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Thank you, Joseph. So, let me see if I have this right, I can file with Labor Board for misclassification of employment status and for rest and meal breaks, correct? Also, I can dismiss my attorney, but do I dismiss my attorney and the pending lawsuit, after I have filed with the Labor Board? Also, can an attorney file a lien with the Labor Board for atty. fees and costs? I have been handling all the paperwork with the IRS and EDD. EDD Special Unit has just recently corrected by my working statuts as an emloyee and not a an "independent contractor"; they have depoisted money into my fund, and should be receiving benefits shortly. I still have the IRS pending. What is the Statutute of Lijmitation in this case? I would like to get my rest and meal breaks that I was not allowed during these five years. Thank you.
Hi Joseph, I emailed you a little bit ago, and have not received an answer. Let my try again. My question is does the Labor Board apply penalties to rest and meal breaks? If so, what are the appropriate penalties for such? Thank you, Joseph. Lily
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Changes REV E:
- Added various game configurations and settings are saved for each game selected.
- Added an option to require the major version patch 3.41, before always activated by default, it is not necessary for all games, only for new, so it is best to take it out and select in the game required
- Removed Start to start playing automatically, but now is a parameter that is saved per game, so you only have to select the game you work with this option, which will be saved for the next time you want to open, now checkered
- Removed option to backup BR-DISC, since it is the same as the Copy
- Added parameter to make games that require disc to work, now if you mark a game with this option, if you have no disc in the reader, will not let you open it, so that we avoid a crash the console, wanting release a game that requires hard when we have not inserted.
- Fixed patching of L1, so only run it when we launched the game, it was unnecessary to run only when you press L1, IVAM and then not release a game that required it, was still active patch memory.
- Show error messages when you want to mount a game that internal drive, when we activate an option in the payload is not implemented, or when we have inserted a disk and mark we want to play a game that requires it.
- Unified code to compile the original version without requiring OMAN01234 OMAN46756 or have two sources for each.
- Changed Combination of L1 R1 START START to change the path where to find games on the internal disk.Changes OCI 1.1:
- Added language: Inglés / Française (same as the OM, is now seeking BGx.png background files being x the number corresponding to the region)
- Now shows the version used Payload: Psgroove v1, Hermes v3 / 4, PL3
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Milan always finds a precise identity, but the club also looks at the future. After the win against Parma, the general manager Adriano Galliani announces the purchase of the young Adiyah for January.
MILAN – After the win against Parma, Adriano Galliani judged the performance of the team and announced to the microphones of Milan Channel the purchase of the young Dominic Adiyah: "Ronaldinho is doing very well, this tactical setup gives space to the Brazilian, with Pato who plays wide on the right hand side. The team plays a 'Spanish' football with two defensive midfielders and the quality of our forwards. Many goals come, we do concede some too, but we must have courage and continue forward like this. Parma played a great first half, better than us. There's also a penalty not awarded to Pato, but I prefer not to make any controversies. Pity for the unjustified decrease of spectators, but we accept these positions even though this is worrying. We shall try all we can to recover our fans. Everything seemed to be over, with finished unmotivated players, but I say not to take care what they say and keep on going forward. I spoke to Berlusconi, we spoke about 30 years of football, no one of us wants to go in pension. On the transfer market we are moving and I can say exclusively to Milan Channel that we signed the young Ghana player Dominic Adiyah. The agreement with the Norwegian club Fredrikstad FK is done. Now he needs the permission to come in Italy and we will register him on January 1st. He must naturally pass the medical visit and then he will be our player. We signed him because he's a wide striker who can play instead of Pato and Ronaldinho. Our tactical setup has changed now, we needed a wide striker who could alternate himself with those who are already here and we made a move. In the next hours I also hope to be able to announce David Beckham's return." After Adriano Galliani's important announcement, these are the words of Leonardo: "Every game has its own story, today we knew how to suffer, we attack and we don't stop to play. In certain moments we allowed the counter attacks, but Parma were never particularly dangerous. I always thought of playing in this way, the biggest joy is seeing the team perform and feeling an always improving game quality. Adiyah? He's a wanted alternative, our squad was built around a tactical setup and therefore now we had to change something. The lad is young and is in line with our strategies. Even finding internal solutions is very important. Napoli today showed how much it is worth and therefore our draw at the San Paolo can happen. Borriello? The nice thing is having many attackers, Huntelaar will succeed, no one is out of my project. I'm confident, the team is in the hands of the players. Real? It's a game which is prepared on its own. We hope to maintain a high level of game."


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After returning home to St. Paul from the Korean War, Augie Garcia created a unique style of music that blended the sounds of his Mexican heritage with rhythm and blues. The Augie Garcia Quintet really found their groove at the River Road Club in Mendota and, in 1956, they opened for Elvis Presley at the St. Paul Auditorium. This new musical explores the life and music of a man whose infectious smile, generous spirit, and incredible talent—along with his trademark Bermuda shorts—made him a Minnesota music legend.
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July 7, 1998
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team Committee announced today the names of the 30 players who have accepted invitations to attend the 1998 USA Basketball Men's World Championship Team training July 8-14 in Chicago, Ill. Of the 30 invitees, 12 played in the CBA in 1997-98, including former Texas Tech star Jason Sasser.
Named to the USA World Championship team training were: Wendell Alexis (Alba Berlin, Germany / Syracuse 86); Ashraf Amaya (Idaho Stampede / Souther Illinois 93); Chucky Atkins (Cibona, Croatia / South Florida 97); David Booth (La Crosse Bobcats / DePaul 94); Earl Boykins (Eastern Michigan 98); Tim Breaux (Idaho Stampede / Spain / Wyoming 92); Mateen Cleaves (Michigan State 00); Acie Earl (La Crosse Bobcats / Iowa 93); Bill Edwards (Virtus Rome, Italy / Wright State 93); Evan Eschmeyer (Northwestern 99); Kiwane Garris (Grand Rapids / Illinois 97); Richard Hamilton (Connecticut 00); Michael Hawkins (Olympiakos, Greece / Xavier 95); Bernard Hopkins (Gran Canaris, Spain / VCU 96); Troy Hudson (Sioux Falls Skyforce / Southern Illinois 97); Nate Huffman (Idaho Stampede / Central Michigan 97); Tim Kempton (La Crosse Bobcats / Notre Dame 86); Warren Kidd (Stefanel Milano, Italy / Middle Tennessee State 93); Gerard King (Siena, Italy / Nichols State 96); Jimmy King (Quad City Thunder / Michigan 95); Trajan Langdon (Duke 99); Randy Livingston (Sioux Falls Skyforce / LSU 96); Gerald Madkins (Rockford Lightning / UCLA 92); Richard Manning (Rockford Lightning / Washington 93); Mike McDonald (Grand Rapids Hoops / New Orleans 95); Brad Miller (Purdue 98); Jimmy Oliver (Ciudad De Huelva, Spain / Purdue 91); Jason Sasser (Sioux Falls Skyforce / Caja San Fernando, Spain / Texas Tech 96); Larry Stewart (Turkey / Coppin State 91); David Wood (Rockford Lightning / Spain / Nevada Reno 87).
Houston Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovich will serve as head coach of the 1998 USA Basketball World Championship Team, while Los Angeles Lakers head coach Del Harris and University of Illinois head mentor Lon Kruger will complete Tomjanovich's coaching staff as assistant coaches. Former George Washington University (D.C.) head coach Mike Jarvis, recently withdrew from the coaching staff after being named head mentor at St. John's University (N.Y.) and undertaking the demands of the program there.
The 1998 FIBA World Championship for Men take place July 29-August 9 in Athens, Greece. Held every four years by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the World Championship is contested by 16 national teams.
"This is a group of players that the Selection Committee put together through past scouting and recommendations. We feel confident that out of this group we can and will field a very competitive team, a team that will go out and try to win the World Championship. There's limited training time but we will try and give these players a real good look. I'm going to be looking for guys who play hard at both ends, not only aggressive offensively, but on the defensive end too. International basketball has really improved and we are going to have to play very good defense," said USA head coach Tomjanovich. A total of 12 players boast of previous USA Basketball experience. McDonald and Sasser were members of the 1997 USA Basketball World Championship Qualifying Team that captured gold last summer in Uruguay with a 9-1 record. Boykins was selected as USA Basketball 1997 Male Athlete of the Year after leading the USA World University Games Team to a gold medal in Italy. Eschmeyer and Miller were both members of the 1997 USA Basketball 22 And Under World Championship Team that finished 6-2 and in fifth place in Australia. Langdon was a member of the 1995 Junior World Championship Team and 1994 Junior World Championship Qualifying team. Players who participated in U.S. Olympic Festival for USA Basketball include Alexis (1983), Amaya (1990), Atkins (1993), Breaux (1989), Eschmeyer (1993), Kempton (1983), Livingston (1994) and Miller (1995).
