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The auto industry is America's largest exporter. Over the past six years, automakers and suppliers have exported over $775 billion worth of vehicles and parts. They beat the next best performing sector (aerospace) by $125 billion. Last year alone, automakers and suppliers out-exported the aerospace industry by $6 billion.
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The U.S. auto industry is one of the largest consumers of domestic raw materials and parts. Last year, automakers sold more than 17 million cars in the U.S., and each contained between 8,000 to 12,000 parts, using more than 3,000 pounds of iron, steel, rubber, glass and semiconductors. Approximately 734,000 Americans work at the plants, offices and research labs that produce those parts and materials.
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Designing those 8,000 to 12,000 auto parts and helping put them together makes autos among the most engineering-intensive industries in the world. In fact, seven out of the world's top 25 corporate investors in research and development are automakers. FCA US, Ford and General Motors each invest more each year on research and development than HP, Boeing, and AT&T – and 80 cents of every dollar they invest in research and development is spent here in the U.S. Thanks largely to this investment, nearly one in 10 engineers and scientists in private sector R&D work for an automaker or auto supplier.
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Officials, managers and experts from Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zambia are meeting in Bujumbura, Burundi from tomorrow to review known invasive species and risks in the Lake Tanganyika basin. The workshop, to be held from 29 – 31 March 2011 will also discuss ways to monitor, manage and control existing or possible future invasive species threats.
Surveys have shown that several invasive plants such as water hyacinth and the widespread Mimosa pigra as well as Mimosa diplotricha are already present in the Lake Tanganyika basin, and there are also indications that the Nile tilapia is present, which can have negative impacts on local fish communities and general lake ecology.
It is not too late to manage invasive species in the Lake Tanganyika basin, but action will need to be taken now. Dr. Geoffrey Howard, world expert on invasive species in Africa, and member of the IUCN Invasive Species Initiative states: "In the near future, states will need to improve and expand on a strategy that they have enacted in recent years. The emphasis should be on monitoring as well as management of invasive species – including the developing structure of the monitoring process."
One of the possible ways to manage invasive species that will be discussed during the workshop is biological control. In addition, the workshop will look at awareness raising and regional cooperation as important tools in invasive species control.
The Lake Tanganyika Authority (LTA), UNDP/GEF Project on Lake Tanganyika, and IUCN are working together with the riparian countries to address the threat of invasive species. The Lake Tanganyika Authority is a regional organization with the mandate to coordinate the implementation of the Convention on Sustainable Management of Lake Tanganyika. The Secretariat of the LTA is based in Bujumbura, Burundi.
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Is PZHEEVD deterministic? By that I mean, if I fix the input matrix and run PZHEEVD repeatedly on a fixed number of MPI tasks on the same architecture will I get the same result to machine precision every time. Let's assume everything is single-threaded, e.g. no threaded BLAS.
After some discussion, with a vendor (IBM) and the MPICH2 developers I am told that collectives are deterministic.
After taking a closer look at PZHEEVD, the only non-deterministic behavior I see is in the routine PZHETRD which uses BI_TreeComb which itself does not look deterministic from the use of MPI_ANY_SOURCE (define to the variable BANYNODE).
Is there a deterministic version of BI_TreeComb available?
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Ask Marilyn: Using Fabric Shears to Cut Wrapping Paper?
B. B. in Fairfax, Virginia, writes:
Marilyn: My friend and I disagree about whether it's okay to use fabric shears to cut wrapping paper. One of us says the practice will dull the blades. The other says this is true only because more cutting in general means more dulling. Can you settle this for us?
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Paper typically contains hard minerals that aren't found in fabric, so cutting even ordinary paper will dull blades more than cutting fabric. Wrapping paper is worse, and holiday wrap with all its foil and sparkly accents may be the most damaging of all. Fabric shears are quickly dulled by using them for household purposes, so hide those shears from the rest of the family! Cutting fabric (and hair, etc.) requires very sharp scissors because the fibers bend and slip away from the blades so easily. (Ever tried cutting a lock of hair?) But scissors used mainly for cutting paper don't need to be sharp. Even kiddie scissors work on just about everything.
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In the very hot summer the locals come from miles around to play on the pristine sands, gossip a dreat deal, and of course cool off in the fish rich waters. A few fishermen with snorkels and harpoons are there all year round.
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Minya Oh, known in the Hip Hop industry as Miss Info, has been in the rap game for over 20 years and recently, Buzzfeed profiled the industry insider and her life in Hip Hop journalism.
In the detailed career biography of the famed magazine writer turned radio personality and entrepreneur, the piece described some of Oh's most standout career moments including her five mic review of Nas' Illmatic for The Source. She also detailed being at the magazine when she was the only Asian person working there.
"It was that classic I see you in my rear-view mirror and I don't like it, and I might swerve a little to try and drive you off the road," Miss Info said about working at the magazine at the time. "When you're the only Asian-American girl in an office, you don't have the luxury to say, 'You have to listen to me because I'm different.' You have to get in where you fit in. You have to show that you're not just in it for the glamour, or 'cause you wanna party, or 'cause you love black guys."
Her time of leave from Hot 97 also made it into the story. Following a controversial on air bout with then co-host Miss Jones, Miss Info would also be taken off the air for a while for not "being a team player" with the rest of the station's hosts.
"That moment was only the culmination of a long history of tiny terrorism," Oh reflected. "Lots of little comments: You should be so thankful that we allow you to be in hip-hop because we all know the only reason why you really wanna be here is to sleep with rappers. You think you're better than us. I almost felt like it was a test: Let's see whether we can push Miss Info to do what she knows is not right."
Buzzfeed's profile also details Miss Info's creation of MissInfo.com, her early life in Chicago and some of her most recent offers in the world of business and television. Read the full piece here.
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With the Tao taking leave earlier than usual this weekend (presumably to cook up an even larger batch of his crazy genius shit for your digestion next week), the now-popular Friday Rock Out segment has been left to your weekend correspondent.
Initially, I blanched at the idea of taking on the task, as, to be perfectly honest, I'm just not that cool when it comes to musical tastes and I could do nothing but drag down the collective IQ of the blog's readership with my own personalized stylings.
Then I realized....."Just who in the fuck do you think you're kidding, Ack....that's what you do around here, Friday Rock Out or not."
(And no, I don't really talk to myself. That was a nifty little technique that I like to call "Dramatic Effect." See how I did that?)
Song choice apropos of the Jays spot at the top of the division - and yes, Red Sox Nation, I will enjoy it will it lasts. Thanks so much for checking in.


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Rooibos Aspalathus linearis
Interestingly, there is only one place in the world where this plant grows naturally and this is in the Cedarberg region of north-west Cape Town. Unsurprisingly, the local communities have been using the plant to brew tea for centuries. The traditional method of harvesting this plant, involved the leaves being bruised with hammers and then being left in heaps to dry and ferment in the sun to develop its characteristically sweet and fragrant taste.
