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Ling - Molva molva
Common name: Ling
Scientific name: Molva molva
Accession number: 074
Materials: Watercolour on paper
When painted: 1831-1841
MacGillivray's "Lota molva". It is likely that MacGillivray obtained his fish specimens from the fish market. It is probable that he would have looked for the best example of a particular type of fish and taken it home to paint it.


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Looks like Wednesday morning's brief leak of a playable Diablo III "Starter Edition" did indeed foretell more open access to the game ahead of its release, as Blizzard announced this morning that it will be opening the game's beta up as part of a server stress test this weekend.
Any players with a valid Battle.net account will be able to log on starting at 12:01pm PT today, but you can start downloading the client now, before the servers are officially opened. Open beta players will then have until 10am PT Monday morning to try and work their characters, which can come from any of the game's five classes, up to the limit of level 13. Weekend players won't be able to try out the in-game auction house using the game's preliminary "Beta Bucks" currency, however.
Those who are in on the closed beta will of course still be able to play this weekend, and until the beta shuts down on May 1. Then it's just a couple of short weeks until the official May 15 release date. I know, we're still having a bit of a hard time believing it, too.

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Friday, February 24, 2012
Printing cost
About a year ago I needed a new printer and noticed that color laser printers had become quite affordable, around €500. So I got a HP Color LaserJet CP1515n that I am quite happy with. I don't usually print a lot, so I didn't worry much about the toner. This year I started dungeon master this D&D campaign, and suddenly I am printing a lot: Character sheets, battle maps, handouts, self-written adventures, the lot. So unsurprisingly at one point my toner was heading for empty. So I went and bought a complete set of original toner cartridges, and was surprised that this cost we two thirds of the price of the printer!
Closer examination revealed that this wasn't quite the "buy a new printer when the toner is empty" deal I feared. The CP1515n has a nice function where you can print out a page with a lot of detail on the status of the toner directly from the printer's front panel menu. And once I put a new cartridge in it showed up as being 100% full with an estimate of this being enough for 1400 pages. The cartridges that came with the printer could only do 700 pages when 100% full, so those were half-sized.
If I wanted to save money, I could always buy "rebuilt" toner cartridges which only cost half of what the original cost. But I did that for my previous black & white laser printer, with the result that once on unpacking the rebuilt toner cartridge I had black toner spilled all over my office.
Anyway, if I take original toner and it really gives me 1400 pages per set of toner, my total cost of printing in full color will be under 25 cents per page. I tried to do some research with Google whether that was a typical cost, but quickly found out that printing cost per page is extremely hard to measure. It depends too much on what you print. A printout of a web page with mostly text and just a bit of colored graphics costs a lot less toner than printing a photo or one of my battle maps, where the toner completely covers the page. During my last play session somebody spilled some of his drink on one of my maps, and it turned out that the coat of toner was dense enough to make the paper water-repelling. I'm afraid the "1400 pages" estimate is more for some standardized color page with 20% coverage than my 100% coverage battle maps, which could drive my cost per map to over €1 per page.
Well, I'm a bit of a map-fanatic, so I don't mind the cost. But I had previously assumed that playing pen & paper would be much cheaper than playing a MMORPG, and now I'm not so sure any more. I do think that a pen & paper campaign gains a lot by having lots of maps and printed handouts, but I might well end up paying more for those than $15 a month for a MMORPG. Well, still either hobby is a lot cheaper than the hobbies other middle-aged men waste their money on. ;)
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I know that a black&white copy at a copyshop near university costs 5 cent per page, though they have to pay for the paper too. So I think those printercompanys are just abuseing our wallet.
The BIG BIG thing you need to do to really save your money in the long run is to make sure to print anything that is black and white with the black and white settings. This will use only the black toner cartridge which is usually 1/2 the cost of the color cartridges (Or the same, but 2-4x the pages printable).
When you print Black in the Color Driver, it uses all colors to make black (Including the black itself...). Some current day drivers are a little better at this, but it will still save toner by using the black and white half of the driver.
When you print Black in the Color Driver, it uses all colors to make black (Including the black itself...). Some current day drivers are a little better at this, but it will still save toner by using the black and white half of the driver.
Hi Tobold, check out ink printers. You can save almost half the cost of color laser if you went to an inkjet printer. Ink is actually cheaper when it comes to color prints. Not just any ink jet but the newer pro style printers like the Epson 4020, 4530, and 4540.
Well, this might end up costing more money, but you could consider a projector. Hook it up to a laptop, and then project the map down onto the table.
It would probably work well with battlemaps, though you'd still need to print hand outs.
It would probably work well with battlemaps, though you'd still need to print hand outs.
saal-digital.de is a (german) website, where you can have your photos printed for 49ct (20x30cm). Maybe you can find and use something similar in your country.Post a Comment
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Giants rally to beat Patriots
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Rookie Da'Rel Scott ran a fake punt 65 yards for a touchdown and Derrick Martin returned a fumble 11 yards for a score as the New York Giants rallied for 15 points in the fourth quarter and beat the New England Patriots 18-17 on Thursday night in the preseason finale for both teams.
It was largely a battle of reserves as the Giants rested their starters and New England's first string played just long enough to take a 17-3 lead on the first play of the second quarter.
The Giants were back on the field just a few days after losing to the Jets on Monday night and coach Tom Coughlin took no chances with quarterback Eli Manning and the rest of his starters.
David Carr, battling Sage Rosenfels for the backup job behind Manning, completed 13 of 21 passes for 116 yards with an interception. He fumbled at the New England 1-yard line, ending an 83-yard drive, as the Giants (2-2) turned the ball over three times.
Tom Brady passed for 116 yards in the first quarter and BenJarvus Green-Ellis scored twice on 1-yard runs for the Patriots (2-2).
Carr was replaced in the fourth quarter by fourth-stringer Ryan Perrilloux, who ended up giving the Giants their first lead on a 2-point conversion pass to Jerrel Jernigan after Martin's touchdown return with 9:40 left. That avoided any threat of overtime and extending the preseason.
The Patriots took advantage of New York blunders early, forcing a turnover on the first play from scrimmage and scored a touchdown on the next and led 10-3 before the quarter was over. New England added a quick touchdown on the first play of the second quarter, and that was it for the starters with New England leading 17-3.
Brady completed 5 of 9 before giving way to backup Brian Hoyer in the second quarter.
It was a stalemate from there until the Giants' reserves outplayed New England's in the fourth quarter.
Scott scored New York's first touchdown when the Giants caught the Patriots completely offguard with a fake punt.
