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Blackboard Tutorials for Students
What is Blackboard?
Blackboard is a course management system that allows courses to be delivered partially or entirely on the Internet.
Courses using Blackboard might be text based, but can be enhanced with audio, video, and generally include a great deal of interaction.
Though each course at UIS has a Blackboard site, not all courses use Blackboard. To find out if Blackboard will be used in your course, you should contact your instructor.
- Recommended Browsers for Blackboard
- Minimum Computer Requirements (Hardware)
- Recommended Software and Plug-ins
Tutorials for Students
Information Technology Student Training Video (25:16)
Introduction to Blackboard Handout for Students from ITS
Blackboard Essential Training for Students (from Lynda – log in with your UIS credentials)
Login and Navigation
- Login to Course
- Customize the "My UIS" page
- Hiding Old Courses
- Navigation
- Check Grades
- Which WebApp Server
Blackboard Submissions
Login & Password Information
Each UIS student is assigned a NetID and password to access information technology resourses such as email, Blackboard, and online library databases and journals.
First time Users
First time users of Blackboard should make sure that they have a UIS NetID and password to log into Blackboard. To claim or your NetID, visit the Information Technology Services website. You will be asked to fill in information including your name, UIN number (the 9-digit number on your I-Card), date of birth, and Social Security Number.
Changing Password
To change your password, go the the Information Technology Services website and choose to set or reset your NetID password. You will be directed to a page titled "NetID/EnterpriseID Maintenance Login" and asked to fill in information including your name, UIN number (the blue 9-digit number on your I-Card), date of birth, and Social Security Number.
Once you have successfully logged in you will be able to create and set a new password. This password will effect your email, library services, and Blackboard.
- Blackboard is accessible through the World Wide Web at http://bb.uis.edu
- Once at the Blackboard site, click the "Login" button.
- At the login page, enter your NetID and your password associated with your NetID. (This is the same password you would use to access your email.)
- NetID passwords can be set or reset by visiting the UIS ITS Password/Accounts page and clicking on "Request or Locate Your Campus NetID."
NOTE: First time staff and students must "Activate" their NetID through the same page.
Customizing Course
The "My UIS" Tab
"My UIS" is the initial page a student views after logging into Blackboard. The "My UIS" common area contains tools, modules, and information specific to each user and aggregated from each course the student is enrolled.
Tools, My Announcements, and My Courses modules are a default of Blackboard, but you can easily add other modules:
- Left click on "Add Module"
- Check the box next to the modules you want to add
- Click Submit
Note: You may also remove modules by clicking the circle icon with the red "X" in it, located in the upper right corner of each module box.
The Tools Box
Use the options in the Tools box (left side of the screen) to change your password or set your privacy options. These tools can be used to view personal information, view announcements, view calender, view grades, send a mail and search a person. Below is a complete list of items in the Tools box.
- Announcements – View the Announcements of the courses you are participating in
- Tasks – View Tasks
- View Grades – View the grades in the courses you are enrolled
- Send E-mail – Send E-mail to users of any of the courses you are participating in
- User Directory – Search for Blackboard Users
- Address Book – Create a List of Contacts
- Personal Information – Edit Information about yourself
- Calendar – View Calendar
- Blackboard Sync – Receive Blackboard updates on your iPhone, Facebook, or your Internet Browser
To Edit Your Personal Information:
- Log into Blackboard
- From the "My UIS" page, click on the "Personal Information" hyperlink in the Tools box.
- Left click "Edit Personal Information" hyperlink
- Edit the text boxes including your address, phone numbers, gender, education level, department, job title, etc.
- Click "Submit" to finish.
The "Courses" tab
Within the "Courses" tab, a student can view all the courses he is enrolled in. The Course List module displays all the courses in which you are enrolled. Click on a course link to access the course site.
Hide courses from My Courses Module
Most courses close a few weeks after the end of each semester. To hide any additional courses you do not wish to view in the "My Courses" module:
- Log in to Blackboard.
- On the "My UIS" tab (the first page you see when you log in), locate the "My Courses" module.
- In the upper right corner of the "My Courses" module, click on the gear icon (see Fig. 1)
Figure 1. The Gear icon allows you to hide courses in the "My Courses" module.
- On the "Personalize: My courses" page, look for "1. Edit Courses List" section. Uncheck the the boxes for any courses you no longer wish to view.
- Click " Submit."
Navigation Video
Getting into your Course
To access a course you are enrolled in:
- Left c lick on a course link. OR
- You can also see a list of the courses that are enrolled in that are using Blackboard by clicking on the "Courses" tab.
- Click on a course link to enter a course.
Navigating Course Content
Moving around your Blackboard course is done via the list of buttons on the left side of the page. The buttons indicate the different content areas of Blackboard, where instructors can place information like the syllabus, lecture notes, assignments, readings or other course materials. Each instructor can customize these buttons, so the names of the buttons may be different from course to course.
- Announcements– Announcements from your instructor will show for one week, then be stored in folders. At any time you can view the announcements from the current month, or the full semester, by clicking on the sprocket at the top of the Annoucnement Module, to choose a time period to view.
- Course Information– The instructor generally places the Introduction, Syllabus, Schedule, Course Policies, etc in here for the students to access.
- Staff Information– Information about the Instructor such as Name, Department, Email, Office Location, Office Hours, and Contact Numbers are placed in here.
- Course Documents– The Instructor generally places Lecture Notes, PowerPoint Presentations, etc. for the students to access.
- Assignments– The Tests, Quizzes and Assignments are available in this content area.
- External Links– Here a list of URLs for website resrouces are provided by the Instructor for the Students to access.
- Tools– Various Tools for the course like Address Book, Calendar, Digital DropBox, Glossary, Homepage, Turnitin, MapleTA, My Grades, Personal Trainer, Science Toolkit, Tasks, Electric BB, User manual are provided here.
Not all instructors post grades in Blackboard during the semester. Official final grades are posted in the Enterprise system.
- Click on "Tools" button in the Course Content Menu or if provided, a "My Grades" button in the Course Content Menu.
- Click on "My Grades"
- View Assignments that are listed in the Grade Center, points, submissions, and any comments from your instructor.
- Click on the title of your course at the top of the page to return to the course entry point.
Which WebApp Server are you connected Video
- Go to the Control Panel
- Left click on Course Tools
- Click on "Which WebApp Server"
- Record the number for reference
Submitting Assignments
Working with Assignments:
Using the Assignments feature in Blackboard the students are allowed to view the Assignments posted by the instructor and respond to the Assignments within the Assignment section.
Viewing posted Assignments:
To View an Assignment, follow these simple steps:
- Left c lick on the "Assignment" button on your Course Content Menu NOTE: Your instructor may have labeled the button differently.
- Find the Assignment
- Click on the title of the Assignment so that you enter the Assignment.
- Enter in a submission in the WISYWYG editor, attach a file, and add comments.
- Click "Save as Draft" (instructor can NOT see your draft) or "Submit" (instructor CAN see your submission).
Discussion Boards
Working with Discussion Board
Discussion Boards are used for content engagement in an asynchronous format – not all participants are logged in at the same time. The instructor initiates the discussion by creating the topic or Discussion Board forum. Once created, students click the title of the forum to enter the discussion and post threads. Instructors provide the structure for each Discussion Topic, but it's important to note that not all instructors participate in the Discussion Board at all times.
Posting a Comment to a Forum
To post a comment to a forum, follow these steps:
- Left click on the "Discussion" button on the Course Content Menu. NOTE: Your instructor may have labeled the button differently.
- Click on the Forum to which you need to make a post.
- Click on "Create Thread".
- Enter the subject and comments in the space provided. Add attachments.
- Click "Save as Draft" (instructor can NOT see your post) or "Submit" (instructor CAN see your post).
