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National Sweatshop Workers Tour Kicks Off at Macalester College, IWW Headquarters
April 21, 2010
Kalpona Akter, of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity (BCWS), paying her respects at the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, in which 146 workers, overwhelmingly women, died because their factory was locked from the outside. In February 2010, 21 workers died in a similar fire in a Bangladeshi Factory Fire.
Kalpona has been working in sweatshops since she was twelve. Coming from already-desperate poverty, she spent a few years thinking of her exploitation in relatively benign terms: "I thought I had a good job! I worked for them, and they paid me money!" Even though, as she described moments later, she was working non-stop, for 23 days at a stretch, and living on the factory floors. At the age of twelve, she live with her family about 5 days a month between 'shifts.' It wasn't until Kalpona heard about Bangladesh's formal – and rarely enforced – labor laws that she realized her job was actually a horrendous violation of what other people thought her rights should, and could, be. Today, Kalpona is a union activist working at Bangladesh Center for Worker Soldarity (BCWS).
Along with Zehra Bano from the Home Based Women Workers union in Pakistan, Akter kicked off a national speaking tour on Friday at Macalester College. The "Sweat Shop Workers Speak Out!" tour is organized nationally by the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) and Sweat Free Communities (SFC), and was organized locally by the Twin Cities Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, 'the wobblies') and Macalester College Religious Studies. At many of the stops, other associated events will also be held. In the Twin Cities, an evening benefit concert was held for the workers by the Industrial Workers of the World, a labor union with its local headquarters in Minneapolis' historic Grain Belt Brewery Bottling Building in Northeast Minneapolis. Local bands Cloves and Big Strong Men performed, along with performances from the Hype Dance Troupe, and DJ sets from DJ Colin of Spinner's Suite.
Zehra Bano, of the Pakistani Home Based Women Workers' Union, represents women who sew soccer balls in their homes,
according to piece-work rates.
Kalpona's experience – moving from a situation of such desperate exploitation and poverty that she herself didn't even realize it – is emblematic of the situation of workers in Sweatshops and Export Processing Zones (EPZ) around the world: it was not until Kalpona discovered that laws existed protecting her as a worker that she felt emboldened to question the conditions of her labor, and to struggle to have those conditions improved. The tour she and Zehra are now on addresses precisely the disconnect between nice words and good laws, and their lack of associated action and enforcement. Continue reading


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The state of Minnesota devotes most of its financial aid to students from low- and moderate-income families. In Fiscal Year 2015, Minnesota students received almost $187.8 million in state need-based aid:
- $177 million in Minnesota State Grants was made to 99,500 Minnesota residents attending Minnesota postsecondary institutions as undergraduates.
- $5.8 million in Postsecondary Child Care Grants were made to 2,182 undergraduates.
- $51,506 to the survivors of safety officers killed in the line of duty.
- $1.5 million in Minnesota GI Bill awards to 1,037 veterans.
- $3.5 million in Minnesota Indian Scholarship awards to 1,087 students.
The state subsidizes a number of work study programs at schools around the state. In 2015, about 10,828 students earned $20.4 million in state work study jobs (includes 25 percent employer share of earnings).
Minnesota also operates a state loan program, the Student Educational Loan Fund (SELF), for students and families who have exhausted or do not qualify for need-based aid. In Fiscal Year 2015, 8,350 Minnesota students borrowed approximately $54.4 million in SELF Loans.
In 2013, financial aid totaling $3.3 billion helped Minnesota students and families pay for postsecondary education. The money was provided by the state and federal governments, colleges, and private sources. Minnesota students received $1.5 billion in grants or scholarships, $1.7 billion in student loans, $140 million in parent loans, and $47.6 million through work study earnings.


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Wow...April is turning out to be a busy month...
OK, so May is too. :)
Wow...April is turning out to be a busy month...
OK, so May is too. :)
I live.
COMDEX down, CES to go... Hopefully, CES will be a little
less hectic -- not likely though. Things have actually
slowed down, but I had to cancel a 9-
mo. planned vacation to Vegas to do so. Sucks.
The upside was that I did get to spend time in Vegas at COMDEX (thus hanging out with the extremely cool Helix Code dudes), even though I didn't have any fun b/c I thought I was going back in two weeks...now I get to go again for CES, albeit without my wife, and to spend 14-hr days in a booth.
On the bright side, the payoff is getting to go to Deutschland for CeBit later next year...
...maybe I'll rent a BMW and tour the AutoBahn...
Ah...another year, another COMDEX. This one showed more
evolutionary technology than revolutionary. I
liked the focus on wireless, and the "connected home"
I hung out with some rad guys from Helix Code, and hopefully we should be collaborating soon on some really neat stuff.
Ah...my cable modem is fixed again. Seems that AT&T got
it's wires crossed (pun intended) and thought I was stealing
cable modem service and disconnected me. Since I
AM a paying customer, they hooked me back up
and are not charging me for downtime. I like
22Mbps downstream is cool...
A weekend without ever being in front of a computer -- a rarity for me as of late.
It's amazing how many in-roads Linux is making into the
embedded device market.
Between Linux on OS/390 and Linux on the Yopi, a "Linux Everywhere" attitude is starting to make sense.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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In the last 2 years, Hasbro has put out over 100 action figures in the 3¾" scale from Attack of the Clones; this includes over 70 figures in the basic line, 20 in the deluxe line and vehicles, and 12 in the screen scene packs. By my last count, they break down like so:
So the question is, do you believe Hasbro needs to do any more Episode II figures?
- 18 non-main Jedi
- 33 secondary/background characters
- 7 Anakins
- 6 Obi-wans
- 5 Count Dookus
- 5 Padmes (who has the most basic Ep 2 figures of any character)
- 4 Maces
- 4 Yodas
- 6 Jangos
- 5 Clones Troopers
- 10 Villain soldiers (Battle Droids, SBDs, Geonosians, Destroyer Droids)
Like for example, I believe they've covered pretty much everything that needs to be covered, but they still never got a decent Anakin or Obi-Wan figure done, especially in their robes, so I'd vote for "Maybe a couple, but they did most already".


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One Shooter One Spaniel One Retriever
I'm pretty much all positive now. I just recall and simply if there is a failure.
Is that 100% Bob?, or 98%..For clarification?
One Shooter One Spaniel One Retriever
It's a reward object, which OH btw is also a retrieve object since the CHASE is the reward, not the object, per se.
Darrin Greene
OK so why do I ask this question.
I have embarked on an interesting mission of late, with a bunch of +r only folks, and on film, so I can't exactly cheat.
They are trying to train a group of dogs that really have haphazard foundation work at best, most of which aren't really ready for this particular work...
So we have a few dogs that want to play keep away instead of returning the ball so we can have another repetition of the exercise.
I suggested defaulting to food for those to avoid the problem, but my all knowing colleagues (who are in charge of the program) see it differently.
So I call one in and ask how they would deal with it. The first one plays "two toy" with the dog the entire session and gets exactly 2 repetitions of the desired behavior we're trying to create. Dog made exactly 0 progress on the target behavior.
Second trainer, also +r only, stands on the leash and keeps shortening it until the self rewarding behavior is impossible, dog drops the ball and we move on to the real behavior we're training. We got a bunch of reps from that dog but not exactly in an efficient manner.
I keep the lead in my hand and make sure the dog can't go anywhere. I got the most progress out of my dog but within the limitations of the training tool, namely a 6 ft leash. That's not going to be practical forever though because this is a 50 yd exercise.
Having seen all these different styles and considering we're trying to teach dogs to handle, I thought it might be an interesting discussion for this group.
