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[0001] This patent claims the priority of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/434,765 filed on Dec. 18, 2002.
[0002] This patent relates generally to facilitating cross-domain transactions in an Internet (or equivalent) environment. More specifically, this patent relates to the use of simulated pop-up windows, allowing communication with a second domain, to appear within an existing window in communication with the first domain.
[0003] A. Cross-Domain Transactions Generally
[0004] On a decentralized network, such as the Internet, users often interact with service providers across distinct web domains. A web service provider—referred to as service provider A—located at one or more distinct web domains, may offer services that are actually provided by (or at least relate to services by) another or the same service provider located in a separate web domain or domains—referred to as the service provider B. For example, a transaction between a user and service provider A to access to confidential information, to make purchases, or in still other contexts, may require identity validation to be provided by service provider B. In the Internet environment, the interaction between service provider A and service provider B occurs through a web browser interface.
[0005] Online transactions between service provider A and service provider B, as described above, occur across two or more distinct web domains, and may therefore be regarded as cross-domain transactions. Since cross-domain transactions interact with two distinct web domains, the Internet web browser is required to process information within two distinct browser window entities. The browser window entities, in their conventional form, are composed of a (or primary) main window, which is in the domain of service provider A, and a pop-up window, which is in the domain of service provider B.
[0006] Some drawbacks of having two (or more) distinct browser windows may include some or all of the following:
[0008] 2. Even absent a pop-up killer, users may not notice that a pop-up window has appeared (for example, because the user's desktop settings are configured such that the pop-up appears below another window or in minimized form).
[0009] 3. Even if the user notices the pop-up window, the user may mistakenly interpret it as an annoying advertisement (and therefore ignore it) rather than a required part of the transaction. The user may even close the browser pop-up window entirely.
[0010] 4. The user (or the user's pop-up killer or other software on the user's computer) may in some other manner inhibit the flow of a cross-domain transaction.
[0011] B. Operation of an Exemplary Conventional Cross-Domain Transaction Absent a Pop-Up Killer
[0012] One particular example of a cross-domain transaction is Visa's 3-D secure (also known as "Verified by VISA") online transaction, whereby Internet users use credit cards to purchase goods or services from merchants, including authenticating themselves with the bank that issued them their credit cards. Throughout the course of Visa's 3-D secure online transaction, the web browser communicates with two distinct web domains—the merchant's web domain, and the bank's web domain. In the conventional 3-D secure implementation, the user-merchant interaction occurs in the main window, and verification of cardholder identity to the bank occurs via the pop-up window.
[0013] The following paragraphs illustrate in greater detail a typical conventional implementation illustrating the interaction between the user's browser and the merchant and bank computers.
[0014] The user, at his/her browser (i.e., at the main browser window), visits a merchant's web page, decides to make a purchase, and securely transmits his/her payment information (e.g., credit card data) to the merchant's purchase confirmation page.
[0015] Then, software at merchant's web site (or e-commerce server) queries a directory server operated by Visa (or one of its member banks) to verify that the user participates in 3D Secure protocol. Assuming the answer is yes, the directory server returns to the merchant a uniform resource locator (URL) of an access control server (ACS) of the bank that issued the user's card (the so-called issuing bank). The merchant-directory server interaction is transparent to the user, and is not directly relevant to this patent.
[0017] The user supplies the ACS with the requested password via the pop-up window. Around this time, the merchant's web site typically performs a "history back" operation that returns the user's active window to the purchase confirmation page (in the main browser window), while still maintaining the pop-up window. The history back operation tells the browser to go back one item in the history list, returning the user to the page he/she came from (the purchase confirmation page), while keeping the pop-up window viewable.
[0018] After the ACS verifies the user-supplied password, it generates a message including a payer authentication response (PARes) and forwards the message to the user's browser (via the pop-up window), instructing the cardholder's Web browser to forward the PARes to the merchant. Included in the PARes is an indication whether the transaction has been verified by the ACS.
[0019] The merchant then transmits transaction processing information to the bank serving its credit card transactions (the so-called acquiring bank), which forwards the information to the issuing bank to authorize the purchase. Finally, the merchant informs the cardholder (at the main browser window) that the transaction was successful.
[0020] C. Impairment of an Exemplary Conventional Cross-Domain Transaction Due to a Pop-Up Killer
[0021] The following paragraphs illustrate a typical scenario that may occur whereby a cross-domain transaction is inhibited by an active pop-up killer.
[0022] As before, when the user clicks on the "buy" button on the merchant's purchase confirmation page, the merchant web site returns a PAReq to the user's browser so that the user can be authenticated as a precondition to continuing the transaction. Again, browser script attempts to open a browser pop-up window through which to communicate with the ACS (i.e., to receive the password request & to provide the requested password).
[0023] In this case, however, the pop-up killer would eliminate the pop-up window, so that the cardholder is left with only the purchase confirmation page (from the "history back" operation), without the required identity confirmation having occurred, or perhaps having been terminated prematurely.
[0024] If the user does not realize why the pop-up window did not appear (i.e., due to a pop-up killer), the user may click on the buy button again, trying to complete the transaction. But each time, the result will be the same. Frustrated, the user may simply abandon the purchase.
[0025] D. Mitigation Techniques
[0026] One known way to mitigate this problem is for the ACS to track responses to its auto-enrollment transactions. Auto-enrollment is a procedure, initiated before or at the beginning of a transaction, when the directory server reports to the merchant that the user is not a current participant in the 3-D secure program. In that case, the user (typically through the merchant) is prompted to enroll.
[0027] In one implementation of the ACS (available from Arcot Systems), when the ACS instigates the auto-enrollment sequence for an unenrolled cardholder, it tracks the result in a database. If a pop-up-killer is enabled, the ACS will receive the PAReq from the browser, and request the user's password (e.g., though a pop-up), but no response will be received at the ACS.
[0028] Thus, for those auto-enrollment transactions where the ACS only receives a PAReq but does not receive any other response from the cardholder, the ACS tallies a mark on the cardholder's account. If the cardholder tallies two marks in a row, then the ACS marks the account as "hostile to auto-enrollment" and thereafter ceases instigating the auto-enrollment sequence. After a couple of attempts, the cardholder would be able to proceed with the purchase as a non-enrolled card. This is not an optimal solution because, even though the transaction ultimately proceeds, it does so without authentication (and therefore at increased risk).
[0029] A better solution to the example mentioned above, would be to enable the web browser to simulate a pop-up window that resists automatic termination by pop-up killer software, and that is unlikely to be inadvertently closed, or to be misplaced, by an Internet user.
[0030] In cross-domain transactions, a user often must communicate with two distinct domains, say, service providers A and B. For example, in an authenticated online credit card purchase, the user supplies his/her credit card number to a merchant's web page (service provider A), and is thereafter sent to a third party access control server web page (service provider B) via a pop-up window to authenticate the user's identity (e.g., though a password or otherwise) to the credit card issuer. The issuer verifies the user's identity, and returns a transaction authorization to the user (via the pop-up), which then forwards the authorization to the merchant (through the main browser window).
[0031] If the user's computer includes an active pop-up killer, the communication channel between the user's browser and the credit card issuer is eliminated, preventing authentication and transaction authorization.
[0032] This patent discloses techniques for creating a simulated pop-up window that resists automatic termination by pop-up killers (at least as presently known in the art), so that the cross-domain transaction can proceed in spite of the pop-up killer. The simulated pop-up is not a real web browser window (i.e., it is not a separate process that exists independently of the web browser or the main browser window). Nevertheless, if desired, the pop-up window can be configured to maintain the look-and-feel of a real web browser window that interacts with the main browser window.
[0033] The simulated pop-up window serves a substitute communications channel, in place of the conventional (real) pop-up window, that provides a direct connection to service provider B, so that information can flow between (i.e., to/from) the user's browser and service provider B just as if there had been an actual pop-up absent a pop-up killer.
[0034] More specifically, this patent discloses (but is not limited to) three exemplary techniques for creating a simulated pop-up window: (1) through use of a web browser inline frame defined by the HTML <IFRAME> tag; (2) through use of regular web browser frames defined using the HTML <FRAMESET> and <FRAME> tags that may be configured to look like a distinct window; and (3) through use of a Java (or other) applet that acts like a web browser window with the characteristics of a simulated pop-up.
[0038] U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/434,765, filed on Dec. 18, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
[0039] A. Increased Reliability Through Constrained Dependency
[0040] The simulated pop-up approach to cross-domain transactions provides increased assurance, to both service provider A and service provider B, that the Internet users will be able to complete the transactions in a reliable manner.
[0041] The domain squares in
[0042] Unlike the conventional pop-up window, a simulated pop-up is an integral part of the main web browser window, meaning that the former is the latter's direct dependent. Hence, the simulated pop-up should not be killed by pop-up killers (at least as presently known in the art), and the cross-domain transaction can proceed in spite of the pop-up killer.
[0043] Even though the simulated pop-up is not a real web browser window (i.e., not a separate process that exists independently of the web browser or the main browser window), it can be configured to maintain the look-and-feel of a real web browser window that interacts with the main browser window. In any of the cases, the simulated pop-up can be implemented to include custom event handling code to mimic standard window events such as minimizing, maximizing, and closing.
[0044] The simulated pop-up is configured to provide a direct connection to service provider B, so that the flows occur just as if they would have occurred with an actual pop-up. The simulated pop-up substitutes for the real pop-up as a communications channel between the user and service provider B.
[0045] The following sections illustrate three exemplary embodiments of creating and displaying a simulated pop-up. All three of these exemplary embodiments are constructed using currently HTML tools, for example, those available within the HTML 4.0 protocol as specified by the W3C organization.
[0046] B. First Exemplary Embodiment of a Simulated Pop-Up
[0047] As a first example, a simulated pop-up may be created by a web browser inline frame using the HTML <IFRAME> tag. The <IFRAME> tag allows a frame to be created, and floated atop the main browser window, analogously to embedding an image using the <IMG> tag.
[0049] The inline frame is then placed into communication with service provider B, using standard HTML techniques (similar to the conventional pop-up case) to receive information therefrom, and/or to pass information thereto.
[0050] For example, if service provider A is in communication with the main browser window, then information from service provider A can be contained within a form of the main browser window—defined by the HTML <FORM> tag. This form might, for example, include information received from the merchant per se, or after having communicated with a third party server that verifies the user's participation in a secure credit card authentication protocol.
[0051] The form contents can be posted from the main browser window to service provider B by using the inline frame as an HTML target. By establishing the inline frame as a target, frames (such as the main browser window) can post information (including services) to service provider B via the inline frame.
[0052] Conversely, information (including services) from service provider B would also be made available to the user via the simulated pop-up (i.e., inline frame), and information (including services) from service provider B (e.g., a transaction authorization) could be transferred to service provider A using standard techniques (HTML, JavaScript, etc.)
[0053] The inline frame can be configured to simulate the look-and-feel of a real window, by using a HTML DIV tag as its wrapper object. In one exemplary implementation, the DIV tag posses a distinct border, characteristic to most computer windows. The border is defined by the border-style property of the DIV tag. As it is contained within the DIV tag, the inline frame may be dragged around with a mouse—similarly to a real window. The exemplary DIV tag mentioned above also embeds an image of a window close button and a window title. More generally, attributes of the DIV tag allow the system designed to specify desired actions to occur based on mouseover, mouseout, keypress, keydown, keyup, and still other triggering events. Similarly, the inline frame can include custom event handling code to mimic standard window events such as minimizing, maximizing, and closing.
[0054] Details and use of the <IFRAME>, <FORM>, <DIV> and still other HTML tags- as well as their HTML attributes that may be used to control how and where they are displayed and manipulated—are well known to those skilled in the art of HTML programming, and need not be described in greater detail herein.
[0055] C. Second Exemplary Embodiment of a Simulated Pop-Up
[0056] As a second example, a simulated pop-up may be created by defining a web browser page using the HTML <FRAMESET> tag, and specifying individual (or child) frames within the frameset using HTML <FRAME> tags.
[0057] The simulated pop-up appears to be superimposed on top of the main browser window (as in the conventional case as well as in the case of
[0058] Thus, the overall frameset includes certain frames defining a simulated pop-up, surrounded by other frames defining what appears to be a main browser window. The frameset of
[0059] The four child frames defining the main browser window are (proceeding clockwise from the left): (1) a predominantly vertical side frame at the left; (2) a predominantly horizontal unlabelled frame at the top right; (3) a predominantly vertical unlabelled frame at the right; and (4) a predominantly horizontal unlabelled frame at the bottom right (aligned directly under the second child frame).
[0060] The five child frames defining the simulated pop-up are (proceeding clockwise from the left): (1) a vertical border at the left; (2) a horizontal title box at the top; (3) a vertical border at the right; (4) a predominantly vertical unlabelled frame at the right; and (5) a content area for the simulated pop-up at the center.
[0061] Information from service provider A is contained within a form in one of the side frame windows (part of the main browser window)—again defined by the HTML <FORM> tag. In the exemplary implementation of
[0062] As before, the simulated pop-up allows also information (including services) from service provider B to be made available to the user, and information (including services) from the simulated pop-up to be transferred back to the main browser window.
[0063] As before, this exemplary frameset contains a series of frames surrounding the simulated pop-up content frame that maintain the look-and-feel of a real window by containing graphics that mimic a distinct border and title area characteristic to most computer windows. The title area embeds an image of a window close button and a window title text. That is, the simulated pop-up can include custom event handling code to mimic standard window events such as minimizing, maximizing, and closing.
[0064] Details and use of the <FRAMESET>, <FRAME>, <FORM> and still other HTML tags—as well as their HTML attributes that may be used to control how and where they are displayed and manipulated—are well known to those skilled in the art of HTML programming, and need not be described in greater detail herein.
[0065] D. Third Exemplary Embodiment of a Simulated Pop-Up
[0066] As a third example, another way of creating a simulated pop-up is to use a Java applet. The applet program is configured to create a window whose contents the applet controls within the browser main window.
[0067] The applet is a program that is automatically downloaded from service provider A, and executed by the user's browser environment, when either the <APPLET> or <OBJECT> tag is provided in service provider A's web page. In one exemplary implementation, the applet program is cryptographically "signed" by a trusted third party in order to allow secure and trusted communications between the applet program and the browser environment.
[0069] The information is sent to service provider B by the applet. More specifically, the applet posts the information using its own window (i.e., the pop-up created by the applet) as the target.
[0070] As before, the simulated pop-up window allows information (including services) from service provider B to be available to the Internet user, and information (including services) from the simulated pop-up to be transferred to the main browser window.
[0071] Depending on design choice, the simulated pop-up created in this fashion can be the same as (or different than) to that resulting from the <IFRAME> approach shown in
[0072] E. Merchant Plug-In
[0074] F. Conclusion


