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Judge Rules Adak Cod Set-Aside Unlawful, Orders NMFS to Rewrite Amendment 113
The Winding Glass: John Sackton's Seafood Week in Review
Trade War to Continue Indefinitely, Trump Says
VIDEO: MSC Mislabeling Report; Meal Kit Popularity; Hardee's Catfish Sandwich; Saving the Vaquita
SENA 2019: Urner Barry Announces Winner of Executive Conference and Seafood Import Workshop Giveaway
Pescanova Introduces New Shrimp Products at Seafood Expo North America
New Jersey Oyster Documentary Now Available on iTunes and Amazon
Angry Crab Shack Chain Looking to Expand into Las Vegas
SeafoodNews.com Summary Friday, March 22
Latest Oceana Seafood Fraud Report Takes Aim at SIMP, But Misses Mark
Western Pacific Managers, Fishermen Grapple with Closures, Slow Federal Pace of Reports
Meal Kit Demand Going Strong, But Evolving
Bumble Bee Foods and SAP Create Blockchain to Track Fresh Fish from Ocean to Table
Russia Plans Catch Increases to Match Soviet-era Harvest Figures
Artisan Catch Announces Direct to User Restaurant Sales from Small Scale Fisheries to Begin in U.S.
ComFish Alaska Celebrates 40 years
Florida Man Arrested, Charged With Murder on Fishing Vessel Off Marco Island
Florida FWC Charge 3 People with Multiple Felonies for Exploiting Spiny Lobster Commercial Fishery
FDA Commissioner Releases Statement on New Steps to Strengthen Food Safety Program
SeafoodNews.com Summary Thursday, March 21
Herring Spotted in Sitka, Fleet on Two-Hour Notice
Trident Seafoods Debuts Versatile 10g Protein Noodles at Seafood Expo North America
March 2019 Alaska Fishing Updates
Meet the Sustainable Shopper: Young Transitionals Who Are Tech-Savvy
Hardee's Partners with Mississippi Catfish Farm to Create New Catfish Sandwich at Select Locations
Cooke Inc. Acquires California Distributor All Seas Wholesale, Inc.
INSIGHT: Fishmeal Producers Need to Capitalise on 'Point-of-Difference' Factors
Sustainable Oceans Leadership Institute Seeking Applicants; Set to Kick Off Program in Brussels
SeafoodNews.com Summary Wednesday, March 20
In a Well-Designed Study, MSC Finds Labeling Fraud Rates of Less Than 1%
Pebble Dam Breach Modeled, Comments Open to May 31
Seafood Importers Support Measures to Save the Vaquita
Push to Standardize Traceability Efforts Launched by Retailers and International Seafood Companies
Slade Gorton Launches ICYBAY Iceland Retail Bag Line at Boston Seafood Show
FishWise Releases RISE, a Labor Rights Roadmap for Seafood Businesses
Fishermen Identify Projects to Improve Fisheries Development in the U.S. Pacific Islands
Stolt Sea Farm Expands European Production for Turbot and Sole
Global Aquaculture Alliance Launches Aquademia Podcast at Boston Seafood Show
SENA 2019: Corbion Teams Up With Celebrity Chef Sammy Monsour for Short Film on Algae-Fed Salmon
Salmon Sisters Donating 1% of All Sales to Food Bank of Alaska
Two New Trustees Named Int'l Pole and Line Foundation
Coastal Villages Sets 2019 Budget for Community Benefits at Over $18 Million
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Legal Seafoods and CP Foods to Introduce Legal Branded Shrimp Products for National Distribution
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SENA 2019: Seafood Champion Awards Finalists Announced at Boston Seafood Show
Change Is in the Air: Western Pacific SSC Suggests New Approaches for Suite of Issues
Chilean Salmon Marketing Council Introduces 'Promise of Patagonia' Campaign for US
China Overtakes Japan as Alaska's Largest Seafood Importer
CleanFish Brings First 'Green Rated' Marine-Farmed Atlantic Salmon to Boston Seafood Show
SeafoodNews.com Summary Monday, March 18
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Nielsen Study Finds Consumers Care Most About Buying Local
Russian Fish Company Launches Branded Single Frozen Pollock Fillets in Russian Supermarkets
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Antarctic Salmon Brand Sixty South Building New Hatchery
The Fish Shoppe Becomes 1st Australian Seafood Retailer With MSC Chain of Custody Certification
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Vietnamese Shrimp Producers Worry about Loss of Competitiveness in Face of Thailand, India
ISSF's Scientist Advisors Reflect on a Decade of Discovery
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ANALYSIS: Imports of All Categories of Shrimp Higher in September
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Jim Kenny - November 6, 2018
September imports of warmwater shrimp products were 5.5 percent higher than in September 2017. The year-to-date total is 1.08 billion pounds, 4.2 percent higher than the Jan-Sep 2017 total.
India (+13.5%), Ecuador (+32.6%), Vietnam (+17.9%) and China (+33.5%) all shipped more shrimp to the U.S. in the month of September. Indonesia (-6.6%) and Thailand (-36.9%) shipped less shrimp.
Increases were seen in all categories; headless Shell-On, which includes ...
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ANALYSIS: Imports of All Categories of Shrimp Higher in September
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Jim Kenny - November 6, 2018
September imports of warmwater shrimp products were 5.5 percent higher than in September 2017. The year-to-date total is 1.08 billion pounds, 4.2 percent higher than the Jan-Sep 2017 total.
India (+13.5%), Ecuador (+32.6%), Vietnam (+17.9%) and China (+33.5%) all shipped more shrimp to the U.S. in the month of September. Indonesia (-6.6%) and Thailand (-36.9%) shipped less shrimp.
Increases were seen in all categories; headless Shell-On, which includes ...
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Hondurans participating in nonviolent demonstrations against the June 28 ouster of Manuel Zelaya as president of the poor Central American country are experiencing human rights violations — including intimidation, beatings and rape — by government security forces, a small delegation of Catholic religious leaders discovered during a recent fact-finding trip.
"We came away with a really deep concern about the level of repression, media control and serious human rights violations that are being perpetrated by official forces," Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International, told Catholic News Service Aug. 26, a day after the four-member delegation of which she was a part returned to the U.S. following an eight-day visit.
"We heard a lot of stories about teachers and young people and people in all walks of life who have been caught in this backlash," Dennis said.
Another delegation member, Jean Stokan, director of the Institute Justice Team of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, compared the current situation in Honduras to the one that existed during the height of El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s.
"People are afraid. There are horrific human rights abuses. None of this is getting reported because the reporters are getting beaten up," Stokan told CNS.
The delegation, which also included Sisters Diane Guerin and Edia Lopez, members of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, met with people who bore wounds they said were inflicted by the Honduran military and the national police.
The delegation traveled throughout the country, meeting with dozens of opposition leaders and Catholics ministering to the injured in Tegucigalpa, the capital, and in El Progreso, San Pedro Sula, Santa Rose de Copan and Santa Barbara.
Dennis and Stokan said they are concerned the coup that replaced Zelaya with interim leader Roberto Micheletti not spill over to the still developing democracies throughout Central America.
They also expressed hope that the Catholic Church will address the human rights violations and called upon the government to end its brutal tactics.
The four-member team is preparing a report on their trip that will be sent to President Barack Obama's administration, selected members of Congress and the State Department.
The United Nations, the Organization of American States and the European Union have condemned the coup and demanded Zelaya's return. The Obama administration has cut off of military aid and development aid to Honduras in a step to push for Zelaya's reinstatement.

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One of the many tools you'll find in the new Visio to help you make your diagrams look modern and professionally designed is the addition of shape effects.
If you've used effects like shadow or reflection in PowerPoint you're already familiar with how effects can add visual impact to a shape. In the new Visio we have added those same shape effects to allow you to make engaging and professional diagrams simply.
You can find more information about new features for improving the look of your diagrams in earlier posts, New themes, variants and styles in Visio, Modern shapes and templates in the new Visio, and Create professional diagrams quickly with the new Visio.