My assessment at the end of that day was that the true +r trainer thinks they have as long as it takes for any dog to learn and progress. This might well work for an amateur with nothing but one dog and unlimited time to succeed, but for those of us who deal with multiple dogs that need to be trained on a given time frame, it's not a very practical approach.
That was very evident from the three of us training. First trainer (true +r only) teaches a few puppy classes. Second trainer teaches puppy classes but also does some problem solving and has some corrective training in her background.
Every dog I train has a time frame, within which i have to achieve a certain level of training.
The approaches are clearly aligned to the circumstances in which we all train.
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Darrin Greene
Not every Labrador is a 'Retriever'?
So even the infamous 'Trekmoor' aka 'Windem Bang' aka 'Wullie' had a head scratching session with this one?
Hmmm? Another retrieve?...Only if the desire is 'Installed'!...
This one had been 'Forced' !..Not 'Force fetch'!..So the desire had to be taken back to basics! ...Kinda simple really?
One Shooter One Spaniel One Retriever
Yikes, Darrin! I'd say if this is your exposure to mainly pos trainers, you have some poor examples. If the toy reward is causing an obstacle in the training, then they shouldn't use the toy as the reward! And stepping on the leash to catch the dog, just so they can use a toy as a reward also seems counter productive.
Sounds like you are in a difficult position! As you have intimated, the key to success is the foundation training and choosing the proper reward - so that it at the very least, doesn't interfere with the training!
"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained through the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment." Mahatma Gandhi


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Japan Airlines to Receive First Boeing 787 Dreamliner on March 25
Tags: Boeing 787 Dreamliner, deliveries, General Electric, GEnx-1B, Japan Airlines
JAL will become just the second customer to operate Boeing's new state-of-the-art airliner, and the first to operate the General Electric GEnx-1B powered version, which the FAA certified yesterday.
JAL also revealed for the first time the seating layout in the new jets. The two-class configuration includes 186 seats: 42 in Executive Class and 144 in Economy.
The Executive Class lie-flat seats, dubbed the JAL Shell Flat Neo, are laid out in a 2-2-2 configuration, featuring 60.1 inches of pitch. The 21.3 inch width of the seats measures about 2 inches wider than the seats found on JAL's 777 airliners. Each seat is fitted with a 15.4 inch touch panel display, a USB port, a power outlet and RCA jacks.
Economy class is set up 2-4-2, with 31.1 inches of pitch. Seats are 18.5 inches wide, nearly an inch wider than JAL's current economy seats. Entertainment is provided by 10.6 inch touch screens, power and USB ports and RCA jacks.
For the Executive lavatories, JAL collaborated with Japanese plumbing fixture-maker Toto, aircraft interior specialists Jamco, and Boeing to create a warm water washlet.
JAL will introduce Japanese comics to their in-flight entertainment offerings for the first time on the 787 through a new channel called SKY MANGA. The comics will be offered only in Japanese at first, but will eventually offer English versions.
Japan Airlines will launch their first 787 route on April 22nd with service from Tokyo to Boston. As more of the airline's 45 total 787s are delivered, additional destinations will include San Diego, Beijing, Moscow, New Delhi and Singapore.


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I've been working on an authoritative server design for a few months, and I've hit a snag.
After working initially with a tick-based approach, simulations break down (prediction and extrapolation) when the client tick rate differs to that of the server.
The server will always have a constant frame-rate, typically 60 fps. However, this may change for the clients, so how can I account for that?
I've read about using time instead of ticks, however here are my following concerns:
- Time is not an integer - unless you perform multiplication and rounding.
- Time does not progress at a constant rate with a tick based logic loop, thus states won't be derived at exactly the same time, even if the simulations run at the same tick rate and are started at exactly the same time.
- As the server runs at 60 ticks per second, use a division function to determine the current "tick" of the server using a tick rate and time (e.g tick = time / tick_rate(per second)). I'd have to round to the nearest integer, so i'd use the floor of the result.
- This tick can be used to determine a constant tick rate.
- When comparing predictions against server states, use interpolation between client predictions (if the client tick rate is 15hz, ever 4 server ticks)
- I'm using a game engine that runs all game elements (render, animation, logic) sequentially in the game loop. Thus all are affected by a varying frame rate
- The physics system is constrained to the tick rate, so i'd have to simply modify the velocity values by hand using the tick system as a scalar against the velocity vector.
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April 17, 2012
Contacts: Joan Garland, 608-381-1262 or Davin Lopez, 608-266-0837
For more information on the project and its partners, visit the WCEP website at: http://www.bringbackthecranes.org.
Spring Migration is Underway for the "Class of 2011" Whooping Cranes
The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership, an international coalition of public and private groups that is reintroducing whooping cranes to eastern North America, is pleased to report that last year's "Class of 2011" whooping cranes have all begun their spring migration north.
On April 12, nine whooping cranes that were led south by WCEP partner Operation Migration's ultralight aircraft, began their unassisted migration from Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Alabama. The juvenile cranes are currently located in Wayne County, Illinois. A 10th whooping crane, which broke off from the ultralight-led migration last fall, has already completed her migration back to Wisconsin.
In addition to the nine ultralight-led birds, eight juvenile whooping cranes are making their first northward migration this spring as part of WCEP's Direct Autumn Release program. In the fall, biologists from the International Crane Foundation released the cranes in the company of older cranes at Horicon NWR in Dodge County, Wisconsin. The young birds learned the migration route by following the older cranes. This spring, four of the DAR juvenile cranes have completed their migration back to Wisconsin. Two DAR cranes are in Dubois County, Ind.; one was reported in Fayette County, Illinois, on March 26; and one has not been seen since leaving on fall migration.
"The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is excited about the news of the return of last year's chicks back to Wisconsin. We will continue to follow their progress closely and hope that the birds eventually return to their release grounds in east-central Wisconsin," said Cathy Stepp, Wisconsin DNR Secretary. "As part of these efforts, the Wisconsin DNR is also looking forward to the second year of releases at White River Marsh State Wildlife Area and Horicon NWR."
Thanks to the efforts of WCEP, there are now 106 whooping cranes in the wild in eastern North America, which was part of their historic range. Most of these whooping cranes have completed their spring migration. Of the cranes that have returned to Wisconsin, 13 pairs have initiated nests and eight nests are still active. Five of the nests are located on Necedah NWR, and three nests are located off the refuge.
Whooping cranes that take part in the ultralight and DAR reintroductions are hatched at the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland, and at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Chicks are raised under a strict protocol that avoids conditioning the young birds to people and seeks to ensure the birds remain wild.
Whooping cranes were on the verge of extinction in the 1940s. Today, there are only about 600 birds in existence, approximately 445 of them in the wild. Aside from the 106 WCEP birds, the only other migrating population of whooping cranes nests at Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta, Canada, and winters at Aransas NWR on the Texas Gulf Coast. A non-migrating flock of approximately 20 birds lives year-round in the central Florida Kissimmee region, and an additional 17 non-migratory cranes live in southern Louisiana.
WCEP asks anyone who encounters a whooping crane in the wild to please give them the respect and distance they need. Do not approach birds on foot within 200 yards; remain in your vehicle; do not approach in a vehicle any closer than 100 yards. Also, please remain concealed and do not speak loudly enough that the birds can hear you. Finally, do not trespass on private property in an attempt to view or photograph whooping cranes.
Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership founding members are the International Crane Foundation, Operation Migration, Inc., Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and National Wildlife Health Center, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, and the International Whooping Crane Recovery Team.
