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37-year-old Mable Zulu's might not be a walker of the luminary's red carpet but her creative musical mind has broken a way trough to a fortune!
This was after her song "The Beat is Here" was chosen as theme song for the impending United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) be co-hosted by Zambia and Zimbabwe from August 24 to 29, 2013.
Apparently, The Beat is Here, is single mainly aimed at promoting Zambian tourism locally and abroad. The Government has adopted it and has since launched it as an official track for the UNWTO.
Marketing Manager for The Courtyard Group of Hotels which have presence in Livingstone and Lusaka, Mable says Tourism Minister Sylvia Masebo motivated her to do the special song after attending a number of her meetings.
"I was moved by the passion Hon. Masebo had in all her speeches where she urged us Zambians to embark on domestic tourism as we have so much tourist attractions in Zambia," she says.
Mable goes on to say: "It was at that point that I got moved and thought of composing a song that would help deliver the message to the whole country,"
Mable says the song is purely her initiative and was not influenced by neither the Minister nor Zambia Tourism Board (ZTB) Mabel sings out praises to her passion is now creating awareness that UNWTO General Assembly is coming to Zambia.
Mable has a message for other artistes: "I think more musicians should at this moment focus on composing songs that will promote UNWTO General Assembly and tourism in general."
In terms of her rating of tourism promotion efforts in Zambia, Mable says she is of the view that ZTB was doing its best to market Zambia's Tourism locally and abroad.
"It would be a great idea if operators in the tourism industry can wholly partner with ZTB in marketing Zambia both locally and abroad," she said.
Her vision in the next 10 years is to see her charity 'Onamanje Project' which was launched 2007 take care of the vulnerable in society on a larger scale.
Mabel was born on January 4, 1976, and she did her Primary Education at Livingstone Primary School, Junior Education at Shungu Basic School and Senior Education at Linda Secondary School.
She did her College education at the former Livingstone Trades Training Institute (now Livingstone Institute of Business and Engineering Studies (LIBES), where she studied Secretarial and Business Studies.
Currently, she is studying marketing.
Mabel started singing when she was a little girl from Sunday school then joined the Calvary Church Sanctuary choir in 1985.
On her music career, Mable released her first album 'onamanje' in 2006 which she later launched in November 2007 a time when the album received good response from the public.
"Like I mentioned that I started singing from a tender age, I have had great passion to spread the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and I believed that music would drive the message to the people," she said.
Mabel is married to John and both have two children namely Temwani aged 13 and Thandi-Maureen who is almost turning 2.
She has so far released two albums titled onamanje and nshakalabe eko na fuma and she is currently working on the third album which would be released at the close of March, 2013.
"What motivates me to sing and work is that my job pays my music bills. It is difficult to pursue a music career in Zambia without a job," she said.
There is need for more Zambian musicians to be patriotic and start composing songs which would promote Zambia as opposed to only focusing on love songs and other 'controversial' albums.


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The weather is not supposed to be like this on a Green-Gym day! The wind had finally stopped blowing in from the Arctic to spoil all the lovely sunshine we've had this last week: it had veered round to the north-east, so it could blow in from northern Siberia instead.
By this morning, the wind had changed again. It had veered round more to the south. Did that make it any warmer? No! What it meant was that there were a few drops of rain on the breeze. By session end it was a distinctly murky summer's day.
Nevertheless, twelve good (wo)men and true turned out for Green Gym, for a variety of tasks. There was some "plant growth maintenance" (ie cutting back) to do:
Also phase 2 of the screen for the children's bird hide. The time-consuming element was sinking holes for the uprights:
In the meantime, there was a trailer-load of binders to be carried to the work-site and stacked:
Once the Master Weaver had everything set up, progress was rapid:
On the other side of the site, Santa's workshop had started up again, as an order had come in for another of "your special Wallingford Green Gym planters" made out of old pallet wood:
The two we had made earlier had already been planted up, and are in service. They sit either side of what will be the gate to the pond area, which we turfed in a previous session:
The other task we picked from the long list of options was to trundle wheelbarrow-loads of gravel from car-park almost as far as the river bank. So that they could be used to stabilise the ground where birds' nets are often set:
The only really damp patch of the day, from my PoV, was when I heard the ominous words in passing, "Perhaps we should tell Santa now, so that he has a week to recover from the upset." Had Santa's workshop fallen short on their high standards? The answer turned out to be that the planter (several man-hours in the making and still not completed) was "a high-quality product, but ... the wrong size!"
Fortunately, the situation can be retrieved. The projected inner container for this planter can be adapted, rather than modifying the planter itself. It just goes to show that Green-Gymmers can be as good on ideas, and as bad at communications as anyone else! And yes, I include myself in that: as session leader, I too had not appreciated that this time the client had a slightly different spec in mind.
I think they'll probably still have us back again, though ...

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EVEN IN THIS JADED AGE, WHEN THE Space Shuttle program's final mission inspires a shrug and satellites grab attention only when they crash, a countdown still stokes excitement.
Just after two o'clock on a summer afternoon, about 50 people scattered across a dry patch of desert outside Brothers fixed their eyes on a scaffold tower jutting 20 feet high about a half-mile away, tipped with a beacon made from an old tennis ball can and some LEDs. At its base stood a skinny, 11-foot-high rocket: a sleek black and silver arrow carrying about 15 pounds of high-explosive fuel; intricate electronics; a GPS system locked on to six to eight orbital satellites; and plenty of improvised electric tape, soldering, and X-Acto knife work. The plan called for the rocket—generically dubbed Launch Vehicle 2 (LV2)—to zip 15,270 feet into the sky and punch a hole in the sound barrier.
At the base of the hill, dozens of members of Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS), the 14-year-old rocketry club from Portland's downtown university, looked on, ready to see the sum of thousands of their volunteer hours shoot upward at more than 374 meters per second. While PSAS is officially a student club, the crowd included undergrads, grad students, professors, ex-students, sort-of-students, and category-defying tinkerers with no official PSU connections.
"We might be the largest interdisciplinary science group on campus," says Andrew Greenberg, a PSU associate in electrical engineering who cofounded PSAS as a student. "Basically we're open to people who do stuff."
"Right now, If we want to send someone to space, we have to hitch a ride with the Russians. That's amazing, when you think about it." –Christopher Mullens
The stuff they do is make rockets: very elaborate, slightly dangerous, and arguably more ambitious than any others built, as PSAS's are, almost for free, with all-volunteer labor and essentially homemade parts. With a string of successful launches to their credit, the Portland aeronauts boast structural, guidance, communications, and telemetry systems—homebrewed in campus labs and members' garages—that many governments or major research universities would envy and might well view as highly proprietary. The group makes every aspect of their rockets' plans accessible to anyone on the Internet, in keeping with open-source technology ethics and their own collective desire to democratize the final frontier.
"We keep finding we need something that either doesn't exist or is prohibitively expensive," Greenberg says. "So we go ahead and build it, and then we show everyone how we did it. That's a tangible benefit to rocketry around the world."
No one would mistake PSAS for NASA; for one thing, its mostly grant-funded annual budget hovers around $3,000. But even with virtually no money, this ad hoc band is slowly creating a recipe that could allow anyone to shoot a technically advanced rocket high into the sky, and eventually, perhaps, into suborbital space.
"The Portland group definitely embodies what open science and the new era of innovation in space is all about," says Ariel Waldman, a Bay Area thinker and strategist for various open science projects, and a regular speaker at events organized by the likes of DARPA, the Defense Department's legendary research arm. "They have few resources, but maximum freedom. On paper, maybe these guys aren't the top engineers—they don't have all the traditional credentials, and they're not working through traditional channels. But they're far more creative and ambitious than most corporate or university labs."
The effort coincides with a broader reboot for human space exploration. With the shuttle finished and the official US program in a state of flux, entrepreneurial start-ups, huge defense contractors, and wealthy dilettantes are all prowling for aerospace talent and ideas. At the same time, earth-bound researchers in fields ranging from astrophysics to climate science want to send experimental payloads into the lower reaches of space but lack the rockets to do so. (NASA, for example, launches about 20 such unmanned "sounding" missions a year.)
