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Intended Use
The Dynabeads® and buffers provided in this kit will enable you to a) covalently immobilize antibodies of your choice onto the surface of Dynabeads, and b) use the antibody coated beads for co-immunoprecipitation. This kit is intended to be used for the co-immunoprecipitation of proteins, intact protein complexes, intact protein-nucleic acid complexes, etc. The antibody coated Dynabeads surface has ultra-low background binding, thus does not require blocking prior to use. The protein to bead interaction occurs directly on the bead surface; this enables the ultra rapid procedure that permits isolation of even labile composites, and allows isolation of complexes of all sizes (i.e. no upper size limit). This kit is designed for and tested with cultured yeast and mammalian cells and is compatible with tissue, insect, bacteria, and other lysates. For best results, please read through the manual carefully prior to start.
Antibodies (Ab) of your choice are covalently coupled to Dynabeads. Once antibodies have been coupled to the Dynabeads, the bead-bound antibody may then be used for co-immunoprecipitation experiments. Captured proteins and protein complexes are easily separated from lysate using magnetic separation properties of Dynabeads. Magnetic separation facilitates washing, buffer changes, and elution. Antibody-to-bead coupling works optimally with purified antibodies, although the coupling reaction also works well with antibodies in storage buffers that include protein additives (e.g. BSA) and/or sodium azide (NaN3). This kit is not recommended for use with antibodies that have been stabilized in glycerol.
Materials Supplied
Reagents are analytical grade and are compatible with protease & phosphatase inhibitors. All kit components can be stored between 2 °C and room temperature.
Dynabeads® M-270 Epoxy (> 60 mg)
• C1 (20 ml) • LB (15 ml)
• C2 (8 ml) • HB (15 ml)
• 5 × IP (120 ml) • SB (40 ml)
• 5 × LWB (24 ml) • EB (4 ml)
Additional Materials Required
• Magnet: e.g. DynaMag™-2 (see www.lifetechnologies.com/magnets).
• Mixer allowing rotation or tilting of tubes.
• Antibodies of your choice.
Optional: Device for Cryolysis
Optional: Buffer Modifiers:
- Sodium Chloride (e.g. 1M NaCl)
- Dithiothreitol (e.g. 1M DTT)
- Magnesium Chloride (e.g. 1M MgCl2)
- Potassium Acetate (e.g. 1M KOAc)
- Tween®-20
- Triton™ X-100
- Protease inhibitors without EDTA
Optimal Antibody Use
Antibody coupling to Dynabeads is most efficient when using low quantities of antibody per mg beads. For applications such as immunoprecipitation and co-immunoprecipitation, the recommended amount of antibody for a coupling reaction is typically 5 to 7 μg Ab/mg Dynabeads. For some assays saturation of beads with antibodies may be necessary. In such cases the excess antibodies may provide an increased blocking effect on the bead surface, potentially reducing nonspecific binding of certain proteins. However, excess antibodies will also increase nonspecific antibody interaction with non-target proteins. Moreover, antibody consumption will be significantly increased, along with the potential for (non-covalently) adsorbed antibody to "leak" off the beads. Therefore the optimal amount of antibody coupled per mg bead will depend upon the need for functional antibody balanced against the increased chance for non-specific antibody interaction and non-covalently bound antibody to leak off during the assay.
Antibody Selection
The choice of antibody is the most important factor for successful target capture. Note that not all antibodies are suitable for all applications. While a particular antibody may recognize and bind to its target antigen in some applications, such as Western Blotting, there is no guarantee that the same antibody will function well in immunoprecipitation or co-immunoprecipitation. Please refer to the antibody manufacturer's recommendations regarding your antibody
Antibody Additives
Sodium Azide (NaN3)
Many commercially available antibodies contain NaN3 as preservative. The presence of NaN3 can lead to a small decrease (<10%) in antibody coupling efficiency. This will not be a problem for most applications. Furthermore, if desired this can be easily compensated by slightly increasing the quantity of antibody used in the coupling reaction. Alternatively the NaN3 can be removed prior to coupling by standard gel filtration chromatography or dialysis.
Antibody Stabilizing Proteins
Some commercially available antibodies contain protein additives such as BSA or Gelatin. The presence of protein additives will not reduce antibody coupling efficiency if the total quantity of protein (antibody + protein additive) in the coupling reaction does not exceed the capacity of the beads. Protein additives present during the coupling reaction will be coupled to the bead surface along with antibody. In the case of BSA or Gelatin, the coupled proteins may provide a beneficial blocking effect but may also result in the co-isolation of BSA or Gelatin interacting proteins.
Coupling of antibodies or other proteins stabilized in glycerol is not recommended. Although it is possible to couple such ligands, the antibody (or protein) function may be severely affected.
Function and Stability of Antibodies and coupled to Dynabeads
Different antibodies have different characteristics. Even different antibody clones raised in the same species against the same antigen can vary in pI, antigen binding affinity, and stability. Consequently the coupling efficiency will vary between different antibodies. Furthermore, some coupled antibodies will retain their function for months, even years when stored properly, while others will lose their function within weeks. This is entirely antibody dependent.
Antibody Quantity
The amount of Dynabeads used for antibody coupling at any one time will depend upon the subsequent number and scale of co-immunoprecipitation samples to be run. Antibody coupling reactions should be scaled as outlined in Table 1. For best coimmunoprecipitation results, coupling of 5 μg to 7 μg antibodies per mg Dynabeads is recommended for high affinity antibodies. Coupling of more antibodies per mg Dynabeads may be necessary if the antibody affinity is poor. Typically, for co-immunoprecipitation of protein complexes with analysis by silver staining or Western blotting, 1.5 mg of antibody-coupled beads are used. For the detection by Coomassie staining, 7.5 mg of antibody coupled beads are used.
Antibody Aggregates and Antibody Leakage
The presence of antibody aggregates in the antibody stock used for coupling can result in antibody leakage during co-immunoprecipitation. To help reduce this we recommend that antibody aggregates be removed from the antibody stock by centrifugation at 16,000 × g for 10 min at 4ºC.
Day 1
- Weigh out the appropriate amount of Dynabeads® M-270 Epoxy (according to Table 1).
Moisture on unused beads will deactivate the reactive groups necessary for covalent antibody coupling. To avoid condensation on unused beads, make sure the beads are at room temperature prior to opening the bottle.
Table 1: Calculation of Antibody and C1 Volumes
Volume in µl Beads (mg) Antibody C1 C2 Total Reaction Volume 5 V 250-V 250 500 10 W 500-W 500 1000 20 X 1000-X 1000 2000 40 Y 2000-Y 2000 4000 60 Z 3000-Z 3000 6000
Rule of Thumb: The total reaction volume (C1 - Ab + C2 ) should be 100 µl per mg beads. The C1 + Ab volume is equal to C2 volume.
- Wash the beads: Add 1 ml of C1 to the beads and mix by vortexing or pipetting.
- Place the tube on a magnet and allow the beads to collect at the tube wall. Remove the supernatant.
- Add the appropriate volume of antibody + C1 (according to Table 1) to the washed beads and mix by vortexing or pipetting.
Example: If you are coupling 5 mg Dynabeads and your required quantity of antibodies has a volume of 100 μl, you will need to add 150 μl of C1 (i.e. 250μl C1 – 100μl Ab = 150μl.)
- Add the appropriate volume of C2 and mix by vortexing or pipetting.
- Incubate on a roller at 37°C overnight (16-24 hours). Make sure the fluid in the tube is mixing well. Make sure the beads do not settle. Beads settling during the overnight incubation will result in inefficient antibody coupling.
- Place the tube on a magnet. Allow the beads to collect at the tube wall. Remove the supernatant.
- HB Wash: Add 0.8 or 1.6 ml (Table 2) of HB and mix by vortexing or pipetting. Place the tube on a magnet, allow the beads to collect at the tube wall, then remove the supernatant.
- LB Wash: Add 0.8 or 1.6 ml (Table 2) of LB and mix by vortexing or pipetting. Place the tube on a magnet, allow the beads to collect at the tube wall. Remove the supernatant.
- Short SB Wash: Add 0.8 or 1.6 ml (Table 2) of SB and mix by vortexing or pipetting. Place the tube on a magnet, allow the beads to collect at the tube wall, then remove the supernatant. Repeat the wash once more.
- Long SB Wash: Add 0.8 or 1.6 ml (Table 2) of SB and mix by vortexing or pipetting. Incubate on a roller/rotator at RT for 15 minutes. Place the tube on a magnet, allow the beads to collect at the tube wall, then remove the supernatant.
- Resuspend beads in the same volume of SB as was the total coupling reaction volume and store at 4°C until use. The final bead concentration is 10 mg antibody coupled beads/ml. Your beads are now covalently coupled with antibody and ready for Co-IP.
Day 2
Table 2: Required Buffer Volumes
|Volume in µl
|Beads (mg)
|SB (for storage)
If desired, antibody coupled beads may be concentrated up to 30 mg/ml by reducing the storage buffer volume. For long term storage, a final concentration of 0.02% NaN 3 may be added to the antibody coupled beads. Warning: Not all coupled antibodies retain their function in long term storage. Verify your coupled antibody stability by testing in small scale.
Co-immunoprecipitation for detection with Western blotting or silver staining methods requires 0.05 g to 1.5 g of cell sample and 1.5 mg of antibody coupled Dynabeads (when using 5 to 7 μg antibodies per mg beads as recommended in the Antibody Coupling Considerations section). For co-immunoprecipitation for detection with Coomassie staining or for Mass Spectrometry analysis, 1 g to 15 g (and in some rare cases up to 25 g) of cell sample and 7.5 mg of antibody coupled Dynabeads are necessary. Note that the same amount of antibody-coupled beads is used despite varying amount of cell sample. For high abundant proteins, use the low scale of the cell sample recommended. For low abundant proteins, use the upper scale of the cell sample recommended.
Co-Immunoprecipitation Buffer System
The co-immunoprecipitation buffer system provided in this kit has been optimized to achieve isolation of intact protein complexes while minimizing non-specific binding.
For co-immunoprecipitation, the cell sample needs to be resuspended in an Extraction Buffer (see Section Co-Immunoprecipitation Optimization below) from which the desired protein complex is isolated. The Extraction Buffer is made with 5 × IP supplied in the kit. The 5 × IP is supplied as 5 × concentrate and in sufficient quantity to allow for 40 coimmunoprecipitation reactions using up to 1 g cells, or 8 reactions using up to 7.5 g cells. For reproducible results, it is imperative that a 1:9 ratio of cell sample to Extraction Buffer is used for the co-immunoprecipitation each time; e.g., 0.5 g cells needs 4.5 ml Extraction Buffer. (Note that cells should be weighed with as much liquid removed as possible)
Example: Weigh the empty tube in which the cell sample is to be collected. Do not assume an average weight of the tube. Centrifuge the cells in the tube, remove as much of the liquid as possible from the cells. Weigh the tube again. Calculate the weight of the cell pellet. [Weight of tube + Cells] – [Weight of empty tube] = Weight of cells
Different protein complexes require different Extraction Buffer composition for successful co-immunoprecipitation. Currently there are no rules allowing prediction of buffer composition needed for isolation of particular protein complexes. The optimal buffer composition needs to be empirically determined. For instance, some protein complexes require the presence of DTT and/or MgCl 2 to remain intact, while in other complexes these modifiers will disrupt the complex and/or increase non-specific binding. Increasing concentrations of salt and detergent in the Extraction Buffer will generally increase the stringency of the co-immunoprecipitation. To isolate intact protein complexes while minimizing non-specific binding, it is necessary to adjust the stringency of the Extraction Buffer. The 5 × IP buffer must be diluted to 1 × prior to use. At this stage, the buffer can be modified with various buffer modifiers to different stringencies. Note that several different buffer compositions can be used in the same experimental set up.
For added stringency, the bead-bound co-immunoprecipitated protein complex is washed once in the Last Wash Buffer (LWB) prior to elution. 5 × LWB supplied in this kit is a 5 × concentrate of the LWB. The 5 × LWB concentrate needs to be diluted to 1 × prior to use. A final concentration of 0.02 % Tween 20 should be also added to the LWB for optimal performance.
The LWB buffer also enables in-solution digestion of isolated protein complexes for direct Mass Spectrometry analysis, or the extraction of nucleic acids (NA) after co-immunoprecipitation of DNA or RNA binding protein complexes
For the elution of the isolated protein complex, the buffer EB is supplied in the kit. However, for large scale co-immunoprecipitations from which the isolated protein complex is to be analyzed by Mass Spectrometry, elution in NH4OH based buffer (HPH EB) followed by drying in a centrifugal vacuum concentrator (e.g. SpeedVac®, ThermoSavant Inc.) is strongly recommended.
Notes on Buffer Additives
Salts and Detergents
Most salts and detergents are compatible with this kit, therefore may be used to modulate the Extraction Buffer (see Section below for details).
Protease Inhibitors
Although very little protease inhibitor is needed, it is still recommended as an additive. This kit is compatible with
most protease inhibitors. Note that EDTA is incompatible with many protein complexes. Therefore, protease
inhibitors that contain EDTA should be avoided. For most applications, a 1:200 to 1:500 dilution of 0.1 M phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride (PMSF) will suffice.
Dithiothreitol (DDT)
DTT (reducing agent) is compatible with this procedure when used in physiological concentrations (up to 1 mM). Concentrations above 1 mM DTT increase the risk of destabilizing the antibodies bound on the bead surface (i.e. breaking di-sulfide bridges between the antibody heavy and light chains, and the covalent bond between the antibody and the bead surface). The risk for disrupting protein complexes also increases.
Co-Immunoprecipitation Optimization
For simple co-immunoprecipitation, use Extraction Buffer A with 100 mM NaCl (see below Table). However the larger and/or more unstable a protein complex, the more important it is to optimize the Extraction Buffer. The following section describes a method for Extraction Buffer optimization.
- Co-immunoprecipitate, using two different variants of Extraction Buffer (A and B) .
- Based on the results from Step 1, a choice between Extraction Buffer A or B can be made. The buffer that yields the most numerous and distinct bands should be chosen for further optimization (provided that your complex consists of several proteins). If there is no difference between the two buffers, then use both in Step 2 in parallel.
a) If you see too many bands and/or smeared bands, the buffer stringency is too low. In Step 2, use Extraction Buffer A or B (or both) with several different NaCl concentrations ranging from a 5 mM increment lower to several 50 mM increments higher (i.e. buffers with 50 mM, 100 mM, 150 mM, and 200 mM NaCl should be tested).
b) If you see just your target protein and no other or very faint bands, the buffer stringency is too high. In Step 2, use Extraction Buffer A or B (or both) with several different NaCl concentrations ranging from a 25 mM increment higher to several 25 mM increments lower (ie buffers with 125 mM, 100 mM, 75 mM, 50 mM and 25 mM NaCl should be tested). Based on the results from the Step 1, the abundance of your target protein can also be determined and the cell sample adjusted for subsequent immunoprecipitations.
- The co-immunoprecipitation results obtained using Extraction Buffers with varying NaCl concentrations should, when examined on gels, show a gradient of lanes varying from too few and/or faint bands to too many and/or smeared bands. The optimal Extraction Buffer can thus be identified. If not, then continue NaCl optimization until such a gradient is seen. In most cases NaCl concentrations of 200 mM and less will be required. Only in very rare cases will the NaCl concentration exceed 200 mM. For most protein complexes, optimization of detergents is not necessary. However, detergent optimization may be necessary for certain membrane protein complexes. In such case, increasing concentrations of Triton X-100 is recommended as a first choice
Note that the 5 × IP diluted to 1 × already contains 0.5 % Triton X-100.
- After Steps 2 and 3, the following should have been determined:
|Extraction Buffer A
|Final Conc.
|100 mM
|Protease Inhib.
|Extraction Buffer B
|Final Conc.
|100 mM
|2 mM
|1 mM
|Protease Inhib.
Note that initially, both buffers are modified with 100 mM NaCl. Extraction Buffer B is further modified with 2 mM MgCl 2 and 1 mM DTT.
Buffer Modifier Calculations:
[ ] mM Final Conc. × [ ] ml Total Buffer Vol. = [ ] ml Stock Used.
[ ] mM Stock Conc.
Example: To make 10 ml Extraction Buffer with 100 mM NaCl final concentration using a 2.5 M stock NaCl, the formula should look like following: 100 mM NaCl × 10 ml total Buffer / 2500mM NaCl stock = 0.4 ml NaCl stock
a) Choice between Extraction Buffer A or B
b) Optimal NaCl concentration
For further optimization, the NaCl may be exchanged for KOAc. Since Extraction Buffer A or B already contains 110 mM KOAc, KOAc increments of 10 mM should be tested (e.g. 110 mM, 120 mM, 130 mM and 140 mM). Once again, the co-immunoprecipitation results with Extraction Buffers with different KOAc concentrations should show a gradient of lanes which varies from too few and/or faint bands to too many and/or smeared bands from which the optimal condition may be identified.
Preparation of Samples for Co-Immunoprecipitation
The most appropriate method for the preparation of samples for co-immunoprecipitation will depend upon the type of sample to be used and the types of complexes to be isolated. In many instances cell disruption using detergent lysis is adequate. However, for isolation of large and/or labile complexes, whole cell cryolysis is strongly recommended. Liquid N2 will stabilize labile complexes during the cryolysis process. Cryolysis protocols are applicable for all cell types. For further information on the recommended cryolysis procedure, please see References 1 to 4.
Detergent Lysis Method - Mammalian Cell Culture Samples
Cell samples prepared using detergent lysis should be used immediately for co-immunoprecipitation. Make sure the antibody coupled beads from the Antibody Coupling Protocol section and the co-immunoprecipitation buffers are prepared prior to start.
- Prepare an Extraction Buffer of the desired stringency by mixing ingredients according to the tables below. If necessary, adjust the concentration of DTT and protease inhibitors (see Co-Immunoprecipitation Optimization Section for details).
- Wash harvested cells once in PBS by centrifuging at 200 to 500 × g for 5 min at 4°C.
- Resuspend cells in 1:9 ratio of cell mass to Extraction Buffer with protease inhibitors. Incubate on ice for 15 min. See Section 4.2 for details for calculation.
Example: 50 mg cells are lysed in 450 μl buffer.
- Centrifuge at 2600 x g for 5 min. at 4° C to remove large cell debris and nuclei
- Transfer the supernatant to a fresh tube. Use immediately for co-immunoprecipitation.
|Extraction Buffer A
|Final Conc.
|Protease Inhib.
|Extraction Buffer B
|Final Conc.
|2 mM
|1 mM
|Protease Inhib.
Cryolysis Method - All types of cell types
A large batch of cell sample that can be used for multiple pull-down experiments can be prepared at once using this method. Approximately 6 L yeast or bacteria culture grown to OD600 ~ 0.8 is needed to produce ~ 20 g cells. Approximately 8 L of the mammalian cell line HEK 293 grown to late log phase is needed to produce ~ 12 g cells. Make sure all buffers and cells are kept on ice during the procedure. For the cryogenic freezing of the harvested cell sample, ~ 1 to 2 L liquid N2 is needed. For tissue samples (e.g. liver) or whole organisms (e.g. Drosophila), weigh the sample directly and freeze in liquid N2.
Use appropriate protective gear when working with liquid N2. Contact your local environmental health work place safety officer for more information.
Preparation of Cell Samples for Cryolysis
- Centrifuge 6 L yeast or bacteria culture or 8 L (or equivalent amount) mammalian or insect cell culture. Pellet the yeast or bacteria culture at 4000 × g and mammalian or insect cell culture at 500 × g for 10 min at 4°C. Discard the culture media. For mammalian and insect cells, skip Step 2; go directly to Step 3.
- Wash the cells in 50 ml H2O. Centrifuge yeast and bacteria cells at 2600 × g for 5 min at 4°C, then discard the supernatant.


