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Archive - Jan 2012
January 30th
Big East Blog
Player of the Week
Moe Harkless
Moe looks to be turning a corner after going for 30 and 13 in a loss to Duke.
Harkless has the potential to be really, really good. He's got power forward size and small forward length, athleticism and mobility. Moe's becoming more comfortable operating on the perimeter, showing impressive footwork and body control attacking the rim.
He made West Virginia look like a bunch of silly old men, lighting them up for 23, 13 and 3 blocked shots in a 16 point beatdown at the Garden. With promising shooting mechanics we can only expect steady improvement from the 18 year old combo-forward.
Harkless clearly has top five pick potential, and could maximize his stock by staying for college year number two.
Heatin' up
Gorgui Dieng C, Louisville
This kid needs some love. Pitino doubled his playing time and Dieng has doubled his production, averaging 10 points, 9.7 rebounds and a league leading 3.4 blocks a game.
Dieng is moving well on the interior, and does a nice job of anticipating and reacting off the ball. During Louisville's three game winning steak he's averaging 12 points, 13.6 boards and 4 blocks a game, which is becoming an every night line for the 6'11 center from Senegal.
Like Syracuse's Fab Melo, Dieng is the rim protector and anchor of the Louisville interior, only he doesn't have the surrounding weapons of the Orange defense and attack. Without Dieng, the Cardinals would not be the threat that they present to other talented and more skilled offensive teams.
January 29th
Big Ten Blog
Player of the Week
Draymond Green, Michigan State
The Spartans' leader shook off a rough outing Jan. 17 at Michigan by spurring his team to consecutive home wins the past week: 83-58 against Purdue and 68-52 vs. Minnesota. The latter earned coach Tom Izzo his 400th win, 86 of which Green has been around for during his four seasons.
The 6-7, 235-pound, agile bruiser put up 22 points, 14 rebounds and six assists on 9-of-11 shooting against the Gophers. It got Green back on the double-double track after his first two-game stretch of single-digit points. It was his first 20-point outburst since Jan. 10 vs. Iowa and fourth of the season. He collected double-digit rebounds for the sixth consecutive game. Green, who averages 10.4 per game, is nearing Trevor Mbakwe's 10.5 average last season – the highest in the Big Ten since Reggie Evans' monstrous 11.1 per game in 2001-02 for Iowa.
As Green goes, so goes the Spartans. They're an undefeated 9-0 when Green scores more than 14 points.
Who's Hot
Brandon Richardson, Nebraska
The Huskers senior was flat-out deadly on Thursday night in Iowa City, hitting 6-of-7 from downtown and 9-of-10 shots overall, pretty much single-handily leading Nebraska to a 79-73 win against the Hawkeyes. Along with a career-high 25 points, Richardson, a 6-foot senior guard from Los Angeles, added six rebounds, five assists, two steals and just one turnover for a highly-efficient outing.
Iowa's lethargic defense probably had a bit to do with his offensive explosion, but Richardson took advantage for one of the most impressive performances in the league thus far. It came just four games after he was held scoreless Jan. 15 at Wisconsin in an ugly 50-45 loss. Richardson hadn't scored in double figures since Jan. 7 at Illinois, and was averaging just 4.8 points in his previous four outings. Even more surprising was his 3-point proficiency, as he came in shooting just 12-of-40 (30 percent) from beyond the arc this season and was only a 29.4 percent shooter from there for his career. He had only hit the 20-point plateau only once before, and his six rebounds also tied a season high.
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Mid Major Blog
Player of the Week
Mike Moser, UNLV, PF, Sophomore, 6-8 195 lbs.
Moser continued his excellent play this season by posting two double-doubles this past week. In those two games, UNLV beat Boise State (10-9) and New Mexico (16-4). Moser's inside presence against Boise State was not hard to notice as he gathered 21 rebounds and scored 18 points. UNLV only won by five points, but Boise State did not have an answer for keeping Moser off the glass. UNLV's big win over New Mexico placed UNLV firmly atop the Mountain West Conference with San Diego State. In that game, Moser finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 2 blocks. Through 22 games Moser is averaging 14.2 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 2.4 APG, 1.8 SPG, 0.8 BPG, while shooting 47.0 FG%.
Who's Hot?
Travis Bader, Oakland, SG, Sophomore, 6-4 180 lbs.
It's difficult to argue that any player has been scorching the nets more than Bader, who posted 37 points yesterday in Oakland's (12-11) victory over South Dakota State (16-6). He shot 12-18 from the field, including an incredible 10-14 from three-point land. Keep in mind that Bader came off the bench in that game. In Oakland's three games prior to South Dakota State, Bader finished with point totals of 17, 21, and 21. Expect Bader to see some more playing time and sneak his way into the starting lineup.
January 28th
Big 12 Blog
Player of the Week
LeBryan Nash, Oklahoma State
Ryan Boatright cleared to play for Connecticut
January 26th
Mock Draft Tracker
Austin Rivers 6'4 SG, Duke
Call me crazy but Rivers might have the quickest first step in the country. His ability to consistently beat nearly any defender off the dribble makes him a valuable cog in a half court set.
ACC Blog
Player of the Week
Harrison Barnes
I'll do Barnes and the rest of Tar Heel nation a favor by not mentioning what happened in Florida State a week and a half ago (they lost by 33 points... whoops), but will say they recovered nicely by defeating the Hokies at Virginia Tech by a score of 82-68. Harrison Barnes was the biggest reason for the quick turnaround, as he scored a season-high of 27 points -- nine of which during a decisive 19-0 second-half scoring run by his team. The super sophomore is in the midst of a season that has seen his numbers improve across the board. He was criticized for his poor efficiency last season, as 42.3% shooting from the floor and 34.4% shooting from behind the arc were mediocre for somebody who would have been considered at the very top of last year's draft. This year he's shooting 48.4% from the floor and 43.6% from outside. These stark contrasts stem from several different factors, including his higher confidence, improved shot-selection and tighter handle. It's clear he put a lot of work in during the offseason and it's really playing off. This is scary to think about, but he still has a lot of room to get even better. It's no wonder he's considered a lock for the top-five during this year's draft.
Kenny Kadji
While center Reggie Johnson was recovering from an ACL injury sustained over the summer, transfer student Kenny Kadji was breaking out for his team. The 6'11" junior left Florida for Miami, and is receiving enough minutes to show off the impressive ability that he has. He collects a lot of rebounds and blocks due to his size alone, and has a surprisingly refined offensive game. Kadji is averaging 12.4 points per game (54.9 FG%) and 5.6 rebounds on the season. He also has impressive range for a player his size, having made 12 of his 26 three-point attempts on the season (46.2%). Logic may have suggested that Kadji would become an after-thought with Johnson's recent return to the team, but Kadji is hotter than ever; averaging 20.5 points on 53.3% shooting from the field. His size, mobility and shooting ability seem to complement his teammates well, and if he continues to thrive, you could hear his name in draft conversations a year from now.


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Before you install the spark plugs, drop in the distributor, plumb the carburetor, and fire then engine; making sure the valvetrain is in complete harmony with the harmony with the rotating assembly should be the first priority. It's a crucial step, too, since engine output is directly affected by the camshaft's control over the valvetrain.
Camshafts are specifically designed from the manufacturer to open and close the valves at precise times during the rotation of the crankshaft, allowing the correct amount of air/ fuel in, and exhaust out. Verifying the camshaft's position in relation to the crankshaft will not only prevent the valves from hitting, but also ensure that your build makes peak power as it was designed.
While degreeing a camshaft isn't absolutely necessary for the average street build, the purpose of this practice is to correct the errors and tolerances in the machining processes of the engine. It also corrects any variances the timing chain, or for race builds, a beltdrive would create. To make up for these inaccuracies and to degree the camshaft correctly, we'll need to measure 0.050 inch on both sides of the camshaft lobe to find our camshaft centerline. It's the simplest method and doesn't require any special tools, but it does require a small amount of arithmetic.
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Grand Jury Somehow Fails To Indict Man Who Shot Deputy During No-Knock, Pre-Dawn Raid For Capital Murder
from the the-system-forgets-to-work dept
This originally was a story I only mentioned in passing while discussing the law enforcement community's growing embrace of no-knock warrants.
