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I loved this combination - Two Fingered Salute is such a pretty, elegant colour. It just so happens that the green is the colour of oxidised copper (think Statue of Liberty) and the copper is, well, copper, which made my (not very) inner nerd quite happy!
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Can Ballmer Turn Microsoft Around?
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced plans to restructure around "one Microsoft." Will a new strategy boost the company? George Stahl joins MoneyBeat.
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About The Bands:
Straight outta Oakland, the Matches set the California music scene on fire last year thanks to twelve explosive, hook-injected songs recorded on the cheap in their basements and living rooms. Coupled with an unstoppable work ethic that included the band's very own "Commotion Promotion" tactics, buzz on the quartet's self-released debut E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals and the live shows that supported it spread like a virus to music enthusiasts up and down the Golden State and, as they toured small venues relentlessly, across the country.
Despite the ensuing hype that landed the interest of numerous label A&R execs, the truth is that the Matches wouldn't be shit without contagious anthems like "The Jack Slap Cheer" or "The Restless." It's these songs, sounding like they were written for the bored and lonely kids loitering in bowling alleys and backyards across the fruited plain, that have sparked so much attention.
Formed as The Locals in 1997, when vocalist/guitarist Shawn Harris, drummer Matt Whalen and bassist Justin San Souci were early in their respective tenures at Oakland's Bishop O'Dowd High, the group grew frustrated by the turn of the millennium at the lack of under-21 venues in the Bay Area. Commandeering a webcasting warehouse called iMusicast in their home city, they launched a show called L3: Live, Loud and Local. In an effort to promote these L3 shows, the band – now with guitarist Jon Devoto in the fold – initiated "Commo Promo," accosting potential fans exiting concerts and clubs, student unions, dorms, high schools, malls and fast food joints, welcome or not. By performing these brief acoustic attack sets in the days prior to L3 gigs, word soon spread and the shows started selling out – without advertising or publicity.
Changing monikers in time to self-finance and release their February 2003 debut, the Matches mothballed their educational pursuits to focus on music. Veering from headlining West Coast All-Ages venues to touring opportunities with Reel Big Fish, Lit, and Zebrahead, the latter even asked Shawn, Matt, Justin and Jon to join them for a ten-day trek to Japan late in the year. Around that time a new tune, "December is for Cynics" appeared alongside Blink 182, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and New Found Glory, on the Immortal Records benefit compilation, A Santa Cause.
The group also aligned with Epitaph, walking away from the lure of those wide- open major label checkbooks. And now the energy and innovation of E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals is yours to behold, you lucky bastards.
If the Matches sound like they could be the next big thing in a way that nearly every other band only wishes they could, perhaps it's the musical and lyrical ingenuity that steers "Eryn Smith," an exuberant, irresistible song about falling in love with a punk rock girl. With the throbbing bass-line that launches "Dog-Eared Page" and the wry, quirky rocker "Chain Me Free," the Matches have more hooks than your Grandpa's tackle box. When they do tap their influences, such as the blend of Elvis Costello and the Faint in "Audio Blood," it's done tastefully, damn-near out of respect. And with tunes about dying for a new zipcode ("Borderline Creep") or dying in slow motion at our own careless hand ("Sick Little Suicide"), these concise, communicable bursts tap a common nerve. Whether your memories of sneaking out a window to catch your ride to that not-to-be-missed show are from last summer's Warped Tour or from the days when Green Day first exploded, the Matches take you back to those moments in an instant. Now that's red-tipped Rock & Roll. Light 'em up.
MC LARS : The Graduate
"I want to be someone who people recognize and want to come to see, but stayed true to their art and message through their whole career. I want to be able to tour the world and play sold out shows. I'd love to have some mainstream exposure to subversively bring my ideas into the popular eye, as long as I don't have to compromise what I'm doing for the sake of popularity. I want to work with more artists that I admire and be known for having one of the most fun live touring shows that has ever hit the road. I'd like to die having put out one of the most original greatest hits albums in the history of the popular music. That would be awesome. — MC Lars
It isn't easy being a Post Punk Laptop rapper. You're forced to lead a genre that doesn't exist, navigate around cookie cutter superstars, push yourself to make music unlike anything else on earth and spend every penny of your own money to get it all done. You meet kids at every tour date who love what you do, yet turn on MTV and see homogenized puppets that regurgitate their genres and make piles of dough in the process. You push the boundaries of DIY and give major labels the middle finger. You hope — and know — that this will be all worth it some day.
MC Lars is a member of what he dubs the "iGeneration, a group born and raised in the time of the Ninja Turtles, cassette tapes and new wave music, who now live in the age of Desperate Housewives, Sidekicks and screamo bands. These are the kids who have grown up using the Internet as a part of their every day life. They can conveniently carry 5,000 songs in their pocket, but are faced with the glooming fact that the world's oil supply and Social Security will both run out in their lifetime. MC Lars is the hero of this new generation, addressing their thoughts and every day struggles in his music.
Lars has spent the past two years building this group of fans, performing around the world with nothing but his laptop and lyrics. His indie EP has sold over 10,000 copies to a dedicated group of misfits, allowing him to pulse the mainstream through unexpected outlets like Rolling Stone and MTV News. All of this has led him to the decision to steer his own ship and to release the album on his own label (Horris Records) rather than fall into the major label glut. He sees little need for the traditional label trappings and would rather storm his own trail through the Internet, even encouraging file-sharing as a means of promoting his music. "I think I've shown that you don't need to have mainstream exposure to get a dedicated fan base, especially when you have things like MySpace and LimeWire as creative ways of marketing yourself, he says.
The Graduate is an album chock full of wildly different subject matter, from playful and goofy to socially conscious and critical. The album opens with "Download This Song, featuring guest vocals by Jaret Reddick of Bowling For Soup; the song serves as complete manifesto on the future of music industry. "21 Concepts is a track featuring 21 different song ideas Lars rejected for the album, including an ill-fated jam about a fetus running for governor. He gives listeners a literature lesson on "Ahab, retelling Herman Melville's class Moby Dick in under four minutes (to a Supergrass sample, no less). Lars collaborates with The Matches on a song about mallrat-infested Hot Topic and another with notorious rapper Ill Bill (Non Phixion) on "The Dialogue, a marriage that will surprise many. "The Roommate >From Hell teams him up with pal MC Chris, who is cast as Lars' college roommate who is also, coincidentally, Satan.
The Graduate is a collection of songs that may very well be the time capsule for this generation. In a hundred years, iPods, MySpace and Hot Topic may be nothing more than a distant memory, but one listen to MC Lars' music will bring people back to the iGeneration. The title may be a nod to Lars' recent graduation from Stanford University, but the album also serves as a musical graduation, allowing Lars to move from sampling his favorite artists on his laptop to being able to collaborate with them in the studio. He adds, "I also like to hook up with older women like Dustin Hoffman does.


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Last year, Travis drove the Nissan GT-R and said it was one of the greatest cars of the last decade. This, even though the base price had crept up more than $25,000 since its 2008 launch. But there have been constant improvements, and the 2015 Nissan GT-R has been fine-tuned even further. Oh, and so has the price.
The 2015 GT-R will now set you back 101,770 of your U.S. dollars, excluding the $1,595 destination charge, according to pricing released today by Nissan. The Black Edition, with Recaro seats and a carbon fiber wing on the back, goes for $111,510. And the Track Edition is $115,710, but for 2015 you do get more equipment for your money because it now has rear seats.
For 2015, Nissan says all GT-Rs get new suspension settings for a better ride and handling, some new LED lights and Bose's Active Noise Cancellation system. So, for more money, you're getting a better car. Fair deal?
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HarryC necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 41 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Dragon Republic
We are on our way of becoming the number 1 study abroad info center for Taiwanese students. In this website, users can chat and ask questions in the forum. Taiwanese student association from each college can request for a forum board here. In the home page (although it is written in Chinese), it has a lot of useful info for students who want to study abroad and for students looking for general information in U.S. We have editors that submits articles regularly and let people adds feedback through our forum systems.
