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Arab states held secret meetings with finance ministers and central bank governors in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil in a plot to end the pricing of oil in dollars, a move that would likely stoke tensions between superpowers China and the U.S., according to a bombshell report in Britain's Independent newspaper.
Top officials from Saudi Arabia and Russia denied the report.
Anonymous Gulf Arab and Chinese banking sources told the paper that countries planned to create a basket of currencies to replace the current system within nine years. The basket would include the Japanese yen, Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new currency currently being planned by Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.
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"These plans will change the face of international financial transactions," one Chinese banker told the Independent. "America and Britain must be very worried. You will know how worried by the thunder of denials this news will generate."
Saudi central bank governor Muhammad al-Jasser did just that early Tuesday, dismissing the report as "absolutely incorrect," according to Reuters. In the markets, Jassrer's denial sent the dollar back up against the euro and yen after its earlier fall when news of the secret meetings first broke.
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While many have touted the reduction and elimination of group exercise classes to help improve a facility's bottom line, some are finding that narrowing the focus of classes — even adding more to the schedule — may be another way to address the growing (or in some clubs, shrinking) class conundrum. These classes specifically target runners, cyclists, triathletes, new moms, the obese and any number of specific populations. It is part of the growing compartmentalization of fitness facilities to draw in new members, especially those who may not have turned to a health club in the past.
But these group classes aren't always confined to the 300- or 400-square-foot studio often shared by everything from yoga to cycling to step and low-impact classes; this may be part of their draw and potential success. In fact, many of these concepts have grown out of — or in some cases into — clubs and online communities and are more based on the common goals of participants.
Asphalt Green in New York City has attracted some 200 triathletes and triathlete wannabes to its Triathlon Club during the last three years. The club, located on the Upper East side, not only takes advantage of its facilities, but it also uses all New York has to offer.
"We are really a high-performance sports facility with a great deal of amenities available for athletic training," says Paul Weiss, Asphalt Green's senior program director and an avid triathlete who started the club in 2002. "We have 11 workouts a week with two at the club. A lot is done off-site at Central Park and around the city."
But staying on-site hasn't affected the success of other facilities' programs that cater to specialized populations.
"We target several groups of athletes: runners, swimmers and cyclists. I think the draw for these programs is the comprehensiveness of the programs, such as how the running includes cross training, stretching, nutrition and group runs. This also helps build camaraderie," says Becca Owens, the fitness manager for Mercy HealthPlex.
Owens says these groups are served through both regularly scheduled classes and seasonal programs, which are fee-based. Programs include a Trekking and Training camp, which is primarily endurance/running and attracts the endurance athletes as well as 10- and 18-week running camps.
At Asphalt Green, part of the program's major success — it has doubled in size every year since its inception — doesn't even leave virtual reality. Its agtri.com site gets 800 hits and 50 postings a week, so the club is able to keep its already active community active away from their bikes, the pool and the road, Weiss says.
"We are lucky to be a big enough organization, and one with an educational mission, so we can really implement the technology to help build a community," he says.
There is a bottom-line benefit for such programs that outruns the additional fees that may be charged. In the case of Asphalt Green's Triathlon Club the $129 yearly fee is just the start of the race.
"Actually, the program is a classic loss-leader. It costs about $30,000 a year to run, but we make our margin on other stuff," says Weiss. "It really gives us a chance to target adults for programming that other traditional classes don't typically avail themselves, and this opens them to additional pay services such as coaching programs, stroke clinics and our e-mail coaching."
Of course, boosting memberships is also plays into the financial figures when implementing specialized classes.
"I feel the variety of our programs as a whole is a large contributing factor to our membership sales. However, it is hard to say whether it is directly related to our specialty training," Owens says. "I feel that these classes/programs positively affect the bottom line — if it sells memberships, that is a bigger help to the bottom line than an individual program's revenue."
At Asphalt Green, one of the bumps in the road for the Triathlon Club is expanding its reach in a crowded market.
"We really are in a three-zip code area — we can only draw from about three zip codes with all the competition in New York City," Weiss says. "The club really allows us to expand our reach outside of our typical geographic area."
Once those memberships have been sold, they open a world of possibilities for additional profit centers, something that has helped boost the bottom line at Michael's Body Scenes in Boca Raton, FL, which offers a triathlon training class as part of its group exercise schedule.
"Once someone has gotten a taste of triathlon training in the class, they often want to supplement that and advance their training through more specialized and personalized service," says Renee Sanok of Michael's Body Scenes. "This is a real boost to our personal training program as we then can get the members training with us, working on cardio, strength and the core to improve their athletic performance."
While there is more buzz about cutting classes that no longer pack 'em in to help reduce costs, specialized classes that average about half of the attendance of a traditional class may not look like a sound investment at first glance. But when other factors such as fees collected, membership bumps — and the general buzz of niche classes — are calculated, targeting special populations from athletes to the deconditioned may not be a bad investment overall.
"We've had such good success with our Triathlete Club that we are looking to expand to other segments such as cycling," Weiss says. "These programs aren't easy to start or cheap to run, but they help attract new people, boost the bottom line and separate you from the competition."


