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The effect of business improvement districts on the incidence of violent crimes." Inj. Prev.. 2010;16(5):327-32."
Factors associated with clinically significant head injury in children involved in motor vehicle crashes." Traffic Inj Prev. 2010;11(6):600-5."
Feasibility and effects of a Web-based adolescent psychiatric assessment administered by clinical staff in the pediatric emergency department." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010;164(12):1112-7."
The Haircut." The Journal of the American Medical Association . 2010;304(5):504-5."
Incorporation of CPR Data into ATD Chest Impact Response Requirements." Ann Adv Automot Med. 2010;54:79-88."
Kinematic Comparison of Pediatric Human Volunteers and the Hybrid III 6-Year-Old Anthropomorphic Test Device." Ann Adv Automot Med. 2010;54:97-108."
Perception of realism during mock resuscitations by pediatric housestaff: the impact of simulated physical features." Simul Healthc. 2010;5(1):16-20."
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom structure in injured children: functional impairment and depression symptoms in a confirmatory factor analysis." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010;49(6):616-25, 625.e1-4."
A practical approach for applying best practices in behavioural interventions to injury prevention." Inj. Prev.. 2010;16(2):107-12."
The Preventing Relational Aggression in Schools Everyday Program: A Preliminary Evaluation of Acceptability and Impact." School Psych Rev. 2010;39(4):569-587."
Protection of children restrained in child safety seats in side impact crashes." J Trauma. 2010;69(4):913-23."
Residents' mental model of bag-mask ventilation." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010;26(9):646-52."
Using community-based participatory research to develop the PARTNERS youth violence prevention program." Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2010;4(3):207-16."
Variation in pediatric and adolescent firearm mortality rates in rural and urban US counties." Pediatrics. 2010;125(6):1112-8."
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Youth's Strategies for Staying Safe and Coping with the Stress of Living in Violent Communities." J Community Psychol. 2010;38(7):874-885."
After the injury: initial evaluation of a web-based intervention for parents of injured children." Health Educ Res. 2011;26(1):1-12."
Assessment of a three-point restraint system with a pre-tensioned lap belt and an inflatable, force-limited shoulder belt." Stapp Car Crash J. 2011;55:141-59."
Association between weight and risk of crash-related injuries for children in child restraints." Pediatrics. 2011;128(6):1148-52."
Characteristics of Crashes Involving Injured Children in Side Impacts." International Journal of Crashworthiness. 2011;16(4):365-373."
Child coping and parent coping assistance during the peritrauma period in injured children." Fam Syst Health. 2011;29(4):279-90."
Child passenger safety." Pediatrics. 2011;127(4):e1050-66."
Children with special physical health care needs: restraint use and injury risk in motor vehicle crashes." Matern Child Health J. 2011;15(7):949-54."
Community violence exposure and positive youth development in urban youth." J Community Health. 2011;36(6):925-32."
Developing and Validating a New Classroom Climate Observation Assessment Tool." J Sch Violence. 2011;10(2):165-184."


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Brent Hansen to face charges related to harassing 2 of brother's victims
Brent Hansen - the brother of former doctor Brian J. Hansen – has been charged with disorderly conduct by state prosecutors after he allegedly screamed insults at two female victims of his brother.
Geoff Greenwood, communications director for the Iowa Department of Justice, office of the Attorney General, said that Brent Hansen is charged with suspicion of disorderly conduct following an alleged verbally abusive attack on two women who were victims of sexual misconduct by Brian J. Hansen, who is Brent's brother.
According to Greenwood, the alleged incident occurred on Oct. 12 while the two women were eating dinner with their husbands at the West Fork Wharf restaurant.
"On Oct. 12, 2013, Brent Hansen stood in a public restaurant and called two women "whores." He went on to describe the color of the shirts the women were wearing to solidify the specific women he was directing the insult at," the criminal complaint reads. "This was done in front of the husbands of the women and in the presence of other patrons."
Read the full article in the Nov. 20 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.

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National Summertime Award
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The pin is worn on the right pocket flap of the [[Cub Scout Uniform]], pinned onto the [[Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award]], if present. Multiple pins may be displayed for each year the award is earned.
The pin is worn on the right pocket flap of the [[Cub Scout Uniform]], pinned onto the [[Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award]], if present. Multiple pins may be displayed for each year the award is earned.
== Den and Pack ribbons ==
== Den and Pack ribbons ==
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* [http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33748.pdf National Summertime Pack Award]
* [http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33748.pdf National Summertime Pack Award]
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and the companion Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award.
The National Summertime Award recognizes Scouts, Dens, and Packs for
taking part in activities in June, July, and August.
|Cub Scout National Summertime Award Pins
|Pin #
|Earned the summer after:
|attaining Tiger rank (Graduating 1st grade)
|attaining Wolf rank (Graduating 2nd grade)
|attaining Bear rank (Graduating 3rd grade)
|attaining Webelos rank (Graduating 4th grade)
The purpose of the National Summertime Award is to encourage packs to provide a year-round program by continuing to meet during the time periods when school is out of session for several weeks or months. If a pack is in a "year-round school" (or is part of a home-school association), the pack could earn the Summertime Pack Award by having a special pack activity during those breaks.
Boys who participate in three summertime pack events (one each in June, July, and August) are eligible to receive the National Summertime Award pin.
The pin is worn on the right pocket flap of the Cub Scout Uniform, pinned onto the Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award, if present. Multiple pins may be displayed for each year the award is earned.
Since the goal of the Summertime award is to have Packs continue the program through the summer, the summertime award scouts receive should match their current rank rather than the rank they are working on (ie, boys who have attained the rank of Tiger will receive the Tiger pin even though they are in a Wolf Den and working towards the Wolf rank).
Den and Pack ribbons
A pack can qualify for the National Summertime Pack Award certificate and streamer by planning and conducting three pack activities-one each in June, July, and August.
Dens with an average attendance of at least half their members at the three summer pack events will be eligible for a colorful den participation ribbon for the den flag or den doodle.
Activity Ideas
One activity in June, July, and August is the minimum requirement. But remember that few Scouts will be able to make three specific dates during the summer. Consider offering at least two pack events each month. Ask your dens to each host an event. Your council and district should already be offering Cub Scout Day Camp and Cub Scout and Webelos Resident Camp as well as a variety of other activities for you to put in your calendar. So realistically your Cub Scouts may be able to choose from four or more activities each month.
Belt Loop Events - Many great Pack Activities tie into the rank levels as well as Belt Loops. Boys can work on their Pins the second year but consider having popular events no more than once every two years to avoid burn-out. Make sure that you always go over the basics and safety rules for each activity. A Pack Belt Loop event may feature one activity or combine several activities:
- Cub Scout Physical Fitness: Pack Olympics
- Cub Scout Fishing: Pack Fishing Derby
- Cub Scout Swimming: |Pack Swim Party at a public pool
- Cub Scout Flag Football: Pack Flag Football Game
- Cub Scout Softball: Pack Softball Game
- Cub Scout Roller Skating: Pack Roller Skating Party
- Cub Scout Ultimate: Pack Frisbee Golf or Frisbee Football
- Cub Scout Volleyball: Pack Volleyball Game
- Cub Scout Geology Rock Hounds or Fossil Hunt
- Cub Scout SoccerPack Soccer Game
- Cub Scout Bicycling: Pack Bike Ride or Bike Rodeo
Other Activities can be just for fun or to support Fundraising or other program areas such as these Summertime Activities:
- Pack Campout (at least one leader needs to be BALOO trained)
- Popcorn kickoff event
- Pack Picnic (squirt guns, competitions, etc.)
- Back to School Cook-out at a local park
- Zoo Trip
- Museum Trip
- Minor League Baseball Game or other sporting event
- Pack Hike (consider "backpacking" lunches in your book bags)
- Leave No Trace Pack Conservation Scavenger Hunt
- Historical landmark tour
- Police Department Tour - National Child Identification Program - Fingerprinting! - Crime Prevention Award
- Fire Department Tour: Emergency Preparedness Award
MeritBadge.Org is your online Scouting University with everything from Getting Started to Bridging.
- Awards: Outdoor Activity, Summertime, Recruiter, Religious, STEM Nova & Supernova
- Den Meeting Plans: Tiger Cub, Wolf, Bear, Webelos Program: Webelos I, Webelos II
- Leader Awards: Cub Scout Den Leader Award (Tiger/Wolf/Bear/Webelos), Scouter's Training Award (basically all adult leaders but Den Leaders), Scouter's Key (Cubmaster), Den Chief Service Award (Den Chief)
- Program Helps: Recruiting, & CubTrax Spreadsheets
- Activities: Day Camp, Resident Camp, Whittling Chip, Guide to Safe Scouting
- Training: Youth Protection, New Leader, BALOO, Webelos Outdoor, Wood Badge, Philmont, Den Chief Training
- Fundraising, Popcorn, and the importance of Individual Youth Accounts
- Nameplates: Official BSA Name plates for your uniforms
See the Cub Scout Leader Resources for the Pack Organization Chart and much more.


