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PLAINVIEW - Dr. Kevin Sweeney, assistant professor of history at Wayland Baptist University, had three articles published during the fall semester.
"The Desiccated Plains: Comanche and Non-Indian Settler Responses to Drought in the Southern Plains" was published in the Fall/Winter 2003 issue of The Heritage of the Great Plains. The article compares the ways in which Comanche and non-Indian settlers responded to drought. The Comanche did not have the benefit of government aid and tended to increase their raids for horses and captives which they traded for needed supplies, or they moved out of the region, an action which triggered warfare with other tribes. Non-Indians typically moved out of the region looking for work or to live with relatives until the drought broke.
"Pandora's Drought: Aridity and the Brazos and Clear Fork Indian Reserves" was published in the 79 th volume of The West Texas Historical Association Year Book, published in October 2003. Sweeney's article deals with the effects of a prolonged drought in north-central Texas that lasted from 1854-65. Some paleoclimatologists claim this drought was more severe than the Dust Bowl. Two Indian reservations were located west of Fort Worth from 1855-59, and the drought triggered competition for resources among the warlike Comanches and the settlers, who eventually attacked a band of reservation Indians and even the reservation itself, forcing the peaceful Indians to move into Indian Territory now called Oklahoma.
"And the Skies were not Cloudy All Day: Drought and the Cherokee Strip Land Run, 1893-97" was published in the Fall/Winter 2003 issue of Chronicles of Oklahoma. The article examined the role of drought on the Cherokee Strip Land Run in 1893 Oklahoma. A severe drought lasting from 1893-97 made sure only those with money could outlast the drought. In order to maintain a claim on land, residents had to live on the claim for at least six months out of a year, so most families kept their women and children there while the men looked for work elsewhere. Property valuations prove those who remained were relatively well off, while those with little property value typically did not remain on the land.

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An eerie moon with two eyes and mouth agape provided the pre-set backdrop for Steven Wilson's show Friday night at Los Angeles' Club Nokia, just before whispers were projected in over the speakers to create a stir within the capacity crowd.
As Wilson took the stage with his on-point collective consisting of guitarist Guthrie Govan, woodwind player Theo Travis, keyboardist Adam Holzman, bassist Nick Beggs and local drummer Chad Wackerman, there was a palpable sense of excitement and almost uncertainty as to what was to come.
You see, Wilson isn't really known for creating tight four-minute tracks that are radio-ready. Instead, the Porcupine Tree frontman is known for his epic opuses, whether it is with his typical band or as a solo artist.
In fact, his latest album, the critically-acclaimed The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories), is comprised of six tracks that clock in with over 50 minutes of material. Friday's performance pulled from several of those compositions to the delight of the rapt audience.
Wilson, who carries the progressive rock banner for such acts like Yes, Genesis and King Crimson, perfectly commanded his band while regularly switching between acoustic and electric guitars, bass and keys. (more…)


