is clear that our water thinking has a significant impact on the way water is used and distributed in this country. Now that we have the science to turn wastewater into drinkable water, we need to find a way to change its identity so that people no longer have visions of drinking water formally found in the bottom of a bath tub or toilet bowl.


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Opinion: Festering sequester politics
Guest columnist
Emerging from political sequestration on his way to a convention of conservative also-rans, former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., is out there condemning President Obama for dealing with our nation's budget sequester. Romney told Fox News, he's "flying around the country and berating Republicans and blaming and pointing" instead of attempting to get Democrats and Republicans to work together. Yes, the president is talking directly to the American people, making the case for revenue inclusion in deals that will further reduce the national debt and prevent additional economic calamities. It's called leadership.
Romney's ridiculous charge that the president has not been trying to forge a bipartisan consensus is echoed elsewhere. House Speaker John Boehner wrongfully insists that the sequester was Obama's proposal and that the American people don't support trading spending cuts for higher taxes; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell erroneously states "One thing Americans simply will not accept is another tax increase to replace spending reductions we already agreed to."
It's phony rhetoric. After all, Obama was re-elected by a comfortable majority in a campaign largely based on a balanced approach to deficit reduction that employs both spending cuts and revenue increases. More voters picked Democratic candidates over Republicans nationally in both House or Representatives and Senate races. A mid-February Pew Poll told us that 76 percent of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, favor that balanced approach. When the survey offered 19 federal spending categories for cutting, none received majority support.
Last month, after the president warned of dire economic hardships if the sequester was not overturned with a more sensible plan, Boehner countered with the false claim that the president had demanded the sequester and that Congress "reluctantly accepted" it.
There was no demand. Here's the sequester's history summarized. In November 2010, Georgia Republican Congressman Jack Kingston designed a plan that would trigger automatic spending cuts if pre-determined targets were exceeded. In July 2011 White House National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling proposed a similar plan in which a compulsory trigger would go into effect if there were no other agreement on tax increases and/or budget cuts at least equal to the debt ceiling increase by a future date. The idea was to induce Republicans and Democrats to commit to future negotiations by means of an unpalatable enforcement mechanism. Obama and Boehner agreed to Sperling's plan. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid signed on, understanding that the plan was an enforcement tool, not a budget proposal.
On July 31, 2011, Obama reported that both congressional chambers' leaders had agreed on a default-avoiding formula, the Budget Control Act. Support from 174 Republicans and 95 Democrats assured House approval; after Senate passage, the president signed it into law with this comment: "Is this the deal I would have preferred? No. But this compromise … gives each party a strong incentive to get a balanced plan done before the end of the year."
Clearly, it was the president who "reluctantly accepted" the deal.
Meanwhile, Boehner told CBS reporter Scott Pelley, "When you look at this final agreement … I got 98 percent of what I wanted. I'm pretty happy."
Boehner and others often state that the president has no budget reduction plan. It's a blatant lie and should be repulsed whenever it's repeated by anyone, whether a political partisan or Fox News pundit. Obama's proposal is on the White House website. A combination of spending cuts in defense and health care and non-health care savings as well as a reduction in tax loopholes, it shaves the deficit by $1.5 trillion beyond the $2.5 trillion that's already been cut.
The Republicans summarily reject the president's plan because it includes revenue. Instead, they want to eliminate entitlements, so here are a few that should be on their "cut" list:
1. The entitlement allowing multinational companies to avoid paying U.S. taxes on overseas profits until they transfer them back home, or to move domestic profits to offshore havens that allow them to count as overseas earnings. Many companies leave profits in overseas tax havens, avoiding taxes indefinitely. A Congressional Research Service report indicates that these schemes cost the U. S. treasury $100 billion a year.
2. The entitlement allowing big oil companies to write off punitive damages related to oil spills.
3. The entitlement that allows yacht owners to consider their vessels second homes for interest deductibility.
Surely these revisions would serve the country better than wholesale cuts in education, or air travel safety, or health care. They would even help Congress exercise its Constitutional power to provide for the general welfare.
– Michael Zucker is a resident of South Lake Tahoe and a stockbroker with Regal Securities. The views expressed in this column are his alone and do not represent those of Regal.


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Princess Anne has revealed she adopted a horse called Annie this summer as she urged others to do the same.
The Princess Royal was speaking to Daybreak as she helped start World Horse Welfare's rehoming campaign.
"I wanted a reliable horse that I could get on and off easily," the royal explained. "Annie had a good temperament and I thought it was silly to look for something else when I've got the space here to rehome her."
Speaking to the ITV breakfast show, the mother of Peter and Zara Phillips urged others to adopt horses from rescue centres.
"With rehoming, you know much more about the animal – that must be the biggest advantage because you have got people who have worked with them and had them for long enough.