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Welcome to Flea Market Fridays where we'll be bringing you our favorite vintage finds and fun ways to repurpose them for home decor, storage, and creating. Today's Flea Market Friday is brought to you by Michelle McCord.
I absolutely adore the look of the old canisters! Anytime I am garage saling or get lucky enough to have a flea market in my area, I search for them. I use them on my kitchen counters for lots of 'catch alls' like spare change, little girls earrings, or just for decorative purposes. I even use some to hold vintage blooms that I might be lucky enough to find as you see in the Campfire Marshmallows tin. That tin happens to be my very favorite since my kitchen is red.


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Just a quick update – the trailer has not sold, although most of the furniture is gone so we are camping out on the floor for the next few days. We have lowered the price to below my conservative estimate for getting across the country but we will just eat and sleep on the cheap. We have a few buyers coming this weekend so hopefully one will leap at the chance to get a bargain and haul it away as soon as possible! My laptop just died (will not turn on at all) and we are about to pack up the desktop so this may be my last post until we reach Indiana and I can unpack it! I will try to send updates to friends via my phone so that they can post to the boxcarkids facebook page. Wish us luck!
*** PS*** We sold the trailer tonight! To a very nice couple (friends of a couple who saw the trailer last week) heading out to an off the grid life in Arizona. They will pick it up Monday evening. We'll rent the uhaul on Monday and pack it up (and clean the trailer and disconnect everything) and then head out early Tuesday morning. The price was less than half the offer we had from the fellow who wanted to live in the park but couldn't pass the screening) so we'll be watching our pennies but we won't have to sleep in the car!
BTW- I'll be posting short updates by Twitter and longer ones if I can get computer access on the road.