The list of finalists also includes 1998 CBA Most Valuable Player Jimmy King and 1998 CBA Defensive Player of the Year McDonald; three members of the 1998 All-CBA first team, Jimmy King, Booth and Madkins; two players from the CBA All-Defensive Team, Jimmy King, McDonald; and one member of the CBA All-Rookie Team, Hauffman.
Several of the players have also made solid names for themselves overseas including Alexis who placed 27th overall in the 1997 EuroLeague Player of the Year voting, while Hopkins was runner-up for Spanish League Player of the Year honors. King was the leading rebounder in the Italian League averaging 13.5 boards a game, and Edwards was the fourth leading scorer in Italy in 1997-98.
Of the returning collegians, Cleaves, a Michigan State junior-to-be, was an Associated Press All-America second team selection, and the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year. University of Connecticut junior-to-be Hamilton was the 1997-98 Big East Conference and ECAC Player of the Year and also an A.P. All-America second team selection. Langdon, who will be a senior at Duke in 1998-99, was a third team A.P. All-American, and All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team. Eschmeyer was a member of All-Big Ten Conference first team in 1997-98 and 1996-97. Miller, who completed his collegiate career at Purdue in 1998, was an All-Big Ten Conference second team selection, and Boykins was the Mid-American Conference Tournament MVP last season while at Eastern Michigan University.
Training plans for the 1998 USA Basketball Team call for the squad to train at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, July 8-14. The 12-member USA team will travel to Monte Carlo, Monaco to train July 15-23 and play a pair of exhibition games on July 18 (versus France), July 19 (versus Spain). Moving on to Rome, Italy, the U.S. squad will train July 23-25 in Rome, Italy and play one exhibition game on July 25 (versus Italy). Traveling to Greece on July 26, the USA team begins World Championship preliminary round play on July 29 against Brazil, and continues preliminary round play on July 30 versus Lithuania and July 31 against South Korea. Second Round Group play is slated to be conducted August 2-4, with quarterfinals, semifinals and finals action to be held August 7-9.
Based in Colorado Springs, USA Basketball is a non-profit organization and operates as the national governing body for men's and women's basketball in the United States under the authority of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the United States by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball's mission is to field American teams for international competitions, including the Olympics, competitions involving high school and college players, in addition to funding international basketball teams from physically challenged organizations.


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RE: VOIP Over NAT+VPN posted 11/14/2006
What about using a non-Cisco Proprietary IP Softphone over Cisco VPN Concentrator and then through a Checkpoint Firewall Eriksson CallManager ------------ Checkpoint Firewall -------- VPN Concentrator ----------- Internet ----------- Remote ADSL Router ------- Cisco VPN Hardware Client (Network Extension Mode) ------- Remote Client PC(SoftPhone Installed) I've tried to get this setup working, but the Eriksson Softphone appears not to work fine, couldn't have been the Firewall as I've checked the logs on Checkpoint and there is no traffic blocked!! It's really driving me mad! I wonder how my CCIE Lab Exam will drive me in March then .....? Many Thanks _________________________________________________ Olayemi Salau Network Analyst I.T. Solutions Division Southampton City Council ( 023 8083 4070 7 077 8811 2036 3 079 5825 7509 * olayemi.salau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _________________________________________________ This e-mail is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that the unauthorised use or disclosure of the information it contains, or the unauthorised copying or re-transmission of the e-mail are strictly prohibited. Such action may result in legal proceedings. If the e-mail has been sent to you in error, please accept our apologies, advise the sender as soon as possible and then delete the message. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Data Protection Act 1998, the contents of this e-mail, whether it is marked confidential or otherwise, may be disclosed. No employee, Councillor or agent is authorised to conclude by e-mail any binding agreement with another party on behalf of Southampton City Council. The Council does not accept service by e-mail of court proceedings, other processes or formal notices of any kind without specific prior written agreement. E-mails to and from Southampton City Council may be monitored in accordance with the law -----Original Message----- From: nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nouman, Khan Sent: 14 November 2006 08:34 To: ccielab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: VOIP Over NAT Hi, Just off the topic. Can somebody provide me some reference documents about how voip works over NAT. Can an IP Phone at remote site register with central site Cisco CallManager over PAT or NAT ????? Waiting for response Regards Nouman _______________________________________________________________________ Subscription information may be found at: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html


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So, after a few searches for mapping tools to see what's out there I found some links to check this site out. I'm just a guy who's trying to start his own Palladium Fantasy campaign and I really don't like any of the maps I have found, and I really have found very few maps. There is one part of the world where I want to make a detailed map, and I found 5 different fragments from the source books, but I want to put them all together and then add my own content, and have some drill down elements as well.
So here I am, trying to most likely bite off more than I can chew. We'll see how it goes, I guess.


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Ok, there are a few rants here (all bike related) so stop if you're not interested.
First off, the economy - I'm not going to play the blame game, but it sucks. Especially if you're out of work, which I am. I went riding today - I bicycle everywhere - to a bunch of different temp agencies to register and try to find SOME kind of employment. Guess what? Not a single place I went to had a bike rack. Not one. Seriously?! You've paid for and are maintaining an office building and you can't put in a single bike rack?!
Then I stopped for lunch. Went to a fast food(ish) place. I don't normally eat fast food, it's generally foul and I don't feel well afterward, but I was hungry and it was there. Guess what? No effing bike rack.
Oh yeah, the food was horrible and sat in my stomach like a brick. Still is.
Prius drivers. If you're on here and a Prius driver, you're excepted until proven otherwise, simply because you probably "get" it. But Prius drivers seem to be the most smug a******s on the road except perhaps Volvo drivers. I heard one yelling at a large truck today. Something about "gas hog" and "wasting resources" or some schtuff like that. The truck was obviously a well-used work vehicle, not some road queen that was being misused as a commuter... but anyhow, I got to stop at the next light next the smug jackass in the Prius who thankfully had an open window. I sat there next to him on my recycled bicycle and said "Feeling pretty "green" are you? My $40 bicycle will conserve far more fuel than your $30,000 car." His head whipped around and took in my 25+ year old Schwinn, then he faced front and pretended to ignore me, but I could see him blush.
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This weekend Bethesda's Sr. Community Manager Gstaff has announced that the French Canadian save file PS3 patch for Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition is now online.
To quote: "The patch will allow the GOTY re-release of Bethesda's wasteland wandering sim to recognize save files generated by Fallout 3 sans accolades.
As a Bethesda community manager helpfully points out, your old save files will only show up if there are new saves (GOTY) present - if you only have old saves, start a new game and, you know, save.
If you have in excess of 130 save files, you'll have to delete older ones in order for the new ones to be displayed.
Oh, and one more thing: If your saves are taking a long time to load you might want to resave them and back up or remove the old ones."
For your game saves from Fallout 3 to work with Fallout 3 GOTY, make sure your versions match up.
If they don't match up (US disc to US disc, UK disc to UK disc, etc) you're going to run into compatibility issues.
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Hello from Sue Ulzoefer
Hallo Wabash! =)
I hope the new year at Wabash is going well so far. In Bavaria, things are good.
Aaron Abell was my first Wabash visitor and spent some days with me in June. Now, Ted and Miles visited me. I had a great time and it was a pleasure to show them around. They reminded me of myself at my arrival in the USA: they are fascinated by everything... We went to Munich, of course, and to Schloss Neuschwanstein. I also showed them Landsberg, where Hitler was impriosoned in 1923... One evening, we went to a "Therme", a spa thingy with beautiful pools with healthy water and a bar in the pool where you can enjoy cocktails in the water =) I put some pictures on facebook, but I also attached two: look how†Bavarian they already are... or try to be (look at Ted wearing the Lederhose backwards...) It was a pleasure to show them around.
For me, university starts in Oktober, so what I'm doing all the time is meeting friends (there are still a few that I haven't seen since I've been back home), working with my dad, and studying for my finals in pedagogics... and showing Wallies around. Kyle Greaves is gonna be my next visitor.