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Many Americans are consuming less animal products and more plant-based products in response to a growing trend of "vegan for health". What does the research say about plant-based diets and the health effects of avoiding meat?
The weekend before last at UCLA there was the Ancestral Health Symposium. This hosted lectures from many big names like Mark Sisson, Robb Wolf, Stephen Guyenet, Tom Naughton, and others. Denise Minger, famed slayer of The China Study (not the book, but the actual China-Oxford Cornell study), hosted a lecture entitled How to Win an Argument With a Vegetarian.
Despite the name, this was not a series of silly talking points that one can read from to "shut up" that vegetarian/vegan that disagrees with them (the name was inspired from a popular post on VegSource entitled How to Win an Argument With a Meat Eater). Throughout the 40 minute talk, Minger introduces the big names in the plant-based diet community that always come up as the definitive proof that a "whole food, plant-based diet" (WFPBD) is the singular way to good health.
You will find all these individuals are interconnected, and you'll commonly see one name be mentioned by the other (since they all belong to the vegan front-group, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)). If you shop at Whole Foods, you have likely already heard of them:
- Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn
- Author of How to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. He has had success with reversing heart disease in his patients.
- Dr. Neal Barnard
- President of Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (a group purporting to be a body of physicians and health experts giving out the best science in nutrition and health). He has had success in treating individuals with diabetes.
- Dr. T. Colin Campbell
- Author of the best-selling book The China Study, which claims that animals products correlate with cancer. He is also the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University.
- Dr. Dean Ornish
- Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California. Known for his lifestyle intervention trials where he has combined a very low-fat vegan diet with lifestyle suggestions to reverse heart disease.
- Dr. John McDougal
- Launched a successful vegan and vegetarian program in some hospitals and has a food line that is sold in grocery stores.
- Dr. Joel Fuhrman
- Author of the book Eat to Live and created the Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI), which Whole Foods now uses.
Minger outlined the studies done by these gentlemen, which they say is the definitive proof that a WFPBD is better than anything else and the proof therefore that meat and other animal products are bad for your health and are the trigger for modern disease. Here is a shortened version of what they espouse and what kind of diet they recommend:
- Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn
- Very low-fat, vegan diet. Reduce and eliminate sugars, refined and processed foods, and extracted oils.
- Dr. T. Colin Campbell
- Low fat, vegan diet. Reduce and eliminate sugars, refined and processed foods, and extracted oils.
- Dr. Neal Barnard
- Low fat vegan diet. Reduce and eliminate sugars, refined and processed foods, and extracted oils. He also suggests avoiding fried starches like potato chips and french fries.
- Dr. Dean Ornish
- Very low-fat, vegan diet. Reduce and eliminate sugars, refined and processed foods, and extracted oils. Ornish offers his patients lifestyle suggestions, help to stop smoking, and extra support when they need it. Patients may consume fish oil.
- Dr. John McDougal
- Low fat, high carb vegetarian or vegan diet. Reduce and eliminate sugars, refined and processed foods, and extracted oils. His patients also eliminate fruit juices.
- Dr. Joel Fuhrman
- Vegetarian or vegan diet that is low in fat. Reduce and eliminate sugars, refined and processed foods, and extracted oils. His patients follow a "nutritarian diet" based on Fuhrman's own Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI) scoring (which doubles plant numbers and doesn't count fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins). Patients can have (low-fat) animal products only as part of 10% of their total calories.
Other than a lack of animal products, what else do you notice? That's right, they all advocate a healthy lifestyle, no sugar, no white flour, no polyunsaturated vegetable oils, and no processed foods. So, let me get this straight: if you remove the smoking, and drinking, sugar and flour, processed foods and vegetable oils, sedentary lifestyle, and lastly the meat, then by God it must've been the meat that was the biggest culprit! Wait, what?
According to these gentlemen:
- Smoking and drinking is the same as eating a steak, an egg, or drinking full fat milk
- The standard American diet is a valid comparison to a healthy omnivorous diet
- Factory farmed animal products are just the same as pasture-based animal products
Am I the only one that sees some funny math here? How can it be that a steak or an egg is equivalent to smoking or eating processed food? It's easy to come to this conclusion when you have a very specific agenda! Of course, "agenda" is a strong word and it's thrown around a lot, but I know that they have an agenda because for one, Activist Cash has shown how the PCRM has all sorts of connections to animal rights groups, and for two, I've been familiar with this group since I was in nutrition school. As a student, Dr. Neal Barnard gave a lecture while I was there. I also was subscribed to the PCRM's publications for a few years before I noticed just how much they like to ignore pesky little details. This group likes to blur the lines between pasture-based animal products and those that come from a factory farm. You'll notice that no studies they have done have involved healthy meat eaters; only those who follow a standard American diet.
The big problem here of course is that someone following a standard American diet is more likely to smoke, more likely to have a sedentary lifestyle, and you can bet your bottom dollar that they consume lots of processed and refined foods. These are the very things that we know can trigger disease, so then how is it that these men have proven that a WFPBD is superior to all other diets when what they've really shown is that a diet that is plant-based, with no extracted oils, no smoking, no processed or refined foods, and stress reduction bundled together can help reverse modern-day disease. At no point have they proven that solely removing meat was the panacea that worked.
Well, this is true save for one man: Dr. T. Colin Campbell, whose book The China Study is cited by most proponents of the WFPBD community as the definitive proof that animal protein causes cancer. For those that aren't already familiar with Campbell's work, his evidence rests upon two separate studies. The first was an epidemiological (observational) study of Chinese people and what they ate. Campbell purports that the study showed that the more animal protein people consumed, the more likely they were to get cancer. The second study was a rat study where Campbell tested the effect of both animal protein and plant protein on rats and the results showed that the rats that ate the plant protein did not get cancer (but the animal protein rats did).
Case closed, right? No, not really; the devil is always in the details, my friends. In regards to Campbell's epidemiological study (the famed "China study"), there are some glaring issues with the method. All this study did was ask people to mail in a questionnaire about what it is they ate for the period of time that the study was conducted. At no point was the quality of the food questioned, and likewise, there was no attention given to other food and lifestyle habits (sugar? white flour? vegetable oils? stress? smoking?). Regardless, poor controls in the study don't outright discredit it. This is where Ms. Minger comes in, as she eviscerated the study itself and showed how the study actually pointed to a greater correlation between wheat and cancer, rather than meat consumption, and there are many other glaring issues that she beautifully exposed.
Next up, in regards to the rat study, this was also seriously flawed. In fact, the way the study was designed really makes one wonder if Campbell was purposely making the study flawed to get the results he wanted (that meat is bad and plant protein is divine). The rats were given powdered casein as the representative of the "meat group". They weren't given real meat, or milk, or eggs, or any whole food animal product. Instead, they were given a powdered protein isolate that I can assure you I wouldn't touch with a 10 ½ ft pole! Really, I am not surprised that feeding rats powdered casein gives them cancer, not at all. In addition to the casein being removed from the vitamins and fatty acids that are naturally found with it, it's quite likely that the source came from conventional milk which is potentially cancerous when treated with growth hormones. It really begs the question: why hasn't Campbell followed up on this study with better controls?
Interestingly, Dr. Chris Masterjohn analyzed Campbell's rat study, and surprise: the data does not match the conclusions! I also have to ponder as to how casein can be cancerous if it is contained in every animal milk, including humans? Ms. Minger brought this up in her critique of Campbell's study, and in his response, he completely ignored this. Why?
Finally, it's important to understand that there is a stark difference nutritionally between grass-fed milk and powdered casein. Let's compare a whole food animal protein to powdered casein:
|Raw milk from grass-fed cows:
|Powdered casein from conventional dairy:
CLA and vitamins A & D are known cancer killers, so as you can see, a high quality whole food source makes a big difference! Likewise, rBGH and A-1 beta casein can trigger cancer. Coincidence?
In conclusion, it's obvious that these men have not proven that the animal products are what cause disease. I've seen the studies, and I'm just not convinced. If someone removes processed and refined foods and adopts a healthy lifestyle, then of course there will be a dramatic difference in their health. In science, you must isolate specific factors in order to come to specific conclusions. If one must prove that meat or milk are bad, then it's not as simple as just removing them. As I mentioned previously, all these men have shown is that a diet free of animal products, sugar, white flour, processed and refined food, and extracted oils, along with positive lifestyle changes, can help to prevent and reverse disease. They have never tested these same protocols with animal products; they've only compared it to the standard American diet (which we all know is no good for a variety of reasons).
In reality, as I had shown in the table previously, animal products (when coming from an ideal source; not sugar covered, soybean oil-drenched garbage) contain specific nutritional factors that help to prevent cancer. It is only in the last 100 years that we've seen a rapid increase in disease. Go figure, since we eat away from home more, have a less active lifestyle, are under more stress, eat more garbage (factory farmed animal products, sugar, white flour, processed and refined foods, polyunsaturated vegetable oils), smoke more, and have a less fulfilling life as a whole.
So is a WFPBD really the panacea for modern disease? If it is, there's no evidence to show it. Likewise, this complete lack of evidence and poorly designed studies really calls into question the credibility of these men from the PCRM that crow the loudest about how a WFPD (and only a WFPD) will cure all that ails you. One must be left to ponder: if these men are so well-educated and have such an illustrious background, why the heck can't they design a proper study that truly comes to the conclusions that they claim it does? Unless of course, they are only interested in coming to those conclusions first, and designing their studies to come to this conclusion all along…
Outside of the PCRM and their biases, there are still studies that have shown that a meat-free diet is healthier. If you look at these studies, you'll find a clear pattern: vegans and vegetarians generally have better lifestyle habits than the average meat-eater (this goes back to what I was saying before about comparing someone with a healthy lifestyle to one with an unhealthy lifestyle). Last year a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine compared a low-carb Atkins diet with a low-carb "eco-Atkins" (a meat free low carb diet). The study showed that the individuals on the "eco-Atkins" had lower mortality and heart disease, while the regular Atkins was associated with a higher incidence of these. Is this the definitive proof that meat is bad? Far from it! In this study, the "eco-Atkins" group had a healthier lifestyle; no wonder they were healthier! A Polish study published last year showed that vegans and vegetarians are much more likely to engage in healthy lifestyle habits like less smoking and drinking and less processed foods (well, except for the veggie burgers that are giving many of them thyroid disease). Again, this goes back to what I was mentioning before: is it accurate (or even honest) to compare two individuals, one whom has a healthy lifestyle, and the other who doesn't, and base the results solely off of what their diet is like? No, no it is not.
But what about when both omnivore and herbivore have a similar lifestyle? A study Minger mentioned in her discussion was this one from Taiwan. It compared vegetarian and non-vegetarian Buddhist monks who had a similar diet (except one didn't eat meat). I like that this was done on Buddhist monks since that means that stress levels should be about the same. Stress is a disease trigger that is often ignored. Getting back to the study now, the results showed that it was the vegetarian Buddhists that had the higher risk of heart disease.
Is it time for the PCRM to eat their words? I think so. Really, there isn't a single study that I know of that has compared health-conscious meat eaters with health-conscious vegetarians and has found that the meat eaters were just dropping like flies from disease. I think the Taiwanese study is especially interesting because all the individuals involved ate a similar cultural diet. Over at Minger's site Raw Food SOS, she has a lengthy article discussing heart disease and the evidence that shows that ditching meat won't save your arteries.
Since the beginning of time, humans have consumed meat and animal products. It's taken thousands of years now for this animal-based diet to start giving us epidemics of heart disease, cancer, and obesity. But gosh, what about 200 years ago when we weren't consuming nearly as much garbage (and before the invention of polyunsaturated vegetable oils, packaged processed foods, growth hormones, factory farming, epic stress levels, and super-sized soda)? You guessed it! There wasn't an epidemic of these problems. Really, Dr. Weston A. Price demonstrated very clearly in numerous populations that when we eat nutrient dense animal foods, cut out the junk, and follow nourishing traditions, we have great health, and we even keep all our teeth!
(A very special thanks to Ms. Minger for her fantastic lecture and article that helped to inspire this post!)