On December 19, eight members of Texas's Burleson County Sheriff's Department banged open the door of the double-wide trailer rented by 28-year-old Henry Magee and his girlfriend. It was between five and six AM and the deputies, who were there to search for marijuana and stolen weapons, set off at least two flashbang grenades in an attempt to surprise and disorient Magee, their suspect. The leader of the team, Sergeant Adam Sowders, a seven-year veteran of the department, had requested the warrant be "no-knock," meaning the police could enter the residence without announcing themselves. But it was possibly do to the confusion caused by the sudden entrance of the cops that led to Magee opening fire with a semi-automatic weapon and hitting Sowders. The cop later died, and Magee has been charged with capital murder, which can bring the death penalty in Texas.A squad of officers smash through a person's door (possibly unannounced) pre-dawn and are greeted by gunfire. The surprising thing is that this doesn't happen more often, especially in a state like Texas, where a man's home is often his well-armed castle. But the prosecutor didn't see the deputy's fault in this incident and pursued capital murder charges. Keep in mind, part of what was being sought in the raid was an ultra-dangerous drug that is currently legal in two states. Also keep in mind that the guns they found weren't stolen, but because of the marijuana Magee possessed, the previously legal weapons were now illegal.
In a surprising decision, a Texas grand jury has decided not to indict Henry Magee on capital murder charges.
"This was a terrible tragedy that a deputy sheriff was killed, but Hank Magee believed that he and his pregnant girlfriend were being robbed," Magee's lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, told A.P. "He did what a lot of people would have done. He defended himself and his girlfriend and his home."The district attorney who pursued the capital murder charges against Magee even admitted the evidence against him wasn't solid.
DeGuerin, a well-known defense attorney who has been practicing for half a century, said "he could not immediately remember another example of a Texas grand jury declining to indict a defendant in the death of a law enforcement officer."
"I believe the evidence also shows that an announcement was made," Renken said. "However, there is not enough evidence that Mr. Magee knew that day that Peace Officers were entering his home."Despite this lack of evidence, Julie Renken went ahead and pursued capital murder charges in front of a grand jury, an entity most notable for its willingness to "indict a ham sandwich." The fact that Magee was able to walk away from that charge still remains the exception to the rule. As far as grand juries go, indicting is what they do best. They have it down to a science, as Gideon at A Public Defender points out.
During a single four-hour workday last week, a Mecklenburg County grand jury heard 276 cases and handed down 276 indictments.276 indictments, all in under a half-day. Not a single one of the 276 accused were found not guilty. This is the grand jury system running on all cylinders.
That means the 18 jurors heard evidence, asked questions, weighed whether the charges merit a trial, then voted on the indictments – all at the average rate of one case every 52 seconds.
You read something like that and you just have to laugh. You have to laugh because it's so improbable and so absurd that it must be true and that it can only happen here, in these United States of America, the best country in the world with the best justice system in the world, because by God, we hate criminals.A grand jury rings up a 276-0 shutout in less time than it takes the average officer worker to get to their lunch break, but when people question whether a true justice system should be giving this much power to an entity that only hears one side of the case (the prosecution's), the supporters point out the rarities, like the one above, that supposedly prove the system (and its 52-second indictments) works.
The biggest obstacle to curbing grand juries (much less eliminating them) is the government itself.
The appeal of the grand jury to the government is obvious: you get to present your allegations to a group of civilians who aren't in any way equipped to determine the veracity of the charges and who are most likely to side with you.If that description doesn't seem too far removed from the rubber stamp of the FISA court with its non-adversarial approach, there's a good reason for that. Political figures harness voters by vowing to be tough on crime -- and there's no greater crime than terrorism. The best way to pitch a shutout and satisfy constituents demanding a "safer" country/city/neighborhood is to remove the batter from the equation.
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Attorneys Argue Defense of Marriage Act, Widow's Case at NYC Court
A New York Federal appeals court heard from lawyers on both sides of the Defense of Marriage Act debate on Thursday in an ongoing battle over traditional marriage that is expected to eventually reach the Supreme Court.
The case in New York concerns 83-year-old New Yorker Edith Windsor, who is petitioning that her 2007 marriage to Thea Spyer, who has since passed away, should have afforded her the same federal rights as those given to heterosexual spouses.
"The Defense of Marriage act discriminates against gay people," Windsor said outside the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday. "Not only is it illegal, as my lawyers argued today, but it refutes, it really challenges the basic principles on which this country was founded: fairness and equality."
DOMA, signed in 1996 by former President Bill Clinton, seeks to preserve the traditional definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Spyer's argues that since she was married to Windsor in Toronto, Canada, she should not have had to pay $363,000 in federal estate taxes. The couple became engaged in 1967, and Spyer passed away in 2009 after battling multiple sclerosis for many years.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) took up Windsor's case earlier this year, petitioning that DOMA violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees equal protection under the law. In June, the NYC court initially ruled in their favor, with their argument getting a boost from the Obama administration stating that it could no longer defend the law. House Speaker John Boehner formed the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group to defend DOMA, however, and Thursday's hearing was a result of the group's appeal.
Former Solicitor General Paul Clement, arguing in defense of DOMA, explained before the court that the need to deny homosexual couples federal benefits was so that uniformity was preserved at the federal level, allowing states to decide for themselves how they define marriage.
"I don't think anyone on either side minimizes the importance of what's at stake here," Clement said. "This is an issue that can be left to the democratic process."
"The main issues in these cases revolve around equal protection, the idea that this federal law treats similarly situated people differently," commented Jonathan Entin, a professor of constitutional law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio.
Windsor added at the hearing that she hopes she is still alive when the federal government finally recognizes all marriages as legal. A ruling by the 2nd Circuit Court on her case is expected to come within several weeks.
"I know my spouse Thea, who shared my life for over 40 years, is here in spirit, and I'm sure she's very proud that we've got this far," said Windsor.
Meanwhile, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said earlier this month during a University of Colorado Law School appearance that she expects DOMA to reach the Supreme Court by next year.
"I think it's most likely that we will have that issue before the court toward the end of the current term," said Ginsburg.


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Arthur Anderson Papers
An Inventory to the Collection
Biographical Note
Arthur Anderson was a native Texan, as was his father James Anderson. During World War II he held many positions while in the Navy including being assigned to the 31st NCB as the head engineer in 1943. The 31st NCB was attached to the Fifth Marine Division and with the Marines he landed on Iwo Jima on D-day in 1945. While on Iwo Jima Anderson's section surveyed and designed three airstrips, occupation facilities and the road to the summit of Mount Suribachi. He is the designer and builder of the Mount Suribachi flag raising monument that marks the famous event. In addition, while on the island, he completed a comprehensive survey and report of the Japanese cave systems of Iwo Jima.
Returning to Austin, Texas after the war he continued to be involved with the United State Navy and was, in 1965, appointed as commanding officer of Naval Reserve Construction Battalion, Division 8-12 in Austin.
In civilian life Anderson was a design engineer for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA). He started working for LCRA in 1938 and as a long-time employee was involved in everything from designing dams for the Colorado River to designing plaques and busts for display purposes. In the 1940s Anderson also served as the Commander of the Junior Naval Militia of Austin, a non-sectarian, non-governmental, non-political patriotic organization for boys.
Anderson died in 1991.
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This small collection contains examples of Anderson's commercial artwork and photography as well as materials that highlight his involvement in the Junior Naval Militia of Austin and the Austin chapter of The Retired Officers Association (TROA). Included are brochures that highlight his design work and/or photography for local organizations and businesses such as the Junior Helping Hand, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), City of Austin, Austin Chamber of Commerce, Highland Lakes Development Association, Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas Fine Arts Association, and St. David's Hospital. The collection also contains photographs, negatives and contact sheets that include aerial photographs of Palmer Auditorium and downtown Austin as well as photos of Lyndon Baines Johnson at the Austin Municipal Airport dedication and Episcopal churches in Austin.
The Junior Naval Militia folder contains correspondence and a newspaper clipping pertaining to the campaign of salvaging waste paper in 1941 as well as photographs and mock up for a newsletter and handbook created by Anderson. The Retired Officers Association, Austin chapter materials include information bulletins and membership directories dated 1977-1980.
