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Cool Scrapbook Products
Have you ever seen a cool scrapbook product highlighted in Creating Keepsakes and thought "Ooh—I wish I knew more?" Now you can! Simply visit this area each month, and you'll find expanded coverage for many of the products currently highlighted in Latest & Greatest, The 4-Product Challenge, features and sweepstakes. Companies provide the information—see what they want you to know!
12" x 12" Rhapsody Paper
Glitz Design
If you've never used the 12" x 12" Scrapbooking Paper by Glitz Design, you've got to try it out! Here's why . . . it's a heavy cardstock, it's double sided, and we've got some really FUN and funky designs! Our 12" x 12" papers retail for $.75 a sheet, and you can find a retailer near you on our online retailer locator (just go to www.glitzitnow.com). All products are available for your viewing pleasure on our website, and we've got some GREAT 10 videos showing you how to make a scrapbook page in 10 minutes. We are all about the FAST and EASY at Glitz Design. For more information, go to www.glitzitnow.com or call us at 1-866-356-6131.
Bon Appetit Recipe Papers
Teresa Collins Designs
The Bon Appetit Recipe Papers collection from Teresa Collins Designs is a perfect paper line for everyday, or it also makes an INCREDIBLE gift. Just imagine all of your favorite recipes from growing up compiled into a mini album to give to Mom for the holidays. The line includes fabulous patterns for scrapbooking, as well as two sheets of six recipe cards. With an MSRP of only $ .70 per paper, you can have a mini album for just dollars. Check out some of our designs at www.teresacollinsdesigns.com.
Chianti Line
GCD Studios
You'll be inspired to create shimmering holiday keepsakes with this gorgeous red and white collection! Chianti is a rich assortment of Asian design elements; geometric vibrancy and classic pop designs with a luxurious linen texture, complemented by metallic shimmer gold and silver reverse sides! Add the perfect holiday bling with our coordinating gold and silver glitter letter stickers for a magical holiday project. Celebrate the holidays with Chianti under your Christmas tree! For more information, visit www.gcdstudios.com.
Clear Sparkles
Close To My Heart
Clear Sparkles are the perfect embellishment to add pizzazz to scrapbook layouts, cards, paper crafts and more! Make your art shine with the adhesive-backed Clear Sparkles. Each package includes 72 Sparkles with 48 circles and 24 squares that range in size from 7-2 mm. $2.95. For more information, visit www.closetomyheart.com.
Georgette Collection
Anna Griffin Incorporated
The Georgette Collection evokes a dream of a white Christmas with reindeer prancing on glittered snow while silver-coated stars lead the way to holiday occasions worth celebrating. Distinctive glitter letters paired with soft and subtle winter white velvet will remind you of blankets of snow. Antique ornaments resembling hand-blown glass sparkle with platinum and gold as the old Hollywood glamour of Georgette delivers simple sophistication to your Christmas crafts this season. Suggested retail prices range from 48 cents to $15.00. For more information, go to www.annagriffin.com or call 1-888-817-8170.
Clip it Up Mini
Simply Renee Inc.
Clip it Up Mini is a 6" shorter version of the original Clip it Up, perfect for cards, stamps, recipes and photos. Just like the Clip it Up, everything is right in sight, at your fingertips and ready to use. Spin it to easily access and remove your products, then simply clip them back up. It comes with 40 clips, 15 tabs and 30 labels. MSRP is $55. For more information, visit www.clipitup.com or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Christmas Products
American Crafts
Christmas-themed products offer a blend of retro appearance with on-trend greens and reds. Accent colors are silver and gold (with a subtle metallic sheen). Patterns feature mittens, snowmen, snowflakes and tree lights; candy cane stripes, holly, and gingerbread men. It all adds up to the perfect way to remember joyous holiday memories.
MRSP is $0.69 per 12" x 12" sheet. For more information, visit www.americancrafts.com.
Metropolitan Paper line
American Crafts
Our Amplified paper line is electric and eclectic and was inspired by various genres of music. Its paper designs and coordinating embellishments are perfect for customers' unique expressions of personal creativity. MRSP is $0.69 per 12" x 12" sheet. For more information, visit www.americancrafts.com.
Hello Kitty Machine & Dies
Hello Kitty and Sizzix—two beloved brands that belong together—are now officially together! Through a unique licensing agreement between SANRIO and Ellison, the parent company of Sizzix, you can enjoy a specially themed Sizzix Big Shot shape-cutting machine and plenty of dies to create exclusive, personalized apparel, home décor, scrapbooks and more. For more information, visit www.sizzix.com or call 1-877-355-4766.
Satin Ribbon
MIDORI Ribbon
MIDORI Double-Faced Satin shines like a precious jewel because its multi-faceted fibers are woven to catch the light. This best-selling ribbon has two right sides and a silky texture, allowing it to fall easily into graceful shapes with rich, luminous surfaces. Made of 100% polyester and available in 74 colors in 1/4" to 2 3/4" widths. Retail prices from $0.85 - $4.25 per yard depending on width. Find a store near you at www.midoriribbon.com.
Sheer Delights Plastic
KI Memories
A new concept in patterned paper, only it's not paper at all! Each 12" x 12" sheet is die-cut from translucent, flexible and scrapbook-safe plastic. Create beautiful cards, scrapbook pages, décor items and gifts . . . the possibilities are endless. MSRP is $2.49. Please visit www.kimemories.com for more information.
Silver Glitter Die-Cut Alphabet
Stick with K&Company die-cut stickers for the timeless look that you'll love. These glittered stickers help you personalize and express yourself with beautiful glistening letters. Includes two typefaces and punctuation. MSRP $2.99. For more information, visit www.kandcompany.com.
Create a World for Your Photos
Scrapblog.com is a free, web-based service for creating and sharing multimedia scrapbooks. Scrapblog's intuitive interface allows you to easily mix photos, videos, audio, text and thousands of creative elements. Users can share their creations on Scrapblog's online community, through email, or post them on the Web's most popular photo sites and social networks. You can also turn your creations into high-quality keepsakes, including books and greeting cards. Experience complete creative freedom today at www.scrapblog.com!
Snowy Jo
Baby, it's cold outside! Frosty Snowflowers, Holly Doodle rub-ons and glittery Gumdrop Brads are just the things to dress up your Holiday scrapbook pages and card projects. Visit www.imaginisce.com to explore the whole Snowy Jo collection. Stores can call 1-888-908-8111.
UGlu Adhesive
UGlu adhesive is a patented new technology combining industrial-strength adhesive with the convenient use of tape. UGlu is liquid adhesive in a new solid form that is waterproof, non-toxic and can even be cleanly removed. UGlu bonds faster than Superglue and has a powerful bond to most any surface, including plastics, wood, tile, drywall, carpet, metal, craft foam, stone, wallpaper, glass, foam board, fabrics and laminates. Made in the USA. Available at Walgreens, Hobby Lobby and other fine retailers for $3-$5. For more information, visit www.UGLUit.com.
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Town Cutler Canvas And Leather Knife Roll
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Travel in style and take good care of your favorite knives on the go with this waxed-canvas knife roll. Full of rustic, handcrafted character, the roll is made for us by Town Cutler, a small knife shop in San Francisco known for its expert sharpening services and fine-quality cutlery tools.
- Hand tailored from waxed canvas with leather straps and handle.
- Includes sleeves for seven knives and a removable pouch to store small tools such as shears, tweezers or sharpening stone.
- Densely woven canvas is easy to clean and hard to cut.
- Waxed finish is water-repellent.
- Premium tanned leather is oiled for a protective finish.
- Stainless-steel bar provides structure and prevents knives from bending.
- Carry by the handle or over the shoulder using the leather shoulder strap.
- Grey canvas roll includes black leather trim and nickel-silver hardware.
- Brown canvas roll includes brown leather trim and brass hardware.
- Dimensions & More Info
- 29" x 22" unfolded.
- Removable pouch, 10" x 5".
- Made in the USA.
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- Spot-clean with a warm damp towel. Do not machine wash or use any detergents.
- Waxed canvas naturally develops characteristic marks when used. To remove the marks from folds and scratches, use a blow dryer on low heat.
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CK Sketches: January 2011
This issue's sketch has a playful arrangement of photos and boasts an ample amount of white space (the open areas on the layout that enhance your design). You'll love the flexibility of this sketch and how you can adjust the white space to suit your design needs as you customize this design for your own layouts.
Yummm! by Cindy Tobey, as seen in the January 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes.
Use the Sketch: If you have mostly vertical phoso for your layout, but the sketch calls for horizontal shots, don't stress! Just reduce your photos to wallet size and fit two of them in each horizontal photo space. The great thing about this solution is that you'll be able to fit even more photos on your layout.
Why the White Space Works: Because Cindy Tobey packed the center portion of her layout pretty full from left to right, she left white space along the top and bottom edges of her pages. You can do this on your layout too, to let the white space serve as a border to frame your pages.
See More Layouts with This Sketch! To see more layouts based on this sketch, check out the "CK Sketches" column in the January 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes.
Free Digital Template Download! Are you a digital scrapbooker? Download our digital version of the January 2011 CK Sketch and use the layered PSD file to create a page using your favorite digital scrapbooking elements.
Free CK Sketch Insert Download! Try variations on this month's sketch plus several additional sketches based on layouts in this issue, You can download them in a PDF file for your binder.
Get great tips for using white space in your photos in this issue's Photo Tricks article.
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Telecommuting - working at home or some other location outside the traditional office - was to be the wave of the future in workplaces, and it may still be.
Telecommuting - working at home or some other location outside the traditional office - was to be the wave of the future in workplaces, and it may still be.
Made possible by technology such as video conferencing and instant messaging, telecommuting had obvious advantages.
According to proponents, employees reported spending more time working and less time commuting. If they were looking after young children or aging parents, they were free of the worry of receiving a sudden distress call at the office. And some could work whatever hours they liked, the ultimate in flextime.
Employers saved on office space and workplace amenities. In some cases, productivity rose measurably. Telecommuting was quick to catch on, a function of a white-collar, knowledge-based economy whose workers weren't required to show up at a factory or a construction site.
A Bureau of Labor Statistics study last year said that 24 percent of employees reported working from home at least one day a week. A study by the Families and Work Institute, a think tank and advocate of telecommuting, said that last year 63 percent allow at least some to work from home occasionally, up from 34 percent in 2005; only 6 percent allowed all or most to work from home occasionally. According to The New York Times. Aetna saved $78 million in real estate costs last year when 47 percent of its workers began telecommuting, up from 9 percent in 2005.
But, now, one big high-tech company, Yahoo, is rethinking the advantages of telecommuting, and other companies seem prepared to do likewise. New CEO Marissa Mayer believes that what the company gained in productivity, it lost in innovation. She is seeking to rekindle the freewheeling spirit of creativity that made Yahoo an Internet pioneer. On Friday, disgruntled Yahoo workers leaked the company's memo ending the work-at-home policy and telling everyone they were expected to report to their offices.
The memo from Yahoo's director of human resources, Jackie Reses, explained: "Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people and impromptu team meetings. Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home."
The reaction from the workers was summed up in a USA Today headline: "Telecommuters to Yahoo: Boo."
The reaction may be quite different if Mayer turns around the struggling company.
In some ways, she is going back to the future. The entrepreneurial startups of Silicon Valley offered free snacks, video and other games, gyms and lounges, the idea being to make the workplace so attractive the employees wouldn't want to leave. Indeed, one might say, much like home.
But not every company is an entrepreneurial startup, and not every employee's work benefits from hallway conversations with "team members." This is one area where all-or-nothing solutions need not be applied. Employers should base decisions on the demands of the job, balanced against the performance and preferences of the employee. Telecommuting should remain a valued option.