Greetings to everybody! How are you doing??? Let me know when you come overseas. I'm a pretty good tourist guide now=)
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Obama's magic words, numbers
WASHINGTON - President Obama, the first president shaped by the celebratory culture in which every child who plays soccer gets a trophy, and the first whose campaign speeches were his qualification for the office, perhaps should not be blamed for thinking that saying things is tantamount to accomplishing things, and that good intentions are good deeds. So, his presidency is useful after all, because it illustrates the perils of government run by believers in magic words and numbers.
The last progressive president promised Model Cities, with every child enjoying a Head Start en route to enjoying an Upward Bound into a Great Society. Today's progressive president also uses words - and numbers - emancipated from reality.
Thirty months have passed since Obama said: "The time has come for President Assad to step aside." Today, James Clapper, director of national intelligence, says Bashar al-Assad's grip on power has "strengthened." In the State of the Union address, Obama defined success down by changing the subject: "American diplomacy, backed by the threat of force, is why Syria's chemical weapons are being eliminated." If saying so makes it so, all is well.
Assad seems tardy regarding this , perhaps because the threat of force was never made. The Democratic-controlled Senate nullified the threat by its emphatic reluctance to authorize force. Reuters recently reported that Assad had surrendered "4.1 percent of the roughly 1,300 tons of toxic agents" he supposedly has. The ".1" is an especially magical number, given the modifier "roughly" attached to 1,300 tons.
America's Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee capitulated to U.S. ("Unconditional Surrender") Grant. Russia's civil war ended when Leon Trotsky's Red Army defeated the White forces. But Syria's civil war - after the massacres, torture, chemical weapons -supposedly will be resolved by a negotiated regime change: with words. Next, words will supposedly result in Iran ending the decades-old and hugely expensive nuclear program.
The magic number 8 percent identified the level above which Obama's administration said unemployment would not rise, thanks to the 2009 stimulus. Seven dollars is the figure, plucked from the ether, that Obama says will be saved by every dollar spent on "high quality" universal preschool, which is probably defined as preschool that saves $7 for every dollar spent on it.
Forests continue to be felled to produce the paper on which are printed the continuing studies demonstrating that America, which has more than 2 million miles of natural gas pipelines and about 175,000 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines, would not be menaced by the 1,179 miles of Keystone XL. The new State Department study says construction "would support approximately 42,100 jobs (direct, indirect, and induced)." Obama, of course, has his own number. In a July 24, 2013, interview with The New York Times, he said construction "might create maybe 2,000 jobs."
The workforce participation rate is at a 36-year low; in the second half of the fifth year of the recovery, a smaller fraction of the population is employed or looking for work than was when the recovery began. Nevertheless, the administration is cheerful about the Congressional Budget Office's conclusion that the Affordable Care Act will slow the growth of employment and compensation over the next decade.
The decrease is projected to be nearly three times larger than the CBO had predicted. Insurance subsidies, which decline with rising income and increase with falling income, will cause many people to stop working, or to work less, or to stop looking for work, reducing the number of hours worked by the equivalent of 2.3 million full-time jobs by 2021.
An administration spokesman did not dispute the key finding but hailed it as evidence that the ACA is increasing Americans' choices. Really.
Many of the words and numbers may reflect an honest belief that the world is whatever well-intentioned people like them say about it. So, Obama's critics should reconsider their assumption that he is cynical. It is his sincerity that is scary.
GEORGE WILL writes for The Washington Post.
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15 Aug 2011
Part 7 of many.
Tharini, this is for you. What now seems like ages ago, I promised you that I will do a post on setting up an art space for children. Months passed and you have already created an art space for the boys….Better late than never and never to break promises….so here it goes.
Let us begin with the basic premises:
– It is the process, not the product.
– You are aware of your child's age, capabilities and interests.
Age: Which means that your very young child will not have a sense of boundary. Provide her with a big canvas. Do not give her a 8 X 11 and expect her to create within it.
Interest: Some children do not like wet paint. It does not make them any less of an artist.
In my opinion for children age 2yrs – 6yrs, the popular art activities are play dough, cutting, pasting, crayons, wet paint, shaving cream, stamping. I have two or three variations of these in my art shelf and keep rotating them. A simple change paves way for new creative energy. Some typical things I rotate are
Week1 – Play dough + roller and cookie cutter
Week2 – Play dough + moulds
Week3 – Playdough + extruder
Wet paint variations
Week1 – finger painting
Week2 – brushes
Week3 – spin art
Week4 – liquid water color
Regarding colors, there are philosophies about what we must give children. Montessori believes in starting with one color at a time, because the children must enjoy the process – fluidity of paint, hand eye coordination, brush control and learn their boundaries. Giving them too many colors distracts them from the process. The second step would be to give them the primary colors ONLY and let them create the secondary colors. Waldorf believes in chunky crayons in all colors and emphasizes pastels in their environment. So pick something practical that would work for you.
I knocked off the doors of a dining nook, which gave me two decent sized shelves. To organize, I picked up four file trays from IKEA. Right next to the shelves I placed our IKEA easel. Voila, our art space. Now some pictures for you.
One side printed paper, some collage material I find interesting, paper grocer bags cut and flattened, construction paper are the other supplies I have in the trays.
Good luck with your art space peeps!
5 Oct 2010
Gandhiji's birthday is a big deal in our school. We start with International Peace Day on Sept 21, then we do Pennies For Peace, then we talk about Gandhiji – the peaceful warrior and end the peace/non-violence theme by celebrating United Nations Day. Our school is closed for Gandhiji's birthday every year.
This has been our routine for the three years we have been with this school. But the girls are growing and this Oct 1st and Oct 2nd we had a lot of talk about Gandhiji at home.
Mieja's questions:
Did a english man shooted Gandhiji?
An Indian man did? But, why Amma? Gandhiji is the father of India. Why would the 'goat person' kill his own dad?
Did Gandhiji die in the darkness or something? What time of the day was it?
When he was shooted, how did he fall?
Why is he dressed like that? He has no shirts? Was Gandhi poor? He had no money to buy shirts? Is that why he is naked?
Chula's questions:
Why do you say Gandhi Jayanthi Amma?
Is it like Krishna Jayanthi? Does Jayanthi mean birthday? Chadurthi is Ganesha's birthday too. So why are we not saying Gandhi Chadurthi?
Chula had her shower almost by herself and dressed up in a pattu pavadai. Then she came running to me and said that she was ready. When I asked her ready for what, she replied that she is ready to celebrate the jayanthi or chadurthi or whatever it is, demanded why I haven't set up Gandhiji's picture, decked it with flowers and wanted to know what special Gandhi food I had cooked.
I promised her we will do something special in an hour and quickly planned some art work, books, songs and special food.
The food part was the easiest – peanut sundal and milk. One more thing to love about Gandhi, it is so easy-peasy to prepare his favorite food. Chula wanted to sing Ragupathi Raghava, so we did that. We read Marching To Freedom By Pratham, (special thanks to Chox aunty for sending special books to the girls) and Dandi March is making quite an effect in Mieja's mind. I can sense questions brewing. We also have Picture Gandhi by Tulika, The Story Of Dandi March by Tulika and Gandhi: His Life In Pictures. We thumbed through all the books.
I have to admit that I was a little lost for the art part. Then I decided to talk about how simple lines can form a drawing, profile vs front view. I showed then the famous question mark profile drawing of Gandhi, how such simple lines can be representative of Gandhi. Mieja wanted to draw and Chula wanted to write an essay. So this is what we ended up doing.
I had been wanting to introduce the liquid water colors that I had purchased a few weeks back. So I did white on white crayon resist and told them that if they paint the canvas they will discover a surprise. They were kicked when they saw Gandhi on their canvas.
They wanted to experiment on crayon resist and this is what they came up with. They can draw themselves with long hair and long curly eye lashes even when they cannot see what they were drawing. LOL!
11 Aug 2010
More summer fun 2010 posts.
Do you want to know?
Okay, I will give you a picture, can any one guess how we did this?
Thanks for your comments. It is spin art. I also showed them how to splash paint to add colors to the finished spin art. Kids were super excited and Chula kept saying, "Amma you are doing just like Jackson Pollack". I have a feeling that this splashing will come back to bite me.
What is the deal with Google? They acquired Slide? Now I have this ugly super poke pets ad in the slide show. Click on the X to close the ad. Move mouse over the pictures for captions.
9 Aug 2010
More summer fun 2010 posts.
So what does one do with two little girls for 10 weeks?
That is 70 days. Time up and awake comes to 840 hours.
