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TEDxers at TEDActive met for a workshop on Sunday. TEDActive
One of the reasons that the enthusiasm for TED has transformed from a loose gathering in California to a global phenomenon is simple: TEDx events, independently organized offshoots of the main TED that are held in towns, cities and at universities (and one even took place in a prison), and are organized by enthusiasts who don't get paid a cent.
In fact, many of the speakers at the main TED event in Long Beach this week were culled from visits to TEDx events around the world. To date, more than 5,900 events have been held worldwide since the program began about four years ago in 1,683 cities and 126 countries and 145 countries (Editor's note: this has been corrected to reflect correct figures). At the companion TEDActive in Palm Springs yesterday, I randomly (that's the TEDActive way) shared a lunch table with four TEDx people from four different countries and continents: Australia, Europe, Asia and the United States.
What struck me is how entrepreneurial what they are doing is: TEDx is not an Ideas-on-Wheels kind of volunteer work where you transport a prepared message. It means setting up your own mini-TED by doing everything from curating live speakers and/or lining up some talks to stream, to marketing, to getting sponsors, to screening attendees to renting a space and bringing in audio-visual experts.
"Some people think we're crazy: why would you do something that you're not getting paid for? said Naomi Wynn, who produces TEDx Canberra in Australia, and whose full-time gig is working for the Australian government's energy division, which she acknowledges is about as far from TED as you can get. "But the rewards far exceed any hours that you put in, given the team you build, the people you meet. It's a great way for you to have an awesome day job and then direct your creative energy in a completely different way. And just to be more experimental and expressive."
For her TEDx duties, things are looser and rather than being a hierarchy, ideas come from what the other volunteers are willing to do: "If someone puts their hand up and says 'can we do this?' you say 'you want to do it, go make it happen.' You don't say 'you can't do that.' If you can find a sponsor that makes it happen, you can do it." For her the experience at TEDActive was to learn more about "how TED does it, and translating that to the team at home, but also just getting inspired from other TEDx licensees and organizers," says Wynn.
Emmanuelle Roques who handles TEDx in Bordeau, France, is a professional photographer in France and at one point lived in the United States, working as a waitress in New York City. But at TEDActive, she has found the global community she craves, particularly with other TEDx founders.
"In Bordeaux, what we did with a team of volunteers, taught me so much about my own abilities," she said. "I could do things that I had no idea that I could do, about connecting people I worked with speakers, and I curated and took care of them. It was so rewarding to see them on stage, and everything went smoothly and it was great. It's something I succeeded in. It's very different from a [job with a ] paycheck."
A workshop for TEDx volunteers on Sunday was especially helpful to her, because she was hearing from other people running events around the world. "It gives you a sense of courage and more strength to go back and volunteer," she says. "Because it's hard."
At TEDActive, she was inspired by meeting an Indian non-profit entrepreneur with an "amazing project," someone she wouldn't have run into if not for TED. "And it's like my mind is opening, it's opening like this," she says, gesturing with her hands. "And I'm an artist. I'm like a sponge. I'm a photographer, and that's my way of expressing. It's a lot of inspiration."
Elaf Mohammed Al-hijazi is an Iraqi doctor who handles social media for TEDx in Baghdad, including the live feed of TED talks, said that bringing a event into a war-torn country that's trying to rebuild itself after the U.S. troop withdrawal was a challenge.
"There were definitely some guys that were saying we are not accepting this, this is new, and American brand, and we are bringing something to ruin our culture," Al-hijazi said. But the first one in 2011 turned out to be an icebreaker, and at the most recent event there were 5,700 requests but only 700 seats.
Potential attendees were asked questions like "What are your dreams for Iraq?" "What do you think would improve the situation in our country?" and "What are you passionate about?"
"Literally we got more than 5,000 [applicants] and we divided them among 10 people, and were reading one by one," he said. "And we tried to get the best of the best."
On March 16, they are hosting a TEDYou, where members of the audience in Baghdad take the stage.
After getting an MA in journalism from Syracuse University, Teresa worked as a general assignment newspaper reporter—general on purpose because besides the usual city hall and police articles, there was the chance to fly an F-18 with the Blue Angels and tag along with bounty hunters on a stakeout—all good preparation for covering entrepreneurs.
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Setting A Budget
The first step to eating real food on a budget is to actually set a budget – d'oh! The thing is this sounds really obvious but very few people actually do it. They "think" they spend x amount a month on food but in reality that figure is (generally) much larger. I know some people who spend $200-300 a week for a family of 4 but estimate they spend much less. I think that given the choice no one wants to spend that much on groceries. Without a doubt the more people that you are feeding, the more money you will need to spend. But how do you even go about setting a budget – and what does that mean?
1. Before you begin to implement big changes, you need to have a good understanding of where you're starting. If you save receipts or shop with a debit or credit card, pull out your statements, and add up your grocery and restaurant purchases for the last 1-2 months. Determine where that number sits in the acceptable range for you. I can't (and won't!) tell you what is a "good" amount of money to spend. If you want to make changes you have to know what you're facing.
