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Which B-list mostly TV comic actress who has never matched the success of her first big hit has said some viciously anti-gay things in the past but is actually sleeping with a woman on the side? Yes, her husband does know about it.
Which B-list mostly TV comic actress who has never matched the success of her first big hit has said some viciously anti-gay things in the past but is actually sleeping with a woman on the side? Yes, her husband does know about it.
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Patrica Heaton
Did Brett Butler ever have a rant? I know she was off the rails there for a while..
NM, not married.
I withdraw my guess and second yours!
Patricia Heaton openly supports gay rights and gay marriage.
JW--google PH homophobic
Yep, she sure does JW.
She is an outspoken conservative but that doesn't automatically = homophobe.
Derek, I did.
The first line in this one is "After some of us questioned why a generally LGBT supportive (even if conservative) celebrity like Patricia Heaton".
Patricia Heaton has indicated that she has conservative views but on LGBT matters, she supports gay rights and feels that people who do not are "lunatics".
Hi everyone .. and it's another happy happy day! JW, you might be getting PH (as I do) with another actress who has a similar name / look. (It will come to me).
I don't think JW has it mixed up at all
Anyway, isn't the Middle considered a hit? That would be PH's second.
Good to hear that about PH. Personally, as an anti-racist, pro-immigration, gay-friendly fiscal conservative, I like to hear there are more of us out there. I believe in a country and a world where there's room for everyone. I also believe in economic freedom.
"I used to think Patricia Heaton was funny, but now I'm just grossed out by her!"
Those are the biting words of comic Kathy Griffin, who's been blasting the former "Everybody Loves Raymond" star in her new sold-out comedy tour. Griffin's taken the 48-year-old actress to task for her conservative views on subjects such as gay rights and stem cell research.
"The whole gay issue, I gotta tell you - when I hear Patricia talking her bull---- and saying it's not in the Bible that gay people should be together - those are the pieces of information that I can't forget about," said Kathy.
I get her mixed up with Marcia Gay Harden
Kathy Griffin is not generally known for having her facts straight. The article I posted to is a gay website, the article was posted in February of this year. I've also read the articles with Heaton where she states that she supports gay rights. She does not support abortion or stem cell research. As Bacon Ranch points out, not all conservatives are homophobes.
Yeah I'm not taking Kathy Grating Voice Griffin's word to the bank, that is for damn sure.
Heaton is on record as against stem cell research but that's not the subject of the blind. She's on the record more than once supporting gay rights and gay marriage.
JW---give it up. I can post other articles if you want. You just choose to think you are right when you are wrong. She is just supporting gays now to save face.
Okay, Derek, you've obviously made up your mind. No point in letting actual facts change a stupid opinion.
That's fairly standard isn't it? Homophobia for bunches of closeted gay peeps? For every anti-gay spouting politician, isn't there always a boyfriend rolling his eyes while waiting in a hotel room? Or airport bathroom?
To be different, Melissa McCarthy.
NVM, missed mostly TV. She's probably mostly movies now.
Patricia Heaton gets on my every last nerve. I loved her on Everybody Loves Raymond and thought she was awesome, then she joined the slut-shaming of the college girl who wanted birth control to be covered. She actually slut-shamed the girl on Twitter, crap like "keep your legs closed then" when the woman has a non-contraceptive use for contraceptives. (Google PCOS and BCP. Not every female who uses contraceptives is asking the government to "support her right to be a slut", ya know.)
Not all conservatives are homophobes, or even jerks at all (my SO leans conservatively), but that was not cool at all. She apologized and deleted her tweets about it, but as someone who says she is a Christian, she ought to look at the words of the faith: Out of the mouth, the heart speaks (Luke 6:45).
LOL the article I posted is from 2011, so she sure has one hell of a time machine.
(heh this is fun)
though I would rather ride with the Tennant Dr. Who in his Tardis :(
@JW you give it up, JW is correct in this case. PH is extremely anti-abortion but is pro-LGBT equality.
Her rant against that girl ticked me off too!!!
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@Bacon---yeah so she probably changed her political public opinion since then. It says she has said some homophobic things in the PAST. She is only pro-gay marriage publicly cause she works in HWOOD with many gay people and it was effecting her career. Shes like a racist who claims to have "many black friends".
Derek she made the pro gay statements in 2011 and from the article JW submitted from earlier this year, it hasn't changed.
In case you missed what JW found:
Wrong guess, that's all I'm sayin'. If Ent tries to reveal this as her, the evidence is in the thread to the contrary.
but Kathy Griffins statement was from 2006. I am thinking Patrica has changed her views (or at least publicly--I personally think she is the devil) between then and that article.
Derek, assuming you are correct don't you think the gay website would have, instead of describing her as generally supportive, said something to the effect of she is back to her old ways. I think Kathy Griffin simply failed to check her facts and lumped Heaton in with the general view of conservatives as homophobes, probably because she professes to have a strong Christian faith.
Kathy Griffin is a not-funny D-Bag.
JW for the love of god. The article you posted is from 2011. The article I posted was from 2006. It is the year 2014 (and she has made plenty of hateful rants about other things in the meantime). Enty has stated that she has said homophobic things in the past. It does not give a time-frame. What is your point about timing? Also, she may have said demeaning things in private or at a party etc. I gave you an example of someone claiming she was a homophobe I also found 2 others. All these examples were from around the early to mid 2000s
but as I stated the timing is irrelevant cause she could have just simply changed her views (probably cause people are sick of her shit!) publicly to be a little less hated cause that sorta thing is no longer tolerated.
Not speaking for JW but I'm not going to go with "she may have had said things at a party" BUT KATHY GRIFFIN SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HER THAT IS GOSPEL TRUTH 8 YEARS AGO.
That's just stupid.
I'm the one who gave you the 2011 article, the one she [provided was from last month. From a gay website, no less.
Wrong guess.
I don't think PH is the subject of this blind, but she HAS in the past made bigoted remarks (I hate the word homophobe). It's possible she has changed her mind, or it's more likely she realized that it isn't good for her public image to state them in public given the way the tide is turning.
Try not to get your panties in a bunch Derek..it may just be true that PH is supportive of LBGT community. Now go put your fedora back on girl
Dont think so--they are tacky tacky
oh, hahahaha
whats that feathery thing yall like to wear? see, theres the lezzie talkin
whats that feathery thing yall like to wear? see, theres the lezzie talkin
ew. fedoras suck. Im off to google gay accessories
a boa? lol ---I am not a tranny ; )
@Derek 2006 interview - New York Times, perhaps more reliable than Kathy Griffin, page 2
Boa!!! yes. the twinks over here love that shit for getting pretty
That is who I first guessed but googled some and it she seems ok with lgbt.
Just to be different I'm going to say Megan Mullaly.
Probably not Megan. She did that whole interview where she claimed everyone was innately bisexual.