text: Kosmor :: View topic - planets Imprint Search Log in Legal Memberlist Profile planets Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next Kosmor Forum Index -> Kosmor Talk View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ZayNGuest Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 08:23 Post subject: planets hi @all imperators! i just wanted to ask, how big your biggest plani ist. after time it would be interesting, i think, who have the biggest planet. the diameter of the planets and the population would be interesting! so let me start: Biggest planet at diameter 45.615km Biggest Population: 730.567 (and its growing every day 10.000 more ) so now you all can go on! take care blanka. Back to top VultureGuest Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 08:29 Post subject: Biggest Population: 413,415 Biggest Planet: 47,239 km i always forget this , and . Thanks.Last edited by Vulture on Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:09; edited 1 time in total Back to top Eric_T_CartmanGuest Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 09:03 Post subject: 48,857 km..... and PLEASE, with english numbers, . means , and vice versa EDIT: oh, I'm sorry, I've forgotten this one: 49,883 km Back to top LeonCrugerGuest Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 10:12 Post subject: Biggest Planet: 49,639 Most Populated: 179,976 Back to top PressMeGuest Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 10:20 Post subject: Another Big One My biggest Planet: 253,459 (and still growing ) 45,193 km Back to top ClaudioGuest Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:45 Post subject: population: 487,282 size: 49,400 km Back to top AurionGuest Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 16:22 Post subject: Size: 49435 km Most populated: 371,655 Back to top AyatollahGuest Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 23:33 Post subject: Diameter: 49900 km Back to top MephiGuest Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 06:20 Post subject: size: 47026 km population: 395517 Back to top NeirehGuest Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 09:07 Post subject: most population on one Planet: 489313 47620 biggest planet in diameter Back to top coruscadragonGuest Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 14:19 Post subject: Eric_T_Cartman wrote: 48,857 km..... and PLEASE, with english numbers, . means , and vice versa EDIT: oh, I'm sorry, I've forgotten this one: 49,883 km yeh, how come the finance report uses the german placement?? Back to top Eric_T_CartmanGuest Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 14:24 Post subject: hey, don't blame me. blame canada ^^ i think maelstroem just didn't think about that..... i saw this mistake accidently, too. Back to top AlteronGuest Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 05:00 Post subject: Hello, Well, for me it would be just natural to use the format of 0.000,00 Anyway, the numbers in here explains them selves I think. Back to top alphabravoCommanderJoined: 15 Feb 2004Posts: 828Location: UK Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 17:08 Post subject: i understand 1,000.00 for thousand btw - can planets reach 50k or not? (is that the absolute max?) diameter = 48,686 pop = 310,100_________________Commander alphabravo in the house Thalgados-Sissyhood Back to top BucanGuest Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 08:22 Post subject: Planet 49879 km the biggest one Kind regards the plasma of the hundred sun world 72of431 Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Kosmor Forum Index -> Kosmor Talk All times are GMT - 6 HoursGoto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next Page 1 of 6 Jump to: Select a forum Information----------------NewsGalactic News Community----------------Kosmor TalkKosmor TradeKosmor TournamentsKosmor RPG Support/Feedback----------------Questions and AnswersFeedback / suggestions for improvementBug-Reports You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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Wade Phillips was right: New York Jets guard Matt Slauson's hit on Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing wasn't necessary.
Fox Sports insider and NFL Network contributor Jay Glazer reported Thursday that the NFL fined Slauson $10,000 for his peel-back block, which tore Cushing's anterior cruciate ligament and knocked him out for the season. It's the standard fine for such an offense, although a source told The Associated Press that Slauson, who defended the block as legal, will appeal.
A peel-back block is one that occurs from behind and below the waist. A rule change was implemented in 2005 to make such blocks illegal, and Slauson should have received a 15-yard penalty on the play.
The fine won't make Cushing feel much better, but it sounds like the appropriate punishment.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer pulled off a fine late save to deny Sunderland victory as Fulham hung on for a point in their goalless draw.
The Australia international blocked Stephane Sessegnon's injury-time shot with his leg after it had deflected off defender Philippe Senderos.
Kieran Richardson and Jack Colback had both earlier been denied by the woodwork, but the home side were indebted to fine saves by Keiren Westwood from Moussa Dembele and Chris Baird either side of the break as the visitors threatened to snatch victory.
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I have base classes that depend on template parameters, and that contain convenient typedef's that may or may not also depend on the template parameters. When I inherit from the base classes, the typedefs are generally _not_ visible. Since I don't want to type e.g.
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in the derived class. Obviously this works, but it feels a bit dirty. The problem now is that I'm starting to use Doxygen and Doxygen dutifully reports all the different typedefs, which looks ugly. With variables I can do e.g.
using BaseClass<typename1, typename2>::myvar
in the derived class. Can you do something similar with typedef's instead of declaring new ones all the time?