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BERWICK, Pa. (AP) - December 16, 2012 --An energy company says it's trying to figure out why a central Pennsylvania nuclear power plant reactor shut down unexpectedly.
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Life without anime - challenge to anime addicts
Are you an anime addict? Have you ever tried to live few weeks without watching anime?
Well I am a huge anime addict and I tried to live few weeks without watching anime at all. The few first days were ok. After a week I found it wery temptating to watch an anime episode. Somehow I managed to keep my fingers out of keyboard by doing something else. But as the time passed I got a grater desire to watch anime. Finally after 2 weeks I was free to do whatever I wanted - to watch anime.
If you are an anime addict, I challenge you to live few weeks witout anime. You will have much more freetime and you can do "different" things. Tell about your experiences.
|2006-05-05, 00:40
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Incognito
What are you expecting? Tremors and cold sweats and people beating their wives and girlfriends?
This isn't heroin
|2006-05-05, 05:46
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Oh heck I can't do that unless I'm suffering from anime depression. The last one lasted for a good 3 months. :P But no, not when I'm at my peak now; a day or two is fine, but a week? Nah... Whatever for? I don't wanna create backlogs.
|2006-05-05, 07:19
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Germany
Age: 30
Even if i would stop watching anime and reading manga for a few weeks, i still had to dl the recent stuff from baka-updates and so on, because to catch up later on with everything is just trublesome as far as downloading everything is concerned. And even with watching as much as I can my hdds are overflowing. Without frequent watching/deleting/transfering/burning my hdds would kick my ass.
But if i leave out that aspect I think i could last some time. But Im not motivated to do so unless someone offers me money for it or something like that. I wouldnt stop watching just to proove that i can do so.
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Location: Philippines
It's more of a fear of having to catch up later on and having a backlog than the actual lack of anime.
I dunno, it's like reading the news, I want to stay on top.
The only circumstances that would make such a thing happen was if my comp were to break down (unlikely) or a business or holiday trip, in which case I would be living my escapist entertainment anyway. I think about a month would do it, otherwise I'd crack.
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i find myself watching fewer shows as they air anymore. i can easily just wait until mid season or even end of season before i watch a show.
between working full time and going back to school full time for my BA, i dont' get to watch a lot anyway. i can go a month easy simply because i'm writing papers.
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Of course, one must know his own priorities in life, and as much as I like watching anime or reading manga amongst other things in my spare time, I have to say that those things have their place in my life and I think it is not even at the top ten.
Just something I like to do to kind of relax, and one can always life without those things if needed.
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I dunno, i usually watch anime in small sessions. I get hooked until i watch everything I want to and then I stop for a long time. Come back, grab some new shows and what not and watch all of em. I stop watching anime but I keep downloading it for one of those days that I just wanna watch or have nothing to do.
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sum time without anime is like well,
A Summer Wit Miami
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Location: Georgia, USA
I had friends that were known as animephiles. They would watch way too much and invite people to their houses just to watch a bunch of anime. I thought it was kinda sad. Especially seeing 19-24 yr old men watching girly anime shows and talking fantasizing about the girls and stuff. THAT REALLY kills me.
One day I moved into a new home away from friends and my car died. I was introduced to Naruto( IloveNinjas). Downloaded 50 episodes and watched them all in one day. I love colors and art and became an anime addict. Its stimulating eye candy like video games. Once I lost Xbox Live and had no one to play Guilty Gear with it was over.
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I could easily go a couple of weeks without anime. I thank this to me realizing that eventhough I haven't watched a series for several weeks, I can be confortable that I haven't missed anything with a trace of originality, and you shouldn't point out something that may be completely original to you because there's a 99.9% chance that it has been done before. Nothing completely unique has spung up last year, so why would it start to right now? Yeah, there are a couple of good shows out there still running, but it doesn't go under the category of "originality".
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Chamonix 45N-1 Universal bellows and Folding Viewer Review
Since I first started using the Chamonix 45N-1 in late 2007, I've thought it was a beautifully designed camera that needed very little in the way of improvements. However, when the camera was first released, there were no accessories available, which somewhat limited the camera compared to older systems with more options. The summer of 2008 has seen the release of multiple accessories to complement the 45N-1. As of this summer, most of the following accessories are available. Note that the prices listed are estimates based on exchange rate earlier this summer and may vary due to currency fluctuations.
- Lens shade: $35
- Reflex Viewer: $250
- Folding Viewer: $30
- Carbon fiber lens board: $65
- Leather Jacket: $25
- Universal bellows: $90
- Wide Bellows: $80
- Dark cloth: $25
- 45 film holder: $69
Universal Bellows
After using my Chamonix for a few months, I ran into a couple of issues. My widest lens is currently the Nikkor 90mm SW f/8—which I bought for its light weight and generous image circle. The standard bellows is of excellent quality, but like many other bellows—movements are limited with short lenses. The standard bellows allows approximately 20-25mm of front standard rise out of the front standard limit of 45mm.
Standard bellows may limit movement of short lenses
The universal bellows is similar in construction to the standard bellows, but there are no stiffeners in a small section at the front of the bellows. The stiffeners act to give the bellows form, promote folding, and prevent sag. Removing the stiffeners in a small section at the front of the bellows has no effect on the proper folding and dimensional stability of the bellows, but it does allow a wider range of movements when the bellows is compressed for use with short lenses. I found that the front frame could be raised to the full 45mm the front standard allows when using the universal bellows. There is a similarly wider range of shift available.
Universal bellows allows full front standard movements with a 90mm lens
The universal bellows also extends to the full length of the completely extended 45N-1, so there is no loss of function when used with a long lens.
Universal bellows fully extended
Normal bellows fully extended
Overall, the universal bellows is made to the same high standards as the standard bellows, and the Chamonix is thoughtfully designed for simple and easy bellows replacement. It adds functionality for a modest price without any loss of extension, so I highly recommend it for all general use. The universal bellows can be purchased separately or for a modest additional cost—as the primary bellows with the purchase of a 45N-1.
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banner by me When one of the Cullen's fingerprint matches the one of a jewelry store robber, they get arrested. The Cullens now must find the real thief to clear the name of one of them
1. Fingerprint
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Chapter notes: Got the idea for this fic off of a CSI project we were doing at school. I remembered my teacher saying someone could have the same fingerprint but that was a 1 in 6 billion shot. So I thought, they Cullens have been around for a while, what if now they had a person with the same fingerprint as one of them? TADA hope you enjoy.
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Run! He thought excitedly as the alarm on the system went off.
He liked the sound of the alarms when they began to ring; it gave him the adrenaline rush he craved always craved for.
Enjoying the satisfaction it gave him to steal, he licked his lips. He chuckled as he grabbed handfuls of jewels and stuffed them in his black bag.
His hands moved quickly, not missing a single trinket. He laughed aloud as his adrenaline pumped in his veins. The sirens were nearly three miles away, he laughed with glee as they came closer to his location.
As his breathing sped up, he noticed he was beginning to sweat under his black facemask.
Once he cleared the whole counter of diamonds, necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, and trinkets— he was fully satisfied.
He shot out the door like a bullet.
The cops were close, but there was an alley across the street. He sped towards it; once he reached the mouth of the alley he would be safe. The cops were about to round the corner, he felt his blood pulse hard. He made it, the cops screeched in the corner, but he was safe.
20 minutes of investigating the scene, a fingerprint was found.
He revealed his teeth when he snarled. His body was swift; he lunged at the girl in less than a second. She screeched as she felt his weight on her.
"Stop!" She screamed.
He just chuckled, ignoring the girl's plea. Hissing like a snake about to attack.
"No, please! Stop!" The girl screamed once more in hopes he would stop.
"Aw, how cute. Some father-daughter bonding," Bella said walking out into the backyard porch.
Edward laughed as he rolled over, placing his daughter, Renesmee, on his belly. The small child was out of breath, panting on her father's chest.
"Daddy, I told you to stop." She finally said slapping her hand to his face softly.
Bella laughed and walked towards her two most treasured loves. She kissed each of them, "hope you two had lots of fun, today."
"We did, mommy, daddy and I went out into the mountains and hunted, then we played hide and go seek, and right now he was playing tickle monster." She said with a bright smile.
"That's wonderful sweetheart," Bella said to her child, "but now it's time to go eat. Come on, Esme made you dinner, you have to go eat."
"But I just hunted!"
"I know, but you do need human food, too, once in a while."
Bella kissed her husband again and went inside with her daughter.
Alice shot out of the house moments after Bella had entered. Her eyes were wide with shock as she looked at her brother.
Edward stared at her, "what's wrong Alice?" He tried to read her thoughts but they made no sense, they were all screaming in his head.
"Edward, what did you do?" She asked in a grave tone.
"What do you mean?" Edward asked his sister in deep confusion.
"The cops are coming to get you."
He sat on the creaky bed behind the prison bars, his head leaning back against the wall. Why the hell am I in here? I committed no crime. I did not steal any jewelry store.
Edward wondered in his brain while prisoners all talked amongst themselves in their cells.
The cops had barged in through the mansion's doors and all spread around the house. The good thing was Carlisle and Emmett had, had enough time to hide all the illegal objects they had in the house, such as the computers and files they had. But the cops had found valid information that they were crooks.
They had found a priceless diamond bracelet and thousands more priceless items the Cullens had in their house. It was 'obvious these people had committed crimes'.
Why? Edward thought, just because we actually have valuable things? Stupid humans. He grumbled in his mind.
"Definitely his fingerprint, we scanned and rescanned it." One cop said to the other.
"Didn't doubt it was him." Another scruffier sounding one answered.
"Yeah, no doubt all of those things they have in their house are either stolen or bought off of selling things illegally. Crooks." The first one said.
Edward tuned them out, his thoughts racing towards his wife and daughter.
Edward couldn't escape; they would be caught again eventually and were to press even more charges on him. He could easily bend the bars with a single finger, but he couldn't endanger his family even more.
But Edward had to get out fast. The cops were going to begin to investigate him, and his family, as soon as the trial would commence. His secret could be found out.
Edward had been stuck in this dump for three weeks; he kept in constant communication with his family, though the talking was mostly one-way. Carlisle promised they would find the real thief and clear Edward's name of anything.
Alice had been constantly seeing the future for something to unlock this mystery. The Cullens, being brighter, faster, and more specialized in thinking like a criminal, easily found out whom the real menace was and they we bent on catching him. Alice had foreseen the man robbing another store in one night; all of the Cullens' preparations were ready.
Just one more night, Edward thought in his dark cell. How much he missed his family. Being without his daughter and his wife was torture for him. He tried so hard not to smash the wall into smithereens and run out.
I love you, Edward. You'll be out soon sweetie, promise. Bella had said to him the night before, across the walls and gates of the prison.
"I love you, Bella." Edward whispered back in his lonely cellar.
A day before his trial and his cell gates were unlocked, his handcuffs were removed, and his blue jumpsuit was replaced with his real clothes.
Edward was out of the prison.
Bella ran towards Edward and he wrapped his arms around her, tightly. "We caught him." Bella said sounding like she was on the verge of tears.
They let go of their embrace and each of the Cullens came around to hug the member of the family they had missed so much.
"Turns out the cops have been trying to catch this guys for years," Rosalie explained with a satisfied grin.
"Thanks to us catching him on the act," Jasper said, " then giving him a slight beating," he looked towards Emmett who smiled brightly, "and dropping him off at the foot of the cops' door you're free."
Edward smiled.
"Thanks to Alice with the engenious plan," Carlisle said winking at the small vampire.
"I told you I would get you out," Alice said with a chipper smile.
"And we're so glad you're out." Esme said giving her son another embrace.
"I missed you dad."
Edward reached out his daughter and held her in his arms. "I missed you, too." He said giving his daughter a smooch on the cheek.
"What luck do you have Edward," Emmett said in disbelief.
Edward nodded his head in agreement. "A one in six-billion shot someone would have the same fingerprints as another and I'm that one."
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Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 64 Review
Let's face it, most humans don't like cold weather. Your fingers and toes get numb, you can't just start your car and go in fear that your engine oil has gotten a little too thick and has lost viscosity. So what do you do? You sit and wait until the engine warms up, and now you have missed that important meeting. Now if I was talking to you about CPUs, we would be speaking about the exact opposite. CPUs love the cold, and the colder they are, the more you can tinker with them. There are a plethora of cooling options to choose from, including phase change and water cooling, but those alternatives can get expensive for the average Joe. Many of us seem to choose the less expensive alternative, which is a heatsink and fan.
Arctic Cooling is producing an alternative to the more expensive methods of cooling your CPU with its Freezer Pro 64, a heatsink and fan setup which also includes thermal compound. The Freezer Pro 64 was created to be used with AMD Athlon64 and Opteron systems.
"ARCTIC COOLING is a leader in creating thermal cooling solution for personal computer systems that enable CPU (Central Processing Unit), GPU (Graphic Processing Unit) and PC-case cooling while, reducing the noise level. ARCTIC COOLING has been working with globally recognized companies in the graphics industry i.e. ASUS, Sapphire, PowerColor, MSI. Through these partnerships ARCTIC COOLING is privileged in gaining latest know-how about graphics for developing new cooling solutions."
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February 5, 2017
I went to San Francisco's 2017 Dr. King Day celebration riding the same wave that hounded every other participant. As I suspected, a tragic election caused crowd levels to swell significantly compared to a year ago. I'd say at least three times the number of 2016 attendees walked in this year's march. One ugly cloud loomed: the transfer of federal powers – which finally did arrive four days later – had crept oh so dreadfully near.