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I was loving on my new animal friends that I couldn't pass up showing them off. Since my hubby loves bears so much I gave him my cute lil polar bear avatar to strike a pose with me. All I can say is OMG Cuteness! The AO with this bear is simply adorable. Every one of the new arctic friends are so fun, there's several options which are explained in the lovely picture book HUD. These are worth the 50L a play and I was lucky enough to get two rare owls in a row! I'm also adoring another 50L gacha item from Half Deer. Seven unique yaks perfect for your winter decor. I'm sure I'll be playing this machine a bit more because who doesn't need more yaks? :p
Animal Friends
Yaks: Half Deer – Winter & Cozy Yak (1 LI Each) New Gacha @ The Garden
Owls: Beetlebones – Arctic Friends Snow Owl in Soot & Snow (11 LI Rezzed) New Gacha
Hare: Beetlebones – Arctic Friends Snowshoe Hare (19 LI Rezzed) New Gacha
Avatar: Beetlebones – Polar Bear Avatar Snow w/AO (New Gacha)
Igloo: What Next – Blue Christmas Igloo (22 LI) The Arcade
Modded Pose: !bang
On Me
Hat & Mittens: 8f8 – Deer Rudolph Package Secret (The Arcade)
Hair: Clawtooth – Temptation Prize 2 (The Arcade)
Top: Tee*fy – Elan Wool Vest Shirt Red Plaid (C88)
Leggings: Maitreya – Panel Leggings V1 Charcoal (C88)
Boots: Ingenue – Brigita Boots Steel (C88)


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mssql_min_error_severity — Sets the minimum error severity
This function was REMOVED in PHP 7.0.0.
Sets the minimum error severity.
The new error severity.
Example #1 mssql_min_error_severity() example
// Connect to MSSQL and select the database
mssql_connect('KALLESPC\SQLEXPRESS', 'sa', 'phpfi');
// Set the minimum error severity to not include SQL
// syntax errors by setting it to something greater than
// or equal to 1.
// Send a query we know that will cause an syntax error, in
// this case we use the MySQL quote signs instead of wrapping
// square brackets around the field and table names.
$query = mssql_query('SELECT `syntax`, `error` FROM `MSSQL`');
if (!$query) {
// Custom error handler ...
If you have not worked with MS SQL, severity is based on 5 levels.
Level 0:
The code contains a genuine error, and if executed, may not run as expected. For example, a syntax error or a reference to a non-existent method will cause a Level 0 error.
Level 1:
The code is syntactically correct, and has some defined meaning, but it may not be what the programmer was expecting. For example, a statement with no side effects such as x+1 will generate a Level 1 warning.
Level 2:
The code is correct but may cause problems in the future. For example, using deprecated features will generate a Level 2 warning.
Level 3:
The code is correct but may result in bad performance. For example, if type inferencing fails for a variable, a Level 3 warning will be issued.
Level 4:
The code is correct but there may be a better way to accomplish the same thing. For example, using a non-Common Language Specification (CLS) compliant method signature will generate a Level 4 warning.


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Cut a strip of fabric about 45 inches long.
Wrap it tightly (about 5 times) around the knitting needle....
then twist and wrap the fabric to create gentle folds.
pin in place
Determine what kind of fiber you think would work best with your fabric choice.
Here I am using this confetti look-alike fiber.
Wrap it and pin in place.
I could finish here....but I want to add a little more color to it, so
I use this other fiber around it.
Wrap and pin in place.
I like to place the seed beads on a piece of felt so they don't bounce and roll off my table.
Thread your needle, double strand, hide the knot inside the fabric, and randomly stitch the beads on your fabric bead.
While you are stitching the beads, make sure that you go through all the layers.
This will anchor the fabric, the fibers and the beads all at the same time.
When you are done, pull the bead off the knitting needle and
it will look something like this.
When you get the hang of it, you may want to make a whole bunch in stages....
It saves time if you do all the wrapping at the same time...
then the beading and so forth.
Here are a few that I have finished.
supplies needed:
pages from a book or magazine, acrylic paint, gel medium, scissors, pen.
Draw a simple flower shape, outline it twice.
Paint the paper with one coat of acrylic paint and let it dry.
When the paint dries, coat each flower with gel medium....it can be glossy or matte.
Here I am using a thick layer of Golden Regular Gel (gloss)
Smear it on as thick or as thin as you want...when it dries, you will be able
to see and feel the texture you created.
Let it dry and cut around the design.
Add to your art work.
These can be made into any shape, style and design.
Play it up with gel pens, different colors of pens,
paints, and different types of paper.
Make a whole bunch all at one time and keep it
on your worktable for easy access.
I wrote about this technique in the May/June 2007 issue of Cloth Paper Scissor Magazine.
Here is a quick recap.
Magazine pages and cut-outs, double-sided tape,
sewing machine, gesso, gel medium and acrylic paint.
Pull out seven pages from a magazine. This makes a sturdy canvas.
Stack them up and use double-sided tape to adhere one page to the other.
Machine stitch the entire stack.
Use gel medium ( I use Golden Regular Gel Matte) to adhere other images.
Cover up any logos or identifiable images.
Let it dry.
Gesso over the paper canvas.
Blot out some of the gesso here and there.
The idea is to blur and muddy up the image and text.
Let it completely dry, then paint it with an acrylic paint.
Here I've painted most in white, one in pink and one in yellow.
Now the canvas is ready for you to paint your original art.
This package of SIX can be yours.
Leave your name to sign up to win.
The random selector will pick out a winner on Thursday.
I am thrilled to have my Bernina back from the repair shop.
When TSA wrecked it in Seattle last year, I promised that I would NEVER travel with this beauty again. I decided I needed to purchase an inexpensive travel machine. The Janome Sew Mini sewing machine is a sweet deal.
Here she is,
my Sew Mini is sooooo cute. This little beauty weighs 5 pounds and costs anywhere between 40 to 60 dollars. I got mine from Hancock Fabrics. It is a pretty basic machine. It only does straight and zig zag stitching.
It isn't designed to do any freemotion sewing but you can certainly alter the machine to achieve that. In this tutorial, I would like to show you how to alter your machine so that you can do freemotion sewing like this....
or this
This is what you do:
First, some boring but important safety info:
While you are setting up the machine.....it is best to keep it unplugged. Plugging this machine means that the setting is ON and while working so close to the needle, you could cause an unintended accident. ouch!
To start, purchase this foot or something like it for a Janome.
This one was about 12.00 dollars. It is a freemotion foot designed for Janome machines.
Make sure that you place it correctly on the machine....if you don't, this could happen.
Trust me....I speak/write from experience. I was so eager to get the machine working that I wasn't paying much attention to what I was doing. It helps to read the instructions on the back of the package.
Moving along....
You also need to cover the feed dogs....The feed dogs are those little teeth-like thingies that grab the fabric as you sew. So get a piece of chipboard or cardstock.
Pierce a small hole through the center of it. Use masking tape to adhere it to the machine. Making sure to cover the feed dogs and throat plate area.
Put the freemotion foot on, plug the machine and you are now ready to do all sorts of freemotion sewing.
For me, the best part is that I can travel with it and I can demonstrate my techniques when I teach. In no way does it replace the power, durability and comfort of a better quality machine....whatever that means to you. But I think it is a better option than traveling with an expensive and often heavy machine.
There are numerous ways of creating your own fabric labels.
This is Part One of Five tutorials I will be sharing with you about creating custom fabric labels.
Stamp on the entire piece of fabric. Be done with all the stamping, all in one shot.
Then lightly iron it in order to set the ink
Cut the label and a decorative backing fabric.
Machine stitch the label to the backing.
Fold the edges under and stitch.
Done. The End. Fini. Super, super, easy.
Whenever you plan on paint, dye or stamping on fabric, it is important to wash it first.
Fabrics are usually treated with sizing/starch, in order to keep it looking crisp and clean.
But this often repels the absorption of inks and paints.
If all you need is a small piece of fabric, a quick hand washing with a dish washing soap will work fine for this tutorial. ENJOY!