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Open to all users
Use Restrictions
The Austin History Center (AHC) is the owner of the physical materials in the AHC collections and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the AHC before any publication use. The AHC does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.
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Custodial History
Donated by a family member of Art Anderson.
Preferred Citation
Arthur Anderson Papers (AR.2005.005). Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Texas.
Acquisition Information
Donor #: DO/2000/080
Donation Date: 2005
Processing Information
Finding aid created and encoded by Molly Hults/2005.
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21 October 2011
Cambodia: WFP's Para Hunzai tells us about a flood victim she met
WFP's Para Hunzai reports from flood-stricken Cambodia. Para tells us about Lao, a woman who had to flee her home with her family and is now worried about being able to feed her kids. WFP is launching an emergency operation to address the immediate food needs of 60,000 people affected by floods.


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FRAMINGHAM — Milford Post 59 held a five-run lead when starting pitcher Kevin Lynch headed to the mound for the bottom of the second inning.
The lead very nearly disappeared.
Host Framingham Post 74 scored four runs and had the bases loaded with one out, but after visiting the mound Miford manager Steve DiVitto stuck with Lynch, and Lynch induced an inning-ending double play begun by third baseman Mike Cafarella.
Then Post 59 exploded for eight runs over the next three innings to take a 13-8 decision in Zone 4 play.
The win moves Milford to 7-6, while Framingham drops back to .500 and is now 6-6 on the season.
"My goal was just to throw pitches for ground balls as much as I can because I have confidence in my team that they will make the plays," Lynch said. "With that play, I forced the grounder and I knew they were going to be able to spin it."
Led by Kevin Martinis, Milford's offense thrived throughout the game.
With a runner on third base in the first inning, Martinis brought home the first run when he hit a soft grounder to Framingham shortstop Andrew Mooney. Mooney fielded the grounder but threw a ball that forced the Jake O'Brien's foot off the first-base bag.
After another base hit, Joe White hit a deep fly ball over the head of Framingham outfielder Julian Tamburro to bring home two more runs and make the score 3-0.
In the second inning, after a Framingham error brought home Milford's fourth run, a bases loaded walk by Michael Ryan made it a 5-0 ballgame.
Following Framingham's nearly complete comeback in the bottom of the second, Milford kept right on scoring in the third inning as Cafrella led off the inning with a triple and later scored off a sac fly. Dan Mantoni doubled later in the inning to bring home another run for a 7-4 lead.
Post 59 ultimately pulled away from Framingham in the fifth inning. With two runners on and Milford leading 9-4, Kevin Martinis belted a ball over the left field fence to give Milford a convincing 12-4 lead.
Milford tacked on one more run in the sixth inning when Mantoni singled in another run for a 13-4 advantage.
"We had a different mentality coming into today's game," Martinis said. "One through nine just hit the crap out of the ball all day, and we are capable of doing that and we were ready today."
Martinis went 3-for-5 five with a home run, two singles and four RBIs. Mantoni went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a single, and three RBIs. Matt Decina got on base every time he came to the plate, going 3-for-3 with two singles, a double and two walks.
"I thought this week we have put together a lot of good at-bats," said DiVitto. "Tonight, we had a really nice, aggressive approach. We told the guys that they had to be aggressive at the plate and not passive and it showed with 13 runs."
Framingham's offense scored four runs in both the second and the sixth inning.
In the second, Post 74 got four hits combined with two errors from Cafarella to score four runs, but they left the bases loaded when Cafarella turned the crucial double play.
After already scoring two runs in the sixth, pinch hitter Brian Leblanc lined a single to score two more runs to make it 13-8, but that was all Post 74 could muster in the end.
"I like the fact that we didn't give up and didn't quit," said Framingham manager Bunkie Smith. "A couple of bounces here and there and it may have been a different game."
The win brings Milford over .500 again, and for Framingham the loss stalls the momentum it previously had after winning four out of its previous five games.
"To get back over that .500 mark is big during this time of the year," DeVitto said. "But this win is only as big as how we show up on Friday."
Milford 13, Framingham 8: Post 59 wins a slugfest
FRAMINGHAM — Milford Post 59 held a five-run lead when starting pitcher Kevin Lynch headed to the mound for the bottom of the second inning.


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Module::Install::Catalyst - Module::Install extension for Catalyst
use inc::Module::Install; name 'MyApp'; all_from 'lib/MyApp.pm'; requires 'Catalyst::Runtime' => '5.7014'; catalyst_ignore('.*temp'); catalyst_ignore('.*tmp'); catalyst; WriteAll;
Module::Install extension for Catalyst.
catalyst Calls catalyst_files. Should be the last catalyst* command called in "Makefile.PL". catalyst_files Collect a list of all files a Catalyst application consists of and copy it inside the blib/lib/ directory. Files and directories that match the modules ignore list are excluded (see catalyst_ignore and catalyst_ignore_all). catalyst_ignore_all(\@ignore) This function replaces the built-in default ignore list with the given list. catalyst_ignore(@ignore) Add a regexp to the list of ignored patterns. Can be called multiple times.
Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
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I'm delighted to share the news that Adobe Digital Editions 1.8 is available on Adobe Labs and that at long last this version provides improved support for accessibility. Digital Editions 1.8 has enhanced keyboard support, provides additional text magnification, support for high-contrast mode color-switching, and interoperability with the UIAutomation accessibility API to allow screen readers to read ebooks.
Some views of Digital Editions 1.8:
- Digital Editions 1.8 library
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Digital Editions 1.8 will allow users, including screen reader users, to check out books from public libraries that use Adobe Content Server for book Digital Rights Management (DRM). In the United States, many libraries use Overdrive but have needed to direct users to audio books instead of EPUB books. Now, taking out an EPUB book from the library can work for many more people.
Buying books at many popular online vendors is also possible. EPUB Books purchased at Barnes and Noble, Kobo Books, ebooks.com, Waterstones, and more can be read with Digital Editions 1.8. Naturally, the book store needs to be accessible also, which is unfortunately not universally true (e.g. at Barnes and Noble the "Buy now" button is not labeled, maddeningly), but some are.
A couple of words about screen reader support. Digital Editions 1.8 is built using WPF and utilizes Microsoft's UIAutomation accessibility API. Currently, JAWS users will be able to read books successfully. Update: JAWS 12 and newer future versions are able to support UIAutomation, so JAWS 12 is required. Earlier versions are not expected to correctly interact with Digital Editions 1.8. Other screen readers that support UIAutomation such as Window-Eyes 7.5 and NVDA are able to successfully read the menus and other aspects of the application, with the exception of the book content. This is a complex control and we are talking with vendors to ensure that the book content is able to be read by more tools than JAWS. Mac users can use VoiceOver to read books on the Mac version of Digital Editions 1.8.
There have many people pushing and encouraging us to improve Digital Editions and I thank everyone for their feedback and advice. I'd like to recognize and thank a few people in particular for engaging with us to provide feedback on early builds and patiently waiting for the release of this tool – from the National Federation of the Blind, Dr. Marc Maurer, Anne Taylor, and Tony Olivero; from the Royal National Institute of Blind People, Richard Orme, Steve Griffiths, and several testers; from the American Foundation for the Blind, Paul Schroeder and Darren Burton; and George Kerscher from DAISY and IDPF. I am certain that each of these people will have positive and negative things to say about this version; there is additional work to do to make Digital Additions more accessible to more people, but I believe that this is a solid first step and that is due to the hard work of the development team and the advice and guidance of these people and others.
We'd like to give a few people an easy opportunity to try out reading an accessible EPUB book with Digital Editions 1.8, so we are holding a quick drawing for gift cards to online bookstores. You can enter the contest here. We'll award 30 gift cards on Monday July 25 at noon Eastern US time.
We're interested in your feedback, so enjoy your books and please send feedback!
Thanks for this step in a positive direction. On initial trial this is reading books from my library.
Why does the getting started book included with this version read so poorly. Reading on Windows, page 1 runs everything from the table of contents together as one line. Page 2 has what I'm presuming are all the links from the table of contents run together again so you read link, link, link repeatedly and then more text again all run together.
