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Superstar singer Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance to help celebrate the start of gay pride weekend in New York City, saluting this week's victories in the Supreme Court while denouncing the recent violence targeting gays in the city.
Lady Gaga, whose support for the LGBT community is well-known, took to the stage at a rally in TriBeCa to sing her own brand of the national anthem, altering part of the "Star-Spangled Banner" at one point to say, "Oh, say does that flag of pride yet wave."
Pride Weekend in New York has long been a victory lap for tolerance and diversity, but this year, just days after same-sex couples won two Supreme Court victories, the kick-off concert was more emotional for Gaga and her crowd.
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In her first public appearance since a hip injury forced her to cancel her tour, Lady Gaga not only praised the ruling that handed same-sex married couples federal benefits but also blasted the recent high-profile bias attacks in the city, including a fatal shooting in the West Village.
"The violence that has taken place towards LGBTs in the past months is unacceptable here and anywhere," she told a crowd at a kick-off rally in TriBeCa. "Enough is enough."
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said there would stepped-up police presence at gay pride events, beginning Friday night and extend through Sunday night. Another NYPD official told NBC 4 New York police coverage will be doubled from past years.
"There's been concern, rightly so, about some of the violence that's happened in the gay community -- we'll take that into account as far as our deployments are concerned," Kelly told reporters Friday.
Last month, a 32-year-old gay man was shot in the head by a man who allegedly hurled anti-gay slurs before firing the shot. Several others were also targeted in violent attacks around the same time, and outrage over the bias crimes led to a march through the Village and calls for the violence to end.
Police said at the time that anti-gay attacks had spiked in recent months.
Kelly said Friday that police want to "make certain that we sort of provide a level of comfort, you might say, to people participating in the events this weekend."
The gay pride parade begins at noon on Sunday, and goes from 36th Street and Fifth Avenue to Christopher and Greenwich streets.
-- Chris Glorioso and Shimon Prokupecz contributed to this report.


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Compact is the key word when it comes to Ireland, which means that the countryside and cities can be as challenging or as relaxed as you like
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Another season is in the books, one that for the most part we would all like to forget, again. Those of us that have bought in to the rebuilding plan that Theo and company have put into place expected this, still, it really isn't a lot of fun to sit through 95+ losses. The common theme since the beginning of the rebuilding process has been "is Dale Sveum the right man for the job?" Well, everything that the front office has said up until the last month or so has been yes, Sveum is the right guy and he can't be truly judged on wins and losses given this roster. The tune has changed in the last month, as now I'm thinking that Sveum has a better chance of being unemployed come Monday than he does opening the season with the Cubs in Pittsburgh next April. So, what has changed?
I think above all else Theo and the front office know what guy they want to lead the Cubs as they slowly start to gain traction, and win games on a more regular basis. I don't think that guy is Dale Sveum, one reason for that I think is the stalled development of Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro this year. Not saying that Sveum is completely to blame for this, but he shares the blame as do Rizzo and Castro. Others have questioned his use of the bullpen, again not really sure how clear-cut that argument is given the choices out there. The other reason is that I think the guy the Cubs want running the show is now available, well maybe, hello Joe Girardi.
Via an ESPN article today
"I haven't really made up my mind," Girardi said during his nearly 30-minute state-of-the-season news conference before the Yankees' final game against the Houston Astros.
Girardi, who turns 49 next month, said he'll make his decision after consulting with his wife and three children, who are 14, 11 and 7.
Of course this doesn't mean that Girardi has made up his mind yet, but I get a feeling that he is ready to move elsewhere in his managing career. There is a fit in Chicago for Girardi, but Girardi is quick to explain that he has moved on from Chicago with his family and is happy in New York. To me, there is too much smoke here for there not to be a fire, I would not be surprised to see Sveum canned tomorrow, and Girardi introduced shortly thereafter during this off-season as the next Cubs manager. If Girardi decides to stay in New York I still expect the Cubs to part ways with Sveum, I think the organization is taking a chance here, but I also think it is a necessary one to take at this point in the process. Brad Ausmus has been also rumored to be on a short list to take over the Cubs, but that is all speculation at this point as well. A change to Ausmus doesn't make as much sense here as I don't think you would really be "upgrading" with that move. Stay tuned tomorrow to see what will happen, I'm sure it will be an interesting day.


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I was asked to develop a users support community forum for a small and young hi-tech company. This kind of forums is very popular with companies these days and is a great alternative to the official product support lines. An example of what we look for is the Analog Devices' Engineer Zone forums.
I am totally noob to this area so any advice will be appreciated - how to start developing such a site, what platforms are available (preferably open-source/free) and what are the advantages and disadvantages of these platforms.
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The morning began (as many mornings around here do) with encaustic art:
It soon became apparent to me, however, that on this day, Willow was more interested in the reactions of the candle and crayon to each other than she was in their effect on the canvas surface, so I showed her how to drip some wax onto the canvas and use it like glue to mount her candle, at which point she could experiment more closely with her specific interest:
The rolled beeswax candle IS really fascinating to play with in this way--sometimes the melted crayon pours down between the rolls, so that you can vaguely see it through the translucent layers of the candle, and sometimes it pours down the outside, and layers add to layers, etc.:
Will burned that candle down to the ground, let me tell you, and many unwrapped crayons lost their lives, but the intuitive knowledge that she's gaining of the math of how fluid flows and the rate at which fire burns, and of the chemistry of heat reactions and changes in states of matter, and the practice that she's getting in problem-solving and meeting inquiry, not to mention how her mind and body are experiencing the ego-less pleasure of immersive free play, and the contemplative state of being of watching soothing, smooth, unpredictable reactions--well, that's a morning quite well spent!
P.S. I have a round-up of crayon crafts that DON'T involve coloring over at Crafting a Green World today, if you're interested.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Crayon on Candle, Melted
2 comments:
- Kathryn said...
We did this when we were little, too! We called it "smearing." So glad to see another creative mom! I love following your blog and seeing all of the neat unschooling ideas you have... Thanks for sharing your world! =)
- November 28, 2011 at 9:42 PM
- Maureensk said...
Love all of these melting crayon crafts! DD (3) is in a bit of a "fear of hot things" mode right now ever since she was burned with a glue gun and then there was the "match incident" when I thought she might like to learn to light a match... Anyhoo, I'm sure she'll love to do all of these projects once she gets over her fears.
- November 29, 2011 at 2:58 AM
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WinAVR is up to date, too (well, it's the version you link in the setup guide)
If the target AVR is running at a voltage lower than 5 V, you may need to decrease the minimum allowedtarget VDD setting using the configuration utility (Section 3.d). The default minimum allowed target VDDsetting is too high to allow the programmer to program at low voltages. Please note that you might need totake additional special steps to safely program an AVR that is running off of a voltage below VUSB-0.5 V.
(I also ended up reinstalling AVR Studio... which was a PITA itself - had to follow stuff in this thread to get around a problem with the installer (both 4.18 and 4.19...) hanging)