Many other flyway states, provinces, private individuals and conservation groups have joined forces with and support WCEP by donating resources, funding and personnel. More than 60 percent of the project's budget comes from private sources in the form of grants, public donations and corporate sponsors.
WCEP has developed a short public service announcement to spread the word that disturbing, harassing or killing whooping cranes is a crime. Multi file formats are available for download on the WCEP website at: http://www.bringbackthecranes.org.
To report whooping crane sightings, visit the WCEP whooping crane observation webpage at: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/whoopingcrane/sightings/sightingform.cfm.
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If anyone comes across the Tie Interceptor in the Dallas area, please post here or contact me. I haven't been able to go searching anywhere around here b/c I've got a little baby girl in the hospital, so any help would be much appreciated!
If anyone comes across the Tie Interceptor in the Dallas area, please post here or contact me. I haven't been able to go searching anywhere around here b/c I've got a little baby girl in the hospital, so any help would be much appreciated!
I haven't seen any indication that it has arrived, but one of the TRU employees has me on a list to call when they come in. My brother, however found them in Tulsa late last week. I'll try to post as soon as I see them.
Hope all is well with your Baby!
I've not had any luck in the Fort Worth area but if I do find some I will let you know and (available funds permiting) pick up an extra for you. If you manage one ahead of time or just can't manage to get it at the time I could always take it back later. Bubba Fatt and Sith Worm, my loyal cohorts have much better luck with these things than I do so I will also pass the word to them that JediCole will take an extra on if possible.
Hopefully between the three of us scouring the area we will come up trumps with that particular item.
The real challenge will be the TIE Bomber. I sincerely hope that TRU ordered heavily on this. They probably do not realize that this is the first ORIGINAL vehicle since the T-16 or the Outrider, and MUCH more sought after. I have this prevailing sense that I will have to pay scalper prices for the only vehicle I've wanted in years.
"Does the name "Dingo" mean anything to you?" - Jedi Boulton to DingoDad at the October Dallas ComiCon.
I just had a chance to stop by the TRU in Irving and a helpful employee there looked up the SKU on the computer. This TRU *did* have the TIE Interceptor but they were out. However, the computer showed that the TRU in Arlington is scheduled to get a case on the next truck that comes in, which could be tonight or tomorrow... I may try to run by there tomorrow, but it may be hard. JediCole, if you get a chance to run by there before I do and you find one, I'd be grateful for you to pick one up for me...!
Thursday, Sep. 13, P.M.--The TRU in Arlington got 6 TIE Interceptors today. I just picked one up before the store closed. There were still four when I left, so if you're in the area in the morning and you hurry, you might be lucky...
The TRU on Central at Walnut "had" them, but nothing but a sticker on the shelf when I got there. Apparently, one guy bought them all.
In other news, I found the Shmi wave this morning at Target.
Happy Hunting!
have any of you DFW people seen the fan club figures here? i have not and i fear that they have passed us up again.
Like my dad always said, "Be original son. Dont quote someone else."
No, haven't seen them anywhere...and I've looked all over the place. Afraid they either never showed up here or we missed 'em.
I have not seen a Tie I personally, or the Fan Club 4.
What I have seen:
Shmi- targets and a few wal-marts
X-wing Luke- Soopa Target
12" Death Star Asst.- TRU and Soopa Target
"You Knew the Job was Dangerous when You took it ,Fred"


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To quickly thaw frozen corn, place in colander or strainer; rinse with warm water until thawed. Drain well.
Serve with shredded lettuce and chopped tomatoes, with a basket of tortilla chips on the side.
Savory Impossibly Easy Pies can be covered and refrigerated up to 24 hours before baking. You may need to bake a bit longer than the recipe directs since you'll be starting with a cold pie. Watch carefully for doneness.
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"Date Night" Reigns Supreme at Box Office
April 12th, 2010
This week is yet another rerun, so I continue to have little to write about here. Anyway, "Date Night," the action comedy starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey, was the No. 1 flick at the box office this weekend, taking in just over $27 million smackers. Reviews have been mixed, but at some point I plan to see this, given it stars my two favorite comics.
Speaking of Tina, did you see her guest hosting performance on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend? I didn't see the full episode, but she was her usual brilliant self, judging by the three or four sketches I watched on the computer today, the best of which, of course, was the return of her classic Sarah Palin impression. Apparently, Sarah's fixin' to start her own cable network.
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Not grilling weather? Broil this chicken in your oven. Set oven control to broil. Place chicken skin side down on broiler pan. Broil with top of chicken 6 inches from heat 25 to 30 minutes, turning frequently and brushing with marinade from plastic bag, until juice of chicken is clear when thickest piece is cut to bone (170°F for breasts, 180°F for thighs and drumsticks).
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Sustainability consortium to meet at Princeton
Posted October 21, 2008; 03:25 p.m.
Members of the growing college and university sustainability practitioner community will be on Princeton's campus Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 27-28, for their annual conference.
The Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium (NECSC) will gather to explore how colleges and universities can reduce their overall environmental footprint. The theme for the conference is "The Sustainability Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together." The sessions not involving meals are open without charge to the campus and local communities.
The introduction and keynote address for the conference will be given by Lisa Jackson, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and a 1986 Princeton Graduate School alumna. The event will begin at 11 a.m. Monday in the Forbes College dining room.
In the same room at 1 p.m. Monday, there will be a "Presidents Panel," featuring heads of four New Jersey institutions: Susan Cole of Montclair State University; Donald Farish of Rowan University; Paul Gaffney II of Monmouth University; and Jeremiah Ryan of Bergen Community College. Princeton Executive Vice President Mark Burstein will moderate the discussion, during which the participants will present various approaches to sustainability on their campuses.
At 9 a.m. Tuesday, Princeton scholar Michael Oppenheimer will speak on "Nuclear Power" in 101 McCormick Hall. Oppenheimer, the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, has a strong interest in atmospheric science and policy, with much of his research focused on understanding the potential outcomes of increasing levels of greenhouse gases on the environment. He is a longtime participant in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Prior to coming to Princeton in 2002, Oppenheimer served as chief scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund. He also was an atomic and molecular astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Additional participants in the session will include panelists Harold Feiveson, senior research policy analyst and lecturer in public and international affairs at Princeton; Paul Gunter, director of the Reactor Oversight Project for Beyond Nuclear; and Ralph Izzo, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of the Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.
The NECSC represents more than 40 institutions of higher education from the northeast United States and eastern Canadian provinces. Princeton is hosting the conference with the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability. Shana Weber, manager of the University's Office of Sustainability, and John Cusack, executive director of the partnership, are members of the NECSC's steering committee.
For more information, visit the Office of Sustainability website or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This Weekend Whipper exemplifies pure determination. While establishing The Bull, a 5.14 R rated route at Murrin Park in Squamish, BC, Jeremy Smith took the ultimate test ... and failed. Check out the fall caught on film and shown at the end of this video. Although he didn't know it at the time, Smith broke the pisiform bone in his wrist, ending his 2012 season. However, Smith healed and returned a year later to vanquish the route and establish a true mental and physical testpiece. Enjoy!
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- Steve Kirtley
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Potter Gray Elementary
Bowling Green City Schools
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Very beautiful.
Slick! Much more portable than a step ladder (my guess). How do you level it outside?
I was wondering who would be the first to question that. Typical tripods fully extended barely reach 7 ft. I am experimenting with adjusting height to change the perspective and produce a more visually appealing vantage point. What I have is actually a light stand, so it is not designed to be leveled on uneven ground, but works good and can be adjusted for up to 13 ft for a nice affect. This image was perhaps about 8-9 ft up. www.alienbees.com/ls3900.html  ;
13 foot tripod?
