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Jamie Dimon's swat team
How J.P. Morgan's CEO and his crew are helping the big bank beat the credit crunch.
(Fortune Magazine) -- It was the second week of October 2006. William King, then J.P. Morgan's chief of securitized products, was vacationing in Rwanda, visiting remote coffee plantations he was helping to finance. One evening CEO Jamie Dimon tracked him down to fire a red alert. "Billy, I really want you to watch out for subprime!" Dimon's voice crackled over King's hotel phone. "We need to sell a lot of our positions. I've seen it before. This stuff could go up in smoke!"
A classic Dimon manic moment, the call is significant for two reasons. First, it marked the beginning of a remarkable strategic shift that helped J.P. Morgan, virtually alone among the big diversified banks, sidestep the worst of a historic credit crisis. Second, it sheds light on Dimon's distinctive management style - a blend of Cartesian analysis and inspirational leadership that, despite some bad bets in the home mortgage market, has moved J.P. Morgan (JPM, Fortune 500) to the front of the pack in global banking.
You probably know Jamie Dimon (and if you don't, check out "The Contender" story). He's the 52-year-old former boy wonder who helped Sandy Weill build the world's biggest financial conglomerate at Citigroup (C, Fortune 500), went into exile, and is now staging a spectacular second act. He's outspoken, profane, fearless - such a big presence that you might think he's a one-man show.
The King James version isn't the whole story. In fact, Dimon relies on a trusted team of talented lieutenants who share his zeal for sifting piles of data to spot trouble before it happens and vigilantly control risk, even when that means sacrificing growth and losing market share to rivals. Says J.P. Morgan director Bob Lipp, the former Travelers chairman who's worked with Dimon for two decades: "This is the best team on Wall Street."
Dimon and his team are on top today because they took a daring stance at the height of the credit bubble. J.P. Morgan mostly exited the business of securitizing subprime mortgages when it was still booming, shunning now notorious instruments such as SIVs (structured investment vehicles) and CDOs (collateralized debt obligations). With the notable exception of Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500), J.P. Morgan's main competitors - including Citigroup, UBS (UBS), and Merrill Lynch (MER, Fortune 500) - ignored the danger signs and piled into those products in a feeding frenzy.
Make no mistake: J.P. Morgan is also suffering from the credit crunch. Dimon jumped into the home loan market just when others were retreating - and this time his contrarian instincts let him down. "We made our share of mistakes and messed up in home mortgages, and we're sorry," Dimon tells Fortune. And he sees more pain to come, as consumers caught in the economic downturn fall behind on mortgage, credit card, and car loan payments. The third quarter is already looking tough. J.P. Morgan has announced that it is taking $1.5 billion in mortgage and leveraged-loan write-downs, and another $600 million to account for the decline in the value of its Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preferred stock.
Still, J.P. Morgan is weathering the crisis far better than its rivals. From July 2007, when the cyclone began, through the second quarter of this year, J.P. Morgan took just $5 billion in losses on high-risk CDOs and leveraged loans, compared with $33 billion at Citi, $26 billion at Merrill Lynch, and $9 billion at Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500). And in this market, losing less means winning big. Before the crisis J.P. Morgan was a middle-of-the-pack performer; today it leads in nearly every category, starting with its stock. Since early 2007, its share price has dropped 24%, to $37 (as of Aug. 27), vs. declines of 44% for Bank of America and 68% for Citigroup. Last year its market cap was far below those of Citi and BofA. Today J.P. Morgan stands in a virtual tie with BofA for first place among U.S. banks, and it towers over Citi - a point that must be especially gratifying for Dimon. And even with what looks to be a weak third quarter, J.P. Morgan is on track to earn around $8 billion in 2008 - that's well below its peak of $15 billion in 2007, but a world apart from most of its loss-ridden rivals, which have been forced to slash their dividends or raise capital, or both.
Nothing dramatizes J.P. Morgan's commanding position as "last bank standing" better than the rescue of Bear Stearns. When the Federal Reserve needed a strong institution to absorb the ailing investment bank, J.P. Morgan was the most plausible choice. Dimon paid virtually nothing for Bear - just look at the numbers: The $11.5 billion in cash on Bear's books should fully offset the costs of the merger. Yet J.P. Morgan captured businesses worth as much as $15 billion, not to mention a trophy skyscraper that would cost $2 billion to replace (and has a mortgage of just $670 million). And Bear may just be the overture. Dimon is now in a position to go bargain hunting while competitors suffer on the sidelines. J.P. Morgan's next target is anyone's guess, but it's likely to be big: Wachovia, Washington Mutual, SunTrust, or even American Express. "Will Dimon do a deal?" asks Tom Brown, the veteran banking analyst who now runs hedge fund Second Curve Capital. "Will he ever! His whole career has involved buying troubled companies."
Dimon, who spent more than a decade orchestrating merger after merger with Weill, appears ready to charge. "Sure, it's hard to make a deal when your stock has dropped," he says. "But so have the stocks of the targets. We have the capital and the people to do a deal, if it makes sense."
Dimon's all-stars who make up the 15-member operating committee are a mix of longtime loyalists, J.P. Morgan veterans, and outside hires. Dimon doesn't look for people who went to the right schools or have prestigious résumés. To make it on Dimon's team you must be able to withstand the boss's withering interrogations and defend your positions just as vigorously. And you have to live with a free-form management style in which Dimon often ignores the formal chain of command and calls managers up and down the line to gather information.
Some of Dimon's lieutenants have been with him for years. Charlie Scharf, 43, head of retail banking, became Dimon's assistant straight out of college in 1987 at Dimon and Weill's first venture, consumer lender Commercial Credit. In those days Dimon, known as "the kid," sported an unruly head of hair to go with his hyperkinetic style. As Scharf recalls, "Neither Jamie nor the offices looked anything like my image of corporate America. The offices were furnished with worn red-velour couches. The fax machines didn't work. Jamie talked through a huge, outdated squawk box like the one in Charlie's Angels."
Heidi Miller, 55, who runs treasury and securities services, the operation that provides cash management to corporations and hedge funds, started as Dimon's assistant in 1992. "I had no job title, no job description, and he hadn't named a salary when I took the job," says Miller. "My husband thought I was crazy." Within days Dimon had Miller taking the lead in the acquisition of Travelers, and she rose to become CFO of Citigroup. Mike Cavanagh, 42, J.P. Morgan's CFO, and Jay Mandelbaum, 45, chief of strategy and marketing, both joined Dimon in the early 1990s at brokerage Smith Barney. Mandelbaum is particularly good at getting the notoriously stubborn Dimon to change his mind. An example: When he first came from Bank One, Dimon vociferously defended using the Chase "octagon" symbol as a trademark across the company. Mandelbaum helped the marketing team convince Dimon that the octagon was a symbol of retail banking that didn't match J.P. Morgan's exclusive image. His lieutenants joke that Dimon now claims dropping the octagon from the J.P. Morgan side of the business was his idea.
Dimon doesn't just surround himself with buddies from the old days: A second key group of Dimonites consists of J.P. Morgan Chase executives whom he promoted or nurtured. Among them are Steve Black, 56, and Bill Winters, 47, co-heads of the investment bank, and Jes Staley, chief of asset management. Before Dimon's arrival, Winters installed risk controls he'd helped pioneer at the old J.P. Morgan, including the use of credit default swaps to insure against losses, that would prove crucial to navigating the crisis. Black came to the bank four years before Dimon. But he had served under Dimon at Smith Barney, where he learned the boss's approach to risk management - and got accustomed to his blunt style. "If you get your feelings hurt, you can't work here," says Black. "Jamie will apologize, then do the same thing two weeks later. He can't help himself."
Other J.P. Morgan veterans have flourished under Dimon as well, including Ina Drew, 52, the chief investment officer, and Todd Maclin, 52, a burly, magnetic Texan who runs the business that caters to midsized companies. Maclin is one of the few natural salesmen in the bunch, and he shares Dimon's predilection for straight talk. "Jamie and I like to get the bad news out to where everybody can see it," drawls Maclin, "to get the dead cat on the table."
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The failure of the short-season rains left large sections of East Africa in severe drought in late 2005 and early 2006. In a normal year, rains fall from March to May during the long rainy season, and from October to December during the short rainy season. The rains recharge lakes and reservoirs and nurture plants from crops and pasture lands to natural vegetation. For East Africa, 2005 was anything but a normal year. The long rainy season produced little rain, and the short rainy season failed altogether. As a result, rainfall totals for the year were only 20-60 percent of normal, depending on the region, reported the Famine Early Warning Network (FEWS NET).
The drought's impact on vegetation can be seen in this vegetation index image, collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) at the end of the short rainy season. The image shows how well plants were growing between December 19 and January 3 compared to average conditions between 2000 and 2004. The prevalence of deep reddish-brown across the image indicates that plants were growing poorly, if at all, in the dry conditions. The drought area shown in this image circles Lake Victoria in a north-south-oriented oval that stretches from southern Sudan and Ethiopia in the north to Tanzania in the south. Grey areas show where clouds covered the area throughout the composite period.
