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Little did I realize, when I began this series of etchings, that real politics would become part of my artwork. Fake News???? I am posting one of the over 100 monotype etchings: Natural History:Alexander Hamilton, today. True or False? I will answer this in my next blog. Censorship is the antithesis of art. I believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and all the hard fought laws that American citizens gave their lives to defend.
Original premise: Pliny the Elder (who died in the Vesuvius explosion ) tried to collect a book of all knowledge-the first encyclopedia – and did he get a lot wrong! But even so, much of it still believed today.
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12″x 18″. Framed 24″x 30″. Printed on Rives BFK white archival paper. Edition 1/1. Each print background consists of 2, differently colored, inked, aquatinted copper plates printed over each other. This produces the variegated stripes.
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This summer, 11 libraries in Dallas are offering much more than an impressive selection of books and a quiet place to read. Operating under the sponsorship of Equal Heart, a nonprofit working to end hunger, these libraries serve as Summer Food Service Program sites where Dallas children can enjoy healthy meals and enriching activities during the summer months.
"Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive from both the community and the staff," said North Oak Cliff Branch Library Manager Ray Sablack.
During the first two weeks of operations 5,900 meals were served across all locations. The success has been so impressive that the Dallas Public Library Youth Services Administrator, Melissa Dease, has been asked to make a presentation at a statewide conference for librarians to encourage other libraries to participate next summer. Some branches have as many as 100 children show up to eat.
The North Oak Cliff Branch features a long list of activities scheduled throughout the summer. There are activities suitable for teens as well as young children. Also, there are weekly crochet groups, a book club, weekly art classes, computer classes, and more for adults.
Families arrive at the library for activities that begin at 11 a.m. and lunch is at 12:30. A snack is served at 2:30 and while there is sometimes a program at 1 or 2 p.m., there are so many things to do at the library some families stay from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sablack said that teens are coming in specifically for the snack time and staying afterward.
"Our library has a mission of bringing our community together and the Summer Food Program has proven itself very easy to integrate into that vision," Sablack said. "We are learning more about our patrons, patrons are learning more about the library, and everyone is working together to create a stronger sense of community throughout our neighborhood."
Posted July 1, 2015
The Hutto Independent School District (HISD) had a special lunch guest this summer when Hutto Mayor Debbie Holland joined Suzi David, child nutrition services director for HISD, for a summer lunch at Cottonwood Elementary. Mayor Holland is part of the Texas Department of Agriculture's Healthy Community Network and she wanted to experience firsthand the work the district is doing to serve healthy meals to children in need.
"I was most impressed with not only the choices of food that are being offered to these children, but more importantly, the commitment being made by Hutto ISD to take care of the children of Hutto," said Mayor Holland. "This program is invaluable."
HISD serves about 600 people a day during the summer. The district is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's summer nutrition programs. These programs are administered in Texas by TDA, in partnership with local meal provider agencies.
Photo:Left to right, Jorge Franco, Hutto ISD summer school principal, Esau Milenthal, Hutto ISD chef, Suzi David, nutrition services director, Ed Ramos, deputy superintendent, and Debbie Holland, mayor of Hutto.
Posted August 5, 2014
Flour Bluff Independent School District starts its summer nutrition program well before summer vacation begins. Nutrition Director Gina Valdez said her nutrition team displays summer program posters in the cafeteria and sends fliers home with students before the school year ends. Additional outreach efforts include announcements at School Health Advisory Council meetings and on the district's website.
"The goal of the Flour Bluff ISD School Nutrition Department is to provide an opportunity for all students to receive a warm, nutritious and delicious meal in a safe and clean environment," Valdez said.
These efforts have contributed to a successful partnership with the Texas Department of Agriculture of more than 10 years in offering the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Seamless Summer Option.
Photos: Top, Angela Jones and Paula O'Connor stand ready to serve nutritious summer meals at Flour Bluff ISD. Left, Nutrition Director Gina Valdez is proud of the healthy options such as fresh apples that the district offers in the summer.
Posted August 5, 2014.
On June 17, the Dallas Independent School District had a big kickoff event to highlight its big Summer Food Service Program. For the event, the district partnered with Dallas Park and Recreation, Texas Hunger Initiative, United Way, several radio stations and other organizations. The event also featured fun activities and special guests.
One of the very special guests was John Sattler of Sun Bar Ranch in Tyler. Fresh blueberries and peaches from Sun Bar Ranch are part of Dallas ISD's summer menus. Other exciting menu offerings this year included chicken fajita soft tacos, baked rotini, watermelon cubes and baby carrots.
Dallas ISD is serving meals at 207 locations through August 22. Families in the Dallas area can find meals at more than 180 Dallas ISD schools and more than 20 community locations such as colleges, parks and youth activity centers. Dallas ISD is inviting all children to access good nutrition by participating in the program.
Updated August 5, 2014
Some Texas school districts took the cafeteria to the children this summer to ensure youngsters who don't have consistent access to healthy meals during the summer vacation could get good nutrition through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) summer nutrition programs. The buses serve those children who do not live within walking distance of a traditional meal site and do not have the transportation necessary to travel to a site.
The mobile meal efforts of two districts, San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District and Texas City Independent School District, have been featured in local media. Most recently, a television crew from the CBS affiliate in nearby Austin went to San Marcos to report on the San Marcos CISD's Mobile Meals bus. The reporter and a photojournalist visited a neighborhood where meals from the bus are served, as well as the local library where meals also are served.
Earlier this year, the Galveston newspaper featured an article touting the meals served on Texas City ISD's Sting Mobile bus. The newspaper reporter wrote that during summer vacation a school bus seems like the last thing a child would want to see, but in Texas City, "the arrival of a school bus during the summer break will actually be something they may enjoy."
Whether it's delivered to the children or served at a traditional meal site these meals provide important nutrition so children can return to school in the fall nourished and ready to succeed. The districts partner with the Texas Department of Agriculture to serve the meals that are funded by USDA.
Photos: The Texas City ISD Sting Mobile. Photos by Kevin M. Cox/The Galveston County Daily News
Posted August 4, 2014.
Summer Success Story Submission Form
Assistance available in English and Spanish. Please call 877-TEX-MEAL (877-839-6325) for help.
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
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Casting slides reveal more of Thor's divine helpers. Witness more Colonial destruction from BSG: The Plan. More pictures show Summer Glau inside the Dollhouse, and Smallville's Justice Society gets three new members. Plus 2012, Inception, Supernatural, Eclipse, and Doctor Parnassus.
Cillian Murphy has apparently read the Inception script. His thoughts? Excited but vague:
"It's conceptual. It doesn't fit into any genre," he explained. "There are elements of different types of things in it but it is all from Chris' imagination. I've never read anything close to it before."