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I didn't realise my certification meant so much
amars - I must be a well-connected person
or something. :-) 'tis all good.
Not much to say apart that I'm still coding up homepage and things - atm doing a page that lists some weird entries in my referer logs. Like google searches for "snow-blow".
Well, I've been pretty busy recently. Started uni this week,
am doing two History
and Philosophy of Science subjects, one Medieval History
subject, and C++ and
Object Oriented Systems. Quite strange for a major in
Computing Science, really. Though I am aiming for a major in
HPS as well.
Otherwise I've taken the editor to my homepage in which you can now sign a guestbook and look at the pretty blue colours. I've also been doing some kickarse design on an RPG website I host but it's not up yet, cos I'm not finished. You can see the old, outdated, crappy one here.
Otherwise I've offloaded my SGI O2 onto Jaq, who promises me he'll return it with quake 2 and a working compile environment. Good luck!
Well, I'm now also working for freshmeat.net which is
quite funky. It's been a lot of fun so far, and the people
are great too :-)
To all you FM contributers out there, please go and read Jeff Covey's fantastic article on How to Write A Great freshmeat Submission and I will thank you evermore for it. :-)
Eek! I've had so many requests for my photojournal code that I've had to tar it up and do a little setup script and stuff... it's all rather swamping! Anyway, there's stuff here if you want to download it :-) Web-based backend coming RSN!
I've written a new photojournal
in PHP, that I think looks and works really well. I'd been
putting this off for a while because I was lazy, but I
managed to get it up and running in an afternoon. I'm pretty
impressed. Now I'll be inspired to keep my life up to date,
and with pictures! Yay.
Now I should go and finish my History and Philosophy of Science essay. Blerh.
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The last issue of Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazine was, in my opinion, the best ever. I read and reread many of the articles.
I really enjoyed the profile of Dick Kirby. He's truly one of the pioneers in the field and like many others in the "Wonderful World of Turkey Hunting", turned a passion into a career. I might add that we're all the better for it.
Turkey & Turkey Hunting is one magazine that I read from cover to cover and eagerly await the next issue.
Thank you for the great work.


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Once upon a time I published elsewhere (currently offline, sorry) a list of "cool ideas for software that I don't have the time or willingness to implement" (some of them I actually ended up implementing myself). Well, here's another one:
Incremental ldconfig
This one is not a full project, but rather adding a new option to an existing program, ldconfig (part of the Glibc package).
Motivation: when the libraries directory is not in the disk cache, ldconfig takes a long time. In GoboLinux, for instance, it's the longest step when installing a package after downloading and unpacking the tarball (sometimes even surpassing those, when the tarball is small enough). Ldconfig scans the entire libraries directory, opening each file. Here's an excerpt of strace:
lstat64("/System/Links/Libraries/libgettextsrc.so", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=52, ...}) = 0 stat64("/System/Links/Libraries/libgettextsrc.so", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=191105, ...}) = 0 open("/System/Links/Libraries/libgettextsrc.so", O_RDONLY) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=191105, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 191105, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0x40021000 munmap(0x40021000, 191105) = 0 close(4) = 0 lstat64("/System/Links/Libraries/libSDL_net.so", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=51, ...}) = 0 stat64("/System/Links/Libraries/libSDL_net.so", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=15415, ...}) = 0 open("/System/Links/Libraries/libSDL_net.so", O_RDONLY) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=15415, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 15415, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0x40021000 munmap(0x40021000, 15415) = 0 close(4) = 0
It repeats for all 2000+ files I have in my /System/Links/Libraries directory.
Instead of rescanning the entire directory, An incremental version of ldconfig would load the cache file, scan the files/directories given in the command line flags, add or replace the relevant entries in the in-memory copy of the cache file and then rewrite it to disk. Assuming this would be implemented as an "-i" flag, the package manager could then run something like
ldconfig -i /usr/lib/libalsa.*
when upgrading ALSA instead of going through every library.
Before writing this, I looked to see if something of this kind was already implemented somewhere. Didn't find it, but I did find others wishing for the same thing.


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What is the Lounge?
So you hear your favorite CD102.5 DJ's give out random words used in random sentences throughout the day and you're wondering what it's all about - what is the Lounge?
To make it as short and sweet as possible, the Lounge is our very own CD102.5 listener appreciation club that is 100% free to join and participate in. Here's how it works:
Listen to CD102.5, and when you hear those random words jot them down – or do your best to commit them to memory. Then, when you get to your computer rush to cd1025.com, sign into the Lounge and enter the words in the contest section. Each word will get you 40 lounge points, and believe me, they can add up fast!
Consider your Lounge Points your official CD102.5 currency that can be used to get great CD102.5 stuff including: concert tickets, CD's, movie passes, DVD's, Big Room passes, and so much more!
Lounge Sections:
CD102.5 Contests & Lounge Points Section:
As mentioned above, the contest section is where you go to enter your Lounge Tips, but is also has some ways you can spend your Lounge Points. We frequently have contests to win concert tickets, CD's, and all kinds of fun stuff.
Redemption Section:
Use your Lounge Points flat out to get stuff – you will see a long list of things available for different point amounts along with a description and a photo – simply "Click To Select" and whatever the item is will be all yours!
Auction Section:
On the third Thursday of month, this is the place to be! We hold an online auction where you can bid on items using your points. Each month we have all kinds of great stuff, and the best part is that it is completely free!
Surf The Web For Lounge Points:
This is just what its title suggests – for each link you follow you'll get 5 Lounge Points!
CD102.5 Surveys:
Take surveys for points – sometimes they're silly, sometimes they're for feedback – either way, you always get points!
Invite A Friend:
You betcha – you can even earn points by inviting a friend to join the Lounge – you'll receive 10% of your buddy's total Lounge Points for the first month they use their account - so, if your buddy has 5,000 points in that first month, you'll get 500 points.
Sounding Board:
This one is special – as a CD102.5 listener, we really like to know which songs you love and which ones you might be getting a little sick of. We try to send out a Sounding Board Survey each week where you are given a list of songs to rate for us. Upon completion you will be given one of those random words that you then need to take to the contest section to get your points.
Any questions? Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Click here to go to the Lounge


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In a tweet after the debate Monday night, Ann Coulter referred to President Obama as a "retard."
I highly approve of Romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 23, 2012
I hesitated to write about the incident, because I suspect Coulter makes offensive statements like that in order to drum up media attention, and I certainly don't want to encourage her. But the fact is that Coulter is not the only person out there still using that word — sometimes, as in this instance, with an intent to insult, and other times out of a kind of stubborn thoughtlessness. "Oh, I don't mean it like that," people will say — even people who wouldn't dream of using other slurs.
When my then-four-year-old son was diagnosed with mental retardation in 2008, I was struck by how strongly people reacted to those words. I wrote at the time:
"Mental retardation" is a label with an awful lot of social baggage, especially for people of my generation. Was there anything more insulting you could call someone in grade school, or be called, than "retard"? And twenty, thirty years later, that slur is causing just as much pain and controversy as it ever did.
Being something of a word person, I was fascinated by the reaction the words got when we told friends and family about the diagnosis. Honestly, I think I had to spend more time talking to people about the terminology than the condition it describes. Even the Wikipedia entry begins with a long discussion of the various terms that have been used and discarded over the years—discarded after common usage coopted a clinical term for use as an insult. First "cretin," then "idiot" and "imbecile" (indicating differing degrees of cognitive disability), then "moron," a word invented by doctors in the early 20th century, and when that became a slur like the others, "mentally retarded" came into use.