So, Patricia Heaton is having girl-on-girl sex? Is that what I'm to make of all this? Ok.
Definitely NOT Megan M, she came to Sydney once and did a show during the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras a few years ago....leave Karen ALONE!! Plus she's always been outspoken for LGBTI stuff, she's just not in the press as much about it....
I don't like PH or Kathy. And I have two fedoras that I think are super cute.
I know I'm old and all, but I like fedoras, too!!
Don't know how angelic her teens twenties were but Heaton put the smack down on being on the Pill in college and being 'slutty'.
I love the Middle. The ratings keep it from cancellation but a Hit? Dunno
kirstie alley??
only because cheers was the biggest and the rest will never come close and co$ is against the gays.. I know it says husband, but she has been telling people she's married?? just throwing out a guess.
Angie Harmon for the WIN.
Patricia f*cking Heaton, of course.
Uh oh with the Kelly O. slip there, @Derek. The PCPD will be all ova your ass, next!! Hide!
Or changed her views, full stop.
It's a bit disheartening to think that if a person is uncomfortable with homosexuality or has reservations about gay marriage being legal, then changes her opinion after being educated on the issue, she will still be regarded as anti-gay.
That attitude renders the campaign to enlighten people rather useless, doesn't it? That is, why should I listen if you're going to label and hate me anyway?
I love this reply, @Countess. Made me smile.
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When I started to write Clinton, Inc: The Audacious Rebuilding of a Political Machine, I knew the reaction to expect. I was well aware that the former (and perhaps future) first family and its massive retinue of loyalty enforcers, professional defamers and assorted gadflies would rue my intent to examine the real Clintons—especially in my search for the real Chelsea Clinton, who until now has been a media-protected nonperson despite her aggressive public activities on her family's behalf and despite raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars from her role as former first daughter.
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1) Media intimidation tactics: Following their usual method of operation, the first thing Team Clinton would do is attempt a media blackout. A producer with CNN said I'd never be able to get any airtime on her show because the Clintons punish networks that give space to their perceived enemies. So far, even claims in my book that were well sourced with on-the-record quotes—such as Bill Clinton offering counsel to John McCain in how to defeat Barack Obama in 2008—have been all but ignored by the mainstream media.
2) Defame and attack: There would be repeated efforts to turn me into a kook or right-wing hit man. Though they haven't yet gone so far to label me a "crazed stalker" like they did with Monica Lewinsky, the reliable Clinton aide Nick Merrill has repeatedly deployed a classic Clinton spin line on my work—before it was even on sale, mind you, and presumably he hadn't yet read it. "It's sad to see Daniel Halper join the discredited and disgraced ranks" of other authors supposedly out to get them at all costs, he emailed the Huffington Post. Sadly, I received no credit from the Clintons or from Merrill for the praise of both Bill (that he's a "political genius) and Hillary (that she's "intensely likable") in various parts of the book. Merrill also claimed I was just out "to make a buck." Which I take it means that Bill and Hillary Clinton donated all the proceeds of their millions in book deals to charity?
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Jarvis v. Feild, 327 S.W.3d 918 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi-Edinburg 2010, no pet. h.).
ESTATE ADMINISTRATION -- Venue
Litigant objected to the court's venue to probate a will. Because Litigant did not object until Litigant appealed the admission of the will to probate, the court held that she waived her venue argument.
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Litigant appealed asserting that an approved inventory was incomplete and misstated the value of the listed property. However, her appeal did not specifically indicate she was appealing the inventory order but rather objected to the approval of the account for final settlement which the court issued many months later. Litigant argued that the two orders were linked so the appeal of the account for final settlement automatically appealed the approval of the inventory. Although there was no support for Litigant's argument, the court decided to review the inventory approval because appellate issues should be liberally construed so the right to appeal is not lost. After examining the evidence, the court determined that the trial court did not err in approving the inventory.
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Van Gaal a drastic change from Moyes
As the World Cup comes to its conclusion, next season's Premier League kickoff is just over five weeks away.
Those who will find themselves covering Manchester United have a glint in their eye. This Louis van Gaal chap seems like he might provide some good stories win, draw or lose -- though especially lose.
The Dutch master has carried himself as if he were the coach of the tournament. His public pronouncements are never slow in awarding himself credit.
He has revealed himself to be no respecter of reputations, with the successful removals of Robin van Persie and Jasper Cillessen bringing in match winners for both the Netherlands' knockout matches. The Tim Krul introduction for the penalty shootout did a fine job of shrouding what had been a poor display against Costa Rica. The general who makes his own luck is a fine characteristic to call on in top-level coaching.
At such a time, it is difficult not to draw comparisons with David Moyes, Van Gaal's hapless predecessor-to-be or "Poor David," as he became known to many in United circles. Van Gaal, brusque, self-assured and flamboyant, has looked in Brazil like everything Moyes could not be at Old Trafford.
Moyes remains well-liked in football, except among those who helped bring about his fall in April. Plenty of goodwill is retained for him.
He won much credit among the English press pack when showing up in Miami as the England squad prepared for its embarrassingly premature exit. Away from the glare of the postmatch flash interview or those uncomfortable news conferences that got shorter with each defeat, Moyes is a sociable, clubbable cove and won back the appreciation of those who became his tormentors during that disastrous nine months in charge.
One thing remains clear: Moyes was never a fit for United. On arrival, the place shrank him, one of British football's finest managers, and he never allowed himself to grow back. Van Gaal does not strike as a man to be so bowed, so humble. If the aim of the Glazer family's appointment is to reduce the residual influence of Sir Alex Ferguson, then such a dominant figure is necessary.
Van Gaal has never been known to duck a challenge.
Making returns to Barcelona, Ajax and the Dutch team suggests either reckless abandon or total self-assurance. Things did not work out at either club, but a return to the national team has provided vindication. Failing to get a generation containing Ruud van Nistelrooy, Patrick Kluivert, Clarence Seedorf and Edwin van der Sar to the 2002 World Cup was the biggest blot on his résumé, yet with a group of lesser talents, he has gone far beyond expectations in 2014.
Like Moyes, Van Gaal is a tracksuit manager, but the evidence suggests that the results of their training ground work are very different. Moyes preached solidity, shape and linear football to players who refused to be converted. Van Gaal's Netherlands have played several different formations in five matches in Brazil, with adaptability, a tenet of "Total Football," at the heart of his dictations.
Showdown in Sao Paulo
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- McIntyre: Argentina's defense rising to occasion
- Delaney: Old foes reunite in Argentina vs. Netherlands
- McIntyre: Superstars collide in Messi vs. Robben
- FC TV: What tactics will Van Gaal employ?