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Monday, 30 April 2012
My morning amongst the Net-a-porter gals
11 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Lovely post and yay for better weather but.....
you so have to show us what was in the goodie bag at Net-a-Porter!
India x
- 4/30/2012 12:14 pm
- Anonymous said...
molto, molto interessante!!! che mondo affascinante! grazie A
- 4/30/2012 1:12 pm
- Anonymous said...
is there a baby wit on the way?
- 4/30/2012 1:40 pm
- Lela - seaseight said...
Ciao Laura!
Bellissime le bib-necklace! Io le adoro!!
Visto il loro prezzo, io me ne sono fatta una!! Cosa ne dici?? Ti piace? :)
- 4/30/2012 1:51 pm
- Anonymous said...
Can i ask what is the cape you are wearing???? I really like that look and am ignoring the fact summer is apparently coming!
- 4/30/2012 2:46 pm
- Anonymous said...
You still looked great! What was inside the goody bag? I love your blog - one of the only fashion blogs I follow.
- 4/30/2012 5:34 pm
- Anonymous said...
Oh I love net-a-porter and a goody bag - what did you get (apologies for being nosey)
- 4/30/2012 6:44 pm
- Dinkyfin said...
That's just bizarre.... I have the same feeling about a wit bambino ! & yes WHAT'S IN THE BAG pleeeease ???
- 4/30/2012 7:38 pm
- Anonymous said...
me too!you look gorgeous as usual, but I started thinking it when I saw your holiday pictures (why showing your back in the pool?)...
- 5/01/2012 10:25 am
- WIT said...
In the goodie bag there was a very generous voucher... as for the rest of your comments.... ;-) x
- 5/01/2012 3:14 pm
- Bridget said...
Love the blue jeans/peach top combination. Perfect for summer {if only the sun would actually make an appearance...}x
- 5/02/2012 7:20 am