2. Next, think about the purchases you normally make. Do you eat out often? How many of the purchases you make are convenience or packaged foods? Do you throw away a lot of produce? These are all huge money-sucks.
3. Generally when people consider budgets for food they advocate coupon cutting, store hopping and other tactics to keep their budgets super low (we're talking $50 a week). I don't do this. When determining how much you want to spend, keep in mind that there are ways to save money eating real foods – they're just not all the same as with mainstream diets. You will most likely be spending more on things like produce, meats, etc.
4. Time to set the new budget! You may want to start small, cutting 20-25% off your current grocery bill. Or you may want to go big, cutting 50% or more. Whatever it is, decide. Write it down. Prepare to stick to it!
5. Consider allotting yourself an amount each week that is "flex". It could be only $10. This amount can carry over week to week and is especially useful if you come across a great deal on something and want to stock up.
6. Finally, how will you stick to your budget? Some people are big advocates of the cash envelope system. Others prefer to use a credit card to get money back or other rewards. Choose what works for you, what you can consistently use and how you will not overspend your budget.
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Polaris has a new RZR coming out in 2013, according to a report the company gave it its investors.
Unfortunately, we've got no idea just what Polaris has up its sleeve, but it should be fun to find out. Will it be another limited edition model like the RZR XP 900 H.O. Jagged X Edition? Or will it be something completely new and game changing?
If we had to hazard a guess, we could imagine Polaris putting the high output engine from that Jagged X model into its two-seat RZR XP 900 chassis. That model, according to the investor report, sold out in 24 hours. The consumer demand for more power is never ending and Polaris is not one to ignore that demand.
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I am a supporter of the Polaris Rzr 800 S and just waiting on the new release and hope it worth the wait and not priced outrageously
More powerrr from the 760 mill and better clutching. I have the 2012 RZR S and its clutched for 25″ tires, motor has a tough time with the stock 27″s that came with it. If the 760 was bumped to an honest 840cc odd fire motor with dual intakes, and even still 2 valves per cylinder, power would be much better. And an air set up like the 570 and 900 models.
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My final project was a portfolio web site, which you can access here.
My final project was a portfolio web site, which you can access here.
While I was going through the "Digital Art� by Christiane Paul, the image of a woman "reading� a bunch of lines in the newspaper caught my attention. The work is called "Eye� and it is done by German artist Jochem Hendricks. Those lines are a representation of eye movements and they are captured, digitized and printed out. In that way, the process of reading, normally invisible to us, is made visible. One interested thing is that the paper was printed out and was available together with the regular daily edition of "Frankfurter Allgemenine.�
The newspaper project is just one in a series of so-called "eye-drawings� Hendricks was working on for years. He used eye-tracking system to draw, or, in other words, he was just moving his eyes to make the shapes of objects, while the system was capturing the movement of his eyes. This was his way to show us that eyes are not only perception organs, but they can also express in the same way hand and words can.
Hendricks'a other works are quite unusual as he was using unconventional processes to create art. For his "Cold birds� he had dead birds converted to the carbon, then to graphite, and finally to synthetic diamond. In the similar way, he used amputated leg og a soccer player to make a diamond for his project "Left Defender Right Leg.� I am not so impressed by those works, as they look too weird to me, but I would definitely like to experience eye drawing!
More of Hendricks' works can be seen here.
Biography about this artist can be found here.
This is my new project, which is a combination of 3D and 2D digital design. FOr the 3D part, I used Rhino 3.0 software, and for the rest I used Photoshop CS. I had a great time while I was doing this, because it was a completely new thing - I have never tried to combine 3D and 2D design. This is something that I will be experimenting in the future.


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Critique of "Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweler"
Critique of "Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweler" refers to a hand-written manuscript by J.R.R. Tolkien, in which he offers a criticism of Lord Dunsany's story "Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweler". The manuscript was found in Tolkien's copy of the fantasy anthology Swords & Sorcery (which included the story), a gift from L. Sprague de Camp (who wrote the introduction of the book). According to sales of the item, Tolkien's text is "not [a] very complementary critique".[1][2]
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Soon to be hall of famer Cal Ripken, Jr. making his only scheduled trip to Lake Olmstead Stadium this season, threw out the first pitch for the 2nd game of tonight's doubleheader and spent plenty of time signing autographs.
Ripken seemed to be in a good mood and it's not hard to figure out why.
The Jackets are averaging about 600 more fans per game over last season and on the field, the team leads all of baseball in wins.
Ripken is also gearing up for the hall of fame induction ceremony at the end of next month.
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After checking his cell phone after practice yesterday afternoon, Jaron Shepherd knew there had to be some good news with his name all over it.
The Mississippi State senior outfielder was selected Wednesday by the Colorado Rockies in the 33rd round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft.
Shepherd told the Starkville Daily News Wednesday afternoon, before he and his team got on the bus to leave for Gainesville for the Super Regional matchup vs. No. 2 Florida this weekend, that he was informed he was drafted an hour after the fact via a voicemail message from Rockies area scout Damon Iannelli because he was completing an afternoon practice at Dudy Noble Field.