Applying effects quickly
The simplest way to use effects to make a diagram pop is to simply choose a theme that includes effects. For instance, the first example below includes a subtle shadow to emphasize shapes and make them look more modern while the second example uses a 3D shadow to add dimension to a very simple theme.
But these themes merely hint at the power that effects give you to customize the look of any shape in your diagram. As we've mentioned in previous posts, you can use quick styles to customize colors and formatting of shapes. You can also quickly add an effect to any selected shape.
Select a shape and click on Effects in the Shape Styles section of the Home tab. The menu that comes up has an entry for each type of effect you can add and hovering over an effect will bring up a gallery of choices that allow you to add one of the preset effects.
These galleries contain several variants of each effect that is designed to add some visual emphasis to your diagram. You can also format multiple shapes by using the gallery when more than one shape is selected. To enhance the look even more, mix and match effects by choosing from more than one effect type to add to your shape. The shapes below have a reflection, a bevel, and a 3D rotation.
Customizing effects
If you want to fine tune things and control every aspect of effects, you can click on Options at the bottom of any of the galleries, right-click on a shape and choose "Format Shape" from the context menu, or click the Format Shape launcher on the Shape Styles section of the Home tab.
This will bring up the Format Shape task pane. It normally stays docked on the right of your workspace, but if you click and drag on the title of the pane you can undock the pane and put it wherever you want, even on a different monitor. There are two tabs on this pane, the Fill & Line as well as the Effects options. For now let's look at the Effects options.
You can see that the same set of effects that were available on the galleries are also on the Format Shape pane. When you expand one of the choices, you'll see that you have detailed control over each of the settings for that effect. Click on any shape and you can see the settings that apply to that shape.
I've opened the pane to show the various individual settings that control the reflection for the example I used above. Let's increase the distance a bit to make the reflection further away than the one on the triangle in order to make the square look as if it is further above the reflective surface. The effects on the shape are updated as I move the distance from 0 to 22 so we can see our changes in real time.
Each of the effects has its own set of controls that let you fine tune every aspect of the effect. This allows you to make highly customized effects to give a diagram a unique appearance. Like the preset choices in the gallery, you can apply these settings to a single shape or multi-select a group of shapes and format them at the same time.
The Format Painter can help you replicate an effect to multiple shapes quickly. Select the shape that has the look you want and then double-click on the Format Painter icon on the left side of the Home tab. Then you can click on each of the shapes you want to format and apply the same look to them.
New gradient controls
You'll recall I mentioned the the Fill & Line options tab is also on the Format Shape dialog. For the most part they are simply the same options you've seen in Visio before, but one item has had a big update: Gradients. If you choose a gradient fill you will see that the interface for setting gradients gives you a full range of gradient controls. You can add or remove stops and set the color value of each separately to make the gradient as simple or complex as you want. You can also change the type and direction of the gradient. If you're not sure where to start, use the Preset gradients dropdown to start with one of the presets as a starting place for your customizations.
Effects and themes
When you manually set effects or Quick Styles they override theme settings. For example, if you add a custom shadow to one shape in a flowchart and apply a theme with a default shadow, the shape with the custom shadow will not match the one that the theme applies to all of the other shapes. You can use this to your advantage to add effects that accent a specific shape and it won't go away when you switch to another theme, such as adding a glow to a step that you want to call out in a flowchart. Then, no matter what theme changes you make the glow will remain, and the color will adapt to match the theme.
Effects in a nutshell
Effects are a great way to make your diagrams look more professionally crafted and draw more attention. They can be as easy to use as choosing from a gallery or you can customize them to be exactly what you want for a highly personalized appearance. If you take the time to get to know effects you'll have the power to make your diagrams really stand out and get noticed.
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OSWEGO – SUNY Oswego's RSVP has teamed with Nova Tours to offer a motor coach trip Sept. 14 to16 to Washington, D.C., and its sights, including the Smithsonian Institution, fine dining, shopping and guided tours.
The package includes round-trip transportation on a DVD- and lavatory-equipped motor coach, baggage handling, two nights' accommodation at Hampton Inn and Suites Hotel, two breakfasts, one dinner, an illumination tour and a three-and-a-half-hour city tour.
There will be free time for tourists to explore and shop on their own.
Package prices range from $300 to $500.
Those interested in participating should contact Nova Tours' Carol Fox, 342-1245, by July 27, and make a $100 deposit.
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ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — Knicks.com went to a recent book signing here in NYC for Metta World Peace's new children's book, and got the entire event on tape. There are many entertaining and funny moments here, but instead of me singling one or two out, I'd suggest you just watch the entire thing. If nothing else, you'll notice that Metta seems genuinely happy to be back in New York and playing for the Knicks.
As he says, "Home cooking… with no butter." Someone put that on a t-shirt.


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SPRINGFIELD (AP) – It's Christmas Bird Count season, and nothing will keep dedicated birders from counting as many birds as they can in a single 24-hour period.
Not cold, snow, wind or rain – even horizontal rain – can put a damper on the Christmas count tradition that is more than a century old.
Ornithologist Frank Chapman, an officer in the then-new Audubon Society, started a yearly Christmas Bird Census beginning on Christmas Day 1900.
This year's count window opened Dec. 14 and counts are scheduled across the state through Saturday.
The Springfield count was held Dec. 23. The lakefront count in Chicago was on Christmas Day.
That wide window allows many birders to participate in more than one count (often several) during the time period.
On count day, volunteers count as many birds as they see and hear within a 15-mile diameter circle.
With just one day to rack up as many birds and species as possible, the weather can play a significant role.
"It was raining at dawn and raining at dusk, and it was blowing rain sideways in between," said Dan Williams, compiler of the Rockford count held Dec. 15. "It was not a pleasant day to count birds."
With some counters still to report in, Williams said overall results were good with more than 70 species seen in the count circle.
The Bloomington-Normal count was held on the same day, with the same weather.
"It was miserable weather," said birder and nature photographer Dave Weth. "My partner and I got 25 species, which wasn't bad considering. Waterfowl seemed to be lacking, but we had good numbers of bluebirds, which was nice."
Results of the Peoria count held Dec. 15 are still coming in, said count compiler Thad Edmonds. Preliminary results show 69 species with a highlight of 1,800 ruddy ducks.
Also, a glaucous gull was seen at the Eastport Marina.
Still on tap for the Peoria area is a count Saturday at Chillicothe.
H. David Bohlen, assistant curator of zoology at the Illinois State Museum, participated in counts at Meredosia Island and Crane Lake in the Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area near Chandlerville on Dec. 14.
The Meredosia count yielded a few unusual birds, including a Harris' sparrow, spotted towhee and 10 common redpolls, Bohlen said.
Crane Lake was filled with thousands of ducks, but dreary conditions made seeing distant ducks nearly impossible.
"There were at least 2,000 pintails and 1,000 northern shovelers," Bohlen said. "And it sounded like there were 10,000 hunters, too."
Bohlen also tallied an Eastern phoebe and a greater yellowlegs – a shorebird that should have gone south long ago.
"That's the first time I've seen one on an Illinois count," he said.
Passing through?
Rare or out-of-place birds are of interest to researchers.
Are they unfortunate birds blown off course by a storm? Or are they pioneers moving into new territory?
A rufous hummingbird in Rockford has been seen regularly at a backyard feeder since Nov. 9.
Rufous hummingbirds normally are found in the western United States.
Counters hope it is still around for the Kishwaukee Christmas Bird Count on Saturday.
Retired ornithologist and Illinois Audubon Society board member Vern Kleen banded the bird recently, and confirmed it is an immature female.
At the Savanna Army Depot in northwest Illinois, experienced birders watched a mountain bluebird for the better part of an hour, trying to be certain of its identification.
"I had seen them before out west, and we had some pretty good birders with us, and we were all kind of familiar with it," said Randy Nyboer with the Illinois Natural History Survey. "But you are looking at it (in a different context) and wondering what is wrong with this thing."
The mountain bluebird was seen with half a dozen eastern bluebirds.