So as the seconds ticked by in remote Eastern Oregon, the LV2 carried more than the arcane passions of a few Portland hypergeeks. Looking out across the high-desert scrub, you could begin to imagine a fresh start for mankind's loftiest endeavor.
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insulation while curing
Hi guys, just a quick question. I have just finished my dome and covered in 1 inch refractory mortar. i am planning on using ceramic blanket (1 inch) and four inches of vermiculite cement and a weatherproof mortar on top.
I understand that the process of curing is to get the moisture out, but here in the uk it is pretty wet and i think it would be difficult to keep the rain off so the dome would end up getting wet - defeating the curing process.
Also some people seem to say that it is better curing with the insulation layer on so as to keep the heat in the bricks/dome more even. I cant help thinking that it would be better to protect the dome with the blanket, insulating layer and render so as it can all cure evenly. I also expect some cracks in my dome but from what i see on the forum i wouldnt be fixing them anyway and would continue to cover with my insulation. This is the only benefit i can see for not insulating before curing (so you can fix the cracks) but it seems that it may be pointless doing this anyway so curing with all of the insulation finished may be easier?
I have read so many different opinions i just dont know what to believe is the right way!
Re: insulation while curing
G"day there, I too was looking for the "correct way" but have come to the conclusion there a lot of correct ways both with plus and minus on the topic. I have the few that it's better to cure without insulation due to the fact that there is still a lot of moisture which converts to various gases and steam from the mortar used that get trapped and may even dampen and weeken the molecular structure of the insulation. Now by saying that, the insulation is doing it's job, but why burden it with the greatest amount of moisture that it will absorb in the shortest amount of time. For me it makes sence to wait to put insulation after curing. Think of your house insulation in your roof if it gets wet, or enough moisture content within your insulation is not working as effective as it should. Pluse the added benefit to see if any cracks do form with the ability to fix or mend the cracks if you can. More calculations on the steam/gases on the effects of the insulation integrity. Any just my 2cents less tax on the topic. All the best though and I suppose the more we discuss and interact the more we understand. So good question. Ciao for now
Re: insulation while curing
It seems to me that the purpose of the 'final curing' of your oven can't be final until it is complete to the point that it is weather-proof.
That is why fornobravo recommends a slow and gradual series of curing fires. When you have the oven to a point it will withstand the weather, (read, covered with a permanent waterproof/waterresistant final layer), it is safe to cure it, slowly. Otherwise you are doomed to cure it at least twice.
You surely could cure it before and after the insulating layers. One thing is sure, it will be necessary to purge the oven and insulating layers of moisture before the oven is ready for optimum performance. Just my opinion :)
Re: insulation while curing
Don't know about others, but I cured my uninsulated oven, then will do the insulation and cure again followed by the outer scratch coat. My goal is to ensure each layer is cured properly. Seeing that I have a crack to repair, it would have been a PITA to strip the insulation to repair it.
I was surprised by the amount of water that was blowing off the dome during the curing stage! So much so, it darkened my scratch coat - did not help that we had rain the other night as well.
Fortunately, I live in a desert with a huge drying capacity even during the winter - though annual evaporation rate is about 165 inches.
Of course, I could be all wet!
Re: insulation while curing
"but here in the uk it is pretty wet"
Here on Vancouver Island as well. My last oven was completed through the winter months so I insulated and stuccoed it before curing.
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August 20, 2014 – Paul Masson and Anindya Sen
The lack of competition in Ontario's system for alcoholic beverage retailing causes higher prices for consumers and foregone government revenue, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In "Uncorking a Strange Brew: The Need for More Competition in Ontario's Alcoholic Beverage Retailing System," authors Paul R. Masson and Anindya Sen call for a more competitive system in alcoholic beverage retailing in Ontario, which would result in increased government revenue, lower prices, and more convenience for consumers.
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Lauren Conrad Dishes on Kristin Cavallari's Pregnancy & Dating Derek Hough (VIDEO)
Former Hills star and current fashion designer Lauren Conrad normally hates talking about her personal life. But if there's anyone who can get her to dish, it's Wendy Williams. The daytime diva – and gossip aficionado – had Lauren on The Wendy Williams Show this morning (April 2) and got LC to open up about both Kristin Cavallari and Derek Hough!
Lauren was gracious when asked about Kristin's pregnancy, claiming the bad vibes between them are long gone. When asked if she thinks her former nemesis will make a good mom, Lauren good-naturedly replies, "Oh, I'm sure."
She's less gracious when talking about her rumored ex, Dancing With the Stars pro Derek Hough. When Wendy brings his name up, Lauren can hardly wait to change the subject!
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In functional programming (and F#), lists are actually
linked lists of the
singly-linked variety. As a classic data structure, the linked list should be
familiar to any programmer. In the everyday imperative world, a linked list is
simply a group of nodes (or "cells"). Each node represents a value in the list
and contains a pointer to the next node. The main benefit of a linked list is
that insertion and removal are,
asymptotically, O(1) operations. ([ed.] The use of large computer science
terms helps the author to feel smarter than he actually is.) In other words,
insertion and removal are
constant time operations whose performance is not affected by the number of
items in the list.
The lists of functional programming are very different from their
imperative cousins. For instance, functional lists are recursive data
structures.1 A functional list is really just a value (or the "head") and another
list (or the "tail"). Consider a list containing the elements 1, 2, and 3. In
the functional world, that would be a list with 1 as its head, and a
tail containing a list with 2 as its head, and a tail containing a list
with 3 as its head, and a tail containing the special "empty list"—which has no head or tail.
Did you get all that? No? Well, a picture is worth a thousand recursive words:
In the above diagram, lists are represented by boxes, and their heads are
represented by circles.2 The empty list is represented by the square containing the
special value, [].
Because all of those boxes are pretty cumbersome to draw, we'll use diagrams
like the one below. However, the diagrams are equivalent.
Make sense so far? OK, enough jibber-jabber!
Let's see some syntax.
As you can see, the F# syntax is nearly identical to the diagrams above. We
even have to append the empty list explicitly. In fact, the F#
interactive environment complains if we forget.
Thankfully, F# provides a more compact syntax for declaring lists. Just place
the contents inside of square brackets, separated by semi-colons—no empty list
There are lots of other ways to declare lists in F#.
Many of you will be pleased to know that range
expressions are supported.
In addition, powerful
list comprehensions
are available.
As I stated earlier, the lists of functional programming (and hence, F#
lists) are very different from imperative
linked lists. Another fundamental difference is that F# lists are
immutable. Once created,
the contents of an F# list can't be changed3—that is, nothing can be added or
Wait. Stop. Didn't I state at the beginning of this very article that the
primary benefit of linked lists is fast insertion and removal? If a list can't
be changed, haven't we lost the primary motivation for using a linked list in
the first place? Well, yes and no.
If we were hoping to use an F# list like an imperative linked list,
immutability is deal-breaker.4 However, if we use an F# list in a more functional
style, our goals are different, and immutability actually helps us achieve those
goals. One primary goal of functional programming is to avoid
effects—e.g., when a function modifies some bit of state in addition
to returning the value of a calculation. If values are immutable, many side
effects aren't even possible. However, it is possible to perform
basic operations with an immutable list. Such operations (e.g., insertion and
removal) return a new list. Let's look at a simple example: appending two lists.
Appending lists in F# is trivial. In fact, F# even provides a special @
operator to do the trick.
You see? Trivial.
OK, let's define a couple of lists.
At this point, our lists look like the following diagrams:
Now, let's append the two lists, creating a new list.
So, what do our lists look like now?
(Downshiftng to the imperative world...)
In the imperative world, linked lists support mutation. If we append two
linked lists, the result must be a new list containing a copy of every node.
The new list cannot share nodes with the original two lists. Why? Because node sharing
would mean that any mutation to the original lists would mutate the new list.
(Shifting gears back to the functional world...)
In the functional world, lists are immutable. This means that node sharing is
possible because the original lists will never change. Because the
first list ends with the empty list, its nodes must be copied in order to point
its last node to the second list. After the append operation, our lists look
like so:
At this point, the more skeptical among you might be saying, "Well, that's a
pretty interesting theory, but can you prove it?"
