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Riley at 12 weeks. Doing really good in his new home. Ive had some great success with some clicker training hes able to sit, lay down, give me his paw. Hopefully i can record a short video and share with you guys. This is my first gsd puppy and i am excited to watch him grow. Were started doing some leash walking and hes has done good so far (no Pulling). On youtube there is a user trainingpositive his videos are extremly helpful ive had succes using some of his methods just in a few days.
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Adorable! And I love Training Positive's videos as well. Another great positive reinforcement trainer to check out on Youtube is kikopup! I would love to see a video of what he knows so far! :D
awww they are so cute, ill take them both :)
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The editorial "After DOMA: Time to recognize same-sex unions" (Our View, March 29) concluded that "Rather than stand and watch the rest of civilization pass us by, it would be wise for Utah to join with those states in recognizing same-sex marriage for the civil right it truly is."
I don't expect Utah to be on the cutting edge of this social revolution. After all, Utah wasn't a leader for the civil rights of blacks or women, either.
But it would be nice to have Utah take a middle course: Forbid same-sex marriages from being legally performed, but recognize same-sex married couples who move here from other states.
Not recognizing their existing marriage is not only petty (since it won't break them up) but cruel to their children, who will have to wrestle with the fact that their parents are now suddenly no longer married. Who does that help?
Gay couples and gay families are a fact of American life. They won't disappear just because you won't recognize them.
It's good citizenship to help strengthen their families, as you would any other family. Hell, it's being a good Christian treating others as you would be treated.
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Every year in early June the massive art event Bushwick Open Studios gives New Yorkers an opportunity to visit the workhorses of the New York art economy — Brooklyn-based artists — in their natural environment: their studio. Bushwick Open Studios 2012, the massive neighborhood-wide festival's sixth edition, runs June 1-3 and boasts a whopping 540-something events and exhibitions. ARTINFO has parsed the offerings, and came up with these 20 must-visit exhibitions, pop-ups, and studio buildings.
THE STUDIOS: Because for all the peripheral exhibitions, performances, and whatnot, BOS's greatest feature is being able to visit artists' studios.
1717 Troutman Street: Perusing the countless studios (at last count, over 50) filling this enormous building could easily take you an entire day — and the inevitable party and spectacular roof terrace with its sweeping Manhattan view aren't a bad way to end a day of studio-hopping. In addition to shows at in-house galleries like Regina Rex and Parallel Art Space, don't miss Aaron Williams in studio 330, Alexis Pace in 256, and the big group sharing number 311.
119 Ingraham Street: Another building (known to most as Brooklyn Fireproof) that you could spend the better part of the day exploring — and though it has no roof terrace, it does have restaurant-bar in its courtyard. The highlights are mostly painters, like Gili Levy, Rebecca Litt, and Lauren Collings.
117 Grattan Street: Like Brooklyn Fireproof, 117 Grattan tends to be one of the most popular destinations during BOS, and this year there will be plenty to see, including Andrew Cornell Robinson and Sigfrido Holguin's Arts + Crafts Research Studio in 309, Ofri Cnaani and Evan Reehl Ryer next-door in 308, Patricia Satterlee in 312, Matthews Stone and Craven in 115, and the Austin Thomas-curated show "Two Coats of Paint" in 419.
41 Varick Avenue: A marginally more manageable studio building, where highlights include sculptor Dennis McNett, photographer Bill Durgin, and the five artists sharing studio 202.
1182 Flushing Avenue: A solid mid-sized studio building, where must-visit artists include Maria Britton, MaryKate Maher, and Björn Meyer-Ebrecht, all on the second floor.
7 St. Nicholas Avenue: The seven artists sharing the fourth floor of 7 St. Nick make a great group studio visit, including sculptor Kristof Wickman, and painters Erik den Breejen and Andy Cross.
1013 Grand Street: Though it's a little far from most of the BOS action, this enormous building houses, among other things — like fourth floor group studio Splinters and Logs — many of the International Studio and Curatorial Program's studios. All told some 30 artists will have open studios at 1013 Grand this weekend.
566 Johnson Avenue: Being that this building, The Active Space, is part gallery, part studios, including it here is kind of cheating, but it offers both a dozen open studios (especially don't miss Matt Miller, Elsie Kagan, and Danielle Mysliwiec) and a pair of must-see exhibitions: Deborah Brown's "Freewheeling" and the group show "Vegan Pizza Party."
385 Troutman Street: Among the half-dozen open studios in this building highlights include paintings and sculptures in the studio shared by Catherine Lepp and Maxwell Deter, and photos and prints by Katarzyna Gawin.
1109 Dekalb Avenue: On the southern edge of BOS territory, the 12 artists in the Wayfarers studio include painters, sculptors, installation artists, illustrators, and printmakers.
THE EXHIBITIONS: Between the neighborhood's more than 20 galleries, handful of non-profits, and various weekend-long pop-up spaces, there are enough solo and group shows this weekend in Bushwick to make a Saturday in Chelsea seem like a walk in the park.
Bushwick Basel (108 Starr Street): This mock-art fair at Starr Street Space — aka Jules de Balincourt's studio — features 11 local galleries divvying up the warehouse space into booths in which they're present group and solo shows, like Adam Parker Smith in the Storefront Bushwick corner, and works by Daniel Bejar presented by NurtureArt.
Bobby Redd Project Space (626 Bushwick Avenue): The innocuously named Bobby Redd Project Space is in fact a beautiful old church that has been slated for demolition and handed over to artists in its final months to use as a temporary exhibition and event space. This weekend's program for the beautiful building, "Holy BOS," includes an indoor forest, an opera, a film festival, "cosmic" yoga, and a gospel brunch.
Street Art Pop-Up Store (174 Bogart Street, #210): With prices ranging from free to $300, the works in this weekend-long street art store curated by Robin Grearson include works by ubiquitous figures in the local streetscape like ASVP, Chris Stain, Elle, QRST, Quel Beast, and the Moustache Man.
"ALLTOGETHERNOW" (234 Starr Street): Eleven artists brought together from all over the world by Brooklynite Julie Torres specially for BOS will present pre-existing work and collaborative pieces at the Coin Locker.
"Plein Air" at Airplane (70 Jefferson Street): In addition to spilling over to Bushwick Basel (see above), this basement gallery's 11-person group exhibition incorporates the building's backyard and features work by Andrea Burgay, Matt Burke, and Peter Caine.
"Text" at Studio 10 (56 Bogart Street): This group show in Bushwick's de facto gallery building features works by four artists — John Avelluto, Mary Carlson, Meg Hitchcock, and Audra Wolowiec — all of which incorporate text and some sense of the materiality of paper.
Justin Berry at Interstate Projects (56 Bogart Street): Another mainstay of the Bogart building, Interstate will open an exhibition of new works by Berry, all of them taken from romance novel covers and video game worlds from which he removes all but the seemingly natural features of these fantasy landscapes.
"Sculpture Garden" at The Onderdonk House (1820 Flushing Avenue): It's closing weekend for this group show — curated by curated by Deborah Brown and Lesley Heller — on the grounds of the historic Dutch farmhouse, which includes outdoor sculptures by Ryan Michael Ford, Brent Owens, and Wendy Klemperer.
Kesting/Ray (257 Boerum Street): The SoHo gallery will formally inaugurate its Bushwick space with a four-person show — featuring Brian Leo, Tod Seelie, Swoon, and Ben Wolf.
Fortress to Solitude (304 Boerum Street Suite 33): The roving curatorial project's latest iteration includes works on paper, video, and performance art.
For a complete directory of Bushwick Open Studios 2012 events, click here. And, as always, stop by Norte Maar to pick up the phone-book sized BOS print directory at "Maps and Mamosas" — and to see their new show of collages by Oliver Ralli.