Reading other students postings and Reply to their threads
To post a comment to a forum, follow these simple steps:
- Left click on the "Discussion" button on the Course Content Menu. NOTE: Your instructor may have labeled the button differently.
- Click on the Forum Title to view all the posting's under the forum.
- Click on the "Collect" button to see whole post of each thread OR click on the Thread title to view the posting.
- Click on the Reply button to post a message.
- Click on the person's name to send a private Email message.
Subscribing to a Thread
Subcribing to a thread is useful, in that you recieve an email stating the contents of the thread if any postings are added. This way you can view updates or information regarding the topic.
To subscribe to a Thread:
- Click on the Thread title
- Click the "Subscribe" button at teh top of the Thread Detail page
- Continue with viewing the Thread.
Blogs & Journals
Blogs are an open communication tool for students to share their thoughts with others in the course, including the instructor. Blogs can be used to post resources to share, post assignments, or collaborate in group discussions. Blogs are archived monthly or weekly and old posts can be viewed.
To post to a Blog:
- Left click on "Blogs" button on the Course Content Menu (your instructor might have labeled the button differently) or left click on the Tools area in your Course Content Menu.
- Click on the Blog title. NOTE: If you a member of a group you can view all of your group Blogs and all individual Blogs from this page. You can only respond to those group Blogs in which you are a member.
- Click on "Create Blog Entry" to post to the Blog.
- Type in title, entry message, attach a file, then "Save as Draft" (instructor can NOT see the post) or "Submit" (instructor CAN see the post).
A Journal is a self-reflective tool for students. Only the student and the instructor are able to Comment on Journal Entries. However, Journals can be made public by the instructor, with the approval of the student, for others in the course to read entries.
To respond to a Journal:
- Left click on "Journals" button on the Course Content Menu (your instructor might have labeled the button differently) or left click on the Tools area in your Course Content Menu.
- Click on the Journal title. NOTE: You cannot create the first entry in a journal. Your instructor has to start the journal.
- Click on "Create Journal Entry" button to reply to the journal.
- Type in title, entry messgae, attach a file, then "Save as Draft" (instructor can NOT see the post) or "Submit" (instructor CAN see the post).
Quizzes and Tests
Quizzes, Tests and Surveys
Your instructor may have you take a quiz, test or survey in your online/blended course in Blackboard. These assessments are easy to take and usually give you results immediately.
To take a test in Blackboard:
- Left click on the "Exams" button on your Course Content Menu (your instructor may have labeled the button differently)
- Before taking the quiz, read the instructions. Your quiz might have a time limit and/or might only be available during certain dates. Unless you are informed differently, your quiz will only be able to be taken once.
- Questions can be in multiple choices, multiple answer, true-false, matching, ordering, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, or essay format.
- Click on the title of your test or quiz to enter.
- When you have finished answering the questions on the quiz, click on the "Submit" button. "Save All Answers " button can be clicked only when multiple attempts are allowed for that particular test.
- Your responses may be graded automatically and displayed or sent to your Instructor for grading (In case of essay answers).
- If you lose your Internet connection while taking a quiz or your quiz is locked. Contact your instructor immediately to report the problem.
Chat and Virtual Classroom
Chat / Virtual Classroom
The Chat allows the users to interact with each other and the Instructor via a text-based chat region.
To join a Chat / Virtual Classroom session:
- Left click on the "Tools" button on the Course Content Menu
- Click "Collaboration"
- Click the title of the Chat room or the Virtual Classroom session.
- Click on "Click here for an accessible version."
- Chat or Virtual Classroom will pop up in another window.
Important: Pop-up blockers on many machines will prevent the Lightweight Chat from opening. To override a pop-up blocker, hold the "Ctrl" key while clicking "Click here for an accessible version ". Disabling the pop-up blocker is another solution.
- To participate, type your message into the "compose" box at the bottom of the screen and click "send". The message will appear in the chat area.
- To view user information, select a user's name in the "Participants list" and then click "User Info".
- To send a private message to a user, select a user's name in the "Participants list" and then click Private Message. The "Compose Private Message" window will appear.
- Your instructor can dismiss you from the main Chat room and open up a "Breakout" room to work in small groups. A window will appear with your new room and a notification will pop up that you have left the main Chat room
Groups in Blackboard
Groups of students can be created in the course to collaborate on group projects and assignments. You may be asked to self-enroll yourself in a group versus the instructor assigning you to a group. When you are assigned to be in a group or self-enroll in a group a Groups module will appear directly under the Course Content Menu.
To self-enroll in a group:
- Left click on the "Tools" button on the Course Content Menu.
- Click on "Groups"
- Click on "View Sign-up Sheet to Join a Group"
- Click the "Sign Up" button to sign up for that group.
- You will be automatically taken to the Group's page.
To view your group's page:
- Click the chevron to the left of "My Groups" to extend the menu.
- Click the chevron ot the left of the name of the group to extend the group tool menu.
- Click on the tool to view OR
- Click the chevron to the right of the name of the group to go to the group's page
Send Email within Blackboard
Users in a Blackboard course can easily send email to all or selected indivudual Users, Students, Groups, Teaching Assistants, Instructors, or Observers. NOTE: You can only send an email to the users in this course ONLY.
- Left click on the "Tools" button on the Course Content Menu.
- Click on "Send Email" and select a catagory (i.e. All Users, Groups, Teaching Assistant Users, Student Users, or Instructor Users OR Select Users or Groups.
- After selecting the recipients for your message, enter your subject and message. When sending an email message to your Instructor, be sure to include your course number and your last name in the subject line. For example, the subject line might be: CSC577–Assignment 1 Help.
- Enter in the subject, message and attachments (optional).
- A copy of the email is sent to you as a default.
- When you are finished writing your email message, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the "Submit" button to send your email


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"This is without a doubt one of my best victories ever! Everything has worked perfectly this weekend and to head home the first ever quadruple victory in STCC for Volvo is hard to describe," said Björk.
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Results - Solvalla
1 Thed Björk Volvo S60 39 laps
2 Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 +3.615
3 Fredrik Ekblom Volvo S60 +5.032
4 Linus Ohlsson Volvo S60 +5.449
5 Richard Göransson BMW SR +11.131
6 Daniel Haglöf Saab 9-3 +26.217
7 Roar Lindland Saab 9-3 +30.707
8 Mattias Andersson Dacia SE +31.480
9 Niclas Olsson Citroën C5 +1 lap
10 Tomas Engström Honda Civic +7 laps
11 Robin Rudholm BMW SR DNF
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14 Fredrik Larsson BMW SR DQ
Driver Points
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57 Richard Göransson
50 Robert Dahlgren
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33 Linus Ohlsson
31 Fredrik Ekblom
12 Daniel Haglöf
12 Robin Rudholm
8 Jocke Mangs
6 Roar Lindland
5 Mattias Andersson
3 Niclas Olsson
1 Tomas Engström
Manufacturer Points
118 Volvo
46 Saab
34 Citroën
16 Dacia
6 Honda
Calendar STCC 2013
04/05 Knutstorp**
08/06 Solvalla*
29/06 Göteborg*
13/07 Falkenberg**
10/08 Östersund*
24/08 Karlskoga**
07/09 Tierp Arena*
21/09 Mantorp Park**
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** = Two races
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Cheesecake is one of my favourite desserts but I seldom make a cheesecake because I find the amount of cream cheese in those luscious desserts a tad too much! Most of the recipes that I've checked out calls for 3 blocks of cream cheese, some even ask for 4! I cannot bring myself to consume so much cream cheese but I would make one for a party because then we can 'share the fat', ha ha!
This Mandarin cheesecake is based on Harumi Kurihara's recipe. It uses only 1 block of cream cheese …. and also a cup of heavy cream. Her recipe produces a creamy and smooth cheesecake. I switched it up by adding canned mandarin slices and also by using digestive biscuits for the base instead of graham cracker crumbs. This is my personal opinion but I think North Americans can take a lesson from the Australians and the Brits and use digestive biscuits because they make a much better crust in terms of taste and texture. 🙂
Harumi's Baked Cheesecake
Adapted from Harumi's Japanese Home Cooking
1 cup (160g) graham cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup (250g) cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons sifted all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1. Butter an 8″ springform pan.