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Things to do FOR FREE in Budapest
Spendid views
Planning to go on a ship cruise on the wonderful river of Danube, but you are running short on money?
No worries! Budapest public transportation has a great offer for you: the cheapest boat cruise of your life! Tickets cost 300 Fts per person (Around 1 Euro), or use your 24 or 72-hour ticket to get on board for free!
Opening hours: Boat cruises start from the 15th of march. Cruises start 8:30 until 20:30 every day. Ports can be found all along the Danube.
Just like in the case of the boat cruise, all you need, is a single ticket to hop on the tram, which rolls along the river and the most beautiful sights of the Capital. Cold winter nights, or hot summer days, the nostalgic feeling of Budapest will always be with you on the rails!
How to go there: Stops are found all along the Pest side of the river.
Opening hours: Every day from 4:30 until 23:30.
For the schedule, visit www.bkv.hu.
Take your free welcome drink voucher
and check out our Wombar, we also offer you happy hours and cheap drink specials in our hostel bar! Egészségedre!
Wombats FREE Walking tours:
Wombats proudly present to offer FREE walking Tours for our guests. Meeting point/ departure times: depending on the season, ask at the reception and check information in the hostel! We are looking forward to show you beautiful Budapest by walking around!
Castle Hill (Várnegyed)
The Castle hill of Budapest is truly an exceptional sight of the capital, not only for the beauty up there, but for the amazing view it provides of Pest during the day and the night. The royal palace, Mary Magdalene tower, Vienna Gate, MatthiasChurch, Fisherman's Bastion, sculpture of a Turul bird, and the National Gallery are all must see sights of Budapest! Give it a go!
How to go there: Bus number 16 from Deák Ferenc Square. Walking or Funicular on the western bridgehead of the Chain Bridge (Ft 1000, 7.30–22) or the Metro to Moszkva tér (recently renamed to Széll Kálmán tér – some signs might still have the old name).Opening hours:Always available.
Parliament (Országház)
Kossuth Lajos tér 1–3. Designed by Imre Steindl, it was built in a neogothic style, very similar to the Parliament in London. It is currently Hungary´s largest building. Open Mon–Sat 8–16, Sun 8–2, If you are a EU citizen you can visit the Parliament for Free -just present your passport on arrival,
otherwise Ft 3500 (adult), Ft 1750 (student). Daily 10, 12, 14 pm – free english guided tours – worth to book in advance personally because they are very popular, or go there at least at 9-10am, there is always a long queue. Make sure you arrive there before 10:00am because the free tickets are limited!
Andrássy utca and Heroes Square (Hösök tere)
Anrássy utca is the Hungarian version of the Champs-Élysées; it was built for the millennium celebrations in 1896. Right at the beginning of Andrássy utca, the Heroes Square is surrounded by Museums and the CityPark (Városliget).
Chain Bridge (Lánchíd)
The Chain Bridge was the first
permanent bridge in Budapest, opened in 1849, and only the second permanent crossing on the whole length of the river Danube. It is one of the symbolic buildings of Budapest, the most widely known bridge of the Hungarian capital.
Great Market Hall (Nagy Vásárcsarnok)
Vámház körút 1–3. The three-level Central Market Hall is one of the largest market halls in Europe. More than 180 stalls display a huge variety of vegetables, fruit, meat and cheese, Hungarian specialities and souvenirs under a gleaming roof of brightly-colored Zsolnay tiles. Open Mon–Fri 6–17, Sat 6–14, Sun closed.
MargaretIsland (Margit-sziget)
Budapest´s most popular park, right between Buda and Pest. Cars are forbidden so enjoy a breath of fresh air right in the City! Though urban life is fun, at one point, we all long to be back to the arms of mother nature. In great cities it is extremely difficult to find green areas, but fortunately, the Hungarian capital has its own wonderful emerald isle! Planning to go on a long run? Would like to meditate, take a short walk,or just a chill at a peaceful place? Then MargaretIsland, with its lovely paths, blooming flowers and verdant trees is the place what you need!
Interested in art or history? Then Budapest is your city! Here, you will find several Museum, with wonderful exhibitions and interior. They have discounts for students and on fixed public holidays the entry is free.
How to go there: Ask for directions at the reception or check out www.museum.hu
Elizabeth Square (Erzsébet tér)
The square next to Deák Ferenc tér. In summertime, it's kind of the heart of city-life … it's a common meeting point, always teeming with people hanging out there after work/school, or before party. Pretty close to the Wombats, so you will inevitably bump into that place : )
Ecseri Flea Market (Ecseri bolhapiac)
156 Nagykorosi utca. Mon–Fri 8–16, Sat 6–15, Sun 9–13. Best visited on weekends when there are more vendors. Great flea market with lots of communist memorabilia and all sorts of random stuff. Not much English spoken there, it´s a good idea to bring paper and pencil or a pocket calculator for haggling! A little out of town, ask reception for directions. There is also a flea market in the CityPark (Sat and Sun 8–14), next to Petőfi Hall.
Kopaszi Gát
in Budapest is a very nice recreation area on Buda side richt at Lágymányosi híd.
The park on Kopaszi Gát is wonderful to take a walk, you have a beach to lay on, a track to go for running, restaurants and bars, green areas to lay on and so much more. It is really worth to spend here a sunny sunday afternoon, eat some good dinner and have a chilled beer in the sun.
"Fűre lépni szabad!" that is what you find on every green part of the island and means "Allowed to step on the grass" which is a little provocation to other parks and recreation areas in Budapest where it says "Fűre lépni tilos" so that it is forbidden. That makes Kopaszi Gát in Budapest a really sympatic place to be. Also wonderful is that people who go there really care about enviroment by not throwing their trash in the grass or in the bushes but in the litter bins which is rare in Budapest. So in total you can say that Kopaszi Gát in Budapest is a really friendly place also for families with children.
Anyways if you search for a place to walk, run, relax, eat or drink I can highly recommend Kopaszi Gát.
How to go there: take the M3 (blue line) from Deák Ferenc tér until Népliget,from there take tram number 1 until Közvágóhíd (4 stops), walk across the bridge, go down and you are there.
Opening hours:always.
For further informations please ask at the reception!


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La Centerra at Cinco Ranch: What's New and Happening
Katonians and Katy, Texas visitors will be enjoying more great shopping, dining, and outdoor activities as a result of the coming expansion of the La Centerra shopping center.
Portions are set to be completed between December 2012 and the summer of 2014. Some of the venues scheduled to open are Grimaldi's Pizzeria, Zoes Kitchen, Bonefish Grill, World of Beer, and Emmanuel Salon. Other projects include Central Green, an outdoor amphitheater, and 350 luxury residential mid-rise units.
To find out more about the growth of La Centerra and about leasing, visit their website.


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More than six million revellers from around the globe are set to descend on Munich from Saturday for the world's biggest beer fest, complete with lederhosen, pretzels and plenty of the amber nectar.
With the traditional cry of "O'zapft is" ("The keg is tapped") on the stroke of midday (1000 GMT), the mayor of Munich will kick off the 16-day extravaganza of beer-swilling and sausage-gobbling to the accompaniment of an oompah band.
As ever, the 179th Oktoberfest will also feature traditional Bavarian uniforms — women resplendent in long dirndls, lace-up dresses with plunging necklines, and men in obligatory lederhosen or suede knee breeches.
This year's party stretches over 26 hectares (65 acres), with around 12,000 waiters and waitresses expected to serve more than seven million "mass" (litre-sized glasses) to punters in 35 tents, the biggest of which seats 10,000.
To soak up the suds, drinkers will consume tens of thousands of giant soft pretzels, pork, dumplings and other delicacies. Last year, party-goers worked through 118 oxen, 53 calves and thousands of chickens.
But such fun and games don't come cheap and with the eurozone crisis hitting Germany harder and the price of a litre nearing 10 euros ($13), the run-up to the festival has been marred by accusations of cheating and price-fixing.
A group called the "association against deceptive pouring practices" has vowed to conduct tests to ensure customers get their full quota of beer and has called for the price of a mass to be capped at just over seven euros.
They are gathering signatures to pressurise the city authorities to limit the annual price rise to 15 cents per year. This year, a mass will set you back between 9.10 euros and 9.50 euros, a rise of 43 percent over the past decade.
Another beer fest crisis has materialised in the shape of a potential lack of bottles and crates, which are usually washed and reused.
The shortage has led the managing director of one of the top breweries to issue a dramatic appeal in the local TZ paper: "Dear people of Munich — bring back your crates. We need our empties."
The threatened shortage has sparked fears that this year's drinkers will fail to break the all-time beer record, which stands at 7.5 million litres gulped in 2011.
Despite its long tradition, innovative technology unveiled this year for the festival seeks to bring the event in line with the 21st century.
For the first time, certain beer tents and souvenir vendors will accept payment via smartphones and there is a galaxy of "apps" to enhance the Oktoberfest experience.
One such app allows you to input your height, weight and number of beers slurped to give a readout of your current blood alcohol content and how long it will take before you are sober again.
Another app for frisky festival-goers can pinpoint like-minded singles and send an invitation to join them for an ale at a certain tent or maybe a romantic trip on a roller-coaster.
While this is the 202nd anniversary of the world-famous festival, it is only the 179th edition, as the event was cancelled during two cholera outbreaks, two world wars, Napoleon's invasion of Bavaria and the hyperinflation of the 1920s.
The Oktoberfest, originally held in October as the name suggests but brought forward to take advantage of warmer weather, began in 1810 to mark the marriage of the prince of Bavaria to one Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen.
It has since been exported around the world and versions of the festival can be found as far afield as China, Brazil, Canada, the United States, Russia and Australia.
This year's event runs to October 7.