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Slow Food Seattle Book Club: The Good Food Revolution
We are still finalizing location details, but wanted to give you all an early heads-up to give you plenty of time to read this great next selection for our Slow Food Seattle Book Club.
Will Allen's autobiography, THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION, was just published in paperback. He's coming to Seattle to speak at the Seattle Public Library Microsoft Auditorium on 11/20 and then as the key speaker at the Snohomish County Focus on Farming conference on 11/21. So it seems like a perfect time to read his book!
We will meet from 6:30-8pm. The book club is always free to attend and is open to members and non-members. It's a fun, casual, welcoming group of folks who love good food and good books. We'd love to see you there!
We'll either be meeting in Capitol Hill or the Roosevelt area, and we'll have more details on this ASAP.
You can RSVP on our Facebook page. If you're not on Facebook, feel free to email Leslie Seaton with your RSVP or any questions.
Here's the blurb on the book:
A pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur Genius Award-Winner points the way to building a new food system that can feed- and heal- communities.
The son of a sharecropper, Will Allen had no intention of ever becoming a farmer himself. But after years in professional basketball and as an executive for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Procter & Gamble, he cashed in his retirement fund for a two-acre plot just outside Milwaukee's largest public housing project. The area was a food desert with only convenience stores and fast-food restaurants to serve the needs of locals.
Despite financial challenges and daunting odds, Allen built the country's preeminent urban farm-a food and educational center that now produces enough produce and fish year-round to feed thousands. Employing young people from the neighboring housing project and community, Growing Power shows how local food systems can help troubled youths, dismantle racism, create jobs, bring urban and rural communities closer together, and improve public health. Today, Allen's organization helps develop community food systems across the country.
An eco-classic in the making, The Good Food Revolution is the story of Will's personal journey, the lives he has touched, and a grassroots movement that is changing the way our nation eats.


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HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- For the first time, scientists have measured the amount of dissolved organic carbon and mercury moving from a southwest Florida mangrove swamp via tides to coastal waters. The scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey discovered that a large amount of mercury and methylmercury–the form of mercury that is most toxic and the form that accumulates in fish–flows from mangroves into the Gulf of Mexico.
According to the South Florida Water Management District, over 50 species of fish in Florida's coastal waters have elevated concentrations of mercury, and human health advisories regarding consumption have been issued by the Florida Department of Health for several fish species in Florida coastal marine areas. A greater understanding of the sources and environmental pathways resulting in these elevated methylmercury concentrations in fish will help environmental managers, policy makers, and regulators lower human and wildlife mercury exposure.
"Previous USGS research has revealed that these swamps transform mercury to its toxic methylmercury form far from the coal-burning plants that are the original source of the pollution," said USGS Director Marcia McNutt. "Now we are learning that the threat to wildlife and human health does not stop there, but is carried out to sea on the ebb tide."
Scientists pioneered a new high-frequency measurement method to measure dissolved organic carbon, mercury and methylmercury in an extremely complex tidal estuarine environment. The study originated from the need to measure the flux of dissolved organic carbon, but scientists realized that they could simultaneously measure mercury and methylmercury using the same techniques. Previous USGS research in the Everglades has shown that methylmercury and mercury bind to dissolved organic carbon.
Study results revealed that mercury from the mangroves could account for over 90% of the methylmercury and almost half the total mercury supply to the near-shore coastal waters of southwestern Florida. The study's findings represent an important first step in identifying and quantifying a significant source of mercury and methylmercury for coastal fish in southwest Florida-Gulf of Mexico region. The findings are published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
Although almost all of the mercury entering the Gulf of Mexico originates from the atmosphere, it is not understood how or where this mercury undergoes the necessary conversion to its more toxic form, methylmercury. Scientists do not understand the relative contribution, but generally agree that the conversion to methylmercury occurs in the following three areas:
Until now, the amount of methylmercury coming from estuarine mangrove zones into the coastal areas was unknown because making accurate measurements of this type is extremely challenging. The tide waters that flow in and out of the estuary twice a day must be measured in addition to the constantly changing dissolved organic carbon, mercury, and methylmercury concentrations that result.
"Once we understand where the mercury is being methylated, and how much methylmercury is coming from various environments, resource managers, regulators, and decision makers will be better able to anticipate how the Gulf of Mexico will respond to reductions in mercury loads. It's a very important start that we at least have one of the rivers, the Shark River, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, quantified as to how much mercury, methylmercury and dissolved organic carbon, is flowing into the gulf," said USGS researcher David Krabbenhoft.
Researchers believe that a relatively unique combination of circumstances result in the large amounts of methylmercury they measured flowing from mangroves into the coastal ocean. Mangroves forests capture gaseous mercury from the air through their leaves and drop them into the brackish swamp waters, where methylmercury is produced in the presence of seawater sulfate.
"Measuring the amount of mercury that mangrove swamps contribute to coastal waters will help us understand and model the sources of mercury that enter the food web," said lead researcher Brian Bergamaschi with the USGS.
This study is the work of scientists from the USGS, Florida Gulf Coast University, and the State of Florida. The high-frequency dissolved organic carbon measurement methodology was developed for a previous study in San Francisco Bay.
The USGS has studied mercury in the Everglades since 1994. Previous USGS research discovered that mercury in the Everglades was coming from atmospheric releases and deposition, and not from natural land sources such as rocks. They also found that the formation of methylmercury in the Everglades is strongly influenced by land and water uses, including the delivery of sulfate from up-gradient agricultural lands. This study represents a significant contribution to the knowledge about the risks of mercury exposure in south Florida, but additional studies are necessary to better understand how mercury accumulates in coastal fish.
For more information about mercury, please visit the USGS Mercury in the Environment webpage. For more information about carbon cycling and sequestration in terrestrial and marine environments, please visit the USGS LandCarbon website.
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Dremel Tools
The Dremel Company was founded back in 1932 by Albert J. Dremel in Racine, Wisconsin. Dremel's first successful product, introduced in 1932, was an electric razor blade sharpener. Soon after, in 1935, came his greatest invention, a high-speed rotary tool called the Dremel Moto-Tool. A predecessor to today's models, the Moto-Tool was advertised as the "The pocket-size machine shop," and came with a variety of accessories. It was an instant hit with hobbyists and homeowners because of its light weight, compact size and versatility.
Albert Dremel was a passionate inventor and held a wide range of patents that included designs for products like an electric eraser, walk behind rotary lawn mower, electric shoe polisher, electric screwdriver, power sanders and scroll saws and even quirkier products like an electric fish scaler and a device that kept count of a chicken's egg production.
With more than 17 million rotary tools currently in use, it's needless to say that consumers found many different ways to utilize the rotary tool and as a result, variations of the rotary tool range in everything from engraving to pet nail grooming and pumpkin carving.
Today the Dremel brand is the leading rotary tool. With more than 150 available bits and accessories, the Dremel rotary tool design is the most versatile tool a homeowner can own. Aside from rotary tools, Dremel also offers a variety of multi-tools, scroll saws, specialty tools and accessories.


