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The Minnesota Vikings announced that they have agreed to terms with seventh-round fullback Ryan D'Imperio.
Terms were not disclosed.
A linebacker at Rutgers, the 6-1, 241-pound D'Imperio totaled 185 tackles, including 23.5 for a loss, and 7 sacks for the Scarlet Knights, but is being converted to fullback in the NFL. D'Imperio played running back in high school.
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NORCROSS, Ga. – The Augusta University women's golf team starts the 2016-17 season at the Louisville Fall Kickoff on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at the at the Berkeley Hills Country Club in Norcross, Ga.
For the third-consecutive year, second straight in the state of Georgia, the Cardinals host the Fall Kickoff. The tourney consists of Louisville, Auburn, Augusta, College of Charleston, Georgia, Georgia State, and Vanderbilt.
Designed by Gary Player and Ron Kirby, the Berkeley Hills Country Club eighteen hole golf course is playable yet challenging, stretching nearly 6,700 yards from the back tees. It is fun for the many single digit golfers in our club to those just learning the game. With 50 years of history, the course features mature, tree-lined fairways and a rolling terrain. It is a "core" golf course, meaning you are not surrounded and playing past a multitude of homes like many modern subdivision courses. Many a major Georgia State Golf Association event has been held here.
The Jaguars enter the year ranked No. 48 on Golfstat.com and No. 49 on Golfweek.com. Last season in 2015-16, Augusta climbed as high as No. 30 in the nation with their sixth trip all-time to the NCAA Regional and it's first under head coach Caroline Hegg.
Hegg begins year two at the helm with a strong trio of returning seniors. Seniors Jessica Haigwood, Josefine Nyqvist, and Eunice Yi have been together since their freshmen year and will commence their fourth and final season in 2016-17.
Junior Lexi Bollant and sophomores Cecilia Moliner and Maggie Ashmore also return along with newly signed freshmen Charlotte Alran and Linda Lundqvist.
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Eileen DiNino: Sentenced to Death for Being Poor
Eileen DiNino, a 55 year old mother of 7 was found dead in a jail cell in Berks County, PA. Ms. DiNino was serving a 2 day sentence for failure to pay $2,000 in fines for truancy.
Did something happen? Was she scared to death?" said District Judge Dean R. Patton, who reluctantly sent DiNino to the Berks County jail Friday after she failed to pay the debt for four years.
He described her as "a lost soul," and questioned Pennsylvanian laws that criminalize such lapses as truancy or failing to pay a trash bill.
"This lady didn't need to be there," Patton said. "We don't do debtors prisons anymore. That went out 100 years ago."
Ms. DiNino is just one of thousands of people in poverty who are issued death sentences everyday by the American Unjustice System. Her story is well known to us mothers in poverty who struggle to keep it all together. Instead of stepping in and trying to help this woman who was obviously overwhelmed and doing the best she could, she was taken to court and fined. On top of the fines they added court costs, fees and interest and the debt just kept piling up with no end in site. The only option Ms. DiNino could see was doing 2 days in jail to wipe out this debt she could never pay.
In order to pay off $2,000 in fines a person making minimum wage would have to work 300 hours.
Ms. DiNino's story is our story and that could very easily be any one of us found dead in a jail cell for being poor.


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Harley-Davidson XL1200 R Sportster review
The evolution of the Harley Davidson hot rod continues, as most Sportster models roll into the new year on retuned suspension. Responsive handling, the flat torque delivery and distinctive sound of an American V-Twin engine, and classic styling cues make Harley-Davidson XL1200 R Sportster a motorcycle that just keeps getting better. When it debuted in 1957, the original Sportster projected a tough and rebellious attitude that was born on the gritty dirt tracks and drag strips of that era. That spirit lingers in every new Sportster model, from the retro-bobber Nightster to the glittering chrome of the long 1200 Custom. Sportster models are powered by the Electronic Sequential Port Fuel Injection XL-Evolution V-Twin powertrain, rubber-mounted in the frame to reduce vibration and tuned to deliver a flat torque curve for responsive performance.
New Rear Wheel on Custom models: The 883 Custom and 1200 Custom models receive new rear wheels that weigh four pounds less while maintaining stiffness and durability. The lighter wheel improves ride quality by reducing unsprung weight. The 1200 Custom has a new chrome cast aluminum slotted disc rear wheel, while the 883 Custom rear is a Silver cast aluminum solid disc. Ready to wheel its way through the alleyways and backstreets, the Nightster takes the XL Sportster legend in a dark direction with dead-on, rat-rod styling. Black finishes cover wheel rims and hubs, forks and handlebar, hand and foot controls. The new smaller front and rear fenders show more of the black laced steel wheels. The soulful XL1200 Evolution engine growls through a Chrome Slash-Cut Staggered exhaust. More specs and user manual of XL1200R Sportster you can see in next overview.
Harley-Davidson XL1200 R Sportster specifications
General information
Model: Harley-Davidson XL 1200R
Year: 2005
Category: Custom / cruiser
Engine and transmission
Displacement: 1202cc (73.35 cubic inches)
Engine type: V2
Stroke: 4
Torque: 93 Nm @ 3300 RPM
Compression: 10:1
Bore x stroke: 88.8 x 96.8 mm (3.5 x 3.8 inches)
Fuel system: Carburettor
Cooling system: Air
Gearbox: 5-speed
Transmission type
final drive: Belt
Clutch: Multi-plate clutch with diaphragm spring in oil bath.
Dry weight: 251 kg (553.4 pounds)
Seat height: 714 mm.
Overall length: 2245 mm (88.4 inches)
Ground clearance: 141mm
Wheelbase: 1520mm
Chassis and dimensions
Frame type: DIMENSIONS
Front tyre dimensions: 100/90-19
Rear tyre dimensions: 150/80-16
Front brakes: Single disc
Front brakes diameter: 292mm
Rear brakes: Single disc
Rear brakes diameter: 292mm
Exhaust system: Staggered shorty duals
Speed and acceleration
Fuel capacity: 12.90 litres


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Thank you but no thanks, Musharraf tells Pakistan government
"Thank you very much but dont try to fool people," Aasia Ishaque, Musharraf's spokesperson, said when she was asked about his reaction to the offer made by the government on Friday.
The government said it was willing to bring Musharraf's 95-year-old ailing mother from Dubai in a special aircraft or an air ambulance as a humanitarian gesture so that the two could be reunited. The government also offered to provide her medical treatment.
Musharraf: Thank you very much but dont try to fool people
"The government is trying to fool the people of this country. Musharraf has enough resources to bring back his mother if her health permits," Ishaque told PTI. "The offer clearly shows that the government now knows that Musharraf is not going to run away despite all the pressure."
Advising the government to "concentrate on the miseries of the people", she said Musharraf will remain in Pakistan and fight "politically motivated" cases against him.
The 70-year-old former army chief, who is facing a plethora of cases, cannot travel abroad as he is included in the Interior Ministry's Exit Control List (ECL).
Musharraf's petition to have his name removed from the ECL, so that he could fly to Dubai to visit his mother, was rejected by the Sindh High Court. Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Friday that the independent judiciary will decide Musharraf's fate.
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Public generated images are the heart of a new campaign for Tourism Western Australia that showcases the top 1,001 different things travelers can do in the state.
The '1001 Extraordinary Experiences' was created by advertising agency Host Sydney.