The impact of the drought has been severe. "This drought has resulted in crop failures, pasture degradation, water shortages, and has raised serious food security concerns for the region," FEWS NET warned. By the end of January 2006, millions were in need of food aid, particularly pastoralists who depend on rain-fed pasture lands to maintain their livestock. Not all of East Africa has been affected. Kenya (center right) had a bumper harvest in 2005, but little of the crop made its way to the drought-hit pastoral districts of the country.
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided by Inbal Reshef as part of the Global Agricultural Monitoring Project between NASA, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), and the University of Maryland. More data and information about this joint project is available at Satellite Information for Agricultural Monitoring.

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Up The Down Staircase (1967)
- Robert Mulligan
- Bel Kaufman(based on the novel by)
- Tad Mosel(screenplay by)
- Stars
- Patrick Bedford
- Sandy Dennis
- Eileen Heckart
A serious social drama film of the type that flourished in the 1960's, Up the Down Staircase seems somewhat dated and preachy when viewed by modern audiences. The subject matter is laudable, of course: an ambitious, spirited and concerned young teacher determined to make a difference in a troubled inner city school. And there are quite a few memorable moments, including a very well-directed juxtaposition of Sylvia Barrett triumphing by getting her class excited about A Tale of Two Cities as the lovelorn and dejected Alice Blake quietly and calmly examines the classroom of the teacher she loves before jumping from a window. Director Robert Mulligan also provides appropriate tension to a scene in which another troubled student forcefully comes on to the young teacher, and throughout he does a commendable job of using a hand held camera and a very busy, overlapping soundtrack to convey the tumult, confusion and chaos of the high school. He is less successful in overcoming the script's tendency to excessive earnestness and dialogue that often sacrifices subtlety and nuance to make its points. The film also suffers from a bit of hollowness at its core. Some of this is due to Sandy Dennis's performance - her peculiar brand of acting, while effective in conveying much about the character, also tends to isolate her from the other cast members. However, the decision to present the character solely in terms of the school and its immediate environs and never in her home life also contributes to the hollowness. The supporting cast is marvelous, with a mixture of seasoned pros and novices, although one wishes Eileen Heckart had been given more to do. Despite its flaws, Staircase remains involving.


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Medical Assisting (CMA)Medical Assisting classes in Aurora
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Medical Assisting (MAs) is an important member of a patient-centered team consisting of physicians, nurses and other health professionals. Nearly 85 percent of MAs work in a physician's office performing a mix of administrative and clinical tasks. MAs also work in hospitals, home care, and hospice care. Their administrative responsibilities include patient reception and admission, scheduling, answering phones, collecting health histories, filing insurance claims and managing patient flow through the office. MAs are likely the first and last faces a patient sees during a visit to their doctor. They will also spend time with patients to ensure they understand the doctor's instructions.
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- Patient intake processing, including taking patient histories and vital signs;
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- Preparing patients for procedures;
- Assisting physicians with examinations and treatments;
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Selling a home that reeks of tobacco smoke is quite the accomplishment and that you purchased it makes you one brave buckaroo. The accolades don't help, though, when you come home from work, open the door and the stench hits your nose.
The good news is that 20 percent fewer Americans smoke cigarettes now than they did in 2005 and at this point, smokers represent only 17.8 percent of the population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The bad news is that you fell head over heels for a home in which one of these Americans lived, and smoked. Cigarette smoke sticks to everything, from the carpets and walls to the entire HVAC system. If it were cheap and easy to remove, trust us, the seller would've done it. Instead, you inherited the stink and the toxins that cigarette smoking left behind. Let's take a look at ways to get rid of the gunk.
Start with the walls
You've no doubt done your online research on the subject and you're armed with a bottle of vinegar and water. Guess what? It doesn't work. What just might work on the walls and the ceiling is a mixture of one part of chlorine bleach diluted with five parts of water.
NOTE: Never mix bleach with anything but water. Combining chlorine bleach with ammonia or certain other products is especially dangerous because it creates a toxic gas.
Perform the cleaning on a day when the kids are in school because bleach is especially nasty on developing lungs. Open all the windows before you start and don a pair of chemical-proof gloves. If at any time during the process you feel woozy or you start coughing, go outside and get fresh air.
Scary, right? If you wear a breathing mask and protective gloves you should be ok. Use a sponge dipped in the solution to scrub the walls and ceiling. Rinse the sponge repeatedly to ensure you aren't reapplying the residue back to the surfaces.
If you prefer not to mess with bleach, try TSP — although it, too, comes with warnings. Before you decide, read Bob Villa's pros and cons.
If you have a large home, you may want to hire someone to help you or, better yet, to do the whole job.
Cover it
Once the walls are clean you'll need to seal them with primer and the best primer to block cigarette smoke residue is KILZ. It will seal in the stink and set the walls up for that gorgeous paint you've been dying to slap on them.
Get rid of odor holders
There are a few other areas of the home that need your attention. Anything made of fabric needs to be ripped out and tossed. This includes carpet and draperies included in the sale. No matter how many times you shampoo that carpet the smell will cling. It's most likely penetrated the padding under the carpet as well.
Remove the HVAC registers and toss them in the dishwasher. If they still aren't clean, soak them in extra-hot water and your favorite cleaning product (I like ammonia for sticky residues but remember not to mix it with bleach). You may need to use an old toothbrush to get into the slats. While they're soaking, peer into the ducts to see if there is dust, as that is an odor magnet. If so, clear it out.
Did you know that grease also absorbs odors? That's not just stale food you smell in the kitchen and the range hood is probably the culprit. Look under it – especially at the small mesh filter. If it's caked with grease, it's probably another source of the tobacco smell in the home.
You have two options here: try to clean it (easier said than done), or buy a new filter (the big home improvement stores sell them for as little as $10).
Hopefully, you'll be painting the kitchen as well, so the KILZ and lovely new paint will get rid of what's left of the stench.
The air you breathe – and smell
Getting rid of the HVAC filter and installing a new one is a no-brainer, but what about the rest of the HVAC system? If someone was puffing toxic fumes in the home for a number of years, and the fumes were sucked into the system, it's only logical that the various components might need to be cleaned as well. This, of course, calls for a professional, but here's what we were able to learn.
If you turn on the unit and smell tobacco the residue may be clinging to the evaporator coil (if you have one), the blower fan, around the heat exchanger, plenums, and grille boots. A professional can take a look at these components and clean them, if necessary.
Finally, you'll need to clean woodwork and glass. This means all of the cabinetry (don't neglect the insides of drawers and cabinets), mirrors, windows, light fixtures and ceiling fans. If all else fails, you may need to sand and stain the cabinetry in the bathrooms and kitchen and any wooden built-ins.
If the smell lingers, despite your hard work, you may consider using an ozone generator. Before you do, please consider the facts in this article from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Cigarette smoke is insidious and will creep into every crack and cranny in the home. Getting rid of it isn't impossible, but it will take time.
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People trying to grow food and support their families on the shores of Lake Malawi are not only causing serious environmental problems, they're also causing a surge in a debilitating disease.
Thriving towns along the lake are changing the ecosystem in ways that are allowing a parasitic worm to flourish, researchers reported last week in the journal Trends in Parasitology.
The intestinal disease, called schistosomiasis, won't kill you, but it can make you pretty sick with a fever, cough and muscle aches. Schistosomiasis comes from flatworm parasites that burrow into people's skin usually when they're bathing in warm, shallow water. Kids who get infected repeatedly can develop malnutrition and learning difficulties.
"In some villages around Lake Malawi up to 70 percent of the people and 95 percent of schoolchildren are infected [with schistosomiasis]", says Bert Van Bocxlaer, a postdoctoral researcher with the Smithsonian Institution and Ghent University in Belgium.
About the size of New Jersey, Lake Malawi is a huge source of water, electricity and food for people in Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi. Over the past 30 years, the number of people living around the lake has more than doubled to about 14 million. Agricultural output has risen dramatically.
Many things that people have done to try to make their own lives better have made the schistosomiasis situation worse, Van Bocxlaer and his colleagues found. Migration, intense fishing, and planting larger and larger tracts of land have all led to the proliferation of the parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis.
The worm's life cycle takes it back and forth between living in snails and in people. When a person is in the water, the worms penetrate the skin and then mate inside the intestines. Human excrement then carries the parasite eggs back into the lake where they hatch and go to live inside a species of freshwater snails called Bulinus nyassanus in Lake Malawi. Once the worms are large enough, the parasites swim away from the snails and go out in search of the next human host.
In the past, large schools of fish have kept the snail populations in Lake Malawi in check. But Van Bocxlaer says that's changed. "There has been overfishing of the fish that usually eat these snails," he says.
In addition, increased farming around the lake has caused sediment levels to rise. This has made the aquatic environment even more favorable for the problematic snails. More snails mean more parasites and more disease.
"People are doing more agriculture and more fishing because they need food," Van Bocxlaer says. "But on the other hand, intensified use of these natural resources really causes effects in the aquatic ecosystem that increase the likelihood of transmission of this disease."
Van Bocxlaer himself came down with schistosomiasis while doing this research. Being sick made him think even more deeply about the problem. Understanding the ways in which humans are contributing to the increase in the disease, he says, is an important step in figuring out eventually how to stop it.