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Life Sciences - Business Development Manager - Alcimed
Are you ready to drive innovation?
Position type: permanent, full time
Founded in 1993, ALCIMED is an Innovation and New Business consulting firm, specializing in innovative sectors: life sciences (food, biotech, healthcare), energy, aeronautics, ICT, chemicals, cosmetics, materials, transportation, space and defense.
Our mission is to help our clients in the private and public sectors to explore and develop uncharted territories. This mission covers four types of uncharted territories: New Technologies, Market Innovation, High growth geographies and Strategic Foresight.
Our team is composed of 180 people with degrees from the best universities and international schools, most possessing a dual background in science and business.
We have seven offices in Europe, one office in the United States and one office in Asia.
Why should you join us?
- To participate in the development of an ambitious company
- You have the opportunity to start a career selling high value added consulting services,
- To exchange with top decision-makers in Innovation, R&D, Marketing, Sales and Corporate management
- Because you will not find a similar job anywhere else.
Job description:
Alcimed is seeking for an ambitious Business Development Manager in order to develop our Life sciences activities in the Benelux (Janssen, GSK Vaccines, UCB, Pfizer, Philips Healthcare …).
- You will set up & execute a business & marketing plan to approach new prospects
- You will will define, identify & execute business & marketing plan to approach new prospects.
- You will establish long-term business relationships with them in order to develop your client portfolio.
- You will meet and negotiate with top decision-makers and identify their issues and needs.
- You will define, along with our Project Managers the appropriate methodologies and elaborate commercial proposals to best answer our client's needs.
- You will be at the interface between your clients and ALCIMED's team of consultants who will perform the projects
- You are an entrepreneur eager to create your own Business Unit.
Desired skills
- You hold a Master's degree or PhD in business, engineering or science
- You are recently graduated or with initial experience
- You are passionate about Life science, sales and innovation
- You are fluent in English, (French and Dutch is a plus)
- Requested qualities: Interpersonal skills – strong commercial awareness – results oriented – Entrepreneurship – taste for challenges – tenacity – ambition – creativity.
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'Progressive' government mouthpiece routinely attacks Alex Jones, Ron Paul
Paul Joseph Watson
Monday, February 13, 2012
An investigation by the Daily Caller has confirmed that the leftist organization Media Matters, which routinely attacks Alex Jones and Infowars, is an Obama administration front that strategizes with the White House on a weekly basis on how to influence and direct the media.
Media Matters has habitually attempted to denigrate and smear Alex Jones and his message of liberty, by dismissing Jones as a crazed "conspiracy theorist" and then connecting him to other targets of their attacks, people like Ron Paul, Glenn Beck, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Lou Dobbs and the Fox News network.
Media Matters also recently defended Janet Napolitano's Department of Homeland Security by impugning an Infowars story about the DHS targeting white middle class Americans as terrorists, and then deriding other media networks for also covering the issue.
The organization has also routinely carried smear attacks implying that questioning the official story behind 9/11 is some kind of thought crime, despite the fact that six of the ten 9/11 commissioners have disputed the government's account.
A new investigation into Media Matters by the Daily Caller has revealed that the organization conducts "a weekly strategy call with the White House" and that an Obama administration representative meets with Media Matters reps at the Common Purpose Project meeting at the Capitol Hilton on 16th Street in Washington every Tuesday evening.
"Media Matters has been in regular contact with political operatives in the Obama administration," states the report. "According to visitor logs, on June 16, 2010, (David) Brock and then-Media Matters president Eric Burns traveled to the White House for a meeting with Valerie Jarrett, arguably the president's closest adviser. Recently departed Obama communications director Anita Dunn returned to the White House for the meeting as well."
Media Matters brags about how it works with the White House to control big media networks. "We were pretty much writing their prime time," a former Media Matters employee said of the cable channel MSNBC. "But then virtually all the mainstream media was using our stuff."
The group also targets journalists who refuse to be water carriers for Media Matters' propaganda. "If you hit a reporter, say a beat reporter at a regional newspaper," a Media Matters source said, "all of a sudden they'd get a thousand hostile emails. Sometimes they'd melt down. It had a real effect on reporters who weren't used to that kind of scrutiny."
The investigation also reveals that current Media Matters head David Brock lives in paranoia that "right-wing assassins" want to kill him and is regularly surrounded by bodyguards. Brock also carries a gun despite Media Matters' vehement support for gun control policies.
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As we have previously reported, Media Matters barely even attempts to hide the fact that it is a mouthpiece for the Obama administration and the political elite.
Media Matters is tied at the hip with Think Progress as part of John D. Podesta's Progressive Media propaganda campaign, described as a "war room for promoting the foreign and domestic policies of Barack Obama." Podesta, Bill Clinton's former chief of staff, also helped found Media Matters. The organization also received a $1 million contribution from billionaire globalist George Soros back in 2010.
Podesta, who headed up Barack Obama's presidential transition team, founded The Center for American Progress, which is tasked with "driving the White House's message and agenda".
According to SourceWatch, "CAP's Progressive Media project emerged as a major communications war room on behalf of Obama's domestic and foreign policy agenda and CAP became a strong advocate for escalation in Afghanistan. Progressive Media is run through the Center for American Project Action Fund, the more political 501(c)4 arm of CAP. It coordindates closely with the Common Purpose Project, an effort to create message discipline among the pro-Obama organizations, with a direct tie to the White House."
Media Matters' sister organization Think Progress, also founded under the umbrella of Podesta's Center for American Progress, has aggressively attacked Alex Jones, even blaming him for influencing Richard Poplawski in the 2009 murder of three Pittsburgh police officers, despite the fact that numerous other leftist media organizations were forced to retract the baseless claim.
Media Matters has now been completely exposed as little more than an attack dog for the Obama administration. The fact that Alex Jones is regularly smeared by this organization proves that Infowars is hitting the establishment where it hurts and taking flak from the very top of the power structure.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.


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MAPping Change
MAPping Change's niche derives from an awakening worldwide consciousness—that people need to collaborate. People must learn to work together in order to get work done. Planning, facilitation, mediation and training are our core services. But those words explain so little about what we do and how we do it. MAPping Change's diverse team of professionals provides culturally competent, customized support for clients in the midst of growth, change and its many challenges. Harnessing the energy of conflict, we help groups build consensus and community. Harnessing the power of technology, we help teams be productive and efficient. Ours is a business of providing third party assistance, dedicated to a genuinely effective deliberative and democratic society. We believe such a society is created one conversation, one meeting and one change at a time.
Specializing in building capacity-building for cross-cultural collaboration in Education, Health and Environmental Issues.
Institutions, Organizations, Communities, Families.
Especially Leaders and Change Agents -- in government, health care, education, environment, economic and community-development and family health and wellness.
I have no firm requirements in terms of image, color, font, etc. However, I have always appreciated an image that conveys "movement" since our business is the business of "process" and "transition". i.e., - moving from chaos or disorder to order, from confusion to clarity, from low levels to elevated heights, etc. Metamorphoses! I have in the past used a clip art of an inward spiral (see attached file) that moves from the outside to the inside and when it reaches the center, it drives up from the center, like something that has gained momentum and then took-off.
I have written a book titled Reaching for Higher Ground which uses images of mountains, you can search it on Amazon.com.
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Top Ten Tips for Military Travel for Veterans
Military travel is a top benefit for veterans. Many veterans and their family members can travel for free on military aircraft by using the space-available travel program (often referred to as "space A). Although this is a valuable benefit, space-A travel can often be frustrating, unless you follow these tips.
Departure terminal choices for veterans
Generally speaking, military air terminals on the West Coast have more scheduled flights to Pacific locations, such as Japan, Hawaii, Alaska, Korea, Australia, and Guam, while terminals on the East Coast have the most flights to Europe and the Middle East. You need to plan your travel itinerary accordingly.
Also keep in mind that military terminals located in commercial airports are mostly contract flights, and the military generally fills those with space-required passengers. You have a much better chance of "catching a hop" from a terminal located on a military base than from a terminal located in a commercial airport.
Time your veteran travel wisely
If possible, travel during off-peak space-A travel periods. Historically, February through March and October through November are low travel periods, and your chances to get out quickly on a space-A hop are much greater. (Peak periods are the summer months when school is out and during the Christmas holiday season.)
Sign up for veteran travel from home
Don't waste your time standing in line at the terminal to sign up for a space-A flight. Most terminals now allow remote signup, which allows you to put your name on the space-A waiting list via fax, and sometimes even by e-mail. The advantage of this system is that your name stays on the waiting list for up to 60 days, getting closer and closer to the top every day.
Consider signing up for a space-A flight three to four weeks before your desired date of travel. You can call the terminal at any time to find out where you stand on the waiting list.
Keep your veteran travel plans flexible
When you want to travel around the world, you can often get where you want to go by any number and combination of routes and stops. You may feel like you're playing a game of connect the dots, but with a little patience and flexibility, you will reach your destination.
For example, if you want to get to Japan, consider listing Korea as one of your destination choices. You can then sign up for a flight to Japan at the military air terminal in Korea. Both Osan and Kunsan air bases in Korea generally have several flights per week to Japan.
Double-check your veteran travel documents
Although active-duty military members can travel to most countries by using their military ID card and leave (vacation) orders, family members and veterans usually need a valid passport. Some countries require a visa or may require that certain vaccinations be current.
Use the State Department's website to check for required travel documents. Nothing is more frustrating than arriving at the military flight terminal, having your name called for a space-A flight, and then discovering that you can't board because you don't have the right travel documents.
Veterans should pack lightly for travel
As a space-A traveler, you can check two pieces of luggage, weighing up to 70 pounds each, per person. Family members traveling together can pool their baggage allowance as long as the total doesn't exceed the total allowance. Still, take only what is essential for your trip because you can't check your bags until your name is called for your flight.
Although some terminals have baggage lockers, many don't. So chances are good you and your bags will be stuck waiting overnight somewhere. So take only what you truly need.
Arrive for veteran travel ready to go
Call the terminal to find out when the space-A showtime is for your flight. Don't confuse showtime with departure time. The space-A showtime is the listed time that they plan to select passengers from the space-A list. If you're not there to accept when your name is called, they move on to the next person on the list, and you miss your chance for that flight.
Arrive at least one hour before the scheduled showtime. Sometimes they call for space A earlier than scheduled. Also, when your name is called, sometimes it's only minutes until you go through security for boarding, so be all set and ready to go.
Be financially prepared for veteran travel
Remember, you may not travel on the same day you arrive at the terminal. You need to have funds available to stay overnight, or possibly for several days, because most military terminals close at night. Sometimes veterans can stay at an on-base lodging facility for a relatively inexpensive fee. But you can't count on these being available, so you may need to seek commercial lodging off-base.
Additionally, if you have to return home before a certain date, remember that your return travel is also space available. If you can't get a return space-A flight that fits your schedule, you need to be prepared to purchase a commercial airline ticket.
Purchase an in-flight meal with veteran travel
Meals on most commercial airlines leave much to be desired these days, but thankfully that can't be said about the in-flight meals available for a nominal fee on military aircraft.
Often called "boxed lunches" or "boxed meals," these munchies are very good. Options include a healthy-heart menu, breakfast menu, snacks, and a sandwich meal. Prices usually range from $1.35 to $5.00, depending on your choice. You can also bring your own food and drinks aboard. Sorry, alcoholic beverages aren't allowed.
With veteran travel, sign up immediately for a return flight
As soon as you get to your destination, take a few moments before you leave the terminal and sign up for your return flight. Your name remains on the waiting list for 60 days, which means that while you're out and about taking in the sights and eating too much rich food, you're getting closer and closer to the top of the list for your return flight.
It's often more difficult for veterans and family members to return to the United States than to depart from it. That's because those traveling on passports must enter the States through designated customs and immigration points, whereas active-duty members can enter the United States at virtually any military terminal.


