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The Hillside Hooligans play gritty and soulful reggae, ska and punk-rock. Their style is characterized by honest lyrics, prominent solos, and plenty of style and tempo changes to keep things interesting.
The four founding members played together in Victoria's reggae/punk favorites One Drop for over 6 years before starting this new project with a fresh batch of songs. They are joined by other vetrans of the Victoria ska & reggae scene to fill out their 7 piece lineup.
The name HIllside Hooligans, references the street in Victoria's Rock Bay industrial district where their original studio, the Hidden Gem was located. They converted a grungy old warehouse into a rehearsal and recording studio that served as a musical hub and hosted legendary jams and parties, especially during skafest.
In the summer of 2009, the original studio was sold out from under them and they were forced to move into a bland office building nearby. Shortly afterwards the band had meltdown and disbanded. In early 2010, Brandon was performing a solo acoustic show when, James and Shane suprised him up on stage to back him up with bass and drums,.The Hooligans were reborn.
In late 2010 the Hooligans found what they had been looking for: a space to create a new studio even better than it's predecessor. It would take a serious renovation, but it would be worth it.
The new Hidden Gem, was custom built to suit the needs of the Hooligans and the other bands and businesses that shared the space..
During the construction, tragedy struck. In front of a party of horrified onlookers, Shane fell from the second story mezanine onto a cement floor and table 12 feet below. Help arrived swiftly, but had flat-lined. Thankfully, the paramedics were able to revive him, and he pulled though.. The accident happened two weeks before the planned cd release of the Hooligan's first album, Tales from Rock bay.". The rest of the band managed to finish recording the album and performed a drummerless acoustic cd release show donating all the proceeds of the show and album to Shane's recovery.
His recovery was nothing short of miraculous. 3 months to the day, from lying dead on the concrete, Shane was playing his drums with the Hooligans at a packed hall opening up for the Aggrolites.
Today, the new Hidden Gem is complete and buzzing. The Hooligans are hard at work recording their second album. Like it's predecessor, and the One Drop albums, it will be self-produced and recorded entirely in their own studio, giving time for a maximum of attention to detail and creativity.
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I'm scheduled to report to the skydiving facility at 10:00AM. A solid, low bank of clouds covers the entire sky. The call comes in at 8:30AM.
"The weather is looking bad today. Do you mind rescheduling your tandem skydive?"
"No problem. How does tomorrow morning sound?"
"That's perfect. The weather is going to be excellent."
I'm at my parents' house with Kathryn and our kids, psyching myself up to jump out of a plane two miles above the solid earth. The cancellation instantly deflates my mounting anxiety. Tomorrow would work out well. The reprieve is nice, but it just means the anxiety will last much longer. It is like waiting your turn to give your report in front of the class, but having to listen to thirty other students go first.
We set in motion the less fearsome plan of taking the kids to Fun, Fun, Fun for arcade games and mini golf. Ten minutes before we head out the door, the phone rings again. Dad takes the call.
I look quickly outside. Sunny as hell. Before another word is said, the anxiety starts to creep back in.
"Hey, Dave; want to jump now? The weather's good."
Can't put it off any more. The skydive is a birthday gift from my parents. It was a remote, fanciful idea until now. Suddenly, the distant idea began to materialize. The little peaks of anxiety arrive more quickly. Palms start to get sweaty.
Kathryn and I pile into the car with the girls, and follow my dad. We pass the Paraclete XP Sky Venture facility along the way, a tall building with a powerful, vertical wind tunnel. People float inside the tunnel, practicing free-fall maneuvers. Kathryn starts to get more excited about the idea of tandem skydiving. She wants to go next!
Wind tunnel inside the Paraclete XP Sky Venture facility
My brain attempts to process my anxiety along the way. For some reason I keep thinking of the title of the self-help book, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, a book I've never even read. The title alone is enough to keep my mind on the goal.
We arrive at the Raeford Parachute Center, located only a few minutes away from my parents' house. I had a lot of confidence in the facility. They've been in business for over forty years, and have long history of good experiences. The instructors at the facility have tens, if not hundreds of thousands of jumps among them. We park, unload the kids, and look around. There's the little air strip with a handful of tiny airplanes. A smoky bar filling up with servicemen, bikers, and other thrill-seekers. Jumpers fiddling with their chutes in a covered picnic area.
Raeford Parachute Center logo
We head into the office to fill out the paperwork, and to watch a bizarre old video of a man with a ridiculous four-foot-long beard talking about the legal liability waiver document skydivers are required to sign. This was followed by footage of the same mega-bearded man going through a tandem skydive with Ron Reagan, son of President Reagan.
The paperwork is the scariest part, because you are legally accepting the risk of injury and death. Jumping out of an airplane has got to be easier than parsing legal language. I dutifully checked away my right to sue if I end up being pressure washed off the landing zone.
Nope. Still can't sue for this.
Roy, the instructor, came in to give me the very brief training. We talk about the gear, safety, and what to expect. He's probably gone over this training material thousands of times, so he runs through it very quickly. I absorbed as much as I could, while resigning myself to the fact that Roy will be taking care of 99% of the jump for me. I'll just take on the challenging role of "dead weight newbie". Roy gives some useful advice:
"Don't walk into the propellers."
"In freefall, be sure to smile to tense up your face muscles for the videographer. Otherwise, the wind will push the meat in your face all the way up. It won't be pretty."
"Don't put your arms back here. See this pull? It cuts the main chute away. You DON'T want to do that."
Roy hands me a jump suit, and a "frap hat" with attached goggles that fit over my glasses. I put it all on. The getup looks strange. I look like a novelty condom. Kathryn laughs at my appearance and takes photos along with my dad.
The frap hat is awesome.
Iris is getting excited as she looks at the walls which are completely covered in fantastic photographs of other skydivers. There are some photos of elderly people doing jumps, including a woman who did a tandem skydive on her 94th birthday. Dad is getting more excited about the jump. His first civilian jump was in 1970. He did a handful of static line jumps before joining the Army, then continued on to do several hundred jumps with the 82nd Airborne. He tells stories about various small mishaps during his jumps, such as landing on a snack bar, getting caught in a tree, and opening his chute too low at 1000 feet and getting grounded by the parachuting instructor. Surprisingly, none of his jumps were as high as the jump I was about to make at 13,500 feet.
Roy returns to help me put on and adjust my parachute harness. "You'll want to make a 'special adjustment' so certain parts don't get pureed on the way down." He gives me a cheap altimeter to wear. I give hugs to Kathryn and the girls, and we're off to the plane, a Pacific Aerospace P-750 XSTOL.
"Insane people: Get inside, now!"
Mila smiles in her stroller, sucks on her feet, and I board the plane.
The plane is designed to bring 17 parachutists up to altitudes of 12 to 13 thousand feet, then return to land, all within 15-30 minutes. After a short wait, Roy and I and the remaining parachutists (all men except for one woman) climb into the low opening and pile into the cramped fuselage. We sit with our backs to the pilot. Roy is sitting behind me. The videographer sits to his right, and the pilot is behind them in the cockpit, working over his busy clusters of instruments. The engine fires up, and we taxi to the runway. We roll quickly under high throttle and the plane peels away from the runway, calming the shaking fuselage. I watch as the ground falls away, and I start to feel a wonderful sense of freedom. Which is kind of strange, considering I'm sealed in a metal tube, sitting nuts-to-butts with 14 other parachutists, doomed to jump out two miles above the ground.