Further there doesn't seem to be a way to follow the links.
Use Ctrl+F7 to open up a dialog of hyperlinks on the current page. you can activate links from this dialog.
Do you have to use jaws 12 to read the contents of the book? I'm using jaws 10 and can only read the menu options.
There seems to be an easy crash here on Windows with JAWS. When you are on document text, press the JAWS key to read by paragraph of ctrl+down arrow. Digital Edition exits from memory instantly.
For the JAWS crash I am running JAWS 12.0.1167 on Windows 7 Ultimate X64. Repro is simply to open a book, move to the text, and press ctrl+down arrow.
For links, I do see ctrl+F7 working but would expect to be able to activate links in context i.e. much like I can on web pages by pressing enter from within the text. Links out of context in a list are not always obvious.
Kelly, I installed 1167 and still can't reproduce a crash. Can you (or anyone else) try this on another machine? Crash or no crash, the JAWS implementation doesn't do anything with the ctrl+down arrow keystroke yet, FYI.
For link, yes, I agree. This is a current limitation.
so I have to use jaws 12. Thank you very much! I've been trying to read this book I purchased for a few days now with no luck. Thank you! 🙂
Andrew: I'm curious about the choice of UIAutomation vs. IAccessible2? Was there a technical basis for this choice? Aside from my
obvious interest in promoting IA2, it would seem there's a surer path to greater
cross-platform support with IA2, so I'm indeed wanting to know if something
particular is missing? I'm also recalling Adobe's previously announced
support for IA2 across its products. Has something changed?
I should also ask about the Mac product. Does it rely on webkit?
It seems that Adobe Digital Editions doesn't support include of Flash object anymore.
Can you please confirm this point ?
I just discovered Digital Editions 1.8 when borrowing a book from from Open Library.org. Seems to have downloaded just fine from the Adobe website, but will not read the "welcome to digital editions" companion text. I am using JAWS 12.0.1170 with Windows 7, 32 bit version. An e-book purchased from Google Books went into the digital editions library just fine, though with same problem that it will not read table of contents or text. I have seen references to high contrast mode and screen reader mode in some of these posts, but have not found a button to change from one to the other. Without access to the "Welcome to Digital Edditions" companion text,I have no idea of appropriate keystrokes. There is probably a setting in JAWS 12.0 that that I need to change but have no idea what it is.Any suggestions? WLH:
I see no reference to Dolphin's Supernova screen reader. are you working with Dolphin too on access with their screen reader? Thanks, Ian.
need to read arabic pdf for blind
i am looking for reading arabic text using nvda
I have downloaded a book, and can get to the first page. Have not figured out how to get to page 2.
Hi Ruth, you can just use the PageDown key to go to the next page. You can also get to a specific page in the book. Press Tab from the book content and you will notice that there is a "go to page" edit field. You can type the page number you want to jump to and press enter.
I am only interested in Audio books.I am a regular user/subscriber on Audible but I would like to download some library books also.I don't want to read I want to listen.
I am unsure how to proceed and what I need to download from Adobe.
I am not opposed to purchasing something but I don't want to purchase something that I won't use.
Again,I don't want to read on a Kindle type device.I want to listen [like I do on Audible] to books available in audio format from the library.


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The universe of sport is built on rivalries. It doesn't really matter if the rivalry involves two teams (Michigan and Ohio State, Liverpool and Man U), countries (the U.S. and Mexico in soccer, Russia and Canada in hockey) or individuals (Russell and Chamberlain, Evert and Navratilova and countless others). The tenor of each and every contest assumes a heightened pitch when rivals face one another.
Boxing rivalries, meanwhile, are different beasts entirely. In fact, "rivalry" might be too tame a word to encompass the intensity that enlivens a bout between, say, a Leonard and a Duran, or a Louis and a Schmeling. There needn't be any bad blood or active dislike between the principals in order for the struggle to feel explosive; the object of a fight, after all, is to beat—literally and figuratively—the other guy. But no rivalry in the long history of the Sweet Science can touch Ali-Frazier for sheer drama, and at least something of the ferocity of their encounters certainly arose from genuine animosity between two very different personalities.
Here, LIFE.com pays tribute to the former champ, taking a close look at the one photograph that best captured the unbridgeable distance between Ali and Smokin' Joe—a picture made at the very moment when their rivalry was first coming into full, violent flower.
LIFE's John Shearer took the photo at Frazier's training camp not long before the March 8, 1971, "Fight of the Century" title bout. Seen today, so many years later, the image is so freighted with symbolism that it's hard to believe that Shearer—all of 24 years old at the time—didn't somehow stage it.
[MORE: See the LIFE gallery, "Ali and Frazier in 1971: Remembering the Fight of the Century"]
Separated not merely by glass, but by a wire-mesh window (evocative, perhaps, of the legal battles that had entangled Ali for three long years), the two fighters face one another from mere inches away—and yet seem to exist in wholly different realities. Frazier, the champ, wears a flowery shirt that contrasts mightily with the huge, clenched fist he holds up to the glass, and with his regal gaze—a look that seems to casually and forever dismiss his challenger.
Ali, meanwhile, appears as a kind of antic, ghostly counterpoint—or irritant—to the calm, composed Frazier. If Ali traveled all the way to Frazier's training headquarters to try and undermine the champ's confidence or rattle his resolve, he clearly journeyed in vain. That Ali's perpetual clowning annoyed the man who wore the heavyweight crown is beyond dispute. But far from knocking the champ off his game, Ali's pre-fight characterizations of Frazier as an "Uncle Tom" and an "ugly gorilla" only served to give Frazier the ammunition he needed to train harder than he'd ever trained for any fight in his life.
A tough, driven sharecropper's son from rural South Carolina was hardly going to be cowed by a showman like Ali—no matter how formidable the former Cassius Clay might be in the ring.
Years later, even after the two fighters—long-retired and semi-reconciled—occasionally appeared together at dinners and other ceremonies, Frazier would admit to a deep and abiding bitterness about Ali donning the mantle of Black Pride while dismissing Frazier as a pretender and a "Great White Hope." Ali, of course, later downplayed the severity of his attacks on Frazier, casting them as little more than salvos of psychological warfare in the run-up to their first, great fight. But few who knew Ali in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when he was still in thrall to the Nation of Islam, doubted the sincerity of his barbs.
All these years later—after Frazier's victory in their first fight, and Ali's towering wins in the next two (including the legendary "Thrilla in Manila"); after Ali's sad, Parkinson's-related decline and Frazier's death, at 67 years old, from liver cancer—all these years later, Shearer's photograph of Frazier and Ali can still stop the viewer cold. It is a strange, beautiful portrait of two men who helped galvanize an era. Both, in their own ways, were great champions. But beyond that, it's likely that neither would be considered quite the legend he is today if it weren't for the other.
One can't imagine Ali without Frazier, or Frazier without Ali. Like Bird and Magic, Borg and McEnroe, Palmer and Nicklaus, their rivalry enlarged them and, in ways that perhaps neither fighter ever fully grasped in the moment, helped define them for all time.
Ben Cosgrove is the Editor of LIFE.com


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Hear the untold stories of enslaved people and learn about historical and contemporary slavery.
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A beautiful building housing one of the UK's finest collections of fine and decorative art.
Paintings, Wedgwood and Chinese ceramics.
Uncover objects from the Titanic, find out about life at sea and learn about the port of Liverpool.
The Titanic, life at sea and Liverpool's port.
This museum tells the story of Liverpool with diverse exhibits housed in a stunning building.
Liverpool's history and popular culture.
Explore a Victorian merchant's house with its period furniture and beautiful paintings.
Paintings, vintage fashion and furniture.
Beautiful paintings, sculpture and decorative art from the 13th century to the present day.
Paintings, sculpture and decorative art.
Discover treasures from around the world, explore outer space and meet live creatures!
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Sited works by Stephen Boyd within the Conservation Centre
9 October to 21 November 2004
Please note that this exhibition has now closed
The Vanishing Point exhibition featured a number of site-specific works created by artist Stephen Boyd as a direct response to the Conservation Centre and the work of its painting conservators.
