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On Wednesday, September 7th, 2016, world-renowned artist, epicurean, and wine enthusiast Margrit Mondavi passed away. To those of you outside the wine world, her name might sound familiar, or at least her last name might. She was the wife of Robert Mondavi, one of the "founders" of Napa Valley Wine and a pioneer in his own right.
While the tradition of women working in wine certainly didn't begin with Mrs. Mondavi, she did have quite a hand in shaping how women evolved into the American wine industry. French winemaker Veuve Clicquot (in French, "the widow Clicquot", and actually named Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin) broke onto the scene as France's first female Champagne producer.
Margrit Mondavi continued, in a way, Clicquot's mission of female inclusion in the wine industry, though she did it through the inclusion of art, food, and music in the industry: facets that her late husband ignored, but that she insisted were necessary for the full enjoyment of wine. She began a summer music program at the Robert Mondavi Winery (the most recent of which, celebrating 50 years of the winery's existence, featured Ingrid Michaelson, O.A.R., Blues Traveler and American Authors as their musical acts), and started cooking classes at the winery which helped to elevate not just wine country itself, but many young and talented chefs.
More important than what she actually created herself was the impact her career had on many young, promising young women who viewed her as a role model. At the time of her death, I asked a young woman I worked with (who prefered to stay anonymous) about her feelings on the death and what Margrit Mondavi's legacy meant to her:
"She broke certain barriers few men were willing to acknowledge, and her progress in wine has undoubtedly opened the floodgates for women in wine, whether they be winemakers, wine educators, or even just artists or chefs who work with wine in their day to day lives. She impacted all of us and made our dreams more feasible just by doing what came naturally to her."
If you make your way to the Napa Valley, make sure to pay a visit to the Robert Mondavi Winery. If you're interested in coming during the summer festival, I recommend booking early and making sure you get your tickets because that concert series fills up quickly! Otherwise, be sure to enjoy their beautiful wines and their stunning property. And stay tuned, because next week I am going to be discussing wineries with talented young women heading up their winemaking programs in part 2 of "Women in Wine"!


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Sue Sylvester warned us at the beginning of the Glee Christmas episode that we were in for a bunch of disjointed stories that would come together at the end to suddenly make sense and leave us feeling all warm and gushy. Think Love, Actually, only it was called "Glee, Actually," and what she could have told us from the get-go was that the Klaine bit was going to really bring on the waterworks. But then, the minute Burt Hummel poked his head out from behind a Christmas tree, you knew the tears would be flowing, didn't you?
Kurt's dad has given Cliff Huxtable a run for his money as best father to ever grace a primetime TV show. A few years ago he was the folksy middle America mechanic who actually went to the free clinic to get gay-specific pamphlets when his son was considering having sex with a boy. Now he's the dad who shows up with bad news for his son AND the exact gift Kurt needs to handle it.
Blaine was delivered to New York City by Kurt's papa in time for these two star-crossed lovers to prance around the ice and sing "White Christmas":
Call it a Christmas miracle. Or just face the fact that Gleeks would not be able to stand a holiday season without a Klaine Christmas duet. I wanted to love it. But the fact is, learning Burt has prostate cancer just before we got to see Klaine come back together made this reunion bittersweet.
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We've already sobbed at what we feared was the guy's deathbed after his heart attack. Now that he's remarried, off in Congress, and got his stepson working for his garage, the guy who's taken the title as biggest champion for his son should be taking it easy. We shouldn't be worrying that Kurt's going to be an orphan soon!
Do you hear that, writers? We finally have a character on TV who exemplifies the very best in parenting. He's refused to let the world tell his son who he should be, preferring to put the world on notice that they need to wake up and accept Kurt for who he is. We cannot see this man die, no matter how great it would be to see Kurt going running into Blaine's arms for comfort!
What do you think of Burt Hummel's news? Is this going to be something Kurt can handle alone or is a rekindling of his romance inevitable?
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Monstar72 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Custom Coffee Roasting Australia
We are a small boutique coffee roaster in the Riverina area of NSW Australia. 6 hours from Sydney Australia in the beautiful Riverina.
We are a fairly new business , we roast small batch coffee for cafes, offices and restaurants. We use only fair trade certified coffee. We are socially conscious about where our coffee comes from.
Our long term goals are to supply small outlets with beautifully roasted coffee. We are not in it to make huge amounts of money, just great coffee.
Cafes, wholesale and retail outlets. Hairdressers offices and restaurants.
We have plans to start selling our coffee at the local farmers market, this market is very strict on being "100% Local".
We have two coffee roasters in town , one very successfull (awards etc) and another hobby roaster who never looks after his product. We want to stand out from the crowd, fresh , vibrant yet earthy and organic.
Big ask , mmm yes , but we want our design to stand out.
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Something original and modern that can lend itself to ongoing marketing. Will look good on Calico gift bags, cafe banners, umbrellas and merchandising.
We do not want overly busy designs, or designs that have be used anywhere else.
Business card to be double sided.
Colours of Roasted Coffee Beans, Coffee Sacks, Green Coffee leaves.
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The 59th International Astronautical Congress is taking place between 29 September and 3 October in Glasgow, Scotland. IAC 2008 is being organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the British Interplanetary Society (BIS). This year's venue is the state-of-the-art Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre situated on the banks on the River Clyde.
Over two thousand space programme leaders, space professionals and other individuals interested in space activities will gather in Glasgow from all around the world to discuss past achievements, current activities and future plans to utilise and explore space.
The theme for IAC 2008 is "From imagination to reality" and this year the programme is the biggest ever. It will feature ten Plenary Events, five Highlight Lectures, three Late Breaking News sessions, an Exhibition, Technical Sessions and Interactive Discussions.
Starting with the traditional Heads of Agency Plenary session on Monday 29 September, where NASA (US), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), CSA (Canada), Roscosmos (Russia), CNSA (China) and ISRO (India) will outline their plans for the coming years, the Plenary programme will continue, covering space exploration, space law issues, space technology and climate change. Topics as varied as science fiction, space medicine and commercial spaceflight will also be tackled.
The European Space Agency (ESA) will be marking its presence at the IAC through its Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain, who will be one of the key speakers along with other Heads of Agency at the 29 September afternoon Plenary (starting at 13:30). At 16:30-17:30, he and Simonetta di Pippo, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight, will meet the press at the ESA exhibition area and will report on the outcome of ATV re-entry which – if all goes according to schedule – will have just taken place.
Later that day at 18:00 hours, ESA's Director General will again be under the spotlight, giving Highlight Lecture 1: "Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the ISS". Highlight Lectures – also open to the general public – will round off each day. Other topics covered will be "Space exploration beyond the vision" and "Fusion, antimatter & the space drive".
Several ESA Directors, together with a selected group of ESA scientists, engineers, astronauts and specialists in various disciplines, will organise or co-organise events, deliver papers and chair sessions throughout the Congress. Many of them will be available on request for interviews with media representatives.
A lively ESA exhibition area welcomes visitors for a journey of discovery, with models and impressive images of current and future planetary missions such as Herschel/Planck, due for launch next year, as well as future European space exploration missions to Mars, with a scale-model of the future ExoMars rover on display. The International Space Station, and the achievements of Europe's Columbus laboratory and Jules Verne ATV, will be also highlighted.
Two joint EC/ESA flagship initiatives will be showcased: the Galileo satellite navigation system and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) with the new Sentinel-1 spacecraft. Also on display will be forthcoming European telecommunication satellites such as AlphaSat and the soon-to-be-launched gravity field explorer GOCE.
Ariane 5, Vega, ESA's new launcher for small satellites, and Soyuz, the medium-size launcher soon to be operational from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, will also be on display in the exhibition area.
Hall 4 will be home to a total of 60 exhibitor stands allowing industry, agencies and space institutions from all over the world to present their activities.
The exhibition will be open to professionals as of 29 September (opening times: 12:00-18:00 hours on the Monday, 10:00 to 18:00 on the following days, Friday closing at noon). The general public will have free access to the exhibition on Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 October from 16:00 to 18:00 hours, and on Friday 3 October from 09:00 to 12:00 hours.
Other events include: the UN/IAF Workshop; the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Academy Day; young professionals and student programmes; a schools workshop programme for kids; the 17th Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition, organised annually by the International Institute of Space Law; and a "Less Remote" arts and humanities symposium on the future of space exploration.
Media representatives wishing to attend are required to register via the IAC 2008 dedicated website at http://www.iac2008.co.uk/
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shadowwolf3 wrote:Hey, so, i'm a beginner Lucid dreamer (well, I did it once by accident and want to do it willingly) and have been having trouble getting into a lucid dream. I've been trying for the past three days but every time I get on the verge of being lucid I snap back into consciousnesses, or I realize that I have a body again.
I have been meditating for two years now and have a fairly good grip on it, but when I apply the technique to lucid dreaming something goes wrong. For example:
On my last attempt to have a lucid dream, I relaxed my entire body, from the toes to the head, all the while, focusing on my breathing. I didn't have any rouge thoughts going through my mind and my body was starting to feel numb. Just as I get to the point where it feels like i'm leaving my body, my heart rate goes up really high (also, I've been using the WILD technique along with the MILD and WBTB netiquette) eventually it starts to feel like its to much and my heart beat gets very loud inside my head. Then, I give up and start over.
Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions?
Kind of sounds like what happens when a person runs. I think the brain will naturally calm it down a bit if you imagine yourself running. With that "physical" effect happening on you as well as the visual in your mind you might be able to trick your brain.
Mind over matter.


