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- Summary
This collection combines the tangy aroma of grapefruit with a hint of natural orange fragrance to energize, deodorize, clean and refresh. Made in the USA exclusively for Williams Sonoma, these products reflect our culinary roots, with a clean, simple scent that blends into the kitchen naturally.
- Scented with the essential oils of grapefruit, orange and other essences.
- Biodegradable earth-friendly blends contain no parabens, ammonia, chlorine or lauramide DEA.
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- Leaves surfaces smelling fresh and clean.
- 16 oz.
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- Recommended for nonporous surfaces only: finished wood, laminate countertops, composite stone, tile, sealed granite, bathroom fixtures and appliances.
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- Ingredients
- Water, Decyl Glucoside, Sodium Methyl 2-Sulfolaurate, Sodium Citrate, Saccharomyces Ferment, Betula Alba (Birch) Bark Extract, Citrus Grandis (Pink Grapefruit) Oil, Fragrance, Glycerin, Tributyl Citrate, Sodium Benzotriazolyl Butylphenol Sulfonate, Disodium Ethanoldiglycinate, Buteth-3, Citric Acid, Red 33, Yellow 5, Methylisothiazolinone, Benzisothiazolinone.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Laureli16 from countertop spray is the best I've used this for years and love it! the Pink Grapefruit smells exactly like pink grapefruit and makes the kitchen smell yummy. I have yards and yards of granite countertops, one is 22 feet long, and I use this instead of vinegar and water. It's always a pleasure to clean up. I am buying tons of it as christmas gifts for my family, especially my daughter.Date published: 2015-11-01Rated 5 out of 5 by Lola33 from By far the best scent My favorite scent and cleaner. I love that I can use one thing on all different surfaces. Knowing it isn't toxic is a huge bonus. I give this as a gift all the time along with the dish soap.Date published: 2015-05-24Rated 5 out of 5 by katgir from great cleaner I love this cleaner. It does a wonderful job and leaves a very fresh smell.Date published: 2015-03-30Rated 3 out of 5 by kz59 from Smells nothing like grapefruit Just bought it a few days ago, and I am so disappointed! I used to buy WS cleaning products but moved away so their stores are now quite far. Dropped by to get a few items and bought this spray on a whim. What happened? It used to smell like fresh grapefruit, and now smells like cheap drugstore perfume, nothing like the real thing. I am really tempted to return, though it does clean the counters quite well.Date published: 2014-05-16Rated 5 out of 5 by Natab0525 from LOVE LOVE LOVE!! This countertop spray is great but the grapefruit scent is AMAZING!! It smells so wonderful and leave sky granite counters shiny and clean. Couldn't live without this stuff!Date published: 2014-02-25Rated 5 out of 5 by SouthernGal820 from Love Love Love!! I love both the countertop spray and the bottle of cleaning product in this line. Born and raised in Florida I know the smell of citrus and this pink grapefruit is right on. I like that after I clean the kitchen it smells so fresh plus the cleaner works well. A staple in our home!Date published: 2014-02-19Rated 4 out of 5 by AlmostJane from Solid Product This spray cleans and freshens well - and I've found it to be very good at cutting soap residue in both kitchen and bath. I'm reserving judgment on the spray container since I've only been using it for about a week - however for the price I expect it to be sturdy. It'll be disappointing if the sprayer breaks. I agree with another reviewer that the grapefruit scent is quite perfumey but it's still fresh and fragrant. If made with just grapefruit essential oil I think the scent would be more natural.Date published: 2014-02-18Rated 3 out of 5 by rustybag from scent is too perfumey This countertop spray works on a variety of surfaces (except glass) and comes is a 16 ounce plastic bottle. It tackles countertop messes & cleans the bathroom sink & fixtures rather quickly. However, I do not like the scent. Rather than smelling like fresh grapefruit, this smells like grapefruit perfume. Very strong, and it gets all over food & anything that touches the surfaces that have been cleaned with it. I would not buy this again.Date published: 2013-02-13


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Following the Blue and Gold of the Pittsburgh Panthers Year-Round
Friday, September 24, 2010
Well That Wasn't Expected
3 comments:
- AnonymousSeptember 24, 2010 at 10:05 AM
How about this game set the program back because they laid an egg on national tv?ReplyDelete
Pitt should really stick to playing a soft non-conference schedule. I feel we are no better under Wanny than we were with Wlat!
Wanny had the deer in the headlight look during his halftime interview last night.
The college game is vastly different from the pro game and Wanny has not changed. They are lucky the Big East is down this year but I still do not see them being better than 7-5!
- Anthracite & SoupiesSeptember 24, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Months and months of bullshit raising expectations about this team, only to have them revealed as the fraud they are. Failure to recruit O-linemen is on the coaching staff, as is the inability to either a)coach the secondary properly or b)recruit a secondary that can cover. against decent programs. The shame This isn't about tweaking things, this is about not having talent sufficient to win is that talented players on this team can't show what they can do.ReplyDelete
Anon - I'm with you on the non-con thing. I've beaten this into the ground and have been shouted down by others that insist on Pitt playing tough opponents in the non-conference schedule. This isn't college basketball where there's a tournament - for a team like Pitt, it's essentially one and done. I could see an 8-4 team, but that is looking like it could be a reach.ReplyDelete
Pitt is starting to land better talent, but for the most part, top recruits don't want to play for 9-3 / 8-4 teams. They pay attention to BCS appearances and national championships.
Last night clearly showed that Pitt has a way to go.
Also, as mentioned above, Pitt's secondary has been abysmal. Problem is that the secondary coach is Jeff Hafley, who's done an incredible job recruiting. So you clearly can't just let him go. The secondary will be better with some four-star recruits they've landed, but for now, it's really awful.
Bottom line is that Pitt's talent level has improved, but not to the point of having a national championship-contending team.

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Pupils' lives are being made a misery because of the "bunfight" for places at the most sought-after fee-paying institutions, it was claimed.
Jane Grubb, headmistress of Bedales prep school in Hampshire, said children were being required to travel long distances – or drilled for months to pass entrance exams – when they should be spending time enjoying themselves.
The comments come amid a desperate scramble for places at the top private schools.
Tutoring is increasingly popular in preparation for the 11-plus and Common Entrance – the traditional entry exams for state grammar schools and private senior schools.
One study last year suggested almost half of families in some parts of the country paid for private tutors to prepare sons and daughters for school entrance tests.
But Mrs Grubb, the head of Dunhurst – the prep school attached to Bedales senior school – said that many parents were also prepared to send their children on lengthy commutes to secure places at some establishments.
Speaking to the Evening Standard, she said: "It starts when children are as young as eight. By the time they get to 10 they are spending two terms doing old exam papers to try to get into these places.
"Parents genuinely want them to be happy but they need to put their heads up and see what other life there is. The 10 hours they spend commuting could be spent getting more sleep or seeing their friends."
Dunhurst and the Bedales senior school educate boarding as well as day pupils.
But Mrs Grubb said parents living in London often failed to consider sending their children to a boarding school outside the capital after getting "swept along in the panic" of gaining access to a top day school.
"There is a high density population and only a certain number of good schools," she said.
"I can't imagine parents want their children studying into the night and having personal tutors and writing off two years of their childhood. But some do because they don't know there is something else out there."


