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I was counting the number of times I've visited Swensen's Ice Cream shop in my lifetime. I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty confident that I visited 3 or 4 times a year since I was 5 years old. I'm currently in my 30s, so that would add up to around 100 visits. Yes, one hundred. Goodness, that does seem like a lot, doesn't it?
I grew up in the Nob Hill / Russian Hill area of SF and the Swensen's was our local ice cream shop. Occasionally, my father would take us there for an after school treat. My cousins and I would run up the hill for a summery indulgence. I would stop there on the way home from playing tennis at Alice Marble. And there was time my high school best friend NL and I gave our other best friend NT a successful makeover and we had celebratory cones. My then-boyfriend-now-husband and I would share a scoop back when we were first dating. Now that we're married, we each get our own scoop.
The original shop on the corner of Hyde and Union is the only Swensen's that makes all their scooped ice cream on the premises. They sell pre-packed half gallon tubs which have been shipped from the main ice cream production facility, but the more expensive hand-packed is definitely the way to go. A noticeable difference in quality makes the splurge worthwhile.
My favorite Swensen's flavor is Swiss orange chip. A dark chocolate ice cream infused with essence of orange and mini chocolate chips. And for the record, I have absolutely no idea why it's "Swiss". Perhaps it's a nod to the chocolate they first used back in the day? Another curiosity is the Swiss orange chip ice cream never freezes completely hard. Always softer than the other ice cream flavors, it melts much more quickly. I've always speculated that it had something to do with the orange oil but my suspicions have never been confirmed (nor have they been denied). Conspiracy theory aside, I've always wanted to recreate those delicious flavors in a cake. So here is my Swiss orange chip cupcake. Enjoy!
Swiss Orange Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
(makes 15 cupcakes)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
4 oz (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temp.
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tbsp grated orange zest
2 extra-large eggs, at room temp.
1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
3 oz buttermilk, at room temp.
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup mini chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside dry ingredients. Combine orange juice, buttermilk, and vanilla extract in a small Pyrex measuring cup. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the orange zest. Then add the eggs, 1 at a time. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Add one-third of the dry ingredients and mix just until incorporated. Mix in half of the buttermilk mixture. Repeat with flour, buttermilk, and flour. Mix in the chocolate chips.
Fill 15 lined muffin cups ¾ full. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool cupcakes in the muffin pans for 10 minutes. Then carefully remove the cupcakes from the pan and cool completely.
Chocolate Glaze
1 cup semisweet chocolate, chopped
3 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tbsp light corn syrup
½ tsp vanilla extract
Combine chocolate, butter and corn syrup in a small saucepan. Stir over low heat until well combined about 2-3 minute. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract. Glaze your cooled cupcakes.


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NILES, Ill., May 22, 2012 — Shure Incorporated today announced the winner of the Company's inaugural "Get the Gig" internship competition. Purdue University senior Alexandria Monterrubio will be the new Artist Relations intern from May through August.
"After we completed the three rounds of our entry process – online applications, video auditions, and in-person interviews – it became pretty obvious that we had a clear winner," said Cory Lorentz, Artist Relations Manager at Shure. "Alexandria is someone who's very passionate about music, enthusiastic about the opportunity, and not afraid to roll up her sleeves and work hard. We're looking forward to having her join our team for the summer."
As the "Get the Gig" Artist Relations intern, Alexandria will assist the Shure Artist Relations team by providing support for social media initiatives, helping manage Shure artist endorsers, assisting in the evaluation of potential endorsers, and coordinating Shure-sponsored events, including clinics and trade shows.
"In my entire life, I don't think I've ever wanted anything as bad as this," said Monterrubio. "I lost count of how many times I went online to read the job description and thought this job was created for me. I am so grateful for this opportunity and know that working for Shure this summer is truly an honor."
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Colorado Esplanade Design, With New Bike Route Proposals, Moves To Council Tonight
Several weeks ago I attended a community meeting soliciting public input on design proposals for the Colorado Esplanade, although I had not yet blogged on this specific project until this post. For those unfamiliar this project proposal, it is a project to reconfigure and re-envision the approach into Santa Monica heading West from the future Colorado and 4th Expo line station, which will be the end of the line. The full staff report with more details can be found here on the agenda, item 4-A. The City Council will be giving it's direction on the project tonight, Tuesday February 14th.
Currently the proposal is to broaden the sidewalk on the south side of Colorado substantially, which will be much needed with hundreds of pedestrians coming off every train, and add bike lanes to this stretch as well. In order to do this and still have room for automobile access, it is proposed to make this 4 block stretch one way Westbound for drivers, which has a secondary benefit of reducing the crazy intersection movements at Main and Colorado, and making Main and 2nd flow into each other more nicely. The traffic study concluded this would improve traffic flow on the connecting streets and thus would have minimal impact for motorists despite the loss of Eastbound traffic flow for the westernmost blocks of Colorado.
2 different configurations were shown for the bike lanes [PDF version here]. In one proposal a bike lane exists going each direction on opposite sides of the street, but with a concrete separator in-between car traffic and contra flow bicyclists going Eastbound. In the second proposal, which seemed to be the most popular at the meeting, both bike lanes where on the South side of the street, with 2 bike lanes of opposing direction adjacent to each other, but separated from traffic by infrastructure.
Ordinary I am not a big fan of cycle track concepts which put opposing bike traffic directions adjacent on one side of the street. I prefer bike lanes to be on opposite sides of the street so opposing traffic flow is never in close proximity, and thus reduces the risk of bicyclists colliding with one another. Our beach bike path places opposing bike traffic flow together, and that generally works alright, but it does have it's own mishaps and close calls. However in this particular context, I can see a big advantage to keeping the bike lanes together and on one side of the street, because it avoids the mall parking garage entrance on Colorado near Main.
As I pointed previously in the problems with the 2nd street bike lane heading Northbound from Colorado, bike lanes and mega-capacity auto parking garages with high turn over don't mix very smoothly. In the first configuration, Option A, the Westbound bike lane would in practice be broken constantly on busy days by drivers turning across and queuing up into the garage. If we are trying to create facilities anyone can feel comfortable using, and not just the ride anywhere anytime folks like myself, I do not think such a bike lane will be sufficient.
The second configuration with the cycle track all on one side of the street also presents it's own challenges as well that will need careful consideration. Primarily the challenge of movements into and out of this facility and provisions for safe turning at intersections. Special consideration will be most critical at the intersection of Colorado and 2nd, not only because that will be the junction of 2 significant bike routes, but the placement of the Santa Monica Bike Center at the corner opposite the side of the street with the 2 way cycle track. Planners should anticipate that many people will be riding to and from that bike center, and if the resulting facility is not well suited for this and self explanatory, they should not be surprised when bike riders make up their own creative ways of bridging that connection.
In conclusion, of the 2 alternatives presented, I support the 2nd configuration, option B in the diagram, but with the reservation that it will require more thought out intersection treatments than are presently accounted for in the initial diagrams shown. I could write a lot more about possible proposals for dealing with the intersection issues, and other related way-finding issues on other routes that would connect to this new facility, but for the moment I am constrained for time. On the whole I am very excited to see this all happen, and every time I see images of what the Expo Line will look like in Santa Monica, I want it to be done yesterday.
2 comments:
Thanks for the post, Gary. I was unable to make the meeting, and of course the design was not posted to the web, so this is the first I've seen of it.
I'm very confused by the diagram you posted. I think the street names are mislabeled: what is now labeled "2nd street" should be labeled "Ocean", and what is now labeled "4th street" should be "2nd street".
Significant planning will need to be done for intersections, if option B is chosen. Cyclists should not have to dismount, stop and press a button, or make last-minute cross-street merges at intersections.
- February 14, 2012 at 11:30 AM
- Gary said...
You're right, the street labels are incorrect, Main flows into 2nd, not 4th.
This version also cuts off the very beginning of route by the station, but this was the pdf I got when requesting graphic from staff. The printed diagram at the meeting was larger and I believe without the label error.
I do worry about those intersections, but for this particular stretch, I find it to be less problematic to find ways to deal with that than the parking garage entrance which should be thought of as it's own intersection, and one with fairly constant through put.
At the meeting I gave a few suggestions for possible turning movements into and out of the cycle track, such as pushing back cross walk to make room for dedicated bike box turn pocket.
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do we submit the questions here?
i don't get it….
sounds to me that the question goes here….umm…what Question can i think off.. *thinks*
TRIVIA QUESTIONS that would think would stump the average Twilighter…
ok well i know some ppl who know this Question and most who do not so. lets start with this one.
Q: what Sense did SM Have in her dream that started Twilight?