An eagle-eyed reporter noticed Dominic Cooper was reading casting slides for Thor. Although Cooper cautioned that nothing has been finalized, the part he was reading for is Fandral the Dashing, a member of the Warriors Three, a team of Asgardians who fight alongside Thor. So we might be seeing the trio (and Cooper) in the movie. [Movieline]
Stan Lee is disappointed that Kenneth Branagh didn't consider him for the role of Odin, though he will have a cameo in Thor. [Collider]
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
The TV Obsessed has another spoilerific review of The Plan, including the fact that the Simon who has a wife and kid on one of the ships in the fleet airlocks himself rather than destroy the ship or be revealed as a Cylon — but he gets found out anyway. And Cavil sets off Five's explosive suicide vest himself. Also, we see the beginnings of Leoben's Kara obsession as he sits alone and listens to the fleet traffic. Cavil randomly stabs a little boy for no reason, just so we'll know how evil he is.
And there are some cool apocalyptic images of the Cylon attack on the Colonies. [The TV Obsessed]
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Interviews with Terry Gilliam and the cast offer a few more glimpses of the trippy fantasy movie:
If the latest stills from Roland Emmerich's disaster porn teach us anything, it's that the apocalypse will be wet. [IGN]
X-Files 3
David Duchovny would like to do a third film, but if it happens, he'd like to focus on the aliens and conspiracy that were central to the show's mythology. [IGN]
Kirsten Prout has been cast as Lucy, a vampire who appears only in flashbacks. A vampire named turns Jasper Hale into a vampire during the Civil War and recruits him for her vampire army. Jasper eventually betrays Maria and two of her soldiers, including Lucy. [MTV Movies Blog]
It looks like Paul Ballard and Echo are going to lock lips in an upcoming episode, but that doesn't mean Paul has completely given himself over to the Dollhouse. Tamoh Penikett says that although Paul's been drinking the Kool-Aid a bit, he's going to have more issues with his new corporate role. [E! Online]
And we get a better look at Summer Glau and her poor, poor (left) arm in November 6th's episode "The Left Hand." [Spoiler TV]
In the November 19th episode, "Abandon All Hope," Lucifer will capture Castiel while the latter is on a recon mission in Missouri. Lucifer interrogates Castiel by trapping him in a burning ring fueled by holy oil. [TV Guide Magazine]
Executive producer Adam Armus drops a few more hints as to which male original cast member will die:
"We always pull surprises on Heroes. That's all I have to say. It is an epic battle. It's an epic struggle between two very well-loved characters, and it's going to be really compelling."
So, who will be involved in this epic struggle? Hiro and Ando? Parkman and Sylar? Nathan and Sylar? [SCI FI Wire]
In the November 5th episode, "The Gift," the apparent connection between a Blue Hand club and some recent suicides leads Mark, Demetri, Gough, and MI6 agent Fiona Bands to investigate. Aaron will receive a surprise visit from an army buddy of his late daughter's. While Demetri reveals his lack of flashforward to Zoey, Nicole will help Bryce solve the mystery of his while volunteering at the hospital. [Spoiler TV]
Lois throws some punches in this preview from Friday's episode "Roulette." [via Spoiler TV]
The Justice Society is assembling on Smallville and three of the members have been identified. Stargate SG-1's Michael Shanks will be playing Hawkman, Andromeda's Brent Stait will play Doctor Fate, and Aliens in America's Britt Irvin will play Stargirl. [IGN]
This Thursday marks the beginning of the two-part serial "The Mad Woman in the Attic." We get an early glimpse of Donald Sumpter as Erasmus Darkening, Suranne Jones as Mona Lisa, and Eleanor Tomlinson as Eve. [Blogtor Who]
And in the second part of the serial, we'll see a pair of very familiar faces: the Third and Fourth Doctors. Granted, we'll be seeing Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker in flashbacks using archival footage, but we'll also see Sarah Jane's future — one featuring another familiar Doctor. The vision of the future will involve the phrase, "He is returning, he is coming back," and we'll see the TARDIS appear in the Bannerman Road attic. In another flashforward toward the end of the episode, where we'll encounter none other than the Tenth Doctor, David Tennant. Sarah Jane's robotic sidekick K9 will also be back, supposedly for good. [Den of Geek]
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NORFOLK — The Virginia Chocolate Festival returns March 23¿24 to the Scope Exhibition Hall in Norfolk.
Presented by the Virginia Arts Festival, the event has grown to two days of everything chocolate.
Vendors will be offering chocolates from arorund the world plus chocolate¿making and cooking demonstrations. There'll be lots of samples, of course.
According to the VAF, Americans today consume an average of 12 pounds of chocolate every year, though that number is less than other countries such as Switzerland (22 pounds), Austria (20 pounds) and Ireland (19 pounds).
Food vendors at the ferstival include Trafton's Chocolates, The Royal Chocolate, Twisted Sisters Cupcakes, Schakolad, Jody's Popcorn, Sugar Rush, Virginia Gourmet, Thank Goodness Its Home Made, Oberweis Dairy, Mrs. Bryant's Specialty Foods, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Nordstrom, Velata Chocolate Fondue, Angel's Chocolates, The Dancing Tomato, South n' France, Tessa's Creations, Elaine's Catering, and Harry & David.
In addition, several Norfolk restaurants will be serving chocolate-themed dinners, desserts and beverages. The list includes 456 Fish, Bodega on Granby, Byrd & Baldwin Brothers Steakhouse; 219 An American Bistro; Norfolk Seafood Company, Bardo Edibles + Elixirs, The Public House, Omar's Carriage House, Todd Jurich's Bistro and Trilogy Bistro. Call for information and reservations.
Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 23, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 24.
Virginia Chocolate Festival. Scope Exhibition Hall, 201 E. Brambleton Ave. Norfolk. Tickets are $20 adults and $10 children under age 12. They're available at the door, by calling 757-282-2822 or online at vafest.org.


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Couple with child in stroller assaulted on MBTA train, police say
Weymouth man charged in Red Line incident
A Weymouth man was accused of attacking a man on a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority train as the victim traveled with his wife and toddler Sunday night.
A couple told police they got on a Red Line train at the Wollaston Station and noticed Joseph Pacheco, 43, arguing with a woman. The victim said Pacheco asked him for a cigarette twice during the ride, but he declined.
The victim's wife then asked Pacheco to move away from the stroller her 2-year-old daughter was in, police said.
Pacheco's female companion then starting assaulting the mother, police said, and when her husband intervened, Pacheco allegedly began assaulting him with a beer bottle.
Pacheco was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Police are still searching for the woman who assaulted the mother, police said.


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Bear Town Market and Beer Garden continues its benefit concert series Friday night with a performance by musical guest Selah Dubb.
Bear Town Market and Beer Garden continues its benefit concert series Friday night with a performance by musical guest Selah Dubb.
The outdoor concert, off Middle Street in downtown New Bern, will benefit a local charity.
The Beer Garden opens at 5 p.m., with music beginning shortly thereafter.
All shows are free � with BTM membership � and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Since these are outdoor events, all are weather-permitting and subject to change. Families and all ages are welcome, but those attending must be age 21 with proper ID to drink.
According to the website bio, �Dubb brings forth relevant and uplifting positive vibrations, representing modern day surf-reggae-rock with mass appeal. The Dubb has matured into a mobile, energetic, and entertaining trio.�
With a rich history spanning more than 15 years, Dubb has rocked audiences throughout the country. Mark Evangelist is lead vocals, guitarist, songwriter and producer. The band has toured non-stop for years and recorded 12 albums.
