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Guest videopost by Lena Bruno (made entirely on an ipad with imovie)
Thank you Emmett, I even got to bring a crayfish home too!
Hey Lena,
Nice work. It looks like you and your class really learned a lot about crayfish and did some really neat projects too. (The cardboard crayfish was very impressive).
I'm curious if your class talked about non-native or invasive species while you studied your crayfish? I work on invasive species issues and we've found that lots and lots of students in the US study crayfish in their classrooms and many of them are looking at the very same species of crayfish you did (Procambarus clarkii or the red swamp crayfish) but, like your crayfish, they aren't native to states where they are being studied. The problem comes when many classrooms release their crayfish into nearby rivers and streams at the end of their project and this isn't good for the native wildlife.
We're trying to figure out how best to keep kids like you able to learn all sorts of neat stuff about crayfish, aquatic plants and other fascinating organisms without creating new problems for our ecosystems. One of the biggest problems we are dealing with is that invasive species like the red swamp crayfish and anacharis (or Egeria densa – my guess as to the name of the aquatic plant you had in the classroom) are much much easier to keep healthy in a classroom than any of our native species are.
To keep a long post short-ish, I was wondering if you had an opinion on this. We get a lot of feedback from teachers (most of whom don't know that they are using non-native species) but I thought that student feedback might be especially informative in this case.
Dear Robyn,
My teacher is good with creek animals, and decided that my class should learn about crayfish. So at the end, I asked him why can't we let them go in our creek. He said that the crayfish we were studying are not native, and will eat the native crayfish. So we did a lottery and some students got to take home a crayfish, and keep it as a pet. We have a creek at our school, and we catch some crayfish for the day, and look at them and study them, then we let them go. My teacher taught me the difference between crayfish that live here, and crayfish that don't live here.
p.s. you used big words.


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Print out a picture of a starfish, octopus, whale, etc.
Lay the picture on a white piece of paper. Have the kids use water colors over the top of the picture, then peel the paper up to reveal their sea creature!
Related online training:
Tuition: $21.00
In-Service Training Course Code: NUT3
CDA Competency: Safe and Healthy Environment [2 hours / .2 CEU]
Washington Core Competency: Content Area 1: Child Growth and Development [2 hours]
Oregon Core Body of Knowledge: Human Growth & Development [2 hours]

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Three new languages available to browse Forvo, Danish, Hungarian and Hindi. The editors who have made this possible are Olfine, Detheltsort, Frankie, Komal_K, so thanks to them. Maybe you think that we are only releasing new languages these days. Not at all!! :)
We are almost done for the API final release. There are more than 40 developers pre-registered and we can't wait to see what they have in mind to create with Forvo pronunciations. And we are also readying a special tool that we hope you are going to love as much as we do.
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Client / Colleoni Arte
Year / 2017
Penelope is a circular carpet. It is sewn, partly by machine and partly by hand, with a particular photoluminescent yarn.
It is designed for the Colleoni Arte gallery and produced in limited series into the laboratories neighbouring to the gallery that work scrupulously also as suppliers for activities in the area of Bergamo, producing padded, curtains, carpeting, upholstery.
When Colleoni asked us to draw an object to be exhibited to the Miart 2017 (the International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Fieramilanocity Milan), we immediately thought to something that would been able to emphasize the ability of the craftsmen working in the laboratory of upholstery since its foundation. At the same time, we wanted to realize something that would express an innovation in its simplicity, confirming as a traditional manufacturing can be contemporary.
The material gives the technological innovation of the project: a polyester yarn, loaded with mineral pigments able to store daylight or artificial light, and to release it in the darkness.
To emphasize the surprise effect, we chose to use as the base of the carpet a white fabric, characterized by a light texture rifled in which the designed seams are seamlessly hidden. In that way, by day the effect is white on white, while in darkness begins to appear the geometric decoration with warping in parallel rows embroidered with a "zig zag seam" that, remembering the carpet of Penelope in the Homeric epics, appears and disappears.
The radius of the circle (120 cm) is given by the maximum width of the fabric production, and is obtained by two half circles rotated of ninety degrees each and joined toghether in the center with an handmade "sorfilo seam".
Concept and design / Martinelli Venezia
Production / Colleoni Roberto & C


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This is definitely the year for mobile website optimization. With the newest gadgets like the Lumia, Note II and a whole lot more to come, it's important to consider how your website will look on a mobile screen. As recently reported, about 25% of clicks come from mobile devices! Here are some mobile web design tips to take with you this year:
1) Make everything big – Text, photos, buttons, navigation, calls to action, white space, and more. This is certainly a good year to think big when it comes to your mobile website. Big is better than small and it's certainly almost always true for a smaller screen, so don't be shy about it.
2) Prioritize content – Your mobile site can't possibly have everything that the desktop version has. Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr will serve as good practice for your content curation skills – this is where you'll need to pick and choose the best content and arrange them in a way that's pleasing to the eyes (as well as thumbs).
3) Follow typography trends – Pictures are great but if they're too big or there are too many, it could slow your mobile website down… and that doesn't include spotty cell phone coverage that's thrown into the mix. Designers are gravitating towards using customized and stylized type. Who knew you could be so creative with just letters? Check out some trends here.
4) Utilize responsive web design – Wouldn't it be great to have a flexible site that can shrink and grow depending on the device? When using the responsive web design approach, you don't have to worry about making different versions of a site for specific devices.
5) Test for different screen sizes – If you're not ready or able to take the responsive web design approach, testing your mobile website is crucial. There is no longer a "standard" size. Check out mobile device emulators like iPad Peek, MobiReady, and ScreenFly.


