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Part I- Application
1. These terms and conditions (the "Terms") apply in the situations set out in section 2 below and, once accepted, form a binding agreement between you ("You") and Pure International Limtied, Concept House, Home Park Road, Kings Langley, WD4 8UD, United Kingdom ("Pure", "We", or "Us")
2. The Terms apply in respect of the following:
2.1. Your use of the following websites (each a "Website" and together, the "Websites"):
2.1.1. www.pure.com
2.1.2. support.pure.com
2.1.3. imagebank.pure.com
2.1.4. connect.pure.com
2.1.5. upgrade.pure.com
2.1.6. shop.pure.com
2.1.7. store.pure.com
2.1.8. purenet.pure.com
2.1.9. insider.pure.com
2.1.10. all other pure.com domains which are created from time to time.
2.2. Your use of the Services made available via the connect.pure.com Website (as defined and set out in Part 3 below); and
2.3. Your purchase of subscription-based Services via the connect.pure.com Website (as set out in Part 3 below).
3. These Terms do not cover the following:
3.1. any services provided via the purenet.pure.com Website;
3.2. any purchases made via the shop.pure.com or store.pure.com Websites;
3.3. any services provided or purchases made via the upgrade.pure.com Website.
4. Copies of these Terms are available upon request by writing to Pure's General Counsel at the address set out in section 1 above.
5. These Terms are separated into the following constituent parts:
5.1. Part 2 applies to the your use of the Websites;
5.2. Part 3 applies to your use and purchase of services and subscriptions from connect.pure.com;
5.3. Part 4 applies to instances where You provide Us with your personal details;
5.4. Part 5 applies in all circumstances.
Part II- Use of the Websites
6. Your use of any part of the Websites constitutes your acceptance of these Terms, which takes effect on the date on which You first use the Websites. If you do not agree with these Terms, you should cease using the Websites immediately.
Access, Amendments and Acceptable Use
7. We reserve the right to change these Terms at any time without notice to you, by posting changes online. You are responsible for regularly reviewing information posted online to obtain timely notice of such changes. Your continued use of the Websites after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the amended Terms.
8. We may include additional rules and requirements for using parts of the Websites (for example, competition rules or for chargeable services). You are responsible for reviewing all information on the Websites in relation to your particular use of the Websites and complying with any applicable rules or requirements. You agree to comply at all times with any instructions given by Us for the use of the Websites from time to time.
9. You are responsible for bringing these Terms to the attention of all persons accessing the Websites through your internet connection.
10. You must not interfere with another person's use of the Websites or otherwise act in a way that negatively affects another person's use of the Websites.
11. You are responsible for checking the content of the Websites and (if applicable) restricting its access to minors under your control.
12. You shall not use the Websites in any way that in any respect:
12.1 is in breach of any law, regulation, order, or bye-law of any applicable jurisdiction;
12.2 is fraudulent, criminal or unlawful;
12.3 is inaccurate or out-of-date;
12.4 may be obscene, indecent, pornographic, vulgar, profane, racist, sexist, discriminatory, offensive, derogatory, harmful, harassing, threatening, embarrassing, malicious, abusive, hateful, menacing, defamatory, untrue or political;
12. 5 impersonates any other person or body or misrepresents a relationship with any person or body;
12.6 may infringe or breach the copyright of any intellectual property rights (including, without limitation, copyright, trade mark rights and broadcasting rights) or privacy or other rights of us or any third party;
12.7 may be contrary to Pure's interests;
12.8 is contrary to any specific rule or requirement that We stipulate on the Websites in relation to a particular part thereof or the Websites generally; or
12.9 involves your use, delivery or transmission of any viruses, unsolicited e-mails, Trojan horses, trap doors, back doors, easter eggs, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.
13. You hereby grant to Us an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, assignable, sub-licensable licence to use any material which You submit to Us or the Websites for the purpose of use on the Websites or for generally marketing (by any means and in any media) our products or services generally. You agree that You waive your moral rights to be identified as the author and We may modify your submission.
Availability, Accuracy and Security
14. Whilst We endeavour to make the Websites available 24 hours a day, We will not be liable if, for any reason, the Websites are unavailable at any time or for any period. We make no warranty that your access to the Websites will be uninterrupted, timely or error-free; due to the nature of the internet, this cannot be guaranteed. In addition, We may occasionally need to carry out repairs, maintenance or introduce new facilities and functions.
15. Access to the Websites may be suspended or withdrawn to or from You personally or all users temporarily or permanently at any time and without notice. We may also impose restrictions on the length and manner of usage of any part of the Websites for any reason. If We impose restrictions on You personally, You must not attempt to circumvent such restrictions e.g. by using the Websites under any other name or user.
16. Whilst We endeavour to ensure that the information and materials on the Websites (including, without limitation, details about our products and services) are correct, no warranty, express or implied, is given that they are complete, accurate or up-to-date and We do not accept any liability for any errors or omissions. If You place orders through or as a result of using the Websites, You are responsible for ensuring that your orders contain all the necessary and accurate information.
17. The contents of the Websites are intended for convenience only. Nothing on the Websites shall constitute advice specific to your circumstances or a recommendation. We do not suggest that any product or service mentioned on the Websites is either available to You or complies with laws outside of England and Wales.
18. We do not warrant that the Websites will be compatible with all hardware and software which You may use. Although We may put in place security measures for your protection, We shall not be liable for damage to, or viruses or other code that may affect, any computer equipment, software, data or other property as a result of your access to or use of the Websites or your obtaining any material from, or as a result of using the Websites. We shall also not be liable for the actions of third parties in breaching any security measures.
Trade Marks
19. A full list of Pure's trade marks may be found at www.pure.com/trade-marks/. You are not permitted to reproduce or use these trade marks in an infringing manner without permission from Us. All other logos, products or trade marks (registered or unregistered) are the property of their respective owners.
Third Party Websites and Content
20. The Websites may contain links or access to other websites (for example, internet radio stations). We have no control over and accept no responsibility for the content of such linked or accessible sites or services. The links and access are provided "as-is" with no warranty, express or implied, for the information provided within such sites or services.
21. In addition, the Websites and the websites and services provided by third parties through the Websites may contain advertising content provided by other third parties. We have no control over and accept no responsibility for that content. Those adverts are the responsibility of the advertisers. We make no warranty, express or implied, for the information or content within those adverts.
22. You must not, without our permission, frame any of the Websites onto your own or another person's website.
23. We hereby grant to You a revocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free right to provide a link from your website to a Website, provided You do so in a fair and legal manner without damaging our reputation or taking advantage of it for your own gains. In particular:
23.1. You shall not make any warranties or representations about Us or our affiliates or our products, service or policies except with our express authorisation;
23.2. You shall not say anything that is false, misleading, derogatory or offensive about Us or our affiliates or our products, services or policies; and
23.3 You shall not suggest, expressly or impliedly, that We have endorsed you website or are associated with it where this is not the case.
Part III- Subscription to and Purchase of Services
24. This Part 3 of the Terms, together with Parts 1, 4 and 5, govern your access to and purchase of our music streaming services ("Services") via the Websiteconnect.pure.com or via the Pure Connect user interface application ("App") on a smartphone or tablet device.
25. All music, photographs and other material which are available through our delivery of the Services ("Content") is owned and controlled by Us or others, including recording artists, songwriters, musicians and/or their representatives and agents. The Services are provided to you in conjunction with 7digital Inc ("7digital"). In particular, all online purchases of downloadable Content supplied by Sony Music Entertainment are sold directly by Sony Music Entertainment Downloads LLC to You, through 7digital as agent. You are not be authorised to copy or share the Content except as expressly permitted by these Terms.
26. The Services and the Content are available for your personal, non-commercial use only.
27. To access the Services, You will require a compatible terminal or device and software. Acquisition of such compatible items are your responsibility and We accept no liability for the Services where You attempt to access them from devices or using software that is not compatible or does not meet the minimum system requirements (including sufficiency of internet bandwidth and/or speed).