It brings together an interactive video that quickly flashes through the 1,001 showcased experiences and a website.
The interactive part of the video allows viewers to pause it any frame to learn more about the image and the story behind it.
More than 6,000 entries for the video were received from 27 different countries with all participants posting their picture on Tourism Western Australia's Facebook page.
The best five entries won a $10,000 WA holiday.
To visit the website and see the film click here.
Tourism bodies often hero fans of their destinations in their marketing, with a high value placed on advocacy and word of mouth. Tourism Australia is no stranger to this tactic with Nick Baker, executive general manager of consumer marketing, describing putting fans at the centre of its social media strategy and marketing as critical.


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I am using OCR to get text from image. I want to send the text to Concept Insights and receive a response that is related to the text. Concept Insights still does not support the Watson SDK. How can I use it manually to get a response that is related to text from TEDTalks. If i am handling it manually, then how could I pass a text of a few lines in API?
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Answer by Michele Franceschini (636) | Jun 15, 2016 at 03:33 PM
The Concept Insights demo performs exactly the procedure you describe: Here: https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/concept-insights-nodejs/blob/master/app.js#L75 the concepts are extracted to build a query;
here: https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/concept-insights-nodejs/blob/master/public/js/demo.js#L285 the concepts extracted from the snippet of text are transformed into a query;
here: https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/concept-insights-nodejs/blob/master/app.js#L57 the query is sent to get related documents to the concepts extracted from the snippet of text.
Thanks @Michele Franceschini, but this can be handle in node.js because in node.js we can get easily concept-insight object and method of it (like: conceptInsights.corpora.getRelatedDocuments(params, function(err, data)). but it is not supporting in IOS swift.look at this link :link text Glenn R. Fisher helped me to do this, so i am using Alamofire.request to handle manually like this
let credential = NSURLCredential(user: user, password: password, persistence: .ForSession) let url = "https://gateway.watsonplatform.net/concept-insights/api/v2/corpora/public/TEDTalks/label_search?prefix=true&query=" + self.txtStr
Alamofire.request(.GET, url)
.authenticate(usingCredential: credential)
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but i am getting error Alamofire was compiled with optimization - stepping may behave oddly; variables may not be available.
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Sweet smell of the Little
Date Paddled: May 20, 2017
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Put-In: Route 411
Take-Out: Alcoa City water facility
Duration: 4 hours
River Miles: 8.5
Shuttle: easy roads ~ 6 miles
Weather: sunny to partly cloudy 80+
Difficulty: quickwater, steady current, class I
Cfs: 274
The sweet smell of privet lined the Little River. While an invasive plant, there's nothing inherently wrong with that wonderful smell. As we paddled along, the Little was a cornucopia of live with osprey, bluebird, kingfisher, wood ducks, mallards, cardinals, robins, swallows, herons, three types of turtles, and a water snake all enlivening the journey.Beautiful outcroppings of rock provided sharp contrast to the dreamy green of trees and water. The great blue heron had nested above the river – unusual for a bird that generally builds in community. Our presence kept off the parent, but not for long as we slid under and downstream.Sometimes a paddle is wonderful for so many reasons, the color of the water, the fun rapids, the cliffs, remoteness, and so many others. The Little was a paddle filled with small details that added up to a big paddle!


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Golden Drum Awards 2009
The Golden Drum awards, held in Portoroz, Slovenia, between 4 and 9 October, culminated in a grand ceremony revealing a range of Drums, Winged Nikes and Golden Drum Grand Prix awards. The Golden Rose, presented to the best new European agency of the year, went to Leo Burnett Beirut, who had also won the Golden Net award. The Awards week was promoted this year with the theme of brainstorming, highlighted in a set of three posters and print advertisements.
Stiegl – Escalator (Silver & Golden Drums), Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann, Austria
Helsinki Missio – A Soldier's Last Wish (Silver Drum), TBWA\PHS Helsinki, Finland
Children Under Protection Agreement – Vase (Silver Drum), McCann Erickson Poland
Pert Plus – Stop the Suffering (Silver Drum), Leo Burnett Beirut, Lebanon
Budejoviky Budvar Pardal – Real Beer for Real Guys (Silver Drum), Kaspen Prague, Czech Republic
Elais/Unilever Altis Olive Oil – Goodness (Silver Drum), McCann Erickson, Athens, Greece
Mars Snickers – Squirrels, BBDO, Russian Federation
Ilta-Sanomat Newspaper – The Way It Was Meant To Be (Golden Drum), Hasan&Partners, Finland
Interior Club Furniture Salon – Transformations (Golden Drum), mfive creative group, Moscow
National Museum – Munich (Grand Prix), Euro RSCG, Czech Republic
Toy Museum – Actionman (Silver Drum), Leo Burnett Istanbul
LTD Headhunter – Manager (Silver Drum) TWIGA, Moscow, Russian Federation
Finansbank Auto Insurance – Accident (Silver Drum), DDB&Co Istanbul, Turkey
Finansbank Construction Loan – Birds (Silver Drum), DDB&Co Istanbul, Turkey
Commercial Film Producers of Europe and Shots Young Director Award – Affair (Silver Drum), TBWA\PHS Helsinki, Finland
Beta Playboy (Golden Drum), Leo Burnett Beirut, Lebanon
CNN Weather Report – Lightning (Golden Drum), DDB & Co Istanbul, Turkey
Gursory Resim Kursu Art Course – The Fastest Course (Golden Drum), DDB & Co Istanbul, Turkey
Max Factor – Eyes 1 (Golden Drum), Leo Burnett, Warsaw, Poland
Sinai Kimya Esemmat – Mosquito (Golden Drum), TBWA\Istanbul, Turkey
WWF – Garden Furniture Set (Silver Drum), Change Integrated, Poland
Dank Second Hand Furniture – Table (Silver Drum), DDB & Co, Istanbul, Turkey
Toyota Auto Lovše, Greeting Card (Silver Drum), Saatchi & Saatchi, Slovenia
Bayer, Asprin – Headache 1 (Golden Drum), Graffiti BBDO, Romania
T-Mobile Outdoor Messages (Golden Drum), MUW Saatchi & Saatchi, Bratislava, Czech Republic
Hariri Foundation – Khede Kasra (Grand Prix), Leo Burnett Beirut, Lebanon
Copycenter Tailan – Both Sides (Silver Drum), TBWA\Central Asia, Kazakhstan
Ace Bleach and Detergent – Burger Town (Silver Drum), Grey Istanbul, Turkey
Newpan – Heats up in 3 Seconds!!! (Golden Drum), Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi & Saatchi, Israel
UNICEF Austria, 4th April International Day for Mine Awareness (Silver Drum), Draft FCB, Austria