Selah shared the stage and opened for many artists, including The Wailers, Widespread Panic, Jimmy Cliff, Slightly Stoopid, P-Funk, Steel Pulse, Train, Black Uhuru, Burning Spear, Eek-a-Mouse, Lakeside, Culture, Yellow Man, Pato Banton and others.
Upcoming shows include a Sept. 13 benefit for the Neuse River Foundation, with an artist to be named.
Musical guest Jesse Stockton comes to town Sept. 27 for a show benefitting the New Bern Fireman�s Museum.


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Feds reject funds for store items taken after Sandy
- Town requested %24185%2C000 from FEMA to cover costs
- First responders took shoes%2C sunglasses%2C other items from Army-Navy store
- FEMA says items were removed more than 3 days after the storm
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. -- An emergency shopping spree by first responders in the days after Superstorm Sandy may not be free after all, at least not to local taxpayers.
The federal government rejected Seaside Heights' request for $185,000 to cover costs of items, ranging from sunglasses to sweat shirts, that were taken from Shore Army-Navy in the aftermath of the storm.
That $185,000 is worth a little more than 2 cents on the tax rate.
"We'll ultimately have to eat it," Seaside Heights Administrator John Camera said, if the town's appeal fails.
The town had claimed that the items were necessary to assist first responders in their post-storm duties.
They took items such as shoes because they were wearing wet footwear, sunglasses to offer eye protection from dirty water and when cutting through debris, knives also for cutting, and watches so patrol units knew when to check in at headquarters, explained Michelle Beauregard of Landmark Consulting, which the borough hired to help with Federal Emergency Management Agency paperwork after Sandy.
There was a slew of other items that also went missing from the Seaside Heights surplus store but weren't part of the reimbursement sought. Town officials said first responders took what they needed and believe looters are to blame for other itemized losses, including:
• $247 for toys and games.
• $476 for statues, including G.I. Joe figurines.
• $48 for shot glasses.
• $128 in military challenge coins.
• $44 in golf balls.
• $275 in plates featuring Elvis or Betty Boop.
The reason that FEMA rejected the town's request was because the picture the town officials painted doesn't match what investigators ultimately found, a FEMA attorney told the state in a Nov. 12 letter.
Edward M. Neafsey, FEMA's lead field counsel, said it has become clear that the items were removed more than three days after the storm, not on Oct. 29, 2012, when Sandy made landfall, as was reported in the town's request for reimbursement.
Also, investigators were able to review surveillance that shows only a few inches of flooding outside the fire department, where first responders and rescued residents stayed during the storm. That footage, the attorney said, rebuts the claim of a need for clothing for first responders.
"In fact, the items appear to have been distributed in a manner other than as part of emergency response," Neafsey wrote.
In its appeal, the Seaside Heights included pictures of the first responders mid-rescue during the storm, with the hope that FEMA will reconsider, Mayor Bill Akers said.
"They were soaking wet from head to toe, so a determination was made," he said. "Those decisions were made under duress."
Akers also pointed out that access to the barrier island was severely limited even days after the storm, and going home for gear wasn't an option for many first-responders due to severe flooding.
A FEMA official who filled out the project worksheet submitted for reimbursement reviewed an inventory list that store owner Ted Domaracki compiled of items that went missing. The itemized list, including both what the town said first responders needed and the miscellaneous items, put the total loss at $212,600.
But after interviews with emergency personnel and a comb through the list with FEMA, it was determined $185,593 worth of items were eligible for reimbursement.
Alberto Pillot, a spokesman for FEMA, said the state and federal governments scour every request, but in this case an investigation was needed because they found a disparity of when the emergency personnel entered the store.
"We're not in the business of denying," he said.
There has not been a determination yet on the town's appeal.
If the appeal falls through, the disputed amount would be removed from the borough's otherwise-approved request for $1.75 million.
The borough paid Domaracki $185,000 in a settlement in July.
On Thursday, Domaracki said there are still times when a customer will ask about something and he discovers it's missing without explanation.
"I'm not going to cry over spilled milk at this point," he said.


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Title 33
133.19 Recordkeeping.§ 133.19 Recordkeeping.
(a) The State official shall maintain detailed records of expenditures made from the funds provided under this part, including records of -
(1) Daily expenditures for each individual worker, giving the individual's name, title or position, activity performed, time on task, salary or hourly rate, travel costs, per diem, out-of-pocket or extraordinary expenses, and whether the individual is normally available for oil spill removal;
(2) Equipment purchased or rented each day, with the daily or hourly rate;
(3) Miscellaneous materials and expendables purchased each day; and
(4) Daily contractor or consultant fees, including costs for their personnel and contractor-owned or rented equipment, as well as that of any subcontractor.
(b) The State official shall submit a copy of these records and a summary document stating the total of all expenditures made to the NPFC official specified in § 133.25(c) within thirty days after completion of the removal actions. A copy of these documents shall also be submitted to the cognizant OSC.
(c) Upon request of the OSC or the NPFC, the State official shall make the original records available for inspection.
(d) If, after inspecting the records, the Director, NPFC, determines that expenditures by a State official from funds obligated under this part were not eligible for funding under this part and the expenditures were not made with the good faith understanding that they were eligible under this part, the Director, NPFC, may seek reimbursement to the Fund from the State.


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Tornado recovery resources are available for Branson, Joplin, Sedalia and St. Louis. Para los recursos de recuperación de desastres, busque en la pestaña de publicaciones. Bob Foos photo
Joplin residents affected by the tornado and those of you who might be going to Joplin as part of a cleanup crew, look for red, yellow or green notices on buildings. A team of engineers and architects organized by SEMA inspected buildings in the disaster area for structural safety. Collapsed buildings are assumed to have a red notice even if you do not see a notice on the building.
If you see a red notice, it is unsafe to be in the structure. Restrict your cleanup to outside the building and wear protective gear (hard hats, steel-toed workboots, respirators, work gloves). Many of the red notice buildings can collapse or become more dangerous during wind or cleanup operations. A yellow notice means the building has an unsafe portion. Please read the sign for more information. A green notice building is safe.
Para los recursos de recuperación de desastres, busque en la pestaña de publicaciones.
This contact list has been created for Joplin area residents. The SW Missouri Disaster Response and Recovery Contacts includes contact information for disaster assistance, volunteers and donations.
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- Jess said...
This was fun to read! I especially like the part about your daughter not being able to figure out what was wrong with sleeping until noon :)
- March 1, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Carol said...
That was really funny!
and I'm with your daughter, I wish I could sleep until noon sometimes!
- March 1, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- Belinda said...
You know that song with the chorus, "Stop the World," for ever I thought it was "Stocks and Bonds." Made NO SENSE.
- March 1, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- Heather said...
I am horrible when it comes to lyrics. I can't remember any of them! :)
- March 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM
I used to think Rod Stewart's "...you are my heart, you're in my soul, you are my strength as I grow old..." was really "...you are my heart, you're in my soul, you are my *precious Idaho*..." I am generally terrible with lyrics.
- March 1, 2011 at 12:41 PM
- Beth said...
Belinda and Kirsten, I love your lyrics! It's gratifying to see that I'm not the only one who makes these mistakes!
