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Teachers union taking ballot question to court
Initiative links job evaluations, layoffs
The state's largest teachers union plans to file a lawsuit against the state today for allowing a ballot initiative that would radically alter job protection for teachers in Massachusetts public schools to move forward.
The Massachusetts Teachers Association contends that the ballot initiative fails to meet constitutional muster and should have never been certified last summer by Attorney General Martha Coakley, according to a copy of the complaint that is expected to be filed in the state's Supreme Judicial Court.
A centerpiece of the ballot initiative would make a teacher's performance, rather than years of service, the primary factor in deciding who should be laid off. To aid in that effort, the initiative would mandate a uniform system of evaluating teachers across the state - a process typically negotiated between unions and school districts.
The initiative, roughly four pages long, aims to bolster teacher quality, according to its proponents.
But the head of the teachers union said this a complex issue that cannot be neatly boiled down to one ballot question.
"This is not a simple yes or no ballot question, like asking whether you should pay an extra nickel on a bottle return,'' said Paul Toner, president of the association, which represents teacher unions in Springfield and most Boston suburbs. "There are so many moving parts to this initiative that no voter will be able to understand it in a short period of time.''
The complaint says the initiative comes up short constitutionally because it is too broad - involving unrelated issues - and would restrict the court's power to review arbitration cases related to teacher terminations. The complaint also says that a summary of the ballot initiative prepared by the attorney general's office violates the constitution because it is not concise and "fails to inform voters of the magnitude of the substantive and procedural changes to existing law that would result from the petition's enactment.''
The lawsuit seeks to nullify Coakley's certification of the ballot initiative and bar Secretary of State William F. Galvin from placing it on ballots this November. Both Coakley and Galvin are named as defendants.
Brad Puffer, a Coakley spokesman, defended the certification process.
"We make our decision to certify ballot initiatives based purely on the facts and the law and without regard to the attorney general's policy view on the issue,'' Puffer said. "As we do with all petition decisions we work cooperatively with parties who wish to challenge our rulings. The most important thing is to get the right result.''
Jason Williams, Massachusetts executive director for Stand for Children, the nonprofit education advocacy organization that is leading the ballot initiative, said he was not surprised by the lawsuit because the union had indicated that it was exploring legal action.
"We believe the attorney general did her due diligence and made the right decision in moving the ballot initiative forward,'' Williams said.
The ballot initiative has faced opposition from teachers unions, some superintendents, local school committee members, and the state's education secretary, Paul Reville.
Opponents argue the initiative in many ways is redundant because the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education passed regulations last June to increase the rigor of teacher evaluations by tying performance to student achievement. Under the regulations, teachers with unsatisfactory evaluations who fail to improve during a school year could face termination.
The teachers association played a key role in developing the regulations.
But Stand for Children was dissatisfied that the board did not mandate that districts adopt the new system and launched the ballot initiative about a month later. The ballot initiative is now in the Legislature, the next step in the lengthy process after organizers collected signatures from a minimum of 3 percent of state voters, 68,911.
The teachers association is filing the lawsuit on behalf of three state teachers of the year, a Scituate School Committee member, a teacher evaluation expert, and the president of the Massachusetts Parents Association, who are named as plaintiffs.
"I believe in local decision-making,'' Richard Hebert, the Scituate School Committee member, said in a statement. "I believe in letting towns and their teachers hammer out the guidelines for reducing staff. This one-size-fits-all approach is dangerous and simplistic and infringes on the autonomy of towns and ignores the special circumstances each community faces.''
The association is basing part of the lawsuit on a successful legal challenge of a 2006 ballot initiative effort that sought to outlaw greyhound racing in Massachusetts and create tougher penalties for abuse and neglect of dogs.
James Vaznis can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @globevaznis.


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LONDON (Reuters) - The first vaccine against meningitis B has been recommended for approval in Europe in a boost for its maker Novartis, which has struggled in the vaccines field against larger rivals.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday that its experts had given a green light to Bexsero for the prevention of "MenB". There is currently no approved vaccine offering broad protection against this particular type of meningitis.
MenB is caused by bacteria, leading to inflammation of the lining around the brain and spinal cord. It can kill within 24 hours and infants are at highest risk.
Around 10 percent of those who contract the disease die, despite appropriate treatment, and up to 20 percent of survivors suffer from serious disabilities such as brain damage and hearing impairment.
Securing European backing for Bexsero for use from two months of age is a vindication of the Swiss drugmaker's research in vaccines, where it lags behind market leaders GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi and Merck.
The company is pinning high hopes on Bexsero - which is the result of more than 20 years of vaccine research - and the new product will complement another meningitis vaccine it already has on the market called Menveo that covers other strains of the disease.
Recommendations from the EMA are normally endorsed by the European Commission within a couple of months. That will allow Novartis to launch Bexsero in 2013 - but its commercial success still depends on whether individual governments then decide to add it to routine vaccination programs.
Novartis said it was committed to making Bexsero available "as soon as possible" and was already engaging with governments interested in its early adoption.
Tim Anderson, an industry analyst at Bernstein, believes getting Bexsero widely adopted may not be easy because although MenB is a serious disease with high mortality, its incidence is declining.
"If the disease occurs only rarely, then it may not make sense to administer the vaccine broadly as a preventive measure," Anderson said in a research note before the EMA decision.
In the United States, Novartis is still working with authorities to design U.S.-specific Phase III clinical trials.
Editing by Chris Wickham

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A man was fatally stabbed early Saturday morning after getting into an argument with two men on a street in West Baltimore, police said.
The man was found in the 200 block of N. Payson St. in the Penrose area at around 1 a.m. with multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital about half an hour later, police said.
Baltimore went a week without a homicide until Saturday after a rash of slayings in the first couple of weeks in the year. Saturday's fatal stabbing is the 19th homicide in Baltimore in 2014.
Police have not yet identified the man, and ask anyone with information to call 410-396-2100.


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Debate grows over brine disposal
By J.M. BROWN
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/28/12
PACIFIC GROVE -- As the number of desalination plants planned along California's coastline increases, a state water agency is taking a fresh look at one of the primary environmental impacts created by removing salt from seawater to create drinking water.
The State Water Resources Control Board expects in 2014 to release new regulations for the disposal of brine, the super salty concentrate left after seawater is pushed through high-pressure membranes to create freshwater. The board heard from scientists about the potentially harmful impacts on some marine life when salt is sent back to sea at higher concentrations than what normally exists.
"Desalination has been sold as an environmentally superior solution to the water problem in California, and I don't believe that is necessarily true," said Carol Reeb, a researcher at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove.
For many years, Reeb said desalination plants have operated around the world without testing the long-term effect of brine redepositing. With a desalination plant planned in Santa Cruz and three competing proposals for the Monterey Peninsula, Reeb believes there is a good likelihood salinity in the Monterey Bay would rise if multiple plants are approved.
The evolutionary geneticist, who writes a blog called "Doc on Monterey Bay", wants more rigorous studies of the physical oceanography in the area of brine discharge. She is concerned plumes will develop over time, suffocating sea life.
"It can accumulate there if there is no energy to move it," she said. "There are periods of time where there could be more mixing at depth, but at summertime you could almost walk on the water here it's so flat."
Santa Cruz plans to treat brine from its proposed 2.5 million-gallon-per-day facility with treated wastewater to a level that is 33 parts per thousand of salt, which matches the salinity of the bay. It will be diffused through 26 ports along a wastewater outfall pipeline that is 12,000 feet long and terminates 6,000 feet from shore.
Bill Kocher, the city's water director, said he believes there won't be any impact.
"Our modeling says no; we just have to trust the modeling of it," he said. "In a short period of time, it's gone."
Brent Haddad, director of the UC Santa Cruz Center for Integrated Water Research and facilitator for the desalination agreement between the city and a neighboring district, said, "In a place with rapid mixing, it's not such a problem. I think Santa Cruz is a good place because of the circulation of the shore."
In July, Reeb presented to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board findings of a five-month study she and colleagues performed on the effects of increased salinity on squid larvae. At 45 parts per thousand salt, 82 percent of larvae hatched, but at 50 parts per thousand only 20 percent hatched. The typical hatch rate in normal salinity is 98-100 percent.
"Eggs have to be on the seafloor, and brine goes to the bottom," said research scientist Lou Zeidberg. "The issue will be if it gets flushed or stays around. Even if they do hatch, how does that affect their survival?"
Tom Luster, the state Coastal Commission's desalination expert, agrees there is a potential problem. Sometimes, brine dissipates quickly but other times plumes could develop.
"You may create an area where a certain number of species can no longer live in," he said. "They may have to move out of that area, affecting feeding habitat."
The city suggests desalination will allow for reducing diversions on the San Lorenzo River and North Coast streams to boost fish habitat as mandated by regulators. But that argument doesn't hold up with Reeb when weighing the fact that salmon eat squid larvae.
Further, she said, if the state is going to allow more desalination plants -- The Pacific Institute reports 17 are planned in California -- Reeb believes in treating wastewater to drinking quality and repurposing salt for use in minerals or heavy metals.
"If the state went big time into seawater, it seems to me there should be technology to convert highly concentrated brine instead of discharging it into the ocean," Reeb said. "It's been so easy and cheap to dump the brine back into the ocean."
Kocher said perhaps the city could treat a side stream of the brine from its desalination facility, but it would have to be dried and sterilized in large beds. He doesn't believe there is the property to do that.
"I don't think anyone spent time thinking about doing that when there is another way that is efficient and cheaper," he said.
Follow Sentinel reporter J.M. Brown on Twitter at Twitter.com/jmbrownreports
To read a presentation by scientists about the impact of increased salinity levels on some marine life salinity life, visit http://tinyurl.com/8hdrh7c.
To view a presentation about brine plumes by Stanford University researcher Carol Reeb, visit http://doconmontereybay.org/
To view a video of Stanford University scientist Carol Reeb and others discussing the potential impacts a brine discharge from desalination, visit www.santacruzsentinel.com/desal.