Created as part of the 2004 Liverpool Biennial, this challenging mixed media exhibition explored the effects of conservation, our notions of time and history, and their impact on how we view historical paintings.
Using light, painting, digital images and conservation equipment, Boyd captured a glimpse of the complex relationship between painting, viewer and conservator.
Freight (detail)
The 'vanishing point' theme relates to both the visual and historical perception of time and paintings. Painters create the illusion of depth on a flat surface, often using the horizon to infer either the past or future happenings.
Vanishing point: The point at which a set of lines, which are in reality parallel to each other, seem to converge.
(The Dictionary of Art Terms, E Lucie-Smith, Thames & Hudson, 1984)
Vanishing point: The point at which a set of lines, which are in reality parallel to each other, seem to converge.
(The Dictionary of Art Terms, E Lucie-Smith, Thames & Hudson, 1984)
Paintings at the Conservation Centre 'undergo a form of cultural intensive care'. This means that the signs of ageing can be delayed or even reversed, saving the artworks for future generations.
Yet a restored painting can never be reverted to its original state because the social and historical context in which it is viewed has changed. The viewer is bound by a contemporary framework and cannot see the painting as it once was.
Both painting and viewer are subject to the process of ageing, and so every time they meet the relationship alters, even as the conservator strives to preserve it. The conservator's slow and steady work uncovers previously hidden features or elements, and so the relationship between painting, viewer and conservator evolves.
Vanishing Point was a thought-provoking exhibition that demands the engagement of the visitor, as they themselves become part of this ever-changing process of viewing, changing and responding.
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Stephen Boyd was born in 1959. He grew up in Glasgow and was educated at the Glasgow School of Art (1976-81). On completion of his postgraduate studies, he was awarded The Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Fellowship and The Gillies Bequest from the Royal Scottish Academy. This allowed him to continue his studies in Italy for a further two years. He lives in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. He is senior lecturer in Fine Art at Staffordshire University.
Work by Stephen Boyd is included in a number of collections: Advisor in Art, Hamilton, Scotland; Glasgow School of Architecture; Commune de San Gimignano; Paisley Art Institute; The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery and Staffordshire University.
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Following the Money Behind Berkeley Ballot Measures
If you want to get a good idea of how Berkeley is being governed, the list of who's contributed to the shucking-and-jiving measures on the November ballot is a good place to start.
Why do I call Measures S and T shucking-and-jiving measures? Because the Bates-controlled majority on the Berkeley city council voted to place these two issues on the ballot as a way of ducking the responsibility vested in them to make things work in this city.
As far as Measure S is concerned, there are plenty enough laws on the books to control anti-social street behavior anywhere in the city at any time, but the current administration doesn't enforce them, preferring instead to sucker the citizenry into thinking that prohibiting sitting down is going to bring nirvana to our mean streets.
And Measure T is an end run around perfectly workable provisions in the existing West Berkeley plan, notably the development agreements explained by Toni Mester in the last issue, by enacting spot zoning for a small handful of favored developers.
How do we know this? Well, who's paying for these campaigns?
You can use the extremely useful Berkeley Ballot Measure Browser to quickly get the contribution information buried on the City of Berkeley's web site.
First, let's look at Measure S. Here's the lineup:
|First Shattuck LLC (Berkeley CA 94704)
|Panoramic Interests, LLC (Berkeley CA 94705)
|Constitution Square (San Rafael CA 94901)
|Everest Properties (Berkeley CA 94704)
|Hirahara Family Ltd Partnership (Orinda CA 94563)
|Mrs. Aileen Dolby (Oakland CA 94618)
|NFLP Berkeley Center (Berkeley CA 94709)
|Segula Investments Inc (Berkeley CA 94704)
|Townsend II, LLC (San Francisco CA 94111)
|Diablo Holdings Ltd (Alamo CA 94507)
|Ventri LLC (Mill Valley CA 94941)
|Segerberg Family Trust 1-18-89 (Albany CA 94706)
|Berkeley Alliance for Progress (Berkeley CA 94707)
|1950 MLK LLC (Berkeley CA 94709)
|Toyota of Berkeley (Berkeley CA 94704)
|Vested Income Properties (Napa CA 94558)
|1080 Delaware LLC (Berkeley CA 94709)
|Anh Hong - Bo 7 Mon, LLC (Berkeley CA 94704)
They're by and large major players on the giant Monopoly board that ten years of the Bates administration has created in downtown Berkeley, big-time commercial property speculators and developers. Even Mrs Aileen Dolby, for example, who might sound like just a private citizen looking for the illusory "civil sidewalks", is a commercial real estate executive. The two top funders so far, at $10k each, First Shattuck LLC and Panoramic Interests, LLC, manage many square feet of downtown Berkeley commercial office and apartment space for big out of town corporations. Panoramic, developer Patrick Kennedy's baby, now fronts for Equity Residential, owned by the notorious Sam Zell, since Kennedy sold his buildings to Zell's corporation.
Sam is famous for buying and bankrupting major American newspapers among other misdeeds. Check out many previous Planet stories for the gory details about how these two have treated Berkeley in the past.
And speaking of Zell, another one of the listed big spenders on S is Berkeley Alliance for Progress, most notorious for bankrolling a phony "Sierra Club" mailer designed successfully to fool Berkeleyans into voting for last election's Measure R, a green-washed bit of ballot arm-waving which was the previous Bates-backed simulation of doing something to improve the downtown business climate (not to be confused with this election's Measure R, which is about letting councilmembers gerrymander their district lines.)
We smoked out the Zell-Equity-Measure R connection back then: almost all the money for the Berkeley Alliance for Progress came out of Zell's corporate pocket via Equity. That Measure R passed, but has accomplished nothing at all since the last election.
There were other big contributors, however, a percentage of whose money has now been passed through to the Anti-Sit committee. These include PG&E at $5,000 and a variety of unions, including Carpenters ($5,000) , Electrical Workers ($5000), Sheet Metal WorkersSEIU 1021 (which represents city employees), as well as building industry corporations like Oliver and Company of Richmond. Many were from outside Berkeley.
For even more details about who paid for Yes-on-R, check out Daniella Thompson s full dress investigation . Many of the same backers are now Yes-on-S people.
The COB website doesn't list any recent contributions to the BAP (listed on the site as Berkeley Alliance for Progress-Yes on R), so presumably their recent $1,000 contribution to Yes on S was just the machine's way of disposing of the last few bucks in the Alliance slush fund, as a cover-up of Equity's contribution to this new measure. But do watch for some other expensive and deceptive mailer late in the season listing BAP as the funder, and probably with a big picture of Candidate Bates on the front.
It's a somewhat different story, so far, with Measure T. Measure T, a canny bit of spot zoning for a few special clients, is tricked out to appear to be yet another "green" plan, when in fact it's a serious environmental threat to what is now a thriving sustainable community in West Berkeley.
The funders of Yes-on-T:
|Herst Ventures (San Rafael CA 94901)
|deTienne Associates (San Francisco CA 94110)
|Nancy Skinner for Assembly (Sacramento CA 94815)
|Moore for City Council (Berkeley CA 94702)
There's a smarmy puff piece about Measure T, full of factual errors, in the Express this week. Here's the over-written lead: "On a recent weekday, Fourth Street between Bancroft and Allston ways in West Berkeley was mostly abandoned. Unlike the upscale stretch of shops and eateries on the other side of University Avenue, this section of Fourth Street, a former hub of West Berkeley's once bustling industrial and warehouse sector, is now an empty reminder of glory days gone by. Doug Herst, who owns the property on both sides of this area of Fourth, once operated a successful manufacturing business here. Peerless Lighting, his family business, designed and produced energy-efficient lighting fixtures. But faced with stiff competition from overseas companies using cheap labor, the West Berkeley Peerless Lighting manufacturing plant closed in 2006."