"We looked at it for about 45 minutes and finally got a good angle on it," he said.
Nyboer credits David Thomas, retired chief of the Illinois Natural History Survey, with making the identification.
Counters also saw a golden eagle, another western species, during the count.
Eddie Callaway of Sycamore compiles the Rock Cut CBC.
The count circle covers Rock Cut State Park and a group of smaller forest preserves and parks.
He said snowy weather could mean counters might see snow buntings, horned larks and Lapland longspurs.
"Other interesting birds we hope to find are the winter finches that include red and white-winged crossbills, common redpolls, evening grosbeaks, and pine siskins," he said.
To find owls and other birds active around dusk and dawn, Callaway said his counters get up early.
"We try to count a little bit before sunrise and at dusk to find owls but we often find some during the day," he said. "The number of counters is down for my circle this year and the area is quite large, but we go out and count as much as we can and whatever is visible."
For Nyboer, the Christmas Bird Count is about more than finding rare species – or the greatest number of species.
"I could (handle my portion of the count) by myself, but it's always better if you have someone go with you," he said. "Christmas bird count time is a great time to get together, and share the camaraderie.
"It's a good time to get a couple of good friends and get out there."


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A lot of people mistakenly think I'm vegan, and that No Meat Athlete is a vegan website. Maybe that's because most of the recipes I've posted recently are from vegan cookbooks.
But I absolutely do not want potential vegetarians to be scared off, thinking it's gotta be vegan or nothing. By most people's definition, you can be a perfect vegetarian and still enjoy milk, cheese, butter, and eggs.
Why I'm Not Vegan (Yet)
You'll likely find that as you become accustomed to eating less meat, animal products as a whole become less appealing. And that's why I (and many others) have started out vegetarian and tended towards veganism. But I'm not there yet, and I don't want to make it a rule that I can't eat any animal products.
If not eating meat were strictly about health for me, I wouldn't need to call myself vegetarian. I'd eat meat maybe once a month as a special treat, about the frequency with which I eat any other unhealthy food. But it's not just about health—it started out that way, but the act of eating less meat made me aware of the fact that on those occasions when I did eat fish, I was actually eating an animal. Once it became about that, I became completely vegetarian.
Veganism, right now, is still about health to me. I recognize that milk and cheese are pretty sucky for my body. And I rarely eat them, for that reason. Dairy and eggs don't yet seem gross to me the way meat does; I don't feel the same guilt eating a bite of cheese as I do eating the meat of what was once a living animal. And that's why I'm not quite vegan yet.
I'm moving that way though. I blame Earthlings.
Gloriously Gluten-Free
If you haven't guessed it yet, the purpose of that prelude was to introduce the first non-vegan meal I've posted in a while: Portabella and Pea Macaroni and Cheese. (Vegans, you are dismissed early today; check out Mac n' Chard, an unbelievably good vegan mac n' cheese recipe.)
This recipe comes from a new book Wiley Publishing sent me to test-drive, The Gloriously Gluten-Free Cookbook. But wait a minute: It's not vegetarian, I'm not celiac, so why am I cooking from it?
Well, it has an index of vegetarian recipes, and there are quite a few of them. And Brendan Brazier argues in Thrive that gluten slows a lot of us down, not just those with a recongized allergy to gluten. So I'm interested to learn a bit about gluten-free cooking.
The macaroni and cheese turned out pretty well. I loved the concept, with the portabellas and peas in there. And for the amount of dairy in the recipe, the sauce turned out really nice and light, with a fresh flavor from the white wine. My biggest problem with it was that there were lots of white specks in the cheese sauce. When in doubt, blame the potato starch.
And I forgot the paprika. Dammit.
Here's the recipe. Again, it's from The Gloriously Gluten-Free Cookbook, by Vanessa Maltin, published by Wiley, 2010.
Portabella and Pea Macaroni and Cheese
- One 1-pound package gluten-free elbow macaroni
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 cups thickly sliced portabella mushrooms
- 1 cup frozen green peas, thawed
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon potato starch
- 2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese
- ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- Salt
- In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook the pasta according to the package instructions. Drain and set aside.
- In a medium skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and peas and cook, stirring, until lightly browned. Set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, combine the milk and wine. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally. In a small bowl, mix the potato starch with 1 tablespoon of water to make a paste. Pour the paste into the milk and wine mixture and cook, stirring rapidly, until the sauce thickens.
- Slowly stir in the cheeses and cook, stirring, until they are fully melted, about 2 minutes. Stir in the paprika.
- In a large serving bowl, combine the pasta, cheese sauce, and vegetables. Add salt to taste.


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Barcelona, Spain (PRWEB) November 15, 2012
World Internet Projects, a developer of casual games, launches FR9 internationally after experiencing great success with FR9.es in Spain.
FR9.com offers users a new multiplayer platform. The new gaming website utilizes a cutting edge online multiplayer community in order to increase interaction and connection among players. Users can play, chat and compete with other users all over the world. Players on FR9.com are even eligible to win monthly prizes by improving their position in the rankings.
FR9.com is already attracting 1.5 million players monthly, proving to be a leading destination for gamers to connect, socialize and play with others on the internet. Users will also be able to take advantage of social sharing through Facebook Connect for FR9.com, where gamers can post accomplishments and rewards.
"We are very excited about the launch of this new multiplayer social gaming platform. We want to take user engagement a step further by connecting the users with each other, opening the door to a new level of gaming. With the inclusion of multiple features we have created a user friendly experience on FR9.com. Today, online casual games are an increasingly important part of how people interact and stay connected with each other. Therefore, we strive to make social sharing form a large part of our focus," Amado Martin, CEO and founder of World Internet Projects, said.
World Internet Projects aims to make FR9.com a gaming universe for the player. Looking to always improve the experience for the user, World Internet Projects recently worked to have a new game released every month for FR9.com.
While already proving to be a success, FR9.com will soon be offering advanced features such as virtual goods and premium accounts, which offer higher exclusivity. An Avatar store will also be implemented into the multiplayer platform, giving the user the ability to distinguish oneself with the option to customize one's own avatar.
"We hope to drive the success of our social gaming initiatives globally and continuously keep improving and upgrading our games and other features to enhance the community. We are confident we will reach our goal in becoming a leading destination for social gaming all over the world and creating a universe where the player wants to stay and explore," Amado said.
Gamers 16 and older can sign up for this free-to-play online multiplayer community.
About World Internet Projects:
World Internet Projects' goal is to provide the best games anytime, anywhere. With over 25 million gamers visiting their various sites a month, they prove to be a leading company in the creation of online multiplayer games in four languages. World Internet Projects also specialize in White Label Solutions, a dynamic social networking platform (API) that can be incorporated into any existing website or domain. World Internet Projects has four offices in Barcelona, Chile and Uruguay.


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Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, country's first couple who celebrated their first wedding anniversary last Monday (May 14), are big animal lovers. They incorporated their pets into their wedding ceremony and according to Shelton in a recent chat and photo spread in In Touch, they've rescued "at least 20 dogs, as well as cats and horses." The irony that the duo lives in a converted hunting lodge in Oklahoma, and the fact that they are avid hunters, is not lost on them, either. However, their dedication to domesticated critters does offer insight into how they will fare with kids.
When asked if their love of animals will help them prep for life as parents, Shelton joked, "Not unless our kids go to the bathroom outside or on the floor!" But in all seriousness, he said, "If Miranda's as good with a human being as she is with dogs, the kid's going to be golden!" Lambert really does have a soft touch with pawed creatures, which definitely indicates how maternal she'll be with her own offspring.
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Create two posters to: 1) Introduce Downy/Lenor Detergent, 2) Convince people they should buy this detergent instead of the one they buy today.
The two ideas should work well together, keeping in mind they would be used in communication one after the other, as a sequence.
Format: 2 posters with tagline for each and a paragraph of text. (3 pages max in PDF)


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I'm not sure how to appropriately title this, nor how to approach it.