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This morning, after we Bloggerhead Kingbirds competed at the Superbowl of Birding all day Saturday (more on that later), we made our way to the Gloucester fishing pier (in Essex County, Massachusetts) and into a gull-conundrum. You see, a couple of other birders, Tim and Brian, had a gull and it wasn't just any gull. They refused to prejudice us by putting a name to it but it quickly became clear we were looking at a third-cycle dark-mantled gull that could maybe be a Slaty-backed Gull, which, of course, is a heck of a bird in Massachusetts.
I am in no way competent to make that call. I could tell that it seemed weird for a Great Black-backed Gull, but that is about as far as my analysis went. After we saw the bird we birded around for awhile and then we went back to the fishing pier where we found that the bird had not been refound. We searched for awhile with others and did not find it. Over lunch we on the team discussed it and I took these brief notes:
And, of course, digiscoper that I am, I got pictures. These shots are from long range and are not too good. They can be clicked upon for bigger versions. The only modifications made are cropping and resizing.
A Slaty-backed Gull would be absolutely great but it is a rare bird and rare birds are rare. But this bird just resists being put in the Great Black-backed Gull box, at least to me (and to everyone who looked at it in person). Were we suffering from wishful thinking?
I'm sure other folks who were on this bird (and are more competent with gulls) will want to get their two cents in as well.
Thoughts? Opinions? Questions? Please fire away in the comments.
Wow, this must have killed some time for you guys. I am no gull expert but I'll play the odds and say it's a GBBG. I'm only saying that so when some expert comes along and confirms it I can say, "I told you so."
In my opinion this is a Great Black-backed Gull, although I have no field experience with SBGU. Third-cycle SBGU's have noticeable white "tongue-tips" on at least the sixth and seventh primaries, a feature which is absent on this bird. Also, the amount of white on each primary is much less than expected on a 3rd cycle SBGU at this time of year. I may be mistaken, but I believe the bird is showing a p9 mirror in the sixth photo, a feature which is expected on GBBG. In summary, the lack of tongues on p6 and p7, combined with the small amount of white primary tips and a large p10 (and possibly p9) mirror all point towards a 3rd-cycle GBBG.
Very interesting gull. This is what I got from your pictures:
1. Bird looks to be a 3rd year gull, possibly begining transition to full adult plumage. The amount of brown on the bird, in particular the flight shots point to this.
2. Of the 2 regularly occuring dark backed gulls, the bird more resembles Lesser Black-backed Gull than Greater Black-backed Gull, except for your size description.
3. The heavy streaking would be unsual for a GBBG in any plumage, but again fits well for LBBG.
4. The dark wing tips would hint towards SBG, but the "string of pearls" isn't very visible as I might expect on a bird of this age.
5. The white stripe along the primaries and white spot on the wing tips look within the range of GBBG.
6. When not in direct sun-light, the legs look flesh colored pink instead of a more reddish pink, another point in GBBG favor.
Over all I think there are a couple of key field marks missing to make this a Slaty-backed Gull. I'm thinking its an oddball Great Black-backed Gull in some sort of wierd transitional plumage.
Hmmmm. I wasn't there.
Purely judging from the pics, I wonder why that should not be a rather normal GBBG?
Examples that fit your bird quite neatly are here from the Netherlands:
The head profile does look a bit odd and the legs seem to be a bit on the bright side of GBBG, but apart from that… Smallish size could mean it's a female.
Okay, I found this bird, a Slaty-backed, that's quite like yours:
Notice however that the pattern of the primaries differs in that the Slaty-backed does not show a white mirror on p10 (as your bird does) but has a hint of the "string of pearls" on its central primaries.
I tell you, in the field I was trying to ask myself why this wasn't a slightly abnormal GBBG. I didn't come around until I saw the photos and I really would have liked to have seen the bird more the second time we were there, but we couldn't refind it.
But the bird is different from the birds in Jochen's links for two major reasons.
1) The iris was very very pale, like blinding yellow. This was very apparent from 400-500 meters away with direct comparison to comparable 3rd year GBBG in which the iris color was not readily apparent (for instance, I couldn't make out palish iris color in the subadult GBBGs unless they were within 75m or so).
2) The terminal band on the tail was mostly complete, as you can see in photo 4. Whether that makes a difference, I don't know. But that's how it was.
Do the other birders have clearer shots of the primaries? My feeling is that the exact primary pattern will be the deciding factor…
No Corey's are the best. Photos here don't help us much, I suppose: http://www.ontfin.com/Word/great-black-backed-gull/
The eye was much smudgier than any of there, though. And again, yellow iris very apparent.
Okay, get Charlie to skype his borther Nial! Time for the cavalry.
@Nate: I only noticed now that you used the metric system in your comment. Well done, my friend, very well done!! 🙂
@Jochen- I visualize distance better in meters, especially longer ones because I imagine an unfurled running track of about 400m.
So I guess no consensus here? Should we submit to ID-Frontiers to get our spirits totally squashed?
Had a chat with my brother, Nial, who agrees with me that not a Slaty-backed. In fact on these images we both thought it looked better for Lesser BBG. The shape and size looks right, as does the large mirror, and many of this age could have pinkish legs. Presumably you ruled out LBBG – can you recall why?
Interesting thought Charlie. I guess we ruled it out because of the pink legs, but most especially because the guys who were on the bird before us had narrowed it to SB of GBB and we went with it. I remember asking about LBB there at the beginning (before we saw the legs) and one of them said something to the effect that Lessers look slighter and more angular than this bird.
But you're right, of course, it does look like a just under 3rd cycle LBB, which can have flesh-colored legs (see the second photo here: http://www.carolinanature.com/birds/lbbgull.html which looks a great deal like our bird except for the coverts)
I guess our concern was size, though. It was pretty clearly larger than the Herrings around and the Lessers I've seen generally are the same size to slightly smaller than Herrings. But my experience is limited. I see Lessers every time I go to the coast anymore, but that's infrequent at best.
Hi Nate
Assuming the 1st Year bird in the first image is a GBB, then the size difference seems to me quite notable (particularly the thickness of the neck). The bill looks longer and finer in comparison too. Pale irides would work for LBBG.
It's still a big bird though. Funnily enough we were both looking at images I took in Miami of what I thought was a heavy, bulky LBBG in a gallery at http://10000birds.com/intermedius-lesser-black-backed-gull-in-miami.htm – we both said that if this thing i the gallery is typical of LBBGs in the US, they'd not be easy from a distance…!
What do you reckon?
Cheers, Charlie. It's funny how the field marks that stood out to me most in the field, namely the yellow eye in the center of that smudgy face, are practically textbook for LBBG while I was trying to make them out to be Slatyback (Will, further up, also deserves some credit for suggesting LBBG too). Goes to show how wedded one can be to a certain field mark when you're looking at the bird, in this case the pink legs, that turns out to be inconsequential at best and completely misleading at worst.
So, I could definitely be convinced and am now leaning LBBG (to the extent that it can be comfortably ID'd at all).
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00057122
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First Posted : March 28, 2003
Last Update Posted : October 22, 2012
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|HIV Infections Tuberculosis
|Drug: Isoniazid Drug: Rifapentine Drug: Rifampin
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AIDS is the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa, and TB is the leading cause of death in patients with AIDS on that continent. Preventive therapy for HIV infected people with latent TB infection is important to reduce the risk of progression to active TB. Although preventive TB therapy is generally recommended throughout the Western world for people with HIV, it is not routinely advocated or provided to patients in developing countries. Six months of self-supervised INH is the gold standard of preventive TB therapy. Newer preventive regimens with a shorter duration of treatment and intermittent dosing could improve compliance and permit treatment supervision through dosing observation. This study will compare the standard INH regimen with two new regimens: rifapentine and INH observed once weekly for 12 weeks and rifampin and INH observed twice weekly for 12 weeks.
