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Our master and bachelor projects are offered within the quantum transport group, contact Ronald Hanson if you are interested by one of our projects.
PhD and postdoc positions
Developing high performance quantum detectors
We will develop high performance single photon detectors with high system detection efficiencies and low noise levels, a challenging project combining nanofabrication and quantum optics experiments. The detectors will be based on superconducting nanowire devices and will be designed to reach unprecedented detection efficiencies to enable new experiments such as the closing of the detection loophole in entanglement experiments. This work will be carried out in Grenoble to take advantage of the outstanding nanofabrication facilites available there, in close collaboration with the Zwiller group in Delft.
A postdoc position and a PhD position are currently open for this project. contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Master projects and Bachelor projects
Are available year round. Contact us to discuss possible projects.
Completed master projects
- Niels Los: Integrated semiconductor photon sources and superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
September 2013
- Iman Esmaeil Zadeh: Multi-Pixel Superconducting Single Photon Detectors: Towards Imaging Sensors
September 2011
- Esteban Bermúdez Ureña: Towards efficiency enhancement in superconducting nanowire single photon detectors
August 2010
- Maria Barkelid: Single Silicon p-i-n Nanowire Avalanche Photodiodes for Single Photon Detection
April 2010
- Gerben Tuin: Optical characterization of Wurtzite Indium Phosphide
February 2010
Work done at Lund University in the group of Prof. L. Samuelson
- Antal van Kolck: THz time domain spectroscopy gain measurements on THz quantum cascade lasers
January 2010, work done at ETH Zurich in the group of Prof. J. Faist
- Anne Hidma: Charge tunable single nanowire quantum dots
November 2009
- Sander Dorenbos: Fabrication and characterization of superconducting detectors for single photon counting
February 2007
- Freek Kelkensberg: Nano-LEDs for quantum optics
June 2006
Completed PhDs
- Gabriele Bulgarini: Nanowire-based Quantum Photonics
- Barbara Witek: Quantum Dot Spin Engineering for Quantum Optics


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Barbara J. Taylor has spent the past 27 years trying to get high school English students to pay attention to literature and the message in the works of various authors.
Now, the Scranton resident is enjoying her turn in the spotlight.
Ms. Taylor, a city native employed at Pocono Mountain West High School, recently published her first novel, "Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night," through Akashic Books, which was selected as a Best Summer Book of 2014 by Publishers Weekly.
Between book signings, author lectures and numerous appearances in several states, Ms. Taylor's life has been a whirlwind lately, but one she's been hoping to get swept up in for years.
Her mother, Pearl, was a voracious reader, Ms. Taylor said, and Ms. Taylor loved to write as child, though she said the idea of actually being published was "always a pipedream." Carl, her PPL mechanic father, later admitted that the drafts of her book were pretty much the only thing he ever read, though he contributed in other crucial ways by serving as a local research assistant while she wrote her historical fiction novel.
Takes place locally
"Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night" is set in Northeast Pennsylvania in 1913 and cites numerous area businesses, locations and historic events, which Ms. Taylor dutifully studied via archives from local historical societies, the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Ferri's Pizza in Moscow, newspaper clippings and the memories her father had from growing up the son of a coal miner. The story was based on a real family tragedy Ms. Taylor heard about in the cautionary tales passed down from one generation to the next. The book centers on the death of a child as a result of a July Fourth celebration gone horrifically wrong.
The Morgan family in the novel struggles to cope with the loss of 9-year-old Daisy, who succumbed to injuries sustained while playing with sparklers. Many in town and within the walls of her own home blame younger sister Violet for the accident because she was standing next to Daisy at the time. In reality, Ms. Taylor's grandmother's sister, Pearl, died as a result of burns she suffered after her dress caught on fire as she played with holiday sparklers. Though no one ever suspected foul play from her sister, who was the only other person in the yard with her, Ms. Taylor always wondered what it must have been like for the surviving sibling to have witnessed such a shocking freak accident.
"I was a morbid kid," Ms. Taylor admitted. "I was fascinated by all the family drama and tragedy."
She decided to use the familiar legend as the basis for her novel while enrolled in the master's degree program for creative writing at Wilkes University. Kaylie Jones, her mentor, helped with revisions and restructuring the book and was instrumental in having it published through her imprint with Akashic.
"The Wilkes program is incredible," Ms. Taylor said. "They're active writers, agents, producers. Not only do they help you hone your craft, they introduce you to this writing world."
Ms. Taylor's novel was one of just two books Ms. Jones was allowed to select for print, which made the accomplishment that much more tremendous.
The real thumbs up, though, was the one she received from her father just before he died.
"My dad was alive to know I was published, and that meant a lot," she said.
Ms. Taylor even had a hand in choosing her cover art which includes photos covering the bird's body. One shows the real life girl whose accident was the basis of the story standing with her family, a big white bow perched on her head.
"It's sort of an out-of-body experience to hold the book for the first time," Ms. Taylor said.
The accolades for "Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night" have been rolling in since its debut. Publishers Weekly chose it as a Top Book for the week of July 1 and profiled Ms. Taylor for an author feature. Book clubs have picked it up, including A Novel Group of Huskies, which is an online group of University of Connecticut alumni with more than 400 members.
Launched in Scranton
Locally, Ms. Taylor launched the book at the Catlin House to a standing room only crowd. She has traveled to Fiction Addiction in South Carolina, Malaprop's in North Carolina, Bluestalkings in New York City and RiverRead Books in Binghamton, New York. Ms. Taylor's book can be found online at Amazon.com, through the Akashic website, in several independent bookstores and the Wilkes-Barre Barnes & Noble, where she held a signing. She also has been invited to participate in the Brooklyn Book Festival in September.
"I'm just overwhelmed by people's support and generosity," Ms. Taylor said. "I'm enjoying the energy from the audiences in the Q&A. It's great getting out and meeting people."
The novel is doing so well it has been ordered for a second printing, she added. And with plans to make it a trilogy, work is already underway on the next edition.
"Its taking off," Ms. Taylor said. "Every once in a while, I have to stop and take a breath and just appreciate it."
Her success as an author feels like the second act of her life, Ms. Taylor explained, since she was published with four weeks to spare before her 50th birthday, and she finds herself single again after divorcing her husband to whom she was still married when she first started the novel.
"I'm living proof," she said, "If you're willing to work, it's never too late."
Contact the writer:
@pwildingTT on Twitter
Meet Barbara J. Taylor
Residence: Scranton
Family: Daughter of the late Pearl and Carl Taylor
At work: She is an English teacher at Pocono Mountain West High School.
Claim to fame: Her novel, "Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night," was published by Akashic Books and named a Best Summer Book of 2014 by Publishers Weekly. It is available for purchase on Amazon.com, at the local Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Arena Hub in Wilkes-Barre, through the Akashic Books website, at Library Express in the Mall at Steamtown and various independent book stores. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each book will go to the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation in honor of her nephew, Jimmy, who suffers from the genetic disorder more commonly known as brittle bone disease.