Basically the situation is like so:
I have a server, which is host to a variety of services; from httpd, to remote gui's for specific tasks on the server; I have remote and local access to all of this, and all of the information stored on the server, including client files, server configuration, and super user.
I have a partner, who only needs access to specific portions of the server.
For example,
My partner needs to be able to access /srv/folder/, preferably as his home directory, though not a gotcha really. This person also needs to be able to remotely execute specific commands, within the scope of the services he requires access to, i.e. sudo systemctl start/stop/restart service
I know I can easily limit him via sudoers by creating a new group, and telling sudo to allow users of said group to execute the above commands.
However, how can I limit the scope of the filesystem he is able to access, I don't want him having access to anything outside of /srv/folder, other than potentially a home folder with limited storage.
Furthermore, how can I limit the availability of commands, for example, lets say he shouldn't need more than:
How can I restrict access to this level?
Most of the access will be via ssh obviously.
Mostly, this is to avoid as much potential human error as possible. I trust myself with the server, but I'm not sure I trust the expertise of my colleague, as Linux is somewhat foreign to him. Backup systems are in place, and everything is redundant, but I shouldn't need to rely on backups, and training shouldn't take place on a live system.
Not sure you can do this easily... is what you're asking:
1) limit users to /src/folder and $HOME
2) limit users to a specific set of stuff under for example /usr/bin
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Effectively, yes.
I don't want them able to browse around system files and such freely, nor modify them or use them.
A small set of applications under /usr/bin and a quota'd $HOME as well as access to /srv/folder (multiple occurences here, but not all /srv directories)
I didn't figure it would be horrendously easy either... maybe it would be possible by aliasing all `unavailable` commands to
echo "This user is not permitted to use that command."
or something along those lines.
I've done some reading, and aside from what I suggested above, it seems the only other possible routes are a chroot jail and similar other options. I may try the chroot option and see if that jails him well enough to $home, and then see about making $HOME /srv/, and then explicitly add this user to a restricted group, which will only have r/w access to particular directories. Then, by limiting the restricted group to only execute specific commands via sudoers, I think it should effectively accomplish preventing any uneccesary damage.
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The only thing that come to mind right away is to use the chroot function of ssh[d] and then a crap load of hardlinks to create a bare bone "system" under that chrooted directory. It sounds like a whole hell of a lot of work tbh.
Why not just give him access to the full system in terms of readability, but only allow his "sudo-bility" to be able to issue those specific commands. If you trust this individual with the data itself, just not the writing of the data (this I am totally not sure you are comfortable with), then I wouldn't see any harm in letting him have ro access to the filesystem for the sake of command access.
If you really think he only needs the very very basics like mv, cp, mkdir, rm, ls, etc, I think that this can actually be achieved by the sftp built in shell. Normally in an sftp chroot, you would have to make sure commands are available within the chroot. But if you use "Subsystem sftp internal-sftp" you can avoid all that, and it provides you with basic filesystem access that you desire.
I'm puzzled about the risks you see in allowing the user read access, as well. Especially if it is just a question of the user not really knowing Linux. I'm just thinking about servers I've had access to at universities where basically everyone has had some sort of access. As a student I could wander around the file system (barring the usual restrictions, of course). [I found it really interesting to wander once I learnt how to.]
I'm especially curious: if rm is one of the commands you think it is safe to provide, what are you worried about exactly?
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Well, as I said the server runs and stores many things some of which are private data for personnel and customers, giving it more thought I can just deny read access from a few choice mount points and effectively eliminate risk of any personal rights violation, from there free reign can be had command wise with limited sudo capabilities, I will probably make this the normal permission level for secondary administrators, and leave full access to senior admins.
Also rm would be required for basic administration. I really just needed to limit the scope of files he had access to more than the commands. Basically I over thought the situation a bit. If protection of confidential information is needed, removing access to the data is sufficient.
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GNU Rush (Restricted User Shell) does exactly what you want....
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I didn't figure it would be horrendously easy either... maybe it would be possible by aliasing all `unavailable` commands to
echo "This user is not permitted to use that command."
or something along those lines.
Hum, you know that would do the trick for that part... owe wait no. All the user would have to do is specify the full path like..
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Or just put a backslash in front of the command...
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"Sho me the noodles" screams Rod Tidwell to Jerry Maguire. Well, actually he doesn't say that, but he would if he was invited to a bloggers special dinner at the newly opened Sho Noodle Bar in the Crown Entertainment Complex. Some of you may be wary about going to Crown, but I actually like all the food choices available there. I've tried, and loved, Rockpool, The Brasserie by Philippe Mouchel and Koko. I liked Crown Conservatory, Giuseppe Arnaldo & Sons and Bistro Guillaume. I think the restaurants are unfairly lumped together with the casino aspect and some people refuse to go because of that. There are numerous great eating establishments there that can be visited completely independent of the casino.
The newly opened Sho Noodle Bar will test some of you. It's located on the gaming room floor itself, just inside from the atrium. The open restaurant means that all the noise from the gaming floor filters right through it. You'll either love it or loathe it. I loved hearing the adjoining poker room players scream in joy whenever they won something. The restaurant is marketed as casual dining and would appeal to gamers, (or gamblers depending how cynical you are) but judging from the quality of service, food and fitout of the restaurant, it would be a shame if diners were deterred from eating there just becuase the restaurant is within the gaming area.
The restaurant has a calming fit out, with deep seats for a drink of tea in front of the tea displays, to tables for casual dining or the bar seating with a great view into an Iron Chef style kitchen that I wished I had. The little decorative touches around the room like the helped to make it interesting.
The night started off with meeting my fellow bloggers over a tea ceremony. I met many familiar faces in Dan and Mellie (Tummy Rumbles), Jane (Deep Dish Dreams), Jackie (Eating With Jack), Ed (Tomato), Jon (Melbourne Foodie), Neil (At My Table), Elliot and Sandra (1001 Dinners 1001 Nights) and some new faces in Pat (Cooking Down Under) and Ida (A Wok In The Wild Side). While we chatted away, we were served some very good champagne (or Australian Sparkling is my guess) and watched as one of the staff performed a meticulous tea ceremony where the tea was filtered many times. The Oolong tea had a slight tartness to it but it wasn't too bitter and I really liked it.
Next up, Master Pin Tan (head chef of Sho) showed up how to make some very fine noodles. He was very personable and explained that the noodles only contain wheat flour and water, and no other secret ingredients. The key was to get the right consistency and using the correct technique, you'll end up with long thin noodles such as those he made.
Finally, another staff performed a Kung Fu tea pouring show. He flung the long tea pot all over his body and in various poses, poured the tea straight into tiny cup without spilling any. Very impressive indeed.
We were then seated at the bar to watch the chefs cooking away in the kitchen. While our tea cups and wine glasses were filled with a variety of fine teas and wine, the food started to roll out. First up was an assortment of dumplings, Har Gow, Siu Mai and Vegetable Dumplings. All three were very good, with the skin of the har gow being that perfect consistency between being gelatinous but not too thick. I even liked the siu mai, which I usually hate. I think the higher ratio of prawn meat to mince made it good.
The standard Cold Platter of Soy Chicken, Char Siu and Roast Duck was average. The soy chicken was a touch dry and needed more soy. The char siu (which I don't like at any place although some places do it a bit better by cooking it more crisp) was a bit under done. The roast duck was the best of the three, with a crispy skin and soft meat.
The next dish was my favourite. I just adore lobster and the Lobster with Honey Chilli and Spring Onion was a treat. The lobster was fried and tossed in a sauce that tasted to me of sweet chilli, worcestershire sauce, vinegar and sugar (or possibly honey although I didn't really taste the honey flavour). The tang from the sauce coated each piece of tender juicy lobster meat. I even picked out the meat from the head so as to savour the last of the lobster flavour.
The Barramundi with Chilli Oyster Sauce was again a great dish. Fried fish work well with a sweet sour type sauce, as in this case. The chilli helped to give it an extra kick that lifts it even more. The barramundi was served with some wok fried Gailan.