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U.S. Equal Employment
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Female Employees Subjected to Sexual Harassment by Male Supervisor and Retaliated Against for Complaining, Federal Agency Charged
DENVER - The Original HoneyBaked Ham Company of Georgia, based in Alpharetta, Ga., will pay $370,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Colorado, the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC's suit, female HoneyBaked Ham employees in Colorado stores were subjected to sexual harassment and were fired or otherwise retaliated against if they complained. The lawsuit springs from the charge of discrimination brought to the EEOC by Wendy Cabrera, a former supervisor in the Highlands Ranch, Colo., store. The EEOC charged that Cabrera and other female employees were harassed, but when she reported her complaint up the chain of command and to HoneyBaked Ham headquarters in Georgia, she was terminated.
Sexual harassment and retaliation for complaining about it violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (EEOC v. The Original HoneyBaked Ham Company of Georgia, Inc., Case No. 1:11-cv-02560-MSK-MEH) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
HoneyBaked Ham has agreed to pay $370,000 to Cabrera and a class of female employees to resolve this case. The company entered into a consent decree and agreed to ensure that all of its employees are trained on sexual harassment and the anti-retaliation provisions of Title VII, and managers are additionally to receive training on handling sexual harassment and how to respond to complaints. HoneyBaked Ham will also report to the EEOC on gender discrimination, including sexual harassment complaints in Colorado during the decree's duration.
"In my eyes, justice has been served, positively impacting all of our lives in a way that we will never forget in our lifetime," Cabrera said.
Courtney Luhrsen, who the EEOC also alleged was subject to sexual harassment at her store in Aurora, told the EEOC, "I know my thanks is minimal in the broad scope of it all, but you need to know having someone fighting for our rights with such determination is immeasurable. I'll never forget all you have done."
Alex Fye, who worked with Cabrera at the Highlands Ranch store, expressed appreciation as well, saying, "It means the world to have had the EEOC defend us all. To know that justice has been done gives me peace of mind."
EEOC Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill said, "Sadly, sexual harassment remains a prevalent problem in many workplaces. Employers need to be very careful to respond to sexual harassment complaints -- to take them seriously and stop the sexual harassment, certainly not punish the victims. People subjected to this abuse often suffer in at least two ways -- first they suffer the indignity of sexual harassment and then again when they endure illegal and unfair retaliation for speaking the truth."
The EEOC has seen retaliation complaints become the most prevalent kind of charge filed with the EEOC over the last two years -- in fiscal year 2012, 38.1% of the charges filed with the EEOC were retaliation charges.
EEOC Denver Field Office Director Nancy Sienko added, "We are pleased that HoneyBaked Ham will take the needed steps under this agreement to improve awareness of sexual harassment and to establish procedures that protect employees who complain."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its website at www.eeoc.gov.


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Jim3D needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 91 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
We provide industrial robots and custom automation solutions for manufacturing and assembly to small and medium-sized businesses and want a quality logo to use for web and print. Winner will have the option to design letterhead, business cards and a brochure for additional payment.
InDepth Automation
We are looking for a logo that expresses some of the following characteristics:- Professional
- Reliable
- Innovative
- Precision
- High-Tech
- ProfitableWe need the logo in the following three formats:
- Color (if any) for a white background
- Color (if any) for a black background
- Black & White for a white background
Here are some resources to give you a better idea of what we do:
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- http://snipr.com/9lrje-yocq7r
- http://snipr.com/9lqsw-alxizlor you can look at the videos on http://www.fanucrobotics.com/
For reference or ideas, we will be using the following logo on our website and in our promo: http://snipr.com/9lru2-wpvb22 This is not to say you should copy it for color or style, just be aware of it as a graphic element in our promo.
We will give prompt feedback to help you zero in on what we like.
- Professional
- Clean
- Vector Format
- Shadows or Reflections (if any) delivered on separate layers
- Elements of the logo on different layers to make it easier to do future 3-D version
- Cartoon or Cutesy
- Busy or Cluttered
- Too Corporate or Stiff
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I used to wash our dog in the kitchen sink. She fit.
I used to wash our dog in the kitchen sink. She fit.
Now I find it much easier just to take Boo Boo into the shower with me.
Makes perfect sense. It saves water and time and creates less mess. Not to mention that our 9-pound Pomeranian has managed, much to my surprise, to actually outgrow the sink. They grow up so fast. Pretty soon, she'll want to borrow the car.
I shared this with a friend, who seemed taken aback by my sharing a shower with my dog. She suggested that perhaps the dog wasn't happy with the change in her bathing arrangement.
"Gee," I asked, "do you think she'd rather shower alone? Maybe wants some privacy? Am I embarrassing her?"
I don't know. Boo Boo hasn't complained. If anything, she seems to like the new bathing system. Gives her legroom. She could shake and not get the kitchen wet. And I think that she finds the shower massage to be invigorating.
I asked my friend, "What difference does it make if Boo Boo gets a bath in the sink or a shower with Barry?" As long as I don't mind and she seems happy, what's the problem?
With nothing left to argue about, she offered the prevailing line in our overly protected society:
"Is that good for the dog?"
Ahhhh. Now I understand.
Dog's happy. Dog's not getting hurt. Owner's happy. This can't be good for the dog.
We can't have happy dogs.
It reminded me of this Rhode Island legislator who's sponsoring a bill that would ban dogs from the driver's seat when their owners are behind the wheel.
What happened? We can't find any more things to take away from kids that they enjoy because we think it'll hurt them, so we have to make our pets miserable?
We took down all the jungle gyms in parks because kids might fall off them, got rid of swings because they can get hit with them and trashed metal sliding ponds because they get hot, then handed kids video games and cellphones and wondered why they were overweight.
I gotta confess. When my boys were really boys, I used to give them rides on the mower. And I'd let them sit on my lap and steer when I drove the car on back roads. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more.
A few years ago, we bought Boo Boo a booster seat in the back. Why? Because like the 83 percent of folks in a recent AAA pet survey, I know that an unrestrained dog in a moving car can be dangerous. But I'm also like the more than one in five who let their dog sit in their lap while driving. On short trips. Back roads. Why?
I loved climbing around the jungle gyms. My boys got such a kick helping their dad steer. And I can actually see Boo Boo smile as she looks out the driver's side window. Happy.
Almost as happy as when she gets to take a shower.


