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USDA's Economic Research Service has increased its estimate of U.S. cotton exports for the 2008-09 marketing year from 14.5 million to 15 million bales due to an expected decline in world cotton production.
Some analysts think that 15-million-bale export estimate may be a tall order, but even if U.S. August 2008-July 2009 shipments don't reach that amount, the figure is one indicator the economic outlook for U.S. cotton could finally be improving.
"That 15-million-bale export forecast gives us some cause for hope," says Gary Adams, vice president for policy and economic services with the National Cotton Council. "Even if we don't get to 15 million in exports, it leaves us in the situation where we may see a tightening of the balance sheet for U.S. cotton."
Adams, a speaker at the American Cotton Producers/Cotton Foundation summer conference, was referring to the Economic Research Service's forecast that 2008-09 ending stocks could drop to 4.6 million bales or less than half of the 10.2 million bales forecast for the end of 2007-08 (on July 31).
"Any number between 5.2 million and 7.1 million bales is still better than 10 million bales," said Adams. (He said some analysts believe the 10.2 million bales USDA is using for 2007-08 ending stocks is too low and the export figure of 15 million bales is too high. The range in the numbers could put final 2008-09 ending stocks at 5.2 million to 7.1 million bales.)
USDA economists say world cotton production could drop from 2007-08's 119.3 million to 112.2 million bales in 2008-09 because of a decline in planted area, which has fallen to the second lowest level in 15 years. Most of the decrease is occurring in the United States.
"The decline in world cotton production in 2008-09 is attributable mainly to the lower forecast for the United States, as this crop is projected 28 percent below 2007-08," said USDA economists Leslie Meyer, Stephen MacDonald, Robert Skinner and James Kiawu, writing in the latest ERS Cotton and Wool Outlook.
"China's crop is forecast only slightly below that of a year ago, while the rest of the world of the world is forecast to fall 2 percent to the lowest since 2003-04," they said. "The U.S. share of global production is estimated lower at 12 percent in 2008-09, compared with the five-year average of 18.5 percent."
Although the decline in ending stocks could be a positive sign, Adams isn't convinced U.S. cotton plantings will rebound in 2009.
"Input costs for cotton are still high relative to other crops," he said, noting that potash and phosphate prices have risen more than 400 percent since January 2004 while fuel and nitrogen costs had gone up 200 percent before diesel prices began leveling off a few weeks ago.
The prices farmers receive, meanwhile have been declining since peaking in early March in what some experts are now calling a "mystery spike." The day after Adams spoke in Savannah, Ga., (Aug. 14) December 2008 cotton futures fell another 240 points to 67 cents per pound.
"We are seeing some weakness in competing crops, however," said Adams. December 2009 corn futures declined to $5.50 per bushel on Aug. 15 while November 2009 soybeans had dipped below $12.50 per bushel in electronic trading on Aug. 17.
"The concern now is that when you look at these prices we could still be in a situation where we are still trying to hold on to cotton acres. At best, we may be holding on, but we could possibly lose more acres in 2009."
Another concern is that the performance of the U.S. and world economies and higher energy costs could also slow demand for textile products. "It may well be that consumers have to curtail clothing purchases because of higher gasoline prices."
USDA's latest crop production forecast has U.S. farmers harvesting a crop of 13.77 million bales in 2008, or about 5.5 million bales less than in 2007. Some believe the crop could still reach 14 million to 14.5 million bales.
"If you look at the August crop report over the last five years, the crop gets bigger by from 1 million to 3 million bales between August and December," said Adams. "That could be another reason for higher stocks figures."
Adams acknowledged that other cotton-growing countries seem to be making much smaller adjustments in their cotton acreages. The exception may be India, which has increased its yield and production dramatically in the last few years.
Lack of rainfall and the higher prices being offered for grain could lead Indian farmers to switch acres out of cotton. (Press reports out of India in recent days have been predicting a "drastic" fall in Indian cotton production in the 2008-09 marketing year.)
"Cotton still appears to be the better alternative because of the sharp increase in India's cotton yields," said Adams. "The key to the world production and price outlooks may be whether a shift will occur in Brazil. Brazilian farmers are expected to plant more soybeans because of exchange problems and the higher prices offered for soybeans."
Whether the rebound occurs in 2009 or later, more analysts are predicting the long-term outlook for cotton is becoming more promising.
"This ailing patient," the U.S. cotton sector, shows every sign of recovery — it just may need at least another year to recuperate," says Michael Whitehead, vice president for food and agribusiness research at Rabobank. "While the long-term outlook for the cotton sector in the United States is favorable, the sector may still endure some pain."
Whitehead believes the U.S. cotton sector is likely to improve as major global cotton producers such as China and India increasingly divert more acreage into food production to keep pace with rising incomes and populations. "This would likely raise the price of cotton and entice U.S. farmers to increase their cotton acreage."
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SACRAMENTO — The state Legislature gaveled in a special session on healthcare Monday, pushing forward with sweeping proposals to help California implement President Obama's healthcare overhaul.
The measures, including a major expansion of Medi-Cal, the state's public insurance program for the poor, would cement the state's status as the nation's earliest and most aggressive adopter of the federal Affordable Care Act. Beginning in January 2014, the law requires most Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty.
Gov. Jerry Brown called the special session so healthcare bills that he signs can take effect within 90 days rather than next year.
State lawmakers are racing to pass rules for enrollment in a new state-run insurance market in October. They include a requirement for insurers to cover consumers who have preexisting medical conditions.

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Exhausted and full of tales of adventure is probably the best way to describe the state of the 5th Dartford Scout Group's young members as they returned from the Dartford District Diamond Jubilee Jamboree (3DJ2) at Walton Firs Activity Centre. Over 700 district Scouters attended, most of whom slept under canvas and with 80 odd being from the mighty 5th.
Some old friends were missed on this camp, but many new friends were made and old friendships rekindled.
Activities, which were all run by the the leaders from within our own district, included Archery, Target Shooting, Caving, Crate Stacking, Climbing, Rafting, Kayaking, Canoeing, Backwoods skills and cooking and much, much more. The camp record for crate stacking was set by one of our own Leigh-Pack cubs at 26 crates and for the third consecutive time, we retained our dominance in the cardboard canoe race with a very convincing victory in a craft designed by Paul, fashioned by Brett Funnell & John Butler and captained by Explorer Jack "Duracell Bunny" Hannah.
Having sucessfully linked, Joseph was presented with his Chief Scout Silver Award by GSL Paul as he left the Leigh-Pack to join the Earley-Troop as a Scout.
We can't avoid the fact that the weather on this camp was wet and horrible, but the set-up and strike were favourable and with sufficient leaders taking time off work to get everything ready before the young folk arrived, there were no issues or surprises.
As with all camps, the focus was on the kids, but it can't be done without the leadership team and none more so that those who run the kitchen and fuel the kids adventure. On behalf of everyone attending camp we thank Karen, Liz and Kay for preparing and cooking over 800 meals, serving over 300 pints of hot chocolate and for pampering the leaders and allowing us to crack on with the activities. Ladies, we thank you!


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In its 14th year, OSC's Summer Institute (SI) 2002 was a success for all involved: student participants, returning student helpers, OSC and Advanced Computing Center for the Arts & Design (ACCAD) staff! Everyone who participated can take credit for the great outcome of SI2002 and its rewards.
Students gained an increase in computer science knowledge, new friendships, an enhanced ability to work on a team, a unique opportunity to use state-of-the-art supercomputers, and exposure to campus life. Students left SI2002 with a greater confidence in their individual learning abilities and their ability to adapt while working and living in a new environment with new friends of similar interests.
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The students worked together in five teams on five diverse and challenging projects. Teams were comprised of a project leader (staff member who conceived and designed the project), students in the project group, and a student leader (in charge of dividing project tasks). For the first time, a teacher project group was formed. They completed their project just like the students.
The projects this year included: Mechanical Engineering, Parallel Processing, Computational Chemistry, Neural Network, and Motion Capture and VRML. The teachers' project was the Wave Motion project.
The Mechanical Engineering project consisted of modeling the stress response of two All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) wheel hub designs. Honda, Inc. located in Marysville, Ohio, supplied both designs. The students took solid models of both designs (one a current production part and the second a candidate replacement design) and built a finite element model with the Altair Hyperworks software package. Simulated loads were applied to this finite element model and resultant stress calculated. Results were sent back to the Honda development staff for potential use. Connecting to the real world design problem gave the students valuable insight into how supercomputers are actually applied to daily engineering problems.