- March 1, 2011 at 5:21 PM
- Ruth said...
My worst is "Groove is in the Heart", which I thought was (and still sing) "Roses in the Heart". Sheesh.
- March 1, 2011 at 6:38 PM
- Lorraine said...
Very funny! This really made me smile. I make mistakes with lyrics all the time. My favorite is my cousin Nancy thought the singer of the song Sexual Healing was saying "your my Nancy" when it was saying "your my medicine."
- March 1, 2011 at 7:25 PM
- Claudia said...
My husband. Yes - I cannot divulge his mis-interpreted lyrics. I think it would be a breach of marital bliss. My favorites are always the children's lyrics - the truly sing what they hear. And it's never what you think.
- March 1, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- Janet Johnson said...
'The sunken duck' is hilarious!
I do this all the time, but can't think of a good example at the moment. Most times I'm just blissfully ignorant about it anyway. Maybe it's better that way. ;)
- March 1, 2011 at 9:05 PM
- Joanne said...
I'm with Janet, I do this often too. But hey, as long as we're in the groove :)
- March 1, 2011 at 9:50 PM
- Monet said...
Smile. This was so cute. I can completely relate as a former English teacher and writer. I would have thought the same! I can't think of anything now...but I'm sure I will later on tonight. My memory seems to work like that!
- March 1, 2011 at 11:36 PM
- Shanae Branham said...
I really enjoyed hearing about all of your families misheard lyrics. Thanks for stopping by my blog and helping me see the criticism of my screenplay as a "real coup"!
- March 1, 2011 at 11:50 PM
- Sue said...
My daughter thought Neil Diamond was singing "Reverend Lugi" when he really sings "Forever in blue jeans". :)
- March 2, 2011 at 12:34 AM
- Domestic Goddess Wannabe said...
My dad does this all the time so your post made me smile :)
- March 2, 2011 at 5:18 AM
- Manzanita said...
This is a fun and delightful post. I'm with Claudia in that kids usually hear something totally different. When my son was little.... the Beatles sang, "When I saw her face..." He was singing "When a sour face."
- March 2, 2011 at 9:49 AM
- Valerie Gamine said...
As a child, I loved the song "Smoke on the Otter".
Great post, Beth! :D
- March 2, 2011 at 10:33 AM
- Table Talk said...
I am the queen of singing the wrong lyrics...the worst offense was with an old Police song "Canary in a Coal Mine" I would sing "Canary in a Coma"
- March 2, 2011 at 1:42 PM
- Sharon K. Mayhew said...
What a fun post! I know that there are songs that I have sung wrong, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. I do know that I got new ear buds for my ipod and I was totally shocked at what I could hear between the songs on one of my favorite rapper cd's. My daughter is no longer allowed to listen to that one.
- March 2, 2011 at 6:48 PM
- Lena Coakley said...
I just found out that there is a word for this! It's called "mondegreen." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen
Thanks for the fun post!
- March 2, 2011 at 8:56 PM
- Amie Kaufman said...
My favourite is one of my husband's. He heard a Brittney Spears song on the radio and apparently when she was singing 'do you want a piece of me?' he thought she was singing 'do you want a piece of meat?'.
- March 2, 2011 at 10:08 PM
- Joanne said...
Haha I do that all the time with lyrics, suiting them to fit my lexicographical needs. It's always funny to find out what they really say.
- March 3, 2011 at 7:28 AM
- Barbara said...
Do you want a list? I could make one...that's how bad I am! :)
- March 3, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Any who need a giggle would get one listening to my grandson's sing their favorite songs. Too dear! I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary
- March 3, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- Lynne Daley said...
I have so many that I can't think of just one. The younger kids seem to figure all the words-maybe it's my age. It does get funny though!
- March 4, 2011 at 4:58 PM


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The Linux video "Swiss Army knife", which plays almost every movie format imaginable [1].
- The player is rock solid playing damaged MPEG files (useful for some VCDs), and it plays bad AVI files which are unplayable with the famous windows media player. Even AVI files without index chunk are playable, and you can temporarily rebuild their indexes with the -idx option, or permanently with MEncoder, thus enabling seeking! As you see, stability and quality are the most important things, but the speed is also amazing. There is also a powerful filter system for video and audio manipulation. [[2]]
Note that you must configure a channels.conf file and store it in ~/.mplayer before you can view or record DVB streams. Instructions on how to do this are detailed in First steps with a DVB device.
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Did You Miss This Great Post? PowerPoint 2010 and Excel 2010: Perfect Partners for Tracking Projects
Editor's Note: The Following MVP Monday post is by PowerPoint MVP Glenna Shaw and was originally posted on Nov. 28, 2011
The challenge for every project manager is to keep their project on track, on time and on budget and the best way to accomplish this is to have up to date, reliable information and real time communications. While Microsoft Project is a great tool for managing large projects, for those of us working on smaller projects of 30 tasks or less, a well-designed Excel spreadsheet combined with PowerPoint can be just as effective. To that end, I've created an Excel Project Plan template that allows you to efficiently estimate time and costs, create the project schedule, monitor the schedule and budget and manage the resources and risks as well as document lessons learned. The template also includes the graphs to create PowerPoint dashboards for your project team as well as your project client.
The Project Plan
Begin by downloading the Excel Project Plan template and opening it in Excel. Once the spreadsheet is open, enter the Date of the Report in cell B4. If you'd like the Date of the Report to always be the day you open the file, enter the formula =Today(). To create your project plan, click on the filter drop down for tasks. Check the box for Select All and click OK to show all the available rows for entering your tasks including blank rows.
Starting with cell A9, enter the tasks for your project and enter the assignees for each task. To estimate your time and costs, enter (in hours) the Optimistic Estimate (OE), Most Likely Estimate (MLE), and Pessimistic Estimate (PE) and enter the hourly wage for each task. Enter the Start Date for each task and the number of Workdays you want to allow for completion of each task. Once you've entered all task elements, click the filter drop down for tasks again and uncheck the box for (Blanks) and click OK. This will hide the blank rows in your project plan. Then click on the drop down for Start Date and select Sort Oldest to Newest and click OK.
Finally, you need to adjust the horizontal axis on the Project Schedule Performance chart to accurately display your project schedule. Right click on the dates at the top of the chart and left click on Format Axis. In the Axis Options, enter the first day of your project for the Minimum and the last day of your project for the Maximum and click close.
Your project plan is now complete. By entering the Actual % Complete and the Actual Hours for each task as the project progresses the spreadsheet will automatically calculate the performance of your project on any given day. It is important that you do not make changes to the other cells on the spreadsheet as these cells contain the industry standard formulas for calculating your project's schedule and performance. Only make changes to cells with the light gray background. It is also important to note that while a task may be on schedule it can also be over budget if it's taking more hours than estimated and vice versa. Negative values are displayed in (red). Days
ahead are displayed in green.
