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"The insatiable demands of a materialist technology have somehow crucially diminished our reverence and compassion for various forms of life and thwarted our understanding of the web of interdependence that weaves our own life together with the other kingdoms… In 1996 the newspapers reported that approximately sixty percent of the honeybees in the United States had been lost; some states showed losses up to ninety percent. Expressed in numbers, that means a decrease of colonies from seven million to two-and-a-half million….
The recent Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has raised the flag from orange to red…it is hoped that the presentation of this material and the perspectives regarding our responsibility as caretakers and stewards of these amazing creatures will encourage a deeper understanding of the bee as a very sensitive and powerful environmental barometer…and to promote among each other nurturing, healthful, harmonious methods for raising bees; methods that will, in turn, reflect a true reverence for the interrelationship and interdependency that we share with all living beings on the Earth."
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As we draw closer to Blizzcon, we are beginning to see that a few computer hardware manufacturers are giving away free tickets to Blizzcon. For those that do not know, Blizzcon is basically a giant videogames convention specifically centered on games made by Blizzard, most notably the Warcraft, Diablo, and Starcraft series of games. This event is always hosted in or around Anaheim, CA which is near the headquarters of Blizzard Entertainment.
Currently, the second and final batch of tickets sold out on May 30th and there are no more tickets that you can buy. But as far as we know Kingston has been able to get 10 tickets themselves and is now giving away those tickets to people who sign up. There really aren?t any specific terms that need to be met other than to fill out all of the parameters for the form and you should be entered to win. Mind you, that these are not traveling + hotel tickets…they are just tickets to the event and that you will still be responsible for travel and hotel stay.
If you?d like to enter, go ahead and check this out. As nobody else is giving away this many tickets?
There are also a few other contests going on for a fully paid trip by other hardware manufacturers, but they are only giving away two tickets. Those are? nVidia and steelseries.
Ultimately, this is a re-run of a hardware vendor rush from the glory days of Quakecon, but now we are seeing that the focus switched to the makers of World of Warcraft.

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Thank you to all of our backers. For updated information about the project and future orders go to PopPortablePower.com
TechCrunch- "A delicious, high-capacity battery"
Engadget- "Bring your gadgets back to life"
ABC News- "Top 5 Gadgets of the Week"
GigaOM- "A mobile charging solution that can top off multiple devices would be very useful"
Mashable- "POP is a lot of bang for the buck"
PandoDaily- "Say Goodbye to Ugly Portable Phone Chargers"
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POP – Power Where You Need It
The batteries in our mobile devices have not been able to keep up with the increased usage. As a result, we often find ourselves looking for places to charge. But many times, convenience and charging do not go hand in hand. At the Edison Junior Design Laboratory, we developed the perfect solution to this problem. POP, aka "Portable Power", is an all-in-one charger with retractable cord reels for simultaneously charging multiple devices. Don't be restricted by outlets or ugly chargers; with POP you are free to explore the vast world we live in, while remaining connected to it.
POP comes in two models:
POP Station- Plugs into the wall and is great for areas where an outlet is close by. The power needed to charge your device is easily accessible through (4) retractable cord reels – each with dual functioning iPhone/Micro-USB adapter.
People like POP Station for its beautiful design, integrated cables and ability to charge multiple devices quickly. This makes POP Station perfect for the living room, kitchen, waiting room, etc.
POP Portable (Called POP Classic in Rewards)- Same awesome features as POP Station with the additional benefit of a massive 26,000 mAh battery, POP Portable allows you to bring your POP anywhere for convenient charging. Great by the pool, camping, conference room tables, etc.
POP Portable's rechargeable 26,000 mAh battery makes it the largest portable device charger available with the ability to charge up to 10 iPhones. The below chart gives you an idea of just how big POP's battery is compared to the competition.
Battery Comparison
Use POP
- By the pool - On your coffee table - In the kitchen - At the beach
Great for businesses
- Promotional events - Trade shows - Conference rooms - Restaurants or bars
- 4 retractable cord reels, each capable of charging both Apple devices and Micro-USB devices. The reels will come out at least 3 feet. More info below.
- POP Top - We are building POP so that you can have interchangeable tops that will be able to access POP's power for future accessories. More below on this.
- Included 100/240 V AC adapter (for international orders you will receive the correct adaptor)
- 2 additional USB ports for charging other devices of your choice.
- Optional custom artwork/branding capability. Send us your artwork or company logo for a custom POP.
- Rechargeable 26,000 mAh battery (POP Portable only)
- LED indicator displaying battery life. (POP Portable only)
POP for emergencies
In most regions natural disasters are inevitable, and power is a crucial resource for survival. Our mobile devices allow us to get information and contact emergency services. Using POP Portable as the main charging station in your house gives you the peace of mind that if the power goes out, you will have multiple days worth of fully charged devices.
POP TOP storage
Both POP models come with a storage area in the top, which is ideal for the AC adapter as well as any USB cables for the additional USB ports located on the underside of the POPs. The idea for the storage area came from Kickstarter users, proving that not only is Kickstarter an amazing place to help launch a product but also make it even better.
So how about those cord reels?
The cord reels right now come out to almost 2 feet. We are actively looking for a longer reel and would like to have the final POP come equipped with 4-5 foot cords. At a minimum we are guaranteeing up to 2 feet of cable.
A little more on the dual use power ends (iPhone/Micro-USB)
We are going to use a very cool charging tip for POP. This end allows each of the 4 cables to work for either iPhones/iPads/iPods, or micro-USB which covers phones like Blackberries, Android, Kindles and many other devices. There are also 2 USB plugs on the bottom of the POP in case you have devices that use a special charging end.
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Future endeavors
The top of POP was designed for accessories to be added later. These accessories will be able to access the power of the unit. We will open source the design so that any tinkerer/hardware creator can build for the POP. Depending on the success of this campaign and POP as a product we are excited to see what people might build. Here are a few ideas that we thought might be cool additions to the POP. The speakerphone/speaker is the feature we would like to work on first, or see someone else make.
So how can we achieve this?
Our team has experience in building consumer products like POP and we are confident that we will deliver a quality product to you. Additionally, we have already made the necessary agreements with a large partner that insures we will be able to manufacture and deliver POP on time.
Since we have reached our goal, the entire team has already begun focusing on manufacturing the POPs. Creating the tooling for the product is already under way. We are working hard to get POP delivered on time to everyone that has pledged.
What devices are compatible with POP?
POP is capable of charging all Apple and Micro-USB devices. Also, underneath POP are 2 USB ports for charging other devices such as cameras, bluetooth headsets, and more.
How big is the battery?
The battery stored within the POP Portable is a 26,000 mAh rechargeable battery. This battery is large enough to fully charge up to 10 iPhones.
What are the limitations of the custom artwork?
If you have chosen one of the pledge packages that includes applying your own custom artwork to your POP(s), we will contact you requesting the artwork of your choice. We will try to be accommodating, but we will not go as far to apply full wraps around the device. We will give you the option to have both the front and back faces applied with your artwork. The artwork will be limited to 3" in maximum height, running down the length of the housing. We promise to do everything we can to provide you with a high quality look, even going as far to show you renderings of the the artwork applied to your POP before going through with the final application.
What is the limitation on the Signature POP?
The Signature POP is for having your name or a simple message on the bottom of the POP. We are limiting the number of characters to 30.
Is shipping included?
Yes we are including shipping into each pledge package for all deliveries within the United States. If you live outside the U.S. plan to pay accordingly.
How is POP charged?
POP is charged using the supplied standard 100 / 240 V AC adapter. Underneath POP is a standard port for this adapter, as well as an LED indicator light displaying POP's charging status.
What is POP's actual dimensions?
POP is currently 6.45" tall by 5.00" inches wide. It is our intention to decrease the size as much as possible throughout final engineering, without compromising the functions which make it so useful. We will be sure to keep you updated. POP weighs less then 2 pounds in its current production form.
When will my POP(s) ship?
We plan to ship POP in December of 2012. Of course we will keep you updated on any changes if necessary.
What happens if the iPhone 5 has a different charger?
Well, it is difficult to give a clear answer at this point as no one knows what is going to happen with the iPhone 5. However, if the iPhone 5 does have a 19 pin connector as rumored, our plan is to ship with 2 iPhone 5 connectors and 2 standard 30 PIN connectors. This way you will be able to charge the old and new devices. We should know by mid-September what Apple is doing which will give us more than enough time to modify the product for the iPhone 5.
How much is International Shipping?
We are going to add $15 for anyone living outside of the US/Canada. For Canada the surcharge will be $5. US shipping is included. If for some reason we are able to ship to you for less we will refund the difference. We have no interest in making extra money on this just want to cover the increased cost.
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For two painful weeks he had prepared for this moment. Now, on November 10, 1923, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Armistice that concluded World War I, Woodrow Wilson was ready to deliver a commemorative address by radio from the library of his brick home on S Street in Washington, D.C. Frail and weak, Wilson rose that morning from a replica of the Lincoln bed in the White House. Above him hung a large picture of the American flag; an old mahogany desk from his days as president of Princeton University stood in the corner. On the mantel above the fireplace a tarnished brass shell fired by the American artillery against the Germans in 1917 was a constant reminder of the thousands of lives sacrificed to that European war.
Wilson then began the long process of dressing for the occasion, his butler helping him fit his paralyzed left side into his clothes. The president relied on the strong arm of his servant and his cane to walk to the elevator, which carried the two men down to the second floor. Wilson passed the drawing room that displayed the mosaic of Saint Peter, a gift of Pope Benedict XV, and a Gobelin tapestry, a gift of the people of France, and entered the library. Though it was filled with books, it still could not hold his entire collection of more than 8,000 volumes. On one shelf was a special case containing his own published works.
Today the library was even more full. Across the floor ran the cables necessary for the radio broadcast, and Wilson's wife, Edith, stood by with a script, ready to prompt him should his voice fail. As an announcer introduced the nation's former president, Wilson stood before the microphone holding pages he could barely read. His short speech focused on one of the defining events of his life: he urged the nation to finish the peace process by joining the League of Nations as a way to prevent the return of the rivalries that had ignited World War I.
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Locating the Site: Maps
Determining the Facts: Readings
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Putting It All Together: Activities
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Woodrow Wilson House and Museum
This lesson is based on the Woodrow Wilson House, one of the thousands of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


