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Americans for Prosperity Foundation Video Features Mother of Down Syndrome Child
Austin, TX - Americans for Prosperity Foundation - Texas today released a short, one-minute video of a mom who wants school choice so that she can provide a better education for her daughter with down syndrome. There are over 430,000 special needs students in the Texas public school system. The video is the fourth in a series of powerful testimonials in support of school choice.
"Stacy Ford, like many of the parents of more than 430,000 Texas special needs students, wants to give her daughter the best education possible but is currently trapped in an inadequate public school," explained Peggy Venable, State Director of Americans for Prosperity Foundation. "School choice would make it possible for disabled children across the state to obtain the best education possible - public, private or charter - and have a brighter future. Why would anyone oppose that?"
The Texas state legislature is considering legislation, HB 1175 and SB 115, which would offer educational scholarships to special needs students.
Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is a nationwide organization of citizen-leaders committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFPF believes reducing the size and intrusiveness of government is the best way to promote individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFPF educates and engages citizens to support restraining state and federal government growth and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFPF is more than 1.9 million activists strong, with activists in all 50 states. AFPF has 34 state chapters and affiliates. More than 90, 000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial contribution to AFP or AFP Foundation. For more information, visit http://www.americansforprosperityfoundation.com/


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Normally I dont update my Hybrids but thought that this one needed to be more like 140, so I have incorporated more of the 140 attributes of the OS. You will still have the stable memory and app compatibility, but you will also have all the transitions as well as the home screen shortcuts from the clock and the signal meter. Enjoy!!!
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You will need to install into a clean 151 OS. This is the same install as my previous Hybrids.

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The Honorable Tom McClintock
Subcommittee Chairman
The Honorable Doc Hastings
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Okanogan Public Utility District
Okanogan, Washington
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Hydropower is a clean, renewable form of energy that accounts for 70 percent of electricity in Washington state, seven percent of electricity generated in the U.S. and prevents 200 million annual metric tons of carbon emissions. It is an affordable and reliable energy source that has helped build the foundation for long-term jobs and economic growth throughout much of the country. This hearing will examine how bureaucratic red tape, some federal regulations, and lawsuits diminish existing hydropower and hinder the development of new hydropower. The federal government has the ability to protect our existing hydropower resources and significantly expand this renewable energy if it updated and modernized several federal laws.
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed six bills including H.R. 4419 (Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.), H.R. 3916 (Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif.), H.R. 3186 (Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass.), H.R. ......
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At 6.30pm last night, a man entered the Shell service station in North Haven carrying a small knife and demanded money from the console operator.
A small amount of cash was given and the man was last seeing running along Pioneer Street North Haven.
The alleged assailant is described as being about 172cm tall (5ft 8in), of thin build. He was wearing dark tracksuit pants, a hoodie and his face was covered with a cloth.
No one was injured during the hold up.
Police attended the scene and searched the area, speaking to a number of people.
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Deep within the dusty basement of a New York Museum, recovered from the depths of the ocean floor, lies mythology's most infamous artifact: Pandora's Box. Sealed inside since time immemorial are creatures we thought were works of fiction, myths created by our ancestors. There, they have raged, awaiting a chance to escape and seek vengeance upon mankind for sealing them in their prison. Now, rogue art thief Charles Deckard, hired by a shadowy organization to steal the box, learns that the line between fact and fiction is not as clear as it seems. During the mission, Deckard, unaware of the box's true identity, unwittingly releases its horrors into the world, triggering a war between man and myth. Now, giant griffons rule the city skies, ravenous werewolves stalk the urban streets in search of flesh, and Deckard is left branded with a signet that is the secret to man's salvation.
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Just wondering if anyone has done the heavy lifting for me already. Selection of stats for various bots that might be working around Shin-Edo or elsewhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Almodóvar, Pedro
|Pedro Almodóvar Caballero
|born on
|24 September 1951 at 22:00 (= 10:00 PM )
|Ciudad Real, Spain, 38n59, 3w56
|MET h1e (is standard time)
|Data source
|Astrology data
|01°00' 19°30 Asc. 04°00'
|Alternative birthtime
|24 September 1949 at 22:00 (= 10:00 PM )
|Ciudad Real, SPAIN, 38n59, 3w56
|MEDT h2e (is daylight saving time)
|Astrology data
|01°26' 04°09 Asc. 15°47'
Spanish filmmaker, a director, screenwriter, composer and actor, a leading figure in the new Spanish cinema. Formerly a telephone company employee and a contributor to underground magazines and comic books, he began dabbling in amateur filmmaking in 1974. His first film, "Dos Putas" was shot in 8-millemeter.
His following work included acting in avant-garde plays, singing with a rock band, and publishing the "confessions" of fictional porn star Patty Diphusa.
By the late '80s, he was established as one of Spain's internally best known and most admired directors with work that included "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," 1988 and "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!" 1990. After 13 features, his 1999 release was "All About My Mother," a film regarded as more consistent and mature.
Openly gay, an enchanting chatterbox with electrified hair, he often creates characters who are homosexual or bisexual, as well as taking great zest in challenging Spain's political correct stance. Writing his own off-beat scripts, he is his most effective with caustic, irreverent, shocking comedy.
In mid-March 2004, the Spanish director received some unwanted publicity after he said that Spain's outgoing Popular Party tried to hatch a coup the day before its defeat in the March 14th election. The party denied the charge and declared they would take legal action against the director. Almodóvar says he "just echoed a sea of rumors" that claimed the party would try to postpone the elections in the wake of the Madrid bombings.
- associate relationship with Abril, Victoria (born 4 July 1959)
- business associate/partner relationship with Maura, Carmen (born 15 September 1945)
- friend relationship with Cruz, Penélope (born 28 April 1974). Notes: Cruz played leading roles in several of his films
- (has as) worker relationship with Garouste, Elisabeth (born 17 July 1946)
- compare to chart of Vargas, Chavela (born 17 April 1919)
- Work : New Career 1974 (began filmmaking)
Source Notes
Original record gave September 24, 1951 at 22:00 hours, rated A (from memory) giving the following source notes: "Joan Ferrater quotes his mom in Mercurio-3 4/l991, Calzada de Calatrava. La Mancha given in Katz Film book." However, in October 2009 this record was changed to DD based on conflicting information. An article by Josep Sandoval found online at Lavanguardia.es by an astro.com member suggests that Almodovar took two years off his birth year and that confusion about his birth date stems from his birth certificate: Pedro Mercedes Almodóvar Caballero llegó al mundo en 1949, en el número 38 de la calle Urbano Morales. La hora del alumbramiento es una incógnita: extrañamente está escrita en letra y no en números como es habitual. Y señalan que nació en la hora veintinueve del día 25. Tal vez por lo extraño e inusual de la hora inscribieron el día 25 en lugar del 24." (from http://www.lavanguardia.es/gente-y-tv/noticias/20090924/53790743215/pedro-almodovar-cumple-60-anos-aunque-dice-tener-58-almodovar-pedro-almodovar-cannes-oscar-bruce-spr.html). While Almodovar has been quoted as saying he was born "in the 1950s," (for example, in Frederic Strauss's book, "Almodovar on Almodovar" ), Marvin D'Lugo's biography "Pedro Almodovar" (p. 12) provides September 25, 1949 as his birth date.
- Traits : Personality : Attention seeking (Off-beat, takes a contrary stance)
- Traits : Personality : Eccentric (Challenges conventional mores)
- Traits : Personality : Talkative
- Passions : Sexuality : Homosexual male (Openly gay)
- Vocation : Art : Cartoonist (Comic book illustrator in youth)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director (Noted)
- Vocation : Writers : Erotic (Wrote porn)
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- 1951 births
- Birthday 24 September
- Birthplace Ciudad Real, SPAIN
- Sun 1 Libra
- Moon 19 Cancer
- Asc 4 Gemini
- Traits : Personality : Attention seeking
- Traits : Personality : Eccentric
- Traits : Personality : Talkative
- Passions : Sexuality : Homosexual male
- Vocation : Art : Cartoonist
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script


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series: Kevin Kirk And Onomatopoeia: In Concert
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"Practically unboxable," "rhythmically diverse," and "eminently listenable" are comments that have all been applied to the music that pours from the stage into the souls of the audience when Kevin Kirk and Onomatopoeia perform. Idaho Public Television captured them in January of 2009 at Boise's historic Egyptian Theatre for a one-hour concert filmed in full high definition (HD), using 12 cameras to capture all the action. Onomatopoeia is made up of seven talented Idaho musicians. In addition to Kirk at the piano, Tom Tompkins on viola, Mike Seifrit on electric bass, Jon Hyneman on drums, Pat Hyneman on percussion, Greg Perkins on saxes, and Phil Garonzik on flute and sax. Together they serve up their own high-energy jazz. Their all-original compositions keep feet tapping long after the program is over. Current members and alumni of the Treasure Valley Youth Symphony add a symphonic component to the concert.
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So....we got in raw material yesterday for our production PTX replacement linkage bushings for DW link Turner Frames. The question I have is for older TNT/HL owners. Is there still interest for bushing kits for those frames?