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If the Walls Had Eyes...
...things might be better:
Amygdala: EYE, OI. Sketchy:
UK scientists claim to have found a way of making people behave more honestly in an experiment they say will have a knock-on effect on everyday life.
A team from Newcastle University found people put nearly three times as much money into an "honesty box" when they were being watched by a pair of eyes on a poster, compared with a poster featuring flowers.
Researchers say the eye pictures were probably influential because the brain naturally reacts to images of faces and eyes.
"UK scientists": good, detailed, reporting there, Scotsman. Okay, they're from Newcastle U.; methinks you could be a tad more specific.


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Important considerations in low-voltage structured cabling
Structured cabling may seem like a relatively simple process in facility operations and maintenance. As long as you run the right type of cable through a building- you're all set, right? Not quite. Network cabling is complicated, especially if you want to provide the fastest and most reliable access for various applications.
Low-voltage cabling or network wiring refers to cabling infrastructure designed for handling various digital technologies. A well-structured cabling system allows transmission of data through computer networks. Every cabling system is unique and should comply with the American National Standards Institute.
We offer structured cabling installation and network wiring services to companies in Sterling, VA. Our structured cabling and data cabling services can ensure your network wiring configuration is organized, efficient, and easy to troubleshoot.
Below are some important characteristics of low-voltage cabling:
Structured cabling basics
Network wiring refers to the various types of cabling and wiring used in commercial and residential applications. This encompasses a wide range of copper cabling such as unshielded twisted pair, shielded twisted pair, coaxial, fiber optic and low-voltage cabling used for security and fire alarm systems.
Each of these cabling systems is unique and has individual applications in a facility's overall design. In order to better manage data cabling, organization into separate subsystems is recommended. Following a subsystem structure helps better inform and coordinate contractors and identify potential cabling issues.
These subsystems include:
- Entrance facilities
- Backbone cabling (Risers)
- Telecommunications/Equipment rooms (MDF/IDF)
- Horizontal cabling
Entrance facilities refer to the network demarcation points and Points of Entry to a building. This crucial area is the point where a service provider's responsibilities end, and where maintenance of internal cabling becomes the property owner's responsibility.
Sometimes, the demarcation point is co-located with the equipment room. Backbone cabling includes the interconnection between various telecommunication equipment rooms, often referred to MDF and IDF rooms. Horizontal cabling refers to the cabling system that branches out from MDF and IDF rooms to endpoints throughout the premises.
MDF and IDF cabling infrastructure includes components that connect equipment in those rooms to the horizontal cabling systems that feed the facility.
Why the ANSI standards matter
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) creates the standards and practices for network cabling. Because of the vast amount of cabling types, the risk of confusion and lack of proper knowledge and planning can create problems for customers, equipment vendors, and installers.
ANSI provides for consistency in design and installation, conformance with line requirements, and standards for design, installation and maintenance. The primary concern for businesses and organizations when designing cabling systems, therefore, is conformance with ANSI standards.
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Ever since Obama entered the White House, the former vice president has been decrying him as a weak leader whose actions place the nation at risk. He's been the lead-singer of the Obama-is-bad-for-national-security mantra on the right. Yet in the wake of the successful raid on Osama bin Laden's suburban compound, Cheney has not rescinded his previous assaults on the president.
The ex-veep did release a statement hailing the operation as "a tremendous achievement for the military and intelligence professionals who carried out this important mission. Their tireless work since 9/11 has made this achievement possible, and enabled us to capture or kill thousands of al Qaeda terrorists and many of their leaders." (Cheney did not rush into the debate over whether enhanced interrogation techniques—or torture—had yielded the intelligence nuggets that led to Bin Laden's comfortable whereabouts.)
Almost as an aside, in that statement, Cheney added one line about the president, "I also want to congratulate President Obama and the members of his national security team." But there was, of course, no reference to Cheney's past criticism of Obama and no recognition that Obama had, if only in this episode, performed ably as commander in chief. After all, any such acknowledgment, however slight, would undermine over two years of Cheney's Obama-bashing.
But let's roll the tape. In 2009, after Obama was in office less than a month, Cheney told Politico that there was a "high probability" that terrorists would attempt a nuclear or biological attack in the coming years and that, thanks to Obama's policies, the odds were better that such an assault would succeed. He also said, "When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry."
This was no hint: Cheney was accusing Obama of caring more about process than the security of the American people. That was a profoundly serious charge. The former vice president was not merely engaging in a debate over Obama's national security policies; he was suggesting that his adminstration fretted more about terrorists' civil liberties than the lives of American citizens. Cheney's real charge was not that Obama was wrong (any leader can make an ill-advised policy choice), but that Obama really wasn't devoted to defending the United States. Cheney was not merely arguing about the best way to counter terrorists; he was trying to delegitimize Obama as commander in chief.
A month later, Cheney, in an interview with CNN, continued this line of attack: "Now [Obama] is making some choices that, in my mind, will, in fact, raise the risk to the American people of another attack." Again, Cheney went beyond arguing policy. He questioned Obama's motives, accusing the president and his aides of not being sufficiently concerned about terrorists: "They are very much giving up that center of attention and focus that's required."
Now, how would Cheney know that? At that time, the CIA, in response to a request from the president, was actually coming up with a revved-up plan to find Bin Laden. The Obama administration also was intensifying its drone war against the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and other violent extremist groups in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.
Later in the year, after the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt of a Northwest Airlines plane, Cheney again went on the offensive. In a statement, the former vice president derided Obama: "He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer up and reads them their Miranda rights, we won't be at war." He charged that Obama "pretends we aren't" at war and once more proclaimed that Obama had made America "less safe." He was still pushing the spin that Obama did not consider national security a priority: "Why doesn't he want to admit we're at war? It doesn't fit with the view of the world he brought with him to the Oval Office. It doesn't fit with what seems to be the goal of his presidency: social transformation, the restructuring of American society." This was no subtle dig. Cheney was contending that Obama was placing his policy agenda—health care reform?—above his duty to protect the United States. It was a polite way of calling him a traitor.
This past January, during an interview with NBC News, Cheney was asked if he still considered Obama a cause of concern: "You said you believe President Obama has made America less safe. That he's actually raised the risk of attack. Do you still feel that way?"
Cheney replied that he was pleased that Obama had intensified the drone attacks on terrorist targets, adding, "That's a plus that he's learned in that regard. But I still worry." That is, Obama still couldn't be fully trusted with national security. Cheney noted that he and President George W. Bush had possessed an "absolute commitment" to preventing another 9/11. As for Obama, Cheney wasn't sure: "I hope President Obama is to that point now where he has that same basic attitude. But we might never find out until there's actually another attack." That wasn't much of an endorsement.
In his statement responding to the Obama-ordered mission that killed Bin Laden, Cheney declared, "[T]he message our forces have sent is clear—if you attack the United States, we will find you and bring you to justice." But during the Bush-Cheney years, that message was not always so clear. In March 2002, Bush indicated that he was not that fixated on Bin Laden. Asked at a press conference about efforts to find the terrorist leader, Bush said:
We haven't heard from him in a long time. The idea of focusing on one person…He's a person who's now been marginalized…I don't know where he is. I just don't spend that much time on it…I'm more worried about making sure our soldiers [in Afghanistan] are well-supplied, that the strategy is clear…I truly am not that concerned about him.
Four years later, conservative journalist Fred Barnes, after interviewing Bush, said that Bush had told him that capturing Bin Laden was not a "top priority." Still, throughout the Bush-Cheney years, intelligence professionals maintained the hunt for Bin Laden. It was Obama, once he took office, who instructed the CIA (which probably didn't need much more motivation) to push ahead. He signaled that nailing Bin Laden was a top priority. And he signed the order authorizing the risky mission that required unilateral military action and that did not include reading Bin Laden his rights. Obama was the commander-in-chief who delivered the message to Bin Laden and other terrorists: the United States will hunt you down and kill you.
This hardly fits the caricature of Obama that Cheney and other Republicans have been promoting since the president took office.
It's unlikely that Cheney will retract his previous remarks. But he and other conservatives who denigrated Obama's devotion to national security have lost a much-valued possession: the Obama-is-weak-on-defense card. They've been playing it since the 2008 campaign and, no doubt, they anticipated deploying it during the 2012 contest. GOP 2012 contenders for months have been slamming Obama on national security issues. But soft on terrorism? If Cheney or anyone else ever again hurls that charge, they will be met with an obvious reply: Obama weak on defense? Just ask Osama bin Laden. Oh, you can't. He's at the bottom of the ocean. Ultimately, this shield against an age-old canard often tossed at Democrats is worth much more than any apology from a grumpy old ex-vice president.


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Regina King Just Learned She's Rumored to Direct the Next 'Superman' Movie
Apparently, Regina King is on the shortlist to direct an upcoming Superman film — even though it's news to her!
In a Saturday (May 29) interview with MSNBC's Tiffany Cross, the Emmy winner rather hilariously learned of the rumor live, on air and in real time.