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This past week has been flooded with news reports on Lenovo, Motorola, and Google. Let us take a step back and see what happened, for those of you who haven't been following this storm of news and want a centralized synopsis of just what the heck happened. The first thing to note is that almost two years ago, Google purchased Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. We expected a new superpower to emerge from this, combining Moto's manufacturing with Google's software prowess. Unfortunately, that did not happen, with the Motorola branch actually losing Google $1.3 billion last year. However, in the purchase of Moto Google received their impressive portfolio of almost 17,000 patents, which Google valued at around $5.5 billion. Google then had a cushion against the then-brewing patent wars, and was able to defend themselves more adequately. Google also got Motorola's advanced research and development group that was and is still headed by the former head of the U.S. military's R&D wing, Regina Dugan, who is working on things like modular smartphones, electronic tattoos and smart pills.
Fast forward two years to this past week when Google sold Motorola for $2.91 billion to Motorola. An important fact to remember is that Google did not sell everything that they bought. They kept 15,000 of the 17,000 patents that they bought two years prior, and sold Motorola Home, the company's TV set-top business, off to Arris for $2.6 billion. This means that in total Google brought in almost $5.4 billion from the selling of Motorola, which almost covers what they valued Moto's patent portfolio at. Google also received 5% ownership in Lenovo as a condition of the sale.
Alright, now with the history out of the way we can look at what this means for the future of Android and the mobile world. First off, Google and Samsung can be a lot more friendly to each other. As Samsung makes roughly 33% of all the world's mobile handsets, they would be a great friend to have. Since Google and Samsung are no longer direct sales competitors, the two tech giants can focus on providing the best services to their consumers. Samsung can make their apps more Google-friendly, and they can lay off a little bit on the threat of Tizen, which we won't be seeing in the States anytime soon regardless. Some people say that the Google-Samsung patent license agreement was made because Samsung had insider knowledge of the Lenovo sale. While this is possible, all it means for us is better products.
Next, we need to look at China. Google has not had the best time in China, with their market share there being only 1.6%. Lenovo is the second largest smartphone manufacturer in China, so having them work more closely could open up the mobile markets over there. Only 3.5% of Android devices there actually utilize the Play Store, so Google's presence is currently very limited. Hopefully, Lenovo will offer more Google services to the Chinese market and give Google a more global presence.
Going off what I said before, now that Google is not a direct sales competitor in the hardware realm means that there can me much more cooperation between manufacturers and Google. They can now focus on software and continue to grow the Android OS just as they have been doing, if not better than ever before. Since Motorola is a recognized American brand, Lenovo will also gain from having more customers in the US. Currently, they do not have much of a mobile presence here, selling mainly PC's and tablets in the States. With regards to Motorola itself, Lenovo says that they will be keeping things just the same for the foreseeable future.
All-in-all, this acquisition covers some important things. Google can now work better with manufacturers, allowing for more cooperation and development of efficient software. Lenovo can get involved in the US markets, accessing customers that they have never had before, and the same goes for Google with China. This creation of 'Lenovorola' has opened the door for more globalization of Android and Google, and will hopefully create more and better software and hardware as time goes on. Do you have any thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments down below!
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Busy! Busy! Busy! And none of it was so interesting that it got a blog post! You know, the ho hum of everyday. Maybe I don't see the interestingness for all the doing that gets in the way. So I guess you want an update on things seeing as it has been a month since we last met? Where have I been? What have I been doing?
A couple days after the show at St. Rita's last month my dad had emergency surgery. Big, major, scary surgery. It went as planned but there have been a few complications. But Dad is now doing super-duper well after all the surgery and poking and testing. He is staying here with Mr. M and I for a bit. To be truthful, I like having Dad stay here with us. I get to hug him whenever I want and spoil him a little. He deserves it. He's an awesome dad!
I get a lot of my craftiness from him. He makes things, too, but in a much larger scale. His skill in restoring antique cars and hot rods is stunning. He does it all old-school with steel sheet benders, welding, and paints them himself. You don't find that much anymore. We have been hatching plans to restore a little MG he has hidden away. Of course, I want to make everything we would need from scratch, but he is experienced enough to know that is not practical if we ever want to finish it. C'mon! It's a giant art project!! On wheels!
Other than that I have just been making "Tiny Works of Awesome" for shows. That's my new slogan. Do you like it?
Way more custom orders came in this year than last and caught me off guard. Those are taking a little longer to finish than I hoped they would, but only because I want them to be my best work for my customers, and I am taking care of my dad at the same time.
If you are considering a custom order for this holiday, I encourage you to hop on it very quickly. I am only taking custom orders until December 6th in order to assure on time holiday delivery.
The photo up top on this post is a new work of mine. Trying the steampunk thing. She has a lot of little details like tiny watch parts, beads, washers, mini brass lock nuts, and brass nails. This one sold at my last show, but I am taking orders for more like her. Let me know if you dig it and want one.
Want to shop in person with In My Head Studios? I love to meet people at craft shows! My next show (and possibly the last show of the season):
Saturday, November 27, 2010
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Proper pest management keeps Washington fruit crop healthy
A Jan. 7 P-I editorial challenged the Legislature to help Washington agriculture operate in a healthier way. Washington's apples, cherries, pears and other tree fruits are recognized around the world as the very best. The tree fruit industry generates nearly $6 billion annually and provides more than 140,000 jobs for Washington families each year.
State growers spend nearly $3 million a year, of their own money, on research to improve fruit growing strategies, including better pest management. Washington leads the nation in integrated pest management and other strategies that help minimize pesticide use. But, without proper pest management, we would not have a crop.
What the recent report from Yakima really showed is that with modern analytical equipment, we can detect nearly anything, anywhere. An analysis of the report by the University of Washington states, "This study did not measure children's exposure to pesticides."
The highest level of pesticide detected was 500 times less than that demonstrated to have no effect at all, much less the kind of effects described in the editorial. Additionally, the authors misinterpreted data from other studies to fit their goals. This report was designed by an activist group to generate fear rather than to educate.
The insecticide referred to in the article is used in more than 100 countries. It has an extensive database of health studies. If the Environmental Protection Agency thought it was not safe, it would not allow its continued use. EPA has reviewed this insecticide to ensure it meets current health and environmental safety standards; it has the authority to restrict its use if there is evidence of a problem.
The only state in the nation conducting the kind of air monitoring the editorial called for is California. So far, reports from California show no cause for concern, even for the same pesticides used here. Although pesticides have been detected, they were found at extremely low levels.
Washington already has the most comprehensive pesticide incident tracking system in the country. It has not identified any cause for concern. In fact, incidents of illness from pesticide drift are extremely rare.
If anyone feels they have seen or been affected by pesticide misuse, they should contact the Washington State Department of Agriculture immediately. The department investigates all reports in a timely manner and issues harsh penalties for violations.
If the Legislature really wants to help agriculture work smarter, they should fully fund Washington State University's research initiative, which includes research on different types of pest control as well as other strategies to assist farmers. That would benefit all sectors of agriculture for the future.
The Legislature should also increase funding for the Department of Agriculture's farmworker training program, which teaches farmworkers, in Spanish, how to properly use equipment so they will not be exposed to pesticides.
Remember, farmers and their families live closer to the land than anyone, often surrounded by orchards. Farmers would not do anything to endanger their own families. They are proud of the high-quality fruit they produce and the environmentally sound manner in which they produce it.
Eat more fruit. It's good for you.


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Cable networks have a long history of delivering broadcast channels to customers and in the past they were the main channel for delivering a wide range of content to households. In recent years their share has been undermined by IPTV technology and internet service providers. In addition, the recent explosion of OTT technology has increased competition in the field of Interactive TV.
According to the research by MRG, the number of Pay-TV subscribers worldwide continues to grow, at a healthy 8% annual rate. The total number of Pay-TV users – onsisting of Cable TV, Satellite TV, and IPTV – today amounts to approximately 800 million subscribers. Interactivity and convergent applications are the main differentiators that can easily be added in IPTV or OTT environments. On the contrary, however, this is not that easily achieved in traditional cable networks. In order to not fall behind regarding market demand for television services, cable operators need to add interactivity alongside the digital signal to the customers.
Even though it is more or less clear which services cable operators should offer on the market in order to regain a competitive advantage, the path to such goal is not an easy one. Cable operators are facing the problem of upgrading their networks with Interactive TV. Interactive TV includes recordings, time-shift TV, VOD content, enhanced EPG, multiscreen features, as well as internet and social TV features. There are different approaches to achieving these functionalities in cable networks. Cable providers can upgrade the DOCSIS data network to deliver enough bandwidth to customers for interactive content or build an FTTx access network. The second approach is to use the DOCSIS data path as a control channel and the DVB-C infrastructure as the content path. In addition, using OTT technology, Interactive TV service can be offered over the open internet. Researchers say that cable remains an inferior mechanism for delivering television. However, there is a solution for cable operators. Cable operators can benefit from having a combination of the DVB-C network extended with the OTT and/or IPTV services. This document describes possible approaches for cable operators to upgrade TV service to the Interactive TV of the future.