I learned that the American Association on Mental Retardation renamed itself in 2006: it is now the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and its preferred terminology for mental retardation is now "intellectually disabled."
I confess that sounds a bit jargony to me. It's hard to imagine using it in conversation. Also quite a mouthful is the broader term "developmental disability," which does encompass my boy's physical and cognitive delays. I am seeing that term used quite a bit online, on special-needs forums and such. I suppose it lacks the emotional baggage of "mentally retarded," but for us it's a moot point anyway, because here in Southern California at least, "mental retardation" is still the clinical term in common use: it's what appears on my son's charts now, and whenever I walk into a doctor's office and am asked, as I always am, "what's his diagnosis," among the list of medical and developmental terms I must rattle off is, now, mental retardation.
Four years later, I'm hearing "cognitive disability" more often in educational contexts, and "mental retardation" is still what the medical records say, with a gradual shift toward "ID." I got used to the terms — in any event, there isn't actually that much occasion to use them. I don't look at my son and think a label. He is who he is: a good reader, a total sweetheart, a loving big brother, an affectionate little brother, a kid who loves clocks and calendars, a fan of Calvin & Hobbes, an iPad whiz. His brain works differently than is the norm (although "the norm" is mighty hard to pin down). Abstract concepts sometimes baffle him, but he certainly knows an insult when he hears one.
And all over the internet, in movies, and at the playground, people are still using "retarded" and "retard" in disparaging or eye-rolling ways. It's time to stop. Way past time. I've heard some parents express a sense of helplessness over the subject — they don't like that their kids say, "That is soooo retarded," but the kids pick it up at school; what can you do?
You can talk about it. Call them on it. Let them know that it's an unkind, insulting usage of a medical term, a slur that hurts people. There are other hurtful words, other slurs, that you wouldn't dream of letting your kids use without a hasty and urgent intervention. "Retard" should be one of them.
In an open letter to Ann Coulter, Special Olympics athlete John Franklin Stephens addresses the insult:
Continue Reading "It's Way Past Time to Stop Saying Things Are "Retarded"" »


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Hello everyone,
When scientists announced a few weeks ago that the common ancestor tongue of many European and Indian languages was first spoken in the area that is now Turkey rather than near the Baltic Sea, many people asked whether I and my cohorts could speak.
That's a complicated question. To paraphrase a former president who gave an amazing speech last night at the Democratic National Convention, it depends what you mean by "speak." (Or on what is is).
Did we have a complete language with syntax, grammar and parts of speech? Probably not, if I understand those terms correctly. Could we communicate with different sounds and tones, much like birds could? Yes, most likely we could.
I say most likely because I don't clearly remember just how we did it. Do you know how your feet bend and arch to enable you to walk? Probably not, unless you've studied anatomy and physiology. In the same way, with my simpler brain and fewer reasons to speak, I paid little attention to it.
But based on what your scientists have discovered, by the time I came along, some form of primitive communication through voice was possible. This information comes from archeological discoveries that some have dubbed "Lucy's Baby." She was not my child, but a toddler who lived about a 100,000 years before I did, and whose bones suggest she might be asking for donuts for breakfast if she was alive today.
Called the Dikika child, probably about 3 years old, she was found in Ethiopia, close to my home, and her skeleton was more complete than mine, with many interesting bones that told scientists about her life. Like mine, Dikika's bones were protected by the sand of the Awash River, and found not far from my home of Hadar.
The bones of one of our older ancestors, Ardi, who lived 4.4 million years ago, were also protected by the Awash. Her bones were found in 2009, 45 miles away. She was taller and heavier than I was, and walked upright, but still had feet that allowed her to scamper easily up trees. That would have been fun.
The most interesting clue regarding the ability to speak at the time Dikiti lived was a tiny hyoid bone found as part of her skeleton, a bone that many scientists say is the crucial structure that allows speech.
Just as discoveries of hyoid bones among Neanderthal bones opened the door to the possibility that they could speak, this bone at least shows that evolution towards speech had come a long way by the time I was born.
Not all scientists agree on the importance of the hyoid bone for speech. Some question whether the link between the hyoid bone and speech is real. The scientist who found Dikika is among the doubters. However, he does believe the discovery of this bone is important because it suggests that our species, afarensis, had large laryngeal air sacs and thus, probably a voice box similar to those of chimps.
People who aren't scientists but like to speculate about these things go back and forth on what this all means. They say that we didn't hunt so we didn't need to talk with each other about strategy. On the other hand, they say that even if we didn't have language or the hyoid bone doesn't matter, we could make mouth sounds like the modern day !Kung language or use tones like birds to communicate.
A bigger question – which came first, thought or speech – will have to wait for another day.
– Lucy of Hadar


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Wow, glowing praise.Originally Posted by Adam
Wow, glowing praise.Originally Posted by Adam
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I am very much into not buying repaints....
I like Grimlock's paint scheme much better than that Wheeljack JT just showed us. It actually is nothing like the orange and green colors Wheeljack should utilize!
I wanted Wheeljack as one of my top characters I wished to collect from TF's:
! Optimus Prime
! Sideswipe
! Hound
! Jazz (Meister...whatever)
Hot Rod
Springer (if he triple-changes, if possible, helicopter definitely)
Ultra Magnus
! Tracks
Galvatron (I guess)
Soundwave (if he could be something he turns into an accurate scale for)
Shockwave (ditto)
Ravage - if his robot mode is a panther
Laserbeak - if his robot mode is a bird
Now I could go for Alternator Insecticons that are vehicles which turn into bugs, etc.
Other things along that line...
If you only bought one WHEELJACK or GRIMLOCK, which would it be? Why?
Originally Posted by Tycho
... why?
I can name about 50 tfs from Generation One that were repaints/remolds of previous toys. On your list you have Ironhide and Ratchet. They are practically the same, except for their colors, small details, and how their characters were portrayed. If they made them Alternators, there is a good chance they could be the same mold. And you have first three seekers on there! They are identical except for color schemes!
To me, the character is more important than whether or not I've bought a mold once (or multiple times..) before.
So what if its a repaint of Grimlock? It's not Grimlock anymore, its Wheeljack.
Anyway off that subject.. I wonder if this has occured to any one. We all thought Dead End was Sunstreaker when we saw its proto. What if this IS NOT Wheeljack, but a Decepticon..
Last edited by Adam; 11-30-2004 at 12:56 AM.
Originally Posted by Tycho
I don't think you should even worry about that untill you see Wheeljack's final paint scheme. It could change.
One more thing. I saw this on TNI. Scan from Dengeki ( I think) magazine in Japan for Galaxy Force. For some reason these pics look better to me. I DIG Vector Prime in white. Thundercracker also doesn't look as bad here. I am starting to get excited about this line now.
Okay, off topic.
Lee's has a picture of a new Grimlock and Swoop that look similar to the G1 versions. Anyone know what these are?
That's my jacket!
I know what they are, since they are sitting on my shelf over there.Originally Posted by El Chuxter
They were originally created for Transformers: Universe. However, Hasbro decided that TFU would be a strickly repaint line, and that a new molds would sell better in the main line anyway. So it was moved to Energon and is available now.
Interestin'. I've not seen them yet, but will keep my eyes open. I thought Energon already had a Grimlock, though.
That's my jacket!
Nope, last time Grimlock was used in the main line was in RiD (Robots in Disguise) a few years ago. It was a totally different character though, and was a construction crane. Part of the Autobot Construction combiner team, or just build team. (Which will, btw, be available once again through TFU. Except this time its a slick Decepticon Devastator homage.)
Grimlock was used with last years Wal-Mart exlcusive Dino-Bot 2-packs. (Sadly, I never found that Grimlock and Swoop two-pack.)