As we continue the twenty-minute climb to 13,500 feet, I periodically glance at my altimeter. The needle creeps up slowly but noticeably. I feel some of the anxiety but a strong feeling of calm is also present. I was more nervous on the ground, thinking about the pending skydive. Perhaps this is an "acceptance" phase, combined with Roy's efforts to put my mind at ease. No turning back now. Shut up and do it.
After some repeated safety checks, and a briefing on what to expect, Roy asks, "Any questions before we do this?"
I think for a moment. "Do the jumps get better and better after the first one?"
"Oh yeah. Every jump is different. You can do this thousands of times and it's different each time."
I can sense some of the other parachutists smiling. They are probably thinking of the unexpected things that come up during their jumps. On our way to board the plane, Roy and the videographer teased another skydiver about landing on the arrow instead of the big landing target the arrow was pointing to.
We hit 5,500 feet and two skydivers are already at the door. The red light turns yellow, and the door is opened. The yellow light turns green, and the two skydivers quickly exit the plane. All I can see of this from my seat in the back is one moment there are two helmeted heads near the door. And the next moment, they are gone.
Having a face-to-face with ol' Gravity.
The door closes, and we finish climbing to 13,500 feet. The door opens, letting in the roar of the wind, and the light goes green again. The parachutists ahead of us quickly perch on the edge of the doorway one-by-one, and jump away. In a short time, only the videographer, and Roy and I remain. Roy and I are already attached together, an awkward eight-limbed bundle, and we clumsily shuffle our way to the doorway. The videographer is already outside the plane, holding on to a rail. Roy and I set up at the threshold, an insignificant line between apparent safety and insanity. I squeeze my thumbs into my chest straps, and push my head back. The videographer jumps away. Roy rocks forward, then back, then forward again. We fall away in a rush.
The next few moments are chaotic. Strangely, falling out of a plane only feels like falling during those first moments. I get that "stomach in your throat" sensation for a few seconds, then it quickly disappears. Roy stabilizes us and deploys the drogue chute, a small semi-closed parachute, which brings our terminal velocity to 120 miles per hour. He taps my shoulder, which is my signal to spread out my arms and legs. We are now pushing through a thick blanket of air, which feels much more like floating than falling, especially since the ground is so distant and unmoving. It's hard not to stare at the ground during free-fall. The videographer circles around, positioning himself in front of us, so I look up at him and mug for the camera. I move my hands around in the wind. The wind feels solid enough to push against. It is a lot like sticking your hands out the window of your car when you are speeding down a highway. I must be part dog, because I stick my tongue out, which gave me a small irrational fear that the powerful wind would rip it off. The wind leaks into my goggles, and my right eye starts pushing out tears, distracting me. Roy spins us around a few times, then gets us in position for the end of free-fall. I've lost track of time, and I can't see what Roy's doing, but he's watching his altimeter and getting ready to deploy the main chute.
Some dork tagged along for sloppy seconds.
About sixty seconds into free-fall, he pulls the rip cord and the chute unfurls about 5,500 feet above the ground. I'm so absorbed with the view of the ground, and the sensation of being pulled by the chute, that I didn't think to look up to watch the canopy unfurl. It fills with air and I can feel myself being grabbed and pulled upward with great force. I'm glad this parachute harness can withstand all that force! Being held this high in the air with little more than a few straps feels a bit disconcerting. But I'm comforted by the knowledge that the straps, and the hooks holding me to Roy, are constructed to withstand thousands of pounds of force. The pulling forces come to an end and we settle into a gentle float.
Hey! Who put on the brakes?
Roy gives me instructions; I can finally hear his voice now that the deafening wind is behind us. He hands me the toggles, webbed straps used to steer the parachute, and I fly the canopy for a few moments, enjoying the freedom of flight. The ground is like a tilting table top, pitching and yawing as we drift. Every feature of the ground seems like a small mark on a giant, flat sheet of paper. Slowly, the ground gets closer. Roy's pointing hand appears and he describes features in the distance. "There's Fort Bragg over there. There's Fayetteville. And I think that's Laurinburg. If you look over there, you can see the edge of the weather that was here this morning. Man, what a great, clear day we got today."
I can see all the other jumpers glide their chutes ahead of us towards the drop zone. The canopy ride is supposed to last about five minutes. It goes by very quickly, and I'm surprised to hear Roy say he is beginning to position us for landing. We watch the plane that took us up come in for a landing. It looks very small off in the distance. I start to feel queasy, like I have in the past when riding on small planes. I suspect the apparent motion of the ground triggers it, like pitching on a boat does for me sometimes. But I want to enjoy the rest of the ride, so I take a few deep breaths to try to push away the discomfort. We glide past the observation area, and I wave at my family there, but they probably can't see me since we're still up high.
Can you see me waving?
Roy circles us around the drop zone. I can see the landing target getting larger. We get closer and Roy says, "OK, now lift your legs and keep them up." In the brief training, Roy explained that the last thing you want to do on tandem landings is let your feet contact first, dragging behind you, followed by your knees contacting, then your face. Ouch. I dutifully lift my legs and Roy brings us in for a landing. Roy contacts the ground first, then I bring my feet to the ground for the landing which is no faster than a brisk jog. Roy executes a perfect landing – we both remain standing.
*Whew*! The safety of the ground… is an illusion. The drive home is more dangerous!
It is a bit of a relief to be on the ground, but disappointing that the ride is over. Echoes of queasiness chip small pieces of my exhilaration away. The videographer rushes towards us for a post-jump interview. "How was it?" I can think of little more to say than, "Awesome." Roy disconnects our harnesses, helps me loosen mine, and I head back to my family while Roy deals with his chute. Iris is the first to greet me. She congratulates me on my "bravery" of jumping out of a plane. I give her a big hug, and we meet up with my dad, Kathryn and Mila. We head back to the office to return the gear, and Roy gives me the jump certificate. Back at my parents' house, Dad finds the old certificate of his first jump. 1970. Almost 40 years before my first jump!
Father and son jump certificates. Took almost 40 years to catch up to him.
It was one hell of a birthday gift!

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -Tennessee Titans receiver Kenny Britt has been activated for the game against Minnesota after being listed as probable with a sprained left ankle.
Britt hasn't practiced in two weeks because of the injury and has only played in two games this season. Linebacker Colin McCarthy, a defensive captain, was active as well for the first time since spraining his right ankle in the season opener for the Titans, who are missing quarterback Jake Locker with a dislocated left shoulder.
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"My way is to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns; writing over the one Pro and over the other Con. Then during three or four days' consideration, I put down under the different heads short hints of the different motives, that at different time occur to me, for or against the measure. When I have thus got them altogether in one view, I endeavor to estimate their respective weights; and where I find two, one on each side, that seem equal, I strike them both out. If I judge some two reasons con equal to some three reasons pro, I strike out five; and thus proceeding, I find where the balance lies; and if after a day or two of further consideration, nothing new that is of importance occurs on either side, I come to a determination accordingly." –Benjamin Franklin
Last week we talked about the importance of being decisive and went over some basic tips for how to make good decisions. We mentioned the pro and con chart as being a helpful part of the decision-making process. As you can see from the above quote, Ben Franklin was a fan of the pro and con chart himself and added his own twist by giving different weights to his various motives.
