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Hi All! Audra here and I've got a surprise for you at the end of this post!
You know how the old adage goes -- You Never Stop Learning? Well, I'm a prime example of a work-in-progress. You'd think after ALL the years I've read books, studied the craft, attended workshops and conferences, I'd have this whole writing thing down pat.
There are so many areas in my writing repetoire that can stand improvement, and writing conflict is the among the biggest. I'm a romance writer at heart and really, I hate seeing anything stand between the hero and heroine, and happily ever after. Of course, that doesn't really leave much room to enfold the reader in a story not soon forgotten, does it? You'd think I'd have gotten past this little problem ages ago.
Nope. It haunts me still. (Happy Halloween, everyone!)
Now remember, I'm a big one for taking workshops. The advent of online courses has allowed me to pursue the selection of wonderful workshops offered for the month either through RWA or ACFW or word of mouth. Personally, I love the word of mouth scenario because if someone I like or admire cares enough to endorse a class by sharing their enthusiasm over it, well, how much better press can you get?
I'm really excited to share this class on Conflict I took in September given by Cheryl St. John. She is a master of her trade and the workshop she's developed had even me understanding the basics of good, solid, organic conflict. You've heard writers say conflict needs to be character driven so as not to appear contrived, right? Well, I'd heard it, too. But not until I took Cheryl's workshop, did I really understand how to reach inside the character and explored all their conflicted regions, LOL!
|Debby Giusti, Ruth Logan Herne, Audra Harders,
Cheryl St. John and Sherri Shackelford
Have a great week everyone!
(a savings of $10.)
REGISTRATION VIA PAYPAL: http://cheryl-stjohn-workshop.blogspot.com/
Only a little over two months left of 2011! Did you accomplish everything you wanted to over the year? Writing improvement challenges? A new story proposal? A finished project? Here's an opportunity to sharpen your skills and be prepared for those new goals, which are right around the corner.
No matter what writing topic Cheryl addresses, she hangs the most importance on characters. Conflict is drawn from characters. It's based on their goals, their backstory and their motivation. It is opposing forces that come from within the characters themselves.
Webster's Dictionary defines conflict as "the opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action in a drama or fiction." This definition is the essence of fiction, and we need to keep it in mind as we develop characters and plots. If there's no conflict, there's no story.
Conflict, of course, can be either light or heavy. In a humorous story, the problem may not be life threatening, but it still must be important to the characters. The characters' motivations must be equally important to them. In suspense, the conflict is often life-threatening. All well-developed plots stem from creative use of conflict, and conflict is what keeps the reader turning pages.
In order to understand conflict and how to develop it, we must first understand what conflict is, what conflict is not, and what conflict can be. The elements that make up a story are so closely meshed that at times it becomes difficult to dissect and make a firm delineation between them. In a masterfully developed story, characterization, plotting, and conflict are all intricately entwined.
Cheryl will explain opposing goals and how to create conflict that will sustain a story. She'll give practical advice on:
Motivating characters
Creating characters with built-in conflict
Revealing emotion through conflict
Internal and external conflict
Simple and complex conflict
Among her achievements, which include forty published books in both contemporary and historical genres, Cheryl St.John has received multiple Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Awards and four RITA nominations. In describing her stories of second chances and redemption, readers and reviewers use words like, "emotional punch, hometown feel, core values, believable characters and real life situations." She has taught writing on local and national levels, and is in demand as a motivational speaker.
The class will be conducted via subscription to a private yahoogroup, two lessons per week, followed by questions and answers. Brief exercises pertaining to the participant's current work in progress may be included. Archived class will be available for one week after the ending date.
I believe so much in this workshop that when you leave a comment and your email address, I'll pay for one (1) lucky commentor's class fee! I'd love to leave the opportunity open for the week, but since the class starts Tuesday, I'll draw the name Monday night and announce the winner Tuesday morning.
Have fun!
Audra Harders writes "rugged stories with heart" featuring cowboys who haven't a clue about relationships rescued by ladies who think they have all the answers. In real life, she's married to her own patient hero, has two teenagers about the leave the nest, and is surrounded by everything conducive to writing about farming, ranching and cowboys at her day job in the county Extension office. She began writing right after her son was born and sold her first book to Steeple Hill Love Inspired mere months before that same son graduated from high school. Surviving those years in between remind her God does have her plan for her life...and that He has a tremendous sense of humor. You can visit her at her website and her blog. Don't be shy!


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I visited a buddy on my way back from SDCC, and he had a copy of Dragon's Lair in a dvd jewel case, so I picked it and asked to borrow it. This can play in almost every Dvd machine and also on PS2, using your remote with the up/down,side/side, and enter buttons acting as the controls. My access of the game on the PS2 is quite quick, with just the slightest pause between interactions. As a kid (and I guess to this day), I always loved the original Arcade game. Over the years, various versions have been released, but always with screens missing or the like. This is the exact version on the Arcade, with the only difference being that the screens are in the same order and don't rotate as they did in the arcade.
I visited their web site, and they also have Dragon's Lair 2, and Space Ace.
I'm just mentioning this for anyone who also loves these games, this is worth the dough, IMO!

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These will typically be copies of reviews that have been previously published in the British Go Journal (BGJ), but have now been brought together in one easy accessible place.
Initially we have started with 9 recent ones, but it is our intention that older ones and any reviews of software or services that are produced will be added to these when available.
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 304, November 19, 2004
ScaLAPACK Intro: Part I of IV
ScaLAPACK ( http://www.netlib.org/scalapack/ ), the "Scalable Linear Algebra Package," is the distributed-memory follow-on to LAPACK. Although source code for ScaLAPACK and the lower-level libraries on which it depends, like BLACS, BLAS, and PBLAS are freely available via netlib, the major HPC vendors put considerable effort into optimizing these routines for their specific architectures. (Cray includes ScaLAPACK routines in craylib. IBM offers the ScaLAPACK functionality through a different API and set of libraries, PESSL.)
If your code calls LAPACK routines, like SGETRF and SGETRS, and you want to dramatically expand your problem size, you might consider parallelizing it to use the corresponding ScaLAPACK routines, like PSGETRF and PSGETRS.
This series of articles demonstrates the conversion of one very simple LAPACK code to ScaLAPACK. You'll immediately discover that the greatest hurdle to using ScaLAPACK is not in calling the routines, but in set-up.
The parallel solvers expect that:
- the processors are arranged in a "virtual processor grid," and
- the data are physically distributed amongst the processors in block-cyclic layout.
The concept of a "virtual processor grid" is already known to all MPI users. When you launch an MPI program with NPROCS tasks, they are arranged for you in a 1D grid, counting from 0 to NPROCS-1. E.g., if NPROCS were 6, the tasks would be arranged as: 0 1 2 3 4 5 Each task knows its unique number in this 1D grid and the extend of the grid (i.e., NPROCS).
ScaLAPACK is built on BLACS ( http://www.netlib.org/blacs/index.html ), the "Basic Linear Algebra Communication Subprograms," which is similar, but arranges processors in a 2D grid. E.g., if NPROCS were 6, the tasks might be arranged in a 2x3 grid, counted as: (0,0) (0,1) (0,2) (1,0) (1,1) (1,2) Each task knows its unique row and column number in this 2D grid and the extent of the grid (i.e., NROWS and NCOLS).