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The capacity increase "will allow the energy industry to continue the record expansion of oil production in the Williston Basin and to ship the new production to markets throughout the U.S. It will also benefit shippers of other commodities, including agricultural products," the Class I carrier said.
"Historically, oil and gas producers have used pipelines to transport crude from production to refineries and ultimately on to end users," said John Lanigan, BNSF executive vice president and chief marketing officer. "Because this shale development growth came about so quickly, there has been a shortage of pipeline capacity to deliver production from new unconventional sources to coastal refiners. BNSF has responded quickly to enable producers to move crude to the most attractive markets and secure the best prices."
BNSF says it has 1,000 miles of rail line in the Williston Basin area and serves eight originating terminals, with two more scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. The carrier also connects 'to 16 of the top 19 oil producing counties in Central and Western North Dakota, and five of the six oil producing counties in eastern Montana," it said.
"BNSF has been hauling Bakken crude out of the Williston Basin area for over five years. In that time, we have seen the volume increase nearly 7,000%, from 1.3 million barrels in 2008 to 88.9 million in 2012," said Dave Garin, BNSF group vice president, Industrial Products. "We see this trend continuing and we are committed to serving this growing market now and in the future."
Among numerous efficiency improvements, BNSF cites efforts to increase capacity on routes into and out of the Williston Basin, including "working with our customers to increase train sizes from 100 to 104 tank cars and in some cases up to 118 tank cars, adding signalization and sidings along key routes, and identifying and developing the most efficient routes.
The Bakken Shale oil field, which stretches down from Canada into North Dakota and Montana, could hold more 4 billion barrels of oil reserves, according to oilshalegas.com.
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So I was thinking earlier about tools I've collected, been gifted, gifted, and used throughout my nearly 10 years of magick and I thought I'd let share one of them with you. It was thought up and gifted to me by my aunt on a winter solstice around 5 years ago, and I used it for numerous years afterwards sparingly. She gave me 4 glass bottles of water coming from the four elements which would lend the essence of water with a slant towards one of the other elements. I'll give you a more understandable explanation for each after I've written down my personal recipe for them.
Water of the Air
1 Glass Jar (needs to be glass) that is airtight. Liquor bottles work perfectly. Preferably it is dark tinted to reduce light.
1 Large feather such as an owl, vulture, or hawk
Collect rainwater from a single storm. For those of us living in the desert, this may require a long wait or a trip to Seattle. This also may mean that you need to put a bucket outside to catch enough water. Once the water is in the jar, stir it with the feather. Put whatever air energy you feel is needed into it. I'm not really one for the rhyming spells or chants so throw that in there if you're that kind of person as well.
This will be used to represent the airy parts of water: the fluidity, hurricanes, cold emotions, and all things that go between the water and air such as seabirds, rain (yeah, I know…), and storms of all sorts.
Water of the Earth
1 Glass Jar–the same as the others
a handful of stones from a body of water or stones that represent water to you
The instructions are the same as the water of air except with the earth slant.
The important things to note when using this water is that it is of the earth and therefore represents things such as the body, water that is not in motion, creatures that travel between the earth and water (crabs for example), and emotional ties to objects.
Water of Fire
1 Glass Jar–the same as the others
1 pot
1 match
The instructions for this one are a bit different. First boil natural spring water (bottled water works). Put this water into the jar. Then light the match and feel the heat and fire flowing into the water. Put the match out in the jar and pull the matchstick out. There will be ashes in the water and that's okay.
This is the combination of opposites. It is a representation of the "hot" emotions such as passion, anger, and love. It is also a representation of the idea of alchemy and the combination of opposing forces. This is a tricky one to really explain with examples.
Water of Water
1 Glass jar
In this, the procedure is very simple. You just need either water from a very large lake or water from the sea. I'd suggest that you make sure they are as clean as possible (run them through a coffee filter or 10), but other than that just pour it into the jar and close the lid.
This is the most difficult one to explain the representation on in my opinion. It has to do with all things purely of water. Dreams, water bound creature, watery emotions if that makes any sense, and of course water itself.
All of these waters will work for the water aspect in a ritual, but they are specifically designed for certain types. For example, I would use the Water of Fire in a ritual to bring about more passion in your life but it wouldn't be a good one for bringing more wealth into your life. On the other hand, if you wanted to a very water based ritual, you could use all of the waters as representatives of the 4 elements.
You have to be careful not to let them into the light very much because algae will start to grow if they're exposed to much light and nobody wants to use water in a ritual that's got weird green stuff in it.
Anyways, good luck and if you have any questions or thoughts, give us a few comments.