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The Parallel Processing Project was designed mainly to teach the parallel processing language needed to split up a problem and assign different tasks to different processors. Their parallel code was run on supercomputers containing 128 and 256 separate processors. They simulated wave motion in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions.
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The Computational Chemistry project focused on macromolecules. Using the fundamental principles of symmetry, computer models of large molecular systems were built. Students studying biomolecules obtained an initial representation from the Protein Data Bank and transformed this into a form suitable for molecular dynamics calculations. The early stages of these calculations indicated avenues of further refinements to the models. This a paradigm applied by many researchers in biochemistry. The final stages of the molecular dynamics calculations, which use the laws of physics to determine the motions of atoms in molecules, generated visualizations showing the trajectories of some proteins important to the life cycle of viruses.
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A new project this year combined computer programming and pattern recognition. The students were taught the Neural Network algorithm where data structures within the program simulate the actions of human brain neurons. Students first wrote the neural network code, and then trained the program so that it would correctly recognize a set of shapes. Lastly, the students demonstrated that by using a neural network for pattern recognition, slightly distorted shapes could still be categorized correctly. For example, if one side of a pentagon were removed, the program would still say the image was a pentagon.
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With the Motion Capture and VRML project, students scripted a short story about the beginning of a baseball game and created a virtual world for their story. The environment involved a stadium and five characters. The story's keyframes were rigorously defined.
In the MOCAP lab, one team member wore a special suit, which had 41 reflecting balls attached at critical points of the body. This one actor performed all the motions for all the characters while specially designed cameras captured the action of the reflective balls. The position of the individual reflective balls was calculated and placed in virtual space.
Then the team learned the VRML programming environment and designed the stadium. Other programming tools were used to add the National Anthem, and the umpire's "Play Ball!" tune was downloaded from the Internet and included in the virtual world.
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The teachers' project, the Wave Motion project, concentrated on the study of acoustics. They recorded an electric guitar amplifier in a room at OSC. These recordings were then used as the input to a simulation of that room, using the two-dimensional wave equation as the governing equation. Comparisons were then made between the frequency response exhibited by the simulation and that actually observed in the room.
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Students were required to do their own work from code implementation to final results. Excellent programming skills and an understanding of the project's science/engineering were prerequisites for facilitating code writing. Finally, the students made a video animation displaying their simulation data -- which was the ultimate goal of each project. Groups presented and explained their animations to parents, OSC staff, and guests who attended the SI Closing Ceremonies.
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It took a while before I worked out that there were rebus squares at all: after nine minutes I had got all the way down to the SE corner and figured out pest control; maybe its clue seeded an idea in my head, because I discovered the first rebus square just two minutes later.
Knowing roughly what was going on wasn't a huge help, because you still didn't know where to expect other ANTs and the clues affected by the rebus squares are among the hardest to solve because neither answer is of the expected length. For example, {Trig function} at 20-Down is tough until you know you're looking for a 3 or 6 letter word, not a 4-letter word.
The areas I had most difficulty with stretched in a stripe from the NW corner to half way up the middle on the right. Cracking 20-Down was critical, as it split the unsolved section into two, giving help with both halves.
The ten clues having to satisfy two different answers must have been tough to write and I think they're sometimes great and sometimes bordering on the unfair. {Trig function} and {Pole position?} exemplify when the idea really works well. On the other hand, {They may have titles} for pageants/pages is just too unspecific, while {Enemy encounter} for combatant, {Set upon a slope, say} for sled are a big stretch and hard to rationalize. If {Yankee fighter} for Giant is meant to refer to the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants then that seems a little unsatisfactory given they play in different leagues, so would only meet in the World Series.
Solving time: 31 mins (solo, no solving aids)Solution
Clue of the puzz: 23a ride {Teacups, e.g.}
Grid art by Sympathy [about the grid colors]
Five rebus squares contain ANTs. Each clue to the ten answers crossing these can be read as either indicating the full answer (including the ANT) or the answer without the ANT. This is indicated by 57d/65a pest control {Extermination ... or what can be done to 10 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues?}.
8a pageants/pages {They may have titles}Crucimetrics
16a combatant/combat {Enemy encounter}
32a fantabulous/fabulous {Absolutely terrific}
40a antagonizes/agonizes {Gets upset}
58a Antarctic/Arctic {Pole position?}
7d slanted/sled {Set upon a slope, say}
12d antacid/acid {Something that might work on a full stomach?}
20d secant/sec. {Trig function}
29d Giant/G.I. {Yankee fighter}
45d I want in!/I win! {Cry at a poker game, maybe}
New To Me
Xan Vongsathorn / Will Shortz
15x15 with 37 (16.4%) black squares
78 (average length 4.82)
Theme squares
65 (34.6%)
Scrabble points
309 (average 1.64)
Letters used
19a Hesse {"The Glass Bead Game" novelist}. It seems Hermann Hesse comes up a lot in American grids ... those Ss and Es are easy to fit around. If you need a five-letter literature Nobelist, odds-on it's Hesse (or possibly Eliot). The Glass Bead Game (Das Glasperlenspiel in the original German) is his last work - an infant of long gestation - begun in 1931 but not published until 1943 in Switzerland (the era making publication in Germany difficult).
6d Mathis {His 1959 album "Heavenly" was #1 for five weeks}. Familiar with Johnny Mathis, though not being a fan (and in the womb when this album came out) I was unaware of Heavenly. Mathis continues to perform, but from 2000 onwards has limited his concert engagements to just fifty to sixty appearances per year! Here's the title track from the cited album, penned by Burt Bacharach.
25d d'Abo {Actress Olivia of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"}. This seems to be the first time I've come across Olivia d'Abo, who ought to appear more in crosswords, given her unusual four-letter surname. She's British, which explains why she plays a villainess on Law & Order: Criminal Intent ... sometimes I think Brits only get to play villains in American-produced TV and movies. Her character one-L Nicole Wallace is a con artist, thief and serial killer - the archnemesis of Det. Robert Goren. Not to be confused with two-L Nicolle Wallace, campaign advisor for Sarah Palin.
27d hams {Soupy Sales and others}. Ok, I've read a lot of stuff about Soupy Sales (1926–2009) and I still don't know why he should exemplify hams. I think of hams as unintentionally overacting, and I'm not sure Soupy falls into that category. Readers, help if you can. Here's one of his shows from 1965.
33d Lion {Ali, the ___ of God}. The Lion of God (Asad-ullah in Arabic) is one of the titles of Ali, cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661. Sunni Muslims consider Ali the fourth and final of the Rashidun (rightly guided Caliphs), while Shi'a Muslims regard Ali as the first Imam and consider him and his descendants the rightful successors to Muhammad, all of which are members of the Ahl al-Bayt, the household of Muhammad. This disagreement split the Muslim community into the Sunni and Shi'a branches.
34d Orr {CBS newsman Bob}. Weird to have both Bobby Orr and Bob Orr as cluing options. I'm much more familiar with the former, as he seems to get used most of the time for this answer. Bob Orr is the Justice/Homeland Security & Aviation Correspondent for CBS News. He gets to report on incidents like the attempted terrorist bombing of Flight 253.
46d Shane {Title film character who's idolized by a boy named Joey}. Not a reference I recognized, though I've heard of the movie itself. In Shane (1953), Joey Starrett (Brandon De Wilde) looks up to the gunslinger Shane, played by Alan Ladd.
23a ride {Teacups, e.g.}. This one really had me tearing my hair out, but I was happy to forgive when I eventually gave up on sine at 20-Down and recognized why ride should be the answer. Of course, the clue refers to fairground rides with spinning teacups, such as the Mad Tea Party at Disneyland and elsewhere.
50d Perec {Georges with the best seller "Life: A User's Manual"}. George Perec (1936–1982) is perhaps more famous with wordplay aficionados for his lipogram novel La disparition (1969), translated into English as A Void (1994) - the letter E is absent from the text. He also wrote a complementary univocalic piece in which the letter E is the only vowel used - the novella Les revenentes (1972).
59d tie {Distinctive Dilbert feature}. Dilbert has always been a favorite of mine. I didn't have to look too far to find an example of a strip with the title character's upcurved tie.