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Toro 32" Fixed Deck Gear Drive T-Bar (30672)
32" Fixed Deck Gear Drive T-Bar (30672)
Fixed Deck Gear Drive
14.5 HP Kawasaki® FS481V 603cc Engine with 32" (81 cm) deck. Model shown 30692.
- Exclusive T-Bar steering is easy to use and reduces fatique
- 14.5 HP Kawasaki® FS481V 603cc
- Flat-free semi-pneumatic caster tires reduce downtime
- 32" cutting deck for tighter areas
- T-Bar Steering Controls: Exclusive Toro T-Bar steering system is easy to use and ergonomically designed to reduce operator fatigue. Great for tracking in large open spaces and also maneuvering around obstacles. All around an intuitive control system.
- Rugged Deck Design: High-capacity 7/10 guage deck delivers unsurpassed strength, a superior cut, and increased productivity in extreme mowing conditions. Easily handles the most demanding conditions and resists damage from impacts and abrasion. The 5" deep deck features 8" aluminum spindles and a rubber discharge chute.
- Rubber Discharge Chute: High performance rubber discharge chute allows for close trimming without damaging chute or landscape structures. Patented design provides exceptional clipping dispersion.
- Extended Life Drive System: Extended life drive system with Husqvarna Peerless 700 series transmission, featuring a 9-spline drive coupler.
- Rugged Spindle Assembly: Rigorously tested to ensure that it can survive impacts that would destroy lesser spindles. The cast iron housing, with a massive 9-3/8" (23.8 cm) diameter base, absorbs impact loads and distributes them across a broader area of the robust deck shell. Built with maintenance-free sealed ball bearings.
- A Flat Crisp Cut with Precision Blades: (.250) thick precision blades resist flexing to provide a flat, crisp cut. High-strength, heat-treated alloy steel survives impacts and provides resistance to the rapid wear commonly associated with abrasive conditions. Options include Recycler® and Atomic® mulching blades, medium sail Bahai blades, and low sail sand blades.
- Engine: 14.5 HP* Kawasaki® FS481V 603cc
- Fuel Capacity: 5 gallons (19 L)
- Cutting Width: 32" (81 cm)
- Height of Cut: 1" to 4-1/4" in 1/8" increments (2.5 cm to 10.8 cm in 3 mm increments)
- Number of Blades: 2
- Starter: Recoil
- Drive System: 5-Speed Transmission
- Mulch, Bag, Side Discharge: Side-discharge standard
- Air Filter: 2-Stage Air Cleaner
- Blade Tip Speed: 18,500 ft/min (5,486 m/min)
- Brake System: 6" (15.2 cm) Band Brakes
- Caster Tires: 9" x 3.50-4" (23 cm x 9 - 10 cm) Flat-free
- Deck Design: 32" (81 cm) Side Discharge
- Discharge Chute: Rubber
- Drive Tires: 13" x 5.00-6" (33 cm x 13 - 15 cm)
- Ground Speed: 6.2 mph (10 km/h) fwd; reverse assist
- Height: 41" (104 cm)
- Horsepower: 14.5 hp
- Length: 72" (183 cm)
- Steering Controls: T-Bar
- Width: 32.8" (83 cm) with chute up
- Weight: 400 lbs (181 kg)
- Atomic® Mulching Blades: Atomic® mulching blades feature an aggressive "tooth" design that shreds grass and leaves into small particles. The teeth curl upward behind the blade to suspend clippings in the chamber so they are cut and re-cut until they virtually disappear. Turn your Toro Groundsmaster® into an Atomic® mulching machine!
- Recycler® Mulching Kits: Recycler mulching kits deliver the industry's finest mulching performance and reduce mowing time up to 38% vs. bagging*.*Respondents in a Texas A&M University study cut their lawns 38% faster when they didn't bag.
- Soft Baggers: Cloth bag kit available for seasonal clean-up, or small debris collection jobs.
- TRU TRAK® Sulky: Toro's patented TRU TRAK® sulky is the industry's most innovative sulky design. Large, independently pivoting foot plates greatly reduce operator fatigue while the 2-point connection eliminates jack-knifing in turns or reverse. The unit tracks "true" and straight every time. Foot pads pivot into stowed position when operating in conditions not conducive to sulky operation and for trailering convenience.
NOTES:*The gross horsepower of this engine was laboratory rated by the engine manufacturer in accordance with SAE J1940. As configured to meet safety, emission, and operating requirements, the actual engine horsepower on this class of mower will be significantly lower.
- Engine Manufacturer
- Kawasaki®
- Horse Power
- 14.5 hp
- Engine Type
- 14.5 HP Kawasaki® FS481V
- Transmission
- 5-Speed Transmission
- Wheel Size
- 13 in. x 5.00-6 in. (33 cm x 13 - 15 cm)
- Fuel Capacity
- 5 gal. (19 L)
- Deck Size
- 32 in. (81 cm)
- Discharge Type
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History of Spartanburg EMS
Spartanburg EMS was officially established in 1973 with 16 employees operating 5 ambulances and one supervisor unit on a 24 on 24 off rotation. The original EMS Headquarters was located in the East Annex of Spartanburg Regional Hospital, crews also operated out of Campobello and Woodruff Stations.
EMS was the only organization in the county at that time to be trained and equipped with Hyrdaulic Hurst Tools most commonly known as the "Jaws of Life". As changing technology influenced the rest of the EMS world, Spartanburg EMS changed right along with it.
As EMS continued to grow and develop, in 1984 Spartanburg County decided to contract with Spartanburg Regional Hospital to manage EMS. That contract remains in place today and all EMS employees are employed by Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.
In 1978 Spartanburg EMS began operating all units at the Advanced Life Support level utilizing the brand new state of the art Lifepak 5!
Also in 1978 EMS moved to its second Headquarters location at 451 E St. John St which was an old Spartanburg City Fire Station. 1978 also began the era of developing many of our present day specialized response teams. The High Angle Rescue Team was developed in 1978 followed shortly by the Dive Rescue Team in 1980. The initial equipment was purchased by community donors and out of pocket expenses by team members.
In 1987 EMS developed its first Tactical Medical Team partnering with Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office and in 1989 partnered with Spartanburg City Police Department. To this day, the Tactical Medic Team remains one of our most active special teams continuing to work with both Spartanburg County and Spartanburg City Tactical Teams.
Spartanburg EMS pioneered the use of Quick Response Vehicles or QRV's to provide Advanced Life Support backup to Spartanburg County Rescue Squads spread throughout the county. In 1987 the first QRV was put into service, this truck was also our first 12hour shift working from 8am to 8pm daily.
Over the course of the next decade, EMS enjoyed several success stories, winning numerous awards and being home to several competition champions. In 1989 Spartanburg EMS was named the NAEMT National Paramedic System of the Year.
EMS moved into its present day headquarters in 1999. As of 2019, EMS operates 25 units daily from 21 stations located throughout Spartanburg County.
In 2006 Spartanburg EMS was selected by SLED and the Department of Homeland Security to be the host agency for one of South Carolina's four Regional Medical Assistance Teams, this has grown to be our largest specialized response team and has the capability to respond to all types of mass casualty incidents.
From day 1 with 16 employees until today with over 200 employees, Spartanburg EMS remains focused on providing high quality care and utilizing the latest technology and processes in the most efficient means possible. Our caring, compassionate, and dedicated employees are what make Spartanburg EMS what it is today.


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The Question
As you read this, I will be ensconced somewhere at the SeaTac Hilton, conferencing. I have written this in the past, but I will do so again now: if you are working to become a professional writer, at some point it would be a good idea to get yourself to a writer's conference. If you live anywhere remotely near Seattle, The Pacific Northwest Writers Conference is certainly one of the better around, but writer's conferences are held in all corners of the country. I am not going to lie to you. Writers come to conferences to, among other things, hone the tools of their craft, but they have come for something else—The Question. There is always a low current of fear running through a writer's conference. It is the fear that quietly haunts not just writers but anyone attempting anything: Am I enough? Can I live the life I want to live, or must I accept a lesser version, bowing to the hardboiled wisdom that life is about a certain amount of disappointment and being a grownup means accepting that truth with minimum complaint?
You see it's never about being a writer, I don't think. In fact nothing is ever about anything, by which I mean, the central question is never, Am I strong enough, pretty enough, smart enough? The question is always, Does it matter? Does it actually matter how strong, pretty, or smart I am at this moment? I would ask you to consider that it does not matter how strong or smart or pretty your are. I would ask you to consider that that question of enough, enough of anything, is a subtle but ever-shrinking prison. It assumes your a fixed commodity, bound by the roulette wheel of birth, looking to discover not what it is you want to do, but what tools fate handed you and with which you will now stoically make the best.
You are not bound by anything. You are hurled forward by desire. These tools, these talents, are nothing more than desire made flesh, not the other way around. Seek what you love absolutely and I guarantee the tools will be there.