Company Domain Name: http://www.dragonrepublic.org
For Taiwanese students who want to study abroad and for Taiwanese Student Associations in each college to communicate in forum.
(Note that the logo doesn't have to resemble anything that relates to Taiwan at all)
We really prefer something with logo image + words "Dragon Republic" in it and no slogan in it. If you don't have lots of time you can just tweak around the words "Dragon Republic"
We want a logo with a transparent background ~ which will be printed on our letterheads and business cards.
We have two competitors and their website link are:
The typography should be friendly but perhaps lean towards a friendly professional
Please submit one if you have any logo designs or ideas ~ I do not have any specific limitation for this ~
I am looking forward to see what you come up with, if you have any question, feel free to contact me or ask in the comment
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
US President Barack Obama's first stop after arriving in Jerusalem this afternoon was at the official President's Residence, where President Shimon Peres gushed over his honored guest.
"Your vision can transform the Middle East," Peres told Obama as they appeared in public in the courtyard of the central Jerusalem facility. "Your voice will encourage belief in the possibility of peace. Your vision is a historic step in that direction."
Turning to the Iran nuclear threat, Peres claimed that Israel "trusts your policy which calls to try by non-military means with a clear statement that other options remain on the table."
Peres also claimed that he had never seen Israelis so excited than they were to welcome Obama.
Both claims were a bit dubious. Israel has been quite critical of what it sees as America's foot-dragging when it comes to halting Iran's nuclear ambitions, and most Israelis worry that the Obama White House doesn't fully understand how serious or intolerable the threat is to the Jewish state.
Israelis are likewise not all that excited by the current visit. Sure, the arrival of a US president makes for quite the spectacle, and the vast majority of locals love and support the US. But Israelis long ago stopped believing that such visits carried with them any hope of true advancement towards peace and security.
While at the President's Residence, Obama was serenaded by four Israeli children and planted a tree in the spacious garden.
After leaving, Obama headed to the nearby Prime Minister's Residence for hours of talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind closed doors.
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Will the BMW i3 Herald New Dawn for Electric Cars?
BMW unveiled Monday its first mass-production electric car, the i3. The German car maker says the car can accelerate from 0-60 miles an hour in just over seven seconds and says the basic model has a range of 100 miles. Photo: Reuters
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As crappy as I played at the GBO, I'm kinda glad mine hasn't updated....lol
Thankfully, my 868 rated round was overlooked.
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Personal Accounts of Facial Wasting (Lipoatrophy)
See also: Facial Wasting/Lipoatrophy & HIV/AIDS
Mark King has lived with HIV for more than 25 years. After he began developing "the look" of a long-term survivor -- facial lipoatrophy, he decided to go for treatment. Read and watch his story.
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This is the result of my very first geared mountain bike race.....I guess I'll cat up to the next group so I can get pummeled. Today I did the pummeling on the cat 3 race.....the CX experience really paid off.
The bike and gear are in the kitchen ready for the drive to the race about 50 minutes away..that is one of the things I don't like about bike racing-the irony of starting your day in a car. There's just not many races you can ride to around here
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Consultant, Development of Knowledge Management Strategy for UNGEI
1.1. Background:
UNGEI, launched in 2000 at the World Education Forum under the leadership of UNICEF, plays a significant role in keeping the spotlight on girls education. A decadal review of the initiative indicates that UNGEI has emerged as an important platform, a partnership comprising of multilateral and bilateral development partners, international non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations and the private sector partners, for the advancement of gender parity and equality in education. While the partnership has evolved differently across the globe in the past decade, three strategies remain central to its work, namely: technical support and capacity development, policy dialogue and advocacy, and co-ordination and alignment with extant aid architecture.
During the Global Advisory Committee (GAC) business meeting of the UNGEI in Dakar in May 2010, there was considerable debate on the need for knowledge management and learning for improved responsiveness, strengthening UNGEI partnership, and policy influence. Subsequently, a working group Knowledge Management Working Group (KMWG) under the leadership of CISCO was created.
Considering that knowledge management is a technical area with its own set of skills and expertise, UNGEI Secretariat is looking at hiring the services of a short-term consultant to support them to better assess and understand the key knowledge management issues and needs of UNGEI at the global level and help develop a feasible strategy to address the emerging needs of the partnership, including identification of new opportunities.
1.2. Major Duties and Responsibilities:
The consultant, in dialogue with the KMWG and UNGEI Secretariat, will be responsible for proposing and developing an overall knowledge management strategy for UNGEI, including budget and timeline for implementation. The strategy should be based on the following related activities:
· Review the current knowledge generation and management practices within UNGEI to identify good practices as well as bottlenecks, gaps and duplications;
· Conduct a rapid audience analysis, to identify the knowledge needs of the different target audiences of UNGEI at the country, regional, and global level;
· Undertake a mapping exercise of existing communities of practice/networks, websites and other on-line resources dealing with education and gender-related activities and define how these can support the knowledge sharing and learning strategy of UNGEI;
· Recommend strategies for building KM capacity among UNGEI partners;
· Prepare a budget and time-line to accompany the implementation strategy.
Suggest a systematic method for/tools to capture emerging knowledge in the context of the different activities implemented under UNGEI;
Overall, the proposed strategy should be developed keeping in mind a) low-cost and low-tech options to ensure sustainability; and b) a phased implementation process to allow time and space for leveraging resources and promoting ownership among partners and stakeholders.
1.3. Expected results (measurable results):
· UNGEI audience needs are analyzed and reported;
· Methods and tools identified to capture internal knowledge generation under UNGEI;
· Mapping exercise conducted and preparation of a comprehensive list of existing networks, communities of practice, websites and other on-line resource dealing with education and gender-related activities in education;
· Strategy note for strengthening KM function of UNGEI;
· Fully costed strategy document detailing the various KM activities (low cost and low tech) to be carried out by UNGEI in a phased/modular manner.
1.4. Start date: 12 September 2011 End date: 12 December 2011
1.5. Timeframe: 60 working days (during the period of 12 September - 12 December 2011)
1.7. Key competences, technical background and experience required:
· Advanced university degree in the Information and Knowledge Management field, Information Science, or Library Science.
· Alternatively, a first level university degree with combination of relevant academic qualifications and experience in knowledge management may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
· Proven knowledge, understanding and experience in information and knowledge management field.
· Over seven (7) years of experience in information and knowledge management, including planning, design, preparation and delivery of knowledge management strategies.
· Demonstrated experience in strategic planning of organizational informational asset management systems.
· Working knowledge of Education for All and gender issues is desirable;
· Experience in the field of education and/or gender is an advantage;
· Strong communication skills - Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English desirable; Fluency in French or Spanish is an advantage.
1.8. Applicants are required to include the following in their application package:
· Cover Letter highlighting interest, availability, experience, and expected remuneration/daily rate for the consultancy; · One page note (approximately 500-600 words ) proposing how the applicant will approach the consultancy · Curriculum Vitae · Completed United Nations Personal History Form
1.9. How to Apply:
Qualified candidates are requested to submit a cover letter, CV and signed P11 form (which can be downloaded from our website at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_53129.html) to gro.fecinu@stnatlusnocdp with subject line Consultant, Development of Knowledge Management Strategy for UNGEI by 1st August. Please indicate your availability and daily rate to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily rate will not be considered.


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Steve and Diane were first introduced to houseboating when one year, their sister in law mentioned renting a couple of houseboats for their family get together. "We ended up renting two that year from Conley Bottom at Lake Cumberland in Kentucky. We had such a great time that we rented again the following two years. After that first year, we had the "bug" and started looking to buy and that was four years ago," said Diane. Steve and Diane both love the tranquility houseboating brings.
The Claybaugh's purchased a used, one-owner, 2006 Sunstar houseboat from Terry Miller at Houseboats Buy Terry. The boat has almost everything we could possibly want: four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large living room, roof-top bar, slide, enclosures, fireplace, and well maintained. The only items that we may add now are stern thrusters and a back-up camera.