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I'm 25 years old. I have no children. So why am I praising a 'kid's
which nobody saw? Because I have never seen a film pack the emotional
wallop 'The Iron Giant' provided.
The film's plot is similar to 'E.T.' - a young boy meets an alien robot from outer space, who is stranded on earth, and runs afoul of paranoid government agents. Not to knock the Spielberg film, but what makes 'The Iron Giant' the better film is that the young boy is the teacher. It is he who has to teach the Giant about the beauty of life, the difference between good and evil, and choices we have to make. The Iron Giant, it turns out, is a weapon, who has to struggle against his own nature. The film has an obvious (and timely) gun control message, but its real message is about the choice we make when dealing with other people. We can use our powers for good or lash out at everyone around us.
I dare not give away the climax. All I will say is that it features a sacrifice absolutely breaktaking and emotionally shattering (albeit somewhat blunted by the ending). The animation is gorgeous, Michael Kamen's score is perfect, and the film beautifully evokes the 1950s.
Sadly, poor marketing kept audiences away in droves. All I can say is, to heck with the box office gross. Despite Warner's appearant desire to pretend the film never existed, the word is getting around about what a magical film this is, and I have no doubt it will join 'It's a Wonderful Life' as a film which bombed in theatres but became a classic over the years. See it now, so you can say you discovered it before everyone else did.
What a GREAT movie! Not just for kids, but adults as well. Kids will love it
on one level, and adults will love it on another level. Even adults who are
not parents will love it!
There's humor, there's action, there's nostalgia, there's the perfect capture of being a child, there are positive messages (be yourself, don't kill, etc.), there's satire, there are adults who are not stupid and not comic relief....there's GREAT WRITING!
AND NO SONG AND DANCE NUMBERS! Also, there are NO COMIC-RELIEF ANIMAL SIDEKICKS! Take that, Disney!
I know some people might be resisting this movie, because it looks like it's aimed for kids - and they might be expecting a Disney clone (and we all know the bad results of Disney wannabes).....but TRUST ME. Give this movie a chance - you'll love it!
Is there ANYTHING wrong with it? Well, the only thing that bugged me (just a little) were some close-ups of the characters - these certain close-ups had a "sketchy" look a la the movies "We're Back!" and "Balto".
Fortunately, there's very little of this. Other than that - this is a PERFECT MOVIE!
All too often, "family films" are only infantile, simplistic formulas with a
few self-referential and pop-culture jokes thrown in to try and keep adults
awake. But then along comes something like "The Iron Giant", which is
sophisticated enough to demand respect while maintaining a mythic and
pure-hearted tone that actually does appeal to the kid in
"The Iron Giant" is refreshingly non-Disney in no end of ways. Characters seem real and chosen to fit the story, instead of being a superficial reshuffling of an old formula. The animation definitely has its eye-popping moments, but there are also scenes of great wonderment, pathos, and humour that only top-drawer animation can convey. The Giant itself is a great character, who only becomes MORE interesting as the film continues (another huge break from Disney). No scene is wasted in this film, either; every set piece, even the really funny ones, helps either to establish the "world" of the movie, or to advance the plot. At no time do you feel that you are merely waiting for the story to crank up again.
"The Iron Giant" is funny, exhilarating, and touching as well. It's sad to see it failing at the box office, as a blunt reminder that the success of films is often in direct proportion to their publicity budget. Hopefully, though, word-of-mouth will come to its rescue. Go see it! Tell your friends! Then go again! (Repeat as necessary.)
P.S. I find myself comparing the Iron Giant character to Martin Donovan's character in "Amateur". If there is anyone else on earth who has seen both films you may wish to entertain the notion yourself.
"The Iron Giant" is the kind of animated film you wish there was more of.
It respects the audience's intelligence, it has genuine emotion without
resorting to schmaltz, and best of all it balances fantasy (well, science
fiction) with believability. I think Warner Brothers animation has
out-Disneyed Disney by adding thoughtful writing to clean, understated
animation. What a concept!
The story is deceptively simple: Iron Giant falls from the sky at the dawn of the Space Race and befriends a young boy. But within that framework we get a double story, one for the grown ups and one for the kids, but the message is essentially the same one: paranoia and violence begets violence. I appreciate very much, as others who have commented, that no one burst into incongruous song and that there were no cutesy animal sidekicks. I should add that there were no clever yet implausible plot twists, nor were there any stock characters. The bad guy gets a little overheated, true, but he is never the embodiment of all things evil. The townspeople are your average small town Americans, not bumpkins. Mom is, well, mom-ish, caring but neither shrewish nor prone to whimpering outbursts. And our hero is plucky but not annoyingly precocious.
A BIG plus for this film is how well it weds the computer animation to the hand-drawn animation, a feat that the Big Mouse hasn't mastered yet. Even as recently as "Tarzan" it is glaringly apparent what parts are computer graphics and which aren't, and the contrast is very distracting. "The Iron Giant" makes a virtue of streamlined animation that draws your eye to the beauty of its color and motion.
It was a very VERY distinct and unusual pleasure to be treated to a film such as this. Give us more . . . please!
Animated movies have long been considered strictly for children. The old
Disney classics that started it all are indeed aimed at kids, but are still
very watchable, even for adults. With the advent of TOY STORY and its
countless mimics, animated feature films have taken long strides to be
considered worthy of serious attention. THE IRON GIANT is just such an
animated piece. The 87 minute wonder is, to put it mildly, incredible.
Everything about it is good. I've also never seen so many influences and
references in an animated film before.
This is a movie with a heart the size of the title character. A gentle, gigantic robot is rocketed to earth and befriends a 10 year old boy. The kid has a single mother (voiced nicely by Jennifer Aniston) and he is just looking for a friend, whether it be a squirrel, or even a 50 foot tall machine. The familiar premise is obviously out of Spielberg's E.T. One scene even has the giant reaching out his finger to the boy in much the same way ET did to 10 year old Elliott when he departed this earth. E.T. was an out of this world fantasy that took place on this earth. Here, it is animated and almost just as effective.
IRON GIANT takes place during 1957 in a small town in Maine. The 1950's was a time when the American public was fearful of atomic bombs and the possibility of alien life off the earth. Live-action sci-fi films of the 1950's always depicted the arrival of "dangerous" alien life and our efforts to destroy it. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL is an influence on this film for evident reasons. Ultimately, the characters in that classic learn from the extra-terrestrial being and realize the dangers of the A-Bomb. It is amazing to see an animated feature which can relay this same type of message some 50 years later.
A beautiful and touching ode to BAMBI is witnessed about halfway through. It also brings back some tearful moments from the key scene in that great, hand-drawn film. Here, we see both hand-drawn imagery coupled with a computer-generated "iron giant". The title character is actually a 3D composition done digitally, mixed with the 2D action surrounding him. There are some highly imaginative shots of the robot mixing in with the film's environment. At one point, he appears to be a lighthouse until the lights begin to blink. I guess robots must blink too.
Enough analysis. I loved this movie. It is ranked #81 on the top list by other user authors for a reason. Not only is it escapist, fantastic entertainment for kids, adults, and seniors alike, it is an animated picture like no other. It combines the joy of SNOW WHITE and PINOCCHIO, the commentary of 1950's science fiction, and the wizardry and laughter of TOY STORY and its sequel. Do not miss this enchanting flick.
After seeing this movie, I was overcome by a strange feeling. I
realized that I had found a treasure where I had least expected it. The
Iron Giant is intelligent, funny, touching, and visually superb, and
should show the world that an animated movie does not need to be A)
computer-animated, or B) based on a fairy tale to be successful. One of
the best American-made children's movies I have seen in a decade:
Now, I'm a 17-year-old who is slowly transitioning into the domain of movie buffdom, which basically means that I am watching a stream of movies based on recommendations from friends, critics, and the IMDb Top 250 list. I got this one almost by accident after the local rental place could not find the movie I was really after, choosing it basically on the knowledge that it was the previous project of Brad Bird, director of The Incredibles (a personal favorite). After watching it, I felt like calling up every mother I knew and telling her to have her children (and herself) watch this.