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When he was here, "Uncle Bob" named a bit of history:
Centuries ago the insane were shackled, chained to institutional walls – jails, dungeons, oversized crib rails or beds. Centuries ago? Did it stop then?
Not so long ago. Still, now, in our lifetime!
II Two centuries ago you could be shackled to a tree and whipped… for no good reason, just because your skin is darker than mine. Yours, clean, shines, but us dirty folks of my hue thought we should dehumanize, torture, and humiliate you.
Then Good Abe said, "STOP!" "Let them go!" 150 years ago. Did it stop then? Good Abe said, "Let them go!" Some were set free, but they did not escape the misery of slavery. They "owed their souls to the company store," just a different kind of bondage and Many were set free only to encounter the Lynching Tree.
III- Confined A lifetime ago (within mine) you could be herded into a train – a cattle car, withnospacetomoveorfreshairtobreathe untilthetrainstopped,then pushedproddeddowncattleramp intostockyardsconfinedbybarbedwireelectrified toopenairputrifiedbypollutedstenchfrom smokingchimneysofgasfurnaces, queuedinspectedlikemeatselectedby wavingrodpointingtoleftortoright toshowersortemporarysurvivalslavelabor identitystrippedsoulsstolen shovedsqueezedintobarrackstosleep? oncrowdedhardbunkboardslabs shelvesinrowssharedwithstrangers fourorfivebodiesinonebox, somedeadsomelikeyoubarelyalive, nightmareshiftssharedbynamelesslabormates… upatdawntorollcallshoutyournumberor startoveragainstandingatattention,thenlaborallday inrockquarryorbeforcedtoshovethecorpsesof peopleyouonceknewfriendskinyourownmother fathergrandmothergrandfatherssisterbrother babiestoo intotheovens burntheirsoulless emptiedbodies turningtoashes yourfellowhumancattle beaten objectified dehumanized de-souled, just because you were a Jew.
IV- (Nisei) Early in my lifetime, we took your property and kept it despite your 2nd or 3rd generation good citizenship, then put you away with meager jobs and poor schools for your children, just because your grandparents were born in a land which has become our wartime enemy.
V Four centuries ago Massasoit hosted my pale-faced forebears from across the sea — hungry after a long sail from a strange land across the ocean. His hospitality to rude guests uninvited, your home now overrun by land-greedy pale faces pushing ever westward, shoving Native hosts aside, all the way across this continent with no respect for Native Nations' sovereignty, disregarding hosts' good care for woods and soil and animal species; greedy, pushy, selfish pale-face with no respect for Natives' humanity.
My ancestors stole your land shackling our Native hosts' descendants (of many nations) to untillable soil, tearing down forests housing food supplies. We ingrates pushing, shoving you to ever smaller, reduced barren dry arid land strips, shackling you to areas which cannot sustain life for any tribe and leaving you invisibly shackled to a tiny patch of land in a dry, barren, arid soil worthless for growing any food or sustenance.
VI Centuries ago? "Let my people go . . . " My skin is black. I am a Jew. I am insane. My Grandfather was born in Japan. My native grandfathers welcomed you Shackle me – Let me hang. Force me to burn my own kin. Confine me to untillable barren land. Take our property and keep us silent despite our good citizenship. Centuries ago? Now! Has it stopped yet? No! "Let my people go!"
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Rhetoric Society of America - Greg Clark Named RSA President Elect
On the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, the RSA Board of Directors has elected Gregory Clark, Professor of English and Associate Dean of Humanities at Brigham Young University, as the Society's president-elect designate. He will become president-elect on January 1, 2014, with responsibility for planning the 2016 conference in Atlanta. He will assume the presidency on January 1, 2016 for a two-year term.
Greg Clark is no stranger to RSA leadership, having served from 2008 to 2012 as executive director and from 1999 to 2007 as editor of Rhetoric Society Quarterly. He is thoroughly familiar with the opportunities and challenges facing the Society and with the needs of its membership. He was unanimously chosen for the position of president-elect by the RSA Board at its meeting during the CCCC meeting in Las Vegas.
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Daniel Herron has been a photographer for 20 years. He was in Los Angeles for 4 years shooting for MGM's Home Video division taking publicity stills of the studio celebrities for promotions in magazines and entertainment industry publications. Daniel has expanded his scope into the Travel and Leisure industry doing assignment work for Sheraton Hotels and Resorts in the Hawaiian Islands and Fiji, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts in California and in-flight magazines for airlines. Recently Daniel contracted with a stock image company in Hawaii, with affiliates through out Asia and Europe. The company supplies travel and leisure images to airlines and resorts worldwide.
Daniel is also in the process of pitching a Travel Show (Exotic Photo Trips), that he wrote, for television and the internet that will feature travel destinations worldwide. (Anybody from the Travel Channel out there looking?)
Splash: When did you know you wanted to be a photographer?
Daniel: I had a casual interest in taking pictures since I was twelve and then saw this film by Michelangelo Antonionis call Blowup, staring actor David Hemming, who played a master London photographer who explores the city twenty-four hours a day. I was fascinated and hooked on getting into photography and within a week of seeing the film I had my first 35mm camera!
Splash: What is a photography job like?
Daniel: Well, there are lots of different types of jobs and subjects to be shot. The majority of sessions I have are headshot for actors and comp card shoots for models as well as commercial and editorial work. Currently I'm moving into travel photography. I find each shoot unique, be it the personality of an actor or talent that I am working with, the product we are shooting or the constant changing environment of a scenic shot for travel. So basically it's never a dull moment or predictable situation.
Splash: What does a photographer look for in a picture?
Daniel: Sometimes it's not what the photographer looks for but the art director if it's a commercial or editorial shoot but usually balance in composition and to capture what the image is trying to say and make it even more than one dimensional. I really like simplicity in an image, such as Japanese art and landscaping.
Splash: What do you like most about being a photographer?
Daniel: The challenge of whatever the subject is to shoot and how to make it look exceptional is stimulating. Meeting people and now travel photography especially. There are so many amazing places, cultures, and people. I think that through travel and meeting people with cultures different from ours we grow and become more open.
Splash: What is most challenging about being a photographer?
Daniel: In shooting for art directors, actors, etc. you have to go for what they want and not particularly what you want. Hopefully you have a nice meeting of the minds. I do as much homework ahead of the project to know as much as possible to know about the shoot and image the client is going for.
Splash: What makes a good day for you?
Daniel: I remember getting up before sunrise in Hawaii to go and shoot a full day of island scenic, beaches, volcanic mountains, waterfalls, and Hawaiian dancers. I returned to my hotel about 7:00 p.m. that evening, completely exhausted, but I had the most satisfied feeling of really putting in a great day and having just the images I wanted to capture. It's not always about the money but the personal satisfaction that you really put in an extraordinary amount of effort and got the results you were going for! Also a nice long shower and refreshing Mai Tai helps!
Splash: What was your first job out of photography college?
Daniel: My first commercial job was as a photo journalist shooting for a Boston newspaper on Marineworld USA. Following that assignment was a shocker as I was asked to photograph photographer Ansel Adams at his home in Carmel, CA. What an experience that was, I was a nervous wreck but the results were good!
Splash: Why did you switch from headshots to travel?
Daniel: I'm actually still doing the headshots for actors until the full transition takes place into travel photography, but I have always enjoyed getting on a plane and going to new and exciting destinations. Then to have it paid through your photography - that's the dream scenario for me.
Splash: What does a travel photographer do?
Daniel: In addition to taking photos, there's a ton of pre-planning on your destination: deciding when is the best time of the year (weather wise) to shoot a particular spot, travel arrangements, back-up gear (if out in remote areas), local assistants, translators if needed.
Splash: What are your favorite destinations?
Daniel: Warm exotic spots. I've always loved the Hawaiian Islands and its people. It is such an amazing culture. All of the Polynesian history is fascinating. Next I would say Thailand - my brother lives in Bangkok and I've been there many times. There are some beautiful tropical islands in the gulf of Thailand and on the Andaman Sea. Baja Mexico is great. I've been fortunate to visit a lot of countries in Europe as well. They are all unique in their own way.
Splash: What's the difference between digital photography and regular photography?
Daniel: A lot of that is personal taste. I know lots of photographers who have stayed with film and really like the look of film. For me, it took a while for the technology to make digital looking as good as film and now it's just fine for me and clients.
Some of the benefits of digital are the cost reduction of re-using of memory vs. the cost of film and processing. Also you can see the image immediately on the back of the camera or a computer with the added cost of a digital back. Just a few of the benefits of digital. On the other side of the coin, digital camera's are more expensive and I find myself updating with software continually can be a bit costly. Overall I personally like the fact that you can immediately start to crop, enhance, whatever you like, with the images thru Photoshop, Light room and other such software.
Splash: What photographers inspire you?
Daniel: Mario Casali, who shot for Playboy and TV Guide, really got me inspired just from a casual seminar I attended years ago. Also the works of Ansel Adams, Patrick Demarchelier, Francesco Scavullo and Anne Libowitz. There are many others but I would say these great talents have had the most impression on me.
Splash: What do people coming into this field need to know?
Daniel: I would suggest getting an inexpensive point and shoot digital camera and experiment with that for a while first. See where that leads you and how your interest is after a while. As for the next level, it's not particularly inexpensive with the high end gear, camera, computer, software, etc. that is needed. You can also rent to get started. If you have the passion and feel, you have the talent, then you should follow your intuitions and go for it! I would say go to seminars, lectures on equipment and new software and techniques. Learn as much as you can. Most of these lectures are free from manufactures and at your local pro-camera stores. Again, if you really want to try something go for it and just listen to your own thoughts and not the dogma of others. Be tenacious and stick with it - it can be very rewarding!
Daniel is a very busy man, he also produced a TV pilot on travel photography that he is currently seeking a network to produce. Daniel has also contributed photos of children in poverty to the United Nations Association. Daniel is currently in Thailand shooting in the souths tropical images on the Andaman Sea, locations of popular tourist spot, Phuket Island.
Daniel Herron has a calmness about him and wants each and every photo shoot to be the best ever. When he takes pictures he's very serious and doesn't just snap. He analyses and looks deeper into his subject. However, his sense of humor is what makes him a pleasure to be around. He'll make you laugh to get you to smile and his witty sense of humor will keep you laughing. He's a hard working man with the world as his canvas.
If you'd like to contact Daniel about travel images or his TV show please email him at the following: [email protected] or visit his website: www.danielherron.com
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Rock and roll your way through a colourful world in Armillo, a sci-fi-style rolling platformer available to download from Nintendo eShop for Wii U.
In a once-peaceful galaxy, invading Darkbot forces are cruelly capturing small, blue critters. Flying from planet to planet, help Armillo rescue them and take back his home: a series of spherical 3D worlds featuring all manner of obstacles and enemies.
Your main weapon against the Darkbots is Armillo's roll, which lets you navigate paths, dodging or wrecking anything in your way. Jump and boost your roll to destroy tougher enemies, or collect power-ups to gain special abilities. Along the way, solve cheeky puzzles and grab orbs, which you can spend on bolstering Armillo's powers for improved Darkbot routing. And that's something you'll need, as you battle multi-stage bosses in their own worlds.
Within every level, track down a hidden Parallel World, where you'll be challenged to speed run through a 2D zone. You'll need lightning reflexes and your best, old-school platforming skills in these special stages – especially as you're pushed to beat each stage against the clock!
With snappy action, vibrant graphics and puzzles to stretch your mind, Armillo is rolling to defeat the Darkbots in this riveting 3D platformer, available to download from Nintendo eShop for Wii U.
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Indiana boy dies after being hit in head by baseball
- Dylan Williams%2C 8%2C was hit during practice on a throw while playing first base
- Union City mayor said%2C %22It%27s probably one of the saddest things I%27ve ever heard%22
- Coroner ruled he died of %22complications of blunt force trauma%22 to the head and neck
INDIANAPOLIS — The death this week of an 8-year-old Union City, Ind., boy hit by a baseball during an all-star game practice has left a small community in stunned grief.
Dylan Williams was hit in the head by a ball Tuesday and brought to Riley Hospital for Children, where he died Wednesday after his family opted to have him taken off life support.
Union City Mayor Bryan Conklin had to stop to compose himself several times as he talked about Dylan's death on Thursday.
"It's probably one of the saddest things I've ever heard," Conklin said in a telephone interview. His voice cracked, he stopped, then apologized.
He has two children himself, the mayor said, and they're older, but he was imagining the pain of Dylan's parents.
"For a kid to be playing something he likes to do, and then ... it's just ... heart-breaking."
Union City, about 95 miles northeast of Indianapolis, has a population of about 5,000, Conklin said, and many of them are connected. He used to work with Dylan's grandfather, another city employee worked for a grandmother and "everybody just knows everybody," Conklin said.
Discussions were beginning about when and how the city might hold a remembrance or memorial event for Dylan, but nothing was firm, the mayor said.
Michael Fulk, baseball all-star coordinator with the Union City Baseball Boosters, said no decisions had been made about play for the rest of the season, either. The teams were scheduled for a tournament this weekend, but things are up in the air, he said.
Counselors are being made available for children and their families, he said.
An autopsy Thursday by the Marion County Coroner's office showed Dylan died of "complications of blunt force trauma" to the right side of his head and neck.
Dylan's father, Erick Williams, was coaching at the time and saw his son get hit, he told Dayton, Ohio, television station WHIO-TV.
"He was playing first base and they went to throw a ball to him and he wasn't really looking, and to me it looked like it hit him in the side of the neck and he just dropped to the ground," Williams told the television station.
The Indianapolis Star left a message for the family for possible additional comment, but did not hear back from them.
Union City Police Chief Colbie Wells said information about the incident was limited, and police still are investigating.
Generally, youth baseball is considered a safe sport, but there is limited data.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a USA Baseball study of players from T-ball age to college found 39 deaths among 82.6 million participants between 1989 and 2006.
The newspaper, in a story last year after a 12-year-old died after being injured by a baseball while playing catch with a teammate, also cited a study by an emeritus professor of exercise and sports science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He found an annual average of 29,038 injuries among the 1.7 million participants, for an injury rate of 1.69 per 1,000 participants.
After the same incident, The Chicago Tribune, while cautioning that no comprehensive account of injuries exists, cited a limited study commissioned by USA Baseball. That review showed that between 1989 to 2010, 18 children younger than high school age died of baseball injuries.
Diana Penner and Jill Disis write for The Indianapolis Star, a Gannett affiliate.