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BACK ISSUES - They have over 200 long boxes of back issues on the floor for your perusal - that's in excess of 50,000 comics.
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Past Rifts Over Greece Cloud Talks on Rescue
Confidential Documents Reveal Deep Divisions at IMF Over 2010 Greek Bailout
The International Monetary Fund proceeded with its record 2010 bailout of Greece despite deep internal divisions over whether it would work, according to confidential documents that contradict the fund's public statements.
The new details of the rift come as the crisis lender is now pressing European governments to forgive some of the country's debt in a fresh round of difficult talks. The idea is unpopular with Germany and other European nations because their taxpayers would take the hit. But it stands a chance because the...


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Donostia-San Sebastián to be the European Capital of Culture in Spain in 2016
Brussels, 28 June 2011 - The Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián was recommended today for the title of European Capital of Culture in 2016 by an independent selection panel. It will host the title along with Wrocław in Poland (IP/11/766). The formal nomination by the EU's Council of Ministers will take place in May 2012.
Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, stated: "The competition in Spain for the 2016 title attracted 15 eligible bids – the highest we have seen since the launch of the European Capital of Culture initiative in 1985. I congratulate Donostia-San Sebastián, and I hope it will make the most of this unique opportunity to bring long-term cultural, economic and social benefits to the city and its surrounding area."
Poland and Spain are the two Member States hosting a European Capital of Culture in 2016. The list of countries hosting the title until 2019 was laid down in a decision of the European Parliament and Council of Ministers in 2006.
The European Capitals of Culture are selected by an independent panel: an initial shortlist of cities is drawn up after a pre-selection phase, followed by a final selection nine months later. The two cities chosen (one per country) are then officially designated by the EU's Council of Ministers. Last week, the independent panel proposed Wrocław to be the European Capital of Culture in Poland.
The 15 cities which contested the title in Spain were Alcalá de Henares, Burgos, Cáceres, Córdoba, Cuenca, Donostia-San Sebastián, Málaga, Murcia, Oviedo, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Pamplona, Santander, Segovia, Tarragona and Zaragoza. Of these, six were shortlisted: Burgos, Córdoba, Donostia-San Sebastián, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Segovia and Zaragoza.
Applications were examined by a panel made up of 13 independent cultural experts; six appointed by the Member State concerned and the remaining seven by the European institutions. They examine the applications on the basis of the criteria laid down by the European Parliament and Council decision.
The cities have to prepare a cultural programme with a strong European dimension and foster the participation of citizens living in the city, in its surroundings and abroad. The European dimension is reflected in the chosen themes and the way in which the events in the programme are organised (cooperation between cultural operators in different EU countries is encouraged). The programme must also have a lasting impact and contribute to the long-term cultural and social development of the city.
The members of the panel appointed by the European institutions are:
Following Turku (Finland) and Tallinn (Estonia) this year; Guimarães (Portugal) and Maribor (Slovenia) will be European Capitals of Culture in 2012; Marseille (France) and Kosice (Slovakia) in 2013, Umeå (Sweden) and Riga (Latvia) in 2014 and Mons (Belgium) and Plzen (Czech Republic) in 2015.
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More And More People Speak Up Against SOPA
from the speak-up deptWith the hearings this morning (more on that later), there were also more statements publicly made against SOPA this morning. Two key ones are, unfortunately, behind Politico's paywall, so I can't link or quote too much. The first, by former Homeland Security Assistant Secretary and former NSA General Counsel, Stewart Baker, was raised a few times during the hearings. Baker focused on the problems of SOPA and PROTECT IP and their impact on online security. He notes that the DNS blocking portions of both bills "run directly counter" to the government's cybersecurity efforts:
Because "block and redirect" is exactly what crooks are doing today to bank customers. If the bills become law, the security system won't be able to tell the difference between sites that have been blocked by law and those that have been sabotaged by hackers. Indeed, it isn't hard to imagine crooks redirecting users to sites that say, "You were redirected here because the site you asked for has violated copyright," while at the same time planting malware on the user's computer.There's much more in the article as well, noting that these laws won't actually help Hollywood and will "leave the rest of us hurting and poorer for years." The really tragic part of the hearing is that when all of the panelists were asked about Baker's statement, every single one of them admitted that they didn't understand the technology enough to really comment. The best that the MPAA's Michael O'Leary could blurt out was that he "didn't agree."
The second interesting piece at Politico comes from famed Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe, who more or less acts as a counterweight to Floyd Abram's letter. He basically highlights all of the problems we've discussed over the past few weeks: vague definitions, broadly targeted, will impact perfectly legitimate sites. And, he notes clearly: "It would violate the First Amendment."
A key provision of the bill would give copyright owners the power to stop online advertisers and credit card processors from doing business with a website, merely by filing a unilateral notice that the site is "dedicated to the theft of U.S. property" — even if no court has actually found any infringement.Just as we have said in the past. It seems that more and more lawyers are making this point. So far, the pro-SOPA side has Floyd Abrams. He's respected, sure, but so is Tribe and so are many of the other lawyers who have questions SOPA's impact on the First Amendment.
The immunity provisions in the bill create an overwhelming incentive for advertisers and payment processors to comply with such a request immediately upon receipt. Courts have always treated such cutoffs of revenue from speech as a suppression of that speech, and the silencing of expression in the absence of judicial review is a classic prior restraint forbidden by the First Amendment.
Lots of internet companies have come out against the bill as well. Reddit and Tumblr both joined with American Censorship Day, blocking out parts of their site. Tumblr went so far as to blackout their entire dashboard. Along with them Kickstarter and FourSquare both spoke out against the bills as well. These are all platforms that content creators today rely on to create, connect, promote, distribute and monetize their works. In other words, these are the platforms of the future -- the platforms that could be crippled with legal and regulatory compliance under these bills. Burdening them doesn't help content creators. It may help the big record labels and the big studios -- the ones who don't want musicians and filmmakers "going direct" via these platforms... but it doesn't help actual content creators or the public.
Web hosting platform/CDN Cloudflare has weighed in by warning of legal denial of service attacks that would be enabled under the bill:
We've been seeing a disturbing trend recently. Increasingly, we're receiving purported DMCA requests that ask us to identify website hosts that are actually from attackers abusing the legal code. If we reveal the requested information, attacks are launched directly at those hosts, bypassing CloudFlare's protections and knocking legitimate sites offline. Initially, these requests were relatively easy to spot. When we recognized the new attack method, we changed our policies and trained our customer support team to more carefully screen DMCA requests. Increasingly, however, the requests are becoming more sophisticated and difficult to detect.Yes, read that again, because it's downright scary.
Imagine the challenge for someone on CloudFlare's support team. If someone writes to us alleging that they are a photographer who took a picture that appears on a website, or a designer who drew a logo, or an author who wrote some text, how can that claim be verified? I'm an attorney and member of the bar. I teach a course on intellectual property and technology law at the John Marshall Law School. I serve on the Board of the Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law. I've reviewed many of these requests and, even with my training in the subject, I have no idea how to effectively and efficiently tell the difference between valid and invalid complaints.
In an Internet without bad guys, the consequences of revealing a host's information is relatively minimal. Unfortunately, the Internet is full of bad guys. There has been a steady rise in attacks, increasingly affecting legitimate small businesses and ecommerce sites. These attacks have been part of why more than 100,000 websites have sought shelter behind CloudFlare in just the last 12 months. We offer great technical protections to shield sites from attack, but I'm concerned some of our efforts could be undermined by new laws like SOPA.
Mozilla, the makers of Firefox, also joined in, with the following on their website:
Perhaps most interesting of all, even Rep. Zoe Lofgren joined in with American Censorship Day by censoring her own logo on her official House website:
Filed Under: copyright, cybersecurity, dns, first amendment, laurence tribe, sopa, stewart baker
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There's a for-profit/nonprofit debate brewing in the state of Kansas, particularly in Wichita, KS. The Kansas Health and Fitness Association (KHFA), which represents private health clubs in the state, is making a claim that Wichita YMCAs should not receive a tax break, given the amount of revenue they generate. This advertisement along with this half-page advertisement were published recently in the Wichita Eagle.
The KHFA, founded by Rodney Steven II of Genesis Health Clubs, paid for the advertisements, which point out that according to the Wichita YMCA IRS filings, the YMCA made nearly $12 million in 2007, and during the last few years, its additional revenue after expenses has exceeded $34 million. The communications director for the Greater Wichita Y says although the figures are accurate, the revenue generated by the YMCA goes back into the community.
This is not the first, nor is it the last, disagreement between nonprofits, such as Ys, and their surrounding for-profit clubs. We detailed this struggle in 2006. We also detailed the struggles for-profits face against city rec centers in February of last year.
What's your say about the relationship between for-profit and nonprofit facilities? Do nonprofits have an unfair advantage over for-profits because of their tax-exempt status? Are they going after the same membership?