Our boat's name is "R D-Stressor." We got this name when we were taking the boat out on a test run. Diane was sitting on the front deck, feeling the breeze and she thought, WOW, what a stress-free feeling this is. "Work can be stressful for both of us and this little getaway is our way to de-stress," commented Diane. The initials R and D are for Reno (Steve's nickname) and Diane.
Diane and Steve have only had the boat for a couple of weeks so they haven't spent any real time on the lake, just at the dock. Their game plan is to take it out a couple times a month and find a little secluded spot, beach R D-Stressor and relax and enjoy.
They dock at Conley Bottom Marina on Lake Cumberland in Kentucky. We have been to almost all of the marinas on Lake Cumberland, and Conley is by far the best marina for amenities, parking, and is a safe environment for kids, and not to mention their friendly and helpful staff.
Steve and Diane love to houseboat with their family. "The last two weeks, we've had a "boat-load" here. Our children and three grandchildren (ages 13, 4 and 3), it's been a great time", Steve explained.
Steve and Diane are from Berea, Kentucky which is only a little over an hour from Conley Bottom Marina. Their favorite meal to cook on the houseboat is anything on the barbecue.
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – It may seem counter intuitive to highlight the importance of goalkeeper Matt Pickens to the Colorado Rapids' defense a day after he conceded two goals against the Chicago Fire.
The Rapids have now let in only nine goals in 11 MLS league games so, to let in as many as two in just one game, may not seem to be the best time to analyze what Pickens brings to the team. But the fact is that the 28-year-old former Fire player had one of his best performances of the 2010 season last night as the Rapids eked out a tough 2-2 draw.
Nowhere was that more evident than in the immediate aftermath of Chicago's first goal. With the Fire energized by Pappa's 23rd-minute equalizer from a free kick —Omar Cummings had put the Rapids up in the 21st minute—, Chicago launched a number of attacks that led to some really good opportunities. Pickens stood tall and made at least two excellent saves to prevent the Fire from taking the lead. It was a critical part of the game, noted Gary Smith, Rapids' head coach.
"Matt was the difference in keeping us in the game," he told MLSsoccer.com after the match.
And even though Pappa scored again at the end of the first half injury time, Pickens' saves at such a crucial juncture right after the equalizer had prevented the Fire from taking an unassailable lead.
The Rapids went into the second half with a different formation, found the momentum they needed and dominated proceedings in the second 45 minutes. Numerous chances were created, culminating in Conor Casey's late headed equalizer.
Pickens modestly said at training earlier this week that Colorado's stingy defense —they are second in the MLS behind LA, the only two teams to have single digit numbers in the goals against column— is clearly a group achievement. Whether it has been Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor or Julien Baudet at center back or Danny Earls, Wynne, Moor and Kosuke Kimura at right or left back, there has been a cohesion there that has helped the goalkeeper do his job.
"It's been really positive," Pickens told MLSsoccer.com. "The back [line] has been a rock. For me, Moor is the best defender in the league."
Looking further upfield, Pickens said the midfield pairing of Pablo Mastroeni and Jeff Larentowicz has also been instrumental in preventing dangerous situations from materializing in the first place.
And while he may be a little disappointed not to get three points in Chicago, Pickens will be grateful Casey did the business at the other end of the field to secure a tough point as Colorado head into the break.


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Sarah's Gadget Showcase, Part 3 (Reading Gadgets)
This is the third post in my new Sarah's Gadget Showcase series. #1 (Audio Gadgets) and #2 (Cooking & Food Gadgets) are also available.
I started reading at the age of three and haven't stopped since. I find power in words, solace in them, pain, despair, joy, inspiration, but most importantly, I find life in words.
I am, believe it or not, traditionally a bookish sort. I started library school wanting to be a rare books librarian, actually, which is kind of funny when you think about what I do now (high tech and futurist trends are pretty much the polar opposite of old, decaying, dusty books). Of course, my focus in rare books librarianship was on digitization of the materials for open and free dissemination on this relatively new thing they had back then called "the internet." So I guess even then the techie bug had bitten me. But it was, and is, all about the information not the technology that carries it.
There is a weight to a physical book, and I don't mean a physical heft. Books have a meaning, a significance in our culture. They hold untold promises and infinite possibilities. Books are objects of art. Carrying or owning books implies that you're intelligent. Books = good things.
And for all of the years that I've been talking about digital libraries, using technology to improve yourself and your community, and even about eBooks specifically…I privately hated eBooks. I hated the technology that locked them down, I hated how they worked (or rather didn't), I hated the thought of reading on a screen, just…hated…them. I clung to my printed books. I did not advertise this little love-hate relationship with the eBook; only a few people close to me ever knew.
And then (as is wont to happen) the technology got better and I had to eat my own words. The consumer-level experience of finding and obtaining an eBook got better (sadly, the library eBook experience is still pretty crap). E Ink was invented and revolutionized the eReading experience entirely. E Ink is the screen technology that makes the Kindle and other devices work–ultra low power consumption, high resolution, and not back-lit. I don't know about you, but after reading a lit computer screen all day, I honestly do not think my eyes can stand staring at another one for pleasure.
There is a lot that is still jacked up about the digital reading experience. Don't get me started on digital rights management or we'll be here all day and you'll leave with bleeding ears. But there are some things that work just fine, at least for me. Most of these aren't hardware gadgets per se, but apps/software/services. So how do I read digitally? Let me count the ways…
The Kindle (& its bouquet of assorted hacks)
Yes, I own a Kindle. And I love it. Hate me later library purists; listen to me now. The E Ink display is fabulous. The reading interface is good, annotating works, sharing passages is nice, battery life is remarkable…it's all good. And you can hack it. Read on.
To me, the Kindle is like a seductive box of dark chocolates: a tasty, wonderful, yet guilty pleasure that I know I shouldn't indulge in but want so badly. I am confident there is something amazing in there to be had; I just have to find a gentle and creative way around existing obstacles (in the case of chocolates, my guilt at eating an entire box in one sitting). And just as with those very few guilty pleasures that I have desired and couldn't have right away, I've been pretty persistent in trying to get what I want with the Kindle. I am patient and I try to figure out a way to make things work for me even if at first blush it doesn't look promising. My instincts are generally good and I usually end up being right and getting what I want. Just ask my Kindle.
As you may know, the Kindle is a closed ecosystem and you only "license" books from Amazon–you don't own them as you would with a printed book (same w/ other eBook vendors too). Rejecting these principles as complete and utter bullshit, I hacked my Kindle. I absolutely hate that the Kindle is a locked down system, a completely isolated bubble of content and delivery mechanism (just like the iPad and iPhone ecosystems, which I shun on principle b/c I can't hack them…yet). Locking down information goes against everything I stand for as a librarian. Let me be clear: I do not do anything illegal on my Kindle, other than the hacking itself (which is a grey area, imho, even if you adhere to the DMCA to the letter). I'm not stealing books or giving away books. I hacked my Kindle so I could do with my device what I want with the books I paid to "license," when I want, and in what format I want. And that is the right of every reader, dammit.
"Hack the Kindle?" you ask. "Do tell!" All righty then. Without getting myself into any more legal difficulties, here are some fabulous resources to get you started on hacking your Kindle into the dirt. Share these with your co-workers, family members, and (if you're braver than I am) with your library users.
- Jailbreaking your Kindle (step 1 before you can do a lot of this other stuff)
- Mario1Up posted this great comprehensive list of various Kindle hacks (w/ links to how-to articles) on the mobileread forum site. These are small things mostly — changing fonts, screensavers, margins, etc.