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WikiProject Penang
Penang, Malaysia
|latitude: 5.3535, longitude: 100.3629
|Browse map of Penang 5°21′12.60″ N, 100°21′46.44″ E
|Edit map
|External links:
|Use this template for your city
Penang is a state in Malaysia at latitude 5°21′12.60″ North, longitude 100°21′46.44″ East.
|OpenStreetMap images (and underlying map data) are freely available under OpenStreetMap License.
|This article is a stub. You can help OpenStreetMap by expanding it.
This article or section may contain out-of-date information. The information is no longer correct, or no longer has relevance.
If you know about the current state of affairs, please help keep everyone informed by updating this information. (Discussion)
This is the page of the Penang Editing Guide, as well as a discussion page for editing maps of Penang on OSM.
Firstly, please go to your OpenStreetMap.com account setting page, scroll to the end and click on the link to make all your edits public. This will make other you visible and accessible to other people, so we can better coordinate the effort to map Penang roads.
Secondly, please read the Editing Standards and Conventions page. Specifically, motorways (called highways in Penang and Malaysia) must be laid down as two ways for each highway: one for each direction. In addition, there must be two paired notes parallel to each other. If any important road (such as trunk or primary) is divided in the middle, and there are more than two lanes for each direction, then use the same convention as motorways for placing nodes.
Only lay down nodes, segments and ultimately ways for places and roads where GPS data is available.
If you have no idea on the method of mapping particular streets, or some special cases, it's best to download an area where mapping has been done and refer to the convention. You could also contact one of the people who has mapped the area and ask them for help.
Proposed Penang Road Classification
If you refer to the slow PeGIS (Autodesk MapGuide Viewer required) by the Penang Government, all the roads should follow the colour codes:
|Proposed OSM highway tag
|Jalan Persekutuan
|Federal Road
|Jalan Utama Negeri
|Primary State Road
|Jalan Sekunder
|Secondary Road
|Jalan Perbandaran
|Municipal Road
|Jalan Tempatan
|District Road
|tertiary or residential
There might be some overlaps between which highway tag to use for particular road. For example, Jalan Masjid Negeri could be seen as a very important, trunk or primary road to road users. PeGIS classify it as Jalan Perbandaran, which is a tertiary road. However, the highway tag is for the relative importance, not for administrative purposes (from the mailing list). We will have to look into that.
I propose that unclassified tag should only be used for non-tarred roads or tracks (such as agriculture use tracks).
In addition to that, please have a look at Malaysian Roads Tagging for more information and reference.
Wikipedia also has a good article on the translation between English street classification and Malay ones.
The following offset has been used for Bing imagery of Penang Island on JOSM: 10.43; 2.13
To Do List:
1. Write better Wiki and Guides for absolute newbies
2. Coordinate our effort, Edit this wiki
3. Get more GPS tracklog for Penang roads
4. Upload coastline data
5.Update maps by using the newest Digital Globe espacially in Seberang Perai.
More people knowing and contributing to this project would be great. However, I think we need to coordinate our effort first before getting more people to edit.
|Penutur bahasa Melayu?
|Jemput ke halaman Wiki OpenStreetMap yang diterjemahkan dalam bahasa Melayu.


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In what is billed as a world first, a life-size robotic girlfriend complete with artificial intelligence and flesh-like synthetic skin was introduced to adoring fans at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas.
"She can't vacuum, she can't cook but she can do almost anything else if you know what I mean," TrueCompanion's Douglas Hines said while introducing Roxxxy to the world, needless to say most men would see that as a fair trade off.
"She's a companion. She has a personality. She hears you. She listens to you. She speaks. She feels your touch. She goes to sleep. We are trying to replicate a personality of a person."
Roxxxy stands 170cm (five feet, seven inches) tall, weighs 54.43kg (120lbs), "has a full C cup and is ready for action," according to Hines, who was an artificial intelligence engineer at Bell Labs before starting TrueCompanion.
Roxxxy comes with five personalities. Wild Wendy is outgoing and adventurous, while Frigid Farrah is reserved and shy.
There is a young naive personality along with a Mature Martha that Hines described as having a "matriarchal kind of caring". S & M Susan is geared for more adventurous types.
Aspiring partners can customise Roxxxy features, including race, hair colour and breast size. A male sex robot named Rocky is in development.
People ordering the robots online at truecompanion.com detail their tastes and interests much like online dating sites but here, the information is used to get the mechanical girlfriend in synch with her mate.
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Week of Peace
https://aucklandpeaceaction.wordpress.c ... -of-peace/
Blockade the Weapons Expo!
16 November 8am Silo Park (Beaumont Street and Jellicoe Street)
Help stop war – be part of creating the Peace Zone around the international Weapons Expo happening at the Viaduct Events Centre. This is a family-friendly event where we use peaceful means to stop the conference on the day. Facebook event
The Peace Flotilla will leave from Mission Bay & people are invited to bring boats, kayaks and dinghies and get out on the water. Flotilla facebook event:
Wall of Noise: Drown out the Death Merchants
Thursday 17 Nov 6pm @ Viaduct Events Centre
On the second day of the Weapons Expo, we will be targeting the awards ceremony and gala dinner happening inside with our own Wall of Noise outside. We encourage people to come along with noisemakers, instruments, banners and placards – and help to drown out the weapons dealers' party happening inside. We want these death merchants to know that war is not a party, and making money from war is abhorrent. This is a great opportunity for people who are unable to get to the Blockade to come show your support in the evening. Let's dance, drum and make a din in opposition to war profiteering.
Facebook event:
Karanga Tangaroa to launch Peace Flotilla
19 November 9am Mission Bay
On the Mission Bay, the Pacific Panthers will karanga ki Tangaroa:
– call out to Tangaroa, prior to the launching of the Peace Flotilla. This is a response to the NZ Navy use of 'Tangaroa' in their war training operations title 'Mahi Tangaroa' to justify this fleet of warships as weapons of war. Please join to support the call and launch of the flotilla.
A Massive March for Peace « The Daily Blog
http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2016/11/15/a- ... for-peace/
Peace Ships NOT Warships
20 November 1pm @ The Cloud
On Sunday, we'll be down at the warships' open day with a peace response – we'll have peace banners & educational materials with the aim of talking to people visiting the warships about the devastation of these weapons. We want to educate people that this Navy birthday is not a celebration but a cynical recruiting drive and public relations exercise to secure consent for just allocated $20 billion spending for new weapons. Please bring your picnic blankets, food and peace banners and messages to make our presence known. Facebook event:
Prayers for Peace
Sunday 20 Nov 2pm outside Holy Trinity Church,
Join us as we acknowledge and honour the victims of war and those who have conscientiously objected to war service. We'll be gathering for prayers at 1.30pm and will start a short service at 2pm. There will be songs and prayers as we reflect on how we all hold some responsibility for the conflicts we see in our world. We will ask God to make clear to us how we can bring peace into our homes, our communities and our world. All are welcome. These prayerful events will coincide with the Royal NZ Navy 75th Anniversary church service being held in the cathedral. Facebook event :
The Week of Peace is full of meaningful ways for us to take action against war. Please join in when and where you can.