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We've reached the unlikely point where Jon Gosselin actually uttered something that makes sense: "Reality TV is not a career."
He was responding to his ex-wife Kate's whining about the cancellation of the TLC show, which, in two incarnations, made a profitable spectacle of their eight children for some 150 episodes.
We won't be shedding any tears when the credits run on the final installment of "Kate Plus 8" Monday. But we worry about the reality check facing eight youngsters who have spent much of their existence in front of cameras, no doubt giving them a distorted view of life.
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The show that began nearly 4½ years ago as the initially benign "Jon & Kate Plus 8" became a Reality TV phenomenon – for all the wrong reasons. The ratings skyrocketed as the Gosselin marriage crumbled before us two years ago.
We witnessed a seemingly ordinary couple--save for their large brood--morph into bickering pseudo-celebrities at a time when fame increasingly isn't a function of talent as much as it is being willingly odd and outrageous fodder for a larger televised, tweetable freak show.
The Gosselin saga also raises questions about whether Reality TV attracts such personalities or creates them – or both.
Jon Gosselin, his newfound wisdom aside, became a gossip column regular as he cavorted during the couple's breakup, and tried to keep the show from going on without him. He's toned down his public antics in recent months, but it's worth noting his comments last week, to an outfit called RumorFix, gained him a sliver of the limelight he's largely lost to his ex-wife.
Kate Gosselin, of course, waltzed onto "Dancing With The Stars," served as a guest host on "The View" and even brought her kids to "Sarah Palin's Alaska" in a TLC cross-promotion that said less about stunt casting than the bizarre state of celebrity.
The former nurse, who may be out of gimmicks, told People she's "freaking out" about how she's going to support the children. Perhaps she also should be freaking out about how the kids, ages 7 and 10, are going to make the psychological adjustment to real life.
We'll hope against hope the former spouses will finally shield their children from the spotlight – and give them as normal an upbringing as possible so that a decade from now the kids don't wind up renting a camera-filled house on the Jersey Shore.
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UVA: No Heritage Rep in '07
UVA has announced that the construction around Culbreth Theater means no Heritage Repertory Theater this summer. Heritage, an annual array of Broadway-style plays geared to older audiences, has offered a mix of professional and amateur acting since 1974.
The announcement came late last week, 10 days after the university revealed that construction of a 554-space, $12 million parking deck necessitates closing Culbreth Road as a thoroughfare for at least a year. Besides the garage, UVA is also constructing a new $16.7 million studio arts building called Ruffin Hall just off Rugby Road in this same "arts precinct."
Could UVA's decision about Heritage turn into a fiasco like the Major League baseball strike of 1994, when many fans developed new entertainment habits? UVA hopes not. Heritage boss Bob Chapel is quoted in the announcement as looking forward to "continuing this tradition."


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» Who came up with it? Fred Tepper, Argonide Corp., Sanford
» What is it? This next-generation water filter removes contaminants (such as chlorine, taste and odor) as well as bacteria and viruses. The filter consists of mesh screen made of tiny aluminum fibers that are 40,000 times thinner than a human hair. A fine carbon powder, which has a negative electrical charge, adheres to the screen, which has a positive electrical charge. The filter snags even the most minute contaminants.
»Who uses it? Right now, Argonide's focus is the industrial market. Companies such as Toyota use the Nanoceram-PAC to remove contaminants in wastewater before putting the water through reverse osmosis filters (which are easily clogged by contaminants) and reusing it in the plant. "There's a looming crisis in water conservation," says Tepper.
An electron microscope captured this image. The rock-like pieces are particles of powdered activated carbon that adhere to the screen in the filter and catch contaminants.
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» Cost: $75 to $150 for industrial use. Residential applications are not yet on the market, but Tepper says filters to purify well water might cost as little as $20.


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|Protesters have rejected the president's cabinet reshuffle and are demanding that he resign [AFP]
Egyptian air force fighter planes buzzed low over Cairo, helicopters hovered above and extra troop trucks appeared in a central square where protesters were demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's rule.
State television said that a curfew has been imposed in the capital and the military urged the protesters to go home.
But the thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square choosed to stay on Sunday.
The show of defiance came as Egypt entered another turbulent day following a night of deadly unrest, when looters roamed the streets in the absence of police.
Opposition groups in the country have called for national unity, and Mohamed Elbaradei, a leading opposition figure, has arrived at Tahrir Square to join the protests.
The National Coalition for Change, which groups several opposition movements including the Muslim Brotherhood, appointed ElBaradei with negotiating with Mubarak's government.
Broken 'fear barrier'
As the protests continue, security is said to be deteriorating and reports have emerged of several prisons across the country being attacked and of fresh protests being staged in cities like Alexandria and Suez.
Al Jazeera's correspondent, reporting from Alexandria, said that as of Sunday night, people were moving around the barricades that were meant to keep the streets clear.
"This protest, this march, has been going on for seven hours now. Clearly, no sign that it's going to abate any time soon," said our reporter.
"We have to remember that Egyptians broke a massive fear barrier on January 25 when they took to the streets ... there's probably not a single main street in Alexandria - no exaggeration - that this march has not passed through."
Thirty-four leaders from the Muslim Brotherhood were freed from the Wadi Natroun jail after guards abandoned their posts.
The protesters in Cairo, joined by hundreds of judges, had collected again in Tahrir Square afternoon to demand the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president.
Al Jazeera's correspondent, reporting from the scene, said that demonstrators confronted a fire truck, at which point army troops fired into the air in a bid to disperse them.
He said the protesters did not move back, and a tank commander then ordered the fire truck to leave. When the truck moved away from the square, the thousands of protesters erupted into applause and climbed onto the tank in celebration, hugging soldiers.
Main roads in Cairo have been blocked by military tanks and armoured personnel carriers, and large numbers of army personnel have been seen in other cities as well.
The air force in Cairo has been attempting to disperse protesters, with fighter planes flying low over Tahrir Square on Sunday.
Al Jazeera correspondents say the noise from the planes was deafening and that the planes repeatedly flew over the crowds.
The security situation in the capital has prompted the country's interior minister to hold meetings with top officials on Sunday.
Habib al Adli met Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the defence minister, and vice president Omar Soliman, state television reported.
As the police withdrew from streets across Egypt, Adli has been the target of growing criticism by the protesters who have called on him to resign.
The absence of police has given looters a free rein, forcing ordinary citizens to set up neighbourhood patrols.
According to Dina Magdi, an eyewitness, unidentified men on Sunday morning came out of the interior ministry compound in a car and dumped a body on a street. They then opened fire on people present in the area and fled. There were no immediate reports of casualties in that attack.
'Chaotic' scenes
Al Jazeera's sources have indicated that the military has now also been deployed to the resort town of Sharm el Shaikh.
Sherine Tadros, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the city of Suez, said the city had witnessed a "completely chaotic night", but that the streets were quiet as day broke.
She reported that in the absence of police and military, people were "tak[ing] the law into their own hands", using "clubs, batons, sticks, machetes [and] knives" to protect their property.
"People are trying to get back to normal, but of course this is anything but," she said, adding that as the day wore on, the military had set up several checkposts in an attempt to "show people that they are here and ... will provide some kind of security".
Our correspondent in Alexandria, reported similar scenes, saying that people were particularly concerned about their personal safety and that of their property.
She reported that the military in Alexandria was not focusing on protesters, attempting instead to prevent any further damage or theft of property.
Anti-Mubarak protests have engulfed Middle East's most populous nation since last Tuesday. More than 150 people have been killed in the unrest.
On Saturday, an embattled Mubarak sacked his cabinet and appointed a vice-president and a new prime minister. But the move has failed to douse anger on the streets
Dutton said that protesters are unlikely to stop demonstrating, as they "want one thing, and one thing only: they want the leadership to go".
As international powers express concern regarding events in Egypt, the US state department has reduced its diplomatic presence in Egypt, saying it had authorised the voluntary departure of dependents of diplomats and non-essential workers.