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Sugar Rush: St. Patrick's Day Shortbread Cookies at Bouchon Bakery
Your daily dose of something sweet.
All too often, seasonal menu items are overwrought and underpowered, sent into the spotlight before the kitchen gets them really right, then shelved after a few weeks.
So it's refreshing to see Bouchon Bakery take a more straightforward approach to St. Patrick's day. No Guinness-caramel whatever, just some very solid shortbread cookies ($5 for two). They're sandy and crisp with a deep, deep butteriness. But you know how some buttery cookies are so oily they stain whatever package that holds them? These don't; no weeping fat here. The icing is snappy royal, not too sweet, the only clue that these cookies are designed to be more festive than your typical shortbread.
Bouchon is also selling soft sandwich-style butter cookies with ganache filling, and they're nice, but these shortbreads are what you should be after. Get them soon—St. Patrick's is a few days away, and these cookies won't stick around.
Bouchon Bakery
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2012 Jolt Awards: Mobile Tools, October 30, 2012 The best mobile development tools
Finalist: Xamarin MonoTouch for iOS
What a history MonoTouch has had in its three-year existence! Initially developed at Novell before the Attachmate buyout, MonoTouch was migrated to a new company, Xamarin, by Miguel de Icaza and his team of developers when Novell/Attachmate jettisoned MonoTouch from its catalog. Then, there was a period during which the fate of MonoTouch was most uncertain because Apple briefly rejected iOS apps that were built with anything other than Xcode. Through it all, Xamarin held firm to its belief that MonoTouch offered C# and .NET developers a far easier path to iOS application development than the alternative of learning Objective-C and the CocoaTouch framework. To be frank, .NET developers using MonoTouch still need to learn those things, but MonoTouch gives them a significant advantage by enabling them to use a known language and familiar building blocks (LINQ, events, delegates, etc.). In addition, MonoTouch offers true garbage collection, a feature that Objective-C developers still have to contend with in certain versions and situations.
The MonoDevelop IDE is adequate for coding, though it's no Visual Studio or even Xcode IDE for that matter. But it has enough of the basics to get up and running quickly. In addition to installing MonoDevelop and the MonoTouch add-on, developers also need to install Xcode running on a Mac. If you want to deploy MonoTouch apps on an iPhone, you will also have to pony up to pay Apple's annual developer program fee for a signed app provisioning certificate. Given that overhead, some developers might ultimately decide that they need to bite the bullet and learn Objective-C and native iOS development. But for C# developers who haven't the time or the inclination, but still need to convert their corporate or customer-facing apps to the iOS platform, MonoTouch offers a less-painful alternative to the Apple way.
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Top 13 Email Clients For Linux, Mac OS, and Windows Userslast updated in Categories Business, Download of the day, GNU/Open source, Linux desktop, Linux laptop, OS X, Reviews, Security, Windows, windows vista
Linux comes with various GUI based email client to stay in touch with your friends and family, and share information in newsgroups with other users. The following software is similar to Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail and is used by both home and office user.
Webmail interfaces allow users to access their mail with any standard web browser, from any computer, rather than relying on an e-mail client. However, e-mail client remains extremely popular in a large corporate environment, small business, home and power users. An e-mail client (also mail user agent (MUA)) is a frontend computer program used to manage e-mail. Mail can be stored on the client, on the server side, or in both places. Standard formats for mailboxes include Maildir and mbox.
The following are top five amazing piece of cross-platform software from various projects to make your life easy with wide variety of plug-ins / add-ons.


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7 months is so much fun! I love this age, and it's definitely my favorite month yet. Spoiler alert: I think I'm going to end up saying that every month! This past month though has been awesome. Henry's personality is shining through, and just like I thought, he's a funny, sweet, very independent little dude. And getting funnier and sweeter by the day.
This month went transitioned into solids, and started off with rice cereal (hated it), then oatmeal (also hated it), and a week later decided to start vegetables. Our friend Robyn got us the Baby Bullet as a gift and I LOVE it. I've been making batches of homemade baby food and it's just so easy to use. I'll blog more specifically about it sometime soon, but it's really a great tool. So far Henry has tried sweet potatoes (his first food), avocados, and yesterday he tried peas. We've been feeding him once at day around 4pm. Here's a little video from his first pea experience- don't mind my commentary!
Henry has also been moving and grooving like crazy. He has pulling up on anything he can get his hands on, and prefers to be standing. He's even starting to try and take steps while holding onto his crib. It's really weird to see him over by his toy basket, pulling himself up to pick out a toy to play with. I keep thinking back to just a few short months ago, when he was a non-mobile baby, and it's insane to think about what a difference those weeks have made. It's neat though, and I'm excited for him to start being able to get where he wants to go.
This month Henry:
is eating and loving solids
is still breastfeeding
takes 2 naps a day
can pull up on anything
loves to stand
laughs when you squeeze his thighs
loves swimming and being in the water
is starting to get very attached to mama
makes lots of babbling sounds
doesn't have any teeth yet
is wearing 9-12 month clothing
doesn't like to wear shoes or socks
loves being in one of our slings
really enjoys going on walks and jogs in the BOB jogger
lights up with Daddy get homes from work
is fascinated by remote controls, cell phone, and plastic cups
drinks water and breastmilk out of a sippy cup
As far as sleeping goes, he's been wanting to go to bed earlier, and likes to start his bedtime process around 6:30pm. That seems SO early to me, but it's naturally when he gets tired and no matter what we are doing or where we are, he'll curl up against me and start sucking his thumb. The thumb is ALWAYS an indicator of nap time, and during the day I can totally gauge when he needs a nap and when he will actually go down for a nap based on when that thumb gets popped into his mouth. It's almost like clockwork. For the past week Henry has been waking up in the middle of the night wanting to eat around 1am. He eats for about 5-10 minutes then goes back to sleep. I can't tell if it's because he's actually hungry or if he just wants to be comforted, but either way it's okay with me.
And speaking of eating, last week while at my parents', I left Henry for the evening to go to a show. He doesn't take a bottle anymore and hasn't for months, and our doctor advised me against using one this late in the game. So, we used a Born Free sippy cup my Mom got him. I pumped the night before, and my Mom filled the cup with a bottle's worth of breast milk, gave it to him before he went to bed in place of our usual feeding, and he drank the whole thing while sitting in her lap. He went right to bed and slept through the night. I was SO relieved, because I have three different weekends over the next couple of months that I'm going to be leaving him with Hank, and I was so, so nervous. It makes me happy to know that this worked well.
So, happy 7 months to our darling little man. He's the best thing in our life and it's only gets more and more fun everyday. I can't wait to see what this month has in store for us! And if these photos are any indication, you can bet it's going to be a good time!