- Marcotti: Previewing the World Cup semifinals
- FC TV: Van Persie's fitness in questions
- Ames: Gamesmanship alive and well
The Netherlands' opening win against Spain will probably end up being the most devastating display of this entire World Cup. It was achieved through Van Gaal striking at the heart of Spain. Where others had previously sat back to be eventually lulled by Spain's possession game, the Dutch asked questions that the ailing holders could no longer answer.
Van Persie and Arjen Robben in particular, players beyond their supposed peak years, performed as if given fresh footballing lives. Around them, their teammates always stuck to their coach's rigorous instructions; those United players whose interest dipped under Moyes will not get away with it now.
"He is the brain behind everything," said Krul on Monday. "We know before each game what we have to do."
In choosing to take on United after a World Cup, Van Gaal, hardly getting any younger at 62, placed great pressure on himself. Had the Dutch exited Group B, as many expected, then he faced arriving in Manchester as a lame duck. Now, no matter what might happen from this point on, he will arrive with his swagger fully justified, his blow-dried head held high.
"I'm asking you, if you have such a clever question, if you're going to ask me questions, I'm going to ask you questions" is a sample of his World Cup news conferences. He has not joined Manchester United to make friends. Those expectant journalists are in for a far tougher ride from Van Gaal than they ever gave Moyes.
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Scarlet fever is caused by an infection with group A streptococcus bacteria (usually strep throat). The bacteria make a toxin (poison) that can cause the scarlet-colored rash that gives this illness its name.
Not all streptococci bacteria make this toxin and not all children are sensitive to it. Two children from the same family may both have strep infections, but one child (who is sensitive to the toxin) may develop the rash of scarlet fever while the other doesn't.
If a child has this scarlet rash and other symptoms of strep throat, it can be treated with antibiotics and it is important to call your doctor.
The rash is the most obvious sign of scarlet fever. It usually begins looking like sunburn with tiny bumps and it may itch. The rash usually appears first on the neck and face, often leaving a clear unaffected area around the mouth. It spreads to the chest and back, then to the rest of the body. In body creases especially around the underarms and elbows, the rash forms classic red streaks. Areas of rash usually turn white when you press on them. By the sixth day the rash usually fades but the affected skin may begin to peel.
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When scarlet fever happens because of a throat infection, the fever usually stops within 3 to 5 days, and the sore throat passes soon afterwards. The scarlet fever rash usually fades on the sixth day after sore throat symptoms began, but skin that was covered by rash may begin to peel. This peeling may last 10 days.
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In rare cases, scarlet fever may develop from a streptococcal skin infection like impetigo. In these cases, the child may not get a sore throat.
The bacterial infection that causes scarlet fever is contagious. A child who has scarlet fever can spread the bacteria to others through nasal and throat fluids by sneezing and coughing. If a child has a skin infection caused by strep bacteria, like impetigo, it can be passed through contact with the skin.
When a child is sick at home it is always safest to keep that child's toothbrush, drinking glasses, and eating utensils separate from those of other family members, and to wash these items thoroughly in hot soapy water. Wash your own hands often as you care for a child with a strep infection.
If your child has a rash and the doctor suspects scarlet fever, he or she will usually take a throat culture (a painless swab of throat secretions) to see if the bacteria grow in the laboratory. If a strep infection is confirmed, the doctor will prescribe an antibiotic for your child to be taken for about 10 days.
A child with severe strep throat may find that eating is painful, so serving soft foods or a liquid diet may be best. Include soothing teas and warm nutritious soups, or cool soft drinks, popsicles, or slushies. Make sure that your child drinks plenty of fluids. You can give over-the-counter ibuprofen for the throat pain.
If the rash itches make sure that your child's fingernails are trimmed short so skin isn't damaged through scratching. Try an over-the-counter anti-itch medicine to help relieve the itching.
Call the doctor whenever your child suddenly develops a rash especially if it is accompanied by a fever, sore throat, or swollen glands. This is especially important if your child has any of the symptoms of strep throat, or if someone in your family or in your child's school has recently had a strep infection.
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Two men were shot and one killed in separate incidents in Baltimore early on Thursday morning, according to police.
Police said 35-year-old Frank Harper was killed in the 5500 block of Reisterstown Road after he got into an argument with an armed security guard at a Subway restaurant. The two got into an argument that spilled outside into a fight, and police said the guard — who has not been identified — fired his weapon multiple times, striking Harper at least once.
Homicide detectives were interviewing the guard, police said.
Another man was shot in the leg and shoulder in Southwest Baltimore at about 2:30 a.m., police said. The 37-year-old man was found by police inside of a home in the 200 block of N. Monastery Avenue in the Allendale neighborhood. Police said his condition was stable and he was expected to survive.
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Video Game Lets Players Be Heart Surgeons for a Day
(SAN FRANCISCO) -- If you ever wanted to be a surgeon but were put off by the annoying requirement of medical school, a new video game lets you try your hand at heart surgery. No degree is required.
Developed by Bossa Studios Ltd., Surgeon Simulator 2013 lets players perform a heart transplant — normally a delicate and meticulous operation. In the game, though, players are not very likely to worry about their patient, named "Bob," as much as they are to use a big saw to get his pesky heart out of his chest. (While the operation is a game, there is quite a bit of pixelated blood that might bother the squeamish.)
"We had a lot of fun just playing with the hand and making gestures," said Tom Jackson, one of the game's developers, in an email to ABC News. "We were pretty sure we had something fun. Although the online response in the last week has been completely overwhelming!"
The game was created as part of the San Francisco Global Game Jam, where teams had 48 hours to create and develop a game inspired by human heartbeats. The Bossa programmers got positive reviews. They are now talking about a full version of Surgeon Simulator next year, in which let players will be able to do brain surgery and dentistry. The developers are asking players to send back comments and reviews of the game.
"Golden rule is if it makes us giggle, we'll put it in the game. And it's worked out so far," said game designer Luke Williams in a commentary.
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The gravestone is broken, resting against what may be its original base, pieces from other markers alongside. An interesting picture, I thought.
son of
Cordelia E.
Nov. 28. 1878.
18ys. 8ms. & 1d.
What is missing? What about the father?
With that simple question, I jumped down another genealogical rabbit hole.
If Francis was 18 years old in 1878, he may have been born when the 1860 census was taken. A quick search for Cordelia Thomas on Ancestry.com finds a good match.
|Household of Cordelia Thomas, 1860 U.S. census, Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, Taken on June 5.
The census record, showing Cordelia as head of household (no Mr. Thomas here), matches the gravestone in (1) location, (2) mother's name, and (3) age and gender of the baby with no name.
After several more searches on some of my favorite genealogy-related sites, Francis Thomas's father was still a puzzle. (I did find Cordelia's death record on FamilySearch.org; she died in 1905, apparently never having remarried.)