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A starving Irish family during the Famine.
Bessy Conway; or, The Irish Girl in America
We will now leave Bessy Conway for awhile, and return to the old homestead she left behind:
"On that bright spring morning long ago,"
when she went to seek her fortune in America. Full seven years had passed away since Bessy left her father's cottage, and eventful as those years had been to her they were not less so to " the old folks at home."
"The summer sun was sinking With a mild light calm and mellow,"
and its slanting rays rested on the straw-thatched roof of Denis Conway, but there was no beauty in the picture, for the look of comfort and neatness that belonged to the place in former days was gone, and had left scarce a trace behind. The thatch so trim and smooth in those bygone days was broken in many places, and covered with patches of moss, whilst chicken weed and darnel flaunted their unwelcome verdure on the gable-tops. The white wads beneath were discolored and stripped here and there of the " pebble-dash" that had covered them all so neatly. The small windows, too, were disfigured with sundry pieces of board nailed on as substitutes for broken panes, and altogether the house had a desolate, neglected look in painful contrast with its former appearance. The haggard was empty, and so was the byer -- the horse was gone from the stable, and even the sty had lost its tenants -- the overgrown sow was no longer there with her squeaking
brood, nor the wellcared bacon pigs, which, in other days, furnished so important a share of the winter's store for the family. The fowl were gone from the barn door, for no grain was there to gather them round it. The discordant chorus of the farm yard was no longer heard; the very hum of the bees in the adjacent garden had ceased, and silence sat brooding over Denis Conway's cottage. Decay, too, was there, and, beneath its withering touch, all things were hastening to ruin.
This was the aspect of affairs without, and within it was nothing better. The same look of desolation was everywhere visible, but its saddest imprint was on the people. Famine and disease had found their way into that happy household, and misery sat on the threshold. The aged father and mother ant opposite each other in their old straw chairs, by the dun, flickering fire, watching with distended eyes the unsavory mess which Nancy was making for the family supper, consisting of water and nettles, with a handful or so of oatmeal. Nancy herself as she bent over the pot was a living picture of hunger, and the low, suppressed moans which came at irregular intervals from a straw "shakedown" in the corner indicated the presence of one who suffered bodily pain It was Ellen, the bright-eyed, dark-haired fairy, whose laugh used to ring the loudest, whose foot spring the lightest in days not long gone by. But the terrible fangs of hunger had fastened on her vitals, and disease was wearing her young life away.
"Nancy dear!" said the mother, "go and see what Ellen wants. I think she's speaking."
"What is it, astore?" said the elder sister bending over the straw pallet.
"Something to eat," murmured Ellen, only half conscious. "I'm hungry."
"You'll have it in a minute, darling in one minute," and Nancy hastened back to her miserable cooking, and squatted
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down on the hearth to fan the expiring embers into something like a blaze.
The tears ran down the mother's face, and she clasped her hands and looked up to heaven in silent anguish
"Don't grieve, Bridget, don't grieve, achorra!" said her husband; "God is good, you know, and He'll never desert us."
" Well, father ! we're far enough gone now," said Nancy in a faint, dejected voice.
"Never mind, dear, never mind!" still said Denis; "ifs only tryin' us He is -- He'll change His hand with us when He sees fit. Have you the broth ready for Ellen, Nancy? -- God help us! it's poor stuff for a sick weakly stomach! -- well! the Lord be praised, anyhow!"
Ellen was raised on her sister's arm, and swallowed with avidity some spoonfuls of the pottage, then looked up in Nancy's face and whispered: "Have you enough for all?"
"Plenty, machree, plenty! -- don't be afeard! there's a potful of it!" Ellen's face lighted, and she gulped down some spoonfuls more, then made a sign that she had enough, and sank heavily back on her pillow.
"How do you find yourself after that sleep, Ellen!" said her mother with assumed composure
"Was I asleep, mothers I didn't know," muttered the patient sufferer as she turned her heavy eyes first on one parent then on the other with a look of unutterable fondness; " Well! I think I'm better -- I'm no worse, anyhow!"
"Thank God, dear! thank God for that!" said the father with pious fervor.
"Did the boys come back from Cashel?" Ellen asked
"Not yet -- we're expectin' them every minute," said Nancy, "and then you'll have a cup of tea, Ellen darling and some white bread, too!"
Ellen looked up eagerly in her sister's face, and a faint flush suffused her wasted cheek, it faded as quickly as it came, and the tears gushed to her eyes. "I don't want tea
or bread, Nancy! -- I know it's for me you get them, and I'd rather you'd buy meal with the money."
"Hush! Ellen! hush!" said her mother, "don't be talkin' so much!"
"Make your mind easy," whispered Nancy, "we're not so far run as you thinks Ellen shook her head and smiled sadly, then closed her eyes and appeared to sleep.
A little while after the young men came in. They placed their spades and shovels behind the door and came forward with as cheerful an aspect as they could assume, one of them handing a small bag to Nancy. The first glance of each was at the pot on the fire, and Nancy hastened to dish up the wretched substitute for a supper. The father and mother looked at each other and glanced with sorrowful meaning at the sunken cheeks and hollow eyes of their sons. It was clear that each one avoided speaking first. At last the father took courage
"Well, boys ! did you get any work?"
"Only half a day each, father!" said the elder brother, whose haggard, careworn face was more like that of middleage than the summer time of life. " As we were brothers, they wouldn't give us any more than a day's work between us, we only worked from twelve o'clock."
"So you weren't able to get the things for Ellen," said the mother faintly.
"Not much, mother," the son replied with a heavy sigh," the two shillings we got had to go for meal, for we knew there was none in the house, but as God would have it, a gentleman that saw us standin' there idle gave Tommy a six-penny piece for holdin' his horse, an' we got the worth of that of tea and sugar." He filled up so full that he was almost choking and could not speak another word. His brother, of somewhat a lighter spirit though equally sick at heart, undertook to finish the sentence, "and there was a penny over for which we bought bread for Ellen. Wasn't that fine dealing mother?"
"Wisha, God help you, poor boys!" said the mother tenderly. "It's a pity you'd ever want money, for its yourselves that hadn't your hearts in it when you had it. Och! och! but they're the awful times these!"
"Well! it's one comfort," said the younger son with a poor attempt at gaiety, "it's one comfort that we're no worse than our neighbors. I saw Denny Ryan of the Hill there awhile ago carryin' home a stone of Indian meal on his back -- and more by token he looked as if he was hardly able to stand with the dint of hunger!"
"Poor man! God help him!" said Denis compassionately, "him that had full and plenty of everything such a short time ago. It's little he'd think of giving more than that to a beggar goin' the road!"
"An' Jack Hagerty's wife an' two children are down with the sickness," said Tommy.
"Lord bless us and save us ! what's comin' on the people, at all?" said Mrs. Conway in a desponding tone; "there's nothing for any of us, I'm afeard, but death and starvation! Och! Denis dear, isn't that girl of ours cruel and hardhearted not to answer any of our letters?"
"You may say that, mother!" said Tommy in a tone of indignation; " she was very good at offering us money when we didn't want it, but when the bad times came on us and the potatoes failed, and the cattle had to go, an' everything we had, then when we wrote to let her know how matters stood, she could give us the cold shoulder and wouldn't even write us a scroll. That's the way with the world -- when you're down, down with you !"
The young man fixed his eyes moodily on the dull smouldering fire, and sat silent and abstracted with his brows knit together and a bitter smile curling his lip.
"Well now," said the ever-hoping father, " I think you're all too hard on Bessy: there's something tellin' me that it isn't her fault -- maybe she never got the letters."
"Nonsense, Denis," said his wife sharply, "do you think the whole three went astray? - and sure if we didn't send e'er a one, she oughtn't to neglect us that way. Don't be tryin' to make excuses, now, Denis ! I tell you there's no excuse for her."
"What are we goin' to do for that rent?" said Tommy, suddenly starting from his reverie, "you're forgettin' Mrs. Herbert altogether, an' you know what the bailiff said the last time he came."
"Know it?" said his father, "do you think we could forget it? But never mind, children, never mind ! God is good, and even if that tyrant of a woman did put us out, He'd provide us with a shelter! Boys! you forgot to ask how Ellen was!" This newss evidently meant to divert their thoughts from a topic which the old man would rather avoid at that particular moment, and the rest, ever obedient to his wishes, turned their attention on Ellen who was just waking up, or at least pretending to do so, for she had not been asleep.
Truly that was a dismal time in Denis Conway's cottage, and in many a cottage through the length and breadth of Ireland. It was the terrible year of the Famine, as the reader will have guessed, and the ruin which had been progressing rapidly during the previous years of dearth and commercial depression, and the failure of crops, had at length reduced the small farmers of the country, and amongst the rest Denis Conway and his family, to the pitiful state in which we have seen them. What money Denis had had was long since gone, no corn or wheat was ripening in his fields, for in the spring-time he had not the means to purchase seed, the stock could not live without eating, and one after another every hoof was taken to the fair and sold. Milk and butter, of course, went with them, and what was worse than all, the money which they brought -- it was little compared with what it would have been at another time -- had most of it to go to satisfy the clamorous demands of Mrs. Herbert's bailiffs. So from bad to worse things went on, till everything was wanting in the once plentiful household,
everything except the grace of God and His holy peace. That was still there in as great abundance as ever, and faith and hope, though at times, perhaps, dimmed by the heavy clouds of suffering and privation, were never wholly obscured. The old man himself never allowed distrust or fear to enter his mind: no patriarch of old ever trusted more firmly in the Lord Almighty, and the darker the clouds that gathered around him the more steadily he fixed his eyes on the light that glimmered afar in the firmament. It was sad to see the failing old man wandering in the morning or evening twilight around his fallow fields where in other years the golden grain would, at that season, wave luxuriant, ready for the sickle, and the rugged leaves of the potato stalk covering whole acres with their dark green hue of promise. Now the tall ragweed nodded in the summer breeze, the dock weed spread its broad leaves on the arid soil, and the fiery nettle grew and flourished where a weed dared not rear its head before, to dispute possession with the carefully tended grain stalk. As Denis noted all this, and thought how many other farms in that fertile district were like unto his own, he would sit down on a broken stile, or one of those huge boulders -- geological puzzles -- so common in the inland as well as the maritime counties of Ireland, and burying his face in his hands, give free vent to that natural sorrow which he could not but feel at sight of so much desolation. At home, the old man tried to conceal his feelings, for he knew that the wife of his youth and the children of his love were pining and wasting day by day under the blighting hand of misery, and he felt it incumbent on himself to set them an example of fortitude and resignation. One of the hardest of his trials was the apparent neglect of Bessy, for, although he tried to excuse her to the rest of the family, ho was far from being satisfied himself, and feared either that something must have happened to her, or that her heart had grown hard and cold, as hearts often do in the lapse of years, especially away from home and home ties.
Denis had stolen out that evening, after partaking of the sorry fare which all Nancy's culinary skill was not able to make palatable. He sat down on a flat stone near a bubbling spring where his cattle used to slake their thirst at summer's fervid noon-time. The tears welled up from his heart as he looked around on the long familiar scene. The future loomed before him dark and threatening -- death -- death in its most hideous form might be hanging over those he loved best -- the danger to himself was only a secondary consideration -- what was to come of them all? He looked up to heaven for hope and comfort, and lo ! there was the pale silvery crescent of a bright new moon, rising through a sea of gossamer clouds.
"Few are the hearts too cold to feel A thrill of gladness o'er them steal When first the wandering eye Sees faintly in the evening blaze That glittering curve of tender rays Just planted in the sky. * * * * "The captive yields him to the dream Of freedom, when that virgin beam Comes out upon the air And painfully the sick man tries To fix his dim and burning eyes On the soft promise there."
Denis Conway had never heard of these beautiful lines of the American poet, he knew not that the young crescent on which his eyes gazed delighted had been the theme of many a bard, but he felt the gentle, cheering influence of the fair heavenly sign, and opening his heart to "the soft promise there," he clasped his aged hands in a new and more hopeful spirit, and murmured: "The Lord is a rich provider -- what makes me fear that me or mine will die of hunger -- we've never seen ourselves yet without a bit to eat, an' aren't I ungrateful to let my heart sink so low?"
It was a hard trial to undergo. A fiery crucible was even then ready to test the purity of his faith, the firmness of his fortitude
The morning sun was shining far up in heaven's blue vault, and the world looked as bright and joyous as though it contained no aching heart within its wide circumference.
Denis Conway was sitting at his door enjoying the beauty and freshness of the morning, employing himself the while in malting a potato basket of sally-twigs, a bunch of which lay beside him on the ground. For the basket, when completed, he expected to get a few pence in the village, and with that hope he worked assiduously. All at once, however, the basket fell from his hand, his pale cheek grew paler still, and a faint cry escaped him. What sight was it that had so alarmed the usually calm old man? Alas! 'twas no uncommon one then in Ireland. Two bailiffs, with half a dozen policemen, were advancing from the village, and Denis, mindful of Mrs. Herbert's threats, was not slow to imagine that his poor dwelling was about to be honored with their official visit. His first thought was one of thankfulness that "the boys" were gone off in search of work, and thus removed Mom the fearful temptation of offering resistance to the iniquitous executions of " law and justice." His next thought was whether he should let his wife and daughters know of the impending danger, but he quickly decided not to do so. "Maybe it isn't for us they're bound at all," said he to himself, and where's the use of frightenin' the creatures till we're sure one way or the other. If it is here they're comin' why sorrow's time enough when it comes, so, in God's name, I'll wait a little longer, anyhow."
Oh ! the racking torture of that few moments' suspense as the old man sat watching the approach of the posse constables r All the love of his heart, all its unspeakable tenderness for those whom God had confided to his care, was converted at that moment into the most excruciating pain. Many a family Denis had seen turned out on the wide world, and he knew well what it was to he left without the covering of a roof, with sickness in the family, too, and no means to procure even
a single meal. What was to become of Ellen in case his fears were verified-where were they to take her to? "God help us all this day!" sighed the wretched father, "sure it's what the fright may kill her out an' out, poor girl ! for the life isn't much more than in her now. An' indeed the poor mother is low enough, too, only she doesn't wish to give in as long as she can keep on her feet. Oh! Lord, if it be pleasin' to you save them from this trial -- the heaviest and sorest of all that's come yet!"
By this time the party had reached a cross-road which lay between Denis Conway's house and the village, and the old man's heart almost ceased to beat as he watched with straining eyes to see which road he would take.
"Christ and His holy mother be praised!" muttered he, "they're going the wrong way! -- whisht! no, they're not -- ay! it's this way they're comic -- well! I suppose I may go and tell them in the house within! -- I'll wait another start, anyhow!"
On and on they came till they were but a couple of rods from where he sat, when they stopped short, and a cry of joy escaped the anxious watcher.
"Glory be to God and thanks and praise !" and he drew a long breath to relieve his overburdened heart -- instantly correcting himself, however, he murmured half aloud: " Och, then, doesn't poverty and want harden creatures' hearts ! God forgive me ! sure I needn't rejoice -- if they're not comin' here they're goin' to Peter Casey's, an' there's sickness there, more than there is with us !"
"Why, dear bless me, father! who are you talkin' to?" said Nancy coming to the door; "we thought there was somebody with you."
"No, dear, not one but myself! I'm watching the bailiffs."
"Why, are they out the day!" said the daughter greatly alarmed,
"'Deed they are, Nancy! 'deed they are -- they're payin' Peter Casey a visit -- God pity the poor!"
"My goodness! father, what'll they do at all, at all? an' the ould granny at death's door, and Peter himself down with the fever?"
"Listen here, Nancy !" said her father beckoning her close to him, " 'm watchin' them ever since they came in sight -- I was afeard it was here they were comin' -- hush! don't say anything!" and he pointed back over his shoulder
"I know, father, I know !" whispered Nancy pale as death, "but do you think they'll come here?"
"God knows, dear, God knows!"
"If they do it'll kill Ellen!"
" No, it won't Nancy, no it won't -- she'll live as long as God pleases, let them do their worst. Run in, agra! they'll wonder what's keepin' you. I'll stay here and watch!"
"Bessy Conway's letters -- ould Denis Conway's letters! -- ho! ho! ho!"
Such were the words that reached the old man's ear as Nancy left him, and turning with a start he saw a big, round, fleshy face on a level with his shoulder, and a pair of leaden grey eyes staring at him with a curious look, half wise, half foolish It was Bid McGuigan, the woman with the least brain and the most head of any in Ardfinnan. An idiot from her birth, the light of intelligence had never dawned on Bid's mind, and her life was a blank, but not a dreary one, for Bid was blithe as a lark -- blithe as life and ruddy health could make her. She had flesh and blood enough in her stunted body for two ordinary women, though her stature was that of a child. Her hair, refusing the restraint of a cap, hung down in elflocks on either side her face, whilst behind it was cut short by the pitying care of some kindly hand. A stranger would have been startled at the apparition of such a figure so suddenly at his side. It was too familiar to his eyes to alarm Denis, but the words he heard were passing strange in the mouth of Bid McGuigan.
"What's that you're saying Bid?" he asked in a soothing tone.
"I don't know! Ho! ho! -- Bessy Conway's letters! Bid was up at Georgy Brown's." Another surprise for Denis. It was Georgy Brown that kept the postoffice in the village. Before the old man could put any questions, Bid clapped her hands and shouted:
"Ho! ho! here's the bailiffs coming." So they were at the very door.
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The following tale takes place in one toddlin' lakeside berg. Known to some as Carl Sandberg's city of big shoulders, Upton Sinclair's hog butcher to the world, or the death bed to the Haymarket Anarchists. A town named Chicago, which literally translates in the native tongue of the indigenous people that first inhabited it as "bad stink" for the foul smelling onions the sprouted up everywhere in this natural swampy marshland at the southern tip of Lake Michigan.
It was time to return to the mother land and see friends and family. It had been nearly two years since I'd been back.
Holy Cow.
Everytime I go back to Chicago, I'm reminded that the only thing that's constant is change. In this town it's constantly changing at warp speed. I shot this photo 10 years ago at Montrose and Broadway in Uptown. This used to be a cutty bar that one had to be buzzed in to gain access to a cold bottle of Old Style. It's now a yuppie bar, that has no resemblence to this photo. Tear down rebuild, tear down rebuild...
My freind Marga just moved to Chicago from Madrid. If you were in a punk band that played in Spain in the last 10 years, she probably booked your show and put you up. ...Or if you're just an international free loader that happens to know a lot of people in bands she probably put you up too (...like me).
blurry liquor stores
and rooftops
One of my best freinds Chrissy Pissy was also having some going away parties, cuz he's moving to Berekeley (Chicago's loss and SF's gain). This is his band Sang des Loups playing at going away party #1. Chris is also a boss photographer check out his flickr page
Set list and whiskey in a plastic cup. I saw a lot of music in Chicago.
Dan Melchior is one of my faves, amazing biting satirical lyrics about hip urban life. Seriously brilliant, check him out. ...And he's only played the West Coast once!
My sentiments exactly.
Spokane Washington's Yokohama Hooks. Dig the Agent Orange cover.
And now the paparazzi shots. Old skate comrades Chuey and Ron at a 5am bar known by the locals simply as "Mistakes," ...cuz that's how you'll feel about it the next day.
Pornographers Todd and Ryan. Well, actually Todd's more of a former pornographer. His old zine Horizontal Action folded a couple years ago. His new jam is Victim of Time, the self-proclaimed "what-to-do for wierdos everywhere." And Ryan, well he's worked at Playboy for 10 years now ...Hugh Heffner's daughter is his boss. Yes sir, and that about wraps up my Chicago trip.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch in San Franciskee, there's some new zines worth checking out:
First up, SF's favorite zinester (says this weeks SF Weekly, congrats!) Jay Howell brings us PUNKS GIT CUT hot off the presses. It's a zine that's going to be included in his summer 2007 Anti Hero board series. The boards aren't out yet, you'll still have to buy mine for a couple more months (...sorry for the shameless self-promotion, no I'm not). But, if you don't want to buy a skateboard, there's an extremely limited amount that he dropped off at N+P.
The zine is filled with the standard Jay Howell hilarity. Man Plant, need I say more...? I don't think so.
Next up, Geoffrey Ellis dropped off a pre-release issue of SAD KIDS#4. It's filled entirely with rad signage and imagery from Memphis Tennessee. All done in 4C. Color copies/laser printers have come a long way.
I'm such a sucker for this kind of stuff. Honestly, all these signs need to be in the Smithsonian because in this age of fonts and signage that are out-put free of human error, these won't be around much longer. This zine is going to be released on June 7th at the Cartoon Museum here in SF. I imagine we'll have 'em in the shop at N+P shortly after that.
Also just in, Morning Brother Earth by Scott Barry. Did you see him recently featured in Juxtapoz? I saw dude at APE and he said he was making this zine to bring with him to Japan.
Lucky for us, he kept some state-side. Scott Barry's zines are serious eye candy for graphic design and packaging nerds.
He always goes the extra mile
Gocco printed inserts galore, stickers, matchbooks, book marks, you name it. This one even comes with a CD of moody ambient music and reverbed out guitar noodlings. Rad. limited edition of 60.
And last but not least, Dishwasher by Pete Jordan. I know it's a book, but it's a book about a dude who made zines. It's honestly one of the best things I've read in months. Dishwasher Pete vowed to wash dishes in all of the 50 states of America. Throughout the 90s he put out a zine called Dishwasher that told of his experiences and now this book tells the entire 10 year tale. Frequent guest on This American Life and one time guest on the David Letterman show (sort of), Pete is a modern day working class hero a la Paul Bunyan. He'll be at N+P on May 31st to release his new book, I recommend you attend. ...and hopefully, I'll get an interview to post up on Fecal.
That's it for now, over and out, 10-4 good buddy... See you next time. -Andrew your freindly neighborhood Needles + Pens Shopkeep. {moscomment}
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1.03. The Wrath of the Iceni
Released March 2012
Behind the Scenes
This story takes place between The Talons of Weng-Chiang and Horror of Fang Rock.
John Dorney on writing for Boudica
How did the story come about?
In the simplest way imaginable. Immediately after the recording of Energy of the Daleks I got the brief of 'Romans in Britain' for my Fourth Doctor and Leela script. There was no more specification than that - it could be a pure historical story, a pseudo-historical, whatever I wanted. But there was no rush to come up with an idea, so I could take my time.
That night I woke up at about three in the morning and the phrase 'Leela meets Boudica' just popped into my head. It was immediately and obviously a good idea. The next day Nick, David and I were all attending a convention, so I pitched that sentence to them both and got an instant yes both times.
The beauty of the concept was that the single sentence immediately provided all I needed to know - it had to be a pure historical, it had to be largely personality clashes between the Doctor and Leela and I knew the basic shape of the story already.
How did you go about researching the period?
There's a particularly extensive book about Boudica that I ordered off Amazon and read in detail. I also read through quite a few children's reference books because they're great at providing a broad historical sweep and the illustrations help you to visualise the location (which might seem an odd choice for an audio drama, but securing a good image of the location is surprisingly vital in creating a world). I watched historical documentaries, about half of a not especially good Alex Kingston TV drama from a decade or so back, and visited a replica Iceni village conveniently located near to my parent's house. Oh, and I drank a few ales from the Iceni brewery in Norfolk, just to feel totally authentic, and for no other reason. I then ran the script by someone who knew the period just to check out the detail.
The difficulty is that you never know when you've done enough research. There's always the possibility you've missed something. As it is, there's a few historical inaccuracies in there that I know of already, but they're all consciously chosen to help make the story work. Hopefully the only mistakes are ones I chose to make, in other words.
What was it like writing historical drama for Tom and Louise?
It's interesting because it's totally new territory. From my limited research I don't think anyone's ever done an historical story for Tom's Doctor before, and you only belatedly realise how unusual it is to explore how a different Doctor reacts to history. Because you're automatically taking a proactive character and not allowing them to do anything, not allowing them to interfere. It's particularly tricky with Tom's Doctor, I think, because you're taking a wildfire loose cannon and having to keep them within historical boundaries. He's not a Doctor to retreat.
Any favourite moments from the recording?
I think when Nia Roberts was delivering her speeches at the end of the day, playing them so very beautifully, at the precise point Tom was leaving and he boomed out 'Goodbye everyone' with a volume that could be heard in Scotland. Nia carried on for a few lines before pausing and saying 'shall I just start again?'. An utter pro.
Ella Kenion as Boudica
Ella Kenion and Louise
Tom and Ella
Tom and Nia Roberts
Daniel Hawksford and Michael Rouse
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While rooted deep in history, the fraternity membership remains a valuable experience. Today, 20-25% of Willamette men choose to join a fraternity during their undergraduate years. Hundreds of Willamette alumni are grateful for the opportunities afforded them by their Greek membership, while current members learn timeless skills of leadership, scholarship and social interaction.
Brotherhood, the strong friendship and respect that exists between members, is the foundation of the fraternity experience. By depending upon each other in many aspects of life, members develop a deep and unique bond with one another. Every member combines the concept of individualism within the framework of mutual cooperation. Fraternities at Willamette University consist of members with diverse backgrounds, making the experience that much more valuable. By interacting with people from various cultural, religious and racial backgrounds, fraternity men are well prepared to face the challenges of life after college.
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Willamette University is a premiere liberal arts college and its fraternity community reflects that reputation. In each Willamette fraternity, academic achievement is a primary objective in an effort to improve scholarship. Fraternity men encourage each other to excel both within and outside of the classroom.
The fraternity community offers numerous opportunities to gain valuable leadership experience. Each chapter governs itself by its own elected officers. Every member contributes a vital role in the general operation and advancement of his fraternity. Offices range from planning community service events, improving scholarship and coordinating social events to presiding over the entire chapter. The Interfraternity Council serves as the governing body of the fraternity community at Willamette. Its executive board is elected from the membership of the UNiversity's fraternities and each chapter has two delegates that offend IFC general meetings. In addition, fraternity members are involved in many of Willamette's campus organizations, including Associated Students of Willamette University (ASWU) and Willamette Events Board (WEB). Fraternity men also serve as leaders in a variety of staff roles at the University, such as Community Mentors, intramural supervisors, and in Community Service Learning.
One important foundation of the fraternity experience is serving the community. Fraternities contribute to the community in many ways, two of which are philanthropies and community service. Community service is visible all across Salem as fraternities participate in various community outreach programs. Fraternities also plan philanthropies where they raise money for specific charities and organizations, such as the Make a Wish Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, the Union Gospel Mission, Bush Elementary School and others. The fraternities truly embody and support Willamette's motto, "Not unto ourselves alone are we born."