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Dec 17, 2019
Age Group Coach Swimming (reports to Head Coach) Interested in developing your coaching skills? Want to work with kids? Come work for a non-profit swim team in Arcadia! Job Details: -Monday-Friday, hours 5:30-8pm, occasional Saturdays 7-9am and one swim meet a month -Plan, schedule and lead group practices -Discuss practices with Head Coach at beginning of each week during training phase of employment -Coach and assist at USA swim meets -Attend all coach's meetings (approximately 1-5 per year) -Assist Head Coach in drafting/dispersing information pertaining to your swimmers -Potentially help determine swimmers' events for meet entries -Starting salary will be determined based on experience. Preferred start date will be ASAP Applicant Coaches must: -Be USA Swimming certified or be willing and able to become USA Swimming certified within the first 30 days of employment -Be professional, enthusiastic and POSITIVE coach who exhibit effective teaching/communication skills -Demonstrate a commitment to the swimmers and coaches -have prior competing and/or coaching experience in swimming or any sport -Be knowledgeable of stroke/skill technique, season/workout planning and dryland training/technique To Apply: Please submit a letter of application and at least 3 professional references to Head Coach Lauren. Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the Riptides family!
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Today we're featuring 10 super cute baby shower invitations that are perfect for a baby shower that's scheduled near Easter.
It's a fun collection of bunnies and chicks with invites for both boys and girls.
All of the featured baby shower invitations are brought to you by the talented card designers who keep shop at Zazzle.com. Take a look. I think you'll be delighted with the artwork and high quality of these cute custom personalized invites.
Ten Favorite Easter Themed Baby Shower Invitations
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Ten of our Favorite Wine and Cheese Bridal Shower Invitations
Wine, like love, is something that needs to be shared to be appreciated. What better way to honor the young couple in love than with a wine and cheese wedding shower?
If you're honoring your favorite couple with a Wine and Cheese bridal shower, you're sure to find a wine and cheese shower invitation to love right here. We've collected 10 of our all-time favorite wine and cheese bridal shower invitations but there's plenty more to choose from.
Browse our top 10 favorites or see all of the Wine and Cheese bridal shower invites HERE. All of the featured designs range in price from $1.60 to $1.95 each as shown. Click on the ones you love to learn more about pricing and to see larger images.
"Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me."
A wine and cheese wedding shower would be appropriate during any season of the year. Serve lighter wines and cheeses during the warmer months and heavier varieties when the weather is cooler.
All of the above Wine and Cheese bridal shower invitations are brought to you by the wine lover card designers who keep shop at Zazzle.com.
They can be personalized and customized to your hearts content. Each high-quality invite comes with a white envelope and Zazzle's 100% satisfaction guarantee.
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10 Luau Bridal Shower Invitations for a Fun Summer Bridal Shower
Are you planning a Hawaiian Luau bridal shower? Then, you're going to love all of the fresh tropical wedding shower invitations featured here today.
Every single one of them comes with the feeling of a tropical breeze blowing through your hair. You can almost taste the Pina Coladas and the grilled pineapple.
Choose from awesome bridal shower invitation designs with lush Hibiscus flowers, Hula dancers, tropical drinks with or without umbrellas, tiki mugs and more.
Click on any of your favorite Luau bridal shower invitation designs to see a larger image, to learn more about the pricing, which is based on your choice of quality card stock, or to order yours at Zazzle.com today.
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10 Cute Luau Baby Shower Invitations Perfect for a Summer Baby Shower
What could be more fun than a summer luau baby shower? Whether you're planning a shower for mom or for the happy couple a luau is the perfect choice for a super fun summer shower.
I can't say enough about these adorable invites. Each one is cuter than the next. We've got Hawaiian Hula dancers, beautiful tropical flowers, palm trees, flip flops, monkeys and more. Browse through our favorites or visit Zazzle.com to see the entire selection.
All of our featured favorite Luau Baby Shower invitations measure a big 5" x 7" and come complete with a white envelope. Click on your favorites to see a larger image, to learn about their low pricing or to personalize and order yours today.
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Cute Garden Butterfly Baby Shower Invitations that you'll love for a Spring Baby Shower
If you're looking for a Spring baby shower theme, I can't think of anything more springy than a beautiful butterfly.
Take a look at the 10 butterfly baby shower invitation designs I've featured here to get some ideas.
In my opinion, one is prettier than the next. You might think that butterflies are just for girls but there's a couple here that I think would be fine for a baby shower for a little boy or for those who've decided not to share the gender of their child until birth.
As always, all of these cute butterfly invites were created by the card designers at Zazzle.com and there's lots more to choose from.
Here's my 10 favorites:
Rectangle invitations measure a large 5" x 7" and the squares are 5.25" x5.25".
Square invitations will require additional postage when mailing but they're so cute that they're worth a few cents more.
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Choose your season and party type, or baby's gender, to see our top picks for invites based on seasonal shower theme ideas
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The History of Baby Showers
Although the term baby shower is a fairly modern concept, the tradition of welcoming baby and the rite of a woman's transition into motherhood is
something that has been celebrated throughout history.
Learn more here:
The History of Bridal Showers
Did you know that the custom of throwing a bridal shower dates back to the time when dowries were popular? Friends of the woman to be wed began giving what is now known as a bridal shower to compensate women who came from poor families who couldn't afford a proper dowry, or for a woman whose father didn't approve of the marriage and refused to pay.
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The U8 division is designed to develop the player's softball skills and fundamentals including hitting, throwing, catching, fielding, and base running. This division includes players league age 8 and younger and teams will be formed based on the elementary school they attend. For more information regarding league age, please check out ourFAQ page.
This is an instructional division; therefore, only coaches will pitch to batters. Heavy emphasis should be placed on learning the game and having fun!
Players wanting to play in the U8 Softball division do not assess. The U8 practices will not start until April.


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This website contains updated information only for those corridors actively in construction, the Southeast Rail Extension and North Metro Rail. All other content on this website is meant for historical purposes only and may not be up-to-date. Please visit RTD-Denver.com for the latest information about RTD.
Stories Along the Line: Marvel of the Skyway BridgeBridges are something to marvel at. They connect us one to the other, shortening times and distances; making our lives, communication and commerce more swift and efficient. And, as poet Susan Langer said, "...more direct than if the bridge was not there."
Engineering marvelRTD's new Skyway Bridge, an integral part of the North Metro line, will span 9,533 feet, making it the longest bridge in RTD's FasTracks program-and the longest in Colorado. At its zenith, the bridge will rise 50 feet above ground or stand nearly five stories tall.
Rendering of the Skyway Bridge
According to Jennifer Whiteside, lead structural engineer for RTD's North Metro Rail Line, the bridge will be built as a direct-fix bridge, with no ballast, but with precast concrete and pre-stressed girders. Construction will require 64 spans, 63 piers, two abutments and 7,626 fasteners, and will take about two years to complete.
Where it goes
Moving north, the new Skyway Bridge will ascend south of York Street in Commerce City. It will then span above and across York Street and over the BNSF Railway tracks, Brighton Boulevard, a Union Pacific (UP) Railroad track spur, the Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Company (FRICO) ditch, the Suncor Energy refinery and processing plant, Sand Creek and Highway 270. At just short of two miles long, the bridge will touch down south of 68th Avenue.
Crews install Skyway Bridge's first caisson
Crews install Skyway Bridge's first caisson
Little known facts
Among the first establishments in the modern Commerce City were cemeteries. Riverside Cemetery, founded in 1876, is located in the city's southwest corner at East 52nd Avenue and Brighton Boulevard. Passengers on the N-Line will be able to see Riverside Cemetery.
Riverside Cemetery in Commerce City, Colorado
Riverside Cemetery in Commerce City, Colorado
Rose Hill Cemetery, in the heart of historic Commerce City, was established in 1892 on what at the time was an open plain by the United Hebrew Cemetery Association.
Agricultural beginningsUntil the late 1920s, the area was devoted to agriculture, including wheat fields, dairies, and pig farms. Industry moved in, with a refinery established in 1930 and grain elevators built in the late 1930s. Rocky Mountain Arsenal was founded in 1942 due east of the growing community.
The N-LineWhen completed, the Skyway Bridge will carry electric commuter trains as
they travel along the new 18.5-mile North Metro - N Line from Union Station
through Commerce City, Northglenn and Thornton. The line is scheduled to open in 2018.