I was about to set this puzzle aside when I tried a sloppy, vanilla Google search for Cordelia Thomas Delaware County Ohio—and found Mr. Thomas hiding in an 1880 book, History of Delaware County and Ohio.
|From History of Delaware County and Ohio,
O.L. Baskin & Co., 1880
Mystery solved. Mr. Thomas is Mr. John Thomas.
Uh-oh. Something is wrong here.
If John Thomas died in June of 1858—two years before the 1860 census—he could not have been the father of Cordelia's baby-without-a-name.
Guess I will set this puzzle aside for now after all. Something is wrong somewhere. It could be a minor error, or it could be that I have tried to force a puzzle piece into the wrong puzzle altogether.
It's an interesting photo nonetheless.


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Pro-Russian separatists on Monday seized a police building in yet another city in Russian-leaning eastern Ukraine, defying government warnings that it was preparing to act against the insurgents.
Dozens of angry men hurled rocks, smashed the windows and broke into a police station in the city of Horlivka not far from the border with Russia, while hundreds of onlookers cheered them on. Thick white smoke rose from the entrance to the building, from which the insurgents hoisted the Russian flag.
The events in Horlivka were the latest sign of trouble in Russian-speaking eastern and southern regions, in which pro-Russian gunmen have seized or blocked government buildings in at least nine cities demanding more autonomy from the central government and closer ties with Russia.
Oleksandr Sapunov, one of the men who took part in storming the police building in Horlivka, said the insurgents were fighting against appointees of the Kiev government, including the local police chief, and wanted to appoint a leadership of their own.
"The people came to tell him that he is a puppet of the Kiev junta and they won't accept him," Sapunov said.
Kiev authorities and Western officials have accused Moscow of instigating the protests, saying the events echoed those in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia last month. Ever since pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia in late February, Russia has demanded constitutional reforms that would turn Ukraine into a loose federal state.
After refusing demands for a referendum by separatists in the east, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov indicated Monday that holding a nation-wide referendum on the nation's status was a possibility and that such a vote could be conducted on May 25, along with presidential elections. Turchynov expressed confidence that Ukrainians would vote against turning the country into a federation and against its break-up.
Meanwhile, a deadline set by the Ukrainian government for pro-Russian gunmen to leave government buildings in eastern Ukraine and surrender weapons passed early Monday, with no immediate sign of any action to force the insurgents out.
Turchynov had issued a decree Sunday that those protesters who disarm and vacate government offices in several cities in the Russian-leaning east of the country by 0600 GMT Monday will not be prosecuted. Turchynov vowed that a "large-scale anti-terrorist operation" would take place to re-establish control over those areas and that the fate of the Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Russia last month, will not be repeated.
There was no immediate comment from the government on the deadline passing.
But Serhiy Taruta, governor of the Donetsk region, where government buildings in several cities, including the regional capital Donetsk, have been seized by pro-Russian gunmen, said an anti-terrorist operation was underway in the region, according to the Interfax news agency.
Taruta did not give any details of what the anti-terrorist operation would entail. The governor usually does not have authority to launch anti-terrorist measures on his own and he was likely acting on the orders of top security officials in Kiev.
Taruta said the anti-terrorism measures were aimed at "protecting the peace and order on our land, which today is being taken away from us by armed, aggressive fanatics cynically and cold-bloodedly," he was quoted as saying. "They are terrorists and we will not let them rule on our land." He did not provide any details of the operation.
But acting Deputy Interior Minister Mykola Velichkovych acknowledged Monday that some police officers in eastern regions were switching to the side of the separatists and handing police stations over to the insurgents.
"In the east we have seen numerous facts of sabotage from the side of police," Velichkovych, told reporters.
The West has accused Moscow of fomenting the unrest. Ukraine's ousted president, Viktor Yanukovych, claimed that the Kiev government was coordinating its actions with the CIA.
Russia has warned the Kiev government against using force against the protesters in the east and has threatened to cancel in international diplomatic conference on the Ukrainian conflict scheduled for later this week.


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Located on the University's west campus and built for an estimated $4.2 million, the official ribbon cutting ceremony was held on October 23, 1998.
Aggieland has served as the host for many intercollegiate tennis tournaments, from USTA events to the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships in 2002, 2005 and 2009.
Chosen as the USTA Facility of the Year in 1999, the Mitchell Tennis Center has twelve lighted courts with seating for nearly 3,000 spectators. The candle power of the lights averages 150 feet inside the fences, which is greater than that of USTA Championship status.
"We are trying to make tennis progressive by scheduling night matches when people can come to watch," A&M men's head coach Steve Denton said. "We have some of the best teams in the country schedule to play us at home each year. We are also one of only two or three schools in the nation to sell season tickets."
There are many amenities in the facility including locker rooms for both the men's and the women's teams, a full size training room, a player's lounge, head coaches offices, as well as offices for the assistant coaches.
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-Oh no, not now, let's look at the moon! said Rosita.
-Oh, c'mon baby, let's you and I do Weeweechu. I love you and it's the perfect time, Pedro begged..
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Although most young buyers look for apartments because these are easier to maintain, villas and bungalows have still not lost their charm. Bengaluru, of late, has opened up with options developed by both private developers as well as by the Bangalore Development Authority. After successfully allotting 90 per cent of the developed villas at Alur, the development body has invited tenders for the next lot of villa developments at Hunnigere village of Dasanapura.


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When Lauren from Love Laughter and Learning in Prep asked me to join with her and some other wonderful Aussie teacher-bloggers in a 'Swap, Share and Give' blog linky, I HAD to say yes! So much fun! Giving and sharing are two of my most favourite things to do.
Lauren and I swapped a resource from our teaching collections.
Lauren sent me her new Caterpillar Sight Word Game that reviews 220 Dolch words. Perfect timing as we are working hard at the moment on Sight Words in my First Grade class!
Lauren has colour coded the different sets of words, which makes game set-up a breeze! I like that she has put the word on the left of the card and the picture on the right. We teach children left-to-right progression in reading, and this card design will assist in reinforcing that concept!
The game includes fun 'caterpillar' and 'butterfly' cards which adds an element of fun to the activity! Your students will LOVE them! They read sight words and try not to have their cards gobble dup by that hungry caterpillar as they go!
You can find this fabulous resource by clicking on any of the images above!
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I want to share an idea and printable with you today.
As I have just printed Lauren's card game, I will be adding it to my resource boxes. Over the years, I have tried many many different 'organisational systems' for my classroom resources. I settled on this one a few years back. I have a 'file box' for basic areas of the curriculum (mainly the ones I cover in small-groups). I also have a box for some themed areas of learning.
I once had all these resources in a traditional 4 drawer filing cabinet, but when I made the shift to part time teaching, I found these boxes perfect for my travels to and from school. I also like that I can grab a box that will be used for the week, and have it out ready, while the rest are packed away out of sight.
Here are some of my mathematics boxes.
In them, I place each different activity (game, center, word cards etc), in its own plastic document wallet. I do not worry about files, as these just add weight and bulk to the box.
These are the wallets I use. They are 'compact' and do not have a button or zip. They sit flat and you can get lots of them in the box!
In each pouch/wallet, I try to put a cover that, in a glance, tells me a bit about the activity. After a decade or so, of gathering resources, I do forget what-is-what sometimes.
I also put an 'instruction' sheet in the pouch. It is helpful for when you have parent helpers in the classroom,, working with groups. I have also found, when I am brain-fried, I just need to read out what students have to do. You know how it gets by 1pm on Friday, when it's time for groups.... I cannot string three words of thoughts together, let alone explain the rules to a game!
Today, I want to share with you a pro-forma that I just prettied up for you. I have in the past, just scrawled notes on a scrap of paper or on post-its. This page can be added to the pouch/wallet of each activity you have. It helps you remember quickly, how to differentiate your activities.
This makes your planning easier, saves you in prep time, and helps you suck every last inch of educational benefit out of a resource. Why make 5 resources when you can just use 1!?
When I plan for 'small groups' (maths groups, reading groups, guided reading, play groups etc), I usually have 5 or 6 groups of children, and they are grouped according to their ability or achievement on our continuum of learning. In the past, I planned 5 different activities, depending on what level of learning they were up to. And sometimes, that is still appropriate. BUT.... if you have one of these pages in your activity wallets, you can quickly differentiate one set of resources for ALL of your groups!
As you see in the example below, a basic sight word game "Carrot Crunch" can be played in 5 different ways, by changing or adding to the original instructions/outline.
I am planning to add this sheet to all of my pouches, and the next time I get them out to use, I will just jot some ideas down. It is not meant to be a planner or program, just a way to record ideas. I put the heading at the top and the teaching area. Then I listed 5 activity variations ranging from basic at #1 to more advanced at #5.
You can download this differentiation planning sheet from google drive, by clicking on the image below!
We are giving you the chance to win a copy of ALL of the resource featured on ALL of the blogs in this linky! Just follow each of the TpT stores, and add your details to the Rafflecopter below!
And I am giving you the opportunity to win a $10 TpT gift Voucher to spend in my store, Lauren's store or ANY where on TpT. Just leave a comment here and enter the rafflecopter!
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Don't expect too many big names going anywhere
Talking with a couple of front-office and other official type of people from the NHL today, a picture is starting to emerge about the trade deadline: it could be quiet tomorrow.
Here's the deal: teams are scared to death about what the salary cap could be reduced to in a couple of years. Next year, it probably won't go down much. But the year after that? It could theoretically easily go from the current $56.7 million all the way back down to $40 million. Maybe even less.
With the economy the way it is, with the revenue projections currently being forecast for the near future at least, that could easily become the new cap. And remember: players are already having 22.5 percent of their checks deducted for escrow, to make up for a potential NHL revenue shortfall for this season alone. None of the players I've talked to expect to get any of that money back. So, pick any player right now and look at their salary, deduct 22.5 percent, then deduct another 40 percent or so in income and federal taxes, and they're basically taking home only 37-percent of what their salary says on paper.
The deal is, teams are NOT going to be taking on any big contracts that extend beyond next year, unless they are an absolute young, bona-fide stud player.
That's why I feel pretty confident that Ryan Smyth won't be going anywhere tomorrow, at least. And, why you may not see guys like Brett Clark or Ruslan Salei going anywhere. Clark's and Salei's contracts extend one more year, but at more than $3 million each.
Any kind of big contract is very, very difficult to move right now.
Another thing: nobody wants to give up any first-round picks to this year's draft. This is expected to be a very deep draft, with a lot of very good forwards available. Again, unless it's for a real stud player – young, already proven – teams aren't going to give up those picks in a trade. It's not going to happen.
So, while I expect there to be a deal or two by the Avs tomorrow (Leopold, Svatos, maybe Lappy, maybe Salei, maybe even Hensick and, the longest of long shots, maybe even Tucker), I think it is going to be a fairly quiet, uneventful trade deadline day.
Smyth, as of last night, still hadn't been contacted by the Avs about a trade waiver. If it didn't happen last night, there will be no trade I wouldn't think, as wouldn't it be only proper to give Smyth a night to "sleep on it" if he was asked to waive it and go to a new team? He's got two young kids, don't forget.
And if I'm wrong, I'll delete this post faster than you can say "The Bachelor" was a scripted fraud.


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Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Is the Epic Reunion We've Been Asking For
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I constantly hear people argue various beekeeping practices saying how can it be wrong, beekeepers have been doing it for X number of years.
This evokes the sacred law of "If it ain't broke don't fix it"
With the constant battle against Varroa mites, systemic pesticides, aging number of commercial beekeepers, CCD... the list goes on, I would argue that beekeeping is broken.
Even when it comes to a topic such as overwintering, a beekeeper is happy if 50-70% of their hives make it (in my region). There is room for improvement. Technology is allowing us to monitor much more inside a hive, who knows what we can learn. People may argue that science and technology have done a lot to hurt beekeeping, but please don't confuse gained knowledge with how people have chose to use it. (I'm not necessarily advocating wires and batteries in hives, just don't hate on research and ideas.)
The main argument I have with this reasoning is how stagnant it is. I believe we should always be striving to improve, and I hope you all do to. The world around us is constantly changing. Beekeeping experiences new challenges and scientific breakthroughs every year. If you are not adapting your beekeeping practices and staying up to date with the latest research, beekeeping may not have a place in the future.


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We have been in this business since 1969. We have "paid our dues" and acquired knowledge and skills that are superlative. We have chosen to specialize in tires, brakes, and wheel alignment to serve our customers in what we do best. We realize we cannot be everyone's tire store. We cater to those that expect a little more. A little more quality, a little more precision in tire recommendations, a little more accuracy in wheel alignments. And more than a little more honesty. You will never be pressed into a hasty decision here.


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HFM necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 310 diseños de 80 diseñadores freelance.
We are a new media marketing company in need of a logo with solid brand potential that will be used as a foundation for business cards, websites and letterhead.
Hungry Fish Media
We want a modern, clean, relevant logo that works well in the corporate and enterprise environment but which is distinctive enough to have a good brand presence. This is a new media internet advertising/marketing company, not a stodgy old company looking for a facelift.
Hungry Fish Media's business is the marketing of various products across different online advertising platforms, connecting real people to real products. We do not currently offer marketing consulting services, as we market only our own products, but consulting or advertising services in the future are not out of the question.
We really believe in the potential brandability of our name 99and so will be looking for logo concepts and designs that really "pop" and stand out to us.
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- The logo should be a combination of graphics and our name, "Hungry Fish Media." "Media" may be secondary or de-emphasized in comparison to "Hungry Fish." This would be okay and potentially even preferable.