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Installer's Toolbox #2: Pro.Fit Wire Worm
This tool makes a tough job a lot easier
My very first accessories post was about the S&G wire stripper. I've decided to retroactively make it the start of a series. With "Installer's Toolbox" I'll talk about the accessories that help us all with car stereo system installation.
I already own most of the installation tools that we carry, and I'm happy for any an excuse to get more of them - like the Pro.Fit Wire Worm. It's an amazingly handy tool that we offer at a discount when you buy a receiver from us.
One of the most challenging aspects of installing a car system is running the wire. Amplifier installations can be particularly difficult, running wires the length of the car, often through tight crevices. But other car audio installation projects, like adding a satellite radio tuner, a Bluetooth phone kit, also involve running hidden cables.
The difficulty comes when we try to run wire under carpet, behind panels, or through any area that's hard to access, such as the firewall or the small boot that goes from the cabin of the vehicle into the doors. More to come on this location....
Many backyard installers use wire coat hangers to route the cables through these hard-to-reach areas. Coat hangers can be helpful, but they have some problems as well. It's easy for the hanger to puncture the boots, gaskets, and grommets that you intend to run your wire through. This can allow dust and moisture to enter sensitive areas and sometimes sends your wire into areas you don't intend. And coat hangers are also difficult to control.
Why the wire worm is better
- it's flexible, so it can make it through some challenging areas with many bends
- it's not sharp, so it's not likely to poke through soft areas, like grommets or boots
- it's still rigid enough to muscle its way through areas where you want it to go
- it's easier to store in your toolbox
How does it work?
Tape the cable to one end of the wire worm and then push the other end through the area you're dealing with. Once the wire worm comes through to the point where your taped-on wire is accessible, you un-tape your wire and you're done. It's easier than threading a needle.
Still a little bit esoteric? I'll break it down - with pictures.
I'm putting a new sound system in my 2005 Scion tC. It's truly a labor of love, and it's truly a test of my patience and abilities. I'll be talking more about this installation when it's complete, but for now I'll show you one of the ways I used the Wire Worm.
A three-step process
I'm installing an entirely new sound system that includes amplifiers and speakers. I'm running new speaker wire to each speaker rather than using the tiny factory wire. There were three basic steps to getting the wire into the doors (after removing the door and kick panels and the factory speakers):
Step 1
Identify the rubber boot that is above the kick panel which goes into the door. The factory wires all pass through there. It has grommets at each end, and it's often got a bit of an "S" shape. Tricky indeed. It's hard to reach the area where the boot meets the cabin, and if you just try to push wire through, it will get hung up in the boot and go nowhere.
Step 2
Tape the speaker wire to the end of the Wire Worm. I had great results using electrical tape. I wrapped it fairly tight, and made sure I had at least 1/2" of tape on the Wire Worm past the end of the speaker wire and, conversely, on the speaker wire, past the end of the worm. That extra tape on each side makes the connection stronger so it doesn't disengage while you're pulling through the problem area.
Step 3
Push the Wire Worm from the kick panel, through the boot, and into the door of the car. I had to work it a little bit, pushing in and pulling out, in order to get it through, but it was much simpler than I had expected.
Multiple Uses
You can start on either side. It only depends on what area gives you the easiest access. In fact, when I did the driver's side, I started inside the door, and pushed the wire through the boot into the cabin.
Accessing the doors was the primary way I used the Wire Worm in my installation, but there were other times it came in handy. I used the worm to pull 2 AWG power wire (technically known as "big, honkin' power wire") through the firewall, I also used it to pull both speaker wire and the Alpine Ai-Net control cable through the rear side panel area behind the seatbelt assembly and into the hatch area.
At the end of the day, I'm glad I bought the Pro.Fit Wire Worm. It won't catch any fish, but it definitely made my day a lot easier, and it helps me get more bass.


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Danielfarr21 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 45 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
DailyISO is the premiere insiders guide to everything cool in one's city. Restaurants, Bars, Nightclubs, Fashion & Style, Gear, Deals, Travel, Celebrities, Movies & Television, Red Carpet Event, Concerts...etc. We're a lifestyle brand helping people discover everything that's great about their city. ISO = In Search Of. So DailyISO is for those in search of their city.
Our initial city and the one from which our overall theme will be most pronounced is Los Angeles, California.
The logo needs to communicate a classy, but also a young and cool factor. Some websites from which you can see a bit of the theme we are going for would be http://www.tastingtable.com, http://www.thrillist.com, http://www.dailycandy.com, or http://www.urbandaddy.com
Our target audience is active 18-34 year olds, but also encompassing some of the 35+ crowd as well. Men and women, so the logo should be gender neutral, but can veer a bit more to the feminine side.
These are people who don't want to just sit at home after work and watch TV, but people who want to actively engage in the world around them.
Logo will be used on the website, email newsletters, business cards, and video blogs.
"DailyISO" is the focal point, but it can also include (although not necessary), a slogan including words "In Search Of". But feel free to be creative with this. It could be DailyISO, In Search Of What's Cool In Your City...etc. Not sure if we want an image along with the word dailyiso and the slogan or just the wording...we're open to your ideas.
Fonts and Colors: Open to your ideas
Shapes, Objects..etc: Be creative!
Thank you!
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Piper-Heidsieck Rose Sauvage
Winemaker Notes
On the palate:
A brisk, original and juicy wine which simultaneously offers black cherry, blackberry, pink grapefruit and blood orange notes. This structure and fruitiness are enriched with warm, spicy notes of Espelette pepper, tea, and liquorice.
Critical AcclaimAll Vintages
Associated with luxury, celebration, and romance, the region, Champagne, is home to the world's most prized sparkling wine. In order to bear the label, 'Champagne', a sparkling wine must originate from this northeastern region of France—called Champagne—and adhere to strict quality standards. Made up of the three towns Reims, Épernay, and Aÿ, it was here that the traditional method of sparkling wine production was both invented and perfected, birthing a winemaking technique as well as a flavor profile that is now emulated worldwide.
Well-drained, limestone and chalky soil defines much of the region, which lend a mineral component to its wines. Champagne's cold, continental climate promotes ample acidity in its grapes but weather differences from year to year can create significant variation between vintages. While vintage Champagnes are produced in exceptional years, non-vintage cuvées are produced annually from a blend of several years in order to produce Champagnes that maintain a consistent house style.
With nearly negligible exceptions, three varieties are permitted for use in Champagne: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier. These can be blended together or bottled as individual varietal Champagnes, depending on the final style of wine desired. Chardonnay, the only white variety, contributes freshness, elegance, lively acidity and notes of citrus, orchard fruit and white flowers. Pinot Noir and its relative Pinot Meunier, provide the backbone to many blends, adding structure, body and supple red fruit flavors. Wines with a large proportion of Pinot Meunier will be ready to drink earlier, while Pinot Noir contributes to longevity. Whether it is white or rosé, most Champagne is made from a blend of red and white grapes—and uniquely, rosé is often produce by blending together red and white wine. A Champagne made exclusively from Chardonnay will be labeled as 'blanc de blancs,' while ones comprised of only red grapes are called 'blanc de noirs.'
Equal parts festive and food-friendly, sparkling wine is beloved for its lively bubbles and appealing aesthetics. Though it is often thought of as something to be reserved for celebrations, sparkling wine can be enjoyed on any occasion—and might just make the regular ones feel a bit more special.
Sparkling wine is made throughout the world, but can only be called "Champagne" if it comes from the Champagne region of France. Other regions have their own specialties, like Prosecco in Italy and Cava in Spain. Sweet or dry, white or rosé (or even red!), lightly fizzy or fully sparkling, there is a style of bubbly wine to suit every palate.
The bubbles in sparkling wine are formed when the base wine undergoes a secondary fermentation, trapping carbon dioxide inside the bottle or fermentation vessel. Champagne, Cava and many other sparkling wines (particularly in the New World) are made using the "traditional method," in which the second fermentation takes place inside the bottle. With this method, spent yeast cells remain in contact with the wine during bottle aging, giving it a creamy mouthful and toasted bread or brioche qualities. For Prosecco, the carbonation process occurs in a stainless steel tank to preserve the fresh fruity and floral aromas preferred for this style of wine.


