text:
By Jonathan Binder, CNN
(CNN) – Social networks like Facebook hold the personal information you share with it. But search engines like Google hold your dark secrets you may not have realized your were telling it. All of the websites, the embarrassing searchers, online purchases – Google keeps track of it. Not only is there a record of it, but the U.S. Government and law enforcement agencies have increasingly been asking for that personal data.
[1:54] "The Google Transparency Report is released every six months, and it looks like every six months the U.S. Government has requested a thousand additional pieces of user information from Google," says Heather Kelly, CNN.com Technology writer and producer.
[4:48] "You are telling someone, you're telling a server somewhere and that server is maintained by people. And those people are employed by a company. But I think it's treated much more like an unknowing sounding board sort of like an abyss of knowledge. It's not. Nothing online is," says John Herman, Deputy Tech Editor for Buzzfeed.
Editor's Note: Listen to the full story in our player above, and join the conversation in our comments section below.
Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. And listen to CNN Soundwaves on our SoundCloud page.
The average "Middle Class" family earns $86,000/year - where else other than Massachusetts? Just type: "MY2K" for inquiring GOP minds (wink)
Obambi-Poo and Boston Hot Lips really should be more careful about what they post on the internet. Federal and Commonwealth GOP going to "Surf City" - "Healthcare Industry Money" marked a wide trail between the Blue Hills and Berkshires - Romney and Ryan standing in the dark shadows - wicked knowing grins. Guess the "Bay State Middle Class" can wait for those cuts, right Poo Poo?
SKIP THE INTERRACIAL PORN - The GOP has better things to show you. GOP HEAT – Obama/Patrick still "TogetherPAC" – Brought to you by HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY: Top Execs of Partners Health Care, Shields Health Care, Steward Health Care and Pfiizer – Obamacare "borrowed" from the "Romney Model"? Boston Hot Lips keeping the PAC "alive and well" with some help from his healthcare friends. Why did Patrick skip the DGA "Glittering Stars" meeting? Commonwealth GOP Heat burning State Crime Lab ambitions – who ever thought scandals could rip apart prison iron? Thousands of "Oz Prison Lovers" may then flee to the "Blue Hills" – Boston Hot Lips may then drown at the Bay before 2016 – or join the "Indians" at the Tea Party (wink).
Facebook is far worse – they OWN everything you post and can dictate to you how you can use it – facebook is the biggest threat to privacy and freedom that currently exists
So if I snoop into goo-goo's secrets and sell them to, oh say a rival, goo-goo would be cool with that, right? I mean, I'd just be providing added value information to whoever wants it, right??? Em eye missin' sumfin here googoo??
Lots of Google shills on here looking for a promotion at work.... making light of this serious issue
Whut iz tha problem? We all need to give up some freedom so that we can stay free! Why kant yew stooped liberals understand that???? Your only az free az yer search engine...
I sure hope this was meant to be sarcastic, because if you really are trying to make a point about stupid liberals, and using words like 'iz' and 'kant', then you forfeit all rights to be taken seriously. Although, I also don't find it very difficult to believe that someone is truly this ignorant, since they are taking the Republican side of things and speaking with the typical knuckle dragging neanderthal language so prevalent among conservatives.
So what is worse, an evil corporation that has become the worlds worst privacy-rights infringer and peeping tom or the clueless (or co-conspirator... though I doubt many of them are that smart) politicians who let goo-goo get away with it? I guess we just need to follow the money... has goo-goo made large campaign donations? Whut.... they HAVE??? Golly gee.
Wow. what a surprise. The govt tracks everything we do, all the time. Not only online, but when we're walking around too:
Stop looking at INTERRACIAL P0RN.... GET A LIFE PEOPLE!!!
If Obama was so concerned about the Middle Class, let him Google all the various STATE level burdens in addition to the Federal one imposed. Take New York State for example, which taxes and charges user fees for just about everything except the air we breathe. NYC residents have even GREATER additional tax burdens. Then factor in Obamacare. After subtracting the monthly expenses, how much discretionary household spending does it leave? What Americans need are GOOD PAYING jobs to increase the tax base. Some residential areas heavily surrounded by commercial enterprises (like shopping malls and restaurants) enjoy lower property taxes. Get it?
WHERE MY RASPBERRY PI in NEW YORK CITY?!?!?
I love Google. They are so smart and kind. Their management is the best. Their employees are the hardest working and deserve our undying loyalty. I wish I had a great job at Google.
Bonsoir Street Smart - Get wetter out front - We both know how you like it - Oui c'est bon, il est mieux quand profondement dans vous - Spread open for the camera (wink)
Just a bunch of small white g-men looking for some hot interracial porn - getting off on fantasizing about their white brides in bed with something long and strong - big and black. Come on, admit it. You never saw your hot wife hump so hard, nor heard her scream so loud for more - careful what you wish for punks (wink).
Google is actually interested in my midget donkey porn with egg nog? Who knew?
Yes absolutely they are interested. That way they can target you with 'donkey elevator shoes" ads.
why are they creepers?
So the government knows that I was looking for a cream for my genital warts on my 2 inch penis that I caught from having sex with the family dog when I was drunk and watching porn? That's depressing.......
What's REALLY depressing is now I know too.
So Google has your information and now so do I. Let me tell you that I really don't care! As most everyone else. No big deal. I can't live without Google!
yes you can live without goo-goo; there are other internet search services, but anyone who would take goo-goo's 'free search' gifts without giving a flip about the consequences once the danger is so obvious that the mainstream news starts reporting it is just too mentally lazy to look around.
@ GAW... Correct lol...I'm glad some folks can take a joke still!
The only thing the demopublicans want more than to know what you're up to is for you not to know what they're up to.
is nobody at work today. i mean these comments are all in the middle of the day. don't people have work to do
Really? No one works the night shift? No one works Wednesday through Sunday? We don't have unemployment that hovers around 8% (up to 20% depending on who you ask)? Hmmm.....
lol exactly. I work a full 40. Today and tomorrow I'm off. How dare I be at home posting!
You mean the internet isn't private? Oh noes!
It's the same as someone going into your home and looking on your computer, taking the information and selling it to ANYONE willing to pay for it. What is to stop a company from collecting enough info to discern your financial, business, social security, medical history AND your 'private' interests? A company motto that says 'Do no evil'? Why don't you check into the potential harm before you swallow goo-goo's 'free gifts'?
So, if you don't use Google for your searches, then you don't have this problem?
It would not matter if you try to avoid using google or not. Most companies utilize google analytics for record keeping. The web page code refers to it and you don't even know it.
Bonjour Street Smart - No doubt you already knew that most married men fantasize watching their wives in bed with a "bigger and better" men right? Men without sexual imagination might spent 24/7 googling for something that works. If the government monitors this activity, then perhaps those G-people can unzip or slide up the skirt and join in the dirty fun (wink) - Au revoir, Lance
So Google has records that show everyone searches for porn? NOOOOO!!!!!!
They might have to hire and additional 500 people to help sort through the records.
..and those would be for just mine.
Oh come on. Not everyone searches for porn. There are plenty of people out there searching for pron instead.
Online fantasy is better than the reality of 99.99% of American people - get naked and lay down on the bed - feel it
Well, I for one would like to see all the porn searches coming from Congress!
You know, if you switch the order of words in your comment just a little bit, it actually becomes quite dirty.
They can look me up on Google all day. Eat your heart out, Big Brother! Don't you wish you were me?
Haha. Oh no! The US Government will know I buy electronics online and watch p0rn! The sky is falling the sky is falling!!!!!
Tragic, but alot of you sheeple fail to realize "ghostery", "adblocks" and the likes have not a thing to do with what this article is about. On an even slightly technical point; 99.9999% of what "Goog" and the "Yahooligans" use is enturely IP based – so ya, when your ISP is sending you the IP for the cable/dsl/xDSL line its logged as YOU using it, it does not matter if its dynamic or static it's just one more step they have to take to find YOU. Just like a SS#, DL# or credit card number their all can be traced right back to you; YOU. Unless you have the techincal knowledge of spoofing or CORRECT proxy usage all that data is logged VIA THE IP in your www connected device. So you can use "ghostery" or whatever you like – but the packetstream (unless it's tampered with) doesn't lie!
You're exactly right, but I don't see how Google can track my online purchases. Google can track what I search on and the company I buy from can enter my purchases into a database for marketing or whatever, but unless I use Google to search for a vendor, then click the link they provide to the site, I'm not sure how they track what I buy. What if I just type the vendor's URL directly into the address bar, bypassing Google altogether? They can't track then, can they?
It has gotten to the point certain agencies like Google the government they know the color of your sh** before you do it.
They secretly monitor hundreds of thousands of people here in United States there on a watch list.
So let's get them trying to monitor a few million more each week. Run them like hamsters on a wheel.
So where are safe search engines. Can one actually clean a computer?
Some of those Google images border on the pornographic. Others are awesome, babies are SO cute (so are cats), and the houses are the ones you want to visit.
It's not your computer, it's the Google server you connect to that has your data saved. I guess you could bomb the cloud and clean it that way.
"Can one actually clean a computer?"
That kind of depends on how clean and/or functional you want it to be afterwards. If what you're worried about it what's on one individual computer, you mostly need to worry about the hard drive(s). The most secure option (obviously) is to demolish them, but formatting them with a tool that will overwrite a number of times will do a relatively good job.
If you want the system to remain fully intact (i.e. don't need to re-install the os) you can go with a general cleaning program. This is the most practical for a day to day application, and if you have a decent program (I use ccleaner) and set things properly it will do a somewhat decent job of keeping your computer "clean."
I suppose the final option is to manually root out all the traces your daily activities leave behind, but that gets fairly tedious if you want to do a thorough job, and I find it's much easier to let software take care of it for you.
unless you're a famous person.
The rest of us is just a number in their record.
I threw them off... I googled Justin beiber...no one likes him..ooo, maybe ill like his page...
Ghostery blocks tracking of all market research and statistic gathering attempts unless you make an exception. AdBlock Plus blocks all ads. Both are free add-on open source programs for Mozilla Firefox. Both work. Ghostery will block Google BUT you can turn it off when not using these features UNLESS you use Google for web searching and e-mail Open source is the way to go because no one should have to spend hundreds of dollars to make something they have bought (r.g. computers) function. Install Lenox or get rid of Windows Office, IE, and Photoshop. Download Open Office, Mozilla with appropriate add-onsm Thunderbird and Gimp. Voila! More privacy and less Microsoft/Google interference.
Its Linux... Lenox is a manufacturer of fine dinnerware and gifts.
So, don't do embarassing things? If you'd be embarassed to have it known, be embarassed to do it in the first place. If you're not embarassed to do it then don't be embarassed to have it known. Don't permit a mismatch between the values you practice and the values you profess.
Stay off the net, destroy your credit cards, disconnect your cellphone and use ca$h to purchase everything.
Says the person who used a computer to respond in a public forum ON THE INTERNET!
Someone dost not know the meaning of the word sarcasm.
Also make sure your tin-foil hat is on nice and tight.
Smart advice in theory, but not very realistic...at least until the Antichrist comes. I say, if the government can track us, then WE should track other people's movements as well. Big Brother is watching...unfortunately it's the government and not your best friend, your favorite celebrity, your relatives.
I still say Smarkid is being sarcastic. Unless I hear otherwise.
I once googled, how to fart in a meeting and not get noticed. Hope this helps out the conversation!
So who are the G-Men we should really be afraid of here?
We are not forced to be free, as Sartre would so elegantly put it, but instead, we are forced to believe that we are forced to be free- and this has created many personal illusions and subsequent social problems – Lyndon Page
To be sure you are seeing everything without censorship, use 18.104.22.168 for your DNS server ... or at least keep it written down in case you need it. When governments censor, they use DNS to do it. This DNS is secure and outside of their reach. For an anonymous browsing package, go to http://www.tor.org – load the package and use the suggested "secure" search engines – and, use darknets when you can find them. It is time to turn out the lights and go dark, people ...
Almost forgot, remove hard drive from laptop and everything will be written to memory and then erased when powered off. Also use open wi-fi and DO NOT use Google.
I suspect the same problem is with Bing (or should be). My mouth (as in "insert foot here") is a terrorist enough, thank you very much.
We all have to realize that we, as the users, are the product, we are not customers in this case. Customers pay for a service, when have you ever paid Google to run a search? Corporations pay for your information to maximize their marketing dollars. Over 100 Billion Dollars were spent on advertising in the US last year, that # should tell you everything you need to know. You didn't actually think all the free content (Google, Facebook and all the apps within) were created out of the kindness of corporate Americas heart,, did you?
The "content" was 'free' when the internet first began. It was only much later that corporate America figured out how to take over the web. I pay for my internet connection and decidedly DO NOT pay for ads to fill the monitor. I also block ad content on my television. Companies pay for their ad space which is reflected in the cost of their product. In my 60 years I have NEVER purchased anything as the result of an ad. Less advertising, higher quality and lower prices should be the thrust of corporate America not spending billions on ads and interfering with citizen privacy.
1. Buy a used laptop
2. Make a 'live disc' (think Linux)
3. Boot from CD
4. Surf the web
Bonus: There is MUCH more you can do, but if you're concerned, this is a good way to start.
Buy a used laptop anomymously, ie.
Maybe you missed the point of the article. Once your typing leaves your computer, it is all stored on servers owned by other people (and the government.) So you can do all you want to your computer, but the information on your searches and purchases are already are stored for others to peruse.
Whenever I search or visit web sites I use my friend's computer. LOL
Google probably thinks I am a boring horny nerd – I don't care
you spoke my mind bro! ditto, I don't care either. they can mine all my data to their hearts content and try to sell me stuff, just, not gonna work.
Now everyone's true self is revealed.
I don't input anything of secret in any internet browser or computer. I keep all my secrets in my noggin.
You are talking Google and other search engine. How about you credit card companies and bank that track all your purchases to point that they know what food you like to eat, what color you like, what car, who makes the deision in the house, how many kids you have, what show you watch, etc...
All these data are sold to companies who wants your business...
"Track to the point they know what food you're eating" of course they are, you are in fact swiping your card where you are eating. How else would the bank pay them back for your food?
I know Google's secrets. I googled them.
That's Funny.
Right, however google's reach does not end at the search engine level. It can literally track everything that you do online (within websites as well). So if you are visiting nefarious websites, without even going in through search, google will know what sites you went to, what pages you visited, how long you were there, where you were standing (GPS on smartphones) etc, etc, etc. It can also take all of that data and look for trending which could literally predict bad behavior before it occurs (think minority report, with less sci fi). As this tech develops, and thae data matures, there will be an absolute lack of transparency on a personal level. The real question is not "will this happen", it is "is this a bad thing for society"? Tough questions.
There's already a file in Windows that tracks every website you've ever visited on that installation of Windows. Clearing your history does nothing to affect this file.
Does in track even when private browsing is turned on? And why do I have to supply an email address to reply to you?
But clearing that file does...
And yes, dr Tom, it keeps track of things you do even when "private browsing" mode is enabled within your browser.
If you look at the displayed ads on the pages you visit when you are on-line, you will notice they often change in direct correlation to what sites you have visited and what products you have purchased on-line. I have even noticed that the news I am being fed is often curved towards the types of news stories I have recently viewed.
Yes, you are being tracked, and your purchasing habits and the sites visited dictate the ads you are targeted with and even the news that is posted for you once you sign in.
Yep, I noticed that creepy trend too.
Love this format of news...CNN & Soundcloud just make my workstation a better place to be 🙂
Okay, oh mighty US Government who is tracking our websites. Everyone should visit Sir Cliff Richard's website AND EWTN at least once weekly. Also Life News, Children of God for Life, STOPP, American Life League and every other PRO-LIFE Catholic web site! God.
Who here hasn't looked up how to make a bomb just to see how easy it is? That watch list would be millions long and include every male with internet access.
If you ever think it will come up in court, then have your lawyer start requesting the internet history of every relevent person to the trial (the judge and jurypool for bias, the plaintiff, DA, and lawyers to look for planting, etc).
There is also the fact that it is always heresay. They cannot prove that it was you behind the keys of that terminal. Someone else might have been at your computer, someone else might have access to your passwords and personal information, or someone else might have been using your numbers as a cover. The fact that LE and Google can get to your information is evidence that other people have access to it and can alter it at will.
Pretty naive statement. In most court cases, it's rare to have a 'smoking gun' slam dunk piece of evidence. It's almost always a collection of small pieces that lead to a bigger picture of the person on trial. Finding 'bomb making' searches just puts just another nail in the defendants coffin.
Ha, that's like saying my cat is watching that crappy show on NBC. Speaking of which, what's next...Comcast going to start tracking what channels you watch and when and report THAT to the government? Forget I said that, don't want to give them any ideas...
Just keep typing in "Google Sucks".
I'd still rather a huge tech corp have all my info the the US government.
How do you feel about the US government demanding all your info from the huge tech company... without a search warrant? It's worth spending 5 minutes listening to the podcast.
In today's world, whats the difference?
Just keep typing in "Google Sucks".
News flash: You search for porn and when the government finds out they are going to look to you for the best sites.
Just type in things on Google search that you know they would find suspicious just to mess with them.
Casey Anthony's 80-some searches for how to make chloroform among other things. Then acquitted anyways.
Well so true about all of the searches for the chloroform in Caseys computer. And she is walking free.Well not sure how free but she was free to walk and not do any jail time. This is still in so many people minds as that baby was so cute and did not deserve to die like that so young. Casey has nothing up stairs or she would not be able to live with her self if she had. I can not believe if everything was out there as they say it is that this girl had gotten away with the murder of her child. And then to blame it on her dad. OMG! I'm sorry but every time Casey comes up I just can not forget about that poor little baby. I do try to think she is in a better place now.
" this girl had gotten away with the murder of her child." Stop hounding that woman. Are you better than she is if you incite some maniac to kill her? The most likely scenario is that she dropped the kid or let it drown or some such negligent thing, then tried to cover it up. Without Nancy Grace interfering, she'd have been charged and convicted of letting her baby die, served a few years, and been out. It happens every day, and it's sad but not murder. Nancy Grace got her off by screaming "murder" so loudly the DA fell for it and charged her with something unprovable.
Did you see that they found out that she also searched for "full-proof suffocation" but for some reason it wasn't submitted into evidence...don't believe me...Google it! 🙂
The Casey Anthony case occurred in Florida. Enough said?
This is not news unless one has lived under a rock for the past 10 years. People who use the internet should know all this stuff by now. If you are paranoid it would behoove you to cover your tracks except unless you are very very savvy you probably can't hide completely. Let's talk personal responsibility. Google tells you pretty straight up that they harvest your information so that they can better "personalize" your internet experience – read "target market" to advertisers...tell me again why this is news???? Watch any cop show on TV and there are a lot of them – it won't be hard to find one – the first thing they want is a suspect's computer and they almost always catch the criminal with information mined from the bowels of their pc. Hell, I used to work in a computer lab at a Junior High school and you wouldn't believe what I could find out about users. Maybe we should have a discussion about government mandated medical records. This is something we have virtually NO control over. Just sayin...
Congrats on being knowledgeable and even tech savvy. Most people I know don't know how to read between the lines of Google's legalese in its terms. I agree with John Herman's eloquent statement "I think it's treated much more like an unknowing sounding board sort of like an abyss of knowledge." Even the Director of the CIA didn't think about this when he chose to use Gmail to facilitate communications with his mistress. That's how he was caught, you know?
I guess I am still talking about personal responsibility as in educating ones self and yes it is truly sad that EVEN the director of the CIA....I just feel like if you don't know by now you are never going to know. My rant for the day.
I don't see this as an issue of personal responsibility. The reason this is new to many people is because it is special knowledge that people outside the tech industry don't have. We are a society full of specialists. I didn't know the shampoo I was using could lead to dry, split ends in my hair until my stylist shared the knowledge with me. Or that the belt in my car's engine can last another 30,000 miles until my mechanic told me. Even though my car manual says it needs to be replaced now. Am I irresponsible for not knowing everything about all the products I use every day even though it is possible to find the knowledge on my own? I rely on specialists to share with me and that is why you should be sharing this article with others rather than writing them off as ignorant.
Delete your Google history and turn off tracking.
Google (and others) still track the request by your IP address. The request can still be traced back to you. Use a search engine that does not track requests, if you're concerned about your privacy.
Deleting your Google history does not do anything. They still have your information stored.
The only Facebook (or Google) privacy policy you'll every need: "if you want something kept private, don't put it on Facebook (or Google for it either).
Nothing new here . . .
Hope they enjoyed all that adult film industry stuff that I looked up.
There's a reason that stuff is so easy to access. That little bit of info could be a powerful weapon one day. There are a lot of people who WON'T run for government office because of stuff like this.
A good way to get around it is for say Wiki is log directly into the website, then search. I should Google EWTN (or any other pro-life and/or Catholic) a bajilion times a day just to tell O Mighty Obama that GOD is in charge, not him.
By the way, just imagine guys with blue nylon jackets stenciled with yellow letters on the back, coming into your home and walking out with your computer (because they can) to investigate you as a person of interest in some sxx crime cases in your area based on your interest in explicit material. It happens everyday in America.
Every day, huh? Please cite for us three cases from last week.
I am outraged! where is our freedom nowadays? Governments always try to keep everything under control, it's just annoying!!!
Then don't worry about it! It's not like you're being robbed. They're just making sure you're not trying to make things go boom.
Or to gather embarrassing information if you should challenge one of them for public office, or to blackmail you if you get dirt on them. There's always that.
Or to make sure you don't get to be the head of the CIA if you decide to investigate something they don't want you to. They can look up your information to see if you are having an affair. Sound familiar? His name: Petraus.
"They can look up your information to see if you are having an affair. Sound familiar? His name: Petraus." No, the woman he was banging threatened another woman, who reported it. HER computer got Petraeus in trouble. And yeah, when it's a criminal complaint, it doesn't matter if you are the sheriff. You are not above the law.
If you don't want people stealing your secrets from google, then I suggest not typing your secrets into google. They can't steal what you don't let them...
They are likely using it to watch for people foolish enough to look up how to make things go boom. And likely looking at people who are fascinated with violence. And people looking at porn. There are lot's of things that would set off a flag if they know(and they do) what to look for. The government should post a report of how many crimes have been thwarted by their prying eyes. Might just make you change your mind and actually accept the fact that you are being watched and monitored.
Are you saying looking at porn makes you a terrorist? Or even that the government believes that people that look at porn are terrorists?
Some people think pro-lifers are terrorists. If this is so, I am the BIGGEST terrorist in my neighborhood. I save babies.
Oh, you are so right! We should just completely give up our right to privacy just so idiots can feel all safe and secure from us evil anti-corruption truth seekers and constitution upholders.
duckduckgo.com is a decent search engine that does not track you.
Yeah, ok.
GASP! Now the government will know that I frequently use google to look up how to spell words! Or even worse, they'll know on what days I've ordered Chinese Food! Where is my privacy?!?!?!?
Really? This is how you feel about freedom of research, academics, the internet and defense against future government intrusion? Sad for my country...
Future Government intrusion? Like they'll know when I LIKE my sisters photo of her dog on Facebook? Or the government will know that I'm looking up a Greek restaurant in my area? Or maybe they'll tell my girl friend I'm looking for a jewelry store on Google and they'll spoil her Christmas surprise.
If you're seriously worried about "the government" knowing what you search on Google, then you really need to open your eyes and see the kind of stuff actually going on in our country that takes away our freedoms & our voice.
Hey man, that jewelry store thing is true! Because they collect information, they display ads based on the searches – so when my girl friend looked at all the engagement ring ads constantly appearing, she knew and google ratted me out!
Anyhow, if you're worried about this you can go through a proxy so they will have the info, but wont be able to track it back to you.
They also know about all those dirty pages you "accidentally" stumble upon each evening.
"Where is my privacy?!?!?!?" There are millions of us and only a few of them. They need a reason to notice us in the first place, and then they will spell my name wrong as always.
Soon, the government will make it illegal for Google to publish their transparency report. The government doesn't want you to know how it's spending your money.
Such as in the form of corporate welfare to Google and others? :-p
I am a female and I can spend money better than ANY government official (trust me on this one). It's in my chromosomes and I cannot help it.
oh really