But what if you try the pro and con chart and the right decision still isn't clear? You've done all the research you can about your possible choices; you've journaled your thoughts; you've sought the advice of your friends and loved ones. But you're still absolutely stuck between two or more choices that seem equally attractive. How can you break this stalemate?
Today we're going to go over a decision making hack that expands on and improves the technique practiced by old Ben. When you're agonizing over a decision, it can help you discover which choice would really be best.
How to Decide Between Two or More Attractive Possibilities
Every decision has its advantages and disadvantages. The trick is to figure out which choice will give you more of the former and less of the latter. A typical pro and con chart can be too vague. This is where a decision "balance sheet" comes in. If you want to get really fancy, philosophers who study decision making (yes, there is such a thing) call it a "multi-attribute optimization chart." Get out a sheet of paper, gents, you're about to become The Decider.
1. Make your columns. You need two columns. Label the first column "Element" and the second column "Importance Factor." Next to those two columns, create as many columns as you have possible choices. Label these columns with the names of your choices. For example, "Job in Seattle" and "Job in Phoenix."
2. List the important elements of your decision. In your "Element" column, list all the major elements that influence your decision. For example, if you're trying to decide between jobs, you would list things like location, pay, benefits, job security, work hours, enjoyment, etc.
3. List the importance factor of each element. In your "Importance Factor" column, assign each element a number from 1 to 10 according to how important that element is to you. For example, if the time your job will allow you to spend with your family is very important to you, give that element a 9. If being close to your family isn't as important to you, then give it something like a 4. Put down the first number that comes to you; don't overthink it.
4. Grade the choices in relation to each element. You're now going to assign a number from 1 to 10 in relation to how each choice measures up to the elements you have listed. For example, if the job in Seattle offers an excellent health insurance plan, you would give it a 9. If the job in Phoenix would sometimes have you working 60-hour weeks, then you would give it something like a 5 for "work hours." Again, don't think too much about it; just put down the first number that comes to your mind. These numbers go on the left side of your choice columns. Make sure you leave room on the right side of the column for another number.
5. Multiply the importance factor by the grades for each choice. For example, if you gave the importance of the pay element a 8, and you gave the Job in Seattle a 7 for that job's potential salary, you would take 8X7 and would come out with 56. This number goes on the right of your choice column.
6. Add up the totals. Once you have multiplied all of your importance factors by your choice grades, add all those numbers up to get a total. Which choice has the highest number of points? That's probably the best choice for you.
These directions may make it sound more complicated than it really is. It's actually quite simple once you see an example of a chart. Here is an example chart of choosing between two different jobs. Let's say that both jobs seem attractive, but you want to figure out which would be the best job for you and your way of life. Here's how you could figure out which job to take:
After multiplying the importance factor by our choice grades, and then adding those totals up, we're left with the Seattle Job scoring 428 and the Phoenix Job scoring a 468. Looks like you're moving to Phoenix! Of course, there is a possibility that you come up with some false positives doing this exercise. Even though you try not to be biased, there's a tendency to give the choice you really want higher scores, even if it really doesn't warrant those scores. Despite that small drawback, multi-attribute choice optimization does a pretty good job of helping you come to a choice (after all, if you're inflating the scores of one of your choices, then deep down you probably already know which one you want!). It forces you to really think about all the factors going into your decision. Kate and I have used it several times when making big choices, and it has always proved helpful. Go ahead and give it try with the sample card below. Remember you can download a PDF with a couple of these worksheets ready for you to use. Enjoy!
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Helping Children Grieve
Helping children grieve while you're in the grief process yourself can seem overwhelming. Here are some practical things you can do to make it a bit easier.
Losing a loved one is never easy. Having to explain the loss and help a child deal with it can be very difficult. Here are some suggestions for making the grieving process a little easier for you and your child.
Helping Children Grieve
The first step in dealing with grief is to recognize the many forms of expression it may take. You may feel depressed, sad, lonely, lethargic, and experience a lack of appetite. These expressions are common and easy to link to grief, but there are many other expressions that are harder to identify as grief-related. They include anger, aggression, ravenous appetite, lack of direction, lack of motivation, inability to focus on a task, short attention span, and forgetfulness.
- One of the best things you can do to help your child cope with his pain is to give yourself the opportunity to grieve and to allow him to observe your grieving process. It is important to accept now that you will be very fragile for the next year or more. During this time you will need to be very kind to yourself and to your family members.
- Pay careful attention to your child's physical needs. Make sure that he gets proper rest, nutrition, and exercise. If possible, give him the opportunity to play out of doors. A combination of sunshine and being in physical contact with nature has a strong positive effect on our bodies as well as our emotions.
- There is no really "good" time to grieve, but most likely the pain of this loss will hit at the worst possible time. Whether your child is feeling anger, sadness, depression, or aggression, he will probably express his pain through temper tantrums or bouts of uncontrollable crying. By nature, this will happen when you are in a public place or have pressing obligations that are very important to you. This is not an accident. It is at these times that he will feel the depth of his loss most acutely. In general, you will want to handle these episodes much the way you normally would, however it is important that you recognize what is going on and make extra space for his pain. Your child may not be able to associate what he is feeling with his loss and you do not need to bring it up every time he acts out. In point of fact, it is important that you do not allow him to get in the habit of using this as an excuse to act out.
- You can also expect your child to regress as a direct result of the stress of losing a loved one. This may include waking up more frequently at night, excessive amounts of thumb-sucking, bed wetting, daytime incontinence, returning to baby talk, and, in severe cases, refusing to talk all together. These things are only temporary and your child will undoubtedly regain the skills and maturity level that he was functioning at if he is able to process his grief in a positive way. An excellent way to help him do this is creative play. This is accomplished by encouraging children to use puppets or action figures to act out what they are feeling. Children have the ability to project their feelings on inanimate objects much more easily than they can own them. It is also less of a risk for them to allow a toy to say what they really feel and watch others react to the toy than it is to risk rejection from the ones they depend on for their sense of self.
- Use age-appropriate tools, such as books, audiobooks, and videos that deal with death and grieving as conversation starters. In Flower Moon, the children's book I wrote after my mother passed away, I show a child who feels alone but is reminded of his mother's ongoing love. I hope it can be a great conversation starter for parents.
- Consider working together to compile a scrapbook of memories about your loved one. Include lots of photos and memorabilia, but focus on getting your child's memories into tangible form. Ask him to draw pictures of the things he remembers, and then ask him to tell you about the picture. Write down whatever your child says and when he is finished, read it back to him. Give him the opportunity to add to or change what he says until it clearly expresses what he is feeling. In this way, you will not only help your child capture memories that will be with him for the rest of his life, but you will help your son clarify his current feelings.