28. You agree to use the Services in a responsible manner and not do anything that would amount to a breach of these Terms, including but not limited to the following:
28.1. acting in any way that would damage or disable the Website, App or Services;
28.2. impersonate another individual in order to access the Website, App or Services;
28.3. use the Website, App, Services or any Content or other material obtained through the Services for commercial purposes;
28.4 attempt to harvest e-mail addresses of other personal information through the Website, App or Services;
28.5 attempt to unpick, reverse engineer or hack our software by circumventing security systems;
28.6. use the Website, App or Services to send junk mail or other unsolicited messages to other users of the Website, App or Services.
29. The software used to provide the Services ("Software") is owned by or licensed to Us or our software suppliers. You may use the Software only for the purpose of using the Services in accordance with these Terms and You acquire no other rights in the Software of any sort. In particular, You are not permitted to sell or otherwise distribute any part of the Software; modify, adapt, translate or reverse engineer any part of the Software; attempt to breach any security mechanisms or to access, tamper with or use any parts of the Software to which access is not authorised; use the Software for any illegal, unlawful, harassing, abusive or fraudulent purpose; or use the Software for any commercial purpose.
30. In some cases subject to registration and the payment of a fee, the Services allow you to:
30.1. access and listen to internet radio stations;
30.2. "listen again" to certain content by way of on-demand streaming;
30.3. listen to our catalogue of "Sounds" by way of on-demand streaming;
30.4. listen to playlists in 'offline' mode (i.e. without the need for a live internet connection)
30.5. purchase the limited right to download digital content from our download store (up to 5 user downloads per track), subject to the takedown process outlined in section 30.8;
30.6. store digital music tracks which you have purchased from our store on our personal remote locker service, which will enable you to stream those tracks on-demand to a registered Pure device, subject to the takedown process outlined in section 30.8; and
30.7. obtain a subscriptions enabling You to use the Shazam® tagging service during any applicable subscription period.
30.8 In the event that a Content owner, rights holder or distributor has issued a valid takedown request to 7Digital and/or Pure, the subject Content shall no longer be available for download. This will not affect Content that has already been downloaded to a device.
31. For those elements of the Services where You are required to register for an account ("Account") in advance, You will need to follow the online registration instructions. To register, You will be required to provide Us with certain personal information and to select password. For more information on what We do with and how We safeguard your personal information, see sections 46 to 55 below.
32. The decision to accept a registration is in our sole discretion and We reserve the right to refuse to register or cancel an Account at any time.
33. Certain elements of the Services (including additional elements that may be added to the Services offering from time to time) are only available for the payment of a fee. By placing an order for a fee-paying Service, You are warranting that You are over 18 years of age and legally capable of entering into binding contracts for the purchase of goods and services. If You are under 18 years of age and wish to purchase Services, You will need to ask a person who is over 18 years old to do so on Your behalf. Such person will also be bound by these Terms.
34. Subscription-based Services usually require advance payment of a monthly fee, but this is subject to information provided at the point of sale. To subscribe, You will be required to confirm your personal details and provide payment information. For information on how we handle your payment information, see sections 54 to 55 below.
35. Each subscription period for a subscription-based Service lasts for one (1) month and will be renewed automatically unless stated otherwise when You sign-up for a subscription. You have the right to decide not to renew a subscription by unticking the autorenew box in "My Account" section of the website prior to the date of autorenewal.
36. Where We offer a free trial period of subscription-based Services, You will be required to submit your payment details. You will not be charged any fee during the trial. Each trial period for a subscription-based Service lasts for one (1) month (unless stated otherwise on a Website) and will be renewed automatically unless stated otherwise when You sign-up for a trial. You have the right to decide not to renew a subscription by unticking the autorenew box in "My Account" section of the website, but You must do so at least 24 hours prior to the autorenewal date which will be displayed on the "My Account" webpage.
37. When placing an order for an online purchase of downloadable Content, downloads will be commenced automatically after your payment has been processed. For that reason, We will be unable to cancel a purchase once it has been made.
38. We shall not be obliged to accept a request to purchase downloadable Content until We have received confirmation that payment has been authorised and funds received from our third party payment processor, MiPay. We also reserve the right to refuse to accept a request to purchase downloadable Content if there are territorial restrictions which prevent Us from doing so.
39. All payments for downloadable Content must be made via your digital wallet ("Wallet") which is operated for Us by MiPay. You will need a valid credit which You are authorised to use in order to open a Wallet. We reserve the right to reject applications to open Wallets or to close existing Wallets if We have reason to believe that your identity is false or that You otherwise do not have the authority to use the credit card used to open the Wallet. You may forfeit any funds in a Wallet in such circumstances.
40. You may top up your Wallet at any time. Cleared payments are processed immediately and your credit is usually available in your Wallet within minutes. However, in some cases it may take several hours for a Wallet to be credited with a top-up amount.
41. You can at any time request that we transfer back to you any debit funds in your Wallet and We shall be entitled to impose a small administration charge of £2.50 in respect of each such return to cover our costs. We reserve the right to close any Wallets that remain inactive for more than 24 months and to retain any debit balances in such Wallets that amount to less than £10.
42. You agree that You will not use your Wallet in breach of any law or regulation and will not use your Wallet for the purpose of money laundering or storing the proceeds of crime.
43. You are responsible for monitoring access to your Wallet and maintaining the secrecy of your username and password. We shall not be liable for any purchases made from your Wallet inadvertently or without your express consent.
44. Prices quotes for the purchase of downloadable content are inclusive of VAT unless otherwise stated. Such prices are subject to change at any time.
45. No refunds will be issued in connection with any Content that has been removed in connection with a valid takedown request.
Part IV- Your Details
45. By accepting these Terms, You agree to us collecting and using your details in accordance with these Terms. The details that we will collect from you from time to time will either be Personal Data (defined below), Payment Data (defined below), or Technical Data (defined below).
Personal Data
46. We will collect the following personal details ("Personal Data") from You when You register for an Account, subscribe to and/or purchase Content or Services from the Websites, or when You register a Pure product for a manufacturer's warranty:
46.1. Your name;
46.2. Your date of birth;
46.3. Your address;
46.4. Your e-mail address; and
46.5. Your Account password;
46.6. Your Account security question.
47. We will retain your Personal Data on our secure servers and use your Personal Data for the following purposes:
47.1. to administer your Account and communicate with You in relation to your Account;
47.2. to provide You with technical support (including software upgrades);
47.3. to process payments;
47.4. to offer You recommendations based on your listening history;
47.5. to send You details of and promotions in relation to our products and services;
47.6. for product or market research purposes (for which We may contact You from time to time); and
47.7. to detect fraud and abuses of the Websites.
48. We will only retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary and only such Personal Data that is relevant to for the purposes set out in Section 47 above. We will only use your Personal Data in a way that is fair to You.
49. We may also pass details of your Account to third parties, but we will ensure that such details are anonymised so that You cannot personally be identified from them ("Anonymised Data"). Anonymised Data may be provided to third parties to enable such third parties to provide targeted advertising to your Account based on your listening history and preferences.
50. You have the right to ask us not to process your Personal Data (whether or not in an anonymised form) for marketing purposes. You may exercise this right at any time by contacting Us via our contact form write to us at the address at the beginning of these Terms. You also have the right to access information held about You. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing You with details of the information We hold about You.
51. We will also collect usage data in relation to your Account to enable Us to make improvements to the Websites, the Services and the products or other services that We offer.
52. By accepting these Terms and submitting your Personal Data to Us, you consent to your Personal Data being transferred, processed and stored outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA"). Some places outside of the EEA may not have adequate data protection laws at all or may offer differing levels of protection of personal information which are not as high as in the UK. You acknowledge that, provided We have used your Personal Data in accordance with these Terms, We cannot be held responsible for any use of your Personal Data by third parties who use or process your Personal Data.