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One of the really cool things about our National Archives is that it owns a copy of the Magna Carta, aka, The Great Charter of Liberties (thanks to a wealthy philanthropist). Sadly, if you visit right now, you won't be able to see it. The 13th century document is currently getting a makeover of sorts. Kindly, however, the National Archives has provided this cool looksy at the process.
So, why should you care about a 13th century document that is older than our country? Well, when the barons had finally had enough of King John–yes, that King John–of King John's taxes and other policies, they cornered him at Runnymede meadow, and handed him a document that they had written up with some aid by a few bishops on hand. While they were primarily concerned with looking after themselves, the barons put a few lines in that most important of all legal documents that have become the hallmarks of the Rule of Law and of our dearest-held rights. It wasn't much aid to a woman who wished to bring a rapist to justice ("54: No one shall be arrested or imprisoned upon a woman's appeal for the death of any person other than her husband.")–although, it does do some mighty fine things for the rights of widows–it nevertheless extended and insisted on the these rights for all free men in the kingdom, regardless of rank (other than that free part).
Try to think about this for a moment: imagine that France had secured a similar document and protected as the English lords would do (several successive kings attempted to do away with it, only to have it be reestablished by the combined might of the aristocracy), would there have ever been a Sun King, a Versailles, a vast centralizing of power in the king, a Marie Antoinette, a French Revolution, and a handful of blood baths? Would the successive events have been possible if the power had been forcibly decentralized and the early stirrings of a parliament founded when France was still medieval, as happened in England? Quite plausibly not!
Regardless of France, these United States of America referenced the legacy of the Magna Carta at length both in arguments for fair treatment while still a colony under Britain and in the construction of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.


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So the NFL put down a 4 game suspension for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for his part in the whole "deflategate" thing and Patriots fans have started this little project. I'm sorry but this is one of THE MOST RIDICULOUS things I've ever seen!
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(CNN) - President Barack Obama's weighing in on what could turn into the hottest U.S. Senate battle this year.
When asked during an interview Wednesday with New England Cable News whether former Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts - who's taken an important step towards running for the Senate this year in neighboring New Hampshire - is the kind of moderate Republican needed on Capitol Hill, the President said he'll wait to comment until Brown formally announces his candidacy.
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But Obama went on to say that "I'd be happy if Scott Brown wants to move down to Texas," adding that "we could always use some moderate Republicans in other parts of the country."
The President also touted Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the Granite State's incumbent Democrat, who's running for re-election this year, and who could face a tough race if Brown does formally jump in and wins his party's Senate nomination.
Brown invites Obama to N.H.
Brown reacted to Obama's comments Thursday morning, inviting the President to join Shaheen on the campaign trail in New Hampshire.
"President Obama and Jeanne Shaheen are joined at the hip. If it wasn't for Jeanne Shaheen, Obamacare would not have become the law of the land. He is going to do everything he can to help Jeanne Shaheen in this election, and today I am inviting her to bring him to New Hampshire to defend their health care law. Nothing will stop me from continuing to tell the truth about this disastrous health care law and its negative effects on the people of New Hampshire," said Brown in a statement.
The Republican Party of New Hampshire chair Jennifer Horn echoed Brown's comments in a statement of her own.
Then-Sen. Obama won New Hampshire, which is considered a battleground state, by nine percentage points in his 2008 presidential election, and carried the state by six points in his 2012 re-election. The President made five campaign stops in the Granite State during the 2012 election cycle, according to an unofficial count by CNN. But the President's current approval rating in the state stood at 40% in a recent Suffolk University/Boston Herald poll and at 31% in an American Research Group survey.
Brown joins three other Republicans who are running for their party's Senate nomination in New Hampshire: former U.S. Sen. Bob Smith, former state Sen. Jim Rubens, and conservative activist Karen Testerman.
CNN Chief National Correspondent John King, a native of New England, said he thinks the President's comments may help Brown as he battles for his party's Senate nomination.
"He's (Brown) now going to go around and start saying 'the President's talking about me.' It helps boost him," said King, adding that "from an ego standpoint, this was a boost to Scott Brown."
If Brown ends up winning the party's September primary, it could expand the map for Republicans. Democrats hold a 55-45 majority in the Senate (53 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party), but are defending 21 of the 36 seats up in November, with half of those Democratic-held seats in red or purple states, like New Hampshire.
But the Suffolk University and ARG polls indicate Shaheen has a double digit lead over Brown in a general election showdown. According to the ARG survey, 50% of Granite State registered voters say they would support Shaheen, with 38% backing Brown and 12% undecided. And Shaheen had a 52%-39% lead among New Hampshire voters in the Suffolk University poll.
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In January 2010, the then little-known Republican state senator in Massachusetts pulled an upset in a special election to serve the final three years of the late Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy's term. But Brown's time in the Senate was cut short when Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren defeated him in the 2012 election.
Last year, Scott passed on running in a special election in Massachusetts to fill the term of John Kerry, who left the Senate to become secretary of state. And at the time, Brown also announced that he wouldn't make a 2014 bid for an open governor's seat in the Bay State.
Brown last year made a number of speaking appearances at GOP events in the Granite State, where he spent much of his childhood and where he owned a vacation home. Last fall, in another hint about a possible run, he dropped the 'MA' from his Twitter handle.
A few months later, he sold his home in Massachusetts and moved his residency north to New Hampshire.
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Why do you feel the need to say that? Is she not allowed to voice her opinion? Isn't the left the side that touts openness to other opinions? My oh my.


