text:
This is an international site for Niemann-Pick type C disease (NP-C) and is intended for healthcare professionals outside of the US.The information on this site is not country-specific.
I hereby certify I am a healthcare professional outside the US.
I hereby certify I am a healthcare professional outside the US.
You are now leaving the NPC-info.com websiteand entering another Actelion sponsored website.
You are now leaving the NPC-info.com website.
NPC-info.com offers the link to the following Internet sites
as a service to the Internet community
and is not responsible for any content published
on the third-party website you are about to enter.
NPC-info.com has not reviewed and does not endorse
any information presented on the third-party website.
Abnormal enlargement of the liver


text:
The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements. The works of Archimedes, including The method. Introduction to arithmetic
Encyclopćdia Britannica, 1990 - Mathematics - 636 pages
From inside the book
4 pages matching let the square in this book
Where's the rest of this book?
Results 1-3 of 4
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
AC is equal angle ABC angle BAC apotome axis base binomial straight line bisected centre of gravity circle ABCD circumference circumscribed commensurable in length commensurable in square cone continued proportion cube cylinder diameter double equal angles equiangular equilateral equimultiples figure fluid frustum gnomon height incommensurable inscribed joined less let the square magnitudes mean proportional medial area medial straight line multiplying parabola paraboloid parallelogram pentagon perpendicular plane of reference polygon prime prism produced Prop Proposition 13 proved pyramid q. e. d. Proposition radius rational straight line rectangle AC rectangle contained remaining angle right angles side similar Similarly sphere spheroid square number squares on AC straight lines commensurable superparticular surface tangent triangle ABC twice the rectangle vertex whole

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are sometimes called the "age of transition" because the world was moving toward a global economy. This was in large part due to the widespread availability of intercontinental travel and warfare using massive sea vessels. It was the era when European powers took to the seas to consolidate (and often lose) their control over colonies in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. It was also a time of ocean wars, rapid advances in shipping technology, and global trade on a scale never witnessed by humans before. That's why Princeton historian Ben Schmidt's visualization of all the shipping routes taken by Dutch, Spanish, and English vessels is completely fascinating. You can actually see history unfolding in this record of where the Europeans were going and when.
Schmidt explains the top video (which you should really watch at a larger size):
It shows about 100 years of ship paths in the seas, as recorded in hundreds of ship's log books, by hand, one or several times a day. I haven't watched the whole thing at once, but skipping around gives a pretty good idea of the state of the database (if not world shipping) at any given moment. This shows mostly Spanish, Dutch, and English routes—they are surprisingly constant over the period (although some empires drop in and out of the record), but the individual voyages are fun. And there are some macro patterns—the move of British trade towards India, the effect of the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, and so on.
It's incredible that we have such detailed records of European trade and expansion from 250 years ago.
Schmidt also wanted to explore how seasonality affected shipping, so he compressed all the data you see above into a video that shows 100 years as if they were one year, giving us a sense of how trade routes varied by seasons. He writes:
There aren't many truly seasonal events, but a few stand out. There are regular summer voyages from Scotland to Hudson's Bay, and from Holland up towards Spitsbergen, for example: both these appear as huge convoys moving in sync. (What were those about?) Trips around Cape Horn, on the other hand, are extremely rare in July and August. More interestingly, the winds in the Arabian sea seem to shift directions in November or so. I also really like the way this one brings across the conveyor belt nature of trade with the East.
Read more about how Schmidt put the data together, and what's missing, on Sapping Attention.
(Spotted on Deep Sea News!)


text:
The people at Chapel Hills Church in MN have been gathering to worship, reach out to the community, and support one another since 1959. We are a progressive Christian community following a path of love and grace and compassion. We value both the head and the heart. We invite folks to join us as we grow in our own ability to show God's love to a world which needs care and hope. If you're looking for a UCC church in Minneapolis Minnesota, we hope you give us a try!
We believe that God has given gifts to all us and our task is to discover those gifts and use them to be who God has called us to be – not who someone else wants us to be. No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here.
Our Purpose: to open ourselves to God's Spirit in worship, prayer and study, holding each other in community and encouraging one another to grow in the Spirit and to reach out in generosity and compassion to the people around us.
Alan McNamara, Pastor


text:
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson came within 27 feet of breaking the single-season rushing record, set 28 years ago by Rams running back Eric Dickerson.
Peterson has a message for the man who didn't want Adrian to best the mark of 2,105 yards: "I'm coming for you."
That's what Peterson told Peter King of SI.com on Sunday night, after King asked whether it hurts deep down that Peterson came up short in 2012.
"Yes," Peterson said. "Yes. Yes. The feeling is there. I understand the big picture, but the feeling is there. I wanted this."
For now, the playoff ticket the Vikings have punched has more value than the record, since until the Vikings lose the postseason berth represents the possibility of doing something the franchise never has done — win a Super Bowl. But if the Vikings fall to the Packers at Lambeau Field on Saturday night, the record would have had a much longer lasting impact.
Indeed, does anyone even remember whether the Rams made it to the postseason the year Dickerson set the record?
Something else that would be more permanent than a one-and-done postseason is an MVP award. "In my heart, I believe I'm the MVP," Peterson told King. "Whether I win it or not, I feel I'm the MVP."
We do, too. In 33 days, we'll find out whether enough of the 50 Associated Press voters agree.


text:
No 'X Factor' Or 'La Voz Kids,' Is Paulina Rubio's Career Done?
02.12.2014 | By Mariana Dussan | No Comments">No Comments
By 2013 it seemed that Paulina Rubio's career had no limits as became an American household name overnight. In 2012, Rubio released the single "Boys Will Be Boys," from her EP "Bravisima," which peaked at No. 16 on Billboard's Latin Pop Songs, among others charts. That same year, she also starred in the second season for "La Voz … México" (Sept. 9 until Dec. 16 of 2012). Read More


text: You are magnificent, Scarlett! I like how your eyes shine like diamonds in the picture where you are coiled up, and your rainbows are apparent in all the pics . . . what a beauty you are, and so deserving to be our gorgeous POTD! Wishing you many happy, healthy years with your devoted guardian, Scarlett.


text: What's your dream gift this Christmas? Is it an Alexander McQueen clutch, a Balenciaga City, a Givenchy Antigona, a pair of Christian Louboutins? Well, if your answer is hell to the yes, then you could be in luck! Social shopping site, Motilo, and luxury shopping destination, Matches, have teamed up to offer you the chance […]More


text:
Get 15% OFF Your Next Order
The best deals come to your inbox. Sign up for GEMPLER'S emails to get exclusive offers and first dibs on hot new products!
Ideal for pickup truck loads, ATVs, mowers and skid steers
Secure large loads and cargo with confidence using these Lift-All high-quality tie downs. The included ratchet assembly allows for easy adjustment and has an extra-wide handle to easily fit gloved hands and provide more leverage. The steel hooks are heat treated for added strength and the standard webbing is made from a heavy-duty polyester that won't stretch like nylon webbing. Optional Tuff-Edge™ Webbing is made of a special polymer-coated yarn and reinforced edges to provide extra strength and greater cut and abrasion resistance. Webbing Meets all DOT, CHP and CVSA regulations. Working load limit is 1,600 lb. Breaking strength is 5,000 lb. Note: Do not use for lifting loads or towing vehicles.
Select size and strap material from the drop-down menus above.
See all vehicle and load securing accessories .


text:
Did This Mysterious Ape-Human Once Live Alongside Our Ancestors?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... n-science/
A couple years ago, NG did a flick on Dr. Berger's remarkable cave find. I guess i just figured they were a Million+ years old, maybe 2M. But now they fall around 250,000 years. Strangelier and strangelier. I don't think we have a family tree anymore, not even a family bush. I propose a third metaphore: a family orgy.
Given the brain size of a gorilla, it made me wonder about the Hobbits, with their 400 cc braincase, which is 200cc smaller than H. Habilis: Friday 21 April 2017
"Real-life 'hobbits' could be one of the earliest forms of human, say scientists"
'Homo floresiensis occupied a very primitive position on the human evolutionary tree'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 94691.html