Snails hate this plant, so if you ever have any used Rooibos teabags, you can mix it into the soil where it will protect against snail attacks but also improve drainage.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, December 24, 2010
The Sundblom School of Illustration: "... its best returns came from the mutual sharing of our various abilities."
"... but this trivializes his central place in 20th century advertising art. More than any artist including Norman Rockwell, Sundblom defined the American Dream in pictures, proved by his work for virtually the entire Fortune 500."
Often when I'm flipping through the pages of an old mid-century magazine, I'll come across an unsigned piece of advertising art like this example below, and I'll immediately think of Haddon Sundblom. Sunny probably didn't paint this particular illustration, but someone who apprenticed with him - or apprenticed with one of his apprentices - very likely did.
You really can't overstate Sundblom's influence on the field during that era. Earlier in this series I ran a quote from Sunny where he described how hundreds of people had passed through his studio to take up positions in the graphic arts all across America. The day after that post, TI list member Ferol Smith (whose husband was the painter, William A. Smith) sent a note: "I worked in an ad agency in New York in the '40s called Geyer, Newell and Ganger and my boss was an art director who arrived in New York by way of Sundblom's studio in Chicago... Art Surin. He gave up illustration to tell other people how to do it!"
Sure enough, in the 1956 American Artist article on Haddon Sundblom, author Frederic Whitaker includes Arthur Surin among a list of "the art world luminaries who are the direct offspring of the Sundblom personality and who constitute, in part, the "Sundblom School of Illustration." Below, another example from that school - not by Sundblom - but how many (if any) strokes from his brush touched it up before it left his studio?
Howard Terpning isn't on Whitaker's list of luminaries but he too was a Sundblom apprentice. Frequent TI contributor, Harold Henriksen, sent this scan the other day from a book called The Art of Howard Terpning. Terpning was in his early '20s when he was at Sundblom's studio and said he "made this painting for fun." The Sundblom influence is evident.
Two other Sundblom Circle members not previously mentioned; Earl Blossom (father of '60s/'70s illustrator David Blossom)...
... and Morgan Kane. The bio on Kane's website says "After the war, Morgan moved to Chicago where he worked with well-known illustrators, including Haddon Sundblom and Harry Anderson. During that time he painted many commercial pieces for companies such as Coca Cola..."
For all we know, this unsigned 1947 Coke ad below could have been painted by Kane while working for Sunny.
As one commenter noted on the last post, Gil Elvgren (below) is probably the most direct (and most famous) descendant of the Sundblom style.
Today's batch of vintage Coke ads were an early Christmas gift from Eric Bowman, who saved a stack of old National Geographics that had been collecting dust at an art studio where he worked 20 years ago. Eric very kindly scanned a whole bunch of the back covers of those Nat. Geo's and emailed them to me last week. Many thanks, Eric!
Here are some more ads by Sundblom apprentices, courtesy of Eric Bowman.
Jack Wittrup...
... Nick Hufford...
... and Harry Anderson.
Finally, again, courtesy of Eric,a few more Coca-Cola Santas by Sundblom, from 1939...
... 1947...
... and 1963.
When Haddon Sundblom was interviewed for American Artist, he spoke with great affection and modesty about his studio and the artists in his Circle. "All I can say is it was an unusual studio where its members without conscious effort or charitable impulse , but rather with a spontaneous spirit of good will, inspired each other and where we learned that its best returns came from the mutual sharing of our various abilities. The place teamed with a genuine art spirit. Steve [Sundblom's studio partner/co-owner, Howard Stevens] and I were simply the guys who fortunately had hired the hall."
And with that thought, let's call it a day. If ever I could feel like Haddon Sundblom, its in the sense that I had the good fortune to "hire this hall" for the spirit of good will and mutual sharing. This month-long look at one of the greatest illustrators of the 20th century could not have been possible if so many people hadn't jumped in to assist.
* Thanks to Tom Watson for his many early Sundblom scans, to Aron Gagliardo for materials from the archives of the American Academy of Art (including the photo of Sunny directly above), to Heritage Auctions for Sundblom scans from their archives, to Aaron Baker of Playboy Enterprises for information related to Sundblom's "last Santa" (the December 1966 Playboy cover), to Eric Bowman and Harold Henriksen and to everyone who commented here and on Flickr and who retweeted these posts on Twitter and Facebook.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone - see you again on January 3rd, 2011!
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- Charlie Allen7:49 PM
Leif....Can't think of a more important influence, or better choice of mid-century illustrators than Haddon Sunblom. Most of the artists mentioned were contemporaries of mine during those years. I recall seeing many of the ads when they came out....and wonder now if the force and style didn't affect the 'western look' to some degree. As I remember, we tried mightily to NOT look like the Sunblom-oils styles.of illustration. He was highly admired, respected and recognized....but most western illustrators were successful at looking more like the Ludekins, Galli, Bomberger, Brusstar portrayals of subjects. Here it was a much, much smaller market....and we certainly didn't have as prolific a client as the Coca Cola account.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much again for another TI Blog of fascinating illustrative history. And oh yes....Cheers and Merry Christmas!!
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One ad here outsparkles the other!ReplyDelete
That warm brown tone of cola-colour combined with and reflected in all those shiny glasses and bottles.
One of my favourites is Jack Wittrup's composition of chessplayers and folks all clad in cola-brownish shimmering leather-jackets.
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CBS 2's Harry Porterfield says the team members are all someone you should know.
The CMSA's robotics program began in 2012. Even in that first year, students began winning awards for their designs.
FIRST Robotics Competition 2015
As a member of the Robo Titans, Roshaan Siddiqui has helped create the Atlas 7006. The object of the competition is to use the robot to gather up as many balls as possible and place them in tubes of varying sizes.
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Cakespy: Candy Corn Kaleidoscope Cookies Recipe
Quirky, cute, sometimes controversial, always delicious recipes from Jessie Oleson.
Jessie Oleson (aka Cakespy) drops by every Monday to share a delicious dessert recipe. —The Mgmt.
It's October, and you know what that means: it's officially candy corn season.
But if you appreciate the iconic look more than the mellowcreme taste of the stuff, here's a solution: a reconfiguration of the Kaleidoscope Cooky (yes, cooky) from the Betty Crocker's Cooky Book, made to resemble the tricolor confection. Lightly crumbly, very buttery, and extremely crowd-pleasing, these cookies are a totally sweet tricked-out treat.
Note: This recipe is designed to feed a crowd; I have in the past halved it with fine results. Also, if shaping the dough into the candy corn shape seems too fussy, they're just as festive as Halloween-hued rounds.