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Luke: "Why did you move to LA in 2006?"
Heather: "After the Andrew Parker scandal, I was blacklisted. People wouldn't talk to me. People sided with him because he could get them into the better parties, better clubs. It's very superficial here like that. And he was the It Boy at the time. I basically had to leave. I was pushed out of the social circle.
"People would talk to me to see what I was doing so they could report back to him. Or they would tell me, oh yeah, we saw him out with that girl or these people. I didn't really want to hear that, so I just left.
"Los Angeles was a hard adjustment. The first year I couldn't stand it. I hated the food, so I learned to cook really well to emulate the food I was eating in New York. I made some very good friends. I probably have better friends in LA than I do in New York now."
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Heather: "I think I just grew up. I kinda wanted a relationship. I wanted people to take me seriously. I had the potential to do other things.


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After an extended absence from international competition, defending Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuna Kim of South Korea picked up where she left off in Vancouver four years ago, performing a short-program routine in Sochi Wednesday that made it look as if she'd never been away.
Kim, 23, performed an airy, technically impeccable short-program routine that positioned her to become the first woman since East Germany's Katarina Witt (1984-88) to repeat as Olympic champion.
The three American skaters competing Wednesday — Gracie Gold, Ashley Wagner and Polina Edmunds — turned in strong performances and are in medal contention heading into Thursday's free skate. But Kim solidified her status as the favorite for gold.
Kim, who set records at the 2010 Vancouver Games that still stand, scored a 74.92, her best in an abbreviated 2013-2014 season. That performance, early in Wednesday's program, set the tone for the handful of top contenders who would follow.
She told them, in effect, that they'd have to be perfect to beat her.
A kid and a veteran came closest.
The kid, 17-year-old Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, skated after a shocking fall by her highly touted younger teammate, Yulia Lipnitskaya, that took the wind out of the home crowd on a day in which the Russian national hockey team was knocked out of medal contention.
Sotnikova stepped into the void and delivered a high-energy routine that announced herself as a force of her own. She bunny-hopped in triumph when she finished, as the Russians in the stands went wild.
Her 74.64 put her in second place, tantalizing close to winning Russia's first gold in ladies' figure skating.
The veteran, 27-year-old Carolina Kostner of Italy, appeared poised for her first podium finish in three Olympics. She scored a third-place 74.12.
She and Sotnikova loom less than a point behind Kim.
America's top contender, 18-year-old Gold, seemed nervous, and was hesitant in some of her jumps. But she finished with a score of 68.63, putting her in fourth place, in striking distance of a medal.
Gold knew she could have done much better. After the number flashed on the overhead screen, she appeared disappointed. Afterwards, she admitted to allowing her nerves to get to her.
"I had butterflies. My legs felt like jelly," Gold said afterward, according to NBC Olympics.
Behind Gold was Lipnitskaya, just 15 years old, who found herself shouldering an inordinate share of the burden of her host country's hopes. She'd dominated the short and long programs in the team figure staking event, propelling the Russians to gold. On Wednesday, she performed just a couple hours after the Russian hockey team lost in the quarterfinals, raising the stakes.
For the first half of her short program, Lipnitskaya was focused and perfect. Then, her age seemed to show itself, and she suffered an uncharacteristic tumble, a hard fall to the ice. She hung her head, unsmiling, while waiting for her score: 65.23.
American Wagner, a two-time U.S. national champion who barely made the Olympic team, scored 65.21, placing her in sixth.
Her teammate, 15-year-old Edmunds, made her senior international competition debut with a spunky routine that earned a 61.04, enough to qualify for Thursday's long program in seventh place.
Kim, a huge celebrity in South Korea, moved home from her training base in Canada after winning gold there, and scaled back her competition schedule for two years. Then she resumed where she'd left off, winning the 2013 world championships. Her 2013-14 season was hobbled by a foot injury; she returned to international competition only two months ago. She has announced that she will retire after Sochi.
But first, she wants to make history.
Judging from Wednesday's finish, it will be a battle.


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Firstly I will apologise for the multiple threads for the steering wheels.
It was too large to upload as a single file, and I thought at least this way you could just download the ones you wanted as single items.
These models are for Photoshop only.
They are all in 4096 size for the model and main DDS texture file.
They all have the original vanilla game textures.
They also are all wireframed, shaded, masked in layers.
Also included is the 3DS model for use in programs such as Keyshot.
Use them wisely ( he says doing his best Yoda impression ).
HRT Steering Wheel 3D model with wireframe for Photoshop 1.0
Modding Steering Wheel templates.


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Sterling Moore is a cornerback for the New England Patriots, and as it is the offseason, Sterling Moore went to Las Vegas. Sterling Moore had a fun time in Vegas, as athletes and non-athletes often do. Perhaps there was gambling, maybe women or alcohol, or even Cirque Du Soleil. Whatever his recreation of choice, Sterling Moore wanted to get across the notion that he had a fun time but was also tired.
So to all his friends on Twitter, Sterling Moore announced that he left Vegas "in a wheel chair." Then he said it again. Ha ha! This was funny because Las Vegas is a place where one can have so much fun, it could conceivably leave one crippled! But some journalists who don't have Sterling Moore's sense of humor saw these Tweets. "Wheelchair?" they said to themselves as they put their press cards into the bands of their fedoras and prepared to report. "What's all this about a wheelchair?" Because if an NFL player was in a wheelchair, that might interfere with his ability to play football. Walking under one's own power is almost a prerequisite to be a pro athlete, let alone one for the Patriots, who are a good team and like their players to not be in wheelchairs.
So these journalists called Jordan Woy, who represents Sterling Moore. Woy was confused too! He had heard nothing about his client being in a wheelchair. This would certainly affect his client's next contract negotiations, as well as his own cut. So he frantically texted Sterling Moore to find out what this wheelchair business was about. The result is above.
Oh, Sterling Moore. You were making jokes, but some people didn't realize they were jokes. You got them again, Sterling Moore. Wait, though, I just want to make sure. Are you in a wheelchair? Okay, good. Ha ha, I get jokes!