2. Put the graham crackers in a plastic bag and roughly crush with a rolling pin.
3. Soften the butter and mix the with graham cracker crumbs.
4. Pour the graham cracker mix into the bottom of the pan and press down lightly to make the base. Preheat oven to 340 degrees F. (Note 1)
5. In a bowl, beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer until soft, then add the rest of the ingredients, in order, mixing each one thoroughly first before adding the next.
6. Continue until the mixture thickens, then pour into the cake pan, on top of the crust. Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes. Remove and leave to cool.
7. Once it has cooled, remove the base from the springform pan and leave the cake on a rack to cool completely.
For the switch-up:
Drain one can of mandarin slices reserving 1 1/2 tablespoons of the syrup. Omit the lemon juice and use the reserved syrup instead. Fold half the mandarin slices into the batter before pouring into the pan. After removing the cake from the oven, lightly press the remaining mandarin slices on the top of the cake in a pattern.
For the crust, I use McVitie's Digestives biscuits or a combination of Digestives and HobNobs for extra crunch.
Note 1
Harumi's recipe doesn't require you to bake the crust but I bake it anyway for 10 minutes. Leave the base in the freezer while the oven is preheating.


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Allie Mac Kay was live from Long Beach at The Original Lobster Festival. She talks with Chef Bruce Jacobs on the proper ways to eat lobster.
It's three days of dining, dancing and drinking in Long Beach. Unforgettable Maine lobster feasts, steamed to mouth-watering perfection in the world's largest lobster steamers. Plates include; sweet, succulent lobster, melted butter dipping sauce, fresh cut lemons, coleslaw, dinner roll and watermelon. All lobster flown in nightly from Maine's salty Atlantic Ocean. Also featuring the return of … the Lobster Shack! Serving lobster rolls, lobster tacos, lobster sliders, and lobster-on-a-stick.
Also, live entertainment, a dance floor, children's area featuring moon bounces, games and storytellers, an international food court, arts & crafts exhibits and two beach bars.
The event is located at:
Rainbow Lagoon Park
Shoreline Village Drive
Long Beach, CA 90802
Friday, September 6th from 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday, September 7th from 12 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday, September 8th from 12 p.m. – 10 p.m.
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It will be at least another year before homeowners in Dolphin Tower, the downtown condominium tower vacated in July 2010 because of severe structural damage, will be able to move back into the 15-story building.
Proposed repair work has again been stalled on several fronts:
Because of budget limitations, Dolphin Tower's homeowners' association has decided to replace only parts of a key fourth-floor concrete slab that cracked and led to the 117-unit building's mandatory evacuation.
Previously, building leaders had said the entire slab -- upon which all of the 39-year-old tower's residences sit -- would need replacing. The slab also is key because it transfers weight throughout the structure.
Following a dispute over who would pick up the firm's liability insurance, the highly regarded firm the association tapped last year to do structural repairs, Structural Group Inc., has dropped out of the project.
The association also has yet to apply for a building permit from the city to do the necessary structural repairs.
As a result, Dolphin Tower's condominium board is awaiting three new bids from contractors interested in picking up Structural Group's work at the tower, 101 S. Gulfstream Ave.
That work is expected to cost at least $9 million.
Association president Charlotte Ryan said earlier this year that she expected homeowners would be back in their units by Christmas.
On Friday, she declined to offer a new timetable.
"It is not definite," Ryan said. "I hope by the end of 2014, but I have no guarantee of that at all."
Ryan added, however, that required interior demolition work, which will provide access to structural elements, has been completed.
City officials had been working with Dolphin Tower representatives on the rehabilitation, but there, too, progress has slowed.
"We have not heard from them in a while," said Gretchen Schneider, general manager of planning and development for the city.
While Dolphin Tower's association lacks enough capital to fully replace the two-foot-thick concrete slab, it has succeeded in getting a majority of unit owners to pay maintenance fees -- which total roughly $6,000 annually -- and special assessments for repair work and consultants.
Of the residential unit owners, 107 are current on payments, Ryan said.
That is largely because many units have been snapped up by investment groups since the building was emptied.
Units for sale
One such group, Mahi Towers LLC, an investment firm led by Sarasota entrepreneur and Dolphin Tower association board member Marvin Kaplan, recently sold a unit for $275,000.
Mahi Towers paid $40,000 for the unit in August 2011, records show.
But in selling the unit, Mahi Towers provided the buyer with a $175,000 mortgage, said Brett Kaplan, the investor's son and a Realtor at Keller Williams on the Water who assisted in the sale.
A total of 29 units have sold so far this year, at prices ranging from $25,300 to the $275,000 Mahi Towers just received, said Coldwell Banker Realtor Sandra Gardner.
"The one I have is the lowest-price, two-bedroom condo there that is for sale right now," she said of the 15th- floor unit that is being offered for $195,000.
In all, eight units are actively for sale.
"Once they start the structural work, I think the other units will go," she added.
Some units there, however, continue to carry much lower asking prices. Real estate agents say the lower prices reflect units that have underwater mortgages or are in arrears on assessments, or both.
Analysts say it is too early to say what impact, if any, continued repair delays might have on future sales.
For its part, Structural Group planned to reinforce the outside of the building against wind sway by filling vertical concrete sections with cement, and by applying a carbon fiber material to the exterior.
But the firm wanted the condo board to provide risk insurance on the project, documents from this summer show, and the homeowners' association balked.
A Structural Group engineer previously involved with Dolphin Tower did not return a call Friday.
Ryan, meanwhile, says the association has more than $9 million to complete the project, and will likely not require additional special assessments from unit owners.
OWNERS' TOWER RETURN DELAYED DOLPHIN'S DENIZENS: Complications in efforts to repair a vacated high-rise
It will be at least another year before homeowners in Dolphin Tower, the downtown condominium tower vacated in July 2010 because of severe structural damage, will be able to move back into the 15-story building.


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Craig Anton
Craig Anton has made a living being funny for over 20 years. Working as a stand up comic and comic actor, he has a modern approach to what works in today's film and television market. Most of all, for the last 10 years he has helped other funny friends and actor's hone, develop and book work.
His first pilot season in LA, Craig booked two pilots-- both went to series; First Time Out for The WB and MAD TV for FOX. Most recently, his appearances include roles on Entourage, The Office, Boston Legal, Everybody Loves Raymond, Curb Your Enthusiasm, King Of Queens, MAD TV, lead roles in 2 different series for the WB, leads on countless pilots, and most recently a lead role for the Disney Channel's Phil Of The Future, which airs everyday. His writing credits include being a head writer for VH-1's Random Play. His film work includes comedies and dramas; D Wars, Careless, Live from Baghdad, Deliver Us From Eva.
Craig started acting as a kid in Omaha, Nebraska, and then performing in comedy clubs in 1978 while in high school. After earning a B.A. from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with majors in Theater and English, Craig went on the road doing stand up all over the US and eventually around the world, as part of an all comedy USO tour, in Turkey, Greece, Bahrain, Italy, Israel and Spain.
As a stand up, Craig has worked clubs, colleges and corporate events throughout the country. Craig made his way to New York in 1989 and hit the clubs and nearly every cable comedy show, featuring stand up. He has toured and performed on over 1500 college campuses and was nominated 3 successive years in a row for NACA's prestigious Campus Entertainer of the Year Award. As of late, his stand-up has been featured on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and most recently on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live.
When not teaching or coaching, Craig stays busy performing live in Los Angeles; Dead Bride Running, The Idiots, Bob's Holiday Office Party, Girly Magazine Party and co-hosts Tomorrow, midnight's every Saturday, at the Steve Allen Theater.