- Create a family video. Invite family members (and close family friends) to recount their memories of your loved one and tape them. A good time to do this may be at holidays or your loved one's birthday. Everyone in the family will be missing them and they may welcome the opportunity to deal with their own feelings of loss. It is important not to put pressure on anyone to participate because some of the family may not be ready to be this vulnerable. It also does not need to be a great artistic work to be therapeutic. The last thing the family needs is pressure, but each individual does need creative ways to work through this significant life event that leaves each one who experiences it deeply changed forever.
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Braces aren't just for kids. Many grownups are taking advantage of orthodontic treatment and having their teeth straightened at a later age.
Sometimes, patients include adults who already had braces in the past, but their teeth shifted over time once they stopped wearing their retainers. In other cases, adults who have never had braces are tired of having crooked teeth and ready to invest in a beautiful smile.
Whatever the case may be, if you're looking to straighten your teeth with braces, Drs. Burk and Flinn would love to help you with this process. Having a dazzling smile can increase your confidence in all areas of your life!
Depending on what you're willing to spend and how quickly you would like to complete the process, you have various options for getting braces. We all know what traditional metal braces look like. This is a less-expensive route for individuals who have severely crooked or displaced teeth. However, many adults avoid option because the braces are noticeable or distracting in a professional atmosphere.
For people concerned about aesthetics, clear ceramic braces may be a preferable option. This type can still fix extremely crooked teeth or jaw alignment issues. It may be slightly more expensive than traditional metal braces. Patients who choose this treatment route need to be careful not to stain the clear adhesives by drinking too much coffee, red wine, soda, or other beverages that can discolor teeth.
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The entire process can take anywhere from three to 18 months to straighten your teeth completely. This may not be the best choice for patients who have an overcrowded mouth or extreme bite issues. Invisalign is often the most expensive option, but it's great if you're concerned about your appearance while your teeth are being straightened.
If you've been thinking about straightening your teeth with the help of braces, don't hesitate to contact our Rockville and Olney, MD office to set up a consultation. From there, Drs. Burk and Flinn can figure out the best course of treatment, depending on your budget and overall needs.
Adult braces can be a great way to boost your confidence and finally give you the smile you've always wanted.


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JEFF BUSBY PARK, Miss. – A wave of thunderstorms with winds blowing near hurricane force strafed the South Wednesday, killing at least 10 people from Arkansas to Alabama, including a father struck by a tree while protecting his daughter at a Mississippi campsite.
The latest round of severe weather Tuesday night and early Wednesday damaged homes in a rural Texas community and spread destruction into Georgia and Tennessee.
An earlier flare-up of storms this week had already killed 10 people in Arkansas and one in Mississippi.
On Wednesday morning, a Louisiana police officer on a camping trip in Choctaw County, Miss., was killed when a towering sweetgum tree fell into his tent as he shielded his young daughter with his body, said Kim Korthuis, a supervisor with the National Park Service. The girl wasn't hurt.
The 9-year-old girl was brought to a motorhome about 100 feet away where campsite volunteer Greg Maier was staying with his wife, Maier said. He went back to check on the father and found him dead.
"She wasn't hurt, just scared and soaking wet," Maier said.
Also in Mississippi, a man was crushed in his mobile home when a tree fell during the storm, a truck driver died after hitting a downed tree on a state highway and a member of a county road crew was killed when he was struck by a tree they were removing.
In Alabama, where the governor declared a state of emergency, at least five people were killed in the wave of storms. Among them was a man hit by falling tree and another killed when a tree fell on a car.
The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management confirmed early Wednesday that another person died in a storm in Sharp County. Officials said the person was in a home near Arkansas Highway 230 but didn't know exactly how the person died.
In Louisiana, police were investigating if two deaths in Monroe were storm-related. A woman's body was found early Wednesday in a vehicle that had become trapped in a flooded underpass and a man's body was found later on a flooded street.
The latest round of storms moved through as communities in much of the region struggled with flooding and damage from earlier twisters. In Arkansas, a tornado smashed Vilonia, just north of Little Rock, on Monday night, ripping the roof off the grocery store, flattening homes and tossing vehicles into the air. Four people were killed there, and six died in flooding elsewhere in the state. In Mississippi, a 3-year-old girl was killed when a storm toppled a tree onto her home.
The destruction continued Wednesday as severe storms in northwest Georgia downed trees, blew out windows in a hospital and tore off part of a school roof. Much of north and central Georgia was bracing for another round of thunderstorms later Wednesday and a tornado watch was issued.
In eastern Tennessee, what appeared to be a tornado struck just outside Chattanooga in Tiftonia, at the base of the tourist peak Lookout Mountain.
Angela Milchack, 29, had just dropped off her son at Lookout Valley Elementary School. Students took cover and none were hurt.
"It just sounded like the wind was blowing really, really hard," she said.
Tops were snapped off trees and insulation and metal roof panels littered the ground. Police officers walked down the street, spray-painting symbols at houses they had checked for people who might be inside.
The National Weather Service had issued a high-risk warning for severe weather from northeast of Memphis to just northeast of Dallas and covering a large swath of Arkansas. It last issued such a warning on April 16, when dozens of tornadoes hit North Carolina and killed 21 people.
Emergency management officials in Alabama said two suspected tornadoes touched down in Marshall County, about 70 miles northeast of Birmingham, causing widespread injuries and damage.
"There are people trapped in mobile homes, in vehicles. We've got trees down all over, power lines down all over. It's all over the county," said Phil Mayer, working in the county emergency management office.
The weather service didn't immediately confirm twister damage, but forecasters had issued several tornado warnings and said winds blew as hard as 70 mph, just short of hurricane force.
High winds also damaged a hangar at the Birmingham airport.
Dozens of tornado warnings were issued in Arkansas throughout the night. Strong winds peeled part of the roof off of a medical building next to a hospital in West Memphis, near the Tennessee border, but no one was inside.
At least one person was injured when a storm slammed through the tiny town of Edom some 75 miles east of Dallas late Tuesday, said Fire Chief Eddie Wood. Witnesses described seeing what they thought was a tornado rolling the woman's mobile home with her inside.
A video shot by the Tyler Morning Telegraph showed emergency responders covering the injured woman to shield her from rain and hail. Her mobile home was reduced to a pile of debris in the road.
"We have multiple houses damaged or destroyed," said Chuck Allen, Van Zandt County emergency management spokesman. He said he would survey the area by helicopter Wednesday to get an accurate count.
Ted Ryan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, said at least one tornado almost certainly hit between Edom and the town of Van to the north. He said the weather service would send a team to the area Wednesday to assess the damage and determine the strength of the storm.
At daybreak Wednesday, residents on the outskirts of the small, rural community started to clear up the damage from the storm. The area was littered with uprooted trees, some had split in half and others landed on homes.
Rhonda Modesitt, 45, said she and her 15-year-old son watched the tornado approach their duplex.
"You could see lumber and stuff swirling in it," Modesitt said as she swept up broken glass from patio furniture that was smashed in the storm. "You could hear it coming through and then it got real still."


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CExchange's Green Policy
What it actually means to be Green
CExchange cares deeply about our environment.
It is, after all, our business. But it gets much more personal than that.