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A wedding ring? Well, that's a bit more rare.
Joe Myers called this week to say he'd accidentally flushed his $500 band.
Storm water maintenance supervisor Kathie Kuzawa tells MLive.com (http://bit.ly/15ySA9B ) public works employee Adam Wohlfert went to Myers' home, set up a filtering device on a nearby sewer line and, in less than two hours, retrieved the ring.
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This article is being highlighted as one of Gamasutra's top stories of 2013.
A reprint from the April 2013 issue of Gamaustra's sister publication Game Developer magazine, this article, aimed at programmers, explores ways to help you take your work back from distraction.
I'm writing this article in a dull state: low sleep, busy, disorientated, and interrupted. I try all the remedies: using the Pomodoro Technique, working in coffee shops, wearing headphones, and avoiding work until being distraction-free in the late night. But it is only so long before interruption finds a way to pierce my protective bubble.
Like you, I am "programmer, interrupted." Unfortunately, our understanding of interruption and remedies for restoring focus are not too far from homeopathic cures and bloodletting leeches. But what is the evidence, and what can we do about it?
The cost of interruption
Every few months I see another programmer asked to not use headphones during work hours or interrupted by meetings too frequently to do any work, who has little defense against these demands. I also fear our declining ability to handle these mental workloads and interruptions as we age.
Researchers who have studied the costs of interruptions in office environments estimate that interrupted tasks take twice as long and contain twice as many errors as uninterrupted tasks. They also found that workers have to work in a fragmented state, because 57 percent of tasks are interrupted (see References for citations).
For programmers, there is less evidence of the effects and prevalence of interruptions; typically, the number that gets tossed around for getting back into the "zone" is at least 15 minutes after an interruption. Interviews with programmers produce a similar number. Nevertheless, numerous figures in software development have weighed in: Y Combinator founder Paul Graham stresses the differences between a maker's schedule and a manager's schedule, and 37signals founder Jason Fried says the office is where we go to get interrupted.
Studying programmer interruption
Based on an analysis of 10,000 programming sessions recorded from 86 programmers using Eclipse and Visual Studio, and a survey of 414 programmers, we found:
We also looked at some of the ways programmers coped with interruption:
The worst time to interrupt a programmer
Research shows that the worst time to interrupt anyone is when they have the highest memory load. Using neural correlates for memory load (by measuring pupil diameter, for example), studies have shown that interruptions during peak loads cause the biggest disruption (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: Tracking the change in pupil diameter over time for individuals given tasks of varying difficulty.
In our study, we looked at subvocal utterances during a programming task to find different levels of memory load during programming tasks (see Figure 2). When people perform complex tasks, subvocal utterances (electrical signals set to the tongue, lips, or vocal cords) can be detected. This phenomenon has long intrigued researchers, some likening subvocal signals to the conduits of our thoughts. Recently, researchers have even been able to decode these signals into words.
Figure 2: Electromyogram (EMG) signals correlated with a 13-minute programming task for modifying a Tetris game.