53. You warrant to Us that any Personal Data submitted by You or on your behalf is accurate and not misleading and that You will be responsible for keeping your Account and Personal Data up to date. You also warrant that, when submitting Personal Data on behalf of someone else, You have full authority to do so.
Payment Data
54. When opening a Wallet and/or subscribing for subscription-based Services, We will also require You to submit your payment details e.g. payment card number, expiry date and CCV number, ("Payment Data"). Any Payment Data You supply will be provided directly to MiPay; We will not have access to or retain any of your Payment Data. However, from time to time We may receive from MiPay certain redacted details, such as the final four digits of your credit card number, in order to enable Us to process your purchases and administer your Account.
55. For details on how MiPay will handle, process and safeguard your Payment Data, please review MiPay's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use presented during a payment.
Technical Data
56. We will also collect certain technical information ("Technical Data") from You when You access and use the Websites (including the individual pages thereof) from time to time. The Technical Data We will collect are as follows:
57. The Websites use cookies to collect information. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or other mobile or handheld device (such as smartphones or tablets) as You browse the Websites. They are used to 'remember' when your computer or device accesses the Website. The cookies are essential to the effective operation of our Websites and to enable You to navigate and use the Websites and shop with Us online. Cookies are also used to tailor the products and services offered and advertised to our customers, both on the Websites and elsewhere.
58. The following is a list of cookies that are set by the websites:
Cookie name
Cookie purpose
This cookie allows our web servers to respond to your actions on the website such as 'Login' and 'Register'. The website wouldn't work for you without it.
This cookie allows us to remember who you are and allows us to retrieve your login information upon request.
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These cookies enable the function of Google Analytics Software. Google Analytics helps us take and analyse visitor information such as browser usage, new visitor numbers and response to marketing. That information helps us to improve the website and your experience, and to make our marketing campaigns relevant. The data stored by these cookies can be seen only by Pure and Google and never shows any confidential information.
59. In order to change your cookie settings, visit the following webpage for guidance: http://www.pure.com/cookies/. Note that if You disable cookies in your cookie settings, You may be unable to make purchase through one or more of the Websites.
IP Addresses and Device Details
60. We may collect information about your computer or device, including your IP address, operating system and browser type, to enable us to effectively administer our systems, identify improvement areas and to report aggregate statistical (non-personal) information to our advertisers about browsing patterns and actions.
61. Where You have registered a particular product with Us and linked that product to your Account, we will also receive technical data related to that product, including details of your listening activity in relation to such product. In the event that You resell such product or no longer want it to be linked to your Account, it is your responsibility to inform de-activate the link between your Account the product, or to inform Us so that We may perform this task on your behalf. In the event that We disclose your Personal or Technical Data to a third party as a result of your failure to do so, We shall have no responsibility or liability to You in that respect.
Part V- General Terms
Age Restricted and Objectionable Material
62. Certain Content may be unsuitable for those under a certain age and/or may contain a parental advisory, for example songs including profane or explicit lyrics. It is your responsibility to ensure that You do not access or permit others to access such content where which is only suitable for people over 18 years of age.
63. We endeavour to remove unsuitable material on the Websites, but You may come across material that You find objectionable or offensive. You agree that You use the Websites and Services at your own risk and We will have no liability to You for such material. If You discover Content that You consider to be unsuitable, please report it to Us and We will investigate.
Technical Problems
64. We will endeavour to resolve any technical difficulties or glitches which may impact the operation of the Websites and/or the Services. However, We shall have no liability to You for any failure, defects or delays in delivery caused by:
64.1. your provision of incorrect or incomplete information;
64.2. your computer or other hardware device failing to meet the minimum technical requirement for the Services;
64.3. your failure to comply with instructions for use of the Services; or
64.4. any event which is outside of our control.
65. Notwithstanding the above in respect of the duration of any subscription, We may, in our sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to the Websites or Services without notice to You if You are in breach of these Terms. Termination or suspension of your access shall not affect any other right or relief to which We may be entitled in respect of any breach.
Disclaimer and Liability
66. The views and comments on content accessible from the Websites or via the Services are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Us or any of our officers or employees. We will not be responsible or liable for any material, information or data supplied by anyone else and accessible from the Websites/Services.
67. We make no warranty that the Websites or Services will be suitable for all of your requirements, that any content will be accurate or reliable, that the functionality of the Websites and Services will be uninterrupted or free of errors, bugs, or viruses which may be harmful of destructive.
68. You shall fully and promptly indemnify Us against all damages, proceedings, claims, demands, liabilities, losses, charges, costs and expenses which We may suffer or incur as a result (directly or indirectly) of any breach by You of any obligation on You under the Terms.
69. We accept liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for our fraudulent misrepresentation or for any liability that We cannot exclude or limit at law.
70. To the extent permitted by law and, subject to section 69 above, to the extent permitted by law:
70.1. Our maximum liability to You (whether in contract, tort, negligence, misrepresentation, restitution or under any legal head of liability) in relation to your access to, use of or inability to access or use the Websites or Services or any material therein, or from any action or decision taken by You as a result of your access to the Websites/Services or any material therein, shall be £100;
70.2. We shall not have any liability (whether in contract, tort, negligence, misrepresentation, restitution or under any legal head of liability) in relation to your access to, use of or inability to access or use the Websites or Services or any material therein, or from any action or decision taken by You as a result of your access to the Websites/Services or any material therein, for any (a) indirect or consequential losses, damages, costs or expenses; (b) loss of actual or anticipated profits; (c) loss of contracts; (d) loss of use of money; (e) loss of anticipated savings; (f) loss of revenue; (g) loss of goodwill; (h) loss of reputation; (i) loss of business or opportunity; (j) loss of operation time; (k) loss of, damage to or corruption of data; whether or not such losses were reasonably foreseeable or had been advised to Us of the possibility of You incurring such losses. For the avoidance of doubt, items (b) to (k) above apply whether such losses are direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise.
71. Nothing in these Terms shall affect your statutory rights as a consumer.
International Use
72. Some of the Content may be restricted by territory and therefore may be unavailable in your location. You are not permitted to circumvent (or attempt to do so) such territorial restrictions by providing false information or by any other means.
73. If You are accessing the Websites outside of the UK on a permitted and lawful basis, certain elements of these Terms may not apply to You and You may have certain additional statutory rights in respect of Your use of or access to the Websites and/or Services.
Force Majeure
74. We shall not be liable or responsible for any delay or failure to perform, any of our obligations under these Terms if such delay or failure result from events, circumstances or causes beyond our control.
75. In the event that any provision or part of a provision of these Terms is or is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision or part thereof shall be severed from these Terms and the remainder of these Terms shall survive and remain in full force and effect.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
76. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and You and We hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts in relation to any dispute or controversy concerning these Terms or the Websites or Services.
77. You hereby agree to abide by all laws applicable to the jurisdiction in which you access, use or subscribe to the Websites or Services and we shall have no liability of any nature for any breach by You of such laws.
Contact Us
78. You may contact us in relation to these Terms, the Websites or the Services by one of the following methods:
78.1. via contact form here
78.2. by post at the address stated at the top of these Terms.


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Heartland College offers Community Education classes
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05, 2013]
The Lincoln Center of Heartland
Community College will host a variety of Community Education classes
for the winter term. Classes are being offered in Lincoln on the
topics of iPads, digital cameras, various computers programs and ACT
review. Anyone interested can sign up online at
www.heartland.edu/communityEd or in person at the Lincoln Center
at 620 Broadway.
Getting Started with an iPad
Come learn how to organize, explore
and maximize your new digital device. Pinch, swipe, tap and shake
your way through the features and functions, including photos,
videos, calendar and various apps. Find some hidden gems and tips to
make you a confident and proud iPad owner.