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ALGONQUIN – Workers tested traffic signals Wednesday to make sure they function properly. Others checked that lane markers were set, road joints sealed and that water would run off properly. Some workers cleared off the deck of a bridge and cut grooves to prevent hydroplaning.
Workers are putting the final touches on the $33.3 million Algonquin Western Bypass project that is more than 90 percent complete. The road is scheduled to open next week.
When including all of the necessary land acquisition and other prep work, the project is estimated to have cost $88 million.
Engineers hope to open the road mid morning after rush hour. There won't be any ceremony, just workers moving barricades, said Mark Mikrut, an engineer for EXP, a consultant for the Illinois Department of Transportation.
"It will be a matter of minutes," Mikrut said.
Even after the road opens, work will continue on landscaping, which has to take place in the fall, and decorative lattice work on the bridges, said Troy Wanket, resident engineer for IDOT.
About 30,000 vehicles a day travel on Route 31 through Algonquin, Mikrut said.
The 2.11-mile road is lined with street lights to illuminate the road around downtown Algonquin.
There is a diamond interchange where the bypass intersects with Route 62, which is similar to the Route 14/Route 31 interchange.
When motorists begin driving on the bypass, they will see long lanes toward the exit ramps to Route 62.
People will be able to turn east or west onto Algonquin Road when they go down the exit ramps from the bypass, on the right side of each direction of travel.
There are two ramps that will come up from Algonquin Road and that will allow drivers to merge onto the bypass. There is a lot of time for people to accelerate onto the road, Mikrut said.
When people drive south on the bypass and come to the end of the new road there are three lanes. The right turn lane takes people onto Huntington Drive. The left turn lane takes people north on Main street. The center lane keeps drivers on southbound Route 31.
For northbound drivers at the north end of the road, turning right will take them toward downtown Algonquin, rather than staying on Route 31.
For the project to take place, Six buildings had to be demolished, and there was a mass grading of land. There are tree lines on either side of the road that previously connected. About 100 feet of the tree line had to be cut down, Mikrut said.
The speed limit on the road will be 45 mph on the northern end, and slow down to 40 mph and then to 35 mph on the southern end back toward Main Street and into the downtown area.
The road includes bridges over Crystal Creek and a bike path for the McHenry County Conservation District. A fourth bridge goes over Route 62.
Pavement on the road is meant to last 30 years, and the bridges are meant to last 75 years, Mikrut said.
Workers are finishing a parking lot with more than 100 spaces that will serve Towne Park. The parking lot will be completed in a couple of weeks.
The new road is meant to divert through-traffic away from downtown Algonquin and help cut down travel time for motorists. Sometimes rush hour could lead to 20- to 30-minute commute through downtown, Mikrut said.
It is rare for IDOT to completely build a new road. Most of the time, the agency is rebuilding or resurfacing existing roads.
"It is nice working on something new, instead of a reconstruction," Mikrut said.


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With stakes much less higher, Bergeron scores winner again as Bruins beat Leafs 3-1NHL.com @NHLdotcom
BOSTON - Patrice Bergeron scored a power-play goal early in the third period and Tuukka Rask stopped 33 shots, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 3-1 win over Toronto on Saturday night in the teams' first meeting since their playoff series last spring.
Bergeron also added an empty-netter with 22 seconds to play, and Zdeno Chara also had a power-play goal for Boston. The Bruins won for only the third time in seven games.
Joffrey Lupul scored for the Maple Leafs, who lost for just the second time in six games.
In Game 7 of the opening round of the last season's Eastern Conference playoffs, Boston trailed by three goals with a little over 10 minutes left before forcing overtime ? with the final two goals coming 31 seconds apart in the closing 90 seconds of regulation. Bergeron scored the game winner in OT, capping an improbable comeback.


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Like Cinderella, Melissa is forced by her stepmother to act as servant to her two stepsisters during the London Season. However, when Melissa sneaks away from a party and stargazes, she is discovered by Robert, Duke of Oakwood. He falls for the stranger whose face is hidden, but she does not disclose her true identity. Robert is anxious to discover who the mysterious lady is, and eventually comes to believe that she is Melissa's stepsister, Regina. M...


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Yale to Face Liberty, West Virginia and Cal State Fullerton on West Coast trip
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- Liberty team webpage
- West Virginia team webpage
- Ivy League Volleyball webpage
Six Bulldogs return to their home state this weekend as Yale travels to Fullerton, Calif., to compete at the Fullerton Classic. Yale, off to a 5-1 start, will face Liberty on Friday, then face West Virginia and host Cal-State Fullerton on Saturday.
Senior captain Kelly Ozurovich (Playa del Rey, Calif.), juniors Katie Cordell (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Taylor Cramm (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Bridget Hearst (Pacific Palisades, Calif.), sophomore Julia Cortopassi (Davis, Calif.) and freshman Kendall Polan (Cardiff, Calif.) will all be returning to the Golden State.
The Bulldogs depart for the West Coast on a successful note. Yale took two of three matches last weekend at the Blackbird Invitational in Brooklyn, N.Y. Yale defeated New Jersey Institute of Technology and Long Island, and lost to Georgetown. Polan and fellow freshman Erica Reetz were named to the all-tournament team.
Reetz followed Polan as the second Yale team member to win Ivy League Rookie of the Week last Tuesday. Reetz smashed a team-best 32 kills, and added 19 digs, three blocks and one service ace in three matches.
Yale can attribute its early season winning ways to several areas. Through the first three weeks of the season, the Bulldogs lead the Ivy League in hitting percentage (.275), kills per set (14.3), assists per set (13.5) and blocks per set (2.3) through Sept. 15.
Liberty enters the weekend off to its second-best start in program history at 7-3. The Flames, who will play at UC Irvine on Thursday prior to the Fullerton Classic, lead the Big South Conference in hitting percentage (.223), assists (11.92 per set), and kills (13.30 per set).
West Virginia (8-3) has won three in a row. The Mountaineers, the second Big East team Yale will play this year, lead their conference in digs per set (18.44) and opponent's hitting percentage (.139).
Cal State Fullerton (6-3) has swept five of its last six matches after a victory at UNLV last Saturday. The Titans, picked to finish fourth in the Big West this season, will also host Ivy League member Penn this weekend during the Classic.
Fullerton Classic Schedule
Friday, Sept. 17
West Virginia vs. Liberty, 2:30 p.m. EST
Penn at Cal State Fullerton, 5 p.m. EST
Liberty vs. Yale, 7:30 p.m. EST
West Virginia at Cal State Fullerton, 10 p.m. EST
Saturday, Sept. 18
Penn vs. Liberty, 1 p.m. EST
West Virginia vs. Yale, 3:30 p.m. EST
Liberty at Cal State Fullerton, 6 p.m. EST
Penn vs. West Virginia, 8:30 p.m. EST
Yale at Cal State Fullerton, 10:30 p.m. EST


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Sagittarius Locket
Sagittarius Locket
Style #: SGLO-GP
Brass locket and brass cable chain clad in precious metal.
30" length. 1" diameter locket.
A locket is a vessel for memory. A locket is a way to never be far from the one you love. During the 17th century, lockets given as gifts were thought to hold a talismanic quality of protection for the one who wore it. Clad in precious metal, etched with the first 3 letters of your star sign (for example, ARI for Aries) the Constellation Locket is the ultimate personalized jewelry. Wear your own star sign, or place a note or a lock of hair from the one you love in the Constellation Locket of their zodiac sign. Effortless and lovely: the breadth of the sky, the quiet of memory, pressed to the privacy of your heart.