The concept of block-cyclic data distribution is far more difficult to visualize. We'll touch on it, but the example in this series of articles uses utilities from the "ScaLAPACK Tools" library to hide most issues of the block-cyclic distribution from the programmer.
What follows is our example LAPACK program. It initializes and solves AX=C, where A is an n x n matrix, and X and C are vectors of length n.
program slv ! ! Test program, sets up and solves a simple system of equations ! using LAPACK routines. ! ! Compilation: Cray X1: ! ftn -o slv slv.f90 ! ! Compilation: IBM Power4+ Cluster: ! xlf90_r -q64 -qextname -qsuffix=cpp=f90 -qipa -c slv.f90 ! xlf90_r -q64 -qipa -qextname -o slv slv.o -lessl ! ! ARSC, November 2004 ! implicit none integer :: n,istat,info,i,j real,dimension(:,:),allocatable :: a real,dimension(:),allocatable :: c integer,dimension(:),allocatable :: ipiv parameter (n = 13) interface subroutine init_my_matrix (n,a) implicit none integer :: n real :: a(:,:) end subroutine init_my_matrix subroutine init_my_rhs (n,c) implicit none integer :: n real :: c(:) end subroutine init_my_rhs end interface ! ! ----- Allocate LHS, RHS, pivot ----- ! allocate (a(n,n), stat=istat) if (istat/=0) stop "ERR:ALLOCATE FAILS" allocate (c(n), stat=istat) if (istat/=0) stop "ERR:ALLOCATE FAILS" allocate (ipiv (n), stat=istat) if (istat/=0) stop "ERR:ALLOCATE FAILS" ! ! ----- Initialize and print the matrices ----- ! call init_my_matrix (n,a) do i=1,n write (6, '("a(",i3,") ",13f4.0)' ) i,(a(i,j),j=1,n) enddo call init_my_rhs (n,c) do i=1,n write (6, '("c(",i3,") ",f6.2))') i,c(i) enddo ! ! ----- Solve ----- ! call sgetrf( n, n, a, n, ipiv, info ) print*,'info = ', info call sgetrs( 'n', n, 1, a, n, ipiv, c, n, info ) print*,'info = ', info ! ! ----- "Post-process" ----- ! ! Print the solution vector. do i=1,n write (6, '("X(",i3,") ",f6.2))') i,c(i) enddo ! Cleanup arrays deallocate (a,c,ipiv) end program slv ! !----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! subroutine init_my_matrix (n,a) implicit none integer :: n real :: a(:,:) integer :: i, j real :: val do j = 1, n do i = 1, n if (i.eq.j) then a(i,j) = 20. else a(i,j) = 0. endif enddo enddo return end ! !----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! subroutine init_my_rhs ( n, c) implicit none integer :: n real :: c(:) integer :: i do i= 1, n c(i) = i*100.0/n enddo return end
Here's output from a run:
% ./slv a( 1) 20. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. a( 2) 0. 20. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. a( 3) 0. 0. 20. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. a( 4) 0. 0. 0. 20. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. a( 5) 0. 0. 0. 0. 20. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. a( 6) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 20. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. a( 7) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 20. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. a( 8) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 20. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. a( 9) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 20. 0. 0. 0. 0. a( 10) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 20. 0. 0. 0. a( 11) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 20. 0. 0. a( 12) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 20. 0. a( 13) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 20. c( 1) 7.69 c( 2) 15.38 c( 3) 23.08 c( 4) 30.77 c( 5) 38.46 c( 6) 46.15 c( 7) 53.85 c( 8) 61.54 c( 9) 69.23 c( 10) 76.92 c( 11) 84.62 c( 12) 92.31 c( 13) 100.00 info = 0 info = 0 X( 1) 0.38 X( 2) 0.77 X( 3) 1.15 X( 4) 1.54 X( 5) 1.92 X( 6) 2.31 X( 7) 2.69 X( 8) 3.08 X( 9) 3.46 X( 10) 3.85 X( 11) 4.23 X( 12) 4.62 X( 13) 5.00
In Part II of this series, we'll start converting this code to run on a distributed memory parallel processor, using ScaLAPACK.
IBM Lightweight Core Files
Core files can be a real time saver when try to track down bugs in your code. But traditional core files require a debugger to get useful information out of them. There is another alternative for MPI programs on IBM systems such as iceberg and iceflyer- lightweight core files. These core files are significantly smaller than traditional core files and provide a stack trace and other useful information in human readable form.Here's how to dump lightweight core files:
Compile with an mpi compiler (e.g. mpxlf_r, mpcc_r, mpCC_r, etc.)
Add -g to the compiler flags so that debugging information will be added to the executable. Without this flag line numbers and other useful information will not be included in the stack trace.
E.g.: iceberg1 37% mpCC_r example.cpp -g -o example
Add the environment variable MP_COREFILE_FORMAT=STDERR to your loadleveler script. This will cause the lightweight core information to be written to standard error. You may also want to add MP_LABELIO=yes in case more than one MPI task dumps core (MP_LABELIO=yes prepends the task number writing output to the each line of output). E.g.:
iceberg1 50% cat example.ll #!/bin/csh # @ job_type = parallel # @ node = 1 # @ error = example.err # @ output = example.out # @ environment = COPY_ALL # @ tasks_per_node = 8 # @ network.MPI = sn_single,shared,us # @ class = standard # @ wall_clock_limit = 0:30:00 # @ queue setenv MP_LABELIO yes setenv MP_COREFILE_FORMAT STDERR ./example
If the application crashes, it will now write the lightweight core file to standard error. Below is sample output from the example application. If you have set MP_LABELIO to yes, you can now look at the output for individual tasks using grep.
Here we are looking at the information for task 5 only:
iceberg1 53% grep ' 5:' example.err 5:+++PARALLEL TOOLS CONSORTIUM LIGHTWEIGHT COREFILE FORMAT version 1.0 5:+++LCB 1.0 Fri Nov 19 19:27:57 2004 Generated by IBM AIX 5.2 5:# 5:+++ID Node 0 Process 430208 Thread 1 5:***FAULT "SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation" 5:+++STACK 5:setArray__FPii : 41 # in file <example.cpp> 5:main : 22 # in file <example.cpp> 5:---STACK 5:---ID Node 0 Process 430208 Thread 1 5:# 5:+++ID Node 0 Process 430208 Thread 2 5:+++STACK 5:_p_sigtimedwait : 0x00000490 5:sigwait : 0x0000001c 5:pm_async_thread : 0x0000072c 5:_pthread_body : 0x00000100 5:---STACK 5:---ID Node 0 Process 430208 Thread 2 5:# ... ...
Note that you can get lightweight core files, even if you don't compile with -g. You'll get less information, but better performance. We recommend that you do not compile with -g for production runs!
Checking Your Disk Quota on the ARSC IBMs: qcheck
ARSC provides a locally written script, "qcheck," for checking your disk quota on the iceberg and iceflyer. This makes it as easy to check your quota on the IBMs as on the Cray, where you should use "quota -v".