text:
August 2005
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Green & Black's Maya Gold
Name: Maya Gold
It's strange, but I got this bar (two different sizes) as a gift from two different people the same week. They've got good taste (thanks Ruth & Jay)! I'd first tried Green & Black's last Thanksgiving when my sister-in-law brought a box of the little medallions to dinner. They were super, and not at all grainy like some other organic chocolates I'd tried.
Green & Black also uses Fair Trade suppliers for their cocoa and also organic. Green & Black was purchased by Cadbury Schweppes earlier this year.
This bar is a little different because it's flavored. Maya Gold is dark chocolate with orange and spices. Think of that orange spice tea. The chocolate is smooth, rather sweet but doesn't overpower the chocolate flavors. The main spicy flavor note that I detect is clove, which I don't normally like, but it works well with orange. There's a little hint of vanilla and perhaps some nutmeg.
Overall, it's not my favorite flavor of chocolate, but the consistency of the chocolate itself is very good. Not quite as buttery as the Chocovic last week, but sweeter and I can see myself eating more of this in one sitting.
Other reading - here's more about G&B's Fair Trade Maya Gold bar.
Rating - 8 out of 10
POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:16 am All Natural • Candy • Review • Green & Black • Chocolate • Ethically Sourced • Organic • 8-Tasty • United Kingdom •
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
The Mysterious Cup-O-White Gold
Name: Peppermint Cup-O-Gold
This candy cup has left me mystified. Is it really from Adams-Brooks? They don't mention it on their website ... no one mentions it on their website on any of the internets. Have I stumbled across an inter-dimensional 99 cent store that sells candy unknown to us here?
Why is it called Cup-o-Gold anyway? The center is clearly white. The package is silver ... these things trouble me. But not enough to keep me from eating it.
Like the original Cup-O-Gold, this milk chocolate cup sports toasted coconut and almond bits in the chocolate. The ratio of chocolate to the filling is a little off. Upon my first small bite (not pictured), I didn't hit filling, just chocolate. The second bite, which was sizeable (like the photo) didn't hit filling. Finally on the fourth bite which by now meant half the cup was gone, I hit a small hidden cavity of filling. Instead of a light, frothy filling like the Cup-O-Gold, this one was a little tacky, a little stiff. The mint was barely perceptible.
I bought this thinking it'd be like a milk chocolate Junior Mint - a gooey minty cream center. Alas, the coconut competes too much with the scant mint. If there were less chocolate and more filling, perhaps it wouldn't seem so overpowering. However, the package does say thick rich milk chocolate, so who am I to go expecting things not advertised?
Rating - 4 out of 10.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:29 pm Candy • Review • Adams & Brooks • Chocolate • Coconut • Marshmallow • Mints • 4-Benign • United States • 99 Cent Only Store •
Out of Africa come some chocolatey nuts
Name: Out of Africa Macadamia Nut Chocolates
I don't think I've had a better story to accompany a candy for this blog than this one. The short story is a friend, Will, went to Africa and brought me this candy.
The long (and great) story that goes with it is one of the internet, passions and following dreams. Will and I met while writing novels (actually we met while drinking coffee and procrastinating writing novels) and have gone on to have many adventures together like walking the Los Angeles Marathon, writing more novels, hiking to the bridge to nowhere and a half a dozen photo safaris.
Well, damn if he didn't go off and go on a real life safari and take a gazillion photos with his new bride viewing African wildlife. And damn if he wasn't sweet, and brought me something I'd probably never have otherwise:
Inside this cute little box that looks like something someone would bring back from an African safari, including the name, "Out of Africa." Inside is a plump macadamia nut covered in sweet milk chocolate. Simplicity itself. Thank goodness those candy makers realize that this will spend its time in a suitcase and they've packaged the candies in a little tray. Sweet!
I had three for breakfast this morning (and two when I took the photos). Only one left!
Rating - 7 out of 10
Monday, August 29, 2005
Necco Hot Stinky Feet
Name: Hot Stinky Feet
This is one of those candies that tries to be edgy but really isn't. They're little cinnamon jelly candies and they happen to be shaped like feet and they happen to have the unfortunate name "Hot Stinky Feet."
Here's what the package says (because I couldn't find any mention of it on Necco's site):
The feet themselves are actually pretty cute. The detail even includes a big toenail. They're definitely cinnamony - upon opening the package there was no doubt what flavor these are. They're kind of like Hot Tamales, only without the candy shell.
Personally, if I were marketing these I couldn't call them Hot Stinky Feet. I'd probably call them "Hot Foot" and have a little image of a foot with some lit matches or something. But maybe some over-protective group thought that'd give kids some bad ideas. Anyway, I couldn't find any mention of these on the Necco site, but did find the good podiatrist's website called Toefood - which is kinda cute too. The Stinky Feet also come in Sour Apple.
Rating - 7 out of 10 (I did eat the whole package, but I doubt I'll buy them again)
POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:16 pm Candy • Review • Necco • Cinnamon • Discontinued • Jelly Candy • 7-Worth It • United States • 99 Cent Only Store •
Friday, August 26, 2005
Filbert Friday
Name: Krachnuss
Before I had a candy blog I had trouble getting people to bring me gifts from their travels. Maybe I was too embarrassed to actually ask for candy from other countries, but now it's a given that if any of my friends (hell, friend's friends) goes anywhere interesting, they are tasked with bringing something back.
At first the name was kind of scary. Krachnuss sounds like "knuckle cracker" to me. And that hazelnut on the package? It's bigger than a chestnut. However, open up the wrapper and it's pure delight.
Those are whole hazelnuts in there. It makes for a rather lumpy bar and the hazelnuts are poorly distributed, but man are they good! Not roasted too long, they have an excellent snap and slightly sweet tinge to their nuttiness. The milk chocolate is sweet and smooth and doesn't try to upstage the delicate hazelnuts. I love hazelnuts, by the way (or filberts as they're called in the Pacific Northwest) and love how they're the peanuts of Europe. Even the packages, which give information about possible allergens only mention soy and almonds - there's no note about any peanuts.
Name: Ragusa
Over the past few weeks the topic of Ice Cubes has come up a few times. At a party, in my interview on Radio Open Source and when Jay gave me this candy bar. For those of you not familiar with Ice Cubes, they're a little chocolate cubes made with hazelnut paste. However, the pernicious part about them is that the first ingredient is hydrogenated coconut oil. I'm lucky my arteries are still open. My first year in the dorms in college there was a little store on campus that let you use your meal card to buy food - I bought a tub of 100 of these (probably cost me the equivalent of 10 meals). Though I love them, I've been trying to resist them ever since then.
Well, along comes a Ragusa bar, and thank goodness the Swiss have made a more wholesome version. You can't tell from the photo, but the bar is about 5 inches long, 1 inch wide and 3/4" high, and pretty dense for its volume. This little bar is filled with a smooth and cool truffley filling and studded with whole hazelnuts. (If this sounds good, you might also want to try Perugina's Baci.) Man, this is a good breakfast. The nuts give it just enough of a protein balance to keep the sugar charged filling from causing glycemic overload.
The bar is a bit messy to eat. It's wrapped in a thick aluminum foil and the chocolate coating only covers the top and bottom, so the sides get kind of sticky. I still haven't managed to get to the end of the bar and master popping the last of it out of the wrapper. It's also been a bit warm here in Southern California the past few days and I wasn't keeping this in the fridge, so on top of its natural softness, it's downright limp. I might just go get a spoon.
Ratings - Krachnuss - 8 out of 10
Meticulously photographed and documented reviews of candy from around the world. And the occasional other sweet adventures. Open your mouth, expand your mind.


text:
Best and Worst Jobs of 2013
Actuaries, physical trainers, and software engineers have it good this year. Lauren Weber joins The News Hub with a look at the best and worst jobs based on income, hiring outlook, stress and more. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the the ... Wall was the best and worst shelves for twenty thirteen ... welcome the new sub I'm Simon Qassam on and the hopeless with my question long while ... thank you Brian much being a ... it was for the past two ... it's an actuary and many people don't even know at that and so what what is the ... actual Aries value financial risks they're the ones who determine how much I pension systems obligations would be twenty years down the road ... and actually also do some more interesting things which is ... odd determine the risks of the ... bridge collapsing in what the financial repercussions of that with the annual summit had an estimate on how I'm with you when you die oh yes my walk walk on a mass based operator China always think that when you're tired and I somewhat with that ... with the book in Aspen for a couple more ... examples of good job with all that to ... well I'm there there were none the action related to you ... America's aging populations am ... some of the ones that apparently did very well our audiologist financial planners ... on physical therapy and some of them are health care professions okay so I'm not Haverty fence and walk ... fact is doing to determining was addicted to ... this list is created by a career website compre or cask of common a look at five criteria ... of income work environment physical demand Strasser and hiring outlook ... so um that's why a certain job that what that's what it tends to be a fair amount of movement with from your dear Laster software engineer was the top job ... this year's actuaries which ... means probably that the world O'Sullivan riskier than it was last ... up to the West show ... I'm sleepy it's your job is in ... it you have the digesting to say that yes newspaper reporter but under talking about people read national newspapers the camel meat and no one was that it was a little time to time and it's a combination of hiring outlook is very por and in some newspapers are starting to go online only that's happening occasionally so and newspapers are shrinking as the ad dollar strength ... lots of other samples of ... tilted once well one was lumberjack which was the worst job last year down the pot that actually testing thousands of lives and low pay yes ah that meant that slightly though apparently bubble partly because the housing outlook is improving and so I'm more lumber is required to build new houses ... on actors also came out on this list ... so as to what exactly is that it's a bit subjective say you can take it with a grain of salt ... write stuff will see what happens next to act and Lauren Weber was still in the US