Risk Management
With any project it also important to plan your resources and risks effectively. To plan for your project risks, click on the Risk worksheet tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Enter your risks, the percentage of probability of the risk happening, the numbers of hours of impact if the risk does occur and your actions to mitigate the risk if it does occur. The spreadsheet will automatically calculate the risk score showing you the number of hours your project may be impacted. Once you have all your risks identified, click the drop filter for Risks and uncheck the box for (Blanks) to hide the blank rows. You'll note there's a reminder on this worksheet to remember Reputation Risk. While we all want to please our clients, there's always the risk an unhappy client may totally trash you in a variety of venues or in the course of pleasing the client your product is not of a quality that you want associated with your name. Since this can adversely impact future business it's important that you acknowledge and plan for this risk.
Resource Management
Overloading yourself or a team member is one sure way of placing your project at risk of going over schedule or over budget or both. The Excel template automatically calculates the percentage of time you've assigned to each assignee and provides an easy to use chart to see your resource commitments for the project at a glance. Click on the HR worksheet tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Do not make any entries in this worksheet. All values are automatically pulled from your project plan. The only thing you need to do on this worksheet is adjust your horizontal axis options to the same minimum and maximum settings as you did for the Project Schedule Performance chart in the instructions for the Project Plan. To see the commitment for a resource, click the drop down filter for Assigned to and uncheck all the boxes except for the resource you want to see. The chart will automatically show the commitment for that person for the duration of the project.
The spreadsheet includes a worksheet for you to create a milestones chart especially for your client. Click on the Milestones worksheet tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Enter your project milestones, start date and number of workdays for each milestone. Filter out blank rows and sort your milestone table by start date just as you did for the project plan table. Adjust your horizontal axis options to the same minimum and maximum settings as you did for the Project Schedule Performance chart and the Resource Management chart. You now have a chart that clearly displays milestones along a timeline.
The project plan spreadsheet automatically accounts for U.S. Holidays through 12/31/2028. If you do not want a holiday excluded from your project schedule, click on the Holidays worksheet tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Delete the rows for any holidays you want to include as a workday, add rows for excluding additional holidays, etc.
As any good project manager will tell you, effective communications is the most important factor for the success of any project. At any time you must be able to effectively communicate with all stakeholders of the project including your client and team members. PowerPoint is the obvious choice for your communications allowing you to easily share relevant information with all parties. With PowerPoint you can easily use the same presentation to present in person, email a slideshow or post your slides online. By combining key elements of the project plan spreadsheet with PowerPoint you have an effective communication tool that can be kept up to date with a few clicks. Open both your Project Plan spreadsheet and a new PowerPoint presentation. Click New Slide to create a Content Slide in PowerPoint. Go to Excel, click to select the Project Schedule Performance chart and click Copy on the Home tab. Go to your PowerPoint slide, click to select the Content Placeholder, click Paste on the Home tab. This will automatically paste the chart in your PowerPoint. Click the Paste Options pop-up in the lower right corner of your chart and select Keep Source Formatting and Link Data. Now your chart is linked to your spreadsheet. For more about copying and pasting from Excel to PowerPoint, see this article on Office.com.
Use this method to copy and link the data from the project plan spreadsheet for all the charts you want to include in your presentation. You can also copy and link the data from any of the tables in your project plan spreadsheet.
To automatically update your PowerPoint slides, select any chart on any slide and click File, Info and on the right side of the window at the bottom, click Edit Links to Files. Change all the links to update Automatic instead of Manual. Now your PowerPoint will automatically update from any changes made to your project plan spreadsheet.
Lessons Learned
A key component of any project is documenting lessons learned. The project plan spreadsheet includes a method for you to easily record your lessons learned and reference them for your next project. Click on the Lessons Learned worksheet tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Enter your Lessons Learned, the type (Positive or Negative) and your future plans for each lesson learned. You can easily see at a glance which lessons learned are positive/negative for future reference.
The content of this article is derived from a session at The Presentation Summit titled Every Presentation is a Project. Project Management is a complex subject to cover in one hour, but by combining a preconfigured Excel template and PowerPoint anyone can manage a project more effectively. Experiment with the template as you see fit and find all the features that work best for your needs. Don't be afraid to make mistakes, you can always download a new copy of the file. If you're one of those folks who prefer to manage your projects "on the fly" the project plan template also makes an effective post-mortem tool. By entering the values after you've completed your project you can easily determine how effective your "winging it" strategy works (or not.)
Author's Bio
Glenna Shaw is a Most Valued Professional (MVP) for PowerPoint and the owner of the PPT Magic Web site and the Visualology blog. She is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds certificates in Accessible Information Technology, Graphic Design, Cloud Computing and Professional Technical Writing.
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Hypermarcas SA (HYPE3.SA), Brazil's largest diversified drugmaker, returned to profit in the third quarter as revenue grew slightly above expectations and debt-servicing and currency hedging costs tumbled from the year-earlier period.
The results were the latest showing that a year-long slowdown in the consumer goods industry is finally easing, with producers of cosmetics, generic drugs and household goods such as Hypermarcas likely to benefit most from Brazil's improving growth trends. Hypermarcas had lost money for two of the past three quarters.
Surging pharmaceutical sales and the integration of acquisitions helped the São Paulo-based producer of Engov hangover pills and Bozzano shaving cream post net income of 68.38 million reais ($33.4 million) in the third quarter, according to a securities filing late on Friday. The result compared with a loss of 190.5 million reais a year earlier.
Third-quarter profit beat the 53 million reais estimate in a Reuters poll of analysts. Management will discuss third-quarter earnings in a conference call with investors early on Monday.
Chief Executive Claudio Bergamo's efforts to streamline operations has restored profitability after a spree of acquisitions in the past four years boosted debt and made Hypermarcas too exposed to an economic slowdown. Bergamo picked pharmaceutical goods and beauty care as the firm's focus, shunning the slower-growing foods and household goods units.
In a separate statement released late on Friday, Management also set an estimate of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation of around 950 million reais for next year, up from guidance of at least 850 million reais in the indicator, known as EBITDA, for this year. EBITDA is a measure of a company's ability to generate profits from its core business.
Lower debt and stronger cash flow generation, coupled with a stable currency, helped Hypermarcas post a net financial shortfall of 54.9 million reais, compared with a deficit of 331.8 million reais a year earlier. The net financial result line is calculated by the difference between debt-servicing and currency hedging expenses and non-operating income, such as gains from financial investments.
Revenue jumped to 992.9 million reais from 832.8 million reais a year earlier, a gain of 19 percent on a year-on-year basis, the company said. Sales of pharmaceutical products, which accounted for about 54 percent of the company's net revenue in the quarter, soared 39 percent, while those of beauty care goods rose 2.2 percent on a year-on-year basis.
The Reuters poll had predicted revenue at 987 million reais for the third quarter.
EBITDA almost quadrupled to 226.6 million reais last quarter from 66.3 million reais in the third quarter of 2011. The EBITDA margin, or how much operating profit was generated from sales, soared to 23 percent from 7.9 percent a year earlier.
EBITDA was expected to come in at 209 million reais in the Reuters poll, below the number reported by the company.
Shares of Hypermarcas, which shed 2.1 percent on Friday and closed the session at 15.32 reais, are up 80 percent so far this year.