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Officials: Panhandling in Portland on rise
Homeless outreach workers are seeing more people begging for money in Portland
If it appears that you are seeing more panhandlers on Portland's city streets these days, officials at the Preble Street Resource Center say you are.
Working with police and the United Way, the center is about to launch a study to find out what has caused the sudden influx and what they can do about it to help the men and women on the streets.
But, they also say the greater numbers are creating safety issues, not for the public but the panhandlers themselves, especially during the winter months.
Jon Bradley with Portland's Preble Resource Center said he is not sure where the increase in panhandling is coming from. He said he has launched a study in hopes of better identifying what has been going on.
"We've seen a real growth in the number of panhandlers," Bradley said. "That's really how we would target the group, is really try to figure out alternatives that are safer, that are better, that they would feel better about."
Police said public complaints about panhandling have increased about 47 percent.
Jerry, a panhandler who frequents the corner of State and Park streets, said the growing number of panhandlers has created tension among themselves.
"People have to watch each other's back out here now," he said.
Other panhandlers said they will stick it out, despite any dangers they might face, in order to survive.
"I get my 20 bucks, 15 bucks here; that gets me by," a panhandler named Joe said.
Portland's City Council voted to outlaw panhandling on medians last summer, but the measure failed.


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I was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) about 1 1/2 years ago. Today my white count is 27.5. I am going to start a five-week treatment of Rituxan. Is it really time to start? From what I have read, it seems early.
Selina M. Luger, MD, Director of the Leukemia Program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
The decision to treat patients with CLL is not based on the absolute white blood count. We take into account how rapidly the white blood count rises as well as the effect the CLL has had on the liver, the spleen, the lymph nodes and the other blood counts (hemoglobin and platelets). It would be reasonable to discuss with your doctor what the reasons are for starting treatment at this time.


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George Plimpton spent a lifetime stepping into other people's shoes. It's only fitting that he's finally talking about what it was like to walk in his own.
That this is possible, 10 years after his death in 2003 when Plimpton was a robust 76, is due to a treasure trove of audio, video and written archives. Filmmakers Tom Bean and Luke Poling have polished up the best of it in an engaging new documentary aptly titled "Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself."
The movie by the writing/directing pair is almost as captivating as their subject. Through liberal use of the source material, much of it courtesy of Plimpton's widow, Sarah, we're able to hear the writer-editor's wry reflections on life, literature and the art of failing fabulously, which he mastered above all else.
That Plimpton was a great storyteller we know from the many books and articles he produced over a lifetime. His talent seemed fully formed from the beginning — a raconteur as riveting when talking about pitching in Yankee Stadium in 1958 as he is opposite Charlie Rose in his later days. "Paper Lion," his incisive and moving take on football and his stint with the Detroit Lions, gets a deserving star turn in the documentary.
Plimpton's distinctive voice, familiar to many of us who followed his grand escapades, lends an intimacy, an immediacy to the film. It's a great trick the filmmakers have pulled off to make us feel as if we're there sorting through the memories with him. The movie's editing is especially artful with Maya Hawke and Casey Brooks doing the nipping and tucking.
Much of the film's appeal is in its understated, yet tightly disciplined, style. It moves quickly through Plimpton's early years and personal life: His expulsion from the prestigious Exeter Academy. His father a distant and disapproving figure.
A defining moment came on the campaign trail with Robert F. Kennedy. Literally at the candidate's side in 1968 when Kennedy was gunned down in L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel kitchen, Plimpton never wrote about that day, nor his role in grabbing the gunman, Sirhan Sirhan, in the chaos after. All those years of silence by the most talkative of men make the excerpts from his recorded police deposition all the more powerful.
Of course, we see his well-known lofty literary side as founder of the esteemed Paris Review and friend to the great novelists of the time. One cocktail party snapshot is crowded with literati. Truman Capote, Mario Puzo, William Styron, Gay Talese, Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Ralph Ellison, Gore Vidal — the names pop up on the screen one by one, faces circled, the laughter and the discourse possible to imagine so candid is the shot.
PHOTOS: Scenes from 'Plimpton!'
There is some background history about the Paris Review sketched in by childhood friend and co-founder Peter Matthiessen. But the magazine's relevancy is underscored by simple shots of its cover and its pages — an author's name, a story title, and then another and another.
It is a hit parade of novelists, their works and their words showcased by the Review, topped by Hemingway, Plimpton's idol. Excitement animates his voice in the remembering of the interview he did with "Papa" in Spain in the 1950s.
But it is his labored attempts at football, baseball, hockey, swimming, the trapeze, the triangle and so much more — many chronicled in TV specials as well as on page — that will be remembered best. Plimpton called it participatory journalism, but in a sense, Plimpton was the original reality star.
The film captures the way he wrote about his defeats and deficiencies in glorious detail. He proved to have an equally keen eye for how the stars of the various games and gambits he tackled talked, looked, practiced, performed, fought, fell and felt. Winning was never Plimpton's endgame, understanding was.
Though he may have sought to illuminate, that he craved the spotlight becomes abundantly clear in interviews with his family. As his first wife, Freddy, says, the party never stopped.
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He was an unlikely daredevil, which is perhaps what makes it so riveting to watch the old footage even now. Tall, lanky and stylish, Plimpton had the look of someone who's nose was never bloodied. Yet there he is in one clip, decked out in boxing trunks stepping into the ring with Archie Moore in 1959, the reigning light heavyweight champion of the world.
Bookending the film is his legendary ascent — in pinkish tights — up the wobbly rope ladder to a platform nearly topping the big top. It is stomach churning and comical to watch him teetering slightly as he waits to grab the swinging trapeze.
Plimpton's self-awareness comes through again and again in the film, which does a good job of mirroring his slightly mocking tone. It is there as he talks about being a "zero," the number his jersey carried whether on the ice with Boston Bruins or on a bench during a Detroit Lions game. As he says, reading an excerpt from "Paper Lion," it wouldn't do to have an ordinary guy succeed.
Though athletes were his specialty, Plimpton's observations about our fascination with the famous resonates far more broadly. He understood the "it" factor earlier and better than most. He tried it on for size.
Becoming "it" for a moment was his greatest role. Beautifully captured in the documentary, being Plimpton was never quite enough.