No problem.
Using the knowledge that F# lists are recursive, we can retrieve the last
half of
(the inner list starting at 4) by
taking the tail, of its tail, of its tail. List.tl is the function that F#
provides for extracting a list's tail.
Finally, because F# is first-class citizen of the .NET Framework, we have
full access to all of the base class libraries. So, we can use the
Object.ReferenceEquals method to test whether or not
lastHalf and second
are indeed the same instance.
And there you have it. Believe it or not, appending two immutable lists can
actually be faster and more memory efficient than appending mutable lists
because fewer nodes have to be copied.
Hopefully this is enough to whet your appetites for more information. If so,
Nate Hoellein has a series of posts that explore many of the facets of F# lists and
the libraries supporting them. Check out his posts
here and
1The recursive structure of lists in functional programming was
discussed in my mind-twisting article,
Data Out Of Thin Air.
2It might be helpful to visualize the diagram without arrows.
3To be fair, F# lists don't enforce any sort of "deep" immutability.
Since F# is a multi-paradigm language that fully supports imperative and
object-oriented programming, it is certainly feasible to stuff an F# list full of
mutable objects.
4If you really want to use a mutable linked list in F#, you don't
have to look any further than the .NET Framework. Just use the
System.Collections.Generic.LinkedList<T> class.
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If feel a bit behind and need to catch up on WPF, this is the book.
Great book on F# containing from Beginner to Advanced. It even has chapters on more arcane features of the language, such as Computation Expressions and Quotations.
Because this book provides source code in Standard ML, it's a fantastic
resource for learning F#. One bit of warning: this book does not teach classic
data structures. While structures such as binomial heaps and red-black trees
are presented, it is assumed that the reader already knows and understands
The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent
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If you read yesterday's post, you'll know I'm always looking for ways to keep my sugar addiction in check. Here's one way: Last month I made some homemade Lara Bars. In the afternoon I always realize I am hungry as I am running out the door to go somewhere. It was so easy and very… [read more]
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Nourish + Love Episode 8 Toddler Smoothies
I have been making Penelope fruit smoothies jam packed with extra nutrition like spirulina powder, probiotics, cod liver oil and raw egg since she was about 10 months old. Penelope has always been a bit picky (thanks to the compromised digestive system she inherited from me, click here to see the book that explains this… [read more]
Nourish+Love Episode 6!! Yoga Squat and How To Create a Vegetable Garden
photo credit I can't believe it has been 6 months since I started making webshows (here is a link to see all of them)! I have learned so much about videography (which is all because of my fantastic video editor) and have come a long way since my very first one, that I filmed on… [read more]
Who's Taking Care of the Little Girl in You?
The article that was written about me this month in a local magazine (I am the cover too!) is about Self Love and making yourself a priority. So here is a quick little Valentine's Day message from me to you about this topic! It's just a little reminder to not forget yourself this holiday and to… [read more]
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Here in North Florida it's been an unusually warm winter. I have only had to pull out a coat twice. But I try to always wear a scarf. Not just because they are cute, but because it is an easy way to protect yourself from a cold or flu virus.In Chinese medicine the nape of the… [read more]
Nourish & Love Episode 4
Episode 4 is here, yo! In it, I talk about how to make my Bay Scallops with Bacon Vinaigrette one dish meal, it's no longer scallop season here, but this meal is so flippin easy and nutritious. And I also demonstrate my 2 Minute Yoga Mama routine. I know how it goes, once you become… [read more]
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You know how when you eat something that is hard to digest, or maybe something you are allergic to, and then you look in the mirror and you look 5 months pregnant? You need fennel seeds. Just chew on a few after you stuff your face this Thanksgiving and you will feel much better. Since… [read more]
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So glad to hear that y'all are enjoying my webshows! Here is the la episode. In this episode, I show how to make my chocolate covered almonds and tell you the most important basil growing tip so you are ready to go for next spring. Thanks for watching! And remember to subscribe to my YouTube channel while… [read more]
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Healthy Mexican Lasagna with Video
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News about Veterans, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 6, 2015
Memo from Vietnam; American veterans living in Vietnam are leading reconciliation efforts there, hosting social events with former Vietcong soldiers they once considered enemies and becoming involved in social causes; relations between United States and Vietnam have strengthened rapidly over several years, driven in part by a need to form geopolitical alliances that counterbalance increasing power of China. MORE
Jun. 26, 2015
Republican lawmakers agree to support legislation to help Veterans Affairs Dept cover $2.5 billion budget gap; shortfall had threatened to medical care for large number of patients in coming months; funds will be diverted from 'Choice Card,' Republican-backed initiative that allows certain veterans to choose taxpayer-paid care outside health system. MORE
Jun. 21, 2015
Number of veterans facing waits of one month or longer for medical care under Veterans Affairs Dept is 50 percent higher than in 2014, when department was embroiled in scandal over long wait times; patient demand and doctor workload has soared in year's time; department faces $3 billion budget shortfall. MORE
Jun. 12, 2015
Researchers at Department of Veterans Affairs and National Institutes of Health unveil database that they say can identify veterans who are at high risk of suicide; describe core algorithm in study published in The American Journal of Public Health. MORE
Jun. 5, 2015
Irwin Meyer, 96-year-old Navy veteran who rehearsed his brass band and did curator work at Fort Hamilton's military museum, died May 19 after being hit by a car during one of his evening walks. MORE
Jun. 1, 2015
Op-Ed article by former Navy pilot Ken Harbaugh argues that climate of knee-jerk sympathy for veterans has resulted in ill-advised and unsustainable policy decisions; holds that rise of federal disability payments has created easily-gameable system that risks creating culture of dependency among veterans; observes that annual cost of disability compensation for veterans has risen to nearly $60 billion from just $20 billion in 2000. MORE
May. 26, 2015
Comedy Central's Daily Show host Jon Stewart reveals that, for past three years, he has run five-week boot camp for military veterans, training them for jobs in television; Stewart kept project low key but says that now, after deciding to leave Daily Show, he wants project to become visible in hopes that others in industry will follow his example. MORE
May. 25, 2015
Charles M Blow Op-Ed column calls for American public to recognize Memorial Day as holiday honoring sacrifices made by those in armed services; notes shrinking number of public officials who have served and growing dependence on people from disadvantaged backgrounds to fill military ranks and fight wars; urges awareness of increasing segregation of military caste from larger society. MORE
May. 22, 2015
Congress gives Veterans Affairs Dept last-minute reprieve to avoid construction shutdown of its partly finished hospital in Aurora, Colo, but VA must come up with hundreds of millions of dollars to finish project and meet congressional demands that it not raise federal deficit or take services from other veterans. MORE
May. 17, 2015
First Lt Rafael Ramirez, home in Bronx after second deployment in Afghanistan, is one of many New York City soldiers who, despite lack of physical or mental injuries, struggle to adjust to domestic life after spending years in war zones. MORE
May. 15, 2015
United States Army identifies contents of toxic barrels handled by soldiers in Iraq in 2003 as 'carcinogen and poisonous chemical,' after several sickened veteran soldiers complained of health effects; disclosure follows years of secrecy and evasiveness by military. MORE
May. 10, 2015
Brooklyn's dwindling population of Jewish veterans of Russian Red Army celebrates 70th anniversary of Allied victory over Nazi forces in World War II; tribute highlights role of soldiers whose importance has commonly been dwarfed by that of British and American forces. MORE
May. 10, 2015
Robert W Goldfarb Preoccupations column details challenges faced by veterans as they attempt to return to job market; notes that these include outdated resumes and misconceptions about mental health on the part of employers. MORE
May. 9, 2015
Dozens of World War II-era fighter planes and bombers fly over Washington to commemorate 70th anniversary of Allied victory in Europe, drawing crowd sprinkled with aging veterans to National Mall. MORE
Apr. 29, 2015
University of Florida closes Zeta Beta Tau fraternity after members are accused of having made alcohol-fueled verbal assaults at group of disabled military veterans at a resort in Panama City Beach. MORE
Apr. 25, 2015
Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at University of Florida ousts three members for allegedly spewing booze-soaked insults toward disabled veterans at a Florida resort. MORE
Apr. 23, 2015
Internal documents from Veterans Affairs Dept reveal that only 3 employees lost their jobs in connection with scandal over manipulated wait times at VA hospitals; department officials had reported initially that 60 employees had been terminated, and then corrected that figure to 14, but documents show both figures were inflated. MORE
Apr. 7, 2015
Vietnam War veteran Conley Monk Jr files class action lawsuit seeking to force Veterans Affairs Dept to expedite growing backlog of benefits claims appeals, to be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; Monk struggled fruitlessly for years to receive claims related to post-traumatic stress disorder and exposure to Agent Orange. MORE