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In 1992 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hosted the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). Also known as the Earth Summit, government officials from 178 countries and between 20,000 and 30,000 individuals from all walks of life attended the conference. Twenty years on and with the world facing a mounting crisis, Rio will once again be at the forefront of the world's attention in 2012 when it hosts the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, also referred to as Rio+20.
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) will take place in Brazil on 4-6 June 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. It is envisaged as a Conference at the highest possible level, including Heads of State and Government or other representatives. The objective of the Conference is - securing renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assessing progress and implementation gaps in summit outcomes on sustainable development and addressing new and emerging challenges.
The Conference will focus on two themes:
(a) a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication;
(b) the institutional framework for sustainable development.
If you want to stay connected with Rio+20 there is a biweekly newsletter you can sign up for, and of course a Twitter channel and facebook page for you to follow.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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Alaska's long road war
In the fall of 1998, Frank Murkowski took to the Senate floor to make an impassioned plea for the authority to build a one-lane gravel road from the isolated southwestern Alaska village of King Cove to a neighboring community with an all-weather airport.
"This is a road to life for the residents of King Cove," he said.
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More than 15 years later, his daughter, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski — along with the rest of the Alaska congressional delegation — is still fighting for the road, insisting it's the only viable way to ensure that King Cove's 965 largely native Alaskan residents have access to emergency medical care.
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What seems like a simple request is anything but. The proposed road would cut through federally protected wilderness land in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a 315,000-acre sanctuary near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. And the Interior Department says the road would threaten vulnerable plants and animals that rely on the area's unique ecology.
The oftentimes ugly fight has pitted Alaska politicians against the federal government for decades, sowing mistrust and frustration. It has also reinforced the view of many in Alaska that policymakers in the Lower 48 are out of touch with their needs.
At the same time, the battle has laid bare tensions between Alaskan leaders and conservation groups, which argue that approving the road could set a dangerous national precedent in other protected wilderness areas.
Lisa Murkowski and Alaska Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, who faces a tight reelection fight, are vowing to do everything in their power to win approval for the road, even though the Interior Department rejected the proposal late last year after a four-year analysis.
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Murkowski is using her position as the top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to elevate the issue, expressing her outrage at hearings and in floor speeches and holding a series of news conferences with King Cove residents. She has also lambasted Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, who announced the most recent rejection of the road just two days before Christmas.
"I am not willing to let a day go by without raising this as an issue," Murkowski said in an interview.
The road would give King Cove residents access to the larger airport in the nearby community of Cold Bay when extreme weather grounds flights at the smaller King Cove airport. King Cove has a medical clinic, but residents often have to travel to Anchorage for major procedures and emergencies.
The road, proponents argue, is the best solution to the transportation problems that have long plagued isolated King Cove.
Besides its small airport, the town has access by boat across the Izembek Lagoon, but foul weather can make air and boat travel difficult, residents say. Supporters of the road say at least 19 deaths over the years have resulted from plane crashes or an inability to obtain adequate medical care.
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Della Trumble, a King Cove resident and longtime advocate for the road, said its approval is a matter of life and death.
"I just feel strongly that the human factor far outweighs the wildlife," she said. "We will protect the wildlife. It's who we are."
Trumble and other residents have made dozens of trips to Washington to make their case, telling stories of family and friends who have been hurt or killed trying to get out of the community during storms. Trumble said she watched as her niece was flown out for a medical emergency amid winds of 70 to 80 mph. She said another niece was born on the galley table of a crab boat during an evacuation attempt.
Just this week, an injured fisherman was flown out of King Cove by the Coast Guard, marking the fifth medical evacuation of the year, according to King Cove officials.
But opponents say the road would wreak havoc on the refuge and its wildlife. The refuge hosts more than 200 species, including caribou, grizzly bear and, in the fall, about 98 percent of the world's Pacific black brant. It also has one of the largest eelgrass beds on the planet and was one of the first areas in the U.S. to be designated as a wetland of international importance.
"You can't punch a road through there without doing serious damage," said Don Barry, who served as Interior's assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks during the Clinton administration.
In addition, the proposed road faces major legal hurdles. In 1980, Congress designated most of the refuge as wilderness, the highest level of public land protection.
Barry, now a senior official at the conservation group Defenders of Wildlife, said it would be unprecedented to allow a road through a wilderness area. Though the refuge has some old military roads, they were built before the conservation laws were enacted.


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Meeting Notes 2012 05 15
The 216th Meeting of Noisebridge
Note-taker: Jehan, http://piratepad.net/Fh8nv2KgDL
Moderator: Malaclyps
Introduction and Names[edit]
(and many others -- we only got started on the note-taking after a few intros had gone past)
- Cynthia: keeps place going
- John: Hacking on Biomonitoring
- Michele: French?
- Robert: Linux, DBs
- Ava: Visiting
- Julian: Spectator
- Liz: Hangs out sometimes
- Miloh: Circuit hacking and replicating
- Jared: Machine Learning, Hadoop
- Will: 5mof
- Corey & Marnia: Robo-Gardens
Short Announcements[edit]
- Daniella- Great idea, provisional patents. Entering tech awards. In Santa Clara, third party recipiant = NB!
- Intro to Linux one night a month. Non techie. Will be posted.
- Hard drive enclosures, internet archive, new fund. Archive.org
New or Stale Events[edit]
- R started Ruby collaborative mondays 5 oclock
- Thursdays 5mof, looking for speakers. Talk about mother or interpretive dance.
- Maker Faire this weekend- Page on wiki to sign up and volunteer, talk to Chris Lincoln.
Membership Binder[edit]
- Zephyr
- Blake Griffis 4
- Daniel Jabour 4
- Aspen 4
- Tobias 4
- Jim Sweet needs 2 sponsors
Financial Report[edit]
- Funds in bank:
- Noisetor (See the bulletpoints at the bottom of http://noisetor.net/finances/#summary):
- There are $2101.33 earmarked NoiseTor funds
- Colo service has been paid through Jun 7, 2012
- There are enough funds to pay for an additional 2 months of colo
- This information was updated at Tue May 15 20:21:07 2012
Consensus items[edit]
You may wish to invite a knowledgeable volunteer to repeat a brief primer on the consensus process.
Proposals from last week[edit]
(Add any items which pass or are blocked to the Consensus Items History page.)
Proposals for next week[edit]
- That we extend the cleaning contract with Skyline Building Care for another six months. (Added to Current Consensus Items)
Add 70 minute limit on meetings
Select Time-Keeper = Miloh
Discussion Items[edit]
- Additional: Cleaning Service- Have we gotten a good deal? Should we continue?
- DIY bio: 10 minutes
- 2 refrigerators
- Full of papayas, now empty, group tried to throw it out.
- Does anyone want fridge?
- 5MoF Pitch
- "R" (edited to "R" after meeting to avoid linking an individual's initials to an embarrassing series of events -Jehan) discussion
- Gavin Says:
- Threatened to kill other members
- Tony felt uncomfortable because of other members- i.e. R
- Support or help R?
- Traditional option is mediation
- R has made some threats to someone at Noisebridge -- safety could be a concern to some people
- Mediation hasn't worked for at least one person.
- R Says:
- Truly appreciates community
- Takes responsibility for what has happened
- Admits was in wrong
- Lack of communication with parties involved
- Cycle of wronggness
- Drunk
- Drunk during meeting as well
- Not as jovial as usual
- Tony came up to R in agressive way
- Would not let him speak
- told R to suck cock
- R suggested inverse cock sucking relationship
- Many cocksucking suggestions were made, according to Kayla
- Kayla gives a very vivid description of the cock-sucking language used
- Cocksucking story may be wrong according to R
- No Cocksucking after all
- Kayla just wants to say that R does many positive things around the space as well
- Miloh is pissed about R 2.0
- Hacking and not finishing
- Miloh says R should leave for month
- R doesn't finish his projects, and only makes a mess.
- Daniella says give him a second chance.
- Kayla says 2 week hiatus
- Will has never had problem with him personally- but when he has heard problems they involve alchohol (mild claps)
- No drinking in space for some people
- Some people do not believe that the details should be in notes.
- Kayla recieved text claiming to be proxying for Tony
- Zephyr has had a few problems with R and feels that the solutions are appropriate
- Gavin says what about an email list? Mediators as admins.
- Jim says that he doesnt like the idea that R leaves. Likes no drinking.
- Liz says we should support R if you haven't had problems with him
- Ramone says taking break from place is not solution, mediation is good solution type thing, not super opposed to break. But it's not direct solution.
- Kayla says brief hiatus from NB can be good.
- R says it's a good idea. If it makes people feel comfortable. He is willing to take a break from the space for a month.
- Miloh says that R can't argue with charges. It is sexual harassment (of tony)
- R says that Kayla's credibility on alleged cocksucking comments should be disputed.
- R says: He is not agaisnt anyone for any sexual orientation. Has numerous gay friends and roomates. (loud arguing) (5 minute break)
- (meeting recommences)
- More to it than is on the board: Complicated proposal:
- Bad for NB as whole to tell ppl to leave and send them off
- Spending some time away can be good in general and good for R in particular
- People feel that it is bad to explain things to R because there can be confrontation
- People think that R should spend time away but that they feel that he should not be asked to spend time away
- People feel that it is good to ask him to not be drunk (and rowdy) in NB
- Does the space need to have a no shitfacedness policy?
- Claudia agrees
- A few people disagree
- Group feeling is that drunkeness is an essential NB ingredient
- Alot of people love R, and the events, and the hour long meeting is a tragedy
- R agrees with the above.
- Miloh advocates for 10 week break
- MC Hawking says 20 weeks
- No real consensus
- R says that he would be comfortable taking month off
- We should work out way to co-exist
- Space may not be big enough for both R and Gavin
- R intends to take legal action about above slander as he alleges
- Is 4 weeks too long?
- 3 weeks as a medium between 2 weeks (hippie mob who is kindly) 4 weeks (r in his self-flagellation)
- Conclusions:
- 3 week break and no drinking for R
- Community can drink R's beers.
- R can drink water, and eat ice cream
- Hippie group therapy and avengers movie counseling
- R insists no problem with "homophilia"
- Whoa, R may be drinking in the corner. But agrees not to drink.
- R wants Noisebridge Postcard, sounds like a good idea
- but wait, this isn't democratic process.
- We're not a democracy dammit.
- This shoudl be voluntary for R (it is)
- We're not the fucking police (goddamn right)
- At the age of 7 R was diagnosed with Posttraumatic stress. This has haunted
- Noisebridge demands new Icecream diet for R
- let's mediate bro
- Our fearless temporary spokesperson demands 3 weeks.
- Gavin Says:
- Bio hacking. papayas. on thursday people tried to throw out the broken fridge. something something rotten papayas. What?
- Miloh says it's just that we had 2 fridges. it is not a bio hacking thing at all. at least sell the fridge to benefit the space.
- jesse - suggestion that something about biohacking.... ?
- Oh. okay jesse is actually saying, Does Noisebridge NOT have a problem with diy bio hacking?
- This doesn't make sense, both fridges wer