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The PCM has detected a voltage input reading in the knock sensor circuit for a particular cylinder that is not within a predetermined manufacturer's limit.
Typical knock sensor circuits consist of one 5-volt signal wire. If voltage readings exceed a variation of 10-percent from the manufacturer's reference voltage, a code will be stored in the PCM and a malfunction indicator lamp will be illuminated. Some models require multiple failure cycles in order for a malfunction indicator lamp to be illuminated.
These could include a lack of power and possibly some degree of hesitation upon acceleration, accompanied by a spark knock, and an illuminated service engine soon lamp. The service engine soon lamp may remain on constantly, illuminate and turn off intermittently, or come on for extended periods of time and then turn off for short or long periods of time.
Since the knock sensor is responsible for making the PCM aware of unexpected engine noises (primarily caused by an incorrect air/fuel mixture that leads to abnormal cylinder detonation), this code is often the reaction to another more serious problem. If other drivability codes are present, diagnose and repair those before attempting to diagnose this code. If the engine is running smoothly and quietly, and the code persists, the most likely cause is a faulty knock sensor. Frayed or broken wiring, corroded wiring and connectors, or connectors that are unplugged are also strong candidates. Some applications locate the knock sensor near the starter and the sensor connector is often broken during starter replacement.
Common causes of misdiagnosis include replacement of the knock sensor when another more serious engine malfunction is to be blamed. Make sure that the knock sensor is not simply "doing its job" before condemning it to the scrap heap.


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About minerat
I see where you're coming from, but I don't think he made a moral equivalence. He was just paring down his argument to the most objective (or lease objectionable) level to show how strong it still is even if you discount everything an opponent might disagree with.
You're well known in the industry and have a huge predisposition to Susan's argument and advocate for many of the things she's saying. You didn't misrepresent yourself at all, and that's not why your review was discounted. It was simply to remove reviews with any possible perception of bias. Your review is honest and forthright, but it's not unbiased. As it is, I happen to agree with you and support the Free Press, and this is still how I saw the whole point.
Arstechnica made a really good point about CBS's decision and CNET's disclosure. The disclosure really doesn't make it better because it doesn't just affect reviews of the products from companies with which CBS is involved in litigation, it affects reviews of all products in the same category because they won't be compared to all possible alternatives (and this probably won't be disclosed in every gadget review where a competing product has been blacklisted). It undermines their credibility far more than it superficially appears.
Incubus really has understood the changing music landscape for a while now. It's not surprising, they're all a bunch smart and well spoken guys (Brandon here, Mike, the guitarist, just finished a music degree at harvard, etc) and they've been doing cool stuff for a while - live bootlegs in 04, direct management engagement with fans through unofficial fan forums (which helped push for a wildly successful south american tour in 2005), and direct individual band member engagement with fans for years all the way back to early myspace.
The were at the SF MusicTech Summit last year (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUiBb9ZVCTA) and when asked specifically about the leak of their new album they said:
"It was like, for about a day, where it felt like someone had broken into your house and had taken something you were making... kick in the balls a little bit. But a day later I realized that it took away the fear that people don't want music any more. That really reinforces that they really want it - they want to take it before you're even done with it.... we're in this weird middle zone, we don't get paid per record sold, out job is to make music and play concerts... we realized we're not the ones in control of it anymore... I'm just thrilled that people are not only enthusiastic about music, but love our music so much that they want to steal it".
A big part of why this Kickstarter campaign worked is because of Matthew's AMA on reddit ( http://ww.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/uc94p/im_matthew_lillard_stu_from_scream_shaggy_in/ ) - he was open and honest and really engaged with the community. People LIKED him and connected with the project, so they supported it.
He raised $39k of that goal in the day he did the AMA -
http://ww.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/va58n/fat_kid_rules_the_world_because_of_huge_push_from/c52 nrkc
The actual response from The Oatmeal's lawyer is pretty good (courtesy of a comment at Ars) http://www.scribd.com/doc/96850920/FunnyJunk-The-Oatmeal-Response
His attorney provides a solid background and thoroughly dismantles each of FunnyJunk's original claims, and suggests that FunnyJunk hasn't registered their DMCA agent with the copyright office. That oversight could negate their Safe Harbor defense regarding The Oatmeal's content being posted by FunnyJunk's users.
The CEO of Rumblefish has gone on Reddit to answer questions. The response has been mixed.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/q7via/im_the_ceo_of_rumblefish_i_guess_were_the_newe st/
I'm a huge defender of privacy; I use browser plug-ins to block tracking cookies and I would be the first to criticize anyone who violates privacy, but didn't this bypass allow them to do exactly what's automatically allowed on every other browser? From what I read, no one selected these settings - it's just the default, abnormal behavior of Safari. Working around it only affects people signed into Google services - allowing them to do things like +1 ads. If I've misunderstood the situation, I'd definitely like to know.
Without proof of who is actually uploading, it's a pretty good assumption that the uploads come from someone involved in the company. There is no proof to the contrary.
Right, but the company is supposed to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Hell, all the investigating agency had to do was, you know, investigate the site to see that they have hundreds of thousands of users and are proactive in combating phishing. Then do something crazy like contacting the owners to see if they respond / can provide useful information about the problem form(s).
Wow, and here's the super helpful response from the investigating agency.
Founder of JotForm here. I�d like to thank you all for your sympathy.
JotForm.com has been suspended by Godaddy for more than 24 hours now. They have disabled the DNS without any prior notice or request. They have told us the domain name was suspended as part of an ongoing law enforcement investigation. In order to resolve the issue, they asked us to contact the officer in charge at U. S. Secret Service.
When I contacted the Secret Service, the agent told me she is busy and she asked for my phone number, and told me they will get back to me within this week. I told them we are a web service with hundreds of thousands of users, so this is a matter of urgency, and we are ready to cooperate fully. I was ready to shutdown any form they request and provide any information we have about the user. Unfortunately, she told me she needs to look at the case which she can do in a few days. I called her many times again to check about the case, but she seems to be getting irritated with me. At this point, we are waiting for them to look into our case.
Our guess is that this is probably about a phishing form. We take phishing very seriously. Our Bayesian phishing filter has suspended 65.000 accounts last year. We have been training it for many years, so it can detect phishing forms with great accuracy. We also take any reports about phishing very seriously and quickly suspend the accounts and let the other party know about it. By the way, we are also very serious about false positives. If we suspend an account accidentally, we will quickly resolve the issue, and apologize.
I believe this can happen to anybody who allows users to create content on the web. So, if you have such business, my recommendation would be to make sure that you can contact your most active users quickly if your domain is disabled. Many of our users are shocked and angry at us. But, many also thanked us for quickly letting them know about the issue by email and providing instructions to continue operating their forms. Since DNS propagation takes some time, many active users were able to switch their forms to the new domain before it went down. We still have not contacted all users, we are sending emails most active users first.
That's an interesting legal theory. Is there *any* precedent for it, specifically interacting with a publicly accessible service in an unapproved manner being ruled making a derivative of the original? That really sounds like a load of crap, as the application never includes or accesses craigslist code, and the only infringement is redisplaying public elements of the site in in a different window.
I only mentioned the gun because it's a center city Philadelphia theater and there was a double shooting there last year (http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=7221808). I hadn't been to the theater in a while and assumed the metal detecting wand was part of their response to that incident. It was only after we saw two other people bagging up phones that we realized we had the metal detector was only being used to enforce the no phones rule. It seemed totally ridiculous given the context.
In response to a couple other comments:
The guard didn't care about the gun - I don't think my friend showed his license (as others pointed out, only law enforcement can require you to do so) and I'm not even sure he showed it to the guard - when the wand beeped I think he just said it was his legally registered and licensed firearm and that was it.
I never downloaded the movie, so I don't know for certain if the xvid screener posted to a.b.movies 3 months ago is legit, but it wasn't tagged as password protected like many other crap posts, so I assumed it was good. If not, it doesn't detract from the ridiculousness of all this effort for a movie that was publicly released 2 hours after the viewing and highly likely to be leaked via screener anyway (just like most other Oscar contenders).


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Thinking of sitting out the mid-term elections on Nov. 2? Don't.
The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund releases a hard-hitting new web video entitled "What Will You Lose?" to explain what is at stake for the LGBT community. And there are dozens of reasons to vote in November, from health care reform to the Supreme Court. Most important: Preventing anti-gay conservatives from controlling Congress.
Shout out to hottie Democratic National Committee member Evan Low at 1:00, the mayor of Campbell, California and the youngest openly gay mayor in the country. And thanks to the Victory Fund for its help in electing Maryland's Mary Washington, the second openly lesbian Black legislator in the nation.
Submit your video HERE. Watch the video AFTER THE JUMP ...