Simply type:
% qcheck
You'll get a self-explanatory report like this:
% qcheck filesystem used(MB) quota(MB) avail(MB) capacity(%) $HOME 1.0 100.0 99.0 1.0 $WRKDIR 8941.1 40000.0 31058.9 22.4
Without the "qcheck" script, IBM users would need two different quota commands, one for each file system, and would have to remember to rsh to the appropriate node before running them.
Address questions regarding qcheck to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Book Review: Perl in a Nutshell
Perl in a Nutshell , Patwardhan, Siever & Spainhour, O'Reilly, $40
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. -- Bulwer-Lytton
Whatever you think is right, is wrong. -- Slightly hyperbolic decorating advice to me from my wife, who knows engineers prefer Cartesian arrangements.
Avoid programming languages that lend themselves to contests of guessing what a line of code means. -- Corollary to Murphy's Law.
Perl is an abominable language. It is, unfortunately, the lingua franca of Unix scripting. Because we need it all the time and because of its usefulness in string processing, it is a necessary tool for our kit.
There are scores of books on Perl -- a search of Amazon.com returned over 7800 hits on "perl." This book is for people who know Perl and don't want to wade through hundreds of man pages to answer questions.
Perl in a Nutshell does a good job of covering most aspects of the language, from its basics to its modules and connections to CGI. Whenever I am forced to use Perl, it is the book I have on my desk. It is useful for checking items from the correct syntax for concatenation, where no two languages seem to agree, to the proper routines and modules for file operations or large number arithmetic.
A nice feature is the chapter, "Function Reference." Perl functions are listed by category and then alphabetically. When I need to open a file, for example, I go to "File Functions" at the beginning of the chapter to see my options. When I want the exact syntax and semantics of the "substr" function, I go straight to it in the alphabetical listing.
A few chapters later, they have a similar structure for the hundreds of standard modules. When I needed to handle many-digit numbers, for example, I found "bigint" and "bignum" modules there, which provided unlimited precision integers. Overkill for my use, but it worked. The reference was crucial at that time and easy to stumble across in the book.
One weak aspect of the book is the index. It does not list as many variations on terms as I need. I've added my own cross references to normal terms for various items, diacriticals and punctuation marks. For example,
- The list of symbols in the index omits the three (very) different types of quote marks.
- There are all sorts of references to the Math modules, but none to the common max and min functions.
- There is an index entry for the "sleep" function, but no reference from such common synonyms as "pause" or "hibernate." The more Perl programming a person does, the less important the missing synonyms in the index.
Ah well. It is a good book. I hope the next edition is even better.
Fall Training: Nov 23, LoadLeveler; Nov 30 - Dec 1, UPC Workshop
Title: LoadLeveler Details Instructor: Tom Logan, ARSC Date: November 23 at 1pm Location: WRRB 009
Title: Unified Parallel C (UPC) Workshop Visiting Instructor: Tarek El Ghazawi, George Washington University Dates: November 30 - December 1 Location: WRRB 009 and WRRB 010 More information: Please send email to: email@example.com
Complete training schedule: http://www.arsc.edu/support/training.html
Santa Letters, Postmarked "North Pole"
Uncles, Aunts, Parents, and other friends of kids: here's an offer from the ARSC HPC Newsletter editors.
The town of North Pole, Alaska is a mere 15 miles from here. If you'd like a letter, postmarked "North Pole," delivered to someone, seal your letter in a stamped, addressed envelope, and instead of mailing it from your local post office, enclose it in a larger envelope and send this to us. On about December 13th we'll mail the letters from North Pole.
Plan extra time for mail to/from Alaska... If you post these to us before Dec. 6th, there should be no problem.
Send to:
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Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ I'm looking for an easy, automatic way of scanning through a list of [[ files to change all lines like this: [[ #include "some_string" [[ to this: [[ #include <some_string> # # Richard Griswold # This is easy to do with perl: perl -pi -e 's/(#include )"(some_string)"/$1<$2>/' file ... Since you are using perl's s/// operator, you have a full range of regex options available to you. If you are a bit unsure of your changes and want to keep backups, use "-pi.bak" instead of "-pi" on the command line. You can also combine this with find and xargs to change files in multiple directories: find . -name "*.cpp" xargs perl -pi -e 's/(#include )"(some_string)"/$1<$2>/' # # Kate Hedstrom # A Perl one-liner: perl -i -pe 's/#include "([^"]*)"/#include <$1>/' file.c The pattern matches double quotes around any number of non-quote characters and stores it in the $1 buffer. The -i option means to replace the file with the changes. Otherwise it would be: perl -pe 's/#include "([^"]*)"/#include <$1>/' file.c > file_new.c # # Dale Clark # Here's one solution: perl -pi -e 's/#include "some_string"/#include <some_string>/g' \ `find . -type f` This 'find' expression would act on all plain files in the current directory tree. Some other expression (like "ls *.c") could of course be used in its place, as appropriate. # # Greg Newby # There are lots of standard Unix/Linux utilities to do this sort of thing, as well as more fully-featured languages with good pattern substitution functionality such as Perl (I expect someone else will present a single-line Perl script to do the same thing). A simple case would be to take each file and transform it to a new file. If the new file is different than the old file, we presume that substitutions took place. Replace it (perhaps saving a copy). I'd use "sed" for this, which should be available on any Unix/Linux system. There are some limitations to sed on some systems, but assuming you're just talking about source code files, sed is a safe choice (don't use sed for binary data, or files with very long lines, without testing first). Here's a quick little script for all .cpp files: #!/bin/sh # Loop for each .cpp file: for i in *.cpp ; do # Send the file as input to "sed". We need a backslash # before special characters such as ", #, < and >: cat $i sed 's/\#include \"some_string\"/\#include \<some_string\>/' > /tmp/$i # See whether the newly transformed files are different than the old: diff $i /tmp/$i > /dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then cp $i ${i}.old # Make a backup cp /tmp/$i $i # Copy the changed file over the old file fi done # # Wendy Palm # It sounds like sed with some regular expressions may be one way to go. This miniscript will change any line that has #include "...." to #include <....>, accounting for an arbitrary number of whitespace characters (anywhere but leading whitespace). #! /bin/sh for file in $* do cat $file sed '/^#[ \t]*include[ \t]*/s/\"/\</' sed '/^#[ \t]*include[ \t]*/s/\"/\>/' > $file$$ mv $file$$ $file done Q: I was recently on a walk and discovered a phone number, that I wanted to remember, posted on a tree. I had time to cogitate, but nothing on which to write. Do you have any tips, methods, or systems for memorizing numbers? If you want, you could demonstrate your system using one or more of the following numbers (these are the ARSC Consult line, our latitude, and the ISBN for everyone's favorite book, "Parallel Programming in OpenMP"). 907-450-8602 64 deg. 51.590 min. 1-56592-054-6
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If you wanna kick up your Halloween festivities, you may be able to do so with some of the smart home gadgets and consumer electronics that you already have in your posession. One example is using your Hue lights to simulate a thunderstorm or fire happening in your home, which I've been enjoying for the past few days. The ambiance can be enjoyed both from inside the house, as well as by people passing by (especially with a connected Bluetooth speaker chiming in with sound effects, pointed outside an open window!)
For more inspiration, Best Buy has compiled five videos that show how you can use different pieces of technology that you can use to put together you own scary holiday scenes. The one I liked most is the Haunted House Wicked Washroom, where you use Philips Hue lights, a Bluetooth speaker with ambient lighting, and Belkin WeMo smart plugs to allow you to turn on plugged in gadgets remotely. Head on over to Best Buy to check out all five video tutorials.