The Iron Giant revolves around an adventurous young boy in 1950s small-town America who discovers a gigantic robot out in the woods that has arrived on Earth from goodness-knows-where. He befriends the robot, while trying to keep him safe from a nosy government agent. The story seldom lags, with a series of comical adventures connected by the boy's growing relationship with his friend.
This movie is very appealing as entertainment. The voices are well-done, and the scenery is also terrific. Most importantly, though, is the animation, which is a bright spot from this time period. The characters are well-drawn, especially the Giant, who through terrific design, lifelike movements, and clever small touches (i.e., the eyes) seems both alien and human, imposing and childlike. Furthermore, the animation is comical. I don't know when I have ever seen slapstick or punchlines so well-complimented by the animation. The script, written by Bird and based off the book The Iron Man, is also very well done. Though the movie relies upon a few minor crutches common to children's movies, it is still very original and clever.
One thing that I must point out about this movie is its morals. Throughout the movie, the main moral of the story, about the Iron Giant learning and choosing to be good, is actually fairly adroitly handled. At no point when the subject comes up, including standard sentimental climax, does the idea seem contrived. Throughout the movie, evidence of Bird's influence by comic books is quite evident, and his ultimate message about heroes (variations of which will resurface in The Incredibles) is relevant and sincere. However, I do have to say that the secondary moral, about the evils of xenophobia and paranoia, both of which are embodied by the movie's antagonist, the government agent and the military, are very politically charged. While this may sound initially controversial and politically charged for a kids' movie (the second of which I do not deny), I noticed that it was in large part a thoughtful spoof of Cold War America, with jokes as well as valuable lessons about "duck and cover" and 1950s nuclear edginess that I found very clever.
On a final note, I do have to point out that this movie had me laughing hard, but more importantly, it brought me closer to tears than any animated movie I can remember (including Bambi), closer than I like to admit. I wish that I had discovered it sooner, and I hope that everyone gets the chance to experience it the way I did.
Hmmm, what to say...well.... it was really good. I've seen it several
times, and I've enjoyed it immensely each time for different reasons.
Analytically I find the animation incredible. The characters are extremely alive and quite realistic, not because of incredible drawing, well, actually, yes: the way the characters are drawn, and animated, is incredible. From the jerking, swaying and swooshing of body parts to the magnificent and CONSISTENT use of eyes, eyebrows and cheekbones to show real emotions, it's definite that this movie is a masterpiece in terms of animation. The backgrounds are wonderfully lush, and evoke a wonderful sense of everything that shows fall for the beautiful season it is. I love animation, and I love good looking landscapes, so the artists behind this movie are making a fan out of me very quickly.
I admire (analytically) most of all the enormous apparance of little details in the film: the season sublty changes from fall to winter; the characters are always doing something, even if they aren't directly in focus (the best ad-libbing a director could dream of); I also think in some parts of the movie the little details actually become crucial to the movie's strength and validity (the time and setting of the story help it to make more sense, also, the "duck and cover" scene)
You know, I think it's amazing when sometimes a movie can move you so much, talking about it's good qualities seems like child's play. This is the kind of movie that you can watch over and over and take a long time to get sick of. We all have movies like that, very few can do that to us, but we have them. I'm realising as I write that I like this movie very much, because I've written two or three paragraphs and have not even started talking about the iron giant yet.
The animation and expression of emotion in the giant, who is a computer graphics animated character, a hundred feet tall and with a certain old time sci fi persona to him, equals and even surpasses it's traditionally animated companions. There were scenes in the movie that the giant almost made me cry because of his expressions. The director, Brad Bird I think, should earn good credit for his work bringing the giant to life. The giant was very organic and fluid, always animated and extremely alive, without really trying to be. After a while it obvious he's not your average rigid robot.
It's hard not to give away details when you write a lot, but thankfully I haven't really given anything away. I will say this...the movie is about not prejudging things you are unfamiliar with, big or small, and it's about doing what is right and not using gray areas and politics as an excuse not to do the right thing. The movie explores the strange concept of finding friendship, love, and innocence inbetween past guilts and prejudices. It is one of the most well rounded, enriching, thought provoking movies I have seen in my lifetime, and the best part is that it wasn't the visual effects that made me say that...something other feature animation companies have used a a string to lead me on for almost a decade. I feel like I just recovered from an extended brainwashing experiment. I've learned my lesson. No longer will movies that use stunning graphics to redeem themselves be an interest to me. Rather I will watch movies for the messages they give and the depth those movies have. If anything Brad Bird must have tried to make the giant as close in simplicity to the regular animated characters as possible, because you CANNOT tell the difference between CG and traditional in this movie. Exceptional stuff.
I can't imagine anyone I know not liking this movie. I've shown it to a LOT of people, college students mostly, of all races and religions, with different prides and prejudices, the result, amazingly, always seems to be the same: I have some after movie comments here, and I quote:"Wow!" ; "That was NICE!"; "That was SO...GOOD!" ;"That giant is crucial, dog!" ;"It was good...yeah...I liked it!",; and "Dang man, that joint TIGHT!". If you actually read this review all the way, that's nice. Now forget everything I bumbled about and go see this movie, that way you can spent less time writing your own review than you did reading mine.
The Iron Giant is a critically acclaimed piece of animated cinema. I wasn't
expecting it to be that good, but The Iron Giant was an amazing movie, it
easily the most exquisite animated movie I have ever seen.
Hogarth Hughes (Eli Marenthal) is obsessed by the opportunites offered by science fiction, the possibility of an alien take-over or, at the very least, an attack from outer space. The original story, which the late Poet Laureate had set in England, saw the innocent Titan of the title emerge from the sea; here he is a visitor from another galaxy.
The Iron Giant is an amazing piece of animation, the voice-overs were done perfectly, the actors obviously enjoyed themselves, the animated art direction and cinematography was beautiful and the giant itself is just...breathtaking.
The Iron Giant is not just another silly little kiddies movie, it is perfection in filmmaking. Please, for the love of God, make your life better and see this brilliant film.
I rate The Iron Giant 10 out of 10.
It's nice to see an elegantly crafted piece of animation come out of
America. How did they manage it? The writing is great the animation is
excellent and the voice acting is superb. I don't think I've liked an
English animated film this much since The Plague Dogs. The film doesn't
talk down to it's audience, and instead tells a simple story very well. My
only complaint would be that Hogarth is somewhat of a smart-alec at times,
but I guess this is the era of Leave it To Beaver.
Many of the situations are standard movie-fare, the ex-lax in the food, the helmet on the bed, but it's nice to see them in an animated film for a change. As an anime fan, the realism of the movie didn't impress me as much as the quality of the writing, voice acting, and the music and sound effects. I particularly remember the sound of the power lines snapping and the musical score building up to the climax of the film.
The character design for the giant is excellent, it's amazing how they could draw out very subtle emotions without noticeably distorting the face. I bawled like a baby near the end.
Finally, most importantly for me, there are NO CHEAP LAUGHS in the movie. One of the best moments in the movie for me was when Hogarth is running through the woods and he slams his face into a low branch. The theater full of kids raised on recent Disney crap bursts into laughter, but wait, there's no stupid sound effect, he's not hopping back up to his feet instantly with a ridiculous lump or distorted face or little birds flying around his head, he's still on the ground ... and what's that coming out of his nose.. it CAN'T BE.. it IS, a trickle of BLOOD. The kids (and parents) quickly cease their laughter. I couldn't stop smiling because I knew then that like me, they actually cared about the character on the screen and frankly that doesn't happen very often.
Tarzan was a small step in the right direction, and near the end of the long path beginning with that step is The Iron Giant.