text:
In order to attract the man of your dreams, Custom Mens Tailor in Parkmore it helps to dress in a way that honors your beautiful body. When I use the word "honor," I don't mean you should dress like a nun or hide yourself in an ankle-length skirt and a turtleneck.
But you should wear only clothes that make the best of your unique
shape. Too many fleshy women (and there are lots of men who prefer robust
females over skimpier lasses) are currently wandering the planet in
low-rise jeans and tank tops, Bespoke Suit Measurements which results in a phenomenon known as
"muffin top." In other words, they're walking around with a wedge of flab
over their waistbands. Not a good look.
Before you hop on whatever trend they're pushing in InStyle magazine,
ask yourself if the look works for you and your beautiful body. I once
read an interview with the actress Sela Ward, Mens Fitted Suits in which she said she
chooses clothes to show off her amazing flat stomach but avoids items that expose her flabby thighs. You see, nobody's perfect!
"Wuthering Heights," I said.
"Really?" he asked. "I just finished Jane Eyre."
And so began a little romance.
Men's Formal Wear - How To Dress With Style
Still bewildered, I told my male friend B. this story years later. I
didn't understand why this Adonis chose Glow-in-the-Dark Terry over the
dark lovelies in bikinis.
"I understand completely," B. responded. "The beach was crawling with
girls in bikinis, and you presented something else. A little mystery."
"In a pair of Levis?"
"Yeah," he said. "The guy probably thought, this girl is different. I
want to talk to her."
Does this mean you should throw away your bikini? Heck, no, especially
if you look good in it. But the point is, be true to yourself. Dress to
make the very best of your unique and beautiful body.
You'll attract men who are looking for someone special for a change.
Custom Mens Tailor in Parkmore ?
Some men like to wear lingerie. For many people, the habit may sound weird and even very unlikely of a man. But the thing is that men have motivations for wanting to dress up in intimate women's wear. Much like any other choices in life though, they have their reasons for doing so and if without any rights infringed upon by their acts, the audience do not have any reasons to question them on the basis of their want for women's lingerie.
Panties are More Comfortable than Brief
Most men prefer to wear panties because they are more comfortable in it. While most men won't admit it, survey shows that men have worn women's panties at least for once in their lives. It could be their wife's, mother's or sister's, but the thing is that men would like to get a feel of how panties feel like. In the process though, some men gets hooked on the comfort of the panties and swear by wearing the same on a regular basis.
Your Relationship: It's Wrong to Compromise
While your man may be one of the populations of men who are into women's underwear, you should act maturely about it. It is improper to compromise your relationship just because of his undergarment preference. Think of the grander things that matter. Remind yourself of the things that you love the most about him, and then get past the fact that he wants the underwear that your wear.
Dress for Dating Success: Clothes to Attract the Man of Your Dreams
With so many colors in mens shirts today it is sometimes difficult to know what shirt goes with what pants and what color shirts should be worn on for different occasions. While many men find themselves drawn to black dress shirts, once they get them home they are never quite sure what to wear with them or what types of occasions these shirts are most suited for.
A Casual Look
One of the reasons men are drawn to black dress shirts is that black shirts no matter what style never seem to truly make it beyond the casual category. Unless you are the rare man that can make anything look stylish and formal it is best to avoid wearing that black shirt for job interviews and professional business meetings where the more formal business look is encouraged. That being said there are many occasions where a black dress shirt can make the perfect statement and even help you stand out and look smart.
Light gray also looks great with color of shirt whether you simply choose a pair of well cut dress pants or a suit. The paler the gray the more dressy the look. Combine this shirt and pant ensemble with a black belt, black, shoes, and a silver and gray striped tie for a really great look. You can also wear a light gray sweater without the tie for a more casual look.
There are other colors that will match well with a mens shirt including black pants with a red tie or sweater and Either black or blue jeans. Black shirts make great accessories to your wardrobe if you know what colors to match your shirt with.


text:
|STS-96 Shuttle Mission Imagery
high res (2.6 M) low res (314 K)
|STS096-715-042 (3 June 1999) --- A STS-96 crew member aboard Discovery recorded this image of the International Space Station (ISS) with a 70mm camera during a fly-around following separation of the two spacecraft. Lake Hulun Nur in the People's Republic of China is visible in the lower left portion of the frame. A portion of the work performed on the May 30 space walk by astronauts Tamara E. Jernigan and Daniel T. Barry is evident at various points on the ISS, including the installation of the Russian-built crane (called Strela) and the U.S.-built crane.
Curator: JSC PAO Web Team | Responsible NASA Official: Amiko Kauderer | Updated: 11/07/2012


text:
Hinkley Lighting Cascade
Special Order
44 In Stock
100+ In Stock
100+ In Stock
1 In Stock
63 In Stock
18 In Stock
100+ In Stock
20 In Stock
100+ In Stock
Special Order
100+ In Stock
About Hinkley Lighting
Hinkley Lighting, one of the most well-respected designers and manufacturers of high-quality lighting, has always been defined by superior materials, distinctive designs and unparalleled craftsmanship. From the elegant and traditional Casa and Plantation collections to the sleek and contemporary Kube and Luna collections.
Hinkley Lighting offers a wide range of designs to match your personal style. They also offer a wide variety of Chandeliers, Hanging Lanterns, Foyer Lighting, Bathroom Lights, Wall Sconces, Outdoor Wall Lighting, Outdoor Post Lights, and Landscape and Pathway Lighting.
About The Hinkley Cascade Collection
The clean, modern lines of Cascade complement the rich alabaster glass, while creating a glowing, indirect lighting effect. The sleek aluminum construction adds to the design's versatility, making this contemporary style perfect for either interior or exterior use. Cascade is standard Dark Sky and ADA compliant.
All Hinkley products (including Freight) ship for FREE within the contiguous United States on orders over $50.
All Hinkley products that ship via UPS or FedEx Ground within the contiguous United States are FREE to return.
We do not charge a restocking fee for any returnable Hinkley products.
If you find a Hinkley product on another site for less than us, we will match it PLUS 10% of the difference. Learn more


text:
STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio and one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts, suits up in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building prior to his trip to Launch Pad 39-B. Glenn and the rest of the STS-95 crew are at KSC to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) which includes mission familiarization activities, emergency egress training, and a simulated main engine cutoff. The other crew members are Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (M.D., Ph.D.), representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), and Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown. The STS-95 mission, targeted for liftoff on Oct. 29, includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. Following the TCDT, the crew will be returning to Houston for final flight preparations. (Photo Release Date: 10/09/98 )
KSC-98EC-1290 - Raw ASCII Text Caption file
KSC-98EC-1290 - Low (GIF Format, 320x240 pixels x 256 colors, approx 50 Kbytes)
KSC-98EC-1290 - Medium (JPEG format, 1024x768 pixels x 256 colors, approx 250 Kbytes)
KSC-98EC-1290 - High (JPEG, 2040x2640 pixels x 16 million colors, approx 400 Kbytes)
STS-95 KSC Photo IndexNext Image KSC-98EC-1291
DISCLAIMER: No copyright protection is asserted for these photographs.
If a recognizable person appears in this photograph, use for commercial purposes may infringe a right of privacy or publicity. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA of a commercial product. These photographs are available for preview and download in electronic digital form ONLY. They may not be ordered from NASA in photograph form. (See NASA Copyright Notice)


text:
Marc Dubois is an international development consultant.
Since the 2007 spike in global food prices, the international media and myriad international organizations have picked up on a new phenomenon in globalization: 'land grabs'. 'Land grabs' is the highly negative term given to purchases of agriculturally productive land in developing countries by, most often, foreign multinational agricultural firms. Since 2007, LDCs have rented or sold an acerage of farmland equal to 1.14 times the size of France, usually leased at between 3 and 10 dollars per hectare per year. The most common story behind the land purchases is thus: a developed country that has declining agricultural output, such as China, or population growth set to outpace domestic food production, like India, will financially support one of its agricultural firms to purchase cheap land in a developing country in order to produce foodstuffs or biofuel for export back to the home country. This phenomenon has occurred all across the globe, but most often in Africa.
There is a fierce debate in the development community over the value and the effects of this practice. In general, the investors purchase large areas of land, bringing with them the modern tools and techniques necessary for factory farming. Large-scale farming requires developed infrastructure, such as electricity, roads, and irrigation. In theory, developing countries that allow land grabs to happen will benefit from this introduction of advanced farming techniques and a productive partner in building up rural infrastructure.
However, some stakeholders in the international community, most notably civil society organizations that support peasant groups, argue that land grabs are detrimental and should be avoided for two reasons. The first is that the agricultural investors do little to develop the regions they inhabit. Indeed, there are persistent allegations that the Ethiopian government is actually breaking down rural society by forcing its rural citizens into villagization programs that free up land for investment. The second reason fundamentally challenges the basis of agricultural development: large-scale farms are less productive than small-scale farms. This debate erupted recently in a row between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which has recently come out in favor of large scale farming, and civil society groups that favor small-scale agricultural development.
There is no hard answer as to which agricultural technique is better for fostering economic development. But it behooves the international community to identify several fundamental truths regarding the argument. The first is that it is important for the development community to disregard their inclination to interpret African governments as hapless victims of wealthy international agricultural firms. Most of the time, LDC governments have well-developed reasons for allowing foreign agricultural firms to purchase their land at rock-bottom rates. They are not strong-armed into allowing land grabs due to international economic pressures; they genuinely seek infrastructure and economic development from the foreign firms.
The second truth is that while the jury is out on whether large-scale farming is more productive, it is almost certainly more ecologically damaging. Fertilizers, mass deforestation, and monocropping are all associated with large-scale farming, and all are environmentally harmful. With LDCs among some of the highest countries at risk for environmental catastrophes, environmental practices cannot be neglected. In evaluating development plans, it is important to remember that economic growth is not a goal in and of itself, and must be accompanied by environmentally sustainable economic activity. Small-scale farming is more adaptive to climate change, and generally requires fewer environmentally damaging inputs.
A third and final truth is that development programs regarding agriculture require input from the communities they impact. For example, in order to determine whether large-scale farming will work, the community near the prescribed site of the farm should be consulted on a variety of issues. If, for example, they cannot expect employment at the large farm, is there a city near by with the capacity to absorb those who choose to leave? If the city is at social and economic capacity, it might be best to work on developing small-scale agricultural productivity through land ownership grants and technology transfers, that way more food is produced for the nearby city and the rural population remains employed.
Whether land grabs are useful or harmful will ultimately be decided by how and where they are applied. The development community must respond to this reality and adapt development projects to account for rising international land sales.