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A LOCAL GP has advised of a few quick tips to relieve the sniffles and sneezes, with Goulburn in the midst of an unusually high hayfever season.
Dr Sue Storrier from the Marima Medical Centre told the Post the rise in Hay-fever incidence can be attributed to the cold and wet winter and lush spring growth, which has led to thriving pollen counts.
Recent windy conditions have also stirred the pot, setting off an allergic response.
"The grass pollen gets into the nasal mucosa and sets off the allergic reaction which releases histamines," she said "If you know you are a hay-fever sufferer, see your doctor about a month before hay-fever season.
"If you are caught short, use the saline nose spray to wash the nose through and help the mucas membrane shrink, which is available at the chemist. Anti-Histamines are also available, some sedating and some non-sedating."
Hay-fever, or Allergic Rhinitis, is caused by an allergy to grass pollen which causes the body to release histamines, leading to redness and inflammation of the nose.
Symptoms include sneezing, runny nose, itchy ears, nose and throat, red, itchy and watery eyes, congestion headaches, coughing and more.
Preventative tips and symptom management include staying indoors on days with high pollen levels, cleaning surfaces regularly to avoid accumulation of dust among many more.
Dr Storrier recommended visiting a local pharmacist to discuss medications available to assist in easing the hay-fever blues, such as nasal sprays, eye drops and anti-histamines.
Weatherzone advises that pollen levels in the atmosphere will be highest on hot days and on days where a dry wind is blowing. Additionally, light rain overnight or early morning will also cause high pollen levels.
Dr Storrier said that for asthmatics in particular it is important to keep on top of medication throughout the season as hayfever directly affects the respiratory system. She recommends seeing your doctor about increasing ventilin intake and preventer sprays.


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NEW ORLEANS — After hearing claims that BP Plc put profits above safety in the first day of court testimony over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, a senior executive for the oil company insisted the blame should be shared.
Lamar McKay, BP's global head of exploration, production and development, said on Tuesday the company's role as designated operator on the doomed Macondo well did not mean it was the only company at fault.
"The key point to me is it doesn't mean sole exclusive, it means shared responsibility," said McKay, called by plaintiffs in the federal civil trial in New Orleans centered on the spill and its aftermath.
Recently promoted from president of BP America, McKay is a member of the London-based company's executive committee, alongside Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley.
He was just the second witness for the plaintiffs, the U.S. Justice Department and coastal states, which are suing BP, rig owner Transocean Ltd and well cement provider Halliburton Co. The three companies have been lobbing accusations at each other over the well blowout ever since it happened on April 20, 2010.
McKay's testimony followed that of a noted forensic engineer, Bob Bea, who said BP had fostered a culture that put cost-cutting over safety before the accident.
"There is ample evidence of intense pressure within the system to save time and money," said Bea, co-founder of the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management at the University of California, Berkeley. "With stress and pressure come sacrifices to safety."
Bea consulted with a White House commission that investigated the spill and prepared a report faulting BP for the plaintiffs in the case. He also had consulted with BP on risk management prior to 2005.
He said BP cut its Gulf of Mexico costs by 22 percent from 2008 to 2009 while increasing oil and gas output by 55 percent.
But on cross examination, BP lawyer Mike Brock pointed out that in 2008 BP spent $205 million on work on its Thunder Horse and Atlantis oil and gas platforms, compared with $43 million in 2009. The work on Thunder Horse meant output in 2008 was just a fraction of its level the following year, Brock said.
Thunder Horse only began pumping oil and gas in mid-2008 after a three-year delay to fix design flaws on the platform and repair leaks to seabed equipment.
While Bea agreed that public statements about safety from BP executives were positive, they were not enough on their own. "The statement of the talk has to be backed up with effective walk," Bea said.
The April 2010 blowout at the Macondo well caused an explosion that killed 11 men, sank a rig and spewed more than 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Bea is well known in New Orleans, site of the trial, because he was a key witness in litigation over failed levees when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, flooding much of the city and leaving more than 1,800 people dead.
Bea conceded to Brock that, in the years leading up to the blowout, BP had invested in training programs and set aside budgets to increase process safety — as the safe operations and handling of hazardous materials are known.
The plaintiffs later sought to contrast BP's claims of a safety culture with its own acknowledgment internally that it worked in a risky business.
One of their lawyers, Robert Cunningham, presented McKay with a document — labeled BP/Amoco — about other companies' disasters, including the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, that said those "organizations provide cultures that invite excessive risk taking, demand superhuman performance, or develop complacency that result only in reactive safety management."
The document was used in Bea's report for the plaintiffs finding fault with BP's safety practices, though McKay said he was unfamiliar with it and did not know if it was authentic.
The non-jury trial before U.S. District Judge Carl Barber is split into three phases, with the first focused on allocating blame among the defendants and the severity of their negligence.
The case is In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, No. 10-md-02179, in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.


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BLACKSBURG, VA - When the Clemson basketball team practices, the first team is in orange and the second team wears purple. It only stands to reason, then, that the second group felt right at home when the Tigers donned purple uniforms on a rare occasion for a game Wednesday night at Virginia Tech.
It made sense afterward, at least.
Clemson outscored the Hokies 19-6 in bench points, led by nine crucial points from sophomore guard Adonis Filer, and ground out a 56-49 win at Cassell Coliseum in a game when the Tigers' primary scorers needed the help from their supporting cast.
"I thought our purple team was the difference," Head Coach Brad Brownell said. "Adonis played great. I thought Damarcus Harrison played very well, especially defensively, but then he gave us seven points and hit some big shots. And even Josh (Smith) was good in the 10 minutes that he played. So, I really thought it was appropriate our purple team guys played really well tonight and helped us win."
Clemson (12-4, 3-1 ACC) led for much of the night, but the game seemed to be slipping away as Virginia Tech went on a late 6-0 run to tie the score with 1:51 to go.
The Tigers were in desperate need of someone to make a play, and Filer came off the bench and rose to the occasion.
With the score tied 49-49, Filer got the ball with the shot clock winding down and drove hard into the lane, drawing a foul, getting the hoop and knocking down the foul shot to steady the ship for Clemson.
"I heard Coach B yell, 'Drive it!' on the sideline, and I just drove it, and their big man was playing my left hand, so I just went to the right and laid it in," Filer said.
The Tigers held the Hokies scoreless for the final 1:51 and pulled away from there to give them a modest two-game win streak in ACC play.
"It was real important," Filer said. "Like Coach kept saying, we needed to validate that us beating Duke wasn't a fluke. So, we needed to come up here and get a win and let them know that we're for real - this year is a different year than last year."
Filer's nine points were his most against an ACC team since he had 13 at Virginia Tech last season.
He drained a wing three and took a charge on the other end to helps the Tigers take a 25-24 lead into halftime, but Virginia Tech quickly rallied out of the break to grab its largest lead of the game at 36-30.
Smith ended the Hokie run with a tip-in, and Harrison drained a three from the wing to pull Clemson back within one with 12:40 to go.
K.J. McDaniels made two foul shots to put Clemson back on top 37-36 with 12:10 to go, and Filer buried a long three from the top of the key to stretch the run to 10-0 and force Tech into a timeout with 10:54 left and the score 40-36 Tigers.
"I just wanted to come off the bench and give the team some juice and give us some energy to play harder, defensively and offensively," Filer said.
Later, McDaniels became the first Tiger to reach double figures in scoring when he rattled home a three-pointer to make it 49-43 with 4:07 to go, but the Hokies went on a 6-0 run from there to tie the game, which set the stage for Filer's big play.
"(The coaching staff) talked about in one of the timeouts that maybe we needed to go back to our big lineup, and I just said, 'Let's stay with the small lineup. Let's keep K.J. at the four, stay spread out and try to attack,'" Brownell said. "Adonis is probably the guy that we would've taken out if we had done it. And he made a huge drive and a huge play, and then made the free throw, which is special."
After he scored the layup, Filer swung his arm emphatically as he was mobbed by his teammates. After a timeout, he calmly stepped to the line and made the foul shot.
"I was pretty hyped," Filer said. "We needed it. We needed some energy. We needed a little boost to let us know that we were going to secure this game."
Filer and Harrison combined to score 16 points off the bench - and went 3-for-4 from three-point range - with starting two-guard Jordan Roper struggling through a 1-for-6 shooting night, while Smith also contributed three points and five boards.
"Our bench has to earn their minutes," Brownell said. "They have to continue to play well to deserve some more minutes, and those guys have. I probably should have given Sidy (Djitte) some more minutes in the second half today, but we went with Josh. It's crucial that our second-line guys really play well for us and give us the juice off the bench."
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Thursday, October 9 was the first game on the NHL's 2008-09 schedule, and featured the Toronto Maple Leafs challenging the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings at the Joe Louis Arena in Hockeytown.