An ambitious take on Ted Hughes' 1968 children's book The Iron Man, director Brad Bird's The Iron Giant works well as both archetype-infused allegory and heartstring-tugging tale of friendship. Set in small town Maine in the 1950s at the height of Cold War paranoia, the film explores the relationship between a lonely, fatherless boy (a photo on a nightstand hints that the father was a combat pilot killed in WWII) and a monstrously huge, hulking metal behemoth (the origins of which are brilliantly left to the imagination). The animation marks a welcome contrast from the virtually ubiquitous Disney template, with the human characters bearing a stylized, comic book exaggeration that fits perfectly with the story material. The Iron Giant has more than enough imagination and sparkle to interest kids and adults, and nicely balances its action-adventure aspirations with a solidly-crafted sense of moral purpose.
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In six days they completed the parapet, with a glacis on the opposite side.
I found them drawn off from the glacis a few hundred yards; but, oh!
They crossed the street and went down the glacis of the cobblestoned wharf.
Neither ditch nor glacis exist on the eastern face, where the rapids of the Nile render them unnecessary.
There was the sound of a gentle chuckle from the glacis where Learoyd lay.
Gourgues was now on the glacis, when he heard Cazenove shouting from the gate that the Spaniards were escaping on that side.
The masonry was concealed from view by the ditch and glacis.
Its bastions, ramparts, and glacis are a marvel of engineering.
The storm passed over, covering the glacis with snow and sleet.
"sloping bank" (especially leading up to a fortification), 1670s, from French glacir "to freeze, make slippery," from Old French glacier "to slip, glide," from Vulgar Latin *glaciare "to make or turn into ice," from glacies (see glacial).


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Cheryl is an accomplished amateur sports photographer specializing in baseball. She is the staff photographer for Capitals News Network and Bottomfeeder Baseball Blog and also covers Washington Nationals for DC Sportsbox.
Cheryl enjoys many sports, however, has been a diehard baseball fan since the age of five. Her love of baseball started in her birthtown of Cincinnati with the Big Red Machine, continued with the Seattle Mariners while growing up in the Pacific Northwest and intensified living in Washington DC and being a season ticket holder of the Nationals.
Cheryl's husband, Dave Nichols, is the proprietor of Capitals News Network and Bottomfeeder Baseball Blog. He also covers the Washington Nationals and Washington Capitals for DCSportsBox.com.
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Hey Cheryl,
Ryan Zimmerman's hit streak halted at 30 games last night. As one streak ends, another is admired. Read about how Joe DiMaggio forever redefined '56,' and how his feat may never be broken. It is a record that thankfully cannot be broken through steroid use, and represents all that was once right in a game that has since gone so wrong.
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Walter Johnson was one of the greatest pitchers of all time and yet sometimes is not thought of when we talk about baseball in the past. I've decided to write about him and to show how great a pitcher he really was. Please check it out and leave a comment below. Thanks in advance.
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Hi Cheryl,
My name is Ken Armer, I'm the NHL section's community coordinator and I wanted to congratulate you on the great work you do on the Washington Capitals on Bleacher Report. I've been hoping someone would begin covering this talented team and you give them the coverage they deserve.
Keep up the fantastic work and if you have any questions or concerns drop me a line on my profile or email me at email@example.com.
No problem on the edits Cheryl. B/R generally prefers action shots to logos, so I just picked one that looked good.
I'm excited about Wakamatsu. Apparently the Mariners didn't consider anyone who had been a manager before—they wanted someone new to help completely change the direction of the team. I'm happy about that!


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Can Washington Cut the Deficit?
Love them or hate them, the co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform have released their draft proposals to slow the quickly growing national debt. Many politicians say the ideas will never, ever be approved by any future Congress. With proposals that call for major cuts in domestic and military spending, bumping the age to qualify for (decreased) Social Security benefits, and a simplified but much broader tax base with fewer exemptions, the plan is guaranteed to be unpopular among politicians and voters alike. But as unpalatable as these notions are to politicians, is it time to start getting serious about painful cuts?
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" Genre: Rock / Artist: Barenaked Ladies / Audio CD released 2006-09-11 at Nettwerk "
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The Barenaked Ladies are unfortunately remembered by most in the UK and the USA for their 1999 novelty hit "One Week". Despite retaining a chart presence in their native Canada even now, they never really had any follow-up hits elsewhere, and that mediocre pop-rap is their legacy to most of the world.
Take this album, for example. Released last year (2006), it reached #7 in the Canadian album charts but barely scraped the top 20 in the USA and didn't even manage the top 75 over here in the UK. It's a crying shame, as if you delve into the "BNL" back catalogue you'll be rewarded with some of the most enjoyable pop-rock of recent years, and this 13-track, 48-minute LP is a fine example of it.
The album begins with the most mellow album-opener the Ladies have released to date. "Adrift" is the name and soothing is the game - it's a wonderfully calm, relaxed ballad that hints at journying home on a dark winter's night, with both heart and eyelids heavy ("Your heart's got a heavy load / There's still a long way to go / Keep your eyes on the road..") It's not your typical Barenaked Ladies track but despite (or thanks to?) its subdued nature it's probably the most powerful song on the record.
"Bank Job" is the album's second track. The wittiest, sharpest song on the album, it tells of a bank robbery going wrong when they discover that it's populated with nuns. How can you dislike a song that features the lyrics "It should have been filled with the usual ones throwing their cash into mutual funds / We all had our ski masks and sawed-off shotguns, but how do you plan for a bank full of nuns?" Everything works, from the simple rhyming couplets to the sparse backing music and the closing refrain of "We all did our best now / we all need to rest now.."
"Sound Of Your Voice" is the album's first true rocker. "If I had a wish / or even a choice / I'd wake up to the sound of your voice". Eminently catchy and densely backed, it fades into a lovely outro akin to that of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now". "Easy", the next track, was the album's first single, and I can't really see why. It's enjoyable enough but if they wanted a mid-tempo soft rock song to promote the release there are certainly better choices here. Still, they blend the emotional side of things with their trademark wit well enough.
"Home" recalls the album opener, "Adrift", though it's probably the more fully scored of the two. Melancholy and moving, sharp, emotional, "one last shot" lyrics such as "What could I do but call you? / What could I do but call this home?" elevates this one to the upper echelons of the album.
"Bull In A China Shop" is probably the best "pop" song on the record. The Ladies' irascible wit and social satire is present and on form - "I'm the reason I don't go out / I'm afraid I might sell me something / I'm the shadow of every doubt / I'm the product this song's about / I'm the product this song's about to be" - and the song is a rollercoaster ride of catchy hooks and sharp turns of phrase.
"Everything had Changed" is a rather folky tune that appears to the Ladies' interpretation of that old adage, "you can't go home again". The repeated refrain of "Everything had changed, everything was strange" is strangely relaxing and segues nicely into track 8, "Peterborough and the Kawarthas", which features lead vocals by Jim Creeggan, usually the bass player rather than the singer. It's similar in tone to "Everything Had Changed", though the music is denser - there are some nice backing vocals - and the lyrics rather more obtuse ("Bird, book, and basketball / Squirrel, dog, and learning how to crawl / I found my heart when he came / Let my leaving leave like rain").
"Maybe You're Right" follows. "Shall I take back everything I've ever said and lead my whole life in silence instead?" the lyrics ask in this slow builder of a song that starts off as a quiet piano-driven ballad and builds into something much bigger, more symphonic. "Take It Back" is, by contrast, a far more measured song - somewhere in between the previous two tracks in both tone and tempo. It's poignant in its simplicity - "If I said something to make you mad I will take it back".
"Vanishing" gives pianist/guitarist Kevin Hearn a shot at taking the lead vocal reins. His singing style is very different to the rest of the band, but his calming, slightly high-pitched enunciation really add to this song's mystical, magical atmosphere (indeed, he even sings of "a magician / hoping, wishing / and you're the one vanishing"). Like a darker, more sinister "Adrift", it's subdued yet gripping.