TV/PBS kids games/Wii, not that big at home. It is mainly to give myself a break. We have only one reader and one that pretends to be a reader
We did the usual playdates, block building, drawing, coloring, free play, gardening, bubble blowing, side walk chalk, easel painting, rangoli, trampoline, bubble bath, wading pool, parks, hikes, bicycle ride around the neighborhood, libraries, museums, exploratarium, cross words, puzzles, I spy, planetarium, doctor office trips(Yep, double bronchitis for the whole family including the adults in the middle of summer! Who would've thunked?!) botanical garden, camping trips. Still did not add up to 840 hours! No siree Bob, it did not.
And that is when I read about the 'Simon Says' game and thought that it would be interesting to do at home. I wanted to do shapes – one shape a day. My main goal is to talk to the girls about the different shapes and for them to look around them and see what shapes they can identify in our environment.
The first day we did circles. Red circle, blue circle, multicolored circle, red circle inside a blue circle, how many circles can you fit inside the biggest circle, draw three circles all three touching, color the smallest blue circle, color outside the green circle….the girls just went with the flow and had a ball.
The next day we did hearts. The girls quickly took over. Heart = love. I love my family. 'Mieja look I drew you in my heart, that means I love you', 'I am making a flower for you', 'I am drawing a family in love'….. I stepped back, picked up a book and answered only when I was specifically called for.
What did we do on the third day? Duh! Triangles, of course. Mieja had difficulty making the third line straight so that it intersected the first two, while Chula was already doing the triangle things she knows – pizza, triangle maze, ice cream cone, ice cream sundae, flower with triangle petals (okay that was a far one, but whatever) etc. So I had to branch off, giving different instructions for them. Chula wanted to warli. She did one warli image, then our family in warli holding hands and dancing. When she said that she wanted to do spiral warli, I made o-o-o-o-o-o- in a spiral and she figured out how to do the triangles and how to make them hold hands. She walked around the paper, rolled around the paper, looked at angles that would put a cinematographer to shame, but she did it. Mieja wanted to do warli family and was getting upset that she couldn't do it like her sister. After much talking that it has to be 'her' work and must be something 'she' enjoys doing, she did do a family with square and rectangle bodies. But she was happy that she made her own family.
Fourth day we must have done squares. But we took a break
17 Feb 2010
Edited to add: Submitted post for Shruti's Artsy-Craftsy June 2001 Folk art challenge.
To play Feb's "Guess the book" see the side bar.
The very first time I heard this term was in 2003. I was experimenting with various mediums. I took my Tanjore painting of Krishna and Balram to my oil painting class, people were impressed by the richness and details. That's when some one popped the question, "Is this folk art? Some thing typical of India?". Though I had no clue about the exact definition of folk art, some thing prevented me from saying yes. I thought hard and answered, "Well, it is more like traditional art, practiced in the southern part India." Though I had answered the question, I had no idea about the difference between folk art and traditional art and why I chose the later term to describe my painting. But something was planted in my mind regarding the different art forms of Indian art. Ever since, people who have know me would have heard me say, "I am looking for books on Indian art that are intrinsically India."
For the past couple of months I have been looking at Tara's website, which by the way is my new pass time, and I must say that I am mesmerized. All their books have a unique theme and the vibrant book covers tempted me to hit the 'Add To Cart' button. It was at this point I happened to clean one of book storage bins and I almost squealed in delight. There, it was lying at the bottom of the bin was Tara's BEASTS OF INDIA! I must have bought it in my recent India trip and must have completely forgotten about it or the book fairy must have paid me a visit. (In case if it is the book fairy, I don't mean to sound ungrateful, thanks for this book and all that, but you really must look at the complete list. I so want to own DO! Also by Tara.)
The book has been reviewed for Saffron Tree. Find the review here.
How can we let this inspiration pass. So we combined it with the festive atmosphere of the Lunar New Year and Satish's review of Everyone Knows What A Dragon Looks Like and we made our own paper dragons.
First what we talked about how every one imagined their dragons. Prominent features like big eyes, horns, bushy eye brows, sharp teeth, fire were thrown out. We all unanimously agreed that the dragon is scary and the color red must feature in the dragon.
We picked one style that inspired us to create our dragon. Chula wanted to combine Patachitra and Gond. The little one started with Madhubani and soon changed her mind. I was deeply attracted to Gond the minute I set my eyes on one. So I stayed with Gond till the end.
The hand with its fingers spread out can be a starter for many art forms. For the most part it eliminates the, "I can't do it like you amma, can you do it for me?". We traced our hands, leaving out the the thumb. We converted the index finger and the pinkie in to ears. The other two fingers became the horns.
It took me a good two hours to finish my dragon and I must say that it was deeply therapeutic. The little ones lost interest after the first fifteen minutes and they moved away. But they saw how much I was enjoying myself and came back to 'help'. For the last 45 minutes they sat next to me, one holding the pens and one making sure that I did not miss the pattern. The critique from the little ones, "Well, he kind of looks friendly amma. Not scary at all. May be he is a she." I did start out with the mental picture of the Yali, but the end result was very different.
I know that the books touched the girls because when I stepped out I saw that they had created out of side walk chalk a Warli inspired cow
With that I leave you with some pictures.
23 Jan 2010
Part 6 of many.
Books like Pranav's Picture, Harold And The Purple Crayon, Dot and Ish are very helpful for the parents to understand the creative process. I have reviewed these books for Saffron Tree. I reviewed, also for Saffron Tree, a few books that have open ended art exploration ideas.
You can find some awesome projects in Sheela's blog. Some how god gave her 44 hours in a day and an extra truckload of patience. I especially loved this and this. Imagine the fun you and your child will have doing this.
If you are planning on introducing art history or working with your child to recognize elements of a painting books, don't fear. There is a cartload of books available. My personal favorite is Lucy Micklethwait and Usborne's The Children's Book Of Art.
Books like Can You Find It, When Pigasso Met Mootisse, Oooh! Picasso and Look!Look!Look! are very effective when you can follow it up with a trip to a museum.
One thing I am constantly struggling to achieve is a definitive art space for the kids at home. Also what are the basic supplies one needs? If you have the same questions, don't fear the Camp Creek Blog is here. Check out the right hand side links for ART LESSONS and also posts under CARD CATALOG ->in the studio. That was the basic I started off with.
That pretty much summarizes all that is in my mind. Now I am throwing the subject of art appreciation open to you all.
On the subject of appreciating your child's art, what do you do when you child shows you her art? Do you say good job? Do you define what she has created? Do you say, "Oh is that a butterfly?" In that case are you prepared to meet an answer like, "No it is you amma. I drew you." Do you ask her to define her own work and in the process tell her that what she creates must be something that fits in to definition? What do you all do as parents?
Another thing I am trying to get a grasp of is how to store all the art they churn out. On an average day there are atleast 5 papers per child. On top of this there is their usual academic work from school. What do you all do?
So long folks. Have a great day.
18 Jan 2010
Part 5 of many.
Okay the survey results are as follows:
92% played with Fevicol and loved it.
44% loved coloring and erasing with markers, 20% yes on only coloring, 20% yes only on erasing.
92% loved pencils and sharpeners.
Candle wax seems to be the biggest hit with 96% love.
57% did not like ripping newspaper. What a bummer?! I strongly recommend you guys try it. It is such a cathartic release.
50% love swirling paint, 28% like it, 14% are okay with it.
72% make rainbows in the shower and I am happy to announce that we all believe in showers and soap.
57% rolled chapathi dough and then ate it. 38% played and discarded the dough.
62% did not scribble in the house, no experimentation and wondered about my mother's reaction.
My grand conclusion based on the poll results…….
As children, most of us just played for the sake of playing, without bothering about what we produced at the end of it. These are the found memories that we carry with us. These are the memories that we might have forgotten, but when kindled, put a smile on our face. This is process orientation. This is what your young child is doing. Just doing something and taking pleasure at that moment without a bother about the past, future, accolades, recognition, praise and the mess. Soon they are going to grow up and slowly get in to the product oriented mode. For now, just let them be.
This, my dear peeps, is the ulterior motive behind the survey.
Give them the art materials. Give them the space. Give them the freedom. Stand back. Let go. Let them play. Let them discover, understand and love their material. If you feel like they have to create something meaningful to an adult, get in touch with your Fevicol days. Set limits. Like for example, paint only on designated area. Because, not many of us have studio work space. So, parents need to set limits to protect the walls, furniture and carpet. If it is their first time with paint or messy material sit with them to make sure that they understand their limits. Children and mess, many a times it is not intentional, they just cannot help themselves. Even better, sit with them and participate without taking over or interfering. It provides the children with a good model and you get to realize how much fun the whole process is.