- Removing DRM from eBooks in a variety of formats (that's right–I said removing DRM)
- Video tutorial on removing DRM from Mobipocket Kindle eBooks
- KIF – put a text adventure game on your Kindle
Book Discovery
Scout's honor, I actually do use NoveList to find new books if I'm looking for something in a particular genre. NoveList is an online resource that many public libraries subscribe to, and I'm glad mine does. It is a-w-e-s-o-m-e. From the first time I tried NoveList years ago, it has always made me happy and gives me good recommendations. Tell it what authors you like, or a book you like, or just keywords you want to read about. Boom! Book recommendations. And I love using it with family members, non-library-world friends, or library users and showing them how to browse around. You can get lost in there for hours following thread after thread and finding more and more books to put on your "to read" list. The K-8 version is great for kids too. I actually found a long-lost-childhood-favorite-book using NoveList after every other method had failed–describing the book to long-time children's librarians, searching by keywords on search engines and other book sites, no dice. Love it.
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Hot days call for a refreshing treat. Since I had a few tangerines still lingering on my tree and I have that new ice cream machine I made tangerine frozen yogurt. It's really doesn't get any easier than this. You could use any fruit juice or puree you like.
Tangerine Frozen Yogurt
1 1/2 cup Tangerine juice
1 cup yogurt ( I used Greek)
1 cup milk( I used non fat)
1/2 to 1 cup sugar - to taste
Mix all together . If needed add a splash of lemon juice to your fruit to perk up the flavor. With fruits that oxidize such as peaches use lemon to prevent color change.
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Craig Anderson wore a look of disgust on his face in the Senators' dressing room.
It was a tough start in a tough town.
The Senators goaltender stood there and shouldered the blame after the club dropped an ugly 4-1 decision to the powerful Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of the Eastern semi-final at the Consol Energy Center Tuesday night.
"It wasn't good enough. We have to be better," said Anderson. "It starts with myself giving the team a chance to win. You've got to lead by example and go out there and do the job."
It was nice of Anderson to stand up and accept responsibility, but he isn't the only that has to improve.
The Senators know winning the Eastern semi-final against the No. 1-ranked Penguins will be a monumental task, but Ottawa players learned quickly Pittsburgh, with all its firepower, is a bigger challenge than the Montreal Canadiens.
Pittsburgh goalie Tomas Vokoun won't win any points for style, but he got the job done as only Colin Greening was able to score. The Senators kept Sidney Crosby in check by keeping him pointless, but it didn't do any good in the end.
Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz led the charge with two-point efforts in the victory while Pascal Dupuis and Paul Martin also beat Anderson as Ottawa failed to mount a comeback.
The Senators are now 2-9 in their last 11 playoff games vs. the Pens. The Senators are 2-9 lifetime when they lose the first game of a series and haven't won a series they've trailed 1-0 since 2003 when they beat the New York Islanders.
"Sometimes (bleep) happens," said defenceman Erik Karlsson.
Yes, and a lot of bad bleep happened to the Senators.
Not only did the Senators go 0-for-5 on the power play, they allowed Dupuis to score shorthanded in the third.
A lot of talk before the game by Ottawa players was about discipline. A lack of it got Ottawa in big-time trouble as the Senators fell behind 3-1 to the Penguins after 40 minutes. Two of Pittsburgh's three goals came on the power play.
Winger Cory Conacher's ill-advised holding penalty in the late stages of the second resulted in the Penguins pulling out to two-goal lead. Kunitz was able to pick up a rebound off Anderson and fire it home with only 1:27 left.
"They have the best power play in the playoffs and you try not to give them those opportunities," said Conacher. "You want to play hard, physical and you just want to be a little bit smarter."
The Senators wanted to take the physical game to the Penguins and were outhit 40-26. This wasn't the start they could have imagined. Coach Paul MacLean hoped that with two days to prepare for Game 2, they'll have time to relax.
"If we had any jitters those should be behind us," said MacLean.
To add insult to the difficult loss, the Senators were hit by injury again, losing defenceman Eric Gryba in the second with what appeared to be a head injury. He collided with Pittsburgh blueliner Brooks Orpik and didn't return.
"These guys are a world-class team when you give them chances to score goals they're going to capitalize," said defenceman Marc Methot. "We've got some, nasty goals and that's the way we've got to win these games."
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Leavenworth's Octoberfest has become very well known nationally. Aside from Christmas Lighting, Octoberfest is probably one of the busiest festivals for Leavenworth, WA. Our Bavarian Village decor and atmosphere is enjoyed by thousands of people every year. The number of guests visiting our area increases every year.
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Season the ground meat in a bowl with salt and pepper. Give it about 3 turns in the bowl with your hands or a big spoon and it's done. Shape into 4 patties. When the skillet is hot, put the burgers on the skillet and cook 4 minutes on the first side and 5 for the second side for rare; 7 minutes per side for medium, adding the cheese during the final minute or 2 to melt. Remove the burgers to a plate. Rub the skillet with the folded paper towel again to clean it. Then toast the buns cut side down for about 1 minute, just to mark them. Serve the hamburgers in the buns with the accompaniments below.
Saute 1 pound thickly sliced mushrooms in 1/4 cup olive oil with 2 sliced garlic cloves and 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves over super-high heat until nicely browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in a couple of drops fresh lemon juice to brighten the flavor.
Heat 2 tablespoons unsalted butter with 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add 2 onions, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices, sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook slowly until well caramelized, 15 to 20 minutes.
Thickly slice 2 pounds red and yellow beefsteak tomatoes, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with sea salt and 1/2 bunch chopped fresh chives.;
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The Memphis International Distribution Center at 4550 Swinnea Road in Oakhaven has sold for $4.2 million in lieu of foreclosure.
JPMCC 2007-LDP10 – 4550 SWINNEA RD LLC, a single-purpose entity related to Irving, Texas-based special servicer C-III Asset Management LLC, acquired the 335,576-square-foot facility in a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
The sale closed March 7 with previous owner Industrial Memphis International Owner LLC listed as the seller.
Built in 1998, the Class A facility sits on 16.7 acres and had a 2012 appraised value of $9.4 million, according to the Shelby County Assessor of Property.
Industrial Memphis International Owner bought the property in 2007 for $15 million.
The property met financial straits in 2010 when CSC Applied Technologies LLC, a technology company that supports federal agencies such as the U.S. Postal Service, shut down the facility. The move resulted in about 68 layoffs.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Daily News staff
Grubb & Ellis-Memphis – a full-service commercial real estate firm serving western Tennessee, northern Mississippi and eastern Arkansas – has formed an affiliation with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, a New York City-based commercial real estate advisory firm.
Effective immediately, the regional firm will operate as Newmark Grubb Memphis.
Newmark Grubb Memphis' local professionals and clients will have access to NGKF's global resources and relationships, capital markets capabilities through NGKF's parent company BGC Partners Inc., and BGC's relationships with Cantor Fitzgerald and Cantor Commercial Real Estate.
Joe Steffner, Grubb & Ellis-Memphis' founder and president, said in a statement the affiliation with NGKF offers the firm international reach and size with "an egalitarian mentality that's nimble and effective."
Newmark Grubb Memphis has completed more than $500 million in deals since its inception in 2004, and has grown from a single-broker shop to a team with more than 150 years of combined commercial real estate experience. The firm provides tenant advisory, ownership representation, investment sales, corporate advisory, property and facilities management, market research and lease administration services.
Newmark Grubb Memphis' highlights from 2012 include representing Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. in leasing a 600,000-square-foot, build-to-suit warehouse in Olive Branch; representing Baptist Memorial Healthcare in acquiring a 12-acre site to develop a regional cancer center in Memphis; representing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in leasing a 33,000-square-foot office space at Lakecrest III; negotiating the sale of 49 acres to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis for development of a new medical center near Kirby Parkway and Quince Road; and representing Nissan Corp. in the sale of a 400,000-square-foot warehouse in Olive Branch.
– Sarah Baker
As reported last week by The Daily News, TJX Cos. Inc. – after inking the largest industrial lease in the area so far in 2013 – is opening a new distribution center in Memphis that will create 40 jobs, and the company is seeking a five-year tax freeze for the project.