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You have many different options when it comes to buying a computer. You can go a more portable route with tablets and laptops or select a more stationary option with a desktop. Either way, you first need to figure out if you want a more stationary or portable computer. Also, it's important to establish what you plan to use your computer for as well as how often you plan on using it. Establishing these few details before you shop will help you find a more optimal computer that will better meet your needs.
You use to only have two standard options when looking for a new computer - laptops and desktops. Now computers have become even more portable with the exciting addition of tablets. Learn more about each computer type below, so you can make a more informed decision when you shop.
Tablets are powerful yet lightweight computers that can be used for a day at the office or a lazy day on the sofa. Tablets are operated by touching the screen, opposed to a keyboard and mouse used on both laptops and desktops. Tablet PCs can connect to the internet allowing you to check email, surf the web or stream movies. Tablets can also be used as an e-reader, so you do not have to carry both a book and a laptop. Sam's Club has a wide selection of tablets that run on different types on operating systems, so you are sure to find the best fit for you.
A laptop computer is lightweight and designed to be a portable computing solution. Unlike a desktop computer, a laptop has a build in monitor, keyboard and rechargeable power supply. There are several different manufacturers of laptops so before you buy, be sure to research a few different makes to ensure you get the right one for your computing needs.
A desktop is a stationary computer that often sits on a desk or at a workstation. Many desktop computers require a separate monitor and keyboard; however, desktops are often more expandable when it comes to increasing memory, storage and adding components when compared to laptops. Just like with laptops, there are a number of companies that manufacture desktops so be sure to take a look at a few before you buy.


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MsSparkle needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 200 designs submitted by 43 freelance designers.
Charmaine & Kelvin
Due to the overwhelming response, I will also be offering second and third place prizes. Thank you!
This contest is to design a logo to be used for our wedding. The logo should reflect who we are as a couple. We want a logo that is fun yet elegant to set the tone for our wedding. Depending on the submissions, there may be follow-on work to design all the wedding stationary. Thank you and I look forward to your submissions.
About Us
Name: Charmaine and Kelvin
Wedding Date: September 3, 2011
Wedding Colors: White, Silver, Black, Magenta or Pink
Bride: Petite, skinny, long straight brown hair with long side layers and no bangs, chinese
Groom: Short spikey black hair, strong square jaw line, chinese
We both love animals and own two dogs (Maltese – long white hair) and two cats (bengal and persian). See attachments below.
The guests of our wedding.
Usage: The logo will be used on all printed and web elements for our wedding including the website, invitations, wedding favors, programs and escort cards ... heck .. even the bottom of my shoes.
Since the logo will be used for a variety of printed items, it needs to really stand on its own yet be easily incorporated with various design elements.
Logo Versions:
1 - Names with illustraiton
2 - Names with illustration and wedding date
3 - Just illustration
4 - Monogram
Logo Ideas: Attached some ideas but we don't love any of them
1 - Text of our names with a pair of characters (probably silhouettes). Characters can be a bride & groom, dog & cat. On reflection - the dog & cat might look a little silly but perhaps if done right ...
2 – Initials of our names (C and K) made into a bride and groom as illustrations
3 - Text of our names accompanied by a simple illustration like a swigle, wave, flower, or butterfly.
4 - Monogram with our initals
Logo Type: Typography with custom art work (character or illustration). The logo illustration should also be able to standalone without text.
Typography: I like fat round or fun or cartoon like fonts - I like sans serif fonts better. Please no difficult to read cursive fonts.
Required Text: Logo must have either our full first names or initials. Optional to include our wedding date but a version without the wedding date is also required.
Style: Fun and cute yet elegant. Clean. We aren't looking for something cheesy. Remember the logo will be used on a number of print formats so it should be relatively simple and easy to reproduce in limited colors and materials.
Colors: Logos can reflect our wedding theme colors (white, silver, black, pink) but this is not required. Ideally, the logo should be no more than 4 colors - 1 or 2 colors preferred.
Inspirational Graphics: See attachment.
Clean lines and really simple graphics.
Format: Vector Graphic


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Human Resources
Welcome to Victor Valley College
Victor Valley College is a progressive and innovative two-year community college serving approximately 10,000 students in the scenic high desert region of southern California. The college core surrounds a man-made lake which is the focal point for academic contemplation and student activities.
In the past few years the college has undergone a millennium growth spurt. Among the new additions is an ultra-modern library and resource center, a multifaceted science building adjoined by a high tech planetarium, a main gym, a construction technology complex, a student activity and community conferencing center, a child care teaching center, an advanced technology center which includes nearly 900 individual computer stations, a 2-story Speech/Drama addition to the existing Performing Arts Center, an Adapted Physical Education Center and the Regional Public Safety Training Center, which opened to students at the beginning of the Spring 2012 Semester. The campus is completely networked and offers the latest computer and communication capabilities.
Victor Valley College has been described by visiting dignitaries as one of the friendliest campuses they have encountered. It is also the home of a large number of award-winning programs taught and serviced by an award winning faculty and staff.
The people at Victor Valley College believe that education is a personal thing, and that is why we are personally committed to the success of our students.
Department of Human Resources
Victor Valley College
18422 Bear Valley Road
Victorville, CA 92395
(760) 245-4271 x 2486
Job line: (760) 245-4271 x 2500
Last Updated 5/16/19


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10 unexpected recipes using cauliflower
September 14, 2015, 1:36 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
Cauliflower is a great replacement for rice, cheese and even meat.
10 classic recipes hacked with cauliflower
September 4, 2015, 12:50 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
From Mac and Cheese to Buffalo Wings, get ready to crave more cauliflower.
Vegetarian Chili
March 7, 2014, 9:54 a.m. by Jerry James Stone
This homemade vegetarian chili is as hearty as it is spicy. With its homemade chile sauce, it's like being in Texas!
Creamy Garlic Dip
February 28, 2014, 11:49 a.m. by Jerry James Stone
Greek yogurt, garlic, fresh squeezed lemon juice and fresh thyme make this garlic dip the only thing you'll ever put on your veggies again.
Rooibos Tea Poached Pear
February 19, 2014, 3:42 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
Nothing is more elegant than a poached pear. It's rustic and divine at the same time. This recipe uses tea where wine is usually used.
Boozy and Baked Cranberry Sauce
November 21, 2013, 1:37 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
Tired of the wiggly soup-can cranberry sauce, or even fruitier variations? Then this is the recipe for you.
Spiced Orange Shrub
November 18, 2013, 2:19 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
It may take more than a day to prepare, but this fizzy orange drink with cinnamon, clove and allspice is worth it.
Spicy Watermelon Gazpacho Soup
August 27, 2013, 6:01 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
Spicy and refreshing, this gazpacho is swimming with tomato, cucumber, mint and cilantro.
Vanilla, Fig and Sour Cream Popsicles
August 21, 2013, 6:50 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
Tangy, bursting with vanilla and fresh fig, these popsicles are meant for summer!
Cucumber and Thyme Sangria
August 21, 2013, 1:57 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
Sangria is typically overflowing with fresh fruit, but who says sangria can't be on the savory side? Not me!
Grilled Fig Caprese Salad
August 18, 2013, 12:31 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
Looking for a simple twist on the classic caprese salad? Here it is! Grilled figs — with honey and balsamic — make the perfect summer salad.
Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic and Rosemary
August 16, 2013, 3:05 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
Confession, I use these things in everything. These roasted tomatoes are what I use for my homemade marinara and they are also great on grilled cheese sandwiches.
Your 2019 fall foliage guide
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The Indigo Girls' Closer to Fine was a hit in the late 1980s. I distinctly remember my teenage cousins singing along a todo dar (with all their heart) and how lovely they looked and sounded. Unfortunately, I didn't pay much attention to the song back then, nor to my cousins.
More than 20 years later, I came across this song again, and discovered how happy it makes me feel. Songs do that to us. Sometimes it's the lyrics, or the melody, or the memory attached to a song, that makes it linger, heal, or please.
I placed Closer to Fine in my iPod this past weekend. While I set up my son's iPod, he asked me to place it in his as well, and said "That one makes you smile."
Here's to songs that just plain feel good.
Bilingual thoughts on life, language, learning, and all things Latina.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Tuneful Tuesday - "Closer to Fine"
4 comments:
- Jules said...
As soon as I read this post, it put a huge smile on my face! "Closer to Fine" has got to be one of the best "feel good" songs ever written!
- April 16, 2009 at 11:03 AM
- The Fearless Blog said...
Great song...just love the acoustic guitar. It's the guitar that makes the song!!!!!
- April 19, 2009 at 1:59 PM
- Jennifer said...
I associate this song with my first year at Catholic University, my room in the group house, all the new people in a new city, and a decision to major in philosophy. Thanks for the memories!
- April 20, 2009 at 7:02 AM
- John Spencer said...
I heard a real interesting interview with them on NPR this weekend. They played this song live at the end.
- April 22, 2009 at 10:18 AM
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NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Japanese auto giant Toyota Motors has announced a settlement of $1.1 billion in a class-action lawsuit over sudden-acceleration problems in some of its cars.
The company agreed to set up two $250 million funds, CNN reported.
One would be used to compensate Toyota owners who sold their cars between Sept. 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2010, compensating them for the loss in resale value of Toyota cars. The other would go to Toyota owners with cars not eligible for brake-override systems.
The balance of the money would be used for a 10-year customer care plan.
Toyota's reputation for quality took a heavy hit with reports of unintended sudden acceleration. Problems have continued with more than 10 million vehicles around the world recalled this year.
The company still faces lawsuits over injuries and deaths from crashes blamed on sudden acceleration.