The first six years of their life, children learn their world and express their thoughts through art. So it is essential that parents understand that the process is 'learning about the world and communicating through art' which later, around age 7+, becomes 'art through learning and communication'. You cannot 'formally teach' a three-year-old-child to make art, but you can show them the different ways to explore.
When it comes to tips, techniques and pointers, there are overwhelmingly large number of resources. But when I look for open ended art exploration for the preschool age, I carefully avoid projects that have a finished product to show for. But, hey, it is just me. Given my personality, I have to consciously stop myself from controlling what the children do. In my opinion, when we follow some one else's instruction and strive towards a finished product, it is craft. Not that craft is any lesser, but it is some one else's baby, not mine.
Coming up next: List of resources for open ended art and books on art appreciation.
15 Jan 2010
Part 4 of many.
We all would have colored, painted, made some kind of art as a kid. Many of us do it even now. So dip in to your memory bank or your current experiences and answer some questions.
There are just 10 questions. and you can choose to be anon. So don't be intimidated. 9 questions are about you and the last question is for me. Indulge me please. Pretty please with a cherry on top ???
You will see only one question at a time. I have provided some answers. For folks who want to tell more there is a text area. After you answer click on next. Please make sure you answer all 10 questions.
Survey will be open till Jan 18, 4.00PM PST.
13 Jan 2010
Part 3 of many.
A child comes in to this world all geared up for survival. Think about it. Who taught this itty-bitty thing to latch on, to suck from the breast, to root, to paddle while in water, and imitate walking? All this within minutes after birth? The only explanation is new born brain is wired to handle certain reflexes. Few other things the newborn brain is designed to do is to communicate, to absorb language and to bond. These are the essential tools for survival.
If one looks at language development, music development and art development in children, it follows the same pattern. Language for example, children start with receiving language before they start talking. Talking comes in a certain order. They start with cooing, progress to babbling, figure out everything has a name and hence understand symbolism, start to say single words, move on to telegraphic speech and then comes the talking.
Children view art as a form of communication, especially in the first three years. They understand the concept of communication – thinking up something and expressing it to other people. Then they understand that communication can be using words or physical body movements like pointing gesturing etc or using paper and pencil/crayon. (The beauty about art as a tool for communication is that children use it to communicate to themselves at times. They think of a visual idea and many a times putting that visual on paper clears a lot of things for them) By this time they are masters in cause and effect, otherwise they wouldn't know that pencil causes an impression on paper. They are developing hand-eye co-ordination and fine motor skills, otherwise they cannot manipulate the pencil to make marks on paper. We are talking about a 12month – 18month old child now.
Just like talking there are stages in drawing. Once there was a nice lady called Rhoda Kellogg. For 18 years she collected one million drawing sample of children in a certain age group. She researched the scribbles and concluded that
Are you blown away? Did your jaws will drop? Mine did when I first read about it
If one were to debate if art is nature or nurture, I would say both. When it comes to art, there are two things there is appreciation and there is creation. An artist is a person who has the ability to appreciate what she sees, figure out what makes the maximum impact on her, break it down in her brain in to simple elements and create it using a medium. The first part, appreciating what they see and capturing the main elements of the images that make the maximum impact on them comes naturally to young children (6 and under). Plus they are process oriented. Hence my belief that children are born artists (NATURE). As they grow up, they either grow in to people who create or grow out of art. This solely depends on their experiences with and exposure to art in the first six years (NURTURE).
So, should I run and sign up my two-year-old for art classes? What is art exposure? What do parents do to encourage and inspire their children? Will keep y'all posted. Before that indulge me in this survey pliss.
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11 Jan 2010
Part 2 of many
Art is open-ended. What is beautiful or meaningful to one person makes no sense to another. Personally, I love Raja Ravi Verma. My next best would be the impressionists. I love them all, I love the concept, I love the play of colors, I love the way the artist looks at light and dark. Recently I have been introduced to pointillism and all I can say is WOW, what a vision. This is in the late 1880?! I consider this some kind of rudimentary vision which later got extrapolated to the pixel concept now used in TV monitors.
Modern/abstract art, I simply don't understand. I have always thought, a child could make it, what is the big deal. But one of my classmates, with a masters degree in art, explained to me that it is the process, not the product. During break time, we were discussing Jackson Pollack's abstract expressions in particular and I said, "Jack the dripper??? Come on, my three year old can do it. I can do it. Drip, spit and roll in paint. Hah!" and my classmate said, "But did you do it? Did you have the guts to exhibit your three year old's painting? A painting is an expression of a thought or the artist's perception/reaction to a mental image. Pollack captured it in a way that no one had done before. He deserves credit because he was the first to think about that particular expression and had the guts to back it up." Post that conversation my attitude to modernism and abstract expression has changed from condescension to respectfully saying, 'two thumbs up, but not my style'. Jeez, I don't want the enormous responsibility of looking in to some one's mind. I am not quite ready.
But modern art does have its merits, purely from my POV. I have found from experience that children are likely to be less intimidated by modern art. They find some sort of kinship with the artist. May be it gives them the same, 'hey, I can do this' confidence?! May be because before six years of age children are still pure and process oriented?! I was blown away once when Chula (she was 4-ish I think) drew the drawing below and explained to me, 'This is you amma and this is you dancing. The dancing you is moving, just like the picture lines in my class room is moving.' The picture in her classroom she was referring to is a Kandinsky.
So what is art for a young child? It is nature, it is communication. It is a basic instinct.
Part 3, if art is nature, then why aren't we all artists? Click here.
[tags]what is my art, preschooler art, child art, art product vs art process, is art nature or nurture, raja ravi verma, pontillism, impressionism, kandinsky, pollack, abstract expressions, what is modern art, do young children prefer modern art[/tags]


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Marketplace at the Outlets to open in the fall in West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Attention shoppers! If you enjoy bargains at the Palm Beach Outlets, just wait. Even more stores are opening nearby.
New England Development announced this week it will open Marketplace at the Outlets in the fall.
It's described as a 300,000 square foot retail center adjacent to Palm Beach Outlets on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard.
About twenty stores will be featured. They include Bed, Bath & Beyond, DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, Nordstrom Rack, Old Navy, PetSmart, Pier 1 Imports, Sports Authority, T.J. Maxx, Ulta Beauty and Whole Foods Market, according to a news release from the development company.


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Lawmakers cash in during long weekends
Meeting for a few minutes Friday, they get four days' pay
Per diem For local lawmakers, 2010
Mark Wyland, R-Solana Beach $27,095
Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego $27,655
Mimi Walters, R-Lake Forest $27,095
Denise Ducheny, D-San Diego $29,081*
Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Temecula $28.934*
*Budget negotiations kept them in Capitol more days. Ducheny and Hollingsworth termed out in 2010.
Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego $27,804
Marty Block, D-San Diego $28,372
Joel Anderson, R-La Mesa $28,372
Mary Salas, D-Chula Vista $27,520
Martin Garrick, R-Solana Beach $23,406
Lori Saldana, D-San Diego $28,513
Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point $28,230
Kevin Jeffries, R-Lake Elsinore $28,513
*Anderson elected to Senate in November. Salas and Saldana were termed out in 2010.
Source: Legislative records
Legislative pay
Alabama: $3,958 a month, plus $150 a week while in session
California: $95,291 a year, plus $142 per day in session
Florida: Pays legislators $29,697 per year plus $133 per day for expenses, but requires receipts
Illinois: Lawmakers receive $67,836 per year plus $139 per day expense money
Maryland: $43,500 a year, plus $96 a day for lodging and $32 a day for meals
Ohio: $60,584 a year, no per diem for expenses
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures
By convening for less than a half hour on Friday, the 80 members of the Assembly and 40 members of the Senate entitled themselves to $568 each.
That's almost a $70,000 cost to taxpayers.
The reason? On top of their $95,291 annual salary, lawmakers can collect $142 per day when the legislature is in session. Those daily payments halt if the legislature takes off four or more days.
By convening for a short time on Friday, the legislature kept the Presidents Day holiday as a three-day weekend, meaning they could collect the daily payments while on recess Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
"It's abuse," said Ted Costa, a longtime Capitol watchdog and leader of the group People's Advocate.