- We don't have a particular color palette in mind but we are looking for bold, striking coloration.
- Assume no prior logo, design or color scheme-- use your imagination and judgment. We will try to provide timely, detailed feedback.
- Should work on both black and white backgrounds.
- Normal looking (read: boring).
- Blah, not stand out.
- We do not want to see non-original layout or icons.
- Anything that is similar to another company's logo or trademark. A trademark search will be done for similar logos with our legal team before a winner is chosen-- it must be unique and original!
- Please no clip art or photos.
- Nothing cluttered or whimsical.
- Not too many different colors.
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Expanded replay a necessary adjustment for baseball
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Expanded video replay is coming to a ballpark near you, probably by next spring.
While departed baseball purists are turning over in their graves at the thought of such an innovation, it's good for the game, for the fans, not to mention managers and umpires.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Expanded video replay is coming to a ballpark near you, probably by next spring.
While departed baseball purists are turning over in their graves at the thought of such an innovation, it's good for the game, for the fans, not to mention managers and umpires.
Commissioner Bud Selig calls himself the ultimate baseball purist. I'm not far behind.
But when you think of the technology available today and how it is so important crucial plays are called correctly, even devout purists agree video replay is necessary.
"Three or four years ago, I wasn't the least bit interested in expanded replay," Selig said recently. "Well, my father told me many years ago that life is nothing but a series of adjustments.
"And this is an adjustment that I've made."
Major League Baseball's general managers and owners are meeting this week at the JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes resort, no more than a long-iron shot from Disney World.
Throughout the week, the buzz has been the adoption of expanded replay.
"It's so important to the game, we have to get it right," Seattle Mariners president Chuck Armstrong said Tuesday morning. "The kinks have to be worked out."
And that is one of the issues.
Joe Torre, MLB baseball operations executive vice president, said Tuesday owners could possibly approve the format during their joint meeting Thursday morning, which would include funding for the program.
"We're about as far along with the knowledge we have as we can go," Torre said. "There are still certain things we have to decide on -- the triggering mechanisms, things like that. Stuff that really doesn't affect what we're going to do; just how we're going to do it.
"We have the technology and feel we can [review plays] quickly. We tested last week in the Arizona Fall League, and the results were very promising. We averaged a minute, 40 seconds for six of the seven replays."
Fans are inundated with replays shown over and over again on their team's telecasts. When umpires make crucial calls and moments later the replay shows they were wrong, fans shout about why baseball doesn't use the technology at hand.
Now, it will.
Selig has done a marvelous job of innovations that have improved baseball -- Interleague Play, two Wild Card teams in each league, realignment -- even the existing TV replay for homer calls.
The Commissioner is a master at not pulling the trigger on any decision until the facts are all in and he's convinced it's the correct move.
The 2014 season is the target date to completely implement the expanded format.
"This is something new. When we go forward with this, it's going to be with what we have, what we think and how we think it is going to be best implemented," said Torre. "If the season of 2014 tells us we need to fine tune it, we'll do that."
If, for whatever reason, final approval doesn't take place Thursday, it will happen during January's Owners Meetings in Scottsdale, Ariz.
"They have to give us the right to go forward," added Torre.
In addition, the World Umpires Association and the Major League Baseball Players Association also must approve the format. Negotiations are underway; one session was held during the recent World Series.
Said Torre: "We expect to all be on the same page by the time we need to have it -- by the first of the year or in January at some point."
"Both parties are working diligently to iron out every possible scenario that could occur with a replay," WUA president Joe West told The Associated Press.
During the tryout at the Arizona Fall League, the overall results were good, but some questions arose.
"There were things that happened that need to be worked out," West said.
Under the plan for expanded replay, managers will be allowed one challenge over the first six innings and two from the seventh inning until completion of the game. Calls that are challenged will be reviewed by a crew at MLB Advanced Media in New York who will make the final ruling.
The manager can file a challenge with the crew chief or home-plate umpire on any call he feels is incorrect. Once the challenge is made and the play is reviewed, the manager can no longer argue.
As Torre said, just how a manager triggers a challenge must be decided.
Non-reviewable plays can still be argued by managers, who can request that the umpires discuss it to see if another member of the crew saw the play differently.
Balls and strikes, check swings and several other aspects of the game will not be involved.
"We do not want to lose sight of umpiring on the field," said Torre. "We have to make sure that umpiring on the field doesn't get punished by this. We may have replay, but that doesn't mean we're going to sacrifice the quality on the field."
I believe in some respects the new system will put added pressure on managers. Consider this: There's a close play in a game that goes against his team and the manager decides not to challenge.
Replays shown on the game telecast prove the umpire did, in fact, blow the call. The manager should have challenged, his team loses the game and it was a poor decision.
To challenge or not challenge.
Incidentally, unlike the NFL, managers will not be permitted to communicate with anyone in the ballpark who has access to the regular telecast before executing a challenge.
On Sept. 3, 2008, I was at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg when the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez hit a ninth-inning fly ball high over the left-field foul pole. It ricocheted off a catwalk above the field. It was called a home run.
Rays manager Joe Maddon asked crew chief Charlie Reliford to review the call. Two minutes, 15 seconds later after video replay was studied, the home run stood.
That is when replay, which only recently had been adopted, was used and became a part of Major League Baseball for the first time.
Now, that is going to be greatly expanded and it ultimately will make baseball better.
Even for devout purists.
Hal Bodley is the senior correspondent for MLB.com.


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According to the Columbus Dispatch, Ohio's inspector general is investigating why a state agency director approved checking the state child-support computer system for information on "Joe the Plumber." The Dispatch reports:
Helen Jones-Kelly, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, confirmed today that she OK'd the check on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher following the Oct. 15 presidential debate.
She said there were no political reasons for the check on the sudden presidential campaign fixture though the Support Enforcement Tracking System.
No political reasons? Really? According to Open Secrets, Jones-Kelly has maxed out on donations to Barack Obama. This should come as no surprise since state and local governments employees are forced to join unions which give 99% of their money to Democrats and actively campaign for them.
So watch out all you 'Joe the Plumbers' out there. Should you dare question Barack Obama, the Helen Jones-Kelly's of the world will be snooping through your file too.


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LAS VEGAS — Republic Services, Inc. and its subsidiary Republic Silver State Disposal, Inc., will pay $2,975,000 and provide other relief to a class of older workers, settling an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
According to the EEOC, Phoenix-based Republic terminated and denied job transfer opportunities to about 21 employees over the age of 40 at its facilities in southern Nevada between 2003 and 2005 because of their age. The list of terminated employees includes garbage collectors, drivers, and supervisors, some of whom were employed by the company for more than 25 years. The EEOC contends that those jobs were then offered to younger employees who were subsequently held to lower performance standards. The EEOC further charged that Republic engaged in a form of hazing called "break him off," in which some employees were worked to the point of exhaustion, often making it difficult for them to do their jobs.