Among the invited guests were several Red Wings' Hall of Famers, including Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay and Alex Delvecchio, as well as the Hall of Fame's most cherished silverware. Along with the Stanley Cup were each of the trophies the Red Wings collected last season, a glittering array that included the the Presidents' Trophy (first place finish during the regular season), the Clarence Campbell Bowl (West Division champions), the Frank J. Selke Award (given to Pavel Datsyuk as the league's best defensive forward), the Lady Byng Trophy (awarded to Datsyuk as the NHL's most gentlemanly player), the Norris Trophy (earned by captain Nicklas Lidstrom for being the NHL's premier defenceman), the Jennings Trophy (awarded to the goaltending team with the lowest goals against average, in this case, Chris Osgood and Dominik Hasek) and the Conn Smythe Trophy (Henrik Zetterberg's reward for being the most valuable playoff performer in 2008).
Hall of Fame legends Howe, Lindsay and Delvecchio then brought the 2008 Stanley Cup banner onto the ice surface and handed it to current members of the team. Chris Chelios, in spite of a broken leg, was in uniform for the presentation, as were several young members of last year's team who are scheduled to start the season in the American Hockey League. Ironically, current Wings Ty Conklin and Marian Hossa were with Pittsburgh last spring, the team the Wings defeated to capture Lord Stanley's Cup.
Pavel Datsyuk, Kris Draper and teammates clipped the banner to a waiting cord and with fans, the team and the Leafs looking on in awe, the franchise's 11th Stanley Cup banner was raised to the rafters amidst jubilation.
The Maple Leafs spoiled Detroit's stirring season opener, edging the champs 3-2.
After the game, NHL Face-Off Rocks featured a performance by Alanis Morissette. Performing in Montreal, Alanis rocked out with 'Versions of Violence' from her recently-released album, 'Flavors of Entanglement'. "I've been a hockey fan since I was fresh out of the womb," she told nhl.com.
But the drama was reserved for British rockers Def Leppard. With the band poised on stage at Detroit's Fox Theater, a motorcycle driven by Darren McCarty with Kyle Quincey cradling the Stanley Cup behind him, roared up the aisle of the historic theatre and parked by the stage. The Wings climbed off the bike, hoisted the Cup for the partisan crowd, then handed the Stanley Cup to lead singer Joe Elliott while the rhythm section maintained the beat of the hit 'Pour Some Sugar On Me'.
After the media ran with the story, Def Leppard's Joe Elliot stated, "I will, as always, take full responsibility for what happened because I have big pucks. However, someone at the NHL should have known better and informed me first instead of keeping the Stanley Cup under lock and key until the last minute. The practice run the day before with a coffeemaker went swimmingly because it, like every other sporting cup I've ever seen, was wider at the top than the base."
Whether the Cup was intentionally placed upside down has fuelled rabid debate. If nothing else, and trying to find the silver lining, the incident gave viewers the chance to see the Hockey Hall of Fame's current logo newly engraved on the bottom of hockey's greatest trophy.
And so ends another Stanley Cup summer. It's been a great summer of celebrating and reflecting on a highly successful season for Detroit, but it's now back into the trenches for all the NHL teams, anxious to prove that they deserve to win the Stanley Cup in 2009.
We thank you for joining us for each entry this summer, but with the banner raising, the final page of this edition of the Stanley Cup Journal will be turned. Join us through the season as we bring you special editions of the Stanley Cup Journal, and work towards finding out whether the Red Wings will repeat their success, or be succeeded by a new Stanley Cup champion.
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I have been a professional photographer for 16 years.
For the past 13 years Idaho Falls, Idaho has been my home.
In 2007 I started Cockeyed Art, which offers original acrylic paintings, reproductions and knick-knacks for retail sale.
Besides this business venture I am a photographer for ComDesigns, which contracts for the Department of Energy at the Idaho National Laboratory and the Idaho Cleanup Project.
I am also the chief photographer for American Snowmobiler magazine and contract with Yamaha Snowmobiles to provide photography for new model products.
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On a recent trip to Raja Ampat we happened to be at the right place at the right time, or so we like to think. Recording it was inconsequential.
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On a recent trip to Raja Ampat we happened to be at the right place at the right time, or so we like to think. Recording it was inconsequential.
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It appears that the manta stopped on purpose to allow you to free her. Is that actually what you think, or does it just appear that way. Great work !!!!!
Posted 23 August 2013 - 05:19 AM
So hard to judge an animals actions. She did not bolt the second we came in contact. She did go deeper after the first cut of the rope, maybe to 40ft. Pulling the rope from around her lobe was very tough as it was cutting into her several inches. Not clear in the video is one part of the rope was cutting back into her eye. I was trying to make sure to remove the rope from the "front" in hopes of doing no more damage to it.
Was she staying in place to be helped or due to being in shock from pain of removing the rope? We don't know. We did watch her after all the rope was gone and she swam with good motion. Regardless, it was one of those moments you were so involved in that you forget to raise the camera.
Edited by NWDiver, 23 August 2013 - 05:39 AM.
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Posted 24 August 2013 - 05:56 AM
Thanks Eric, how to say this...over all the years we have had great experiences with mantas this was our good karma; our chance to do some small thing for one of them.
Edited by NWDiver, 24 August 2013 - 05:56 AM.
Posted 24 August 2013 - 03:39 PM
Good job! Sad to see it in that way but glad you were able to help
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Posted 25 August 2013 - 09:54 AM
Thanks for sharing this encounter. Right place...right time. I agree with you..you paid back the karma of 30 years of diving.
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Posted 25 August 2013 - 03:40 PM
Good work and thanks for sharing.
Posted 26 August 2013 - 06:21 AM
Thanks all, again we are so happy we could do this small act. From the start the goal was to keep her in sight. We had to get the panga to come over, get a knife, dump my camera...The whole time Julie keeping her in sight. I am no free diver so on the second round she went to depth I was not sure I could even reach. Julie was so concerned she forgot to film the dive down, realizing as I started up, lol. She is a great dive buddy and really credit to her for catching what she did. Not bad for a girl who was not sure she wanted to ever dive and at first fought packing a camera. 1000 dives later I can't peel it out of her hands.
Posted 26 August 2013 - 07:27 AM
Thank you so much for sharing!
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Speaker Sets Examples For Students
ST. MARYS — Ron Rose wasn't born blind — a medical practice in the 1950s made him that way — but if there's one thing he wishes he could do if he could see again, it's drive a car.
Rose told the third-grade students in Joni Ahlers' class at St. Marys Intermediate School he has driven a car once — but it almost got him in trouble — but if one day he woke up and wasn't blind anymore, driving would be what he would want to do first.
Each of the third-grade students took turns asking Rose questions about his lifestyle.
"Every one of them is asking a question that they prepared," Ahlers said.
One of the students asked Rose how he became blind, to which he noted he wasn't born that way.
Rose, 60, was born premature. He was a twin, born two months early, and his twin brother died from complications. Because he was so small, the doctors kept him in an incubator. In the 1950s, the doctors didn't realize all the oxygen in the incubators would hurt the infants' eyes, blinding them.
Today, Rose lives with his mother, and works as a piano tuner, with his mother or siblings taking him to his jobs.
"I mostly walk in New Bremen with a cane," Rose told Ahlers' students.
Some questions ranged from how Rose goes grocery shopping, to how he picks out what to wear every day, to what kind of school he attended.
"I went to the Columbus School for the Blind," Rose said, noting he started at the boarding school in Columbus at 5-years-old.
"I lived there — I saw my family every other weekend."
After attending the school in Columbus, Rose attended a technical school in Talladega, Ala., which is where he learned how to tune pianos.
A student asked Rose what he does when he gets lost — he uses his cane, and if he gets lost, he will ask someone for help — and another asked how he crosses the street.
"When you hear the traffic stop on the other side, then you can cross," he said.
Driving, Rose said, is the biggest challenge Rose has in regard to his blindness.
"It's a challenge trying to find a ride to get to different places," Rose said.
One of Ahlers' students asked Rose if he had considered getting a seeing-eye dog to help him around.
"No, not really," he said, noting a few of his friends had dogs and had issues. "They get sick too much and dog food is pretty expensive, so I'll keep my cane."
Rose told the students he learned to read braille when he was in the second or third grade and shared some information about the system.
"The braille signs are the hardest," he said. "There's 26 letters like your alphabet."
Rose noted braille uses six cells, or dots, to make up each letter. He demonstrated how to write in braille, both using a stylus and a braille writer, which is similar in style to a typewriter.
"You read it left to right, but when I make words, I go from right to left," Rose said.
He added he also likes to read books — there are companies in Nebraska, New York and Cleveland that have books written in braille, and he also likes to listen to books on tape from the local library.
During his visit to Ahlers' classroom on Friday, Rose also showed the students how he tunes a piano — even noting the type of piano it was without being able to see the name on the front, just by knowing where the different knobs were.


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One of the biggest story lines at Langley Speedway entering 2013 was whether Shawn Balluzzo could win his seventh Modified Division title, tying him with legendary former Late Model star Phil Warren for the most championships at the 63-year-old track.
The quest has been something of an uphill climb as Robbie Babb won seven of the first eight races, with Jimmy Humblet grabbing the checkered flag in the other. Still, Balluzzo has been consistent enough to remain in second place in the standings, a mere 14 points behind Babb — close enough for one of his late-season hot streaks to get him title No. 7.
That won't happen now. Balluzzo said on Friday that he will undergo a heart procedure in mid-July, thus ending any possibility of racing for the points crown. Balluzzo will, at a minimum, miss several races, beginning with twin 30-lappers on Saturday.