Mar. 29, 2015
Vocations column; Nick Swaggert, veterans program director for technology staffing services firm Genesis10, discusses his organization's goals. MORE
Mar. 29, 2015
The Ethicists column panel answers questions about driving a friend out of state for an abortion, doctor trying to help veteran receive long-term VA benefits for sleep apnea and whether it would be wrong to keep mistakenly-issued refund from an online retailer because that retailer bought customer's employer and has now frozen employee pensions. MORE
Mar. 26, 2015
United States military apologizes to soldiers who were exposed to chemical weapons during Iraq War, saying its previous treatment of such service members was substandard; promises to follow up with better protocols for treatment, and recognize veterans who had been denied Purple Heart. MORE
Mar. 14, 2015
Pres Obama makes first visit to Veteran Affairs Dept hospital in Phoenix, where reports surfaced in 2014 about systemic problems that led to ouster of department's chief and raised concerns about government's management of bureaucracy; patients, veterans groups and doctors say problems are still common, and critics say too few people have been held accountable; Obama administration officials insist progress has been made, but continued problems at VA hospitals underscore difficulty of overhauling vast department. MORE
Mar. 12, 2015
More than 100 Americans, many of whom are veterans, have traveled to Iraq and Syria to volunteer with local militias in battle against Islamic State militants; volunteers, who offer their services as riflemen and advisers, appear to be motivated by outrage over Islamic State's brutal acts, boredom with civilian life and eagerness to make use of their combat skills again. MORE
Feb. 22, 2015
News Analysis; many veterans bristle at expressions of gratitude from civilians, seeing it as symbol of ease with which America's volunteer army is sent to wage war in far away lands; issue adds layer to exaggerated claims made by Brian Williams of his experience reporting on war, which served to illustrate gulf between experiences of military personnel and civilians. MORE
Feb. 20, 2015
Murder trial of Eddie Ray Routh, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing celebrated sniper Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield, establishes detailed and emotional history of men, but no clear picture of Routh's motives; both Routh and Kyle grew up in same Dallas suburb and served in same war, though Routh had far more difficulty adapting to civilian life after returning home. MORE
Feb. 18, 2015
Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan wars serving in Congress are expected to play important role in deciding scope of Pres Obama's authority to launch military campaign against Islamic State. MORE
Feb. 10, 2015
Editorial urges Congress to support Pres Obama in closing loophole in federal law that allows for-profit colleges to exploit veterans' GI Bill benefits, proposal that is included in 2016 budget; argues that closing loophole would be first step in cleaning up industry that has long history of deceptive or illegal practices. MORE
Feb. 9, 2015
Editorial praises Congress for unanimously passing measure to improve suicide prevention and mental health treatment for veterans; observes legislation is aimed at a very real problem, with estimated 22 veterans killing themselves daily; urges Congress to carry out law with same bipartisan spirit, and go on to address issues of veteran unemployment and homelessness. MORE
Feb. 6, 2015
Veterans and veterans groups are pushing back against what they see as a debilitating stereotype of the 'broken hero'; Got Your 6, advocacy group founded by retired army pilot Chris Marvin, has emerged as movement's marketing arm; group is pushing writers, television networks and Hollywood executives to present more nuanced image of the veteran experience. MORE
Feb. 6, 2015
Advocate Chris Marvin and colleagues rate portrayal of veterans in four recent films and television shows. MORE
Feb. 4, 2015
Senate unanimously passes bill aimed at improving suicide prevention and mental health care for veterans; passage of bill, named for Clay Hunt, veteran who killed himself in 2011, represents rare moment of bipartisan agreement. MORE
Jan. 30, 2015
Veterans Affairs Dept moves to settle three-year-old lawsuit brought on behalf of 4,000 homeless veterans in Los Angeles; pledges to build permanent and transitional housing on 387-acre tract near Brentwood neighborhood that was deeded to government in 1888 to house disabled veterans; project will also include other locations. MORE
Jan. 30, 2015
Editorial applauds Veterans Affairs Dept decision to use portions of its Los Angeles property for housing veterans; criticizes both department and city officials, however, for former misuse of property and lack of veteran housing; commends Veterans Affairs Sec Robert McDonald for moving to rectify situation; contends that problem of veteran homelessness cannot be addressed without changes in Los Angeles. MORE
Jan. 9, 2015
Veterans Wayne R Cubs and John Robbins file separate lawsuits against town of Rutherford, NJ, alleging discrimination and favoritism in passing them over for police force; town's municipal government is accused of being rife with nepotism, and of history of discrimination against veterans. MORE
Jan. 8, 2015
Lt Col Daniel Gade, professor of public policy at West Point, has begun campaign arguing that Veterans Affairs Dept should move away from paying disability to veterans and instead create incentives for them to work or create businesses; Gade, veteran who lost a leg in combat, says disability checks can keep veterans locked in idleness and diminish their sense of self worth. MORE
Jan. 8, 2015
El Paso authorities release names of two men who died in shooting at Department of Veterans Affairs mental health clinic at Fort Bliss; say Army veteran Jerry Serrato killed psychologist Timothy Fjordbak before shooting himself. MORE
Jan. 7, 2015
Bernard Jordan, British veteran of World War II who walked away from nursing home in England to attend celebrations of 70th anniversay of D-Day in France, dies at age 90; he became known as the Great Escaper after his adventure in June 2014, and returned to home a quasi-hero. MORE
Jan. 7, 2015
Officials in El Paso, Tex, report fatal shooting at VA Health Care clinic on Fort Bliss Army base; gunman apparently shot doctor at the facility and then killed himself. MORE
Jan. 1, 2015
Many American troops still remain involved with operations in Afghanistan, despite official end of war, and other soldiers and their families will continue to grapple with injuries, mental trauma and loss of loved ones; scaled-down Operation Resolute Support will continue bringing troops overseas to train and advise Afghan forces, even as sense of overall mission fades; some troops, veterans and those close to them say they already feel forgotten. MORE
Dec. 31, 2014
Former Air Force Staff Sergeant Daniel Mould, who was wounded in chemical weapon accident in 2004, helped military study his burns for 18 months and expanded doctors' knowledge, but says he was not tracked after retiring in 2006; Army announced that it will begin monitoring longterm health of all veterans exposed to chemical agents during American occupation of Iraq, but only after New York Times inquired about Mould's case. MORE
Dec. 26, 2014
Filings before federal administration board show top Veterans Affairs Department officials knew of problems with delays at Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix long before scandal erupted in spring 2014; questions remain as to why officials did not do more to address shortages of doctors and other hospital staff; documents are connected to case of Phoenix hospital director Sharon Helman, whose lawyers say was 'scapegoated' when she was fired. MORE
Dec. 24, 2014
Federal administrative Judge Stephen C Mish upholds dismissal of Sharon Helman as director of Veterans Affairs health care system in Phoenix for misconduct including accepting gifts; says department did not prove that she manipulated waiting lists, resulting in delays for veteran care. MORE
Dec. 17, 2014
OutVets, group of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans, will be allowed to march in Boston's St Patrick's Day parade for the first time in history. MORE
Nov. 25, 2014
Veterans Affairs Dept fires Sharon Helman, director of its Phoenix Center, six months after it was revealed that hospital employees had manipulated wait lists to hide long delays many veterans faced to see doctors; Helman had previously been placed on administrative leave, but was formally removed after pressure from Republicans in Congress. MORE
Nov. 12, 2014
Concert for Valor on the National Mall in Washington draws thousands of veterans and active-duty service members; free music event on Veteran's Day is attempt by organizers to bridge growing distance between civilians and 1 percent of Americans who serve in the military. MORE
Nov. 11, 2014
Veterans Affairs Dept announces plans for new customer service bureau to help train employees to focus on customer satisfaction and have facilities forge tighter bonds with local groups and lawmakers. MORE
Nov. 11, 2014
Op-Ed article by retired Army Lieutenant Gen Daniel P Bolger calls on Americans and veterans in particular to abandon false narratives surrounding the failed wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; calls for a nonpartisan assessment of both engagements, since that will provide much-needed sobriety as America contemplates an ill-advised ground offensive against the Islamic State in Iraq. MORE
Nov. 11, 2014
Joe Sharkey On the Road column observes some airport donations help provide care packages to troops overseas, military families and veterans, while United Airlines offers an airfare discount--for $60 annual fee. MORE
Nov. 10, 2014
Vilonia Journal; Museum of Veterans and Military History in Vilonia, Ark, is in midst of revival; museum was destroyed by powerful tornado in April, but volunteers and supporters have retrieved much of its collection and erected new building that should withstand future storms. MORE
Nov. 9, 2014
Veterans Affairs Dept, led by Robert A McDonald, has been recruiting doctors-in-training to fill staffing shortfalls that over time could jeopardize care for millions of veterans; push is part of effort to rectify personnel crisis that contributed to delays in care and scandal surrounding department's manipulated wait list. MORE
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War Veterans Lead the Way in Reconciling Former Enemies
A visit by the leader of Vietnam's Communist Party is seen in Vietnam and in the United States as a significant statement on the establishment of diplomatic relations.