The Rest
1a jimjams {Heebie-jeebies}; 14a arrival {Landing}; 15a medevac {Expensive way to the hospital}; 17a erotica {Unlikely section in a religious bookstore}; 18a knee {Last word in "Oh! Susanna"}; 21a main {Lead}; 22a SST {High flier, once}; 24a sends {Asks (for)}; 25a dos {Bashes}; 26a chat {Web ___}; 29a galas {Bashes}; 39a me first {Selfish, as an attitude}; 42a foray {Plundering opportunity}; 43a NLer {D-back or Card}; 49a spot {Locate, as Waldo}; 51a ria {Narrow inlet}; 54a when {"Say ___"}; 55a water {See 11-Down}; 57a Penn {An Ivy}; 60a rejects {Unpopular ones}; 62a in-built {Congenital}; 63a erasure {Name-dropping, maybe}; 64a nested {Stored compactly, in a way}.
1d jacks {10 superiors}; 2d irons {Fetters}; 4d jibe {See eye to eye}; 5d Ava {Gardner of "Mogambo"}; 8d père {A Dumas}; 9d ado {Hullabaloo}; 10d get me? {"See what I mean?"}; 11d Evian {Big brand of 55-Across}; 13d scans {Optical readings}; 15d mes {"___ amis ..." (start of a French oration)}; 24d stuff it {"Shut up already!"}; 30d aka {Letters between two names}; 31d leg {Yours may be asleep while you're awake}; 32d faze {Fluster}; 35d USA {NATO founding member}; 36d sty {Trough location}; 38d nil {Goose egg}; 41d erst {Once, once}; 44d torero {Picadors assist him}; 47d Serbs {Some Balkanites}; 48d uncut {Full-length}; 51d recur {Arise anew}; 52d intro {Many a freshman course}; 53d Ansel {Photographer Adams}; 55d wild {Like eights in crazy eights}; 56d act {Don't just sit there}; 61d Jan {M.L.K. Day month}.


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* Chameleon's Keyboard navigation took over the control when using the Widgets bug is fixed.
* The underscores are correctly replaced with spaces in Folder names.
4.4.1 07.05.2008
New features:
- Guestbook updated to version 2.2
- 'Add comment' graphics has changed (to a pencil) to make it more hintful
- Guestbook will use the time and date format used in Jalbum. You can set up it here: Settings / Advanced / Date format. If none specified MM/dd/yy HH:mm will be used by default.
- Added Entries per page setting for the guestbook.
- Guestbook can be included on pages either on top or bottom position.
- Paypal can be positioned above or below the main content too.
- Custom Paypal has been improved a lot and you don't need to modify index.htt and slide.htt anymore
- Paypal ordering had problems (UTF-encoded Item name) when the folder or filename contained characters not in Western character set.
- Custom paypal ordering didn't add the handling fee.
- another FLV movie bug fixed - this time the movies from the top level folder were corrupted. :)
Bugfix in 4.41:
- A bug causing JavaScripts error on the index page has been fixed
- FLV player "Buffering" text is removed for it was still on the video after started playing.
Please note, that from this version on, there will be 2 versions of Chameleon:
- Full version which contains all the styles and sub-styles - here you will find the full version.
- Bundle version which contains 22 styles - which comes with Jalbum installation.
(This was necessary to keep Jalbum download size small.)
4.3.2 24.02.2008
New features:
- Starting slideshow from the index page
- Soft: Beige, Green, Red, Yellow substyles
- Added custom paypal shopping solution (includes/paypal_c.inc)
- GPS coordinates got corrected in JAlbum required a small correction in Chameleon too
- Guestbook did not work in certain circumstances from subfolders.
- Filtering of linebreaks in titles (the small labels popup on mouse over)
- Restored CarStereo style - it was not working in the previous version due to a typo
- Added Snake style back to bundle
- Guestbook notification now works if the default page extension has changed to something else than html.
4.3.1 03.12.2007
New features (4.31):
* Terrain Google map style added
Bugfix (4.31):
* FLV movies did not play when placed in a subfolder bug fixed
* Title tags corrected (the small labels when you move the mouse over an image or button). They did not show up corretly in Internet Explorer.
New features (4.30):
* Blog-style layout index page.
* Automatic Image enlargement to fill in the visitors window
* alt and title tags are added in every important place to meet the standards
* Header / Footer can be managed from the User Interface too
* Added User Interface icons
* 3 new styles (Christmas, Lack, Soft) and 1 new subtyle (Lack White)
* Lens Exif field is added (Works with Canon cameras)
* Product links can be either Text and Button
* Shipping cost has been added to Paypal shopping options
* Handling fee and Cartwise handling fee option added
* An additional Select box is added to selling options
* Quantity box added as well
* Guestbook is updated to version 2.1.
* You can remove the labels from the metadata fields
* Custom path separator in the header
Bugfix (4.30):
* Some incompatibility with JAlbum's and Chameleon's Printing service feature is fixed
* No posts get lost in the guestbook when visitors post concurrently.
* Email notification works
* JAlbum hangs when '<' used without '>' or '[' placed near the end of comment string bug fixed.
* Broken link to CSS file in the help.html is fixed
* Horizontal gaps between thumbnails upons loading the index page is fixed.
4.2.3 02.08.2007
Fixed several issues with Guestbook. E.g. guestbook did not run on Internet Explorer. If you've downloaded v4.22 you might want to download this version.
4.2.1 31.07.2007
(service release)
New features:
* Added controls for Guestbook highlight color
* and font size
* Guestbook previously had problems with non-english keyboard layouts, fixed
* Czech translation went wrong in the previous version, fixed
* HTML page search keywords were not filtered for the required language in multilingual albums, fixed
* Guestbook was showing "1. [] null" on certain servers when no entries were added yet, fixed
(The old guest book left in the version uploaded as v421 before 12:00PM CET 30/07/2007 - 6 downloads - please, download again!)
4.2.0 24.07.2007
New features:
* XHTML 1.0 Transitional pages generated. Browsers will support this standard for a longer time, and you can integrate the gallery into Content Management Systems more easily.
* Improved Guestbook with optional rating, custom size, ordering, Email notification
* Selling Photos via Paypal feature
* Download icon now can be turned off if not needed
* Google Maps link did not work on systems (or Java versions) using comma ',' instead of dot '.' as decimal sign, like French, German, etc.
* The uplink was not compatible with MyJalbum's main gallery address. Fixed.
* The Numbered linklist got unlimited when the number of rows set to '0' (unlimited rows). Fixed.
4.1.1 15.05.2007
New features:
* GPS position formatting
* Link to map parameters added (Map type, Zoom level, Open in new window)
* Guestbook was not working on certain PHP configurations (5.05, 5.22). Fixed.
* "NEW" indicator reported incorrectly on virtual folders. Fixed.
* Sound attachments cannot be found in virtual folders problem solved.
4.1.0 07.05.2007
* Support for multilingual albums
* GPS data processing
* Link to map feature with both GPS data and Iptc location fields
* 35 mm focus equivalent computing (thanks to BluePlusPlus team for the lens data file)
* Comment now can be attached to enhanced pictures too
* Automatic maximize browser window feature
* Uplink title can be specified in order to display it in the clickable path (Useful for multi-level albums.)
* Thumblist on the slide page can be positioned left or rigth too, relative to the main picture
* Copyright info on slide pages can be turned off
* File chooser has been added to the Logo filter (you don't have to manually add the filename)
* You can have Guestbook only on the main index page
* Updated serbian translation by Goran Milovanovic, russian by Mike Sazonov
* FixedShape filter bug (when used with Large thumbnails for folders) is fixed
* Folder with no description inherits the parent's description bug is fixed
* Chameleon will detect and use the folders thumbnails even if their name contain extended (accented) characters â?? previously those files were copied with a wrong filename.
* No unnecessary uplink button is generated when no index.html exists in the parent folder and "Uplink" is set to "default"
4.0.3 08.02.2007
New feature: You can disable the folder name under the thumbnail. New polish translation. Some bugfixes, and corrected help files. See http://lazaworx.com/chameleon/download
4.0.2 05.02.2007
Browser title missing space fixed. "XHTML / Transitional" compliance. (An annoying popup window with some debugging info has been left in the code when you use enhanced pictures. Please download again if you've downloaded this version on 04/02/2007.) Another bug is also corrected regarding the download link to reduced size images (when the icon is above the picture). Sorry!