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A New Yorker born and bred, Michael Rapaport grew up on hip-hop, discovering the genre as it was finally coming into it's own. Among the bands that grabbed his attention was A Tribe Called Quest, a foursome out of Queens (Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Jarobi and Ali Shaheed Muhammad) who in the span of four years delivered three of rap music's defining albums.
A few years ago Rappaport, a veteran actor of dozens of dozens of feature films, decided to step behind the camera to make a documentary about the band, "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest," which last week won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the LA Film Festival.
PB: Why Tribe? Why now?
MR: A Tribe Called Quest has been one of my favorite groups and I always was curious as to why they stopped recording and if they were gonna record again. And why now? Because there's some perspective on them and the timing was right. They went back on tour they were headlining with other more relevant artists of today. And as far as I'm concerned, Tribe Called Quest is as important to me as the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and The Ramones, Led Zeppelin—that's what they mean to me. My mother went to go see The Beatles at Shea Stadium when they first came to New York; well I saw Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie when I was 15.
PB: How did you convince the band to let you follow them around?
MR: Getting started was the easiest part of the whole process. There was no convincing—I ask them and I told them what I wanted to do, I asked Q-Tip first, he said yes, he said you just gotta talk to the other guys. I went to each one of them. Really, getting started was one of the easiest things.
PB: What's at the heart of the problems between Q-Tip and Phife Dawg?
MR: The heart of their discord is that they're brothers. They've known each other since they were 3 years old, 4 years old. They're ultimately married to this thing that's bigger than them called A Tribe Called Quest. And no matter how they do things on their own, people always want A Tribe Called Quest. I think that can be a burden on them sometimes. And I think that at the end of the day, the fact that your brother is someone who a lot of times is a person who can piss you off the most and your brother's the person who you love the most—they are like that…
It's a similar dynamic in my opinion to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, with Q-Tip being the charismatic frontman and Phife being the more laidback guy on the corner, the guy that you feel like you know him instantly, the sideman like Keith Richards, I always looked at it that way. Keith Richards just released a book saying, "I want to f***ing beat the shit of Mick sometimes," he said something like or, "I punched him in the face"—that happens. I have things that I regret that have happened between me and my brother, that's why we keep our distance a lot of times…And bands have broken up, from The Beatles to N*SNYNC to Destiny's Child to Guns and Roses—it happens.
PB: You caught some seriously heavy moments on film. Which side of your brain takes over in those moments? The filmmaker excited by the drama or the fan thinking, "Oh no!"?
MR: Both of those things are at work at the same time. Watching two people miss each other and not get along is hard to be around. As a filmmaker, yeah, I'm not gonna lie, I was like, "Oh shit—this is it!" and the story had more depth than I had imagined. That was the beauty of documentary filmmaking. So it was two things working at once. Especially cuz I'm such a fan of the group, to see this stuff…those guys are like guys that I grew up with, and I have my own share of fractured relationships with guys that I've grown up with, so I can relate to that. I can't relate to being a rapper and groundbreaking musician, I can appreciate that—but I relate to the discord in their relationships.
PB: How does the band feel about the film?
MR: Jarobi went out of his way to say after the first cut that he saw, "Do not change anything." Ali had some thoughts and questions, some of which were helpful, and some insights. But ultimately, we didn't see eye-to-eye on everything, either. But I didn't make the movie for the four of them. My agenda wasn't, "I'm making this movie for you guys and here's your gift." I made this movie for myself and ultimately for the fans, about them. And that's an important thing. Sometimes they were like, "It's our movie," and I was like, "No, it ain't your movie. It's my f***ing movie that I paid for—about you guys that you agreed to have me do." I've been inspired and been around independent filmmakers for the last 20 years and I knew at the end of the day, I had to look inside myself… you cannot deny what you think is right. It got to be an emotional thing for me, like, "F*** that, I'm not backing down from this s***." And that's just the way it played itself out. It really was an intense experience.
PB: Do you have any other documentary subjects in mind that you'd like to tackle?
MR: Musically, I think De La Soul would be fun, even The Roots would be really cool, they have an interesting story that I'm curious about, and musically, just what I know about them, I think there's something vibrant there… But the only way for me to do another documentary, no matter what it is, I have to be internally compelled, because making a documentary—making an independent film is hard—but making a documentary, independently, f***ing...it's war. And you need to be prepared for your blood spilled and…it's a blood bath and that's just the way it is. And you need to know that going in and be prepared to do that. It's really tough. At least it is for me... But that's how you get the best results—I'm sure it'll be a little easier next time, I'm sure there's things I could do to make it easier on my self—maybe just one dysfunctional artist would be better than a group of them.
"Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest" opens Friday, July 8


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In his first hours of freedom following a two-month stint behind bars, a North Carolina man didn't even make it past the jail grounds before getting thrown back in.
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Rodney Dwayne Valentine faces 75 more days in jail for trespassing after refusing to leave.
Rodney Dwayne Valentine, 37, who has no permanent address, had been in Rockingham County jail since May 22 for injury to personal property, Rockingham County Sheriff's Office Deputy Kevin Suthard said.
He was released last Saturday around 8 a.m. but stuck around for five hours arguing with officers, insisting they drive him to a motel. They refused.
"We can't transport everybody that gets out of jail," Suthard told NBC News.
Valentine was charged with second-degree trespassing and is being held on $500 bail. He could face up to 75 more days in jail and a fine.
"It takes all kinds. That's the reason why our job is never boring in law enforcement," Suthard said.
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2009 Men's Soccer Recap
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's soccer team finished the season with a 10-9-1 overall record, including 6-2 in the Skyline Conference. The Rams earned the #2 seed for the conference playoffs, falling at home to Old Westbury, 3-2, in the semifinal round.
Farmingdale earned their second consecutive bid to the ECAC Metro Region Championship this season. They traveled to Old Westbury, defeating the Panthers, 2-1, in the quarterfinals, before knocking off top-seeded Rutgers-Newark in the semifinal round. The Rams were ECAC Championship runner-ups after a 2-1 loss to #2 Drew University.
Four players were named to the All-Skyline Conference Team this
season. Junior defender Mat Arthurs (Islip Terrace, N.Y.), senior
midfielder Frank Volante (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) and junior forward
Ryan Paul (Sayville, N.Y.) received First Team Honors, while senior
goalkeeper Patrick Gubbins (East Patchogue, N.Y.) was named Second
Team. Arthurs was in charge of a defense that had a Skyline best
seven shutouts, while Volante started every game, scoring three
goals and recording one assist. He currently holds the
school-record with 14 career assists. Paul was second in the
Conference with 14 goals scored, 12th in the nation with a 0.88
goal per game average and 41st in the country with a 1.75 point per
game average. Gubbins had 98 saves in 17 games played this season,
holding a .784 save percentage. Gubbins leaves Farmingdale as the
all-time leader in wins (35) and shutouts (20).
Freshman midfielder Joe Brantmeyer (Center Moriches, N.Y.) was second on the team with nine goals and 21 points this year. He scored all three goals in the ECAC semifinal win over Rutgers-Newark. Senior midfielder Marcos Cipra (Long Beach, N.Y.) scored two goals and had two assists in his final season at Farmingdale State.
The Rams will be returning 24 of their 27 players for the 2010 season.


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7 Countries With the Healthiest People
They live well into their nineties and often times up break the hundred year mark. Their existence is healthy but the underlying reasons are often cultural. In fact, it's not just that individuals take care of themselves; it's a country-wide phenomenon that's based on lifestyle choices.
Why are certain countries home to the world's happiest, healthiest people on Earth? What do they eat? What daily habits are different from other societies?
I set out to answer these questions and along the way I found some striking similarities between these fit nations, spread far and wide across the globe.