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Army says 10,767 soldier, civilian jobs should be cut at Fort Benning
A new U.S. Army assessment is calling for cutting nearly 11,000 military and civilian jobs at Fort Benning by the year 2020, with the total job loss in the region — on and off post — estimated at just under 14,000.
The report and its recommendations was released Thursday by the U.S. Department of the Army's Environmental Command at Joint Base San Antonio in Texas. The branch stressed no final decisions have been made on the actual number of cuts, which are required by the Budget Control Act of 2011.
"Nearly all Army installations will be affected in some way by additional reductions," the Army said.
The precise number of jobs the Army assessment said should be eliminated at Fort Benning is 10,767. That breaks down to 9,493 soldiers and 1,274 civil service positions. On top of that, another 1,173 defense contract service jobs would be lost, according to the assessment.
There are currently 31,342 active-duty soldiers assigned to Fort Benning, with 4,216 federal civil servants and 2,044 defense contract workers, said Gary Jones, executive vice president of military affairs with the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce. That doesn't include roughly 10,000 soldiers training on post on any given day.
"Our citizens need to know how serious of a threat this is to our community, and it's really the broader Chattahoochee Valley community," Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson said of the potential devastating impact on the region.
She said a "Fort Benning Partnership" initiative has already been launched in anticipation of the review's recommendations and that area officials are ready to go on the offensive to let local residents, federal lawmakers and military leaders know the value of keeping Fort Benning intact, if not adding other activities, missions and personnel.
Impact numbers from the assessment for Columbus and the surrounding region indicate 1,918 jobs in the local economy would vanish as business demand takes a hit from the cuts. That would bring the total possible job loss on and off post to 13,858, the assessment said.
Counting family members, the population could fall by 27,111 individuals should all of the job cuts occur, it said.
Waddell Realty managing partner Reynolds Bickerstaff said any dip in the Fort Benning workforce would likely send a huge chill through the local economy, impacting all businesses, but the home sales and rental markets in particular.
"Think about all the soldiers that purchased four or five years ago, that now can't sell their house and are renting to other active-duty military," he said. "You could be talking about 2,000 to 3,000 houses on the rental market that we can't rent."
Such a scenario — not being able to sell or rent a property — could lead to military homeowners walking away from them, thus creating a wave of foreclosures. That, naturally, would generate anxiety in the overall real-estate sector just as it is now beginning to pick up momentum, he said.
"We went through that with BRAC, with all of the overbuilding and speculation," Bickerstaff said. "I think this could be the reverse effect, with people not doing anything because of the (job loss) speculation."
In dollar figures, the Army assessment estimated if all of the job cuts become reality, there would be a loss of $627 million in income in the region, along with lost business sales of $727.9 million. Those numbers would ripple down to potential lost tax revenue in the region ranging between $8.1 million and $9.9 million. The total impact: Just over $1.36 billion.
"When people say government jobs aren't important and they don't create economic value, this proves that nothing could be further from the truth," Tomlinson said.
The Army said a public comment period has now begun and will run until Aug. 25. The Columbus chamber said Friday that residents and businesses in the local area should voice their thoughts on the matter.
"Now is the time for you to take action by communicating your thoughts, concerns and opinions," said Jones, who explained Columbus-area officials and business leaders have been talking for some time with elected officials in Georgia, Alabama and Washington, D.C., about the potential job and population losses.
"We're telling our story and we're making sure they understand the Fort Benning story and how it impacts two states and 10 counties, actually about 19 counties if you look at the total military retiree perspective," he said.
The U.S. military has been downsizing overall following the end of the Iraq war and with the war in Afghanistan now winding down. Training loads at Fort Benning also have been falling over the last two years.
The latest Army assessment follows one that led to Fort Benning actually gaining about 60 jobs out of the process a year ago, with Fort Stewart, near Savannah in southeast Georgia, losing an entire brigade. That came with the branch reducing its active-duty ranks from 570,000 to 490,000 soldiers.
In last year's downsizing process, scheduled for completion by September 2015, Fort Benning's 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team escaped unscathed. But the 4,100-soldier war-fighting unit remains in the budget-cutting crosshairs, Jones said.
"The 3rd Brigade is one of the entities that is being looked at," he said of the unit, which operates with about 150 contract civilians who perform maintenance, dining facility and supply chores.
Part of the successful strategy by area leaders the last time was hammering home the fact that the U.S. taxpayers already have invested more than $3.5 billion at Fort Benning, much of that construction leading up to the relocation of the U.S. Army Armor School from Fort Knox, Ky., to here. It and the Infantry School form what is called the Maneuver Center of Excellence.
Local leaders also stressed that Columbus and the surrounding region had spent about $3.2 billion in public and private money to prepare for a population increase from the federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) process in 2005 that mandated the Armor School be operating here by September 2011. That spending was on schools, roads, utilities, water lines and other infrastructure.
"We need to understand as taxpayers that we have already invested in this, and we need return on that investment," Tomlinson said. "And to reduce in any significant form the volume of personnel resources that we have at Fort Benning is not getting a return on that investment we have already made."
The current cutbacks are aimed at slicing another 70,000 troops from the Army's ranks, leaving it at 420,000 unless lawmakers and Department of Defense leaders decide otherwise. But Jones said another BRAC round is a certainty as the U.S. seeks to close unneeded military installations.
Aside from Fort Benning, the latest assessment includes the Georgia posts Fort Stewart and Fort Gordon, the latter in Augusta. Altogether, there are 30 U.S. Army installations in the current downsizing review.
Public comments about the proposed workforce reduction should be emailed to email@example.com, or sent via mail to: U. S. Army Environmental Command, Attn: SPEA Public Comments, 2450 Connell Road (Bldg. 2264), Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234-7664.
The official name for the current Army budget review is "Supplemental Environmental Programmatic Assessment."
The list of installations identified for potential cuts includes Fort Benning, Ga.; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Campbell, Ky.; Fort Carson, Colo.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; Fort Gordon, Ga.; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Irwin, Calif.; Fort Knox, Ky.; Fort Lee, Va.; Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; Fort Polk, La.; Fort Riley, Kan.; Fort Sill, Okla.; Fort Stewart, Ga.; Fort Wainwright, Alaska; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii/Schofield Barracks; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; Fort Belvoir, Va.; Fort Huachuca, Ariz.; Fort Jackson, S.C.; Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Fort Meade, Md.; Fort Rucker, Ala.; Joint Base San Antonio/Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii/Fort Shafter.


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How to watch Purdue vs. Kansas.
The Midwest Region's No. 1 seed, the Kansas Jayhawks, take on the Purdue Boilermarkers on Thursday for a spot in the Elite Eight.
Thursday's game will take place at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.