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Meet the Explorers
John George Jack (1861–1949)
Dendrologist, Educator, Plant Explorer
John George Jack was a notable figure in the early history of the Arnold Arboretum. His story is perhaps less well known than some of his colleagues, but his 40 year dedication to visitor education, and especially his instruction of a generation of Chinese botanists, is unmatched.
In 1905, John George Jack embarked on a year-long trip to the Far East that focused principally on Korea and Japan, and may have also been planned in order to include spending time with his younger brother, the Reverend Milton Jack of the Presbyterian Foreign Ministry, who had long been stationed in Taiwan.
In addition to collecting seeds and herbarium specimens, Jack returned with images, many in a format especially useful for teaching purposes—lantern slides. Covering some of the ground that Arboretum plant explorer Ernest Henry Wilson would later visit, Jack photographed the forest preserves in Japan, as well as the forests of Taiwan and Korea.
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Pearson, Lisa. "John George Jack: Dendrologist, Educator, Plant Explorer." Arnoldia, 71:4, 2014 [pdf].
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The works of John George Jack [HOLLIS].
John George Jack was born in Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada, on April 15, 1861. His father was a farmer and fruit grower, and his mother a poet, author and noted horticulturist. As a boy Jack was interested in natural history with a special attraction to insects. Primarily self-taught with a minimum of private instruction, his formal education ended with only about six months of high school.
Through his natural history observations and collections, he was introduced to a variety of correspondents including Sir John William Dawson (1820-1899), Principal of McGill University, who became his friend and mentor. From 1882-1885, Jack wintered in Boston, attending lectures by Harvard professors, including Dr. Hermann August Hagen (1817-1893), Professor of Entomology, and author of Bibliotheca Entomologia. He studied zoology with Alpheus Hyatt (1838–1902), and attended lectures on botany given by George Goodale, Fisher Professor of Natural History. In 1883, Jack spent the summer working at the River Edge, New Jersey farm of Elbert S. Carman (1836-1900), editor of The Rural New Yorker, who had been conducting experiments on economic and woody plants at his farm since 1877.
In April 1886, Jack visited the director of the Arnold Arboretum, Charles Sprague Sargent at his Brookline, Massachusetts estate, Holm Lea. Promised only manual labor at small compensation, he began work, but within a short time his botanical knowledge became apparent, earning Sargent's confidence and an increase in his pay to a dollar a day. Jack continued his education by taking the Harvard Summer Course in Botany and continuing to attending lectures.
John George Jack, Educator
By the terms of the Arboretum's original indenture, the director, as the Arnold Professor of Botany, was to teach the knowledge of trees at the College. Sargent delegated this function, with the approval of the trustees, to Jack who became Lecturer in Arboriculture in 1890. He taught at both Harvard, often with Richard T. Fisher (1876-1934), the first director of the Harvard Forest, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he held a lectureship from 1899 to 1908. In 1908, he was made an Assistant Professor of Dendrology at the Arnold Arboretum.
Jack taught throughout his career. He conducted courses in dendrology, using the Arboretum's living collections as his classroom. His courses were geared toward the layperson and his amicable disposition made them popular. According to the annual report for 1890/91, he "gave twice a week during the months of May and June, instruction … which treated of the plants, in their botanical, economic, and ornamental aspects, were practical and interesting."
Jack took an active interest in educating and mentoring Chinese students who had come to the United States to study botany. The most notable perhaps was H.H. Hu, who would later identify living specimens of Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the Dawn Redwood, a tree previously thought to be extinct.
John George Jack retired from full time employment at the Arnold Arboretum in 1935 at age 74. He spent his retirement at his home "Folly Farm," in East Walpole, Massachusetts with his daughter and her husband. In 1948, while tending his orchard Jack fell and broke his hip and was confined to bed. The following year, John George Jack, Arnold Arboretum Assistant Professor of Dendrology, Emeritus, died at age 88.
John George Jack, Plant Explorer
Soon after Jack joined the Arboretum he began collecting and documenting plants in the United States and abroad. During the summers of 1898 and 1900, he was an agent for the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He explored the forests of central Colorado and the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming and produced detailed documentation and photographs of the forest and soil conditions of the Pikes Peak, Plum Creek and South Platte Forest Reserves. In 1891, he visited botanic gardens in France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, and England, and in 1904, he and Arboretum taxonomist Alfred Rehder (1863-1949) collected plant specimens and took photographs in the western United States and in Canada.
John George Jack in Asia
Already an experienced plant explorer when he embarked on a year-long trip to Asia in 1905, Jack became the first staff member after Sargent to visit the region. He focused his travels on Japan and Korea as political unrest at the time made travel in mainland China dangerous. Although Sargent's annual report for 1904/05, states that "Mr. J. G. Jack has started on a journey to the East to obtain material for the Arboretum in Japan, Korea, and northern China," his journey was self-financed. He may have planned his trip to spend time with his brother, Presbyterian missionary Milton Jack, who was stationed in Taiwan. Jack's introduction to an undated, unpublished manuscript entitled Notes on Some Recently Introduced Trees and Shrubs outlined his goals and itinerary for the trip:
"The object of my trip was primarily rest and recreation for three or four months, combined with a desire to observe some of the interesting arborescent flora of central and northeastern Japan."
In addition to collecting seeds and herbarium specimens, Jack photographed trees, forestry practices, and landscape views, returning with 172 images, some as lantern slides, a format especially useful for his teaching. Covering some of the ground that E.H. Wilson (1876-1930) later visited, Jack photographed the forest preserves and activities of the lumbering industry in Japan, as well as the forests of Taiwan and Korea.


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(CNN) – Govs. Chris Christie and Susana Martinez certainly weren't trying to tamp down their mutual admiration Thursday, making a joint appearance that could further fuel speculation of a potential presidential ticket.
Talking to reporters after a meet-and-greet in Roswell, New Mexico, Christie labeled Martinez "one of my best friends in the entire Republican Governors Association."
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The event was the first of a four-stop campaign blitz with the New Jersey governor on Thursday, with most of the day's events being private fundraisers. As RGA chairman, Christie frequently travels and helps raise money for governors like Martinez who are running for re-election.
"I'll come back as often as she asks me to," Christie said.
Christie and Martinez are both Republican executives of blue-leaning states who share a background in prosecution, and the pair formed an early bond four years ago.
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As the nation's first Hispanic woman elected governor–and the highest-ranking elected Hispanic female in the GOP–Martinez is frequently mentioned as a possible 2016 vice presidential candidate, especially if Christie runs for president.
Asked Thursday by a reporter if the two could envision a "future partnership" together, Christie brushed off the question but elaborated on their shared style.
"You never know what life's going to bring you, but what I do know is that we've been partners now for three and a half years, bringing reforms to states as Republican governors that aren't used to this kind of thing," he said. "So we'll continue to be partners no matter what our future winds up holding for either one of us, and we're good friends."
Really good friends. In fact, Christie described her as a "friend" or "partner" seven times within the span of roughly three minutes.
Martinez was the only governor that Christie invited to stump for him during his own re-election bid last year. "There are lots of people I could have asked," he said. "We're friends. And so for me to come out here is a personal pleasure, and not just a political trip."
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Martinez also heaped praise on her pal from the East Coast.
"I consider him a friend. We're prosecutors from way back. We think alike," she said. "I admire how frank he is, how honest he is, how he just says it like it is and he doesn't do all that political speak. He says what people need to hear and then he follows up with it and follows through with his promises. And that's really important to me for a good leader."
Republicans argue the incumbent governor is poised to win re-election, despite her state becoming increasingly Democratic. In November, she'll face the winner of a crowded, five-way Democratic primary that takes place on June 3.
CNN rates the general election race as "tilting Republican."
Anything to beat the democrats if we want to survive as a free nation ! Situation critical with bad prognoses at the moment !
Vamonos! the Nation is hungry fo real change.
Anything to avoid talking about the GW bridge cover up .
To both: Keep going west until you get to the Pacific Ocean. Find the longest pier possible, and jump off the end where the water is the deepest. No one will miss either of you, except Christie's butcher, he may feel some pain financially.
It is called covering each other. This isn't a huge surprise given that it is his job as the head of the RGA. This makes me wonder about her since he is an ideologue that can't think beyond the party line.
We just need to cut our losses and let Mexico annex New Mexico. It is already overran with illegal immigrants and $ billions of US tax dollars are being spent to support them.
Liberal Utopia: Who needs investments in business, the economy, or advanced technology when we can spend tax money on people who are in he country illegally? We'll just put it on the Chinese Express Credit Card. What's another trillion or two in debt anyways?
We're prosecutors from way back. We think alike,"
More lawyers fighting for truth and justice ?
She better be careful because Christie throws his closest friends under the bus. He's Nixon all over again.
This guy has no shame. I would think anyone with half a brain (not a teaklan, of course) would try to stay as far away as they can from him.
Blah,blah,blah. Now that they have been CRUSHED by Turtle McConnell, can't wait to see Thom Tillis,Sheldon Adelson,Rupert Mourdoch,Karl Rove,Grover Norquist and the GOP stuff Jeb Bush down the tea party's throats EXACTLY like they stuffed Romney down.