"It was really exciting to get the opportunity to continue playing more baseball as a career," Shepherd said. "My family were the first people I called and they were excited for me."
Ianelli, who used to coach at Southern Mississippi, is a person the Mississippi State coaching staff is very familiar with and says scouts regular season games in Starkville on a consistent basis.
"Jaron has skills to be a good pro and I told him we'll talk after their season is done about what we envision for him in the future," Ianelli said. "I want to him and the rest of the guys there to concentrate on getting to Omaha because that's been a great turnaround they've made this season. Jaron's production is a major part of that."
Ianelli has been an area scout for the Colorado organization since 1999 and signed MSU recruit Corey Dickerson last year to a $125,000 bonus after taking the Meridian Community College product out of the eighth round.
"I don't think I had any face-to-face contact with him yet but he told me he'd seen me play and had respect for game so that was cool to hear," Shepherd said.
After being drafted four years ago in the 17th-round selection by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Kilgore (Texas) High School, Shepherd was taken again after a single season at Navarro (Texas) Community College was a 44th-round selection by the Cincinnati Reds. Last season, Shepherd went undrafted and now after completing the 2011 season where the 6-foot-2 left-handed bat is hitting .295 and playing every day in right field at Mississippi State.
"He really showed me that he's advanced his game and using all the athleticism and tools he has on a much more consistent basis," Ianelli said. "Stuff like executing a hit-and-run at the plate by putting the ball right in the hole the shortstop was, going first to third on a single and playing great defense are things I saw a lot this year."
Routt or Mitchell will start Game 1 vs. Florida
Mississippi State head coach John Cohen said he'll decide the order of his starting rotation on the mound on the bus ride to Florida.
The choice is between junior left-hander Nick Routt (3-3, 3.78 ERA) or freshman right-hander Evan Mitchell (6-1, 3.47) in the first two games of the best-of-three series set to start at 11 a.m. on ESPN2.
The righty-lefty duo won the final two games of the Atlanta Regional that MSU swept last weekend to get them in a series rematch with the Gators in their own ballpark with a trip to the College World Series in Omaha at stake.
Routt dominated Georgia Tech in the 7-3 victory Sunday with a 91-93 mile-per-hour fastball and a slider without having to rely on consistently going to the breaking ball late in counts to a powerful Yellow Jackets lineup.
"I always loved to pitch with my fastball because it makes things so much easier and I don't feel like I'm a crafty left as they say," Routt said. "I like to come after guys and make our defense work."
Routt went undrafted in the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft guaranteeing he will be back in a Mississippi State for his fourth year on campus. However, after sitting out a majority of last year that eventually resulted in surgery on his pitching arm, Cohen told the Starkville Daily News his staff "is extremely confident" the left-hander will get clearance for a medical redshirt year giving him leverage in next year's selection process.
The southpaw from Silver Springs, Md., threw his first nine-inning complete game since 2009 allowing just six hits in a 114-pitch effort.
"Obviously we're just so proud of what Routt did and if he pitches like he did last weekend he can beat anybody in the country," Cohen said. "You really feel good about the way Evan pitched as well especially to left-handed hitting."
Bradford named to national All-Freshman Team
Mississippi State freshman outfielder C.T. Bradford has been named to Collegiate Baseball magazine's 2011 Freshman All-America Team. The honor unit was announced by the Arizona-based national publication Wednesday.
Bradford, second on the club with 72 hits, sports a .309 batting average with 34 RBI, third-most on the team. An SEC All-Freshman Team selection, Bradford led MSU at the plate in last weekend's NCAA Atlanta Regional, going 7-for-13 (.538) with five RBI. He joined six MSU teammates on the regional's all-tournament team and was selected as the most outstanding player.
"It's difficult enough to contribute as a freshman, but it's especially difficult to contribute at such a high level in the Southeastern Conference," said Cohen. "C.T. has been an integral part of our ball club from the moment he stepped on the campus. He is a deserving recipient of this honor."
The Pace, Fla., product is the only Bulldog player this season to play in all 60 games and enters this weekend's NCAA Gainesville Super Regional riding an 11-game hitting streak.
Bradford becomes the 30th Mississippi State player to earn freshman all-America honors and the first since the 2007 campaign.


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Yesterday was indeed an April Fools joke. No plans to switch, Erlang rules, Java drools, etc etc.
I guess as penance to the April Fools haters, my wife and I just found out in two months we have to move out of our rental house, the owner's are moving back in. Dammit.
So what this does is accelerates our plans, which was to move to the Raleigh NC area or Silicon Valley or some other tech friendly place after the summer. We are in Charlotte NC, mostly for family reasons. We were waiting until the kids were a little older before moving, we have a 7 month old and Laura's mom is a huge help with the kids.