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Grapes of Wrath Plot Summary
Tom Joad is released from the Oklahoma state penitentiary where he had served a sentence for killing a man in self-defense. On his trip home he meets Jim Casy, a former preacher. They travel together to Tom's home but find it deserted. Muley Graves, a tenant farmer, discovers Tom and Casy and tells them that all the families in the neighborhood have left for California or are leaving. Tom's folks have gone to a relative's place to prepare for the trip.
All over the Southern Midwest, farmers were moving west. Land banks, bad weather, and machine farming had made farming unprofitable. Junk dealers and used-car salesmen took advantage of these families.
Tom and Casy find the Joads at Uncle Tom's place. The family includes Pa and Ma Joad; Noah and Al their sons; Rose of Sharon, Tom's sister, and her husband; Ruthie and Winfield, the two youngest children; and Grandma and Grandpa Joad. Casy is invited to accompany the family on their trip west.
The trip is arduous, but the promise of agricultural work kept the Joads on their path. Grandpa Joad dies of a stroke at the first stop. Returning migrants tell the Joads there is no work in California. Noah, feeling he is a hindrance to the family, runs away from the party as they near the California line. Grandma dies during a night trip across the desert. After they bury her, the Joads move into a migrant camp, Hooverville, where they discover that work is almost impossible to find. A contractor offers fruit picking work in another county. The Joads ask him for his license and a fight ensues. Tom escapes and Casy gives himself up in Tom's place. Connie, Rose of Sharon's husband, leaves the group and his pregnant wife to fend for himself.
The Joads leave the Hooverville and move to a government camp for migrant workers. This camp is clean and has a local government made up of migrant workers. For the first time since arriving in California, the Joads find themselves treated as human beings. However, when the work runs out they must move on.
They look for work at another large farm and find agitators attempting to keep migrants from taking work as a protest against unfair wages. In desperation they take work picking peaches for five cents a box. Tom goes looking for the protesters that night and finds that Casy is their leader. While Tom and Casy talk, deputies who had been looking for Casy, find them. A chase and fight ensue. Casy is killed and Tom kills a deputy. The family hides Tom in their shack. Their wages drop and the Joads must look for better paying work. They join other migrant workers camping in abandoned boxcars and soon find work picking cotton. Tom hides near the camp, while he recovers from a wound he got in the fight. Ruthie discloses Tom's presence and Tom flees.
The rainy season begins and a nearby stream begins to fill the boxcars. Rose of Sharon gives birth to a dead baby boy, and the family is forced to move by the rising water. They walk in the rain to a barn, where they find a boy and his starving father. Rose of Sharon feeds the man with the milk from her breasts.