Well, this is an area I know well, since I worked there for many years. This is what I posted in the comments to the piece (no use wasting a perfectly good bit of invective):
"As it happens, my family and I ran a successful high tech company just two blocks away from the Herst property in the 90s, at 6th and Bancroft. Even then, the Peerless property was getting seedy. I can attest that the lead on this hyped article is pretty much a total fabrication. Things in the neighborhood there are if anything livelier now than they were then, with many vigorous small businesses like Vik's thriving and expanding. It's too bad that Doug Herst wasn't up to keeping the fine business his family founded alive in his generation, but that happens all the time, and has happened in many other families before his. It doesn't entitle him to a personal re-zoning so that he can become a land speculator on his inherited property, which is what Berkeley Measure T is all about. If you want evidence, check who's paying the lion's share of the campaign financing for Yes on T, posted on the city of Berkeley website: Herst and his associate Darrell deTienne. Much of the rest of the article is similar hyperbole. Gammon has seldom met a development he doesn't slaver over. He needs to get some real world business exposure before he pontificates."
A few big property owners like Herst with visions of dollar signs in their eyes are pushing Measure T, completely oblivious of a very useful maximum which I learned when I was in the software business: if it's not broke, don't fix it. West Berkeley works as it is. Leave it alone to prosper.
And what about the contributions from Skinner and Moore? Someone with more time on their hands than I have might profit from checking the list of their campaign contributors past and future. Bread cast on the waters might return a thousand fold, right?


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ST. PAUL - Marty Seifert took an early lead in the first statewide measure of Minnesota's Republican 2010 governor race.
The state representative from Marshall collected 37 percent of the vote in a GOP state convention straw poll, a convincing victory in a nine-candidate field.
Finishing second was Rep. Tom Emmer, getting 23 percent in the non-binding poll. In third with 14 percent was former State Auditor Pat Anderson.
Seifert, who resigned as Republican House leader to run for governor, said he was surprised to receive such a strong showing from both urban and rural convention delegates.
Many rural delegates who may have supported him were "duck hunting or farming" Saturday, he said after it took two and a half hours to count slightly more than 1,000 votes.
Seifert said his victory will help him raise money and attract volunteers.
Emmer was thrilled to finish second to Seifert, who has much more statewide name recognition from his time as a legislative leader.
"This is a great spot to be in after just 10 weeks," said Emmer, who represents the Delano area.
The straw poll showed him where he needs to work.
"Obviously, we didn't spend enough time up north," Emmer said, adding that he also needs to work harder in western Minnesota.
Anderson, who lives in the Twin Cities suburb of Dellwood, said her goal was to finish in the top three. She said she continued to work full time during the early campaign, while other candidates campaigned full time.
She said she expects the field to narrow after the straw poll.
"I think you are going to see several candidates over the next week to get out of the race," she said.
But all candidates initially said they plan to remain active.
Trailing the top three were Sen. David Hann of Eden Prairie, 12 percent; Rep. Paul Kohls of Victoria, 5 percent; Leslie Davis of Minneapolis, 1 percent; former Rep. Bill Haas of Champlin, 1 percent; Sen. Michael Jungbauer of East Bethel, 1 percent; and Phil Herwig, 1 percent. There also were several write-in candidates and some delegates submitted blank ballots.
In a ballot asking who the delegates' second choice would be, Hann took first with 18 percent, followed by Emmer, Anderson and Seifert.
Those picking up a few write-in votes included state Reps. Morrie Lanning of Moorhead and Laura Brod of New Prague, who both are thinking about getting into the race. Also getting votes were former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman of St. Paul and ex-House Speaker Steve Sviggum of Kenyon.
Slightly more than half of the eligible delegates attended Saturday's convention in St. Paul.
Conventions in years other than when an election is held often are routine affairs, but the straw poll added interest and attendance at the event.
Straw polls are valuable for campaigns to understand about their support, but are notoriously inaccurate predictions of a final winner. That may be especially true this year, with several potential candidates not yet in the race.
Most prominent among potential candidates is Coleman, who mingled with fellow Republicans at the convention. He said he plans to make his decision in the first two months of 2010.
But Matt Benda of Albert Lea was one of many encouraging Coleman to run: "You would be a great senator or governor."
Coleman, who the state Supreme Court ruled this summer lost his re-election race against Al Franken, said he needs some time to make the decision. But he expressed optimism for Republicans.
"I'm here to enjoy the energy and excitement," he said.
In her speech to the convention, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann gave no indication she was looking at the governor's race, although some would like her to join the crowded field.
She said the party needs to bring in independents, libertarians and others.
"These are startling times, stunning times," she said, launching into a criticism of the President Barack Obama's actions.
"The American people, when they see liberalism in practice, they recoil," Bachmann said.
Candidate speeches Saturday afternoon took a variety of forms.
Seifert's speech was the most politically traditional. He entered the St. Paul auditorium to chants of "Marty, Marty."
"Job No. 1 is jobs," he said. "We have a very hostile tax and regulatory climate in the state."
Seifert renewed his oft-voiced call for welfare reform: "We do this not because we dislike people, but we value hard work."
While others, such as Hann, said candidates need to work to gain votes from people other than Republicans, Emmer said his politics are where the people are.
"I will not compromise on our principles," Emmer declared.
"This is a politically divided state," Hann said, adding that for any Republican to succeed statewide, he needs to appeal to a broad range of voters.
Anderson, accompanied by a drum and flag unit, took to the stage with a video that featured maverick GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul's Minnesota leader giving her support to the former state auditor.
"A new political alignment is arising in Minnesota," Anderson said, promising to shrink government and abide by the constitution. "There is going to be a new sheriff in town, and she believes in the constitution."
Like other candidates, Anderson complained about a government that intrudes on private lives. "Men and woman are never free when government controls the fruits of their labor."
Haas appeared alone on stage, unlike most others who brought family and supporters.
He emphasized simplifying the state tax system.
A simpler tax system would provide businesses more money, which would help Minnesotans get jobs, Haas said. "Your family budget is going to experience more money."
The most unusual speech came from Jungbauer, who was bitten by a bat a few weeks ago and said people now call him "Batman."
Telling women not to listen, the state senator said he has been experiencing nausea like pregnant women and hot flashes like older women because of a series of rabies-preventing shots.
"It is a way for God to get ahold of you and give you a dose of humility," Jungbauer said.
Davis did not avoid the fact that he was in a mostly hostile audience, since he is known as a more liberal environmentalist than usually runs under the Republican banner.
The straw poll was not that exciting, he said. "It will be kind of a ho-hummer. ... Or what you could do is fire a shot heard around the world; you could vote for Leslie Davis."
"It takes a little courage on your part, but nobody will know that you did it," he said to laughs from delegates.
Davis works for Forum Communications Co., which owns the Woodbury Bulletin.


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Elessar wrote:Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. No one is entitled to their own facts.
AutumnGirlLybbie wrote:I'm sick of people telling me I'm not entitled to my own opinion just because its not the same as Elessars. Its getting a little ridiculous around here.
Elessar wrote:AutumnGirlLybbie wrote:I'm sick of people telling me I'm not entitled to my own opinion just because its not the same as Elessars. Its getting a little ridiculous around here.
You're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. Your sun is the same distance from your earth as my sun is from my earth, and no amount of arguing can ever change that.
AutumnGirlLybbie wrote:julymorning wrote:Elessar has the advantage in being able to see the whole picture, whereas a set of parents or a parent does not. They generally can't see, or don't care to see, beyond their own family. Do you honestly believe he would prefer to be right at the expense of health and lives?
Well, it is very unpopular to oppose a view of Elessars. I had no idea he was such an expert just because he's not a parent. My goodness.
This is probably as good as it gets.
This is probably as good as it gets.
julymorning wrote: Isn't that an advantage over the usual Joe?
It's 6:30 p.m. in eastern Arizona, and an energetic doctor who has gained notice due to his disdain for vaccinations has just gotten home. It's been a busy day. He's already spoken to USA Today. He just did a segment on CNN. And he's closely monitored his Facebook page, which has collected 4,000 "likes" in the span of 48 hours. But Jack Wolfson always has time to discuss vaccinations — his hatred of them and his abhorrence of the parents who defend them.
"Don't be mad at me for speaking the truth about vaccines," Wolfson said in a telephone interview with The Washington Post. "Be mad at yourself, because you're, frankly, a bad mother. You didn't ask once about those vaccines. You didn't ask about the chemicals in them. You didn't ask about all the harmful things in those vaccines…. People need to learn the facts."