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Scientist and theologian Sjoerd Bonting offers a new overarching framework for thinking about these issues. His book, which can serve as a primer on religion-science interaction, also offers an extended study of the key doctrine of creation. It unfolds in three steps. Bonting first offers a model for the religion-science discussion, in which each is seen as a distinct worldview on the same reality. Second, Bonting examines the creation controversy itself, including biblical perspectives, traditional doctrines, and the particular potential contribution of chaos theory. Finally, Bonting extends this perspective, a combination of chaos theory and chaos theology he calls "double-chaos," into a framework that addresses traditional questions about evil, divine agency, soteriology, the understanding of disease, possible extraterrestrial life, and the future.
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Hello, peeps. Sorry for the long absence — I was in Indy last week covering the Super Bowl (my first!) for CBSSports.com. It was … crazy. Indianapolis was unbelievably organized, efficient, and the people in that town couldn't have been nicer.
If you're so inclined, I took a ton of pics (see here, here, here, here and here for examples of semi-Super Bowl-related nonsense). Oh, and I also wrote this after the game. (pretty sure I was the first person to mention it which, frankly, doesn't mean much in this day and age.)
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It's the end of September and no wp theme, how close are you to finishing it?
Metrofy WordPress is now available http://themeforest.net/item/metrofy-wp/4014727 with lot more features
wonder why it looks bad using chrome for iphone & chrome for ipad ? using safari for iphone and safari for ipad looks great. why?
Haven't tested on a real iPad, I don't have one. You may send me the screenshots though, which may help identifying CSS issues. My email is chaitanyavrk [at] gmail [dot] com
Yeah I would definitely grab this if there was a Wordpress version. Any idea on timing for that? I have a couple projects I could use this for.
WordPress version available here http://themeforest.net/item/metrofy-wp/4014727
Hi robertmylne and jonkobrin,
WordPress development is completed. I'll submit to TF by end of this week after preparing dummy content and testing on different WordPress versions.
Thank you all for your interest in the theme
Cool! I buy the WP version for sure!
Any update about the WP version? Thank you!
Planning to release the WordPress version once HTML sales hit 100!
Hi, Could you tell me, is it possible to add posts, gallery and etc. in HTML as easy as Wordpress. If yes what you use? Dreamweaver? Regards
Replied to your email.
WordPress is a robust CMS hence adding posts etc don't need HTML knowledge. Doing the same in the HTML version need HTML and CSS knowledge.
The top menu boxes on the front landing page don't change/highlight automatically when you scroll down to the appropriate section. This is really weird, since if you click on a link up top and then scroll down afterwards, it will say that you're still looking at the last section you just clicked on. Can you please fix this? Waiting for this before providing feedback on the purchase.
BTW : You can see this working as described via the Twitter bootstrap framework using the scrollspy function.
Thanks for the feedback developstream.
This was implemented along with few other fixes. I'll soon submit the update on ThemeForest.
Please email me using the contact form on my profile page or to chaitanyavrk[at]gmail[dot]com so that I can send you the updated files early.
Hello.. I'm interested in this theme.. but i would love to have the source files.. could I please get those too? psd or fireworks would be great. Any chance of that happening?
I made very few PSDs for this theme. The best I can do is to send the PSDs of Sliders and Tiles. Most of the icons/tiles are created using free version of Syncfusion's MetroStudio.
Send me a mail from my ThemeForest Profile Page once you bought the theme. So that I can verify the purchase and send you the PSDs I have. Thanks.
everytime a form is submitted it goes the a blank "submit" page. What am I doing wrong?
As this is a plain HTML template, the contact form is just a template, not a working form. You need to have some server side code to submit the form.
Send me a email from my profile page with a link to your site, I'll see if I can provide any more help.
Thanks for buying.
Nice one.
May be this 85 e-Commerce Icons will be interesting for your buyers.
Good luck with sales.
Hi,Can you make the homepage slider have tiles down the side like this: http://themes.themetroguy.com/metrofytiles/#top
in the html version?
Hi Ben,
The HTML template already has support for tiles (as shown under the slider in preview). The same can be used for achieving the above layout.
Thanks, Chaitanya
Hi, Any chance you could publish the psd files for the slider?
Thanks, Jason
Sure, will post an update soon.
Thank you
Can you answer me in the support forum? ...
It's urgent and my client is getting angry.
Thanks, Jp.
I'll have a look in a couple of hrs. Thanks.
Metrofy wordpress theme supports three diffrent heights for the tiles. Will there be more heights available?
No, those are the only supported heights.
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opinionBy Patrick Katagata
The nation is awash with excitement as a result of the resignations and stepping aside of some ministers owing to alleged corruption.
I commend the Ninth Parliament for this noble sting but perhaps it's too early to celebrate. There is not so much to hope for when the implicated seem to continue enjoying national benefits after threats to expose issues oblivious to the general public. Besides, their resignations don't mean much to me if they are not followed by prosecution and trial.
What do you make of a woman who is advised to stop child bearing at the tenth birth because her health seems unfit! What more would she want? Stopping child-bearing without healing her condition isn't enough. Rather diagnose and treat her once and for all!