text:
Off the Grid In Alaska - Travel
Hunting for Big Game in a Small Patch of Heaven on Earth
There's the confluence of the rivers," called out Dave Bogart over the steady drone of the Cessna 180's engine. "So keep an eye out for the camp, which is situated on a knob above and slightly to the northwest." He had plotted our course on a topo map he kept at the ready and examined frequently as we flew a distance of some 150 miles through a mountainous, isolated swath of south-central Alaska on a mission to drop me at a remote hunting camp. Bogart is a FedEx pilot by profession, as well as an avid and talented bush pilot. My taxi into the wilds had a single engine, 230 horsepower, and 19-foot floats beneath its belly. A lake would be our landing strip.
Alaska's huge land mass is one-fifth the size of all the other states combined, yet it has a very small system of paved roads and areas served by tarmac, sea, or river. The remainder can be reached only by foot, four-wheeler, dogsled, snow machine, or air, which accounts for Alaska's extremely well-developed bush air service. While it might seem a novelty, it is in fact a necessity and a way of life for many.
"My taxi to the wilds had a single engine and 230 hp. A lake would be our landing strip."
Another basic need and lifestyle for many residents is hunting and fishing. Both are supported by plentiful game, including moose, caribou, and bear, as well as some of the world's top supply of salmon, halibut, and crab, along with other seafood and freshwater fish that are a source of income as well as food for people and sled dogs. In much of Alaska, 4x4s not only are a means of transportation, but having the right vehicle and driving skills can mean the difference between life and death.
On this journey, I would join good friends Gus Gustafson and his wife Diane Fox on their annual fall hunt. The two-day pack trip would begin by exiting the solo two-lane tarmac that runs east-west in this region, and then traveling along a northerly trajectory of 4WD track chiseled into the rugged and regal landscape, with multiple stream crossings and other off-road challenges, to reach their makeshift hunting camp. They carry in goods and gear to accommodate their self-sufficiency for three weeks, plus emergency supplies, in their purpose-built, heavily-laden tundra buggies.
Along with them were Mark Hansen and Mike Craig, who have been a part of the Gustafson/Fox camp for nearly all the 23 years this couple have been visiting the tundra each fall. All hunt for big game to fill their larders and share with others. This quartet of friends bonded over a number of decades while working as mechanics and welders for Alaska's Public Transit. Now retired, they enjoy each other's company and have the skills needed to craft the buggies that carry them and their gear to camp, haul the big game they shoot back to camp to dress and hang, and pack out their meat and goods at the end of their stay. They are a mobile garage of mechanics.
Bogart and I had been flying for nearly an hour and a half at an elevation of just under 6000 feet. Taking flight from the Meadow Lakes region near Wasilla, we had ascended to an altitude that allowed us to skirt above some of the 5500-foot peaks of the Matanuska Range and thread between the snow-capped summits that rose above us. My trusted pilot dipped the Cessna's wing and we circled back slightly, descending in altitude and scanning the undulating, umber-colored open landscape punctuated by black spruce and magenta and gold-tinted shrubs and sedges.
We quickly found evidence of the hunting camp. From our lofty vantage, it was a miniscule collection of tarps and tents, with the two homemade tundra buggies appearing like mini Matchbox trucks parked alongside the primitive camp on the otherwise barren Arctic terrain. As we buzzed the camp to announce our arrival, my heart raced with excitement. I would soon be living off the grid for a few days, donning heavy long underwear, eating wild game, drinking in the beauty of the landscape by day and other spirits when the darkness fell, telling tall tales by the potbellied stove in the three-dog nights, and sleeping in a tent -- all the while knowing that bears were watching our moves from nearby and awaiting their turn at the "gut pile," where the innards and remnants left after cleaning a killed animal are strewn exactly for this purpose. Breaking bread with the grizzlies in this manner likely means you'll be left alone, but the thought of living among them fascinates and frightens me. My companions, far more experienced in this coexistence, are more cavalier and tell me there are rogue bears just like there are rogue people.
Gustafson, Fox, Hansen, and Craig greeted us as we landed on a nearby lake and motored to the shore. As I waved Bogart off and the ripples on the small lake below the hunt camp cleared, my journey of the heart began. The next days were spent "glassing" for caribou and moose (looking for them through binoculars) and respectfully observing the rich diversity of life in the wilds where the tundra is alive with birds and small animals, Arctic bushes, grasses, and moss painted in fall's palette of muted colors. Sunrise and sunset brought a light show to the snow-capped mountains that ringed the distance -- the Tal-keetnas, Wrangells, and the Alaska range. And evenings were spent by the fire feeling rich in the company of my friends, who plan this stay not only for the meat they can bring home, but for the serenity they find in the wild.
My final night at camp, I offered to stay behind and prepare a spaghetti dinner while the others hung and gutted three caribou they had shot that day. The warmth of the potbellied stove filled the cook tent as the smells of the meal wafted into the frigid Arctic night. Fearing that I could attract a wandering hungry or rogue grizzly, I frequently palmed a .357 Magnum left behind in the event I'd need it for exactly for this purpose. Suddenly, the world went dark with a hiss; the Coleman lantern had run dry of fuel! I twisted my Petzel headlamp on my hat's rim, grabbed the handheld radio, and called out to my friends, "Hey, guys, I'm out of lantern fuel and in the dark," trying to hide my quickly growing anxiety." No worries," came back the reply. "Just go out to Mike's tent and get his LED light."
Easy for them to say, I thought, as they were a quartet of experienced hunters with their guns and the buggies at the ready. I was alone, and there could be an ursus arctos or an ursus horribilis nearby. Pushing back the canvas and stepping into the night, I was awestruck by the view. Stars salted the sky and my fear morphed into joy at my blessing, as I took in the view of the cook tent illuminated by the stovepipe sending sparks into the darkness.
Yes, there could be a bear watching me and the night's splendor from the nearby brush, but ultimately, this was exactly why I was here: to join friends who drive tundra buggies into this small patch of heaven on earth, off the grid in Alaska.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
"The first time I tasted Johnny's creations, the profusion of delicious flavors in familiar and unfamiliar forms was like nothing I'd ever experienced in a dessert course. In this long-awaited book, Johnny shares the thinking, the cutting-edge techniques, and the flexible recipes that make his approach to the end of the meal so fresh and engaging."
—Harold McGee, author of On Food and Cooking
"Dessert FourPlay is as exciting as it is appealing, instructive, and generous. Each dessert is a tour de force of imagination and I'm crazy about the section called Building Blocks, which has dozens of simple recipes for ice cream, cookies, cakes, and sauces to mix-and-match."
—Dorie Greenspan, author of Baking from My Home to Yours
"Johnny Iuzzini is one of the most talented pastry chefs in America. He is experimental and creative, but his originality and wit are carefully balanced by his classic pastry training. Johnny's first book, Dessert FourPlay, will be a great inspiration for anyone who has a love of sweets."
—Daniel Boulud, chef/restaurateur
"From the first day I met him, I knew that Johnny would make a significant contribution to the pastry world. In Dessert FourPlay, you can sample some of his four-star desserts and feel like a rockstar while making them. Johnny's playfulness and desire to push limits in the kitchen are an inspiration to anyone who loves to create."
—François Payard, chef/owner of Payard Pâtisserie & Bistro and author of Chocolate Epiphany
"Johnny Iuzzini is a serious sugar freak and his enthusiasm comes through on every page. Here's a guy who can whip up any classic dessert and also show you a cutting-edge technique for making flourless doughnuts. Johnny has always stayed ahead of the curve, and this book proves it."
—Wylie Dufresne, chef/owner of WD-50
"Y'all, every recipe in this book is deliciously decadent. I just love a man who knows his way around some chocolate!"
—Paula Deen, Food Network host and bestselling cookbook author
"Johnny's desserts are a mix of tradition, science, humor, and art that are beautifully balanced in his quartets. Be prepared for your senses to explode; expect nothing less."
—Jean Georges Vongerichten, chef/restaurateur
"Dessert FourPlay is a blockbuster cookbook bursting with mouthwatering recipes, innovative ideas, and breathtaking photos. Many recipes have 'Make it Simpler' suggestions that enable the home cook to prepare four-star desserts like a pro. A stunning edition."
—Carole Walter, author of Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More
"With this impressive collection of seasonal recipes, Johnny Iuzzini reveals his versatility not only with classic techniques, but also with contemporary ideas. He is truly among the country's premier pastry chefs."
—Eric Ripert, chef/co-owner of Le Bernardin