A: I woke up (on that June 2nd) from a very vivid dream. In my dream, two people were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods. One of these people was just your average girl. The other person was fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire. They were discussing the difficulties inherent in the facts that A) they were falling in love with each other while B) the vampire was particularly attracted to the scent of her blood, and was having a difficult time restraining himself from killing her immediately. For what is essentially a transcript of my dream, please see Chapter 13 ("Confessions") of the book.
–(that is word for word form SM Herself..as i said i know alote of ppl who dont know that.
2nd Question
Q: Who was in Bella's house—the scent no one recognized?
A: It was Riley. He is not a totally wild newborn—he's past his first year and better able to keep his perspective. If he'd been as strong as the younger newborns in the clearing, Seth might not have won that fight. Also, Victoria prepared him very carefully for the foray. He was (to phrase it delicately) quite well fed before he went to Forks
Q: What did Edward break in the living room after the vote?
A: Edward ripped into halves a sixty inch plasma TV that the Cullens had shipped in from Korea because it's not available in the states yet. Emmett was a bit annoyed.
Q. How come Alice and Jasper can affect Bella with their supernatural powers, but Edward and Aro and Jane can't?
A. This question comes up at every single signing! The answer is explained in Eclipse, but I'm going to tell you all anyway, just so there's less confusion.
Bella has a very private mind. She can't be touched there. What Edward and Aro do is clearly a mental thing; Jane, also, works inside the head (Jane doesn't actually inflict pain on anyone's body, she just puts the illusion of pain inside her victim's head. It's a very effective form of torture). Conversely, what Jasper does is no illusion. He affects the physical body, slowing the pulse and upping the endorphin levels to calm someone, for example, or raising the pulse and pumping out the adrenalin to excite them. Alice, also, works outside the mind in the realm of possible realities. She doesn't see the thought process behind the decisions, just the outcomes.
There those are the 4 most Question i hear ppl dont know..tho the 4th one it says it in the book. but ppl still dont know..duh i say lol..but oh well…it didnt look like u have many question suggested so thats why i out 4 lol..anywhoo i'll be listen. bye
How many times is the phrase "his golden eyes" mentioned in the first three books? (I have no idea what the answer is. Sorry!)
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this really isn't a trivia question, but i figured i'd ask anyways:
Q:When Bella is being dazzled/smoldered by Edward's beautiful golden gaze, do you feel dazzled as you read about it??
ahaha ok so yeah, it was random, but i had to do it…
2 DAYS and 12 HOURS!! YAY!!!!!!
I have some questions you guys asked for (even though there pretty easy to answer, sorry).
1)What hand did Bella punch Jacob in the face with when he kissed her?
2)What color was Edward's eyes BEFORE Carlisle turned him?
3)Who does Bella meet first? (Mike, Justin, or Jacob.)
4) Which member in the Cullen family has a hard time controlling their thirst?
Thanks! Hope these questions have some use for you!
Here's a question:
What was Alice's name before she was changed? And where was she before she was changed?
Bonus: What was her little sister's name?
Answers: Alice was in an asylum before she was changed. Her parents put her there because she saw visions of the future. Alice's name was Mary Alice Brandon. She had a little sister named Cynthia. Cynthia's daughter (Alice's niece) is still alive in Biloxi.
Okay, so, my friend and I talk a lot about the twilight series. Okay, so we pretty much only talk about the twilight series. We've come up with some interesting questions. They're not like you can go look them up in the books. You have to think about it.
1) If Bella was a werewolf, what color would her fur be?
2) Where did Jake run off to in the end of Eclipse (He needs to come back! I miss him!)
3) Can vampires get high/drunk?
4) Would Bella if the law let her? (Just kidding!)
5) Aaaarrrg! I'm going mad with eagerness for Breaking Dawn! I'm forgetting all the good questions!
6) When they're newborn, can vampires bleed?
7) If Jacob died, would you go on hunger strike until she re-wrote that part?
Answer: YES!
8) Would you go on hunger strike if Edward got destroyed?
Answer: Probably not.
9) Would you jump for joy if Bella became a werewolf?
Answer: Yes
10) How loud would you scream if Edward could become human for Bella so she could still be friends with Jacob, and visit Charlie and Renee, and Angela, and Mike, and go to Dartmouth?
Answer: So loud, someone would think I was getting murdered!
Okay, so I got all the questions that I could remember! Please comment! Sarah and I are dead set on our answers, so they are no longer open to discussion.
Okay mine is … What is the first meal Bella cooked for Charlie
A: Steak and Potatoes DUH!
Will the podcast be available for download ?
What happened to Esme before she was brought to the hospital?
True or False in the begining of Eclipse Bella recieves a package from her mother (True)
What year is Bella's car?
Who are the two youngest werewolves?
wow. This emily loves jacob not Sam…
You are team jacob all the way…
muhahahaha… these are VERY difficult questions… so all be warned >:D (that's the little devil in me)
1) How many messages did Bella find on her comuter, from her mother, when she first moved to Forks? What was the deadline (time) for to respond back to Renee before she would call Charlie?
Answer: 3 messages, each gradually getting more worried 🙂 and Renee threated that Bella had better responded by 5:30 or she would call Charlie
2) In which book do we first see Bella read Wuthering Heights?
Answer: Twilight!
3) When Bella was saved by Edward, on which side of her head did she feel pain?
Answer: "I became aware of a throbbing ache centered above my left ear" pg 57 Twilight
Now some New Moon questions
4) How many and which months are printed on the practically blank pages?
Answer: 4…October, November, December, January
Well… can't think of more now… Hope yall enjoy these…
See/ hear you tonight, *heehee*
I'm guessing that this is where I submit questions.
My top ten questions:
Q) What color was Bella's prom dress?
A) Hyacinth Blue
Q) Where was Emmett living before he became a vampire?
A) Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Q) What's Esme's full name?
A) Esme Anne Platt Evenson Cullen (That's a mouthful!)
Q) Do vampires bleed?
A) Yes, but only if they had just hunted.
Q) What is Renee's maiden name?
A) Higgenbotham (Poor Renee. No wonder she kept Swan.)
Q) How old are Charile, Renee, and Phil?
A) Charlie: 41 Renee: 37 Phil: 29
Q) What's Bella's schedual (school)
A) English, Government, Trig, Spanish, Lunch, Biology, Gym
Q) What happened to Lauren's hair in New Moon?
A) A "model agent" came up to her in a mall told her she looked like a natural model. The agent told her to cut her hair and take come pictures. Lauren paid $15,000 for the shots and is still waiting. (hahaha!)
Q) Did any Cullen besides Carlisle go to medical school?
A) Yes. Edward has gone twice. Rosalie has gone once.
Q) What kind of car does Edward have? Carlisle? Rosalie? Emmett? Alice? Jacob?
A) Edward: Volvo S60R and Aston Martin Vanquish Carlisle: Mercedes S55 AMG Rosalie: BMW M3 Emmett: Jeep Wrangler Alice: Porche 911 Turbo Jacob: Volkswagen Rabbit
I knew these of the top of my head. Hahahahaha I'm such a twilight nerd.
What is Jasper's name before he was changed to a vamp?(Answer:Witlock)
Who is Tanya's siblings?Hint:There are 4. (Answer:Kate,Irina,Carmen,and Eleazar)
What is Emmett's full name?(Answer:Emmett McCarty Cullen)
What color is Heidi's eye discribed like?(Answer:Violet)
Bella says Rosalie looks like someone.Who is the someone?(Answer:Heidi)
This is all I can think of right now. Can't wait until 9!!!!!
Technically, Carmen and Elezar are not Tanya's siblings. They are just part of her coven. Tanya's 2 other siblings are Kate and Irina.
Question: Tanya's group are the originators of what ledgend?
a: succubi
Question: What caused Jane to become a vampire and who made her one?
a: Aro because she and Alec were being burned as witches
Question: Was the plan to go to Port Angeles the first?
a: No, Jessica cancelled the previous one
Question: In New Moon Bella see several people with "red" name all the cases
a: Woman with red scarf in hair, red flags, woman with red scarf around her neck, and the girls with the crimson dresses
Question: In front of the alley Bella sees a family (in New Moon) how many members are there in the family?
a: 4
How many times does Bella hear Edward's voice in her head?
i have a question…but not for the trivia…
are these live things going to be posted like on itunes as actual podcasts? or are they only going to be able to be heard on the channel thing? because I won't be home tonight to listen to the live version…or friday that is…so i'm really hoping it'll be up on itunes…that would be amazing…
In the first chapter of Breaking Dawn Bella is confronted by two autophiles at a gas station. This can be considered a "cameo" of Stephenie Meyer's two brothers, what are their names?
Answer: Jacob and Paul
Q: When was the first time Edward came to Bella's room at night?
Q: Who are members of the Volturi Family (not guard)?