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Another day, another photo op
Another picture perfect Clearwater day brought more picture takers. The starting rotation was the focus of USA Today and Sports Illustrated. Legendary SI photographer Walter Ioss was here for S.I. A couple of years ago Walter did a cover shoot with Cole Hamels. He needed wide angle lens for this year's photo op.
Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Michael Jack is in camp and today he met with the media (interview will be on phillies.com). Asked to comment on the possibility that Albert Pujols might wind up playing somewhere other than St. Louis, Schmitty said that looking back he is very happy to have started and ended his Major League career in a Phillies uniform and still have a great relationship with the ball club. Michael is here as a special guest instructor.
Yesterday, there was an oddity on the Mike Schmidt field at the Carpenter Complex. He was behind the cages while another Hall of Famer, Ryne Sandberg, was throwing batting practice. Last time the Phillies had a pair of Hall of Famers on one field at the Carpenter Complex was Richie Ashburn's last spring training.
Michael Jack will also play in the team's annual golf tournament on Friday. A hotly-contested draft to select the tournament teams was held this morning in the coaches' meeting room. Sorry, ESPN did not cover the draft.
Michel Jack is such a good golfer that for a time he considered playing on what is now the Champions Tour. As a team captain he drafted Cliff and Ruben. Ryan Madson was also a captain and made the only trade during the draft. To get fellow reliever Dan Meyer, Madson traded away radio voice Scott Franzke to the team captained by bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer, who is obviously looking for more air time during Phillies broadcasts. Check this blog on Monday to see which Phillies team came away with the victory.
Front office executives and a small group of players will attend a Clearwater Chamber of Commerce reception in the Bright House Field suite level following Thursday's game against Florida State University. The reception is an annual event . . .While tickets are going like hot cakes in Clearwater, not all the games at Bright House Field are sold out. Plenty of tickets remain for March 1, 3, 8 and 28 . . . Approximately 50 minor league players were in the Paul Owens Clubhouse at the Carpenter Complex even though the minor league camp doesn't officially open until March 3 . . . Sarge and J-Roll are invited to the White House on Thursday by the President for the Motown Tribute.
New No. 1
For the first time at Citizens Bank Park, the number 1 souvenir sold last year was Silly Bandz. That item surpassed the seven-time champion Foam Finger in terms of sales for a single season. The Silly Bandz rise to the top isn't a stretch.
(Scott Palmer again contributed to the blog today).


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Area and Comparative StudiesOne of the distinguishing features of SUA is its emphasis on global and cross-cultural points of view. As part of the general education requirement, students must take a course in the American Experience and a course about the Pacific Basin. These courses draw from the social and behavioral sciences (SBS), from the humanities (HUM), international studies (IS) and from environmental studies (ES).
Collectively, the courses offered under area and comparative studies are designed to build bridges between East and West, North and South, to develop and expand perspectives concerning various regions of the world, and to enlarge the focus of the student from local to global engagement. These courses seek to introduce important dimensions of human life — social, artistic, cultural, economic, historical, literary, musical, philosophical, political, and religious — as well as to provide a variety of ways to experience, analyze, and appreciate these dimensions. To prepare students to live contributory lives for the betterment of the world, the humanities and social and behavioral science disciplines offer, in these courses, important lessons about common patterns and issues that have faced people at different times and places while also highlighting the uniqueness of each person, time, and place.


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Once a High-Flying Futures Exec, Wasendorf Eyes New Lifestyle in Prison
Peregrine Financial Group Inc. founder Russell Wasendorf Sr., who pleaded guilty in September to a nearly 20-year fraud, will soon begin serving the 50-year prison sentence he received Thursday. In some ways, though, his lifestyle may improve.
Since his arrest July 13, Mr. Wasendorf has been held in isolation in a six-by-eight foot cell at the Linn County Correctional Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, according to testimony Thursday from his pastor, Linda Livingston. The former futures brokerage executive, who once traveled by private plane, is not permitted underwear and sleeps on a padded concrete block with a rubber pillow and one blanket, his pastor said.
"It is a living entombment," Ms. Livingston told a federal judge Thursday, in an effort to secure a shorter prison term for Mr. Wasendorf, 64. He received the statutory maximum 50 years.


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Help PizzaMoto Settle in Red Hook with a Turn of the Century Oven
PizzaMoto's mobile operation has been on our radar since 2008, when the team joined up with The Brooklyn Flea. We fell hard and fast for their wood-fired pies, which Slice meister Adam Kuban called "the best pizza I've had from a mobile oven to date."
But mobile ovens can be as tricky to find as they are to operate and maintain, so we were pretty pumped to learn that the PizzaMoto team is getting ready to open their very first stationary pizzeria this fall.
Worry not, mobile oven-chasers! Those heavenly pizza trucks aren't goin' anywhere—the new location just means that the rest of us lazy pizza freaks have a better shot at getting in on some of that PizzaMoto action.
After a long hunt, it looks like owner Dave Sclarow has found the perfect site for his new pizzeria, down in Red Hook. The Hamilton Ave. space once housed the John Grace Bakery; renovations have included excavating the bakery's stunning turn of the century oven that has been walled up for decades. Built in the 1890s, the oven is going to require some intensive restoration before it can churn out the quality pies for which Moto is known.
To get the oven into tip top shape, Dave is raising funds on Kickstarter, and with a goal $50,000 it looks like every little bit will help. Backers are promised everything from a PizzaMoto bumper sticker ($5 contribution) to a private pizza party ($5,000 contribution). Here's what Dave has to say about the project:
Restore a Turn of the Century Oven Hidden in Brooklyn!
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Citing an official confirmation from AT&T rep Seth Bloom, DSLReports is, well, reporting that AT&T will pull the trigger on data caps on heavy users of its U-Verse and DSL offerings, starting May 2.
DSL users will receive a 150GB cap, while U-verse users will receive a 250GB cap, with penalties imposed after a customer exceeds the limits three times or more. The penalty's price? $10 per 50GB over the limit.
Notices will be sent to customers beginning March 18, so, enjoy those.
And as is the case with their wireless updates, U-Verse and DSL customers will receive alerts from AT&T as they approach 65, 90 and 100% of their allowance. [DSLReports]


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Wiggins joins six-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy as a cycling knight after an incredible year that saw him become the first British winner of the Tour de France and then add a fourth Olympic gold in the time trial in London.
Wiggins said: "It's quite something really. I never ever imagined that I would ever become a knight so it's an incredible honour but there's a slight element of disbelief, and it will take a while to sink in."
He went on: "It's not something I'll use on a daily basis but it's nice to have in the trophy cabinet as the ultimate accolade as a sportsman, being knighted by your country for not only the success this year but 12 years now of consistent work and performing - four Olympic Games, seven medals.
"It's more the recognition of that so it's fantastic. And to be an active knight as well along with Sir Chris is incredible for a sport like cycling."
Wiggins' knighthood follows hot on the heels of his runaway success as the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year earlier this month.
The irreverent personality that he showed that night and which has captured the public's imagination perhaps sits oddly with a knighthood, but Wiggins believes it sends a good message in the age of celebrity culture.
He said: "There was never any doubt whether I'd accept it or not, it was more a case that I never saw myself as a Sir, and I probably never will. I don't like profiting from status so it's more for my family. It's nice for my parents and grandparents to be able to say I'm a knight, and for my kids in the future.
"To be deemed good enough to have a knighthood by the establishment is quite nice really, because I've continued to be myself through most of the fame.
"Not all of it's been good, a couple of swear words and things, so it's nice to be able to receive this after everything, it shows you don't have to have a stiff upper lip and say all the right things all the time. It's a nice advertisement for our culture I think because so much of it is based on being something you're not with celebrity, so it's reassuring in a way."


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- Input / Ouput selection for bidirectional ports.
- Actual working relay up to 2 amps at 12v.
- Smaller (3.2 x 1.6").
- More GND outputs.
- Always on 5V output (VCC).
- Efficient Power supply (using switching power supply).
- Easy connectors.
- Reasonable priced components.
- ESTOP relay shuts down 12 and 5v lines.
- Integrated pull ups for input lines.
So the new revision does that I believe. I've ordered 10 PCBs from Seeedstudios. This means I'll have a few left over. If anyone is interested in them let me know. I'll have all the components as well.
The new schematic includes a 74hc245, a bidirectional buffer. The inputs have built in pull ups and protection resistors. And the relay switches both the 5v and 12v lines on and off.
Looking around on LaserPointerForums today I found this guys' build he has a very nice looking Laser CNC made out of metal.