"If you know what their physical limitations are, if there are any, if you know if they have any quirks, all of that is stuff you don't normally get," she added.
"Rehoming from a charity may be the best way of finding a horse because you know so much more about the animal you are getting."
At the moment, it is estimated that 7,000 horses are at risk of being abandoned or neglect World Horse Welfare hopes the Princess' example will lead others to adopt a horse.
"Once again our President HRH The Princess Royal has shown outstanding support by rehoming World Horse Welfare," the organisation's chief executive, Roly Owers explained. "Especially now that Britain is in the midst of a horse crisis."
The Princess added: "I hope Annie enjoys it here with me. We will be doing some hacking and she will be helping me herd the sheep and cattle."
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The Street today offers some observations on Microsoft's (MSFT) Surface tablet, Windows 8, and Apple's (AAPL) iPad mini.
Pacific Crest's Brendan Barnicle, who has a Sector Perform rating on Microsoft shares, this morning writes that his "checks" with 16 retailers of personal computers in the U.S., Canada and Germany reveal that sales of Windows 8 are meeting those retailers expectations in 75% of cases, which is better than the 59% of cases that he recorded at the same period after Windows 7 was released.
In the case of Surface, his impression from talking with reps at seven Microsoft retail outlets last week was that "Surface sales were in line with expectations," but also that "All the stores have restocked Surface inventory more than once."
"Generally, we noticed a downtick in demand for Surface."
Barnicle is modeling 1.5 million Surface units sold this December quarter, increasing to 2 million after that.
Cowen & Co.'s Gregg Moskowitz, who has an Outperform rating on Microsoft shares, writes that he conducted a survey of 1,225 consumers about their interest in tablets and PCs running Windows 8 on October 24th through the 29th, around the initial debut of the product on October 26th, revealed that most PC owners hadn't heard of Windows 8 on the 26th, and also that Apple's Mac and iPad could take a very large share of the PC market:
64% of existing PC owners had little or no familiarity with Win8 around the time of the Oct. 26 launch. However, 32% of those who had heard of Win8 had a favorable impression vs. only 18% with an unfavorable view. Also, 61% of respondents who had heard of Windows 8 think that it will be a successful product (like XP or 7) vs. only 11% who think it will struggle. Consumer PC Market Remains Under Pressure; Apple Poised to Continue Taking Share from Windows. Roughly two-thirds of the respondents do not plan on buying a PC over the next 18 months. Also, our study indicates Apple (AAPL) Macintosh and MacBook computers could take as much as 42% of the combined consumer PC/Mac market. This is concerning for MSFT, as Win8 likely won't be enough to slow AAPL's PC momentum. Moreover, Ultrabooks don't appear likely to have a material market impact at this time, as only 17% of consumers (albeit those who are currently happy with their PCs) would be willing to spend more than $600 over the next 18 months to replace their PC with an Ultrabook.
Moskowitz's colleague Matthew Hoffman, who has an Outperform rating on Apple shares, writes that the same survey suggested there's high interest in Apple's iPad mini:
Survey Says 73% Aware of mini; Raising AAPL Revenue. iPad mini's $329 base price point addresses the primary concern of a large reservoir of potential tablet buyers. Of the 65% of non-tablet owners in our survey, 28% had not purchased a tablet because the devices are deemed too expensive. While the mini's price is above some 7-inch tablet comps (e.g. Fire, Nexus 7), its low price should expand the TAM for end-users who care more about price than display size - driving our AAPL revenue increase.
However, Hoffman adjusted his fiscal 2013 profit estimate for Apple to reflect higher sales but lower gross margin when including the iPad mini, writing "our gross margins drop 130bps to 38.2% in F1Q13 to account for our view the BOM in the iPad "4" has increased and the price of iPad "3" reduced."
Hoffman raised this quarter's revenue estimate to $54.15 billion from $53.16 billion, while cutting his profit estimate to $12.91 from $13.40.
Apple shares today are down $3.49, or 0.6%, at $543.57, while Microsoft shares are down 51 cents, or 1.7%, at $28.32.


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Automation and the Life of the Letter Carrier
It's 7:30 am and you're a letter carrier . . . so take a moment and imagine the following as a typical workday. First, you walk into the office, clock in, and check in with the boss. Then, you load up the vehicle with the mail that is already prepared for your route. Finally, at 7:45 am, you jump into the vehicle, drive off and begin delivering the mail. At no point are you required to manually sort mail. Is that day far off in the future . . . or, is it just around the corner?


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The Route 66 RV Network plans to roll out four new programs for its 95 dealer-members after the first of the year, including one that will optimize consumers' ability to locate Route 66 dealers on the Internet.