Q: What color shirt did Riley take from Bella's room?
Q: What was the name of the newborn that Carlisle wanted to keep and teach the vegetarian ways?
Q: Where did Jasper first meet Alice?
Q: When did Bella first see Jacob as a werewolf? (trick question, it was in her dream in Twilight!)
Q: How many people are in the pack at the end of Eclipse?
Q: Which vampire from the Denali clan had relations with Laurent?
Q: What did Bella see in the water when she was cliff diving?
Q: Why did Bella love adrenaline rushes in New Moon?
Q: What does Bella have a low tolerencey for? A:(caffine!)
I really hope you read mine! They are kinda tricky!
Love the Show!
How many vampires originally made up the Volturi?
a) 2
A= d) 5
Aro, Marcus, Caius, and 2 unnamed females.
Q: What is the name of the restaurant in Port Angeles?
A:La Bella Italia
Q:What is the name of the waitress in Port Angeles?
Q: What were they looking at under the microscopes in Biology? A: onion root tip cells
Q: What night did Edward first watch Bella sleep?
A: The night after the three guys asked her to the Spring dance.
Q: What car part did Bella have to replace after the car accident? A: taillights
Q: What day did Bella arrive in Forks?
A: January 17
Q: What Army did Jasper Fight for
A: The confederates in the civil war
Q: What was his ranking
A: General
Q: How old was he when he entered
Q: How old did he Say He was to join the army
lol! I just read that part in eclipse thats why all those questions were fresh in my mind
Q: What was Bella's favorite gemstone before topaz?
A: Garnet
Q: What college are Ben and Angela Going to
A: University of Washington in Seattle
Q:What character in the Quileute legends does Bella most Identifie with
A: The third wife
Q: What is the name of the Vampire in elcipse that surrenders durning the big fight that jane kills
A: Bre
Q:What two presents does edward give Bella for her motercycle
A: A helmet and A riding jacket
Q:What happens to phil in eclipse
A: He breaks his thigh bone playing baseball
Q: What is the name of the resturant that Charlie takes Bell to after her gradation
A: The Lodge
Q: What is Alice translating in her head durning the graduation ceremony and in to what Language
A: The Battle Hyme of the Republic, Arabic
I love your podcast! It's so much fun to listen to, I'm sad I wont be in NewYork. I hope you guys have fun!
1. What color were rosalies eyes vefore she was a vampire – Blue
2. Why did rosalie have carlisle change Emmet – Because he reminded her of Henry her best friend Veras son
3. How many people attend Bellas graduation party – 65
4. What king of car does esward use to bribe alice to babysit Bella, and what color – A yellow porsche
5. How many vampires did victoria bring with in the final fight in eclipse not counting herslef – 19
6. What charcter does edward identifie with in wuthering heights – Heathcliff
7. What actor did Stephanie Meyer put her foot down about because she want them in her movie – Kellan Lutz!
8. What other movie is Robert Pattinson in (not HP) – Little Ashes
9. How tall is alice and how tall is Ashley Greene – Alice is "4,10" Ashley Greene "5,5"
10. What music video is Taylor Lautner in – Caught up in you by Cassie thompson
11. What color is Edwards room – Gold
12.Who did Jared imprint on – Kim a girl at his school
I keeping coming up with more questions! can't wait till 9
what number is bella's mom's house in pheonix?
okay, questions…
1 what day is edward's birthday?
2 how many childhood pets did bella have and what kinds?
3 what is renee allergic to?
4 how many siblings did emmet have?
5 how many siblings did rosalie have?
6 how many siblings did jasper have?
7 what language did the english vampire speak who changed carlisle?
8 what happened to marcus's mate?
9 where are carmen and eleazar from?
10 where did jessica and bella go for dinner the second time in port angeles?
11 what were the original names for jasper and rosalie?
12 what did rosalie wear when she met royce?
13 who is the oldest (physically) of the cullens?
14 what was esme's first husband's name?
15 what car does bella almost hit in the parking lot?
16 what are angela weber's siblings' names?
17 what is tyler crowley's mom's name?
need any more? lol here are the answers…
1. june 20th, 1901
2. 3 fish
3. dogs
4. 12
5. 2
7. latin
8. she died in battle
9. spain
10. mc donald's
11. carol and ron
12. her white organza
13. esme (she is 26)
14. charles evenson
15. a rusty toyota corolla
16. joshua and issac
17. beth
Okay. I'm going to be meticulous and petty and trivial… BWAHAHHAH!
Q. When Bella enters Edward's car for the first time, what is the song that she recognizes playing in his CD player?
A. Claire de Lune by Debussy (TW pgs 104-105)
And if I remember correctly, she listens to Debussy at some point in her room before this. I tried to find it, but my eyes hurt and it was to no avail.
awww I was so sad the test show didn't work well!! My internet crashed durring the jackhammer crazy noies thing and when i came back you all were gone and there were a bunch of tween's talking on the line lol. Alas they were not as fun to listen to, I dont think they were logged into the chat room so they didn't know we all could hear them for the first half hour.
I hope TwilightLive goes on ok, but I will be at a BD party so I won't get to listen live anyway.
Why are Heidi's eyes violet?
Red eyes with blue contacts.
What last name will Bella take when Edward and her get married, Masen or Cullen?
I don't know, just wondered.
Which book cover is the only one that has nothing to do with the book?
New Moon
What tempeture so the werewolves run?
How much did Jacob think they would need to spend on parts for the motorcycles?
About 100
How much older is Esme then Carlile?
4 years older
Is Embry's mother Quiluete?
when does bella meet henry and where??
According to author Stephenie Meyer, when was Twilight "born"?
Bella compares Edward to Whitch Greek God when she returns from her Human moment to find him sitting statue-like on her bed? I need the anser plz help
Kindly answer these questions… thanks!!
1. What did Edward and Bella order on their first date at La Bella Italia?
2. Edward escaped Forks the day he first met Bella. Where did he go?
3. Who was the first character to be cast for the Twilight movie?
4. Stephenie Meyer named Bella's character after whom?
i love bella and edward.. sono bellissimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.. ! soprattutto LUIIII…. !magari essere lei.. !
Can anyone give me a quote from the book where Bella was talking to Charlie at the Lodge restaurant after graduation and he stated something about how "sometimes people don't feel the same way as you" or something to that effect.. I really like that quote and I can't find it…. Thank you so much! even that whole conversation would be good if anyone can find that for me… thanks
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In addition, no cover art is available for this one yet, so I haven't listed it below, but I wanted to make a special note of one book I'm highly anticipating. Michael Ennis (author of the fabulous Duchess of Milan) will have a new novel out in late January from McClelland & Stewart. A Most Beautiful Deception is a fact-based historical thriller set in the world of Niccolò Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci. Ennis isn't Canadian, but the novel doesn't appear to be published elsewhere.
Happy browsing. Did I miss any important titles? Let me know!
In a series of connected short stories spanning 1901 to 1999, DeGrace takes readers through a century of change in the company of a large cast of characters. The setting moves through the vast Canadian landscape, from early 20th-century Ontario to 1920s Montreal to Depression-era Saskatchewan and beyond. McArthur & Co., Sept.
The story of Molly Norton, the half-native daughter of the governor of Hudson's Bay Company in 18th-century Manitoba, and Samuel Hearne, the explorer she married. A sensitive rendering of a tragic clash of cultures that took place over two centuries ago. The characters are based on historical figures. HarperCollins Canada, March (it's already out, and my copy arrived in yesterday's mail).
The love triangle between novelist Victor Hugo; Hugo's long-suffering wife, Adèle; and Hugo's would-be friend, French journalist and literary critic Charles Sainte-Beuve, set during the reign of Napoleon III. HarperCollins Canada, Sept.; published in the UK in July by Serpent's Tail.
Maureen Jennings' Detective Murdoch mysteries set in late 19th-century Toronto are hugely popular in Canada. Season of Darkness, first in her new series, takes place in rural Shropshire a year into WWII. A detective who expected to be bored by his seemingly dull assignment finds himself investigating the death of a land girl. Read the review from the NY Times. McClelland & Stewart, Aug.
Another of Johnston's literary epics, this time set in late 19th-century Newfoundland, New Jersey, and North Carolina. When his personal circumstances turn sour, a man turns to his wealthy former Princeton classmate, George "Van" Vanderluyden, for help, and gets drawn into his deceitful net. (Van is based on George Washington Vanderbilt II, who constructed Biltmore.) Knopf Canada, Aug.
It's been four years since McKay's debut, The Birth House, her celebrated and bestselling novel about the trials of a determined young midwife in an early 20th-century Nova Scotia fishing village. Expect plenty of demand for The Virgin Cure, which was inspired by her great-great-grandmother's story. Moth grows up in the slums of New York's Bowery district, where she befriends a female physician and become wise to the cruel ways of the adult world. Knopf Canada, Oct; to be pub by HarperCollins US in Feb 2012.