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Wow am I late with this race post- but as happens with nearly all races I attend in person- I go to the race- have a blast and then come home and slammed in the face by "reality" when I get back. Sigh. Plus I took 1800+ pictures myself, with Misty taking an additional 650+ pictures. I had to then weed through them and process some of them for the blog- which takes time as I am sure you can imagine! A big thank you to all of my readers for being so patient.
Misty and I get to Sonoma Raceway early on Friday, pick up our respective credentials, park in lot M as directed by the parking attendants (which in both Misty and I's opinion seem to be the BEST at nearly any track we have been to thus far), shuttled to the media center- found our respective spots (schwing- right next to each other- no having to ask about swapping and BONUS we had front row window seats that looked out onto pit road and what would eventually be Greg Biffle's pit stall) and then we headed towards the garage area before it got to crowded. (more…)


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As mentioned in our April 25th blog post in honor of World Malaria Day, AAA recognized this important day with a special virtual issue of Medical Anthropology Quarterly. This special edition re-released articles which demonstrate ways that ethnography and human behavior studies help to change care management and public health policy.
Approximately half of the world's population is at risk of malaria, particularly those living in lower-income countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO calculates that every 30 seconds a child dies of malaria. By joining the global movement to roll back these staggering statics on malaria, anthropologists serve as catalyst around the world to research the medical and cultural impacts of this disease and share their findings to help count malaria out.
Over the coming weeks, each article will be featured here on the AAA blog. Here is the fifth of seven highlighted articles:
A Practical Discussion of Applied Public Health Research in the Context of Complex Emergencies: Examples from Malaria Control in Refugee Camps
Holly Ann Williams and Peter B. Bloland
NAPA Bulletin, May 2001
This article offers examples from malaria control research because malaria is a pressing public health problem in many emergency situations, both those caused by conflict as well as by natural disasters. Each year there are an estimated 300-500 million clinical cases of malaria worldwide and, depending on the epidemiologic conditions, health and social consequences from malaria can be quite severe, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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2013-2014 Training Camp: Day 1
Players reported for camp today and most spent it taking care of various chores: a gauntlet of paperwork, photos and media inquiries. The only players scheduled to hit the ice for a (private) practice were those from the recently completed rookie camp squad.
Amid all of the bustle, Bolt Prospects was able to catch up with some of the staff and players. Here are some takeaways and select quotes:
Steve Yzerman
Yzerman talked at length about the competition for open roster spots but also made sure to state that, for those that make the club, the battle will become about minutes during the course of the season.
"We have young players pushing veterans for ice time, trying to get an increased role whether it be in goal, on the blueline or up front," Yzerman said.
Yzerman made it clear he found it advantageous that a number of young players were experiencing an NHL training camp with a coach they've already played for in a different league.
"They know each other, they trust each other, they've had good success together" he said. "They understand what he wants."
Yzerman also let it be known, in no uncertain terms, that he thinks the team has plenty of veterans to help lead the way; that the team isn't poised to become too rookie-laden.
"The reality is some guys have played in the American League a couple years. It's time for them to move up to the NHL. It's not like we're going to throw a bunch of kids out to the lions."
Jon Cooper
Cooper fielded questions on a variety of topics as he held court for the first time this season. Like a seasoned ringmaster, the Lightning's charismatic coach was entertaining even as he swiftly crafted responses.
The obligatory beginning-of-the-year-optimism was there but there's no reason to doubt Cooper was anything but sincere as he spoke effusively about a "new era" stemming from the youth movement that is underway.
Cooper boasted of the evident "influx of talent coming into the organization," citing the success of the squad that won the rookie tournament hosted by the Florida Panthers last weekend before wryly noting it was just two summers ago that his "gracefully"-led rookie squad was subjected to an "0-3 shellacking." He scoffed at the notion this coming infusion of young blood might mean the Lightning are in the midst of a rebuild:
"If you finish in the bottom-half of the standings, you're 'rebuilding' and if you finish in the top-half of the standings, you're 'reloading', Cooper explained. "It all kind of means the same thing."
"We've built from the ground up," Cooper added.
Cooper suggested those who'd played with him in Norfolk and Syracuse have a bit of an advantage coming into camp that they would not have under other circumstances.
"Usually these kids come in kind of wide-eyed and nervous. This group of guys coming in aren't like that. They've got this twinkle in their eye like they're going to make this team," Cooper said, adding that this confidence probably stems from knowing him and having shared success with him.
With this group of ambitious youngsters and an "invigorated" bunch of veterans, Cooper, like Yzerman, stressed the level of competition for the open roster spots and how some decisions will be particularly difficult, talk that sounds anything but hollow when considering the mixture of experience this roster is likely to have in comparison to seasons past.
Asked if the young additions would have a chance to increase their role, Cooper pointed out that there's a lot of variables to consider but, in particular, injuries will almost surely occur and should provide opportunities.
On the possibility of mentoring Jonathan Drouin:
"You just try and make him comfortable. I think I was really fortunate to come to this organization with a lot of veteran guys here who made it easier for me to feel comfortable and play my game. You know, when you're a high draft pick there's a lot of expectations and pressure and you put the most pressure on yourself to perform, so it's nice when you have some veteran guys that take the time to talk to you or help you out.
I'm hoping we can help him and just make him feel comfortable. We all know the player that he can be and the skills that he has. You don't really know what to expect coming into your first pro camp. For me, it was an eye-opener to see those veteran guys, see how hard they worked, what they did to be a true pro. Marty was a guy I looked up to and he's still around and going strong, so he's got him too but I like to think of myself as a guy that he can count on."
On camping with a coach he's quite familiar with:
"It's nice to know the coach as well as we know him but we expect this camp's going to be pretty tough. The last two years he's run us pretty hard."
Thoughts on Cooper's approach to handling players:
"He's always sort of on your case but it's a good sort of motivation. He's going to push you really hard to make you a better player. He doesn't have any favorites. If you're playing well, he might lay off you."
On some of his competition:
"There's a lot of good young guys from Syracuse trying to fight for spots here and there's obviously not enough for all of us. We're best friends and family but right now we're competing for a job. Once you get on the ice, it's your career and we've got to fight for it."
Playing center vs. playing wing:
"I'd be all for [switching to wing] if that was what the team needed. It would be a learning curve for me; I haven't played wing in a long time. But like anything, I think you can learn and the good thing about being up here is you have such good players around you, even if you do make a mistake you have people around to help out."
On getting the chance to play alongside Drouin in the rookie tournament:
"We just had fun. It was like I knew where he was going to be. He was amazing."
On what he's trying to accomplish starting out his pro career:
"In the rookie tournament, I tried to score but at the same time I was trying to play good defensively because Coach thinks it is most important to know how to play in the defensive zone. I had improvement there last year. That's where I am concentrating."
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Students who start after the age of 7 and up are strongly recommended to have Theory & Solfege classes as well. Each student at SPACE receives one or two individual(professional program) lessons per week. At each lesson, the instructor observes and listens to the student playing several pieces or exercises. This usually includes material the student has previously learned, as well as the piece the student is currently working on. The instructor will also introduce new material. The parent attends each lesson and helps the student work on the material throughout the week of practice at home.
The length of the lesson depends on the student's age, attention span, and level of advancement. Generally, beginners start with 30 minute lessons. As the student advances, the length of the lessons (60 minutes) may increase and the student will be introduced to reading music.
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ANYONE who has followed Middle East politics knows that this is a region where extremists tend to go all the way and moderates tend to just go away.
But every once in a while — the 1993 Oslo peace negotiations, the 2006 Anbar uprising by Iraqi Sunnis against Al Qaeda, the 2005 Cedar Revolution in Lebanon against Syria and Hezbollah — the moderates actually rise up and take a stand. And when they do, America needs to be there to support them. It is the only hope for moving this region — so poisoned by sectarianism and weighed down by a past that always wants to bury the future — onto a more positive path. I'd put last week's popular uprising/military coup against the Muslim Brotherhood-led Egyptian government — and it was a combination of both — in this category.