July 6, 2015, Monday
Veterans Hotline Tries to Survive Without Pentagon Funds
The Defense Department is consolidating some of the small counseling programs created to stem a rise in suicides during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
July 5, 2015, Sunday
French Honors for an American Veteran of the 'Monuments Men'
Harry L. Ettlinger rescued a Rembrandt self-portrait in World War II. On Friday, he was among more than 20 veterans honored in Manhattan by French officials.
July 4, 2015, Saturday
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Review: 'Stray Dog' Documents a Complex Veteran
This film, directed by Debra Granik, details how a Vietnam veteran defies simple symbols and challenges lazy thinking about ideology.
July 3, 2015, Friday
MORE ON VETERANS AND: Movies , Veterans , Granik, Debra , Stray Dog (Movie) , Documentary Films and Programs
Lawmakers Agree to Help Veterans Agency Fill a Budget Gap
A plan for legislation to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift money to fill a budget shortfall, which threatens health care for patients, wins support from Republican lawmakers.
June 26, 2015, Friday
MORE ON VETERANS AND: Veterans , Budgets and Budgeting , Veterans Affairs Department , Health Insurance and Managed Care , House of Representatives , Republican Party
Wait Lists Grow as Many More Veterans Seek Care and Funding Falls Far Short
The number of veterans on waiting lists of one month or more is now 50 percent higher than it was during the height of last year's problems.
June 21, 2015, Sunday
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Los Angeles Confronts a Spike in Homelessness Amid Prosperity
A report that the homeless population of Los Angeles County rose 12 percent in two years has set off a wave of concern and raised questions about gentrification.
June 14, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON VETERANS AND: Homeless Persons , Los Angeles (Calif) , Gentrification , Veterans
Database May Help Identify Veterans on the Edge
Health care is increasingly using sophisticated algorithms to predict medical outcomes. Now the focus is on those who have served.
June 12, 2015, Friday
MORE ON VETERANS AND: Veterans , Suicides and Suicide Attempts , National Institutes of Health , Veterans Affairs Department , American Journal of Public Health , Preventive Medicine
Disability Payments to Veterans
Readers react to an Op-Ed article about possible abuses of compensation for veterans' disabilities.
June 8, 2015, Monday
MORE ON VETERANS AND: Veterans , Veterans Affairs Department , United States Defense and Military Forces , Disabilities
American Legion Band Maestro Kept Baton Moving at 96
In the weeks before he died, Irwin Meyer rehearsed his big brass band, went swing dancing, did curating sessions at Fort Hamilton's military museum and made his usual rounds visiting veterans at local hospitals.
June 5, 2015, Friday
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Purple Hearts
Images of returning Iraq war veterans by the photographer Nina Berman from an exhibit at the Jen Bekman gallery.
'A Lot of Heroes Around Here'
Darrell Stafford, a 32-year veteran of Arlington National Cemetery, reflects on his job as interment supervisor, in which he oversees proper burials of both coffins and cremated remains.
Obama Visits Phoenix V.A. Hospital
The president spoke about the need to "restore trust and confidence in the V.A. system."
Incident Report of 2004 Chemical Weapons Accident in Delaware
Daniel Mould, a former staff sergeant in an explosive ordnance disposal team, was wounded in a chemical weapons accident after the police found a rusted artillery projectile at a chicken farm in Delaware in the summer of 2004.
New York City's Week in Pictures: Nov. 13
Photographs from the past week in New York City and the region include images from Veterans Day and a visit with a rat starring on Broadway.
On Fifth Avenue, With Flags and Pride on Veterans Day
The Annual Veterans Day Parade in Manhattan began at 11:11 a.m. and proceeded from 26th Street to 52nd Street.
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Red Burns, 1925-2013
We were deeply saddened to learn this weekend of the passing of Red Burns. On Saturday, NYU's ITP department announced her passing with a statement. "After living several full lives, one of which we were a part of at ITP, she died peacefully at home surrounded by her children. Red lives on strongly in the thousands of lives that she redirected at ITP."
We offer our deepest condolences to those in our community who were close to Burns.
The Voluptuous Blinking Art of Teletext
With its blocky, low-res graphics and clunky interaction, the television-based information retrieval system known as teletext seems out of place in today's world of touchscreens and flatscreen TVs. But in an excellent blog post on the history of teletext art posted Friday, Goto80 (aka Anders Carlsson) pointed out that the medium is still very much in use in several European countries. In fact, the iPhone and iPad app for Swedish teletext was one of the most popular iTunes downloads in that country 2011. And as Carlson writes, among the latter-day fans of the medium are numerous artists, from JODI to the participants in the 2006 Microtel project that inspired the title of this article to the participants of the second annual International Teletext Art Festival (through September 15).
The Week Ahead: Analog Sunset (Down Under) Edition
Analog Sunset at Ludlow 38.
In 2009, I went to an amazing event at 38 Ludlow called Analog Sunset, which took place on the night that analog television was due to be turned off in the US forever, giving way to the digital broadcast future. Three artists going by the moniker Off the Record (Ethan Breckenridge, Liz Linden and Phil Vanderhyden) had piled up a stack of old TVs in the space. As the appointed hour approached, more and more urgent warnings began flashing at the bottom of the screen; the announcers on Univision grew particularly animated. And then, not at the same time, but—with true analog precision—one by one, over the course of several minutes, the televisions faded away to static. (Auspiciously, Liza Béar of Send/Receive was in attendance.)
Later this year, the analog sunset will hit Australia, as that country moves to solely digital broadcast. To mark the transition, Emma Ramsay and Alex White are organizing a series of events and broadcasts under the name Tele Visions. They're looking for new and existing works that engage with TV as a medium; the deadline is next week.
Now, without further ado, here is our weekly roundup of Events, Opportunities and Deadlines, culled from Rhizome Announce.
Art & Technology According to Powhida and Townsend
William Powhida and Jade Townsend's drawing Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes (2012). Detail.
William Powhida and Jade Townsend's drawing Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes is a depiction of the art world as a medieval battlefield populated by warring factions, complete with a legend identifying each faction in language that is part literary epic, part incoherent rant. It's an excellent time-waster, both funny and irritating. For example, one part of the drawing depicts a suburban hinterland where burghers gather outside the church of Thomas Kinkade (above). Steve Lambert can be seen rolling by with his "Capitalism works for me!" sign, one of only a few artists found in these uncharted middlebrow realms. (Lambert toured the large sign across the US, asking people to vote on whether the sign is true or false for them.)
The Rhizome ArtBase As Seen Through Vince McKelvie's 3dGif
GIF by Vince McKelvie. (The artbase GIFs can be found below).