The Forgetful Shore by Newfoundlander Trudy Morgan-Cole reveals the stories of two friends, closer than sisters, who grow up in a small coastal town in the early 20th century. Although they remain in touch after their adult lives diverge, their friendship abruptly changes when a long-held secret emerges. The author has also written novels about biblical women as well as The Violent Friendship of Esther Johnson, about a shadowy woman who was Jonathan Swift's good friend and possibly more. Breakwater, Sept.
Gayla Reid is a multi-award winning Australian-Canadian writer, and her latest work incorporates elements from the history of both countries. It tells the story of an Australian nurse longing for news of her Canadian lover, a volunteer on the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War. While she waits, she reveals her life story to her daughter. Cormorant, Aug.
Polish-Canadian writer Stachniak's third work of fiction is an epic historical novel about Catherine the Great's rise to power in mid-18th century Russia, as seen from the viewpoint of her servant, Varvara. The US publisher is gearing up for promotion already (my copy arrived last week) and I'm sure we'll be seeing much more of it this winter. Let's hope this means Russian settings are on the upswing. Doubleday Canada, Dec; also Bantam US, January, and Doubleday UK, January.
Vanderhaeghe, an author of significance in modern Canadian literature, presents his 3rd epic of the American and Canadian West in the late 19th century. The first two books in this loosely formed trilogy are The Englishman's Boy and The Last Crossing. McClelland & Stewart, Sept., and Atlantic Monthly (US), Jan.
In 1788, Lt. George Cartwright's trading expedition set out to make peaceful contact with the Beothuk, the native inhabitants of Newfoundland, in 1768. Literary historical adventure along the early Canadian frontier. Breakwater, Sept.


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Fargo Public Schools (Student)
Fargo STARTALK Chinese Retreat for Students
Grade Level(s)
3-5, 6-8
- July 23, 2018 – August 10, 2018: (Face-to-face)
- Trollwood Performing Arts School, Moorhead, MN
- NDSU Memorial Union, Fargo, ND
Program Setting
This three-week Chinese immersion program will allow 48 participants grades, 3-5 and 6-8 to attain a novice-mid
proficiency level in Chinese. During the six hour days, students will engage in dynamic task-based
language learning, practicing martial arts, calligraphy, cooking, and Chinese ink painting. The theme Exploring the Regions of China will explore the four regions of China:, North, South, East, and West. Students will learn about the geography including flora and fauna, climate, clothes, monuments, famous people, and foods in thematic units. A field trip to Concordia Language Villages Chinese Village, Sen Lin Hu, will provide a rich exchange of activities and an opportunity for interpersonal communication.
Contact(s)(701) 793-2555
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Beksul, the taste built up since 1953!
With the production of Korea's first purified sugar in 1953, Beksul established itself as the finest brand in the food industry since the brand's founding in 1965.
Starting from Beksul sugar and flour, the affection of CJ CheilJedang toward food and taste extended to food ingredients, sauces as well as processed food and fresh food products.
Beksul sugar which shines like snowflakes of the Beksul logo, Beksul flour which has the accumulated know-how milling technique of over 50 years, Beksul cooking oil which is carefully made with good ingredients, Beksul Oligo-saccharides which truly cares about customer's health, Beksul Ham which leads the history of the meat processing system in Korea…. over the past half-century, Beksul has developed as an unrivalled mega brand leading the food industry in Korea.
The dining traditions of Korea lie within the history of Beksul. However, the present quickly becomes the past, as time quickly passes by. Beksul aspires to surpass previous achievements, making a new food culture based on the legacy. . Beksul yearns to continue to be a trustworthy brand that consumers can rely on for providing the tastiest and finest products.
Beksul wants to be with customers as companions. The value of Beksul is embodied in the passing of flavor from one generation to the next. Just as Beksul's snowflakes amass over time, the familial experience of sharing the joy of cooking builds up.


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weisstechhouse needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 49 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
We are a resource hub for innovation and entrepreneurship at a major U.S. university. Our organization is planning to release a service called PennLaunch. It will be an online platform for our college community to utilize its members' vast skill sets and resources. It is a searchable database for students, staff, and faculty to join or find team members for new and ongoing projects, as well as to advertise skills they have to offer.
Projects can range anywhere from starting a company to developing web applications, and can be related to any discipline (i.e., computer science, foreign languages, legal advice). Faculty may also use this to search for potential research assistants.
The primary goal of this service is to enable individuals and groups to easily connect with one another based on their skill sets.
Students (both undergraduates and graduates), faculty, and staff of the university. We are marketing this service to all majors and disciplines, not just engineering or business.
PennLaunch is one word, with letters "P" and "L" capitalized.
Logos are encouraged to be creative, but should be kept professional and clean. It should stand out as something everyone can immediately identify with our service.
Logo should scale easily to any size .
Our school colors are red and blue, but incorporating them isn't a strict requirement. We prefer design over color.
Do not feel compelled to research our university, its emblem, or related designs. Our connection to the university is irrelevant for the logo.
We will require the original vector files.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Tomb Raider: Underworld [HD Video Game Trailer]
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Next Episode of The Price Is Right (US) is
Contestants on The Price is Right, once hosted by Bob Barker, "Come on down" and bid on an item with the help of the audience. The contestant closest to the actual price without going over receive a chance to play a pricing game. Each contestant that plays a pricing game gets a chance to spin the Big Wheel. The contestants that are closest to $1.00 on the wheel (again without going over - getting precisely $1.00 results in a cash prize and a bonus spin for even more cash) get to bid on the Showcase Showdown, the grand prize.
In 2007, Drew Carey replaced Bob Barker as the host.
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Fantastic Ants!
Andrey Pavlov, a Russian photographer with commendable theatrical background chose a unique way of storytelling combining both the media. He devotedly studied the lives of ants, and planted histrionic props on their trails. There he photographed them live as if in a drama or movie. Except for the planned stage settings, all the rest is natural; no photo editing gimmicks involved, vouches the photographer. Come see the great moments of simple joviality, grant imagination, poignancy, and even some sublime philosophising. It all started with a spinal injury which left him bedridden for a bout during which he happened to read a lot on ants, and observed them. Known for their hardworking nature, the ants stunned Pavlov with the way they care for the weaker members of their community. '..I chose ants because I respect them and their way of life. They care about their children and look after the elderly', was Pavlov's words in an online discussion board.Every year he spends a few months on this hobby of choreographing photo shoots with red ants creating and enjoying his own fairy tales, compensating for a childhood deprived of fairy tales.


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Castro talks of investing in community
LONDON — Mayor Julián Castro told British government and business leaders Monday that he brought a trade delegation to the United Kingdom to ensure that San Antonio finds itself "on their radar screen."
But it appears that San Antonio is already more than a blip — and it's Castro who has helped raise the city's profile.
Castro started his day here with a meeting at No. 10 Downing Street — the U.K.'s equivalent to the White House — where he met privately with Prime Minister David Cameron's chief of staff.
Later, he was given a tour of Parliament by one of its members before he and his business delegation had a formal lunch with John Bercow, speaker of the House of Commons.
In the afternoon, Castro gave a keynote address at the London School of Economics and Political Science before attending a reception at which he signed a friendship agreement with UK Trade & Investment, a government agency jointly owned by the country's foreign office and business department.
Lynne Platt, the media counselor for the U.S. Embassy in London, who attended the reception, and other officials here said Castro's meetings with such high-ranking officials are notable, something that doesn't happen often.
"It's significant that he's gotten such high-level meetings since he's been here," Platt said.
Moments later, Kate Smith, director of the Americas for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, introduced Castro at the reception as "one to watch," as is his city.
It was clear Monday that the U.K. is interested in both further investing in Texas and persuading Texas — and San Antonio in particular — to invest in it. Around 300 British companies have locations in Texas, Smith said, and 70,000 Texans are employed by them.
That investment has already begun. Rackspace has offices in London that employ 800 people, and Valero owns a refinery in Wales in which it has invested $80 million in renovations.
But for San Antonio to continue its upward path, businesses need to continue investing there. At his LSE speech, Castro made a pitch for bolstering education and continued to hit on the benefits of Pre-K 4 SA, a pre-kindergarten program that voters approved Nov. 6.
"I'm convinced San Antonio is setting itself as a model city for the rest of the world to follow," he said. "I have to say that San Antonio hasn't always been thought of in the same terms as San Francisco or cities like New York or Los Angeles. But San Antonio is a city on the rise, making the right investments in brainpower so we can succeed in the 21st century."