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- 2 cups (4 sticks) butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 1/2 cups (22.5 ounces) all-purpose flour
- Yellow and orange food coloring
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- Coarse sugar sprinkles, for decoration (optional)
Mix butter, sugar, and vanilla thoroughly in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. In a separate bowl, mix flour and salt. With mixer running on slow speed, slowly add dry mixture to butter mixture, scraping the sides of the bowl down occasionally. Once fully mixed, dough should be soft and lightly sticky, but easy to handle.
Separate the dough into three equal parts. Leave one part white; add 2 drops yellow food coloring to the second part; add 2 drops orange (or 1 drop each red and yellow) to the third part. Incorporate food coloring by mixing on low speed in stand mixer.
Form each color of dough into two long logs (six logs altogether). Place on baking sheet and chill in refrigerator uncovered until firmed, 20-30 minutes.
With your hand, lightly flatten the top of one of the yellow logs. Place an orange log on top of this, and then lightly flatten the top of this log as well. Add a white log on top, gently pressing down to ensure that the dough colors are adhering nicely. Wrap in waxed paper, and smooth down the sides and bottom of the stack so that they form a pyramid/triangle shape.Repeat with your second group of dough logs.
Let tricolor dough stacks chill in the freezer for several hours or overnight.
Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 400°F. Remove one cookie dough stack from freezer, and slice into 1/4 inch thick slices. If desired, roll the sides of each slice in sprinkles or coarse sugar. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, leaving a little space around each one (they don't spread too much).
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until dull on top and very lightly brown along the bottom. Cooled cookies can be stored in sealed container for up to 3 days.
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While it might look like designer Yuan Yuan got a little carried away when shaping the steel legs of his chair, it's actually been shaped to do a multitude of Tai Chi exercises with. Come, I'll show you:
The perfect chair to kickstart that New Year's diet? Somehow I think I'd only end up assuming the blogger's stance, top left. Though I'd go one step further and extend my arms out, to laptop-level. Because that's the sort of crazy Tai Chi master I am. [Esad Reims via Reflex Deco via Mocoloco]


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2012 was the kind of vintage winemakers dream about. Conditions were nearly ideal from bud break through harvest, including warm, summer days and cool, foggy nights – just the right elements for nurturing a vintage of incredible quality, and this year, one of ample proportions. Such an occurrence is rare and we are excited to share our 2012 Nickel & Nickel Cabernet Futures with you this spring.
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Came across this while browsing old newspapers online. This clipping comes from the Toledo News Bee on 14 November 1913.While I understand that the parish had been formed in 1908, the building itself was not complete and dedicated until 1913.
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St. Stanislaus Kostka church [at] Tecumseh and Detroit aves., [was] dedicated by Bishop Schremba Sunday morning. Representatives of all Polish churches in the [city] marched in a procession that preceded the ceremonies. The Rev. J. Suplicki was celebrant of a solemn high mass after the dedication. The bishop spoke briefly in Polish.
The church is a school, church and auditorium combination building. The church on the second floor of the building has a seating capacity of 1,000. The auditorium in the basement will seat 9??. Eight large school rooms are on the first floor. The building will cost $55,000. A residence for teachers of the school has just been completed at a cost of $10,000.


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This printout teaches students a method for organizing their thoughts that involves assigning "powers" to different ideas. This outlining technique helps students differentiate between main ideas and supporting details.
Explain to students that Power Notes are another way to help organize our thoughts before we write. Introduce the concept of powers by showing students a simple example that most will be familiar with. A possible example is below:
|Power 1. Sports
|Power 2. Basketball
|Power 3. Court
|Power 3. Hoop
|Power 3. Orange ball
|Power 2. Football
|Power 3. Field
|Power 3. Endzone
|Power 3. Brown ball
|Power 2. Baseball
|Power 3. Field/Diamond
|Power 3. Bat
|Power 3. White ball
As you work through the example above as a class, allow students to provide their original ideas for the different powers and help explain to their peers why something belongs as a certain power and not another. Point out how the powers relate to each other: power 3s offer details, examples, and elaboration of power 2s, power 2s give examples and details of power 1s, etc.
Next, model a short example Power Notes using the assigned topic or text so that students understand what is expected of them when working with their specific assignment. Once you feel that students have a firm understanding of the system to use when writing Power Notes (based on things they've shared in class discussions), have individuals or groups begin their own Power Notes for the assigned text or topic using the provided Power Notes Printout. If some students find it easier to work backwards, allow them to experiment with their own 'system' and share it with you. Power Notes can continually be expanded upon as students find more details to support their powers and learn more about the topic.
- Upon finishing their basic Power Notes, students can share and discuss their notes with a partner or their class, and they can be used for a review of the assigned text or topic.
- Additionally, Power Notes can be used to introduce paragraphing by developing their outlines into words and phrases, then expanding their ideas into sentences, and finally, combining the sentences into a paragraph.
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Research Building Blocks: Notes, Quotes, and Fact Fragments
Students are guided through the process of taking notes while reading factual information, then turning those notes into new sentences and paragraphs written in their own words.


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There are 25 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Prime numbers, you may find related items under Numbers and the Number System.Broad Topics > Numbers and the Number System > Prime numbers
Use the interactivities to complete these Venn diagrams.
A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?
Using your knowledge of the properties of numbers, can you fill all the squares on the board?
Can you find a relationship between the number of dots on the circle and the number of steps that will ensure that all points are hit?
Can you make square numbers by adding two prime numbers together?
Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
Take any prime number greater than 3 , square it and subtract one. Working on the building blocks will help you to explain what is special about your results.
What happens if you join every second point on this circle? How about every third point? Try with different steps and see if you can predict what will happen.
This activity creates an opportunity to explore all kinds of number-related patterns.
Factors and Multiples game for an adult and child. How can you make sure you win this game?
Follow this recipe for sieving numbers and see what interesting patterns emerge.
A short challenge concerning prime numbers.
This group tasks allows you to search for arithmetic progressions in the prime numbers. How many of the challenges will you discover for yourself?
A man has 5 coins in his pocket. Given the clues, can you work out what the coins are?
Use cubes to continue making the numbers from 7 to 20. Are they sticks, rectangles or squares?
An introduction to proof by contradiction, a powerful method of mathematical proof.
Can you make lines of Cuisenaire rods that differ by 1?
How many divisors does factorial n (n!) have?
Take the number 6 469 693 230 and divide it by the first ten prime numbers and you'll find the most beautiful, most magic of all numbers. What is it?
This problem is based on a code using two different prime numbers less than 10. You'll need to multiply them together and shift the alphabet forwards by the result. Can you decipher the code?
Using all ten cards from 0 to 9, rearrange them to make five prime numbers. Can you find any other ways of doing it?
Work out Tom's number from the answers he gives his friend. He will only answer 'yes' or 'no'.