We've been enjoying learning more about the work of Vince McKelvie since he released the web-based toy 3dGif a couple of weeks back.


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New video shows more of fight between Hamburg, Annville-Cleona football players
Published: Sep 25 2013 05:34:36 PM EDT Updated On: Sep 25 2013 06:17:38 PM EDT
A decision on whether an embattled Hamburg High School football player will take the field could come Friday.
A 69 News viewer released new video of the moments leading up to the altercation between a Hamburg player and a player from Annville-Cleona High School.
Officials said the Hamburg player hit another player with his helmet twice in Lebanon County earlier this month.
Police and the Lebanon County district attorney are investigating.
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The photos below were taken during the first "Samba/Bossa Nights Concert" at Southwestern College Mayan Hall Theater on November 28, 2006. Featuring SWC Small Jazz Ensembles directed by Dr. Jorge L. Pastrana, and SWC Jazz Vocal Ensemble directed by adjunct faculty pianist/singer Melonie Sacalamitao.
SWC adjunct faculty pianist/singer Melonie Sacalamitao sings while accompanied on the guitar by Dr. Jorge L. Pastrana.
Dr. Pastrana with his lovely and beautiful wife Beatriz, at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona, celebrating their first wedding anniversary. November 27, 2000. Wow, it's been almost fifteen wonderful years already!
Beatriz Suarez-Pastrana & Jorge L. Pastrana
Dr. Pastrana during the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts graduation ceremony in 2001. He is assisted by Dr. Nohema Fernandez (one of his mentors) and his wife Beatriz.
Dr. Jorge L. Pastrana with Dr. Nohema Fernandez (in the middle), and former classmate Dr. Dena Key Jones (right). Dr. Fernandez is a former University of Arizona piano professor. She has been Dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts and Professor of Piano at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Jones is currently the Keyboard Division Coordinator and piano professor at the University of Texas, El Paso.
Dr. Pastrana with his friend, guitarist Randy Avers. Randy received his Master of Music degree. Congratulations Randy!
Dr. Pastrana (2nd left) during his early days as a student at the Conservatory of Music in Puerto Rico with some of his classmates and guitar professors. First left, Leonardo Egurbida, guitar professor. Far right, Jose Rodriguez Alvira, former guitar professor and founder of the famous website teoria.com. One of the most used theory websites in the world.
Dr. Pastrana as a member of Puerto Rico's Conservatory of Music guitar quartet. Left to right: Orlando Laureano, Jorge L. Pastrana, Hector Hanze, and Hector (Tito) Hernandez.
Dr. Pastrana as a member of the Conservatory of Music in Puerto Rico choir and orchestra. Singing Faure's Requiem and Handel's Aleluya Chorus.
Dr. Pastrana all excited and having fun while rehearsing one of the jazz ensembles at Encore-Coda summer music camp in Sweden, Maine. Summer of 1999.
Jorge Pastrana during his early days as a doctoral student at the University of Arizona. Chating with the now deceased world-known guitarist Abel Carlevaro. We were so fortunate to have Carlevaro in residence at the University of Arizona in November of 1991. Thanks to the efforts of UA guitar Professor and Guitar Studies director Thomas Patterson.


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Those who favor a free market approach to managing the economy often compare the U.S. to Europe. Europe, it is argued, is much less flexible and dynamic than the U.S. because of its heavier reliance on social insurance, worker protections, and the high tax rates needed to support these programs. Nobel Prize winning economist Edmund Phelps has argued, for example, that "the free enterprise system is structured in such a way that it facilitates and stimulates dynamism while the Continental system impedes and discourages it." According to Phelps and others, the greater reliance on the free market system in the U.S. results in faster and more robust economic growth.
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There is an implied tradeoff here. In the U.S. system, workers have less protection and hence more insecurity than in countries where protection is more prevalent. In return for giving up security, there are two promised benefits. First, it is argued, economic growth will be higher. With less government interference, lower taxes, and unions all but absent, the economy will be free to reach its growth potential.
Second, the economy will be more stable. If a big shock hits the economy, the U.S. will be able to reestablish full employment in new, productive, high-paying jobs much faster than countries with greater social protections and the flexibility inhibiting institutions that come with them.
If these two benefits are large, then trading security for dynamism, flexibility, and higher growth will be more than worth it. So has the economy lived up to these promises?
Turning to growth first, there is reason to question whether it's true that, before the Great Recession, the U.S. outperformed Europe. If it did, and there's some evidence pointing in this direction, the difference is relatively small and has been diminishing over the last decade. But even if growth was a bit higher in the U.S., the benefits did not go to the households experiencing the greatest increase in insecurity, those at the lower end of the income distribution. Instead, the gains went mostly to those at the top.
RELATED: The Income Gap: A New Look at an Age-Old Problem
What about the other promised benefit of a general free market approach to managing the economy, a better ability to withstand and respond to shocks? Has the U.S. fared better than European countries during the Great Recession?
The U.S. did better than some European countries during the crisis, but worse than others. For example, harmonized unemployment rates from either the Bureau of Labor Statistics or from Eurostat show that the U.S. unemployment rate increased more than most European rates at the onset of the crisis, and that right now the U.S. unemployment rate is higher than in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. But at the same time, the U.S. unemployment rate is quite a bit lower than in Greece, Spain, Ireland, and Portugal, a bit lower than in Italy, and very similar to the U.K.


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Foxx sat down with The Daily Beast in New York to discuss everything from his superhero flick to Fox News personalities.
I think I was more upset because I thought he deserved it more than [Foxx].
Though fictional, Foxx comes to life through a recorded track by a real cult funk legend, Swamp Dogg.


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An eyewitness blamed the police for a stampede at the railway station that killed several pilgrims returning after a holy dip at the 'Maha Kumbh' here just as the death toll reached 36, with 14 more people succumbing to their injuries.
CMO Allahabad Dr Prabhakar confirmed the toll, saying 14 more people died during treatment.
The victims include 26 women, 9 men and a child, official sources said, adding bodies of 20 of the deceased have been identified.
The stampede occurred at 7 PM on Sunday at Platforms No 5 and 6 where thousands of passengers, mostly Maha Kumbh devotees returning after taking the holy dip at the Sangam, had gathered to board a train.
Officials say more than 30 million people took a dip on the occasion of 'Mauni Amavasya', considered the most auspicious day during the 12-yearly congregation, at Sangam - the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.
Thousands of people were at the railway station, waiting to take a train home, when the melee occurred.
Image: People weep next to the bodies of relatives who were killed in a stampede on a railway platform in Allahabad on Sunday
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Forno Bravo Portable Oven Goes Live!
I am pleased to announce that we have finished the first two Forno Bravo portable ovens. The first model is a 43" oven set on a 6'W x 12'L trailer, and we think it looks great. We've towed it around, heated it up and put it through its paces at a party, and it's just great. It looks nice, dresses up well for a party, and it's great thermally. The first two go to Seattle and upstate NY. It's funny, but I'm terribly sad to see them shipped out. I want my own. :D
Still, there will be more. It is a commercial product, and we are hoping to sell lots of them, and we will keep the next one ourselves for use in the NorCal wine country.
Take a look at the pages on fornobravo.com. It's pretty cool.
No James - That's pretty hot! (pun intended)
Sweet! A part of me thought that doing this instead of a permanent installation makes sense... but then I'd probably end up using at other people's houses much more than my own!
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While everyone wants to fly in private jets, Kendall Jenner just wants to fly. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star posted a pic and video over the weekend of a massive inking of wings which spread from her back to her arm. But don't worry dolls, this new look is just courtesy of a Sharpie drawing done by tattoo artist Nat Wood.
But. I guess it's better than having this permanently stuck on KJ forever, don't you agree, darlings? Knowing that it's fake, do you think Kendall's latest ink is cute, or does she need to flap her wings and head over to the sink to remove it STAT?