"The Internet obviously has become more important to the RV industry," said Dave Francis, managing partner of the Overland Park dealership network. "It's not a fad, and it's not going to pass. It's now a virtual world and dealers have got to realize how the virtual and physical worlds work together. They need to win that ground."
The optimization program, along with new parts, retail financing and customer service programs, were highlighted during breakout sessions at the 6th Annual Route 66 Rally Sept.. 15-17 at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort in San Antonio attended by about 200 people.
The new programs will augment about 35 different "partner relationships" Route 66 already has with suppliers of parts and accessories, insurance, certified pre-owned RV and other services.
"We had a terrific turnout in San Antonio," Francis said. "We went into this thinking it wasn't going to necessarily be a great year, but I've been shocked. Although we were down a few dealerships, we had as many people at the rally as we had last year."
Francis said that most dealers were upbeat about the RV industry's fortunes during what appears to be a fading recession.
"I expected going into it that there would be a woe-is-me kind of attitude," he said. "That wasn't the case at all. The end of the summer has been positive for the most part and I found a vast majority of our dealers very upbeat. It's been tough, but they are moving forward. Everybody is hoping that the summer has a long tail into September and October to make up for some of the 'down' that everybody experienced in February through May."
At the rally Route 66 introduced the "Larry Coker Commitment Award" named for the group's trainer who died in February. Coleran RV in Cincinnati, Ohio, was the first recipient.
"Larry had just gotten through going to every one of our dealer locations and training more than 4,500 employees about what Route 66 is," Francis said. "Branding has been our focal point for the last two years and Larry exhibited and communicated to dealers what our brand is and what we stand for."


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It's that time once again…time to run down the list of ten items that Scrapbook Update thinks will be sure-fire winners from the CHA trade show introductions! Not all of them are groundbreaking, or even a departure for the company making them, but we think they are guaranteed to be bestsellers for the companies that make them and the stores that sell them!
(You'll note there aren't any holiday items on the list. Due to the relatively short shelf life of seasonal items compared to tools and non-seasonal items, we are doing separate themed lists to make seasonal picks.)
So, in no particular order…
1. Pink Paislee Parisian Anthology by House of Three
Shortly before CHA Summer 2010, Pink Paislee announced they would be releasing a collection of signature designs by the House of Three. House of Three is made up of designers Rhonna Farrer, Heidi Swapp, and Janet Hopkins, and their designs had previously only been available in digital form.
Parisian Anthology's papers are double-sided, white tone-on-tone papers featuring very trendy text and journal styled designs. Rhonna Farrer's signature swirl elements are present as well. Part of the designs are printed in resist ink, providing a beautiful background for using all the spray inks and other inking techniques that are so popular right now. Photos simply cannot do these papers justice to how they look in person. The image above shows the paper in its original unaltered form, and then the darker circle is what it would look like with ink on it, revealing the resist design.
An interesting background note: some of Heidi Swapp's last products with her signature line with Advantus were papers using a similar resist ink design technique. They debuted at CHA Winter 2009, but for that product the resist ink was printed on a plain white background, not layered on top of a print.
2. Jillibean Soup: Alphabets & Pasta Fagioli collection
To put it simply, Jill Yegerlehner just knows alphabets. Her company's previous release of corrugated alphabets made our CHA Summer 2009 Hot Picks list, and Jillibean has done it again with their CHA Summer 2010 alphabets. The font is an excellently usable choice for coordinating with both vintage and graphic layouts, and the prints are perfect for the small form factor of an alphabet.
The letter size is perfect for everything from medium-sized tags to large layouts, and the colors are great basics.
Another offering from Jillibean that beautifully straddles the line between graphic and vintage (thus reaching a wider market of customers) is their new Pasta Fagioli collection.
Several of the prints are extremely graphic in style, but many of them (such as the small flowers, the script text, and the toile) will appeal to fans of vintage. This collection's wide appeal – from scrapbookers to cardmakers, and vintage to graphic fans – should help make it a bestseller.
3. BasicGrey Curio collection
Once again, BasicGrey proved they have thrown off the aura of mustiness that had settled around them and returned to the excellence that scrapbookers have expected from them for so long. According to staff in the BasicGrey booth, Curio was their most popular new collection, and it is easy to see why. The embellishments are absolutely gorgeous vintage and incorporate several trendy design elements such as birds, butterflies, and antique labels.
This collection achieves something very difficult – both the papers and the embellishments are absolutely exquisite. In most collections, one element or the other is stronger. This collection is the rare "must buy" in both areas.
4. Tim Holtz Vagabond by Sizzix
Yes, the MSRP is $250. (As with most things, street price will likely be lower shortly after its release.) But once you get past the sticker shock, the marketing power of the Tim Holtz name can't be argued with. He's arguably made manual die-cutting cool again at a time when scrapbookers were becoming obsessed with electronic die cutting machines. Several of his Sizzix Alterations dies that were introduced at CHA Winter 2010, eons ago in scrapbook product time, are still on the bestseller list at Scrapbook.com as of today (July 31st). And this machine has an innovative marketing program attached to it.