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Thank you so much for the support you've given "Salad Days" and for helping reach our initial goal. However, we've set a new goal now with the time remaining. We've also added a new reward!
On December 28, at the Black Cat in Washington, DC we'll be hosting an event to end all events! DC punk legends Dag Nasty (original line-up), Government Issue, Black Market Baby and Kingface will all play together to celebrate the filming of "Salad Days." See below for a limited set of tickets!
Remember, every dollar that is pledged beyond this point will go towards making "Salad Days" the best possible film it can be—it's a subject we're passionate about and we know you are, too!
Thank you, really.
Scott Crawford
Jim Saah
SALAD DAYS is a documentary-in-progress that examines the fertile Washington, DC punk scene of the 1980s. This was a particularly important time in the evolution of punk and independent music, with DC based bands like Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Black Market Baby, the Faith, the Slickee Boys, Void, Government Issue, Marginal Man, Dag Nasty, 9353, Gray Matter, Beefeater, Scream, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Shudder to Think, Nation of Ulysses, Jawbox and others defining the DC aesthetic. Local record labels like Dischord, Fountain of Youth, Teen Beat, and Simple Machines would become standard-bearers for the DIY revolution.
Much has been written about the pre-Nirvana period of American punk
rock, but there's never been an examination of DC's
contribution. We've spent the last year interviewing dozens of
the participants who helped create the local music scene in the 1980s— musicians, photographers, DJs, activists, and writers—to tell the story of one of the most inspiring (and misunderstood) decades in independent music. We've also sorted through hundreds of photos, live videos, flyers and zines for inclusion in the film.
Like countless others, I discovered punk rock as a kid. Growing up in the Washington, DC area I was so taken with what I was witnessing that I started a fanzine and began to document the local scene. Almost 30 years later, I wanted to revisit the people and places that have informed my life and so many others. It's been a hell of a journey so far—but we're not done yet.
As we finish up the pre-production phase, we need your help. Your donations will offset the upcoming costs of editing, animation, graphics, mastering, color correction, sound editing, travel and more. We have a daunting task ahead of us—and yet we're so passionate about telling this story that we're anxious to share it with the world as soon as we can. We hope SALAD DAYS will see a Q3 2013 release and we have high hopes for its festival run. Thanks in advance for your support—we can't do it without you!
SALAD DAYS Director/writer SCOTT CRAWFORD is a music journalist, musician and graphic designer. As a teenager in the DC suburbs, he started a fanzine called Metrozine that documented much of what was happening in the DC hardcore punk scene in the 1980s. In 1985, Metrozine (and WGNS) released a 7" compilation called "Alive & Kicking" that featured unreleased tracks by DC area bands Gray Matter, United Mutation, Marginal Man, Beefeater, Cereal Killer and Mission Impossible (featuring a 16 year old Dave Grohl). He was quoted in both Dance of Days and Banned in DC—the two most definitive books on the early DC punk scene. In 2001, he launched Harp magazine and served as its Editor-in-Chief for over 7 years. Crawford also launched the online music portal Blurt (blurt-online.com) in 2009.
Serving as Director of Photography for SALAD DAYS, Jim Saah (jimsaah.com) is a native of Washington, DC who has worked professionally in photography and video for over 25 years. He has shot for a variety of publications and websites ranging from the Washington Post to Rolling Stone.
He's also an experienced videographer whose credits range from union organizing films to music documentaries. Recent films he has worked on include movies about the bands Wilco, Death Cab for Cutie and Eddie Vedder.
Kickstarter is an amazing funding platform for creative projects like ours. However, it's an all or nothing process—if we don't reach our goal, we lose EVERYTHING. We've given ourselves 30 days to fund this project. Please help us in any way you can. We have something for everyone—regardless of how much you give.
Absolutely! Every penny we receive is going towards making the best film we can possibly make. Therefore, anything we can make beyond or goal can be put towards covering all of the many unexpected costs that will no doubt occur along the way.
Scott Crawford
Director/writer SALAD DAYS
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Interviews include:
- Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Embrace, Fugazi, Evens, Dischord)
- Henry Rollins (SOA, Black Flag, Rollins Band)
- Dave Grohl (Scream, Nirvana, Foo FIghters)
- John Stabb (Government Issue)
- Pete & Franz Stahl (Scream, Wool)
- HR (Bad Brains)
- Joe Lally (Fugazi)
- Kenny Inouye (Marginal Man)
- Dante Ferrando (Iron Cross, Gray Matter, Ignition)
- Jeff Nelson (Minor Threat, 3, Dischord)
- Mary Timony (Helium, Wild Flag)
- Alec MacKaye (the Faith, Ignition, the Warmers)
- Fred Armisen (SNL, Portlandia)
- Dave Smalley (DYS, Dag Nasty, All, Down By Law)
- Steve Niles (Gray Matter, 3)
- Monica Richards (Strange Boutique)
- Bruce Miles Hellington (9353)
- Jon Wurster (Superchunk, Mountain Goats)
- Jenny Toomey (Tsunami, Simple Machines)
- Boyd Farrell (Black Market Baby)
- Bobby Sullivan (Soulside)
- Jason Farrell (Swiz, Bluetip, Retisonic)
- J. Robbins (Government Issue, Jawbox, Burning Airlines)
- Kevin Seconds (7 Seconds)
- Mark Andersen (Positive Force founder, author of "Dance of Days")
- Mark Sullivan (Kingface)
- Tonie Joy (Moss Icon)
- Shawn Brown (Dag Nasty, Swiz)
- Jim Spellman (High Back Chairs, Velocity Girl)
- Steve Hansgen (Minor Threat, Second Wind)
- Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion)
- Jon Spencer (Pussy Galore, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)
- Mark Robinson (Unrest, Teen Beat)
- Amy Pickering (Fire Party)
- Skeeter Enoch Thompson (Scream)
- Fred "Freak" Smith (Beefeater, Strange Boutique)
and many, many more!
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International Rugby
Dusautoir lifts lid on France's World Cup campaign
ESPN Staff
July 18, 2012
France's Thierry Dusautoir capped a fine Rugby World Cup with the IRB Player of the Year award © PA Photos
France captain Thierry Dusautoir has recalled what he perceived as a lack of respect for his side in the build up to last year's Rugby World Cup final showdown with the All Blacks.
Tournament hosts New Zealand claimed the sport's biggest prize with a narrow 8-7 victory over a battling French side riled by "disparaging" reports in the build-up to the game.
France had appeared to be on the brink of imploding earlier in the tournament following defeats to New Zealand and Tonga and reports of in-fighting but they rallied in the face of growing belief that the All Blacks were destined to win the World Cup for the first time since 1987.
"We didn't know what the New Zealand players thought about us but around them we certainly weren't respected," Dusautoir told Total Rugby who capped a superb tournament with the IRB Player of the Year award.
Dusautoir admitted the All Blacks were a class apart for most of the World Cup but his side were not about to concede defeat. "Our strategy in that match was to resist as long as possible. Having seen the way we were playing throughout the tournament we were aware that we were not at the same level as the All Blacks. That was pretty obvious. But by this time we were sure we were mentally prepared and we were ready to make the most of the opportunity."
The 30-year-old believes France's uncomplicated game plan surprised the All Blacks and almost led to the biggest upset in World Cup Final history. "During the match we played well but we would have liked to have scored a drop goal on top of the great defence we produced. But we played an uncomplicated game and that is ultimately how we managed to surprise them so much."
Dusautoir also talked about the New Zealand media coverage and one headline in particular that appeared to get lost in translation. "It was a memorable time. We were under huge pressure. In the week before the final there were many disparaging newspaper articles written about us.
"Even though most of the team was not bilingual we understood some of the words, some of the play on words. I remember that after the semi-final there was a picture in the Herald where it was written '80 minutes before laughing'. That annoyed us."
The New Zealand Herald reports that the headlines in question was run before the All Blacks' semi-final with Australia and featured an image of Sonny Bill Williams and Israel Dagg enjoying a laugh during the training.
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Assault on California Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for Terrorism
April Sniper Attack Knocked Out Substation, Raises Concern for Country's Power Grid
SAN JOSE, Calif.—The attack began just before 1 a.m. on April 16 last year, when someone slipped into an underground vault not far from a busy freeway and cut telephone cables.
Within half an hour, snipers opened fire on a nearby electrical substation. Shooting for 19 minutes, they surgically knocked out 17 giant transformers that funnel power to Silicon Valley. A minute before a police car arrived, the shooters disappeared into the night....