The game will feature two of the nation's best players, with Caleb Swanigan (18.5 PPG, 12.6 RPG) leadin Purdue and senior guard Frank Mason III (20.8 PPG, 5.2 APG, 4.1 RPG) leading the way for the Jayhawks.
Kansas routed UC Davis and Michigan State, while Purdue beat Vermont and Iowa State to reach its first Sweet Sixteen in seven years.
The teams have met three times in the NCAA tournament, with Kansas winning two of those contests, including the last meeting in 2012. a Kansas 63–60 third–round victory.
How to watch
When: Thursday, March 23, 9:39 p.m. ET.
Live stream: Watch the game online on March Madness Live.


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By Becca Borawski
Managing Editor, BreakingMuscle.com
Well, actually supplements can be awesome and helpful things. You don't have to be a meathead to take supplements and many of them are proven to do wonderful things for your health, performance, and recovery. The marketing of bodybuilding supplements has done a lot of damage to the reputation of supplementation in general. But you could say the same about a lot of the anti-CrossFit articles that float around the mainstream media, and yet we know CrossFit ain't what those people say it is.
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Chris Spotto is sitting at a Downtown pizza place with a stack of DVDs on the table in front of him. Two are adult films; one isn't. All involve clowns.
"Why clowns?" he asks, smiling nervously. "It really wasn't so much about making porn as it was dealing with my irrational fear of clowns. I've had a lot of time to think about it and that's what it really boils down to. I don't really know why clowns but I know that once the decision was made, there it was. So, I—."
He pauses, thinks for a minute then finishes his thought, "Well, I became a clown filmmaker."
Spotto's lived in Ocean Beach since the early '90s, and he looks the part. Dressed in a comfy T- shirt and zip-up hooded sweatshirt, he looks a lot more like a beach musician—he sings and plays the Theremin—than a sleazy porn guy.
He never meant to get into the adult-film industry. But after losing his tech job in the dot-com crash in 2000, he found himself in job interviews for webmaster positions and, halfway through, he'd be asked how he'd feel working for a porn site. turns out he felt fine, and it wasn't too long before he was ready to get even more entrenched.
"I was thinking, Well, gosh, if they can do it, I can do it."
In 2004, Spotto formed RAMCO Productions and shot Clown porn, an adult film featuring several comedy sketches involving lots of clown-on-clown action, cream pies and rubber chickens. Nobody had really done comedic porn with clowns before, so Spotto says a few unexpected hurdles presented themselves immediately.
"We learned the first day of shooting that the makeup, especially when they start getting hot and heavy, gets smeared all over everything," he says. "[Adult-film star] Hollie Stevens was the one. She said, 'It's a clown thing; don't worry about it.' So, we just accepted it and went with it. By the end of most of these scenes, there's clown makeup everywhere and, actually, there's a lot of fetish people who really dig this stuff because of the mess that's made. Again, it's not what we were shooting for, but we touch upon a lot of fetishes accidentally. It comes from your typical clown-association things—like, we use cream pies. Well, that is an absolute niche fetish. There's—let's see, I forget what it's called—splatter? People who get off on cream pies. And then there are the balloon people."
After the first film was released in 2005, Spotto was an exhibitor at the annual AVN Awards, the Oscars of the adult-film industry, and Clown porn was the talk of the town. The next thing he knew, he was going on The Howard stern Show and Hustler was giving the film a "Fully Erect" rating.
"The year it came out," says Dick Chibbles, the lead male in Clown porn, "it became pretty much like a phenomenon that has not happened in the adult industry for 10 or 15 years. I pretty much became the name and face of Clown porn. I actually ended up changing my screen name because, in the first scene, I'm Desperate Dick, and in the last I'm Chibbles the Clown, so, I was like, 'Fuck it, I'm going to keep the name.' But, seriously, Clown porn launched my career."
But the film never got a distribution deal. Spotto and crew dove back in and came out with Clown porn: CRIMEWATCH! in 2006. Again sketch-driven, the film featured five scenes that start with a Sherlock Holmes takeoff and end with something called "Chibbles' Court."
"That one is probably one of the worst porn scenes ever filmed in the history of man," Spotto says of the court sketch. "I mean that, and I say that proudly. I really can't explain it; it's just something you'll have to see."
Spotto's been making an OK living selling his adult films through his website and doing corporate video-production jobs on the side, but he hasn't given up on making some serious cash on the clowns. In fact, he says his recent work as director of photography on Chibbles' film Saw: A Hardcore Parody, which received a whopping six nominations in the upcoming XBIZ Awards (yet another adult-film award program), got a big-time distribution company to pay attention. He says a distribution deal is in the works, and the company will likely be repackaging and re-releasing both Clown porn and Clown porn: CRIMEWATCH!
And then there's Crackwood, a feature-length mainstream film—no pornography involved—that Spotto calls the world's first clown-themed spaghetti western. It stars some pretty big names, like Gilbert Gottfried, Ted Lange (Isaac from The Love Boat) and Lemmy of Motorhead. Chibbles, Murrugun the Mystic and Helicopter Pete are the locals in the cast.
Spotto's been shopping that film around but hasn't had any luck yet.
"The clown thing—people either love it or hate it," he says. "You just have to be persistent, stay on top of things and work hard. We continue to hone our skill and get better at what we're doing."
Next up, he says, is a '70s-era detective film called BLOWJACK.
Surely, that must be a porn film. That couldn't be mainstream. Could it?
"I don't know yet," Spotto says. "It could really go either way."
In the meantime, he says he'll continue to do some other non-clown films—"Not all of the movies we make are clown-themed, lamentably"—while he keeps looking for that big distribution deal and pushing for wide acceptance of clowns as viable movie stars.
"I used to fear clowns, like a lot of people," he says, "but I've learned to embrace them."
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I wanted to give an update of where you might be able to find Pixar animators, directors and story artists teaching….
At The California College of Art in Oakland, they are lucky enough to have a director, Mark Andrews teaching the story class. Whoever is in that class should consider themselves lucky having Mark. He is one of the best teachers. I will be coming back next semester to teach performance based animation. There are many other Pixar artists at CCA such as Brett Parker (animator) Don Crum (2d animator) Doug Sheppick (stop mo animator). Josh Cooley (story) was recently teaching story.
The Academy of Art in San Francisco, where myself and many former spline doctors taught saw the return of the same type of classes we taught there for about 10 years. Some of my former students, KC Royer, Kevin Chesnos, Stephen Wong, and Mark Harris are now teaching 3 tiers of classes there. Other animators teaching in the program are Terry Song and Jamie Landes.
Animation Mentor obviously has many Pixar artists teaching with their very succesful program.
On the Masterclass front, Matt Luhn and I expect to teach a few next year. We will keep you posted. Thank you for the continued support and we look forward to some interesting events on Spline Doctors in 2011. (new doctors, podcasts, 2 new animation challenges and more posts!) Again, thank you.