The newest version for Energon was just released. I commented on them last page, but I will reiterate: Grimlock's dinomode is an almost perfect update. It is more poseable, but the head is a litte too big. It's too big, because inside is the 2nd for the combining gimmick. The Combo doesn't look good, I wish they would have just concentrated on them as individuals. Anyway, Grim's bot mode is too short, Swoop end's up being taller. His legs are not articulated enough as well. Swoop is the opposite, his Dino mode is not that great. His robot mode however is great, and can only be improved with removing the flaps that prevent his legs from moving forward, and giving it fists. As it is, he just has claws for hands. The art shows him with fists. They come with no weapons, which really sucks. Grimlock's feet claws can be used as Wolverine (or if you're into current marvel stuff, x-23.. *shudder*) like claws. Overall I like the set, it could have used some improvements though.
I recently found out this figure was developed exclusively by Hasbro. Takara had nothing to do with it.
First off, this is almost certainly a test shot, so the final paint job may be much closer to Wheeljack even though I believe this *may* be an actual official Ford paint scheme.Originally Posted by Tycho
Second, I would go with Wheeljack, I don't like the new Mustang even a little, but I like it better with the Wheeljack head inside. However, if you like the color of the car, Grimlock probably is the way to go since the whole thing is really designed around him.
I wouldn't think that's too likely, I heard Dead End was planned to be Sunstreaker but when everybody was complaining about the lack of Decepticons in the line, they changed him to a baddy. Plus, G1 Wheeljack is a way bigger character, I don't think they'd risk alienating buyers by putting that head on a 'con.Originally Posted by Adam
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
i really wish that shockwave was really purple... there are a few shots that look like he's got a pantera chroma-shift paintjob that goes from blue to purple - look at one of the close-up head shots and you'll see what i mean. i just don't hold out too much hope that it'll end up that way in production, if it isn't just a trick of lighting.
the head looks awesome, and i love the fact that they gave him the gun barrell hand! just... PURPLE, MAN. PURPLE!!!
i like the gt350 paintjob on the wheeljack 'stang. looks like the old shelbys. we'll see what transpires with this one... i think orange and green would be hidiousityness, but that's just me. it's funny that they gave him a sword because grimlock has one. couldn't fit ANYTHING else wherever it goes, hasbro?
when are they gonna make alternators perceptor? i hope they do the new olympus upright microscopes BX51!
Nachos are the right of all sentient beings.
The guns... They've stopped!
- Dan Akroyd, Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope


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by Grace Young
fromFine Cooking
Issue 117
When I was a very young girl, my father taught me that a wok is the ultimate pan for just about every cooking technique. Baba knew all of the best chefs in San Francisco's Chinatown, and he'd regale me with stories of their wok prowess. The genius of this humble pan, Baba would point out, was threefold: Its broad surface enables liquids to reduce more quickly; its deep, concave shape makes stir-frying a breeze; and its well radiates intense heat, transforming its sloping sides into a dynamic cooking surface.Baba was right, of course. After all, for more than 2,000 years, the wok has been the essential tool of the Chinese kitchen, ideal for everything from stir-frying to deep-frying. No other pan can claim the same versatility, whether you're cooking a Chinese dish or not.On the following pages, I'll share with you some of my favorite recipes and explain why a wok is the perfect pan for each one.My wok of choice for these, and all, recipes is a 14-inch carbon-steel flat-bottom wok with a long wooden handle. A flat bottom is essential when using a wok on a western-style stove because it enables the wok to sit directly on the burner, maximizing the heat in the pan. I prefer carbon steel because it heats and cools quickly and, like a cast-iron skillet, it forms a natural nonstick patina the more you cook in it.To keep that patina in good shape, the wok will need a little TLC. The most important part is seasoning the pan before its first use with oil, ginger, and scallions, a classic Chinese method. The ginger and scallions have properties that clean the wok, and the oil coats the porous metal, creating the patina.Thanks to Baba, I've devoted much of my professional life to mastering wok cookery, but I think the legendary Chinese cooking teacher Florence Lin said it best: "With one wok, we can do everything."
Behind the Kitchen Door:
Tour Grace Young's kitchen to learn about the design details that make her space ideal for wok cooking.
The concave shape of a wok makes it the perfect receptacle for a bamboo steamer insert, my preferred tool for steaming. The advantage of a bamboo steamer is that its lid absorbs excess moisture; a wok's metal lid (and regular metal steamers) will drip condensed water back onto the food, diluting its flavor.Tips for steaming in a wok:• Always bring the water in the wok to a boil before putting food in the steamer.• Take care when adding and removing food—the steam will be very hot. I recommend using retriever tongs for safe and easy transfer.• If your carbon-steel wok is newly seasoned, steaming (or boiling or poaching) may remove the wok's thin patina. Simply reseason your wok if this happens.
Smoking is probably the most exotic and ingenious technique for wok cooking. Unlike standard pans, a wok is deep and wide enough to accommodate an indoor smoking set-up, and its spacious interior provides ample room for the smoke to circulate around the food. The method is simple: Scatter tea leaves, sugar, and rice in the bottom of a foil-lined wok—the tea contributes aromatic smoke, the sugar caramelizes to lightly color and sweeten the food, and the rice acts as the fuel source, keeping everything smoking. Heat the wok until the mixture begins to smoke, and then cover it to trap the smoke inside and infuse the food with delicate smoky flavor.Tips for smoking in a wok:• Be sure to thoroughly clean the wok before setting it up for smoking so there are no stuck-on bits of food that could burn.• Remember: If you smoke your food for too long, it can develop a bitter flavor.
Deep-frying in a wok is ideal because its concave shape requires less oil than a regular pot, and the roominess of the wok lets you fry more food at one time without crowding, which means frying in fewer batches.Tips for deep-frying in a wok:• Never fill the wok more than halfway with oil.• Use a deep-fry/candy thermometer to monitor the oil temperature.• Moisture causes oil to spatter, so thoroughly dry the food to be fried.• Add pieces of food to the oil one at a time, or they'll stick together in a cluster and fry unevenly.• Wooden chopsticks are handy for adding ingredients to the oil, but I prefer to use a metal skimmer or strainer (spider) to remove several pieces of fried food at a time.
A wok's flared shape develops intense heat in the bottom—or well—which quickly radiates to the sides, allowing both the well and the sides to be used to quickly and evenly cook ingredients in a small amount of oil.Tips for stir-frying in a wok:• Always heat your wok until a drop of water evaporates upon contact before adding the oil. A well-heated wok prevents ingredients from sticking and gives them a good sear.• You'll know the wok is overheated if the oil smokes wildly when it hits the pan; faint smoke is fine, though.• Don't crowd the wok with too many ingredients, which will reduce the temperature of the pan and cause the food to steam.• Use a metal wok spatula for stir-frying; a wooden utensil won't be thin enough to get under the ingredients.
Tea-Smoked Shrimp Salad with Mango
Photos: Scott Phillips
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A dove carrying an olive branch is one of the historical symbols of the Jewish people and of the State of Israel. The dove is a symbol of peace, and the olive branch represents the close ties between the Jewish people and the Mediterranean olive tree. These two elements also symbolize the link between the young state and its ancient two-thousand -year-old history in which the olive tree and its oil played an important role.
Olive presses and olive oil constitute an entire culture in Israel. This culture began in ancient Biblical times when olive trees and oil were loved and revered. Israel is referred to in the book of Deuteronomy Chapter 8:7 as "A land of olives, oil, and honey." Olive pits have been found dating back 6,000 years ago, and dozens of ancient olive presses bear witness to the many olive groves and the part that the industry played in the lives of people long ago. Olive oil was and still remains one of the most important agricultural products and was used for food, light, heat, medicinal treatments and cosmetics, as well as cleaning and hygiene.