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Meria Joel Carstarphen, Ed.D., is the superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools (APS) where she leads the district's nearly 52,000 students, 6,000 full-time employees and 87 schools and oversees the system's $1 billion annual budget. Prior to serving in Atlanta, she was superintendent in diverse, major metropolitan public school districts, including Austin, Texas, and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
In 2014, Dr. Carstarphen was charged with leading the transformation of APS. She has worked to restore organizational integrity and create a student-focused culture not driven by adult agendas. Through her leadership, the District has moved away from an over-reliance on high-stakes testing to emphasize whole-child development.During her tenure, APS is seeing improvements:
The District's graduation rate has increased by 18.8 percentage points from 59.1 percent in 2014 to 77.9 percent in 2019.
The school system in 2019 achieved its highest rates of proficiency on all subjects on the Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade and End-of Course assessments since the Georgia Department of Education first implemented the program in 2015.
From 2018 to 2019, APS achieved year-over-year gains in the percentage of students scoring proficient and above on 21 of 24 (88%) End-of-Grade and End-of-Course assessments compared to gains in just over half (52%) three years ago.
For the first time in seven years, APS is no longer disproportionate for the over suspension of African-American students with disabilities.
APS' college-going rate has continued to increase, as 62% of 2018 on-time graduates were enrolled in two- or four-year institutions as of Fall 2018, an increase of 11 percentage points since 2015.
The number of engaged employees increased significantly since APS began this work in 2014, exceeding the national average among K-12 programs as reported by Gallup.
Through the District's social and emotional learning initiative and its restorative practice efforts, the number of student arrests is down by 34% and student suspension rates have decreased overall.
As part of her community involvement, she serves on the boards of the Atlanta Ballet and the Woodruff Arts Center and on the President's Council for Tulane University. She is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta's Class of 2019, a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta and an honorary member of the Junior League of Atlanta. She recently completed terms of service on the visiting committee for the Harvard Graduate School of Education and as a commissioner with the Aspen Institute's AspenSEAD, a national commission focused on social emotional and academic development.
She is honored and humbled to be the recipient of numerous awards including: Atlanta Magazine's "Atlanta Power 500" (2019); Atlanta Business Chronicle's "Power 100 – Most Influential Atlantans" (2019); Wellspring Living Hope Award (2019); American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees and the Georgia Federation of Public Service Employees Superintendent of the Year (2018); Newcomb Alumnae Association at Tulane University Outstanding Alumna Award (2018); Anti-Defamation League Torch of Liberty Award (2017); Atlanta Magazine's Women Making A Mark (2017); Georgia Trend Magazine Top 100 Most Influential Georgians (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016); Atlanta Business Chronicle Most Admired CEO Awards (2017, 2016, 2015); Cool Girls Inc., Cool Woman of the Year (2016); YWCA's Academy Of Women Achievers Award (2015); Austin Chapter of the NAACP DeWitty/Overton Freedom Award (2013); Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Superintendent of the Year Award (2011).
Dr. Carstarphen earned her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, master of education degrees from Auburn University and Harvard University, and a bachelor of arts in political science and Spanish from Tulane University. She has also studied at the University of Seville, Spain, and University of Innsbruck, Austria.
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The final show of Philly Improv Fest had the crowd laughing along to dynamic scenes from duos Hot Dog (Jessica Ross and Luke Field), Billy Hawk (Brian O'Connell and Jeff Hawkins), The Amie and Kristen Show (Amie Roe and Kristen Schier) and Vox Pop (Karen Lange and Jordan Hirsch). Each of the groups jumped from scene to scene and kept the audeince laughing at everything from the perception of white Jesus to the marital problems between a blind husband and his wife.
At some point, you don't even know what you're laughing at anymore… but you're cracking up!
Hot Dog's comedic timing and chemistry kept crowds in hysterics as they created funny scenarios on marriage, employment opportunities and awkward dates. Whether it was playing a blind husband or a jovial employee, Luke Field can change the scene faster than you can count to two. Complementing his comedic timing was Jess Ross, whose ability to adapt to her partner's theatrics is equally impressive.
Speaking of awkward couples, who can deny the charm of a male duo that can convince you that they are an opposite sex couple. Billy Hawk's ability to transform into characters and bridge gaps of physicality is truly amazing. Whether it was playing a husband and wife, God and his son, Jesus and Mary Magdalene, Billy Hawk had the audience on the edge of their seats waiting to see what characters they would play next.
Perhaps the most animated act of the night was The Amie and Kristen Show. It's no secret that they are one of Philly's best comedy duos. Best friends and improv masters, their chemistry is evident as they put on a parody of a frog-prince and princess. "It's a shirt with muscles sewn into it, now you look like the other princes!" says Amie to her (British) frog-prince Kristen. The scene changes in less than a millisecond from a mother trying to control her son who is throwing a temper tantrum to a couple cuddling and talking about the future. This girl-power duo consistently reminded us that the beauty of comedy lies in the power of words and how you say them.
Jordan Hirsch and Karen Lange of Vox Pop ended the night with their musical act consisting of parodies of work culture and every-day married couple problems. The musicality, the duo's awesome facial expressions and comedic timing made the comedy and music flow together to provide a highly entertaining ending to a night full of laughter.


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My beloved patients, it's summer again! You've tucked away your handkerchiefs, your comforters and your Irish Coffees until the first chill winds of autumn bring them back to mind. But now it's sweltering, and though you're reading this in the temporary respite of air conditioning, you know the weather's hot fingers await your exit. Summer is a season where activities are best made simple. Cocktails, for instance! The complex aromatic formulas of other seasons give way to ripe fruit and refreshment, if not pure simplicity.
Allow me to give you both. Too overheated to make fancy cocktails? Too exhausted to contemplate Polynesian extravaganza? Introducing the Olympic! From Ciro's of London, circa 1922, the Olympic is simple, fruity, refreshing and oddly familiar.
The term "Olympic" has many connotations. Add an "s" and we have the iconic games. Reduce it to its root, and we have the mountain-top home of the ancient Greek Gods. But for me, this cocktail is best exemplified by an ocean-going ship. The Olympic ocean liner was the sister ship of the Titanic and the namesake of White Star's Olympic-class ocean liners, of which the Titanic was a member. They were all but identical.
The Olympic Cocktail was sister drink to the better-known Sidecar (or Side Car as it was then known). It contained orange juice to the Sidecar's lemon and curaçao instead of Cointreau, but both maintained a base of Cognac and were bequeathed with equal parts of those respective ingredients.
The Sidecar has long been celebrated—to the point, perhaps, of God-like immortality—while the Olympic has been forgotten, much like the ship was in the wake of the Titanic's tragic sinking in 1912. As of the debut of the Olympic Cocktail, its namesake ship (actually built and commissioned months before the Titanic) would traverse the oceans for another 15 years. Both cocktails endure as well; lovely, evocative harbingers of imagination and dreams.
As with the Sidecar, the Olympic's ease of equal proportions necessarily gives way to a few measure refinements in the pursuit of a more perfect libation. The dearth of premium orange curaçao in the United States creates the opportunity to extrapolate, and Clement Creole Shrub shines like the best curaçaos with an added lure of spiciness. The increase of Cognac proportions decreases sweetness, as does freshly squeezed OJ. Finally, your Doctor adds his own little touch to move the Olympic out of the very sweet category, with two added dashes of the very orangey, piquantly bitter orange bitters.