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The first-ever British concert by Korean cult legends Geomungo Factory, who've taken the geomungo – an ancient form of zither, played with a stick – and explored its future as well as its past. 'You can't make innovations if you don't know the tradition', they say, so the first half of this concert explores the throbbing, percussive, cello-like sounds of four geomungos. They let rip in the second half with their own compositions – dark, fascinating pieces that seem to evoke the sound world of Steve Reich, and include new instruments that they have created.
'The music of Geomungo Factory sounds very contemporary and very ancient at the same time. A deep, muscular sound, both percussive and melodic, is at the heart of their musical world.' (Simon Broughton, Songlines)
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Only FIFA World Cup champions and heads of state are allowed to touch the solid-gold symbol of world football supremacy. But last fall, FIFA granted a one-time exception and made the impossible possible for a very deserving group of players: Brazil's National Team for 5-a-side visually disabled football.
Coca-Cola and FIFA surprised the team -- which has won three consecutive IBSA (International Blind Sports Federation) World Blind
Football Championships and Paralympic Games gold medals -- in
September by bringing the FIFA World Cup trophy to their training facility near
Rio de Janeiro.
"Just as Brazil is a very diverse and inclusive
country and
Coca-Cola is the world's most democratic drink, we believe the World Cup
belongs to everyone," said David Campbell, global content director,
Coca-Cola. "With this film, we're applying the innocent and surprising
of 'Where Will Happiness Strike Next' and bringing the FIFA World Cup
trophy to people and communities who embody and positive ideals of
Campbell continues, "As we all know, visually disabled people experience the world through touch, so we partnered with FIFA to grant an exception to the FIFA World Cup trophy regulations so these players might 'see' the trophy with their own hands for the first time."
The 3-minute video shows the players approaching the trophy in a single-file line with their hands on the shoulders of the teammate in front of him.
"That magical moment you see on camera is authentic," Campbell adds. "They were genuinely surprised… they didn't know what was in front of them. It was incredibly moving to see the expressions on their faces go from excitement, to realization, to disbelief, to sheer joy. There were very few dry eyes on the set that day."
Ricardo Alves (far left) and his teammates touch the FIFA World Cup trophy.
The film features Ricardo Alves, who could see for the first six years of his life before his world suddenly went dark. Despite losing his sight, he never lost hope.
"When I told people I dreamed of being a professional
football player, they laughed at me and said it was impossible for a blind guy
to play football. The difficulties of life are there not
to prevent you from doing things, but to be overcome," said the 24-year-old midfielder, who lives in Porto
Alves did just that, honing his skills and eventually joining a football league with fellow blind players. He now captains Brazil's world-champion team and recently was named the sport's top player. "When I discovered blind football, it was as if I'd been given a second chance," he says.
Pulling off the stunt -- and keeping it under wraps --
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"You have to be nimble and roll with it on projects like this one," says John Carey, who directed the spot.
Carey, whose previous work includes Dove's award-winning "Real Beauty Sketches, is known for fusing cinematic artistry with the authenticity and emotional heft of documentary filmmaking. He said Alves' story of resilience and against-all-odds optimism made him the perfect protagonist.
"I want my work to have the visual spectacle, sound devices and lyricism of a movie, but also to feel believable and genuine," Carey said. "I also want to share advice or wisdom with the audience… which I think this film does. When I show it to my family and friends, they get emotional because they see the truth in Ricardo and the other players' eyes."
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The day after President Obama put his name to his landmark health care legislation, another health care bill was signed into existence—one meant to tell the President of the United States, in no uncertain terms, that the great State of Virginia had no intention of going along with his Affordable Care Act.
Entitled "The Virginia Health Care Freedom Act", the law was short, sweet and designed to "preserve the choice of all Virginians from having to pay for health care they don't need, want, or can't afford."
That is, of course, unless we're talking about abortion, in which case the government of the State of Virginia sees no problem with telling women what medical procedures they need and have to pay for—like it or not.
Yesterday, Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell signed yet another healthcare law into existence, this one requiring that any woman in Virginia seeking an abortion first undergo an ultrasound scan.
This law not only would appear to violate the intent behind the state's 2010 affront to the Affordable Care Act—in furtherance of the belief that government had no place in the physician-patient relationship where patients make the calls on what they choose to pay for—even more disturbing is the fact that then new law violates an even higher authority under the circumstances, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
According to the ACOG, ultrasonography in pregnancy should be performed only when there is a valid medical indication. In 2009, the organization specifically stated, The use of either two-dimensional or three-dimensional ultrasonography only to view the fetus, obtain a picture of the fetus, or determine the fetal sex without a medical indication is inappropriate and contrary to responsible medical practice.
OK, but what do a bunch of OB/GYNs know?
If the State of Virginia believes it necessary to view the fetus and take a picture of the fetus—all for whatever purposes the legislators and Governor of Virginia have deemed appropriate in their infinite medical wisdom—who cares that a leading organization of medical experts on this subject have deemed it to be contrary to responsible medical practice?
Indeed, the statute's stated purpose for mandating the ultrasound scan is to "document the measurements that have been taken to determine the gestational age of the fetus."—a reason most certainly not within the medical guidelines put forth by the ACOG for performing this test.
But then, the ACOG also said, "The ultimate judgment regarding the propriety of any specific procedure or course of action must be made by the physician or medical physicist in light of all the circumstances presented."
Apparently, what they meant to say is that the ultimate judgment should be left to the physician, the physicist and the legislature of the State of Virginia.
Not only has the Republican controlled legislature and executive branch of Virginia's government turned its back on its central argument that government should stay out of the doctor-patient relationship, now that they have elected to plant the state's nose firmly into that relationship in the effort to play doctor, they have proceeded to prescribe some very poor medical advice.
There is a reason why physicians take a cautious approach to ultrasound scans. They simply are not always safe in every situation.
But safety was, apparently, not a consideration for the legislators in Virginia.
So excited were these folks to pursue their ideological agenda, they either forgot to ask if the procedure was safe or simply chose to ignore the best medical advise on the subject. And that leaves me with a question –
Can an individual sue the state for medical malpractice? Or, can a state government be held accountable for practicing medicine without a license, even if the state issues the licenses?
Sooner or later, there will be a problem to result from these state ordered ultrasound tests-either to mother or to a surviving child. When that happens, I suspect I will get my answer.
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Novels about the theatre have an obvious appeal, pitching us into a world of big egos and backstage entanglements. But there is little memorable modern fiction that inhabits this sphere: among the exceptions are Michael Blakemore's Next Season (1968) and Angela Carter's Wise Children (1991).
Neil Bartlett now adds to the genre, recreating the atmosphere of the 1950s variety show. A theatre director who ran London's Lyric Hammersmith for a decade, Bartlett is the author of three previous novels. In The Disappearance Boy he combines deep theatrical knowledge with a gift for seductive storytelling, evoking the erratic charm of vaudeville – a hangover from the rowdy entertainment and sentimental patriotism of the Victorian music hall.