"Rule The World With Love" is a brilliant pop-rock gem. Driven at different points by both piano and guitar, it has a typically witty, circular chorus ("Hearts are won, empires fall in love with love / Love will conquer All for one One for All is fair in love and war / Love and war are one[won]") but the song's key draw is, once again, that lovely juxtaposition of melancholy lyrics with catchy, jangling melodies.
"Wind It Up" rounds out the album. It's another all-out rocker in the vein of "Sound Of Your Voice" that sees angular rhythms and clever guitar work meet more amusing lyrics: "Hearts on fire, you'll learn / End up with heartburn". I'm not a huge fan of the song, preferring the Ladies to stay slightly calmer, but it's enjoyable enough.
"Barenaked Ladies Are Me" is the first half of what are colloquially known as the "BLAM" recording sessions (the second half was released as "Barenaked Ladies Are Men"). The recording sessions were undoubtedly productive - after all, the Ladies got two albums out of them - but it's also led to a complicated staggered release schedule. I'll try to explain.
This album was released in late 2006 as a standalone CD (or vinyl). You can also now buy it as a two-pack with "Barenaked Ladies Are Men". You can buy it on iTunes - if you buy the whole album, you get two bonus tracks. (If you buy both of the albums in full, you get four bonus tracks). You can also buy a DVD-Audio version with both albums in 5.1 Surround Sound (but you can't buy the albums separately in DVD-Audio format). Finally, you can buy a USB key entitled "Barenaked Ladies Are USB" which features both albums in full, the four bonus tracks, and various other multimedia goodies (videos, promo photos, etc.)
To summarise, if you want all the main tracks from both albums, you should buy the "Barenaked Ladies Are Me/Men" double-pack, though buying both CDs separately will also be alright (it will work out as more expensive though). If you desperately want the bonus tracks, the iTunes download and USB key are the way to go. Phew! And that's without detailing the standalone releases of "Barenaked Ladies Are Men".. that's a whole different review.
All CD versions are (apparently environmentally-friendly) solid card digipaks with lyrics booklet included.
The album is a very good one, and comes highly recommended from me - though you're on your own when choosing which versions to buy (I bought the CD versions of both this and "Barenaked Ladies Are Men).
Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 Adrift
2 Bank Job
3 Sound Of Your Voice
4 Easy
5 Home
6 Bull In A China Shop
7 Everything Had Changed
8 Peterborough And The Kawarthas
9 Maybe You're Right
10 Take It Back
11 Vanishing
12 Rule The World With Love
13 Wind It Up


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Installer update a few weeks ago broke my installer so i need to restore anyways.
Seems like 1.3 is pretty compatible and stable now so my question os what is currently the best way for me to get to 1.3?
Also if at all possible a method that does not use wifi, we dont have wifi in the dorms where my desktop is so I would have to borrow a laptop, load all the tools on it and go to a lab.


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Rendon, like Pedro Alvarez, is a third baseman who can move quickly through the system, potentially arriving as early as June 2013. He's also a potential star, drawing comparisons to Ryan Zimmerman and Evan Longoria.Rendon is coming off a sophomore season where he hit for a .394/.539/.801 line and 26 homers in 226 at-bats for Rice. That was enough to earn him the Baseball America Player of the Year award, an award which he is the favorite to win again in 2011.
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August 2008 // Volume 46 // Number 4 // Feature Articles // 4FEA6
Indicators of Success for Teamwork: What Extension Professionals Need to Excel as Team Members
The study reported here identified Extension team behaviors, outcomes, and impacts that are appropriate to use as indicators of team success. A Modified Delphi technique was used with a purposeful sample of Extension professionals identified as experts. Twenty-five indicators of success were identified for Extension program teams. Ten indicators of success related to team outcomes and impacts, external team deliverables. The remaining items related to team member behaviors, interactions, and processes, which affect how team members work together. Implications and recommendations for the Extension System are based on organizational readiness and support of teams, organizational expectations of teams, and teamwork practices.
Successful Extension program teams are important in carrying out the land-grant university mission, which pledges universities to provide outreach and engagement to benefit the public. Almost two decades ago ago, Boone (1990), in referring to Extension stated, "Make no mistake, I'm stating that now--and into the 21st Century--our continued recognition among the American populace as the most respected and valued force for people-oriented change will depend on our ability to function in teams with significant others." Many researchers have identified team behaviors as a contributor to the effectiveness of teams (Cohen & Ledford, 1996; Levy & Steelman, 1996; Sundstrom, DeMeuse, & Futrell, 1990).
Measuring the performance of knowledge-work teams is difficult. Businesses, including educational institutions, must seek ways to increase the performance of knowledge-teams with measurement as the first step in this process.
The purpose of the study reported here was to identify team behaviors, outcomes, and impacts that are appropriate to use as indicators of team success in the Extension system. The study sets the baseline for teams to begin incorporating indicators of success into their performance appraisals, promotion and tenure process, and reports to administrators and stakeholders.
A multiphase Modified Delphi technique was used in the exploratory study. A purposeful panel of experts on Extension program teams was surveyed within the Extension system. An effort was made to identify experts who had knowledge of program teams in the four program areas common to most Extension organizations. State directors of Extension identified 25 individuals as experts on teamwork; all agreed to participate in the study. The objective was to identify indicators of team success perceived by a panel of experts as fulfilling the goals of the team.
Data Collection
An instrument of open-ended statements with a Likert-type scale of six-points (1 = strongly disagree, 6 = strongly agree) was used. The steps for the Modified Delphi study taken were: (a) selection of the participants; (b) development of the instrument; (c) data collection over three rounds; and (d) analysis and interpretation.
The indicators of team success used by business and industry and those identified by Baertsche and Kelbaugh (2001) were used in the development of statements for the 29 items on the first instrument. Three rounds provided panel members the ability to come to consensus on the issues or problems (Altschuld, Thomas, McClosky, Smith, Wiseman, & Lower, 1992; Cyphert & Gant, 1971; Delbecq, Van de Ven & Gustafson, 1975). Instruments II and III were each developed based on responses to the preceding instrument.
The questionnaires for the three rounds of the Delphi study were posted on Zoomerang (2002). Participants responded anonymously to the survey instruments using the six-point Likert-type scale and were provided space to include written feedback on each individual item.
Measures of central tendency for the previous round were reported to related questions in Rounds II and III. In addition, all comments by the Delphi panel for each statement in Rounds I and II were reported. The individual's own response to each statement was included in the personal e-mail to participate in Rounds II and III. In Round III, members of the Delphi panel were asked to review each statement, evaluate their position on those statements where consensus was not reached, and re-rate using the same six-point Likert-type scale. On items where a person's rating varied two or more points from the rest of the panel, he or she was asked to provide rationale for the rating.
Data Analysis
For analytical purposes, the responses on the Likert-type scale were converted to numerical values (1 = strongly disagree, 6 = strongly agree) and treated as interval data. Measures of variance and central tendency were computed using SPSS (2003) for each statement. Consensus was determined when items achieved an 80% agreement of survey respondents between two response categories on the six-point Likert type scale. Indicators of team success receiving a mean score of 4.5 or greater were considered vital behaviors to team effectiveness. Items at the lower end of the scale--1.5 or below--were examined to determine if they might be considered barriers to team effectiveness and success.
For interpretation and reporting, the items were grouped into four levels based on the median response. Ratings of strongly disagree or disagree were grouped into the strong disagreement range. Items that received a mildly disagree response were considered to be in the moderate disagreement range. Items that received a moderately agree response were considered to be in the moderate agreement range. Responses of agree or strongly agree were grouped into the strong agreement range.