The "per diem" payments are designed to offset the cost of maintaining two households. The expense payments can inflate member salaries by $25,000 to $30,000 a year, and in most cases it's tax free. Even those who live within 20 miles of the Capitol and do not maintain two households can still collect the money, but they do pay taxes on it.
Cumulatively, taxpayers sent lawmakers about $3.2 million to cover their daily living expenses in 2010, according to legislative payroll records obtained by The Watchdog.
The short pre-holiday session was not an anomaly. Last month, for the Martin Luther King holiday, lawmakers also adjourned after 20-minute sessions.
Legislative leaders defend the practice, noting that on those Fridays work is still being accomplished: bills are introduced, and budget negotiations continue. This time, Assembly and Senate fiscal committees met to consider passing the first draft of a 2011-12 spending plan.
"There is a lot of business conducted, especially with the budget deadline," said Sen. Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and the president pro tempore. "There are significant conversations going on that will only intensify in the coming weeks."
Steinberg said he is open to looking at other ways to compensate lawmakers for maintaining two households. In Congress, for example, the expense is rolled into a higher pay level. Other possibilities include a monthly or annual housing allowance.
"I don't know if that's ever been looked at. That might be a better system." Steinberg said. "But I don't know. There might be some flaws."
Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego, is one of those who favors change.
"We should re-examine every practice," Fletcher said. "'That's the way it's always been' should never be the answer to a problem when we're trying to save taxpayers money."
Some say per diem payments are the perfect lure.


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News: C-17 Ops delivers combat cargo
Story by Senior Airman Bahja Jones
SOUTHWEST ASIA – Capable of strategic delivery of troops and a broad range of cargo, the C-17 Globemaster III and its aircrews directly support operations within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The members of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., accomplish the air tasking order via passenger transport, ground and aerial delivery to keep deployed operations moving.
"The C-17 is an incredible platform," said Capt. Erica McCaslin, an 816th EAS C-17 pilot and Port Angeles, Wash., native. "It allows us to go into just about any field, from an international airport to a dirt field in the middle of Afghanistan, to deliver cargo to the Army or Marines or any troops who need supplies."
With a maximum payload capacity of 170,900 pounds, the Globemaster III and its crews are able to transport passengers, and all types of cargo to include food, water, supplies and even vehicles. In this rotation, the 816th EAS has flown more than 375 sorties, transported 13.2 million pounds of cargo and nearly 2,400 passengers. Additionally, they have airdropped more than 71,000 pounds of cargo to forward bases throughout the AOR.
"The deliveries we bring in for the troops is pretty crucial, especially in some of the obscure fields we go into – supplies and ways to get them may be limited," McCaslin said. "The roads may be dangerous and airlift is the only way to get those critical supplies to them."
Typically aircrews consist of three pilots, two loadmasters and a flying crew chief.
"The crew compliment is critical," McCaslin said. "From the loadmasters in the back, to [crew members] upstairs ensuring the aircraft is ready for takeoff and safely transporting everybody from stop-to-stop. It really takes a team effort, and without any one of those crew members, the whole thing could fall apart."
As an aircraft commander, McCaslin has a major responsibility within the crew ensuring the mission is executed smoothly.
"[We] manage all the players involved and make decisions as far as safety of the crew and the aircraft, any sort of delays and changes to the mission cut," she said.
Besides the pilots and flying engineer who have the crucial role of keeping the aircraft serviceable and in the air, the loadmasters have a very important role within the aircrew as well.
"Our job as C-17 loadmasters is to ensure all the cargo we take in and out of the AOR is prepared correctly and maintained throughout the flight," said Staff Sgt. Frederick Jordan, an 816th EAS C-17 loadmaster and Panama City, Panama, native. "We make sure the cargo gets to where it needs to go safely and precisely."
They work in tandem with the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron aerial port technicians who prepare the cargo prior to loading it onto the aircraft.
"Once it comes to the aircraft we are the last line of defense to make sure all the necessary steps were taken in preparation," Jordan said.
Without the loadmasters, they'd have a hard time getting any cargo throughout the AOR and troops wouldn't be able to get the supplies they need to complete their mission, Jordan explained. Before and throughout the flight, loadmasters perform a balancing act to keep aircraft flying safely.
All-in-all, like a well-oiled machine, the Globemaster aircrews work to support ground troops throughout the AOR.
"I get quite a bit of pride from the work that we do and the Airmen we work with across the board," McCaslin said. "It's pretty amazing when you can see from start to finish the pieces that are involved – what it takes to get us airborne and in the end to see those supplies delivered to the troops who actually need it."
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I've had BES and ZCB working for a couple weeks. I went in to provision another user yesterday and my Global Address List was almost completely empty. There should be (and used to be) almost 3000 users in it.
I went back to the Zimbra server and ran this command...
Which returned 2816, the number of names that should be in the GAL.Code:zmprov syg domain.com | grep "name id" | wc -l
Rebooted the BES/ZCB server...still nothing. Tried running the "Update Global Address List" from Outlook....and still nothing. Just one account in the BES GAL.


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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A senior Hamas leader says the group signed a pledge to back any Palestinian bid to join the International Criminal Court. Such a step could expose Israel -- as well as Hamas -- to war crimes investigations.
Moussa Abu Marzouk wrote on his Facebook page early Saturday that "Hamas has signed the paper" of support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas requested before joining the court.
Hamas official Izzat Rishq confirmed the document was signed. Abu Marzouk's post was reported on Hamas news websites. There was no comment from Abbas aides.
Abbas has weighed joining the court, but linked it to Hamas support. Accepting its jurisdiction could lead to war crimes investigations of Israel for its actions in the Gaza war. Hamas could be investigated for its indiscriminate rocket fire at Israel.
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Bad News Day For Democrats
A quick scan of the headlines this morning:
—– NYT: U.S. Lost 54,000 Jobs in August; Rate Rose to 9.6%
—– Byron York: New evidence undermines feds' case against Arizona
—– Larry Sabato: Shock Prediction: GOP to Take House, Maybe Senate in 2010 Election
—– Fox News: Former Car Czar Rattner Rats on Obama
—– NYT : Fewer Young Voters See Themselves as Democrats
—– And in a sign of ultimate frustration, the Obama administration is pulling the old Clinton triangulation move by turning to the right on the issue of tax cuts for businesses … just two months before the Nov. election. You know this has to be particularly painful for both the President and his handlers who believe that the Socialistic policies they've forced on the American people over the last near-two years would bring over some converts to their way of thinking.
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By David Rieder
IRVINE, California, August 1. THE third day of the U.S. Open featured the fastest swims of the meet thus far. After only three times that ranked in the top-ten in the world were posted on the meet's first two days of actions, two swimmers posted top-five times on day three, times that will give the swimmers competing at the World Champs in Barcelona plenty to think about over the next few years.
Cal's Tom Shields recorded a breakthrough performance in the men's 100 fly. After completing his NCAA eligibility, where he won three NCAA titles in the event in four years, Shields turned his attention to the format which had, thus far, been less successful for him. After finishing fifth at U.S. Nationals in June at 52.32, Shields obliterated that time tonight with a 51.65. The time set a meet record, beating the 51.71 set by Kohei Kawamoto back in 2008. That swim moved him into fourth in the world, trailing just Steffen Deibler, Evgeny Korotyshkin, and Chad Le Clos, and it would have won him the National title last month, as Eugene Godsoe touched first in that race in 51.66.
Shields employed a different strategy than he used in his disappointing performance in Indianapolis. Whereas he opened in 24.32 and finished in 28.00 previously, he took the race out tonight in 24.60 and came home in a blazing 27.05, drawing on his NCAA experience in the 200 fly. That back half made the difference for Shields, as he overtook SwimMAC's Tim Phillips, who put up an also-impressive 51.78 for second place. That clipped his 51.86 from Nationals and ranks him 11th in the world. New York Athletic Club's Tyler McGill completed a swift podium with a 52.07 for third.
Gator's Sebastian Rousseau put up his second world class time in three nights with his victory in the 400 IM. He dominated the field by four-and-a-half seconds, winning in 4:11.11. He beat Jack Brown's meet record, a 4:12.58 from 2008, and he moved into fourth in the world this year, as only Kosuke Hagino, Thomas Fraser-Holmes, and Daiya Seto have been faster. A time in that range could contend for a medal at the World Championships later this week. Meanwhile, Dynamo's Gunnar Bentz used exceptional breaststroke and freestyle legs to run down the rest of the field and earn second place, clocking 4:15.81, while Indiana's Stephen Schmuhl picked up third place in 4:16.07.