Ugandan leadership is dented by the evils of some of our leaders such as corruption in most of its forms and manner, self-aggrandisement, empty rhetoric politics and hegemony, blackmail, intimidation, sabotage, back-stabbing, a seeming lack of appreciation of the doctrine of separation of powers in the three arms of government, self-seekers who will vote without conscience for national interests on anything provided it benefits them, cultural and religious leaders who do not walk their talk, contradictions and inconsistencies in national decisions, the list is inexhaustible!
These are precursors of misdirected leadership and point to either the blunt selfishness or ignorance of our leaders or wanton lack of empowerment and knowledge of their rights, or both. The price majority poor Ugandans pay is too much and to pretend otherwise is unsustainable. For lack of space, suffice it to recall only the oil contracts, businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba's exorbitant compensations, UBC transmitter misuse and land controversies and now Pioneer Buses. Our nation needs emergency rescue and healing and we are contenders in this. The worst we can do is to think that "we're powerless or we're OK."
These evils continue to spread at supersonic speed and soon our nation may be doomed! We need to reinvent three pivotal forces to edifying leadership: family, religion and culture and create an education system that teaches principled and national-minded leadership right from young age. I know patriotism clubs exist in some schools but a lot more remains desired. Proper parenting, social and religious instructions as well as formal education ought to inspire in young people the urge and conviction to eternally stand for what is just even if to the majority it appears less popular.
It should incline them to personal refinement and restraint to resist temptations to inordinate morality. Leadership is a service to the common good. Our leadership, be it faith-based, cultural or political, needs a complete overhaul. Many think it's only the government which has failed on this, but it may be worse in religious and cultural institutions.
Some leaders forget that the decisions they take today will forever leave an impression on their country, family and associates. Often we are reminded about Kabaka Mwanga's injustices to the now Uganda Martyrs or Amin's killer regime. Your footsteps will follow you even post-humously. You don't want to imagine your family struggling with deed polls to drop your names or your cronies forging travel documents and wearing masks for escape!
Society may be an invisible court without chambers but it's boundless but watches closely and at its prime time it will deliver its judgement. I may not live to see this but I will rest eternally happy reflecting on Nelson Mandela's words that: "The ideals we cherish, our fondest dreams and fervent hopes may not be realised in our lifetime. But this is beside the point.
The knowledge that in your day you did your duty and lived to the expectations of your fellow men is itself a rewarding experience and magnificent achievement."
Mr Katagata is a leadership consultant trainer.


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Thunderbirds are go at RAF Cosford
Posted: March 21, 2014|
VISITORS will be transported back to the 1960s and 70s for a nostalgic weekend of classic British sci-fi at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.
The event, located in the Museum's National Cold War Exhibition, will display puppets and memorabilia from iconic science fiction shows created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.
Fans will have the unique opportunity to view puppets of much-loved TV characters including the Thunderbirds, Joe 90, Steve Zodiac, the heroic pilot of Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet and his evil nemesis Captain Black, and the Terrahawks, to name but a few.
Many of the well-known puppets on display are original studio puppets which will be shown exclusively for the very first time at this weekend event on May 17 and 18.
Also on display are models, costumes, full-sized vehicles and sets from the classic live action shows Space 1999 and UFO. For anyone wishing to take home a piece of memorabilia trade stands will also be present with associated merchandise from these legendary shows. In addition to the free sci-fi exhibition, very special guest speakers will be holding talks and question & answer sessions for a limited number of visitors. Star guest will be the renowned Sylvia Anderson, co-creator, producer and the voice of Lady Penelope.
Taking place in the National Cold War Exhibition's bunker style Lecture Theatre, visitors will be able to meet other guests including: Brian Johnson, Alan Shubrook, Tony Day, Mary Turner and Judith Shutt.
Admission to the talks and Q&A sessions both days is strictly by advance ticket only and a limited number of spaces are available.
One day Q&A session tickets cost £25, weekend tickets cost £40 and are now available from the Museum's website www.rafmuseum.org/cosford Ticket price includes entrance to the special guest talks and a free parking pass.
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The nowhere people
Publication Date : 25-07-2012
There are many tales of misery in Myanmar, but among the worst is that of the Rohingya - Muslims of Bangladeshi ethnic origin living in western Rakhine State.
Myanmar has a formidable array of diversity. The government acknowledges 135 different ethnic minorities, but the Rohingya are not among them, having been dropped from the list of recognised "national races" by the Ne Win government in 1982.
Ethnic minorities have endured the worst of half a century of brutal military rule, with conflicts on an slew of fronts in the north, east and northwest. The Shan, Karen, Karenni, Mon, Chin and Kachin have all had rebel insurgencies that dragged on for decades, with drastic implications for ordinary citizens.
Ceasefires have temporarily quelled all but one of these long-running wars that raged generally in the groups' respective home provinces. Fighting continues in the far northeast, where the Kachin continue to pay a heavy price for two controversial deals with China - the Shwe oil and gas pipelines and the massive Myitsone Dam project.
And while the junta has donned civilian garb and appears to be finally leading the country towards democracy - opening its political system to opposition groups and cutting draconian restrictions on the media - the legacy of its nightmare era is more apparent than ever.