Scott, a running back out of Maryland, took the snap and was around the right side before the Patriots realized what was happening. He made a quick cut across the middle then sprinted for the end zone, getting the Giants within 17-10 with 14:50 left.
The Giants scored again when Brian Jackson forced the ball out of Richard Medlin's hands and Martin ran around a pile of players, grabbed the ball and trotted into the end zone.
The Giants were going backward from the start, drawing a penalty for an illegal wedge on the opening kickoff that forced them to start the first drive at their own 5-yard line. Carr completed a short pass to Domenik Hixon, who fumbled when he took a hard hit from Rob Ninkovich. Patrick Chung scooped it up and returned it 18 yards to the 1.
The Patriots had to wait a few minutes for a video review, which upheld the fumble call, before Green-Ellis scored just 20 seconds into the game.
Carr's second pass was a floater that was picked off by Devin McCourty, who returned it 18 yards to the 33. That set up Stephen Gostkowski's 31-yard field goal with 10:14 still left in the first quarter.
Aaron Ross' 48-yard field goal with 2:46 left in the first half got New York within 10-3.
Ross missed from 49 yards with 18 seconds left in the half, then was wide left from 48 yards in the third quarter.
Notes: Defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth made his Patriots debut, finishing with two solo tackles and assisting on another while playing just the first quarter. ... Chad Ochocinco had one catch for 9 yards for New England. ... The Patriots recognized the 10th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center before the game with military and police units bearing flags on the field. Former Patriots guard Joe Andruzzi, his three firefighter brothers and his father, a former police officer in New York City, served as honorary game captains.


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Racial and ethnic trends in the skin cancer melanoma appear different in Florida than from national estimates, with higher incidence rates among Hispanic men and non-Hispanic black women but lower rates among Hispanic women, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
"In the past several decades, melanoma incidence has increased more rapidly than that of any other cancer," the authors write as background information in the article. An estimated one in 58 Americans will develop melanoma in their lifetime, with lighter-skinned populations more likely to develop melanoma. However, melanoma is more likely to be diagnosed at more advanced stages among Hispanic and non-Hispanic black individuals than among non-Hispanic white men and women, resulting in higher mortality rates.
Melanoma incidence also varies by region, most likely because of differences in exposure to UV radiation. "An analysis of state and national melanoma trends is critical for the identification of high-risk regions of the country," write Panta Rouhani, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and colleagues. The researchers compared melanoma incidence in the Florida Cancer Data System to national estimates from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) databases between 1992 and 2004.
A total of 109,633 patients with melanoma were evaluated, including 36,427 from Florida and 73,206 from the SEER registries. The incidence of melanoma among male Hispanics was 20 percent higher in Florida than in the SEER registries, and female non-Hispanic black individuals in Florida had a 60 percent higher incidence of the disease than the same population in the SEER registries. However, female Hispanic patients living in Florida were 30 percent less likely to develop melanoma than those in the SEER database.
"Although causation of melanoma among non-whites cannot be inferred from descriptive data, we believe that the observed trends in Florida are, in part, attributable to UV radiation exposure. The high UV index of Florida may potentially explain the higher incidence pattern in non-white Floridians compared with their non-white counterparts in the SEER catchment areas," the authors write. Migration differences between ethnic groups may contribute to differences between ethnic groups within Florida; non-Hispanic white individuals may have moved to Florida from areas with lower UV radiation indexes, whereas those immigrating from Latin American countries were likely exposed to more UV radiation at younger ages.
"In conclusion, by comparing national melanoma trends with those obtained from individual states, disparities in melanoma prevention and detection may be uncovered," the authors conclude. "We are hopeful that the analysis of ethnic disparities in melanoma will prompt public health initiatives. The development of educational campaigns on sun safety and skin cancer awareness should be tailored to the unique needs of Florida."
Arch Dermatol. 2010;146[7]:741-746.


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All-Big West Honorable Mention
An All-Big West Honorable Mention selection, Franey was the only conference non-starter to earn an all-conference honor...A source of instant energy, she was one of four to play in all of the Gauchos' 32 games...Set career-highs in rebounds and field goal percentage...Averaged 6.3 points per game...Averaged 7.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in Big West play...Reached double-figures in six straight games in January, a stretch where she averaged 11.3 points and 5.5 rebounds...Shot 77.0% from the free throw line, sixth overall in the Big West...100 free throws attempted was third on team...Her eight free throws made on Jan. 28 at Cal State Northridge was a career-high...Matched career-high with five assists at Cal Poly on Feb. 14...Third on team with 4.3 rebounds per game, leading the team in rebounding in four games...13 points, six rebounds and four assists at Fresno State on Nov. 20. 2007-08
Appeared in all 31 games and made four starts...In a three-start stretch in February, Franey averaged 7.3 points and 3.0 rebounds...One of those starts, on Feb. 7, was easily her best game of the year when she had 13 points, eight rebounds, two steals and made six free throws - all season highs...Scored in double-digits three times, all UCSB victories...Finished second on the team in free throw percentage with 81.8% mark...Ranks fifth all-time in UCSB history with a .783 free throw percentage.