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Penn family medicine physicians take the time to develop one-on-one relationships that cover emotional as well as physical health care needs. With a comprehensive approach and broad knowledge of each organ system and disease type, Penn family medicine doctors emphasize health education, appropriate screenings and prevention, and care of chronic diseases.
Family medicine is a specialty that provides comprehensive health care for all members of the family. A family medicine doctor specializes in treating all ages, from infants, to children, to seniors. These physicians diagnose and treat acute and chronic illnesses, conduct routine checkups and health risk assessments, and administer immunizations.
Meet our family practice physicians.
Congratulations to the 481 Penn physicians listed below who were included in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs™ 2019.
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers.
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A call to embrace diversity—of race, orientation, thought, approach, and experience.
A call to be energized by equality.
A call to rise up and champion a more inclusive workplace and company culture.
No matter what your role—an executive, a manager, a business owner, or someone just getting started professionally—you have the power to drive change and influence organizations. Jennifer Brown's new book, Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change, gives you the tools to do exactly that.
The tricky part? We will only succeed in this transformation if those in leadership collectively pivot from command-and-control management styles to reinvent how we look at every organization's greatest asset: people.
The exciting part? There's no better time than now. And when we build systems that embrace diversity in all its forms—we directly impact the bottom line. Simply put:harnessing the power of diversity and inclusion is essential for the very viability and sustainability of every organization.
The unexpected part? When you start to actively make space for diverse voices, stories, and truths, you start discovering your own voice, story, and truth on deeper, and more powerful levels. (Yes, it is indeed the gift that keeps on giving.)
Inclusion imparts critical knowledge, cutting-edge data, and time-tested strategies that Jennifer and her team have implemented at Fortune 500 companies around the country. These strategies will allow you to empower members of your entire organization to utilize all of their talents and potential to drive positive change and the future of work.
It's time to go beyond hopeful ideals and into change-inducing action. Because when people feel welcomed, valued, respected, and heard by their colleagues and organizations, incredible things happen.
And who doesn't want to be a part of something incredible?
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The Powell School: Building Mission and Meaning/
by Vince Boudreau, Director, Colin Powell Center
In the weeks leading up to the inauguration of the Powell School this past May 2nd, I spent time asking certain questions of myself and virtually anyone else who would listen: What does it mean to become a school? What should it mean to teach and study at the Colin L. Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, and to reside near it in the adjacent neighborhoods of Harlem and Washington Heights? How should campus life change in response to this new institution in our midst?
Even before moving into the details of merging the Colin Powell Center and Division of Social Sciences, I had some ideas about what it meant to become a school. A school would have a presence and identity more powerful and unified than separate departments and programs. A school would be an institution with specific and publicly discernible commitments and capacities. A school would have a mission—both on campus, and in the life of our city and nation. Children in the neighborhoods around City College and across the globe will be able to point to our campus and say, "The Powell School is there. That's where I'm going to go."
Those ideas were a good start, and we've spent the months since putting some flesh on those aspirational bones. Moreover, a few of our intentions have crystalized into courses of action.
The first is that the school will represent five core disciplines. We will graduate students with majors in Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, Economics, and Political Science—but we will use our full range of intellectual resources to focus on problems that matter to our students and community. These include integrating immigrant communities into our society; making resources like education, housing and healthcare more equitable; and identifying the ways of contributing to the construction of a more just society.
To help us down this road, we established an entirely new set of institutions designed to integrate the work of many individuals and departments across the Powell School in ways we've never done before. In our curriculum planning, public events roster, and engaged scholarship and service-learning programs, we have begun to plan school-wide strategies and programs, and a close observer can already see some results.
Two new public events series represent the school's initial efforts to develop thematically coherent events planning — a series of breakfast talks by scholars and public policy leaders, and an annual colloquium. The breakfast series began with a well-received discussion about the implications of the military coup in Egypt for the civil political arena, and subsequent breakfasts will cycle through topics that highlight the work of all the Powell School departments. Our colloquium series this year is organized around the theme of forgiveness, with each department in turn examining a subject—debt forgiveness in economics, for instance, or the psychology of forgiveness—in advance of a closing program in the spring characterizing the interconnected elements of our thematic approach.
Another major area of cross-school collaboration is student success and advisement. Across the country, issues of how we can broaden access to higher education has given rise to a new concern: How do we ensure that as many students as possible prosper in college, and make the transition from the classroom to rewarding and productive careers? In some ways, the student leadership and scholarship programming developed over the last decade at the Colin Powell Center centered on this very puzzle. We're now in the process of taking the scholarship, leadership training, professional skills development, and service programs that we pioneered when we were a Center, and mainstreaming them across the Powell School. We hope to not just provide effective and exceptional support to our students, but to also become a major center for the development of best practices in higher education—and in particular, examining ways to overcome the social, economic, political and cognitive barriers to success in higher education.
And, this, in a nutshell, is what we're doing across the length and breadth of the Powell School, We are taking the excellent resources and programs of the departments and programs of the social sciences and augmenting them with school-wide versions of some of the most successful activities we developed at the Powell Center.
We are in the midst of a transition—and it's a time of great optimism and tremendous excitement. Being part of a school and building a school, after all, is the opportunity of a lifetime. I served as director of the Colin Powell Center for the past 12 years, and soon, when we've completed the process of integrating our activities into the Powell School, the last traces of the Center as a free-standing entity will disappear. And so I'll admit to periodically thinking over that trajectory with some nostalgia. But not with regret. We are—all of us—ready for this new challenge, and for the great project of becoming the Colin Powell School.


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With Thanksgiving less than a week away and all kinds of wintry holidays (and weather) on the horizon, we're sure the word "resort" doesn't exactly describe your wardrobe these days. But, what's in a name? Turns out, Loeffler Randall's newest collection has all kinds of winter-friendly kicks you can put into your daily rotation — starting now.
From stacked-heel booties to knee-high riders to glitzy, holiday-worthy pumps and flats, these brand-new beauties are just as practical as they are covetable. Why wait until spring?


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The art of combining text, pictures and patterns in an attractive, visual presentation that establishes your relevance and credibility by communicating the right message to the right people. By presenting a polished appearance you increase the perception of the value of your products or services and create a lasting impression.
A proficient designers ability comes from years of accumulated knowledge and experience, that adds value to your project.
They instinctively understand what images, colours, content, typesize and font choice to use, spacing the text to punctuate
and read easily, to make your promotional message clear and to leave blank space for the layout to gain impact.
Ultimately making the design work ON your business to get you noticed.
So your time is free to work IN your business delivering results to your clients.
The design which Wild Ideas provided for our new business cards was highly imaginative, unique and classy. Linda Wild worked very hard to understand our requirements, take on board our suggestions and come up with a range of creative ideas, colours and layouts from which to choose. She also negotiated very good rates for printing. We are delighted with the quality and look of the final product - and know that we wouldn't have got anything similar by doing it ourselves on line.
Dr J.S. Chambers
why graphic design
Anyone with a computer and 'word art' can create a poster or a flyer but only a graphic designer can create a Poster with punch, a Calendar with class and Wedding Stationery with a wow.
Companies on the internet provide stock designs and royalty free images for you to 'use', but everyone else before you will have used them. It can be costly, time consuming and open to many errors if you don't have the skill and knowledge.
A successful graphic design, comes from the services of wild ideas original graphic design, who take your ideas, turn them around and deliver your complete finished project. Its personal to you, its unique its original. And it looks pretty damn good to boot!
web design
Website coding is very technically skilled, and graphic design is very creatively skilled, and some web designers and graphic designers try to be a jack-of-all and do both.
However here at Wild Ideas, we have the perfect solution. Linda Wild recognises her strengths as a brilliant creative, but acknowledges her weakness with website coding.
Her affiliates, Dennis and Bina at DBN Web Design do the same. While they have excellent specialist coding skills, their graphic design ability does not have the visual sparkle.
But by working together, you as the client have the potential to achieve a top class result. Not only a unique and original website design and layout. But skilfully coded to the max with fabulous functionality, usability and browser/platform compatibility.
And you can be assured that your design will be given the required consideration for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).
As Dennis said: "At DBN Web Design we take great pride in the websites we create, and we know that the graphic design skills offered by Wild Ideas can make a good design into a Great Design that is really pleasing to the eye."