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While Tilson has grown over the years to meet the ever changing needs of Texas homebuyers, we've never strayed from our original commitment to quality, reliability, and trustworthiness. Tilson is a company that keeps its word. That's the way we did business in 1932 and the way we still do business today.
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PELDK needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 37 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
We are a team that is building an innovative site that enables consumers to access bulk buying discounts. That's possible since we will negotiate deals on behalf of everyone, who register their interest in a deal.
We are ex. Yahoo, MSN and Apple guys with start-up experience which plan to launch the site in a few months.
Consumers in Europe
Why did we chose Huddlebuy.com as a name?
Huddle means "A densely packed group or crowd, as of people or animals". That's appropriate as our site help and incentivise people to "group" to get the best possible pricing an individual would never be able to negotiate
Brand Characteristics:
Huddlebuy.com represents a high quality service where users can find great value. The brand is fun, energetic, helpful, inspiring, yet serious, business savvy, safe and valuable. The logo should incorporate these characteristics.
Deliverables: what we need?
Logo for a website
1) Treatments which includes an icon and without
2) Treatments which will allow us to show the brand/logo with or without the domain URL (Huddlebuy as a standalone brand and http://www.huddlebuy.com)
Other group buying sites
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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors' U.S. sales rose 16 percent in January, as auto sales continue to be a bright spot in the U.S. economic recovery.
GM says it sold almost 195,000 cars and trucks last month, led by the Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, with a 32 percent gain. GM sold more than 35,000 Silverados in January, a good sign for the economy as businesses replace aging trucks.
Other automakers also reported strong sales for the month. Chrysler was up 16 percent and Ford sales rose 22 percent.
Industry analysts expect January sales to hit an annual rate of close to 15.5 million. If that trend holds through the rest of the year, sales will be 1 million more than last year.