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Three rounds of ballots had been cast with no winner, but it was becoming clear which way this conclave was headed.
When the cardinals broke for lunch, Sean O'Malley of Boston sat down next to his Argentine friend, Jorge Bergoglio.
Three rounds of ballots had been cast with no winner, but it was becoming clear which way this conclave was headed.
When the cardinals broke for lunch, Sean O'Malley of Boston sat down next to his Argentine friend, Jorge Bergoglio.
"He seemed very weighed down by what was happening," O'Malley said.
Hours later, the Buenos Aires archbishop would step before the frenzied masses packed into St. Peter's Square as Francis, the first pope from the Americas.
Cardinals take an oath of secrecy when they enter a conclave, promising never to reveal what goes on inside. But as is customary, the cardinals involved share memories of their experience.
It began Tuesday afternoon with a procession.
Reciting a hypnotic Gregorian chant, the 115 princes of the church, dressed in red robes over white lace tunics, filed two by two into the frescoed masterpiece that is the Sistine Chapel and took their seats at four rows of tables. One used a wheelchair and was helped to his place by his colleagues.
Then each man moved to the front and took an oath not to reveal what was about to occur: "we promise and swear not to break this secret in any way, either during or after the election of the new pontiff."
With a cry of "extra omnes" — "all out" — the massive double doors swung shut, the key was turned and the conclave was under way.
No matter how beautiful the chapel, Chicago Cardinal Francis George said, the acoustics aren't great.
The presiding cardinal, Giovanni Battista Re, had to explain each step in the ritual twice, once to each side of the room.
Other than that, there was only silence.
"The conclave is a very prayerful experience," O'Malley said. "It's like a retreat."
Each man wrote a few words in Latin on a piece of paper: "I elect as supreme pontiff..." followed by a name.
One by one, they held the paper aloft, placed it on a gold-and-silver saucer at the front of the room, and tipped it into an urn.
And then the tallying began, with three cardinals — known as scrutineers — reading out the name on each slip.
When they finished counting, it was clear the field remained wide open, said Cardinal Sean Brady, leader of the church in Ireland.
"There were a number of candidates," he said.
A cardinal threaded the ballots together and put them in a stove.
Outside in St. Peter's Square, as black smoke billowed from the chimney, the cheering crowd fell silent and began to thin.
On Wednesday morning, the cardinals filed in again and repeated the ritual of voting.
Each man filled out his ballot and walked to the front of the room.
"When you walk up with the ballot in your hand and stand before the image of the Last Judgment, that is a great responsibility," O'Malley said.
There were two votes before lunch, and the field was narrowing.
But the smoke was black again, and the crowd was again disappointed.
This time, however, they didn't leave the square.
At lunch, O'Malley sat down besides Bergoglio.
"He is very approachable, very friendly," he said. "He has a good sense of humor, he is very quick and a joy to be with."
But with the vote going his way, Bergoglio was uncharacteristically somber.
In the first afternoon ballot, the cardinals were getting close to a decision. But not quite.
They started over, and the scrutineers read out the names.
And it began to dawn on the men that their work was done.
"It was very moving as the names were sounding out," Brady said. "Bergoglio, Bergoglio, and suddenly the magic number of 77 was reached."
The cardinals applauded at 77, and again once the tally was complete.
"I don't think there was a dry eye in the house," said Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.
A cardinal asked Bergoglio whether he accepted the papacy.
"I am a sinner, but as this office has been given to me, I accept," he said, according to three French cardinals.
Bergoglio announced the name he would assume — Francis — and went to change into the papal robes in the Room of the Tears, so named because many have wept at the enormity of the task they face.
When Francis returned to the chapel, "his first action was to go to a cardinal in a wheelchair and go to the back of the chapel to greet him," Brady said.
Aides brought in a platform with a white chair for Francis to sit on as the cardinals came one by one to pay their respects.
The pope declined, Dolan said.
"He met with us on our own level," Dolan said.
Dolan said he felt a strange emotion as he kissed the pope's ring.
"It's very difficult to explain," Dolan said. "You obviously get to know your brother cardinal. But all of a sudden the identity is different."
It was time to face the public.
More than 100,000 people had jammed into the square, and Francis prepared to greet them from the balcony.
Vatican workers lined up to shake his hand, but Francis was worried about a delay, Dolan said.
There were too many people outside waiting in the rain, and he didn't want to keep them.
As Francis stepped out on the balcony, cardinals rushed to the windows to look out over the crowd.
It was nighttime, and George expected a "sea of umbrellas."
Instead, he saw flashing lights of cameras across the square.
"It looked like jewels," George said.
The crowd jumped up and down, poking umbrellas in the air.
Strangers embraced.
After the address, a car came to take the new pope to dinner, and buses for the rest of the cardinals.
The car returned empty.
"As the last bus pulls up, guess who walked out," Dolan said.
Francis had dinner with the others.
They toasted him, "then he toasted us and said, 'May God forgive you for what you've done,'" Dolan said.
By the time the night was over, cardinals said, the new pope seemed comfortable in his new robes.
"Last night, I think there was a peace in his heart," O'Malley said, "that God's will had been accomplished in his life."