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PHILADELPHIA - A former police lieutenant videotaped punching a woman after last year's Puerto Rican Day parade in Philadelphia has been acquitted of simple assault.
A municipal judge ruled Tuesday in the case of Jonathan Josey, who was later fired.
Video posted online showed the woman being struck in the face and falling to the ground, her face bloodied, and then being led away in handcuffs.
Police say people had been throwing liquid at officers. Josey testified he thought Guzman had thrown beer on him. He says he told her to put down the bottle and then swung in an attempt to knock it from her hand.
District Attorney Seth Williams says he disagrees with the judge's ruling. Josey's attorney says the fired officer will seek immediate reinstatement.


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Kelly Clarkson has set a festive deadline – she wants to be pregnant by Christmas.
The singer wed Brandon Blackstock in Tennessee earlier this month, and she has made no secret of the fact she's eager to become a mom after getting maternal around her partner's kids from a previous marriage, Seth and Savannah.
And she insists the newlyweds aren't messing around when it comes to their family plans.
She tells Los Angeles DJ Valentine, "I want babies… Everybody keeps saying, 'What do you want for Christmas?' And I want to be pregnant.
"I never ever really wanted kids because I'm kinda selfish with my career but I really like going to soccer games with Seth and doing homework with Savannah… It's such a bigger point to life.
"I kinda want two more (kids); I've already told him (Blackstock)… I kinda grew up alone and I'm kinda a loner and so I don't want them to be alone – and Seth and Savannah are so much older."
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New 'Boxtrolls' Trailer Livens Things Up with Cee Lo Green [Video]
Now that CG-animated films are more common, stop-motion has become more magical than it ever has before. Laika is a studio that built its name on doing this kind of work better than anyone else, creating modern gems like 'Coraline' and 'ParaNorman.' Can their latest effort, 'The Boxtrolls,' live up to their legacy? If the new teaser trailer is any indication, all signs point to yes.
The first teaser for 'The Boxtrolls' was little more than an announcement video. The second was a beautiful and unique look at the stop-motion process. This one, presumably the final teaser before a full-fledged look, is essentially a tone piece, showing off whimsical visuals and a cheerful attitude while still keeping the details of the plot fully under wraps. Set to a cover of "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" by Cee Lo Green, it's a charming look at a movie that couldn't be more handsomely made.
The actual plot of the film deals with a young boy who was adopted and raised by the underground-dwelling creatures of the title who must journey to the surface world to save his strange family when they're faced with extermination. If the storytelling is half as good as the animation, we're there.
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Hulk Hogan has never been one to run from things. He stared down men like Andre The Giant and The Ultimate Warrior during his days as WWE champion, and now, he's tackling his embarrassing sex tape leak head on. The fifty-nine-year-old stopped by The Howard Stern Show this morning to discuss what happened, and throughout the chat, the Hulkster was surprisingly candid. Apparently, the action was filmed six years ago without his knowledge. His BFF, Bubba The Love Sponge, willingly offered his wife Heather as some kind of strange cheer up gift, and devastated over his quickly crumbing marriage, Hulk decided to bust out the twenty-four inch pythons and get to work.
In the hours since the interview first aired on Sirius, the team over at Howard TV put together a highlight video and uploaded it to YouTube. You can take a look at that below…
Hulk apparently has some guesses as to who may have released the sex tape. He's planning to sue and press charges against whoever betrayed him in such a fashion, but no suspects have been named publically. At this point, it's not even clear if Hulk has it narrowed down to one or two potential culprits or has a short list of about half a dozen.
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Sheena Yap Chan is creating a valuable resource for women everywhere, with her podcast The Tao of Self-Confidence.
She recently interviewed me, and I hadn't thought about the topic of confidence for quite some time. It had never occurred to me that I lacked self-confidence, because I had always been a high achiever. But in the interview, I realize that my source of confidence has shifted from outer accomplishments to an invisible inner source.
Maybe this is the attribute we most wish for ourselves and for our children -- that we learn to trust our own life experience.
Ideas of "success" and "happiness" are words we settle for because they make for polite conversation and convenient book titles. But what we really want is the confidence to live from our true self.
Hear some of my thoughts and stories on my journey of self-confidence in this episode of Sheena's podcast here.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 10 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
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Bilella Gluten Free Products-Providing gluten free to the market place for restaurants, distributors, and supermarkets.
I am an entrepreneur manly in the medical field with a passion for food and the food industry. My father has celiac disease which makes it impossible for him to eat wheat products. We both created a gluten free (non wheat) pizza dough for pizza shops and retailers so that other celiacs can enjoy pizza products like the rest of the population.
The target audience will be supermarkets, distribution centers, and restaurateurs at first but we want to expand this market to new audiences once off the ground. The customers buying the products from the above will be anyone who cannot eat wheat or wants to be free from a wheat diet.
We want a logo for packaging our products and eventually for our website. The logo needs to say the following:
Bilella Gluten Free Products, LLC. (Centered, smaller letters, on top of logo)
Gluten Free Pizza Dough (Centered and below the above, larger letters)
Below the above:
Ingredients: Brown Rice Flour, Water, Tapioca Flour, Dry Milk Powder, Yeast, Olive Oil, Sugar, Xanthan Gum, Gelatin Powder, Cider Vinegar, Italian Spices, Sea Salt
On the bottom right hand part of the logo it should say: Net Weight 1.4 Ib/635 grams. (In small black letters)
On the bottom left it should say Shelf Life: 6 months frozen (In Small Black Letters)
I want an oval shaped logo. I would like an Italian and American Flag faded into the background. I would like a border around the logo as well that complements the overall design.
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|General Information
|Imin, Iminyë, Ingwë, Indis, Elemmírë, Amarië, and others.
|Physical Description
|Most revered of the Elven kindreds, loved by Manwë.
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The Vanyar (Q, pron. N [ˈvaɲar], V [ˈβaɲar]) are one of the three groups of High Elves, along with the Noldor, and some of the Teleri. They comprise most of those who did not leave Aman.
The Vanyar are the highest of the High Elves. According to legend, the clan was founded by Imin, the first Elf to awake in Cuiviénen, his wife Iminyë, and their twelve companions. At this time, they were called the Minyar (Q: "first ones", pron. [ˈmiɲar]). However, it was Ingwë, the first Vanya to travel with Oromë to Valinor, who became their king. They were the first to reach Beleriand after the Great Journey.
All of the Vanyar journeyed to Valinor before the beginning of the Years of the Sun, and remained there. They are said to have the greatest skill in poetry of all the Elves, and Manwë and Varda love them for this.
At first the Vanyar dwelt in Tirion with the Noldor but they loved the light of the Two Trees and settled in the plains and woods Valinor or the slopes of Taniquetil. Ingwë is called High King of the Elves. He lives on Taniquetil beneath the halls of Manwë. [1]
Another notable Vanya was Indis, the second wife of Finwë and grandmother of Galadriel. It is from her Vanyarin blood that Galadriel gained the golden part of her famous silver-gold hair.
The Vanyar were the first and smallest clan of the Elves. They typically had blonde hair. Few of them were ever seen in Middle-earth, as they only returned for the War of Wrath.
They are also known as the "Spear-elves" for their love of spears, as opposed to the sword and shield of the Noldor and the bow and arrow of the Teleri.[2]
The Vanyar called themselves Minyar, "the Firsts", their ancient name. Another name was Ingar or Ingwer which means "Chieftains" (etymologically related to the name Ingwë).
In Sindarin they were called Minil.
The Vanyar also known under the name "Fair-elves",[3] from the fair colour of their hair.[4]
The name Vanyar means "the Fair" in Quenya, referring to their golden hair. It seems to be from a primitive Elvish form bányâ[5][6] (stem BAN) but also from wanjâ (stem WAN)[7]. The Teleri called them Baniai.
Other Versions of the Legendarium
In the earliest versions of Tolkien's legendarium (see: The Book of Lost Tales Part One), they were called Teleri, while the Elves known as Teleri in the published version of The Silmarillion were called Solosimpi.
In the late manuscript The Shibboleth of Fëanor (ca. 1968), the Vanyar are also called Ingwi. Christopher Tolkien notes that this might be the only use of the term since the Lhammas (1930s), when Ingwi was a name for an early conception of the Lindar (that is, being the first clan of Elves, the house and people of Ingwë).[8]
(Quendi · People of the Stars · Firstborn · Elder Kindred)
|Three Kindreds:
(Eldar · Eldalië · Edhil)
|Vanyar (Fair-elves · Minyar) · Noldor (Deep-elves · Tatyar) · Teleri (Lindar · Nelyar)
(High-elves · Amanyar)
|Vanyar · Noldor · Falmari
|Sindar (Grey-elves · Eglath) · Nandor (Green-elves · Silvan Elves)
|Úmanyar · Avari (Dark Elves · The Unwilling)
|See Also:
|Awakening of the Elves · Sundering of the Elves · Great Journey
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, VI. Quenta Silmarillion", p. 215 footnote to §29
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names", Vanyar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 351
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 402
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, p. 383
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Shibboleth of Fëanor", pp. 332, 356 (note 3)