See those stickers all over the outside of the case? Owners of the Vagabond are supposed to collect them at various different events and then decorate the case themselves with their personalized sticker record of their scrapbook travels. This makes the Vagabond not just a tool but a participatory program that gets its users interacting with the company on an ongoing basis to collect more stickers.
The Vagabond has more going for it than marketing and Tim's name, however. It excels in several key areas that are very likely to appeal to modern crafters.
First, there are the Vagabond's looks. While looks are only skin deep, many crafters are obsessive about the appearance of their work spaces. (Reference the recent marketing of the Cricut Cake first in "kitchen" red to match Kitchen Aid appliances, and then by Martha Stewart in neutral creme "to match any decor".) The Vagabond is by far the prettiest die cutter in its category, and to a certain market segment that counts for a lot.
Then there's the fact that it has an electric motor. That's very appealing to two important market segments – aging crafters who may be losing hand strength & dexterity, and professional crafters cutting large quantities of items.
Last but not least, the strength of the electric motor is an important factor in the machine's potential success. Sizzix does already make a die cutter with an electric motor (Big Shot Express, $108.95 at Amazon.com), but Tim greatly increased the size and power of the motor in the specs for the Vagabond machine, as seen below:
The Vagabond motor is on the left, with the Big Shot Express motor on the right. More power, a full horsepower, means the Vagabond can cut a wider range of materials, such as cork and fabric, that appeal not only to scrapbookers but also to general crafters. Given that Tim's work is more in the general crafts arena than scrapbooking (although his products are loved by scrapbookers), this will give the machine a very wide market appeal.
5. Teresa Collins Stampmaker
This machine, which lets crafters make their own clear stamps, has actually been on the market from British company Photocentric for several years, but didn't generate much buzz until Teresa Collins put her name on it for a relaunch at this show. It was runner-up in the Innovations award at the show, and the demo area was packed. It consistently was mentioned by attendees as a show "must-see".
The machine, actually a light oven, uses a multi-step process involving (among other things) packets of photopolymer. The process really has to be seen to be understood, so check out the launch video below.
Even at a price point of $160, I predict papercrafters will snap this up. Participants in the Scrapbook Update live blog who were polled seem to think the price was about right for the product, and buzz at CHA seemed to contain no concern about the price.
6. Core-dinations Core Impressions Stacy Julian Happy Colors collection
It seems like everything that Core-dinations does these days is a winner, with all the licensed Core Impressions collections that they've introduced at the past few shows from names like Cosmo Cricket and Jenni Bowlin. (For those who don't know, the Core-dinations cardstocks have a contrasting inner core color so when they are sanded, the distressed area is very visible.) This time around, they introduced collections by Graphic 45 (which is gorgeous and deserves honorable mention in this Hot Pick) and Stacy Julian.
Stacy's collection is called Happy Colors and contains papers in bright colors that are embossed with "happy" words (a different assortment on each color sheet), or an all-over dot design.
The word papers are available by the sheet as well as in the stack. Some of the word papers have the words embossed in rows, while on some the arrangement is more criss-crossed and random looking.
These papers play into several current trends. The bright colors go with the current trend away from muted and dark colors into a brighter palette. The use of text as an all-over design is a massive trend right now. Core Impressions lend themselves very well to using techniques on, a style that is rising in popularity. And finally, the papers are excellent for card making, which is also gaining in popularity.
Some of the booth samples showed the versatility of these papers, and how they can be used to create very affordable word embellishments by snipping out pieces of them:
7. We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy tool
Hand stitching has been gaining in popularity as an embellishment. Bazzill tried to capitalize on this with their stitching templates, but it looks like We R Memory Keepers has really come up with the killer app: the Sew Easy tool.
The tool is a simple roller with a handle that pokes a pattern of holes in paper when it is rolled across the paper.
The roller has interchangeable heads that can make different patterns of holes for different types of stitching. Each head's pattern can be used to make at least three different stitching styles. With an MSRP of only $7.99 for the tool and $2.99 for the extra heads, it is a very affordable way to quickly make perfect stitching! The tool needs to be used on a foam mat to work correctly. A 7 x 12 mat has an MSRP of $7.99.
We R Memory Keepers is also offering extra-think skeins of floss and needles with extra large openings.
The floss and tool together looks to be very popular with both card makers and scrapbookers. The show floor was buzzing about the tool's possibilities and affordable price point – a big selling point in the current economy.
8. Crate Paper Restoration collection
After a couple of only so-so collections, Crate Paper is back in the form that long-time fans expect from them with their CHA Summer 2010 release. Especially hitting the mark is the Restoration collection, a warm and welcoming collection of vintage patterns and embellishments.