The "disappearance boy" of the title is Reggie Rainbow, who works for illusionist Teddy Brookes as his hidden accomplice. The dashing, sinister Brookes is well known for an act that culminates in making his glamorous female assistant vanish. Reggie is the drudge behind the scenes who ensures that the trick's machinery runs smoothly.
The novel is set in 1953, just before the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and a spirit of raucous festivity hangs in the air. Much of the action takes place in Brighton; Brookes has wangled a slot at the Grand, a venue at one time famous for its lavish pantomimes. Brookes has a weakness for bedding his assistants; once they've been snared he bruises and abuses them, only to cast them aside. Having grown bored of his last eager helper, he is now attended by the buoyant, perfumed Pam, with whom he devises a new, ambitious stunt.
Reggie forms a bond with Pam, and the meat of the novel is the story of his coming of age during this spell in Brighton. Reggie was afflicted with polio as a child and carries his body as if it is "some kind of badly wrapped parcel, and one which he seems fiercely determined to deliver on time". He is a resilient young man, without self-pity. In many ways a typical product of the 1950s, he instinctively espouses a "make do and mend" attitude.
But Reggie is tired of such restraint. Early on, we gather that his stumbling gait means he risks collisions with others – in fact he welcomes them. Though keen to achieve intimacy of any kind, as a gay man in an age less tolerant than ours he needs to be furtive as he explores his desires.
In Reggie, who travels fitfully towards a moment of self-discovery and freedom, Bartlett has created a strikingly original character. He also does a nimble job of conveying how Brookes's magic tricks are achieved: misdirection is the key – he draws the audience's focus to a particular object in order to distract them from the artifice happening just a few feet away. Bartlett's novel too works by misdirection: we're tricked into foreseeing a specific narrative twist and then surprised to find that something else has been going on right under our noses.
One of the puzzles is the identity of the narrator, whose relationship to events is unclear until the end. The narrative voice is suggestive and conspiratorial. "It's all about timing, this business," we are told early on, and so it proves, though not in the way we are led to expect. Bartlett's own sense of timing is acute; he paces Reggie's story with delicate care. The Disappearance Boy is a tender homage to all those unseen figures who enable dazzling onstage wizardry.
The Disappearance Boy, by Neil Bartlett, Bloomsbury Circus, RRP£16.99, 282 pages
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Winter Meetings: Day 4 Recap/
That might have been the least interesting Winter Meetings I've ever witnessed. Who was the biggest signing? Bartolo Colon? It just speaks to how depleted the market is after the spending spree the Yankees went on earlier this month. Let's get started on the rumors from the last day in Orlando.
- The Mariners made ex-Yankee Jesus Montero available, as well as Justin Smoak. The two have a history as the two pieces the Mariners wanted for Cliff Lee, but they ultimately disappointed. Mike Axisa of RAB made the case for re-acquiring Montero, and I'm all for it. He won't play second base or third base or pitch, but he has an option, and his swing was made for Yankee Stadium. How much could the Mariners want for him at this point?
- Cashman talked a little bit about the pitching market to Andy McMullough, but there wasn't anything specific discussed.
- Mike Morse signed with the Giants, and although he's hardly an outfielder, this probably kills the chances of sending Brett Gardner or Ichiro Suzuki over to San Francisco.
- The Tigers agreed to sign Joba Chamberlain.
- Grant Balfour has three offers on the table, one from the Orioles, and the other two from #MysteryTeams. Could one be the Yankees?
- It looks like Omar Infante won't be a Yankee, the two sides are too far apart. The alternatives are supposedly Mark Ellis and Stephen Drew.
- Speaking of alternatives, I mentioned yesterday that the team was interested in Didi Gregorius. Sweeny Murti heard a rumor of a three way trade that sent Gardner to the Indians, Justin Masterson to the Diamondbacks, and Gregorius to the Yankees. There had to be more involved for this to make sense for both the Yankees and Indians.
- Carlos Beltran passed his physical and I believe he'll his signing will be official sometime later today. The Yankees must clear a 40-man roster spot for him.
Now for my opinions: I don't think the Yankees will make a move on pitching until Masahiro Tanaka is posted. If they do trade for a pitcher, Jeff Samardzija seems to be the most available. If they trade for a reliever, Jonathan Papelbon is probably the most easily obtainable, and I guess that could open up a bigger trade, since the Phillies just seem generally unhappy with their team. I wouldn't be shocked if they dealt Cole Hamels. As for infielders, the Mariners still need bats and I think Gardner for Nick Franklin makes a ton of sense for both sides, but I'm sure there are a lot of teams that like Franklin right now.
The truth is, trades are so impossible to predict. Nobody thought Michael Pineda would be swapped for Jesus Montero a couple of years ago, and I expect something like this will happen again. So that'll wrap up the Winter Meetings. Now we wait for the cogs to turn and Cashman to make a move.


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It's a WONDERCON!
A quick announcement that I'll be setting up in Artist's Alley at Wondercon this weekend, April 2-4th. I gots lots o' cool stuff this show--tons of new artwork and prints that are sure to dazzle the living hell out of you...and that's a good thing, right?...having the "living HELL dazzled out of you." I'd sure think so. SO, you'll not only be seeing some cool art but gettin' some good old fashioned religion when you stop by.
WonderCon will be the first con that I'll also be selling the new art from the upcoming graphic novel BB Wolf And The Three LPs. Again, dazzled. Again, Hell out of you.
In other news... I got nuthin'. Too tired from working all night and day these past couple weeks making deadlines and working on this new--HOLY SHIZNIT! I DO have news! Sheesh, I'm so wiped out I almost forgot some HUGE news! New, full-color 3 GEEKS story! SHAZAM!!! Yep, I was invited to participate in the upcoming "ZOMBIES VS CHEERLEADERS" comic that'll be published by Moonstone Comics and 5Finity Productions. I'm doing a 12 page story and I'll also be doing one of the covers (I guess there'll be a couple variants). And I'm thrilled to report that it looks suh-WEET! And it's also pretty darn hysterical. So I'll keep you posted for official release dates and all but I know that it will be available before Comic-Con International.
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Explore a Victorian merchant's house with its period furniture and beautiful paintings.
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The Texas Rangers play ball in the American League's Western Division. The team is from the Dallas-Fort Worth Megaplex. From 1994 on, the Rangers played all homes games in Rangers Ball Park. Rangers Ball Park is located in historic Arlington, Texas. The team was named after the Texas Rangers law enforcement agency. The franchise was established under the name the Washington Senators in 1961. The Senators were an expansion team of Washington D.C. It was not until 1971 that the team moved to Arlington, Texas. The team started the spring season of 1972 as the Rangers.
The Texas Rangers are no strangers to the MLB postseason. In fact, the team has been to the postseason and won division championships in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, and 2011. The Rangers won their first pennant title against the New York Yankees in 2010. The team finally made it to their first World Series only to be beaten by the San Francisco Giants. The team won one game in the Series. In 2011, the team won the American League Championship title. In the World Series that year, the Rangers lost against the St. Louis Cardinals.