Aside from the Kachin, there is one other appalling sore that shows no sign of healing: the plight of the Rohingya in the country's west.
A new book by American photographer Greg Constantine illustrates the extent of the Rohingyan crisis - with graphic black-and-white photos and a thoughtful, measured text. This is a timely publication given the violent flare-up in Rakhine last month, which claimed at least 80 lives and left thousands homeless, and the government's extraordinary request to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees last week to resettle these supposed "intruders".
The Thein Sein regime claims the Rohingya are recent arrivals in Myanmar, although a historic timeline in the back of Constantine's book notes that "Rooyinga" were documented as living there in a 1799 volume on Burmese languages by Francis Buchanan.
Inter-ethnic clashes erupted between Arakanese Buddhists and Muslims in 1942 following the retreat of the British after Japanese troops entered Arakan, as Rakhine State was formerly known. "The clashes split Arakan in an ethnic division that still exists today, with South Arakan consisting of mostly Buddhists and North Arakan consisting of mostly Muslim Rohingya," the timeline notes.
In 1978 Ne Win launched Operation Naga Min (Dragon King), a sweeping check of identity papers along the border to purge the country of illegal foreigners. It created, the book says, a wave of terror in Rakhine - there were widespread reports of summary execution, rape and brutality - and culminated in 250,000 Rohingya fleeing into Bangladesh. The United Nations intervened and helped most of the refugees to return to Myanmar the following year.
A hammer blow came in 1982 when Ne Win enacted the Citizenship Law. Some 800,000 Rohingya in Rakhine were "denied Burmese citizenship, effectively making them stateless".
In 1991 and '92 a quarter of a million Rohingya flooded into Bangladesh after another crackdown. Bangladesh forcibly returned many of them as the decade progressed but they only received temporary residency certificates and were hit by "increasing incidents of forced labour, violence, excessive taxation/ extortion and travel restrictions".
As Emma Larkin notes in the book's foreword: "They are restricted from marrying or owning land. They cannot travel beyond their own villages or enrol their children in formal education."
This suffocating cycle of suffering convinced thousands to get into boats and undertake a risky two-week journey down the Andaman Sea to Malaysia or other countries in a desperate bid to find work and a better life.
In Ranong three years ago Thai authorities were revealed to be secretly pushing these modern-day boat people back to sea. Hundreds died, but the boats continue to come, and the "pushbacks" allegedly continue, although in a less brutal form.
"Exiled to Nowhere" quotes UN Special Rapporteur Tomas Quintana as saying he had met Rohingya in Rakhine and heard their "awful stories". "The Rohingya are definitely from Myanmar. They have lived in Myanmar with other ethnic groups for centuries," Quintana writes. "The new government faces many and complex issues, but the cause of the Rohingya must be a priority."
Constantine has captured their bleak circumstances, particularly in the camps on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. His book is mainly a pictorial record but also contains several short personal accounts of dreadful hardship - easy to read, fascinating and disturbing.
The format is smaller than most photo books - the pages 24 by 17 centimetres - but perfectly suited to this noble expose of their plight. The content is grim, but the book is a quality product, straight and credible. Constantine should be congratulated.
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I hope your day was full of sweet, heavy honeysuckle and jasmine, a symphony of birdsong and the full bellows of a train in the city.
I hope you see yourself today as others see you: your eyes are bright and strong and your legs are longer than you think.
I hope you know that you aren't the only one who feels a lot bit clueless. I hope you rest your wondering in the feathered arms of your Mighty God.
I hope that celebration finds you in unconventional ways, that you know the joy of unfolding service and not the endless striving for recognition.
I hope you take the time to write secret notes to the ones you love. Make them silly and let the whisper of anticipation spread a goofy grin across your face.


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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A Cedar Rapids woman said her efforts may have aided in the arrest of a Monona fugitive.
Dubuque Police arrested Troy Laufenberg, 21, in Dubuque Saturday night around 9:30 p.m. He faces child endangerment and drug charges. He is accused of severely injuring 18-month-old Myah Larson in July. Doctors said the Monona girl suffered injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome.
Something about Myah Larson caught Jody Mitchell's attention. "I don't know why, it's just something that hit me in the heart and I decided this guy needs to be caught. There's too much of it going on," Mitchell said.
Mitchell and two other moms, Jenny Tewes of LaCrosse, Wisconsin and Jennifer Dolezal of Lyons, Nebraska teamed up to create a virtual wanted person poster to share on social media. They used Laufenberg's police issued mug shot. They also attached Myah's hospital bed photo.
"Pictures say a lot about what happened, Then it just blew up from there," Mitchell said.
Nearly 500,000 Facebook users shared the poster. Mitchell said her Facebook page quickly became somewhat of a hub for information.
"There are some people out there for whatever reason didn't want to get involved," Mitchell said. "But yet, they thought they knew something, so they'd private message me."
The women shared that information with investigators. "There was really no where he could go that people wouldn't recognize him in the whole United States," she said.