The retail and home furnishings company is investing almost $7 million here, and it owns and/or operates under brand names such as T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods. It signed a lease for 414,076 square feet at Chickasaw Distribution Center Building D, 6100 E. Holmes Road, suite 101.
The company will add the new jobs in the first two years, but hopes to increase its local employment to 117 full-time positions in year three.
– Andy Meek
Legislation that would allow student identification from the state's higher education institutions to be used for voting has passed the Senate.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro was approved 21-8 on Thursday.
Currently, college faculty can use their identification, but students can't. Ketron said the legislation just makes it consistent for both to use their IDs.
Sen. Stacey Campfield proposed an amendment to do away with the use of such identification, arguing college IDs are not secure enough. However, the measure failed.
The companion to Ketron's bill is scheduled to be heard next week in the House Local Government Committee.
– The Associated Press
The Republican sponsor of a measure competing with Gov. Bill Haslam's to create a school voucher program in Tennessee says she's convinced the initiative should be broader than what the governor is proposing.
His measure would limit the program to 5,000 students in failing schools in the academic year that begins in August, and grow to 20,000 by 2016.
The proposal Sen. Dolores Gresham plans to present in the Senate Education Committee as early as next week would increase the income limit for eligibility to about $75,000 for a family of four, which is quite an increase from the $42,643 envisioned by Haslam's proposal.
The bill also has no limitation on growth.
When reporters asked Gresham about her proposal Wednesday evening, the Somerville Republican said she had talked to the Republican governor about the competing proposals, but didn't elaborate on what was discussed.
Last year, Haslam persuaded the legislature to defer taking up voucher proposals while a task force he appointed studied the various options about which families should be eligible to use public money.
Molly Glover has joined the ranks of attorneys at the law firm of Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC.
Her practice focuses on general litigation and mediation. She has defended malpractice cases for businesses including nursing homes, dentists, pharmacists, nurses and attorneys.
She also has experience in litigating cases of all types including significant complex matters involving automotive design, construction equipment design, sexual harassment, breach of contract and bad faith litigation.
Business, retail and warehouse security provider Central Defense Security is continuing its partnership with the Northaven Community Association to collect Box Tops for Education coupons throughout 2013.
Jerrica Love, executive administrative assistant at Central Defense Security, is spearheading the firm's collection effort, which will benefit Northaven Elementary School in North Shelby County.
In late 2012, the company partnered with Northaven Community Association in its effort to support the elementary school.
Together, the two organizations were able to collect nearly 100 Box Tops coupons, which were used by the elementary school to purchase instructional games for students.
The security firm will be accepting Box Tops at its Memphis office, 6084 Apple Tree Drive, and will distribute the coupons to the Northaven community for use by the elementary school to support its educational programming.
A memorial service for Memphis attorney Kemper B. Durand will be held March 29 at 3 p.m. at the law firm where he was a partner.
Durand died Feb. 2 and wanted a memorial service to be held in lieu of a funeral service.
He will be remembered during the memorial at the offices of Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell PLLC at One Commerce Square on the 29th floor.
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Aston Villa have recently shown their intention of staying firmly in the Premier League by signing five players from across Europe.
Aleksandar Tonev, Jores Okore, Leandro Bacuna, Nicklas Helenius and Antonio Luna have all been signed by Paul Lambert only a month or so after saving Villa from relegation.
For Villa fans, this direct approach to go and find players early in the transfer window shows Lambert's intension to build his own squad, and to ensure that every player is well integrated into the squad before the season starts.
All the players that have been signed have characteristic that Lambert is looking for: young and hungry for success. And all Villa need now is an experienced player to balance the side out. And that player has been identified on and off again in Younes Belhanda.
Belhanda has everything that Lambert is looking for – he is young, experienced in terms of winning Ligue 1 with Montpellier and he holds the spark that has the potential to make this Villa side function as a fluid unit.
However, over the course of June, Belhanda has been strongly linked to Villa, but as much as he has been linked, he may as well not be linked at all.
Sources from all across Europe have been giving very inconsistent reports about the player's intensions and his availability. Louis Nicollin, the president of Montpellier, mentioned early in June that five clubs have put bids in to acquire Belhanda's services - and the only English side of the five was Villa.
Since then, there hasn't been much activity apart from recent unconfirmed reports that the player has signed for Villa, or that the player has been seen in Abu Dhabi, or nothing at all.
Belhanda has made his intentions clear that he wants to play his football in England - and with Aston Villa being the only team in England said to have put a bid in for the player, the club should consider themselves beyond fortunate to be linked to one of Europe's up and coming youngsters.
But with that being said, there is still no clear clarification that Villa have even bid for the player.
So for now, the only thing that Villa fans can do is wait and see what will happen.
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A particularly ugly attack originating on kernel.org drove the Linux Foundation and Linux.com to close down its sites for maintenance. Here is part of the message posted on the Linux Foundation website:
Linux Foundation infrastructure including LinuxFoundation.org, Linux.com, and their subdomains are down for maintenance due to a security breach that was discovered on September 8, 2011. The Linux Foundation made this decision in the interest of extreme caution and security best practices. We believe this breach was connected to the intrusion on kernel.org.
The Register reported on the kernel.org intrusion on Aug. 31, stating that the infection went undetected for at least 17 days.
Multiple servers used to maintain and distribute the Linux operating system were infected with malware that gained root access, modified system software, and logged passwords and transactions of the people who used them, the official Linux Kernel Organization has confirmed.
According to security researchers who commented on the attack to The Register, the malware was a self-injecting rootkit, known as Phalanx, that first took hold on kernel.org developer H. Peter Anvin's personal machine, then appeared on kernel.org servers Hera and Odin1, where a "secure shell client used to remotely access servers was modified, and passwords and user interactions were logged during the compromise."
Kernel.org is also down, but posted a note earlier that they are working on having all of its 448 users to change passwords and SSH keys. As far as the damage that was done, that is still being assessed, although some are offering reassurance. PC World quotes kernel.org's message that "the potential damage of cracking kernel.org is far less than typical software repositories" because the cryptographically secure SHA-1 hash that is used to define files would alert developers to any tampering.
What do you think — do you trust that the Linux kernel will be safe and sound after the investigation is completed?
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President Obama's recent announcement of his administration's intention to broaden offshore drilling to waters in the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and the North coast of Alaska may have been more eloquent than the Republican's favored sentiment, "Drill, baby, drill", but the core message seemed to be eerily similar.
President Obama also preemptively addressed his critics in his speech, stating, "There will be those who strongly disagree with this decision, including those who say we should not open any new areas to drilling. But what I want to emphasize is that this announcement is part of a broader strategy that will move us from an economy that runs on fossil fuels and foreign oil to one that relies more on homegrown fuels and clean energy."
Obama say what?
He further attempted to cushion the blow of this polarizing announcement by reminding the public of the positive things he and his administration have done for the environment and intend to do in the future, noting, "Already, we've made the largest investment in clean energy in our nation's history."
The President's justifications have not been met with the understanding that he may have been hoping for, in fact, it seems as though his tooting of his own horn and his "the end justifies the means" defense is falling on a sea of deaf ears.
Critics have also been quick to identify this as a calculated move on his behalf in order to earn favor with Republicans. Ben Feller of the Huffington Post explains, "Inside politically conscious Washington, Obama's announcement was viewed, too, as a play to win Republican support for a comprehensive climate change bill." While the intent of the President's decision remains to be seen, it seems to be another rationalization for the expansion offshore drilling- if appeasing Republicans by giving them the offshore drilling that they love to enthusiastically chant for means that a bill that will be a positive step for the environment gets passed as a result, then is it really so bad?
Intentions aside, environmentalists are taking this surprise move by the President as a slap in the face. Among the offended, The Executive Director of Greenpeace, Phil Radford, offers "Expanding offshore drilling in areas that have been protected for decades threatens our oceans and the coastal communities that depend on them with devastating oil spills, more pollution and climate change."