"I'm curious, because this is a little bit of gossip. You're rumored to be on the short list to direct Superman. You and Barry Jenkins, both of your names have been thrown out there," the host of The Cross Connection pointed out during the chat before asking, "Anything you want to tell us? Is there any news you can break this morning about those conversations?"
Rather than confirm any news, King appeared utterly surprised by the question. "Tiffany, that is news to me. You have broke the news to me," she admitted with a laugh. "A news break, live on MSNBC! Yeah, no, I have not heard that until just now."
Produced by J.J. Abrams, the superhero film — which will feature a Black Superman — was officially announced in February, with Ta-Nehisi Coates attached to write the script. Other directors rumored to be up for the job include Ryan Coogler, J.D. Dillard, Shaka King and Steven Caple, Jr.
King was most recently nominated for Best Director at the 2021 Golden Globes for her work helming One Night in Miami... (Last awards season, she also took home the trophy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie at the 2020 Emmys for her starring role in HBO's Watchmen.)
While Superman wasn't on her radar until, well, this weekend, the multi-hyphenate is next set to direct a big-screen adaptation of Bitter Root, a monster-centric comic set in 1920s Harlem.
Watch King learn about the Superman rumors below.


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Photo of paramedic bride goes viral
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (FOX 32 News) - When your job is all about saving lives, sometimes you don't have time to think about what you're wearing.
A new bride, who happens to be an EMT, jumped into action in her wedding dress.
Sarah Ray was on the way to her reception in Clarksville, Tenn. when her grandmother was involved in a car crash. So Ray stopped and hopped into the ambulance to see what she could do to help.
A picture of Ray in her wedding dress at the crash scene is now making the rounds on social media.
Ray says she does not consider herself a hero because this is what she does everyday. She just happened to be wearing a wedding dress at the time. *
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Known Issues for SeaMonkey 1.0.5
Use Bugzilla to report bugs. Avoid submitting a duplicate bug report by checking to see if your problem is already listed here or one of our most frequently reported bugs. The bug reporting guidelines explain how to write a useful bug report that results in your problem being fixed.
- General
- ChatZilla
- Dialog Boxes and Windows
- Java
- Flash
- Mouse wheel scrolling
- Plugins
- Preferences
- Printing
- Profiles
- Proxies
- Security
- Navigator (web browser)
- Sidebar is Displayed When Searching with Google
- Accessing and Displaying Web Pages
- Downloading Files
- View Source
- Outlook Web Access (OWA)
- Mail & Newsgroups
- General Mail and News Issues
- AOL Mail and Netscape WebMail Accounts
- Attachments
- Address Book
- POP and IMAP
- News
- Offline Mail
- Composer (html authoring tool)
- JavaScript Debugger
- International Issues
General SeaMonkey (cross-application issues)
SeaMonkey 1.0.4 doesn't contain the latest version of ChatZilla. The most recent release can be found here
Dialog Boxes and Windows
If SeaMonkey is locked up but doesn't seem to have crashed, make sure there are no dialog boxes still open. Close each window on your desktop one at a time and if you uncover a dialog window, dismiss it. If you have multiple desktops, repeat these steps for each desktop.
This problem may affect Linux users downloading plugins. Follow these steps to resolve the problem:
- Minimize the plugin download window.
- Choose "Cancel" to dismiss the dialog box.
- Reopen the download window and continue downloading the plugin.
A significant number of SeaMonkey crashes are actually caused by Java. Please make sure you are using the latest available version of Java.
The Linux binaries we distribute are now compiled with GCC 3.3 or GCC 3.4. If you're using these binaries then you will need at least the 3.2 version of the Java Plugin from Sun J2SE v 1.4.2 (or the Blackdown JDK 1.4.1 compiled with GCC 3.2 or higher.) The Sun Java Plugin is compatible with modern Linux versions like Red Hat 8 or later and SuSE 8.1 or later (the plugin depends on a newer version of libgcc_s.so, installing the GCC supplements for Red Hat 7.3 -GCC 3.1 Compiler Suite for Red Hat Linux 7.3 - may allow for some older Red Hat Linux to run the plugin) Users of older Linux versions should wait for a SeaMonkey version compiled specifically for their Linux distro, or compile it themselves. Other than potential plugin issues, however, SeaMonkey continues to support very old distros.
Java J2SE releases previous to 1.3.0_01 will not work with SeaMonkey. Problems have been reported with JRE 1.3.1 and 1.4.1. For best results JRE 1.4.2 or newer is recommended.
Running J2SE in 256 color mode may cause a flickering problem.
Sun's JRE will crash at startup if your useragent does not begin with
Mozilla/5. It might print Expected a version > 5! Version = 4
The workaround is to not forge a useragent whose version is less than 5 if you
have the Sun JRE plugin in your plugin directory. This preference would appear
in pref.js as something like: user_pref("general.useragent.override",
"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98;)");
(Bug 83376)
Some SeaMonkey crashes are actually caused by Flash. Please make sure you are using the latest available Flash plugin (Bug 211213)
Mouse wheel scrolling
On Linux, you must have your X server properly configured to enable mousewheel scrolling. For XFree86, add a line to the Pointer section of your XF86Config files such as "ZAxisMapping 4 5". Also be sure that the Protocol line is set up correctly for your mouse.
On Windows, mousewheel scrolling does not work with all drivers. If you have problems, try updating your driver or disabling any "helper" programs that your mouse uses. If you have a Logitech mouse, you can either upgrade the driver (to at least v9.60) or enable the "Microsoft Office compatible scrolling" option in the Mouse/Buttons control panel.
On Windows, old drivers of Synaptics touchpad may not have scrolling enabled for SeaMonkey. You can get a new driver at http://www.synaptics.com/support/downloads.cfm.
On Macintosh, Mousewheel scrolling does not work with all drivers. If you have problems, try updating your driver or disabling any "helper" programs that your mouse uses.
Plugins installed for Communicator 4.x may not be available for SeaMonkey. Workaround: install these plugins in the SeaMonkey Plugins folder.
On Windows the Adobe SVG plugin crashes. Workaround: Don't copy it (NPSVG3.dll, NPSVG3.zip) into your plugins folder. If you want to view SVGs, SeaMonkey builds (except Linux GTK1) include native SVG support. (Bug 133567)
On Windows NT and 95 only, Microsoft Media Player file embedded in web pages may not work. (Bug 66015)
If you're using the Linux GCC 3.3/3.4 binaries compiled by mozilla.org then JavaScript access to Flash will only work with Flash 6.0r81 or above (Bug 212798)
On Linux, there may be problems with ESD Audio and Flash. (Bug 85772)
SeaMonkey 1.0.4 is not compatible with older versions of Macromedia Flash for Macintosh (anything before version 6.0 r67.) Macintosh users should upgrade to the latest version of Flash to avoid the possibility of crashes at some Flash sites. A free upgrade is available at the Macromedia Flash Player Download Center for OS X.
Many Flash on Linux problems can be fixed by upgrading to Flash 6.
On Linux, SeaMonkey crashes at pages with Flash animations if an XIM server is used. See International Issues as to how to avoid the problem.
Do not share a profile between Netscape and SeaMonkey nightly builds. Doing this can lead to unpredictable results, some of which may include loss of Search settings and preferences and unchecked growth of the Bookmarks file (large enough to freeze your system). It is best to create a new profile for each or manually copy (and change the name) an existing profile. (Bug 137164)
(Windows) If you print across a network to a windows share printer and then delete it from your list of available printers, prints will still go to it until you select another printer from the print dialog box. (Bug 323781)
(Windows, Linux) If you have multiple printers, preferences from an incorrect printer may be used. (bug 324072)
Print preview may behave incorrectly if you change the scaling or page orientation. (Bug 311028)
On Windows, some users might not be able to print on Windows 98 or Windows ME with the default spool setting. The workaround is to go into printer properties, choose details tab, choose spool settings, and then choose print directly to printer. (Bug 130083)
On Linux, Full print preview functionality (toolbars, printing from print preview, page setup, etc.) is only available with the non-standard Xprint module. (Bug list)
In Print Preview, plugins are not shown. (Bug 134002)
The default Unix/Linux binary comes with an alternate print module called
Xprint which features
TrueType fonts and PostScript/
PCL output support.
For more information see
http://xprint.mozdev.org for a thorough
and very detailed guide and Mozilla.org's
Xprint project pages.
In Profile Manager, if you rename a profile to a name you previously used, all your preferences may be lost. Workaround: If you rename a profile, use a unique name. (Bug 113203)
If problems occur during installation and your Communicator profile was not
copied and converted, you can still use your profile. Launch SeaMonkey from
the command line, adding the "-installer
" option (that
is, type "seamonkey.exe -installer
" on the command
line), or reinstall SeaMonkey to see the profile manager dialog again.
SeaMonkey only accepts hostnames for manual proxies. If you migrate a Communicator 4 profile, you will need to change the settings manually. Communicator 4 allowed URL's in manual configuration, but SeaMonkey does not. If you migrate a profile configured this way, you will need to change the URL to a hostname and port number. (Bug 30387)
Fedora Core 5 users using SELinux in enforcing mode will experience security permissions problems when using the GTK1 build. Use the GTK2 build instead (recommended), or see this page for more information.