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by Rob Cox, September 6, 2012
Problems with Pool Plaster
"Since pool plaster is composed of natural materials that have certain inherent characteristics, some amount of shading or color variation is a natural occurrence which should not be construed as a defect and which only enhances the natural beauty of your pool. Homeowner agrees that the plaster is NOT guaranteed for evenness of color and may not be the exact shade anticipated. The shade and color may vary and fade over time. The plaster may become streaked, blotchy, or have a mottled appearance over which the contractor has no control."
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If you have had your pool replastered in the last 15 years, it's likely that you were presented with a statement similar to the one above, adopted by the National Plaster's Council, IPPSA, NSPI and NPSF. In the years since this disclaimer became the standard, more has been revealed.
More has been revealed about the likely causes of pool plaster problems. It seems that it's not always something that the contractor has no control over. Certain "Defects in Materials or Workmanship" can cause plaster discoloration, cracking, etching and delamination.
Now, with all due respect to plaster, a fine pool finish - I have to say that issues with a plaster finish are rare. Most new plaster finishes are flawlessly brilliant and without any visible defects for years. This post is not meant to discourage you from using plaster as a pool finish, even white plaster - but merely to discuss the problems that can occur with new pool plaster, so that the pool owner can be better informed - beyond the disclaimer statement offered by the plastering company.
Problems with Pool Plaster
Discoloration of Pool Plaster
Making a distinction from surface staining, discoloration is within or beneath the plaster. When attempts to acid wash the stain fail, this confirms that the discoloration is not caused by mineral or organic deposits on the surface.
Discoloration of a newly plastered pool can occur within the first few months and years of plastering, and can be more pronounced on colored pool plaster. Discoloration or variations in hue or shading of your pool plaster may be caused by one of the following.
- Excess use of Calcium Chloride to speed up setting time; with more than 1-2% added calcium.
- Adding water while finish troweling, known as "wetting". This disrupts surface aggregate bonding.
- Water content variation in the plaster mix.
- Thickness variations in the plaster application.
- Over troweling, which can also produce trowel marks on the surface
- Rain or surface wetting before pool is filled.
Cracking of Pool Plaster
Check cracking or "Crazing" as it's sometimes called, is most often seen on the top step of a plastered pool, but can also run rampant through the walls and floors in some cases. These are not usually indicative of an eminent plaster failure, but if large enough, will provide a nice foothold for dirt and algae, and they sure are ugly!
Ideally, a pool will be full within 12 hours of plastering. Slow fills, on very hot days, can dry out the plaster before the fill water has a chance to cover it. And spraying it down before it's full can create discolorations. In the best scenario, the pool is plastered on a cool, foggy morning, and filled by truck 6 hours after the plaster is applied.
Cracking of pool plaster, outside of slow fill times, can also be caused by:
- Excessively "wet" plaster mix, with high water content.
- Excessively "hot" plaster mix, with high calcium content.
- Late stage hard troweling, with a wetted trowel.
- Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) within the plaster mix.
- Expansion of the Substrate beneath the plaster.
Etching of Pool Plaster
Making a distinction from delamination or spalling of the surface, where spots of new plaster have separated from previous plaster layers, "Spot Etching" is a symptom that is almost universally blamed on pool owners, or service companies performing water balance or new plaster start-up.
But etching of pool plaster indicates a soft spot of plaster that has degraded or deteriorated, and is also most prevalent on steps and swimouts, around wall fittings, pool lights and under the tile line.
Spot Etching of pool plaster can be caused by:
- Excessively "hot" plaster mix, with high calcium content.
- Late stage hard troweling, with a wetted trowel.
- Excess sand or fine aggregate used in the plaster mix.
- Excess water or low cement concentrations in the mix.
- Lime on the surface or in the plaster mix.
Delamination of Pool Plaster
As the name suggests, pool plaster delamination is a situation where the new coat of plaster has separated from the old layer beneath. Small pop-off areas the size of a quarter may not be indicative of large scale bond failure.
Spray a hose on an empty plastered pool, and you may "hear" areas of delamination in the pool, which produce a hollow sound. However, delaminations can go unnoticed for years, unless they crack and begin to flake off.
Clearly a case of bond failure, the causes of plaster delamination are usually:
- Surface not properly cleaned, or no bond coat applied.
- Late stage troweling of a dry plaster surface.
- Plaster coat is too thin.
- Overtroweling.
- Excess heat or cold on day of plastering.
If you are planning to have your pool plastered again soon, chances are you'll have no problems. Most plastering crews are highly skilled applicators - and they have to be - pool plastering is as much an art as it is a science. Prep, Timing and Touch are all very important for a proper pool plastering job.
So, let's give our pool plastering companies a break. Pool plaster is a difficult medium to work with, with hundreds of variables affecting the outcome. It's one of the few pool repairs which should not be a DIY project. Contract with a trusted local plasterer and you should have no problems.
Be careful with the start-up procedure and follow the plastering company's advice to the letter - fill the pool rapidly without stopping, balance the chemistry, brush twice a day, and backwash as needed - and you should never need refer to this blog post. But, if you do find yourself in a disagreement about the condition or appearance of a new plaster coat - I hope that you find this little article helpful.


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You're going to need a cheat sheet to keep track of all the new roller coaster names at Six Flags Magic Mountain" href="https://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/themeparks/six-flags-magic-mountain/">Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2011.
That's not to say that Magic Mountain is actually getting five new coasters this year. The Valencia amusement park is adding only one truly new coaster. The four other coasters will be re-branded, relocated, re-themed and remade -- one of each, in fact.
Confused? Well, you should be. Most of the new coaster names are the result of a cost-cutting move to strip an array of intellectual properties from Six Flags parks.
Re-themed: In early January, Magic Mountain dumped the Terminator name from its apocalyptic-themed wooden roller coaster, which made its debut in 2009. The park kept the theme but revamped the pre-show and changed the name to Apocalypse.
Remade: On March 19, Magic Mountain will reopen the Superman: The Escape magnetic-launch shuttle coaster as Superman: Escape From Krypton, with trains that run backward instead of forward as they have since 1997. With on-track testing underway, Magic Mountain has begun teasing a pre-opening "technical rehearsal" for coaster fans on its Facebook page.
Relocated: A 28-foot-tall junior coaster -- formerly known as Road Runner Express at the now-shuttered Six Flags New Orleans park -- will also make its debut March 19 at Magic Mountain. The coaster was originally scheduled to open last summer at Magic Mountain as Mr. Six's DanceCoaster, but the park postponed the launch and dropped the name. After considering a new theme based on DC Comics superhero sidekicks, the park opted for simplicity and will name the coaster Road Runner Express. The coaster, which will have a 36-inch height requirement, replaces the former Sierra Falls water-tube slide.
Re-branded: The Percy's Railway coaster will get an as-yet-to-be-determined new name as part of a re-branding of the Thomas Town kiddie area of the park. Don't feel bad for Percy, though. The 10-foot-tall children's coaster has gone by many names over the years, including Goliath Jr. (2001), Wile E. Coyote (1985) and Clown (1971), according to Roller Coaster DataBase. Magic Mountain plans to unveil the re-branded Whistlestop Park kiddie area March 19.
New: The Green Lantern, a so-called fourth-dimension vertical coaster with zigzag track, is the one truly new coaster coming to Magic Mountain in 2011. Billed as a first of its kind in the U.S., the ride is set to open on Memorial Day weekend. The addition of Green Lantern will require renaming the Gotham City Backlot as DC Universe. It turns out that the Green Lantern and Batman can't exist in the same comic book "city," but they can coexist in the larger "universe."
What does all this mean? In a few short months, Magic Mountain will boast a total of 18 roller coasters and will reclaim the "Coaster Capital of the World" crown from Ohio's Cedar Point.


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Royals Minor League report: April 26
Omaha Storm Chasers (10-12)
New Orleans 3, Omaha 0
LP: Aaron Brooks (0-1)
HR: None
Omaha Storm Chasers (10-12)
New Orleans 3, Omaha 0
LP: Aaron Brooks (0-1)
HR: None
The Storm Chasers were held to five hits in a shutout at New Orleans. Christian Colon, Johnny Giavotella and Carlos Peguero were all 1-for-3 plus a walk. Giavotella is batting .389 (21-for-54) with Omaha. Aaron Brooks struck out three while scattering two runs, six hits and two walks over five innings. Donnie Joseph fanned the side in the sixth. Joseph, ranked 14th among Royals prospects by MLB.com, has 18 strikeouts in 9 1/3 innings (17.36 per nine innings).
NW Arkansas Naturals (8-14)
Northwest Arkansas 2, Tulsa 1
WP: Cody Fassold (1-0)
SV: Andrew Triggs (2)
HR: None
Justin Trapp's single in the eighth scored Angel Franco and resulted in Northwest Arkansas winning a second straight at Tulsa. Jared Schlehuber added two hits and an RBI. Starter Jason Adam fanned four while holding the Drillers to a run on two hits over six innings. Adam is ranked ninth among Royals prospects by MLB.com. The home-and-home series shifts to Springdale today.
Wilmington Blue Rocks (9-12)
Wilmington 5, Myrtle Beach 4
WP: Kyle Bartsch (1-2)
HR: None
Terrance Gore sprinted home on a dropped third strike, capping a two-run ninth in walk-off fashion. Gore doubled to tie the game at 4-4, then stole third to set up the winning run. Hunter Dozier extended his hitting streak to seven games (.370, 10-for-27). Christian Binford struck out seven Pelicans over five innings, yielding three runs (two earned), eight hits and two walks. Dozier is ranked seventh among Royals prospects while Binford is 12th. The win was Wilmington's first in eight games against Myrtle Beach in 2014.
Lexington Legends (11-12)
Greenville 5, Lexington 1
LP: Andrew Edwards (1-1)
HR: Frank Schwindel (2)
The Legends lost as Greenville built a 5-0 lead, including four in the fourth. Luis Rico excelled in relief, striking out six while holding the Drive to a hit and two walks over 4 2/3 scoreless innings. Frank Schwindel homered in the seventh for Lexington.