His hope is that the medical procedure is minor enough that he'll be back in his car after a short break. And while racing will not be the priority it has been, Balluzzo does not want to finish 2013 minus a win.
"We're going to come back and beat Robbie Babb," Balluzzo said. "Right now, Robbie is unbeatable. There's three reasons for that: hard work, a change in attitude and a big motor with a lot of horsepower.
"Horsepower is definitely important in the Modifieds, especially with the new asphalt. It used to be if you had too much horsepower you'd spin your tires (coming off of the turns), but now they don't spin no matter how fast you go.
"He's got us all covered on horsepower."
Balluzzo's dominated the division the past seven years. He won two Modified titles when those cars resumed full time at the track after an absence of decades, and has won the past four.
"This is absolutely discouraging," Balluzzo said of not being able to remain in the points chase. "I was always the guy who got out of the car and was ready to run more laps, but this thing has been kicking my butt the past few months.
"Hopefully we can get this taken care of and get back in the car for a few more races this season."
In addition to the Modified twin 30s, action resumes at Langley on Saturday with a seven-race card featuring Late Model twin 75s. With Langley Speedway at about the mid-point of the 2013 season, here's a look at the points races in the other support divisions:
MODIFIED: With Balluzzo a non-factor in the points race, Babb holds a 205-182 lead over Humblet. Barring a reversal in form, Babb should win the title in a runaway.
GRAND STOCK: Robbie Parker has won four of the past five races, with Tommy Sweeney winning the other. Defending division champion Ricky Derrick lurks only seven points behind Parker in the standings.
LEGENDS: Connor Hall has won four of five races, but is no shoo-in for the title. Spencer Saunders is only seven points behind and their duel for the checkered flag in the most recent race was entertaining.
UCAR: Jonathan Largena, the 2012 runner-up, holds a five-point lead over Kevin Morgan in the standings. But neither has won a race and must be wary of two-time winner Tim Wilson, who's just 12 points out of first.
SUPER STREET: This points race is poised to go down to the wire, with Randy Akers, a two-time winner, leading two-time winner and 2012 runner-up John Pereira by three points. Sean Calway is eight points out of first.
SUPER TRUCK: Robbie Parker has won all four races and leads former Poquoson wrestling state champ Chase McAdams by nine points. That doesn't sound like much, but with car count down drastically, Parker is in command.
PRO SIX: Defending champion Landon Florian and Bobby Hall have two wins apiece, with Florian leading Hall in the standings by two points. Cody Carlton, with two wins, will compete with them for checkereds.
ENDURO: The car count is way up in this division. Defending champion Alex Floroff and David Boggess are tied for first in the points.
CHAMP KART: As always, this division is very competitive. Matt Leach, Jeffrey Johnson and Aaron Leach are tied for first, with defending champ Charlie-Ray Lorah and Ryan Hudgins just four points back.
BANDOLERO: Second in the division a year ago, Maddy Mulligan is the class of the field this year with three wins in four races and a significant points lead.


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By Tiernan Ray
UBS hardware analyst Steve Millunovich today reiterates a Buy rating on shares of Apple (AAPL) and a $780 price target, writing that his recent meeting with the company's management, which included CEO Tim Cook, suggest to him that Apple will pursue new categories of products, offer more services, provide more support for enterprise customers, and generally stay away from investments in content directly or in owning communications networks or direct component manufacturing.
Cook and company are more "product-focused" than worrying about financials, he thinks, which seems to be attributable to late founder Steve Jobs:
Along with the advantages of ecosystem (creating switching costs) and the supply chain (investing in supplier equipment), Apple emphasized that it is one of the few vendors with world-class hardware and software skills. Management was bullish regarding its growth opportunities and ability to differentiate. Despite the recent management changes, Apple remains product- rather than financial-focused, perhaps Steve Jobs' most important legacy.
Regarding enterprise,
Despite Steve Jobs' lack of interest in selling to corporations, Apple recognizes the BYOD trend. The company has over 200 enterprise sales people in the US, is expanding its VAR channel, and supports companies out of the retail stores.
Regarding new categories,
The company suggested it does believe there are more frontiers to conquer, more new categories to create while underscoring continued opportunity in smartphones and tablets. Of course, we don't know what these might be. Wearable computing? Entertainment management? Observer Horace Dediu said on our conference call that "The remote control is very crude. If they can solve the problem and move to either a touch or gesture recognition, then they can create an app universe on the TV."
Regarding the enormous cash pile, Milunovich sees conservatism, and little insight into buybacks:
Apple's view of its cash trove is that preservation is more important than return. The majority of cash is overseas (Apple is lobbying for lower repatriation tax rates), but much of it is invested in US Treasuries and corporates with an average 16-month duration. There was no comment regarding future buyback or dividend plans, but if staying focused reduces the likelihood of huge deals then we would expect increases in both over time.
Milunovich also thinks that despite the projection for gross margin to dip to 36% this quarter, he believes the company can get that back to the "low 40s" on a percentage basis as costs come down:
The big question on investors' minds following the quarter is margins […] Apple is typically conservative. We look for a Dec quarter gross margin of 38.3% vs the 36% guidance. Then we think the margin could move into the low-40s as products come down the cost curve and the iPhone contribution to revenue stays above 50%, offsetting lower sequential sales […] There may be near-term upside surprise. Apple appears to be on a pattern of two big quarters and two weaker quarters with product announcements weighted toward fall. Our Dec revenue estimate is $53.5bn, above Apple's $52bn guidance, but still low relative to the almost $4bn in expenses Apple indicated. Also, we have our Dec revenue estimate below March, which is not the normal pattern. We think March could be too high, but more likely Dec is low […] We note that earnings momentum is bottoming. Year-over-year EPS growth has been 92% (Mar), 20% (Jun), and 23% (Sep). Going forward we estimate -5% (Dec), 9% (Mar), 33% (Sep), and 46% (Dec), which we believe should be good for the stock soon.
Milunovich's verdict: "With earnings momentum bottoming and near-term upside EPS surprises more likely, we continue to like the stock here."
Note that Jefferies & Co.'s Peter Misek yesterday raised his gross margin estimate for this quarter for Apple to 40% from 39%, arguing that Apple has increased its iPhone "build plan" this quarter, from as many as 60 million to as many as 65 million, suggesting manufacturing issues are resolving themselves. That could support an extra 80 basis points of margin, he thinks.
Apple shares today are up $11.05, or 2%, at $548.80.
Previously: AAPL: Avondale Starts at Hold; Moats Needed to Offset Competition, November 9th, 2012.


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Thursday, April 22, 2010
The Revised Grail Psalms: I Am Befuddled
Yesterday, I ended the post with what some around here called a "bomb."
I feel compelled to comment on the new Revised Grail Psalms. As you may know, this version of the psalms has been given formal recognition by the Vatican for use as the responsorial psalm at Mass. But, until they appear in revised liturgical books, we are not obliged to use them. So, until the final revisions are made by the abbot at Conception Abbey, they are not yet available for use or to be set to music. I have been told that there are over three hundred corrections that were made by the Vatican.
That brings me to the issue I raised yesterday. GIA Publications is "the worldwide agent for the Revised Grail Psalms." I cannot understand why a private family (the owners of GIA Publications) can be granted a position as "worldwide agent" for the official prayers of the Church. Once the Lectionary for Mass is revised and the Grail Psalms are printed in that revised Lectionary, GIA Publications will receive payment when those psalms are published in worship resources, hymnals, missals, and other resources. How that payment is distributed has not been made public. For instance, does GIA retain an administrative fee, while directing other part or parts of the fee to the Abbey or to another party? This information would be helpful to those who are directly affected by this decision.
Right now, when a composer sets the NAB (current version) of the psalms, the USCCB (who owns the rights to the NAB) has chosen to waive the royalty fee. So, this has been wonderful for composers, who are able to be paid a higher percentage, since they do not have to share the royalty fee with the NAB rights holder. Once composers begin setting the new Grail Psalms, their royalty payments will be reduced, since GIA will take their own share of the royalty, as "the worldwide agent for the Revised Grail Psalms." This is bad news for composers, and very good news, of course, for GIA Publications. This simply does not make sense to me. In a letter received by publishers from GIA Publications, we were told this: "Please be assured that this text will be available to all legitimate publishers on an equal basis at rates consistent with those established for official liturgical texts."
When we print the NAB Psalms in our hymnals and missals, it is the bishops conference of the United States that receives the payment of rates "established for official liturgical texts." I am at a loss as to why the bishops have chosen to have the payment of those rates now go to a private family here in Illinois (the owners of GIA Publications).
I want to make it clear that I have been a consistent supporter of our friends at GIA Publications. They publish, and continue to publish, many excellent resources for the singing Church. My own liturgical life has been enriched by their music over the years, and for that I am grateful. I just don't understand how a private family and music publisher could be granted the status as "the worldwide agent for the Revised Grail Psalms"—which will eventually become the official version used in the Church's liturgical books. While I understand how a family business is granted worldwide rights to intellectual property—that is what all publishers strive for—what I don't understand is how the Church allows a private business to control and license what are official texts of the Church. For anyone to publish the official texts of the Church—for the first time in our corporate memory—publishers will need to go to someone who is not part of the Church. Remember that the Church has no control over private business. More importantly, the bishops, in their wisdom, granted a gift to composers of the NAB psalms and now the fact that GIA Publications is the "worldwide agent" for the Revised Grail Psalms, that gift has been taken away from composers. This is lamentable.