I do not arrive at that conclusion easily. It would have been far more preferable if President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood's party had been voted out of office in three years. This would have forced the party to confront its own incompetence and popular repudiation. I wish the Egyptian army, which has its own interests, had not been involved. But perfect is not on the menu anymore in Egypt. In fact, even food may not be on the menu anymore for the poor. A large number of Egyptians felt that waiting three years could have pushed Egypt over the edge. The country is so short of foreign currency to pay for fuel imports that gas lines and electricity shortages are everywhere. It was clear that Morsi was not focused on governing and appointing the best people for jobs. He was focused on digging himself and his party into power, so, by the time of the next presidential elections, Egypt could have had the worst of all worlds: an invincible government and an insoluble economic and social disaster.
One incident is very revealing of the Brotherhood's priorities. You could not make this up. The best way for Egypt to quickly earn foreign currency to buy food and fuel would be to revive tourism, which accounts for 10 percent of the economy. On June 16, Morsi appointed 17 new governors. In Luxor, the heart of Egypt's tourism industry, he appointed Adel al-Khayyat, a member of the Islamist militant group Gamaa al-Islamiyya, which had claimed responsibility for the massacre of 58 tourists in Luxor in 1997 — precisely to destroy tourism and hurt Hosni Mubarak's government. Gamaa abandoned violence about a decade ago, although it has never repudiated the 1997 attack. Morsi's own minister of tourism resigned in protest at the appointment, and Khayyat eventually quit, too. But it gives you an idea of what was going on. It would be like Chicago appointing a crony of Al Capone to lead its tourism bureau.
Rather than punishing Egyptians for desperately trying to change course before they go over a cliff, America should use its aid and influence with the army to get the most out of this crisis. That starts by insisting that the Brotherhood leaders be released from jail and that the party and its media be free to contest the next parliamentary elections and have a voice in the constitution-writing process. Anyone who tries to govern Egypt alone will fail: Mubarak, the army, the Muslim Brothers, the liberals. Egypt is in a terrible deep hole, and the only way it can get out is with a national unity government that can make hard decisions and do the required heavy lifting.
Indeed, the big question for Egypt is not only who rules but how anyone can rule? Can a fragile new democracy make progress in the face of such deep economic dislocation and distress? I just returned from Egypt. It is falling apart. A few weeks ago, I sat in a teahouse in Cairo interviewing Mahmoud Medany, a researcher at Egypt's Agricultural Research Center and one of the country's top environmental experts. Medany, 55, recalled that some 40 years ago, when he was in middle school, "we used to sing this song about how the whole world is talking to the 20 million Egyptians." When Mubarak took over in 1982, "we were 33 or 34 million. Today, we are over 80 million." Also the steady compacting of soil in the Nile Delta, he added, combined with gradual sea level rise due to global warming, is leading to more and more saltwater intrusion into the Delta. "The Nile is the artery of life, and the Delta is our breadbasket," said Medany, "and if you take that away there is no Egypt."
This confluence of population, climate, unemployment, water scarcity and illiteracy may be making Egypt ungovernable — and the job of president impossible — with such a stressed and mobilized population. I hope not, but I do know this: Egypt can't just keep oscillating from a secular/military regime that isolates the Brotherhood and a Brotherhood regime that isolates the other side.
Daron Acemoglu is co-author of the book "Why Nations Fail," the simple thesis of which is that nations thrive when they develop "inclusive" political and economic institutions and fail when those institutions become "extractive" and concentrate power and opportunity in the hands of a few. Egypt, with its heavy state, notes Acemoglu, is a classic extractive society. What it needs most is a leader who can combine a spirit of inclusion with a brutal honesty to tell the people they have wasted so many years and really need to start over, by strengthening education, shrinking the state, stimulating entrepreneurship, empowering women and reforming the police and judiciary.
There was no chance that Morsi was going to rise to this moment. If new elections and a new constitution can be implemented and a broad national unity government formed — including Islamists — there is still a chance that Egypt can manage all the problems that it can no longer avoid and still avoid the even worse problems that it cannot possibly manage. But it's only a chance. America's job is to nudge all parties toward such a national unity coalition.


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This top-quality yoga for beginners DVD contains two 30-minute programs: an energizing morning yoga practice and a calming evening practice. Elena uses her soothing voice to give straightforward yet detailed instructions and sage advice at a relaxed pace. She gives options for different levels of intensity and challenge throughout the programs, making the DVD work with multiple levels of abilities and giving beginning students room to grow with the practices.The Am practice starts standing and focuses mostly on engaging and energizing standing poses and ends with a seated meditation. The Pm practice is mostly seated, focusing less on movement and more on long held stretches, with an emphasis on seated twists and forward folding poses. One thing that may be a little confusing for more experienced beginning students is that Elena reverses the usual movement cue of "inhale to arch and exhale to round the spine." But overall this is a well-produced and executed DVD that is suitable for a broad range of beginning yoga students.
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Early Stages of a pregnant woman and her health1 comments Posted by Best-Mature at 6:47 AM
Pregnancy is not an easy job for a woman. Starting from conception to birth, a woman's body carries out the most miraculous process of fertilization, implantation and the maturity and growth of her baby (or babies). Her body is her baby's dwelling place for the next nine months (or around 40 weeks) and the occurrences of pregnancy turn into a journey of many new physical feelings. Whether it is first, second, third (or more) pregnancy, her body will respond in a different way to each individual pregnancy. So health of a pregnant woman is very important to be taken care of.
Throughout the first 12 weeks of pregnancy called the '1st trimester', a woman's body adjust to present a fostering and protective environment for her baby to grow and develop. Seldom, the early signs of pregnancy can make a woman feel puzzled. This may be for the reason that many of the physical signs of in the early hours of pregnancy such as enlarged tender breasts, sensitivity of tiredness, overstuffed and perhaps experiencing spasms and/or pelvic uneasiness can be considered as normal pre-menstrual signs. In all these stages the health of the woman declines because she is not only feeding herself, also her little developing fetus.
They may also sense disgusted or sick, due to morning sickness. It is not unusual to feel unsure about what is 'normal' during the early stages of pregnancy development, and unfamiliar signs or sensations may trigger concerns about the health, of her and baby. It's been proved by the Gynecologists that every woman's body will react in a different way to being pregnant. Many women find their early pregnancy symptoms very difficult to cope with, both at work and generally.
Due to continuous vomiting and nourishing the fetus the pregnant woman may be exhausted very easily. She has to constantly keep her energetic by maintaining a healthy diet schedule as prescribed by the physicians. She can have more fresh green vegetables and fruit juices to make her feel fresh and energetic. It's always significant to make sure that she avoids drinking and smoking because whatever she has will be directly absorbed by the baby. Once the fetus starts developing she has to get primed for all the obstacles she has to experience throughout pregnancy. Many psychologists predict that a healthy pregnancy is not only from taking care of the nutrition for the pregnant women, more than that she has to be taken care from all the hassles in her family. It's the duty of a loving husband to caress her comfortably and keep her happy always throughout the gestation period. This will not only make the woman feel happy and hopeful it will directly lead to the good development of the fetus.


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Sunday Sweets: And All Was Well
With the final Harry Potter movie opening this weekend, we've come at last to the final chapter (zing!) in a long, beautiful friendship. Assuming your friends like to make movies messing with your favorite books, I mean. (Do NOT get John started, guys. Just...don't.)
So, fellow fans, feast your eyes on some of the best Potter Sweets ever to grace our Muggle coil!
I like the way the moon and clouds are supported by thin wires - such a great background touch.
It doesn't get much more classic than this:
The aging on the book pages is *perfect*.
While I admit the movie's Sorting Hat is kind of creepy, most of the cakes I've seen tend to make him look like he wants to eat your brains. This one strikes the perfect balance, though:
There's more to this next one than meets the eye:
This cake was motorized, y'all, with the top branch rotating so the snitches flew in circles!
It also had a custom cake stand with hidden speakers that played the movie's theme song. WOW. Hit the link above for more pics and details.
Here's a fun LEGO version of Harry:
That must be one cool Granny. Love it.
Hagrid also got a squee-worthy makeover:
Hagrid's house here looks like a scale model, complete with Buckbeak in the yard:
Forget eating it; I want this displayed in my office!
Hm, can a cake be a horcrux? The symbol is the sign of the Deathly Hallows, there's a howler letter, Harry's wand, and check out the crazy detail in the basilisk fang: