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IPad 3.X
This page was last modified on 05/2/2012
Note: This page is not for reporting defects and bugs. Those should be reported in the Novell Forums. Only limitations that are consequences of the nature of the device should be reported here.
Device Summary
|Currently Supported for Novell Data Synchronizer?
|Approx. Last Test Date
|Ease of Setup
|Fully Supported
|Fully Supported
|Fully Supported
OS Requirements:
It is strongly recommended that you have version 3.x or later for the iPad software. Earlier versions are not supported and may have limited functionality.
Setup Instructions
Basic instructions on getting your Mobility Pack running on your iPad device:
1. Make sure that your Mobility Pack server is up and running and you have the following information:
- Server address
- Port (if non-standard)
- Whether the server requires a secure connection or not
2. On your iPad, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account > Exchange
3. Enter the required information:
- For your email, enter your name (an "@" isn't necessary)
- Leave Domain blank
- Enter your Mobility Pack username
- Enter your Mobility Pack password
- Under description, enter your name
4. Click next. It will prompt you for your server address. Enter your Mobility Pack server address followed by the port if necessary. If no port is listed, the setup will first try on port 443, and then fall back to port 80. If you need to list a port, for example, if your server address is 188.8.131.52 running on port 8443, you would enter: 18.104.22.168:8443
5. Hit next
- If it notifies you that the connection failed it is because your server requires an non-secure connection and the iPad uses a secure connection by default. You can change this later. For more information on configuring a secure connection, see SSL Considerations
6. Select to sync contacts and calendar items (if you wish for these items to be sync to your device)
- When it prompts you, it is recommended that you choose to leave existing contacts and calendar items on your device.
7. When finish configuring your account, verify that your user settings are correct by going to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and select your existing account. Select account info, and verify your settings.
- If your Mobility Pack server requires a non-secure connection, turn ssl OFF.
8. On your iPad, go to Mail, and navigate to your new account. Syncing should begin -- it may take a few minutes to perform the initial sync and pull down all of your items.
SSL Considerations
- The iPad will prompt if there are Certificate errors, but once confirmed, will not ask again, and can continue working without interruption.
- DigiCert certificates work great. Just be sure, like with other SSL Certificate providers, that you configure the server to send the intermediate certificates needed to chain up to the trusted root.
How to configure your mobility server to use a self-signed cert for testing purposes
Working Features:
- Send
- Receive
- Forward
- Reply
- Reply all
- Delete
- Move to Folder
- Push
- Fetch
Device Limitations (not defects):
- None
Working Features:
- Device to GW
- GW to Device
- All contact attributes
Device Limitations (not defects):
- None
Working Features:
- Accept
- Modify
- Decline
- Notifications
Device Limitations (not defects):
- Cannot move appointments from one calendar to another
Other Notes
- It is strongly recommended that you have version 4.x or later for the iPad software. Earlier versions are not supported and may have limited functionality.
- See Setup and Configuration for help getting your account up and running.
- Once Mobility Pack is setup on your device, new contacts will by default be added to the Mobility Pack/GroupWise address book. This means that if you ever remove Mobility Pack, these contacts will be removed from the device. If you prefer, you can specify to have the contact added to your device address book rather than GroupWise.
- If you have an IMAP account setup using the same email address as your Mobility account (i.e. email@example.com for Mobility and email@example.com for IMAP), the iPad will automatically send mail for the Mobility account out of the IMAP account. Some people using Mobility might be tempted to do this for downloading HTML mail. The fix for this is to turn off the IMAP account in the iPad account settings any time it is not actually being used. Alternatively, you could make the IMAP account another valid ID for your GroupWise account such as email@example.com. The issue only occurs when both the IMAP and Mobility accounts have the exact same email address defined.
- If your LDAP password expires, a message will be displayed on the device indicating that the user name or password is incorrect. If you change your password expiration time (perhaps you're on the road and don't have a way to change your password so you call the help desk and have them extend your password expiration time), the device will continue to display the incorrect password message. A dialog may be displayed asking for the password but even typing in your password (the same password because it hasn't really changed) will still continue to fail. You may also receive a message that the device failed to connect to the server. It seems as though the iOS keeps some sort of state where it will not attempt to use a password that it has received a failure for. To get around this, you can go to the account settings on the device and (1) for iOS v3.x, simply tap the password field (so that the cursor is in the field) and then exit the account settings (you don't need to make any changes in the edit field) or (2) for iOS v4.x, re-enter the same password in the password field and tap Done. This will cause the device to once again send the requests to the Mobility server.
- TimeZone
- If the Settings->Mail, Contacts, Calendars->Time Zone Support is set to Off, then the appointments will adjust according to the time zone that the device is set to.
- If the Time Zone Setting set to On the appointments will be displayed according to the Time Zone specified under this setting.
Please do not use this wiki to report bugs or defects. Instead, use the Novell Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack Forum or contact Novell Technical Support.
Further Reading
To place enhancement requests with Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
Thanks to the contributors for this device information!Contributor 1, Contributor 2


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Gibson Guitar & Others On SOPA Supporters List Say They Never Supported The Bill
from the well,-look-at-that deptI mentioned that we'd been hearing reports that some of the companies named on "the list" companies that are in favor of SOPA were surprised about this and wanted off the list. Gibson Guitar -- which has been dealing with its own ridiculous situation concerning the feds seizing property without a clear legal basis -- is now saying that it does not support SOPA, and has been asked to be removed from the list of supporters. It sounds as if the company doesn't know how it got on the list:
Hey guys - Gibson does NOT support this legislation. Gibson's CEO has demanded that Gibson be removed from the list of company's supporting SOPA. Don't believe everything you read on the Internet!For what it's worth, it looks like Gibson's "support" came from a letter sent by the US Chamber of Commerce in support of the general concept of PROTECT IP and SOPA, not directly about SOPA itself. It seems like this is a risk of just agreeing to sign on to something that the US Chamber of Commerce passes around without fully understanding the details or how it is to be used.
Gibson is not alone. Jim D'Addario from D'Addario & Company responded to a tweet by also saying that the company has not supported SOPA (though, he claims it might support a similar bill if it didn't have free speech implications).
So how did this happen? Well, Petzl provides some of the details. It's another company found on the US CoC's letter in support of SOPA/PIPA, but it has put out a detailed blog post of how the US Chamber of Commerce is being misleading here. The company says that it did agree to sign a US CoC letter in support of "government action against intellectual property theft via rogue websites," but that the letter they saw did not bring up any specific legislation. Thus, it says it's supportive of legislation to deal with counterfeiting, but not the approach taken in SOPA/PIPA:
To reiterate, Petzl America has not and does not support SOPA or the Protect IP Act. Nor do we support any legislation that would harm the freedom of the Internet. We are strongly against counterfeiting, especially, as in the case of counterfeited Petzl products, where the safety of the end user is concerned. By extension, we are for legislation that would help reduce the theft of intellectual property, production of counterfeit goods, and knowing sale of counterfeit goods. However, we believe that SOPA and Protect IP do not address these concerns in a constructive manner.The issue here, yet again, appears to be one where the US Chamber of Commerce plays fast and loose with the truth, in order to exaggerate the real situation. These companies expressed interest in the general concept of dealing with counterfeit goods sold online. The US CoC then used that support to pretend that all of these companies supported a sweepingly broad set of bills that went way, way, way beyond just dealing with the narrow issue of counterfeit physical goods.
We've talked repeatedly about how ridiculous it is that supporters of SOPA/PIPA conflate physical counterfeiting with digital copyright infringement. The two are quite different in many, many ways. And here's a case where it's coming back to bite the supporters, as plenty of companies who would support a narrow action against a specific problem, are being used by the US CoC, who pretends they support broad, overreaching laws that touch on issues totally unrelated to the specific issue these companies wanted to discuss.
Filed Under: boycotts, protect ip, sopa, support
Companies: d'addario, gibson, petzl, us chamber of commerce


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Bill Whitehouse received an honors B.A. in Social Relations from Harvard University and a doctorate in Educational Theory from the University of Toronto. Dr. Whitehouse has spent more than 43 years exploring Islam and its mystical dimension, known in the West as the Sufi Path. In addition, he has counseled individuals from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe who have sought relief from the trauma of spiritual abuse and fundamentalism. He has taught at univerisites in the United States and Canada.
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Yesterday was one of those Sundays that could have been a Saturday because it turned out to be sweep and shake rugs day. Not very Sunday-ish at that point but on the Sabbath of Saturday Me and mama had rested and watched Grantchester on DVD's we discovered at McKay's. It was a quiet and peaceful day in the midst of a dusty house.
Sunday began with me cooking breakfast for us - eggs, bacon and rye toast. I don't like to make breakfast. Except on Sundays. I heard Mom tell someone on the phone as I placed her breakfast on her tray, "Yes, she's made me breakfast. She is being nice to me because it's Sunday. Fact is - I am nice everyday - but the week is so busy and I am always behind deadline on something so breakfast is a quick thing like cereal or oatmeal or protein shakes and then its off to the races. But Sundays are special. They are all about the long breakfast and God and church and football and the paper. For me that means grabbing the New York Times out of the driveway, snatching the Book Review, The Travel Section, the Arts section, a second cup of coffee and then beginning to read about faraway places and books I long to read, the plays I'd love to see. It's a vicarious traveling experience without ever leaving our hill.
In the midst of this ritual when Mama's phone rang I suggested she just tell whoever it was that we were having a leisurely Sunday breakfast and reading The Times. She replied, I don't read the New York Times and answered the phone. (Insert the -She's being nice to me comment here because its Sunday here) I passed her another section of The New York Times she claims not to read. (She has a preference for the wedding section but is enthrawled with the new things she learns about education or science or amazing things that have nothing to do with politics. I sip my coffee, turn a page.
After breakfast we started cleaning. And cleaning. And cleaning some more. For those of you who don't know we have been in the midst of moving Mama in with me forever and ever. It has also been in the midst of trying to repair this old house in a hundred ways and then searching for ways to move more things in from her 50 year stay at the little house in Panama City where I grew up. She is a squatter. I am a gypsy traveler with squatter tendencies - because there is no place like home - after you roam. The roaming part is crucial to the homing part being just right. But right now it's been all about blending our lives and lifestyles. More on that later. For now I can say WE bicker. I tell her what to do. She tells me what she won't do - which I consider talking back. It's a lot just like this -
You don't need to watch TV first thing in the morning.
Don't tell me what I need. I'm 80 something years old. I think I know what I need.
Well, I don't think it's good for you. I think you should read a newspaper in the morning because you learn something and it's quiet.
I want the news that happened last night. By the time the paper gets here it's old news.
(She's from a generation that barely had cars and got their news from a neighbor. It's her Iphone that's poisoned her to think this way?)
Look, Mom - if anything really major happens there will be sirens going off or guns firing or something. Just read the paper. You don't need the noise of the TV in the morning.
I know what I need.
OK, let me rephrase that - I don't need to hear the noise of you watching the tv in the morning.
Now, that's an honest statement. And that, I can understand that.
That was all the honesty we could take that early neither of us being the kind of morning people that like to talk to other people in the house so we just shut up and read the paper and drank coffee and watched the birds. Then she wanted to play music and I wanted it to be quiet for an hour while I wrote. So I wrote a little and thanked her for all that understanding and then we played loud music. She asked me if I wanted to hear Creedence Clearwater Revival and I said, Yes, and we cleaned things.
The reward for all our hard work was that we were going to use that fabulous extra hour of daylight to take the dogs for a car ride through the country. We finally had the car loaded up right after sunset, a slight glow of pink in the hovering clouds. By the time we were winding our way though the dark with me determined to show her Bells Bend there was nothing but scraggly trees in the shadows. The timing too late after sunset to see anything. The bare winter trees scraggly points blowing in the wind, rattling against the dark, catching headlights, shaking them off, catching light again.
It's spooky down here. Don't go this way.
No, really Mom. It's nice, It's nice here.
Well, I can't see anything. Let's go back.
We were going to go for a ride and we are going for a ride.
I don't want to ride. I want to go home.
You complain about being stuck in the house so we are going on a ride. 'm gonna show you the park.
You need to Slow down.
I'm going ten miles under the speed limit.
Are there deer out here?
(A few years ago I hit three deer at once, killed all of them and survived. She is using this knowledge in a sneaky way.)
Yes. There are deer everywhere.
So, slow down.
There are nice places here, and a new restaurant down here.
Who would want to build a restaurant way out here and who in the world would want to drive out here to eat? It's spooky.
It's not spooky during the day.
Well right now it's night and its spooky and I want to go back.
I am not speeding but I still pass the entrance before I can swing in.
There it was, that was the entrance to the park. We just passed it.
Thanks for pointing that out to me.
Sorry, I couldn't see it coming up.
Cause it's dark. Nobody can see anything out here.
Okay, we are turning around and then I'm driving in there for just a minute..
The sign posted says park closed at sundown. Only campers are allowed to stay. (She infurates me when she reads the rules. Always has.) We don't belong down here.
I'm just showing you. Look, see? There's a path? A real path where you can walk that stupid dog. (He's not really stupid but he's little and a bother. My 200 pound dog however is no trouble at all.)
Well, that is nice. It looks like a nice path. Now, let's go.
I didn't even know they had camping here. I'd like to come back here to camp.
You would? Really? You like sleeping with sticks poking you in the back and mosquitos and bugs biting you all night.
The woman can douse the smallest dream before it ignites.
No. I like sitting around a campfire and looking at the stars and climbing into a tent really sleepy and snuggling into my sleeping bag.
If you say so. Are we going home now?
Yes, Mama. We are sure enough going home. Straight home.
I turned the car around the path, drove back towards the entrance and we encountered a vision. A low slung yellow moon. So big you would have sworn it was the biggest moon you ever saw. It was a word stopping, awe inspiring moon.
Would you just look at that? I think that's the biggest moon I ever saw.
Me too.
Me and Mama sat there in the basking in that glow. For that moment life was threaded in perfect balance - us tethered to the moon in the dark. And for once instead of being late for something we were exactly, precisely right on time.
Thanks so much for reading, liking and sharing with friends.
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President-elect's press conference, interview with WPSU available online
President-elect's press conference, interview with WPSU available online
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Archived video of Penn State President-Elect Eric J. Barron's Feb. 17 press conference and interview with WPSU's Patty Satalia is now available online. View the press conference at http://bit.ly/1fbHih2 and full interview at http://bit.ly/1gcKaZ2.
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[QUESTION]For white kids, good enough is good enough.
School quality and human capital ARE major issues for all Americans. But we all know that some schools are failing. What can the typical parent do for their child other than attempt to home school?
Some schools are better than others. For many parents, however, this is not worth worrying about. For example, I never worried much about my kids schooling. I told them that teaching is hard, many teachers are mediocre at best, and they should try to get something out of badly taught classes as well as inspiring ones. The evidence suggests that's a reasonable approach for children in educated families like mine. I worry most about the children of teen mothers, from families where there isn't much adult supervision, little in the way of role models, and little hope for a middle class life. In this situation, a good school can make a huge difference.
An Interview with Josh Angrist: School Quality - Who Decides?
My first reaction was exasperation. Don't worry, be happy doesn't cut it, and I am in a position to know. I am the parent of a (white) college freshman, and I teach (some) white college freshman as well as black and Hispanic students. None of them -- black, white, or brown -- are where they should be, and Ed, who occasionally teaches (mostly white) freshmen at NYU, will tell you the same.
Maybe "the evidence" used to "suggest" that graduating high school as a white 18-year old with mediocre skills was "a reasonable approach," but this interview was published just 9 months ago, and things are different now.
See, e.g., the Hamilton Jobs Gap calculator. If the economy continues to create 155,000 jobs per month, which has been the rate for the past two years, full employment does not return until after 2025. At that point today's college freshmen will be 31 years old and will have spent their first decade of employment in a buyer's market for labor. In a buyers' market, employers have more applicants than they can sort through and, often, no real need to hire if they can't find a purple squirrel.
See Urban Dictionary for the expression that covers that situation.
"Never worrying much" about your kids' schooling is a luxury white parents no longer enjoy, along with all those other luxuries that disappeared when household wealth fell by 40% in 3 years time. Assuming Angrist is right about what parents "can do" (nothing) and I'm sure he is, then homeschooling is the answer.
That was my first reaction.
My second reaction was: jeeeeeezzz.
"...many teachers are mediocre at best..."
"...the children of teen mothers, from families where there isn't much adult supervision, little in the way of role models..."
In one short paragraph, he's managed to insult both teachers and a fair share of minority parents, while dismissing afterschoolers and math warriors out of hand.
Pretty efficient, I'd say.


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The Intersection of Pain Practice, Research and Policy: Experiences in Improving Pain Control in Peace and War
by Pamela Ressler, MS, RN, HN-BC, PREP faculty and blog moderator, Pain Research, Education and Policy Program, Tufts University School of Medicine
The Pain Research, Education and Policy Program welcomes Rosemary C. Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Pain Practice, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care (Secondary) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and
Perelman School of Medicine to Tufts on Tuesday October 14 (4-5 PM, DeBlois Auditorium, Sackler Building 1st floor,145 Harrison Avenue, Tufts Medical School, Boston). She will be discussing her experiences in improving pain control and treating pain with members of the armed services, as well as addressing the intersection of practice, research and policy in times of war and peace.
Dr. Polomano, an accomplished researcher and clinician, has co-authored more than 25 peer reviewed data-based publications. Her research focuses on instrument development and testing of patient-reported outcome measures with emphasis on improving pain management and pain control with military service members and veterans experiencing pain from combat-related injuries.
Please join the students, alumni, faculty and friends of the Tufts' Pain Research, Education and Policy Program for this important and informative lecture on Tuesday, October 14. Read more on the PREP Website
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Trafficland Ltd., the leading Russian software house and system integrator for remote management of SIM, USIM, RUIM cards and mobile terminals and the leading Russian cellular operator "MegaFon" announce commercial launch of OTA WiTS™ (Wireless Transaction Server) platform for the operator's network.
Trafficland Ltd. is a the leading Russian software house and system integrator for remote management of SIM, USIM and RUIM cards and mobile terminals and leading mobile operator in Krasnoyarsk region and Republic of Khakassia CJSC "Enisejtelecom" (trademark ETK and Wellcom) announce successful integration OTA WiTS™(Wireless Transaction Server) platform into the operator's network and starting of OTA-campaign by change SIM-menu for ETK subscriber's SIM-cards.
One of leading operators in SMARTS group, Astrakhan GSM and MIXX Center of Mobile Multicasting summed up intermediate results of Mobile Multicasting services launched on the base of innovative development of Trafficland Ltd. - WIMcast ™ (Wireless Interactive Multicasting platform).
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In this article: Section 52 — Diagnostic imaging installations. The CE code is a comprehensive document. Sometimes it can seem quite daunting to quickly find the information you need. This series of articles provides a guide to help users find their way through this critical document. This is not intended to replace the notes in Appendix B or the explanations of individual requirements contained in the CEC Handbook**, but will hopefully provide some help in navigating the code.
Rule 52-000 Scope states that Section 52 is a supplementary or amendatory section of the code and applies to the installation of X-ray and other diagnostic imaging equipment operating at any frequency, but does not provide any specifications for safeguards against radiation. Information on radiation safeguards is contained in the series of Health Canada Safety Codes for radiation protection. The CSA CEC Handbook provides additional explanations and tables.
Rule 52-002 provides some special terminology for this section, and defines momentary and long-term ratings of 20 seconds and 5 minutes respectively for operation of applied x-ray and computerized tomography equipment.
Rule 52-004 provides guidelines for guarding of high-voltage parts, and requires that high-voltage parts be contained within bonded to ground metal enclosures, or within separate rooms or enclosures where a circuit control switch controlling the diagnostic imaging equipment is interlocked, to be open when the door is open and unlocked, and be insulated from the enclosure. In addition, high-voltage circuit conductors must be of the shockproof type. If a milliammeter is provided, it must be either connected in the bonded-to-ground circuit conductor, or guarded, if connected in the high-voltage conductor.
Rule 52-006 permits mobile diagnostic equipment, and permanently connected diagnostic equipment on a 30 amp or less branch circuit, to be supplied with a plug and hard-usage cable or cord.
Rule 52-008 specifies that a disconnect must be placed in the supply circuit in a location accessible from the radiation control of the diagnostic equipment. The rating of the disconnect for X-ray or computerized tomography equipment is based on 100% of the power input required for the long-time rating of the equipment, or 50% of the power input required for the momentary rating of the equipment, whichever is greater. For equipment on a 120volt, 30amp circuit, the required disconnect may be a receptacle and plug of the appropriate size.
Rule 52-010 exempts transformers and capacitors, forming part of diagnostic imaging equipment, from the requirements of Section 26. This equipment must comply with the CEC Part II product standard for the equipment. Capacitors must be provided with a means for automatically discharging and grounding the plates when the supply is disconnected. This is not required if the current-carrying parts of the capacitors and conductors are located 2.5 meters or more above the floor and accessible to only authorized persons, or, if located within 2.5 meters of the floor, within
• metal enclosures that are bonded to ground, or
• enclosures of insulating material
Rule 52-012 provides for protection where step-up transformers are used for diagnostic equipment. The low-voltage circuit of the step-up transformer is required to have an overcurrent device with no exposed live parts, installed as part of or adjacent to the equipment that protects the high-voltage radiographic circuit from all fault conditions. Where the above overcurrent device is too large to protect other fluoroscopic or therapeutic circuits on the equipment, additional overcurrent protection needs to be installed to protect these circuits. In the case of portable equipment, the above requirements also apply. However, an exemption can be applied if all high-voltage parts are enclosed in a single metal enclosure, bonded to ground. Where more than one apparatus is supplied by a common high-voltage source, other switches must be installed to independently disconnect each apparatus from the high-voltage source.
Rule 52-014 reiterates that all non-current-carrying parts of apparatus, including ancillary equipment, must be bonded to ground in accordance with the requirements of Section 10.
Rule 52-016 provides the requirements for determining ampacity of supply conductors and rating of overcurrent protection for diagnostic imaging equipment. For a single piece of equipment, use the larger of
• the long-time current rating of the equipment, or
• 50% of the momentary current-rating required on a radiographic setting
Note that this information is contained on the equipment faceplate.
Where more than one piece of diagnostic equipment is supplied, the rating of the supply conductors and overcurrent device is based on
• the sum of the long time current ratings of all the equipment supplied by the circuit, or
• Tthe sum of 50% of the maximum momentary current rating for the two largest units supplied, plus 20% of the maximum momentary current rating of the other units, when the equipment is on a radiographic setting
In the next installment, we will be discussing Section 54 — Community antenna distribution and radio and television installations.
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A Coast Guard recruit conducts a firefighting practical exercise in a fire simulator at Training Center Cape May on July 31, 2013. Every Coast Guardsman at Training Center Cape May receives basic firefighting and damage control training.
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Fight for Kody: A Celebration of Talent is a benefit concert created to promote canine cancer awareness as well as to raise money for a very special Golden Retriever named Kody.
Kody's tale is one of tremendous love and determination and has sparked the interest of multitudes of people. His story is so inspiring that PUSH Magazine recently covered him in an article for their new magazine.
The benefit concert created in his honor will feature several working entertainment industry professionals with Broadway, film, and television credits performing material of their choice. The evening will be a "feel good" event meant to warm the hearts of all who attend as well as promote canine cancer awareness.
Several entertainment industry professionals will be in attendance including celebrities, agents, casting directors, producers, choreographers, and various media outlets. All proceeds for ticket sales will go to Kody's cancer treatments.
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James shrugs off flopping accusations
CHICAGO — The suggestion that he's a flopper drew a grin as wide as his wingspan from LeBron James.
Miami's superstar shot down the accusations from the Chicago Bulls, saying they reminded him of the days when some claimed he was overrated and questioned his ability to lead a team to a championship.
"It's kind of the same (as when) I heard people say I was overrated," he said Sunday. "It's kind of like the same response."
The Heat are trying to repeat as champions after a dominant regular season, and if they keep this up, they won't have to worry about Chicago much longer. Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals is Monday, and Miami has a chance to take a 3-1 lead in a series with no shortage of hard fouls, technicals, ejections and fines. One thing in short supply is healthy bodies for the Bulls, with Luol Deng still recovering from a spinal tap and Kirk Hinrich from a bruised left calf. The odds that either would play seemed slim at best Sunday.
Meanwhile, coach Tom Thibodeau's wallet is a little lighter after the league smacked him with a $35,000 fine Sunday.
That hit came after he accused James of flopping on a shove to the floor from Nazr Mohammed and questioned the officiating after the Heat took Game 3, saying the Bulls weren't going to get the benefit of the calls. Thibodeau already had addressed the media by the time the punishment was announced and declined comment through a team spokesman.
Joakim Noah already had shoved Miami's Chris Andersen after he landed on a driving Nate Robinson late in the first quarter, and things nearly boiled over early in the second.
With James dribbling near midcourt, Mohammed reached in to take a foul and stop a potential break. Their arms got tangled. Mohammed fell, and when he got up, he gave James a hard shove to the court.
Both players picked up technicals. Mohammed got tossed, making him the third Bulls player to get ejected in the series along with Noah and Taj Gibson.
"I don't need to flop," James said. "I play an aggressive game. I don't flop. I've never been one of those guys."
It's probably worth noting that James accused the Bulls of crossing the line a few times back in late March, when they beat Miami at the United Center to snap the Heat's 27-game win streak.
"What I said is what I said, but I don't want to get involved too much with what everybody else says about us, about me," he said.
"It's nothing I haven't heard before in my career. It's nothing. ... I'm here to play basketball and do whatever it takes for our team to win. So what a coach and players say to me and about me, I don't really care."


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DUSHANBE (Reuters) - China on Thursday urged Russia and Central Asian partners in a six-nation security alliance to tighten control over the Internet and take other steps to prevent "external forces" from fomenting revolution in member states.
Chinese Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun's remarks at a meeting with counterparts from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) could lead to fears of further restrictions by states that critics say already try to silence dissent.
They are likely to please the Kremlin, however, which accuses the West of supporting opposition protesters who drove an ally of Moscow from the presidency in Ukraine in February as well as of supporting government opponents in Russia.
"External forces are using the social-economic contradictions and problems ... to overthrow the authorities and are trying to provoke a new wave of colour revolutions," Guo said, according to a Russian translation of his remarks.
"Colour revolution" is the Russian term for the street protests that have brought down leaders in Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan in the past decade.
"This is a serious threat to the sovereignty and security of countries in the region and is a shared concern of the SCO member states," Guo said.
The security alliance comprises Russia and China and the Central Asian former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Guo called on member states to come up with measures "to counteract interference in internal affairs from abroad, strengthen management of non-government organisations and control over social networks in order to discover, analyse, counter and regulate factors of uncertainty and avoid repeats of colour revolution scenarios," according to the translation.
Kremlin critics accuse President Vladimir Putin of clamping down on dissent since he started a third term in 2012.
Russian authorities last month blocked access to a handful of Internet sites that have been platforms for criticism of the government, including those of prominent Putin foes Alexei Navalny and Garry Kasparov.
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Falaknuma Palace Hyderabad – Arpita Khan's Wedding
Most spoken Wedding of the Year: Arpita Khan & Aayush Sharma
Rachana Lucknowala, Vivaah – Wedding Décor stylist & creative consultant, has managed some of the most talked about celebrity weddings, including the most recent "Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma wedding" a young modern couple belonging to Khan Family. In this piece Rachana shared what managing niche and celebrity weddings involve in terms of creative inputs and attention to minute details. She also discusses how destination wedding for niche clients cannot simply be the regular destination wedding.
Wedding Decoration At Taj Falaknuma, Hyderabad
Arpita Khan's wedding was managed as a celebrity wedding just like other high profile weddings in terms of décor and other essentials. Of course it had to be customized, and very exclusive. For Arpita Khan's wedding the entire Khan family was excited as it was a wedding happening in the family after 16 years. The family evaluated every minute detail to make the event a grand celebration. From venue selection, to guest invites, to decor & catering everything was selected for the list of affluent personalities from all walks of life.
The Reception at Taj Land's End, Mumbai.
The decoration responsibility was assigned to "Vivaah" for the wedding which was held on 18th November, 2014 at Hyderabad and Reception in Mumbai on 21st November, 2014. The family decided to have pink and white as the theme of the wedding, which was suggested after considering their reputation, as the theme truly presents the royal image. The venue was decorated with the shades of white and pink with drapes, flowers and other decoration that brightened the marriage celebration.
For evening reception, we insisted them to choose Victorian theme. The Victoria theme decoration with white drapes, flowers made guests feel the atmosphere of a royal wedding and Arpita herself felt not less than Queen Victoria.
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Tomorrow night will be my first ever market.
And I can say I am incredibly excited and nervous all at the same time. Having a Market Stall is something I have toyed (hehe) with for a few years now but never felt any of my little creations were good enough to sell. But as I have organically grown a little crochet business which keeps me busy 7 days of the week, I thought why not give it a go.
But I am still nervous as hell!! What if I sell nothing! What if no one even comes near my table! I'm starting small and local hoping to squash those newbie nerves with some great company at a little local market. Also if I should sell nothing I will be helping out a great cause. So I'm heading into my first market with a 'win win' attitude. Do you think that will help 🙂
While preparing for the market I have been madly crocheting away, and one of the things I decided to include in my market stock was a sock monkey in a light colour. Now I have mentioned before how I find it quiet hard to find freebie patterns for Dk 8 ply wool they all seem to be for 10ply and above. Now there is some awesome blogs out there that give you 8 ply freebie patterns and I love them all, but I thought I might share my sock monkey pattern with you lovlies. Now I have made this twice from this pattern but please note it has not been tested by anyone else. So if you find an error please let me know and I'll fix it up right away. Otherwise I hope you enjoy making your very own Sock Monkey
Sock Monkey
Legs (Make 2)
Using Cream
Ch 2, 6dc in 2nd chain from hook
Rnd 2: Inc around (12dc)
Rnd 3: Inc, dc, around (18dc)
Rnd 4: Inc, dc nxt 2 sts (24dc)
Rnd 5 – 12: dc around (24dc)
Change to fawn on last st of rnd 12
Rnd 13 – 34: dc around (24dc)
Slip st to 1st dc of previous rnd and fasten off (do not fasten off 2nd leg)
Body (Make 1)
Using fawn
Continue on from 2nd leg
Ch 4 and dc in the 24dc of the first leg, dc across other side of chain (as if working in the flat round), dc around 24 sts of 2nd leg. (56 dc)
Rnd 2: Dc across chain for 4 sts and continue around all stitches (56dc)
Rnd 3– 27: dc around (56dc)
Rnd 28: dc nxt 5 sts, dec2tog, around (48dc)
Rnd 29: dc nxt 3 sts, dec2tog, *dc nxt 6 sts, dec2tog* **repeat around, dc nxt 3 sts(42dc)
Rnd 30: dc nxt 5 sts, dec2tog around (36dc)
Rnd 31: dc nxt 2 sts, dec2tog *dc nxt 4 sts dec2tog* **repeat around, dc 2 sts (30dc)
Rnd 32: dc nxt 3 sts dec2tog (24dc)
Rnd 33: dc nxt 1 sts, dec2tog *dc nxt 2 dec2tog* **repeat around, dc (18dc)
Rnd 34: dc, dec2tog around (12dc)
Finish off and stuff
Head (Make 1)
Using fawn
Ch 2, 6dc in 2nd chain from hook
Rnd 2: Inc around (12dc)
Rnd 3: Inc, dc around (18dc)
Rnd 4: Inc, dc nxt 2 sts (24dc)
Rnd 5: Inc, dc ncxt 3 sts (30dc)
Rnd 6: Inc, dc nxt 4 sts (36dc)
Rnd 7: Inc, dc nxt 5 sts (42dc)
Rnd 8: Inc, dc nxt 6 sts (48dc)
Rnd 9: Inc, dc nxt 7 sts (54dc)
Rnd 10 – 24: dc around (54dc)
Rnd 25: dc nxt 7 sts, dec2tog around (48dc)
Rnd 26: dc nxt 3 sts, dec2tog *dc nxt 6 sts, dec2tog* **repeat 5x's, dc nxt 3 sts (42dc)
Rnd 27: dc nxt 5 sts dec2tog repeat around (36dc)
Rnd 28: dc nxt 2 sts, dec2tog *dc nxt 4 sts, dec2tog* **repeat x5, dc nxt 2 sts (30dc)
Rnd 29: dc nxt 3 sts dec2tog around (24dc)
Rnd 30: dc nxt st, dec2tog *dc nxt 2 sts, dec2tog* **repeat 5x's, dc (18dc)
Rnd 31: dec2tog, dc around (12dc)
Stuff and sew to body
Muzzle (Make 1)
Using cream
Chain 5 Inc in 2nd chain from hook, dc in nxt 2 sts, 4 dc in last chain, turn and work up other side of chain, dc in nxt 2 sts, Inc in last chain (12dc)
Rnd 2: Inc in first st, dc in nxt 3 sts, Inc in nxt 3 dc's, dc nxt 3 sts, Inc in nxt 2 dc's (18dc)
Rnd 3: dc nxt 5 sts, inc in nxt 3 sts, dc nxt 6 dc's, Inc in nxt 3 sts, dc last st. (24dc)
Rnd 4: Dc nxt 5 sts (Inc nxt st, dc nxt st)x 2 Inc, dc nxt 7 sts, (Inc nxt st, dc nxt st) x2 dc nxt 2 sts (30dc)
Rnd 6:* Inc nxt st, dc nxt 4 sts* x6 (36dc)
Rnd 5: dc around ( 36dc)
Rnd 6: dc nxt 5 sts, *dec2tog* x3 dc nxt 13 sts, *dec2tog* x 3 dc nxt 6 sts. (30dc)
Stuff and Sew to front of head
and attach mouth
Hat (Make 1)
Using cream
In magic ring 10htr
Rnd 2; Inc around (20htr)
Rnd 3: Inc, dc nxt st (30htr)
Rnd 4: Inc, dc nxt 2 sts (40htr)
Rnd 5-7: htr around (40htr) change to fawn on last rnd
Rnd 8-9: htr around (40htr) change to cream on last rnd
Rnd 10-11: htr around (40htr)
Fold last rnd over attach red parts to top of hat (I like spiky red pieces you might like a pom pom)
And sew to head
Ears (Make 2)
Using fawn
Ch 2 6 dc in 2nd chain from hook
Rnd 2: Inc around (12dc)
Rnd 3: Inc, dc around (18dc)
Rnd 4-5: dc around (18dc)
Rnd 6: *dec2tog* twice, dc nxt 5 sts, *dec2tog* twice dc nxt 5sts (14dc). Finish off/l
Sew to sides of head
Arms (Make 2)
Work as for legs to rnd 33 than squeeze closed and crochet through all four loops – 11dc
Stuff and Sew to sides of body
Tail (Make 1)
Using cream
Ch2 6 dc in 2nd chain from hook
Rnd 2: Inc around (12dc)
Rnd 3: *Inc, dc nxt 5 sts* repeat (14dc)
Rnd 4 – 13: dc around (14dc)
Change to fawn on last st of rnd 13
Rnd 14 – 40: dc around (14dc)
Finish off, stuff and sew to body at the bottom
If you decide to make one I'd love to see your sock monkey leave a comment and link back.
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- Arias will be allowed to speak to jurors and ask them to save her life
PHOENIX -- After a short morning of testimony and argument, it took little more than an hour Wednesday for a Maricopa County Superior Court jury to move Jodi Arias one step closer to the death penalty.
The jurors unanimously determined that Arias had killed her lover, Travis Alexander, in an especially cruel manner, completing the second, or aggravation, phase of the trial and confirming that Arias is eligible for the death penalty.
On Thursday, the jurors will hear from Alexander's friends and family as they make "victim impact statements," and then, in what is referred to as the mitigation phase, Arias' defense team will present evidence and testimony that they hope will convince the jury to spare Arias' life.
Arias will address the jury Monday, and the life-or-death decision could be in the jury's hands by the end of the day.
So far, the jurors have been swift and decisive. On Wednesday, when the judge polled them to determine if the aggravation verdict was their true decision, they answered loudly and firmly: "Yes."
Arias, 32, has been on trial since Jan. 2 for the June 2008 murder. Alexander, 30, was found dead in the shower of his Mesa home, stabbed multiple times and shot in the head, with his throat slit. On May 8, after less than three days of deliberation, the jury found Ariasguilty of premeditated murder. The jury was sent home without explanation on May 9, and the trial did not reconvene until Wednesday.
Under Arizona law, there must be at least one "aggravating factor" from a statutory list, in this case thedetermination that the murder was "especially cruel." What that means is that the victim, Alexander, suffered pain and/or mental anguish and that Arias was aware that her actions could cause that pain or anguish.
Generally, the cruelty aggravator is coupled with language saying the murder was committed in a heinous or depraved manner, but those components were precluded by the first judge who handled the case. Arias' defense attorneys have challenged the aggravator because the earlier judge's determination of probable cause for cruelty was based on a different theory of how the murder took place.
Prosecutor Juan Martinez originally theorized that Arias first shot Alexander, then stabbed him and slit his throat. Late last year, just days before the jury was selected, Martinez told the court that Arias had stabbed Alexander first, then slit his throat and shot him while he was dead or dying.
The current judge, Sherry Stephens, allowed the allegation of cruelty to remain despite the changed facts of the case. And although Arias' attorneys have petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court, the justices have not held a conference to determine whether to consider the matter.
Before lunch Wednesday, Martinez showed grisly autopsy photos to remind the jurors of the nearly 30 stab wounds Alexander suffered, the slit throat, the bullet wound to his forehead.
The medical examiner who performed the autopsy testified for the fourth time to talk about pain and suffering. He was the day's only witness.
And though an exact sequence of wounds was never determined — and Arias claims to not remember — Martinez created an elaborate and emotionally powerful narrative, postulating that Alexander was seated in the shower reaching up to fend off a knife attack and then staggered to the sink to look at himself in the mirror.
"He's still in pain," Martinez said as he showed a photograph of the blood-spattered sink and mirror. "He feels the shortness of breath ... he sees himself in the mirror. He sees the defendant. ...
"To see his face in the mirror: Was it contorted in pain? Did he scream?"
Then, Martinez said, Alexander must have tried to escape down a hallway, only to fall.
"The last thing he saw before he lost consciousness was the defendant with that blade to his throat," Martinez said. And he averred that Alexander would have suffered grave mental anguish at the sight.
Defense attorney Jennifer Willmott argued that the attack was relatively brief and that the adrenaline surge of a fight-or-flight response would have numbed the pain.
Martinez countered by asking the courtroom to stay still for two minutes, noting how long it seemed, especially if one were being stabbed.


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|Sarai Tzuriel 1983-1993
|Guy Friedman 1998-2000
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Kippi Ben Kippod (קיפי בן קיפוד) (translated means Kippi son of Hedgehog) lives on Rechov Sumsum, the first Israeli co-production of Sesame Street. Kippi is a full-bodied character who is cheerful and optimistic, and has a pet goat named Sheba.
Kippi first appeared on Rechov Sumsum in 1983, and he also appeared on Shalom Sesame, a bilingual 1986 Israel-US co-production.
Kippi also appeared, along with other international Sesame Street Muppets, in the special Sesame Street Stays Up Late.
For Rechov Sumsum/Shara'a Simsim, the Israeli/Palestinian co-production, Kippi, along with Moishe Oofnik, was retained. Kippi was redesigned for the new show, with a more traditional "Muppety" design, and has a male performer, Guy Friedman.
For US co-productions, such as Shalom Sesame, the producers chose to translate kippod (קיפוד) as "porcupine," and Kippi refers to himself as "your friendly neighborhood porcupine." Bill Cosby also refers to Kippi as a porcupine in the Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting special.
The translation of קיפוד is actually "hedgehog," according to Milon, a Hebrew-English dictionary. Hedgehogs and porcupines are often confused by laypeople, although they are not part of the same family.
Kippi has a similar design to Espinete from Barrio Sésamo, who is a hedgehog. Additionally, Kippi possesses a long snout like that of a hedgehog, which porcupines lack.
- Kippi Ben Kippod has a special eyebrow mechanism similar to Big Bird's eyelid mechanism that allows the puppeteer to pull down on a trigger to lower or raise the eyebrows


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Several Vietnamese and Venezuelan agencies and businesses signed a number of co-operation agreements, contracts and memoranda of understanding at the second session of the Vietnamese-Venezuelan Inter-governmental Committee that concluded in Caracas, Venezuela on April 20.
The second session of the Vietnamese-Venezuelan Inter-governmental Committee
Under the agreements, Vietnam will supply solar power generating stations, solar powered kettles, public lighting systems, technical assistance and equipment for exploration of the Junin 2 oil field by the joint venture PetroMacareo.
The newly signed contracts also include the expansion of a cultural exchange programme for the 2012 – 2015 period, which will focus on the theatre, cinema and publishing. Continue reading


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LANCERS 101: They'll honor their roots Saturday
The Rochester Lancers (0-2) will induct the first members of their Wall of Fame during pre-game ceremonies at Saturday's 7 p.m. game at Blue Cross Arena against Syracuse (3-0). The honorees are: Pat Dinolfo, Tony Pullano, Nuri Sabuncu, Charles Schiano, Claude "The Cat" Campos, Sal DeRosa, Pat Ercoli, Francisco Escos, Carlos Metidieri, Frank Odoi, Dragan "Don" Popovic, Branko Segota, Joe Sirianni and Mike Stojanovic. Are you too young to remember the Lancers of the NASL? If so, here's a bit of a history lesson courtesy of former D&C soccer writer, Michael Lewis, who you can read at www.BigApplesoccer.com
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Thirty years after they played their last game, the Rochester Lancers still have a special meaning to many soccer fans.For them, it was about the blood, sweat and tears by an ownership group that was steadfast in keeping the team alive, players who bled Lancers blue and gold and fans who were among the most passionate and sophisticated in the country. Sparked by the interest generated by the 1966 World Cup final between England and Germany, soccer fever swept through America and a group of Rochester businessmen, including Charlie Schiano and the late Pat DiNolfo, decided to invest in the sport.
The Lancers -- they were named after co-team owner Charlie Schiano's college team -- the University of Windsor Lancers -- played their first game -- a 5-2 loss to Sports Club Concordia of Hamburg (West Germany) in front of 5,152 curious souls at Holleder (then Aquinas) Stadium. Promoter Peter Dewald of Detroit wanted to end the game 15 minutes prematurely to get the German team on the plane for another game in Detroit. "If you do that, then the Lancers won't let you get out of this place alive," Schiano told Dewald. Like it or not, the Lancers starting a habit they count not break that season -- replacing coaches as fast as some people change underwear. The Lancers went through five coaches in 1967, two in 1968 and another four in 1969. They had 20 in their 14-year history. Despite the constant turnover at the top, the Lancers turned out to be the class of the American Soccer League along with the Washington Darts. In fact, they were so impressive that they were invited to join the ailing North American Soccer League (NASL) for the 1970 season. It was during 1970 that Rochester reached its greatest height. The team thrived after coach Sal DeRosa took over in the second of his three tenures at mid-season, securing their only league championship. In that season, the NASL title was decided by total goals series. After rolling to a 3-0 victory over the Darts in the first leg at Holleder, the Lancers survived an onslaught atWashington, 3-1, to bring the trophy home to western New York.
They were even better in 1971, but lost in the finals. However, they drew first blood in one of the most amazing soccer games to be played on American soil. The Lancers and Dallas Tornado -- the eventual champions -- played an unheard of 176-minute marathon before Carlos Metidieri, who was on his way to a second consecutive scoring title, mercifully ended everyone's suffering by scoring a minute to midnight for a 2-1 Rochester win. While they were not champions, the Lancers continued to break new ground in 1972, becoming the first U.S.team in a CONCACAF club competition in Guatemala. They finished fourth (2-2-1) out of six teams. The team hit a lean stretch in 1973 as local businessman John Petrossi became a co-owner to help keep the team afloat. Petrossi became hands on, firing Bill Hughes and coaching in what turned into a 7-1 debacle of a loss to the Boston Minutemen in 1974. It got so bad in 1975 that long-time team captain and all-star defender Charlie Mitchell demanded to be traded after the season. 1976 turned out to be some new life for the team as no-nonsense Don Popovic took over the reins on what would be a record-breaking four-year tenure, a club record. Popovic, with Mike Stojanovic filling the net and rookie Jim Pollihan and veterans Nick Mijatovic anchoring the backline, guided the Lancers to back--to-back playoff appearances in 1976 and 1977.
Lancermania was born in 1977 as the team caught fire late in the season, defeating the St. Louis Stars and the Toronto Metros-Croatia, the latter in an incredible home-and-home series that saw Rochester scoring the winning goal in Toronto despite playing two men down at the time. That set up a memorable series with the favored Cosmos. A record 20,005 fans jammed Holleder -- Operation Squeeze In -- as the Lancers lost, 2-1. The Cosmos and Pele prevailed in front of almost 74,000 fans at Giants Stadium, to reach Soccer Bowl. The Lancers encountered more lean times, barely missing the playoffs in 1978 and 1979, although the latter season saw Shep Messing guarding the nets and emergence of a star -- Branko Segota. With a new coach, Ray Klivecka, 1980 was a season from hell as an ownership feud between theRochesterfaction (DiNolfo, Nuri Sabuncu and Schiano) and the, New York faction (John Luciano and Bernie Rodin) stole the show. Klivecka was fired by the Rochester faction and Alex Perolli, the team's first NASL coach, was brought in. The Lancers finished at 12-20 and went to the great soccer league in the sky after that season. They might have been gone from the playing field, but not forgotten in the hearts of Rochester soccer fans.
: Western New York Flash forward Christine Sinclair, the top scorer for last year's WPS champions, is among the inductees to the USL Hall of Fame. That list also includes Milwaukee Wave coach Keith Tozer and former indoor scoring legend, Tatu. For the full list, click here
Speaking of the Flash, they signed a defender on Wednesday, adding Manya Makoski, 27, who spent last year with a club named Thor in Iceland. A native of Connecticut and former star at Arizona State, she was a key player for the Los Angeles Sol in 2009, the WPS inaugural season in which they were league runner-up. "She is a versatile player who has experience internationally as well as in the WPS and Europe, and is excited about her return to the WPS," Flash coach Aaran Lines said in a statement provided by the club. Click here for more
Remember Project Pink? It was the Flash's breast cancer awareness fund-raiser at their regular-season finale at home. They raised $13,000 for the Susan G. Komen. Well done!


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Nature: Wildlife thrives at Lost Maples State Natural Area
Every autumn, radiant leaves attract me to Lost Maples State Natural Area west of Kerrville along the Sabinal River.
The bigtooth maple trees there are descendants of a forest that flourished in North America in cool, moist regions south of the ice sheets during the Pleistocene Epoch. After the glaciers receded about 11,000 years ago, some of the maples were orphaned in shaded limestone canyons like those at the park, which also has large stands of Texas red oak, black willow, American sycamore, chinkapin oak and bald cypress trees.
I arrived a bit early to see the full panoply of colors, before the first frost needed to turn the maples' leaves bright red and yellow. But gloriously colored wildflowers such as Maximilian sunflowers were abundant and drew scores of butterflies.
Queens, butterflies that closely resemble monarchs, were too numerous to count. I saw plenty of monarchs to boot, plus other orange butterflies such as variegated fritillaries, gulf fritillaries and a rare but extraordinarily bright orange butterfly known as a Julia heliconian. The abundant butterfly color made up for the scarcity of maple-leaf color.
Birds are always a colorful sight in the 2,174-acre park, because it rests on the Edwards Plateau, which means those of both eastern and western ecological systems can be found there. I saw a Carolina wren, typically an eastern bird, along with a canyon wren, typically from the west. The latter bird was singing, its cascading musical notes echoing against the wooded canyon walls.
The rugged and rather terraced limestone cliffs bordering the maple trees, the river, woodland floodplains and grassland meadows encompass a treasure trove of bird life. Wild turkeys lurked in the brush by the river during the early morning. Black-crested titmice were seemingly in every tree, and two western scrub jays flitted over the east trail that parallels the maple trail by the river.
Squadrons of black and turkey vultures came streaming over the limestone cliffs at midmorning as the thermal updrafts gave them lift to sail over the canyon. Mixed in with the vultures were common ravens uttering their characteristic croaking calls but also making a loud whooshing sound as they aggressively beat the air with their wings.
I heard the eerie, whinnying call of an eastern screech-owl, apparently in a tree near the base of a limestone cliff. I don't know why the bird was calling in daylight, but it certainly spooked up a bunch of songbirds, including ruby-crowned kinglets, one golden-crowned kinglet and four or five ladder-backed woodpeckers.
Since autumn weekends are crowded, and only 250 vehicles are allowed in the park at one time, it pays to get there early or go on a weekday. Facilities include almost 13 miles of trails; picnic areas; primitive campsites for hikers; and tent and RV campsites with water, electricity and bathrooms with showers.
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Lost Maples State Natural Area
Where: 37221 FM 187, Vanderpool
Admission: $6 per day ages 13 and older, $3 for overnight stay, plus camping fees, during peak season, October-November.
Information: 830-966-3413, www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/lost-maples
To contact Lone Star College professor Gary Clark or photographer Kathy Adams Clark, visit their website at www.texasbirder.net.


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This disc was my introduction to the "Monster High" franchise, which is a line of toys and other merchandise for goth-girls-in-training (and has nothing to do with the 1989 B-movie of the same name). The students at Monster High are supposed to be the offspring of more famous monsters- such as Count Dracula's daughter named Draculara, the daughter of Frankenstein's Monster named Frankie Stein, and Clawd Wolf, son of the Wolfman. The girl characters are referred to as "ghouls".
Most of the characters, with a few exceptions, are given close to human-like appearances. The design of their world is rather interesting, with the Monster High school building resembling a castle and most objects are coffin-shaped, including the school lockers, speakers and cell phones.
While this disc is advertised as "2 movies for the first time on DVD," these are really 'specials' originally shown on Nickelodeon (appearing to be done occasionally rather than as a regular series), running 46 minutes each without commercials (there are several points where the shows cut to black, where the commercial breaks would have been.) Both are CG animated, less elaborately than most CG-animated feature films but they don't appear 'cheap' either.
In "Friday Night Frights", Monster High's roller-skating team loses the "Skultimate Roller Maze" to the competing Granite City Gargoyles (all of which are stone gargoyle characters), which means the Gargoyles also get to take possession of Monster High's school crest. Without the crest, the school building starts to gradually fall apart (causing one character to remark "It's like a morgue in here, and not in a good way.") Frankie starts to think about how they can win the crest back. Many of the star players were injured during the last game and won't be able to play again for a while (including Clawd Wolf who is placed in one of those large "pet cone" collars so that he won't lick his wounds), so Frankie convinces her "ghoul"-friends to sharpen up their skills and take the injured players' places. The remaining male players resent having "a bunch of ghouls" on their team, saying that traditionally ghouls have been excluded from the sport for many centuries, so they quit in protest, forcing Frankie and friends to recruit more "ghouls" to take their place. Most of the school becomes skeptical that they can win the crest back, in an episode whose message is obviously to not discriminate based on gender and to question traditions of the past.
Draculara's 1600th birthday celebration, which also falls on Valentines' Day, is the basis for "Why do Ghouls Fall in Love?" This episode takes a few liberties with the legend behind the holiday, with "Valentine" being the name of a suave young vampire who has literally captured the hearts of some young "ghouls" over the past 400 years. He had fallen in love with Draculara long ago and declared her birthday as Valentines' Day, but lost touch with her after her family had to move suddenly. Now he's found her and transferred to Monster High to try and steal her heart again, but since she's in love with Clawd Wolf now who will prevail? The message of this episode is to consider what true love really is- Valentine tries to win Draculara with expensive gifts, but the seemingly everyday objects Clawd presents her with have more meaning behind them.
Both shows are in 16x9 widescreen. Sadly, the DVD format is really starting to show its age here, as the picture is very soft compared to Blu-Ray and even over the air HD TV broadcasts. You can tell that details in the animation have just been blurred by the DVD's limited resolution. This would have looked so much better on Blu-Ray. (Update: I've just watched the latest "Monster High" release "13 Wishes" on Blu-Ray, and discovered much of the softness to the picture is intentional.)
Audio is in 5.1 Dolby Digital, and sounds adequate although the surrounds are used very sparingly. ("Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love?" seems to use them more consistently for ambient sounds than "Friday Night Frights" where I only noticed two directional effects from them.) Dubs in Spanish and French 5.1 are included, along with subtitles in those languages and English SDH-style subs.
No real extras are included, but the disc opens with a promo for the Monster High "Skultimate Roller Maze" game for the Nintendo Wii and DS systems, and a trailer for the Monster High "Ghouls Rule" DVD.
Although I was mostly unfamiliar with "Monster High" until viewing this disc, I found it entertaining enough and would check out any further productions with its characters- I'd also like to find out more about the people behind "Monster High" and what inspired its creation- they seem to have found the right balance where the concept is a bit unconventional yet stays within appropriate bounds for childrens' fare. The underlying message of accepting everyone the way they are certainly can't be argued with. If Saturday morning TV were still what it used to be, I could see "Monster High" fitting in quite well there- as it is I've imagined what a 1970s cel-drawn version might have looked like. A live-action "Monster High" movie is said to be in development, so it should be interesting to see how that turns out.
Jesse Skeen is a life-long obsessive media collector (with an unhealthy preoccupation with obsolete and failed formats) and former theater film projectionist. He enjoys watching movies and strives for presenting them perfectly, but lacks the talent to make his own.


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I've just been pleasantly surprised to learn—in a note from Krauss himself, published yesterday [display]—that this talk actually took place some two years ago, at the instigation of Richard Dawkins and Robin Elisabeth Cornwell [Executive Director of the US branch of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science]. Later, the Foundation decided to post the talk video to YouTube… and it went on to log over a million views. This doesn't surprise me at all, since the subject is awesome.
This momentous book will be coming out on 10 January 2012. Meanwhile, you can download (from the above Foundation link) the text of a splendid Afterword written by Dawkins for the imminent Krauss book. Inspired by the famous biblical words "Jesus wept" [John 11-35], I feel like summarizing the situation: Dawkins wondered. Wondered in awe at the words of a fellow scientist… without claiming that he (or many of us, for that matter) might be capable of following all the mathematics and physics that culminate in such mind-boggling conclusions. In any case, the words of the science poet Dawkins (who speaks from my level) are beautifully inspiring. And I'm awaiting eagerly the weighty words of Krauss.


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Gallons of ink, and millions of electrons, have been spilled on the results of last week's election, and what it means for our nation, our state, the political fortunes of the President and a host of other presidential contenders, our new-fangled voting machines, etc.
I'm more interested in real results.
On the national level, the switch of control of the House of Representatives to the Republicans has brought with it a pro-life majority. The narrowing of the Democratic majority in the Senate also increases the chances for some pro-life legislation. These election results present new opportunities for real gains on Culture of Life issues.
The top priority has to be passing the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Currently, restrictions on public funding for abortion comes through piecemeal amendments to the budget bills. This means that pro-lifers have to be vigilant about all the various ways that canny legislators and bureaucrats can find to promote abortion. So, the Hyde Amendment restricts funding through the Medicaid program, the Helms Amendment stops funding for oversees abortions, the Smith Amendment prevents federal employee health insurance plans from covering abortion, and the Weldon Amendment provides conscience protection to medical personnel. Each year, these amendments have to be passed against the opposition of pro-abortion members of Congress.
This bill would take the provisions of these individual amendments, make them permanent law, and apply them across the entire federal budget. This would cure the major flaw in the health care reform law, as well as offer genuine and solid conscience protection for all medical personnel. This is a bill that would easily pass the House, and has a decent chance of passing the Senate — public funding for abortion is deeply unpopular. It would be very interesting to see what our pro-abortion President would do if this bill appeared on his desk.
That's one result of the elections that we're looking forward to.
On the state level, the results of the election are not as positive. Our state has elected an ardently pro-abortion Governor and a radically pro-abortion Attorney General. Both men have committed to pressing for the passage of the extremist Reproductive Health Act. The chaos over the results of the elections for the State Senate (the final outcome is still in doubt) leaves Culture of Life supporters with a deep sense of uneasiness that the real result of the state elections could be very, very bad. So, we must remain vigilant in monitoring what goes on in Albany.
Perhaps the most interesting result of the election is the continuing demonstration of the popularity of the pro-life position. Conventional "wisdom" characterizes a pro-life stand as an electoral loser, and encourages candidates to avoid it. Conventional wisdom is dead wrong. Polls show that 30% of the voters in this election said that abortion "affected" their vote. But it's the breakdown of that 30% that's most interesting — 22% voted for pro-life candidates, while only 8% voted for pro-abortion candidates. That's an advantage of almost three to one in favor of life.
This reflects an on-going trend that I've written about but that continues to elude the mainstream media. Our culture is slowly changing towards greater respect for life, and a greater desire to promote life. The new pro-life majority in Congress is just one reflection of this trend. More will follow.
That is a very encouraging result of the election.
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The story presented in this game branches out of the original Shaman King plot(manga),describing a beautiful romantic tale,with lots of action and funny moments which perfectly complete one another. The chapter is called Osorezan Revoir for all of the action takes place at the Osorezan mountain,and rest you'll uncover by yourself(not going to spoil the plot). The protagonists of this tale are: Asakura Yoh ,Anna Kyoyama and Matamune. This chapter was ever present only in manga,having absolutely nothing in common with the anime version. © All characters and the plot belongs to Takei Hiroyuki
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Can Yonder Alonso become a solid left fielder? That's the question the White Sox are studying as the Reds shop the left-handed-hitting slugger for pitching. Alonso would be blocked with Paul Konerko at first base and Adam Dunn as designated hitter, although if the Sox really are willing to let Mark Buehrle walk you wonder if they also would approach Konerko about waiving his no-trade clause.
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Books cover virtually any topic, fact or fiction. For research purposes, you will probably be looking for books that synthesize all the information on one topic to support a particular argument or thesis. Libraries organize and store their book collections on shelves called "stacks."
College libraries purchase many of their books from academic publishers. Many students, however, erroneously believe that books count as peer-reviewed sources. Not true. Peer-reviewing is a concept generally associated with scholarly journals.
Electronic books, called e-books, may also be available online from your library.
Google Books is a massive, free collection of digital books. You're often able to view "snippets" or short passages from books online. Most of the books are not full-text.
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- when looking for lots of information on a topic
- to put your topic in context with other important issues
- to find historical information
- to find summaries of research to support an argument
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- For books in your library, use the book catalog on your library's web site
- For a database of thousands of libraries use WorldCat
- For short passages of full-text (possibly) use Google Books
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