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"iPad mini" is currently showing up as a suggested search result in Apple's online store. But so is "iPad air". And "iPad nano". And "iPad little". And more.
Search results from Apple.com have previously identified accurate product names, including the iPhone 5, but past behavior isn't always an indicator of future behavior. Maybe it's just an anomaly in Apple's database. Or maybe, just like iOS firmware strings have been found for iPhone 10,1, maybe someone on Apple's team is having a little fun this weekend.
The hilarity should end on October 23 at the iPad mini event. Until then, enjoy our iPad mini redux preview, and the screens below. Let me know if you find any other good ones.


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Imagine a true bluewater battler with the looks and features of a luxury motoryacht. Now imagine that same vessel having superior performance to its competitors and delivering better fuel economy at the same time. The Maritimo 500 Offshore Convertible. The dream is now a reality. While the cockpit is built for business, the rear door opens up a world of pleasure. Like every Maritimo, the 500 Offshore Convertible's interior is an expression of understated elegance and features the 'trademark' internal staircase to the flybridge. From the single level galley and saloon to the three cabin, two bathroom layout below it's easy to see that every fitting, feature and appliance has been carefully selected for its superior quality, form and function. It was only a matter of time before Maritimo applied the technological advantages in its motoryachts to the world of sportsfishing. Designed with an advanced variable deadrise hull, the 500 Offshore Convertible's engines are mounted forward to provide better weight distribution and a more efficient prop shaft angle (7 degrees to be exact). Apply the power and you're up and planing at low speed. It's the sort of performance and control that sportsfisherman appreciate whether you want a quick tournament start, a consistent trolling speed or to back up on a billfish.
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Hull Shape: Semi-Displacement
LOA: 54 ft 2 in
Beam: 17 ft 1 in
Maximum Draft: 4 ft 3 in
Dry Weight: 55115 lbs
Engine Options
Engine Option 1: 2x Caterpillar C12 715 HP
Fresh Water Tanks: (211 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (925 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: (80 Gallons)
Number of single berths: 6
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A twenty-something young man named Sal is coerced into a blind date by his sister only to discover that during the date he is being scrutinized and screened by his blind date's very intimidating brothers and a surprise guest... her pet baboon Mickey. Sal is quickly smitten and must earn their trust if he is to have a second date.
Blind date is an experimental romantic comedy captured through the visual perspective of a blind person. A stubborn independent blind man being stalked by his kind-hearted girlfriend on the way to their date, discovers that admitting vulnerability leads to intimacy.
"Blind Date Uncensored" reveals what the producers couldn't show you on the highly rated syndicated series "Blind Date." The new video features all the scenes that the censors wouldn't allow on television including sexy encounters, vicious fights, revealing confessions and hysterical outtakes. Only the craziest, sexiest, uncensored scenes taken from over four years and 5,000 hours of "Blind Date
Alan, gets conned into going on a blind date...and he HATES blind dates. But this one looks promising, his date sucks, but there is another girl there that looks interesting. But can he get away with making The Switch?
Greg and Amber have been fixed up for a blind date. Upon knocking on Amber's door, Greg meets and mistakes Kiki, Amber's drag queen roommate, for his date. Greg is then taken for an eye opening night on the town by Amber where the term "Blind Date" takes on many meanings.
Him: Young, famous scientist. Her: Model from a shampoo advert. One date, one room, meeting for the first time. Will there be enough chemistry between them? 15 minutes short film about a blind date. How fame, Google and flood of information on the web plays part at the beginning of the relationship. A famous young scientist is set up on a blind date with an excruciatingly chic and equally famo
Kelly Wong, a thirty year old imaginative college professor, comes home to a trap that her very traditional mother sets for her. She is instantly pushed into a blind date she knows nothing about. William, her mother's version of a nice Chinese son-in-law, also knows nothing of this date. Confrontation ensues during this blind dinner for four.
Darlene "Woo" Bates, played by Jada Pinkett Smith, has been dumped a little bit too many times, now this femme-fatale doesn't let just any man swing with her, and when she's set up on a blind-date with Tommy Davidson's character, it could be love.. if they don't kill each other first. "Woo" features cameos by Foxy Brown, LL Cool J, and Duane Martin. While on a strangely combined blind date Dar
Blind date/Career versus love A single mother goes on a blind date expecting nothing and ends up struggling between the passion for her career and finding love. Johnathan Connolly gives her the opportunity to feel something again. Will she take it?
Spencer is going on a blind date with Lisa. After a few awkward moments like on any first date, they begin to warm up to one another. They soon realize though that this date is similar to previous relationships they've respectively had. They try to let go of the past in order to make room for something potentially new.
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The Honors Program is a small community of about 150 students that was first founded in 1997. We are diverse, nationally and ethnically, with about equal numbers of women and men, representing all majors at Clarkson. We are passionate about what we do and we are expected to work hard and collaborate closely in order to solve problems. We know that in order to succeed professionally and to make a difference in the world we have to be innovative, and combine our technical knowledge and creativity in new and sustainable ways. We hold each other accountable to high standards of personal and professional performance, as we support each other to realize our goals.
Honors students are self-reflexive learners and critical thinkers, who take individual initiative and work collaboratively to solve problems. They have excellent written and oral communication skills. They are engaged across campus and are leaders in clubs, athletics, performance arts, and service organizations. They seek experiential learning opportunities such as internships and study abroad, and they all conduct original research or creative projects under the mentorship of a faculty member for their Honors Thesis. Honors graduates typically go on to prestigious graduate/professional schools or take fast track jobs in industry.
The Honors Program takes the undergraduate experience to a whole new level. Clarkson is famous for our hands-on, problem-based curriculum, but Honors gives you even more opportunities to conduct original research or independent projects, to go on internships, coops or study abroad, and to work in teams on real-world problems. Admission to Honors is highly selective, and we form an intimate and supportive "community within a community" of highly motivated and talented students. We collaborate in our classrooms, make lifelong friends, and we are serious about having fun.
You can find out more about the Honors Advantage at Clarkson.
Who Can Join the Honors Program?
Honors Program at Clarkson University is seeking talented and motivated students who are prepared to tackle its challenging four-year curriculum centered on current and emerging problems in science, technology, and society.
The Clarkson University Honors Program is looking for students who:
- are intellectually curious
- have motivation and take initiative
- can handle risk and uncertainty
- show a good work ethic
- are creative, innovative or entrepreneurial
- dedicate themselves in leadership and service
What about GPA and SAT/ACT Scores?
We do not have any minimum criteria for admission for first year students, though we are looking for all-round high-achieving students with the potential to make a difference in their field, so you need to have a strong academic record as well as evidence of leadership and service to your community. The following guidelines may help:
Current High School Students
The Program enrolls about 50 students per year and is highly selective: applicants are usually in the top 5-10% of their graduating class, score highly on standardized tests, and demonstrate outstanding achievement in academics, leadership and service.
Current Clarkson students
Applicants must have a GPA of at least 3.75 and demonstrate outstanding achievements in academics, leadership and service while at Clarkson.
Transfer Students
Applicants must have a GPA of at least 3.75 and demonstrate outstanding achievements in academics, leadership and service at their previous institution