1. Iceland
Due to a smaller population, Iceland is one of the least polluted countries in the world. But clean air isn't the only reason why Icelanders are so healthy; they also like to hit the gym. Due to chilly weather much of the year, Icelanders workout in order to beat the winter blues. The country enjoys one of the highest life expectancies (72 for men and 74 for women). It also has one of the lowest infant mortality rates at 2 deaths per 1,000 babies. Forbes Magazine ranked it the healthiest country in the world.
2. Japan
The World Health Organization (WHO) calculated the countries where people live to full health the longest and Japan came out on top with 74.5 years. Much of this is due to diet.
"Every meal in Japan looks like a piece of art. Food is so beautiful and so delicious and so simple," fitness expert Harley Pasternak said to Empower News Magazine. "They are the largest consumer of fish in the world and of whole soy and of seaweed and green tea. When they are about 80 percent full, they stop and wait for about 10 minutes, then decide whether to keep going. And most times, they are full so they don't need to keep eating more."
3. Sweden
Government policies promote a healthy way of life including positive work/life balance. The population also loves to play outside and with a stunning landscape full of rolling hills, mountains, and glacial lakes, it's easy, according to National Geographic. Additionally, because of their location they eat a diet that's high in fish and omega fatty acids. Their cooking methods also reflect that of a healthy population. Rather than using an abundance of oil they poach, ferment, smoke, and dry their foods.
4. Okinawa
Okinawa is a Prefecture or sub national jurisdiction of Japan. However, it's worth mentioning it separately because it's widely believed to have the healthiest people on Earth. According to the Okinawa Centenarian Study, centenarian ratios may be the world's highest at approximately 50 per 100,000 people. The country is also home to many super centenarians, people that reach the age of 110 years old. Okinawans attribute their not only long, but healthy, happy lives to eating tons of local fruits and vegetables, as well as large quantities of tofu and seaweed. Their lives also include rigorous daily activity and relatively low stress.
5. New Zealand
Similar to Iceland, a lower population and lack of pollution make New Zealand a great place to call home. New Zealanders love outdoor activities like hiking, camping, and fishing. All and all it's just an easier place to embrace a fit lifestyle. No matter where you live you're not but a 90 minute drive from the ocean.
"Plus there's an abundance of healthy whole foods. We eat fresh seafood (we often catch it ourselves) and local organic fruits and vegetables. Everyone grows something here and neighbors all put out bags for purchase by anyone. We get fresh lettuce from the kids' school, avocados from our tree, and kiwis, apples and plums from our neighbors," says Jill Chalmers who moved to New Zealand with her Kiwi husband.
. Sardinia
Sardinia is an autonomous region of Italy that's home to a large population of centenarians. There's a real sense of community in Sardinia. People are close knit and the elderly often live with their families. The men are often shepherds, walking about 5 miles per day and the diet consists of "whole grain flatbread, fava beans, tomatoes, greens, garlic, various fruits, olive oil and pecorino cheese from grass-fed sheep (high in Omega 3)."
7. Finland
According to Forbes Magazine, Finland was plagued with one of the highest death rates from heart disease just 30 years ago. As a result, the nation has worked vigorously to encourage a healthy lifestyle among its people. Smoking has been reduced significantly and fruit and vegetable intake has more than doubled. It shows that if you make an effort to change, you can.
While many factors lead to a long, healthy life, these countries have a lot in common. Many of them lack pollution and make a healthy work/balance and controlling stress a high priority. They also eat meat very rarely if ever and find protein in fish and tofu while loading up on local fruits and vegetables.
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"Murray State University's department of mathematics and statistics will host Math Day 2017 on March 28 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Curris Center." notes University News.
High school students and teachers from the 18-county service region
will gather on campus for a day of math competitions and math-related
activities. The event will include 11 high schools and 242 registered
students and faculty.
Students participating in Math Day will begin the morning with a math
competition, consisting of two different exams. The lower-level exam,
geared toward freshman and sophomore students, will include questions on
algebra and geometry. The upper-level exam for juniors and seniors will
contain questions on trigonometry, in addition to other upper-level
high school material, such as calculus, probability and statistics.
Awards will be given to the top-performing students on each exam
level and to the top performing school. Additionally, the top three
students in the upper-level exam will be eligible for a scholarship from
the mathematics and statistics department.
Students will also take part in the inaugural Jesse D. Jones Lecture
Series, which is titled "Got Problems? Mathematicians Can Solve Them!"
and will feature a panel of students and alumni. During the panel, high
school students will be able to ask current Murray State undergraduates,
graduate students and alumni questions about pursuing a career in
"The name mathematics is not in many job titles and so it is
difficult to know what careers are possible with a mathematics major or
minor," stated Dr. Ed Thome, chair of the mathematics and statistics
department at Murray State. "Participation in Math Day is the beginning
of this search for what you can do with mathematics and how to get
Students will also get the chance to watch the Oscar-nominated film "Hidden Figures."
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New York Times columnist Roger Cohen, among many others, is always gushing about how Sen. Barack Obama's life story gives him an exceptionally sophisticated understanding of foreign affairs.
Indeed, Obama himself might even be starting to believe all the adulatory press about how his four years as a small child in Indonesia and his handful of weeks in Kenya have given him a deep understanding of global affairs. Obama claimed yesterday that he had more relevant foreign affairs experience than Hillary or McAmnesty. Jake Tapper writes:
"Foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident that I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton or Senator McCain," Obama said, according to the Huffington Post.So, he went to Pakistan and India after visiting his half-sister in Indonesia, which qualifies him to be President, although it apparently didn't make much of an impression on him because he never seems to have mentioned it before. It didn't fit into his "Story of Race and Inheritance" because he doesn't have any relatives from there and, besides, the people there don't fit in well with his black and white worldview. (The people in Hawaii didn't either, but the South Side of Chicago is more like what he wanted.)
"It's ironic because this is supposedly the place where experience is most needed to be Commander-in-Chief. Experience in Washington is not knowledge of the world. This I know. When Senator Clinton brags 'I've met leaders from eighty countries' -- I know what those trips are like! I've been on them. You go from the airport to the embassy. There's a group of children who do native dance. You meet with the CIA station chief and the embassy and they give you a briefing. You go take a tour of a plant that [with] the assistance of USAID has started something. And then -- you go."
"You do that in eighty countries," Obama said, "You don't know those eighty countries. So when I speak about having lived in Indonesia for four years, having family that is impoverished in small villages in Africa --knowing the leaders is not important -- what I know is the people...I traveled to Pakistan when I was in college -- I knew what Sunni and Shia was [sic] before I joined the Senate Foreign Relations Committee."
This last part -- a college trip to Pakistan -- was news to many of us who have been following the race closely. And it was odd that we hadn't hear about it before, given all the talk of Pakistan during this campaign.
Yet, despite Obama's incredibly sophisticated awareness of the rest of the world, in the climax of the Chicago section of his autobiography, he approvingly quoted his spiritual mentor Jeremiah A. Wright's incredibly unsophisticated worldview: "where white folks' greed runs a world in need ..."
Wouldn't some experience with the Third World raise severe doubts about such an apportionment of guilt? After all, during Obama's formative years, there were plenty of anti-American leftist Third World countries that only become needier the more they separated themselves from white folks' greed.
So, why didn't Obama get it?
First, as far as I can tell, despite his image as a world-spanning figure, Obama doesn't actually have that much foreign experience. Obama's overseas travel before becoming a U.S. Senator four years ago (since which he has taken a few junkets) was quite limited, consisting largely of living Indonesia as a child and two visits to Kenya. During his years in Chicago, he typically spent his winter vacations (not irrationally!) in his native Hawaii.