Franey Named Big West's Top Freshman
While head coach Mark French relied on all of his freshmen in 2006-07, it was Jordan Franey who had the biggest impact on the Gauchos' success. The San Diego native led UCSB's first-year players in games played (33), starts (17), minutes (25.1 mpg), scoring (8.6 ppg), rebounding (4.0 rpg), assists (1.8 apg), and three-pointers made (44). One of Santa Barbara's best shooters from the perimeter, the forward shined from behind the three-point arc, ranking seventh in the Big Wes in three-point shooting percentage (.333) and eighth in three-pointers made (1.34). Her total of 44 three-point baskets led the Gauchos. Franey also made some noise on the UCSB all-time freshman record books, ranking eighth all-time with 59 assists and 10th with 285 total points. The forward's position as one of the premiere freshmen in the league was solidified when she was named the 2006-07 Big West Conference Freshman of the Year when the annual BWC awards were announced at the conclusion of the regular season. Franey became the first Gaucho to earn the honor since Kristen Mann in 2001. Welcome To The Show, Kid
On her list of accomplishments as a freshman in 2006-07, Jordan Franey's performance against Weber State December 7 ranks right near the top. Making her eighth of 11 consecutive starts to open the season, Franey shot 7-of-12 from floor, including 4-for-6 from downtown en route to a career-best and game-high 22 points. She also set a new personal best with 12 rebounds, recording her first double-double at the collegiate level. In addition to her scoring and rebounding totals -- which still stand as career marks entering her sophomore season, Franey also set career-highs in field goals made, field goals attemted, and three-pointers made. After the scoring potential she showed leading the Gauchos to a 62-57 victory over the Wildcats, it became clear that Jordan Franey had arrived. 2006-07
Franey was one of only two Gauchos to appear in all 33 games last season and started 17 of those -- the most among UCSB's five freshmen...In fact, she started her first 11 games in the blue and gold and 17 of 21 before coming off the bench the last 12...Led the team with 44 three-point baskets and 134 attempts for a mark of 33.7% on the year...Both of those numbers ranked in the top 10 in the Big West Conference...Her break-out performance came against Weber State December 7 in which she scored a career-best 22 points on 7-for-12 shooting, including 4-of-6 from behind the three-point arc...Also pulled down a season-high 12 rebounds against the Wildcats in 34 minutes...Finished 5-for-7 from the floor en route to 16 points and a career-best four assists against Long Beach State January 4...Made three triples and finished 5-for-9 overall for 17 points with five rebounds and two assists at UC Davis January 13...Had another strong performance against the Aggies in the Thunderdome February 3, netting 14 points...Went 3-for-7 for 11 points to go with four rebounds and three assists in the Big West Tournament Final against UC Riverside March 10...Franey reached double figures a total of 14 times, but just twice in the last 10 games...Fifth on the squad and second among the Gaucho newcomers averaging 8.6 points...Santa Barbara's top free-throw shooter at 76.5% (65-85)...Was named the Big West Freshman of the Year. High School
Franey was a 2006 graduate of Santana High School in San Diego and was a four-year varsity letterwinner for coach Wade Vickery...Led the Sultans to back-to-back North Grossmont League championships in 2003 and 2004...Went on to guide SHS to the San Diego CIF Division III Championship as a junior and senior...Sultans advanced all the way to the to the state quarterfinals in 2006, where they lost to Bishop Amat...Was named the 2006 San Diego Female Athlete of the Year and Hall of Champions Basketball Player of the Year...A three-time All East County First team selection, she averaged 25 points, 11.4 rebounds, and three assists as a senior...Garnered all-state and all-league first team honors all four years at Santana...Scored a career-high of 38 points twice during her senior campaign...Grabbed a school record 22 rebounds as a junior and recorded 11 steals as a senior, both against Our Lady of Peace...Holds SHS records for career points with 2,190, most points in a season with 735, and most rebounds in a career with 1,091...Nailed 38.4% of her three point attempts and 74% of her free throws as a senior...Was named the 2006 Herald Union Tribune Player of the Year...Was a McDonalds and Street & Smith's Honorable Mention All-American...Competed for the Cal Swish Black Club team under coach Russ Davis...Earned a total of 11 varsity letters in high school...Was also an all-league first team selection in volleyball and track and field...Named the Grossmont North League Female Field Athlete of the Year in 2006. Personal
Jordan Alexandra Franey was born October 29, 1987 in San Diego, Calif....The daughter of Lawrence and Jamie Franey...Also known as "J. Fray"...She is the youngest of six and her five siblings include Lynn, Laura, John, Janet and Lance...Majoring in history with a minor in exercise science and education...Wants to achieve a career as an administrator in education...Her most memorable moment in sports was being named the 2006 San Diego Female Athlete of the Year alongside Chase Budinger, who took the male honors...Her hobbies include reading history textbooks and napping...Roots for her hometown Padres and Chargers...Her favorite athletes are her brothers and sisters, and she likes a fellow named Larry Bird, too..."Gangs of New York," "The Hangover," and "Revolutionary Road" top her list of must-see films...Enjoys watching "Intervention" and "Law and Order: SVU" on television...Loves the works of Oscar Wilde and Jane Austen...Her great uncle Chet Clemens played baseball for the Boston Braves from 1939-1941 and brother John played football and baseball at Harvard while sister Janet played basketball at Cal and her brother Lance played tennis at Whittier College...Was recruited by a number of schools before deciding on UCSB including Harvard, Princeton, Oregon State, Arizona State, UNLV, Santa Clara, San Diego, and San Diego State...
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Well, it appears as though we might not ever see them again. Matthews told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that he was fined $5,000 for them. Tom Silverstein reports:
LB Clay Matthews said in an interview with teammate Josh Sitton for the cable television show Rome is Burning that he had been fined $5,000 for wearing the wrong colored shoes Sunday against St. Louis.So perhaps Williams is the mystery player wearing gold cleats in the background of that photo.
The Packers wore their 1929 throwback jerseys that feature navy blue tops, brown helmets and tan pants. The shoes that come with the gear are dark brown.
Some players wore white shoes, but used black tape over them so that they were dark and didn't stand out.
Matthews, however, wore bright yellow shoes, which the NFL deemed as inappropriate and a violation of the league's dress code. In the interview with Sitton, Matthews read outloud the letter he received from the NFL.
It's like that CB Tramon Williams got fined as well. He also wore the bright yellow shoes on Sunday.
Teams can designate themselves as black-shoe or white-shoe teams. Players can wear cleats with team colors added to them, but only to a certain percentage; they have to be predominantly white or black. The Packers had been a white-shoe club, but switched to black in 2008 to mark the beginning of the Aaron Rodgers era. Perhaps these cleats had too much gold in them; we'll see what else the NFL has to say.
Another interesting line from Silverstein's article:
The shoes that come with the gear are dark brown.You wouldn't know it from game photos.
Looking at those photos, it sure looks as though most of the Packers were wearing their regular black shoes.
Kicker Mason Crosby was wearing his customary (mismatched) black cleats:
As was Jordy Nelson:
Looking at this photo of Charles Woodson and Desmond Bishop, Woodson seems to be wearing black Nikes (with gold laces!).
Bishop, on the other hand, is the only Packer I can clearly identify as wearing dark brown.
Bishop is also wearing those snazzy gold socks.
Obviously Clay Matthews wasn't the only one to customize his footwear, but he stepped far enough over the line to draw the League's notice. And good thing he did (from my perspective if not his) otherwise I never would have realized that the Packers had issued brown shoes for this uniform set.
UPDATED 10/25/11: From the comments, I am indebted to the reader who directed me to these photos of Greg Jennings and BJ Raji, clearly also wearing the brown shoes:


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OAKLAND, N.J. — Justin J. Ramirez of Oakland died on Wednesday, April 5. He was 25 years old.
He was born in New Brunswick and moved to Oakland 20 years ago.
Ramirez graduated from Indian Hills High School in 2009, where he played varsity ice hockey for four years.
He worked as a machine operator at Perfect Finishing Inc. Clifton.