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Not too big- not too small. This gorgeous green passport holder is the perfect mix of functionality and looks. The mini vintage plane accent on the cover is minimalist but eye catching nonetheless. Carry this passport holder to kick up your travel style a notch.
Felt Fetish passport holders are not just a pretty face. They can be your faithful companion on all your adventures.. The passport holders are washable with the additional protection of dual coats of Scotch Gard fabric protector. This means that any cases of dry dirt or crumbs on your wallet can be easily wiped away with a baby wipe. It also makes your wallet resistant to minor liquid spills.
Passport holder contains 3 card slots,1 passport slot, 1 slot for your boarding pass, 2 pocket for cash or traveler's cheques and 1 slot for a pen. It shuts with a pull-over elastic closure.


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I was just looking at some pictures that my wife put up on her blog and it took me back to when I was little. I've dredged up a few pictures from the past. I'm a little unsure of the timing, but from what I'm wearing and from Margaret's size and age, I'm pretty sure that this is mostly 1965. This picture is not Christmas, but it's a clue. Note that Margaret is having her 3rd birthday (November of 1965), I'm 6 years old in this picture.
Here are a series of pictures of us around our Christmas tree, in the dining room of our house on Imperial Street in Burnaby.
One of the highlights of the year was visiting a friend, we called "Miss Lydia". This was probably after Christmas, and I'd had a haircut.
I got the honoured spot on her lap. I got this army helmet (with a first aid symbol on it, indicating I was a medic). I loved this helmet and for years, I'd wear it, riding my bike around with my toy guns, playing war with my friends.
I used to add my toy plastic animals to the manger scene. My mother never minded, in fact it might have been her idea. She caught me playing with them, here.
Playing with open toys under the tree.
I remember all these toys. I loved the monkey, the train and the tractor with the trailer that it would pull. I recall that the steering wheel actually turned the front wheels.
This wasn't actually Christmas, I think it was the following January, but you can see that we had some serious snow. I've got my little-red-barn lunch-box with Dick and Jane sitting on the fence and Spot running. I did a little hunt on the internet and couldn't find it anywhere. I'd love to find a good picture of one.
Update: I found a good picture of one:
Finally, for fun, I threw in a much later picture, from 1969, when I would have been 10. I believe this was another visit to "Miss Lydia's" place, as I don't recognize the furniture.
So that's my little trip down memory lane. I hope that this stirred up a few of your own memories!
Hope you're having a Merry Christmas and that you have a Blessed New Year in 2012!


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We are excited to announce that this year's BLOXPO event will be taking place in Stockholm, Sweden on the 17th of May. BLOXPO is known to be one of Europe's yearly stand-out conferences which sees a number of Blockchain and Crypto influencers in attendance.
The one-day event will be hosted at the Friends Arena in Stockholm and it expects attendance of over a thousand participants and will draw a wide array of speakers from various spheres of the industry globally.
The speaker line-up is impressive, some of the highlights include Ivan Liljeqvist, a well-known influencer who runs the YouTube channel Ivan on Tech with over 150.000 Subscribers, Dr. Julian Hosp – President of TenX. Michael Damberg who is currently Sweden's Minister of Enterprise, Larry Sanger – Co-Founder of Wikipedia and Floyd DCosta of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange.
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Stockholm is known for its astounding hospitality and conferencing-aptness as such the BLOXPO event promises to meet the expectation of attendees.


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Jan. 3, 2014
By Bob Thomas, Seminoles.com
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Now in his 12th season at the helm of the Florida State men's basketball program, coach Leonard Hamilton has been on the Seminoles' bench for more than of program's life as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
It's safe to say that Hamilton isn't prone to many surprises, nor should he be. He led the Seminoles to the 2012 ACC Championship and a season later watched his former program, Miami, thumb its nose at college basketball's aristocracy and claim the 2013 title.
Who's next?
The quest for the 2014 ACC Championship begins in earnest this weekend, with seven conference games on tap, including the Seminoles, who play host to Virginia on Saturday. For a league that has long been the haunt for perennial heavyweights Duke and North Carolina, the first full weekend of conference action is also historic. Syracuse, Pitt and Notre Dame will all make their first forays into ACC play after distinguished runs as members of Big East. It's also the farewell season for Maryland, a founding conference member who moves on to the Big 10 next season, and will be replaced by Louisville.
Over the next 10 weeks there will be no shortage of surprises from the 15-team league. That much is certain after a quick review of the non-conference schedule, which saw talent-laden North Carolina knock off three ranked opponents – equaling Syracuse – but also lose to Belmont. Florida State and Duke have a pair of wins over ranked foes as well, as those four schools combined for all 10 of the league's ranked wins to date.
As the conference season begins, the 15-team league boasts 14 schools with winning records and a combined 138-53 record (.723) against non-conference competition. The strong winning percentage aside, there have already been some shake-ups based on the preseason prognostications.
Hamilton's Seminoles might be the most notable of the group as their 9-3 record includes a two-point, overtime loss to Michigan and a one-point road loss at Florida, as well as routs of VCU and UMass. Not bad work for a team the Operation Basketball assembled media selected to finish ninth in the ACC.
Fox television analyst and long-time ACC observer Dan Bonner offered his view on what can be expected as the conference season unfolds.
"I think there are some things we can take as givens," Bonner said, after calling FSU's win over Charleston Southern. "I don't think Notre Dame, particularly after losing (Jerian) Grant, is going to be as good as they were picked to finish in the preseason, which was fifth.
"I think, clearly, Florida State isn't going to be ninth. I don't know where they're going to be, but they're not going to be ninth. I don't think Virginia (tabbed for fourth) is as good as people thought they were going to be."
Bonner has called games involving seven of the league's 15 teams throughout the non-conference schedule, so he has a pretty good handle on the personnel.
"North Carolina is talented enough that if they just make a reasonable amount of free throws, they're undefeated and the No. 1 team in the country," Bonner said.
The Tar Heels are 10-3, but missed a combined 38 free throws in mind-numbing losses to Belmont and UAB, perhaps revealing a flaw that could provide some difficulty throughout the season. Of course they also have wins over Louisville, Michigan State and Kentucky.
"I think that what we see is teams like Florida State and North Carolina State, who are under-valued in terms of the preseason rankings," Bonner said. "I see teams like Virginia and Notre Dame who are over-valued. It's going to be very interesting. I'm not sure that overall the ACC is as strong as everyone expected it to be when we announced that Syracuse, Pitt and Notre Dame were coming in. I just don't think the league has performed that well as a league in non-conference play. They've got 10 wins against ranked teams overall, so I think they've been solid, but they just haven't been overwhelming."
Duke has undoubtedly the league's most talented freshman in Jabari Parker, and while Mike Krzyzewski's squad currently counts losses to top-five foes Kansas and Arizona, their lack of an inside game has led to closer-than-comfortable encounters with East Carolina and Vermont.
Jim Boeheim's Syracuse Orange, picked to finish second in the ACC, are the league's only unbeaten (13-0) team heading into conference play. Led by star C.J. Fair and their pesky match-up zone, the Orange figure to make life uncomfortable for a few folks along Tobacco Road and beyond.
So where will the Seminoles fit into the equation? Surely they are vastly improved from last season's team which finished 9-9 in the league, thanks in large part to improvement on defense and in the post, and no shortage of scoring threats. Sophomores Aaron Thomas and Devin Bookert, veterans Okaro White and Ian Miller have provided a big boost to a team that was offensively challenged a year ago, but now ranks fourth in scoring offense among ACC teams (77.0 ppg).
More importantly, the `Noles emerge from the non-conference schedule ranked second in field goal defense (.373) and blocked shots (6.7), third in steals (8.1) and sixth in scoring defense (64.3 ppg).
Those aren't numbers associated with a team that was pigeon-holed to finish in the bottom half of the ACC. Of course, Hamilton has long asserted that the days of North Carolina and Duke running roughshod over the league, are no longer guaranteed. He should know. The Seminoles have crafted a 52-30 ACC record over the past five seasons, with last year's 9-9 record the low mark in that stretch.
"For a long period of time, the ACC has been viewed as Duke, North Carolina and everybody else," Bonner said. "With the addition of those teams and then Louisville coming in next year, you're not going to be able to do that. Over a period of three or four years, particularly with recruiting, the other teams are going to benefit from the fact that it's not just Duke and North Carolina."