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Swiss meringue buttercream
This is a medium-advanced cake cream, that requires some more work than buttercream, but also makes for a more fluffy, creamy icing. It's still not the hardest one, and definitely worth the effort! You will love the silky texture and firm, almost buttery-like consistency. It's a clear winner for cakes and decorative, ornamental (ruffles, anyone?) cupcake decorations.
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My first real cake, made with delicious coffee-flavored buttercream. It was really good, and simple! Because this cake doesn't require leveling, you can simply bake two layers separately, then stack them — a perfect recipe for beginners! :-)
I made my cake with normal instant coffee, but you can also use decaf coffee for same taste, but caffeine-free cake! :-)
I started my cake-making adventure lately, and the first, most basic cream used to ice the cake is the buttercream — it's very simple, and makes a delicious, thick and stable cake cream that you will love!
As you can see in the recipe image, I used it already in my vanilla butterscotch cupcakes, which got rave reviews from my friends and coworkers! :-) Unfortunately the cream alone is rather not spectacular, just a sweet, delicious blob of butter and sugar ;-)
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Guest FAQ
These are Frequently Asked Questions regarding our Guests of Honor. Please review them and if your question still isn't answered, feel free to ask on our forums.
- How are guests selected?
- Can I be a guest?
- Will you be getting a Japanese guest?
- Why do you get so many dub voice actors as guests?
- I heard a rumor that _____ would be a guest. Is that true?
- Why don't you say who you're considering as guests?
- Where do you announce guests?
- I noticed that another con had a guest list similar to yours? Did you steal their idea? Did they steal yours?
- I'm friends with someone you may want as a guest. Should I invite them for you?
- I'm friends with someone you have as a guest. Can I meet up with them at the con?
- Why don't you get more web comic guests?
- What days will the guests be there?
- When can I get autographs?
- What can I have guests sign?
- Can I give the guest a present?
- What is Anime Boston's Autograph Policy?
1. How are guests selected?
Anime Boston takes guest suggestions from the public in the Guest of Honor discussion forums. These suggestions (as well as suggestions from staff members) are reviewed by the members of the Guest Relations Staff. The staff helps narrow the list down and the Director of Guest Relations begins to track down the potential guests on the list and offer invitations.
Soon after a guest accepts our offer, they are announced and added to the Guests section of the web site. Until a guest is announced, Anime Boston can neither confirm nor deny if someone has been invited as a guest.
2. Can I be a guest?
If you're someone who has done something of note in the anime or manga industry, drop us a line! Unfortunately, we receive many more people asking to be guests than we could possibly afford to have at the convention. Please do not be offended if we turn you down, even if you offer to come for free. We hope you understand that our Guest Relations staff is limited and can only handle so much work. However, you are still welcome to attend the convention and can apply to host a panel if you wish.
3. Will you be getting a Japanese guest?
We'll try. Refer to our Guest Listing page to see who has been announced.
4. Why do you get so many dub voice actors as guests?
There are a number of reasons why conventions tend to get more North American guests than Japanese guests. North American guests are very popular within anime fandoms. They also have the added benefits of not needing a translator, being able to go into the city without an escort, and are a lot cheaper than flying in from Japan.
5. I heard a rumor that _____ would be a guest. Is that true?
It is our policy that Anime Boston staff cannot discuss specific guests until they have been formally announced. From time to time, someone will ask if a specific person or group will be a guest when there has been no formal announcement about that person or group. In these cases, the answer will always be "We can neither confirm nor deny." The answer will always be that we cannot say if someone is or isn't a guest.
It's best not to ask about unannounced guests and just wait patiently. Even if that guest has us listed on their own web site, we won't say anything until a press release or other formal announcement is issued.
6. Why don't you say who you're considering as guests?
There are actually several reasons why we don't share the list of people we're inviting as guests:
- Since rumors tend to be read as facts on the internet, we want to avoid rumors that a specific guest may be attending Anime Boston. We don't want people showing up to Anime Boston expecting to see someone who was only rumored to be attending.
- If it turns out a guest can't come for some reason, it could potentially upset fans who either blame the convention for not trying hard enough, not being willing to pay excessive expenses, etc. or the guests for not being able to make time for the convention, choosing to attend a different convention, etc.
- The Guest Relations staff prefers to discuss our convention with potential guests ourselves. If everyone else knew who we were talking with, they might get approached by non-staff which could lead to confusion as to who is doing the actual inviting.
- It irritates us when people post on the forums, Facebook, or Twitter claiming to know who we're inviting. If they are right, they've ruined the surprise and annoyed us for doing so. If they are wrong, they've only spread false rumors. If, for some reason, you know who an unannounced guest is, do us a favor and keep it quiet until we're ready to announce!
- We like surprises.
Often, we may have guests confirmed but are waiting for something before making a formal announcement. We may be working out details, waiting for a bio, waiting for a similar guest so that they can be announced in the same press release, waiting for a publicity photo, etc. There are always valid reasons why we haven't announced guests right away. Once everything is worked out and we have everything we're waiting for, we make a formal guest announcement.
7. Where do you announce guests?
Guest announcements are posted on our home page, Guest Listing page, forums, and Social Media Community, in addition to being sent out to anime news web sites and other appropriate places.
8. I noticed that another con had a guest list similar to yours? Did you steal their idea? Did they steal yours?
In trying to host the best anime convention, many conventions end up contacting the same guests; therefore, there may be some similarities in the guest lists. Anime Boston does not copy guest lists from other conventions. The Guest Relations staff carefully chooses guests that will appeal to the varied interests of our attendees. We are confident that other conventions never intentionally copy our list.
9. I'm friends with someone you may want as a guest. Should I invite them for you?
Please do not invite guests on behalf of Anime Boston! You are perfectly welcome to send their contact information to the Director of Guest Relations, but we strongly urge people not to invite guests on their own. In the past, guests have been invited to Anime Boston by individuals not affiliated with the Guest Relations staff. The guest then contacted Anime Boston for information about their guest status. This created confusion since our Guest Relations staff never sent them an invitation. It also put the convention in an awkward position of possibly offending a potential future guest by informing them that they were not invited and that Anime Boston does not currently have room in the guest list. Please help us avoid this confusion and do not contact guests on our behalf. If you want to do us a favor and help, just forward the guest's contact info to the Director of Guest Relations.
10. I'm friends with someone you have as a guest. Can I meet up with them at the con?
Everyone is welcome to attend the guest panels. You can say hello there.
11. Why don't you get more web comic guests?
While Anime Boston is primarily focused on anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture, we do recognize the growing popularity of web comics and their broad appeal across many spectrums of fandom. The Anime Boston Art Track is part of our efforts to reach out and include popular web comic artists to be featured in our Artists' Alley.
We want to continue our web comic artist participation. However, given scheduling, contractual, and budget constraints, we have to keep our focus on our core mission.
12. What days will the guests be there?
Unless we say otherwise, all of our guests will be at the convention for all three days. Guests will have various panels and autograph signings scheduled throughout the weekend. There is no one day when you can attend all the guest panels and get all their autographs. (There aren't enough hours in the day for us to do that even if we tried.)
13. When can I get autographs?
When the autograph schedules have been set, they will be announced. Scheduled autograph signings will be scheduled throughout the weekend. Be sure to check the schedule at the convention since many autograph sessions are not on the same day as the guest's Q&A panel. Q&A panels are not intended for autograph signing. Autograph seekers will get turned away even if you are only at the convention for that one day or you missed an earlier autograph session.
14. What can I have guests sign?
To be fair to everyone that would like an autograph, there is a limit of one autograph item per person.
Good autograph items:
- DVD cover of a show a person was involved with
- The inside cover of a book an artist or writer's work appears in
- Anime Boston program guide (it has autograph space in the back)
- An autograph book
- Blank paper
Bad autograph items:
- Bootlegged or unlicensed items
- Items from shows the person was not in
- Items from shows you suspect the person was in and credited under an alias
- Body parts
- T-shirts (they're difficult to write on)
- Convention badges (they're very small and guests like to write big)
- Food (including jars of pickles)
15. Can I give the guest a present?
Yes, but...
- ...do it when it's your turn at the autograph session.
- ...don't give them food. They probably won't eat food from strangers and some guests have food alergies.
- ...don't ask them to put on a shirt right away. Some guests are modest.
- ...don't expect anything special in return.
16. What is Anime Boston's Autograph Policy?
You can find our Autograph Policy in our Convention Policies section.