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Remember those little Paper Birdies I posted last Thursday? Well, ever since then, I've been thinking about what else I could make that would look cute with little paper clip legs/feet. Owls kept popping into my mind, so I gave them a try tonight.
Unfortunately, I don't have a template for the owl that I could link you to online and I don't know how to create a file for that from the little stencil that I made....so if anyone has access to one, I'd love to know about it so that I could link people to it.
What I did was look around online for owl shapes and printed one out, then cut it out and made a stencil out of it with heavy-weight cardstock. You can find all sorts of images on Google and print them out and use the outside edges to make your stencils.
I just adore all these patterned papers. I used the Lucky n Love paper pack from GinaK Designs. They're textured and double-sided so I was able to get 2 pairs of owls out of one piece of paper. The colors and patterns are just delicious!
My little paper birdies were made without any eyes, though they would look cute if you used a hole punch to punch out where the eye would be. They still look adorable with a hole punched out, though. The owl, on the other hand, I realized didn't seem to be quite finished without some sort of eyes. I tried a hole punch, but that didn't look right. I thought about googly eyes but couldn't remember where I last put them (you'd think I'd remember since we only moved in here 8 months ago and I went through every single craft item when I organized my studio). It dawned on me that the little self-adhesive rhinestones would make perfect eyes! Thy had that faceted look of so many of the owl stamps and scrapbooking stickers have. Plus, if you look at them in the right light, they almost DO look like googly eyes.
I love how things evolve as I'm working on them. I thought the rhinestone eyes would be the perfect finishing touch, but there was just something missing. It needed a splash of color and the owls didn't look right without a beak.
I cut some quick triangles from a thin strip of Pumpkin Pie scrap paper to create the little beaks. They were perfect!
I always find it funny to see how the paper clip feet end up when the owls (or birds) stand up. Depending on how you unfold, tweak and adhere the paper clips, the feet may go a completely different way from another owl because it simply stands different (or not) from another owl. That makes them look so unique and funky.
Now to think of what else I can make that would work well with paper clips!
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Alternative Economics, Alternative Societies
A series of billboards, posters and banners by Oliver Ressler
The central idea behind the billboard series "Alternative Economics, Alternative Societies" is to present different suggestions, which might be of interest when considering the principles on which an alternative to the existing capitalist system could be based. Such a society should in my opinion be less hierarchical, based on ideas of direct democracy and involve as many people as possible in decision-making processes. In the field of economy this would lead towards a variety of different models of workers self-management.
The billboard series, which has been carried out in public inner-city spaces in Europe and South America so far, might provide some ideas for people who are interested in thinking about a future society. The billboards can work as food for thought, as the basis for discussions, which are so necessary today when strategies for alternatives are not clear. But it also has to be clear that a desirable society should be realized and created by the people who live in it. A model, which prescribes and determines every aspect of this future society, cannot lead towards an ideal society.
The poster and billboard texts, with their large and highly visible fonts, are in the form of appeals, questioning existing dominant power relationships and indicating alternatives that share the rejection of the capitalist system of rule. Some of the ideas presented in this project have been elaborated upon in concepts such as "Participatory Economy" by Michael Albert, "Inclusive Democracy" by Takis Fotopoulos, are suggestions for an anarchist consensual democracy by Ralf Burnicki, or are based on considerations by the theorist John Holloway, especially in his book "Change the World Without Taking Power". This project uses the format of posters and billboards as arenas for the imagination. "Imagination is a very powerful liberating tool. If you cannot imagine something different you cannot work towards it", explains Marge Piercy in a video interview conducted for the ongoing exhibition project "Alternative Economics, Alternative Societies" by Oliver Ressler, to which this project is related.
The first presentation of this poster series took place in the framework of the project "Quicksand in De Pijp" by SKOR and Combiwel, curated by Amiel Grumberg, which was a program of artistic interventions taking place in the De Pijp neighborhood of Amsterdam in 2004. Since then, the posters, billboards or banners have been displayed in several cities, invited and funded by art institutions, and always carried out in the local language. Sometimes the presentations in public inner-city spaces were linked with the ongoing exhibitions project "", which was the case with the poster presentations in Rijeka, Karlsruhe and Lima. Sometimes the billboards were realized on their own (as in Bratislava and Copenhagen). While in Amsterdam around 2000 posters were placarded more or less illegal throughout several months, in Bratislava the large-scale billboards were displayed on city-owned commercial billboard sites, which were left for free to the Billboartgallery Europe, which makes them available for artists. In several of the other presentations, the house facades of art institutions, which invited me to realize works, were used for the public interventions.
- Image 1: Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, 2005
- The poster texts reads: Imagine and create revolutionary processes which are not intended to take over state power but to dissolve power relations
- Image 2: Billboartgallery Europe, Bratislava, 2004
- The poster texts read: Imagine a society in which people have a say in decisions in proportion to the degree that they are affected
- Image 3: "Quicksand in De Pijp", org. by SKOR, urban space in Amsterdam, 2004
- The poster text reads: Imagine being remunerated for effort and sacrifice, not for property or power


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Victor Karandashev is a Professor of Psychology. He graduated from Leningrad (currently St. Petersburg) State University and received his Ph.D and Sc.D degrees there as well. Now he is working as a Professor of Psychology at Vologda State Pedagogical University in Russia. Vologda is a beautiful ancient city about 600 km to the east from St. Petersburg. He teaches an Introductory Psychology course to fresh psychology students, Methods of Teaching Psychology for graduate students, supervises research projects which psychology degree students and Ph.D students conduct. His research interests are cognitive
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As the House of Commons backed the new laws by 304 votes to nil, David Cameron said Britain is "one step closer" to giving voters a choice on Brussels,
The result is a major victory for eurosceptic Tory MPs and the UK Independence Party, who have put the Prime Minister under pressure to set out concrete plans for a poll.
The vast majority of Labour and Lib Dem MPs stayed away from the debate, dismissing the whole European Union (Referendum) Bill as a parliamentary "stunt".
However, not a single MP actually voted against the Bill for fear of alienating the electorate, as the party leaders fear many voters are anti-Europe.
Conservative MPs lined up to mock Labour for its "confused" position on the issue. Bill Cash, Tory MP for Stone, accused Labour of "neglecting their duty to their constituents if they continue to refuse to support this Bill".
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, also challenged Labour MPs to defy their leadership as it would be a "badge of honour" and "show their weak leadership some real leadership that is sorely needed".
"It did say in the note circulated by Labour whips that has also come into my possession 'We will be looking for suitable speakers so the chamber is not completely empty," he said, drawing laughs.
"Well, they need not have worried this chamber would be empty, because there are hundreds of us here determined the people will have their say."
In the end, six Labour MPs - Roger Godsiff, Kate Hoey, Kelvin Hopkins, Dennis Skinner, Graham Stringer and Gisela Stuart - rebelled against their party line and voted with the Tories.
MPs voted on the issue even though they would usually not bother when there is such obvious support in the chamber. Despite knowing it would pass anyway, two Tory MPs forced all their colleagues to walk through the "aye" lobby to ensure there was a record of Labour and Liberal Democrat abstentions.
The Bill's second reading in the House of Commons is only the first formal stage of its progress through Parliament.
Liberal Democrats and Labour sources have suggested they could try to kill the legislation in the House of Lords.
However, Mr Cameron said he would "do everything I can to support this Bill" and get it on to the statute book as a new law.
"That is the clear Conservative position that I will champion and I believe we will succeed," he said.
Speaking in the House of Commons during the debate, James Wharton, the backbench MP for Stockton South who proposed the bill, said he was proud to sponsor new laws that millions want.
"It is an honour for me to put forward a Bill that at its heart, the heart of our democracy - that powers should reside with the people," he said.
"In proposing this Bill I speak for many here, I speak for many millions outside because it was in 1975 of course that the Labour government gave the British people a say on our membership of the European community."
Although the speakers were mostly Conservatives, some Labour MPs spoke out strongly in favour of the bill.
Dennis Skinner, the veteran MP for Bolsover, even called for a vote before the next election, rather than before 2017 as proposed by the Conservatives.
"In 1971, I voted against the then Common Market and I voted for a referendum in 1975. Sadly, the country didn't follow my advice or we wouldn't be doing what we are doing here today," he said.
"However, there is one thing deficient in this Bill - it doesn't ask for a referendum until 2017. What we need is a referendum before the next election. Will you give that guarantee?"


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Glenn has been working in the marketing research field since 1984. He has worked on both the corporate and supplier side, including stints with CIBC (one of the top five banks in Canada), extensive consumer research work across many SE Asian markets and work in several small to medium sized consultancies. He holds the CMRP (Certified Market Research Professional) industry designation and is a member of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA).
Oxygen operates with highly skilled and experienced senior research professionals and maintains an extensive network of specialists that are used as needed to build the best project team most suited to each research program.
Online and pre-recruited quali-quants using wireless data capture are the research methods most frequently used by Oxygen Research.


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Tricia and Aaron had a lovely wedding at the West Bay Beach and Golf Club. The rain passed by just in time for their poolside ceremony. Here is a sneak peek of some of their wedding images.
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Tricia and Aaron's Sneak Peek Wedding Video - RC Media Services
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Custom Wedding Guestbook - RC Media Services
Each RC Media couple has a piece of artwork, a custom guestbook and sneak peek cards included in their wedding collection. Here is the table from the Pileggi wedding and some of their pages.
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Saturday, June 20, 2015
Tricia + Aaron Engagement Portrait Video - RC Media Services, Fort Myers
I loved spending time with Tricia and Aaron at Lakes Park and Koreshan State Park while we took their Engagement Portraits. They are so easy going and sweet. Enjoy checking out some of their images.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department - 3 Matching Results
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- Provides guidance on the organization and duties of the military band.
- Engineer soldier's handbook.
- Describes the tools and tasks of the engineer soldier. Includes a proficiency test for soldiers in training.
- Watermanship
- "The purpose of this manual is three-fold: a. To give you those basic principles of watermanship that will enable you to meet with confidence any emergency that may arise. b. To teach you certain fundamental practices used during small landing-craft operations. c. To show you how to swim small lakes or rivers under combat conditions."


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From small beginnings…..
Intrepid was started in 1993 by engineer turned saleman Noel Verbruggen. Having worked for Knogo as an engineer at the very beginning of EAS in the UK and then for Dutch company ID Systems in sales, Noel decided to go it alone with one giant name in retail as his only customer. The ethos behind Intrepid was and still is, the customer is king and we can give more by listening to what the customer wants. That's exactly what we do now.