Restoration is a vintage collection in a slightly unusual color scheme, and the patterns and embellishments are not only beautiful but usable. With borders, banners, and text & journaling elemets, it hits all the notes that scrapbookers want in embellishments. Overall, it will definitely stand out from the crowd of vintage that is available right now: part of the trend but with its own distinctive style.
9. My Minds Eye Lost & Found collection
This collection was huge at CHA. And I don't just mean the buzz about it. I mean the collection, especially by the standards of recent releases in the industry, was actually massive. It's really four collections in one, containing four sub collections called Portobello Road, Market Street, Madison Avenue and Union Square.
The collection is elegant, usable vintage with all the embellishments that typical scrapbookers love. It hits on several trendy designs of the moment: the Eiffel Tower, banners, birds, text and sewing. This collection will move fast when it hits stores, and will find its way into lots of layouts and projects once it moves out of stores into scrapbookers' hands.
10. Echo Park Paper
For a company that was only formed several months ago, Echo Park Paper is sure making a splash! Many items from their first three collections are currently on Two Peas In A Bucket's "What's Hot" section, a big accomplishment for a brand new company. Their small booth was heavily trafficked and they were much buzzed-about on the CHA Summer 2010 show floor.
Their latest collection of licensed designs, Life is Good, is already shipping to stores. To see Echo Park Paper in action, check out May's review of their first collection. Echo Park's impressive debut sets high expectations for the larger CHA Winter 2011 show for the company.
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IYA2009 news from Uruguay
18 December 2009
News has reached the IYA2009 Secretariat of several highly successful astronomy popularisation initiatives from Uruguay.
A mobile digital planetarium with a dome of 8 metre diameter travelled around the whole country throughout the year, providing sessions to 50,000 people, mainly children from local schools that never before had seen a planetarium session (http://www.kappacrucis.com.uy/).
Uruguay has been developing astronomy at high school since 1889 and recently with strong emphasis in observatories (http://astronomia2009.org.uy/aia/observatorios/observatorios-en-uruguay/). After several years of preparation, in 2009 astronomy was introduced in primary school also, from ages 4 to 11 years.
Uruguay held the Second Iberoamerican School of Astrobiology with lectures given by 20 prominent researchers in this field (http://www.astronomia.edu.uy/astrobiologia2009/).
In 2008 the Latinamerican Olympiads of Astronomy and Astronautics was founded, and the first implementation was in Brazil during IYA2009.
Search IYA2009 Updates
National Nodes: 148
Organisational Nodes: 40
Organisational Associates:33
National Websites: 111
Cornerstone Projects: 12
Special Task Groups: 11
Special Projects:16
Official Products:8
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Maryville College's location as the four-year liberal arts college closest to the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains has long infused its culture with an interest in conservation and environmental protection. Respect for the region's indigenous Cherokee heritage, and for the 19th century Scots-Irish Presbyterian immigrants to East TN who founded the college, both fostered the school's long-standing tradition of community service, faith and justice. Scientific research on the flora and fauna of this biodiverse region, and measurement of humanity's impact on this space has been a touchstone of the work of the college for decade. Whether through traditional liberal arts majors, through courses in discipline specific majors or the interdisciplinary Environmental Studies major, applying lessons learned in class through practica or internships off campus and around the world, or in our Sustainability Studies Minor, students can find multiple paths by which to study and reflect upon nature and our impact on it.
The college maintains a 140-plus acred Maryville College Woods (MC Woods), the largest forested space in the City of Maryville and designated as a TN Stewardship Forest. Its wood-chip powered steam plant was built as a cogeneration demonstration project for the 1982 World's Fair. MC students, staff and faculty have traveled together to almost every continent, studying how culture, science and economics intertwine in rural China, the valleys of Venezuela and Tibet, towns in Thailand and Scotland, or in the rainforests of Costa Rica. MC also maintains a college-level presidential advisory committee on ecological issues, The Campus Sustainability Group (CSG). And in 2010, the College approved its first campus sustainability plan.
Students work for an outdoor leadership company located on site in the solar-powered and LEED Gold certified Crawford House. And our alumni work as rangers in national parks, as renewable energy entrepreneurs, environmental lawyers, ecologists and nature-based writers and sustainable artists.
As our Physical Plant director said in a recent interview about MC's sustainability record, "I think we were green before people knew it was cool."
Explore this site, and learn about MC's sustainability journey. We hope to see you on campus, so you can help create the next chapter in our story.
American Campuses Act on Climate
On Nov. 19 2015, Maryville College officially took the White House's American Campuses Act on Climate pledge, which promises a transition to low-carbon energy while enhancing sustainable and resilient practices across our campus.