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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Call for Submissions for the 85th Edition of the COG: Orphans and Orphans
(Many thanks to footnote Maven for once again creating the perfect poster for the subject of the Carnival of Genealogy.)
I am thrilled to be hosting the 85th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. The topic, "Orphans and Orphans," can be interpreted as follows:
The first type of orphan refers to those ancestors or relatives who lost their parents when they were young.
The second type of orphan would be those siblings or cousins of our ancestors who could be called "reverse orphans." They are the relatives who, for whatever reason – death at a young age, never having married or had children, or having children who did not survive to provide descendants – have no direct descendants of their own, so it falls to us, their collateral relatives, to learn and write their story.
Submit your blog article to the Carnival of Genealogy using the Carnival submission form. If you have any questions, see Jasia's "FAQs About the Carnival of Genealogy," which contains complete instructions for submitting a post, or you can use the Contact button on the left side of this blog to contact me.
I look forward to reading your submissions and hope that we will see some first-timers for this edition of the COG!
The deadline for submissions is 1 December 2009.
Note: As noted in the comments, there have been some problems with the Carnival submission form site. If you do encounter any problems, just send me a note using the Contact button on the left and I will make sure that your submission is included.
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Congratulations and thanks for hosting, Greta.ReplyDelete
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I just wanted to give you heads-up that the Blog Carnival site is down. I suggested that everyone contact you here or by email if they can't submit the usual way.
Hopefully they'll having it working again soon. And hopefully I'll get mine written before the deadline!
Hi Gretta, as Apple notes, the submission site is down. I have posted my entry.ReplyDelete
I will keep checking the Blog Carnival site.
Thanks Apple and Carol for letting me know - if there continue to be problems, just let me know via e-mail (you can use the Contact button).ReplyDelete
Blog Carnival site appears to be up, but I didn't receive the usual submission 'receipt' so it might not be working 100%.ReplyDelete
I did not receive a confirmation note, either, so I think it's still down. I sent a message to the COG team last night but have not received any reply.
I printed out your e-mail and put it in my "COG submission" pile, so you can consider this your confirmation.
Thanks for letting me know,


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For fourteen consecutive years, the Adobe Design Achievement Awards has celebrated student achievement in the disciplines of technology and the creative arts. The competition recognizes the most promising higher education student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, and filmmakers from around the world. Now in its 14th year, the contest has received over 30,000 entries submitted from 75 countries. Each year, the contest seeks industry luminaries to judge the thousands of entries received.
The ADAA Semifinal panelists and official category judges hail from all over the world, representing a wide range of creative expertise, aesthetics and design principles. Eighteen Semifinal selection panelists from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Egypt, United Kingdom, and Germany, will review the ADAA entries from Session I and Session II. The panel will select which entries, from each of the eleven categories, to be elevated to Semifinalist status. The Semifinalist entries will then be reviewed by nine official category judges in New York City, this August.
The ADAA announces the 2014 official category judges:
Nina Boesch of NinaBoesch.com and Ralph Appelbaum Associates, United States / Germany
Matteo Bologna, Mucca Design, United States / Italy
Hamish Campbell, Pearlfisher New York
Alia Hassan, Blue State Digital, New York
Hjalti Karlsson, Karlssonwilker Inc., United States / Iceland
John Madere, of John Madere Photography, United States
J. J. Sedelmaier of J. J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc., United States
Lita Talarico, School of Visual Arts, United States / Canada
John Vondracek, The String Theory, United States
Read the ADAA judges' biographies here.
Returning judge, J.J. Sedelmaier, participated in the Adobe Design Achievement Awards contest in 2003, and will be acting as an official judge again in 2014. Sedelmaier commented, "I am looking forward to being a judge for the 2014 ADAA's. There is a strong camaraderie which occurs amongst the judges and I am looking forward to not only the great work, but working with creative industry professionals on the judging panel."
Watch the ADAA judges in action here.
ADAA winners continue to participate in the program, over a decade later. Sedelmaier was present in 2003, when Willy Wong was attending Yale University, and chosen to win for his design category. Wong is now the Chief Creative Officer at NYC & Company, the City of New York's official marketing organization, as well as President of AIGA New York.
Willy Wong is currently serving alongside Stephan Powilat on the ADAA Board. Powilat was part of a team that won the ADAA Print Communications category in 2006. Powilat is the Co-founder of LABOR – Modern Communications, an agency based in Mainz, Germany, which has consistently worked on the ADAA creative since 2007. "Serving on the ADAA board will be an honor, because the contest has been such a great experience; personal, future-oriented, and career-enhancing, for so many years now. First, participating as a student, and aspiring to have our work selected. Then, working on the program's creative visual, and now, years later, I'm excited to give back to the program, and to the students whom we'll soon recognize."
The ADAA announces the 2014 Board Members:
Klaus Delanghe, Howest University, The Netherlands
Penny Ann Dolin, Arizona State University, United States
Jean-Benoit Lévy, Visual Communicator, United States
Brian Lucid, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, United States
Andrew McAllister, OCAD University, Canada
Mike Patterson, Animator and director of music videos and blended media, United States
Andrew Phelps, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States
Stephan Powilat, LABOR, Germany
Read the Board Members' biographies here.
Submission Session I will close soon, on April 18, 2014. Students are encouraged to submit now, for a chance at early global recognition. The semifinalist selection panel will judge early submissions from April 18 through May 18, 2014. Projects that were completed after May 1, 2013, are still eligible for submission.
Watch the ADAA Overview Video for more information on the contest and how to participate. Final deadline is June 20, 2014.


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Baldwin 85375 Glennon Tubular Handleset
Interior latch set designs coordinate beautifully with lockset styles to enable customers to carry a specific design theme throughout the home. Each Estate lockset is packed as a complete set, and is also available by component. The single cylinder function allows you to lock and unlock your door with a key on the outside, while a turn button is used on the inside.
- Glennon Handleset
- Full Dummy and Single Cylinder Entry Set
- Accommodates 1.75" thick door. Conversion kit available for 2" and 2.5" thick doors.
- Dimension: 3" x 15.913"
- Solid Forged Brass
Baldwin Hardware warrants to the original residential purchaser (the "Purchaser") that each Baldwin Estate product shall be free of mechanical defect for as long as the Purchaser occupies the residential premises upon which the product was originally installed.
Finish Warranty:
Limited Finish Warranty: The finish on Baldwin products (excluding Lifetime PVD Finish and living finish products) is protected by a durable topcoat designed to maintain the beauty and quality of the Baldwin product. For Baldwin products purchased with a Limited Finish Warranty, Baldwin warrants the finish shall be free from defects in material and workmanship from tarnishing, flaking, and discoloring for either a) five (5) years from date of purchase for interior use or b) one (1) year from the date of purchase for exterior use; as long as the original Purchaser occupies the residential premises upon which the product was originally installed.
Living Finishes: Atmospheric conditions can cause staining and alkaline etching that varies by geography. In addition, frequency of use will cause the finish to gracefully age in appearance. These finish changes are not considered manufacturing defects and are not covered by this warranty. Rather, they are indicative of normal wear and tear and reflect the essence of a living finish. Due to the nature of Baldwin living finish products, they will wear over time and may already have begun the process before reaching your home. No finish warranty is offered on Baldwin living finish products, which are designed to age and improve over time. Living finishes include raw brass, oil rubbed bronze, stainless steel, and other non-lacquered or non-PVD finishes.