The Beef Rendang was a very hot curry. I'm never a huge fan of rendang but this one was quite good. The meat was extremely tender and not stringy, so that was a plus. The rendang was hot, which I like, so another plus. It probably needed a touch more coconut cream.
The Wok Fried Chicken with Dried Chilli was definitely the worst dish of the night. I didn't like it at all. I've had this dish at other places and usually it's chicken literally fried with just dried chilli. This means the dish is fiery full of chilli flavour. However, this dish had no kick and this rather awful sweet plum type sauce mixed with it. To me, this is a dish that is catered to the Australian palette.
The Char Kway Teow as featured in Epicure was very good indeed. The noodles were cooked very quickly so it had that "wok hei" as Neil and I were discussing. The worse thing to do with rice noodles is to cook it slowly so that it falls apart. With some soy and some plump prawns and chinese sausage, this dish was "yummy" (happy KP, I threw in the word yummy just for you).
The night finished off with a trio of desserts. There was Diced Mango with Raspberries, Mango Pudding and Mango Ice Cream with a Lychee. You can't go wrong with fresh mangos, so that was a refreshing end to the meal. The Mango Pudding had a good consistency and had a good mango flavour, not the best I've had, but nowhere near the worse either. The Mango Ice Cream tasted rather funny and I didn't like that much.
The service throughout the night was fantastic. Dishes were brought out quickly and old plates were cleared. Our tea and wines were topped up constantly. Our head waitress, Annie, deserves a special mention. I recognised her from her days at Koko, when she made our first visit there very good due to her excellent service. I don't know if the normal service is this thorough, so I'll have to see whether that standard is maintained.
Overall, I had a fantastic night. The food was very good and so was the service. The ambience of the restaurant was energetic due to the open kitchen and the noise filtering from the gaming floor. So I would recommend that you give Sho Noodle Bar a try. I'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed as the prices look very fair.
Here is the bit where I have to say that the meal was complimentary of Crown. So you can take my review for what you think it's worth. To me personally, there is no conflict of interest as I have confidence in my own values that I would have totally trashed this place if it was bad.
Last, but definitely not least, thanks to Tara Bishop, Media Relations Manager at Crown for inviting me. I had hepas of fun and sorry about the initial scepticism. If there's any further invites from you, I'll say yes without questioning the legitmacy and sending your mind into a spin. :-)
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Sho Noodle Bar - Bloggers Invitation Dinner
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- Oblivion10/24/2008 8:49 AM
I hope they invite you the Sofias from now on!!ReplyDelete
- Oblivion10/24/2008 9:06 AM
"To me personally, there is no conflict of interest as I have confidence in my own values that I would have totally trashed this place if it was bad."ReplyDelete
You have 'values'????
That's like saying George Bush has a heart and Iraq has WMDs.
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Spc. James John Weber '04 died during a training run Nov. 20, 2007, at Fort Drum, NY. He was training for deployment later this year to Iraq.
"Spc. Weber died following physical fitness training here at Fort Drum," a media relations officer said from the base. "I don't know the official cause of death at this time but I do know that he collapsed while on a run."
Weber was buried in Catholic Cemetery, Fort Wayne. He was the son of John and Lou Ann Weber. He is survived by two brothers.
Weber graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and minor in English and Russian. He was a member of TKE Fraternity and served a year as president. He was a graduate of Fort Wayne's Bishop Luers High School.
The family asked for memorials to be made to Bishop Luers High School or Wabash College.


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November 25, 2002
Los Angeles — Twenty-three international start-up companies, assisted by teams of MBA students, will present business plans and models to about 350 potential investors, strategic partners, and invited guests during the upcoming International Venture Forum at UCLA Anderson.
The International Venture Forum, which wraps up a six-month collaboration between the participating firms and UCLA Anderson MBA students, will take place on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002, at UCLA Anderson's Korn Convocation Hall.
The forum is part of the school's Global Access Program (GAP), in which about 110 MBA students from the school's Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program prepare business plans for these 23 global start-ups as part of their international field study coursework. The companies represent various geographies from around the world and include:
8 Finnish firms
6 Australian firms
3 Chilean firms
2 French firms
2 Italian firms
1 Mexican firm
1 Austrian firm
These 23 companies will present their business plans to investors, venture capitalists and experts in technology, marketing and strategic partnerships. After each presentation, the firms will be asked questions by review panels comprised of experts and investors to determine the viability of the business models.
"The program is a unique opportunity to combine world-class science and technology with the entrepreneurial talents and networks of UCLA Anderson," said Dr. Alan Carsrud, GAP director and senior lecturer in global economics and management.
The Global Access Program links the school's faculty and students with entrepreneurs across the globe. The students research and develop business and strategic marketing plans for the fledgling companies, gleaning valuable experience in entrepreneurship and in securing venture capital. Meanwhile, the firms benefit from the students' work, as well as the opportunity to present their ideas to hundreds of potential investors and venture capitalists during the forum. Participating students are employed full time and have an average of five years of work experience, bringing significant expertise to the participating organizations.
More specifically, GAP and the International Venture Forum benefit UCLA Anderson students by enabling them to:
Integrate, apply and extend the FEMBA curriculum in the context of a hands-on, top-level business consulting experience.
Develop business research skills that will be helpful to supporting business decision-making.
Utilize team processes and efforts to accomplish a large, complex and challenging business problem.
Employ state-of-the-art web-based communications and project management tools.
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Obtain significant expertise in developing their business strategy and marketing plans.
Establish business relationships with potential investors and business partners.
Some 350 people representing more than 65 firms are expected to attend the presentations and networking events throughout this year's International Venture Forum. Additionally, potential investors and partners throughout the world will be able to view the presentations through a Web cast at a later date.
For a schedule of this year's schedule of activities, please click the following link: GAP International Venture Forum 2002 Schedule
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UCLA Anderson is perennially ranked among the top-tier business schools in the world. Award winning faculty renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective students, successful alumni and world-class facilities combine to provide an extraordinary learning opportunity. Established in 1935, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,300 students enrolled in full-time, part-time and executive MBA programs and academic master's and Ph.D. programs.
UCLA Anderson's faculty includes outstanding educators and researchers who share their scholarship and expertise in such fundamental areas as finance, marketing, accounting, business economics, decisions, operations and technology management, human resources and organizational behavior, information systems, strategy and policy.
Recognizing that the school offers unparalleled expertise in management education, the world's business community turns to UCLA Anderson as a center of influence for the ideas, innovations, strategies and talent that will shape the future.


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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
Coach Sal Penta pauses when a visitor asks about his expectations this fall. A puzzled expression washes across his face as he stares out at his team warming up for a preseason practice. Last year, Penta's high expectations seemed to tumble toward the season finale when an experienced senior class fell just short of a postseason berth.
Gone is one of the program's most prolific scorers. Gone are the midfielders and some talented defenders. They've been replaced by a talented batch of unknowns. Penta has high expectations every fall, but memories of last year have made him hesitant to cast big predictions.
"This is a season where my expectations are unknown because this team is unknown," he said. "There are a lot of different pieces to the puzzle. We talk about getting back to the tournament each year, and that's going to continue to be our main goal. After we get there, we'll talk about our expectations. I'm as excited to find out as anybody else."
Team chemistry will be a top concern as 16 or 17 varsity players compete for every position on the field. No spot is secure as opening day looms. No roster position will be safe as Penta looks for the right combination. He won't be afraid to bring up junior varsity players to fill out his roster. He won't hesitate to shuffle in bench players or switch schemes in mid-stride.
There is never any rest in Southington's challenging schedule, and there is never any margin for error as the Lady Knights take aim at a postseason berth.
"We're going to be exciting to see, and you'll be able to see the evolution of a team from game one to game 15 and 16," said the coach. "That's a good thing. This is a team where you'll be able to see girls growing up before your eyes, and that has all of us coaches really excited."
The biggest question for opening day is about scoring. Erica Kosienski has already scored a game-winner at Boston University. Nicole Wershoven is already leading the offense at Castleton College. Last fall, the pair combined for 24 of the team's 35 goals. Who will lead the charge this fall?