Volvo Ocean Race – Rush: An Interactve Adventure (Silver Drum), EURO RSCG 4D
T-Mobile Messages (Silver Drum), MUW Saatchi & Saatchi, Bratislava,
Renault Grand Scenic, New Grand Scenic and the Raving Rabbits Tests (Silver Drum), Publicis Net, Publicis Conseil, Paris, France
Nokia SMS Race (Silver Drum), McCann Erickson Israel, Israel
kupivip.ru Sovietsky Boutique (Silver Drum), Red Keds, Russia
Yes Satellite TV – Deus (Golden Drum), McCann Digital, Israel
Volkswagen Web Special "Volkswagen 2028" (Golden Drum), Argonauten G2, Germany
Evian, Baby Breakdance, Moonwalk and Rollerbabies (Grand Prix for 3 Videos), BETC Euro RSCG & BETC 4D, Paris, France
Design and Art Direction
PKP Proximity Vienna – Enough Practice! (Silver Drum), Austria
Greenpeace – Thermo Mug (Silver Drum), NEXT Advertising, Romania
Ekka/Mercedes Benz – The Right Move (Golden Drum), Day6 Athens, Greece
Diageo Johnnie Walker Blue Label- Details (Silver Drum) Leo Burnett Moscow, Russian Federation
Amnesty International – Reprieve (Silver Drum) Draft FCB, Austria
Intersport Saemann, Flash Billboard (Silver Drum), Butter, Berlin/Duesseldorf, Germany
Aids Africa Solidarity Fund (Fonds Solidarité Sida Afrique) – Clocks (Golden Drum), BETC Euro RSCG, Paris, France
Jugend am Werk, Mitten ins Herz (Silver Drum), Fashingbauer & Schaar, Austria
Draft Black – Cup & Kettle (Silver Drum), Leo Burnett, Moscow, Russian Federation
Skoda Auto, Owl (Golden Drum), Leagas Delaney Praha, Czech Republic
Fazer Leipomot Vilpuri Packaging Design (Silver Drum), Hasan & Partners, Finland
Wrigley Orbit – Can't Touch This (Silver Drum), Mark BBDO, Prague, Czech Republic
Weingut Andreas Tscheppe – Wines (Golden Drum), Demmer, Merlicek & Bergmann, Austria
In The Palace, Balchik, Svnth Shrt Flm Fstvl (Silver Drum), New Moment New Ideas Y&R, Sofia, Bulgaria
Portuguese Red Cross, Store+ The store that Sells Hope (Silver Drum), Leo Burnett Lisboa, Portugal
Just Move Ltd Brand Identity (Golden Drum), Transformer Studio, Moscow, Russian Federation
Voskhod, Yekaterinburg – Failsafe Calendar (Silver Drum), Russian Federation
Rahofer, Palfinger Annual Report 2008, Times Are Tough (Silver), Austria
Buick Style Guide (Golden Drum), Leo Burnett Chicago, USA
Showtime – Nurse Jackie on Kindle (Silver Drum), OMD, USA
Neuroth – The World´s First In-Ear Commercial (Silver Drum), Jung von Matt/Dunau, Austria
T-Mobile Slovensko – Messages, (Golden Drum), MUW Saatchi & Saatchi, Slovakia
Yes Satellite TV – Deus (Golden Drum), McCann Digital Israel, Lebanon
Hariri Foundation – Khede Kasra (Grand Prix), Leo Burnett Beirut, Lebanon
T-Mobile Cinema Messages (Silver Drum), MUW Saatchi & Saatchi, Bratislava/Med, Czech Republic
Proteatr, International Festival of Theaters for Disabled – You've never seen such actors (Silver Drum), Leo Burnett, Moscow, Russian Federation
Rustholi Renovations, The container that became a home (Golden Drum), Hasan & Partners, Finland
WWF – Vote Earth Monuments (Golden Drum), Leo Burnett Sydney, Australia
Nissan Center Europe – Ceiling Cinema (Silver Drum), TBWA\Germany, Duesseldorf, Germany
Bucharest Police – Accidents can happen to anyone! (Golden Drum), Arsenoaiei & Matasel Bucharest, Romania
Public Relations
City of Warsaw – A mate from the past. 1944 live (Silver Drum), San Markos&On Board PR, Poland
AmCham B&H Intellectual property rights (Silver Drum), Pristop BH D.O.O, Bosni & Herzegovina
Bundesinnung Bau – BAUfair Against the Shadow Economy (Silver Drum), Esprit Public Relations, Austria
Romanian Publishers – Bookfest 2008. Books have answers (Silver Drum), McCann PR, Romania
Ljubljanske mlekarne – When values become more than just a couple of words on the paper (Silver Drum), Pristop D.O.O., Slovenia
Bridge of Hearts (Silver Drum), Turkcell Iletisim, Turkey
NSZZ Solidarnosc – Fight for security (Silver Drum), On Board PR, Poland
Avon Against Breast Cancer – From Love to Life (Silver Drum), All Channels Communication, Bulgaria
Hoop Cola – Polish Day of Hugs (Silver Drum), Ciszewski PR, Poland
Recruitment Campaign in OKD (Golden Drum), Bison & Rose, Czech Republic
Portuguese Red Cross – Selling Hope (Golden Drum), Leo Burnett Lisbon, Portugal
Hariri Foundation – Khede Kasra (Golden Drum), Leo Burnett Beurit, Lebanon
Viasat – 'History beneath your feet (Golden Drum), Probako Communications, Hungary
Amnesty International – Ebay Attack (Golden Drum), Walker Werbeagenetur, Switzerland
Pampero Rum – World's First Ephemeral Museum (Golden Drum), Leo Burnett Lisbon, Portugal
Ministry of Defense, Slovenia – "Proud of yourself (Golden Drum), Pristop D.O.O., Slovenia
Israeli Water Crises (Grand Prix), Scherf Communications, Israel
Advertising Campaigns
Six campaigns were awarded the Golden Watch…
Orbit – Can´t touch this, Mark/BBDO Prague, Czech Republic
Medion Erazer Sissy Case, TBWA\Germany, Germany
Truth – PR/The 5th/Big Business, Arnold Worldwide
James Ready – Share Our Billboard Campaign, Leo Burnett
Snickers Squirrels, BBDO Moscow, Russian Federation
Pert Stop The Suffering, Leo Burnett Beirut, Lebanon
Best Act Award
Pampero Rum – World´s First Ephemeral Museum (Silver Winged Nike), Leo Burnett Lisboa, Portugal
Portuguese Red Cross – Selling Hope (Gold Winged Nike), Leo Burnett, Portugal
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Playing with History
May 2014
Jewish Museum New York, NY
In Response: Other Primary Structures Group Show
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Performer: Ivy Haldeman
A performative video intervention with Lygia Clark's interactive pieces Double Crab (1960), Monument to All Situations (1962), and Critter in Itself (1962). Playing with History confuses time, space, and experience.
Installation view of Other Primary Structures: Works by Lygia Clark. Cultural Association "The World of Lygia Clark," Rio de Janeiro. © Estate of Lygia Clark


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- To enter the Photo Competition, applicants must share a photo of them performing a pole move that was taught to them at Reading Pole Arts. To enter they must:
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Thousands of people responded to a Reddit post asking this question: Have you been involved with a cult? What was your experience?
Snippets from some of the posted stories:
"I have been locked in rooms for 3 days and night to "fast and pray". I've been denied contact with other humans for weeks, or even months, to "get closer to god". I was given to men by request. I was once held down by 4 men, while a group of maybe a dozen other men exorcised me. They believed I was possessed by a demon because of my inability to be like them, to "get with the program". I was spanked, beaten, and whipped most my life. Simply put, I was terrified my entire childhood. I lived every second of my life in fear."
"I was born and raised in a cult, and considered myself a member up until I left my parents' home at the age of 18. The group I was associated with is not well known, but the effects on the members are tragic and undeniable.
We were literally brainwashed."