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text: He and Sheena are the guardians of the Michina ruins. They are extremely interested in their town's mythology and travel extensively to research it, especially the impact that Arceus's awakening has on the Dragon trio's dimensions. They were present near the plateau of Alamos Town as it was returned to the proper dimension by Palkia at the end of The Rise of Darkrai and later visited the glacier in Gracidea to see Zero's ship after it crashed during the climax of Giratina and the Sky Warrior. Sheena and him explained the legend of Damos to Ash and friends and was present when Arceus attacked Michina Town. While Sheena and the others time traveled to the past thanks to Dialga, he stayed behind and watched the fight between Arceus and the dragon trio. It is also presumed that he has some sort of a romantic relationship with Sheena.


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- In the Catholic Historical Review, Liz Clark surveys the historiography of late antiquity and late ancient Christianity.
- Katell Berthelot's new article in Recherches de Science Religieuse surveys recent work in the field of ancient Judaism.
- Historic Christian Library saved from ISIS.
- Louis Menand takes on History in the New Yorker.
- Zvi Stampfer's "Geniza fragment of the month", and asks, did the academies at Sura and Pumbedita hold the original commentaries on the Talmud?
- Congrats to David Michelson and Syriaca.org, who received an NEH grant for their work.
- The New York Times' Travel Section features Herod the Great's Israel (although admittedly, it's not the most accurate rendering of Herod's role and kingdom).
- AJR collected a reading list for these last days of Passover.
The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies at UPenn is offering graduate student research fellowships. Deadline, June 1.
manuSciences '15: Franco-German Summer school in manuscript studies combining history and philology with materials sciences, digital humanities and computer sciences from 9/6/15-9/12/15. Deadline, May 26.
4/17-19 "Pain & Pleasure in Classical Antiquity" at Columbia University. RSVP required.
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Not sure why– but I am not too able to do 2 things at once. So as long as I am stuck over at falling in love with Pinterest– my blog here might just get pretty jealous.
And thanks to those of you that kept messaging me asking me WHY I`m not pinning yet– you know who you are (Shelly Y, Christy, Audrey, Shannon, Thelma, etc). Thanks, you know me better than I know myself.
Honestly, I hope to be back soon.
Enjoy your fall! I am loving it…………


text: Protesters in Reykjavik surrounded the prime minister's car and pelted it with eggs But a senior politician in the country's ruling party said she expects early elections this year. Protests About 2,000 demonstrators gathered outside Reykjavik's parliament building late on Wednesday, with some throwing rocks, paving stones, fireworks, shoes and toilet paper, Stefan Eiriksson, the city's police chief, said. He said police used pepper spray and then tear gas to try to disperse protesters. "We had to take action to split up the people and try to avoid further damage and injuries to the police,'' he said. "This was our last resort.'' Witnesses said some demonstrators tried to stop others from throwing rocks at police. On Wednesday, protesters pelted eggs at the car of the prime minister, surrounding the vehicle and banging it with cans. The limousine was able to drive away after riot police arrived. Elections The financial crisis has caused the country's currency to plummet, leading to demonstrations by people who are angry at the coalition government's handling of the situation. Thorgerdur Gunnarsdottir, deputy leader of the centre-right Independence party, told parliament she expected elections this year. Iceland does not officially have to hold a national election until 2011. Haarde's office did not comment on Gunnarsdottir's remarks. The government could fall if the Social Democratic Alliance, partner to Haarde's Independence party, were to withdraw its support. At a meeting on Wednesday, the party's Reykjavik chapter called on it to sever its alliance with the ruling party and trigger elections by May. But Haarde, speaking as demonstrators chanted outside the parliament building, said he still had the support of his Social Democrat coalition partner. SOURCE: Agencies


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Stream full sets from Flying Lotus, Death from Above 1979, Twin Shadow, and more
The Sasquatch! Festival took place in Quincy, Washington's the Gorge last weekend and, if you couldn't make it, NPR has you covered. They've got full sets from the fest available for stream and download from Wilco, Modest Mouse, the Flaming Lips, Flying Lotus, Death from Above 1979, the Decemberists, Guided by Voices, Robyn, Death Cab for Cutie, Wolf Parade, the Antlers, Das Racist, Archers of Loaf, Iron & Wine, Wavves, the Thermals, Local Natives, Gayngs, Black Mountain, Foo Fighters, Washed Out, Bob Mould, Sharon Van Etten, the Radio Dept., Twin Shadow, and Wye Oak.
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Experimental Short Films are provocative, exciting, spontaneous, and sometimes forbidden, but unfortunately, they're somewhat unknown. So we've opened the doors of the AXW/online streaming web site, culled from works screened in the ANOTHER EXPERIMENT BY WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL…
The first 4 Shows are available for personal use, streaming into your computer, tablet, television, or home entertainment center.
Curated works by 16 filmmakers comprise the opening shows, and new shows will be added regularly.
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Sandra Stowell
Sandra Stowell
Port Townsend, WA, United States
About Sandra Stowell
Following a 20+ year career in computing, I turned to art full time, moved from the city (Seattle, WA) to a cohousing community in the idyllic small town of Port Townsend, WA. I have a particular interest in sculpture, dabble in printmaking, and work with a wide variety of media. I don't go far without pencils, & use pastels, watercolors, inks, and much more. My original work is often transformed & reused in both physical and digital collage; I use a computer, scanner and archival ink jet printer as artists tools to modify and create new work. I especially enjoy layering and combining in print making and collage. I appreciate the element of surprise, so rarely make detailed plans. I try to balance a need for control, which requires technical skill and practice, with a sense of play and enjoyment. Despite my play, I take my work seriously: it is a daily practice. I do not follow techniques and trends in the art world, however it is a delight to encounter a new technique that allows me to express my visual thoughts. Art is a form of expression and way to share what I see and feel. I want to communicate the sense of mystery and delight I feel myself. I hope to capture your eye and mind, and to take you to a different place for at least a moment. My Thread is a Rope The thread I hold is a rope. My thread is not a delicate silken floss, Bright with color. The thread that I hold onto is a rope: Strong, dull, dun colored, Dirty, encrusted with the juices of sixty-two years. Years of living, struggling, crying Laughing, making, and holding hands. Tarred by many more years of history, Family stories, memories not my own. Some strands of this rope are loose, Unraveled, untidy, adhering to people and things Left along the way. But the rope is strong: I can Pull, and lean, and even hang limp From this thread. --- Sandra British citizen born 1955 in Alexandria, Egypt. Immigrated to the USA with my parents, becoming a US citizen. Graduated a Computer Science B.S. from Florida State University after 18 months as an Art Major.
Selected Exhibitions2010 Shape of Water, Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, WA 2010 Close to Home, Tyler Street Cafe, Port Townsend, WA 2009 Printmaker's Hand, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA 2009 Tashiro Kaplan All-Arts Building 5th Anniversary Open House, Seattle, WA 2008 The CVG Show '08, Collective Visions, a Gallery of Art, Bremerton, WA 2007Art Port Townsend 9th Annual Juried Show, Port Townsend, WA 2006 Vessels, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA 2006 Figures, solo exhibition at Belltower Art, Port Townsend, WA 2005 Contemporary Collage, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA ,
I have not exhibited my work much for the past few years: exhibiting is less exciting than it once was. Truth is that it can be downright unpleasant!
It takes up too much of my time, with not much reward: I don't get much feedback from juried shows, and organizing individual exhibitions is a major enterprise.
I do want my work to be seen, so I publish online, and use my time to make new work! I prefer exploring new materials and ideas (sculpture currently) over organizing, framing, and making shows happen! It is such a luxury that I do not need to depend on art sales for survival.
So I exhibit here on Saatchi Online, on my art blog: http://ptartist.com, and in my own online photo gallery at http://sandrastowell.com/zengallery/