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BEAUMONT, Texas — A task force of federal, state and local law enforcement Thursday began arresting 32 defendants charged with racketeering and immigration violations throughout Texas and Louisiana.
These arrests were announced by U.S. Attorney John M. Bales, Eastern District of Texas, and Brian M. Moskowitz, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Houston.
This case is being investigated by the following agencies: HSI offices in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and New Orleans; U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Office of Air and Marine; U.S. Marshals Service; and police department's in Houston, Port Author and Beaumont. This case is being prosecuted by assistant U.S. Attorneys, Eastern District of Texas, in Beaumont, Texas.
According to court documents [indictment 1 ∣ indictment 2], two employment referral businesses operating out of Houston recruited illegal aliens, mostly from Mexico and Central America, to work in Chinese restaurants. These workers routinely worked 12 hours per day, six days per week. In addition, they were not paid overtime, not permitted to receive tips or gratuities, and were paid in cash by the restaurants. The restaurants profited by avoiding paying employment taxes; and they did not provide any benefits such as health insurance, vacation or sick time. Workers were paid far less than minimum wage, did not receive health examinations, food safety training, or any job training at any time while employed.
Additionally, these workers were subjected to unfavorable living arrangements provided by the restaurant operators, either at the operator's residence or at another off-site residential location. Living arrangements were overcrowded and sometimes consisted of air mattresses or floors for sleeping. For instance, 18 people were found to be housed in a 2000-square foot house.
Arrests of the indicted individuals began Jan. 30. The following individuals have been charged:
- Lina Sun, 54, of Houston;
- Chenglun Ma, 57, of Houston;
- Chang Jin Song, 56, of Houston;
- Zhiqiang Li, 59, of Houston;
- Chenzong Yu, 44, of Houston;
- Jin Zhu Wang, 50, of Port Arthur, Texas;
- Li Qiu Jiang, 52, of Port Arthur, Texas;
- Hua Zhu Dong, 45, of Port Arthur, Texas;
- Wei Ji Zheng, 38, of San Marcos, Texas;
- Wen Juan Zhang, 34, of San Marcos, Texas;
- Chanjuan Xie, 31, of Sanger, Texas;
- Xue Fang He, 28, of Sanger, Texas;
- Zhen Yin Weng, 55, of Little Rock, Ark.;
- Dan Hui Lu, 32, of Dallas;
- Zeng Yu Huang, 50, of Mineola, Texas;
- Jian Tuan Dong, 47, of Rockwall, Texas;
- Jian Jun Ma, 60, of Houston;
- Liang Gao, 42, of Houston;
- Shoufang Jiang, 43, of Houston;
- Jiang Ping Zhang, 65, of Houston;
- Wen Jian Wen, 26, of Houston;
- Xiaofeng Zhu, 43, of Sugar Land, Texas;
- Xianghong Sun, 54, of Missouri City, Texas;
- Yan Mao, 39, of Brownwood, Texas;
- Yip Keung Leung, 40, of Brownwood, Texas;
- Selena Ling Feng, 37, of Nacogdoches, Texas;
- Zongxian Zhu, 41, of Nacogdoches, Texas;
- Jing Heng Jiang, 51, of Bastrop, La;
- Hua Lin, 30, of Allen, La;
- Houng Chen, 39, of Abbeville, La; and
- Jin Zhu Fang, 38, of Abbeville, La.
Federal indictments were returned Nov. 7 charging 32 individuals with racketeering influenced and corrupt organizations (RICO) conspiracy, and conspiracy to transport, harbor, and encourage and induce illegal aliens to reside in the United States. If convicted, each defendant faces up to 20 years for the RICO charge and up to 10 years for the immigration conspiracy charge.
"The Hong Li Job Agency and the Tai Shan Employment Agency operated a 'take-out and delivery service' for restaurants across the region – but they didn't deliver food. Instead, they delivered people illegally present in the United States to greedy restaurant owners and managers looking for cheap labor," said Brian M. Moskowitz, special agent in charge of HSI Houston. "The illicit efforts of the defendants and others like them help push those unlawfully here deeper into the shadows, and the jobs they market serve as a magnet for future illegal immigration."
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February 22: Stafford Exhibit Tour with Doug Erickson
Saturday, February 22, 10:00 am at Lewis & Clark College, Aubrey R. Watzek Library Atrium, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, Portland. Admission is free but registration is required. RSVP to Cyndie Glazer at (503) 675-2538 or email@example.com. The William Stafford Archives, donated to Lewis & Clark College by the Stafford family in 2008, contain the private papers, publications, photographs, recordings, and teaching materials of the poet William Stafford. The Aubrey R. Watzek Library is exhibiting a selection of photographs, manuscripts, books, and artifacts from the archives, showcasing materials from each period of Stafford's life and career. Of particular note is a selection from Stafford's extensive photo collection, featuring his family, friends, and poets from around the world. A guided introduction to the exhibit will be followed by a presentation on this extraordinary collection by Doug Erickson, Head of Special Collections/College Archivist, and Director of Oregon Poetic Voices


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Ever since I was told my writing was male, I've been concerned that I might be a man. Today, I decided to take a quiz.
Esquire's "Are You A Man" quiz offers a way to "find out where you stand in the landscape of masculine virtues — competence, emotional and physical discipline, self-possession, honesty, humor, and a solid first name of at least two and no more than three syllables." It also allows that a man is "a good thing to be, mostly. Even, of course, if you're a woman," which clouds the issue somewhat. Nonetheless, I decided to press on. I answered questions about which tie I preferred (slender, but not too skinny), whether I hated my dad (no), and how quickly I felt I could "bed a woman" (since I've never attempted this, it's possible that my guess of 24 hours was too optimistic). At the end, I was rewarded with the news that I was three-quarters of a man. This seemed pretty decent — I passed, after all — but I decided to check with some male and female friends to see how I measured up.
The Jezebel staff was pretty evenly split between three-quarters and "not quite a man," the latter of which was accompanied by a helpful quote from 50 Cent: "Move before you are ready." Of the actual men I surveyed, two got "not quite" and three got three-quarters. One of the not-quiters commented, "I feel dumber and more brotastic just taking this test," which probably just means he is a sissy girlyboy. A seventy-five-percenter speculated that "I bet if you answer like a huge dick who loves Entourage and Tosh.0 then you will exceed 3/4." So I decided to take the quiz again, this time answering like a huge dick — I claimed, for instance, that there were outstanding restraining orders against me and that I had recently spent time "in Jennifer Aniston." Success! I scored "fully man." Esquire explained, "There are men and there are men. You belong in both groups." Apparently both groups belong in Jennifer Aniston.
Still, I wasn't completely satisfied. Which was more manly — 3/4 or "not quite"? And in the words of one of my male guinea pigs, "what the fuck is 3/4?" Does it mean that I and half my coworkers fall into the top quartile of manliness? And how accurate can a test really be when so many people score exactly the same? One male subject implied that the quiz itself might need a shot of testosterone: "a real man calculates things to two decimals."
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What you'll need: 3 fairly opaque polishes (no thin formulas for this technique), a flat brush, & a good top coat (I like Essie Good To Go)
|Paint all your nails with one coat of the lightest polish color. Don't worry if it's streaky.
|Add chevrons in your second color to all nails. I just used the polish brushes. You can be very messy & imprecise.
|Add chevrons in the third color to all nails. Remember your chevrons don't need to be straight and perfect!
|Next put a drop or two of polish on your palette (I just use the middle of a nail wheel). Dip a flat brush in the polish & start creating your ikat lines. I recommend doing just two nails at a time at this point.
|Repeat step 5 with the other polishes, 2 nails at a time.
Beautiful & easy enough to do on both hands!
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CRESTVIEW � Photographer Mira Crisp invites shutterbugs to capture local attractions this summer and share their experiences with others.
CRESTVIEW � Photographer Mira Crisp invites shutterbugs to capture local attractions this summer and share their experiences with others.
"There are a lot of photography enthusiasts out there, and we are proud to be able to now offer a place for them to meet, learn, share and discuss photography," said Crisp, an officer of the newly formed Crestview Photo Club.
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The club welcomes anyone � "from advanced and professional photographers to beginners who have just picked up their first point-and-shoot camera or smart phone," she said.
The Italy transplant particularly enjoys photographing downtown Crestview, which has �lots of great backgrounds; full of details.� She and her husband, Brett, moved to Crestview last year.
The club plans to elect a seven-member board during its first meeting on July 8. In addition, the club wants to form committees for marketing, hospitality, trips and challenges, and maintain a database of photographers willing to donate their services.
Want to go?
What:Crestview Photo Club meet-and-greet
When: 6 p.m. July 8
Where:Crestview Public Library, 1445 Commerce Drive
Monthly meetings are at 6 p.m. second Mondays at the library.
Find the club on Facebook at http://on.fb.me/19DrTlj.