text:
September 23, 2004
LOS ANGELES — UCLA Anderson School of Management was featured in a special report in The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 22 that ranked the school among the top business schools nationwide. UCLA Anderson was the only southern California business school listed on the National schools ranking of, "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Business Schools: Recruiters' Top Picks."
UCLA Anderson was also featured in Princeton Review's Best 143 Business Schools, ranking in the top 10 in four of 11 categories, and Business 2.0's MBA Insider's Guide to America's Top Business Schools, which is a special report (not a ranking) that looks at business schools where career prospects are brightest.
"We're pleased that our MBA programs continue to demonstrate enduring value to our students, alumni and corporate recruiters," said Bruce G. Willison, dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management.
The Wall Street Journal
On Sept. 22, 2004, The Wall Street Journal published its fourth annual Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive survey of corporate recruiters, the results of which culminated into, "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Business Schools: Recruiters' Top Picks."
UCLA Anderson ranked 19th on the National schools ranking of top business schools in this survey, which saw some significant changes to its methodology this year. The most significant change is that The Wall Street Journal created three separate rankings:
- National schools in North America
- Regional schools in North America
- International schools
Princeton Review
Princeton Review published on Sept. 21, 2004, its book and rankings lists entitled, "The Best 143 Business Schools." Princeton Review surveyed more than 11,000 students at 143 business schools and took their opinions, along with statistics reported by school administrators, to create 11 rankings lists, each one identifying the top 10 business schools in a specific category.
UCLA Anderson ranked in the following four of the 11 categories:
- Best Campus Environment – 2nd
- Best Overall Academic Experience – 7th
- Best Career Prospects – 8th
- Greatest Opportunity for Women – 9th
Business 2.0
In its Sept. 2004 issue, Business 2.0 published its MBA Insider's Guide to America's Top Business Schools. This report describes what it's like to attend these top schools and what sets them apart from one another. UCLA Anderson was featured with strengths that include entrepreneurship and entertainment.
For detailed information on the above surveys, please see articles online at:
The Wall Street Journal
(sign in/paid registration required)
Princeton Review
(sign in/free registration required)
Business 2.0
(sign in/paid registration required)


text:
The AAFP National Research Network (AAFP NRN) is recruiting practices to participate in a research project designed to evaluate a patient-centered, shared decision-making intervention that involves managing menopausal symptoms in women ages 45-65. The project is slated to include 12 primary care practices that use an electronic health record (EHR) system and have a wireless Internet connection patients can readily access.
Study Context
About half of all women ages 45-60 experience at least one menopausal symptom, but only one-third of them say they have talked with their primary care clinician about management options, and 45 percent say information about treating menopausal symptoms is confusing.
Previous research has demonstrated that hormone therapy (HT) is the most effective treatment for such symptoms and is an acceptable management option for many women as old as 59. For women who cannot or do not want to use HT, however, other options may be considered. In addition, it's important to ensure that women ages 60-65 stop using HT -- unless it's deemed appropriate -- because of the added risks associated with long-term HT use.
Furthermore, it has been shown that women's breast cancer risk rises with age. Medications to mitigate the likelihood of developing primary breast cancer are recommended for those at increased risk, but their use remains low. Because the issues that affect women on either end of this age spectrum (i.e., older or younger than 60) vary and require different management options, it is important to offer appropriate and individualized treatment choices.
Design and Implementation
Each practice selected to participate in the AAFP NRN project will enroll about four patients -- selected from women in the practice who come in for a chronic care visit or annual exam -- per month for 10-12 months, for a total of 40 women. Participating practices will be issued two tablet computers for the women to use for all project-related activities. After giving informed consent, each of the women will provide basic demographic information, confirm their current menopausal drug therapy and complete a brief post-visit survey.
As the women cycle into the intervention phase of the project, they also will complete two health risk appraisals that focus on menopause symptoms and breast cancer risk. Tailored educational video vignettes will be provided to boost their knowledge about menopause. Participating health care professionals will be asked to complete a one-hour educational session before the intervention begins.
The primary aims of the project are to
- evaluate the impact of improved information collection and documentation of diagnosis of menopausal or postmenopausal symptoms, and
- assess patient and health care professional satisfaction with the shared decision-making process.
Addressing medication use and patient-clinician communication will be secondary aims of the project.
Practices that complete all activities during the yearlong project will receive $7,000 in compensation and will be able to keep the two tablet computers. In addition, AAFP members have the option of self-reporting as many as 22 CME credits for research participation.
The study is funded by grants from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.
Practices interested in participating are invited to apply online(www.surveymonkey.com). Questions may be directed to AAFP NRN Research Project Manager Robin Liston, M.P.H., via email to email@example.com or by phone at (800) 274-2237, Ext. 3175.
This page will be removed from your Favorites Links. Are you sure?


text:
February 12, 2011
David Birrer joined teammate Evan Rhinesmith as an individual champion at the 2011 North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championship meet by winning the 200-yard butterfly. The Little Giants finished third in the final team scoring.
Birrer (right) narrowly out-touched Kenyon's Joe Pysnik in the finals of the 200 fly, winning with a time of 1:51.64 to meet the NCAA "B" cut qualifying time. He was joined in the finals by Adam Current, who finished ninth with a time of 1:57.11. Logan Falley took 15th place in the 200 fly by finishing in 2:03.02. Brad Wise also scored for the Little Giants with his 20th-place finish (2:06.03).
The Wabash 400-yard freestyle relay of Eric Vaughn, Birrer, Rhinesmith, and Charles Williams earned All-NCAC honors by finishing third with a time of 3:10.21.
Two other Little Giant swimmers competed in the A finals on the final night of the meet. David Phillips took eighth place in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:55.32. Rhinesmith scored an eighth-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a finals time of 2:10.38. Paul Buescher added a tenth-place finish in the event with a time of 2:10.06.
Five Wabash athletes competed in the finals of the 100 freestyle. Williams finished 12th for Wabash (47.49), while Vaughn was 13th (48.02). Alex Beck scored a 16th-place finish (48.50), while Jake Pahud touched in 21st place (50.30). Jacob Alter added a 23rd-place finish (50.70).
Phillips also picked up a seventh-place finish in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 16:28.85. Chad Woods finished in 14th place (17:14.87), while Logan Rice was 19th (17:44.70).
Divers Jake Schild and Jacob Anderson also scored for Wabash on the one-meter board. Schild took sixth place with a total of 383.85 points. Anderson was 11th with 268.55 points.
Wabash scored a total of 805 points in the final team standings for its third-place finish. Denison won the team competition with 1,774.5 points, followed by national powerhouse Kenyon with 1,572.5 points. Wittenberg was a distance fourth place with a total of 691 points, followed by Wooster (671.5), Oberlin (659), Allegheny (633), Ohio Wesleyan (398), and Hiram (334.5).