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The gay liberation dances, attended by students of every sexual preference, were the most public and popular of Oberlin Gay Liberation's activities. Gary Keeper (OC 73), who had "mainstream Oberlin politics," according to Pat Clawson (OC 73)—"at a time when mainstream politics meant participating in sit-ins when military recruiters came to campus," he clarified—was the main force behind the dances. They provided an opportunity for gay people to "test the waters," Bill Pfeiffer (OC 74) remembered, and were "an effort to become visible on campus, thinking that prejudice would be reduced if people found out that somebody they knew and cared about was gay."
According to Dean Langeler, the organizers were concerned about the first dance in the 'Sco, which was held just after Gay Lib's charter was approved in October 1971. "I told security I wanted them to have a very adequate staff on duty that night," he recalled, "and I didn't want them in the Student Union but I wanted them nearby." The concern was well founded. During the dance, a high school student began a fight with an Oberlin student and a "full-fledged ruckus blossomed," according to the Review, leading college security to shut down the dance.[188]
At the second Gay Lib dance, Pfieffer and what he described as a "very big lesbian," were appointed as bouncers, and President Fuller and his wife arrived in a gesture of support. Given the contentiousness of the issue around the nation, the Fullers' support was remarkable.
The fight may have reflected a town/gown rather than a gay/straight split, or it may have been that the two were closely related. Peter Klein (OC 72) recalled that many of his gay friends faced harassment or violence from high school boys from the town. He remembered one "physical attack" that occurred in the old Carnegie Library, with "police [and] a lot of people breaking it apart." On the other hand, for gay town residents like Jeffrey Mostade, a teenager when Gay Lib was founded, "Oberlin College and its GLF were very important to the communities surrounding Oberlin…No other places could one see/hear(taste/smell/feel) another open gay person."[189]
The dances were one of the few Gay Lib activities that drew large numbers of Conservatory students, who were generally characterized as "apolitical" by narrators. As such, the dances were rare meeting spaces for the campy Conservatory culture and politicized gay groups, which Pfieffer felt were "almost like two different worlds." The groups' sensibilities were different in many ways. If Conservatory queens, in general, felt homosexuality was an exclusive, in-group identity and relied on camp as a coping strategy (see 1960s: "Camp and 'Drag' Names'" for more on this), gay liberationists expressed a belief in a sexual continuum and preferred direct political confrontation.
LGBT Conservatory students, in general, "thought of themselves as non-political," organ and German double-major Christa Rakich (OC 75) recalled. "The Conservatory people had, not exactly more imagination, but they lived in their imaginations more," she felt, "whereas the college people were more practical oriented." Conservatory student David Hearst (pseudonym; OC 74), who attended the gay dances, nonetheless found Gay Lib meetings to be "very boring" and disagreed with "those that thought we should be out there all the time with signs and buttons and everything…because I was comfortable and I felt very accepted."
On the other hand, some LGBT college students criticized the Conservatory camp culture for what they characterized as its sexism and lack of political awareness and "pride." "Homosexuality is not a Conservatory affair," Jay Gorney, a college student involved in Gay Lib, wrote in his 1973 Review essay "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Faggot." "The Con, however, does encourage the attitude of gay man as Punchinello: He can camp, but not too much. He should be out enough to be amusing, but never really proud, open. The Con is afraid of strong, free gays."[190]
Martin Garro, also known by his drag name "Sister Blanche of the Agony of Jesus," felt gay Conservatory students often lacked political awareness as well. After two years at Oberlin, in 1973 he transferred to Columbia University, where he found the use of drag names to be a more overtly political act "meant to mock the male patriarchy and 'macho' posturing," he recalled. At Columbia, "there were frequent debates over whether the use of drag names was progressive or counterrevolutionary." While there were similar debates at Oberlin, "in general…gay life…was dominated by the Conservatory types, who tended not to think in political terms."[191]
The divide between campy and "political" gay male sensibilities at Oberlin mirrored national gay scenes. Historian Esther Newton has argued that there are two historic "gay" sensibilities: a "camp/theatrical" sensibility and an "egalitarian/authentic" perspective. While the former sensibility is "associated with the greater dramatism and more expressive gender roles of the upper and lower classes, as opposed to the restraint—not to say dullness—of middle-class domestic life," the latter perspective "springs directly from middle-class democratic and bourgeois ideology" and shaped the nineteenth-century institution of "romantic friendship," the feminist movement, and the gay liberation movement.[192]
Still, a story from Jim Harrington (OC 73) suggests that camp and political action were not necessarily mutually exclusive, and that gay liberation dances served as a site for both. Leading a tour for prospective students and parents past Wilder Hall, where students were preparing for a Gay Lib dance in 1972 or 1973, "one really campy queen, who had a beard," caught one mother "looking rather disapprovingly at him" and "rais[ing] her eyebrows" at the idea of a gay dance," Harrington recalled. The queen "caught her doing that gesture, came over to her and said, 'Darling, I love that dress. You must send me the fabric.'" The mother was "absolutely disgusted," Harrington recalled; "I don't think her dear little boy came to Oberlin." The story suggests that, despite their stylistic differences, campy queens and gay liberationists shared a belief in the importance of being visible and "coming out" as gay individuals. I have also argued that, by visibly claiming campus space in the 1960s and earlier, campy queens laid the groundwork for a politicized gay campus presence.
It may have been the case that the students most in need of gay dances and other Gay Lib events were also the ones who felt they were not able to "come out." Richard Linn (OC 72), a self-described "jock" from an upper middle class Jewish family in suburban Boston, wanted "so badly to go to the [Gay Lib] meetings," but was afraid to be seen by his friends. Mainstream media depictions of homosexuality, such as the 1962 movie "Advise and Consent," which he saw on television as a high-schooler, or the 1968 movie "The Sergeant," about a predatory older homosexual Sergeant, which he saw at Oberlin, "contributed to my image of a gay life being sad and sleazy," he recalled. Linn kept his identity hidden at Oberlin, and "internalized the perceptions to the point of thinking I was a freak."
Similarly, Ricardo Barretto (OC 74) felt pressure from other gay students to be "out," but felt it was important that heterosexuals, especially his fellow residents in Spanish House, think of him as a "straight arrow."[193] Raised by an affluent family in Mexico, he recalled that most students with Catholic backgrounds viewed Gay Lib with "great skepticism," and that gay Hispanics were "terrified and wouldn't be caught dead at gay events." "If anything, the Hispanic men on campus spent a great deal of energy distancing themselves as much as possible from gay student life whether in fact they were gay themselves or not," he recalled. "But the fact that one heard rumors from friends and acquaintances indicates there were cracks in the wall."
Black students felt Gay Lib "was a white thing by and large," Barry Smith (OC 71) recalled. "And the gay African American students weren't going into [the black student organization] ABUSUA announcing that they were going to the [Gay Lib] dance." While Smith felt those involved with Gay Lib were "incredibly brave [and] wonderfully outrageous," he "was not ready to take that step." The black community was "were not pro-gay folks" in general, he recalled, but "if you question any family, you'll find a cousin, a brother, a sister, somebody back up in there. So it's sort of like 'live and let live,' but publicly 'No, I'm against it.' It was that kind of hypocrisy going on."
Holly Boswell (OC 72), a composition major in the Conservatory then living with a male name and appearance, felt that there was no place for her sense of "difference" at Gay Lib events. While she felt comfortable with the hippie "gender-bending" on campus, there was "virtually no cultural context in which to view [transgenderism]," she recalled. "It would have appeared to be totally freakish…to bend one's gender that radically." She only later became a prominent transgender activist, fusing her interest in ecology (awakened at the first campus Earth Day in 1971), spirituality, and transgenderism in her group "Kindred Spirits," an alternative spiritual community for transgendered people.[194]