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07/06/2009 Sell on eBay [Web Stuff]Sell on eBay is an example database that goes with a tutorial in our support section. You can create this database from scratch by following along with the article here:
The database is designed for iPhone users of HanDBase in particular due to it's use of an external field type unique to the iPhone- taking a picture with the camera.
This database can be used to track items you are selling or plan to sell on eBay. Many more fields can be added to track auctions, customer information, etc.
05/30/2011 EZ Shop [Food and Drink]This database is included as a sample with many versions of HanDBase. It is a simple shopping list database.
02/24/2012 Month Calculator [Development]This database was designed to demonstrate a way to figure out the month of a date field. The concept uses this idea:
Take the date and do the following calculation: Date Mod 365.25 That will give you the number of days into the year. 365 days are in a year, but every fourth year is a leap year, so the .25 is added.
Now you have a number from 0 to 365. To get the month, you'd have to do a series of conditionals. Something like this:
If DateMod field (the calc field above) is greater than 31 then output is February, else January.
If DateMod field is greater than 59 then output is March, else output is previous conditional.
If DateMod field is greater than 90 then output is April, else output is previous conditional.
The example has a date field where you can pick a date and then a conditional field that is visible showing the month of the year. A few caveats:
1. It uses up a bunch of hidden calculation and conditional fields. You'll need about 13 extra fields in your database to have room for this.
2. If you are in a leap year (such as now, 2012) the number in the conditional for February onward need to go up by one, as I did not account for the leap day in 2012. On other years, this should work fine as is.
3. September is one character too long for the conditional output, so I abbreviated as Sept
You can then select a view to filter based on the month, so you can see all records that fall within the month you're looking at.
07/27/2012 Olympic Records [Sports]This database was scraped from info on Wikipedia about the Olympic Records for various Summer Olympic games. It was taken from information right before the start of the 2012 Summer Games in London.
04/30/2013 Multi Day Elapsed [Automobiles]This is a database demonstrating how you can calculate the elapsed time between a start and end time that could possibly span multiple days. Here's the explanation:
Field 1: Start Date
Field 2: Start Time
Field 3: End Date
Field 4: End Time
Field 5: Days elapsed (Calc, output as Integer) = End Date - Start Date ---> Here we are subtracting to see how many days have passed
Field 6: Seconds for Days (calc, output as integer) = (Field 5 - 1 )* 86400 ---> Here we are converting the above to seconds so it can be used with the time. Subtracting one since if the difference between a time one day and a time the next day is not 24 hours + the time, but just the time differences accounted for below. (Make sure to use parenthesis when setting up the formula.
Field 7: Time to End 1st (calc, output as integer) 86400 - Start Time --> This is the number of hours from the start time to the end of that first day.
Field 8: Total Elapsed Time (calc, output as time) Field 6 + Field 7 + Field 4 --> The trickiest part to understand here. This is adding the time until the end of the first day (field 7) plus the elapsed seconds for the days that spanned between them (field 6) plus the number of seconds into the last day (the end time, field 4).
Field 9: In Hours (calc, output to 4 decimal places) Field 8 / 3600 --> The above was shown as a time which may be confusing when it's more than 24 hours, so this one calculates the total number of hours elapsed for billing type purposes.
02/07/2017 Unique Key Example [Automobiles]This is a simple database designed to show you how to create a unique key field in HanDBase. One that can be seen and displayed in the database. This involves using the following:
Link field- set to hidden and does not need to be set up to point to any other database.
Conditional field- this is your unique Key and the formula is this: If Link field is zero, output is Link field, otherwise, output is Link field.
As you can tell, the Conditional field will always evaluate to be the value of the link field, which is already a unique key, but normally one that is hidden.


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Christmas Gift Bag designed by Cathie Richardson of Country Garden Stitchery
~One charm pack of Fa-La-La-La-La by French General
~Three different fat quarters, two red and one natural, by French General
~Low Loft Batting
~Sewing Thread – I used a coordinating variegated red sewing thread.
For the embroidery:
~6″ x 9 1/2″ piece of coordinating quilting fabric for the embroidery design.
~Embroidery pattern (included in PDF print out)
~Three skeins of embroidery floss: one brown, one red, and one green. I used hand dyed flosses by
The Gentle Art in Sarsaparilla #7015, Raspberry Parfait #0380 and Forest Glade #0190
~#02 Micron black ink pen.
~Tracing method of your choice.
For the embroidery trace the design onto the 6″ x 9 1/2″ piece of fabric using the method of your choice. You can embroider the design in all one color for a redwork design or change the flosses to your favorite colors! I will include here how I made the model. Use two strands of floss except as noted. Raspberry Parfait and stem stitch for the border lines, the snowman outlines and his hat. For his face I used one strand of floss and stem stitch for his nose and mouth. I used very small cross stitches for his eyes. I alternated one and two strands for the stars in the sky. For the dots use two-wrap French knots. Sarsaparilla and back stitch for the lettering. Stem stitch for the tree trunks. Forest Glade and stem stitch for the outlines of the Christmas trees. For the tree decorations Raspberry Parfait and back stitch. When embroidery design is complete press lightly and trim the design down to 8 1/4″ x 4 3/4″ to where it has a 1″ border.


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A southern Missouri man has been sentenced to die for killing an elderly couple who interrupted a burglary at their isolated, rural home in July 2010.
Laclede County Circuit Judge Kenneth Hayden followed a jury's recommendation Tuesday in imposing the death penalty on 33-year-old Jesse Driskill, of Lebanon. Driskill was also given seven consecutive life sentences for rape, sodomy and multiple counts of armed criminal action.
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Driskill was convicted in August of murdering 82-year-old Johnnie Wilson and 76-year-old Coleen Wilson at their home near Lebanon. The couple had just celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary when they confronted Driskill burglarizing the house early on the morning of July 26, 2010.
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Harry and Taylor's Sushi Date
After their walk through Central Park on Sunday, the cute couple spent the evening grabbing dinner at SoHo's trendy Bond St. sushi restaurant.
They were joined by their mutual friend Ed Sheeran, and Styles's mother and stepfather.
"They came in around 8pm and shared a few rolls together," an eyewitness told Celebuzz. "They sat at their own booth and were giggling a lot. Harry looked really happy. She was talking a lot and he was laughing at her stories."
A rep for the restaurant confirmed what they ordered. "Their order included the tuna tarts, Chilean sea bass, tuna crispy rice, and sesame crusted shrimp rolls," the rep told Celebuzz. "Taylor drank Diet Coke and others at the table enjoyed the sweet saketini."
After the meal, Swift returned with Styles to his hotel. On Monday night, Styles spent the night at Swift's hotel.
Harry says Taylor is "just amazing ... Honestly, she couldn't be a sweeter person"
Styles, speaking to Seventeen in October, described Taylor as "a really lovely girl. Honestly, she couldn't be a sweeter person. She's a great girl and she's extremely talented. She's one of those people you meet [who's] genuinely a nice person. Some people you meet and they are not as nice as you make them out to be, but she's one of those people who's really just amazing."
In November, Styles told Cosmopolitan that he was in the very early stages of a relationship: "There's someone I like. If you're shown in the papers with other girls when you really like someone else, that's difficult. But still, I think it's important if you're thinking about starting a relationship to do it away from the spotlight. I thought I [had a type] but this girl I like isn't my 'type'. It's more about the person. How they act, their body language, if they can laugh at themselves. I find ambition really attractive too - if someone's good at something they love doing. I want someone who is driven."
Styles and Swift reunited after a brief flirtation in April of this year. They reconnected at the MTV VMA Awards in September, sharing a post-show meal at Katsuya with a group of friends. The romance heated up in early October, with BBC Radio One DJ Aled Jones witnessing "some serious flirting" between the pair at London's Teen Awards. In the following weeks, the couple were photographed wearing identical necklaces and were spotted holding hands in Los Angeles.


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Box Score: Stansbury 29, Morgan 28
MORGAN, Utah – The Stansbury Stallions and the Morgan Trojans met Friday night in a game that would most likely determine the Region 11 championship. Both teams provided a game that lived up to the hype; a 29-28 Stansbury victory in overtime. Stansbury moved to 6-0 on the season.
Morgan drew first blood midway through the first quarter. The Trojans finished off a five minute, 11-play drive with a 1-yard touchdown run by Kade Carrigan.
On their first possession of the game, trailing 7-0, the Stallions gave Morgan another great opportunity. Jackson Clausing broke through into the second level but fumbled the ball while fighting for extra yardage. Morgan had the ball only 47 yards from the goal line and had a chance to take a two-score lead.
But the Stallion defense stepped it up. On third down, Stansbury defensive end Austen Kincaid recorded one of his two sacks of the night, bringing down quarterback Ben Saunders and forcing a punt.
"Our linebackers were solid all night, and so was our secondary," Kincaid said. "The line demanded double teams, and that left me open. If it wouldn't have been for my team, I wouldn't have been able to make those plays."
Kincaid wasn't the only Stallion that played great defensively. Colton May led the defense all night, recording 16 tackles.
"This was by far the toughest, most fun game I have ever been a part of," May said. "I'm so proud of my teammates. They worked so hard tonight, and I love every single one of them."
After starting at their own 23, the Stallions took the ball 77 yards in 10 plays, converting on a fake punt to keep the drive alive, late in the first quarter. Chase Christiansen found Dacota Case for a 7-yard pass to tie the game at 7-7.
After recovering the kickoff when it bounced off the front line of Morgan, the Stallions were not able to take advantage of the momentum. Chase Christiansen threw his first interception of the season to Kade Carrigan, who took the ball to the Stansbury 17. Five plays later, Lantzen Toomer found the end zone on a 1-yard run, giving Morgan the 14-7 lead early in the second quarter.
The Stallions were able to tie the game just before halftime when Jackson Clausing scored from eight yards out, which sent the teams into the locker room tied at 14.
Neither team was able to score in the third quarter, but the Stallions took the lead with 11:55 remaining in the fourth. After taking nearly eight minutes off the clock and running 18 plays, Clausing scored again, this time from two yards out to give the Stallions the 21-14 advantage.
Morgan was stopped on a fake punt attempt on their next drive, and later in the fourth while still trailing 21-14, the Trojans fumbled, giving the Stallions the ball 35 yards from the goal line.
The Stallions gave the ball right back to the Trojans on their first play of the drive, throwing an interception on a pitch pass to the end zone.
Trailing by seven with only three minutes left and 80 yards to go, Morgan needed a big drive. The Trojans got what they needed and took the ball all the way to the end zone, converting on a fourth and eight in the process. Joseph Kippen scored a 16-yard touchdown run that tied the game at 21-21, which forced it into overtime.
Morgan wasted no time, taking only three plays to score on their first possession. Kippen scored again, this time from nine yards, and the Trojans took a 28-21 lead.
Stansbury also was able to score quickly. Chase Christiansen scored from 11 yards out, and the Stallions were an extra point away from tying the game at 28 apiece.
As the offense trotted off the field after the score, they turned around to go for the two-point conversion and the win. Chase Christiansen found the end zone once more on the conversion, and the Stallions were victorious.
"That game could've gone either way," Stansbury coach Clint Christiansen said. "Morgan is a great team, and we treated this game like it was the region title. Everybody talks about the Juan Diego's and the St. George teams, but these are two teams you better look out for. Either one of us could make a run at that state title."
Although he finished with just 11 carries for 56 yards, Chase Christiansen made key plays down the stretch to help the Stallions get the win.
"There's nothing quite like the game we just played," Chase Christiansen said. "There's something amazing about playing an overtime game, especially against a Morgan team that is outstanding in every sense of the word."
Friday's win was the first overtime game in the Stallions' young history.
The 6-0 Stallions are back home next week to face the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year – the Deseret Hills Thunder. Morgan will be at home once again to face Bear River.
CJ Pronk is a Deseret Digital Media intern and a senior at Stansbury High School.