text:
Sledding Hill Showdown
It's Christmas Eve.
I'm going to be honest and admit to being a little bummed about not being snowed in like last year, but we're headed north in the big rig and preparing for QT with family, an outdoor movie theater with the Polar Bear Express, and probably some fun photo-making.
We're not bringing bikes. Or probably even thinking about bikes. Which is rad sometimes, ya know?
In the spirit of balance, I give you a Christmas Re-Run (Christmas is the best time for re-runs, yes?) Sledding hill showdown is one of my favorite pieces of family lore of all time. I posted it this time last year, but I wager it will be new to some readers.
Tomorrow I'll re-issue "World Domination from a Hot Pink Banana Seat" – a tale that is not without bloodshed, but ultimately relives a moment of childhood two-wheeled triumph.
[Note: The photo above is an actual photo from the sledding hill in question - unfortunately you cannot see the hockey patch on my yellow jacket.]
Showdown on the Sledding Hill
I am four years old.
My entire family is packed into a tiny, yellow 1969 super-beetle. My parents bought it way back in the long, long ago… brand new off the lot. It is our family car.
Besides my sister and I in the back seat, there are also our two full-sized dobermans, Greta and Soldier. They go with us everywhere. As far as we are concerned kennels are for assholes and dogs are family.
It is December 23rd and we are headed to a small Bavarian-style town in the mountains. It is a 3 hour journey and we are 1.5 hours in. We have just hit the snow-line and I am going bananas.
We have to stop to put chains on so I am allowed to play in the bank next to the highway. My sister is 12 and pelts me with a snowball square in the noggin. I am wearing a yellow, quilted jacket and my hockey patch is sewn onto the left shoulder. The figure skating patch is on the right shoulder but right now I am really into hockey.
Ok. I am really into anything that my sister is doing. And she plays hockey. And she is a lot better than the boys. But I'm used to that by now. She beats them at everything, even football.
Boys are dumb. Even my Dad says that (and he should know).
The dogs are looking bewildered. They are brother and sister, both about 8 years old. Soldier is impressed by the snow for about .479 seconds and then climbs back in the bug. Greta is trying to catch snowflakes with her tongue. After a while she gets distracted and walks a few steps away to make yellow snow.
Later that night we are all bundled in winter gear and headed to the Christmas tree lot. The great thing about buying a tree on December 23 is that you get to cut a deal with the guy at the lot. Mom and Dad chat him up while my sister and I hem and haw about which side of the tree is the best. We have spent the afternoon making chains out of construction paper and popcorn and cranberries. I like the way the cranberries bleed when you poke them with the needles. I always do it nice and slow.
Dad says I have always been a little bit morbid. Since I was strong enough to clasp my hand in a fist I have had this thing for pulling his chest hairs. He used to lay me against him and I would tug and tug and tug.
We are a rough family and that is mostly because of my dad. He grew up having pitch-fork fights with his siblings. He was one of the middle boys out of a 5 (there were also 4 girls) and so he got it the worst. He is good at wrassling and he will let me bop him right in the belly with all my might. It never even phases him.
I am infinitely impressed by this.
He carries the skinny tree home and sets it up while my sister and I bounce up and down holding our popcorn chains and screaming for him to hurry! hurry! hurry! mom has brought a box of our ornaments and when she opens it we begin to vibrate. I squeel when I find the ones that I made for her. My sister's are better but that's ok because she's older. I know how it works.
Heather. Heather is my sister and she is tough. She takes care of me a lot because mom sometimes has to cover the police beat. Or sometimes she covers the schoolboard meetings and they can go all night if you get the parents angry enough. She has lots of stories about angry parents.
On late nights Heather makes me macaroni and cheese and she usually hides broccoli under cheese so that I'll think it's good. I fall for that trick more times than you'd wager.
The last thing to go on the tree is the star. My parents brought the star back from Mexico way back when they were first married. It's made out of tin and painted bright colors. It's constructed so you can lace the lights all through the inside. They reflect off the angles of the tin and cast light onto the wall. It's probably the best star in the whole world. That is my assessment at the early age of four years old.
The rest of the ornaments are little fragments of memories and time. Felt things that my grandfather sewed after the muscular dystrophy first came and put him in the big chair all day. That man was always industrious. Before he lost control of the muscles in his arms he would sit around after our card games and make loop rugs and high-tech paper airplanes. He couldn't walk so he constructed. Who needs walking?
With the star on the tree there was only one thing left to do. Heather and I had to make our appearance on the infamous sledding hill.
Leavenworth is a small, Bavarian style town. The center is a park that is built on a small hill and in the winter every tree is covered with an impossible number of Christmas lights. The BIG ones. Carolers stroll through and the church bells bang out a familiar tune every few minutes. Every kid with any sense in their head at all is on that hill after supper time.
This year, I am making my big-kid debut. Heather and I are sent out alone. She is dragging the big, orange toboggan sled and walking at a pace that I am having trouble matching. I don't want to complain though. I need to be tough.
I have a red roll-up sled under my left arm and I am watching my big moon-boots as they tromp tromp tromp through the snow. I am at a slight jog. My sister is built like a beanpole and dad says I will be too – I'm just not quite there yet. Her legs cover ground that I can't even think about.
When we get to the hill I case the joint. It only takes one look to figure out that my sister is going to own this hill. This is the cool part about being with Heather. She kicks the ass and I make sure to take the names.
There are a bunch of wimpy, dumb boys at the far end of the park and they appear to be making a jump. O dude. My sister is SO the queen of jumps. These dudes are toast.
We set to work. I want to make a run but I've never gone by myself so I stick close to my sister. This means helping build her jump, which needs to rival that of the boys. Building a killer jump takes time and effort but she is a work-horse and she is doing triple time compared to those chumps. They're watching us and I know it. I push the snow around as best I can.
Finally. It is time.
Heather has to test the run, to make sure that the jump isn't too big for me. That's what she says anyway.
She takes a running start with the orange sled in her right hand. Just as she hits the crest she throws it in front of her and takes a flying leap, landing on her belly, with her skinny nose just point over the front edge of the sled. O baby, this is the big time. Belly down on the first run? I told you those bozos were toast.
She is gaining speed like nobody's business. She is a madwoman. She always gets this incredible glaze in her eyes when she is on the edge. And she is almost always on the edge of everything. Hell, she almost got kicked out of pee-wee football for being too rough.
She hits the jump like a runaway train and dangles there in the air like an ornament. One leg raised slightly for balance, keeping her from flipping. One arm out to the other side. The sledding hill is silent and my eyes refuse to blink. She is up there forever.
When she lands it is terrific. Smooth but solid. It makes a big noise that makes you think it hurt like you wouldn't believe. But as soon as she slows she is springing off that orange sled with her fist in the air. She is sprinting back up the hill toward me in a show of strength and triumph and ownership. We haven't even seen those boys take a run and we still know who owns the park.
"C'mon it's your turn! C'mon, get ready! It's great – it's the best jump ever!"
I'm a little worried. It's a big jump and she's got 8 years, 2 feet and at least 60 pounds on me. But I can't lose face now. This is my big-kid debut. If she thinks I can do it then I can. That's the way it's always been. That's the way it is tonight.
I roll out the red sled and she stops me. "No way. That thing won't work. You have to use the toboggan."
And she hands me the sacred toboggan. The BIG big kid sled. O my god. This is like the day she let me ride the Green Machine. O my fucking god.
I don't go belly down. I'm no fool. I sit with my legs straight out in front of me. Fat, little-kid fingers clutching the sides. I have an off-white hat on with a little puff-ball on top. As she gives me a push I imagine the way my little puff-ball is gonna dance when I hit the ground on the other side of that jump. My eyes are full of big-kid dreams.
All at once the nose of the sled meets the front edge of the jump. I bear down. Somewhere in the black night air my voice is pulsating. A little, four-year-old scream. High and clear. Terror.
I Am. Flying.
The town unfolds before me and the church bells are everywhere. The lights are a blur. The snow is perfect. The trees are my minions. I am so high. I own everything. And I can hear my sister's voice cheering for me in the background. I am light so I soar long and far.
But contrary to what you'd expect, I land HARD.
I land so hard that my teeth shake in my head. My fingers are white-knuckling the edge of the sled. My legs rattle.
I am still flying. Only not in the air anymore. I am speeding along the well-padded snow. I am racing.
And unlike the big kids who drag their feet or roll over, I have no idea how to stop. I just keep going.
Soon there is a tree. I see it and know it wants me. I know that I can't be that girl who ran into the tree. Especially not with Heather's rep on the line. I shift my weight and veer hard to the right. Out of the line of the tree but over another completely invisible bump instead. It's tiny so no one really even notices. Except for me. It makes my tummy tickle a little bit and I feel funny.
It is an all-star performance.
But something has gone awry. My bottom becomes slowly warm. This is gonna be bad.
Heather is rushing toward me. She is all congratulations and exclamations and loving me with her words the way she always does. And I am smiling and trying to be big and not look scared. But I'm not a good actress yet.
"What's wrong?"
Her face drops.
"I. I. I'm not sure. I feel. Wet."
Her face is a crinkle.
"It's the snow."
It's not the snow, we find out. It's me. It's a little four-year-old girl who hit a bump and peed her snow-pants. I am warm and wet but the warm part is turning to freezing cold.
"O Jesus." She rolls her eyes.
She never does this so I know I am in trouble. I ruined the sledding hill and you just don't mess with the sledding hill.
"Do you need to get home?"
I am non-committal. Trying to stay out of trouble and still get her to take me home. No one knows but still I am humiliated.
"I'm. I'm getting a little bit cold down there."
It is too much. I start to cry. I am uncomfortable and a failure. An uncomfortable failure.
"O god," she groans, "Get up. C'mon. Let's go home."
So that's it. One run each. That's all we get for the big debut. She is disappointed but I am secretly happy.
Later, when mom puts me in a warm bath, I explain to her how we owned the sledding hill. You know… until that thing happened.
"It was an accident." I repeat.
"I know it was an accident, baby." She says, "You're my little warm puppy dog."
When she calls me that I know I'm not in trouble any more so I play imaginary games where my fingers are people and they all crash their boats and drown.
Dad always said I had a morbid streak.
My sister is outside with dad building snow forts in the yard. In the morning there will be a great snowball war and I will do my part by losing miserably.
For now it is me and mom in the tub. Me drowning the finger-people and wondering what is in those packages under our homemade tree in the living room.
For now it is me, the little warm puppy dog. Dreaming of owning the sledding hill again tomorrow night.
One Response to "Sledding Hill Showdown"
Absolutely great story. Some of the fun, joy, and bittersweet parts of childhood rolled into your tale.


text:
| Home | Contact Us
Live Streams
+ Show More Streams
CT-N, Capitol Report (Audio)
Category: Politics
Description:Connecticut Network is the citizens source for complete and balanced television and webcast coverage of Connecticut state government and public policy.Capitol Report gives you highlights of the debates, decisions and developments at the State Capitol, pulled from our award-winning gavel-to-gavel coverage of state government and public affairs. Capitol Report can help you understand the basics of state government-in-progress and capture important moments you may have missed during the week.
Phone: 860-246-1553
Home | FAQ | Awards | Privacy Policy | Download Policy
Submit Your Event for Coverage by CT-N (Checklist) | Careers | Contact Us


text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Travel partner Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Travel partner Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Travel View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message LauraJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 1Location: Seoul, Korea Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2003 6:00 pm Post subject: Travel partner Hey all! I'm looking for a travel partner who wants to travel through Southeast Asia in March. My contract is up next month, and I plan to spend a month or two traveling through Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Laos. If anyone's interested, at least in joining me for part of the way, please email me! Cheers Back to top chi-keiJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 101Location: http://hk.geocities.com/chikei1984 Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 7:20 am Post subject: Great It's sound great. If I were not a student, I would join you. However, i will have a public exam to attempt in March, I am so sorry..... _________________Now, the "nameless monster" has turned into an actually existing man. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Travel All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