The truth is that Obama hasn't exhibited all that much interest in foreign countries not directly connected to his own life story. In his autobiography, Obama is subtly contemptuous of his wandering, exotiphilic mother whose centrifugal tendencies took her from Kansas to Indonesia. In contrast, Obama has concocted for himself a life trajectory from the exotic margins to the heart of African-America, the South Side of Chicago, where he methodically made himself a Chicago politician. (And, as Churchill said about the Pathans, for a Chicago politician, "life is full of interest" right at home, so curiosity about foreign affairs is a distraction.)
Obama's naive mom appears to have assumed when she moved to Indonesia in 1966 that it was still as leftist as it had been under Sukarno, who had been overthrown the year before. She was horrified to learn it wasn't the non-aligned utopia she had imagined. Indonesia had been a leftwing anti-American dictatorship when she had met her second husband Lolo in Hawaii, but by the time she and little Barack arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia was a rightwing pro-American dictatorship. When easygoing Lolo (who is just about the only character in Obama's memoirs that I'd like to have a beer with) got a nice job working in government relations for an American oil company so he could support his wife and kid (some other guy's kid, let me point out), they would argue:
"...about her refusal to attend his company dinner parties, where American businessmen from Texas and Louisiana would slap Lolo's back and boast about the palms they had greased to obtain the new offshore drilling rights, while their wives complained to my mother about the quality of Indonesian help. He would ask her how it would look for him to go alone, and remind her that these were her own people, and my mother's voice would rise to almost a shout.Such tensions paved the way for their divorce.
"They are not my people."[p. 47 of Dreams from My Father]
Similarly, Kenya's leader Jomo Kenyatta, who persecuted Obama's father for being a member of the Luo tribe, allowed an American naval base at Mombassa and encouraged capitalism -- among his Kikuyu tribesman.
Thus, Obama's beloved Luo relatives were, increasingly, enemies of Kenyatta's pro-Western policies. The Luo, under the leadership of Obama's kinsman Oginga Odinga, thus were leftist and friendly toward the Soviets. For example, Oginga Odinga sent his son Raila Odinga, the current Luo warlord and Prime Minister-designate (who claims to be Obama's cousin), to study in East Germany in 1965.
Time magazine reported in 1969:
President Jomo Kenyatta, who with his fellow Kikuyu has ruled the country since independence in 1963, threw Opposition Leader Oginga Odinga in prison and banned his Luo-dominated party.
Kikuyu and Luo, first and second largest of Kenya's 46 main tribes, have long controlled the country's politics. Initially, neither Kenyatta's Kenya African National Union (KANU) nor Odinga's Kenya People's Union (KPU) were organized along strictly tribal lines. ... In recent years, however, both party memberships have become increasingly polarized. ...
As Kenyatta's convoy began to move away after the speech, spectators stoned the lead car. Panicky police fired point-blank into the crowd, leaving at least nine dead and 70 wounded. Two days later, Kenya police arrested Odinga, and most of the other KPU leadership, including all eight of the party's MPs. A day later, KPU was banned for allegedly seeking "to overthrow the lawful and constitutional government of the Republic of Kenya." It seemed a clear reference to Communist intrigues. Though apparently no Communist, Odinga is a leftist who has accepted funds from Soviet and Chinese Communist agents; "Double O" was also instrumental in persuading the Russians to build the new hospital in Kisumu.
So, in Indonesia, Obama absorbed his mother's anti-Americanism, and from Keyna, he was exposed to his relatives' opposition to the pro-American tribes.
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Eye on the prize
Famed lensman Onne van der Wal set a deadline for the mostly DIY refit of a classic cruiser fit for the family
Tenley's wish list for the boat wasn't long, van der Wal said. She wanted hot water. The boat already had two water tanks of about 35 gallons each, so he added a six-gallon hot water heater. Old water lines were swapped out for new PEX plumbing lines, and lines for hot water were run to the shower in the head and a mixing valve in the galley. He found a new sink that was the same size as the old one so it was an easy swap, and new taps were added. He also added a deck shower.
Although van der Wal did much of the work himself, he was constantly talking about the project with skilled boat hands who shared their knowledge and helped him solve problems as they arose.
"I went to Jamestown Distributors constantly," he said. "I'd go with my list of things I was working on and found one guy there who was a real source of information. I'd just pick people's brains left, right and center. Sometimes I'd end up spending a whole morning there just talking about the coupling or shaft. That's how I educated myself."
Anytime he was working on a complicated system, van der Wal would start with a diagram to make sure everything was where it should be and to help keep track of the project.
The diagram was key in designing an improved electronics system, he said. The instruments that came on the boat were a mishmash of units of various ages, which van der Wal sold on eBay. He replaced them with a Raymarine system including a chartplotter, multifunction display with autopilot controlled from down below, as well as a new VHF radio, AIS and radar. On deck he replaced the binnacle and mounted another chartplotter on the pedestal that mirrors the one down below. A VHF repeater solved the problem of never having the radio nearby. Van der Wal also installed a multifunction display in the forepeak so he can monitor depth and windspeed without getting out of the bunk.
"It's really great when you're in an anchorage," he said. "It was easy to install and I can dim it all the way down."
Prior to taking on the electronics project, van der Wal worked with a Raymarine agent on the layout. "We spent an hour talking about the layout and how the whole system was to be wired. He made a very simple sketch. The whole system works from one wire that serves as the backbone and everything else plugs into that backbone. It's an absolutely brilliant system that supples power and data."
Although van der Wal opted for a complete overhaul of the electronics, some parts of the refit involved simply replacing the old gear using the same design. The rigging fell under this category. Although the mast itself was in good shape, all the standing and running rigging needed to be replaced.
He had the swages done by Southern Spars Rig Pro in Newport, but he replaced the Windex and installed a new Raymarine masthead unit and new tricolor, anchor and steaming lights. Originally all of the wiring hung loose in the mast, but van der Wal fashioned a novel wire harness that would contain all the electrical wires plus a heavy duty 3/8th inch VHF wire.


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Wise Women Staying Trick Proof
You have heard of the recession, have you? So prepare yourself and be armed with the following knowledge, and for God's sake's ladies stop giving out your telephone number to every retailer out there for their "profile" lists. We suspect they are selling them to whomever to make a buck.
And what about that "National Do Not Call List "? Here is the scoop. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission launched the registry in September 2008 to great fanfare, promising that those who registered would see a drop in unwanted calls soliciting goods and service. Millions of Canadians have registered their names, home phone numbers and in some cases their cellphone numbers.
The problem is that the CRTC sells the registry list online. In Toronto, you can get 600,000 names for $50. Telemarketers are required to subscribe to the list, paying an annual fee that depends on how often they choose to download updates. Those who violate the list by calling registrants may be fined up to $15,000 per call, but really… who is going to be checking for these violations?
The Various Flavors of Phone Scamming
- Another phone scam involves calls from "Prize Distribution Centers" that claim that you are the winner in sweepstakes or a lottery. Of course, you are not the only "winner" in the lottery and tens of thousands of people received the same call. The goal of the scheme is to entice you to make a relatively small payment (for example, shipping and handling fee, a sales tax) promising that a much bigger prize will be sent your way. Once the payment is sent, you will most likely not hear from the company again, and there will be no prize.
- Offers to Lower Your Interest Rates: The calls begin with a recording that makes a tempting offer to lower your credit-card interest rates. Then you are switched to a live agent who collects from you the credit card number and its expiration, name, address, and blah, blah, blah. The telemarketers have no intention of giving consumers better interest rates on their cards and instead use the information to commit identity theft.
Again, tracing these scam artists is difficult: they spoof the caller ID information and use numerous VOIP accounts set up using stolen credit cards. The best thing to do is hang up, or buy an answering machine.
- Fake Bank Alert Messages: A fake message from a local bank says that your card is being suspended and that you need to call a toll free number to activate it. Of course, the toll free number does not belong to the bank and when you call they ask to verify your account information, which includes your name, date of birth, SSN, address, credit card number, etc. Once they have your personal information, they can use it to commit identity theft charging your existing credit cards, opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts, writing fraudulent checks, or taking out loans in your name.