An intelligent workforce is key to a strong economy, and Castro has said he believes Pre-K 4 SA will help achieve that by educating 4-year-olds in San Antonio so they never fall behind and can excel in their studies.
Castro told the audience of his firsthand experience with the investments that he says a community must make to bolster its future.
"I'm excited to be here today because each and every one of us has a story. I know this path of focusing on brainpower, and investing in it and creating opportunities for those who haven't always had those opportunities in front of them. I know that that's the right path as mayor of the city, for sure," he said.
"But I also know that's the right path because I've lived it, because I've seen what can happen ... from one of those neighborhoods that we wouldn't necessarily expect success from."
He told the story of his childhood, growing up on the West Side with a single mother and twin brother. When the Castro brothers left San Antonio for Stanford University, an expensive West Coast school, their mother made about $20,000 a year.
If it weren't for that investment — the grants and student loans that afforded him an education — he wouldn't have had the chance to take the path he did. He told the students at the LSE that when he boarded that plane to California two decades earlier, he never thought he'd be in London telling his story.
"I had the opportunity to see my community make investments in itself that mattered to my life and will matter to so many other families in the future," he said. "I wanted to come here today to challenge you as young people, with your future far in front of you, to be champions for knowledge-building around the world. Use what you've experienced in your own lives and the knowledge you've gained here to champion that for others and to extend the hand of opportunity that will make a difference to so many folks around the world."
Madeline Ford, a 24-year-old Houston native studying accounting and finance at the LSE, said she'd seen Castro present the keynote address at the 2012 Democratic National Convention and couldn't miss his appearance in London.
Ford said Castro's comments on education resonated with her because she grew up in a family that helped children from rough neighborhoods in their academic pursuits. She said his comments reinforce the work that she and her family have done.
After his speech, Castro met with more than a dozen students from Trinity University and St. Mary's University who are studying abroad.
In a foyer just beyond the lecture hall, Castro stood with the students while their friends took pictures, and he talked to them about their pursuits.
Today, Castro and the trade delegation will continue a series of meetings focused on energy, information technology and cybersecurity.


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A struggling rapper from Gilbert recently won a national song competition for keeping it positive.
A struggling rapper from Gilbert recently won a national song competition for keeping it positive.
The underlying theme of the song called "Ima Push" is one of concern for the environment, global warming and green-friendly thinking.
Call it environmentally friendly rap.
The slick video, produced partly in Pennsylvania, was backed by the California nonprofit Green for All, a group that focuses on issues of green living and environmental sustainability in minority communities.
Every year the group hosts the Dream Reborn song competition. This year's winner was rapper Gordon Nance, who goes by the stage name Gallo (of the rooster variety, not the wine).
The video was shot by director Ryan Dexter and included locations in New York, Bethlehem and the Poconos. Unfortunately, the scenes from the Poconos didn't make the final cut of the nearly five-minute-long music video.
The song, according to Green for All, "is about resilience, and the video is dedicated to the survivors of recent disasters like the tornadoes in Oklahoma, Superstorm Sandy, and wildfires in California."
Nance has been looking for a leg up in the music business, and the video's national promotion, as well as the $1,000 prize that went with it, has been a boost to the 30-year-old rapper.
"I got love for rap and artistry," he said. "I found a way to do it positive."
Nance has been able to perform at a music festival in Allentown and other venues in the region, sometimes opening for major acts.
It's a rap career grown in the Poconos, though he was born and raised for much of his life in the Bronx. He's not chasing Jay-Z style success; his dreams are more modest.
"The goal is to live off of this full time," he said.
Previous stints at day jobs were unsatisfying, though doing electrical work for companies like Wal-Mart and other places along the East Coast helped him pay the bills. He says it's been a struggle since he gave up work to pursue his music full time.
A self-described nerd who likes to play video games, Nance started his hip-hop music career with beats he cobbled together using a VCR, a Roland drum machine and an audio program running off a beat-up PC.
"I've always had a passion for making music," he said. "I was determined to make music."
Nance spent his early years studying music and playing instruments, but it was the spare equipment he found in the basement of his home at A Pocono Country Place that he used to make his earlier tracks.
He had moved to the Poconos when he was just a teen. He admitted his new neighborhood in A Pocono Country Place had elements that reminded him of his north Bronx home on Metropolitan Avenue, but he steered clear of those negative influences.
"I like A Pocono Country Place. It's a nice private area. It's a completely different world," he said.
"Push" originally came to light as a song Nance was trying to sell to sports networks. The motivational aspect took an environmental turn when a producer friend Jerzy Brown, told Nance to enter the Frequent-C produced song into a contest for Green for All.
"To have this opportunity where I stay positive, is incredible for me," Nance said.
He's created his own slogan or movement as he calls it, PEM, which stand for Positive Energy Movement.
His single "Ima Push" is available on iTunes and on YouTube at youtube.com/embed/gXBlFqQKSMY
Now, while taking care of his 4-year-old daughter, Nance said he will continue to expand on his rap bona fides even though there's not much local support.
"There really is not a hip-hop community or venue in the Poconos," he said, adding that he's come across a few rap label executives who own homes here.
Still, there are plenty of rap artists following individual paths in the area.
"People don't really get the opportunity out here," he said. "There's a lot of talent that's unheard."


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LONDON (Reuters) - This year looks set to be the biggest ever for sales of single records in Britain, thanks in part to smash hits like "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines," according to the Official Charts Company.
Single sales have risen by 6 percent in the past year, making it the fifth year running that the sales record has been broken, the company said.
This year, nearly every single in the Official Top 40 chart has sold over 300,000 copies, it added.
Get Lucky, featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers has been the biggest single of the year, having sold over one million copies since it was released just over 10 weeks ago.
Blurred Lines, which also features Pharrell Williams, alongside US rapper TI, has clocked up more than 828,000 sales over the last month.
"2013 looks set to become the biggest year for singles sales in British history," the company said on its website.
Reporting by Ben Powell; editing by Stephen Addison


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This series consists of talks in the area of Foundations of Quantum Theory. Seminar and group meetings will alternate.
We prove an uncertainty relation for energy and arrival time, where the arrival of a particle at a detector is modeled by an absorbing term added to the Hamiltonian. In this well-known scheme the probability for the particle's arrival at the counter is identified with the loss of normalization for an initial wave packet. The result is obtained under the sole assumption that the absorbing term vanishes on the initial wave function. Nearly minimal uncertainty can be achieved in a two-level system.
The experimental violation of Bell inequalities using spacelike separated measurements precludes the explanation of quantum correlations through causal influences propagating at subluminal speed. Yet, it is always possible, in principle, to explain such experimental violations through models based on hidden influences propagating at a finite speed v>c, provided v is large enough. Here, we show that for any finite speed v>c, such models predict correlations that can be exploited for faster-than-light communication.
It is my contention that non-commutative geometry is really "ordinary geometry" carried out in a non-commutative logic. I will sketch a specific project, relating groupoid C*-algebras to toposes, by means of which I hope to detect the nature of this non-commutative logic.
Quantum theory can be thought of as a noncommutative generalization of Bayesian probability theory, but for the analogy to be convincing, it should be possible to describe inferences among quantum systems in a manner that is independent of the causal relationship between those systems.
We use the mathematical language of sheaf theory to give a unified treatment of non-locality and contextuality, which generalizes the familiar probability tables used in non-locality theory to cover Kochen-Specker configurations and more. We show that contextuality, and non-locality as a special case, correspond exactly to *obstructions to the existence of global sections*.
Classical constraints come in various forms: first and second class, irreducible and reducible, regular and irregular, all of which will be illustrated. They can lead to severe complications when classical constraints are quantized. An additional complication involves whether one should quantize first and reduce second or vice versa, which may conflict with the axiom that canonical quantization requires Cartesian coordinates. Most constraint quantization procedures (e.g., Dirac, BRST, Faddeev) run into difficulties with some of these issues and may lead to erroneous results.
A family of probability distributions (i.e. a statistical model) is said to be sufficient for another, if there exists a transition matrix transforming the probability distributions in the former to the probability distributions in the latter. The so-called Blackwell-Sherman-Stein Theorem provides necessary and sufficient conditions for one statistical model to be sufficient for another, by comparing their "information values" in a game-theoretical framework. In this talk, I will extend some of these ideas to the quantum case.
Wheeler's delayed choice (WDC) is one of the "standard experiments in foundations". It aims at the puzzle of a photon simultaneously behaving as wave and particle. Bohr-Einstein debate on wave-particle duality prompted the introduction of Bohr's principle of complementarity, ---`.. the study of complementary phenomena demands mutually exclusive experimental arrangements" . In WDC experiment the mutually exclusive setups correspond to the presence or absence of a second beamsplitter in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). A choice of the setup determines the observed behaviour.