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znmick needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 39 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
Superfast Websites
What I am looking for is an updated, cleaner version of the existing logo that I have. It doesn't have to be exactly what we currently have, but it definitely hold true to the same concept. The primary reason that I am having the logo done is because the versions that we have are small, pixelated and look generally crappy. The main criteria I would like to see include:
1) Versions of the logo that are inverted and mirrored on both white and darker backgrounds
2) Two Versions of the logo: one that are sets up horizontally and one that stacks the words "Superfast" and "WebSites" on top of one another
3) A format that will allow us to easily modify the word "websites" to something else that we may decide to brand... for instance, we may want to roll the logo out with Superfast Business as well, or Superfast Marketing. We want to be able to modify this on our own fairly easily. If you need to include a font so we can do this easily, please do so.
4) A version of the arrow on the left should be included - obviously vector-based, scalable and more stylized.
Thanks much - looking forward to seeing results and working with you!
This logo will be used primarily online, but occasionally in print as well. Audience is online information marketers primarily.
Vector based, and must be your own work. Additionally, we should be able to modify the text rather easily for additional products that we want to work with within the same brand. Would like development files in layered PNG, PSD and/or AI files.
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Metal Sculptures from Primitive Twig
While exploring a few shops this weekend in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland, we came across some wonderful and unusual creations by Primitive Twig at Scout Hardware. These whimsical metal sculptures are very playful and colorful. Check out more photos after the jump...
After we came home we had to look up the artists - Marcia and Bill Finks of Primitive Twig. They have been making art since 1990. Many of their sculptures are made of salvaged metal scraps, antique doll parts, old tins, and wide variety of vintage knick knacks. To see full collection, check out their website.
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Captivate visitors with exclusive internet TV on your site. PlutoTV lets you choose from 100+ hand-curated channels including news, food, sports, celebrities, and yes - even 24/7 Cats! Easily add the Pluto TV player and keep visitors around longer.
Select from 100+ TV channels, available to your audience 24/7
Channel options include a wide range of subjects like: headline news, music, travel, sports, fight, SciFi, business, food, drama, and specialty subjects like Justin Bieber, cats and surf.
Create a beautiful, visual impact and keep your audience on your site longer
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After the commencement address and before the graduates can move their tassels from the right to the left, Durango Adult Education Centers executive director Paulette Church gives the graduates a chance to go to the lectern to speak to the room full of family, friends and community members. Some take her up on it.
Its a moment when those who have attended one of the GED graduations hold their breath. The stories, usually briefly told, can be shockingly poignant.
Commencement Friday evening for 19 students was no different.
Im 51, a graduate said, and he named the cancer he dealt with and said that it was now in remission. He did not have as much physical strength as he used to, he said, but he was looking forward to taking his GED diploma into the workforce.
Another student said that now with her GED diploma she would look into continuing her education, something that is easy to do with Southwest Colorado Community College, if thats her choice, offering classes in the same building with the GED program.
Then, a young women began by saying she never thought that she would need a GED program, that she had enjoyed high school and been a good student. Then, she said, in her senior year she became pregnant.
Now, with her GED diploma, she said, she was resuming her education plans and would be entering SWCCCs nursing program. She spoke with such candor and confidence that everyone in the room knew she would succeed.
At some recent commencements, one or two jail inmates who have earned their GED diplomas were permitted to attend, while escorted. That is a tribute to La Plata County Sheriff Duke Schirard. Receiving a diploma to the applause of family and friends makes it even more likely their accomplishment will have a positive effect.
Church is retiring in the next few weeks, after 14 years as executive director of the Durango Adult Education Center. In those years she has built a strong program, one that meshes nicely with what a traditional school district delivers and with what can come next at either two- or four-year institutions. In the commencement audience Friday were Durango School District 9-Rs superintendent, Daniel Snowberger, and Norm Jones, the newly named dean for SWCCCs La Plata, Montezuma and Archuleta counties class offerings.
There is more to the linkage that Church has encouraged: Connie Jacobs, who was a full-time faculty member at San Juan College in Farmington, chairs the Adult Education Centers board of directors. Among the board members are former 9-R superintendent Mary Barter, former Fort Lewis College faculty member Joe Colgan, and Vicki Romero Coe, who has done so much educationally for the Hispanic community in La Plata County.
The best education occurs when professionals at many levels are involved.
Church is credited with expanding the Adult Education Centers off-site class offerings, for example to Silverton, and with being imaginative in linking with other nonprofit organizations as resources. Partners, is what she created.
Church delivered the commencement address Friday, urging the graduates to care, believe, work and dream. They listened intently.
Theresa Malone is the Durango Adult Education Centers incoming executive director. She has been with the San Juan Mountains Association.
Church and Malone will overlap for a few weeks to provide continuity in leadership. When you see Paulette, thank her heartily for the lives that she has influenced. As she said to the graduates, a GED diploma can open doors to new opportunities and choices.


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South Dakota State Men Open Summit League Play at IUPUI
South Dakota State's defense of its Summit League championship starts on the road in 2014.
The Jackrabbits open league play at IUPUI Thursday night, before moving on to Fort Wayne Saturday.
SDSU is 8-7 after non-conference play, with three of those losses coming on the road at Minnesota, Stanford, and Texas Tech.
The one thing head coach Scott Nagy told me he's looking for more of heading into conference play is consistency:
As a team, the Jacks are shooting 45% from the floor, 34% from behind the 3-point arc.
Four seniors anchor this year's team (Jordan Dykstra, Marcus Heemstra, Brayden Carlson, and Chad White) as SDSU tries to find a way to win without Nate Wolters in the lineup after he moved on to the NBA after last season.
Dykstra is leading the team with 16 points and 8 rebounds a game, but even as the Jacks try to find a way to fill the void left by the departure of Wolters, the coaching staff isn't looking for anything more out of Dykstra than they're already getting from their pre-season first team all-conference forward:
One of the newest faces at SDSU is a very familiar one to South Dakota basketball fans. Former Roosevelt standout Cody Larson has come to Brookings after transfering from the University of Florida.
At 6'9 he gives his new team some additional options inside:
Larson and Carlson have each scored in doubles figures in the last four games, the only Jacks to do so.
One area the Jacks are looking to improve in 2014 is depth from the bench. So far SDSU reserves have contributed 10 points or less as a group in eight of the 15 games this season.
Coach Nagy says he sees the depth emerging, although they will be without forward Connor Devine, who did not make the trip this weekend:
In the Summit League opener at IUPUI Thursday, the Jacks will be looking to extend a seven game winning streak against the Jags, which included three wins last season.
IUPUI is a strong rebounding team with guard Marcellus Barksdale and center Mitch Patton both in the Top Ten in the Summit League on the boards.
Junior Ian Chiles is the #2 scorer in the league, averaging 17 points a game, after injuries limited him to just 4 games last year:
Tipoff is 6:00pm Central Thursday night in Indianapolis.


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By Rupert Fryer
Some 800km from Buenos Aires, the Argentine national junior team were left kicking their heels after a friendly was cancelled. Desperate to make the most of their travels, the coaches arranged a game with a local boys' team in nearby Reconquista, Santa Fe.
"He didn't look like a footballer. He was a big lad and when he shot the ball it could go anywhere," former Newell's Old Boys youth team coach Jorge Griffa told Sky Sports when asked about the boy who scored both goals in a 2-1 win for the locals that day. "He didn't know how to head the ball properly and he didn't have the physique of a footballer." But Griffa was convinced that Gabriel Batistuta could one day be a special player.
Batistuta was not so sure, and was very concerned about leaving his studies for a career as precarious as that of a professional footballer. He rejected two offers to join Newell's, but eventually agreed as long as he was given sufficient support to continue his education.
It took him a while to get going. He was not prolific with Newell's and had a disappointing time with River Plate before finally finding his feet with Boca Juniors, where his goals earned a transfer to Fiorentina that would see him become one of the finest goalscorers in the history of the game. "For me, he's the best striker I've ever seen," Diego Maradona once said.
Newell's Old Boys
(Jul 88-Jul 89)
River Plate
(Feb 89-Mar 90)
Boca Juniors
(Jul 90-Jul 91)
(Jul 91-Jul 2000)
(Jul 00-Jul 03)
Inter (loan)
(Jan 02- Jul 03)
Al Arabi
(Jul 03-Jan 05)
His early career stands in stark contrast to that of Lionel Messi, who has now spent more than half his life in the game. "A 13-year-old kid at La Masia already thinks the same way that a player from the first team does," said Batistuta of Argentina's current sharpshooter. They're two boys from Santa Fe, but that is where the similarities end.
And on Tuesday, Messi will ascend to the dizzy heights of La Paz in the knowledge that he stands just one goal away from equalling Maradona's international record of 33 goals in an Argentina shirt, but will also be well aware that he has some way to go before being regarded as the Albiceleste's top marksman.
In the same total of 78 appearances for his country, Gabriel Batistuta hit an astonishing 56 international goals. That is a strike rate of 0.71 goals per game; in comparison, Messi's stands at just 0.41. To further put the differential into context, for Messi to equal Batigol's strike rate by the time he reaches 100 caps, la Pulga would have to hit 39 goals in his next 22 internationals.
The Barcelona man has equalled a Batigol record before, however, after he finished 2012 with 12 goals for his country, matching the calendar-year goalscoring record set by Batistuta in 1998 - five of which arrived during the World Cup in France.
Given that Messi brings so much more to the party than just goals, it may seem unfair to contrast his strike record with an out-and-out No.9, but his remarkable record at club level has already seen him outgun the likes of Samuel Eto'o, former Brazil international Ronaldo, and leave him just 16 strikes away from the great Alfredo Di Stefano's total of 227 goals in La Liga, having played 87 fewer games.
Messi will undoubtedly continue to break goalscoring records both for club and country, though Batistuta's 56 Argentina goals remains some way in the distance. "I don't even think about surpassing Batistuta," admitted Messi last year. And when he steps out on the pitch in La Paz, Messi will likely be looking to the past rather than the future, as he seeks to avenge his country's 6-1 humiliation in this fixture during qualification for World Cup 2010.
At 17-years-old, one of these Santa Fe natives was a household name, the other still unsure if he even wanted to play the game. But it is the former who is playing catch up. For now at least, Batistuta's legacy is safe.