4.0.1 04.02.2007
Some bugfixes (see: http://lazaworx.com) and new features: "Force link to empty folders", "Show thumb title", Language box with full name, Max. thumb size is 128x128px for Graphic type thumbnails, Using "None" as Slidemount background the folder thumbnails will also show without slidemount, Grayscale effect for Indexpage thumbnails (works only with IE), Complete simplified chinese translation by Marcus Tsang
4.0 01.02.2007
This version is bundled with JAlbum v7.0 but still compatible with older versions. The most of the code is compiled into Java which yields cca. 3 times quicker rebuild times. New features: Albuminfo inside/apart from table | New Exposure Bias exif field | Exposure Mode for non-Canon cameras | Fixed Folder thumbnails for virtual albums |
Em-square and Zoom filters for closeups | New style: White with 5 sub-styles |
Redesigned User interface to fit with JAlbum v7 better | The Folder thumbnails are copied to the current level's "thumbs" folder forthe sake of password-protected sub-albums | The "This" type enhanced pictures are resized and applied all the filters the closeups have | Complete, redesigned help | Sub-styles: the original styles' color variations | Added substyles for Aluminium, Black, Carstereo, Device, White styles | Configurable field-separator string | You can choose the album's base text type and size | Color input can be hexadecimal | Thumblist can be on both sides | Guestbook on the indexpages | Re-designed sleeker guestbook. | Chinese translation | Updated Danish, Dutch, German, Finnish, Czech, Ukrainian, French translations.
3.42 10.10.2006
Guestbook / Movie can play in original size / XP comment fields added / More Iptc fields / Custom links can be relative / Metedata fields are added to page keywords for search engines / For complete list refer to help file.
3.40 11.09.2006
4 new styles: Chrome, Glass, Oldbook, Wedding / Improved performance / Thumbnail spacing, border, background style, text rendering is configurable / Automatic start of movies can be switched off / Media embedding has been totally redesigned. / New Exif field: White balance / A wide range of IPTC fileds added
3.32 06.08.2006
The NEW label now means the file is new at the time of viewing. / Custom color scrollbars / Download icon in color / Print ordering now works from the index page / the Custom Links opening can be controlled separately.
3.31 02.08.2006
A small bug is fixed regarding the display of Exif ISO setting even if switched off. Updated danish translation by Jacob a.k.a craps.
3.30 01.08.2006
Voice annotations / ISO setting bug with Canon EOS machines is fixed / Album Total images and Last Updated field appears only on the root index page / Two Custom links can be added.
3.23 28.07.2006
v3.22 Had some nasty bugs related to tables, now this is fixed. (I hope so.) / No linklist nor thumblist is generated when only one page exists / The default row-count is set to 0, i.e. continuous view / From v3.22: The Album info, JAlbum Copyright and Help grouped into one box to spare with vertical space. / "Help" text instead of help icon.
3.21 27.07.2006
Version 3.20 had a minor bug - the default Black style had gray background by mistake. New: Flash Video playing added, thanks to Jeroen Wijering.
3.11 16.07.2006
Service release. Unnecessary border around folders in Large thumbs mode has been removed. Exception caused by extensionless files is eliminated.
3.10 14.07.2006
The real 3.10!!! :) New Border and Logo filter + lots of esthetic changes, and bugfixes. Slovenian translation by Igor Trcek.
3.4 07.07.2006
Version 3.04!!! Slide mounts can be disabled, some bugfixes too.
3.3 23.05.2006
"New" sign for modified files/folders. Thanks for oli (france)! / .divx movies / Windows Media Player is now the default player for .avi files / Uderscores are replaced with spaces
3.2 19.05.2006
Version 3.02, not 3.2!!! Thumblist is looking a lot better. / Printing service is disabled from local disks. / Some new filetypes supported. / Corrected Czech translation. / Plural form for "images" on folder file count. / Default image size is: 720x540px. Those who've already downloaded this version: the only change is the two latter - download only if you need that.
3.1 09.05.2006
Service release.
3.0 08.05.2006
The new major version has several improvements, like embedded movies, mini thumbnails on slide pages, and user can control what to display and where. Some translations are still misiing.
2.92 28.03.2006
NEW: Large thumbnails for folders / Reference to footer.inc / Copy protection / Originals open in "extra" slide pages / Option to disable the "Mark of the Web" line / Bigger, nicer icons for other filetypes / Detailed Help
2.91 07.03.2006
Russian (Mike Sazonov) and Finnish Translation (Ulla Saarinen) / Some bugfixes - see Readme.txt!
2.90 07.02.2006
Chameleon v2.9 - New features: You can disable the easy navigation on slides / The current page is highlighted in the link-list / See Readme.txt for the complete list!
2.80 20.01.2006
New feature: Slideshow can loop / New languages: Portugues, Ukrainian translation / Minor bugfixes: "../index.html" instead of "..\index.html" which caused broken link
2.71 31.12.2005
This version has several bugfixes, plus this version generates valid HTML and CSS pages.
2.60 11.11.2005
Several bugfixes related to the new features of JAlbum. New features: Mouse navigaton on the slide pictures. Possibility to disable the Date field in the header of slides. WARNING!!! This version is compatible with the forthcoming improved JAlbum version, whatever it is. With v6 it writes out false directory names. I only uploaded this version because now I'm travelling abroad for a longer period.
2.51 04.11.2005
From this version on Chameleon is compatible with JAlbum v6.0 or later. A bug is fixed related to comments in the slide page header. Some other minor modifications too.
2.50 28.10.2005
Finally I decided to rename the skin, because it has nothing to do with "OSX" and "dark" anymore. Thanks to David Ekholm for the idea. // 3 new styles: Gold, Silver, OrangeBlue, 1 modified: 3D light // 1 new language: Slovakian Translated by ryzko // The custom Album Name did not work in the past releases - it is now fixed. Some improvements in keyboard handling (though Opera still won't accept some keys). Resolved disappearing thumbs using Norton Internet Security firewall (hopefully). // !!! Who already downloaded (9 user) this version before 28/10/05 9:30AM, reload it because I found a scripting error which prevents the automatic slideshow starting on the last index page. !!!
2.41 07.10.2005
The "java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException" bug has been fixed.
2.4 30.09.2005
2 new styles. 4 new languages: French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish. No looping in slideshow. The Thumbnail text bug is eliminated. EXIF info enhancements. Etc.
2.3 09.09.2005
7 new styles, Deutch language version, you can start slideshow from the index page by pressing ENTER. Please send me your language mutation (see texts folder).
2.2 31.08.2005
DarkOSX now supports languages. (Now English, Danish and Hungarian.) Translations are welcome. --- 6 new themes, Page transition, slideshow mode on index pages, image pre-caching for faster browsing, etc.
2.1 25.08.2005
A small bug is fixed related to google-like links, which caused a Java runtime error (on the PCs) in certain situations.
2.0 24.08.2005
This version has so many new features that I've decided to leap a major version:
- 6 differents themes: aluminium, aqua_dark, aqua_light, black, grays, steel,
- Google-like jump-list to pages,
- keyboard controls,
- user configurable: album name, album description, custom homepage link, thumbnail label, usage of random folder picture, slideshow delay,
- etc.
1.3 08.08.2005
New: SlideSow mode (the interval is now 3s, but later I make it configurable). I used Rey Cyril's code - thanks! Bugfix: hover effect on thumbs is now working with IE for PC too.
1.2 05.08.2005
New: Folder icon with content displayed on it (if there is any) / Bugfix: Filename is displayed (instead of "$comment") when mouse is over a thumb without comment / Modified: Movie icon
1.1 04.08.2005
New: rollover-effect for navigation buttons.
Bugfix: No Mac's ".DS_Store" hidden files in ZIP.
Bugfix: On slides there is no empty box if no EXIF info.
Change: Quality set to 90% by default.
1.0 25.07.2005
Finally the site is on again!
Bugfix: Fixed the header misfit with IE for PC. (I tested it on Mac/Safari originally, but IE has some misty bugs.) ( Use Mac! :)
Bugfix: The clickable path is working with slides too.
New: EXIF info below slides.
New: Page numbers, etc., etc.
Mai multe teme realizate de Laca Molnar
Chtimiste acum 2 luni
Bonjour . Merci pour ce skin que j'utilise depuis la création de mon site (www.chtimiste.com). J'en ai essayé d'autres , mais je suis revenu à Chameleon. Pour la prochaine mise à jour, il faudrait pouvoir créer des liens directs dans le commentaire de chaque image. Merci des mise à jours !----- Hello . Thank you for this skin that I use since the creation of my site (www.chtimiste.com). I tried others, but I returned to Chameleon. For the next update, it should be possible to create direct links in the comment of each image. Thanks for updating!Răspunde
Philippe Haake acum 4 luni
A VERY VERY big THanks for this last update. I can use it again... THANKS a lot. Philippe HAAKE. Greatings from Geneva.Răspunde
Henri Monnier acum 5 luni
I will be very sorry when Chameleon no longer functions with jalbum. It is still the one that provides a non-glitzy and fully functional envelope for photo albums. The operations are simple, easy, and effective for the user. Its not the envelope that should be the center of attention, it should be the content. Most of the skins that I have tried spend too much effort on transitions, and application features. I do not understand why this skin is not being updated.Răspunde
Henri Monnier acum 5 luni
I will be very sorry when Chameleon no longer functions with jalbum. It is still the one that provides a non-glitzy and fully functional envelope for photo albums. The operations are simple, easy, and effective for the user. Its not the envelope that should be the center of attention, it should be the content. Most of the skins that I have tried spend too much effort on transitions, and application features. I do not understand why this skin is not being updated.Răspunde
davidjovan acum un an
Laca Molnar sucks! Boo... Update Chameleon & make it RESPONSIVE... it's the only SKIN worthwhile downloading... Boooooo Laca MolnarRăspunde
gregtoews acum un an
maybe davidjovan sucks be he isn't developing a free skin and making it RESPONSIVE?