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In Latent Semantic Analysis – Part 1 i have covered procedure for building Term Document Matrix (TDM) as it is a prerequisite for building LSI model . Now lets see how this TDM is supplied to SVD to obtain U , S, and V matrices.
To build a Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) model to find statistical synonyms of a word (Term-Term Similarity) from a huge corpus.
Observation and legends:
Once we have built our TDM matrix, we call upon a powerful but little known technique called Singular Value Decomposition or SVD to analyze the matrix for us. The reason SVD is useful, is that it makes the best possible reconstruction of the matrix with the least possible information. To do this, it throws out noise, which does not help, and emphasizes strong patterns and trends, which do help. The trick in using SVD is in figuring out how many dimensions or "concepts" to use when approximating the matrix. In our case , once we have supplied TDM to SVD we will landed up with three matrix name U , S, V .
U matrix generally correspond to term vector coordinate , V matrix correspond to Document vector coordinate. Since our objective is to find Term-Term Similarity , we will concentrate on U matrix. As i already mentioned that i stated build TDM using java language so it will be continent to proceed the remain of work will same java language.
SVD is not include with basic jdk , special library files are need to process SVD . JAMA is a linear algebra package for Java , using this library files we could easily process SVD.
But before computing SVD , Let get the query term for which statistical synonym or similar term has to find. Each token in the query have to be passed to stop word list and stemming function. One done this ,find the know token (which is already present in Count matrix ) and sum their corresponding coordinates then applied weighted function to it.
In my experiment after computing the query terms Q , i kept the Q coordinate at the last index of my TDM , this is help me to find the Cosine relation of last index with remaining indexes.
With help JAMA library package , i passed the TDM matrix into SVD and then i retrieved U and S matrix.
Matrix A = new Matrix(Weighted_TDM);
SingularValueDecomposition svd = A.svd();
Matrix U = svd.getU();
Matrix S = svd.getS();
After getting U and S matrix ,we have to multiple U and S matrix then with the resultant matrix (say T matrix ) we can find Term-Term Similarity using Cosine relation.
cos A = —————
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for Example
To find the angle between two vector coordinate say
v = 2i + 3j + k
w = 4i + j + 2k
we compute:
v . w = 8 + 3 + 2 = 13
If the angle is between 0 and 90 then there exits a relation (some similarity ) between the two vector coordinated. Similarly we have compute cosine relation between query coordinated and other coordinate. lesser the angle more similarity between the terms.
It was tough for me to work from command prompt this time so i decide to build LSI model with GUI complaints.
Steps for execution.
1. Enter the corpus directory in the specified field.
2. Click Extract Keywords button
3. Enter the query keywords in the specified field.
4. Click Compute Weighted TDM button
5. Click Process Query button
6. Click Compute SVD from Weighted TDM button
Resultant of each event will display separately in differed toggle plane (Tabs).
Once the corpus directory is set and Extract keyword button is clicked the keywords from corpus which is not a stop words and stemmed will be displayed in List of words in corpus tab.
When Compute Weighted TDM button is clicked followed Process Query button is clicked after giving the query in specified field the count matrix , weighted TDM and Sum of query vector coordinate will be separately show in Count matrix tab , Weighted TDM tab ,Query Vector Coordinates tab.
Term similarity with corresponding cosine angle could be seen after clicking Compute SVD from Weighted TDM .
Test Case
To test the model different type of input (query term) has been given to find their statistical similar terms. Tabulation here show some of test case result.
Similar terms and their corresponding angle
|networking company
|expertcosine A = 36.808665072949225
cosine A = 40.57505845078519
cosine A = 43.89788624801361
cosin A = 46.739184943348484
cosin A = 48.831127830382684
cosin A = 48.83112783038286
Similar terms and their corresponding angle
|corporate in India
|corporatecosin A = 0.0
cosin A = 39.23152048359223
cosin A = 50.76847951640772
cosin A = 50.76847951640775
cosin A = 56.78908923910091
cosin A = 58.909069642326905
cosin A = 58.90906964232696
cosin A = 58.90906964232697
cosin A = 59.529640534020224
To my understanding , construction of TDM is important role in LSI model , even though we have removed the stop words and infection the accuracy get increased only after manually removing noise words which are neither stop word nor infection. In My experiment i encountered noise words such as numbers , page numbers , date , some symbols notation etc. It has also observed that no .of keywords becomes less when corpus below to same domain, if corpus consists of different domain then list of keywords increase tremendously.
Thus we have successfully found statistical similar terms for inputted query.
Download : LSI Model


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Regulator now seeks reforms
Under severe criticism for allowing bank robbers and racketeers to sell loans in Florida, the state's top mortgage industry regulator is calling for sweeping emergency changes to bar people convicted of financial crimes from peddling loans and running mortgage businesses.
Commissioner Don Saxon, under pressure to resign, will ask Gov. Charlie Crist and Cabinet members at a meeting Tuesday to grant the changes -- the toughest bans ever proposed in Florida, a state reeling from the highest fraud rate in the country.
"There is ample evidence to show that crime in the mortgage lending industry has reached record levels, " said a draft of an emergency rule change Saxon is expected to introduce to the Cabinet on Tuesday.
The request comes three weeks after a Miami Herald series showed the Office of Financial Regulation has allowed more than 10,000 people with criminal histories -- including armed robbers and cocaine traffickers -- to work in the mortgage industry since 2000. The newspaper found that convicted felons went on to fleece consumers and lenders of at least $85 million.
The proposal represents a reversal for the longtime state regulator who has defended his agency's licensing practices since publication of The Herald's investigation. In his appearance before the Cabinet two weeks ago, Saxon insisted that "we do not have a systemic problem of licensing felons."
But in his 30-page proposal -- which calls for an overhaul of the OFR's licensing system -- he acknowledged the standards for mortgage professionals "have not kept pace with the increasing sophistication of the mortgage industry."
Saxon, who was ordered by the governor and Cabinet two weeks ago to come up with the changes, did not return phone calls for comment Monday.
His proposal asserts that Florida's mortgage crisis constitutes "an immediate danger" to the public and requires emergency measures to protect consumers from fraud and predatory lending.
The measures present a host of restrictions on former criminals trying to enter the once-freewheeling industry, including:
* Banning anyone convicted of a felony involving fraud, money laundering, dishonesty and breach of trust from becoming a broker. The Herald found that despite a requirement to screen criminal backgrounds, Saxon's agency allowed people into the industry who were guilty of 2,821 financial crimes, including 922 larcenies, 752 frauds and 161 forgeries.
* Requiring former criminals such as murderers and rapists to wait 15 years from their conviction date before getting a mortgage broker license.
* Barring people guilty of misdemeanors involving fraud, dishonest dealing and moral turpitude from getting a license until five years after their conviction.
The proposal also requires that regulators suspend or revoke a license if they discover someone lied on their application. The Herald investigation found numerous cases of brokers who got their licenses even after regulators caught them lying, including one man who omitted his conviction and 17-year prison sentence for strangling his wife and dumping her into Tampa Bay.
While the report addresses several problems raised in The Herald's series, the proposal stops short of addressing other problems that have long undermined the state's troubled mortgage industry.
For example, the new rules do not include criminal background checks when mortgage brokers renew their licenses, a key to weeding out professionals who break the law after entering the industry. The Herald found scores of brokers who were convicted of financial crimes -- including mortgage fraud -- but continued peddling loans without the threat of state sanctions.
The measures also do not address the licensing of loan originators -- those who do the same job as mortgage brokers with the same access to consumers' personal financial information. The Herald found more than 5,000 people with criminal histories working in Florida as loan originators, many of whom went on to scam consumers and lenders out of millions.
State leaders involved in mortgage industry legislation over the past five years said they favored the new proposals, but questioned why the agency took so long to press for changes.
Lawmakers have complained that Saxon showed a lack of urgency in pushing for reforms and did not alert them about the need for tougher regulatory oversight.
"There is a huge question mark as to why none of this was brought up before when it really mattered, " said House Minority Leader Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach.
"This should have been done before the cow left the barn."
Sen. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, who chairs the committee that oversees the OFR, said he wished Saxon had proposed the changes earlier. "We never suspected that someone could have been guilty of a felony for fraud and still have a license, " he said.
Florida's chief financial officer, Alex Sink -- and consumer groups like AARP -- have called for Saxon's ouster.
But the three other members of Florida's Cabinet -- Crist, Attorney General Bill McCollum and Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson -- have said they want to wait until an internal review is completed.
A status report of the review determining how many former criminals were allowed into the industry is expected Tuesday.