No feedback is provided while restoring a certificate to a smart card, which can take a long time since smart cards are relatively slow devices. As a result, it may appear that the restoration is not happening. (Bug 52321)
For security reasons, SeaMonkey does not allow connections to certain ports.
To override this on a per-port basis, add a comma separated list of ports to
(in your SeaMonkey installation directory). Note
that this pref only works in the all.js
file in the SeaMonkey
installation directory and it affects all users of the installation. It does
not work if you add it to the prefs.js
or user.js
files in your personal
profile directory.
For example, to unblock ports 1, 3, and 7, use the following line:
pref("network.security.ports.banned.override", "1,3,7");
On Windows, some software firewalls may block SeaMonkey from properly accessing the Internet. If SeaMonkey is not working properly, check that your firewall settings allows SeaMonkey to connect to the net. If your receive a warning from ZoneAlarm that SeaMonkey attempts to set itself up as a local server, it is due to SeaMonkey communicating with Personal Security Manager (PSM) which is required to access secure Web and mail servers, and you should allow SeaMonkey access.
Navigator (the browser)
Sidebar is Displayed When Searching with Google
Performing a search with Google may cause the sidebar to be displayed. To prevent this, make sure "Open the Search tab in the Sidebar when search results are avaliable" checkbox (Edit->Preferences, Navigator->Internet Search) is unchecked. (Bug 252802)
Accessing and Displaying Web Pages
Pages that appear to be rendered incorrectly may be due to standards compliance issues. See the Web Standards page on Mozilla Developer Center and Mozilla Evangelism site for more details.
Using Windows 98 with some ATI graphics adapters will result in occasional corruption of inline images as rendered on web pages. This is an ATI graphics driver bug. (Bug 104992)
While enabling HTTP pipelining may significantly improve page load times, it can prevent some websites from loading correctly. If you experience problems loading a website, please verify that HTTP pipelining is disabled and try again (see Preferences->Advanced->HTTP Networking). HTTP pipelining is disabled by default.
Downloading Files
If the user is downloading a file in the background and the user exits from the File menu, the download will abort without warning. Workaround: Only exit after downloads finish. (Bug 28385)
View Source
On Macintosh, the horizontal scrollbar in the View Source window might be missing. Resize the window to see the scrollbar. (Bug 56488)
Outlook Web Access (OWA)
The Forward, Reply, Reply All, and Reply to Folder buttons may not work. This happens if you have some form of popup blocking enabled. A telltale sign of this is a small explosion icon in the statusbar. An easy way to fix this is to select Tools->Popup Manager->Allow Popups From This Site. (Bug 102476)
Mail & Newsgroups
General Mail and News Issues
Attempting to compose, forward, or reply to a message may result in a non-functional compose window. To work around it, open a new compose window, close the new window, and then close non-functional one. If you try again, it will work. (Bug 307672 )
Moving or copying a labeled message will not retain label in destination when filing across accounts:
- IMAP to any other account (including Local Folders): Message labels are lost.
- POP to POP (including Local Folders) is OKAY.
- POP to IMAP: Message labels are lost.
- Copy Newsgroup messages to any account: Message labels are lost. (Bug 133795)
In the Mail/News Account Settings: Server Settings dialog box, any changes you make to local directory settings won't take effect until you exit and restart SeaMonkey (Bug 2654)
On Linux you may encounter problems if you install SeaMonkey in a root user environment then run as another user. Problems include saving to Sent folder, Drafts, Templates or general authentication problems. (Bug 49397)
The Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings dialog box does not display correctly at lower monitor resolutions such as 800 by 600 or 640 by 480. If possible, increase your monitor's display resolution above 800 by 600. (Bug 82122)
AOL Mail and Netscape WebMail Accounts
SeaMonkey does not integrate with AOL Mail and Netscape WebMail, as Netscape 6/7 do. If you share your Netscape 6/7 profile with SeaMonkey, you may be able to see headers for messages in the account's Inbox if you have previously checked one of these accounts in Netscape 6/7, but you will be unable to interact with the messages. To access your AOL Mail, WebMail, or Netscape Instant Messenger, you need to use Netscape 6/7.
Attaching RTF files to emails may result in them being sent such that most readers will not be able to read them. If you plan to send RTF attachments, you should go to Edit->Preferences->Navigator->Helper Applications, select "New Type", and enter:
MIME Type: application/rtf Description: Rich Text Document Extension: rtf
and then select OK to close the dialogs.
Address Book
SeaMonkey does not import Communicator 4.x addressbooks. (Bug 35509)
To import Outlook address books, you must have the default mail client set to "Microsoft Outlook" in Microsoft Internet Explorer. (Bug 90206)
Pop and IMAP
You must exit and restart SeaMonkey to see the effect of a change to the option "show only subscribed IMAP mail folders". To access this option: choose the Advanced button in the Server section of the Account Settings dialog box. (Bug 38943)
The Subscribe dialog box may not work with news servers that require authentication. If you open a password-protected newsgroup you may be prompted more than once for the user name and password combination.
Setting a LDAP server to use for autocomplete may not work correctly - a work around for this is to set it for each account individually (Bug 317566).
LDAP directories with ldif extensions may appear after migration from Communicator 4.x. (Bug 94645)
SeaMonkey may temporarily hang during LDAP autocomplete if network connectivity is broken. Specifically, if the LDAP server in question is unreachable (network connectivity problems, including taking a laptop outside a firewall), the entire app will hang when attempting to contact that server. The app will begin responding again after about 10 seconds (the length of the TCP timeout). (Bug 79509)
Offline Mail
Moving/Copying a downloaded message (while offline) will result in not being able to read the message at the new folder while you are offline. Workaround: Go online to read it, then re-download the message to have it accessible when you are offline. (Bug 78809)
When starting SeaMonkey, if you only have one profile, both of the Offline preferences for startup mode ("Ask me if I want online or offline mode", or "Use my previous online/offline state") do not work. SeaMonkey will always start in online mode. To go offline, from the File menu, choose Work Offline. (Bug 82487)
Pasting text at the beginning of a line does not work (Bug 299343)
When Publishing in Composer, if the Publishing URL, file name, username, or password contain any special characters (such as "@") that need to be escaped, then Composer creates a duplicate site entry each time you publish the document. To work around this bug, choose the original site name from the Site Name list in the Publish dialog box before publishing the document again. For example, some ISP users have usernames that are also their email addresses, e.g., "firstname.lastname@example.com". After publishing to this site, the next time you use the Publish dialog, the username from the document URL will appear as "janedoe%40ispname.net" (the "@" was escaped during publishing). Since Composer can't find this entry, it creates a duplicate site name. (Bug 141819)
You may not be able to simultaneously edit a document using both Composer and another editor. (Bug 27820)
Certain pages (such as ones that set frames) can't be edited. However, you are still able to choose the Edit Page option in the File menu for such pages. An editor window opens, but you are unable to edit the page.
Edit->Paste As function does not exist yet. (Bugs 73286, 41547)
You can not print HTML Source. (Bug 82239)
Some shortcut keys do not function properly. (Bug list)
Hourglass does not show when application is busy. (Bug 83300)
Some element icons do not render in Show All Tags mode. (Bug 88036)
List editing can cause nested lists to outdent to next level list. (Bug 98547)
JavaScript Debugger
Once you've floated all the views out of the main window, no drop targets remain to bring them back. If you have "Save Default Layout On Exit" checked, and you exit, you will appear to be stuck like this. (Bug 151785)
As a workaround, show the Interactive Session from the Show->View/Hide menu, and type "/restore-layout factory".


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Neon Cleaner Goby
Elacatinus oceanops
Neon Gobies are found in Florida and the Caribbean Sea and are one of the most recognizable and popular saltwater aquarium fish. It is well documented that this fish is a cleaner species that pick parasites and other debris from the mouth, gills and skin of larger fish. We frequently provide Neon Gobies in large quantities to public aquariums for disease control in their displays. They are small fish, reaching about 2 inches in length.
Neon gobies are easy to keep in aquariums and are especially well suited to reef tanks. They will eat small bits of frozen and dry aquarium foods although in nature they are almost exclusively parasite pickers. Normally, they are not bothered by larger fish because they are recognized as cleaners. They can fall victim to mantis shrimp, pistol shrimp and other ambush feeders sometimes present in the live rock or reef tanks.
The spawning of this species is well documented, and pairing and spawning are often observed in aquaria. This species can lay 500-800 eggs every 10 days, hatching in about 8-9 days. They spend about 25-28 days as larva until metamorphosis.
Breeder | |
Eating |
1mm PE Pellets |
Minimum Tank Size | 10 Gallons |
Fully Grown Size | 2 Inches |
Temperament | Peaceful |


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A harmonious multicultural population, a thriving downtown core surrounded by unique neighbourhoods, and no shortage of things to do have helped Toronto reset the urban bar to become a must-see city in North America.
In downtown Toronto, no visit is complete without a trip to the CN Tower. Standing 553 metres, the tower offers amazing views of the city (on a clear day, one can even see Niagara Falls). But the best view may be from the glass floor—especially for those who get a thrill from heights.