"Our leading scorers coming back are Erika Landino and Sarah Palko, but I think they both had one goal apiece. We have to find girls that can put the ball in the goal," said Penta. "Can we score? That's my biggest question."
Palko and Landino will be joined by sophomore Jessica Goralski as the team's main scorers as Haley Kolesnik continues her rehab from an early injury. Penta is looking for everyone to contribute if Southington is going to be successful.
"They all have speed. They are all fast, and they can all get physical," said the coach. "You're going to see them get hustle goals. Sometimes it won't be as technical, but they'll work hard. Even in the scrimmages that we've had so far, they've really tested the defenses."
To support the attack, Penta has loaded his midfield. Senior midfielder Emily Kemnitz will anchor a lineup that includes sophomores Erin Angelillo and Kristina Linehan.
"Emily Kemnitz is the one that we're going to look to at midfield to control the ball, but that's her forte," said Penta. "She's really able to turn on the ball and be technical, so we're really going to lean on her. Then, I really like Erin and Kristina's ability to possess. You really have to put the most skilled players on that part of the field, and I think we have this year."
Penta also has a lot of questions on defense. Last season, Southington surrendered six points or more in three different contests with only three shutouts to their credit. On the other hand, he said that this year's defense could be the team's strength.
Senior Silvana Tellerico and junior Emily Lippincott are both returning starters. Freshman Caroline Kemnitz and sophomore Emily Maciejewski have both proven effective in the preseason, and the four of them should anchor Southington's defense.
"They are gelling well, but what I really like is that they're possessing the ball in the back," said Penta. "They aren't just kicking the ball as long as they can. They're building it from the back, and that's going to be important."
For the last line of defense, Penta will once again rely on a tandem of solid goalies. Junior Margaret Melitt returns to the net where she will compete with freshman Janelle Mangassarian.
"We might end up sharing them in goal, or we might have one working a little bit more than the other," said Penta. "That's the thing that's usually lost with goalies—competition. The field players are always competing every day, and we want to keep setting up that situation with our goalies. We want our goal keepers to be as challenged as everyone else."
With so much competition at every position, chemistry will be a very important challenge as the Knights get toward a common goal, so Penta has named captains at every position on the field. Emily Kemnitz was named before the off-season. Silvana Tellerico and Erika Landino earned their captain positions with their leadership, and that's a good sign for their coach.
"We did one captain for the off-season and the coaches really looked at how they did," said the coach. "Sylvana and Erika stepped up, and that's important. I wanted these girls to know that this isn't something that's lasting. You have to keep earning it."
The Lady Knights will be tested early and often. They'll measure themselves against Conard and Platt in the first week before plunging headfirst into a schedule that would overwhelm the most experienced varsity teams. The second week will showcase NW Catholic, Farmington, and Hall, but it doesn't get any easier.
"We need good competition. The girls have to get used to it, but that's what makes a program better and a player better," said Penta. "We are going to have to be an athletic team this year. We probably aren't going to be scoring as many goals as we did in the past. What we want to do is use our athleticism to our advantage. We want to use our speed up front and play fast."
The Lady Knights are ready.
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Haji Lane – Chicken Kebab!
Now wait, I have never been a fan of kebabs to be plain honest. Nope, never.
Karen and I met up with Nicholas at Haji Lane (The Arab Street area) outside this funky looking Egyptian restaurant. The ambience was somewhat similar as of you visiting a Kopitiam in Little India having roti prata. Pretty cosy and decent. You have egyptian songs playing in the background (verified by asking one of their staff). There're different types of kebabs to choose from, as you can see from the menu.
We ordered some special drinks on the menu which costs us somewhat $9.00 for 3 different ones. My tastebud doesn't tell me anything special about a glass of jasmine and iced lemon tea though.
Here comes the main course.
The meat is tender and the sauce is savoury. The spread of salad and potato wedges are amusingly well proportioned. I'd highly recommend getting a piece of this action when you're around in Arab Street. Having said that, I have never noticed Arab Street to have their own unique stand in the buzzling Singapore city. You have shi sha boutiques, cafes in preserved shop-houses and alot of shopping.
Visit Arab Street if you can when you're here in Singapore. It's not far away from G4 Station 😉
Benson's rating for the kebabs –
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Early renderings of Echo Park development (top) and Silver Lake project (right).
Construction work is expected begin soon on a pair of residential projects – one on the site of the former Coffee Table restaurant in Silver Lake, the other on Morton Avenue in Echo Park – that have been dormant for the past year. Southern California home builder Van Daele Homes has agreed to build and co-own the two projects with Miami-based 15 Group, which put the Silver Lake project up for sale last year. Construction on an 18-home, small-lot development on Morton Avenue is scheduled to begin next month while work on 33 townhomes in Silver Lake is planned to start in September, according to a press release.
The deal expands Van Daele's presence in the area. Last week, it held a grand opening for a 15-home small-lot project in Echo Park.
Before both projects went dormant, 15 Group said it had planned to restore three Craftsman-style bungalows at the front of its Echo Park project. In Silver Lake, the developer put its 1.44-acre site on Rowena Avenue up for sale shortly after demolishing several buildings on the site, including the former Coffee Table restaurant building.
Meanwhile, 15 Group continues to purse plans to build a 4,400 units of housing in Boyle Heights on the site of Wyvernwood Garden Apartments, a proposal that has met with opposition by many residents, community groups and elected officials.


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Up close and personal: Sarah Polley's 'Stories We Tell' explores her own family's secrets
Sarah Polley would have you believe that the best part of making her documentary, Stories We Tell, is listening to the stories you tell after watching it. She will ask for details. The writer-director, who is also a talented actress, was in New York City in March to do a round of interviews about her autobiographical film, a task she appears to relish. "I like hearing how the movie reminds people of their own family stories," she says. "It makes me feel that I didn't spend all those months in this navel-gazing, totally egocentric process." And you believe her.
In Stories We Tell, which Roadside Attractions opens in May, Polley recounts the life of her mother, Diane Polley. She died of cancer when the filmmaker was 11 years old. Polley began the labyrinthine project unwittingly: During a pleasant conversation with a man she thought to be her mother's friend, she uncovered a startling fact about her own identity. Through family photos and home videos, including dramatic reenactments that are sometimes part of a mash-up with the videos, as well as interviews with her father, Michael Polley, the four older Polley siblings, and Diane's friends and lovers, what emerges is the bittersweet tale of a complicated woman who, ironically, remains somewhat elusive.
Polley's way of work on the documentary was so intuitive that she wonders if she has undergone some fundamental change. "I'm afraid I will never be able to make another straightforward narrative film again," she says. Earlier in the day, at a photo shoot, Polley discovered that despite her transformation, some moviemaking practices remain unaltered. "Photo shoots remind me of what I dislike most about acting," she declares, with disarming intimacy. Then, she asks me a question. Looking across at her, a beautiful, petite young woman, with startling blue eyes, it is no surprise that photographers want to drape her in jewels and gowns, but what really sets Polley apart is her acuity and her inquisitiveness.
Stories We Tell is Polley's first documentary, and her third feature. She is best-known in the U.S. for her roles in art-house films such as Isabel Coixet's My Life Without Me (2003) and Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and more recently for her directorial debut, Away from Her (2006), which garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. In her native Canada, Polley is a beloved child actress, known for her political activism and her growing international reputation. Her second narrative feature was the much-underrated Take This Waltz (2011), about a young wife whose husband prefers cooking to sex; she leaves him for another man. Polley, who had divorced her husband a few years earlier, says: "Nearly everyone thought that because the story is about a young woman, it was autobiographical." In fact, Take This Waltz imagines Diane Polley's first marriage.
In Stories We Tell, Polley recounts the true story of that marriage, which ended in divorce after Diane's husband charged her with adultery. She lost custody of her two children, John and Susy. They recall that painful separation in the documentary. Diane subsequently married Michael, and while she remained with him until she died, in the film he confesses that he was often not an affectionate husband. "Away from Her obviously has a lot to do with my parents' life, too," Polley says. In that movie, a married woman who is losing her memory has an affair with another man. Diane had several lovers, and in retrospect it seems that Polley also drew inspiration from her for her role in My Life Without Me.