The EEOC originally filed suit against Republic in 2004 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (U.S. EEOC v. Republic Services, Inc., et al., CV04-1352-DAE (LRL) consolidated with Robert LaRocca and William Lacy v. Republic Services, Inc. et al., CV 04-1479-DAE (LRL), arguing that the alleged conduct was a direct violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA).
"No one should be harassed at work or forced out of a job for discriminatory reasons," said EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien. "The law clearly prohibits mistreatment or dismissal of older workers on account of their age, and no workplace should lose productive and valuable employees because of illegal age stereotyping."
"Our hope is that other employers implement practices to ensure that age stereotyping does not occur in any facet of employment," said P. David Lopez, General Counsel of the EEOC. "As illustrated by this settlement, the EEOC will insist on substantial and meaningful relief for victims of illegal age discrimination."
Aside from the monetary relief, the parties entered into a three-year consent decree requiring Republic to:
"We appreciate the great efforts that Republic has made and will continue to make to ensure that age is not a factor in the workplace," said Anna Park, Regional Attorney for the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office whose jurisdiction includes Nevada. "Although employers may assume that younger employees are more efficient and less costly, this is simply not true."
According to its website, www.republicservices.com, Republic employs approximately 31,000 employees and is a leading provider in the solid waste industry offering waste collection services for commercial, industrial, municipal, and residential customers through more than 375 collection companies in 42 states and Puerto Rico, 223 transfer stations, 192 solid waste landfills and 78 recycling facilities.
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There is really no significant difference between these usages. It's mostly a matter of personal preference. Take "early/later" vs "early/later on". If I was talking about the passage of time during the day, I'd probably use "early that day" and "later that day"; whereas if I was referring to someone's career, I'd say "early on in his career" and "later on in his career". However, switching them round would be just as correct. Don't worry about it.
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Open arena can be downloaded here:hamburn wrote:If this is a RC, wow, it's working, period
As the Mints I have used before, it was running out of the box, and is working happily.
No problems with flash as I have them encountered with ubuntu 8.10 x64.
How comes it, that Clem and the others can do a job that the paid developers at Ubuntu can not do?
Thanks you all
PS.: Two wishes, but no critic. I wish to have OpenOffice 3 and OpenArena 0.8.1


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Welcome to the AgentCubes Wiki. Our mission was to build the worlds easiest to use 3D game design & programming tool. Do existing 3D tools look too daunting? You don't have a programming background? No problem! Create amazing 3D shapes, build sophisticated 3D worlds, rule these worlds through programming and share them instantly as HTML5 web apps (no Java, no Flash, no plug-in required).
Creativity3D is based on 3 revolutionary innovations funded by the National Science Foundation:
- Inflatable Icons: Draw 2D images and turn them into beautiful 3D shapes with the patented inflatable icon process.
- Gentle Slope 3D: Develop advanced spatial reasoning skills by starting with the creation of 2D worlds and gradually turn them into sophisticated 3D.
- Conversational Programming: Go beyond drag and drop programming by using the power of the computer to help you to write working programs.
- Arcade: locate other people's projects, comment, rate them; share your own creations.
- Instructional Videos: Find how-to and other videos.
- FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions.
- Programming (Visual AgentTalk) Reference: Conditions, Actions, Methods, Parameters
- Conditions: VAT language pieces to test situations for your agents' behavior
- Actions: VAT language pieces for your agents to act out
- Methods: combine Rules into methods
- Parameters: used in Conditions and Actions
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- Project Designs: documentation for some of the AgentCubes projects that are bundled with the application
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Repenning, A. and A. Ioannidou 2006. What makes End-User Development Tick? 13 design guidelines. in End-User Development. F. Patern&Mac247; and V. Wolf. Dordrecht, Kluwer.
Your Wish is My Command: Programming by Example Programming by example (PBE) and programming by demonstration (PBD) represent a departure from traditional programming methodology. Why should someone need to learn a complicated syntax to train a computer to perform an action? The idea is to instruct the computer to complete the action and let tools create the necessary syntax. This book discusses several different approaches in a range of industries where the technology is applicable and currently in use.
Micro Motives and Macro Behavior, Thomas C. Schelling, 1978, A classic based on the 1971 paper "On the Ecology of Micromotives" explaining how small local phenomena and mind sets can lead to unexpected global consequences. Schelling explains some of these issues using board games.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell, 2000, "The best way to understand the dramatic transformation of unknown books into bestsellers, or the rise of teenage smoking, or the phenomena of word of mouth or any number of the other mysterious changes that mark everyday life," writes Malcolm Gladwell, "is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do." This book is not really about simulations but simulations are ideal means to explore epidemics and to get a concrete sense of the Tipping Point. The [/_Applets/virus-attack-finished/index.html/ AgentSheets virus attack simulation] is an example of an epidemic.
Life on the Screen, Identify in the Age of the Internet, Sherry Turkle, 1995, This book is not concerned with technical aspects of simulation but about its social perspective. Turkle claims that we, as society of computer users, are advancing from a culture of calculation toward a culture of simulation. Simulation in her sense is about the way computers allow us to alter our identity. We found many parallels in our work with school kids creating animal world simulations. Very often these kids no longer distinguished between the artificial animals they had created and themselves. </font>
Learning With Artificial Worlds : Computer Based Modeling in the Curriculum, Harvey Mellar, Joan Bliss, Richard Boohan, Jon Ogborn, 1994, A nice collection of papers about how modeling can be used in schools. A number of tools are discussed including spreadsheets, fluid-based modeling tools such as STELLA, and AgentSheets-like environment such as WorldMaker.
Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams : Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds, Mitchel Resnick, 1997, An exciting book about emerging phenomena and modeling in StarLogo. Through collaboration StarLogo and AgentSheets co-evolved for quite some time. Many things that can be done in AgentSheets could also be done in StarLogo and the other way around.
Growing Artificial Societies : Social Science from the Bottom Up, Joshua M. Epstein, 2050 Project, Robert L. Axtell , 1996, An ambitious book showing how complex issues such as sex, culture, and combat can emerge from simple formalism. Braden Craig created a language extension kit to AgentSheets and built many of the simulations in the book. Braden thesis work called AGES (Agentsheets Genetic Evolutionary System) can be freely accessed .
The Evolution of Cooperation, Robert Axelrod, 1985, From the Publisher "The much-discussed book that explores how cooperation can emerge in a world of self-seeking egoists--whether superpowers, businesses, or individuals--when there is no central authority to police their actions." Axelrod is a leader in applying computer modeling to social science problems.
The Complexity of Cooperation Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration (Princeton Studies in Complexity), Robert Axelrod, 1997, Collection of essays serving as sequel to "The Evolution of Cooperation"
Java in a Nutshell, David Flanagan , 1997. Our current pick of a Java introduction book. Very compact. Ideal for people with C++ or Lisp background. More neutral than the Sun books.