Those looking to indulge in a bit of retail therapy can do so at Toronto Eaton Centre. This spectacular shopping centre in the heart of the city houses over 230 stores and restaurants, as well as one of the most beautiful squares in town.
Travellers who have come this far should go a little further and make the short trip from Toronto to Niagara Falls. One can either drive the 90 minutes to get there or book a local tour instead. Once on site, visitors can choose whether to take in the view from the sidelines, or board a boat and get up close to experience the Falls' power. Beyond the waterfall, Niagara-on-the-Lake is full of superb wineries that offer tours and tastings. The town also plays host to the Shaw Festival, which features a diverse mix of theatre productions celebrating the works of famous Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw.
An older but equally impressive point of interest is Casa Loma—a stunning Gothic-style house, originally home to financier Sir Henry Mill Pellatt. Nestled in the north end of the city, it's one of Canada's only castles and a museum that details Toronto life in the early 20th century. Other top-notch museums include the Royal Ontario Museum, which houses impressive collections dedicated to world culture and natural history, as well as the Art Gallery of Ontario, whose fine art collections and exhibitions are sure to astound even the most seasoned connoisseur.
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NewDotMoarFiles - Know when new .moar files are available to extract | |||||||
Hi, A new version of NewDotMoarFiles is available! (v1.1) NewDotMoarFiles enables you to know directly from your character's home page when new .moar files are available. So you won't need to go and check that "Items/.moar files" tab after each forum that you have pwned, because if there are .moar files to extract, you will see it directly from the main page! You'll find it here: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/41898 Enjoy! History: 19/02/2009 – v1.1 – Updated to adapt to a code change from ForumWarz 06/02/2009 – v1.0 – First version uploaded to userscripts.org Wrong. Wrong edited this message on 02/19/2009 3:48PM |
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I'll test this out. Sounds like a great tool |
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Testing now. |
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Wrong, you're incredible! That's one of the tools I always wanted to see on Forumwarz! Basically, it creates a direct link for your .moar files on your main character page, and warns on red bold when there's new moar files to extract. Took a screenshot from one of my alts: Log in to see images! Very very very damn useful. Now if you can create something to extract all .moar files in a single click, I'll love you forever and ever. |
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Wrong, you're awesome. Can we make requests? Can you write a script which captures the piece names and numbers as you earn them, and displays them all when you're done pwning? That way you can see your progress w/o slowing down your speedrun times. |
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MC Banhammer Posted: signed |
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Why are we telling the op he is Wrong! He did a nice thing and you should be thankful. Edit: Does not count dupes, or trupes…. or 40x instances of one moar file Colonel Bear edited this message on 02/06/2009 4:05PM |
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Largehardoncollider Posted: Because that information is not available without parsing the 'Found' list, or extracting a file. I haven't looked at the script's source code, but it probably simply searches for the presence of the 'extract' link, and adds the numbers up for display on the main page. |
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Either I'm very special or somethings up I have tried to Put the script with greasemonkey ut it will not work, even reinstalled it. Lil' Help?Log in to see images! |
Posted On: 02/06/2009 5:01PM | View Sexolate's Profile | # | ||||||
Hey can you make a script that auto-vote on a random INCIT submission when submitting is over? Because usually I forget to vote. Or at least make a beep sound. also pwns forums, takes jobs, gambles, grinds for moars, buys auctions, plays domination, posts on flamebate, etc etc |
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w00t! Now i don't have to code this! someone did it for me! also, awesome work. seriously. |
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How about a script that places a marker next to each forum in your streak for easier long-streak? |
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roborape Posted: A similar script already exists as far as I know. ontopic: It's working wonderful for me, thanks for this script Log in to see images! |
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MC Banhammer Posted: Man, that would make my life so much easier trying to get drop data. I don't even care about the pieces, just the files would be perfect. Although I'm fairly certain some people would love to see it tell you how many pieces left of that file you need to complete it. Pwned Denture Chat 1 Gooberz.xpeg – 1 more to go 2 map to my bathroom in case i get lost.ogle – Complete! 1 RectumScan 7.0 (full + keygen).prog – 12 more to go 2 skull-****.ogle – 1 more to go |
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Good job on the GreaseMonkey script. And CaptainDDL for the link to the streak script =]] |
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Despite President Obama's celebrated gift for oratory, the Obama supporters least surprised by his underwhelming performance against Mitt Romney may have been two of his top advisers.
Senior strategists David Plouffe and David Axelrod have long doubted Obama's debating skills. Their concerns date back to the 2008 presidential campaign, as Plouffe wrote in his book, The Audacity to Win. He put it plainly: "Historically, Obama was not a strong debater."
Plouffe describes in the book the campaign's efforts to "work him harder" in Obama's preparation for a debate during the Democratic primaries:
"These sessions did not inspire a great deal of confidence. Obama thought the whole exercise of boiling down complex answers into thirty- or sixty-second sound bites was silly and rewarded glibness, not depth and complexity. It was definitely going to be a challenging night. A big part of managing debate coverage was setting and then meeting expectations. We tried to set the bar as low as possible so it would be easier to surpass."
As Obama took the stage for the debate, Plouffe wrote, Axelrod told him and campaign adviser Robert Gibbs: "This could be an unmitigated disaster."
It wasn't. The rest, of course, is history. But the history of Obama's lackluster showings in the format repeated itself against Romney on Wednesday night.
Axelrod all but acknowledged as much to reporters in a call Thursday morning. Asked to respond to criticism of Obama's body language, including that he appeared listless, Axelrod said, "I'm not a theater critic, and I'm not going to jump into that particular pool."
But then he basically did just that:
"He didn't view it perhaps as much as Gov. Romney did, as a performance. ... That's not the president's strong suit in these events. I'm sure that he will consider his approach going forward."
Axelrod dismissed questions about whether Obama needed more thorough debate preparation, which Obama had once been loath to embrace in 2008, according to Plouffe's book.
Axelrod said he saw no need for the president to significantly change his strategy, but signaled that the president would be more forceful in the next debate, on Oct. 16:
"The thing that the president hoped to avoid was a situation where you had two politicians standing there insulting each other. ... But we have to strike a balance. You can't allow someone to stand there and basically manhandle the truth about their own record and ideas, and about yours, and not deal with that."
Romney campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg had this response:
"The Obama campaign's conference call today was just like the President's performance last night. The campaign, like the President, offered no defense of the President's first term record or vision for a second term, and instead, offered nothing but false attacks, petulant statements, and lies about Governor Romney's record."
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The National Assessment of Educational Progress is widely viewed as the most accurate and reliable yardstick of U.S. students' academic knowledge.
But when it comes to many of the ways the exam's data are used, researchers have gotten used to gritting their teeth.
Results from the venerable exam are frequently pressed into service to bolster claims about the effect that policies, from test-based accountability to collective bargaining to specific reading and math interventions, have had on student achievement.
While those assertions are compelling, provocative, and possibly even correct, they are also mostly speculative, researchers say. That's because the exam's technical properties make it difficult to use NAEP data to prove cause-and-effect claims about specific policies or instructional interventions.
"It's clearly not NAEP's fault people misuse it, but it happens often enough that I feel compelled to call [such instances] 'misnaepery,' " said Steven M. Glazerman, a senior fellow at Mathematica Policy Research, a Princeton, N.J.-based research and policy-evaluation nonprofit.
"NAEP is so tempting, because it has very wide coverage," he said. "But what it tries to do is actually pretty modest, pretty narrow. And that's a good thing."
Often called "the "nation's report card," NAEP represents the achievement of a nationally representative sample of students at three grade levels: 4, 8, and 12. Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, each state receiving federal Title I funds also must participate in the exam at the 4th and 8th grade levels in reading and math every two years.
Advocates are fond of making claims about what data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress mean, but not all of them stand up to scrutiny.
Use of Data:
"Public education is supposed to be the great equalizer in America. Yet today the average 12th grade black or Hispanic student has the reading, writing, and math skills of an 8th grade white student."
—From a 2009 Wall Street Journal op-ed written by Joel I. Klein, then the chancellor of the New York City school system, and the Rev. Al Sharpton
NAEP scales differ by subject and grade.
Because of that stipulation, achievement trends across states can be compared, an impossibility using the results of states' own hodgepodge of exams.
Twenty-one urban districts also volunteer to have their students' results reported through the Trial Urban District Assessment, or TUDA.
NAEP data are generated through a technique known as matrix sampling. Some questions are given to each participating student; no child takes a "full" exam.
Contrasting Assertions
In a sense, what has made NAEP unique in the annals of testing—its commonality and independent administration in an era of cheating scandals—has also rendered it susceptible to misinterpretation and misuse.
"The NAEP exams have good measurement quality and assess subjects other jurisdictions don't have assessment data on," said Sean P. "Jack" Buckley, the commissioner of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, which administers the exam. "They are comparable across state lines, which is unusual, and they are well known in the policy world. And unlike trying to negotiate with states and [privacy laws], NAEP data are right there on our website."
The downside is that examples of "misnaepery" are legion.