"I was born and raised in a small communal Bible-based cult in the US. I was a part of the cult until I was 27. Daily life revolved around a church and the pastor's wife, who ran the cult. The children were raised to be workers in the church and to give their lives for what the leader wanted... We were not allowed to have friends outside the church, to live anywhere except a church-owned house, or leave the church without escort or express permission. As kids grew up and went to college, they were discouraged from getting jobs to pay for school, but instead heavily encouraged (coerced) to max out student loans and give the money to the church. Student's class schedules were denied or approved, as the leadership saw fit. The single family unit was destroyed and everyone was pressured into viewing the group as one big family."


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May is Military Appreciation Month and the USO has some exciting ways you can join the Force Behind the ForcesSM. Here's five easy ways you can help us strengthen America's military members by keeping them connected to family, home and country.
1. Ride With Lyft
Your small change can make a huge difference. Lyft launched its Round Up & Donate program this month and named the USO its charity of choice for the month of May in honor of Military Appreciation Month. When you request a ride with Lyft, you'll have the option to round up your fare to the nearest dollar to benefit the USO.
Currently available through Android devices only, iOS coming soon.
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Join the USO, the Force Behind the Forces, by sending a personal message of support to our service members. Remember when service members opened up handwritten letters and notes? Well today, you can send a message to a service member online and the USO will display it on screens in USO centers around the globe.
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Kroger's family of stores will raise funds to support the USO by way of coin collection canisters, scan cards, pin ups, gift cards and a digital matching gift campaign. Here's how you can support our service members and their families in-store:
- Harris Teeter – You will have the option to donate $1, $3 and $5 to USO at the register.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul, in collaboration with the USO, has a new collection of 101 stories by and for service members, veterans and their families, providing them with the support, advice and entertainment they deserve. Their stories are powerful – sometimes tragic, sometimes humorous – and always inspiring.
The 101 true, personal stories in "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Military Families" go on sale May 9 in stores nationwide. The book features a foreword by Bob Hope's granddaughter, Miranda Hope, and service members and their families can read about their common experiences, from practical matters like moving and living in foreign countries, to handling the absence of loved ones, to creative ways to celebrate holidays.
The USO is a true partner in the collaboration, having worked closely with Chicken Soup for the Soul's editors in selecting the stories and creating the book. USO will receive royalties of $.60 per book sold in paperback and eBook formats to support our work with service members and their families.
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Enjoy one of America's favorite pastimes even more, knowing you've supporting our military. Utz® Quality Foods, LLC. is teaming up with the USO to support military service members and their families with the launch of its new Utz® Grillin' Classics™ Potato Chips. The three new flavors include Cheeseburger, Sweet Corn and Grilled Hot Dog. Each bag purchased generates a donation to the USO. For more information on Utz snacks, visit utzsnacks.com.
You can help our heroes with the little things that will mean so much this year like a phone call home, comfort foods or a place to relax.
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World War II "Rosies" helped build the war machines their brothers, fathers and uncles would use to defeat the Germans and the Japanese. Now, they are pushing to collectively receive the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award, for their work work.


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These are photos and descriptions from simple things I've done at Bloominglabs that I wanted to post photos of or document, but a whole page to each item wasn't warranted.
[edit] Turned knob for electric wheel chair control
Our electric wheel chair did not come with a satisfying knob on the joystick control so one evening I just turned one for the fun of it. This took about 30 minutes or so to complete. I don't have the skill yet (or the tooling) to turn a sphere/knob on the lathe so I came up with this design just mucking around. I sanded it as well to improve the finish. For the shaft hole, I measured the metal joystick shaft with digital calipers and chose a drill bit slightly smaller than the hole. I then pounded the knob on with a dead-blow hammer.
[edit] Mini-chuck key for 4-jaw lathe chuck
In order to get prepared for our first machining workshop I put the 4-jaw chuck on the lathe to improve repeatability of centering work on the lathe. The 3-jaw chuck is easy to use but impossible to re-center beyond .02" if you need to remove your work and re-chuck it at any point before you are done with the part. However the independent 4-jaw chuck is frustrating to use for a beginner (myself included) when it comes to centering work in it, but at least you can recenter your work to within .001" repeatably with enough effort. I had read an article suggesting making a second chuck key to be used simultaneously with your original to make it easier to center work in a 4-jaw. Our chuck uses a 7/16" hex shaft, after finding replacements to be way over priced I opted to make my own. The cost is probably around $10. I turned the body of the new key out of 1" aluminum stock on the lathe, then tapped holes for set screws to hold the hex shaft and T-handle. The T-handle was a valve shaft someone had cut off and left lying on the lathe table (someone cut off a half dozen of these and left them, no idea who). I ground the end free of burrs. The smaller size of this 2nd key also helps when working on the far-side of the chuck, the original key tends to make your hand bang the head stock and motor assembly. I'm very pleased with out this turned out, it easily cut the time it takes to center work in the 4-jaw chuck in half, with practice all of us noobs will be centering our work in a minute or less.
[edit] Tuning forks
So I have a dash-mount police radar system I picked up at a hamfest years ago (See the Radar sign project). This particular model comes with two tuning forks which trigger the radar at speeds indicated on the tuning forks. There's a 35MPH fork and an 80MPH fork. In stationary mode the radar reads each individual speed. For "mov" or driving mode it reads two speeds. The first speed is the reflection of the road back to the radar which is assumed to be your own vehicle's speed. Then the fastest oncoming speed is subtracted and displayed on the target speed. So with the 35 and the 80 forks going you get a speed of 35 for your speed and 45 for the oncoming car's speed.
So I decided I wanted to make another tuning fork just to see what the radar would read out. I had some aluminum round stock left over from a machining class so I turned a handle on the lathe and then milled the round stock flat. Lastly I milled a channel down between the forks. For a quick and dirty eye-balled project it came out pretty well. Amazingly it reads 100-101MPH on the radar. Now I'll have to see if there are any formulas for making tuning forks.
This radar is pretty old and you can see that it's starting to get a little out of spec. The factory made tuning forks sometimes read 1MPH over the actual speed. So that means my tuning fork is probably reading exactly 100MPH.


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I wanted to share one of the baby quilts I made for Adrian. I wanted to make him one special quilt (I will share that one later), and one quilt to be the work horse. This is the quilt that he will spit up on, smear food on, trap in the car door, and drag around when he is learning to walk. It's made to be cute and functional, but ultimately get destroyed by baby wear & tear without anyone shedding a tear over weeks and months of wasted work.
I made this quilt using Marine Too which is an organic cotton line by Birch that I fell in love with.
I actually made the quilt using the scraps from making his car seat canopy (pictured above) and an additional half yard of the anchor print. I just figured this project out as I went along and made up the pattern to best utilize the fabric that I had on hand. I love this framed look and could not be happier with how it turned out. You would never know I was just cutting up fabric with no game plan. I finished the quilt with a grey binding and a red minky binding to make it extra soft and warm!
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Commons Speaker John Bercow has acknowledged that "strong and differing views were expressed" in the House of Commons, after claims he called a cabinet minister "a stupid woman".
The Telegraph reported he made the comments about Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom under his breath.
Mr Bercow's office said it would not comment on "suggested accounts of private conversations".
A statement added Mr Bercow "treats his colleagues with respect".
BBC political correspondent Alex Forsyth said the allegations would add to pressure on Mr Bercow following allegations of bullying from former members of staff, which he has denied.