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Spectacular scenes at Dunkirk, poignant fantasy in A Ghost Story and movie treasures found in Dawson City
Dunkirk is the big film this week. Certainly in quality. Girls Trip might challenge at the box office and Valerian might surpass it in spectacle. But read below why I'm with Dunkirk.
It's first among the new ones:
Dunkirk: 4 ½ stars
A Ghost Story: 3 ½
Dawson City: Frozen Time: 4
From the Land of the Moon: 2 ½
The Black Prince: 2 ½
Valerian: --
Girls Trip: --
DUNKIRK: This is one of the most intense immersions into the reality of war you'll ever experience. Not the blood and gore as with Private Ryan, but the extreme tension and the ever-gnawing fear and the sudden attacks coming out of nowhere. And maybe most importantly: the truth of most wars that it's the young who are sent to fight them. Several of the main characters here are hardly out of their teens. Tommy, for instance, played by Fionn Whitehead.
It's with him that we enter the story. We watch him evade snipers in town and run down to the beach where 1000s of Allied soldiers are stranded. A German leaflet proclaims "We have you surrounded." Over a week or so more than 300,000 of these British, French, Belgian and (unnamed) Canadian troops will be evacuated. That's become the stuff of legend and prompted Churchill's famous "We shall fight on the beaches speech." Christopher Nolan, the film's writer and director and a Brit himself, focuses on the bare truth. There's cowardice and heroism (two men carry a body on a stretcher so they can get on a ship). There's spectacular action (as when one ship is sunk and the soldiers have to fight their way back from underwater). A few planes (with Tom Hardy as a pilot in one) fly a sortie unsure how much fuel they have. As the film switches frequently around these land, sea and air stories the tension compounds relentlessly, the music clicks in step and the pictures are grand.
There's far less than you might expect of that famous flotilla of private boats that came to help with the evacuation. One boat with Mark Rylance as skipper and Cillian Murphy as a shell-shocked young man he rescues, represents them all. Similarly, Kenneth Branagh who appears now and then as a naval officer in charge, represents the military brass. The film concentrates on ordinary young men and the incidents they get caught up in. They don't need much character development. It's what they do and go through that makes up the story. The time frame causes bits of confusion now and then but they pass. The film is a major creative success. It's big and loud and deserves a giant screen (Dunbar, Marine Gatway, The Park—in 70 millimetre—and suburban theatres—in Imax at Riverport and Langley) 4 ½ out of 5
A GHOST STORY: For people who believe in ghosts, this is surely the most plausible depiction yet. They're not in your house willingly; they're stuck there. And they're lonely. David Lowery gets that across in his film when he writes a disruption to the comfortable life of a couple (Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara) by killing him off in a car accident. Casey spends the rest of the film wearing a sheet with Halloween eye holes and standing silently, watching. He wants to re-connect with his wife but is only capable of an occasional light flicker or clunk sound.
The script takes that idea, and the concept of ghosts, into clever directions. Brooding over lost love is just the beginning. The ghost remains in the house when a Mexican family moves in and on the site when the house is torn down replaced with a concrete highrise. It also sees into the past when pioneers settled there. All existence—human and otherwise—gets an overview when a pompous party guest trips out a pessimistic scenario. Ultimately everything comes full circle and you realize the film has taken you on a mind trip itself. And it's been both intriguing and mesmerizing. (International Village) 3 ½ out of 5
FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON: There are least two cautions of use to filmmakers in this French adaptation of an Italian novel. First, make sure your central character is likeable. Gabrielle isn't. Not even the fine acting of Marion Cotillard is able to make her sympathetic. She's a farm girl in the south of France so obsessed with wanting sex that she embarrasses herself, the teacher she comes on to both at school and at a family party and the farmhands she exposes herself too. She prays to a crucifix to deliver her "the main thing." She's supposed to represent society's repression of female sensuality but several times exhibits hysteria instead.


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The Department of Pharmacology is one of six departments in the School of Biomedical Sciences.
Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon (φάρμακον) is drug, and logos (λόγος) is science) is the study of the origin, properties and effects of drugs on living organisms. Pharmacology provides insights into key areas of health and disease, including the discovery of new therapeutic targets, the mechanisms whereby drugs elicit responses in cells, whether drug action will be selective and long-lasting, and the nature of side-effects of drug use...
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Meteorologist Angelica Campos joined the WJW Fox 8 team in June, 2010.
Before arriving in Cleveland, Angelica worked at Accuweather where she gained experience covering weather across the nation, and throughout much of the globe. She provided forecasts on TV and radio for numerous AccuWeather clients.
She also appeared on national networks such as Fox Business, Fox News, Bloomberg, and ABC World. Reporters from ABC News and CBS News have interviewed Angelica about winter storms, severe weather, and hurricanes. In addition, Angelica has done the weather in Spanish for TV stations in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and several Univision stations in California.
Campos holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geosciences and Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University, and a degree in Mass Communications from the University of West Georgia. She is also a member of the National Weather Association.
Angelica was born in the tropical city of San Jose, Costa Rica. Angelica fell in love with weather and the ever changing conditions across the USA; after her first winter in 1999 and experiencing an ice storm.
She considers Cleveland the perfect weather lab. A great place for any meteorologist, given the complex weather patterns, lake effect, and its unique seasons.
Angelica likes to stay active and loves to workout. She is an avid runner, and triathlete. Her motto is everyday of life presents a new opportunity to better than the day before. She has competed in obstacle races, crossfit challenges. She is also an NPC (National Physique Committee) athlete. She loves trying new things and giving back.
She is part of the Big Brothers Big Sisters. She has raised money for the American Diabetes Association, and the Ghost Rider Foundation helping Veterans recover from Post Traumatic Stress, The American Cancer Association, and many more charities.
Angelica was named one of Cleveland's most interesting people on 2011. Kaleidoscope Magazine has also inducted her into its Forty/Forty Club, which recognizes Clevelanders under the age of 40 who are making a difference. In March 2012, Campos was featured on the cover of the Latinos Magazine NE Ohio edition. The first local celebrity to grace the cover of the magazine.