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The dawn of a new year is a good time to reflect on the past year and look ahead. As it turns out, 2012 was a pretty average year for Kenya, mainly because the much anticipated national and regional elections, which will determine the course of the nation and its economy for years to come, were postponed to March next year.
Why do I say that 2012 was such a normal economic year for Kenya? Let's rewind 12 months back. Kenya was facing major macroeconomic challenges: inflation stood at almost 20 per cent, the exchange rate was volatile and public debt increased markedly due to the weakening shilling. Economic pessimists predicted a global economic storm as the challenges in the euro-zone seemed unmanageable.
Today, Kenyans find themselves in a much more comfortable position. Inflation declined continuously during 2012 and by end November it fell to a very low 3.5 per cent. The Central Bank's "shock therapy" (an increase in interest rates by almost 10 percentage points at the end of 2011) clearly paid off and the Government's fiscal prudence contributed to restore economic confidence.
Bringing the country back to sounder macroeconomic fundamentals was not cost-free. With higher interest rates, activity slowed down: as a result, economic growth will most likely not reach the five per cent mark in 2012 (instead the World Bank's forecast is 4.3 per cent, which is very similar to 2011).
With a disappointing first half of the year and the third quarter at 4.7 per cent, Kenya will need a strong finish at 5.8 per cent to reach this moderate target. In summary, 2012 was a mirror image of 2011 (see figure): that year the economy started out strongly, but the engine stuttered in mid-course. Then the shock therapy saved the economy but it took almost a full year for it to reach full potential again.
A strong finish in 2012 will give the economy momentum as it enters the New Year when it should achieve five per cent growth. This would depend on peaceful elections.
Figure – Kenya's economy: 2012 was a mirror image of 2011(Click on the graph to see it larger)
Source: World Bank, Kenya Economic Update, December 2012
The last time, Kenya's growth rate fell by a staggering 5.4 percentage points (from 7.1 in 2007 to 1.7 per cent), on the backdrop of the post-election violence. Other domestic shocks have clouded Kenya's economic outlook over the last years. In 2009, a severe drought continued Kenya's economic stagnation; in 2011 and 2012 another drought and macroeconomic instability exerted their toll on the economy.
Kenya's capacity to mitigate shocks — political and economic — will thus be the single most important determinant if East Africa's largest economy will achieve sustained high growth for the remainder of this decade.
It is unlikely that Kenya will regress to the poor performance of the 1980s and 1990s. This will create some degree of economic stability, but too little to achieve economic transformation. If Kenya remains stable then there are three main reasons why Kenya's economic performance should be stronger in 2013.
First, Kenya's macroeconomic fundamentals are sound. With inflation below five per cent and a stable exchange rate, investors have found renewed confidence in Kenya's economic policy making. Many are already positioning themselves to invest after the elections.
Second, consumption will continue to drive economic activity. Lower interest rates will boost consumer confidence and pre-election spending will also drive aggregate demand. In 2007, before the last election, the country experienced a consumption boom and grew at 7.1 per cent – the highest growth rate in more than two decades.
Third, Kenya stands to benefit from Africa's growth momentum. While global economic conditions remain very difficult, the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa are expected grow at a healthy 5.2 per cent (up from 4.8). By deepening its ties and integration with its neighbors Kenya can partly shield itself from the global economic turbulence.
So, should Kenyans who popped champagne on New Year's Eve look forward to a smooth ride in 2013? Not so fast. Hard realities remain — Kenya's growth rate is still below potential and the country has been consistently underperforming its peers and EAC neighbors.
The economy is also not generating enough modern sector wage jobs. For Kenya, five percent growth should be the minimum in any given year (in China that would feel like a recession). With better infrastructure and investor-friendlier policies Kenya could add a few percentage points on top of it, but that will mean hard work, focused policies and above all a peaceful election, which I know is the greatest wish of most Kenyans for the New Year.
More information on Kenya's Economic performance and outlook can be found in the latest Kenya Economic Update of the World Bank (www.worldbank.org/kenya/keu) which was co-led by John Randa and Gabriel Demombynes.
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On March 1, 1954 the United States detonated a hydrogen bomb on the Pacific island of Bikini. It was the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States, with a yield of 15 megatons which far exceeded the expected 4 to 6 megatons. This bomb was about 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in World War II. The bomb formed a fireball almost four and a half miles across within a second. This fireball was visible on the Kwajalein atoll over 250 miles away. The mushroom cloud reached a height of 47,000 feet and a diameter of 7 miles in about a minute and eventually spread about 100 miles across. The cloud contaminated more than seven thousand miles of the surrounding Pacific Ocean and seriously affected the crew of a Japanese fishing boat that was within 80 miles of the test zone. Two hundred sixty-four people were exposed to large doses of radiation because the explosion and fall-out were much greater than expected. Hopalong Cassidy was the title character in a hugely popular television series of the time. Hopalong could always be counted on to come to the rescue, but even he could not help with the H-bomb.
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[Illinois] Neuroengineering IGERT Symposium: How the Ear Speaks to the Mouth: An Auditory-Motor System for Speech and Song
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Torrey Loucks, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at the University of Illinois. His long-term research focus concerns how the human nervous system develops a capacity for fluent speech production, but which fails to develop in the disorder of stuttering. He uses neuroimaging and sensorimotor integrations paradigms to study these brain-articulatory interactions in typical speakers and persons who stutter. His most recent research is aimed at understanding how fine sensorimotor interactions allow for error correction during ongoing speech production.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
The Kiwis are coming!!!
Dear Grammar Gang devotees
Advance notice that a Kiwi will be landing in our Helpnest logo very soon!
You may be interested to know that New Zealand's famous national symbol and extremely cute bird, has three surviving species but is now sadly endangered due to habitat destruction and the introduction of the possum to New Zealand!
Some interesting facts: a kiwi is the size of a chicken, its egg is very large for a bird its size and kiwis are nocturnal, surviving on worms which they forage for at night.
Watch out for our new logo, which welcomes our New Zealand colleagues from Massey University to the Helpnest.
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- lisanz said...
Thank you for this post - for us kiwis it's important to note that we are named after a bird, not a fruit. Not long ago, I was in the US and standing in a Starbucks queue (sorry - we're talking about the States - line) and I listened in to this conversation where one person was telling another about their trip to NZ. In amongst their discussions of the scenery and the people, I listened with interest to this bit of dialogue:
Person A: "And it's strange, the people in NZ refer to themselves as kiwis".
Person B: "why would they call themselves after a fruit?"
Person A: "yes, it's strange."
Person B: "I think there is a bird called a kiwi."
Person A: "yes, that's right. And it kind of looks like the outside skin of kiwi."
Person B: "mmm....so maybe the bird is named after the fruit, and then they name themselves after them both?".
Only great restraint on my part stopped me from tapping them on the shoulder and explaining.....
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It's a nice clear Saturday. Self, wife, and daughter pile in the old pick-up, grunting in low gear as we climb five miles up to a vast clear-cut: the result of rising timber prices and logging methods based on frenzied economics rather than planetary values.
Serenity, our nine-year-old, gets out of the truck and frowns. "That's big-time ugly," she says.
"No amount of profit," I expound in fatherly tones, "can mitigate the bio-trashing of clear-cuts. But among all this waste, there's an awful lot of fuel. Joy and I share a smile. The idea today is not only collecting and cutting firewood but also instilling lessons about ecology, especially because this clear-cut is our backyard environment.
This should be an educational and rewarding field trip. A cigarette would make it ideal, but I quit smoking almost a year ago (341 days, seven hours, 15 minutes). For today, I stick with chewing gum. They say the nicotine urge does go away completely — when you're dead.