The variance for responses to each item was interpreted based on the middle range of responses. Consensus on a statement was agreed upon when 80% of the ratings fell within two categories on a six-point Likert scale. Frequency counts and percentages, along with the modes, medians, means, and standard deviations, were reviewed in determining consensus. Items not meeting consensus criteria were included in the following round, and new items were generated from suggestions. All written responses for support or disagreement with items on each round were reprinted in the next round. The Round III data were analyzed descriptively, and consensus items were identified. The mean for each consensus item was calculated, and variability was reported using the standard deviation. The mean was used to indicate the level of importance of the item as an indicator of team success in Extension program teams.
The study identified 25 indicators of success for Extension program teams. Of those, four statements were rated as having critical importance, with a mean of 5.5 to 6.0 on a six-point Likert-type scale. Those indicators were:
- Evidence that team members are committed to the work of the team and follow through with their agreed-upon roles and responsibilities;
- A clear vision of where the team is going and agreed-upon and understood goals;
- The impact of programs delivered to clientele; and
- An established process for communication among team members that allows for efficient and open information sharing in a timely manner.
Twenty items were rated as having high importance as a result of achieving a consensus rating between 4.5 and 5.4. These items were:
- Team members are engaged in ongoing learning opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge related to the work of the team.
- Evidence indicates that team members have a clear understanding of their role and the roles of other team members.
- Team members exhibit mutual respect in working together.
- Team members report personal and professional satisfaction with the team.
- Subject matter publications (fact sheets, bulletins, newsletters, web sites, and databases) are of high quality.
- Processes are established for conducting the business of the team that assure follow through and good communication before, during, and following team meetings.
- Team members have the ability to utilize team contributions in the promotion and tenure process or for yearly performance reviews.
- Team members regularly review goals and measure attainment of those goals.
- Team members report team accomplishments in an appropriate and timely manner to immediate supervisors and administration.
- There is an established method of reporting outcomes to the team's stakeholders.
- Team members generate and utilize evaluation data on in-services, workshops, and seminars.
- Team members are recognized for their contribution to the body of knowledge that is related to the team's area of expertise (examples: awards, recognition, publication of refereed journal articles).
- Team members utilize a team coach or organizational leader as an advocate of the team's accomplishments and organizational importance.
- Team members document and analyze participants' level of satisfaction with information provided on the team's web site and in newsletters or other publications.
- The team secures external funding when it is needed and considered appropriate.
- The team develops quality publications in response to identified needs.
- The team agrees upon decision-making methods.
- The team uses technology to share the team's research and scholarly activity and to enhance timely communication in a cost-effective manner (examples, having a web site; providing an ongoing interactive site for accessing information; having a newsletter on-line).
- The team documents the environmental and ecological impact of its work and scholarly activity when appropriate and meaningful.
- The team should have an agreed-upon method for resolving conflict.
One item achieved a rating of moderately high importance, with a consensus rating between 4.0 and 4.5.
- Team and/or individual team members should share their expertise at national meetings.
The critical indicators of success for Extension program teams as identified in the study reported here appear to be applicable to all program teams. A team that does not focus on these fundamental elements of teamwork would have a difficult time succeeding based on the results of this study.
Three major areas surfaced from the findings for discussion. They are:
- Organizational readiness and support for teams,
- Organizational expectations of teams, and
- Behaviors and teamwork practices.
Many of the indicators are related to the internal functions of the team and the effect of the work on the individuals serving on those teams. Panel members referred to items affecting the workings of a team, or behaviors and attitudes of team members, as ingredients or team processes needed or desired by teams to achieve high levels of success. The items related to implementation of team action plans could be viewed as external functions that have an impact on programs and clientele. Indicators of success that achieved consensus included items that many respondents identified as impacts and outcomes that should be used to evaluate or assess the success of a team.
A major concern voiced by the panel of experts related to evaluating all teams using the entire list of potential indicators rather than selecting indicators most appropriate to a specific team. Teams might begin to plan and conduct their work based on how they would be evaluated rather than on the program focus they were established to address.
Organizational Readiness and Support for Teams
It is hard to oppose teamwork within an Extension organization; however, the missing component is often an organization's readiness to support the infrastructure of teams. Two indicators of success requiring organizational support include:
- Team members are engaged in ongoing learning opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge related to the work of the team.
- The team uses technology to share the team's research and scholarly activity and enhance timely communication in a cost-effective manner.
The training and technology needs of teams present a significant expense to an organization. Some needs can be met easily with existing resources. However, some needs are specific to teamwork and often have been supplied with specialized funding.
Organizational Expectations of Teams
The work of the team and its goals need to be in alignment with the mission, vision, and values of the organization. "A clear vision of where the team is going and agreed upon and understood goals" was one of the identified indicators of success in this study.
Several indicators relating to an organization's expectations, such as securing resources, training of Extension professionals, and reporting of economic and social impact, numbers of persons reached, and programs conducted, did not achieve consensus. The panel members discussed the importance of indicators being linked to the team's goals and objectives and did not seem willing to agree because the indicators did not appear appropriate to all teams. Numbers of programs and persons reached was not viewed as a true measure of success unless combined with programmatic impact.
Behaviors and Teamwork Practices
The indicator of success receiving the highest degree of consensus was "Evidence that team members are committed to the work of the team and follow through with their agreed-upon roles and responsibilities." This supports the need to clearly define roles and responsibilities to be clearly defined for team members. Team members must have clearly written job descriptions and a team-developed strategic plan that outlines the action steps for the team and identifies who is responsible for each of the tasks and by what date they have agreed to complete their contribution.
Another critically important indicator of success was "An established process for communication among team members that allows for efficient and open information sharing in a timely manner." Several responses to statements question the inclusion of team processes or behaviors as indicators of success to be used by a team or supervisors to measure success of the team. Comments suggested that although these processes or behaviors might make teamwork more enjoyable, they were not prerequisites of success and would not be something that an evaluator could easily measure. These include:
- Established processes for conducting the business of the team that assure follow through and good communication before, during, and following team meetings,
- Team agreement on decision-making methods, and
- Team agreement on a method for resolving conflict.
The following items were considered to be related to individual behavior and attitudes of team members:
- The personal and professional satisfaction of team members with the team, and
- Team members practice a respectful and caring way of working together.
Program teams are often times comprised of team members with training in multi-disciplines who have the goal of blending their expertise into an interdisciplinary approach to a problem or issue. The different perspectives and biases in the way team members view the issue result in challenges to a team's ability to work together. If team members can learn to practice mutual respect, then members will understand and appreciate the expertise of other team members.
Processes or behaviors that did not achieve consensus as indicators of success were:
- Team members enjoy working together,
- Team members established ground rules for conducting their work,
- Selection or appointment of an effective team leader, and
- Written guidelines for selection or appointment of team members.
Based on written comments from the panel of experts, the major reason for not coming to consensus on the previous items as indicators of success was a polarization of attitudes toward the need for formal structures and policies that guide teams. Some comments indicated a more formal structure was needed during the start up of teams but that the structure could become less formal as teams matured.
The findings of this study suggest implications in the areas of:
- Organizational support of teams,
- Performance appraisal of teams and team members,
- Team member behaviors, and
- Team programming.
Organizational Support of Teams
Three indicators of success support the need for an organization to help maintain the momentum of program teams.
- Team members are recognized for their contribution to the body of knowledge that is related to the team's area of expertise (awards, recognition, publication of referred journal articles).
- Team members utilize a team coach or organizational leader as an advocate of the team's accomplishments and organizational importance.
- Team members are engaged in ongoing learning opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge related to the work of the team.
In order to provide the needed support for teams, those who supervise other Extension program educators should take part in experiential learning about the demands of teamwork. Ongoing seminars will allow them to share their experiences with other managers and will help them develop strategies to perform in their new roles (Manz, Keating, & Donnellon, 1986; Donnellon, 1996). Managers can lead, empower, and remove the roadblocks for individual members and teams, and act as coaches to help teams mature in their job (Kelly, 1991).