Ramirez is survived by his parents, James and Anne Ramirez of Oakland; his sisters, Jordan Ramirez, Jessica Ramirez and her fiancé Ryan Stierl; his maternal grandparents, Emma, Joe and Hiram; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m., on Saturday, April 8, at St. Mary's RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes, followed by a private cremation.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Bergen County Prevention Coalition, The Center for Alcohol & Drug Resources, a Program of Children's Aid and Family Services. 22-08 Route 208 South, Suite 7, Fair Lawn, NJ 07419. www.tradr.org
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Last fall the North Topsail Beach Board of Aldermen voted 4-1 to use most of the funds in the town�s beach nourishment reserve account, along with issuing $5.6 million of special obligation bonds, of fund beach nourishment of 1.5 miles of North Topsail Beach�s north-end shoreline. hat project is now complete, although erosion of the new sand has already begun.
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Last fall the North Topsail Beach Board of Aldermen voted 4-1 to use most of the funds in the town�s beach nourishment reserve account along with issuing $5.6 million of special obligation bonds to fund beach nourishment of 1.5 miles of North Topsail Beach�s north-end shoreline. hat project is now complete, although erosion of the new sand has already begun.
Now the Board of Aldermen seeks to fund beach nourishment of the rest of North Topsail Beach�s shoreline � beginning in November. The price tag to do so is staggering � some $27 million. That�s quite a challenge for a town that generates only $3.4 million in annual revenue. The Board of Aldermen intends to generate the $27 million by again issuing special obligation bonds. To minimize the annual cost to retire the bonds, the Board of Aldermen will be asking the N.C. Local Government Commission for permission to issue the $27 million of bonds over 30 years.
Apparently hopeful that the Local Government Commission will concur, on June 6 the Board of Aldermen voted 4-1 to increase North Topsail Beach�s property taxes by 60 percent to generate some $1.2 million of annual revenue to be used to retire the 30-ear bond debt.
The concern that every North Topsail Beach resident should have is that beach nourishment is not a one-time event. Beach nourishment sand washes away every four years or so, requiring re-nourishment over and over again. Incurring a debt for 30 years for a project that will only last about four years is unwise.
Where would the money come from to renourish the beach every four years? More bonds requiring more and more taxes?
It is questionable whether or not the Local Government Commission will approve a 30-year bond repayment term. Historically the maximum term the commission has approved has been eight years. To retire a $27 million bond debt over eight years would require a tripling of the 60 percent increase in North Topsail Beach property taxes.
Alternatively, the Board of Aldermen could decide to scale back the scope of beach nourishment, but that would mean that everyone would receive a 60 percent increase in their property taxes. Only some ocean-front North Topsail Beach property owners would receive beach nourishment sand.
All of this is being decided by four members of the North Topsail Beach Board of Aldermen. No North Topsail Beach voter input is being sought. To the contrary, the Board of Aldermen has refused to allow voter input.
The Board of Aldermen may find a way to fund beach nourishment, but it clearly will require a substantial increase in property taxes. It may unfairly tax all for a project that will only benefit some.
What is without debate is the fact that beach nourishment is the most expensive and most controversial project in the history of North Topsail Beach. To proceed without voter approval is unconscionable, especially given the fact that in the past North Topsail Beach voters overwhelmingly rejected a similar beach nourishment bond referendum with 80 percent of North Topsail Beach voters saying �No!�
With little evidence that North Topsail Beach voters now support increased taxes and long-term debt for beach nourishment, the Board of Aldermen should only proceed after securing voter approval. The board should send every North Topsail Beach voter a comprehensive report detailing the costs, benefits, risks and financial plan for their beach nourishment plan and then put the matter on the ballot; only with voter approval should the Board of Aldermen then proceed.
If you share this viewpoint, please let the North Topsail Beach Board of Aldermen know. The board�s contact information can be found at the Web site www.ntbnc.org.
Please also let the Local Government Commission know that you want voter approval before North Topsail Beach goes further in debt for beach nourishment. Ask the commission to only consider approving general obligation bonds (not special obligation bonds) as general obligation bonds require voter approval. Contact information for the Local Government Commission can be found at the Web site www.nctreasurer.com.
Ed Doherty
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Crystal's thesis research asks whether a "motherist approach" or a feminist approach" is more helpful in obtaining women's rights. In this exciting and innovative study, she performs a comparative case study of Lebanon and Liberia. She concludes that while a more practical approach to promoting social change, known as the "motherist" style, doesn't preclude rights advancements, feminist approaches are necessary in order to sustain larger gains throughout society.
During her graduate work, Crystal completed a prestigious internship at Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in Washington D.C. She helped supervise a workshop for high school teachers wanting to incorporate Arab perspectives into their curricula. Crystal also assisted a professor with research for a book on the Iraq War. Her internship was facilitated through the National Council on U.S. Arab Relations and thus she was able to attend a closed media event featuring Tony Blair and she met several ambassadors, congressional staffers, and non-profit representatives.
Crystal was selected to present her research at the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies' Graduate Symposium in Montreal. During her time as a graduate student at Wright State, Crystal served as a Graduate Assistant, providing invaluable help to faculty members and students in the Department of Political Science. She also volunteered as an assistant in the University Center for International Education as well. Crystal's thesis director was Dr. December Green, and her committee included Dr. Awad Halabi, an Associate Professor of History and Religion, and Dr. Laura Luehrmann from Political Science.


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O'Reilly repeated bogus White House stat on education funding
On his nationally syndicated [1] radio show, FOX News Channel host Bill O'Reilly [2] used a bogus statistic propagated by the Bush administration intended to combat critics who claim the administration has failed to devote sufficient resources to K-12 education.
On the August 5 edition of The Radio Factor [3], O'Reilly claimed, "So much [federal education] money has poured into the states that they can't spend it, that most states are going to have to give back to the Treasury Department between 20 and 12 percent of the federal money coming in."
The truth is that the law allows states at least 27 months to spend federal education money, and states spent 99.5 percent of federal K-12 education money allocated for the most recent year for which all relevant deadlines for state expenditures of federal education money have passed.
A January 15 memorandum [4] from the National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL) exposed the statistic O'Reilly cited as misleading. After noting that "the White House and the Department [of Education] have referenced the unspent funds as evidence that additional funding to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act is not needed," the memo presented a detailed explanation of the bureaucratic obstacles states must traverse in order to receive yearly federal education money from the Department -- obstacles that often require several years to overcome.
The U.S. Department of Education cannot disburse money to states in lump sums. Rather, the federal Cash Management Improvement Act mandates "that a state obligates and/or expends federal dollars before it can be reimbursed." That means that for long-term projects, states often receive federal money only at the end, when the bill comes due. That's one reason states have 27 months (and sometimes more) to "obligate" federal funds, i.e., commit to spending a specific sum on a particular program.
But each federal education program -- e.g., No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) -- includes its own set of detailed federal regulations and requirements for state education administrators to navigate before they can receive federal money. The NCSL memo reported, "State appointed and elected officials from around the country have reported being so overwhelmed with the [new] requirements of NCLB that they do not have the resources to focus on some of the existing and on-going programs in ESEA and IDEA."
Finally, the memo noted that for the most recent fiscal year for which federal funds are no longer available for disbursement, only "about one-half of one percent (0.5%) of K-12 funds available that fiscal year was returned to the U.S. Treasury ($150 million of $30 billion in federal K-12 appropriations)." Though the NCSL memo doesn't name a specific year, matching budget data in a press release [5] from the Democratic staff of the House Education and Workforce Committee suggests that year was FY 1998.* [6]
O'Reilly made a similar claim [7] about education funding during a July 27 panel discussion, asserting that federal underfunding of education "is nonsense."
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As the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals approaches, much thought is being devoted to what should succeed that framework for measuring global progress against hunger, disease, and poverty. Any successor framework must reflect global aspirations and arise from a rich consultative process. I believe that the new framework must embrace a broader understanding of development — one that is relevant for all countries, rich as well as poor.
The world today looks very different from a few years ago. Many countries have high levels of debt that could make it difficult to undertake spending initiatives for many years. Financial sector incentives and regulation may have to be rethought, existing growth models refined to deliver sufficient new employment opportunities, and the functioning of the international monetary system revisited.
The MDGs focused attention on the need to reduce absolute poverty. And while significant gaps remain relative to the targets set out in the Millennium Declaration, the achievements are remarkable. Let's not forget, for instance, that the incidence of extreme poverty in the world has been halved since 2000.
But the global economic crisis was a huge setback — one from which the world economy has still not fully recovered. Europe continues to battle its debt crisis, with Japan and the United States also in need of fiscal reform. The Middle East and North Africa region is undergoing a historic transition: hopes for a brighter, more democratic future rest crucially on the economic transformation that sustains high and equitable growth. And then there is the challenge of ensuring that rapidly rising incomes in other emerging market and developing economies continue, but in a manner that is socially and environmentally sustainable.
Consider these developments: Income inequality has widened; chronic unemployment and pervasive underemployment have escalated; populations are growing unevenly; and climate change is worsening.
All these problems are intertwined and cannot be solved in isolation. That's why the post-2015 global development agenda must go beyond our traditional understanding of development — that is, helping less developed countries catch up with those that are more advanced. The agenda must also address the various imbalances in the global economy, including spillovers that ultimately affect the poor and vulnerable everywhere.
A new agenda needs to be truly global in scope, relevant to all in its goals, and realistic in how it assigns responsibilities — to advanced, emerging market, and developing economies. Safeguarding the well-being of future generations is a joint responsibility of all members of the international community, but we must also distribute fairly the burden that responsibility entails, given the enormous differences in capabilities among countries.
Increased interconnectedness calls for greater policy coordination. We need effective global leadership, and we need it fast. With its global membership, the United Nations should continue to play a leading role in fostering effective international cooperation. But multilateral coordination needs to become more effective. To put it bluntly, we cannot afford to waste time on endless discussions among countries, only to arrive at the lowest common denominator. We need a bold yet realistic approach, one that allows us to move quickly from words to implementation.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a key role to play in strengthening global stability; supporting countries in downturns; building crisis firewalls; making growth more inclusive; and designing policies for the green economy.
A collective response to the faltering global recovery is the most immediate priority. Global vulnerabilities in an increasingly interlinked world make this a must. Fostering sound economic and financial management is the most important contribution the IMF can make to sustainable development. It lays a foundation for economic growth that creates jobs, generates resources to protect the poor and the environment, and ultimately sows the seeds of peace and stability. We stand ready to work with our member countries and with other international organizations to take the global agenda to the next level.
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>> Monday, February 26, 2007
Whoever told you CD-i didn't have any original titles? Cd-i hosted a lot of conversions from other systems but a good eye will catch quite a few beauties on CD-i that people forgot about. Like Max Magic, an interactive magic kit for CD-i, starring Maxx, one of the greatest CD-i characters in my view with the highest personality. A look inside the studio who created Maxx: Animation & Effects.
With Maxx you can perform magic tricks on television. It may sound weird, but it works out pretty well. The main scene shows the room of Maxx where you can find several tricks. Click the highlighted object and Maxx will explain what the trick is about. Here Maxx will actually perform the trick FOR you, interacting with you by touching the television, remembering numbers and more.
Maxx is personal. He is the most deep character CD-i has ever known. First, he knows my name. He even speaks my name, using a list of names common in the USA. Every name is recorded with Maxx his voice, which gives it a nice touch. Even more interesting, Maxx always has something different to say. It's worth just to start the disc to have a chat with Maxx. This is the first title that actually uses the internal clock of the CD-i. You'll notice as Maxx wants to sleep at night. If you start the disc at night, you'll find Maxx sleeping. Ofcourse he wakes up, mumbling: "You know it's passed my bedtime, Bas!"
After trying out some stuff it is remarkable how funny Maxx really is. His tricks are all full of jokes and the character animation is so very suitable. It seems he likes to cooperate the most in the morning, saying me hello with: "Glad to see you, Bas, let's do some MAGIC!". These sentences I will always remember as the best bits of Max Magic. If you haven't played the game for a couple of weeks, Maxx goes like: "It's been a long time, Bas, I hope I didn't forget any tricks!" During the tricks, sometimes Maxx seem to forget what he has to do, and tricks sometimes even go wrong. That happens a lot when you are going to perform a trick WITH him. That's right, you can prepare a trick with him, and start a show to perform the trick to the public. The trick is both presented by Maxx and you, and if you play the game well it's really like you two are interacting.
The game was produced by PF Magic. We know PF Magic from the prototype release of Jack Sprite: The Crimson Ghost. Maxx is a robot actually, designed by Animation & Effects. "Maxx" performs magic tricks with the player in this P.F. Magic game. "Animation & Effects" designed and created all character animation assets and the environments for the character. The goal was to create over 3000 branching points of animation so that the character's performance could happen on the fly. To achieve the required precision, they designed and built an animatronic magician robot that they shot using motion control.
I told it before, I love Maxx. It's another gem on CD-i almost nobody knows about. Unfortunately this is partly due to the fact Max Magic was only released in the USA. Nowadays, PF Magic is part of Ubisoft and they are responsible for the Dogz and Catz games (=Nintendogs rip-offs). Andrew from PF Magic: "Before Petz I worked on an Philips CD-I title (talk about a long lost format!) called Max Magic (1994), my first industry project. Max Magic had even more explicit fusion than Petz. You, the player, bring your family and friends into the living room to gather around the television, and then stand next to the television itself, side-by-side with your performance partner, the on-screen character Max Magic, a mechanical magician who kind of looks like "Zoltan" from the movie Big. You use a mixture of rehearsed performance and real props (e.g., a deck regular playing cards) to perform up to 14 magic tricks for the audience, replete with music and witty banter. Max calls you by your real name (a feature we're also implementing in Facade). You send the occasional cue and signal to Max via a remote control joystick, the standard interface for the CD-I player. The experience includes a rehearsal mode, in which with no one in the room but you and Max (a magician never reveals their secrets!) you rehearse the tricks together. There was no printed instruction manual or computer-esque menus; all rehearsals and performance were done "naturally". By the way, both Max Magic and Petz were originally conceived by the creative director of the company, PF.Magic, I worked for — Rob Fulop. This "fusion" design principle I initially learned from Rob, and got further developed and reinforced for me working with fellow designer Adam Frank and others at PF.Magic."


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The word "sequel" comes from the the Latin word sequela which means "that which follows" This Latin word is formed of two parts, "sequi" which is "to follow", and a suffix to make it a noun,"-ela".
If "sequel" means a following work which continues the narrative of the main work, what is a work that is before the main work?
As in "Little Men is the sequel to Little Women, but its "___" is actually Jo's boys"
I don't like "prequel", because it is assuming the root word is "quel", which isn't the fact. The fact is that "sequel" came from "sequi", and "prequel" doesn't actually come from anything. I would like an alternative.
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Please Note: The Fat Experience Project is currently on a very slow roll. I've recently returned to higher education and have learned a great deal in the last few years about intersectionality in activism that may entirely revise the foundation of The Fat Experience Project (Let's just shorten that to FXP, shall we?) as it stands now. Look for powerful but infrequent updates for the near future as I revise and re-think it's direction. What follows is the project scope as it stood in 2008.
The Fat Experience Project is an oral, visual and written history project which seeks to be a humanizing force in body image activism.
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The goal of the Fat Experience Project is to map the experience of fat in a way that is human, has a face, a heart, a mind, a body and a voice. The goal is to listen and repeat – the good and the bad, the hard and the joyful and everything in between – in a way that may ultimately bring compassion to folks who don't understand. More importantly, however, we hope The Fat Experience Project will allow the folks who are hearing/reading their own words echoed back to them across the pages, fall in love with themselves and each other just a little more.
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I did it thrice and got the same match every time, and it wasn't my boyfriend*! GUESS HE DOESN'T LOVE ME. Looks like I'm shacking up with a lovely lady friend during the social media shitstorm that is Valentine's Day.
Now, who's YOUR new significant other?
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State Rep. Larry Taylor offered a second apology – this one to the Anti-Defamation League – following his casual remark, "don't try to Jew them down," during a legislative briefing Thursday on windstorm insurance.
"Anti-Semitism and intolerance have no place in our society and in our government. I understand the impact of my comments and am deeply sorry for the message that was sent. I have a deep respect for the Jewish people and their history, and hope to work to strengthen that relationship in the future," the head of House Republican Caucus said in a letter to the Anti-Defamation League.
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Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I have a friend with leukemia, and he started his second round of chemotherapy, hoping to get the remaining cancer cells. Then, after this secon0d round his doctor says he will take tests and undergo biopsy again to see if he is in remission. Our friend is going to use his own bone marrow cells rather than a donor. My question is, wouldn't a donor be better so the leukemia won't come back, rather than him using his own cells in case the chemo didn't kill some of the leukemia cells?
Carolyn Vachani RN, MSN, AOCN, OncoLink's Nurse Educator, responds:
There are pluses and minuses to both an allogeneic (donor cells) transplant and an autologous (your own cells) transplant, but not all patients have both options. In order to receive a donor's cells, you must find someone whose HLA typing is the same or very similar sometimes referred to as a match. The best donors are siblings (sisters or brothers), as they got their cellular, genetic makeup from the same parents. If siblings do not match, or a person does not have siblings, doctors will test other members of the family. If no one in the family matches (about 70% of patients do not have a family match), doctors turn to the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), a national organization that coordinates bone marrow donation. The NMDP registry contains 5.5 million potential donors and 40,000 units of umbilical cord blood, which can also be used. Despite these large numbers, many patients will not find a match in the NMDP registry. Those patients would then have to use their own cells. The allogeneic transplant also requires the patient to meet certain health criteria, as it has more toxicity than an autologous transplant. If a patient is too ill, autologous transplant may be their only option.
One important benefit to allogeneic transplant is that the donor's cells have a different immune system with the ability to attack any remaining cancer cells in the patient. This is called the graft versus leukemia effect. On the other hand, the donor's cells may actually attack normal cells in the patient's body because it sees these cells as foreign. This is called graft versus host disease, is undesirable, and can be very severe.
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What do Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate, and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, have in common?
Zuckerberg recently "liked" a link to Romney's website on Facebook when it was posted by Slate write Farhad Manjoo with the text "just try looking at the Romney logo without seeing the word MONEY" next to it.
These words were automatically stripped out when posted to more than 11 million people who subscribe to Zuckerberg's Facebook feed, thereby exposing an interface glitch that personally affected the social network's creator.
Many Facebook users responded, and much of the feedback assumed that Zuckerberg was endorsing Romney:
"Shouldn't you be apolitical, Mark?"
"Zuckerberg must have been hacked, or he's changing the spelling of his surname to Suckerberg."
"Zuck, the wealthy should abstain from endorsements of anyone (especially another wealthy person) as president. It only harms you in the long run."
This barrage of user criticism comes shortly after a major win for the site, Facebook's recent IPO filing. This action could increase Zuckerberg's worth by $5.6 billion.
This is not the first time that Zuckerberg has spoken out politically from his Facebook platform. With regards to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) the media mogul did not express his opinions with a mere "like".
"The world today needs political leaders who are pro-internet," Zuckerberg said. "We have been working with many of these folks for months on better alternatives to these current proposals."
The post that contained this remark received over 500,000 likes.
(via Gawker)


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of Arnold Arboretum, 1934.
All of the arboretum's plants are easily accessible to pedestrians, and there is something of interest to see at every season of the year. Each plant is labeled with its common and scientific names, age, and origin.
Questions for Drawing 1
1. How many species of woody plants listed on Drawing 1 do you recognize? Which of these are found in your community?
2. Based on Drawing 1, what aspects of the plan illustrate Sargent's priorities for the arboretum? What aspects illustrate Olmsted's priorities?
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Sage Days (Algorithms in Number Theory and FLINT)
Scientific Organisers: John Cremona, William Hart, Marco Streng, Fredrik Johansson.
Administrative Organisers: Hazel Higgens, Annette Anderson
A Sage Days workshop around the theme of Algorithms in Number Theory and FLINT.
Sage is an Open Source distribution of mathematical software. See http://www.sagemath.org/
FLINT (Fast Library for Number Theory) is a fast Open Source C library for support of computations in Number Theory which is a component of Sage. See http://www.flintlib.org/
See below for further details on the aims of this Sage Days. Please feel free to add additional project suggestions.
Warwick University in the UK http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/general/institute
Travel info: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/gethere/advice/
17 - 22nd December 2011 (the formal program will finish on the afternoon of the 21st, but participants may arrive on the 16th and/or depart on the 22nd if they wish). The lecture room will be available from 9am until 10pm daily.
Registered participants
Here is a list of all registered participants
Invited participants and speakers
- Martin Albrecht (*)
- Maarten Derickx (*)
- Burcin Erocal
- Mike Hansen (*)
- David Harvey (*)
- Mark van Hoeij (*)
- David Howden
- Simon King (*)
- Andy Novocin (*)
- Sebastian Pancratz (*)
- Nigel Smart (*)
- William Stein (unable to come)
- Arne Storjohann (*)
- Paul Zimmermann (*)
- Martin Lee
- more to come...
(*) will give a talk
- John Cremona
- William Hart
- Fredrik Johansson
- Marco Streng
- Two invited talks per day (including intro to Sage talks)
- MIRAW Day (Mathematical Interdisciplinary Research at Warwick)
- A single evening public lecture
- Coding sprints
Registration and financial support
Registration is now open for this event. NB Registration will close at noon GMT on Friday 9 December.
A limited amount of financial support is available for overseas and UK participants. Please let us know if you require support by indicating this on the registration page.
To register (and request financial support if required) please proceed to "Algorithms in Number Theory and FLINT" on the Warwick MRC registration page:
Registration is free. All participants must register. We can also provide local accommodation if you are providing your own funding. The cost is in the vicinity of £58 per night. The train from BHX to Coventry is only a couple of quid and the bus to Warwick from the train station is also negligible.
Aims of the workshop
- Present and discuss recent algorithmic developments in Computational Number Theory.
- Introduce Sage to UK Number Theorists.
- Introduce Sage to Warwick researchers, postgrads and undergrads.
- Foster collaborations between UK researchers (including the large Computational Number Theory group at Warwick) and other Sage contributors.
Suggested coding sprints (please feel free to add others to the wiki)
- Put flint2 into Sage
- Switch some of the mwrank code to use flint2.
- Help the Singular developers make better use of flint2.
We wish to acknowledge the support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in the UK (EPSRC) for the funding for this conference, made available to us via Warwick University and the Warwick Maths Department.


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Earthquake Could be Worse than Hurricane
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Experts know that a disaster is coming but they do not know when it will happen. They do know that it could cause a lot of damage. They think it will be worse than a hurricane. The disaster they are worried about is an earthquake.
There is a break in the earth's crust. It is called the San Andreas Fault. The San Andreas Fault is in California. Many earthquakes happen along the San Andreas Fault. In 1989 there was a big earthquake on the fault. The earthquake was called the "Loma Prieta Earthquake." Many people were hurt or died. Many buildings were ruined. Lots of people lost their homes. Roads and bridges were also damaged.
A large earthquake could happen in Southern California. Many small earthquakes have happened in the last year. Earthquake experts think that a large earthquake will happen there soon. They think a big earthquake will happen in the next few years.
The San Andreas Fault has many power lines stretched across it. There are water channels close to the earthquake fault. A large earthquake in Southern California would destroy energy and water supplies. Lots of people would be without power or water for weeks. Buildings that have not been built strong enough would be destroyed. Not all hospitals would be able to help people who were injured. Many people would die or be homeless.
People need to be prepared. They need to know what to do if an earthquake happens. Everyone in California should have a survival kit at home. The emergency kit would include food and water. There should be medication and first aid supplies in the kit. A good survival kit will also have a portable radio, flashlights and spare batteries. All of the supplies in the kit should last at least 3 days.
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By Rick Steves
The importance of packing light cannot be overemphasized, but, for your own good, I'll try. You'll never meet a traveler who, after five trips, brags: "Every year I pack heavier." The measure of a good traveler is how light he or she travels. You can't travel heavy, happy, and cheap. Pick two.
One Bag, That's It
My self-imposed limit is 20 pounds in a 9" × 22" × 14" carry-on-size bag (it'll fit in your airplane's overhead bin). At my company, we've taken tens of thousands of people of all ages and styles on tours through Europe. We allow only one carry-on bag. For many, this is a radical concept: 9" × 22" × 14"? That's my cosmetics kit! But they manage, and they're glad they did. After you enjoy that sweet mobility and freedom, you'll never go any other way.
You'll walk with your luggage more than you think you will. Before flying to Europe, give yourself a test. Pack up completely, go into your hometown, and practice being a tourist for an hour. Fully loaded, you should enjoy window-shopping. If you can't, stagger home and thin things out.
When you carry your own luggage, it's less likely to get lost, broken, or stolen. Quick, last-minute changes in flight plans become simpler. A small bag sits on your lap or under your seat on the bus, taxi, and airplane. You don't have to worry about it, and, when you arrive, you can hit the ground running. It's a good feeling. When I land in London, I'm on my way downtown while everyone else stares anxiously at the luggage carousel. When I fly home, I'm the first guy the dog sniffs.
These days, you can also save money by carrying your own bag. While it's still free to check one bag on most overseas trips, you'd likely pay a fee to check two. If you're taking a separate flight within Europe, expect to be charged to check even just one bag.
Remember, packing light isn't just about saving time or money — it's about your traveling lifestyle. Too much luggage marks you as a typical tourist. It slams the Back Door shut. Serendipity suffers. Changing locations becomes a major operation. Con artists figure you're helpless. Porters are a problem only to those who need them. With only one bag, you're mobile and in control. Take this advice seriously.