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You will instantly recognise the man in the middle in the picture above – the rail-splitter from Illinois, President Abraham Lincoln. Unless you are a student of the American Civil War, you won't recognise the military man on the right – Major General John McLernand.
But who's the wee man on the left, at the right hand of the President, with one hand suspiciously inside his coat – not a Napoleonic pose, more like readiness for a fast draw with a derringer?
If I told you he was from the Gorbals, was a cooper by trade,a power loom dresser, had been a violent left-wing activist, and was the son of a Glasgow police sergeant who exited Glesca hastily to avoid prosecution, you would understandably say Aye, right …
If I said he married a singer called Joan Carfrae some thirty years before you could get a car frae anywhere in Glesca, you might say Gie's a brek, Peter – huv ye been at the electric soup?
But it's all true, because there he is - Allan Pinkerton, founder of the famous Pinkerton Detective Agency, familiar often as villains to anyone who who is addicted to the Western movie genre, the Wild Bunch, the Molly Maguires, Jesse James, train robberies – and he or his agents were involved in all of them and more besides.
American history tends to gloss over the circumstances of Allan's hasty departure from Glasgow. He would have given a wry Glesca grin at this sanitised little extract from About - American history
"Born in Scotland, August 25, 1819, Allan Pinkerton was a cooper or barrel-maker in his native land. He immigrated to the United States in 1842 and settled near Chicago, Illinois. He was an industrious man and quickly realized that working for himself would be a much better proposition for himself and family"
In a short speech – always the best kind – last night at my Edinburgh Western SNP branch St. Andrew's Night event, Kenny MacAskill spoke on a 'My Scotland' theme, about how struck he was in his travels abroad by the reputation of emigrant Scots in their adopted land who were virtually unknown back in Scotland. One of them was Allan Pinkerton, and Kenny said that although history had tended to give him a bad press, most of the bad things happened after he died, when the agency figured in anti-labour activities against the nascent trade union movement in the United States. (I was able to tell our Justice Minister later in the evening that the wee cooper frae the Gorbals had been the son of a Glesca polis, something Kenny didn't know about Allan Pinkerton …)
The Pinkerton Detective Agency is still very much around, part of Securitas - History of Pinkerton Detective Agency
I have an image of Allan Pinkerton shouting at Jesse James "Jist haud oan a minute, pal - Ah widnae dae that if ah were you. An' by the way, watch yer back when ye're hangin' pictures …"
He's buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, but I have no evidence that Elvis had Pinkerton in mind when he built his home. Nice thought, though …


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Thursday, May 03, 2007
To Omaha!
NotMakingThisUp is in transit to attend the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting.
Please check back over the weekend for a report from Omaha.
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
The Patrick Awards, Q1
Earnings season is winding down, and that means it's time for the Patrick Awards.
Through the Patrick Awards, Not Making This Up recognizes those among Wall Street's Finest and Corporate America's Titans alike for whatever strikes us worthy of recognition—positive or negative—coming out of the dozens of conference calls we monitor each quarter.
As regular readers know, the fact these awards are called the "Patricks" owes itself to Patrick Byrne, the CEO of Overstock.com, whose conference calls are the most routinely bizarre in the business.
Lest you think I am making that up, Byrne's commentaries have involved dead cows on the highway conspiring to delay his company's projects, dead Popes conspiring to slow his company's sales growth, and even unidentified "Sith Lords" conspiring to ruin his company's credibility among investors—as if Byrne needed help in that regard.
(Don't take such phantasmagorical flights of fancy as an indicator that Byrne is merely a kind of amusing-if-off-kilter public figure: this is a man who, after all, suggested to listeners of a Christian Financial radio program that if they would Google 'ecstasy Israeli mafia' they would "find articles that basically the Israeli mob...is thought to control 75% of the ecstasy trade in the U.S." As Not Making This Up pointed out in "Conspiracy of the Jews? Part II" on December 23, 2005, Googling precisely those three words in that order brought up URLs leading to, among other sites, an Al Jazeera web site with all the anti-Semitic kind of stuff you'd expect from Al Jazeera; a Lyndon LaRouche web site claiming the 9/11 attacks were part of an Israeli conspiracy against the U.S. government; and, most sickeningly, the web-site of a Holocaust-denying historian.)
Nevertheless, Byrne's conference calls are the stuff of legend, and with apologies to those "Patricks" among our readers who are reasonable, intelligent, clear-headed and thoughtful individuals who happen to share his given name, let's get to the first installment of this quarter's Patricks.
All quotes are courtesy of the indispensable StreetEvents.com.
The 'Did He Really Ask That?' Award
Every conference call has its share of silly questions mixed in with the good ones.
Usually this takes the form of an analyst trying to "build his model"—that is, plug in all the nit-picky line-items that go into the Excel spreadsheets by which Wall Street's Finest determine the penny-per-share earnings estimates which somehow, magically, all happen to amount to basically the same number, give or take a penny.
The fact that quarterly earnings numbers all cluster around a single number occurs despite the fact that all businesses are living, breathing organisms run by living, breathing human beings and are subject to the completely unpredictable behavior of consumers, commodity prices, weather, and economic forces far beyond the comprehension of any mere spreadsheet.
Nevertheless, build their models they must, and so on nearly every call, one of Wall Street's Finest always manages to break the tempo of a call by asking not about the state of a company's sales force turnover, or the impact of commodity price fluctuations, or anything meaningful, but by asking a "housekeeping" question, about the tax rate, or the share count, or some other silly bean-counterish issue that could easily be taken care of with the investor relations guy in an email follow-up.
Less frequently, however, an analyst asks a question so beyond the pale that all participants, management included, do a double-take and wonder if they heard the question correctly.
And this quarter the 'Did He Really Ask That' Award? goes to James Belless of D.A. Davidson and Company for his question during an Ambassadors Group call, regarding the possible use of cash payments to attract a sitting Supreme Court justice to speak to a group of students.
The company in question offers educational travel programs.
Chadwick Byrd – Ambassadors Group, Inc - CFO
Jim, the improvements range from everything from maybe an additional item of clothing or backpack that's sent to a student in advance of when they travel, to hiring a special guest speaker…. For example, last week our students actually met with Justice Scalia in one of the programs in Washington D.C., which is quite an honor to meet with a Supreme Court Justice.
James Belless – D.A. Davidson and Company – Analyst
To meet with a Supreme Court Justice, do you have to pay any fee or increase cost to get him involved in front of your students? [Emphasis added.]
Chadwick Byrd – Ambassadors Group, Inc - CFO
No, but you have to reroute the program and do some special things that incur costs. You're not paying the Supreme Court Justice to show up, obviously. That wouldn't look too good for anyone.
A variation of the previous type of question is one that merely embarrasses the other listeners on the call in a sort of collective cringe. And, since the Brits have a neat phrase for precisely that sensation (they call it "cringe-making"), we are naming our next award as follows:
The Most Cringe-Making Analyst Question Award
When an analyst asks management why Wall Street's Finest—himself included—missed the speed and magnitude of that company's sudden return to profitability, despite the fact that the company has 70% gross margins and had recently won a legal victory giving it a virtual monopoly over a wildly popular consumer product category…well, that's a cringe-making moment provided by Spencer Nam of Summer Street.
The company in question is Align Technology, maker of Invisalign invisible braces.
Spencer Nam – Summer Street – Analyst
....The street basically missed -- in terms of the 2007 guidance -- street is basically off by about 20 million. And some of the estimates for 2008 are essentially turning into 2007 management guidance. Where did we miss the trend? Is that just our lack of understanding how you guys managed cycle times or is it did we just not quite understand the pent up demand that was being raised at the grass roots level?
Tom Prescott – Align Technology – President and CEO
Boy, I don't know how to answer that question, Spencer, other than to say we're just -- we've had so many things going on. I can certainly understand why the modeling for our business has been difficult. And we've tried to do everything we can to give full visibility to a broad range of data with our new approach. You're going to have to answer that question about why the view was different from what we see evolving here.
Perhaps Spencer would like the company to email their own internal earnings models in advance, and write the copy for his reports in the future?
We'll resume this quarter's Patricks in our next installment.
Jeff Matthews
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A small town in the middle of nowhere Iowa where healthy food is not allowed. The city drink is Mt.
Dew and the town snack is Nacho Cheese Doritos. People from around the nation flock to Wapello each year for the annual Chicken Feather Plucking Contest which was made nationally famous due to the towns most notable citizen, Mitch Cumstein.
Dude, I'm so full of Mt. Dew and Doritios after that feather plucking contest in Wapello.