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Yahoo's stock (YHOO) abruptly reversed its long, slow slide to $20 on news that Carl Icahn may launch a proxy fight for the company. Scott Galloway, an activist investor who recently forced his way onto the New York Times board, is also said to be considering making a play.
According to CNBC, Icahn has begun accumulating a position of as many as 50 million shares (about 3.5% of the company's stock). The WSJ says he'll decide tomorrow whether to pursue a proxy fight.
If the goal is to get Yahoo's board fired at the July shareholder meeting, there are only two days left before the Thursday deadline by which Icahn (or anyone else) must file a hostile slate of directors. Given this, unless Icahn has been secretly assembling a slate for the past ten days (possible), it seems more likely that his plan is to pressure Jerry to sell the company to Microsoft (MSFT) in a friendly deal.
Based on the comments Yahoo's largest shareholder Gordon Crawford of Capital Research and Management made after the deal fell apart ("I am extremely angry at Jerry Yang"), Icahn would likely have significant shareholder support, at least in secret (many public shareholders don't want to be seen as activists.
CNBC suggests that Icahn might assemble a "short slate" aimed a few of Yahoo's board seats--with which he'll then turn the heat up under Jerry... The WSJ says he hasn't yet made a decision about whether to file a full slate, partial slate, or nothing.
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Icahn also has been unable to get a confirmation that Microsoft will return to the negotiating table should all or part of Yahoo's board be replaced, but unlike other investors, Icahn may choose to forge ahead anyway.
If he does, he seems likely to run a so-called short slate of directors, targeting perhaps three or four of Yahoo's ten board seats.
It would be a risky strategy especially because beyond a deal to sell out to Microsoft, there don't appear to be too many levers to pull in order to create near-term shareholder value.
If Icahn were to win those three or four board seats - as would seem highly likely given investor disenchantment with Yahoo's board - chances are good he could force a deal with Microsoft, if the company is willing.
Icahn has employed a similar strategy in the past. His pressure helped to bring Oracle back to a deal with BEA Systems.
Mr. Icahn was unsure whether he would nominate a full or partial slate of candidates to try to replace Yahoo's 10-person board. A shareholder vote on any such nominees would take place at Yahoo's annual shareholder meeting on July 3....Other activist hedge-fund managers also are eyeing Yahoo and deciding whether to become involved in any fight. Scott Galloway, founder of investment firm Firebrand Partners LLC, and his firm are examining the situation and may get involved, according to people close to the matter. Mr. Galloway, who waged an activist campaign against New York Times Co. that recently netted him a board seat, declined to comment. A person familiar with the matter said that he and Mr. Icahn were not currently coordinating their efforts.
See Also:
Microsoft's Mundie Reopens Yahoo Door: Will Listen If Yahoo Wants
to Sell
Yahoo Shareholders Furious At Blown Microsoft Deal


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Kutztown 13 Face Felony Charges
KUTZTOWN, Pennsylvania -- They're being called the Kutztown 13 -- a group of high schoolers charged with felonies for bypassing security with school-issued laptops, downloading forbidden internet goodies and using monitoring software to spy on district administrators.
The students, their families and outraged supporters say authorities are overreacting, punishing the kids not for any heinous behavior -- no malicious acts are alleged -- but rather because they outsmarted the district's technology workers.
The Kutztown Area School District begs to differ. It says it reported the students to police only after detentions, suspensions and other punishments failed to deter them from breaking school rules governing computer usage.
In Pennsylvania alone, more than a dozen school districts have reported student misuse of computers to police, and in some cases students have been expelled, according to Jeffrey Tucker, a lawyer for the district.
The students "fully knew it was wrong and they kept doing it," Tucker said. "Parents thought we should reward them for being creative. We don't accept that."
A hearing is set for Aug. 24 in Berks County juvenile court, where the 13 have been charged with computer trespass, an offense state law defines as altering computer data, programs or software without permission.
The youths could face a wide range of sanctions, including juvenile detention, probation and community service.
As school districts across the nation struggle to keep networks secure from mischievous students who are often more adept at computers than their elders, technology professionals say the case offers multiple lessons.
School districts often don't secure their computer networks well and students need to be better taught right from wrong on such networks, said internet expert Jean Armour Polly, author of Net-mom's Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages.
"The kids basically stumbled through an open rabbit hole and found Wonderland," Polly, a library technology administrator, said of the Kutztown 13.
The trouble began last fall after the district issued Apple iBook laptops to every student at the high school about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The computers were loaded with a filtering program that limited internet access. They also had software that let administrators see what students were viewing on their screens.
But those barriers proved easily surmountable: The administrative password that allowed students to reconfigure computers and obtain unrestricted internet access was easy to obtain. A shortened version of the school's street address, the password was taped to the backs of the computers.
The password got passed around and students began downloading such forbidden programs as the popular iChat instant-messaging tool.
At least one student viewed pornography. Some students also turned off the remote-monitoring function and turned the tables on their elders, using it to view administrators' own computer screens.
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Pheochromocytoma is a rare
Alternative Names
Chromaffin tumors; Paraganglionoma
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Pheochromocytoma may occur as a single tumor or as more than one growth. It usually develops in the center (medulla) of one or both
Very few pheochromocytomas are cancerous.
The tumors may occur at any age, but they are most common from early to mid-adulthood.
Abdominal pain
Chest pain
Rapid heart rate
Severe headache
- Sweating
- Weight loss
Other symptoms that can occur with this disease:
Hand tremor High blood pressure
- Sleeping difficulty
Symptoms occur in discrete attacks at unpredictable intervals and usually last 15 to 20 minutes. The attacks may increase in frequency, length, and severity as the tumor grows. High blood pressure may occur only from time to time.
Signs and tests
The doctor will perform a physical exam. You may have high blood pressure, rapid heart rate, and fever during an attack of symptoms. Your vital signs can be normal at other times.
Tests include:
Abdominal CTscan
- Adrenal
biopsy Catecholamines blood test Glucose test
- Metanephrine blood test
MIBG scintiscan MRI of abdomen Urine catecholamines
- Urine metanephrines
Treatment involves removing the tumor with surgery. It is important to stabilize blood pressure and pulse with medication before surgery. You may need to stay in the hospital with close monitoring of your vital signs.
After surgery, it is necessary to continually monitor all vital signs in an intensive care unit. When the tumor cannot be surgically removed, medication is needed to manage it. This usually requires a combination of medications to control the effects of the excessive hormones. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy have not been effective in curing this kind of tumor.
Expectations (prognosis)
Most patients who have noncancerous tumors that are removed with surgery are still alive after 5 years. The tumors come back in less than 10% of these patients. Levels of the hormones norepinephrine and epinephrine return to normal after surgery.
High blood pressure may continue in about 1 in 4 patients after surgery. However, standard treatments can usually control high blood pressure. In about 1 in 10 people, the tumor may return. Patients who have been successfully treated for pheochromocytoma should have testing from time to time to make sure the tumor hasn't returned. Close family members may also benefit from testing, depending on the exact type of tumor.
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if:
You have symptoms of pheochromocytoma
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Carl4 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 278 designs submitted by 52 freelance designers.
Jacobs, Coolidge & Company, LLC
We are a collaborative financial planning firm with about 13 total people, we have specialites in the areas of risk mangement including Life insurance, long term care insurance & disability insurance, investments, 401k / qualified retirement plans.
We have over 175 of financial experience among our team across all age brackets.
Our focus is on a very high level of client service and that will do everything we can to keep our clients happy and make thier lives easier.
Our mission statement is "To Design and Implement creative solutions so our clients and thier families can live the lives that they deserve."
We focus on having Local Service with National Connections, meaning whatever our client's needs are we will get them what they are asking for.
Wealthy indivuals and small business owners for individual planning and services and on our retirement planning clients we look for larger businesses and we work with clients across all industries.
A fairly broad demographic, but mainly targeted at higher Net Worth clients and successful businesses.
Please see below for specific updates concerning Logo Design & Tag Line Changes!!!
- After reviewing the intial designs, we have decided that we would like a bridge design for the logo, which incorporates more of our local area into the the design, but we are looking for different varitions or interpretations of a bridge.
- Along with the firm name, we want the following bullet points in the logo design, so the complete name would read as follows, the bullet points would be spaced under the company name evenly or what ever is most appealing to the eye
Jacobs, Coolidge & Company, LLC
Insurance Retirement Plans Investments Financial Planning
- We want the logo to be very eye catching & we are very open to ideas & interpretations of the bridge design
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Four-Week Ecuador Program Draws 22 Studentsby Howard Hewitt • May 17, 2006 Share:
Wabash students will again head for Ecuador now that that school year has ended. More than 20 Wabash men will have an intensive two weeks of Spanish at Quito, Ecuador, under the direction of Wabash Associate Professor of Spanish Dan Rogers.