text:
The Followers of BoB
The Followers of BoB are a hidden cult which has suddenly uncovered itself to the universe's eye.
As their name suggests, they follow the omnipotent god BoB, God of Slaughter, Power, and Ketchup. BoB was first revealed by the Apellius and shortly thereafter BoB spoke to the People of his coming through Warhead, "And it was spoken onto the riotous that HE who cometh shall be named Bobby, the Jobby, and he shall be known unto The People by his rim on a stick and the ketchup dispenser of redness that he shall hold. And the people rejoiced." A number of powerful inhabitants are said to praise the Bob. It has been said of Bob by the Silvadreamer, "BoB is the lord of all men, conqueror of all galaxies and the greatest warrior in the universe."
Lastly, it has been said that the BoB can cause insanity in people using his eyes, and his inability to have a picture taken without it being slightly out of focus, "Oh come on he's not... Oh my god. Oh My God. Those beady little eyes! WHY WON'T THEY STOP?!?! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
And the priests of BoB shall be called Bobbies (the wording in the scriptures here is a little vague, it might be that BoB spelled it with one less "b" but an additional "o". He was very clear that they should follow him everywhere.) and they should bounce in rejoicement whenever BoB is near. The only two enemies of BoB are Jimmy and the Tyronians.
It is customary for Bobbies to wear red hedgear and dress to remind every follower of the holy ketchup, and the more devout hides their yellow faces and hands as not to liken to mustard in any way and therefore not attract jimmy and his followers.
It has since become apparent that BoB is the true Messiah of the Dimmies sent to unite them and lead them to war. Dimmies from all across the Brikverse flock to BoB and pledging their total allegiance. A vast army is amassing and it is predicted that shortly mayhem shall ensue.