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10 Great Reasons to Travel New Zealand by Bus
No more excuses! Here's ten great reasons to take the bus and go on that Kiwi adventure that you've always wanted.
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1. New friends
When you're hitting the road for a few hours it's hard to ignore the people around you. But that's a good thing - strangers are just friends you haven't met yet! When you travel by the bus the locals take, you will meet Kiwis and other travelers like you. You never know, you may like the sound of their travel plans and then tag along.
2. Affordability
You didn't come all the way to New Zealand to be pampered for a few days, you came for a fun adventure and to experience as much of the country as possible, for as long as possible! Long distance bus fares in New Zealand start from only $1!
By creating your own itinerary, taking the bus to your choice of destinations, and booking your own style of accommodation, you can see where every dollar is going and spend it on what you want to.
3. Flexible and Convenient
If you're anything like me you won't want someone else's timetable to cramp your style. Travelling by bus means you don't have to book months in advance or pay a horrendous last-minute-change-of-plans-fee when you decide to stay on somewhere for a bit longer.
4. You take travelling seriously
Many people like to go on a set-itinerary tour with a blank slate, ready to be fed information as they go. If you're an "educated traveler" this may not be for you. You have done your research and don't need to be told it all again. Being taken A to B is all you and your wallet need.
5. Cool Extras
If you decide to travel on an Intercity Flexipass, a number of dedicated sightseeing day tours such as awesomeNZ and GreatSights are included. Your flexitrips pass covers the travel component and you just pay for your optional extras, ie. Snacks and entrance fees. Visiting Piahia? Hop on the Dolphin Watching Cruise – it's only 3.15 hours of Flexipass credit.
6. Travel in style
Those days of juggling the map, steering wheel and road-trip snacks are over. Your only responsibility is to make sure you're comfortable. Air conditioned coaches enable you to sit comfortably while soaking in all the sights that you couldn't usually enjoy without veering off the road.
7. Local insight from the guy sitting next to you
End up experiencing stunning parts of New Zealand that are nowhere to be found online, the ones that don't feature on a travel agents' list of top 5 places to see. Kiwis are a proud and friendly bunch, eager to share New Zealand's best kept secrets.
8. No strings attached
When taking the bus to the destination you choose you'll be taken there, that's it. Not via a 'really neat gift shop' or to a hostel that 'you are bound to love'. You're not on a school-field trip where participation in expensive tourist activities is mandatory.
9. Travel with as many or as few friends as you want
Don't pull the plug on your road trip because the friend you were going to share petrol with just did. Also avoid the awkwardness of uninviting someone because there's not enough room in the car. The bus solves both problems - whether it's you and your iPod travelling or the whole crew.
10. Easy to book online
Is it too much to ask for it to be easy to book some quality and affordable transport? Lucky for you taking the bus is easy to book, you can do it all online 24/7. Any qualms? Just call the 0800 number and a friendly kiwi will help you get back on the road in no time.


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Last summer, through an exciting and first-of-its-kind Facebook application, the LA Galaxy, along with Herbalife and adidas allowed fans to decide what the club's 3rd kit would look like for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Fans submitted more than 8,000 designs and were able to cast their votes for one of the final five fan-designed kits.
After months of anticipation, the Galaxy are excited to announce the winner of the LA Galaxy 3rd Kit Contest!
Drum roll, please...
The winner, with 30.3% of the total votes is Carlos Rodriguez!
Speaking with LAGalaxy.com last year, Carlos had this to say about what inspired his design and what it would mean to him to have his kit selected by the fans:
On his inspiration for the design:
"I wanted the jersey to be a throwback to the inaugural season. Though there are certainly some people who might not place that jersey among the nicest LA Galaxy kits throughout the years for its somewhat flamboyant appearance, I have always looked at that jersey as one of the most iconic kits in MLS history. Unfortunately, since those jerseys are out of production, I felt a kit harkening back to that year could be a memento for older and much younger Galaxy fans who never had a chance to put on that jersey or would like to don those colors once again."
On what it would mean to have his jersey selected as the Galaxy's official 3rd Kit:
"I have always had a great love for the Galaxy and I look back very fondly at the times my uncle, my cousin, and I would head to Pasadena to catch a game. As an emerging fan of the beautiful game, the Galaxy along with the rest of MLS was my first real immersion into the world of soccer and as a young kid I did not grow up idolizing soccer greats such as the Ronaldos or the Zidanes but rather Galaxy players such as the aforementioned Cobi Jones, Mauricio Cienfuegos, and Jorge Campos. Having my design selected is, therefore, my chance to be etched into the history of the team I love so much and to whom I am eternally gratefully for truly enriching my childhood."
Tonight, Carlos joined Galaxy President Chris Klein and Dan Calichman, the first Galaxy captain, for the official unveil of his design. Fans can check back on lagalaxy.com after tonight's Reserve League game for more from that event.
The Galaxy will debut the new 3rd kit for Alumni Night on Saturday, August 17 when the club takes on Real Salt Lake.
Want to purchase the Galaxy's new 3rd kit? Click HERE.


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Time for a look back at a few figures.
The first 105 PistenBully were made, as was usual then, with petrol engines. The switch was soon made to diesel engines, however, which quickly became the global standard. The first attachments were also developed, e.g. to create cross-country tracks. Over 4,000 PistenBully cross-country vehicles have since been sold. Kässbohrer launched the world's first winch vehicle for slope grooming in 1985. Over 3,000 have followed.
The world marvelled when the first PistenBully was delivered to the Antarctic as a research vehicle at the start of the 1980s. To this day, every nation conducting research there has done so with PistenBully.
The most successful model on the planet also comes from Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG - over 3,000 vehicles from the PistenBully 300 series have been sold worldwide.
PistenBully are used in around 70 countries all over the world .... anywhere in fact where snow falls and people go skiing, you will find the red powerhouse hard at work.
Back to the 20,000th PistenBully. This was built at the start of September. The 20,000th is a PistenBully 600 E+ with diesel-electric drive. The "green" PistenBully 600 E+ left the factory as soon as it was finished and headed off by ship to Crystal Mountain, Washington, in the USA.
If that's not grounds for a celebration! On Friday 26th September, Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG has celebrated its 20,000th PistenBully with a delightful BBQ party.


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Story Time
I like this story so much that I think I'll keep it going and see where it goes from here:
1.) Only write 1 to 2 sentences
2.) Keep it clean
3.) Have fun and spread the word so the story grows
Here's the story that has formed so far:
Awesome people who have authored the story by adding lines so far: Sullivan McPig, Julie@My5monkeys, Susan Jane Bigelow, barmybex
Title: An Extraordinary Girl
Once upon a time in a time not that long ago there was a disturbance.
The cause of the disturbance was something that was well...truly disturbing. In fact it was so disturbing that at first it was quite unclear what this disturbance was, because anyone who saw it was too disturbed to talk about it.
There came a noisy unruly girl who demanded that all must obey her. She was the girl of the mayor and weird things did happen around her. Pigeons tap danced when she blinked her eyes and cockroaches would mimic her words when she spoke. Lights would go off and babies would cry when she passed.
This girl stood in the center of town, pigeons dancing, roaches waiting, lights flickering and babies crying all around. She struck her umbrella on the cobblestones. A hush fell over the town as purple sparks shot out of the tip of the umbrella and even the pigeons stopped their dancing and seemed to hold their breath.
As the astounded masses watched a massive hole slowly appeared in the middle of the street. As the dust settled it was revealed...a giant staircase leading down to complete darkness and then a faint music started to radiate from its depths.
There was such a ruckus in the town and trying to make sure that all the citizens were fine. The music coming out of the hole had a mesmerizing sound that attracted all the citizens. It was almost like children's music.
The girl grinned mischievously and whistled along with the music while she slowly descended down the hole.
The further down she went the louder the music echoed. A strange shift filled the air and a cold wind howled past causing her hair to flutter round her face, but it didn't distract her. As she confidently walked on some of the pigeons and cockroaches followed her, cautiously and trembling with fear and a sense of foreboding.
"Wait," a high, piping voice said, "there are dangers below!" One of the pigeons had spoken. This was not a terrific surprise to the girl, who did not pause in her descent.
"Stay above ground if you don't have the courage to follow me," she stated calmly. "But I must go on. The faith of the town depends on this."
As she kept traveling downward the tone of the music seemed to change and become more insistent. Then in the distance a faint shimmering light appeared.It glowed a dull purple at first, but then changed to a harsh, angry blue that pulsated like a frantic heartbeat that got more aggressive the closer the girl got to it.
The light was actually calling to her, and only her. She was different from everyone else in the town. It was her duty.
She edged closer with her arm out in front of her. The blue light grew in intensity until she had to close her eyes against the glare, a warmth surrounded her arm from the light and she pulled in a satisfied breath and grinned.
As more of the light enveloped her, she felt the heat spread and her body began to hum with a sense of power.
Then in her mind she began to hear a whispering chant almost as if the power knew who she was and what she had to do.
The words and the music started to sync together and then she began to speak the chant, as she spoke the discordant words the light solidified into a wooden door which slowly began to open.
The light around the door frame was still so bright it cast shadows into the room, making it impossible to see what was in there.
She slowly peeked into the room and felt so cold that there must be something not of this world in there. She slowly found the bed and sat down on it.
Then out of nowhere a dapper looking man appeared. He looked like a perfect gentleman, he even had a strange purple tophat on. Though when you looked in his eyes there was no warmth to be found and his presence seemed to suck the warmth from the room.