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This post was originally published at Food & Water Watch.
Move over Grinch. The FDA is doing everything in its power to give American consumers a terrible holiday gift this year. Today they took the final step toward approving genetically engineered (GE) salmon, the first GE food animal. Even after countless Americans have expressed their deep concerns about this frankenfish, the FDA has turned a deaf ear moving forward with this reckless approval. That's why we're asking Congress to block the approval of GE salmon.
As we reported earlier this month, we're not surprised that the FDA chose today, the Friday before Christmas, to release their draft Environmental Assessment. AquaBounty, the biotech company responsible for bringing us GE salmon, used its own data to convince the FDA that this fish is safe to eat. Of course they think it's safe: their profits are inextricably linked to its approval. Which is why it's so outrageous that the FDA would take AquaBounty's word over that of dozens of legislators and scientists, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, not to mention thousands of concerned consumers. The best way we can fight the FDA's abuse of its approval power is by asking members of Congress to keep GE salmon out of our grocery stores.
And if the approval of GE salmon wasn't enough to zap the holiday spirit right out of you, this frankenfish may be hitting the market without any sort of label, meaning that concerned consumers will have no way of choosing to avoid GE salmon. You see, AquaBounty — and apparently the FDA as well — don't believe consumers deserve the right to know whether the fish they've been eating is genetically engineered.
But our members of Congress are accountable to us, so we have to show them that Americans all across the country don't want to see GE salmon swim into our local grocery stores or restaurants. Regardless of the political party of your members of Congress, we believe that there is an opportunity for bipartisan opposition to the FDA's reckless decision.


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Klangloi needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 108 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
Kristine Kandace Events
I am a wedding and party planner, working on full wedding packages- engagement parties, bridal showers, stagettes, and weddings. I also coordinate theme parties, holiday parties, anniversary parties and birthday parties for children and adults. I will also be selling pre-packaged party kits.
My target audience are women- brides and mothers (yummy mommies). Age 22-45 generally. They have a large disposable income, and are paying for parties as they have a certain standard. The logo is important for my business card and for my website and any brochures that I do.
I prefer a bold typeface- clean, bold, symmetrical with a bit of flourish. Nothing too fancy or elegant looking as it makes people think of stuffy weddings but I do like a damask pattern as well, as long as the rest of it is not too frilly.
I don't like cursive writing or clip art.
No birds or flowers or animals please.
I love mattel barbie pink, purples and I find taupes balance it off? Nothing too overly girly.
I love animal prints- zebra, cheetah pattern.
I would like "Kristine Kandace Events" to be part of it...
I have attached 2 colour boards that i like- I don't want blues, greens or black but would be open to other colours.
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This project focuses on developing remote sensing tools and validation methods for hazard mitigation and resource protection in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Panama and soon Costa Rica.
We are working towards two important goals:
(1) to develop a formal linkage among geoscience agencies in the four countries, focusing on the collaborative development of remote sensing tools for hazard mitigation and water resource development, and
(2) to build a new educational system of applied research and engineering, using two existing educational programs at Michigan Tech: a new Peace Corps/Master's International program in Natural Hazards which features a 2-year field assignment, and an undergraduate Enterprise program, which gives teams of civil, environmental, and geological engineering students the opportunity to work on real-world problems over multiple years in a business-like setting.
We are looking for the following:
Peace Corps Master's International Students
Undergraduate Geological Engineering Students minoring in Remote Sensing
Michigan Technological University
Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Dow Environmental Sciences and Engineering Building
1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 44931-1295
phone: 906.487.2531 fax: 906.487.3371
Updated Oct 2011
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Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer.
(L-R) Remote Sensing workshop in Ecuador; Measuring water chemistry in Nicaragua; Monitoring fumaroles in El Salvador.
Remote Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource
Protection in Pacific Latin America
Rudiger Escobar-Wolf presents research to Guatemalan Vice President Dr. Rafael Espada ...more
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Bowman and Brill teach children and their parents about the various tools used in hazard monitoring. (Photo: A.Morales) ...more


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Rain today, and projected on the weekend has forced some schedule changes for Georgia College women's tennis and softball.
The tennis match at Fort Valley State University, originally scheduled for today, Feb. 4 at 2 p.m., has been moved to Friday, Feb. 7 at 3 p.m.
The Georgia College softball doubleheader, originally scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 8 at Albany State University, has been bumped up a day to Friday, Feb. 7, and moved to the Peeler Complex on Georgia College's West Campus for a 2 p.m. start. That means the home-and-home series for this season has been flipped, as now the Bobcats will travel to Albany, Ga. Tuesday, March 25 at 4 p.m.
All schedule updates are available at www.GCBobcats.com .
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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October 30, 2008
Obama's Aunt Has A Housing Problem
It seems that Barack Obama's "family values" don't extend to his Kenyan family members. Obama's aunt Zeituni Onyango, so affectionately described in his best-selling memoir "Dreams from My Father", lives in a really crappy public housing project in South Boston. And "Uncle Omarâ€, who Barack said was "long-lost", in the book, ain't lost. He was […]Read More..>>


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Established in 2011, the Police Benevolent Association of New York State (PBA of New York State), is a law enforcement labor union representing the interests of approximately 1,200 members of the New York State Agency Police Services Unit (APSU).
The PBA of New York State is the exclusive bargaining agent for the New York State University (SUNY) Police, the New York State Environmental Conservation Police, the New York State Park Police, and the New York State Forest Rangers.
Our members police and protect New York State's public universities and colleges; state parks and historic sites; and they enforce state laws and protect our lands and forests and ensure environmental safety and quality throughout the state.