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Hours after firing longtime coach Andy Reid, Philadelphia Eagles chairman/CEO Jeffrey Lurie explained to the media why he made the decision and what's next for the franchise.
|Eagles chairman/CEO Jeffrey Lurie (right) presents Andy Reid with a special game ball during a Monday ceremony. (PhiladelphiaEagles.com/)
Lurie said he had been leaning toward letting Reid go for some time, but a final decision wasn't made until Monday. Reid was not offered another position in the organization, but Lurie -- who gushed over Reid's contributions and, earlier in the day, presented him with a game ball -- said he looked forward to welcoming the coach back for his induction into the Eagles' Hall of Fame.
Lurie was asked if he regrets not making the move on Reid sooner. The Eagles dropped to 4-12 this season after an 8-8 campaign in 2011.
"One of the key arguments for me for not making a change at the end of last year was that every time our team under Andy Reid was 8-8 or less -- and it wasn't very often -- but every single time after that, the next season we were a double-digit win playoff team and advancing to the NFC Championship," Lurie said.
"I really believed that this season with our talent that we would be a strong contender and double-digit win team, and nobody is more disappointed or crushed than myself because I fully believed that's where we were at in August when we started the season."
Lurie then turned to explaining the search for a new coach, a process the Eagles will be involved in for the first time since 1999. Lurie said he's "excited" about the challenge and has assembled a list of candidates over the past month.
Lurie said the new coach will report directly to him, saying it was "the only structure I insist upon."
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The Panera Bread Foundation on Wednesday opened its fifth non-profit Panera Cares restaurant, this one in Boston.
The Boston café follows openings in Chicago and Detroit as well as Portland, Ore., and St. Louis, Mo. The first one opened in Missouri in May 2010.
It's bringing the idea home for Ron Shaich (pictured at left during the Boston opening), founder, chairman and co-chief executive of Panera Bread and president of the Panera Bread Foundation.
"I have lived in the Boston area for over 30 years and opened my first restaurant at Downtown Crossing, just blocks from our new Panera Cares location," Shaich said.
"This community cafe is a gift to the community that was funded by Panera," Shaich said. "All of the build-out costs – nearly $1 million – were covered by the company. Panera donated the cafe to the Panera Bread Foundation and will operate it on behalf of the foundation. Now that the site is open, it's up to the community to sustain it."
The Panera Cares pay-what-you-can model has no set prices and no cash registers. For those without the means to donate for a meal, the Panera Cares cafe also offers a volunteer program.
Shaich said volunteers "can help perform basic front-of-the-house roles (like cleaning tables, sweeping, etc.) for one hour and receive a meal voucher at the end of that hour. It's a way to add to the dignity of the experience while still encouraging people to contribute to our mission through their time."
The 4,500 square foot bakery-cafe in Boston employs more than 40 associates and managers. Vendors also contributed to the effort.


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For anyone that has been following the telenovela-like drama that has embroiled the makers of the Modern Warfare series of games, this news should come as no surprise: Many of the former members of Infinity Ward that have left the developer, have rejoined their former bosses at the newly minted game studio Respawn Entertainment.
Since the surprise firing of Infinity Ward President Jason West and CEO Vince Zampella, the news from Infinity Ward has turned stranger each week. Activision claimed that West and Zampella were looking to break their contracts and form a new company, while the pair claim they were caught unaware and fired to avoid the millions of dollars in royalties they were due. Lawsuits soon followed on both sides, and increasingly nastier public statements followed the lawsuits. Then came news of West and Zampella partnering with Activision's chief rival EA, who promised the duo total control of the games they developed. Then the exodus from Infinity Ward began.
Since March 1, 13 employees have left Infinity Ward. Only one of the 13 announced where he would be going (senior animator Bruce Ferriz is joining Big Red Button Entertainment), but the speculation was rampant that Respawn would soon see an influx of staff. Whether it was an ironic case of Activision creating a self-fulfilling prophecy, or the culmination of its suspicions, will likely be a hot topic for the lawyers involved.
The website GamesIndutry.com is confirming that at least seven former Infinity Ward members have joined Respawn Entertainment, including the lead animators, engineer, and game designer. No word on where the other four members are going, nor if others will follow suit. Activision, which is likely busy interviewing to fill at least 13 new positions, has yet to comment.
Update: "five members" should read four. Corrected.
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- 'Apex Legends' racked up over 1 million players in less than eight hours
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- EA is losing out on the true potential of Titanfall studio with 'Apex Legends'
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Weekly Wire: The Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
Can Big Data Stop Wars Before They Happen?
Foreign Policy
It has been almost two decades exactly since conflict prevention shot to the top of the peace-building agenda, as large-scale killings shifted from interstate wars to intrastate and intergroup conflicts. What could we have done to anticipate and prevent the 100 days of genocidal killing in Rwanda that began in April 1994 or the massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica just over a year later? The international community recognized that conflict prevention could no longer be limited to diplomatic and military initiatives, but that it also requires earlier intervention to address the causes of violence between nonstate actors, including tribal, religious, economic, and resource-based tensions. For years, even as it was pursued as doggedly as personnel and funding allowed, early intervention remained elusive, a kind of Holy Grail for peace-builders. This might finally be changing. The rise of data on social dynamics and what people think and feel -- obtained through social media, SMS questionnaires, increasingly comprehensive satellite information, news-scraping apps, and more -- has given the peace-building field hope of harnessing a new vision of the world.
The economist who revealed how media bias works
It's heady company. When he won the John Bates Clark Medal earlier this month, University of Chicago economics professor Matthew Gentzkow suddenly found himself among legends such as Paul Samuelson and Milton Friedman. Both are past recipients of the award, which the American Economic Association bestows on the American economist under the age of 40 who "who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge." Plenty of past winners have worked in familiar areas, such as wage dynamics or health economics. Gentzkow's work is less orthodox: an interesting mix of the history and micro-economics of the media world.


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:? Hi this is my first post on this forum. I am a little worried about my cav, He has developed dry spots on his back and sides that are kind of scabby and they are starting to go bald. I have taken him to the vet and am waiting for the results of skin scrappings, Which billy didn't like one little bit. But in the mean time he is still scratching and everytime I stroke him he starts licking the air. I was wandering if anyone else has ever seen this and what it turned out to be. He seems healthy enough. and his coat is still nice and glossy.The vet was really pleased with him in that respect. but he didn't tell me anything about what he suspects this could be, and that worries me. Please help. cavtiny cavtiny cavtiny cavtiny


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Award-winning Writer Scott Nadelson to Speak at Wabashby Karen Handley • September 27, 2005 Share:
Award-winning writer Scott Nadelson will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, September 29 in Center Hall, room 216.
Nadelson is the winner of the Oregon Book Award for short fiction and the 2005 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award. He teaches creative writing at Willamette University in Oregon and has completed a second collection of stories, to be published in April, 2006. His award-winning debut collection Saving Stanley: The Brickman Stories is available at the Wabash College bookstore and will be available at the reception after his reading.
A reception and book signing will follow his talk. Everyone is welcome.