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mschoebel necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Autosattlerei Schöbel
We are a small German craft enterprise, producing tarps for truck trailers,
advertisement banners, tents, and similiar things made of tarpaulin fabric.
We need you to design a simple background picture/concept for our website.
The company name is "Autosattlerei Schöbel" - it was founded in 1925.
Attached is the current company logo: the tagline "Planen aller Art
und Beschriftung" basically means "All kind of tarps and labeling".
The basic company color is green - the lurid green shown in the attachment
can be replaced by a different shade, as long as it's "green".
Primarily, we sell to other businesses - truck manufacturers and
advertisment agencies. Secondarily, we offer different kind of services
(e.g. repairs or custom built products) to private clients.
The website is planned as a kind of showroom for our products - currently
it is not planned to sell anything via the internet.
We are looking for a basic and simple concept for the website background.
Basic requirements:
- Some kind of green as primary color.
- 960 pixels wide - the website is going to use a 960px grid layout
- Simple header area with integrated logo elements
- Simple content area (scalable/repeatable in height)
- Simple footer area
- All elements in a web-friendly format (e.g. PNG or JPG files)
- Font suggestions
- Color scheme suggestions (for other elements used in the content
area, such as buttons or highlighted text boxes).
- Integrating (symbolic) elements of company products in header or footer
* Ösen - I don't know how they are called in English :)
* (European) trucks
Not(!): http://autopixx.de/bilder/16988/lkw.jpg
* Tents
* Advertisement banners
* ...
Additional information:
- As already mentioned: the logo color can be changed as long as it
stays green in some way.
- We want a plain and simple website - nothing too fancy.
We are are looking forward to receiving your professional suggestions.


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I have been noticing, as have others around the blogosphere, that the Lara Bars seem to have gotten smaller recently. I haven't figured out yet if the new flavors are just smaller or if maybe the size varies between flavors as well. When I was shopping today at Raisin Rack, I ventured into the Lara Bar section to do a little field research. The bars ranged in size by weight from 1.6oz to 1.8 oz. The newer flavors definitely appeared smaller (shorter). I bought 2 "old" flavors, Cherry Pie (1.7oz) and a Key Lime Pie (1.8oz). The Cherry Pie is visibly smaller than the Key Lime Pie. I don't remember them being like this in the past.
When I got home, I brought out my new PB & J Lara Bar (1.7oz) & took a picture of it next to a Coconut Chocolate Chew (1.8oz). You can see in the pics that the CCC is visibly bigger than the PB & J. CCC has been around for a while, while PB & J is one of the 3 new flavors.
I don't know, maybe I am obsessing too much over the whole thing! LOL!
What I do know is this: the new flavors ROCK! I love the PB & J & Tropical Tart. I still haven't tried the German Chocolate Cake because I am obviously too busy analyzing the size of my Lara Bars. 😉
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Arch Cape Inn & Retreat Wine Tasting and Winemaker Dinner
March 12&13
Chef Noah EunJung Kauffman in good company with many of the Oregon's finest wineries invite you to a meritage of Oregon wine maker dinners at Arch Cape Inn & Retreat's signature dining room. Reservations are currently being accepted to these inspired, exquisitely paired dining adventures. Limited seats are available. Reservations may be made by phoning (503) 436-2800. Prices vary.
Guests attending the winemaker dinners are invited to 'spend the night at the Inn'. Please phone Arch Cape Inn & Retreat at (503) 436-2800 to request selection of guest room rates.
On Friday March 12, & Saturday, March 13, join Dave Butler, owner of Walnut City Wine Works for a special dinner with proceeds benefiting the Cannon Beach Children's Center. The purity, concentration, and richness unique to the Willamette Valley are captured in complex, fruit-driven wines with complementary oak profiles. These are the hallmarks of this privately owned winery, located near McMinnville, Oregon.
Savor Cannon Beach Winemakers Weekend
Arch Cape Inn & Walnut City WineWorks
With Chef Noah Kaufman
Friday March 12
5 pm
Wine Tasting with Walnut City WineWorks
Wines: Walnut City 06 Viognier and
08 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
Wines paired with Northwest artisan cheeses and freshly baked breads
Ala Carte Dinner offering to follow immediately in the Inn's dining room. Limited seating.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Winemaker Dinner with Walnut City WineWorks: with Dave Butler and Winemaker Michael Lopez
Hours: 5 pm – Closing
Amuse Bouche
Dungeness crab, Wild mushrooms in Puff Pastry with wine reduction sauce
Walnut City 06 Viognier, 08 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
Miso-glazed Black Cod with Spring Greens
06 & 07 Walnut City Pinot Gris
Spring Harvest Soup
06 Walnut City Reserve Pinot Noir
Choice of
Spring Chinook Salmon or
Ginger Pinot Noir Lamb
Sautéed Fiddlehead ferns
Oregon Truffle Risotto
06 Bernard Machado Pinot Noir
Toasted Hazelnut mousse
Brown Butter Pear Tart
Chocolate Pot de Creme
06 Walnut City Late Harvest Viognier
Artisan Cheese Plate
06 Reserve Pinot Noir
COST: $115 per person / 15% service charge not included.
For reservations please call 503–436-2800
*Vegetarian options are available upon request at the time of reservations.


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This was the "mundane" match Sir Alex Ferguson wanted put away professionally before Tuesday evening's encounter with Real Madrid in the Champions League here. Shinji Kagawa, who performed poorly in the opening leg of the last-16 tie, did the trick for Ferguson and his case for another tilt at José Mourinho's side no harm with an impressively taken hat-trick, before Wayne Rooney's late goal.
It was a win that exerts more pressure on Manchester City as the champions travel to Aston Villa on Monday evening 15 points behind and knowing that anything but victory and United can start preparing the celebratory bunting for title No20. Ferguson said: "It's a lead and we're better off than we were yesterday because we are one game less and we've won our game. That's important. We've got a cushion, I expect City to win on Monday against Villa."
With Real defeating Barcelona for the second in time in under a week, at the Bernabéu, both sides are flying, and enter Tuesday's game poised at 1-1, meaning United have what could prove a vital away goal.
This was their fourth consecutive clean sheet in the league, and Ferguson said: "It's vital, vital. If I thought we could get a blank against Real on Tuesday, we'd go through. But I think both teams will score and I hope we score more than them. It's going to be fantastic, two of the greatest teams in the world, the atmosphere will be electric, it'll be a great game. It can't be anything else but a good game."
Of Kagawa, the Scot said: "He is a good finisher. His [knee] injury in October set him back a bit, but he's getting his form back slowly and gradually. His second and third, in particular, were terrific."
The Japanese stroked home his opener in added time at the end of the first half to give United a lead that their dominance, if not end product thus far, deserved. Antonio Valencia cut back on to his left foot and swung in a cross from the right that Robin van Persie took a stab at with a boot. The ball popped up to Kagawa who was near Mark Bunn's goal and he scored the third of his debut season.
The absence of Ryan Giggs from the matchday 18 may have disappointed aficionados who hoped he would make a 1,000th appearance, though Ferguson confirmed the Welshman will have a role against Real. "He'll be involved on Tuesday, we couldn't miss that moment for the lad, he deserves it," the manager said.
The great game of guessing who Ferguson fields on Tuesday began in earnest here. Clues could be found in the blend of frontline operators chosen, including Rooney, Van Persie and Michael Carrick, alongside the second-tier players – Anderson, Valencia, Chris Smalling and Kagawa.
For the first time this season Ferguson plumped for a 4-3-3 shape, in which Carrick in midfield split Anderson (on the right) and Kagawa, and up front Van Persie was flanked by Rooney (to the left) and Valencia.
Carrick ran the game for United, particularly during the first half. This was done via an exhibition of vision and passing that continually opened up the opposition and the contest for his team. One ball to Kagawa that slid him in through traffic to Norwich's area drew applause from the home congregation. Another from near his own goal had United springing forward as Valencia raced down the right.
Giggs, who sat through the first half alongside Paul Scholes, did not return after the break. What he missed was Chris Hughton's team finally offering a threat before Kagawa confirmed the result.
Russell Martin, the visiting right-back, aimed a menacing cross at Robert Snodgrass that Nemanja Vidic scrambled away. Snodgrass then fired in a ball that worried the home rearguard.
After Rooney shot when he might have played in Van Persie, the Dutchman was taken off with Real in mind – "We agreed he would get an hour," Ferguson said.
Kagawa benefited from the class of Rooney for his second. Carrick launched a Hail Mary of a ball that bounced expertly into the Liverpudlian's path. Shaping to shoot, he swept Sébastien Bassong aside with what was revealed as a dummy. Rooney looked up, saw Kagawa's precisely judged run into the area, and squared the ball to him: the wrongfooting finish with the side of his boot gave Bunn no chance.
Kagawa's third came as Norwich wilted. He began the move, passing to Danny Welbeck, who moved the ball to Rooney and when the Japanese collected, he finished coolly.
As thoughts turned to Tuesday, Rooney was given possession by Welbeck 30 yards out. He skipped to the right, then fired a bullet past Bunn and that was 4-0 and job sweetly completed for Ferguson and his men.