Course fee: $90, includes text
Dates: Tuesday, Jan. 29, and
Thursday, Jan. 31 (two sessions)
Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Getting Started with Digital Cameras
Experiment with digital photography
by using the standard settings on your camera, and practice
downloading the pictures to a computer. You will learn about digital
images and what resolution is right for your pictures. Learn how to
email your pictures, organize them into folders and back them up.
Bring your digital camera, transfer cable and user manual to class.
Course fee: $59, includes
materials and USB drive
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 5 (one
Getting Started with Computers
If you've never used a computer,
then this is the class for you. Learn the most basic computer skills
-- how to turn it on, how to use a mouse, how to point and click,
and other essentials for using a PC. This is a hands-on class with
plenty of time to practice your new skills.
Course fee: $55, includes
Date: Thursday, Feb. 7 (one
Getting Started with Computers II
Get lots of hands-on experience
using the start menu programs and working with a word processor.
Practice using Windows to locate and manage your files. Increase
your knowledge of the Internet by searching, bookmarking and
choosing what to print. Experience with using the mouse or the
Getting Started with Computers class is helpful.
Course fee: $99, includes text
Dates: Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, Feb. 12-14 (three sessions)
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Excel Introduction
Excel Introduction
This course is designed primarily
for beginners, but longtime spreadsheet users will also learn many
valuable hints and techniques for more efficient use of spreadsheets
for work or home. Topics include creating and editing worksheets,
using cut, copy, paste and the fill command to create spreadsheets
faster. Students will create a wide variety of formulas using
relative and absolute addressing (formulas using the $) and some of
the popular built-in functions. Customizing reports and visually
representing data with charts and graphs will also be covered.
Course fee: $149, includes text
Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays,
Feb. 19 to Feb. 28 (four sessions)
Enhanced ACT Review
COLLPREP 1001, Course Code: 2688
This course offers everything you
need to succeed on the ACT exam. You will use practice exams to
learn about the different types of questions and the best strategies
for successfully answering them. The workshop consists of six
two-hour sessions, which include discussions of test-taking
strategies and reviews of English, math, reading and science
reasoning skills.
Course fee: $90, includes text &
Dates: Mondays and Wednesdays,
March 18 to April 10, excluding April 1 and 3 (six sessions)
Time: 6-8 p.m.
QuickBooks Introduction
Designed for business professionals
rather than accountants, QuickBooks assists you in staying organized
with your business financial records. Topics include setting up
company records, creating invoices, processing payments, entering
and paying bills, and more. A 140-day trial version of QuickBooks is
Course fee: $110, includes text
and 140-day trial version
Dates: Tuesday and Thursday,
April 9 and 11 (two sessions)
Time: 6-9 p.m.
QuickBooks Level II
COMPNCR 1317, Course Code: 3056
Continue to learn QuickBooks and
streamline your small business accounting. Topics include processing
payroll, tracking and paying sales tax, working with balance sheet
accounts, and more. Let QuickBooks handle all the accounting
functions of your business. Prerequisite: Completion of QuickBooks
2010 Introduction or equivalent.
Course fee: $110, includes text
Dates: Tuesday, April 16, and
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Aug '12 - Sep '12
Vancouver Special is a store on Main St. But it's more than a simple store. In fact, it may just be the most amazing, magical, wondrous store in all the land that is Vancouver.
A couple of Thursdays ago, it hosted "Party for Architects", a forum/networking event for architects, designers and groupies. Ian Ross MacDonald from Bruce Carscadden Architect gave a lecture on Thrift (but not necessary on "being cheap") and discussed some of his most recent work. There is little doubt that his work is fascinating—but it was his discussion of his love of spreadsheets and lists that really got me thinking. Like myself, Ian comes from a starkly different background than what is thought of as the typical route into the profession. In fact, it's clear that his "uncreative" past of statistics helped him become such a highly successful architect.
This brings me to my blog focus today: the limiting nature of creativity. To someone looking out, Ian may not exactly possess the traits of a "stereotypical" architect. There aren't any black turtlenecks or thick-rimed glasses, no over the top flamboyance, no struggling artist complexes; and yet behind his calm demeanor, there is tremendous creativity and, I would imagine, fervent passion for the profession.
All too often, we box in the idea of creativity; we limit it to areas such as the visual arts, architecture and music, and we delegate it to a small group of elite few. But creativity is far greater. Teresa Amabile from the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School mentions that everyone with normal intelligence is capable of some degree of creative thought. Among many things, she says, creativity is dependent on experience, talent and above all, intrinsic motivation. So, if in theory, most people are capable of creativity, why does the world seem to lack creative thought, especially now, when creative problem solving is so desperately needed? And, how does this void translate into the fields of architecture, development and real estate?
1. Experience Problem: It starts early on...
Sir Ken Robinson is a recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation and apart from having a kick-ass TED talk(s), he is an advocate for fostering creativity in early childhood education. According to him and to many scholars in the field, creativity is not highly valued in standard industrial society and therefore is not "taught" in the public education system. And even if it was, it's not straightforward like math or languages to teach. I would add here that creativity requires constant upkeep, positive social interaction to keep new ideas flowing, and thus collaboration between the education system and parents. Creating an environment with all these necessary factors is far from easy and cheap—and for families hovering around the poverty line, it's nearly impossible.
2. Talent Problem: Specialization, specialization, specialization
One of the most important developments to come from the industrial revolution has been that of specialization. Today, specialization can occur within a country (people taking up jobs and relying on money earned to buy what they cannot produce) and even between Nations (as countries strive to become world-wide leaders in industries such as technology and llama-herding). Specialization has not only left us with increasing job dissatisfaction, but also with a belief that creativity is meant for a selected few.
This rupture between "creatives" and "non-creatives" achieves two things: first, responsibility for certain parts of a process is broken up according to whether it's "creative" or not, and second, design is relegated to only a specific part of the process. On a project, architects are no longer seen as "master builders" * but rather a means to an end, and other non-creative fields such as engineering cannot take chances at creative thinking (despite the fact that creative approaches to engineering are so important). Despite this all, idea such as integrative design are becoming more and more popular and I can only hope that the recent trend in design thinking as it applied to "non-creative" fields will help improve this Talent Problem.
3. Motivation Problem: Not part of the whole process
So when our experience and teaching does not foster creativity, we then make a terrifying mistake of thinking that creativity is only for a selected few, thus leaving creativity to be boxed in to one part of a process, demotivating both the "creatives" and those who think they are not.
Intrinsic motivation, I believe, drives most successful people and organizations. And creativity is linked to this motivation. Speaking with many older professionals, you get a sense that it's the variety of tasks—the times when creativity is needed, that fuels their passions. Even accountants prefer instances where novelty is introduced, requiring them to think creatively about something (although at this point I would not recommend too much creative accounting lest you want to run into trouble with the CRA).
So the Experience Problem creates the Talent Problem and the Talent Problem creates the Motivation Problem. But it doesn't have to be this way and if Ian's success is any indication, it's better to realize now that creativity is not about drawing or painting or dancing well. Rather, it's about the art of creating—and that's something everyone can do.
*Apologies for the excessive quotation marks. I am realizing I may have a problem.
(That awesome picture comes from the article, "Is the traditional business world at war with creativity?" It's a great little read and you should check it out.)
Ekaterina is currently trying to balance all the amazing things her city has to offer while working and trying to sound coherent (please comment below telling her she is , in fact, still coherent). Stay tuned as the next couple of weeks call for more lectures and events. Right now, Vancouver is undergoing a strange stretch of days on end without a drop of rain whatsoever—clearly proof of the impending apocalypse.View full entry
For those of you who do not know, housing in Vancouver is beyond ridiculously expensive. Here's a little post my friend Nick Thornton of Unboring Learning wrote up for the UBC Terry Blog. I thought it was relevant for any one in or thinking about going into architecture. Affordable housing... View full entry
The project that has undoubtedly "changed my life" is the New Student Union Building (SUB) Project at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. A mammoth of a project, it's 255,000+ square feet of complex program, multiple stakeholders and varying politics. Oh... View full entry
Vancouver. What's the first thing that comes to mind? For some of us it's the spectacular natural beauty. For others, it's the yoga-doing, sushi-eating lifestyle. Heralded as the "California" of the North, it's a gem of a city on the verge of... View full entry
Vancouver, the City of Glass. It's a city of shinning skyscrapers and cardboard homes: a city of spectacular natural beauty, crushing rain, award winning livability and a frightening income gap. It's a city of contradiction—and it's growing. This blog will follow Vancouver through its coming of age. It will highlight the city's search for new forms, its attempts at new urbanism, and its struggles and moments of success within the world of architecture, planning and design.