'Controversial day'
The story in the Telegraph and the Sun suggests Mr Bercow muttered insults under his breath following prime minister's questions on Wednesday.
Asked to respond, the Speaker's office said: "Wednesday was an unusual and controversial day in how business was handled in the House by the government and some strong and differing views were expressed on all sides on the subject.
"The Speaker treats his colleagues with respect and strives at every turn to facilitate the House of Commons."
On Wednesday, the Commons Standards Committee voted against an investigation by Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone into the allegations of bullying made against Mr Bercow.
The Speaker's former private secretary, Angus Sinclair, has said Mr Bercow shouted and swore at him, and attempted to physically intimidate him.
A spokesman for Mr Bercow has said there is "no substance" to the allegations.
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It is a laparoscopic Surgery with a single entry point, typically navel/belly button to accomplish various procedures. SIL procedure helps to avoid multiple incisions required by traditional laparoscopic surgery.
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o Faster recovery times – The surgery is recognized as minimally invasive to cause shorter recovery times.
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o It also results in early discharge from hospital and early return to work, so less monetary loss to patients.
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ITALIAN FOLK MAGIC vs ITALIAN WITCHCRAFT
The contemporary folk magic systems in Italy reflect strong elements of Catholicism, as they have
since the late Middle Ages. In America, and elsewhere, we are seeing the rise of what is
commonly called Christian witchcraft.
The latter is a blending of contemporary Wiccan and witchcraft
elements, which are formed around a Christian core. This process is not unlike the
evolution of modern folk traditions in Italy.
Modern Italian witchcraft traditions, by
contrast to contemporary Italian folk traditions, typically do not
contain Christian elements. Instead they focus upon Pagan elements of
magic and religion. However a few
traditions have adapted certain Catholic aspects of saint veneration,
which constitute a Christian veneer masking earlier Pagan deities.
Some contemporary folk traditions
erroneously view themselves as practitioners of a form of Italian
witchcraft, but are instead a branch of common folk magic and healing traditions that
are rooted in Italian Catholic culture.
Ironically these folk practitioners reject the authenticity of
Italian witchcraft traditions that do not reflect their beliefs and
practices. Sadly, being highly
active in their judgment and criticism of others, they bring
little else than disharmony to the Pagan & Craft community. One example can be found on the website
Stregoneria Italiana,
a group with members who actively contrive to foster ill feelings toward
author Raven Grimassi with frequent erroneous and negative posts in
various forums and chat rooms throughout the Internet.
Today we face many problems associated with
the misconceptions that do exist regarding Italian folk magic systems and
Italian witchcraft. Although they
share certain basic elements, the two systems reflect a clear
distinction. This is reflected in
the 19th century field studies of Charles Leland who comments:
"The witches of Italy form a class
who are the repositories of all the folklore; what is not at all
generally known, they also keep as strict secrets an immense number of
legends of their own, which have nothing in common with the nursery or
popular tales, such as are commonly collected and published …the
more occult and singular of their secrets are naturally not of a nature
to be published".
Nineteenth century folklorist Lady de Vere describes such a structured witch cult in an
article she wrote in 1894: "...the
community of Italian witches is regulated by laws, traditions, and customs
of the most secret kind, possessing special recipes for sorcery" (La
Rivista of Rome, June 1894).
As noted, Italian folk magic traditions
possess various aspects of Christian beliefs and practices. These are often rooted in the
venerations of saints or the use of sacred or holy objects such as holy
water, the communion wafer, or the rosary. In addition various elements of folk
magic are liked to important dates in Christianity such as Christmas Eve
and festivals celebrating
a variety of saints. Many of these
displaced earlier Pagan festivals such as the summer solstice, which is
now celebrated as St. John's Day.
Italian witchcraft possesses active
elements of pre-Christian religion, and incorporates the aid of spirits, faeries,
astronomical forces, and a variety of Pagan deities. Ancient Roman writers depict witches
associated with the goddess Hecate, Diana, and Proserpina. Ancient writers in Europe also
associate witches in Italy with the goddess Venus, and the god Priapus. None
of these elements are found in traditional Italian folk magic traditions,
but they do reside in older forms of Italian witchcraft. Most modern scholars have ignored or dismissed
the earlier writings that mention pre-Christian elements within Italian
witchcraft, and do not consider them as evidence of an actual
witches' sect.
Contemporary scholars investigating folk
magic and Italian witchcraft have conducted field studies that involve
interviews with folk practitioners in Italy. Almost one
hundred percent of these individuals are Catholic or some other
denomination of the Christian faith.
By contrast the field studies conducted in 19th century
Italy, by such folklorists as J.B. Andrews, Lady de Vere, Roma Lister, and Charles Leland involved
individuals who claimed to be witches. Naturally, in accord, the material
and conclusions gathered by contemporary scholars and 19th
century folklorists differ greatly.
It is noteworthy that five folklorists in Italy during the 19th century independently discovered a
commonality within witchcraft traditions in different regions of Italy (none of which conform to common folk magic or folk
traditions then or now).
Most modern scholars focus on the folk
healer in Italy, and tend to see the arts and customs of this figure
as definitive of the cultural norms.
While this view may be true of contemporary traditions in modern
culture, it fails to appreciate the significance of the existing Pagan
elements preceding the modern folk traditions that contain them. The majority of scholars today view
pre-Christian elements as insertions into a Christian framework instead
of seeing them as evidence of the survival of ancient pre-Christian
religion. One example appears in
the feast day of San Domenico in Cocullo (Abruzzo region)
whose statue is covered with living snakes and carried in a
procession. This site was earlier
the home of the Marsi, a pre-Christian Pagan
tribe that worshipped the goddess Angizia, a
type of snake deity.
The customs associated with the feast of
San Domenico strongly suggests that the Pagan
elements pre-existed in a readily adoptable form that fit the Christian
veneer. However, most scholars
appear to believe that such Pagan elements are not evidence of
pre-existing sects and their beliefs and practices that were later
incorporated into saint veneration in the Christian era. As previously noted, most modern
scholars seem to reject the idea that modern folk traditions are actually
Christian offshoots of earlier Pagan beliefs and practices.
When exploring for the correct chronology
regarding Pagan and Christian elements, it is noteworthy that the Church
and its agents seem to have intentionally displaced things as they
Christianized. One example is the
festival day of the goddess Diana on August 13th, which was
displaced with the Ascension of Mary on August 15th. Another example is the birth of Jesus
placed near the Winter Solstice, and his resurrection in the spring. The death of Jesus on a tree (wooden
cross) also resembles pagan themes in Europe. When we add to this the Pagan elements
contained within saint veneration, the evidence seems weighted against
the Christian markers in terms of origins, chronology, and who took what
from whom.
David Gentilcore, a historian of early modern Italy, held that while it was impossible to draw absolute
distinctions between schooled medical professionals, ecclesiastical
healers, and illiterate "wise-women," that medical knowledge
flowed between these three groups. This is one example of how common
elements within a group (or tradition) do not necessarily demonstrate
that the systems or organizations are the same. The differences between
Italian folk magic/folk customs and Italian witchcraft appear to reveal
the truth of such a view. Gentilcore also notes
that while some cures were known and accessible to all members of
society, others were restricted to community wisewomen:
"Some cures were immediately
accessible, being the common lore of all members of society; others were
restricted to community wise women (referred to in the Otrantine trial records as magare)
and midwives. As we shall see, they belong to the system of the
sacred because they attempted to establish relationships with the sacred
and influence it, although they did so outside ecclesiastical structures" - From Bishop to
Witch, page 129 (Gentilcore).