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In this episode I give you a look at the Belkin WeMo LED Lighting Starter Set. The set includes two WeMo Smart light bulbs and the WeMo Link, which allows you to connect up to 50 WeMo Smart light bulbs and control them individually or as a group from a smartphone or tablet.
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Anova Culinary Precision Sous Vide just $139 for Prime Day
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The Anova Culinary Precision Immersion Circulator is one of the best kitchen deals we've seen on Amazon's Prime Day sale. This thing is easy-to-use, connects to your smartphone, and allows you to cook the perfect meal with the touch of a button. Sous vide perfect steaks, chicken, veggies, and more. It's usually $179, but for the next hour or so, can be had for $139!
2014 Holiday Gift Guide: Joseph Joseph Nest 100
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We're not leaving the cool kitchen gadgets out of our 2014 Holiday Gift Guide, and as proof, we present the Joseph Joseph Nest 100. Joseph Joseph's nested set of 9 kitchen tools includes a large stainless steel mixing bowl with non-slip base, a small stainless steel mixing bowl with non-slip base, a fine mesh stainless steel strainer, a stainless steel colander, and a set of 5 black measuring cups--all engineered to fit together as compactly as possible. It's the perfect gift for the Top Chef wannabe in your life.
You can pick up the Joseph Joseph Nest 100 now from Amazon for $99.99.
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Now brighter, faster, and smarter than ever—choose from over 25 apps and launch a whole new world of mobile gameplay. Sphero, our next 2014 Holiday Gift Guide entry, turns your surroundings into a video game with augmented reality and an endless array of ways to play. Powered by induction charging and an internal smart robot, Sphero glows in millions of colors and is pet-proof, waterproof, and ready for any adventure. This is one of the gifts that can be seen as the height of coolness.
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What is the U.S. position regarding the legality of Israeli settlements?Asked by James Hurt
The U.S. position has fluctuated over time. In the Reagan years, the United States said the settlements were "not illegal." The Clinton and George H.W. Bush administrations avoided the legal arguments but criticized the settlements frequently. President George W. Bush called the larger settlement blocs "new realities on the ground" that would have to be reflected in peace negotiations.


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• That said, it's good to keep your lawn short, to keep pollen production to a minimum. Get someone else to do the mowing during in the early months of summer. If there isn't anyone else to do it, take an antihistamine first, and wear a mask.
Medication Relief for Grass Allergy
Grass allergy can be managed with non-sedating antihistamines and nasal steroid sprays. You can even take antihistamines in anticipation of your allergy season, says Dr. Karen Binkley, a Toronto allergist. In a reaction, your body releases histamines which cause the redness, swelling, itching and mucus that lead to sneezing and other symptoms. By taking the medication early, or during the allergy season, you can block the histamine before it becomes a problem.
Nasal steroid sprays reduce inflammation and mucus production, and can be taken in combination with an antihistamine.
For some sufferers, immunotherapy, or allergy shots, may be an option. Patients get injections of their allergen over a period of months or years to make them less sensitive to the allergen. Not everyone is suited to the treatment, so consult your allergist.
More recently, sublingual allergy tablets, a new and convenient form of immunotherapy for grass allergy have become available.
According to a Canadian survey by the antihistamine brand Reactine (known as Zyrtec in the U.S.), nine out of 10 allergy sufferers don't want to cocoon themselves indoors. Who would want to?
"They should play sports. They should do any activities they want," says Kim. "They should see their physician to be treated, if they're having difficulty with [grass allergy]. With some very simple, safe medications, the majority of people can lead a very normal life."
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Are they providing you a Gig Internet connection? If not, then it doesn't really matter so much if you have a Gigabit-capable wireless connection. On the other hand, if you need Gig wireless connectivity between devices/systems within your network - you might consider springing for a wireless infrastructure to support that kind of connectivity.
You don't get to pick which state agencies are spying on you. The reality is that it's probably all of the above plus a bunch of other ones that aren't listed.
Going along with some of the comments - you do maybe have a choice in some of the other entities that are spying on you (Google, MSFT, Facebook, etc.) The question is whether you want to avoid all useful Internet services in the interest of your own privacy. Bottom line - if you're accessing something, someone is recording that access and probably selling or commoditizing that recorded data point in a dozen different ways. Possibly/probably including giving or selling that data to foreign and domestic intelligence agencies.
Absolute privacy on the Internet is a zero sum game. The only way to win is to not play.
Yes. The point I'm trying to make is that if:
1) You set your SSID to "my_secret_ssid" and then disable broadcast
2) You configure your laptop to connect automatically to "my_secret_ssid" and check the box that this is a non-broadcast ssid
3) Every time you bring your laptop to work or the airport or the donut shop, it will start beaconing to look for "my_secret_ssid".
Evil nefarious types have the tools to look for those beacons and automatically reply with "my_secret_ssid" to trick your machine into connecting to them. Theoretically they can then pass this connection to a legitimate network connection, but leave themselves in the middle. You and your laptop won't necessarily know that this has happened.
How to avoid this: Don't automatically connect to wifi, and don't configure non-broadcast SSIDs on your machines any longer than you need to.
That grammar is correct. Phonetically, the "N" begins with a vowel sound so "an NSA" is correct.
FTFY - Grammar police should endeavor to avoid use of the double negative.
Interesting argument. What does it cost to feed and maintain a horse? What is the maximum speed and range of a horse? Can a horse power air travel? The energy cost efficiency of internal combustion is pretty hard to beat with today's technology.
That undersea oil was there 100 years ago, but there was more readily available oil that was easier and cheaper to get to so we didn't have a motivation to go after the harder stuff. Technology also improved to enable us to go after the harder to retrieve resources.
We've been approaching peak oil for twenty years now. What is the forecast for hitting peak iron or peak nickel? Maybe that will be motivation to drive us after the asteroid resources or maybe it will be motivation to more aggressively recycle our local resources. If you look at the pyramids in Egypt and the coliseum in Rome - a lot of the stone work was recycled into building materials for nearby construction. Yes, they had stone quarries they could have gone to get material for the new construction, but it was cheaper and easier to re-use the easily scavenged stones from the previous generation's efforts. Similarly as we hit the back side of peak oil maybe it will push us back to horses - or maybe (hopefully) drive investment into wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear.
But there is also every element you can find on earth floating around in ridiculous abundance, and easier to access too
I appreciate a good sci fi yarn as much as the next guy, but do try to keep in mind the "fiction" aspect of it. In fact, the overwhelmingly defining characteristic of space would be the tremendous amount of emptiness that it is comprised of. The vast distances just within our own solar system immediately decry the abundance and easy access to useful resources. That will hold true at least until you solve the problem of cheap and efficient energy. I would argue that when you have solved that problem, you will still be able to fix the earth's issues at the same or lower cost than going out in to space. (Props to the termite infested house analogy posted earlier.)
Looking at this another way, if it was cheaper and easier to get iron, gold, or boron by mining asteroids I'm pretty sure someone would be doing it right now. The reason they aren't doing it is because it's cheaper not to. Something about skipping the roughly 180M mile round trip to the asteroid belt probably explains that.