Regardless of the reason or reasons President Obama made this decision, the reality is that offshore drilling comes with huge risks to the environment and to our nation's reputation worldwide. This decision gives the appearance that the President giving a huge thumbs up to the indulgent, gas guzzling habits prevalent in the United States today. Does President Obama really believe that offshore drilling is the methadone this junkie nation needs to finally kick the oil habit?
Supporting the development and the implementation of cleaner energies would be a more proactive, long-term way to achieve energy independence. Compromises that include risky endeavors of seeking out more oil seem not only senseless, but downright dangerous. Offshore drilling- no matter how much you dress it up or how many pretty bows you stick on it -comes with huge risks to the environment. Oil spills are dire events that have long-lasting negative repercussions for all types of life.
If you disagree with the President's intention to extend offshore drilling, please, we urge you, to let your opinion be heard. Contact the President or sign this petition on Moveon.org. Also, remember to do your part and consume less energy.
Together, with a little effort and innovation-and perhaps a twelve step program-we can evolve into a nation that is free at last of our nasty oil habit.
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Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Before the Dawn : Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
Wade's coverage includes the ancient near extinction of humanity (DNA analysis shows at one point there were only 5000 humans left after a mass die off), human migration, and intra-human relations between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. He also talks about the idea of race and the violent warmaking nature of human society.
On race, a Publisher's Weekly review noted, "And while 'race' is often a dirty word in science, one of the book's best chapters shows how racial differences can be marked genetically and why this is important, not least for the treatment of diseases."
As can be expected, those who dislike the notion of race do not like this book. One reviewer at Amazon wrote, "I hate to bad rap a book but this one seems to begin with the false premise that there is such a thing as 'race'. Geneticists, biologists and anthropologists have relegated the concept of race to the intellectual dung heap of pseudoscience." This review is of course misleading. The idea that race is not a sociological invention is still being debated. And whether you want to call it "race" or not, there are genetic differences in human populations and these can be used to trace the origins of the species, understand how mankind migrated, and help doctors treat diseases today.
Others are objecting to the emphasis on early humans as being natural born killers. An anonymous reviewer in The Week wrote, "Wade is on particularly shaky ground when he insists that the ancient past was a time of unrelenting violence." Yet, for the vast majority of human history, humans lived as primitives and existed in a violent natural world. It took a long time for humans to develop what we would regard as civilization. Are we supposed to believe that the ancient humans were pacifists? That is unlikely. Intuitively, it would make sense to argue that the early humans would be more violent than we are today to deal with a hostile natural world. Wade can not prove this but it is a sound hypothesis.
All in all, this is a good book. It is well written and thought provoking. I highly recommend it.
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- elementaryhistoryteacher said...
Perhaps we are not any less violent or any more violent than years past. We want to believe that we are more civilized today because of our advances in technology, our advanced knowledge about the world, etc. but we still kill each other, we steal, and maim one another. Our basic needs are the same and our choices to meet them may be different technologically but the results are the same. We attempt to get the most we can, we often beat one another to the punch, and tend to look the other way when we see wrongdoing. Gee....I sound so cynical. Didn't mean to. Thanks for bringing this book to my attention. It looks interesting.
- Robin said...
Of course humans are natural killers. In order to survive as a species, killing other animals was necessary for protection and sustenance. And I think it is slightly naive to think that early man didn't kill one another for the same reasons. Humans are, after all, animals. And, as the previous commenter noted, it still continues today, under the guise of "civilization".
This sounds like a fascinating read. Thanks for the tip!


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Now Texas weather is like roller coaster, warm, hot, cold. But nothing as lovely as this Wednesday in the morning! And I'm so happy to present this bad burning love story to you all.
The King's Bad Burning Love [ Translated from the Pali by Daw Mya Tin, MA]
While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (60) of this book, with reference to a certain young man and King Pasenadi of Kosala.
One day King Pasenadi, while going out in the city, happened to see a beautiful young woman standing at the window of her house and he instantly fell in love with her. So the king tried to find ways and means of getting her. Finding that she was a married woman, he sent for her husband and made him serve at the palace. Later, the husband was sent on an impossible errand by the king. The young man was to go to a place, a yojana (twelve miles) away from Savatthi, bring back some Kumuda lotus flowers and some red earth called 'arunavati' from the land of the dragons (nagas) and arrive back at Savatthi the same evening, in time for the king's bath. The king's intention was to kill the husband if he failed to arrive back in time, and to take the wife for himself.
Hurriedly taking a food packet from his wife, the young man set out on his errand. On the way, he shared his food with a traveller. He also threw some rice into the water and said loudly, "O guardian spirits and dragons inhabiting this river! King Pasenadi has commanded me to get some Kumuda lotus flowers and arunavati red earth for him. I have today shared my food with a traveller; I have also fed the fish in the river; I now share with you the benefits of the good deeds I have done today. Please get the Kumuda lotus and arunavati red earth for me." The king of the dragons, hearing him, took the appearance of an old man and brought the lotus and the red earth.
On that evening, King Pasenadi, fearing that the young husband might arrive back in time, had the city-gates closed early. The young man, finding the city-gates closed, placed the red earth on the city-wall and stuck the flowers on the earth. Then he declared loudly,
"O citizens! Be my witnesses! I have today accomplished my errand in time as instructed by the king. King Pasenadi, without any justification, plans to kill me." After that, the young man left for the Jetavana monastery to take shelter and find solace in the peaceful atmosphere of the monastery.
Meanwhile, King Pasenadi, obsessed with sexual desire, could not sleep, and kept thinking out how he would get rid of the husband in the morning and take his wife. At about midnight, he heard some eerie sounds; actually, these were the doleful voices of four persons suffering in Lohakumbhi Niraya . Hearing those weird voices, the king was terrified. Early in the morning, he went to the Buddha, as advised by Queen Mallika. When the Buddha was told about the four voices the king heard in the night, he explained to the king that those were the voices of four beings, who were the sons of rich men during the time of Kassapa Buddha, and that now they were suffering in Lohakumbhi Niraya because they had committed sexual misconduct with other people's wives. Then, the king came to realize the depravity of the deed and the severity of the punishment. So, he decided then and there that he would no longer covet another man's wife. "After all, it was on account of my intense desire for another man's wife that I was tormented and could not sleep the whole of last night," he reflected. Then King Pasenadi said to the Buddha, "Venerable Sir, now I know how long the night is for one who cannot sleep." The young man who was close at hand also said, "Venerable Sir, because I had travelled the full distance of a yojana yesterday, I, too, know how long the journey of a yojana is to one who is weary."
Combing their two statements, the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:
Verse 60: Long is the night to one who is wakeful; long is (the journey of) one yojana to the traveller who is tired; long is samsara (round of rebirths) to the fool, who is ignorant of the true Dhamma (the Teaching of the Buddha).
At the end of the discourse, the young man attained Sotapatti Fruition.
Love Buddha's dhamma,
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Dear Members,
I would like to rerun this sexual misconduct story...to complete the article I posted @ Pali.
I would like to rerun this sexual misconduct story...to complete the article I posted @ Pali.
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yawares, many thanks for this beautiful story. It is much appreciated.
Sorry to hear that your Texas weather is like a roller-coaster, but here in the UK it has been very grey and cold for a week, and that is worse!
Stay well, be happy!
Sorry to hear that your Texas weather is like a roller-coaster, but here in the UK it has been very grey and cold for a week, and that is worse!
Stay well, be happy!
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Dear Sam Vara,Sam Vara wrote:yawares, many thanks for this beautiful story. It is much appreciated.
Sorry to hear that your Texas weather is like a roller-coaster, but here in the UK it has been very grey and cold for a week, and that is worse!
Stay well, be happy!
About the story....You're so welcome.
UK ...grey/cold!...Please hang on...spring will come real soon.
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We would like to like to share a blog of interest from Magpie, an archaeologist, teacher , published author and Celebrant. In her blog, Magpie explores the archeological sites in Orkney and her personal spiritual connection.