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Bullrushes is a pretty game in the artistic style of Okami (a PS2 title), where everything is drawn with a brush. The player creates paths of light to guide little fireflies by illuminating bullrushes. When fireflies come close together, they excitedly mate and burst away, leaving a new firefly in their wake. Once enough fireflies have been born, the player must help guide them back to their tree stump hollow.
Artistically, I wanted to do something very different this time, taking a minimalist and abstract light on the theme (roads/paths). I wish I had more time to add a japanese-themed simple score (maybe I'll add one later). An interesting fact — the game was created over about 26 hours, instead of the normal 48.
I'm very happy with how it turned out, and had loads of fun doing it.
(Quick edit: I nearly forgot to mention, the bullrushes will only attract nearby fireflies — those that are about 150 pixels away. If the fireflies aren't moving towards the bullrush, you'll have to find a closer one to light their path! Similarly, the fireflies will have to be guided very close to the middle of their tree stump nest before resting inside).
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- Serves 4
- For sauce
- 2 tablespoons tamarind (from a pliable block)
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce (preferably nuoc mam)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Tabasco to taste if not drizzling sriracha sauce on salad
- 1 pound cleaned large squid
- 1/3 cup fresh basil leaves (preferably Thai basil), washed well and spun dry
- 1/3 cup fresh mint leaves, washed well and spun dry
- 1 cup thinly sliced red onion
- sriracha sauce (Asian chili sauce) to taste if desired
- Make sauce:
- In a bowl stir together tamarind and warm water, mashing tamarind gently, about 4 minutes and strain through a fine sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on solids. Add remaining sauce ingredients, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
- Flower-cut squid (procedure follows) or cut squid sacs crosswise into 1/2-inch ring and halve flaps crosswise. Halve large tentacles. In a large saucepan of boiling salted water cook squid 45 seconds, or just until opaque, and drain in a colander. Rinse squid under cold water to stop cooking and drain well. Add squid to sauce, tossing well. Salad may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring salad to room temperature before proceeding with recipe.
- Add herbs and onion to salad and toss well. Serve salad drizzled with sriracha sauce.
- To Flower-Cut Squid:
- Remove flaps from body sacs and reserve. Cut each body sac lengthwise along seam to form a flat piece and rinse squid well. Spread squid inner side up on a work surface. Holding a sharp knife at a 45-degree angle to work surface, score squid diagonally every 1/8 to 1/4 inch in a cross-hatch pattern. Score flaps in same manner. Cut squid into 1-inch pieces.


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Signatures on documents used in foreclosure cases under review
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Anthony Wise has been selling real estate in the Myrtle Beach area for nearly three decades, but he had never heard of Linda Green until after his home went into foreclosure.
Now, just like hundreds of thousands of people nationwide, Wise is finding that the biggest investment he will ever make – his home – is closely tied to Green … or someone pretending to be her.
Green was a shipping clerk for an automobile parts company before taking a job in the signature room at a mortgage document company called DocX in Alpharetta, Ga., according to news reports.
Richard Lovelace, a Conway lawyer who specializes in real estate and banking law, said the banks who used DocX – or similar document mills – have put themselves at risk if homeowners can prove the paperwork is fraudulent.
That is true even if a home has already been lost to foreclosure.
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House Dems plan task force on gun violence
House Democrats will deploy a task force to study legislation in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. last week, including examining changes to gun laws and the issues of mental illness and youth violence, Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) announced on Tuesday.
"We are resolved in our caucus that the time to act is now," Larson, who got emotional speaking about the shootings, said. "And that we know that taking no action, is to be complicit to a future event."
Larson said the task force will look comprehensively at a number of issues in addition to possible gun control measures, including the "culture of violence" and how mental health issues contribute to gun violence.
The task force will be headed by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), who Larson touted as a hunter, a Vietnam veteran and gun owner. Thompson said that as a gun owner, knows what type of guns are used to hunt versus those that are not.
"The only experience I've had with assault weapons was the one that I was trained with in the Army and the one that I was given when I was sent to Vietnam," Thompson said. "When I came home I continued to be a gun owner and a hunter and have been to this day and I don't see that changing."
While speaking of a need to revisit gun regulations, Thompson emphasized that Democrats didn't want to take guns from those who use them for hunting.
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In the Dolomites you can, not only admire the beautiful natural landscape, but also the heartful and hospitable villages with numerous small chapels, churches, locks and castles.
The zone of the Dolomites in South Tyrol are: Alta Badia (with the location of: Corvara, Colfosco, La Valle, San Cassiano, Pedraces and La Val), Val Gardena (with the 3 location of: Ortisei, Santa Cristina and Selva), Alta Pusteria (with the locations of: Sesto, San Candido, Dobbiaco, Villabassa and Braies), Plan de Corones (in the Val Pusteria with: Brunico - Perca, San Lorenzo di Sebato, Chienes, Falzes, Terento, Gais - Villa Ottone, San Martino di Badia, San Vigilio di Marebbe, Valdaora, Rasun, Anterselva, Val Casies, Monguelfo and Tesido), Catinaccio - Latemar (with the locations: Nova Levante, Nova Ponente, Monte San Pietro, Obereggen, Carezza, Tires, San Cipriano and Collepietra in the sud-est part of the Dolomites) the Altopiano dello Sciliar - Aple di Siusi (with Castelrotto, Siusi, and Fié) and the Valle di Tures and Aurina (with the locations of: Gais, Campo Tures, Selva dei Molini - Lappago, Valle Aurina and Predoi).
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(Tim Patterson is the CEO of T-Nation.com, Biotest Laboratories, and Testosterone Publishing. Ellington Darden is the author of 47 fitness books. Patterson and Darden have been colleagues, business associates, and good friends for more than 20 years. The following discussion recently occurred in Patterson's Colorado Springs headquarters. It is divided into two parts.)
Tim Patterson: Arthur Jones was wrong!
He was wrong in 1980 when he began encouraging bodybuilders to train less than three times per week. How could Arthur have been so right initially — and then manage, a decade later, to screw things up so badly? I'm not sure what he was thinking.
Bulletin No. 1 (1970) was his best work on training, period. If he had taken the major concepts in that publication and concentrated primarily on them thereafter, there'd be a lot less confused HIT enthusiasts today.
After 1983, Arthur seemed to lose interest in bodybuilding. You could see it in the way he dealt with Mike and Ray Mentzer, as well as Boyer Coe. And the fiasco that resulted from the sale of Nautilus, in 1986, didn't help matters. After all that, Arthur rarely talked much about bodybuilding, and instead, focused almost exclusively on his MedX rehab machines.
Ellington Darden: Tim, you may be right. Jones always had a love-hate relationship with bodybuilders and he certainly retreated from supplying the leadership that Mike, Ray, and Boyer needed to succeed at Nautilus.
Patterson: Arthur then confused the bodybuilding world in the late 1980s with his findings from the MedX computerized lumbar-testing machine — which showed for the majority of subjects that one lower-back workout was called for each 14 days. He then assumed that the same requirement held true for other muscle groups, as well as hypertrophy, in general.
At this time the high-intensity kooks got into the picture. For instance — and this is only one example — Mike Mentzer, and his heavy-duty followers, latched onto the decreased-frequency idea and began advocating low-volume routines as infrequently as once every two weeks. Consolidation training, as he called it, became a popular regime among his sect of true believers.