At the same time, Extension must be sure its mission, management philosophy, goals and objectives, and strategies are in alignment with the concept of teams. Because Extension team members can be geographically dispersed, issues of technological support and how people are organized formally and informally can be roadblocks to effective teamwork. Extension must be able to answer several questions positively, and these questions may need to be answered differently in each state.
- Are the technical systems, including tasks, technologies, and facilities, in place to support teamwork?
- Do structural systems, including how people are organized both formally and informally, support teamwork?
- Do procedures for training, evaluating, promoting, and rewarding employees reflect team concepts?
Performance Appraisal of Teams and Team Members
One indicator of success received a rating of high importance related to performance appraisal: "Team members have the ability to utilize team contributions in the promotion and tenure process or for yearly performance reviews." A person's team contribution must be incorporated into performance appraisals and the promotion and tenure criteria. Disharmony will occur if the performance appraisal and the organizational culture of teamwork are incongruent. It is critical that county directors, department chairs, etc., appreciate the importance of teamwork, understand the indicators of success of teams, and learn to factor an individual's contributions to teams into an overall performance appraisal.
Team Member Behaviors
Communications was a theme running through the indicators of success. Without effective communications, team success is diminished. Indicators related to communications include decision making, resolving conflict, sharing of information, and team member interactions. These indicators contribute to a team member's personal and professional satisfaction with the team. Thus, they should lead to Extension focusing training on these areas of teamwork.
Team Programming
Three indicators of success addressed programming, including "the impact of programs delivered to clientele," "the quality of subject matter publications," and "documenting and analyzing participant's level of satisfaction." Extension professionals need to learn if there are changes in knowledge, attitudes, skills, and aspirations of program participants. Developing an evaluation instrument to answer the "so what?" question should be incorporated into the program-planning phase of a team's work. Extension must provide training and support in developing effective teaching strategies, program evaluation techniques, and cutting-edge technology for program development and dissemination.
Recommendations for the Extension System
Based on the previously discussed implications, several recommendations to the Extension system can be made:
- Create a vision and a culture conducive to developing teams.
- Implement organizational policies and guidelines that support teamwork.
- Provide team development or team-building activities for team leaders and team members.
- Integrate the indicators of success for team performance measurements into the criteria for performance appraisal and promotion and tenure guidelines.
- Require training for assistant directors, specialists, regional directors, department chairs, and county directors acting as supervisors of other Extension program professionals to help them understand, foster, and assess team efforts.
- Peruse the state's indicators not gaining consensus, and determine if any are essential to their individual states based upon their unique needs or circumstances.
Recommendations for Further Research
Additional research based on the indicators of success presented here would be beneficial. These research efforts should include:
- A follow-up study to explore program team members' reactions to the indicators of success identified in the study reported here,
- A study to examine the correlation between team behaviors and processes and the indicators of success identified by this research, and
- Select current program teams interested in focusing on the Indicators of Success identified in this study. Use the case study methodology to observe and capture changes in behavior, outcomes, and reported impacts of teams and their members.
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Tamara Bain, a 17 year old female from Edmonton asks on March 27, 2006,My brother and I have a very important bet and it is about the following: If you remove the electrons from an atom will the atom shrink? For example, if theoretically you removed all the electrons from the iron atoms making up a block of iron, would that block of iron shrink significantly in size? There´s alot riding on this, and I can´t find the answer ANYWHERE! My brother thinks that the iron would shrink considerably, he cites that in Rutherford's gold foil experiment, he determined that the nucleus was a miniscule part of the atom itself, therefore my brother believes that if the electrons were removed the atom itself would shrink significantly. I disagree. I told him that when comparing Hydrogen and Hydrogen ions, Hydrogen ions are similar in size to the actual hydrogen atom even though they have lost all their electrons. I don't know who is right.
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A problem with your bet is that the proposed idea of stripping electrons from atoms is quite disconnected from reality at several levels. Atoms need electrons by definition. Almost all of their physical properties and behaviours are due to the balance of the negatively charged electrons with the positively charged protons in the nucleus.
If you removed electrons from a small (say a gram) ball of iron, the electrical repulsion from the remaining protons would exert an outwards pressure at the surface of the ball which would measure in the thousands of millions of tons.
The electromagnetic force is enormously stronger than the gravitational force. You must remember that when you rub a balloon on your hair, pulling electrons from your hair onto the balloon, and sticking it to the ceiling with that electrical charge, that force between a (relatively) few charged atoms on the balloon, and the induced charge on the ceiling, is exceeding that of the attraction between the balloon and all of the atoms in the planet, which define the gravitational force downwards.
So good luck holding anything together when you remove the electrons. The forces uncovered (normally cloaked by the charge balance within the mass) are so large as to almost defy comprehension in an everyday sense.
The iron atom nuclei that make up your electron-stripped iron ball will just fly away, or try to very, very, very hard -- and no substance we could make would have a chance of preventing it. Of course, as the "electron-less iron" expanded it would take less and less pressure (both total and per surface area) to hold it in, so ultimately one would be able to contain it. But it would also be pulling at all electrons in the nearby vicinity with a fantastic tug enough to strip them off nearly anything -- so the simple thought experiment in the way you pose it could never happen in reality.
[Editor: Your point about the similarity in size between a hydrogen atom and a proton is perhaps beside the point. The electron cloud around iron is 26 times bigger than hydrogen. Because of this, the physical interactions of iron are much more various and complex than hydrogen which is the simplest of elements. In any case the same point about tremendous electromagnetic forces would apply even in the case of hydrogen.]
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When John Lewis announced last year that it would be joining forces with Duchess of Cambridge-favourite Alice Temperley on a lower-priced line, middle England was jubilant. And as Home Counties ladies with nice hair and manners are the core John Lewis customer, it's perhaps no surprise that the Somerset collection from Temperley broke sales records on the day it launched last September.
Buoyed by such success, this season the partnership has yielded lingerie and nightwear for the first time – the latter a debut for the designer – which, as the country begins to batten down the hatches for some seasonal hibernation, couldn't be better timed.
Launching in selected John Lewis stores and online tomorrow, the range consists of 23 pieces inspired by Japanese prints, Yves Saint Laurent's iconic le smoking tuxedo suit and Marlene Dietrich's infamous drag turn in the 1930 film Morocco. "The collection epitomises Alice's vintage, eclectic style, combined with her knowledge of what makes women feel special."
The retro influences can be seen in the masculine silk pyjama sets in berry and black offset with contrast ivory piping and delicate vintage-inspired, lace-trimmed chemises. A kimono- style robe and the Temperley-designed "night floral" print are signs of Eastern influence on the designer.
"Lingerie is my next love after clothing," says Temperley. "I think it is what is worn underneath that really inspires a woman to feel beautiful in her clothes – that inner secret glamour. We know that the Somerset woman values beautiful fabric and detail, so I was really happy with the print and lace we have brought into the designs, all in a luxurious silk for an amazing price."
As well as silken separates, the range offers pieces that – though practical for the chill that the new season will inevitably bring – provide cosy comfort with a touch of luxury. Lounging around in a floor-length cashmere robe is an enticingly decadent prospect.
The lingerie continues the largely monochrome theme of the collection, one of Temperley's signatures, as well as the retro styling – balconette bras and classic full knickers are available in floral print, cream vintage lace and ivory silk as well as a claret style that carries through the boozy and berry hues of autumn. But what may disappoint the legions with credit cards in hand ready to pounce when the range goes on sale tomorrow is the limited range of bra sizes. Not what you would expect from one of the high street's biggest people pleasers.Reuse content


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No matter hard you try, sometimes it's just not possible to prevent --
well, lets call it an anomaly. Even when you know it's coming.