Her most recent blog, "Midhowe-a contemplation of death," she explores the Midhowe chambers and comes to her own realizations about death as seen in the excerpt we now share. To read the complete blogspot and others that may be of similar interest visit http://spiritualorkney.blogspot.co.uk/
"From above, the entirety of the tomb can be seen and, what is striking to me, stuck as I am in a linear mind-set, is the feeling that the tomb is something designed to be moved through and to make some sort of progression along. In general, people tend to demarcate space that is either linear or circular. Circular space contains, whereas linear space controls movement from one place to another. Midhowe is a linear space, albeit one that is then constrained. At Midhowe there is a definite sense that one's experience may be intended or manipulated to be different in the compartments that are near the entrance, to one's experiences in the compartments that are further in and deeper. There is possibly then a real sense of progressing into deeper layered experiences as one progresses into the tomb. Certainly the compartments nearer the entrance would have been lighter, possibly the air here had more movement, the air at the back may well have been staler and might have smelt differently. There is a feeling of trial, of ordeal, of initiation, of moving further and further away from the world of the living outside and into the world of the dead.
The analogy I am searching for is almost of a series of ordeals through which to proceed, each more testing that the last. Possibly akin to a maze. This can be symbolised by the end compartment which is additionally difficult to get into: there is a threshold to step over. To enter the end compartment, it would have been necessary to step over a slab, possibly acting as some sort of special "threshold" into this "final" space. This "final" compartment may have had a shelf set about a metre above the floor and the compartment is subdivided by flat slab stones. At the back of the end compartment another flat slab stone is set into the wall, possibly acting as a "false portal".
If there is a progression to be made, then could it be the dead who are making it? Was their progression facilitated by ritual specialists or mourners or descendants who moved the dead along as they progressed through stages of the afterlife?
It is an interesting perspective to think of death as a process rather than an event. That we do not die, stop, event, but rather that we live, go through a process of dying, and then stages of death, to what? Was the "final" process for the people of Midhowe that very end slab? The one at the end of the tomb corridor, the one that "goes nowhere", the false portal that leads only to the solid wall of the cairn? And what else could pass through that portal except the dead that had processed to the stage of being so insubstantial, so totally pure spirit, that they were able to pass through the solid stone slab to move to the next stage in the dying / death process, to perhaps the next life?..."


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Continued improvement key for Port Arthur in 2012
As a year marked by significant changes for Port Arthur and its people comes to a close, city leaders are looking back and looking forward.
2011 didn't have any hurricanes, there was no major crime wave and there weren't any scandals that rocked the local government in southern Jefferson County, but PA had its moments.
Perhaps the biggest events of the year were the City Council election, where six seats were up for grabs, and 16-year city manager Steve Fitzgibbons rattled off a series of complaints earlier this year against veteran councilman John Beard before the council eventually voted to buy Fitzgibbons out and move the city in a different direction. And on the sports side of things, it was a series of firsts as Lamar State, in only its third year playing division one JUCO basketball stunned the JUCO world and won the Region 14 tournament to a earn a trip to the school's first ever NJCAA Basketball Tournament. And on the gridiron, under the guidance of PA native Kenny Harrison, the Memorial Titans rode the arm of Terrance Singleton and the legs of Nate Holmes to a semifinal berth in the 5A playoffs.
But have no fear, 2012 is drawing near, and while the economy has continued to wreak havoc on the area — and on streets, depending on whom you ask — there's a lot to look forward to next year.
Bill McCoy, president of the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce since July, spent the last part of 2011 getting his staff in order, identifying the needs of the Chamber and planning what lies ahead for both the Chamber and the city of Port Arthur. A 30-year veteran of running chambers, McCoy said he's still working with local leaders to decide what 2012 will hold for Port Arthur.
"One of the things we hope to start next year is a Leadership Port Arthur program," said McCoy, who spent 18 years in Pasadena before taking the post in PA. "I realize there are other leadership programs, but I really want to put together a program in Port Arthur to identify community leaders, get them together thinking about exactly what this city, this Chamber should be looking to because at the end of year, according to the figures we have, the unemployment rate has dropped slightly and our sales taxes are up over this time last year. So we're hoping that trend will continue."
McCoy pointed out that while most of the major expansion work done by the refineries is either done or winding down, he said some of those local companies will work on other area projects, so he's encouraged by that. While streets have become a hot button issue in Port Arthur of late, the Chamber also plans to work with the city and the county to identify what streets need work in order to expand, widen and improve access to the downtown area, which McCoy said is something that will "always be on our horizon to see what we can to help the city and (Lamar State)."
He's also looking forward to working with the Port Arthur Independent School District to let people know, "We've got a good school district," McCoy said, "and people need to know the real facts and figures."
D. Kay Wise, former city councilwoman and CEO of Port Arthur Logistics, said she's not sure what the business climate will hold in Port Arthur for 2012. "I, like everybody else, would like to see things brighten up," Wise said of the business prospects in the area. And as a new business owner, she said she's spent a lot of time this past year trying to get her business off the ground, so for her, 2012 is as much a guessing game as anything to determine what the year will hold for business and the local economy."It's just too early to tell," Wise said.
Still basking in the afterglow of Memorial's history-making run at the state title game that was stopped a game short, Dr. Mark Porterie, a 20-year veteran of the PAISD, said the district is looking forward to a full year of the district's new curriculum that will culminate at the end of the school year.
"Of course, we're expecting students to be successful," said Porterie, deputy superintendent. "We implemented the CScope curriculum, and from an academic perspective, we're working very hard to make sure that it's successful for all of our students."
Porterie also mentioned the new core tests, the STAR tests that replace the TAKS test, and how much more rigorous of a test it is than the TAKS. He said the entire district, teachers and administrators, have been working hard to get teachers prepared for both the new tests and the new curriculum. Ultimately, though, he said there is some relief now that the district has completed many of the projects that were part of bonds passed in 2004 and 2007.
"We want to enjoy the new facilities and make sure our students are successful with the new state assessments; that's what we hope 2012 has in store for us," Porterie said. And Porterie even had a prediction concerning the Memorial football team in 2012 – "We're so proud of them, and next year we're going all the way!"
While Port Arthur will have a new city manager in 2012, for the first time in nine years, the city will also have a new councilman from District 5 as the city bids adieu to nine-year councilman John Beard, who has reached the limits of his term.
A native Port Arthurian, Beard said there's still plenty of work to do in his last months as a councilman.
"First thing we have to do is get a new city manager in that's going to help change the direction by reorganizing city government, which is what I was committed to when I first came on," said Beard. "We need to reorganize and reinvent city government. It's not a government outlined by the people, and it needs to be put back in that perspective."We also need to look at improving some of our weak areas in terms of finance, and our working relationships, dealing with city streets, water, sewer and infrastructure. We need to put first things first again."
Beard said the city also needs to get "sharper" with its business dealings if it's going to attract new businesses to the area. "We need to fine-tune how we do business recruitment," he said.
Beard, who "didn't walk into City Hall yesterday," said he's been working to improve the city and working with City Hall since 1988, and he said he's not going to stop his advocacy work to improve Port Arthur even after he's finished on the council. And he didn't rule out the possibility of running for mayor in 2013.
"If the opportunity arises, and the stars align themselves and God and my family and the community wants my services on another platform, I'll answer that call," Beard said. "But I can't make any guarantees about that right now because you never know what the future holds."
Fred Davis can be reached at (409) 832-1400, ext. 227, or by e-mail at fred [at] theexaminer [dot] com.


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Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter (10.15 dep.)
- Entrance to Warner Bros. Studio Tour of London
- Return transportation on a luxury air-conditioned coach
- Free Wi-fi on board
- Attraction rated '5 out of 5' on Tripadvisor from over 10,000+ reviews!!!
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter provides an amazing new opportunity to explore the magic of the Harry Potter™ films – the most successful film series of all time. Enjoy previously unheard anecdotes from the expert guides before taking a unique walking tour that takes you behind-the-scenes and showcases a huge array of beautiful sets, costumes and props. It also reveals some closely guarded secrets, including facts about the special effects and animatronics that made these films so hugely popular all over the world.