Among the founders of our company you will find hobbies and interests outside of work that
are quite literally outside activities. Our founders and employees enjoy
marathons, triathlons, surfing, snowboarding, skiing, hiking, mountain biking,
fishing and many other outdoor activities. But what we enjoy most is
passing on our love for the outdoors to our children. Much of the pride we take in our work
here at CExchange is the fact that we are helping to keep our environment clean
so that people can safely enjoy the great outdoors now and well into the
We understand that there is considerable confusion around e-waste and which "electronics recycling" companies you can trust. So please do your research, know who you are giving your electronic device to and where it goes from there.
So What Does CExchange Do with Your Electronic Device?
Most electronic devices we receive from consumers, retailers and manufacturers are refurbished so they can be repurposed and reused. This reduces the amount of raw materials needed to manufacture new products and helps to conserve our natural resources. For the electronics that can't be refurbished we provide them to Echo Environmental. Echo is R2 certified, one of the most rigorous certifications for the ethical and responsible handling of e-Waste. Echo adheres to all state and federal environmental regulations and also complies with ISO 14001 environmental management standards ensuring that no hazardous waste will be improperly disposed of.
Reduce, Recycle, Reuse
CExchange adheres to all aspects of the three "R's" as promoted by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Bloody British History, my 31st book, has just been published. It's a sanguinary canter through some of the
more gruesome aspects of British history, with an eye to not merely the murderous and macabre, but also to
the strange and, at times, surreal. Delve within the illustrated pages and you will learn of prehistoric cannibals using skulls as drinking cups, discover how to boil a poisoner to death, understand the technique of chemical warfare during medieval sea battles, and learn more about the use of cheese as an instrument of torture than you ever wanted to know.
With a full cast including Ancient Britons, Romans, Barbarians, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Pirates,
Jacobites and invading Frenchmen, Bloody British History relates some of the most famous episodes in the
history of the British Isles from unfamiliar perspectives. The sight of the largest ship in the Spanish Armada
keeling over with blood pouring from its scuppers. The giant Viking at Stamford Bridge finally defeated by a
spear thrust to the testicles from below the bridge he was defending. William the Conqueror turning the North of England into an uninhabited wasteland. The Scots inventing the concentration camp. Roman SEALs
conducting amphibious warfare. Witchcraft in Westminster politics. Not the six wives, but the Six Executions of Henry VIII. And how not to assassinate Queen Victoria.
Featuring walk-on parts from all manner of unpleasant characters from Richard the Lionheart and Bloody
Mary to Jack the Ripper and Hitler's Gestapo, Bloody British History does what it says on the can.
There will, indeed, be blood.
The book is published by The History Press and is available through all the usual retail channels, including the country's hard-pressed but indispensable brick-and-mortar bookshops.


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I am taking a little recipe break, because I have recently read a book that is so amazing and inspirational, I couldn't help but tell you about it. Just in case you know how to read, and enjoy doing so on a regular basis. 🙂
Unbroken is written by Laura Hillenbrand. It's the biography of Louie Zampernini, Olympian Athlete and World War II survivor.
It is difficult to read at times, due to the insanely harsh and unbelievable conditions Mr. Zampernini experienced during the war. However, the story is compelling, riveting and immensely moving. It's the kind of book that makes you grateful just to lay your head down at night on a clean pillow in the safety of your own home. Page after page I found myself in complete awe of Louie Zampernini, his constant will to live, the strength of his character, and his kindness to those suffering around him. It left me wanting to be better, do better, live better.
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The leading causes of disability in the U.S. are arthritis and related rheumatic conditions, which cause joint pain and inflammation in sufferers. Arthritis results from immune system disorders or wearing down of the cartilage and tissues of the joints.
Questionnaires administered to randomly chosen adults in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico provided data on arthritis incidence. Arthritis prevalence was defined as doctor diagnosis; prevalence of chronic joint symptoms, or CJS, was determined when patients responded "yes" to "pain, aching, stiffness, or swelling in or around a joint" in the previous year during "most days for at least a month."
The overall prevalence of CJS/arthritis was 33%, or approximately 70 million adults. By categories, the percentages of American adults estimated to suffer from specific conditions were: arthritis (11%), CJS (10%) and both CJS and physician-diagnosed arthritis (12%).
Arthritis symptoms can affect anyone, particularly the elderly, women and those who are overweight and lead sedentary lives. The best way to avoid developing arthritis is to maintain a healthy diet and weight and get adequate sleep. Conservative treatments for arthritis include low-impact regular aerobic exercise, massage, acupuncture and heat and cold therapy.
Bolen J, Helmick CG, et al. Prevalence of self-reported arthritis or chronic joint symptoms among adults - United States, 2001. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC) 2002:51(42), pp. 948-950.
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Green Exhibits
One of the building trends in the museum business is GREEN.
Clients and visitors are, rightfully, concerned about the materials used to create both museum buildings and exhibitions. In many ways, children's museums have been leading the way in the green revolution.
Brenda Baker and her colleagues at the Madison Children's Museum have been concerned about the types of materials traditionally used in exhibits (lots of plastics and volatile chemicals) and have really worked hard to create more eco-friendly displays. One great product of their work is the website greenexhibits.org a wonderful compendium of information for everyone concerned about green materials.
The other program that children's museums lead the way in is LEED certification of their buildings.
What is LEED? The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings' performance. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality.
Several notable examples of new, or soon-to-be-completed, building projects from the children's museum world can be found in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, and Helena, MT.
Unfortunately, green buildings and exhibit supplies are often more expensive than their "non green" substitutes, so it takes a real commitment on behalf of clients and designers to push green design. But, thanks to websites such as greenexhibits.org we all can have a better idea of what our eco-friendly design options are.


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The Creature From Hell! The Biggest Scam In United States History
By G. Edward Griffin and Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux and G. Edward Griffin discuss the basics of the central banking scheme, the secrecy which went into the creation of the Federal Reserve System in the United States, why central banking is important, the true nature of the income tax, the government control of currency interest rates, the erosion of market signals by government policies, the possibility of a cashless society, the similarity between the Republican/Democrat establishment and the dangers of collectivism.
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Reasons to Love Horseradish
Once the gefilte fish hits the table during our Passover feast, about 20 of us start fighting for the horseradish to top it. But this spicy condiment goes far beyond the Passover table.
Horseradish ( Armoracia rusticana) is a member of the cabbage family and is thought to have originated around 500 B.C. in the Mediterranean. It is one of five bitter herbs traditionally eaten during the Passover feast. In the 1600 and 1700s, Horseradish ale was a very popular drink throughout England and Germany. In the 1700s, German settlers introduced it to the U.S.
Fresh horseradish root is about 6 to 12-inches long with a 3-inch or so width. It is white in color, has a pungent smell and distinct spicy flavor. Many folks prefer prepared horseradish which can be found as white or red varieties at the market. White horseradish is preserved in vinegar, while red is preserved in beet juice.
Although you can find horseradish grown throughout the world, about 60 percent of the worldwide supply is grown in Illinois.
One tablespoon of prepared horseradish has 7 calories, 2 grams of carbs, and is free of fat and cholesterol. It also provides 6 percent of your daily recommended amount of vitamin C. You'll also find a small dose of potassium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus. Horseradish also contains a plant chemical called glucosinolate, which have been shown to help fight cancer and bacteria.