The students will be writing about their daily experiences in a blog which will appear on the Wabash website after their arrival in South America. The students depart May 21. (Click here to see photo album from previous Ecuador Program.)
After the two weeks of language training, the group splits into thirds for a specialized experience. Economics Professor Kay Widdows and Political Science Professors Melissa Butler and Phil Mikesell will lead eight students for a two-week period focusing on globalization.
Visiting Professor of Spanish Luis Aguilar-Monsalve will have six students hearing a number of prominent Latin American authors as they study literature.
A third group of eight students will participate with Math Professor J.D. Phillips, art professor Doug Calisch, and Biology instructor Maureen McColgin in field observation. The group will tour different eco-systems and examining the ecology in each spot.
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CFRMR needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 94 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Sell us Localy & Internationaly as exclusive Corporate & High-end accommodation
Exclusive accommodation
A logo that depicts a sence of grandure and exclusivity.
Should have an old world style with English/European flavour
We are in the first stages of creating a very exclusive small chain, high end accommodation; initialy located in Eastern Australian states.
We have no illusions about the enormity of our task, it will take time and a great deal of hard work.
- Item 1...incorporate a latin motif
- Arconum luxus prudentia
- Fleur-de-lys incorporated
- Colours - maroon & gold to predominate
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"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery" (Jane Austen, Mansfield Park).
Hels at Art and Architecture has included this blog in her nominations for the Excessively Diverting Blog award, a meme created by the authors of the Jane Austen Today blog; thank you Hels.
My reputation at Court can only be enhanced by this fortuitous event! I will go immediately to the Long Water at Hampton Court and dive in fully clothed, in the manner of Mr Darcy.
Here is a selection from my blogroll that I nominate for the award in that they "uphold the highest standards in the art of the sparkling banter, witty repartee, and gentle reprove".
With an English historic slant, I give you:
1. Philip Wilkinson's English Buildings; always turning up quirky buildings with the story behind them.
2. Samuel Pepys Diary: Phil Gyford's blog version of Pepys' account of London in the 1660s, mixing matters of state with nefarious socialising.
3. Got Medieval Carl Pyrdum's "tonic for the slipshod use of medieval European history in the media and pop culture", complete with medieval on-line shop.
4. Unmitigated England, Peter Ashley's witty ramblings around the buildings and countryside of England, "with a leaning toward the slightly odd and neglected"
5. Wonders and Marvels, by Holly Tucker of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN "A community for curious minds who love History, its Odd Stories, and Good Read".
6. The Story and the Truth, Anna French and Dan Hartland's wide-ranging blog covering novels, history and much more.
As this is a Meme, winners are invited to nominate up to 7 blogs that they consider meet the criteria for the award to spread the word......
27 February, 2009
"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery"
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About BrewedBrewed is a very cute and inspiring creative coming soon template to mask the preparations for your website! By changing just one parameter, you can change the percentage complete, and the animation of the template.
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The Real Deal Recycled Tarp Hat is handcrafted in a remote town in equatorial Brazil from recycled canvas tarps that once stretched across the beds of cross-country cargo trucks hauling open freight, from the steamy Amazon out to the bustling coast. Recycling, in fact, informs nearly every aspect of production, from the salvaged tarp scraps used as patches right down to the highly shapeable hat brim - the heavy wire inside was pulled from trash-bound old truck tires.Our hats just aren't like other hats. They're rugged, and a bit ragged. The reclaimed truck tarps from which they're sewn, having been battered and beaten in their former lives by all manner of harsh road and climate conditions, can vary wildly in color and overall looks, even within the same piece of tarp. Fraying is common, as are holes, with patches attached based on need, scrap availability and the individual hat crafter's inspiration. Patch stitching is often heavy, in swooping loops, or in sharp spikes and dips that look like something from a lively EKG. Some hats even have bits of Portuguese writing stamped on them in waterproof black ink.The singular life of each recycled truck tarp, along with our hats' handcrafted assembly, means no two RDBs can ever be alike. We can't begin to predict how one hat is going to vary from the next, making it very difficult for us to honor requests for specific characteristics such as canvas color, patches, holes, etc. So when you buy one of our recycled, handmade hats, understand that you're buying something genuinely uncommon and distinctly unique - an increasingly rare commodity in a world garbaged-up by mass-produced, disposable uniformity.These hats are perfect for a warm day or chilly day on the boat.
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- Geometric drop earrings in palladium-plated bronze adorned with a star-engraved charm. Each crystal is individually applied by hand.
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Robert Smith and Paper Crane Magic proudly present Psypher. Psypher is the highly acclaimed product, Universal Impression, but bigger, better and stronger. Imagine knowing what anyone is thinking at anytime. ANY word, picture, card, or thought is written by a spectator and you know what it is, without ever coming near them!
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What if you could "live" a different life for three days and "experience" a different side of yourself?
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'KABULE – the Wise Leader' is an international training institute based in Kathmandu. It has been supporting professionals and organizations in their development since 2006.
We believe that the potential inside each individual is immensely powerful. We have specialized for years in unlocking this potential in both individuals and organizations through innovative courses in leadership, management and development.
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The Audi Q5 is a compact luxury crossover SUV that applies some of the best features from the full-size Audi Q7 SUV and Audi's line of high-performance cars. The Q5 is the second model in Audi's Q line, and it stands out from other vehicles in the compact crossover market for several reasons.
Audi began production of the Q5 in 2008 at its facility in Inglostadt, Germany. It based the Q5 on its Modular Longitudinal Platform (MLP), which had debuted in the 2007 Audi A5 coupe.
The Audi Q5 is best known for combining the safety and roominess of an SUV with the performance and handling of a car, albeit with an Audi twist. Audi's MMI infotainment system also stands out as one of the best user interfaces in the industry. The Audi Q5 has remained consistent, experiencing few changes since it was first introduced in 2008.
Drivers will immediately notice that the Q5 offers plenty of interior room for passengers sitting in the front or back seats. Even though Audi designed the Q5 on the same platform as the A5 coupe, the vehicle still manages to retain the high-riding stance popular with crossovers and SUVs.
The Q5 has been noted for its powerful engine and reasonable fuel economy. Consumers can choose a four- or six-cylinder engine, both of which offer plenty of power on the road. (The 2.0T four-cylinder provides 211 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque; the 3.2-liter V-6 offers 270 hp with 243 lb-ft of torque, both of which easily suit the needs of most drivers). The four-cylinder version gets an estimated 20/27 mpg city/highway. The six-cylinder version yields18/23 mpg city/highway.
Like most Audi vehicles, the Q5 has an impressive interior that will attract aficionados as well as casual observers. Audi seems to have considered just about every feature to make the Q5 a more comfortable, easy-to-operate vehicle. Some highlights of the interior design include backseats that recline and slide forward or backward, thus allowing passengers to choose configurations that offer the perfect posture and amount of legroom. The rear seats also fold down to create an extra 57 cubic feet of storage space when needed.
Although the Q5 has several uniquely impressive qualities, consumers will want to consider some of the negative aspects before deciding whether they want to pay the high price for an Audi compact crossover. Many drivers complain that the Audi Q5's electric steering system feels artificial and tends to feel heavy when traveling at low speeds. Some also claim that the Multi Media Interface (MMI) controls are poorly placed, making navigation difficult while driving. Choosing the navigation-equipped version of the Q5, however, solves this problem by conveniently placing controls near the shifter. Opting for the navigation-equipped version also offers a later version of Audi's MMI, which has a joystick that makes it even easier to browse menus and select functions.
These limited concerns do little to detract from the desirability of the Audi Q5. Audi clearly designed the Q5 to compete with top performers in its arena, such as the Volvo XC60 and BMW X3, both of which are priced within a few thousand dollars of the Q5.
The 2012 Audi Q5 comes in four trim levels: 2.0T Premium, 2.0T Premium Plus, 3.2 Premium Plus, and 3.2 Prestige. The 2.0T Premium and 2.0T Premium Plus come with four-cylinder engines. These package levels also offer eight-way power front seats for ultimate comfort, a tri-zone climate control system, Bluetooth capability, satellite radio, automatic headlights and wipers, heated front seats, and an iPod interface. 2.0T Premium Plus comes with additional features that include a power tailgate, LED running lights, exterior mirrors with auto-dimming and power-folding features, and xenon headlights. Buyers choosing the Premium Plus level can opt for 19-inch wheels instead of the standard 18-inch wheels as well.