text:
andrewo needed a new wordpress theme design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
You know how when you go to a conference and on the first day of the keynote the announcer says "Hey, everybody, use #ft09 as the hashtag to twitter about this...," and then you promptly forget it, and then maybe you tweet later to ask "What was that tag we were supposed to use?" and no one knows? Well, this site is designed to fix that problem.
We're a startup (well, OK, a guy with a vision for a great tool building this on a shoestring!) building a cross-platform tool (both browser and desktop) for managing social media campaigns. The basic idea of the site is that it gives marketing managers, promoters, or event managers a central point to create, manage, track, and (most importantly) distribute the various tags (hash tags, @ tags, stuff on flick, wordpress, etc) they want to use in for a promotional event.
The initial audience are people who need to manage social media campaigns, such as:
* Marketing managers
* Event promoters
* Event managers
* PR people
* Ad agencies
Basically, a lot of these people's jobs are moving managing a pretty clear cut project with defined goals and responsibilities into a sort of "shepherd in chief" for a host of third parties (bloggers, potential event attendees, prominent community members). Their goal is to get these people to talk up the event, but they don't really have many tools at their disposal. So, they're a bit frustrated.
These people are generally clued into marketing, but don't have a technical background. They have a sense of aesthetics, as well, so they need a design that doesn'y look like something tossed together by a bunch of hackers. (That's where you come in).
I've created a set of wireframes that I've posted here:
They detail the main sections of the site -- a home page, an FAQ, a "plans and pricing", and a "Sign In". You will not need to do anything in the dashed lines of the content box.
* The main content box (the one with the dashes) must have height = 800px, width = 700px
* The design must convey a professional, credible image, but not be too corporate.
* No stock photos. I'd like the colors and your flair for design to speak for itself.
* The design must be clear, crisp, and inviting
* Have a distinctive color palette -- something classic. (No neon limes or anything. Personally, I like tones, but you decide).
* It's trite, but the design should have a "Web 2.0" feel
* I need the following button images that should fit the theme of the site:
-- "Feedback"
-- "Sign Up"
-- "Explore Plans and Pricing"
* I don't have plans for an elaborate logo (on the to do list) but I'd love to see some creative suggestions for the "Logo goes here" box.
* Must include space for secondary nav (see the wireframes)


text:
Up to [cvs.NetBSD.org] / src / crypto / dist / ssh
Request diff between arbitrary revisions
Default branch: MAIN
Current tag: v31-20020308
Revision 184.108.40.206 / (download) - annotate - [selected] (vendor branch), Fri Mar 8 01:21:43 2002 UTC (17 years ago) by itojun
Branch: OPENSSH
CVS Tags: v31-20020308
Changes since 126.96.36.199: +53 -41 lines
Diff to previous 188.8.131.52 (colored)
OpenSSH 3.1 as of 2002/3/8. plugs off-by-one security hole
This form allows you to request diff's between any two revisions of a file. You may select a symbolic revision name using the selection box or you may type in a numeric name using the type-in text box.


text:
Sepsis Regulations: Guidance Document 405.4 (a)(4)
(i) Protocols shall apply to all patients in the hospital except those excluded as described in (ii) below, and include use of explicit algorithms and/or alert systems to assist in the early identification of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock including an approach to stratifying patients into sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock based on a constellation of appropriate clinical and laboratory findings. Protocols directed at treatment should address both ER and inpatient presentations of severe sepsis and septic shock for adults and for children.
(ii) Protocols must make exclusion criteria explicit. Appropriate criteria for exclusion from application of a severe sepsis/septic shock protocol include the following: patients for whom the interventions in the protocol are clinically contraindicated; persons with advance directives in place at the time of care which preclude any of the protocol interventions; persons for whom the patient or surrogate decision maker declined or is unwilling to consent to such interventions; and those enrolled in IRB approved clinical trials for which trial interventions are inconsistent with established protocols. Protocols for children may exclude newborns and infants in the NICU. Hospitals will be required to track and provide a limited amount of information regarding excluded patients (including reasons for exclusions) for purposes of data reporting to the Department.
(iii) For adults, treatment targets to maintain adequate perfusion and oxygenation and normalize lactate must be specified, including explicit methods for measurement of adequate perfusion and oxygenation;
Protocols for adults should include at a minimum: measurement of lactate level and for those with severe sepsis unresponsive to initial fluid resuscitation (hypotension or elevated lactate) , the delivery of appropriate crystalloid infusion with or without vasopressors and a quantitative method to monitor results and re-measure lactate (if elevated) within 6 hours of severe sepsis identification . Protocols must include a minimum amount for an initial fluid bolus. Timeframe goals to complete administration of interventions for severe sepsis and septic shock should be consistent with current evidence based recommendations. Protocols must also include criteria for on-going treatment and transfer of those adults who may require a more intensive level of care than is able to be provided at the initial facility.
(iv) For infants and children, protocols should include age-specific values for clinical and laboratory measurements pertinent to recognition of severe sepsis and septic shock. Protocols should address early intravenous (IV) or intraosseous (IO) access and be consistent with American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) guidelines in terms of fluid resuscitation amounts, antibiotic administration, physiologic goals to be reached within 60 minutes of initial resuscitation of administration and use of cardiovascular drug therapy support in fluid refractory septic shock. Protocols must also include criteria for on-going treatment and transfer for those infants and children who may require a more intensive level of care than is able to be provided at the initial facility.
(v) Protocols for adults and children should include obtaining blood cultures prior to antibiotic administration, and other infectious source identification and control efforts as appropriate, with the goal of initiation of appropriate broad spectrum antibiotics within one hour of identification of severe sepsis or septic shock.
(vi) All protocols must clearly describe an explicit and quantitative approach used to guide resuscitation, including the following:
- What physiologic measurements will be used to guide resuscitation interventions
- What physiologic thresholds and/or clinical conditions will require insertion of central venous catheter with or without central venous pressure and central venous oxygen saturation monitoring to be considered
- What physiologic thresholds and/or clinical conditions will require use of vasopressors
((5) Hospitals shall describe, in a document separate from treatment protocols, the manner and frequency with which they will provide initial and ongoing training to all staff responsible for implementation of sepsis protocols in the emergency room and on inpatient floors. Such training shall include, but not be limited to, appropriate medical (including physicians in training when present), nursing, pharmacy, and laboratory staff . Hospitals shall also describe how they make information technology resources available to assist in the implementation of protocols and the collection of required data for reporting to the Department of Health.
(6) Hospitals must submit information to the Department using a standardized format and electronic methodology developed by the Department no later than September 3. 2013 . The information to be submitted will include the following:
- CEO signed attestation of compliance with this regulation and commitment of institutional support to implement severe sepsis and septic shock protocols and reporting requirements, as required by regulation and contained within the hospital's protocols;
- Chief Medical Officer signed attestation that the required components of the protocols, as outlined in regulations and in this guidance document, are contained within the hospital's protocols;
- An indication as to whether the hospital is using an 'invasive' or 'non-invasive' protocol; 'invasive' protocol is defined by early insertion of a central venous catheter for all adult severe sepsis and septic shock patients with associated monitoring of central venous pressure and central venous oxygen saturation; if a hospital is using both approaches, a description of the circumstances or settings in which one or the other is being used;
- Excerpts of the hospital's relevant protocol document which documents the required elements as outlined in regulations and this guidance document;
- The hospital's explicit criteria for defining when a pediatric protocol will be applied versus an adult protocol; and
- Criteria that will be used to decide when or how frequently protocols must be updated.
7 (i) Adherence measures for adults shall include patient specific, identifying information on the entirety of individuals who are eligible for severe sepsis or septic shock protocols and shall be consistent with the National Quality Forum approved severe sepsis measure with the following exceptions: (1) components which assume use of central venous pressure and central venous oxygen saturation shall not be reported if not relevant due to use of 'non-invasive' (no central venous access) protocol; (2) multiple definitions of 'time zero' shall be used for purposes of quality improvement and to recognize differences between characteristics of care delivered in the emergency department compared to inpatient units of hospitals. These definitions will include: (a) earliest time recorded (time of arrival); (b) time of triage; (c) time at which signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings are first consistent with definitions of severe sepsis or septic shock (time of meeting definitional criteria) and (d) time at which the severe sepsis or septic shock protocol was initiated.
Adherence measures for children shall include the entirety of individuals who are eligible for severe sepsis and septic shock protocols and shall be consistent with evidence-based guidelines.
Adherence measurement data shall be submitted to the Department using a web-enabled process in a format developed by the Department consistent with requirements for encryption, privacy and confidentiality. (ii) Additional clinical variables necessary to calculate risk adjusted mortality rates shall be added to the data reporting tool used for calculation of protocol adherence rates. Clinical variables may include, but not be limited to, information regarding organ failure, lactate levels, infection site and etiology, ICU admission, vital signs, mental status, demographics including age, treatment site (emergency department vs inpatient unit), nursing home residence, use of vasopressors, use of mechanical ventilation, transfer status, complete blood count results.
8 (ii) Definitions: Severe Sepsis for pediatrics is defined as sepsis plus one of the following: cardiovascular organ dysfunction or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or two or more organ dysfunctions-consistent with International Pediatric Sepsis Consensus Conference definition.