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It's nice to have a ton of different baby names to choose from, but did you ever think that all the variety is making you anxious and miserable about choosing the perfect name? Laura Wattenberg writes about the subject in her blog The Baby Name Wizard. She says that the baby-naming blues has really been on the rise lately because there are so many choices and it makes the naming decisions a lot harder and the process much longer. Wattenberg talks about "the paradox of choice" and how choice is freedom and is supposed to make us happy because we can follow whatever path suits us, but in reality, the abundance of choice makes us miserable.
What's also not helping parents when it comes to choosing a name? There's a lot of pressure to choose a distinctive name, that's not too popular and the fact that baby naming books have thousands of words – Wattenberg writes that one book has 140,000 choices!
We think it's understandable for parents to be overwhelmed by the baby naming process — it's a pretty big decision!
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Here is guidance from UC Davis Health System's tobacco cessation specialist, Cari Shulkin, on how to increase your chances of success at quitting smoking.
1. Get ready. Set a quit date and remove all cigarettes, ashtrays and lighters from your environment on that day.
2. Get support. Call 1-800-NOBUTTS, talk to your health-care provider and tell family, friends and coworkers. All of these resources are part of your quit team.
3. Learn new skills and behaviors. Start before you quit by changing smoking-related behaviors such as where and when you smoke. Once you quit, distract yourself from urges to smoke by going for walks, talking with friends, getting busy with tasks or drinking water.
4. Get tobacco cessation medication. Your health-care provider can prescribe medication that can double your chances of success.
5. Be prepared for relapse and difficult situations that can trigger relapse, especially during the first three months. Avoid alcohol and other smokers, reduce stress, have a plan to avoid weight gain, be aware of "bad moods" or depression, and join a smoke-free support group.
Cynthia Pineiro smoked on and off for 30 years. She started in her 20s, primarily to help relieve stress and because her husband smoked. She stopped while pregnant and when her children were small, but eventually started again.
"Once you've had nicotine, your brain never forgets it and always wants it," said Pineiro, who works in the front office of the pediatric clinic at the UC Davis Medical Group site in Auburn. "It's not a habit, it's an addiction. And quitting has been the hardest thing I've ever done."
Quitting together
Cynthia and her husband recently quit smoking together with help from a tobacco-cessation program offered to UC Davis Health System staff and patients. Led by nurse and educator Cari Shulkin from Health Management and Education, the program involves an "arsenal of support," including medication, nicotine replacement therapy such as patches and gum, counseling and education.
"It's never easy to quit, but this comprehensive, evidence-based approach makes it possible," said Shulkin.
Pineiro was inspired this time to quit by her children, who want her to be part of her grandchildren's lives for a very long time. The turning point keeping her motivated occurred when she watched herself in a mirror as she smoked, which is part of Shulkin's program.
"It was not pretty," she said. "I looked desperate. At that point, I could see what smoking was doing to me."
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After completing the four-week program, Pineiro is "happy to be getting her life back" and feeling better every day. She worries that her grandchildren or children may one day try cigarettes or another form of tobacco — like hookahs or chewing tobacco — that are becoming popular with youth who might think cigarette alternatives are less dangerous than their parents or grandparents' tobacco.
"Trust me, I'll be there to tell them, 'Don't do it. Don't test the waters. Don't pretend it isn't smoking.' Once your mind tastes nicotine, it can never let go," she said.
For more information about smoking cessation programs for patients and staff at UC Davis, call Health Management and Education at
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The last time I heard a concerto for jazz violin and a toccata without instruments was ... never. Such is the imaginative programming of the Fort Lewis College Jazz and Percussion ensembles.
Last week, the FLC Music Department began a string of winter concerts that mix new and old, the experimental and traditional. The Jazz and Percussion ensembles employed special lighting effects and unexpected costuming to pay tribute to the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. Heres a short review:
FLC Percussion Ensemble: Working backwards, Bonham closed the percussion concert Thursday night with incisive playing and grunge attire. Sidling out one by one, the musicians appeared in bandanas, shades, torn jeans and sleeveless T-shirts. Director Jonathan Latta slouched on stage and gestured: What?
Then, the real fun began. As Latta explained, the tribute honors a great rock drummer. It mixes quotes from When the Levee Breaks with intense rhythmic patterns and waves of crescendos.
The composer, Christopher Rouse, is professor of composition at The Juilliard School, a Pulitzer Prize and Grammy winner and currently composer-in-residence for the New York Philharmonic. Bonham is an early Rouse work; it premiered in Boston in 1989. Sprawling, intense and challenging, Bonham got a solid reading by the FLC ensemble and provided a big finish to a concert filled with surprises.
Two sets by the Mallet Keyboard Ensemble played the mellowest works on the program. The marimba quartet opened with Transmigration, an effervescent contemporary work by Phillip Richardson, and later played an old-fashioned but tricky suite of Renaissance carols.
Toccata Without Instruments delivered on its title as nine musicians sauntered on stage three by three, assembling in a semi-circle downstage under a spotlight. Each section introduced different rhythmic patterns by stomping, clapping or slapping thighs. As the patterns intertwined, it was clear the Ramon Meyer work had Baroque inspiration by way of down-home folk music. Eventually, the sound textures wove into a complicated tapestry. A clear, steady crescendo brought Toccata to a brisk, unison close.
The Skyhawk Strikeforce Drumline is a new ensemble that plays at football games. The six-member core made its stage debut Thursday, dazzling the audience with three short works, all bristling with energy.
FLC Jazz Ensemble: More than 200 people filled the concert hall Nov. 27 to hear tunes by Cole Porter, Thad Jones, Bob Mintzer and Duke Ellington.
Chuck Owens E Ticket turned out to be the surprise hidden in the box. Owens 12-minute work centered the concert in a brilliant display of improvisation within a clear musical structure.
Once inside Owens kaleidoscope for jazz violin and band, soloist Nathan Lambert erupted in exuberant joy. Within seconds, Lamberts violin dropped down into wailing despair. Then he bounced around in improvisational conversations with the likes of trumpeter Gary Ruggera, guitarist James Olinger and drummer Michael Morris. Each duet sprouted motifs, odd rhythms and unexpected intervals tossed back and forth.
E Ticket should rightly be called a concerto because the soloist and ensemble alternate and interlace their voices. As Owens complex texture coiled into shifting rhythms and stunning dissonances, the dialogue between soloist and ensemble remained clear. Lambert is a skilled jazz violinist and FLC faculty member. He ought to be heard more in this setting.
The concert opened with a snazzy interpretation of Cole Porters Love For Sale. A more mellow reading of Duke Ellingtons Dont Get Around Much Anymore featured Lambert. The familiar tune came and went in two minutes, laying the groundwork for the E Ticket curtain of sound to follow.
The Jazz Hawks sextet, joined by Latta, delivered a tantalizing reading of Red Clay, by Freddie Hubbard. And after the large ensemble played two more works, including a big Latin-infused piece, Los Endos Suite, the appreciative audience got a bonus.
Dave Brubecks Take Five ended the concert. On the way to the parking lot, I could hear people humming Brubecks jaunty, curlicue tune.
email@example.com .Judith Reynolds is a Durango writer, artist and critic.