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Knicks' Chandler returns to lineup
Miami, FL – New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler returned to action Tuesday after missing 10 games with a bulging disc in his neck.
Chandler had not played since exiting a loss at Denver on Mar. 13 with a left knee contusion, an injury that kept him out of the following night's game against Portland. The reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year then sat out the final two contests of the Knicks' West Coast trip with what the team initially termed as a sprained neck.
Chandler leads New York in rebounding (11.0 rpg) while averaging 10.7 points per game this season, numbers that earned him his first career All-Star nod.
New York lost the first two games he saw out, but have rattled off eight wins in a row coming into Tuesday's game.


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|1920 Census James E. Foote
The problem is that Church members have no idea who Rev. Foote was. His package is not listed in the Church list of items placed in the Time Capsule.
Matt Novak of Paleofuture wrote about this in a story called Mysterious Package Found in Century-Old Time Capsule
Anyone wishing to help in the search for Rev. Foote and his descendants can join in the discussion on Mr. Novak's article.
I did a quick search and found that the James E. Foote age 41 is found in the 1910 census for Antrim Michigan and is listed as "Minister - Church". His wife Maud is 39, and their children are Ruth (17), Mary (16) , Edward (14) and Arthur (13).
In 1920 James E. Foote is in Grand Ledge Michigan with his wife Maude, son James A. Foote, daughters Ruth Bendall and Mary Shearer and a grand daughter Jean Shearer. He is listed as a bookkeeper for the Parish church.
I have no doubt that my wonderful super sleuth readers can find a descendant of the Rev. James E. Foote.


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BENEFITING: Robin Hood
ORGANIZER: Robin Hood
Conan McIntyre
Robin Hood wrote -
The Robin Hood Endurance Team is a small group of elite athletes dedicated to fundraising for Robin Hood by competing at world-class endurance events. We combine our passion for endurance sports with our desire to give back by helping Robin Hood target poverty in New York City. 100 percent of every dollar we raise goes directly to programs helping poor New Yorkers.
To learn more about Robin Hood, visit robinhood.org


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Wasabi Tuna Sandwich
This extraordinary tuna sandwich is full of spicy goodness. The wasabi gives it an extra kick. Root vegetable chips add some mellow crunch.
3⁄4 cup mayonnaise
3 tbsp. wasabi paste
3 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
2 large red onions, diced finely
8 celery stalks, diced finely
4 red peppers, diced finely
24 oz. oil-marinated tuna
1⁄2 cup black sesame seeds, toasted
4 small flat loaves peasant bread
Daikon sprouts, as needed
1. In a small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, wasabi paste and rice wine vinegar; reserve.
2. In a large bowl, combine red onions, celery, red peppers, tuna and sesame seeds. Fold in mayonnaise; season to taste.
3. Slice loaves twice to make two sandwiches each. Line bottom piece with daikon sprouts and generously top with tuna mixture. Serve with Asian crackers or root vegetable chips, if desired.


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After my European vacation (no it was not the Griswalds), I'm well and truly back in the swing of things. I've managed to play several times in the last 7 days with scores ranging from 85 to 96 – and have decided that I definitely need to get some lessons so that I can improve.
Yesterday I had 2 meetings about CEO opportunities and I was pleasantly surprised by both meetings. The first I went into thinking that maybe the company was not that exciting but left with very different thoughts. The second, I already thought that the company was exciting (and it became more so) but was concerned that maybe they wouldn't think I was that exciting, but that didn't seem to be the case.
As a result of these meetings I have finally decided to produce a resume. I was trying to get away with my line of "isn't LinkedIn enough?" but clearly that's not the case so I've started to put one together. Anyone good at writing resumes/CVs? If so, email me….I'll happily pay for some assistance.
We have a family wedding this weekend (my girlfriend's sister) which seems to be stressing people out quite a bit. Not much I can do to help, so my strategy is to keep out of the way (hence the golf).
I'm thinking of trying to play tomorrow (Friday) but don't have a playing partner yet. If anyone is around in the Bay area and fancies a round tomorrow, let me know although many people seem to play on their own – so I may do that.
Oh, and I'm also working on a start-up idea of my own. Very early stages and I'm not committed to it yet but I think:
(a) It's a great idea (but then again I would wouldn't I given that it is my idea!)
(b) Not sure how technically feasible it is.
Lots going on, I'm enjoying life.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Federal Agency Charges Company Refused to Accommodate Employee With Joint Condition and Then Fired Her
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – America's Thrift Stores of Alabama, Inc. (also known as Alabama Thrift Stores) violated federal law by refusing to provide an employee with a reasonable accommodation and subsequently firing her because of her disability, degenerative joint disease, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Alabama Thrift Stores buys new and used items from local charities and department stores to sell to the public, and operates 15 stores in five states.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, the company's Alabaster, Ala., store discriminated when it failed to provide Jenny F. Grimes with a reasonable accommodation after she informed them of her disability and her need for an accommodation. The EEOC contends that Grimes had maintained a good work record during her three years at the company. When she requested the use of a computer as an accommodation to perform some of her job duties, Alabama Thrift Stores denied her request. A week after Grimes presented the employer with documentation of her disability, the company fired her, calling her a "liability." The EEOC contends that Grimes was able to perform the essential functions of her job with an accommodation.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (EEOC v. America's Thrift Inc., Case No. 2:11-cv-03466-AKK) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The suit seeks monetary damages, including back pay, compensation for emotional distress and punitive damages as well as injunctive relief.
"A person who happens to have a disability should not be excluded from or limited in employment opportunities," said EEOC District Director Delner Frankin-Thomas. "We hope cases like this one encourage employers to ensure they and their employees comply with the law."
C. Emanuel Smith, regional attorney for the EEOC's Birmingham District, added, "The ADA and its amendments prohibit discrimination based on disability against people who are able to perform their jobs. The law also requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. The EEOC is committed to enforcing the law and defending employees' rights."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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my Apple USB mini keyboard worked fine on my XO-1 using the old 2009 8.2.1 release. However, starting with the 10.x releases (fedora 11) - and through 11.3 - this USB keyboard no longer works.
curiously I can piggyback a USB mouse onto the keyboard and the XO sees the mouse, but not the apple keyboard. I can't find anything on the wiki about removing support for it, but it might be a fedora issue.
other USB keyboards appear to work
does anyone know of a fix/workaround?