All strange numbers are prime. Every one digit prime number is strange and a number of two or more digits is strange if and only if so are the two numbers obtained from it by omitting either. . . .
Use this grid to shade the numbers in the way described. Which numbers do you have left? Do you know what they are called?
These two group activities use mathematical reasoning - one is numerical, one geometric.


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Matthias Willerich has posted a very complete guide to deploying PHP applications from a subversion repository with Vlad the Deployer (a Ruby-based deployment engine).
In my current day job I have to deploy a number of web apps every few weeks. The person I took over from did the whole thing in a manual and terribly cumbersome way. [...] In the following article, I'm going to describe how I went from there to deploying my Zend Framework-driven PHP apps with Vlad. To save yourself some time, feel free to skip the back story, the pre-requisite of installing ruby, gem and rake, or go straight to the deployment recipes.
He wanted a setup that would allow a "one-liner" for deployment, the ability to roll back and to have shares resources between releases. He walks you through the setup of all needed components, the configuration options and some example runs of his build/deploy process.


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I have been using Barca 1.4.0 for some time now and recently I am unable to retrieve/send email on my sbcglobal.net accounts. I am not having the problem on another, non-sbcglobal.net email accout that I use. I am not having any problem if I use Outlook or The Bat.
I am using Barca on my Win XP Pro computer as well as on my Laptop running Win 2K. I do not have the problem on my Win 2K laptop. It is only on my Win XP Pro computer.
The error code that I usually get sometimes: "Connection closed Gracefully" but more often I get: "Socket Error # 10053 Software caused connection abort".
The problem exists 97% of the time. I say 97% because on occasion out of the blue the mail will receive and send on one of the timed mail checks. Also there will be times when I can send/receive manually for a few moments (usually once every couple of hours or so.). The rest of the time all I get is the Socket error.
I tried disabeling my Mcafee Internet Security suite which includes antivirus, firewall, privacy, and antispam (antispam apparantly doesn't work with Barca anyway) to no avail.
I know this problem is related to XP but I have been unable to locate a workable solution. I'm hoping someone can offer an answer in this forum. Thanks.


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Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Appointed Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Dr. Fuster is re-appointed as Director of Mount Sinai Heart, The Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute, and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health.
The Mount Sinai Medical Center today announced that Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, has been appointed Physician-in-Chief of the Medical Center. He has also been re-appointed as Director of Mount Sinai Heart, The Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute (CVI), and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health (CCH) for a new five-year term. Physician-in-Chief is a new position that was developed to ensure the continued excellence of patient care and satisfaction at Mount Sinai.
"Dr. Fuster is a global champion of cardiovascular health, committed to excellence in research and education, and to fostering an environment of unparalleled clinical distinction," said Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of The Mount Sinai Medical Center. "In his new position as Physician-in-Chief he is ideally positioned to further Mount Sinai's exceptional patient care."
Dr. Fuster has earned international recognition as one of the most acclaimed cardiologists in research, education, and clinical care. He holds the honor of being the only cardiologist to ever receive the two highest gold medal awards and all four major research awards from the world's four major cardiovascular organizations. To date, he has published more than 870 articles on coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis.
As Physician-in-Chief, Dr. Fuster will work closely with the medical center's senior leadership to maintain the highest standards for Mount Sinai's patients.
"This appointment is a tremendous honor," said Dr. Fuster. "I look forward to working with Mount Sinai leadership to make an indelible impact in clinical research and on the diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care of our patients to reach the highest standard of clinical care that can be emulated at institutions around the world."
Mount Sinai Heart has become one of the nation's leading programs in cardiology and heart surgery under the direction of Dr. Fuster. The center combines all of the Medical Center's world-class resources – including internationally renowned physicians, scientists, and educators; clinical services; leading-edge research; and an outstanding cardiology training program – in one integrated entity.
"The success of Mount Sinai Heart as an international hub for research and clinical care is what makes Dr. Fuster ideal for the role of Physician-in-Chief," said Wayne Keathley, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Mount Sinai Hospital. "I look forward to working with him to bring patient care at The Mount Sinai Medical Center to the ultimate level of excellence."
A renowned researcher, Dr. Fuster's most notable discoveries include understanding the major role platelets play in cardiovascular disease and the first demonstration of the role platelets have in coronary artery bypass grafting blockages, and prevention of those blockages with aspirin. Most recently Dr. Fuster has contributed to the understanding of cardiovascular disease through studies on molecular imaging using magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography. Much of his research has been funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and the American Heart Association (AHA). Currently, Dr. Fuster is Principal Investigator in three worldwide large-scale clinical studies looking at diabetes and coronary disease, biomarkers for cardiovascular disease, and the development of a combination pill for secondary cardiovascular disease prevention.
"Dr. Fuster has demonstrated extraordinary dedication to interdisciplinary translational research in biomedicine and has made groundbreaking contributions to the field that have resulted in improved clinical solutions for patients," said Dennis S. Charney, MD, the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of The Mount Sinai Medical Center. "He has shaped Mount Sinai's world-class reputation in cardiovascular care. In his new position, I am confident he will replicate that success throughout the institution."
Twenty-six universities worldwide have granted him honorary doctorates. His many external titles include Past President of the AHA; Past President of the World Heart Federation; Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, where he served as Chair of the Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease; and General Director of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, the equivalent of the NHLBI in Spain.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Established in 1968, Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of the leading medical schools in the United States. The Medical School is noted for innovation in education, biomedical research, clinical care delivery, and local and global community service. It has more than 3,400 faculty in 32 departments and 14 research institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and by U.S. News & World Report.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital 16th on its elite Honor Roll of the nation's top hospitals based on reputation, safety, and other patient-care factors. Of the top 20 hospitals in the United States, Mount Sinai is one of 12 integrated academic medical centers whose medical school ranks among the top 20 in NIH funding and U.S. News & World Report and whose hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 560,000 outpatient visits took place.
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The Central Connecticut volleyball team defeated Providence in four sets on Saturday morning. The Blue Devils and Friars opened the second fay of the Big Green Invitational with a 9:30 a.m. match. CCSU (4-5) dropped the first set, but rallied to win the next three and take the contest from the Friars (5-6).
After dropping the opening set 28-26, the Blue Devils rebounded to win 25-14, 25-17 and 25-18.
The CCSU attack was led by senior Veronika Ban who registered a team-high 14 kills. Freshman Cassidy Stankowski (12) and sophomore Heather Trueman (10) also posted double-digit kills.
In addition to posting a high number of kills, Ban also hit at a .464 clip with 14 kills on 28 attacks and just one attack error.
Sophomore Makenna Lommori posted 37 assists and also contributed four kills.
Stankowski and Trueman were also active on defense with 10 and 15 digs, respectively.