How misleading to think that any serious bodybuilder could make progress training with only three exercises performed once every two weeks. It didn't work — not then, not now, and not in the future.
We know a lot more today about neurophysiology than Arthur knew in the 1970s, when he wrote his first training materials. Had he continued to be involved in a meaningful way, I believe he'd have made different choices. And I certainly believe he'd have taken an alternate route had he known what was going to transpire in the HIT-extremist community. They've all but made a parody of his work.
Darden: You're right, Tim. What else would you add to the list?
Patterson: The super-slow groups, which were an offspring of Arthur's, "If in doubt about your repetition speed, move slower rather than faster," simply added to the confusion of the average bodybuilder. Moving slower, in principle, might be a valuable centering point. But these groups took what amounted to a rehab guideline and turned it into an entire training strategy. Arthur told me on several occasions that they were nothing more than "mental masturbation." I agree.
Darden: Again, that's a keen observation.
Patterson: In retrospect, I'm amazed that the huge bodybuilding following that Arthur captured with his "train harder and briefer" philosophy from 1970-1974 is now splintered into dozens of tiny cult-like cells. The collective power that Arthur Jones once had has been lost due to poor leadership, infighting, and lack of interest.
As a consequence, the overall results of the average HIT bodybuilder today are significantly worsethan they were 30 years ago. The physical development of today's average HIT devotee is nowhere close to the average follower in the early 1970s. And there's only one difference — old-school training. It's almost disappeared.
It's as if HIT — the real HIT — has lost its voice. Today, HIT is composed mostly of a bunch of, well . . . sissies — guys who couldn't train hard if their lives depended on it . . . guys who'd rather talk about training than actually workout hard.
If one of these HIT slackers were transported in time back to 1970 for a workout with Arthur Jones, what do you suppose would happen? I'll tell you, and this is no joke: Halfway through his first training session, Jones would kick his futuristic, sissified ass back home.
Is Arthur the only one in history who could get people to listen to reason and inspire them to train correctly? Back then Jones commanded almost everybody's ear in bodybuilding. But why?
Darden: (Smiling and shaking his head) Hey, Tim, I'd be careful about calling all our HIT men sissies . . . but you've certainly made your point. And you ended with a thought-provoking question.
If I had to narrow Arthur's appeal down to one concept, I'd have to say Confidence . . . confidence in your routine. That's what Arthur Jones brought to the bodybuilding world in the 1970s.
Patterson: (Nods his head and motions for me to continue.)
Darden: Belief in what you're doing may be the single most important factor in success . . . and seeing is believing. Jones certainly wrote, talked, and demonstrated that what he was recommending was on-target. He used to say, "Prove it, then talk about it." And that's what he did.
Jones's approach was so compelling, with his story telling from his experiences with aviation, wild animals, fist fighting, movie-making, and wheeling and dealing. No one could make meaningful transitions like Jones could.
Patterson: Yes! I couldn't have said it better. But again, in the 1980s and beyond, Arthur should've remained true to hardcore bodybuilders . . . and kept that "prove it, then talk about it" attitude. Bodybuilders were his bread and butter in the early 1970s . . . and he walked away from them.
In my opinion, Arthur, for giving so much to bodybuilding, has missed a huge opportunity. He underestimated the influence of the bodybuilding world — these are the guys who would have continued his legacy — and instead he wined and dined the medical community. Unfortunately, the medical community wasn't all that interested in what Arthur had to say. And it's certainly not the medical community that will carry on his legacy.
More than ever, Jones's original training ideas — and the self-confidence that they promoted, because they worked — have relevance to bodybuilders today.
Even more relevant . . . someone should advance HIT to where Arthur should've taken it, had he kept his interest in exercise and modern medical science. Just think where HIT would be today if Arthur had stayed actively involved.
Someone needs to do this, Ell. Otherwise, the HIT that you and I know — the real HIT — will be eventually lost forever. To pull it off, all of those splintered forces — such as Heavy Duty, Consolidated, Superslow, Slow Burn, Nautilus, Cybex, IART, HST, Cyberpump, NSCA, NCES, and others — need to be united into one, confident, powerful organization. I think there's a fighting chance, if these individuals are exposed to the truth about HIT. And that starts with a look back to the old school.
Darden: Yeah, I see where you're coming from and I appreciate your convicted straight talk. Those discussion points are some of the reasons that you and I are so enthused about The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results.
It's time for bodybuilders, both young and old, to rediscover the philosophy of Arthur Jones — and the confidence that it brought to those pioneers in the 1970s — and, most importantly, the confidence that it can bring to today's lifters.
Patterson: Ell, you visited Arthur recently . . . how's his health?
Darden: Yeah, I spent about two hours with him on August 19, 2006. He's not well. He must weigh no more than 140 pounds (down from his normal 170 pounds) and he has four-inches worth of a shaggy gray beard. He looks old and worn out . . . and he won't leave his home. He told me that he doubts he will make it to his next birthday. He'll be 80-years old on November 22nd.
It's really sad, Tim, to see him in such a condition.
Patterson: I wish he'd let us help him . . . you know get him out of his home, maybe nothing more than a drive around central Florida. Why does he want to be such a recluse?
Darden: Arthur is determined to stay at home. He will not even go out his front door and walk 50 feet to his mailbox. Most of the day, he sits on a rundown couch and reads. His youngest son, who lives several miles away, checks on him often and brings him food and does a few things for him. Again, Arthur simply says he tired, worn out. Some of the time, however, his mind is sharp, very sharp — just like he was in the old days. But he fades after an hour or so.
Remember, this is the man who experienced the most action-packed life of any person we've ever known. Arthur's life makes the Crocodile Hunter's adventures look like Eleanor Rigby's. Maybe we should let him finish it . . . HIS WAY. I don't know?
Someone said about ten years ago — after Arthur caught the flu, refused to see a doctor, became very sick for two weeks, and then recovered remarkably — that he was just too tough to die. Let's hope that this is still the case.
I did show him the front and back covers of The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results. He studied each one quietly for about a minute . . . and said nothing. Which as you know, Tim, is his way of saying they're okay. No response from Arthur Jones means YES.
I believe the close-up picture of Arthur on the book's back cover, captures perfectly — Arthur Jones, the teacher — which, in my opinion, was his most important role. From his eyes, you can see and feel . . . his passion for teaching and learning.
He mentioned that he wanted to see a copy of the printed book. I told him I'd bring him one on my next visit.
"Arthur," I said, as I was leaving, "the book is full of the old days and your stories and experiences. And it's loaded with great pictures."
Under his shaggy beard, he smiled . . . ever so slightly . . . which was his way of giving me a bit of encouragement.
Tim, those beginning Nautilus years — the 1970s — with Arthur Jones at his creative best were really extraordinary. There was something exciting to experience almost every day. I sure miss that decade. That's one reason this book is so special.
Patterson: Ell, from the pictures in your book, I can tell that Jones learned a great deal from the Muscle Beach crowd of the 1940s.
Darden: You're right about that. Jones was in Los Angeles in 1947 and 1948, and regularly trained at Vic Tanny's Gym in Santa Monica. Tanny's was a hotbed for bodybuilding and Jones mingled with a lot of the champions, such as George Eiferman, John Farbotnik, and Clancy Ross.
Patterson: Was that where Arthur learned about the advantages of whole-body routines?
Darden: Actually, whole-body routines were the norm before the 1940s. The major weight-training authors — such as Alan Calvert, Mark Berry, George Jowett, Milo Steinborn, Bob Hoffman, Earl Leiderman, and Peary Rader — all espoused exercising the entire body three times per week. Vic Tanny, who promoted the commercial gym business in the 1950s, was also a big proponent of whole-body training.
Jones knew from his gift of common sense that overall-body workouts, compared to split routines, were more effective and efficient.