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Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series:
The Dawn of Creation--The First Two Billion Years
March 04, 2009
7 to 8:30 p.m.
As part of the 10th annual Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, astronomer
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All the great islands of stars got their start in the first billion years after the beginning of time, the Big Bang. Every deep picture of the sky reveals thousands of these galaxies, each made up of billions of stars like the Sun. The intricate structures of the Milky Way and other galaxies took shape slowly, building up from many pieces in the debris of the initial explosion. This process was governed by the mysterious dark matter that we can sense but still not see. Modern instruments like the Hubble Space Telescope have made it possible to look back to a time when the universe looked very different than it does today. Dr. Beckwith will show some of the deepest images of the universe ever taken and share recent discoveries about the early days of the cosmos.
Beckwith is currently the vice president for research and graduate studies for the University of California's 10 campuses. His 30-year research career spans many areas of astronomy, including the formation and early evolution of planets around other stars and the birth of galaxies in the early universe. In 2004, he led the team that created the Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image, resulting in the discovery of the most distant galaxies ever seen.
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2011 is finally here. So now seems as good a time as any to take stock of everything we've accomplished in the past year, to draw together our challenges and victories and lay them out there for you to see. Since there isn't space enough to showcase everything, we've selected a few of our favorite highlights from 2010 to share with you:
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The University will mark the beginning of the academic year with Opening Exercises at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, in the University Chapel.
The annual interfaith service will include an address by President Shirley M. Tilghman and the recognition of academic achievements of undergraduate students.
Freshmen will enter the chapel with other students in their residential college. The chapel is expected to be filled with the 1,301 members of the class of 2013 -- the highest number of freshmen in the University's history -- as well as faculty and administrators who will process in academic regalia.
Family members will be directed to simulcast sites in 101 McCormick Hall and McCosh 10. The ceremony will be broadcast live on TigerNet Channel 7 on campus and will be archived on the Web for later viewing.
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The patent also protects Alchemia's HyACT drug delivery platform when applied to a range of other anti-cancer drugs for the treatment of drug-resistant colorectal cancer
Singapore: Brisbane-based drug discovery and development company Alchemia has been granted a key US patent critical to its platform oncology technology.
The patent is being regarded as a critical development milestone for the company and provides US protection to the company's proprietary drug, HA-Irinotecan, in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. This drug is currently being evaluated on more than 400 patients in a pivotal phase III clinical trial at 76 sites. The trials are being held globally.
The patent, titled Hyaluronan-Chemotherapeutic agent formulations for the treatment of colon cancer, also protects Alchemia's HyACT drug delivery platform as applied to a range of other anti-cancer drugs that can be used in the treatment of drug-resistant colorectal cancer.
Dr Mike West, vice president, Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, Alchemia, said the patent demonstrated the broad clinical and commercial capability of the HyACT platform. "This patent fits neatly in a suite of granted patents in other jurisdictions, including Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Taiwan and Europe, and will greatly enhance Alchemia's efforts in commercializing HA-Irinotecan," he said.
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The governor has issued a disaster proclamation for 15 counties in southern and southeastern Iowa.In response to recent storms and flooding, Governor Terry Branstad issued a proclamation activating the Iowa Individual Assistance Program for 15 counties including Keokuk and Jefferson.
The program provides grants up to $5,000 for households with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level, or a maximum annual income of $39,060, for a family of three. Grants are available for home or car repairs, replacement of clothing or food, and for temporary housing. Original receipts are required for those seeking reimbursement for actual expenses related to storm recovery.
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What a cute short! I really enjoyed Tonari no Seki-kun! Seki-kun sits next to Yokoi in class. She always notices him playing around (and the ridiculous games he invents are dee-lightful), and thinks she should be scolding him...but then she gets sucked into his games and ends up being just as distracted as him. So, yeah, hilarious. And not long enough to become annoying. If you like shorts and comedy, this one will be a solid choice.See full review
Action-driven yet human-focused, Teppou Musume does a fantastic job of keeping the tension high in this tale about a group of part-human, part-beasts who are terrorizing Edo. The story is fairly basic, driven by a hunter girl who moves to Edo to join her brother. There, they participate in the hunt for the "Fuse," half-human, half-dog beings who are eating human beings. Along her journey, she inadvertantly makes a connection to one of them. I thought the story was good, yet sparse, and not terribly deep, but certainly interesting in a "touching-on-themes" type of way. The characters... See full review
If I had to use one word to describe this anime, it would be, "Delightful." Story: Uchouten Kazoku did a great job of showing rather than telling its story. It has a "chaotic comedy" appeal which is underscored by sad and serious moments. The story has an intricacy that reminded me of Baccano!, although the genre is completely different. Lots of characters, interacting at various points throughout the story, gradually revealing a bigger story. It does well with bringing up past events by focusing on the parts of the past that are relevant to the story without using drawn-out... See full review
Love Lab is pretty average in terms of characters and production values, but it is quite a cute show. This will just be a brief review. Brief Summary: At an all girls' school, Maki, the student council president, is secretly interested in how to attract a boyfriend. Riko discovers this secret, and is forced to join the student council because of a misunderstanding: Maki thinks Riko is a "love expert." Story: The story itself isn't anything new or unusual, but the misunderstanding about Riko's "love expertise" persists until it becomes a roadblock for the characters' relationships with... See full review
Despite the fact that KyoAni never intended for Free! to be anything more than a 30-second studio promo, I think they did an excellent and interesting expansion of the original clip. After the attention it got online they'd've been dumb not to take advantage of what was clearly a potential market--but it's still great to see a studio delivering such a grand product purely because the fans asked for it. Brief Summary: Childhood friends Haru, Nagisa, and Makoto realize that their other childhood friend, Rin, is back from Australia. Rin doesn't seem to want to relive their glory days of swimming... See full review
This will just be a brief review to kind of collect my thoughts about Kin-iro Mosaic. Light on content (a la K-On or Tamako Market), thin on plot, and heavy on high-pitched moe and friendship, Kin-iro Mosaic is a fairly average show. There's no overarching plot except developing the girls' friendships, but even that seems light and full of silly jokes. I think my biggest complaint though, is that I never really believed that Alice and Karen were from Great Britain. Sure they had blonde hair, but they never really acted like Europeans. I can't criticize this point too much, because the show never... See full review
As I watched the final episode of Silver Spoon, a single word came to mind to describe this anime. "Thoughtful." But also thought-provoking. Brief Summary: A "smart kid" who has trouble fitting in at his traditional middle school is encouraged by a teacher to apply to an agricultural high school. Once there, he learns a lot about how food is produced, as well as learning how to make friends. Themes: Making friends, business realities, the difficulties of being in the agricultural industry, how food is made, the value of hard work, the value of struggling with large moral issues (for... See full review