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Administrative Support contributes to the efficient day-to-day operations of Rainbow International Restoration and supports the work of management and other staff. Duties include general clerical, receptionist, bookkeeping and project based work. He/She will project a professional company image through in-person and phone interaction.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Call potential customers to explain the company services and solicit business. Answer the phone, using the Rainbow International phone script, in a courteous manner and ascertain the nature of the call.
- Greet visitors to the organization in a professional and friendly manner.
- When needed, assist with the scheduling of appointments for customer service while setting priorities for service and request for estimate calls based on the urgency of the service requirement.
- Notify customers about the status of the service call schedule. Make reminder calls the day before work is to be completed. Work with service professionals and customers to maximize customer satisfaction.
- Follow up with customers after completion of the work and ascertain if the work has been done to their satisfaction. Analyze the customer comments and schedule an additional service call if necessary. Solicit additional work and obtain recommendations of potential new customers from the call.
- Collect all monies from all sources, make bank deposits and post the deposits accordingly in QuickBooks. Reconcile bank and credit card statements.
- Maintain hard copy and electronic filing system.
- Use the Xactanalysis and Fusion software programs.
- Perform clerical duties as required. This includes operation of personal computers and standard word processing and spreadsheet software applications.
- When needed, assist the Owner/General Manager with opening all company mail. Distribute Accounts Payable invoices to corresponding manager for approval. Upon the manager's approval, enter all Accounts Payable into QuickBooks. Manage Accounts Payable and make sure all company bills are paid in a timely manner, if needed.
- When needed, invoice customers at the time of job completion. Send monthly statements and make collection phone calls in an effort to ensure that the majority of the Accounts Receivable are kept within company policy.
- Maintain office equipment and company office cleanliness. Order and maintain office supplies as needed for the day-to-day operations of the company.
- Assist in the management of an after-hours answering service to ensure calls are being answered in a polite, courteous manner. Ensure that calls are being routed to the appropriate after-hours technician and that messages are being delivered to the appropriate person in a timely manner.
- Complete the Weekly Sales Report calculating franchise fees owed and email to Rainbow Corporate.
- When needed, collect the employee time sheets, verify for accuracy, and submit for processing. Apply the cost of the payroll to each job in QuickBooks creating an accurate job costing for each job.
- Assist with planning and organizing company Continuing Education classes for insurance professionals. This includes planning the event, sending invitations, RSVPs and distribution of completion certificates.
- Post periodic marketing messages and interesting information on the company social media and respond to inquiries from the page, if needed.
- Perform other duties as required. These duties may include job functions that are outside the scope of normal job duties.
Be self-motivated, self-directed and enthusiastic. Must have a positive attitude, good listening skills, be ambitious, self-confident, have good organizational and communication skills. Motivation and integrity are also important characteristics.
- Must be computer literate with proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel) and other computer software. Must also have a functional understanding of handheld smart devices and an aptitude for learning new technology and software easily.
- Database Management.
- Experience in Xactware would be helpful, but not mandatory.
- Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve challenges, and make decisions to enhance organizational effectiveness; ability to undertake self-directed tasks when necessary.
- Excellent time management skills; attention to detail; the capacity to prioritize by assessing situations to determine urgency; ability to develop a work schedule, set goals, create/implement action plans and monitor progress towards goals; and ability to make clear, timely decisions.
Interested in joining our team in Bellefonte as Administrative Support?
Apply directly to Rainbow International of State College, PA below.
Thank you!
Disclaimer: I acknowledge that I am applying for employment with an independently owned and operated Rainbow International Restoration franchisee, a separate company and employer from Rainbow International Restoration and any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. I understand that each independent franchisee is solely responsible for all decisions relating to employees including and without limitation hiring and termination, and Rainbow International Restoration does not accept, review or store my application. Any questions about my application or the hiring process must be directed to the locally owned and operated Rainbow International Restoration franchisee.


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An unusual coalition of forces, including the North Dakota Chamber of Commerce and the state's largest public employees' unions, vehemently oppose the idea, [questioning] precisely how lawmakers would make up some $812 million in annual property tax revenue; what effect the change would have on hundreds of other state laws and regulations that allude to the more than century-old property tax; and what decisions would be left for North Dakota's cities, counties and other governing boards if, say, they wanted to build a new school, hire more police, open a new park.ADDED: Rush Limbaugh connected this story to the aftermath of the recall in a segment of yesterday's show, which I blogged about here. Here's the part about North Dakota and taxes:
[North Dakota has raised] sales tax revenue 86%... And they did it, of course, without raising the sales tax rate. There's just all kinds of new economic activity going on....Basically, it's a lot of oil fracking, but the liberal voices are playing in the media, scaring people about pollution:
It's an effort to get people opposed to the boom that's happening in North Dakota. It's like Scott Walker. After the Scott Walker recall debacle for the Democrats, what is the Democrat headline, what's the media headline? "Romney is Going to Cut Public Sector Jobs." That's the way they're trying to instill fear. Yeah, Romney's gonna cut public sector jobs.But Scott Walker's recall victory steeled conservative nerve, so that a strong argument against public sector unions is now being made by other state governors. The point about North Dakota is that it could be a basis for building an argument about economic development as the best way to build tax revenue using sales tax — with no increase in the tax rate and justifying the reduction or elimination of other forms of tax.
North Dakota votes on ending the property tax today (exactly one week after the Wisconsin recall), so it's possible that there will be a big victory there that will give conservatives confidence to argue boldly for lots of fracking and tax-cutting. Rush mentions the North Dakota governor as someone who, like Walker, could become a hero for this line of conservative argument. There's just one big problem! North Dakota's Governor Jack Dalrymple — a Republican — has opposed the property tax ban:
"It's mind-boggling, really," he said, in an interview, of the effects of such a ban. "We'd be changing everything, frankly."Dalrymple is no Scott Walker.
The notion, he said, that the state has enough surplus to replace property taxes for localities around the state without raising other taxes is false. For starters, he said, much of the state's benefits from the oil boom are already dedicated legally to particular funds and cannot simply be transferred to support schools, counties, towns, park districts and the like.Cannot simply? Like you can't change whatever these limits are? Is it complicated? Do it complicatedly.
"I have to say that we totally understand that North Dakotans are very concerned about their property tax payments," Mr. Dalrymple said. "You have a tension there, and people say this can't keep on."This guy is no Scott Walker. Rush Limbaugh needs to attend to this detail.