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|From: Ray Racine (ray.racine at gmail.com)
Date: Sun Aug 1 21:23:11 EDT 2010
Ah yes, re-playing back those early scheme days in my head. As all do and did, I wrested with parens, and recursion. Recursion did finally click and even now 1/2 the time I find myself "looping" with a recursive function in Scala. I don't give it second thought, it does confuse the hell out of others however who read the code. Even funnier, I now think how come they can't seem to "get it". But it did kick my ass in the day. But parens .... I did finally make a separate peace with parens, but in a very unique manner. It turned out it wasn't the parens after all it was the pseudo special forms/keywords + parens that created the dissonance. As a joke, literally two beers bored as hell on Friday night what-the-hell-as-a-joke exercise, I used emacs to redefine each of the common special-form / keywords to single greek letters. lambda -> lambda-char, define -> lower-delta, if -> lower-iota, begin -> lower-rho, let -> lower-beta, set! -> lower-sigma, 'and', 'or', 'not' -> the single char logic symbols, #t #f -> top and bottom symbols, etc. I read rho means 'r'un. I read beta as 'b'ind. I read sigma as 's'et! etc. And a few years later, I'm still coding in joke mode. Sigma (set!) is a bright red char. All others in chars in a light blue. I use a black background, and parens are in a light grey, you almost can't see them. I constantly let emacs indent and 'tab' lines into place. In other words, indentation guides first, parens second and as the last resort when I get 'lost'. All other text is bright white on black. Nesting is more symmetrical and cleaner. I'm sure everyone out there will just hate it. So where am I going with this. Just tossing out the thought that its not the parens per se, but parens combined with the core forms which are the issue. Particularly: define, let, begin, if. Very curious if its just an odd twist to my mental makeup, I'm slightly dyslexic as well, or some others might end up seeing it the same way. Skeptical?? I believe DrRacket added delta (for 'define') and lambda greek char capability long ago. May have even been driven from an earlier posting by me on this very topic to the list a number of years back. Complete the experiment by adding single greek chars aliases for 'let', 'begin', et al. You're probably wondering by now, so without further ado, Ladies and Gentleman I give you "Funky Racket Syntax" http://imagebin.ca/view/s6SHn7c.html I tried to actually pick "bad" examples. I'm sure you'll all agree I succeeded. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.racket-lang.org/users/archive/attachments/20100801/69a06190/attachment.html>
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"Looking for Parents of Littleton Morgan Tough of Baltimore, Maryland
I am trying to locate the family of my great-grandfather Littleton M. Tough of Baltimore Md. (who was born in Feb 1847 and I believe died in 1911). He was married in about 1880 to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bevan (sometimes spelled Beaven). They had 3 children: Littleton Morgan Tough Jr. (1881-?), Elizabeth "Elsie" Bevan Tough Schauffler (1884-1935) and Fred B. Tough (1885-).
I have found information about his sister Jane S. Tough and mother "Ascha" Tough in the 1870 and 1880 census for Baltimore (she was a widow by then)--but haven't been able to get more information on his mother or his father. Any help would be welcome.
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October 14, 2010 11:56 ET
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 14, 2010) - PharmaGap Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GAP)(OTCBB:PHRGF) ("PharmaGap" or "the Company") today announced positive results from the toxicity phase of testing of the Company's cancer drug GAP-107B8 at LAB Research Inc. ("LAB") of Montreal, PQ.
GAP-107B8 showed no signs of toxicity in rats using continuous infusion intravenous administration (other than minimal local tissue irritation at the site of the injection in the highest dose groups) at dose levels greater than dose ranges previously shown to be effective in reducing tumour burden in mice using bolus intravenous injections.
The study has provided important evidence for the tolerability of GAP-107B8 as a function of concentration and systemic exposure. The continuous infusion intravenous injection method of administration mimics a commonly used method of administration of cancer drugs in humans.
Rats administered GAP-107B8 via continuous infusion intravenous injection over a two hour time period, at doses of 10, 20 and 40 mg/kg of body weight, showed no apparent signs of toxicity from in-life observations (48 hours following administration) other than local tissue irritation at the site of injection in the highest dosed groups. No apparent signs of toxicity were found from clinical pathology analysis of blood samples taken immediately prior to euthanasia or from examination of internal organs following euthanasia for all dosed groups. The study employed a total of 80 rats, with 20 in each dosing group plus a control group of 20. Significantly, all rats in all dosed groups survived to the time of scheduled euthanasia.
During the in-life phase of study, blood samples were taken at 15, 60 and 120 minutes after start of infusion, and then at 5, 15, 30, 60 and 120 minutes post- infusion. The toxicokinetic data acquired will provide PharmaGap with key insights into formulation and delivery strategies for development of the clinical testing program for GAP-107B8. Final reports and toxicokinetic (rate of distribution, metabolism and excretion) analysis of plasma samples are expected to be completed in 6 to 8 weeks time.
Dr. Ken Sokoll, the Company's Vice President, Clinical Development and Chief Operating Officer, commented "These results will provide us with the ability to refine the design of future repeat dose toxicokinetic studies which are required in support of our clinical development program. Also significant is our decision to undertake this study at LAB Research Canada located in Montreal, a CRO which has the capability of delivering testing programs in full compliance with GLP – good laboratory practices. Future pivotal toxicology and safety-pharmacology studies for GAP-107B8 will be executed following GLP, a requirement expected by regulatory bodies considering applications for Phase I clinical trials and by licensing partners in assessing our product dossier for in-licensing. "
About PharmaGap Inc.
PharmaGap Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GAP), based in Ottawa, ON, is a biotechnology company with a core focus on developing novel peptide therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. PharmaGap's GAP-107B8 is a novel peptide drug that has been shown to be highly cytotoxic to numerous cancer types, including chemo-resistant cancers, in vitro. For more information on PharmaGap please visit the Company's website at www.pharmagap.com.
Note: Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. No Securities Commission or other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over PharmaGap has approved or disapproved of the information contained herein. This release contains forward looking statements that may not occur or may change materially.
PharmaGap Inc.
Robert McInnis
President & CEO
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You've heard about those "black boxes" on airplanes that record data used to determine the cause of a crash.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expected to soon propose regulations requiring automobile manufacturers to install similar equipment on all new cars and light trucks.
What most motorists don't know is that automakers on their own have been quietly installing data-recording devices in some vehicles for years.
The devices can record the actions of drivers and the responses of their cars and pickup trucks.
According to an Associated Press article, when a car equipped with such devices "is involved in a crash or when its airbags deploy, inputs from the vehicle's sensors during the five to 10 seconds before impact are automatically preserved.
That's usually enough to record things like how fast the car was traveling and whether the driver applied the brake, was steering erratically or had a seat belt on."
Sounds like a good thing — especially when it comes to lawsuits involving both drivers and manufacturers. Such equipment can be useful in placing blame where it belongs.
Also, the recorders can help identify defects in automobiles, showing manufacturers things they need to correct.
Such devices, however, are not without controversy.
Already privacy advocates are insisting on rules and limits on how much information can be gathered and how it can be used.
Perhaps they'll make a valid argument for some limits, but we doubt it.
In our view, the benefits of using reliable data to produce safer vehicles, as well as helping establish accurate blame for crashes, outweigh privacy concerns.
— Enterprise-Journal,
McComb, Miss., Dec. 10
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Final results show Republican Gov. Scott leads in Florida Senate race


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Created by David Ouellet, these word games have delighted puzzle solvers from all over the world! The premise is simple: Scattered throughout the maze of letters are words that have a theme in common. Find all the words to win the game! Of course, it's much harder than it sounds...
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Click and hold the button on one of the clues. That will highlight all the instances of the first letter of that word in the puzzle. Very helpful!