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Rodney McGruder scored 22 points to lead Kansas State to a 72-53 win over South Carolina-Upstate on Sunday. Thomas Gipson added 11 points for the Wildcats (6-1), who led 36-20 at halftime and scored the first seven points of the second half. McGruder hit four free throws after drives to the basket and Will Spradling made a 3-pointer. Jodd Maxey scored 13 points for the Spartans (3-5), and Torrey Craig added 12 points. The Spartans struggled to contain Kansas State's forwards throughout the game. Later in the second half, Adrian Diaz added three baskets in quick succession to increase the Wildcats' advantage to 56-31 with 13:21 to play. After a basket by McGruder gave Kansas State a 58-31 lead, big men D.J. Johnson, Nino Williams, Gipson and Diaz scored the next 14 points for the Wildcats.
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Killzone 2 won't require hard drive install
Anyone looking to invest in Killzone 2 next year won't need to put aside any hard drive space for the game.
Sony's flagship PS3 shooter will not install onto the machine's hard drive, unlike many console games on the market today.
This information was uncovered in an "ask the developer" thread on the official PlayStation forums. It was then that Guerilla's testing manager Seb Downie confirmed "we are not planning to do any install".
Asked further whether this meant installing it would be optional, he posted a nice, straight-to-the-point reply: "No install. Optional or otherwise."
Killzone 2 will be a PS3 exclusive and is due out in February next year. We'll get an exact date to you when we get one.


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GAO Reports Defense Department Barely Moving toward a Comprehensive Service Contracts Database
April 17, 2012
Earlier in April, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the second in a series of new, congressionally mandated reports assessing the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to compile an inventory of service contracts. Congress intends for the Pentagon to include these reviews in its yearly budget work and expects "inherently governmental work" currently performed by private contractors to be brought back "in-house." This review process will help the Pentagon find ways to reduce costs and limit the over-reliance on contractors.
Seventy cents of every contracting dollar spent by the federal government in 2010 was spent by the Pentagon; $371 billion of the $530 billion in federal contract spending was awarded through DOD contracts. Moreover, DOD contracting is continually plagued by stories of $435 hammers, 19 cent washers that cost almost $1 million to ship, and other impossible-to-justify charges.
As a result, Congress has enacted legislation demanding that the Pentagon take steps to improve its acquisition and service contract management systems. In 2008, Congress inserted language into that year's National Defense Authorization Act requiring the Pentagon to compile and review an annual inventory of service contracts, including the collection of key data, such as:
- The "function and missions" performed by the contractor
- The name of the contracting organization
- The funding source and operating agency paying the contract
- The number of full-time contractor employees that the contract is paying for


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By Doug Kirby
Laws of science invisibly govern our earthly existence, but gravity is one natural force that we expect to be consistent, always "on," ceaselessly working its matter-anchoring mojo. So it can be jarring and disorienting when gravity appears to go haywire—or it can be fun to watch, especially if you're an adventure-seeking driver of a Sonic Hatchback, the car for firsts.
"Gravity hills" and "mystery spots" are offbeat roadside attractions—gravity-erratic places of wonder and befuddlement. Just the thing for someone who's an individual to the core, intent on making your own mark.
The magical properties and urban legends of gravity hills (also called magnetic hills), found on roadways from coast to coast, have been whispered about by generations of children. Skeptics usually dismiss the phenomenon as an optical illusion—a slope and tree line misleading the eye, or another visual element that sets perception awry when it comes to proper up and down. But you're open to all possibilities: When you get behind the wheel of your Sonic, you feel your world open up.
Spook Hill, along North Lake Wales Drive in Lake Wales, Florida, is a zone where cars slowly roll uphill, or so it seems. The town's "Legend of Spook Hill" billboard tells of an Indian chief wrestling a monster alligator—spirit energies that now influence vehicle fuel-efficiency. Recent pavement improvements may have lessened Spook Hill's effects, but travelers are nonetheless drawn to it.
Bedford County, Pennsylvania touts its Gravity Hill with a printed guide and billboards. Directions lead to Gravity Hill Road, the spot marked with a line and a spray-painted "GH." Drivers trust their motion to invisible forces, often divided into optical illusion vs. freak gravity camps, but at least they have a story when they get home.
If gravity hills offer a logic line some may not want to cross, mystery spots are the proverbial rabbit hole, where visitors encounter distortions of size, direction and surroundings. They also encounter admission fees and souvenir shops. Mystery spots happen to coincidentally manifest near major tourism hubs, so inconvenient locations tend to feel more authentic.
California's Santa Cruz Mystery Spot was discovered in 1940 on a dark, forested hillside. Today, steep switchback paths lead to a misshapen two-room wooden shack that—according to tour guides—was distorted by a 150-foot-wide "gravitational vortex." Trees grow in corkscrew patterns, chairs balance off walls, and visitors of similar height appear to grow or shrink, depending on where they stand.
The Oregon Vortex may be the most convincing mystery spot, with its own two-room shack and perception-bending demonstrations. It's the oldest mystery spot attraction, nestled in Gold Hill, Oregon since 1930. Balls roll up ramps, a broom stands on end. Water flows the wrong way, visitors change size. Your wallet feels lighter.
It's all very eerie. Don't expect your travel comrades with equilibrium weaknesses to thank you. You may flee to the relative stability of the nearest gravity hill.
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Doug Kirby is the publisher and co-creator of RoadsideAmerica.com, the go-to guide for offbeat tourist attractions and oddities. Follow him on Twitter @roadsideamerica.


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When I get an idea in my head I am like a dog with a bone. It's all I can think of and if I cannot physically manifest this idea quickly and efficiently I become twitchy and obsessed. For example- If I have a great idea for a blog, it doesn't matter what I am doing at the time, the topic and form will consume my every thought before I can get to my laptop. This is probably why I keep such a strict calendar, have detailed lists all over the place, and often space out when people are talking to me. I just can't help myself.
Let's rewind to last week.
Fall and winter makeup trends have certainly been favoring dark lip stains. "Oxblood" is certainly the name of the game (Ew, what a gross color name). One thing you have to be especially careful of when you are sporting those dark vampy lips is to ensure your lips are soft, flake-free, and moisturized.
This lead us to my new obsession- lip scrubs. What is a lip scrub? Well generally they are a lip balm of sorts with an exfoliant in it. The composition can greatly vary, but the desired effect is all the same. Soft and supple lips with no icky flakes. Lip scrubs are sold at most drugstores, and speciality shops. They range in price from $5-$25 which I think is an absolute crime.
This is when the fever started. I wanted a lip scrub. I didn't want to pay for one. But I wanted one so bad. But they are so expensive! BUT I MUST HAVE ONE.
Calm down Andrea. Think for a minute and just make one yourself. So I did, and it turned out better than I could have ever expected. Here is my magical recipe:
1 Tb petroleum jelly
1 Tsp coconut oil
1 Tsp honey
3 drops peppermint oil
5 drops Vitamin E oil
2 Tb raw sugar (refined white works as well)
Take all of those ingredients, and mash them together with a fork. If you would like it to be more grainy, add more sugar, less grainy, less sugar. Mix them up until you can mix no further and then stick in an old lip gloss pot (sterilized). BAM! LIP SCRUB! The coconut oil, honey, and vitamin E are super moisturizing and the peppermint oil is super refreshing. It's also delicious if you happen to get some in your mouth.
This recipe makes a huge amount of scrub, and costs less than a dollar to make.
Feel free to comment down below and let me know how this recipe works for you! Have a recipe of your own? Let me know!
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The actual "Family" house is located at
1230 Milan Ave, in South
Pasadena, in the same general vicinity (the San Gabriel Valley),
but about seven miles south of Altadena.
(Another bit of trivia: the same house was featured in the 1988 movie, "My Stepmother is an Alien," a comedy starring Kim Basinger and Dan Akyroyd.You'll spot the house in the scene where Kim lands her spaceship on the beach and runs into a party at the house.)
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Aerodyne Research, Inc. (ARI) provides research and development (R&D) services and advanced sensor and software products to industrial, academic and government customers addressing national and international challenges, including: monitoring and enhancing regional and global environmental quality; developing clean and efficient energy and propulsion technologies; and ...