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I am not too crazy about the entire Montessori approach, but there are definitely some things that really work for our family, such as the practical life activities-
We really encourage the kids to be as independent as possible for their ages, from dressing themselves, cleaning up after themselves, pouring a drink, making a bowl of cereal... and this past Friday, my Little Einstein and Munchkin, who usually go out with daddy or watch a video while I cook, asked if they could help me cook for Shabbos-
So I asked them what they would like to help me make to which they answered, "chicken soup!"
Munchkin got a peeler and Little Einstein got a knife (not too sharp, but sharp enough to cut with) and the fun began! I gave them zucchini and carrots and they had a ball- and YES, I was completey supervising them and guiding them how to do it in a way that they wouldn't cut themselves:) But kids are so much more capable then we expect and it makes them feel so good about themselves that they did such 'adult' activities.
Today we were learning about Tu B'Av and how it is a special day on the Jewish calendar for Jewish boys and Jewish girls to get together and meet for potential marriage... so with that little discussion, we decided to make boys and girls out or Playdo- but not just any playdo... EDIBLE playdo:)
Here's the recipe, and its PER CHILD:
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tbs wheat germ
I gave each munchkin a paper plate and put all the ingredients on each plate. They then used their hands to 'knead' the dough until it formed a playdo texture. Some kids needed a little more sugar or wheat germ to get the perfect texture, but it is SO easy.
They then made their little people, we went out to play and came back and ate them up for snack:) They didn't each the entire batch, but enjoyed what they did eat!
And last but not least, I made 2 charts today (which I laminated so I can reuse them over and over):
The first one is a "Negel Vasser" (hand washing) and Tooth brushing chart. I put their names on top of each chart and when they wake up in the morning, they know to go straight to the bathroom and wash hands, brush teeth and then they get to put a sticker on their chart. And before bedtime, after they brush teeth, put a sticker. Once they have completed 7 days of all 3 things, they get a prize!
It's a great incentive and they LOVE putting stickers on their charts and counting down the days. I tried uploading a PDF of each chart but couldn't quite figure it out- if anyone has any idea how to do that, please let me know!
Feel free to print this out and personalize it for your munchkins:)
THEN... now this is my magical chart:) our CLEAN UP chart for the playroom. Yes, yes, we are VERY blessed to have a big spacious playroom for our munchkins... but at the end of each day, it looks like a nuclear disaster.
I tried teaching them to put back each toy when finished playing with it, but I ran into 2 problems:
1- The munchkins play with alot of their toys together (Little Einstein will use blocks to build a train shed for his trains on his train tracks and legos to build bridges and Munchkin will put Menchies in cars and take them for rides on the car mat etc.) So they wern't just playing with ONE toy...
2- I found myself telling them to clean up ALL day and was getting a little tired of hearing my own voice:)
So this is my solution, which worked like a CHARM:
I printed out pictures of all their toys. Made a chart and at the end of the day, each munchkin stuck a picture of the toys (I use rubber cement to stick it) that they had played with in the column with their name in. Then they would put back each toy in its designated place and move the picture of that toy to the "All Clean!" column.
It was quick, easy and I didn't have to say a word. I made a "mom/friend" column for if mom played with them or a friend came over and needs to help clean up. I really hope it lasts and doesn't lose its momentum!!!! Feel free to print it for yourself if you think it will be helpful.
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I am looking for a good Canadian, FreeBSD-friendly server vendor. I have searched internationally (read: USA) and came across Iron Systems, which had some props from the members of WebHostingTalk.
Iron Systems has a server that fits our needs, and is fairly cheap, however the shipping, brokerage fees, and potential duty fees would raise the price significantly (by at least $100).
So, now I'm looking for vendors in Canada, preferably in Vancouver or Victoria BC. Also, if anybody has experience with cross border shopping for servers, I would appreciate any anecdotes on the brokerage/duty fees, specifically does "Assembled in USA" count towards the whole "Free Trade" thing?
When we did our searching for FreeBSD and Linux friendly server vendors, we found a lot in the Vancouver area. That was 3 or 4 years ago though. We didn't go with any of them. Instead, we researched FreeBSD and Linux friendly chipsets and hardware, and had a local computer computer custom build our servers. We were able to get hardware we know works with FreeBSD/Linux, with support/warranty coverage right here in town. Plus, the costs were lower than going with a pre-built server. YMMV, of course.
We just did google searches. Sorry, don't remember any of the names.
Help for FreeBSD: Handbook, FAQ, man pages, mailing lists.
What about dell.ca?
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
First off, thanks for the replies. I checked with the COO and he said go for it, so I ended up going with Iron Systems anyway.
Stukov, I have looked into dell.ca before. One thing I noticed is that they really like Broadcom for on-board network. Our current server (Tyan GX28 B2881) has on-board Broadcom gigabit ethernet which caused the server to hang every 24 hours or so. I had to actually disable it via jumpers to cease the hanging. Plus, I just checked out dell.ca and they didn't have anything as low-end as I would have liked. Perhaps I should have mentioned better what I was looking for...
Phoenix, I think this would be the route I should take next time. Did you go barebone+parts, or just select everything (eg: case, motherboard, etc)?
The biggest concern for me were the power requirements. With just over an amp left in the rack, I had to be careful. Iron Systems did have an answer for me regarding power usage, so that ultimately won in my mind. In the future though, it would be nice to have a Canadian company to rely on.
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Poke: Past and Present
For locals, few things say "home" as much as poke. Here's the story of the evolution of this quintessential Hawaii food.
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About 50 years ago Sam Choy and family friends threw a net into Hukilau Bay and ended up catching a few moi. His mom's friend decided they would make poke, so they sent him to pick limu manauea from the river mouth. Then they had him dig kukui nuts out from the ashes where they'd been roasted, cracking the hard shells and taking out the meat, while the adults scaled and gutted the moi, sliced them crosswise—"poke" cuts—bones and all. They seasoned the fish with salt harvested from the ocean, threw in the chopped limu and sprinkled the crushed kukui nut (inamona) over it all. After letting the mixture sit for a moment so the flavors would meld, Choy recalls, "I took a mouthful of it and went 'wow'… Right at that moment, I knew that this was my love. Something as natural and pure as taking a fish out of the water, creating some magic with it."
What Choy had that afternoon was similar to the type of raw-fish mixtures Hawaiians had made in pre-Capt. James Cook days. In poke lore, preparations fall on two sides of a timeline, separated by Cook's arrival to the Islands. (However, food historians debate when people actually began using the word "poke" to represent the fish dish; in her book The Food of Paradise, Rachel Laudan posits that it might have been as late as the 1960s, obviously much later than Cook's arrival). Originally, "poke" was simply a Hawaiian word meaning "to cut crosswise into pieces." As such, even now, it makes the definition of poke in culinary terms a little hard to pin down; while it may have been inspired by raw fish, poke these days doesn't have to be, thanks to cooked tako poke recipes and Choy's popularization of fried poke. Nor does it necessarily include seafood; Choy's current favorite pokes include avocado poke and tofu poke. Even the familiar cube shape doesn't cast a net wide enough to capture all poke variations. Take oio poke (sometimes also known as oio lomi), in which oio (bonefish) meat is scraped off the bones and seasoned, resembling a thick paste. Still, mention poke to most people, and what comes to mind are seasoned cubes of raw fish, just as when one talks of a hamburger, everyone envisions a beef patty between a bun, not a veggie burger or a fish burger or a turkey burger.
DK Kodama has no romantic memory of his first time eating poke, simply that "we grew up with poke, of course," he says. "Whenever we got tuna, we mixed it up with all different kinds of ingredients. We had shoyu poke, we had limu poke. My mom would make it. My grandmother would make it."
In the '70s, when Choy, Kodama and Wong were growing up, most of the poke was still being mixed in home kitchens, but it also started to appear in supermarkets. This helped build momentum for a trend that would put poke in every tailgate party and potluck, at the heart of every social gathering in Hawaii.
In 1991, poke was launched onto a public stage when Choy started his poke contests. These contests gave home cooks and professional chefs alike venues in which to showcase recipes that ranged from pre-Cook styles (like one combination of wana [sea urchin] with opihi, limu kohu and inamona) to New Wave (i.e. Asian and Mediterranean-style ehu [short-tailed red snapper] and mango poke)—a display of the directions poke had gone since Choy's seminal poke experience some 30 years before. If McDonald's was the institution that spread the gospel of the hamburger, then Choy was poke's ambassador, both locally with his poke contests, and abroad, never failing to demonstrate poke when traveling.
Of all the uniquely Hawaiian dishes, poke is perhaps the perfect canvas for professional high-end kitchens. The freshest fish has a natural sweetness to it, and it doesn't hurt that poke, its translucent cubes of fish mixed with a touch of oil, glistens appetizingly (compared to squid luau, which, though Choy loves, he admits looks like "cow turds"). While at one time poke may have been made from fish scraps and leftovers, this pupu's journey to the fine-dining table now incorporates the choicer cuts of fish and the most sophisticated ingredients.
Wong notes that poke is "not just a Hawaiian thing, it's a local thing with all different ethnic groups. If you grew up in Hawaii you love to eat poke." He serves poke at both his restaurants on Oahu: at The Pineapple Room, it's a simple preparation with ahi, shoyu, sesame oil, green onions and white onions, with a touch of heat, while at the original Alan Wong's, the arrangements are a little more fanciful. There's the ahi poke and avocado salsa stack, the red and green layers sitting on top of crispy won ton strips and lightly flavored with spicy aioli and wasabi soy sauce. The effect is an upscale chip dip—creamy and crunchy, fresh and buttery from the avocado and tuna.
At Sansei restaurants, it was only natural that poke would find its way to Kodama's sushi bars, where he plays fast and loose with poke ingredients, like combining white tuna with Japanese shichimi (a spice blend) and yukke (Korean chili), a combination that won at Sam Choy's poke contest one year. But always, "The ingredients have to match the fish," Kodama says. "It's like pairing food and wine together. The wine and the food have to match together and then it'll come out really beautiful, as far as flavor goes. Bitterness, nothing, just good flavor. And it just keeps you wanting more."