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Almost 25 years after the retreat of socialism and the centre of Warsaw is buzzing. Buzzing with bars. Buzzing with restaurants. Buzzing with people. It seems fitting to explore the city's streets alongside Warsaw's inhabitants as they delve into their past and celebrate the cultural identity of a city that's undergoing a rapid change in personality.
Driving through the heart of Warsaw, I steer and observe with extra vigilance. Not because of the inky black light or crowds of museum-going night owls, but because of what I'm sharing the roads with. Tonight, temporarily resurrected vintage trams and buses and cavalcades of historic cars form a charming backdrop.


text: Lee Battersby is an Australian author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction. His story "Carrying The God" made him the first Western Australian winner in the Writers of the Future Competition in 2002, and was awarded the 2003 Ditmar Award for Best New Talent. His short story "Tales of Nireym" was a finalist in the Fantasy section of the 2005 Aurealis Awards, and "Pater Familias" won Best… (more)


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Purple Stationery Wardrobe - V1
Purple Stationery Wardrobe - V1
Our mix-and-match, personalized stationery desk set is sure to wow! The Purple Collection is flat printed and letterpressed in violet & matte silver inks and customized with your name and monogram. The pencils are a coordinating white.
The white lacquer box includes:
- 150 sheet 4.25" x 5.5" note pad flat printed on a super smooth stock
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Please place your order below by selecting whether or not you'd like a return address and once you've added the item to your cart, you'll be prompted to enter your personalization for the pads and stationery.
You'll receive a color digital proof within 24 business hours that you will need to approve and then we'll move forward into production. Stationery Wardrobes ship within 10-14 business days from final proof approval.
In the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to call a member of our team at 251-209-3265.
For additional bells & whistles such as corner rounding, edge painting, double thick 220# paper or foil stamping please contact us for pricing.


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Posted by Editoress on 12/9/09
With over 100km of bike paths, Vancouver will be the first Canadian city where SANYO eneloop bikes are sold.
SANYO Canada Inc. (SANYO), a subsidiary of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., announces its Canadian west coast launch of the eneloop bike, an electric, pedal-assist bicycle, with a local Vancouver business, JV Bike.
The award-winning bike, which will be available in the rest of Canada for spring 2010, features an electric motor to provide assistance to the rider's pedaling and will be available at JV Bike this season.
Though SANYO is recognized for its consumer electronics and leadership in the manufacturing of rechargeable batteries and high grade solar panels, the company has been a producer of electric pedal-assist bicycles for more than 10 years.
The SANYO 'eneloop bike' features a powerful pedal-assist ratio of up to 1:2 and a "Loop Charge" function that allows regenerative braking and downhill coasting to charge the battery while riding. The bikes also feature multiple power modes, three available speeds, and a two-wheel driving system that makes for a smoother, more stable ride. This allows riders to pedal for long distances with minimal exertion, even up hills and other steep inclines, making them ideal for commuters, leisure riders and 'zoomers,' baby boomers who lead active lifestyles.
The electric-assist features of the eneloop bike make it a perfect fit for JV Bike, a local bike shop situated in downtown Vancouver that sells both traditional bikes as well as several alternative forms of two and three-wheel transportation, including performance commuters, cruisers and tricycles.
"We are really proud to be the first Canadian Dealer offering the eneloop bike" said Janko Veselinovic, owner of JV Bike. "We are excited about this bicycle because of its light weight, high-quality lithium-ion battery, and unique way of automatically capturing back the energy while braking or coasting downhill."
With a central location, JV Bike is accessible via several bike paths, which connect to the Seaside Bicycle Route and the Stanley Park Seawall. With over 100 kilometers of bike paths in Vancouver, JV Bike provides sales, repair services and bike rentals in its mission of introducing environmentally sound and healthy transportation alternatives.
Part of a larger series of products, the 'eneloop bike' is grouped with SANYO's other reusable energy-based products in the 'eneloop universe. ' Designed with the same fundamental concept as the revolutionary 'eneloop' battery, the products in the 'eneloop universe' are designed to encourage consumers to develop lifestyles that value reusing and recycling. The 'eneloop' rechargeable battery is already available in Canada and can withstand one thousand charges and retain 85% of its charge if left unused for one year.
These and other energy and environment-related products are part of SANYO's global brand vision, "Think GAIA, " which recognizes the interdependence of both those living things on the Earth, as well as the Earth itself. With this vision, SANYO strives to reduce the footprint of current products, minimize packaging requirements, and introduce new energy-saving products to the market place to encourage others to take responsibility in a more sustainable world.
Available in the rest of Canada in the spring of 2010, the 'eneloop bike' has already received considerable interest in markets across the country, continent and the world. Most recently, the SANYO hybrid pedal-assist eneloop bike earned a 2010 Consumer Electronics Show Best of Innovations award having received the highest overall score in the Eco-Design and Sustainable Technology category.
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The Expendables 2 was the highest-grossing release at the Chinese box office in September; a month dominated by US films.
Four US films dominated the box office last month: The Expendables 2, Warner Bros' The Dark Knight Rises, Sony Pictures' The Amazing Spider-Man and Fox's Prometheus.
However, the result of scheduling four US blockbusters in one week was not pleasing to Chinese cinema managers, not to mention the distributors of the films. The four films - which were released separately in North America in June, July and August - have each performed lower than the expectations of local cinema managers.
Both released on August 27, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises continued to shine in the first two weeks of September. Going head-to-head, Spider-Man took the lead by a small edge in the opening week, but Dark Knight Rises began to catch up in the second week. By the end of September, Dark Knight Rises had grossed $55.3m, while The Amazing Spider-Man took in around $51m.
Released on Sep 2, Prometheus had a rough opening week. Although it took off in the week of Sep 9, the film's total box office stayed around $35.3m, much lower than expected.
The biggest winner of the September box office was The Expendables 2. Released by Le Vision Pictures on Sep 4, the film dominated the first three weekends in September. Still on release in October, The Expendables 2 had grossed $50.6m up until September 30.
Among local films, Wang Quanan's historical drama White Deer Plain is the top-grossing Chinese film in September. Released on September 15, the Kitty Zhang-starring film is Wang's first attempt at tackling a big-budget period drama. He should be pleased as the film's box office reached $16.55m up until the end of September.
The last week of September saw five new releases clashing before China's National Day holidays: Huayi Brothers' steam-punk kung-fu drama Tai Chi 0; Enlight Media's Chow Yun-fat starring period drama The Assassin; Korean director Hur Jin-ho's Dangerous Liaisons, and Li Yu's contemporary drama Double Xposure. The only English-language film to open was Rian Johnson's Looper.
Tai Chi 0and Looper were the two leading films in the crowded holiday period from Sept 29 to Oct 7. By the end of the holiday, Tai Chi 0 had taken in $18.3m and Looper $16.76m; The Assassin scored $13.76m and Double Xposure $13.1m. The most disappointing opening was the star-studded Dangerous Liaisons, which had taken in only $8.32m ten days after its release.
From late September on there is yet another local film protection month, during which no Hollywood blockbusters will be released. The next Hollywood film to appear again in the China market will be Universal's The Bourne Legacy on October 25.


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Like others, Frederick Douglass yearned for freedom. As a teenager, he made his first escape by canoe, but was caught and returned. He finally escaped in 1838, dressed in a sailor's clothes and using the pass of a free black man. He adopted a new name, married his sweetheart, and began a new life in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Over time, Douglass developed impressive speaking skills, giving stirring and fiery speeches. He became a traveling lecturer both in the U.S. and abroad. Douglass also became a journalist, founding a newspaper, The North Star. Remembering his own flight from slavery, he aided other freedom seekers. He became a leader who advised Abraham Lincoln. Douglass was appointed a United States marshal in 1877 and soon afterward purchased the Cedar Hill estate in Washington, DC. In 1881, he served as the recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia in 1881. He also served as the U.S. minister to Haiti under President Harrison. Douglass remained an advocate of social justice throughout his life, and died a respected statesman at Cedar Hill in 1895. He was the author of many speeches, articles, and three autobiographies.
By examining Douglass's life and three of his homes, students will discover how Douglass grew from an enslaved youth to an empowered and empowering statesman.
About This Lesson
Getting Started: Inquiry Question
Setting the Stage: Historical ContextLocating the Site: Maps
Determining the Facts: Readings
Visual Evidence: Images
Putting It All Together: Activities
How the National Register
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
This lesson is based on three historic places related to the life of Frederick Douglass: the Wye House on Maryland's Eastern Shore; the Nathan and Polly Johnson House in New Bedford, Massachusetts; and Cedar Hill in Washington, DC. These buildings are among the thousands of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places.