Gentilcore notes that
historians and folklorists lack a full comprehension of folk
methods. This has led to an
unintentional misrepresentation of the traditions by the academic
community. Gentilcore
cites the concealment involved in secret societies as a factor in the
misunderstanding of academic researchers:
"..to view
these 'exorcising techniques' simply as lay versions or applications of
ecclesiastical rituals would be to rob them of their richness and miss
their other sources of inspiration. The folklorist and historian is not entirely to blame, since the invocations and
prayers were often revealed by the healer without the accompanying
prescription or magico-medical practices.
This is usually the choice of the informant (or, in the case of the episcopal and inquisitional trials, the accused) for
whom the secret cannot be revealed to him without both the ritual and the
healer losing their efficacy. Because of the importance of secrecy
witnesses could not often be sure what the healer said or did" - page 134
Although most
modern scholars dismiss or reject the pre-Christian elements of
contemporary Italian folk traditions, there are some who do recognize the
importance of them in understanding folk systems. Several scholars recognize that
Christian themes (particularly related to saints) and biblical
associations (historiola) have been constructed
around pre-existing Pagan beliefs and practices. Gentilcore
"The brief
magical formula that followed the historiola
was usually pronouned sotto voce, its very
secrecy giving it limitless power. By their nature, such words had
to escape the comprehension of the uninitiated in order to be
effective. Giuseppe Cocchiara identifies
this part of the invocation as a surviving pre-Christian magical formula
on to which has been tacked the Christian historiola.
Yet often the magical formula itself, which depends on the exorcisng power of words, took on a Christian form..."
This modification and arrogation of the foundational Pagan
elements of folk traditions has blinded most scholars to the lore,
beliefs, and practices of the earlier pre-existing authentic forms of
Italian witchcraft. By choosing to
view the modified Christian folk traditions as the original and normal
model, modern scholars fail to search in earnest for its Pagan roots (or
to recognize it once they encounter it).
Few if any modern scholars have personally
interviewed contemporary Italian witches.
One of the small numbers of modern scholars to explore the topic
of Italian witchcraft today is anthropologist Sabina Magliocco
who authored an article titled Spells, Saints, and Streghe
(published in Pomegranate, issue #13, August 2000).
In her article, Magliocco states that most of her knowledge of
Italian folk magic comes from ethnographic research and fieldwork in Sardinia, where she spent a cumulative 18 months living in a
highland community of sheep and goat pastoralists between 1986 and
1990. She makes it clear that her
knowledge is in the area of Italian folk magic. There is no claim by her
to possess anything resembling an intimate knowledge of Italian
witchcraft (as practiced in Italy or elsewhere). It seems likely that shepherds in Sardinia did possess some knowledge of folk magic as many
Italian do. However, it seems reasonably certain that these commoners
knew little if anything of authentic forms of witchcraft. Therefore they cannot seriously be viewed
as expert witnesses on Italian witchcraft.
Magliocco comments on the
influence of Charles G. Leland's Aradia, or the Gospel of Witches, and
goes on to say that Leland's material does not bear a strong resemblance
to Italian folk magical practice as documented in the ethnographic record
of the last 100 years. She also
claims this is true of modern Italian witchcraft traditions. Naturally there is little reason why
they should, because they are two different systems. As we have already
seen, the community of Italian witches possesses secret customs and
traditions (again noted by 19th century folklorist Roma Lister).
As previously Charles Leland mentions the
following from his field studies among self proclaimed witches (as
opposed to common people in a shepherd community, as was the case with Magliocco's field studies):
"The witches of Italy form a class
who are the repositories of all the folklore; what is not at all
generally known, they also keep as strict secrets an immense number of
legends of their own, which have nothing in common with the nursery or
popular tales, such as are commonly collected and published ... the more
occult and singular of their secrets are naturally not of a nature to be
published ...."
In this light Magliocco's
views are difficult to reconcile with those of professional Folklorists
in the 19th century who performed field studies among people who defined
themselves as witches. She
comments that Italian-American Witchcraft or Stregheria traditions differ
from Italian folk magical practice in several important ways. She first
states that Italian folk magic is not an organized or unified religion,
but a varied set of beliefs and practices. This is true, which is one of the
primary reasons it differs from Italian witchcraft.
Magliocco writes that while
folk magic has deep historical roots, it is not a survival of an ancient
religion, but an integral part of a rural peasant economy and way of
life, highly syncretized with folk Catholicism.
This is another reason why it differs from Italian witchcraft. She continues with the view that
knowledge of magical practices was at one time diffused throughout the
rural population, rather than limited to a secret group of magical
practitioners. Indeed such things
were diffused, but they were diffused from the secret societies into the
common population. However, the
material was never understood by the non-initiated, and was quickly
Christianized to conform with the standards of
contemporary society. Within the
"rural population" it quickly transformed into a diluted and
altered form that today is known as folk magic.
Magliocco concedes that the
context of Italian folk magical practice differs considerably from that
of contemporary Italian-American revival witchcraft, so that materials
are not always easily transferable from one system to another. This is precisely one of the main
reasons why they need to be understood as different systems. Their
differences do not render either as unauthentic but speak to different
systems that are not dependent upon one another.
her article, Magliocco states that all
traditions are perpetually in flux as their bearers constantly
re-interpret and re-invent them with each individual performance. She
further comments that revival and revitalization are part of the process
of tradition, even when the result is different from the original
practice itself. Ironically her
argument is therefore as true of folk magic as it would be of Italian
witchcraft. Consequently, since
folk traditions transform within the model that Magliocco
supports, they cannot be the measure of "authenticity" when
comparing them against Italian witchcraft or other systems. This would be particularly true of
anything that pre-dated the folk tradition, since the tradition itself
has transformed into something different from its roots.
Magliocco writes that one of
the problems with the idea of a unified organization of Italian witches
is that the Italian peninsula could not be said to have anything
resembling an integrated culture between the end of the Roman Empire (453ce) and the beginning of the 20th century,
making the existence of a secret, organized Italian witch cult nearly
impossible. However, the reality is that five folklorists in Italy (during the 19th century) independently discovered a
commonality within witchcraft traditions in different regions of Italy. Magliocco also comments that the development of a
unified Italian system of ritual magic, diffused through oral tradition
on a popular level, is unlikely before the 20th century. She goes on to add that any
generalizations about an Italian folk culture need to be treated with
great caution. The latter
statement is very true, which is yet another reason why folk traditions
and folk magic systems cannot be the universal measurements of
authenticity in an investigation and comparison of Italian witchcraft.
To understand Italian folklore and folk
magic (as opposed to authentic forms of witchcraft) it is helpful to look
at its literary history. According
to folklorist Italo Calvino (Italian Folktales)
it is generally accepted that Italian tales were recorded from the oral
tradition by the early Middle Ages.
Gianfrancesco Straparola and Giambattista
Basile compiled the earliest works. Straparola
wrote tales of wizardry and enchantment.
Basile wrote down old tales of
enchantment and superstition spoken by Italian peasants in Venice, Crete, and along the Mediterranean coast (circa
1637). Laura Gonzenbach,
a Swiss-German born in Sicily, gathered oral tales from the peasants of Sicily, and published her work in 1870.