Stanford's Felicia Lee continued her resurgent summer with a victory in the women's 100 fly. Lee, about to begin her senior year at Stanford, bounced back this year after she underwent shoulder surgery following Olympic Trials in 2012. She clocked 58.82 in prelims, improving upon her 59.21 she swam at Nationals to take third, and she picked up the win in finals in 58.94. In a tight battle for second, Australia's Christina Licciardi touched out Nofio Cymru's Tilly Gray, 59.27 to 59.28, while T2's Erika Erndl swam a time of 59.32 for fourth place.
Australia's Kery McMaster led throughout the women's 400 IM, but she had to hold off a monster back half from Plesanton Seahawks' Celina Le to take the win. McMaster clocked 4:39.37 for top honors, while Li came in just behind at 4:39.47. Aggie's Sarah Henry came in third at 4:40.85.
Longhorn Aquatics set a new meet record in winning the 800 free relay. Quinn Carrozza, 16,, split a monster 1:58.43 on the second leg, as she and teammates Sarah Denninghoff, Alexandra Hooper, and Samantha Tucker clocked a time of 8:00.84 for the victory. Australia placed second in 8:04.40, also under Athens Bulldogs' old meet record of 8:07.22 from 2006, while Indiana University finished third in 8:07.24. Bobby Bollier, Thomas Stephens, David Nolan, and Christopher Pickard combined to win the 800 free relay for Stanford in 7:24.26. Stanford's "B" team took second in 7:26.22, while Nofio Cymru grabbed third in 7:26.38.


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For the MOTUC Two-Bad: Do you prefer:
Vintage and Style Guide Purple Dripping into the Blue
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Prototype and Filmation Clean Separation of color?
Vintage and Style Guide Purple Dripping into Blue
Protype and Filmation Clean color Separation
For the MOTUC Two-Bad: Do you prefer:
Vintage and Style Guide Purple Dripping into the Blue
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Prototype and Filmation Clean Separation of color?
I definitely prefer the vintage "dripping" style.
"Oh Lord, Bless this M&M... and the mighty cockroach I slain in battle to get it." - Al Bundy
I know the dripping effect is vintage, but he looks better with a clean line down the middle
Clean for me.
"My favorite Harry Potter movie is Troll."
I think the dripping effect is cooler-looking, but quite honestly I'm pleased either way he comes
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embarrising enough, I just voted (and usually vote this way) for Goatman to stay accurate to the illustration.
But with 2 bad, I want it as is.
I know, I know I usually want vintage first, or whatever is more accurate.
But really, he's been clean split before. So it's not that big a deal.
But really I think it's because my obsession with Two Face. I credit Two Bad with starting me on the path of obsession with Two Face, but an even split just makes me happy, looks so nice.
I like the Vintage Drip...which would be an excellent band-name, by the way.
Not to sound like a creepy cheerleader for Uki, but it's nice to know there is at least one person on this forum who is extremely positive & friendly all the time. I don't think I could be that nice even if you paid me. If we ever give out awards for "forum member of the month", Uki gets my vote. -Mr. Shokoti
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I prefer the purple & blue bleeding into each other. But I still like the way the 4H went. Small complaint out of some other figures that have me scratching my head.
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Los Angeles Lakers Summer League roster
The Lakers have usually just gone through the motions in summer league, bereft of draft picks and decent rookies for most of the past half-decade, but needless to say, things are changing following one of the worst seasons in franchise history. After getting a top seven pick in a loaded draft for their trouble, the Lakers are indulging themselves in free agency to add big names as they are wont to do, but also trying to see if a few cheap contributors can be found among a surprisingly strong roster by summer league standards.
The rookies
Julius Randle, F: We still don't know whether Randle will actually be playing since the Lakers are refraining from inking him until they resolve their free agent hunt, but should he make it to Vegas, it will be fascinating to see him in a NBA context. Bereft of good spacing to maximize his face-up game at Kentucky, Randle will have that luxury in Vegas and courtesy of his advanced ballhandling, hopefully will enjoy the lion's share of possessions despite the standard guard dominated play. Also of note will be how far along the jumper he rarely showed in college is, as well as how his defense and rebounding looks on the next level.
Jordan Clarkson, G: A surprise addition on draft night as the Lakers bought this pick from Washington, Clarkson has superlative size for the point guard position, but still has to prove that he has the skills to man the position. Although he's decent in the pick-and-roll and especially at getting to and finishing around the rim, Clarkson's jumper tailed off last season for Missouri and it hurt what once looked like a campaign that would land him in the first round. Pretty much every report from draft workouts and, recently, his summer league teammates is how that shot has improved, which will be put to the test since Clarkson stands to play off the ball quite a bit considering the rest of the personnel on the roster.
Players Under Contract
Kendall Marshall, G: That's primarily the case for Clarkson because of Marshall's presence, as Marshall elected to play in summer league after a resurgent sophomore season dragged his career back from the brink. It still remains to be seen how effective Marshall ultimately can be in the league despite his poor athleticism, incredibly slow shooting motion, and general lack of scoring punch, but his court vision is top notch and before his numbers dropped off later in the year, was an insanely accurate three-point shooter. If he can add a good pull up jumper or floater to his arsenal, he might ultimately have enough to stick in the league as a backup for a long time.
Former NBA Players
Rodrigue Beaubois, G: After a promising rookie season, Beaubois was let go by the Mavericks, the team that had once prized him as a rare young contributor on a team that hasn't had a lot of them recently. His recent numbers in Belgium don't offer an endearing picture for him at 26 and it's hard to offer much optimism for future at this juncture. He certainly has the physical tools to be effective, whether it's a 6'10'' wingspan that should make him a defensive force or sufficient athleticism to get to the rim, but he lacks the skillset to really make use of them. This might be the final hurrah for Beaubois as far as getting into the NBA is concerned and this squad has too many guards that deserve minutes for him to get much of a shot.
Kevin Murphy, G: Murphy was one of the D-League's best scorers last season, putting up 25.5 points per game on a 58.8 TS% and putting up his points in a variety of ways, whether on cuts, midrange shots, or from behind the arc. Not particularly athletic or able to consistently create off the dribble, Murphy nevertheless found ways to be effective and it wouldn't be that surprising to find him on a NBA bench somewhere next season. As far as this squad goes, the glut of guards might force him to the three, where he's somewhat undersized, but he should be able to contribute.
Jerome Jordan, C: Legitimate seven footers will continue to get looks from teams for far longer than other prospects, but Jordan is nearing the end of the line due to his age (27). At a certain point, he either has what it takes to break into the league or he doesn't. On that note, Jordan produced for Virtus Bologna, one of the better teams in Europe, last season and he'll probably get the starting center position for this Laker squad, so he's certainly positioned himself well should this be a final push to land in the league somewhere.
Trey Thompkins, F: Much of Thompkins' appeal comes from the notion that he can play both inside and out, something that he did with mixed results at Georgia and was never really able to capitalize upon in the pros. He does have good size for a four, albeit a bit disadvantaged athletically, but it really comes down to whether his outside shot is falling for him to make any traction. Considering the power forward depth on this squad, that is especially the case.
Undrafted Rookies
DeAndre Kane, G: It still remains somewhat bizarre to list Kane in this section due to his advanced age for a UDFA and that factor colors an awful lot of his otherwise commendable performance for a solid Iowa State team. Although prone to out of control play, Kane improved his distributing and decision-making last year, and should his shooting translate, one can see how he ultimately succeeds in the league since he has the frame to be effective driving at the rim in the pros. The hard part for Kane is that the pressure for him to perform immediately is much higher than his peers as a result of his age; you can't bank on a whole lot of future upside at 25, although he'll have plenty of opportunities to produce on this squad.
LaQuinton Ross, F: Handed the keys to Ohio State's offense after Deshaun Thomas left school, Ross didn't exactly rise to the occasion and perform in a fashion commensurate with the talent that some evaluators claimed that he had. He lacks the ability to consistently create off the dribble due to a rather straight line drive game, so his main utility in the pros will be spot-up shooting and should he ever capitalize on his decent length for the three, possibly defense. Ross is currently slated as the starting small forward on a squad rather bereft of them, so we'll learn pretty quickly whether he can cut it.