Use of Data:
"Among these low-performing students [on 2009 NAEP in reading], 49 percent come from low-income families. Even more alarming is the fact that more than 67 percent of all U.S. 4th graders scored 'below proficient,' meaning they are not reading at grade level..."
—From advocacy organization StudentsFirst's website
NAEP's definition of "proficient" is based on "challenging" material and is considered harder than grade-level standards.
During the height of implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, the most recent rewrite of the ESEA, dozens of press releases went out from the Education Department, then headed by Margaret Spellings, attributing gains on NAEP to the effects of the law.
In the District of Columbia, promoters of the policies instituted by former Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee have seized on readings of NAEP as evidence that student achievement improved under her watch.
On the other hand, a report recently released by the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education—a coalition housed in the Education Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank—drew on the data to support the exact opposite conclusion. And Broader, Bolder's claims that increased access to charter schools, teacher evaluations tied to student test scores, and school closures in the District of Columbia and two other cities didn't lead to improvements for poor and minority students were picked up and repeated by influential education figures.
"The lesson of the new report: Billions spent on high-stakes testing have had minimal to no effect on test scores," New York University education historian Diane Ravitch wrote about the paper. "High-stakes testing has failed."
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Use of Data:
"When the market-based policies at the center of the reform agenda play out in a comprehensive manner across many years, the results, as captured in reliable data, are not encouraging. ... Reforms that produce a lack of progress on improving test scores or closing achievement gaps are no different from the 'status quo' that they purport to break."
—From "Market-Oriented Reforms' Rhetoric Trumps Reality," by the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education coalition
"In Charlotte, N.C., and Austin, Texas, both cities in right-to-work states where collective bargaining is not required, students in 4th and 8th grade are performing higher than the national average in both reading and math."
—From "Collective Bargaining and Student Academic Achievement," by the American Action Forum
Both statements imply that specific policies affected scores, but casual conclusions are difficult to validate using NAEP.
Most such claims suffer, researchers say, from failing to consider that a correlation or relationship between two points of data does not prove causation.
"They're committing the fundamental and almost inexcusable error of leaping to the causal conclusion they prefer, when hundreds of others are possible," said Grover M. "Russ" Whitehurst, the director of the Brown Center for Education Policy at the Brookings Institution and a former director of the Education Department's research wing.
Another spurious use: treating NAEP data as though they track the same students' progress through school. Such longitudinal data generated from state tests are frequently used by statistical researchers, who can take into account students' background characteristics to control for the effect of poverty or family education on scores.
But NAEP data represent repeated cross-sectional snapshots of achievement, not the progress of individuals, making it more challenging to institute such controls.
"I can understand why people think if test scores go up, it's because schools get better," said Matthew Di Carlo, a senior fellow who writes about education research for the Albert Shanker Institute, a think-tank affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers. But with NAEP, "you're comparing two different groups of students and assuming they're not changing over time."
Use of Data:
"We subtracted the percentage of students in the state who scored proficient or better from the state NCLB test from the percentage of students in that state who passed the NAEP, and used this difference (or gap) to align each school and district test scores across the nation."
—From real estate website NeighborhoodScout
NAEP cannot be used to generate comparable school results.
Claims compiled by Stephen Sawchuk.
Some misuse occurs entirely outside of policy contexts.
"The states see this happening more than even we do nationally," said Cornelia Orr, the executive director of the National Assessment Governing Board, the body that sets policy for NAEP.
For instance, she said, "they're concerned about real estate companies and how they abuse their own state test data, and they're concerned it will happen with NAEP."
New Techniques?
The issue has been sufficiently worrisome that a joint task force of NAGB and the Council of Chief State School Officers began to catalog it in 2009-10.
Scholars say that it is possible to conduct high-quality studies using NAEP data, but doing so appropriately requires research expertise beyond what most lobbyists and policy analysts possess.
"NAEP is just an outcome measure. It's no different from an IQ test or the number of teachers with advanced degrees," Mr. Whitehurst said. "The ability to draw causal inferences about any education variable depends not on NAEP, but on the quality of the research design for which NAEP is the outcome measure."
High-quality studies have drawn on NAEP results, for example, to estimate the impact of Georgia's expanded early education program, Mr. Whitehurst noted.
Mr. Glazerman cautioned, though, that such studies are few and far between.
Advocates' desire to seek quick confirmation for their policy prescriptions—especially when they are gaining or losing momentum—means that it's unlikely that interest in using NAEP for policy analysis will end anytime soon.
"There is just this unwillingness to accept that policy analysis is difficult, takes a long time, and often fails to come to strong conclusions about individual policies," said Mr. Di Carlo.
Over time, the difficulties inherent in interpreting NAEP results have even posed challenges for NCES and NAGB, which must weigh how to report and disseminate data from the exam to minimize misinterpretations.
The NCES itself has on occasion produced reports that include correlations, Mr. Buckley noted. Even when accompanied with caveats, he said, they have been misinterpreted in press accounts.
Still, Mr. Buckley said, the benefits of NAEP data far outweigh the harm that accompanies ill usage.
"We're not the country's education data police," he said of the NCES. "We want the data to be useful, and we trust that the marketplace of ideas will drive the bad uses out."


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The PAC advises the County Board and the County Manager on the implementation of the pedestrian element of the Master Transportation Plan and other matters the committee deems important to advocate for the needs of pedestrians in Arlington.
The committee is made up of volunteers who keep the County focused on making Arlington a better place to walk — from the high-rise canyons of Rosslyn, Ballston and Crystal City to the leafy residential areas of north, south, and west Arlington.
Meetings are held every second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Members of the public are invited to join any meeting. Room location change for May 2019: Room 311.
About this Event
Do you love making your own accessories? Do you like being visible at night? If you answered "yes" to either of these questions, join WalkArlington and artist Iris Vondell of Reflective Society. We'll gather at a neighborhood coffee shop, where Iris will teach us to make simple pinback buttons we can attach to our backpacks, bags, and coats. She will guide the group through the pin-making process, including painting or stamping the fabric, cutting out circles, and using a pin press.
This activity is great for anyone who walks, runs, or bikes outside: Iris creates all her accessories with reflective fabric, so the pins will glow in the dark and increase nighttime visibility.
Afterwards, we'll head out for a brief guided walk of the Rosslyn neighborhood, where we can test out the reflective properties of our new creations! Bring a friend!
This event is free but registration is required. Participants must descend a small staircase to access the event space. All supplies will be provided. Pin-making will take place from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. on a rolling (drop-in) basis. The walk will start at 7:00 p.m. Be sure to bring cash/credit card if you plan on ordering coffee, wine, or snacks while we craft.
This event will take place, rain or shine.
Getting to the Event
This event will take place at East West, a neighborhood coffee shop and wine bar in Rosslyn, which is served by Metrorail and Metrobus, ART bus, multi-use trails, car-sharing and Capital Bikeshare. The entrance to the building is on a small access road parallel to North Lynn Street. Our crafting space will be at the large table in the back. Use Car Free Near Me to check out your transportation options.
Contact WalkArlington at firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions.
To learn more about Iris Vondell and view more of her beautiful reflective accessories, visit her website, Reflective Society. Iris will have additional jewelry and accessories on hand at the crafting event for purchase.
This event is cohosted by WalkArlington and Reflective Society.
March 17, 2020: Our team has been closely monitoring the public health recommendations about COVID-19 and has decided to cancel this event. Your wellbeing is important to us, and practicing social distancing is the best way to prevent the spread of the virus at this time. Follow us @WalkArlington on social media to stay updated on the rescheduled date for this event and for information about future events, walking tips, and more.
Join WalkArlington and Walk Virginia for a stroll through the neighborhood of Bluemont, featuring parks, trails, and a thriving retail core.
About this Event
National Walking Week is April 1-7, and what better way to celebrate than with a relaxing Saturday-morning stroll in Bluemont, recently named the best place to live in Arlington by Niche.com. WalkArlington and Walk Virginia are teaming up to lead this three-mile, guided ramble that will take us through Bluemont's unrivaled network of trails and parks, not to mention its thriving retail core, which is home to small shops and several restaurants. We'll finish at Lacey Woods Park, a favorite neighborhood spot that has places to sit, an open field, a basketball court, and a great playground. Bring your lunch or a snack if you want to enjoy an optional picnic in the park with us afterwards.
This event is free, but registration is required. Bring a lunch or snack if you want to picnic with us afterwards at Lacey Woods Park. Safeway Grocery is located approximately 10 minutes' walk from the park if you want to purchase something to eat.
This event will take place, rain or shine.
Getting to the Event
This event will take place in Bluemont, a neighborhood in Arlington that is served by Metrorail and Metrobus, ART bus, multi-use trails, car-sharing, and Capital Bikeshare. The walk will start at the Capital Bikeshare Station on the corner of Wilson Blvd. and North George Mason Drive. Use Car Free Near Me to check out your transportation options.
Contact WalkArlington at firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions.
Walk Virginia (aka Virginia Volkssport Association) is an all-volunteer, 501(c)3, inclusive recreation program and an advocate for fitness for all generations and abilities. Every October, it hosts the world-class US FreedomWalk Festival, which draws athletes of all ages and abilities from around the world and the United States for three days of non-competitive, social walks and a bike event throughout Arlington and Washington, D.C.