text:
Congratulations to Lori (Commenter #12) on winning this $50 giveaway!
I take for granted the abundance of clean water that I am able to drink each and every day. When I think of all of those out there that have no access to clean water, it makes me ashamed that I admitted to you that I rarely drink it.
A quick look at the statistics on Water Partners International, I am able to see the sobering truth about what a beautiful thing it is to have clean water for my family.
- 3.575 million people die each year from water-related disease
- 43% of water-related deaths are due to diarrhea.
- 84% of water-related deaths are in children ages 0- 14.
- 98% of water-related deaths occur in the developing world.
- 884 million people, lack access to safe water supplies, approximately one in eight people.
- The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns
- At any given time, half of the world's hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from a water-related disease.
- Less than 1% of the world's fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use.
- An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than the typical person living in a developing country slum uses in a whole day.
Yes, the facts are grim and it saddens me deeply to know that so few people have the great privilege of drinking crystal clear water that comes straight from their sink each day. I don't have to haul water in pails for my family, I can wash my clothes in clean water, and I don't have to worry about my family's health when we drink our water. How blessed am I?
Despite these sad facts there are small ways that you can make a big difference for others. Crystal Light would like you to sign up for the Water Way Challenge so that they can offer assistance to those who do not have access to clean water. Through this campaign, Crystal Light has a goal of assisting 900 million people through this campaign initiative.
To help encourage discussion about hydration, I will be offering a fun giveaway of $50 to one lucky reader each day that I post about this challenge (four opportunities in all). To enter this giveaway, please leave a comment by 06/23 (Tuesday) at 8PM EST and tell me one thing you have learned through this campaign?
If you didn't already, I encourage you to enter to win $50 from each of our posts:
Would you like additional entries? For each item completed, you can post one additional entry below:
1. Enter the $250 Divine Caroline Giveaway and come back here to let me know you have entered.
2. Subscribe to my blogs, (pick one or subscribe to all three) then leave a comment letting me know you have with. If you are already subscribed, just let me know with your additional entry.
3. Follow me on Twitter (@momadvice) and let me know you are my latest and greatest friend!
Photo Credit: Samaritans Purse
(Please note that this post has been sponsored by Crystal Light. We are happy to be working with the company and sharing the message about hydration and giving others access to clean water through this sponsorship)


text:
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President Donald Trump likely has a way to avoid it, but a message popping up near his Mar-a-Lago resort couldn't be more clear: "IMPEACHMENT NOW"
In full, the billboard reads "Impeachment now, Make America America Again!" and will go up March 19 to April 15 over Interstate 95, according to the Miami Herald. It is located about 2 miles from the resort.
Mad Dog PAC is the left-wing organization providing funding for the sign.
It's the same group that put up a billboard in Pensacola, Florida, calling the National Rifle Association a "terrorist organization."
Mad Dog PAC founder Claude Taylor, a former Clinton staffer, told WPEC-TV in a statement Trump is "unfit, ill-prepared, and unstable."
►Make it easy to keep up-to-date with more stories like this. Download the 10 News app now.
Have a news tip? Email firstname.lastname@example.com, visit our Facebook page or Twitter feed.


text:
**** Scroll down to see NEW DATES ADDED (plus one class added for Elements users too) ****
How to Use Cards & Templates: The Online Photoshop Training Class
It's that time of year again. Whether you are a professional photographer offering holiday cards to your customers or a hobbyist wanting to make collages, cards, and gifts for your friends and family, you will want to know how work with cards in Photoshop: add your images, change colors and alter text as desired. This MCP Online Group Workshop makes using cards and templates easy and fun.
Not only will you learn how to add pictures to your templates, you will know how to use clipping masks, adjust colors (where applicable), change text, and more. And thanks to some amazing partnerships and collaborations with MCP Actions, this class will include dozens of cards and templates for photographers from leading designers. New this year, class also comes with 23 beautiful digital papers.
Once you sign up for this workshop, you will get the following:
- Hundreds of dollars worth of cards, templates, digital papers: dozens of designs (one sided and double sided cards, calender templates, senior templates, wedding set, and more) by leading graphic designers for photographers.
- A 1 1/2 hour live workshop teaching you how to use the cards and templates: you will learn clipping masks, layer order, changing colors when applicable, adding or changing text, and more! See the bottom of this post for times and dates available.
Since this class is seasonal, dates, prices and purchase info is at the bottom of this post.
Here are thumbnails of some of the cards, templates, and digital papers that come with the workshop:
Thank you to the following contributing designers. Please visit their sites for amazing products:
Simplicity Photography Designs
Investment: The "card and template workshop" is $125 per participant for a 1.5 hour live online group training, and includes dozens or cards, templates, and digital papers (most, but not all, shown above).
Class Times/Dates: 3 dates are currently scheduled. More will be added if/when these fill. Bookmark this post if you want to check for new dates. Please make sure you select the date above the Buy Now button for the class you want. Details on attending this online class and links to the downloads will be sent two days prior to the workshop. Read the Workshop FAQ section to better understand how MCP Online Classes work.
Photoshop Class: for those with Photoshop CS2, CS3, CS4, or CS5. Need to be familiar with the layout and basic functions and tools in Photoshop. I will teach the class using CS5.
October 5th, 2010 – Tuesday – 10:00-11:30 AM eastern time – SOLD OUT
October 14th, 2010 – Thursday – 2:00-3:30 PM eastern time – SOLD OUT
October 23th, 2010 – Saturday – 2:00-3:30 PM eastern time – SOLD OUT
October 26th, 2010 – Tuesday – 8:30-10:00 PM eastern time – SOLD OUT
Just Added: Elements Class: for those with Elements 8, Elements 7, Elements 6 or Elements 5. Need to be familiar with the layout and basic functions and tools in Elements. This class will be taught by Erin from Texas Chicks Blog and Pics. She is the official Elements Consultant for MCP Actions. She also teaches other Elements classes. Check them out here! Sign up for the card workshop for elements by using the BUY NOW button below.
October 19th, 2010 – Tuesday 11:00 to 12:30 PM eastern time
Once purchased, your money is non-refundable. I will send details and the card/template download links 2 days prior. Once this email is sent you will not be able to cancel and apply toward a different class since products will have been emailed.


text:
road to Damascus
Jump to navigation Jump to search
From the Bible New Testament book Acts of the Apostles. Ch.9 Referring to the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, later known as the Apostle Paul, to Christianity while travelling to Damascus to persecute Christians.
- (idiomatic) An important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs.
- 2007, Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, addressing the CPAC in March. onenewsnow
- Today we hear a lot about those who have had what's often called Road to Damascus experiences on every issue from guns and same-sex marriage to the sanctity-of-life and taxes.
- 2007, Bryan Ferry, The Observer, Sunday March 18, 2007
- That was my Road to Damascus moment. They played one hit after another and this is the song I remember most clearly.
- 2010, Vernon Jones, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Sunday February 14, 2010
- The candidate is aggressively branding himself as Vernon 2.0, a kinder, gentler Vernon Jones, a bridge builder, a fence mender. Asked by a Rockdale editor about his "road to Damascus moment," Jones laughs. "I got knocked off my donkey," he says.
- 2007, Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, addressing the CPAC in March. onenewsnow
Usage notes[edit]
- Often used attributively.
important point in someone's life


text:
A Superior Court jury today found a 19-year-old man guilty of second degree murder in last year's fatal shooting of pizza deliveryman and restaurant worker Juan David Vasquez Loma, reports CBS2. Jose Beltran was found guilty of shooting Vasquez Loma on Silver Lake Boulevard in what police describe as an apparent case of road rage. Vasquez Loma, who worked as a busboy and waiter at El Chavo restaurant in addition to holding a second job at nearby Garage Pizza, died a week after the August 2011 shooting. The Mexico City native was dropping off co-workers when he fired upon while driving on Silver Lake Boulevard.
The deadly incident began when Loma, 25-year-old Mexican immigrant, passed Beltran's as his car had come to a stop Micheltorena and Effie streets in Silver Lake. Police last year said they believed that maneuver angered Beltran, who pursued Loma's truck down the hill to Silver Lake Boulevard, where the driver of the car pulled up alongside Loma's truck and opened fire.
While the jury today found Beltran guilty of second-degree murder he was found innocent of acting on behalf of a criminal gang, CBS2 said. Beltran is scheduled to be sentenced in November.


text:
Clarke County Hospital recently received a 2013 Excellence in Patient Care Award for top patient satisfaction scores related to physician communication.
To measure patient satisfaction, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) surveys all patients with Medicare to rate and comment about the care they receive. These scores are publicly reported and allow valid comparisons between hospitals regionally and nationally. Patients ranked Clarke County Hospital within the top 8 percent of all U.S. hospitals for the "Doctor Always Communicated Well" category.
"I am proud of our physicians and medical staff for the quality care and education they give our patients," said Brian Evans, chief-executive officer of Clarke County Hospital. "Clarke County Hospital is dedicated to give our community quality service, and I'm honored this recognition proves our medical staff among the best in the country."
Clarke County Hospital also ranked within the top ten percent of all U.S. hospitals for the following patient satisfaction categories in 2013:
• Nurse communication
• Hospital environment: Cleanliness and quietness
• Responsiveness of hospital staff
• Communication about medications
• Discharge information compliance
The 2013 Excellence in Patient Care Award is sponsored by the Studer Group, a private agency dedicated to improve clinical, operational and financial outcomes for hospitals and healthcare organizations. Clarke County Hospital received an Excellence in Patient Care Award in 2012 for superior scores in quality care provided by the emergency department.