SCO, the Utah-based company that believes it owns Unix and has been
suing the pants off Linux devotees for allegedly infringing on the Unix
kernel, is having some difficulties of its own. Payback from the Linux
community? Who's to say?
That miserable "Mydoom" or "Novarg" virus, the one that's giving your
e-mail system fits lately, apparently was programmed to hunt down and do
vary bad things to SCO's Web site. The coordinated attack bombarded the
SCO site with hundreds of thousands of requests, crippling the site.
Indeed, while Janet Jackson was exposing herself during half-time at the
Super Bowl, I was at my PC, trying to access the SCO site. I was
unsuccessful. In fact, at noon the next day, I still couldn't get any
response from the SCO site.
I guess it's one thing if your (or your customer's) site is merely
informational or a place where users come to download an occasional
update or patch. But if the site is transactional in nature (bank,
travel agency, commerce, etc.), a business literally comes to a
screeching halt. That is a very bad thing.
But here's the interesting part: SCO knew the attack was coming and was
still powerless to do anything about it.
One of the companies who follow this sort of thing is Symantec, purveyor
of various antivirus and antispam products (perhaps they fall short of
bring described as a "solution"). As of Feb. 1, the Symantec Security
Response (SSR) team logged the following W32.Novarg.A@mm/MyDoom
-- Total submissions: 15,930. At its peak, Novarg was spreading at a
rate of 150 infections per hour. On Friday, Jan. 30, it was spreading at
a rate of 100 infections per hour. As of Feb. 2, SSR is tracking 80
infections per hour. Although the infection rate was tailing off, this
could be because most businesses are closed on weekends.
-- Novarg still appears to be propagating -- almost entirely via e-mail,
but most of it is being caught at customers' perimeter.
-- There has been 4,857 unique IPs scanning for Novarg backdoors running
on TCP 3127. This is one place where security scanners look for
vulnerable systems.
The volume of Internet traffic attempting to access the SCO Web site
began to rise Saturday night, flooding the company's Web servers just
after midnight. Essentially, hundreds of thousands of computers were all
trying to access www.sco.com simultaneously and repeatedly. No company,
not SCO, not Microsoft's, not yours, and not your customers' can handle
that amount of bandwidth. Like a human body shutting itself down as it
rejects a transplanted heart, SCO's Web site threw it's binary hands up
in defeat, and rolled over.
Forget that this is probably the Linux community beating up its sworn
enemy. Indeed, there is another variant of the same worm programmed to
inundate Microsoft's Web site (now who'd want to do that?). When these
attacks come from the outside, there's little you can do from inside the
What's scary is that SCO has plenty of world-class technology on its
payroll, and has pretty deep pockets. You'd think that would translate
into a Web and network operation that is so completely bullet-proof,
nothing could ever happen. But that's obviously not true.
So what does that mean to the companies that depend on you to keep
things at their sites running smoothly? If hackers decided to take aim
at one of your customer's sites, flooding them with more traffic than
can be handled, there's really not a whole lot you can do. Fortunately,
most companies are simply not the target of such an attack. That is, to
some degree, a certain piece of mind.
This all conjures up images of the old West, with stockade fortresses
reinforcing their perimeter to fend off attacks from the outside. You
can't stop the attacks, merely build up perimeter safety. You can visit
your customers, and, assuming that they already have adequate perimeter
security installed, you may find that isn't another product in your
arsenal that you can sell. At a time like this, your presence at the
customer premises shows your concern and is likely to go a long way
toward keeping that customer content.
Of course, this isn't the first time an attack of this nature has
happened. No doubt you'll remember back a couple of years when the
dreaded "denial of service" attacks brought eBay and other high-profile
site to their knees.
I don't like the idea of being powerless. Technical problems usually
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Funny ha ha funny funny.
20 Qualifications for a liberal.
1) You have to believe the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of funding.
2) You have to be against capital punishment but for abortion on
demand -- in short, you support protecting the guilty and killing the
3) You have to believe that the same overpaid public school idiot who
can't teach 4th graders how to read is qualified to teach those same
kids about sex.
4) You have to believe that trial lawyers are selfless heroes and
doctors are overpaid.
The other 16 qualifications can be found on any of these links.
I'm CHEESED! Cause I didn't find it first. :cool:
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LOL funny is how they are all true! :mwink:
That is all of the text from the original post on Turbobuicks.com.
I didn't think it'd be cool to post a link to another message board full of hotrodders.
things that make you go HHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMM.........
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That's a very useful technique for finding the source of people's postings, or for verifying urban legends/rumors etc.
Bottom line: quote a few lines of text, then put a link to any site you'd like where people can find the remainder of the text. Excessive copy-pasting as a general policy raises issues of copyright, un-originality, potentially inflammatory posts, database bloat, etc. Bring it up in the Site Suggestions and Help forum for further details if you'd like.
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Good thing I'm a communist, I might be offended. :P
say what??
your a .com-munist?? How cool is that!!! :)
Isn't that where...."All are equal, but some are more equal than others".......... :confused:
Is'nt liberal a dirty word ..........oops did I offend....... TS
in a few more years we'll all be commies.I'm a commie ,he's a commie , wouldn't you like to be a commie too? Your too funny cold knock L.O.L
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Friday, 30 August, 2002, 15:21 GMT 16:21 UK
US faces up to uncertain era
On the morning of 11 September 2001 President George Bush went to an elementary school in Sarasota on the west coast of Florida to give substance to one of the most effective, if most unrealistic, slogans of his campaign - that "no child will be left behind".
As he was shaking hands with the welcoming party, his chief of staff Andrew Card informed him that a plane had crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York. Bush carried on.
A presidential visit cannot suddenly be cancelled without good reason and there was no good reason because there was no good information.
Certainty removed
As the president sat listening to the children in a reading class, Card went up to Bush again, bent over and whispered in his ear. A second plane had hit the Trade Center. Bush's pursed lips were caught by the photographers.
The life of the president - and the American people - had changed.
Suddenly the certainty of ordinary life had gone. And America was thrust into a worldwide battle. The attack had the impact of Pearl Harbor 60 years before.
At first, Bush struggled to find the right voice. The remarks he made before leaving the school failed to meet the gravity of the moment. His language, not for the first time, let him down. He referred to the perpetrators as "folks".
But to his staff he declared: "We're at war".
Gradually, George W Bush, a president whose election had been questioned and whose authority had been doubtful, became a leader. And he found a voice.
In a speech to Congress on 20 September President Bush stated in Churchillian tones: "We will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail."
To the American people he also used less formal words: "We will smoke 'em out."
Homeland Security
The war on terrorism came with a domestic price. Fear remained not far below the surface and sometimes well above. Security measures, and costs, were increased.
The president said it was not a war on Islam, but hundreds of mainly Arabic young men were arrested and held on immigration charges as the net for information was cast widely. Military tribunals were authorised.
The FBI and CIA were accused of "not joining up the dots" before the attack. A department of Homeland Security was set up, its very name unsettling to Americans.
There was even an attack by anthrax, perhaps by a Timothy McVeigh-type indigenous terrorist.
But everyone knew that al-Qaeda might seek to carry out chemical warfare, and even worse. And the attack was deeply destabilising. Supplies of smallpox vaccination were ordered for practically the whole population.
Future threats
And if there was price to pay at home, there was also a price abroad.
The United States used the powers of its might to bring governments around the world into line but failed to use its powers of persuasion to convince all opinion, especially in the Arab world and in Europe, that it was right.
This did not worry George Bush too much. And most Americans reacted either with resignation or resentment.
Indeed, the president developed the Bush doctrine into another phase. Not just terrorists, not just governments harbouring them would be pursued, he announced, but any government which was developing weapons of mass destruction and which might constitute a future threat.
It opened the way for action against Iraq.
A year on, the war on terrorism is by no means over.
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