This event is cohosted by WalkArlington and Walk Virginia.
Update: this meeting has been postponed to a later date, to be determined.
April 28, 2020 will be a special joint meeting of the PAC, BAC, and Parks and Rec Commission.
The PAC advises the County Board and the County Manager on the implementation of the pedestrian element of the Master Transportation Plan and other matters the committee deems important to advocate for the needs of pedestrians in Arlington.
The committee is made up of volunteers who keep the County focused on making Arlington a better place to walk — from the high-rise canyons of Rosslyn, Ballston and Crystal City to the leafy residential areas of north, south, and west Arlington.
Meetings are typically held every second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Members of the public are invited to join any meeting.
If the stay-at-home order has significantly upped your reading time, consider joining us for our new virtual book club. We'll be reading Bill Bryson's funny and endearing memoir of his thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail, "A Walk in the Woods." Now more than ever, many of us would enjoy cozying up with a familiar good book that makes us laugh!
To participate, simply order a copy of the book online if you don't already have one and register here on Eventbrite. Registration opens on Tuesday, April 21.
As the date of the online event gets closer, you'll receive information on how to participate.
This is an informal opportunity to connect with other Arlington, Va., residents who like reading and walking/hiking.
If you're feeling festive, make yourself a special appetizer and enjoy a favorite drink while we chat!
About This Event
Walking is one of the simplest and most accessible activities we can take part in, yet it can play a transformational role in improving our mental and physical health. Even a short, 10-minute walk each day has been found to reduce stress, anxiety, and fatigue while boosting our mood and sleep quality.
In this online event, A Conversation on Walking Mindfully, you'll learn why walking is good for your mental health and how you can practice mindful walking to derive mental health benefits. You'll hear from two mental health and two wellness professionals and have the opportunity to ask questions. After our discussion, we'll lead you through a virtual, 10-minute mindful walk that we'll experience together but apart using Zoom. Walk in your living room or in your neighborhood: It's up to you! We'll reconvene to wrap up and share how it felt.
About Our Speakers
Nicole Armstead-Williams (pronouns: she/her/hers) is a clinical social worker/therapist (MSW, LICSW) who provides individual therapy and therapeutic forest bathing experiences to survivors of trauma/loss/grief, acute and chronic stress, anxiety, depression, and loneliness. She holds awareness to unique issues of mental health and intersectionality, focusing primarily on racial identity/issues impacting black people, indigenous people, and people of color, women's issues, and LGBTQIA+ issues. Ms. Armstead-Williams is founder of Prolific Harvest, a mission-driven private practice that honors the power of narrative and nature as growth toward trauma repair. She infuses walk-and-talk therapy with sensorimotor approaches, mindfulness-based stress reduction practices, and creative writing journal prompts to support clients in their healing journey.
Colleen Avis is an Ayurveda and yoga wellness coach who works with clients to find balance in their lives through nourishment, movement, mindfulness, and time in nature. Ms. Avis often meets her clients in nature for meditative walks and yoga. Chopra Center-certified in Ayurveda and meditation, and a Yoga Medicine certificate yoga teacher, Ms. Avis combines these skills to create offerings that meet her client's unique needs, meeting them where they are.
Gretchen Robbins is a health and wellness coach who offers her clients walking and coaching sessions, culinary coaching, and healthy cooking classes. She has a master's degree in Health and Wellness Coaching from the Maryland University of Integrative Health. Ms. Robbins uses accountability, goal setting, and coaching techniques to help her clients achieve the balance that works best for their unique situations.
Jennifer Udler, LCSW-C is a licensed clinical social worker who leads the team at Positive Strides, a unique psychotherapy practice where therapists walk and talk outdoors to physically and emotionally move a client toward their therapeutic goals. Ms. Udler specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, and supportive counseling.
About This Event
The conversation will be centered around committing to a healthier lifestyle. We will discuss how to get started with walking, yoga, and other forms of exercise and activities that are not only good for your physical health, but can also help you to be mentally and emotionally healthy as well.
About Our Speakers
Marsha Banks-Harold is a Certified Yoga Therapist, Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, and owner of PIES Fitness Yoga Studio. She is an intuitive healer called to empower clients to fortify one's strength of awesomeness; to learn to rely on one's authentic self; and to cultivate everlasting physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual (PIES) peace. Marsha is the creator of the flagship yoga class My Body Don't Bend That Way designed for clients who don't believe they are flexible enough for yoga, who are afraid to get onto the floor, who are living with physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual pains, or those who have restricted range of motion.
Victor Carcamo grew up in Los Angeles and was raised by parents who supported his love of sports from a very young age. Over the years he played many different sports, but soccer turned out to be his greatest love. He attended Cal-State LA on a soccer scholarship and went on to play professionally in both Sweden and El Salvador. He became a certified trainer through ACE and has been personal training for about 15 years. He currently works for the Rosslyn Business Improvement District (BID) as the director of operations and teaches the BID's bootcamp. He also shares fitness and nutrition tips through the One20 Brand.
Erina Chander is a peer wellness specialist for Arlington County's Healthy Living Program. She has lived experience with a mental illness and shares her experience and makes connections with others who have mental health challenges to bring about balanced health and wellness. She believes cultivating a healthy body creates a healthy mind. Erina enjoys hiking and being creative.
Deanna Cordova is a health professional and entrepreneur. She is the proud owner of DC Fit 10, a training community that she founded in 2014 to encourage people to laugh more, move more, and to play hard. She grew up in Santa Fe, NM, and was a multi-sport athlete all of her life. She went on to play basketball at Seattle University where she earned a BA in Business Management. After college she earned an MA in Kinesiology from Cal State Long Beach and began learning the ropes of the training industry. In 2005 she started helping people to develop their bodies as machines, encourage them to move more and to move often, and to always remember to have fun. She plans to continue this for the rest of her life. Her training philosophy is that everyone and everybody is an athlete. Whether you are training for a specific event or training for life, she is here to help you. She is certified with NASM, AFAA, TRX, FAI, FMT, and Parkinson's Regeneration.
About Our Moderators
Marianna Cardozo is the Arlington County Healthy Living Program Coordinator. Marianna is a social worker and a certified personal trainer and ACE-certified health coach. Marianna approaches her practice from the perspective that health and well-being should be self-defined and self-determined, with an emphasis on developing intuitive, compassionate, and trusting relationships with ourselves. "All bodies are good bodies", and we all deserve to feel safe and empowered in ours.
Mary Dallao is program manager for WalkArlington. She loves being outdoors and can often be found walking or running on one of Arlington's beautiful trails.
BikeArlington, WalkArlington, and Arlington Public Library invite you to join Balaclavas & Baklava, our signature Winter Accessory Workshop. Participants will learn how to make their very own winter walk or bike accessory, from a warm ear cover to a full-head balaclava. These make a great gift, donation, and are of course perfect for your own winter outdoor activities. Register for this event.
Materials provided:
- Step-by-step instructions to make a balaclava and ear cover/neck gaiter
- Downloadable templates
- Live tutorial
Materials to have on hand:
- 24"x16" piece of fleece (or other stretchy, cozy wicking fabric – not cotton) in the pattern of your choice. Note: one yard of standard-width (60 inches) fleece yields about 6 balaclavas or 10-15 ear covers/neck gaiters
- Sewing machine OR needle and a few feet of thread
- Scissors
- Straight pins or safety pins
- Marker or pen
All skill levels are welcome. All of these patterns can be made if you know how to do a simple stitch, although the ear cover and neck gaiters are simplest. The event is free, but RSVPs are requested.
Note: Don't let materials be a barrier! If you need assistance obtaining the materials necessary for this event, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com or respond as such during event registration. We will have limited supplies available through Arlington Public Library's Take and Make craft pickup.
Have your materials in advance! Download the pattern and instructions in the link below.
BikeArlington, WalkArlington, and the APS Safe Routes to School Program invite you to join us for 12 Days of Active Winter Break. We will be sharing 12 kid-friendly activities to keep everyone active and engaged over the holidays.
Every child counts down the days until Winter Break, but parents and caregivers may feel like they are counting the days until it is done! This year, the pandemic presents even greater challenges in keeping everyone sane during the holidays.
County staff and local residents will be offering 12 different activities that you and your family can participate in to stay active and entertained. Arlington has so much to offer and what better time to experience it than over the long break. Each activity will be free, physically distant, accessible, and walk/bike friendly.
We encourage you to share the event with your family and friends to make sure they don't miss out on any of the fun to be had over the break. Make the most of the time you have with your family while maintaining a fun and active lifestyle.
Have you ever stumbled across a hidden piece of history, art, or nature that you've never seen before? The best way to find these hidden gems is by walking somewhere new! WalkArlington and Arlington Transportation Partners would like to invite you to participate in National Walking Day on April 7, 2021. Join us on a virtual hunt for hidden gems in your own neighborhood that you may not have known existed.
As valuable members of our active community, your wellbeing is important to us, so this year's virtual event prioritizes the health and safety of the community.


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