My urge to buy a new chain saw is stronger than ever. The technology of gas-powered saws has advanced so far that mine is now an unsafe clunker by today's standards. Like me, it's old and temperamental. It started fine last night, in a heated garage under optimum test conditions. Ten pulls on the starter rope have no effect. Ten more prove the adage that wood warms you twice. Fifteen more erode my sweet disposition. Ren goes off to find wood chunks. "Did you check the gas?" Joy asks.
I flash her a fairly sardonic look. "Of course I checked, darling." I check again ... plenty of gas. Must be the points. "Must be the $@#*! points," I say aloud to myself.
"Twenty-five cents," Ren calls happily from the other side of the truck, bringing back a huge log in her arms. She tosses it in the bed with a crash. "That's another quarter you owe me, Dad."
Let me explain. I was a carpenter for 20 years, a trade that enriched my vocabulary with earthy and useful words. When, for instance, my computer goes down and dumps a thousand precious words into cyberspace, I don't say "oops." But having a child is like raising a tape recorder that's always running. So putting a bounty on colorful language seemed like a good idea at the time — a way to clear up our verbal environment and, it turns out, to teach Ren the (cash) value of paying attention to what we say.
We should really have collected wood last summer. Unfortunately, wood cutting is prohibited during the hot days of fire season. How the heck, I complain to Joy, can we get dry firewood if we can only cut it when it's wet?
"It's a conundrum, all right," my wife says philosophically. I start to explain that a conundrum is a riddle whose answer is a pun, but then the chewing gum slides behind a molar and I chew the side of my tongue with a crisp crunching sound. "Arooo!"
"What's wrong?" Joy asks. I eject the gum wad and some pink spit. "Ptha. Bip my thung. $@#*!"
"Twenty-five more cents," Ren calls.
Joy explains that Daddy won't require a running tally at the moment, but she can submit a bill tonight. Now I really start yanking on the chainsaw rope, my lips barely moving as I trace its ancestry in a mentally screamed tirade whose cleanest word is "filthy." No good. No luck. No spark.
We decide to bag the whole expedition and go home, and that's when the truck joins the chain saw in an internal combustion strike. It won't start, either — darn points, no doubt. After muttering a few disappointed adjectives over it, we lock the useless chain saw in the useless pickup and start to hike downhill. It's a long way back through some pretty country. When Ren's little legs get tired, I carry her the last mile on piggyback.
We make it home by twilight, turn on all the electric heaters and have supper. "All right, bedtime for garbonzo," Joy tells Ren and we go upstairs to tuck her in. Kiss goodnight, turn off the light.
"Today was fun," Ren mumbles, drifting off to sleep. "Oh, by the way, Dad owes me three dollars now. And 50 cents."


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1969 Camaos did not have a "reinforcement" ring around the shifter hole and the forward hole which retains the clip for the 4 speed cable is visible in the pics you posted.
Actually, 1969 Camaros with a 3-speed manual without a console did have a reinforcement ring. Paul
Gary,Did you mention that some here at CRG have doubts of the trim tag to them?Mike


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After years of depletion, California's fish populations appear to be bouncing back. A study this month by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that hauls by fishing boats, which had been down as a result of years of overfishing, have been growing, along with earnings. The agency credits catch limits that were mandated by law in 1996 and slowly implemented over the next 15 years.
A February report by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that of 44 severely depleted stocks of fish nationwide that were under federal oversight, 48% had rebounded to target levels and an additional 16% had shown significant progress — a total of nearly two-thirds.
There's even more encouraging news. A preliminary study by California marine scientists indicates that the populations and average physical size of several key species of fish have grown in the six years since the state established a patchwork of marine reserves off the central coast; in many of these areas, no fishing is allowed. There now are similar protected areas all along the coast.
These findings are preliminary and somewhat mixed. Not all sea life is doing better, in this state or elsewhere, and restrictions on fishing have been particularly hard for small commercial businesses. But overall, this is the most optimistic news on the subject in a long time, a promising sign that the ocean's environmental health will be intact, that the future of the threatened recreational and commercial fishing industries will be robust and that consumers won't need to rely on farmed seafood. Previous restrictions on fishing — such as limited seasons or requirements that fish under a certain size had to be tossed back — proved counterproductive in some ways. Fishing crews frantically brought in as much catch as possible during open season. Laws attempting to ensure that juvenile fish weren't caught led fishing operations to take the largest specimens out of the gene pool, so that some species began maturing to smaller sizes.


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I'd like a bit more clarification about what is required for the battle entry. So far we seem to have:
1. Outdoors (? is this still being discussed?)
2. Minimum two factions
3. Minimum faction size 10 figs
Can we have some flexibility on the faction size? Would monsters (dragons, etc) count, and if so can larger monsters count as more than one fig?
Also, are there any other restrictions? The reason I ask is that the battle entry interests me but the stated restrictions don't fit well with my brick collection.


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A brief history and comments regarding Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a time to reflect on those who have passed on. It was originally called Decoration Day and was aimed at honoring those who died in the Civil War. In the early 20th century it became a day to recognize all of the men and women who have died in service to their country. Now it is a day to decorate the graves of all people, though some cemeteries have special days set aside to honor the people buried there.
Memorial Day has also become the beginning of summer vacation, which traditionally ends with Labor Day. Memorial Day is not to be confused with Veteran's Day, which is time to recognize all who have served in their country's defense, living and dead. It is good that we honor those who have given their lives in service to their country. It is also a good thing to recognize all who have served their country. We have learned, especially since the Vietnam "conflict," that it is important to honor the brave men and women involved in our nation's defense even if we oppose the choice the government makes that involves us in such conflicts.
Those who give their lives in service certainly deserve to be honored, but those who survive the ravages of participation in war have made notable sacrifices. Some people who serve in the military see no direct action, which is to say that they are not directly involved in combat. That, however, doesn't negate the fact that they have made sacrifices to insure our country's defense.
It is a solemn time for the families of those we have lost. As individuals, we may not have any direct involvement with anyone who has given their life for their country, but we can certainly join in the celebration of their life and honor their sacrifice. It is this honor that offers some solace to those who are left behind to grieve the loss of their loved ones.


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This map presents a situational update of reported protests and violent clashes in cities and towns across the Syrian Arab Republic as reported on Thursday 29 December 2011, related to the flare-up of violence and the presence of Arab League observers. Also depicted are the cumulative numbers of reported deaths since March 2011 aggregated by Governorate, and Syrian refugee camps that have been opened along the border in Turkey and Lebanon. Further, the spatial distribution of the dominant ethnic/religious communities in the country has been included as background context to the larger social and political uprising occurring within the country. Event locations and figures presented in this map are based exclusively on a number of open reporting sources since the beginning of the uprising in March 2011 and have not been verified on the ground. It is possible that not all incident locations have been depicted. Please send feedback to UNITAR/UNOSAT
|Religions source: LIMES, Géopolitique, Diplomatie
Deaths reported: Syrianshuhada.com, VDC
Demonstrations layer: Syria Uprising 2011 Information center website
Refugees: UNHCR,Turkish Red Crescent, New York Times
Road Data : Google Map Maker 2011
Other Data: ESRI, USGS, NGA
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An oasis of country living in the heart of Santa Barbara's wine country
Picture a soccer mom in sequined mules. A woman with couture tastes who loves getting her hands dirty. That's Hélène Aumont-a down-to-earth chic former model, current designer of furniture and interiors, co-owner with husband Patrick of an upscale antiques and art shop, equestrienne, and mother of teens Anouk, 13, and Arthur, 15.
"It's so nice to live in the country," says the Paris-born designer, who despite her hectic schedule radiates tranquility. "The atmosphere is conducive to creativity. I unwind here."
"Here" is Pepperhill Farm, an oasis of country living in the heart of Santa Barbara's famed wine country. The 10-acre compound-set in a broad, flat valley ringed by mountain ridges-includes the Aumonts' main residence, a cozy 1950s farmhouse nestled among the property's other amenities.
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Tucked into a corner at the end of the verdant green lawn sits an Italian canvas tent fringed playfully with green tassels and decorated with Hélène's usual panache. Rattan furnishings have been covered in a lively mix of fabrics and patterns in blues and oranges that add energy to the otherwise peaceful space.
Starfish and seashells collected on family outings fill a 19th-century cabinet from the family business, Europa Antiques. The cabinet, painted by Helene's son, Arthur, adds unexpected elegance to the casual outdoor space.
On a wisteria-covered deck off of the home's master bedroom, Helene added delicately patterned pillows, Moroccan lanterns, and neutral draperies to create a rose garden-inspired outdoor room.