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Richard Silver uses a photographic technique known as Tilt Shift. This practice has taken off over the last few years in the fields of photography and advertising. It consists of giving the impression of looking at a model or a miniature. However, the spectator is looking at a real and full-size subject. The playful use of soft focus and the clarity alters its interpretation and creates an optical illusion. Contrary to belief these effects are not obtained through retouching. The photographer really does obtain this perfect illusion at the moment of shooting. This technique requires highly specialized equipment which integrates a view camera with a body in front and behind separated by bellows. These elements permit orientation of the plane of focus, adjusting and tilting movements which correct the perspective and the clarity of the picture and modify the depth of field. The soft focus affects the foreground and the background and the extremely reduced depth of the tilt-shift resembles those found in macro-photography. The combination of these different elements immediately leads the viewer to believe that it is a reduced model.Read more Read less
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2007--The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced that consistent with international standards, Panama is allowing the importation of U.S. cattle of all ages.
"Panama's decision demonstrates confidence in the United States' ability to effectively protect animal health and food safety with science-based safeguards," said APHIS administrator Cindy Smith. "We are pleased that Panama and other trading partners are taking steps to align their import requirements with international standards that support full market access for U.S. cattle."
In May 2007, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) formally classified the United States as a controlled risk country for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). This status confirms that U.S. BSE regulatory controls are effective and that U.S. cattle can be safely traded.
Panama stopped allowing the importation of live U.S. cattle after BSE was detected in an imported Canadian cow in December 2003. Panama has already reopened its border to the importation of cattle products from the United States. Before the ban, Panama's market for live U.S. cattle exports was quickly expanding. In 2003, Panama's importation of live U.S. cattle doubled what had been imported in the previous three years combined.
APHIS has worked closely with Panama since that time to regain full market access. APHIS will continue to encourage other countries to take steps to align their requirements with international standards.
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For Femmes Of Colour Who Rose Too Early & Set Too Soon
by Kim Crosby
[feature image by Alma Woodsey Thomas]
This is some real hard talks and for all my sistren who have lived through or who are living through sexual violence, be careful with yourself. You don't have to read this to prove anything to yourself or others. You are magnificent as you are.
I, like many of the femmes of colour in my life, regardless of sexual orientation, have experienced sexual violence at the hands of strangers, friends, family even lovers. Hell the media and the government actively participate in this shit as well, even knowledge masquerading as 'science' (psychology today, I am looking squarely at you) are to blame. It requires courage to, as the brilliant Arti Metha says, to walk out with, "me and my slutty thigh high sparkly fishnets against the world."
Over the course of my life this violence has come in the form of caregivers, street harassment, and at the hands of partners both male and female. I was introduced to sex and sexual desire at a very young age, and let me be specific, I was introduced to being 'sexually desired' at a profoundly wrong age. I felt deep, gut wrenching shame, responsibility and oh so much guilt. I was sure that people could see it written all over me. I begged and pleaded to what I understood God to be, to have me forget. To wipe away the memories, the sounds, the dreams, the flashbacks and start me all over again.
I think something very different happens to girls who know sex too soon.
Girls who come to know that sex is a currency and we are in a recession.
Girls who don't yet know the context, that we come from a history where sex workers were priestesses and now our bodies are regularly dismembered and commodified. We are blamed and branded as we tap into a power stemming as far back as time immemorial. And my sistren, I want to remind us that we remain both beautiful and priceless no matter how many people we sleep with, no matter what happens to our sex.
In this patriarchal, racist, mind fuck of a world we are both what is desired and defiled, vessels of power and of shame.
And there I was trying to walk that impossibly fine line between Madonna and whore. Completely inexperienced, but with a body that clearly said otherwise and I had no allies. Had no mentors, had no women I could ask to provide me with guidance as I wandered, or rather strutted.
And then we are told that this is what makes us special. And at first it feels like it, and even when it doesn't it still is the only place where women are truly 'validated.' We can be smart, athletic, creative, but we all are all still required to be attractive. And being this exceptional holds in betwixt the fingers of its mysticism the promise of love, attention, adoration, but mostly the promise of a promise. The promise of something more.
I find myself searching the eyes of each person I meet and asking the following questions:
"Could you love me?"
"Would you hurt me?"
"Do you want to fuck me?"
"And how would I know the difference?"
I imagine that it must be so freeing, so beautiful to look into someone's eyes for the first time and see eyes, and feel nervous and curious, maybe some butterflies, some deep in the chest, down in the belly welling up of something. I wonder what it must be like not to need to know the answer to these questions, not to have your survival depend on knowing whether someone's desire to fuck will overwhelm their desire to protect you from harm, on knowing what you must exploit, what you must manipulate in order to get space in the midst of this.
We girls of the fatherless tribe, girls of the motherless tribe, we work in trade.
And I have done it too - for love, support, to build family and to find freedom.
And I have no regrets.
Not one.
We glorify men as pimps and hustlers, but I want to shout out to all the womyn doing what they have to do to survive, all the womyn doing what they have to do to thrive. To the video girls, and the trans womyn, the sex workers and the dancers. Our society gives us few options and we are still able to leverage these experiences into book deals, professional dance careers and Masters degrees in physics.
And I want to say, it's not enough to tell us to keep being strong and keep on hustlin. We actually need work, commitment for others to challenge this culture and transform the dialogue. And I want to give props to those of you who do it. Those of you who sit with us and devise plans for us to come home safely, those who tell us that we are are your heroes, those who check their brethren when they spit whack 'game' to a sister - because it isn't a game.
This is our lives.
And these are our bodies.
And even if we like sex that is rough or that explores rape fantasies, even if we love or have deep appreciation for masculine energy regardless of the body that it comes in - the fact of the matter is that the consent is what turns us on. We are giving permission to ourselves to be submissive and this in fact is a reclaiming of our bodies in a culture that decries that our 'no' means 'yes'. It is possible to protest misogyny with my legs spread wide open and I am going to just that.
And as much as wish I didn't have to say this, we have to say this.
Don't rape us.
Don't shout slurs at us on the streets.
Don't act with ownership over our bodies.
Don't police our bodies and that includes how we dress, how we fuck and how we birth.
Yes means yes. That's it.
Don't drug us, slip things in our drinks, wait until we are drunk - these things are not consent.
We are not responsible for getting you off, or tempting you, or in general for your lack of self control.
We are children of the universe no less than the sun or stars.
It's time you all acted like it.
"For Femmes Of Colour Who Rose Too Early & Set Too Soon" originally published on bklyn boihood. Republished with permission.
Kim Crosby hails from Trinidad & Tobago, but is made of the fabric and texture of the many places she has worked. Kim is a published creative writer, and as a spoken word artist was invited to the stage as part of the acclaimed Les Blues Collective with the Black Theatre Company, and has performed solo at Toronto's Rhubarb Festival. Over the last decade, Kim has built a proud reputation as a passionate youth leader and community organizer; fostering equity and anti-oppression into everything that she does. Kim is currently the co-director of The People Project, an organization producing innovative arts and leadership opportunities for queer and trans youth in Toronto as well as engaging in a partnership based approach to institutional change.


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ALBANY, N.Y.—Two-time All-America defenseman David Johnston '63 is among the final installment of players named to the list of the top 50 players in ECAC Hockey history, the league has announced.
As part of its 50th-anniversary celebration, ECAC Hockey has compiled a group of its top 50 players to recognize the storied history of the league and honor its significant players. The league released the 10th installment of five honorees Wednesday. The top 50 players were determined by a selection committee made up of former coaches and media members, who selected the honorees from 145 nominees (47 defensemen, 73 forwards, 25 goaltenders).
Johnston is the sixth Harvard player named to the list. Hobey Baker Memorial Award winners Mark Fusco '83, Scott Fusco'85-86 and Lane MacDonald '88-89; three-time All-American Joe Cavanagh '71 and three-time all-league pick Gene Kinasewich '64 were previously selected.
The 10th segment of honorees is: Johnston; two-time All-America goaltender Bruce Bullock of Clarkson; Gordie Clark, a three-time all-league forward for New Hampshire; Cornell defenseman Bruce Pattison, a part of three league-championship teams, and Herb Wakabayashi, a forward from Boston University who represented Japan at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
At Harvard, Johnston earned first-team All-America, All-Ivy League and All-ECAC selections in both 1961-62 and 1962-63. He led the Crimson to records of 21-3-2 overall, 17-3-2 in the ECAC and 9-0-1 in the Ivy League en route to ECAC and Ivy championships in 1962-63. Harvard won the Ivy title in each of his three years as a letterwinner, posting a combined record of 27-1-2 in Ancient Eight play.
Johnston was the recipient of the John Tudor Memorial Cup as the team's most valuable player for 1962-63, despite not scoring a goal during the season. His assist on the winning goal by Kinasewich in overtime of the 1963 ECAC championship game was his 25th of the season, a Harvard defenseman record at the time.
A native of Sudbury, Ont., Johnston currently serves as Canada's governor general.
All current and former teams' impactful players were reviewed in comprising the list of candidates for the special team. Five players from the top 50 all-time team will be released every two weeks throughout the season leading up the league championship semifinals and final March 18-19 in Atlantic City, N.J.
The top 50 players were determined by a vote of a selection committee of 10 individuals: Joe Bertagna '73, former student-athlete at Harvard, former hockey commissioner of the ECAC and current commissioner of Hockey East; Ed Carpenter, former sports information director at Boston University; Bill Cleary '56, former student-athlete, head coach and director of athletics at Harvard; John Connolly, longtime sports reporter at the Boston Herald; Dan Fridgen, former student-athlete at Colgate and head coach at Rensselaer; Mike Gilligan, former head coach at Yale and Vermont; Lou Lamoriello, former student-athlete and head coach at Providence and current CEO, president and general manager of the New Jersey Devils; Mark Morris, former student-athlete at Colgate and former head coach at Clarkson; Tim Taylor '63, former student-athlete at Harvard and head coach at Yale; and Adam Wodon, editor of the College Hockey News website.