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A blogger whose home state is north of the flyover states, and whose state of mind is far from the coastal trade routes
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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Accused pedophile John Burbine had been ordered to stay away from children
Mother of 1980s victims of Burbine is 'horrified'
A woman who said her sons were the sexual-abuse victims of accused pedophile John Burbine over 20 years ago, said she is horrified that Burbine was allowed to be in contact with young children as recently as this year.
"I saw his face on the screen. The memories just came flooding back to me of what happened many years ago," she said. NewsCenter 5 is not reporting her name, as it is our policy not to identify sexual abuse victims.
The woman told NewsCenter 5's Kimberly Bookman that she and her husband hired Burbine in the late 1980s to care for their three sons, then between the ages of 2 and 6. Burbine told the couple he was a college student studying early childhood education, she said.
"I checked him out with the police, FBI, any avenues I could, just to be sure everything was OK," she said.
But within months, she discovered her middle son was being sexually abused by Burbine, and after questioning her other sons, believed that they were being abused as well.
She went to prosecutors and Burbine was charged with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
According to documents from Woburn District Court in 1989, Burbine entered an Alford Plea, in which he admitted that the prosecution had sufficient evidence to find him guilty. He was given a six-month sentence and classified as a Level 1 sex offender.
As a condition of the sentence, Burbine agreed to have "no contact with a child or children any time unless in the presence of a guardian."
"I believed them," the woman said, referring to the condition of Burbine's sentence.
"I just did not want this to happen to someone else."
Last week, Burbine, 49, was indicted on charges he sexually abused at least 13 young children in the care of his wife's unlicensed child care service, and photographed and videotaped them.
Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone said the alleged victims ranged from 8 days to 3½ years old, and were assaulted between August 2010 and August 2012 while Burbine was caring for them in their homes. He said Burbine faces more than 100 criminal counts.
"Honestly, I am so upset with the system. Something fell through the cracks," the woman said. "I believed what they told me, that he would not be able to be near children again and that didn't happen."
Leone, who was not District Attorney in 1989, issued a statement in response to the woman's charge.
"It is difficult to comment on the treatment of this particular case or to speculate on past prosecutorial decisions and assessments made regarding disposition or the future likelihood of a perpetrator reoffending."
"Had that case come before us today, where three children were abused, and the family was willing and able to withstand the rigors of prosecution, we would have prosecuted this case to the fullest extent allowed and requested a sentence that would have included committed time as well as supervised probation to remove him as a threat to children and communities for as long as possible under the law," the statement said.
Team 5 Investigates reported that in 2005, a 7-year-old claimed abuse by Burbine, and in 2009, a 5-year-old also claimed abuse. The cases did not move forward because the families involved did not want to testify publicly.
"We did not have the evidence we needed to sustain criminal convictions due to a variety of factors, including the fact that the victims and their families were unable or unwilling to go forward," said Stephanie Chelf Guyotte, a spokeswoman for Leone.
Burbine's lawyer said his client will plead not guilty at his arraignment on Dec. 12.
His wife, Marian Burbine, is charged with reckless child endangerment and operating an unlicensed child care business. She was freed on $1,000 bail following her Oct. 1 arraignment in Middlesex Superior Court. She must wear a GPS monitoring device as a condition of her bail.
Leone says Marian Burbine was unaware of the most-recent alleged abuse. She did not answer requests from reporters for interviews at her home last week.


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The Value of Learning About a Variety of Funeral Traditions
Bereavement is deeply impacted by the cultural traditions and faith community surrounding grieving people. While obvious on the surface, many people act as if something different were true, perhaps referring to the stages of grief or implying that there is one best way to approach a loved one's death.
Learning from other cultures is helpful in at least two ways. Greater awareness leads to better care for hurting people. Approaching the funeral of a friend from a society or faith community different than your own can be an anxiety-producing task, but even a sense of what to expect reduces that anxiety, helping provide better care for the grieving friend.
Learning about the customs of other people also helps improve our own. We can adapt traditions learned from others and adopt them in our own family or community rituals. Frequently, the way another group explains death seems more sensible than our own—not because we were wrong as much as because we can now see the same issue from a new vantage point.
On this website are stories about the ways families from different ethnic, cultural, and religious heritages approach death and memorialize their loved ones. While the families are fictional, their customs are not, as their cultural characteristics and religious beliefs are woven into the stories. Of course, not everyone practices every custom, but these stories provide a starting point for good questions about ceremonies and meanings.
Cultural customs always are transmitted to us first by our family, but family members do not always share the same views of customs and beliefs. Moreover, terms that describe great swaths of people such as Asian American, First People, or Hispanic contribute very little to our knowledge of the person described; intuitively, we know that a Hmong man and a man from Japan likely do not share language, faith, or customs, even though both are clearly "Asian." Remember that cultural labels provide a starting point in understanding, but they never provide the "final word."
Stereotypes are dangerous, so it is best to approach a different social group as learner. Lists of common mourning characteristics or customs tend to increase stereotypes. However, asking questions, applying what has already been learned, and working to understand the meanings behind a practice or belief is invaluable in providing better care-as a friend, a professional, or a coworker.
If you are attending a funeral ceremony for a person of a cultural or religious tradition about which you know little, ask a funeral director. Call in advance and inquire about appropriate attire, the sending of flowers, and other customs about which you may be uncertain. Find a member of Selected Independent Funeral Homes near you.
Family members as well as cultural and faith community leaders will be happy to answer your questions or point you to resources that are helpful. With each family story, you'll find a list of suggested resources in print and on the web. These will provide depth to the story so you can learn more about the cultural and religious group profiled. Many book titles in this section are highlighted so you can click through to Amazon.com to learn more. Journal articles are generally available from the databases at your public library. If you are a library member, you may even be able to obtain a password to access them right from your home or office computer.
The following books may be helpful as you learn about the death customs of other cultural groups and faith communities.
- Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death and Grief: Diversity in Universality, edited by Donald P. Irish, Kathleen F. Lundquist, Vivian J. Nelsen
- The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies, by Stuart M. Matlins
- How Different Religions View Death & Afterlife, by Christopher Jay Johnson (author), Marsha G. McGee (editor)


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I've been seeing marshmallows popping up everywhere lately! Lots and lots of s'mores ideas out there, and hot chocolate recipes with adorable marshmallow toppings, and of course, Marshmallow POPS. Here are a few inspirations for you today.
Do you know how to make homemade marshmallows? You'll be surprised just how easy they are to make! And they taste incredible!! Here's Martha Stewart marshmallow recipe that includes, if you want, how to make marshmallow snowflakes (you can also just cut them into squares:):
Want some great ideas on how to decorate marshmallows?
First, from Hostess with the Mostess blog, marshmallow snowmen:
From the Make'n Mold website, recipes for two fun chocolate covered marshmallow pops:
From the Betty Crocker website, Marshmallow S'mores Bars:
And, because I can't resist… from Gimme Some Oven, S'mores on a STICK (or s'more pops):
Happy Marshmallow-ing!