In addition to a slightly more powerful engine, the 3.2 Premium Plus boasts 19-inch wheels, keyless entry and ignition, and headlight washers. The 3.2 Prestige packs on the extras with adaptive headlights, the MMI Navigation Plus package, a blind spot warning system, an improved stereo system with 14 speakers, and even heated and cooled cup holders.
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2014 Audi Q5
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2013 Audi Q5
The Audi Q5 was one of the last models to join the small luxury crossover sport utility vehicle fray, but it's made the most of its short lifespan.
2012 Audi Q5
The turbocharged inline-4 introduced in 2011 continues to serve as the base engine for the Q5, while the 3.2-liter V-6 has become the range-topper. For 2012, V-6 models offer an S-line Plus package, adding 20-inch wheels and matte black exterior accents.
2011 Audi Q5
Audi's turbocharged 4-cylinder engine is new to the Q5 for 2011, along with its 8-speed automatic transmission. V-6 models get the sporty S Line bodywork and 19-inch wheels standard and top-trim V-6 models get adaptive headlights. HD Radio has been added to the navigation system while the 6-disc CD changer is gone. A 20-inch wheel option is also no more, but the Q5 picks up a new exterior color, Teak Brown.
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Surprise! 63% of Business Users Want Technology Provided by IT
New Global research shows that BYOD is a response - not a revolution - and the role of IT is changing
San Mateo, California - September 30, 2013 - Traditional enterprise boundaries are fading as organizations embrace disruptive communications. In a survey of 1,600 global workers carried out for Alfresco by Loudhouse, an independent research agency, reveal user demands are being heard and, if IT can adapt to meet these needs, can drive a new era of enterprise productivity.
"This research confirms what we have been hearing from our customers: BYOD and the use of consumer cloud apps is a response to limitations in enterprise productivity tools - not a revolution against IT," said Doug Dennerline, CEO of Alfresco. "This survey shows that progressive IT organizations are listening and in fact, are often driving the use of disruptive tools despite being caught between enterprise requirements and user needs. With so much work happening beyond enterprise walls, it is time for a new class of enterprise tools that meet both user and enterprise productivity needs."
According to employees surveyed, 78 percent of business users see their number of business connections increasing by 20 percent over the next two years as they rely on greater communications with customers (57%), employees based off-site (55%) and employees based on-site (51%) to propel business. Yet only 18 percent of respondents describe their company as extremely effective at connecting people and sharing knowledge to move business forward.
Key report findings, include:
Security drives business and IT decision making; users focus on speed while IT targets compliance.
Globally, 70 percent see the trend of employees using their own personal collaboration tools and applications for work purposes increasing.
The most common methods to share business documents in the last 12 months among business users are - work email (89%), personal email (54%), via USB stick/ CD (53%) and instant messaging (44%).
Security and speed shape how business decision makers (BMD) share documents. The key drivers for BDMs when choosing how to share documents are the security of documents (56%) and security of company network (53%).
40 percent of IT decision makers surveyed consider compliance the biggest challenge.
Employees are frustrated with BYOD limitations.
84 percent of business users have experienced issues with sending and exchanging large files over the past 12 months.
Business users are frustrated by - managing email volumnes (49%), time spent looking for documents (44%) and the number of different versions of documents (38%).
Employee demands are being heard; IT is moving, but not fast enough.
IT departments lead the use of more innovative collaboration tools such as public cloud sharing (39%) and private cloud sharing (48%) - 49% say they proactively encourage people to use their own cloud-based applications to collaboration at work, while 28% are resistant.
87 percent of IT decision makers see it as important for mobile workers to be able to collaborate on documents using tablets and smartphones.
82 percent want to be able to integrate cloud and on-premise systems.
88 percent think partners, clients and suppliers should be able to collaborate on processes not just documents with only 28% of employees believe IT is responsive.
IT's role needs to become information enablers.
Business users prefer to use tools mandated by the organization (63%) rather than tools of their own choice (37%).
89 percent of business users would like to see a single secure connection to document sharing tools regardless of the device used.
The nature of the document has a bearing on the choice of sharing method - privacy and confidentiality of the document being the most important consideration (60%), followed by size of the file (57%) and upload speed (47%).
Additional Resources:
Connected Enterprise Global Survey results
Connected Enterprise Survey Infographic
AIIM Seminar Event Series
Research Methodology: 1600 total online interviews across eight global markets were conducted in May 2013 for the Extended Enterprise survey. Organizations that participated had a minimum of 500 employees and spanned a number of industries including financial services, the public sector, publishing and manufacturing.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Brandon update from Daisy . . .
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This is my life. I am a Christian first and foremost. I am a wife and a Momma, daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin, and a supermarket co-manager. Welcome to my world!
I used to be a fitness instructor, and that was really fun! Then I was a public safety dispatcher, and it was really an intriguing job. Next I helped manage a supermarket, and that was fun too! I am presently a police dispatcher and LOVE it! But even more important than my career is my family. I've been married to my best friend and sweetheart for 20 wonderful years! We have a 17 y/o son Daniel, a 11 y/o daughter Madeline, and a 7 y/o son Malachi. They give my life lots of joy! And last but certainly not least (most important!) is my walk with God. I'm certainly not perfect, but I strive every day to be more like Jesus, and God is still working on me. : )


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Adolescent and adult drivers' mobile phone use while driving with different interlocutors." Accid Anal Prev. 2017;104:18-23."
Association Between NCAP Ratings and Real-World Rear Seat Occupant Risk of Injury." Traffic Inj Prev. 2015;16 Suppl 2:S146-52."
Association between New Jersey's Graduated Driver Licensing decal provision and crash rates of young drivers with learners' permits." Inj. Prev.. 2015;21(6):421-423."
Adult-supervised practice driving for adolescent learners: The current state and directions for interventions." J Safety Res. 2012;43(1):21-8."
Association between weight and risk of crash-related injuries for children in child restraints." Pediatrics. 2011;128(6):1148-52."
The association of weight percentile and motor vehicle crash injury among 3 to 8 year old children." Ann Adv Automot Med. 2010;54:193-9."
Associations between parenting styles and teen driving, safety-related behaviors and attitudes." Pediatrics. 2009;124(4):1040-51."
Acute healthcare utilization by children after motor vehicle crashes." Accid Anal Prev. 2004;36(4):507-11."
Accuracy of self-reported data for estimating crash severity." Accid Anal Prev. 2003;35(6):833-40."
Assessing child restraint misuse by parental survey." Inj. Prev.. 2000;6(2):145-7."


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The Sawtooth Ridge region is one of the most scenic in all of the Sierra. I visited this area earlier in the summer climbing Matterhorn Peak, Finger Peaks and Kettle Peak in an aesthetic loop – the "Sawtooth Loop." The highlight view was from Finger Peaks with a complete panorama of impressive Sawtooth Ridge from the south. On this outing I ascended infrequently visited Robinson Peak (10,793 ft) which features the mirror panorama of Sawtooth Ridge from the north. This trip was all about the views and it's truly a staggering vista with over 5,000 vertical feet of rugged terrain across the Robinson Creek valley. The climb itself is not aesthetic, but it's a great workout. I started from a small RV park on the east side of Twin Lakes (~7,100 ft) and took an old 4wd road into a canyon until it ended (~1 mile). From here I continued up the canyon to its head and then up steep slopes with prickly sage and other high desert vegetation. This 3,000+ foot climb over only 2 miles from the start finally deposited me onto Sawmill Ridge where the tremendous views opened up. From Sawmill Ridge, it's another couple miles of easy cross country hiking along the ridge through grass, sage and patches of pine forest to the foot of Robinson Peak. A final 600 foot climb and I was at the top gazing over Robinson Creek and the jagged crest of Sawtooth Ridge, including Matterhorn Peak, Dragtooth Peak, The Doodad, Three Peaks, the Sawblade, Cleaver Peak, Blacksmith Peak, Eocene Peak, and the Incredible Hulk. There was also some pretty fall color on the mountainsides and in the Robinson Creek drainage. In all, it's only a bit over 4 miles to the summit of Robinson Peak and took me about 1h40m. After 30 minutes admiring the staggering panorama, I headed down the ridge. On the way back, I took a variation staying on the ridge longer and dropping down the entry canyon on it's east side. While a bit longer, it was a good descent route and I was back to the car in a little over an hour after departing the summit. Strava route here.
Not to be confused with Robinson Peak, the next day I climbed Mount Robinson (12,967 ft) as part of a trip up the North Fork Big Pine Creek to Sam Mack Lake and Mount Winchell. Mount Robinson has an amazing view of the Palisades from Sill to Agassiz. Both Robinsons are among the finest viewpoints in the High Sierra and it was pleasure to visit both of them on the same weekend. The photo immediately below compares the view from the Robinson summits. More on the North Fork Big Pine trip in a future blog post.


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