Here are just some of the things you can expect to see and do:
- Step inside and discover the great hall. Listen to previously unheard anecdotes.
- Explore Dumbledore's office and discover never-before-seen treasures.
- Step onto the famous cobbles of Diagon Alley, featuring the shop fronts of Ollivanders wand shop, Flourish and Blotts, the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, Gringotts Wizarding Bank and Eeylops Owl Emporium.
- See iconic props from the films, including Harry's Nimbus 2000 and Hagrid's motorcycle.
- Rediscover other memorable sets from the film series, including the Gryffindor common room, the boys' dormitory, Hagrid's hut, Potion's classroom and Professor Umbridge's office at the Ministry of Magic.
Platform 9 ¾ expansion will open on Thursday 19th March and entrance will be included in the standard ticket price.
This March, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter will unveil a 20,000ft2 expansion, including the original Hogwarts Express steam engine and a recreation of Platform 9 ¾. The new, permanent section will offer a glimpse into how some of the films' most iconic scenes were created as well as give visitors the chance to climb aboard the train's carriage and to pose with a luggage trolley as it disappears through the platform wall.
Throughout the Harry Potter film series, British steam train no. 5972, 'Olton Hall', was used as the Hogwarts Express. Scenes featuring the working engine – including the very last scene to be shot, in which a grown-up Harry, Ron and Hermione wave their own children off as they head to school – were filmed on a soundstage at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and on a track running the full length of the Studios' 100-acre backlot. The 78-year-old engine will return to the series' production home this spring and will be displayed on a realistic set of tracks, with steam billowing as visitors step onto the platform.
Visitors will be able to walk along the train's adjoining carriage and sit in the interior carriage set that was used during filming (complete with 'windows' that demonstrate the process used to create iconic train scenes from the films such as the escape of Harry's first Chocolate Frog and the Dementor attack). A selection of prop luggage will be on show and visitors can find out which character owned which items by turning an interactive dial (characters include Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Luna Lovegood and more). A train-themed souvenir shop will also be open on the platform, stocking a wide range of goodies inspired by the Harry Potter films and, specifically, the Hogwarts Express.
The Forbidden Forest may be strictly off-limits to Hogwarts students, but for the first time this March, visitors to Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter are invited to defy Professor Dumbledore's orders and follow the footsteps of Harry, Ron and Hermione deep into the grounds of the Forbidden Forest.
Home to an abundance of creatures, the Forbidden Forest offers shelter and protection to Hippogriffs and Acromantula among many others. It is also well known to beloved half-giant Hagrid in his role as Care of Magical Creatures professor. One of Rubeus Hagrid's original costumes will be on display, lantern in hand, to welcome visitors through the Hogwarts Gates deep into the forest. Filled with 19 trees each with a diameter of over 12 feet, visitors will walk beneath the giant entwined roots on their journey and will even be able to control the weather using the same techniques created by filmmakers.
Amongst the imposing trees, visitors will encounter a full size model of Buckbeak, which is new to the tour, and have the opportunity to bow to the majestic creature. They will see up close the incredible detail and craftsmanship that went into creating the magnificent Hippogriff. Each feather had to be individually inserted and glued by the Creature Effects team who were busy adding feathers right up until the final moment Buckbeak was needed on set for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
As visitors venture deeper into the depths of the forest, they will come face-to-face with Aragog, the Acromantula. Emerging from his dark lair, the enormous spider will appear before visitors along with spiderlings from his family. Created by Nick Dudman, Creature and Make-Up Effects Designer, with help from Production Designer Stuart Craig, Aragog had a leg span of over 18 feet and was even able to crawl out of a hole and deliver dialogue in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
The new, must-see expansion has been designed and built by many of the crew members who worked on the hugely successful magical film series including Oscar® and BAFTA winning Production Designer Stuart Craig, Construction Manager Paul Hayes, BAFTA winning Creature and Makeup Effects Designer Nick Dudman and BAFTA winning Special Effects Supervisor John Richardson.
Sarah Roots, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Tours commented: "We are so excited to launch the Forbidden Forest expansion of the Studio Tour, especially on the fifth anniversary of our grand opening. It's great to be working with so many of the original filmmakers who know so much about the wizarding world. There will be an opportunity to take control of the weather and discover the techniques used to create a realistic forest within a film. We can't wait to let visitors step into this mysterious set and discover all this amazing detail for themselves."
Stuart Craig, Production Designer on all eight Harry Potter films, added: "Over the course of the eight films, the Forbidden Forest has played a key role and I think it's an exciting addition to the Studio Tour. The Forbidden Forest is full of mysterious, fascinating and sometimes threatening forces. It represents the great unknown compared to the comfort and safety of Hogwarts and the Gryffindor Common Room which makes it so interesting and important to the development of the story."
Friday 30th March - Sunday 23rd September
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London will celebrate all things Goblet of Fire in this special feature running for almost five months. The Goblet of Fire will return to the Great Hall for the first time since filming ended with live demonstrations showing visitors how the parchment pieces were propelled out to reveal the Triwizard champions. Created by Pierre Bohanna and the Prop-Making Department, the Goblet of Fire was carved from a single piece of wood. In addition, many new props and costumes from the Triwizard Tournament will be on display including those belonging to Barty Crouch Jr and Fred and George Weasley.
FRIDAY 28th SEPTEMBER - SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER
Throughout the Hallowe'en season, fans of Death Eaters, daring duels and Hallowe'en feasts are invited to explore the darkness of the Wizarding World as we host a special feature dedicated to the Dark Arts.
Returning this year, the iconic Great Hall set will be decorated with over 100 floating pumpkins, just as seen on screen in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Created by Head Propmaker on all the Harry Potter films, Pierre Bohanna, the pumpkins are modelled on those found in Hagrid's pumpkin patch in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and are hand-carved by the Prop Making Department so no two are alike. The Great Hall tables will also be laden with a Hallowe'en feast of red apples, pumpkins and cauldrons of lollipops.
After learning wand combat moves in an interactive experience with Wand Choreographer, Paul Harris, you are invited to take part in an exciting live duel with Death Eaters in the Studio Tour's backlot. Demonstrating how a crowd scene like the Battle of Hogwarts would have been created during filming, you will test out your newly learned wand techniques as you are directed through a battle with Death Eaters who are storming the Hogwarts Bridge.
As part of the feature, the original Death Eater costumes from the film series will be on display allowing you to see up close the intricate details of the embroidered robes and hand-painted masks. During production, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's followers each wore a unique mask, handmade by the Prop Making Department that was designed to reflect their personality.
In addition to this, vats of slimy Troll snot, buckets of dribbling drool (of the three-headed dog variety) and pools of silvery unicorn blood will be showcased in the Tour allowing you to get hands-on and see exactly how the slime and goo was created. You will also be able to walk down a darker Diagon Alley as the lights are dimmed and the music becomes more foreboding on the wizarding shopping street.
Dark Arts will run from Friday 28th September 2018 – Saturday 10th November 2018. Tickets must be pre-booked and all extra features are included in the ticket price.
- Entrance to Warner Bros. Studio Tour of London
- Return transportation on a luxury air-conditioned coach
- Food and beverages
Please note:
- You will be given approximately 4 hours for the visit inside the Studios.
- Child age is 5-15 years
- 35 GBP applies for children aged 3 to 4 for transportation only as they require a seat on the vehicle
- Infants 2 years and under are free of charge however still require a ticket so we do need to be notified
- Amendment and cancellations must be made at least 8 days before the date of travel to avoid a 100% cancellation fee.
- Victoria Coach Station (Gate 0), 164 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, SW1W 9TP


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Make your own clay characters come to life, just like Shaun the Sheep! Participants will work with a partner to build their own clay characters, sets and props; develop their own script; shoot their movie scenes; and then learn to edit and add sounds and special effects to complete the whole project. Don't worry parents, there will be plenty of time devoted to outdoor games and activities!
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