Olive oil also played an important role in religious rituals, and was used for anointing priests and kings, for libations, and burials.
During Biblical times the entire season of the olive harvest signified a time of festivities. Today olive festivals mark this tradition and the olive harvest is celebrated in the fall with festivals and activities. Families make excursions to visit olive groves and to harvest olives together with the farmers, and to watch the olives being pressed. Restaurants serve special gourmet meals during the season featuring olives and olive oil. Musical events, nature walks, workshops, and other activities are held that center around the olive harvest and the production of olive oil.
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First Strategic Alliance Scholarship Established
Expert in strategic business alliances, Larraine Segil creates scholarship fund for students in concurrent JD/MBA program of the Drucker School of Management and Southwestern
The first scholarship endowment fund in the world to reward strategic alliance competency has been established by Larraine Segil, an internationally renowned senior executive, author and pioneer in the creation, implementation and management of complex business alliances.
The Larraine Segil Strategic Alliance Scholarship Endowment Fund will award scholarships to women students pursuing the JD/MBA degree offered by the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management of Claremont Graduate University and Southwestern. The award will be based on academic merit and the student's expressed interest in strategic alliances. This is also the first endowment associated with the Drucker-Southwestern concurrent degree program that was established in Fall 2009.
A trailblazer in developing the methodology used to create strategic alliances for multiple industries including healthcare, technology, consumer products, manufacturing, aerospace, and financial services around the world, Ms. Segil believes that strategic alliances are a critical component of corporate leadership. Through the new endowment, she seeks to encourage students pursuing a JD/MBA degree to develop expertise in this area, and will serve as a mentor to Segil Scholars.
"My experience and research with Fortune 500 companies indicates that 35 percent of business growth in the next five years will be from strategic alliances," Ms. Segil said. "The skill set needed for strategic alliances is becoming more important....I feel that the endowment will have a positive impact on a woman who wishes to work in strategic alliances and help her understand how important collaborative relationships are to business development and growth."
In announcing the new fund, Southwestern's Dean Bryant Garth said, "We are grateful both for the investment in our new JD/MBA program with the Drucker School and for the strong link that it creates between the program and Larraine Segil, one of our most accomplished and knowledgeable graduates in business."
A 1979 graduate of Southwestern, Ms. Segil is Partner Emerita of Vantage Partners, a privately held consulting firm specializing in internal and external relationship management. She is a member of the Board of Frontier Communications (Stamford CT), and advises Global 100 and Fortune 500 companies on creating and managing critical business relationships.
Ms. Segil is a senior research fellow at the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, and has taught executive education at The California Institute of Technology for more than 20 years. She serves on the Entrepreneurs Board of the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the board of the Committee of 200, a global network of Women CEOs. She is also a member of the board of the WHO (World Health Organization) Tropical Diseases Group advising on their Strategic Alliances with the countries of the United Nations.
Ms. Segil presents keynote speeches on domestic and global alliances and mergers and is a regular commentator for CNN and CNBC. She is the author of numerous books, including Intelligent Business Alliances, Fast Alliances.com: Power Your E-Business, Dynamic Leader, Adaptive Organization: Ten Essential Traits for Managers, Partnering - The New Face of Leadership, Measuring the Value of Partnering, and the novel Belonging (Penguin Books). She has been recognized by The Financial Times Knowledge Dialogue Group and The Corporate Strategy Board as a thought leader in alliances.
Previously, Ms. Segil was Chief Executive Officer of an advanced materials company providing products and services to aerospace and electronics manufacturers. She has co-founded and run companies in mortgage banking and medical services and practiced international corporate law. In addition to her JD from Southwestern, Ms. Segil received her MBA from the Presidential Key Executive (PKE) program at Pepperdine and a BA with Honors from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Students who wish to apply for the Larraine Segil Strategic Alliance Scholarship must include a letter of interest with application to the JD/MBA program as part of the admissions process.
For more information about the Larraine Segil Strategic Alliance Scholarship Fund, contact Associate Dean for Institutional Advancement Debra Leathers at Southwestern at (213) 738-6814 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Further information about the JD/MBA concurrent degree program is available online.


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Great for cleaning patios, driveways and decks, the Buffalo Tools Sportsman Series Pressure Washer provides 1800-PSI of water pressure. Lightweight and portable, it can be used for anything from small surface areas and cars, to boats and ATVs. Features a 2.5-HP, 4-stroke 98cc engine with recoil start and automatic low-oil shutdown. Fuel tank has a capacity of 0.4 gallons and uses unleaded gasoline. Direct drive pump provides 1.6-GPM. Includes brass NPT quick connectors with auto-shut-off. Four quick-connect spray nozzles provide various spray options: low-pressure spray, pencil spray, narrow spray and wide spray. EPA approved. Weight: 40 lbs.


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Follow the Matriarchs, heroines and prophetesses of the Bible and the New Testament in this special tour of Israel
Massada National Park – Herod's magnificent fortress, with its palaces, bathhouses and ramparts was also the last stand of the Jews against the Romans in the Great Revolt in 73 CE. The historian Josephus notes that two women and five children survived, and visitors wonder who they were and what might have been their fate. The new Massada Museum reflects daily life, highlighting among its exhibits women at their many daily tasks. The combination of Massada's dramatic story with its fabulous architecture and finds has won it recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ein Gedi National Park – a walk through the oasis, where "vineyards" once grew, a metaphor in the love poetry of the Song of Songs 1:14. The remains of Ein Gedi's antiquities frame the story of Babatha, a woman of the town who fled the Romans to a cave where archaeologists found documents telling her life story.
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Local groups in Kalibo on Panay Island compete to see who can create the most over-the-top costumes for a grand procession that's every bit as loud and flashy as Rio's Carnival parades. Participate in snake dancing—a boisterous Filipino version of a conga line—and enjoy tribal drumming and dancing into the evening; kalibo.gov.ph.
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Total Fat 12 g / 18 %
Saturated Fat 5 g / 25 %
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg / 0 %
Sodium 100 mg / 4 %
Potassium 90 mg / 3 %
Total Carbohydrate 10 g / 3 %
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Sugars 5 g
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I have never had to shoot twice at a bird. As far as forty pellets in the head and neck and all those in your bird I'm calling BS on that one.Especially factory loads. Full on BS. He never flopped another BS call out.
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Ila G. Canaan
Ila G. Canaan 84, of Watertown passed away on Friday Feb. 22, 2013 at Marquardt Memorial Manor.
Ila was born on Feb. 4, 1929 in Oklahoma the daughter of Cecil and Lucy (Clark) Fry. She married James Canaan on July 23, 1946 at United Brethren Church in Sandusky, WI. Ila was a cake decorator, seamstress and also worked at H & R Block Watertown for many years. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church and Independent Order of Foresters.
Survivors include: daughter Linda (Jeff) Westenberg of Watertown; grandchildren Heather (Vernon) Fleischman of Waterloo, James Spinhirne of Waterloo and Rebbeca (Craig) Sinnen of Milwaukee; great grandchildren Krystal, Caitlin, Tristan, Teri, James, Amanda and Colton; sisters Virginia (Raymond) Brandt of Hill point, WI and Marian Unberhaun of Cuba City, WI; also survived by a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and daughter Beth. Memorials to Marquardt Manor would be appreciated.