Patterson: That's interesting, because today, the top-rated author's on T-Nation.com have positive feelings about whole-body routines. Both Christian Thibaudeau and Chad Waterbury have huge followings on T-Nation and they're advocates of at least some whole-body training.
Chris Shugart, after reading The New HIT, switched over to a three-days-per-week schedule — with outstanding results. Even Charles Staley, with his Escalating Density Training, sees the benefits behind exercising the entire body during a single workout. And so does Alwyn Cosgrove in his recent routines.
Darden: Joe Weider's magazine writers promoted split routines during the 1960s and 1970s to pump up the sales of his products. It was the idea that more exercise and more time in the gym require more calories and more of Weider's "special" food supplements. And of course, with the advent of steroids, guys started getting results, in spite of their exercising and eating.
I want to bring back the time when strong men weren't controlled by steroids . . . a time when men cared about their health, as well as appearance. And I think we've taken a major step in the right direction with The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results.
Arthur Jones, the ultimate old-school taskmaster, said it best:
I cannot provide an exact formula for success, but I can furnish a formula for failure. Give bodybuilders what they want: easier, longer, more frequent . . . exercise.
Instead, I supply bodybuilders with what they need: harder, briefer, more infrequent . . . exercise.
Patterson: Arthur could really nail those quotes, couldn't he? Since the layout of your book was done at the T-Nation headquarters in Colorado Springs, I've seen all of it — and I can honestly say, it's unique and different from any other bodybuilding book on the market. What exactly were your intentions when you started this project?
Darden: Like most book projects, you start off being scattered and then you begin to get more precise as the writing progresses. At first, I intended to do Volume 2 of The New HIT. Then, with your help, the project evolved to a broader concept, The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results. I decided to explore more of the roots of modern bodybuilding, which started during the 1940s and 1950s, primarily in Santa Monica, California: at Muscle Beach and Vic Tanny's Gym.
I learned a great deal from talking with Ben Sorenson, who ran the day-to-day operations for Tanny from 1947 to 1949. His memory of those old days was fantastic. Plus, Ben had dealings with all the greats: John Grimek, Steve Reeves (he actually shared an apartment with him for several months), George Eiferman, John Davis, Marvin Eder, Joe Gold, and Eric Pedersen — just to name a few.
During the last several years of Vic Tanny's life (he died in 1985), I spent hours and hours talking about the Muscle Beach days with him. He was a storehouse of stories and information about the inside workings of the bodybuilding business.
Tanny also had a lot of old pictures that he gave me. And I have an extensive photo collection that I've accumulated over the many years — before my Nautilus days, during those exciting times with Arthur Jones and Casey Viator, and from the previous books I've done with Chris Lund. Chris Lund, originally from England, is the best bodybuilding photographer I've ever been associated with and his photos always have a unique point-of-focus to them.
Patterson: So, you've combined these old photos with your new-style approach to bodybuilding, is that right?
Darden: To a degree. But more specifically, the old photos are combined with the lost techniques of the masters, plus the best of today's science . . . to create The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results.
Next week, Darden and Patterson get into the nitty-gritty of the new book and then outline a special, pre-publication offer.
Don't miss Part 2.
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Needlessly high student loan interest rates unfairly burden young people starting out in life and sometimes determine their career choices. Recognizing that, in 2007 Congress began lowering the federal student loan interest rate in stages from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent. But students, and prospective students, are once again in danger of becoming collateral damage in the inane budget war being waged by Republicans inalterably opposed to revenue increases. Unless a budget agreement can be reached, the rate will return to 6.8 percent for new borrowers in July. That would increase student loan costs for New Hampshire students, who already graduate with the highest debt level in the nation, by $30 million; the cost for the nation's students and their parents would increase by $6 billion. In a nation that needs to make higher education more affordable, not less, that's madness.
The Republican Party, already perceived of as a bastion of white men who, if they ever needed student loans, paid them off decades ago, will further alienate young voters by raising student loan rates. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the federal government makes a 36-cent profit on every student loan dollar. That figure understates the Treasury's gain from investing in education. The terrible market for graduates notwithstanding, people who further their education, earn more and thus pay far more over a lifetime in income taxes.
One bill has been filed that would keep the 3.4 percent rate in place for two more years, but borrowers would benefit from the security that comes with an interest rate that's fixed for the term of the loan. Another bill would let the rate float with inflation. That's a bad idea. Prospective students who fear that the rate on their loan might balloon with inflation will be far more likely to forgo higher education.
President Obama proposed a plan to charge market rates for federal student loans. That plan has its good points. It would, for example, require that borrowers pay no more than 10 percent of their discretionary income toward the debt. It would also fix the rate for the life of the loan, which is a good thing if the loan is taken out when rates are low, but a terrible idea if borrowing must be done when rates skyrocket.
The need to educate a populace that has no choice but to compete in a global economy is far too important to be held hostage to the overrated need to reduce the federal deficit. The best way to reduce the deficit in the long run is to make America's workforce the best educated, most creative and productive in the world. Making higher education more affordable will do that. The student loan rate should be set at a level no higher than that needed to covers costs and losses from defaults that would diminish if rates were lowered.
We congratulate Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on her humane Pay as You Earn proposal, which would cap student loan repayments at 10 percent of a borrower's discretionary income. It could cut the default rate and move some graduates into careers that they might not have pursued, given the need to make big loan payments. It would help convince people that pursuing higher education is a gamble worth taking, one that doesn't require living in your parents' basement while your loan is repaid.
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In the isolated islands of the Pacific Ocean, a lack of large land mammals created openings for some truly unusual animals to dominate the ecosystem. Land crabs once ruled Hawaii...at least until humans and their pets showed up.
Most crabs are tied completely to the sea because they need to refresh themselves with saltwater. But we've found fossil evidence of crabs on Hawaii that made it several miles inland, apparently taking up residence in caves at shockingly high altitudes, as much as 3000 feet above sea level. These crabs, which went extinct when Polynesian settlers arrived about 1000 years ago, appear to have evolved the unique capacity to survive far away from saltwater, including perhaps being able to reproduce without returning to the ocean.
Naturalist Gustav Paulay explains how these crabs once ruled Hawaii:
"When you look at the islands of the Pacific, things don't get there easily, so land animals are scarce - and the biggest things on some of them are crabs. They control the ecosystems on atolls to an incredible extent. This particular species would have been important as a predator and as an omnivore - it would probably have had a big impact on the insect population, on land snails, and also maybe on nesting birds."
These crabs weren't huge - they were only about the size of a human fist - but that was big enough in the unique ecosystems of the pre-human Pacific for the species to become dominant. It appears that it wasn't humans who did them in - rather, it was the Polynesian rat, which was a frequent (and not necessarily welcome) traveling companion of these early island settlers.


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I skipped last year making blog resolutions, but this year I need to get myself back on the straight and narrow and encourage myself to do a few things.
1. Finish my book quickly and efficiently – Well, duh, I supposed, but the quickly and efficiently is the biggest important part. I have no idea when SQL Server 2012 will be released, but with RC0 having been publicly released, it isn't going to be SQL Server 2013 now is it?
2. Blog regularly – Note I didn't exactly say more, but I do want to be regular. Perhaps a substantive blog (more than telling people about some event) once a month here on SQL Blog while working on a book, and 2 or 3 times otherwise. On simple-talk my goal is to average 2 What Counts For A DBA blog entries.
2.1 Blog about my other (computer) love occasionally – I love gadgets (I now carry 6 music/video players, including 1 Windows Phone 7, 4 Zunes, my new Android player, and a Nintendo 3DS) and software (user interfaces are my favorite pet peeve), and I occasionally I feel like talking about them.
2.1 Blog about my other (computer) love occasionally – I love gadgets (I now carry 6 music/video players, including 1 Windows Phone 7, 4 Zunes, my new Android player, and a Nintendo 3DS) and software (user interfaces are my favorite pet peeve), and I occasionally I feel like talking about them.