The writings of Straparola
and Basile provide us with a snapshot of common
Italian lore, as it existed it Italy around the 15th century. Because we possess no earlier works it
is almost impossible to know what alterations were made over the
centuries, and how similar the tales are in relationship to the roots of
the beliefs and practices depicted in the written accounts. A further problem arises when we ask
whether beliefs about witches in folk tales represent what people actually
believed, or whether they reflect the fantastic.
In the book Out of the Woods: The
Origins of the Literary Fairy Tale in Italy and France, edited by
Nancy Canepa (published by Wayne State
University Press, 1997) the author points to manipulations and transformations
of the earlier folklore tales by certain authors of the 18th
century. This resulted in a change
of not only the core and flavor of the original folktales, but also
altered the social history through which they originally arose. Canepa notes
that this dominated fairy-tale scholarship well into the 1970s.
Scholar Jack Zipes,
in his book The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Hiding Hood
(Routledge, 1993) states that
folktales "were told by priests in the vernacular as part
of their sermons to reach out to the peasantry". Canepa points
out that "The authors – and audiences – of the first
French tales, as of the earlier Italian tales, were the elite frequenters
of courts and salons, and these authors lost no opportunity to use the
tales to air their views on prevailing social and political
conditions…" This
leaves us with the problem of how contrived were the retold tales, and
what personal gain existed in each occasion of the telling? In such a light, popular lore again
becomes unreliable as a standard by which to view the authenticity of
folklore as a reliable means of discerning cultural integrity. Instead it can be seen as exposing
political stratagem.
Canepa notes the problem
with viewing popular lore as reflective of the culture as a whole: "Moreover, in the case of the
fairly tale (v. other forms of 'fantastic' literature), the
situation of a given work in a precise sociocultural
context is further obfuscated by the tendency to regard fairy tales, even
when they are literary creations of individual authors, along the same
lines as oral folkltales: that is, as
collective, anonymous, products of a tale-telling community that may span
vast chronological and geographic boundaries".
The problem for scholars is that the written
tales (which as we've seen have been manipulated and transformed
over the centuries) comprise the bulk of the research data used by the
academic community. Although some
modern scholars still seek out oral accounts, the written tales that
people have been exposed to from birth have no doubt contaminated the
oral tales that can still be encountered in contemporary times among the
common people. The problem is
further confounded by the fact that modern scholars reject the field
studies of 19th century folklorists who recorded the oral
accounts of lore and witchcraft drawn from people professing to be
witches. The favoring of exoteric
material over esoteric material by the academic community has resulted in
a misunderstanding of Italian witchcraft (both old and new) that may
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In early exit polling, first-time voters are breaking overwhelmingly for Sen. Barack Obama. 72 percent report say they voted for Obama, compared with 27 percent for McCain. First-time voters compose 10 percent of the total national electorate thus far.
Bottom line...Obama empowers people, and that is key – in this case, it is key to the white house 🙂
so happy to hear that first time voters are going for Obama.
I switched parties to vote for Obama.
Okay here another corrupt Alaska elected offical U.S. Rep. Don Young is under criminal investigation. great first Stevens, Palin before you are elected VP clean up your own state you cant control them so why should any one elect you
Well, I guess we'll find out in a few years if it was the 'right' thing to do or just happened to be the 'cool' thing to do. I'm guessing we'll find out it's just another 4 years, and it was just the 'cool' thing to do and there really wont be much 'change'
This is truly an amazing number. Should give Obama a 350+ landslide.
I dont care what others think but I think that today is the day to vote for a president that will make a change for this country. I president who has knowledge and one who can lead thee United States of America. I vote for Barack Obama
Not a first time voter, but 22 so I guess I fit into the "young" vote.
That is ridiculous, just because it is a big change, all the first timers have to jump on it without even seeing the views of both sides and the comparisons. I do not get what people are seeing in obama except "change". John McCain should win this. If not then we are in for it.
I am a young voter... I wish we could have write-in's on the ballot.....
I would nominate SNOOP DAWG!
Cant do worse than the current one, and I would feel a lot more safe with him IN da' HOUUUUUSE
I think it's ashame that people have to resort to tactics such as the tex and/or e-mail hoax asking people to wait to vote until tomorrow. That just goes to show the level in which people will sink to, for their owe personal gains. And no one should be excluded nor turned away from voting "freely"!
Thank you Jacked-up-Politics, Florida!! way to go! I'm not a first time voter – but I am highly motivated by Senator Barack Obama. Got my fingers crossed.........It would be so nice to see a President in the White House that will bring the Nations standing back up in the world and inspire Americans from all walks of life!
My son, a first time voter, proudly stood with me in line to vote. I couldn't have been proudier of him. All the way Obama/Biden
NObama 08
I am an 18 year old Hispanic voter. I Voted for CHANGE with great pride. My experience as a first time voter was filled with a great sense of duty to fight for the betterment of America. I felt my vote was key in this battleground state that is Florida. I therefore encouraged many of my peers and even my mother, who is a first time voter as well. While i was waiting in line, an elderly woman who was working as part of the volunteer staff looked down at me and said "You young kids are the future you know...sooner or later we'll be handing in everything to your control". As she said that i saw the lady behind me smirk, and couldn't help but share her thoughts: "Before we hand in everything to our children and grandchildren, we have a lot in our hands to mend and change". I have great hope that Senator Barack Obama will be the one to drive America not just into a new chapter of change, but the RIGHT CHANGE.
Go Obama!!!!
I'm 39 years old, married to a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army and a first time voter. Barack Obama is the first politician EVER to actually inspire me to register, much less vote, in a presidential election. I am so looking forward to the results tonight!
Lots of these first time voters are likely teenagers and college kids. They just don't want to have to face their friends tomorrow morning and say they didn't vote for Obama. It's not the cool thing to do.
Let's put some voting machines in the mall food court. You may have missed some potential voters hanging out there.
My son is a first time voter this year, and there are many many McCain voters out there as well. McCain is also inspiring to alot of youth in America. My son has been actively campaigning since August and will continue to help the Republican Party after this election.
It's beginning! Big party in Grant Park in Chicago tonight! Be there!
When the day is done, let the republicans lay in the bed they have made. Today is pay back, and we're making it clear. Republicans are no longer welcome in this country as a whole...they can only fool the dumb ones from here on out. The smart people are back out and taking it back. NO MORE REPUBLICANS EVER! They are the scum of the earth and represent all that is wrong with america. They are domestic terrorists. If you need help finding the dumb ones, just look for states that are painted red when this is done.
Stupid is as stupid does, stupid is a place called "red on the electoral map"
I'm a new American voting in my first election so I didn't have any loyalty to a party. I'm also older and white. I looked at both candidates carefully, and chose Obama because of his intelligence, cool head, and ability to work with others. That was before Palin, which would have eliminated McCain immediately.
That is expected, first time voters tend to be young, uninformed and or in college and have yet to experience the real world (e.g. job, paying taxes, mortgage, kids, etc). They tend to vote for the 'cool' guy rather than vote on the issues...pretty sad if you ask me. I did the same thing when I first voted.