Anthony Ireland, G: The Lakers tried to mine the Southern California mid-major scene for a big time scorer last year in Cal State Fullerton's D.J. Seeley and Ireland is another crack at that type of player. Perhaps best known for a scintillating 30 point performance against Gonzaga that earned him a standing ovation from the opposing crowd, Ireland is a tiny 5'10'' point guard with range, but doesn't appear to possess the necessary athleticism or skillset to overcome his physical limitations and ultimately crack into the league. Considering the number of ballhandlers on the roster, moreover, he won't have that many opportunities to create and make inroads into the otherwise apparent reality that his basketball career will almost certainly be somewhere overseas or in the D-League next season.
Roscoe Smith, F: Part of the exodus from Connecticut following their academic scandal, Smith reinvented himself at UNLV as a smallball four, putting up a stellar 19.7 TRB% for a 6'8'', 200 pound player. As his size suggests, Smith will have to prove himself at the three to have any future in the league, but he utterly lacks any sort of perimeter game and a career 27.9 3P% isn't very encouraging in that regard. Although he defends somewhat well and has good athleticism, his tweener status is probably too much for him to overcome as far as the NBA goes.
Non-rookie, non-NBA players
Trevor Mbakwe, F: A rebounding machine in college and abroad last season in Italy, Mbakwe had a 19.7 TRB% for his entire college career, which is quite impressive. Unfortunately, he lacks much of an offensive game beyond controlling the glass and isn't very useful outside of the paint; his sky-high turnover rate indicates as such. Mbakwe also has to contend with the reality that he's an undersized four on a Lakers summer league squad that's going to be giving big minutes to Julius Randle, so playing time is going to be rather sparse for him.
Xavier Gibson, C: Gibson was never overly impressive at Florida State and has bounced around foreign leagues for the past few years, most recently in Japan. The main attraction he brings is a legitimate seven footer that can hit from midrange and possibly from behind the arc if we take his numbers in Japan with slightly more than a grain of salt. He'll get minutes since he's one of only two centers on the roster, but showing range is probably the only way he ends up generating any noise.
Scott Wood, F: Wood is a designated wing shooter. Really, we can stop here. Rather short (6'4.75" w/o shoes, 6'4.5" wingspan) and light (177 pounds) for the three, Wood's stock, as is the case for several players on this roster, ultimately depends on how well he's hitting from range. For a bit guy, that's ultimately the only way to distinguish yourself and summer league teams take chances on guys like this year after year, with usually disappointing results.
Renaldo Woolridge, F: It remains a mystery how Woolridge managed to make it onto last year's Laker summer league roster, let alone managing the feat of doing so two years in a row. A bit player in college, Woolridge barely got off the end of the bench for the Lakers in summer 2013 and was a forgettable bench guy even in his last stop in the Serbian League. His inclusion is probably a favor and a sign of how many friends his father had in the Lakers' organization more than anything. Given Randle's presence as well as a far better player in Mbakwe ahead of him in the power forward rotation, Woolridge will remain firmly nailed to the bench for the entirety of his time in Vegas.


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A teacher's fears about security prove justified when an invasion of youths delivers a grisly fate.
British Prime Minister David Cameron may advocate hugging "hoodies" (criminal hooded-top-wearing teens), but they once again receive unsympathetic screen treatment in Johannes Roberts' low-budget high-school slasher pic "F." A teacher's alarmist fears about campus security prove justified when a silent invasion of faceless youths delivers grisly fates to unlucky, late-working faculty. Even domestically, "F" is unlikely to prove a core-curriculum choice for cinema auds. Genre fans may opt for remedial classes in ancillary.Veteran thesp David Schofield (also one of the pic's exec producers) plays divorced, alcoholic English teacher Robert, whose idea of quality time with his near-estranged daughter Kate (Eliza Bennett) is giving her after-school detention. This tactic unwittingly places them both in mortal jeopardy when unknown attackers strike. Helmer Roberts enjoys exploring every corner of this atypically well-resourced state-run school, stalking victims in a gym, darkroom, metal shop and art room. But the film's focus on the grizzled lead protag, rather than the agile adversaries closer to its target aud's age, may prove a commercial misstep. Green-tinged lensing provides a unifying, if oppressive, aesthetic, while the sparse, haunting score, incorporating sinister choral elements, makes the grade.
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Camera (color, HD), Tim Sidell-Rodriguez; editor, John Palmer; music, Neil Stemp; production designer, Malin Lindholm; art director, Duncan Hammond; costume designer, Anne-Louise Day. Reviewed at Soho Screening Rooms, London, Sept. 14, 2010. Running time: 79 MIN.
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HONOLULU – The No. 2 ranked Oregon softball team scored seven runs in a big sixth inning, posted a season-high 15 hits and run-ruled host Hawai'i, 12-4, in the final game of round robin play at the Pepsi Rainbow Wahine Classic.
Both semifinal games and a tournament championship will be played tomorrow. The Ducks will be the No. 1 seed and meet the winner of the No. 4/5 game at 2 p.m. PT tomorrow.
The Ducks (22-2) scored 12 run on a season-high 15 hits with no errors while the Rainbow Wahine (12-13) tallied four runs on nine hits with no errors.
Hawai'i got on the board first in the second inning. On a 1-2 count, UH designated player Ulu Matagiese hit a ball deep to center and over the wall for a three-run homer.
The Ducks faced a deficit for the first time in six games, but that deficit was short-lived.
In the top of the third inning, the Ducks got all three runs back plus another. After Courtney Ceo and Alyssa Gillespie each singled to start the frame, the pair moved to second and third following a fly out and ground out. Alexa Peterson scored both with a single up the middle.
That brought Cuico to the plate, and she crushed a 1-2 pitch to left that was still elevating when it hit the netting high above the fence.
Hawai'i tied up the game with a run in the fifth inning, but another long ball broke it open for the Ducks in the sixth. On the first pitch she saw, Gillespie turned on it and hit another deep ball to left that scored Nikki Udria and Ceo.
The runs kept on coming in the big sixth inning. Janie Takeda singled and stole second before Janelle Lindvall drew a walk. Peterson walked to load the bases for Cuico, who nearly homered again. She blasted a ball off the top of the wall, which scored Lindvall and Takeda.
The Ducks loaded the bases again for Karine Shaver, who singled to drive in another run. Jamie Rae Sullivan followed with a pinch hit sacrifice fly for the seventh run of the inning.
Jasmine Smithson-Willett (2-0) picked up the win after tossing 2.1 innings of one-hit scoreless relief. Smithson-Willett struck out three and did not issue a walk. She came in for Karissa Hovinga, who allowed four runs on eight hits in 3.2 innings with no walks and four strikeouts.
Takeda had a team-high three hits while Ceo, Gillespie, Cuico and Shaver each had two hits. Cuico had a season-high five RBIs.


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Adam Tuss, wtop.com
WASHINGTON – Federal leaders are urging parents to take another look at the seats their kids ride in and make sure they are set up correctly as Child Passenger Safety Week kicks off.
Nearly three out of every four child safety seats are not being used properly, according to David Strickland, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief.
"Even if you think you are doing it right, a little help never hurts," Strickland said at a Northwest D.C. playground Monday.
A new NHTSA survey found that 20 percent of parents and caregivers did not read the instructions about how to properly install these types of seats. Yet 90 percent felt confident or very confident that the seats were installed properly.
"That's way too big of a gap," said Strickland.
According to the NHTSA, the five most common mistakes made when using and installing child safety seats are as follows:
Federal safety leaders are asking all parents to do a quick check to make sure their child is properly protected.
Safe Kids Worldwide, an organization to prevent unexpected childhood injuries, is also hosting hundreds of child safety seat inspections across the country this week.
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I would like to start up a support group for those of us with children that have anxiety. I think it is really important that we can support each other, as I really dont have anyone IRL I can talk too, and when I mention that DD has anxeity to others, they react in a way that is saying anxiety is really nothing and just something she will grow out of!
I think alot of people just dont realise or even understand that anxiety affects your whole life and it really is something serious and takes alot of work.
If there are enough takers, I will check with the mod of this forum and see wether it is something we can do, and if it should go here or in the Depression/Mental Illness forum.
Thought I would post this here as well.
My 6 yr old DD Abbey has been diagnosed with severe anxiety, DAMP ( deficits in attention, motor skills and percetion ).
Her anxiety is very severe, resulting in her life being full of stresses and worries. I do beleive that there is more going on but I need to wait it out a bit longer and see if other symptoms come to the surface.
However the anxiety is very real and it pains me to see her so anxious and scared all of the tme
Are there any other parents here that would like to participate in a support group for our children?
Edited by Icehouse, 27 March 2012 - 10:27 PM.