UtaPri is an extremely light series. It was very pleasant and easy viewing, and didn't have any glaring flaws despite its very stereotypical reverse harem nature. Basically, a plain girl with no obvious talent makes it into prestigious school for idols and entertainers, actually has lots of talent, makes friends with a bunch of hot guys who all try to get her to be their exclusive composer, eventually causing them to form a 6-man idol group. Story: I ranked the story 4/10 for predictability and cheesy moments, the kind where I rolled my eyes and said, "Am I really watching this?" Don't let that... See full review
In comparison to some of the other works to come out of the Young Animator Training Project, Ryo's story is somewhat vague, takes place in a historical era (which probably requires prior knowledge of Japanese history [which can be assumed when writing for a Japanese audience]), and doesn't really have a lot of meat or development. I was kind of surprised by how weak the story was, and I didn't really think the animation itself was all that special. I wouldn't go as far as to call it a waste of 25 minutes, but if you're not a history buff, you might consider skipping this one.See full review
This installment of Oto na Joshi no Anime time brings us 3 episodes and 3 stories, each about a Japanese woman and her life. We are shown a day or two in the life of each one, and watch her interact with the people around her, while we listen to her thoughts, which are often different from what she says and does. Through each story, we touch on social issues, all of which are of pressing concern for contemporary Japan and particularly women. Story: Fabulously done, the stories follow each woman through her daily life. We are shown how their life seems normal, and as the episode develops, we find out that... See full review
I liked the first season of this show. I intensely disliked the second. Story: I felt this season lacked a strong central theme/story thread. Last season, the central theme was "finding acceptance for Kirino's weird hobby." And it worked well. This season's theme seemed to be fanservice. The stories were lame, disjointed/unrelated to each other, cobbled together, and lacked coherency. Characters: Annoying/10. Didn't really develop any further, except Saori, but she turned out to be boring. Too many tsundere chars, and way too much arguing over Kousaka. Lamesauce all around. Overall: Too... See full review
An otherwise boring high school boy, Kasuga, is tempted by the left-behind gym clothes of his crush. Startled by a noise as he picks them up, he runs off, only to find that he has inadvertantly stolen them. Terrified, he hides them at home. Shortly thereafter, he finds out that Nakamura, a rebellious member of his class, saw him steal them. Using his secret as leverage, she blackmails him into a "contract," though what it is or what she wants remains ambiguous until the end of the series. Story: Basically involves Nakamura continuing to be a busybody, Kasuga trying to normally date the girl... See full review
I keep waiting for a confession, but Chihayafuru 2 is a big huge tease. The focus, as in the first season, was on the competitive karuta aspect--making it more or less a sports show--with just enough hints of developing relationships between characters to string you along and leave you wanting more. Gah! Story: Chihayafuru's story is typical of any other sports show, highlighting aspects of training and spending a lot of time battling weird opponents. The only distinguishing feature (and the feature that puts it solidly in the shoujo category) is the romance, but it's so light it's barely... See full review
RDG: Red Data Girl: the story of a shy girl with a goddess living inside of her. Suzuhara wants nothing more than to be normal, but the goddess' powers keep making that difficult to achieve. And she has a crush on her protector, who only seems to dislike her. Story: As you can see from the above synopsis, the plot isn't terribly interesting. With more interesting characters, there would be plenty of potential here, but the characters were timid and more willing to hide their emotions than give in to them. Animation & Sound: Pretty standard, and the pretty art enhances the light-on-content feel of the... See full review
It really doesn't get much better than this. Makoto Shinkai has knocked this one out of the park--every time I watch one of his movies, I wonder if his art can get any better. Hold on to your hats, because somehow, every time, he manages to produce a work of quality that completely overshadows his earlier works. And that, my friends, is no easy task. *Spoiler Alert* Story: Keeping it simple, the story is a bittersweet romantic tale of a boy who meets a stranger in the park on rainy mornings, when it is his rule to skip first period. He has a dream to become a shoemaker; she drinks beer, eats... See full review
Mayo Chiki is about a boy who is afraid of touching women who discovers that the butler of the richest girl in school is actually a girl masquerading as a boy. He is forced to keep their secret, and ends up growing closer with both girls. Story: Not terribly original, standard fare, typical run of beach/school festival/hot springs/etc episodes. The plot is never annoying, and what really keeps you going is wondering if Konoe and Jirou will ever confess to each other. Animation: Nothing special, nothing terrible. Characters: Very solid and entertaining. Definitely the driving force of the show. In... See full review
Marie & Gali is about a young girl who finds herself transported into Galihabara, a magical land where famous scientists of days past are alive and thriving. She meets Galileo, Madame Curie, and others, learning about science in order to go home. Story: The story provides a frame for Marie to learn about some scientific principle or another. Usually involving a ridiculous problem which must be solved, the comedy manages to be both clever and stupidly slapstick. Don't watch this one for a complex plot. Animation: I gave this a slightly higher score because I love love love Pet and Marie's character... See full review
I almost gave up on this one because of the characters' propensity for making long-winded speeches about Exodus/Genesis/time travel/twisting logic/bizarre Shakespeare references. Ultimately, I would consider Zetsuen no Tempest very, very average. The characterization is fairly strong, but the particulars of the world ending are annoying vague and feel contrived. Too much in the story exists because you know the author thought it was cool. Take it or leave it: it's not a drop-it-like-it's-hot show, but neither is it a must-watch show.See full review
This was a trainwreck of an anime. All-around epic fail. The one exception was the character design, which was simply sumptuous and was the only thing that kept me watching. Utimately, the art was completely a waste given the content. Wait, was there even content? But I digress. Story: The story didn't make sense at all until the last episode, and even then it made hardly any sense anyway. The characters were flatter than cardboard and about as flavorful. The main character was a nameless airhead and couldn't even make a decision without relying on the (male) characters around her. Characters... See full review
This is a very typical KyoAni piece. It is light and enjoyable, fairly average with just enough quirks (aka talking bird) to be interesting. The premise is completely silly, and if you take it seriously, you are doing it wrong. Haters gonna hate, but there's really nothing bad about Tamako Market. Recommended for K-On! fans, and fans of other light slice-of-lifes.See full review
Shinsekai Yori really surprised me by developing some pretty heavy themes throughout the last two seasons. If you're a sci-fi fan, read on. Story: Set in a utopian/dystopian future (depending which species you belong to, I suppose), it is about a girl named Saki growing up, being confronted with problems of her society's own creation, and then piecing together the truth of her people's history while solving the various issues that crop up. The issues start small and ramp up, and the foreshadowing and doomsy, creepy vibe seeps into every nook and cranny of the story as it progresses. The storyline is... See full review
Sakurasou was an anime which managed to hold my interest despite its fairly average storyline. It never made me bored, but I never went beyond feeling lukewarm about each week's episode arriving. Something was missing in it for me, and I'm not quite sure what that was. Not a bad show by any means, though. Story: Basically, a school/slice of life story about some pretty crazy characters, most of whom have talents that set them apart from "normal" people. It utilizes typical plotlines [school festival, foreign friend arriving to take someone home, threat of their home being shut down] to explore... See full review
My first impression of Psycho-pass was that someone was trying to recreate Death Note. It gew on me, however, and I've ultimately decided that it is a quietly good show which really tears into questions of morality and society. Good Points -Really meaty themes: justice, controlling society, morality, good vs evil, etc. -Never crosses over into cliches. -Beautiful atmosphere, really fits the themes. -Intriguing characters who wrestle with holding a complicated position in society/the story. -Interesting end which was believable, resolved and yet didn't resolve. Good balance. Bad Points -Some... See full review