Protea Limited
based in Cheshire, UNITED KINGDOM
Protea is a UK-based instrument manufacture and systems builder specialising in spectroscopic gas analysis, using FTIR, TDLAS and QMS technologies amongst others. Our customer-focused analysis systems for process, emission and environmental monitoring can provide a solution for direct installation into a plant (such as CEM systems) or we can provide the analytical ...
Grundfos Pumps Corporation
based in Bjerringbro, DENMARK
Grundfos is the world`s largest manufacturer of pumps and pump solutions.
Ecotech Pty Ltd
based in Knoxfield, AUSTRALIA
Ecotech is an Australian owned company with more than 35 years experience in servicing, maintaining, designing, manufacturing, installing and commissioning ambient air and emission monitoring systems around the world. Ecotech is ISO17025 accredited for the operation and maintenance of ambient air and continuous emission monitoring systems and was first accredited in 1999. ...
based in München, GERMANY
Clariant is an internationally active specialty chemical company, based in Muttenz near Basel. The group owns over 100 companies worldwide and employed 21 202 employees at the end of 2012. In the financial year 2012, Clariant produced a turnover of CHF 6 billion. Clariant is divided into seven business units: Additives; Catalysts; Function Minerals, Industrial & Consumer ...
Delta OHM S.r.L.
based in Caselle di Selvazzano, ITALY
Delta Ohm develops and manufactures instruments for measuring:Temperature, humidity, dew point, pressure, BAR, mBar, Pascal, mmH2O, InchHG, psi, air speed, light, Phot, UVA, UVB, UVC, Solar Radiation, PAR, Acoustic, Sound meter, Vibration, Noise, CO, CO2, Air Quality, pH, ORP, Redox, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Data loggers, WBGT microclimate, PPV, PMV, Heat stress, ...
Ciralight UK
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Ciralight UK `Active Daylight Distribution` using our Smart Skylights. Ciralight is the only global provider of active daylight products capable of Naturally Lighting Building Interiors up to 10 hours a day, our skylights utilise Solar-Powered GPS technology to rotate mirrors to face the sun and direct diffused sunlight indoors throughout the day. Our Smart Skylights cut ...
based in St. Petersburg, FLORIDA (USA)
Industrial and Environmental Health and Safety Instrumentation: Air Sampling Pumps, Calibrators, Equipment, and Accessories. Colorimetric Gas Detector Tubes. Point Gas Monitors. Open Path Gas Detection. Sound, Noise, and Vibration Measurement Instruments. Real-time Dust Monitors. Flame Detectors.
Enerac Inc.
based in Holbrook, NEW YORK (USA)
Enerac is the leading manufacturer of portable emission analyzers and portable combustion analyzers in the world. The company introduced the model 842 in 1979. This was the first automated combustion efficiency analyzer ever built. Enerac combustion analyzers are Made in the USA. Our units can give you O2,CO,NO,No2,So2,H2S,HC,Co2,Draft,Temp & Efficiency. Enerac 500 & 700 ...
Environnement S.A
based in Poissy, FRANCE
Environnement S.A is the leading company in the field of instrumentation for the environment. Ever since its creation in 1978, Environnement S.A has been dedicated to the study, development, manufacture and supply of advanced on-line gas, particulate and water analyzers, using the most recent technologies. Environnement S.A proposes a comprehensive range of continuous ...
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Normative ethics is, simply put, the study of ethical action. Normative ethics is a branch of philosophical ethics and aims to investigate the questions that arise if one considers how one is supposed to act, in terms of morality. Normative ethics examines the standards to determine the wrongness or rightness of an action and stays away from personal moral beliefs and the meaning of moral language. Normative ethics is often considered prescriptive, rather than descriptive.
In the past, traditional moral theories depended upon principles to determine whether certain actions are right or wrong. Classical theories that subscribed to such philosophies include Kantianism, some types of contractarianism and utilitarianism. These theories offered moral principles that were considered applicable to any situation involving a difficult moral decision.
As years passed and the 20th century rolled around, moral theories were no longer concerned with only right and wrong, but rather had a great interest in the various types of moral status. It was argued that a general moral label for an action could not simply state that the action was right or wrong. Instead, it was argued that a moral theory can only state whether an action tends towards rightness or wrongness, dependent upon some sort of moral duty. These arguments and the subsequent research and theory led to the development of the discipline of normative ethics.
Normative ethics is typically divided into two major sub-disciplines. These sub-disciplines are moral theory and applied ethics. Over the past few years, this divide has blurred greatly thanks to the intersections of the two sub-disciplines. Moral theorists are far more interested in applied problems now. At the same time, applied ethics are now far more philosophically informed. There was a time in the middle of the 20th century during which philosophers focused almost entirely on meta-physics, disregarding normative ethics. However in the 1970s a number of major works of normative theory were published and to this day the field continues to grow and flourish.


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nicole, i'm pretty dumb about webservers, but i *think* you just
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> Apache is way too smart for its own good. :) Can someone help me out?
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Through cash contributions and in-kind donations of products and services, sponsors play an integral role in Concrete Hero, and are vital to our success. In short, we would not be able to produce the event without them.
Our sponsors' businesses range in size and vary by industry, but they are all equally as important to our mission. These companies' commitment to improve the lives of fellow Angelenos allows us to deliver first-rate event production, which in turn ensures that people sign up year after year and raise significant funds.
There are varying levels of commitment and many ways to get involved, so if your organization or one you know of would be interested in considering sponsorship, please contact Robert Fitzgerald.
Phone: (323) 654-9255 x235 / Email: Robert Fitzgerald


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Avril lost the tie but stuck to the tomboy look in this vintage tee at Z100's Jingle Ball.
7 Statement Necklaces That'll Make Your Holiday Look


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The gestation period for any telecommunication company to be profitable is 8 years; this is according to Madhur Taneja, Country Manager yuMobile during a morning briefing on Thursday at the Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi. YuMobile was celebrating its 3 million subscriber mark since 2008.
"We are delighted to achieve the 3 million mark, as it is a demonstration of loyalty and trust from our subscribers and a sign that our products and services are well received in the market," said Mr. Taneja
Adding to its stable of "fastests", the youngest mobile operator in Kenya, yuMobile has demonstrated the fastest subscriber growth, by reaching this milestone in just 4 years since it sold it's first SIM card, something not achieved by other industry players. The company has grown by 68% in the past year, and the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) last quarter report it has increased its market share by 9%. Taneja attributes this growth to innovative products yuMobile introduced to the market for instance the "yuCash", which he pointed out it is still in its baby steps, research and having the best value for money.
"It is all about being customer centric", said Taneja. This translates to increased market share; the company share grew by 2.7% to 9% with an increase of 1.1 million subscribers from June 2011 to June 2012. Taneja noted that, the yuMobile will be more profitable in the year 2014 which is their target.
YuMobile is the fastest growing network, as noted in the latest CCK report, where yuMobile grew its subscriber base by 68%, the fastest in the industry in the year June 2011 to June 2012, which was faster than overall industry growth.
By extension, this translates to increased market share, where yuMobile share grew by 2.7% to 9% with an increase of 1.1M subscribers in the year June 2011 to June 2012.
Mr. Taneja concluded: "We would like to thank our subscribers for their continued trust and support, whilst at the same time, reassure them that we will continue to offer 'best in class' products as we grow."


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The so-called spaghetti Western achieved its apotheosis inSergio Leone''s magnificently mythic (and utterly outlandish) Once upon a Time in the West. After a series of international hits starring Clint Eastwood (from A Fistful of Dollars to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly), Leone outdid himself with this spectacular, larger-than-life, horse-operatic epic about how the West was won. (And make no mistake: this is the wide, wide West, folks--so the widescreen/letterboxed version is strongly recommended.) The unholy trinity of Italian cinema--Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Dario Argento--concocted the story about a woman (Claudia Cardinale) hanging onto her land in hopes that the transcontinental railroad would reach her before a steely-eyed, black-hearted killer (Fonda) does. (The film''s advertising slogan was: "There were three men in her life. One to take her ... one to love her ... and one to kill her.") Meanwhile, Leone shoots his stars'' faces as if they were expansive Western landscapes, and their towering bodies as if they were looming rock formations in John Ford''s Monument Valley. --Jim Emerson
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