Sometimes I can be a little slow in my own understanding of these things. Am I missing something here? Please feel free to comment.
Gotta sing. Gotta pray.
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- byte228 said...
I definitely agree that this seems to be a "weird" setup at the least. My question though is a bit broader. I'm a bit behind, what is the reason for revising the texts of the Psalms? I have this gut reaction to both the new Psalm translation and the new Roman Missal translation... is what I'm singing or praying now "wrong"?
Will I have the right that the Latin Rite proponents have to attend a "Old Translation" Novus Ordo Mass similarly to the Tridentine Masses that are popping up?
- April 22, 2010 at 11:40 AM
I have written GIA numerous times, asking if any of the money will go to Conception Abbey. As you know, from the sale of Lectionaries ALONE, GIA will make millions.
GIA's answer has always remained the same: they will NOT reveal if Conception Abbey will get any of this money.
- April 22, 2010 at 1:13 PM
As Jerry mentioned in his post yesterday, we at WLP work for a Catholic-family-owned company. I've been here not quite twenty years, and from time to time have wondered what would happen to WLP if a large music conglomerate bought us (like, for example, Warner Bros.).
Previously I only asked this in regard to my own ministry and employment here. But now I wonder the same thing with the future of these psalm texts being held by a private company. I know that neither WLP or GIA has any plans to be sold or acquired, but the sands of the business world shift quickly.
Like Jerry, I have the greatest admiration for the work GIA does, and their initial offering of the Grail psalms to the RC church in the US was a blessing for all of us. But that availability was not mandated, nor were those texts the only ones permitted for liturgy, as will be the case when the new Lectionary revision happens here.
I'm guessing that a large corporation buying these exclusive worldwide rights would see them as a revenue stream more than as a source of prayer. Who knows what would happen (or what might happen in the future, in any case) to the price we'd all pay? To me, this points out the larger structural/procedural flaw here.
- April 22, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- Jeffrey Tucker said...
Thank you again for this wonderful post.
- April 22, 2010 at 2:40 PM
Who owns the copyright of the original Grail Psalms? (they also can be used in the current liturgy and GIA has versions in their catalogue, as in Worship 3 uses grail translation). Currently there are a number of translations that can be used in response psalm, NAB maybe the most popular but others are allowed. this will stop with the new missal and only the revised Grail will be acceptable. Maybe it is just a matter that since GIA is the owner of the original copyright, they retain it with updated editions? just a conjecture....
- April 22, 2010 at 2:51 PM
GIA is acting as agent for Conception Abbey, so presumably at least some of the royalty money is going to Conception Abbey (and perhaps the Grail in England?) in payment for their work on the text. Moreover, since GIA is an agent and not the owners, they presumably are limited by their contract with the owners and thus do not have unfettered control over use of the copyrighted material. Moreover, they cannot change the content to the extent the Church has only approved specific content for liturgical use. In the end, perhaps the Church should pay Conception Abbey for the rights, so that the rights would be in Church hands, and the Church could waive or reduce royalty fees if it wished. The same issue exists with the National Council of Christian Churches' having sole rights to the RSV and NRSV Bible if either of those versions are ever chosen for liturgical use in the Catholic Church (they have been in other countries besides the US). Basically copyright royalties would need to be paid to an organization outside the Church.
- April 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- Jeffrey Tucker said...
A very important workaround here is to gain some kind of approval for 4 or 5 or more different sets of Psalms (my own favorite is Coverdale). I'm not even sure how that would happen. but the statement about options to Grail needs to be public and clear. I wish I knew what to do to make this happen but I'm really out of the loop.
- April 22, 2010 at 3:36 PM
This is just sour grapes on the part of WLP...you would be singing a different tune if WLP owned the rights.
- April 22, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- John said...
In the U$A, corporations are people too and deserve to be paid for their work.
- April 24, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- Nick Baty said...
According to GIA's copyright information, it appears that the only people who will be paying to use Grail IV will be those who seek to make money from it. Seems like a fairly good deal!
- April 25, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Jerry and Alan,
I would think you'd understand that a literary agent is like an attorney. If the attorney does a good job, you retain them, if not, you replace them. The copyright owners (Conception Abbey and The Grail) have retained us to do the grunt work of licensing. There is no indelible bestowal of anything here. As is the standard in our industry, we receive payment in the form of a percentage of the royalties earned by the copyright owners. Period.
- April 26, 2010 at 3:48 PM
GIA has consistently refused to reveal any information about the payment arrangements. Our Psalms are being bought and sold by non-Catholic, for-profit companies, we are not allowed any details, and we are told to simply accept this. This is not a good policy.
- April 28, 2010 at 8:04 AM
Here's the latest news on the long awaited Revised Grail Psalter (apparently, more work is needed):
- May 9, 2010 at 11:15 PM


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ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Mateo Arteaga, director of Central Washington University's Educational Outreach Services, and Miriam Bocchetti, director of the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), have been awarded $424,986 from the US Department of Education for the second year of the CWU CAMP grant. This is the second year of funding for the $2.1 million, five-year program. CAMP has received two, previous multimillion dollar grants, which have funded the program for the past 10 years.
In July, at the annual Washington DC grant recipients' meeting, Central was recognized as having one of the Top Ten Performing CAMP programs in the country.
Since CAMP began in 2001, it has provided services to more than 600 migrant students, at both Yakima Valley Community College (YVCC) and CWU, and more than 150 (25 percent) farm worker students have attained college degrees.
"We have seen extraordinary achievement from our CAMP students," said Arteaga. "and it has a very positive ripple effect in their families and communities. It's inspiring."
CWU is in a unique position to help families of migrant workers due to its geographical location, the central region of Washington State, which has the highest concentration of migrant and seasonal farm workers. The program is coordinated between CWU's University Center at YVCC and the Ellensburg campus.
CAMP serves approximately 60 farm worker students per year, and in 2011, 61 out of 62 (98 percent) successfully completed their first year of college, and all 62 of those students continued to be enrolled in college. CWU's CAMP retention rate is consistently more than 90 percent. Bocchetti said that CAMP not only provides academic support during the first year but also offers peer-to-peer mentoring, which has proven to be successful in overcoming common transitional barriers CAMP students encounter.
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Well, a truck is a truck is a truck, as it turns out. Not much has changed there, I'm afraid.
I've always been a fan of the Toyota Tacoma. In the end, much of what I know and remembered about the ones I drove in the past remains true, and many of the compromises of driving a true truck remain solidly stuck in place. Maybe it turns out that I've been a fan of the idea of a Tacoma, rather than the ownership of one. But that's my problem, and not yours. Nor the Tacoma's.
Under the hood, you'll find Toyota's venerable V6 – over the years, its displacement has crept up to 4.0 L. When you hear it, it's got the same rushing, roaring sound under throttle that this engine's ancestors made 20 years ago. Some things never change.
The V6 makes 236 hp at 5,200 rpm and more importantly, a fairly accessible 266 lb-ft at 4,000 rpm. This Tacoma tips the scales at 1,939 kg (4,275 lb.). Though this differs vastly from North American half-tons, it's refreshing to drive a truck that doesn't feel like it weighs a few tons.
The power is fed through a five-speed automatic, which didn't impress nor offend. It just… shifted.
The Tacoma has an 80 L fuel tank, which is lovely, because it's rated at 8.6 L/100 km on the highway and 12.9 L/100 km in the city. I averaged roughly 19 L/100 km and I wasn't driving with a heavy foot. Yikes. That's not me making that gurgling sound, it's the Tacoma's engine. Downing gas like a Scotsman does whisky on Robbie Burns Day. Gulp!
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My truck, with the optional TRD Sport package had a 2,948-kg (6,500 lb.) towing capacity – nothing to sneeze at for a light truck.
Toyota has continued to refine the Tacoma over the generations, but really, the look has remained relatively static. In my opinion, that's a good thing. The Tacoma has a great mix of size, shape and utility. The four-door looks a bit portly and slightly less handsome than the AccessCab.
The Tacoma has muscular, flared-out lower door panels and fenders. Ground clearance continues to be exemplary, and it defines this truck's stance as well.
There's no missing the high step-up into this truck. The ingress might be considered difficult for some, and frankly, painful for others. Hey, it's part of having a truly capable off-roader.
Inside I found excellent head and leg room for my 5'10" frame. You're surrounded by a sea of hard plastics. The heated, manually adjustable seats are quite comfortable and offer surprisingly decent bolstering. In front of you is a very short dash, and a couple of "Oh crap!" handles on the A-pillars.


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CARROLL'S in Montgomery County?
I am searching for info on my ggg grandfather but I have nothing except his last name. His son was CHARLES R. CARROLL b. 1876 in Colorado and on the 1900 & 1920 census' it says that his father was born in OHIO. It says on the 1900 census that his mother was born in MEXICO but later on a 1920 census, it says that she was born in the US.