You can purchase fresh horseradish root and grate it yourself. Prepared white horseradish has a bigger kick than the red, but it's a personal choice. You may choose to use prepared white horseradish due to its neutral color in lighter colored dishes like mashed potatoes.
- Spice up your turkey or ham sandwich with a teaspoon of prepared horseradish.
- Add zing to your potato salad or mashed potatoes with a touch of freshly grated or prepared white horesradish.
- Grate fresh horseradish and sprinkle on vegetables or in tomato juice.
- Add freshly grated or prepared into a homemade guacamole or applesauce.
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About Identified Nonlinear Models
What Are Nonlinear Models?
Dynamic models in System Identification Toolbox™ software are mathematical relationships between the inputs u(t) and outputs y(t) of a system. The model is dynamic because the output value at the current time depends on the input-output values at previous time instants. Therefore, dynamic models have memory of the past. You can use the input-output relationships to compute the current output from previous inputs and outputs. Dynamic models have states, where a state vector contains the information of the past.
A general form of discrete-time model is:
y(t) = f(u(t - 1), y(t - 1), u(t - 2), y(t - 2), . . .)
Such a model is nonlinear if the function f is a nonlinear function. f may represent arbitrary nonlinearities, such as switches and saturations.
The toolbox uses objects to represent various linear and nonlinear model structures. The nonlinear model objects are collectively known as identified nonlinear models. These models represent nonlinear systems with coefficients that are identified using measured input-output data. See Nonlinear Model Structures for more information.
When to Fit Nonlinear Models
In practice, all systems are nonlinear and the output is a nonlinear function of the input variables. However, a linear model is often sufficient to accurately describe the system dynamics. In most cases, you should first try to fit linear models.
However, for some scenarios, you might need the additional flexibility of nonlinear models.
Linear Model Is Not Good Enough
You might need nonlinear models when a linear model provides a poor fit to the measured output signals and cannot be improved by changing the model structure or order. Nonlinear models have more flexibility in capturing complex phenomena than the linear models of similar orders.
Physical System Is Weakly Nonlinear
From physical insight or data analysis, you might know that a system is weakly nonlinear. In such cases, you can estimate a linear model and then use this model as an initial model for nonlinear estimation. Nonlinear estimation can improve the fit by using nonlinear components of the model structure to capture the dynamics not explained by the linear model. For more information, see Initialize Nonlinear ARX Estimation Using Linear Model and Initialize Hammerstein-Wiener Estimation Using Linear Model.
Physical System Is Inherently Nonlinear
You might have physical insight that your system is nonlinear. Certain phenomena are inherently nonlinear in nature, including dry friction in mechanical systems, actuator power saturation, and sensor nonlinearities in electromechanical systems. You can try modeling such systems using the Hammerstein-Wiener model structure, which lets you interconnect linear models with static nonlinearities. For more information, see Identifying Hammerstein-Wiener Models.
Nonlinear models might be necessary to represent systems that operate over a range of operating points. In some cases, you might fit several linear models, where each model is accurate at specific operating conditions. You can also try using the nonlinear ARX model structure with tree partitions to model such systems. For more information, see Identifying Nonlinear ARX Models.
If you know the nonlinear equations describing a system, you can represent this system as a nonlinear grey-box model and estimate the coefficients from experimental data. In this case, the coefficients are the parameters of the model. For more information, see Grey-Box Model Estimation.
Before fitting a nonlinear model, try transforming your input and output variables such that the relationship between the transformed variables becomes linear. For example, you might be dealing with a system that has current and voltage as inputs to an immersion heater, and the temperature of the heated liquid as an output. In this case, the output depends on the inputs via the power of the heater, which is equal to the product of current and voltage. Instead of fitting a nonlinear model to two-input and one-output data, you can create a new input variable by taking the product of current and voltage. You can then fit a linear model to the single-input/single-output data.
Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics Are Captured Separately
You might have multiple data sets that capture the linear and nonlinear dynamics separately. For example, one data set with low amplitude input (excites the linear dynamics only) and another data set with high amplitude input (excites the nonlinear dynamics). In such cases, first estimate a linear model using the first data set. Next, use the model as an initial model to estimate a nonlinear model using the second data set. For more information, see Initialize Nonlinear ARX Estimation Using Linear Model and Initialize Hammerstein-Wiener Estimation Using Linear Model.
Nonlinear Model Estimation
Black Box Estimation
In a black-box or "cold start" estimation, you only have to specify the order to configure the structure of the model.
sys = estimator(data,orders)
where estimator
is the name of an estimation
command to use for the desired model type.
For example, you use nlarx
to estimate nonlinear ARX
models, and nlhw
for Hammerstein-Wiener
The first argument, data
, is time-domain data represented
as an iddata
object. The second
argument, orders
, represents one or more numbers whose
definition depends upon the model type.
For nonlinear ARX models,
refers to the model orders and delays for defining the regressor configuration. Alternatively, you can explicitly specify linear, polynomial, and customer regressors.For Hammerstein-Wiener models,
refers to the model order and delays of the linear subsystem transfer function.
When working in the System Identification app, you specify the orders or regressors in the appropriate edit fields of corresponding model estimation dialog boxes.
Refining Existing Models
You can refine the parameters of a previously estimated nonlinear model using the following command:
sys = estimator(data,sys0)
This command updates the parameters of an existing model
to fit the data and returns the results in output
model sys
. For nonlinear systems,
estimator can be nlarx
, nlhw
, or nlgreyest
Initializing Estimations with Known Information About Linear Component
Nonlinear ARX (idnlarx
) and Hammerstein-Wiener
) models contain a linear
component in their structure. If you have knowledge of the linear dynamics, such
as through identification of a linear model using low-amplitude data, you can
incorporate it during the estimation of nonlinear models. In particular, you can
replace the orders
input argument with a previously estimated
linear model using the following command:
sys = estimator(data,LinModel)
This command uses the linear model LinModel
to determine
the order of the nonlinear model sys
as well as initialize
the coefficients of its linear component.
Estimation Options
There are many options associated with an estimation algorithm that configures
the estimation objective function, initial conditions, and numerical search
algorithm, among other things of the model. For every estimation command,
, there is a corresponding option
command named estimator
For example, use nlarxOptions
to generate the option set for
. The options command returns an option set that you
then pass as an input argument to the corresponding estimation command.
For example, to estimate a nonlinear ARX model with
as the focus and lsqnonlin
as the search method, use nlarxOptions
load iddata1 z1 Options = nlarxOptions('Focus','simulation','SearchMethod','lsqnonlin'); sys= nlarx(z1,[2 2 1],Options);
Information about the options used to create an estimated model is stored in
. For more information, see Estimation Report.