Patients will be interviewed to identify risk factors for TB and symptoms of active TB. A physical examination and chest radiograph will be performed on all potential patients to identify and exclude all active TB cases (these patients will be referred for appropriate treatment of their infection).
Patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomized to one of the following treatment arms: rifapentine/INH for 12 weeks, observed weekly; rifampin/INH for 12 weeks, observed twice weekly; INH for 6 months, self-supervised; or continuous INH, self-supervised. Patients randomized to the two self-administered INH arms will be given a 1 month supply of INH and instructed to take one pill each day. Patients in the continuous INH arm will take INH continuously until the end of the study. Depending on when the patient enrolls in the study, the patient could take INH for 1 to 4 years. Each patient will be provided with education on the need to adhere to the protocol and information on potential study drug related toxicity. All patients will be given their first dose of study medication during the enrollment period. Patients in the shorter-course, observed regimens will be given each of their doses in a clinic under the supervision of a study nurse.
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Brussels, 23 October 2012
Amending EU budget for Europe's students, scientists, NGOs', businesses and regions
The Commission has adopted today an amending budget to enable it to meet its legal obligations towards beneficiaries of EU funds. This is in line with the joint statement the Council and the European parliament adopted the day the EU budget for 2012 was adopted inviting the Commission to request additional money "in an amending budget if the appropriations entered in the 2012 budget are insufficient to cover expenditure".
Having now a more complete picture of budget implementation in 2012, the Commission estimates that an extra 9.0 billion is needed to cover the incoming bills and respect contractual and legal obligations, mainly in areas essential for growth and jobs in Europe.
The President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso stated: "This is not about the Commission asking for more money but about Member States honouring the commitments they have made: to provide uninterrupted funding to students under the Erasmus programme or to poorer regions through the Cohesion Funds. These payments are essential to revive growth and create jobs throughout the EU."
"I have repeatedly warned that constant cuts in the proposed budget will eventually create a big problem, says EU Commissioner for financial programming and budget Janusz Lewandowski. This time has come. Our situation does not allow us to deliver on our agreed commitments. The Council and the European Parliament must now take their responsibilities since they voted an EU budget below its needs. Since the shortages of funds are mostly in the fields of education, science and research, employment and regional development, I am sure that they will not contradict their previous statements that Europe needs to invest in growth; I am confident they will honour their joint statement to the full and ensure a swift approval of this updated budget. This is no amending budget for EU institutions; it is one for Europe's students, scientists, NGOs, businesses and others for whom the EU budget makes a difference every day."
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Plasma Active 4 - ready when you are
The KDE Community announces the release of Plasma Active 4 (PA4). Plasma Active is a user experience technology stack for consumer electronics. While the default user interface is for tablets, it can be customized to work on smartphones, settop boxes, smart TVs, and touch computing devices such as home automation and in-vehicle infotainment. There are major new improvements to the Files application, an overhaul of the on-screen keyboard and a completely free and open source system based on the Mer Core. The Plasma Active team invites involvement from people who want to participate in the widespread movement towards mobile computing on open platforms.
Plasma Active 4 is a stabilization and performance release, the result of developers focusing on fit and finish throughout. This release is intended to complete the evolution of Plasma Active to a polished product relative to its proof of concept first release. The emphasis is now on providing a solid foundation for third party applications, additional content and device adaptations. Plasma Active 4 is well-suited to customization for specific needs, use cases and markets. This release sets the stage for adopting newer technologies such as Qt5 and Wayland in future releases.
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Getting started with hacking on Plasma Active is easier than ever. PA4 is based on Qt 4.8 and the KDE platform 4.10 releases, so everything specific to Plasma Active can be built on top of the development packages of KDE Platform 4.10 releases from most Linux distributions. It is possible to have the Plasma Active Workspace and Active applications running on a machine in matter of minutes.
Packaging is easy as well. Start by installing the Mer SDK. It is completely self-contained, and can be dropped on top of any distribution. It doesn't really "touch" the underlying system.
Please help port Plasma Active to new devices and get more applications written for touch devices. The Plasma Active website has more information and links to resources.
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KDE Plasma Workspaces
Here's a thought: Instead of trying to get into the mobile space with a Linux distro and the KDE Plasma Workspace, ever consider developing Plasma Workspace as a launcher app for Android? Just think of having the KDE Plasma Workspace on the Android platform, I'm sure KDE lovers everywhere that run Android devices would put this on their phones in a hurry. Right now, there are a couple of KDE themes, but the launchers they're on don't come close to the KDE experience. Just a thought...
By Ruel Smith at Fri, 2013/09/06 - 6:48pm
That is like telling them to cease development of KDE as a whole and just make a KDE-like theme for Windows 8.
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Nice idea!
Nice idea!
Brilliant idea. This would make it very easy to experiment with Plasma Active.
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I'm just waiting for an up-to-date tablet shipping with Plasma Active! (Or a convenient and secure way to install it on my Asus TF300T)
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how to install
I would like to test this out. I have a touch enabled device (Sony Vaio Duo 11). Currently, I am running Kubuntu 13.04. Does any one know how I can install this along side by current Kubuntu. Something like a PPA would be a boon. Keep up the good work.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Rainbow Waffles
94 comments:
- myevil3yearold said...
cue. I could totally do this one. You have posted two in a row that I can do. I am totally un-artsy
- March 10, 2011 at 6:55 AM
- staci @ lizard n ladybug said...
These are adorable...LOVE the 'clouds'!!
- March 10, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- Amanda said...
A DEFINITE MUST for St Patty's day! Thank you for such a great idea!!!
- March 10, 2011 at 6:57 AM
- Foursons said...
Yup, it is certain now. My kids are soooo deprived.
- March 10, 2011 at 7:25 AM
- Kmama said...
That is so creative! My boys would love that. Of course, we don't have a waffle maker. :-(
I'll be getting my post to you today!
- March 10, 2011 at 7:28 AM
- Anonymous said...
I need a waffle iron, it's been on my wish list for so long. This is so cute especially with the added clouds!
- March 10, 2011 at 7:30 AM
- A Wife and Her Coach said...
sooooo cute! I wish I was as creative as you. Good thing I have you to help with that little area! I may make these for my nephew this weekend!
- March 10, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Amanda @ Serenity Now said...
Those are so cool, Kelli! We love waffles in our house. :) I usually do the whole grain eggo ones for the girls if it's for breakfast, but we love to do *real* waffles for dinner. My kids would flip for this!
- March 10, 2011 at 8:00 AM
- Amanda @ Serenity Now said...
And, P.S. how insane is that we always comment on each other's blogs at the same exact time??! ;)
- March 10, 2011 at 8:01 AM
- Cheryl E. said...
How fun! I love this idea!
- March 10, 2011 at 8:02 AM
- Tracy said...
I cannot wait until next week! St. Paddy's day is going to be so much fun around here...thank you for all the great ideas!
- March 10, 2011 at 8:28 AM
- frillsfluffandtrucks said...
SO cute! Now I have to get out my waffle maker--I use it so infrequently that I have no idea what shape it is. I hope it is a round one!
~ Sarah
- March 10, 2011 at 9:08 AM
- Angie said...
I love those...now I feel the need to purchase a waffle maker :)
- March 10, 2011 at 10:33 AM
- elise said...