Felix, the Aumonts' corgy, enjoys the shade along the path from the rose garden to Helene's tent.
A favorite lunch spot, this table under weeping willows provides a hypnotic, calm-inducing view of a stable down the hill where Helene's beloved Friesian horses, Floris and Romeo, graze lazily.
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Kim Kardashian Is Getting Dragged For Selling Feminist Kimojis
It's International Women's Day and Kim Kardashian is celebrating by selling women empowerment emojis in her Kimoji line... but many people do not think her heart is in the right place.
While some of her fans are excited about the latest Kimojis:
Quite a few have issues with them:
If you want to get your very own women's empowerment Kimojis, they're available here.
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ADubb needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
The Meyvn Group
Young, innovative IT Consulting start up company. Just to give a brief background of the company name "The Meyvn Group" ... 'Meyvn' (may'ven) is derived from a Hebrew word meaning one who understands, based on an accumulation of knowledge; an expert.
We are targeting small to medium sized businesses seeking any and all outsourced IT solutions.
We are open to all ideas, but would like the logo to be professional, sleek, modern, unique, and distinctive. Be creative. Please no stock images or clipart.
*Please include the whole name in the logo "The Meyvn Group". You can experiment with using initials as long as the whole name is spelled out somewhere in the design.
Aqua and Brown (not etched in stone we are open to all color schemes so feel free to experiment)
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COLUMBUS, OH (Toledo News Now) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports that six people were killed on Ohio's roadways during a two-day holiday reporting period which took place from midnight Dec. 31 through 11:59 p.m. Jan. 1.
Last year 14 people were killed during the holiday reporting period, which was a total of four days.
Of this New Year's holiday fatalities, two fatalities occurred in Franklin County, including a pedestrian. Other counties involving fatalities were Lucas, Stark and Meigs. Counties with Ohio's largest cities also reported the most incidents.
After a slight increase in fatalities in 2012, the OSHP has a continued commitment to removing dangerous and impaired drivers in 2013 to reduce the threat of injury and fatal crashes. The public is encouraged to continue using #677 to report dangerous or impaired drivers, as well as drug activity.
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A new art exhibition, entitled "On and Through and In Between," will be held from Jan. 30 through April 30 in Green Space, a gallery at T.F. Green Airport that presents the work of contemporary Rhode Island artists.
The exhibit features 2- and 3-dimensional works by Deborah Baronas and Graham Heffernan. Baronas' fabric-based pieces and Heffernan's paintings deftly employ translucent surfaces that are layered to evoke a sense of distant memory. The works capture the essence of fleeting events – from dreams and from life – and offer viewers the opportunity to access them.
Deborah Baronas explores the progress of existence, depicting this concept in images of work, particularly laborers in farm and mill settings. Her pieces often employ sheer fabric panels arranged in multiple layers that allow light and air to activate them. Patterns and rhythms of repetitive work take on the softness of memory and are celebrated as progress.
Graham Heffernan makes paintings that evoke spaces he encounters in a recurring dream. He captures elements of these disappearing environments with carefully considered textures and layers of translucent paint. The resulting works are dreamlike and atmospheric in themselves.
The artists were selected for exhibition by a Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) panel consisting of Sarah Ganz Blythe, RISD Museum of Art; Amy Horschak, The Museum of Modern Art; Tony Johnson, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, RISD; and artist Will Reeves.
Green Space, a partnership between the Rhode Island Council on the Arts and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, promotes outstanding work by artists living and working in Rhode Island. The gallery will present art to an ever-changing audience of local, national and international travelers. Green Space is located in the airport terminal where the skywalk meets the main building. Art is exhibited on both levels of the terminal.


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Adam Lambert Gets a Lap Dance From David Arquette for His Birthday
Adam Lambert got one heck of a birthday gift from actor David Arquette -- a lap dance!
Lambert was celebrating his 31st birthday a few days early (his actual b-day is Jan. 29) at a party on Friday night (Jan. 25). He was joined by pals at Bootsy Bellows night club in West Hollywood, and Arquette, who's one of the co-owners of the club, was one of the lucky members of the entourage. He stripped down to his skivvies to show Lambert just how much he loves him, much to Lambert's delight -- and even tweeted about it the next day! Sounds like one heck of a night. Happy early birthday, Glambert!
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by Len Lear
On a quiet evening in Billings, Montana, on Dec. 2, 1993, a stranger stole across the lawn at the home of Tammie and Brian Schnitzer. He stopped at a window decorated with Star of David decals and a menorah, symbol of the Jewish festival of Chanukah, then hurled a brick sending ragged shards of glass into the bedroom of their 5-year-old son, Isaac.
Schnitzer, a fourth generation Montanan, had been chronicling a series of hate-motivated threats and attacks against the small Jewish community in Billings. A recent convert to Judaism and new congregant of Congregation Beth Aaron, Schnitzer was troubled to see how ingrained the threat of hatred had become in her new house of worship.
She wanted to do something about it, but suddenly found her own home and family a direct target of anti-Semitic hatred. It was at that moment that Tammie Schnitzer became an activist and began working to inspire the complacent citizens of Billings to take a stand against hatred and bigotry.
Tammie contacted her local media, which began to report on the acts of violent anti-Semitism. According to a recent interview with Tammie, "Suddenly, people couldn't turn their backs to this and say this was one isolated incident. The end result was that 10,000 menorahs were lifted and placed in people's homes. All I cared about was what I was teaching my children. And I needed that opportunity to show Isaac and Rachel, my children, that you don't hide from this; you don't run from bullies; you don't run from terrorists; you hold your ground, and most importantly, you don't accept anything less than the right to walk the streets and proudly proclaim who you are.
"And so when 10,000 menorahs were placed in the windows of Billings, it allowed me to walk down the street with my son, who was in kindergarten, and look at every one of those menorahs and have him stand proud and tall. And I remember him saying, 'They must all be Jewish.' And I said, 'No; they are all different religions. But they're here to let you know that there are 10,000 arms wrapping themselves around you, saying it's safe. It's safe to say here, 'You're Isaac Schnitzer, a Jew,' and you walk on."
Frumi Cohen, a music and theater teacher and resident playwright at Plymouth Meeting Friends School (PMFS), was so inspired after reading about Tammie's actions that she wrote a musical based on the Billings story, "The Power of One," which she directed with her PMFS 6th graders last Friday and Saturday in the Steinbright Auditorium at 2150 Butler Pike on the PMFS campus.
But that's not what made these performances special. In March, one of Cohen's young actresses, Maya Rabinowitz, who plays the character of Tammie Schnitzer in "The Power of One," wanted to know more about the real event to better understand the character she was portraying. As she researched the story and the rash of hate crimes that were perpetrated on not only the Jewish population in Billings, but on African Americans and other minority groups, she realized that she wanted to talk personally to the woman who refused to accept the hatred that confronted her family, just because they were Jewish.
The search began. Maya's mom, Carol, helped her daughter by making calls trying to track down Ms. Schnitzer. Finally, after many phone calls and emails, Carol was successful in obtaining a phone number for Ms. Schnitzer. She called. "Tammie couldn't have been more hospitable on the phone," said Carol, "when I asked if my daughter could talk to her regarding a musical she was in based on the Billings story. Tammie readily agreed to talk to Maya, and a phone appointment was set up.
"Tammie was so impressed with Maya's mature manner and her passion and compassion about this crime that she decided to make the eight-hour drive up to Plymouth Meeting Friends School from South Carolina (where Tammie currently resides) not only to see the show, but to talk personally with the K-6 students at the school and participate in an after-show talk back with cast, parents, students and faculty."
Schnitzer serves on numerous national and local boards and committees to advocate human rights, and has traveled throughout the country inspiring audiences with her story, delivering the message about the importance of fighting the battle against intolerance.
Tammie appeared at PMFS last Friday, where she talked to Cohen and cast members following the performance of "The Power of One," and on Saturday she was present at an informal reception following that performance. The Friday performance was electric. It was sold out, and chairs had to be added. The 3rd graders took part in the musical for the first time in PMFS history, coming in from the back of the theater, adding their voices to the last song, entitled "The Power of One."
According to Frumi Cohen, "Tammie was in tears, as were many audience members. I was moved and will never forget Tammie's comments after the performance: She said that she came to see a 6th grade musical, but 'I saw my life up there.' She found it hard to believe that the cast was only in 6th grade. "Also she said that after seeing our school's version of 'The Power of One' that she now was sure 'the world was going to be OK.' That statement moved me beyond the reality of the musical to feeling like my words and music and, most importantly, my work with kids is making a difference."