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Some may find this a bit strange, but I love Prognosis - Your Diagnosis, by Medical JoyWorks ! Although it is called "One of the five best apps for Doctors", it won the prize for the Best Health App at the World Summit Awards for Mobile Apps, 2012 and has millions of downloads.
I've been using it for at least a year, and amazingly find that I have not killed too many patients although I have absolutely no medial training. The app presents you with a patient, allows you to examine the patient and select some tests, and then choose the appropriate treatments. After you discover how well you did, it provides a thorough differential diagnosis writeup that is very educational. I also enjoy reading the comments by other users of the app, mostly doctors or medical students, who may agree or differ with the treatments prescribed.
It's just a blast, to pick off a case or two while waiting for an appointment or before bed. Try it out!
Not too long ago, I got my eyes dilated for a glaucoma exam.
I tried to send a text by voice, but when I looked at the result, it was a string of gibberish. I thought that maybe my phone had messed up, and so I tried again. Again, there were no word breaks, and no words that I could distinguish at all. That's when I realized that it was my eyes, dummy! My texts had been sent just fine. And when I got the reply, I COULD NOT READ IT! And my Droid would not speak the received text message, either! I was reduced to using a phone call.
Now that works better when you can see to look up the numbers, since sometimes it just doesn't find the number you need... that's another story.
But I figured that there had to be a great app out there that would read your texts to you... and I found one.
Sonalight's Text by Voice will read your incoming messages out loud when they arrive. You can even set it to turn on when you put the phone in a car dock. Many times I've received a text while driving, and really wanted to know what it was, but could not take my eyes off the road or hands off the wheel. How nic Save e to be able to hear it!
Text by Voice has great promise, because it is completely hands-free, which is perfect if you're driving and want to tell someone you will be late or where you are, without touching the phone. Or when your eyes are just not working, since it will read your message to you before you send it, as well as read your incoming messages to you. I think I will like having it available!
(Note: you may need to search for Sonalight to be able to find the right app. There are others with similar names. Here is the link.)
After trying out a variety of tools, my finger seems to gravitate to HootSuite on my Droid. Its interface is just simple and clean. I can flip between my home feed, lists, etc., and easily use it to post, retweet, and so on. It works well as a web app on the desktop, too!
That said, I've not explored the Pro version or spent any money. For what I do, the free version seems to be sufficient.
Another app I love is Google Translate. While I've used Google Translate from time to time on the web, it's even more useful on the phone since you probably already have it with you when you need it.
It's nicely integrated with speech and with texting. While it's not perfect, it's a great resource beyond pointing and gesturing. Just make sure it gets the speech to text right: e.g., :"robotics trip" vs. "robotic strip". Common words and simple phrases come through OK if spoken carefully.
The selection of languages is also pretty amazing, and it works in both directions in a conversational mode. When I was at Goodwill South Florida, I showed them it could not only handle Spanish but also Hatian Creole.
So this is one more tool just to have for those times when you just can't find the word in Spanish or don't have a clue how to say it in Korean. And the price is right.
Another app I really like is Wifi Analyzer.
It's been a long time since I set up my network, and over time the competition for bandwidth has grown. From time to time, channels have become crowded. We would adjust channels and antenna placement by trial and error.
How nice it would have been to have had this app. Wifi Analyzer is just delightful. It graphically shows the signals it finds, what channels they are on, and how strong they are, and it is just great to be able to walk around with the phone and see it all. And it's free.
Check out the sceenshots and reviews at: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=en
My latest delightful app find is ES File Explorer.
This app improves on the file explorer provided with the Droid by letting you browse or search for folders and files not just on the device itself, but also on the local network, via FTP, and on the Net. It even works as a Dropbox client. Wow. And it's simple to select multiple files, copy and paste, among all of these sources. It can browse or launch viewers of all sorts.
It's additional capabilities are pretty amazing. It can also unzip and zip files, manage apps, and more. I've not yet explored all it can do but what I've tried so far works very well.
This seems to be the best file explorer out there, and It's free, too!
I am pretty much thrilled with my new find.
This past weekend, I tried out the Back Country Navigator app for my Droid X, on the Boy Scout Hike-o-Ree in Shenandoah National Park. It is a great app to have for hiking without a cell phone signal. I downloaded the 15 day trial and the detailed topo maps of the area, and searched on the trailhead. Voila! Wonderful to have great, zoomable topo maps. I didn't try all its features but it was great to be able to see our hiking progress. It actually helped us correct for a missed turnoff.
My only problem was that I did not yet have a spare battery for my phone, and to conserve signal I put the phone into Airplane Mode. For some reason, I could not get a location from the satellites. The Scouts of course did not want to take breaks, and I could not trek and fiddle with the phone, so I put the phone to sleep and only occasionally tried to figure out exactly where we were. When I turned it back on, there was the GPS signal and our location.
It was only after I returned that I discovered that this is a known bug -- Airplane Mode interferes with obtaining a location. This is apparently a hardware/firmware bug in Android phones.There is a fix -- GPS Airtime (beta) -- you can find it at:
So, the next time out I will have a spare battery, have the Pro version of Back Country Navigator and the fix. And hopefully not get water in my boots on the stream crossings!


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Vouchers and Violence
The front page of the tabloid Washington Examiner blares
Violence mars students' days
Weapons, assaults common at area schools
Now I know that headlines have to be short to fit the space. But a more accurate headline would read
Weapons, assaults common at government‐run schools
Fights, sexual assaults, and deadly weapons, described in the article as happening "almost once a day at some area high schools," are almost nonexistent at private schools. Which is why it's such a shame that the small number of District of Columbia students who have been granted a voucher to escape the D.C. public schools are going to lose that lifeline if the Democratic majority in Congress gets its way. I once proposed in the Washington Post:
The D.C. school board should declare an educational emergency and offer a voucher good in any private or public school in the District to every student who is assigned to a school that has had a shooting or stabbing or more than one weapon confiscation in the past year, whether on school property or on school buses.
I called it the "voucher trigger provision," but the Post went with the more sober title "A Right to Safer Schools."
But the policy shouldn't be restricted to D.C. students. The Examiner article is in fact not about the D.C. schools; it's about the suburban schools in Maryland and Virginia. Suburban kids would also benefit from more choice, including the choice to move from dangerous to safe schools.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Apple is widely expected to roll out a new iPhone with a bigger screen to meet the growing demand for such devices.
Some analysts worry that bigger iPhones could be priced too high for consumers, driving some Apple
A Raymond James research note, published Friday, found a growing number of iPhone users are willing to pay an extra hundred bucks for a phone with a larger screen.
"Apple will likely charge a $100 premium for the 5.5 inch version that media reports have suggested will be available a few months after the 4.7 inch version," Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt told clients in a note.
"Our June consumer survey points to continued growth in the willingness of iPhone users to pay $100 more for a bigger screened iPhone, with now a full one-third of survey respondents willing to pay a $100 premium," he added.
In fact, he added, "data seems to suggest meaningful demand for a larger screen, which should logically mean the iPhone 6-cycle will be strong for upgrade sales, which combined with modest contribution from wearables should cause a modest acceleration in revenue growth in fiscal 2015."