Related Examples
- Identifying Nonlinear ARX Models
- Identifying Hammerstein-Wiener Models
- Represent Nonlinear Dynamics Using MATLAB File for Grey-Box Estimation


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With works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Leonard Cohen, David Berman, Georges Braque, Jeffrey Brown, R. Crumb, Henry Darger, Marcel Duchamp, CM Evans, David Godbold, Philip Guston, Paul Hornschemeier, Jay Howell, Chris Johanson, Maira Kalman, Kenneth Koch, Jason Logan, David Mamet, Quenton Miller, Tucker Nichols, Alice Notley, Ron Padgett, Raymond Pettibon, Dan Perjovschi, Amy Jean Porter, Steve Powers, Royal Art Lodge, Peter Saul, George Schneeman, Olga Scholten, Leanne Shapton, David Shrigley, Shel Silverstein, Nedko Solakov, Art Spiegelman, Ralph Steadman, William Steig, Saul Steinberg, and Kurt Vonnegut
Wed., April 30, 6:30 PM - FREE Film Screening: The Devil and Daniel Johnston Delve into the artistic genius and manic depression of singer/songwriter/artist Daniel Johnston to learn about madness, creativity and love. Current footage, vintage performances, home movies and interviews with friends and families draw an intimate portrait of one of the founders of Indie music. Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig.
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There were three main people who worked on the show on our end, Jesse Nathan, Jordan Bass, and myself, and we all took a shot at writing essays about the work we'd found and included in this show. The first drafts of these essays were a little formal and maybe even pretentious. We re-wrote them and they still didn't seem right. So finally we settled on the text below, all of it mercifully brief and plain.
This show, titled Lots of Things Like This, came about when apexart asked for an idea for a show. The first thought that occurred to us was an exhibit that would highlight work that included these three elements:
1. An image 2. Some words (usually referring to the image) 3. A sense of humor
The show never got much more complicated than that. We started with the artists we knew we had to include: Raymond Pettibon, Tucker Nichols, Maira Kalman and David Shrigley. All four of them had found a place in the fine art world, even though in many cases their work was both narrative and funny, a combination that's historically been rare in galleries and museums. For the most part, artists who use text in their work don't write punchlines – the text is usually abstract or oblique, open to interpretation. But the rise of comics-based art, and of Pettibon in particular, had opened the doors to new hybrids of words and images, thank god.
So we started looking for work by our starting four artists, and many others, that satisfied the criteria. We figured we would bring in some artists who generally go by the label cartoonists (because, generally speaking, image + text + humor = cartoons), and we did, but we also found some great examples of the form from long-dead painters (Goya, Magritte), more recently dead genre-straddlers (Steinberg, Warhol), and a wonderfully diverse group of artists from all kinds of disciplines: writers, poets, musicians and playwrights. Actually just one playwright, David Mamet. But he's one of the best.
In some cases, this sort of work is central to what an artist does. Solakov and Perjovschi, for example, are well known for their brilliant and witty combinations of text and image. In other cases, as with Silverstein, this kind of captioned art is at the outer edge of the artist's oeuvre. But we can say that just about every artist that we investigated, or had a hunch about, did indeed have work like this tucked away somewhere. Long after we had filled the show, we were finding fascinating examples of the form, and of course there are a number of obvious omissions in this show, from Lichtenstein to Picasso.
In any case, being loathe to draw conclusions about the artists' motivations or methods, because, again, so many of these people are dead, we're instead going to list some questions that occurred to us and might occur to you and might help the show blow your mind completely:
Why is it that so many of these artists aren't so great at spelling? And why is it that when they screw up one of their words, instead of starting over, they just cross the word out and write it again? Many people would choose to start over.
Why is it important to many of the artists that the drawings appear casual, even rushed? Is the loose draftsmanship part of its appeal, in that it seems more intimate and disarming? Is absurdity more appealing when it comes across as humble?
What is the line between a doodle, a cartoon, a gag, a work of fine art, and will there ever be a time when someone doesn't insist on writing a similar kind of silly and rhetorical sentence in an art catalog?
In some cases does it seem that the artist is defacing his or her own work by adding the text? That's partly why we included the Duchamp / Mona Lisa experiment and the Goya – in both cases the words are a lighthearted comment on a finished or abandoned image. Sorry, that's not really a question. Moving on...
Does this excerpt from an essay by Michael Bracewell, writing about David Shrigley, help us understand what some of these artists are up to? Here's the relevant part: "Shrigley's unlocked studio, situated near a struggling job club, was often raided by vandals who amused themselves by making additions to his drawings. Acknowledging the comedy within the discrepancy between the miscreants' anti-art attitude and the claims of fine art to instruct or enlighten, [Shrigley] began to develop a graphic style in which the banal or the absurd could be used..."
Couldn't it be said that these artists are doing lots of not-encouraged-in-art-school things at once, given they're making work that's narrative, often informal, un-self-serious and usually featuring punchlines? And given its crossing of these many boundaries, doesn't it make sense that its practitioners would come from so many other disciplines?
Does the subject matter – in many cases private and withdrawn – fit the form of these drawings? That is, is there something shy and retiring about this work, as if you're looking at something very private, something not meant for public viewing?
Is it instructive that a good percentage of the art we chose to put in the show was hard to find? More often than not, we would find something in a book or online that we wanted to include, and when we got in touch with the artist, his or her gallery or estate, they would have no idea where the original was. No one would know. It was refreshing, in a way, and seemed appropriate for the form. Again, it doesn't take itself so seriously.
But it does bring pleasure. This was really the guiding motivation behind the researching and hanging of this show: to put an enjoyable exhibit together, to cover the walls with strange and funny things. In that pursuit, we were lucky to assemble a fascinating group of artists, and we hope you like it.
P.S. The ostensible curator, Dave Eggers, would like to emphasize just how hard Jesse Nathan, a very young man who stepped up to help out, worked on this show. A good deal of the most interesting "finds" in the show came via his hard work, ingenuity and creative digging. Jordan Bass at McSweeney's was a tremendous help, and of course Kerri Schlottman and everyone at apexart were exceptionally professional, good-natured, quick and efficient, and helpful in every way.
Dave Eggers ©2008
Dave Eggers is an award-winning author and founder of McSweeney's, an independent book-publishing house in San Francisco. In addition to writing and publishing books, he is a regular contributor about art and music for magazines and has designed most of the books and quarterlies published by McSweeney's, which have been featured in the National Design Triennial at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and in the California Design Biennial. He also founded and opened 826 National, an innovative tutoring, writing, and publishing nonprofit based in seven cities across the country.
Lots of Things Like This is supported in part by the Peter Norton Family Foundation and by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council with the generous support of The September 11th Fund.
apexart's exhibitions and public programs are supported in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Edith C. Blum Foundation, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts.


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20MINUTOS.es / agencies / VIDEO: ATLAS Pavilion will be the headquarters of the world's handball which begins on January 11. The judge has required the scientific police who make a simulation by computer to establish the number of people that fit into the Pavilion. Courts have handed down a warrant of eviction against the enterprise FSM Group, the society of Miguel Angel Flores, who exploited Macumba. The police estimated that 23,000 people were in the Madrid Arena. Who's who in the case Chronology of the investigation. Eduardo Lopez Palop, the judge who is investigating the tragedy of the Madrid Arena, which killed four young men because of an avalanche during a party, has decided to keep the seal of the same after making an on-site inspection of the Pavilion headquarters of the world's handball that will begin on January 11 at the prospect that new investigations Tuesday.