According to Tammie, whenever one becomes aware of innocent victims being brutalized by bullies and bigots, "it is our responsibility to help them out. There are consequences to every action, and (there are) consequences to inaction, too. Riding that fence of indifference, you are supporting the perpetrator, and now someone else is at risk. I can't sleep at night if I have information of that sort. And moving forward may be as simple as sitting down with your children and reading the daily newspaper with them and saying, 'How would this feel if this were you?' And, 'What do we do to make this situation better?'"
To see a documentary about "The Power of One," entitled "Anatomy of the 6th Grade Musical," visit http://www.pmfs1780.org/RelId/633831/ISvars/default/The_Making_of_the_6th_Grade_Musical!.htm. For more information, email email@example.com


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A production source was overheard backstage saying: "It was not Warren's fault!"
Others yelled "Oh my f—- God!" and "He's got the wrong envelope!"
The mistake wasn't fixed until after several members of the Lionsgate movie's team had already given their acceptance speeches.
"I opened the envelope and it said 'Emma Stone, La La Land.' That's why I looked at Faye, and at you. I wasn't trying to be funny," the mortified Beatty said moments later, laughing nervously.
Kimmel also jumped in and offered a joke to alleviate the tension.
"This is very unfortunate, what happened. Personally, I blame Steve Harvey for this," Kimmel said, referring to how Harvey had announced the wrong winner of the Miss Universe Pageant in 2015.
"Well, I don't know what happened. I blame myself for this. Let's remember, it's just an awards show. I mean, we hate to see people disappointed, but the good news is, we got to see some extra speeches. We had some great movies. I knew I would screw this show up, I really did," Kimmel added.
"La La Land" producer Jordan Horowitz recounted the frantic moments after his flick was declared the winner.
"I was ecstatic, it was amazing. I thought we won an Oscar," Horowitz told The Hollywood Reporter. "Some guys in headsets started buzzing around. It became clear that something was wrong. They took the envelope I had. It said 'Emma Stone, La La Land' on it.
"It was clear that there was something wrong. We started looking for the best picture envelope. Nobody knew where it was. Then it appeared, they opened it next to me and it said 'Moonlight.'"
PwC said it oversees "all aspects" of the voting process on behalf of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
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It maintains sole custody of all votes, and is responsible for keeping the results secret. Once the ballots have been tabulated, two senior accountants memorize every winner — then prepare two briefcases with the envelopes used by the presenters.
The briefcases are brought to the ceremony via "separate, secret routes" and the two accountants stand backstage and hand the envelopes to the presenters before they walk onstage, PwC said.
PwC's Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz were photographed holding the two briefcases earlier in the night.
"PwC's role in the Oscars balloting process represents the firm's lasting legacy of utmost accuracy and confidentiality," Ruiz said in a statement before the 2015 ceremony, CNN reported.
A mystifyng breakdown in the final stage of the process led Dunaway to make the announcement that will be forever etched in Oscars lore.
She was in no mood to address the matter during the Governors Ball that immediately followed the awards.
"I'm not going to speak about it," she told THR.
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(NOTE: The following excert is written with the unpopular notion that George Harrison played bass on Taxman. There are many who insist that Paul played bass on the song and they may well be right.)
On Taxman, the bass playing sounds like the player is going through a Marshall stack, giving it a power rock sound. Excellent all the way around, and the kudos for the bass here go to George who brought his Fender Jazz bass into the studio. Note: In The Compete Beatles Recordings, pg. 184, there's a picture of this bass. It's caption reads 'George trying an experiment with Paul's Fender Jazz Bass guitar. Mark Lewisohn could not have written these captions, he must know better than this!
George was actually quite a decent bass player. To write him off as 'trying an experiment on Paul's (right handed) bass is ludicrous. The reason he played bass on that particular song is that Paul was busy recording that incredible guitar solo. With Lennon adding his now familiar sledgehammer rhythm and Ringo doing his usual excellent backbeat job, one wonders what the Beatles might have been like had George taken up the bass and Paul stayed on guitar. Hmmm. For one thing, this article would be a heck of a lot different.
OTHER SONGS ON REVOLVER I'm Only Sleeping, obviously slowed WAAAYYY down, had a nifty treat for us - a minature bass solo and some good crash style drumming. And Your Bird Can Sing, Dr. Robert, I Want To Tell You nd the amazing Tomorrow Never Knows all feature great, solid bass playing. Yeah, it was 1966, and bass playing was starting to flourish. Rarely again would the words "bass should be felt and not heard" pass out of tired lips. The revolution that had begun over 20 years earlier with Woody Herman's amazing bass player, squelched and then revitalized for a while with Chuck Berry's bass player, and then squelched again, was back on - never to be squelched again.OTHER SONGS ON REVOLVER
(Note: I'm not positive Tomorrow Never Knows was recorded with the Rickenbacker. Emerick says that Paperback Writer was the first song to use the new bass and that was recorded AFTER TNK. It may be, though, that Emerick was referring to the fact that PBW was RELEASED first. McCartney's recent comments that the Rickenbacker was used on Rubber Soul really make this something worth researching.)
Most people who work with a tool of any kind know that when you get something that completely outshines what you had before, you get creative. People who buy new bench saws suddenly start creating all kinds of things. People who get new caligraphy pens litter the house with their writings. People who get new musical instruments that sound better than before suddenly become many times better in their musicianship.
His book also inspired a television series of the same name, which ran for 13 episodes beginning in 2005. It starred Bradley Cooper as Jack Bourdain, a fictionalized version of the real-life Bourdain, whom friends called Tony.
Throughout his career, Bourdain also produced a travel journal, three crime novels, a cookbook, a biography of Typhoid Mary, and a graphic novel.
Six of Bourdain's books were in the top 10 of Amazon's bestseller list on Saturday. His 2010 follow-up memoir, "Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook," climbed to the number four spot. And his "Les Halles Cookbook" reached number eight.
— CNN's Brian Stelter and Nathaniel Meyersohn contributed to this report.
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sanity necesitaba un nuevo diseño de banner publicitario y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
We have built a very simple, advertising-revenue driven, home valuation website called HomeVal.net. We are passionate about making it as painless as possible for non-technical users to value their homes for free.
Home owners thinking about selling their homes or who are curious about their home's value. Also anyone considering buying a home that would like a valuation.
We require 2 ads, one of size 300x250 pixels, and the other of size 728x90 pixels.
They should be no more than 50 kilobytes when exported in png, gif, or jpeg format. THIS IS A STRICT REQUIREMENT, THE ADS ARE USELESS TO US IF THEY ARE LARGER THAN 50K.
Note that research has shown that animated ads tend to get more clicks, so please feel free to animate your ad as an animated gif, this may increase your chances of winning, but be sure to keep the file size below 50k, and the ad MUST stop animating after 30 seconds.
Remember, our goal is to get people to click on the ad, and value their house using our website, so it MUST have some kind of clear call to action to click, and it must clearly articulate why they would want to click (its no use to us if we get lots of clicks, but nobody wants to value their house once they get to our website).
We also require the original files used to make the ads so that we can easily make minor modifications, for example, the original illustrator files if this is the tool used.
You are welcome to propose your own copy, we have had success with the following:
"What is my house worth?"
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The most important things to emphasize are that it is quick, easy, and free.
Feel free to visit http://homeval.net/ to see our current design, we have licensed all creative on this page so you are free to incorporate it, but please don't feel like you must base your design on this - all that matters is how many people we can attract to the website who want to value their homes, and this is the criteria upon which ads will be judged.


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Train Derailment Near Rapid City
If snow and ice wasn't enough to deal with Thursday (December 19) a railroad bridge collapsed causing a train to derail in Blackhawk, South Dakota near Rapid City.
There have been no reports of injuries, though the derailment has caused Peaceful Pines Road to close for clean up.
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Happy St. Paddy's Day from ASMI! Go green and try this Coconut-Crusted Wild Alaska with Matcha Cream. bit.ly/2UGKESb ... See MoreSee Less
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The Seafood Expo North America will be held from March 17 – 19, 2019 in Boston, MA. ASMI participates every year to connect with retailers, restaurants, distributors, processors and other key partners in our marketing efforts. Click here for more information. bit.ly/2E8qZlt ... See MoreSee Less
Improved quality and handling leads to increased value. ASMI produced a series of videos, like this Salmon Quality and Handling Tips for Gillnetters. Share them with your seafood harvesting and processing friends! bit.ly/2u7DevxGuidelines for maintaining the quality of wild Alaska salmon harvested via gillnetting. ... See MoreSee Less
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