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Winners and Losers: Verizon and Amgen
The end of summer may not make us feel like winners, but David Benoit found some key winners, and, yes, a few losers, in the business world this week. Photo: AP.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Learning Index >> Pioneers and their practice: a reference guide
Johnston was born in Uruguay in 1872 of Scottish parents; he entered Edinburgh University as a medical student in 1896 but abandoned his studies a year later. In September 1899 he was invited by William Lethaby, the principal of the Central School of Arts and Crafts, to start a class on writing and illuminating. This was largely responsible for the revival of the subject in Britain; his students included Eric Gill*, Noel Rooke and W. Graily Hewitt*. Johnston taught at the Royal College of Art from 1901 and, from1902, leased chambers in Lincoln's Inn as his design studio. He married in 1903.
He designed initial letters and headings for the Doves Press, Hammersmith (from 1902) and type for the Cranach Press, Weimar (from1910). In 1915 he was commissioned by Frank Pick of London Underground to design an alphabet for use on station signs and as a typeface for printed matter. Named 'Railway', this sans-serif design is still in use today, in a revised, digitised form; so, too, is Johnston's circular London Underground logo.
In 1906 his handbook Writing and Illuminating, and Lettering was first published; it ran into several editions and was translated into German in 1910. In 1912 Johnston moved to Ditchling, Sussex where Eric Gill already lived and an artistic community was forming. He continued to teach, write and publish, was president of the Art and Crafts Exhibition Society from 1933 to 1936 and appointed CBE in 1939. A retrospective exhibition took place at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1945.
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This weekend I'm using stamping as a means to take my mind off my mouth. Since I had 7 teeth extracted on Thursday, and am now trying to adjust to a mouthful of plastic (interim partial dentures), eating, drinking and talking are not very pleasant activities at the moment. Not so much painful, as very uncomfortable as my tongue tries to figure out where it's supposed to go without bumping into and rubbing against the foreign objects in my mouth. OK, maybe that was TMI.
Anyhow, stamping doesn't use my mouth. Hence, the stamping therapy. I made this last night, but couldn't photograph it until I could get some sunlight today. This week's Deconstructed Sketch Challenge #86 looked like fun, but I'm not big on square cards, so here's my take on it:
The patterned paper is from an older My Mind's Eye pad called True Blue from their Fine & Dandy line (or maybe it's the other way around). The stamps are from 2 different Lawn Fawn sets – the bear is from Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum (yes, it's supposed to be a Christmas set, but I've used it for everything but that since I've had it). I added the party hat with a Copic Multiliner pen and colored it with Copic Markers. The words are from another Lawn Fawn set called Just My Type, Too.
We'll see what today brings. Maybe more stamping, maybe just curling up on the sofa in front of the TV.
Have a great Sunday!


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10 Ways to Fight Breast Cancer
Who are the best breast experts? It may not be your doctor — or even the top researchers in the field. The truth is that you are the best first line of defense when it comes to reducing your risk of developing breast cancer — at any age — by making smart choices and becoming your own best health advocate. That's right, you: Whether you start small, by swapping your usual mojito for a seltzer next happy hour, or big, by writing to your Congressperson and asking her to increase funding for screening programs, you'll know you're doing all you can to help keep your breasts healthy. Here's how to take action.
1. Educate yourself.
Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in women after nonmelanoma skin cancer, striking one in eight in the U.S. Most have no risk factors besides being female and getting older: Ninety-five percent of new cases from 1998 to 2002 were in women over 40. For reasons that are still unclear, Caucasian women are most likely to develop the cancer, but African-American women are more likely to die from it. Contrary to popular belief, having large breasts, wearing underwire bras, or using antiperspirant, hair coloring, or hair-relaxing products don't seem to affect your risk; doctors are striving to better determine what genetic and lifestyle factors do. To keep up with new developments, visit the Web sites of Susan G. Komen for the Cure (www.komen.org), the National Breast Cancer Coalition (www.stopbreastcancer.org) and the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org).
2. Learn your family's medical history.
Some 5 to 10 percent of breast cancer cases are inherited, often through abnormalities in the genes BRCA1 or BRCA2, which are strongly linked to ovarian cancer as well. If you have a first-degree relative — mother, sister, or daughter — with either of these diseases, you're at a high risk for breast cancer. Having a father or brother with breast cancer (some 2,000 men will be diagnosed in 2007) or two or more first- or second-degree relatives (grandmothers, aunts or cousins) with breast cancer also ups your chance of developing the disease. Generally, the younger the age at which a family member was diagnosed, the higher your chances of getting it, says Debu Tripathy, MD, director of the Komen/UT Southwestern Medical Center Breast Cancer Research Program in Dallas. Since other genetic conditions (such as Li-Fraumeni and Cowden syndromes) are also linked to a higher risk, "the safe thing is to give your doctor as complete a medical and family history as you can," says Dr. Tripathy. "He or she can refer you to a genetic counselor to best assess your risk."
3. Master the self-exam.
By age 20, you should be doing a monthly breast self-exam to feel for lumps and other irregularities (for instructions, go to www.fitnessmagazine.com/exam). While no strong evidence exists that women who do self-exams are less likely to die from breast cancer than those who don't, many experts believe they do help. "Self-exams at an early age help a woman know what her breasts feel like, making her more likely to notice a change earlier than someone who doesn't," explains Cheryl Perkins, MD, Susan G. Komen for the Cure's senior clinical advisor.
4. Know when to see your doctor.
Even a subtle change in your breasts — including breast pain and, particularly, any skin change such as dimpling or puckering — calls for a visit to your physician, says Eric Winer, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. And because your doctor might detect a lump you've missed, experts advise having him or her examine your breasts once every three years in your 20s and 30s and once a year after age 40 — which is also when you should start getting an annual mammogram. The test can lead to unnecessary biopsies, but most doctors believe that mammograms are key for diagnosing tumors that aren't detectable in an exam. If you're at high risk, you might also want an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) every year, starting at age 30. In recent studies, MRIs proved better than mammograms at finding invasive tumors in women with a genetic predisposition to breast cancer.
5. Cut back on cocktails.
The more a woman drinks, the greater her risk for developing breast cancer. Yet studies show that moderate alcohol use can help protect against heart disease and other conditions. What to do? According to the American Cancer Society, the key is to make sure your consumption averages out to less than one drink a day (12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine or 1 1/2 ounces of liquor all count as one serving). Cutting white wine with club soda or having a couple of cocktails on weekends and none during the week can help, as can a daily 400-milligram supplement of folic acid, recently shown to slightly offset the risk associated with moderate alcohol consumption, says Rachel Zinaman, RD, a dietitian at the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. "But if you're at high risk for breast cancer, consider not drinking at all — or drinking just on special occasions," she adds.
10 Ways to Fight Breast Cancer, continued
6. Get serious about exercise.
Research shows that working out boosts breast health. One reason: Extra weight can make the body produce excess estrogen, which may be why obesity is associated with breast cancer. While this connection is especially strong after menopause, "a significant risk factor for being overweight later in life is being overweight early in life, and regular exercise can help prevent that," says Dr. Winer. Physical activity can also enhance the immune system and lower levels of insulin, which has been linked to breast cancer, says Julie Gralow, MD, an associate professor of medical oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. So just how much exercise do you need? Researchers at the University of Southern California found that women who kept up a regimen of more than five hours per week of strenuous cardio (such as running or lap-swimming) from high school on — or about 45 minutes a day — had a 20 percent lower risk of invasive breast cancer than those who did 30 minutes or less per week. But that doesn't mean you should enter the next Ironman. "It's critical to slowly build your exercise capacity," says Dr. Gralow. For motivation, pair up with a partner (go to www.fitnessmagazine.com/teamfitness to find a buddy) or train for a local race (such as a Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K run/walk — go to www.komen.org to find a race near you).
7. Eat a balanced diet.
Aim for at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Besides keeping your weight in check — one of the best defenses against breast cancer — some of these foods have been linked in studies to lower breast cancer incidence. Your best bet, says Zinaman, is to fill your plate with a variety of colors, since fruits' and veggies' cancer-fighting components — called phytochemicals (see "What Is a Phytochemical?") — may work best when they interact with one another. Other smart moves: Consuming more salmon and fortified milk (sources of vitamin D, which may boost your defenses), as well as more healthy fats (like olive oil) and lean proteins (think chicken, fish, and beans). A Harvard study of more than 90,000 premenopausal women found a correlation between high consumption (more than one and a half servings a day) of beef, lamb, or pork and an increased risk for one type of breast cancer.
8. Breastfeed if you can.
Given its well-documented benefits for your baby, including protection from allergies and infections, you hardly need another reason to nurse. But breastfeeding, especially for one and a half to two years, may also help protect you against breast cancer, likely because it reduces your number of menstrual cycles, which is linked to lower risk. If you want to breastfeed but are having trouble, get help from an expert in your area; find one at the Web site of the International Lactation Consultant Association at www.ilca.org.
9. Reduce your exposure to environmental hazards when possible.
A recent review of studies identified 216 chemicals that cause breast tumors in animals. Of particular concern: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which can contaminate fish, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), found in smoke and soot. Experts caution that more research is needed. Still, it's a good idea to avoid PCB-contaminated fish (find local fish advisories at epa.gov) as well as tobacco smoke and charred food.
10. Be a champion for change.
More money is needed to help underprivileged women get checked and treated for breast cancer and to help researchers better understand the disease. Two ways to make a difference: Contact your elected officials to request their support for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), which gives women access to free screenings (go to www.komen.org for information), and the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act, which would increase funding for studies on the environmental causes of breast cancer (learn more at www.stopbreastcancer.org). An even easier way to help: Komen's Passionately Pink for the Cure program. Pick any day in October to donate $5 or more to the organization, which will direct the funds to awareness, free health care and research initiatives — and wear pink to show your dedication to helping find cures for breast cancer.
So What Are You Doing to Fight Breast Cancer?
Here's what a poll of 107 readers revealed:
84% Get or plan to get annual mammograms by age 40
79% Get yearly breast exams by a doctor
79% Limit alcohol use to less than one drink a day
65% Eat right — lean proteins and at least five servings of fruits and veggies a day
57% Exercise five or more hours per week
Eat This for Breast Health
This cruciferous vegetable contains isothiocyanates, which may break down breast cancer cells.
Low intake of beta-carotene (found in orange fruits and veggies) has been associated with a higher risk.
Research suggests its allyl sulfur compounds can help prevent the development of some tumors.
They contain conjugated linoleic acid, which has been shown to slow down the production of estrogen.
Red Cabbage
Researchers believe the glucosinolates in this vegetable may help inhibit breast cancer.
Wild Salmon
Rich in vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids, which may fight tumor growth, wild salmon is less likely than farmed to contain cancer-causing PCBs.
Try This Recipe
Combine these power veggies in a simple, tasty stir-fry. Cook 1 tablespoon minced garlic in 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat until translucent. Add 1/2 cup each broccoli florets, sliced carrots, sliced red cabbage, halved white mushrooms, and a pinch of salt (if desired), and stir-fry until just tender (10 to 15 minutes). Brush a salmon fillet with a tablespoon of honey mustard, pan saute for 5 to 10 minutes, and serve alongside the veggies.
What Is a Phytochemical?
These plant-based substances include carotenoids (found in carrots), isoflavones (in soybeans), and lycopene (in tomatoes), and seem to help protect cells from damage that could lead to certain types of cancer and other diseases.
To learn how to do a breast self-exam and for more information on defending yourself against breast cancer, go to www.fitnessmagazine.com/breastcancer.
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, October 2007.