- Advanced Fee Loan Scams: In this scenario a telemarketer promises a consumer a loan or a credit card on very attractive terms. All the consumer has to do is just send a processing fee, or provide checking account info, and the offer was guaranteed. To make the offer sound even more attractive the scammers might throw in a free laptop, an iPod, or any other 'hot item'. After the payment is made the company disappears, and the victim is often left with an empty checking account and NSF (Non-sufficient funds) bank fees.
- Free Listing at Yellow Pages: This scam targets businesses. The caller says that he is from Yellow Pages and is calling to update their records. He proceeds by asking to confirm some basic information such as owner's name, business phone number, address, and company name. Then they start billing the victim and only then the business owner realizes that it's not a free listing and it was not Yellow Pages directory that called.
The victims report that when they call to complain, the company plays the recorded conversation with the victim saying 'Yes' except that the caller is reading from a completely different script. The scammers replace one side of the conversation, making it sound as if the business owner agreed to a paid listing and a monthly fee.
- Bogus Fund-Raising Operations: Getting calls from scam artists posing as a charity and asking for donations. However, the charity is either non-existent or unaware of the solicitation.
When it comes to donations, it's best to never make donations over the phone. Instead get the solicitors name, charity name and number, and call the Charity back if you choose to donate. Google the Charity if you never heard of it.
- International Phone Calls Scam: It's not always easy to tell if you're dialing an international telephone number. In most cases, you have to dial 011 to begin a call to a foreign country. However, there are locations outside Canada where telephone numbers may look like domestic long-distance calls, but are actually international calls and international rates will apply.
For example, 284 (British Virgin Islands), 242(Bahamas), 246(Barbados), 268(Antigua/Barbuda), 345(Cayman Islands), 664(Montserrat), 670 (U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), 758(St. Lucia), 787(Puerto Rico), 767(Dominica), 809(Dominican Republic), 869(St. Kitts & Nevis), 868(Trinidad & Tobago), and 876(Jamaica) are all area codes in the Caribbean.
The scheme: the scammer often leaves a message typically asking consumers to call what appears to be an ordinary long-distance telephone number to confirm a lottery prize, or to get information about a relative who has been injured in an accident. In each case, you are told to call the number right away. Since there are so many new area codes these days, people unknowingly return the calls. Once the number is dialed, the scam artist will try to keep you on the phone as long as possible to increase the charges. Unfortunately, when you get your phone bill, you might find that you've been charged $2500 per minute.
If you are asked to call unknown number, Google the area code to check if it's local.
- "Cramming": When monthly charges pop up on your telephone bill for optional services that you never authorized such as voice mail, paging, or club membership, it's called "cramming." You may be asked to return a missed call because it's 'Your lucky day' and you've won a trip to Las Vegas. When the call is made, an automated system is activated and you are unknowingly enrolled in a club or program, and the charge is placed on your phone bill. The crammer might not even need to do anything except simply pick your phone number out of the blue and place charges on your bill through your local telephone company, claiming that you agreed to purchase some services.
Look at your bill closely every month. Charges for optional services should be itemized and show the name of the company providing them and its phone number. If you did not authorize the services, call that number and insist that they be canceled and the charges removed from your bill.
Also, consider putting a third party block on your phone service. It's often free and it does not let any third party add charges to your phone bill.
- "Slamming": Slamming occurs when customers have their telephone service switched to a new carrier without their permission. You may receive a call from a telemarketer asking you to switch your long distance provider. Although you say you are not interested in switching, your long distance provider is changed anyway.
- Caller ID Spoofing: Generally, the scam works like this – you receive a call where total strangers pretend to be someone else and they back up their claims with spoofed Caller ID. The scam artists might then ask for money, demand a payment, request your personal information, addresses, or banking info. People report getting calls from long lost relatives, law firms, IRS, and government officials.
- For example, in one scheme the caller identified himself as a court official and informed the victim that she is being prosecuted for failing to show up for Jury Duty. When the victim replies that this is the first time she hears that she was summoned for jury duty, the caller suggests that this may be a clerical error in the court system, and he asks for her full legal name, date of birth, and SIN to check the official summons files. The scam artist informs the victim that this data will be kept confidential, but it is required for cancellation of the outstanding arrest warrant.
- You may receive a message where the caller claims to be from a government agency or some other organization with an official sounding name. The caller might claim that you will qualify to receive a "free grant" to pay for education costs, home repairs, home business expenses, or bills. In any case, the claim is the same: your application for a grant is guaranteed to be accepted, and you'll never have to pay the money back.
- Revenue Canada calls: In this scheme people receive phone calls from a caller who impersonates an employee. The caller asks the taxpayer for their SIN and bank account numbers, claiming that the RC needs the information to complete the processing of the tax payer's payment. In another variation of the scheme, 'an RC employee' states that the check issued by RC has not been cashed, and they are calling to verify the individual's bank account number.
Hang up, find the official number of the organization and call to report the incident. Also, don't send money – cash, check or money order – by courier, overnight delivery or wire to anyone who insists on immediate payment.
- Call Forwarding Scam: You may receive a call or message where the caller, requests you to dial a 2-digit code preceded or followed by the * or # key (such as *79 or 72#), and then another phone number to claim some prize. This procedure programs your telephone to forward your calls to another number, possibly a toll or long distance number. Scammers can then call your number, be forwarded to the number you dialed and place calls that are billed to your home telephone number.
- Telemarketing Travel Fraud: These scams have many variations and often involve travel packages that sound legitimate. You get a phone call and the caller is saying that you have been selected to receive a free trip. They will even leave messages on your answering machine with the sound of a cruise ship blowing its horn. Skilled salespeople will tell you, to be eligible for the free trip, you must join their travel club. Later, you may find another fee is required to make your reservation. In the end, you may never get your "free" trip because your reservations are never confirmed or you must pay different fees, or comply with hard-to-meet or expensive/restrictive conditions.
Check out the company with your provincial and local consumer protection office before you buy any product or service. Also, be wary of "great deals" and free offers from anyone. Few legitimate businesses can afford to give away products and services of real value especially now!
- Get Rich Quick Schemes: Scam artists lure both would-be entrepreneurs and people looking for home-based work with false promises of big earnings for little effort. The schemes often require an initial investment and involve selling items on Ebay, have your own online travel agency, supplement or vitamin business, making sales calls, and or recruiting you friends and family into your "business". However, once the payment is sent the companies often disappear or even worse you can clearly see that they are a pyramid scheme and you will NOT make any money.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
WackyJacky - Toys in the Attic
1:34 PM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
Jacky came to me about 6 months ago asking about big eyes!! That's how I knew about "Toys in the Attic" truly means! She is truly a very talented critters designer. She creates and hand made all these attic monsters by herself. Aren't they all look like the one you have imagined when you were little? lol (Except these may be a lot cuter!!) She also hand painted her eyes to match her critters. Her critters are very unique looking. You can't find there anywhere! All the monsters she made are in very good sizes. With the price she offers in Etsy, these are a must have if you like monsters in your attic! :D Visit Jacky's shops: WackyJacky.etsy.com and sockmonstahs.com
Labels: 21mm eyes, big eyes, craft, critters, doll, example, handmade, handpainted, monsters, plastic eyes, round eyes, safety eyes, soft toys, WackyJacky, wackyjacky.etsy.com | 1 comments
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Hand Painted Pearl Eyes - 10.5mm round plastic eyes
8:09 PM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
In the market, there are not many varieties of 10.5mm commercial eyes that I can provide in my store! Mostly I can find are clear round eyes and solid black eyes, how boring is that? Since I have been painting my pearl eyes, I thought I should give it a try to paint 10.5mm eyes. It's the perfect sizes for medium size critters! OK, off to go the table and start working!! Outcomes: perfect! I love it! :) Bright and lovely! I always like that pearl, shimmering look in these little eyes! Yes, I am crazy!! My hubby always says I am so obsessed with animals plastic eyes! Well.. I don't know why, I like to look at them and think what animals can be created behind these eyes! To me, looking at eyes are like looking at the soul of every creatures on earth! STORY: When I was REAL young, I like to look directly into boy's eyes. If they are deep and looking back at me, I will feel "zipppp", like electric shocks, lol, didn't you have that feelings before? Luckily not many boys at that age would do that! They were so afraid and they just looked somewhere else! What?? Normal? Nah... anyway, that's good, it saved me lots of troubles! Back to NOW: Because I love eyes, now I am selling them! You can find shimmering-looking pearl animal safety eyes in Etsy store and Artfire store!