Since 2010 Maryville College has been an institutional member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and a Charter Participant in the Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS), where Maryville College received a Silver rating for sustainability on campus in 2016 as part of STARS 2.0, the second STARS report in MC's history (the first STARS report was completed in 2012 with a Bronze rating). To see the report online, please visit the MC STARS REPORT or contact MC STARS Administrator, Adrienne Schwarte.
Maryville College is also a member of the GoGreenET Green Business Recognition Program and was selected as a Green Achiever in April 2012.
Earth Week 2014 at Maryville College, April 21-25th
Mon., April 21:
— 12:55-2 p.m.: Court Street Clean-Up
Students in Dr. Mark O'Gorman's and Adrienne Schwarte's classes will pick up litter on the streets bordering campus. Gloves, bags and safety vests will be provided. All are welcome to join the group.
— 3:30 p.m.: Organic, Local Food and Energy Efficiency Forum with Metz Culinary Management
Sponsored by Tennessee Valley Authority and EnergyRight Solutions for Higher Education Internship Program, the forum will be held in Fayerweather Hall's Lawson Auditorium.
Tues., April 22: Earth Day:
— 12:30-1:45 p.m.: Film festival in Pearsons Dining Room
— 3 p.m.: Announcement of MC's partnership with the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
The announcement and celebration will take place at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont.
Wed., April 23:
— 1 p.m.: Presentation by Amelia Brumbaugh
Maryville College sophomore Amelia Brumbaugh will discuss her environmental experiences during her recent trip to Ghana. She received one of the first Maryville College Sustainability Airfare Grants, which paid for her plane ticket to Ghana and allowed her to explore environmental and sustainable connections in the country. The presentation will be held in Thaw Hall, Room 216. Organic refreshments will be served.
Thurs., April 24:
— 3:30 p.m.: Bring Your Own T-Shirt (BYOT-SHIRT) Tie-Dye T-Shirt Event
Bring a T-shirt and join in the tie-dyeing fun! The event will be held in front of Pearsons Hall, next to the Solar Dok tables.
— 7:00 p.m.: Tropical Ecology and Conservation: Bonaire Video Competition
Come to Lawson Auditorium (Fayweather) at 7:00pm to watch 6 short videos (4-5 minutes each) about a trip 12 MC students took over spring break to the Caribbean Island of Bonaire. Learn about the unique sustainability/protection efforts of the island, the conservation contributions MC students made through community service and research, and discover both the beauty of the reefs as well as the perils they face. Come see how Maryville College doesn't just THINK globally, we ACT globally too! At the end of the presentations YOU get to vote for the best video!
Fri., April 25:
— 3:30 p.m.: Ice Cream Social and World Environment Day Poster Exhibition
Students in Adrienne Schwarte's Design I class will display their World Environment Day poster designs through digital projection powered by the College's Solar Dok tables in front of Pearsons Hall. Bring your own bowl and spoon and enjoy some ice cream, too!


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Jan 27, 2010
Favorite childhood sandwich gets a remake, Carl's Jr. style
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Vissealvia Saprsi, Vissealvia Splenden Saprsi,Vissealvia Vinea vissewort
Also known as Guard Moss, Guard Grass, Vokte Tre, Vokte Jorde, Monstro Agre.
Vissewort is an early warning device with a difference.
Imagine a blade of grass that detects the hue of those around it. It will always try to become one shade lighter than the darkest it can detect. Eventually, it or others further away, become the saturated level that the species can accomplish, the lightest it can possibly be and this is known as the steady or common state.
If one blade were to turn dark then all those around it would follow suit but of course, taking on the one shade lighter, response.
Lets say for example our dominant colour is black (not that visse are commonly found as a black and white species, generally being green but for explanation let me continue), our steady or common state would be the opposite, that is, the lightest of the dominant, which in this case is, black. Our field of 'visse blades' would thus be white. We then crush a blade in the centre of the field and it turns its dominant colour, black. Those around, like a pond ripple, react and take on one shade lighter. We would be left with a dark splot in the white field that was black at its centre but slowly faded to shades of greys then eventually white again the further out it was from the crushed or black blade.
This is vissewort Vissealvia Saprsi in it most basic form. A hardy plant that grows in various ways, with various hues. It is often planted and used as a silent guard or detector. Some very old plants of this species have been found. They grow in a prolific manner and can be found as large as several farm blocks.
The Vissealvia Splenden Saprsi however is a far more colourful sub species.
Numerous species of Visse exist and have been found in both warm and cold climates, They grow pretty much anywhere, open fields where they proliferate like a covering carpet grass, river banks as a more reed like species and even in caverns as a stubby moss. Cavern species often exhibit bioluminescence qualities.
The common Visse plant is a grass like moss. Underground it consists of a number of interconnecting bulbs or rhizome nodes. Each node or bulb sprouts a number of single stems above ground, that terminate in a small bud. The stems and bud vary in colour but are generally a shade, of that particular species dominant hue.