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Dorset apple traybake
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal285
- fat13g
- saturates8g
- carbs39g
- sugars23g
- fibre1g
- protein4g
- salt0.66g
- 450g cooking apples (such as Bramley)
- juice of ½ lemon
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 225g butter, softened
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 280g golden caster sugar
- 4 eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 350g self-raising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
Baking powderbay-king pow-dah
Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- demerara sugar, to sprinkle
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line a rectangular baking tin (approx 27cm x 20cm) with parchment paper. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples then squeeze the lemon juice over. Set to one side.
Place the butter, caster sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour and baking powder into a large bowl and mix well until smooth. Spread half the mixture into the prepared tin. Arrange half the apples over the top of the mixture, then repeat the layers. Sprinkle over the demerara sugar. 3 Bake for 45-50 mins until golden and springy to the touch. Leave to cool for 10 mins, then turn out of tin and remove paper. Cut into bars or squares.


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Install a full version of Windows instead of using an upgrade version. Upgrade versions can't be installed because the built-in 64GB flash drive can only allocate 34GB of space for a Windows partition. This is not enough free space to accommodate an upgrade installation.
These steps erase the current Windows partition on your Mac. Make sure you have a backup of any important data on your Windows partition before performing these steps.
Use these steps to remove your current installation of Windows and then reinstall a full version of Windows:
- Back up your data from the Windows partition.
- Start your Mac from OS X.
- From the Finder, choose Go > Utilities.
- Open Boot Camp Assistant from the Utilities window.
- Click Continue, then select the option to "Remove Windows… or later version".
- After Boot Camp finishes removing your Windows partition, use Boot Camp Assistant to install a full version of Windows.
- Once installation completes, restore your data from your backup.


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From HaskellWiki
There are currently a number of different ways to generate tags with Haskell.
This page should be used to collect information on them, including information on how to use tags with common editors and what benefits they can give you.
Haskell tag generators
Chris Ryder and Simon Thompson give a tag generator's source in a paper
Norman Ramsey and Kathleen Fisher's partial hasktags implementation using the GHC API is in darcs. There's also a GHC trac task relating to it.
echo ":ctags" | ghci -v0 Main.hs
echo ":etags" | ghci -v0 Main.hs
utils/hasktags from GHC.
Random other bits
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White Bean and Pasta Soup
Total TimePrep: 10 min. + standing Cook: 2 hours
Makes12 servings (3 quarts)
- 1-1/2 cups dried great northern beans
- 3/4 pound Italian sausage links, casings removed
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 large carrot, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 3 cups hot water
- 2 tablespoons dried currants
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 cup uncooked small shell pasta
- Grated Parmesan cheese
- Sort beans and rinse with cold water. Place beans in a Dutch oven or soup kettle; add water to cover by 2 in. Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 1 hour. Drain and rinse beans, discarding liquid.
- In the same pan, cook the sausage, onion, carrot and garlic over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the broth, water, currants, basil and reserved beans. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until the beans are tender, stirring occasionally.
- Add tomatoes and pasta; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until pasta is tender. Serve with cheese.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 180 calories, 4g fat (1g saturated fat), 11mg cholesterol, 648mg sodium, 25g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 6g fiber), 10g protein.
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Feb 6, 2014
This is a great winter soup! I used 1 1/4 lb. Andouille sausage diced, an extra carrot, a bay leaf instead of currants, and everybody thoroughly enjoyed it. The grated Parmesan cheese is a nice touch as well as a drizzle of olive oil.
Jan 27, 2012
Very good recipe, next time I will add hot sausage in it. Husband is a chef and he thought it was a very good recipe.
Jun 27, 2009
This sounds good...printed it off. I'd proberably add a bay leaf, too. Elizabeth
Jun 27, 2009
Really good soup. Perfect when it starts to get colder outside. The only changes I made were to omit the currants (I couldnt find them in my store). I also just used a pound of sausage instead of buying the links and having to remove all the casings. Next time though I will add more pasta and another carrot just to cater to my taste more. I still give this 5 stars because it was still delicious as is.