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PetroNeft deploys two new drilling crews to Russia
Irish oil and gas explorer PetroNeft has restarted drilling at two sites in the Tomsk region of Siberia, Russia.
The renewed activity is not expected to be directly impacted by sanctions imposed on Russia by European and US authorities in the wake of the escalating Ukraine crisis, according to company sources.
That's because the output from the wells is destined for the internal Russian market, not for export, the source said.
It follows an $80m (€60m) deal with Oil India in July to "farm out" development of PetroNeft's Licence 61 rights.
Under the terms of that deal the first $35m of the farm out proceeds were used to cut PetroNeft's debts to lenders Macquarie and Arawak. The company is now debt free.
The balance is earmarked for exploration activity.
PetroNeft said yesterday it is mobilising two drilling crews at its Tungolskoye No. 5 well and the Arbuzovskoye oil field - both in the Tomsk region.
The Tungolskoye well will be the first horizontal well drilled on Licence 61 and is expected to take 60 days to complete.
Shares in PetroNeft were up 4.22pc yesterday to 7.4 cents each in Dublin.
Before the Oil India deal PetroNeft had come under sustained pressure from biggest shareholder, Natlata, over slow progress developing the Russian asset.
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The Leadership Team
A full time permanent staff of 30 educators and support personnel work year round to improve and update programs, facilities, and equipment. They provide mature guidance for every camp program and trip.
JANE SANBORN. Executive Director and COEC Officer and Board Member. Jane has worked with the camps since graduating from Colorado College with a degree in English and Education. She was the Director/Program Director at High Trails 1970-1999. She is active in the American Camp Association and has served twice as President of the Rocky Mountain Section. She is currently a member of three National ACA committees: Public Policy, Children and Nature, and the National Conference Committee. She wears many hats at Sanborn, but she is extra experienced with the balloon variety.
JERRY McLAIN. Director of Development and COEC Officer. Jerry has been with Sanborn Camps since 1958, including many years as Program Director and Associate Director at Big Spring. He also directed the High Trails Outdoor Education Center program for many years and served as COEC Executive Director during the early 2000's. He currently sits on the Colorado Governor's Advisory Committee for Child Care Licensing and the board of the Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds. Jerry is a former teacher and school board member; his degree is in Social Sciences and Education from the University of Colorado.
MIKE MACDONALD. Director, Big Spring. Mike came to Big Spring in 1991 and, after working in a variety of roles from counselor to Program Director became Director in 1997. Mike currently serves as the President of the American Camp Association, Rocky Mountain Section. He has a BS from Center College and a Master's Degree in Whole Systems Design from Antioch College and provides enthusiastic, nurturing leadership at Big Spring.
ROB JOLLY. Rob taught at the High Trails Outdoor Education Center and at Big Springs Boys' camp (two other divisions of the Colorado Outdoor Education Center, the parent non-profit organization of The Nature Place) for a year before becoming the Director of The Nature Place in 1989. He canoed extensively in Canada while growing up, and before receiving his B.A. in Geology from Miami University. He was instrumental in creating the innovative team and leadership development programs that utilize an understanding of natural, human and economic systems. Currently, his diversions include rehabilitating a house built in 1904, backcountry telemark skiing, rock climbing, snorkeling, diving and sailing. He continues to actively study global social, economic, business and environmental trends. He also enjoys sharing his knowledge about the local geology, general natural history and astronomy.
CARLOTTA AVERY. Associate Director, High Trails. Carlotta has worked at camp since 1978, after graduating from Olivet College with a BA in Instrumental Music Education. She directs the camps' trip program, organizing everything from Forest Service permits to Trip Leader training, and leads rock climbing programs at High Trails. She is co-director of the High Trails Outdoor Education Center program and is our Resident Naturalist, always willing to help identify flowers, birds, and other plants and animals on the ranch.
ARIELLA ROGGE. Director, High Trails. Ariella started her career at Sanborn when she was twelve. After five years of camper and five years of Sanborn staff experience, she continued her work with kids in the high school classroom. Ariella and her family returned to Sanborn in 2001 to take on the Program Director role and to discover her inner IT and marketing guru. She lists mountain golf, Gymkhana, climbing mountains and making Pad Thai in the backcountry as some of her favorite activities at camp. Ariella received a B.A. in English from Colorado College and is a certified secondary English educator and WEMT.
ELIZABETH (Izzy) RUNDLE. Director, High Trails. Elizabeth first worked as a cabin counselor in 2002. After staying for a series of HTOEC seasons, she was hired as a ridge leader/program director for Sanborn Junior. She continues to enjoy marshmallow roasting competitions, role playing in large groups and singing silly songs for the entire lodge to enjoy. Elizabeth graduated from Benedictine College in Atchison, KS with a B.A. in Spanish and a minor in Business.
PATRICK PERRY. Director at High Trails Outdoor Education Center. Patrick has spent many years at the Colorado Outdoor Education Center starting as a camper during the summers and then working as a staff member. Patrick worked at HTOEC in 2006 and dreamed of coming back to work in HTOEC's unique educational environment. Since 2006 Patrick has completed his M.A.T. from Colorado College, and has taught in Harrison and Cherry Creek school districts. He has also taught 4th grade at the American Community School of Athens, Greece and middle school mathematics at the Thai-Chinese International School in Bangkok, Thailand. Along the way Patrick has also completed the Americorps program, and two month long National Outdoor Leadership School courses. He is passionate about making sure students receive real world experiences, and become life-long learners.
MAREN MACDONALD. Medical Liason and Riding Program Director. Maren's relationship with Sanborn is long and varied. She was a camper for many years, then worked as both a counselor and wrangler. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.A. in French, and then attended R.I.T. where she studied to become a Physician's Assistant. She currently works as a PA in Colorado Springs, assists the nursing staff in the summer, helps direct the horseback riding program, and is married to Mike Mac--the director of Big Spring.
JESSIE SPEHAR. Operational Logistics Coordinator, Sanborn Western Camps. Jessie has been hiking the forest at Sanborn since the summer of 2006. She earned a B.A. in Elementary Education and an M.A. in Special Education from the University of Wyoming and taught Special Education for 4 years before coming to continue teaching in the out of doors at High Trails and take on many operational duties for Sanborn Western Camps. Jessie has a great passion for photography, finding the Monster at the end of the book, and baking the ultimate chocolate- chocolate chip cookie.


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New Amazon Prime sale offers 20% off huge selection of game pre-orders
Amazon's new Prime sale discounts pre-orders by 20% off, applies to huge selection of upcoming games like Zelda Wii U, FF15, FF7 Remake and many more
Amazon has opened a special sale for Prime members on select video game pre-orders.
If you're an Amazon Prime member and are looking forward to upcoming games like Kingdom Hearts 3, Dark Souls 3, Zelda Wii U, and the insanely anticipated Final Fantasy VII: Remake, then we've got some good news for you. Amazon is currently discounting a ton of video game pre-orders by 20%, which could indicate that the online retailer wants to counter Best Buy's money-saving Gamer's Club Unlocked membership.
The sale was originally spotted by notorious discount-finder Wario64, who announced that Amazon's pre-order sale has expanded to "almost every game". The list has grown by the minute, including a smattering of upcoming console games, from the Xbox One-exclusive ReCore to Square Enix's cross-platform Final Fantasy 15, and even Ubisoft's new Stone Age fantasy game, Far Cry: Primal.
The Prime pre-order discount isn't obvious right away, and the 20% off promo will be automatically applied upon checkout. The sale effectively brings a pre-order price from $59.99 to a more manageable $48, and Amazon's day-one guarantee means you'll get the game as soon as it's released.
Below we have a quick list of some of the reported games plus their respective buy links. If the game you're looking for isn't on the list, be sure to check out Amazon's list here.
- Zelda WIi U
- South Park: Fractured But Whole
- Street Fighter V
- Dark Souls 3 Day One Edition
- Final Fantasy 15
- Rise of the Tomb Raider (PS4)
- Final Fantasy VII: Remake
- Crackdown 3
- Dead Island 2
- Homefront: The Revolution
- One Piece: Burning Blood
- Recore
- Dishonored 2
- Kingdom Hearts 3
- For Honor
- Gears of War 4
- Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness
- World of Final Fantasy
- Far Cry Primal
- The Last Guardian
- NiER: Automata
- Scalebound
- Uncharted 4
- Tom Clancy's The Division
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Why participate in a collaborative project?
Participants achieve a deeper understanding of the issues, using the Higher Education Academy's frameWORKS series as a core reference point. By collaborating with others you:
- Receive a clear picture on where you currently stand
- See how your current approaches compare to others
- Identify current strengths and needs for future development
- Set benchmarks for the future
- Address your performance in key metrics
How it works
Through working with the HEA you will be taken through a four stage process:
Stage 1 - Articulating the issues
Staff are taken through the initial audit exercise using the HEA's audit tool to explore:
- Institutional gaps in knowledge and understanding
- Evidence your staff draw from to inform practice
- How your practice compares with other institutions
Stage 2 - Collaborative meeting
An all-day networking and collaboration opportunity for you to:
- Collaborate on developing institutional approaches and solutions
- Support student success through principles, practice and delivery
- Planning for impact
Stage 3 - Development day
A structured day working with key staff in your institution to:
- Identify key issues for your institution
- Investigate and critically appraise your approaches to these issues and impact
- Use research, best practice and your data to plan interventions and engage staff
Stage 4 - Effective change
A follow-up meeting with the Network to:
- Consider what works and communicating achievement
- Develop approaches for scalability and transferability
- Embed successful strategies into whole institutional change programmes
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Retention Collaborative Project 2017
The Retention Collaborative Project brings England-based higher education providers together to identify common challenges and share learning and best practice. This programme involves networking and collaborative development with other institutions, auditing your current approach to student retention, and bespoke and targeted supported to enhance planning and development of your strategy and practice to support student retention.
Enhancing HE Through Strategic Change and Innovation
End to end support to tackle your major institutional challenges
This is a bespoke programme built around school, faculty or institutional teaching and learning priorities. This programme uses a collaborative four-step process: conceptualising; planning and preparation; implementation, delivery and monitoring, and; completion and closure. The programme can address a number of themes linked to student success including:
- student retention and attainment;
- assessment and feedback;
- employability;
- internationalisation;
- student engagement;
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