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Dancing in the moonlight, or a visit with a knife. The name speaks for itself. The track begins with a mystical and eerie sounds, moving in rhythm to the psychedelic style of Twin Peaks. In the middle of the deep are the strange voices. The track is perfect for any of your project, but especially for a film with an eerie tune.


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The concerns surfaced during the North Bay Community Planning Group's (NBCPG) July 17 meeting.
The city owns not just the sports arena property but also the properties on either side of it. This would include the commercial strip where Red Lobster and Phil's Barbecue are, the sports arena site, the commercial area where SOMA and Kobey's Swap Meet's corporate offices are, down to Dixieline and Pier One.
NBCPG chairwoman Melanie Nickel said the issue currently is not the site of the Valley View Casino Center (formerly the San Diego Sports Arena) itself, because it has a long-term lease. Currently at stake are the fates of SOMA and Kobey's corporate offices, as well as the site of the long-vacant Black Angus restaurant east of the sports arena.
"These leases expired a year or two ago and the city refused to renew them," Nickel said. "Those properties have all been on month-to-month tenancy ever since."
Nickel said the city's Real Estate Assets Department is refusing to discuss a renewal of those leases, which expire in a year or two.
"With the current hodgepodge of leases all expiring at different times, we can't do any long-range planning," said Nickel. "If the city is simply going to refuse to renew leases, we are concerned that one of our prime business areas could become a ghost town."
Nickel's assessment is shared by other NBCPG board members.
"There's not going to be a developer or business interests investing significant construction money into a facility if they're simply told [by the city]: 'We'll do a month-to-month lease with you and that's it,'" said Kurt Sullivan of Douglas Allred Company. "It just won't happen. Property will sit there vacant. I believe this will have a major impact on people throughout the region and their view of this community and the businesses in it."
Kobey's Swap Meet might be an example of that.
"We have operated for some time under a month-to-month situation at our complex at 3350 Sports Arena Blvd.," e-mailed Chuck Pretto of the Kobey Corp. "This has caused us undue anxiety and fear of the unknown. … As a result of not knowing if our rent would be raised or even if we would be kicked out, we have embarked upon the search for a new space where we can be confident that we can run our business in the years ahead without fear of eviction and/or raises to our operating overhead.
"We understand the city wants to amass all the property it owns, but why not have all the existing properties' leases extend until the longest-running lease and amass all the property at the same time?" continued Pretto. "Otherwise, we will see a virtual ghost town occur along Sports Arena [Boulevard] as properties become vacant and are not renewed."
Another NBCPG board member, Art Bleier of Kenton Properties LLC, said the opportunity to renew existing leases is closing because the lease of Pier One Imports at 3220 Sports Arena Blvd. is up in July of next year.
"If they don't get that extended, they will move," said Bleier. "And they don't want to move, but they can't wait in limbo."
NBCPG board member Cathy Kenton of Legal Vertical Strategies made a motion during the meeting that the group draft a letter requesting District 2 City Councilman Kevin Faulconer and Mayor Bob Filner to support its position that all leases on city-owned property near the former sports arena area be extended to 2028.
The planning group voted 10-0 in favor of Kenton's motion.


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I've called the Mets a flawed team, and such was the case against the Pirates. The offense called it a game after the third inning and JJ Putz imploded in the eighth. Jerry Manuel didn't help matters when he let the struggling Putz stay in after two or three hitters. It was obvious he wasn't going to find the switch.
I wrote prior to the game that it was encouraging for the role players to step up and Reed and Valdez did that. However, role players are role players for a reason and the Mets need the return of their core big time.
We might not see Carlos Delgado this year and Jose Reyes is on the horizon. David Wright continues to slump, Carlos Beltran missed another game and there's Putz.
The guy isn't right. He needs to be looked at again and if something is wrong then go on the DL. He's not doing anybody any good the way he is now.
Until Putz gets it together, Bobby Parnell should assume the eighth inning role as the bridge to Francisco Rodriguez.


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The following is an editorial by Armstrong Williams.
We the People need our leaders to elevate the discussion about options, short of all out war, as the administration navigates our way through the vexing North Korean issue. There is no hiding the fact that the past three Presidents, Clinton, Bush 43 and Obama all contributed significantly to the current pending disaster. Decades of poorly conceived policy and feckless international conduct has brought us to this point.
There are still a number of Presidential tools available for use, that don't seem to have made their way into the public discussion, or I suspect the Title 50 options have yet to be presented to the DCI or the President. The State department and Pentagon are following the outdated, and useless, Cold War decision making matrix of gradual escalation, measured or proportional response, etc. that were the cornerstone of our success in the Cold War. We have used this same matrix since 9-11 against Al Qaida, ISIS, dealing with Iran, etc. and failed for 16 plus years. It worked with Russia in the cold war because Russia had a rational, well educated and experienced leadership system, a nation with an Orthodox Christian belief system and basis of decision making. NK does not believe, think or act in a moral, faith based, or rational way. Therefore a response matrix based on those precepts applied against NK has not worked, nor will it work. We, as a nation, continue to do the same thing, over and over and expect a different result.
First, its very important the administration deliver an oval office address, and explain the North Korean issue and why NK poses an existential threat to the United States and the safety of individual Americans in Hawaii, Alaska and the west coast. The last missile test is a new milestone and technical development, and changes the national security calculus. The American people need to be braced on this issue with a dose of reality. Make no mistake, if conventional conflict breaks out on the Korean peninsula the war will be a heinous affair, and the casualties will be horrific. This images will shock the world. Unless one has visited or lived in Korea, its hard for people to grasp how fast and how brutally conventional war will impact one of the largest and most crowded metropolitan cities in the world.
The Oval office address should explain our mutual defense treaties with our historic Asian allies and why we stand together on this issue. An Oval office address will make China, Russia and NK pay attention, and lay the groundwork for the Administration to exercise, without any public warning, a much more robust set of tools and actions to demonstrate our intention to fatally squeeze if necessary, and punish North Korean conduct, change their strategic direction and create chaos inside NK and the China border area in the process. NK will push until we mark the red line, and put the country in a vise. These signals are essential to create the conditions inside NK and China for both countries leadership groups to understand and react to the new sanctions, actions and intent of the United States. In a phrase, if we expect to change their perception of events and the costs to them of continued pursuit of the missile and nuclear capacity, we must DO SOMETHING to trigger their reevaluation.
Perception management and covert influence efforts have yet to be effectively exercised. I really believe the President has not been briefed on any title 50 specific covert action, sabotage, direct action, or deception options for North Korea. NK continues to test and launch missiles because they can, and know there is no penalty for doing so. This must change. After the Oval address, the President can order a "quarantine" of the North Korean nation. No ships, no aircraft, no banking, no money, no food. Sanction and freeze any wire transfer of any and all companies that are doing business with NK, in any sector. Focus this effort on Iran and NK together. Paint them into the same frame. We should tie Iran at the hip to NK. Iran, flush with cash and resources given to them by Obama, no longer has to risk testing its own missiles and pursuit of their nuclear R&D program. They can pay NK to do it. There are Iranian missile and nuclear technicians are present at every launch from NK.
The US could shoot the next missile test down before the missile leaves NK airspace. If that were to occur, the US could immediately release a statement that we struck the missile because our information on telemetry and targeting from inside N Korea indicated the missile was programmed to strike a land based target. This will create an immediate security witch hunt inside NK's system. The President can take actions under title 50 that sews hate, distrust and fear inside NK's military and leadership circle.
We should signal NK and China, of our preparations for all out war on the Peninsula. Moving the carrier battle groups to the theater was the first step. There should be more signals. Flood North Korea with information via every outlet we have to communicate with the population. Tell the NK people what their Dear Leader is doing. We could, as has been done before, change the profile of the alert fighter aircraft on the carriers in theater and the fleet working to defend the carrier.
Example of proactive deception operations: In the last meeting between Secretary Baker and Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz before Desert Storm in 1990-91, we wanted to ensure Saddam understood if he used chemical, bio, or nuke weapons, the response from the US would erase the culture, people and nation of Iraq. Because Aziz was the only Christian in Saddam's inner circle, Baker used a Biblical reference in the final discussions. That statement, was coupled to a move on a Carrier deck where we placed the alert fighters on the catapults, and loaded nuclear munitions on the wings. The signature of this event was deliberately exposed and the Russians picked up on it. They flashed this information to Saddam in Baghdad, and told Saddam if he used "special munitions" the US would use nuclear weapons immediately. The effort worked and produced the desired result; Saddam pulled his chemical weapons off the front lines in a big hurry, and never employed them in the war.