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Pancakes were all that Marjorie Wilson could think about as she drifted in and out of her Sunday morning dreams. It was just another normal sunny day, or so Marjorie thought. When she could practically smell pancakes, Marjorie rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, got out bed, put on her robe and headed downstairs to the kitchen. Pleasant thoughts turned into nightmares. Did it not seem real? Was it a all a bad dream?
The date was December 7, 1941. The place was Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The clock in the Wilson house was about to strike eight. Marjorie Hobbs Wilson, daughter of Walter A. Hobbs and Mary Arnold Hobbs, awoke from dreaming about pancakes to witness a nightmare, the momentous bombing of Pearl Harbor, which turned the world on its head. It was a cataclysmic day. It was a day which still lives in infamy seven decades later.
Marjorie's husband, Sergeant Major Bob Wilson, was stationed in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor. Relations between the United States and Japan had begun to deteriorate. Many expected a war, but not that soon, and not in this way.
Bob Wilson was the first to awake that morning. The Wilsons heard no alarms, no air raid warnings. Bob, running up the steps of the couple's two story house, said, "Honey, you are missing a good mock war." Sgt. Major Wilson looked out the window again and realized that it was no drill. The roar of planes near the naval base wasn't unusual. In fact, the Wilsons and other servicemen and their families had grown accustomed to planes engaging in maneuvers.
Marjorie looked out the window. "The Jap planes were flying so low over our house that the wheels were almost rolling on the roofs. I knew it was the real thing when I saw a bomb make a direct hit," she recalled.
Bob Wilson, a veteran of the first World War, ran to his closet and began to put on his Marine uniform. Marjorie turned on the radio. Frantic broadcasters were constantly announcing that Japanese planes were attacking the Island of Oahu and for all men to report for duty at once. Bob got to his unit as soon as he could.
Marjorie Wilson first ran to the home of her girlfriend, Margaret De Sadler. Then Marjorie and Margaret went over to Harriett Hemmingway's house. As they ran down the streets, Mrs. Wilson recalled running along a quiet street, but seeing real bombs exploding nearby.
"Several girls had gathered there and we were there when the worst part was going on," Marjorie wrote in a letter to her parents later in the day. Mrs. Wilson recalled, "There were about seven kids there and all scared stiff. Harriett was almost out of her head. She has two little boys, one three and one five." I haven't been scared so far. I don't guess I've got enough sense to be."
More of the wives and their children gathered in the house. While the attack was on, the ladies kept their children calm by lying on the floor with them and drawing pictures. "I never knew anything about drawing before, but after that session, I think I am a pretty fair artist," Wilson chuckled. When one piece of shrapnel came inside the house, the children were herded into an interior room. Marjorie reached down and picked up the metallic souvenir.
Margaret accompanied Marjorie back to the Wilson house, where they put some clothes in a suitcase just in case they needed to evacuate to the hills. Bob Wilson returned to his house to make sure Marjorie had a radio to hear special announcements as all regular radio programming was suspended.
During the carefully premeditated surprise attack, Mrs. Wilson observed, "Some of the youngsters in the service ran out on the field shaking their fists at the Japanese planes even when they saw a bomb falling their way." She observed one Marine cook firing away with his anti-aircraft gun. The man suddenly remembered that he had a chocolate cake in the oven and ran to make sure it wasn't burning. "It was a silly thing to think of at a time like that - but those boys did enjoy the cake when the fireworks were over," she fondly recalled.
On that Sunday night, practically every light in Pearl Harbor was turned off. Marjorie and Margaret pulled down a mattress from the upstairs and tried to get some sleep on the downstairs floor. Marjorie took out a pen and wrote a letter back to her parents promising to let them know how she was doing as often as she could. " As soon as I can, I'll send you a wire, but I don't know now when that will be possible," she also wrote.
"We spent a pretty quiet night. Of course, Margaret and I both slept with one eye and one ear open," Marjorie recalled. The ladies had some comfort in the fact that a sentry was stationed right in front of her house.
At one o'clock in the morning, Alfred Sturgis rang the door bell and invited the ladies to come stay with him. Sturgis, who had worked all day at the Navy yard, couldn't drive his car during the blackout periods. Sturgis took Marjorie's letter and made sure it made it back to Dublin, just in time for Christmas.
After the initial shock, things at Pearl Harbor seemed to return to normal, or at least as normal as it could be under the circumstances. Marjorie remembered the blackouts every night. She recalled seeing Japanese merchants being rounded up and hauled in front of late night tribunals. She regretted that she and the other wives rarely saw their husbands. The ladies had gas, lights and water for the next day, but military officials cut off the water after reports that insurgents had poisoned the water supply.
Marjorie Hobbs returned to Atlanta three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. She didn't want to come home and leave her husband behind. "I got my orders so here I am - and I am going to try to find some kind of war work to do as soon as I can," she told Celestine Sibley of the Atlanta Constitution.
Marjorie eventually returned to Dublin. She was a member of the John Laurens DAR, the Shamrock Garden Club and was the first president of the Dublin Service League. Bob Wilson made it home safely too. After retiring as a Warrant Officer from the Marine Corps, Bob owned and operated the Western Auto Store in town. He died in 1980. Marjorie Hobbs Wilson died on July 20, 2002 and is buried in Northview Cemetery in Dublin.
It was seventy years ago tomorrow when Marjorie Wilson woke up from a dream and witnessed that infamous day, the day the world changed forever.


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A 24-point election margin sounds like a landslide. But in a primary that requires a majority winner, a candidate who finishes first with 50 percent of the vote or less merely advances — along with the runner-up — to a runoff.
So supporters of both the top two finishers in Tuesday's 1st Congressional District primary shouldn't assume that Mark Sanford's 37-13 percent "victory" over Curtis Bostic makes this "Comeback Kid" a shoo-in for the GOP nomination when voters return to the polls on April 2. (State Sen. Larry Grooms finished a close third.)
Nor should Republicans assume that their party will automatically extend its 16-term hold on this seat.
After all, the Democrats also held a 1st District primary on Tuesday, with Elizabeth Colbert Busch rolling past Ben Frasier with more than 95 percent of the vote. She will oppose the GOP nominee in the May 7 general election to determine who replaces Tim Scott, promoted to the U.S. Senate early this year after Jim DeMint resigned with four years left in his second term.
Mrs. Colbert Busch, director of business development for the Clemson Restoration Institute on the former Charleston Naval Base, can find hope in this relatively recent 1st District outcome: In 2008, Republican incumbent Henry Brown defeated Democratic challenger Linda Ketner by only four percentage points.
As for the looming GOP runoff, Mr. Sanford's own electoral record proves that finishing second in the first round doesn't preclude winning the second round:
In the initial 1994 1st District GOP primary, Mr. Sanford got only 19 percent of the vote. But in a seven-person race, that was enough for second place behind Van Hipp Jr.'s 30.8 percent.
Then Mr. Sanford won the runoff by 52-48 percent.
In the initial 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary, Mr. Sanford edged Bob Peeler by 38.6-37.6 percent in another seven-candidate field. Then Mr. Sanford thumped Mr. Peeler, 60.1-39.9 percent, in the runoff.
Still, that doesn't guarantee another big runoff gain for Mr. Sanford in 2013. As a three-term congressman and two-term governor, he had a considerable name-recognition edge over his 15 GOP opponents Tuesday.
Yet while 37 percent of the voters in the Republican primary chose Mr. Sanford, 63 percent did not.
And few South Carolinians have forgotten the notorious 2009 "Appalachian Trail" scandal, which made him a national laughingstock.
That memory should give Mr. Bostic, a former Charleston County Councilman, a good chance at gaining many votes from those who cast ballots for other GOP candidates on Tuesday.
Such political speculation, though, doesn't decide elections.
Voters do.
Tuesday's primaries thinned the 1st District field to three.
So if you voted Tuesday, your self-governing task in deciding who represents you in the U.S. House isn't done.
And if you didn't vote Tuesday, you can still have a say in this crucial choice by casting ballots in the runoff and general election.


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You know, it would be cool to see another moonwalk televised and all - since the government's special effects department has improved so much since the 70's.
Any ideas on what the Moonbase will look like?
All is not lost yet. They could still get contact from Spirit.
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