As a team CCSU recorded 19 blocks with Trueman again leading the squad. She recorded the teams only solo block and contributed on four addition blocks. Senior Rachel Dunlap was also a leader at the net with five assisted blocks.
The Blue Devils will play Manhattan College later today to finish the tournament.


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Oregon Portland Cement - This video was contributed by Lake Oswego resident Patrick Bloedorn. As a former employee of the plant, he was on hand when the demolition took place and gained special access to the site. We are very pleased that he chose to share this video footage with the Lake Oswego Public Library. Warning: Please be advised that there is some strong language contained in the video!
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Mar 01, 1998 | ISBN 9780451456755
"Utterly engaging. This is unquestionably Steve Stirling's best work to date, a page-turner that is certain to win the author legions of new readers and fans."—George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones
"A perfectly splendid story…endlessly fascinating…solidly convincing."—Paul Anderson
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"[Q]ite a good book…definitely a winner."—Aboriginal Science Fiction
"Meticulous, imaginative….Logical, inventive and full of richly imagined characters, this is Stirling's most deeply realized book yet."—Susan Shwartz, author of The Grail of Hearts
"One of the best time travel/alternative history stories I've ever read, period. Stirling combines complex, believable characters, meticulous research, and a fascinating setup to produce a book you won't want to—and won't be able to—put down. An outstanding piece of work."—Harry Turtledove
"The adventure that unfolds, powered by Stirling's impressive stores of knowledge and extraordinary narrative skill, is an enormously entertaining read."—Virtual North Woods Website


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From the very beginning, the artistry of Game of Thrones has lied in its balance between cinematic action and depth of narrative. Adored by fans and critics, it's like a Marvel movie in scope and size, but with the nuance of a Best Picture winner. That's a rarity, but also an achievement the show's creators no longer seem keen to hold on to as the series rushes toward its finale.
In Season 8's first three episodes, much of the narrative felt geared toward providing end-of-season fan service; that's odd for a show that made a name for itself by killing off favourites one after the other. We saw the Starks lovingly reunite; Brienne get knighted and sleep with Jaime Lannister; Arya save the day after getting some, and a surprising amount of major characters survive. But each of those moments were either heart-warming, powerful or funny punctuations on these characters' journeys. They felt earned, even if it was a lot of love and joy where viewers expected slaughter and misery.
In the next few episodes, the floodgates opened; we watched multiple seasons' worth of storytelling unfold over mere minutes, a flagrant move for a series that made a name for itself by slowly building a war epic over a decade. We watched The Night King get defeated in a single episode; Daenerys Targaryen become The Mad Queen; the great threat of the Golden Company prove not to be; Jaime kill Euron Greyjoy; and Varys meet his end.
Clues were planted early to signify Dany's eventual heel turn — her fetish for colonizing, her penchant for slaughter, the vision in the House of the Undying in Season 2 — but foreshadowing does not equate to character development. The last two episodes quickly moved from Missandei's death to Varys's death to Dany's conversation with Jon to the battle, so that it appeared as if her anger's final trigger was simply Jon refusing to kiss her back. It's a crazy ex-girlfriend edit. Given more time, there's a poetry to her falling prey to her DNA, lashing out at a city that isn't keen to bend its knee to her as it might be to her nephew/lover, and a chilling realism to the ghastly turn the war takes at her hands.
That's a character nuance that's already been better delivered in George R. R. Martin's source novels, where point-of-view chapters give readers essential insights. It's why readers have seen the The Mad Queen coming for years; they know the why and a little of the how, two key things viewers have missed out on.
This rush to tie up the series is also why something as highly anticipated as The Hound taking on The Mountain or Cersei finally surrendering or Varys suddenly meeting his end felt so soulless; these unearned moments had no build-up and therefore no tension, which over the previous seasons was a Thrones benchmark.
Even the show's cast have expressed their disappointment; Lena Headey (Cersei) said she felt "mixed" over Cersei's final scene; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime) admitted "We're used to having a whole season to get to a point. Now suddenly, a lot of things happen very quickly"; Conleth Hill (Varys) said the last few seasons "weren't my favourite"; Kit Harrington (Jon) stiffly described Season 8 as "disappointing" and then begrudgingly "epic, I don't know, one of those"; Joe Dempsie (Gendry) laughed at the suggestion of character development in a Q&A; while Emilia Clarke guffawed through a sarcastic "best season ever" declaration on a recent red carpet.
The creators, D.B. Weiss and David Benioff, also expressed concern for the end (much of which they wrote). Speaking to Entertainment Weekly of the upcoming finale, Weiss said, "We'll be in an undisclosed location, turning off our phones and opening various bottles. At some point, if and when it's safe to come out again, somebody like (HBO's GoT publicist Mara Mikialian) will give us a breakdown of what was out there without us having to actually experience it." Benioff tellingly added, "I plan to be very drunk and very far from the internet."
That's not to lodge myself firmly in the books-are-better camp. When the show reached its sixth season, it surpassed Martin's latest novel, leaving the writers to craft their own narrative based on key details from the author. But it was a success, and a high point for the show. A lot happened then too, including the Battle of the Bastards and Cersei burning the Sept of Baelor. Like a domino effect, each of these events was built up to in seasons past. It wasn't shocking to see Sansa turn cold and feed Ramsay to his dogs, or to see Jon proclaimed the King in the North; their paths had been drawn. Despite no source material, there were breadcrumbs and there was time.
But now it seems the noose has tightened. By opting for one final, shorter season, the creators have chosen to not only skimp on major details, but to go for shock value over substance. While there's nothing wrong with shock, which is something Thrones delivers better than most, it becomes an issue when used as a deus ex machina to wrap things up.
You could never know for certain which direction Thrones was going to take — you still can't. And while before that was the beauty of the series, now it could spell its downfall.


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Love makes us do crazy things. It's one of the things we love about love, that feeling of giddiness, abandon, that we can do anything in the name of romance. But, a friend of mine recently made me wonder exactly where the fine line between crazy romantic and just plain crazy lies.
Mr. X is a hot, eligible bachelor with a heart of gold. But he's what I'd call a serial dater. Not because he's a womanizer (remember the heart of gold thing), but because he is determined to find The One even if he has to date every woman on the west coast to find her. He's constantly calling to tell me about the perfect new girl he's fallen for, only to find out later that she's a pole dancer or religious zealot or gun enthusiast with an itchy trigger finger. (Sadly, I'm not making these up. And you though my dates were bad!) But, he's always ready to shake the dust off and continue his search, ever hopeful that Miss Right is just around the corner.
Recently his quest paid off. Mr. X found love. A cute, mature, no-skeletons-lurking-in-her-closet (at least non involving felony warrants) great girl. The only catch was that Miss Perfect lived three thousand miles away. Undeterred, Mr. X pursued her, carrying on a whirlwind email courtship until, three months later, he called to tell me he was moving in with her and they had plans to get married.