I'm sending this to all of the counties in OHIO, including Montgomery, in hopes that someone reading this will be able to help me in my search.
Charles R. Carroll m. Ada Underwood in La Veta, CO. in 1899 and they had 3 children, Oliver, Matthew and Muriel.
If this rings a bell to anyone or if you know how I might find out anything else, PLEASE let me know. I dont know how else to go about this.
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Rex clearly DESERVES another season. If next season he shows some "marked improvement", I'm thinking like making the playoffs, then we should continue to go down the Rex road.
He's already shown and proved that if you give him the horses, he will get you everything out of them.


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Students who are new to the Arabic language are encouraged to do some research of their own in order to establish a historical/linguistic background for their studies. Nevertheless, we will provide an introduction.
Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), or "fusha", to give a loose phonetic rendering of the Arabic word, is the language of the media, literature and some "educated" conversation. Most, if not all, Arab children learn MSA in school. It is derived from the Classical Arabic that has its most standard example in the Qur'an. In order to follow political developments in the Arabic-speaking world it is necessary to have a command of MSA. It is arguably one of the most difficult languages in the world, considering its complex grammatical structures and rules, though it is also one of the most logical and beautiful. The expressive capacity of the Arabic language allows its authors to wax lyrically. Spoken MSA is the official language of Arabic newspapers as well as news stations, the most popular being Al-Jazeera.
MSA is not, however, a spoken language outside of the realms discussed above. Different variants of Arabic dialects are used in each region, or country, of the Arabic-speaking world. These varieties, albeit derivatives of MSA, can be so dissimilar as to be nearly incomprehensible from the speaker of one dialect to that of another. At Arabeya, we teach the Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA), or Egyptian "Eameyya" (again, loose). As a result of the popularity of Egyptian cinema and entertainment industry, past as well as present, ECA is the most widely understood dialect in the Arabic-speaking world.
Its grammatical constructs are much less strict than MSA and overall it is much easier to learn. ECA is also, as mentioned, nearly a completely different language from MSA. Often words and expressions used in ECA are not the same as those used in MSA.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
And you wonder how it starts...
Don't you just love how mom literally bribed the kid above with some kind of treat, like she's training a puppy? Good job, mom.
So when they grow up, they can become this guy (yes, there's a "payoff" to his video at the end)...
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- Ramona said...
Wow.. All I can say is, wow.
The future Kindergarten teachers will be thrilled at the new vocabulary. These parents should pat themselves on the back.
- November 29, 2012 9:06 AM
- phil said...
(flash to when child is 16)
TV fan to tUOS girl: "How did you get to be the star of "16 and Pregnant?"
tUOS girl: "My parents sucked."
- November 29, 2012 10:46 AM
- Mikoyan said...
If her parents would have sucked instead of other things, she wouldn't be here.
- November 29, 2012 11:24 AM
- Dennis said...
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- November 30, 2012 2:04 PM
- Dennis said...
See, if they would have used treats and punishments with the girl in the next to last video (the sisters in little cheerleader outfits) there is no way she would have started nodding that she liked Michigan. Now that is bad parenting.
On the topic of saying the word sucks as a kid, my parents once washed my mouth out with soap when I was in about 3rd grade and said something sucked. They also taught me not to boo at games.
I'm guessing these boys lost a bet, but I will give them props for going through with paying up and for staying classy.
This kid, however, not so much. But at least he is older. And maybe you could have used him to try to tackle Carlos Hyde last week. I'm assuming he is a Michigan fan. You guys don't dress your kids up for your videos, so it harder for me to figure out if it is you or one of the other teams we consistently beat that also hate us. I did look at some of the other videos he posted and he did post one about about Kappa Sigma at Michigan, so i assume he is one of yours. Again, at least the kid is old enough to know what he is saying.
I really don't like the OSU ones with little kids. I did have a professor who had a little kid who would cheer when he heard Democrats and boo when he heard Republicans. To me, that would be cute either way. It the use of the word sucks that bothers me.
- November 30, 2012 2:22 PM
- Dennis said...
Speaking of Michigan guys who are not welchers.
At least Tom's gambling problem is not as bad as Schlichter's.
- November 30, 2012 5:03 PM


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Loafer's Glory has the feel of a new country store with a magical old town feel that offers something for everyone.
The store, which celebrates its 27th anniversary this month, is owned by Joanne Camp.
"It's a place to come and loaf and you're in your glory doing it," Camp said, explaining the name of the popular antique shop.
In addition to the store, Loafer's Glory also boasts a restaurant. The business is actually housed in two buildings – affectionately called Loafer's Glory and Auntie's House – and has 15 combined rooms.
Customers have actually spent an entire day in the store shopping, then getting food, then shopping some more, eating again, and shopping more, Camp said.
The store features several smaller "shops" each with its own specialty. For example, when first entering Loafer's Glory, The Millstream Mercantile Shoppe greets customers with displays of items such as jewelry and collectables.
According to the Loafer's Glory website, other "shoppes" include As the Crow Flies which offers home-décor items, The Lamplighter Shoppe displays candles, lanterns and scented oils, and The Cellar.
In 1986, Camp and her husband Alan purchased the old Blanchard hardware store, which they would convert into Loafer's Glory.
Georgianne Cutler, the decorator of the store for the past 25 years, has been pivotal in the transformation from hardware store to unique antique shop, providing the showroom atmosphere for the various products on display and her personal touch she gives to it during the holiday season.
"I like everything that she does," said Camp of her store decorator. "She just keeps everything moving."
Marilyn West is a sales associate who has worked for Loafer's Glory since 2006. A retired nurse from St. Mary's in Livonia, West said, "I wanted to have a fun job" after retiring in 1994.
Eventually, she found Loafer's Glory and Auntie's House where she works in the kitchen/dining room area of the store, an area that supplies gifts for people's kitchens and dining rooms.
West is a big fan of her customers.
"They're nice people. They're honest people. They're cheerful," she said.
Two standout products that West hears customers routinely express interest in are the jewelry and scarves.
But "I love the greeting cards," said West of her favorite part of the store.
Her other favorite part is her boss.
"Joanne Camp," West said, "You can't ask for a better boss. She's a very special person."
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September 2, 2006
Hood River County law enforcement officials have concluded their largest criminal case to date centered on pedophilia and child pornography.
On Monday Larry Van Horn, 23, appeared before Judge Donald Hull and pleaded guilty to the molestation of a boy and girl under the age of 14. He also admitted to four counts of encouraging child sex abuse by possession of outlawed pictures.
"I've never seen anything worse, and I've dealt with a lot of these types of cases before," said Deputy District Attorney Carrie Rasmussen.
"The sad reality of this case is that we got justice for two local victims who were abused by Larry Van Horn. But there are hundreds of individual victims who will never know justice. Their images are still out there being traded like baseball cards over the Internet. In my opinion, each portrayal is a re-victimization of a young child who was forced to perform a sexual act with an adult.
"Unfortunately, as a prosecutor, I'm unable to get justice for each of those young victims, so this is a case that will never be finished as far as I'm concerned," she said.
Rasmussen and Sheriff Detective Bob Davidson spent hours thumbing through hundreds of sexually explicit photographs seized from Van Horn's residence. The explicit material he illegally downloaded from the Internet involved victims of all ages, from infants to older teens.
"This was really hard to deal with. One's mind just doesn't work that way," said Rasmussen.
The result of their research, and the undercover role taken by Davidson, landed Van Horn in prison for nine years. After being released, the former Neal Creek Road resident will have to register as a sex offender for life.
While preparing for court, Davidson and Rasmussen became concerned that Van Horn had also appeared to be stimulated by pictures routinely taken of children that were not sexual in nature.
"I think, based on this case, that people should be really careful to never post a naked photo of their child — even as innocent as a diaper change — on any Web site," said Davidson.
After gaining information about Van Horn's activities from an undisclosed source, he made Internet contact with the suspect in March. Davidson first claimed to be the mother of two young boys. The officer then professed to be a social service agency mentor to pre-teens "Luke" and "Samuel."
In conversations with both fictitious individuals, Van Horn clearly indicated a sexual interest in the children.
According to Davidson, Van Horn also admitted to molesting a young male and female.
On June 1, a meeting was set up between the children and Van Horn at a swimming beach along the Columbia River. When the suspect arrived, he was approached by an undercover officer.
He immediately fled the scene, driving his vehicle through a ditch and through some underbrush in his haste to get away, according to Davidson.
Van Horn's pickup was later found parked along Westcliff Drive and he was apprehended while attempting to hide in a hotel restroom.
Although he confessed to the crimes, the case took another bizarre twist on Aug. 2 when Van Horn was granted a furlough from jail for emergency dental work. He showed up hours after his scheduled return time and Rasmussen was then notified that he had made several phone calls to the home of his victims. Rasmussen added a Contempt of Court charge against Van Horn.
Davidson said Van Horn once worked as the custodian of a school in Parkdale — another source of concern. He is asking anyone with information about other potential victims to call his office at 387-6847.
Davidson said Van Horn's computers have been turned over to an FBI lab in Portland. He is hopeful the federal agency can identify at least some of the young victims portrayed in photos and arrest their abusers.