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Actor David Krumholtz has left the upcoming revival of Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys" at the Ahmanson Theatre. The production, starring Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch, is scheduled to begin preview performances Sept. 24.
A spokesman for Center Theatre Group said that Krumholtz's departure from the play was due to "personal reasons." He said that Krumholtz left the production early last week, the second week of a five-week rehearsal process.
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The CTG spokesman said that Bartha was in rehearsals by the end of the second week.
"The Sunshine Boys" production comes by way of London's West End, where it starred DeVito and the late Richard Griffiths. The L.A. cast originally included Griffiths, who died in March and was replaced by Hirsch.
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Secretary of State John Kerry met Monday with the family of a 25-year-old Foreign Service officer who'd died in a suicide bombing in southern Afghanistan nine days earlier.
Kerry's meeting with the family of Anne Smedinghoff was closed to news reporters, and the State Department declined to offer details of the private talks.
But the meeting provided Kerry an opportunity to express a personal sense of loss to Smedinghoff's parents, with whom Kerry already had spoken by phone when he first learned of the death shortly after it occurred April 6.
Meanwhile, a State Department spokesman said that while the incident was being investigated by the FBI, the Department of Defense and State Department Diplomatic Security, there would be no administrative review board convened to probe the circumstances of what took place. Such a review into the events leading up to the death in Libya of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens concluded that department middle managers and poor communications were responsible for the security lapses that led to Stevens' death.
Spokesman Patrick Ventrell said U.S. law specifically exempts events in Iraq and Afghanistan from such an investigation.
Kerry had met Smedinghoff, an assistant press officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, a week before her death when she was assigned to accompany him on a brief visit to Afghanistan, and he eulogized her several times during a 10-day trip that took him to Jerusalem, London, Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo. It was on his return from Tokyo to Washington that Kerry made a previously unscheduled stop in Chicago for the meeting with Smedinghoff's family.
The secretary, who in earlier public comments described Smedinghoff as "everything a Foreign Service officer should be: smart, capable, eager to serve, and deeply committed to our country," carried a bouquet of yellow flowers as he arrived to see the family.
Smedinghoff died when a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives outside a U.S. base in Qalat, Afghanistan, as she and perhaps a dozen other people were assembling for a ceremony to mark the donation of children's books to a local school.
The intended target of the bomber, the governor of Zabul province, who was in a convoy driving to the ceremony, was unhurt by the blast. But Smedinghoff and four other Americans who died – three American soldiers and a Defense Department contractor – were on foot, making them especially vulnerable to the effects of the blast.
It was the worst single act of violence against Americans so far this year in Afghanistan and the first time in 11 years of warfare there that an American diplomat was killed in the line of duty.
An Afghan television reporter who Smedinghoff had accompanied from Kabul and who was wounded in the bombing told McClatchy that the group would not have been near the explosion had it not gotten lost while walking to the ceremony from the headquarters of the U.S.-led Provincial Reconstruction Team, or PRT. After the group was told that the first building they'd reached was an agriculture institute and not the school, the television reporter said, they retraced their steps to the PRT to determine what to do next. The group was re-entering the PRT's base when the bomb detonated, the reporter said.
Ventrell on Monday disputed that version of events.
"Media reports suggesting that the group was lost are simply incorrect. They were going to a compound across the street from the PRT," he said in written responses to emailed questions.
Ventrell also denied that the State Department initially had told the family that Smedinghoff was in an armored vehicle that was rammed by the bomber.
"We have always known that the convoy was walking on foot at the time of the attack and we communicated that information to the families including on the day of the attack," he said.
Ventrell said the purpose of what he called the "mission" that led to Smedinghoff's death was a news conference featuring the senior U.S. official in southern Afghanistan and the Zabul governor to promote a book donation project and the "growth of literacy."
Ventrell called "highlighting Afghanistan's ongoing progress for both national and international media" an "integral part of our work."
"This is what we do, and we believe in it," he said. "Our diplomats believe in getting out beyond the wire to reach people. In this case we were engaging with the people of Afghanistan AND the local government."


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The Inner Asian and Uralic Studies Program offers a strong interdisciplinary training program for students interested in the languages and societies of Central Eurasia, stretching from the Baltic, Hungary, and Turkey to Central Asia, Tibet, and Mongolia. IU's greatest concentration of expertise and instruction in the area is brought together by the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center. Center faculty pursue both historical and contemporary analysis in a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, business, comparative literature, economics, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, music and drama, political science, public administration, and religious studies. Center faculty also offer three levels of instruction in all of the following living languages indigenous to the Center's area: Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Mongolian, Persian/Tajik, Tibetan, Turkish, and Uzbek. Other living and classical languages of Central Eurasia are offered less frequently, including Chagatai, Evenki, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mordvin, Turkmen, and Uygur.
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August 27, 2011
The sound of music and a parade of students and clubs gave life to the Mall Friday evening as Senior Council hosted its first event of the year, Mall-a-palooza.
Unlike previous years, clubs did not set up booths during Freshmen Saturday. President of the Student Body Steven Henke thought Mall-a-Palooza was more appealing to freshmen since freshmen had over a week to become acquainted with the College.
"This timing is definitely better than Freshman Saturday," he said. "Freshmen have been around on campus for a little while to get acclimated, but not enough to get extremely bogged down in commitments. Nothing much happens this weekend historically, so this gave it something all new and fresh. By having all clubs present at once, everybody gets a chance to sell their idea before budgeting and simultaneously make contact with a wide variety of students."
President Patrick White also said the event was better timed than Freshmen Saturday for clubs to advertise themselves.
"There are a lot of sophomores and upperclassmen out here," White said, while partaking in a round of hacky sack with students. "I think we should do it every year because it is original and interesting. Freshmen Saturday is almost too soon to display clubs. This is a nice time. Everyone is here having fun. Members of the community are here as well."
The event was inspired by Dean of Students Secretary Sherry Ross. She came up with the name. Henke said Senior Council's flexibility enabled the event to take place and that the event was planned on short notice.
"I think the event went very well," Henke said. "Both LaToshia Everson and Dr. Rocha's bands delivered some truly phenomenal music, clubs got a huge amount of publicity, and plenty of food was consumed. Many thanks to Campus Services, Jerry Bowie, Betsy Knott, and Showtyme Sound for their above and beyond performances behind the scenes as well- not many people know, but last minute sound equipment availability issues meant we ran everything off of a repurposed welder. Their collective inventiveness proved indispensable.
"I think the most impressive part of the event for me was at the end of the show. Most of the guys had filtered back to their places for the night, so it was just a handful of men, the band, and sound guys talking around half-disassembled equipment. The sound crew specifically said, 'Whatever you did to get this clean-up crew, you did one hell of a job."