Needles to say, I was a little floored. Yes, she sounded fantastic but, um, isn't that rushing things just a little? I tried to talk a little sense into him, pointing out that he and Miss Perfect had never actually dated in person. But, incurable romantic that he is, he waved that aside as a tiny technicality. He was in love, that's all there was to it.
At first I was pretty sure Mr. X had crossed that line into just-plain-crazy-ville. But, then I thought about it a little. I have to admit, there's a certain part of me that admires Mr. X for taking such a leap of faith despite having been burned by love (and pole dancers) in the past. For following his heart despite all logic warning otherwise. And there's something very sweet about falling in love long distance – very yesteryear. Makes a killer tell-your-grandkids story.
So, I found myself changing my tune. In fact, his crazy romantic gesture spurred me to do something a little crazy in the name of love myself. I signed up for a speed dating session. I know. "What is she thinking!?" "Hasn't she seen The 40 Year Old Virgin?" Yeah, I have. And I'm honestly a little nervous. But, I figure if I'm going to go on 10 bad dates, might as well have them all in the same night and get it over with, right? And who knows, maybe my Mr. Perfect just might show up, hoping against hope there's a non-felon, non-pole dancing lady in the crowd.
So, spill it, ladies – what's the most crazy romantic thing that's ever happened to you?
~Gemma "Trigger Happy" Halliday
Friday, October 12, 2007
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Posted by Gemma Halliday at 10:59 AM
19 comments:
- Jenyfer Matthews said...
Oh, Gemma - I am *so* looking forward to the blog post following your speed dating event!!!
Also looking forward to any updates on your romantic friend's escapade. I guess I'm a cynic but I have my doubts about the online relationship thing...
Most crazy romantic thing in my life...hmmm...probably eloping with my husband after a bit less than a year together, before he'd met my family.
- October 12, 2007 at 11:55 AM
- Gemma Halliday said...
As much as I love the big weddings, I have to say I think eloping is the most romantic thing. Something about running off together just the two of you. *Mooney Sigh*
And, yes, I will definitely post all about speed dating next week!
- October 12, 2007 at 12:08 PM
- Christie Craig said...
Gemma...love is crazy and I seriously hope your friend finds true happiness. Sometimes love happens when it seems unlikely.
I think the craziest "love" thing I did was at my wedding. (Yes, I know my hubby hasn't come off shining in these posts, but he really is a hero.) Our courtship had been pretty quick. We had met in Feb. and were getting married in Nov.. I had just recently gotten a divorce, and was actually on the run from, a not-so-hero type of guy. As soon as the preacher asked..."Do you Christie..." I panicked. Was I making a huge mistake? Didn't women have the tendency to marry the same type of men over and over? I gave the preacher man the time-out signal, the big T with my hands, and turned to my husband and asked, "I'm feeling really...really nervous right now. Maybe we should take some time to think about this."
Instead of freaking out, my hubby reached over and took my hand and said, "I love you. I love your daughter. I'm never going to hurt you like someone else did. Trust me."
I called off the time-out and said I do. I've never been sorry. Sure, he's a man, which means he's not perfect, but he's still my hero. But don't tell him because he'd get a big head.
Crime Scene Christie
- October 12, 2007 at 12:22 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Awwww, that is so sweet, Christie! Though I had to chuckle a little at the timing of your big T thing. Was there a collective gasp among the wedding goers?
- October 12, 2007 at 12:52 PM
- Christie Craig said...
Oh yeah, there was a pretty darn big gasp.
I swear, I think my mom moved center aisle to tackle me if I tried to run.
Crime Scene Christie
- October 12, 2007 at 1:22 PM
- Nathalie said...
Wow... your story is a bit weird... and I have never done anything crazy for love!
- October 12, 2007 at 4:07 PM
- Lily said...
It is true... taht story is bizarre... how did he know that she was not some crazy person... move in with her!!! It reminds me of the story with a mail-order bride from Russia ;(
And doings things for love... I love to hear my friends escapade because I have no time for them - med students are pathetic! - and they are always so funny!!!
- October 12, 2007 at 4:10 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Lol! Well, in Mr. X's defense, he did meet her in person about a year ago, they just never dated or really spent much time together. So, he knew she was for real. Still, quite a leap.
Lilly - I immediately thought of Grey's Anatomy when you said med students!
- October 12, 2007 at 4:40 PM
- Lily said...
Well med students... we are not like the charcaters of the show... our reputation is very important and closets are very small places, too crowded with stuff and you are always afraid that you are going to die crashed beneath all the material when you just want to get a small thing.
Plus... we have very boring lives, though some people seem to have a very healthy love life... I don't know how they do it!! Maybe they are just lying too :)
- October 12, 2007 at 4:54 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
What a concidence! Tressa has a speed dating experience in my latest releast, CALAMITY JAYNE HEADS WEST. I hope yours turns out better than Tressa Jayne's did, Gemma. :)
- October 12, 2007 at 4:59 PM
- Lucy said...
A few years back there was a commercial where a couple is sitting in a restaurant and they're talking. He says he had a good time and she agrees. He asks if she'd like to do it again, she says yes. He asks her if she's available Saturday, she says yes. Then he goes into speed talking saying that's great because he's already reserved the church and the minister is available, etc. That's when they cut to whatever it is they're advertising (I have no idea what it was). When they come back, he's alone, leaning over the chair telling the people behind him, "she just went to the ladies room. She'll be right back." I thought it was hilarious because I'd had a similar experience not long before that commercial came up. Although, it wasn't really romantic for me. It was only our third (and I might add LAST) date.
As for romantic things...my ex-husband used to be very thoughtful when buying gifts for me. He'd take note of things I mentioned I liked but that he knew I would never buy for myself, and he'd get them for me as presents. That only lasted a couple of years but it was something I always appreciated and considered romantic.
Good luck on your speed dating.
Lucy, who hasn't seen The 40-year old Virgin yet
- October 12, 2007 at 5:47 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
OMG - I forgot about that, Kathy! Yikes. Now I'm really worried!
- October 12, 2007 at 5:54 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Lucy - Lol! I don't care what it is, I would so buy that product.
And you must see The 40 Year Old Virgin. It is so funny! One of my fav movies and really kind of sweet, too.
- October 12, 2007 at 5:56 PM
- Babe King said...
Hmm, my d/h asked me to marry him after 7 days. Does that count?
- October 12, 2007 at 8:43 PM
- Angie Fox said...
My best friend married a man she'd met while passing through London. They never lived in the same continent before they were married and had only known each other for a year when he popped the question. Five years later, they're blissfully happy with a great family. Sometimes, when you know, you know.
Probably the most crazy romantic thing I've done is kidnap my husband to Las Vegas on our first anniversary. I surprised him after work, took him there and married him all over again.