The woman said a picture is worth a thousand words. But in this case, a picture is worth a half million shares.
Mitchell and the two other women created a Facebook page called "Tri-State Fugitive and Missing Persons Center." That's where they hope to spread the word about more missing or wanted people.
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It's inevitable--when you spend some times in the outdoors, you're likely to encounter an animal of some sort, be it a squirrel, a moose, or even something a bit more frightening. There's a story in each of these encoutners, and Animal Encounters Trail Talescaptures twelve of them in this anthology. Some are funny, others a bit more scary, but all are sure to entertain.


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Santa teams up with Siri for iPhone 4S powered deliveries (video)
Apple adverts are as cheesy as a board adorned with Camembert, Roquefort and a bit of Stilton served with port on Christmas Day.
But we can't help but be charmed by the latest iPhone 4S advert featuring Old Saint Nick himself using Siri to help him navigate the globe.
Well, we say the globe - we don't hear him asking advice about non-US locations. Apple probably cut the bit where Santa asked, "Is little Carlos Rodriguez of Chisec, Guatemala on the naughty or nice list?" only to be told: "I can only look for businesses, maps, and traffic in the Untied States, and when you're using U.S English".
Ho ho ho. Or, as your iPhone 4S' auto-correct feature would say - Hi hi hi.


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Jaipur, city, capital of Rajasthan state, northwestern India. Jaipur is a popular tourist destination and a commercial trade centre with major road, rail, and air connections. A walled town surrounded (except to the south) by hills, the city was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh to replace Amber (now Amer) as the capital of the princely state of Jaipur (founded by the Rajputs in the 12th century ce). Known for its beauty, the city is unique in its straight-line planning; its buildings are predominantly rose-coloured, and it is sometimes called the "pink city." The chief buildings are the City Palace, part of which is home to the royal family of Jaipur; Jantar Mantar, an 18th-century open-air observatory; Hawa Mahal (Hall of Winds); Ram Bagh palace; and Nahargarh, the Tiger Fort. Other public buildings include a museum and a library. Jaipur is the seat of the University of Rajasthan, founded in 1947. Jaipur has a mixed Hindu-Muslim population. The city was the site of numerous bombing attacks in the early 21st century, with mosques and Hindu temples being targets.
Industries include engineering and metalworking, hand-loom weaving, distilling, and the manufacture of glass, hosiery, carpets, blankets, shoes, and drugs. Jaipur's famous arts and crafts include the making of jewelry, enamel, metalwork, and printed cloths, as well as stone, marble, and ivory carving.
The city is surrounded by fertile alluvial plains to the east and south and hill chains and desert areas to the north and west. Bajra (pearl millet), barley, gram (chickpeas), pulses, and cotton are the chief crops grown in this region. Iron ore, beryllium, mica, feldspar, marble, copper, and garnet deposits are worked. Pop. (2001) city, 2,322,575.


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Eyewitness News 9-March 31, 2012
NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT)- The countdown is on for volunteers to descend on the east to go to work. In a couple of months thousands of people from all over the country will join the non-profit group Eight Days of Hope. They will rebuild homes in some of the hardest hit areas from Hurricane Irene.
If Hurricane Irene had destroyed Marilyn Jones' house, "I would hope that someone would reach out you know and give me help."
That's why she became a case worker in Pamlico County after the storm. "And my heart just went out to the people because you saw all their hard-earned money out on the side of the highway," she said.
It's a familiar scene for Stephen Tybor- president of Eight Days of Hope. "The number eight in the Bible means new beginnings," he said. "People in Pamlico County deserve a new beginning."
His group has rebuilt homes from Louisiana to Tennessee in areas devastated by natural disasters. He expects this trip will be the biggest one yet with about 2,000 volunteers coming in from all over the country. "So we have people who do HVAC work for a living, dry wall, painting, carpentry, electrical work."
Tybor says it takes all kinds of volunteers to get the work done. They even need people to help pick up the volunteers when they arrive here at the airport in New Bern.
"Even though I'm a case manager, what can I do, and my thing, my gift is children."
After hearing about the need for money, resources, and other volunteer services, Jones wants to set up a babysitting site for volunteers' children.
For Tybor, the mission is clear. "God tells us to love your neighbor as you love yourself," he sid. "And I don't know about you, but I can become very selfish at times, but there's people just 20 miles down the road from New Bern that are waiting for people to come help them."
Jones has spent months consoling storm victims who lost it all. "I know it's material things that you had for a long time, but you know, you're here and we're here to help," she said.
Eight Days of Hope will be in Pamlico County from May 26th through June 2nd. The group will partner with the Pamlico Disaster Coalition to find out which homeowners are eligible.


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The Collared Crow (Corvus torquatus), also known as the Ring-necked Crow or White-collared Crow, is a member of the Corvidae family native to China.
It sometimes flies with its feet hanging down below the body in a characteristically "lazy" way.
The voice is a loud "kaaar" repeated several times with other slight variations on it to suit the occasion. It also like many other corvids, utters strange clipping and clicking sounds during its head bowing display to another bird.