This is brilliant! They are so adorable!
- March 10, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- Annie said...
I LOVE THIS! Right up there with rainbow cupcakes. Waffles and cupcakes are two of the most perfect foods.
- March 10, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- heidi said...
So cute!!!!
- March 10, 2011 at 11:42 AM
- Jamie said...
My kids would love these!! Thanks for sharing.
- March 10, 2011 at 11:56 AM
- ashley caminiti said...
- March 10, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- Joanna said...
First off, I want a waffle iron like that! And finally...oh my goodness what a fabulous idea!!
- March 10, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- Ashley said...
How stinkin adorable!!
- March 10, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- {Peppermint Plum} said...
Umm, you are brilliant. These rainbow waffles are THE CUTEST food ever! :)
-Annie @ {Peppermint Plum}
- March 10, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Clifford Jeffery said...
That is awesome!! Thanks for another great recipe post!
- March 10, 2011 at 1:41 PM
- The Bonjour Four said...
So awesome! May have to try these out. My son (and hubby) would love them!
- March 10, 2011 at 1:46 PM
- {Peppermint Plum} said...
Just gave you a quick feature/shout-out on our blog. Your rainbow waffle awesomeness needed to be shared! :)
-Annie @ {PeppermintPlum}
- March 10, 2011 at 1:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
these look so awesome. i hope i'm quick enough on the waffle maker! haha. i linked over to you on my blog today. http://wifemomwoman.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/st-patricks-day-food-and-treats-ideas/ thanks for the great idea!
- March 10, 2011 at 2:27 PM
- Cassie said...
These are so darn fantastic!! I love them!!
- March 10, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- Paula said...
What a cute way to make breakfast fun for your kids! They had to have loved this!
- March 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- Adrienne said...
The clouds add the perfect touch!
- March 10, 2011 at 3:40 PM
- Miller Racing Family said...
This is fabulous. I think it would put a smile on anyone's face in the morning!
Thanks for sharing and I loved the clouds!
- March 10, 2011 at 4:38 PM
- Lexie Loo & Dylan Too said...
Those are so cool!!!
- March 10, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- Miyuki@With These Hands said...
You are hands down a Supermom! great idea!! I will make them real soon!!
- March 10, 2011 at 6:10 PM
- Moms of all Trades said...
I love this you might even like my "Patty Pancakes!"
- March 10, 2011 at 7:31 PM
- Alicia said...
Oh my gosh, I want to go to your house for breakfast!!!
- March 10, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- carissa @ lowercase letters said...
you really are such a cool mom. i hope to be as cool as you someday! : ) awesome waffles.
- March 10, 2011 at 9:43 PM
- Rachel at Sun Scholars said...
I LOVE these!
I have featured these in my St. Patty's Day Inspirations. You inspire me!!! Find the link here:
If you'd like to grab an A++ button to add to your site, you'll find it at the bottom of the blog post.
Thanks for sharing your amazing idea!!
- March 10, 2011 at 10:01 PM
- SugarDerby said...
i saw these on sun scholar... a-dor-able!!!!
oh man... so cute!
- March 10, 2011 at 10:59 PM
- SweetSugarBelle said...
This is an.adorable idea!
- March 11, 2011 at 2:01 AM
- Jaime said...
These are so fun! I featured you on my blog:
Feel free to grab a button!!
- March 11, 2011 at 2:50 AM
- Jess said...
new to your blog..this caught my eye over at jag...i can't wait to try this!!!
- March 11, 2011 at 7:21 AM
- Katherines Corner said...
What a fun idea! Love it :-)
- March 11, 2011 at 7:49 AM
- Jamie @ hands on : as we grow said...
WE LOVE WAFFLES!! lol - I gotta try coloring some food!!
I'm excited to feature this on my weekly High Five! - but this week is a special High Ten! because I'm behind and couldn't narrow down the choices.
High Ten! Friday
Thanks for the great idea!
Jamie @ hands on : as we grow
- March 11, 2011 at 8:21 AM
- Krissy said...
amazing!~ love 'em - stopping by from tickled pink :)
- March 11, 2011 at 8:39 AM
- Stephanie Smith said...
These are too cute. Here lately I am liking all things rainbow.
- March 11, 2011 at 9:23 AM
- mel said...
LOVE!!! Now if I could just get you to come over and make them, say, around 8 tomorrow morning? :)
- March 11, 2011 at 1:52 PM
- Trina said...
I just wanted to let you know that I showed your rainbow waffles off over at my blog today. I hope that is okay!! What a great idea!
Trina @ alove2create.blogspot.com
- March 11, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- Dee said...
So cool! I bet my kids would love this!
- March 11, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- Kitty said...
It turned out so awesome! such a great idea!!!
- March 11, 2011 at 6:58 PM
- LambAround said...
I've seen this idea for rainbow cakes, but never, ever thought to apply it to waffles! Hubby is in for a shocking breakfast tomorrow ;)
If you get a chance, I'd love for you to link this up for my Not "Baaad" blog hop, which is up right now. It's unlike other linkies in that you actually compete with the other linked posts for my Best in Show award :)
- March 11, 2011 at 10:18 PM
- Meghan said...
I would have never thought of rainbow pancakes. I love it!!!! And the whipped cream clouds add the perfect accent.
- March 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM
- Lisa said...
I had already book marked your idea then I saw the whip cream clouds and became even more excited!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
- March 11, 2011 at 11:58 PM
- { L } said...
Sooo cute!! I love that last photo. This is such an awesome idea!
- March 12, 2011 at 12:10 AM
- KM @ This Plate is Full said...
- March 12, 2011 at 12:22 AM
- Michelle said...
THAT IS SO CUTE!! LOVE IT! Visiting from TT&J !
Have a great weekend!
- March 12, 2011 at 12:35 AM
- Myya said...
You have got to be one of the most fun moms ever! I wanna do this!!!
- March 12, 2011 at 1:19 AM
- MONICA said...
wowwwwww,it's fantastic!!!
- March 12, 2011 at 8:07 AM
- K'sKronicles said...
Very original...may I share on my blog?? Email me if you don't want me to repost. I can't wait to have this fun again with grandchildren..!!
- March 12, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Amy @ Positively Splendid said...
Kelli, these are marvelous!!
- March 12, 2011 at 9:49 AM
- rilojane said...
I'm SO excited to make these! We're big waffle fans in my house, so these will go over very well!! Thanks!! (...and thanks to Edible Crafts for linking me over here)
- March 12, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- Janet said...
These are so fun and creative! Thanks for the idea.
- March 12, 2011 at 11:00 AM
- Real Life Reslers said...
these are awesome! i don't have kids but i think my husband will be equally excited lol
- March 12, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- Quirky Jessi said...
Aww, what a great idea! Love them!
- March 12, 2011 at 2:11 PM
- Susan Crabtree said...
- March 12, 2011 at 9:36 PM
- Rebecca K said...
Totally doing this! Thanks for the adorable idea! :-)
- March 13, 2011 at 1:55 PM
- Maggie said...
cute, we have a square waffle maker, guess ours will be a triangle rainbow...
- March 13, 2011 at 8:25 PM
- Michelle said...
I love this! I think I already commented and said that lol. I am a follower and I am having my first ever linky party for kids activities and I would LOVE if you would come link up this project! Hope to see you soon!
- March 13, 2011 at 10:31 PM
- Carey C. Bailey said...
Holy moly! So fun. With Joy, Carey
- March 14, 2011 at 12:43 AM
- Tina @ MOMS CRAZY COOKING said...
We would love for you to come link up to THIS WEEK'S CRAVINGS! We are celebrating St. Patrick's Day and EVERYTHING GREEN!
- March 14, 2011 at 1:21 PM
- alison said...
This is FANTASTIC, I am including in my featured Idea List on my blog @
- March 14, 2011 at 2:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
Super cute! My kids are going to love these!
- March 14, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- Mormishmom @ Funky PolkaDot Giraffe said...
I featured your darling rainbow loveliness in my roundup!
- March 14, 2011 at 4:07 PM
- meg duerksen said...
- March 14, 2011 at 4:52 PM
- Laurel {Make and Takes} said...
I'm dying over how great this is, especially that last picture with the whipped cream! So fun! I'd love for you to submit this to the M&T Spotlight at http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight
- March 14, 2011 at 6:39 PM
- Calla Lael Photography said...
All I need is a waffle maker. :o) Might have to add that to the shopping list just so I can make these for my daughter. She would LOVE it!
- March 15, 2011 at 3:12 AM
- Faith, Trust, and a Little Pixie Dust said...
How adorable! I'm going to try this!
Warmly, Michelle
- March 15, 2011 at 5:29 PM
- Tina @ MOMS CRAZY COOKING said...
We are hosting a linky party THIS WEEK'S CRAVINGS with "Everything GREEN for St. Patrick's Day". We would LOVE for you to link up this amazing recipe!
- March 15, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- Stefani said...
My little boys will love this!! I can't wait to make them. {{smiles}}
- March 15, 2011 at 6:27 PM
- Yanet @ 3 Sun Kissed Boys said...
So now I want to buy a waffle maker!!
- March 16, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- Frugalissa Finds said...
Linked up to you. Awesome!
- March 16, 2011 at 8:14 PM
- Fallan said...
That looks so yummy and cute!
- March 16, 2011 at 9:59 PM
- rilojane said...
Ohmigosh... mine did NOT turn out like this! I think my batter is considerably thinner than yours. A note to those who want to give it a shot- a thicker batter will yield a rainbow. Thin batter will have a more tie-dyed effect.
Less Leprechan, more Jerry Garcia.
- March 16, 2011 at 10:23 PM
- Wendy @ Ramblings from the Sunshine State said...
These are awesome. I totally need a waffle maker!
- March 17, 2011 at 8:48 PM
- Razzle Dazzle Mom said...
so cute!! Great job!
- March 18, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- Huggs and Kisses xo said...
I love these!! I'm going to have to get a waffle maker. I showcased these on my blog with a link back to you. Thanks for sharing.
- March 21, 2011 at 3:02 PM
- danceraedance said...
I am new to blogging and just stumbled upon your amazing blog and this post! I think these are adorable.
I tried making them-- missing your little hint about making less purple and blue and more red and orange. So-- I decided to reverse the order and have purple on the outside and red on the middle
- May 1, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- Angie A said...
i love that you even put the colors in the right order, I made a rainbow cake when I was trying to teach my niece ROY G BIV! :)
- June 6, 2011 at 11:36 AM
- The Mrs said...
Yep, pretty sure that's about the cutest thing I've ever seen!
- June 6, 2011 at 12:43 PM
- Sheri - confessed craftaholic said...
My kids would have LOVED this when they were younger. So fun!
Saw this through Kevin and Amanda and now I'm following you.
Stop by my blog for a visit if you have a chance.
Thanks for sharing!
- June 7, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- TG said...
there used to be this website about all these different things you could do/make with a waffle iron. oh how I wish the two of you had gotten together with all these waffley coolness.
- August 6, 2011 at 7:25 PM
- Jamie said...
Hello, I LOVE the rainbow waffles you made for your kids! I hope it's okay, I've featured it in a creative and colorful foods for St. Patrick's Day hub. You can see it here:
Thank you so much for sharing!
- February 19, 2012 at 9:57 PM
- Cassidy said...
So awesome!! LOVE this idea! Thanks for sharing.
- February 28, 2012 at 7:36 PM
- Kim @ The Educators Spin On It said...
I know Little Chef in my kitchen that will love these. I've added it to my Board of Cooking with Kids! http://pinterest.com/educatorsspinon/cooking-with-kids/
- March 6, 2012 at 5:03 PM
- Lindy@Itsy Bitsy Paper said...
Good Morning! I featured you on Fun Friday Finds today. I hope you will stop by and check it out. http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com/2012/03/fun-friday-finds-rainbow-food.html
- March 9, 2012 at 7:06 AM
- Shelly Lynn said...
This is such a super cute idea!! One that I am sure the kiddos will absolutely love!
I would love to feature it on my site at www.prekfun.com if that is okay with you?
It is a curriculum resource for Early Childhood Ed. professionals and Parents. Let me know if this would be okay.
I will be glad to post a link back to your blog beneath your photo for all the directions and the other pics. Once your idea is posted, I will gladly send you a "Featured on Pre-K Fun" image that you can add to your blog if you would like.
- March 13, 2012 at 3:32 PM
- Ddels said...
i tried this, but my waffle iron browns the waffles and the colors were lost, if i set the iron lower then they do not get done...what do you do to maintain the colors?
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In the era of brickwall mastering and advertising campaigns with a remit that appears to be simply to shout louder, silence has become a precious commodity. It's a wonderful tonic, then, to be able to almost hear the silence in Cheval Sombre's intoxicating brew of breathy lullabies and twinkling, acoustic laments.
DIS first heard the reclusive, understated New York soloist roughly two years ago; fully-formed even on those rougher recordings. His first single, 'It's a shame', throbbed like the more fragile moments of early Spiritualized or Galaxie 500, and its flip, 'Little Bit of Heaven', similarly dripped sparks in a manner akin to an asteroid on a decaying orbit. That was only five months ago and soon thereafter Trensmat released the narcoleptic 'I Sleep', with Dean & Britta's Britta Phillips collaborating on it's hypnotic and brittle b-side, 'Troubled Mind'.
On 17th November Static Caravan released 'I Found It Not So', Cheval Sombre's third single before an album is released on _Double Feature_ records at the beginning of next year. It comes as a welcome but small surprise to find that Spaceman 3's Sonic Boom features as producer on much of the Cheval Sombre material as their sensibilities make for a wonderful fit: 'I Found It Not So' is laced with languidly efficient, velvety-guitar-lines, whilst 'Where Did Our Love Go' offers a damaged, slightly menacing take on the Supremes' classic, typical of the sparkling, almost weightlessly splendid melancholia drip-fed to date.
Have a listen: http://www.myspace.com/chevalsombre


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Police have a 30-year-old former deli worker in custody believed to be the suspect who pushed a subway rider off the platform and into the path of an oncoming train at 49th Street after an argument.
Law enforcement sources say the suspect has made statements to detectives implicating himself in the deadly push.
A law enforcement official told NBC 4 New York the man is suspected of pushing 58-year-old Ki-Suk Han off the platform at the N, Q, R station Monday afternoon. Han was hit by a southbound Q train and died.
Witnesses told police the suspect was mumbling to himself before he and Han began arguing on the platform.
A bystander recorded part of the fight between the two men and turned the video over to police, who released it to the public Monday night, and received several tips. The man who allegedly pushed Han is heard cursing and saying, in substance, "Leave me alone... stand in line, wait for the R train and that's it."
He then pushed Han onto the tracks, police said. Han tried to climb back up onto the platform but died after getting trapped between the train and the platform's edge.
Read more news on NBCNewYork.com
The Q train operator, Terrence Legree, told the Daily News he saw the man in the tracks and tried to pull the emergency brakes on the train, but couldn't stop it in time. Even after he heard the sound of the train hitting the man and the locomotive screeched to a halt, Legree said he ran out of the control booth and tried to help the victim.
"If someone can be saved, you have to do what you have to do," Legree, a 21-year employee with the MTA, told the News. But Han couldn't be saved -- a tragic fact that had Legree struggling with an array of emotions and questions more than a day after the man's death.
"All kinds of emotions from 'Why is this happening?' to 'Why was that guy down there?' to 'What happened?'" Legree told the News. He was treated for shock after the incident.
Police had released several photos and video clips of the suspect wanted for allegedly pushing Han into the path of Legree's train. A law enforcement official tells NBC 4 New York that co-workers from a nearby deli where the suspect works tipped off police that their colleague might be the subway pusher after they recognized his voice from video.
Investigators then saw the man on surveillance video in the street talking to street vendors outside the subway station, and when they went back to the area Tuesday, he was there, speaking with the same vendors, sources said.
One of the newsstand vendors told NBC 4 New York the suspect was a well-known face in the area and that he spoke to her Tuesday morning.
"I showed him the picture [released by police Monday] and he goes, 'Oh, that's not me,'" said Elizabeth Williston. "I said, 'Yeah, that's you!' Because yesterday, he had the beard, the hair. But today, he had shaved his head, shaved his mustache and everything."
Subway pushes are unusual. Among the more high-profile was the January 1999 death of Kendra Webdale. A former mental patient admitted he shoved her to her death.
Following that, the state Legislature passed Kendra's Law, which lets mental health authorities supervise patients who live outside institutions to make sure they are taking their medications and aren't a threat to safety.
R. Umar Abbasi, a freelance photographer for the New York Post, talks about the controversial photo he took of the man about to be hit by a subway train after being pushed onto the tracks, saying he was attempting to alert the driver and there was "no way" he could have rescued the man.


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In the race to bring technology into the classroom, many educators appear to have tripped over the electrical cord leading to their laptops that generate the ubiquitous PowerPoint presentation.
That's according to Shufang Shi, a SUNY Cortland associate professor of instructional technology who's seen or heard her share of reality stories. On campuses across America, hordes of yawning college students are turning on their assorted personal electronic gizmos and completely — and understandably — tuning out today's all-too-often tedious, digital age "slide lecture."
Typically higher education faculty view social media associated with Web 2.0 and mobile learning as being disruptive to both teaching and learning, according to Shi and her colleagues.
"Faculty who are fluent in technology don't always get the tools or support they need," Shi said. "Nor do they always find a cohort of support from their peers, so they do things by themselves. It's like everyone inventing their own wheel."
Shi and peers from three other SUNY campuses — SUNY Fredonia, Onondaga Community College and University at Buffalo — proposed a project called "4C-CITI: Four College Consortium of Innovative Technology Integration." Shi leads the project.
"We faculty plan to work together through mutual mentoring as we use, demonstrate and then compile exemplary teaching strategies of technology integration for teacher education programs," Shi said. "Our goal is to pilot a collaborative model of innovative instruction and to decrease cross-program insularity and capitalize on inter-campus skills.
"SUNY-wide, particularly among teacher education programs, we need to make digital age learning an integral part of the curriculum map," Shi said. "We want to engage future teachers in deep interaction with content and pedagogy using digital age learning tools. We want our SUNY teacher education graduates to be not only tech-savvy themselves but to be leaders in technology integration in their schools and classrooms."
University system officials like their plan, and on Aug. 2 SUNY announced that Shi's project proposal was among 48 of 117 submitted to receive support. The 4C-CITI project was awarded a $20,000, one-year 2012 Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG), in the middle of three different funding tiers.
Shi and her multi-campus research team plan to develop what they call "digital backpacks."
"These will help faculty use web-based tools in their teaching," Shi explained. "CITI-4 is adapting the concept of "backpacks" from prior uses, to get useable information into faculty's hands, about using Web-based tools in context. Too often, learning new tools is all about 'the new cool app.' Since 'cool apps' are everywhere, the project is packaging apps with teaching strategies that faculty across disciplines can use. Backpacks will include not only an intro to functional Web 2.0 tools, but — more important — how tools can fit into existing assignments, amp up student engagement, help to formatively check on student learning and more."
They will start by identifying core "backpack tools" that have dual feasibility for use in teacher education program course work and P-8 classrooms, and that can be efficiently used to promote digital learning among future educators. Through rounds of developing, modeling, reusing and refining, collaborators will disseminate digital backpacks within the four core campuses first and, later, across the SUNY system.
The project formally began in September. Team members from the four institutions met Aug. 8 and 9 at SUNY Cortland to get an early start.
|Demonstrating the use of the smart pen, with Shufang Shi looking on, is Sharon Raimondi of SUNY Fredonia. Karl Klein follows the discussion on his laptop screen. In the photo above left, Shi, a SUNY Cortland faculty member, teaches a class.
"I'm a big advocate of social media in the classroom," Shi said. "I practice what I preach: I use social media tools to build and host my own courses. I model for my students how to meaningfully integrate technology into content areas to engage school children."
When meeting recently, the collaborators showed proficiency with all manner of real-world equipment and software, from taking notes using smartpens that record and translate the conversation, to having one member attend the meeting via Web-conferencing technology.
The giant face on the screen at that meeting was Kathleen Gradel, a professor in the Language, Learning and Leadership Department, College of Education at SUNY Fredonia.
Meanwhile at the meeting table, Sharon Raimondi, a professor of exceptional education and director of the Joint Doctoral Program in Special Education at Buffalo State College, wielded a smartpen to quickly convert written notes from the conversation to meeting minutes with a recorded transcript.
Christine Widdall, an instructor in SUNY Cortland's Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, used an iPad to jump around the Web for ideas while taking notes with her smartpen and carrying on the conversation with colleagues.
Karl Klein, an associate professor and chair of the Computer Studies Department from Onondaga Community College, promised to bring many ideas to the table as the group works together to develop and disseminate exemplary teaching strategies of technology integration for teacher education programs.
The Innovative Instruction Technology Grant awards will foster study and development of areas including educational gaming tools, e-textbooks, online classes and e-portfolios for lifelong learning, according to SUNY officials. The campus innovations and initiatives that are developed have the potential to be replicated throughout the SUNY system and benefit students and faculty nationwide.
IITG encourages development of innovations that meet The Power of SUNY's transformative vision. Grant recipients are sharing project outcomes openly, enabling SUNY colleagues to replicate and build upon an innovation.
"This new competitive grants program will enable partnerships across SUNY to leverage technology as a means to educate students," said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. "It serves as an excellent example of the power of SUNY to realize efficiencies through the sharing of resources and instructional partnerships within our system."
"The IITG program puts SUNY in a position to support specific projects on our campuses that have the potential to be implemented elsewhere in the system, to the greater benefit of our faculty, staff and students across New York," said the program's administrator, David K. Lavallee, SUNY executive vice chancellor and provost.
A complete list of grant-funded projects is available online at www.suny.edu/provost/IITG.cfm. All awarded projects included an assessment and communications plan to ensure that the new innovations can be openly shared and replicated across SUNY. Funded projects demonstrating potential for multi-campus use will be eligible to apply for additional funds in 2013.


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Then we see Emma Roberts playing soccer on the field as the other girls discuss her relationship with the coach from the bench. This scene comes across implying that Emma Roberts was only out there because she was having a sexual relationship with her coach. This is a classic set up and justification to blame the victim, making it falsely okay to have no empathy for the athlete who struggles when the coach athlete sexual relationship ends. The athlete is left isolated and alone with no one to turn to for sympathy, compassion and understanding. Instead, the other athletes blame her for all the pain and suffering experienced as a result.
While the movie was reviewed as James Franco's character being a sleazy coach, and in some cases a sexual predator, it still also presents the classic justification for the criminal acts of the coach. Films like "Palo Alto" send the topic "coach athlete abuse" backwards. The conclusion in this type of portrayal of darkness is best presented in such a way illustrate the catastrophic effects that this type of relationship has on an individual as well as to underscore a zero tolerance policy for coach athlete relationships. The portrayal of the coach athlete relationship in this film doesn't have a strong enough commitment to faithfully presenting the degree of pain and suffering that such a relationship can bring to an athlete.
The film premise in the scene with the teammates on the bench talking about the relationship with the coach and Emma Roberts, leads the audience to believe that being in a relationship can gain more playing time. This type of message is harmful to sports and young girls influenced by the clear abuse of power dynamic that is being played out.
We need more discussion around the emotional relationships that transpires between the athlete and the coach. As athletes, we depend on that relationship to develop our mind, body and soul. There is an inherent depth to this relationship and an important trust that drives us to next level. If any of those lines are crossed they are crossed for the rest of our lives. Recovery is very difficult and frequently leads to long-term depression or even suicide. The effects are devastating.
If films continue to glorify the coach athlete relationship uncritically, we continue to risk a lifetime of pain and suffering. It may seem at the time, the transgression is 'not that bad.' The teammates often blame their teammate for being involved with the coach and have a perception that this was wanted attention and was a good thing for the athlete. When the Athlete tries to remove themselves from the situation they are chastised again for upsetting the team dynamics and causing further harm to the rest of the teammates. This is flat out harmful and wrong. We need to stop supporting such behavior and the cycle of abuse that resides amongst athletes and teammates.
Shame on you James Franco; stop glorifying this type of coach athlete relationship. Socially, we need to stop justifying it and seeing how harmful it truly is. We need to start educating our athletes about the inherent dangers of such inappropriate relationships and implementing better policies and procedures for sports programs.
Katherine Starr is the founder and Executive Director of Safe4Athletes, a nonprofit organization that advocates for athlete welfare where every athlete is provided a safe and positive environment free of abuse, bullying and harassment. Visit www.safe4athletes.org for more information and a wide range of valuable resources on this important topic.


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As metadata spreadsheets exchange hands and are often even created from diverse sources, issues arise regarding diacritics. These characters often do no translate from encoding to encoding, creating poor results in the resultant MODS metadata files.
Based on our experience with French language diacritics, the following process allowed MODS to be created without the numerous encoding problems that we initially encountered with the collection: u0002_0000006 (French Revolutionary Pamphlets).
To do these steps, you will need a Windows computer with: Microsoft Excel and NotePad ++. You will also need the TextFX plusing for NotePad ++. To get plugins for NotePad++ refer to the application documentation with regard to the Plugin Manager.
1. Export the metadata from Excel as a tab delimited text file (use the Unicode option). If the Excel file is in the legacy .xls format, first convert it to .xlsx prior to export.
2. Open in the file in NotePad ++ and choose "Encode in UTF-8".
3. If you dont know where the problem characters are, Use the TextFX plugin and choose: TextFX Characters>zap all non-printable characters to #
4. Do a search for all instances of "#" and replace all found problems in the *Excel* (.xlsx) file. Use Excel's built in character map. To access the character map window from within excel goto the Insert tab - Symbols group - Symbol, select the character you need to replace and choose "Unicode Hex" as the encoding while making changes.
This Excel file may be useful in getting one started in searching/replacing diacritics for French language metadata.
5. From Excel, export the metadata as a Unicode text file.
6. Open the Unicode export in Notepad ++ and choose "Encode in UTF-8 without BOM". Repeat Step 3 and 4 until all problems are taken care of.
7. If all is well, save the text file with NotePad ++ (it will be a UTF-8 file).
This UTF-8 file is now the file from which to create MODS with Archivist Utility. This is also the text version of the metadata that will go into long term Storage.
8. Encoding problems can be discovered along the way by looking for black rectangular three letter "blocks" in Notepad++ or diamond shaped question marks in Archivist Utility.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic U.S. senators on Sunday voiced skepticism about a nuclear deal reached with Iran but Congress looked likely to give President Barack Obama room to see if the agreement works.
The deal does not need to be ratified by Congress and Obama is using his executive power to temporarily suspend some existing U.S. sanctions on Iran.
On Sunday, influential Democrats - who control the Senate - made clear that any new sanctions against Iran would include a six-month window before they took effect. That would allow time to see if Iran is sticking by the pact, worked out between Tehran, the United States and other world powers.
"It is a choice between a pause or imminent war. I choose a verifiable pause," said Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat.
Senators have been discussing for months imposing even tighter Iran sanctions, which could anger Tehran and put Sunday's interim deal reached in Geneva in jeopardy.
But they held off after the Obama administration asked for time to let negotiators reach a deal.
And pro-Israel lobbying organizations - among the most effective interest groups in Washington - have failed so far to persuade lawmakers to tighten the sanctions screw on Iran.
Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, who is known as a hawk on Iran, said forthcoming legislation would "provide for a six-month window to reach a final agreement before imposing new sanctions on Iran."
That gives supporters of the pact some breathing space but allows Obama to have a series of new sanctions approved by lawmakers in the coming weeks and ready to impose on Iran if need be.
The Senate is likely to meet in December to debate tighter sanctions, but any bill would be written to ensure that the new restrictions are not imposed unless Iran goes back on the deal.
Menendez, who is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and sits on the Senate Banking Committee, said the legislation would make clear that the sanctions could kick in if talks toward a longer-term agreement falter or if Iran fails to live up to the interim agreement.
The nuclear pact reached after marathon talks in Switzerland curbs the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for initial sanctions relief. Iran could access $1.5 billion from trade in gold and precious metals and could see the suspension of some sanctions on its automotive industry and a revival in its petrochemical exports.
Washington has had sanctions against Iran for most of the past 30 years. They were ramped up sharply in 2010-11 amid increasing tensions over Iran's nuclear program, with tighter restrictions on companies that provide Iran with equipment for its oil and chemical industry and on groups that do business with financial institutions in Iran.
Iran came to the negotiating table seeking relief from the tough sanctions, which are hobbling its oil-based economy.
Members of Congress tend to be more hawkish about Iran than the Obama administration. Legislation condemning Iran, supporting Israel and proposing stiff sanctions generally passes with strong support among both Democrats and Republicans.
But a few lawmakers believed the Israeli lobbying push to halt the emerging Iran deal may have gone too far this time. A person who attended a briefing last week for members of the House of Representatives by Israel's ambassador, Ron Dermer, said some members showed concern at the "vocal and public" way Israel had lobbied the American public and Congress.
Another person who has attended White House meetings on the issue said administration officials were furious.
"Trying to get the Senate to do something that would thwart a major initiative of the administration - that's crossing a line," according to the source, who requested anonymity.
On Sunday, even some of Obama's fellow Democrats were strongly critical of the pact.