- October 12, 2007 at 9:26 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Um, yes, that counts, Babe. So... did you say yes then or did you make him work for it?
- October 12, 2007 at 9:45 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Angie, that is so sweet! What a great anniversary present!
- October 12, 2007 at 9:46 PM
- Meljprincess said...
Sex under a sink. lol!
- October 14, 2007 at 8:43 AM
- ellie said...
When we were not even married we took an impulsive but wonderful vacation to the ocean and rented a cabin there for a week. It turned out to be our honeymoon and it was memorable. We are together and will never forget it either.
- October 14, 2007 at 5:17 PM


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Trenching Around
Hello! Luxury was on top this week, so for Friday I chose a calm chic look, with the classic beige trenchcoat. In this soothing natural environment nothing could be better than loose boyfriend jeans, a simple top and the classic black bag. Of course I elevated the look with black gladiators. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Power Green
Hi everyone! How 's your week so far? Sometimes, with the multiple tasks we have to complete, I literally feel like a warrior. So today its all about sporty boyish style. I paired a chaki shirt with black leather pants and a clutch with trooks. Of course I added a chic touch, these gorgeous leopard gladiators. Hope you like it!
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The Aviator
Hi everyone! Today I experimented with different textures and colours, to create a sweet yet powerful look. So, I combined sporty leather pants with a preppy pastel blue shirt and girlie pumps. I finished the outfit with aviator sunnies and a nude clutch. Sometimes the unexpected combinations can lead to a fresh modern look! Hope you agree with me!
Thinking of You
Hello everyone! After a long break,(sorry for the late post...)we are here again and we are eager to show you new looks, new perspectives and few awesome surprises! So, for this particular post, I wanted to express the romance and the love, feelings that we all experience in our life. I chose black crop and skater skirt and gold accessories. Of course, this cute faux fur from Choies and these gorgeous Giuseppe Zanotti high heels make the difference. Hope you like the look, as much as I do!
Out with my love
Hi everyone! Today I made a post with my lovely puppy, Atlas. For a simple walk in the park, I chose burgundy, black vest&scort and flat ankle boots. I finished with sunnies. I love nature this time of year and theres nothing better than long walks in nature with my beloved ones. Have a nice weekend everyone!
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Red Treasures
Hello! What do you think of bold winter colours? This fall and winter deep red will be an essential. So, we gathered the most stunning pieces in red, burgundy and black shades and we added printed items as well. We made sure to collect both luxurious and affordable pieces, from tops and shoes, to perfumes and delicate jewelry. Hope you enjoy!
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"I like the idea that Mitt Romney is a businessperson, and is concerned about what's important to small business owners," said Kathy Eshelman of Columbus, Ohio. As the founder of a small business, Eshelman's main concern is the reinvigoration of the economy.
John Brecher / NBC News
Jane C. Edmonds, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston, is a Democrat who came to the RNC to offer her support for Mitt Romney's candidacy.
NBC's Michael O'Brien reported Tuesday on the Republicans' need to capture the support of women from Democrats, noting:
"Obama led Romney 51 percent to 41 percent among women in the August NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, and the GOP brand lags significantly behind the Democratic brand among women voters."
At the same time, there are thousands of women attending the Republican National Convention, and not all of them are Republicans.
At left, Jane C. Edmonds, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston, is a Democrat who came to the RNC to offer her support for Mitt Romney's candidacy. She served as secretary of workforce development for Gov. Romney in Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and says that experience convinced her that he'd be a good president:
"I want to be able to feel that the next president of the United States will be in a position to move us from the place that we're at right now to a better future."
John Brecher / NBC News
Mary Elizabeth Russell, who studies international political economy at the University of Texas at Dallas, holds her just-autographed copy of Dinesh D'Souza's "Obama's America" in the Channelside district of Tampa. She said about her presence at the RNC: "We're the first generation who's worse off than our parents, and that's what makes me want to get involved."
Siobhan "Sam" Bennett is president and CEO of The Women's Campaign Fund of Washington D.C., which provides money through its political action committee to female candidates of any party, provided they support abortion rights. Bennett says that though her positions on issues haven't changed in 30 years, her place on the political spectrum has shifted from moderate Republican to liberal Democrat.
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"I stopped believing you have to be a Democrat to effect change," said Anita Moncrief of Washington D.C., editor-in-chief of emergingcorruption.com. A former employee of ACORN, she voted for Obama but then became disillusioned with his administration's political appointments. She registered as a Republican in March after "two and a half years and a lot of soul-searching."
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"We probably don't really understand how good we have it," said Colorado blogger Michelle Morin about living in America. Morin's perspective starts with the idea that the United States is unique among nations because of the principles established by its Founding Fathers, and that the freedoms that make it special are subject to continuous erosion. She said: "Most Americans I talk to outside of the conservative movement don't really have a full understanding and grasp of those principles that made this nation great."
Marion Jones is from Honolulu, but she got the hat as a gift from the Texas delegation. As a staunchly anti-abortion Catholic, her political choice boils down to the issue of abortion. Watch this video to hear her and other women at the RNC talk about what motivates them politically.
See more visual stories from the RNC in PhotoBlog, and NBC's full coverage of the event.
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Create a Chronological Photo Album with Java
With the proliferation of the online picture sharing sites, such as flickr.com, snapfish.com, or kodakgallery.com, many developers are wondering how to achieve the same on their own. With the right, generally free, tools and a few clever Java algorithms, you can be hosting your own photo album in no time, without paying any subscription fees. In this article, I will teach you how to create a personal photo album that will be automatically sorted and ordered in correct chronological order, and independent from the file system names and locations. With the sample code, you will be able to drop the new folder of pictures into some directory and have them correctly show up in relation to the other picture folders you are sharing.
The back-end engine algorithms are in Java and are generic enough to have any front-end technology such as JSPs or Servlets. I developed the back-end engine; it uses stack data types and recursion. The algorithms for reading exif metadata, such as the date the picture was taken, uses a metadata extractor library developed by Drew Noakes (see references). Additionally, due to Java's shortcoming of returning the file modification time instead of the creation time with the standard File I/O APIs, I use a FileTimes utility to correctly retrieve the file creation time. This utility is free for a single person, single site, or single server. The front-end technologies are beyond the scope of this article. However, I will discuss a very simple way to have your pictures shared on an Apache Web server.
Setting Up Your Own Photo Album
To implement a photo album project, I have established a very simple directory structure. You may ultimately use something different, but if you want to use the included source with minimal changes, follow this structure:
- All photo album folders will reside in some main "root" directory.
- Every album folder must contain two sub folders, called "images" and "thumbnails" (more on this later).
- Album folders can be nested.