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Rodman, 'kid at heart,' signs children's book in Naperville
A championship-era Bulls fan's dream of meeting the charismatic Dennis Rodman played out for more than 250 people Saturday in Naperville as "The Worm" signed copies of his newly released children's book -- and at least one jersey -- at Anderson's Bookshop.
Rodman stopped in the suburbs to promote "Dennis The Wild Bull," a story he said aims to teach children ages 4 to 8 to stay true to themselves.
"I'm a kid at heart myself, and I just felt that this would be a different venture," Rodman said Saturday. "I think that kids today have got to have some type of role model. For us today with all the bullying going on in school, kids are going to school trying to be big and bad, but this book is saying, 'It's OK to be different. It's OK to be different.'"
The crowd in Naperville included 250 people who bought advance copies of the book as well as their families and friends. Parents brought young ones who may be Bulls fans now, but were born too late to have seen the Hall of Famer play with the home team from 1995-98.
Despite Rodman's colorful past of partying, dating stars like Madonna and Carmen Electra, and even once donning a wedding dress, Elio Benitez of Chicago said he thinks writing a children's book was a good move for Rodman.
"I think he's making a very valid entry into making other people's childhoods better by promoting reading," said Benitez, who came to Naperville for Rodman's autograph with a group including his 6-year-old son, Fernando.
Rodman's latest literary work was cowritten with Dustin Warburton. It features a bull named Dennis who is captured from his family and eventually befriends the other bulls with whom he is forced to live in a rodeo, although he looks nothing like them. Illustrated by Don Monroe, drawings of Dennis the bull are immediately reminiscent of Rodman, with nose rings and a wide grin.
"I wanted to see what the children's book was about and I enjoyed watching him play," Michelle Wheeler of Vernon Hills said after getting her paperback copy of the book adorned with Rodman's tall, scratchy signature.
Wearing sunglasses, a Bulls hat and his typical nose rings, lip ring and earring, Rodman smiled for photos, shook hands with a few fans and even signed a red No. 91 Bulls jersey for Nick Dunn of Oswego.
"He's definitely been one of my basketball idols," Dunn said about Rodman. "This is definitely a dream I've rooted for for a long, long time."
Once Dunn heard of the book signing, he rounded up his brother, mom and others to buy copes of the book and line up for Rodman's autograph. He said he has fond memories of watching Rodman's rebounding and energy help the Bulls to their repeat three-peat championships in 1996, 97 and 98.
While many at Anderson's were seeing "Dennis The Wild Bull" for the first time as they awaited an autograph, Dunn said he already read it as an e-book. And its main character?
"It's definitely Dennis, for sure," Dunn said. "It's definitely an odd bull."


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Organist James O'Donnell to Give Recital• February 8, 2012 Share:
The Wabash College Music Department invites the public to the 13th annual Roger H. Ide Organ Recital at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 15, in Pioneer Chapel. Westminster Abbey organist, James O'Donnell, will play this year's recital. O'Donnell is the organist who supervised the music for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
He will perform Toccata by Francis Pott, three chorale preludes from The Eighteen by Johann Sebastian Bach, Choral II in B minor by Cesar Franck, Joie et clarté des corps glorieux by Olivier Messiaen, Capriccio by John Ireland, and Carillon de Westminster by Louis Vierne.
O'Donnell is organist and master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey and, since January 2011, President of the Royal College of Organists. He has appeared in concerts all over the world, including the United States, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and throughout Europe, together with concerts in the Royal Festival Hall, the BBC Proms, and many others.
In January 2000, O'Donnell took up his present appointment at Westminster Abbey. He is responsible for the direction of the Abbey's music, both at the daily choral services and the many national occasions. He directs the Choir of Westminster Abbey in its program of concerts, broadcasts, recordings, and tours.
The annual Roger H. Ide Organ Recital is funded by a bequest from Dr. Roger Ide, Wabash Class of 1959, who served as the Wabash College organist while he was a student. The memory of that experience was such a pleasant one for Dr. Ide that he chose to perpetuate the music with a gift that makes it possible to enjoy organ recitals for years to come.
The concert is free and open to the public. A reception will be held immediately following the concert in the Rogge Lounge in Baxter Hall.


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Palestinians want a prosperous nation. Israel wants a permanent peace ("Israelis debate ground invasion," Nov. 20).
Non-government sponsored businesses make profit from peace and free trade, regardless of the ideology of their owners. The owners will therefore tend to vote for peace and free trade, which will increase profit for their businesses.
Israeli and Palestinian business owners and leaders should vote first, based on number of employees and tax revenue. Pass this vote to the people in the general elections, pointing out that these are the experts on creating jobs and prosperity. This will lead to national prosperity and a permanent peace.
Ed Wachtel, New York, N.Y.


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Holy smokes! La Cañada did pretty good on the standardized tests as reported by the California Department of Education. Traditionally, La Cañada Unified is a superstar when it comes to achievement tests. This is a credit to our teachers, support staff, administrators and a pro-active board of education.
This means we can re-finance our house, as our property values will not be plummeting anytime soon. I might even be able to afford my daughters' cheerleading uniforms.
If you know me well, you know what's coming next, so let's get this out of the way at the onset: Standardized achievement tests are a marginal predictor of student success and a static determinant of a school's accountability to the process of educating.
So, as we break open the champagne bottles, remember it's a shallow victory.
Standardized testing doesn't measure initiative, creativity, imagination, conceptual thinking, curiosity, effort, irony, judgment, commitment, nuance, good will, ethical reflection, or a host of other valuable dispositions and attributes. What it measures is isolated skills, specific facts and function, which are the least significant aspects of learning. Learning and teaching doesn't fit into bubbles. I don't think a simple pencil-and-paper test is going to capture what students know and can do.
How do we define student success? Is it building better test takers, or competency in skill acquisition? Is achievement defined quantitatively? Or should we be developing productive citizens who can conceptualize ideas, think critically and, according to Plato, maintain the moral base thus ensuring the continuance of civilization.
The state wants performers. Pure performance feeds the dictates of a socially and culturally regressive society. We can teach children the mastery of testing and the regurgitation of information. That's a good-looking suit, but an empty one. Performers without an ethical, intrinsic and intentional make up do not define an educated individual. I know you know this. Standardized tests do not evaluate the entire person. So what's the big hoop-la?
I was having a brain freeze trying to finish this write when my wife, Kaitzer, sashayed into the room and handed me "Hooray for Diffendoofer Day" by Dr. Seuss. "Read it," she said; "It's the perspective you seek."
The story takes place at Diffendoofer School. Diffendoofer teaches its students the basics; however, it also teaches, "Tying knots in neckerchiefs and noodles and how to tell chrysanthemums from miniature poodles." In other words, it gives students the opportunity to explore unique ideas, interesting perspectives, but most importantly, it teaches students how to think. Well, there you go!
Diffendoofer is about to take their version of the STAR achievement test. So the children are a little tense. Miss Bonkers tells them not to fret, because: "We've taught you that the earth is round. That red and white make pink. And something else that matters more…we've taught you how to think."
Of course there's a pragmatic perspective to testing. It gives us a benchmark, but it's hardly the best thing since canned beer. Testing presents a myriad of postulations most of which do not enhance holistic learning. Do districts teach to the test in lieu of enhancing children's intellect? Do we place a false sense of accountability on teachers? Does a single test on a given day create an "A" team and a "B" team, thus stigmatizing a child as inferior? Do we reduce a child's dream to something that they're not, thus taking away their quest because of a test?
I don't remember taking such tests when I was a kid. We were the Age of Aquarius, and we did OK. We fought for peace, freedom, civil rights, and we joined the Peace Corps and the Marine Corps. Regardless of how we did on standardized tests, we had a dream and we did our best. That's more important.
JOE PUGLIA is a practicing counselor, a professor of education at Glendale Community College and a former officer in the Marines. Reach him at email@example.com. Visit his website at doctorjoe.us.


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Is SQL in the City coming to a town near you? The events are being held in New York, Austin, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and Seattle. If so you need to make sure to register ASAP as seats are filling up quick and seating is limited. Come hear about many day to day problems that we encounter as DBA's and how to solve them. Red-Gate makes many tools to help us solve our problems much quicker. One of my favorite tools is SQL Prompt. I seldom do a presentation without showing off how simple and easy it is to use the tool.
I was lucky enough to be chosen to speak in New York City and Austin TX, two of my favorite cities. I will be presenting on "Proactive Data Growth Management: Reducing Your Storage Footprint". I will be talking about and demonstrating how using compression that you can reduce your overall storage requirements. Enterprise storage is not cheap, so reducing your storage needs, decreases your storage cost. Plus there is a host of benefits of having your data compressed in most cases.
While I am doing a presentation on the benefits and ease of using Compression, Red-Gate will have a member of the SQL Storage Compress team to go over the nuts and bolts of how all this technology works.
Of course SQL in the City is just about my session. Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, Aaron Nelson and Mitchell Sellers will also be giving presentations as well as a host of Red Gaters. This will be a series of awesome events across the US. If you have the chance, don't miss out. If nothing else, come out to hear the cool accents. :)


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