text:
The arraignments of 14 defendants scheduled to enter pleas Wednesday in the criminal corruption cases involving South Bay-area school and college officials, a contractor and a bond manager have been postponed until Feb. 15, and just where they'll be heard is in question again.
A packed courtroom of just 31 seats in the South County branch of the San Diego Superior Court in Chula Vista barely offered enough room Wednesday morning for the defendants, their lawyers and a few members of the media. Most people not officially part of the proceedings were asked to stand outside.
Defendants in the cases are accused of various connections to the awarding of contracts by school officials following the alleged receipt of undocumented gifts from contractors and others associated with the contracts.
According to attorney Marc Carlos, who represents Sweetwater Union High School District board member Pearl Quinones, Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sontag ordered the postponement in response to new lawyers entering the cases.
The court needs to determine whether the new lawyers have filed a demurer -- or a challenge -- to the sufficiency of the complaint, Carlos said after Wednesday's hearing.
The cases were originally scheduled to be heard in the court's Central division in downtown San Diego, where early proceedings had already taken place. On Jan. 28, however, San Diego Superior Court announced that the cases had been moved to the South County courthouse. It's possible the cases may be returning to downtown San Diego.
Prosecutors in the cases filed a motion for a change of venue on Wednesday.
Sontag scheduled a hearing on the motion, ordering it be heard Feb. 5 in Dept. 11 at the downtown San Diego court. She re-scheduled the arraignments to be heard at the South County court, but if the motion for change of venue is granted, those arraignments will be heard in San Diego instead of Chula Vista.
Carlos said that he supports the prosecution's motion to move the cases back to downtown San Diego.
"You've been to the board meetings," Carlos said. "They've got people that are there that show pictures of the clients when they were arrested; they call them felons. It's not a very friendly place for a trial."
He added that finding a jury panel without connections to the defendants, their affiliated schools or the school boards they either sit on or used to sit on would be difficult in the South Bay. Such connections could include former or current students at the schools, their parents or relatives of the defendants.
"It's going to be difficult to find a jury that can remain neutral on this," Carlos said. "That's why I think downtown is a better place."
Quinones is one of four active board members at Sweetwater Union to be facing charges. The other defendants include fellow Sweetwater Union board members Jim Cartmill, Bertha Lopez and Arlie Ricasa; Yolanda Hernandez and Manuel Paul, both of the San Ysidro School District governing board; Jeff Flores, president of Seville Construction Services; John Wilson, Yolanda Salcido, Jorge Dominguez, Raj Chopra and Nicholas Alioto -- all former Southwestern College officials; former Sweetwater Union board member Greg Sandoval; and Sweetwater Union's former superintendent Jesus Gandara. Bond manager Gary Cabello has already pleaded guilty to five criminal charges, including bribery.
Defense lawyers in the case have also filed a motion to seal 27 volumes of transcripts from grand jury proceedings in the case.
"After a certain period of time, the transcripts become public record," Carlos said. "Having [them] surface … would make it difficult to get a fair trial."
Southwestern College releases internal investigation draft to DA
Southwestern College suspends all construction contracts
Southwestern College cuts ties with program manager, architect
1130 Fifth Ave.
Chula Vista, CA 91911
All contents herein copyright San Diego Source ® 1994-2019


text:
Press on future of Current TV hosts
As Current TV vanishes, the progressive media talking heads that called the network home are left with one major question: What's next?
What's next for each host professionally once Al Jazeera America takes the place of Current in millions of homes across the country? And, more broadly, what's next for progressive media after the failure of a network that positioned itself as the one-stop shop for left-wing news and talk on cable?
Story Continued Below
Bill Press — who headlines a radio show simulcast on Current TV — told POLITICO that progressive media is in a precarious position following the network's sale. It's back to the drawing board for those who had counted on this experiment to work, he said.
"This is bigger than just Current," Press said. "This does mean a real setback for progressive talk in this country. And I think that's going to be missed, and I think that means those of us involved are going to have to go back to the drawing board and see what other vehicles there are for reaching out and getting our message out."
As for the last days of Current TV, the progressive radio host said he's still in the dark about the transition to Al Jazeera America. The plan until the turnover, he said, is to continue broadcasting his morning show on Current TV until he's told otherwise.
"We have not been officially informed about anything about the transition," Press said. "We're pretty certain — and I'm absolutely certain — that at some point Al Jazeera America, the new channel, will replace all of Current's existing program with its own programming. That's why it bought the network. They didn't buy it for 'The Bill Press Show' or 'The Stephanie Miller Show.' But we don't know when that will be. We have been told indirectly — again, no official word — but indirectly we've been told that it might be 90 days, but it could be longer, too."
And if the new network's not interested in his program, as Press said he expects, he's exploring other possibilities for TV coverage. But, he acknowledged, "there are not a lot of options out there." No matter what happens with Al Jazeera, Press said his show will continue as a nationally syndicated and video-streamed radio show — just as it was before he joined Current TV last year.
A few hosts have already announced their plans to leave the network. Eliot Spitzer has stopped hosting "Viewpoint." California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced he's moved on from the network. And former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has said her show, "The War Room," will only air "for the next few weeks through the transition."
But Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks told POLITICO that unlike some of his Current TV colleagues, he's open to staying with Al Jazeera America.
"Right now, we plan to keep doing the show, as we are, for about a three-month period, roughly," he said. "And then we'll see if there's something we can do with Al Jazeera or another cable network, and we'll take it from there."
Uygur praised Al Jazeera for producing "amazing" and "real investigative journalism," and said if the management likes his "anti-establishment" program and asks him to stay on, he'd consider it.
"So, if they like that, great," he said. "If they don't like that, then we can't do a show for them."
Press, however, said while he thinks the news organization produces "good quality journalism," he is not yet sure he would consider staying with Al Jazeera if asked. And, he noted, he has absolutely no expectation at all that would happen.
"I have a philosophical question about any network owned by any government, and so I'd have to consider that very carefully before I made a decision," he said. "If Current TV were bought by the United States government, I would be suspicious. So it's not just that it happens to be the government of Qatar, I just think in general I question the ability of a network to remain independent when it's owned by any government. It's just a serious question for me, not a resolved, decided issue, but something I would have to resolve before I would have that conversation."


text:
The American Society of Appraisers and ScholarLab are pleased to announce the release of a new online edition of ASA's 7-hour USPAP update course for personal property appraisers, including those who also specialize in gems and jewelry and machinery and equipment. Click here for a preview. ASA and ScholarLab are collaborative partners in ASA's online education program.
Now in a convenient online self-study format, the course offers convenience, flexibility and cost savings allowing busy professionals to study in their home or office according to their schedules, and eliminate travel and other out-of-office expenses. It is also a perfect solution for companies seeking similar advantages for their professional development programs.
This nationally approved course developed by The Appraisal Foundation and tailored by ASA for personal property and related specialty appraisers focuses on discipline specific issues and is taught by an Appraiser Qualifications Board-approved personal property instructor. Its new interactive multimedia coursework covers changes to USPAP for 2012 and 2013 and appraisal issues that affect daily appraisal practice. It has been adapted for use by Standard 7 and 8 users who want to remain current with USPAP.
Price: $225 / ASA Members: $175
To register or more information visit http://asa.scholarlab.com/ or call (800) 272-8258.


text:
More Panama Cloud Forest Birding
There's a reason they call this the cloud forest.
These cabins are rustic but cozy and are on the Panama itineraries of several birding tour companies. Our very own trip companion Jeffrey A. Gordon had helped to lead groups here several times in the years he was working for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours. Jeff gave us an idea of what to expect.
The weather continued in its own rainy and cool way—on this day we would not get any sunshine, but the rain, at least, was intermittent. And despite the precipitation we got birds.
After arriving at a pull-off, we hiked up a narrow trail, across a couple more small streams to the cabins. There, our guides Ito and Abel opened up the doors, started a fire in the fireplace and spread out a mid-morning snack for us and some mixed seed for the birds. Within minutes we had slaty finch, large-footed finch, and yellow-thighed finch coming in for the seed. There was a pair of common bush tanagers in the —yes—bushes. And the hummingbirds started visiting the newly refilled feeders.
Aside from a short hike up a nearby road, we'd spend the next several hours watching the hummingbird action at the feeders hung under the porch roofs of the two cabins. Both the birds and the birders were happiest under the sheltering roofs as the rain became heavier. Had the light been better, the photographers among us might have passed out from sheer image exhaustion. The birds were just feet (sometimes inches!) away when at the feeders, and most had favorite perches to which they returned repeatedly. Jeff Gordon, Mike Freiberg, Kees van Berkel, and I took turns at the best photo spots. I also bombarded my fellow shutterbugs with questions about camera settings and adjustments. [I know almost nothing about such things and realize that a photo workshop needs to be in my future.]
A couple of times, the rain let up and we'd organize a short walk down the trail. Someone would yell that they had a good bird, and we'd all hurry to get there in time. Among the other cool birds we found at the Los Quetzales cabins were prong-billed barbet (freaky!), and a warbler-meets-wren-meets-thrush-like bird called a zeledonia (sometimes also called wrenthrush).
We also had other birds, many of which I could rattle off here, but, frankly, I mostly remember the hummingbirds.
All the hummers we saw at the cabins were fabulous, but one was more fabulouser than the others: the fiery-throated hummingbird. I got lots of photographs of white-throated mountain gem, and a few of green-crowned brilliant, stripe-tailed hummingbird, and violet-crowned woodnymph. But my attentions were primarily focused on the fiery-throated and, thanks to good photo advice from Jeff and Mike, I actually got a few keeper images of this bird which is the very definition of iridescence. I will share those images with you in tomorrow's post.
I'll close out today's post with a few of my favorite non-fiery-throated shots.
A closer look at the green-crowned brilliant's head.
Labels: bird photography, birding in Panama, Los Quetzales lodge and spa, photographing hummingbirds