In Coixet's film, Polley plays Ann, a young mother dying of cancer, struggling to fit in the experiences she will miss, while also completing a diary for her children who will grow up without her. One of those experiences is an adulterous affair. "I loved working with Isabel," Polley declares, "and yes, I thought about my mother all the time. If there is something really terrible about a child losing her mother—and that is very hard—I think that a mother leaving her children behind is much more difficult." Polley, who remarried last year, turned 34 in January, and gave birth to her first child in February.
"Having a child does change your perspective," she observes. "For instance, I am happy to leave this documentary behind me." Polley explains that while it is her habit not to watch her films again for several years, she is not sure about returning to Stories We Tell. "I don't want to go back there again," she says. "It was something I had to get over, and it is done now." The documentary, in which Polley appears on-camera several times in her role as director, is a complex rumination on the nature of identity, her mother's and her own. In fact, Polley's unearthing of a secret her mother kept from her husband and children, which forms the dramatic underpinning for Stories We Tell, alters these survivors' views of themselves as a family.
Underscoring the documentary's profound effect, Polley's sister Joanna points out that all three female siblings are recently divorced. Michael, who is perhaps the most vulnerable subject, for reasons it is difficult to explain without a spoiler, was inspired to write the story of his life, from which the film's narration is adapted. As for Polley, she remembers sleepless nights. "I was tired all the time," she says, "and there was this moment during post when I wanted to tear the entire film to pieces." The filmmaker gave family members a tape of the final edit, and asked them to report any "big issues" with the documentary. "I think the worst time of my life was waiting for my father and my brothers and sisters to tell me what they thought," Polley recalls. "We are all very close." The family was pleased with the documentary, as were most of the other subjects.
Polley, who possesses the poise we imagine child stars develop early on, also displays a certain hypersensitivity to people and to her surroundings that reveal sensibilities beyond her years. Stories We Tell is the work of a mature director, as well as a woman comfortable with ambiguity. "When I was making this film, I felt there was nothing solid under my feet," Polley recalls. "For most of it, I did not know where I was going." Asked about this penchant for stories that dwell in uncertainty, such as Take This Waltz, or ones where the truth is evanescent, as it is in Stories We Tell, Polley is thoughtful. "That's an interesting question," she responds. "I certainly don't like easy judgments. I feel they lead to formulaic art. For instance, when you approach funders for a movie like this, they want to characterize it, to make it either this or that. I understand the need, but it seems to affect everything, the way we think about movies and lots of other things. That's dangerous."
We hear Diane Polley's voice only once in Stories We Tell, when she is singing "Ain't Misbehavin'." While Polley shapes Diane's legacy throughout the documentary, this audition tape seems to reflect her most deeply felt sentiments about her mother. Diane did not have much feeling for the song, and the clip hints at a lack of self-confidence, but also a child-like quality, which Polley's siblings recall so vividly in the documentary. The final shots of Stories We Tell are extreme close-ups of Diane's face, the perspective of a young child remembering a mother's embrace. If you could smell a frame of film, this one would have a whiff of Diane's perfume. "I am not sure you can get at the truth of who anyone is," Polley says. "My mother's friends say she would like the film, but I wish she could see it."


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Pakistani Girl Shot by Taliban Leaves the Hospital
Malala Yousufzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, was released from a hospital in Birmingham, U.K., on Friday. There is no audio on this video.
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Inside the Robot Lab
Inside the Robot Lab
iRobot developed the Create robot as s development platform for people interested in using the Roomba chassis to create their own robots. This robot consists of the chassis (minus the vacuum cleaner parts) and an interface module. This particular robot wa
Inside the Robot Lab - PrinterBot
The iRobot Create, showing its sand painting mechanism. The engineer who developed this essentially mated a dot-matrix printer mechanism, a bottle of sand, and some special software to the robot. When used for worship, it probably prints something besides
Inside the Robot Lab - Cleaning up
An iRobot Roomba Discovery cleans up the mess after the Create made its sand painting. The Roomba Discovery then noticed that the carpet wasnt as clean as it would like, and attempted to clean the rest of the iRobot offices before being retrieved by empl
Inside the Robot Lab - PackBot Controls
This is the control unit of the iRobot PackBot, the most popular of the companys military models. The wheels on the base control speed and direction of the robot and any installed devices, while the buttons select the mode of operation or the device to b
Inside the Robot Lab - Laptop Link
Theres also a laptop sized device for controlling the PackBot. In this case, its running a robot named Redowl, which sees things in infrared.Photo: Wayne Rash / eWEEK
Inside the Robot Lab - The PackBot
This is the iRobot PackBot with a surveillance attachment. The robot can sustain a 200G fall without damage, and it can extend its high-resolution television camera higher than six feet above the ground. Theres also a gripper hand on the camera boom so
Inside the Robot Lab - PackBot on Tiptoes
This PackBot shows how it can get a little better look for its multi-function sensors. This sensor not only includes cameras, but it can sense and locate a gunshot instantly, allowing troops to locate snipers. Trying this one out was just plain spooky.
Inside the Robot Lab - The Sniper Sensor
A close look at the sniper sensor. Note that the face contains both audio and video sensors. It can rotate in any direction to find, and then expose the sniper it detects. iRobot also makes autonomous robots that can shoot back. I was afraid to ask if the
Inside the Robot Lab - Clapping for Effect
iRobot employee Ori Taka claps her hands to simulate gunfire. As you can see, the robot already has her in its sights.Photo: Wayne Rash / eWEEK
Inside the Robot Lab - Looking Up
When this PackBot needs to see over a wall or through a window, it can extend itself to heights of well over six feet.Photo: Wayne Rash / eWEEK
Inside the Robot Lab - Smell-o-vision
iRobot employee Jon Souliere shows off a new chemical sensing robot that can sniff out bombs without endangering people.Photo: Wayne Rash / eWEEK
Inside the Robot Lab - New Robot Control
Yes, thats a Logitech game controller. And yes, thats the iRobot logo painted on it. The company has found that younger troops used to their PlayStations can really related to robots when they use this control. Apparently it greatly reduces training ti
Inside the Robot Lab - Lending a Hand
iRobot Chair Helen Greiner shows off the lifting arm of the new iRobot Warrior. This arm is strong enough that it can lift Greiner, not to mention soldiers in full battle gear, howitzer shells, and combat supplies. Greiner said that it can also carry a su
Inside the Robot Lab - Help When You Need It
The iRobot CoWorker is designed to provide a presence so that company experts can be on site without having to travel. It can travel around a job or factory site, for example, and provide a teleconferencing link to the company expert who can examine a job
Inside the Robot Lab - A Life Saved
This EOD PackBot was returned to the factory for service after having been damaged in an explosion of an improvised explosive device in Iraq. On the control computer, engineers found a set of tally marks indicating that this robot had successfully disarme
Inside the Robot Lab - Crabby Robot
iRobot modeled this mine-clearing robot after the design of a crab. Like a crab, it can alter its gait if it loses a leg or two. Its designed to work underwater.Photo: Wayne Rash / eWEEK
Inside the Robot Lab - Wall O\ Roombas
One wall of an iRobot conference room shows all of the models of the famed Roomba floor cleaning robot that have been developed to date.Photo: Wayne Rash / eWEEK
Inside the Robot Lab - The Basic Create
The iRobot Create, with its interface module, is designed to allow experiments in robotics. Users can rewrite the control code, add functions, create add-on capabilities, and develop new uses for robots. Greiner said that so many people were buying Roomba
Inside the Robot Lab - The Raptor
Not every iRobot product was designed with a serious purpose. The Raptor was designed either for fun, or to terrorize small pets.Photo: Wayne Rash / eWEEK
Inside the Robot Lab - Warrior Basics
This is the basic chassis of the Warrior robot. Its the size of a garden tractor, can carry heavy loads, and has a range of capabilities that iRobot is reluctant to explain in detail. Chairman Greiner described it as a Beast.Photo: W
Inside the Robot Lab - Roomba on Steroids
Just in case you thought the only floors a robot could clean were in your house, there is also a commercial model. This floor cleaning robot is designed for offices.Photo: Wayne Rash / eWEEK


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In spite of the weather the meeting is a go. Invite your friends. Lets have a big crowd for Jim.