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I have been known to complain. From time to time.
In certain circles, in fact I am known as P.W.B.: prissy, whiny baby. A label I may have assigned myself in a fit of bewilderment that any mature, emotionally stable male might ever, in his right mind, want to be involved with me.
My reaction to missing the last 7 a.m. Metra to work? Prissy. Whiny. A moment of blubbering until I realize I can get on the bus to placid, quiet Park Ridge and wait at Panera with a nice cup of coffee until the 9 a.m. train comes through.
How. Ever.
My reaction to missing the last flight out of Philadelphia? As the result of an inexplicable two-hour delay in Ithaca, my own personal hell? After dodging propellers and running from the tarmac to the shuttle from terminal F to terminal A, roughly 48 miles apart, and blocked by not one but five departing planes? All calmly en route to their destinations and completely unaware that I had less than 10 minutes to get to my flight? After running, practically dry heaving on the moving walkway, through the international terminal (for a domestic flight) only to see the gate agents playing a celebratory game of Parcheesi at the desk, the door already closed and secured for departure? My reaction? Hysterics. Prissy, whiny babies: Fear me.
By the way, U.S. Airways is the devil. Do not fly with them. Ever.
So now?
It would seem I am simply collecting pens from exotic hotels.
Currently in my purse: Hampton Inn — Columbus, Hilton Garden Inn — Ithaca, random clickie pen of unknown origin. Furtively obtained, to be sure. (I'd say I stole it from the guy who delivered my Thai food last night, but I had to lend him my Garden Inn pen because someone else had stolen his. The nerve.)
Soon to be added to the collection: Quality Inn — Essington, Pa.
Which is where I am now, stripped to my underthings in a plank-stiff, king-size bed. My suitcase is somewhere at the Philadelphia airport with all my clothes in it. It is possibly carrying my dignity and the final shreds of my sanity as well.
I may never get home to write on my little dry-erase kitchen board again. I am doomed to an existence marked by tiny logo notepads and cheap logo Bics.
And yet.
This day could have been so much worse.
It was so much worse for a lot of people. I met a lot of them tonight.
The woman in Ithaca who was dealing with the same travel delays the fact that her husband had just left for Iraq. She was still smiling, somehow.
The man from Oslo who had missed his flight out for the same reason as me, only his was international. He has only a week back home, and he's going to miss one of them stuck in a Philadelphia airport hotel. The next flight out for him wasn't until 5 p.m. Wednesday. His cell phone battery was nearly dead; he just wanted to talk to his wife back in New Mexico. We had been in line for an hour at the point I abandoned him.
The family of seven who had been waiting two hours for a shuttle to the airport hotel where I'm now holed up. Who couldn't pile in because there were so many people who had been waiting just as long but had fewer children in tow. This prissy, whiny baby crammed into the front seat of the Patchouli-Vanilla Express to the Quality Inn with another similarly unfortunate soul: a long-haired rocker whose band is headlining a German music festival that starts tomorrow. He's the lead singer, and they can't go on without him. His guyliner was smudged.
And always: There are people who made my life bearable and then some, without even realizing their gift.
The horde of horticulture nerds I spent the day with, before this whole travel ordeal was on my radar. We joked about begonia freaks and traded plant-related snark for hours. (Who knew?)
Ryan, the Garden Inn front desk guy who: gave me directions to the ice cream parlor, retrieved my bags for me, drove me to the airport and chatted with me for the entire ride. He's just discovering writing, and I nearly assaulted him with my card
The TSA agent who told me the janitor's name (Dan) so I could get into the Ithaca airport's one bathroom quickly, who later brought me pizza from behind the security gate because I…well, I whined.
The aforementioned Norwegian man, whose broken English was so endearing to me: He kept telling me he'd lost his flight. We were friends for at least an hour, until I abandoned him. And yet? I never learned his name.
The woman at the information desk who called me "baby" in that "sweet child of mine" way, hell bent on making sure I was headed in the right direction. Red-rimmed eyelids will get you everywhere.
Two gate agents, just leaving their shifts, who stopped for 20 minutes at the ticketing counter to help me get my hotel voucher and boarding pass. Seeing the human side of an airline is equal parts shocking and comforting. Beyond the polyester uniform, there is a heart. Apparently.
Noah, the marijuana policy lawyer in town from D.C. to reshape American policy on the ganja (did you know that's Sanskrit?), was in front of me in line and wanted to hear my story. Because we live in the smallest of worlds, I found out he'd just stayed the weekend with a friend who lives about three blocks from me in Chicago.
Buffy, the vampire slayer. On DVD. Three times.
It's nearly 12:30, Eastern time. Why am I still awake?
Maybe because tomorrow, when I get home, this day of travel will be nothing more than a nightmare. Prissy, whiny fodder to fuel the infantile fire when I need it.
But a little perspective is nice, and something I tend to lose sight of.
Really? Life could be so much worse; to put all the great things in my life down on paper would take far more tiny paper and cheap ink than these hotels can provide.
So here I am.


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Apple will fix the iPhone 6s, which are spontaneously deactivated. This time free
Last week Apple announced a new Multi-Touch Repair Program for the iPhone 6 Plus, offering those wishing to repair a broken touch screens for $ 150. A proposal has been commented upon by the plaintiff.
In addition, Apple has launched another program designed for owners of smartphones iPhone 6s, which are spontaneously deactivated. Under the program fall within the smartphones released in September-October 2015 with a specific serial number.
If your smartphone is noted for such behavior, you can contact the authorised service centre where after checking the serial numbers you will change the battery. Money for this service in the absence of external damage, the company will not take. Users to replace the battery at their own expense, can contact the service center for compensation.


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The power of design to affect change
The development team behind the new family of award-winning 1 Hotels (Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Miami) is driven by a passion for design and a commitment to authenticity and sustainability. At the heart of their vision for a new kind of hotel experience, is the intentional and creative use of 'natural materials.'
At 1 Hotels, it's our intention to reconnect people with nature through good design and to do it sustainably. We're constantly inspired by what we find in our environment and seek to bring the outside in...
One of the deeper intentions driving our design ethos is an idea that if you can create empathy or appreciation in things derived from nature, people are more likely to place more value on those objects. So by using natural materials, we hope to affect a change in the way people value nature.
Whether it be beetle kill pine in the halls of 1 Hotel South Beach, Reclaimed Redwood from nearby water towers for 1 Hotel Central Park, or living plants in each room, all have been placed there deliberately to engage the senses and bring our guests closer to the natural world.
Throughout the development of 1 Hotel Central Park, The Hudson Company worked closely with both the project designers AvroKO and the client to kit out 1 Hotel Central Park with a wide range of high-quality, high-character reclaimed wood flooring, paneling, and beams products, as well as several one-of-a-kind wood installation pieces (see photos above and below).
Bringing The Outside In: A wide range of Reclaimed Wood at 1 Hotel Central Park
Included at the extraordinary new 1 Hotel Central Park is 50,000 square feet of 8" wide Select Harvest Oak [Silt Finish] flooring, 30,000 square feet of Reclaimed Barn Siding [Grey Board], 50 Reclaimed Hand Hewn Beams, 1,500 square feet of Reclaimed Redwood [NYC Water Tanks], 2,000 feet of Reclaimed Mixed Softwoods [Threshing Floor, Old Face], Reclaimed Travaux Maple [New Face, Chevron] flooring, and a custom finished, debarked Spalted Elm Stump.
To learn more about 1 Hotel Central Park, visit their official website. To learn more about how you can elevate your next design project with any of the Reclaimed wood products mentioned or show here, please contact us today.
All photos courtesy of 1 Hotel Central Park. Photos by Eric Laignel.


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All films shown at the Carterton Events Centre
Carterton Film Society is run totally by volunteers. We need people to be ushers, deliver advertising materials and so on. If you'd like to join the organising committee or help in any way, let us know below, we'd love to have you on board!
Whether or not you are a member you can go on our mailing list to receive a monthly email reminder of the upcoming film.