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TheDivineMercy.org has an inspirational story regarding Fred Berretta, a passenger who was on flight 1549. In January, the aircraft made what can be described as a miraculous landing in the Hudson River. If you believe that God performs miracles today, then I encourage you to read the article by Felix Carroll.
Is it a result of providence that Fred Berretta recited a day earlier the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy before boarding Flight 1549 on the very next day? Mr. Berretta's story is recounted with events that influenced him to pray the chaplet. Please visit the following link to read the entire story, 'God Be Merciful to Us.' Fred Berretta's testimony is a reminder of how miracles are still being performed today by Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
In a revelation that occurred in the 1930s, Our Lord and Savior Jesus gave St. Maria Faustina Kowalska a prayer to be recited for God's mercy and requested that it be released to the whole world. The prayer became known as the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy and now is recited by many throughout the Catholic church.
During a revelation, Jesus said to St. Faustina, "I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy. Through the Chaplet you will obtain everything, if what you ask for is compatible with My will." (Diary of St. Faustina 687 and 1731)
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Silence of the Yams
The adobo sauce gives just enough heat to make this a unique yam dish. It is delicious and is a perfect orange color for a Halloween gathering.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 2-1/2 pounds medium sweet potatoes
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons sauce from chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 red chili peppers, optional
- 1. Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 20 minutes or until just tender. Drain and cool slightly. Peel and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Arrange potato slices in overlapping rings in an ungreased 9-in. deep-dish pie plate.
- 2. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, cornstarch and cream until smooth; add the adobo sauce, salt and pepper. Pour evenly over potatoes.
- 3. Cut a mouth, eyes and nose from red peppers to resemble a Jack-o'-lantern face; place over potatoes. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
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As the Founder and Chief Executive of Harnser Group, Stephen has created an organisation who understand security risk management and are capable of delivering pragmatic and appropriate specialist solutions for clients operating within the global energy and transport sectors.
His career allowed him to specialise in Intelligence and Risk, in particular advising energy companies about how to manage security risk as part of integrated strategy to ensure security of supply for Critical National Infrastructure. As part of his role, he also worked with Government Agencies on the Continent which resulted in an invitation from the European Commission to represent the United Kingdom as a full member of the Energy and Transport Forum, advising on Counter Terrorism challenges. Today he advises NATO on industrial security.


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Ray Barbee is an American skateboarder from San Jose, California and along with Ron Allen and Steve Steadham one of the first famous African-American skaters. He started skateboarding in 1984, when he was in seventh grade.
A music writer and multi-instrumentalist, Barbee released in 2003 his debut EP on Galaxia Records, Triumphant Procession, a collection of jazz-influenced instrumental tracks which Barbee produced and engineered at home. His 2005 release, In Full View, also on Galaxia, featured guests appearances by drummers Doug Scharin (of HIM and June of 44) and Carlos de la Garza (formerly of Reel Big Fish). Barbee plays guitar, bass guitar, drums, and xylophone.
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Despite a slowdown in November, home construction activity in Ottawa in 2012 is expected to outpace the number of units built last year, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
The agency reported Monday that 366 new homes were started in November, down from 553 in November 2011.
However the January to November total for 2012 is at 5,644, up from 5,231 during the same period in 2011.
Construction of multiple unit dwellings such as condominiums are helping to fuel the increase. These have risen to 4,184 so far this year, a jump from 3,340 up until the same point last year.
Starts for single-detached homes, meanwhile, continued to decline in number. They are down to 1,460 from 1,891 at the same point last year.
Kanata was home to most of the multi-unit starts. Those numbers more than doubled from the year before to 87.
On an annualized basis, CMHC recorded 3,942 units in November using a monthly seasonally adjusted rate. SAAR represents monthly figures that are adjusted to remove seasonal variation and then multiplied by 12 to measure annual levels.


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The judges' top picks (l-r): Seth Aaron, Jesse, Jay Nicolas
Project Runway Episode 6 was a tricky little one. Emphasis on little. The designers had to design looks for little girls. Looks that they would love. The twist? They also had to design a companion look for their models. We thought most of the designers knocked it out of the park (photos don't do these looks justice). And the little girls were adorable. How do you think they did?
The judges' bottom picks (l-r): Janeane Marie, Jonathan, Amy
Tory Burch was the guest judge and said she thought orange and blue didn't go together (in reference to Amy's design), but we disagree and love orange and blue together. You too?
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Janelle Monáe Postpones Shows
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In what appears to be an unfortunately popular news story lately, Janelle Monáe has postponed a series of tour dates. On her website, she says that she's received doctor's orders for mandatory vocal rest. "Not doing so could possibly result in damage to my vocal cords," she wrote.
This means she's postponing her shows in Anaheim (tonight), San Diego (tomorrow), and Phoenix (November 7). She writes:
Unfortunately, this diagnosis means I will have to postpone my coming concerts in Anaheim, San Diego and Phoenix, a fact which truly leaves me heartsick and shaken because I live for this: connecting with you and giving you a one of a kind concert experience.
But alas, apparently even the most expertly designed android breaks down sometimes and must recharge...
I promise to see you sooner than you think my friends, stronger than ever.
I love you all dearly.
My sincerest apologies.
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11-05 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
11-06 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
11-07 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
11-09 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
11-12 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Live
11-13 Houston, TX - House of Blues
11-15 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
11-17 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
11-19 Raleigh, NC - The Ritz
11-20 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore Charlotte
11-22 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
11-23 Miami, FL - Fillmore Miami Beach
11-26 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
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Adobe Employee Stops Using Pen And Paper!
Wow, have you ever heard the Apple Fanorati drone on about device fragmentation with Android tablets?
Meanwhile, because Steve Jobs strictly forbid stylus use at Apple every company with a drawing or writing related app is making some sort of pen hardware for the iPad.
The catch is, the whiz bang Bluetooth stylus only works with the one app. Doh!
Did someone say fragmentation? Imagine the pencil case of 50gram fat Bluetooth pens that you'll need to carry around with you.
Interestingly Adobe has developed an interesting pen set call Project Mighty. Michael Gough, VP of Product Experience tells us in the announcement video that because of this new pen he's been able to do away with pen and paper for creativity!
Welcome to 2001 Michael Gough!
Here's a photo of my children doing away with pen and paper in 2009.
By the constant flurry of activity around the next new crap iPad stylus I'd say that it is becoming apparent to the world only now, four years later that pen input is sorely missing.
We're all finally bored of playing Angry Birds on tablets and we want to do something useful at least some of the time.
Adobe's new pen is an intriguing tool for the very small percentage of the 200 million iPad owners who live in Adobe's Creative Cloud.
For the rest of us suckers, it is clear that it was Apple and Steve Jobs that blew it. iPad cannot replace pen and paper due to the lack of intelligent pen input.
The people that keep on persisting with trying to make the iPad work like pen and paper remind me of a dog humping a plastic toy. Nothing good will come of it.