Jim Nickelson is a photographer whose work is driven by a sense of wonder of the natural world and its underlying science. Science is thus the underpinning for all of his photography, whether it be work based on the concept of the passage of time, work motivated by natural rhythms and cycles and patterns, work exploring the mysteries of nature, or work simply inspired by the wonder of the natural world.
Jim works full time as a fine art photographer and custom digital printer (as Nickelson Editions) and teaches workshops on photography and digital printing both privately and through Maine Media Workshops. Before committing himself to the photographic life, he pursued the classic artistic career path of NASA engineer and corporate lawyer. Jim makes his home in Camden, Maine, with his amazing wife and daughter.
Jim has received numerous awards, including being honored as Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park and Arizona's Chiricahua National Monument. Jim has also exhibited widely, including in museums or galleries such as the Photo Resource Center at Boston University (Boston, MA), Danforth Museum of Art (Framingham, MA), Center for Maine Contemporary Art (Rockport, ME), University of Maine Museum of Art (Bangor, ME), Michener Art Museum (Doylestown, PA), Bates College Museum of Art (Lewiston, ME), Three Columns Gallery at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), University of Wyoming Art Museum (Laramie, WY), 555 Gallery (Boston, MA), VoxPhotographs (Portland, ME), Davis Orton Gallery (Hudson, NY), Center for Photographic Art (Carmel, CA), Preston Contemporary Art Center (Mesilla, NM), Spiva Center for the Arts (Joplin, MO), New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC), Ten High Street Gallery (Camden, ME), Kingman Gallery (Deer Isle, ME), Gallery Photographica (San Francisco, CA), and Silvermine Guild Galleries (New Canaan, CT).
Jim's work resides in museum, public, corporate, and private collections across the United States and Canada.


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Forget saving us from "terrorism", Trump brings out worse violence within Americans. I don't recall ever seeing so many hate crimes in the news. To me it seems like the USA is ready for another civil war. The scary thing is that the military would back the minority side.
Officers fired stun grenades and rubber bullets and later said they had confiscated weapons from a group of protesters.
Around 100 people were detained, with police saying that at least 14 were placed under arrest. Journalists were among those detained.
On May 26, Jeremy Christian allegedly killed two men and injured a third on a train when they tried to stop his racial harassment of two teenage girls, one of whom was wearing a hijab.
A third man who intervened was badly hurt and hospitalised.
Christian, 35, had been filmed at Gibson's April 29 rally loudly using anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic slurs and performing Nazi-like salutes.
More than 1,000 people descended on the northwestern US city of Portland on Sunday for an "alt-right" rally and a large counter-protest, just nine days after two men were stabbed to death on a train.
According to Cox, there is a need to "reckon with the fact that these racist attitudes lead to racist words, and these racist words lead to violence".


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Public Safety Equipment Acquires LaserCraft
St. Louis, Missouri – Public Safety Equipment, Inc. (PSE) has acquired LaserCraft, Inc., a designer and supplier of laser based detection, measurement and lawenforcement systems. Based in Norcross, Georgia, LaserCraft was founded in 1994 and has 65 employees.
This acquisition strengthens PSE's position in the U.S. as a market leader focused on providing safety, enforcement and evidentiary products and services.
Public Safety Equipment is the parent company of Code 3, Inc. and Kustom Signals, Inc. Based in Saint Louis, Missouri, Code 3 manufactures a complete line of lighting and sound-based warning products used in law enforcement, fire/emergency response, utility and service fleet applications. Kustom Signals, headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, supplies speed enforcement, speed awareness and in-car video systems to law enforcement and public safety agencies.
LaserCraft is poised to become a leader in automated speed enforcement through its Laser RMS Red Light Enforcement system, which features a proprietary above ground laser detection module.
Scott Patterson, President of LaserCraft, and Long Pham, VP Operations, will remain with the business in Norcross to lead its continued development and growth.
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Its Kale (uc Kale) meaning three castles or towers in turkish, is the southeastern acropolis of the Byzantine castle in the city of Ioannina. The Byzantine castle was built in 528 A.D. on orders of the emperor Justinian but the buildings on this panorama are of a a later date. It is the location of the palace of Ali Pasha(1744-1822) (now Byzantine museum), one of the rulers during the Ottoman occupation, his grave and the Fetihe Mosque. Also visible are Ali Pashas Kitchens (the building with four chimneys) and a tower build by Bohemund in 1082 (with four children sitting on it), during his campaign with the Normans in the Byzantine wars.
Its Kale overlooks the lake of Ioannina(Pamvotis) and parts of the city of Ioannina. It is now a place with museums, a cafeteria and it often hosts artistic performances ranging from live music to theater.
Sources: Wikipedia.gr, http://www.about-ioannina.gr


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Police chief wants union lawyer banned
New London - The police chief has banned the police union's lawyer from all police buildings, alleging that he "went berserk" last month and verbally assaulted her prior to a meeting at the police station.
Chief Margaret Ackley also filed a workplace violence complaint with the city and is asking the city to ban attorney Eric Brown from all municipal buildings.
The chief and the union, headed by Officer Todd Lynch, have had a contentious relationship for years. It came to a head most recently over contract negotiations and an internal investigation into an alleged leak of information to the media during an open investigation. Each side has publicly accused the other of lying.
On Friday, Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio announced that he had fired police Officer David McElroy on Ackley's recommendation. Finizio said McElroy had leaked a document about an alleged sexual assault and was later "untruthful" during an investigation into the leak.
Ackley said Brown used foul, vulgar and sexist language, "and made me feel that he was going to physically attack me." She asked that the city take "a pro-active stand" and "take all actions necessary" to assure her safety.
"As the police chief, I should not have to fear for my personal safety as it relates to the police union attorney," Ackley wrote in a Nov. 27 email to Chief Administrative Officer Jane Glover, who is investigating the incident. "I deal with members of the public who are not always happy with police services, yet I have NEVER had a member of the public at large conduct themselves in such a threatening manner as Attorney Brown displayed."
Finizio first brought up the incident with the chief during a meeting Monday with The Day's editorial board and later included it as part of a press release criticizing the union.
On Monday, he said the chief was "afraid" after her confrontation with Brown.
"I could hear it in her voice," he said.
Ackley, through Deputy Chief Peter G. Reichard, sent a copy of her complaint to The Day on Thursday. The complaint the incident took place Nov. 25, prior to the start of a disciplinary hearing at the police department.
"All parties present were in the immediate area of Brown when this took place and he was clearly heard by ALL," Reichard wrote.
He said the department had no further comment.
Under the city's workplace violence policy, updated in November 2012, discipline could include dismissal, arrest and prosecution. It is not clear what action the city can take against Brown since he is not an employee.
In an interview Friday, Brown said that since he does not live near the city, he had asked to reschedule three disciplinary hearings so that they would be held back-to-back rather than at separate times during the day, a request that Ackley refused. When he arrived at the first hearing half an hour late, he said, Ackley prohibited him from entering the conference room.
He said she was standing far away from him, and he had to speak loudly.
"This is just typical of your incompetence," he said he recalls telling her. He said he could understand why the comment would have offended Ackley, but he denied using any foul, vulgar or sexist language, saying he does not use those kinds of words.
"I was never verbally abusive," he said. "I just plainly told her she was incompetent."
He added that there were six police officers present who could have taken action if he were out of line, but there was no need to do so.
"It was simply typical of the labor discussions and negotiations we have been going through for the last 10 months," Brown said. "I'm not surprised by her making these allegations."
Day staff writer Kimberly Drelich contributed to this report.
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