"A fairer agreement would have coupled a reduction in sanctions with a proportionate reduction in Iranian nuclear capability," said Senator Charles Schumer, the No. 3 Democrat in the Senate and a Banking Committee member.
While expressing similar concerns, several Republicans appeared willing to allow time to judge deal's effectiveness.
Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Republican Saxby Chambliss, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said he believed a strong movement would build in the Senate for tighter sanctions.
But Chambliss said any bill would likely include a "time frame" before the actions would take effect.
Senator Bob Corker, appearing on "Fox News Sunday," pledged to hold the Obama administration's "feet to the fire" to ensure that Tehran follows through on its obligations.
"My biggest concern is seeing follow-through here," said Corker, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Additional reporting by Aruna Viswanatha and Will Dunham; Editing by Alistair Bell and Doina Chiacu


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Welcome to the homepage for Governance at Skidmore College. Here you will find links to a wide variety of information, including committee descriptions and membership lists, committee operating codes, annual reports & homepage links, the Faculty Handbook, Faculty Meeting information, contact information for the Faculty Executive Committee (which maintains this site), the Institutional Policy and Planning Committee, and the Student Government Association, and finally an archive of major reports concerning governance.
Skidmore College is committed to the principle of shared governance. The governance system is divided into three parts:
- Faculty Governance, overseen by the Faculty Executive Committee (FEC)
- All-College Governance, overseen by the Institutional Policy and Planning Committee (IPPC)
- Student Governance, overseen by the Student Government Association (SGA)
Coordination of these three parts occurs via the IPPC, which is chaired by the President and includes in its membership representatives of both FEC and SGA.
Questions concerning this website or concerning governance issues in general should be directed to the Faculty Executive Committee.


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Earth Institute Announces 2007-2008 Marie Tharp Fellows
The Earth Institute at Columbia University is pleased to announce the 2007-2008 Marie Tharp Fellows — four women who are making noteworthy contributions to the study of the natural world.
The 2007-2008 Marie Tharp Fellows are: Susan Capalbo, Director of the Big Sky Regional Partnership and Professor of Agricultural Economics, Montana State University; Sonya Dyhrman, Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Barbara John, Professor of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming; and Kathleen Weathers, Senior Scientist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Each of the Marie Tharp Fellows will spend three months working at the Earth Institute and will receive $30,000 to support their project. Launched in 2004, the Fellowship is named after Marie Tharp, a former Columbia University scientist who left an indelible mark on the study of oceanography by being the first to map the ocean floor on a global scale. Tharp, who joined the University in 1948, published the pivotal interpretations of mid-ocean ridges that led to the eventual acceptance of the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift.
The Marie Tharp Fellowship is sponsored by the Earth Institute ADVANCE Program, a program funded by the National Science Foundation. The mission of ADVANCE is to increase the recruitment, retention and advancement of women scientists and engineers at Columbia University. The Fellowship is open to emerging and established women scholars whose research covers one or more of the core scientific fields in the Earth Institute, including the Earth sciences, engineering, the social sciences, and the environmental health sciences.
More about the 2007-2008 Marie Tharp Fellows:
Susan Capalbo, Director of the Big Sky Regional Partnership and Professor of Agricultural Economics, Montana State University
Cabalpo will be working with the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy to systematically address potential regulatory and economic roadblocks for the early commercialization of carbon capture and storage technologies. She has been involved in the economics of climate change, carbon sequestration, and integrated policy analysis for the past ten years. She has been the Director of the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership since its inception in 2003, and works closely with the Montana Governor's Office as a member of his Science Advisory Panel. She received her Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of California-Davis.
Sonya Dyhrman, Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dyhrman studies how marine phytoplankton influence the cycling of organic matter and different biolimiting elements. As a Marie Tharp Fellow, she plans to use her genomics expertise to examine how increases in CO2 influence carbon metabolism and calcification. Dyhrman will be collaborating working with scientists at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory to develop a molecular-approach to assess species-specific grazing rates on harmful algae. She received her Ph.D. in marine biology from the University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Barbara John, Professor of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming
John has devoted much of her career to understanding processes associated with rifting, and crustal extension in particular. She was the first to apply chronometric techniques originally used in continental settings to document the rate of crustal growth, fault slip, and the thermal/mechanical history of oceanic lithosphere. During her fellowship, John will collaborate with scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory on a project that addresses integrated growth, cooling, and deformation of oceanic lithosphere in slow and ultra-slow spreading ridge environments. She received her Ph.D. in geology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Kathleen Weathers, Senior Scientist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Weathers' expertise is in the mechanisms through which fog influences ecosystem processes. She has conducted research in diverse coastal and inland ecosystems, including northern hardwood, spruce-fir, and oak forests of eastern North America; coastal and temperate rain forests of Chile and California; and semi-arid ecosystems in South America. During her fellowship, Weathers will be collaborating with researchers in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology (E3B) and at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. She received her Ph.D. in ecology from Rutgers University.


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A Call for Dan DiDio Questions
t's that time again...
Time to hit us with your questions for DC Universe Executive Editor Dan DiDio.
So what are you looking to have answered? Ask away below.
Some notes on how to get your question selected:
1) Make sure it's something Dan can answer. As he's said many times, he's not out to spoil stories (and yes, we still do get questions asking about the status quo after Blackest Night - seriously), and he is chiefly concerned and tasked with making sure the content of the books is there, month-in, month-out. He can't talk officially about collections or larger DC policy or business topics - including animation, television and film. And if you're wondering, yes, he does wish comics were cheaper too – and that's about the extent he can go into it.
2) Be objective – or as objective as you can. Dial down the sense of entitlement and fan outrage as best as you can, too. Yes, we all feel it, but pull it back. Along those lines, don't ask a question which makes the subject have to agree with your assessment of a project in order to answer. An example: "Given the utter failure on every level of _____, do you think that...?"
3) Don't do the "Have you stopped beating your wife" type questions.
4) You may want to review the last couple of installments, as we've gotten questions from angry fans claiming their questions never get answered that are actually repeats of things Dan has already talked about - in some cases, talked about many times.
5) Have fun - think of this as a convention panel. Get him going, and he's more than likely to say more than he means to - and then, we all win.
Other than that, have at it. We'll have the answers up next Wednesday.


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A quick update. We are back to the shortened e-mail times.
We are writing todaz from Salzburg, Austria. We arrived last night about midnight.
Zesterdaz was spent traveling to familz historz sites for mz Wanner and Nuffer familz near Stuttgart. We visited Holzgerlingen and Neuffen, the towns where thez lived in for several centuries. Neuffen was well worth the trip. Holzgerlingen turned out to be a bit of a dissapointment as there wasn't much of anzthing old left.
On Sundaz we went in to Munich and visited the little village of Dachau. There we spent a good portion of the daz in the Dachau Concentration Camp. It was interesting to finallz visit one. Dachau had built the ovens and gas showers for mass use, but fortunatelz thez were never used on a mass scale. Thez were used, but in a limited sense. It was interesting.
We maz have a chance to upload photos tonight. Depending on what this computer will allow us to have access to (meaning, will we be able to find the camera or jump drive in order to upload).


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This movie is in the public domain. The owners did not maintain the formalities to maintain copyright protection.
Dishonored Lady stars Hedy Lamar as the party girl, career woman Madeline Damien. She not really happy with her lot in life, but has a lot of trouble escaping her decadent friends and lifestyle. You'd find the theme pretty common in the noir of the time. Bad girls don't prosper. Say it ain't so.