This OVA is a short snippet of Natsuiro Kiseki's four main characters four years after the events of the TV series. It shows them meeting up at Rin's shrine for the first time in a long time, where they have a short conversation about what they've done since the events of the main series and what they will be doing with their futures. I hate OVAs that are purely fanservice or are unrelated to the original storyline--this is definitely not either of thoes things. It is short'n'sweet, and adds to the storyline by giving us an idea of what came after.See full review
Natsuiro Kiseki is about four childhood friends who get involved in a series of strange events (including flying and bodyswitching) after they accidentally wish upon a sacred stone at the local shrine. These events serve as the backdrop to the main conflict, Saki's imminent move to Tokyo, and allow the girls to explore the depths of their friendship while making new memories over summer vacation. Story: The story is episodic, and is driven by the four characters who each have a very distinct and strong personality. It goes through many typical "summer vacation" events, but also adds in some... See full review
I watched 10 minutes of this movie and decided it was showing more or less the same events as the TV series, and didn't feel like watching it again. I liked the TV series a lot (and I'd encourage you to check out my review of it) but suspect I would prefer the show to the movie. Either way, it's worth your time.See full review
Suki-tte Ii na Yo is a very simple shoujo anime with a mellow and realistic setting. A lot of people compare it to Kimi ni Todoke because of the very similar premise for both shows, but by the end, I felt that KnT took an entirely different direction, focusing on the chase, rather than the post-formation relationship dynamics. Also the side characters are completely different and make the atmosphere completely different, but I digress. Story: A basic story about a shy, plain girl with no friends, Mei, and a popular boy, Yamato, who fall in love with each other, Suki-tte Ii na Yo has a very... See full review
Although I only give this 6.5/10, I really did enjoy watching Kamisama Hajimemashita and would love to see a sequel that goes into more detail about the previous shrine owner and what his motivations are. Story: Nanami loses the house she lives in after her father disappears. While contemplating her situation in the park, she saves a treed man from a dog. He gives her his home as a thank-you gift, but that home turns out to be an abandoned shrine. Nanami must work to gain the trust of Tomoe, the shrine's pretty main familiar with a tragic past, and you have the beginnings of a supernatural love... See full review
I almost dropped this show after the first episode, due to Sakura's exceedingly awkward behavior. What this show had going for it was the whole "limits of justice" theme, and I was hoping it would develop more strongly in that direction. After all, first episodes are tough to pull off (a good example of a good first ep would be Ouran HSHS). Story: Well, I definitely wished I had dropped it early on (and the only reason for continuing was hope and the fact that the subbers released it during my few slow days for the season). What a crock of crap. In fact, it was so hokey and fakey and... See full review
To add to my bafflement over this series, I heard today that a sequel has been green-lighted. What the actual fuck? (Unless it's a sequel that is actually a prequel, in which case it should have come first, because this show was confused). Story: The "plot" was an absolute fustercluck. It's like Nanamine from Bakuman got in on the scriptwriting, along with 50 of his internet advisors, and then everyone also had caffeine-induced ADHD on top of it. It felt like someone tried to throw in everything that was cool into one place, stirred the pot, and then spun it around in circles. From the... See full review


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CORINTH – Not only does it take a village to raise a child, it takes a village to support a family in crisis or an individual whose life has taken a bad turn.
Crosswind, a nonprofit outreach ministry in Corinth, has been fulfilling that role for families for about two years.
The seeds of the Crosswind's FAITH ministry – Family and Individual Transitional Housing – were planted when a generous donor contributed an apartment for use by a homeless man who had been spending nights in his car with his dog, parked in the Crosswind parking lot, said Executive Director Bobby Capps.
That apartment was later shared by man who was released from prison with no income and nowhere to go.
"Those were our first two residents," Capps said, "then we had an additional five apartments donated. In two years we've had 17 to 20 families – 81 individuals – 40 adults and 41 children, and 60 percent of them have graduated from the program."
Graduating means that after coming to Crosswind homeless, jobless and with no transportation to look for a job or get to a job once hired, these individuals and families have become independent, contributing members of society.
"The first big thing we do is help them clear up their old issues," Capps said. "We're working with them on employment the whole time, providing transportation for the job hunt. Then once they begin to work, we help manage their money to get things paid off."
If there are outstanding warrants or court fines, the ministry will serve as a bridge between the individual and authorities to help get back in compliance with whatever situation is holding the client back.
"We help to stabilize them, and the average tenant is with us about four months," Capps said. "We've taken these families from unstable and homeless, put them in a faith-based environment and given them life coaching, counseling, budgeting and other support, to get them back to a stable life situation."
Client Jessie, 30, was a Pascagoula native and lifelong methamphetamine user who came to Crosswind. After her work with FAITH, Jessie's life has stabilized, she has earned her Certified Nurses Aid credential and is preparing to enter nursing school in the fall. She's regained temporary custody of her children, and with Crosswind's backing and continuing support, expects custody to become permanent.
All that Crosswind has accomplished so far in the FAITH Ministry has been through donations and support of about 25 families of Crosswind, Capp said, but they want to do more and will need community help.
"We'd prefer they live in a more sterile environment, rather than the middle of an apartment complex, so we want to raise capital to build our own residential units," Capps said. "We'd start with a building with four units, then expand with additional four-unit buildings. With four of these four-unit blocks we think we'll really be able to handle the need."
FOR MORE INFORMATION or to donate, contact Crosswind Executive Director Bobby Capps at (662) 287-5600.


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Onward through the outskirts of Ithaca to the next call – just 10 miles down the road the Taughannock Falls State Park which does have a very significant waterfall. It also has Cayuga Lake frontage and this is where I went, mistakenly first up. Problem with the snow was that I could not actually see where the parking or trails were. A quick call into the park office sorted me out and the guy was very relaxed about me abandoning the car out front. The path to the falls was straight forward and I followed the tracks left by the first walker of the day and their dog. Strangely when I encountered this walker – a lady in a big coat – there was no sign of the dog.
The falls themselves were partially frozen and the plunge pool has been turned into a dome of ice and snow
At the point I had about 3oz of petrol left and no money to buy anymore. On my second attempt I found a bank and then asked the sat nav to find me a petrol station – easier said than done!
Tosser of the day: As my brother Paul's phone would say "you have activated the automated tosser detection system…." I was driving to Ovid to find an ATM when I saw a curios box shape approaching me – looked like a phone box on wheels. As I got closer I could see it was a horse drawn carriage so I slowed right down. Unlike the nob end in the pickup behind the carriage who was tailgating it. I am not joking tailgating a funking horse! Once I was round I saw in my rear view mirror that he went screaming past it and them immediately cut it up by turning right in front of it. Seriously what is your problem?
This happen to me once on my bike. I was 15 and doing work experience when a dude in a car thought he could overtake me and turn left all at once. I came off the bike headbutted his motor and the bike was dragged along the whole off-side. I was fine but his car got what he deserved for being a twat!
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On August 10, thousands arrived at Bartle Hall to be part of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW.
Regardless of whether they were told their treasures held incredible monetary value or purely sentimental value, all were excited to be part of the program's 18th season. Thank you to everyone who stopped by the KCPT booth, had their picture taken and expressed how much they value their local PBS station.


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I've been a freelancer for more than a decade, and for most of those years I've been able to work out of my home.
Being a Work-at-Home Worker has its perks and its pitfalls.