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The Azure Code Samples are currently available in English
Sample: copy data one folder to another folder in an Azure Blob Storage
In this sample you do the following steps by using .NET SDK:
- Create a data factory.
- Create a linked service to link your Azure Storage account to the data factory.
- Create a dataset that represents input/output data used by the copy activity.
- Create a pipeline with a copy activity that copies data.
- Azure subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can create a free trial account.
- Azure Storage account. You use the blob storage as source and sink data store. If you don't have an Azure storage account, see the Create a storage account article for steps to create one.
- Create a blob container in Blob Storage, create an input folder in the container, and upload some files to the folder.
- Visual Studio 2015 Update 3, or 2017. The walkthrough in this article uses Visual Studio 2017.
- Download and install Azure .NET SDK.
- Create an application in Azure Active Directory following this instruction. Make note of the following values that you use in later steps: application ID, authentication key, and tenant ID. Assign application to "Contributor" role by following instructions in the same article.
Build and run the sample
- Click Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manager Console.
In the Package Manager Console, run the following commands to install packages:
Install-Package Microsoft.Azure.Management.DataFactory Install-Package Microsoft.Azure.Management.ResourceManager Install-Package Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory
Set values for variables in the Program.cs file:
string tenantID = "<tenant ID>"; string applicationId = "<application ID>"; string authenticationKey = "<application key>"; string subscriptionId = "<subscription ID>"; string resourceGroup = "<resource group name>"; string region = "East US"; string dataFactoryName = "<data factory name>"; string storageAccount = "<azure storage account name>"; string storageKey = "<azure storage account key>"; string inputBlobPath = "<blobcontainer/inputfolder>"; string outputBlobPath = "<blobcontainer/outputfolder>";
Add some text files to the input folder in the Azure Blob Storage.
Build the project and run the program.
Verify that the files are copied to the destination location in the Blob Storage.
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BERLIN – The other shoe dropped last week when Gov. Martin O'Malley introduced his proposed state budget as expected on Friday, but just how far it fell remains uncertain for Worcester County Public Schools officials.
Last week, the Worcester County Board of Education introduced its own fiscal year 2012 budget without knowing precisely what to anticipate in terms of state aid. Board officials bemoaned the fact they were required to submit a balanced budget in advance of knowing what to expect in terms of anticipated cuts in state aid, and after O'Malley introduced his fiscal year 2012 budget last Friday, the picture is not any clearer.
"The governor introduced his budget on Friday and we're still trying to identify the impacts on our school system," said Worcester Superintendent Dr. Jon Andes this week. "What we do know is that he reduced funding for public education by about $100 million, but we don't know just yet exactly how that will affect us."
Historically, when the state cuts aid for public education, Worcester County is among the jurisdictions hit hardest, based on Maryland's funding formula linked to the value of real estate in the counties. According to the formula, Worcester is among the wealthiest counties in the state despite the fact nearly 40 percent of its public school students come from families of poverty, which is higher than the state average and also higher than 13 other school systems.
However, Andes said this week he believes the state's formula was altered to some degree in O'Malley's budget introduced last week, which could increase the level of state aid for Worcester.
"In our school system, student population is increasing and the number of students from households of poverty is increasing in kind," he said. "Accordingly, we should see an increase in state aid, but we're still uncertain just what it means. As I understand it, the formula for state aid was adjusted in this budget, but we still aren't sure about the details."
If further cuts in state aid for education for the counties are on the way, Worcester should be in a better position to absorb them than many other jurisdictions. Roughly 75 percent of the Worcester County public schools budget comes from the county, with the state providing about 17 percent, while in some jurisdictions, the breakdown is more like 50-50.
"Since we rely less on state funding, further reductions in state aid should impact us less than jurisdictions that count on the state to provide much more of the funding for their budgets," said Andes.
Nonetheless, further cuts from any source could be hard to bear in what is shaping up to be a difficult budget process this year. The proposed budget includes $89.8 million in anticipated revenues for fiscal year 2012, while the estimated expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year total about $90.2 million, leaving a deficit of $389,702 that must be reconciled in order to present a balanced budget to the County Commissioners in mid-February.
Meanwhile, one casualty of the governor's budget could be the American Government test, one of four currently taken by all high school students as a condition of graduation. Maryland high school students currently take four tests each year as a graduation requirement. The tests include English 10, which satisfies the reading requirement; Algebra I, which satisfies the math requirement; Biology, which satisfies the science requirement; and American Government, which satisfies the social studies requirement.
However, O'Malley's budget calls for eliminating the $1.9 million cost of administering and grading the government test, while leaving funding in place for the other three.
"We were informed on Friday by the Maryland State Board that in order to make a budget reduction, the governor chose to eliminate the state government test as a graduation requirement," said Andes.
Andes emphasized the budget calls for eliminating funding for the test by 2014, meaning those currently in high school in Maryland will still be required to take and pass the exam in order to graduate.
"That requirement still exists for the class of 2014," he said. "Kids in high school right now will still be required to take and pass that government exam."
The government exam became a casualty in the governor's budget because unlike the other three, it is not a requirement of the federal No Child Left Behind program. No Child Left Behind mandates standardized tests in reading, math and science as a condition of graduation for Maryland high school students, but taking and passing a social studies exam is not mandated by the federal program.
"The English, algebra and biology exams satisfy the No Child Left Behind requirements for reading, math and science," said Andes. "There is no federal mandate for a social studies exam as a condition of graduation, so the government exam has been cut from the budget. It could conceivably go back in if funding is available, but it has been cut for the time being."


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Central to the agita over remaking Boston's byzantine school assignment system is a chicken-and-egg conundrum. The city wants more parents to choose schools close to home, believing that will help improve them. But many parents want to see those schools improve before they'll send their kids to them.
Everybody agrees it would be beyond great if every kid could walk to a good school. Less travel time means more students could take part in after-school programs, and more parents could get to school events. More schools could be community hubs, like churches used to be.
Heaven, right? But here's another fact on which everybody agrees, and it's a depressing one: Sixteen years after Mayor Tom Menino invited voters to judge him harshly on his efforts to transform education, there are still schools to which many parents wouldn't dream of sending their kids. And those parents are terrified a new assignment system would give them no choice.
"We can play around with drawing lines on a map, but at the end of the day, there aren't enough quality schools to go around," says Kim Janey, senior project director at Massachusetts Advocates for Children.
The current system is a disaster, so bewildering and unpredictable that it sends middle-class parents running for the suburbs or for parochial and charter schools. An alarming number of the remaining kids the city spends tens of millions busing each year get little benefit from the trek, arriving at schools no better than those they could walk to.
Most of those unlucky souls are concentrated in the East Zone, the third of the city that includes South Boston, Mattapan, parts of Dorchester, and Hyde Park. Citywide, while 84 percent of white kids (who make up 13 percent of students) are landing in quality schools, only 52 percent of African American kids and 61 percent of Latino kids manage it, according to the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.
"Moving kids around the city is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic," says City Councillor John Connolly, who supports a new assignment plan.
But as messed up as it is, for some parents, the current system is a lifeline, making it possible for a kid who lives near a low-performing school in Southie to vie for a spot in a better school in Dorchester. Those parents worry that — even though the city is considering a variety of options that provide a degree of citywide choice — their children will be stuck at low-performing schools closer to home.
"There is a perception out there that this is being done to attract middle class families back," Janey says. "The worry is that it will come at the expense of poorer families who . . . don't have other options."
The only way to make everybody happy is to offer a great education everywhere. Connolly and others reckon that's more likely to happen if schools are more connected to their communities. "Having a system that stresses close-to-home doesn't guarantee quality, but it creates a launch pad that might get us to quality," he says.
But the if-you-come-we-will-build-it approach is a tougher sell in poorer communities, where it's hard for struggling parents to get involved, and where more kids have hard-to-solve problems that begin way before kindergarten.
Schools in those neighborhoods need far more resources than others if they're going to thrive. Some are getting them. The Trotter school in Grove Hall, for example, where Connolly sends his child, has made great strides. School officials say plenty of other failing schools are well on the way.
We are seeing remarkable improvements in some formerly awful schools — enough that we shouldn't put off remaking the current dysfunctional assignment system any longer.
But make no mistake. We are asking a great deal of parents in this overhaul, especially those in the East Zone. We're demanding that they make giant leaps of faith. Who can blame them for balking?
Yvonne Abraham is a Globe columnist. She can be reached at email@example.com


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