Stems vary in height, from small moss like strands to the bull rush size reeds, seen along some river banks. It has been known to grow in great fields but has also been found in small clumps. The smaller clumped species are generally considered to have a wider and more vibrant colour diversity.
One or Many
It is undecided among the vissealists and alchemists of today as to whether a field of Visse is a colony of individual plants that share resources or a single organism that has many, genetically identical offshoots. Similar traits can be recognised among the colonies of Pando trees (Aspen) or Sequioa. But certainly none other, so far studied, plant organisms show the communication like activities, that Visse display.
The basis of vine communication is believed to be electro-chemical. It can feel vibrations and sense minute chemical changes. It is thought that Vissealists use the electro-chemical changes in their bodies brought on by emotions, and a series of vibrations to control or send information into the vines.
The primary users of vissewort, Vissealists keep to themselves and are not forth coming with information on their trade. What information there is on the communicative properties of the vine can be found under Vissealists.
The Visse plant does not have a flower but does support a small bud at the very tip of its single stem. Many think the bud is the sexual organ of the plant. In spawning season minute droplets form on the very tip of the bud. The swaying breeze moves the stems in waves and these droplets are knocked from one stem to another or blown free and carried on the wind until they come in contact with another. The great alchemist Zifril is often seen wearing his visse coat. Its dark colour was made by walking thru a field of Visse at spawning time. The bud droplets adhering and soaking into the leather dieing it permanently.
The stem is where all the visible action happens within a Visse plant.
The upper stems of the Visse plant are vascular, tubulous like celery. The stem consists of a bundle of minor and major tubes, xylem and phloem supported and interconnected by a pith. These vascular tubes transport water and plant food. The pith is a storage area for the water and starch the plant needs to grow and provides, along with the bundle, structural support. At this point the plant differs from most others in that it has a further series of tubes that surround the bundle. These tubes, chromalem are close to the outer cortex of the stem and can be visibly seen thru the opaque skin, epedermis. The inner pith is mostly a dark dye of the dominant colour, it is surrounded by the thicker vascular bundle and is not therefore visible. It is thought that this is in fact the reproductive system of the plant. This inner or gametes pith contain male sperm in one plant and female eggs in another.
The stems travel the length of the vertical section of the plant ending at the bottom (underground) in a bulb. Bulbs are interconnected with other plants bulbs, via fleshy root stems (rhizomes) forming a living network. Inside the bulb, these ganglia, are clusters of semi intelligent cells. They can process basic 'commands' as it were. Clusters of cells form around sacs chromasacs of coloured dye. The sacs form at the bottom of the chromalem tubes. It is not known exactly how these commands are transported from one bulb to another or indeed how the commands are processed but the end result is that the sacs are compressed or relaxed and thus pump dye up and down the stems. The amount or volume of dye in the stem, thus determines the shade.
The bulb also receives information from the photosensitive spots on its stems and can locally use this to stimulate the chromasacs.
The Visse stems skin, is also unique to the plant world. It contains many iridophores that are controlled via the proteins flowing in the phloem. Iridophores are a reflective type cell that can be used to completely reflect surrounding light, giving off metallic, golds, silvers, greens and blues for example. Their refelctivness can vary dramatically, from complete, thus hiding the chromalem colours, to transparent, allowing the chromalem colour to show clearly through. The skin also retains photosensitive spots or fargeplasts that can detect the brightness of surrounding stems.
When the stem is crushed, the water, starch and dye within the gametes pith mix and overcome the various chromalem and iridophore colouring, producing a very dark mush. Without any other external stimulus the surrounding plants default to the Chameleon Response.
Chameleon Response
Fargeplasts spots, along the outer skin, activate on the darkest pigment or shade of visse that surround it. A signal (system unknown) is released that excites the chromasacs into action. It attempts to find a shade just slightly lighter than the one detected.
Numerous hues, shades, florescence and reflectivity are found in these exotic species. It also claims the most 'intelligence'. That is, the Visse's ability to interpret and send signals along its rhizome network, such that chromasacs and iridophores of a specific remote plant can be excited. Great fields that extend as far as the eye can see can change colour and shade in little under 200 counts. That is of course if such vast plants were cultivated.
Expert visse keepers known as vissealists, can create magnificent patterns of a very intricate and colourful nature. These fields come at a price tho for the species is delicate and requires a mastery of visse knowledge and learning to tend and nurture the expansive plant properly. A single cut through a rhizome for example can segregate that plant from others, breaking the 'line of communication'.
Other uses
While its beyond the scope of this article to go into the depths of the visse as a commodity we will mention some aspects that may be important.