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Vatican City State celebrates IYA2009
2 November 2009
The Governorate of the Vatican City State and the Vatican Observatory organised a celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Vatican City on 30 and 31 October. Catherine Cesarsky, IYA2009 Executive Committee Working Group Chair and former International Astronomical Union President, was the guest of honour. Catherine had the opportunity to exchange a few words with Pope.
The two-day celebration included an address at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Prof. John Huchra of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and President of the American Astronomical Society with the title "From Galileo to Hubble: Astronomy in the 21st Century". The programme also included a tour of the Tower of the Winds at the Vatican, a visit to the Vatican Secret Archives, the Sistine Chapel, and the exhibition ASTRUM 2009 at the Vatican Museums. An international group of astronomers also had a private audience with the Pope.
The highlight of the day was a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI who addressed an international group of renowned astronomers. A group of friends and benefactors of the Vatican Observatory Foundation also participated in the papal audience. The Foundation generously supports the work of the Observatory in the United States.
Pope Benedict XVI officially inaugurated the Vatican Observatory's new headquarters on 16 September.
This is the Holy Father's address:
Your Eminence,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am pleased to greet this assembly of distinguished astronomers from throughout the world meeting in the Vatican for the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, and I thank Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo for his kind words of introduction. This celebration, which marks the four hundredth anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first observations of the heavens by telescope, invites us to consider the immense progress of scientific knowledge in the modern age and, in a particular way, to turn our gaze anew to the heavens in a spirit of wonder, contemplation and commitment to the pursuit of truth, wherever it is to be found.
Your meeting also coincides with the inauguration of the new facilities of the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo. As you know, the history of the Observatory is in a very real way linked to the figure of Galileo, the controversies which surrounded his research, and the Church's attempt to attain a correct and fruitful understanding of the relationship between science and religion. I take this occasion to express my gratitude not only for the careful studies which have clarified the precise historical context of Galileo's condemnation, but also for the efforts of all those committed to ongoing dialogue and reflection on the complementarity of faith and reason in the service of an integral understanding of man and his place in the universe. I am particularly grateful to the staff of the Observatory, and to the friends and benefactors of the Vatican Observatory Foundation, for their efforts to promote research, educational opportunities and dialogue between the Church and the world of science.
The International Year of Astronomy is meant not least to recapture for people throughout our world the extraordinary wonder and amazement which characterized the great age of discovery in the sixteenth century. I think, for example, of the exultation felt by the scientists of the Roman College who just a few steps from here carried out the observations and calculations which led to the worldwide adoption of the Gregorian calendar. Our own age, poised at the edge of perhaps even greater and more far-ranging scientific discoveries, would benefit from that same sense of awe and the desire to attain a truly humanistic synthesis of knowledge which inspired the fathers of modern science. Who can deny that responsibility for the future of humanity, and indeed respect for nature and the world around us, demand - today as much as ever - the careful observation, critical judgement, patience and discipline which are essential to the modern scientific method? At the same time, the great scientists of the age of discovery remind us also that true knowledge is always directed to wisdom, and, rather than restricting the eyes of the mind, it invites us to lift our gaze to the higher realm of the spirit.
Knowledge, in a word, must be understood and pursued in all its liberating breadth. It can certainly be reduced to calculation and experiment, yet if it aspires to be wisdom, capable of directing man in the light of his first beginnings and his final ends, it must be committed to the pursuit of that ultimate truth which, while ever beyond our complete grasp, is nonetheless the key to our authentic happiness and freedom (cf. Jn 8:32), the measure of our true humanity, and the criterion for a just relationship with the physical world and with our brothers and sisters in the great human family.
Dear friends, modern cosmology has shown us that neither we, nor the earth we stand on, is the centre of our universe, composed of billions of galaxies, each of them with myriads of stars and planets. Yet, as we seek to respond to the challenge of this Year - to lift up our eyes to the heavens in order to rediscover our place in the universe - how can we not be caught up in the marvel expressed by the Psalmist so long ago? Contemplating the starry sky, he cried out with wonder to the Lord: "When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you set in place, what is man that you should be mindful of him, or the son of man, that you should care for him?" (Ps 8:4-5). It is my hope that the wonder and exaltation which are meant to be the fruits of this International Year of Astronomy will lead beyond the contemplation of the marvels of creation to the contemplation of the Creator, and of that Love which is the underlying motive of his creation - the Love which, in the words of Dante Alighieri, "moves the sun and the other stars" (Paradiso XXXIII, 145). Revelation tells us that, in the fullness of time, the Word through whom all things were made came to dwell among us. In Christ, the new Adam, we acknowledge the true centre of the universe and all history, and in him, the incarnate Logos, we see the fullest measure of our grandeur as human beings, endowed with reason and called to an eternal destiny.
With these reflections, dear friends, I greet all of you with respect and esteem, and I offer prayerful good wishes for your research and teaching. Upon you, your families and dear ones I cordially invoke Almighty God's blessings of wisdom, joy, and peace.
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Crowdsourcing is the rapidly growing trend on the market nowadays, the phrase was first produced by Jeff Howe inside an article in 'Wired magazine' in 2006 and has since re-invented the means by which individuals work. An Infographic by Logo Contest Reviews demonstrates some very fascinating facts and figures about the 5 top design crowdsourcing sites.
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Ancient Roman iridescent glass dug up in Israel is now being featured in modern jewelry. One of the jewelry designers told viewers of a late-night shopping channel that the thin layer of iridescence called "patina" was taken from the ancient glass and assembled flake by flake on a base used to create new jewelry.
A chemical reaction causes buried glass to form the iridescent layer. We have seen 1950s bottles buried in a damp location that show this type of iridescence.
Artists have admired this glass iridescence since the early 1800s. In 1817, a man from Scotland patented a way to iridize glass, but the glass that collectors like today, the kind with a golden iridescence, was made by Ludwig Lobmeyr of Austria-Hungary in 1873.
Other glass artists, including Louis Comfort Tiffany, began making their own type of iridescent glass.
Some of the factories that made gold iridescent glass and the date they started are: Glasfabrik Johann Loetz-Witwe (1890), Wilhelm Kralik Sohn (1890s), Tiffany (1896), Koloman Moser (1900), Quezal Art Glass Co. (1901) and Steuben Glass Co. (1903). Carnival glass, a less-expensive and very different-looking type of iridescent glass, was made after 1908.
Collectors and even experts often cannot identify the maker of a gold iridescent glass piece because the pieces are all so similar. And modern glassmakers can produce very similar glass pieces, too, so there is much confusion. The most expensive and most popular is Tiffany gold glass.
Q: I would like to know the age and make of my cast-iron toy gun. It's marked "TG-27" and has a funny nub on the bottom and a short barrel. It probably opens at the grip. My brother repainted the entire gun to cover up rust.
A: Your toy gun is a cap gun made by the National Toy Co. The nub on the bottom of the grip lifts up to show where the caps should be loaded. Although the company didn't officially incorporate until 1914, your cap gun likely dates from 1911. The company's products were successful and sold in stores like FAO Schwarz. Since your cap gun is repainted, its value is very low.
Q: Please settle a dispute between my husband and me about our small table. It has been in my family for years. We think it's made of iron. It has two pierced oval shelves and a marble top and it's marked "B & H" and "1646." The paint is chipped. I say it should not go to a landfill and my husband insists it should. Who is right?
A: Your iron table was made by Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. Walter Hubbard and his brother-in-law, Nathaniel Lyman Bradley, started making cast-metal clocks, call bells, lamps, chandeliers, sconces, bookends, frames, andirons and sewing birds in 1854 in Meriden, Conn. The company was sold to Charles Parker in 1940. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, Bradley & Hubbard made many types of small ornate tables and stands to hold plants, flowers, calling cards, smoking accessories and inkstands. The tables and stands sell today for about $150 to $350, depending on condition. All Bradley & Hubbard products are collectible. Don't throw the table away.
Q: A Dr. Scholl's counter display has been in my family for years. It advertises "Dr. Scholl's Zino-pads. For Corns, Callouses & Bunions." The display has a pair of men's feet on it and contains a flickering light bulb that shines through a red lens to simulate pain. What is its value?
A: Dr. Scholl's was founded in Chicago in 1906 by podiatrist William Mathias Scholl. Scholl was working for a local shoe retailer when he realized the market potential for shoes that addressed common foot problems. He took night classes at a medical school and received his degree in 1904. When Scholl hired salesmen, he paid them higher wages if they took a podiatric course. On his first trip to Europe, Scholl personally sold arch supports to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. The company used many different styles of counter displays to advertise its products in drugstores. Your display is unusual because it has electric components. A nonelectrical vintage Dr. Scholl's counter display recently sold for $144 at auction. Any large advertising sign with lights is worth hundreds of dollars.
Q: I have a scrapbook that belonged to my great-grandfather and then my grandfather. It's a scrapbook all about the Villa Igiea in Palermo, Sicily. It has about 145 pages and is filled with newspaper clippings from the early 1900s. We would like to keep it in the family, but wonder what it might be worth. Who might be interested in it?
A: Collectors and libraries value letters, cards, documents and photographs of famous people. If the person who kept the scrapbook isn't famous, the value of material in an old scrapbook is minimal unless the photos and letters relate to a historic event. Condition is always important, too. Collectors don't like newspaper clippings as much as they like postcards, trade cards and "scraps" (small die-cut colored pictures). They will pay $1 to $10 for common examples and more than $100 for rarities. If your scrapbook includes more than clippings, you may find it has more value by taking it apart and donating or selling the individual photos, postcards and scraps.
Tip: Do not display carnival glass made before 1910 in direct sunlight. The glass, introduced in 1907, will turn purple or brown and its iridescent finish may fade.
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Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.
Melamine dinnerware set, Trumpet Ware, white plates, brown cups and bowls, original box, Trump Plastics Co., 1960s, five four-piece place settings, salt and pepper, 22 pieces, $30.
The Junk Yard Game, target game, pinball action, box, Ideal, 1975, $35.
Fire-King advertising mug, "Col Ballroom, The Family Name in Dancing," Davenport, Iowa, white glass, red logo of couple dancing, Anchor Hocking, 1940s-50s, 3 1/2 inches, $40.
Little Orphan Annie and Sandy ashtray, lusterware, Annie in red dress sitting on edge of tray, Sandy by her side, "Made in Japan," 1930s, 3 x 4 inches, $75.
Space Ranger Walkie Talkies, two units, drawing of boy in spacesuit on box, Transette, 1960s, $90.
Planters Peanuts cocktail glasses, red bowl, blue base, clear Mr. Peanut figural stem, paper ring tags, 5 1/8 in., set of four, $125.
Hooked and braided rug, wool and cotton, diamond pattern, beige, gray and black with turquoise and pink nosegays, early 1900s, 30 x 50 inches, $245.
Kate Greenaway figural napkin ring, silver plate, boy lying on his stomach next to dog, unmarked, James W. Tufts. $550.
Rose O'Neill Skootles doll, pink and white sunsuit and bonnet, white leather shoes, pink socks, Cameo Doll Co., 1920s, 16 inches, $650.
Refectory table, walnut, carved, trestle supports, chamfered stretcher, Continental, 19th century, 32 x 108 inches, $3,105.
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Something Old: That dazzling iridescent glass
Ancient Roman iridescent glass dug up in Israel is now being featured in modern jewelry. One of the jewelry designers told viewers of a late-night shopping channel that the thin layer of iridescence called "patina" was taken from the ancient glass and assembled flake by flake on a base used to create new jewelry.