For example:
C:photos: is my main root folder
C:photosSomeAlbum: photo album folder
The images folder contains actual photos in JPEG format, and the thumbnails folder contains small versions of the main pictures for front-end display purposes. This folder can be created with many free tools available online, such as Google's Picasa or Jalbum. The thumbnails are usually 160x120 pixels, for faster downloads over the wire. I will talk about thumbnails later, but for now, suffice it to say that my algorithm also will pick a random thumbnail to display next to the album information. This function would make it more interesting to the viewers, who will see a different image representing the whole album every time they refresh (or come back to) the page.
Here is a screen shot of several nested albums. Fictional folders demonstrate the required structure:
Actual folders were used for testing: note their alphabetical order on the hard drive is chronologically incorrect and different from when the pictures where taken versus when the folder was created.
Picture Metadata Standard
All the new digital cameras follow the exif or iptc standard for metadata embedded with every picture. Exif is a standard for image files created with digital cameras and other input devices. The standard is set by the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association, and formally it is called the Digital Still Camera Image File Format Standard. Exif files contain either uncompressed TIFF images or compressed JPEG images. In addition, these files can contain many comment fields of various types.
Here is a sample of the metadata that can be extracted from a jpeg file:
(Image properties shown in Windows XP)
Besides camera manufacturers, different software and hardware vendors endorse and support the standard as well. Therefore, you can be assured that the code to extract this data will work for most photos and will not break in the future.
Project Structure
For the sake of simplicity, this project uses a standard property file, and not an XML file. The two properties
are defined in the a.property file, which is located in the root project folder. If the project will be converted to the J2EE structure, this file should be placed somewhere under the WEB-INF/ folder.
For further expandability and maintainability, I separated the back-end into several packages. The beans package will hold a representation of the real work objects (such as Album), the sys holds the main execution and initialization classes, and the filters and util packages hold the helper classes. See the complete project tree below.
The back-end engine algorithms that encapsulate the date and sort logic are contained in several beans, several utility classes, and a few helper classes. The main method is called from a GetResourceFiles class.
The InitSystem class initiates all the properties (from the a.property file) associated with the project such as logs, names of image and thumbnail folders, and so forth.
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Mainer part of Fort Hood shooting lawsuit
Retired Army Specialist shot three times
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told WMTW News 8 that next week she will introduce a bill to provide Purple Heart awards to the victims of the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting.
Collins said the bill would "ensure that they get the kind of compensation that they deserve."
Many of those victims have already filed a lawsuit against the government, including one who lives in Maine.
"I went in line to see the doctor and that's when the shooting happened," said James Armstrong.
The retired Army Specialist was preparing for deployment on Nov. 5, 2009, at Fort Hood when he was shot three times by now-convicted Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan.
It was the worst mass shooting on a military post in U.S. History.
Shortly after, Armstrong met President Barack Obama at a memorial.
"And the biggest things were we're going to take care of you. 'We're going to do what we can to take care of you.' From that point on, there's been nothing else heard," Armstrong told WMTW News 8's Katie Thompson.
Now, he's one of approximately 150 victims and families suing the U.S. Government.
The Army has classified the shooting as workplace violence, but the lawsuit seeks to change it to an act of terrorism.
Doing so would allow the surviving victims and families of the 13 people killed to receive Purple Hearts, an award designated for those wounded or killed in combat. It would also give victims and their families long-term benefits.
"I have to think about my children. I have to think about my wife and I have to think about where I'm going to be in 30 years. Whether I'm going to be able to work, whether I'm going to be able to walk, I have to think about these things," Armstrong said.
Another part of the case hinges on the findings of an investigation by Collins surrounding the shooter.
"That he was clearly inspired by a radical violent Islamic ideology and this clearly was an act of terrorism," Collins said.
Collins' report claims that the Department of Defense and FBI knew that Hasan was having direct conversations with a known terrorist.
Attorney Reed Rubinstein said the document provides a factual foundation for the case.
"It knew he was a radical, it knew what he was planning, it knew he was talking to al- Qaida about killing American soldiers, but it covered it up," said Rubinstein.
"For the administration to persist in treating this as if it were an act of workplace violence is an absolute outrage and disrespectful to the many victims.


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Warten auf Sol Invictus
The project consist in the realization of a propitious exhibition for the Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the most important Observance in ancient times, that was celebrate in very different ways all around the planet, but everywhere on 25th December. The collection of the art pieces to expose want to be very heterogeneous, creating so a right and proper homage to Sol Invictus and on the same time a commemoration of all the different celebrations for his "natalis". EXHIBITING: Alberto Raiteri | Alessia Cocca | Andreco | Ango The Meek Dead | Claudio Parentela | Cristina Pancini | Elena Armellini | Exiff | Francesco Bancheri | Francesco D'Isa | Irina Novarese | Lys Lydia Selimalhigazi | Luiza LaPupazza | Martha Sklodowska | Silvio Streddi
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ONETIME- Septic pumping: Don't watch if you don't want to know
One time, I was at this guy's house, cleaning out his septic tank. And he said, "What's all that?" about some stuff that was in there.
"Those are condoms," I said.
"Well, I don't use them," he shot back.
And I started thinkin', "Uh, oh– it's either his daughter or his wife– one of the two." So I asked him, "How old are your kids?"
"Well," he said, "I've got a daughter who just turned sixteen."
And I told him, "You might want to have a talk with her about the birds and the bees, there, brother..."
Sometimes you have to break parents' hearts when they watch you pump a septic tank. They discover a lot more than they want to know.
You'd be surprised what you can tell about people from their septic tank. For one thing, you can see if people are bulimic. That's the worst thing: to open a tank and see there's nothing in it but what looks like peanut butter. A bulimic's vomit will absolutely ruin a septic tank's drain field, because it's nothing but some pipes with some slices in them, and if they get gummed up with an oily substance, the only remedy you have is a hydrojetter and chemicals, and it's not guaranteed. We've seen some ruined.
And bulimic customers will say, "What is this?" I couldn't break it to them that I knew exactly what it was. It's the nastiest smelling stuff because of the stomach acid and the grease.
The homeowners were kind of frail– you could tell. I just said, "Make sure to get some Septic Scrub or some kind of bioenzyme– something to keep this going."
Condoms can be removed from a drain more easily, most of the time. They're solid and are still one object, so you can stick a hydrojetter in there, and it puts it all into the distribution box and you pump that out.
But it will gum up a septic tank and your outdoor lines, and condoms will never disintegrate– not within your lifetime, anyway. They will sit there sometimes and swell up like balloons. When you find them, it's like, "Oh, it's a party up in here!"
At one department store, they have several fast-food restaurants that share their septic pit station. And every time we would pull our pumps, you'd find stuff stuck in there like cell phones, radios, stolen merchandise that thieves thought they couldn't get away with. Shoes.
My God, how do you get a shoe down a toilet? But we've seen it.