I guess I'll just keep taking notes the same way I did in 2002 – with a tablet that has a built in Wacom Digitizer Pen and Microsoft OneNote.
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Root Beer Float Cakes
1 cup root beer schnapps
1 1/2 cups old-fashioned style root beer (like A&W or Dads)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups dark brown sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbs. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
Root Beer Glaze:
4 cups confectioners sugar
1/3 cup root beer
3 Tbs. root beer schnapps
3 Tbs. vegetable oil
You will also need some extra root beer schnapps (1 Tbs. per cupcake)
You will also need some basic Vanilla buttercream
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. In a bowl, mix together root beer schnapps, root beer, and vanilla extract. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs, mix until smooth
5. Sift in flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
6. Mix with hand mixer on low, while slowly pouring in root beer mixture.
7. Mix until smooth and lump free.
8. Pour into lined cupcake pan. (Use foil cupcake liners to avoid "leakage" later.) Fill nearly to the top, you may think its over-filled, but it puffs up perfectly this way. Don't be tempted to use more than 24 cupcake cups… trust me.
9. Bake for 15- 20 minutes, until golden brown and cake springs back when touched.
10. While cupcakes are baking, prepare your butter cream and root beer glaze. For glaze, put all ingredients into a bowl and mix with a wisk until smooth and lump free.
11. To assemble, start by letting cupcakes cool, still in the pan.
12. While still slightly warm, pour 1 Tbs. of root beer schnapps over each cupcake. Pour on slowly to allow schnapps ( or regular root beer for the kiddies) to soak in.
13. Once the schnapps has soaked in and let sit for a few minutes, pour a couple tablespoons of glaze over each cupcake.
14. When the glaze sets up a bit and isn't too runny, put a "scoop" of buttercream atop each. For an added touch, you can even place a root beer barrel candy on each one.
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Street of the Tripods
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Starting from the beginning of the 5th century BC, it became customary for a choragos (the sponsor who paid for and supervised the training of a dramatic dance-chorus) who had won the contest at the Theatre of Dionysos to set up a choragic monument in the "Street of the Tripods". Such a choragic monument usually served as a support for the bronze tripod given to the winning choragos. These monuments were often adorned with wall paintings and sculptures.
This street, simply known as "Tripods" during our period of reference, started near the Eleusinion and circled the north side of the Akropolis Rock on a distance of 800 m up to the Odeion. The street was, with the road to the Akademeia, one of the favourite promenade of the Athenians.
Travlos, John, Pictorial dictionary of Ancient Athens, Books that matter, New York, 1971, p. 566


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Green Knights Split on Final Day in Hilton Head
From Sports Information Director, March 21, 2014 | Women's Tennis
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HILTON HEAD, S.C. - St. Norbert College split its pair of dual matches during its spring break trip, losing to Allegheny College 6-3 before beating Macalester College 5-4.
St. Norbert (18-3) picked up three singles wins against Allegheny. Katherine Ake topped Haley Meekhof 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3, while Brittany Dudzik claimed a 6-4, 6-4 win over Michaela Thompson at No. 5. Anna Gosz needed three sets to defeat Kathleen McBride at No. 6 by scores of 0-6, 6-4, 10-7.
The Green Knights picked up a pair of doubles wins against Macalester. Ashley Randazzo and Ake defeated Gabby Queenan and Riley Menagh 8-3 at No. 2, followed by an 8-5 win for Emily Rasmussen and Lizzy Tews over Sarah Couser and Kayleigh Roach at No. 3.
Ake handled Queenan 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3, while Dudzik outlasted Rachel Seidner 4-6, 6-1, 10-8 at No. 5. Gosz defeated Gabrielle Rivera 6-3, 6-3 at No. 6.


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UNIVERSAL TRIBUTE EIGHT: Double Vision
I see the external reality of a situation as well as seeing beyond it to the personal lessons, inner strength, and spiritual essence of myself and others.
~ Susan S. Trout, PhD Born to Serve
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To support individuals as they learn to simultaneously see the reality of a situation and its deeper spiritual meaning.
To create a safe place, the server applies double vision, acknowledging the present situation while seeing beyond it. ~ Susan S. Trout, PhD, Born to Serve
- To see the facts of a situation while simultaneously seeing the "bigger picture."
- To practice seeking the spiritual essence within challenges
- To work with your own inner state while respecting others' right to make their own choices
- To experience responding from healthy beliefs, attitudes, speech, and actions
Do you wish to see yourself and others through the eyes of "spiritual essence"? Would you like to respond rather than react to the behavior or words of others? Are you seeking a way to respond to a loved one who is making poor life choices? Would you like to make choices that support living your life fully and completely in a world of constant challenge and change?
Carefully read and consider the Universal Tributes Courses introductory page. Ask yourself if now is the time to devote yourself to beginning (or deepening) your spiritual journey using the psychological-spiritual tool of the Ten Universal Tributes.
The course for Universal Tribute EIGHT supports the development of double vision through the understanding and practice of Tribute Eight: I see the external reality of a situation as well as seeing beyond it to the personal lessons, inner strength, and spiritual essence of myself and others. As part of making your decision to enroll, carefully read the program requirements and time commitments listed below.
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- The Ten Universal Tributes as a Spiritual Roadmap
- Tribute Eight and Tenets: I see the external reality of a situation as well as seeing beyond it to the personal lessons, inner strength, and spiritual essence of myself and others.
- Understanding and Practicing Double Vision
- Understanding and Practicing Responding—Instead of Reacting
- Read portions of Born to Serve by Susan S. Trout, PhD
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- Lesson cannot be extended past the original four-week period
Double vision develops through meditation, prayer, contemplation, self-inquiry, and inner work. ~ Susan S. Trout, PhD, Tribute 8, Tenet 2
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calling 703-706-5333 OR emailing
- Student is provided with the Table of Contents and the assignments and handouts for the month and asked to review them before orientation phone call or meeting.
- Phone or in-person orientation to review assignments and handouts for the month and set a starting date, as well as dates and times for the following phone calls*:
- A half-hour "check-in" phone call from your assigned faculty member to address any questions you may have will take place one week after you have started the lesson.
- A one-hour phone call made by you to your faculty member will take place at the end of the month to review the month's assignments and experience with the material. Your faculty member will send you an email that explains the focus of this phone call.
* Student is invited to contact the faculty member during the month via email or phone if s/he has difficulty working with the materials and needs support.
Course Tuition: $100
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Text: You will need to purchase your own copy of Born to Serve. Purchasing a Universal Tribute Card Set is optional.
Reference: Susan S. Trout, PhD, Born to Serve: The Evolution of the Soul Through Service. Alexandria, VA: Three Roses Press, ©1997.
Disclaimer: The Institute for the Advancement of Service does not provide medical or mental health care. As such, courses and study programs are not intended to be psychotherapy, medical therapy, or a substitute for either one. Participants are required to assume self-responsibility for their wellbeing by seeking, when appropriate, psychological and medical professional care.


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