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Salle v. Meadows, No. 07-1089, 2007 WL 4463920 (M.D. Fla. December 17, 2007)
Defendant Meadows thought that Plaintiff Salle owed him about $9,500. He was apparently having some trouble getting paid, so he registered the plaintiff's personal name as a domain name – briansalle.com. He then tried to sell it to Salle for the amount of the purported debt. Being uninterested in the purchase, Salle filed a cybersquatting complaint against Meadows in federal court.
Salle asserted claims under both 15 U.S.C. §1125(d) and 15 U.S.C. §1129. Both parties moved for summary judgment. It was a mixed ruling, but largely a win for Salle.
The court addressed the §1129 claim first. That portion of the Lanham Act provides:
Any person who registers a domain name that consists of the name of another living person, or a name substantially and confusingly similar thereto, without that person's consent, with the specific intent to profit from such name by selling the domain name for financial gain to that person or any third party, shall be liable in a civil action by such person.
Meadows argued that in trying to sell the domain name and thus recover money owed to him, he was not trying to profit, and therefore not liable under §1129. Despite some dispute over whether the debt was actually owed and to whom, the court ruled in Salle's favor. "[C]yber-extortion is not a permissible way to recover a debt," the court warned.
As for the §1125(d) claim, the court ruled in Meadows's favor. Section 1125(d) provides, among other things, that a person shall be liable to the "owner of a mark, including a personal name which is protected as a mark under [§1125]" if that person has a bad faith intent to profit from that mark.
Salle argued that §1125 provides that all personal names are subject to trademark protection. Meadows, on the other hand, argued that a personal name must have some sort of trademark significance, e.g., acquired distinctiveness, in order to fall with the protection of §1125. Agreeing with Meadows's interpretation of the section, the court found that Salle failed to present enough evidence to survive summary judgment on the question of whether he had protectible trademark rights in his personal name.


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Jonathan Stephen Ross, OBE (born 17 November 1960) is an English television and radio presenter, best known for presenting the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross from 2001 until he left the BBC in 2010. Ross began hosting a new chat show on ITV1 starting 3 September 2011. Ross also hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio 2, and acted as a film critic and presenter of the Film programme. Other regular roles have included being a regular panellist on the comedy sports quiz They Think It's All Over from 1999 to 2006, and presenting the annual British Comedy Awards from 1991 to 2007, and 2009 onwards. Ross began his television career as a programme researcher, before debuting as a television presenter for The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross on Channel 4 in 1987. Over the next decade he had several radio and television roles, many through his own production company, Channel X. In 1995 he sold his stake in Channel X, and embarked on a career with the BBC. In 1999, Ross took over presenting the Film programme from Barry Norman, and also began presenting his own radio show, while two years later he began hosting Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. For the chat show, Ross won three British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards for Best Entertainment Performance, in 2004, 2006 and 2007. By 2006 Ross was believed to be the BBC's highest paid star. In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting. Ross has been involved in controversies throughout his broadcasting career. As a result, in 2008 he wrote a semi-autobiographical work titled Why Do I Say These Things?, detailing some of his life experiences. Ross has been married to the author, journalist and broadcaster Jane Goldman since 1988; they have three children. Ross and Goldman have together established the television production company Hotsauce TV. Ross is known as an avid fan and collector of comic books and memorabilia, and has written his own comic book, Turf. Ross is known for his distinctive voice, flamboyant style of dress, and his light-hearted banter. He is also known for his characteristic difficulty in pronouncing the sound 'r'.
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See the 2013 Graduation Schedule!
Congratulations to all the Graduates from class of 2013!
Here is the schedule for all the local graduation ceremonies taking place in the next few days:
Friday, May 31
River's Edge High School, 11 a.m., Chief Joseph Middle School auditorium, Richland.
Three Rivers HomeLink, 1:30 p.m., Three Rivers HomeLink, 517 Jadwin Ave., Richland.
Hanford High School, 4:30 p.m., Toyota Center, Kennewick.
Phoenix High School, 6 p.m., Kennewick School District office, 1000 W. Fourth Ave.
Pasco's New Horizons High School, 6 p.m., Gjerde Center, Columbia Basin College, Pasco.
Columbia (Burbank) High School, 7 p.m., school gym, 787 Maple St., Burbank.
River View High School, 7 p.m., in the high school gym, 36509 S. Lemon Drive, Finley.
Kahlotus High School, 7 p.m., Braddock gym at the high school, 100 W. Martin St.
Othello High School, 7 p.m., Huskie Stadium, 340 S. Seventh Ave.
Prosser Falls High School, 7 p.m., Princess Theater, 1228 Meade Ave.
Sunnyside Christian High School, 7 p.m, Grandview Church of the Nazarene, 500 N. Elm St., Grandview.
Kingspoint Christian School, 7 p.m., Bethel Church, 600 Shockley Road, Richland.
Connell High School, 7 p.m., Esser Field, 600 E. Adams St., Connell.
Richland High School, 7:30 p.m., Toyota Center.
Legacy High School, 7:30 p.m., Amistad Elementary School gymnasium, 930 W. Fourth Ave., Kennewick.
Waitsburg High School, 8 p.m., Kison Court, Waitsburg High School gymnasium.
Sunset View High School, 6 p.m., Kiona-Benton City High School PAC, 1205 Horn Drive, Benton City.
Saturday, June 1
Kennewick High School, 9 a.m., Toyota Center, Kennewick.
Pasco High School, 10 a.m., Edgar Brown Stadium.
Prosser High School, 10 a.m. June 1, Art Fiker Stadium, 1433 Paterson Ave., Prosser.
Umatilla High School, 10 a.m., school gymnasium, 1400 Seventh St.
Riverside High School, 10 a.m. June 1, Dante Daltoso Gymnasium, 210 Boardman Ave., Boardman.
Hermiston High School, 10:30, in school gymnasium, 600 S. First St.
Kiona-Benton City High School, 11 a.m., Kiona-Benton City High School football stadium, 1205 Horn Drive, Benton City.
Grandview High School, 11 a.m., Rich Leenhouts Stadium, 1601 W. Fifth St., Grandview.
Kamiakin High School, 1 p.m., Toyota Center, Kennewick.
Touchet High School, 1 p.m., in the school's gymnasium, 90 Champion St., Touchet.
Tri-Cities Prep, 2 p.m., Tri-Cities Prep, 9612 St. Thomas Drive, Pasco.
Columbia Basin College dental hygiene pinning, 2 p.m. in CBC theater, Pasco.
Liberty Christian School, 3 p.m., Liberty Christian School, 2200 Williams Blvd., Richland.
Southridge High School, 5 p.m., Toyota Center, Kennewick.
Chiawana High School, 6 p.m., Edgar Brown Stadium, Pasco.
DeSales Catholic High School, 7 p.m., DeSales Catholic High School, 919 E. Sumach St., Walla Walla.
Sunday, June 2
Riverview Baptist Christian School, 4 p.m., Riverview Baptist Christian School, auditorium, 4921 W. Wernett, Pasco.
Tuesday, June 4
Othello's ALPS (Alternative Learning Placement Site) High School, 7 p.m., McFarland Junior High, 790 S 10th Ave., Othello.
Thursday, June 6
Lincoln High School, 6 p.m. June 6, Community Building, Walla Walla Fairgrounds.
Saturday, June 7
Columbia Basin College High School Academy graduation, 11 a.m., CBC theater, Pasco.
Columbia Basin College GED ceremony, 7 p.m. in CBC theater, Pasco.
Delta High School, 7 p.m., Three Rivers Convention Center, Kennewick.
Walla Walla High School, 7 p.m., Walla Wall High School (common grass area), 800 Abbott Road.
Sunnyside High School, 8 p.m., Clem Senn Football Field, 1801 E. Edison Ave., Sunnyside.
Saturday, June 8
Dayton High School, 1 p.m., in school gymnasium, 614 S. Third St.
Thursday, June 13
Prescott/Jubilee High Schools, 7 p.m. June 13, Prescott High School gym.
Friday, June 14
Columbia Basin College, 7 p.m., Toyota Center, Kennewick.
Big Bend Community College, 7 p.m., Lions Field, Moses Lake.
Saturday, June 15
Columbia Basin College, radiologic technology pinning, 11 a.m., CBC theater, Pasco.
Columbia Basin College, nursing pinning, 2 p.m. June 15, Richland High School auditorium.
Sunday, June 16
Walla Walla University, 8:30 a.m., June 16, Centennial Green.