text:
Alexandra Cousteau will be the first speaker for Penn State Altoona's 2013-14 Distinguished Speaker Series.
Cousteau, granddaughter of famed undersea explorer Jacque Cousteau, will present "This Blue Planet: Preserving and Sustaining a Healthy Earth" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, in the Misciagna Family Center for the Performing Arts.
Alexandra Cousteau will be the first speaker for Penn State Altoona's 2013-14 Distinguished Speaker Series on Wed., Oct. 2 in the Misciagna Family Center for the Performing Arts.
A National Geographic "emerging explorer," filmmaker and globally recognized advocate on water issues, Alexandra Cousteau continues the work of her renowned grandfather Jacques-Yves Cousteau and her father, Philippe Cousteau Sr. She has mastered the remarkable storytelling tradition handed down to her and has the unique ability to inspire audiences on the weighty issues of policy, politics and action. Cousteau is dedicated to advocating the importance of conservation and the sustainable management of water in order to preserve a healthy planet. Her global initiatives seek to inspire and empower individuals to protect not only the ocean and its inhabitants, but also the human communities that rely on freshwater resources.
Born into the family business, Cousteau joined her parents in Easter Island on her first expedition at just 4 months old. By the age of 3, she had toured Africa, exploring Egypt, Tunisia, Uganda and Kenya in the arms of her father. And like her father, she is one of the few who learned to scuba dive with captain Cousteau himself at the tender age of 7. It is against this backdrop that Cousteau weaves the romance of adventure and discovery into a modern call for action. Fluent in English, French and Spanish, Cousteau is rapidly building a significant global audience of her own. By coupling traditional media tours and film with social media platforms, Alexandra Cousteau has helped non-governmental organizations as well as government- and corporate-led water programs engage record audiences for action.
The Penn State Altoona Distinguished Speaker Series is free and open to the public. Tickets are available at the Penn State Altoona Bookstore from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the box office in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts during posted hours or at the door if the event is not sold out in advance.
Penn State Altoona provides The Distinguished Speaker Series as a student and community service. It is partially sponsored by the Margery Wolf Kuhn Fund, the John and Ann Wolf Family Speakers Series Fund, the Sarah Simonton Fund and the Student Activities Fee.


text:
We use cookies to make your experience better. To comply with the new e-Privacy directive, we need to ask for your consent to set the cookies. Learn more.
Virtual Personal Shopping session
Get personal assistance in the comfort of your home.
We are now offering a free 20 minutes Online Personal Shopping service for Professional help and advice with you project at a at a safe social distance. Click here to find out more.
Are you in London?
Collect your items in our London shop, and get 5% discount on your entire order.
Select the Pick Up in Store option during checkout to have the discount applied. We will then send you an email as soon as your order is ready to collect. See our opening hours and how to find us on the About Us page.
The offer is only valid for orders placed online at knitwithattitude.com.
- Price £0.00 - £6.19 Remove This Item
- Manufacturer Fyberspates Remove This Item
Update Test Knit - Knitting with attitude
First of all I have to say that I am completely overwhelmed by the response to my anniversary collection – thank you, thank you, thank you – I am so grateful that you like it and that so many of you actually want to make the designs we ...
Virtual Knit Night July 30th
I've finished the body of my Summer KAL Milkweed determined to be able to wear it when I'm going on holiday next week! Tonight I'm getting onto those sleeves, and hope to see you and your knitting at our Virtual Knit Night. I did some quick counting and what ...
Test Knit Open - Knitting With Attitude
It has been a year since George and I started working with Knit with attitude's 10 year anniversary book. I can't describe the feeling when all our designers came back to us with their samples, and the joy and enthusiasm we had when announcing ...


text:
On Friday, Wright College hosted a Town Hall Meeting for Illinois Veterans with Senators Dick Durbin, Barck Obama and the Veteran's Administration Secretary, Jim Nicholson. It was a great honor for Wright to host both Senators and Eli's provided dessert for all veterans in attendance.
Shortly before the meeting, we were fortunte to have Senator Dick Durbin tour our bakery and meet our people. Senator Durbin has been a great advocate for Eli's Cheesecake serving our cheesecake to Congress on National Cheesecake Day and "wagering" Eli's with Senator Obama with their North Carolina counterparts when the U of I played for the NCAA Championship.
Senator Durbin with our decorating team
Senator Durbin asked Eli's Production Manager Armando Gomez about Eli's
baking conveyor system.
Senator Durbin with Eli's President, Marc Schulman
Senator Durbin learns what it takes to bake an Eli's Cheesecake from Armando Gomez and Eli's lead baker, Michael Ettore


text:
Jan 17, 2017
Hello Ros,
I have now paid the invoice, but I would like to write to you just to say a big THANK YOU for getting me the Penguin!
The ChatterMate Penguin became a nice memory for me when I was in New Zealand, and I am so greatful to you for arranging so that I could have it! :-)
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Ros,
Many thanks for your very kind email. I really appreciate your prompt reply!
I appreciate your advice regarding the decorations and customs. These are a gift for my daughter's exchange student family so when she returns home on the weekend I will show her and see if she loves them as much as I do!
Thanks so very much again - I am truly grateful for your kind assistance.
Kind Regards
Thanks again for the great customer service. It's a refreshing change!
Best regards,
Hey Roz,
Thank you for your emails. Just loved my first order. The cute little Aussie bush critters are going to be used for an office Christmas decoration. My colleagues also liked them and talked about making an order to your site. I'll send you a photo when completed.
I'll be ordering more to send to my daughter's host family in America.
Fabulous service from you.
Kind regards,
Thankyou. Order arrived today. One very happy grandson with his new beastly binoculars.
Shark Stone Carving 4cm - 1 only!
Our wonderful little creatures are made from a soft type of metamorphic rock called 'Soapstone'.
Soapstone has been used for thousands of years by various groups of people to make bowl and plates, ornaments, statues and sculptures, knife blades and spearheads and so much more.
We are very excited to bring you this new product line 'Rock Me Collection' made from Soapstone in Peru, South America.
As soapstone varies in colour, so do the stone carving products. Each individual creature is different than the last.
We hope you enjoy browsing this new and exclusive range and hope that you can find something you love.
Signup for our monthly newsletter the "e-Telegraph"


text:
Secondary roads to be paved
Multiple gravel and dirt roads in the area will be paved during the next year, but it is still unclear which streets will get the makeover.
Catawba County commissioners recently accepted a state transportation presentation that outlined proposed paving opportunities in the county.
The state's Board of Transportation will give the final approval of the plans next month.
"Every couple of years, we do a number of surveys that determine which roads need to be paved," said Jackie McSwain, district engineer for the N.C. Department of Transportation.
She added that roads are chosen by paving priority, or the characteristics that are evaluated to determine which road needs paving first. Characteristics include the number of homes, schools, churches, businesses, industries and recreational facilities on a certain road, according to the NCDOT's website.
Other items evaluated are the presence of school bus traffic, the Average Daily Traffic (ADT) count and the thoroughfare classification.
A number of points are assigned to each characteristic and a point total is obtained. All unpaved roads in a county are assigned a paving priority number based on a points system. The road with the highest number of points receives a priority of one and becomes the first road to be considered for paving, according to the website.
McSwain said the state mandates that the roads be prioritized by numbers, adding the No. 1 and No. 2 priority roads are the ones the NCDOT plans to work on. Rural and subdivision streets are prioritized.
In Catawba County, Powell Road and Fighting Creek Road are the No. 1 and No. 2 priority roads to be paved. They are both in the town of Catawba. Cobbs Drive, also in Catawba, is the No. 3 priority road and is the "alternate" if NCDOT cannot get the right of way, McSwain said.
Barefoot Road in Catawba and Crabapple Street in Conover are the top two priority subdivision secondary roads in Catawba County.
"It all depends on the allocations we get," McSwain said, adding that the priority lists and paving plans can change depending on how much money the state allocates.
The NCDOT accepts paving requests from the public, but several requirements must be met that include:
For paved subdivision roads:
The road must be located within a public right of way. The width of the required right of way will vary with given road characteristics. Next, the road must have a minimum of four occupied homes and an average of two occupied homes per 10th of mile. The road must have adequate drainage and be in an acceptable state of maintenance as determined by a county district engineer.
For unpaved subdivision roads:
The road must have been in existence prior to Oct. 1, 1975. Next, the road must have a minimum of four occupied homes and an average of two occupied homes per 10th of mile. The road must have adequate drainage and be in an acceptable state of maintenance as determined by a county district engineer.
For rural roads:
Residents concerned about these roads are asked to speak with the NCDOT district office for Catawba County.
For more information, contact the NCDOT's secondary roads office at (919) 733-3250.


text:
Introduction to Stereotactic Radiation (Radiosurgery / SRS)
Stereotactic radiation, often referred to as stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), is a form of radiation therapy that very precisely delivers a high dose of radiation to a tumor.
Stereotactic radiation differs from standard, conventional radiation (sometimes called IMRT or 3D conformal radiation), in that it involves fewer treatments (called "fractions"). Stereotactic radiation usually involves 1-5 treatments over 1-2 weeks, while conventional radiation involves daily treatments, 5 days a week typically over anywhere from 5-9 weeks, depending on the diagnosis. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a form of stereotactic radiation that involves a single fraction and is generally reserved for treatment of lesions within the brain. Despite the connotation of the name, radiosurgery does not involve actual surgery, scalpels or cutting.
Although stereotactic radiation involves fewer fractions, the radiation dose delivered during each fraction is much higher than conventional radiation in order to achieve the same biological effect. Since the dose of radiation to that single point is high, the radiation oncologist must very precisely target the lesion's/tumor's location. In order to do this, stereotactic radiotherapy functions like a magnifying glass, delivering radiation from different angles to focus the radiation at one small point where the beams converge. The use of multiple unique beam angles limits dose to normal tissues as the beams enter and results in a very sharp radiation dose fall-off around the tumor. The sharp fall-off allows for decreased radiation dose to the surrounding normal tissue. In order for the radiation dose to adequately conform around the tumor, the size and shape of the tumor are important. Additionally, because high doses of radiation are used, the location of the tumor may impact whether SBRT is a viable treatment option. For example, SBRT may not be safe if a tumor is bordering or touching a critical, sensitive, normal structure. Due to the strict criteria for size, shape and location of the tumor, SBRT can only be used in select cases.
The biologic mechanism for killing cancer cells is different in stereotactic radiation and conventional radiation. Conventional radiation damages the DNA of cancer cells to prevent them from replicating and multiplying. By using different biologic mechanisms to cause cancer cell death, including DNA and blood vessel damage, stereotactic radiation is often used to treat cancers that have been considered to be less responsive to conventional radiation, such as melanoma, renal cell carcinoma and sarcoma. However, because SBRT is a relatively newer technology, the long term side effects of SBRT are not well known or understood.
Treatment Modalities
Conventional radiation treatment uses a general linear accelerator machine that produces high energy x-rays used to kill cancer cells. In stereotactic radiation, there are 3 main modalities or machines that deliver radiation: GammaKnife, CyberKnife, and a highly advanced Linear Accelerator. Let's look at these in more depth.
The GammaKnife machine is exclusively used to treat brain tumors or benign brain conditions with stereotactic radiosurgery (1 treatment of stereotactic radiation). After an initial consultation with a radiation oncologist and neurosurgeon and review of all relevant brain MRI scans, the patient will be scheduled for the GammaKnife procedure. The procedure is performed as a 1-day outpatient treatment. Patients are usually given a calming medication and a head frame is attached to the skull using small screws with local anesthesia (numbing of the skin). This head frame allows the head to be positioned with sub-millimeter accuracy in the treatment machine, facilitating the precise delivery of the radiation in a single treatment. With the frame on, the patient undergoes an MRI scan to help the treating physicians visualize the tumor; the frame serves as a stable reference point for locating the tumor. The MRI is then used to plan the radiation treatment using specialized software. Because of its complexity, radiosurgery requires the participation of both neurosurgery and radiation oncology during treatment planning and delivery. The tumor and normal structures are outlined on the MRI and a treatment plan is constructed to avoid critical brain structures, while giving optimal dose to the tumor. While the physicians plan the treatment, the patient waits with the head frame attached. The waiting time varies, but can take a few hours depending on the complexity of the case and the number of patients scheduled for treatment. After the radiation plan is verified and approved, the patient is taken into the treatment room. The head frame is then attached to the treatment machine and radiation can be delivered with sub-millimeter accuracy. Treatment times vary considerably, from several minutes to more than one hour, and are dependent on the complexity of the plan, the number of tumors that need treatment and the age of the radiation source. The source for GammaKnife is cobalt-60. As the radioactivity of cobalt decays, the treatment time increases to deliver the same dose of radiation. After treatment is complete, the head frame is removed and the patient is discharged home.
The CyberKnife machine is a linear accelerator placed on a robotic arm that can treat all sites of the body with one or multiple fractions. The robotic arm and robotic table enable the CyberKnife to treat tumors from more directions and angles than a general linear accelerator in order to minimize exposure to normal tissues. The unique advanced technology of CyberKnife also allows it to track or follow tumors in real-time, overcoming movement and further reducing normal tissue exposure. Tumor tracking is performed in two different ways. The first mechanism for tracking uses image detectors in the ceiling and floor to image the patient multiple times every minute, accounting for millimeter shifts of the patient's body during treatment. The second mechanism accounts for respiratory movement of the tumor in real-time by continuously tracking the patient's breathing cycle with LED detectors.
While the procedure for CyberKnife treatment is similar to the procedure for conventional radiation, there are some key differences. During an initial consultation and prior to the CAT Scan (CT) simulation, the radiation oncologist will determine the need for placement of fiducial markers (metal markers). Fiducial markers assist the Cyberknife technology with tumor tracking during treatment. The fiducial markers remain permanently in the body and are placed via a procedure similar to a biopsy. An Interventional Radiologist in the Radiology Department often performs this minimally invasive procedure.
After initial consultation and fiducial marker placement, the patient will undergo pre-treatment imaging with a CT simulation, which is performed days to weeks prior to the first treatment. While similar to the procedure for conventional radiation treatment, small ink tattoo marks (which are usually used for patient alignment during treatment) may not be required. On the day of simulation, the patient may need to be placed on the CyberKnife table to determine the appropriate positioning and to ensure that the Cyberknife technology will be able to track the tumor. An immobilization device, such as a head and neck mask or Vac-lock bag (see below), may be used. Depending on the site and the type of tumor, the radiation oncologist may require additional imaging, such as an MRI or PET scan to help assist the treatment planning process.
After the simulation, Cyberknife treatment planning generally takes days to weeks. After the number of treatments and radiation dose are determined, the patient is scheduled for treatment. Treatments may be daily or 2-3 times a week. The length of each treatment varies from several minutes to more than 1 hour.
Advanced Linear Accelerator (Linac-based SBRT)
Conventional radiation therapy is delivered with a general linear accelerator (also called a linac). Today, more advanced linear accelerators are being produced that have the capability of delivering stereotactic radiation therapy by delivering radiation using numerous angles. Examples of this advanced technology include RapidArc and Tomotherapy. Linac-based SBRT can treat most body sites, most commonly lung and liver. While linac-based SBRT cannot track respiratory motion in real time, tumor motion from breathing is accounted for during the CT simulation and treatment planning.
The procedure for stereotactic radiation treatment using an advanced linear accelerator is similar to the procedure for conventional radiation treatment. A CT simulation is performed using a 4-dimensional simulation to account for breathing motion. Tattoos are placed during the simulation to assist with patient positioning and alignment during treatment. Like CyberKnife, the procedure may require placement of fiducial markers before the simulation and the use of immobilization devices during the simulation and treatment. In this case, the fiducial markers assist with patient alignment on the machine rather than tumor motion tracking. Depending on the site and the type of tumor, the radiation oncologist may require additional imaging, such as an MRI or PET scan to help assist the treatment planning process.
After the simulation, treatment planning generally takes days to weeks. After the number of treatments and radiation dose are determined, the patient is scheduled for treatment. Treatments may be daily or 2-3 times a week. As opposed to GammaKnife and CyberKnife, the length of each treatment with linac-based SBRT is shorter, generally several minutes. However, the patient's position needs to be aligned and verified, which takes time and may require the patient to be on the table for about an hour in some cases.
Disease Sites in Which Stereotactic Radiation is Used
The lung and the brain are the two most common and well-established sites treated with stereotactic radiation. Multiple, well-conducted, prospective studies have been performed to demonstrate and validate the effectiveness and safety of stereotactic radiation in the brain and lung. Other increasingly common sites are the abdomen (liver, pancreas, kidney), spine and prostate. Usually, SBRT is used only to treat 1-2 areas of disease; however, studies are underway examining whether SBRT may be useful for patients with more areas of known disease.
Stereotactic radiation to the brain is a well-established, effective, safe treatment with evidence from large, prospective studies that started accruing patients in the early 1990s. Stereotactic radiation to the brain is commonly used to treat patients with cancers that have spread to the brain (metastases), primary brain tumors (like meningioma) in difficult locations for surgery, and patients with benign conditions such as acoustic neuroma, arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and trigeminal neuralgia. While GammaKnife if most commonly used, Cyberknife or linac-based SBRT can also be used to treat the brain with stereotactic radiation.
Patients with brain metastases need to be carefully selected for radiosurgery, and must have small tumors that are few in number, cause minimal neurologic symptoms and carry a relatively good prognosis. Studies have demonstrated that stereotactic radiation can help these patients live longer. Stereotactic radiation to the brain may be recommended as the sole treatment for brain metastases, as follow-up treatment after surgical resection, or in combination with low-dose whole brain radiotherapy, which uses conventional radiation therapy to the whole brain (usually in 10 treatments over 2 weeks). In addition to controlling the known cancer cells in the brain, whole brain radiotherapy decreases the risk of developing new brain metastases. Stereotactic radiation to the brain only targets the known and visible areas of metastasis.
In the short-term after stereotactic radiation to the brain, the patient can experience mild swelling in the area that was treated. This side effect can manifest in different ways, but generally is associated with worsening headache, nausea or vomiting. If a patient experiences these symptoms, he/she should call the doctor, as steroid medication may be needed. A longer-term side effect of stereotactic radiation to the brain is a condition called "radiation necrosis," which manifests as worsening neurologic symptoms due to the radiation and which may require surgery. It is often difficult for doctors to distinguish between radiation necrosis and a recurrence of the tumor.
Stereotactic radiation to the lung is usually recommended in patients with early stage lung cancer who cannot undergo surgery, mostly due to other medical issues; increasingly, stereotactic radiation is being offered as an alternative to surgery in operable patients. Multiple studies have demonstrated that stereotactic radiation can completely eradicate the lung tumor and prevent more than 90% of these lung cancers from coming back. Surgery is still the standard of care for early stage lung cancer, but SBRT is preferred if a patient is unable to tolerate surgery. Additional studies are underway to directly compare stereotactic radiation to surgery in early stage lung cancer who could undergo surgery.
Patients with other cancers that have spread to the lung may be candidates for SBRT to the lung metastases. To benefit from SBRT in these situations, patients need to have few, small lung tumors with a limited amount of cancer elsewhere in the body. Patients are carefully selected and commonly include patients with head and neck cancer, colorectal cancer or sarcoma.
Patients who receive SBRT to the lung typically receive 3-5 treatments, with either CyberKnife or Linac-based SBRT. Location and size of tumors are very important with stereotactic radiation to the lung, as tumors in the wrong location can put patients at increased risk for serious side effects. For example, if a tumor is very close to the trachea (windpipe), patients can experience damage to these areas.
Cancer that has spread to the bones and vertebrae can cause significant pain and can press on the spinal cord, resulting in weakness, numbness and in severe cases, paralysis. Radiation to the spine is effective at slowing the progression of the cancer to decrease pain and prevent paralysis. In some circumstances, stereotactic radiation to the spine can be used. Stereotactic radiation to the spine has been studied and demonstrated to decrease pain levels and decrease the risk that the tumor in the spine will come back or grow further.
Stereotactic radiation to organs in the abdomen is becoming more common, particularly with SBRT to the liver for treating liver metastases. A few studies have demonstrated safety and the ability to prevent > 90% of the tumors in the liver from coming back. The use of stereotactic radiation for pancreatic cancer, kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma), hepatocellular carcinoma, and prostate cancer is also being studied at multiple institutions. Patients who receive SBRT to the abdomen/pelvis typically receive 3-5 treatments with either CyberKnife or Linac-based SBRT. Again, patients need to be carefully selected, as proximity to the intestine and other critical organs can potentially result in significant side effects, such as damage to the bowel or intestine.
Stereotactic radiation is a unique modality that is sometimes used in the setting of re-irradiation. If a patient's tumor comes back in an area that was previously treated with radiation, that patient is usually unable to receive another full course of radiation therapy. Because SBRT uses multiple beam angles that allow for decreased radiation dose to the surrounding normal tissue, SBRT can sometimes be used to treat these tumors that have come back. These situations, however, are always complex and only very select cases are appropriate for re-irradiation with SBRT.
Andrews DW, Scott CB, Sperduto PW, et al. Whole brain radiation therapy with or without stereotactic radiosurgery boost for patients with one to three brain metastases: phase III results of the RTOG 9508 randomised trial. Lancet. 2004 May 22;363(9422):1665-72.
Goodman, C. R., M. Zainib, M. Arshad, D. Cutright, H. Beydoun, M. M. Dominello, P. Mohindra, N. P. Amin, C. B. Simone, and T. J. Kruser. "Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to Multiple Sites of Intrathoracic Disease: A Multi-Institutional Analysis." International Journal of Radiation Oncology• Biology• Physics 102, no. 3 (2018): e683.
Rusthoven KE, Kavanagh BD, Cardenes H, et al. Multi-institutional phase I/II trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy for liver metastases. J Clin Oncol 2009; 27:1572.
Rusthoven KE, Kavanagh BD, Burri SH, et al. Multi-institutional phase I/II trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy for lung metastases. J Clin Oncol 2009; 27:1579.
Timmerman R, Paulus R, Galvin J, et al. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for inoperable early stage lung cancer. JAMA 2010; 303:1070.
Wang XS, Rhines LD, Shiu AS, et al. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for management of spinal metastases in patients without spinal cord compression: a phase 1-2 trial. Lancet Oncol 2012; 13:395.


text:
It be Friday…
As it is Ben's day off, Leigh is joined by Callum and Danny-Boy – but soon, not everything is quite what it seems. The Scouting Magazine is here again, and so it's time to play "How many advertising rubbish leaflets fall out today?".
Meanwhile, Leigh explains how everything is getting a little bit too much recently. Thankfully Uncle Pete explains about asana.com – a project management system, that Leigh can use to get organised again.
An 8-year-old Maryland boy suspended for biting his Pop-Tart into a gun shape received a National Rifle Association lifetime membership at a GOP fundraiser. Swedish furniture giant Ikea has come under fire after airing an advert in the UK showing a young family demolishing garden gnomes in what viewers found to be a "frightening and unsuitable" manner.
Amy's Baking Company May Get Reality Show Deal After 'Kitchen Nightmares' Appearance. Maine teen dies in botched fake kidnapping plot.


text: Jose John December 27, 2014 No CommentsROLE OF THE STUDENTS IN DEMOCRACY Demos is a Greek word for the people. Thus democracy is a government of the people. Students form a considerable part of the population of a country. Students symbolizes the youth of the nation. There has been a trend among the teachers and parents to advise students to remain away from politics. It is a partial view. If the young students do not share their responsibility it will fall on the decaying shoulders of the older generation. The older generation has its limitations. It succumbs to pressures and stands for status quo. Both of these go against the interests of the nation. It may remain under the sway of undesirable elements within the nation or surrender before the wishes of the progressive nations. Democracy is not a stale affair like monarchy, nor is it a reign of terror like a dictatorship. It is poles apart from extreme socialism that reduces man to nothing before the authority of the state. Democracy stands for permanent everlasting ripples in the body politic of the nation. It requires active watchfulness. A little of slumber may reduce it to a play thing of a dictator. Selfish over enthusiasm may give birth to indiscipline reducing democracy to anarchy. It... read more


text:
Police prevented sons from attempting to rescue father
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Friday, December 5, 2008
California cops tasered a distraught son whose father was drowning after he and his brother complained that police were not doing enough to rescue their dad, while authorities prevented the two sons from making any kind of rescue effort themselves.
The latest example of police brutality unfolded in Mendocino Country California. A San Francisco family was visiting Portuguese Beach when the father accidentally fell into the water and was washed away from the shore.
Police arrived with rescue crews but made no effort to save the drowning man, named as 54-year-old Maurizio Biasini, and prevented his two 18-year-old sons, Dario and Andriano Biasini, from helping their dad as they insisted on waiting for the Coast Guard and a Sheriff's boat.
The sons' protests about the inaction of the authorities led to a struggle and cops tackled one while the other was restrained. The son who the cops tackled was then tasered as he lay on the floor and tasered a second time as he attempted to get up.
Watch the clip below.
CHP officers claim the sons were "getting in the way of rescue efforts" but charges of "interfering" are likely to be dropped, according to a KHSL TV report.
"I think they could have settled them down in other ways than that," said the eyewitness who filmed the incident.
The father who fell in the water is still missing.
This is just the latest example in an epidemic of police brutality that has swept America in the last few years as the indiscriminate use and abuse of Taser devices increases exponentially.
Last week we reported on the case of Margaret Hiebing, a 54-year-old women who was tasered by Wisconsin police for the dangerous crime of sitting in the wrong seat at a football game in Madison. Hiebing, a Badgers season ticket holder, had taken a different seat because someone else had occupied her usual place at the packed game. When police approached Mrs Hiebing she explained the situation and refused to leave. Onlookers began to berate the cops after one of them reportedly threatened Hiebing with pepper spray.
One witness filmed the altercation on a cell phone, evidence which would later dispel initial police claims that Hiebing was causing an obstruction by sitting in the aisle.
Police then forced Hiebing face down on the ground and tasered her on the back of the leg.
Hiebing was then placed in a wheel chair and ejected as she was unable to walk out of the stadium.
This article was posted: Friday, December 5, 2008 at 5:34 am


text:
Bertell (Feat. Bun B) - She Bad
Bryan-Michael Cox presents the official music video for digital single "She Bad" by Bertell featuring Bun B, from the album Goin Hard, due out March 2010 via Capitol Records.
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text:
nate1256 wrote: wait 5+6x7 is not 47 5+6 is 11 x 7 is 77
Taug wrote:I think I figured out what to do, done that and somehow its not working only I dont think I could ask my question here, because it could be a big spoiller.. (even though it has been mentioned several times on the forum..)
anyhow.. its not working, could a mod please mesage me?
_Kaiser wrote:I have to admit, this one was a real b****rd of a mission, but once you get it, you will look back and think... man, why didn't i see it?
I promise that I will try as hard as I can not to include spoilers, so if anyone sees a spoiler, PM me and ill edit it, or a Mod can change it if they think it is a spoiler, i dont mind. I want to help, not hinder. I've more regurgitated what others have said in a logical way rather than say anything new.
This is what you are given:
var foo = 5 + 6 * 7
var bar = foo % 8
var moo = bar * 2
var rar = moo / 3superkid68 wrote:Hints:
2. Get the browser to do the work
ex. type this into the address bar
- Code: Select all
javascript: var a=1+1; var b=a*2;
Taking superkid68's advice, get your algebra skills to work. Although, write it out character for character, and change 'a' and 'b' for foo, bar, etc. I find it helps, since if you have read this far into the forum, your head is obviously acheing from a massive headache. So, let's do it:
javascript: var foo=x+x; var bar=foo*x; var moo=bar%x; alert(moo);
As you should realise, its filled with x's and the calculations arent correct. That's your job. I'm here to help, not give spoilers. I'm afraid I might have done too much already o.o Once you fix it up, paste it into your address bar, and you will get a message with your answer for moo!
Anyway, you now have moo (or atleast you should) so try to figure out "x.length == moo"
To give you a further push in the right direction, remember what ulcmid1 said:ulcimd1 wrote:You DO need to find the value of moo... the script compares the value of (x.length...the length of the x variable, as in how many digits are in the input box) to the value for moo. You are not comparing apples to apples, you are comparing the color of an apple, to the color of a picture of an apple...get it?
If you dont get it, think of it this way. One may be an apple and the other a photo, but their color is the same. Think about how that might indicate the link between moo and x.length.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests


text:
This past weekend the San Antonio Symphony opened our Classics Ovation Series with Brahms Symphony No. 1. (The Applause series opens October 9 & 10 with Beethoven Symphony No. 7.) One of the challenges of conducting Brahms is the complex and thick texture of his writing. If you listen to a live performance of a Brahms symphony and feel like you don't understand the piece, it is often because the interpretation failed to make sense of the textures.
What do I mean by texture? Think of any popular folk song. It probably only has two levels of texture–a melody (most likely sung) and an accompaniment (often just the strumming of chords on a guitar.) If this folk song is played by a rock band, another level or two of texture is added (perhaps an electric bass line and drums). Still the textures underneath the melody are simple and supportive. The melody predominates. You don't need any interpretation to understand this music; you just need a decent balance so the voice can be heard. If you can hear the voice and understand the lyrics, the performance is successful.
Now think of this same melody in a Haydn or Mozart Symphony. It isn't that dissimilar from the rock band in the beginning of the movement. The melody predominates. But as the music "develops" the melody fragments and gets tossed around the orchestra. The violins play a variation of the theme and then the clarinets take it over. Underneath this activity the cellos and basses are playing another variation of this theme. And supporting it all is an accompaniment in the French horns and trumpets and timpani. Suddenly the relative volume and articulation of these different melodic fragments is critical to the success of the performance. If you can't hear the clarinets take over their version of the melody, you don't understand why the violins stopped playing the tune. But still the various levels are relatively transparent.
Now move 75 years into the future and listen to a Brahms symphony. These melodies are even more fragmented and the development of the theme is much more the central focus of the composition. But to make it even harder to follow, each line is richer, darker and thicker. Instead of just a single flute playing a melody, that tune is now part flute, part second violins, part viola. The next time it comes around, the flute drops out, is replaced by the oboe and the violas are joined by the bassoons. You get the idea. In Brahms JUST HEARING what is the important line is really hard because the development of the themes and the orchestration (orchestration is the art of assigning various notes to different instruments to create a wide palette of colors) is very complex.
Here is where the conductor and rehearsals are critical. The 75 musicians on stage can't really hear the correct balance while they are playing. If you are a cellist and the trombones are playing loudly right in your ear, you really can't hear the violins playing across the stage very clearly. But the conductor is at the apex of all this glorious sound. All the instruments point at the podium and from this vantage point the balances are clear.
So in the middle of a rehearsal of a Brahms symphony where 75 musicians are simultaneously playing four or five different melodic fragments at the same time, the conductor can say, "trombones you are too loud" or "cellos please match the articulation of the clarinets in this passage." This kind of give-and-take happens all throughout the four rehearsals before the concerts. It clarifies the composer's thematic intentions and brings the piece to life. Without this work, Brahms can sound dull, heavy and his thematic development will be hard to follow.
This weekend's performance of Brahms Symphony No. 1 was so exciting and satisfying, in part, because these subtle issues of balance and color were given great attention by both guest conductor Rossen Milanov and the orchestra. In our October 9 & 10 concerts, in addition to the Beethoven symphony, we will also play Debussy's Prelude to an Afternoon of a Faun. In Debussy color and balance are even more significant. It's a great piece for a conductor to shine in a music director search.
Can you listen to a concert and exactly pinpoint how a conductor is doing a great job of balancing and creating colors? Probably not without attending the rehearsals and spending hundreds of hours studying the score. But like that famous Supreme Court opinion on pornography, even if you can't define it, you will know it when you see (or hear!) it. Its just one small part of what a conductor must do to make a performance vibrant and compelling.
Jack Fishman
Twitter @SASym
Facebook: San Antonio Symphony
For more blogs by Jack Fishman visit: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/jackfishman/files/legacy/


text:
Sellers Continued
All agents will tell you they advertise on the Internet. Ask them to either explain or show you how, just as I done, just as I will. If you took the time to type in "Monmouth County Real Estate Agent" as an example, on the search bar, this is just one way you would have found me.
Every Monmouth County Real Estate Agent, any agent, will tell you your home will be posted on the MLS system, which is true. All agents will tell you your home will be posted on Realtor.com, which in most cases is true. But what does this mean? I am of the opinion these resources are two of the most important components in marketing your home, yet the most under utilized by listing agents. There is utility offered though these Agent and home Buyer websites where optimized performance is based on optimized utility.
Ok, I lost you.
The MLS system allows for 25 photographs to showcase your home. At times agents will take what they take, many times less than the number allotted. If an agent is aligned with Realtor.com, the number one home Buyers search website on the planet, those same photographs will auto-populate from the MLS System to the listing for your home on Realtor.com. This is a huge disservice to you the client, as Realtor.com allows for up to 36 photographs. Perhaps more importantly, as a reward to the listing agent, as reward to you the Seller, displaying the maximum number of photos enhances the position of your listing in the search criteria when an individual is searching for a home.
My point, when interviewing an agent, ask them how many photographs they will be taking of your home. If it's anything less than 36 photographs, find another agent, as the search by: "amount of photographs" or "by photographs" is the number one search criteria on Realtor.com. So now you know how this works. "But what about the quality of the photographs?" Ask to see visual reference of either their photographic proficiency or the work of the photographer they will contract to showcase your home. Another key ingredient, another unique difference in regard to my marketing, even though I am a Monmouth County Real Estate Agent, I am also a professional photographer.
Thanks for checking out the link, perhaps you are wondering, perhaps you noticed, you're curious,… what are Single Property Websites?
I build complimentary custom websites for all my listings. This marketing approach is in addition to Realtor.com, the MLS System and my agency's marketing efforts, which I use to assist my clients. These days Internet marketing presence is everything and it doesn't hurt to go beyond the normal websites, as certainly more is needed during these times.
Below is an example of a Single Property Website. Please take a look at the quality of the photography, the amount of photographs and the comprehensive nature of the website:
You will also notice the web address or URL, it's the address for the property, this does not happen by accident. The web address is also displayed on your lawn sign as a rider, making it easy for anyone driving by to simply log onto the Internet from their cell phone, view your home and call me for a showing.
Single Property Websites afford me the opportunity to market homes exclusively in any venue, on any search engine. Again, this effort should not be confused with Real Estate agency websites, where one's home normally competes with all the other office listings.
All I am asking for is your professional consideration if, when the time comes to market your home. If this is the case, you are certainly entitled to more than some complimentary CMA, which most agents offer. I challenge you to find a more compelling reason to align yourself with any other Monmouth County Real Estate Agent. If I've gone to this extent to educate you, to earn your trust, imagine what I will provide when rewarded with your business. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or needs as I welcome the opportunity to assist you. If for no other reason, maybe it's about time you not only get what you expect but certainly what you deserve!
By the way, not only am I an area specialist, it just happens to be where I've lived for the last 45 years. I am a full time, licensed, Real Estate professional. I run my business seven days a week while specializing in Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex Counties. Here are some other examples of previous clients homes, Single Property Websites:


text:
• A daily summary of global reports on security issues.
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council are close to completing work on new sanctions against North Korea, while the US is set to impose its own financial sanctions against the reclusive nation for its role in weapons sales and counterfeiting.
Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti reports that ambassadors from the five permanent Security Council members – Russia, the US, China, Britain, and France – as well as envoys from Japan and South Korea met late Thursday to complete a draft for sanctions against North Korea in response to its May 25 nuclear test.
"We are very close to finishing the work [on the sanctions]," Vitaly Churkin told reporters after a three-hour meeting at the U.S. mission to the UN in New York.
The UN Security Council has already denounced Pyongyang's May 25 nuclear test as a violation of Resolution 1718 and the international non-proliferation regime. North Korea is under a number of UN sanctions over its first nuclear test, carried out in 2006.
Possible new sanctions may include a ban on importing and exporting all arms and not just heavy weapons, additional asset freezes and travel bans for North Korean officials, and placing more firms on a UN blacklist, according to UN sources.
Each of the five permanent Security Council members must agree upon the sanctions to be enacted, because each possesses a potential veto of any Security Council legislation. Sanctions agreed upon by all five permanent members would almost certainly be enacted.
Reuters reports that the US is also preparing its own financial sanctions against North Korea to punish it for illegal weapons sales and counterfeiting of US currency, according to a story Friday in the South Korean daily Chosun Ilbo. The story notes that the move parallels sanctions enacted for similar reasons by the Bush administration in 2005.
In 2005, the Bush administration imposed financial sanctions on the North over counterfeiting and drug-running. The move focused on a Macau bank and effectively shut off the North's access to the international financial system.
"If BDA (Banco Delta Asia in Macau) was against a single bank, this time it is about cutting off transactions with banks that are suspected of being involved in the North's WMD (weapons of mass destruction) trade," the newspaper report said.
The 2005 crackdown on BDA froze about $25 million in funds of Pyongyang's leadership. Most banks around the world steered clear of North Korean funds as a result, fearful of being snared themselves by U.S. financial authorities.
Reuters writes that the US is currently working with South Korea to investigate the appearance in the Korean city of Busan of high-quality counterfeit bills, called "supernotes," which the US suspects are made in North Korea. But Reuters notes in another article that new sanctions imposed by the US may be limited "because the impoverished North's meager international finances have already been curtailed by sanctions."
Agence France-Presse reports that in an unusual departure from its recent belligerence, North Korea has scheduled new talks with South Korea regarding the future of the Kaesong industrial zone. The Kaesong factory region in North Korea, where South Korean companies employ North Korean workers, has been one of the few areas of cooperation between the two nations. But Kaesong has been the topic of debate between the two in recent months, as North Korea has detained a South Korean manager since late March, and recently announced it was canceling current wage and rent agreements with the companies involved in Kaesong.
The BBC writes that with the current tensions between the two nations, the Kaesong talks, which are scheduled for next week, present South Koreans with a "rare opportunity to sit down with their opposite numbers from the North."
[The South Koreans] see the talks as a chance to protest against the North Korean's recent nuclear bomb test.
The North Koreans are not talking, in public at least, with anyone at the moment so the offer to meet is significant.
But past experience suggests their officials will see the talks simply as an opportunity to set out the new terms and conditions they want to impose on South Korean companies working on their side of the border.
But Bloomberg notes that the opportunity is apt to be limited, given North Korea's past behavior in similar negotiations over Kaesong.
While North Korea instigated the talks on the Gaeseong Industrial Complex, a similar request in April resulted in a meeting that didn't address the North's ballistic-missile launch earlier in the month. Their negotiators focused on demanding higher wages for the 38,000 North Korean workers employed by South Korean companies at the plants.
"For North Korea, the Gaeseong complex issue is separate from that of normalizing inter-Korean relations," said Cheong Seong Chang, a research fellow at the Sejong Institute in Seoul. "North Korea wants its workers to be treated at least equally as those in Vietnam or China."


text:
Message from Fritz in tradworker #posters-dankoc
Its America though we just Generalize everything for simplicities sake
Everything south of the border is a Mexican
my ex was a tall huwhite green eyed french mexican.
Im just sayin its a simplicity thing
and plus the media also mexicans are the largest group of latin americans that come here.
no talking in this chat stfu
So much good propaganda though
Don't post things like that pls
@ghostofthevolk can you throw the website on the one with the gold cog and white hand
Ill see what i can do
Just want to put out an fyi for ratios on posters
Wallet size:
Aspect ratio of 1:1.5
240x320 (Actual photo is 2x3")
Aspect ratio of 1:1.5
Pixel sizes:
427x640 or 480x720
853x1280 or 960x1440
1067x1600 or 1200x1800
1515x2272 or 1704x2556
1707x2560 or 1920x2880
Aspect ratio of 1:1.4
Pixel sizes:
457x640 or 480x672
914x1280 or 960x1344
1143x1600 or 1200x1680
1623x2272 or 1704x2386
1829x2560 or 1920x2688
Aspect ratio of 1:1.25
Pixel sizes:
960x1200 or 1024x1280
1200x1500 or 1280x1600
1704x2130 or 1818x2272
1920x2400 or 2048x2560
Aspect ratio of 1:1.25
Aspect ratio of 1:1.5
Ofoto's minimum resolution:
Native Pixel Dimensions for Printing:
• 4 x 6" = 1200 x 1800
• 5 x 7" = 1500 x 2100
• 8 x 10" = 2400 x 3000
Recommended Resolutions:
• 4 x 6" = 840 x 1260
• 5 x 7" = 1050 x 1470
• 8 x 10" = 1680 x 2100
• 16 x 20" = 2140 x 1800
• 20 x 30" = 2140 x 1800
• Wallet-size = 630 x 420
anyone do leaflets? if so care to share your word doc or indesign files?
Are there any graphic designers on here who exclusively use GIMP and/or other *nix freeware. I'd like to start designing on the cheap, and want to know a software bundle recommendation that will work well enough for me. Raster & Vector.
I use Gimp after moving to it from Paint.Net
Example of results
Just knocked this out in like 10 minutes, needs refinement
I use GIMP to make my nanas book covers
GIMP is great still learning it
Woah nice TWP logo
How is "family" different from "folk"?
Family is literal family
Folk is race
With that definition, folk (aka race) is just an extension of family.
It seems out of place, and I know that word was intentionally used to substitute "freedom"
No it wasnt
Folk deserves mention aside from family. They are different spheres
technically speaking there are your "folks"
which is a different concept than your "folk"
kind of like the difference between your people and the people you love.


text:
Long Island Adirondack Furniture
Our all weather Long Island Adirondack Style Patio Furniture Collection is inspired by classic wood designs with a new twist. This high quality outdoor furniture is made from low-maintenance recycled plastic. Get the look and beauty of traditional solid wood Adirondack furniture without the refinishing and upkeep. POLYWOOD® recycled plastic lumber combined with premium stainless steel hardware makes our Long Island Adirondack furniture the best choice for your outdoor porch, deck, patio, garden or pool side needs.
Available in 13 traditional and bright vibrant colors. Optional Sunbrella cushions for extra comfort. Our POLYWOOD® is ultra-durable, affordable all weather outdoor patio furniture. No need to store this colorful Adirondack furniture during winter months - leave it outside! Our outdoor furniture comes with free shipping and a Vermont Woods Studios backed lifetime guarantee.
To learn more about POLYWOOD® Outdoor Furniture or our Lifetime Guarantee please give us a call at 888-390-5571 or contact us with your questions. Read more about buying from us or about our green mission on our Eco Blog.
Learn more about buying online, our woods and finishes.