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Powering Humanitarian Facilities: Dialogue on Implementation Models - This webinar will shed light on the different models for powering humanitarian facilities with renewable energy. Two case studies will highlight how renewable energy is used to power a humanitarian hub managed by IOM in South Sudan, and focus on the challenges and lessons learnt from ICRC's net metering program in Pakistan. UNDP will then share their approach to building local capacity when implementing solar solutions for humanitarian facilities.Read more...
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Marielle Delauney (Lisa Rinna) and her adoring husband, Charles, are enjoying the romance of Paris, when suddenly a tragic accident claims the life of their young son. Their marriage cannot survive their misery, and Marielle, plagued by guilt and despair, is hospitalised.
Eighteen months later, she moves back to New York to forget her past and start her life over. A wealthy steel magnate, Malcolm Patterson (George Hamilton), hires Marielle as curator of his art collection, and it's not long before business leads to pleasure. They marry and very soon they are blessed with a beautiful baby boy. But then, just as Marielle is sure her future is finally coming together, her son goes missing and memories of her past flood back with a vengeance.
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The Black Hole will not be Tron sequel
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The 'Black Hole' remake is "definitely" not going to be a sequel to 'Tron: Legacy'.
Joseph Kosinski, director of 'Tron: Legacy' – which starred Jeff Bridges – has revealed he is currently working on 'The Black Hole' movie.
He told ComingSoon.net: "It's definitely not a sequel. That's a reimagining of the concept.
"We know so much more about black holes now and the phenomena that surround them and the incredible effects on time and space that they have."
Joseph said the film will tell the story of an interstellar mission to the black hole, complete with some of the concepts from the original movie, which sees a research ship discover a missing vessel on the edge of a black hole.
So, the chances of seeing Jeff swirling through a black hole into a dark abyss appear low, and if you're after another 'Tron' movie then don't get your hopes up either.
Joseph didn't confirm a sequel, saying: "If we do another one we owe it, I think, to 'Tron' legacy, to figure out what's the next frontier."
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Contributors: Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Alison Cody, Peter Hirtle, Leo Robert Klein, Nancy Nyland, Roy Tennant
Code4Lib Conference 2014 Raleigh, NC: Code4Lib, March 2014.(http://code4lib.org/conference/2014/schedule). - The 2014 Code4Lib Conference just concluded but many of the presentations are available, as is a video stream of most of the conference. This is one of the few technical library conferences focused on practical technologies in use today. The technical level of attendees is expected to be at the "coder" level, so slides will often display software code or XML. However, there is also much to be gained by those who don't code for a living but still need to keep up-to-date on the latest technologies. Topics include the Google Visualization API, the D3 visualization library, RDF and linked data, web design, online video management, code testing, job queuing, and many more. Don't overlook the video stream of the lightning talks, as those 5-minute presentations can be informative as well. Highly recommended for the most technical among us. - RT
Alemneh, Daniel, Bill Donovan, and Martin Halbert, et. al.Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs Atlanta, GA: Educopia Institute, 19 March 2014.(http://www.educopia.org/publishing/gdlmetd). - Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) have become a common service of many academic libraries. But anyone who has tried implementing an ETD program for current and/or retrospective dissertations knows that a range of issues quickly arise. What staffing is needed, how can you measure the effectiveness of the program, what copyright issues might there be, how can ETDs best be preserved for the future, and especially how does the ETD program wish to address the issues of access and embargoes? While this manual has distinct chapters on each topic, what is striking is how each issue also appears and is discussed in almost every other chapter. The information cited is often very current, and I suspect that there are few people involved with ETDs that won't learn something new by reviewing the entire report. - PH
Brown, Jeanne M, and Michael Yunkin. "Tracking Changes: One Library's Homepage Over Time - Findings from Usability Testing and Reflections on Staffing" Journal of Web Librarianship 8(1)(2014): 23-47. (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19322909.2014.872972#). - We recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the web. Many libraries started developing a web presence in the early-to-mid 1990s; this then translates into a legacy of web development cycles (i.e. 'redesigns') of close to two decades. The authors look at this legacy as it applies to the library homepage at UNLV from 1996 to 2013. They go through the testing for each design cycle and try to reconstruct the thinking behind various decisions. One key observation is that usability best practices weren't always followed and that certain unfortunate design elements, such a dropdown menus for navigation, continued to make a reappearance despite the fact that they tested poorly. Better communication of usability findings is one suggested remedy as well as prioritizing "access to research resources" and always keeping the user in mind. - LRK
Kenney, Anne R.. "Leveraging the Liaison Model: From Defining 21st Century Research Libraries to Implementing 21st Century Research Universities" Ithaka S+R (25 March 2014)(http://www.sr.ithaka.org/blog-individual/leveraging-liaison-model). - In this report, Kenney explores the liaison model as it is currently implemented in most university libraries, and looks to the future of the role. She outlines a path towards revamping liaison services in a way that grows from the university's priorities and needs, and gets beyond the typical 1:1 service model. She provides brief case studies and suggestions for how librarians can shift the focus of liaison services to ensure not only that faculty are supported, but that the assessment and evaluation of these activities results in outcomes and metrics that demonstrate the value of the liaisons - and thus the library - to the university's mission. - AC
Long, Matthew P., and Roger C. Schonfeld. Ithaka S+R US Library Survey 2013 [New York, N.Y.]: Ithaka S+R, March 11, 2014.(http://www.sr.ithaka.org/sites/default/files/reports/SR_LibraryReport_20140310_0.pdf). - This Ithaka survey includes major technology issues in academic libraries, showing trends since the last survey in 2010. Library directors and faculty are increasingly comfortable with providing online access to research journals, but the move toward e-books is less of a priority. Challenges in implementing new technologies are a major constraint, and it is a priority for academic library directors to hire more staff to provide Web services and information technology. Only four-year academic libraries are surveyed, and of these, three quarters have implemented some type of discovery service. A majority of library directors report that their discovery services help their users in multiple ways, such as providing an improved user interface that increases the speed and efficiency of library searches. A recorded Webinar with the author Roger Schonfeld summarizing the findings of the survey is available at connection.sagepub.com/blog/2014/03/12/recording-of-the-ithaka-sr-library-survey-insights-from-academic-library-directors-webinar-now-available - NN
Rimkus, Kyle, Thomas Padilla, and Tracy Popp, et. al."Digital Preservation File Format Policies of ARL Member Libraries: An Analysis" D-Lib Magazine 20(3/4)(2014)(http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march14/rimkus/03rimkus.html). - This article inventories and analyzes the file format policies of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members. One of the most interesting findings is the libraries' estimated confidence in various formats' preservation potential. Only 17 formats have a positive evaluation, and only five of these have a "relative confidence value" (the authors' calculated measure of confidence) above 50%. Even the MARC format only gets a 68% rating, and that's the second highest rating after comma separated values at 73%. The sole image format among the top five is TIFF with 53%; JPEG gets a 20% rating. Plain text documents squeak by with a 51% rating. With that kind of data, you might want to play Jimi Hendrix's "Castles Made of Sand" as you read the rest of this review. Nonetheless, the authors feel that, when all results from their research are considered, "ARL member file format policies largely reflect a high level of confidence with a limited number of file formats used in library digitization programs and the web transmission of scholarly communication. Outside of these file formats, however, policies indicate a much lower level of confidence in their respective repositories' abilities to provide adequate preservation services for file formats in the categories of application, computer program, geospatial, and presentation, and, to a lesser extent, audio, tabular data, and video." Overall, this is interesting reading on a topic of growing importance. - CB