Labels: 6060.artfire.com, 6060.etsy.com, hand-painted, handmade, handmade with love, pearl eyes, pearl series, plush animals, round eyes, safety eyes, soft toys, stuffed animals, supplies, teddy bear eyes | 2 comments
Monday, December 29, 2008
8:43 PM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
AmigurumiParadise is another Etsy shop I am constantly paying attention to! Her's pattern is very unique. Barbara designs her own patterns, that's why you can't find her pattern in any book. I purchased several of her patterns and I can tell you it's well written! Patterns are very clear and easy to follow! She got enough pictures for you to see, so that you won't get lost. Her patterns are also very simple! One more thing is she offers free patterns! If you are a beginner, check out her blog and you will find some very handsome patterns waiting for you to try! This particular pattern is named Garden Sprite! Isn't it cute? You can check out my old blog "A bunch of Amis" to see what I have crochet with AmigurumiParadise's pattern.
Labels: Amigurumi, amigurumiparadise, amigurumiparadise.etsy.com, amis, Crochet, handmade, handmade with love, pattern, patterns | 1 comments
Meeka Sews
8:18 PM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
I knew Meeka (titaniumhip.etsy.com) for a long long time! At first, she really got me noticed is of her last name, it's similar to my hubby's first name! It's not very usual name, that's why I noticed her! She came to me to purchase some eyes in my store. I got into a habit automatically go to my customer's etsy shop to see their works. I am kinda nosey I admit! :P One day as usual I checked out her shop and found out all these little critters she have been making! They are so cute, so unique! She is not only making critters by sewing them, she also paints! She gave them personalities and they are a bunch of cuties to have in the house to make you smile! In Etsy I always look at other Etsian's work and wonder how talent they are. She is one of them that amazed me! Her works are one-of-a-kind! If you are interested, please check out her etsy shop! More info you can visit her blog!
Labels: critters, cute, decor, etsian, eyes, handmade, handmade with love, lovely, soft toys, stuffed animals, titaniumhip | 0 comments
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Lauching a new shop in www.ArtFire.com
10:08 AM | Posted by 6060 | Edit Post
Allow me to introduce you a new shop I have in ArtFire.com! Artfire.com is a brand new site which is in beta mode right now. It features handmade products, but supplies and vintage products. In Artfire.com I am having the same name "6060" as my shop, just like Etsy. I am still selling craft supplies like plastic eyes, safety eyes, craft eyes, amigurumi eyes, purse frames, teddy bear joints, and related items. It's like a mirror site to Etsy. What different to me between Artfire and Etsy is I have more categories when I list, 1 page listing is great, I don't have to keep pressing "next", and I have statistics in my shop so that I can provide a better marketing strategy when I need to. Although Artfire.com is still brand new and in beta mode, I hope it fiys like Etsy because it's truly is a great site for both buyers and sellers. So far I am loving it!!! ♥ Clara
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Cakespy: Chocolate Covered Fig Newtons on a Stick 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.
Did you know that yesterday was National Fig Newton Day?
If you dropped the ball on this little-known holiday, don't despair. Here's an easy (and delicious) way to create a belated celebration: dress up your Newtons by putting them on a stick and coating them in chocolate. The chocolate works beautifully with the buttery cookie crust and mellow figgy filling flavor, taking the vaguely healthy snack cookie into full-fledged dessert territory.
Why on a stick? Well, it's a matter of both function—the sticks make it easier to dip the cookies—and form, because everyone knows that everything tastes better on a stick.
- Yield:12-14
- Active time: 15 minutes
- Total time:3 hours
- 12-14 Fig Newtons
- 1 cup chocolate chips (semisweet, milk chocolate, or dark chocolate, your choice)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
Spear each of your Fig Newtons with a popsicle stick in the exposed fruit side, making sure it goes almost, but not quite, to the top of the cookie. Be sure to insert the stick right in the center, otherwise you might crack the cookie part.
In a medium saucepan or double boiler, melt your chocolate chips and shortening over medium-low heat until all of the chocolate has melted and your mixture is smooth. If you are simply melting it in a saucepan, stir very frequently to prevent scorching the pan.
Once melty, remove the pan from the heat source. One at a time, dip your Fig Newtons on sticks into the mixture, making sure to evenly coat each side. Allow excess chocolate to drip off, and then lay the coated cookie on a sheet of nonstick paper or a silicone mat.
Repeat with the remaining cookies. Let them sit at room temperature until the chocolate coating has set, about 2 hours.
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Now, about today's image. Basically it's a shot of a knot in a piece of sawn barn board. It's a plain old flat chunk of wood. The depth from the high spot to the lowest spot is probably no more than a sixteenth of an inch, but notice how it appears to come forward in the image and drop off on a completely different plane. All images taken in a RAW space are pretty much flat. A little interest can be added using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom's (LR) Highlights, Shadows and Contrast sliders, but it is kind of limited. Back in the days of film and darkrooms people made print after print Dodging and Burning small areas to either bring the area forward of push it back in the print. We "should be" doing the same thing today, but we don't have to blow several sheets of expensive photographic paper to see our progress. To find out how to using LR's Adjustment Brush to Dodge and Burn, hit the "Read More"
The Adjustment Brush can be used as a hammer or as a feather. The former is great for changing the look of a sky, or darkening (or lightening) a large portion of an image. The latter for sculpting pieces of an image. If you flip back a few post you'll see images with very well defined shadows and highlights. I use the technique we're discussing today on things like clothing to emphasize the folds of the fabric a lot. In today's image the "folds of the clothes" relate to the texture of the wood.
The big deal with getting depth and dimension is putting light next to a shadow. The lighter area appears to come forward and the shadow area seems to recede. In today's image the natural contours of the wood were followed. The darks were made darker and the lights made lighter.
In past posts I've talked about how to do this same thing using two Curves Adjustment Layers in Adobe Photoshop (PS). There you take a fine (I use about ten pixels), relatively hard (about 95%) Brush and draw in lines everywhere I need (or want) a shadow. First exaggerate the curves (bring up the right quarter of the lights and down the left quarter of the darks. Then you make the Adjustment Layer Mask Black and paint the lines with white. You won't get white, but will see a shade of the tone you lay down the line on. Darker areas will show up dark and lighter areas not as dark. Once you define all your lines you'd blur the Mask until the physical line disappears and become shades. (Usually between a ten and twenty pixel blur)
But, unless you're doing (or have done) something more that required going to PS, why bother. The same effect can be achieved in LR. Make the Adjustment Brush a reasonable size for the areas you'll be working on. It doesn't have to be close or anything because LR will pickup on the color you put the cursor on and not bother the surrounding colors. I've used a Brush about ten times the size of the line I wanted to darken (or lighten) and LR has tracked only the line. Let the Brush have a reasonable feather (but this, again, can be changed afterwards) and "paint" away. You need to drop one Pin for the Highlights and one for the Shadows. In the dropdown for the Adjustment Brush, set one to Burn (darken) and one to Dodge. Adjust as needed.
So, add depth and dimension to your images to make the viewer's eye follow the path you want them to take through your image. Make them "read" your image they way you intended.