Packing 101
How do you fit a whole trip's worth of luggage into a small backpack or suitcase? The answer is simple: Bring very little.
Spread out everything you think you might need on the living-room floor. Pick up each item one at a time and scrutinize it. Ask yourself, "Will I really use this snorkel and these fins enough to justify carrying them around all summer?" Not "Will I use them?" but "Will I use them enough to feel good about hauling them over the Swiss Alps?" Frugal as I may be, I'd buy them in Greece and give them away before I'd carry that extra weight over the Alps.
Don't pack for the worst-case scenario. Pack for the best-case scenario and simply buy yourself out of any jams. Bring layers rather than take a heavy coat. Think in terms of what you can do without — not what will be handy on your trip. When in doubt, leave it out. I've seen people pack a whole summer's supply of deodorant or razors, thinking they can't get them there. The world is getting really small: You can buy Dial soap, Colgate toothpaste, Nivea cream, and Gillette razors in Sicily and Slovakia. Tourist shops in major international hotels are a sure bet whenever you have difficulty finding a personal item. If you can't find one of your essentials, ask yourself how half a billion Europeans can live without it. Rather than carry a whole trip's supply of toiletries, take enough to get started and look forward to running out of toothpaste in Bulgaria. Then you have the perfect excuse to go into a Bulgarian department store, shop around, and pick up something you think might be toothpaste.
Whether you're traveling for three weeks or three months, pack exactly the same. To keep your clothes tightly packed and well organized, zip them up in packing cubes, airless baggies, or a clothes compressor. I like specially designed folding boards (such as Eagle Creek's Pack-It Folder) to fold and carry clothes with minimal wrinkling. For smaller items, use packing cubes or mesh bags (one for underwear and socks, another for miscellaneous stuff such as a first-aid kit, earplugs, clothesline,sewing kit, and gadgets).
Go casual, simple, and very light. Remember, in your travels you'll meet two kinds of tourists — those who pack light and those who wish they had. Say it out loud: "PACK LIGHT PACK LIGHT PACK LIGHT."http://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/packing-light/packing-smart


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A day after Kasandra Perkins died of multiple gunshot wounds and the boyfriend who killed her then killed himself, friends and neighbors are beginning to describe the young, new mother.
She would take walks with her baby daughter, Zoey, outside their home in the 5400 block of Crysler Avenue in Kansas City, took pride in decorating the home she and Chiefs player Jovan Belcher moved into more than a year ago and hoped to one day be a teacher.
Though most of her family was in Texas, friends say her outgoing personality and kindness helped her build a large group of close friends here in the Kansas City area. There were friends she met at Blue River Community College, girlfriends and wives of other Chiefs' players and a tight, small group of girlfriends she would grab good food and margaritas with at a favorite local Mexican restaurant.


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The Orlando Magic spent most of Tuesday night matching the undefeated New York Knicks basket-for-basket.
But the Magic's offense unraveled when it was needed most: the fourth quarter.
Shots suddenly went off-target. Players repeatedly gave up the basketball. Ball movement lagged.
Most of all, the Knicks bore down and handed the Magic their fifth consecutive loss, a 99-89 defeat in front of an announced sellout crowd at Amway Center.
"I just think we have to want to win more, simple as that," said Magic swingman Arron Afflalo, who had a team-high seven turnovers. "We're going to do it together. It's not one man on this team that's going to do it. We pretty much just have to want it more. It's not about offensive schemes anymore or defensive execution."
In the final period, the Knicks held the Magic to 5-of-16 shooting and forced seven turnovers as the Magic continued to miss the experience and ball-handling abilities of injured point guard Jameer Nelson and small forward Hedo Turkoglu.
"We've got to finish games," said Orlando co-captain Glen Davis. "We can't use being young as an excuse. We've got to learn. We've got to get it down, or we're going to look up and we're going to be 2-10. I'm not used to that. I've never played on a 2-10 team in my entire life."
So far, however, the Magic are only 2-5.
It didn't have to be that way.
The Knicks needed a big performance by All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony, who scored a game-high 25 points and made 11 of his 22 shot attempts.
"We buckled down on our defense and slowed them down," said Anthony, whose team improved to 5-0.
The Magic asked one player after another to guard Anthony one-on-one.
Afflalo, Davis, Josh McRoberts and Maurice Harkless took turns against the Knicks' superstar — and Harkless, a 6-foot-8 rookie playing in just his fourth NBA game, had more success than anybody else.
Harkless, a Queens native and lifelong Knicks fan, finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and four blocks in 19 minutes.
It easily was the best performance of his brief Magic tenure.
"I think I played pretty good, but unfortunately, we lost, so it doesn't really matter," Harkless said. "It's all about the team. I wish I would've played more in the end. I think I was doing a pretty good job on Carmelo, but I don't know. They just played harder than we did at the end."
In his three previous games, he looked tentative on offense and indecisive on defense.
That was to be expected.
He is only 19 years old and has just one season of college experience. After he played summer league basketball for the Philadelphia 76ers — before the Sixers traded him to the Magic in the Dwight Howard deal — he underwent surgery to repair a sports hernia.
On Tuesday, he played aggressively.
Midway through the second quarter, he cut sharply through the lane, received a pass from E'Twaun Moore and finished with a nice layup at the hoop to tie the score 35-35. Later in the period, he threw down an emphatic dunk to tie the game 47-47.
Harkless blocked a layup attempt by Anthony with 14.9 seconds left in the third and then blocked another try by Anthony just a couple of seconds later.
"I loved his pace tonight," Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said of Harkless. "[I liked him] running the floor, of wanting to be out on the court and be involved in an NBA game and compete and rebound and defend and aggressively attack the basket.
"So there were some victories tonight, for sure, on our end in my eyes."
In the end, though, it will go down as Orlando's fifth straight loss.
The Magic went ahead 80-79 with 10:35 to go on a pair of free-throws by Andrew Nicholson, but the Knicks took the lead for good on a 3-pointer by Jason Kidd a short while later.
The struggles down the stretch, coupled with New York's defense, doomed Orlando.
The Magic had made 54 percent of their shots through the first three quarters but made just 31 percent during the final period.
"The same thing we did to get that lead — we've got to keep doing those same things," Davis said. "We can't stop it, no matter what, unless they make us stop it. Then, we go to the coach and say, 'Hey, Coach, what's our adjustment?'
"We've got to keep doing the same things. They hit some tough at the end, but at the same time, I'm not using 'young' as an excuse or we're not experienced enough. We're a good team. We're in ballgames against good teams. We can play this game."
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