Raymond James, which has an outperform rating on Apple, raised its price target to $102 from $86, arguing that Apple shares are poised to "grind higher."
The expected revenue gain from the new iPhone is a key factor. But McCourt also praised the iPhone's solid position in the smartphone arena, where it competes with Samsung and other device-makers using Google's Android operating system.
McCourt wrote: "With Samsung trends eroding over the past several quarters and the Android marketplace seemingly undergoing meaningful commoditization, iPhone sales trends in the March quarter, and intra-quarter June data .. should give investors confidence that Apple has built a business that is sustainably capable of realizing higher than typical margins, driven by application ecosystem advantages, vertical integration across software, services and hardware, and brand positioning."
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Former "Survivor" winner Ethan Zohn's cancer has returned.
Zohn's publicist confirms doctors discovered cancer in his chest in September. News of the diagnosis was first reported by People.com.
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Zohn was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin's disease in 2009. Two rounds of chemotherapy didn't work, and he underwent a stem cell transplant. He was in remission until his latest diagnosis.
The 37-year-old is undergoing a new form of chemotherapy called SGN-35, which involves an antibody drug that zeroes in on cancer cells and is thought to be less toxic to the rest of the body.
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Zohn says he hopes to undergo another stem cell transplant after three months of treatment.
Zohn competed on the current season of CBS' "The Amazing Race" with his girlfriend, fellow "Survivor" champion Jenna Morasca. They were sent home in the second episode.
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This month at the European Court of Human Rights in Mosley v. United Kingdom, the Court arrived at a decision regarding the sexual videos and reports of Max Mosley, the former F1 boss, that were released by the News of the World and cause much consternation to Mosley.
That there was a breach of the doctrine of "pre-notification" was one of the contentions. This doctrine states that before any disparaging material, that would infringe on the right to privacy of an individual, was published, the publisher had to give a prior notification to the person who would be affected by such a publication.
In UK law, there is no statutory protection for the Right to Privacy and only Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights protects this right. The ECHR however held that the UK had not violated this Article, ruling that States had a wide margin of appreciation in enforcing this Article. Also that the reconciliation between freedom of expression and right to privacy is very difficult to arrive at.
For an analysis of the judgment and the status of right to privacy in UK, see and the NY Times article here.


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Coffee in Paris: What's Happening Now
Paris has very few things about it that inspire pity, and until recently, coffee was one of them. What a shame that such a city of beauty and food beauty would linger in the depths of darkness. What a travesty of taste that in a place where the sidewalk cafe and all its attendant idle pursuits have been perfected, what's inside the cup has been, until recently, so very poor.
The enlightenment's come, however, in the unsurprising influences of major progressive coffee regions, specifically Australia, the United States, and Scandinavia. Trends and new ways of thinking from these far less laissez-faire coffee climates have finally begun to penetrate the Parisian scene with success: an outcropping of worthy cafes and a broader acceptance of styles has begun, just now, to flourish.
Brewing enthusiastically embraced by coffee-drinking audiences internationally, but not until now in Paris, are emerging with force. Beyond the mediocre espresso preparation of dark-roasted beans is an openness towards the subtlety of filter coffees: V60 pourover cones and Chemex carafes are slowly taking up counter space, whereas the already-more-popular-in-Europe-than-its-native-US Aeropress is also maintaining a position. A good or great cup of filter/Aeropress coffee is available at the city's finer cafes like Télescope and Ten Belles; others are adding filter programs as we speak.
And what sort of coffee are the better cafes in Paris brewing? Imports, for now. Sadly, custom roasting for Télescope has ceased, meaning their own cafe must bring in coffee from outside (look for hopper-favorite Has Bean from the UK to continue alongside a cast of others). Ten Belles, another cafe that relied on Télescope beans (as well as some barista crossover) is also using Has Bean, while newcomers The Broken Arm brew up Scandinavian style with espressos from Oslo's Solberg & Hansen.
Café Lomi continues among the rare local roasters, and to many, the oft-celebrated Coutume remains an example of good, if charred, intentions. Their darker roasts remain a vestige of an old guard of coffee, despite the modern presentation. We're hopeful for new roasters emerging in coming years, as former Télescope roaster David Nigel Flynn strikes out on his own, and others catching the wave of enthusiasm—and the desire to claim what will truly be a new Parisian coffee—follow suit.
Cafe-wise, expect the above spots to continue to set the pace, alongside other shops trying to do a solid job, like Kooka Boora, Café Craft, Black Market, and others. We're also excited to see what Nico Alary cooks up when his cafe and restaurant opens later this year. Nico recently returned from a long stint in Melbourne, Australia—which included time behind the bar at celebrated Market Lane Coffee—and returned to Paris with a yet-renewed desire to elevate Parisian coffee.
"When I was freshly back from Melbourne," said Alary, "I was shocked. The French have no education in coffee whatsoever."
Paris coffee, your education has only just begun.
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Quarterly markets review - Q3 2016
Quarterly markets review - Q3 2016
- It was a generally positive quarter for markets and volatility across equities and fixed income was markedly lower compared to recent quarters.
- US equities advanced and expectations rose that the Federal Reserve (Fed) would increase rates again before the end of 2016.
- Eurozone equities made gains with economically sensitive sectors such as information technology and consumer discretionary outperforming.
- UK equities moved higher against a more stable domestic political backdrop following the EU referendum vote. The Bank of England launched a series of monetary easing measures.
- Japanese stocks were supported as the government released details of a fiscal spending package designed to run alongside the Bank of Japan's continuing aggressive monetary policy.
- Emerging market equities delivered strong returns as investors focused on high yielding assets. Among the equity markets to benefit most from the yield-seeking trend were Brazil, Russia and South Africa.
- In bond markets, the 10-year Treasury yield climbed over the period while gilt yields fell. Global corporate bonds performed strongly.


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The Open European Championships in Istanbul, Turkey are approaching with seven-league boots. A vigilant poster elsethread noticed the name of a player convicted of collusive cheating by the European bridge authorities among the entries in the Mixed Pairs. This entry has since been removed. Since said player managed to get a favorable verdict from a bridge-incompetent court that allows him to return to national and international competition, we must be prepared that he and possibly also his former partner will make an appearance at the table in Istanbul.
The subject has been discussed in many different threads in this forum. Many have expressed that they would boycott any event that permits convicted cheaters that have sued their way back into the game. Everybody has to decide for themselves how to treat this situation, whether they want to take action or be passive and let the authorities handle the situation.
I believe that for a variety of reason our bridge authorities so far have failed to provide a playing environment the majority of us is longing for. I believe we need to let our actions talk. Passivity will not change the status quo. Roy and I have decided to participate in the European Championships in Istanbul. But we will refuse to play against any players convicted of cheating by the bridge authorities, but sued their way back into the game. We are aware that such refusal may lead to disqualification and possibly further sanction. To us it's totally worth it.
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Thunderbird and Dzunukwa totem pole
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Image of the Thunderbird (top) and Dzunukwa(bottom) totem pole in Alert Bay. Pole was carved in 1931 at Blunden Harbour by Willie Seaweed, assisted by Joe Seaweed. Totem pole was a memorial for Billie Moon.
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