3. Do 1 or 2 new presentations, and reduce doing the ones on database design. I love talking about database design, and I will still put my main db design session in for conferences, but I have 3 new ideas for sessions that are about 50% code and 50% design (for example, a session on triggers, which I want to show not only how they can be used, but why they should be used (or honestly not be used, which is a far larger list indeed).
4. Develop and present a DB design a variable length (1-3 day?) seminar. I am pretty happy how the book is organized, based on how I forced myself to work on it this time. I had a bunch of ideas how I wanted to change things us and shorten the book, but during the process, I realized the natural progression of how it ought to be done. I feel like it translates well to a class, even a bit more than the pre-con I have written that I did for the Orlando SQL Saturday (and which I will be happy to do for any SQL Saturday for any size group (I don't care so much about making money, as long as my expenses are covered after the room is paid for…though I wouldn't mind making a buck :)
5. Get more involved with our local group. I attend, I help out, I did some work with trying to SQL Rally in Nashville, but I think I could do more to help out there. It helps that I work with Christine Leo, Kevin Kline, and Joe Webb, all super dynamic folks who kick butt.
In my personal life, I have to make a number of changes that are probably apparent to anyone who has met me or seen a picture of me… That will probably be the hardest of them all, though possibly the most important.
Wow, looking at the list I realize why I stopped making resolutions… Maybe I should just resolve to go to Disney World more? Well, that would be way too easy!
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I really enjoyed your post, Louis. It's great hearing about your resolutions, and that helps me formulate some of my own. Let's both make these happen!
I like the comment about when not to use triggers -- I can relate to this topic.
Yeah, when I finally get around to writing the trigger presentation, the prime goal will be to show that (despite the hatred) they have great value, but are really really dangerous when used improperly.
So, I have been away from blogging about technical stuff for a  long time,  (I haven't blogged
I admit it. I am tired and I have not blogged nearly enough. This has been a crazy year, with the book
So, I have completely given up on my new year starting on Jan 1 where blogging/writing/community is concerned.


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1. He is best known for his television roles as Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Bob Sweeney in the Academy Award-nominated film American History X.
2. Avery Brooks was born in Evansville, Indiana, the son of Eva Lydia , a choral conductor and music instructor, and Samuel Brooks, a union official and tool and die worker. When Avery was aged eight, his family moved to Gary, Indiana, after his father had been laid off from International Harvester.
3. Brooks has said: "I was born in Evansville… but it was Gary, Indiana that made me."
4. His maternal uncle Samuel Travis Crawford was a member of the Delta Rhythm Boys.
5. "Music is all around me and in me, as I am in it," Brooks has said.
6. He later completed his B.A., plus an M.F.A. from Rutgers University in 1976, becoming the first African American to receive an MFA in acting and directing from Rutgers.
7. Hawk became a popular character and, after three seasons, Brooks in 1989 received his own, short-lived spinoff series, A Man Called Hawk.
8. Brooks said of his role as Hawk: "I never thought of myself as the sidekick…
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10. Brooks is best known in popular culture for his role as Commander—and later Captain—Benjamin Sisko on the syndicated science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which ran for seven seasons from 1993 to 1999.
11. Brooks won the role of Commander Benjamin Sisko by beating 100 other actors from all racial backgrounds to become the first African-American captain to lead a Star Trek series.
12. In landing the role, Brooks also became the first African-American male actor in a starring role in a first-run television drama since Clarence Williams III had starred as undercover police detective Linc Hayes in the iconic ABC "hippie" cop drama The Mod Squad from 1968 to 1973.
13. Brooks was the second in American television history to do so since Bill Cosby co-starred with Robert Culp in the NBC spy series I Spy from 1965 to 1968.
14. Brooks also directed nine episodes of the series, including "Far Beyond the Stars", an episode focusing on racial injustice.
15. The story chronicled the life of Solomon Northup, a free man from New York kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841 and held until 1853, when he regained his freedom with the help of family and friends.


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I would show you how to make sambal belacan from scratch–a must-have Malaysian condiment and the basic building block for many delicious Malaysian recipes.
Sambal belacan consists of chilies, belacan (Malaysian shrimp paste), kalamansi lime (limau kasturi), and salt and sugar (to taste or optional). In the US, kalamansi lime is scarce so lime can be used as a substitute. However, in reality, kalamansi lime is made for sambal and lime is inferior when it comes to sambal belacan. So, if you have access to kalamansi lime, please use it, or if you have some, please give them to me.
Sambal belacan as a condiment is something that I can't do without. I eat my rice and noodles with it, and some Malaysian dishes such as my favorite sweet and sour eggs (masak belanda), Penang char hor fun, grilled fish with banana leaves are total awesomeness with sambal belacan.
Anyway, learn how to make sambal belacan with my recipe below. 🙇
4 oz seeded chilies (sliced thinly)
1 tablespoon belacan (shrimp paste)
1 – 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoons kalamansi lime juice/lime juice
Salt (optional or to taste)
•Clean chilies with running water, seeded and sliced. Transfer the chilies to a mortar.
•Heat up a wok or pan on low heat and "toast" the belacan until aromatic. The texture of the belacan would turn dry and powdery after toasting. Transfer out and add to the chilies and start pounding with the pestle until fine. (Some people like their sambal belacan somewhat coarse so it's personal preference.)
•Transfer out to a bowl, add salt and sugar to taste and add lime juice (or kalamansi lime juice). Blend well. You can keep the sambal in the refrigerator for up to a few days.
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•If you don't have a mortar and pestle, you can use a mini food processor to grind everything.
If you like extra fiery kick in your sambal, you can add a few bird's eye chilies.


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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Howe on Slavery as Punishment and the Original Public Meaning of the 13th Amendment
2 comments:
- Shag from Brookline said...
"Works on constitutional originalism are not always a good fit for the Legal History Blog, ...."
Why not? Shouldn't legal historians question works on originalism (or challenging originalism) based upon what "history" reveals of the various versions of "originalism" (and challenges thereto)? Consider Lund's attack on portions of Justice Scalia's Heller decision as not reflecting "history" in many regards. Neither originalists nor living constitutionalists should be unchallenged, when appropriate, by legal historians. I look forward to this Blog, the Legal Theory Blog and the Balkinization Blog for leading me to interesting articles on our Constitution. Legal historians have much to offer in this regard and should not take a back seat to constitutional scholars.
- February 25, 2009 at 8:45:00 AM EST
- Mary L. Dudziak said...
I agree with your underlying point: the historical turn in constitutional interpretation makes the role of legal historians in constitutional studies more important than ever.
At the same time (and the point of my caveat in the above post), not everything that calls itself "originalist" falls within the purview of this blog: works that seriously engage legal history.
This blog has covered much originalist scholarship -- note that there has long been a label for "originalism." However not all originalist scholarship seriously engages either the secondary literature or primary sources in legal history. Some papers are instead advocacy pieces that cherry pick limited historical sources, and then claim to be historically grounded, when instead there's less than you'd expect from a good undergraduate history paper. (There are papers like this in other areas of legal scholarship as well.) Other papers may be excellent works of constitutional theory, but that don't seriously engage the history of the founding period.
When in doubt about whether to post something, I usually look at the footnotes and sources, and I err on the side of inclusion whenever a work seriously engages sources that legal historians would want to know about, or perhaps makes an important methodological intervention. And of course I post abstracts for articles that I disagree with. I hesitated with this particular paper because -- other than limited press sources -- it does not rely on primary sources. Nevertheless, a wide range of secondary works on forced labor in the footnotes makes the paper a good fit for the blog.
As with most areas of scholarship, readers will benefit from reading a variety of blogs that will pick up a range of sources. On originalism, the Legal Theory Blog and Balkinization are great choices.
Shag might prefer for us to post and critique everything on LHB, but then blogging would become a full-time job, and we would be unable to do our own work. Perhaps there should be a blog dedicated only to originalism? If one exists already, please post a link in the comments.
- February 25, 2009 at 9:37:00 AM EST


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