"Solving this case gave me a lot of personal satisfaction. I feel really good about this conviction — it's going to make the community a little safer for the kids," he said.
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Great, I haven't still even got a normal bluray player. Nor did I get HD-DVD. Seems like I might just skip it and wait for the modified player that supports this.
Great, I haven't still even got a normal bluray player. Nor did I get HD-DVD. Seems like I might just skip it and wait for the modified player that supports this.
Yeah, I got a PS3, too. Who wants a "normal" Blu-ray player?
"Informative".... Nice.
I find I'm "skipping a generation" in many technologies: Operating systems, storage standards, gaming consoles, etc.
Parents cut off your allowance again?
Upgrading to the Bluray version of Star Trek eliminated the annoying artifacts present on the DVD version. That's an improvement that's visible even on a standard definition set.
Also there's nothing to skip in the case of Bluray. 1920x1080 progressive is the highest standard available, and will be for several decades (NTSC lasted almost 70 years and ATSC will probably last several decades too).
I agree about the gaming consoles. I'm still having fun with my PS1/PS2 and N64/Gamecube library. Why upgrade?
Netflix membership + blueray: $6.00/mo for one disc out at a time. Average turnaround time: 3 days. That works out to
Little bit cheaper than $1 a night dvds
Much of the tech I actually care about has reached the "good enough" stage >> why bother upgrading? (This is especially true for gaming platforms)
IMHO, DRM technology has become crimminally intrusive >> I don't want to support those bastards
I have a family and a mortgage >> I have more important ways to spend my money
Much of what I want to do and see is available online >> why buy even more physical stuff?
I find I'm "skipping a generation" in many technologies: Operating systems
So you went from ME to Vista? Sap!
I'm guessing more like XP to 7.
This is actually Bluray 1.0. There were experiments being done involving multi layer discs way before bluray. [wikipedia.org] Sony is the one who dictated the 50GB size for the discs for consumers (25GB for data). Bluray discs themselves can hit considerably higher.
Meanwhile, who knows what kind of DRM will be put on this crap as it's supported by all your favorite media dinosaurs.
Can someone find the old slashdot article about petabyte holographic storage? I don't remember how far back it was, but talking about hundreds
I posted a similar comment about a year ago. Optical media should be a great backup medium, but because they take so long to ramp up production and push the cost of the media down, it is useless before anyone can afford it. Blu-ray media at 50 GB per disc is already useless and it still isn't even close to price parity with hard drives. To fully back up a 500 GB hard drive (the industry average size now) takes 10 discs to back up once. At 30 minutes per disc, this is five hours of continuous burning, during which time you have to have someone swapping out discs every half hour. For a terabyte HD, you're more than an entire work day. You should be doing a full backup at least every month and incremental backups weekly. Do the math, and you're spending the better part of a week every month just doing backups. The average hard drive needs to be able to be backed up on a single disc or you've already failed. Blu-ray has already failed.
As a result, recordable optical media is basically worthless except for people burning content to give to other people, which is a tiny fraction of its potential user base. If they would ramp production way up and flood the market with cheap media immediately even before the recorders are available in quantities, people would flock to them in droves. It's counterintuitive, but the only way any optical format will ever be particularly useful to the general consumer is if the industry decides to make it a loss leader for about a year. By the end of that year, you'll have so much adoption that it won't be losing money anymore, and it will be in the hands of consumers early enough to be broadly useful.
Yeah but selling optical discs with Terminator 5 on them is cheaper than selling hard drives with Terminator 5 on them.
"Can someone find the old slashdot article about petabyte holographic storage? I don't remember how far back it was, but talking about hundreds + layer holographic storage basically." Every year there's another "hundreds of layers of storage" article, and we're still sitting here with dual layer DVDs. By the time we see terabyte discs we'll probably all have petabyte hard drives. I remember them talking about blu ray in the 90s, with the prototype arriving in 2000. [wikipedia.org] Back when we had 6gb drives the idea of 50gb discs was amazing, but they dragged their feet so bad creating a standard that by the time it reached market we all moved on to terabyte hard drives. Blu ray burners are still too damn expensive [newegg.com], costing five times ($160 vs $30) more than a DVD burner costs. And once you have one then what? Pay $3 to $7 for each BD-R disc? [newegg.com] No thanks, even at $3 for 25gb that's $120 per terabyte, 50% more than a 1 terabyte hard drive [newegg.com]. So forgive me if I don't get all excited every time they announce a new high capacity disc format because they haven't fixed the one they have out now.
Makes you stop and think when the cost of a disk + disk drive is lower than just a disc... At what point do they just scrap the whole optical media idea altogether and just package removable magnetic hard drive disk's.
the White Album.
DVD-DL has largely been ignored due to DVD shrinkers and splitters.
Seriously though, you can get verbatim DVD-DL for $1 or less per disc if you buy spindles, just look more carefully. Note that Verbatim is almost the only brand worth buying if you expect to be able to read the discs for any length of time. Or at least it was a few months back when I did my last spate of research and disc buying. I'll buy whatever for day use; I buy Memorex for medium-term use and Verbatim for storage and long-term use. YMMV
How many MB will be wiped out by a pathetically small scratch on the disk? Remember the promises made of audio CD's?
Pretty soon you'll be able to store your entire porn collection on a 1 pedobyte disc.
And games, you can just hear the publishers: "But games nowadays need so much content that we'll have to increase prices to 120â".
1TB discs? Now porn collections can be even BIGGER!
Fixed that for ya.
How many MB will be wiped out by a pathetically small scratch on the disk? Remember the promises made of audio CD's?
With well-designed error correction, nothing. Enough error correcting data would be distributed all around the disc to recover from localized scratches.
Two things I feel the need to point out...
"well-designed error correction"? How likely is that?
"Enough error correcting data would be distributed all around the disc to recover from localized scratches." Yes, but this isn't random-access memory. Data is easiest to read if it's stored in a linear fashion. And if you're worried about circular scratches too, you'd have to put the error-correcting data even farther away.
So do what most people do and dedicate a portion of the disk(s) to some form of error correction [sourceforge.net] data.
How many MB will be wiped out by a pathetically small scratch on the disk? Remember the promises made of audio CD's?
You're assuming that in order to fit more data on the disc, they've just shrunk CD technology. That's not the case. Holographically stored data are spatially distributed. I'm not sure exactly how they handle damage, but I think a "pathetically small scratch" would have a pathetically small effect on the replay.
So add parity. Even if you added 50% parity, that'd still be a decent amount of information on each disk, enough to back up every photo I've ever taken and some video.
With that much space they could have software that automagically stores some parity bits somewhere else. Or write the data twice. If you are storing 100 GB (a shit ton) you could write it on the disc about 10 times.
Or have a backup. i'd use these disks as a backup, rather than primary storage.
How many MB will be wiped out by a pathetically small scratch on the disk? Remember the promises made of audio CD's?
I take it you're a glass-is-half-empty kind of guy. Just imagine how much information can now be stored in a scratch on the disc!
8' thick slab of granite, with letters laser cut through. This is then sealed in the middle of 30' of non-reactive UV resistant clear polymer. This cube is then set on top of a mountain on the south pole of the moon, aligned so that the sun only strikes it once every 240 earth days, shining through and then having flaming letters 300' high show up on the shadowed wall of crater Faustinni.
The title is confusing. Are these Tb or TB?
TriBbles. It's an unfortunate organic consumable necessary for disc production, but they're fairly easy to replicate.
Storage is always in bytes. Bits would be transmission rate (because it correlates to frequency). tFA was consistent in using TB.
Good job at pretending to be confused by a typo, though.
(if you really were confused and not being pedantic, fork over your geek'n chit so we can tear off a corner)
Storage is always in bytes. Bits would be transmission rate (because it correlates to frequency)
In information theory, storage is also considered a (noisy) communication channel. You still have the same problem of representing bits in terms of something analog, with a suitable coding to minimize errors.
Storage is often given in bits. For example, the size of every one of the NAND Flash ICs listed in Micron's online part catalog [micron.com] is given in gigabits.
The GP could have checked the article before commenting, but it is perfectly reasonable to wonder whether the submitter intended "1Tb" to be one terabit (exactly 125 * 10^9 bytes), as written, or one terabyte (about 1.0737 * 10^9 bytes, or exactly 2^30 bytes).
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I haven't generated ninety gigabytes of temporary files and duplicates in my entire LIFETIME.
Reminds me of the technology that Bowie's character came up with in "The Man Who Fell to Earth."
A quick reminder that the movie actually came from a novel, The Man Who Fell To Earth, by Walter Tevis.
(Movie was a moderately faithful adaptation, as such things go-- unlike some SF movies, where little is taken from the book other than the name, and--in the case of Bladerunner--not even that.)
where little is taken from the book other than the name
There's nothing wrong with that. It improved Starship Troopers considerably.
(Movie was a moderately faithful adaptation, as such things go-- unlike some SF movies, where little is taken from the book other than the name, and--in the case of Bladerunner--not even that.)