Not much study has been done on the chemical or herbal aspects of the plant. Stories of its use as a poison and as a herbal medicine are equally heard. One must remain careful as alchemists suspect it depends on the species, the part of the plant and how its prepared.
Its use as a dye to colour anything from clothing material, to wood and even metals is known. Once again tho it requires careful culling of the bulbs and intricate extraction methods to remove the dye and create a suitable solution.
Story example
His mouth dry, Ledoik stood at the battlements peering into the moonless gloom and fields surrounding the castle. A misty rain collected upon his head , ran down his cheek formed into a droplet to be captured by his ravenous and desperate tongue. Out there, somewhere, the Pressagroths waited to attack. But where? So many places, so many weaknesses in these old castle walls and so few men to patrol and defend. Ledoik was anxious, indeed he should be, the Pressagroths were no enemy to be taken lightly. Any minute now the hoard would rampage towards these walls, how far was it? A hundred strides from the forest edge to the walls? Only a lush field of green lay between the bricks he now stood on and the thick vegetation of forest. Ledoik let his gaze wander towards his commander. Even tho the weight of battle and certain death must bear upon his shoulders the man seemed at ease and did not focus on the forest edge but the fields themselves. The commander noticed Ledoik's gaze and yet did not rebuke him for drifting from his post but smiled and said 'fear not young Ledoik, the visse will show us from where and when the Pressagroths attack' .
At that moment the drizzle eased, and Ledoik could see as plain as day a blight upon the fields, near the edge of the forest. Like a rock dropped into a pond, a wave of lighter shades of green emanated from the blights centre. Growing from the forest, where it was darkest, the field got lighter and lighter the further away it was from the blight. It was clear enough. The commander barked words, organising the archers, the few catapults they had and the giant rockslings to this side of the battlements. He motioned them to aim towards the blight, the dark patch near the fields edge. Then Ledoik's face drained, he saw them. A dark mass was moving from the forest. It was hard to be sure but there was something upon the blight. And the waves of lighter shades of green pulsated along the fields like ripples in a pond. The lighter shades, the ones closest to the walls were now getting increasingly darker. That blight was clearly indicating from whence the hoard was coming.
The commander yelled an order and the projectiles whistled their way towards the blight.
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The Splenden variety is an amazing relative of the common visse plant. Not as hardy, and requires special nurturing and high maintenance. But its ability for the various shoots to 'communicate' with each other can produce extravagant results. Mesmerising displays of colour and intricate pattern weaving on such a grand scale has been accomplished by a few grand visse yeomen or 'Vissealists' at say, a kings coronation celebration.
of the Vissealvia Vinea species vissewort.
The Yinnal vine is known only to occur in the Yinnal Canopy. Its possible that it relies specifically on the Yinnal Tree and can not grow elsewhere.
The vine helps provide the strength required by the branches to support the enormous leaves. In return the tree provides the water and nutrients, the vine needs to grow and the structure on which it clings too. In its early life, the vine tendrils are flexible and have specialized shoots that adhere strongly to rock or the bark of its supporting tree. The tendrils are also capable of producing a very caustic secretion. This may help them to adhere to various materials.
While the vine has no flower or seeds to speak of, it perpetuates itself from rhizome nodes and its thought to be one single plant. At these nodes clumps of grape like berries are found. The berry's pale brown skin is like the outer layer of a banana or ginger. Its leathery, fibrous, fairly strong and is not considered edible. The watermelon red insides however are fleshy like a grape and as mentioned, contain no seeds. The fruit when juiced provides a very refreshing and sustaining drink. If left in the open air it will self ferment producing a slightly intoxicating fizzy drink within 12 hours. Not only is the fruit, a major part of the Ynemn diet but it also provides them with various products.
The mash of grated fruit skin and vine tendrils, when mixed with small amounts of aged and fermented juice, creates a very strong glue. Once dried, the glue withstands rain and weather, it will adhere to most biological compounds such as rock, animal and vegetation skin, wood including tree bark. It can be made soluble once again by addition of copious amounts of fermented juice.
By altering the amounts of glue, skin and other material, the result is used for many purposes such as water skins, food containers and pouches.
When mixed with Yinnal tree sap, it transforms the sap into a very hard resin. Materials, including the vines skin once again, are formed to make sections of hard, shell like, armoured clothing and artefacts.
Items like these have only ever been found or written about. No "outsiders" have ever been allowed access to the plants or processes by which such things are produced.
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To be honest, I'm a little surprised by this matchup: Caitlin Davis seemed to have solid upset potential, and Erin Andrews ... well, I guess you can't underestimate the power of the sideboob.
I remind again that voting is open until Sunday night. A look at the bracket to this point. (Thanks, Johnny Excretory Malfunction Jim Cooke.)
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London Broncos head coach Rob Powell admitted his men should be doing better after a third straight Super League defeat of the season at Hull on Sunday.
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