This inspection, which began about ten in the morning, attended by representatives of the public prosecutor, the police Scientific and Brigade of killings of the head top of police, as well as two national policemen and municipal agent of Madrid who attended the party being out of service. Lopez Palop wandered by installations questioned witnesses about how the events occurred. The judge focused on the entrances to the enclosure, the central track and the access corridor to the same where the deaths occurred. This area, located on the zero level of the building (two below ground level, is only three meters wide, but it is packed who attended the service, which came out of the track and those who wanted to access it to see the start of the performance of DJ star of the night, Steve Aoki.) Judge computer simulation has also required scientific police who make a simulation by computer to establish the number of people that fit in the Madrid Arena Pavilion and than there really were.


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Atlanta, Ga….The Carter Center denounces the recent detention of Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Dr. Aziz Dweik, as well as the arrests of three other legislators and one former minister, who are members of the speaker's Hamas-affiliated faction.
Dr. Dweik was taken into custody on Thursday, Jan. 19, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. No charges have been filed, but an Israeli military court sentenced him to six months "administrative detention" on Jan. 24. In the early hours of Jan. 20, Israeli forces arrested another PLC member from the Change and Reform bloc, Khaled Thwaib, near Bethlehem. Then, on Jan. 23, former minister Khaled Abu Rafah and legislator Mohammed Totah were arrested. They had been taking refuge in the International Committee of the Red Cross compound in East Jerusalem for over a year, after the cancellation of their Jerusalem residency permits. Finally, in the early morning hours of Jan. 24, Israeli forces arrested PLC member Abdul Jaber al-Foqaha' at his home in Ramallah.
The PLC has not met in full session since 2006. The reactivation of the PLC, hoped for in the coming weeks, is an important milestone in the ongoing process of Palestinian reconciliation and forthcoming elections.
"These men are guilty of nothing more than winning a parliamentary seat in an open and honest election, which was monitored by The Carter Center in 2006," said former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. "The detention of Speaker Dweik and other Palestinian legislators appears to be an attempt to hamstring the PLC in order to prevent Palestinian reconciliation and a prospective election later this year. We urge that the parliamentarians and former minister be released. International law prohibits Israel, as the occupying power, from forcibly transferring Abu Rafah and Totah from Jerusalem. The continued use of 'administrative detention' also is of great concern."
Twenty-seven PLC members are in Israeli jails, including 24 from the speaker's faction. The 2006 elections gave the Change and Reform bloc a majority of seats in the PLC. The Center's assessment of the electoral process was positive and found that the results represented the genuine will of Palestinian voters. These arrests are a transparent effort to subvert democracy among the Palestinians.
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Network Working Group Alex McKenzie
Request for Comments #224 BBN
NIC #7623 14 September 1971
Categories: D.7
Updates: none
Obsoletes: none
Reference: RFC #215, #221
Comments on Mailbox Protocol
It should be noted that the Terminal IMP will be unable to
directly implement the currently-proposed mailbox protocol for
the following reasons:
a) The Terminal IMP is completely incapable of storing
incoming messages for later printing or display.
b) The Terminal IMP is not expected to be able to perform
as the "server" portion of any connection.
c) The Terminal IMP cannot provide programs for the
processing of a variety of types of input streams.
It currently supports the TELNET protocol, and is
expected to support at least one mode of Data
Transfer Protocol in the future. It is _not_ likely
to support the File Transfer Protocol. Furthermore,
when using the Data Transfer Protocol it will not
perform any transformations on the data stream
(e.g., interpretation of line printer form-control
"characters," translation from one character set to
another, etc.). It will be up to the "other end"
of the connection to set up and decode messages based
on the terminal type.
Although these limitations preclude Terminal IMPs from
participating in the currently-proposed mailbox protocol, this
should not be considered an objection to implementation of the
protocol, provided that Terminal IMP installations will be
guaranteed the right to "rent" mailboxes at some larger Host
site [the NIC is probably a good candidate]. With this capability,
a message destined for a Terminal IMP user would be shipped to the
site of the "rented" mailbox according to protocol and stored
there. A terminal IMP user could then periodically log in to that
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site (under TELNET protocol) and examine the contents of the
mailbox; since the "examination" would be carried out over a
TELNET connection the Host containing the mailbox would _automatically_
perform the necessary transformation of the data before transmitting
it to the Terminal IMP.
A technically unattractive alternative to this scheme would
be to _require_ each Terminal IMP site to have a printer dedicated
to the mailbox function. If the mail were then transferred in
TELNET format, we could probably provide a socket connected to
the dedicated printer for receipt of mail. Obviously, if this
scheme were chosen, a Terminal IMP could accept mail from only
one sender at a time, and the transmission rate would be limited
to the speed of the printer. Furthermore, a single central
mailbox printer is likely to provide poor service to Terminal
IMPs with widely scattered terminals (e.g., dial-in terminals
distributed over an area with a 10-mile radius).
We feel that, in addition to other arguments, it would be
more cost-effective to provide storage for rented mailboxes at
one site than to provide a _special_ mailbox printer at each
Terminal IMP site.
[ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
[ into the online RFC archives by BBN Corp. under the ]
[ direction of Alex McKenzie. 12/96 ]
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The 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen Album contains the photographs of nearly all the men who were listed as having embarked for service to South Africa with this unit. Ten men are listed who did not embark but had their photographs included in the publication.
The 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen embarked from Hobart, Tasmania on 27 March 1901 and returned to Tasmania on 25 June 1902.
The photographs were extracted from John Bufton, Tasmanians in the Transvaal War, Launceston, 1905, pp. 334 – 342.
For a full listing of the photographs, see:
2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen, Album Contents


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Asheville Mural Project No.2
I 'mirrored' this photo so the letters on the ball player's jacket would read 'CH' instead of its mirror image. After I did this I noticed the chess board was set up incorrectly. Sometimes you can't win.
AMP Underpass 2
© Flickr user zen under
Creative Commons.
While I was browsing the photographer's other AMP photos, I found the same photo I used a year ago in Chess in Asheville. Then I found both AMP chess photos combined in a single image -- AMP Asheville mural project projected -- with the ball player sitting in front of Black pieces. Somebody in Asheville likes chess.


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Inaugural Leica Geosystems Twitter Chat to address HDS
HDS Today: A Twitter Chat with Paul Burrows scheduled for 22 February at 4 p.m. CET.
Paul Burrows, Leica
Geosystems EMEA
business manager
for HDS.
Paul Burrows, Leica Geosystems Europe, Middle East, Africa business manager for High Definition Surveying, will answer customer questions about 3D laser scanning during the company's first Twitter Chat 22 February at 4 p.m. CET.
"Professionals use HDS technology as a way to capture the world around them in 3D easily, quickly and cost-effectively," said Burrows. "In this Twitter Chat, I look forward to explaining how this technology can help customers build their businesses while answering questions about their daily challenges on the site."
Highlights from the chat will include:
Engineering & Infrastructure Applications for HDS
Construction – Where does HDS fit?
BIM – Inform, Enrich, Validate
How to engage new customers with HDS
Followers of the Twitter Chat are encouraged to use #HDSChat to follow along.


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