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Peabody police
Sept. 14 — Peabody Police took an information report that led to the recovery of a motorcycle stolen in Wichita.
Sept. 18 — Police completed a record check for the United States Government. Officers opened an investigation of an elderly driver.
Sept. 19 — Officers took a report of criminal trespass.
Thursday — Police opened an investigation into the report of a stolen firearm. An investigation continues in the case.
Friday — Police took a report of inappropriate physical contact at Peabody-Burns Elementary School. The school district will handle the situation and SRS has been notified. A theft was reported by a downtown business. The case was solved and the incident resolved with no arrests. Police took a report of stolen property.
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2019 Mazda CX-3 Sport
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2019 Mazda CX-3
Vehicle Description
27/32 City/Highway MPG Price includes: $750 - Customer Cash. Exp. 04/30/2019, $250 - Customer Cash. Exp. 04/30/2019
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Electronic Stability Control
Traction Control
Air Conditioning
Power Steering
Power Windows
Rear Window Defroster
Additional Features
4-Wheel Disc Brakes
6 Speakers
ABS Brakes
Brake Assist
Driver Vanity Mirror
Low Tire Pressure Warning
Panic Alarm
Passenger Vanity Mirror
Rear Window Wiper
Remote Keyless Entry
Tilt Steering Wheel
Trip Computer
4.325 Axle Ratio
16\" x 6.5\" Aluminum Alloy Wheels
Cloth Upholstery
Radio: AM/FM Modular Audio System
Aha Internet Radio
E911 Automatic Emergency Notification
Pandora Internet Radio
Radio Broadcast Data System Program Information
SMS Text Msg Audio Delivery & Reply
Stitcher Internet Radio
Infotainment System Voice Command
Front Bucket Seats
Front Center Armrest
AM/FM radio
Bumpers: body-color
Delay-off headlights
Driver door bin
Dual front impact airbags
Dual front side impact airbags
Front anti-roll bar
Front reading lights
Front wheel independent suspension
Illuminated entry
Occupant sensing airbag
Outside temperature display
Overhead airbag
Passenger door bin
Power door mirrors
Radio data system
Rear seat center armrest
Speed control
Speed-sensing steering
Split folding rear seat
Steering wheel mounted audio controls
Telescoping steering wheel
Turn signal indicator mirrors
Variably intermittent wipers
Front beverage holders
Exterior Parking Camera Rear
Blind spot sensor: Blind Spot Monitoring warning
Emergency communication system: MAZDA CONNECT
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Mazda of Everett is a New Mazda Dealership and we specialize in all Pre-owned cars and trucks. at very competitive prices.
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I've lived in Snohomish County for many years, and I started in the Automotive Business in 1989- going on 30 years in a career that I absolutely love! I have specialized in many different vehicle brands, which has given a broad range of knowledge of all makes & models of vehicles! I strive to use this information and genuine appreciation for my friends and customers to provide the best vehicle purchase experience possible!
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Photos of the new Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG surfaced on the internet providing us with our first camouflage-free look at the German brand's high-performance hatchback, designed to challenge the 315hp (320PS) BMW M135i and 335hp (340PS) Audi RS3.
An AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7-speed sports transmission with dual clutch technology transfers power to Mercedes' new 4MATIC all-wheel drive system. In addition, the automaker's engineers have tweaked the chassis of the A45 AMG that features new suspension and steering system settings and components, wider tracks, reworked electronic aids and stronger brakes.
The new A45 AMG hatch will be unveiled at the Geneva Auto Salon next month. For more information please visit CarScoop.


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Dr. Richard Harold Morrow Jr., a physician and Johns Hopkins public health official and who had worked in Ghana and Uganda, died of pancreatic cancer Aug. 17 at his home in the Bare Hills section of Baltimore County. He was 81.
Hopkins colleagues described him as a pioneer in international public health. He was the recipient of a 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Public Health Association's International Health Section.
"He was a man of both humility and brilliance," said Dr. Adnan A. Hyder, a Hopkins professor of international health, who lives in Lutherville. "Intellectually, he was one of the most creative public health physicians in his field. Personally, he was a man of respect. He would treat everyone the same — a first-year student or the director of the World Health Organization."
Born in Arlington Heights, Ill., he was the son of Richard Morrow, an inventor who sold a vacuum cleaner he designed and later invented a commercial paper bag opener used at McDonald's restaurants. His mother, Mary Blyth Morrow, attended the Sorbonne research university in Paris, spoke fluent French and was a homemaker.
Dr. Morrow earned a degree in economics at Swarthmore College and was a graduate of the Washington University Medical School in Saint Louis. He also earned a master's degree in public health at Harvard University, where he was later a professor.
While he was in medical school, he met his future wife, Helga Magnus, a nursing student from the Netherlands who was a Holocaust survivor.
"I had been on a blind date with his roommate and he asked me out. On our first date, he took me to the movie, 'The Red Balloon,'" his wife said. "A little later I found an enormous red balloon at my dormitory. There was note attached that said, 'This balloon led me to your door.'"
She said her husband performed his residency at the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., and spent a year working with Navajo native Americans in Many Farms, Ariz.
"We lived in a converted Santa Fe Railroad refrigerator car," she said. "As a young man, he realized he wanted to improve the health of society, and not necessarily just treat individuals. He believed that a healthy society produces healthy individuals. And he believed that a healthy society is of economic benefit to a country."
In 1962, Dr. Morrow began his work in Africa. He and his wife moved to Ghana and helped establish a national institute of health. He worked in Accra at the Korle Bu Hospital. The country had recently received its independence and he fought endemic infectious diseases, including malaria. He later worked in Uganda from 1965 to 1970 while his wife was a Peace Corps nurse.
At that time, he studied the buruli ulcer, or sores on the legs and arms, a condition related to tuberculosis.
From 1970 to 1976, he was professor of public health at Harvard University. In 1976 he returned in Ghana for another three years of work. Before coming to Hopkins in 1991, he was director of epidemiology and field research for tropical disease research and training at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
"My husband looked at the whole concept of equality in medicine," his wife said. "He developed a theoretical approach to take the number of dollars you had and then you multiplied that money in a way to do the most good to the society. He believed the best way to spend our time together would be with the people who needed the most help."
She said Dr. Morrow never spoke badly of anyone and "always saw the best in people."
"He was a strong believer in developing the capacity of individuals," said Dr. Hyder, a close friend and Hopkins colleague. "His work was amazing. What he was doing in the 1970s was rediscovered in the 1990s."
Dr. Morrow retained close contacts with many of his students and with public health officials throughout the world.
"He never retired, and he never stopped mentoring his students," his wife said. "They truly came from all over the world and they called him day and night. He always took their calls. Many just needed some extra reassurance."
Before his death, Dr. Morrow established a scholarship for Bloomberg School public health students.
In a statement issued by the Bloomberg School, he was described as a "lifetime learner and educator, [who] will be remembered for his brilliance, grace, humor, curiosity, generosity and above all, his integrity. He believed in the goodness of mankind. The footprint he left behind is deep and permanent."
Plans for a life celebration at Hopkins are incomplete.
In addition to his wife of 54 years, survivors include a son, Dwight Morrow of West Chester, Pa.; three daughters, Densua Bloom of Stevenson, Odaybea Morrow of Oakton, Va. and Cynthia Morrow of Syracuse, N.Y.; a sister, Mary Duane of Denver, Colo.; and nine grandchildren.