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In the world of peacebuilding, social change and development there is generally a great emphasis on creating change but rarely an emphasis on the importance of taking care of the practitioners doing the day to day work of creating this change. We believe that transformed people transform the world around them and therefore, we must invest in the wellbeing of practitioners, in the whole person; body, mind and spirit. We believe in creativity to see beyond and beneath what lies on the surface. We believe in beauty to shift us out of familiar ways of seeing and reacting, and we believe in the transformative power of intentional spaces where we can encounter ourselves, our stories, our work and those around us new ways.
About Us
Vanessa Contopulos and Michael Fryer are a wife and husband team who met through the Department Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, UK. On a grey morning in March 2009 they connected over a shared love of the arts, peacebuilding and the importance of holistic approaches in conflict transformation and social change.
Through The SongStream Project which they co-founded, they work together in exploring voices on the margins of society through the lens of music and memory. Reflective Peace is the next step on their shared journey.
They live in San Diego with their daughter Eloise.
Alpenglow Retreat Center, Colorado


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An unknown author writes a script that gets purchased by a major production company. It sounds like a fairly straightforward story and licensing deal, right? Not for James Erwin who wrote "Rome, Sweet Rome" a story about a modern day U.S. Marine who goes back in time to fight in Ancient Rome. Erwin then sold the exclusive movie rights to Warner Brothers. However, this deal presents some interesting copyright issues because Erwin originally shared his ideas for "Rome, Sweet Rome" on Reddit, a social news website whose content is entirely user created. In addition to publishing his story here, user content was contributed by the community and arguably used by Erwin to finalize his story.
Reddit has a stake in Erwin's deal because of the User Agreement that all Reddit users agree to when they join the website community. The agreement specifies that users "agree that by posting messages, ... or engaging in any other form of communication with or through the Website, you [the user] grant us [Reddit] a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, reproduce, ... distribute, ... or sublicense any such communication in any medium ... and for any purpose, including commercial purposes, and to authorize others to do so." This presents the possibility that Reddit could now turn around and sell the portions of "Rome, Sweet Rome" divulged on the website. Section 205(e) of the Copyright Act states that a "nonexclusive license ... prevails over a conflicting transfer of copyright ownership" which seems to indicate that Reddit could legally license away the movie rights to "Rome, Sweet Rome," specifically the portions of the story and feedback trading on Reddit.
James Erwin, per Warner Bros. advice, has since removed "Rome, Sweet Rome" from Reddit and Reddit has not made any public efforts to sell its rights in the script. However, Reddit is operated by Advance Publications, a subsidiary of Conde Nast Publications. This means that they might be more likely than a small, independent website to license rights out to test the legal waters on the issue.
Regardless of whether Reddit acts on "Rome, Sweet Rome," it brings about an interesting issue of the rights of nonexclusive rights of licensees and licensors. For more on this story, see Does Warner Bros. Really Have Exclusive Movie Rights to a Story Posted on Reddit?


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Notes from the Weekend
This weekend was rather special as we celebrated our new apartment on Saturday, just before the arrival of the couch. Much fun was had and dancing done by all and admittedly I didn't set foot outside yesterday.
Instead I spent the day cocooning at home, cleaning and watching films – lucky too as the temperature has dropped about 10 degrees in the last few days. Winter is finally here. Anyway this one's short and sweet, so here are a few links and current favourite things from the last week.
+ The new
guide came out last week – it's essential reading material for any Parisian foodie. I've already ear-marked a few places.
+ Friday night I attended a lovely soiree hosted by
and drank chocolat chaud, ate macarons and trotted off with a tasty box of chocs.
+ Chocolates were followed by tacos at the newly opened
. I went to the one in London when it was a pop up in Shoreditch. So to see it in Paris was a real treat, especially with it being so close to my new place.
+ The ceramic dish pictured was made by my mum, who has been making pots on and off for years. Every time I go to visit her back in the UK, I return to Paris with at least 3 more.
+ I found the perfect wooden
from Muji (ok it says 'salad', but I think it works for fruit too!)
+ I finally watched
last week. Incredible film and it had me getting a little philosophical and pondering about life...It also satisfied my inner Sci-fi geek. Don't get me started on the new Star Wars trailer..
+ And I purchased this
from COS – it's perfect for winter layering


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To start your application, create an account. You will be able to save your progress and enable you to come back anytime to check on the status of your application. Please read thoroughly before selecting your application type.
Application Types:
1. Student With Guarantor - Most of our applicants choose this application. Choose this application if you will have a parent or other person co-signing the lease with you. Your guarantor will need to provide proof of income that equals or exceeds (4) times the term rent amount.
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This 4-hour experience is for entrepreneurs and business owners who want to take their businesses to the next level. You bring real, concrete challenges and opportunities that you're working on in your business. We work through them real-time, peeling back the layers of what's getting in the way and co-creating a plan for authentic action and meaningful results.
This will be a small and intimate group, in order to maintain a high level of personalized attention and rich group dialogue. You will get many of the benefits of 1:1 coaching, with added perspective and insight from other entrepreneurial peers.
You will leave with:
- New Insight and Tactical Tools for Growing Your Business in a Way that Feels Authentic and Alive
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The experience includes:
- 1:1 and Small Group Coaching
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- Nourishing Lunch
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Investment is $300 and includes all of the above.
To learn more, to apply for a scholarship-based spot, to sponsor an entrepreneur to attend, or to have a conversation, contact Sarah.


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Patient suffers severe burns after farting during surgery
All surgeries are believed to carry some risks.
A female patient in Japan is said to have experienced this to an extreme degree when she farted during a procedure, causing a fire to erupt and burn parts of her lower body.
The Asahi Shimbun is reporting that the accident occurred on April 15 when a woman in her 30s was having her cervix operated on with a laser at Tokyo Medical University Hospital.
The news outlet quotes a recently released report as concluding that "When the patient's intestinal gas leaked into the space of the operation (room), it ignited with the irradiation of the laser, and the burning spread, eventually reaching the surgical drape and causing the fire."
The group could not otherwise find flammable items in the operating room or problems with the equipment.
The patient reportedly suffered serious burns along her waist and legs.


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On January 28-29 we were back in our own hood, Brooklyn, New York City, for one more Certification Course. Participants came in from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Colorado, North Carolina - and as far away as Bulgaria.
We are in the process of translating the Growthwheel Tools to Bulgarian in partnership with NextFab and the first Worksheets will soon be ready.
We were happy to welcome advisors from the following organizations:
- Inertial Combustion, LLC
- NextFab LLC
- NJ SBDC at Rutgers New Brunswick
- NY SBDC at Binghamton University
- Suffolk County Community College


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ways to preserve your land
As a landowner, there are a number of different ways you can work with the Palouse Land Trust to protect your property and establish a lasting conservation legacy. We can accept donations of land or development rights, and depending on available funding sources, may be able to purchase land or development rights. The most common tool used by the Land Trust for conservation projects is a conservation easement.
A conservation easement is a voluntary agreement that a willing landowner makes to permanently restrict the type and extent of activities that may take place on his or her property in the future, while still retaining the rights of private ownership. A conservation easement does not necessarily exclude development, but may limit types of development that would impact the conservation values the easement seeks to preserve and protect. For example, a conservation easement to protect prime agricultural land may allow for a barn to be built but would prohibit subdivision of the property for a housing development.
The landowner continues to own and manage the property; he or she may sell it, live on it, use it, or leave it to heirs, but the agreed-upon restrictions remain with the land forever. The landowner gives the Land Trust the right to monitor and enforce the terms of the easement agreement, all the while keeping the property in the owner's hands and on the tax rolls.


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Here's a chat conversation that actually happened. See if you can find all the places where each person is telling themselves a story about the other person, and then assuming its true, and notice how volatile the conversation can get in such situations:
A: is it some kind of disrespect @B? nice...B: what?A: nothing, I've just asked u a question that u just ignored, so i asked if it some kind of disrespect. i guess soB: and the answer is in the hipchat which you supposed to have open. you are welcome to open it now and read the answerA: it is opened, and was opened all that timeB: well, you are not in the roomB: the name of the room is [something] you know.. like the company ;)
You can never assume what the other person's reason for behaving in a specific way is. But we like to tell ourselves stories about why they did or didn't do something, so that we don't have to engage in "real" conversations.
Always try to assume that the other side means well and has good intentions, and is trying their best, and they have good reasons. Under that assumption, you could see that you'd be right most of the time.
People don't intentionally try to "hurt the project" . You'd be usually wrong to thing someone "doesn't care" or "isn't smart enough to get it" or that "they did it wrong".
Many times the fault is miscommunication, and if we understand that, we can disarm many conversations that naturally we tend to make worse, when they can be quite pleasant as figuring out a misunderstanding on our part.
How to fix this:
Instead of "is it some kind of disrespect?" you can say "I can't see any answer from you". Simply describe your reality from your side.
Instead of "The answer is in the hipchat you're supposed to have open" you could say "I did answer. it's in the hipchat room. Does anybody else see my answer? start with "bla..." "
you can see that this can disarm the chat quite easily, because nobody is being blamed for being an idiot here. There are only facts, and tries to figure out why they are different on both sides.
It is much like debugging a situation:"I can see X on my side. But you can't. Let's see what we missed"


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I follow Mr. Nimoy on Twitter and he announced one day that the first 10 people to buy a shirt from his Etsy shop would get a personally autographed pic. I shopped as fast as I could, but never thought I'd be one of the 10!
I couldn't breathe when I opened the package and there was my name in his handwriting! Remember, I'm a dork.
This now proudly hangs on my living room wall.