Common Lisp: The Language, Guy L., Jr. Steele, 1990. If you program in Lisp you need this book.</font>
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Book Title
An Entrepreneur's Quest to Build Community and SAVE PLAY!
Darell Hammond
CEO and Co-Founder of KaBOOM!
The powerfully uplifting story of how one man overcame seemingly insurmountable odds and built one of the most successful nonprofits in our nation's history, KaBOOM! chronicles Darell Hammond's amazing journey from a childhood spent living in a group home in Illinois to becoming the cofounder and CEO of KaBOOM!, an organization with this mission at its core: harnessing the power of community to save play for children . . . one playground at a time.
This book demonstrates how one idealist can change the world and how small, civic-minded steps create a ripple effect that can precipitate change in communities and eventually change in the world at large. More than just a memoir, KaBOOM! is a call to action that will inspire readers by challenging them to rethink traditional notions of community and social change.
This is the story of a man with a vision: Play is the best natural resource in a creative economy. Kids need more play —it is not a luxury but a necessity for their lives.
This book appeals to a general audience, and it needs to "pop" off of the shelves of a retail or book store. It's not a business book, but it has great business lessons. There are many moments and stories in the book that anyone could relate to emotionally.
The book cover needs to reflect our organization's commitment to play and playgrounds, but that doesn't mean it needs to be a literal photo or visual of playground equipment. However, we do believe in unstructured play, which means that while we're not against organized sports such as soccer, we wouldn't use those images to represent our organization.
The children we serve are typically ages 5-12 and are very diverse so please keep that in mind when designing the book cover. We have lots of photos of playgrounds being built and of kids playing but we've chosen not to make those available because we feel that our images – not matter how many we choose –will limit your creativity. We're much more interested in your concept than in the perfect photo.
You may have seen our previous contest for this book. As you'll note, the title has changed, and the fact that the design now can and must revolve around the KaBOOM! logo changes the project enough that we feel it warrants a new contest.
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Darell Hammond
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Dec 20th 2017 @ The Royal CuckooSan Francisco, CA
I Was There
Wednesday, December 20th, 2017
The Royal Cuckoo
3202 Mission, San Francisco, CA 94110
Freddie Hughes & Chris Burns at The Royal Cuckoo: This former Mission dive (Belinda's, we hardly knew ye) has taken a sudden turn for the hip. New owners transformed the tiny space into a den of droll anachronistic culture, where vintage lamps cast a subtle glow over a collection of thrift-shop paintings, taxidermy animal heads, and half-quaint/half-quirky retro tchotchkes. You might find a local musician warming the keys of the electric organ in the corner, or perhaps a solo bluesman blowing on his harp, but otherwise the soundtrack comes via a dusty old record player: simply flip through the repurposed library card catalog to find the title of your favorite LP of folksy Americana, classic jazz, trad Latin, tropical exotica, or "Novelty and Beyond," then tell the bartender to slap that platter on the turntable. The most modern thing in the Royal Cuckoo is its signature drink menu - artisanal cocktails being very trendy and "now," of course - so despite the hipster clientele, don't come here looking for the latest high-tech fad. The Royal Cuckoo is the rotary telephone of San Francisco bars.View All Fred Hughes Tour Dates
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Hennessy – The Art of Blending
Hennessy (or Hen Rock as Prodigy calls it) has sponsored a few hip-hop tours the last few years. Most notably one with the Roots, Q-Tip & Common. Some have argued that having an alcohol sponsored hip-hip tour is detrimental to the urban communities they soliciting to and the above artists have caught some flack for it. I am on the fence but will hold off opinion for another post. Anyways, there is a 30 min documentary about the artists and tour that you can find on the Hennessy's Facebook , starting Thursday, June 30th from 5pm EST. (via TSS)
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Richard King has spent about half a century as an East Bay attorney, telling his clients' stories while advocating on their behalf. For nearly as long, the Fremont man has performed as a singer of pop standards in venues as varied as Bay Area churches and Las Vegas lounges.
King, 74, will combine both talents Thursday evening at what has become an annual Christmas tradition: a free concert at the Oakland Mormon Temple.
"It's about 15 to 20 songs and he tells a story, the way he weaves them all together," said Steve Pietkiewicz, a pianist and fellow Fremont Symphony Orchestra board member who will accompany King onstage. "He does ballads that bring a tear to your eye and up-tempo tunes where he's going to swing like Sinatra did."
King said he once met Ol' Blue Eyes more than 40 years ago in Vegas. From the late 1960s through the early 1970s, King worked all week as an attorney and then flew from Oakland to the desert, where he performed weekends in smoky casino haunts like the Sands and the Desert Inn. He said Sin City's hype doctors introduced him to lounge audiences as the "Baritone Barrister" and the "Singing Suer," referring to his day job.
The temple concert this week, scheduled in a much different setting, will be free of charge. That falls in line with one of King's credos, which appears in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." It's when the ghost of Jacob Marley, Scrooge's deceased business partner, laments his amoral life choices. "Business? Mankind was my business," a melancholy Marley tells the miserly Scrooge.
"He's implying that he was a terrible failure" and should have helped people rather than always joining Scrooge in chasing profits, King said. A married grandfather who long has performed philanthropic work, King has no such regrets.
"Mankind is the most important business any of us will ever have," he said.
King, whose Pleasanton-based law firm will celebrate its 50th anniversary next month, is a high-ranking member of Rotary International, an organization dedicated to humanitarian efforts across the globe. For decades, he and fellow Rotarians have spent time and money trying to improve the quality of life of poverty-stricken residents of developing nations.
"Every family, all over the world, wants the same things," he said. "They want safe haven for their children, peace, decent health and prosperity." King also gives closer to home, doing community work as a Niles Rotary member and serving on the Fremont Planning Commission from 2003 to 2010.
"He listens more than he talks, and when he does talk it's meaningful and effective," said Yogi Chugh, a planning commissioner who worked alongside King. "He's a leader among leaders."
King said the concert Thursday will be a cabaret featuring Christmas carols, Broadway show tunes and some classic Sinatra. It is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. at the temple auditorium, at 4780 Lincoln Ave. in the Oakland hills.
"On a clear night up there, you can see all the way to Chicago, or at least to San Francisco and downtown Oakland," he said, chuckling. "It's a nice way for people to celebrate Christmas without having to spend any money."
Contact Chris De Benedetti at 510-353-7011. Follow him at Twitter.com/cdebenedetti.
IF You go
WHAT: Christmas cabaret concert featuring Richard King
WHEN: 8 p.m. Thursday
WHERE: Oakland Mormon Temple, ISC Auditorium, 4780 Lincoln Ave., Oakland
INFO: 510-531-1475 or www.templehillevents.com


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