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LONG POND, Pa. -- Fans strolling down the Pocono Raceway garage had to look twice. Sure, Richard Petty standing outside his hauler is a common scene on race day. Throw in Jim Brown and it was a Hall of Fame twin bill tough to top.
Brown was Petty's guest for Sunday's NASCAR race at Pocono. The two legends -- perhaps the greatest in their respective sports -- chatted privately before they were swarmed by fans wanting pictures of The King and the former Cleveland Brown great.
"I'm a fan of NASCAR, in a certain kind of way," Brown said. "I recognize a legend like this."
Brown also recognized the NFL could learn a few things in athlete safety from NASCAR.
"In the National Football League, we're way behind," Brown said. "I think NASCAR, out of the fact that you can really get hurt, stepped up their safety concepts. So, I think most of the drivers would feel like they've done everything that can pretty much be done without taking away from the sport."
Standing to Brown's right, Petty nodded in agreement.
"We have a ways to go," Brown said. "This is the first time we've ever really taken the safety situation seriously because of the lawsuits. When we come out of this, I think we'll have a much safer game and we won't take away from the safety of the game."
NASCAR has made serious upgrades since the 2001 death of Dale Earnhardt in the Daytona 500. The head-and-neck restraint device became mandatory that same season. Additional safety features -- soft wall technology, stronger cockpits, automatic engine kill switches -- were added the next few years.
The NFL recently approved a rule that banned ball carriers from using the crown of their helmets to make forcible contact with a defender in the open field.
"I think they're making an honest effort to make the game safer," Brown said. "Maybe it's been forced upon them because of the lawsuits and this whole concussion deal. I don't quite like that one because I don't think it gets to the point. A running back lowering his head is going to knock himself out.
"They're giving a great effort in trying to make it safer. But some of the rules are made by people who didn't play the game."
Wearing a black, button-down Cleveland Browns shirt, the 77-year-old Brown hobbled around Pocono, but said his health was otherwise fine.
"I feel very fortunate," Brown said.
"All them concussions ain't caught up with you," Petty asked, laughing.
"They haven't caught up with me," Brown said.
Brown said because he doesn't suffer from any lingering symptoms of concussions he may have sustained over his career, he isn't among the group of players to have filed lawsuits that accuse the NFL hiding known concussion risks.
"I know that there are players that have had problems and those things should be taken care of," Brown said. "But on a personal level I would be dishonest to say I was suffering from anything."
Brown's only previous NASCAR trip was to Daytona International Speedway a few years ago. Richard Petty Motorsports co-owner Andrew Murstein also co-owns a New York-based lacrosse team with Brown and invited him to Pocono. Brown also attended the pre-race drivers' meeting.
Brown has recently rejoined the Browns after his estrangement for years from the team where he starred in the 1950s and 1960s. His previous role was eliminated by former president Mike Holmgren.
Brown said he will meet with new owner Jimmy Haslam in the next week or so to decide his exact job duties. It likely will focus on community work, interacting with fans and helping mentor players.
Brown's wife, his 9-year-old son, Morgan, and 11-year-old daughter, Aris, toured the track with him. His kids had one request -- they wanted to meet Danica Patrick, of course.
His family walked down pit road to Patrick's No. 10 car and they all posed for pictures. Patrick asked Aris if she liked soccer and complimented her sneakers. They were all smiles for the cameras that suddenly mobbed them.
Everyone warmed to Brown, even Petty. He said he was a huge Washington Redskins fan, "but my wife thought he was the greatest thing since popcorn."
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Women Athletes and Balancing Sex, Talent
Sports should be the ultimate level playing field, but in the media and on Madison Avenue, sometimes looks matter more than accomplishments. An ESPN Nine for IX film looks at the double standard placed on women athletes to be the best on the field and the sexiest off. Director Rachel Brandes joins Lunch Break. Photo: AP.
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Sackboy and Buzz appear larger-than-life at this weekend's Game City in Vienna, Austria. Check out more photos from the event at the German PlayStation Blog.
Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
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STAMFORD, Conn. — The American Institute For Foreign Study, a leading study abroad organization, recently announce that its Shakespeare's Globe Education Theater Program has been selected by the Fulbright Commission as one of their prestigious Summer Institutes for the next three years.
STAMFORD, Conn. — The American Institute For Foreign Study, a leading study abroad organization, recently announce that its Shakespeare's Globe Education Theater Program has been selected by the Fulbright Commission as one of their prestigious Summer Institutes for the next three years.
Three Fulbright scholarship winners will attend the program each year from 2013 to 2015. Students who win the award will have the majority of their program costs covered including round-trip airfare, tuition and fees, accommodations, insurance, social program and meals.
Students will spend three weeks at Shakespeare's historic Globe Theater in London, where they have the unique opportunity to study intensively with actors, directors, and other theater practitioners. The program runs from June 17 through July 5.
"We're delighted that American students will have the opportunity to experience life in our exciting capital city," said Michael Scott-Kline, director of the Fulbright Program. "The American Institute For Foreign Study Summer Institute at Shakespeare's Globe Theater will offer everything that we would hope for in a Fulbright exchange: a stimulating academic component, a rich and immersive cultural experience and an enthusiastic host."
Students applying for the Fulbright award should submit their application materials directly to the Fulbright Commission. The application deadline is March 11. For more information, application criteria or to apply, visit www.aifsabroad.com/england/londonglobe/summer/fulbright.asp.
AIFS is one of seven college summer programs designated by the Fulbright Commission as Summer Institutes.
The U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission offers special Summer Institutes for U.S. citizens to study in the U.K. These summer programs provide the opportunity for U.S. undergraduates (ages 18 and over), with at least two years of undergraduate study left to complete, to go to the U.K. on a three-, four- or six-week academic cultural summer program.
In addition to Shakespeare's Globe Education Theater Program, AIFS offers study abroad programs in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Spain and Turkey. All AIFS programs are comprehensive and include housing, meals, transcripts, insurance and built-in cultural activities and excursions. Additional scholarships and financial aid are also available.
To learn more about AIFS, contact David Mauro at (800) 727-2437, ext. 5163 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit www.aifsabroad.com.