This is something I often lament, but Blade Runner is one of the few examples where the departure from the novel was a very, very good thing. Don't get me wrong, I am a huge fan of PKD, but Ridley Scott's adaptation worked much better for the screen than a faithful adaptation would have. Dick's style, unfortunately, does not transfer well to the screen (the notable exception being Richard Linklater's fantastic adaptation of A Scanner Darkly).
(Movie was a moderately faithful adaptation, as such things go-- unlike some SF movies, where little is taken from the book other than the name, and--in the case of Bladerunner--not even that.)
Yeah, it really grinds my gears the way that most movies and books differ in both content and title.
But maybe we're just purists.
So, what is it? 1 Tb (terabit) or 1 TB (terabyte). If you are going to fuck up your abbreviations, at least be consistent about it instead of using Tb in the title and TB in the text.
Actually I think it's the editor that needs to be hit upside the head with a terrabat (no, that's not a typo, that's supposed to be a bat made out from the ground - i.e. granite), as he probably tried to "prettify" the title.
The gist of the video was "there is lots of data. we are working to make a holographic disc." Completely information-free!
The entertainment industry could use then to create 1 disk sets.
All Disney Films on one disk, for example.
Anyone where stamp data is needed for this size.
I can see a solution where you ahve an HD attached to your computer with a special addition BUS designed to push data to these devices at a high rate. Since it's direct you remove a lot of over head,. It would be expensive, but for companies dealing in petabytes of data it would probably be worth while.
Chinese street vendors could use them to create 1 disk sets. All Disney Films on one disk, for example.
All Disney Films on one disk, for example
And they would only charge $10,000 for it.
Why not just buy a cheap eSATA or USB external drive and stick it in a closet somewhere -- it's not much more expensive, lasts longer, and saves you a ton of productivity.
GE expects a 1TB disk will be $100 5 years from now. That's more than a 1TB drive costs now, by then it will be 5 times as much. So people wouldn't use these disks to save money. The only whys I can think of are that it is smaller, and maybe lasts longer. Lasting longer is tough to tell, but historically optical disks have had a longer shelf-life than magnetic media when it has adequate error correction and no DRM.
If you increase the storage density, there will be more bytes per track, which will increase the data transfer speed. However, there will also be more tracks on the disk, and as you can't increase the number of tracks read per minute, it will take longer to read or fill a higher capacity disk.
I would love to be able to burn backups to non-magnetic disk, and not have to use 40 of them to back up 1TB or more of data. I would hope that one of the early niches they'll look into will be backups and storage needs.
I suspect few geeks have less that 1Tb (or is it 1TB) of disk space...
Personally, I have over 21 Tb in 6Tb, 6Tb, 4Tb, and 5Tb increments...
Wasn't there a company promising this exact same technology about ten years ago? I've found articles from 2005 talking about a holographic disc from InPhase, and I seem to recall hearing about another company working on something similar even earlier than that, though I can't recall the name of it...what I do recall is hearing something along the lines of the company shutting down several years ago.
Ah! I remembered! FMDs. There was a 50GB prototype demonstrated at COMDEX in 2000, the second and third generation discs were apparently capable of holding up to a terrabyte.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_Multilayer_Disc [wikipedia.org]
Everything I'd heard about holography and one of the most appealing and promising things about it was that it would not require, or at least minimize, moving parts. Why are they now recreating holographic media as Yet Another Spinning Disc device with parts that wear out quickly, go out of alignment, and put the media at risk of damage? A digital storage medium without moving parts could easily provide devices with unprecedented longevity.
I get the connection to make a Blu-Ray backward-compatible medium, but why lock ourselves in to a bad idea (spinning platters) for a medium that's had lackluster adoption*?
* - which I contend is almost entirely the fault of the iron grip the entertainment distribution industry has tried to impose on the digital storage industry With Great Fail.
The discs will be used for high-end commercial niches initially and then migrate to consumer markets in 2012-2015.
Assuming the Earth doesn't end in a gigantic apocalypse and we're all still here, that is.
Looks like I'll have to buy the White Album again.
Is this related to the recent article about the government uses of computers?
I think a big challenge to these holographic schemes is that LTO keeps ramping up, and thus an archive market for non-tape solutions never opens up. LTO-4 now holds 800 GB, and when LTO-5 comes out it wil be 1.6 TB.
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My mother gave my husband and me two tickets she won with one of the popular cruise line companies that leaves Seward and ventures into the Kenai Fjords National Park. The tour itself was seven hours long and included a buffet of salmon and prime rib. My husband mentioned how excited I must be about the prime rib, my favorite meal when we celebrate special occasions. Although it's true, he still got punched in the arm for making me feel like a fatty.
We woke up in our home in Kenai (perfectly natural) at the ugly hour of 5:30 a.m. (not natural at all). I'm not sure if you've met that hour, but it basically lets you know that unless you pump your body with caffeine or tape your eyelids to your forehead, not much enthusiasm is happening.
Nevertheless, I was pleased to wear my hoodie even though the weather said twenty percent chance of rain, but mostly sunny. I even brought shorts just in case. When we pulled into Seward, my naïve optimism about the weather punched me in the face.
Let me give you an idea what we rolled up on when boarding our cruise. Cold, heavy fog and tourists. I love tourists. But this was a whole new breed. They had on expensive outdoorsy brands, waterproof everything, hiking boots to the ankle (more adventurous then rustic), and cameras with various gadget attachments. I felt out of place. My eyes darted back and forth staring at the people's multi-pocketed backpacks. When we go to Seward, Homer, or Anchorage, not once have I said to myself, "You know what I really need to bring? My backpack." My brain was not in hiking mode, it
was in see-Orca-whales mode. They were prepared and I was not.
After boarding the impressive tour boat, we sat down at our table with six other people and the tour began. The female tour guide over the intercom made me frown by saying phrases like, "the stress of the valley bore down to give birth to the fjord," Ok, maybe she didn't say exactly that, but with hushed tones over the intercom she probably did. And "hear how the glaciers sing. What they're saying is..." and I'm like, lady. Please. Let me have my own conversation with the glacier.
On the upper deck you can see and actually hear the glaciers. They crackle and when chunks fall into the ocean it sounds like thunder. It's magical, but what made it really special is my husband enjoyed it. He grew up in Washington, so I forget that he never studied this type of stuff in school like us Alaskan kids. It was like watching a wee child on Christmas morning. (Just kidding.)
The marine wildlife put on a great show that day. A band of puffins flew by and I begged them to hijack the tour. A couple pods of friendly Orca whales swam by and tempted me to jump overboard. Overall, the sea creatures were happy to see us and evoked a lot of excitement.
The buffet was delicious, but I skipped the salmon, because I've eaten enough salmon in my lifetime that I'm picky with how I eat it. After lunch everyone at my table fell asleep, so I got the best hot chocolate of my life and went on the upper deck.
Then it happened. Right in my line of sight a humpback whale peeked out. After the tour guide spotted it, she said it dived down. Everyone sighed and went to leave, but since I was already there, I stayed. All of a sudden the giant whale made its way out of the water at a full speed jump, turned to show its impressive belly, and splashed on its side back into the water.
Hallelujah. I said it must be trained for the Olympics, but like usual I was the only one laughing at my jokes. Then the whale took its tail (the only body part to view) and smacked the water 47 times with it, like it was fanning someone on a hot day. After that, it turned on its side and waved its fin out of the water, as to wave us all goodbye. It was glorious. The Alaskan whale seemed trained with such a grand performance, but of course it wasn't.
Here's the thing: Seven hours is way too long on a tour boat. Unless you have an excellent partner (one that doesn't sleep) it might not be so bad. But even so, you can't beat the sights and adventure of having an Alaskan experience, one that you can't get anywhere else in the world. It's the end of summer, be a tourist and enjoy this place we live in. (Even *if* you're not decked out in hiking gear the entire time.)


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A midi dress is defined by its hemline, which hits halfway between the knee and the ankle, at the mid-calf. It's similar to a tea-length dress, and is the happy medium of the above knee hemline of the mini dress, and the floor length hemline of the maxi dress.
Up until the 1920s, women were expected to dress modestly in ankle and floor length dresses. But Flappers, as the rebellious young women of the decade were called, went against social norms with unconventional hairstyles, music and dress. This included raising hemlines that shockingly exposed a little leg. And so, the midi-length dress was born. Its popularity waxed and waned over the next several decades, making way for mini dresses, and other variations in dress and skirt length.
There are many different midi dress styles, including body-con midi dresses, peplum midi dresses, and sheath or shift midi dresses. So finding a style you like is easy, but fit is a bit trickier. It's important to remember, when selecting a midi dress, that the hemline should hit about halfway between the knee and ankle. So it may mean trying out a few different designers and styles to find the correct length.
A midi dress is a nice length for many occasions. There are casual midi dresses that are perfectly suited to the beach or a stroll through the farmer's market. While other midi dresses are quite elegant and a good choice for semi-formal occasions. A classic black midi can pull double duty as an office dress and cocktail dress.
Shoes are a critical accessory to any midi dress, as they are responsible for determining how the lower leg looks with the hemline. Look for heels, pumps, or wedges that elongate the legs. To complete your midi dress outfit, try to keep jewelry and handbags somewhat neutral—the length of your dress means extra material, and you don't want to overdo it with heavy accessories.
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