Here are some of the best and worst things about working from the home office.
The good
1. The commute is awesome
For most people who are lucky enough to work at home, the commute is whatever distance lies between the bed and the desk. In many cases, this isn't more than a few hundred feet. For some, this means: no car, no gas, no car insurance. It cuts down on overhead when you don't need a vehicle, a bus pass or a train ticket to get down to business.
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2. You're the boss
Not only are you your own boss, but your boss is awesome. Hopefully, you're not one of those bosses that employees love to hate. You decide the work day starts at noon? Approved! You like to eat crackers while working in Excel? Go for it! You sign contracts in your pajamas? No problem! Man, the boss is cool.
3. Reinvention is a constant
Because you don't fit into a box with the word "JOB" stamped on top of it, you can redefine who you are on an as-needed basis. Tired of focusing on a certain aspect of your job, but love to immerse yourself in another aspect of it? Being self-employed requires you to constantly be reframing your expertise in a way that is productive, happy-making, and in sync with the evolving market.
4. It's more human
Apparently, your brain only does well focusing on something for an hour-and-a-half or so at a time. Cubicle slavery doesn't allow for that. Traditional jobs are structured thusly: START TIME, WORKWORKWORK, END TIME. Over eight to nine hours, that's not maximizing productivity. That's just stupid. Being able to focus, move away, and return when ready means you're working with your brain, not against it.
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5. Control, control, control
Are you a control freak? I am. That means I can't stand people telling me what to do, I don't share well, and I like to play God in my fantasy fiefdom. If you want to feel like you're in control of your life — and who doesn't? — being a WAHW is your ticket to the Promised Land.
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The bad
1. The anxiety is a killer
Think your regular office job is stressful? Try holding a job where you have no job security. Sure, you did great this month, but what about next month? What about next year? What if the economy goes down the toilet again? Did that check come yet? The stress of not knowing where you'll be professionally in 30 days takes a will of iron to bear.
2. Is anybody out there?
Staying at home to work is a blessing and a curse. If you want to spend more time with your kids, you can do that; if you want to get work done, your kids may make that difficult. There's no reason to leave the house, to step away from the computer, to socialize. Without water cooler chats, work buddies and interaction with other humanoids, the WAHW can live a lonely life.
Forbes.com: Why the office isn't the best workspace
3. The matter of benefits
Health insurance is something you either go without or pay for yourself. The dog isn't offering a 401(k). No one will pay should you decide to relocate. Outside of stress, the lack of benefits is probably the biggest challenge the self-employed face.
4. Motivate this
Every week, I get emails from people who've decided they want to go it on their own. Usually, I don't respond, but sometimes I wonder if they know what they're getting themselves into. Those who are not workaholics or insanely driven should not venture into WAHW territory. It's not easy to motivate yourself day after day, regardless of how the business is doing, and if you can't do that, you should find yourself what is commonly referred to as a "real job."
5. The secretary is MIA
Working at home means wearing many hats. You are the boss, the employee, the creative, the marketing team, the publicist, the strategic planner, the accountant. In one day, you may be brainstorming, producing and invoicing. Those without flexible brains need not apply.
Those who fare well as WAHWs are those who can do it all and then some, who can resist the siren's call of the TV and the refrigerator, who can remember that in the end working at home is better than working for the man any day of the week.
Forbes.com Women finding balance in remote work arrangements
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– Jackson Prep's Ricky Black, who also coached at Kosciusko and Tupelo, picked up his 300th career victory on Thursday night with a 9-0 victory against Pearl.
"It's an exciting win, 300 is special," Black told the Clarion Ledger.
He's just the fourth football coach in Mississippi history to record 300 victories. Black joins Booneville's Jim Drewry (346), Joe Bradshaw (343) and Bill Hurst (337) in the 300 club.
– Three of the state's better Class 6A teams stepped out of the state with mixed results.
Second-ranked Olive Branch (4-0) defeated Memphis University School 43-33, while fifth-ranked South Panola (2-2) was whipped 41-6 at Bentonville, Ark.
Madison Central (1-3) lost 56-28 to West Monroe, La. MPB's third-ranked team,
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A feeling of love, happiness and community filled the room when first grade students from Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School made a special visit to Moldaw Residences. The children brought smiles to the seniors' faces by singing songs and hand-delivering sweet treats as part of a Purim holiday celebration. The gifts of cookies and cakes were part of Miscloach Manot which is the tradition of giving food to friends, neighbors and relatives on Purim. Twenty students spent time singing holiday songs, visiting and presenting goodies to the residents at Moldaw.
"Everyone felt a sense of fulfillment and love when the children were here," said Miki Raver, lifestyles director at Moldaw Residences. "The intergenerational relationship brings true joy and satisfaction to our residents. We welcome the students and their families any time they want to visit."
A first grade teacher at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School approached Moldaw Residences to collaborate on the event that helped integrate the students into the community. The school has service learning within its educational program which combines classroom instruction with real life experiences.
"We believe that it is important to connect the generations and teach the children to respect their elders," said Donna Seidel, first grade teacher at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School. "We also like to show the students how to take care of others and look beyond themselves. This fun experience taught them some valuable lessons."
The holiday of Purim commemorates a story in the Book of Esther. Haman, an advisor to King Ahasuerus of Persia, wanted to annihilate all of the Jewish people. Queen Esther and her Uncle Mordecai were able to stop his plan and save the Jewish people from destruction. Kids often times dress up in costumes, hold parades and partake in large feasts to celebrate the holiday.
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Celebrate 50 years of African American achievement by attending the eighth annual Alex Haley Scholarship Golf Weekend, which benefits minority students at UT. The scholarships were established to honor world-renowned author and UT professor Alex Haley.
The weekend will "tee off" with a celebrity reception and auction on Sunday, May 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Knoxville. The celebrity golf tournament will take place on Monday, May 16 at the Gettysvue Polo, Golf, and Country Club in West Knoxville. Check in is 7:30 a.m. with a start time of 8:30 a.m.
The annual event is the signature fundraising event for the Alex Haley Scholarships and is sponsored by the Millennium Focus Committee.
Stanley and Rhodelia Morgan, the chairs of the Millennium Focus Committee, helped establish the annual golf weekend and have worked to garner financial support to provide more than 100 scholarships to UT students. The Morgans are UT alumni and have displayed an amazing humanitarian spirit through their commitment to service in the UT community.
In 2004, the Morgans were recognized for their service and were awarded with UT's highest honor as Volunteers of the Year. The Morgans' commitment to service also extends to the community at large, where they serve as active volunteers with several nonprofit organizations.
For more information on how to register for the tournament or participate as a sponsor, contact Charles Houston in the Office of Alumni Affairs at 865-974-3011, or visit alexhaley.utk.edu.


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Bow-tie pasta is the start of a hearty salad with broccoli, ham and bell pepper in an Italian dressing that you make from scratch.
Save the recipe for the dressing. It's a classic Italian dressing that gives a fresh taste to any salad.
Fresh broccoli flowerets get our vote for the prettiest and tastiest salad. You'll need about 3 cups flowerets to replace the amount in a 10-ounce package of chopped broccoli.
In a hurry? Use 1/2 cup of your favorite bottled Italian dressing instead of making it from scratch.
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