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La Liga: Real Madrid 4 Getafe 1
Isco and Cristiano Ronaldo ensured that Gareth Bale was not missed as they inspired Real Madrid to a 4-1 La Liga home win over Getafe.
The victory was ultimately comfortable for Real, who could easily have triumphed by more goals, despite the visitors taking a shock fifth-minute lead through a deflected Angel Lafita strike.
Real were not behind for long, as Pepe and Ronaldo gave them a half-time advantage, before Isco capped off another impressive display with a lovely finish just prior to the hour mark and Ronaldo completed the scoring with his second late on.
However, the gloss was taken off the scoreline by concerns over the fitness of Bale, who missed out on what would have been his home league debut after suffering an injury in the warm-up.
The pre-match headlines were dominated by the former Tottenham man, who was pencilled in to start behind Karim Benzema in attack, but failed to make the starting XI after pulling up with what was believed to be a hamstring problem.
Isco retained his place in the side as a result, with Carlo Ancelotti making just three changes from the side that won 6-1 against Galatasaray in the UEFA Champions League in midweek.
Diego Lopez, Nacho and Asier Illarramendi all came in place of Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric.
The early stages were frantic as Ronaldo squandered two great chances following Isco's low cross before Getafe took a shock fifth-minute lead.
Ronaldo lost possession to Miku in his own half and the Venezuelan laid the ball off to Lafita, whose effort from outside the area took a significant deflection off Pepe before flying past Lopez.
That stunned the hosts into life and after a sustained spell of pressure, they equalised after 19 minutes.
Angel di Maria floated a magnificent free-kick towards the back post and after Miguel Angel Moya had denied the unmarked Ronaldo, Pepe knocked in the rebound from point-blank range.
It was no more than Real deserved, and Ronaldo made amends for his earlier error in the 34th minute as he converted from the penalty spot after Michel had handled the Portuguese's initial free-kick.
Getafe found their hosts particularly elusive in attack in the early part of the second half, yet the wasteful Benzema could not capitalise as he shot straight at Moya from a central position.
Moya was helpless in the 59th minute, however. Ronaldo took a quick free kick on the left flank, allowing Isco to burst across the penalty area and curl an unstoppable effort home for his fourth league goal of the season.
Ancelotti's side were not content with three goals, though, and they continued to bombard the Getafe goal.
Initially that was without reward as Moya denied Ronaldo before Alexis Ruano deflected an Isco effort wide.
The much-maligned Benzema then missed two more chances in the final 20 minutes as he headed crosses from Isco and Daniel Carvajal off target, while Ronaldo struck the post before Getafe's defeat was compounded four minutes from time as last-man Michel was shown a red card for a foul on substitute Jese Rodriguez.
That seemed to be that but things got even worse when Real added a fourth in stoppage time, as Ronaldo produced a clever backheeled finish from Sami Khedira's right-wing cross to continue Real's unbeaten start to the season.
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I got an email you were looking for new players. Im looking for potential games and i would like a little more info on when you guys play, what you play, and where you meet. I would appreciate any info you could send my way, just PM me or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com\
Attention Dnd4 online group members: We'll start our first campaign next Sunday from about 5:00PM to 8:00PM CST with me DMing. If this is not conventient for you, you can either post on the the group thread, PM me, or sent me a vistior message on a better time. Also, make sure you fill out some kind of character sheet and put it in your signiture. If you have any questions just let me know.
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Los Angeles' rain season ended with the seventh-driest rainfall total for the period in more than 130 years as the state enters a hot, dry summer under a drought emergency.
Just 6.08 inches of rain was recorded in downtown Los Angeles for the rain season, between July 1, 2013 and June 30. That goes down as the seventh-driest rain season since record-keeping began in downtown LA in 1877, but slightly better than the previous rain season total of just 5.85 inches.
The two seasons are the driest back-to-back seasons on record, according to the National Weather Service. Over the past three rain seasons, downtown LA is running about 2 feet below normal.
The average for the rain season is 14.93 inches -- a distant aspiration in a drought-stricken state that just completed its warmest and third-driest winter on record. Significant rainfall deficits for the past season were also recorded in San Francisco to the Central Valley and south to San Diego,
- Running Dry: Drought Map, Updates, Water Conservation
About 33 percent of the state faces "Exceptional Drought" conditions, including a large swath of the Central Valley region, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. "Exceptional" is the most severe of the Monitor's drought levels, which include Abnormally Dry (D0), Moderate (D1), Severe (D2), Extreme (D3) and Exceptional (D4).
Nearly 77 percent of the state is categorized in Extreme/Exceptional drought, which brings the threat of rapid wildfire spread this summer, stressed crops and water supply issues.


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Call me old school, but there's just a special kind of awesome embodied by pinball machines, that video games can't compete with in my book. The artwork, the lights, the sounds, the feel, the super tactile nature, all the qualities of a good game just put the hugest smile on my face. And here in Northern California, we're lucky to have Lucky Ju Ju and the Pacific Pinball Museum, home to hundreds of beautifully restored and maintained pinball machines from the past 80 years. Every year, they host the Pacific Pinball Expo, taking place this year on September 21-23 at the Marin County Civic Center. If you're in the area, you won't want to miss it.
These folks have been a playful presence at every one of our Bay Area Maker Faires, since the first in 2006. I love this quote from their fearless leader, Michael Schiess:
I really do believe there's a soul to these machines, that they want to be played. And it's really funny — if you don't play them, they kind of stop working and they develop problems, but as long as you play them, they seem to go forever. Once you get one of these restored, they're really a pretty amazing piece of American ingenuity.
They're serious about preserving the history of pinball, and they currently have a campaign to create the epic Smithsonian of Pinball. Interested and have 10 minutes to spare? Check out their video, Pinheads:


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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) Terrance Broadway posted 291 all-purpose yards and Alonzo Harris ran for three touchdowns to help Louisiana-Lafayette hold off Florida Atlantic 35-21 Saturday in the season finale for both clubs.
Broadway threw for 168 yards and ran for 123 of Louisiana-Lafayette's 284 rushing yards as the Ragin' Cajuns (8-4, 6-2 Sun Belt Conference) won their third-straight game.
Louisiana-Lafayette broke open a 14-all tie with a 10-play drive, which was capped by Broadway's 15-yard touchdown pass to James Butler. The Ragin' Cajuns extended their lead to 28-14 in the third quarter behind a 2-yarder from Harris.
FAU (3-9, 2-6) closed the gap to 28-21 in the fourth quarter but Harris' second 2-yard score of the day sealed the win for Louisiana-Lafayette.
Graham Wilbert completed 25 of 38 passes for 379 yards and two touchdowns for FAU but also tossed two interceptions. William Dukes hauled in nine catches for 204 yards for FAU.


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Even if you WON the lottery, You had to be Chinese….
Nobody Flashes
It seems obvious to me, why it is SO easy to convince millions of people that the rich are just getting too out of hand. I present, 2 cases of "When there are people starving in Africa" (the liberals main talking point for decades) do we really need another sports car or gold trinket?
Ferrari has found a wonderful market for the new rich in China. They have made five..only five, and for $2 million some five Chinese guys are going to be really cocky. And you would have THOUGHT they'd have given this cool car a really simple name…you'd be wrong. It's called Koenigsegg One. (No doubt after some German guy who invented the back wings.)
OR…you can bid, and have for your very own to show off to your kid..this 14 carat gold Lego…with it's own box…original cost was $15,000, but at today's prices? You tell me. And I suggest if you HAVE kids, do NOT buy it….that is, if your kids are normal.
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concreterose wrote:I used a supplement that was a lifesaver called Parvaid. If you decide to order it, you can call the company and they will give you the recipe for the tea over the phone so you can administer it while waiting for it to get there in the mail.
Insomnia wrote:got Parvaid ordered!! Got the recipe for the emergency tea! it's off to GNC after work, I hope Harley's okay right now!!!
Insomnia wrote:I jsut checked on the baby food and water, he hasn't touched it. He'll try to bark or scream (i can't tell the difference) when I try to get a hold of him.
If I can't feed him right now, I'm thinking I should get some sleep and wait 'til the morning?? Or should I just keep checking on him?
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About the PromISSe mission name and logo
André's mission is called PromISSe, a name reflecting the great expectations placed on the future of human spaceflight and exploration. Following the trend of four previous European missions, the acronym of the International Space Station is part of the name.
ESA called on citizens of its member states in June 2011 to propose a name for André's mission and received more than 200 proposals in just a month. Surprisingly, they also came from Slovenia, Australia, India, Mexico and Argentina.
The judges weighed the eligible entries from a wide range of people, from a 13-year-old Italian to an 82-year-old Dutchman.
The vast majority came from the Netherlands – André's home country – and the winner is one of those.
It was not a declared intent to embed the abbreviation of the International Space Station in the logo, but both the design and the chosen name have it.
PromISSe represents 'Programme for Research in Orbit Maximising the Inspiration from the Space Station for Europe', explained the winner, Wim Holwerda, a 61-year-old Dutchman.
Wim believes that the name "symbolises the promise space exploration poses to the future of our planet and humankind, as well as the role Europe can play in it."
Three powerful messages are integrated in PromISSe: the crucial role of scientific research, a greater use of the Space Station and the inspirational value of ESA space programmes.
An inspirational mission patch
The logo for the mission features the Space Station orbiting Earth, accompanied by three icons and six stars.
The PromISSe name crowns a circular design belted with orange cords, while the International Space Station acronym is highlighted in the same colour to bring out the Dutch participation in the mission.
The core of the logo is a globe free of national borders. A silhouette of the ISS is shown circling Earth, about to fly over Europe.
The icons on the left represent the mission's three crucial elements: science, technology and education.
The globe stands for a knowledge-based society focused on our planet. The electronic circuit denotes technology. The conical laboratory flask illustrates scientific research.
The six stars represent the six crewmembers, the six months that André stayed in space and, as the stars are similar to those on the EU flag, the European character.