Food is sought mainly on the ground where a large range of items are taken, such as insects, mollusks and other invertebrates (even from shallow water), grains, especially rice and it also searches among refuse for suitable food items left by humans. It appears to take less carrion than other species but will if the opportunity arises, and will also take eggs and nestlings.
The nest is usually in a tree and is plastered with mud. There are usually 3-4 eggs laid.
It was formerly classified as a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN. But new research has shown it to be rarer than it was believed. Consequently, it is uplisted to Near Threatened status in 2008.


text: On the eve of last week's full moon Bowie's launch his A/W 10 range, A Paranormal Romance at one of Sydney's premiere homes for contemporary Chinese art, White Rabbit Gallery. The collection fused metallics with blacks, frou-frou with sleek all topped off with gaffer-tape headbands reminiscent of something from a 1980's American Football flick. The showing, attended by Lyndsey Rodrigues, Nikki Phillips and Channel V VJ's Renee Bargh and Billy Russell ended off with Bowie's trans-seasonal, ready-to-wear cashmere collection. It was an intimate affair to showcase a collection containing its share of noteworthy pieces.


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On Friday, June 20, a 14-foot, 2,300-pound shark passed about 60 miles south of St. George Island headed west. Experts say she may be headed for Texas.
Katharine, a white shark (Latin name: carcharodon carcharias) has taken on celebrity status along with dozens of other sharks tagged with electronic tracking devices. The lovely Katharine, Kat for short, now has star status due to her unusual migratory meanderings.
Chris Fischer is founder and expedition leader for OCEARCH, an acronym combing Ocean and Research, a non-profit organization with a global reach for research on great white sharks and other large apex predators. He said Katharine has become particularly popular among about 50 sharks being tracked because she often swims close to shore.
"I think what makes her special is she swam right down the east coast of Florida, right through Miami, right around Key West and then showed us for the first time in history how the white shark gets up into the Gulf of Mexico," Fischer said in an interview with Computerworld. "When she swims through these populated areas ... more and more people feel included and join in the movement."
Though sharks like Katharine typically cruise up and down the eastern seaboard, she is currently crossing the Gulf of Mexico. Experts from OCEARCH believe she may be heading past the Mississippi River for the Texas coastline.
Originally tagged by OCEARCH researchers off Cape Cod last August, she was named after Katharine Lee Bates, a Cape Cod native and writer of the patriotic song "America the Beautiful."
A dorsal fin tag attached by OCEARCH uses a satellite to track a Katharine's position each time she breaks the surface. Other tags include an RFID implant whose ping is picked up whenever the shark passes a special, underwater buoy; an accelerometer, similar to the technology used in an iPhone or Nintendo Wii, that detects up or down movement; and a Pop-off Satellite Archive Tag (PSAT), which acts as a general archive, recording average water depth, temperature and light levels.
OCEARCH is a nonprofit, global shark-tracking project that uses four tagging technologies to create a three-dimensional image of a shark's activities. Researchers hope to develop successful conservation and management strategies by studying shark habits in detail.
Katharine has become a social media sensation.
Tens of thousands of people have visited the OCEARCH website in recent weeks, and its Facebook page has received as many as five million visits a week and many of those visitors are looking for information about Katharine. On several occasions, she has crashed the servers at OCREACH.
Why so much interest? In addition to her shoreline hugging habits, she may be pregnant.
According to researchers, male white sharks and non-pregnant females typically return to breeding grounds every year, while pregnant females return every two years because of an 18-month gestation period.
Cape Cod is a white shark breeding ground, and typically, this time of year the fish begin voyaging back to that area, but not Katharine. Observers speculate this is because she's not trying to breed this year, which could mean she is already expecting.
Katharine is also very interesting because this is the first time a white shark has been tracked entering the Gulf. Up until now, researchers were uncertain of where the white sharks occasionally seen in the Gulf of Mexico came from.
Well, Katharine came from New England. She traveled straight down the East Coast, past Miami and Key West und up the western side of the peninsula remaining within 200 miles of the shore the whole way and often venturing much closer.
Should you stay out of the water knowing Katharine may be lurking there? Actually, Katharine is far more likely to be injured by humans than to injure one.
Fischer said that 50 percent of the sharks tagged have been commercially caught and killed over the last year.
"This does help one understand the mind-blowing statistic that up to 100 million sharks per year are caught and killed, some just finned for a bowl of soup," he said. "A research project that was started to advance science for conservation purposes has become a wakeup call for the global community to grasp the significant mortality rate of shark populations."
Over 50 researchers from more than 20 institutions have collaborated with OCEARCH to date with over three dozen research papers in process or completed.
According to its website, OCEARCH expeditions, through the support of Caterpillar and other partners such as Costa, Yeti, Yamaha, Contender, SAFE boats and Mustad, generate satellite tracks and other forms of data for sharks, with planned expansion to other species in the future. Seventeen research expeditions have been conducted to date, with seven more scheduled through the end of 2015.