Funeral service will be held 1:00 PM on Wednesday Feb. 27, 2013 at the Pederson-Nowatka Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Kral officiating. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday 11:00 until the time of service. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery Watertown.
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Managing Medications
This trial is active, not recruiting.
|hiv infections
|problem solving counseling
|University of Pittsburgh
|National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
|Start date
|January 2004
|End date
|December 2008
|Trial size
|300 participants
|Trial identifier
The primary aim of this study is to compare the effect of an individualized adherence intervention (TI) and a structured adherence intervention (TS) to usual care on adherence to antiretroviral therapy in persons infected with HIV (PWHIV).
|United States
|No locations recruiting
|Other countries
|No locations recruiting
|Pittsburgh, PA
|University of Pittsburgh
|no longer recruiting
Study Design
|Endpoint classification
|efficacy study
|Intervention model
|parallel assignment
|open label
|Primary purpose
Primary Outcomes
Medication adherence as measured by electronic event monitors
time frame: 1 year
Secondary Outcomes
Medication diaries, Self-reported Medication-taking Scale, and the ACTG Adherence Follow-up Questionnaire
time frame: 1 year
Eligibility Criteria
Male or female participants at least 18 years old.
Inclusion Criteria: - Subjects must be able to give informed consent, - be 18 years or older, - be taking antiretroviral therapy, - be able to speak and understand English, - have a telephone or access to a telephone, - and be living in a private residence or apartment in the community as opposed to a personal care/nursing home. Exclusion Criteria: - significant cognitive impairment, - blind - motor impairment of their upper extremities - if another person in their household was or is currently enrolled in the study - the HDS that we will use to screen for cognitive impairment cannot be used with individuals who have these physical problems - Those with a hearing impairment who do not have a modified telephone to enhance their hearing will be excluded since they are unable to participate in the telephone delivered interventions or data collection.
Additional Information
|Official title
|Improving Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy
|Principal investigator
|Judith A Erlen, PHD
|The primary aim of this study is to compare the effect of an individualized adherence intervention (TI) and a structured adherence intervention (TS) to usual care on adherence to antiretroviral therapy in persons infected with HIV (PWHIV). The secondary aims address the relationship between adherence and quality of life (QOL), and between adherence and clinical response. The exploratory aims focus on examining the effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between the intervention and adherence, the effect of adherence on the relationship between self-efficacy and outcomes (clinical response and quality of life), as well as the effects of symptoms, alcohol and/or drug use, chronic interpersonal problems, mood, social support, optimism, perceived burden of medication regimen, perceived stigma, purpose in life, co-morbidity, personality, literacy, and intimate partner abuse on self-efficacy, and psychometric analyses of the instruments. The sample of 300 (plus 51 dropouts) PWHIV who are taking antiretroviral therapy and without cognitive dysfunction will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment arms. Those individuals who are deemed to be 100% adherers (approximately 25-50) will be assigned to the control group, but will be followed separately as a natural history substudy and interviewed. Data will be collected at baseline, post-treatment, post-maintenance, post-booster, and 18 months. Electronic event monitors, diaries, the Self-reported Medication-taking Scale, and the ACTG Adherence Follow-up Questionnaire will be used to assess adherence. The Digit Vigilance Test will be used to assess the effect of sustained attention on adherence. QOL will be measured using the MOS-HIV, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Perception of Illness Visual Analogue Scale. Clinical response will be assessed using viral load, CD4 T-cell count, AIDS defining conditions, and hospitalizations. Variables influencing self-efficacy (measured with an investigator-developed Self-efficacy Scale) will be examined: symptoms ( CRCD Symptom Checklist), alcohol and/or drug use (AUDIT), chronic interpersonal problems (IIP), social support (Interpersonal Support Evaluation List), optimism (Life Orientation Test), anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory) and Beck Depression Inventory II), perceived burden of regimen (visual analog scales), perceived stigma (Perceived Stigma of HIV Scale), purpose in life (Purpose in Life Scale), co-morbidity (CRCD Co-Morbidity Scale), personality characteristics (NEO-FFI), health literacy (Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults), knowledge about HIV medication adherence (HIV Medication Adherence Knowledge), and intimate partner abuse (Abuse Assessment Screen). A repeated measures model with planned comparisons will be used to test the hypotheses for the primary aim. Structural equation modeling will be used to examine the relationships identified in the secondary and exploratory aims. PWHIV who adhere to their therapy may live longer, require fewer hospitalizations, and have an improved QOL.
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What's for Dinner: Chewy Nutella Sugar CookiesFebruary 5, 2014 12:00 AM
Chewy Nutella Sugar Cookies
If there ever was a day worth celebrating, it'd be today: Not only is it World Nutella Day, but it's also the day my twin daughters turn 18. How time flies!
Rather than bake a cake, I'm commemorating this most happy day with a plate of heart-shaped Nutella sugar cookies. I drizzled pink and white icing on top in a zigzag pattern to make them extra special, but you also could simply ice them. Happy birthday, Olivia and Catherine!
For the cookies
1⅔ cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature and cubed
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg, room temperature
3/4 cup Nutella (hazelnut and chocolate spread)
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
For icing
3 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons cream or milk
Red food coloring
Whisk together flour, salt and baking soda. In the bowl of your mixer, beat together cubed butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar, then beat in egg, scraping down the bowl as needed. Beat in Nutella, then vanilla, and finally, gradually beat in flour mixture, until just moistened.
Separate dough into 2 balls, wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for a minimum of 3 hours, or as long as overnight. Otherwise, the dough will be too soft to cut out.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly flour a work surface, and roll out 1 ball of dough at a time to about ¼ to ½ inch thick, depending on how big you want your cookies to be. Cut them out into desired shapes, and place on parchment-lined baking trays.
Bake for 10 or 11 minutes, or until mostly set (they may still be a bit soft-looking in the middle, but that's OK because you want these to be a bit chewy). Allow the cookies to cool completely before icing.
When they are cool, make icing by whisking together powdered sugar and cream. If you need the icing to be a bit more fluid, add a few more drops of water at a time (not cream, as the icing won't set if you use too much) and whisk until it is the desired consistency. (You can also add more powdered sugar if it needs to be thicker.)
Separate the white icing into two bowls, then color one pink with the food coloring. Place icing in a plastic baggie, cut off the tip, and drizzle the icing over the cookies in a zig-zag pattern. Allow the cookies to sit out for a few hours to harden completely, then place in a sealable container, separated by sheets of parchment, and keep at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
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Thursday, April 3, 2008, 8 p.m. · Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall
Posted March 27, 2008; 01:05 p.m.
Renowned legal scholar and political theorist Cass Sunstein will examine the political partisanship of judges in a talk set for 8 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
In his lecture, titled "Political Judging," Sunstein will assess judicial votes to provide some answers to the question of whether judges are political. He will discuss which members of the Supreme Court count as most and least activist or partisan, and will offer thoughts about how human beings, including judges, respond to pressures to conform.
Currently on the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School, Sunstein will move to the Harvard University Law School in the fall. He has written more than 15 books and hundreds of scholarly articles in a wide range of fields, including administrative law and policy, constitutional law and theory, behavioral economics and law, and environmental law. He is currently working on various projects involving the relationship between law and human behavior.
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However, there is, at least in theory, a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0, LPC111X NXP microcontroller in 28 pin DIL capsule that is as easy to use as an Atmega328p.
Unfortunately, it is a fat DIL (page 92 in the datasheet).
Personally I never use DIPs these days, but people still like them for prototyping.
If it is not 10 times faster, likely AVR funs will not abandon so easily their favorite microcontroller for it.
It wouldn't be even remotely close to being 10x faster.
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